The SPHINX | Winter 1962 | Volume 48 | Number 4 196204804

DECEMBER 1962

VOLUME XLVIII/4

CONTENTS: 1 DECEMBER . . . month of hope and advent ARTICLES 2 3 4 6

WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME ALPHA TODAY 56TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION BEACON LIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS

DEPARTMENTS 8 LETTERS FROM GENERAL OFFICERS 12 JOB OPPORTUNITIES 12 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 13 MUSING WITH THE POETS 13 SCHOLASTIC HONOR ROLL 14 ALPHA WIVES AND CHILDREN 16 EDITORIALLY SPEAKING 16 REFRESH YOUR MEMORY 17 BOOKS 18 THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS 20 FRAT FUN 22 NEWS WITH A NATIONAL FLAVOR 25 CHAPTER ACTIVITIES 35 BROTHERS IN THE ARMED FORCES 36 OMEGA CHAPTER FRONT COVER: THE THREE WISE MEN (The Visit Of The Magi) "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem. Matt. 2:2 The wise men had carefully studied nature and the writings of their time and •were well aware that a message of love (a great symbol) was to descend upon the world. There is no way to ascertain whether or not the story of the Magi really hapoened at all as a matter of literal fact, nevertheless, the importance and value of the story does not depend upon its accuracy for it is symbolic of the universality of Christ and his message, and that all mankind come to worship Him. There is a legend that the three wise men rested by the Sphinx in Egypt as they travelled toward Jerusalem.

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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, L. W. Jeffries, Frank W. Mitchell.

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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.

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WELCOME TO THE NEW BORN KING . . . . And Then The New Year

"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given; And the government shall be upon his shoulder;

and his

name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."

What is the sincere Christmas Is it party, fun or a tinkling

joy? toy?

Is it the gifts from others to you?

Or the preparation

No!

we usually do?

the joy of Christmas is to be found:

The deeds and love for others - year

'round.

The practice of honor and truth each day, In the Christ Child - life giving - way.

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"Another year is dawning, Dear Master, let it be, In working or in waiting another year with Thee". Amen.

Ifyai (EljnatmaH fflmw ®a Mt countless interpretations of the Christmas Story and choirs are becoming BY BRO. JAMES E. HUGER

hoarse from singing hymns and carols and cantatas. Almost no one in our Christian society is ignorant of that story. It will be told over and over in schools and hospitals; and millions will

All I want for Christmas is . . .

As I reflected on what Christmas meant to me, I remembered something Jimmy, my oldest son, said about Christmas when h e as just a tot.

When I asked him what he wanted for Christmas, he gave me the name of a popular tune, "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth". This is what Christmas meant to him. As a result of my experiences I react differently for, as I view the world, with its ills, its opportunities and its challenges, I cannot help but think of a passage of scripture that said " . . that they may be one . . " The romance and poetry with which the birth stories are surrounded should arouse within every breast a deeper religious consciousness. For as no other season of the year offers, a musty, old manger will be set against a background of singing angels and worshipping shepherds; the brilliancy of a lonestar that made these wise men wander from distant Persia. On this side of the world millions of care-free feet will trudge beneath tons of gaily wrapped packages and almost every home will hold some token of the tense season of mirth and tears. "Tis the season to be jolly", millions will sing. But on the other side of the world the story will be different. Millions of weary feet will trudge beneath mountains of indecisions and fears.

Bloated stomachs made that way by hunger, will be the common scene in India and Greece and China and Korea.

Just plain confusion and multiple want will be the common scene provided by the ghettoes of America. This is Christmas.

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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone 'round dbout them; and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising' God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

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ST. LUKE 2: 8-14

go mildly mad in the panic oi presents and passions. You cannot stop it - it'st Christmas. But the other day I found the Babe Of Bethlehem transformed into the Man of Galilee. There was no strange astrology now, no gold and frankincense and m y r r h ; but only t h e somber background of a dark world set against His ministry. In the 17th Chapter of John He is praying to His Father in Heaven, Three tiirles this prayer that spans the entire chapter the Master makes the same request:" . . . that they may be one . . . " Here was the very crux of all His birth could mean.

This was the end result of singing angels and magnificently lit skies. W e shall tragically fail in our attempt to grasp the Christmas Stdry unless we come face to face with the reality of Christ's ministry: ". . . that they may be one . . . " Here was a world-shaking pronouncement. In S world torn by divisions of all descriptions, Christ seeks to bring people and problems together. How well this gospel has succeeded may either serve to inspire or shame us.

World tensions brought about by the inability of men to find peaceful solutions to the many problems that confront us — the Cuban situation, the c6nflict in the East, the conflict b e tween the United States and Russia — all tend to shame us in the eyes of Jesus.

We need to return to the basic principles as preached in the sermon on the Mount. As I close this reflection I cannot help but feel that all I would want for Christmas is a self fit to live with, a purpose fit to liVe for, and a faith fit to die by.

May God in his infinite wisdom bless us all and give us Peace on Earth so that all men may live in brotherhood.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Bro. James E. Huger, a life member of Alpha, was former General Secretary, - is now administrative assistant to the president of Bethune - Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida.

THE SPHINX

ALPHA TODAY

by Bro. Aaron Brown

men: Alabama A. an M., Albany State, " . . . Fraternal Spirit Binds . . . " Bethune-Cookman, Central State, Today, The Alpha Phi Alpha Fra- Clark, Kentucky State, North Carolina ternity, Inc., the first Greek letter or- State, South Carolina State, Talladega, ganization among Negroes, founded Tuskegee, Virginia State, West Virin 1906 at Cornell University, has a ginia State and Wiley. cumulative membership of approxiAlpha Phi Alpha men are nationally mately 20,000 and, of this number, more recognized for their contributions in than 6,700 are living and active. We other fields of endeavor as: Social have 300 chapters with 4,500 Graduate Welfare, International Relations, MediBrothers and 2,300 undergraduate cine, Dentistry, Business, Law, BankBrothers. The 180 Graduate chapters ing, Public Relations, Music, Religion, are located in our major cities and a- Journalism, Art, Athletics, and Politics. broad while the 120 undergraduate Today, men of Alpha are among the chapters are on the campuses of lead- top personnel in the several categories ing colleges and universities. listed above as they were yesterday The racial designation of the Fra- and will be tomorrow. ternity was never intended to imply an There are today a number of most exclusive membership for Alpha has encouraging situations and trends. If always recognized an inclusive racial they are continued and developed, Aldesignation or complexion of its mem- pha Phi Alpha will be even stronger bers. Today, the number of white can- and thereby render greater service to didates is on the increase and Caucasian all mankind through noble, true and Brothers have been convention dele- courageous actions. A few of these gates and speakers. are: " . . . The Noble, The True and The 1. The general undergraduate awakCourageous . . . " ening. I do not agree with those who Alpha men have always exhibited a say that the quality of our undergradmilitant liberalism. A few examples uates is at a low ebb. I know, however, will suffice: that there is much evidence in spotty Almost twenty years ago, the Fra- situations for such a belief. But, one ternity's famous Elmer Henderson Case should consider the total undergraddealt a death blow to unfair railroad uate picture. I observe as I travel transportation practices. In 1946 the over the country a trend on the part of Fraternity led the way in breaking undergraduate chapters to strive for down educational d i s c r i m i n a t i o n academic excellence. Kent State is an through its University of Texas - Her- example. man M. Sweatt Case. All are familThe undergraduates acquitted themiar with such present day civil rights selves well at the last General Constalwarts as Brothers Thurgood Mar- vention. This was obvious when they shall, Martin Luther King, Jr., Austin appeared before committees, when T. Walden and Arthur Shores. Broth- speaking on the floor, and their coners W. E. B. DuBois and Charles Hous- duct of program responsibilities. They ton were the indisputable initiators of got their sweetheart medallion, lower the Civil Rights Movement in America. convention registration fees, a comAlpha men are currently setting the mitment for more time at conventions pace in the several student movements. and a higher regard for the college One of the Fraternity's most noted student movements.

Brothers in this field is Hamilton 2. The growing and intense interest Holmes at the University of Georgia. on the part of Alpha Wives and sweetToday, Alpha Phi Alpha men are hearts in the program of the Fraternity.

Presidents of more than thirty colleges Today, they are giving excellent coand universities in fifteen states. A- operation to chapters, in regional meetmong these institutions are: The In- ings and at the General Conventions. terdenominational Theological Center, For this, the Brotherhood is most grateMeharry Medical College, Florida A. ful. an M. University, Fisk, Langston, Sou3. The increasing number of subthern. Such well known colleges as stantial scholarship awards being made the following are headed by Alpha by both graduate and undergraduate

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chapters. We need, however, to initiate a plan by which a total financial value of all our scholarships and fellowships can be made public knowledge. The significance of this suggestion is obvious.

4. The expressed concern by u n dergraduates for possible membership in The National Interfraternity Conference.

5. The approaches which are being made to solve the housing problems of undergraduate chapters. Some of these have reflected keen imagination and a sensitivity to the problems. Some include gifts, leases, purchases by several chapters, etc.

6. The variety of our leadership: Today, the leadership is in the hands of College Presidents, yesterday it was the Lawyers, Editors, Business men, and Professors. This is a special challenge to the college people for they are close to the undergraduate situation. " . . . Manly Deeds, Scholarship and Love for all Mankind . . . " The Fraternity has always shown a keen sensitivity to the needs of the masses. It has consistently devoted itself to these problems which hinder the fullest expression of American Democracy. Today, this concern can be understood through an interpretation of the organization's several campaigns: 1911 - The "Go To High School Go To College" campaign began.

1922 - "Negro Business - Rockbed of Progress" came into being.

1937 - "A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People" originated.

These slogans, and others, have motivated Fraternity campaigns over a long period of years. The influence of these campaigns has been far-reachinng and the endeavors have captivated the imagination of other organizations.

Without a doubt much progress has resulted from the hundreds of public programs sponsored by chapters over the country.

Today, during 1962-1963. local chapters will conduct educational campaigns, sponsor career conferences, plan civic or voter registration procedures, and hold public meetings for awarding scholarships. " . . . We Cherish Thy Precepts, Thy Banner Shall Be Raised, To Thy Glory, They Honor and Renown."

Today, several serious questions face Alpha Phi Alpha and we must answer them if we are to raise higher Alpha's Banner to her Glory, Honor and Renown. Since the number "seven" has a special meaning to us, I shall list only seven questions: 1. Are we sufficiently concerned a(Continued on page 21)

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DECEMBER Convention Headquarters:

26-29,

D e s h l e r - H i l t o n Hotel

"Strengthening

1962

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C O L U M B U S .

Hosts:

A Great Nation Through Strengthening

OHIO

Kappa and A l p h a Rho L a m b d a C h a p t e r s A Great

Fraternity"

BRO. DR. EARL BLAND

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Office of the President, Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter To The Members of Alpha Phi Alpha:

BHO. WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

BRO. DR. H A R R Y V. RICHARDSON

Bro. Whitney M. Young, Jr. Bro. Whitney M. Young, Jr. will be the main speaker at the public meeting Thursday evening, December 27th.

Bro. Whitney was Dean of the Atlanta School of Social Work from 1954 to 1961. His undergraduate work was at Kentucky State College, his graduate work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Minnesota, at which latter institution he r e ceived his Master's Degree in social work in 1947. He is now Executive Director of the National Urban League.

Bro. Dr. Harry V. Richardson Bro. Dr. Harry V. Richardson will deliver the banquet address Saturday evening, December 29th. Bro. Richardson received his A. B. degree from Western Reserve University in 1925;

BRO. MALVIN R. GOODE

S. T. B. degree, 1932, from the Divinity School, Harvard University, and his Ph.D, 1945, from Drew University.

Bro. Richardson was Chaplain of Tuskegee Institute from 1932 to 1948; President of Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., from 1948 to 1959; and from 1959 to the present, President of the Interdenominational Theological Center. He is a member of the Central Alabama Conference.

Bro. Malvin R. Goode Bro. Malvin R. Goode will deliver the Fraternal Address at the undergraduate luncheon Friday, December 28, at 12:00 o'clock noon.

Bro. Goode is a former staff member of the Pittsburgh Courier and is now staff newsman on the staff of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Left to Right: General Convention Chairman Bro. Bowen, President-elect Bro. Cole, Mr. Charles Cofleld, public relations counselor; General President Bro. Hale and Alpha Rho Lambda President, Bro. Bland.

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On behalf of the Brothers of our Chapter, it is my pleasure to extend to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity a most hearty welcome to Columbus, Ohio. December 26th - 29th, 1962, where the Fifty-Sixth Anniversary General Convention will be held.

Supplementing this Official Welcome.

I would like to add my own personal. welcome, which springs from a unity of feeling in our Chapter, one with which I have been associated over the six years that I have served as it's President.

It is my hope that this will be the most fruitful and rewarding Convention in the history of our great Fraternity.

Fraternally, R. Earl Bland. M. D.,

CALL TO KAPPA CHAPTER INITIATES All brothers, who were initiated into Kappa Chapter at The Ohio State University, will be honored and presented with a special award, at the Undergraduate Luncheon.

Brother Mai Goode, staff newsman of the American Broadcasting Company assigned to the United Nations, will be the principal speaker. Brother Jesse Owens will be present to respond for all Kappa Chapter initiates.

If you were initiated in Kappa Chapter and plan to attend the Fiftv-Sixth Anniversary General Convention here in Columbus, Ohio, please submit your name, address and year of initiation to Brother Malcolm McCoy, 1570 Grovewood Drive, Columbus 7, Ohio, Chairman of the Undergraduate Luncheon Committee or Brother James Wright, 1769 Clifton Avenue, Columbus 3, Ohio, Co-Chairman of the Undergraduate Luncheon Committee.

A number of the charter members of Kappa Chapter have confirmed that they will attend this convention.

THE SPHINX

DR. N O V I C E C. FAWCETT P r e s i d e n t of Ohio S l a t e University

GOVERNOR

MAYOR

M I C H A E L V.

W. RALSTON

DISALLE

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Office Of T h e P r e s i d e n t

State House, Columbus

O c t o b e r 26, 1962 Mr. J o h n W. E. B o w e n , C h a i r m a n 1962 G e n e r a l C o n v e n t i o n Planning Committee Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 10 East o w n S t r e e t C o l u m b u s 15, Ohio D e a r Mr. B o w e n : I a m gratified to l e a r n t h a t A l p h a P h i A l p h a F r a t e r n i t y , I n c . will be in session for its F i f t y - S i x t h A n n i v e r s a r y G e n e r a l C o n v e n tion h e r e in C o l u m b u s , Ohio, from D e c e m b e r 26, 1962, t h r o u g h D e c e m b e r 30, 1962. I bid you a s i n c e r e w e l c o m e on behalf of T h e Ohio State University.

We at t h i s U n i v e r s i t y a r e all p r o u d of Mr. J e s s e O w e n s a n d t h e o t h e r i n i t i a t e s of K a p p a C h a p t e r . We a r e also p r o u d of t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s of y o u r f r a t e r n i t y a n d t h e o t h e r m e m b e r s of o u r f r a t e r n i t y s y s t e m t o t h e i m p o r t a n t c a u s e of h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n .

T h e role of f r a t e r n i t i e s in p r o m o t i n g h i g h s c h o l a r s h i p , c o m p e t e n t l e a d e r s h i p , and enlightened citizenship contributes to the s t r e n g t h of t h i s U n i v e r s i t y and of o u r n a t i o n .

May y o u r d e l i b e r a t i o n s be p r o f i t a b l e and b r i n e a d d i t i o n a l credit u p o n t h e m e m b e r s of y o u r f r a t e r n i t y and p a r t i c u l a r l y u p o n those e n g a g e d in t h e p u r s u i t of e x c e l l e n c e at this University.

M i c h a e l V. DiSalle Governor

To M e m b e r s of A l p h a Phi A l p h a Fraternity: T h e p e o p l e of Ohio a r e pleased t o l e a r n t h a t t h e m e m b e r s of A l p h a Phi A l p h a F r a t e r n i t y h a v e chosen to hold t h e i r 56th A n n u a l C o n v e n t i o n in C o l u m b u s d u r i n g t h e closing d a y s of 1962. T h i s will b e a p a r t i c u l a r l y i m p o r t a n t t i m e t o reflect u p o n t h e significant e v e n t s and a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s of 1962 a n d look a h e a d to t h e c h a l l e n g e s facing each i n d i v i d u a l , t h e f r a t e r n i t y and t h e nation in t h e f u t u r e .

I a m c e r t a i n t h a t t h e d e l i b e r a t i o n s of t h e C o n v e n t i o n will b e f o r t h r i g h t and m e a n ingful. I k n o w t h a t t h e responsibility to t h e p r i n c i p l e s of a free society t h a t a t t e n d s e d u cational e n d e a v o r s will p l a y a significant role in t h e s e d e l i b e r a t i o n s . F o r t h e s t r e n g t h of y o u r f r a t e r n i t y and t h e s t r e n g t h of y o u r n a t i o n d e p e n d s u p o n t h e i m p r o v e m e n t of e d u c a t i o n and e d u c a t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t i e s .

A l t h o u g h Ohio's D e c e m b e r m a y be cold' I k n o w you will find o u r h o s p i t a l i t y and fellowship w a r m .

Sincerely y o u r s , Novice G. F a w c e t t President

Sincerely, Michael V. DiSalle Governor

WESTLAKE

O F F I C E O F T H E MAYOR City of C o l u m b u s Ohio W. R a l s t o n W e s t l a k e Mayor To M e m b e r s of A l p h a P h i A l p h a Fraternity: As M a y o r of t h e City of C o l u m b u s , I e x t e n d a cordial w e l c o m e to t h o s e of y o u who will a t t e n d t h e fifty-sixth a n n i v e r s a r y c o n v e n t i o n of y o u r i m p o r t a n t a n d i n f l u e n t i a l o r g a n i z a t i o n in t h i s city late in D e c e m b e r .

C o l u m b u s is h o n o r e d to h a v e b e e n chosen as t h e city w h e r e m e m b e r s of A l p h a Phi A l p h a will m e e t to discuss m a t t e r s of concern to all of us.

It is fitting, h o w e v e r , t h a t such a m e e t ing s h o u l d b e held in Ohio's capital for t h e r e a s o n t h a t m e m b e r s of y o u r K a p p a C h a p t e r on t h e Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y c a m p u s h e r e have made many outstanding contributions to t h e b u s i n e s s and professional life of y o u r host city.

As one of t h e oldest a n d l a r g e s t G r e e k l e t t e r f r a t e r n i t i e s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , Alpha Phi Alpha l i k e w i s e h a s p l a y e d an i m p o r t a n t role in o u r n a t i o n ' s s t r u g g l e to a c h i e v e t r u e d e m o c r a c y . A n u m b e r of y o u r m e m b e r s a r e p r e s i d e n t s of i m p o r t a n t colleges and universities. M a n y o t h e r s o c c u p y d i s t i n g u i s h e d positions in tli-e civic life of o u r l a r g e r communities.

It is m y s i n c e r e h o p e t h a t y o u r meeting in C o l u m b u s will be fruitful, and t h a t it will, b y s t r e n g t h e n i n g a g r e a t fraternity, m a k e stronger a great nation.

Sincerely, W. R a l s t o n W e s t l a k e

Mayor

2W/e,

HILTON

COLUMBUS.

OHIO

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DECEMBER, 1962

COMMITTEE

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ALPHA PHI ALPHA

BEACON LIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS

by Bro. Lewis O. Swingler It was with a full measure of pride that I received my copy of the first edition of the SPHINX published u n der the editorship of Bro. C. Anderson Davis of Bluefield, W. Va. Without fanfare our new editor went about the tremendous task of changing over the SPHINX office in record time and in the process lost none of the literary effectiveness essential to providing a well-edited, comprehensive, and distinctive Convention Number.

Congratulations, Brother Davis, for a job well done!

No one knows better than Bro. Davis' predecessors what the SPHINX office entails by way of intricate details, careful financial planning to stay within the budget, and the major decisions that must be made, editorially, in k e e p ing with, not only our basic aims as a college fraternity but also our social action program. This means that the readership interest of our official organ must be projected into the broad and open field of public issues and debate without losing sight of our traditional commitment to the high school and college youth.

It would of course take the fluent pen of our long-time Frat Fun Editor, Bro. Dr. O. Wilson Winters, to do j u s tice in the appraisal of Bro. Davis as a poet. His original poem, entitled "'Rose of A Phi A" coupled with the 'A Phi A Sweetheart Song" and two beautiful illustrations were calculated to give our undergraduate brothers a new lease on good prospects at 'rushing time'. . This column, however, on a more serious note will endeavor to meet the request of the SPHINX Editor for a few names of some of our brothers who carried out noteworthy roles as Alpha men during an era now fading into history. Many of these brothers who left footprints on the Alpha's sands of time during the past twenty years already crossed over into Omega Chapter. Since our Golden Annixersary Convention at Buffalo, New York in 1956, some of the most beloved names in Alphadom have been added to Omega . . . the great Valhalla of our d e parted Alpha souls. Other leaders of

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this passing era are of course yielding their positions of leadership and active encounters on this strenuous field of great challenges and social strife to younger brothers of the fold. Time and circumstances require of course that this should be the case.

Rather than to single out names of great and prominent Alpha brothers at random to cite for their particular accomplishments and let the column b e come only a series of rambling observations, this writer preferred to turn the beacon light of our official publication on the 1946 Convention at Columbus, Ohio for his reflections.

Alpha personalities and events which made the Columbus convention unforgettable sixteen years ago may well explain the reason the choice of Ohio's State Capital for the 1962 convention was almost a foregone conclusion. And why not?

The state of Ohio, official facts and figures would indicate, has a largest paid-up membership of Alpha brothers than any other state. Alpha Rho Lambda and Kappa Chapters in Columbus are major factors which have helped to make this splendid paid-up membership in the state of Ohio possible. Kappa, one of our pioneering undergraduate chapters on the campus of Ohio State University, has turned out some of the greatest names in our fraternal circles. Among these have been the Young brothers - P. Bernard, Jr., and Tom of Norfolk; Jesse Owen and 'big' William Bell.

Bro. Dr. R. Earl Bland, president of Alpha Rho Lambda, walked away with an over-sized trophy attesting to the recognition his chapter had received in Louisville, Ky. as the most active, all 'round graduate chapter. And smiling A Maceo Hill - the one and only A. Maceo - brought back a flood of m e m ories of others as h e led our delegates and visiting brothers in the singing of the Alpha Hymn at the 55th Anniversary Convention. Bro. Hill is a pioneer member of Alpha Rho Lambda in Columbus and an alumnus of Wilberforce University where Bros. A. L. Simpson and John J. Erby of XI Chapter made history by writing the most beautiful songs in all of college Greekdom - the "Alpha Hymn". Bros. Hill

and Bland, along with a host of other loyal, devoted Alpha men in Columbus, will certainly do what the Kentucky Alphas did at their historical convention of last December, that is add a n other lustrous page to our ever-expanding record of distinctive service to mankind.

Who were some of the brothers of that memorable session in Columbus of sixteen years ago?

The younger delegates from the college campuses around the nation, and others still in uniforms as military servicemen are today in the vanguard of our great struggle. Many of them are the present leaders of our fraternity.

The spotlight of course was on the brothers whose names shall follow: Two of Alpha's most distinguished sons were public speakers at the Columbus convention. They were Bro. Paul Robeson, famous baritone singer, who was hailed as "citizen of the world" during his great message and concert at Memorial Hall, and Bro. Dr. Channing H. Tobias, an international YMCA leader, who told of his experiences in China and Africa. Bro. Tobias only last fall answered the call to Omega Chapter.

Bro. Atty. Belford V. Lawson, who had the year before been elected as General President, presided in Columbus at his first session. His first annual address included these significant words: "I believe that there is an intimate connection of tragic urgency between the problems of minorities the world over. The Fraternity's program in this field of activity is original, far-reaching, and effective."

Bro. Burt A. Mayberry of Kansas City, Mo. also took over his duties as General Secretary at Columbus. Energetic and congenial, Burt, the moving spirit of Beta Lambda, Alpha's second graduate chapter to be organized and the first west of the Mississippi River, succeeded Bro. Joseph H. B. Evans of Washington, D. C. Bro. Mayberry compiled voluminous notes at this ThirtySecond General Convention in Columbus to give his first term in office a tremendous boost. At Columbus he was ably assisted by Bros. Walker S. Quarles and R. Allen Durant.

Bro. Maceo Smith of Dallas, Texas, after being elected in Chicago as Southwestern Vice President (an election which Maceo did not learn about until after the convention), returned to the Midwest to take the measurement of an Alpha Convention in Columbus for what later became his official duty to (Continued on page 7)

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BEACON LIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS (Continued from page 6) preside over for three consecutive terms as General President.

Bro. H. Councill Trenholm who entered Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity by way of Theta Chapter, Chicago U n i versity delivered the Fraternal A d dress. Former Southern Vice-President and former Director of Education, Bro. Trenholm has been one of Alpha's stalwarts across the years. He was caught up in the Maelstrom of the integration struggle on the campus at Alabama State College at a time when extended illness had already rendered him too physically weak to give the best account of himself. Dr. T r e n holm's place in the affairs of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, however, had been made secure long before the r a cial storm broke over Alabama State College, an institution founded by his father and over which Bro. Trenholm had served as president for more than three decades.

The rank of Jewels and Past General Officers in Columbus, in point of service, covered the entire scope of our fraternal operation. There were J e w els Henry A. Callis and Nathaniel A. Murray, the latter appearing as Founder's speaker; Joseph H. B. Evans, who served for twenty-one years as General Secretary; Dr. Rayford W. Logan who initiated our Education for Citizenship Campaign following the St. Louis, Mo. Convention in 1933; Dr. B. Andrew Rose of Dayton, Ohio, prominent physician; Atty. Raymond W. Cannon of Minneapolis, Minn., who served not only as General President of Alpha but as the first editor of the Sphinx and the first director of education; Dr. S. S. Booker of Youngstown, Ohio, was for many years a sterling leader in the YMCA Movement; Dr. Howard H. Long, former assistant superintendent of schools, Washington, D. C , who, after serving as General President of Alpha, helped to formulate our public policy; Dr. Henry Lake Dickason, for many years president of Bluefield State College, Bluefield, W. Va. and a former General President; and Dr. Charles H. Wesley who served for nine consecutive years as General President and presently our noted historian.

Bro. Truman K. Gibson, Sr. of Chicago, prominent executive of the Supreme executive of the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, added prestige to Alpha's visit to the famous Lockbourne Officers Club where delegates were guests of Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., now General Davis. Al(Continued on page 21)

DECEMBER, r962

Former Sphinx Editor Swingler Passes Sadness hovers around our hearts as we prepare for the 56th General Convention meeting in Columbus, Ohio because of the loss to our ranks of Bro. Lewis Ossie Swingler. Bro. Swingler was editor of the Sphinx Magazine for several years and made a great impression on the Brothers of Alpha. We shall miss his w a r m handshake and the sound advice which he always offered.

We shall not soon forget his long service, his many articles, his masterful editorials, and his happy greetings.

"The moving finger writes; and having writ moves on."

Lewis Ossie Swingler, newspaperman, religious worker, civic leader, teacher, was born in Crittenden County, A r k a n sas, son of the late George W. and Hattie Swingler.

When three years of age he moved with his parents to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He attended the public schools of that city and graduated from the Booker T. Washington High School there. He then matriculated at the University of Nebraska from which institution he r e ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a certificate in Journalism in 1931.

In that same year, 1931, Mr. Swingler came to Memphis to become the editor of the then newly-established Memphis World. He served this paper long and well, and with distinction.

Journalist completely, he found the time and energy to serve for years as the editor of the Sphinx, official organ of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He also served as Regional Director of the Southern Jurisdiction of this far-flung Alpha Fraternity. He also taught journalism at LeMoyne College.

Always devoutly religious, he served as Sunday School Superintendent of the Paradise Baptist Church in Tulsa, while still in his teens. In Memphis he joined First Baptist Church (Lauderdale) in 1932. He was a Trustee of this church.

For twenty-four years he lived in the bonds of matrimony with his wife, Mrs. Edna House Swingler.

Joining with Mrs. Swingler in bereavement are: two sisters, Mrs. Ophelia Mays of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Bea Smith, Seattle, Washington; two brothers, John and Henry Swingler; Mrs. Minnie Rhone and Mrs. Mary Smith, aunts; two uncles, Robert and Lawrence Burton; and other relatives.

He was the brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wheeler of Chicago, Illinois.

Mr. Swingler was in the front rank

of Negro editors in the South to speak out in his paper for Negro civil rights.

He fought during the time when the climate for Negro citizenship and p r o gress was not suited for making heroes of freedom fighters.

He spent a great part of life holding advance-guard positions and making thrusts against the ramparts of discrimination, racial prejudice and segregation. He wore himself out in the process. That possibly explains his sudden and unexpected death. A gentleman until the end, Lewis Ossie Swingler battled to be "the image" of straightforward manhood for his people until he shuffled off the mortal coil . . . and laid down for some muchneeded rest. He died as a warrior should . . . in full battle dress.

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Bro. Swingler's Last Letter To The Editor Mound Bayou, Miss.

March 18, 1962 Rev. C. A. Davis, Editor The Sphinx Magazine Dear Editor, I realize that I am three days over your deadline, but trust that you'll find it possible to do what I had to every so often . . . add a bit of 'rubber to the deadline' to accommodate tardy, but well meaning brothers.

This article also probably has exceeded your 1,200 word limit, but you're the boss. Cut, without any reservation or feeling that I may be a bit perturbed for your having done so. I had to turn out this article under the pressure of helping my homeroom students get out a school paper, and didn't stop to count up the approximate number of words you have allotted for this column.

I believe the article itself bespeaks my sentiment about your first issue, but let me add another word of compliment. I am especially delighted over your compliance with my request for extra copies. Brother W. B. Lucas, a co-worker of mine, has been reclaimed as the result. The other copies will be used to help inspire other u n financial brothers in this area. My picture with those charming ladies gave me quite a social boost. Even my former wife has taken her erstwhile liberty to inquire who the Cincinnati lady is. Thanks for putting me back to work on the SPHINX. Fraternally yours, Bro. L. O. Swingler

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

Dear Brothers in Alpha: V e r y soon n o w w e w i l l a s s e m b l e i n C o l u m b u s , O h i o f o r t h e 5 6 t h A n n i v e r s a r y C o n v e n t i o n a n d o n e of t h e g r e a t e x p e r i e n c e s of o u r lives.

W e w i l l e n j o y t h e r i c h a n d w a r m f e l l o w s h i p of o u r B r o t h e r s a n d w e w i l l e x p l o r e m e a n s f o r strengthening our nation by strengthening our Fraternity.

A n d all t h e w h i l e w e w i l l b e a c t i n g o u t o u r

p a r t s a g a i n s t a b a c k d r o p of e v e n t s w h i c h m a k e o u r s t h e m o s t t h r i l l i n g a n d a w e - i n s p i r i n g p e r i o d of h u m a n history.

T h e m e n of C o r n e l l , i n 1906, c o u l d n o t e v e n d i m l y e n v i s i o n o u r w o r l d of 1962. t h a t t h e y l o n g e d f o r a d i f f e r e n t k i n d of s o c i e t y , a b e t t e r w o r l d . finders remains.

They k n e w only

F i f t y - s i x y e a r s l a t e r o n l y o n e of t h e s e p a t h -

L e t u s a t C o l u m b u s g i v e h i m t h e a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n h e h e l p e d c r e a t e is s o u n d

a n d r o b u s t a n d t h a t t h o s e of u s w h o c a r r y o n h i s w o r k w i l l n e v e r lose s i g h t of t h e g r e a t p r i n c i p l e s

which

m o v e d h i m b e t t e r t h a n half a h u n d r e d y e a r s a g o .

Sincerely and fraternally, WILLIAM H. H A L E

Many Thanks We wish to take this opportunity to thank our many brothers and friends who have so graciously given assistance in publishing the four editions of t h e Sphinx in 1962.

First I should like to thank the delegates of the 1962 convention meeting in Louisville, Ky. for the confidence placed in me. A special thanks goes to Bros. Malvin R. Goode, Felix Warren and J. R. Browne. I wish also to offer special thanks to our most efficient general secretary, Bro. Laurence T. Young, for the fine cooperation that he has given. Our general president, Bro. Hale, has been most helpful and considerate in many ways. We regret that Bro. William H. Hale has such short time in office for I am sure that the fine administration that he has given would be even finer if he had m o r e time. We should like to have PAGE 8

the opportunity of working with him further as our general president, however, we are happy that Bro. T. Winston Cole, who has a fine background with the fraternity and who rendered excellent service as Southwestern Vice President, will be taking over the helm and we are certain that he will do an outstanding job. Bros. Kermit Hall, Meredith G. Ferguson and W. D. Hawkins, J r . have been most helpful and considerate and have meant much t o ward the success of the publications.

We appreciate the help and suggestions given by our former editor, Bro. W. Barton Beatty, Jr., Bros. Frank Stanley, Belford Lawson, L. O. Swingler, Millard Dean, John H. Johnson and Dr. Charles H. Wesley.

I wish that we had space to give special thanks to every brother who has helped in so many ways, but suf-

fice it to say that all of the vice and a s sistant vice presidents have been very helpful and cooperative; and we offer special thanks to all of the brothers and our many chapters that have contributed such fine articles and other materials to our official organ.

Our printers, the Southern Printing Corporation of Bluefield, W. Va., have been cooperative and considerate — for this we are appreciative.

In case I am your editor another year, I solicit your full cooperation that our publication may be even better and more useful to the fraternity in carrying out its objectives — "manly deeds, scholarship and love for all m a n kind".

Your Editor, C. Anderson Davis THE

SPHINX

From The General Secretary's Desk Brother Laurence T. Young General Secretary

In News Letters, the Sphinx, official personal correspondence, and every method available, we have announced to our Brothers that our membership is now at a point where we can be most effective in our role as an influence in our culture.

At the 56th Anniversary Convention, soon to be convened at Columbus, Ohio, you will hear some astounding figures which indicate that w e now enjoy the largest active membership in the history of the Fraternity. This growth will also be reflected in the reports of our fiscal officers.

The spirit of Alpha Phi Alpha was born m a n y years ago (1906) in the hearts and souls of the Founders at Cornell University, and has been transmitted to thousands upon thousands of young men who "saw the light."

Many reasons have been advanced as to why some of our Brothers fail to keep their memberships active once they leave school. They must know that we are Alpha P'fr Alpha men for life.

We do not know the answer, but we do know that if we are to maintain our position in this changing economic and social structure, more of these men must come forward and help put the program over.

Alpha Phi Alpha is not a fraternity of a few men, it is an organized force of all of us. Truly College days swiftly pass, but our responsibilities never pass; they become greater as we move forward, and we are moving forward, and we must continue but, the strength of all is required, if not demanded if this goal is to become a reality.

The gains in our economic, educational and professional status over the past fifty-six years can, in a large measure, be credited to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Democracy and all it stands for is but a spot on the horizon. We can see it as we see the rising sun sending forth its bright rays of light from out of nowhere. We are moving towards that spot and Alpha Phi Alpha is one of the guiding forces. We are on the eve of our greatest day as BUILDERS, this day will not be ours as a gift, but for a price, a price of prayerful dedication, hard work and continued faith in ourselves and our future.

Let us continue to build and never forget the words of John Ruskin who said: "Therefore,

when we build, let us think that we build

forever;

Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone; Let it be such work as our descendants

will thank us for,

And let us think, as we lay stone on stone That a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred Because our hands have touched

them,

And that men will say, as they look upon the labor and the wrought substance of them: SEE, THIS OUR FATHERS

DECEMBER, 1962

DID FOR US."

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,53* BRO. ELMER C. COLLINS

FROM THE MIDWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT The General Convention this should mean a great deal to the western Region.

year Mid-

This December 26th, the General Convention will convene at Columbus, Ohio. As we all know Columbus is located in the center of Ohio. Also, Ohio is nearly centrally located in the heart of the Midwest Region. With

BRO. WAYNE C. CHANDLER

FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT Today we have history in a panorama of fact. In our time of terrific storm,

BRO. WALTER WASHINGTON

FROM THE ASSISTANT SOUTHERN VICE PRESIDENT Brothers, we are now in the midst of another year, one which I hope will be a great year for all of us. In this period of great crises and social revolution, every year has become an important and a crucial one to all men, especially the Negro. As good Alpha

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this geographical situation ideal for the midwest brothers, the officers and members of Alpha Rho Lambda, the host chapter, are very desirous of seeing this convention really and truly aid in giving new life and lend to the growth and development of the Midwestern Region.

With the convention in Columbus, by all means, should bring a large number of brothers from Ohio as well as all over the midwest. Ohio has one very outstanding distinction - it is the state that has the largest number of Alpha Chapters. There are twenty-one chapters in Ohio - twelve are undergraduate and nine are graduate chapters. You can imagine what a delegation we could expect if all chapters send their delegates.

In spite of the fact that we have a Regional Convention each year, we fail to really get a large number of brothers there. Consequently, the feeling

is that we do not enjoy a true r e p r e sentation of our chapters in the m i d west. During the convention the brothers of the Midwestern Region will be called together for special meetings.

At this time they will have a splendid opportunity to meet and really get a c quainted with each other. They will also have a chance to exchange ideas on chapter program, etc.

This year's special attraction will be a Midwestern Suite. The Columbus chapter has set up a special room for our suite. This will serve as a focal point of interest for the Midwest Brothers. There will be posters and pictures from all chapters on display also there will be refreshments served at times. A number of Alpha Wives will serve as hostesses.

I urge all brothers of the Midwest to make every effort to attend this convention. Let's make this one of those we will never forget.

unprecedented changes humanity at a crossroads amid endless forked lightning.

For to those of whom much is given, much is required. Our fraternity must answer these four questions:

Courage, judgment, integrity, dedication - these are the historic qualities of Alpha men everywhere. And these are the qualities, which with God's help, the sons of Alpha hope will char-

acterize our fraternity's conduct in the stormy years that lie ahead. Humbly, I ask His help in this undertaking; but aware that on earth His will is worked by men, I ask for your help, and your prayers as Alpha embarks on this new and solemn journey.

May we say with a strong conviction: I will start anew this year with a higher, fairer, creed; I will search for hidden beauties that elude the grumbler's gaze; I will try to see the beauty spread before me, rain or shine I will cease to preach your duty, and be more concerned with mine.

men we must be prepared to meet this challenge for we are still looked upon as leaders of men. Now is the time for Alpha to make a definite stand, for many are looking to us.

We must maintain our position of leadership among the Negro people. We cannot continue to live on past laurels and accomplishments, but we must strive to meet the challenges facing us with hard work and noteworthy accomplishments. This we cannot a c complish without a strong organization, consisting of effective leaders and conscientious followers. To these ends I am urging all Alpha men to get behind your officers regardless of personal differences, and to help us make Alpha a manifestation of the ideal fraternal organization. Remember in doing this that our organization can be no stronger than its integral parts, the

individual chapters. Yes, strength must come from this source, and this is the area of our general organization that is weakest.

In the aim of making our region a better one, I am offering myself to all brothers of the Southern Region. If I may be of service to any of you, please do not hesitate to call on me. I am also asking for your help. Any advice or constructive criticism will be welcomed.

In order that I may get my records straight, I would like to request that the secretary of each undergraduate chapter in the Southern Region send m e a chapter roster, including a list of the present officers. My address is: 120 South Harris Street Athens, Georgia Thank you, and may we all join together in making Alpha greater.

Are Are Are Are

we we we we

truly truly truly truly

men men men men

of of of of

courage? judgment? integrity? dedication?

THE SPHINX

HAMILTON E. HOLMES

FROM THE SOUTHERN VICE PRESIDENT

HOW TO RECLAIM AND HOLD BROTHERS 1. Set in motion a good chapter program that will meet the needs of both, the brothers and the community.

2. Find out what the delinquent brothers are motivated by and apply

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BRO. C R A N D V E L A. JACKSON

FROM THE WESTERN VICE PRESIDENT The Western Regional Vice President has just returned from the Southwest District where district conferences were held with several chapters in preparation for the Western Regional Convention which will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, April 12 and 13, 1963. The Convention will convene at the Sands Motel in the city of Phoenix. Brother William Corbin will act as convention chairman.

Brother Corbin is well known to the brothers of the Western Region. He has been active as Region-

that same motivation in reclaiming them.

3. All Alpha men are members of the great American middle class. In order for a chapter to hold the interest and allegiance of an Alpha brother, it must help meet the demands r e quired of him as a sensitive middleclass individual.

4. A case history of each brother in the chapter should be set up. This history should include an Analysis of the brother's life as it relates to his family, his profession or employment, his ultimate goals in life, as well as those of his children. There should be a detailed study of the brother's financial needs with the objectives in mind to determine how the chapter can help the brothers make contact to meet these needs.

5. Education of the children of any

middle-class person is a vital concern.

Since all Alpha men fall in this social stratification, it seems valid to assume that one of the major concerns of all Alpha men is to see that their children receive a high type of education.

To meet this passionate need, the chapter should see to it that the brothers of a chapter get scholarship information for their children and make other contacts that would augment the reaching of the educational goals set by the children of Alpha men.

6. Reclamation should be conducted on an individual basis. Each brother to be reclaimed should be worked as a special case.

7. The Brother's March is an effective method. This method includes two or three brothers going to the home of a delinquent brother and inviting him back to the chapter.

al Director for this district for many years.

The brothers expressed a desire to have our attention fbcussed on strong chapter programming. In accordance with their requests emphasis will be placed on chapter programming and planning.

Because the Southwest District is rather remote the Vice President is asking brothers to make plans early to attend. If there is good attendance the brother's position will be greatly enhanced in the Phoenix - Tuscon area.

One suggestion offered by some of the brothers is that we rendevous in San Diego and charter a bus to Phoenix. This is an excellent suggestion as the trip will not be too long and should be fun. The San Diego brothers are all for such a proposal. This would get them into the act and would no doubt lead to some fine entertainment by those brothers.

On the other hand Phoenix is not so far removed from the Midwest and Southwest Regions. We hope we can, again attract brothers from out of the region to participate.

Phoenix is probably the fastest growing city in the west. There are a p proximately 2,500 Negroes in a population of about one half million. It is less than two hundred miles from Nogales. Old Mexico. This may prove i n teresting to those who want to do something after the convention. There are two major universities in Phoenix and many places of entertainment.

Phoenix is typically "old west", with a modern touch surrounded by hills and mountains rolling with tumble weeds and nurtured by a bright brilliant sun. You have never seen the sun shine so meaningfully nor the moon so invitingly or the stars so radiantly until you come to Phoenix. The weather is comfortable at this time of year.

ADDRESS

CHANGES

THE W R O N G A D D R E S S is v e r y costly. Each issue that is returned for a n y reason costs $0.10 plus $0.05 for m a i l i n g another c o p y to the correct address.

Brothers and chapter secretaries are urged to k e e p the National office and the office of the S p h i n x i n f o r m e d w h e n addresses c h a n g e for any reason. S e v e r a l S p h i n x m a g a z i n e s h a v e b e e n returned b e c a u s e the postm a n could not d e l i v e r due to the fear of a bad dog. P l e a s e chain your dog so that the p o s t m a n can deliver your S p h i n x m a g a z i n e .

D E C E M B E R , 1962

P A G E 11

CLIFTON R. JONES

A REPORT ON GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT If you can qualify for any of the following positions, get your application from the nearest Post Office or write to the Board of Civil Service Examiners, U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C. Information and Editorial (Visual stills) $6,435 to $8,955; Research and Development positions for Chemists, Mathematicians, Metallurgists and Physicists $5,335 to $13,730. Public Health Nutritionist, $6,435 to $13,730; Social Worker (Child Welfare) Clinical, Correctional, Child Welfare Advisor, Public Assistance Specialist, Welfare Service Specialist, Psychiatric Adviser and Specialist, R e habilitation Advisor, $5,355 to $13,730.

Biological Research Assistant, Biochemist Physicist (Field of Radioisotopes) Industrial Hygienist, $4,510 to $13,730. The positions listed above are located in Continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii, as well as in several foreign countries.

Certified examination for teachers in the public schools will be open next March to all candidates meeting the r e quirements. The Chicago Board of Education has a n nounced examinations for teachers in the lower grades as scheduled for March 2nd, and the examination for teachers of the intermediate and upper grades will be held on March 22nd. Write to the Board of Examiners, City of Chicago Board of Education, 228 North LaSalle Street, Chicago 1, Illinois.

Seven major insurance companies reaffirmed a policy of employing qualified persons without regard to race, creed, color or national origin. If the local office is not cooperative, notify the personnel officer at the home office. Written statements of policy were received by New York State Attorney General Lefkowitz. from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York Life Insurance Co., The Manhattan Life Insurance Co., Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York and the Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America.

Do you really want to continue in college and are not financially able? Scholarship and financial help is available. Write to the American Legion, Dept. S., Post Office Box 1055, Indianapolis 6. Indiana. Enclose 25c for handling. Ask for a copy of "NEED A LIFT". That is all for now. We are receiving many inquiries and we are very happy about it, but please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope for the reply . . . write as usual to 4728 Drexel Blvd., Chicago 15, Illinois.

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Greetings Brothers: I welcome this opportunity to make a brief report on the activities of this office during the past year.

Our annual Education Week Observance last spring was highly successful, based on reports from individual chapters. Programs ranged from the Go-to-High School, Go-to-College School movement to increased emphasis on career and guidance conferences. One of the most promising activities of chapters located in large urban centers is the cooperation with educational authorities and other social agencies to reduce the appalling number of "dropouts" among our high school youth.

Our scholarship program is receiving wide attention, due largely to the publicity given the program by Brother Dean, Director of Publicity. The program has been so widely publicized that our office is literally swamped with requests for information. The quality of applicants the past year, particularly high school graduates, has been excellent. This was less true of the applicants for undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, most of whom were brothers. Awards this year totaled 18, totalling $6,975.

One difficulty we face is the failure of chapter officers to inform the brothers of the awards and the time to apply. We never have a current roster of chapter officers. hence letters to chapters are frequently returned. To resolve this problem we are announcing now that applications for the 1963-64 awards will be received from February 1 to May 1, 1963. Application forms may be obtained by writing the Office of the Director of Educational Activities now.

We are happy to note that the academic performance of Alpha Men on integrated campuses has improved considerably over 1960-61. However, there are still trouble spots, and much room for improvement.

This has been a good year. next year even better.

We hope to make the

THE SPHINX

Musing . . .

HONOR

with the poets

ROLL

SCHOLASTIC HONOR ROLL Brothers who made the Dean's List last semester

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Average ON BECOMING

AN ALPHA

MAN

by Bro. Onnie R. Martin Alpha Alpha Standing in the midst of this Sahara Land, My feet are aching from the burning sand: Moving along across this Sahara Land, All I can see is burning sand, sand, sand.

But suddenly to my surprise, I heard some words from the wise.

"Who walks on four, two, and three?

This question I ask thee."

After answering the question well.

She fell to dust, like Kappas to hell, As I journey on across this land, All I can see is burning sand, sand, sand.

Again Came When It was

to my surprise, a huge white cloud from the suddenly I realized, a Dove to my surprise.

skies,

Norris Earl Francis - Eliz. City State Teach. Col. Willie McClerklin - Benedict College Henry A. Dyson - Benedict College Jerome Jenkins - Clark College _ Francis Martinson - Benedict College __ Frank Sharpe - Benedict College William A. T. Byrd - St. Paul's College Memphis Norman - Tougaloo College Robert Henderson - Texas College Lee T. Madkins - Texas College Isaiah Washington - Clark College J e r r y Ward - Tougaloo College J e r r y Bennett - Tougaloo College .

George Smith - Clark College Ernest Cornelius Davis - Virginia Union Channing D.-Smith - Virginia Union Louis Stallworth - Tougaloo College Jimmy Lee Williams - Clark College _ Floyd Minor - Tougaloo College John S. Page - Tougaloo College Johnny Thompson - Benedict College __ E. Wayne Watkins - Texas College _ Hubert Murray - Clark College Eugene Williams - St. Paul's College ...

Curtis Everett - Clark College Weslev Bvrd Carter - Virginia Union Fred Rogers - St. Paul's College Arthur Matthews - Benedict College Walter Fvef*e - Tougaloo College Ralph Waldron Jordon - Virginia Union Joseph Tuggle - Clark College Southern University:

Then taking another look, She showed me to a running She said follow the brightest It will take you, Oh, so far.

brook, star,

As I turned to my right, I found a torch, which I did light, Pushing on day by day, More sand, more sand did get in my

way.

But that sixth night, I could have sworn, I saw light: Knees weak, but mind still strong, I knew then that I must go on.

On the seventh night I see, A city of Gold shining for me, Standing at two of its seven Gates - was a knight, Each dressed in their Black and Gold array, Once inside the city I will stay.

3.61 3.0 -2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.35 2.33 2.33 2.3 2.3 2.26 2.25 2.23 2.21 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.19 2.16 2.1 2.06 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

Jackson State College:

Theophilus Boyd Jerald Leonard Boykin Joseph Feast Murphy Jackson Jesse Jackson Oscar Jackson Myrnard Martinez Bobby Miller William Earl Moore Louis W. Potier Huey Bruce Scott Henry Louis Simon Ferdinand Troullier David Evans Virginia State College Woodrow Knight James F. Hogan Clinton T. Richmond Archie Elliott O'Carnell A. Price William E. Stackhouse

In the midst of the city, there was a sign, With five and two Jewels in each line, On the walls the green Ivy grew, Covered with the evening dew.

Henry George Johnson (President's List) Mark Ball Marcus Dilworth Arnold Grimes Elwyn Grimes William Harkless Cleve McDowell Charles Morris Ralph Rogers Arthur Williams

Fort Valley State College Carl Britton Franklin Burdett James Dinkins Roscoe Hugle George Koonce Felton Locklin Tommy McMullins James McClain Isom Peavy Melvin A. Thomas Melvyn Williams Sam O. Williams

Lincoln University: Wrapping the Ivy Chain about my waist, I went in to bed without haste, "Rest well tonight, Brother Neophyte; forget about the Sahara Land, for you have crossed the b u r n ing sands, and now you are a Brother, AN ALPHA MAN!"

DECEMBER, 1962

These averages are based on a five point system with the one the highest grade one can receive.

Sylvester Murray Andrew D. McBride

1.65 1.65

John W. Douglas William R. Scott

1.65 1.53

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Normal College, Baltimore, Maryland, and completed her work in the field of ALPHA WIVES AND CHILDREN education at Columbia University, New York. She taught in the public schools daughter, teacher in public school sys- of Baltimore for six years before her BRIEF SKETCH tem of Columbus, Ohio; Janis, 11 years marriage. She is a member of Phi Mrs. William H. Hale old, in seventh grade; Gina, three years Delta Kappa Sorority. old in Nursery School, Langston UniShe is the mother of two children, Hobbies versity Campus. both married, - a son Laurence, Jr. Reading and Sewing.

Mrs. Hale is a long time supporter of (Alpha Phi Alpha), who is an archiType of Positions She Holds Wife of the General President of Al- Alpha Phi Alpha and has attended tectural draftsman, Department of City pha Phi Alpha Fraternity who is also many Regional and General Conven- Planning, Chicago, - and Grace (Delta President of Langston University, tions. She is one of the very few wo- Sigma Theta) who is a teacher in the men who has appeared on a General public schools of Chicago. She has Langston, Oklahoma.

Owner of a public accounting firm Convention program other than at the three grand children, two by her son, public meeting. and one by her daughter, ages 2, 4, and in Atlanta, Georgia.

Brothers in attendance at the Golden 5.

Director of the Langston University Anniversary Convention in Buffalo, Mrs. Young has been a social worker, Development Foundation.

New York, in August of 1956, will r e - Chicago Department of Public Welfare Some of H e r Activities She is Supreme Tamiouchos (Nation- member her presentation and introduc- for 17 years, and at present is a m e m ber of Planned Parenthood's staff, Conal Treasurer) of the Alpha Kappa A l - tion of Mrs. Autherine Lucy Foster. sultant in Community Organization of pha Sorority, member of the AKA this organization, Chicago.

Directorate and the Finance CommitBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH She is actively engaged in communtee. ity and civic projects in Chicago, was She was voted as Woman of the Mrs. Carolyn Washington formerly president of the Episcopal Year in Business in Atlanta during Mrs. Washington is a native of Can- Church Women (St. Edmunds C h u r c h ) ; 1960. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Langston Federal Credit ton, Mississippi. She holds the Bache- Vice President of the Woman's Board lor of Arts Degree from Tougaloo Col- of Provident Hospital, and first PresiUnion.

Mrs. Hale is active with the Nursery lege, Tougaloo, Mississippi, Master De- dent of West Woodlawn Women's ComSchool and Laboratory School PTA's, gree in Home Economics from Wiscon- munity Club.

Her hobbies are travel, swimming, the Langston Alumni Association, the sin University, and has done further music and outdoor sports. She is an Langston Parents' Organization and study at the University of Illinois.

She has held the following positions: avid reader of fiction. the University's honors program.

As Director of the Langston Univer- Home Demonstration Agent for Linsity Development Foundation, she m a n - coln County in Mississippi, served as Stephen Leroy ages the fund-raising campaigns a p - Home Economics teacher at Sumner proved by the Board. One of the first Hill High School, Clinton, Mississippi, and policies on scholarships adopted by the and has served for the last five years, Foundation was the granting of tuition as head of the Home Economics DeGregory Brandon Patrick scholarships each semester to any stu- partment at Utica College, where her dent who earned a 4 point average ( A ) . husband, Brother Walter Washington, Sons of Bro. Rev. and Mrs. LeRoy As wife of the President of Langston serves as president.

Mrs. Washington is a mezzo soprano Patrick of Pittsburgh, Pa. Their father University, Mrs. Hale is the gracious and is in great demand. She is presi- is pastor of Bethesda United Presbycampus hostess. dent of the graduate chapter of AKA terian Church in Pittsburgh.

Organizations To Which She Sorority, Jackson, Mississippi and is Belongs Stephen Leroy, Age 13 years; Height: American Institute of Certified P u b - president of the Mississippi Home Ec- 5 ft. 9 inches; Grade, 8th; Hobby, Study lic Accountants, Women's Society of onomics Association. of Medieval Lore - knights, heraldry, Mrs. Washington is a frequent visitor shields, armor, and customs.

C. P. A.'s, American Economic Association, National Congress of Parents and to the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity He is president of the Junior High "Teachers (also state and local), Alpha General Convention with her husband. Fellowship of Bethesda United PresbyKappa Mu Honor Society, The Alphaterian Church. He is a reluctant stuBettes of Z e t a ' G a m m a Lambda Chapdent of the piano and violin He leans FACT SHEET ON ter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa toward medicine at present.

Alpha Sorority, Decagynian Club (FedMrs. Rebecca Murphy Young Gregory Brandon, Age 11; Weight, erated Club).

140 pounds; Grade, 7th; Hobbies, WritRebecca Murphy Young, wife of Colleges. Attended And Laurence T. Young, General Secretary ing poetry, drawing cartoons, and Degrees Held swimming.

B. S. degree from Langston Univer- of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, InHe is the youngest and one of the corporated is a native of Baltimore, sity, Langston, Oklahoma. huskiest pupils in his junior high Maryland.

Ph. M. and Ph. D. degrees from The She is a member of the Murphy fam- school. He has attended Pittsburgh's University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisily of the Baltimore Afro-American school for gifted children for the past consin.

C. P. A. (States of Georgia and Ok- newspaper. Her grandfather was the two summers. He is a student of the founder of this paper, and the family, piano and clarinet. He has his own lahoma) . for three generations, has been operat- set of cartoon characters and hopes to Number of Children rival Walt Disney one day. In church Three girls, Pauline, Janis and Gina, ing the paper for over 68 years. he is soloist in the children's choir.

Mrs. Young is a graduate of Coppin Mrs. Pauline Hale Jackson, oldest

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THE' SPHINX

Keith A. Miles Keith A. Miles of Tallahassee, F l o r ida, son of Bro. and Mrs. M. G. Miles.

His father is acting dean of Florida A & M University.

Age, 4 years; Date of Birth, March 6, 1958; Weight, 50 pounds; Special Interests, Football, baseball, cowboy and reading.

He attends Florida A & M University's Nursery School. He is, a beginner.

Mrs. William H. Hale

He has attended three Alpha National Conventions. He firmly believes that Alpha Phi Alpha is first. He is most inquisitive about everything he must know "why".

John Bryan Flippen John Bryan Flippen of Beckley, W. Va., son of Bro. and Mrs. John T. Flippen. His father is professor of Education, Bluefield State College, and his mother is a teacher in the public schools of Beckley.

Age, 5 years, 5 months; Date of birth, April 17, 1957; Weight, 65 pounds; Height, 40 inches; Special Interests: Drawing, painting, coloring, jig-saw puzzles, and telling jokes from T. V. He attended the Rev. Shaefer's Nursery School and is now attending the Johnstown Road Baptist Church's Kindergarten. He is a graduate of Mrs. Terry's Music School for four year olds.

He has appeared as "Peter Cottontail" in Delta Jabberwock; in the world famous stage production "Passion Play" with Val Balfour as the Christus. Scenes: The Garden of Bethany, The Sermon on the Mount, and The Last Journey to Jerusalem, and in a recital "Mascot" - Stratton High School's undefeated footbal team.

* Mrs. Carolyn

Washington

4MI •

John Bryan

Keith A. Miles

Flippen

Gregory Brandon

Patrick

That Alpha

Stephen

Leroy

Patrick

wives, sweethearts

and

children,

love to read the is a

reality,

But they are not sure of its This

Sphinx

legality.

display is a scheme •—

An excuse for you to read, the whole darn

magazine.

CAD

Mrs. Rebecca Murphy

DECEMBER, 1962

Young

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Editorially Speaking • • MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Result

Ijou*

The physical death of Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt brings to close a long, fruitful and humanitarian career. This commonly called "First Lady of the World" passed Wednesday, November 7th and was laid to rest by her late husband, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Hyde Park, New York, Saturday, November 10th.

Her days were filled with labor for good, always restless and fearless as she went about the task of doing something to make life better for all humanity. S h e was forever mindful of the slums of the world and could never feel complacent while others were hungry and in distress.

Q.

What dates are set for Founder's Day, Citizenship Week and Education Week?

A.

There are no exact dates set for these celebrations. Local chapters designate these dates as long as they are celebrated during the year.

You will note that they are usually celebrated in the early fall and some of these activities are combined, particularly citizenship week and education week. Most of the chapters celebrate Founder's Day during the month of December, and it is quite convenient to celebrate education week during the spring season.

It is very important that every chapter celebrate these occasions for they are an integral part of the fraternity program. They afford an opportunity to lift up the p r o gram of Alpha, and this promotes better public relations.

Q.

A.

In your communication to the chapters you stated that you would be glad to receive a list of the undergraduate brothers who make the Dean's List. You also stated that the signature of the Dean or Registrar and the Seal of the School should be on the list - Don't you trust the word of the brothers in this matter?

It is not a matter of "trusting the brothers", I feel that it is a matter of official certification.

When something of this nature is printed, I would like to have the official sanction of your school officials so that there can be no comeback in the future, however, if you have trouble getting these signatures, we would be glad to accept the signature of the president and secretary of your chapter, but I do not think that your Dean or Registrar will refuse to help you in this manner.

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This fine spirited lady was a great friend to the Negro. During the administration of her husband, she was forever urging him on to do something about the many problems of racial inequality, and to the last moments of her life she sought to bring about goodwill and human brotherhood toward all of God's children.

She will ever be remembered for her efforts to make the United Nations a functional organization for world peace and her participation in numerous civic, r e ligious, and interracial groups.

The prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, her favorite prayer poem, is typical of her philosophy of life: "Lord, make me an instrument

of Your

peace.

"Where there is hatred, let me sow love, "Where there is injury,

pardon,

"Where there is doubt,

faith,

"Where there is despair,

hope,

"Where there is darkness,

light,

"Where there is sadness,

joy.

"Oh divine Master, grant that I may seek riot so much to be consoled as to Console, "To be understood

as to

understand,

"To be loved as to love, "For it is in giving that we "It is pardoning

that we are

receive, pardoned,

"And it is in dying that we are born to eternal

life.

"Amen."

FEDERAL HOUSING The Executive Order issued by President John F. Kennedy banning segregation and discriminatory practices in federal housing will go a long way in bringing about first class citizenship for the Negro in America. This order strikes at the very heart of segregation. When people live together as neighbors they learn to know and understand each other. The children will attend the same neighborhood schools, churches, and other community activities, thus bringing about a cordial relationship. People of similar social circles and economic levels will find themselves neighbors.

This is a great challenge to the Negro community - the challenge to develop higher living standards, morals, and modes of living. Certain shabby types of houses and lawns too often tolerated by the Negro community will have to go.

We will have to examine ourselves as we secure these opportunities and make sure that we are worthy of living in an integrated community.

THE SPHINX

JAMES MEREDITH The entrance of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi is a great step forward for American education. Eventhough it took more force to register Meredith than was used to invade Cuba, our government is to be highly praised for its necessary and uncompromising action. It is reported that Meredith is having trouble with his studies. This is to be expected under the heavy pressure and extreme demands placed upon him. Even if Meredith fails the examinations at Ole Miss, he has certainly passed one of the greatest and most important e x aminations of a lifetime. His moral stamina and fortitude, his courage and willingness to stick it out even in the face of death, will long be remembered by the people of the world who believe in democracy and a Christian way of life.

CHRISTMAS Christmas is one of the most enjoyable and hopeful seasons of the year. It is indicative of new life and a new day for the down trodden. Eventhough, many will take this day as a time for hilarious activities and irresponsible r e creation, many others will see in it an opportunity for doing good that others may enjoy life.

The spirit of the Christ Child can be a guiding force that the kingdoms of our world may become the kingdoms of our Lord and our Christ.

NEW YEAR'S DAY J a n u a r y 1st is more than just the first day of the year - even more than a time for making resolutions. This day affords an opportunity for all 'of us to take inventory of the past year that we may have guidance in shaping our activities for the new year.

One of the most important military documents ever issued by a President of the United States was issued on this day — the Emancipation Proclamation. Nineteen hundred and sixty-three will mark the one hundredth year since Mr. Lincoln, the great emancipator, signed this freedom declaration. As we commemorate this occasion we glory in the achievements made by the Negro during this one hundred years and we look forward to a more glorious future.

SHOULD THE FRATERNAL SYSTEM GO? Dr. Edward D. Eddy, Jr., president of Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made the following statement before the Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges meeting in Washington, D. C : "Isn't it high time that the American universities prepare a decent, respectful burial for the college fraternities?"

"They have served a historical purpose and have served it well", then he said, "but we've given up banjo clubs and minstrels. Now it is time to face courageously the task of replacing the alumni dominated fraternal system."

The national fraternal system "has failed to adapt to the demands of the new student and a changing social pattern. The system can and should be replaced . . . " Certainly we do not agree with this statement for we are of the opinion that college fraternities can serve a very useful purpose, nevertheless, the statement is food for thought for those who plan the general program of our fraternities and sororities. It is true that some national fraternities and many local chapters may be existing on tradition with no other purpose than to keep the organization alive. There may be some truths expressed in the statement by Dr. Eddy and it would be well for those responsible to thoroughly scrutinize the system to determine where it has failed and to chart a more functional and purposeful program for the future. No doubt there have been failures and mistakes, but you do not destroy an institution because mistakes are made, instead you profit by your mistakes.

I t is our hope that the committee headed by President-elect Cole will come forward with a refreshing blueprint for the future of Alpha at the Columbus Convention.

D E C E M B E R , 1962

SooJu "The New Leaders of Africa" by Rolf Italiaander, translated from the German by James McGovern, PrenticeHall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 306 pages, $5.00.

Here is a book that gives one new insights into the future developments of the world. It shatters the old ideas of colonialism and protected servitude that has been in existence for centuries and pulls the cover from the antiquated slogan: "The burden of the white man". Africa can no longer be thought of as a dark jungle inhabited by impossible savages and cannibals who must be subdued and robbed of their heritage. If these ideas ever lurked in ones mind they could no longer dwell after reading a treatise such as this written by Rolf Italiaander.

Here the author tells in brief form the story of progress and enlightment about twenty-one nations and their most outstanding leaders.

Professor Rolf Italiaander, Dutch explorer and author of over twenty books, has lived and worked in Africa for nearb' thirty years and is personally acquainted with most of the leading personalities. In the spring of 1961, he was visiting professor of African historv and civilization at Hope College, Holland, Michigan.

"For three hundred years, the African masses found themselves under the yoke of the colonialists, who regarded them as little better than savages or semi-savages . . . as the colonial and imperialist era drew to a close, more and more countries began to produce individuals who, better than the masses, understood what had happened, how their peoples had been diverted from their normal historical development."

"Many declarations of independence were not granted voluntarily by the colonial powers, but were wrested from them by the leaders of the African peoples themselves."

Some of the leaders portrayed are not new in terms of years, such as Haile Selassie of Ethopia, but they are new in the scene of the new age and (Continued on page 36) P A G E 17

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With B r o . O. W i l s o n W i n t e r s

Brother Dr. William H. Hale, Dear Mr. President. It might seem strange that I address this column to you because your being the head of this great fraternity gives no connotation of Frat Fun and the earthy humor sometimes found herein. Two reasons motivated this action. First, my wife tried to prevail upon me to attend a lecture tonight. I told her this was the deadline date for Frat Fun. She said, "why bother, I bet nobody reads such trivia interspersed as it is in such cultural and intellectual literary material with which the Sphinx abounds." Secondly, this being your last month as prexy I knew anything addressed to you would attract attention, if only out of curiosity.

(Brother Raymond W. Cannon, are you reading this?

Are you Brother Judge Thurgood Marshall? Sidney Brown? Wayman Ward? - Is anybody reading it?)

PRECONVENTION OBSERVATIONS An optimist is a man who returns to the marriage bureau to see if his license has expired.

Confuscius, the Chinese philosopher say Many man smokes, but few man chew.

I didn't believe Mitchell was so dumb until I heard that he was kicked out of school for flunking recess.

Braithwaite was speaking earnestly and heatedly at the election rally. One of his unsteady listeners heckled him by saying, "shut up, you're stupid."

"You're drunk" said Braithwaite. O. K. said the heckler, yah, I'm drunk; tomorrow I'll be sober but you'll still be stupid."

Magistrate: plaintiff?"

"Is it true that you struck down

the

Erratic Driver: "The answer is in the infirmary."

A gloomy looking man forked over six bucks for a book called "Prayer Can Change Your Life," but was back for a cash refund an hour later. "My purchase was a terrible mistake," he explained. "I thought the Title was "Prayer Can Change Your Wife."

He was a mean, stingy and hard to please diner. The waiter was beginning to boil with anger because he insisted on calling him George. "How did you know my name was George?" asked the waiter. "Oh I'm psychic," said the diner. "I'm psychic too" said the waiter and I bet you're a bachelor." "You are correct" said the diner. "What else do you know about me?" The waiter said, "I bet your father was a bachelor too."

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A flea and a fly in a flue Were imprisoned, so what could thy do?

Said the fly, "Let's us flee!"

"Let us fly!" said the flea, And they flew thru a flaw in the flue.

A nervous little man, standing wearily by the door of the railroad station, where all of the seats were filled, glanced hurriedly at his watch, grabbed his bag, and rushed out to the station platform. The effect on the other travelers was instant. They also picked up their bags and hurried out.

Shortly after, the little man returned, picked out the best seat, and sat down to wait for the train, which was not due for thirty minutes.

Susie (just home from a date) "Oh girlie!"

"That fellow Johnny had everything!"

Jane: "What do you mean, he had everything?"

Susie: "He must have had everything; he didn't ask me for anything!"

Tramp: "What's the quickest way to the hospital?"

Traffic Cop: "Close your eyes, cross the street and you'll be there in a few minutes."

TEEN AGE ADVICE Blessings on thee, little man Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan!

Trudging down a dusty lane With no thought of future pain; You're our one 2nd only bet To absorb the National Debt.

Little man with cares so few We've a lot of faith in you; Guard each merry whistled tune, You are apt to need it soon.

Have your fun now while you cart; You may be a barefoot man.

And now as the sun sinks slowly in the west, shining in a golden shimmer on the tropical waters of Alphadom, we sail away from the tropical land of Frat Fun with its waving palm tree fronds, thinking of Alpha pioneer stalwarts like Cannon, progenitor of the Sphinx in 19i4; Brown, author of the "House of Alpha", and Ward, co-author of the Fraternal prayer. Is it presumptious to believe that you, Mr. President, as you undrape the toga of authority from your shoulders and place it on the capable Brother Cole, you say as did your illustrious colonial namesake, Nathan Hale, "I regret that I have but one term to give to my fraternity."

Obsequiously yours, O. Wilson Winters

THE SPHINX

ALPHA TODAY (Continued from page 3) bout the nation-wide decline in F r a ternity prestige?

Note these words of warning by Deans of Student Personnel across the country - they concern most F r a t e r n ities: (1) Fraternities no longer wield political power on campus. Once all big-men-on-campus came from (and were elected by) the Greek-letter societies. Now the "independents," who far outnumber the "Greeks," have organized themselves into political p a r ties (such as Action, United, Slate).

(2) The old r a h - r a h college spirit kept alive by the sororities and fraternities is considered definitely passe.

(3) Fraternities and Sororities take too much time . . . decorating for dances, song practice - all subtract hours each week from studying and dating.

(4) Big universities now offer y e a r 'round education so that h u r r y - u p collegiates can cram 4 years of college into 3, leaving no time for nonsense.

(5) Fraternities and Sororities are too expensive (besides dues, there are initiation fees, party fees, a jeweled pin, etc.). Once the extra money was worth the extra (advantages).

2. Are the so-called "Negro Greek Letter organizations" disadvantaged due to desegregation? Many reports reveal we miss too many who are going to so-called "white fraternities". We must face this issue squarely and diligently. I propose a committee a p pointed by the several predominantly Negro Fraternities and Sororities to study and come up with recommendations for meeting our common problem - integration.

3. Are we really alarmed about our undergraduate problems? What can we do to arouse those Brothers who show little or no interest in the fact that we are becoming a Graduate F r a ternity? Other problems are improvement in scholarship, community relations, finance, budgest, advisors, etc.

4. What is the role of money? When one looks at the needs which ought be met and the large amounts of money we have in banks, this question takes on very serious meaning.

5. Are chapters making themselves felt in communities? Too many of our chapters restrict their effects to closed meetings, closed socializing and closed discussions.

6. Are Graduate Brothers reflecting the correct image to young men in their communities? Young men of character, potential and academic achievement are most observing. Do they see in our homes too many Bars and too few books?

DECEMBER, 1962

7. De we have too many Irons in the Fire? As individuals, Alpha men are identified with all important and significant work and movements. But, should we not use more caution in envolving the Fraternity in the large variety of good causes operating in our communities? This is no criticism of these Brothers or of the several causes alluded to, but, rather, a brotherly hint because this matter is getting out of hand.

Yes, Alpha Phi Alpha stands today as a mighty bulwark for decency, justice, education and service. But, let us not forget that Alpha also has a Past to Cherish and a Future to fulfill.

(Editor's Note: Bro. Dr. Aaron Brown was requested to write the following article fot the Sphinx because of his years of experience in the leadership of the Fraternity.

Bro. Dr. Brown is at present heading a special committee on Undergraduate Activities. He received the Fraternity's 1960 Award of Merit, and is the Educational Projects Director for The Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York City.

BEACON LIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS (Continued from page 7) so from Chicago were Bros. Sidney A. Jones, Jr., former Mid-Western VicePresident, now Judge Jones; Charles F. Lane, former General Counsel; Bindley Cyrus, president of Victory Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Luther Peck.

Bro. Dr. Henry Allen Boyd, secretary of the National Baptist Convention (Unincorporated) and widely known Nashville, Tennessee banker, was present. Without expense to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Bro. Boyd placed in bound volume, book form, all the a n nual convention addresses delivered by Dr. Wesley during his tenure of office and made copies available to our brotherhood. This Nashville delegation d u r ing the years of the Columbus convention always included not only Bro. Henry Allen Boyd but Bros. M. G. F e r guson, General Treasurer; H. D. H a w kins, chairman of the Auditing Committee; and Aaron L. Allen, sales e x ecutive for the Metal Arts Company, once the official jeweler of our fraternity.

Bro. Dr. Tollie W. Harris, chairman of .the Awards Committee and Dr. Lloyd H. Williams, who later became Southwestern Vice - President and chairman of the Committee on Recommendations, succeeded at Columbus in bringing the 1947 convention to Tulsa, Oklahoma, but success for the Tulsa bid for the convention came only after

many Eastern brothers, good naturedly referred to Oklahoma as the "wild and wooly west" and "Indians on the w a r path". But when the smooth tongue of suave Bindley Cyrus of Chicago said with a sweep of eloquence that the brothers must go wherever the banner of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has been unfurled, the Columbus convention voted with enthusiastic gusto to 'pitch camp' on a new frontier - Tulsa, marking the first General Session to ever be held in the Southwestern J u r i s diction.

Bro. Robert P. Daniel, president of Shaw, now president of Virginia State College and former Eastern Vice-President, who was serving as chairman of the Budget Committee, was on hand to assist the new administration in Columbus in setting up an effective, p r a c tical budgeting system, and the Sphinx Editor, the writer, had just completed a new term of editorship after his r e election at the 1945 Chicago Convention. In summing up the Columbus Convention, he declared: "There was demonstrated a splendid example of teamwork with each committee carrying out its assignments in coordination with all other committees.

There was an apparent continuity of the basic thought expressed on the platforms at the open meeting, the p u b lic program, and the closed banquet.

That thought was to extend the frontier of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to every point where freedom and justice had become the watchword for a struggling people."

Many of these brothers have gone "beyond this vale of tears". Among them are Jewel Nathaniel A. Murray, Bros. B. Andrew Rose, Henry Lake Dickason, Channing H. Tobias, Henry Allen Boyd, S. S. Booker, A. L. Allen and Dr. Lloyd H. Williams.

In this year preceding the 1963 Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, we commend the spirit of these departed 'captains and kings' Of our Alpha Destiny to an on-coming generation of young brothers toward the end that the 1962 convention at Columbus will not have to single out one brother as a "Citizen of the World" as did the 1946 General Session, but that this noble and cosmopolitan term will be applicable to our entire brotherhood.

EDITOR'S NOTE Brother Swingler was askod to write this article for the May issue of the Sphinx. After reading the article we felt that it would be an excellent item to use in the December issue, just before the Columbus Convention because of its historical value and statements relative to the 1946 Columbus Convention. This article will stand as a memorial to the dedicated service rendered by this our outstanding brother and friend.

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NEWS WITH A NATIONAL FLAVOR WILLIAMS-BOLTON NUPTIALS HIGHLIGHT TULSA SOCIAL CALENDAR

by Bro. Eddie L. Madison, Jr. A highlight of the late summer social calendar of Tulsa, Okla., was the colorful wedding, August 18, of the former Miss Beryl Williams and Bro. Kenneth R. Bolton of Houston, Texas.

The recent bride is the daughter of the late Bro. Lloyd Hume Williams, Sr., prominent Tulsa pharmacist, civic leader and onetime Southwestern R e gional Vice President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Her mother is Mrs. Mildred P. Williams, Tulsa school teacher, businesswoman and a leader in the Federated Club movement.

The wedding was held in the spacious auditorium of the First Baptist Church, North Tulsa and attracted guests from Tulsa's top society and others from Texas and Washington, D. C. The Rev. Leroy K. Jordan officiated.

The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Bro. Lloyd Hume Williams, Jr., pharmacist, who took over management of the Williams Drug Company after his father's death in 1961.

The couple is temporarily making their home in Tulsa. The newly-weds are both recent graduates of Howard University in Washington.

Bro. Bolton, commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army, is now employed as a mathematician at North American Aviation, Inc., here.

At Howard he was a member of the Student Council and served as president of the tutorial and advisory staff.

An elaborate reception at the suburban home of her mother followed the wedding ceremony. Charles Ross, a Detroit caterer, was flown in to prepare food for a wedding party held the night before the wedding at the home of the then brid-elect's brother.

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Bro. Kenneth

R. Bolton And His Bride

ETA LAMBDA - Atlanta, Ga., entertained out of town brothers at their neuily acquired House on Gordon Road, July 6th. The brothers were attending the National Convention of the NAACP meeting in Atlanta.

Seated, (l-r): Bros. H. Russell, Kansas City, Mo; Harold C. Strickland, Toledo, Ohio; E. L. James, Sr., Institute, W. Va.; Edwin L. Farms, Akron, Ohio; and F. L. Vaughns, Pittsburgh, Pa. Standing (l-r): Bros. Andrew J. Lewis, III, Atlanta; J. E. Johnston, Atlanta; M. S. Garrison, Atlanta; Dr. E. B. Phillips, Atlanta; Lionel H. Newsome, Atlanta; William H. Killian, Atlanta; and Booker Anderson, Richmond, Calif.

Brothers who came to the house after the picture was taken: Dr. Booker T. McGraw, Washington, D. C; Leroy Carter, New York; Dr. Leonard Burns, New Orleans; Rev. C. Anderson Davis, Bluefield, W. Va.; Atty. Billy Jones, East St. Louis, III., and Barbee Durham, Columbus, Ohio.

THE SPHINX

Top row - post graduate and professional school winners are: Carl E. High, University of North Carolina; Frederick A Christian, Wayne State University; J i m m i e L. Franklin, University of Oklahoma; Walter J. Hardy, Jr., University of Wisconsin.

College students are: Reginald Lewis, Morgan State College; Walter J. Frazier. Fisk University; Hamilton E. Holmes, University of Georgia; Channing D. Smith. Virginia Union University; Jerome Atkins, Howard University.

Alpha Grants

by Bro. Millard R. Dean Five honor graduates of four Negro high schools were awarded college scholarship funds by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Dr. Clifton R. Jones, Director of Educational Activities and Professor of Sociology at Morgan State College, along with the General President, Dr. William Hale, President, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma, announced the awards of seventeen scholarships and fellowships, totaling approximately $10,000 to high school seniors, undergraduates, and

Scholarships graduate students for study this year.

Dr. Jones states that the number a p plying was higher than ever and the competition greater in all categories since the first awards of $100.00 each to students at the Convention in 1928 at Atlanta, Ga., and now about twentytwo awards with a minimum of $450.00.

Bro. Dr. William H. Hale, General President, says that the fraternity is studying the possibility of increasing the $450 each to $1,000, but is confronted with the great number of d e serving students. Therefore, it might be preferable to double the students covering more applicants.

Left to right: Charles Dwight Lahr, Honoi graduate. Central High School, Philadelphia, Pa. Will enter Temple University; will study Physics. Clifton B u n y a n Jeter, Jr., Honor graduate. No. 2 in class of 263, Maggie L. Walker High School, Richmond, Va. Mr. Jeter will study Mathematics at Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.

Grace Regina Blakey, Honor graduate. Central High School, Louisville, Ky. Will enter Kalamazoo State College, Kalamazoo, Mich.; wants to study Chemistry. Thomas D. Pawley, IV - Honor graduate, Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City, Mo. Will enter Harvard University this fall to study International Law. Mr. P a w l e y was also the recipient of the Harvard Club of St. Louis Award. Norman A n derson, Jr. - No. 1 in his class (mid-year), Maggie L. Walker High School, Richmond, Va. Will enter Virginia State College in the fall to become an Electronics Engineer.

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BROTHER WASHINGTON ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE MISS. TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Bro. Walter Washington, president of Utica College, was recently elected president of the Mississipi Teachers Association. The Association has a membership of 9,000 teachers. Bro. Washington brings to this position a rich background of training and leadership.

Activities in Alpha: Washington is a past state director for Mississipi; president of the Southern Region of Alpha; president of the Vice Presidents Council of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

He is vice chairman of the National Pan-Hellenic Council; past president of the National Alumni Council of the United Negro College Fund; past board member of the UNCF; member of the WESTERN REGIONAL

by Bro. Marshall Bennett What was reputed to be one of the finest regionals in the annals of Alphadom happened in San Francisco, July 5-6-7.

Gamma Chi Lambda, host chapter, chose the plush new ten million dollar Hotel Del Webbs Towne House as their convention site.

Pre-convention activities included a fabulous get-acquainted party, in honor of our General President, in the suite of Public Relations Director Marshall Bennett.

A top press conference was arranged for Bros. Dr. Hale and Dr. Cole, the principal topic being Defacto Segregation in Education. Bro. Dr. Hale was guest on the noon news of KPIX, San Francisco's leading TV outlet.

A very elegant Formal Dinner Dance with a fourteen piece band culuminated the festivities, with Dr. Hale's address to the Brothers, presenting of awards, and a forty-five minute great show by Bro. Dick Gregory.

Board of Directors of the Association of Colleges and Schools, founder and first president of the Frontiers Club International of Jackson, Mississippi.

He has been a classroom teacher, and dean of a college.

BROTHER ALEXANDER FOUNDERS' DAY SPEAKER Bro. Judge Raymond ' Pace Alexander of the Common Pleas Court, Philadelphia, Pa., was the principal speaker at the Founders' Day observance of Gamma Lambda Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, March 23rd.

Bro. Alexander called upon the educated Negroes of the country to start a leadership drive designed to aid students of outstanding capabilities to realize the full benefits of higher education.

"We must expand our fraternity's efforts in the field by grass roots contacts in every section of America where the Negro lives or works in large numbers. We must recognize that the adult

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education of the Negro will determine the future well-being of not only the Negro but indeed America itself."

Bro. Alexander proposed "a determined study to find out where the N e gro brains exist." "We must determine how we can change the public image of the Negro."

Mr. William H. Sylk, president of the Consolidated Sun Ray, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., read portions of Bro. Alexander's speech in the Philadelphia I n quirer. He was so impressed with the thought of the address that he sent a check for $100.00 as a contribution to a fund for implementation of the suggested study. Bro. Hale sent Mr. Sylk a letter thanking him for the gift and assuring him that the money would be used for the purpose for which it was donated.

LOVELY GAMMA CHI LAMBDA AUXILIARY WIVES S A N FRANCISCO

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Chapter Activities ZETA PHI LAMBDA LEADS THE WAY IN NEW ENGLAND

by Bro. Otha N. Brown, J r .

Zeta Phi Lambda Chapter, S t a m ford, Conn., only five years old and with a membership of 13 brothers has given Alpha a "new look" in New England. Through its many and varied educational, social and civic activities, the chapter has spread the fame of A l phadom throughout Southern Fairfield County and the State of Connecticut.

As a working force for the good and improvement of the community, the chapter claims many "firsts."

Dr. Joseph L. Carwin, President of the chapter became the first Negro to be elected as President of the County Medical Association and to Rotary of Stamford; Dr. G. I. Johnson became the first and only member of his race elected to the Norwalk Common Council; Bro. Clarence R. J. Weekes, after serving as the Chairman of the Mayor's Advisory Committee of Norwalk for Intergroup Relations, was appointed as the Federal Intergroup Officer of P u b lic Housing for New England, New York and New Jersey; Bro. Otha Brown Jr., Past President of the Chapter and appointed as the only Negro staff member of Rippowam High School, in Stamford, has recently been appointed as a guidance counselor in the same school. This appointment marks the first such appointment in the area.

Other "firsts" include the appointment of Atty. Robert Levister, the first practicing Negro attorney in the county, to membership of the Board of T a x ation of Stamford; Bro. James O. Lewis, a former member of the famed Ma-

riners vocal group, and past president of the chapter, became the first and only Negro to become a staff member of the New Canaan, Conn. School System; and Bro. Clifford Barton was elected to head Project: 'Intergroup, a new concept in improving intergroup relations in Norwalk. Bros. Robert Randall, William Decker Clarke and Otha Brown, Jr. are on the Board of Directors. Other members serve on important boards such as housing, welfare, and merit.

The Education Committee chaired by Bro. Clarence R. J. Weekes has worked steadily to reduce drop-outs from the area junior and senior high schools and has provided encouragement, information and scholarship help to increase the number of students entering college. The committee's program included the sponsorship of college information programs, cooperation with the local schools in supplying Negro professionals for the Career Day P r o grams, supplying information to local guidance people about colleges with predominantly Negro student bodies as an additional resource, opening a study hall during the week, staffed by professionals, sponsoring the CIEP Exams as a source of scholarship opportunity, giving an annual scholarship, and being instrumental in securing scholarship help from the alma maters of the brothers. Mrs. Anna R. Hedgeman, noted civic and educational leader, Mr. Julian Robinson, Vice President, National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, Charles Durant, famous track star of Drake University, and many local and regional professionals have served as resources for our

THE GENERAL COUNSEL A N D HIS PARTY - Zeta Phi Lambda Longshore Country Club. On the left: Mrs. Clifford Green, Philadelphia; Bro. and Mrs. William Brown, III, Philadelphia; Miss Lilly V. Hollowoy. Philadelphia; Mrs. Otha N. Brown, Jr., Norwalk.

Conn., Miss Bettye Johnson, Philadelphia. Right: Atty Clifford Green, Phila.; Mr. and Mrs. Morris Brown, Phila.

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programs.

"Jet" magazine (June 15, 1961) carried the following account: "The A l pha Phi Alpha Fraternity hurdled a n other color barrier when a Connecticut chapter (Dr. Joseph L. Carwin, president) hosted its annual spring dance at the Longshore Country Club in Westport, Connecticut."

This gala affair was one of the three outstanding dances that has attracted guests all over the Atlantic coast from Virginia to New England. Under the leadership of Bro. Otha Brown, this affair has used its proceeds for a scholarship fund. Atty. and Mrs. William Brown, General Counsel of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Philadelphia, members of his firm and guests were honored guests at the recent affair.

Two Xmas parties and a banquet honoring the Alpha Wives, and a Founders Day Program citing President Carwin, Councilman GI Johnson, and a special award to Brother Dr. H. A n thony Bell for more than 25 years of devoted service to his fraternity have more than provided a balanced social program.

The chanter is especially proud that (Continued on page 36)

COLLEGE INFORMATION PROGRAM - Zeta Phi Lambda - Mrs. Anna R. Hedgeman. Keynoter. To her left: Bro. Clarence Weekes.

Mr. Julian Robinson, Bro. G. I. Johnson. On her right: Returning college students.

PARTY FOR ALPHA WIVES - Zeta Phi Lambda - Seated, left to right: Mesdames Clarence R. J. Weekes, Douglas Murray, Robert L. Levister, William Decker Clarke, Otha N. Brown, Jr., Thomas Almore and Victor Lewis. Standing (1-r): Bros. Clarence R. J. Weekes, Douglass Murray, Robert L. Levister, William Decker Clarke, Otha N. Brown, Jr., Thomas Almore and Victor Lewis.

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University. Bro. Staplefoote serves as Pres. of the Physics Club and is capably aided by Bro. J. Crowder acting in the secretarial capacity. The head administrator of the Biology Club is Bro. Edministon; Bro. V. Bridgewater is Sec'y-Treas. Bro. Edminston also had the privilege of serving as the Ass't Examiner to the head of the Biology Dep't on a special Hibernation Project for the U. S. Public Health Dep't. He spent the whole of last summer in this capacity. The functions of the Chemistry Club are in the hands of Bros.

Thompson and J. Douglas who serve as V. Pres. and Sec'y.

NU CHAPTER - LINCOLN U., PA.

ALPHAS TAKE OVER LINCOLN U. (PA.)

by Noble L. Thompson, J r . " . . . Our true hearts ever strive, success' goal to gain, that our fraternity's praises may be sung." Yes this has been the motto of Nu Chapter as we approach our 50th year of existence.

Nu Chapter, as in previous years, occupies a very influential position on Lincoln's campus and refuses to relinquish the role of pace-setter in campus affairs. Most of the campus organizations' officers, with the exception of a few, have been elected for tre '62-'63 term; and Phi, as usual, has maintained all key positions and scholastic honors. The Officers of Nu Chapter for this school year are: Pres. S. Murray, V. Pres. L. Randolph, Corres. Sec'y. A. Edmiston, Rec. Sec'y G. "Prince" Emanuel, Treas. C. Staplefoote, Dean of Pledgees W. Scott, Assoc, Ed. to Sphinx N. Thompson, Parliamentarian W. Roebuck, and Chaplain S. Smith.

The Student Government being the most powerful and influential student organization on campus is led by Bro. Murray, serving as Pres. for the '62-63 term. The N.A.A.C.P. is Quite active in the Lincoln University community in the acquisition of civil rights. Last semester, under the leadership of Bro. D. McMeans, the Association sucessfully carried out several projects in the interest of human diginity including the intergation of a local hotel which has been histoically pro-segration in policy. This year, Bro. Edmiston; Brothers Emanuel, R. Johnson. Thompson, and Randolph are serving as V. Pres., Rec. Sec'y, and Program Chmn, Respectively.

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With international relations being as strained as our news reporters seem to indicate, Bro. Edminston promotes understanding as he serves as V. Pres. of the International Students Organization. Bros. Johnson and Thompson served last year as special tutors in the African Language Center.

The Language Laboratory, due to the unique international students representation at L. U. is extremely important on campus. It is operated bv Bros.

Staplefoote and Crowder. These two Brothers are also interested in the local campus radio station and serve as Station Mgr.-Coordinator and Operation Mgr. respectively.

Nu Chapter has not overloaded the social aspects of campus life. The L. U. Steel Band which has made television appearances along with numerous public appearances in the Phila. area is headed by Bro. S. Jacobs of the Virgin Islands and is composed largely of Alphas and Sphinxmen promoting both social life and scholarship.

colnian. Bro. McMeans served as Pres. of the Senior Class, and Sphinxman G. Osakwe of Nigeria was Pres. of the Freshman Class while numerous Alpha men served in other executive offices.

We of Nu are advancing. Last year with 26 brothers, five of which graduated, and 23 Sphinxmen striving t o wards the Light, we did our utmost to uphold the Principles of Phi. This year with the remaining 21 Alphas and the 23 men anticipating uniting with the fold, we will be even stronger and will continue to encourage "Manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind."

In November, we of Nu Plan to celebrate our Golden Anniversary - Fifty v e a r s of Service. I would like all Graduate Brothers of Nu who have not as yet been notified and all interested Brothers having knowledge of the a d dresses of Nu Men who may have been overlooked due to change of addresses to please contact me immediately.

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Scholarship? This is one of the main objectives of Nu Chapter. Bro. Edminston is one of the very few m e m bers of the highly selective Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honorary Fraternity. Nu won the Phi Beta Sigma Award for the Fraternity with the highest academic average. Two years ago, the faculty initiated a Phi Beta Kappa award for the Greek-Letter Fraternity with the highest scholastic average.

Phi, Nu Chapter has won the award both years offered.

Several campus organizations have not as yet selected their officers. Among these are: the Glee Club; the Lincolnian, student publication; and the four academic classes. Last year, however, Bro. Thompson served as Pres., Ass't Conductor, and accompanist for the Glee Club which participated in an extensive tour. Bro. Murray acted as Editor-in-Chief of the Lin-

TALLADEGA ALUMNI HONORS BRO. AARON BROWN - Dr. Aaron Brown (L), member of N e w York City School Board, is shown receiving a Parchment Salutation from Dr. J. Paul Kelley, Medical Director, Morris View. Morristown, N e w Jersey. The oresentation w a s made last w e e k by the Talladega College Alumni Association of Greater N e w York at its Seotember meeting in recognition of Dr. Brown's recent seven-year appointment to the nine member N e w York City Board of Education.

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ALPHA MEN OF XI CHAPTER

by Bro. Melvin W. Williams While speaking with some freshmen and sophomore students one afternoon during the "Fall Probation" on our campus, a leading figure among the students gave me a letter expressing his observations of the values of the "Alpha Men of XI Chapter". I was happy to know that the future of XI chapter seemed secure, and was indeed greatly honored by the observations of this brilliant young man.

Therefore, I decided that this letter should be shared with, not just the brothers of XI, but all the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha.

The letter reads as follows: (Dear

BRO. JEROME JAMES

BRO. ISAIAH WILLIAMS

OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADERS OF XI CHAPTER AT WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY Xi Chapter selected two students from each class represented in the chapter for their outstanding student leadership on the campus of Wilberforce University. (Above L. to R.:) Bro. Jerome James, President President of University Choir Vice-President of Senior Class ALPHA PSI CHAPTER

by Bro. Joseph Richardson The brothers of Alpha Psi Chapter, Lincoln University, Missouri, presented to the freshmen and new students a multiple welcoming program this fall.

First, was a large sign with the fraternity's crest and a word of welcome, and, secondly, the chapter sponsored a dance and a wonderful time was had by all. Later the chapter sent letters to some of the students urging a constant endeavor to achieve the real purpose of attendance in college.

On October 20, the brothers motored to Southern Illinois University to Beta Eta Chapter, to watch Lincoln University, and Southern Illinois engage upon the gridiron. While there the brothers resided in the recently built

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Melvin) I have noticed that the Men of Alpha Phi Alpha, XI Chapter at Wilberforce University are held in high esteem by the faculty and student body, and that they set the pace in scholastic achievements here at Wilberforce University by maintaining first place among the fraternities on the "Greek Scholastic Honor Roll" throughout the years. Through this, many of the freshmen students seek assistance in' their academic work from the A l phas.

Last year I was greatly impressed when the faculty and administration of Wilberforce University selected one of the men of Alpha Phi Alpha, in the person of Mr. Jack Sopher, to attend the University of Hull in England for

BRO. EARLSTON SAUNDERS

BRO. MELVIN E. WILLIAMS

Senior From Louisiana Bro. Isaiah Williams, Parliamentarian President of Student Government Senior from Ohio Bro. Earlston Saunders, Treasurer Vice-President of International Relations Club Junior from Bermuda Bro. Melvin E. Williams, Associate Editor Historian President of International fraternity house. The brotherly spirit in which we were received and the warm and congenial atmosphere displayed goes to show that brotherhood is not a mere idealistic theory but a living reality.

Again, this year, Alpha Psi has sent Christmas cards to all the undergraduate chapters and it is hoped that some chapters will acknowledge r e ceipt of them. * * =s * * * EPSILON LAMBDA CARRIES ON

by Brother John A. Feaster Under the leadership of our president, Brother Billye G. Thompson, we have striven to better our own record.

On the social side, we celebrated our Annual Fall Dance.

On the civic level, Brothers Freder-

one year. Everyone felt proud of Jack, and especially of Alpha Phi Alpha for producing such fine scholastic material.

I, as well as many of the freshmen and other sophomore students who strive for "scholarship, manly deeds, and love for all mankind", look up to the Alphas of XI for guidance in scholastic and social adjustment to college life. I am looking forward to the day when I shall attempt to become affiliated with your great organization, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., XI Chapter. (Your Sincere Friend, Henry Douglas, Sophomore from Bermuda).

XI Chapter will celebrate its Fiftieth Anniversary with a series of activities during the school year of 1962-63.

BRO. WALTER ANDREWS

BRO. JOSEPH MORRISON

Relations Club Vice President of P r e - L a w Council Junior from U. S. Virgin Islands Bro. Walter Andrews, Editor of "Prima Facie" ( P r e - L a w Newspaper) Sophomore from North Carolina Bro. Joseph Morrison Assistant Corresponding Secretary Vice-President of Young Adult Missionary Society Sophomore from New Jersey ick S. Waller, William H. Haithco, Dr. James D. Wilson, Dr. LeRoy Barnes (Life Member), Dr. Wendell Williams, Dr. Wendell Harris, Dr. William H. Harrison, Dr. Clarence Kimbrough (Life Member), have done their share on the health side within the community and state.

On the educational level, we are proud of the elevation of Brother Eugene Grice at South Western High School.

Brother John A. Feaster is Superintendent of The Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Sunday School Department.

Epsilon Upsilon Lambda is proud of its past but its eyes are on the future.

For Alpha has been, from its origin, dedicated to the uplifting of mankind and the giving of service. May Epsilon Upsilon Lambda ever inspire men to "HOLD THY BANNER HIGH".

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BRO. THOMAS M. LAW

LAWRENCEVILLE CHAPTER SALUTES BROTHER Epsilon Omicron Lambda Chapter of Lawrenceville, Virginia proudly a n nounces the achievements of one of its members, Brother Thomas M. Law, Treasurer-Business Manager of Saint Paul's College. Brother Law recently completed the requirements and was awarded the Doctor of Education d e gree at Cornell University. In so doing, Brother Law became the first degree graduate of Saint Paul's College to earn the doctorate.

Brother Law, who is originally from Bristol, Virginia, has an outstanding record as a teacher and administrator in Southside Virginia. He has held positions as instructor at James Solomon Russell High School and Saint Paul's College and has served in his present capacity since 1957.

In addition to the degree which he now holds from Cornell, Brother Law was also awarded the Bachelor of Science with highest honors at Saint Paul's College in 1950 and the Master of Arts at New York University in 1953.

During his graduate studies Brother Law received considerable honors in the form of scholarships and grants.

Notable among these were the United Negro College Fund Fellowship which is awarded to persons showing outstanding potential as college instructors, and the Alpha Phi Alpha Graduate Fellowship Award.

Bro. James Robinson receives cash donation from Eta Alpha Lambda president as a gift to Crossroad Africa: (L-R) - Bro. W. Tyson, Toastmaster; Bro. James Robinson, Director of Crossroad Africa; Bro. H. Taylor, President; Bro. Frank Moore, Vice-President.

Bro. James Robinson shown receiving plaque from Bro. Earl Williams, honoring him as the chapter's (Eta Alpha Lambda) Alpha Man of the Year. Looking on from left to right are Bros. W. Tyson, H. Hooks and Alpha aspirant, Vernon K. Hooks.

CHARTER DAY PROGRAM

by Bro. Haywood Hooks

The Chapter was chartered at New Haven, Conn, in 1957. Since then there have been four presidents: Roy Gilmer of Omega Chapter, George Conquest, Allen Brown and Harold Taylor, now serving.

Eta Alpha Lambda boasts of its community activities such as the Roy Gilmer Scholarship Fund, established in honor of the first president of the chapter; contributing annually to the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation Scholarship, designed to assist some Negro student with outstanding scholastic ability; Career Day programs held annually; and many other community programs.

Chairman and toastmaster of the program was Bro. Dr: Willian Tyson, assisted by: Bros. Haywood Hooks, H e i r y F. Francis, William S. Freeman, E. 1 Williams and Lylburn Downing.

October 7, 1962, was Charter Day celebration for more than twenty-five members of Eta Alpha Lambda of New Haven, Connecticut.

The guest speaker for the program was Bro. Dr. James Robinson of N v York City.

Dr. Robinson's achievements a: -; many including the vital position he holds now as Director of Crossroads Africa and Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Peace Corps.

"Like the Peace Corps, Operation Crossroads Africa has demonstrated by deeds, not words, the friendly feelings of Americans toward the citizens of the newly independent states of Africa."

Porter Junior High School, Memphis, Tennessee, and Recording Secretary of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was given the "Alpha Secretary of the Year Aw a r d " at the Southern Regional Convention held in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Bro. T. W. Northcross, chairman of the Awards Committee and president of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter is shown making the presentation. This award is based on the length of u n broken, efficient and faithful service given his chapter. Especially noteworthy were the many praises heaped upon Brother Owen by the Southern Vice President Bro. Walter Washington who dedicated an entire evening of social affairs to the chapter secretaries, among many other fine tributes he mentioned that he had personally known of the dedicated services rendered the fraternity by Brother Owen for the past eighteen years.

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than the widely held practice of awarding a scholarship or scholarships?

by Bro. Oscar W. Richie There are several reasons for this. But On Tuesday, J u n e 5, 1962, the b a n - first, what is our position regarding quet room of the City Club of Cleve- the latter approach? land was the scene of Delta Alpha By and large, we look with favor Lambda's Fourth Annual Scholarship upon the awarding of scholarships. We Recognition Banquet honoring the recognize the great need for such asmembers of the 1962 All-Scholastic sistance - and, parenthetically, many Team. At this • meeting twenty-three of us contribute, individually, to scholgraduating seniors representing the arship funds. But we recognize also s~holastically top male students at fif- that scholarship aid is available from teen Cleveland public and parochial many, many sources and in sums adehigh schools were cited for their schol- quate to aid those who qualify. F u r astic excellence. thermore, we believe that any lack of The principal address was given by access to scholarship aid is perhaps not the Deputy Superintendent of the the result of inadequate or unavailable Cleveland Public Schools system, Mr. funds but rather the result of the lack Alva Dittrick. In his address Mr. Dit- of the optimum distribution of those trick pointed up the personal and so- funds. This is to say that, in some cial implications of initiative, industry, instances, those who are qualified for integrity and individual responsibility. scholarship aid are unaware of the The response for the members of the sources and the appropriate procedures All-Scholastic Team was given by they must follow to secure such aid.

Michael J u h a of West High School. On the assumption that this situation Other participants on the program were prevails to a significant extent, we have Mr. Walter L. Davis and Rev. Joseph been and are working toward the esC. Coles, President and member, r e - tablishment of a "clearinghouse" for spectively, of the Cleveland Board of scholarship aid.

Education, Brother Elmer C. Collins, Meanwhile, our major efforts are diMid-Western Vice President, Brother rected toward the continuation and Charles L. Nunn, President, Delta Al- improvement of our annual All-Scholpha Lambda, and Brother Oscar W. astic Team program. And why? BeRitchie, who presided as toastmaster. cause achievement is promoted by the Perhaps the highlight of the meeting reward of recognition; because each came when Brother Culbreth C. Cook, year our program involves the two Chairman of the Selections Committee, scholastically outstanding male gradawarded each of the students an en- uates of every high school in Clevegraved copy of Roget's Thesaurus and land directly, and many of the stuthe Alpha Phi Alpha Certificate of dents in those schools indirectly; beMerit. cause our is a program in which promIn addition to the recognition and ise not popularity, achievement not honor accorded the members of the ancestry, scholarship not status, are All-Scholastic Team, the parents and the sole criteria for recognition and r e principals, who were present as guests ward. Furthermore, through this proof the Chapter, were paid a special gram we are, in some small measure, tribute for their contributions to the privileged to serve our community. scholastic achievements of their sons Finally, we know from experience, and 'students, respectively. Finally, of however limited and recent, that we the approximately one hundred Alpha are making friends for ourselves and Brothers who underwrote the cost of equally important, for our Fraternity. this program, about seventy-five were Manifestly - and we hope pardonably present and participated in the festivi- we commend this program to you ties of the evening.

The program reported above repre- for your thoughtful evaluation and consents, essentially, our Chapter's basic sideration. Certainly we do not sugapproach to the implementation of our gest that other chapters should follow commitment to scholarship. Why have precisely the program we have inaugwe chosen this type of program rather urated; indeed, we have made some changes since its inception and we shall perhaps continue to do so as experience and circumstances seem to warChapters are urged to send in the rant change. What we do suggest is that other chapters consider seriously pictures of their presidents for the promotion of Alpha Phi Alpha's scholarship ideal through the estabthe February edition of lishment of a program which will a p peal to, involve and serve the larger the Sphinx community.

DECEMBER, 1962

A REVIEW OF DELTA NU ACTIVITIES

by Bro. Lewis Powell We, the brothers of Delta Nu, are proud to look back over our year's work and review the activities of the 1961-62 year.

On October 18, 1961 we held our first smoker of the 1961-62 school year. The brothers of Delta Nu presented the ideas and spirit of Alpha.

November 17, 1961 we made our first Sphinx line of the year with Leon Victor Anderson, Josh Hazelton and Ernest Sachtell as new Sphinxmen.

December 9, 1961 our pride was raised by bringing Clarence Turner, Agriculture Major; Clarence Gadsden, Sociology Major; and Lewis Powell, Mathematics Major, into our binds. Also that night we presented an "All Greek" dance to cap our success.

February 28, 1962 we held our second smoker of the year, climaxed with Neophyte Bro. Lewis Powell reciting the "House of Alpha".

March 16, 1962 we made our second Sphinx line of the year with a record twelve. Included were: Clifton Walker, Eugene Evans, Curtis Wise, Oliver Jackson, Kenneth Simpler (our first white Sphinxman), Joseph Mason, Abe Lockett and Wilson Parran.

April 14, 1962 we had three more to "cross the burning sand into Alphaland": Ernest Sachtell, Art Major; Hamilton Parran, Biology Major, Caryle Pierce, Business Major.

April 23, 1962 we went to high schools in the area to help inspire students to stay in school through our Go-To-High School — Go-To-College Campaign.

Delta Nu has decreased in number with the loss of nine brothers via graduation: James Tolson, Elmer Taylor, Ronald Crump, Harry Smith, Franklin Taylor, Wayne Reed, William Hubbert, James Curtis and Charles Foster.

We, the remaining brothers of Delta Nu, send our brotherly love with them.

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BRO. MATTHEW H. DAWSON

BRO. MATTHEW H. DAWSON Bro. Matthew H. Dawson joined the ATA staff on September 1, 1962. A native of Selma, Ala., Bro. Dawson comes to ATA well recommended and qualified. He attended R. B. Hudson High School and Selma University High School, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1954. He r e ceived the A. B. degree in General Business and Economics from Alabama State College, Montgomery, in 1958.

During subsequent summer months, he completed the requirements for and received the B. S. degree in Political Science from Alabama State College.

While in undergraduate school, Bro. Dawson was scholarly and exhibited leadership roles in many activities on campus. He was a member of the Debating Society and also served as an extemporaneous speaker, a member of the Campus Society of Musicians, the Great Books Club, the Student Christian Association, the Marshal Club (campus police), and ardent member of the Sunday School staff, an editor of the college yearbook, and a member of the Business Education Club. He chaired many committees and graduated vice-president of the Senior Class.

Bro. Dawson has taught for four years. He worked for two years in Dallas County, Selma, Alabama, and for two years in Montgomery, Alabama.

His training and experience will be of great value to the ATA expanded program.

Bro. Dawson has been active with the fraternity ever since he was initiated. An an undergraduate, he served as dean of pledgees, secretary, and president. As a graduate, he served as an advisor to the undergraduates and is now serving as secretary of Alpha Upsilon Lambda Chapter. He has been a delegate to conventions - national, regional and state. His potentialities are far from being exhausted.

In civic affairs, Bro. Dawson does not take a back seat.

Bro. Dawson is a member of the First Congregational Christian Church of

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BRO. EDWARD W. BROOKE

BRO. BROOKE ELECTED ATTORNEY GENERAL Bro. Edward W. Brooke is the first Negro since Reconstruction days, perhaps in the history of the United States, to be elected to the high office of state Attorney General. In Massachusetts, he is the first Negro to be endorsed by either major political party. Unlike other Negroes who in 1962 won local or state elections in New York, Michigan, or Georgia in Negro residential districts, Mr. Brooke campaigned and won on the issues pertinent to the attorney general's office. Negroes in Massachusetts total only 1.5% of the state population. He received 1,140,556 votes to his opponent's 882,886, a huge plurality of 257,670 votes. In Connecticut, a Negro was elected automatically to state office (Treasurer) when both major parties nominated a Negro. However, here in Massachusets, Mr. Brooke, running always against White candidates, won stunning and dramatic victories at the Republican State Convention in June, in the Republican Primary in September, and in the general election in November.

Since he received far more votes than anv Republican running for statewide office, and since the Republican incumbent Governor apparently has lost by a razor-thin 3,000 votes, Mr. Brooke is now the titular head of the Republican Partv in Massachusetts. His candidacy, nomination and election has caused a maior upheaval in Republican state politics. It is evident by the total n u m ber of votes cast, that there was no significant anti-Negro or anti-Brooke sentiment. In fact, in a year when Democrats captured every other state wide office, the Senate, and the House, Mr. Brooke received large numbers of Democratic votes.

Montgomery; a member of all professional organizations (NEA, ATA and ASTA), and a member of Southern Pride Lodge No. 431, I. B. P. O. E. of W. His title is assistant to the Executive Secretary.

BRO. CHANNING D. SMITH

GAMMA AT WORK

by Bro. R. Waldron Jordon Gamma Chapter at Virginia Union University at Richmond, Virginia is proud tg announce that Bro. Channing D. Smith is to be inducted into the A l pha Kappa Mu Honor Society. Bro. Smith, a biology major of Middleburg, Virginia, is one of the ranking students in the Junior Class with a 2.65 average.

(3 point system).

Along with Bro. Smith are Bros. Wesley Carter, Richmond, Va., and Ernest Davis, Richmond, Va., to be inducted into Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society.

They, too, are ranking juniors, thus enabling Gamma Chapter to hold its position as the leading Fraternity on Union's Campus, academically - an award for which they were honored in 1961-62.

Gamma is also pleased to announce that Bro. Smith has received an Alpha Phi Alpha undergraduate scholarship in the amount of $450.00 for the academic year 1962-63. Look, Brothers, Gamma is at work academically as well as fraternally.

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by Bro. Warren W. Welters A new opening in our community is the Franklin Federal Savings and Loan Association. The Franklin is the first of its kind in Miami among Negroes which will be protected by the Federal Government.

The Board of Directors is composed of an integrated staff. We are proud of Brother Dr. Nathaniel Colston, Chairman of the Board and Brother Walter C. Cogdell as Director. This indeed is another first for Alpha Phi Alpha in this area. Franklin Federal is located at 1001 N. W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida. At present, the association is operating very successfully.

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"CHALLENGING UNLIMITED HORIZONSGAMMA ALPHA CHAPTER

by Bro. E. Wayne Watkins The Gamma Alpha Chapter is now in the process of executing plans which make for another prosperous year on the campus of Texas College, Tyler, Texas.

Its members, cognizant of the needs for developing qualities of leadership, have pursued and accomplished tasks which make for the good of human welfare.

Brother Lee T. Madkins, a m a t h e matics major, Vice President of Texas College Student Government, Vice President of Gamma Alpha Chapter, member of Alpha Kappa Mu and Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities - 1961-62, spent the past summer working for the Department of Interior, as a Park Ranger, at King's Canyon National Park, California.

Brother Thorndike Lewis, an elementary major, President of Student N. E. A., Vice President of the College Band, Vice President of Y.M.C.A., Treasurer and Dean of Pledgees of Gamma Alpha Chapter, a Cadet teacher, also spent the summer working for the Department of Interior, as a Park Ranger at Sequoia National Park, California.

Brother Robert Henderson, a physical education major, President of Pan-Hellenic Council, President of Pre-Alumni Club, President of Gamma Alpha Chapter, National Treasurer of the U.N.C.F., and a member of Phi Delta Psi Honorary Society, was chosen to work at Yellow Stone National Park.

Brother Arthur Albright, a sophomore, has recently joined us from E p silon Kappa Chapter at Bradley College in Peoria, Illinois.

Brother Elgin W. Watkins, a chemistry major, President of Texas College Student Government, Secretary of Gamma Alpha Chapter, Parliamentarian of Science Club, member of Phi Delta Psi Honorary Society, Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities - 1961-62, trained this summer at Pineland Hospital and Training Center, as a member of the American Friends Service Committee in PownaL Maine.

With these experiences and the academic experiences being pursued with the spirit of a restless people and a desire to achieve, we strive to master those goals which are indicative of our great fraternity; for we realize that along with Brotherhood, scholarship, manhood and initiative, progress is our most important product.

DECEMBER, 1962

BETA UPSILON CHAPTER'S WHO'S WHO BROTHERS

by Bro. John C. Dunn, Jr. Selected to appear in the 1962 edition of Who's Who Among Students in Colleges and Universities are three brothers from Beta Upsilon Chapter, Alabama State College, Montgomery. The three brothers and their official position in the chapter are: Bro. John C. Dunn, Jr., Asst. x Editor-to-Sphinx; Bro. Tony Martin Tolliver, Parliamentarian; and, Bro. Harper C. Trenholm, Jr., President of the Chapter. Each of the three brothers participates in an array of activities and is noted for his high scholastical achievements.

Bro. Dunn, from Philadelphia, is a major in Physical Education and a minor in History with a B plus average.

Upon graduation he anticipates further study to become a Physical Therapist.

His campus activities include: Justice of the Supreme Court, member of the P. E. Club and the Marshal's Organization, and football and baseball varsity teams' member.

Bro. Tony Tolliver is from Montgomery, is married and has one daughter. A junior, he is a Science major and Mathematics minor, with a B plus average. Brother Tolliver serves as President of the Junior Secondary Class, Vice President of the Day Student Council, Secretary of the Newman Club, as well as chapter parliamentarian. He is a member of the Camera Club and Notable Books Club. In addition, he is a vocalist with the Dixie Modernaires and a Veteran of the U. S. Air Force.

Brother Trenholm, also a native Montgomerian, is a Senior with a General Business major and Economics minor. He has an A minus average.

Extra-curricular activities include: Treasurer of the Day Student Council and Treasurer of the P a n Hellenic Council, member of the swimming team, and president of the Chapter.

Upon graduation he looks forward to matriculation at the University of Chicago's Law School. Along with Bro. Tolliver, he has been an Honor Student and scholarship recipient for each quarter of attendance.

BETA NU LAMBDA NEWS

by Bro. Talmadge A. McDow, J r .

The Brothers of Beta Nu Lambda embark on another year with inspired thoughts and minds dedicated to m a k ing this a banner year for Alpha Phi Alpha in the Queen City of the South, Charlotte, N. C. Our first meeting after the summer vacation was held the fourth Monday in September in the assembly room of the famed Excelsior Club. The meeting was conducted with dignity by our President Bro. Dr. Edwin Thompkins.

In this meeting we made our outline of activities for the year. A few of our plans are as follows: 1. To make an all-out effort to r e claim inactive Brothers.

2. To strive to improve the quality of our Annual scholarship project.

3. To institute a community program for building better citizenship among our youth.

In this meeting we also welcomed several Brothers who are coming to Beta Nu Lambda from other Chapters.

They are Bros. Dr. S. Webbef, O.^Rousseau, T. Bowser and K. Collier. We are proud to have these brothers affiliate with Beta Nu Lambda and to know they prefer to remain among the active of our Dear Ole Frat.

Echoes of our Winter Formal which is always held the Wednesday before Thanksgiving are still resounding in our fair city. It is the desire of all that this year's will equal and surpass the preceding ones.

Our chapter has* been wonderfully lead this year by the following: Bro. Dr. Edwin Thompkins, President; Bro. Talmadge A. McDow, Jr., Vice President; Bro. P. E. Bazemore, Recording Secretary; Bro. Calvin A. Hood, Financial Secretary; Bro. Rainey H. Floyd, Corresponding Secretary; Bro. F. J. Armstead, Treasurer; Bro. Robert E. Wood, Chaplain.

We are ever striving in Beta Nu Lambda to remain "first of all". We shall humble ourselves to become "servants of all", and by the combined effort of every Brother we shall transcend all.

See you in Columbus.

CORRECTIONS Appearing in the October issue of the Sphinx under the title, Washington, D. C.'s First Woman Judge, page 7, paragraph 4, it was stated that Judge Marjorie Lawson is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. This is an error. Judge Lawson is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. We apologize for this mistake.

Also in the October issue of the Sphinx under the caption, Souvenir Programs, page 17, Mr. Charles E. Cofield, public relations counselor in charge of the Columbus Convention programs, was referred to as Brother.

Mr. Cofield is not a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.

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PROGRESS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA IN CINCINNATI

by Bro. David Turpeau Anderson Too often many prophite as well as neophyte brothers adjourn their r e spective campuses for the summer months leaving their thoughts and lives which had previously been involved in productive fraternal activity to lie idle.

However, this past summer as undergraduate and recently graduated Alphamen returned to their native Cincinnati, a meeting was called for such brothers by the University of Cincinnati's chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha F r a ternity, Alpha Alpha Chapter. From this meeting evolved a milestone in the lives of the sixteen brothers who p a r ticipated in the creation of a functioning "summer chapter" which served to lay the foundation for what we hope will be a new movement throughout all Alphadom.

The assembled brothers elected officers to carry out a designed threefold purpose: (1) to sustain the flame of Alpha among the brothers during the summer by involving the group in social functions carried out on a fraternal basis; (2) to exchange ideas, procedures, and accomplishments from the seven chapters represented by the hometown brothers; (3) to experience and enrich ourselves through involvement and service in community p r o grams.

The summer program was carried out with overwhelming enthusiasm by the participation of active brothers who, by coincidence, were bulwarks of their own respective chapters and hence the blend into a uniform body offered an almost unbelieveable source of talent, administrative skills, and industrious attitudes. Primarily, fraternal business and reports consumed weekly Tuesday night meetings at the frat house. Yet secondly, and equally important, every other Thursday was reserved for informal social workshops at the homes of the brothers involving a multitude of fraternal issues: (1) pledge programs, (2) intra- as well as interfraternal relations, (3) exchange of Alpha songs, the soul music of the fraternity, (4) constitutional reviews, (5) yearly programming of various functions, (6) the problem of a brother's delinquency or apathy, (7) p r o jective ideas in the community, (8) adademic incentives, (9) campus p r o b lems, and many others specific and general.

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and the turbulent actions of such a fraternal group are readily realized.

Projects included picnics, parties, outings, publicized baseball games, forums, church attendance as a body, and a very climatic and successful Midsummers' Ball given as an informal dance at the Hotel Alms Club Village here in Cincinnati.

The astounding success of the fraternal "summer chapter" which later adopted the name of Cincinnati Intercollegiate Alphas was so tremendous upon its initial attempt, participation by the brothers so energetic, and hopes for the future were so widely held that consequent reunification of brothers the summer of 1963 promises to be even more solid, programs even larger, and functioning even more effective.

Already attendance at the national convention in December is planned as a body, and hopes for reunion Thanksgiving are near fulfillment.

This opportunity of brothers so innately involved in the campus itself to assemble and work for a betterment of Alpha instead of seeking less productive and less enriching individual paths during the summer far benefitted the participating brothers beyond all expectation, and speaking on behalf of all, I deeply urge each native home of Alphamen to embark upon a program designed to activate hometown brothers and to lay the foundations for Alpha to move to touch the lives of many even during the summer.

ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER ON THE MOVE

by Bro. David Turpeau Anderson On October 26, 1962, Alpha Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity formally received recognition on the University of Cincinnati campus. R e cent years have found this undergraduate chapter fused with the graduate chapter here in Cincinnati, Delta G a m ma Lambda, which has skillfully lended support to an undergraduate chapter which heretofore had been unable to make known its presence at the U n iversity. Today, Alpha Alpha Chapter consists of eleven active brothers and twenty-five pledgees. As recently as December of 1961, the official membership of the chapter totaled three, all neophytes inducted by Delta Gamma Lambda, and yet by May of 1962 Alpha Alpha Chapter was applying for campus recognition. Be not aroused at this haste in the preparation of these brothers; never have such competent pledgees responded to the call of Alpha with such vigor and initiative. Great praise must be given to the hardworking Dean of Pledgees who was affiliated with Alpha Alpha Chapter at this time, Bro. John Shannon from Beta Omicron at Tennessee State. Under his guidance eight men were led across the sands to pour their energies into the fraternity and apply for campus recog(Continued on page 36)

CINCINNATI INTERCOLLEGIATE A L P H A S - Kneeling (1-r): Aaron Turpeau. Alpha Zela; Adolphus Ward. Delta Xi. First row (1-r): Carl Benson. Onnie Martin, Alpha Alpha; Steve Sherman, Phi; Ronald Brown. G a m m a Tau; David Anderson, Alpha Alpha; Edgar Gibson, Gamma Omicron. Standing (1-r): Charles Clark. Robert Felder, Alpha Alpha; Warren Foster, Delta Upsilon; Edward Dent, John Montgomery, Alpha Alpha; Clarence Lowe, Delta Upsilon; Elvin Turner, Clarence Frazier, G a m m a Omicron.

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THETA ALPHA LAMBDA Gadsen, Alabama Theta Alpha Lambda is a new chapter, but we are happy to announce that we are ready and willing to help carry on the high ideals and principals that Alpha truly stands for. Also, we are blessed to have a president like Bro. J. T. Williams, with whom all of us enjoy working.

Theta Alpha Lambda was happy to present its charter program on Sunday, October 7th, at the new Saint John C. M. E. Church, the Rev. W. A. Baskerville, pastor.

Our theme was "Knowledge and Achievement".

Those appearing on the program were Bro. Henry Bradford, head of the Music Department at A & M College, Huntsville, Ala.; Bro. George W. Davis, Assistant Director of Gadsen State Vocational Technical School, Bro. James C. Carey, pharmacist, and Bro. J. T. Williams, principal of Carver High School. The guest speaker for the occasion was Bro. Atty. Belford V. Lawson.

The guest chapters were from Birmingham, Talladega and Huntsville.

This chapter is concerned with the raising of standards through culture for service. We will continue to move onward and upward to higher things.

BETA PI SALUTES BRO. SHAW The brothers of Beta Pi chapter of Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee feel very proud to boast of having such an outstanding athlete as Bro. Willie George Shaw as the center of attraction in small college basketball circles.

BHO. WILLIE GEORGE SHAW

With the 1962-63 basketball season fastly approaching, many coaches will be mapping strategy on how to stop the deadly eye for accuracy of Shaw which placed him as leading scorer of the National Athletic Inter-collegiate Association which covers small college com-

DECEMBER, 1962

THETA A L P H A L A M B D A WITH BRO. B. V. LAWSON - Gadsen. Ala. - Left to right: Bros.

E. N. Prater, B. V. Lawson, S. Thomas, J. Rigsby, J. T: Williams, E. Jones G Davis C Carev D. Liillefield.

YOUNG ALPHA WIVES CLUB - Los Angeles, Calif. First row (1-r): Lillian Joseph. Gwen Holmes. Judy Willis. Barbara Crews. Second row (1-r): Mahaley Jones, Violet Teasley, MaybeUine Griffith, Sibyl Jackson. Phyllis Hall. Third row (I-r): La Verne Moore, Shirley Dansby.

Andrea Jeter, Niomi Hypolile and Elmira Armstrong. Active, but not shown in the photo. are A m a m e n l a Christopher, June Powell. Lois Beaubian. Melba Brown, Charlene Joseph. Linda McKinney. Virgie Edwards. Anita Dixon. Abbi Banton. Roxanne Morrow. Alice Sanders. Marie Swain, Joyce Streeler. Helen Taylor. Lois Hicks. Lillian Green. Alice Starks. Harriet N e u m a n and A n n Author.

petition. His record as a sophomore was an average of 32.8 points per game.

During his high school career, Shaw played at Merry High School of J a c k son, Tennessee where he received his formal basketball coaching under Bro. V. J. Gilmore now working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His college coach, Bro. Paul Collins, says that Shaw has perhaps the greatest potential of any small college basketball player with his skill at ball-handling and shooting accuracy. Bro. Shaw has acquired an e x cellent academic average of 3.2 thus far and was voted the most popular man on campus for his fine character.

Hats off to Bro. Willie Shaw from Beta Pi for a fine season.

NEGRO HISTORY WEEK will be celebrated FEBRUARY 10 - 17, 1963 Theme: "NEGRO HISTORY EVALUATES EMANCIPATION" For Further Information Write: The Association For The Study of Negro Life and History 1538 - 9th Street, N. W. Washington 1, D. C.

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BETA P S I LAMBDA

by Bro. Henry A. Swain During the month of July Alpha Delta, Gamma Xi and Alpha Phi Chapters met with the graduate chapter to map out plans for the fall and to let the chapter know of their problems. Bet Psi Lambda of Los Angeles has given the undergraduates the assurance of support.

paid-up life-membership in the NAACP. From the city of Los Angeles a delegation of thirty-five brothers journeyed to the regional meeting held in San Francisco. Twenty-five of the brothers were from Beta Psi Lambda.

Congratulations to those brothers r e ceiving awards for outstanding citizens: Bros. H. Hartford Brookins, J. Leon Hawkins and Jesse Sterling. The James Gibbs Award for Community

Service went to Beta Psi Lambda Chapter. Regional Man of the Year Award was awarded to Bro. Jesse Sterling, president of Beta Psi. The Edward Ballard Award for Educational Assistance went to Beta Psi Lambda.

We were very happy to have in our August meeting Past President Bro. Myles Paige, judge from New York City, who gave a very challenging message.

The Easter show under the direction of Bros. Gary and Ballard, with the cooperation of the other brothers, met with great success. As a result of this effort the chapter presented a check to Bro. Hawkins of the Educational Committee for $1,500 to be used in our scholarship activities and also for a

Tri Chapter m e e t i n g of Los A n g e l e s Brothers. The chapters represented Lambda, Alpha Delta and Gamma. Inserted is Bro. Rev. H. H. Brookins.

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Bros. Dr. E. H. Ballard. Co-chairman. Dr. John G. Gary, chairman, and Wm. Brown, chairman of arrangements.

A L P H A WIVES OF BETA PSI LAMBDA

Pres. Jesse H. Sterling presents checks to Bros. Perry Parks for the Urban League and YMCA; J. Leon H a w k i n s for Scholarships and Educational Activities; Lige Green for Freedom Riders and to Charles Fielding for the N A A C P . Bro. Sterling received award for Western Region, "Alpha of the Year".

Bro. Hawkins received the Western Region's Outstanding Citizenship Award for Educational Activities in the c o m m u n i t y .

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f Alpha's League bowlers sponsored by Beta Psi Lambda. of arrangements

Bro. Leonard Matthews is chairman

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B R O T H E R S IN THE ARMED FORCES ARMY CAPT. WILLIAM P. CASON - N a s h ville, Tenn., recently completed the s i x - w e e k medical officer orientation course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of Howard Univ.

ARMY CAPT. JESSE COLEMAN - Charleston, Mo., recently completed the t w o - w e e k air transportability planning course at Fort Eustis, Va. He is a graduate of Lincoln University (Jefferson City).

ARMY CAPT. JAMES E. BALL, Charleston, S. C , assistant operations and training officer in the 1st Artillery's Headquarters, Fort Buckner, Okinawa. He is a graduate of South Carolina State College.

ARMY CAPT. REMUS C. RHODES III. Ossining, N. Y., recently participated in FALLEX. a large-scale NATO e x e r c i s e in Germany. He is a graduate of Tuskegee, Institute.

ARMY 1st LT. ALBERT SLAUGHTER Wabasso, Florida, recently participated in a firing exercise at Grafenwohr, Germany. He is a graduate of Florida A & M University.

ARMY 1st LT. WENDELL STEPP - Versailles, Ky., recently completed the fourweek airborne course at Fort Benning, Ga. H is a graduate of Central State College.

ARMY 1st LT. HILLIARD E. GARDNER Easton. Md.. reoently completed the military orientation course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of Tuskegee Institute.

ARMY 2nd LT. ROBERT A. BAILEY - Willow Grove, Pa., completed the officer orientation course at Fort Benjamin Harrison, !nd. He is a graduate of Howard University.

ARMY 2nd LT. JEWEL L. WILLIAMS Talladega, Alabama, completed the eightweek Medical Service Corps officer orientation course at Fort Sam Houston. Texas. He is a graduate of T u s k e g e e Institute.

ARMY 2nd LT. WARREN B. EDMONDS Baltimore, Md., completed the eight-week officer orientation course at Fort Gordon, Ga. He is a graduate of Morgan State College.

ARMY 2nd LT. PHILLIP KITCHINGS Wagener. S. C . completed the eight-week field artillery officers' orientation course at Fort Sill. Okla. He is a graduate of South Carolina State College.

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PVT. ODELL HICKS. JR. - Chicago. III., completed eightweeks of advanced individual infantry training at Mort Ord. Calif. He is a graduate of Roosevelt University.

PVT. MARVIN C. HILL - Pittsburg, Pa., recently completed eight-weeks of advanced individual training as a cannoneer at Fort Sill. Okla. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University.

STAFF SERGEANT HORACE G. JACKSON - Cleveland. Ohio - recently participated in FALLEX, a large scale NATO exercise in Germany. He is a graduate of Lane College.

ARMY MAJOR NEHEMIAH E. RICHARDSON - Akron, Ohio, has recently been assigned as Executive Officer, 7th Training Battalion, U. S. Army Training Center Field Artillery. He is a graduate of the University of Akron.

ARMY MAJOR ROBERT L. PETERS - is Presently attending the Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth.

Kansas. He is a graduate of W. Va. State Colleee.

ARMY 1st LT. ELRIDGE W. McMILLAN, J R- - Atlanta. Ga., has been reassigned to the 1st MSL BN, 39th Arty, in Hanau, Germany. He is a graduate of South Carolina State College.

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ARMY 1st LT. EDDIE L. BRANDON - N e w Orleans, La., has been reassigned to Fort Bliss, Texas to attend the Hawk Staff Officer's Course. He is a graduate 61 Dillard University.

ARMY CAPT. JASPER C. HORNE - Nashville, Tenn., is presently serving as a Tactical Missile Instructor in the Dept. of Tactics and Combined Arms, USAAMS. He is a graduate of Hampton Institute.

(AHTNC) BRO. SGT. FLOYD O. BURNS, 27, son of "Mr. and Mrs. Cleatus Burns, S06 W. 23rd St.. Jasper, Ala., recently graduated from the Seventh U. S. A r m y N o n - c o m m i s sioned Officer A c a d e m y in Bad Tolz, Germany. He is a 1954 graduate of Waller Co. Training High School in Jasper and a 1957 graduate of Albana Agricultural and Mechanical College.

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BRO. LT. COLONEL CHARLES W. WILSON, SR., recently promoted to his present rank, w a s one of ten officers chosen to survey the controversial 38th Parallel in Korea. Presently, he is an Army Advisor to Combat Command "C" and the 152nd Engineer Battalion, 27th Armored Division, N e w York Army National Guard. He is a native of Pittsburgh. Bro. Wilson has been assigned to the U. S. A r m y Advisor Group. Army National Guard N e w York since July 1959 in Buffalo, N e w York.

FUTURE CONVENTIONS Summer 1963 __ Summer 1964

Boston, Mass New York, N. Y.

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Chicago, 111.

Christmas 1966

St. Louis, Mo.

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OMEGA BROTHERS WHO PASSED INTO OMEGA CHAPTER IN 1962 Jewel - George B. Kelley Blanks, James L. Bowen, Bishop J o h n W. E. Cardoza, Dr. W. Warrick Chippey, A r t h u r P .

Gain, C. Morris, (Life Mem. No. 12) Carter, Roy C. Davis, Robert Clarke Dickerson, Voris O. Diggs, George Edward Edmonds, Dr. Milton G. Edwards, Dr. Robert F .

Epps, Eric W.Fletcher, Thomas H. Fowlkes, Lesliea Frazier, Dr. E. Franklin Greer, Edgar H. Hodge, Freeman Prince Ish, Jefferson G. Lester, T. A r t h u r Mullon, Dr. Vance S. Oliver Dr. Paul J. Porter, Richard Randolph Quinn, Governor V. J r .

ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER ON THE MOVE (Continued from page 32) nition, with the highest academic a v e r age of any male Greek fraternity at the University of Cincinnati.

Realizing that the school year of 19621963 was to be a year of great advancements, Alpha Alpha Chapter functioned throughout the summer, hosting a summer chapter, the Intercollegiate Alphas, composed of all undergraduate and r e cently graduated Alphamen throughout the city.

Alpha Alpha chapter is also proud of the fact that Brother Jacob Crittenden, a 1962 graduate from the University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, was the first Negro to occupy the position of Cadet Colonel of the 665th Detachment, AFROTC. Such an accomplishment all the brothers of Alpha Alpha Chapter try to achieve. Future plans involve obtaining a new fraternity house located adjacent to the campus, and becoming the most outstanding chapter throughout all Alphadom.

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On Wednesday, October 24th, 1962 Eta Tau Lambda Chapter lost the d e voted and dedicated service of a noble Alpha Brother, Earl Bruce Tate, Sr. On that morning Brother Tate left to join that illustrious body of distinguished brothers and servants of Omega Chapter.

All his life Brother Tate spent in

the enjoyment of working with people and especially children and young people. As executive director of the Glendale branch of the Akron, Ohio Y. M. C. A., he brought joy and happiness to many young persons of the community. He loved sports and participated in and organized as many healthy activities he could. Brother Tate, best known to his friends, as Bruce, was a highly respected citizen and admired by big and small. He was blessed with an infectious personality which made strangers like him on sight. It was seldom, if ever, that anyone did not e n joy his easy-going and agreeable n a ture and being rewarded with a wide affectionate grin.

Brother Tate was very active in u n dergraduate activities and encouraged many of the young men of this community, in attendance at the University of Akron to go forward despite any and all obstacles. As a result of his e n couragement in the academic field many of these same young men e n tered into the fold of Alpha Phi Alpha.

He was a leading figure in the organizing of Eta Tau Lambda Graduate Chapter and was one of its charter members. We shall miss his warm presence and constant encouragement as a brother, friend and a solid citizen.

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new found freedom and progress. Nor are some of them progressive and enlightened, such as Hendrik Verwoerd of South Africa, champion of the "White Superiority" myth but they cannot endure for long, soon they, too, as others like them, shall be cast aside.

The author has a thorough understanding of the mind of native Africa and is most sympathetic toward her new leaders. He is appreciative of the problems which they face and the many difficulties that they have to overcome not only caused by the dying colonial system and the outside world but by the natives themselves. He does not include the world of Africa in this book but rather limits it to the nations that are independent or on the verge of independence.

Professor Italiaander does a wonderful job in untangling some of the misjudgments about the Republic of Congo and lifting up the cruel and critical situation existing in the Union of South Africa. These two chapters alone would justify the printing of the book, say

The problems of Africa can no longef be overlooked, cast aside or supressed, the rest of them must meet the challenge head-on and recognize the a m bitions and rights of a people too long ignored. This book is certainly "a must" for anyone who desires information and a clearer insight and understanding of the problems of Africa and the mind of their leaders.

HAPTER Reid, Bishop Frank Madison Reid, Thomas N. Richards, Ernest Wakefield Robinson, Aubrey E. J r .

Robinson, William Henry Russel, William James Scott, Clyde S. Stevenson, Arthur D. Swingler, Lewis O. Tate, E. Bruce, Sr. Williams, George Wallace Wilson, Frank B. Sr.

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ZETA PHI LAMBDA LEADS (Continued from page 25) it has made vital contributions to civic efforts. Financial contributions have been made to brothers in the New England area seeking political office, and an initial payment has been made on a life membership in the NAACP. Zeta Phi Lambda has exemplified in the past the tradition of Alpha of being "First of all, Servants df all; We shall transcend all." Now we accept the1 challenge for 1963 . . .

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mtm^ijiAjA May the Christmas season bring to each of you n e w hope for the future and the joys that you seek m a y the spirit of the Christ Child ever reign in your May the N e w Year be filled with happiness, love and the host of things that make for the fullness of a fruitful and useful life.

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1863)

hereas, on (September 22, 1862), a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the follounng, to toit: "That on (January 1, 1863), all persons held as slaves uiithin any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or ony of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

"That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such states shall hare participated, shall in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such ÂŤtate, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States."

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, . . . (1863) . . . , and in accordance uiith my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as 'the states and parts of states wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the foltoiuing, to u>it: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terre Bonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans,) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West "Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth,) and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.

And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, 1 do order and declare that all persons held as slaves tvithin said designated states and part of states, are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and / recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.

And I further declare and make knoum that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoice the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of AN mighty God. . . .

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