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CONTENTS: ARTICLES 1 FEBRUARY, MONTH OF IDEALS 2 A GREAT HERITAGE AND A GREAT HISTORY 3 ALPHA HISTORY RETOLD 3 FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION 5 THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY MAN 8 "DEMOCRACY'S FULFILLMENT: OUR CONTINUING CHALLENGE" 12 UNDERGRADUATE BANQUET ADDRESS DEPARTMENTS 14 LETTERS FROM GENERAL OFFICERS 16 EDITORIALS 16 REFRESH YOUR MEMORY 17 BOOKS 20 LETTERS FROM GENERAL OFFICERS 23 FRAT FUN 24 CHAPTER ACTIVITIES 32 OMEGA CHAPTER 34 SPORTS 36 BROTHERS IN THE ARMED FORCES FRONT COVER: "Emancipation" by Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. (Through the courtesy of Associated Publishers, Inc., Washington, D. C.) Mrs. Fuller was born in Philadelphia, J u n e 9, 1877, and received her education at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art and Colarossi's Academy, Paris. Fire, unfortunately, destroyed almost all of her valuable works in 1910. "Emancipation" speaks for itself, obviously, she depicts the Negro's dream and inspiration to reach the goal of full freedom. In Paris, St. Gaudens said of her: "You are a sculptor; you have sense and form."

Organizing Editor, 1914: Raymond * * *

W. Cannon

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: C. ANDERSON DAVIS THE SPHINX:

P. O. BOX 1420, BLUEFIELD, W. VA.

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Lewis O. Swingler, Charles Wesley, W. Wesley Wheatstone, Robert F. Custis, O. Wilson Winters, Laurence T. Young, William H. Hale, Charles A. Broaddus, J, Malvin Goode, J. M. Ellison, Belford Lawson, Lionel H. Newsome, Frank L. Stanley, Sr., A. Maceo Smith, T. Winston Cole, Kermit J. Hall, Millard R. Dean, W. H. D. Williams, W. Barton Beatty, Maceo Hill, James E. Earley.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: J. Herbert King, J. E. Martin, Felix Warren, John H. Johnson, Clarence Penn, John C. Brown, William H. Hale, Malvin Goode, Lewis O. Swingler, Marshall Harris, Moss H. Kendrix.

The Sphinx is the magazine (Official Organ) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 4432 South Parkway, Chicago, 111., William H. Hale, President, Laurence T. Young, General Secretary, C. Anderson Davis, Editor; published four times a year, February, May, October and December. Copyright, 1962 by The Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Subscription rate: $2.00 per year.

Address all communications to The Sphinx, P. O. Box 1420, or 200 Jones Street, Bluefield, W. Va. Entered as second-class matter (pending) at the Post Office at Bluefield, W. Va., under act of March 3, 1879.

Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided for in Section 1102, act of October 3, 1917, and authorized on July 5, 1918.

To These Principles We Are Committed: FREEDOM, LIBERTY

BROTHERHOOD, AND

JUSTICE, EDUCATION,

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

—from Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a n e w nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition t h a t all men are created equal. " . . that this nation,under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

—from Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg (1863)

"Manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind are the aims of our dear fraternity."

—from Alpha Hymn

" . . . the Negro must learn to know his own story and to love it."

—Kelly Miller

". . . And (God) hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth . . ."

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February offers a great opportunity for lifting up the history of the Afro-American - particularly during Negro History Week. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C. A. D.

The month of February carries the birth dates of two great characters Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The mere mention of these liberty loving personalities calls to our attention the great ideals of freedom which we look forward to for every creature of God's earth.

One of the outstanding events of this month is the celebration of Negro History Week. This idea was born in the mind of a great American and world citizen: . the late Carter Godwin Woodson, and promoted by The Association For The Study of Negro Life and History. The 1962 celebration is February 12-18.

Carter Godwin Woodson, the son of former slaves, James and Eliza (Riddle) Woodson, was born December 19, 1875 at New Canton in Buckingham County, Virginia. One of a large poor family, he could not attend regularly such schools as were provided, but he was able, largely by self instruction, to master the fundamentals of common school subjects by the time he was seventeen.

Hoping to further his education, Carter and his brother, Robert Henry. moved to Huntington, W. Va. But he was forced to earn his living as a miner in the Fayette County coal fields. Not until 1895 was he able to enter the Douglass High School in Huntington, where he won his diploma in less than two years.

He received his high school certificate with creditable grades. It is thus easy to understand that he earned the degree of Litt. B from Berea College, Ky.. in 1901, after two years of study.

In his career as an educator, he served as principal of the Douglass High School, Supervisor of Schools in the Phillippines, teacher of languages in the high schools of Washington, D. C , and Dean of the Schools of Liberal Arts at Howard University and West Virginia State College. Ever a seeker for more knowledge, he earned the B. A. degree in 1907, and the M. A. degree in 1908 from the University of Chicago, and the Ph. D. degree in 1912, from Harvard University. A year of study in Asia and Europe, including a semester at the Sorbonne, and his teaching and travels abroad, gave him a mastery of several languages.

The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History was organized by Woodson in Chicago on September 9, 1915, with only five persons. The purpose of this undertaking "is to preserve and publish the records of the Negro that the race may not become a negligible factor in the thought of the world."

This association publishes monthly "The Negro History Bulletin" which seeks to keep the reader abreast of trends in Negro History and "The Journal of Negro History", a quarterly which provides current scholarly studies by eminent historians. 'Among other good works, it sponsors the "Proud American" button, which stresses "Freedom and Responsibility".

If the truth is told we can readily recognize the fact that the "Human Race" has a great heritage and a great history. The Negro plays a very important role in this history. There is reason to be proud of our heritage and our African background. There is a procession of great personalities, who contributed to the human success story, of African birth and descend, too long and numerous to name or number. Let no man deceive you, the Negro has much to be proud for and of. Let us become acquainted with ourselves and proclaim to the world that we have a great heritage and a great history.

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by Brother A. T. Kynard "We have a great history and an outlook revelant for the age in which we now live" (E) Our purpose for assembling here tonight is in honor of the founding Jewels of our beloved fraternity. This is an occasion to which all good Alpha men look forward during the month of December of each year. For it was December 4, 1906 when seven young college men, enrolled at Cornell University, realized the fulfillment of their dreams of a college fraternity for Negro men.

These men, Jewels Charles H. Chapman, Eugene K. Jones, Gordon Jones, Nathaniel A. Murry, James H. Morton,

Robert H. Ogle and Vertner W. Tandy, had worked many long hours, together with other interested students, toward organizing Alpha Phi Alpha. During the school year 1905-06, the project for the formation of a fraternity was dormat and the idea of a social study club flourished with great interest. Positive results were realized.

In the following school year, 1906-07, the organization of a fraternity took more definite form, and the developing fraternal sentiment was chrystallized into action. The first meeting of that school year revealed very strongly the idea of a fraternity. These men were feeling their way as if in darkness, but not with the least doubt that the goal of their ambition, an organization for

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manual helpfulness, would be completely realized. Thus the idea of Alpha Phi Alpha was born. It came as an evolution, through trial and struggle. It was not spontaneous, but gradual in its growth. The designations, "clubs," "organizations," and "society" preceded the term "fraternity."

Two dates stand out in this period during which the fraternity was in its formative stages, e. g., October 23, 1906, when the name Alpha Phi Alpha was proposed for the society, and December 4, 1906, when the decision was made to become a fraternity. If there is to be a birthday for the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, judging from the purposes (Continued on page 7)

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Jewel Bio Charles Chapman

Jewel Bro. Henry A. Callis

Jewel Bro. Robert H. Ogle

Jewel Bro. Vertner W. Tandy

Jewel Bro. George B. Kelley

Jewel Bro. Nathaniel Murray

Jewel Bro. Eugene K. Jones

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by Senator Jennings Randolph I have little doubt that many of you are familiar with the famous declaration of the Ordinance of 1787 in which the Congress of the Confederation stated that, "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necesary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."

Since that time there has been a steadily increasing involvement of the Federal government in education, a participation which now embraces every major department of the executive branch and every level of education from elementary school to post-doctoral research. Since 1777, when the n a tional government initiated instruction of military personnel, there have been some 45 major programs enacted in aid to specialized and general education as

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well as research.

In the 87th Congress alone, 16 different measures involving substantial Federal assistance to educational, scientific and cultural affairs were either acted upon by one of the bodies of Congress or reported by a congressional committee. These ranged in scope from the School Assistance Act of 1961, offering aid to school construction and teachers' salaries, which was passed by the Senate with a vote of 49 to 34, to the very constructive measures introduced in the House of Representatives which would establish a Federal Advisory Council on the Arts and a system of stage grants for the establishment of development programs in the arts.

There is no question, therefore, that the Federal role in education and in (Continued on page 4)

CONGRESSMAN ADAM CLAYTON POWELL Cliairman of the House Committee On Education and Labor

SENATOR JENNINGS RANDOLPH Member of the U. S. Senate SubCommittee on Education

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FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION (Continued from page 3) related scientific and cultural activities. is a massive and diverse one. Nor is there any question in my mind but that this role is amply justified by the "general welfare" clause of the Constitution the intent of the Founders. and the needs of modern society.

We will continue to hear from some quarters - at the occasion of every Federal advance in this area - the claim that education is solely a state and local responsibility and that Federal aid inevitably leads to Federal "control".

This cliche and the regrettable religious controversy were, of course, the chief obstacles to enactment of general, aidto-education legislation in the House this session. Regardless of how outworn the argument and how completely the history of such legislation fails to substantiate the fears of Federal control, it still carries a strong emotional appeal to many. Apparently, however, the opponents of general aid to education are able to quell their anxieties concerning Federal control when the issue is one of aid to so-called Federally "impacted" areas - many of which are communities that have lobbied intensively in Washington to acquire the Federal installations that are now p r e sumed to be such a burden.

Despite the clamor regarding the fear of Federal control, the history of the Federal contribution to American education would indicate that this will continue to expand - while we still maintain local authority in the administration of our schools.

As the American public school system has assumed an increasing range and variety of responsibilities we have witnessed the gradual transfer of the financial burden from exclusively local sources to local and state partnership.

Now, with a more mobile population and a wide disparity between the individual states in their ability to support a truly adequate educational system, it is apparent that the Federal government must help bear the burden of strengthening our schools.

For the question of an adequate educational system now overrides the boundaries of the states; it is a national problem and must be addressed with all the resources at our command.

As I remarked during the Senate debate on aid to education, "to those who would invoke the hallowed cause of 'State's rights' and the Tenth Amendment, I would point out that the P r e amble of the Constitution states as its first purpose the aim 'to form a more perfect Union.' " Despite the yearning of some for more simple times, this Nation no long-

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er lives under the Articles' of Confederation. We tested the Articles of Confederation for almost ten years and found them wanting. And it was then that the Founders determined "to form a more perfect Union."

It is the Union of all the States which is in need of the specialists to solve the scientific and technical problems of our civilization. And it is the Union which requires citizens of broad gauge learning who are qualified to shape the political decisions of our age.

Thus, it is not merely a question of the educational needs of the State of West Virginia, or New Jersey, or Alabama, or of any particular state. Just as the United States are more than the sum of the 50 individual States, so the national interest in education calls for a commitment greater than the sum of the interests of the 50 States. For half a century we have accepted this logic in the conservation and development of our natural resources. It is

now time to apply the same logic to the conservation and development of our infinitely more precious human resources.

It was on the basis of such reasoning that the Senate passed the School Assistance Act of 1961, authorizing aid for school construction and teachers' salaries. This measure would have authorized $850 million for fiscal 1962, of which West Virginia would have r e ceived $12,889,861 on the basis of $24.55 for each child of school age, or $6 above the national average.

This measure failed to pass in the House of Representatives, as you may recall, because of conservative opposition and the controversy over aid to private, parochial and church affiliated schools.

In the hope of bypassing the fear of Federal control - as well'as some of the other extraneous issues - Representative Cleveland M. Bailey, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on General Education, recently suggested a new plan for Federal assistance which would remove any possible onus of Federal encroachment.

Submitted after the recess, Representative Bailey's plan has not been worked out in detail, but the essence

of it is that the Federal government would allocate to each of the states the equivalent of 2 per cent of the state expenditure on education with an additional allotment for those states whose per capita average income falls below the national average. The total cost to the Federal government, as tentatively estimated by Representative Bailey, would be in the order of $375 million annually. The plan impresses me as having considerable merit in offering a new point for consideration, especially as a means of assuring complete freedom from Federal control by making indistinguishable the Federal funds from the State funds once they were allocated.

I would offer a final word of caution, however, regarding Federal assistance to education and the problem of separation of church and state. And I would state my views with the understanding that they are impelled by no hostility toward the faith of any particular r e ligion. Rather, it is my regard for the absolute inviolability of religious belief that moves me to assert the need to maintain absolute separation of church and state.

There is an understandable desire on the part of many conscientious people to approve Federal assistance to p r i vate and church related schools, even when their own religious faiths are not directly involved. Many ingenious arguments have been advanced to support this view - in terms of equity, the welfare of our children of all faiths, and even in the name of "national defense". And we have not heard the last of these arguments. But speaking for myself, I do not believe we may smuggle in under the name of "national defense" that which the First Amendment would otherwise keep out. One of the clearest expressions of the intent of the First Amendment was offered by one of America's most distinguished judges, Jeremiah S. Black, when he stated in his essay, "Religious Liberty", that "The manifest object of the men who framed the institutions of this country, was to have a State without religions, and a Church without politics - that is to say, they meant that one should never be used as an engine for any pur^ pose of the other . . . Our fathers seem to have been perfectly sincere in their belief that the members of the Church would be more patriotic, and the citizens of the State more religious, by keeping their respective functions entirely separate. For that reason they built up a wall of complete and perfect partition between the two."

No one sensitive to religious values (Continued on page 7)

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The Role Of The University Man by Bro. Lester B. Granger This week I've returned from three frantic weeks of hurried travel that rimmed the east and west coasts of Africa, travelling in interest of my r e sponsibilities as president of the International Conference of Social Work in an effort to interest the welfare ministries of new AFRICAN nations in Conference affiliation. It is no light trick for an aging gentleman in his mid-sixties to cover over 25,000 miles in 21 days, visiting the capital cities of eight nations in the process. It means rising early and going to bed late, overheated bedrooms and frequent bad meals; it means enduring an all-pervasive heat in some countries - heat that burns by day and steams by night, and it means being always on guard against the twin threats of intestinal parasites and malaria. And I might add that my assignment was additionally complicated by the need constantly to adjust and readjust the conference approach so as to establish and maintain effective communication with governmental officials whose concept of and experience in social welfare may be far indeed from those with which we are familiar in this part of the world.

At this moment I can think of a conversation that I had three years ago with Julius Nyerere of Tanganyika, then head of the Tanganyika African National Union and carrying on a running battle against Great Britain's colonial policies. (I say "colonial" because though Tanganyika was governed under a United Nations mandate as a trusteeship, the differences between its government's policies and those of the crown colony of Kenya to the north were those of degree, not of kind.) I asked Nyerere how, in the face of official stupidy, callous indifference and repressive efforts, he managed to maintain poise and a confident optimism. It seemed to me, I said that he was facing a hopeless problem - in his time at least.

Julius gave one of his warm smiles and said, "Lester, you've used the key word - "seems." This problem may seem hopeless to you as an American Negro but not to us Africans. You see, you are only a tenth of your country's population; we are over ninety-nine per cent of ours. This is our land; we own it by birth, we dominate it by numbers and we'll take over the rule of it when we advance our understanding and improve our organization.

"You Afro-Americans," he went on, "have been struggling for 300 years to get that freedom that always seems just around the corner but always eludes you. Now you don't really believe that you'll ever get it. Not those of you who .are alive, or your children. Oh, I know your announced aims and your slogans. I've visited your country, as you know, and I've watched and talked about what I've seen. You want equality and opportunity and your constitutional rights, and you work for them.

But the trouble is you don't dare to expect them - to hope for them unreservedly. That way, you lessen the possible shock of disappointment, but you also lessen your effort for total victory. There are a hundred thousand Africans who are members of TANU, out of nine million people. Everyone paid his membership when he joined, and it amounts to a day's pay for most of them. Those we can reach - and you know how difficult it is to keep in touch - keep their dues paid up.

"Now why is this? Because we Africans know that freedom is coming soon - not hope, but KNOW! So any little set-back is only a set-back, not a defeat. What we lose today we'll make up tomorrow - and more besides. So we don't have to be cynical or bitter.

We don't have to become frustrated.

We have the time to wait - and it won't be as long as the British think, either!"

When I pushed him. "How long? Ten years?" he replied, "Oh, less time than that!" "Five years?" I asked, "Three years?" and Nyerere laughed amusedly.

"Oh, heavens, no, not in three years.

We could never be ready for independent self-government in three years. We shall have to train the leaders for it."

Well, two years and eleven months later, on the 9th of December, 1961, I shook hands with Julius Nyerere, Prime Minister of the independent nation of Tanganyika. And I couldn't resist a small dig. "Mr. Prime Minister, are you ready?" I asked. He caught the allusion immediately: "Oh, heavens, no," he laughingly repeated, "but you know, the way to get ready to do a thing you have to do is to begin to do it. And in five years we shall be governing ourselves more efficiently than the British would have in the next h u n dred years. Because nobody can do a good job of governing somebody else who wants to be free."

I list this among the Great Conversations I have had. Two days later, travelling across the continent from Tanganyika to Nigeria, I tried to figure

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out what it was that made Julius Nyerere, in my opinion, the most able of all the African leaders whom I had met. entrusted with governmental responsibilities. He has much dynamism but not so much as an Mboya or an Nkrumah. The American press carelessly or ignorantly refers to him as "a moderate" but there is nothing moderate about Julius Nyerere's crusader's belief in a free and modern Africa of tomorrow. He is only "moderate" in his way of expressing an immoderate conviction and faith. As one of his admirers put it in a group conversation, "Our Julius isn't a flaming crusader; he refuses to flame. He burns with a quiet, steady glow that keeps us on the road, if we watch him."

I concluded that what makes Nyerere remarkable is his personification of the practical usefulness of trained intellectualism in a world gone mad. He is the university-trained man who accepts the responsibility of his training in a modern world of confusion and conflict. He was a graduate student of history and political science at Edinburg University and his training has been absorbed into his leadership r e sponsibilities and is displayed in the historical perspective and the social vision so necessary for enduring political and social progress.

Too often this is a quality that is taken for granted but is shockingly a b sent in governmental power-drives.

Suppose it had been displayed more richly by Roosevelt or Truman or Eisenhower. Suppose it should characterize the administration of John Kennedy. How much stronger would have been our democracy today - how much richer its promise for us and for the world!

So, you ask, what has this to do with an Alpha Phi Alpha Convention? Or perhaps you're smart; perhaps you're not asking, but have already gotten the point I'm making. It's this: That we are far, far short of accepting the demanding role required of us in view of our training. We've been told that "better training increases one's debt to society and multiplies the load of one's responsibilities." We've been told this, but we really don't believe it. And I know that in making this point I am irritating some present and disappointing others who may have preferred that I make a skyrockety kind of address - all about moving onward and upward, ever gallantly forward against a craven foe, all that jazz, But those (Continued on page 6)

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ROLE OF UNIVERSITY MAN (Continued from page 5) who know me don't expect me to go for skyrockets. They are nice playthings. They make a nice spectacle but they hit nothing. They only swoosh up and explode and flare out to the oohs and aahs of spectators, and that's all - until somebody sets 'em up for another spectacular display. Me, I like to talk sense to sensible people, and if they're not sensible I don't want to talk to them at all.

But no one need be disturbed over much tonight. I'm not going to hammer at our failures, whether as leaders or as followers, because speeches don't change history; they don't win causes.

Causes are won by people who understand what they know and believe what they understand. What happens after a speech depends upon the people who listen - and I'm aware that most of those who hear a speech don't listen to it. And of those who listen less than half will remember 48 hours later.

And of those who remember less than half will remember and accept what has been said - whether as new information or noval point of view or r e minder of what people are prone to forget.

So I content myself with reminding you that developments in Africa have reverberation^ that extend all the way back to this country - and can affect us for the worse unless w e are intell i g e n t l y aware of them. World concern about Africa aggravates an already confused racial situation in this country; out of that confusion - if we are not careful - can grow not only increased division between white and Negro opinion but. also between Negro and Negro opinion on subjects where the utmost unity is essential. Eyes turned upon Africa may be those of scorn or hatred, or amused despair, or indifferent condescension; seldom will they express a prayer for success of

Bro. Lester Granger, right, banquet speaker,, was recipient of the Alpha Medal of Merit. Bro. President Hale, left, Bro. Tolly Harris, center, Chmn. Awards Coram. this century's most noble experiment.

I say that the university-trained among us have a responsibility to give guidance to this nation's consideration of African affairs and that this is a responsibility that we have not yet accepted. A tragic fact of contemporary American life is that the university trained Negro has had little to contribute, as a university product, to p u b lic discussion of the most important racial issues of the day. The voice of u n iversity training has, with rare exceptions, been merely an extension of the voice of the crowd. I saw that we cannot afford this. Our responsibility is not merely to feel about international affairs and domestic racial matters, but to think and to share the results of our thought with those invested with authority to make our national policy. Certainly we cannot, as university trained men in a period of crisis, afford to accept cliches and prate them dutifully, no matter whether they are peddled

by U. N. worshipping white "liberals" or by "black nationalists" of the Africafirst type.

Mind you, I am not charging that our training has not been usefully employed. Certainly, in the construction

At The Public Meeting were these outstanding citizens?; Dr. Wm. T. Hale, Wm. O. Cowger, mayor of the City of Louisville, Ky.; Ambassarod Halm of Ghana, Lilson W. Wyatt, Lt. Governor of the State of Kentucky, and Frank L. Stanley, Se.

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of a highway the semi-skilled and the skilled workmen, together with their foremen, are of enormous importance.

The highway can't be built without them. But where the highway goes and how long it will last under the attacks of traffic, heat and cold, the safety of its grades and curves - these are not determined by laborers or their foremen; they are determined by technologists, by engineers trained for their jobs by long years of university study.

I hold that it is the same way with political and social questions, whether or not they are deeply impregnated with racial implications. A political issue cannot be satisfactorily disposed of without participation of the voters without their support of the cause they espouse. But that support needs to be organized and directed; it needs to be an informed support. The voters can determine the fate of a cause, but some "social engineering" is needed to insure that the cause is sound - is aimed at constructive goals. And here is where the voice of the universitytrained person should be heard most loudly - whereas the tragic truth is that it generally cannot be distinguished from the voice of the crowd.

What will Alpha men be in building our highways to the future - Laborers?

Foremen? Engineers? The answer is important to us, but it's even more important to our racial and national society.

Well, there is the job that I came to do tonight - not to bring profound wisdom but to propound provocative questions. I no longer daydream about what it would mean to the race if Alpha men were to use their leadership lesources at maximum potential. I know that few people even try to attain their maximum potential in community affairs - unless they are aware how much it hurts them not to do so.

And let's face it, we don't hurt that (Continued on page 7)

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ROLE OF UNIVERSITY MAN (Continued from page 6) badly. We are doing just badly enough to feel angry and often bitterly so, but many of us are doing just well enough not to be driven to an all-out drive even in our own behalf.

In fact, it may not even be fair to expect the average human being to be on his toes to do his best, human nature being what it is. But it is fair to e x pect a university-trained man to do what he has been trained to do - think!

And if it's fair to expect him to think, it's fair to expect him to show leadership based upon thought.

In short, we expect and we demand of university men - yes, of Alpha men that they assume the role that is the only major justification of the university system, the role of informed, objective and articulate leadership. For only this kind of leadership can make any effective contribution to the Great Debate of the century. And unless that contribution is made, there is no hope that the debate can be resolved with reason and justice.

ALPHA'S HISTORY RETOLD (Continued from page 3) and ideals, December 4 seems to enjoy the preference; for it was December 4, when the decision was made deliberately and purposefully to organize a fraternity. It was in reality Founders' Day; for on this date the victory of the Jewels was certain. Hereafter there could be no misunderstanding. Alpha Phi Alpha was a fraternity and Negro student groups in America had been given'the nucleus of their first National Greek Letter Fraternity.

And so tonight as we observe the 55th Anniversary of the founding of our dear fraternity let us forever hold aloft the noble ideals and aims of Alpha Phi Alpha which completely embraces Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love or all Mankind.

FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION (Continued from page 4) can remain unsympathetic to the b u r den which the First Amendment places upon those who choose to combine r e ligious and secular education for their children. But this is a burden which is assumed by the free choice of the parent who determines not to send his child to public schools.

It is, therefore, not discriminatory in any legal sense to deny Federal assistance to private and church affiliated schools. The public schools are available for all who desire to attend them.

And the fact that some parents choose

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not to send their children to public schools does not lessen their obligation to support them, any more than being childless relieves a person of this r e sponsibility. The public school system, by providing the foundation for an e n lightened and informed society, serves all its members, the parents of private and parochial students as well as others.

The decision of the Founders to maintain the absolute separation of church and State was not the product of mere whim or passing fancy. It was conceived in the knowledge of generations of religious strife and born in the climatic struggle in Virginia to enact Jefferson's S t a t u t e for Religious Freedom.

Until now, I have spoken largely in terms of Federal aid to education at the primary and secondary level. There is, however, another area of only slightly less urgency. That is in the need to expand our college academic facilities and to assure a greater percentage of those who are capable of college work the opportunity to attend college.

Numerous studies have indicated that in this decade college enrollment will increase 100 per cent, and in just the next five years there will be an increase of one million students.

In order to assist both public and private non-profit institutions in accommodating this influx, there was introduced in the first session of the 87th Congress the College Academic Facilities and Scholarship Act, of which I was privileged to be a co-sponsor. This bill would authorize low-interest, ยง0year loans from a revolving fund at the rate of $300 million per year over a five-year period, the total not to exceed $1.5 billion in loans outstanding at the end of the five years. The measure, in conjunction with the college housing program already in effect, would make a major contribution toward the estimated $8.6 billion physical expansion program which will be required by 1966 in order to house and teach the new generation of college students.

Equally important, however, are those potentially capable college students who are deprived of the opportunity for higher education by financial exigencies. I need not emphasize to those of you who have made the sacrifices that the financial burden of a college education today is one of the main deterrents to the achievement of the American ideal of equal opportunity for all. Failure to reduce the economic barrier to a college education not only works a hardship on the individual, but it also constitutes a threat to the national welfare by depriving the Nation of the full development and (Continued on page 13)

Miss Eleanor Young and Mrs. E. Pickmen, Chairmen of Alphabettes

Aluha Rho Lambda Chapter, President, Dr. R. Earl Bland, right Receives Graduate Award

Recipient of the Undergraduate Exhibit Award, Sherman Hines, a student at the Alabama A N M College and Charles E. Briggins

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"Democracy's Fulfillment: Our Continuing Challenge" Kentucky Alphas Rewrite The Louisville Convention Story Bro. Lewis O. Swingler Alpha Phi Alpha's brotherhood of Kentucky in serving as the official host to the 55th Anniversary Convention in Louisville during the Christmas holidays not only kept faith with a past steeped in the rich traditions of our beloved fraternity, but also gave added impetus to our forward push - enabling us to raise our sight for a better focus on an ever expanding field of new o b jectives. The convention itself was a masterpiece in skillful planning and execution. And the Kentucky brothers so designed it that our activities would express the noblest aspects of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at every vital point of its operation.

To those of us who recall the memorable and history making convention of 1941 in Louisville it is easy to comprehend the methodical way our brothers of the Commonwealth of Kentucky go about the task of serving as hosts to an Alpha Convention. Theirs is a passionate labor of love for Alpha. A compelling spirit that pervades every quarter of community life.

Notwithstanding the impact of Pearl Harbor which had plummeted this nation into World War II only three weeks prior to the 1941 Convention the concerted voice of the Kentucky Alpha brotherhood rang loud and clear across the land - "We are ready!" Come!

Such calmness in the face of danger.

These brothers of the Blue Grass State knew that more than ever we had a purpose for coming to Louisville. Pearl Harbor and the call to arms had given our national officers and host brothers of Kentucky, the added responsibility of putting Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on a war-time footing.

Although new concepts were p r o jected at the 1961 convention in k e e p ing with the times, it was gratifying to observe the skill and experience of our pioneering and senior brothers still being brought into play. As in the case of the 1941 Convention . . twenty years ago, the team of Frank L. Stanley, L y man Johnson, and Stenson Broaddus

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provided the dynamics for the successful operation of the 55th Anniversary Convention. Twenty years ago this trio of Alpha stalwarts, backed by a cross-section of Louisville citizens, set the stage for what we were to enjoy as benefits of the integration struggle at the 1961 Convention by way of hotel and eating facilities. This 1941 convention was held on the campus of Louisville University, marking the first time a predominantly Negro organization had ever met at that allwhite institution.

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Brother T. Winston Cole Pres.. Wiley College, Marshall, Texas nificant stride the opening for the first time the doors of Louisville University to a Negro organization, then you can just imagine the joyful reaction on the parts of delegates and visiting brothers to the import of a dream fulfilled at the 1961 Convention. All hotels and eating places in downtown Louisville were opened to our delegates and m e m bers of their families without reservation. The Kentucky Alphas had indeed rewritten the Louisville Story during the past twenty years.

These social changes, however, did not just happen. They were brought about through persistent and concerted efforts representing virtually the total intellectual and moral strength of a dedicated people. It is to the lasting

credit of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity that in the vanguard of this struggle were men who had been inspired by the Alpha Ideal. Brother Lyman J o h n son, who was among the first to test segregation laws of Kentucky over a score of years ago, served as president of Alpha Lambda, the senior host chapter as he did during the first convention. Brother Frank L. Stanley, Sr., general chairman of the 1941 Convention, held the same position for his fellow-host brothers of the 1961 Convention. But during the twenty-year interval Brother Stanley had been e x alted to the office of General President and given the distinction of p r e siding over the Golden Anniversary Convention of Alpha in Buffalo, New York in 1956. Brother Broaddus, an indefatigable worker at the first general session in Louisville, proved to be no less devoted in the sponsorship of our most recent convention. In fact he had moved to the high post of Midwestern Vice-President and in that capacity engendered official enthusiasm throughout the Midwestern J u r i s diction for support of the Louisville Convention.

It was significant to note how closely knitted were the brothers making u p the chapter rosters of Kentucky. In serving as co-hosts to the 55th Anniversary Convention, our Kentucky chapters took cognizance of their own fifty years of Alpha brotherhood. They included: Alpha Lambda, Louisville, first graduate chapter to be formed after the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha F r a t e r n ity at Cornell University; Alpha Beta, Lexington; Gamma Epsilon Lambda, Hopkinsville; and Beta Mu, Kentucky State College.

The convention agenda generally was carried out in three parts. They were the public program, the closed sessions, and the series of social affairs.

Mayor William O. Cowger, Lieutenant Governor Wilson Wyatt who had extended the welcome message to A l pha Phi Alpha in his capacity as Mayor of Louisville in 1941; and the Honorable W. M. Q. Halm, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana were among the featured speakers on the public program.

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DEMOCRACY'S FULFILLMENT (Continued from page 8) Avenue Baptist Church to a capacity audience, Ambassador Halm declared: "Men must learn to live as brothers or they will perish together."

The distinguished African diplomat added praise for President John Kennedy for his understanding of world problems. He spoke kindly of the Peace Corps as a tool to create better understanding among people. Ambassador Halm said that the foreign policy of Ghana and for all of Africa is 'freedom!'

Ambassador Halm was presented the Alpha Medal of Honor as a climax to the public program by Brother Dr. William H. Hale, General President.

Brother Hale delivered his first annual address as General President d u r ing the opening business session. Other convention speakers appearing either at the luncheon or the closed banquet programs were Brothers Hamilton Holmes who made a straight-A average at Georgia University, Athens during his first year of enrollment at this formerly all-white institution; Jewel Henry A. Callis, of Washington, D. C , the Founders Address; Brother Lester B. Granger, internationally prominent executive secretary-emeritus of the National Urban League; Brother William (Bill) Snoddy, of Langston University, Oklahoma; and Brother Elmer C. J a c k son, Jr., past president of the National Bar Association.

Bro. Hale gave good account of himself not only as a presiding officer but in the scope and depth of his message.

It was a scholarly restatement of our past achievements; and pronouncement of our present and future outlook as an organization on high mission. It sound-

ed the theme of the 55th Anniversary Convention in Louisville in these words: "Democracy's fulfillment our continuing Challenge."

"Democracy can be fulfilled in our times," Brother Hale told the brotherhood, "although we live in a confused world." "Our problems, fraternal and otherwise, can be solved if we seek the solution in the spirit of the man of Galilee."

Brother Hale, though soft-spoken and not given to gavel-pounding technique and show of authority, was effective in his approach and his ability to convince the brotherhood that what he wanted is good for Alpha. Evidence of this fact was demonstrated when most of his thirteen recommendations, including increase in the grand tax fees for both undergraduate and graduate brothers, were passed on favorably.

In his keynote address on the subject "Economic Growth through Education, Brother Attorney Jackson asserted: "Alpha Phi Alpha, through its leadership in various communities in America, must urge by education at all levels, the creation of the type of better race relations and cultural environment which now weigh so heavily when government and industry select sites for laboratories and manufacturing plants."

The convention approved a resolution that called for an increase in scholarship in its undergraduate chapters, activity in seeing that school d e segregation moves faster in each community, supported the freedom riders, sit-ins and stand-ins and called for President Kennedy to issue his long-

awaited housing order.

In voicing approval of the protests against discrimination, the resolution declared (in p a r t ) : "We support orderly and legal techniques of pressure as well as negotiation. Those who have the courage to expose themselves to physical violence such as Freedom Riders, sit-iners, and stand-iners, who exercise legal means to break down walls of segregation and discrimination in the use of public facilities, have our support and to them we are forever indebted and pledge our unwavering support, individually and collectively."

Brother Dr. Charles H. Wesley noted historian of our fraternity and Past General President, made the report on behalf of the Public Policy Committee of which Brother Maceo Smith serves as Chairman. Brother Smith, prominent housing executive of Dallas, Texas, is also a Past General President.

With a large percentage of the delegates being college students, the undergraduate brothers made themselves felt on all issues discussed during the 1961 Convention. They held two m a jor undergraduate sessions (workshops) with Brother Dr. Aaron Brown, of Brooklyn, New York, in charge.

Brother Brown, of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, and a former Southern VicePresident of Alpha, served with distinction as President of Albany State College, Georgia, for a number of years.

The undergraduate session was brought to an inspiring climax with a luncheon address by Brother Holmes, of Georgia University. Brother Holmes won enthusiastic applauses of the entire convention when he declared that we must not be only good but superior. His (Continued on page 13)

NEW OFFICERS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Past General President A. Maceo Smith of Dallas, Texas installs new officers.

Brothers T. Winston Cole, President-Elect; C. Anderson Davis, Editor of The Sphinx; Hamilton Southern Vice President: Elmer C. Collins, Midwestern Vice President; Grandvel Jackson, Western Browne. Assistant Midwestern Vice President and A. MaceoSviitli.

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by Bill Snoddy The men. who down through the years have done so much in building our great organization, have left a challenge for those of us of more recent generations. I know that I speak for every undergraduate man who calls himself an Alpha when I say that we will live up to your high expectations of us, we will be found trying to meet the challenge.

The theme of our Convention, "Democracy's Fulfillment: Our Continuing Challenge," is at one and the same time a promise and a receipt for payment on demand of man's most priceless heritage, freedom. I say it is a promise because it holds forth the hope of a good life, a better life for all men.

It is a receipt for payment on demand because this freedom will come to the alert, to the vigilant, and to those who are willing to work hard for its fulfillment.

When the undergraduates consider the theme, we are convinced that there is a definite role that we will have to play. This is true, because the complete fulfillment of the truly democratic way of life in this America of ours will demand the sharing in the fight.

We cannot ask our elders to give of their fullest to the struggle while we wait to reap the fruits. I believe you will agree that the young people of the Negro race throughout this country are feeling the call to do a share of the work toward the goal of freedom. They have not only heard the call, they have acted with dignity, but with firmness of purpose - that purpose being to see in our lifetime the fulfillment of the promise of democracy.

So, the undergraduate brothers have felt, I believe, a personal involvement in this battle for human rights and dig-

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nity as is implied in our Convention theme.

Briefly, then, I would like to talk with you about what we conceive to be our role in accepting the challenge of democracy's fulfillment.

As college men, we have come to know that the whole educative process is designed to help us find the truth, to introduce us to and develop understanding of the truths which shall make us free. The fight and struggle for democracy's fulfillment will demand that we grasp more and more of the truth. Because, through our educative process, we are exposed to the wisdom of all ages, the results of the musings of great minds on problems which have confronted man down through the ages, the philosophical pronouncements made by the philosophers of old and of modern times, we should begin to glimpse some possible solutions, or at least directions we must take to discern the truth in our day, to determine the principles, the goals, the direction for our lives.

We have come to know that several important questions face us with r e spect to our role in the American way of life: What makes up the democratic way of life? What goals are we seeking? What is it that we feel so strongly about that we do not fear the risks involved? How do we contribute our share in the struggle toward the fulfillment of democracy? How might young people accept this challenge?

Let us explore the first points - What makes up the democratic way of life?

What goals de we young people seek?

In the years we undergraduates have been a part of America's population, we have noted first hand or through the experiences of others that members of our ethnic group are denied many of

the fruit's of democracy. I think I can say, then, that our goals are simple and clear. We just want to enjoy the privileges and rights that other human beings in our democracy enjoy and we are not one bit afraid of the responsibilities these privileges impose. We believe Thomas Jefferson was right to say "All men are created equal."

We want for your generation, our generation and for generations to come to experience equality in all phases of our American life. This means that we would have the privilege and the opportunity to exercise the vote everywhere; that all young people would have opportunity to receive an education; that equal job opportunities would be a fact in every nook and corner of this vast land without respect to the color of one's skin and that men would be measured by their ability, their knowledge, their proficiency and their skill.

Now, for my second point: How do we young people contribute our share in this push toward the fulfillment of democracy?

May I suggest that we must develop for ourselves a set of values - things that we belive in and for which we are willing to stand up and be counted values which will prompt us to perform at our maximum ability at every level and in every endeavor. I am told that the hard task of hammering out these values to live by is one of the first steps in the making of a man.

We must become educated. More and more of us must become educated.

President Hale often reminds us of the words of Thomas Jefferson: "If a people hope to be ignorant and free, they hope for something which never was, or never will be. There is a safe repository for the functions of government and it is with the people themselves. But it is not safe with them without education."

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UNDERGRADUATE BANQUET ADDRESS (Continued from page 12) meet the keen competition of an integrated society. This success will demand of us developed, disciplined, well trained minds.

We are concerned not only with our own education as individuals, but we are concerned that every child among us has the opportunity for a good education, for one wasted talent might prove a tremendous loss to America.

A phase of our American society we surely want to become more a part of is the area of economics. Full economic citizenship is a must if we wish to enjoy the fruits of democracy's fulfillment.

Our drive toward our goals means that we must not overlook any opportunity to participate in civic and political life of our communities. Not only must we register and take the time to vote, we must also lend our assistance and encouragement to others.

I need not enumerate the numbers of cities and states which have already felt the urging of Negro students across the nation to live up to the tenets of democracy. The students want the cities, states and the Federal Government to remember now that we are part of this America. I believe you would agree that the young people have already joined the crusade for freedom, for the fulfillment of democracy.

Each age faces its own conflicts and its own challenges.The fundamental fact of our age is that the future of the free world, the conditions of human life for years to come are being determined now. The future depends on what we as a nation and we as individual citizens are willing to do today.

I affirm again that we leave this Convention inspired to share continuously in the struggle toward democracy's fulfillment. We undergraduates accept this responsibility with all of its implications of hardships and sacrifices and say: "If there is to be trouble, let it come in our times so that our children can live in peace and freedom."

FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION (Continued from page 7) utilization of our human resources.

Consequently, Title II of the College Facilities and Scholarship Act would provide funds for scholarships for able and needy students, the initial appropriation for 1962 providing for some 25,000 scholarships; and the entire program over the five-year period would offer a total of 212,500 undergraduate

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scholarship awards, or approximately nother historic building in Louisville. more than one fifth of the expected Complete service for the occasion was increase of students during this period. carried out under supervision of the Our Senate Subcommittee on Edu- manager and his staff of Negro waiters cation conducted extensive hearings on from the dining room department of this bill and related measures last Aug- Hotel Sheraton. ust, and it has been placed on the SenBanquet speaker was Brother Lester ate calendar for January 10, 1962, a B Granger, who came direct to the placement which indicates the high convention from an extended African priority which this problem has in the tour to make his first public appearconsideration of the Senate leadership. ance since his return. Brother GrangIt is my hope that early in the next er told the audience that we ourselves session of the 87th Congress we will are far from accepting the more d e break new ground in the field of gen- manding role required of us by virtue eral aid to education and in the scholar- of our training and consequent r e ship and academic facilities program sponsibility. of higher education. No more urgent "We expect and we must demand of domestic problem exists, and if we are university men . . . yes of Alpha men, to meet the tests that our times pose, that they project leadership in the great we must move forward in this area. debate of this country. For only through Many people of late - laymen as well participation is there any hope that the as scholars and teachers - have pre- debate will be resolved with reason sented the problem in terms of a choice and justice."

Many awards were given for outbetween quantity and quality, a choice standing services, either by brothers between equality and excellence.

We have no choice. We must - if our within the fraternal circles, or in the civilization is to survive and persevere community at large. Among the awardees were: - have both.

Brother Bill Snoddy, who received We must have a generally informed citizenry capable of making intelligent the Undergraduate Award of the year. decisions on matters of the public good.

Brother Sherman Hines, of Alabama And we must have the highly trained A & M College, Normal, the Underspecialists as well as the men and wo- graduate Exhibit Award. men of broad-gauge learning that our Brother Dr. R. Earl Bland, president modern complex society demands.

Gf Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter, ColumIn this regard, we may bear in mind bus, Ohio, the Graduate Award. (Colthe remarks of Epictetus when com- umbus, Ohio will be the 1962 Convenmenting upon the-fall of Athenian de- tion site).

Brother Lester B. Granger, longmocracy as caused by education of the few: "The state says that only free men time member of Alpha Gamma Lambda will be educated: God says educated Chapter, New York City, The Alpha Man of the Year Award. men will be free."

Louisville's Alpha Man of the Year Award went to Brother Frank L. StanDEMOCRACY'S FULFILLMENT ley, Jr., son of Past General President (Continued from page 9) Frank L. Stanley, Sr. Young Brother own record as a Negro student who had Stanley was the leader in the integrato batter the ramparts of segregation tion fight throughout 1961 in Louisville. at Georgia University before he could He was arrested on a number of occaenter proved that he has lived by his sions but continued his leadership in pronouncements during his first year the sustained struggle that led to inof enrollment at this 175-year-old u n - tegration of more than 200 eating placiversity which until 1960 had been es in Louisville.

Other local awards went to Brother steeped in the fossilized traditions of the Old Confederacy. Brother Holmes and Mrs. Stenson Broaddus as the Alin making a straight-A Average, was pha Family of the Year in Louisville: placed on the Dean's list at the Uni- Brother Lyman Johnson, retiring president of Alpha Lambda who had proversity of Georgia.

Young Holmes was made into Alpha vided chapter leadership during two by way of Rho Chapter, Morehouse general conventions of Alpha in LouisCollege, Atlanta. In recognition of his ville; and Brother Stanley, two-time achievement, the convention elected General Convention Chairman, a Past him unanimously as Assistant Vice- General President, and publisher of the President of the Southern Jurisdiction. Louisville Defender which spear-headBrother Snoddy, spoke with the calm- ed the integration crusade.

Brother T. Winston Cole. Sr., presiness of a mature Alpha man at the dent of Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, closed formal banquet.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Brother Dr. William H. Hale General President

GREETINGS! We have a brand new year before us and numerous challenges face us. At the end of 1962, I hope we might be able to reflect with pleasure upon the results of the activity of Alpha and Alpha men.

In my recent letter to you, I have set forth the program areas in which I hope w e will make progress during the year. As we study and seek ways to strengthen our internal structure, we still continue to contribute our leadership and fellowship to the whole problem of human rights. Alpha has always been in the forefront of the fight for civil rights and will continue to be counted in this struggle.

We will diligently seek to develop and carry out a meaningful undergraduate program of activities. We w a n t this activity to be so effective that we will begin to diminish the number of active Brothers lost immediately after graduation, but instead these Brothers will have come to feel they are a needed and dedicated part of Alpha.

My resolve for the New Year is that t h e lines of effective communication within our Fraternity be kept open so that more of us will come to know about the things being done and will feel a personal involvement-with the program of Alpha.

May bountiful blessings be yours during this NEW YEAR.

SCENE AT THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION Reading L. to R.; Brothers M. G. Ferguson, Ernest Morial, Laurence T. Young, William H. Hale, Kerm.it Hall. John Buckner and Leroy Patrick.

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SHOWING PAST AND PRESENT GEN. PRESIDENTS Reading L. to R.; Dr. Charles II. Wesley, Belford V. Lawson, Dr. William H. Hale, Dr. Henry A. Callis and Frank L. Stanley, Sr. THE SPHINX

FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARY Bro. Laurence T. Young My dear Brothers: The following are some facts that you should know.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 55TH ANNIVERSARY (47th General) CONVENTION: Official Delegates (representing 123 chapters)...... 163 Visitors _ — 265 General Officers 18

Past General Presidents 5

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NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS PRESIDENT-ELECT - Dr. T. Winston Cole „ Wiley College, Marshall, Texas MIDWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT - Elmer C. Collins 10611 Pasadena Ave., Cleveland, Ohio WESTERN VICE PRESIDENT - Grandvel A. Jackson 1959 Hayes St., San Francisco, California EDITOR-IN-CHIEF "The Sphinx" - C. Anderson Davis 200 Jones St., Bluefield. W. Va. ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTS EASTERN REGION - E. Vincent Merry .... Howard University, Washington, D. C. MIDWESTERN REGION - John C. Browne Ohio University, Athens, Ohio SOUTHERN REGION - Hamilton Holmes University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia SOUTHWESTERN REGION - John Robert Henry Universitv of Texas, Austin, Texas WESTERN REGION - Melvin Hilliard U. C. L. A., Los Angeles, California ADOPTED RECOMMENDATIONS That the price of THE HISTORY OF ALPHA P H I ALPHA be increased to $7.50 - effective as of February 1, 1962.

The original Group Life Insurance plan adopted by the Fraternity has been ruled inoperative, and an ALTERNATE plan has been adopted. Those brothers having made application for participation in the original plan will be given an option to participate in the alternate plan.

A directory of the active brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha (1962) will be published in the Summer of 1962. Printer's dead-line will be J u n e 15th, 1962. T h e directory will contain names, chapters and addresses of at least 7,000 active Alpha Phi Alpha brothers. So, h u r r y and get them in.

That the Official Fraternity Pin-Badge be de-standardized, thus allowing brothers to have a choice of stones within same.

These are some of the principal recommendations: PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS The Fraternity in Convention assembled, adopted t h e proposals submitted to amend necessary sections of the Constitution any By-Laws (Revised 1960) of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, as so to provide: (1)

An increase in the Grand Tax as follows: a. b.

Graduates (including Intermediates Undergraduates

$15.00 10.00

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Permission for the Executive Council to employ additional assistants to the General Secretary as may be necessary.

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Selection of the YELLOW ROSE as National Flower.

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Elimination of the limitation of tenure of a General President to one two-year term providing a General President MAY serve ONE additional term of two years.

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Planning and arranging of each General Convention by the Executive Council, or designated committee.

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS The Convention ruled that the present site of National Headquarters be sold, based on a recent appraisal, and that National Headquarters should re-locate, which does not necessarily mean to another city but due to the condition of the present property, and factors not entirely to the benefit of the National Organization, this step vvas deemed fitting and proper.

GENERAL CONVENTIONS: Christmas 1962 Summer 1963 Summer 1964 Christmas 1965 Christmas 1966 FEBRUARY, 1962

Columbus, Ohio Boston, Mass.

New York, N. Y. Chicago, 111.

St. Louis, Mo.

REGIONAL CONVENTIONS: Eastern Midwestern Southern Southwestern Western

Baltimore, Maryland Wilberforce, Ohio Jackson, Mississippi Tulsa, Oklahoma San Francisco, Calif.

April 6, 7, 8, 1962 April 19, 20, 21, 1962 April 20, 21, 22, 1962 April 20, 21, 22, 1962 J u l y 5, 6, 7, 1962 PAGE 15

EDITORIAL

Metnaiy Was the first general president a graduate or undergraduate brother?

He was an undergraduate, Bro., M. A Morrison (1909). The second was Bro. Roscoe C. Giles; third, Bro. F e r derich H. Miller; fourth, Bro. Charles H. Garvin; Bro. Garvin was also fifth and Bro. Henry Lake Dickason was sixth.

Since Bro. Dickason all General Presidents have been graduate brothers.

Who was the first editor of the

Sphinx?

Bro. Raymond W. Cannon. "The first issue was to come out during the month of February, 1914", and the vice president was to be the editor.

"The first issue was more like a fourpage pamphlet" and was fifty cents per year, added to the grand tax.

The early editions were described as journals rather than magazines.

Who are the living

Jewels?

Jewel Brother George B. Kelley and Jewel Brother Henry A. Callis.

Where was the Fiftieth Convention held?

Anniversary

Buffalo, New York. Headquarters for the convention; Hotel Statler. A visit was made to the birthplace of Alpha and a tour of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Bro. Frank Stanley, Sr., was General President at the time.

What flower is the official flower of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The Yellow Rose. This action was taken at the Fifty-fifth Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.

QUESTIONS FOR THIS COLUMN MAY BE SENT TO THE EDITOR

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THE N. A. A. C. P. The National Association for The Advancement of Colored People will go down in history as one of the greatest organizations of modern civilization engaged in the cause for freedom, liberty and human dignity for all mankind.

This organization is neither passive nor violent. "Non-violence" is not a new doctrine for it to adopt or gear its program to, it has always been non-violent. It has used the methods of our "democratic way": the courts, persuasion, education and the principles of the Christian Religion, waging its battle for equality and justice.

The N.A.A.C.P. is not a "fly by night" organization, it has earned and proven its stability and its authority to speak for the Negro and other peoples similarly situated. It is not to be compared with any other organization in the field of civil rights, for its long standing and untiring efforts have established an atmosphere conducive to the many efforts now being put forth by other cooperating groups.

February is an appropriate month to lift up the importance of the work of the N.A.A.C.P. Every Negro as well as every freedom loving American ought to give this organization his full moral and financial support. We should encourage every Alpha man to become a working member.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., I am happy to say, contributes $800.00 to this organization each year and the national as well as many of its chapters and members have taken life memberships.

NEGRO HISTORY WEEK We should like to go on record as giving full support to the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., headquarters, 1538 Ninth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Bro. Charles Wesley, our historian and president of Central State College, is president of this association. This association promotes many good causes, one of which is Negro History Week. The theme for year 1962 is: "Negro History and a New Birth of Freedom".

Without its aid, many young people would finish high school and even college without any knowledge or a p preciation for the history and accomplishments of the Negro. It also publishes The Negro History Bulletin ($2.00 per year) and the Journal of Negro History ($5.00 per y e a r ) .

Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. has given substantial moral and financial support to this fine organization for many years.

VOTING - A SACRED PRIVILEGE The privilege of voting carries with it a significance undescribable. The ballot is the key to many of our problems and the spark that lights the torch which brightens our way on the road to first class citizenship and equal justice.

It is appalling that so many of our people fail to exercise this sacred privilege in sections of the nation where there are no barriers to deter them, while thousands of our brothers endanger their lives in other sections that they might have the right to be counted. Thank God for those brave souls who dare to defy the political demagogues who would keep them forever enslaved by denying them this precious piece of paper - the ballot. Please don't fail to exercise your privilege of voting whenever the opportunity presents itself.

IMPORTANT ISSUES There are many important issues before us today, world-wide and nationwide. Every person should acquaint himself with these issues and particularly college graduates and students. Acquainting oneself is hardly enough, participation through every available means and being a part of the solutions should be ones determination.

It is not the great crowd that usually brings about great social and religious change, it is usually the remnant. We realize that every person cannot be a Walter White or a Martin Luther King, but every person can DO WHAT HE CAN TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY. Every person can support such great organizations as the Church, the N.A.A.C.P., etc., and every person can hold up the arm of those persons who are strong enough, willing and ready to give leadership to the vital movements taking place before our eyes.

There are two very important issues before the U. S. Congress and the American people at this time: Federal aid to education and medical care. What is your position? We cannot take the space to analyze these issues at this time, however, we firmly believe that the affirmative position would bring about the greatest good for all of the American people. And wherever or whenever we have an opportunity to give support to these issues in the affirmative, it would be for our best interest.

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SCHOLARSHIP So many of us, too often, become lost in the midst of things, the glow of our surroundings and the desire for getting ahead that we forget our true purpose -this is too often the case with college students.

There may be several reasons for the existence of our institutions of higher learning, but high on the list of these reasons is SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCY. It is true that all students are not equal in their mental capacities. One may excuse oneself if he does not obtain the same average or a better average than ones fellow student but one cannot truthfully excuse oneself if he fails to reach the peak of ones own capabilities.

We should like for all students, particularly Alpha students, to examine themselves, then speak to the God of excellency and say: "I have done my best."

To do this requires honesty with self and honesty with "those who trust you".

This may be a high goal to set, but it is not impossible.

It is a wonderful thing to be able to be a part of the college community, don't defile this sacred opportunity; guard it with jealousy and firm conviction.

Certainly, every well thinking parent or interested person would have our students enjoy themselves and participate in the many recreational and social activities that tend to bring happiness and meaning to life. Nevertheless, we must insist that first things be given first place. We insist that a hunger, a longing, a determination for knowledge and truth be cultivated where it fails to exist.

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We call upon every college chapter of Alpha to work as a group and as individuals to obtain the highest, the most noble and loftiest ideals obtainable by the human personality and to make scholastic excellency the high goal of your college and university career.

What is your reaction? You may write the editor if you disagree, however, we pray that you do not.

THE PRESIDENCY In some future article we shall treat the subject: "The Presidency of Alpha".

Such an article should require much research and reflection. Prerequisite to such an article I believe that it is safe to say that we have had a decent and sincere line of Brothers don the mantel of this high office.

Our present president, Bro. Dr. William H. Hale, president of Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma, has certainly exhibited the dignity and high quality leadership required of a brother who dares to aspire to the leadership of Alpha.

We look forward to great accomplishments during his administration, though it is very short â&#x20AC;&#x201D; too short.

No president of Alpha can give the type of leadership that he is capable of giving in two years. Therefore, it was a very thoughtful and beneficial act of statesmanship on the part of Bro. Hale when he set forth the proposition of lengthening the tenure of this chief office. It was also wise on the part of the voting brothers who accepted this proposition in the affirmative. It is our hope that the chapters will sustain this action.

Our president elect, Dr. T. Winston Cole, president of Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, has every qualification and the apparent necessary moral strength to take on the weight of the unspotted mantel.

GRAND TAX There were many Brothers at the General Convention who felt that the grand tax should not be increased while a substantial majority felt that it should; history will reveal which side was correct.

Regardless to what side any individual voted with, we are sure that since the majority opinion favored a raise, every Brother of Alpha will give full support and encouragement to it. On first thought, one might have felt that this raise was unnecessary and out of order, but when one reflects upon the good things that await us in the future, one is sure to ask; "What wonders have we wrought?"

Let us give the present administration a chance to do a good job. we have everything to gain and little to lose. Those persons responsible for the supervision of these funds have a sacred responsibility and a mandate to move t h e fraternity forward, utilizing every Alpha dollar in the wisest, most fruitful way.

FEBRUARY, 1962

lioakl The Associated Publishers, Inc. has published "Four Steps In Nego Histary", four separate books with the idea of providing an appropriate study of Negro History and Life for students on the elementary level through the college and university levels. These books are not limited to the use of students they also furnish good reading and information for people of all walks of life.

The first step: The Child's Story of the Negro, by Jane Dabney Shackelford, revised edition, 217 pages, $3.00.

The thirty-four chapters are filled with factual and interesting materials highly re.ommended for students and tea; hers in all elementary schools.

The second step: Negro Makers of History, by Carter G. Woodson and Charles H. Wesley, 393 pages, $3.50.

The style of the writers lends to easy reading with pictorial illustrations on practically every page. The book is designed largely for youth of the sixth grade through junior high school.

This is the fifth edition brought up to date with additions to the Chapter on World War II and Chapter forty-one, "Achievements in Spite of Handicaps."

The third step: The story of The Negro Retold, by Carter G. Woodson and Charles H. Wesley, 448 pages, $4.25.

"This book is an effort to adapt to the capacity of high school students the salient facts of the history of the Negro in the Lnited States, fn this fourth edition, 'new facts have been made, additional sections, chapters and materials have been included.'

The fourth step: The Negro In Our History, by Carter G. Woodson and Charles H. Wesley, 833 pages, $4.25.

This is the tenth edition which has been greatly enhanced since the first edition; new materials have been added and several chapters have been supplemented and brought up to date.

This history book is well written and well illustrated and is quite appropriate for college classroom study or reference as well as for use by the general public and should be a "must" for the public.

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Bro. Elmer C. Collins As the new Midwestern Regional Vice President, I pledge to do everything humanly possible to help build a bigger and better Alpha Phi Alpha.

I wish to express my appreciation to all brothers who supported me in the recent election during the LouisvilleConvention. I sincerely desire to proveworthy of the trust and confidence you have placed in me.

During my term in office there will be many phases of the program which will be given special attention. The Midwestern Region will undergo a

change. Brother James Adams of Detroit is chairman of our Reorganization Committee. His plans will be introduced and action taken at the Midwestern Regional. As the results of this reorganization, we expect a more efficient and effective Midwestern Region.

There will be three main objectives stressed during this administration: 1. To increase membership throughout our chapters as a result of a strong reclamation and chapter program. There are a great number of brothers who would r e join the ranks if the correct steps to encourage them were taken.

Each chapter is strongly urged to make every effort to obtain this goal. I firmly believe that nearly all brothers can be brought back into the fold if they feel that they are part of an attractive chapter program.

2. In cities and communities where our chapters are located, there

From The Western Vice President Alpha Phi Alpha's "New Horizon" The West

Bro. Grandvel A. Jackson By 1963 California will be the largest state in the United States. This is a fact that will affect a number of cities and towns as well as social institutions.

Like California, there are a number of other Western States. The state of Washington, for instance, is growing by

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leaps and bounds as well as Oregon and Arizona.

Herein lies a challenge for Alpha Phi Alpha. This is Alpha's new Horizon.

It is our duty to keep abreast with the changing social trends in order that we may use them for the glory of our great Fraternity.

By 1967 Alpha Phi Alpha should boast of at least 1,000 men west of the Rockies. This can be done if the brothers in the west are alert to their possibilities. Many of these brothers will come from the East in search for a more desirable climate and new opportunities. It will be their duty to seek out the brothers of the West to strengthen our ranks.

Alpha Phi Alpha has a real stronghold in the west. Many of our out-

are certain types of activities that the brothers should engage in.

For example, some men feel that Alpha should have a big and e x tensive social program and that is all they are interested in. Otheers argue that we need to stress more civic and cultural programs, while other brothers feel that a worthwhile educational program is more important. Perhaps all brothers are correct in their essumptions.

3. Efficiency in operating chapter business and programs. Many times our chapters are criticised because of the manner in which their business is handled. Often times their programs fail and chapters suffer as a result of poorly operated activities We also find in some chapters, officers and other key people whir fail to carry out their duties. All such people should be replaced and chapters should not be handicapped by such people. Undergraduate chapters must practice rood business-like procedures at all times If the undergraduate brothers are grounded well in these fundamentals while they are in schcol, it certainly should carry over to when they become active graduate brothers.

standing brothers live here. Brothers who are shaping the destinies of not only Alpha men, but are contributing to the welfare of the state and nation.

In the state of California the most outstanding men in the fields of politics, law, medicine, school administration, school work, etc., are men of Alpha.

Conversely. Alpha has many problems. Since most of our schools are traditionally lesss segregated. Alpha must compete for the best material.

This means that we must design a dynamic program that will appeal to Alpha prospects as well as hold the interest of our brothers already initiated.

In the West, Alpha Phi Alpha has an opportunity to be original. There are numerous members of minority groups in the West, especially Orientals, who would make good Alpha brothers if we produce an imaginative program. We must compete in housing, scholarship and fraternal spirit if we are to attract these new brothers.

Yes, as we look beyond the Rockies to California, and to the Klondike in Alaska and across the sea to Hawaii, the potential these vast lands offer is surely Alpha's "NEW HORIZON"

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From The Assistant Midwestern Vice President

Bro. J. R. Browne In 1962, we have ambitions of making the Midwestern Region an even greater nucleus of the national frater-

nity. There are many objectives to be achieved, and among them are the establishment of close reciprocal communication between and among national officers and undergraduate and graduate chapters; the reactivation of dissolved or near dissolved undergraduate chapters; the creation of a greater understanding and alliance between graduate and undergraduate chapters in the same locale; the creation of an undergraduate president's cabinet for chapter presidents in each of the states of the Midwest, with planning and training conference-conferences to be held by them bi-annually; the establishment of

From The Southwestern Vice President

Br. Wayne C. Chandler

Brothers in Alpha: May I congratulate Brother Davis on the fine opportunity that the brothers have given him to do a great service for Alpha.

Here's hoping that he will be our Editor of The Sphinx as long as his predecessor. Any time I can be of service I trust the editor will feel free to call upon me.

Brothers of the Southwestern Region will work toward the realization of our 55th Anniversary Convention Theme: "Democracy's Fulfillment: Our Continuing Challenge." We will finalize

From The Assistant Southern Vice President

Bro. 'Hamilton E. Holmes During the next year we will be faced with more trials and problems than ever. We will also be faced with increased responsibilities. These p r o b -

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lems must be solved, and these responsibilities met and fulfilled. It is our job, as your elected officers, to guide the movement of our fraternity for the next year. However, we can only do this with the help and cooperation of every brother.

I am very proud and honored to have been chosen to serve you as your Assistant Southern Vice President. I will do all in my power to help our great fraternity become even greater. None of us can be satisfied with our progress until we are undoubtedly recognized as the greatest fraternal organization in the land. With this in mind, I am soliciting your support.

more undergraduate regional activities which will provide the opportunity for undergraduates to become acquainted with a greater number of their brothers; the standardization of minimal r e quirements for Sphinxmen who are ready to apply for activation; and the long range objective of working for desirable circumstances on all thirtyone Midwestern undergraduate chapter campuses, so that each chapter can be in an A Phi A house by 1970. I shall do my very best to work toward the realization of this program, and fervently hope that all will be quick in their response to communication and eager in their willingness to bear r e SDonsibilities which we must undertake, in order to become better men working for a better future for a better Alpha Phi Alpha in the challenging timesahead.

our activities and efforts in our Regional Convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 20-22, 1962.

Alpha men must realize that we share this earth with nearly three billion individuals. We do not live in a v?."uum. Yet. we are different, distinct. Our difference is only one aspect of the picture. The other is that in an over-all way, we are precisely like everybody else.

If we as Alpha men dedicate ourselves to our theme we must become realists in that we will appraise our own strengths and weaknesses without emotion. We must see ourselves not as we wish to be, not as we think we ought to be, not as we want fellow Greeks and our neighbars to see us, but as we really are.

I am especially soliciting the aid of all brothers in the Southern Region.

Brother Washington has a fine program and we all need to get in behind him and help to make the South strong for Alpha. We need and expect the help df every brother. My duties will be especially concerned with the undergraduates of the Southern Region. If there is any way that I may be of service to any undergraduates, please do not hesitate to write to me. I also am available to the graduates in this r e gion if I may be of service. I welcome any suggestions or constructive criticism which you would like to make in order that we may improve our region.

May I take this opportunity to thank you, brothers, for the confidence you have shown in me and I issue a most hearty thanks to you, my brothers, who supported me through all my hardships and crises.

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From The Eastern Vice President

Bro. Alfred C. Fentress Unlike the Pyramid, the ideals and goals of Alpha Phi Alpha will not stand unattended.

More and more as Alpha Phi Alpha strives for leadership among university men by linking its destiny with bold and adventurous youth; the ever p u r suit of excellence and imagination in education, the continuous advacacy of integration, brotherhood and human dignity! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; It inevitably becomes our incommutable responsibility and duty,

not only to project programs as steps toward the fulfillment of our goals but to pursue them with militancy, determination and dedicated Alpha Spirit, to full fruition.

At the recent general convention in Louisville it was very assuring to observe undergraduates asserting themselves not as "little Alpha brothers", but as brothers.

I am hopeful that the resolutions, r e commendations and constitutional adoptions will be read carefully by every brother in all chapters, rather than placed in files, never to be activated, as I am to believe has happened in so many instances.

The Eastern Region has been urged to realize that with studied plans of organizations and mutual cooperation of every chapter, the. basic purposes and objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha will be fulfilled.

From The Southern Vice President

Southern Regional Convention Program April 20-21, 1962 Theme: "Reclamation: Its Cause And Cure" Friday, April 20, 1962 7:45 a. m. - 9:00 a. m. Breakfast 7:45 a. m. - 12:00 Noon Registration 11:00 a. m. - 12:00 Noon Lunch 12:00 Noon - 2:00 p. m. Opening Session - Brother W. H. Williams, General Chairman, Presiding a. Invocation - Brother M. G. Myles Gamma Mu Lambda b. Greetings from State Directors, Brother F. O. Woodard, State Director of Mississippi c. Greetings from Host Graduate Chapters, Brother Lucious Tur-

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If we cannot fulfill our ideals and goals within the brotherhood, we cannot expect others to accept them. M u tual unification and centralization of our activities are very necessary for the effectuation of worthy programs.

Our accomplishments and attainments in the future will not depend on officers alone, but upon unified coordination and zeal of every brother graduate and undergraduate, contributing to a program.

We are urging each region to organize conferences of Alpha Phi Alpha chapters in the different states in the lost. This is one of the recommendations of the Regional Convention in Hartford, Connecticut in May, 1961.

The state of Virginia has an organization of seventeen chapters functioning very effectively and promoting a stimulating liaison between chapters in programming.

With dedication to our goals, we can achieve much by creative action. Thereby, implementing those phases of life that give new meaning to Brotherhood and Human Dignity.

Bro. Walter Washington

The Reginoal Convention of Alpha, which will be held in Jackson, Mississippi Friday and Saturday, April 20 21, 1962 will be the culmination of the Reclamation Program, at which time we will launch the third and last phase of the three-year program.

The Southern Regional is in its second year of its three-year plan. This whole regional year's emphasis is being placed on reclamation. A goal to reclaim 1,000 men were launched at the beginning of the regional year. That goal has almost been reached.

The brothers of Mississippi are urging 300 registered delegates to be present. Brothers from all over the country are invited to attend this convention. We shall deal scientifically with the great problem of reclamation and its cause and cure.

ner, Alpha Epsilon Lambda d. Greetings from Host Undergraduate Chapters, George Barnes, Delta Phi e. Response - Brother Howard Jordan, Delta Zeta Lambda f. Presentation of Regional and National Officers, Brother N. H. Bennett, State Director of N. C. g. Presentation of Southern VicePresident, Brother Luke Chatman, State Director of S. C. h. Southern Vice-President's A n nual Address, Brother Walter Washington i. Statement - Brother W. H. Hale, General President j . Statement - Brother Laurence Young, General Secretary k. Report of State Directors :00 p. m. - 3:00 p. m. Second Gener-

al Session - Brother Hamilton Holmes Assistant Southern Vice-President, Presiding a. Pep Songs - Delta Phi, Gamma Upsilon and Delta Kappa Chapters b. Introduction of Speaker - Brother Walter Tardy, Beta Omicron Chapter c. Speaker - Brother H. C. Trenholm, Jr., Beta Upsilon Chapter 3: 00 p. m. - 6:00 p. m. Workshops a. Graduate Workshop - Brother James E. Huger, Beta Delta Lambda, Coordinator b. Undergraduate Workshop Brother Warren Moore, Beta Xi Chapter, Coordinator 8:00 p. m. - 2:00 a. m. Pan-Hellenic Dance (Continued on page 31)

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Others were there in person and Spirits, too. Don't worry fellows the spirit I was in was not the same spirit of Old Crow, Old Taylor and Old Grand Dad. Mine was the spirit of imagery, the fun, foibles and effervescent anecdotes.

WHAT THEY TOLD ME A quick thinking student came up with a new one when the professor demanded, "How come you are sleeping in my class?" "Heavens," replied the sophomore, "can't a fellow close his eyes for a minute in prayer?" * * * * * You don't need to worry about avoiding temptation after you pass 50. That's when it starts avoiding you. * * * * * Dr. Wesley to history student: "You want to know why you didn't pass in your history test? Well, your answer to the question: 'why did the pioneers go into the forest' was interesting from the standpoint of sanitation, but it was still incorrect." * * * * * The sweet young thing was upset when her boy friend did not help her into his car. "Where" she asked, "Is your chivalry?" And the young man said, "Didn't you notice?

I traded it is for a Buick." * * * * * Teacher: What are the people of New York noted for?"

Boy: "For their stupidity."

Teacher: "Whatever gave you that idea?"

Boy: "The book says the population is very dense." * * * * * A modest person is the senior who does not blow his knows. * * * * * Little Jimmy got lost from his mother in a crowded department store and began shouting: "Mary, Mary, Mary."

When his mother located him, she said: "You shouldn't have yelled 'Mary', "I'm 'Mother' to you." "I know", said the youngster, "but this store is full of mothers."

The landlady brought in a plateful of extremely thin slices of bread, which rather dismayed her hungry, male boarders.

Boarder: "Did you cut these, Mrs. Atkins?"

Landlady: "Yes, I cut them."

Boarder: "Fine, I'll deal." * * * * * Editors call themselves "we" so the person who doesn't like an article will think there are too many for him to lick. * * * * * "A friend that ain't in need is a friend indeed."

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OVERHEARD EN P A S S A N T Repartee is what a person thinks of after he becomes a departee. * * * * * Whisper: The way to make people believe what they otherwise wouldn't. * * * * * The girl who thinks that no man is good enough for her may be right - also, she may be left.

* * * * * Middle age is when you are grounded for several days after flying high one night. * * * * * When a man and a woman marry, they become one.

The trouble starts when they try to decide which one.

* * * * * Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week. * * * * * Cosmetics: Woman's means of keeping men from reading between the lines.

* * * * * The only thine that's worse than having to pay an income tax is not having to pay one. * * * * * Race horses don't eat the day they race, we are told.

And a lot of people who bet don't eat the next day.

* * * * * If your wife wants to learn to drive, don't stand in her way. * * * * * The hen is the only animal that can lay around and make money. * * * * * And now dear folks, the image fades away, the interchanges of humor cease, the captains and the kings depart from our imaginary land of blue grass. Kentucky, the land of fine whiskeys, fast horses and fair ladies, takes it place in Alpha convention history leaving with us a titillating longing for a periodic encore.

As I leave you I commend to you an old, cold winter days, word game amusement called Palindrome. A Palindrome, as you know, is the name for a word, phrase or sentence that reads the same backwards as forwards, for example: radar or Hannah. I sign off this babble with a palindromic sentence which was the first words ever heard by a human being, the greeting Eve first heard in the Garden of Eden - "Madam I'm Adam."

Mister Editor Davis, this is ye olde Frat Fun Editor.

Congratulations.

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Chapter Activities D. C. Bros. Sponsor Testimonial Dinner ESTABLISHED HENRY A. CALLIS STUDENT LOAN FUND

by Bro. Milard R. Dean Mu Lambda in cooperation with intermediate chapter, Omicron Lambda Alpha and undergraduate chapter, Beta, established the Henry A. Callis Student Loan Fund in December at a Founders Day Testimonial Dinner at the Statler-Hilton Hotel.

This historical event was highlighted by remarks by Jewel Brother Callis e x pressing his long planned thinking of aid to needy students.

During his educational days such lack of funds delayed his completing medi-

cal training 1909 to 1921.

The banquet proceeds made available the first $1000.00 and contributions from relatives and friends of Jewel Callis. not all Alpha brothers, also donations from the following chapters: Alpha Gamma Lambda, Alpha Tau Lambda, Beta, Gamma Mu Lambda, Delta E p silon, Epsilon Eta Lambda, Zeta L a m b da, Mu Lambda, Nu Lambda, Omicron Labmda Alpha, Sigma Lambda, Beta Xi Lambda and Gamma Mu Lambda, provides about $1000.00 more making a total starting sum of $2000.00.

The Committee on arrangements will make this Founders Day Student Loan Fund Banquet an annual affair and r e quests brothers, and chapters to continue to send in donations to this worthwhile endeavor addressed to Bro.

Elgy S. Johnson, Callis Student Loan Fund, 212-49th Street, N. E., Washington 19, D. C. Mu Lambda chapter during the past year under President Waddy was favored with some exceptional monthly meetings with speakers including: The Honorable E. Olive Sanu, Head of Chancellery of Nigerian Embassy; Mr. George L. P. Weaver, Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs; Mr. Clarence Mitchell, D. C. Branch N. A. A. C. P.; Dr. Rayford Logan, Head, Department of History, Howard University; Mr. Franklin Whittaker, Assistant to the Director, Office of P u b lic Information, U. S. Department of Commerce; Mr. Andrew T. Hatcher, Assistant White House Press Secretary and Mr. Frank Williams, Assistant to Director of Peace Corps.

Newly installed officers for Mu Lambda are Elgy S. Johnson, P r e s i d e n t ; ^ Henry S. Robinson, Vice-President; Weyland McClellan, Financial Secretary; Charles E. Woodbury, Recording Secretary; Sterling Safrit, Corresponding Secretary; Millard R. Dean, Editor to Sphinx; Reginald James, Sergeantat-Arms and Daniel Edmonds, Chaplain.

llJfci^lPJIi Âť Photograph of those in attendance at Henry A. Callis Testimonial Dinner Statler-Hilton Hotel Washington, D. C.

Speakers Table: Standing Left to Right; Elgy S. Johnson, Rayford Logan, Joseph C. Waddy, Henry A. Callis, Belford V. Lawson, James T. Speight, Jr., William Merry, Melvin York and Alfred C. Fentress.

Committee On Arrangements: Bottom row - Left to Right; Belford V. Lawson, Daniel Edmonds, Jewels Henry A. Callis, Charles Prudhomme, Joseph C. Waddy, Henry S. Robinson, Merrill Curtis and Larry C. Williams.

Top row - Left to Right; James T. Speight. Jr., Samuel Hoston, Elgy S. Johnson. Melvin York, and Millard R. Dean.

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olic business man. Following this discussion, questions were received from the audience.

These questions were quite intelligent and revealing and created a very heated interest in the subject. Senator Randolph, in his very gracious and gentleman-like manner, a n s w e r e d these questions to the satisfaction of opened with the singing of the National the audience and in most cases got over Anthem by Miss Geraldine Haislip, ac- his point, of strong conviction, that companied by Mrs. Olivia H. Cannady. there should be "Federal Aid To P u b Prayer was offered by the Rev. J. Mat- lic Education". The Benediction was thew Coleman, pastor of Scott Street pronounced by the Rev. N. W. Looney, Baptist Church. The Bluefield State pastor of Grace Methodist Church.

Following the Ppblic Forum a FelCollege Choir rendered music under the direction of Bro. Dr. C. D. Reece. Rev. lowship Hour was held at the Elk's Bro. C. Anderson Davis presided. Hall. The Brothers were entertained Greetings were given by The Honorable and served by the Alpha Wives and W. W. Barron, Governor of West Vir- Sweethearts under the presidency of ginia, he also introduced the speaker. Mrs. Gwendolyn H. Higginbotham.

Some of the "old timers" of the Area Senator Jennings Randolph gave a very informative address on "Federal Aid stated that this was the first time To Education" (see address on page 3 ) . that a Governor and U. S. Senator had Following the address six persons en- appeared on the same platform at the gaged in a round table discussion with same time for a program in this imSenator Randolph: The Rev. Frank mediate vicinity.

Rowley, pastor of Christ Episcopal The Committee on Arrangements Church; Mrs. Lucille D. Ganaway, pub- consisted of Brothers Davis, Chapter lic school teacher; Mrs. Sidney J. President; E. D. Palmer, W. E. Hebert, Kwass; Bro. Clarence Penn, a student P. G. Howard, Marshall Harris, J. E. at Bluefield State College; Bro. L. B. Martin, who had charge of publicity, Allen, president of Bluefield State Col- and the members of Beta Theta Chaplege, and Mr. D. V. McGonagle, a Cath- ter.

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SPONSORS ALPHA DAY A most colorful and fruitful event was sponsored by Alpha Zeta and Beta Theta Chapters, November 12, in Bluefield, W. Va. The event was Alpha Annual Worship Day. The activities started with the Annual Worship Service, held at John Stewart Methodist Church. Appearing on the program were: Brothers E. W. Browne, John Franklin, F. D. Terry, who delivered the sermon, and C. Anderson Davis.

Music was rendered by the Silver Star Choir. The Brothers wore yellow roses and the wives and sweethearts wore corsages made up of yellow roses.

F o l l o w i n g the Worship Service, Brothers and their wives and sweethearts enjoyed a most delicious dinner in the Davis Center.

A Public Forum was held at 3:00 o'clock in Arter Hall, Bluefield State College featuring U. S. Senator J e n nings Randolph from West Virginia.

The theme of the forum was: "Federal Aid To Education".

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The Honorable W. W. Barron, Governor of the state of West Virginia, introduces Senator Jennings Randolph.

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ALPHA GAMMA LAMBDA F r a n k A. Dee A new epoch in Alpha Gamma L a m b da Chapter history was made when it launched its first Career Institute, an effort to encourage and guide our youth. The Institute was spearheaded

by Brother Robert Custis, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., who ably produced this successful venture with unstinting cooperation from other Brothers and their wives.

Dr. James S. Peters, II, director of the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation, Connecticut Department of E d u cation, made the keynote address at the opening session in Townsend Hall,

City College.

The Career Institute served approximately 200 interested high school students. It is a community project sponsored by seven chapters of Alpha. The theme of the meeting was: "The F u ture Belongs to Those Who Prepare for it."

Those who served as panel members and their respective panels are as follows: Business - Randall L. Tyus, Clarence L. Holte, Ira Aldridge, Maceo A. Thomas, Sr.; Medicine - Richard M. Carey, Dr. Farrow R. Allen, Dr. John R. Randolph, Dr. Aaron O. Wells; Law - Hon. Thomas Dickens, Hon. Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Hon. Maurice W. Grey, Richard L. Baltimore; Education - Dr. Aaron Brown, Dr. James Petersill, Mrs.

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"Career Institute" - Cross-section of high school students listening to one of the outstanding panels composed of Alphas and other community leaders BETA ALPHA WELCOMES 14 N E O P H Y T E S Beta Alpha Chapter of Morgan State College welcomed fourteen Neophytes into its bond on November 17, 1961, The Neophyte Brothers brought Beta Alpha's membership to thirty three.

The Neophytes are: Brothers Wilbur Bellamy, David Branch, Stanford Dennis, Hilton Friend, Joseph Foreman, Wilbur Golden, McKinley Hackett, Dennis Fisher, Ahurus Jackson, Warren Jones, Frederick Oliver, Leslie Pinkett, Reginald Lewis and Lawrence Reed.

The chapter officially welcomed the Neophyte Brothers with its Annual I n itiatory Banquet. Brother Dr. Cliford Jones, a faculty member and Director of Scholarship and Educational activities of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, was the speaker.

Others present were Brothers E. Lloyd Davis, Dean Nix, and Venney, president of Delta Lambda.

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by W. S. Young Bro. Sidney J. Clark was appointed associate judge of Wilmington Municipal Court by Governor Elbert N. Carvel of Deleware. Bro. Atty. Louis L. Redding was honored by citizens and prominent organizations of the state of Deleware for his ingenious h a n d -

Panelists on Medicine and Government Dr. Phillip A. Beach. Dr. Richard M. Carey, Medicine; Brother Maurice W. Grey, Moderator; Brothers George Gregory and Judge Thomas Dickens, Gov't.

Roberta R. DeMar, Eric Hedley, Dr. Rachel Wilkinson, Gerald F. Norman, Sr., Mrs. Clare Thompson; Science LeRoy Kellum, William H. Wilkinson, Robert Clarke; Lively Arts - Dick Campbell, Noble Sissle, Rawn Spearman; Architecture Engineering - J o h n L. Wilson, Percy Ifill, Jesse Rogers; Dentistry - Dr. Claude T. Ferebee, Dr. Duncan J. V. Thorne, Dr. Kenneth Williams, Dr. Joseph A. Cuttita; Religion Reverends J. Clinton Hoggard, John Lee, Charles L. Warren, Richard L. Hilderbrand; Government - George Gregory, Jr., George H. Fowler, Robert J. Mangum; Human Relations - Dr. Kenneth Clark, Marshall E. Williams, Dr. Marc Moreland, Dr. Max Yergan.

(Continued on page 28) ling of the desegregation and integration suits tried in state and federal courts. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, expresident of Howard University, addressed the August body assembled in the Washington School, Dover, Delaware. Lafayette Jackson, president of the P. S. du Pont High School, class of 1961, was recipient of the chapter's (Continued on page 28)

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NASHVILLE ALPHAS SPONSOR FOUNDERS' DAY "Founders of organizations destined for leadership must set up as their ideals, originality, imagination and constructive endeavor.

They must envision a growing society and concern themselves with the profound qualities essential for the establishment of a secure and permanent existence for a race, a nation and a culture."

The speaker was Brother Rev. Wilson Q. Welch, Jr., of the department of Philosophy and Religion at Fisk University, addressing members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity who were celebrating Founders' Day in the auditorium of Tennessee A & I State University.

On Saturday evening, Brother Dr. Isaac Miller of the Department of BioChemistry at Meharry Medical College, challenged the undergraduate brothers to "follow through in the dedication of service to the graduate chapter as they leave the environs of college life."

Four Nashville chapters: Alpha Chi, Fisk; Beta Omicron, Tennessee State University; Chi, Meharry Medical College, and Tau Lambda, the graduate chapter, sponsored the Founders' Day activities, which included a banquet on Saturday evening, December 2nd at Fisk University's Faculty Dining Room, followed by a dance at Meharry Medical College and a public meeting on Sunday, December 3rd at Tennessee State University.

Larry Barbee, Joe L. Boyer, Harold Jordan and Cecil Ryan are presidents of the four chapters. James Ealy p r e sided over the Sunday meetings.

FOUNDERS' DAY EPSILON DELTA LAMBDA A N D ALPHA BETA At a joint Founders' Day celebration, Epsilon Delta Lambda and Alpha Beta Chapters of Talladega College presented Brother Mason Davis, Birmingham attorney as their principal speaker. A highlight of this enthusiastically r e ceived program was the presentation of twenty-five year award certificates to Dr. Elisha Jones, eminent Talladega physician; Dr. Arthur D. Gray, president of Talladega College; Dr. Cohen Simpson, Dean of Talladega College; Dr. James O. Hopson, Head of Department of English and Director of Dramatics, Talladega College; Professor W o o d r o w Dorsey, Department of Chemistry, Talladega College, and Robert Lawson, Principal of East Highland High School, Sylacauga, Alabama.

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by Bro. Henry A. Swain Beta Psi Lambda chapter, Montclair, N. J. looks over a very fine record of activities during the past year under the administration of President Sterling.

The slate of officers for 1962 are: President, Bro. Sterling; Vice President, Bro. Hobbs; Recording Secretary, Bro. Osman; Financial Secretary, Bro. Wicks; Corresponding Secretary, Bro. Russell; Treasurer, Bro. Porter; Chaplain. Bro. Ayers; Sergeant-at-Arms, Bro. Fletcher; Parliamentarian, Bro. Ray; Editor of The Sphinx, Bro. Swain; Educational Director, Bro. Hawkins; and Counselor, Bro. Freeman.

Our Founders' Day Banquet and Formal Dance were very fine activities.

The banquet speaker was Rev. Bro. Brookins, pastor of First A. M. E. Church, was introduced by Bro. Newsome. His speech was very stimulating and challenging to the brothers. Beta Psi Lambda donated to the NA.A.C.P. $250.00 to complete its life membership. The Alpha Wives, through their president, Mrs. Franklin, presented to the chapter $200.00 toward helping the Freedom Riders. The chapter had put forth an effort before this time in backing this movement.

Congratulations go to the new brothers coming into the chapter: Brothers Harper, Huguley and Perkins. Our delegates to the convention were Brothers Carmichael, Little and Fletcher.

In the past year we had more cooperation between the graduate and undergraduate chapters working together. We of Beta Psi Lambda will endeavor to help the undergraduate brothers hold high the ideals for which Alpha Phi Alpha is established.

Epsilon Delta Lambda and Alpha Beta Chapters - Ttlladega, Alabama.

Left to Right: Dr. Elisha Jones, Dr. Arthur D. Gray, Dr. Cohen Simpson, Dr. James O. Hopson, Professor WoodrOw Dorsey and Robert Lawson.

FOUNDERS' DAY G A M M A ZETA LAMBDA Brothers of the Tampa Bay Area graduate chapter, Gamma Zeta Lambda, concentrated their energy and efforts on observance of Founders' Day as the chapter's major event of December.

Tampa's Allen Temple AME Church was the scene of the event and Bro. Dr. J. MacDonald Nelson incorporated the observance and later installed officers.

In paying the annual respects to the beloved founders through this Christian service, Brother Nelson pinpointed a few of the many accomplishments made possible in the realm of Alpha dom.

Officers installed were: Dr. A. R. Jackson, president; Monroe Mack, vice president; Robert Gardner, recording secretary; Roland Yates, corresponding secretary; Richard Pride, treasurer; Parliamentarian, Emanuel Stewart; financial secretary, John Simmons, Sphinx Editor, Paul B. Mohr; r e p r e sentatives to Greeks, Inc. - Dr. R. Silas and Simmons.

Following the services, the brothers and their relatives dined together at Rogers' Dining Room.

FOUNDERS' DAY OMICRON L A M B D A CHAPTER Omicron Lambda Chapter held its Founders' Day Banquet at Gaston's Restaurant, A. G. Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama, December 3, 1961.

Chapter officers were installed by Mrs. Elmyra Hall. The officers elected for 1962 were: Dr. James T. Montgomery, President; Kirkwood Balton, Vice President; Clarence F. Campbell, Secre T tary; Cleothers Ward, Financial Secretary; Dr. William J. Dowdell, Treasurer; Oscar J. Catlin, Jr., Associate Editor of the Sphinx, John Tarver, Chaplain; Marion L. Jones, Sergeant-atArms.

Brother Lewis White served as Totstmaster and Brother Richard Arrington, professor of Biology at Miles College was the banquet speaker. He delivered an inspiring message. Observations were given by Brothers John H. McCain, past president, and W. Wesley Whetstone, Regional Director. Response was given by the in-coming president, Brother James T. Montgomery. Brother N. E. Wills, Sr. served as Founders' Day Banquet chairman.

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Brother A. T. Kynard The date was Tuesday, December 19.

The activity was the Chapter's Annual Banquet honoring the Founding Jewels of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

The participants were the Brothers of Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter, their wives and sweethearts of Prairie View A & M College and community. The place was the faculty cafeteria of the college.

Brother D. T. R. Solomon served as Master of Ceremonies for the occasion.

In addition to making many witty comments which befit a good master of ceremonies, Brother Solomon gave very briefly an overview of the fraternity from its founding to the present.

The purpose of the occasion was given by Brother A. T. Kynard. (See address on page 3.)

The next event was given by Brother Purvis Carter, Chapter Historian. This was a review of the History of the F r a ternity from its founding to the p r e s ent.

Brother carter stated: "Alpha has a glorious history; yet there are still bigger things in store for us if we live up to the obligations of the fraternity."

The main address was delivered by Brother Dr. J. W. Echols, the title of which was: "Alpha Phi Alpha and Wholesome Life Values." A few e x cerpts from this address: "Frustration of the first order t r a n spires if we are confronted with conflicting values, false values, or if we have lost confidence and are indifferent about them" "Many persons are increasingly aware of the need for a type of inner assurance and respectability on the part of an individual in the daily routine of creating and cultivating quality in our lives. Simplicity in the process is far from being a reality. The p r o cesses are for the most part intangible and difficult to set to pattern."

"In conclusion, Alpha men are inclined to support realistically that one's essential task becomes simply to be what he can be, to do what he can do, to honor what he sees through his own eyes and to say truthfully what h e sees - to live authentically."

Following this address, officers were installed by Brother Dr. T. R. Soloman.

Remarks were given by the chapter president, Brother Dr. G. R. Woolfolk.

Final remarks were made by the president of Prairie View A & M College, Brother Dr. E. B. Evans.

The grand occasion climaxed with the singing of the Alpha Hymn .

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$250.00 award to an outstanding high school graduate. He became one of six finalists in the competition for TeenAger of the year (1961), a project sponsored county-wide by the Wilmington Lions Club. He is enrolled as a freshman at Syracuse University .

Bro. Sidney J. Clark was presented a plaque in acknowledgement of his achievement in being selected Municipal Court Judge of Wilmington. Bro. Charles L. Simms received the ward of a gavel in appreciation for his many years of dynamic leadership as chapter president. Bro. Vice President Robert V. Nelson was elected chairman of the Leadership Council of Negro Republicans. Bro. Wilbur Hobbs was appointed as head of an institution in Philadelphia devoted to the rehabilitation of children in need of special services.

Bro. Dr. Earl C. Jackson was appointed visiting professor in educational administration at the University of Delaware.

Bro. Rev. Maurice J. Moyer as president of the Wilmington Branch of the NAACP has engineered a formidable program to desegrate restaurants in the Delaware area and to expand job opportunities for Negroes in businesses serving Negro consumers - through the technique of selective patronage. Bro. Rev. Ruffin N. Noisette, formerly president of the Wilmington Council of Churches, has contributed significantly to the conduct of the aforementioned projects.

together prominent college students from University of Arizona, University of Delaware State College, Hampton Institute, Michigan State College, University of Minnesota, Morgan State College, Trinity College, Syracuse University, and Virginia Seminary and -male students of academic aptitude from the various high schools of New Castle County, Delaware.

This program is designed to promote interest among able high school boys in pursuing post-high school training.

College students form a panel to give tips for achieving success in high school and college studies. Alpha brothers disseminate information about scholarship opportunities and educational services of the chapter. A buffet luncheon is served. Brothers Joseph A Morris, chairman of Education-Civic Affairs Committee, plans the special p r o gram.

ALPHA GAMMA LAMBDA (Continued from page 26) During the evening of April 15th at Alpha Gamma Lambda's r e g u l a r monthly meeting,, Brother Clarence L. Holte, BBD&O Advertising Agency, headed a round table discussion complete with movies and slides. Assisting him during the round table discussion were Brothers Herbert S. Harris, Jr., Jacques Isler, George D. Cannon, Leon A. DeKalb, N n a m d i Azikiwe (Zeke) at his Inauguration as Governor General of Nigeria. The movies were in color and beauty of this new African nation. Alpha fellowship in the true tradition followed this entertainment.

Mrs. Theda Wilson, principal of Northeast Elementary School and wife of Brother Rev. Donald O. Wilson, was selected as 1961 ALPHA SWEETHEART. Mayor John E. Babiarz of Wilmington was presented the chapter's distinguished citizen's award at the CitiEducation Week zenship Week Observance conducted at Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, chairman Community Presbyterian Church- in of the United Negro College Fund and October. president of the Phelps Stokes Fund.

Successful was the 1961 SWEETwas the principal speaker at the closing HEART DINNER-DANCE held in May, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's Educaat the Officers Club of the New Castle tion Week Public Meeting Sunday, A p A i r b a s e . Bro. Donald Brown was ril 23, at 6:00 p. m. at St. Mark's Methchairman. Several hundred guests of odist Church. chapter members participated in the formal dance.

The meeting was under the sponsorCounseling sessions were instituted ship of the seven chapters of the New as a part of the regular monthly meet- York area. ing sessions - involving high school Dr. Patterson addressed the meeting seniors interested in matriculation at college. The aim of this program is to on "Opportunity for Leadership for the acquaint students with scholarship o p - Negro American in the International portunities and to see that students fol- Sphere." low through in applying for available A $500.00 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternscholarships: ity Scholarship Award was presented to The Male Students Round-Up brought Leon Johnson.

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Founders' Day Award, Philadelphia: Left to Right; Brothers Robert E. Moose, chairman, Dr. Alfred Fentress, Norfolk, Va., Dr. James H. N. Waring, Jr., The Rev. J. Clinton Hoggard, and Dr. Clifton Jones, Baltimore, Maryland.

Philadelphia Alphas Honor Alphcla Brother Brother Dr. James H. N. Waring, Jr., principal of Dowingtown Industrial School, received the second annual Founders Day Award here Dec. 2. The engraved pewter mug emblematic of the award was presented him at the Intra Fraternal Relations Committee banquet at the Walnut Park Plaza. The committee is the liaison group composed of representatives of Psi, Rho, Zeta Omicron Lambda, Delta Pi and Nu chapters, situated in or near the city.

In making the presentation Brother Dr. O. Wilson Winters cited Brother Waring for unflagging and determined leadership in the field of education and for the "unselfish services" he has r e n dered the hundreds of boys and girls â&#x20AC;˘who have attended Dowingtown.

Speaker of the evening was Brother Rev. J. Clinton Hoggard, administrative secretary for Home and Foreign Missions of the AME Zion Church. He called upon the "educated and privileged" Negro to ally himself again with the masses of his race. And accused the "sophisticate and intellectual" of having turned his back on the very people "who put him where he is."

Brother Hoggard expressed regret that the Negro knew so little of the heritage and tradition of the black man, "the sense of continuity that gives strength and purpose to our lives".

Other speakers included Brother Dr. Alfred Fentress, Eastern vice-president; Brother Dr. Clifton Jones, Educational Activities director; and Brother Robert E. Moose, chairman of the Intra F r a ternal Relations Committee.

Also participating were Mrs. C. H a r old Rodgers, president of the Ladies of Alpha; Brothers Daniel J. Winge, Rev. A. L. Dunston, and Holton Hackett, vocalist. Brother Ed R. Harris was master of ceremonies. Recognition was

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paid Brother Dr. Kirksley Curd, who has been a member of the fraternity 51 years, having been made at Cornell, now a member of Rho chapter. Brother Walter Gordon was chairman of the program committee.

Brothers of Delta Epsilon Lambda Chapter, East St. Louis, 111., under the leadership of President Harold Thomas, pose at a smoker at the Lincoln High School honoring Bro. Ross Miller, Sr. Brother Miller's son, Dr. Ross Miller, Jr., of Compton, California, was present for the occasion. Brother Miller, an outstanding religious and civic leader, was principal of Lincoln High School, Alta Sita and Attucks Elementary Schools of East St. Louis for a number of years.

He retired from the East St. Louis system J u n e 19, 1961, after serving for thirty-five years. His wife, Beatrice Miller, retired from the Venice, Illinois School system where she served as assistant principal. Brother Miller and his charming wife are now residing in their new home in Compton, California.

BETA ALPHA WELCOMES

MRS. CORINNE GALVIN NAMED

(Continued from page 26) opened their hearts to the underprivivileged children of the city with their A n n u a l Underprivileged Children's Christmas Party. The Brothers welcomed twenty-five children of various races. The affair was a great success.

The children left with a feeling that they were loved.

Scholarship More Alpha brothers made the Dean's list than students of any other fraternity on the campus.

Seven of the twenty-two students who made Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities were brothers.

They were Brothers Beresford Swan, Thomas Hunt, Ismael Myers, Reginald Lewis, Warren Edmunds, Leslie Pinkett and Walker Robinson.

WOMAN OF THE YEAR Mrs. Corinne Galvin, wife of Bro. Dr. G. Alex Galvin, Ithaca, N. Y., was named 1961 "Woman of the Year". She was named to that honor at a dinner meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Ithaca held at the Women's Community Building.

Mrs. Galvin was selected because she has "quietly and effectively worked for better understanding of racial groups in our town and when called upon to serve anywhere is always willing to help." "She has won a place in our hearts" said Mrs. Agda Osborn in her introduction of Mrs. Galvin as the guest speaker at the meeting. The nomination was made as a surprise to the winner after she completed her talk.

Ro^r^o^A^riTvT° e l n EVsilon Lambda, East St. Louis, III. - First Row L. to R., Andrew Robinson, Dr. Ross Miller Jr Ross Miller ST and retiring President Harold Thomas. Second Row; Elliott McK^ney Pr^sidenT-Elect

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ETA SIGMA LAMBDA ON THE MOVE Franklin H. Williams Assistant State Attorney General, of California was a p pointed by President Kennedy to serve as a Special Assistant in the Peace Corps. In his new job he will develop programs for cooperation with the United Nations and several of its agencies such as the World Health Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Williams graduated from Lincoln U n iversity in Pennsylvania and Fordham law school.

Dr. Robert D. Bullock has been a p pointed chairman of the San Mateo County Grand J u r y . He has been active in community affairs for many years. He was chairman of the San Mateo County Public Health and Welfare committee, ÂŤ<v-vr.n on the 1958 Grand Jury, vice chairman of the n a r c Lumuuttee, member of the special study committee on East Palo Alto and the Citizen Advisory Committee.

At present he is employed by the State of California Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Bullock was initiated in Beta Epsilon in Greensboro, North Carolina.

He was undergrad member of Kappa Chapter at Ohio State, graduated at Washington State and completed his advance work at the University of Washington.

Andrew W. White Jr., M. D., was elected to the San Mateo County Revenswood City School Board. He was frontrunner all the way.

He received his education from Howard University and American University.

Dr. White served on a committee in organizing the Menlo Park Boys Club, a member of the Peninsular Pioneers, member of the Medical Association and the Palo Alto Rotary Club. He served on the 1960 San Mateo County Conference on Children and Youth.

Eta Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha sponsored a Vocational

Guidance Workshop, theme - Career Bound. Willis A. Williams, Principal of Addison Elementary School is the chairman of the educational committee.

All brothers pitched in and made the workshop a success. Many plans are on the way for a future workshop, which will cover San Mateo, Palo Alto, San Jose and many other Peninsular Schools.

ALPHA PSI HAS ANNIVERSARY Recently we celebrated our 55th A n niversary and on Founders' Day the brothers celebrated by having dinner in the University Cafeteria. Desert included a large cake which was decorated with the number 55 and trimmed with Black and Gold icing. Before dining all of the brothers stood and said the Fraternity Prayer.

On the campus of Lincoln University, Missouri, the brothers of Alpha Psi are holding high the name of Alpha Phi Alpha. The final week of this month has been designated for semester final examinations and the chapter is sending a letter of encouragement to all freshmen men to keep in mind, "the doing of good scholastic work in his chosen vocation, thereby accomplishing the real end of a college course."

Many of the brothers have received outstanding scholastic awards and are forging ahead as leaders in campus and community activities. Some of them are: Brother Charles Ledbetter who was elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, serves as President of the Junior Class, President of Phi Mu Alpha, member of the Pan Hellenic Council, Vice-President of the Student Government Association, Dormitory Counselor and a pledge of Alpha Phi Omega.

Brother Artis Johnson is a member of Who's Who, President of the NAACP Chapter and a member of the Human Relations Committee, which accomplished the integregation of the local restaurants and hotels without incident last year.

Brothers of Alpha Psi Chapter, Jefferson City, Mo. Left to Right: Brothers Philip Rice, Paul Middleton, Vincent Mukes, James Tippen, Richard Middleton and Roy Howell.

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Brother Howard Smith is the first Lincoln student to work in the Adult Correctional Rehabilitation program at the Missouri State Penitentiary Brother Walter Jackson is Chief Counselor in Foster Residence Hall, Vice-President of the Sociology Club and has been awarded three Fellowships to do graduate study in Sociology that include a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a Ford Foundation Fellowship and a University of Missouri Fellowship.

Brother Robert Jackson is a counselor in Foster Hall and is a coordinator of activities and work schedules in the Maintenance Department of the University.

Brother Joe Richardson is Vice-President of the NAACP Chapter, Coordinator of National Student Association affairs for the University, a pledge to Alpha Phi Omega, a member of the Pan-Hellenic Council and a Committee Chairman of the Student Government Association.

Brother Ralph George is also an electee to Who's Who as well as being president of the Sociology Club, a m e m ber of the Human Relations Committee, assistant to the Veterans Counselor of the University, director of Teen Town for the Jefferson City Community Center, a recipient of the Phi Beta Sigma Leadership Award for 1960, a member of the Grievance Committee of the Student Government Association and has received Fellowship offers for graduate study in Sociology from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the National Science Academy.

Brother Aguinaldo Lenoir is one of two Representatives at Large of the Student Government Association.

Brother Martin Carrington is a student coach for the Lincoln Tigers Basketball Team.

Brothers Lonnie Powell, Paul Middleton, James Tippen, Clyde Shelly, Joe Richardson a . . J little Brothers Wayne Shipley and Joseph Ward are all members of the House Council of Allen Hall and exert great influence

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on its programs.

The biggest social event on the campus is the annual Black and White Ball given in the Spring by the brothers of Alpha Psi. It is usually held in the ballroom of the Missouri Hotel.

Let it not be said that the brothers are not productive in the area of good scholarship, for here they rank first among all organizations on the campus.

In the area of current events the brothers endeavor to support all worthy causes and actions and to lead in the development of a healthy relationship between faculty and students, and University family and the community.

BROTHER SADLER RECEIVES AWARD

BROTHER HARDWICK NAMED

A. G. Sadler, vocational agriculture teacher at J. W. Holley School in Sylvester, received the Honorary Superior Farmer Degree during the 27th National Convention of New Farmers of America, October 3, in Atlanta. This is the highest degree offered by this

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APPRECIATION I wish to thank every brother in Alpha who took time out to cast his ballot for me. The contest is now over, therefore, I wish that you would do as I shall do, give all support possible to Bro. Hale at present and to PresidentElect, Bro. T. Winston Cole when he takes over that Alpha may remain "First of All and Servants of All." Let us join hands and work together that A]p!->a may be what we all dream of it being.

Lionel H. Newsome, Morehouse College

SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONVENTION PROGRAM (Continued from page 22) Saturday, April 21, 1962 7:45 a. m. - 9:00 a. m. Breakfast 9:00 a. m. - 11:00 a. m. Meeting of Commissions and Committees 12:00 Noon - 3: 00 p. m. Third General Session - Brother F. O. Woodard, State Director of Miss. Presiding a. Introduction of Speaker - Brother L. O. Swingler, Epsilon Xi Lambda b. Address - Brother Lionel Newsom, Eta Lambda Chapter, "The Local Chapter As The Image Maker of Alpha" c. "Creative Ideas" - Opened Discussion d. Introduction of Visitors e. Report of all Committees and Commissions 3:00 p. m. - 6:00 p. m. Fourth General Session - Brother Walter Washington, Presiding 8:00 p. m. - 10:00 p. m. Formal Banquet (In Honor of College Presidents) 10:00 p. m. - 2:00 a. m. Closed Formal (In Honor of Chapter Secretaries)

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Officers Of Gamma Omicron Lambda, Albany Georgia: Left to Right; Brothers Rev. M. F. Adams, Chaplain; Ben Hampton, Recording Secretary; James demons, Corresponding Secretary; Erasmus Dent, Vice President; Forest Kirkpatrick, Treasurer; J. H. Chadwell, President. (Not shown - O. H. Brown Editor of The Sphinx). organization. Sadler is a graduate of the Agriculture and Technical College in Greensboro, N. C. and holds a Master's degree in agricultural education from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He has four majors on Master's l e v e l : Biological Science, Natural Science, school of administration and agricultural education; however, he has dedicated his life to teaching vocational agriculture.

He has served as critic teacher at Fort Valley State College in the department of Agriculture since 1946.

Brother Sadler holds membership in the National Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association, American Vocational Association, Y. M. C. A. and is a charter member of Gamma Omicron Lambda Chapter; is married and has four children.

Bro. J. H. Chadwell. President of Gamma Omicron Lambda, congratulates Brother A. G. Sadler for receiving Top National N. F. Award.

Brother Clifford E. Hardwick, III. head of the Biology Department at the A. E. Beach High School and president of Beta Phi Lambda Chapter, hn>: bi <â&#x20AC;˘" accorded the distinction of being r JIIA-O t i e first supervisor for Negro schools in Savannah. The appointment wa> announced on November 27 and Brother Hardwick assumed his new duties immediately. In addition to his regular duties, he will give special attention to the science field, with a view toward strengthening this area in all of the local schools.

In the summer of 1960, Brother Hardwick won a National Science Foundation Fellowship to attend Howard University where he specialized in radiation biology. His project consisted of running surveys on radiation fallout around Washington. The study was considered so outstanding that he r e ceived a special certificate of merit. As head of the Biology Department at the Beach High School, he was credited with having developed one of the best science departments in the state of Georgia.

Brother Hardwick holds professional membership in the National Education Association, the Georgia Teachers and

mim Clifford E. Hardwick, III President of Beta Phi Lambda Education Association, the Chatham County Teachers Association, and the Biology Teachers Association. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, Saint Phillips Monumental A. M. E. Church and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chatham County Employees Federal Credit Union.

Brother Hardwick is a native Savannahian. He earned the B. S. De gree in biology at Savannah State College in 1950 and the Master's Degree in biology at the University of Pittsburg in 1959. He is married to Mrs. Beautine Williams Hardwick, president of the local Alphabettes. They have two future Alphas - Clifford, IV, and Kenneth.

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Omega C h a p t e r Dr. O s m o n d H. B r o w n , Sr. Dr. Osmond Henry Brown, 78, rector emeritus of St. Philip's Episcopal Church and honorary canon .of St Paul's Cathedral, died in Buffalo General Hospital after a long illness.

In 1956, upon his retirement as rector of St. Philip's after thirty-three years of service, he was the guest of honor at a testimonial dinner attended by more than 300 persons in Kleinhans Music Hall. In 1950, the Rt. Rev. Lauriston L. Scaife, Episcopal Bishop of Western New York appointed Father Brown an honorary canon of St. Paul's, the first Negro clergyman to be so honored in the history of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.

Dr.Brown was born in Jamaica,British West Indies. He attended Howard University, Washington, D. O , Oskaloosa (la.) College and City College of New York. He received his bachelor of divinity degree in 1916 from General Theological Seminary. After his ordination he served in several churches before coming to Buffalo in 1923. He attended Hartford, Connecticut's Foundation School of Religious Education where he received a master's degree of pedagogy. His honorary doctor of divinity degree was conferred in 1930 by Hood Theological Seminary,

New York.

In 1957, the third annual Award of Merit of the Katherine Pratt Horton Buffalo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was given to Dr. Brown. He was active also in the United Negro College Fund drives, the Michigan Avenue YMCA and the Ministers Alliance of Buffalo and Erie County. He was grand chaplain of the most Worshipful Prince Hall, Grand Lodge of New York State and a member and past chaplain of St. John's Lodge, 16 F & AM. D r . D a v i d E. P a r k e r On August 3, 1961, Delta Sigma Lambda Chapter and the city of Pine Bluff suffered a tragic loss in the untimely death of Bro. Dr. D. E. Parker, who was accidently electrocuted in his home. Bro. Parker has been an active member of Delta Sigma Lambda Chapter, having served as chapter president in 1956 and also in 1957. Bro. Parker became an Alpha through Alpha Chi Chapter in 1943 while he was an honor student at Fisk University, where he pursued a pre-dental course of study.

bership in Kappa Sigma Pi and also Omicron Kappa Ipsilon honor fraternities in dentistry. He graduated from Dental School in 1947 as the top r a n k ing student in his class.

In addition to his fraternal activities, Bro. Parker was active in religious, civic, and professional affairs. He was an active member and recognized leader in the St. John A. M. E. Church of Pine Bluff; a mason; president-elect of the J. C. Corbin School P. T. A., chairman of the Legal Redress Committee of the Pine Bluff Branch NAACP; past president of the Pine Bluff Branch NAACP; past president of the Arkansas Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association; member of the National Dental Association; member of the Arkansas Council on Human Relations; and an adult leader in local Boy Scout work. Serving in the Armed Forces from 1952 to 1954, he was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas where he attained the rank of Captain.

Entering the Dental School of Meharry Medical College in 1944, he was again an honor student, holding m e m -

Bro. Parker was married in 1947 to the former Mary Dell Guinn of Fort Worth, Texas, and became the father of three children. In addition to his wife and children, Bro. Parker is survived by his mother, Mrs. John W. Parker, Sr., of Pine Bluff and two brothers, Dr. John W. Parker, Jr. of Brooklyn, New York and Raymond Parker, Los Angeles.

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Phi Lambda Chapter o/ Little Rock, Ark. presented its Annual Debutantes Ball in the Robinson Auditorium December 21. Twenty-six lovely and talented young ladies were presented as pictured above. Front Row L. to R.; kiddie Mae Smith, La Ruth Smith, Vickie Smith, Mary Scott. Jacquelyn Johnson, Dorothy Frazier, Dtlores Warren, Mary Fitzpatrick, Carolyn Mitchell, Bernice Bass and Robbie Binns. Second Row; Patricia Plummer, Rose Graves and lzora White.

Third Row; Leola McFarlin, Brenda Zeigler, Faye Smith, Lillian Pruitt and Gloria Clark. Fourth Row; Dionna Eubanks, Sylvia Caruth and Yvonne Richardson.

Fifth Row; Barbara Sales, Benneitta Williams, June Ross and Helen Morgan, the Chapter Sweetheart.

Phi Lambda Chapter - Little Rock, Ark. Left to Right, Bro. W. Harry Fowler.

Miss Helen Morgan, Chapter Sweetheart, Bro. Dr. Morris A. Jackson.

Chapter President, and Bro. Dr. G. W. S. Ish.

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DEMOCRACY'S FULFILLMENT (Continued from page 13) education, was named President-elect of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He was out in a three-man contest for the presidency which also included Brother James E. Huger, former General Secretary and business manager of BethuneCookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida; and Brother Dr. Lionel H. Newsom. of the Social Sciences Department, at Morehouse College, and former Director of Education. Brother Cole will succed Brother Dr. Hale as General President after the close of the 1962 Convention in Columbus, Ohio.

Major change in the official roster for 1962 was election of Brother C. Anderson Davis, of Bluefield, West Virginia, as editor of the Sphinx.

Other officers elected or reelected included regional vice-presidents Walter Washington, of Utica, Miss., Southern; Granville Jackson, San Francisco, California, Western; Wayne C. Chandler, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Southwestern; Al Collins, Cleveland, Ohio, Midwestern; and Alfred Fentress, Norfolk, Virginia, Eastern; Brother Meredith G. Ferguson, of Nashville, General Treasurer; Brother Dr. Clifton R. Jones, of Philadelphia, Director of Education; Brother William H. Brown, of Philadelphia, General Counsel.

All convention officers, and chairmen of standing committees made creditable reports with copies available for delegates to secure for benefit of their r e spective chapters. The financial status of Alpha Phi Alpha is reflected in the reports of Brother Laurence T. Young, General Secretary, of Chicago; Brother W. D. Hawkins, of Nashville, Auditor; Brother Kermit J. Hall, of Philadelphia, Chairman of the Budget Committee; and Brother Ferguson, General Treasurer.

In the overall evaluation of our conventions during the past twenty years . . . perhaps longer, there must be taken into the equation those loyal and dependable brothers who are on hand in season and out; and without seeking any recognition but that of the lot of the yeomen. They are as much a part of the convention scene as our 'top brass' and their particular functions are essential to our fraternal wellbeing. These brothers possess much of the essence that makes an Alpha Convention the unforgettable experience in our fraternal life.

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evident or lavish than when the wives of Alpha fraters of Louisville, Lexington, Frankford and Hopkinsville e n tertained wives and children of visiting Alphas during the Convention.

At the Sheraton Hotel, headquarters of the convention, Hospitality Suites were set up for both wives and children of the visitors, with a hostess from 8:00 A. M. - 6:00 P. M. Here, a place was provided for relaxation, an opportunity to chat with friends and a place for the children to play and enjoy themselves when not on a tour or party.

ATpha Kappa Alpha Sorority started the round of festivities, with its annual Debutante Ball December 26th, at the Henry Clay Hotel. Twenty-six beautifully gowned young ladies were presented to their fathers. They made a picture long to be remembered with their long, flowing white dresses and poinsetta corsages. After the Cotillion dance with their escorts, the Debs waltzed with their fathers and formally opened the dance program of the evening. Refreshments were served and everyone enjoyed the dancing that followed.

A "Get Acquainted" party was given on the first convention day in the Plantation Room of the Sheraton. Mrs. Hortense Young was chairman of this affair and was assisted by Mrs. Delores Smith, who conducted lively games. Cocktails and Hors d' oeuvres were served during the time and there was time to really get acquainted.

The second day a Style-Show Luncheon was a thing of beauty. It was held in the main dining room of the Medical Arts Building, among the most beautiful and artistic Christmas decorations.

Mrs. Vera Dockery was chairman and she was supported by a well organized committee. The guest model was Miss Cordie King of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Local models: Misses Sandra Lawson, Vickie Bryant, Olive Mackey, Vivian Trabue, Mesdames Cora L. Willis, Eunice Willis and Norma Shobe. The narrator was Miss Winona Fletcher of Frankford, Ky. Music from the organ

by Billy Madison formed the background for this gala affair.

No trip is complete unless one sees the places of interest and the things for which a city is noted. To do this for L o u i s v i l l e , a Luncheon Tour was planned by Mrs. Lois Morris, chairman, and her committee. Visits were made to the Brown-Forman Distillery, to Churchill Downs, Exposition Center and General Electric's Appliance Park.

Luncheon for the guests was served in Bigelow Hall of the University of

Louisville where we were greeted by the Assistant to the President who gave some interesting facts concerning the College and its program.

The tour was routed through a section of beautiful homes and stops were made at those of Alphabettes, Mrs. Wiley Daniels, Mrs. Lacomis Curry, Mrs. Waverly Johnson and Mrs. Orville Ballard. Here, dainty sandwiches, cake, coffee and eggnog were served. Seemingly all too soon the busses came and the guests were returned to the Sheraton Hotel.

Farewell Party" was given on the final day in the Oak Room of the Sheraton Hotel. Mrs. Alicia McAlpin, chairman. After Brunch, a "Name That Tune" game was played. Songs beginning in 1906, the year Alpha Phi Alpha was organized, on to the present, were played on the organ by Mr. Thomas Queen. Beautiful prizes were awarded the winners.

And so the Louisville Convention 1961 Edition, closes but not without one lingering and heart-touching action for the records. The memorial service for our deceased brothers who were transferred to Omega Chapter during the year that was ending. And over the span of twenty years that transpired between the two Louisville Conventions, the lengthening shadow cast by the passing of an increasing number of our brothers - from our revered Jewels to our neophyte brothers, gave mute testimonial to the inexorable march of time.' Yet the spirit of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will always live because these departed brothers Lived, and their deeds are the substance by which such an inspiring story as told by the 1961 Louisville Convention is made possible.

* * * * FROM THE PRESIDENT-ELECT Bro. J. Winston Cole I should like to express appreciation to the Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated for your confidence in my ability to maintain the current standards of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. as its General President-Elect.

I am pleased to take this opportunity also to advise you of my determination to use the time provided by this current year to acquaint myself with our organization at the national level.

Rest assured that after my inauguration, December 1962 I shall do my best to provide the organization with the leadership needed.

I know that I can count on the support and interest of each and every member of our organization.

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ALPHA MEN DOMINATE MINNESOTA'S SQUAD One can hardly write of sports today without giving a large part of the a r ticle to Negro athletes. This has been the case of the University of Minnesota's football squad. This great team is dominated by Negroes and, as usual, Alpha men take the lead.

The Rose Bowl is possibly the most popular of the several football classics in America, looked forward to by millions of sports fans each year. The 1962 New Year's game was between UCLA and the University of Minnesota; Minnesota won, 21-3. Alpha men dominated this game with Sandy Stephens scoring Minnesota's first touchdown.

Stephens was superb and was named the most valuable player in this game.

Sandy ended a brilliant college football career as All American quarterback.

About Alpha, Brothers on the winning team; members of Mu Chapter, Minneapolis, Minn.: Sanford (Sandy) Stephens, 6-1, 215 pounds, Uniontown, Pa., strong runner, better than average passer, calls his plays well, good punter, strong d e fensive back - Minnesota's best football player. He is a quick, bullish runner, dangerous on the wide quarterback options, fully capable of bursting the middle on quick openers. He is daring, but calculating field general.

Despite a weak ankle that bothered him much of the year, Stephens r e mains a good punter. On defense, he is a poised, sure defender, one of the best safetymen in the Big Ten. He has

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Minnesota's A l l - A m e r i c a n Quarterback, S a n d y S t e p h e n s , h a d p l e n t y of l i m e to g e t this pass a w a y against N o r t h w e s t e r n as h i s t e a m m a t e s put u p a solid w a l l of protection in front of h i m . S t e p h e n s ' passing w a s a decisive factor in the 10-3 t r i u m p h for the Gophers.

ROBERT L. McNEIL Guard

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been named to LOOK Magazine - Football Writers Association, UPI, Sporting News, and Associated Press AllAmerican first teams.

Stephens is married to the former Frances Kay Stone of St. Paul who, aIong with his mother, Mrs. Helen Pryor Stephens of Uniontown, Pa., is one of his most ardent fans.

Bobby Lee Bell, First Team Tackle, is a lithe 6-4, 218 pound quarterback from an all-Negro high school at Shelby, N. C. and is indeed, the complete athlete. He has been named to the Look - Football Writers Association, Football Coaches Association, Sporting News, and ABC-TV All American first teams. "His transition from quarter -

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back to All America Tackle in two years is one of the modern wonders of football."

Bell's vast sense of humor makes him one of the most popular men on the Gopher squad. In an interview after the game: "Bobby Lee, it looks like those boys were running up and down your shin bones all afternoon long."

"They sure were, and, you know, there wasn't a one of 'em said 'excuse me'."

Carl Eller, starting left tackle is a 6-6, 235 pound sophomore from Winston Salem, N. C. Minnesota coach Murray Warmth said at the season's outset that much of the Gopher's 1961 success would depend on the play of Carl Eller. Eller was spelled brilliantly late in the season by reserve Jim Wheeler, but Wheeler suffered a cracked ankle bone in the Purdue game and the Gophers were left with only one left tackle for the Wisconsin game.

They used only one. Eller played the entire 60 minutes in a bruising battle.

Fellow Carolianians Bell and Eller share a common talent for football, but are a marked contrast in personality studies.

Where Bell is a witty, relaxed person, Eller is extremely quiet and thoughtful, prompting one midwest sports writer to refer to him as "the polite giant".

Bill Munsey, first team right Halfback, 5-11%, 198 pound, is a native of Uniontown, Pa. Sport News states: "Minnesota, in recent years, hasn't had a pair of natural athletes like Munsey and tackle Bobby Bell." "The fact that Munsey came back to play through the stretch against Michigan State, Iowa, Purdue and Wisconsin is a testimony to his courage. After the Northwestern game, Bill was on the shelf with a dislocated left shoulder, a wrenched left knee and a severely sprained left ankle.

He was a terrible convalescent. "The hardest knock you could take in a game is easy compared to having to sit on the sidelines," he said. "It nearly killed me to miss the Michigan game."

It nearly killed Minnesota, too."

Robert L. McNeil, guard, 5-11, is a 204 pound youngster from Ardmore, Pa. Roland L. Mudd, right guard, 6-1, is a 214 pound Sophomore from Braddock, Pa. EDITORS NOTE - Most of the material for this article was taken from "Sport News" a news sheet of the University of Minnesota, Dept. of Physical Education and Athletics, supplied by Bro. M. Patterson, treasurer of Gamma Xi Lambda.

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