The SPHINX | Spring 1965 | Volume 51 | Number 1 196505101

NINTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE

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FEBRUARY . . . MONTH OF HISTORICAL EVENTS

ARTICLES 2 4 5

1865 - A CENTURY OF NEGRO FREEDOM - 1965 WHAT OF ALPHA'S TOMORROW IN THE STRENGTH OF BROTHERHOOD

DEPARTMENTS 6 9 9 10 12 14 15 16 16 17 19 20 74 40

ALPHA WORKSHOP ASSOCIATE CHAPTER EDITORS OF THE SPHINX COMING REGIONAL CONVENTIONS THE 1965 GENERAL CONVENTION, CHICAGO OUTSTANDING BROTHERS FRAT FUN THANKS FROM BRO. CALLIS REFRESH YOUR MEMORY EDITORIALLY SPEAKING BOOKS MUSING WITH THE POETS ALPHA SWEETHEARTS - WIVES - CHILDREN CHAPTER ACTIVITIES OMEGA CHAPTER

FRONT COVER- The AlDha Phi Alpha Insignia (mark of distinction) rests on top of the Sphinx head which is significant in the background of the fraternity. This insignia (Alpha Pin) was designed by Bro. Jewel Vertner W. Tandy (1907), a student in the School of Architecture, Cornell University. The pin is to be worn ' on the heart side of 'the body, on the left side of the vest or shirt." The seven jewels in the pin are symbolic of the seven founders chosen to be called Jewels.

BACK COVER- The vellow rose, the official flower of Alpha Phi Alpha, is one of the most beautiful and most used flower. The Rose song (not official) Rose of A Phi A, was written by Bro. C. Anderson Davis.

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If a people would become great it must know and appreciate its history and proclaim it to the world without fear or favor.

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1965

A CENTURY OF NEGRO FREEDOM

BY BRO. C. ANDERSON DAVIS

This year 1965, marks the end of a century since the American Negro was freed from chattel slavery through a chain of historical events. He has made unusual progress during this one hundred year period and volumes will have to be written in order to tell the full story. We hope that this short summary will serve to remind us of our great heritage and history, and encourage a more consistent and thorough study of the p a r t the Negro has played in building a great nation and a great civilization. The article deals largely with the period following the Civil War to the beginning of the 20th Century.

I am most fascinated by the progress made by the Negro during this most trying period. Eventhough, by 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued (January 1, 1862), slavery had been abolished in the District of Columbia (April, 1862), and all existing territories (June, 1862), unfortunately, these acts had little practical meaning without the festoration of the Union.

The cannon shots fired on Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861) echoed around the

L. to R. - Sgi. W. H. Carney - Company C. 54th Massachusetts Volunteers "The Old Flag Never Touched The Ground. Boys": Li. W. H. Dupree. 55ih Massachusetts Volunteers; LI. James Monroe Trotter. 5Sth Massachussets Volunteers.

world and resulted in a bitter and bloody Civil War with all of its h a r d ships and sacrifices.

But the end spelled victory for the forces of justice and freedom over the forces of slavery and rebellion. The battle cry of war! war! soon subsided into the cry of victory victory!, "God still reigns upon his throne", for on April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee gave up, and at Appomattox handed his sword to General U. S. Grant. By the first days of June, tube lastffragmmerattat the Confederate

Army had been dissolved, and the U n ion had been saved. A people held in bondage, generally illiterate, little e x perience in management if often skilled in the arts of industry, without p r o p erty, were now "free".

This great victory, as important as it was to man's moral and spiritual survival, was only the beginning of a long struggle on the part of America to win social and economic freedom and first class citizenship for the Negro. By December 18, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment had been ratified. Thus the verbal emancipation which Lincoln had proclaimed in 1863 had been extended to all slaves and now implemented by the Thirteenth Amendment: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, e x cept as a punishment for crime, . . . shall exist within the United States."

A new era was dawning upon the horizon of America and there was great hope and promise that things would be better. However, there were stifling problems to be dealt with and barriers almost unsurmountable: The destiny of 3,963,857 former slaves (recorded in the census of 1860); the sorrows, woes and hatreds of a defeated and poverty stricken South; the political difficulties of the North; the desire to "bind the wounds of the nation", and a host of others, seen and unforseen.

Reconstruction was the immediate problem before the nation and no one was certain as to how it could be achieved. Congress led the way; It set up the Freedman's Bureau to give m a terial relief to the emancipated slaves (1865), it passed the Civil Rights Act (April, 1866) and the Reconstruction Act of 1867. The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868: No state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law", and the Fifteenth Amendment was finally ratified in 1870, guaranteeing the Negro the right to vote.

It was the general feeling that education was the most urgent need of the Negro, consequently, a large number of schools were established. The Freedman's Bureau established by Congress and enlarged (July, 1866) to cover protection of Civil Rights, was most efflerdwe.. inhere was wrotem! Snaattibianm

opposition to the Bureau and it had to be supported by federal troops. It distributed rations, medicine; attempted to resettle Negroes, found them jobs, supervised work contracts and sought fair wages; acted as the Negroes' friend at court and even set up courts. It built and aided in the creation of more than 4,000 schools. Hundreds of Northern Christian Missionary teachers, engaged by the Bureau and church bodies, sacrificed their lives toward the education of the Negro. In the South as well as the North, hundreds of Negroes, intelligent and educated, furnished some leadership for their bewildered people. By 1870, twenty-one percent of the Negroes were literate, largely as a result of these efforts.

Such schools as Hampton Institute and How

L. to R. - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Poet of the lowly life of the Negro: Roland Hayes Popular tenor on both continents; John Hope - Former President of Morehouse CoUege and Atlanta University.

ard University grew out of this period assisted by the Freedman's Bureau.

During the period of Reconstruction the Negro filled a large number of political offices. In South Carolina, for example, there were fifty Negroes to thirteen whites in the legislature. In Louisiana there were thirty-two Negro state senators and ninety-five r e p r e sentatives. O. J. Dunn served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, P . B. S. Pinchback also served as Lieutenant Governor, Acting Governor and U. S. Senator-elect. Two Negroes served as U. S. senators from Mississippi, Hiram Rhoades Revels, 1870-71, and Blanche Kelso, 1875-81. Twenty-two Negroes w e r e elected to Congress before 1901 from Southern states. In Little Rock, Ark., Mifflin W. G ibbs became the first Negro Municipal Judge in the TJL &.; j)<QfjDartlfiD3ini ffflfhfrffy at ffunfliÂťmn#* <sft jDtsmtr-

mouth, was Secretary of State in Florida and later superintendent of Public Instruction. Many other Negroes held local and state offices, varying in n u m ber, in all of the former Confederate states. As a whole they were as well qualified as, and their educational level was on a par with, most other politicians of their day. Under federal military occupation, approximately 700,000 Negroes were added to the voting registration lists, giving them voting m a jorities in the states of Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Florida and Mississisippi.

L. to H. - B. K. Bruce - United Slates Senator from Mississippi; Hiram Revels - United Slates Senator from Mississippi; P. B. S. Pinchback - Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of Louisiana and United States Senator Elect; John M. Langslon - Representative in Congress from Virginia; Jefferson F. Long - Represenlalive in Congress from Georgia; H. P. Cheatham, Represenlalive in Congress from North Carolina.

The political advantage of the Negro was short lived for a number of reasons: Representative Thaddeus Stevens, the "Great Commoner", died in 1868 and Senator Charles Summer, author of the famed Civil Rights bill, died in 1874, leaving no strong ultra liberal voice in Congress to defend Negro rights. In March, 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes became the nineteenth President and the last federal troops were soon withdrawn from the South. The Confederate league was again in the saddle and the Southern democrats took control of politics in the former Confederate states with the aid of the Ku Klux Klan and laws known as "black codes" were enacted by Southern Legislatures.

These events led to segregation, servitude and the disfranchisement of the Negro.

The dominant Negro leader of this era was the former slave, Frederick

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L. lo R. - Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington.

Douglass. Douglass had been an abolitionist before the war and now he was a mighty voice demanding economic, political and social emancipation for his people. During the Civil War he assisted in recruiting colored men for the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments.

He served his government as U. S. Marshal for the District of Columbia; secretary of the Santo Domingo Commission; Recorder of Deeds of D. C , and U. S. Minister to Haiti.

Many Negroes were seeking an e s cape from the unbearable conditions under which they had to live, consequently, thousands of them fled to "the North". Possibly the largest number of Negroes leaving the South at this time migrated to Kansas, the land of John Brown. The South did not want to let this cheap source of labor go and Frederick Douglass opposed this mass movement on the grounds that "it would make freedom and free institutions depend upon migration rather than protection; by flight, rather than right. . . . it leaves the whole question of equal rights on the soil of the South open and still to be settled." In spite of opposition, Negroes continued their mass exodus to "better lands".

Two of the most outstanding leaders of the movement were Henry Adams of Louisiana and "Pop" Singleton of Tennessee.

The death of Douglass, February, 1895, left the Negro without a dominant spokesman.

E v e r y w h e r e Negroes mourned and wondered who would

L. to R. - Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, the Moses of the exodus, was born a slave; Richard T. Greener.

take the place of this great agitator for Negro rights who had been the u n contested leader of his people.

There was a young, ambitious Negro at Tuskegee, Ala. who had founded a much needed school, which was by this time a recognized industrial institute, destined to become a pioneer example of Negro progress and ingenuity. The twenty years following the death of Douglass might well be labeled the era of Booker Taliaferro Washington, for he became the most prominent Negro in America and dominated the scene until his death, November 14, 1915. He was a conservative man, shrewd, h a r d working, and by implication, his critics say, he accepted segregation and concentrated on a program of "industrial education", and set forth a philosophy of conciliation and racial submission.

The so-called "Atlanta Compromise" (address at the Atlanta Exposition, 1895) helped to make Washington famous and set the tone for Negro leadership for many years to come. Washington set forward in his most famous speech a concept which the Southerners immediately embraced and praised:

L. to R. - George Washington Carver; William Burghardt DuBois.

"When your head is in the lion's mouth, use your hand to pet him." "Cast down your bucket where you are." "In all things that are purely social, we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress." He felt that the worst thing the Negro could do was to alienate the white Southerners. For this speech, Washington was highly criticized by some Negro leaders but was praised by many others, and the socalled "Tuskegee Philosophy" became a heated subject of debate during the years that followed.

In all fairness to Mr. Washington, it must be said that he sincerely sought to meet the needs of his people as best as he could in the light of the time and hostile atmosphere in which he lived.

One of Washington's chief critics was the Harvard trained essayist, philosopher, reformer, leader, statesman and (Continued on page 23)

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After thirty-five years of m e m b e r ship, attendance at nineteen national conventions, including the Silver A n niversary Convention in Cincinnati in 1931, and the Golden Anniversary gathering at Buffalo in 1956, plus many hours of pleasant and fruitful fellowship with Alpha brothers from San Diego to Philadelphia, I am now concerned about Alpha's tomorrow. My concern was intensified after the 1964 convention held at the Commodore Hotel in New York this past summer, but it has been building up the past two decades, as I noted earmarks of decay in spirit, the bogging down of all efforts to reclaim unfinancial brothers, and the ground swell of political beh i n d - t h e - scenes maneuvering to elect men to high office in our great fraternity, who, seemingly, desired only a title to use furthering personal ambitions, not to make a contribution to their fraternity.

In discussing this concern of mine I must be careful lest my brothers feel I am old and dotty, out of touch with the modern day, a kill-joy, or just one who has frustrated ambitions unfulfilled politically or otherwise. Only one of these criticism is true . . . old, yes, fifty-six, but not dotty, and certainly not out of touch with the times, and for those I have fraternized with in many conventions, since my first one in Cincinnati in 1931 Nashville, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Detroit, Columbus, none can recall my ever making a single bid for office. The concern comes from a love for an organization that has given me so much pride, honor, and pleasure these past thirty-five years and I want to look forward to continued pride, some pleasure too, in whatever months or years that may be left to me.

My career in Alpha goes back to days when Alpha men "shared and shared alike" in chapters days without two cars in the driveway, when whiskey was purchased by the half pint and not by the case, when Bros. Talbort, Lawrence Marshall, Josh Rose and I cashed in a ten dollar gold piece in Cincinnati for gas to drive back to Pittsburgh; when brothers in school wore each others clothes, paid each other's room rent, co-signed notes for school tuition, sent no get-well cards to an ailing brother, but visited him in person, and like the Good Samaritan said to relatives and attending physicians, "Give him the best of care and if it is money you need, let us know."

This memory also recalls Alpha's strong efforts in the field of Civil Rights when our funds were limited.

The fight to get Donald Murray in law school at the University of Maryland,

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WHAT OF ALPHA'S TOMORROW? B y Bro. Malvin Ft. Goode

our contribution to the legal efforts of Bros. Marshall and Lawson in the Railroad discrimination case which eventually outlawed the Jim Crow coach; our loyal support of the NAACP and in the days when the treasury was slim. I recall too, some bitter elections at national conventions but, likewise, there is a strong memory of locking arms with the elected, though not our choice, and giving him unstinted support for his term of office. I want to point out that our shortcomings in these areas in recent years have resulted in reduced influence in the American community an influence that at one time was the highest held by any social fraternity in American Negro life. It has, I am sure, been largely r e sponsible for the appalling number of unfinancial Alpha men we have been unable to bring back into active m e m bership. There MUST be something wrong if there are more than 30,000 living Alpha men and only 6,500 financial with the national body. There MUST be something wrong when three hundred men get financial for a convention in a city where there are 1,500 Alpha men living, or when that three hundred number reduces to seventyfive the next year.

In the past two years I have been privileged to speak for twenty-one chapters across this country, to fellowship with many brothers, financial and unfinancial, and when the subject of Activation comes up, the honest brothers will admit there is something wrong vitally wrong. In many bull sessions around the country none have put their fingers on any one difficulty which put Alpha in this predicament, but many of us would like to see the problem studied either by a special committee named by the President and Executive Committee, or it might be the function of the Reclamation Committee.

This is not a hopeless situation. Certainly it is not insoluble. It is a p r o b lem, like the problems which can affect any business, any community, any organization, but none but the stupid and thoughtless would stand by and watch Membership Rigor Mortis take place without trying to help the patient if help is possible. I would like to see my fraternity study a number of auestions: Is our election system feasible? What is the possibility of getting a busy busi-

ness-man brother to accept the Presidency? Is there not a large spot on the convention agenda for undergraduates other than a speaker at the luncheon?

Are we doing all we should be doing in the Civil Rights fight, personally?

As chapters? As a National body?

Should we continue annual conventions at such great expense with the NAACP, CORE and SCLC in need of funds?

(752 brothers paid $22,560 registration fees alone in the 1964 convention. If each brother spent $150.00 that week in New York, the convention cost Alpha men almost $140,000.00. It might be well to check our contribution to the NAACP for the 1964-65 year. There are many questions unanswered, w e must answer that Alpha might regain its rightful position of Leadership in every facet of American life involving the Negro and particularly in the area of Civil Rights, for as trite as it sounds and overlooked as the expression might be . . . "None can be free until all are free." I would like to see fifty per cent of our convention delegates representing the undergrads, who in a few years will be graduates, and out in the business and professional world, with the experience of one convention in their memory. I want to see a Reclamation Program with a slogan, "22,000 Alpha Men Back Home". In Chicago, 1965, let every graduate chapter underwrite the expense of an undergraduate delegate from his city. Let us establish a Committee of Brothers, selected from regions, whose sole function will be to implement the Civil Rights program and point toward a goal of $100,000 per year, about $1.00 per month per Alphaman.

The writer is no kill joy, I remind you again. I love the fellowship, the fun, the frolic of a convention, a smoker, a game. Let's balance it with a strong Alpha in the areas of life where Alpha men are needed more than ever before.

EDITOR'S NOTE; Bro. Malvin R. Goode, ABC News, United Nations Correspondent, New York City, is a constant speaker before audiences throughout the nation. In 1963 he spent the summer instructing African journalists. In Lagos, Nigeria, he directed a seminar on TV and radio news reporting at Lagos University.

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In the Strength of Brotherhood

by Bro. Herman F. Bostick Sixteen years ago I became a m e m ber of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Like all undergraduate Alphas, I was pround of this achievement. It meant that I had become a bona fide member of the oldest organized fraternity for Negro youth in the United States. What I experienced as a pledgee was not very different from that of the thousands of college men who had passed this way years before me. As pledgees we were always well groomed, we perfected our harmony by regular practice of familiar Alpha songs, we stayed up almost all night, we learned all of the important dates and events in the fraternitv's history, we committed to memory the combinations of Greek letters designating every chapter of Alpha everywhere, we were enraptured by long and sonorous odes to the virtues and deeds of great Alpha men, and at regular intervals we were duly impressed with our big brothers physical might and dexteritv in the manipulation of that object called "the Alpha Phi Alpha board."

Then we were initiated into the fraternity as brothers, with all of the pomp and pageantry befitting such a noble organization and such well chosen young men. The rest of our undergraduate days was divided between college work and the work of Alpha assembly programs, homecoming floats, contests, pan-hellenic dances, pledge club activities and countless other challenging experiences. All were done in the name of the fraternity. Viewing these experiences, I think our brothers will agree that those were memorable events and are remembered and cherished by brothers the world around.

Those days are behind us now and time like the proverbial "moving finger" passes on. Audulthood and the obligations and responsibilities associated thereto, have swiftly moved us into another realm of experience and activity. Absorbed in the working of our profession and various other civic and community undertakings we often find that except for the officers, service to the fraternity among graduate brothers boils down to the paying of local and national dues. (Of course there are some good brothers who are too busy to do that.) Thus in many instances,

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the graduate chapter ends u p being a long list of brothers in good financial standing with the national headquarters but as a living chapter it is totally impotent in the community in which it is located. Except for an annual dance, one hardly knows the chapter exists.

What a drastic change from the hustle and bustle of our undergraduate days in Alpha!

With this brief introduction let us for the next few minutes concern ourselves with the "raison d'etre" (the reason for existence) of the graduate chapter in Alpha.

With your indulgence I shall quote a few sentences from the first chapter of our History "The opening of the school year, 1905-1906, found at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, a group of Negro students distributed in the various

colleges of the University, who were desirous of maintaining more intimate contacts with one another than their classroom studv permitted . . . Confronted by the social proscriptions of race common to America institutions of this era, hampered by limited means with the attendant circumstances of â&#x20AC;˘he average 'poor' student, these students faced the future and boldly endeavored to find a way out of their difficulties."

Those lines briefly describe the beginning of this fraternity.

At that time, as you know, our founders had no idea of what this humble beginning would lead to. Their concern was to meet an immediate need, and they sought to meet this need by the best means available to them at the moment. However, it is not so much what these students did that concerns us today but the spirit in which they did what they did. "They often met in groups and talked of the possibilities of closer contact among themselves." Then comes the climaxing sentence. "They faced the future and boldly endeavored to find a way out of

their difficulties." Ever Alpha brother has read those lines at least once in his life, but few have ever paused and reflected on their significance to the life and worth of every individual chapter and to the fraternity as a whole.

I am confident that every Alpha man loves his fraternity, and, no doubt, the same can be said for other Greeks.

Living in a social order where money is king, he is usually conscious of the importance of carrying his share of the financial burden. Now this is good, and I realize that such consciousness on the part of brothers is welcomed by the treasurer who must pay the chapter bills. But we must remind ourselves that Alpha came into existence not Out of a need for money, but out of a need for "intimate social contact." Although the founders recognized the need for a greater social solidarity, if they had never taken time to come together and vocalize those needs and the possibilities for meeting them, perhaps Alpha Phi Alpha would have never been born.

So those nine young men at Cornell University were able to find a way out of their difficulties not because they pooled their money, but because they pooled their minds and souls. By so doing they gave to us, their successors, one of the greatest examples of true brotherhood in American college life.

If I have succeeded in emphasizing any one point in the preceding sentences it is the importance of being a "living" brother in the local chapter of Alpha. Any organization whose constituents are human beings thrives because its constituents regularly seek the opportunity of meeting in the bond of kinship and discussing that which mutually affects the destiny of the group. It is this organized act of meeting together that strengthens the bond of brotherhood in our fraternity and justifies its existence.

In the sentence, "They faced the future and boldly endeavored to find a way out of their difficulties" I believe that the word "future" as used here should be interpreted to mean "challenge." So they accepted the challenge to do something about their present status as students of a minority group at a large American University. This (Continued from page 8)

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ALPHA

WORKSHOP

From The General Secretary's Desk BROTHER LAURENCE T. YOUNG

TO THE GENERAL PRESIDENT: All Alphadom welcomes and congratulates Brother Lionel H. Newsom, our General President, as he takes over the reins of Alpha Phi Alpha, - and with this genuine welcome goes the hope that he will realize, but fully, all his hopes and aspirations as it relates to our Fraternity. With the support and co-operation of the many thousand men of Alpha throughout the Country, - these hopes and aspirations will become reality due to the vibrancy his administration will command.

INTERNAL STRUCTURE: There comes a period in the life of any organization when it is TIME FOR A CHANGE. Since this is true, we need remind ourselves of the purposes of Alpha Phi Alpha in todays living. Our very structure needs to be changed in order to keep pace with the current tide of affairs, - our attitudes need changing. We have developed, as our late Brother E. Franklin Frazier called it: "A Black Bourgeoise" under a greek lettered name, - this must be changed. Our basic organization must be changed - and true enough people resent and rebel against change of any sort, but change it must be, if we are to survive. We need not change all facets of our organization simply for the sake of "change" or for gratifying the desires of others for posts of trust and responsibility, but rather, change for logical reasons which will point to the great good to the Fraternity, our "Great Society."

The Committee on Internal Structure held a three day meeting in Chicago at National Headquarters December 28, 29, 30th, 1964, under the capable chairmanship of Brother John D. Buckner. The Committee assembled 100% present, and made some earth-shaking recommendations to be presented to the General Convention to be held in Chicago, August 8-12, 1965.

PERSONAL: The Executive Committee of the Methodist Church met in Evanston, Illinois, J a n u a r y 6th, 7th, 1965, - Brother W. D. Hawkins, Jr. enjoyed the distinction of attending as a member of this committee as well as being a m e m ber of the Budget Committee of the Methodist Church. Congratulations.

DIRECTORY: A Directory of all active Alpha Phi Alpha brothers will be published by J u n e 1965. This publication will contain the listing of all active brothers. Deadline is set: J u n e 1st, 1965. To be included in this publication, brothers must have a current (1965) pass card, indicating payment of of Grand Tax for the year 1965. Lets publish 10,000 names.

CONVENTION: The 59th Anniversary Convention will be called to order at the Chicago-Sheraton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois August 8-13th, 1965 by Brother Lionel H. Newsom, General President. Brother Bennie D. Brown is Convention Chairman. An added feature of the Convention will be a PRESENTATION BALL, sponsored by the "Alpha Wives" of Chicago. This affair is open to the daughters of all Alpha Brothers throughout the Country within the age grouping of 17 to 20. For further information write Mrs. Harold D. Langrum, 1303 E. 55th Street, Chicago, Illinois.

ELECTRONICS. Steps are being taken in the Office of General Secretary to electronically classify all Alpha Phi Alpha brothers - active and inactive - by States, Chapters,, Period of Activity, Age bracket (where possible) etc. In fact, new permanent record cards will be made up in the office with "key punch" tabulations or designations, as presented by International Business Machines Corporation. This will be an experiment. We will purchase the new permanent record cards, make them out, and have them "key punched" as designated for specific uses. When certain statistical information is required, the cards will be processed by the initiating firm mentioned herein. This has long been the desire of this office, and is about to become a realization.

The office of General Secretary is in the process of having made u p new LIFE MEMBERSHIP cards to ALL LIFE MEMBERS, beautifullly designed in metal. Distribution will be made within the next sixty days.

LIFE MEMBERS: We welcome into the ranks of our ever-growing list of LIFE MEMBERS: Brothers: Clarence P. Horton, Mays Charles Maxwell and Isaiah A. Mclver. May each of them enjoy this rich association of brotherhood.

OMEGA, We regret the passing of Brothers: Harrison R. Weiss (brother of General Treasurer Weiss); Booker T. Johnson, (Memphis, Tennessee); Leonard H. Smith, Jr. (Snow Hill, N. C.) and J o h n O. Bryan, (New Bern, N. C.) into Omega Chapter.

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undergraduates, because in years hence.

FROM THE ASST. MID-WESTERN we will be the brothers who will guide VICE PRESIDENT Brothers of the Mid-Western Region: and direct the fraternity under the deAlpha is on the move, not only in the cisions that are made today.

It is therefore incumbent upon each Mid-West, but also across the land. We are expanding rapidly, and like any undergraduate brother in the Midother organization that has grown as Western Region to start preparing himlarge as we have, we too suffer from self to be in attendance at the Regional Convention (April 9-11) in Jefthe pains of growth.

During the various stages of metam- ferson City, Missouri. Here, a slarL will orphosis, a crustacean sheds its outer be made as to what direction our frashell and starts anew with a protective ternity will take in the decades ahead. shield that suits its inner growth. Like We can not afford to be left out of the that animal, Alpha Phi Alpha is now decisions that will be made this year.

A great start in this direction has alprepared to cast off its shell, since our inner growth has become somewhat ready been made by the brothers of Beta Eta Chapter at Carbondale, Illioverwhelming.

All brothers, especially the under- nois. They will be host to a state meet graduates, should stand prepared to aid in February. At this conference, ideas and assist our organization in temper- concerning the undergraduate will be ing its new cast. I say especially the discussed in various workshops.

FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT Greetings to Men of Alpha in the Southwestern Region and everywhere.

Best wishes for success, good health, and happines during 1965. May your dreams come true.

I RESOLVE IN 1965 TO The holiday season provided an excellent opportunity for reflection, re-evaulation, re-dedication; a chance to think seriously about the challenges of the sixties and the changes which must be made if we are to live effectively as Americans. It was a time for making decisions. What resolutions did you make for the New Year? Did you vow to convince an inactive brother to become active? Did you resolve to help your chapter become a more vital force in the community recreational outlets for youth, educational programs for school dropouts, leadership for community betterment: Ninteen sixty-five promises to be a great year for Americans. What is the task of Men of Alpha but to accept the challenge and pursue the Fraternity's aims: "Manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind."

CAN WE DO LESS? I RESOLVE IN 1965 to The time for Regional Conventions approaches rapidly. These activities bring brothers together to renew old friendships and make new ones, to debate issues of the day and make plans affecting them, and to discover that social activities (Yes. There will be many of them.) are enjoyed more by the younger brothers. LET US NOT FORGET, however, that Regional Conventions provide an opportunity for re-evaulation and re-dedication. They serve as a kind of revival. Wouldn't it F E B R U A R Y 1965

Bro. Robert L. Harris, Jr.

1#JI I encourage my fellow undergraduate brothers in other states to prepare similiar workshops. If you can not enact a conference in time for the R e g ional Convention, try for one before the General Convention (August 8-12) in Chicago.

We have a definite stake within the fraternity, but we can only justify this stake by true concern for our fraternity's future.

be wonderful if we could encourage inactive brothers to participate! ! I RESOLVE IN 1965 TO The 19th Southwestern Regional Convention meets during the Easter weekend, April 15 -17, 1965, in Little Rock, Arkansas, with the Marion Hotel as headquarters. The brothers in the Southwestern Region, especially those in Pi Lambda Chapter (the host), have resolved to make this Convention the GREATEST. As usual, a variety of activities are being planned: seminars, sports events, banquet and dance, special attractions for wives and children. Special efforts are being made to make the Convention especially interesting and challenging to undergraduate brothers.

Registration Fee: Graduate brothers $10.00 Undergraduate brothers 7.50 Awards: Again this year chapters can compete for one of two awards: 1. To undergraduate chapter presenting best scrapbook.

2. To graduate chapter presenting evidence of best program of activities.

The 19th Southwestern Regional Convention promises to be interesting, stimulating, beneficial, and enjoyable; plan now to attend and learn more about the activities of your Fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha.

I RESOLVE IN 1965 TO

A LETTER FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT Greetings - Brothers in the Southwestern Region.

Welcome back to your various campuses and chapter sites where you will

Bro. Jacob T. Stewart

continue to make Alpha Phi Alpha first of all. Was your summer a stimulating and inspiring one? I sincerely hope so. Yes. Mine was!

Now is the time to plan for an interesting and beneficial year. Youi regional and state officers are ready, able, and willing to serve you. Contact us for assistance. (See name and addresses of State Directors in the Directory-.

History will record the 58th General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha as one of the best. Perhaps the outstanding feature was the drama: ALPHA ENDLESS PROCESSION OF SPLENDOR. You will be hearing more about this historical convention.

Please return the Roster of ChapterOfficers form sent to you some time ago.

Please accept my sincere thanks for your cooperation and support during the past and best wishes for success during the years ahead.

Let me know how I can be of assistance to you. My telephone number is: 247-3328 (area code 318-; mv address is: P. 0 . Box 365, Grambling, La. 71245.

APRIL 1 Deadline For The May Issue of The Sphinx PAHE 7

Bro. Oscar W. Ritchie

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Brothers: Even while this is being written..students are busily engaged in investigating sources of, and making application for, financial aid to enable them to begin or to continue their education beyond high school. Pursuant to this interest, the information outlined below contains the essentials of the process involved in the allocation of the Fraternity's scholarship and fellowship funds: 1. The 1965-1966 awards will be a p proximately seven thousand dollars.

2. Three categories of applicants will receive awards. They are: (aGraduating high school seniors; (b) Members of the Fraternity (in good standing) who are in college; and (c)

Bro. Elmer "Al" Collins

THE NATIONAL BUILDING FOUNDATION This being the first article submitted to The Sphinx from this office, it is fitting and proper to tell of one of the newest projects undertaken by one of our chapters. I speak of the fine housing program that Gamma Rho of P u r due University has. The brothers of Gamma Rho took over the house at the beginning of this semester, which is located off the campus about a block BROTHERHOOD (Continued from page 5) same challenge is ours todayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to do something postive toward the lot of all peoples. How shall we do it? By planning and implementing a chapter program that is varied enough in makeup to offer a challenge to every brother, yet comprehensive enough in scope to benefit the entire local community. In my opinion, it is the duty of the graduate chapter to take the leadership in this. True, Alpha men have made and are making outstanding contributions toward human progress for

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Members of the Fraternity (in good standing) who are engaged in graduate study.

3. All application forms are sent directly to the prospective applicants and only upon their direct request.

4. Awards will be granted upon a competitive basis and the criteria for selection are "financial need," "ability and promise" and "academic achievement."

5. Since the members of the Foundation must rely heavily upon letters of recommendation, such letters should reflect a thorough acquaintance with the applicant and should set forth in clear and relatively complete terms his (or her) financial circumstances and merits.

6. Applications are now being r e ceived. The deadline for the receipt of applications is May 1, 1965.

Prospective applicants for financial aid should be encouraged and helped to explore some of the many scholarship resources available in the areas of business, government and the like. To this end, the following information is set forth: Ford Foundation Grants to Aid

Negro Students.

A seven million dollar grant to p r o vide financial aid to Negro students lies Lcen made to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation by the Ford Foundation. For details regarding this program, write to: The National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 1580 Srehman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.

Help for Prospective Scholarship Applicants.

You Can Win a Scholarship by Samuel C. Brownstein et. al., offers valuable ideas and suggestions for young people who are preparing for competitive examinations in order to qualify for scholarship awards. This bcok would be a valuable resource for Chapter Education Committees. To obtam a copy, write to: Barren's Educational Series, Inc., 343 Great Neck Road, Great Neck, New York (Revised edition, 1958. $2.98 paperback).

Scholarship Committees may also profitably own and utilize a copy of A National Catalog of Scholarship and Other Financial Aids for Students E n tering College, published by Wm. C. Brown Company, Publishers, 135 South Locust Street, Dubuque, Iowa.

from the Student Union. There are eight brothers living in the house, but will accommodate fifteen. More brothers will move in next semester.

After one semester in the house, the brothers informed me that thus far they are operating fairly close to the anticipated budget. They have three plans for payment. Each plan leads to the full payment of $810.00 per year.

This amount plus $24.50, which is for Grand Tax and local dues to the Interfraternal Council, is payable the first day of class of the fall semester.

Among the eight brothers who live in the house, we find some of the most outstanding students enrolled at P u r due: Bro. Dean A. Johnson, Colonel of the Corps of Cadets (highest appointed officer in Army ROTC) has won many

awards and honors; Bro Gilbreath B. Zealey, a senior in Aeronautical Engineering, was recently initiated into Sigma Gamma Tau (Aeronautical Engineering Honorary); and Bro. Lonnell E. Johnson, a senior in Pharmacy and former officer in Karroa Psi National Pharmaceutical Fraternity is ÂŁ member of the Purdue Plavers.

Since the Alpha House is the only one of its kind on the campus, there have been manv activities sponsored by the brothers. The house has served as a center of cultural and social activities. The brothers are now planning a mammoth program for Negro History Week.

The National Building Foundation is proud of the fine progress the brothers of Gamma Rho are making at Purdue.

all peoples but they do so largely as individuals and under the auspices of their professions or other civic and social organizations to which they b e long. If Alpha as a fraternity is to continue to make its contribution toward moving civilization forward, then its graduate chapters will have to become potent forces in the local community.

If we do anything less than this the famous words "first of all; servants of all; we transcent all' will become as dead leaves in the world.

Achieving the goals of Alpha is a life time job and a brother moves t o -

ward his achievement of them with the aid and assistance of the total brotherhood. One has to constantly pursue his studies if he would achieve high scholarship. The need for men strong in character and gifted in leadership ability is as great today as ever before. And certainly, there is in the world and in this nation a grave lack of respect for the worth and dignity of human kind. Manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mSnkind are principles and qualities that are both taught and caught, not by talking "to" our young(Continued on page 9)

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BROTHERHOOD (Continued from page 8) er brother but by laboring with them.

They need our guidance, good counsel and positive criticism; but most of all they need our presence as brothers, if they are ever to develop into the mature men that today's world demands.

The French proverb "Tel peres, tel fils" (like fathers, like sons) should have meaning for every graduate brother when paraphrased to read, "As graduate brothers, so are the u n dergraduate brothers." To lecture to undergraduates about the noble ideals of chapter loyalty and brotherhood and never give them an opportunity of seeing us, as a chapter, assume a civic or community project and carry it through to perfection availeth nothing.

A little action is far more convincing than thousands of words.

Of course such genuine interest in and for our undergraduate brothers demands from them an earnest desire to achieve the aims of the fraternity.

Therefore, it is incumbent upon them as individual brothers and as a chapter not only to welcome guidance from the graduate brothers but they should actually solicit this guidance. This does not mean that they will not be free to (Continued on page 28)

FIHST ROW. 1.

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Left l o right: BRO. EARLE B. JONES - Delta Nu Chapter, Princess Anne, Md. BRO FLOYD SHEPHERD - Eta Tau Lambda, Akron, Ohio BRO. JOSEPH STITH - Epsilon Pi, Norfolk State, Norfolk, Va. BRO WILLIAM L. GASTON - Beta Nu, Florida A & M Univ., Tallahassee, Fla. BRO. WALTER H. WILLIAMS, JR. - Beta Tau Lambda, Fort Worth, Tex.

SECOND ROW, Left to Right: 1. BRO WARREN J. AUSTIN - Alpha Gamma Lambda, N e w York City 2. BRO. HERBERT C. JOHNSON - Rho Chapter, Philadelphia, Pa. 3. BRO J. A. SHELTON - Alpha Zela Lambda. Bluefield, W. Va. 4. BRO. GLENN D. JONES - Alpha Rho Lambda, Columbus, Ohio 5. BRO. THOMAS PRIEST, JR. - Theta Gamma Lambda. Dothan, Ala.

COMING REGIONAL PI LAMBDA CHAPTER

by Bro. George W. Burnham Pi Lambda Chapter is rolling out the red carpet for the Nineteenth Southwestern Regional Meeting scheduled to be held in Little Rock, April 15, 16, and 17. Convention Headquarters will be at the Hotel Marion. The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce will send invitations to all active Brothers in the Region, in addition to National officers.

The Alpha Bettes, fifty-three strong, "plan social activities in the afternoon of April 16 and April 17. A Smoker is scheduled for Thursday evening, April 15, at Convention Headquarters.

The Golf MATCH is scheduled for F r i day morning, April 16 at Riverside Golf Course. Social activities are planned for Friday evening, following the p u b lic meeting.

The Undergraduates Luncheon is scheduled for Saturday noon, the Regional Banquet is scheduled for 5:30 p. m. Saturday, and the Closed Dance is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Saturday.

The Pan-Hellenic Council and its respective affiliates, have been invited to extend courtesies on Friday and Saturday.

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CONVENTIONS

Brother Rufus Caine, Jr., Assistant Vice President for the Southwestern Region, and a senior at A. M. & N. College, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is making elaborate plans to help make this convention meaningful and enjoyable for all undergraduate Brothers.

Attending Debutants presented by Pi Lambda Chapter in 1962, 1963, and 1964, and attending College in this area or home for Easter weekend have been asked to assist with registration, to serve as ushers at the public meeting, and to serve as hostesses at the Alpha Dance.

Brother T. E. Patterson is general chairman of all convention activities.

Bro. Jacob T. Stewart is Regional Vice President.

* * * * * HUNTSVILLE ALPHAS TO HOST CONVENTION The members of Delta Theta L a m b da, Huntsville, Alabama, are busily making plans for the 'greatest ever' Southern Regional Convention to be held in the "Rocket City" on April 1517, 1965. Spearheading the planning, in close conjunction with Southern Vice President W. Dewey Branch, are the

following brothers: Leander R. Patton, president and temporary convention chairman; Willie M. Clark, secretary; Wilbur H. Cooper, treasurer; and these committee chairmen: George E. Jones. program; Lindsey G, Fields Jr., housing; Aaron L. Smith, finance; Alford Stone, social; Calvin B. Browne, p u b licity; and Grady C. Moore, souvenir program.

An informative and entertaining occasion is being planned for the 200-odd delegates and visitors expected to attend. Headquarters for the convention will be the Holiday Inn Motel where a majority of the delegates will be housed. As one of the fastest cities in the nation, the Space Capital of the Universe has many places of interest to attract visitors.

One of the highlights of the meeting is to be a tour of the Marshall Space Flight Center and other agencies at the Redstone Arsenal and an opportunity to meet America's foremost space expert, Dr. Dernher von Braun.

Among the speakers scheduled to a p pear on the program are Past General President T. Winston Cole and Atty.

Bennie Harris, dynamic young lawyer of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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The Undergraduate Relations Committee Theta Chapter Extends An Invitation To The 59th Anniversary Convention In Chicago August 8 -12, 1965 THETA CHAPTER A personal invitation is hereby e x tended to all undergraduates of Alpha Phi Alpha from the Committee on u n dergraduate relations to the 59th a n niversary convention.

Your enjoyment has been utmost in our planning and we are looking forward with great anticipation to enteraining you in t h e great city of Chicago in August of 1965.

An undergraduate hospitality suite, among many other accomodations, has been reserved for your convenience and six of "Theta's Best" have been given the assignment of guaranteeing that you have not one dull moment.

These men will have at their fingertips, information on all activities and shall also be your own personal source of whatever guidance you might need.

They are the undergraduate entertainment coordinators. During the next few months you shall come to know them very well.

Brothers who may need escorts, need not worry for we have prepared for that also. The hostesses of Theta Chapter are among Chicago's finest and anxiously await the coming convention.

As an undergraduate in Alpha Phi Alpha you may expect no less than the best that Chicago has to offer at this, the greatest convention of all, "The 59th General Convention."

Fraternally Yours, Brother Dr. E. L.

THE LADIES OF THETA AWAIT YOUR COMPANY ("We are looking forward to entertaining you")

Baldwin, Chairman, Undergrade Rela-

THE THETA "BUNNIES" AWAIT YOUR COMING

tions Committee.

(" A n d Entertain You We Shall")

MEMBERS OF THETA CHAPTER receive a firÂŤt hand report on the progress of convention planning from Bro. Baldwin, undergraduate Relations Committee chairman. All expressed much satisfaction with the program of the convention.

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THETA CHAPTER The site has been selected, the rooms are prepared, the pool has been readied, and the tables are now being pushed aside. Theta chapter, "Soul Alpha," of Alpha Phi Alpha is preparing for you and all is in readiness for your enjoyment and pleasure.

This is one convention that has been conceived with your satisfaction its primary aim. It is one that you must not miss. The convention site is Chicago, the location is the SheratonChicago, one of Chicago's finest hotels.

The Sheraton-Chicago, is cooperating in every way to make your stay the most pleasurable, Enjoyable, and memorable of all conventions.

We anticipate a well attended Convention and your reservation should be made now!!!. Send all Hotel Reservations to the Sheraton Chicaeo Hotel 505 N. Michigan, Chicago, Illinois.

The Undergraduate Relations Committee and Theta Chapter.

An I n v i t a t i o n From Xi L a m b d a The Alpha Wives of Chicago will sponsor a Presentation Ball as a feature of the 59th Anniversary Convention of Alpha, which will be given at the ChicagoSheraton Hotel, Wednesday, p. m., August 11, 1965.

Daughters (or relatives) of Alpha brothers throughout the country are invited to participate in what is promised to be a gala presentation. Several social events are being planned by the Alpha Wives for the girls, commencing Sunday, August 8th and climaxing with the Presentation Ball on August 11th.

Xi Lambda of Chicago is underwriting the cost of this production. The age bracket for participants is 17 through 21 years, in high school or college. The only fee to be assessed participants will be $10.00, which will cover the cost of the picture and article in the news media.

Would you like to have your daughter or relative take an active part in this Presentation Ball?

attend the convention

and

For further information and for reservation, write to: Debutante Committee of Alpha Phi Alpha. Attention: Mrs. Harold D. Langrum, 4432 South Parkway, Chicago, Illinois.

Bro. Bennie D. Brown, Chairman General Convention Committee Bro. Bennie Stewart, President Xi Lambda Chapter FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, WE HAVE PLANNED MANY VERY EXCITING ACTIVITIES

Thela Bunny '.Sandra" w e l c o m e s Bro. Motley of Beta Eta Chapter to the Alpha House. A similar greeting awaits you.

1965 NEGRO HISTORY WEEK CELEBRATION, FEBRUARY 7-14 Our 1965 Landmarks: 1. A century of Negro Freedom, 1865 - 1965.

These ore only a few: A. SPORTS 1. Basketball 2. Baseball 3. Splash Parties B. BUSINESS 1. Convention Sessions 2. Special Undergraduate Sessions C. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 1. Meet Your Date Party 2. Cocktail Party 3. Formal Dances 4. Undergrad Breakfast 5. Undergrad Luncheon 6. ChaDter Singing Sessions 7. Beach Parties 8. House Parties 9. Tours Of City 10. Night On Town With Theta 11. Co-Ed Splash Parties

Theta Hostesses discuss coming c o n v e n t i o n and fun to be had, at reception and announcement party for hostesses and "Bunnies". You may expect them and many more to be present in August, "65".

and Last but Most of All 2. A Half-Century of Scientific Negro History, 1915 - 1965.

Material For Negro History Week Is Ready For Distribution Now Order from: The Associated Publishers, Inc. 1538 Ninth Street, N. W. Washington, D. C.

FEBRUARY 1965

12. "A Surprise Package Of Fun" (Watch Your Chapter Mail) We have planned many more activities for your benefit and pleasure. Your Chapter mail shall soon become the source of some of the most exciting news since "Crossing The Sands".

We, the M e n of Theta. will be there to guarantee the grandest l i m e of all

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BRO. D. P. LILLY,

OUTSTANDING

Bro. Harold E. Pierce, Jr.

Bro. D. P. Lilly

OUTSTANDING ALPHA BROTHER

by Bro. J. H. East Bro. Harold E. Pierce, Jr., M. D. is a member of Zeta Omicron Chapter, Philadelphia, Pa. He was born in Philadelphia on April 4, 1922. He is a graduate of Lincoln University Pennsylvania, where he was a member of Nu Chapter Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

He graduated from the College of Medicine at Howard University in 1946.

Bro. Pierce did his internship at Harlem Hospital in New York and following this for a brief time he practiced general medicine in association with Dr. H. Donald Marshall in Atlantic City. He then returned for further graduate study at the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he pursued courses in Dermatology. Upon completion of this work at the University of Pennsylvania and Residences at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia General Hospital, he became Chief of the Department of Dermatology at MercyDouglas Hospital and Medical Administrator of the Bureau of Charities and Correction of the City of Philadelphia.

He was also appointed to the attending staff of Philadelphia General Hospital and was appointed Instructor in Clinical Dermatology at Hahnemann Medical College. In 1952, Bro. Pierce was commissioned a Captain in the United States Air Force and was assigned as Chief of Dermatology at the 1600th United States Air Force Hospital Westover Air Force Base, Mass. After several assignments overseas on a consultant basis, he was released from active duty with the Air Force and became a Flight Surgeon with the Air Force Reserve, assigned to the 111th United States Air Force Dispensary of the Pa. Air National Guard. This he did in conjunction with his private practice of Dermatology in the City of Philadel-

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phia from 1954 to the present time. He is presently Commander of this dispensary holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve. He is the ranking Negro Medical Officer in the Air National Guard in the United States and the only Negro commanding such an organization.

At the present time his duties require that he participate in frequent aerial flights which carry him to all parts of the world.

In private practice Bro. Pierce enjoys a reputation as one of the outstanding Dermatoligists in the United States. He is a pioneer in his field and was the first Dermatologist to carry out derma-abrasive surgery for cosmetic defects in the Negro.

He is a charter member of the International Society for Tropical D e r m a tology, The Section on Dermatology of the National Medical Association, the Society of Military Flight Surgeons, the Society of Military Dermatologists and the American Medical Association. Bro. Pierce was recently cited by Schmidt's of Philadelphia with a citizenship award in which he was named as "Man of the Hour" on WDAS-Philadelphia.

At the present time he is performing scalp autografts or hair transplantation or familial pattern baldness, another first for the Negro Dermatologist.

He is the author of over 20 publications concerned with dermatology or cosmetic surgery which have appeared in the Medical Literature.

He has recently been appointed consultant in Dermatology for the Atkinson Memorial Hospital in Coatesville and attending Dermatologist at the new A. F. L. CIO Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Bro. Pierce's interest other than Dermatology are varied. These include golf, photography, and music; he plays an organ and flies. He is the owner of a four-place aircraft and has made several trips cross-country to the west coast as well as to Florida, Canada, and the Bahamas in his airplane. He has over 400 hours of private flying time and is an active member of the Flying Physicians Association.

He maintains offices at the West P a r k Clinic at 5906 West Girard Avenue. This recently remodeled medical facility is the last word in Medical modern conveniences and physical appearance. Dr. Pierce and his wife, Connie, have two wonderful children, a daughter Tamara Lee, age 12 and a son, Gregory, age 10,

OUTSTANDING

BROTHER Bro. D. P. Lilly, Beta Epsilon L a m b da, Boley-Okmulgee, Okla., is one of the outstanding brothers of Alpha in the State of Oklahoma and the Southwest Region.

Along with his regular work as an Agricultural County Agent, he is constantly engaged in civic and community development. Bro. Lilly is an outstanding worker in agricultural service in Okmulgee County, serving all people of all races. He is the first Negro to be elected District Commander and State Sergeant-of-arms of the American Legion. Bro. Lilly was initiated into Beta Epsilon Lambda in December, 1962.

He received his B. S. degrees from Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Kv.: and Langston University, Langston, Okla.; M. S. degree from Prairie View A & M College, Prairie View, Tex.; further study at the Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.

He is a member of the Citizenship Committee, Community Chester and Water Shed Program of Okmulgee.

He has received the following awards: Superior Service Award in 1957 for being one of the outstanding County Agents of the U. S. This award was presented to him by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C ; The Man of The Year Award from the National County Agent Association in 1964, and The State Alpha Phi Alpha Achievement Trophy in 1964 for b e ing outstanding in the field of community service and community development.

As District Commander, he won a $38.50 Bond for having removed goose eggs Posts, first in the state in a Membership campaign, and won a trip to the National Headquarters of American Legion with all expenses paid.

He has held the following offices: Past President of the Community Chamber of Commerce; the County Agents Association of Oklahoma; and the National Negro County Agents Association; Past District Sergeant-atarms of the Okla. American Legion; Chairman of the Trustee Board of the First Baptist Church; Editor of the National County Agents Magazine; President of the Okmulgee Football Touchdown Club; Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the C h a m ber of Commerce; and Commander of the Second District, nine counties and 31 American Legion Posts, 26 white and five Negro Posts. The first of his race in Oklahoma or the South to have this position.

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Beta Psi Lambda. Los Angeles, Calif. - Bro. Jesse Sterling presents the outstanding chapter Service Award to Bro. Leon Hawkins. Bro. H a w k i n s i s chairman of Beta Psi Lambda's Education Committee.

(See story on page 39)

Beta Psi Lambda, Los Angeles, Calif. - Bro. Jesse Sterling presents the outstanding Community Service Award to Bro. Edward Ballard Bro. Ballard is president of the Board of Directors of the Bank ot Finance, (the West Coast's first all Negro bank) a member of the Board of Directors of the United Civil Rights Committee, and w a s most active in the Urban League in the NO on Prop. 14 fight in California. (See story on page 39)

T w o prominent St. Louisans w e r e honored at the annual Founders' D a y Banquet of Epsilon l a m b d a Chapter, St. Louis. Mo., held recently at the Statler Hotel. Bro. John D. Buckner. (left) received the Alpha Phi Alpha "Man cuf the Year" award and the Daniel W. Bowles "Service" award w a s presented to Bro. F. Luther Merry b y Bro. Shelby T. Freeman, Jr., (right) president of the chapter. (See story on page 39)

Undergraduate chapters, please send name of brothers who made the Dean's List the first semester, 1964-65, also send names of outstanding athletes.

T H A N K Y O U FOR YOUR COOPERATION

Epsilon Phi Lambda - Port Arthur, T e x . Bro. J. D o n B o n e y (right) receiving the "Most Outstanding Alpha Man Of T h e Year" award from Burt Lee, (left) vice president of the First National Bank. Mr. Lee w a s guest speaker for the banquet. Bro. Boney is presently holding a professorship at the University of 111. (See story on page 37)

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Eta Tau Lambda. Akron, Ohio - Bro. R. Williams (right) receives award.

ETA TAU LAMBDA'S MAN OF THE YEAR

by Bro Floyd Shepherd Recipient of Eta Tau Lambda's 1964 "Man of the Year" Award is Bro. James R. Williams. Bro. Williams is Relocation Director of Akron's Urban Renewal Program. The award was presented by Bro. Robert L. Brown (left) and Bro. George H. Shadie of the Awards Committee at the chapter's Annual Banquet and Christmas Formal. The Award is named for the late Bro. E. Bruce Tate, Sr. and is given in recognition of outstanding service to the community and to the fraternity Bro. Williams is treasurer of the local NAACP; a member of the City's Committee on Employment, and a Board Member of Akron's Urban League. He is presently social chairman of Eta Tau Lambda and is a past president of the chapter. His family includes his wife, Kathy, and their two lovely children.

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fylat eMusn&L . . .

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

Just ten days since New Year's and all thru my head Are spectres of deadlines and longings for bed My copy's unfinished, my editor, grim To meet the Sphinx deadline, - the chances are slim. * * * * 1965 is a new year bringing to us new hopes, new desires, and new resolutions. It furnishes grist for the mills of humor.

Someone asked the village half wit what New Year's resolution was he going to make and keep. He drawled, "I reckon I'll give up Castor Oil. I'll give it up if I don't take it; I'll give it up if I do. * * * * I resolve to meet the new year with determination to please the editor, entertain my readers and supply my column with all the spice and humor that I can collate, p u r i fy and share.

Overheard and Overlooked You can tell a man's age by what he takes two at a time - stairs or pills? * * * * Robert Horton (on his persistent bachelorhood) "Every time I find a girl who can cook like my mother - she looks like my father!" * * * * The girdle said to the hat, "you go on ahead anl I'll bring up the rear." * * * * Found on college freshman's registration card: Name of parents - Mom and Dad. * # * * The years are beginning to add up when it takes you longer to rest than it did to get tired. * * * * Psychiatrists say girls tend to m a r r y men like their fathers. Now we know why mothers cry at weddings. * * * * Why is she dieting? She is going to all lengths to keep from going to all widths. * * * * Definitions: Anatomy: Something everybody's got - but it looks better on a girl.

Mother-in-law: A referee with an interest in one of the fighters. * • * * Mrs. F.: "I broke my husband from biting his nails."

Mrs. J.: "How?" Mrs. F.: "I hid his teeth." * • * * Milady's clothes today only goes to show, if you wait long enough, fashion will pay a return call. Here's Eve back in style again, in only four thousand years too! * * * * Men no longer hide behind women's skirts. Neither do women.

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The old m a n lay dying and'his sons were planning his funeral. All agreed that strict economy was necessary.

They eliminated so many of the usual details that made u p and ideal funeral that the question of how many cars brought out the suggestion that guest cars could be omitted and the boys could ride on the running board of the hearse.

The old man could stand it no longer. He cried out, "Hand me my pants, I'll walk to the cemetery!" » * * * Everybody loves a fat man until he sits down by them in a street car. * * * * A motorist in traffic court was given a red ticket for a moving violation - he asked, "What shall I do with this?

The judge said, "Keep it handy and when you have gotten four - you will get a bicycle." *

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Your'e old when you don't care where your wife goes as long as you don't have to go along. * * * • A safety expert is in favor of short skirts for women pedestrians, on the theory that flesh tints are easier to see at night. It must be true because one seldom hears of a nudist being run over. » * * * "How would your wife carry on if you should die tomorrow?" the insurance salesman asked his prospect. "I don't reckon that would be any concern of mine," answered the prospect, "just so long as she behaves herself while I'm still alive." * * * * There is but one way of coming into the world, but there are a thousand ways of leaving it. * » * * There is no indigestion worse than that which comes from having to eat your own words. * * * » Psychiatrists declare it's not good for a man to keep too much to himself. The Internal Revenue Service u n a n imously agrees. * * * • A citizen wants to know where the population of this country is the most dense. That's an easy question - from the neck up, brother. * * « * The average teen-ager seems able to detect a rattle in his car more quickly than one in his head. * * * * Advice to you daughters - Never let a fool kiss you and never let a kiss fool you. * * * * My doctor declares that kissing shortens life. I suppose he means single life.

He kissed her and she screamed at the bottom of her voice.

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Feminine beauty was once said to be skin deep. Nowadays it seems to be knee deep. * * • * Water on the knee is now a common occurrence for those girls who are caught out in the rain.

I * * * * Stockings made of gold metal thread are now being manufacturered. (worshippers of the golden calf, please note.) * * * * His wife's mother needed a transfusion, but all day they had searched the hospital's files of blood donors for one of suitable type. They failed.

The wife was lamenting to the husband. "It seems strange we can't find the true type of blood for my mother."

The husband edged toward the door as he commented, "Have you tried a tiger?" * * * # A fond father decided it was time to teach the facts of life to a ten year old son. He called the lad into the library and, rather nervously, explained all about the birds, the bees and the flowers. The boy listened attentively and made no comment. Wishing to spare himself a second ordeal, the father suggested that the boy pass on to his eight year old brother this knowledge.

The lad sought out his younger brother and said to him, "You know what married people do when they want to have kids? Dad says that birds, bees and flowers do the same thing." * * * * A Hollywood doctor had an urgent call from a big movie producer, saying his small son had swallowed a fountain pen.

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"I'll be right over," said the doctor. "What are you doing in the meantime?" He replied, "Using a pencil."

That same indifference to reality possessed a darling starlet on one of the movie lots.

An elderly actor enamored of her physical appearance, proposed to her. She didn't seem to grasp his meaning.

"Don't you understand, my dear? I want to marry you.

I want you to be the mother of my children."

She asked naively, "But how many do you have?" * * * * And now Mr. Editor because you are about the only person left still reading this strange New Year's column of Frat Humor rather than Frat Fun, I hope it has produced a smile, a smirk, or a grin; perhaps a laugh or two. Maybe the humor was bold and bordered on the bizarre. Maybe it was influenced and flavored by the plethora of sensationalism that has permeated and almost inundated the world of entertainment. One cannot view and review such items as Irma La Douce, Sex and the Single Girl, Marriage Italian Style, Kiss Me Stupid, and, don't forget, the P u m p kin Eater and not have some aberrations as may have been evident in the perusal of this New Year's salute. * * * * Ode to the Queen Bee The Queen Bee is a happy soul She doesn't practice birth control And that is why we plainly see The world is full of sons of bees. * * * * Meet me in Chicago and hear the unexpurgated versions about the Gorilla and the three old reminiscing elders.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

D.

2306 E STREET, N. E. WASHINGTON. D. C. 20002

D e c e m b e r 23, 19G4 Brother C. Anderson D a v i s Editor, The S p h i n x D e a r Brother Davis: First of all Mrs. Callis and I send y o u and your family the warmest of Holiday greetings.

Second, I am asking for a little space in

your n e x t issue of The Sphinx.

The surviving Founder, and Mrs. Callis, are d e e p l y appreciative of the X - m a s greetings received from brothers and chapters across the country.

Also the

n e x t issue of F r e e d o m W a y s w i l l be in m e m o r y of Brother W. E. B. DuBois.

A P h i A.

He w a s the inspiration for

I shall h a v e a tribute to h i m therein.

Fraternally yours, H. A. Callis

P . S.

P l e a s e do not use "Jewel" in your notice.

7 0 0 t i m e s a d a y aiw<*ii»«ciiii<nSbon, to bluer disappointment and a woman's tears.

One in every ten American families experiences the suffering caused by the birth of a defective child.

Working together through the March of Dimes we can do so much to stop this heartbreak and anguish. You can help.

Give to the March or Dimes for research and treatment.

FKHT B/ffW DEFECTS Jmx- THE MARCH Of DIMES

HAC

F E B R U A R Y 1965

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Editorially Speaking THE GREAT SOCIETY President Johnson has given the American people a broad and progressive program for good that will ultimately lead to the realization of the "American Dream."

Q. Specifically, what is the fraternity's position relative to holding chapter Memorial Services for deceased brothers who were not financially active at the time of death?

A. I believe in the theory: Once an Alpha, always rin Alpha. I would suggest that the chapter consider the matter in a brotherly manner and come up with its decision. I know of no rule in the fraternity that forbids this service for unfinancial brothers. If I had to make the decision, I would hold the service.

Q. Please send me information about articles in The Sphinx.

A. The Editor of The Sphinx has sent out several Information Sheets relative to pictures, articles, deadline, etc. Evidently, this information did not reach the chapter associate editors or the person in charge of chapter news.

Please check with your chapter president and secretary for these Information Sheets. â&#x20AC;˘Q. I am sending two cuts and a mat, and also enclosed is a small picture. If is is not too dark will you use them with this article in the next issue?

A. Please do not send cuts, mats nor small snapshots that are not very clear. Send black and white pictures, preferably, taken by a professional photographer. If the picture is not clear (sharp) it will not print clear and sharp.

Q. Please send to me pictures of . . . we should like to use them in a brochure that we are preparing.

A. The Editor of The Sphinx is not prepared to keep a file on pictures of brothers of our fraternity. I would suggest that you write directly to these persons for their pictures.

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We certainly agree with Mr. Johnson that "The Great Society will not be a gift." It will have to be a cooperative effort between t h e government, various groups and individual citizens. However, the President and Congress must take the lead.

Both the "State of the Union" message and the Inaugural Address are far-reaching statements and give new insight into the magnitude of the problems before us. Our President shows sincere interest, courage and an unusual knowledge of government, and has a microscopic insight of the needs of the American people in the light of the national interest.

He has organized his legislative program around three major national tasks: (1) to keep the economy growing, (2) to "open for all Americans t h e opportunity now enjoyed by most Americans", and (3) to improve the quality of life for all. Better educational facilities and better quality of teaching are among his major goals.

In his Inaugural Address the President used such words and sentences as love, change, together, hatreds, etc. "We are one nation and one people." "When any citizen denies his fellow, saying: 'his color is not mine' or 'his beliefs are different', in that moment he betrays America."

We praise our President for his forthright stand and wish for him the full cooperation of the Congress and all of the American people. W e also wish for him continual good health and happiness that he may pursue and direct the course of ushering in "The Great Society." God bless President Johnson.

SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL 1874 - JANUARY 24, 1965 Sir Winston Churchill, "Man of t h e Century" has passed from the scene of human events but not from the memory and affection of mankind. He played a major role in shaping the history of the Twentieth Century and wrung, out of defeat, a great victory for his nation and the world. His name will be praised and called blessed as long as history is written and read.

"Fight the good fight with all thy might; Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right: Lay hold on life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally."

In the darkest hours of British history he crystalized the fighting spirit of his countrymen and presided over its "finest hour." We are proud to pay tribute to this ingenuous "man among men."

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NEGRO HISTORY WEEK FEBRUARY 7 - 14, 1965 The celebration of Negro History Week is a most important event in American history, whether officially recognized, ignored or minimized. Thanks to The Association for The Study of Negro Life and History for keeping the role played by the Negro in our history before us. The late Carter G. Woodson rendered a great service to the Negro and America through his sacrifices, his studies and founding of this great organization.

The Association was founded, September 9, 1915 and will celebrate its Fiftieth Anniversary during this year. The theme for this celebration is "A Half-Century of Scientific Negro History."

BRO. CALLIS Bro. Henry A. Callis, M. D., last living founder of Alpha Phi Alpha, does not like the title "Jewel". He prefers to be called a "Founder". He feels that the word founder is much more descriptive and symbolic. Usually when he writes to the editor of The Sphinx or requests items to be published, he makes the request: "Don't use the title 'Jewel'." Bro. Callis is also weary, and afraid of the idea of "Reorganization" coming so often in the history of Alpha. He should like to see more emphasis put on the undergraduate and less on organizational machinery. We are sure that the entire fraternity shares this desire for the undergraduate is the life blood of our great organization.

OUR GENERAL PRESIDENT We welcome to the General Presidency of Alpha our new president, Bro. Lionel H. Newsom, Ph. D. He is no stranger to Alpha brothers for his voice has been heard many times on the convention floor, lifting up the ideals of Alpha. We wish for him and Alpha much success and progress, as we are sure there will be, during his term of office. He is well equipped in many ways for this important role of leadership and understands well the nature and workings of our great fraternity. Bro. Newsom is president of Barber-Scotia College, Concord, N. C. SOUTH WEST AFRICA Whether or not South West Africa is to remain a trusteeship of the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA will soon be debated before the International Court of Justice at the Hague.

The argument is being advanced that the people of this vast territory are not capable of governing themselves. South Africa has had the trusteeship since World War I but has done nothing to prepare the people for self government and has no intentions of doing so.

We do not agree that this matter should be delayed any longer. The trusteeship should be immediately transferred to the United Nations.

FEBRUARY 1965

liooJii "Word Pictures Of Great Negroes" (Revised edition/ by Elise P. Derricotte. Jessie H Roy and Geneva C. Turner, The Associated Publishers, Inc., 313 pages, $4.50.

It is important that true standards be set up for the children of today and tomorrow. It is necessary that an effort be made to meet this great need for Negro children. The study of biography is a potent factor in the achievement of this end.

The authors of this volume have endeavored to put biographies of great Negroes into stories that will appeal to children. None of these stories lose the true historical background of the character although some of the incidents may seem fanciful.

The stories are written around the lives of Negroes who early showed traits which made them famous such as courage in taking hard knocks, ability to overcome Obstacles, and persistence in plodding ahead for success. Many fields of endeavor are covered that will help children to appreciate and evaluate the achievements of the Negro.

We highly recommend this book to teachers and parents who are desirous that the youth of today learn to know and appreciate the achievements of the Negro.

"Up From Slavery", by Booker T. Washington. Doubleday & Company.

Inc., 243 pages, $4.50.

The classic autobiography of a great American, a man who, though born in slavery, became an outstanding educator and the acknowledged leader of his people.

Booker T. Washington has been dead for many years, but his spirit lives on; part of this spirit is caught forever in the pages of his autobiography, which was first published in 1901 and has ever since maintain(Continued on page 18)

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BOOKS (Continued from page 17) ed a high place in the hearts of Americans. This edition contains a posthumous list of honors which have been awarded to Booker T. Washington and a foreword by William O. Douglas, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

"Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave", written by himself. (A Dolphin Book - pocket size) Doubleday & Company, Garden City, N. Y.. 124 pages. $0.95.

The preface of the book is by William Lord Garrison and it contains a letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq. The author gives a full account of his life, his sacrifices, and his achievements. His great aim was to bring physical freedom to his people followed by economic, political, and social freedom.

He was such an impressive orator in the cause for emancipation and freedom that many people doubted if he had ever been a slave.

During the Civil War he assisted in the recruiting of colored men for the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments and consistently argued for the e m a n cipation of slaves. After the war he was active in securing and protecting the rights of the freemen. In his later years, at different times, he was secretary of the Santo Domingo Commission, marshal and recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, and United States minister to Haiti.

"Sex and Racism In America" by Calvin C. Hernton, Doubleday & Company. Inc.. New York. N. Y., 180 pages $3.95.

In a bold, frank statement on America's race problem, Calvin C. Hernton, an astute and provocative writer, identifies the sexual paranoia and sexual persecution that he believes are major factors in racial prejudice. He writes, "There is a sexual involvement . . . connecting white and black people in America, that spans the history of this country from slavery to the present . . (it indicates that) all race relations tend to be, however subtle, sex relations."

Turning his attention to the sensitive and often sensational areas of sexual fear, guilt, and anxiety, the author assesses the damage he feels is caused by traditional stereotyped views of the two races - of "the impotent white man" and "the virile Negro." In separate chapters on the white woman, the

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Negro man, the white man, and the Negro woman, he discusses the attitudes with which each evidently views himself and the others.

A book of vital concern for people of all backgrounds and from all areas of the country, SEX AND RACISM IN AMERICA is a penetrating study of the sexual aspects of today's race relations.

"GLORIOUS AGE IN AFRICA" The Story of Three Great African Empires

by Daniel Chu and Elliott Skinner, Doubleday & Company, New York, N. Y., 118 pages, $2.95.

This Zenith Book reveals the magnificent history and heritage of Africa, destroying, once and for all, the centuries-old, still lingering myth that Africa "was a continent without history."

Did you know . . . that during Europe's "Dark Ages," three great African empires provided the main advance of human knowledge?

That Timbuktu was once one of the greatest centers of learning in the world?

Did you know . . . that on separate pilgrimages to Mecca, two Negro emperors dispensed more than ten million dollars apiece in charity? That another emperor used a thirty-pound gold nugget as a hitching post?

Did you know . . . that until the invention of firearms the mighty Negro warriors of the Sudan were never conquered?

Here is a fascinating account of the Central African Negro from the 8th to the 16th century, highlighted by the successive rise of three great Sudanese empires - Ghana, Mali, and Songhay that at their height were the equal of any contemporary civilization in Europe or Asia.

"WORTH FIGHTING FOR" A History of the Negro in the United States During the Civil War and Reconstruction,

by Agnes McCarthy and Lawrence Reddick, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, N. Y.,118 pages, $2.95.

A Zenith Book - A history of the Negro in the United States during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Did you know . . . that many allNegro regiments fought with valor in the ranks of the Union Army during the Civil War? That one, the 54th Massachusetts, received the highest praise of both Union and Confederate officers after their famous charge at Fort Wagner?

Did you know . . . that in 200 major engagements, 36,000 Negro soldiers gave their lives for this country?

Did you know . . . that during R e construction two Negro senators and fourteen Negro representatives served

with distinction in Congress?

This Zenith Book brings to light the many outstanding deeds of both northern and southern Negroes, and captures the spirit that inspired the Abolitionists, the "conductors" of the Underground Railroad that smuggled 1 0,000 slaves out of the South between 1810 and 1850, and the writing of the E m a n cipation Proclamation.

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A NATIVE OF NIGERIA The number of African Alpha Brothers has been increasing since the late Bro. I. E. C. Steady was initiated into Xi Chapter in 1913. There are a large number of Alpha Brothers in African countries. On April 27, 1964, Bro. Edet R. Iwok, of Nigeria was initiated into Gamma Kappa Chapter at Miles College, Birmingham, Alabama.

Bro. Edet R. Iwok arrived in this country on December 7, 1961 and began his studies at Miles College. During his years of study, Bro. Iwok proved a source of inspiration to many. He r e ceived several honor awards and citations. He was the valedictorian of his class. In September, he begins his graduate studies in the School of Business Administration, Atlanta University, Georgia.

When Brother Iwok was once asked by some of his friends why he joined Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, he answered, "I am for Alpha. Its high ideals and precepts fire men's minds to ac. tion. It makes us aware of the fact that to live is not living for one's self alone, but in service to others. It is a hope on the road the long r o a d — t o fulfillment. The brotherhood of man is a integral part of Christianity no less than the Fatherhood of God. The practical observation of Alpha's ideals carries one, one step nearer to God,and brings one into close fellowship with his fellow men. On the other hand, it eradicates selfishness, prejudice and malice out of men's hearts. The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star is Brotherhood, and Alpha recognizes this.

We Alphas realize that good character is perfectly a well-educated "WILL".

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MUSING WITH THE POETS »••••••••••• A FEW THOUGHTS

By Bro. Edet R. Iwok "It is not the guns or armament Or the money they can pay, It's the close co-operation That makes them win the day.

It is not the individual Or the army as a whole.

But the everlasting team work Of every blooming soul."

J. Mason Knox

LET'S TAKE A LOOK

By Bro. Edet R. Iwok It seems to me that God has chosen the number seven which represents fullness, perfection, and completeness as a symbol of divine perfection. In the Bible there is a frequent use of the number seven or multiple of seven. In our practical world, it has a great significance.

God rested on the seventh day after six days of creation.

There are seven books of the bible which are made up of seven letters. They are Genesis, Numbers, Ezekiel, Malachi, Matthew, Timothy, and Hebrew.

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.

Old time is still a-flying.

And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying."

Robert Herrick

Seven men of the bible lived to be more than ninety years old. These men are Adam, Seth, Enos. Canaan, Jared, Methuselah, and Noah.

Lamech, the father of Noah, lived 777 years which is a multiple of seven.

Abraham made intercession for Sodom and Gomorrah seven times before they were destroyed.

"Although a gem be cast away, And lie obscured in heaps of clay.

Its precious worth is still the same.

Although vile dust be whirled to heaven.

To such no dignity is given, Still base as when from earth it came."

L. S. Costello

Jacob worked seven years for Rachel and when he discovered that Leah was given to him instead of Rachel, he worked for another seven years in order to have Rachel.

Joseph predicted seven years of plenty and seven years of famine when he interpreted Pharoh's dream.

"A great and wise statesman is one who can hold his tongue in ten different languages."

Edet R. Iwok

In the tabernacle in the wilderness which Moses built there was a seven-branch lampstand.

Joshua was ordered to march around the wall of J e r i cho seven days, and on the seventh day, to march around seven times.

Naaman was ordered by Elisha to wash in the Jordan seven times that he might be cleansed of his leprosy.

Seven steps led to the inner court of the temple of Solomon.

The bible records seven earthquakes.

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On the Cross Christ made seven utterances.

God hates seven abominable things.

The Book of Revelation lists seven churches of Asia Minor.

In Revelation, is the book with seven seals.

In Revelation 1.8, God says, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end."

Seven Jewel Brothers found Alpha Phi Alpha F r a t e r nity.

Each Jewel Brother has seven holes on his head - two openings in the nose, two eyes, two ears, and one mouth.

There are seven muscles between the head and the feet.

There are seven ribs connected to the breast-bone on each side. The throat has seven openings. When we are seven months old, we begin to cut our teeth, and when we are seven years old we begin to lose our teeth. There are seven stages in the life of a man - infancy, childhood, adolesence, manhood, middle-age, old-age, and death.

In complete fulfillment of 'God's will Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was found, God our Beginning and our End.

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by Bro. Edet R. Iwok The eyes can only shed tears, never blood.

Sleep does not know a poor man.

The hawk will still look for chickens, even if a cow is killed for it.

A man who gives onlf when he has, is better than a thief.

If scabies attack a mar. hated in his neighborhood, itis called yaws.

A child realizes the death of his mother when he is hungry in the afternoon.

When a young man is short of money he accuses his wife of bad conduct.

No one licks an empty hand.

A thing used for cleaning the ear is not suitable for the eye.

It is the grass that suffers most when two elephants fight.

READ Read a book and then wake up, Is the best advice I can give; The book may be covered with webs and dust, Yet it brightens your way to live.

Read, dear one, with all your might.

There's a book to suit your taste; Read, wake up and see the light.

No more moments will you waste Bro. Anselm Joseph Finch

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PHILLIPA JO PINKAHK Daughter of Bro. and Mrs. J. R. Pinkard Fort Worth. T e x .

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MILTON F. JOHNSON. JR. Son of Bro. and Mrs. Milton F. Johnson Fort Worth, Tex.

Bro. E. N. Moore and Family, Omicron Lambda Chapter Birmingham. Ala.

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WALTER H. A N D LISA GAY WILLIAMS Children of Bro. and Mrs. Waller H. Williams. Jr. Fort Worth, Tex.

Bro. E. E. Gibson and Family. Omicron Lambda Chapter Birmingham, Ala.

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CONVENTION HOSTESSES - Alpha Wives' Club of Theta and XI Lambda Chapters. Hosts for 1965 General Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Vanita Davis Ernestine

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The Alpha Wives of Chicagoland have organized a club to assure visitors to the 59th General Convention a hearty w e l c o m e and cheerful hospitality. This group, a fraction of the club membership, posed for the photographer during XI Lambda Chapter's Christmas dance at the P a r k w a y ballroom. T h e y h a v e joined their husbands in pledging to conduct the best General Convention in the fraternity's history - In Aug.

Q. T. Williams D. Moore

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FEBRUARY 1965

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The Honorable Mayor J. O w e n Eubank. Daytona Beach. Fla.. presents Bro. Richard V. Moore a Citation and Key to the City on "This is Your Life" Program.

GREETS MARCH OF DIMES VOLUNTEER. Jane Wyatl. actress and National Mothers' March Chairman of the March of Dimes, e x tends w e l c o m e to Bro. Walter Washington, educator. Utica, Miss.. at recent three-day conference of volunteer leaders of the health organization at San Diego, Calif.

This Is Your Life Delta Beta Chapter, Daytona Beach, Fla., honored Bro. Richard V. Moore, president of Bethune-Cookman College, as "Citizen of the Year" on November 16, 1964, in Heyn Chapel. The format of the program followed the pattern of "This is Your Life."

This annual chapel program has become a highlight of the campus activities for the past three years. The identity of the honoree is kept a secret u n til the program is presented. Bro. Moore was completely surprised as his two sisters from Pennsylvania and six of his children appeared at different points on the program. The Mayor of

Daytona Beach presented him with a Citation, which is rarely given to a citizen. Gifts and gift certificates were received from many merchants of the city. The program was televised by WESH. Immediately following the program, Bro. Moore and the participants in the program were guests of Howard Johnson's restaurant.

Delta Beta Chapter won first place with its float, "United for World Peace", in the homecoming parade.

A unique manner of presenting its probates to the campus was instituted this year. We sponsored an All-Greek Soiree to which all undergraduate

Greeks and their sponsors were invited, at which time the 1964 probates were introduced. Each probate recited a poem, the group sang several songs and presented paddles to the Chapter Sweetheart, Chapter Mother and a gift to the sponsor.

THE SPHINX GOLDEN JUBILEE RECORD ALBUM may be purchased from the National Headquarters (See information inside back cover)

FOUNDERS' DAY - The Brothers of Beta Delta Lambda. Daytona Beach, Fla.. get together and pose o n the steps of the Harrison Rhodes Memorial Library with Bro. Balford V. Lawson, past general president. Founders' Day speaker (center); Bro. Richard V. Moore, president of Bethune-Cookman College and co-chairman of the Founders' Day Program (left), and Bro. James E. Huger, president of Beta Delta Lambda Chapter to his Immediate right. More than 1.000 friends of Alpha w e r e in attendance at the observance Sunday, D e c e m b e r 13.

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A CENTURY OF NEGRO FREEDOM (Continued from page 3) prophet, William Edward Burghardt DuBois. Said he, "So far as Mr. Washington preaches thrift, patience, industrial training for the masses, we must hold up his hands and strive with him . . . but so far as Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, North or South, does not rightly value the privilege and duty of voting, belittles the emasculating effects of caste distinctions and opposes the higher training and ambition of our brighter minds - so far as he, the South, or the nation, does this we must unceasingly and firmly oppose them."

Pictured L. to R: J A N E. MATZELIGER - Inventor of the Lasting Machine; ELIJAH J. McCOY - Inventor of Lubricating Devices; BENJAMIN BANNEKER - Mathematician.

Surveyor, Astronomer, and Reformer.

In spite of his many difficult experiences, the Negro had managed to make unbelievable progress by the turn of the century. He had climbed enormously in the field of education, and small businesses had sprung up over the South and in the large cities of the North. Inventions of great value were contributed to the Negro, such as lubricating devices, invented by Elijah J. McCoy, and the lasting machine, invented by J a n E. Matzeliger. The Negro Church had grown by leaps and bounds, supported by the Negro laity and led by outstanding Negro ministers.

It supported a number of schools and missionary projects, afforded a meeting place for civic and political organizations and served as a social gathering place as well as a haven of comfort for the down trodden, needy and disinherited. In spite of the fact that organized labor failed to recognize the Negro, with few exceptions, he had managed to work his way into industry.

Often Negroes were used as "strike breakers", giving them a foothold in many industries which finally led the A. F. of L. in self-protection, to form separate Negro locals.

During the years of 1900-09, 885 lynchings were recorded by Tuskegee Institute and race riots were occuring in the North as well as in the South.

Out of this atmosphere came the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, organized in 1909.

Among its organizers were: W. E. B.

FEBRUARY 1965

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON - Former E x ecutive Secretary of the NAACP, Poet, author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing"; EUGENE KINKLE JONES - First Executive Secretary of the Urban League; CARTER G. WOODSON - Founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

DuBois, Mary White Ovington, William E. Welling, Oswell G. Villard, J a n e Addams, John Dewey and John H. Holmes.

This organization has probably done more than any other single group to bring about civil rights and equality at the bar of justice for the Negro.

Several philanthropic organizations did a momentous job of assisting with the education of the Negro. In 1900 the South was spending less than half the amount of money to educate the Negro child as it was to educate the white child, and many rural counties had no schools at all for Negroes. This made the work of these organizations the more important. The Peabody Education Fund was established in 1867; the Slater Fund in 1882; the Jeanse Fund in 1905; the General Education Fund in 1903, by John D. Rockefeller, and the Phelps-Stokes Fund in 1911.

The Carnegie and Duke Foundations also aided Negro education. The Rosenwald Fund was established by Julius Rosenwald, who was also a Trustee of Tuskegee, which helped to build more than 5,000 public schools for Negroes in the South and aided in the training of teachers and Negro leaders in various educational fields.

The National Urban League came into being in 1910 and set out on a much needed endeavor: the improvement of the industrial and living conditions of the city Negroes, with special reference to the broadening of occupational o p portunities. Eugene Kinkle Jones b e came its first executive secretary.

In 1917, the United States entered World War I, under the slogan "Make the World Safe for Democracy". Negroes readily closed ranks and voluntarily gave their lives and service for their country. They did the same d u r ing World War II and the Korean War. At the close of these wars there was a feeling that if the world had been made safe for democracy, the Negro had been left out of the deal.

The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History was founded in 1915 by Carter G. Woodson. He felt

that an important factor in Negro p r o gress was to know and appreciate his background and history. The Association is devoted to the pursuit of historical truth and to the promotion of the study of scientific Negro History.

It is now in the midst of celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.

Many organizations, civic, political and social as well as individuals, white and Negro, played important roles in bringing about the unusual progress made by the Negro since his freedom from physical slavery in 1895. Other civil rights organizations have come into being in recent years to help implement the work started by the NAACP in 1909.

It has truly been a great Century of Progress as well as a Century of Freedom.

When the last vestige of segregation and discrimination, based on race, creed, and color, has been wiped from the American way of life and our Democratic system has been fully extended to the Negro without reservation, m a n kind, looking backward, will wonder in amazement at the unusual progress made by the Negro, without hate or violence, inspite of his many trials and tribulations and the near unsurmountable barriers set before him.

"God of our weary years, God of our silent tears.

Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by thy might Led us into the light Keep us forever in the path, we pray."

Pictured First Row. L. to R: DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS - Noted Surgeon and Founder of Provident Hospital; ROBERT S. ABBOTT Editor of The Chicago Defender; A. CLAYTON POWELL, SR. - Pastor Emeritus of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, N e w York City; Second Row. L. to R: MADAME C. J. WALKER - Manufacturer and Philanthropist; A L ONZO F. HERNDON - Successful Business Man of Many Interests; MAGGIE L. WALKER - Organizer and Banker.

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JANUARY MEETING OF MU LAMBDA - Washington, D. C. - Bro. Sterling W. Tucker, Jr. of the National Urban League speaks on the topic '(The Antipoverty Program and What Alpha Can Do". The moderator was Bro. John H. Brown (seated on couch with handkerchief in pocket.)

MU LAMBDA, Washington, D. C. - Officers for 1965: L-R (Seated): Bros. James Speight, Jr., vice president; George Windsor, president; Elbert Roberts, recording secretary; George Young, treasurer. Standing: John H. Brinkley, financial secretary; Julius H. Brice. Chmn.

Reclamation Committee; Maryland Kemp, sergeant-ai-arms; Howard S. Williams, associate editor to The Sphinx.

GAMMA THETA LAMBDA

by Bro. William S. Young THE FIFTH ANNUAL MALE STUDENTS' ROUNDUP Gamma Theta Lambda Chapter, Wilmington, Del., sponsored for the fifth consecutive year its informal social for high school and college male students during the Christmas Holiday period achieving with reasonable success the purpose of the event the primary objective of the carefully designed p r o gram is to stimulate interest in posthigh school education on the part of high school boys. By means of mingling with college students possessing enthusiasm and drive for personal development and service, it is expected that high school youths will be inspired to establish educational and vocational goals and plan to accomplish those goals. College students from Delaware State College, Franklin and Marshall, Dartmouth, Harvard, Morgan, Howard University, and the University of Delaware shared - in small groups - interesting experiences of college life at their respective institutions and p r e sented information about scholarship and financial aid sources. A delectable buffet service was provided following the taking of the photograph of those present. Alan Lawrence and Elliott Collins, recipients of the chapter scholarship award for outstanding high school records, were introduced.

In addition to the foregoing, the chapter's membership offers its assistance to all senior class boys of the metropolitan area in filing articulate scholarship and college admissions forms. These students are invited to a (Continued on page 25)

Male Students' Roundup - GAMMA THETA LAMBDA, Wilmington, Del.

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BETA GAMMA LAMBDA

by Bro. H. O. Freeman Climaxing the initation of the "Lively Six" brothers into the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, brothers of Beta Gamma Lambda Chapter of Richmond, Va. held a banquet in the honor of the neophyte brothers at the Downtowner Motel.

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of Virginia Union University, was the speaker at the banquet. Bro. William Kindle served as Toastmaster.

The recent initiates were Bro. Wallace T. Ford, Herbert T. Monroe, Otis W. Langford, Joseph Pugh, Willie L. Carr and William M. Cooke, Sr. Bro. Sidney S. P a r k e r is Chairman of the Rushing Committee, Bro. Wendell Foster, Dean of Pledgees and Nathaniel Lee, president of the chapter.

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• BETA GAMMA LAMBDA - Richmond. Va. - Seated at the speaker's table are: L-R: Bros.

David A. Graves. Sidney S. Parker. Nathaniel Lee. Thomas H. Henderson, speaker; William Kindle, Toastmaster, and Wendell Foster.

GAMMA THETA LAMBDA (Continued from page 24) pre-session of the regular chapter meeting. Acquaintanceship with a reasonable number of promising high school seniors through these consultations provideds the chapter an excellent means of selecting its annual scholarship recipient. These consultations also have stimulated chapter members to seek additional financial sources of aid in the local community.

As a result some local boys have r e ceived substantial scholarship grants from rich foundations whose services are not publicized.

Gamma Theta Lambda Chapter earned its NAACP Life Membership in August 1964. The Alpha-Bettes assisted to bring about a realization of this objective in a short period of work.

The most elegant dance-cocktail social of the Wilimington Area was sponsored by the chapter at the beautiful CAVALIERS CLUB on the eve of Memorial Day, May 29, 1964. Brother Robert Nelson's Committee on the Sweetheart Ball provided attractive table decorations, a buffet of sumptuous food, useful favors, stimulating music, and efficient table escorts in semi-formal attire to accommodate the guests in locating their chapter host.

Mrs. Pauline Milburn, the wife of deceased Brother A. Roland Milburn, was chosen ALPHA SWEETHEART of '64.

In accordance with chapter tradition, two outstanding local citizens were awarded the OUTSTANDING CITIZEN'S AWARD OF 1964; they were Mrs. Ruth Kolber and Brother William W. Bowie. Each was recognized for leadership in the local civil rights movement. Plaques were presented to the two recipients at its annual citizenship observance at Central Baptist Church following a sermon by Brother Albert Prince Rowe.

Bro. Rev. Maurice J. Moyer was honored in grand style on October 16, 1964 by six hundred prominent citizens for his effective leadership of the Wilmington Branch NAACP during the interval, 1960-64, and the impact of that leadership on the improvement of local conditions with regard to the rights, privileges, and opportunities for Negro citizens. Individuals representing the power structure of the community were present to honor with all others a leader idolized on account of the quality of his leadership in a critical period.

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SOTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF RHO CHAPTER. Philadelphia, Pa. Standing, L-R: Bros. Harold Taylor, Kermit Hall, Malvin Goode. Frank Morris, Allan Durrani, Waller Gordon, William Ross. (Sealed): D e H a v e n Hinkson, Kirksey Curd and Wilson Winlers.

RHO CHAPTER, Philadelphia, Pa. - Presentation of Fraternity Shield to charter members.

L-R: Bros. Harold Whitney, D e H a v e n Hinkson, Kirksey Curd and Phillip Hoggard.

BETA CHAPTER, Howard University - Bro. E v a n s presents pillow to Jewel Bro. Callis.

FOUNDERS' DAY AT BETA CHAPTER The men of Beta Chapter of Howard University celebrated Founders' Day in grand style. Our elaborate December 4, 1964 program was highlighted with the inspiring words of Jewel Bro. Henry A r t h u r Callis. The large gathering of brothers and friends at the fraternity house listened to Jewel Callis' sharp wit and many subtleties as he spoke about "Alpha: Past, Present and F u -

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ture"." Jewel Callis reminded those present of the need to rededicate "Alpha today" to those ideals on which the Fraternity was founded.

The Beta Brothers made a small presentation to Jewel Callis as a sincere gesture of appreciation. On behalf of the men of Beta Chapter, Bro. Walter Evans, president, expressed gratitude to Bro. Belford Lawson, who also participated in the program.

The evening ended pleasantly with cocktails, songs and of course, dancing.

By any standard, the program was an encouraging success. Founders' Day at Howard was particularly meaningful this year, and I am sure that all those present will long remember the evening. * * * * * HOMECOMING OF EPSILON PI

By Bro. Joseph Stith "The beauty of Autum" was the homecoming theme at Norfolk State, and floats were centered around this theme. Our theme for the parade was "The Golden Leaves of Alpha". The brothers decorated an automobile which was made even more beautiful by the sweeheart, Miss Carrie Gwynn. Bro.

RHO CHAPTER'S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

by Bro. Herbert Johnson Rho Chapter celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary on November 21th in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia. Five hundred fifty brothers and guests attended the banquet and three hundred fifty additional couples attended the Harvest Moon Ball following the banquet.

The guest speaker was Brother Malvin Goode, United Nations Correspondent, ABC-TV. Brother Goode challenged Alpha men to accept leadership in the present struggle for equal rights and opportunity for all. He called brothers to the responsibility of giving aid and leadership to the underprivileged in our own community. His moving and dynamic address was warmly received by the dinner guests.

Brothers Kirksey Curd and DeHaven Hinkson, charter members of Rho, were honored with a citation and an engraved shield of Alpha. Special tribute was paid widows of brothers in Omega Chapter. Certificates were awarded to brothers of twenty-five or more years in Alpha.

Brother Frank Morris, Eastern Regional Vice President, represented the Eastern Region. He made a moving congratulatory speech. Brother Allan Durrant, a past president of Rho, was chairman of the Fiftieth Anniversary Committee. Brother Walter L. Gordon is president of Rho. This affair was the first of a number of activities Rho Chapter has planned in celebration of fifty years in Alpha.

Gerald O. Savage escorted our sweetheart and Bro. Robert E. Hadden drove the car. Many of the spectators commented on the float as the best in the parade. We here at Norfolk State look forward to another happy and prosperous year as members of Alpha Phi Alpha.

In the spring of 1964, seven young men were made at Norfolk State College. These young men are: Bros.

Joseph Stith, Robert Hadden, Raleigh Murphy, Perry L. Price, Harvey Burwell, Roy Carter and Linwood Holsey.

All of these brothers are conributing to the worth and growth of the chapter.

Fourteen young men will soon be inducted into the Pledge Club of Epsilon Pi. They are hard workers and seem to have a genuine interest in the fraternity We look forward toward having these young men cross the sands a strong heart, dilligence, hard work and faith will see them through.

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A L P H A OMICRON LAMBDA. Pittsburgh. Pa. - Officers for 1965: L-R: Bros. Woodford (Woody) A. Harris, president; William A. G. Fisher, vice president; Wilbur C. Douglass, Jr., secretary; John A. Cundieff. assistant secretary; Nathan Page (standing in for William A. Dorsey, sergeant-al-arms); Henry D, McCulloch, treasurer, and LeRoy Patrick, chaplain.

DELTA PI CHAPTER

by Bro. Louis Harris Delta Pi Chapter at Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pennsylvania, has proved again that quality contrary to quantity makes a potent and dynamic fraternity. The seven brothers of Delta Phi have forged ahead into positions of leadership and have operated so efficently and effectively that Alpha has proved to be the "in group" among campus leaders.

The president of Delta Pi is Bro. Gladstone S. Alleyne, Jr., a senior from Bronx, New York. He is currently president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association at Cheyney, a forceful leader of the Student Senate, and a two year man on the track and cross country teams.

Bro. Ronald Jenkins, a senior from Philadelphia, is chapter treasurer and the most effective Student Government Parliamentarian in many years. He is also parliamentarian of the Social Science Club, reporter and photographer for the Cheyney Record (Newspaper) , Cheyney representative to the Eastern States Asociation of Teacher Education Institutions, and a nominee for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.

Bro. Louis Harris, a senior from Philadelphia, is chapter secretary. He is president of the senior class, editor of the Cheyney Beacon (yearbook), president and program chairman of the Social Science Club, president of the Human Rights Council, a reporter for the Cheyney Record (newspaper), winner of the Intercollegiate Conference on Government Award, Associate editor to the Sphinx, and a nominee for Who's Who in American Colleges and

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OFFICERS OF A L P H A WIVES OF ALPHA OMICRON LAMBDA CHAPTER: L-R: M m e s Gloria Frazier, president; Elise Bennett (standing in for Jane Tresville, vice president); Connie Cundieff, recording secretary; Madelyn Hairston (standing in for Mary Jane Page, corresponding secretary); Gladys McCulloch, financial secretary, and Miriam Fountain, treasurer.

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Brothers Larry Box, William A. T. Byrd, Larry McCallum, and Vernell Woods are active in many campus activities ranging from the Cheyney Journal (literary magazine) to the r e nowned Cheyney Concert Choir.

Although Delta Pi is small we are the most active fraternity on campus.

Our calender for 1964-1965 included such successful affairs as the annual Alpha-AKA Mixer, a very impressive Smoker, a prize winning homecoming float, a very beautiful Sweethearts Reception and Coronation, at which time Miss Arianna Coor, a sophomore from Philadelphia was selected Sweetheart for 1964-1965. In the cultural and academic area Delta Pi will sponsor a Career Conference and Display, a InterGreek College Bowl, at which time the the Alphas will suppress the other Greeks. Alpha Day activities include plans for honoring Bro. Dr. James Henry Duckrey, retiring president of Cheyney State College, and the charter members of Delta Pi on our 13th anniversary.

We are rather fortunate in having Bro Norrece T Jones, college Business Manager and Bursar, as our advisor.

He has worked very diligently and often courageously in helping to keep Alpha and Delta Pi on top. * * * * * DELTA NU CHAPTER

by Bro. Earle B. Jones Delta Nu Chapter, Maryland State College, Princess Anne, Md., is experiencing one of the most exciting years of its history. We are not only reaping fruitful rewards and admiration on the campus, but we have gone into the

community and exhibited the true ideals and aims of Alpha men.

For instance, we have sponsored two successful fund raising dances in the community and several requests have been received for more such affairs.

The purpose of the fund raising affairs is to set up a scholarship fund for worthy, deserving, and needy students.

On Thanksgiving it was our pleasure to distribute food baskets to needy families in the surrounding communities. The brothers seemed to have enjoyed this experience as much as, if not more than, the families that r e ceived the much needed food.

Although all of the brothers are active in the "New Frontier" that we are witnessing, much of our success is due to our hard working, energetic president, Ambrose Jearld, and the interest and advocacy of two of our graduate brothers, William P. Hytche and William Wellons Jr. Both of these brothers are linking a fraternal bond between the graduate chapter and the undergraduate chapter that is beyond words.

The weekend of December 12, 1964 was a weekend that will always harbor memories in our hearts of the success of Delta Nu in 1964. That Saturday night eleven Sphinxmen "crossed the burning sands" into Alpha-land; bringing the membership of Delta Nu to twenty-eight. Not only is this the largest membership ever for Delta Nu, but it is the largest membership of any fraternity on campus.

The following day, Sunday, we celebrated our Annual Founders Day. We were honored to have as the guest speaker, Bro. Malvin Goode, of Homestead, Pennsylvania, who is now the (Continued on page 39)

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Lawrenceville, Va.

DELTA TAU STRIVES FORWARD

by Bro. Leslie Smith. Jr. The brothers of Delta Tau Chapter, Saint Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Va., are initiating a year of many new attractions, projects and goals endeavoring to show forth the noble, the true and courageous aspects of Alpha Phi Alpha. The contributions of Alpha men at Saint Paul's College have been most noteworthy. Delta Tau Chapter consists of nine brothers who continue as always to stand strong in campus leadership and academic proficiency. These brothers are: Earl M. Mabry, Herbert McNeal, Freddie Smith, Jr., David Cramer, and neophyte brothers William Ayres, James DeHart, Clarence Foster and Otha Myers.

Personal achievement has been the clarion call of these brothers. Bro. David Cramer is Editor of the Senior Yearbook; Bro. James DeHart is President of the sophomore class; Bro. Leslie Smith, Jr. is Vice-President of the Student-Faculty-Council, Editor of the college newspaper, the Student Journal, and a recent recipient of a $500.00 scholarship from the national office of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. As always, Delta Tau stands at the top of Saint Paul's Dean's List. We walk silently, making footprints in the sands of time.

At our homecoming activities, we prepared a float which was adorned by Miss A Phi A, Thelma Thomas, a J u n ior beauty from Bedford, Va., and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

To celebrate the 58th anniversary celebration of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the brothers of Delta Tau sponsored a Founder's Day weekend, held jointly with Epsilon Omicron Lambda, the graduate chapter. On December 4, 1964, we presented an undergraduate symposium on the topic "How A F r a ternity Prepares One For Later Life."

On December 6, 1964, our Founder's Day speaker was Bro. M. Ralph Page, prominent Richmond attorney. He

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spoke on the subject of "Communication and Excellence . . . Key to Equaliey. The high-light of the year, socially, was the Alpha-Kappa-Omega Dance in which Alpha brothers spearheaded a Greek dance given by the three fraternities on campus.

We are now in the process of planning a Negro History Week Program, and we are looking forward to our soring smoker. Delta Tau is forever cognizant of the position of Alpha u n dergraduates on the nation's campuses.

As we move forward into 1965, under the leadership of national President Lionel H. Newsom and chapter President Eary Mabry, we will not be content with mediocrity. This decade has sounded a clarion call for education and excellence and Alpha Phi Alpha will point the way.

BROTHERHOOD (Continued from page 9) ters. It simply means that because they direct the affairs of their own chapare intelligent young men anxious to make the best use of their time and talents, they realize that their graduate brothers through training and experience are more able to assist them in numerous ways in the realization of their life's ambition. Moreover, the fact that both are Alphas establishes a relationship that transcends that of student and teacher. But it is a relationship that should not be abused but should be respected and nurtured.

Our fraternity has known a glorious past. Many of the architects of universal progress for all peoples were loyal servants of the Black and Gold. They did a mighty work, but when compared to the task that lies ahead, theirs was just a beginning. A rapid look at today's newspaper, and or television, a casual stroll down the corridors of our high schools and colleges, hospitals and institutions of correction tell us in bold letters that there is a definite need for Alpha providing that we direct our program and efforts to meet the needs of those whom we must serve. In facing this new era and our responsibility as Alpha men, may we take courage from that small group of men at Cornell University more than a half century ago, and like them, accept the challenge of the future and armed with knowledge, high moral character, and strength in the brotherhood move "onward and upward toward the light."

EDITOR'S NOTE - Bro. Herman F. Bostick is a consultant on foreign languages with the Georgia State Department of Education and a member of Beta Lambda Chapter, Atlanta, Ga.

P H I CHAPTER

by Bro. C. Douglas Thomas As the first semester draws slowly to its climax, the outstanding undergraduate chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha looks back at a productive first semester, and looking forward to a busy second semester on the Ohio University campus.

The first semester found a new administration composed of Charles Chambers, President; Douglas Thomas, Vice - President Raymond Blakely, Treasurer; and James Horesham, Secretary, assuming leadership this year.

The first semester also found us taking 10 men "across the burning sands'' and initating 7 new members into the Sphinxmen Club to increase our m e m bership to 23 brothers and 7 "little" brothers.

The big events that Phi chapter is planning next semester are a Pajama Party "Little Sisters" weekend, a campus wide picnic, 'Mothers' Weekend and our annual Sweetheart Ball, when our Queen is selected.

BRO. DEAN A. JOHNSON. North Chicago, 111., has been auooinled cadet commanding officer of the brigade of A r m y Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets at Purdue University for the school year 1964-65. His selection, based on his leadership, character, scholarship and military proficiency, w a s made by the Professor of Military Science. Colonel of the Corps Johnson w a s initialed a m e m b e r of Gamma Rho chapter i n the spring of 1963 and, since then, has served as the chapter dean of pledgees and historian. He is a senior majoring in chemical engineering at Purdue.

YOUR CHANGE OF ADDRESS IS IMPORTANT TO US Returned copies of The Sphinx are very costly and cost a lot of extra work and time. Please send your correct change of address to the editor or General Secretary. Whenever your a d dress changes, we need to know about it.

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ONWARD AND UPWARD

by Bro. Robert L. Brown The 1964 fraternal year for Eta Tau Lambda, Akron, Ohio, was one of continuous growth and involvement. Under the vigilant and astute leadership of Bro. Allen F. Killings, chapter activities were expanded to include the following:

Beta Eta Chapter. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 111. - New Resident Advisor.

Bro. Thomas Slaughter, shown with Bro. Simpson, vice prÂŤsideni; and Bro. Gunley, president.

Beta Eta Chapter, Carbondale, 111. - SCHOLARSHIP TROPHY (Crest on wall designed

by Bro. Rufus Trotter)

BETA ETA CHAPTER

by Bro. Jesse Gunley, III SCHOLARSHIP - the ultimate goal of college and fraternal life, the key to success, the secret to a happier life, is too greatly overlooked in fraternity life. This one word has meant the diffrence between success and failure.

Beta Eta chapter, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, has shown that scholarship is placed first among the goals of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

The brothers of Beta Eta chapter combined together as brothers to win the Inter-Fraternity Council Scholarship trophy. This trophy is presented by the I. F. C. to the fraternity with the highest grade point average for the previous semester.

Beta Eta chapter, now the largest chapter in the midwest with 37 active members and 5 pledges, has started what it hopes to be, a reign of superiority in scholarship. Without this

superiority, we are not only failing ourselves but Alpha, something we have pledged our lives to. Manly deeds, SCHOLARSHIP, and love for all mank i n d â&#x20AC;&#x201D; t h e s e are the aims of our dear fraternity which we love so dearly.

At the present time Beta Eta chapter is taking steps to hold a state convention composed of the five chapters in the state of Illinois Upsilon Kappa, Bradley University at Peoria; Epsilon Phi, Northern 111, University at Dekalb; Theta chapter, Chicago and Tau Chapter at the University of Illinois.

Beta Eta will sponsor its annual Sweethearts ball in February and its annual "Playboy" dance in the month of May. Beta Eta has a fine new resident advisor in Bro. Tom Slaughter, formerly of Knoxville College. Bro. Slaughter has shown dynamic leagership and maturity along with achieving a 5.0 grade point average in a 5 point system.

Subscribing to a life membership in the NAACP; Participation in Urban League Skills Bank Program; Participation in Promotion of Fair Housing Law for Akron; Co-sponsorship with AKA's of a remedial reading program in a deprived area; Promotion of a highly successful educational program - Recognition Day in a central city school district; Contribution at Christmas to a needy family; Representation at the National and Regional Conventions; Development and promotion of co-opperative plans with the AKA's for the 1966 Midwest Regional Convention, and participation in an active social schedule which includes summer cookouts and the usual social gatherings.

The 1964 social calendar culminated with a banquet and dance. At the dance, the queen of Alpha Tau and her court were presented. Bro. James Williams became the third recipient of the E. Bruce Tate, Sr. Award as the outstanding brother in 1964.

In the tradition of Alpha, men of Eta Tau Lambda, individually, continued their movement onward and upward.

Bro. Martin Chapman was appointed to the principalship of an elementary school; Bro. Raymond Brown was a p pointed Regional Director of the Urban

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DELTA EPSILON LAMBDA

by Bro. Jack Whitted Delta Epsilon Lambda, East St. Louis, 111., has had a year of success and h a p piness. The chapter for the past two years has been under the guidance of Bro. Elliott McKinney, president, and has many fine brothers who are outstanding leaders in our country and also outstanding in their many different fields of endeavor.

Bro. Charles Robinson was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Schools; Bro. L. Alfred Lucas was voted the outstanding young citizen for 1964; Bro. Scott Randolph, a new life m e m ber, was elected vice president of Teachers Union 1220; Bro. Elmo Bush was appointed as the first Negro in the executive office of the 111. Secretary of

State; Bro. Joseph Perry was elected Exalted Ruler of the local Elks; Bro. Harold Thomas, Southern Illinois Regional Director, is now the new athletic director at Lincoln Senior High School; Bro. Homer Randolph, a dynamic civil rights leader, is president of CORE; Bro. Finis Dew received a citation for outstanding work in the field of counseling and guidance; Bro. Billy Jones was elected vice president of the Midwestern region, and Bro. Jack Whitted was appointed chairman of Teachers Local 122 Grievance Committee.

The calendar for the year consisted of many activities, such as the annual picnic, Alpha roundup, Sweetheart Party, Annual Worship Service, Founders' Day program, and to climax the year of activities was the annual Alpha

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Dance. Also in 1964, this chapter in conjunction with the St. Louis chapter, Epsilon Lambda, held our annual dance at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, where over 2,000 brothers, wives and friends attended the largest and most successful dance ever held by a Greek Letter organization in that city.

The chapter, under President-elect Bro. Frank Lyerson, will continue its success and growth in the future.

DELTA EPSILON LAMBDA, East St. Louis.

111. - L-R: Bros. Frank Lyerson. Presidentelect; Richard Brooks. Sam Silas. Star Guard with the St. Louis Football Cardinals, and guest speaker at the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Senior High School Football Banquet, and President Elliott McKinney.

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A L P H A RHO LAMBDA CHAPTER - Columbus. Ohio - Sealed, L-R: Bros. Glenn D. Jones. Otis J. Henderson, Robert Deiz, Warren L. P e m berton, J a m e s A. Wright, Winston L. Sherard. Howard E. Nolan. Willie J; Anderson and Freezel Calvin. Standing, L-R: Bros. A l v i n Pi Hall, James W. Rickman. Hiram Tanner, William Butler, Carl Slaughter, Sterlyn L. Allen, A. D. V. Crosby, John W. E. Bowen, Freddie Williams and Sylvester Angel.

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THE DEBUTANTES A N D THEIR ESCORTS as t h e y danced the Minuet by candlelight in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel DeSoto.

BETA PHI LAMBDA Traditionally for the past (18) eightteen years, Beta Phi Lambda, Savannah, Georgia, has sponsored the presentation of the City's choice young women to society. The debutantes, selected by the fraternity, are chosen on the basis of academic achievement, moral and ethical character.

The 1964 debutantes numbered 13 of the city's finest young women, all freshmen in college. Miss Lydie Smith beautiful daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Smith; Miss Anita Kelly, talented daughter of Rev. & Mrs.. Lamar Kelly.; Miss Yvonne Luten, charming daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Isaac E. Luten Jr.; Marilyn McNichols, lovely daughter of Mrs. Lillian McNichols; Miss Paulette Butler, talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Butler; Miss Delores Hoskins, charming grand daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Frazier; Miss Cheryl Smith, attractive -daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A.

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Smith; Miss Redell Hill, lovely neice of Rev. & Mrs. George Brown; Stephanie Carpenter, lovely daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Carpenter, all enrolled at Savannah State College. Misses Beverly Wallace attractive daughter of Sgt. & Mrs. W. E. Wallace and Freieda McDew, charming daughter of Dr. & Mrs. S. M. McDew are matriculating at Hampton Institute. Miss Judith Jordan, beautiful daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Howard Jordan is a student at Fisk University, and Miss Marcia O'Brien, charming daughter of Mrs. Marguerite O'Brien is a student at Clark College.

The Alpha Auxiliary, known formally as the Alphabettes, assist the fraternity each year by actively handling the seasons activities. This year's season began in August with Charm School. The fall was interspersed with parties sponsored by parents and friends of the debutantes, rehersals for the Minuet, and culminated by the

Punch Sip, Cotillion, and past Cotillion breakfast, Thanksgiving eve and Thanks Morning.

The Ball was held at the DeSota Hotel, Savannah's oldest and most elegant downtown hotel. Five hundred socialites witnessed the lovely presentation, and participated in three hours of dancing.

Past Cotillion parties extended through December 28 when the season officially closed. Alpha considered the 1964 season the best ever, and looks back with pride over the year's achievement in this area, and looks forward to 1965 season with hope for greater success. * * * * * MORE ALPHA FIRSTS

by E. Gunnar Miller Beta Phi Lambda, Savannah, Ga., is again pleased to let it be known to Alphadom the outstanding achievements made by Alpha Brothers. Bros.

L. D. Perry and C. V. Cooper were a p pointed to the Bd. of Education and Anti-Poverty Bd. respectively marking a first for men of color in this Southern city The Anti-Poverty Board - a newly created organization - will administer and implement President Johnson's "War on Poverty" in Savannah and Chatham County Bro. P e r r y is President of the Carver State Bank, Director of the Toomer Realty Co., and a member of several social and civic organizations. A graduate of Atlanta University, Bro. Perry has a long record of community services in Savannah and is expected to bring all of his skills to bear on the local problems in education. Bro. Perry has distinguished himself in his F r a (Continued on page 32)

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DELTA BETA CHAPTER, B e t h u n e Cookman College, Daylona-Beach, Fla. - L-R: Bros.

Nathaniel Williams, Jr., recording secretary; Syrus Alston, chaplain; Ronald S. Flowers, treasurer; Raymond Burns, Jr., dean of pledgees; A l v i n Brown, Harry L. Burney, III, Earl Williams, parliamentarian; Charles Champion, vice president; Abram Alexander, Howard Smith, Stanley Wilson, Richard L. Campbell, Ronald Reed, president. Center, Miss Ernestine D. Moore. Sweetheart.

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by Bro. Thomas Priest, Jr. Theta Gamma Lambda, Dothan, Ala., observed the 58th anniversary of the founding of the fraternity.

The program was held Sunday, December 13, 1964 at 3:00 p.m. at the Masonic Building in Dothan, Ala. The main feature of the program was an address by our special invited guest, Bro. T. J a n Perry, administrator of the Griffin Hospital and Clinic, Inc., Bainbridge, Ga. Bro. P e r r y explored our theme "Opportunities and Responsibilities of the New Day" with true Alpha quality. A second feature of the program was the presentation of a gift to Mrs. Anna L. Berard for services r e n dered to the chapter since it was chartered.

In honor of their devotion to the brothers, the Alphabettes served as official hostesses for the celebration.

The chapter is led in the true spirit of Alpha by Bro. James A. Smith, president. Other officers are Bros. Orester J. Harper, vice president; Conrad L. Newman, secretary; Edward Mitchell, assist, secretary; A r t h u r L. Walton, treasurer; Charles P . Lawson, chaplain; Thomas Priest, Jr., associate editor of The Sphinx; E. Vann Burkett, II, historian; D. V. Jemison, Jr., director of Educational Activities; John H. Glanton, Jr., Parliamentarian, and Wallace L. Smith, laision officer to the Alphabettes. Other Members: Bros. Steve Barlow, William E. Cooper, Young Hines, Eddie K. Jones, James M. Rob: erts, H. Burrough Vincent and Wylie C. Yelverton.

BROTHERS OF THETA G A M M A L A M B D A CHAPTER DOTHAN. ALA.

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MORE ALPHA FIRSTS (Continued from page 31) ternity, with continued active membership for more than twenty-five years, having served as president of Beta Phi Lambda and has been honored as Chapter "Man of the Year." Currently he is serving as chapter treasurer.

Bro. Cooper is a young man but has a long and distinguished record of service to the community. A research Technician with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, he is well-known in civic activities, serving as chairman of "The Projects Committee of the Organization for Community Betterment" (concerned with curbing juvenile delinquency); Moderator of the "N. A. A. C. P. in Action" a weekly radio program; Vice-chairman of Alpha's Voter Registration Committee (local level); and many more. Bro. Cooper is a m e m ber of the Second Baptist Church,Associate Editor-to-the-Sphinx and Beta Phi Lambda's "Man of the Year" 1965-66.

ONWARD AND UPWARD (Continued from page 29) League and brought as his assistant, Bro. William Haskins; Bro. Robert L* Brown was named co-ordinator of an experimental project in a central city school district; Bro. Norman Purnell was made an Assistant County Prosecutor; Bro. James Williams (Eta Tau Lambda Man of the Year) was added to the staff of the Urban Renewal Department of the City of Akron; Bro. Ed Parms, 1963 vice president of the local chapter of the NAACP, was elected president of the local NAACP chapter,; and Bros. Lloyd and Floyd Shepherd took positions with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.

APRIL 1 Deadline For The May Issue of The Sphinx

THETA G A M M A L A M B D A CHAPTER DOTHAN, ALA.

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GAMMA GAMMA CHAPTER The brothers of Gamma Chapter of Allen University, Columbia, S. C , are proud of the fact that we have been reactivated by the addition of six new neophyte brothers. This memorable incident took place December 11, 1964, after a long laborious probation week.

The six new additions are: Harvey Brown of Santee, S. C , Allen Dowdy of Eastover, S. C , Bobby Little of A b beville, S. C , Frederick Montgomery of Staten Island, N. Y., York Pinckney of Hemmingway, S. C , and James Wingate of Darlington, S. C. Speaking in behalf of the other neophyte brothers, I truthfully say that we feel a sense of indebtedness to the cause of Alpha Phi Alpha. We will always strive to uphold the aims, ideas and spirit that have made Alpha Phi Alpha what is is today.

We were fortunate to have three brothers formerly affiliated with Gamma Psi Chapter of St. Augustine College, join us in September. The three brothers are Herbert Smith of Mt. Vernon, New York, Marvin Peek of Ohio and Phillip Golden of Philadelphia, Pa. Chapter officers for this year are; Bro. James Dukes President, Bro. Herbert Smith Vice President, Bro. Marvin Peek, Secretary, Bro. Phillip Golden-Treasurer, Bro. Herbert Manuel Dean of Pledgees.

Our chapter has initiated into its program several projects for the cultural and educational uplift of the community of which it is a part. One of these projects is stemmed around the high schools of Columbia, S. C. The brothers plan to present a program in the schools for the purpose of acquainting the students with the severity of the"Dropout" problem. Firmly believing that education is not a luxury, but a necessity, we hope that this belief will be instilled in the minds of every student we reach. * * * * * BETA UPSILON'S CONTINUOUS PROGRESS

by Bros. Harry Richardson & Jesse Walker The members of Beta Upsilon of the Alabama State College are proud to let the other brothers of Alpha know of our remarkable progress. Presently there are 17 "Great Men" here on campus who are striving hard in all endeavors to keep the standards that have been established by our founding fathers.

Our officers are: Bro. Roosevelt Harris, president; Bro. James S. Jones, Vice President; Bro. Ernest McNish, Financial Secretary; Bro. Harry Richardson, Recording Secretary; Bro. Sam-

FEBRUARY 1965

Brothers of Alpha Delia Lambda. Memphis, Term., working at the booths f6r the needy at Christmas - the first fraternity in Memphis to undertake such a project. L-R: Bros. Thomas H. Hayes, Jr., founder of Alpha Delta Lambda; Joseph W. Westbrook. president, and Charles H. Tarpley, vice president.

ALPHA DELTA LAMBDA

by Bro. Harold Winfrey The Brothers and the Alphabettes are on the move at Alpha Delta L a m b da in Memphis, Tenn. Many accomplishments were made in various areas.

Some of the Brothers made accomplishments in jobs. Bro. Joseph Westbrook, our Chapter President, was elevated to Secondary School Supervisor, and Bro. George Cox was promoted to an assistant principalship. Politically, Bro. H. T. Lockard won out over several white opponents to win a seat on the county court (Justice of the Peace), a first since reconstruction days.

In the social world the Alphabettes sponsored an elaborate "Champagne Luncheon and Fashion Show". The proceeds from the affair were donated to the Orange Mound Nursery School.

(A day school for children whose parents cannot pay for child care.)

In the community, the Alphas again

held the motto high the first fraternity to work the booths for the needy at Christmas. A host of Brothers worked in booths all over the city.

In addition, the chapter made a donation to the cause.

In the schools of Memphis, the B r o thers have initated a Scholarship Society comprised of young men in grades 7 through 12, who make the Honor Roll. The Society will attempt to show these young men the importance of scholarship, citizenship and brotherhood. There will be a culminating activity at the end of the year to honor graduates of the Society.

The Brothers of Alpha Delta Lambda were bereaved on two occasions when Bro. Dr. W. O. Speight, Sr. and Bro. B. T. Johnson passed into Omega Chapter.

Alpha Delta Lambda will host the Southern Regional in 1966 and Memphis will be Ready!

uel Williams, Corresponding Secretary; Bro. Jesse Walker, Reporter and Associate Editor to the Sphinx; Bro. Percy Goode, Dean of Pledgees; Bro. George James, Co-Dean of Pledgees; and Bro. Rev. Samuel James, Chaplain.

The ASC campus finds Alphamen located in key campus position, such as: Bro. Samuel Williams, Vice President of the student body; Bro. Roosevelt Harris, President of the Junior Class; Bro. Samuel James, Chaplain of the Pan-Hellenic Council, and Junior class; Bro. Albert Walker, Parliamentarian of the Junior Class; Bro Isadore

Rich, Corresponding Secretary of the Pan-Hellenic Council.

Last week, Beta Upsilon was p a r takers in the clean up for the "New March of Dimes." We collected $132.25 Saturday, J a n u a r y 9, 1965.

We are also looking forward in our efforts to help promote the Montgomery Voter Registration Campaign.

Beta Upsilon is proud of its brothers and are striving very hard to keep contributing the welfaring principles that will keep us brothers, and will moreover spread "Love for all m a n kind" over the entire nation.

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G A M M A PSI C H A P T E R - St. A u g u s t i n e ' s College, Raleigh. N. C. L-R: Bros. T. Wyait, G. M a y e , O. Rowe, C. B a n k s . R. M a r t i n . T. B r o w n . M. Golatt a n d W. Miles.

ALPHA MEN OF GAMMA PSI

by Bro. Octavis Rowe Gamma Psi Chapter, St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, welcomed in the New Year, 1965 with an eye of readiness and high aspirations, to have a fruitful and successful year.

The chapter wishes to bestow congratulations upon our newly inducted Neophytes Brothers who crossed the b u r n ing sands into Alpha land during the month of December, 1964. The Neophyte Bros, are: Charles Banks, Richard Martin, Thomas Wyatt, Albert Love, and Moses Golatt. With the addition of these five brothers, Gamma Psi now has a total of eleven brothers in the chapter.

Presently, the officers serving Gamma Psi are: Bros. Charles Simpson, President; John Larkins, Vice President; Theodore Brown, Secretary; Erick M a y e , Treasurer; Octavious Rowe, Dean of Pledgees and Associate Editor to the Sphinx; William Miles,

Historian; Richard Martin, Chaplain; and Albert Love, Reporter and Chairman of the Social Committee, and our Advisor, is Bro. Joseph L. Jones whose guidance keeps us in the mainstream of Fraternal discipline.

Recently, Gamma Psi chose as their reigning queen of Alpha Phi Alpha, for the school year-64-65, lovely, charming, and adorable Miss Victoria Everette, of Lincolnton, N. C. She is a senior, majoring in Sociology, and a member of Gamma Xi of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority here at St. A u g stine's College.

The Queen's Court consists of three lovely attendants. They are: Miss Carol Miller, Gladys Powell, and Diane Peay. These young ladies along with the Queen were chosen on scholastic achievements, character, along with their most favorable general appearance.

Some recent Alpha achievements are: Bro. Charles Simpson, elected unamin-

MEMBERS OF PSI LAMBDA. Chattanooga, Tenn., in attendance at public program Southern Vice President, Bro. W. D e w e y Branch, in center.

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ously, president of the Inter-Greek Council; Bro. Octavius Rowe was a p pointed to North Carolina Inter-Collegiate Council for Human Rights under the auspices of the Governor's office of North Carolina; Bro. Theodore Brown, Co-captain of the Falcon Football Team, was cited by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity here on campus as being the outstanding student in Thomas Dormitory, also he's presently serving as the President of the Senior Class; Bro. Moses Golatt is being cited for his tremendous efforts in the gridiron this past football season. He played right tackle, believed by many fans to be the most outstanding Sophomore on the team; Bro. Albert Love is currently preparing himself to lead the Falcon's Basketball Team to an undefeated season on the Hardwood; and Erick Maye is President of the newly formed Chess Club here on campus. Truly he's and outstanding chess player.

So, as you can see Gamma Psi is ever striving to hold up the burning torch of Leadership, Scholarship, Manly Deeds, and Love for all mankind. only through unity so characteristic of Alpha Phi Alpha. Truly, Alpha is the Light of the World.

* * * * * FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION

by Bro. W. O. P. Dorsey, Jr. Psi Lambda, Chattanooga, Tenn., is now six brothers larger since our last initiation. We can now claim as brothers, Julian Blackshear, Horace J e rome Taylor, Albert Barnett, John C. Cooper, Erskine Peoples and Thomas L. Scott.

The new brothers were initiated in time to help celebrate the 38th year of Psi Lambda's organization. Of the seven original brothers, only Bro. W. B. Davis, Sr. was able to be with us.

The 38th celebration started on Saturday night, December 19th at a Smoker. The committee in charge spared nothing to make this a very enjoyable and interesting occasion. To start, Bro. T. B. Kennedy, chaplain, offered prayer for one of our brothers who was to enter the hospital the following week.

Bro. W. O. P. Dorsey, Jr., Toastmaster, then asked Bro. John L. Pitts to review the founding of both Alpha Phi Alpha and Psi Lambda; Bro. Bennie J. H a r ris, president, to charge the neophytes and Bro. H. J. Taylor to respond for the neophytes. Bro. B. T. Scruggs was asked to interpret the ritual for the benefit of the new brothers and those older brothers who had forgotten certain parts of the ritual. We were then introduced to our Southern Regional Vice (Continued on page 35)

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FOUNDERS' DAY (Continued from p a g e 34) President, Bro. W. Dewey Branch. Bro. Branch spoke briefly and congratulated the committee responsible for the affair. The brothers gathered in true Alpha spirit to sing the Hymn to the passing listeners two stories below our meeting place.

The Sunday program started at 6:00 p. m. with Bro Julian C. Brown p r e siding. After the introductory portion with the audience in song, Bro. Rev. John Cooper led the devotion followed by a selection by a special group of boys of the Howard School Hi-Y Club, under the direction of Bro. Fred Singleton. Bro. Davis gave the history of Psi Lambda followed by another selection by the Boys' group. Bro. George W. James introduced the speaker, Bro. W. Dewey Branch, who spoke with dignity, grace and the well known Alpha poise to a very appreciative audience. To further enhance our community image. Psi Lambda had chosen this day to present its Achievement Award for Outstanding Community Service to Mr. C. C. Bond, former principal, now co-ordinator of education for the Chattanooga School system.

After the singing of the Aloha Hymn, the public was invited to attend a r e ception sponsored by the Alpha Wives.

The manv who had shared with us the timely message brought by Bro. Branch shared also the lovely preoarations the wives had made to make the weekend more meaningful. * * * * * GAMMA PHI EXCELS

by Bro. Sylvester Butler Gamma Phi chapter, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. extends most hearty greetings to all Alphamen.

In keeping with the standards of Alpha Phi Alpha, Gamma Phi has become a noteworthy leader on Tuskegee's campus. On an academic level, the brothers of Gamma Phi have placed 14 on the Dean's list including Bro. Charlemagne Jean-Pois, Institute Scholar in the school of Veternary Medicine. Outstanding among recent graduates are Bros. Banks and Bradford who are doing graduate study at the University of Pittsburgh, also Bros.

Lofton and Jenkins are working in the School of Veternary Medicine. In the Armed Forces are Bros. Craig Dexter, Chemist; Melvin Ross, Elect. Engineering; Samuel Hurst, Electronics; 2nd Lt. and Donald White, Veternerian, 1st. Lt. As a measurer of their achievements, the following brothers made Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities: Thomas S. Yeager, Craig Dexter, Solo-

FEBRUARY 1965

Brothers of Gamma Phi, Tuskegee Institute, around Alpha Monument w i t h pait Sphinx Sweethearts

mon Banks, Alvin Vinson; Curtis Davis, Ronald Zanders; William Gorden and Louis Hawkins. Initiated into Beta Kappa Chi honorary scientific society were brothers Hawkins, Coleman, and Gordon, president; also prexy of the chapter.

From an extracurricula standpoint, outstanding are Bros. Nathaniel Thomas, President of the Electrotects Club and treasurer of the Interfraternal Council; Walter Bowers, president of the Sophomore Class; Louis Hawkins, secretary of the College Union Board; Sylvester Butler, Track team; Porter Osby, guard and captain of the football team; and Bruce Cutting, Rifle team.

Miss Alpha for the year 1964-65 is Miss Brenda Seigler, of Mobile, Alabama. Miss Seigler is a sophomore in the School of Nursing. She was Miss Sohinx in the fall of '63.

The chapter realizing the extent of inactive brothers began a reclamation program, under which five brothers, some being inactive as far back as 1958, have become active. The chapter consists of 24 members of which 20 are active This includes newly made brothers J e r r y Baldwin, Walter Bowers and Thomas Johnson.

Yearly projects include the Sphinx Dance, from which the proceeds are used for a scholarship fund and a cultural program for underpriviledged children. The latter was begun this year.

The annual smoker proved to be very impressive to all of the persons attending.

Outstanding in the Sphinx Club are John Stephens, member of Beta Kappa Chi; Willie McCovery who made a perfect 4.00 average last September; Lee Grimselv and Charles Scott, backs, on the football team.

Bro. Capt. James Boddie and Capt.

James Harmon, both members of the AFROTC instructional group are serving as our chapter advisors.

In closing brothers of Gamma Phi encourages ALPHAMEN everywhere to "hold Alpha high" and to "move u p ward and upward toward the light."

* * * * * ALPHA CHI CHAPTER

by Bro. David B. Mitchell The arrival of the Thanksgiving holidays was gratefully received by the thirteen pledges of Alpha Chi Chapter, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Soon they would see the gleaming "light of Alpha Phi Alpha." We are very proud of this wellrounded group of Neophytes. The activities of these new brothers ranged from the president of the Sophomore class to captain of the football team, steller members of the basketball team to Jubilee Singer, honor students, and champion debater. The brothers of that "lucky" thirteen were: Lucious Outl a w , Lorenzo McCarthy, Leonard Brown, Donald Graham, David Mitchell, Earl Mills, Johnnie Rutland, Clinton Ingram, Maurice Shane, James Walker, Ronald Booker, Albert Patterson, and John Douglass. Welcome you the Neophytes of Alpha Chi Chapter to the bonds of brotherhood.

The brothers of Alpha Chi Chapter are also extremely proud of Bro. Ollice Holden who signed a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League.

On December 4, 1964, Alpha Chi Chapter celebrated the anniversary of a momemtous day in the life of the young Negro college man - the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. A small service was held in the foyer of Dubois Hall with a message given by Bro. Benjamin Berry with remarks by (Continued on page 39)

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Bro>. John Guess. Clifford Fountaine and Harold Stith, Delta Chapter, Huston-Tillolson College, were recently inducted m e m b e r s of Who's Who A m o n g Students in American Colleges and Universities.

DELTA CHAPTER

by Bro. Clifford Fountaine Delta Chapter, Huston-Tilloston College, Austin, Tex., started this school year as usual, that of being the largest Greek Letter organization on campus.

This year, as in the past, the brothers have been among the top students on the campus.

The first event on the calendar was the annual Fraternity Smoker, with over 50 young men attending. The next affair was our annual observance of Founders' Day. The theme of this year's program was "A Tribute to a Great Brother". The speaker for the occasion was our own Bro. E. Delco. The p r o gram was followed by a banquet.

Each brother would like to extend

DELTA CHAPTER - Huston-Tillolson College, Austin, Tex. L-R: Front row - Bros. Rufus Stanton, Hollis Graves, Ennis Williams, Floyd Richardson, Willie Russell, James Moore and Michael Moore.

Kneeling - Bro. Joseph Green. Back row - Bros. Charlie Furlough, T o m m y Smith, Harold Stith, James Wilson. John Guess and Clifford Fountaine.

congratulations to Bro. Martin L. King for the fine work he has done in promoting brotherhood through the Negro race.

To our out-going General President, we say "Thanks for a job well done in the traditional Alpha spirit." To our in-coming General President, "May your future plans for Alpha Phi Alpha ever move us onward and upward."

As 1965 begins, the brothers of Delta Chapter are lookng forward to a year of continuous progress.

To all the brothers of Alpha, the brothers of Delta Chapter wish that your year will prove to be one of progress, and we are looking forward to seeing you at the National Convention when it cornea to Houston.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM BETA ETA LAMBDA

by Bro. Robert L. Williams Under the untiring leadership of Bro. Frank Ford, the activities of Beta Eta Lambda, Oklahoma City Okla., have increased and the program has been provided with enriched vitality and added impetus.

Largest event of the past year for the chapter was its sponsorship of the Ebony Fashion Fair in Oklahoma City, proceeds of which were donated to the chapter's scholarship fund. Beta Eta Lambda also sponsored the Fashion Fair in 1963, with the 1963 proceeds being donated to the Labor and Industry Committee of the Oklahoma City (Continued on page 37^

BETA ETA L A M B D A CHAPTER - Oklahoma City, Okla. - L-R Seated-: Bros. WilUam ToUiver, John Green, Harvey Roach, WiUie W e d g e worth, Frank Ford. Willard Dallas, OUver Stripling, James Phillips and Frank Swain. Standing - William Henderson, Clarence Bell, Robert Williams, S o n n y Morrison, Charles Owens, Kermit Tucker, A l e x a n d e r Jones. Maurice Crossland. Henry Floyd, Hugh Bennett, Robert S w a i n and Clinton Arnsby.

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM BETA ETA (Continued from page 36) branch of the NAACP. As we enter our 27th year, the Brothers of Beta Eta Lambda are aware of the challenges of social change eonfronting us. We are aware of the dedemand for excellence in leadership within and without the fraternity. To help us achieve greater accomplishments in 1965, we have elected the following officers: President; Bro. Frank Ford, Vice-President; Bro. Willard Dallas, Corresponding Secretary; Bro Odney Sneed, Recording Secretary; Bro. Robert E. Oliver, Treasurer; Bro. Oliver Stripling, Financial Secretary; Bro. Harvey Roach, Parliamentarian; Bro. James Phillips and Assoc. Editor to the Sphinx, Bro. Robert Williams.

Another inspiration to the Chapter was the appearance of Bro. Whitney M. Young, National Executive Director of the Urban League. Bro. Young met with the Brothers in a stag smoker in the informal atmosphere of the Alpha Lounge following his address at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma City Urban League in November, 1964. His straightforward approach and often humorous remarks left an indelible impression upon the Brothers.

Beta Eta Lambda takes pride in the accomplishments of individual Brothers. Congratulations are in order for Bro Archibald Hill, recently elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Bro. Henry Floyd will serve as the 1965 President of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the NAACP. Bro. John Green renders service as a United States Ass't. District Attorney. Bro. Frank Ford is undergoing a rigorous two year GSA Building Management internship. Bro. Robert Williams was Oklahoma City's first Negro Internal Revenue Service Agent. Brothers such as Ira Hall, C. N. Arnsby, Dr. G. E. Finley and L. B. Nutter are dominant figures on the Oklahoma City educational and civic scene. Recognition is also given to those brothers whose accomplishments are not mentioned due to limited space requirements.

Beta Eta Lambda is currently in the planning stages leading eventually to the acquisition of an Alpha House. It is our hope that within the immediate future our plans will become a reality and that another milestone in the history of Beta Eta Lambda will be realized.

Snapshot pictures do not take well. We prefer professional taken black and white glossy prints.

FEBRUARY 1965

EPSILON PHI L A M B D A - Port Arthur, Tex. - Officers for 1965 (L-R, Standing): Bros. Clemm i e Henley, president; David Carter, vice president and dean of pledgees; Vendon Beck, secretary; U. G. Gibson, treasurer; Joseph Harris, reporter, and Clayton Clark, chaplain.

(Kneeling) N e o p h y t e brothers w h o recently crossed the burning sands. L - R : Bros. Rudolph Thompson, Leroy Leopold and Arthur Mosley.

EPSILON PHI LAMBDA CHAPTER

by Bro. Vendon Beck Epsilon Phi Lambda Chapter, Port Arthur, Tex., is proud to report a successful year of fraternalism, and we are looking forward to even a greater year for 1965.

Under the 1964 president Bro. Leo Paul Williams the chapter was very proud to present Bro. Dr. J. Don Boney, at a banquet, the "Most Outstanding Alpha Man of the Year." Br. Boney's achievements and his services to the community have been many. His most outstanding achievement came during the summer of 1964 when he received his doctorial degree in educational psychology from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. The gold plaque awarded for "Most Outstanding Alpha Man of the Year" was presented to him

by Burt Lee, Vice President of the First National Bank and who was also guest speaker for the occasion. Mrs. Boney was also presented a bouquet of loses from Mrs. Walter L. Bell, president of the Alphabets. Bro. Dr. Boney and Mrs. Boney are now in Urbana, Illinois where Bro. Boney accepted a professorship a tthe University of Illinois.

The chapter is proud to have three new brothers added to the chapter. The three neophyte brothers who recently "crossed the burning sands" in December are Rudolph Thompson, District Field Director for the Boy Scouts of America here in the city; Leroy Leopold and Arthur Mosley, both teachers here in the public schools. Already they are proving to be a tremendous asset to Alphadom.

The chapter is looking forward to many worthwhile projects for 1965 under the presidency of Bro. Clemmie

EPSILON PHI LAMBDA - Port Arthur, T e x .

- Mr. J. Don Boney (right) receives a bouquet of roses from the president of the Alp h a b e t s . Mrs. Waller L. Bell.

Henley. The chapter recently became the sponsor of another Explorer Post with Bro. Vendon Beck serving as advisor to the young group of high school boys. Our most immediate plans are centered on bringing in an outstanding artist or artists for a concert for cultural edification in the community. We are also looking forward to National Observance Week, Negro History Week, and our Annual Spring Dance, at which time the chapter will present its "Alpha Sweetheart" of the year.

YOUR CHANGE OF ADDRESS IS IMPORTANT TO US Returned copies of The Sphinx are very costly and cost a lot of extra work and time. Please send your correct change of address to the editor or General Secretary. Whenever your address changes, we need to know about it.

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Bro. Griff W. Kendrick (at lectern) jntroducing Gen. Pres. Lionel H. N e w s o m as the Founders' Day speaker

General President Lionel H. N e w s o m d e livering the Founders' D a y address at Prairie View A & M College, Sunday, D e c e m b e r 6.

Alpha Brothers and Alpha Wives are s h o w n chatting at a cocktail party in honor of Bro. N e w s o m in the home of Bro. John B. Murphy.

GENERAL PRESIDENT FEATURED AT FOUNDERS' OBSERVANCE BY EPSILON TAU LAMBDA CHAPTER

of social activities. Dinners were served at the homes of Bros. J. W. Echols and Griff Kendrick. Chapter wives and sweethearts had an opportunity to chat and socialize with the guest of honor in the home of Bro. and Mrs. John B. Murphy. The memories of the 1964 Founders' Day activities will be cherished as a significant accomplishment in the annals of Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter.

THETA KAPPA LAMBDA CHAPTER

by Bro. John B. Murphy Prairie View, Texas: - Bro. Lionel H. Newsom, General President., was principal speaker at the annual Founder's Day observance of Epsilon Tau L a m b da Chapter on Sunday, December 6, 1964. His address, "Is the Civil Rights Law Alone A Guarantee of Equality?", challenged all who would doubt that civil rights are the result of a long, enduring struggle. Speaking before an audience of more than 400 at Prairie View A & M College, Bro. Newsom's oratory and persuasive logic won t r e mendous applause.

Following the address, newly elected officers of Epsilon Tau Lambda for 1964- 5 were installed. They include: Bro. Griff Kendrick, President; Bro Alfred Poindexter, Vice-president; Bro. H- L. Selman, Recording Sec'y.; Bro. A. T. Kynard, Corresponding Sec'y.; Bro. H. R. Turner, Treasurer; Bro. Geo. Higgs, Financial Sec'y.; Bro. John B. Murphy, Editor-to-Sphinx; Bro. G. R. Woolfolk, Historian; Bro. T. R. Solomon, Parliamentarian; Bro. William Bell, Sgt.-at-Arms; and C. F. Downs, Chaplain.

Presentations of 25-Year Certificates were made by Bro. Joseph L. Grimes on behalf of the Chapter, as follows: Bros. E. B. Evans, Horace Murdock, E. M. Morris, George Ragland, Thomas R. Solomon, and John C. Williams.

Other Brothers eligible for the awards included Emory R. Ownes, H. R. Turner, C. A. Wood, and G. R. Woolfolk.

Following the Founders' Day program a reception was given in honor of P r e s ident Newsom. The Founders' Day activities took place in the Ballroom of the Student Memorial Center at Prairie View A & M College.

During his visit at Prairie View, Bro. Newsom was hosted by Bros. George Ragland and Griff Kendrick to a round

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ALPHA TAU LAMBDA CHAPTER

by Bro. Robert L. Fairchild, Sr. The brothers of Alpha Tau Lambda, Tulsa, Okla., gave a party for their wives and sweethearts, J a n u a r y 4, in the beautifully decorated Green Room of St. Augustine Recreation Center.

The music was smooth, sweet, gentle, and enjoyable. The hors d'oeuvers were tasty, pretty, sumptuous, and good to eat. Almost all of the brothers and their wives and sweethearts participated in the gala affair. Recognition was given to the sweetheart of 1964, and to several brothers.

The officers for 1965 are: Bros.

Charles Christopher, president; Robert W. Waugh, vice president; Paul Young, secretary; Jesse Widemon, financial secretary; Booker Brown, treasurer; Robert L. Fairchild, Sr., associate editor of The Sphinx; A. L. Morgan, chaplain, and Robert Taylor, Jr., sergeantat-arms.

The members of the Entertainment Committee are: Bros. Q. T. Williams, chairman; E. L. Hairston, Booker Brown, A. L. Morgan, Otis Autry, C. D. Vaughn, Paul Young and Robert Willis.

Bro. T. W. Harris, president of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, has been made a member of the Board of Directors of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. This is the first time a Negro has ever been a member of the board of directors of the organization.

by Bro. Charles W. Johnson Theta Kappa Lambda Chapter, L u b bock, Texas, is in its second year of service to Alpha Phi Alpha. In May, 1964, the brothers initiated two worthy and enthusiastic probates. The new brothers are Don G. Jones and Charles W. Johnson. The neophytes have proved that they are worthy Alpha men.

In September Theta Lambda Chapter had an affair with Morgan's organ and his band furnishing the music. The affair was designed to help new teachers to the Lubbock system become acquainted and to make known that there are Alphas in the city.

Courtesy transportation for November 3, national election, was provided by the chapter. Presently, plans are under way for an extensive poll tax drive.

On November the 5th the chapter presented the Sepia Fashion Fair of 1964, featuring professional models from Hamilton Vogue-Esquire of Chicago, 111. This project had a two-fold purpose: First, to bring wholesome intertainment to the city, and second to build a scholarship fund.

The brothers entertained their wives and sweethearts with a Christmas P a r t y on December 19, at the home of Bro. Charles Sedberry, Jr. Each wife and sweetheart received a gift from one of the brothers.

In keeping with our motto: First of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all; we are looking forward to greater accomplishments.

We welcome pictures of Alpha Wives and Children

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BROTHER GOODE, FOUNDERS DAY SPEAKER

by Bro. Morris Henderson Epsilon Lambda, St. Louis, Mo., named Bro. John D. Buckner as the "Alpha Man of the Year", and presented its Daniel W. Bowles Service Award to Bro. F. Luther Merry. The presentations were given at the fraternity's Founders Day (closed) Banquet held Saturday, December 5th at the Statler Hilton Hotel, attended by visiting brothers from Jefferson City and K a n sas City. The main feature was a stirring address by Bro. Malvin R. Goode, United Nations Correspondent for the American Broadcasting Company.

Bro. Goode challenged the 'blueplate' audience to become actively involved in the great social revolution. He praised the role the Negro athletes have played in the quest for full citizenship; encouraged Alpha men to set up scholarships for deserving Negro youth, and counseled St. Louisans not to become complacent as he detailed several of the remaining problems that remain unsolved.

Bro. Buckner was Toastmaster for the affair. Bro. Clifton E. Bailey introduced the officers for 1965 and awarded twenty-five year certificates to a group of Alpha men. The benediction was offered by Bro. Warren J. Brunson. The awards were made by Bro. Shelby T. Freeman, Jr., who was r e -

elected to a third term as president.

Re-elected also were Bros. Chester A. Hodges, first vice president; Charles H. Leake, Director of Education, and Ed C. Dobbins, Sergeant-at-arms.

New officers include Bros. Clifton E. Bailey, second vice president; Joseph C. Gunnell, corresponding secretary; Morris Henderson, associate editor of The Sphinx; Rudolph Walker, recording secretary; Robert Riley, financial secretary; J. C. Scipio, chaplain, and Thomas Gentry, Dean of Pledgees.

The Life Members of the fraternity were presented: Bros. William M. Alexander, who introduced the guest speaker; Buckner, Freeman, Wendell L. Hammons, Morris M. Hatchett, H. Ray McNeil, E. Keith Pickett, Timothy R. Veal, Brunson, Mason D. Cloyd, Gunnell, Clarence P. Horton, Ramon C. Hill, Mays C. Maxwell, James H. Utley and Clarence H. Wilson. Many of them received the twenty-five year certificates.

ALPHA CHI CHAPTER (Continued from page 35) Bro. Myron Townes. At this time each member of the fraternity, as all brothers should - re-dedicated himself to support and maintain the ideals for which the fraternity was founded "mainly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind."

Alpha Chi Chapter is not content to

sit on the sidelines and rest because it is the only fraternity on campus. It has for a long time prided itself on its constant service to all men. The brothers benefited from the successful completion of an activity filled 1964. These activities and programs served only as a prelude to the events scheduled for 1965â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the first being the most spectacular Alpha Week celebration on February 7-14.

DELTA NU (Continued from page 27) prominent correspondent to the United Nations for the American Broadcasting Company.

The evening was highlighted by a presentation to the Mother of Delta Nu, Mrs. Delores J. Hytche. Our Founders Day activities climaxed with an elaborate banquet, which was held in Waters Hall, the college cafeteria. Over one hundred and fifty graduate and undergraduate brothers and their wives and sweethearts were in attendance at the banquet.

Truly, 1964, has been a wonderful and unforgettable year for Delta Nu. However, we cannot be satisfied with the success of the past, therefore, we are anticipating even greater success in 1965.

We of Delta Nu extend to you our sincere wishes for a happy and fraternal New Year.

Banquet Concludes 1964 Activities of Beta Psi Lambda

by Bro. Booker T. Hogan, Jr. Beta Psi Lambda Chapter of Los Angeles, California concluded its activities for the calendar year of 1964 with a Founder's Day Banquet at the Swally's Restaurant in Los Angeles on December 5, 1964. Following an excellent steak dinner, arranged for by the Founder's Day Committee, chaired by Bro. Clyde Osborne, Bro. Leroy Demary took over as Master of Ceremonies and entertained the brothers and their wives briefly with several sharp-witted jokes. The keynote address and summary of the year's activities was given by our president, Bro. Thadeaus Hobbs.

The principal speaker of the evening was none other than Bro. Raymond Cannon, founding editor of the Sphinx, who spoke on the events of the early days of Alpha. Awards were then p r e sented to Bro. Edward Ballard and Bro. Leon Hawkins for Outstanding serwice its tifoe csHmmimstty aarad to Betta Iftii ILamnliafei,, n^psrttiKrefly,, Bay

Jesse Sterling, Chairman of the Award Committee and past president of Beta Psi Lambda.

Among the many events of 1964, for which the men of Beta Psi Lambda feel a sense of pride of participation, were Alpha's Student Tutorial Educational Project; Alpha's fight against Proposition 14; (California's constitutional amendment legalizing discrim-

ination in housing) the many monetary contributions to the Boy Scouts; 28th Street YMCA; NAACP Christmas Seal Drive; Urban League; Volunteers for Drop Outs; and our Author Study Club, all of which are community service organizations in Los Angeles.

The affair was concluded when Bro. Cannon installed the new officers of Beta Psi Lambda for 1965.

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of Delta Nu Chapter, Maryland State College, Princess Anne, Md., is a J u n ior music major from Baltimore, Md.

(Top to bottom - left to right) Miss Laurel Jones - Sweetheart of Tau Chapter, University of 111., is a native of Chicago. She is a senior at the University of 111., College of Nursing, and recipient of a U. S. Department of Public Health Nurse Traineeship Scholarship. Miss Jones is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; daughter of Bro. Sidney A. Jones, Jr.. and sister of Bro. Sidney A Jones, III. Miss Marjorie Hall-Sweetheart of Beta Nu, Florida A & M University, is a junior Elementary Education major from Brooklyn, N. Y. She is an active member in the YWCA, NAACP, NEA and the Baptist Student Union.

Miss Carrie Yvonne Gwynn - Sweetheart of Epsilon Pi, Norfolk State College, is a senior and a native of Newport News, Va. Her hobbies include crocheting, reading, and collecting records. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gwynn and a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Miss Jo Ann Hemphill - Sweetheart

Miss Ernestine Deloris Moore Sweetheart of Delta Beta Chapter, Bethune Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla., is a sophomore in Sociology and is in the upper 25 percent of her class. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Moore of P e n s acola, Florida. Her hobbies are sewing and reading.

Miss Peytrienne Wayne Manning Sweetheart of Delta Alpha Chapter, Claflin College, Orangeburg, N. C , is a native of Washington, D. C. Miss Manning is a junior majoring in Educational Psychology and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Her hobbies are reading, dancing, and sports.

Miss Vanita Davis - Sweetheart of Theta Chapter. Chicago, 111., is a j u n ior at Chicago Teachers College. She is the first Independent Sweetheart that Theta has had in the last ten years.

Miss Felica Glover - Sweetheart of Beta Upsilon Chapter, Alabama State College, Montgomery, Ala., is a sopho-

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more from Montevallo, Ala. Miss Arianna Coor - Sweetheart of Delta Pi Chapter, Cheyney Stale College, Cheyney, Pa., is a sophomore from Philadelphia.

Miss Mary E. Douglas - Sweethe;ul of Gamma Rho, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., is a senior majoring in child development and family life. She is a native of Portage, Ind. Miss Victoria Everette - Sweetheart of Gamma Psi, St. Augustine College, Raleigh, N. C , is a senior from Lincolnton, N. C , majoring in sociology.

She is a member of the AKA Sorority.

Miss Barbara Jones - Sweetheart of Beta Chapter, Howard University, Washington, D. C. Miss Brenda Seigler - Sweetheart of Gamma Phi Chapter, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., is a sophomore in the School of Nursing.

Mrs. Q. T. Williams - Sweetheart of Alpha Tau Lambda Chapter, Tulsa, Okla. Mrs. Williams is the wife of Bro. Q. T. Williams, chairman of the Entertaining Committee.

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BROTHER E. SHEPAHD WRIGHT

The funeral for Bro. E. Shepard Wright, M. D., of 833 Cameron Ave. Winston-Salem, N. C , was conducted Tuesday, April 28, 4:00 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery.

Bro. E. Shepard Wright was born in New Haven, Conn., the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Wright of that city.

He was educated in the public schools of New Haven. He received his college and medical training at Howard University and Meharry Medical College.

He came to Winston-Salem in the fall of 1927, after doing his Internship at Lincoln Hospital in Durham, N. C. He immediately began his practice of m e d icine, and continued it until his death.

Bro. Wright was an active member of Grace Presbyterian Church where he served as chairman of the Auditing Committee. He was also a member of the Building Fund Committee.

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At Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Bro. Wright was a member of the Staff, a member of the attending Obstetrical Staff and assistant on the Gynecological Staff. He took an active part in the Old North State Medical Society, and the John Hale Surgical Society. He also served as Medical Director of the Winston Mutual Life Insurance Co. and examiner for the Winston-Salem District of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co. Bro. Wright was a founder of the Bachelor and Benedicts Club. He was an Army veteran of World War I. During World War II he received five Selective Service awards from Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

He was formerly active with the divisional committee of the Old Hickory Area Council Boy Scouts of America, the American Red Cross and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was treasurer and past master of Salem Lodge 139, Prince Hall Masons. He was a member of King Solomon's Consistory

No. 64 and Sethos Temple No. 170 of the Shriners. He was a 33rd degree Mason and secretary and treasurer of the Council of Deliberation of the Desert of North Carolina.

Bro Wright is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nell Brooks, and one daughter, Miss Marian Elizabeth Wright, a student at Howard University.

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