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ARTICLES 2 NEW CENTURY OF FREEDOM 3 A BASIC MOTIF IN ALPHA PHI ALPHA HISTORY 5 PLEDGING - A TIME FOR TESTING 6 CONVENTION REPORT (Frat Fun) 10 A CHALLENGE TO A L P H A MEN 14 STRENGTHENING A GREAT NATION THROUGH STRENGTHENING A GREAT FRATERNITY 16 MEET THE GENERAL PRESIDENT AND FAMILY DEPARTMENTS 15 18 18 19 20 22 22 23 23 24 26 28 30 40 40

FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARY'S DESK REFRESH YOUR MEMORY EDITORIALLY SPEAKING BOOKS A L P H A SWEETHEARTS J O B OPPORTUNITIES SCHOLASTIC HONOR ROLL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES MUSING WITH THE POETS WIVES AND CHILDREN O F A L P H A BROTHERS LETTERS FROM GENERAL OFFICERS NEWS WITH A NATIONAL FLAVOR CHAPTER ACTIVITIES BROTHERS IN THE ARMED FORCES OMEGA CHAPTER

FRONT COVER: The story of the Negro by J. L. W. through the courtesy of the Associated Publishers, Inc., Washington, D. C. This painting depicts the Negro from his early beginnings in America (al'tei he was brought across the ocean from his African huts to the shores of the United States) through his many hardships to the rapid progress he has made through the years.

It is very fitting that the church and school should have a central place in this painting since these institutions have played a major role in the life and progress of the American Negro.

A close study of the painting will reveal several stages of this progress with a torch bearer leading the procession of progress. This painting is very appropriate, particularly in this centennial year of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Organizing Editor, 1914: Raymond W. Cannon * * * EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: C. ANDERSON DAVIS THE SPHINX: P. O. BOX 1420, BLUEFIELD, W. VA. - PHONE 325-8777 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Frank W. Mitchell, 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.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: J. Herbert King, J. E. Martin, Felix Warren, John H. Johnson, John C. Brown, Malvin Goode, Marshall Harris, Moss H. Kendrix, T. Winston Cole, Lionel H. Newson.

The Sphinx is the magazine (Official Organ) of Aloha 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, 1963 by The Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Subscription rate: $2.00 per year.

Address all communications to The Sphinx, P. O. Box 1420, or 300 Sussex Street, Bluefield, W. Va. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Bluefield, W. Va., under act of March 3, 1879.

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

month off idecdi, "Strengthening A Great Nation Through Strengthening A Great Fraternity."

"And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within 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."

— from the Emancipation Proclamation

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"Now I see in this new world A resting spot for man, if he can stand Firm in his place, while Europe howls around him . . .

Then might, perhaps, one land on earth be found, Free from the extremes of poverty and riches; Where ne'er a scepter'd tyrant should be known, Or tyrant lordling, curses of creation."

— from William Dunlap's play, "The Father; or American Shandy-ism, 1789.

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New Century of Freedom

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Bro. C. Anderson Davis

"I shall strenuously chisement of our compromising as wrong, I will not inch and I will be

contend for the immediate enfranslave population.

I will be as unjustice on the subject - I am not equivocate, I will not retreat a single heard." — William Lloyd Garrison

"If a veople would become great it must know and appreciate its history and proclaim it to the world without fear or favor." r A T)

One hundred years have passed since the signing of the Emancipation P r o c lamation by that great emancipator, President Abraham Lincoln, J a n u a r y 1, 1863.

There may be disagreements relative to the expediency of this act at the time or the motives of Abraham Lincoln, but there can be no question as to the effect of this proclamation upon the final elimination of the institution of slavery. Mr. Lincoln may have had some reservations as to the effects this action would have on the war, particularly, the border states and all of the political reactions of the coming elections. He did make statements that seemed contrary to the ideals of freedom for human beings held in bondage, but, in spite of any of these things, we must agree that the spirit of Mr. Lincoln before and after the Civil War was on the side of justice and freedom.

There were many questions in the President's mind when he said, "I am naturally antislavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong." Would the border states continue to support the Union's cause? What would happen to the Negroes once they are free? Who would take care of them? Should the freed Negroes be allowed to remain in the United States? Should they be colonized?

Frederick Douglass had an answer: "Let them take care of themselves as others do." "If the black man can take care of his master and mistress, he can take care of himself." "They will not take up any more room than they do now."

After Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation he was highly praised by some and highly critized by others. Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, wrote in an editorial: "It is the beginning of the end of the rebellion: the beginning of the new life of the nation. God bless Abraham Lincoln." Secr e t a r y of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase stated: "• . . although the act was p e r formed from an imperative sense of duty . . . it is nevertheless, though, baptized in blood, an act of humanity and justice which the latest generation will celebrate."

We are now in the midst of this celebration but we also face the dawn of a New Century of Freedom. What this new century of freedom holds for the Negro, heaven only knows, however, the Negro himself can be a great determining factor in answering this question. We face a new challenge in a new day.

The Negro has the ability to master the great problem before us and to conquer the many road blocks and barriers standing in our way.

The effects of this 100th celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation on the Negro and all of the peoples of America should be (1) to acauaint us more thorougly with the history, achievements, and progress of the Negro in paving the way for greater appreciation, (2) linking the past with the present that the progress of the new century may even be greater, and (3) a new dedication to the cause of freedom and greater sacrifices in sharing to help make freedom and first class citizenship possible. * * * * * Negro History Week, February 10-17, 1963, should have greater significance than ever before. We are at the crossroads - the end of the old and the beginning of the new century of freedom.

The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History will take the lead in promoting Negro History Week and in supplying the necessary materials.

A very significant part of our centennial celebration should be the study of the history and life of the Negro. Certainly, this year should not pass without every child, youth and adult becoming better acquainted with this great race of ours. Let us not play down the importance of Negro History and the accomplishments of the Negro, for we have nothing to be ashamed of but rather we have much to be proud of. We have a history and a great background, let us make the most of these.

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SOME ABOLITIONISTS A N D ANTISLAVERY FRIENDS 1. Frederick Douglass - Freedom Fighter. Embodiment of what the slave w a s and what h e might become. 2. Abraham Lincoln - The Emancipator. 3.' Harriet Beecher Stowe Author of U n c l e Tom's Cabin. 4. Harriet Tubm a n - Antislavery Worker. Civil War Nurse. and Secret Service Agent. 5. Wm. Lloyd Garrison - Uncompromising Abolitionist. 6.

Wendell Phillips. Abolitionist, critisized the church for compromising on slavery. 7. Lucretia Moil, Abolitionist, sought to quarantine products produced with slave labor. 8.

Charles Lenox Remond - Greatest N e g r o A n tislavery Orator before the rise of Douglass.

9. Sojourner Truth-AboUtionist and Underground Railroad Agent 10. Joshua R. Glddings - T h e first militant abolition m e m b e r of Congress. U . William H. Seward, Governor of N e w York w h o despised the institution of slavery.- 12. John B r o w n - Sacrificed h i s life in an attempt to free t h e slaves. 13.

Charles Sumner - A fearless advocate of d e mocracy. 14. Henry Ward Beecher - A champion of freedom. 15. Horace Greeley - Editor of the anti-slavery N e w York Tribune.

16. U. S. Grant - Refused i o g i v e permits to those seeking to recapture the Negroes w h o had escaped from their former masters. 17.

Gen. O. O. Howard - Head of the Freedmen'a Bureau and founder of Howard University.

IB. Gen. S a m u e l C. Armstrong - A friend In War and Peace.

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A Basic Motif In Alpha Phi Alpha History . . . An Interpretation

by Bro. Charles H. Wesley *An address at the Banquet of the MidWestern Regional] Central State College, April 21, 1962.

Arnold J. Toynbee in his "A Study of History" devotes several pages to the challenges of history and then uses this significant sentence, "All progress comes through challenge and response."

Here h e ' projects an action which is followed by a reaction. The action is a challenge and the response is a r e action. These have occurred at n u m erous periods of history in which p r o gressive movements have taken place.

In this connection, Alpha Phi Alpha has had several mitifs which have characterized our continuing life. These motifs have lived and continued to b e of value. A motif is an aspect of literature, music and the fine arts and organizational life. The motif is a theme, a central feature, a dominant element or the motivating idea of a composition, or a work or a decorative artistic production.

Alpha Phi Alpha has had such a major motif over the years of its history.

It has been a prompting stimulus to every initiate. It has been recurrent at every initiation. It has been a basic overtone in the continuing ritualistic life of the fraternity. It has continued to be first among the challenges to Alpha brothers. There have been variations in our slogans for educational campaigns and the themes of our conventions. We search, with each new convention, for an appropriate word or words to describe our purpose and objective. In one respect, we have not departed from our original motif, even in this period of integration.

This idea has not been different from that which has characterized other fraternities. Alpha Epsilon Pi, a J e w ish fraternity founded in 1914, has as its motif, a brotherhood of Jewish students who are encouraged to take high rank in scholarship. Sigma Delta Pi is for Spanish students, Lambda Phi for Italians and others have similar r e ligious motifs in their backgrounds.

Among the motifs which have challenged Alpha Phi Alpha is the reference in the Ritual to Africa as Ethiopia, which constitutes a relationship to Africa and the darker peoples. The first Ritual was worked out by a committee composed of Brothers George B. Kelley

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and Robert H. Ogle in 1906. However, in the next year, 1907, the Ritual could not be located and Brothers Callis and E. K. Jones rewrote a Ritual. Brother Roscoe C. Giles was requested in the same period to engage in historical r e search on the background of Ethiopia, which was then very generally known as the only area in Africa, except Egypt, which had a history.

While our Rituals have been the r e sult of continuous revisions at subsequent conventions, there has been one theme which has been running continuously through them from the very first.

This theme centers on Ethiopia as the known representation of Africa. The Greek use of the word Ethiopia was a part of this process. A change was made during the forties as so to include not only the narrow provincial concept of the fraternity but also to expand it into a fraternity whose portals would be open to the fellowship of all mankind".

We belong to a people "who are among the oldest inhabitants of the earth, the fathers of civilization and religious culture." Alpha men have been thus encouraged to believe that though living in America and giving our allegiance and loyalty to it, we are also aware that we are the heirs of great tradition centering in Africa.

Africa was not only regarded in the symbolic way, to which reference has been made, but there were Africans who were early members of the Fraternity. A Brother Mahlengen was taken into Delta Chapter, Toronto, Canada and went back to South Africa to render service to his people. When the Seventh Convention met in Chicago in 1914, he was mentioned and copies of the Sphinx with greetings were sent to him. At the 10th Annual Convention in Philadelphia in 1917, the Ritual Committee recommended that each chapter should appoint some member who was qualified to prosecute research in the early development of African civilization. Emphasis was placed in the Sphinx on Negro history with special reference to ancient Africa. Each chapter was advised to appoint a chapter historian who could undertake this work. Survey articles appeared in the Sph'nx upon ancient Africa, several of them being written by Brother William Leo Hansberry of Howard University

and others.

At the 15th Annual Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1922, a letter was read from Brother R. Ridley of Xi Chapter at Wilberforce. Brother Ridley had been sent by the African Methodist Episcopal Church to Liberia in West Africa and there he proposed to establish a chapter. This proposal was greeted with considerable enthusiasm by the members of the convention.

When it was known that there were three Apha men who were located there at an earlier period, the Sphinx had declared proudly, "It was because of the exemplary lives they had lived there that other men in Liberia, many of whom graduated from the best schools of Europe, desired to have a chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha in the Black Republic. It is true. Alpha is going to help. There will be a chapter in Africa" This promise was finally attained.

No person has shown more direct interest in his writings than Brother W. E. B. DuBois. From the time when at Harvard he wrote the Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States, he has maintained a continuous interest.

This book was published while he was on the faculty at Wilberforce University in 1896, and from this moment to his present residence in the Republic of Ghana, the interest of this Alpha man in Africa has been continuous. He was the sponsor of plans to bring the people of darker color who were called Negroes into closer relationship. He inaugurated the first Pan African Congress held in Paris in 1919. He called a second Pan African Congress in 1921 and a third Congress in 1927, and these Congresses were followed by three others.

Another Negro historian, Carter G. Woodson, had stated in his volume p u b lished in 1923 "Miseducation of the Negro" the cause for the neglectful attitude toward Africa that "the educated Negroes have the attitude of contempt toward their own people because in their own as well as in their mixed schools, Negroes are taught to admire the Hebrew, the Greek, the Latin and the Teuton and despise the African."

On another occasion Woodson wrote, so far as Africa was concerned, "Negroes in their uninformed state have not been interested." However, Woodson brought out subsequently two volumes under the titles, "The African Background Outlined", and "African Heroes and Heroines."

Over forty years ago, T. Lothrop Stoddard wrote a book entitled "The Rising Tide of Color Against White World Supremacy". Among the ref(Continued on page 4)

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A BASIC MOTIF (Continued from page 3) erences made by him was one which stated that the white peoples of the world would not continue to control it, if there should be the rise of the people of color. This result could not be avoided, Stoddard prophesied, unless there was the acceptance of peoples as brothers irrespective of their race, color, or previous condition. He said this was the main road to peace among n a tions and peoples. Here, too, there was a sense of challenge, particularly with people of color outnumbering white peoples in our world. The same idea was repeated by Allen Paton of South Africa in his Well-known volume, "Cry, The Beloved Country". He wrote, "Who knows how we shall fashion a land of peace where black outnumber white so greatly? For we fear not only the loss of our possessions but the loss of our superiority and the loss of our whiteness."

This is the challenge which the world faces today. It is the rising tide of independence, dignity and self-respect among the people of color in Africa and in the United States. It is well then that we renew our concept of Africa which has underlined and undergirded our Fraternity and speaks to every initiate. In these respects there are three affirmations which we should be making in the day in which we now live.

First, Africa has a history. It is the last of the continents to be drawn into the vortex of modern history but its history is one of the oldest, and older than the history of Europe. It is wellk n o w n that Egypt had a history and that Ethiopia before it, had a history.

Scholars are pushing back into the period of not only history but pre-history.

It is now becoming well-known that areas like Ghana had a background going back as far as seven hundred years before Christ when it was said by an Arab historian that there was "No nation of blacks so mighty as Ghana." The Kingdom of the Songhay continued to exist from Antiquity to 1493. It was the largest empire in West Africa prior to the rise of the slave trade. It was not only an empire with statesmen and of warriors but one in which there was education, a university, the building of roads and dwellings with religion as a social control and ordered family life. One after the other of other kingdoms existed under capable leadership. a

The second affirmation is Africa is land with civilization. Under the

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term civilization we include man's constructive achievements in the areas of culture. Civilization is not measured in terms of mechanical and industrial manifestations nor in the speed of v e hicles or smooth paved streets or skyscrapers. The index of civilization is not in population nor in crops nor cities. It may be summed up in the term culture in its several aspects. African culture to some persons seemed crude, primitive and unusual when judged by western standards, but students of art and culture have been amazed by its manifestations when compared with conceptions of some modern art in its use of abstraction, symbolism and communication of emotion. African civilization and culture must be seen in their own setting and one must divest himself of his own views to give full appreciation to it. Leo Frobenius concludes from his study of Arabic chronicles in referring to the Sudan that the pottery of its people would be suggestive to the art craftsmen of Europe and their weapons were "so perfectly fashioned that no industrial art from abroad could improve upon their workmanship."

As a whole, there are similar cultural developments in ancient and early medieval Europe and in Africa at the same period. There were kingdoms in Africa as brilliant as those of the Goths, Vandals, Huns, Anglo-Saxons, Jutes, Franks and other European tribes of peoples. Each is different but each one has some glorious features of which descendants may well be proud. E u r ope had it Charlemagne, its Charles the Great, the King of the Franks and Africa had its Askia the Great. There were governments, laws, traditions, modes of social control, commerce and manifestations in Africa rivaling the early kingdoms of Europe. Africa then is more than a continent from which the West secured a labor supply of slaves. Africa has a history comparable and a civilization comparable to those of Europe and which had wellknown rival's of Africa's worthy kingdoms.

It is evident that Alpha Phi Alpha intended in its earliest expression, that we should be proud of our connection with the people of Africa and their interests which are so closely allied with our own. Just as Professor Israel Knox of New York University declared to the American Jewish Congress on April 14, 1962, that Jews should say proudly, "I am a Jew," and in so doing, the J e w was closer to the "spirit and idea of America". I would also say, "let us be proud to declare, I am a Negro, an Af-

ro-American, or a Negro- American or a colored American, but whatever the designation, one with relationship to Africa;" and one who was also proud of his African heritage and culture."

Upon this foundation we can join with Jewish - Americans, Irish - Americans, German-Americans, Oriental - Americans and other American minorities who all look toward foreign background, as Americans equally proud of our past and our ancestry, part-African and part-American.

This emphasis upon African history, civilization and culture should lead to increased interest in its study and reading and in developing individual and group pride in it.

The third affirmation would be that the fate of the black and brown peoples in Africa and America are closely r e lated. It is trite to say that relations here at home affect our international relations, or that relations in Africa also affect our relations with nations which have interests in Africa. This is well-known for these comparisons have been common since World War II, and they have not ceased.

Just last Spring, Sir Roy Wellensky, Prime Minister of Rhodesia and Nyasaland assailed Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson for his attack on the Federation's treatment of Africans. The Prime Minister replied that the United States "was guilty of the racial p r e judices attributed to his federation."

He charged that 17,000,000 American Negroes "had yet to achieve adequate representation and full voting rights."

These similarities in treatment and in relations with many white peoples have led some leaders to see more fully the need for closer cooperation between the darker peoples of Africa and America. This need is also apparent in the endeavor for closer relations between our country and Africa in the light of the rapproachment with Communist countries. This need from the point of view of the darker peoples has been expressed in a word, "Negritude, " by President Leopold Senglor of the Republic of Senegal in a speech at Oxford University. Said he, "Negritude is the whole complex of civilized values which characterize the black people or more particularly the Negro-African world." This rapproachment between black people is still a debatable one, but its expression is of value.

We should know that Africa is a continent with a history and a civilization and that there is now the passing of the (Continued on page 5)

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activity that does not test for these qualities which we say an Alpha man Frequently, members of Greek o r - should possess, should be eliminated ganizations justify the harrassments of from the pledge and probation periods. the pledging period by saying - "We Perhaps the following questions should want to find out if the pledgees really be asked about t h e requirements for want to join our organization. We pledgees: Are we testing for courtesy, want to test their sincerity of purpose, scholarship, campus leadership, i m and we don't want them to just walk proved human relations, neatness of in." dress, clarity of speech, public speaking, platform poise, parliamentary efThis point of view must be seen a- ficiency, ability to preside at meetings, gainst the background of the fact that cleanliness of living quarters, good on many college campuses many of the taste in relationships with campus cobest students make no effort to join eds? social Greek fraternities. Last year, the Dean of Students at Howard UniMature requirements during t h e versity reported that, "There is a radi- pledge period will vitally affect t h e cal change in the campus scene today," adding: "The incentives to become a Greek are rapidly disappearing and are seriously in need of re-evaluation. Many outstanding student leaders or scholars have been lost to Greek-letter organizations because of t h e unwillingness of these organizations to adapt their probation and initiation practices so that they would be more nearly in line with t h e ideals of these organizations and the university and what these student leaders and scholars conceived to be more appropriate to their conception of human dignity, self esteem, and scholastic well-being."

by Bro. Martin L. Harvey

But, perhaps, our chapters need to ask themselves - if the pledge period is a time of testing, what are we really testing? Is it t h e capacity to suffer physical punishment? Is it t h e willingness to r u n errands for t h e "big brothers"? Is it t h e skill to shine shoes? Is it t h e talent to sing while marching? Is it t h e willingness to sacrifice time needed for study or to earn money for school expenses?

The answers to these questions should determine t h e requirements of t h e pledge and probation periods. For the criterion for a n y requirement should be "testing of what?"

old tradition of Africa as a land peopled by savages and barbarians, while we in America are the descendants of their lack of culture. Such a view is entirely false. Africa h a d a history and a civilization comparable to that of early Europe until the rise of the slave trade, which, over the centuries, robbed and raped it of its civilization building and its cultural manifestations. A new view is now appearing and we are looking upon Africa as others look upon their Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Europe and Asia - and that is, as a fatherland with a worthy background for its part of t h e American people.

It is in this sense that Paul Laurence Dunbar, a contemporary of the Founders of Alpha Phi Alpha, has written: On every hand in this fair land, Proud Ethiop's swarthy stand Beside their fairer

neighbors:

The forests flee before their Their hammers ring, their smoke, They stir in honest

stroke forges

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Be proud my race, in mind and soul, Thy name is writ on glory's scroll In Characters of fire - high mid the Clouds of fame's bright

sky

Thy banners blazen folds now fly And truth shall lift them

number of top students who will wish to join social Greek organizations. We must face the fact that students a r e now able to satisfy most of their basic needs without becoming affiliated with social Greek Organizations.

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higlier.

The challenge is to help spread this truth. Response h a s been made by those who have gone before us, and they gave their concept a prophetic reality in us. What now, men of Alpha is our response? My charge to you is, "Let the truth lift motif higher through

Editor's Notes Martin L. Harvey is dean of students at Southern University, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. iHe received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at New York University, in Guidance and the Administration of Higher Education.

Editor's Note: Bro. Charles H. Wesley, past general president, historian of Alpha and president of Central State Colhistorian and Dean Harvey is a frequent speaker lege, is an outstanding If an Alpha m a n is measured by on college campuses in all parts of the leader in the fight for equal rights. Bro. scholarship, manly deeds, and love for country, and has met with student Wesley was asked to write an article for the February issue of the Sphinx. all mankind, then every activity r e - groups in Europe, Asia and Africa. quired during the pledge period should He is a life member of the fraternity For this purpose he submitted an adbe determined by whether or not it and is a member of the Beta Iota dress delivered at the 1962 Midwest Convention. tests for these ideals. Likewise, every Lambda Chapter, in Baton Rouge, La. Regional

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Columbus Convention Mirror In the Convention issue of the Sphinx I asked several brothers if they were reading my column and I inquired if anybody was reading it? Now that I have returned from the convention I can write this column in a friendly, personal manner because so many spoke kind words about Frat Fun. It was one of the finest of Alpha conventions, well scheduled and attended.

The Deshler-Hilton Hotel extended us flattering hospitality and comfortable domiciling. The Convention Chairman, Brother John W. E. Bowen, and his committee, gave us a half week of convention activities mingled with capricious cavorting. In his welcome words at the opening session he spoke reminiscently of Jackson, Mississippi, his birthplace; he mentioned a Dr. Christian whom he said delivered him. I had my doubts about that., I think we Medical men consider that Dr. Christian delivered Bro. Bowen's mother, not the distinguished and efficient Attorney Bowen.

Responses of administrative officers, presentation of the General President William H. Hale, an ovation for our beloved Jewel Henry A. Callis, appointment of convention committees, Rules and Credential reports, Executive Council reports, and the Keynote address of President-Elect Brother Dr. T. Winston Cole completed the opening session. The convention program continued according to the outline you saw in your Convention Issue of the Sphinx.

I shall not commandeer editorial space unduly, I only wish to transport you literally to the convention scene and give you the highlights and indoctrinate you with the nuances of a fine conclave. The next great inspiration was the address of General President Dr. William H. Hale. Do you know a better word than "masterpiece?" When you read and digest the speech you will be as estatic as we were at its delivery.

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The public meeting in what could be called the Municipal Auditorium was a tribute to staging, timing, planning, logistics and programming. Mayor W. Ralston Westlake, in typical "Win friends and influence people" appeal, invited us to look over Columbus from "A to Z" - from the Airport to the Zoo. Dr. Bonner, Dean of Students of Ohio State University representing the a b sent University president was volatile in his greetings and profligate with his philosophical hospitality.

Dean Bonner was humble enough to define a dean as a man who was too dumb to be president and too smart to be a professor. He also spoke proudly of his young son who brought home a ^ub-standard report card and said, "Dad, what do we blame this on, heredity or environment."

The piece de resistance was the calm, temperate address of Brother Whitney M. Young, Jr., Executive Director of the National Urban League. Before he was presented with Alpha's 1962 Medal of Honor, Brother Young gave us a virtual seminar on public relations and political science. He spoke of the e x tra attention the Negro problem is demanding nationally. He declared America is 300 years behind in this phase of her homework, and is frenetic in her attempts to catch up. He deplored the matriarchal image found in the Negro race because of the u n known, delinquent, recalcitrant or missing fathers. What Alpha needs, indeed ( what the race needs are good, strong parents. Kids don't respect parents who just make money but fail to stand up for improvement of human rights. He closed by quoting Horace Mann who at Antioch Ohio 100 years ago said: "Be ashamed to die until you have achieved some victory for m a n kind."

Although they had Ice Breaker gatherings, they also had Wine Sips, Dating Sessions and a Smoker. The smoke

came not from tobacco but from the smouldering fire of the terpschorean gyrations. One brother called it the "Bustra Nova." Another b r o t h e r thought the drumsticks were O. K. and if the password had been Go - Go - Go the answer would have been A - O. K. There were some protests next day at the business session. Bro. Andy J o h n son of Youngstown thought the Twist, the Grind and the Bump should not have been executed under the lighted, flashing Alpha Phi Alpha sign. What he didn't know was the sign was turned off but lit up itself by the static electricity generated by the vibrating second joints and other vital statistics.

There was an Undergraduate Session and there was a very erudite Brother John R. Browne, presiding, a senior at Ohio State University, a dignified, voluble speaker, he gave us the theme "Stop Crying; Start Qualifying." There was the famous Jesse Owens, the Olympic athlete. Jesse started us cogitating with the subject "Is it worth it?"

Life, fraternalism, brotherhood, collegiate training, racial struggles, and quest of perfection. The answer was a t r e mendous ovation at his conclusion.

There was Brother Wiley Redus, Jr., from San Francisco State College, an impeccable, self effacing, very convincing speaker who spoke on "Pride" and demonstrated it generously. There was Brother Mai Goode, Pittsburgh's contribution to television, Staff Newsman on A. B. C. chain. He delineated F r e e dom; he outlined the advance of N e gro Freedom in relationship to the passing of time. He declared it feels good to be free. It is convenient to be free.

It is imperative to be free in this space age. He said the Negro is getting arrogant. Now he can write a check for $10.00 and it won't bounce. Where he used to buy a half pint of whiskey, now he can buy it by the case. "We have moved," he says "beyond the habits, customs and prejudices of the past."

He censured our faint hearted apathy but refused to apologize for his scold-

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ing talk. He told an appropriate story of a frog who took a half frozen h i bernating snake into his cave one winter, watched over him until the warm air of Spring came to awaken the h i bernating Winter creature. The frog went to get food for the snake and when he returned he found the snake unfrozen, coiled, with ugly fangs bared in unfriendly gesture. The frog chided the snake, reminded him of his kindness all winter, how he watched over him, kept him cozy and safe until Spring. The snake said "I know all that but I'm going to kill and eat you just the same." The frog said, "that is ungrateful." The snake said, "I'm not supposed to be grateful; I'm a snake and you knew I was a snake when you took me in." Brother Goode said, "I'm giving it to you today just as I see it and how I feel. You knew I was a snake when you invited me to Columbus to speak to you." He concluded by saying, "When I die, make the ceremony real simple. Make the epitath real short; Make it read, "Here Lord, lies a man."

The Memorial Service was truly memorial, and soothingly reverent. The presence and conduction by Chaplains Brothers J. Clinton Hoggard and Richard T. S. Brown paid adequate respect to the memories of our translated brothers.

A blocked out space in bold type would be very appropriate in recounting the Founder's address by our last living founder, Dr. Henry A. Callis, the last of the seven Jewels, the Jewel who out of his knowledge of Greek gave us the name Alphi Pi Alpha. I would call it a woodshed address but we were not strapped, we were exhorted. He said he spoke as prosecuting attorney, but the atmosphere was not that of a court room but a private library with cushions around an arm chair. At the conclusion of his address he asked us not to give applause but a moment of silence. And there was silence - interpretive silence and - "In our dear A Phi A, fraternal spirit binds -."

Yes, we had business sessions with their seemingly untangleble parliamentary log jams. There was the innovation of full sessioned Executive Council meetings daily with much of the ponderous reports and deliberations predigested for convention absorption.

There was a Cabaret Party, more d r u m sticks but under the watchful eye of milady. Finally we came to the Formal Banquet and the Formal Dance and the mounting regrets that the Columbus 1962 Convention was passing into the limbo of history.

Common Consent or Unanimous Vote That the presence of past presidents Belford Lawson, Maceo Smith and Frank Stanley guaranteed convention sanity.

That "Shorty" and Mrs. Fred D. A t water are still Alpha's model sweethearts.

That if Alpha metaphorically wore pants, Ellis, Custis and Riley would be the invading ants - nice ants.

BRO. ROBERT. T. CUSTIS

BRO. MARVIN A. RILEY

BRO. FRANK ELLIS

That the parliamentarian - (me) dedeserves the eight months (Columbus +o Boston) to sleep off his Roberts Rules of Order nightmare.

That Editor in Chief C. Anderson Davis is one of the best editors in Alpha history and the format, composition and distribution of the Sphinx is the "mostest" and "bestest". (Who was the beautiful lady - a center of attraction at the convention, Bro. Editor?).

That Brother John Buckner is still summa cum laude in blended philosophy, wit and indefatigability.

That the venerable minister was right in rejecting the honorable degree of doctor of divinity. It was all right to be called Reverend Matthew Fiddle but odius to be called Rev. D. D. That the banquet speaker and award honoree Brother Dr. Harry V. Richardson may have been temporarily out of Alpha circulation for a few years but his address proved he had not lost the Alpha spirit. That we thrilled over his address and rebounded over the story of the little girl who admiringly addressed him one day with this inquisitive suggestion: "You is a minister, ain't cha?" "I am, he replied, "You is a doctor minister, ain't cha."

"Yes," he agreed and corrected her. "It is not, 'you is', but 'you are'." "Oh no," said the little girl, "I ain't: you is."

That the Frat Fun editor was happy to see again the widow of the late Bro. James Dunn, co-writer of the Alpha hymn and designer of the Shield. Mrs. Dunn of Dayton, Ohio. He regrets his timidity prevented his giving her a nice filial kiss.

That the Kappa wife at the InterGreek Dance was correct when she said her husband was a bird imitator. He sure was, because he was watching her like a hawk.

That past president Attorney Belford Lawson was pleasing to the audience when he disclosed this dilemma. Mrs. Marjorie McKenzie Lawson is a newly appointed Municipal Judge in the District of Columbia. Attorney Lawson is an energetic and busy lawyer, daily practicing in the courts and constantly having the ready response of "yes, your honor, no, your honor" and "I appeal, your honor". It could not be deemed too unusual that at home on retiring he instinctively says, "Will you kiss me goodnight, your honor?"

Mv editor in chief is waving the editorial deadline flag and I must'close.

I have tried to bring you a glimpse into the convention mirror - as I saw it.

It is only a sketch and does not cover all the many facets of a convention. It is not all that I saw nor heard. I didn't tell you that the hotel management has ordered the maintenance department to replace the heavily travelled deep pile wall to wall carpeting that led to the Gulf, the Schick and the Forward Looking Chrysler hideouts.

Brother Leroy Jeffries maintained a miniature ranchero as usual. One delegate vows to buy a Jeffries Imperial when he returns.

Pity poor Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi as he sings "I'm dreaming of a white campus."

Now madame you can let your husband read Frat Fun after you've read the other fine articles.

Lovingly, Ye Old Frat Fun Winters

DEADLINE FOR MATERIAL MAY. 1963 ISSUE IS MARCH 31 (Send all material direct to the Editor)

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1. Past Gen. Pres. Belford V. Lawson installs officers - Front row left t o right. Bros. Melvin Garner, Frank W. Morris. C. Anderson Davis. Laurence T. Young, J. R. Watson. Meredith G. Ferguson; Back row left to right, Bros.

W a y n e C. Chandler, Walter Washington, Elmer C. Collins, Grandvel A. Jackson, W. H. Brown. T. Winston Cole. Hamilton E. Holmes, B. V. Lawson.

2. Past General President Hale poses with Vice Presidents.

A n Undergraduate t a k e s the floor.

Past General President Belford V. Lawson addresses the convention.

Platform participants and guest at public meeting.

Gen. President Cole. Historian Wesley. ( ) Bro. Whitney Young, Past Pres. Hale. Mayor Ralston Wesllake, Bro. Holmes, Dr. John T. Bonner, representing Ohio State U.. and Bro. John B o w e n .

7. Youth and children of brothers.

8. Nice banquet table; Left to right: Mrs. Leiiiia J. Lightfoot, Mrs. Frank Morris. Bro. Morris, Mrs. T. Winston Cole.

9. Bros. Hall,Hawkins, Ferguson.Brown, Brown, Hillard, Harris. Brown, Hogart 10. Sphinx Ed., C. Anderson Davis hears c o m m e n t s about Christmas Edition.

11. Mrs. Henry A. Callis. wife of Jewel Callis is presented to the convention.

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15. Bro. Melvin R. Goode - "We've got to m o v e forward."

16. Mrs. Shirley J. Evans, pretty secretary to Gen. Secy. Young k e e p s the c o n v e n t i o n clerical affairs moving.

17. Prizes and pretty ladies at Bridge party; Messers. Collins, Dunn, Craig, Able, Garner and Veney.

18. Bro. Raleigh Redus of Stanford University receives "Outstanding Undergraduate" award.

19. Eta Lambda, Atlanta, Ga. receives "Graduate Chapter" award.

20. Credentials Committee - busy as usual.

21. Bro. Lionel H. N e w s o m - "Let us work together as brothers and as men."

22. Bro. Frank E. Bolden - "Let us m o v e o n with the spirit of progress."

23. Gen. Secy. Young and Parliamentarian O. Wilson Winters - "The motion is out of order; it is final."

24. Bro. Harry Richardson receives "Award of Merit".

25. Omicron Chapter - Pittsburgh receives "Undergraduate Chapter" award.

26. Bros. Washington, Hale and Davis discuss c o n v e n t i o n procedure.

27. Bro. Jewel Henry A. Callis addresses the convention - 'You tamper with the constitution loo - much.'

28. Bros. Sandy Stephens "All American" quarterback, and Hamilton Holmes, first Negro male student to enter the University of Georgia.

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A Qludlenae. - *7a Alpha Men

by Bro. Whitney M. Young It is both logical and appropriate, fitting and proper, that my first speech as the 18-month-old executive director of the National Urban League at a national convention of a fraternity should be before Alpha Phi Alpha.

The history of the relationship and interdependence between Alpha and the NUL goes back to the year of our respective births, and has continued almost to the point of embarrassment, if not nepotism. For every executive d i rector of the National Urban League beginning with George Edmund Haynes our first; Eugene Kinckle Jones, who served the longest ;Lester Granger, my illustrious predecessor; and now m y self - were, or are members of Alpha.

Alpha Phi Alpha, the first and oldest Greek letter fraternity for Negro College men; and the Urban League, the first and oldest interracial professional community agency (which began as "The Committee on Improving the I n dustrial Conditions of Negroes", also in 1905) both came into being to meet unique and desperate needs. Both have helped thousands toward a better, h a p pier and more satisfying way of life, as they sought to remove the artificial barriers that stood in the way of achieving opportunity, full citizenship, dignity and respect as human beings.

We could talk for hours about our past achievements, even our superiority over other institutions, but to do so would be to render a disservice to our great pioneers of the past and to the traditions of courageous leadership we are privileged to inherit. One can easily become obsessed with a great past when he has not the intelligence, the courage, or the imagination to p r o ject and to mold an even greater future. There is nothing noble about being superior to someone else. The only true nobility is in being superior to one's former self. A famous painter was once asked to name his greatest painting. He paused but a moment, and then replied, "My greatest painting? The next one."

And so it must be with Alpha Phi Alpha and the Urban League. When we are asked to name our greatest year of contribution to mankind, our a n -

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swer, like that of the famous painter, can only be: "Our greatest year? The next one."

Probably never before - as organizations, as Americans, as Negroes, as human beings - have we faced greater challenges, and because of these challenges greater opportunities for magnificent contributions.

I am convinced that unless there is evidenced on the part of Negro citizens a new maturity, a new awareness and new insights into the nature of the problems we face today, and which, with certainty, will increase tomorrow - then we shall experience a midnight of frustration and disillusionment u n paralleled in the history of the Negro in America.

Let me mention two points which I feel are crucial: First, the widely-heralded progress which the masses of Negro citizens are supposed to have made, has been more fantasy than reality, more intangible than tangible. The evidence of this can best be seen when we measure the gap between the conditions of the N e gro American and his fellow citizens in economics, housing, health, education and general welfare. There has been only a slight closing of the gap in the past ten years.

Second, the disappearance of old barriers, the establishment of new laws, and even the adopting of the more polite language will not in and of t h e m selves substantially erase 300 years of deprivation, or prevent further deprivation. Indeed, the barriers of tomororrow will either be more subtle, or they will not be racial at all. For generations of deprivation in education, health and cultural outlets, coupled with the increased demands of an automated, urbanized, competetive society will suffice.

In reality it will soon be possible for us to have a mouthful of rights and an empty stomach. If present trends continue, as they most likely will, by 1975, 85 percent of all Negro citizens will live in major urban areas, mainly in the North. They will live in cities like Detroit, where already 60 percent of the unemployed are Negroes; or in Chicago, where one out of every four Ne-

gro families is on relief. This will be the rule - not the exception.

In such a situation we can expect higher, not lower rates of broken homes, a larger number of school dropouts, a higher rate of delinquency, of crime, and dependency. That these should happen in a period when there exists more civil rights legislation, more governmental concern around discrimination, and more public disapproval of arbitrary racial barriers seems paradoxical to many, and leaves others in a state of confusion and helplessness.

What does this suggest to us? There are certain realities we must face that will "clue" us for a way of action r e flecting the new maturity we must a s sume. I pose the first as a question the second as a statement.

The question: How can any of us fail to recognize that no Negro citizen, however currently privileged or advantaged, is really permanently secure u n til the least among us know and experience that same security?

The statement: The concept of a monolithic approach to the solution of our problems, or a single Messianic leader will guide us into the Promised Land, is as out-dated in this jet age as the horsecar. Such belief is only for the naive and uninformed.

Let me state my thesis again, using other words, other phrases. We - you and I - are faced with a challenge. We stand today on the verge of winning rights and respect long denied. But rights and respect are empty symbols unless they can be translated into tangible, social, economic and cultural gains. This achievement is possible only if the Negro citizen himself recognizes the changing nature of the problem of race in this country and develops a new kind of maturity that d e mands self-involvement in the solution.

Such self-involvement includes his u n derstanding of the value and unique contributions which many organizations can make, and the ability to assess his own role and relationship to such organizations.

The battle for basic civil rights must continue and must he encouraged through a variety of techniques and organizations, including both legal action and direct confrontation as an important and necessary way of dramatizing the injustices and mobilizing public opinion. The NAACP, CORE, all are needed, as is the Urban League.

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of a voluntary group like Alpha P h i Alpha, which represents men of v a r i ous occupations and professions. I am not asking that Alpha or Alpha men give less to any of these groups. But I am asking that you re-examine your total pattern of giving and participation, and stand up to be counted as also supporting the Urban League, p e r haps the less dramatic, the least publicized of the groups. This, indeed, will be an indication of maturity.

For we in the Urban League are increasingly embarassed when we know, and it is generally known, that 90 p e r cent of our financial support comes from white citizens. And these supporters legitimately ask the question: "Don't Negroes understand the value of the League approach? Don't they understand the need for the planners and strategists? Cannot Negroes support the scientific approach to race r e lations as well as the emotional a p proach?

For indeed the social engineers are sorely needed today - possibly more than ever before. The strategist, the researchist, the planner, and those who participate on the policy-making level are the social engineers - exemplified by the Urban League. It is one thing to have a law. It is another to get it properly implemented. We are concerned not solely with new laws and new programs, but with all laws and all who are responsible for their implementation. This year we extended efforts to reach workable solutions to the problems of assuring equal opportunity for Negro citizens. On the federal level this was accomplished in three stages: our initial conference with the President of the United States; a subsequent conference with the Vice-Presdent; and a three-day meeting in May, at government invitation, participated in by the professional staff of our 62 local Leagues and national headquarters staff and Urban League board r e p resentatives (including many Alpha men) with the Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare, and the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency and their key assistants.

Urban League staff and Board members serve on important committees and commissions dealing with such basics as housing, urban renewal, social security, aid to dependent children, minim u m wage, the armed services, medical care, public health, youth employment, area redevelopment, and job re-training. These commissions and committees formulate the policy and implement the legislation that is so import-

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ant to all citizens. We intend to be both vigilant and determined in m a k ing certain that Negro citizens are included in federal, state and municipal plans for education and training and for social and economic security. And make no mistake about it. We are the only organized group present. What does this mean - Westchester - New Orleans. Retraining - Public Welfare - Public Works - Vocational Education - Adult Education. It means straight talking at policy levels. Most people do not understand U. L. structure. 500 full time staff - 4 million dollar budget - Professionals can talk the language. All could get better jobs. Learn from Labor Unions - Special treatment.

What is the role of Alpha? There is a challenge here. I make no apologies for thrusting this challenge to us. It is not one of full specifics. For I leave it to your own wisdom and intelligence to "spell it out" in full as you examine your own resoruces, your own interests, and your own capabilities.

In this troubled world we tend to look for some philosophy that will fur-

nish us with the answer to the question "Why are we h e r e ? " Wise men have given us the answer that we are here to be fulfilled - to grow in our ability to live and to work harmoniously with others. Gold and silver tarnish, our houses eventually crumble and decay, but the reverberations of the fulfilled spirit are heard along the corridors of time.

William James put it like this "The great use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it." And Horace Mann, in his Commencement Address at Antioch College more than one hundred years ago, expressed the same thought in this fashion: "Be ashamed to die until you have achieved some victory for mankind."

EDITORS NOTE: Bro. Whitney Young was dean of the Atlanta School of Social Work from 1954 - '61.

He is now executive director of the National Urban League.

This address was delivered at the 1962 convention meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

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by Bro. T. Winston Cole, Sr. As a sort of preamble may I say that at this juncture in the history of Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. it is urgent that we e x amine our basic postulates - as we, the first inter-racial fraternity, attempt to make our significant contribution to the serious sixties - even as we look forward to what will undoubtedly be the challenging seventies. I make this statement, here, because outcomes are usually the result of a conscious or u n conscious premise; and the wrong p r e mise will of necessity produce the wrong outcome - assuming, of course, that the outcome is accurate. As I see it, we dare not take our fraternal leadership for granted. It is imperative, then, that, if we would succeed in strengthening a great nation by strengthening a great fraternity, we must experience a sense of urgency in re-examining the basis of our own fraternal practice in an effort to achieve the assurance that we are on the right track! Surely, there has never been a time when the direction of the emphasis in our organization needed to be more painstakingly scrutinized than now.

Those men of Alpha, therefore, who have assisted with or given serious thinking to the internal structure of our fraternity have been most forward in their thinking and consequently are to be congratulated for the timeliness of their decision. Men of Alpha must become increasingly aware of the necessity for the development of critical thinking relative to our fraternity and the realization of a sense of belonging - and its significance.

Consciously or unconsciously, Alpha men must become cognizant of the fact that prospective fraternity men in our colleges and our communities before making fraternal commitments are contrasting Alpha Phi Alpha with other fraternities - some of which were not even open to them a short time ago.

We must be aware, too, that the role of social fraternities and sororities on the college campus and in the various communities is being challenged today more than ever before. It is necessary, therefore, that we bring our ideas and ideals of our organization up to date.

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Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark wrote recently as "words to live by" and I quote, "What counts in life is what a m a n believes, has in his heart and knows for certain concerning his relation to the world of his fellow-man.

Man is judged by his performance of these beliefs, and in the ultimate a t tainment of his destiny. If we know what a m a n believes, we know what manner of creature he is" - F r a t e r n i ties, too, are judged by their characters.

America, indeed the world, is in a swift state of transition. That the t e n sions of our way of life are taking toll of us is indisputable.

As individuals we are plagued with "nerves", and "allergies" and "ulcers" -next to the weather, the state of one's health is fast becoming the number one source of conversation. Most of us take sedation as often as we take our meals - and one extra at bed-time.

We live in a world of electronics, trips to the moon, spudniks - and fear of nuclear destruction. Our leading psychiatrists say that of every one h u n dred children born in this country, thirteen will never reach emotional maturity; eight will suffer temporary mental breakdowns; four will be commited to mental institutions - and one will become a confirmed criminal!

Were I to include' in this group the scope of aberrations, such as alcoholics, and drug addicts, the gloomy picture would surpass even these distressing figures - added to all of this one must include discriminations of every sort, and the right to live and work on equal status with all men.

What can Alpha Phi Alpha contribute as to the elimination of this blight from our nation - how can Alpha Phi Alpha gird her loins and strengthen her position?

The 1959 report of the Rockefeller Brothers foundation on higher education was called the "pursuit of excellence".

Jack Wilkes, president of Oklahoma University, states, "It is one thing to dream or talk of excellence, and quite another thing to submit one's self to the disciplines of excellence. The

dreams and the talk of excellence are important. They come first; but they must not also be last!"

We live among people who generally worship "the average" - people who feel there is really something democratic about being average. Too often we attempt to make pride a harbinger of excellence, and seldom contribute to its deeper meaning.

Actually, we cannot know the ecstacy of excellence in anything until we suffer the agony out of which excellence is born. We can only succeed as men or as a fraternity - we can only strengthen ourselves and our nation when we dare to toil with the difficult, the unanswerable, the impossible! In a day when the world seeks easy solutions - we must be thankful that Alpha Phi Alpha can and will throw her best against the fortresses of the impossible.

As I see it, the development of inner security, worthwhile principles, a d e sire to achieve excellence in w h a t e v e r one does, and the development of sound philosophies of life are among the m a jor responsibilities of our organization.

To paraphrase a nort'on of an a d dress bv Charles Malik formerly of the United Nations - we as AlDha men must first - Be informed about our r r g a n i zation, secondly - Trust our leadership - express our view openly to them, keep in contact with them and support actively the program of the fraternit".

In the third place, we must rediscover the original purposes of Alpha Phi Alpha and apply them in a frame of reference of our world of 1962. We must believe these purposes and articulate them, without fear, without apology and without embarrassment - in the full realization that the future belongs to those who march forward - unafraid and unashamed of what they believe.

To every brother in this room - and to those unable for reasons of their own to be present - Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. must mean something much deeper than diplomacy, something much deeper than pseudo-fraternal politics, something much deeper than cliches and socalled strategy.

Alpha Phi Alpha must go back to her ultimate roots; only then can she be nurtured to full bloom.

All of this, m y brothers, requires leadership! It will not come of itself - a leader must be projected and supported!

The mantle of leadership as of J a n u ary 1, 1963, will fall upon my shoulders.

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

The 56th Anniversary Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity recently adjourned at Columbus, was quite successful. What a joy it was to have have had with us our remaining J E W E L - Brother Callis.

Congratulations to Bro. J o h n Bowen, general chairman, and members of the convention committee and all of the Columbus brothers in preparing for and entertaining a very fine convention.

Several Constitutional changes w e r e made at the convention and several recommendations were passed. This information has been sent to chapter secretaries. If you have not heard about the proceedings of the convention, ask your secretary to inform you.

"All glory laud and honor" to our splendid Past General President, Brother Hale. It has been a joy and a privilege to work with him. His valued counsel will remain with us for years to come.

To our new General President, Brother T. Winston Cole goes our hearty support, cooperation and best wishes for a gratifying administration with the full strength of 7,000 of his Alpha Brothers urging him forward with and by "manly deeds." Let all of us not only be MEN, but let us all be truly BROTHERS. The General President, in his wisdom, has decided to make no appointments of Committee Chairmen or Committees until later in J a n u a r y .

Kappa Chapter honored t h e Kappa initiates at the undergraduate luncheon. Special honor w e n t to Bro. Dr. J. C. Kingslow of Bluefield, W. Va. and Bro. Ernest T. Simonds of New York City, who were among the charter members of Kappa Chapter.

We welcome to the official family t h e new general officers elected at the Columbus convention and we look forward to your full cooperation that our fraternity may move forward. If I can be of any assistance to any of you, please do not hesitate to call upon me.

The editor of the Sphinx, Bro. C. Anderson Davis, has done a wonderful job with our official organ. I am sure that he as well as all of us would like for this beautiful and well edited magazme to be in t h e home of every brother, however, many of our brothers have failed to receive the Sphinx for the simple reason that he or the chapter secretary has failed to notify the general secretary of the change of address. Won't you please, BROTHERS AND CHAPTER SECRETARIES, notify this office immediately upon the change in any way of the addresses of our brothers. Too many of the magazines are being returned for the lack of proper addresses. Only you can correct this regrettable situation.

GENERAL CONVENTIONS: 1963 Boston, Mass. - August 16-22 Statler-Hilton Hotel 1964 New York City, New York - August 14-20.

1965 Chicago, 111. - August 15-19 Morrison Hotel (tentative) 1966 St. Louis Mo. - August 15-19 - Sheraton .... Jefferson Hotel (tentative) 1963 REGIONAL CONVENTIONS: Midwestern - Hotel Gary - April 12-14 Gary, Indiana Eastern - Sheraton Motor Inn - April 25-27 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Southern - Birmingham, Ala. - April 12-14 (Hdqs. to be determined) Southwestern - Fort Worth, Texas - April 12-14 ... (Hdqs. to be determined) Western - The Sands Motel - April 12-14 Phoenix, Arizona FIVE AWARDS OF HONOR WERE PRESENTED AT THE COLUMBUS CONVENTION: Award Of Honor Bro. Whitney Moore Young, Jr. Award Of Merit ... _ Bro. Harry V. Richardson Undergraduate Chapter Award Omicron (Pittsburgh) Graduate Chapter Award Eta Lambda (Atlanta, Ga.) Outstanding Undergraduate Raleigh Redus (Stanford Univ.) Palo Alto, Cal. FEBRUARY, 1963

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ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Delivered by General President T. Winston Cole, Sr. at the Alpha Phi Alpha Banquet, Columbus, Ohio - December 30, 1962.

To be elected to the highest office of confidence and trust by one's brothers - in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is a distinct honor. I accept this great recognition with the greatest of humility and gratitude knowing full well that many of my brothers could administer this organization much better than I. Nevertheless, suffice it to say, then, that this moment will go down in history - for me as one of the happiest moments of my life - second, only to the occasions when my wife said "yes" - my four children were born - and my election to the Presidency of Wiley College. With all this in mind, I should like to do two things in the short time alloted to me here.

First, recognize and honor the charming and gracious wives and sweethearts assembled here, for they too, have made Alpha great. Were I English, I would recall from the ode on a Grecian Urn the words "A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever." Were I French, I would say for every Alpha man here tonight as he seeks inspiration, "Chez chez le femme" (Find the woman). But since I am American, I choose to say to all our wives and sweethearts, for all my brothers - from "My Fair Lady", the stage play - We've grown accustomed to your face - you always make the day begin - we've grown accustomed to your smiles, your frowns, your ups, your down - and we are grateful that you are actually a part of us - a very lovely part of us.

Secondly, to my brothers, I would call to our attention, first in the words of the Persian poet, Omar Khayyam, "The Moving finger writes and having writ, moves on - nor all your piety or wit, can lure it back to cancel half a line - nor all your tears wipe out a word of it". And Charles Dickens' introduction to this "Tale of Two Cities".

"The immortal lives - This is the best of times, and this is the worst of times This is the Spring of hope, and this is the winter of despair - This is the season of darkness and this is the season of light - But whatever may be the nat u r e of these times - this is all that we have! Let us take the materials which they have to offer and build for a

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greater tomorrow.

And so Brothers in Alpha - the moving. finger of Alpha has written and cannot be returned to yesterday or even to today to cancel half a line. Consequently, my officers, my other brothers and I are determined to take the fraternal material offered to us as of J a n u a r y 1, 1963 and build the Alpha Phi Alpha of the future - more glorious than her past!

STRENGTHENING A GREAT NATION (Continued from page 14) I accepted this responsibility in the full realization that there are many more capable brothers than I who could lead our organization to new heights of greatness - and yet I have decided not to be hesitant and uncertain in performing my role. Those who have studied history know that one accepts the role which history chooses to assign him - in the determination to drink his cup regardless of how sweet or how bitter - for he knows that in honesty accepting this responsibility for himself; and those who would share this leadership with him, he is assisting in the ushering in of a new dawn of liberty, a new dawn of human dignity - a new dawn of a great and glorious fraternity-for in this manner Alpha Phi Alpha can build her bridge to the future - can build her cathedral in the lives of men - can perpetuate the highest ideal of h u m a n existence - a deep and abiding concern for the welfare of others. So we in 1962 salute our J e w els of 1906 - and live again their e x periences at Cornell University in Ithica, New York - proud in the knowledge of their service, and confident of our ability to continue to add significantly to the lives and thought habits of unrecorded millions of people building everlasting ties between u n dergraduate Alpha men and those who have gone ahead - making our contribution by strengthening a great nation, the United States of America, through strengthening a great fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha - and thereby developing in men a will to excellence, a will to greatness, a peace of mind - and a d e sire to excell in the rapidly changing and insecure world of tomorrow.

Editor's Note: Bro. T. Winston Cole, general president and president of Wiley College, delivered this keynote address at the 1962 convention meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

ACTIVITIES Past and Present GENERAL PRESIDENT BRO. T. WINSTON COLE Fraternity: Sec'y, Alpha Sigma Chapter; Dir. of Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha; President, Alpha Sigma Chapter, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas; Secretary, Gamma Upsilon Lambda Chapter; President, Gamma Upsilon Lambda Chapter, Marsshall, Texas; Former Vice President, Southwestern Region.

Education: B. S., Wiley College; M. S., University of Wisconsin; Ed. D., University of Texas.

Professional Organizations: Phi Delta Kappa Honorary Education Fraternity; American Association on Higher Education; National Education Association; National Association of Schools and Colleges of the Methodist Church; American Association of Colleges.

Professional Activities: Principal of the Washington High School, Vernon, Texas; Principal of the Washington Elementary School, Bryan, Texas; Registrar, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas; Dean of Instruction, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas; President, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas.

Community Activities: Committeeman for the Boy Scouts of America; Member of the Citizens Interracial Advisory Council; President of the P u b lic School Dads Club; Steward, Ebenezer Methodist Church; Trustee, Ebenezer Methodist Church; Masonic Lodge; Member of the Advisory Committee to the City Commissioners of Marshall, Texas; Member of the Industrial Developments Committee of Marshall, Texas.

Proposed Emphasis: 1. Stronger link between Undergraduate and Graduate Chapter participation.

2. More effective National participation of Undergraduate Chapter m e m bership.

3. More meaningful role for the National organization in National and I n ternational understanding.

4. Membership in the National F r a ternity Council.

5. Continued evaluation of the National program to meet the demands of full Citizenship.

6. Continued participation in voter registration.

(Continued on page 17)

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Meet Qeneral President Cole • . • and Family

Jo Ann Cole: Jo Ann was Miss National UNCF for 1960. She has completed two years of study in the areas of English and Reading on a Lily Grant at Atlanta University. She is now teaching English in the High School at Baytown, Texas. She is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and was initiated into the sorority through Phi Chapter.

Left to right: Mis* Patricia Cole, Mrs. T. Winston Cole. Sr.. Bro. T. Winston Cole. Sr.. and Miss Eva Marie Cole.

Patricia Cole: Patty is a High School Senior. She has been Majorette leader of the band for the last two years.

Last year she was Band Queen. This year she is class secretary, and sweetheart of the Esquire Club at her High School.

Mrs. T. W. Cole, Sr.: Mrs. Cole has served as Philactor and Tamiouchos in the local graduate chapter, Nu Omega Chapter, Marshall, Texas; she is the chairman for the 1964 Regional Meeting of Alpha Kappa Alpha which will be held in Marshall, Texas. She is also an active member in the Wesleyan Service Guild of Ebenezer Church, the Dramatic Arts Club, and the local Bridge Club of this city.

Thomas Winston Cole, Jr.: Thomas graduated from Wiley College Summa Cum Laude, after having been valedictorian of his High School Class. He is currently at the University of Chicago on a Woodrow Wilson Scholarship in the area of Organic Chemistry. He is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha.

He was initiated into the fraternity through the Alpha Sigma Chapter on the Wiley College campus.

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Eva Marie Cole: Eva Marie was salutatorian of her High School class. She is a sophomore at Wiley College. She is a mathematics major with a 2.24 average out of a possible 3.0. She is now sweetheart of the local undergraduate chapter of Alpha Sigma. Anti-Basileus of Phi Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority on the Wiley campus.

ACTIVITIES PAST AND PRESENT (Continued from page 16) Brother Cole has participated in the following capacities since he became President of Wiley College, July 1, 1958.

1. Participant in the Harvard Institute for selected college presidents, sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation, Harvard University, Boston, Mass., July, 1959.

3. Participant in the European Travel Seminar for selected Methodist college presidents. This tour included visits to the Universities of Kiev, Leningrad and Moscow in Russia; Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol in England; the Sorbonne and the University of Paris in France; The University of Rome in Italy; Free University in Germany and other universities of Europe and the British Isles, September - October 1960.

4. Participant in the Intellectual Life Conference for selected college presidents, sponsored by the Association of American Colleges, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, July, 1961.

5. Representative of the Methodist Church in the United States to the World Conference of Methodism, Oslo, Norway, August, 1961.

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Editorially Speaking • • CONFERENCE ON AFRICA

Memosuf Bro. L. R. Nix, assistant midwestern vice president, raises several questions in his letter jound on page 26. So important are these questions raised that we are replying to them in this column: Alpha Phi Alpha is not a segregated fraternity. The 28th General Convention, meeting in Kansas City, Mo., December 27-31, 1940, struck from t h e Constitution any reference to Negro in regards to its membership. The clause referred to "any Negro male student" was changed to read "any male student". This was t h e first official a c tion by a fraternity established for Negro college men for t h e admission of men of all colors and races.

The Brothers of Alpha do not hold the general feeling that Alpha Phi Alpha is preserved for Negro men only and that "white and Jewish fraternities are encroaching upon a reserved territory". It is just the opposite. Alpha is very glad to have Negro students enter these fraternities wherever and whenever they are permitted to do so, and Alpha stands ready to condemn any fraternity which bases its membership on race, creed or color.

Alpha feels that it has a program worty of inviting male students of any race to become a part of it. Certainly, the program can be improved upon and we are working hard that a better program may be developed. A committee is now at work, headed by General President Cole, to re-examine the entire program of the fraternity and to improve upon it as much as possible.

Any member of the fraternity is welcome to send suggestions directly to Bro. Cole.

The job of attracting undergraduate brothers is that of the undergraduate chapters.

We do not have a large number of non-Negro members but we do have a few. The undergraduate address at the 1954 convention, meeting in Miami, Fla., was delivered by Bro. Roger Youmans of the University of Kansas.

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A most significant three-day American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa was held at Areen house, Columbia University, ending Nov. 25, 1962.

More than 100 of the nation's leading Negroes were in attendance. Representing our fraternity were Bros. William H. Hale and Aaron Brown. Other Alpha Brothers in attendance were: Bros. Whitney Young, Martin Luther King, Theodore Brown, director of the project; T. E. Walker, David Jones, Robert Carter, Ray ford Logan, chairman of the Resolutions Committee; Belford V. Lawson, Jr., executive vice chairman; Charlie Howard and Samuel Pierce.

Seminars were held and a series of resolution were passed on South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Kenya, the Congo, American foreign policy in Africa, technical assistance, State Department hiring policy on colored personnel and colored ambassadors. These resolutions were designed to transform the struggle for civil rights into an international problem.

The findings of this conference were transmitted to President Kennedy by a committee composed of six of the nation's top Negro leaders: Bro. Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League; Bro. Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Miss Dorothy Hight, president of the National Council of Negro Women; A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; and James Farmer, executive director of the Congress of Racial Equality.

This committee sat down with President John F. Kennedy, December 17, 4:45 p. m. at the White House, to discuss four resolutions: 1. A new and "massive Marshall Plan" of economic aid and technical a s sistance for Africa.

2. U. S. support for economic sanctions against South Africa because of her apartheid policies.

3. U. S. support for an embargo of arms or military assistance to Portugal to prevent h e r using them to suppress Angola, Mozambique, or Portuguese Guinea.

4. A demand for "more extensive use of qualified colored Americans in foreign service and policy-making positions in the State Department."

The reaction of the President was favorable and the discussion was cordial.

This historic conference represented the first time in American history that a group of the nation's most important Negro leaders had met with a president to discuss foreign policy - on any level.

The work of this conference is to be continued, headed by Bro. Theodore Brown. Our Columbus convention endorsed this movement and voted $500.00 toward its support.

We feel that this is a step in the right direction, for the American Negro has an historical and an acestorial relationship with the peoples of Africa. We heartily endorse this movement and wish for it much success and progress in carrying out its objectives.

BLACK BALL The Columbus convention took a most progressive step in amending the Constitution to eliminate the one black ball. Too long has the system permitted one man to veto the will of the majority, this is undesirable and undemocratic. This step may or may not aid in securing more desirable men and it may not help in keeping out undesirable men, be as it may, it certainly puts Alpha in line with its long standing support of democratic principles.

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CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE A Leadership Conference on Civil Rights was held in Washington, D. C. J a n uary 6-7-8, just before the opening of the 88th Congress in order to campaign for rules change in the Senate and the House. Headquarters for the conference was the Mayflower Hotel. There were delegates representing several organizations, principally, labor unions and the NAACP. Several Alpha men were among the delegates.

Delegates visited their senators and representatives seeking their support in an all-out drive: 1. To change Rule 22 of the Senate to permit a majority of the total Senate (i.e., 51 Senators) to close debate and get to a vote after an adequate period of full and fair debate, and 2. To permit any Committee of the House, after the Rules Committee has refused a rule for a period of 21 or more days, to call up legislation oh the floor of the House for debate and vote.

We believe that the objectives of this conference are far reaching and necessary if we are to have democratic government. So long as one committee in the House of Representatives, which boils down to one man, is allowed to block civil rights and liberal legislation, denying the members of the House to vote on it, so long will democracy suffer in our great nation. So long as a hand full of senators are allowed to talk to death civil rights and liberal legislation, denying members of the Senate a chance to vote their convictions, so long will the will of the majority be trampled under the feet of the minority. Even if these worthy objectives are not realized in this 88th Congress, we trust that loyal, democratic minded Americans will not cease hammering at this problem, year after year, until the democratic process is allowed to work in the world's greatest deliberate body.

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT Another constitutional amendment passed at the convention would in effect bring the election of the general president back to the convention floor. We support this action and feel that it is a step in the right direction. Eventhough many points can be made in favor of the "male ballot", it is our feeling that the bad points far outweigh the good ones in relation to Alpha. There was the great danger of this system becoming a popularity contest or a victory for the brother who could visit the largest number of chapters, regional and state conventions and do the most politicing. Too often brothers had to choose between candidates that they knew very little about, with little knowledge of their contributions to the fraternity or their knowledge of the workings and policy of Alpha. Delegates at the convention are able to see the candidates in action, to talk with them and to weigh their intentions of one against the other. The convention is a delegated body, representing the will of the brothers who elect them — one of democracy's finest qualities. THE CONVENTION HAS SPOKEN and we believe to the common good of Alpha; for this reason, we trust that the chapters will ratify the action of the vast majority of their delegates.

NEW CENTURY OF FREEDOM The convention meeting in Columbus voted to set up a committee charged with the responsibility of promoting the observance of the 100th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. We trust that this committee will act fast and deliberate. We suggest that more emphasis be placed on progress in the NEW CENTURY OF FREEDOM and that Alpha Brothers and Chapters be urged to do something extra and very tangible during this celebration in order to promote the movement toward full freedom for all peoples in America and in the world — such as sacrificial giving to worthy organizations that engulf such objectives.

THE SPHINX Another action of our convention was to authorize a committee for the p u r pose of promoting the 50th Anniversary of the Sphinx Magazine, starting with the Boston Convention and ending with the New York Convention. This celebration will give us a fine opportunity to delve into our past, our objectives, and come up with new ways to relate the objectives of Alpha to the great movement of the century ahead.

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HaoJzi "The Emancipation Proclamation" by John Hope Franklin, Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, N. Y. - 181 pages, $3.50.

Bro. John Hope Franklin is on leave of absence from Brooklyn College, where h e is Chairman of the History Department, to be the William Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University. Bro Franklin is also the author of "From Slavery to Freedom", a history of A m e r i c a n Negroes and reconstruction after the Civil War.

This book gives a detailed account of the events and circumstances which led to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, its effects on the final freedom of the slaves and some of the hardships which followed.

The author presents most of the facts, pressures, and desires which influenced President Lincoln to sign the proclamation and the many fears which h a m pered him before and after. The book is a most valuable and truthful evaluation of the Emancipation and its effects on the course of the war at home and abroad and its moral and h u m a n i tarian significance for contemporary as well as later generations. * » * * * "Forever Free" by Dorthy Sterling, illustrated by Ernest Crichlow, Doubleday Co., Inc., Garden City, N. Y. - 208 pages, $2.95.

The Story of ation.

the Emancipation

Proclam-

The high point of this book is possibly the first chapter titled "The Day of Jubilee". This is a most revealing and dramatic account of the first celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on New Year's Day, 1863,

by President Abraham Lincoln. F r e d erick Douglass describes the celebration as follows: "We had a grand time in Boston on the first day of January.

We all seemed to be about one color that day." The celebration started the night before and continued through the day after without ceasing.

This book traces the progress of the (Continued on page 23)

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2 oMy OMentae

Alpha Sweethearts (See Names of Sweethearts

on page 29)

Some valentines soon fade away But not the sweetlieart of A Phi A. Our Valentine will never strau

Hi r silky hair, her features fine, She" wears a smile - our valentine.

She grows more lovely every day, Bright yellow rose of A Phi A. CAD.

Scholastic Honor Roll

JOBS Social workers are needed in Washington, D. C. immediately. Beginning salary is $5,540.00 at 40 hours per week, with vacation, sick leave, medical care, retirement pay and life insurance. Obtain information from your local Post Office or write U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS EXAMINATION Subjects: Art, grades 7-12; Business Education, Industrial Education, English, German, Spanish and Mathematics; Also General Science, Men Physical Education, P h y s ics, Library, Speech Correction and Practical Nursing. E x amination date is April 24, 1963. Deadline for filing is April 4, 1963. Examinations opened to J u n e 1963 graduates. Beginning salary with a Bachelor's Degree is $5,350 a vear and may go as high as $8,750 a year. A teacher with a doctorate starts at an annual salary of $6,100 with yearly increments. J u n e graduates submit transcripts showing courses and grades up to and including all but the final term or semester of work in addition to a statement of courses in progress for the final term or semester. Write to me or directly to the Board of Examiners, Room 624, 228 North LaSalle St... Chicago, Illinois.

SPECIAL TO COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND DEANS OF EDUCATION Statistics in reference to the number of students taking government and teacher's examinations show that e x aminees from the predominantly Negro colleges are scoring lowest and failing. The balance of successful candidates must be corrected. The U. S. Department of Agriculture is crying for agriculture specialists to fill high level positions. The nation needs specialists and not "Jacks of All Trades". Diversification is fast becoming obsolete.

Encourage your students to specialize relative to the needs and the anticipated needs of the country. Too many a p plicants are failing examinations and that is a reflection of their academic training. Encourage qualified students to take their proper places in the job market. Drop lines of gripes, comments or praises to me at 4728 Drexel Blvd., Chicago 15, Illinois.

FOREIGN 1963 SUMMER STUDY TOURS Universities and colleges of the United States and foreign countries announced 96 tours in 80 countries for visiting teachers. Full particulars will be mailed to you, send stamped self-addressed envelope. European Summer Flights - One-way departing J u n e 7th, $140.00; Round Trip July 30th - August 29thth, $275.00; Round Trip J u n e 28th - August 29th $275.00.

GRANTS A total of $65,075 in grants has been awarded to Tuskeegee, Livingston and Kentucky State Colleges and Southern University, by the National Science Foundation.

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Brothers who made the Dean's List last semeseter School Year 1961-62 Average Joseph Faison - Tennessee A & I State University 3.84 Robert Houston - Bluefield State College 3.8 Norris Earl Francis - Eliz. City State Teacher's Col. 3.61 Roland Houston - Bluefield State College 3.6 Joseph R. Ransome - Fisk University 3.55 Alphonza Mann - Fisk University 3.54 Thomas Cunningham - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ.

3.5 Hiawatha Fountain - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ 3.5 Jesse Osborne - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ 3.5 Alvin Pollard - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ 3.5 James Davis - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ 3.4 William Frazier - Fisk University _ _ 3.39 Richard Fields - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ.

3.35 Theeopolis Fair - Fisk University 3.33 Cornelius Henderson - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ.

3.3 George Miller - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ. ...._.

3.2 Joseph Jackson - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ 3.2 John Ford - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ.

3.1 Don W. Cotten - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ.

3.1 James Woodson - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ.

3.1 Alfred Drake, Jr. - Tenn. A. & I. State Univ. _ 3.0 Willie McClerklin - Benedict College 3.0 Henry A. Dyson - Benedict College 2.7 Jerome Jenkins - Clark College , 2.6 Francis Martinson - Benedict College 2.5 Frank Sharpe - Benedict College 2.5 William A, T. Byrd - St. Paul's College 2.5 Memphis Norman - Tougaloo College 2.4 Robert Henderson - Texas College 2.4 Lee T. Madkins - Texas College 2.4 Isaiah Washington - Clark College 2.4 J e r r y Ward - Tougaloo College 2.35 J e r r y Bennett - Tougaloo College 2.33 George Smith - Clark College 2 33 Ernest Cornelius Davis - Virginia Union 2.3 Channing D. Smith - Virginia Union 2.3 Louis Stallworth - Tougaloo College 2.?6 Jimmy Lee Williams - Clark College _ 2.25 Floyd Minor - Tougaloo College 2.23 John S. Page - Tougaloo College 2.21 Johnny Thompson - Benedict College 2.2 E. Wayne Watkins - Texas College 2.2 Hubert Murray - Clark College 2.2 Eugene Williams - St. Paul's College _ 2.19 Curtis Everett - Clark College 2.16 Weslev Byrd Carter - Virginia Union 2.1 Fred Rogers - St. Paul's College 2.06 Arthur Matthews - Benedict College 2.0 Walter Evege - Tougaloo College .

2.0 Ralph Waldron Jordon - Virginia Union 2.0 Joseph Tuggle - Clark College 2.0 Sylvester Murray - Lincoln University 1.65 Andrew D. McBride - Lincoln University 1.65 John W. Douglas - Lincoln University 1.65 William R. Scott - Lincoln University 1.53 Southern University 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

Jackson State College 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 McCullins James McClain Isom Peavv Melvin A. Thomas Melvin Williams Sam O. Williams

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CLIFTON R. JONES

FOLLOW YOUR HEART

by Bro. J. Arthur Kelly

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Greetings Brothers: First of all, I should like to take this opportunity to wish everyone of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Now, I should like to call your attention to two items of immediate interest to every Brother.

1. Scholarship And Fellowship Program: This office is now receiving applications for Scholarships and fellowships. Applications may be obtained by writing me directly. The closing date for receiving applications is May 1. This year we will have approximately $8000.00 for our program, and there is a possibility that both the number and amount of undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships will be increased. We should like to urge the graduate chapters to take the responsibility of informing the high schools in their respective communities of our scholarships for high school seniors, and recommend promising high school seniors to us.

2. National Education Observance Week: Our Annual Education Observance Week this year will be April 21-28. We are urging every chapter, especially the Graduate Chapters, to plan and execute a program focussed on the most urgent problem in education in your local communitv. We hope that it will be a program of action rather than one of words. Some chapters have already begun excellent programs. We hope you will continue these until the problem is solved. Those chapters which have not participated in this program in the past we urge you to get busy on this most important aspect of our program.

There is no community in which there is not a problem in education on which you can work. It is your civic and fraternal responsibility.

BOOKS (Continued from page 19) slavery issue from the first slave traders in Africa and the Europeans attitudes toward it through the Negro's part in early American History and up to the Civil War. "Her ability to delve deeper than the dates and names of history to give a feeling of the times will win new admirers for Dorothy Sterling in "Forever Free".

"The Long Shadow of Little Rock" by Daisy Bates, David McKay & Co., Inc..

New York - 234 pages, $4.75.

Daisy Bates, president of the Arkansas NAACP at the time of the Little Rock school crisis, has written an outstanding memoir of the crisis, the hardships, and heroism on the part of herself and several Negro high school students who sought to exercise their

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with the poets

In the midst of confusion and disharmony, Your true heart beckons to you; And when life's an illusion and you can not see, There's only one thing to do.

Follow your heart, Yield to all its yearning; You'll never go wrong, When you follow your heart.

If you'll make it a part, Part of all your learning; Life can be a song, When you follow your heart.

Follow your heart, 'Tis a wise thing to do; Life will impart. All the pleasures to you forever!

Follow your heart. In love or endeavors, You'll have your desires.

When you follow your heart.

"Make me a grave wher'eer you will, In a lowly plain or a lofty hill; Make it among earth's humblest graves, But not in a land where men are slaves." —

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THE EMANCIPATION

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F. E. W. Harper

* * PROCLAMATION

"It shall flash through coming ages, It shall light the distant years; And eyes now dim with sorrow Shall be brighter through their tears."

rights by enrolling in Central High School. The Foreword to the book was written by the late Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the late President F r a n k lin D. Roosevelt.

Mrs. Bates led the battle of Little Rock which gave the Negro students and parents courage to stand firm. She saw the newspaper she and her husband had painstakingly built up and in which their life savings were invested destroyed by the withholding of advertisements by the powerful white interest. She also reveals the background of her life which gives her the strength to endure and the moral fortitude to carry on.

No book has ever been written that gives a picture of the hatred and discrimination of the deep South to hold on to the dying institution of segregation. One of the most moving chapters

— F. E. W. Harper of the book is titled "She Walked Alone", which describes the attempt of Elizabeth Eckford who sought to enter the high school alone. She had missed the group because of a misunderstanding of the time and place to assemble. They spat upon her. shoved her and called her all types of names, but she stood undaunted and unafraid because she was a real heroine. Another outstanding hero of the book is the Rev. Dunbar Odgen, Jr., a Presbyterian minister and at the time president of the Interracial Ministerial Alliance.

It was Rev. Odgen who led the nine students through the mob for which he paid a big price and finally was forced to resign his church and leave Little Rock.

This is a compelling and dramatic story which should be a must on your reading list.

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FEATURING:

Alpha Wives and Children MRS. ELIZABETH FRASIER

MRS. GRANDVEL A. JACKSON Mrs. Cora Mary Jackson is one of fifteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Sutton of San Antonio, Texas. Her father was a prominent educator before his death. She completed her high school work in San Antonio, a graduate of Wiley College (A. B.), San Francisco State ColTege (M. A.), and attended Prairie View College, Columbia University a n d the University of California. A public school teacher in Oakland, California, Mrs. Jackson is vice president of the Oakland Branch of the Association for Childhood Education, chairman of the Vocational Guidance Committee of San Francisco, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Wives, the NAACP, Bay Area Service League, YWCA, Republican Party, and Oakland Teachers Association. She is a member of Third Baptist Church where she teaches a Sunday School class and works with the Junior Church Planning Committee.

She enjoys reading, attending concerts, operas, and the legitimate theatre and likes baseball, football, sewing, interior decorating, charity work and bridge.

BROTHERS ARE INVITED TO SEND PICTURES AND INFORMATION FOR THIS FEATURE

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Mrs. Elizabeth Frasier, wife of Bro. L. B. Frasier, member of the General Budget and Finance Committee, D u r ham, North Carolina, has attended the last three General Conventions with her husband.

Mrs. Frasier, a native North Carolinian, is presently engaged in the teaching profession in Raleigh, North Carolina. Prior to her tenure in Raleigh, she served for a period of five years in the school system in the District of Columbia. In 1960 she was selected by the D. C. School Board as a Teacher in a Ford Foundation P r o gram in the area of Language Arts. She / is a graduate of Fayetteville State MISS JACQUELINE "Jackie" Teachers College, and holds a Masters NEWSOM Degree from N. C. College, where she Miss Jacqueline Carol Newsom is the is currently pursuing her studies. She is also a member of Phi Delta Kappa daughter of Bro. Dr. and Mrs. Lionel H. Newsom, a professor at Morehouse Sorority.

Mrs. Frasier is an accomplished Sop- College, Atlanta, Ga. Birthdate: October 25, 1947. Age: 15. rano. Her hobbies consist of Pinochle, School: She is a junior at the new Music, Bowling, Flowers and Travel.

The Frasiers have four sons, and r e - Harper High School, is better than an average student and spends an awful side at 2111 Duncan Street. lot of time reading. She likes to sew and has taken two such courses; one with Singer Sewing Machine Company and the other at school. She sings in the Young People's choir at the Friendship Baptist Church where she and her parents are members. She is the secretary of her class and sings in the mixed chorus. She wants to go to my "Alma Mater", or Stephens College and become an AKA like her mother. Her favorite colors are Black and Gold, she says "Hard to get and hard to hold."

She loves to write poetry and does it very well. She has already written one poem about her first day at the new Harper High School - it is the last word in modernistic designing. Here is a sample of her poetic ability: (Especially for you and the S p h i n x ) .

If I were a boy and I could choose, An organization that couldn't lose.

With members faithful and true And always amiable and nice to you.

I don't know about anyone else, But as for me; I'd pick ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY.

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CWleef ^ o m e <2goptar *preSioen<S of 9 \ i f £ a ^ i

Claude R. Trotter Jr. Gamma Iota, Hamp. Inst.

Hampton, Va.

Robert Neal Beta Theia, Blfd St. Col. Bluefield, W. Va.

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Leon Vanderhall Alpha Omicron, J. C. Smith U., Charlotte, N.C.

Grady Roberts D e l t a Xi, Cen. St. Col. Wilberforce. Ohio

William J. Frazier Alpha Chi, Fisk U. Nashville, Tenn.

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Cleve McDowell Delta Phi, Jack. St. Col. Jackson, Miss.

Otis Cox Delia Eta, Sav. St. Col. Savannah, Ga.

L. Raymond N i x Phi, Ohio Univ.

Athens, Ohio

Ulysses L. Oliver Zeta Rho Lambda Dover, Dela.

J a m e s R. Williams Eta Tau Lambda Akron, Ohio

William C. Ross Gamma Rho Lambda Gary, Ind.

Dr. Joseph Jones, Jr. Phi Lambda Raleigh, N. C.

Smith Turner Eta Mu Lambda Gastonia, N. C.

Thomas S. Martin Alpha Psi Lambda Columbia, S. C.

Nelson R. Freeman Beta Phi Lambda Savannah, Ga.

Herbert A. Wilson Alpha N u Lambda Tuskegee, Ala.

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skit Jacob T. Stewart Epsilon Kappa Lambda Grambling, La.

Edward Leon Greene, Jr. Delta Upsilon Lambda Shreveport, La.

Arthur F. Smith, Jr. Epsilon Psi Lambda Alexander, La.

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B. E. Dade Alpha Sigma Lambda Dallas, T e x a s

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FROM THE ASSISTANT MIDWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT

by Bro. L. R. Nix At the recent 56th anniversary Convention held in Columbus, Ohio, an u n dergraduate workshop was held to deal with three important and urgent problems: (I) What are ways by which u n dergraduate chapters can attain and maintain higher levels of individual academic scholarship?

(2) How may communication between National Officers and undergraduate chapters be improved? (3) How is the Fraternity meeting the problems incident to racial integration?

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FROM THE ASSISTANT SOUTHERN VICE PRESIDENT

by Bro. Hamilton E. Holmes Greetings Brothers: I hope that all of you had a Merry Christmas and T sincerely hope and trust that the coming year will be a good one for each of us.

I have just returned from our 1962 National Convention and feel that we

FROM THE ASSISTANT SOUTHWEST VICE PRESIDENT

by Bro. J. Ronald Watson

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From various discussions with brothers at the Convention, I arrived at the conclusion that all too many members of Alpha Phi Alpha were concerned primarily with the loss of Negro students to the "White and Jewish fraternities"; few if any were giving serious consideration to the possibilities of recruiting members of other races. The members of our Fraternity who are fighting for integration on many fronts seem to feel, paradoxically, that the ranks of Alpha Phi Alpha are reserved for Negro men only, that the "White and Jewish fraternities" are encroaching upon a reserved territory, and that our problem is to find ways and m e t h ods to keep the Negro student from being wayward and joining "other" fraternities. It is my belief that this apparently latent philosophy is going against the underlying philosophy of our Public Policy as stated at the r e cent Convention and it is also going against the betterment of our F r a t e r n ity. Integration will bring much good to Alpha Phi Alpha: (I) The admittance of Caucasion

members to our Fraternity will help to bring new ideas to our organization.

(II) Living under the bond of fraternity brotherhood will help to bring about understanding and insight into the problems and differences held by each of the races.

(III) Fraternity integration will perhaps lend itself to more constructive purposes in place of the "ballyhoo" and show which characterizes so many of our undergraduate chapter activities.

(IV) Foreign students will bring a vast new reservoir of knowledge and insight into the chapters of Alphadom.

As is evident, integration of chapters will bring together many people of widely different ethnic, cultural and racial backgrounds and this is as it should be: the world of integration which we are fighting so desperately to move into is composed of these same people of widely diverse backgrounds.

I see no reason why Alpha Phi Alpha should not do as much as possible to facilitate integration and assimilation by actively recruiting high quality men from all walks of life regardless of race.

had an excellent convention in every respect. The business sessions were lively and productive, and the social functions were well planned, well e x ecuted and, from all indications well enjoyed. I only wish that every Alpha brother could have attended. It is my firm belief, after having attended two national conventions, that every brother should attend at least one national convention during his lifetime. There is so much to be learned about our fraternity that can only be learned at a national convention. Once again my faith in and my dedication to Alpha have been greatly strengthened by my attendance at the convention in Columbus.

I hope that all Alpha brothers will strive to make 1963 the greatest year ever for Alpha.

I am pleased once again to serve A l -

pha as Assistant Southern Vice President. I extend an invitation especially to all undergraduate chapters in my region to correspond with me.

I would like to especially hear from those chapters experiencing difficulties in which I might be of aid.

I am eager and willing to visit any chapter in our great region. I also would like to hear from those chapters that do not need my help.

Let me know of your program and of your accomplishments. My office is open to all brothers and especially to the undergraduates of the Southern Region.

I hope that a very representative group will attend the Southern Regional Convention in Birmingham in April.

Let's make this the best Southern Regional ever. "On To Birmingham In April!"

I would like to express to the Brothers of the Southwestern Region my sincere appreciation and thanks for my election. I pledge my allegiance to all the Alphas over the world as well as to the Alphas of the Southwestern Region, to uphold all the ideals we cherish deep in our hearts.

vention was indeed a wonderful and gratifying experience to all. "How can we strengthen our fraternity and by doing so, help a great nation?"

This topic of discussion at the convention offers a challenge to all Alpha men.

Brothers of the Southwestern Region, I should like to hear any and all suggestions to improve and strengthen our Region. I solicit your suggestions for the development and advancement of Alpha and your help in making it a manifestation of the ideal fraternal organization.

It is an honor and a privilege to serve in this capacity, and I welcome the opportunity to pursue and strive for those goals indicative of our great fraternity.

The 56th Anniversary General Con-

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FROM THE MIDWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT

by Bro. Elmer C. Collins The Fifty-Sixth Anniversary Convention is now history, however, I am wondering if the greatness of this convention will remain on the hearts and in the minds of those Brothers who

FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT

by Bro. Wayne C. Chandler I frmly believe that our National Convention recently held in Columbus, Ohio, gave us a mandate to move forward on all fronts so that we may "strengthen a Great Nation by ening a Great Fraternity".

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were in attendance. The theme of this convention was "Strengthening a Great Nation Through Strengthening a Great Fraternity" I was deeply concerned by the general trend that seemed to exist at the convention. It appeared as though most of the Brothers realizing that we have a good fraternity, also realized that we have the potential of a great fraternity. The turning point in which this particular trend seemed to prevail came after the masterful address of General President Hale. It was climaxed when Bro. Jewel Henry Callis delivered from the depth of his heart his ideas and desires of Alpha Phi Alpha. He left the platform in tears which indicated to the Brothers that we must rededicate ourselves and strive to place Alpha Phi Alpha in its rightful status among organizations.

The removal of the "Black Ball" will

be a distinct advantage for those of us in the Midwest. During the past year I have met with several deans and officials of universities. There are two questions asked by most of them.

One is about the racial clause in our Constitution. Of course, I am happy to state that we have no racial clause in our Constitution. When it comes to the question of the Black Ball System, I was quite embarassed when I had to explain that situation I am really glad to see it eliminated.

It is quite evident th~t Aloha Phi Alpha is moving in the right direction.

Let us make sure that we develop the correct tools to deal with today's youth and the problems that surround us.

With the new policies now adopted, the effects will be far reaching. Let us gird ourselves to the challenge of 1963.

As we in the Southwest look toward our Regional Convention to be held in Fort Worth, Texas, during the Easter Weekend, I hope that we will let these guide lines govern our thoughts and actions as we work for success.

1. We must earn the right to lead by good example.

2. We have to care enough about our ideals to treasure them above all else.

3. We must lose our concern for ourselves and think more of what we can get.

4. We must forget about today and work for the future.

5. We must do more. We must look for opportunities to stand up and be counted. As opportunities arise, we must expand this practice throughout the Nation.

6. If we are to preserve our values, we must rely on the ultimate weapon which has won every struggle since the

days of the caveman. "Human Courage and Faith".

I think that when we follow these guide lines we can say as Edgar A. Guest:

We in the Southwest must dedicate ourselves to an everlasting "Success for all our brothers.

ord at the Forty-Eighth General Convention. The General Secretary's r e port showed that the Southern Region had 681 of the 1661 financial undergraduates. The report further showed that of 4901 financial graduates, 1249 of this number are located in the Southern Region. There is a total of 6602 undergraduate and graduate Bros. who are financial in the Fraternity. Of this number, 2040 persons are members of the Southern Region. Out of the five regions, the Southern Region has one-third of the financial brothers in the Fraternity.

The Southern Region stood out in front in every category as shown by

the General Secretary's statistical r e port. These figures are quoted only because they represent the achievement of a planned goal set by the region two and a half years ago. This achievement represents the hard work on the part of committee chairmen, chapter presidents, state directors, regional officers and chapter members.

A high point will be reached in the Southern Region Easter Week End when five hundred brothers from the region and from the country sit down and explore the provocative theme, "Strengthening a Great Region Through Strengthening the Economical Life of Brothers."

I hold no dream of fortune vast, nor seek undying fame.

I do not ask when life is vast that many know my name.

1 may not own the skill to rise to glory's top most height.

Nor win a place among the wise, But I can keep the right.

And I can live my life on earth contented to the end, If but a few shall know my worth and proudly call me friend.

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RECEPTION FOR OUR GENERAL PRESIDENT COLE

Yellow Roses are presented to Mrs. Cole

by Bro. John Turner of Columbus, Ohio

The Brothers of Gamma Upsilon Lambda and Alpha Sigma Chapters, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, sponsored a gala reception and ball honoring the newly installed General President, Bro. T. Winston Cole, J a n u a r y 12.

The reception ceremonies were held in the Refectory of Wiley College. This program was a fitting tribute to Bro. Cole as our leader and served as a stimulant to his launching a chapter-wide tour prior to the Boston Convention, August, 1963.

Visiting dignitaries, Brothers and their wives; city, state and campus Greeks were in attendance. The Mayor, City of Marshall, and executives from the local and state Chamber of Commerce groups were participants on this program. Bro. Walter Washing ton, represented the Council of VicePresidents and Bro. Wayne C. Chandler represented the Southwestern Region.

Congratulatory letters and telegrams

Left to right: General President and Mrs. T. Winston Cole, Sr. aVe congratulated by Mr. W. H. Hackney, President, Marshall National Bank; Mr. Hugh T. Henry. City Manager and Mr. S l y v o n Larnge, Associate Director, Marshall Chamber of Commerce.

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Cole poses with chapter officers

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City Mgr. Hugh. T. Henry of Marshall. T e x a s congratulates Gen. Pres. T. Winston Cole and Mrs. Cole

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were received from well - wishers throughout the state and nation.

Mesdames Williams, Teamer and Daniel, wives of respective brothers, handled the Registration tables for the more than 300 guests who "signed in" in specially prepared guest books.

These books, along with messages and telegrams, were presented in bound form as mementos to Bro. Cole. Bros.

Claude Williams and Charles Teamer acted as Masters of Ceremonies.

The Wiley Collegians Orchestra, u n der the direction of Larry McGriff, and the supervision of Bro. Ronald O'Neal, Gamma Upsilon Lambda, performed magnificently for the Grand Ball. "The Brothers of Gamma Upsilon Lambda Chapter are highly honored to have in its membership the General President, Bro. Dr. T. Winston Cole, Sr.

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Miss Kay Baxter, Beckley, W. Va., a senior at Bluefield State College "Sweetheart" of Beta Theta Chapter, Bluefield State College, Bluefield, West Virginia.

Miss Willie Mae Curry, Gaffney, South Carolina, "Sweetheart" of Alpha Omicron, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Description for Chapter "Sweethearts".

Pictures on page 20.

From bottom right to top right.

Miss Janice L. Cheek, Portsmouth, Va., "Sweetheart" of Gamma Iota Chapter, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia.

Miss Eva Marie Cole, Marshall, Texas, "Sweetheart" of Alpha Sigma Chapter, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas.

Miss Delores Clarke, Savannah, Ga., "Sweetheart" of Delta Eta Chapter, Savannah State College, Savannah, Ga.

M i s s C l i n t o n a J a c k s o n , d a u g h t e r of B r o . D r . a n d M r s . C l i n t o n J a c k s o n , D e t r o i t , M i c h i g a n . , " S w e e t h e a r t " of B e t a C h a p t e r , H o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y W a s h i n g t o n , D . C. • Description of Alpha "Sweetheart" Picture on page 21

M i s s J a c k s o n is a S e n i o r in t h e C o l l e g e of F i n e A r t s , H o w a r d U n i v e r sity.

D u r i n g t h e s u m m e r of 1962 s h e w a s s e l e c t e d a s M i s s F r e e d o m F e s t i v a l of t h e a n n u a l j o i n t I n t e r n a t i o n a l F r e e d o m F e s t i v a l of D e t r o i t , M i c h igan, a n d Windsor, Canada.

Philadelphia - The Eastern Regional Convention scheduled for the Quaker City during Penn Relay week-end, will be one of the most interesting conclaves held according to plans made by the convention committee.

Stream-lined and business-like is the outlook. Many of the Brothers who a t tended the national convention in this city not too many years ago can attest to the fact that the Brothers here are operators..

Newly - elected Eastern Regional Vice-President Frank Morris has given the committee full-hearted support.

The convention will open with an informal program Thursday, April 25, and will get down to convention business at the Sheraton Motor Inn the first thing Friday morning. Incidently, the hotel is just a few blocks from Franklin Field where athletes from all over the nation will converge for the track carnival. Presidents of the three sponsoring chapters will greet the visiting Brothers. They are: Walter Gordon, Rho; Joseph Brumskill, Psi; and Edward C. Wilkins, Zeta Omicron Lambda. Brother Morris will respond and the convention will be underway.

There will an evening session following a buffet supper and an informal cabaret will close the day. Convention F E B R U A R Y , 1963

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matters will move smoothly Saturday morning, so that those Brothers so disposed will have the afternoon to view the games. The formal convention banquet and dance that evening will close what will certainly be "one of the best" gatherings of Brothers in the Eastern region.

Brother Ed R. Harris, convention chairman, asks the Brothers to especially note that hotel reservations must be in 30 days before convention time.

Hotel rooms are at a premium Penn Relay week-end and the convention committee is responsible for the block of rooms made available. Other officers of the convention committees are: Charles A. Broaddus, vice-chair-

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m a n ; Edward Williams, secretary; Frank E. Smith, treasurer. Committee chairmen are: William Ross, Jr., p r o gram; James Hewitt, finance; Norrice T. Jones, registration; Hugh N. Morris, souvenir program; Kermit J. Hall, housing; Robert E. Moose, banquet; William E. Griffin, Pan-Hellenic; Norwood Thomas, dance; Theodore Young, auxiliaries and Joseph Brumskill, u n dergraduates. Mrs. Leroy Gates, p r e s ident of the Alpha-Bettes and Mrs. Dorothy Rodgers, president of the L a dies of Alpha, have pledged full s u p port to the convention and are planning events of high interest to the ladies. A reservation form will be found in this issue of the Sphinx.

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Chapter Activities District Court Chief Judge Matthew F. McGuire said Bro. Prudhomme, who lives and has offices at 1752 - 17th St., N. W., is the first Negro to be appointed to the Commission in its 24-year history. The appointment followed several years of efforts by Negro medical groups for representation among the eight physician members of the Commission.

Bro. Prudhomme is a graduate of Howard University and its medical school and a lecturer there. He is a fellow of the AmericanPsychiatric Association.

Bro. Dr. Charles P r u d h o m m e

FIRST NEGRO NAMED TO MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE Bro. Dr. Charles Prudhomme, 54, was named to a four-year term on the District Mental Commission.

Bro. Dr. Prudhomme states, "It was through the efforts and contacts of Bro. Dr. Henry A. Callis that I got a general Education Board Fellowship to attend the University of Chicago for the academic year 1937-38." (prior to this my efforts as well as others had not turned up any place where a Negro physician could get graduate training in psychiatry.)

NEWS FROM BETA CHAPTER

by Bro. O. J. Cole On December 13, 1962, Beta Chapter was once again elevated to the lofty heights of the insurmountable. It was on this date that our Chapter president, Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Atkins was presented the coveted Legion of Valor Bronze Cross of Excellence.

Of such significance is the award that the presentation was made by Major General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. This award is presented annually to the outstanding Air Force R. O. T. C. cadet of the Middle Atlantic Region.

It seems that the student body of Howard University has an affinity for selecting as its leaders the Men of Alpha Phi Alpha. This was evident in the election of Brother Vernon Gill as President of the College of Liberal Art's Student Council. Brother Jerome Atkins was elected President of the School of Engineering and Architecture Council. He is ably assisted by Brothers Walter Evans and Donald Bray who serve as Vice President and Treasurer respectively. Brothers Lester Green and Oscar King serve as members of the S'hool of Engineering and Architecture Council.

Beta Chapter will continue in its March "Onward and Upward Toward the Light."

Members of Z e i s Rho Lambda Chapter, Dover, Delaware, and their w i v e s following Dinner in Ihe beautiful Officers Club of the Dover Air Force Base in early December. Front row: Left to right - Bro. and Mrs. G. Oliver, Jr., Chapter Secretary; Bro. and Mrs. Ulysses L. Oliver, President; Bro. Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Henry, Treasurer; Mrs. C e d e P. Henry and Bro. Dr. Theophllus R. Parker. Second row: Bro. and Mrs. William Laws, Mrs. Marcellus Blackburn, Br. and Mrs. Hamilton, Bro. and Mrs. Jerry A. Taylor (center), Bro. and Mrs; C. P. Houston, Bro. Marcellus Blackburn. Back row: Bro. and Mrs. Samuel J. Spencer, Bro. and Mrs. Clifton Hubbard, Bro. Dr. and Mrs. Elbert Harris, Bro. Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Williamson and Bro. and Mrs. Charlie Arnell.

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A YEAR IN RETROSPECT TOWARDS THE FUTURE

by Bro. Ivan Joseph Roper With the Convention activity of 1962 gone and the achievements and disappointments of a full year reviewed both with hindsight and foresight, we present an individual who represents the highest ideals of a youth whose life was given to personification to be h u m ble yet enormously goaded with pride to conduct his person and his affairs so that he would reflect the aspirations of Alpha Phi Alpha, his people and the prophesy which our great country affords each individual without regard to his birth or color.

We live in the area of progress. We take pride in our identity, and our purpose and usefullness in our community, state and country.

Dr. James W. Parker, Sr., 46 years a physician in Red Bank, New Jersey and a lifetime of service to his fellowman, gives to our chapter, Zeta Epsilon Lambda, the years of reflection in retrospect to years of the future for our growth and indispensible service to our people throughout the world.

Here is a man who has guided a chapter to produce worthwhile contributions to the youth of Red Bank and neighboring communities, because Beta Chapter, his chapter, the second chapter to be formed in Alpha in 1907 and in which he became a member in 1910, served as both Mother, Father and family while he remained at Howard University for 8 years to earn his college education and his Medical degree.

The Chapter House was formed by "his group and his basic code of ethics was formed by his fellowship at Beta Chapter more than 50 years ago.

The contributions of Bro. Dr. James W. Parker, Sr. and his surroundings

THE ACTIVITIES OF GAMMA IOTA Gamma Iota Chapter, Hampton Institute has initiated a new program into its yearly activities, that being the publication of "Newsletters". These newsletters contain the many activities of the chapter and are sent to surrounding chapters.

Our agenda thus far has included smokers, a coffee hour which was held for visiting brothers after the Hampton Institute Homecoming Game, the building of a Homecoming float with the aid of Gamma Theta Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the making of a new chapter at Norfolk Division of Virginia State College, Norfolk, Virginia (Epsilon Pi), and caroling before the Christmas holidays. Our future activities include a jazz concert, Education Week, and probation.

Bro. Costello Brown made quite an achievement during the last academic school year in that he had the distinction of being the only student who made a 4.0 average for both semesters. The grading is based upon the 4.0 system. Moreover, Gamma Iota Chapter has the highest academic average of the fraternities at Hampton Institute.

Gamma Iota is continually on the move onward and upward toward the light, the light of the world.

is reflected in the presentation of the "Alpha Award of Merit for 1959".

On a lighter side we had our Formal which was an outstanding innovation food galore, beautiful ladies, and fun frolicking among all. A summer picnic, and several civic affairs in church attendance to our brothers' home parishes and several testimonials to complete the year.

IOTA LAMBDA CELEBRATES FOUNDERS' DAY

by Bro. Alvin S. Bynum The Continental Hotel Banquet Room was the brilliant scene of Iota Lambda's Annual Celebration of Founders' Day on Dec. 1. The Brothers of Iota L a m b da, Indianapolis, Ind. assembled with their wives to pay homage to the Jewels and to recount the glorious history of our past.

Featured as the main speaker was the Rev. Dr. F. Benjamin Davis, pastor of New Bethel Church, Indianapolis, who stressed leadership and a clinging to faith as guideposts for the future.

The "Alpha Man of the Year A w a r d " was presented to Bro. Dr. Lehman Adams for civic and fraternal services and his ability as a practitioner and teacher of dentistry. He received a plaque inscribed with his name, the date and the award. All present rose to their feet and applauded the selection.

New officers for the coming year were announced as follows: Joseph T. Taylor, president; Paul Taylor, vicepresident; Cramon Myers, secretary, Theodore Randall, financial secretary; Boyd Burnett, treasurer; Mercer Mance, parliamentarian; Alvin S. Bynum, editor-to-the-Sphinx; Dewey Hoover, sgt.at-arms; William J. Barber, Chaplain.

Following the Banquet, the brothers and invited guests enjoyed a dance and party in the Ballroom.

* * * * * * DELTA XI INITIATES TWELVE NEOPHYTES Joining the Alpha family of Delta Xi Chapter, Central State College, on the cold night of December 6, 1962, were twelve excited and proud neophyte brothers.

The new brothers come from far and wide: Bros. James Ashby, Evansville, Ind.; Charles Reid, Dayton, Ohio; A n derson Bray, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Arthur Gipson, Dayton, Ohio; Paul Norton, Cleveland, Ohio; Richard Letts, Grand Rapids, Mich: Robert Burch, Englewood, N. J.; Claude Jones, Dayton, Ohio; Joseph Curtis, Cleveland, Ohio; Leonard Blake, Wilberforce, Ohio; and James Brown, Winchester, Va.

Bro. Dr. James W. Parker, Sr.. receives the Eastern Regional "Man of the Year" award i r o m Bro. Richard L. Johnson. From left to right: Bros. Dr. William E. Wright. Dr. James W. Parker. Sr., Richard L. Johnson. Roland M. Brown, and Dr. James W. Parker. Jr.

President Roberts reminded the new brothers of their obligation and r e sponsibility of being members of Alpha Phi Alpha. He added that to measure up to the standards of being an Alpha man requires more than just wearing a pin or attending a social function.

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WORKSHOP RETREAT

by Bro. Halloway C. Sells Delta Gamma Lambda and Alpha A l pha Chapters, Cincinnati, sponsored a workshop retreat Saturday, September 22, 1962 at a Y. W. C. A. camp. The theme of the day was, "Alpha's Challenge in a Rapidly Changing World."

The workshop was designed to bring all Alpha men in greater Cincinnati area together, to provide a day of fun and recreation, to develop an atmosphere for critical and creative thinking, to engage in hard thinking and working together and to enjoy wholesome Alpha fellowship which gives us zest for living.

The workshop was held from 9 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.; the program was as follows: Meditation Hour conducted by Chaplain of Delta Gamma Lambda, Brother H. Hannibal Hull.

Opening session, led by Brother Halloway C. Sells, workshop chairman, who introduced the Keynote Speaker, Brother William A. McClain, assistant City Solicitor of Cincinnati, an active brother of Delta Gamma Lambda and an outstanding civic and community leader. Brother McClain spoke on, "The Negro Past and Present and A l pha's Contribution and Relationship."

He presented startling historical facts, legal documentations and individual frustrations and contributions, success and failures. After the dynamic and soul searching keynote address the brothers departed for their various workshops inspired and determined to accomplish something meaningful.

There were three workshops: 1. Undergraduate affairs.

2. Housing and Budgeting.

3. Chapter Programs and Community Responsibility.

A luncheon forum followed the work-

DELTA GAMMA LAMBDA

by Bro. Keith H. Rhodes We the brothers of Delta Gamma Lambda, University of Cincinnati, e x tend wishes for a prosperous New Year to all brothers throughout Alphadom.

The culminating event of the 1962 calendar was Alpha Alpha and Delta Gamma Lambda Chapters joint Annual December Formal, which was highlighted by the coronation of the Alpha Alpha Chapters 1963 Sweetheart, Miss Gwen Goings, daughter of Bro. William Goings.

The fruits of two years labor by m e m bers of Delta Gamma Lambda were harvested in '62 when Alpha Alpha Chapter gained recognition on the campus of the University of Cincinnati.

There has also been established a $500 revolving loan fund. The fund is m a n aged by the dean of U. C. with final approval to all loans being given by Delta Gamma Lambda. The Chapter goal is $5,000 in the fund by '65. This fund is available for use by any U. C. student. Since its establishment there has been one $100 loan approved.

A new item in programming i m -

plemented by President Henry Walters was the all day Play-Workshop, held at Camp Lenmary. The day began with activities covering a variety of i n teresting fields, both active and passive.

The keynote address by Bro. William McClain, after a sumptuous luncheon, set the stage for the intensive Brainstorming Workshops. From these workshops came ideas on programming, administration, and financing that will become an integral part of the 1963 program. The Play-Workshop will be included in the future as it proved to be an excellent rejuvenator.

Delta Gamma Lambda welcomes the return of Bro. Dr. Chester N. Pryor, III who was the first Negro to intern at Cincinnati Jewish Hospital. The o p ening of his office in the latter part of '62 establishes him as the first Negro to practice as an Ophthalmologist in the Queen City. He is succeeding Bro. Dr. B. F. Cann, Sr., to the Chapter Office of Treasurer. Bro. Cann was r e cently elected Deputy Grand Master of Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio, an honor which we are proud to acknowledge.

shops with Brother Dr. Broxton F .

Cann, an Alpha of some forty years, expounding, from many years of e x perience, on, "Our Function in the Community; Brother Attorney Leon M. Render, "New World Visions and R e sponsibility" and Brother Carl Benson, President of Alpha Alpha Chapter, "Alpha's Challenge on the College Campus".

After the luncheon all brothers present engaged in a variety of recreational activity planned by Brothers Ron Blackstone and David Anderson.

The closing session began with B r o t h ers participating in a lively song fest led by Brother Leon Robinson.

Brother Henry L. Walters, President of Delta Gamma Lambda, closed with a reminder of, "Let's not forget that Alpha's Challenge is met with a blending of the new with the old." "Seek ye first Class Responsibilities and the First Class Rights will be found t h e r e in!"

Brother Elmer C. Collins, the Midwestern Vice-President, who flew down for the day's activities charged and further challenged us with some timely remarks and facts and information concerning the Midwestern area of Alphadom.

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NEWS FROM GAMMA OMICRON

by Bro. Andy Gamble In manifesting the high ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha, the men of Gamma Omicron, Knoxville College, have shown themselves to be throughout the year, in all respects, an outstanding chapter.

In the spring of 1962 this chapter finally was recognized for its program and activities and named by the Southern Regional Convention to be the outstanding chapter of the South.

Gamma Omicron's first avtivity of the year was the Annual Smoker for all male freshmen and new students to introduce them to the men and ideals of Alpha. The next event was the entrance of a float in the homecoming parade. Our Achievement Day p r o gram featured a local person who was honored for the occasion. During this period Sphinxmen went through "sweet heaven" to cross "slightly warmed" sands into Alphaland. We sent delegates to the National Convention and the chapter was " r u n n e r - u p " for the Exhibit award.

Beginning a new calendar year, Gamma Omicron helped the students at Knoxville College start off right with a New Year's Raffle where a $25.00 Savings Bond was at stake. Valentine Day, every woman on Knoxville's campus was an A Phi A Sweetheart, each receiving a card and a pin-on valentine from the brothers of Gamma Omicron.

Special tribute was of course given to "Miss Alpha Phi Alpha", her attendants and "Miss Sphinx".

Spring came and Gamma Omicron presented its spring lectures. Scenes where persons outstanding in some areas of endeavor spoke on subjects from Atomic energy to the current styles.

Delegates were sent to the Regional Convention held in this season of the year.

The first school months were spent in various endeavors. The chapter p r e sented its annual Coronation Ball which provides the very best in entertainment for the public.

The Alpha Phi Alpha Ball is considered by many to be the second homecoming at Knoxville College. The most exciting event presented was "This Is Your Life Program" designed after the T. V. Series starring Ralph Edwards. The final activity of the chapter was the granting of scholarships to needy students at Knoxville College. Each month of the school year the chapter does something for a needy family in the community.

The brothers of Gamma Omicron participated in all phases of activities on the campus, many times in the role of

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leadership. Officers ranging from the president to treasurer were held by Gamma Omicron brothers in over fifteen campus organizations.

The award for the student majoring in Science having the highest three year average at Knoxville College was won by a brother and the r u n n e r - u p to him was also a brother.

The future of Gamma Omicron is u n limited. Each year something new is added to its already outstanding p r o gram.

ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA OBSERVED FOUNDERS' DAY

by Bro. Willie E. Lindsey

Sunday, December 9, officers and members of Alpha Delta Lambda, Memphis, Tenn., observed Founders' Day. The occasion was held at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church of which Bro. Blair T. Hunt is pastor. The guest speaker was Bro. Walter Washington, regional vice president of the fraternity, and president of Utica J u n * * * * * * ior College, Utica, Miss.

Bro. Washington's speech was centered around the "Alpha Lamp LightBETA OMICRON ON THE MOVE ers", because of the great stand that

by Bro. Daniel Aldridge members of Alpha Delta Lambda ChapThis has been one of Beta Omicron's ter and Alphas all over the world have (Tennessee A and I State University, taken in this great crisis of desegreNashville, Tenn.) most momentous gation and integration. Many brothers years. It began with the annual Sweet- locally and nationally were recognized heart's Tea. Four young ladies were for the steps they have taken in this chosen as attendants to our A. K. A. endeavor. Bro. Washington emphaSweetheart, Miss Shelia Baltimore. sized the need for continuous leaderThe attendants were: Miss Marilyn ship in today's world.

Bro. James Swearengen did an e x Howse, Miss Joycelyn Lott, Miss Regenia Studdard and Miss Patricia Whit- cellent job of paying tribute to the Jewels. Bro. Rev. Eddie Currie spoke taker. on "The House of Alpha". Bro. Balir Beta Omicron shouldered a major T. Hunt was in charge of devotion. A responsibility for our next adventure. beautiful solo was rendered by Bro. Presented with the fact that the Stu- Harold Whalum. The speaker was indent Council would be unable to spon- troduced by Bro. Floyd Weakley of sor a bus to Florida for the football Beta Xi Chapter, LeMoyne College. game between Tennessee State and Bro. Walter Martin was in charge of Florida A & M, and recognizing the sig- the music. Final remarks were made nificance of this trip to student morale, by Bro. Dr. T. W. Northcross. the brothers undertook the responsiA reception in honor of Bro. Washbility of providing such transportation. ington, given by the Alphabettes, folThis was the first successful trip of lowed the program. Immediately folthis nature. We would like to thank lowing the reception, all brothers met the brothers of Beta Nu for their warm at the beautiful South Parkway East hospitality. home of Bro. Northcross, president of Our next endeavor was the annual the chapter, for a stag in honor of Bro. Smoker-Dance. Bro. Dr. John A. H a r - Washington. vey and Bro. Cupid Poe were the prinThe members of the Alphabettes, cipal speakers at the smoker. counterpart of Alpha Delta Lambda, Moving on the Bros, of Beta Omicron met at the home of Bro. and Mrs, W. T. began the annual "Founders' Day P r o - Northcross for the purpose of electing gram. Along with the annual "Found- officers for the year 1962-63. ers' Day" celebration, a "Founder's The following slate of officers were Day" dance was held. Young ladies elected: Mrs. Nell Northcross, presiand their Alpha escorts were transport- dent; Mrs. Dorothy Westbrooks, vice ed to the dance in nine yellow cabs, president; Mrs. Gloria S. Lindsey, corwhich circumscribed the campus' oval responding secretary; M r s . C a r r i e shape. The affair was highlighted by Young, recording secretary; Mrs. Evethe saxophone of Bro. James Woodson lyn T. Robertson, treasurer; Mrs. Hatand the vocalizing of Bro. Wendell tie Swearenger, chaplain; and Mrs. MilGunn. dred P. Home, publicity chairman.

Prior to our journeying to the Alpha Phi Alpha Convention, thirty-three DEADLINE FOR MATERIAL members were inducted into the Sphinx MAY, 1963 ISSUE IS Club.

MARCH 31 Bros. James Ealey and Ronald Thomas were elected as representatives to (Send all material direct to the Columbus Convention. We will inthe Editor) form you of forthcoming events.

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SAVANNAH'S DEBUTANTES FOR 1962 PRESENTED BY BETA PHI LAMBDA CHAPTER

by Bro. Nelson R. Freeman Savannah, Ga. - On Thanksgiving Eve, November 21, 1962, the Brothers of Beta Phi Lambda Chapter presented debutantes for 1962 in one of the most successful and colorful social-cultural affairs ever presented to the elite p u b lic in this city.

The presentation of debutantes is an annual affair and is sponsored by Brothers of Beta Phi Lambda Chapter.

The debutante season was opened with a Charm School conducted by the Alphabettes and attended by all of the young ladies selected as debutantes.

The Charm School is designed to broaden the debutantes' perspective and to â&#x20AC;˘teach social graces, poise, charm, and is conducted for an entire week.

On Thanksgiving Eve, preceding the Cotillion Ball, a Punch Sip for debutantes at the home of Bro. and Mrs. James W. Fisher set the tone for the festive atmosphere that was to be enjoyed throughout the evening. The color motif for the affair was the traditional black and gold and the table setting was further complemented with miniature cake squares in black and gold. This was the beginning of a "Cinderella" night for these charming debutantes.

And after enjoying the pleasant intermingling of relatives and friends, they were then escorted to the Flamingo Ballroom for the long awaited presentation.

Bro. Nelson R. Freeman, President of Beta Phi Lambda Chapter, welcomed parents and the many hundred guests who filled the large ballroom to witness a most impressive presentation of the most eligible and deserving young ladies in the city. Each debutante was then introduced and congratulations were graciously received from the many guests who passed through the receiving line.

Following the presentation against a background of warm harvest scenes and centered by a huge "A" suspended from the ceiling of the ballroom, the debutantes and their escorts danced the French Minuet with dignity and grace. As the last strains of the Minuet faded, the debutantes' fathers, with a deep sense of pride, yet an a w a r e ness of the beginning of womanhood in their daughters' presentation, claimed them for the first part of the Debutante Waltz, after which they were r e linquished to their escorts for a gala evening of dancing.

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nostalgia, put on comfortable attire and happily went to a Post-Cotillion breakfast at the home of Bro. and Mrs. Wilson P. Hubert. In a warm and handsome setting, they chatted about their "night to remember" while enjoying a delectable repast.

On Friday evening, November 23, the debutantes and their escorts were e n tertained at the home of Bro. Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. McDew, Jr. The "fancy pants party was given in honor of debutante Emily Stevens, niece of the McDews. The evening was spent in a Thanksgiving setting of mums, turkeys, and pumpkins. The entertainment was informal, comprising of cards, dancing, buffet supper, snacks, and punch. Each debutante was presented a souvenir gift of a picture folder in compact form and the honored debutante was presented with a carryall vanity case.

On Saturday afternoon, November 24, the debutantes were entertained with a delightful luncheon which was held at the Safari Restaurant. The ultra setting of the Safari, together with the holiday decor, was highly enjoyed by the debutantes and members of the Alphabettes.

Bro. Joseph M. Greene and the Alpha Wives Auxiliary Committee, Bro. Willie M. Waddell and the Social Committee, Bro. Benjamin F. Lewis, and the Alphabettes were commended most highly by the Fraternity for contributing significantly to the glowing success of this annual affair.

THETA GAMMA LAMBDA CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA The Brothers of Theta Gamma L a m b da, Dothan, Ala., which was chartered May 25, 1962, are proud to continue to hold up the high standards, ideals and principles of Alpha Phi Alpha.

Theta Gamma Lambda Chapter p r e sented its Founders' Day Program Sunday, December 9, 1962 at the Masonic Building in Dothan, Ala. This was the chapter's first public program since it was chartered.

Those appearing on the program were Mrs. Anna L. Berard, pianist, member of Alpha Kappa Alpha; Bro. Charles P. Lawson, Bro. Dr. D. V. Jemison, Jr., Bro. Lewie F. Ramsey, Jr., Bro. Conrad L. Newman and Bro. James A. Smith.

The guest speaker for the occasion was Bro. Matthew H. Dawson, President of Alpha Upsilon Lambda Chapter, Montgomery, Alabama.

The roster of Theta Gamma Lambda includes Bros. James A. Smith, President; Charles D. McQueen, Vice President; Conrad L. Newman, Secretary; Arthur L. Walton, Treasurer; Orester J. Harper, Parliamentarian; Charles P. Lawson, Chaplain; Thomas Priest, Jr., Associate Editor of the Sphinx; Lewie F. Ramsey, Jr., Historian; Dr. D. V. Jemison, Jr., Director of Educational Activities; Willis A. Bryant and Young Hines.

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left to right: Misses Cussie Washington, Jean Golden, Barbara Benjamin, Emily right: Misses G w e n d o l y n Roberts, ClaudWiggins and Lillie Kyles.

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ALPHA CHI CHAPTER

by Bro. Alton Lewis The Brothers of Alpha Chi Chapter at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., have distinguished themselves on the Fisk campus in the following ways: Brother Theopolis Fair, from Pine Bluff Arkansas, was elected president of the Student Council for the school year 1962-63. Brother Fair is History Major who has attained an average over 3.3 for the last six semesters. This year's Student Council, under his leadership, has all indications of being the most active and successful Student Council that Fisk has seen for the past three years.

Brother Charlie Lee, a Mathematics Major, is one of the Captains of the Fisk Bulldogs football team. Brother Lee is the first string Quarterback from Memphis, Tennessee.

Brother Powell Garrett a Psychology Major from Gary Indiana, was elected President of the Senior Class.

EPSILON PSI LAMBDA CHAPTER

by Bro. Arthur F. Smith, Jr. Epsilon Psi Lambda, Alexandria, La., observed Founders' Day at the True Vine Baptist Church, Sunday, December 2.

The speaker for the occasion was Bro. Dr. Robert Hunter of Grambling College. He spoke from the subject "Challenge and Response". He emphasized three points: Self-Determination,

Self-Integration, and Willingness to accept Responsibility.

For the past several years Epsilon Psi Lambda has emphasized three objectives: to give annual school scholarships; to promote voter registration; and to present an annual social affair.

ETA IOTA LAMBDA CHAPTER

by Bro. David H. Nunnaly, Sr. We, the members of Eta Iota Lambda, Athens, Ga., are proud of our talented brothers in the chapter. We are happy to announce that Bro. Dr. J. A r t h u r Kelly is one who has many talents, among which is writing music. He has written several compositions, one of his favorite is "Follow Your Heart".

Because of his success in writing music compositions, we as brothers are sharing one of his favorite songs in the Sphinx. We also thought that you as brothers would enjoy reading and becoming acquainted with some of his work. When a brother has done something as good as Bro. Kelly, it is only fitting and proper that others should know about it. (Poem on page 23).

Bro. Dr. Kelly is a graduate of Morehouse College and Meharry Medical College. He is practicing in the city of Athens and has made many outstanding contributions to the people in that city and local communities.

Bro. Kelly is married to Marion Corneron Kelly and has one daughter, Carla Alice for whom he has written a lullaby "Carta's Lullaby".

PI LAMBDA CHAPTER

by Bro. Ozell Sutton Twenty-two lovely and t a l e n t e d young ladies were presented to society at the annual Alpha Ball held in the Robinson Auditorium, Wednesday evening, December 26th at Little Rock, Arkansas.

The annual Alpha Ball is the highlight of the holiday festivities in A r kansas and is sponsored by the Pi Lambda Chapter.

The debutantes were attired in beautiful white evening gowns with long white gloves and each carried a bouquet of red roses with a ribbon streamer.

The lovely young ladies, freshmen in colleges throughout the nation, were hidden from public view until presented. When Dr. Morris A. Jackson, president of Pi Lambda, called each Deb's name she stepped through the doorway

Miss Jacquelyn Lucille Denton, daughter of Bro. and Mrs. Heberi H. Denton and a freshm a n at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., reigned as "Alpha Sweetheart" at the A n nual Ball. Bro. Denton is principal of the Carver-Pfifer Elementary School in Little Rock.

T w e n t y - t w o lovely and talented y o u n g ladies were presented to society by Pi Lambda at Little Rock. Ark., at the gala HoUday "Alpha Ball" December 26th. First Row - (L-R): Celestine A. Williams, Jacquelyn Denton, Gloria Calhoun, Audry Faye Ruffin and Venda Crump.

Second row - Beverly Wilburn. Margaretta Motley, Alma Ruth Lynch, Ruth Rodgers and Ada Louise Shine. Third row - Gloria Harper, Gwendell Johnson, Marion L. Toomer, Mary Joyce Hunter, Gloria Broadnax, Djuana P h a e Burns and Linda Sue Franeyr Fourth row - Patsy A n n Green, J o y c e Louise Smith, Joyce M. Jones and Jacquelyn Faye Hill.

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of the stage prepared for the occasion.

The stage was beautifully decorated in traditional Alpha colors - a background of black with gold letters reading Debutantes - 1962.

Met at the stage by their fathers, or close relative, the debutantes walked to the center of the room and curtsied to an approving and applauding audience of 1,000 persons. Hare each young lady was met by her escort. When all were presented the band started to play and the Debs danced with their escorts as the guests watched.

Miss Jacquelyn Lucille Denton, the lovely daughter of Bro. and Mrs. H e b ert Denton and a freshman at Fisk University, was chosen "Alpha Sweetheart".

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NEWS OF GAMMA ZETA LAMBDA

BETA NU LAMBDA CHAPTER

ZETA PSI LAMBDA OPENS 1962-63 PROGRAM WITH CABARET PARTY AT CLUB ALPHA

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by Bro. Henry L. Marshall

"Better than ever" was the way ballgoers described the third annual "Ye Mystic Sphinx Ball" that brothers of Gamma Zeta Lambda, Tampa-St., Petersburg, Florida, staged in the Greek House last November.

The brothers of Beta Nu Lambda, Charlotte, N. C , could hardly hold back the tears when Dr. Edwin Thompkins, a most outstanding and efficient president laid down the gavel after a very successful term. Brother Thompkins received a rising vote of thanks.

Everyone was well pleased, however, with the election of the following officers: President, John Davis; Vice President, Henry L. Marshall; Financial Secretary, Calvin Hood; Recording Secretary, Talmadge McDowell; Corresponding Secretary, Robert Wood; Treasurer, F. N. Armstead, and Chaplain, Edwin Thompkins.

The year 1962 left many fond m e m ories of which Beta Nu Lambda is very proud. Bro. S. W. Byuarm, P r o fessor of Sociology and Head of the Department at Johnson C. Smith University, was awarded the Ph. D. degree in Sociology last June; Bro. Emory Rann, prominent local physician and instructor at the same university was the Doctor of the Year; Bro. Hubert Norris, Head of the Department of Economics at Johnson C. Smith University, retired after a number of years due to illness; and Bro. Watkins, after fifty years of practicing dentistry in the city of Charlotte, N. C , also retired.

Bro. Watkins also celebrated fifty years of marriage life.

Bro. Rufus P. Perry, Pres. of Johnson C. Smith University, is very active in the chapter. Dr. Perry has an enormous building program. A new women's dormitory has just been completed and a dormitory for men has been renovated and ready for occupancy.

The crowning of a stunning queen, an entertaining floor show, and superior music provided the qualities for an enjoyable evening.

St. Petersburg's Mrs. Wendell Norton nosed out Miss Betty Keeton of Tampa to win this year's crown. The new queen, dressed in a sparkling outfit of white nylon organza over taffeta

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with white accessories, was introduced to the public by Bro. C. Blythe Andrews, Jr.. master of ceremonies.

Nationally famous showman Leon Claxton had on display, a dancing couple from his Harlem Revue. This floor show added to the entertainment.

by Bro. L. E. McDaniel Zeta Psi Lambda Chapter, Lake Charles, La., has gotten off to an e x cellent start this year under the leadership of Brother Dr. L. C. Breda, Chapter President. The first activity and the most exciting ever to be presented in the Lake Charles, La. area was a cabaret party, planned by the social committee with Brother Dr. Frank Y. Pryce, Chairman, was held at Club Alpha on December 1, 1962. Visiting Brothers and many friends enjoyed the Artistic Design of Brother F. Y. Pryce and danced to the music of James Lee and his Band of Beaumont, Texas. During intermission, the Brothers and the guests were entertained with dance selections presented by Miss Mary Freddie, a Junior at Southern University and a National Traveler, with many outstanding bands. The Brothers of Zeta Psi Lambda, and visiting Brothers were introduced and other Greek Organizations were recognized.

Other activities planned for Zeta Psi Lambda are: 1. Go To College Week.

Week of J a n u a r y 6, 1963.

Program - Area High Schools.

2. Education For Citizenship Week.

Week of April 1, 1963.

3. Achievement Hour.

May 12, 1963.

The Achievement Hour program will consist of a Guest Speaker, Certificates presented to the top seniors of the area High Schools and an Award presented to the Alpha Man of the Year for Zeta Psi Lambda Chapter.

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A new Suncoast Music Sensation, the Al Downing Mello-Tones, were the master musicians who provided the dance music.

Officers elected for the current year are: Bros. Robert Gardner, president; Dr. Andrew Jackson, vice president; Robert Simmons, financial secretary; Richard Pride, treasurer; J. C. Gibbs. public relations, and Paul Mohr, secretary. Bro. Samuel Robinson is chapter editor to the Sphinx.

The call to Kappa Chapter initiates for recognition at the Columbus convention brought a measure of glory to the Tampa Bay Area. Bro. Dean Mohr, Melrose YMCA Secretary, crossed the burning sands into Kappa Chapter in the year 1916.

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Alphas In Los Angeles

by Bro. Wallace Walker In the city of lights, Los Angeles, Calif., a band of undergraduate college men are responsible for the retention of the brightest of lights, XION, the light of Alpha.

There are 450 square miles within the city of Los Angeles. Needless to say, we are sufficiently challenged when it comes time to go out and "spread the word".

Alpha Delta is a floating chapter and its forty active brothers, not all financial unfortunately, attend the various colleges and universities in the area; University of Southern California, University of California at Los Angeles, Pepperdine and Los Angeles State Colleges. There is a Sphinxman attending Long Beach State College.

It has been difficult many times to strictly adhere to the "quality over quantity" theory, so basic in A Phi A, in our selection of men. In the past three and one-half years, 56% of the men who pledged did not succeed, however, 70% of the men who did succeed are still financial.

Two of the Greek letter fraternities in the city initiate more and as many as Alpha, but neither equals Alpha in prestige or active membership.

Brothers Ronald Johnson, Carey J e n -

kins, Joe Womack, Los Angeles State College; Ed Fant and Bill Smith, P e p perdine College, earned bachelor degrees this past June. Brothers Dan Lawson and Melville Perry, both of Los Angeles State, will graduate this month.

These brother's graduate endeavors are already a source of pride to our chapter. Brother Johnson is doing graduate work in the city; Bro. J e n kins is in the executive training p r o gram of the Bank of America. Brother Womack was the second leading ground gainer for the Pittsburg Steelers p r o fessional football team this past season.

Brother Fant is presently in the Phillipines with the Peace Corp and Bro. Smith migrated to Howard University for graduate work.

Brother Lawson will teach handicapped children and Bro. Perry plans to enter law school in the city.

Alpha men are most active on the campus of Los Angeles State - brothers there are presently endeavoring to gain admittance to the college IFC. Alpha men further distinguish themselves from other Los Angeles undergraduate fraternity men by constantly reiterating that their primary purpose for existing is not social.

At the annual Alpha Ball in midDecember, outgoing Alpha queen, Gail Hines, and her court presented the u n -

BROTHERS OF ZETA PSI LAMBDA AT CLUB ALPHA. Walking across the front, visiting Bro. Dr. Melton. Left to right: Bros. Richard Brown, (behind) Dr. Mellon. Dr. U. W. Pryce. Dr. Donald Chatman. L. E. McDaniel. M. L. Guice. Dr. L. C. Breda. F. Y. Pryce.

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FEBRUARY, 1963

by Br. Joe R. Burns Alpha Tau Lambda chapter, Tulsa, Okla., has just completed one of its most successful and progressive years and it was accomplished in a large measure to the formidable and aggressive leadership of its dynamic president, Tolly W. Harris.

Our activities for the year included two financial contributions to Langston University's Educational and Development Funds; financial assistance to the Urban League, N.A.A.C.P., the Y.M. C.A., the Community Chest, an elementary school nursery, and the hosting of the Oklahoma State Association of A l pha men as well as the Southwestern Regional Convention replete with problems, personalities and pleasure.

Officers elected for the ensuing year: Bros. Tolly W. Harris, president; Chas.

Christopher, vice president; Joe R. Burns, recording secretary: Jesse L. Greadington, financial secretary; E. L. Hairston, treasurer; Robert Taylor, Jr., sergeant at arms; Edward Brown, chaplain and Robert Fairchild, reporter.

dergraduate chapter a trophy as a token of their esteem.

We are challenged in this vast city to seek out only the best for Alpha and, as we reflect, we feel we are successfully meeting the challenge.

Complancy is a trait which we have deleted from our personalities - the light, must shine brighter.

Bro. Dr. L. C. Breda, left. President, Zeta Psl Lambda, chats w i t h Bro. Higgins. Head of Dept. of Social Science; Southern University. Baton Rouge, La., at Club Alpha on Dec. 1, 1962.

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Another Alpha First! .. . . Another Breakthrough!

by Bro. Harold R. Jones Bro. Carlton A. A. Dias, the Western Region's Central District Director, is the first Negro in the Bay Area to be accepted in the Management Training Program at the J.. C. Penney Co., San Francisco, Calif.

For the past seven years Dias has been the "spark plug" of the younger set and, in many ways, was responsible

Brother Receives "Citizen Of The Year'' Award Bro. Dr. James H. Henderson, dentist, during the month of November received a plaque from the Pi Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity for being the outstanding citizen of the year in the city of New Iberia, Louisiana.

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for the establishment of our two newest Western Chapters, Epsilon Mu at San Jose State and Theta Beta Lambda in Richmond. Bro. Carlton is the Adult Director of the Baptist Training Union of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco.

Bro. Henderson is a native of Henderson, N. C , and a graduate of Meharry Medical College. Six of his ten years as a practicing dentist have been spent in New Iberia. Bro. Henderson has been and still is an active member of many civic, social and fraternal organizations. To mention a few, he is an active member of the Eta Gamma Lambda Chapter, a 32 Degree Mason, a Shriner, a boy scout committeeman, a Sugar Cane Festival committeeman for the New Iberia area, secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, treasurer of the Jonas Henderson High School Booster's Club, and a member of the National Dental Association and the Pelican State Den-

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tal Association. He is married to the former Miss Mable White of Selma, Alabama. The Hendersons are the p a r ents of three fine children.

FUTURE CONVENTIONS Summer 1963

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Members of Epsilon Psi Lambda. Denver. Colorado, attending Founder's D a y observance. LÂŤft to right: Bro. L. H. Robert. Vice-President; James Washington. D e a n of Pledgees; Frank Cook, Dr. Robert Hunter. Speaker; S. Y. Brady. A. F. Smith, Jr. President; George Thompson.

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SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCY Attainment of scholastic excellency is the main purpose for attending college. We call upon undergraduates over and over again to make this a first on your agenda.

We offer this challenge to graduate chapters - why not offer the undergraduate chapter in your community some reward for scholastic attainment? We suggest that a trip be offered; expenses paid to the general convention to the undergraduate brother who attains the highest scholastic average during a semester or the year above an established grade point. This, we are sure, would stimulate interest and competition.

BETA XI LAMBDA After entertaining their wives and sweethearts at a Christmas Party, the Brothers of Beta Xi Lambda Chapter, Omaha, Nebraska, are back to work on the more serious part of their p r o gram which includes: a clinic for high school seniors and college students to acquaint them with scholarship opportunities throughout the country; "Award's Night" to recognize outstanding accomplishments of people in the community; an extensive reclamation program and preliminary planning to host the 1965 Mid-west Regional. They will end the year with a Dinner-Dance in May. Bro. Dr. J. Ernest Martin h a i just received his "NAACP Life Membership Plaque" from Mrs. Daisy B a l e s w h i l e Bro. Rev. C. Anderson Davis. Pre*. of the W. Va. Stale N A A C P looks on:

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Bro. Dr. J. E. Martin Receives NAACP Life Membership Plaque In Public Meet Mrs. Daisy Bates, leader in the Little Rock, Ark. school crisis presented Bro. Dr. J. Ernest Martin of Bluefield, W. Va. with his NAACP Life Membership plaque at a public meeting held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Bluefield, W. Va. Bro. Martin is a member of Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter and a long time supporter of the civil rights movement.

He recently ran for election to the city Board of Directors and won by a vast majority of votes in the primary but was defeated in the general election where candidates are elected at-large.

Bro. Martin has been treasurer of the Bluefield Branch of the NAACP since it was organized more than twenty years ago. He has been the leading force in securing and renovating the Alpha Mansion in Bluefield which is valued at $85,000.00.

Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter is in the process of securing a life membership in the NAACP and has p a i d most of the $500.00 fee.

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B R O T H E R S IN THE ARMED FORCES ARMY MAJ. FRED DOWDY, JR.. - Eastover, S. C , recently completed the 18-week associate course at the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He is a graduate of South Carolina State College.

graduate of Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College.

SPECIALIST FOUR HAROLD L. MONTAGUE - Little Rock, Ark., recently was promoted to specialist four at Edgewood Arsenal, Md., where he is serving with ChemiARMY CAPT. HAROLD N. BRADBY, JR., cal Research and Development Laboratory.

- Corona. N. Y., recently was assigned to the He is a graduate of Philander Smith College.

80th Artillery in Vicenza, Italy. He Is a ARMY PFC JAMES E. PORTER - Washinggraduate of Morgan State College. ton, D. C , recently returned to his home staFIRST LT. CECIL E. BRAY. JR., - Atlanta. tion at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii after reGa.. recently was assigned to the U. S. Army ceiving three months of counter-insurgency Broadcasting and Visual Activity, Pacific on and guerilla warfare training in the jungles Okinawa. He is a graduate of Morehouse College.

ARMY 1ST LT. BENJAMIN H. GROOMES - Tallahassee, Fla., recently was assigned to Headquarters Detachment of the 27th Transportation Battalion at Fort Eustis, Va. He is a graduate of Florida A & M University.

ARMY 1ST LT. ELRIDGE W. McMILLAN, JR. - Atlanta, Ga., recently was assigned to the 39th Artillery's 1st Missile Battalion in Germany. He is a graduate of South Carolina State College.

JOHN OLIVER BLANTON, SR. ARMY 2ND LT. WILLIE T. McGEE - BalBro. John Oliver Blanton. Sr., second son timore, Md., recently completed the eightof John and Eliza Blanton, was born Decemweek officer orientation course at The Inber 25, 1885 in Versailles, Ky. He attended fantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. He is a the public school of his native city, gradugraduate of Morgan State College. ating with honor. Shortly after the death of ARMY 2ND LT. TOMMIE L. McCOLLUM his mother, he came to Louisville and enTuscaloosa, Ala., recently completed the eightrolled in old State University, graduating week officer orientation course at The Infrom both the Normal and College Departfantry School. Fort Benning, Ga. He is a ments. He did special work at Armour Ingraduate of Tuskegee Institute. stitute of Technology, Chicago. 111., and later ARMY 2ND LT. GEORGE H. ESSEX. JR. enrolled at Brown University. Providence.

De Ridder. La., recently completed the eightR. I. from which college he received his week officer orientation course at The SouthMaster of Arts degree. eastern Signal School, Fort Gordon, Ga. He The following fall Bro. Blanton returned is a graduate of Southern University. to Louisville to. teach Mathematics at Central ARMY 2ND LT. GEORGE H. BROWN, JR. High School, remaining until 1926, when he Memphis. Tenn.. recently completed the fiveresigned to become president of the American week demolition and mine warfare course at Mutual Savings Bank. With the unfortunate the U. S. Army School. Europe, in Murnau, closing of the bank, the State Banking DeGermany. He is a graduate of Florida A & partment appointed Bro. Blanton a Deputy M University.

Banking Commissioner to liquidate the asARMY 2ND LT. AQUILLA W. WHEADON sets of the bank.

East St. Louis, 111., recently completed the 11In the following few years he worked under week officer orientation course at The EnDr. C. H. Parrish on a government survey gineer School, Fort Belvoir, Va. He is a as a Group Leader on the 1940 census and graduate of University of Iowa. with the local Housing Authority. In 1942 ARMY 2ND LT. JOSEPH FEAST, JR. - New and 1943 he worked in Baltimore, Md. and Orleans, La., recently completed the 11-week Washington as Statistician and Pay-Master officer orientation course at The Engineer School. Fort Belvoir, Va. He is a graduate for Mr. Samuel Plato, contractor. Upon returning home he decided to establish his own of Southern University. business as Accountant and Tax Consultant.

ARMY 2ND LT. LeROY M. METZ - JeanHe was a charter member of Alpha Lambda, eretta. La., recently completed the eightAlpha's first graduate chapter - a fifty year week field artillery officer orientation course at The Artillery and Missile Center. Fort Sill. member. At the Midwestern Regional ConOkla. He is a graduate of Southern Uni- vention last May, Bro. Blanton was enrolled in Alpha's "Hall of Fame". versity.

ARMY 2ND LT. WARREN B. EDMONDS On November 24, 1915 he was happily marBaltimore. Md.. recently completed the radio ried to Miss Carolyn A. Steward. To this officer course at The Signal School. Fort union two children were born - Mamie OliMonmouth, N. J. He is a graduate of Mor- vette and John William. gan State College.

The Funeral Service for Bro. Blanton was SPECIALIST FOUR JOHN W. HAINES held Thursday, October 11, 1962, 2:00 o'clock, Pittsburgh, Pa., recently participated with Fifth Street Baptist Church, Louisville, Kenother members of the 35th Quartermaster tucky.

Battalion in Operation Silver Shield in Germany. He is a graduate of Lincoln University.

CHRISTOPHER C. WIMBISH ARMY SPECIALIST FOUR JOHN A. SARTIN - Chicago Heights, 111., participated in Bro. Christopher C. Wimbish. prominent the recent air defense buildup in southern Chicago citizen, illustrious state senator and Florida during the Cuban crisis. He is a noted lawyer, was born in Atlanta, Ga. on

6f Thailand. Ht iÂŤ a graduate of Talladega College.

ARMY PFC Paul L. JONES, JR. - Newark, N. J., recently participated in Exercise Mama Rock in Southern Germany. He is a graduate of St. Paul College, Lawrenceville, Va. ARMY PFC NATHANIEL FRAZIER - Savannah, Ga., is participating in a three-week training exercise in Hawaii. He is a graduate of Savannah, Ga. ARMY PVTi JESSE W. BLALOCK - JoneSboro, Ga., recently was assigned to the U. S. Army Biological Laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md. He is a graduate of Morris Brown College.

ARMY PVT. JOHN GUILLORY - Opelousas, La., completed basic training at Camp Jackson. S. C, now stationed in Spain. He is a graduate of Grambling College.

ARMY CAPT. CHARLES F. WILSON - Marietta, Ohio, recently completed the 15-week associate quartermaster officer career course at The Quartermaster Center, Fort Lee, VaÂť He is a graduate of Ohio University.

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February 6, 1892, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Wimbish, Sr. Attorney Wimbish attended Atlanta University. Howard University, and was graduated from Northwestern University Law School with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1925.

From 1915 to 1917, he was an agent of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Atlanta.

In 1917 he volunteered for military service and saw active duty at the front in World War I. From 1919 through 1923, he owned and operated the Idle Hour Theatre in Philadelphia. Later in 1924. he was employed in the real estate department of the Lincoln State Bank of Chicago.

Bro. Wimbish was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1927. He was Assistant State's Attorney for four years, and Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago. He took special courses in Real Estate Law, and was proficient in abstracting of titlei and all matters pertaining thereto. In his Work, he was specialized and practiced for 32 years.

He was elected to his first public office as a State Senator in 1940 and served 12 years.

He was the original sponsor of FEPC legislation, and a bill to provide for compulsory insurance for auto drivers. Bro. Wimbish was the first Negro to serve as an assistant to the Chief Justice of Municipal Court, and is the co-author with Judge Joseph B. Hermes of a book titled, "firiminal and Quasi-Criminal Complaint Forms and Bail Bond Rules," a standard referenoe work in all Chicago police stations.

Since 1958 he served as a Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago.

He was appointed by Governor Horner of Illinois, as a member of the Commission to inquire into present conditions and to make recommendations to the General Assembly to improve the economic, cultural, health and living conditions of the urban colored population of the State of Illinois. This appointment was made in 1940.

Bro. Wimbish died at home on December 27, 1962. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Odessa Ireland Wimbish and his sister Edythe Wimbish Thomas.

Funeral Service and burial were held in Atlanta, Georgia.

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EMANCIPATION

THE WHITE HOUSE PROCLAMATION

CENTENNIAL

By The President Of The United States Of America A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS January 1, 1963, marks the centennial of the Proclamation in which President Abraham Lincoln declared all persons held as slaves in States or parts of states still in rebellion to be "then, thenceforward, and forever free"; and WHEREAS the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation marked the beginning of the end of the iniquitous institution of slavery in the United States, and a great stride toward the fulfillment of the principle of the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"; and WHEREAS the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States guaranteed to Negro citizens equal rights with all other citizens of the United States and have made possible great progress toward the enjoyment of those rights; and WHEREAS the goal of equal rights for all our citizens is still unreached, and the securing of these rights is one of the great unfinished tasks of our democracy: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the Emancipation Proclamation expresses our Nation's policy, founded on justice and morality, and that it is therefore fitting and proper to commemorate the centennial of the historic Emancipation Proclamation throughout the year 1963.

I call upon the Governors of the States, mayors of cities, and other public officials, as well as private persons, organizations, and groups, to observe the centennial by appropriate ceremonies.

I request the United States Commission on Civil Rights to plan and participate in appropriate commemorative activities recognizing the centennial of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation; and I also request the Commission on Civil Rights and other Federal agencies io cooperate fully with State and local governments during 1963 in commemorating these events.

I call upon all citizens of the United States and all officials of the United States and of every State and local government to dedicate themselves to the completion of the task of assuring that every American, regardless of his.race, religion color, or national origin, enjoys all the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed this twenty-eighth day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of (SEAL) the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh.

JOHN F. KENNEDY By the President: DEAN RUSK Secretary of State