National Officer Accepts Welcome From Mayor 55th ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION
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O M I C R O N LAMBDA ALPHA Austin D. Lane, P.O. Box 333 Howard University, Washington, D.C. O M I C R O N LAMBDA BETA (Inactive) University of Illinois, Champaign, llinois
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Howard G. Hicks, 330 Gore Hall, West Virginia State College, Institute, West Virginia ALPHA ETA—Osborne Shannon, 5859-A Terry Ave. St. Louis 12, Missouri ALPHA THETA— (Inactive) Iowa City, Iowa ALPHA IOTA—Leon O. Lewis, 3065 Monroe St., Denver 5. Colorado ALPHA KAPPA—(Inactive) Boston, Mass. ALPHA MU—Thomas M. Harding, 1717 Greenwood Ave., Evanston, Illinois ALPHA NU—(Inactive) DesMoines, Iowa ALPHA XI—(Inactive) Seattle, Washington ALPHA OMICRON—James L. Allen, Johnson C Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina ALPHA PI—(Inactive) Louisville Kentucky ALPHA RHO—Melvin D. Smith, Morehouse College, Atlanta 14, Georgia ALPHA SIGMA—Herman L. Totten, Coe H a l l Wiley College, Marshall, Texas ALPHA TAU—David J. Wilson, 785 Bellevue Ave., Akron 7, Ohio ALPHA UPSILON—Clisson M. Woods, 5050 Cass, Wayne State University, Box 9, Detroit 2, Michigan ALPHA PHI—James L. Benton, Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia ALPHA CHI—Quentin T. Smith, Box 162, Fisk University, Nashville 8, Tennessee ALPHA PSI—William H. Gibson, Tull Hall, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri BETA ALPHA— Ishmael A. Meyers, Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland BETA BETA—(Inactive) Omaha, Nebraska BETA GAMMA—James E. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Box 2608, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. BETA DELTA—John K. McLeod, 406 Treadwell St.. N.E., Orangeburg, South Carolina BETA EPSILON—Cleveland M. Black, Box 110, Cooper Hall, A and T College, Greensboro, North Carolina BETA ZETA—William H. Hager— Butler Hall, State Teacher's College, Elizabeth City, North BETA ETA—John S. Holmes, 209 E. Walnut St., Carbondale, IH'nois BETA THETA—Rev. C. Anderson Davis, 200 Jones St.. Bluefield, W. Va. BETA IOTA—Ralph Harris, 857 Camel St., W i n . ston Salem, North Carolina BETA KAPPA—Earnest Parker, Box 154, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma BETA MU—Edward D. Snorton, McCullin Hall, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky. BETA NU—Percy Goodman, Box 281, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, Florida BETA XI—Sammie Fields, Jr., 2308 Shasta Ave., Memphis 8, Tennessee BETA OMICRON—Herman L. Reese, Box 617 Student Union Bldg., Tennessee State University, Nashville 8, Tennessee BETA PI—Freddie Simpson, Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee
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BETA RHO—Paul Hamilton, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina BETA SIGMA—Clyde C. Tidwell, Box 9929, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. BETA TAU—(Inactive) New Orleans, La. BETA UPSILON—Melvis L. Marshall. Alabama State College, Montgomery, Alabama BETA PHI—Thomas Greene, Box 288, Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana BETA CHI—Charles E. Nesbitt, Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas BETA PSI—(Inactive) London, England G A M M A ALPHA—Mr. Pearlie Henderson, Texas College, Tyler, Texas G A M M A BETA—Carl E. High, 707 Pickett St., Durham, North Carolina G A M M A GAMMA—John Boyd, Jr., Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina G A M M A DELTA—Willie F. Griffin, Box 4098, A M & N College, Pine Bluff, Arkansas G A M M A EPSILON'-tlnactive) Madison, Wis. G A M M A ZETA—David T h r a s h e r , Ft. Valley State College, Fort Valley, Georgia G A M M A ETA Roger W . Perry, Forest Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana G A M M A THETA—(Inactive) Dayton, Ohio G A M M A IOTA—Wilmer Grant, Jr., Box 56, Harkness Hall, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia G A M M A KAPPA—Bruce Payne, Miles College. Birmingham 8, Alabama G A M M A MU—James F. Morrison, Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina G A M M A NU—Ishmael R. Johnson, Jr., 17 East Sheldon Park, Natronka Heights, Pa. G A M M A XI—(Inactive) Los Angeles, Calif. G A M M A OMICRON—Preston Ford, Knoxville College, Knoxville 16, Tennessee G A M M A PI—Robert C. Gordon, Benedict College Columbia, South Carolina G A M M A RHO—Emory T. Turner, 363 S.E. Cary Hall. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. G A M M A SIGMA—Phillip Sadler, Jr., Delaware State College, Dover, Delaware G A M M A TAU—David Wynn, 1574 F Spartan Village, East Lansing 2, Michigan G A M M A UPSILON—William Richard, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi G A M M A PHI—Mr. Jewel Williams, Box 172, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama G A M M A CHI—Thurman Garrett, 1706 S. Broadway, Pittsburgh. Kansas G A M M A PSI—Charles A. Haywood, 316 Hill St., Raleigh, North Carolina DELTA ALPHA—Charles A. Lighty, Claflin College, Orangeburg, South Carolina DELTA BETA—George W . Smith, BethuneCookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida DELTA GAMMA—William Mayweather, Alabama A and M College, Normal, Alabama DELTA DELTA—Ernest Strawter, Albany State College, Albany, Georgia DELTA EPSILON—Ronald G . Woodbeck, 272 Purdy St., Buffalo 8, New York DELTA ZETA—(Inactive) Savannah, Ga. DELTA ETA—Amos E. Hagins, Savannah State College, Savannah, Ga. DELTA THETA—Willard D. McCleary, 3433 Binz St., Houston 4, Texas DELTA IOTA—(Inactive) Trenton, New Jersey DELTA KAPPA—Willie Jackson, Alcorn A S M College, Lorman, Mississippi DELTA MU—(Inactive) Wichita, Kansas DELTA NU—Wayne Reed, 2000 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore 13, M d . DELTA XI, Charles Wilkins, Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio DELTA OMICRON—Robert P. Ford, 981 Height St., San Francisco, California DELTA PI—Robert E. Barksdale, 5553 Westminister Ave., Philadelphia 31, Pa. DELTA RHO—Edward T. Diamond, Jr., 3008 E. E. 25th f t . , Kansas City 27, Mo. DELTA SIGMA—Levator Boyd, Box 246, G a m bling College, Grambling, Lousiana DELTA TAU—Kenneth Wright, St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Va. DELTA UPSILON—William A. Burke. 307 Elliott Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio DELTA PHI—Arthur L. Williams, Box 7169. Jackson State College, Jackson, Mississippi DELTA CHI—Van W . Lewis, 36 Hopkinson Ave., Brooklyn 33, New York DELTA PSI—Samuel W . Lewis, Florida Normal College, St. Augustine, Florida EPSILON ALPHA—Ezekiel Smith, 713 Johnson Ave., Toledo, Ohio EPSILON BETA—Clarence D. Johnson, 2494 S. Lilly Ave., Fresno, California EPSILON GAMMA—Ernest R. Gipson, Bishop College, Marshall, Texas EPSILON DELTA—Clarence W . Mixon, Rt. 2, Box 59, Kent, Ohio EPSILON EPSILON— Alonza J. Poindexter, 29-D University Courts, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma EPSILON ZETA—Eugene R. Hunter, Fayetteville State Teachers College, Fayetteville, N.C. EPSILON ETA—Perry Jones, 184 Pierce Hall, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich. EPSILON THETA—Elbert Smith, 760 E. 92nd St., Cleveland, Ohio EPSILON IOTA—Emanuel M. McKinne, Jr., 143 Brackenridge Hall, University of Texas, Austin 18, Texas
The £pkinx Official VOLUME XLVI
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History of Alpha Lambda Chapter Louisville Convention
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by Brother John O. Blanton, Charter Member LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY—Alpha Lambda, the first Graduate Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated had it's inception in Louisville, Ky. as an outgrowth of the University Club, an organization of College men which met at the Western ranch Library of Louisville, Ky. for study and discussion of Current Topics. Jewel Eugene Kinckle Jones a member of the group, then a teacher in the City schools of Louisville, Ky. was instrumental in persuading the following members of the University Club to become affiliated with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity: Alonzo S. C H A R T E R MEMBERS O F A L P H A L A M B D A C H A P T E R Brock, William T. Peyton, James H. S t a n d i n g : ( L . t o R.) Blanton, H u b e r t , Powell Johnson, Brock, B a l l a r d ; S e a t e d : ( L . t o R. W e l c h , Hubert. Woodson P. Welch, C. A. C l a r k , Peyton Powell, Fenton Johnson, John T. Clark, Wilson Ballard, Daniel L. LawTHE SPHINX — PUBLICATION OFFICE 4432 South Parkway, Chicago, III. Return Postage Guaranteed. STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF MARCH son and John O. Blanton. It is signi3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June I I , I960 (74 Stat. 208) S H O W I N G THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT ficant to note that these men were AND CIRCULATION OF "The Sphinx" published four times a year at Chicago, Illinois for Feb., May, Oct. and December 1961: not members of Alpha Phi Alpha at 1. The names and addresses of the publisher - editor, managing editor and business managers ara: that time. Publisher-Editor, W . BARON BEATTY, Jr. # 5 High Terracel, Montclair, New Jersey, Managing Editor Business Manager - Laurence T. Young, 4432 South Parkway, Chicago, Illinois. On April 11, 1911 Brother Rich2. The owner is (if owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediard Hill, a graduate of Fisk Univerately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 % or more of total sity, came from the University of amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual as well as that of each individual member must be given.) — ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, Inc., 4432 South Michigan where he was studying Law, Parkway, Chicago, Illinois: W i l l i a m H . Hale, General President, Langston University, Langston, Oklaand with the assistance of Jewel Jones homa, Laurence T. Young, General Secretary, 4432 South Parkway, Chicago, Illinois, Meredith G . Ferguson, General Treasurer, 345 4th Avenue, North, Nashville, Tennessee, W i l l i a m H. Brown, # 1 1 1 ; set up the first Graduate Chapter of General Counsel, 16 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, W . D. Hawkins, Auditor, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee; Kermit J . Hall, 5000 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. (Comptroller). Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, but the Chapter had no name at that time. 3. The known bondholders, mortgages and other security holders owning or holding 1 % or more of total amount of bonds, or other securities are—: NONE — Corporation not for profit. Our first delegates to the National 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include in cases where the stockholder, or security holder appears upon the Body were refused admittance. The books of the company as trustees, or in any other fiduciary relation, the names of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the statements in the two paragraphs show the decision to establish a Graduate Chapaffiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders, ter was met with strong opposition and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner. from the group. The opinion of the 5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed through the Brothers at that time was that the mails or otherwise to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above was an Fraternity was for Undergraduates average of 6300 copies per issue, four issues, or approximately 25,500 copies for the year. (This information is required by the act of June I I , I960 to be included in all statements regardless of frequency only. After careful consideration of of issue.) the matter however, it was concluded SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED at the Fourth Annual Convention that before me this 13th day of October A . D., 1961 SHIRLEY J . EVANS this infant would become Lambda LAURENCE T. Y O U N G , Notary Public Managing Editor — Business Manager Chapter, since eight Undergraduate My commission expires Nov. 29, 1964 Continued on page 2 OCTOBER, 1961
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TO MEMBERS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA GREETINGS: I take this opportunity to welcome you to Kentucky. We hope your stay will be a happy and memorable one, and we are confident the Kentucky members of your fraternity will extend to you the warm and gracious hospitality that is characteristic of our state. You will enjoy renewing old acquaintances and making new friends during the convention. I hope your meeting will be enjoyable and successful. With kind regards, I am Sincere <U-+-l^~C--x^
• First Graduate Chapter Continued from page 1 Chapters were in existence at that time. The Fifth General Convention and the first Alumni Reunion convened on December 26- 1912 with Kappa Chapter, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Lambda Chapter was ably represented by delegates Alonzo S. Brock and John T. Clark, A recommendation was presented by Brother Brock that all Graduate Chapters would be designated similar to Undergraduate chapters but with Lambda as the final letter. The recommendation was adopted upon motion by Jewel Kelly, seconded by Brother Dunn. Thus the Louisville chapter became known as Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the system for naming Graduate Chapters was established. Because of this, there is no Lambda Chapter in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. During the past fifty years Alpha PAGE 2
Lambda Chapter has participated in every major achievement in the city and has led in many of them: Educational, Civic and Social. One outstanding and far reaching achievement did not confine itself to Louisville. This was the organization of the campaign which elected to the Bishopric a distinguished Alpha, President J. A. Gregg of Wilberforce University. The organization included members of the National Press and all Alpha members of the A.M.E. General Conference which was meeting in Louisville, ABOUT OUR COVER Mr. Bruce Hoblitzell, Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky extends greetings and welcome on the part of Louisville to Mid-Western Vice President Brother Stenson E. Broaddus. The Mayor emphasized the hospitality and courtesies that will be extended to all visiting Brothers throughout the FifthFifth Anniversary.
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Ky. The organization also included the African members of the Conference because if elected, Bishop Gregg would be sent to Africa. The Alphas fought the powerful forces within the Conference which opposed the election and won. Our most recent achievement was the removal of segregation from the public places in the downtown area. Under the able leadership of the Steering Committee representing C.O.R.E. the N.A.A.C.P. and the Non-Partisan Registration Committee, a dynamic integration movement was started. The movement was led by one of our young Alphas, Frank L. Stanley, Jr. together with three other Alpha brothers: Rev. W. J. Hodge, Rev. Frederick J. Sampson and Attorney Neville M. Tucker. Participating in the movement were about 1000 students and adults. (By Marches and Sit-ins). The result shows more than 125 restaurants, 5 theatres and 3 drive-ins desegregated through this effort. Throughout the fifty years Alpha Lambda Chapter has been ably represented in the National Conventions. We have had many outstanding representatives in the National Body. We now have two members we are very proud to include in this sketch, Brother Frank L. Stanley, Sr., Past General President, and Brother Stenson Broaddus, the present Mid-Western Vice President. As we review this history, we hope that fifty years hence, the members of this chapter will be just as proud of their achievement. THE SPHINX
culture Dept. Attucks High School, Member of the Municipal Housing Commission, and former City CouncilHOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; lovely ladies have been company for man; Brother Wesley Johnson, ViceGamma Epsilon Lambda Chapter was those brothers who have had to travel Pres. Teacher Christian County organized in the spring of 1942 by from twenty to fifty miles to a fra- Schools; Brother Jacob H. Bronaugh, Brothers, J. Charles Fleming, Mid- ternity meeting. These fine ladies and Secretary, Head Science Dept. AtWestern Vice-Pres., Cincinnati, Ohio, sweethearts have been the secret in- tucks High School; Brother George and Stenson A. Broaddus, State Di- gredient which has been added to W. Brooks, Ass't. Secretary, Princirector, Louisville, Kentucky. Our what we think is the recipe for our pal Burt High School, Clarksville, Tenn., and Secretary Tennessee State charter members were Brothers Dr. fraternal success. The chapter is proud of the ac- Teachers Association; Brother Frank Phillip C. Brooks, Sr., President, Francis E. Whitney, Vice-President, complishments and vocations of its B. Simpson, Treasurer, Principal AtThomas A. West, Sr., Secretary, Dan brothers. Here is a "Birds-eye-View"; tucks High School, Kentucky's third L. Kenner, Treasurer, John W. Baker, Brother William N. Snorton, PresiContinued on page 4 Robert A. Banks, and Henry L. dent, Head of the Vocational AgriBrooks, Sr. Brothers Dan Kenner and Henry L. Brooks, Sr. have since joined THE 1961 CONVENTION CALL the Great Omega Chapter. The chapter each year since its inTO ALL BROTHERS IN ALPHA PHI ALPHA ception has participated in our naGREETINGS: tional educational program by observing that week in all of the high schools In accordance with the requirement of the Constitution, I am in our area within a radius of fifty pleased to issue herewith the call to the 55th Anniversary Conmiles. The chapter has always given vention of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, to be from one to two scholarships each held in the City of Louisville, Kentucky, December 27 - 30th, year to a worthy male high school 1961 for the purpose of conducting the business of our Organization. graduate in amounts ranging from It is my hope that the great contemporary issues which face $100 to $200. We have also conducour world will motivate every Alpha man to be present. ted several "Get out the Vote CamSincerely and fraternally yours, paigns." WILLIAM H. HALE The closeness of Fort Campbell, General President. which is 16 miles from Hopkinsville, provides us with another opportunity to serve Alpha, inasmuch as we have established direct contact with the brothers who are in military service there and re-claimed a great number, both officers and enlisted men. The brothers of military status have participated fully in our general program and made great contributions. We have received other benefits and inspiration from our brothers in the service of their country. All during 1960 and the first half of 1961 we were able to have our monthly meetings in the Rendez-Vous Room of the Fort Campbell Officers' Club because of our brothers there. Our growth has been normal for the population of the Hopkinsville area. Gamma Epsilon Lambda has grown in membership from 7 in 1942 to 19 at this particular time. Gamma Epsilon Lambda Chapter takes pride in being one of the first G A M M A EPSILON LAMBDA, CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY graduate chapters in the state and HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, CO-HOST TO THE 1961 CONVENTION nation, if not the first, to organize a Reading left to right, bottom row, William N. Snorton, Pres. Jacob Bronaugh, Sec; Prof. Frank Ladies Auxiliary in 1953. The ladies Simpson, Treas.; Dr. Garland Brooks, and Dr. Andrew W . Morton. Back Rowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Francis E. Whitney, and sweethearts of the brothers have Chr., Budget Comm., Cowan Brooks, Claude Snorton, Jr., Dr. P. C. Brooks, Sr., Thomas A. West, been a great help and stimulus in Chr. Prog. Comm. Brothers not shown on the picture are: Brothers, J. W . Fraiier, Phillip Brooks, Jr., Mathew Brooks, George W . Brooks, and John W . Johnson. the promotion of our programs. These
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• Gamma Epsilon Lambda Continued from page 3 largest all Negro high school; Brother Dr. Phillip C. Brooks, Sr., Owner and operator of Brooks Memorial Hospital, this hospital has 30 beds and services an area covering seven counties in Western Kentucky; Brother Thomas A. West, Sr., Principal, Banneker Elementary School, Christian County, and Member of City Recreation Board; Brother Garland H. Brooks, Sr., Pharmacist and owner of Brooks Pharmacy; Brother Phillip C. Brooks, Jr., Teacher of Business, Attucks High School, and President and Co-founder of the Fraternal Loan Co., Inc.; Brother James W. Frazier, outstanding Physician and Surgeon; Brother Cowan H. Brooks, Vice-Pres., Manager and Co-Founder of the Fraternal Loan Co., Inc.; Brother E. Whitney, Realtor, Tax Accountant Internal Revenue Service, and member of City Council for 9 years, recently re-elected to another 2 year term; Brother Matthew Brooks, Teacher Vocational Agriculture, Franklin Kentucky High School; Brother Claude Snorton, Teacher Vocational Agriculture, Attucks High School; Brother Andrew W. Morton, Dentist, Paducah Kentucky; Brother Ezra Everett. Captain Chaplains' Corp U.S. Army, Fort Campbell, Ky.; Brother Theodore Munday, Funeral Director and Embalmer, Paducah, Ky.; Brother Charles S. Lasiter, 1st Lt. U.S. Army Hospital, Pharmacist, Fort Campbell, Ky. All of the brothers of Gamma Epsilon Lambda try to "walk worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called."
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To the O f f i c e r s and Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha F r a t e r n i t y , I n c o r p o r a t e d :
As Mayor of L o u i s v i l l e , I extend the warmest welcome to the o f f i c e r s ar.o members of Alpha Phi Alpha on the occasion of your 55th anniversary being held here December 26-30, 1961. I am both proud and pleased t h a t L o u i s v i l l e has been chosen to celebrate the golden anniversary of your f r a t e r n i t y ir. the s t a t e of Kentucky. We hope, as our guests, you w i l l f i n d t h a t Kentucky h o s p i t a l i t y has not been o v e r r a t e d . I t i s a matter of pride w i t h us t h a t many of your d i s t i n g u i s h e d members are also outstanding c i t i z e n s of Kentucky who have c o n t r i b u t e d much to our progress — not only m a t e r i a l l y , but i n the more important areas of r i g h t s of c i t i z e n s and of humar d i g n i t y . You honor L o u i s v i l l e by your presence and we s i n c e r e l y hope your d e l i b e r a t i o n s w i l l be p r o f i t a b l e and your stay pleasant i n our C i t y . Most s i n c e r e l y yours,
BRUCE HOBLITZELL
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Alpha Beta Lambda LEXINGTON, K Y . — A l p h a Beta Lambda Chapter was founded June 9, 1928. It was the first Greek Letter Fraternity among Negroes in Lexington, Kentucky. Brother Theodore M. Berry, then third vice-president, set the chapter apart for the General Organization. Charter Members were Brothers W. H. Ballard, Jr., Dr. J. E. Hunter, Sr., Dr. J. M. Mclnham, A. A. McPheeters, The Reverend F. M. Reid, Dr. N. J. Ridley, A. W. Continued on page 5 PAGE 4
ALPHA LAMBDA "PREXY" GREETS CONVENTION LEADERS Brother Lyman T. Johnson, (right) President of Alpha Lambda Chapter, Cohost to the 55th Anniversary Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is shown with Brother W . J. Hodge, (center) pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church, where the conventions' public meeting will be held Wednesday night, December 27. Making the threesom is Midwestern Vice Presidnt, Stenson Broaddus, (left) the host National officer. Brother Johnson helped to make history for Alpha Phi Alpha by opening the doors of the University of Kentucky to Negroes in 1949.
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Continued from page 4 Wade, Dr. T. T. Wendell and Dr. H. A. Merchant. These men held informal meetings for more than a year prior to the formal organization. They truly represented the outstanding minds in the community. They took great pride in Alpha and successfully extended its influence throughout the community. They felt that "Alpha Phi Alpha was not for college only but for life," and truly made it so. They encouraged and aided the youth to pursue higher education. They were outstanding in civic and community attainment. These brothers were the "Jewels" of Alpha Beta Lambda. Most of them are now members of Omega Chapter. Those Jewels who are yet with us are proving to the world the material out of which Alpha Men are made. A. A. McPheeters is Dean of Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia and The Reverend F. M. Reid is Bishop in the A.M.E. Church. Alpha Beta BROTHERS OF ALPHA BETA CHAPTER, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY Lambda moves steadily forward in the spirit of "Love for all Mankind," with Seated: Left to right, W . T. Seals, II, James R. Taylor, President, Samuel Coleman, Alvin Seals. Standing: Left to right, John J. Jackson, Paul Guthrie, Leon Hardy, treasurer, W . T. Seals, the blessings of the founding brothers. acting secretary, Carl Lynem, vice-president and William French. Absent from the picture are Nathaniel Johnson, editor to the Sphinx, Ferdinand Garner and Grover Stephens. Brother James R. Taylor is the present president, a young man of ability and vision. Brother Taylor, in tain are the guiding lights in the hist55th Anniversary — Dec. 26-30, 1961 the spirit of the founders both na- ory of Alpha Beta Lambda Chapter Louisville, Kentucky tionally and locally, keeps Alpha Beta of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Lambda "Holding ever aloft Noble ideals and aim." He follows in the Congratulations To General President Hale From footsteps of such past presidents as, The Twenty-eighth Oklahoma Legislature Brothers William French, Grover Stephens, P. L. Guthrie, W. T. Seal (Reprint from The House Founder) and J. E. Adams. Announcing the adoption of SCR women born in Oklahoma and eduScholarship awards are presented 29. Said Resolution reads as follows: cated in our schools; and annually to the outstanding male ENGROSSED SENATE CONseniors of two of the high schools in WHEREAS, William H. Hale, a the city. Alpha Brothers are members CURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29 native of Oklahoma, graduated from of the Y.M.C.A. and several have —By Ritzhaupt, Belvin, Breeden, Cart- Grade and High Schools of McAlester, served as Chairman of the Board of wright, Collins, Colston, Cowden, Oklahoma, Langston University, LangManagement. The chapter pledged and Dacus, Field, Fine, Garvin, Grantham, ston, Oklahoma, with a Bachelor of is paying to the Y.M.C.A. Building Hamilton, Land, McClendon, Payne, Arts degree; and Fund. Alpha Beta Lambda is a life Rogers, Shoemake, Stipe, and Wilson WHEREAS, he received his Masmember of the N.A.A.C.P. and many (Greer) of the Senate and Fogarty, of its members led by the president Skeith, and Nichols (Seminole), of ter of Arts degree from the University the House. of Wisconsin, and his Ph.D. degree are active members of "CORE." from the University of Chicago with A RESOLUTION EXTENDING Of the many objectives of the local chapter, one is to sponsor some out- CONGRATULATIONS AND OF- his field of concentration in Sociology standing service to the community FERING ASSISTANCE AND CO- and Anthropology; and each year. The past year 1960, Bro- OPERATION OF THE OKLAWHEREAS, the following profesther William Ray a native of Lexing- HOMA LEGISLATURE TO WIL- sional distinctions have been accorded ton was presented in concert. Brother LIAM H. HALE, PRESIDENT OF him; Ray is a world famous opera singer. LANGSTON UNIVERSITY. Special Research Assistant to the These chapter services, along with the WHEREAS, the 28th Session of the high ideals that every member of Oklahoma Legislature is desirous to late Dr. Charles S. Johnson, noted Continued on page 6 Alpha Beta Lambda strives to main- recognize and commend the men and OCTOBER, 1961
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ALPHA LAMBDA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ALPHA'S OLDEST GRADUATE CHAPTER Co-host Alpha Lambda Brothers shown above are: (Seated l-r) Arthur (Rev.) Frederick C. Sampson (Rev.) (Kneeling l-r Row III) Robert P. Evans, Sr., John O. Blanton, Waverly B. Johnson, Frank L. Stanley, Downs, Robert Thompson, Louis J. Harper, W . D. Johnson, Julius B. Sr., J. A. Gay (DDS), Lyman T. Johnson, Host Chapter President, Swafford, Lacomis C. Curry, D. W . Beard, A. B. Harris (M.D.), James Stenson E. Broaddus, William Schultz, (Standing l-r Row II) William Smith. (Standing l-r Row IV) Austin Edwards, Henry B. Darrell, Wiley H. Hall, Percy Lively, Rollie L. Farthing, C. Milton Young (M.D.), B. Daniel, Ralph Morris (M.D.), Cecil Green, Gerald Hart (M.D.), William Bradford, Waymon Haekett, Thomas F. Blue, Jr., W . J. Hodge, Forman T. Foley, J. H. Walls (M.D.), and Philip R. Robinson.
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Continued from page 5 Sociologist and University President; Registrar, Dean and Administrative Dean of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida; Visiting Professor at Hampton Institute, at State Teachers College at Montgomery, Alabama, and at Atlanta University and for twelve years between 1948 and 1960, he served as Professor of Sociology and Chairman of the Department of Social Science at Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia; and
had been selected by his predecessor; and WHEREAS, we are confident that Dr. William H. Hale recognizes that character and qualifications of a leader are reflected in the men he selects, develops and gathers around him. That his success will be measured by the progress and accomplishment of the students that attend and graduate
WHEREAS, on January 1, 1961, he became President of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest Negro Greek Letter Fraternity in America; and WHEREAS, Dr. William H. Hale on September 1, 1960, became President of Langston University, recognizing full well the confidence of the Board of Regents expressed by them in selecting him to fill the Presidency of the University, especially since the faculty and plans for the coming year PAGE 6
The Alpha Phi Alpha Plaque presented to Brother Hale during the Inaugural Ceremonies by Brothers Paige and Young.
from the University; that what the students contribute to the markets of the World will indicate the stability of Langston University. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, THE HOUSE OF REPRES E N T A T I V E S CONCURRING THEREIN: THAT the members of these bodies here duly assembled extend to our friend and co-worker William H. Hale a pledge to cooperate and express our sincere desire that during his service as President of Langston University he will teach that manhood and womanhood must be considered along with scholarship as the first aim of education. That self confidence and self respect are the first requisites to greater undertakings and achievements. That courage and perseverance have a magical talisman before which Continued on page 7 THE SPHINX
Mr. Clarence W . Mixon, President July 10, 1961 Epsilon Delta Chapter Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Route 2, Box 59 Kent, Ohio Dear Brother Mixon: I have just received a report on the academic performance of all Fraternities at Kent State University for the spring quarter of 1961. This report shows that your chapter led the other 17 organizations in scholarship for the period with an average of 2.759. It further showed the average of all men students to be 2.38 and the average for aH Fraternities to be 2.337. This is a wonderful achievement and for which we are all justifiably proud for it demonstrates what can be done if we but try. Please accept the hearty and sincere congratulations of your Brothers across the nation and my own personal thanks for the feeling of pride you have given us. You have set a high mark for our other undergraduate chapters to aim for. I pray that each will accept the challenge. With every good wish, I am Sincerely and fraternally yours, William H. Hale General President WHH:j cc: Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother
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Continued from page 6 difficulties disappear and obstacles are relegated to the past. It is only through labor and consecrative effort associated with energy and courage that the University moves on to greater and better things. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: THAT we express our esteem and admiration for Larzette Hale, the President's charming and talented wife, also a native Oklahoman, who is gifted with a gentle and gracious dignity which contains not a trace of affection, prudery, pedantry or prigishness; one who has a happy faculty of putting people at their ease and making them pleased with themselves; so with her they are wise beyond their wont and gracious beyond their accustomed habit; a fitting help-mate for a noble man. THAT duly authenticated copies of this Resolution be sent to Doctor M. L. Nash, Chancellor of Higher Education and the Board of Regents for Higher Education and Board of Regents Oklahoma State University and A. and M. Colleges.
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LOUISVILLE ALPHABETTES: (Sitting) Mrs. Ola Mae Bradford, Mrs. Theo B. Evans, Mrs. Evelyn L. Johnson, Mrs. Mattie V. Evans, Mrs. Ruth Lively, Mrs. Rosa Smith, Mrs. Irma Farthing, Mrs. Flora Swafford, Mrs. Murray Walls, Mrs.
Margaret Hackett and Mrs. Mattie Darrell. (Standing l-r) are: Mrs. Carolyn S. Blanton, Mrs. Minnie A. Broaddus, Mrs. Marion Hodge, Mrs. Ruth Harper, Mrs. Wadelle Green, Mrs. Virginia Schulti, Mrs. Mildred Edwards, Mrs.
Greetings From Your Midwestern 1 ice President: HARROD CREEK, KY.—Alpha Phi Alpha was born in the East, and nurtured to maturity in the Midwest. Included in the first ten chapters established by 1910 were three located in our Midwest region. By 1919 Alpha had twenty chapters, nine of which were located in the Midwest. Today of the 274 chapters of which we boast, 70 are located in our Midwest region. Brother James A. Dunn of the Midwest, designed our original shield. It is now in the custody of his son-inlaw, Brother Harold B. Dillon, of Toledo, Ohio. Brother A. L. Simpson, while at Xi Chapter, Wilberforce, gave us the words to our beloved hymn. Of 47 General conventions, our Midwestern region has been host to 23 of them, and we have contributed National officers too numerous to mention. Today our region is vigorous. Our vitality lies in such as: Delta Alpha Lambda's All-Scholastic Banquet given for the top male graduates from all high schools in greater Cleveland, which is annually attended by the mayor and an interracial audience; Theta's 50th anniversary; Theta Lambda's 40th anniversary; Alpha Lambda's observance of 50 years of Alphadom in Kentucky, by serving as coPAGE 8
host to the 47th General Convention with Gamma Beta Lambda, Alpha Beta Lambda, Gamma Epsilon Lambda, and Beta Mu. Beta Lambda is sponsoring housing for two undergraduate chapters in Kansas. Alpha Rho Lambda housed Kappa Chapter without financial aid from our National Housing Foundation. Phi at Ohio U., Athens, Ohio, has successfully operated a leased house withour National Housing Foundation acting as guarantor for the lease. Their house was operated in the black for the 1960-61 school year and we feel it has opened up an entirely new approach to undergraduate housing. My apologies to the many other chapters which I have not been able to mention although they are playing their part in making our midwest region the "conquerors of the rest." PROBLEMS—We challenge any region to have more scholastic indifference, poorer Fraternity housekeepers, a greater degree of irresponsibility in some individual Brothers, a greater need for undergraduate housing than our Midwest region. GOALS—Our 1961 Regional voted to dedicate itself to eliminating the Problems while retaining and increasing our strength.
Ann Downs, Mrs. Lavinia Y. Daniel, Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Mrs. Winifred Foley, Mrs. Winifred Gay, Mrs. Mary H. Curry, Mrs. Hortense H. Young, Mrs. Clara P. Harris and Mrs. Lois W . Morris.
CHALLENGE—The Midwestern Undergraduate Singing Champions, Alpha Upsilon of Detroit, challenge any similar group to a singing contest to be conducted at our 47th general Continued on page 20
The charming president of Louisville Alphabettes is Miss Eleanor Young—the daughter of an Alpha, Dr. Whitney Young, Sr., and the sister of the Executive Secretary of the National Urban League, Brother Whitney Young, Jr. Miss Young and all Kentucky Alphabettes promise the best set of affairs yet for wives, sweethearts, teenagers, pre-teens and Brothers.
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Calendar of Events
DELEGATES & VISITORS ACTIVITIES Dec. 26—AKA Debutante Ball Dec. 27—Public Meeting and Reception Dec. 28—Open House Tour of Selected Alpha Homes Dec. 29—Pan Hellenic Dance Dee. 30—Alpha Formal Banquet Alpha Formal Dance
LADIES ACTIVITIES Luncheon Card Party Fashion Show Conducted Tours
TEENAGE ACTIVITIES Get-Acquainted Party Theater Party Conducted Tours
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY ALPHABETTES Seated: Left to right, Mrs. J. J. Jackson, Mrs. Anna Belle Woodson, Mrs. A. D. Dalton, president, Mrs. W . T. Heals and Mrs. W . T. Seals, II Standing: Left to right, Mrs. P. L. Guthrie, treasurer, Mrs. William French, Mrs. James A. Taylor, vice-president, and Mrs. Norman Passmore, parliamentarian.
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prised of the Jefferson City, Joplin, Springfield and St. Joseph Divisions of the United States District Court. Brother Spottsville has practiced law in Kansas City since 1948 and has served as an assistant prosecuting Continued on page 10
KANSAS CITY, MO.—Brother Clifford M. Spottsville, 49, a former assistant prosecutor for Jackson County, today was sworn in as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. The oath was administered by United States District Court Judge Albert A. Ridge in the Federal Courthouse here.
BROTHER CLIFFORD M. SPOTTSVILLE
Brother Spottsville was appointed by F. Russell Millin, United States Attorney for the Western District. He will be assigned to civil and Criminal cases, Millin said. The district is cornOCTOBER, 1961
Women play a big part in any convention. With the Alphas it is even greater because their general conventions include wives, children and sweethearts. Four different groups of Kentucky Alphabettes from Lexington, Louisville, Hopkinsville, and Frankfort are official hostesses of the 55th Anniversary Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., which will convene in Louisvil'e December 26-30, 1961. Convention sessions will be held in the Sheraton Seelbach Hotel. Officers of the Hopkinsville Alphabettes are Mrs. Thomas A. West, president; Mrs. Eugene F. Whitney, secretary; Mrs. Phillip C. Brooks, chairman of convention planning; Mrs. Frank Simpson, assistant secretary; Mrs. Jacob Bronaugh, vice president; and Mrs. Claud Snorton, treasurer, standing.
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Continued from page 9 attorney for Jackson County since January, 1953, serving under Prosecutor Richard K. Phelps until 1956, and under Prosecutor William A. Collet from 1957 until his resignation to accept the present appointment. He has a well established reputation as a trial lawyer. During his eight years in the County prosecutor's office, he handled more than 470 cases with a substantial number of victories. He is a native of Ottawa, Kansas where he attended elementary and high schools. He studied at the University of Kansas and was awarded the bachelor of law degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1946. He was employed by the United States Department of Commerce from 1942 until 1948, working in the capital. He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, Co-Chairman of the Criminal Law Committee of the Kansas City Bar Association, a member of the American Bar Association, the American Judicature Society and the National Bar Association and is VicePresident of the Jackson County Bar Association. He is a registered Democrat and is a member of the Progressive Democratic Political Association, an affiliate of the United Democrats. In private practice he is associated with Attorneys W. Franklin Clark and William K. Hayden. His church, social and civic activities include membership on the board of trustees of the Second Baptist Church, directorship on the boards of the Niles Home for Children and the Florence Home and affiliations with the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Sigma Delta Tau Legal Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the Research Academy, Midwesterners Club, Inc., and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Brother Spottsville and his wife, Hettie Mae, live at 2710 Grove, Kansas City, Missouri. He is the son of Mrs. C. A. Spottsville of Ottawa, Kansas. His appointment as assistant United States Attorney marks the first time a Negro has been named to this job in the western district of the state. PAGE 10
Three program participants of the 55th Anniversary Convention December 26-30, 1961 In Louisville, Ky., are Brother J. O. Blanton, the only active founder of Alpha Phi Alpha's oldest graduate chapter, who will deliver the Fraternal Address; Brother Prank L. Stanley, Sr., General Convention Chairman and former General President; and Brother Arthur P. Evans, Sr., a 49 year Alpha who will introduce Brother Blanton.
Student Winners of Creative Writing Contest Feted By Reader's Digest and United Negro College Fund NEW YORK, JUNE 1—The three winners of the Reader's Digest-United Negro College Fund Creative Writing Contest, for essay, short story and poetry, are being feted by the magazine and the College Fund in New York this weekend. Willa Robertson of Louisville, Kentucky a freshman at Tougaloo Southern Christian College (Tougaloo, Miss.); Marion J. Mackie of New Orleans, Louisiana, a sophomore at Xavier University (New Orleans); and Thurmond L. Snyder of Memphis, Tenn., a junior at LeMoyne College (Memphis), were honor guests at a luncheon in New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, today. John T. Beaudouin, managing editor of the Reader's Digest Condensed Book Club, presented $350 checks to each of the winners. Miss Robertson received her award for an essay, "My Experiences with Integration." Miss Mackie's was for her short story, "A Summer Day"; Mr. Snyder's for his poem, "Tranquility in Senility." Notables at the Thursday luncheon included Langston Hughes, author,
poet and playwright; Edward R. Dudley, Borough President of Manhattan and alumnus of United Negro College Fund's Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, N.C.); and Bruce Barton, advertising executive and author, who is national chairman of the UNCF campaign. A luncheon at the Reader's Digest home offices in Pleasantville, N.Y., is scheduled for June 2. The week-end itinerary for the contest winners includes sight-seeing days, a visit to Radio City Music Hall and attendance at a legitimate Broadway play. Second prizes of $200 each went to: Alexander O. Okugo of Enugu, Nigeria, student at Bishop College (Marshall, Tex.), for his essay, "Communism in Africa—Does It Exist?", Maron E. Wiggins of Miami, Fla., student at Hampton Institute (Va.), for his short story, "The Green Hut"; and Norbert R. Davidson, Jr., of New Orleans, freshman at Dillard University in his home city, for his poem, "Cold Turkey." Sponsored by the Reader's Digest Continued on page 12 THE SPHINX
From The General Secretary's Desk Brother Laurence T. Young Brothers: Welcome back to your various class rooms on the campuses of our great American colleges and universities. May your work during this year continue to reflect credit and honor not only to yourselves as individuals, but to our great Fraternity as a whole, to the end that Alpha Phi Alpha will rate No. 1 on the Deans' scholarship lists at all of our great institutions of learning. ANNOUNCEMENTS: By authority of the General Constitution, Article IX Section 6, I hereby announce the time and place of the 55th Anniversary General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. as: December 26th, 30th, 1961, Louisville, Kentucky. Convention Headquarters: Hotel Sheraton-Seelbach, Louisville, Kentucky; THEME: "Democracy's Fulfilment: Our Continuing Challenge." By authority of the General Constitution, Article XVII, Section 2 I hereby announce that: "All proposed amendments to the General Constitution shall be filed with the General Secretary sixty (60) days before the next General Convention. That all recommendations be submitted to the Recommendations Committee by the individual chapters and the individual brothers not later than thirty (30) days before the General Convention, only recommendations from officers, committees and work shops shall be received from the Convention floor. (NOTE: Due to the death of the Chairman of the Recommendations Committee, it is suggested that such recommendations as above stated be sent to the office of the General Secretary.) BALLOTS: All brothers holding 1961 pass cards will receive a ballot for the election of a President-Elect, ninety (90) days before the 1961 General Convention. These ballots are to be voted and returned (mailed) as per address on same as soon as possible. ANY BROTHER not receiving a ballot by September 30th, please contact National Headquarters. OCTOBER, 1961
We have approximately 200 ballots for brothers whose addresses are INCOMPLETE, and are being held in this office awaiting further instructions. A "kit" will be mailed each chapter officer within the month containing General Conventions announcements, Remittance forms, Chapter officer Roster, Blanks to be returned for brothers to be inducted into MEGA chapter and such other blanks needed in chapter files. Copies of the RITUAL, SPHINX MANUAL & GUIDE, CONSTITUTION and CONVENTION MINUTES are available upon request, (nominal fee) STANDARDIZED PIN: This office has received many favorable comments with respect to the "new pin." Let me quote the most outstanding comment from one of our forthright brothers, Brother W. W. Whetstone: "I can see the wisdom of deciding on certain stones because it gives the pin a settled and dignified appearance that brings a somber effect. I am quite
pleased indeed. It is just what the doctor ordered now." LIFE MEMBERS: We would like addresses for three of our devoted life members: E. SHEPARD WRIGHT: LEWIS L. WAYNE: and JAMES C. HAIRSTON. Any brother having this information please forward same to National Headquarters. We dislike losing touch with our LIFE MEMBERS. CUTS: Chapters desiring cuts for publication in THE SPHINX will please have a check accompany the picture to be published,—this is a prerequisite to publication. COST OF CUTS: 1 Column $3.50; 2 column $7.50; 3 column $10.00. CHECK MUST ACCOMPANY PICTURE. AWARDS: The following AWARDS are to be made at the Convention: 1. Undergraduate Chapter Achievement Continued on page 20
ALMOST A QUARTER OF A CENTURY 20 years ago Kentucky Alphas hosted a general convention. At that time none of the suits to integrate schools had been filed—and no southern university had voluntarily opened its doors—but the 1941 convention was held on the campus of the University of Louisville (as the above photo indicates)—the first full university in the South to voluntarily desegregate its student body and its faculty. If you were in Louisville in 1941, you don't need to be told about Kentucky Hospitality—but if you missed it, you'd better catch up.
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Second Year • • Reclamation UTICA, MISS.—If you recall, the Three Year Plan of the Southern Region is broken down as follows: First Year—to strengthen chapter program; Second Year—reclamation; Third Year—expansion. We have just successfully completed the first year of the plan, which was the building of strong chapter programs. Now, we are ready to launch the second phase of the plan, that of reclamation. The object of this reclamation program will be to reclaim a thousand brothers in the graduate chapters in the seven States that make up the Southern Region. The region-wide campaign will commence October 1 and last through December 1. This two months' intensified effort to reclaim a thousand brothers will necessitate good organization. I should like to make some suggestions as to the organization. 1. A survey should be made for each community where a graduate chapter is located to ascertain the number of unfinancial brothers. Organize the chapter membership into teams. Let each team select a group of unfinancial brothers. Once this is done, then let the group have a "Brother's March" somewhat like the Mother's March in the March of Dimes Campaign. This Brother's March should carry one team of brothers to the home of the unfinancial brother. Once the team is there, they should urge the delinquent brother to return to the chapter. It should be impressed upon him that you have a strong chapter program and the chapter needs him and Alpha needs him. 2. Each chapter should, if it has not already, organize an Alpha Wives Organization on a year round basis. An invitation should be sent to all the brothers' wives who are members of the chapter, financial and unfinancial. The unfinancial brothers' wives should be told that the auxiliary wants them, but they cannot become members unless their husbands are financial with the chapter. 3. A weekly report should be made to the chapter's president and secretary as to the progress of each group. Each chapter may want to give the winning team some kind of honor for PAGE 12
munity projects that you do not do now because of a limited budget.
reclaiming the highest number of brothers. A monthly report should be made to the State Director as to the number of brothers who have been reclaimed. I hope that each chapter will plan this as a project in its first meeting of the fall.
The reclaimed brothers should pay their grand tax. It will be left up to each chapter to determine how much of the local chapter budget the brothers should pay or whether or not they should pay anything. This is purely a local matter.
4. There are fifty-three graduate chapters in the Southern Region. In order for us to reach our quota of a thousand reclaimed brothers by December 1, it means that each chapter will have to reclaim approximately twenty (20) brothers. The large chapters should reclaim more than twenty brothers. I urge each chapter president, secretary, committee chairman, and member to get behind this program and push it through to success.
I am in the process of setting up with each State Director a date for a state convention to be held in each state. As you may recall, last year we held a state convention in each of the seven states. For the first time, I had a chance to really see Alpha at the grassroots.
5. If you know of a brother or if the Marching Team should know of a brother who may live in your area or in another city who knows an unfinancial brother, write this person and ask him to send an air mail special delivery letter to the unfinancial brother asking him to become financial. Send your State Director the names and addresses of all the unfinancial brothers and ask him to write the brothers and urge them to become financial. Send me a copy of the unfinancial brothers and I shall write them individual letters. In turn, I will ask the General President to write the brothers individual letters urging them to become financial. These twenty or more brothers will mean a lot to the local chapter budget and will enable you to do many com-
Continued from page 10 Condensed Book Club, the creative writing contest was open to any student regularly enrolled as an undergraduate at a member college or University of the Fund. Thirty of the Fund's 32 members are undergraduate, 4-year colleges; two offer only advanced work to graduate students. All 32 institutions are accredited and all are located in the South.
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Brothers Lee, Austin, Boston, Washington, Miles (Chairman), Gibson, and Pinlcney make a final check of the plans made by the Planning Committee to kick off a campaign for the best in Alpha history.
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Typical of one of Kentucky's greatest claims — Beautiful Women are: Photo 3—(l-r) Misses: Christine Reynolds, Carolyn Hampton, Lodaddo Robinson and Lolanda Reynolds. Photo I—(l-r) Misses: Ann Long, Sandra Wise, Gloria Parker and Sheryl Bright. Photo 2—(l-r) Misses: Rosalind Graham and Sharon Porter with dozens of others will be on hand to help make the Louisville Convention the greatest yetl 111
Celebrate First Five Years By Brother Edward Harris PHILADELPHIA, PA.—As it reviews the closing of its first five years Zeta Omicron Lambda chapter, Philadelphia, Pa., can reflect with satisfaction on considerable growth and accomplishment in its first years in Alpha. One of the chief causes of this satisfaction is the sense of belonging and participating in the strong Alpha brotherhood in the Quaker City. One of the highlights in the chapter year was the fifth anniversary banquet held in June at Old Bookbinders where the brothers had held their charter banquet. An important aspect of these banquets is the honoring of the Chapter Man of the Year. Brother William E. Griffin received the honor this year for his many years of honorable and responsible service to the fraternity. He was particularly hailed for his work as president of the Inter-Greek Council, which includes representation of four fraternities and six sororities and acts as a coordinating body in matters of mutual interest. He was its first president and during the two years it is much to Brother Griffin's credit that the organization has become strong and influential. In Alpha, Brother Griffin has served Continued on page 22 OCTOBER, 1961
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LIFE MEMBERSHIP PHILADELPHIA—Members of the Ladies of Alpha, auxiliary to Zeta Omicron Lambda chapter, make final payment of a life membership in the NAACP. Check is turned over to NAACP representative, Dr. James P. Ramsey by president, Mrs. Vera Tobb Carter. (Center) Others are, seated, Mesdames Myra Mitchell, Marilene Wilkins, Bernice Pree, Dorothy Rodgers and Nan Brown. Standing: Beulah Banks, Alberta Congo, St. Clair Hewitt, Gloria Taylor, Sylvania Devine, Bernice Smith, Natica Moose, Vivian Gordon, Jacqueline Evans, Alma Brown, Florence Redd, Gertrude Warrington, Marguerite Johnson and Florence Carr.
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The Alpha Phi Alpha Presidency THE IMPACT AND
the American Negro. Our time then calls for a leadership which is courageous but sane, determined but kind, visionary but practical. This is necessary because, somehow, there seems to be about us a feeling of distrust and suspicion of men and their motives. And yet, if we would be truly leaders in Alpha Phi Alpha, we must assist in this gigantic struggle to successfully inspire young people to new heights of responsibility and concern, somehow, lightening their paths, through our own inspiration, to learning and to wisdom. We must do this in the full realization that the ultimate defense of our way of life, as well as complete integration for the American Negro, rests not so much on missiles, nuclear energy and jet propulsion-as on educated minds, informed understanding and a steadfast belief in God and his goodness. And these are the matters which should have our concern.
Pnyrattn Akea4 Nominee: Brother T. Winston Cole, Sr. MARSHALL, TEXAS—Alpha Phi Alpha has had her influence felt in this country for fifty years. This is an impact which cannot be easily shrugged away or forgotten; and this is also an impact which has added greatly to the lives and thought habits not only of Alpha Men and their immediate families, but also to those who have been affected by them, wherever they may be in this Country, or elsewhere in the world; and so I think, sometimes, we are prone to take too lightly, the influence which our organization has had; and I think sometimes we are prone to dismiss too easily the significance and responsibility of an organization such as Alpha Phi Alpha in our midst. So this opportunity gives us cause to pause, to reflect, to recall what Alpha Phi Alpha has meant and is meaning to us and to those who live in our time, to those who lived before us, and to those who will come after us. Alpha Phi Alpha was born in the academic climate of Cornell University more than fifty years ago, thereby combining education and fraternity. It must be said that in higher education especially, but in all education to some degree, we find ourselves, in 1961, in a race against time. This is a race against time, for several reasons. It is a race to maintain national defense; to foster international understanding, and cooperation, and it is a race to find the perspectives necessary to meet the social, economic, and spiritual needs of the men and women who live in our time. Those of us who are leaders in educational enterprises are fortunate. We are fortunate because through our efforts, we can lend support to a program that will result in a more enlightened, and a more thoughtful people. I think you realize as I do that we live in a time when one hears the death cry of an old order for the American Negro, and at the same time hears the birth cry of the new order for PAGE 14
Nothing will cause the tide of prejudice and hate to recede like the steady flow of well-educated, courageous, mature and God-fearing young Negroes standing in their full height as strong young Americans ready to
supply answers to the problems of our time and our world. From a recent issue of U. S. News & World Report we see clearly how the picture has changed for the Negro in America and I quote: "The idea, at home and abroad, is that the American Negro is relegated to a life of hardship and persecution." Swift progress. Yet what do the facts really show? An answer can be obtained from the Census Bureau, from employment and housing figures, from Negro organizations, from reports on education and income. What emerges is this conclusion: There is probably no group in history that has made the progress that American Negroes have made in so short a time. One hundred years ago almost all the Negroes in the U. S. were slaves, wholly uneducated. Less than 25 years ago, the bulk of the Negroes was engaged in farm labor in the South. Most of them lived in primitive shacks with no running water, no labor-saving devices, no refrigeration. Young, mature and aged Negroes alike were bound to long hours of labor. They lacked time for a full grade-school education. They died young. Continued on page 21
THE COLE FAMILY Left to right—Seated Brother T. W . Cole, Sr., President Wiley College, Medall, Tervo, Mrs. Cole, Thomas, Jr., also The Coles Cocker. Standing—Patricia, Eva Marie and JoAnn
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55th Anniversary Convention Alplja pyt Alplja Jfratmtttij, Int. DECEMBER 2 6 - 3 0 , 1961 Alpha Lambda, Alpha Beta Lambda, Gamma Beta Lambda, and Gamma Epsilon Lambda, Hosts HOTEL SHERATON-SEELBACH Louisville, Kentucky
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PRE-CONVENTION ACTIVITIES Tuesday, December 26, 1961 12:00 Noon Registration — Lobby, Sheraton-Seelbach Hotel
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Gamma Epsilon Lambda — Brother Mid-West Assistant Vice President — Brother Paul King Mid-West Regional Vice President — Brother Stenson Broaddus
2:00 P.M.
Committee Meetings A. Budget — Room B. Rules and Credentials — Room C. Constitution — Room
3:00 P.M.
Housing Foundation Meeting — Room
4:00 P.M.
Executive Council Meeting and Dinner —
Responses: Representing Assistant Vice Presidents — Brother William M. Coverdale, III Eastern Regional Vice President Representing Vice Presidents — Brother Edward H. Ballard
Sheraton-Seelbach's East Room 8:30 P.M.
Debutante Ball — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Continental Ballroom, Henry Clay Hotel
Western Regional Vice President Presentation of General President — Brother Frank L. Stanley, Sr. General President's Statement — Brother William H. Hale General President 10:30 A.M. Presiding — Brother William H. Hale
GENERAL CONVENTION Wednesday, December 27, 1961
Musical Selection — Local Presentation of Jewels, General Officers Committee Chairmen Announcement of Convention Committees
8:30 A . M . Registration
and Officers — Brother Laurence T. Young 9:30 A . M . Introductory Session — Grand Ballroom — 10th Floor Presiding — Brother Frank L. Stanley, Sr. General Convention Chairman
General Secretary Report of Committees on Rules and Credentials and Seating of Delegates — Brother R. Allan Durrant, Chairman
Invocation — Brother (Local Minister) Welcome on Behalf of Hosts: Alpha Lambda — Brother Alpha Beta Lambda — Brother Gamma Beta Lambda — Brother
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11:00 A . M . Reports of Regional Vice Presidents and Assistants Miidwestern — Brother Stenson E. Broaddus Brother Paul King
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Presiding — Brother William H. Hale
Southern — Brother Walter Washington
General President
Brother James Ealey
National Anthem
Eastern — Brother Alfred C. Fentress
Invocation — Brother J. Clinton Hoggard
Brother William M. Coverdale, III
Convention Chaplain
Southwestern —
Greetings:
Brother Wayne C. Chandler
1. The Honorable Wilson W . Wyatt
Brother Ruffin J. LeBrane, J.r
Lieutenant Governor
Western— Brother Edward H. Ballard
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Brother Theodore Carter
2. Representative of Pan-Hellenic Council
I 1:45 A . M . Keynote Address — Brother Elmer Jackson
Presentation of Jewels, Past Presidents and
Past President, National Bar Association 12:20 P.M.
General Officers — Brother William H. Hale General President
Announcements Musical Selection
Alpha Hymn
Address 12:30 P.M. 1:45 P.M.
Adjournment
Recommendation of the Awardee of the Medal of Honor — Brother Tolly W . Harris
Second Business Session —
Chairman, Committee on Awards
Grand Ballroom — 10th Floor
Presentation — Brother William H. Hale
Presiding — Brother Stenson E. Broaddus
General President
Invocation — Brother (Local Minister) Alpha Hymn —
Report of General Officers:
Benediction — Brother Richard T. S. Brown
General Secretary —
Convention Chaplain
Brother Laurence T. Young General Treasurer — Brother Meredith G. Ferguson
10:00 P.M.
Reception — (Place)
Editor of Sphinx — Brother W. Barton Beatty, Jr.
Thursday, December 28, 1961
Director of Education Brother Clifton R. Jones General Counsel — Brother William H. Brown, III Historian — Brother Charles H. Wesley Auditor — Brother W . D. Hawkins, Jr. Comptroller — Brother Kermit J. Hall 3:00 P.M.
General President's Address — Brother William H. Hale, General President
8:30 A . M . Registration — Lobby, Sheraton-Seelbach Hotel 8:30 A . M . Executive Council Meeting — Room 9:30 A . M . Committee Meetings Budget Hearings — Room Constitution — Room Standards and Extension — Room Educational Foundation — Room Election Committee — Room
3:40 P.M.
Alpha Hymn
Housing Committee — Room
3:45 P.M.
Undergraduate Special Session Presiding — Brother Aaron Brown
Recommendation — Room
Historical Commission — Room
Director of Undergraduate Activities
Public Relations — Room National Headquarters — Room Resolutions — Room
4:30 P.M.
Announcements
4:40 P.M.
Committee Meetings
7:00 P.M.
Board Buses for Public Meeting PUBLIC MEETING Fifth Street Baptist Church 1901 West Jefferson Street
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Grievances and Discipline — Room Time and Place — Room Student Defense — Room Public Policy — Room Committee on Awards — Room Pin and Badge — Room
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Friday, December 29, 1961
10:30 A.M. Third Business Session — Grand Ballroom — 10th Floor Presiding — Brother Alfred C. Fentress
8:30 A . M . Executive Council Meeting — Room
Eastern Regional Vice-President Memorial Services — Brother Richard T. S. Brown
8:30 A . M . Registration — Lobby, Sheraton-Seelbach Hotel
Brother J. Clinton Hoggard Convention Chaplains
9:30 A . M . Fourth Business Session — Grand Ballroom — 10th Floor
11:00 A . M . Founders' Address — Jewel
Presiding — Brother Edward H. Ballard, Western Vice President
11:30 A . M . Alpha Hymn
Invocation — Brother (Local Minister) Committee Reports:
11:40 A . M . Announcements — Brother John A. Banks
Constitution — Brother John Buckner
Chairman, Registration Committee
Housing Foundation — Brother William Alexander
11:45 A . M . Adjournment
Standards and Extension — Brother Edward T. Addison
12:00 Noon Undergraduate Luncheon* — Room
Public Relations — Brother Millard R. Dean
Brother Aaron Brown, Chairman,
National Headquarters —
Undergraduate Activities
Brother James E. Adams
Presiding — Brother Theodore Carter
Recommendations —
Assistant Western Vice-President
Brother Laurence Lackey
Invocation — Brother J. Clinton Hoggard
Educational Foundation —
Convention Chaplain
Brother Clifton R. Jones
Introduction of Speaker — Brother James Ealey,
Grievances and Discipline —
Southern Assistant Vice-President
Brother A. Maceo Hill
Undergraduate Address —
Election Commission —
Brother Hamilton Holmes,
Brother LeRoy Patrick
University of Georgia Introduction — Brother Aurthur Evans, Sr. Fraternal Address — Brother John O. Blanton
I 1:00 A . M . Nomination of Officers 1962 Presiding — Brother William H. Hale
Alpha Hymn
General President
Annoucements — Brother Lyman T. Jackson,
Invocation — Brother Richard T. S. Brown
President of Alpha Lambda
Convention Chaplain
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Announcements — Brother William H. Snorton President, Gamma Epsilon Lambda
2:30 P.M.
Undergraduate Workshop Session Presiding — Brother Aaron Brown Workshop I.
12:00 Noon Adjournment
— Room
Subject: Leaders: Workshop II. — Room Subject: Leaders:
1:30 P.M.
Fifth Business Session — Grand Ballroom — 10th Floor Presiding — Brother Wayne C. Chandler Southwestern Vice President Invocation — Brother (Local Miinister) Committee Reports:
5:00 P.M.
Adjournment
9:00 P.M.
Open House Tour (Buses Depart)
Public Policy — Brother A. Maceo Smith Undergraduate Housing —
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Brother Myles A. Paige
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Invocation — Brother J . Clinton Hoggard
Workshops — Brother Aaron Brown
Convention Chaplain
Special Reports:
Reports:
A. National Headquarters —
Student Defense —
(Report and survey requested by I960
Brother Elmer C. Collins
Convention) — Brother Kermit J . Hall
Time and Place —
B. Group Insurance —
Brother Brent T. Pendleton
Brother W. Barton Beatty, Jr.
Awards — Brother Tolly W. Harris
C. Investments —
Resolutions — Brother Charles W . Greene
Brother Meredith S . Ferguson
Elections — Brother LeRoy Patrick
D. Pin and Badge —
Other Reports
Brother William H. Brown. Ill
Announcements — Brother Frank L. Stanley, Sr.
Announcements — Brother Harry B. Baker
Alpha Hymn
President, Gamma Beta Lambda Alpha Hymn 4:00 P.M.
Committee Meeting
9:00 P.M.
Pan-Hellenic Dance — Continental Ballroom
3:00 P.M.
Adjournment
4:00 P.M.
Meeting of Building Foundation — Roo• m
5:00 P.M.
Meeting of Executive Council — Room
8:00 P.M.
Alpha Formal Banquet — (Place)
Henry Clay Hotel
Saturday, December 30, 1961 8:30 A.M. Executive Council Meeting — Room
Toastmaster — Brother Frank L. Stanley, Sr.
9:00 A.M. Registration
Introduction of Speaker —
Invocation — Brother Richard T. S. Brown Brother Ruffin J . LeBrane, Jr. Southwestern Assistant Vice President
9:30 A.M. Sixth Business Session —
Undergraduate Speaker —
Grand Ballroom — 10th Floor
Brother Bill Snoddy, Langston, Oklahoma
Presiding — Brother Walter Washington
Introduction of Speaker —
Southern Vice President
Brother William H. Hale
Invocation — Brother (Local Minister)
Banquet Address
Committee Reports:
Presentation of Awardees —
Audit — Brother W . D. Hawkins, Jr.
Brother Tolly W. Harris
Budget (Final Report) —
1. Undergraduate
Brother Kermit J . Hall
2. Graduate
Historical Foundation —
3. Alpha Award of Honor
Brother Charles H. Wesley
Presentation of Awards —
Announcements — Brother James R. Taylor President, Alpha Delta Lambda
Brother William H. Hale Introduction and Installation
Alpha Hymn
General Officers for 1962 — Brother Charles H. Wesley
11:45 A.M. Adjournment
Closing Remarks — Brother William H. Hale
12:00 Noon Voting Polls Open — Room
Announcements
General President Alpha Hymn 1:00 P.M.
Final Business Session —
Benediction — Brother J. Clinton Hoggard
Grand Ballroom — 10th Floor Presiding — Brother William H. Hale
10:00 P.M.
Closed Formal Ball
General President
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structure and build an ultra modern functional building.
THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA
PteAideticif ALPHA PHI ALPHAS RACE WITH THE FUTURE Nominee: Brother James E. Huger DAYTONA, BEACH, FLA.—The proposed program for Alpha's future. 1) Scholarship — Through the Director of Educational Activities institute a program of Academic Excellence among Alpha undergraduates. Reorganize our educational program in order that it will attract nation-wide attention to Alpha's effort to the educational area. 2) Financial Aid for Scholarship — Make available money and revamp our system of distribution of same to encourage Alphas of unusual academic talents to continue their training.
6) Regional Directors — Give increased national recognition and participation to Regional Directors. In my considered judgment these men render invaluable service to ongoing program of Alpha — They must be provided with adequate budgets to effectively carry the story of Alpha. 7) Housing — The first phase will be to start a movement to secure adequate funds to operate our Housing program — The second to work with the Housing Commission for prompt and efficient handling of said program and appoint a commission to study the National Headquarters set-up to determine what can be done to curtail our yearly deficit or to see if it would be more advantageous to sell the present
8) The General Secretary's Office — In as much as this office is the nerve center of the fraternity raise it to its proper level. 9) Civil Rights — Take an active and vigorous part in the fight for first class citizenship — Encourage participation in all movements designed to bring this desired goal. Put into operation, either in conjunction with the NAACP — The Southern Leadership Confernce, or as a sole project the registration of Negroes to vote. 10) The Image of Alpha — Through Public Relations build the image of Alpha Phi Alpha as we want it seen by others — In this connection build the 1964 Convention along the same lines as the 50th Anniversary Convention and expand our program to reach Continued on page 21
3) Commission on Undergraduates — This Commission will be charged with the effective operation of the entire undergraduate program — i.e. Campus relations — Convention participation and community organization. I am still under the impression that our undergraduates are the life blood of Alpha Phi Alpha and as such must be directed in their growth and development. 4) The Establishment of "A" Clubs on High School Campuses — These Clubs are designed to help young men realize their potential in the areas of academic excellence — campus and community leadership and to create an awareness of their responsibilities as good citizens — The end result is obvious — to help these young men in their development and to plant a seed for Alpha. 5) An Employment Bureau — The office of the General Secretary can serve as a clearing house for employment opportunities for our brothers. OCTOBER, 1961
THE HUGER FAMILY Row Seated, John LeLand and Tommy; 2nd Row Seated, Mrs. James E. Huger, Brother tes E. Huger, Assistant to the President, Bethune Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida and standing center James, Jr.
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THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA
PreAideHcif Nominee: Brother Lionel H. Newsom ATLANTA, GA.—In response to the Editor's request, I herewith submit in capsule my impressions of the General Presidency of Alpha Phi Alpha. My belief in the potentialities and possibilities of our great fraternity could hardly be put into such a limited space or even in print, for it is a sort of verstehen. However, these remarks are a few of my written impressions of the dream of seven stalwart founding fathers who dreamed dreams and built air castles at Cornell just after the turn of the twentieth century. Like them, I too believe it is not what you HAVE but what you GIVE that makes a voluntary organization really great. I speak to you out of more than twenty five years of active participation in Alpha's programs from the college campus through many national conventions. In and out of conventions I have been a part of the continuity of Alpha's efforts from the treasury position of Alpha Psi to the National Office of Midwestern Vice President and Director of Educational Activities. These experiences fit me uniquely both quantitatively and qualitatively for the highest office granted by my beloved brothers. There is a tangible sense of urgency in the General Organization. However, it has not yet been possible to transmit this urgency to the rank and file member, or for that matter to the Executive Council; but that the fraternity is at a pivotal point in history cannot be denied. Within the next twenty five years, I envision three possibilities for Alpha: We shall be out of existence as a national organization primarily of American Negroes; we shall have joined with some other similarly constituted national organization; or we shall be a fully integrated organization. I hasten to add, appropos of realization of the last possibility that we must seize the initiative and do more than welcome whites to affiliate with us—we must encourage PAGE 20
them to do so. Our future also lies in the enlightened countries of Africa and Asia. Alpha men in these countries can do much to establish chapters at the many colleges and universities there. We must renew the pioneer spirit that characterized us in the early years of Alpha as we set up chapters in the not so mixed colleges of the North and East. In these challenging, demanding years, we shall have succeeded or failed in our efforts to solve the serious problems of morals and declining membership and our competitive position in the fraternal world. We shall have a healthy and dynamic fraternity which expands or we shall have a sick one which retracts. But before we begin any program we should undertake a thorough investigatory research of the records of the fraternity, in order to determine
the major needs of the present, as well as the overwhelming problems of the past. As we face these testing years, it is already very clear that we must learn that planning is neither a dirty or subversive word. The financial structure of the General Organization is in for major adjustments which may be temporarily painful. I need not tell you that we must get more service for the dollar and make each dollar beneficial to the entire brotherhood and not to the few as it has been in the past. Our entire echelon of command will certainly undergo considerable change. A General President should be willing to assume responsibility and deal with critical problems instead of trying to put them aside for the more glamorous and appealing jobs which spotlight the executive. He must be willing to lose, realizing that his leadership requires him to chart a new imaginative long range blue print for the future of Alpha. He must seize diplomatic initiative and call a summit meeting of the executives of all the other primarily Negro fraternal groups for the purpose of discussing mutual problems and planContinued on page 21
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Continued from page 14 Most of the world's 308 million Negroes, with the exception of those in the U. S., are found by the United Nations agencies to be living like that today—and dying before the age of 40. Public and private education then must prepare us for global responsibility through a realization of the importance of the full development of our bodies, our minds and our spirits; and one day we will contribute mightily to the strength of America and our abilities will help to destroy the forces of poverty, descrimination, immortality, and the fear of nuclear destruction, and will win the battle which exists all around us for the minds of men in our time. We, as a race, must produce men and women who are articulate in speech and writing, who are at home in the areas of numbers, quantity, and measurement; who have well developed ideas, and ideals, and strong principles, who have knowledge of the complexities of legislation and finance; and who have the ability to adjust to and work with all men—socially, intellectually and physically, without timidity and without uneasiness. As I see it, the task of Alpha Phi Alpha in the serious sixties is arduous, awesome, and exciting. Arduous because the support and operation of the truly democratic country grows more difficult with each passing year. We cannot simply "talk" America to greatness. We must be ever active in her behalf. The task is awesome because the prospect of Alpha's slumbering placidly in the areas of race relations and freedom is a real threat. Education must be strengthened, for it is the fountainhead of freedom, brotherhood, and free enterprise in this country. Should we allow education to grow weak, we shall have contributed—I am convinced—to the downfall of our fraternity. "The task is exciting, because the prospect, of the cooperation of all Americans regardless of race, in a common cause can give America the forward thrust it must have. Despite difficulties that confront us, the vistas OCTOBER, 1961
of accomplishment are real and vast. Our opportunities are limited only by our dedication, by our vision of what can be, and by our ability to share this vision with others." I propose, therefore, the following areas of emphasis for our national program: 1. Stronger link between Undergraduate and Graduate Chapters participation. 2. More effective National participation of Undergraduate Chapter membership. 3. More meaningful role for the National organization in National and International understanding. 4. Membership in the National Fraternity Council. 5. Continued evaluation of the National program to meet the demands of full Citizenship. 6. Continued participation in voter registration. As international affairs become more and more complex, and as Negro men and women accept their responsibility in this area, we are likely to have to help to pilot America towards the emerging stages of regional organization, and in the farther future, perhaps, towards a higher degree of world organization. Because of his peculiar experiences in this country the Negro is well fitted to serve as a world citizen, and his combined resources of character and of capacity, from the children coming out of grammar school, to the Doctor of Philosophy attacking great problems in social or physical science, will project him into that group which will determine what happens in the future. Great indeed, then, is the challenge, great then, is the responsibility of education, and of the ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.
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Continued from page 21 across the ocean and embrace our African brother in a union that will enhance the future of mankind. If elected General President of Alpha Phi Alpha I pledge to put this 10 point program into immediate action in order that we might continue "Alpha Phi Alpha's Race with The Future." Respectfully submitted, James E. Huger
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Continued from page 20 ning their solution. We can learn much from each other. It seems logical to encourage them to hold more joint regionals and conventions with the hope of reducing costs to the General organizations, the host chapters, and the delegates. Together we might also plan a universal probation-initiation period to aid school administrations and faculties to schedule such activities sufficiently early to facilitate matters for all parties involved. If this is done it seems that more administrators would be more willing to work with us and to see the advantages of fraternities. Such planning would also assist us in maintaining high scholarship and reducing brutality and violations of the various rituals. Too long we have put this problem aside, now is the time to explore the possibility of solving it. It is essential that Alpha make a thorough investigation of its membership growth and decline, and the new President should place this serious problem high on the agenda. What happens to the almost 1,000 men initiated into the fraternity each year? The new President should give primary consideration to undergraduates —the life line of the fraternity. We need an Undergraduate Director who would be directly responsible to the General President, to plan programs, study membership rolls, devise methods of maintaining contact for the first few years after graduation, problems of housing and work with undergraduates on the scene if need be to provide some answers to their ever increasing problems, especially that of defining membership in spite of increasing college enrollment. We must study the undergraduates scholastic records before and after initiation to determine the causes of falling scholarship and possible remedies. By 1970, or sooner, the people of the South will have accepted desegregation in the public aspects of their lives or will have damaged the nation's popularity and security beyond repair. The new President must be free to speak out against oppression, and for Negro rights whenever and wherever they are denied. He must encourage the chapters and individual brothers Continued on page 22 PAGE 21
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Continued from page 21 to take the leadership in their communities in preparing young Negroes to matriculate in recently desegregated public schools, colleges and universities. Moreover, he must encourage them to see that young Negroes take an active part in the Soap-Box Derby, The Little Leagues, Nationwide Marble championships, Nation wide Spelling Bees, the National Merit Examinations and the College Board Record Examinations. If need be they should be willing to set up classes after school hours for the purpose of assisting them to perform better academically in and out of school. It also behooves us to study carefully the matter of redisricting our fraternity, for we may need more or fewer than five regions. The new President should have some ideas about revising the voting system nationally and in general conventions and regionals,—for instance, a sort of proportionate representation of one vote and-or one delegate for each seven active chapter members. He should have an idea of a crash program for reclamation and a revision of the Life membership fee and related matters. He should also have some ideas of how we can KEEP CONTACT between the chapter, the brother, and the General Organization. The new President should look carefully at the duties of all officers as denned in the Constitution and where there is duplication of duties, delete them,—but above all, he should see that each officer clearly understands his duties and pledges himself to carry them out to the best of his ability. He must be an activist,—if necessary go to the trouble spots and converse with the interested parties and when and wherever possible, provide remedies. These are some of the facts of our fraternal life which may not be avoided. Without question, urgency and planning are major requirements of our day and age, and the old ways and old techniques are no longer effective. In conclusion, the new President must bring to the office a sense of urgency, a spirit of dedication, a clear mind of what needs to be done, the willingness and ability to do the job. Lionel H. Newsom PAGE 22
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General See's Desk Continued from page 11 2. Graduate chapter Achievement 3. Outstanding UNDERGRADUATE BROTHER 4. Alpha Award of Merit (outstanding Alpha man) 5. Alpha Award of Honor (generally speaker at Public Meeting)
Space will not permit the criteria for awards, but ALL CHAPTERS have been supplied with a statement covering same. Submit your nominations AT ONCE to Brother Tolly W. Harris, Chairman, 326 North Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A CREATIVE DESIGN Creative new fraternity letterhead design soon to be used in the Western Region. The design shall be used as a motif and/or wooden paddle showpiece seen on the door entrances of undergraduate city or campus frat houses. Designed by Brother Wes Hall—Los Angeles Art Instructor, this design shall be e x h i b i t e d at the National Convention in Louisville.
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Continued from page 13 Hugo Marcos, a technical writer for a leading engineering corporation; Hugh Morris, mathmatician and computer technician at Frankford Arsenal; Rudolph Jones, reliability engineer for Remington Rand; Alvin White, electrical engineer in Signal Corps research; William Capel, public works supervisor at the Naval Shipyard; Raymond Logan, electrical engineer at Frankford Arsenal; Antonio Banks, a government engineer in public buildings service; Ronald Gibson, an electrical engineer; Earl O. Pree, chemist in the laboratories of the Philadelphia Quartermaster Center; William Jenkins, a chemist in cancer research at the University of Pennsylvania. Also participating in the program were Brothers Edward Wilkins, vicepresident; Walter R. Livingston, Jr., historian, who was cited in the list above as an architect and member of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. Also Brother Daniel J. Winge, Continued on page 23
BROTHER GEORGE W A S H I N G T O N DAYE, JR. Supervisor of Clinical Laboratory, Oak Forest Hospital, Oak Forest, Illinois: Home address 509 E. 80th Street, Chicago 19, Illinois. MicroBiology; General Bacteriology; Parasitology; Mycology; born, Gilmer, Texas, September 23, 1922 of George Washington and Annie L.
(Smith) D. EDUCATION: B. S. Texas College 1947, married to Ruby Howard, 1957; Experience: Technologist University of Illinois, 1949-52; Bacteriologist—State Department of Public Health, Illinois, 1949; Bacteriologist Oak Forest Hospital, Oak Forest, Illinois, 1955-60; Consultant— Bacteriology; Research and Evaluating Committee, ibid, I960. Member: Society of Illinois Bacteriologist and Mycology Society; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Crerar Memorial Presbyterian Church. CONTRIBUTIONS: to: Antibiotic Medicine and Clinical Therapy Serv. Rec: U.S.A.R. Areas
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REMEMBER THE GROUP. W H A T A DIFFERENCE THE YEARS MAKE. The general Convention Committee of 1941, when Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. met in Louisville. Seated left to right are Brothers: J . B. Hudson (Omega) Dr. J . H. Walls, Alpha Lambda President (1941); Frank L. Stanley, Sr., General Convention Chairman of 1941 and also 1961; Lyman T. Johnson, Alpha Lambda Secretary in 1941 and currently The Chapter president; Lee Brown (Omega); Dr. J.A.C. Lattimore (Omega); Dr. C. Milton Young; Dr. P. O. Sweenew (Omega); Arnold Wright, G. Blyden Jackson, Al Collins, Claude Orton, Sr., and Dr. Horace Morris (Omega). Standing: Brother Douglas Reid (Omega). Desmoins Beard, Dr. Stewart, Dr. G. H. Reid (Omega); Earle Pruitt ( O m e g a ) ; Dr. J . A. Gay, Current Convention Committee-Treasurer and Stenson Broaddus, present Midwestern Vice President. This picture was taken in the famed Eagle's Nest of the Stanley residence where the convention committee met weekly throughout 1941.
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Continued from page 22 chaplain; R. Allen Durrant, president, Rho chapter; Kermit J. Hall, national comptroller; William H. Brown, 3rd, general counsel and Robert Moose, regional director for Eastern Pennsylvania. All but Brother Durrant are members of Zeta Omicron Lambda chapter. Brother Moose has been elected chairman of the Intra-Fraternal Relations Committee succeeding Brother Hall. The group is a voluntary organization with representation from the three Philadelphia chapters and coordinates and advises on many items Continued on page 24 a o •s a a > a o U
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Continued from page 23 of general Alpha interest. Before closing for the summer the committee admitted to representation Delta Pi at Cheyney State College and Nu chapter, Lincoln University. Members of the chapter were active in the proceedings of the Eastern Regional at Hartford. Besides the delegates, Brothers Harris and Eugene Brockington, many other brothers attended and Zeta Omicron Lambda had one of the largest chapter registrations at the convention. The brothers individually and as a chapter continue to support many civic efforts. The chapter is a life member in the NAACP. In cooperation with Psi chapter, it sponsored the annual Relay Formal, a Philadelphia social landmark. In many of its efforts it has had the strong support of the Ladies of Alpha, its auxiliary group. During the Spring it welcomed into the fellowship of Alpha, neophyte Brother George Thomas, Jr., presently a graduate student at Temple University. A Navy veteran, Brother Thomas, works as a civilian aide in the Army Reserve Center and is an Air Force reservist.
BETA-RHO-LAMBDA BROTHER HEADS WEST Youngstown, Ohio—Brother Laurence Jordan, who formerly starred as defensive tackle for Youngstown University, left during July for the San Diego Chargers' commencement of their training period. Brother Jordan, who is 22 years old, signed a contract for $9,500 after the close of the grid season last year. Prior to entering Youngstown University he starred at East High School and was an All-City selection. We, the Brothers of Beta-Rho-Lambda Chapter, are wishing him "bon-voyage" and pulling for his team to take—"all the marbles."
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Alpha's General President Attends Harvard Institute LANGSTON, OKLA.—Dr. William H. Hale, Alpha's twentieth General President and tenth President of Langston University, was selected as one of 36 new college presidents to attend the Eight-Day Institute for College and University Presidents conducted jointly by the Institute for College and University Administrators and The Harvard University School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts, June 20-28. The Institute utilized the case study method, an educational device made famous by the Harvard University School of Business. Written cases of actual institutional problems were presented to the participants. In commenting on the experience, President Hale pointed out its value in giving new administrators an opportunity to discuss problems common to all institutions of higher education. "Even though each institution is unique, we all are faced with the same problems, differing only in degree. Each case presented could easily have been drawn from my own experience at Langston over the past nine months," he said. "To me the most significant thing to come out of the Institute was the feeling one received of the important role of leadership which the contemporary college president must play in providing the quality of direction needed by his society and demanded by this high office. I came away with an even greater feeling of dedication to the task before us in Oklahoma and the increasingly important function of Langston University in promoting the welfare of the people of this state."
BETA-RHO-LAMBDA BROTHER MAKES A "FIRST" IN Y O U N G S T O W N MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION Youngstown, Ohio—Brother Andrew A. Hughey, pastor of St. A n d r e w ' s A.M.E. Church, was elected president of the Youngstown Ministerial Association for the 1961-62 year at the group's annual meeting, on May 1st of this year. Prior to coming to St. Andrew's he served for eight years as the minister of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. During his ministry at Bethel A.M.E. Church he was a member of the board of directors of the Council of Churches of Allegheny County for three years; president and dean of Fifth Ave., High School Council of Week Day Religious Education, and member of the Board of the Pittsburgh Branch of the NAACP. His other activities include a tenure as President and Secretary of the A.M.E.'s Ministerial Association of Pittsburgh and Treasurer of the Pittsburgh Conference of the A.M.E. Church. He was formerly Dean of Allen U n i v e r s i t y , Columbia, S.C. Rev. Hughey is a graduate of Wilberforce University and Payne Theological Seminary where he received his A.B. and B.D. degrees. He received his ED.M. degree from the University of Pittsburgh. This year he received an LL.D. degree from Monrovia College and Industrial Institute at Liberia, West Africa. He was listed in Who's Who in Ohio in I960. Dr. Hughey is married to the former Alberta Goeins of Pittsburgh, Pa., and they have three children; Andrew R., Alberta, and Calvin D.
ATTENTION ALL CHAPTERS The National Committee on Student Defense Aid requests all chapters to send in all information regarding the support of this program. Many chapters have contributed to this program in their cities or states, such as Freedom Riders Fund, Tent City, etc. However, they have not sent any money to the National Committee. Consequently, the National has not been in a position to give direct aid anywhere. During the National Convention in Louisville we would like to give credit to all chapters that have done something in this area. This information will be included in their report. Please send information to: Brother E. C. Collins, 10611 Pasadena Ave. Cleveland 8, Ohio Thank You. THE SPHINX
25 TO 50 YEAR MEMBERS As the oldest Graduate Chapter in Alpha Phi Alpha Louisville's Alpha Lambda has twenty-six members who have been active in the fraternity from 25 to 50 years. In order of membership Seniority they are: 50 YEARS: 34 YEARS John O. Blanton, Founder J. A. Gay 48 YEARS: 33 YEARS: Arthur P. Evans, Sr. Stenson E. Broaddus 40 YEARS: Lyman T. Johnson Louis J. Harper 32 YEARS: 39 YEARS: Robert Dockery William D. Johnson 31 YEARS: Stewart T. Pickett Adam Robinson John H. Walls 29 YEARS: 38 YEARS: William King Harry S. McAlpin 28 YEARS: 37 YEARS: DesMoines Beard Maurice F. Rabb, Sr. Alfred M. Carroll 35 YEARS: William S. Coleman, Sr. Orville Ballard J. Waymon Hackett Turner Spillman Forman T. Foley Frank L. Stanley, Sr. 27 YEARS: A. Lincoln Blackwell Arthur P. Evans, J 25 YEARS or Longer Members of Alpha In State Alphas in the State who have been members 25 years or longer are: HOPKINSVILLE: Phillip C. Brooks, John W. Baker, Floyd L. Roberson, Francis E. Whitney and Thomas A. West, Sr. FRANKFORT: Rufus Ballard Atwood, Harry B. Baker, Booker T. Holmes, William Warren Jones, Alex is J. Richards and Arnold Wood Wright. LEXINGTON: Francis L. Baker, Ferdinand Garner, P. L. Guthrie and W. Taylor Seals.
ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA CHAPTER MOVES FORWARD MEMPHIS, TENNâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Realizing that the age of which our children are a part, will demand the best service of which every individual is capable, and that in order to render the best service they must get the best preparation available. The history of Alpha points out that Alpha men have long recognized that the hope of the race and the hope of the nation lies in the youth of today, the leaders of tomor-
row, who must recognize the aims of Alpha Phi Alpha. The brothers of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter commend and extend congratulations to the following brothers for their achievements and efforts in the field of education, in receiving the Master of Sciences Degree from Tennessee State University: Brothers James A. Barber, History; Milton A. Barber, Jesse E. Neely, Joseph W. Westbrook and Alonzo Weaver in Educational Administration and Willie
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E. Johnson, Business Administration. Congratulations are also to be extended to Brother Charles Patterson, who was elected principal of the Walker Avenue Elementary School. Brother Patterson has served as an elementary teacher in the Memphis School System for the past eight years. While we are congratulating brothers let us not forget to congratulate three of our most active brothers who have claimed the hands of three of Memphis' beautiful school teachers in Holy Matrimony during the past few months. These brothers are Brothers Thomas Doggett, who was married to the former Miss Mavis Patten, Gene Washburn, who married the former Miss Betty Cash, and Willie Lindsey, who was married to the former Miss Gloria Spight. Also Brother George Mims of Fisk University who married the former Miss Clara Ann Twigg, Daughter of Brother Lewis H. Twigg. Under our very efficient leader and president in the person of Brother T. W. Northeross, much has been accomplished during the past year. The chapter sponsored its "Annual Scholarship Dance", which was a big success, and proceeds went to the Alpha's "Loan Fund" established at LeMoyne College and Owen College. The chapter went on record as presenting one of the most impressive "Founders Day" programs in its history. We had the honor of entertaining Brother Belford V. Lawson of Washington, D.C., and former National President of Alpha Phi Alpha, while visiting our city enroute to Jackson, Tenn., where he was the Founders Day speaker for the Jackson, Tenn. chapter. The year's activities climaxed with the "Annual Spring Formal" at the beautiful Currie's Supper Club, followed by the chapter's "Family Picnic at Gammon's Farm in Marion, Arkansas, which will long be remembered by everyone who attended. Much has been done by many of our brothers of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter in civic, social and religious aspects of our growing community in the city of Memphis. Special ovations go out to the five brothers in the chapter who are in the field of law, who are continuing to lead the pathway for first class citizenship for our people in the south. PAGE 25
Citizens Unit May Make Own Probes, Head Says WASHINGTON, D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Joseph C. Waddy, Sr., elected first Negro chairman of the District Citizens Advisory Council yesterday, believes the Council has the power now to initiate investigations and ought to use it. District Commissioner Walter N. Tobriner said Tuesday he wished the Council would make studies on its own instead of waiting for the Commissioners to refer matters to it. Since its establishment in 1952, the Council seldom has taken the initiative in any investigation. Tobriner commented, however, that members of the group may have felt they had been limited from the start to only those matters turned over to them by the Commissioners. Waddy, 50-year-old Washington attorney, made clear yesterday that he disagreed. "I think we were meant to conduct independent investigations. I think the tradition of not acting until we were asked has just been a policy that developed." He added that he hoped the Council will begin operating on its own "in some areas." The nine-member Council was set up as part of the 1952 District governmental reorganization to give Washington's voteless residents an advisory voice in city affairs. A Louisa, Va., native who moved here in 1929, Waddy was graduated in 1935 from Lincoln (Pa.) University, and in 1938 from Howard University Law School. Senior partner in the Washington firm of Houston, Waddy, Bryant and Gardner, he is general counsel for the Colored Trainmen of America and a member of the Woodridge Civic Association. Mrs. Harold B. Marsh was chosen first vice chairman at yesterday's meeting. Joseph G. Weeda, one of three new members of the council, was elected second vice chairman.
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Shown here with Clark College President Brother James P. Brawley (left) is Brother Randall L. Tyus, recently named Associate Director of the college's Development Program.
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Dr. Joseph L. Carwin, 56, a Stamford physician who began his medical career in Bridgeport in 1934, yesterday was elected president of the Fairfield County Medical association, the first Negro to be named to a County Medical association in Connecticut. Brother Carwin, a general practitioner who is a native of Macon, Ga., was named president at the association's annual meeting in the Stratfield hotel, succeeding Dr. Morris P. Pitock. The term is for one year. Brother Carwin has been active in the association, a delegate to the Connecticut State society and has been a member since 1937. His first 13 months of practice was in Bridgeport, after which he moved to Stamford where he has practiced since. His wife, also a physician, practices in Stamford under the name of Dr. Ursula Joyce Yerwood, her maiden name, and both are active in the West Main street Community center. Brother Carwin was graduated from Morehouse college in Atlanta, Ga., and Meharry Medical college in Nashville, Tenn. He interned at Freedman's hospital in Washington.
Nominees: Office of President â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Elect Ballots have been mailed to each Financial Brother from the General Secretary's office with full instructions for voting procedures. PAGE 26
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of Science degree in Education from Indiana University. Brother Mercer was a recipient of a Danforth Foundation Special Graduate Fellowship for the year 1959-60. He was given a citation by the Alpha Nu Chapter of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society for having earned the Doctor of Education degree, during the Spring Quarter, 1961, Savannah State College. He holds professional membership in the National Education A s s o c i a t i o n , Georgia Teachers and Education Association, Association for Student Teaching, and the Association for Higher Education. Brother Mercer is a member of Beta Phi Lambda Chapter. He is married to Mrs. Mary Martin Mercer, who is a public school teacher. They have one daughter, Apryl Arlynda.
RECEIVES DOCTOR'S DEGREE SAVANNAH, GA.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brother Walter A. Mercer, Associate Professor of Education, Savannah State College completed all requirements for the Doctor of Education degree in February. The degree was officially awarded at the One Hundred ThirtySecond Annual Commencement, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 5, 1961. Brother Mercer, who is Director of Student Teaching, Savannah State College, completed his work for the Doctor of Education degree with a major in elementary education, an inside minor in educational psychology and an outside minor sociology and anthropology. The title of his doctoral dissertation is "The Organization and Administration of Off-Campus Student Teaching In Relation To Professional Laboratory Experiences In Selected Institutions of Georgia." Abstracts of Brother Mercer's investigation will appear in a future issue of Thesis Abstract Series, School of Education, Indiana University and a future issue of Dissertation Abstracts. Some of his previous articles have appeared in the
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Faculty Research Edition of The Savannah State College Bulletin and in the Review of Negro Educational Research. He received the A.B. degree from Fisk University where he was a recipient of grant-in-aid from the Phelps Stokes Foundation for two consecutive years. He was granted a Master
A PHI A FOR FREEDOM Brother Leroy Patrick, above left President of Alpha Omicron Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, presents Pittsburgh Branch Executive Secretary, James E. Scott, with a $200.00 check the chapters initial payment on a Life Membership in the NAACP.
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Louisville Weather: Louisville is located on the left bank of the Ohio River, 604 miles below Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and 377 miles above the mouth of the river at Cairo, Illinois. The city is divided by Beargrass Creek and its South Fork into two portions with entirely different types of topography. The eastern portion is rolling, containing several creeks and consists of plateaus and rolling hillsides. The elevation in this area is 565 feet. The western portion is mostly flat and is of lower elevation with an average height about 100 feet lower than that of the eastern part. A large part of this westerly section lies in the flood plain of the Ohio River. With few exceptions, the industries of the city are located in the western portion, while the eastern portion is almost entirely residential. Louisville's weather is subject to frequent changes, being influenced alternately by the high-pressure area of Bermuda and that of southern Canada. Summers are hot and winters fairly cold. Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed with September and October being somewhat drier. Heavy snows occur only once in a decade. To the northwest of Louisville in Indiana is a range of hills which probably affect the climate of Louisville. These hills may have a moderating affect on such elements as wind and temperature. Very often snow covers Continued on page 28 PAGE 27
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LOS ANGELES, CAL.—George W. Holmes, Nortronics Electronic Systems and Equipment Development Engineer, has been presented the "Electrical Equipment Engineering" magazine Circuit Design Award for his article, "Double Pulsed Sine Wave Circuit," in the April issue. Elmer T. Ebersol, editor, presented the award plaque and two one-hundred dollar savings bonds in ceremonies August 29. This is the fourth article by George to be published by the magazine. Brother Holmes is now in charge of design and development of ground support factory checkout equipment for the GAM-87A airborne inertial instrument. He received his BS Degree in Engineering with an electrical major at Los Angeles State College, and intends to obtain his Masters Degree within the next five years. Brother Holmes studied Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, where he won the Molhan After Dinner Speaking Contest in 1950 and the Hadley Speech Contest for Engineering Students in 1951. He is a member of Delta Sigma Chi, a newspaper honorary fraternity. While in service, Brother Holmes attended the U. S. Naval Electronic Material School at Treasure Island, San Francisco, and the U. S. Marine Radio Repair School in San Diego. Brother Holmes, his wife, a former medical technician, and their ten month old baby girl currently reside in Los Angeles. PAGE 28
A few years after he picked up his sheepskin, Dr. G. Alx Galvin of 401 W. State St. heads back to his alma mater to be initiated into a society he should have made 25 years ago. At the time he graduated from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., in 1937, there was no chapter there of Alpha Omega Alpha, national medical honorary society, although his grades were high enough to qualify him for membership. But now there is a chapter there, and Brother Galvin will be in Nashville Friday night to give his initiative speech into the fraternity as the first alumni member of the chapter.
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PARK BOARD MEMBER Beta Tau Lambda Chapter salutes Brother Marion J. Brooks, M.D., who was recently appointed to the Park Board of the City of Fort Worth. Brother Brooks, prominent practicing physician, is a graduate of Prairie View A. & M. College and Howard University School of Medicine. He is a member of St. Andrew's Methodist Church, a member of McDonald Branch Y. M. C. A. Committee of Management, and was member of Fort Worth Urban League Board. He is married to the former Miss Marie Louise Norris who is also active in civic life of Fort Worth, and they are the parents of five children. It is felt Brother Brooks' interest and zeal in community affairs will mean much to the advancement of Fort W o r t h . Beta Tau Lambda congratulates Brother Brooks and wishes for him much success as he holds a seat on the City's Park Board.
AUXILIARY REVENUE PORTRAIT Left to Right: Wesley H. Motley, Curtis A. Flood, Lawrence E. Knight, Jr., Mrs. Catherine Winslow Luck, Judge Sidney Clark, M. C. Martin, J . L. Williams, Mrs. Hazel S. Slaughter, Harry I. Wood, W . E. Beavers, Jr., and L. Wilson York.
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B r a d l e y , 814 Ross A v e . , Greensboro, North Carolina M U L A M B D A — J o s e p h C . W a d d y , 415 F S t . , N.W,. Washington, D.C. N U L A M B D A — W a l k e r H . Charles, Jr., Virginia State C o l l e g e , Petersburg, Va. H a r o l d D. L a n g r u m , 5225 S. G r e e n w o o d A v e . , Chicago, III. OMICRON LAMBDA—Clarence F. C a m p b e l l , 1055 1st St, N o r t h B i r m i n g h a m 4, A l a . PI L A M B D A — L l o y d H . M y e r s , 1514 W e s t 21st, L i t t l e Rock, Arkansas R H O L A M B D A — J a m e s R. H e c k , I I I , 252 L a n d o n St., B u f f a l o 8, N e w Y o r k S I G M A L A M B D A — B e l m o n t F. H a y d e l , J r . , 3730 S. C l a i b o r n e A v e . , N e w O r l e a n s , L a . T A U L A M B D A — D r . Isaac H . M i l l e r , 1717 W i n d o v e r D r . , N a s h v i l l e 8, Tennessee U P S I L O N L A M B D A — D r . J e a n C . D o w n i n g , 719 W . 8 t h St., J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . P H I 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. T h o m a s E. K e l l e y , P . O . Box 132, W i l b e r f o r c e , O . PSI L A M B D A — B . T. S c r u g g s , 1103 Q u e e n s D r . , C h a t t a n o o g a , Tenn. A L P H A A L P H A LAMBDA—Arthur C. Williams, 158 L i n c o l n St., M o n t c l a i r , N e w J e r s e y A L P H A BETA L A M B D A — W i l f r e d T. Seals, 774 C a d e n Lane, L e x i n g t o n , Ky. ALPHA G A M M A L A M B D A — J a m e s E. C o o k e , J r . , 180 W . 135th St.. N e w Y o r k 30, N . Y . A L P H A D E L T A L A M B D A — A . B. O w e n s , J r . , 598 W i l l i a m s A v e . , M e m p h i s , Tennessee A L P H A E P S I L O N L A M B D A — D r . R. W . H a r r i . s o n , J r . , P . O . Box 492, Y a z o o C i t y , M i s s . A L P H A Z E T A L A M B D A — J o s e p h I. T u r n e r — B l u e f i e l d State C o l l e g e , B l u e f i e l d , W e s t Va. A L P H A ETA L A M B D A — E l v a K. S t e w a r d , P . O . Box 225, Texas S o u t h e r n U n i v e r s i t y , Houston, Texas A L P H A THETA LAMBDA—Chester C. Sutton, Sr., 1011 N . O h i o A v e . , A t l a n t i c C i t y , N . J . A L P H A I O T A L A M B D A — E . R. A r m s t e a d , P.O. Box 152, I n s t i t u t e , W . V a . A L P H A KAPPA L A M B D A — W a l k e r N . Atkinson, 911 S t a n u t o n A v e . , N . W . , R o a n o k e , V a . ALPHA MU L A M B D A — E d w a r d H i l l , 249 Y o r k St., K n o x v i l l e , Tennessee Alpha Nu Lambda—Capt. Fred D o w d y , Jr., P . O . Box 1015, T u s k e g e e I n s t i t u t e , A l a . ALPHA XI LAMBDA—Rob. M. Stubblefield, 1340 W . W o o d r u f f St., T o l e d o 4, O . A L P H A O M I C R O N LAMBDA—Eric W . Springer, Box 7182, O a k l a n d S t a t i o n , P i t t s b u r g h 13, P a . A L P H A PI L A M B D A — J u l i a n L. L e w i s , 1344 N . W o o d l a n d Ave., Winston Salem, N.C. A L P H A R H O L A M B D A — D r . R. E a r l B l a n d , 1103 M t . Vernon Ave., C o l u m b u s , O . ALPHA SIGMA LAMBDA—Theodore Wallace, 12031 S c h r o e d e r R o a d , D a l l a s 3 1 , Texas A L P H A T A U L A M B D A — T o l l y W . H a r r i s , 324 N . G r e e n w o o d A v e . , Tulsa 20, O k l a . ALPHA UPSILON LAMBDA—John Cannon, Ala. S t a t e C o l l e g e , M o n t g o m e r y I, A l a . A L P H A PHI L A M B D A — G . W . C . Brown, Jr., 945 A l b e r t A v e . , N o r f o l k 13, V a . ALPHA CHI LAMBDA—Lee N. Beard, 1634 L u c k y St., A u g u s t a , G a . ALPHA PSI LAMBDA—J. O. Jackson, 2212 M a n s e St., C o l u m b i a , S . C . BETA A L P H A L A M B D A — F r a n k l i n W i l l i a m s , 259 R a n d o l p h A v e . , Jersey C i t y , N . J . BETA BETA LAMBDA—Ellis A. Adger, 14015 M o n r o e St., M i a m i 58, F l o r i d a BETA G A M M A L A M B D A — H . O . F r e e m a n , 2806 Griffin Ave., Richmond, Va. BETA D E L T A L A M B D A — E r n e s t C . C o o k , 454 N . 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BETA PI L A M B D A — G e o r g e A . P o y e r , 2 F i r s t St., A l b a n y 10, N . Y . BETA R H O L A M B D A — A n d r e w J . B r o w n , 24 N . H i n e S t . , Y o u n g s t o w n 8, O h i o BETA S I G M A LAMBDA—Harold E. J a m e s , 3 D o u g l a s St., B l o o m f i e l d , C o n n . BETA T A U L A M B D A — C l y d e R. B r o a d u s , 2200 Evans A v e . Fort W o r t h 4. Texas BETA U P S I L O N L A M B D A — V i r g i l J. Gilmore, 400 L a C o n t e St., J a c k s o n , T e n n . BETA P H I L A M B D A — J a m e s W . Fisher, 518 W . H e n r y St., S a v a n n a h , G a . BETA C H I LAMBDA—Harry M . H o d g e s , 808 F o n d u l a c St., M u s k o g e e , O k l a h o m a BETA PSI L A M B D A — W i l l i a m J . Russell 1208 E. 47th St., Los A n g e l e s , C a l i f . G A M M A ALPHA LAMBDA—Harry W. Wood, P . O . Box 445, L e x i n g t o n , V a . G A M M A BETA L A M B D A — D r . A . Russell Brooks Kentucky State C o l l e g e , Frankfort, Ky. G A M M A G A M M A L A M B D A — O . V . H i c k s , 2004 R i c h m o n d A v e . , A n d e r s o n , S.C. G A M M A DELTA L A M B D A — ( I n a c t i v e ) Beckley, West Va. GAMMA EPSILON L A M B D A — J a c o b H . Brona u g h , 1216 B r o a d St., H o p k i n s v i l l e , K y . GAMMA ZETA LAMBDA—Roland J. Yates, 2804 29th St., T a m p a , F l a . GAMMA ETA L A M B D A — D r . M a l v e r n L. O r e , 1902 E. I l t h St., A u s t i n , Texas. GAMMA THETA L A M B D A — H a r r y H. Young, J r . , 55 O a k m o n t D r . , N e w C a s t l e , D e l a . GAMMA IOTA LAMBDA—Thomas E. Mason 1540 S t e r l i n g PI., B r o o k l y n 13, N . Y . GAMMA K A P P A L A M B D A — B . T. W a s h i n g t o n 1417 Q u e e n St., W i l m i n g t o n , N . C . GAMMA MU LAMBDA—J. L. M a x w e l l , Jr., Florida A a n d M University, Tallahassee, Fla. G A M M A N U L A M B D A — L a w r e n c e A . Ferguson 1401 T a y l o r St., L y n c h b u r g , V a . G A M M A X I L A M B D A — R o b e r t M . P a t t e r s o n 962 W . C e n t r a l A v e . , St. Paul, M i n n e s o t a G A M M A O M I C R O N LAMBDA—Ben C. H a m p ton, A l b a n y State C o l l e g e , A l b a n y , G a . G A M M A PI L A M B D A — R . H . S t a n t o n , J r . , 501 1-2 R o s e n b e r g , G a l v e s t o n , Texas GAMMA RHO L A M B D A — R o g e r s E. Randall 2750 W . 12th A v e . , G a r y , I n d . GAMMA S I G M A L A M B D A — W i l l i a m D. Beasl e y , Box 173, S t a t e C o l l e g e , F o r t V a l l e y Ga. GAMMA TAU L A M B D A — T . L. I n g h r a m , 106 J o h n S t . , O r a n g e , Texas GAMMA UPSILON LAMBDA—L. W . Garrett Box 209, M a r s h a l l , Texas GAMMA P H I L A M B D A — J o h n P r i c e , 6356 R a . c i n e St., O a k l a n d 9, C a l i f . G A M M A C H I L A M B D A — C a r l t o n A . A . Dias 949 B r o d e r i c k St., San F r a n c i s c o , C a l i f . G A M M A PSI L A M B D A — D r . D a v i d K. H a l l Jr 105 S o u t h f i d e A v e . , A s h e v i l l e , N . C . D E L T A A L P H A L A M B D A — F r e d e r i c k D. B r o w n 3609 E. 139th St., C l e v e l a n d 20, O . D E L T A BETA L A M B D A — J u d s o n H . F u r l o w 102 W . C o u n t y St., P h o e b u s . V a . DELTA G A M M A LAMBDA—Alva S. T h o r n t o n , Sr., 1344 B a t h g a t e A v e . , C i n c i n n a t i 6 O DELTA DELTA L A M B D A — S t . Elmo A . Greaux 638 6 t h St., W e s t P a l m Beach Fla. DELTA EPSILON L A M B D A — H a r o l d W . Thomas 1731 G a t y A v e . , East St. L o u i s , I I I . DELTA ZETA LAMBDA—Henry L. Robinson, S. C . S t a t e C o l l e g e , O r a n g e b u r g S.C DELTA ETA LAMBDA—P. A. T o w n s e n d , 416 Kansas A v e . , T o p e k a . Kansas DELTA THETA L A M B D A — C h a r l e s E. B r i g q i n s 3807 E t o n R o a d , H u n t s v i l l e , A l a . D E L T A I O T A L A M B D A — L o r e n z o R. M a n n s , 1280 Bedford Ave., Columbus Ga. DELTA KAPPA L A M B D A — G e r a r d A . Anderson 305 A t h e n s S t . , F l o r e n c e , S . C . DELTA M U L A M B D A — R o b e r t J . Reynolds 236 S. O r a n g e A v e . , N e w a r k 3, N e w J e r s e y D E L T A N U L A M B D A — L . W i l s o n Y o r k 341 Ross St.. D a n v i l l e , V a . GENERAL ORGANIZATION—Chicaqo III DELTA XI L A M B D A — F e l t o n A . Johnson 4017 W i l t s St., O r l a n d o , F l a . D E L T A O M I C R O N L A M B D A — J a m e s D. S i n g l e t a r y , M a r y l a n d S t a t e C o l l e g e , Princess A n n M d D E L T A PI L A M B D A — A . J . D u r g a n , 412 B u c k e y e Ave., Selma. A l a . DELTA RHO LAMBDA—Roger C . Stiles Jr P . O . Box 1303. San A n t o n i o 4 Texas D E L T A S I G M A L A M B D A — D r . R. F r a n k B r y a n t 1112 L i n d e n , Pine B l u f f , A r k a n s a s DELTA T A U L A M B D A — M e r v y n V. Lackey 2337 W . J e f f e r s o n St., P h o e n i x , A r i z . DELTA U P S I L O N LAMBDA—James C. Leary, 2941 L o o n e y St., S h r e v e p o r t , L a . DELTA PHI L A M B D A — H e r m a n E. A r m s t r o n g 3034 2 3 r d S t . , T u s c a l o o s a , A l a . DELTA C H I L A M B D A — H o y t H. Harper 5344 N . 44th St., M i l w a u k e e , W i s . D E L T A PSI L A M B D A — H a r r y D. H a w k i n , 3038 M i l w a u k e e St.. D e n v e r 5. C o l o . E P S I L O N A L P H A L A M B D A — I . C . D u g a s , 1804 W . R o b b i n s , T y l e r , Texas E P M L O N BETA L A M B D A — L a w t o n 1282 K i t c h e n St., M a c o n , G a .
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EPSILON ZETA LAMBDA—Gerald W. Perry. 2707 N . E . 9 t h A v e . , P o r t l a n d 12, O r e . E P S I L O N ETA L A M B D A — S i m o n S. T h o m a s , P . O . Box 345, L i l b o u r n . M o . EPSILON THETA LAMBDA—(Inactive) Hamilton, Bermuda EPSILON IOTA LAMBDA—Benjamin L. D a v i s , 311 S t . J a m e s A v e . , S u f f o l k , V a . EP3ILON KAPPA L A M B D A — J a c o b T. S t e w a r t , P . O . Box 345, G r a m b l i n g , L a . E P S I L O N M U L A M B D A — N e r o y A n d e r s o n , 1301 E. Fisher St., P e n s a c o l a , F l a . E P S I L O N N U L A M B D A — J o h n F. B a i l e y , J r . , 203 Dixie A v e . , Portsmouth, Va. EPSILON XI LAMBDA—B. H. Cooper, P.O. Box 1000, C l a r k s d a l e , M i s s . E P S I L O N O M I C R O N L A M B D A — D a v i d L. M o s e l e y , Rte 2, Box l - A , B o y d t o n , V a . E P S I L O N PI L A M B D A — W i l l i a m E. J a c k s o n , 1224 W . 4th St., O c a l a , Fla. EPSILON R H O L A M B D A — W i l l i a m E. M u r p h y , P . O . Box 1098, F a y e t t e v i l l e , N . C . EPSILON S I G M A LAMBDA—(Inactive) Tarboro, North Carolina EPSILON TAU LAMBDA—Curtis A. Wood, P r a i r i e V i e w A & M C o l l e g e , P r a i r i e V i e w , Texas E P S I L O N U P S I L O N L A M B D A — J a m e s R. J o h n s o n , 1818 M a g n o l i a , F l i n t 3, M i c h . E P S I L O N P H I L A M B D A — N o r m a n H e b e r t , Jr., 1414 W a s h i n g t o n A v e . , P o r t A r t h u r , Texas E P S I L O N C H I L A M B D A — D e M i n t Frazier W a l k e r , P.O. Box 104, E d e n t o n . N . C . EPSILON PSI L A M B D A — G a r f i e l d R. S t e w a r t . J r . , 415 A r i a i l S t . , A l e x a n d r i a , L a . ZETA A L P H A LAMBDA—Ellis H. M i l l e r , 423 N . W . 19th A v e . , F t . L a u d e r d a l e , F l a . Z E T A BETA L A M B D A — B o o k e r T . H o g a n , 1437 38th A v e . , S a c r a m e n t o , C a l i f . ZETA G A M M A L A M B D A — J a c k J o r d a n , Langs. ton University, Langston, O k l a . ZETA DELTA L A M B D A — C l a r e n c e H . H a r m o n , 724 S. P l u m St., S p r i n g f i e l d , O h i o ZETA EPSILON LAMBDA—Roland M. Brown. 48 G a r d e n P I . , N e w S h r e w s b u r y N.J. Z E T A Z E T A L A M B D A — W i l b u r n H o l l a n d , 117-42 143rd St., S o u t h O z o n e Park, O u e e n s , N e w Y o r k Z E T A ETA L A M B D A — W . G . Keyes, 1504 B e a u p o r t St., N e w B e r n , N . C . ZETA THETA L A M B D A — J a m e s P W a t s o n , 40 L o c u s t St., Bressler. P e n n . ZETA I O T A L A M B D A — W i l l i a m D. C l a r k , 132 S o m e r s e t St., T r e n t o n 8, N . J . Z E T A K A P P A L A M B D A — ( I n a c t i v e ) Des M o i n e s , Iowa ZETA MU LAMBDA—James H. Lockett, Jr., 2915 21st St., G u l f p o r t . M i s s . Z E T A N U L A M B D A — G u y W o l f e , 421 E. 2nd St.. P l a i n f i e l d , N . J . Z E T A X I L A M B D A — R . L. B a r r e t t , 1820 Foster St., E v a n s t o n , I I I . ZETA OMICRON LAMBDA—W. R. Mitchell, 1228 S o u t h 45th S t . . P h i l a d e l p h i a 4, Pa. Z E T A PI L A M B D A — J e r r y C r o w d e r , 1631 30th A v e . , S e a t t l e 22. W a s h i n g t o n ZETA R H O L A M B D A — D r . W . Anthony Gaines, Delaware State C o l l e g e , Dover, Dela. ZETA S I G M A L A M B D A — R o b e r t L. M a t t h e w s , 4931 D a s s c o C o u r t , San D i e g o 2, C a l i f . Z E T A T A U L A M B D A — C l a r e n c e W . M i l l e r , P.O. Box 5052, A m a r i l l o , Texas ZETA UPSILON LAMBDA—(Inactive) South Boston, Va. ZETA PHI LAMBDA—William D. C l a r k e , 15 Rockland Road, South Norwalk, C o n n . ZETA C H I L A M B D A — B r i n g i e r H . Barker, P.O. Box 233, F r a n k l i n t o n , L a . ZETA PSI LAMBDA—Melvin L. G u i c e , 1808 T h e r i o t St., L a k e C h a r l e s , L a . ETA ALPHA LAMBDA—Allen L. B r o w n , 83 G i b b s St., N e w H a v e n , C o n n . ETA BETA LAMBDA—Johnnie McCray, Jr., 1852 N . G r e e n , W i c h i t a 14. K a n . ETA G A M M A L A M B D A — D a v i d P i p k i n 118 12th, Lafayette, La. ETA D E L T A L A M B D A — O r i s V . G a r y , P . O . Box 457, M o n r o e , L a . ETA E P S I L O N L A M B D A — D a v i d N . H o w e l l , Box 147, Y M C A , M o n r o v i a , L i b e r i a 165 ETA Z E T A L A M B D A — N e l s o n C . J a c k s o n , C l i n t o n A v e . , New Rochelle, New York 20 ETA ETA LAMBDA—Samuel P. Callahan D e a n St., A n n a p o l i s , M d . ETA T H E T A L A M B D A — R u s s e l l A . S t e v e n s o n , 88 Booker A v e . . W y a n d a n c h , N.Y. ETA I O T A L A M B D A — D a v i d H . N u n n a l l y , 185 N . R o c k s p r i n g St., A t h e n s , G a . ETA K A P P A L A M B D A — C h a r l e s E. T o d d , Jr., 1408 R e y n o l d s C o u r t , F o r t P i e r c e , F l a .
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ETA N U L A M B D A — T i m o t h y Johnson, t o w a , S.W., G r a n d Rapids, M i c h .
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ETA O M I C R O N L A M B D A — P r i n n i c e 1109 F l i n t H i l l S t . , Rock H i l l , S . C .
LAMBDA—Jack Okla.
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ETA R H O L A M B D A — W i l l i a m C a d y St., R o c h e s t e r 8, N . Y .
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EPSILON G A M M A L A M B D A — R o b e r t O . Phill i p p s , M . D . , 12 S e a v e r S t . , B o s t o n 2 1 , M a s s .
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ETA S I G M A L A M B D A — C l a y H o l l a n d , 809 R i c h a r d s o n C o u r t , Palo A l t o , C a l i f .
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E P S I L O N DELTA L A M B D A — J a m e s O . Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.
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ETA TAU LAMBDA—David J. C a d i l l a c B l v d . , A k r o n 20, O h i o
Wilson,
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EDITORIAL ASSISTANT—Oscar Richie. ASSISTANTS — H u g h M . Gloster, Thomas W . Young, Charles W e s l e y , W . W e s l e y Whetstone, J . Saunders Redding, Myles A . Paige, Robert F. Custis, W i l l i a m H . H a l e . STAFF E D I T O R S — H a r o l d R. Jones T. Winston C o l e , Sr„ Charles A . Broaddus, James E. H u g e r , C . Anderson Davis, John H o p e Franklin, Alonzo G . Moron, Ramon Scruggs, Lionel H. Newsome, Stephen J . W r i g h t , Charles V . W i l l i e , L. H o w a r d Bennett. C O N T R I B U T I N G E D I T O R S — Archibald J . C a r e y , J . M . Ellison, Felton G . Clark, Miles G r a h a m , Rayford Logan, Belford Lawson, Rufus A t w o o d , Charles F. Lane, John Simmons, Robert J . Anthony, Oscar C . Brown, Frank L. Stanley, J . Rupert Picott, A . M a c o
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ORDER FOR PERSONAL ATTENDANCE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY JEFFERSON
KENTUCKY
COUNTY
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WIVES
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ALPHA PHI ALPHA 47TH GENERAL CONVENTION Sheraton Hotels of Louisville, Kentucky December 26-30, 1961 Hostesses AND
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Guests
On motion of the ALPHAS A N D ALPHABETTES OF KENTUCKY YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED a n d required to judge and participate in the Trial of C o n v i v i a l i t y a n d Festivity at: •
A Hospitality Suite, a n d Entertainment for Teens a n d Pre-Teens
YOU
•
A Style Show Luncheon
•
A Get A c q u a i n t e d A f f a i r
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I n f o r m a l Farewell
ARE
FURTHER
•
A Tour
s O p e n House
Luncheon
ORDERED
to
appear
in
person
at the Sheraton Hotel on December 26-30, 1961 in behalf of e n j o y i n g yourselves in the a b o v e Action, a n d depart
not
w i t h o u t leave of your hosts a n d hostesses,
until you have f u l l y p a r t a k e n of their every hospitality.
Attest:
Eleanor
By
Rose M. Banks, C h a i r m a n
Young,
Hospitality
President
Committee