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ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, Inc. DIRECTORY FOR THE YEAR I960 G e n e r a l President: MYLES A . P A I G E , 1294 Carroll Street, Brooklyn 13, N e w York Eastern Vice President: DR. C H A R L E S A . B R O A D D U S , 34 Spring Street, Trenton 8, N e w Jersey W e s t e r n Vice President: D R . E D W A R D H . B A L L A R D , 1124 So. St. Andrews Place, Los Angeles, California Southwestern Vice President: T. W I N S T O N C O L E , Box # 2 0 , W i l e y C o l l e g e , Marshall, Texas M i d - W e s t e r n Vice President: S T E N S O N E. B R O A D D U S , Box # 2 5 1 , Harrod's Creek, Kentucky.

Southern Vice President: J A M E S E. H U G E R , Bethune-Cookman C o l l e g e , Daytona Beach, Florida G e n e r a l Secretary: L A U R E N C E T. Y O U N G , 4432 South Parkway, C h i c a g o 15, I I I .

G e n e r a l Treasurer: M E R E D I T H G . F E R G U S O N , 345 Fourth A v e . N o . , Nashville, Tennessee G e n e r a l Counsel: ERNEST N . M O R I A L , 101 Claver Building, 1821 Orleans Ave., N e w Orleans, La. Editor-in-Chief " T H E S P H I N X " : W . B A R T O N BEATTY, Jr., # 5 H i g h Terrace, Montclair, N e w Jersey Director of Educational A c t i v i t y : L I O N E L H . N E W S O N , Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana H i s t o r i a n : C H A R L E S H . W E S L E Y , Central State C o l l e g e , W i l b e r f o r c e , O h i o A S S I S T A N T V I C E PRESIDENTS: EASTERN R E G I O N — W i l l i a m D. C o v e r d a l e , I I I , 85 Lincoln Avenue, Y e a d o n , Pennsylvania W E S T E R N R E G I O N — T h e o d o r e C a r t e r , 6128 Jordan Avenue, El C e r r i t o , California S O U T H E R N R E G I O N — A l v i n Friddie, Florida A and M C o l l e g e , Tallahassee, Florida M I D W E S T E R N R E G I O N — P a u l J . King, Jr., 7319 S. Vernon Avenue, C h i c a g o , Illinois S O U T H W E S T E R N R E G I O N — W a l t e r J . Sapp, W i l e y C o l l e g e , Marshall, Texas JEWELS I N O M E G A CHAPTER—Charles H . Chapman, Vertner, W . Tandy, Nathaniel A . M u r r a y .

CHAIRMEN,

STANDING

SCHOLARSHIP A N D E D U C A T I O N A L ACTIVITY; Lionel H . Newsom, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

BUDGET C O M M I T T E E : Kermit J . H a l l , 5000 W o o d l a n d Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A U D I T C O M M I T T E E : W . D. Hawkins, Jr., Fisk University, Nashville 8, Tennessee.

RULES A N D C R E D E N T I A L C O M M I T T E E : A n drew J . Lewis I I I , 525 Tatnall Street, A t l a n t a , Georgia.

Robert H .

Ogle,

Eugene

Kinckle Jones,

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STANDARDS A N D EXTENSION C O M M I T T E E : Aaron Brown, 1468 President Street, Brooklyn, N e w York.

C O N S T I T U T I O N C O M M I T T E E : John D. Buckner, 4246 W . N . M a r k e t Street, St. Louis, Missouri REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE: Raymond W . Cannon, N o . 727 Palace Building, M i n n e a polis, Minnesota, H O U S I N G F O U N D A T I O N : W i l l i a m M . Alexander, 4272 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri.

I960 CHAPTER DIRECTORY INTERMEDIATE CHAPTERS: •.00, SOI,

O M I C R O N LAMBDA ALPHA—Elmer L. Green, Box 333, Howard Univ., Washington, D.C. O M I C R O N LAMBDA BETA—(inactive) Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS: ALPHA—Dr. S . Alex Calvin, 401 W . State Street, Ithaca, N.Y. 2. BETA—James Collins, 1423 Varnum Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 3. GAMMA—Thomas Crawford, Va. Union University, Richmond, Va. 4. DELTA—William O. Davis, Jr. Huston-Tillotson College, Austin, Tex. 5. EPSILON—Milton G . Tarver, 23* Cooley Hse., East Quad., Ann Arbor, Mich.

6. ZETA—Inactive 7. ETA—Floyd Posby, 114-18 W . 144th St. New York, N.Y. Apt. 20 8 THETA—Floyd E. Carroll, 1431 E. 40th Place, Chicago, Illinois 9.

IOTA—Hazel L. Moore, Morris Brown College.

Atlanta, Ga. 10. KAPPA—Kenneth Bland, 1090 Leona Avenue, Columbus, Ohio II. MU—Arthur C. Hill, 450 Carroll Avenue, Tt. Paul, Minn.

12. NU—Russell Daniel, Box # 3 8 , Lincoin UniverJity, Pa. 13. XI—Milton D. Williams. Wilberforce University, Ohio 14. OMICRON—Robert P. Smith, 3044 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. PI—James L. Sweeney, 3218 E. I2lst St., Cleve15. land, Ohio 14.

RHO—R. Allan Durrant, 40 W . Upsal Street, Phild., Pa. 17. SIGMA—Herman Hemingway, 72 Hutchings St., Dorchester, Mass.

19 Taft Hse. 18. TAU—Clarence J. Crooks, Jr., MRH. Champaign, III. UPSILON—Beckwith Horton, 1014 Mississippi St., (9.

Lawrence, Kansas PHI—C. Dalton Lynch, Box 120 Gamertsfelder 20.

Hall Ohio Univ., Athens, Ohio CHI—Chas. B. Watson, 1222 Jefferson St., Nash21. ville, Tenn.

PSI—Donald R. Anderson, 5820 Arch Street, 22.

Phila., Pa. 23. ALPHA ALPHA—Henry L. Johnson, 1014 Chapel Street, Cincinnati, Ohio ALPHA BETA—Chas. J. Coleman, Talladega 24.

College, Talladega, Alabama ALPHA GAMMA—Inactive 25.

ALPHA DELTA—Chas. H. Bailey, 3805 Maple 24 Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.

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ALPHA EPSILON—John Stewart, 3029 Acton Street, Berkeley, California ALPHA ZETA—Chas. Woodyard, Prillerman Hall, West Va. Sfate College, Institute West Va. ALPHA ETA—Frank S. Greene, 511? Lexington, St. Louis, Mo. ALPHA THETA—Inactive ALPHA IOTA—Leon O. Lewis, 3065 Monroe Street, Denver, Colorado ALPHA KAPPA—Inactive ALPHA MU—Louis S. Moseley, 2033 Darrow Avenue, Evanston, III. ALPHA NU—Inactive ALPHA XI—Cleophas W . Miller, 531 26th Avenue, Seattle, Wash.

ALPHA OMICRON—Jas. L. Allen, Johnson C. Smith Univ., Charlotte, N.C. ALPHA PI—Inactive ALPHA RHO—Norman P. Range, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia ALPHA SIGMA—Herman L. Totten, Coe Hall Wiley College, Marshall, Texas ALPHA TAU—David L, Wilson, 785 Bellevue Avenue, Akron, Ohio ALPHA UPSILON—Cecil R. Crump, 5050 Cass Avenue Detroit, Michigan ALPHA PHI—Wm. S. Fillmore, Clark College, Atlanta Georgia ALPHA CHI—Ouentin T. Smith, Box 162, Fisk Univ., Naihville, Tenn.

ALPHA PSI—Willie D. May, 311 Foster Hall Lincoln University, Jefferson City Missouri BETA ALPHA—Frank W . Greene, Box 208 Morgan College, Balto., M d .

BETA BETA—Inactive BETA G A M M A — J . Earl Fitipatrick, Box 2608 Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia BETA DELTA—Jno. T. McLeod, 406 Treadwell St., Orangeburg, ?.C. BETA EPSILON—McCray Bussey, Box 105, Cooper Hall. A and T College, Greensboro N C BETA ZETA—Albert A. Greenlee, State Teachers' College. Elizabeth City, North Carolina BETA ETA—Jno. S. Holmes, 209 E. Walnut St. Carbondale, Illinois BETA THETA—Rastes demons, 214 Payne Hall.

Bluefield State College, Bluefield, W . Va. BETA IOTA—Lawrence Hauser, Teachers Colleqe, Winston Salem, N.C. BETA KAPPA—Arthur Stevens, Langston Universify, Langston, Oklahoma BETA MU—Edw. D. Snorton, McCullin Hall, Kentuckv State College, Frankfort Kentucky BETA NU—Edw. Thornton, Fla. A and M College, Tallahassee, Fla. BETA XI—Sammie Fields, Jr., 2308 Shasta Av. enue, Memphis, Tenn.

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BETA OMICRON—Edison Morrison, Clef"'"1 Hall, Tenn. State University, Nashville, Ten"BETA Pi—Arthur Bowles, Lane College, Jack""' Tennessee . , BETA RHO—Johnnie E. Burke, Shaw Univ., «"' eigh, N.C. BEIA SIGMA—Wm. W . Mackey, Southern Urnversify, Baton Rouge, La. BETA TAU—Inactive BETA UPSILON—Henry L. Moton, A l a W " State College, Montgomery, Ala. BETA PHI—Cornelius W. Merrick, Dillard Urn*' New Orleans, La. ,.

BETA CHI—Frederick M. Harris, PhilanO" Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas BETA Pol—Inactive - , G A M M A ALPHA— Frankie McDonald, Texas Co' lege, Tyler, Texas G A M M A BETA—Roamless Hudson, N.C Stat« College, Durham, N.C. G A M M A GAMMA—Arthur E. Pinckney, A H " Univ., Columbia, South Carolina G A M M A DELTA—Willie F. Griffin, Box 40«.

AMSN College. Pine Bluff, Ark. G A M M A EPSILON—James E. Hill, 255 Mill' Street, Madison, Wisconsin , ..

G A M M A ZETA—Shedrick Lyons, Ft. Valley St»" College, Ft. Valley, Ga. e& G A M M A ETA—Charles Comer, Box 347 Bloomington, Indiana G A M M A THETA—Inactive G A M M A IOTA—Avon McOaniel, Box 63, Ha<"P ton Institute, Hampton, Va, _ , G A M M A KAPPA—Richard Arrington, Miles C"1 lege, Birmingham, Alabama „, G A M M A MU—Bernard Anderson, Livings"*1' College, Salisbury, N.C. G A M M A NU—Raymond Coleman, Box 274 pi State Univ., Univ. Park, Pa. .

G A M M A XI—John C. Lewis, 846 E. 77th Str**1' Los Angeles, California t ...

G A M M A OMICRON—Raymond D. Melton, M* Granahan Hall, Knoxville College, Knoxvil"1 Tennessee , G A M M A PI—Edw. E. Robinson, Benedict CO' lege, Columbia, S.C. ^ G A M M A RHO—Emory T. Turner, 137 W. S w ' Carry, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana G A M M A SIGMA—Delbert LeCompte. Del. SI*'* College, Dover, Delaware . .

G A M M A TAU—David Wynn, 1574 F, Spar"" Village, East Lansing, Michigan ..

G A M M A UPSILON—Richard A. Evans, Toug* loo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi fi G A M M A PHI—Jewel Williams, Tuskegee l « " tute, Tuskegee, Alabama r ..

G A M M A CHI—Andrew V. Stevenson, 218 Ta" nor Hall, Kansas State Teachers, Pittsburg"' Kansas .

G A M M A PSI—Raymond I. Hunley, St. Aug"5 tine College, Raleigh, N.C. _ , DELTA ALPHA—Cleadus Ferguson, Claflin C<"' lege, Orangeburg, t . C .

DELTA BETA—Samuel A. Hay, Berhune-Coo' man College, Daytona Beach, Fla. , DELTA GAMMA—Posey Williams, Alabama * &M College, Normal, Alabama nDELTA DELTA—Walter H. Jackson, Alba" State College, Albany, Georgia s DELTA EPSILON—Kenneth R. Scott, 102 L o H ' dale Road, Buffalo, N.Y. DELTA ZETA—(Inactive) ,,, DELTA ETA—Richard Fitzgerald, Box # " ' 1405 Rockefeller Street, Waycross, Georgia DELTA THETA—Willard D. McCleary DELTA IOTA—Inactive -w DELTA KAPPA—Theodore Casey, Alcorn A*1" College, Lorman, Mississippi M/.

DELTA MU—Wm ,T. Ridgeway, 812 Mattlw* son, Wichita, Kansas , DELTA NU—Ernest Brown, Md. State Collefl*' Princess Anne, Maryland _ ,.

DELTA XI—Jas. A. Wright, Central State Co' leqe, Wilberforce, Ohio .

DELTA OMICRON—Rick Nelson, 231 Monterey1.

San Francisco, Calif. _ , DELTA PI—Theo. R. Young, State Teachers' C<" leqe. Cheyney, Pa. .,.

DELTA RHO—Robt. E. Williams, 3921 My""' Kansas City, Missouri ,, DELTA SIGMA—Leroy J. Sanford, Grambl"" College, Grambllng, La. _ 1.

DELTA TAU—Kenneth Wright, St. Paul's CO' leqe, Lawrenceville, Va. , j DELTA UPSILON—William Burke, McFarlan" Hall, Miami Univ., Oxford. Ohio . ., DELTA PHI—Malcolm Q. Barnes, Jackson St«" Colleqe, Jackson, Miss.

DELTA CHI—Van W . Lewis, 36 Hopkins A<">" Brooklyn, New York ., DELTA PSI—Reid Anderson, Fla. N and I. ""' Colleqe. St. Auqust:ne, Florida „EPSILON ALPHA—Ezekiel Smith, 713 John'0" Ave.. Toledo. Ohio 5 EPSILON BETA—Clarence D. Johnson, 24?4 ' Lily Avenue. Fresno, Calif BishoP EP-ILON GAMMA—Lee Morris Walton Colleqe. Marshall, Texas EPSILON DELTA—Clarence W . Mixon Rt. Box 59. Kent. Oh'o 204 EPSII.ON EPSILON—Curtis LeBlan W-<t St.. St'llwater, Oklahoma EPSILON ZETA—Eugene R. Hunter. Faye"" ville Teachors Col'ege, Fayetteville. N C. h EPSILON ETA—Charles R. Johnson, 1004 Cat" erine St.. Ann Arbor. Mich.

EPSILON THETA—John C. Chinn, 541 East H«" ry St., Meadville, Pa.

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The Sphinx Official

Organ

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VOLUME XLV

Alpha

Phi Alpha

Incorporated

FEBRUARY. 1960

HONORS Brother Myles A . Paige (right), general president o f Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, presents Liberian President W i l l i a m V. S. Tubman the fraternity's 'award during inaugural ceremonies in Liberia. President Tubman conferred the G r e a t Band o f the

ABOUT O U R

Fraternity,

COVER

Jewel Nathaniel A. Murray passed into Omega Chapter December 6,

NUMBER 1

BESTOWED Humane Order of African Redemption upon Judge Paige.

Brother Thomas R. Solomon and Brother Thomas C . Jackson are between President Tubman and Brother Paige. Brother Dick Campbell is in center.

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1959. His years of service to humanity and Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. will be long cherished and honored.

FEBRUARY, 1960

Published four times a year, in February, May, October, and December. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1102, Act of October 3, 1917.

Individual chapters will be billed for cost of engraving pictures submitted and used.

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From The General Secretary's Desk Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha: The General Officers, comprising the Executive Council, and all Standing Committee Chairmen of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity extend to every chapter, every chapter officer and every brother in Alpha the hope that I960 will be most fruitful — and that all aspirations will be fulfilled, to the end that we enjoy the greatest year for all times, for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 45th GENERAL CONVENTION: Of course, we were saddened at the passing of one of our JEWEL — Brother Nathaniel A. Murray; and by the untimely passing of our Southwestern Asst. Vice President, Edward L. Hanley, of Langston, Oklahoma.

The 45th General Convention was held in the beautiful Sheraton-Gibson Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio. Attendance statistics . . .

General Officers 18 Past General Presidents 4 Undergraduate delegates 46 Graduate delegates 140 Visitors present 619

Elect, in the person of Dr. William H. Hale, Chairman of the Department of Social Science in Clark University, Atlanta, Georgia. Brother Hall will be assigned specific duties by the General President relating to undergraduate work during his period of orientation. He becomes a member of the Executive Council of Alpha Phi Alpha, and will take office January 1st, 1961.

The report of the Reorganization Commission, was presented by Brother Bindley C. Cyrus in the absence of Brother Cannon, and resulted in considerable revision to our present Constitution and By-Laws. A revised Constitution and By-Laws will be published in 1960. Each chapter will be mailed two copies. Additional copies will be available at the nominal fee of 25c from the Office of the General Secretary.

A group Life Insurance plan w# j adopted. More about that later. SuC' i cess of this venture is dependent upO* the participation of the brothers.

The Committee on Pin and Badge awarded the contract to the L. "• BALFOUR COMPANY, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, which now becomes our official Jeweler after FeD" ruary, 1960.

It was well developed by brother* in attendance that Alpha men afe neither big men nor small men, bU' noble, brave and courageous mefl. that all of our projects and activities should be subordinate and collateral to our main purpose of Fraternal bondThe Office of General Secretary received the following letter from *ne General Sales Manager of the Shera' ton-Gibson Hotel in Cincinnati whic^ continued on next page

TOTAL PRESENT 827 Undergraduate Chapters represented 25 Graduate Chapters represented 91 Intermediate Chapters represented 1 Total Chapter representation

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In the General Secretary's Annual Report a list of the highest six concentration of membership was listed, giving Beta Psi Lambda Chapter of Los Angeles, the 6th position, which was in error. In No. 6 position comes Delta Alpha Lambda Chapter with 77 paid up members in 1959 — and No. 7 comes Beta Psi Lambda Chapter of Los Angeles, with 73 paid up members.

Our General President, — Brother Judge Myles A. Paige presided over most of the sessions in an excellent manner keeping before the Convention, the general theme; "Greeks Rebuilding on the College Campus."

It was at this Convention that Alpha Phi Alpha elected its first PresidentPAGE 2

UNDERGRADUATE RECEIVES TROPHY Brother Howard Jones, New York City, acting chairman of Committee on Award1 and Achievements, presents coveted undergraduate trophy to Brother Edgar P er ' kins, Alpha Upsilon Chapter representative, of Detroit, Michigan.

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• Gen I Secretary's Desk continued from page 2 speaks for itself: January 6, 1960 "Dear Mr. Young: We certainly enjoyed serving as headquarters last week to the Alpha Phi Alpha convention, and we hope everything worked out to your entire satisfaction. From all reports, the meeting was highly successful, and we hope we may be privileged to serve this fine group again in the not too distant future.

Very best regards, and let us know whenever we may be of assistance in any way. Sincerely - ANN KROGER, General Sales Manager."

AWARDS: Three awards were made at this Convention — Two (2) Alpha Awards of Honor were made — one to the Honorable William V. S. Tubman, President of the Republic of Liberia (due to the absence of His Honor, which was received by Brothers David N. Howell and Puhlman J. Bracewell, Jr. of Eta Epsilon Lambda Chapter, Monrovia, Liberia — the second Award of Honor was presented, in absentia, to the Honorable John Howard Morrow, Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea.

It is to be noted here that our General President and his wife, Dorothy were invited, as guests of the Government, to attend the fourth inauguration of the Honorable William V. S. Tubman, as President of the Republic of Liberia, on January 4th, 1960 — in Monrovia, were Brother General President Paige made the presentation of the Award of Honor to President Tubman at a smoker by Eta Epsilon Lambda Chapter in Monrovia, Liberia.

The Alpha Award of Merit was presented to Doctor James W. Parker, Sr., Red Bank, N. J. who has been an active brother for fifty years, and who accepted the Award at the Banquet, concluding the 45th General Convention.

Brothers, in communicating with National Headquarters will you please follow out the SPIRIT as well as the LETTER of a rule, with respect to forms to be submitted, and you will find yourselves on the road to satisfactory and praiseworthy service.

GRAND TAX: The National Organization is making a plea for payment FEBRUARY, 1960

cf Grand Tax for 1960. No expenditure of such a small sum of money brings the results that are accomplished with the funds that are received from Grand Tax payments. The program of Alpha Phi Alpha should not be hindered by the lack of a few dollars. It is expected that every chapter will make a strenuous effort to secure Grand Tax payments from all brothers at the Chapter seat, as well as those who are located away from any Chapter seat.

NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS: We all offer sincere congratulations to all the re-elected and the newly elected officers who were installed at the Banquet on December 30, 1959 at the Sheraton-Gibson Hotel in Cincinnati, by our revered Brother Charles H. Wesley. GENERAL PRESIDENT — Myles A. Paige, 1294 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. General President Elect: William H. Hale 1209 Fountain Drive, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. General Secretary: Laurence T. Young 4432 S. Parkway, Chicago, Illinois General Treasurer: Meredith G. Ferguson 345 4th Ave. N., Nashville, Tenn.

General Counsel: Ernest N. Morial 1821 Orleans Ave., New Orleans, La. Editor "The Sphinx": W. Barton Beatty, Jr. # 5 High Terrace, Montclair, N . J .

Director of Educational Activities: Dr. Lionel H. Newsom Southern Univ., Baton Rouge, La. Eastern Vice President: Charles A. Broaddus 34 Spring Street, Trenton 8, N. J. Asst. Eastern Vice President: William M. Coverdale 85 Lincoln Ave., Yeadon, Penn.

Midwestern Vice President: Stenson E. Broaddus P.O. Box 251, Harrod's Creek, Ky. Asst. Midwestern Vice President: Paul J. King, Jr. 7319 S. Vernon Ave., Chicago, III. Southwestern Vice President: Dr. T. Winston Cole Wiley College, Marshall, Texas Asst. Southwestern Vice President: Walter J. Sapp Wiley College, Marshall, Texas

FIRST PRESIDENT ELECT

Brother William Hale, general presidentelect, spoke at the University Church for observation of the 53rd anniversary of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Johnson C. Smith College, Charlotte, N.C.

Southern Vice President: James E. Huger Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida Asst. Southern Vice President: Alvin Friddie — Florida A & M College, Tallahassee, Florida Western Vice President: Edward H. Ballard 1124 S. St. Andrews PL Los Angeles, California Asst. Western Vice President: Theodore Carter 6128 Jordan Avenue El Cerrito, California UNDERGRADUATE ACTIVITY: The undergraduates played an important part at the 45th General Convention. They were quite vocal at all business sessions; their various pleas were duly received, considered and remedies proferred. They were included as members of all Convention Committees, as well as other Committees in session. They had charge of the joint undergraduate banquet — Brother Leslie H. Mclver presiding, and Brother Harold L. Carter delivering the undergraduate address. At the Banquet, — Brother D. Rossman Turpeau delivered the undergraduate address.

PUBLIC MEETING: — BANQUET The 45th General Convention was delighted by the addresses of Brother Robert P. Daniel, President of Virginia continued on page 6 PAGE 3

Fraternalism in the Space Age EDITOR'S NOTE — "Fraternalism in the Space Age", address by President Robert P. Daniel. Virginia State College, (Life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.), during the Joint Public Meeting of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at the Taft Memorial Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 27, 1959.

In view of the forthright point of view expressed through the words of this address, all Brothers will have an opportunity to read it in its entirety through the pages of the February and May issue of the SPHINX magazine.

by Brother Robert P. Daniel CINCINNATI, OHIO — We begin tonight the 1959 session of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, assembling in National Conventions in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Elsewhere in the country, other Greek letter organizations are in similar meetings. As we move into our deliberations, may we be deeply conscious of the profound significance of these sessions; for at no time in our history have we felt more keenly the shared burdens of a troubled world in which man has become the frightened victim of his own progressive advancement.

We look forward, of course, to the fellowship of the various social events of our sessions for the warmth of friendship and the joys of the holiday season which they will afford, but over and beyond any individual pleasure which we may anticipate in renewing old acquaintances, lies the responsibility of making these conventions count for much in the forward movement of our organizations as we maintain our rightful places in the world of affairs.

We understand that, as two of the oldest Greek letter organizations who in their early days pioneered in higher education for Negro Americans, we must now provide continued leadership at this crucial time in the history of our country.

Perhaps our first consideration should be a re-evaluation of the place which our Greek letter organizations hold on the college campus today. A careful appraisal of the changing picture may not be as satisfying as we would wish. Such words as "brotherhood", "sisterhood", "merit", "culture", "scholarship" and "character" PAGE 4

have somehow lost their original meanings as we see them translated into "hell week", odd types of dress meant to ridicule the wearer, lowered averages of scholarship as students are kept up all night to do odd chores, and even a kind of "refined help" in examinations which could be construed as cheating. All of this may be a part of the general trend in the world today; but if this be so, then now more than ever are we called upon to re-affirm the ideals and standards of our beloved Founders, and by precept and example, provide the leadership needed among our undergraduate chapters.

A further consideration of the place which Greek letter organizations hold on the college campus leads us to a second rather negative position. 1 am sure all of us recognize that college

fraternities and sororities foster claflnishness. Frequently, the non-fraternal person represents this clannishness as that of a group of self-important, selfexalted, sophisticated individuals with one fraternity or sorority differentiated from another merely by a characteristically glorified distinctive snobbery.

At least two factors have contributed to such an unsavory opinion; 0 ' the circumstance of restricted membership qualifications, and (2) the absence of liberalism often found in ' n ' stances of distorted fraternalism.

With reference to the first, it niust be admitted that in the very nature of the case, a college fraternity represents a restricted situation. A fraternity ° r sorority extends its privileges of brotherhood or sisterhood only to those who show evidence of possessing those continued on page 8

CONVENTION LEADERSHIP When the Thirty-Eighth Annual Boule of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the Forty-F.fth Genera Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. convened in September, 1959, the wisdom and guidance of the four day sessions of the Creekletter organizations were in the capable hands of Judge Myles A. Paige (left) general president of Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. and Dr. Marjorie N. Parker (center Supreme Bas.leus of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The Joint Public Meeting was highlighted by the able address delivered by Brother Robert P. Daniel (right) president of Virl ginia State College. ' ' r

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The President Speaks . . . .

BROOKLYN, N. Y. — Our Convention is over, and I am sure the Fraternity will be forever grateful for the work done by the delegates and General Convention officers there in Cincinnati. Hearty congratulations and sincere thanks to the local chapters, their convention committees and particularly to the general chairman Brother John W. Fleming.

My most cordial congratulations to Brother William Hale our first President-elect; also to the other elected and re-elected officers.

Let us now move further toward our cherished goal — leadership in scholarly attainments and guide-posts in our community life and service to all mankind.

We meet in August 1960 in Washington, D. C , and plans for one of the greatest conventions in our history are already made.

We adopted the new plan of reorganization in Cincinnati. We must now put it into effect and make it our rocket to further heights.

Brothers, please study and enroll as soon as available in Alpha Phi Alpha's new group insurance plan.

Fraternally yours, Myles A. Paige, General President

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Myles A. Paige, General President 1294 Carroll Street Brooklyn 13, New York January 23, 1960 Editor-in-Chief of Sphinx Dear Brother W. Barton Beatty, Jr.: The Liberian trip was a real inspiring event. Mrs. Paige and I are grateful for the opportunity.

As guests of the Liberian Government to the Fourth Inauguration of President William V. S. Tubman, we enjoyed immensely the entire program of the inaugural ceremonies. The principal invitational features were: the Inauguration on January 4, 1960 where President Tubman was most eloquent and philosophical as well as practical in his address; the Inaugural Ball which was beautiful; and the President's Formal Garden Party on Wednesday, January 6, 1960 where 65 foreign nations

were represented, and over 3,000 persons were in attendance. His Excellency President Tubman honored Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity by permitting me to make the presentation to him of the 1959 Alpha Phi Alpha Award of Honor. This was the only item on the program and President Tubman made a very warm and appreciative acceptance.

Your General President had great honor then in having President Tubman confer upon him the decoration of The Great Band of the Humane Order of African Redemption consisting of a beautiful shoulder-waist sash with star and a large Breast Star.

Other Brothers in attendance in addition to the local chapter of Monrovia were Brothers Lanier of Phelps-Stokes Fund, Claude Barnett, Thurgood Marshall, and Dick Campbell. It was an historical event for Alpha.

Sincerely and Fraternally yours, Brother Myles A. Paige

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President-Elect Hale Begins Work CHARLOTTE, N. C. — The Brothers of Alpha Omicron chapter are looking forward to a prosperous year I960.

Sunday, December 6, 1959, Alpha Omicron Chapter celebrated the 53rd Founder's Day anniversary of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The guest speaker was a distinguished Brother, William H. Hale, our general president-elect.

Following the program a reception was given in honor of Brother Hale •n the lounge of the Girls' dormitory.

One of the major projects that went over very well this fall was the "CanCan Dance." This was a joint project given with the AKA's. We collected 360 cans of food and distributed them to indigent families in Charlotte, FEBRUARY, 1960

North Carolina.

On December 14, 1959, we had two brothers initiated into the fraternity. The new brothers were George Dorman, a sophomore from Richmond, Virginia pursuing a major in Social Science and Brother Bruce Colson, a sophomore from High Point, North Carolina and pursuing a major in Biology. Brother Colson is contemplating upon entering graduate school.

On campus we are proud to have Brother William T. Greene who hails from New York City to work with us.

Brother Greene is a junior and is a political s c i e n c e major. Brother Greene is editor of the school's newspaper, "The University Student."

Brother James L. Allen is president of Alpha Omicron Chapter, member of the Student Council, manager of

the school's newspaper and President of the Pan-hellenic Council. Brother Harold Washington is managing editor of the school's newspaper, member of the Pan-hellenic council and an honor student. Other members of the fraternity are: Brother Daniel Lowry, a junior from York, South Carolina and a pyhsical education major; Brother Lawrence Gilliam, a junior from Asheville, North Carolina and a Biology major; Brother James H. Allen, a senior from Paterson, New Jersey and an accounting major; Brother Andrew Rogers, a senior from New York City and a physical education major and Brother Robert Eugene Hatchel, a senior from Brooklyn, New York and French major.

Associate Editor of the Sphinx Brother Robert Eugene Hatchel, PAGE 5

Frank T. Lyerson E. St. Louis, Illinois

PRESIDENT-ELECT VISITS COLLEGE CAMPUS (Left to right) Brother James L. Allen, Senior at Johnson C. Smith University and President of Alpha Omicron; Brother Maynard L. Wilson, President of Beta Nu Lambda; Brother Hale, our general president-elect and Brother R. P. Perry, President of Johnson C. Smith University.

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continued from page 3 State College, at the Public Meeting at Taft Auditorium, and Brother James C. Evans "Alpha's in Antiquity," at the Banquet. Brother William N. Lovelace was at his best as Master of Ceremonies and Toastmaster on this occasion.

JEWELS: It is to be remembered that we now have only two living Jewels — Brother Jewels Callis and Kelley, neither of whom were in attendance at the 45th General Convention, which marks the first time in our History, that a General Convention has proceeded without the presence of at least one of the Jewels. Let us ever be mindful of the two Jewels we still have with us and let them know how dear they are to us.

Brother Charles H. Wesley substituted for Jewel Brother Murray (now deceased) in giving the fraternal address — making many significant statements — suggesting we establish "jewels designate" — also telling the story of an engraving on a building in Washington: "The past is Prologue" — in common parlance, according to the story: "You ain't seen nothing yet."

PRAYER. At the conclusion of the final business session of the 45th General Convention, the Chaplain pronounced the benediction by giving the prayer of St. Francis of Assissi. There have been so many requests for it — I am using this as a medium to disPAGE 6

tribute it to those desiring it: "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; Where there is hatred, — let me sow love; Where there is injury, — pardon; Where there is doubt, — faith; Where there is darkness, — light; And where there is sadness, — joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so Much seek to be consoled, as to console; To be understood, — as to understand; To be loved, as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Time and Place of Conventions: 46th Gen. Convention — August 19-23, 1960 Washington, D. C. 47th Gen Convention — December 26-31, 1961 Louisville, Kentucky 48th Gen. Convention — 1962 — Columbus, Ohio 49th Gen. Convention — 1963 — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 50th Gen. Convention — 1964 — St. Louis, Missouri Newest Life Members In Alpha Phi Alpha: Dr. Lawrence S. Lackey Detroit, Michigan

REGIONAL CONVENTIONS: Eastern Region, April 15, 16, I960 Wilmington, Deleware Southern Region, April 15, 16, I960 Columbia, South Carolina Southwestern Region, April 15, 16, 1960 — New Orleans, Louisiana Western Region, April 15, 16, I960 San Diego, California Midwestern Region, April 22, 23, 24, 1960 — Kansas City, Mo. It is indeed unfortunate that these dates conflict one with another, and is is hoped that in the future this situation will not maintain. If there are any changes in these dates, National Headquarters would appreciate get' ting such changes from the Regional Vice Presidents.

HISTORY OF ALPHA PHl ALPHA: A new edition of the "History" of Alpha Phi Alpha is now available to any Alpha brother, upon receipt of $6.00 per volume, sent with order to National Headquarters.

MINUTES: The minutes of the 45th General Convention will be ready f° r distribution to each chapter (3) copieS each, within sixty days, following th e General Convention.

REPORTS: Additional copies of imports of General Officers and other committee reports are available, and will be mailed chapters upon requeste r ND TAX: Brother again may we expect your 1960 Grand Tax within the next few weeks. We are striving for a 10,000 active membership roll, which should not be too difficult.

PERSONAL NOTE: It is with regret that the General Secretary announce* the resignation of Mrs. Dorothy ALaw, who has been Clerk in the ol'fcce of General Secretary for appr°*' imately ten years. Mrs. Law resign to enter the Educational field, as l structor in the Public School System* of the City of Chicago. We wish n * every success that the future holds her, and extend this word of app r ciation to her for services rendere Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, in " e r capacity as Office Clerk. continued on page 9 THF SPHINX

From Gamma Gamma NEWS FROM GAMMA GAMMA COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA—Allen University, a co-ed institution of higher learning, is situated, in the capital of South Carolina, Columbia. This University, like many others, adheres to "collegiate greekdom."

The Gamma Gamma Chapter, established in the fall of 1946, of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is one of the many greek letter organizations affiliated with Allen University.

But Gamma Gamma has the unique distinction of being "first of all, servants of all, and transcending all."

Fifteen men carry the Alpha light on Allen's campus. These men are very prominent and active in academic as well as extra-curricular activities.

Our interests are centered around one main objective: keeping Alpha the best among the good.

Academically speaking, the members of Gamma Gamma proudly post the highest point average of any other fraternity on campus. The accumulated average of all the brothers is 2.15 as compared to a possible 3.0.

Six out of ten men who made the coveted "Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities 1959-60" were Alpha men. They are: Brother Arthur Pinckney, Senior, Chemistry major, president of the Science Club and the Senior Class, Vice-President of Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society, a member of the Student Council, SNEA, Parnassus Honor Society, candidate for a Fellowship from the Danforth Foundation, from Charleston, South Carolina; Brother James Bright, Senior, VicePresident of the choir, President of A#, member of Parnassus Honor Society, President of the band, President of the Male Chorus, member of Y -M.C.A., SNEA, music major, from Easton, Pennsylvania; Brother Ernest p ressley. Senior, music major, President of the University Choir, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Brother Colie Weathers, Senior, Business major, member of the University Choir, Business manager of Choir, Vice-Preslde nt of the Male Chorus, member of Commercial Club, member of the Y M.C.A.; from Eastover, South Cari n a ; Brother Willie Simmons, SenFEBRUARY, 1960

S O U T H E R N R E G I O N A L C O N V E N T I O N COMMITTEE The above brothers representing chapters from all over the state met in Columbia at Sarah Nance Elementary School to co-ordinate plans for the Southern Regional Convention which will be held A p r i l 15-16, in Columbia, South Carolina.

Reading left t o right: Brothers L. R. Bailey, Chairman of the Budget and General Convention Chairman; E. E. Taylor, President of Alpha Psi Lambda; J . O . Jackson, Secretary of Alpha Psi Lambda; David H. Jackson, representing Gamma Chapter, Allen University; Luke H. Chatman, Regional Director for the State of South Carolina—Gamma G a m m a Lambda, Greenville, South Carolina; Robert Young, representing G a m m a Gamma Lambda, Greenville, South Carolina; Fred W . Bostie, representing G a m m a Gamma Lambda, Greenville, South Carolina; Elridge W .

M c M i l l a n , Jr., representing Beta Delta—South Carolina State College, Orangeburg, South Carolina; A . W . Brown, representing Delta Zeta Lambda, Orangeburg, South Carolina.

ior, Elementary Education major, member of the SNEA, candidate for D a n f o r t h Foundation Fellowship, from Orlando Florida; and Brother Hal A. Franklin, Senior, Pre-medical student, member of the University Marching and Concert Band, Treasurer of the Science Club, member of the Student Council, from Milledgeville, Georgia.

Brother Franklin has the distinction of being the only student in South Carolina to receive a stipend from the National Science Foundation in May 1959. to participate in its Undergraduate Research Program at the George W. Carver Foundation, Tuskegee Institute.

Intercollegiate athletics at the University finds Brothers Earl Jackson, a flashy halfback from Daytona Beach, Florida and Herman Stanley, a guard from Bradenton, Florida participating as stalwarts in the offensive and defensive exploits of Allen on the gridiron. Brother Jackson also engages in track and field sports and has clocked in the "century" at 9.7. In the 1958 Homecoming game against the Bethune Cookman Wildcats, Brother Stanley, displaying a coolness as if ice

water were running in his veins, calmly kicked a 36 yard field goal in the closing seconds of the game to win a defensive battle . . . 3-2!!! Brother Hilton Williams is a ball hawking, fence busting, out-field star of the Allen baseball team.

The brothers are now anxiously awaiting the Southern Regional Convention to be held in Columbia in a few more weeks. A banquet and dance are some of the future plans of Gamma Gamma, and through-out the year of 1960 we will continue to carry the Alpha Phi Alpha high so that we may be of greater service to mankind.

By: Brother Hall Addison Franklin, II Editor-to-Sphinx O M E G A FRANCIS T. (Juice) JAMISON Gamma Theta Lambda Wilmington, Delaware January 14, 1960 DR. JAMES A. WRIGHT Life Member # 59 Beta Sigma Lambda Hartford, Connecticut January 28, 1960

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continued from page 4 properties of mind and heart which will enable them to benefit from its own peculiar activities, and contribute to its wider social objectives. It is indeed true that not to everyone who asks is a shingle given, nor is the door of an initiation open to all who knock.

Nevertheless, notwithstanding the presumed selective nature of the requirements for membership, the stream of persons permitted to flow through the flood-gates shows a very wide diversity of training, mental equipment, intellectual interest, social ideals, and future objectives. These divergent elements are important in developing a significant program of fraternal activities in a new age.

The varied life pursuits of individuals tend constantly to increase the diversity of their social heredity and social concern. There is vitality in the program of a chapter of a Greek letter organization whose activities provide for its members a medium of balance and compensation through the integrative forces of common knowledge, of common action, and of common ideals.

We are coming to recognize that the concerns of one fraternal group need not be those of another fraternal group. The local activity of one chapter need not be that of another chapter within the same organization.

There is a wide range of individual differences among the members of our Alpha Phi Alpha and of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and their development depends upon a proper recognition of the needs due to these differences.

Basic to a belief in liberalism in fraternalism is the acceptance of the fact that fraternity tradition and self interest may be so over-stimulated as to lead to narrow-mindedness. Most certainly customs and traditions are the real points of fraternity loyalty; they have their place.

But over-emphasis upon traditions may lead to non-rational ways of conforming. Appeals to loyalty and selfinterest may be so strong that our attitudes become egotized, our emotions narcotized, and our thinking paralyzed. In America we long ago abandoned the idea of an aristocracy of birth. We are becoming increasingly hostile to an aristocracy of wealth. As PAGE 8

Greek letter organizations we must recognize that these are changing times, challenging times. We no longer accept snobbish clannishness; we are moving rapidly into an acceptance of an aristocracy of trained intelligence.

It is our task to pass on to the youth the heritage from our culture which has been found significant in the past, and at the same time to face the issues and neeU-:. of a new clay.

Recent surveys as reported in the press indicate that on many college campuses the scholastic averages of the fraternal group are below the averages of students not so identified.

Further, campus leadership as revealed by students elected to the presidency or chairmanship of important groups has passed to non-fraternal students. And perhaps most revealing of all, many influential and outstanding student leaders prefer not to belong to fraternal groups. These facts have led many college administrators to wonder if Greek letter organizations are necessary or even desirable on campus. As senior members of two of the oldest such organizations, it is our urgent duty now to re-establish our position and to provide for our youth the leadership which our Founders established for us more than fifty years ago.

You will, I trust, not think me too much the educator if I review with you a brief historical sketch of certain changes in American higher education.

American higher education in 1956 is hardly what the Puritans envisioned when they founded the country's first college to train their ministers in 1636.

For nearly two and a half centuries after that, the aim of American colleges, most of them founded by churches, was limited to teach young people the rudiments of philosophy, theology, the classical languages and mathematics. One break from tradition came in 1876 with the founding of Johns Hopkins University. Here., for the first time, was an American institution with European standards of advanced study in the arts and sciences. Other schools soon followed the Hopkins example, and with the advanced standards came an emphasis on research. No longer did American university scholars simply pass along knowledge gained in Europe; they began to make a significant contribution

themselves.

Another spectacular change began at about the same time. With the growth of science, agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;until then a relatively simple artâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;became increasingly complex. In the 1850's a number of institutions were founded to train people for it, but most of these institutions failed to survive.

In 1862, however, in the darkest hours of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Land-Grant Act, offering each state public lands and support for at least one college to teach agriculture and the mechanic arts. Thus was the foundation laid for a state system of higher education throughout the United States. "In all the annals of republics", said Andrew D. White, first president of Cornell University, one of the first institutions founded under the Act, "there is no more significant utterance of confidence in national destiny, out from the midst of national calamity."

Now there is no stopping American higher education's growth, or the growth of its diversity. As America moved into the 1900's higher education moved with it. More and more Americans wanted to go to collegewere able to do so, were encouraged to do so. Public and private institutions were expanded. Tax dollars by the millions were appropriated, and philanthropists vied to support education on a large scale. Able teachers were graduated in numbers by America's own universities, and joined the teaching staffs. In the graduate and professional schools, research flourished, and reached outward to explore the universe and the creatures that inhabit it. Scholars examined the past' enlarged man's cultural heritage, and pressed their great twentieth-century search for the secrets of life and matter. Participating in these explorations were thousands of young Americans, poor and rich, and with their professors, they were building a uniquely American tradition of higher education.

But on October 4, 1957, a neW age was accentuatedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Space Age; On that day, Sputnick's "beep-beep was the fledgling signal of a new era, and in the present somber mood ot American life, the pursuit of higher education is becoming sharply, even Continued on page 14 THE SPHIN^

Report Committee on Human Relations CINCINNATI, OHIO — S i n c e 1954, Alpha Phi Alpha, in general conventions, has appropriately addressed itself to the subject of human rights. The purpose, as initiated by former General President A. Maceo Smith, is twofold: first to issue a convention statement on Civil Rights, and second, to agree upon a unified course of social action.

Brother Charles Wesley, who is a member of this committee, authored the manifestos of our recent Miami, Chicago, Buffalo, and Los Angeles Conventions. All of these were printed and distributed. We respectfully recommend your re-reading of, and brotherly commitment to the ideals of these convention Human Rights statements. In this spirit, we propose the following Cincinnati Manifesto: Alpha Phi Alpha has had fifty-three years of experience with racial prejudice and discrimination. It was born in protest of discrimination in college fraternities. Thus its very founding purpose became "to further brotherly love, and a fraternal spirit and justice among men, and (to) destroy all prejudices and to discountenance evil."

Throughout Alpha's maturing years, dedicated Brothers have reaffirmed this mandate of spiritual idealism.

Fundamentally, our task is no different today from what it was in 1906.

The only variation is that our role is now more clearly defined and stems from a much broader base.

The very survival of Alpha Phi Alpha as a strong, serviceable organization of noble men depends upon the degree to which we equip ourselves to assume more dynamic roles in the vanguard of the world's great liberation movements. The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is composed in the main of America's racially oppressed minority which after more than 300 years of st ruggle has not yet achieved full citizenship status.

The one fact that America can be 'east proud of is its unconscionable treatment of its Negro citizens. In s Pite of all of our individual and group progress, few, if any of us, have begun ve rtical ascent in America's general social structure, and, regardless of locale, we still live largely behind the harriers of extra legal segregation.

We are compelled, therefore, not only to strive to improve our own personal status by demanding full citizenship rights, but to recommit ourselves to achieving a full measure of freedom for all peoples.

We are obligated to become irrevocably dedicated to eradicating every vestige of discrimination in employment, education, universal suffrage, housing and government. We would be unworthy and grossly irresponsible if we would further accept the imperfections of a democracy which renders us its principal victim and permit ourselves to freeze into fraternal and individual inactivity.

We accordingly propose that each of us become an emissary, standing not alone at the head of our people locally or organizationally, but between the races forthrightly and dedicated to the cause of human decency. As such emissaries, we must endeavor at all times to promote and stimulate interracial and intergroup fellowship and acceptance.

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A SHORT EDITORIAL Reclaim Brothers: One such participation is Good Human Relations.

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CONGRATULATIONS: Hats off and Congratulations to Brother John W. Fleming and his excellent Convention Committee for executing a splendid Convention —- he was really the "strong man" in this gigantic movement, — which should fall on the shoulders, in the future, of greater numbers. We all wondered when John slept, if he did. At any rate he really rates this commendation, along with his Committee for excellence of performance.

The office of General Secretary stands ready at all times to be of any and all assistance to any and all chapters. Your requests immediately become orders and will be so construed.

Fraternally yours, Laurence T. Young, GENERAL SECRETARY

BROTHER HALE AT RECEPTION Brother Hale is shown greeting Junior Beverly Stuart during a reception given by Abha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Miss Beverly Stuart ,s a member of the Gamma Delta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

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human relations commissions, labor groups, and others which have taken a positive stand upon democratic and religious ideals with effective offensives against inequality and injustice.

We ask that each of us resolve to prove our membership worthiness by sincere dedication through the miracle of re-dedication and re-conversion to the ideals of our founding fathers. Let us continue to be unafraid and remain determined to achieve the same measure of freedom as have other Americans.

In order to keep active, the new spirit of freedom now permeating our people, we propose the following personal code of action: 1. Seek above everything else to become a whole Alpha Man—a contributing, sacrificing, worthwhile, achieving and concerned community leader.

2. Seek to constantly shed warmth and light in order to dispel the doubts and anxieties that yet

exist. The very life we live and the achievements we attain must serve as continuous sources of inspiration and hope.

All history is highly personalized drama of gallant men. We must contribute new achievements to the history of Alpha Phi Alpha so that Negroes may further proves to a skeptical world and discriminating nation that we are not a stereotype race.

3. Seek at all times to vindicate the faith of our brothers and others who helped to open new doors for us to walk through. Make sure that no door, once opened, will ever again be closed to any Negro.

4. Demonstrate in every pilot or test situation that as a Negro you can do equally as well or better than any gifted Caucasian would.

5. Take a consuming pride in individual and general racial advancement from day to day.

Keep abreast of all significant gains wherever and whenever they occur. Remember that total acceptance depends upon the

status we attain in the American society because man's status is determined by his achievements and not by family or caste.

6. Learn to make do with uncertainties and have a ready willingness to chance our future on living between triumph and disaster.

7. Develop "Magnificent Madness" —not insanity or the loss of normal mind, but the kind of madness that inspires us to great deeds by losing ourselves in ardent caring about the rights of man. We must get so "magnifi' cently mad" that we will become more determined than ever to free America of its racial madness.

8. Let us think through our own values and create our own philosophy of life. Always refuse to develop a personal radar system just to catch signals of approval from others before we act. Follow our own convictions. Heed the clamorous demands of our continued on next page

COLLEGE PRESIDENTS RECEIVE SHEAFFER LIFETIME FOUNTAIN PEN Six college presidents, all Brothers in the bond of Alpha Phi Alpha, received from general pres.dent Myles A. Pa.ge a hfehrne Schaffer fountain pen through the courtesy of the Sheaffer Fountain Pen Company. The gift pen was unusual as to design and color. The point was solid gold and operates with the latest technique for filling a pen. They are, left to right: Brothers Robert P. Daniel, president of Virginia State

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College; Richard V. Moore, president of Bethune-Cookma" College; Charles H. Wesley, president of Central State Colleae: Thomas W. W. Cole, CoU Sr„ R/ lpresident , ; j o n t of ~t Wiley \A/:I... College ^ n . « a anc and ege; Thomas Walter Washington, president of Utica Junior College.

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other recipients were Brother William Gore, president ° f Florida State University and Brother Paige.

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"A BATTLE OF THE BRAINS" ST. LOUIS, MO. — Among the rewards most treasured by Alpha Eta Chapter is the first place award for scholastic achievement for the semester ending, June 1959 made recently by the Washington University InterFraternal Council. This award is made each semester to the fraternity with the highest grade point average for the previous semester.

After a strong second place finish in February the brothers of Alpha Eta pooled their efforts in a concentrated drive for the coveted first place award.

More significant than this feat is the fact that among the twenty-one social fraternities on campus Alpha Eta was the only fraternity to survive the battle of the brains without receiving any failing grades amongst its brothers.

Certainly t h i s accomplishment demands recognition in an era when athletic prowess, public crimes, congressional investigations and the like have captured the fancy of the public eye.

In addition to walking off with first place honors in the overall competition, Alpha Eta, also captured first place honors in the pledge division with a two point average on a three point system. For this accomplishment the pledge club was the proud recipient of the beautiful trophy you see pictured above. To further its scholastic program, Alpha Eta, presents annually a plaque to the brother with the highest grade point average for the year.

Though we here at W. U. have received academic acclaim we have yet to retire our arms in the battle of the wains, for we know that acclamation does not denote excellency. So it is with this concept of perfection that we leave ye to gather our arms for combat - In conclusion, it is once again significant to note that Alpha Phi Alpha has once again reminded us that 'ne doing of good scholastic work is tn e real end of a college course."

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SPHINXMEN AWARD WINNERS Alpha Eta President, Brother Frank S. Greene, presents scholarship trophy to Sphinx Club President Earl Craig. From left to right are Sphinxmen William Sinkler, Michael Long, Anthony Lawson, Frank Blache, Earl Craig and Brother Greene.

around us. Stand up and express this dissatisfaction.

10. Be maladjusted—not schizophrenic or neurotic—but "magnificently mad" about, radically dissatisfied with, and maladjusted to discrimination a n d prejudice.

Never adjust ourselves to any kind of racial denial or personal insults that go with it.

I 1. Stop moving at the pace of "deliberate speed." Take our emphasis off of "deliberate" and put it on "speed." Deliberate speed thus far has meant on a snail's pace. To achieve total victory in our time we must move at full speed.

12. Always move toward something . . . a good life, full opportunity, high achievement and a sense of dignity.

The Committee of Human Relations urges that in the consideration and adoption of this proposed manifesto, each of us in accepting any part or all of this statement resolve to go from this convention determined in his own way to effect the principles thus agreed upon. Only in this manner can we give meaning and needed action to these words.

As in the past, we further recommend convention communications to the President of the United States, the Vice President, and the respective party leaders.

LETTER TO PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, in its 45th General Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, congratulates you upon your world tour in the furtherance of peace and universal brotherhood. We commend your noble and effective effort. We are certain that it will be recorded in history as the most far-reaching example of leadership that any American President or nation's head has ever given.

You witnessed first hand the great need in the world for human betterment. The tremendous ovations and courtesies extended to you everywhere were highly indicative of the fervent hope of the world for the success of the American dream —a government of, by, and for all of its people.

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• Human Relations continued from page 11 the need for a true democracy—one that holds all human beings in high respect and is intolerant of every form of discrimination—a democracy that will be the hope and inspiration of a brotherhood-hungry world, one with no ifs or buts—certainly one that does not have to make excuses for racial segregation.

World peace is dependent upon high levels of human dignity and how America treats not only the many people in the world, but its very own citizens.

Accordingly, Alpha Phi Alpha entreats you to give immediate official and personal attention to the vast citizenship inequalities that yet exist in our land.

We respectfully urge that you: (1) Issue a statement in support o f unqualified citizenship rights. As the most esteemed leader of all times, both America and the world await your positive support of total integration.

(2) Make specific recommendations to the 2nd Session of the 86th U. S. Congress regarding discrimination in employment, housing, education, public accommodations, and voting.

The greatest example possible to inspire world peace and increasing confidence in America, is a democracy that knows no inferior people.

Until America rids itself of the cancer of segregation, it will not win sufficient foreign nations to the cause of peace.

We prayerfully hope, Mr. President, as we approach a New Year destined to achieve new levels of international cooperation, and another session of Congress in a period when your successor will be named, we sincerely trust that you will invoke the full strength and influence of your office to make America truly a land of the free— a totally free people.

LETTER TO VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON, THRUSTON MORTON AND LYNDON JOHNSON Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, in General Session at PAGE 12

Cincinnati greets you on the approach of a New Year that should achieve unprecedented levels of human dignity.

The 2nd Session of the 86th U.S. Congress is faced with a grave responsibility. The time has come for an end to be put to filibustering by rescinding Senate Rule No. 22.

Through the undemocratic practice of talking Civil Rights legislation to death unlimitedly, America has earned the scorn and disrespect of a tense world.

Senate Rule No. 22 is the lord protector of racists and bigots who selfishly deny a sizeable segment of Americans t h e i r inherent civil rights.

We urge you to use the full extent of your political and personal influence, to eliminate from the nation's legislative chambers the repugnant and intolerable practice of denial by filibuster.

There are enough men of goodwill and conscience to defeat the small segment that thus far has been able to obviate the will of the majority. Senate Rule No. 22 is a national disgrace and reflects great shame on party leaders.

We urge you to effect in the Second Session of the 86th Congress which meets during the year when voters over the nation will choose a President, adequate Congressional safeguards that will preserve the virtues of a democracy which must become the inspiration and hope of the civilized world. More than this, we implore you to enact Remedial Legislation to extend the right of suffrage to all citizens.

Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation's oldest and largest fraternity open to all qualified college men, has sent one of its officers to the past three Congresses to solicit your personal aid in the extension of first class citizenship to all Americans.

We ask you again to give positive leadership to the cause of decency and right in the 2nd Session of the 86th U.S. Congress. Failure of the impending Congress to recognize the Negro as a full citizen will negate the herculean and statesmanship efforts of President Eisenhower to broaden the base of the world peace.

COMMITTEE FURTHER RECOMMENDED We recommend also the continuation of direct representation at the * beginning of the 2nd session of the 86th U.S. Congress. Brother James E. Huger, in a directed effort to end filibustering, h a s performed this service since it's conception in 1958 in cooperation with the leadership Conference of which Alpha Phi Alpha is a member. He has persuaded several key Senators to give leadership to changing Senate Rule No22. Both because we stand on the threshold of victory and because this considerably is due to Brother Huger's effective work, we recommend the approval of this convention to continue him in this capacity at the 2nd Session of th 86th United States Congress.

Respectfully submitted, COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RELATIONS Frank L. Stanley, Sr., Chairman J. S. Chandler Charles H. Wesley William H. Hale James T. Adams Robert T. Custis Felton G. Clark E. L. James Walter D. Holland M. L. Harris Richard V. Moore A. T. Walden Perry B. Jackson

BROTHER LOGAN WINS R. D. W. CONNOR AWARD Dr. Frenise A. Logan, professor of history at A&T College, received the R. D. W. Award of North Carolina for the best article published in the North Carolina History Review during the year of 1959.

The award was presented by DrStuart Noblin of North Carolina State College for the Historical Society.

Brother Logan has published articles in the Journal of Indian History, Journal of Negro History, Journal of Southern History, and the Journal of Agricultural.

Brother Logan graduated Magna Cum Laude from Fisk University, and he holds the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Western Reserve University.

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Brother Parker Two Time Award Winner

By Brother Ivan J. Roper Associate Editor of the Sphinx RED BANK, N.J. — Fraternal greetings from Zeta Epsilon Lambda of Red Bank in the resort paradise on the North Atlantic shore. We look with anticipation to the chapter's fall meetings though we pause and reflect over what has happened to the brothers of our group during 1959.

The Eastern Regional held at the Pick-Roosevelt of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania gave us the most heart felt rejoicing opportunity when our own Brother James W. Parker, Sr., received the Alpha-Regional-Man-of-the-Year.

Brother Parker who has practiced medicine in Red Bank for 43 years was honored for his social, political, and civic activities. He is a member of the State Board of Education, a trustee of Howard University from which he was graduated, trustee of the National Medical Association, member of the North Jersey Medical Associa-

tion, director of Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company and the Red Bank Chamber of Commerce.

It was publicly stated that all men were carefully scrutinized with utmost deliberation by three separate votings —one man and only one of these twelve contestants was voted number one by each judge on each of the votings — the final unanimous choice whose history via scrap book presentation showed his many documented achievements, but the letter enclosed sounded of eulogy. However, each judge agreed it was not an overstatement. Thus into the pages of history goes the story of our Dr. James W. Parker Sr. and the award received.

We enjoyed the early summer with our Spring formal. That festive activity has been a continuing reverberation of impatience to set about to hold a similar affair. The attendance response was excellent, beauty varied and exquisite, marvelously gowned—in a word, exemplary.

We are active with Alpha Phi Alpha's 1958 convention theme "Go to High School Go to College" and our study groups formed last winter are actively preparing themselves to work much more diligently with the young high school students with any of the subjects they have difficulty comprehending.

It is our earnest goal to see more Alpha houses on the major college campuses of the North and improvement to those outside the school campuses. To this endeavor, we shall seriously consider what we can do as a Chapter and individually as Alpha men in our wakeful hours.

A SHORT EDITORIAL Many Brothers attending the fortyfifth General Convention believe the Fraternity needs a national program committee.

ft ALPHA EASTERN REGIONAL M A N OF THE YEAR AWARD (AWARD NUMBER I] standing, | e ft to right: Brothers English Wright, James W . Parker, Sr. (receiving the Regional Man of the Year Award), Roland br °wn, Richard Johnson, James W . Parker, Jr.

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rigidly defined in relation to the survival of Western Civilization. The portents in the sky must be understood and interpreted, not out of frightened emotion, but with cold objectivity.

What is the significance to us as members of fraternities and sororities, who are an important part of the aristocracy of trained intelligence—what is the significance to us of a polished, man-made metal sphere circling the globe every ninety minutes at 18,000 miles per hour and at a height of 500 miles? What is the significance of sustaining human life at that tremendous speed in outer space? What is the significance of discovering what is on the other side of the moon?

The real meaning of man's most recent advances is that they provids dramatic glimpses into the depth and violence of the great scientific revolution in which we are all caught up, and which daily alters all aspects of our personal and national lives. The urgent message which these advances bring to us is that in this last half of the twentieth century—in this age of incredible technological change—we have reached the stage in history where nothing less than a major breakthrough to a newer and higher plateau of educational effort will suffice.

Indeed so widespread is public concern with improvement in education, that the Federal government has appropriated recently unprecedented millions of dollars in support of research and scientific education, and to provide scholarships and loan funds for higher education.

What is the role of the Greek letter organization is making this "breakthrough" possible?

College fraternal organizations more than others should be strong forces of rigorous scholarship on the part of their members, and also in searching out boys and girls of ability with limited opportunity that they may be able to continue their education. Half of the top 25% of American high School graduates never earn a university degree. This is one resource, that, undeveloped, is wasted—and wasted forever.

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PRESIDENT PRESENTS 1959 ALPHA A W A R D O F MERIT (Award Number Two) General President Myles A . Paige (right) presents Alpha Phi Alpha's coveted Award of Merit to Brother James W . Parker, Sr., (left) during the fraternity's Forty-Fift' 1 General Convention held during December, 1959, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brother Paige lauded Brother Parker for his many achievements both professionally and civicly. Brother Parker is a practicing physician in Red Bank, New Jersey.

when a gifted student neglects or lacks an opportunity for higher education?

Who can measure what we have already lost?

Who knows but that within the program of activities of the chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Alpha may be the resource for the stimulation of a man or a woman who can shorten the long road to the perfection of the thermonuclear power process; or a man or woman who may find the means of harnessing the unlimited energy of the light of the sun?

In re-affirming the ideals and hopes of our Founders, the various chapters could set up projects of assistance for the education of our youth so that no student of ability would lack the financial backing necessary for furthering his education as far as he is able to go.

It is not enough for us to "encourage" our young people to go to college—one must make it possible for

them to remain there and to receive the best training possible whatever the financial cost may be. True it is th** many of us "worked our way" through college, but who knows what many oi us might have become if our energieS had been released to study and research instead of arduous hours of ' a " borious work which left us too weary to profit by the little time left to p"1"' sue our studies? Wasted energy-" wasted time—wasted talent—today s fast moving tempo demands that the student devote himself entirely to the study at hand.

The importance of this fact haS been emphasized even recently w'1'1 the publication of two significant documents. The first is the Sixth Annual Report of the President's Committee on Government Contracts headed by Vice-President Richard MNixon, and the second is the Occupy' continued on page 18 THE SPHINX

GAMMA THETA LAMBDA CHAPTER, HOST TO 1960 EASTERN REGIONAL CONVENTION WILMINGTON, DELAWARE — Gamma Theta Lambda Chapter welcomes all brothers to attend the 1960 Eastern Regional Convention to be held Friday and Saturday, April 15th and 16th at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware.

Gamma Theta Lambda was organized in 1945 and chartered in 1947.

Charter members include Brothers: Charles Simms, Wayman Coston, A. Roland Milburn, William Lewis, Robert O'Neal, John Hopkins, George Taylor. W. W. Goens, Leon Anderson, Robert Nelson, Forrester Lee and the late Francis T. Jamison.

Since 1945, Gamma Theta Lambda and its members have made significant contributions to the educational, religious, civic and social development of the Wilmington community.

Some of the chapter's projects include donations toward local high school band uniforms, the building fund of the new Salesianum School, the local chapter of the NAACP. The Chapter has awarded scholarships to worthy students attending undergraduate school and has sponsored a Career Conference at one of the junior high schools.

Each year, during the observance of Education and Citizenship Week, the annual "Citizenship Award" is presented to a person who has made an outstanding contribution in the fields °f human relations, civic, religious and eommunity-wide service in and around Wilmington. Persons so honored have '"eluded members of both races and m some instances the honorees were brothers.

The "Cafe Sphinx" and the annual oatride have been social affairs eagery awaited by Wilmingtonians. Since Jun e 1958, the highlight of the social j*ason has been the "Sweetheart Ball" he'd in the lovely Starlight Room of the Hotel Rodney located in the center of the city.

Officers of Gamma Theta Lambda Chapter are Brothers: Charles Simms, president; William Young, Vice-Presil nt; Harry Young, Secretary; A. Rond Milburn, Treasurer; Joseph Morris ' Chaplain; and W e 1 d o n Sims, FEBRUARY, I960

Associate Editor-to-Sphinx.

The C o n v e n t i o n Committee is headed by Brother William Young.

Working with him are various committees with the following named brothers as chairmen: Brothers: Earl Jackson, Program; Harry Young, Registration; A. Roland Milburn, Finance; Sidney Clark, Publicity and

Souvenir Program.

The officers and ma Theta Lambda you to Wilmington, 15th and 16th for Regional.

members of GamChapter welcome Delaware on April the 1960 Eastern

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TENTATIVE PROGRAM

1960 EASTERN REGIONAL CONVENTION G A M M A THETA LAMBDA CHAPTER

ALPHA PHI ALPA FRATERNITY APRIL 15-16. 1960 HOTEL DUPONT WILMINGTON, DELAWARE THURSDAY, APRIL 14, I960 9:30 P.M.

UNDERGRADUATE PARTY

4th St. & Gray Avenue

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, I960 Hunt Room REGISTRATION Kent Room CONVENTION COMMITTEE MEETINGS Sussex Room (BREAKFAST) 1:00 P.M. G O O D FRIDAY RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCHES UNDERGRADUATE ROUND UP Dubarry Room 2:00 UNDERGRADUATE PANEL Dubarry Room 3:00 Presiding: Brother William D. Coverdale, Assistant Eastern Regional Vice-president 5:00 ADJOURNMENT 5:30-7:00 MEET YOUR DATE Walrvut Street YMCA 8:00 PUBLIC MEETING Walnut Street YMCA Presiding: Brother Charles Simms Auditorium President Gamma Theta Lambda 10:00 PAN-HELLENIC DANCE SATURDAY, APRIL 16, I960 Dub>arry 9:00 A . M . SECOND GENERAL SESSION Presiding: Brother William Young Gamma Theta Lambda Chapter GROUP PICTURE I 1:45 Dupont Cafeteria LUNCHEON 12:00 1:303:15 P.M. CONVENTION WORKSHOP Dubarry Room THIRD GENERAL SESSION 3:30-5:00 Presiding: Brother Charles Broaddus, Eastern Vice President COCKTAIL HOUR Foyer to Gold Ballroom 6:30-7:30 ALPHA BANQUET (FORMAL) Gold Ballroom 7:30-9:30 Presiding: Brother Philip G. Sadler, Toastmaster FORMAL DANCE Gold Ballroom 10:00 9:00 A . M .

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Another "First" For Beta Lambda Chapter Greater Kansas City KANSAS CITY, MO. — When the Midwestern Regional Convention convenes in Kansas City, Missouri, April 22, 23, 24, 1960, Beta Lambda will notch another "FIRST" in its annals.

Beta Lambda was established in January, 1919, and was the first graduate chapter set up west of the Mississippi River. When the chapter was just more than a year old, it became the host chapter for the 1920 General Convention. This was the 'first' time that any graduate chapter had been host to a convention and the 'first' time a General Convention had been held west of The Mississippi.

Subsequent to the 1919 Convention, Beta Lambda has been host to the 1940 and 1950 General Conventions.

This is the 'FIRST' time a Regional Convention has been held in Kansas City and 'believe you me,' the brothers are going 'all-out' to entertain all visiting brothers in a grand style. We are especially proud of the changes made in race relationships in this 'Heart-ofAmerica' city. Those attending The Regional will quickly note the changes made and also how Negroes have progressed in many fields of endeavor.

Another 'First!' Beta Lambda is the first Greek-Letter Fraternity to host a convention in a down-town hotel. All sessions of the convention will be held in the Pickwick Hotel, 10th & McGee. We are proud to be 'FIRST' in this role.

PLAN MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CONVENTION Pictured, left to right, making plans for the Mid-West Regional Convention are: Brothers Burt A. Mayberry; Stenson E. Broaddus, Midwestern Vice President; Edwin R. Byrd, President Beta Lambda Chapter; and Clarence W. Robinson, General Chairman of the Convention Committee. Headquarters for the Convention, which will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, April 22 ,23, 24, I960, will be the Pickwick Hotel, 10th and McGee.

Each graduate and undergraduate is urged to send delegates in order that the thinking of the brothers in MidWest Region might be known firsthand. Please Come! Beta Lambda Chapter and Greater Kansas City Welcomes You!!

Wilmington Alpha Bettes Prepare For Ladies WILMINGTON, DELAWARE — The Alpha Bettes of Gamma Theta Lambda Chapter are making elaborate plans to entertain the ladies who will accompany their men to the 1960 Eastern Regional Convention to be held April 15th and 16th at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware.

Special social affairs for the ladies include a visit to lovely Longwood Gardens and a card party-cocktail party Saturday afternoon.

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beautiful and spacious Gold Ballroom of the Hotel DuPont.

Officers of the Alpha Bettes are: Mrs. Charles Simms, President; Mrs. Luther Porter, Vice President; Mrs. William Young, Treasurer; Mrs. Philip Sadler, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Willard Jones, Recording Secretary.

Other members are Mrs. Sidney Clark, Mrs. W. W. Goens, Mrs. August Hazeur, Mrs. Aubrey Marshall, Mrs. Frank Hollis, Mrs. Earl C. Jackson, Mrs. Francis Jamison, Mrs. A. Roland Milburn, Mrs. Robert Nelson, Mrs. Leon Petty, Mrs. Arthur Redding, Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. Daniel Williams, Mrs. Harry Young and Mrs. Donald Wilson.

THEY CANT KEEP US FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — "They Can't Keep Us Down Now That We Have Been Places and Have Seen Things." This was the subject of Attorney John D. Johnson, former Municipal Judge of Miami, as he addressed the brothers and throngs of citizens of Fort Lauderdale. Brother Johnson was Founders' Day Speaker for Zeta Alpha Lambda Chapter, Sunday, December 13, 1959, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church.

The Founders' Day Ceremony was highly appreciative as the message was intellectually inspiring and challengingThe beautifully arranged Dillard High School Chorus was sensational and added much to the success of the program.

Other features of the ceremony in' eluded presentations as follows: WOMAN OF THE YEAR — Recipient of this award was Mrs. Annie MDailey. Mrs. Dailey has taken high interest in the Y W C A, has been outcontinued on page 18 THE SPHINX

THE AMAZING MR. RUMFORD

By Brother LeRoy W. Jeffries BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — April 16, 1959 was probably the greatest day in the life of Brother William Byron Rumford, successful pharmacist, eminent legislator, outstanding civic leader, and principal organizer and director of Beneficial Savings and Loan Association. This was the day that triumphantly culminated fourteen years of effort by Rumford in diligently battling for strong Fair Employment Practices legislation—this was the day when California's Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown signed one of the strongest FEPC bills in the nation. Truly a momentous occasion in the life of the former Phoenix, Arizona newsboy, handyman, prizefighter, dishwasher, doorman and delivery boy—April 16, 1959.

Since 1948, when Rumford was first elected to the State Assembly, his record has been so outstanding that Govenor Brown said of him at a recent testimonial for the legislator: "Byron Rumford has achieved an outstanding record of service to his constituency and to the people of the State of California. In such diversified fields as Public health, alcoholic beverage control, narcotics control, air pollution control and especially civil rights, he h a$ shown great leadership, understanding and ability. His crowning achievement, of course, is the historic ™ creating the Fair Employment Practices Commission. It is the result of untiring efforts and determination b >' him and others like him, that Calif0mia has at long last recognized this Ur gent need."

A thumbnail sketch of Assemblylllan Rumford's legislative record since Iy 48 is immersed in hard work, politjcal tenacity and civic astuteness. Let's °°k « the record: 1948 —First elected to California State Assembly, .ere he has served continuously. ...

Introduced and led passage of ''outlawing racial discrimination in W? l i f ° r n i a N a t i o n a l Guard- 1951 "-While a member of the Government ^ganization Committee, he was ace 'n the development of recommendations for the reorganization of e records classification and storage ^tem of the State, which resulted in savin gs of a quarter million dollars to FE

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the State's taxpayers. 1953 — Appointed Chairman Standing and Interim Committees on Public Health, a position he still holds. 1955—As a legislative leader in the field of smog control, he was instrumental in the development of the legislation which established the Bay Area Pollution Control District.

The parade of progress of Brother Byron Rumford continues. For example, in 1957 he: (1) Introduced and led passage of bill prohibiting discrimination in the hiring of public school teachers. (2) Introduced and led passage of bill which abolished the impractical "Southern Crossing" plan for a bridge across San Francisco Bay, and which led to new studies of the proposed bridge location. (3) While serving as a member of the Government Organization Committee, he participated in the development of legislation leading to the reorganization of the State Board of Equalization, and to the establishment of the new Alcoholic Beverage Control section of that

agency. (4) Conducted Public Health committee investigations which led to the long over-due reorganization of the State Division of Narcotics. (5) Introduced and led passage of bill which provided $3,000,000 worth of polio vaccine for free vaccination of millions of California citizens.

In spite of all these accomplishments, 1959 gave Rumford his greatest satisfaction. This is the year that he reintroduced and led passage of a bill establishing Fair Employment Practices Commission. Assemblyman Rumford had previously introduced the first FEPC bill to pass the Assembly in 1955. (2) Introduced and led passage of bill which for the first time establishes a state licensing system for social workers. (3) Introduced bill which provides for the rehabilitation and treatment of narcotics addicts.

(4) Introduced bill which would require the State Department of Health to establish clean air standards in connection with air pollution control, and to designate hazardous pollution areas in the state.

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BROTHER R U M F O R D A N D FAMILY Brother Rumford, a successful business man and political expert, always finds time t o share with his family. The family seated in the comfortable hying room are I. t o r • Elsie Rumford, daughter; Brother Rumford; and the charming Mrs. W . Byron Rumford.

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continued from page 16 standing in religious affairs and is a devoted community worker.

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR —Recipient of this award was Mr. Nathaniel Wilkerson. Mr. Wilkerson is active in civic affairs and Ft. Lauderdale's first Negro to run for a seat as City Councilman.

OUTSTANDING CIVIC ORGANIZATION —Recipient of this award was Mr. Carlton Tynes, President of the Caps and Tarns Civic Organization. This organization has sponsored various projects to benefit Negroes in the Ft. Lauderdale area.

TWENTY-FIVE Y E A R MEMBERSHIP, ALPHA P H I ALPHA FRATERNITY — Eligible for these certificates were Brothers, J. Pinckney Davis, S. Howard Newsomc and Robert Thompson.

The awards and certificates were presented by Brother Charles B. Morton, Past President of Zeta Alpha Lambda Chapter.

The evening was climaxed with an alter affair with the brothers and their guests in a closed reception at the home of Brother Archie E. Holmes of Pompano Beach, Fla. Brother W. L. Hankerson.

Associate Editor of the Sphinx Alpha Psi Lambda Prepares To Entertain SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONVENTION COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Brothers of Alpha Psi Lambda are going all out to make this regional the biggest and best, yet.

Plans are under way to make this regional the busiest and liveliest in the history of Alphadom. There will be plenty of everything. Smokers, discussions, dancing, speeches, caucuses, cocktail parties and just ole fashion Alpha Fellowshipping.

So brothers whether you are seventeen or seventy you will find much of interests for you in the capital city, and oh, yes brothers, bring the little ole lady along. The Alpha Bettes know just what they will like.

For our undergraduates, there will be hostesses galore.

Don't forget the date, April 1516, Columbia, South Carolina.

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Beta's Charles Bush Appointed

Brother Charles Bush WASHINGTON, D.C.—It is with swelling pride that we, the brothers of Beta Chapter at Howard University, inform the Brotherhood of the accomplishments of our distinguished brother, Charles Bush, who left Washington in June to accept an appointment in the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo.

—the first Negro to be so appointed.

He attended Bannecker Jr. High School where his scholarship was so superior that as a result of it he was elected to the National Junior Honor Society.

Upon graduation from Bannecker, "Chuckie" was appointed to the position of page-boy for the United States Supreme Court. He was the first Negro to receive such an appointment.

During his senior year at the Capitol Page School, our good brother was inducted into the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools (which is analogous to being given a Phi Beta Kappa key on the college level).

Brother Bush shortly thereafter received an alternate appointment to the Air Force Academy, and a $500 scholarship to Howard University which he accepted. During the school year 1958-1959, his status changed to that of first alternate to the Academy.

Meanwhile, on the campus scene, Bush was heaping further laurels upon himself by being an outstanding student in the School of Engineering. He

participated in activities such as the Campus Pals, being a member of the Student Council of the School of Engineering and Architecture, and a member of the Howard University Handbook Committee.

Brother Bush left behind him a host of friends and well-wishers, as well as (in this discerning brother's eye) one of the most beautiful girl friends on the entire Eastern seaboard.

Personable, sincere, hard working Brother Charles Bush has won the respect of all of his Beta brothers. In the relatively short time that he has been an Alphaman, he has contributed much to the prestige of Beta Chapter on the Howard scene, as well as being a source of pride to his appointor, Representative William Dawson of Chicago, Illinois. It can be said in all sincerity that Brother Charles Bush is truly the "pride of our hearts."

Associate Editor to the Sphinx Brother Don Sharpe NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION Brother H. Medley Proffitt, Helena, Arkansas, President of the National Dental Association announces their 47th annual convention to be held at the Claridge Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, August 1-5, 1960.

The 1,800 dentists will make the hotel headquarters for all scientific clinics, exhibits and general business sessions.

Brother Proffitt during his term in office is carrying out the first objectives of the Association—to improve the public health—to promote knowledge, ideals and ethics of dentistry—to foster understanding and fellowship among its members.

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THE GOVERNOR, EDMUND BROWN, IS SIGNING CALIFORNIA'S F.E.P. BILL Left to right: Rev. Haynes; Brother Byron Rumford; Governor Edmund Brown; Tom Fleming; Asst. Atty. General Franklin Williams.

groups that a diligent, courageous watchdog is protecting their civil continued from page 17 rights.

Rumford was also influential in the Rumford's election by his legislative colleagues to probably the most pow- appointment of Brother Albert Mcerful post in the State of California— Kee, an astute Oakland Real Estate Secretary of the Northern California Broker, as Inheritance Tax Appraiser.

Democratic Central committee. But McKee, one of three Negroes apwith all of his fame, glory and recog- pointed for the first time in this job n "ion, Rumford always gave encour- classification, is highly qualified to apagement to bright young men whom praise the value of real estate, stocks, "e belived would make a contribution bonds, and estates under California to ^e State. For example, he was in- law. These are solid and meaningful dumenta! in the recent appointment appointments. °f Brother Franklin Williams, as CalifVery few people know that Rumornia's Assistant Attorney General. ford was a professional prizefighter r his appointment has great signifi- under the managership of "Pop" cance since Williams was regional at- Lewis, father of the former light torney and director of the West Coast heavyweight champion John Henry MACP. His appointment to this im- Lewis. ' P o p " Lewis insisted that portant post assures all minority young Byron was one of the best light

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weight prospects he ever handled. If this phase of his life appears to be unrecorded in the Rumford history it is only because he fought under the name of Young Joe Gans.

Cognizant of the difficulties that Negroes have in getting loans to purchase homes, Rumford spearheaded the organization of the Beneficial Savings and Loan Association which made funds available in the vital area of housing and home ownership. Under his guidance and leadership as chairman of the board, the institution is rapidly growing and has the respect of the people in the community and other sections of the State and country. This is evidenced by the many accounts set up in the association by individuals, businesses and civic organizations incontinued on page 20 PAGE 19

"VACATION" CONVENTION PLANNING Seated, left to right: Brothers Kermit Hall, National ConvenDean; and Edward J. Austin. Standing, left to right: Newtion Director; Belford V. Lawson, Washington Convention Chair man C. Taylor and C. C. House. man; Myles A. Paige, National General President; Millard R 11

Washington in August"

WASHINGTON, D. C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; M u Lambda Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha, started its yearly program with a well attended regular monthly meeting.

"Russia from a Woman's Viewpoint" was presented by Mrs. Jewel Mazique, who has done extensive study on that country. Her remarks covered her eight week stay in Russia.

The following month. Brother Howard Jenkins, Director of Office Regulations, Bureau of Labor-Management Reports, United States Department of Labor, was principal speaker and his timely statements provoked much discussion among the large number of Brothers present.

In November the fraternity reelected Brothers Edward J. Austin, President; Horace Holmes, Vice-President; Wayland McClellan, Financial Secretary; James F. Walker, Recording Secretary; Clarence O. Lewis, Treasurer; J. Clinton Hoggard, Chaplain; Millard R. Dean, Editor to the Sphinx and Wilbur Ellis, Corresponding Secretary.

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lighted with a presentation by delegates to the Cincinnati Convention, Brothers William T. Davis and William H. Smith encouraging the members in planning for our 1960 Convention at the Sheraton-Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. August 19-23.

"Vacation Convention" is the theme of this 46th general meeting at the airconditioned hotel.

General Convention Chairman, Brother Belford V. Lawson, past National President and Brother C. C. House, Assistant General Chairman, have completed all plans for the meeting with praise for the enthusiasm of the Committee Chairmen and other Officers in setting up the program.

Social events for the Brothers and their Wives will include a Cabaret Party, Embassy Reception and the Banquet Dinner Dance closing the convention.

Negotiations are being made for the orchestras of Brothers Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington.

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side the city of Oakland as well as outside the city and State of California.

Rumford's success has largely been due to his systematic educational planning. He received his Degree in Pharmacy from the University of California. He was trained very well, since he is considered one of the most knowledgeable pharmacists in the State of California. After he was first elected to the legislature in 1948, he returned to the graduate school of the University of California and between chores as an assemblyman and pharmacist, he received both the Bachelor's Degree and the Master's Degree in Public Administration. Needless to say, this background in the field of public administration has served him well i" achieving his great record in the legislature for the benefit of his constituency and the people of the State of California.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and A l p h a Phi A l p h a Fraternity undergraduates, jointly presented a panel on the New Program the Sorority and Fraternity should follow in this New Era o f the

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Space A g e . Left t o right: Miss Jacqueline Hill, George Walker, Jocelyn W h i t e h e a d , and Richard Lawrence.

Undergraduates Point The Way Four young, highly intelligent and current campus leaders composed the panel. They had been in correspondence with the Chairman and Moderator regarding their contribution. They also, by their own agreement, met before the day of the session to share notes and delete unnecessary duplication. They were mutually helpful. It should be made clear, however, that these presentations were their own and were not influenced or dictated by graduate members. The four topics, discussed in this order, were: Scholarship; Housing; Initiation; and Transi-

Brother Aaron Brown, Moderator, during Apha Phi A l p h i - A l p h a Kappa A l p h a Undergraduate Panel.

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Chapter Recommendations for Graduate and Undergraduate Awards.

Four Awards to be made at the August Convention in Washington, D. C. Alpha Award of Honor Alpha Award of Merit Undergraduate Chapter Award of Merit Graduate Chapter A w a r d of Merit Recommendations are to be mailed to: Herbert E. Miller, Chairman Alpha Phi Alpha Committee on Awards '35 Ashland Place, Apt. 6D Brooklyn 1, New York FEBRUARY, 1960

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tion From Undergraduate To Graduate.

The presentations were well organized and effectively delivered. They applied to both Sororities and Fraternities; a feat accomplished by panel consultation. This procedure must have impressed the graduate members and made for a high degree of interest.

Only the writer's summary is given here for lack of space. He apologizes to the panelists for not being more efficient in summarizing their able contributions.

SPHINX STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF W . Barton Beatty, Jr. ASSISTANT M A N A G I N G EDITORS Leroy Jeffries, Kermit Hall FUN EDITOR O. Wilson Winters EDITORIAL ASSISTANT—Oscar Richie.

ASSISTANTS — Hugh M. Gloster, Thomas W . Young, Charles Wesley, W . Wesley Whetstone, J. Saunders Redding, Myles A. Paige, Robert F. Custis, William H. Hale.

STAFF EDITORS—Harold R. Jones T. Winston Cole, Sr., Charles A. Broaddus, James E. Huger, C. Anderson Davis, John Hope Franklin, Alonio G .

Moron, Ramon Scruggs, Lionel H. Newsome, Stephen J. Wright, Charles V. Willie, L. Howard Bennett.

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS — Archibald J. Carey, J . M. Ellison, Felton G. Clark, Miles Graham, Rayford Logan, Belford Lawson, Rufus Atwood, Charles F. Lane, John Simmons, Robert J .

Anthony, Oscar C. Brown, Frank L. Stanley, J . Rupert Picott, A. Maco, A. Smith.

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FRATERNITY FUN

BROTHER O. WILSON WINTERS

J E T S and BEATNICKS Did you read my column in the General Convention Number, December issue, of the Sphinx? Do you remember my parting words as I landed in Cincinnati after an epochal (to me) flight from Philadelphia. Well, I landed in better condition than expected but the TWA plane on Flight 737 especially in the area of my seat location was going to need much attention from Lestoil or Mr. Clean.

And as for me, contact with terra firma quickly restored status quo, or rather status quo ante.

It was evident in Buffalo, it gained momentum in Los Angeles, it effervesced in Philadelphia, but in Cincinnati the new decor in Alpha Conventions with the Jet format, the nuclear mathematized pace, the orbitized round of scintillating e v e n t s all bespake a collatteral image of the astounding aspects of the space age.

There were coffee sips, a champagne fantasy, cabaret capers, collaberating luncheons, "Date" Baiting Soirees, a primitive Smoker depicting the mating instinct from stone age to jet age.

There were dances, house warmings and house wettings all over town; there were dancing and prancing at Balls, formal and informal; there were banquets open and closed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and there was a convention. Indeed, to help me keep up the tenor of this recital consonant with the times, I'll say there was a convention but it was saturated with beatnick influences.

In the capacity in which I am cast at a convention I did my best to maintain a conformity to historical behavior, but at times I felt like little Walter Collins. For some years Professor Warrick taught school in the Blue Ridge Mountain district of Virginia. Trying always to impress the PAGE 22

virtue of honesty on his students, he required them to give a pledge that they had neither given nor received help on their examinations. Walter handed in his paper with this pledge on it: "I haven't received no help on this exam and Lord knows I couldn't give any." That's my convention record!

Evidence of 15 atiiickism A private detective asked a Cincinnati matron, "Now madame just what is it you wish me to do?" She said, "I want my husband and that AKA woman followed night and day and a complete report on just what she sees in him." * * * One delegate rushed to her hotel room excitedly and confided to her soror roommate: "Oh Beatrice, I'm going out tonight with a used car salesman!"

"What's the difference," her sister replied, "so long as he's healthy?" * * * For superior beatnicking Bro. Dr. Blyden Jackson takes the cake and by his quick wit shows why he rates his philosophy doctorate. He was standing near the "date" bureau where his old classmate delegate had been assigned a "date" who showed much to be desired, in age, beauty and personality. Presently Mrs. Blyden came up toward the group and Brother Doctor Jackson said: "Lawrence didn't you expect your wife to attend the convention?" Mrs. Jackson who could easily understudy for any Hollywood queen received the most unexpected and effusive greeting of her life. The "date" vanished. Editors note "Greater love hath no man than this, that he would give up his wife (for ten seconds) for his friend." True beatnicking indeed. * * * Children in the baby sitting range can be beatnicks too. Dad wanted to attend the Smoker, Mother had gone to her Sorority affair and Hilliard (pronounced "hellion") just wouldn't go to sleep so daddy could slip upstairs to the Roof Garden. "All right sonny, I'll do just what you do, you kneel by your side of the bed, say your prayers and so will I. So Junior knelt by his side of the bed, and daddy knelt by his, Junior said his prayers

"Now I lay me" and daddy mumbled his. But Junior was more awake than ever and when it was over cried out.

"Mommy going to be awful mad with you. I had the potty." * * # It was Mass Hypnotism when Brother Dick Lawrence from Ps' Chapter, speaking at the Undergraduate Joint Luncheon, convinced four hundred Sorors that not one of them was over thirty-five. They were not too deeply tranced to applaud vigorously.

They told me that around the hotel corner was a steak house where delicious steaks could be had very reasonably. I went around the right corner instead of the left and landed in a beanery. On the wall near where ' sat amid the smoke and grease some wag had scribbled, Emily Post fainted here!" * * * I was domiciled at Room 915 just next door to Brother Father Richard T. S. Brown, our chaplain, who was in room 911. There was no 913Around the corner was the most travelled area of corridor carpet in the hotel. It was the Jeffries Company's Open Sesame Oasis presided over by Brother Chrysler. Or was it the Chrysler Company's Hospitality Suite managed by Brother Jeffries? I sneaked from the Father's sight and wandered into the Oasis. I was wined and dined and souvenired with a set of cuff linkstie clasp and money clip manicure set all bearing the Chrysler Forward Look design. The Chrysler Company has sold a new Chrysler Windsor forthwith. Smart beatnicks those Chryslers and Jeffrieses. * # * Beside saying that the Undergraduates were more alert, more vocal and more vociferous than ever before, ' perforce, must inform you that I am breaking a top diplomatic secret when I disclose that Brother Presidents Myles Paiges' discomfitures came n°l from the stormy floor debates but from fancy embroidery with bi-latera' designs a Cincinnati physician employed with a hypodermic needle fu" of government inoculation shots prep' aratory to his visit to the inauguration continued on page 32 THE SPHINX

Brother Ron Burton: "'Alpha Phi Alpha's All American, Too"

By Brother Russell L. Stockard Southern University BATON ROUGE, LA. — At the completion of each football season hundreds of teams and thousands of players anxiously await the selection of the eleven players who qualify as America's best. This practice has been a hallmark on the American scene since Walter Camp envisaged such a need many seasons in the past.

The 1959 Ail-American team included a back that emerged as Northwestern University's most prolific scorer. This halfback, Ron Burton, had a three year total of 130 points. eclipsing the previous school record of 121 point by Otto Graham. This alltime record was established despite an injury during his senior year which incapacitated him for two games. Northwestern greats the likes of Collier, Stonestfer, Morris, Hein and Baker, in addition to Graham, are past images of exceptional abilities who serve to illuminate the saga of Burton with an air of football gentility, In Brother Burton's junior year 76 points were amassed to place him third ln the nation and set a new Northwestern Wildcat record for a single season.

As a junior, Ron had his best days a gainst the top opponents — a true measure of a player's All-American statue. He scored three touchdowns m an amazing 55-24 rout of Michigan.

And rolled up 110 yards rushing and cau ght a pass for a touchdown in a near-upset of the eventual Big Ten champion Iowa, as the Wildcats lost, -6-20. Ron caught a 67-yard touchdown pass to set the pace in a 21-0 "Pset of previously undefeated Ohio State. few Northwestern supporters gave the "Springfield (0.) Flash" little chance to crash this year's football eute because of an ankle injury inflicted in the Minnesota game. His termination and will to play, as he Pursued his natural bent, proved his undoing as the severely sprained ank 'e was aggravated and he was forced t0 miss the Michigan and Notre Dame FEBRUARY, I960

games.

However, those who named him to the UPI, AP, NEA, NBC, Sporting News, Coaches, Central Press, N. Y. News, Hearst, Coach and Athlete and Look All-American teams were studiously aware on his tie breaking 57-yard touchdown run that proved to be the decisive score in the 45-13 victory against Oklahoma; a touchdown pass in the 14-10 triumph over Iowa; a 63-yard punt return for a touchdown in the 30-13 rout of Indiana; and a punt for a 63-yard touchdown, and another 43-yard gallop to set up a score, as the Wildcats lost to Wisconsin, 19-24.

Burton had a reputation as one of the finest defensive backs in the nation, as the Wildcat's 1959 Co-captain was named to every major All-American team.

His value on defense was illustrated in a game in which he did not even play. In this game, against Notre Dame, Ron was still sidelined with the injury suffered in the Minnesota game. Although he was not expected to play, he made the trip and was in uniform. With Northwestern leading 30-24 and five minutes remaining in the game, Notre Dame began to move down field through the air. Although he was still limping, Ron began to warm-up on the sidelines, preparing to enter the game as a desperation measure in the hopes of halting the passes of Notre Dame quarterback, George Izo. However, the crisis ended before he entered the game as Northwestern end, Elbert Kimbrough, intercepted a pass and the Wildcats ran out the clock.

As a 5' 10". 185-pound speedster, Ron has an interest in "scores" that carries beyond the gridiron. His ability to roll up record-breaking scores on Saturday is matched only by his enthusiasm for giving a musical score the proper interpretation on Sunday as a member of the First Methodist Church in Evanston. Despite the physical taxation that Saturday's game made upon Ron he could always be found on Sunday morning blending his

Brother Ron Burton, Halfback Northwestern

baritone voice with other members of the choir.

All great performers, particularly football players, can recall games when their team made it possible for them to perform as never before. Yet, despite this gridiron glamour in which they bask, few, such as Burton, will be forced to recall such a day without mixed emotions.

The Ohio native was a picture of bewildered dejection after one of his most brilliant performances. This occasion found the Wildcats losing the key game of the 1959 Big Ten season to Wisconsin, 19-24. ln that game Burton rushed for more yardage than any other Big Ten player amassed in a single game in 1959—169 yards.

With four minutes remaining in the hectic struggle with the Badgers Ron emerged from a mass of entangled players appearing a cinch to score the winning touchdown. Within a flicker continued on page 25 PAGE 23

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ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA CHAPTER M ACTIVE YEAD MEMPHIS, TENN. — Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter has just completed the most active year in its history under the leadership of our great president, Brother Leland L. Atkins, who has served as president for three consecutive years. One of the main concerns of our devoted president was the intensive reclamation of in—active brothers. In order to pursue the program vigorously, the chapter decided to sponsor a well balanced social program to implement the fundamental ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha as intended by the founding jewels.

The social phase of the chapter was entrusted to the capable hands of Brother Walter Evans, who served as Chairman, along with Brothers Thomas Doggett, Walter Martin, Harold Winfrey, Wallace Wilburne, Harold Osborne and Willie Lindsey.

The following events on the social agenda were held: the Annual Spring Formal, which was the gayest and most colorful of the many glamorous balls that we have given. "The Pride of Our Hearts" was the theme. Those PAGE 24

who attended the dance described it as the "Ball of the Season." The decorations which were created by Brother Harold Winfrey, an outstanding artist, were all done in black and gold. A large sign in the front entrance (done over an area decorated with green grass) read "Welcome to the house of Alpha." Behind the bandstand a backdrop stood out, which stated the theme of the Dance. The ceilings were covered with black and gold balloons.

Naturally, the singing of the Alpha Hymn during intermission, and then the serenading of the wives and sweethearts who later joined the magnificent circle, was a highpoint of the dance.

Prior to the dance which was held at Memphis' most swankiest night club, Currie's Club Tropicanna, a Cocktail Party was held for all brothers and their dates. Delicious hors d'ouvres were enjoyed by all.

Secondly, a dutch treat social meeting was held at Tony's Inn, where brothers made plans for a summer picnic which will be an Annual Affair; third,

an Alpha picnic was given for all Alphas and their families. This was held in Arkansas, across the river from Memphis on the G a m m o n Farrn.

Horseback riding, boating and many games were enjoyed by the ladies and children while the men enjoyed softball and fishing. Finally, the chapter purchased five tickets for attendance at the "Freedom Banquet." Mrs. Daisy Bates was the speaker, which was given in honor and support of Brother Russell Sugarmon, who was a candidate for Commissioner of Public Works in the Memphis City election.

Congratulations are in order for Brother Harold Winfrey who claimed the hand of pretty Miss Cynthia Green in Holy Matrimony, and the daughter of Brother Richard "Tuff" Green. Congratulations are also iD order for Brothers Wallace Wilburn and Willie Lindsey who recently received their Master of Science Degrees in Educational Administration.

Last but not least Alpha Delta Lambda extends congratulations to the following brothers who were promoted to higher positions in the Memphis City School system: Brother Joseph Westbrook who has been appointed Assistant Principal of Booker T. Washington High School, the largest high school in Memphis; Brother A. BOwen, promoted to Porter Jr. High School as principal and Brother R°' bert H. Morris, who was promoted t° Lester High School as principal. Brother B. T. Hunt, retiring principal of Booker T. Washington High School is to be commended for his capable arid efficient leadership as principal o I Booker T. Washington for twenty-f've years of faithful service.

Brother Willie E. Lindsey, Associate Editor of the Sphir»*

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continued from page 20 children, who has stood beside hin through the years as a bulwark ° strength, devotion and understandingBrother William Byron Rumfordlegislator, businessman, civic leade and gentleman, has held high the torch of Alpha Phi Alpha. Let all Alp h J men throughout the length and bread1 of the land salute him for his unselfish contributions and his LOVE FOH ALL MANKIND. THE SPHIN*

South (aro/inas Grads " Alpha Psi Lambda Chapter has a full program for the ensuing year. Although the chapter is concentrating on preparations for the Southern Regional Convention which are in full swing, other activities are planned for the year.

On December 7, 1959, at 8:15 P.M. in Allen University auditorium, the chapter is presenting its annual program, "Stars of Tomorrow." On this program the chapter presents a show case of potential collegiate musical stars of tomorrow. All the senior colleges of the state are represented in addition to colleges from nearby states.

Brothers in the area are invited to attend this cultural treat.

In April the chapter will have its annual barbecue. This is always one of the most popular activities among the brothers and their families.

The chapter has as one of its major goals this year the reclamation of the many inactive brothers in the Greater Columbia Area. All local Alpha men are being urged to become affiliated with the Columbia chapter which meets the first Tuesday night of each month.

charter members were: Brothers Milton Hill, President; Hugh Goodrum, Vice President; David Nunnally, Chapter Secretary; Dr. Guy Thomas, Treasurer; Walter V. Jackson, Financial Secretary; J. Arthur Kelly, Associate Editor to Sphinx and Charles Harris.

The historical city of Athens, often referred to as the "City of Culture," graciously received its first Greek letter organization. Much of the credit is due to Brother David Nunnally, and Brother Milton Hill for their very fine cooperation and excellent spirit for making it a success.

A delightful occasion was rendered as brothers toasted at the V. F. W. Club, and dined at the home of Brother Guy Thomas. Brother Andrew Lewis II, served as toastmaster.

continued from page 23 of an eye the ball had slipped from his arm and Northwestern's trip to the Rose Bowl had gone aglimmering.

An hour after the game, the lone figure of Ron Burton could be seen on the turf of a deserted Dyche stadium retracing his steps near the Wisconsin goal. Here, apparently, he was visualizing what might have been had the ball remained in his possession.

Perhaps, Ron Burton, All-American 1959, will always remember his best day as his worse with acute anxiety.

Nevertheless, time will afford nostalgic memories that will portray his heroics eternally, and gradually destroy the essence of this cruel dilemma.

WASHINGTON IN AUGUST

Alphadom Salutes Brother Ron Burton, All-American 1959.

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Another highlight of Alpha Psi Lambda is the big dance which is Planned to take place during The Southern Regional Convention which will be held in Columbia, during Easter weekend. The officers and members of the chapter cordially inv "e Alpha brothers far and near to attend this gala affair which will be h eld in the capital city.

M B CHAPTER INSTMlfD ATHENS, GA. —Eta Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. was established December 20, 1959, at the home of Brother Dr. Guy Thomas.

Brother Andrew Lewis II, of Eta Lambda Chapter, of Atlanta, Ga., was appointed to conduct the ceremonies °j installation by Brother James E. •™ger, Southern Vice President. Brother Lewis was assisted by Brother Charles Greene, who was the keynote speaker, of Eta Lambda Chapter.

Other brothers were: Roderick Harris, I former Athenian and Samuel Bacote, b °th of Eta Lambda Chapter. The FEBRUARY, I960

ALPHA WIVES ATTEND PARTY Among the forty guests attending the Annual Christmas Party at the home of Brother Doctor Aaron Brown (Brooklyn, New York) were the wives of two deceased Brothers—Brothers Frank Hailstalk and Maurice Moss. Shown above, seated: Mrs. Gardner Taylor, Mrs. Maurice Moss. Standard: Mrs. Frank L. Hailstalk (next to piano), Mrs. Carne Young, Mrs. Martha I. Brown. Mrs. Taylor is the wife of the pastor of the Concord Baptist Church, Dr. Gardener Taylor who is also a member of the Board of Education; Mrs. Young is a supervisor at The Sheltering Arms Children's Service.

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ALPHA PHI ALPHA ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIPS The Educational Foundation of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has listed 13 recipients of scholarships and grants of $10,000 for the school year 1959-60, according to Brother Lionel H. Newsom, Southern University, Director of the Fraternity's educational activities.

According to Brother Newsom, grants were made to June high school graduates, undergraduates, professional and graduate school students.

High school students receiving grants were: Charles Wilson Dickerson, Engineering, University of Nebraska; Auguineldo A. Lenoir, Jr., Aeronautical Engineering, St. Louis University; Stanley Rivers, Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University; J. Otis Smith, Jr., Psychology, Oberlin College.

Undergraduate recipients were: Theodore Carter, Social Work, San Francisco State College; Stanley B. Lowe, Education, Wilberforce University; J. Maxwell Jordon, Chemist, Central State College; Arthur Wallace, Agriculture Economics, Largston University.

Five graduate students who received grants were: Horace G. Dawson, Jr., Journalism, University of Iowa; Raymond Miller, Medicine, University of Arkansas; James P. Reed, Medicine; Howard University; Phillip E. Sounders, Theology, Garrett of Northwestern University; Darryl Donneil Smith, Medicine, University of California.

A Contemporary Fraternity

By Brother Clayton E. Lee, Jr. CLEVELAND, OHIO — It is customary at our annual conventions for the national officers to submit a report of the activities of the incumbent administration and of the general overall condition of the Fraternity. This is wise, for it demands of the national officers that they pause from their dayto-day preoccupation with administrative and fiscal matters, and take a long, quiet look backward at the total experiences of the past years, and review for our chapters the state of the fraternity union. From such reflection and analysis come the means by which we nurture the continued growth and success of Alpha Phi Alpha. From these reflections and analysis I wish to present a series of challenges which will be productive for Alpha.

One thing is certain — college life and the fraternity system are moving at an ever increasing accelerated pace.

Whether we like it or not, Alpha Phi Alpha, and most of its colleague national fraternities are big business today. With this status come many and complex problems which Alpha has chosen to ignore. It is our national officers' job to be alert to these problems. College and fraternity life today PAGE 26

are just not what they were in the days between two World Wars. The intense competition merely to get into college has set a welcome new tone to undergraduate behavior. Therefore, the policies of the fraternity should be flexible to meet the existing and future problems.

The greatest problems confronting us today lies in our internal weakness.

The threats to Alpha do not lie in its fight for advocating intergration, but in its neglect to the undergraduate chapters. Rather than adopting manifestos, studying FEPC Programs, and urging stronger Civil Rights platforms, the fraternity should first consider positive policy toward the declining undergraduate membership and their "lost graduate brothers." While welfare projects gather cold cash plus care and attention, undergraduates receive newsletters. Outside of the Educational Foundation the majority of the fraternities' money is channeled toward "Special Reports."

The problems of our undergraduate chapters are many though regretfully, a few are serious. Other fraternities count the time and money involved in chapter inspections and servicing visits as a program well spent. Inspections in the field and the survey of possible

expansion are in the final analysis the basic reason for the entire Vice-Presidents set up. Chapter inspections are the best way of discovering problems unknown perhaps even to chapter advisors and officers, and helping t 0 solve them.

As our chapters are required to do, the National Fraternity operates within strict confines of a budget. The budget determines what sums we must operate with, and every program must be considered with the question— will the budget permit it? As we know the Vice-Presidents, Assistant Vice-President, Regional Directors, and his assistants operate on limited time and budget. However, the undergraduates expect fulltime assistance and cooperation. Because the fraternity allocates meager funds to full time jobs, the result is what we are now experi' encing — declining undergraduate membership. Upon confronting this problem, I urge that all of you carefully examine the possibility of establishing full time Field or Traveling Secretaries and abolishing the VicePresidents and Regional Directors offices.

Alpha is unfortunate, indeed, that too few of our undergraduate chapters have hard working, able, experienced graduates who serve as directors and advisors of the Fraternity. *' should be the task of loyal graduate brothers to handle the fiscal affairs of the chapter, maintain proper procedure, pass on administrative knoW' how, maintain good public relations' and in general to supervise, cdunse' and advise. Undergraduate chapter* in Columbus, Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago owe much of their present success and health to these dedicated business and professional men. Ho^' ever, most graduate chapters function only as a social means and deny houfs of their time to neighboring undergraduate chapters. The Fraternity needs their support in their areas, o(i behalf of both existing contiguous chapters, as well as new chapter poss1' bilities.

If Alpha Phi Alpha is to contim»« to go forward as a force for good ° n North American campuses, then ^ e must always have the ablest men l0 our chapter administration — seriou* young men who are aware of todays continued on page 34 THE SPHlN*

George E. Haynes, Sociologist, Dies Brother George Edmund Haynes Pioneer in Groups Promoting Interracial Relations — Headed Urban League NEW YORK, N. Y.—Dr. George Edmund Haynes, a pioneer in numerous national organizations formed to raise the status of Negroes and to improve interracial relations, died Friday night in Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, after a short illness. He was 79 years old.

As sociologist, lecturer, teacher and organizer in the field of Negro-white relations, Dr. Haynes achieved many "firsts" for men of his race. For twenty-five years, until his retirement in 1947, he was the first executive secretary of the Department of Race Relations of the former Federal Council of the Churches of Christ.

During and after World War II, Dr. Haynes developed a program of interracial clinics as a method of dealing BROTHER G E O R G E E D M U N D HAYNES with racial tensions in more than thirty Brother G e o r g e E. Haynes was initiated American cities. at Beta chapter more than f o r t y years He was co-founder in 1910 and ago. A t the time of his death he was an first executive director of the National active member of Eta Zeta Lambda Urban League, an organization conchapter, Westchester County, New York. cerned with the problems of Negroes Tuesday evening, January 12, members who had migrated from the South. of Alpha G a m m a Lambda joined repreIn 1912 Dr. Haynes became the first Negro to receive a Ph. D. from sentatives of Eta Zeta Lambda in a Columbia University. He was a char- memorial service at Grace Congregater member of the National Associa- tional Church led by Brother President tion for the Advancement of Colored Myles Paige.

People.

Born in Pine Bluff, Ark., Dr. the Four Freedoms, one of which is Haynes spent much of his life in New freedom from want, and then deny York. He graduated from Fisk Uni- them jobs to keep themselves and their versity, Nashville, Tenn., and received families from want?" an M. A. degree from Yale UniverDr. Haynes often emphasized that sity- Then he became the first Negro graduate of the New York School of the world was predominantly colored Philanthropy (now the New York and that Americans could be digging School of Social Work). a pit into which their democracy might Wide Range of Problems fall if they persisted in prejudice His arguments for better conditions against Negroes. for Negroes were characterized by digHigher education should also be mfied, scholarly language. They covavailable for the manual worker who ered the whole range of Negro probhas interest in the fields of liberal lems including discrimination in emknowledge and culture, he said. While ployment, housing and schooling.

During World War II, in a letter a member of the Board of Trustees of to a New York newspaper, he wrote: the State University of New York, "How can we enlist these black from 1948 through 1953, he wrote in and brown men to fight and work for a letter to The New York Times:

FEBRUARY, 1960

"We should face the fact that making a life is even more important than making a living. Our present social order is suffering because we have a gieat army of people in industry, agriculture, commerce and government who are making good incomes for living, but their education has not given them the training and the inspiration of liberal learning which would enrich their lives."

Taught at City College For the last nine years, until he became ill in November, Dr. Haynes taught at City College. His subjects included Negroes in American History and Culture; Africa in World Affairs, and Principles and Methods of Interracial Adjustment.

A half century ago Dr. Haynes was making studies on Negro migration from the South. His doctoral thesis, "The Negro at Work in New York City," was published by Columbia University Press in 1912.

In 1918 he was named Director of Negro Economics for the United States Government, serving as special assistant to the Secretary of Labor.

He remained with the department for three years, on leave from his teaching duties at Fisk University. He completed a book, "The Trend of the Races," in 1912.

While heading the race relations department for the Council of Churches, Dr. Haynes promoted the idea of Race Relations Sunday, the second Sunday of each February. He prodded churches to end segregation practices.

In 1910 Dr. Haynes married Elizabeth Ross of Montgomery, Ala. She died in 1953.

Surviving are his widow, the former Olyve L. Jeter of Newport, R. I., whom he married in 1955; a son, George Edmund Haynes Jr., and two grandsons. Dr. Haynes resided at 303 Tecumseh Avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y. —The New York Times

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it v an a Jsdeals ^Jke C^i rtu ^>r4iiStoru

By Jewel N. A. Murray In the fall of 1905, your humble servant matriculated into Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, as a student in College of Agriculture. Associated with him at that time were eleven other Negro students, boys and girls, who were distributed in various other Colleges of the University. Our activities as students being very isolated did not bring us into actual contact or give us an opportunity to get acquainted with each other. This was due to the fact that a goodly number of the Colored students were working their way through college, by working at the various frat houses of the wealthy white students, who seemed to have been banded together for a mutual help of their several brothers.

It was while working and observing under the above influences that the desire for a similar organization of fraternity brotherhood among the colored boys was born, and nourished by a determination to have one for ourselves if such a thing was possible.

We often talked about it in small groups, despite our poverty for we all felt it would require a great deal of money to be able to enjoy such fraternity privileges as those for whom we worked. Without experienced minds and without any capital to draw upon we did not know which way to turn.

Just about this time a graduate student in the University, Mr. C. C. Poindexter, employed as a private secretary by one of the Profs, in my department, hit upon the idea of calling all the Colored boys and girls in the University together for a general get-together meeting, at a house party at his residence in the city of Ithaca, N. Y. Accordingly, he sent out notices and every boy and girl who received one responded.

Mr. Newton, at whose home our friend resided, also contributed much to make this initial meeting a howling success.

When the meeting was opened and the purpose for which notices were sent out explained in full detail, every one present joined in wishing that such affairs be given as often as those present wanted them.

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After a general good time that lasted until the small morning hours, all returned to their respective rooming places eager for the next meeting, which was to be two weeks hence.

For the time being our thoughts i.e. the small group forgot all about their fraternal ideas, so carried away were they with the sudden change which provided for the time, wholesome recreation and amusement twice a month.

These meetings were well attended and continued to prosper until the early part of December, 1905, when the fraternity idea again began to buzz in the ears of the small group namely, Brothers Kelly, Callis, Ogle, Murray and Phillips. Furthermore, the feed features which were a part of each meeting as well as a chance to dance with the girls were additional incentives toward bringing the fellows out.

At these meetings various types of programs were given, among which

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was the advantages and disadvantage* under which colored students labored in order to make good in the vario* colleges of the University. To that en" each boy and girl was to get and p r e ' serve copies of all the examination5 both preliminary and final, and turn them over to Mr. Poindexter for filing' so that they could be used by any one so desiring.

When the sugestion was made of Brother R. H. Ogle, and seconded W Brother N. A. Murray, that we ougn to try and band ourselves into a ft*' ternal organization the same as the white boys on the hill, it was receive with much enthusiasm by a few W' lows. They reasoned that since we ha proven our interest in meeting by o1^ willingness to appear on the varioutypes of programs presented, Âť present organization would form good nucleus for the students w1^ knew others and were apparently ' n continued on page 33

January 4, i960

President Dwight D. Eisenhower The White House Washington, D. C.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the world's largest Negro organization <* college men in their forty-fifth General Convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio, congratulates you on your highly successful tour to the Western Block ot nations. We believe that this trip has given new faith and confidence to these countries.

However, until America rids herself of the cancer of segregation, it not win sufficient foreign nations to the cause of peace.

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We urge you to make specific recommendations to the impending 87tn Congress regarding discrimination in employment, housing, education, p 1 ^ ' lie accommodations and voting.

Judge Myles A. Paige General President Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. 4432 South Parkway Chicago 53, Illinois

THE SPHlN*

Echoes From Phi Lambda Chapter RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA —Through this media, Phi Lambda takes pleasure to let Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., know that it is still active and is endeavoring to uphold nobly the aims and purposes of "our renowned A Phi A." The officers who have steered our course thus far in 1959-60 are the following: Brothers George F. Newell, President; Thomas J- Culler, Vice President; Manuel H. Crockett, Secretary; Milford Taylor, Financial Secretary; Edward B. Hicks, Treasurer; R. Herndon Toole, Associate Editor to Sphinx; Reginald L. Lynch, Chaplain.

Our chapter is very happy to enjoy the brotherhood of the following who have come into our jurisdiction: Brothers J. L. Copeland, St. Augustine's College; H. R. Alexander, Cecil Goins, s - W. Lattimore, all of Shaw Univers, ty; Joe Sansom, Mechanics and Farmers Bank.

We salute Brother Joseph A. Jones, who is on leave from St. Augustine's College on a Danforth Foundation Grant at Ohio State University where he is making an enviable record in completing his work toward a Ph.D. degree in Biology. Hats off to Brother Attorney R. E. Ball, chairman of the Department of Business and Econom•«, St. Augustine's College, who is co-author of a text "Principles of Accounting," published recently by Pittman Publishing Company.

Highlights in our calendar this year "ave included: 1. Founders Day Observance at Roberts Recreation Center o which the undergraduates from ™aw Univeristy and St. Augustine's Lo 'lege attended. Brother W. C. Daven Port, chairman for the affair, presented Brother Noah Bennet, Regional sector for North Carolina who de'vered a very inspirational message Wn 'ch called for an evaluation of our Program and a rededication to our je oved fraternity. 2. A Spring Social Je«l at the palatial home of Brother and Mrs. George Exum honoring Wlv es and sweethearts. A good time Continued on page 31 FEBRUARY, I960

Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter Brings Yuletide Joy to Destitute Children

By Brother Alfred T. Kynard HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS — T h e Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter of Prairie View A & M College conducted a highly successful toy campaign for underprivileged c h i l d r e n who live throughout Waller County, Texas. The project was undertaken by the brothers in order to make the Christmas season more enjoyable for destitute children who otherwise would have had little or no Christmas joy.

The Christmas toy campaign was headed by Brother Lindsey Weatherspoon. It began on December 1 and closed December 21. During this period 611 toys were collected by various means. A Toys for Tots dance was given which netted 300 new toys.

The Brothers, students, and staff members of Prairie View A & M College collected and repaired a large quantity of used toys donated by members of the Prairie View Community. The toys ranged from bicycles to jumping jacks.

The Brothers of Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter made approximately 75 toys that included wagons, elephants, ducks, stilts, and horse heads. All work in connection with the toys was done in the Woodwork Department of the Division of Industrial Education under the supervision and guidance of Brothers M. A. Glenn and T. W. Miller. Brother Glenn heads the Woodwork Department. Brother Dr. Alvin I. Thomas is Director of the Division of Industrial Education.

These toys were distributed to the children of approximately 105 destitute families throughout Waller County, Texas. The townships of Waller County consist of Waller, Brokshire, Pattison, Hempstead, Wyatt Chapel, Hockley and Prairie View.

This was the first attempt by the Brothers of Epsilon Tau Lambda to undertake a project of this kind. It was an overwhelming success. The Brothers decided to make the Toys for Tots campaign an annual project for the Chapter.

EPSILON T A U LAMBDA TOYS FOR TOTS PROJECT Prairie View (Texas) Alpha Brothers are shown constructing, painting and repairing toys in W o o d w o r k shop at Prairie View A & M College. Over a hundred needy families in W a l l e r County and surrounding communities received free toys for their childrens' Christmas. Pictured from left are Brothers Curtis A . W o o d , Duria Henderon (non-brother), E. R. Owens, G . R. Woolfolk, Thomas Miller, Herman Selman, M . A . Glenn, G e o r g e Higgs, Herman T. Jones, Alfred T. Kynard, Ulysses Bell, A l f r e d N. Poindexter, W i l l i a m Franks and Purvis Carter.

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BICENTENNIAL O U T I N G S Pittsburgh Alpha Wives shown above are displaying their skirts from various points in the park: Mesdames W a l t e r Tresville made from the official Bicentennial print which was used during Joseph Givens, Wilbur Douglass, Leroy Patrick, W i l b u r Dougthe city's year of celebration in honor of its two hundredth lass, Jr., Henry McCullough, Morris Fountain, president, Sa"' birthday. During Alpha Omicron Lambda's Bicentennial O u t ford Gloster, Raymond Primas, Sr., Henry D. Primas, Sr., F° r ' ing held last July a photographer gathered the following ladies rest Parr, Wendell Stanton, Charles Cephas and Thomas Barton

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A feature and an unquestioned highlight of the 45th General Convention was the joint Luncheon Session with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. It is estimated that more than 1,000 attended the session which featured an Undergraduate Panel. The attention and participation of the audience were indicative of popular approval and appreciation.

Mrs. Eugene B. Long, National Undergraduate Program Advisor for the Sorority, was Chairman of the joint session. She is Registrar and Chairman of Admissions of Texas College. She holds the Master's degree from the University of Michigan and is active in community affairs. Mrs. Long introduced the panel members, Resource persons and the Moderator.

An excerpt from her introductory statement follows: ". . . We are living Brother W a l t e r Houstin did a terrific job in a big way as he M C ' d , entertained and made the Convention Smoker a huge and enjoyable occasion.

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Editor's note: Brother Dr. Aaron Brown, Chairman of our Committee on Standards and Extension was requested to prepare this statement for this issue of The Sphinx.

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in a period of increasingly merittal growth, a kind of intellectual ren^i sance. Over the past five years, * growing national consciousness, bow1 inside and outside the educational Vt<r, fession. challenges us as leaders °' fraternities and sororities — at ^ local and national level — to retbJJ* and redirect our programs and activ' ities if we are to maintain status of tu£ higher level with other groups. Today we will share with the undergraduate their thinking on this matter of re-*" recting our program and activities The writer served as Moderator of the panel and made it clear that tltf session was "undergraduate-centeredHe also emphasized that the purp° s£ of having graduate Greeks on the p r °' gram was to give support to the undergraduates. The Moderator also **j luded to the significant implications ° the joint session and commends Presidents Dr. Marjorie H. Pa"*6 and Brother General President My|eS A. Paige for cooperative planningcontinued on page 31 THE S P H I I ^

continued from page 29 was had by all. 3. Presentation of Twenty-five Year Membership Certificates to eight Brothers who have been holding high the torch for a minimum of twenty-five years. Brother Reginald L Lynch was signaled for membership in Alpha Phi Alpha since 1908 at which time he was initiated into Beta Chapter, Howard University. The beautiful home of Brother and Mrs. R. W. McDowell provided the setting for this occasion. 4. Representation at the 44th Convention in December by Brothers H. L. Trigg and J. B. Christmas. 5. Annual Alpha Family Picnic held at Kerr Dam, Bugg's Island in Virginia.

Tentative Program:

MIDWESTERN REGIONAL CONVENTION PICKWICK HOTEL I Oth and McGEE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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Yes, Phi Lambda is still active. With a more challenging and dynamic program planned for next year, we will let you be hearing from us.

Brother R. Herndon Toole Associate Editor to the Sphinx

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Eight outstanding Sonors and Brothers served as Resource Persons. They represented the four areas of topics discussed by the four panelists. In addition to these, the General Presidents, Dr- Parker and Brother Judge Paige, were on the rostrum and gave the undergraduates appropriate official support.

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Pha Kappa Alpha Sorority: Mrs. Carolyn Banner, Jefferson, Mo. Mrs. Laura T. Lovelace, Cincinnati, Ohio Mrs. Esther B. Payne, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Verniece Reynolds, Baltimore, Md.

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Meeting of Regional Council REGISTRATION—Second Floor FIRST GENERAL SESSION Presiding—Brother Clarence Robinson Convention Call To Order Invocation Music Welcome on Behalf of Host Chapter Response Presentation of Midwestern Vice President REPORT and A N N U A L MESSAGE—Brother Stenson E B.oaddus MEMORIAL MEDITATION for DECEASED BROTHERS Music Presentation of GENERAL OFFICERS—Brother Broaddus Appointment of Committees and Convention Secretary KEYNOTE ADDRESS QUESTION PERIOD—Brother Broaddus Announcements ALPHA HYMN ADJOURNMENT MEET YOUR DATE SOCIAL HOUR

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FORMAL OPEN DANCE—American Legion Building

SATURDAY, APRIL 23, I960 PICKWICK HOTEL Undegraduate Forum Presiding—Ass't Midwestern Vice President 10:00 A . M . SECOND GENERAL SESSION Presiding—Invocation Music Greetings—Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri Introduction of National Officers—Brother Broaddus ADDRESS—GENERAL PRESIDENT WORKSHOPS 12:00 Noon CONVENTION PICTURE and LUNCHEON Presiding—Ass't Midwestern Vice President Invocation Luncheon Introduction of Speaker ADDRESS—GENERAL PRESIDENT 1:305:00 P.M. THIRD GENERAL SESSION Call To Order—Brother Broaddus INTRODUCTION of PRESIDENT-ELECT QUESTION PERIOD (10 Minutes) Music Report of Recommendations Committee Report of RESOLUTION COMMITTEE N O M I N A T I O N of VICE PRESIDENT and ASS'f VICE PRESIDENT Other Business ALPHA H Y M N 7:30 P.M. FORMAL BANQUET (Closed) Toastmaster— UNDERGRADUATE ADDRESS GRADUATE ADDRESS I960 MIDWESTERN REGIONAL AWARDS PRESENTATION of 25-YEAR CERTIFICATES RECOGNITIONS 10:00 P.M. FORMAL DANCE (Closed) PICKWICK BALL ROOM 9:00 A . M .

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, I960 11-00 A M .

C H U R C H SERVICES SPECIAL AWARDS Brother Eugene K. Peterson, Program Chairman

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F o u n d e r s ' Day Observed by Brothers of Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter

by Brother Alfred T. Kynard HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS—As one aspect of a rejuvenated and functional program of fraternity activities for the current school year, Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter staged a highly successful Founders' Day program on the Prairie View A & M College campus.

This wonderful event took place Saturday evening, December 5, 1959. Featured during the occasion were an edifying candlelight banquet and a more informal, but nonetheless culturally stimulating, smoker.

The principal speaker and guest during these Founders' Day activities was Brother Dr. T. Winston Cole, President of Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, and Vice-President of the Southwestern Region of the fraternity.

In his address, Brother Cole suggested that the brothers of Alpha should orient themselves to see clearly that the various programs of the fraternity cannot be divorced from the larger movements of the present day world.

The learned and polished young college president outlined clearly the dimensions of the major challenges facing the world today and very effectively related them directly to what should be the real purpose of "Men of Alpha." Brother Cole proved to be an informed, inspiring, and refined banquet speaker. He delivered the kind of address that resulted in a deeper dedication to the proposition that the organization can become an even more effective instrument of social good.

Other highlighs of the Founders' Day program and banquet were the inspiring comments offered by Brother Dr. E. B. Evans, President of Prairie View A & M College, and Brother Dr. G. R. Woolfolk, President of Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter. Of special interest were the remarks of Brother William T. Franks, Jr. who outlined the occasion of the Founders' Day program. Brother Franks remarks proved him to be not only an historian of no mean ability, but a speaker of rare eloquence possessed of the ability to capture the interests of such a specPAGE 32

ial observance in just the right manner.

Following the banquet address, the newly elected officers of Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter were officially installed and "charged" to discharge their various responsibilities with the kind of vision and leadership which are required to continue the march onward and upward toward the better life. Brother Dr. J. W. Echols administered the Charge to the newly elected officers.

Following the banquet activities, the Brothers gathered at the home of Brother J. B. Murphy for an informal smoker where they fraternized in the good old Alpha spirit.

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Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha: When we were undertaking the preparation of the first edition of the History of Alpha Phi Alpha, each of the Jewels and Brothers, who had early contacts with the beginning of the fraternity, was asked to prepare a statement.

Among those who responded readily and immediately was Jewel Nathaniel A. Murray. The statement which follows was later read to one of the General Conventions.

In view of his recent passing into the Great Beyond, it would seem that there would be no more fitting tribute which we could make to him than to let his words live again before our eyes with the hope that they may become lodged in our hearts. It is with this spirit and purpose that I have gone through my files to locate and bring to the attention of the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha this story of our early beginning and the emphasis upon ideals.

Brother Charles H. Wesley, Historian Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc.

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of President Tubman of Liberia.

Brother Dr. Wesley's frequent dra' matic gestures of the raised right ha" in his masterful installation addres* at the banquet was not asking Mf5, Wesley's permission to leave the rooi"* — schoolboy wise,—nor were his suD* sequent frequent meanderings co"' comitant with the imperative phys'0, logic calls of advanced age, but a g a ' lant battle to ignore and dispel threatening approach of Asian F' u Having had breakfast with him ^ next morning gives me the author'1of the press and it's sometimes charac teristic indiscretion to mention it. N" you're a beatnick if you mumbl ed ' "when you gotta go, you just g otta go."

What kind of convention was •?

I have dwelled upon beatnick eS dences because Frat Fun looks for " oddities, satires, fun, fantasy and JjP little amenities of conclave life t"|V like the ships that pass in the nig11j make up the fraternal substance BjJ caused 619 visitors and 300 delega^ to leave their Yuletide home ties a" journey far and wide to maintain tradition — a tradition of brotherho 0 and fellowship.

Ye Olde Ethiopian Clansnia0' O. Wilson Winters P.S. If you want a pleasant, p*^Sj able surprise, drop a dollar bill >n |j a letter with your name and addre _ enclosed, send it to Brother John"' Walker, 714 W. Fayette St., Mart"1^ ville, Virginia and he will send y° u .

45 R.P.M. record of Alpha's n e * * and, in my opinion, finest Sweethe * Song. It's in waltz time, too. Do ^ soon as you finish reading this c 0 ' u D l u You will thank me for telling y about it.

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Jones, Morton and Phillips, certainly typified it to the extreme for upon the anticipated answer which Brother Kelley might bring to us would be sounded the death knell or victory for our cherished ambition.

continued from page 28 terested in each others welfare.

This idea was opposed by our friend Mr. Poindexter who saw as he termed the suggestion nothing but a complete failure. He was much older in years than any of us, but somehow the idea of having a Negro fraternity seemed to stick and grow until it has grown into the big brotherhood of College men that we are proud of today. He told us that as a Greek student he knew of no significance Greek letters that we could call ourselves like the white boys because we had no historical background to prove our selection. But Brother Callis proved his idea later on to be entirely without foundation. Such was the beginning with which the small group named previously had to work with.

Brothers, we were not lacking in perseverance, but began at once to formulate and lay plans looking forward to accomplishing our goal. Five in number at that time we were joined b y three others namely Vertner Tandy, £ student in the College of Mechanical bngineering and James Morton, a student in the College of Achitecture and also a Greek Student. Talks with the colored residents of the town especially those who had worked or were workJ"g m the white fraternity houses at "ns time were more encouraging. They gave us the necessary moral support, ">' telling us that the colored boys should have similar organizations like n e white boys. They even offered us "nancial aid and stated that we could Us >e their homes whenever we wanted ran.i for our meetings. The idea that e Ne ro 8 boys of Cornell University srf 6 / 0 '" 8 t 0 o r « a n i » a fraternity Pjcad hke a prairie fire, and many ters of financial and other aid were 0f ered us. We thanked them and told * • that we would not turn down assistance but would hold them abeyance until some future date be cause we wanted to be sure of our me, and until such time we should *°& m secret. further talks with Professors of nm?"1 H ' S t o r y i n t n e University were l enco "raging. They were loud in thT r pr aises , of our idea, and added zes , . and vigor to our already pulsat8 ^termination to have a Negro F

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When he told us that only six members were necessary to grant the Charter, and that $25.00 together with notarial fees and a few other incidentals was the only financial expense necessary, we wept for joy and began at once to raise the necessary funds to put the deal through.

Brother D. Rossman Turpean, Jr., Alpha Zeta, gave undergraduate address at banquet.

Fraternity—in fact every inquiry made at this time kindled and fanned our brightly shining project.

A few significant facts right here will give you, my brothers an insight.

The discovery of the art of making sharp edge tools as swords, knives, axes, the guillotine knife used by the French, and razors were credited to the Egyptians. Wendell Phillips speaks of the art of tempering the steel by the early African in his lecture on Lost Arts. Men knew how to shave their hair from their faces long before the Christian era. The early African knew how to extract the metals from the ores. The early Ethiopians invented the banjo, harp, violin, drum, horn, week, month and 365 days and the art of embalming.

Accordingly, when the 1905 Xmas vacation came on, Geo. B. Kelley, a resident of Troy, New York, and a student in the College of Civil Engineering was instructed to make a visit to Albany, N. Y., and ascertain from the Secretary of State, the cost and other details necessary to granting us a charter, for a Negro fraternity.

If there ever was a group of hungry and thirsty, and expectant colored boys to be found anywhere at that time, that bunch, previously mentioned, Callis, Ogle, Tandy, Murray,

Each member contributed his per capita quota of the necessary expense, and then work began in earnest to find the historical facts upon which we could base our name and existence, and how well we succeeded is attested by this group of college men from all sections of the United States, and at the same time to be inspired by the reports which the various delegates bring to us. These are most encouraging, for they serve as a means of effectively stimulating and stirring up the dying fires of Alpha Phi Alpha, in those chapters whose delegates are apparently not aware of the wonderful work which the fraternity with which they are associated is doing today.

I repeat the names and the initials of the founders of this great and glorious fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha: Henry A. Callis, Chicago, 111.; Nathaniel A. Murray, Dunbar High School, Washington, D. C ; George B. Kelley, Troy, N. Y.; Robert H. Ogle, Washington, D. C ; Vertner Tandy, New York City, N. Y.; Gordon H. Jones, New York City, N. Y., and James Morton.

In working on our ritual and preamble we spent many long hours in order to perfect a constitution and bylaws which would provide for, and insure a smooth working basis for our future efforts. Ideas were borrowed from the white fraternities and modified to suit our own initiatory ceremonies, but the last great impression was original with your seven founders, and should not be abolished and not abused as some of us are wanting to do when we are called on to take part in the initiation ceremonies.

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WILMINGTON, Seated (left t o right): Mrs. A u b r e y Marshall, Mrs. W i l l a r d Jones, Mrs. W i l l i a m Young, Mrs. Charles Simms (President), Mrs. Philip Sadler, Mrs. Luther Porter. Standing (left to right):

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For further information regarding housing accommodations, write to: Brother Clarence W . Robinson General Chairman, Midwest Regional Convention 2853 Mersington Avenue Kansas City, Missouri Note:

Unless definitel / requested, reservation will not be held after 5:00 P.M.

Name Brother Harold L. Carter, Assistant Eastern Vice President, undergraduate speaker a t Alpha Phi Alpha Undergraduate Luncheon.

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"THIS I BELIEVE" I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE, whether they live in the Americas, Europe.

Africa, Asia or the islands of the sea. They all have potential genius, which needs only opportunity to unfold and to enrich the world.

I BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAS, especially those of the United States; for here, "we the people" have declared that the common man, irrespective of race, religion or national origin, has the divine right to determine his own way of life without benefit of any divine right of kings or Stalins. After half a century of study and interracial work in the United States, Europe and Africa, I know that thousands of devoted men and women have faced prejudice, greed and even death to show that equality and freedom for all men can become a practical reality.

I BELIEVE IN TRUTH, IN BEAUTY AND IN GOODNESS. Truth, whether found through science, philosophy or religion, is stronger than error, and will make men free. Beauty, whenever experienced, lifts one out of sordidness and gives joy. Good men march breast forward to solid satisfaction even in the face of wrong, because they are mindful of the law of love which is as real as the law of gravitation.

Without some such belief in goodness, men and women are defeated.

Those who believe in the law of love set their faces like flint against the idea that some races are inferior. They live by the lift of the vision of all men up to higher levels.

More than forty years' experience in the classroom, in government office, and around city and state conference tables, set by religious and social welfare agencies, has taught me that attitudes can be changed; and that reason, justice and good will can replace force and violence in dealing with racial, national and international relations. Non-violent methods have brought advancement in human relations exceeding our hopes.

1 BELIEVE IN PEACE. It is not an armistice between hot or cold wars. Peace will come through the give and take of conference based upon justice and good will. It is grounded in the integrity and faith of those who hold high places of trust and honor, and the united strength of peoples and nations, who place liberty of the individual above wealth or power or glory.

I BELIEVE IN LIFE, IN GOD, AND IN ETERNITY. Body, mind and spirit are only sides of the triangle of life. Death is only the shadowy v alley between life here and hereafter; because God who holds the distant stars in their courses and gives power to the invisible atom, allows nothing 'o be destroyed. The form and function of life apart from our planet we do not know; but science, reason and religion give grounds for an unshakeable faith that Life marches on into the Great Beyond. My personal experience in the departure of loved ones strengthened my lifelong search leadlr >g to these convictions.

Words are only symbols expressing my beliefs in people, in truth, beauty and goodness; in peace, in life, God and Eternity. Such beliefs have to be experienced to be known.

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Honorable Donald D. Clancy, Mayor of Cincinnati, greeting during public meeting.

Citadel Of Democracy BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — As I smiled and said thank you, many and varied were the thoughts which passed through my head. "Is this America, the beautiful, I asked myself—citadel of democracy?"

For the umpteenth time, I had been refused a place to live. I know the three stories so well that I feel slightly obliged to aid the persons in telling them.

Tbere is the nice old lady who is so sorry that she has just rented the apartment. She is sure that I would have liked it but she had just received a deposit from two young men. Yet her "for rent" sign and listing are still up one month later.

Then we find the staid old gentleman who gladly shows you the place— "just perfect for you my boy," "love to have you"—"oh the rent? One hundred forty-five dollars per month, my boy, you pay utilities also." These places are generally worth between $65 and $80 per month. "Well, sorry my boy, can't go any lower for a sharp single like this."

The third story is generally told by males, ages 22-36. "I'm sorry fella but I just can't do it. Now I, personally, have nothing against Negroes. If I owned the place I would gladly rent it to you, however, I am just the manager. The owner will just not allow me to rent to you. I'm sorry fella."

Why? Why can I not live the life which editorials and magazine articles rave about? Why can I not live the life that America uses for international continued on next page PAGE 35

ZETA A L P H A LAMBDA'S "1959 FOUNDERS' DAY SPEAKER" From left to right: Brother J . Pinkney Davis, President; standurer. In, the background is the Dillard High School Chorus and ing is guest speaker Brother John D. Johnson; Brother Richard at the piano is Mrs. Snead, Director of Chorus A . Chappelle, Chaplain; and Brother Charles B. Morton, Treas-

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propaganda? By what criteria am I judged to be unworthy of human treatment, unworthy of those things promised in the Declaration and the Constitution?

In June, 1956, I went to Europe as an exchange student under the auspices of the American Field Service. I spent seven weeks in Denmark.

Upon alighting upon the platform at the main station in Copenhagen, I was confronted by a man and two boys.

The man smiled, stuck out his hand, and said in a thick Danish accent, "you must be Eurael Bell! How are you?"

One of the "boys reached for my bag and we were off.

I lived in the home of this man for six weeks. I visited many, many homes in Denmark as well as schools, always receiving the same congenial welcome. I have never in my life felt as much at ease among Caucasians here in the United States.

Mr. Dreyer made a statement in the course of conversation to which I gave no special attention since I had heard it many times here at home. "Here in Denmark we don't judge a man by his color, we judge him by his personality."

I can truly verify this from the manner in which I was received and treated. I had only one incident the entire time I was in Denmark and that was with an American soldier up from PAGE 36

Germany. My companions and I found it necessary to remind him he was not in Georgia and that "niggers" could go wherever they liked.

The subject upon which I was most frequently questioned was the race problem in the U.S. Our international friends are very much interested in what is happening in the United States.

I do not think that I would give the same answers to some of the questions which were asked then if I were asked now.

I do believe that all Negroes possess an inferiority complex, consciously or subconsciously, some to a lesser degree than others. This is due to their environment, an environment which, 1 might add, is slowly improving. They are born into this situation and never know anything else, hence are less conscious of the complex as such.

However, education and maturity rationally brings one to question and observe one's position relative to society as a whole. It makes one ask, "Why does the United States not practice what it preaches?"

Every Fourth of July, Labor Day, etc., throughout the nation men mount the bunting - decorated platforms to laud and magnify the glorious principles upon which this nation stands These are the things that other Americans enjoy. These are the things that minority groups dream of!

Liberty, Democracy, Equality, Justice—spewed forth from thousands of

tongues upon these glorious days. We wonder about and fear the advance of Communism. With such a shaky household, one need not wonder, just look around himself and make some effort to correct the situation. Oddly enough' Communism has made very little headway among Negroes and other minority groups.

My people have been on U.S. soil for three centuries, more or less. Yejj I have seen immigrants come over and after two years, become firmly e0' trenched in the socio-economic scale far above the position of the minority group members.

We have been citizens for around ninety years. As citizens, we are supposedly given certain rights, privilege8' and immunities. Why must my citizenship be a second or a third class citizenship? What Gods are these that they are able to look upon my ski" color and hair form and determine therefrom my character, my personality, my desirability?

The purpose of this letter is not to intimidate. Its purpose is to stimulate contemplation. Surely, one has a right to choose his friends, as well as to determine who lives in his house. B u t upon what grounds are these choices to be made? Do we make these choices upon individual merit, or do we ignorantly stereotype an ethnic group excluding them from possibility of being chosen? Think on these things.

—Eurael Bell THE SPHINX

GRADUATE CHAPTERS: 101. ALPHA L A M B D A — L y m a n T . J o h n s o n , 2340 W .

Walnut St., Louisville, Ky. 102. BETA L A M B D A — B e l t r o n L. O r m e , B I 5 W a s h ington Blvd., Kansas C i t y , M o .

103. G A M M A L A M B D A — A u g u s t u s J . C a l l o w a y , 293 Eliot, Detroit, M i c h i g a n 104. DELTA L A M B D A — C l i f t o n R. J o n e s , 2504 L o n g wood St., Balto, M d .

105. EPSILON L A M B D A — M e l v i n D . S t r e a t o r , 4525 Greer Avenue, St. Louis, M o .

10*. ZEfA L A M B D A — D a n i e l L. J o r d a n , 280B Parish Ave., Newport News, V a .

107. ETA L A M B D A — H . Eugene C r a ! g , 9 M c D o n o u g h Blvd. S.E., A t l a n t a , G a .

108. THETA L A M B D A — S a m u e l B. K i d d , 942 N . U p land Avenue, D a y t o n , O h i o 10?. IOTA L A M B D A — J o h n W . M o o r e , 2 9 1 * P a n s Avenue, Indianapolis, I n d i a n a 110. KAPPA L A M B D A — C h a r l e s A . G r a n t , 504 B e a c h St., Greensboro, N . C .

111. MU L A M B D A — D a v i d R. Byrd, 413 H o b a r t Place N . W . , W a s h i n g t o n . D . C .

112. NU L A M B D A — W a l k e r H . Quarles, Jr., V a .

State College, Petersburg, V a .

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117. SIGMA L A M B D A — B e l m o n t F. H a y d e l , J r . , 3730 S. Claiborne Ave., N e w O r l e a n s , L a .

I I I . TAU LAMBDA—Isaac H . M i l l e r , 1717 W i n d o v e r Drive, Nashville, Tenn.

IH. UPSILON L A M B D A — R a l p h B. Stewart, 109 t .

Union St., Jacksonville, F l a .

120. PHI L A M B D A — M . H . C r o c k e t t , 3320 G a r n e r Road, Raleigh, N . C . ,_ ,„., 121. C H I L A M B D A - T h o s . E. Kelley, Box 132, W i l berforce, Ohio 122. PSI L A M B D A — J o h n L. Pitts, 1907 I v y S t r e e t , Chattanooga, Tenn.

123. ALPHA A L P H A L A M B D A — A r t h u r C . W i l l i a m s , 158 Lincoln St., Montclair, N . J .

124. ALPHA BETA L A M B D A — W i l f r e d T . Seals, 7 7 * Caden Lane, Lexington, Kentucky

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12*. ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA—A. B. O w e n s , Jr., 598 Williams Avenue, M e m p h i s , T e n n .

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12'. ALPHA ETA L A M B D A — A . C . H e r a l d , J r . , 3001 N. Calumet, Houston, Texas HO. ALPHA THETA L A M B D A — C h e s t e r C . S u t t o n ,

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BETA PI LAMBDA—George A. Poyer, 2 1st Street, Albany, New York BETA RHO LAMBDA—James E. Smith, 942 W. Federal St., Youngstown, Ohio BETA SIGMA LAMBDA—Wm. A. Jones, 115 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield Conn.

BETA TAU LAMBDA—Clyde R. Broaddus, 2200 Evans Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas BETA UPSILON LAMBDA—Virgil J. Gilmore, 400 LaConte Street, Jackson, Tenn.

BETA PHI LAMBDA—Jas. W . Fisher, 518 W .

Henry St., Savannah, Georgia BETA C H I LAMBDA—Harry M. Hodges, 808 Fondulac Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma BETA Pil LAMBDA—Oscar V. Little, 5835 Ernest Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

G A M M A ALPHA LAMBDA—A. R. Ware Jr., 401 N. Augusta St., Staunton, Virginia G A M M A BETA LAMBDA—Arnold W . Wright, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. G A M M A G A M M A LAMBDA—Luke H. Chatman Box #1311, Greenville, South Carolina G A M M A DELTA LAMBDA—Martin K. Austin, 1213 S. Fayette St., Beckley, West Va. G A M M A EPSILON LAMBDA—Jacob H. Bronaugh 1214 Broad St., Hopkinsville, Kentucky G A M M A ZETA LAMBDA—Richard F. Pride, 2907 24th Street, Tampa, Florida G A M M A ETA LAMBDA—Dr. Malvern L. Ore, 1902 E. Ilth St., Austin, Texas G A M M A THETA LAMBDA—Charles L. Simms, 522 N Clayton St., W.lmington, Delaware G A M M A IOTA LAMBDA—Thomas E. Mason, 302 Clifton Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. G A M M A KAPPA LAMBDA—B. T. Washington.

304 N. 4th Street, Wilmington, N.C. G A M M A MU LAMBDA-Robert C. Graham.

Box 242, Florida ASM Univ., Tallahassee, Fla. G A M M A NU LAMBDA—Lawrence A. Ferguson, 1401 Tavlor St.. Lynchburg, Virginia G A M M A XI L A M B D A - J T. Wardlaw. 4300 3rd Ave. So. Minneapolis, Minnesota G A M M A O M I C R O N LAMBDA— Ben C. Hampton, Albany State College, Albany, Georgia G A M M A PI LAMBDA—Jas L. Sweatt, 2723 Avenue P., Galveston, Texas G A M M A RHO LAMBDA—Rogers E. Randall, 2750 W . 12th Ave., Gary. Indiana G A M M A SIGMA L A M B D A - W m . D. B.asl.y, Box 73, State College. Ft. Valley, Georgia G A M M A TAU L A M B D A - T . L. Inghram. 104 John Street, Orange, Texas G A M M A EPSILON L A M B D A - A l v i n M. Seals, Box 38. Wiley College, Marshall Texas G A M M A PHI LAMBDA-John Price, 4354 Racine Street, Oakland California G A M M A C H I LAMBDA-Carlton A A. Dias.

949 Broderick St., San Francisco, Calif.

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Stubblefield, 1340 W. Woodruff, Toledo * , O h i o '3*. ALPHA O M I C R O N L A M B D A — E r i c W . S p r i n g e r , „ Box 7182, O a k l a n d S t a . , P i t t s b u r g h , Pa. 137. ALPHA PI L A M B D A — J u l i a n L. Lewis, 1344 N . ,„ Woodland A v e . , Winston b a l e m , N . C .

131. ALPHA R H O L A M B D A — P a u l t . V e n a b l e . 272 Miami Avenue, C o l u m b u s , O h i o !3'. ALPHA S I G M A LAMBDA—L. G. Foster, Jr., 2508 Park Row, Dallas, Texas _ . ,.

'40. ALPHA TAU L A M B D A - T o l l y W . H a r r i s , 324 N .

Greenwood A v e . , Tulsa, O k l a h o m a '41. ALPHA UPSILON LAMBDA-W. H. Coston, .„ Alabama State C o l l e g e , M o n t g o m e r y , Alabama '42. ALPHA PHI LAMBDA—Theodore R. Green, ,„ Norfolk Community H o s p i t a l , N o r f o l k , Va. '43. ALPHA C H I L A M B D A - T r a c e y E. W i l l i a m s , III E. Hale Street, A u g u s t a , G e o r g i a 144. ALPHA PSI L A M B D A — J a s .

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3541 E 153rd, Cleveland, Ohio 102 DELTA BETA LAMBDA-Judson. H . Furlow W County St., Phoebus. Virginia 1222 DELTA G A M M A L A M B D A - l e o n Robinson, Russell St., Covington^ Kentucky N. DELTA DELTA L A M B D A - R . L . . mith 43 Rosemary Avenue. West Pa m Beach Fla. DELTA EPSILON L A M B D A - H a r o l d W . Thomas.

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'4' BETA G A M M A L A M B D A - M . Ralph P a g e , 420 North l i t St., Richmond. V i r g i n i a 148 BETA DELTA L A M B D A — E r n e s t C . C o o k , B e t h une-Cookman C o l l e g e , D a y t o n a B e a c h , F l a .

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Tremont Street, Se.ma, Alabama DELTA RHO L A M B D A - U J. Andrews. P.O. 205.

Drawer 1598, San Antonio, Texas DELTA S I G M A L A M B D A - D r . R. Frank Bryand, 204.

II12 Linden. Pin. Bluff. Arkansas DELTA TAU DELTA-Mervyn V. Lackey, 2337 207. West Jefferson St., Phoenix, Arizona DELTA UPSILON L A M B D A - J a s . C. Leary, 2941 20B. Looney Street, Shr.v.port, La. DELTA PHI L A M B D A - H a r o l d A. Buchanan, 209.

3323 17th St., Tuscaloosa. Alabama DELTA C H I L A M B D A - P . t . r C. Murr.ll. 809 210. W North Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin DELTA PSI L A M B D A - H a r o l d Brown, Sr., 2920 211. Clermont St., Denver, Colorado EP-ILON ALPHA L A M B D A - W m . A. Warren, 212. ,522 No. Moore. Tyler. Texas EPSILON BETA L A M B D A - W . . S. Hutchings, 213. S3 . N e w Street, Macon, Georgia EPSILON G A M M A L A M B D A - D r . Robt. O . Phil214. Wpi 12 Seaver Street, Dorchester, Mass.

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Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama EPSILON EPSILON LAMBDA—Ralph H. Barksdale, Jr.. 203 S. 9th St., Waco, Texas EPSILON ETA LAMBDA—Harry C. Ward, 203 N. Morris Street, Portland, Oregon EPSILON ETA LAMBDA—Simon S. Thomas, Box #345, Lilbourn, Missouri

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1404 Effingham St., Portsmouth, Virginia 224. EPSILON XI LAMBDA—B. H. Cooper, Box 1000, Clarksdale, Mississippi 225. EPSILON O M I C R O N LAMBDA—David L. Moseley, Rt. # 2 , Box I-A, Boydton, Virginia 224. EPSILON PI LAMBDA—John Dukes Jr., 1303 S.E. 2nd Ave., Gainesville, Florida 227. EPSILON RHO LAMBDA—W. Edw. Murphy.

Box #1098, Fayetteville. North Carolina 228. EPSILON SIGMA LAMBDA—(Inactive) 229. EPSILON TAU LAMBDA-Harold E. Maiyck. #2137, Prairie View, Texas 230.

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EPSILON UPSILON LAMBDA—Albert P. Golden, 824 E. 9th Street, Flint, Michigan EPSILON PHI LAMBDA—Burton G. West, 900 Dunbar Avenue, Port Arthur, Texas EPSILON C H I LAMBDA—Edward N. Smith, State Teachers College, Elizabeth City, N. C. EPSILON PSI LAMBDA—Herman D. Freeman, 434 Douglass St., Alexandria, Louisiana ZETA ALPHA LAMBDA—Chas. B. Morton, 405 N.W. 21st Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida ZETA BETA LAMBDA—Booker T. Hogan, 1437 38th Avenue, Sacramento, Calif.

ZETA G A M M A LAMBDA—Jack Jordan, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma ZETA DELTA LAMBDA—Clarence H. Harmon.

724 S. Plum Street. Springfield, Ohio ZETA EPSILON LAMBDA—Richard L. Johnson, 58 W . Westside Avenue, Red Bank, N. J. Powell Street, Freeport, New York ZETA ZETA LAMBDA—Emerson F. Ashby, 20 Beaufort Street, New Bern, N. C. ZETA ETA LAMBDA—Warren G. Keyes, 1504 Powell Street, Freeport, N.Y. ZETA THETA LAMBDA—Fr. Richard T. S. Brown, 1717 N. Herr St., Harrisburg, Pa. ZETA IOTA LAMBDA—Simeon Moss, 453 Walnut Lane, Princeton, New Jersey ZETA KAPPA LAMBDA—(Inactive) ZETA NU LAMBDA—Jas. H. Lockett. Jr. 2915 21st St., Gulfport, Missi.sippi ZETA NU LAMBDA—Guy Wolfe, 421 E. 2nd Street, Plainfield, New Jersey ZETA XI LAMBDA—R. L. Barrett. 1820 Foster Street, Evanston, Illinois

ZETA O M I C R O N LAMBDA—William R. Mitchell, 1228 So. 45th St., Philadelphia, Pa. ZETA PI LAMBDA—Jerry Crowder, 1431 30th 248. Avenue, Seattle, Washington ZETA RHO LAMBDA—H. Gordon Pinkett, Del. 249. State College, Dover, Delaware ZETA SIBMA LAMBDA—Robert L. Matthews, 250. 4931 Dassco Court, San Diego, California ZETA TAU LAMBDA—Clarence W . Miller. 813 251. N. Adams Street, Amarilk), Texas ZETA UPSILON LAMBDA—(Inactive) 252.

ZETA PHI LAMBDA—Wm. Decker Clarke, 15 253. Rockland Road, So. Norwalk, Connecticut ZETA C H I LAMBDA—Bringier H. Barker, Box 254. #233, Franklinton, Louisiana ZETA PSI LAMBDA—Warren Combre, 409 Lou255. isiana Avenue, Lake Charles, Louisiana ETA ALPHA LAMBDA—Charles H. Wilson Jr., 254. 49 Carmel Street, New Haven, Connecticut ETA BETA LAMBDA—Johnnie McCray, Jr., 257. 1852 N. Green, Wichita, Kansas ETA G A M M A LAMBDA—David Pipkin, IIS 1st 258. Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 247.

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ETA DELTA LAMBDA—Oris V. Gary, Box #457, Monroe, Louisiana ETA EPSILON LAMBDA—David N. Howell, Y.M.C.A.,' P.O. Box #147, Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa ETA ZETA LAMBDA—Nelson C. Jackson, 145 Clinton Ave., New Rochelle, New York ETA ETA LAMBDA—Samuel P. Callahan, 20 Dean Street, Annapolis, Maryland ETA THETA LAMBDA—Russell A. Stevenson, 88 Booker Avenue, Wyandanch, New York ETA IOTA LAMBDA—David N. Nunnally, 185 N. Rockspring Street, Athens, Georgia ETA KAPPA LAMBDA—Charles E. Todd, Jr., 1408 Reynolds Court, Fort Pierce, Florida

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