The SPHINX | Winter 1972 | Volume 58 | Number 4

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WINTER 1972 Volume 58, No. 4

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

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Brother Ernest N . Morial Twenty-Third General President Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.

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ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. DIRECTORY FOR 1972-1973 Jewel

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Officers General President — Ernest N. Morial 421 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, La. General President-Elect — Walter Washington Alcorn A and M College, Lorman, Miss.

Executive Secretary — Laurence T. Young 4432 Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, III. General Treasurer — Leven C. Weiss 4676 W. Outer Drive, Detroit, Michigan General Counsel — Barton W. Morris 2800 Guardian Building, Detroit, Mich.

Historian — Charles H. Wesley 1824 Taylor Street, N. W„ Washington. D.C. Comptroller — Isidore J. Lamothe, Jr Box 1558, Marshall, Texas Director-General Conventions — Kermit J. Hall 100 Fairview Ave., Yeadon, Penn.

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Vice Presidents Eastern — Charles P. Howard, Jr Midwestern — James R. Williams, Southern — Bennie J. Harris Southwestern — Robert M. King Western — Thadeaus H. Hobbs

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Assistant Vice Presidents Eastern — Stephen S. Johnson Box K-130 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Midwestern — George W. Durden 908 1-2 Work Drive, Akron, Ohio Southern — Leonard C. Johnson Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C. Western — Charles G. Lewis 4020 W. 21st Street, Los Angeles, California Southwestern — Brace B. Godfrey ..Box 44012, Southern Univ. Capitol Station, Baton Rouge, La.

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Committee Chairmen Educational Activities — Thomas D. Pawley 1014 Lafayette Street. Jefferson City, Mo. Building-Housing Fdtn. — William M. Alexander 4272 Washington Blvd. St Louis, Mo. Constitution — John D. Buckner 4246 W. North Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri Rules & Credentials — Andrew J. Lewis, II 2861 Engle Road. N.W., Atlanta, Georgia Standards & Extension — Leonard R. Ballou Eliza. City State Col, Elizabeth City, N. C. Election — Emmett W. Bashful 6400 Press Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana Budget & Finance — Isidore J. Lamothe, Jr P. O. Box # 1 5 5 8 , Marshall, Texas Personnel — Meredith G. Ferguson 1701 21st Avenue, N. Nashvillee, Tenn.

Publications — Moses General Miles 1329 Abraham Street, Tallahassee, Florida Publicity-Public Relations — Marcus Newstadter 2745 Prentiss Ave., New Orleans, La. Equitable Job Opportunity — Ather Williams Johnson & Johnson, 4949 W. 65th St. Chicago, III.

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Xi — Terrence J. Smith, Box 115 14. Wilberforce Univ.. Wilberforce, Ohio 45384 Omicron — Edward Everett, 15. 1732 Maplewood Street, Pittsburgh Pa 15221 Pi — George L. Smith, 16. 4119 East 104th, Cleveland, Ohio 44105 Rho — Louis Harris, 17. 357 W. Johnson St.. Philadelphia, Pa 19144 Sigma — Manfred H. Hayes, 519 Beacon St 18. Rm. 402-A, Boston, Mass. 02215 Tau — Harry Blakey, 19. 101 Gregory (South), Urbana, III 61801 Upsilon — George L. Clemoens, 1122 West 20. Campus Road-JRP, Lawrence, Kan 60644 T - , — ^ e , r r y D - B a i l e > ' ' L o t 4 " 3 Conestoga 21. Trailer Colony, Athens, Ohio 30314 Chi — Albert M. Thompson, 22. 208 Douglas Avenue, Nashville, Tenn. 3720?

Psi — James R. Burden G ree wa 23. Wl . " y A " o . , Philadelphia, Pa. 19132 Alpha Alpha — James Davis 24. 1064 Wade. Cincinnati, Ohio '45214 Alpha Beta — Charles Hunter, 25. Talladega College, Talladega, Ala. 35160 Alpha Gamma — Howlett E. Chandler.

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California State. Los Angeles, Cal. 90024 P a Ep ll n Ralph L Peterson, 28. o o n r . ^ S T 9280 Coral Road, Oakland, Cal. 94603 29. Alpha Zeta — Reggie B. Walton.

Box 263. Institute, W. Va 25112 Alpha Eta — J. T. White Jr 30. 4507 Natural Bridge, St. Louis, Mo. 63115 — Inactive, lowa City lowa 31. Alpha Theta * ' I 0 1 ' — Marcellus Martin, •!• Street, Denver, Colo. 80207 32. i i I 33. A pha Kappa — Inactive. Boston. Mass.

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34. bis Emerson St., Evanston, III. 60201 35. A pha Nu — Inactive, Des Moines, lowa Alpha Xi — Levi S. Fisher, 320 22nd South, Seattle, Wash. 98144 36. Avenue B rP*t-2mi?'0n X" La"y - Heath. Johnson 37. C. Smrth Univ., Charlotte, N.C. 28208 Alpha Pi — Michael Bateman, P. O. Box 84038. Urnv. of Louisville, Louisville, Ky. 40201 Alpha Rho — Joe Ratliff, Box # 2 2 0 39. Morehouse College, Atlanta. Ga. 30314 Alpha Sigma — Billie R. Casey, Box 124WHey College, Marshall, Texas 75670 40. AiS JL T a u ~ J a m e s R- Walker.

468 Sherman St., Apt. 2-B, Akron, Ohio 44310 41. Alpha Upsilon — Maurice Hill .,29 So'rento, Detroit, Mich. 48235 42. Alpha Phi — Larry L. Earvin. # 9 Maude Street, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37403 43. Alpha Chi — Hubert Gaskin, I I I , Box # 1 0 9 Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. 37203 S 44. i - L i M T R a m o n d Harper, 101 Foster HallLincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo. 65101 45. B , e o a c-' P L. h a „~ P^nklin C. Nelson, 2709 Fisk Road, Baltimore, Md. 21225 46. B . e „ ta B e , a — D - D - LaCroix, 4123 North 22nd St., Omaha, Neb. 68110 47. Beta Gamma — Andrew E. Jackson Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. 23803 48. Beta Delta — Harry Corley, Mays Hallb.C. State College Orangeburg, S. C. 29115 49. Beta Epsilon — Fred Goodlett, 1239 Tucker Street, Greensboro. N C 27405 50 Beta Zeta — Washington A. Johnson Butler Hall Room 103. Elizabeth City St. Univ., Elizabeth City, N.C. 27909

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Beta Eta — John Flte, Schneider Hall # 6 0 6 , Univ. of Southern III. Carbondale, III. 62901 52. Beta Theta — Ervln Griffin, Box 4082, Bluefield, W. Va. 24701 53. Beta lota — Thomas H. Andrews, WinstonSalem State Col., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 54. Beta Kappa — Jerry W. Lawrence, Box 267Langston Univ., Langston, Okla. 73050 55. Beta Mu — John W. Moore, Kentucky State Univ., Frankfort, Ky. 40601 56. Beta Nu — M. G. Miles, 1329 Abraham Street, Tallahassee, Fla. 32304 57. Beta Xi — Melvyn M. Tuggle 2364 Rozelle St., Memphis, Tenn. 38114 58. Beta Omicron — Willie J. Scott, Box 419Tenn. State Univ. Nashville, Tenn. 37203 59. Beta Pi — Robert Smith, Lane CollegeJubilee Hall, Jackson, Tenn. 38301 60. Beta Rho — Bryant D. Creecy, Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C. 27602 61. Beta Sigma — Robert E. Reed, P. O. Box 9772-Southern Univ. Baton Rouge, La. 70813 62. Beta Tau — Jerome Todd.

7325 Palmetto Street Box 21-B, Xavier Univ. of Louisiana, New Orleans, La. 70125 63. Beta Upsilon — Jiley Mitchner, P. O. Box 28Alabama State Col., Montgomery, Ala. 64. Beta Phi — Charles Joiner, Box 325-Oillard Univ., New Orleans, La. 70122 65. Beta Chi — Willie Robinson, # 1 5 Sunset Drive, Little Rock, Ark. 72207 66. Beta Psi — London, England, Inactive 66. Beta Psi — Portland, Ore., Inactive 67. Gamma Alpha — Eugene Randolph, Box 238-Texas College, Tyler, Tex. 75701 68. Gamma Beta — Carl H. Dixon, Box 1984N.C. Central Univ., Durham, N. C. 27707 69. Gamma Gamma — Theopolis Cooper, Allen University, Columbia, S. C. 29204 70. Gamma Delta — William Holden, P. O. Box 4598-A M & N Col., Pine Bluff, Ark. 71601 71. Gamma Epsilon — Donald L. Williams, 1850 Beld Street, Madison, Wis. 53713 72. Gamma lota — Charlie M. Faulk, Box 6063Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. 23368 73. Gamma Eta — Frederick H. Griffin, 624-Hulman Center, Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, Ind. 47809 74. Gamma Theta — Clarence Dawson, 867-C South Gettysburg Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45408 75. Gamma lota — Charles Reld, P. O. Box 6063, Hampton, Va. 23368 76. Gamma Kappa — Nathaniel Dunn, Jr., Box 177-Mlles College, Birmingham, Ala. 35208 77. Gamma Mu — Frank R. Brown, 815 West Thomas Street, Salisbury, N.C. 28144 78. Gamma Nu — Larry Flshe, 356 E. Fairmount Ave., State Col., Pa. 16801 79. Gamma XI — Charles S. Mclver, 2177 West 25th St., Apt. # 1 , Los Angeles, Cal. 90018 80. Gamma Omicron — James B. Blanton, Knoxvllle Col. Mailroom, Knoxville, Tenn. 37921 81. Gamma PI — Wlnard T. Bradley, Benedict College, Columbia, S. C. 29204 82. Gamma Rho — John P. Jones, 1133 Van Buren, Gary, Ind. 46407 83. Gamma Sigma — S. James White, III Box 312-Delaware St. College, Dover, Del. 19901 84. Gamma Tau — Alfred Denson, 4827 Dunckel Road, Lansing, Mich. 48910 85. Gamma Upsilon — Jimmie Thompson, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Miss. 29174 86. Gamma Phi — Calvin L. Green, Jr., 219 Resident " F " Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. 36088 87. Gamma Chi — Louis D. Dunn, 1805 S. Homer Apt. # 2 6 , Pittsburg, Kan. 66762 88. Gamma Psi — Lee Wiggins, P. O. Box 724St. Augustine's College, N.C. 27602 89. Delta Alpha — Frank Loadholt, Claflln CollegeHigh Rise Dorm, Orangeburg, S. C. 29115 90. Delta Beta — Sidney J. Smith, BethuneCookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla. 32015 91. Delta Gamma — Elbert Hunter, Alabama A & M Univ., Normal, Ala. 35762 92. Delta Delta — Grady Yancey, Albany State College, Albany, Ga. 31705 93. Delta Epsilon — Alvion Johnson, 232 Sycamore Street, Buffalo, N.Y. 14204 94. Delta Zeta — Inactive, Syracuse, N.Y. 95. Delta Eta — Stanley Smith, Savannah State College, Savannah, Ga. 31405 96. Delta Theta — Delta Theta, Box 564Texas Southern Univ., Houston, Texas 77004 97. Delta lota — Inactive, New Brunswick, N.J. 98. Delta Kappa — Jessie Elizenberry, Box 332Alcorn A & M College, Lorman, Miss. 39096 99. Delta Mu — John Buffington, 1433 North Fountain, Wichita, Kan. 67208 100. Delta Nu — Harry Wimbush, Box 1411Maryland State Col., Princess Anne, Md. 21853 300. Delta XI — Jocqua Carter, 304 Broaddus HallCentral State Univ., Wilberforce, Ohio 45384 301. Delta Omicron — Fred Jackson, 2606 Havenscount Blvd., Oakland, Cal. 94605 302.

Delta PI — Michael J. Lewis, 1771 Dover Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19121 303. Delta Rho — Benjamin F. Boyd, Jr., 5401 Brookslde # 4 0 2 , Kansas City, Mo. 64112 304. Delta Sigma — Charles Scott, P. O. Box 1134, Grambllng College, Grambling, La. 71245

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ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. CONTENTS "IN SUMMATION" — Bro. Ernest N. Morial

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N.A.A.C.P. 63rd Annual Convention

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Alpha Men Candidates for Connecticut Congress

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T. W. Cole, Sr. Serves at University of Florida

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Omicron Lambda Chapter Milestone

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Gus T. Ridgel Appointment

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Theta Omicron Lambda Breaks Ground

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New Jersey Chapters Salute Black Business

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An Open Letter from Mathew H. Dawson

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Alpha Man Elected to U.S. Congress

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Eta Lambda News

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Atlanta Educators Promoted

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Midwest Regional Convention Plans

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Kappa Lambda Chapter Reflections

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American History Week

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"Frat Fun" by Bro. O. Wilson Winters

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Col. Charles E. McGee Commands Air Base

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Bernard R. Fielding

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Eta Pi Lambda Man of the Year

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Theta Rho Lambda News

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Life Membership News

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Alpha Men Become DCPA Interns

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Delta Alpha Lambda Celebrates

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Rent Increases . . . Are They Legal

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Executive Secretary Young on Alpha Heraldry

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J. "Herb" King Appointed

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Omega Chapter

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Building Regulations

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IN S U M M A T I O N " . . . Bro. Ernest N. M o r i a l . .

Brother Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial was born October 9, 1929, in New Orleans and received his early education in the city's public and parochial schools.

In 1951 he was awarded a B.S. in Business Administration from Xavier University of Louisiana, after receiving the Louisiana Teachers Association Scholarship. Three years later he became the first Black graduate of the Louisiana State Law School, after having successfully competed in the Law School's Moot Court competition.

Morial served with the U.S. Army

Intelligence Corps, 1954-56, during the Korean conflict, acting as a liason with the CIA. Upon returning to New Orleans, Morial established a law practice in association with A. P. Tureaud, dean of Negro lawyers in Louisiana. He also taught, serving as part-time instructor in Distributive Education for the Orleans Parish School Board and teaching business administration and insurance at Xavier University.

During early years of his law practice in New Orleans, Morial participated ac-

tively as a cooperating attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and served as the President of the New Orleans Chapter of the NAACP. His influence with this organization extended to the national level, where he served on the Resolutions Committee at the NAACP's national conventions.

Locally, Morial fought for equal rights by handling many suits which resulted in the elimination of segregation policies. His wife, Sybil Haydel Morial, was the successful plaintiff in a suit challenging the Louisiana law which prohibited teachers from holding membership in organizations advocating integration in the classroom. Other legal actions handled by Morial brought about the end of racial discrimination policies at Delgado Trade School, New Orleans Municipal Auditorium and area colleges, including LSUNO, Southwestern and Southeastern.

Morial served as president of the local NAACP chapter from 1962 to 1965, when he resigned to accept a position with the U. S. Attorney's office in Louisiana (another "first" for the state's Negroes).

The political career of Dutch Morial started in 1959 when he ran for the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. Although he reached the second primary run-off, he was not elected to the Committee.

In 1967 Morial won a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives, scoring a first primary victory over one Negro and two white opponents. To become the first Black Democrat ever elected to the Louisiana legislature and the first black since reconstruction, he successfully united black and white voters. In this contest, Morial became the first Negro candidate endorsed by both the New Orleans States-Item and The Times Picayune.

In 1968 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. loining a field of seven candidates in 1969, Representative Morial sought election to a Councilman-at-Large post for the City of New Orleans. He won a second primary slot by trailing the top vote getter by only 10,000 votes in the first primary. In the second primary, he closed the vote gap to 6,000, losing the election by less than four percent of the total votes cast.

N.A.A.CP. 63rd Annual Convention The 63rd Annual Convention of the NAACP was perhaps one of the largest and most productive in the long illustrious history of the Association. More tnan 2,600 delegates and alternates gathered in Detroit in order to map out new strategies, sharpen existing techniques and reaffirm the Association's 63-year consistent commitment to achieve a completely integrated, multi-racial, society, realizing that only in such a nation can equality be real and authentic. The delegates fully understood what NAACP Board Chairman, Stephen Gill Spottswood meant in his opening keynote speech on Friday, July 4th when he said: "I tell you and all to whom these words shall come, that the NAACP considers itself here, now in July, in the Year of Our Lord 1972, in a state ot war. Every man and woman, every youth and every adult who has accepted membership in the NAACP has also accepted a place in the ranks of the NAACP army. They must know that the time has now come to 'put on the whole armor of God . . . For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world and against spiritual wickedness in high places.' " Most delegates and Negro Americans were painfully aware of the "not so silent retreat" of the Administration in the entire field of federal enforcement of civil rights obligations. Few were unaware of the attempt to impose an anti-Black Supreme Court on the land. All delegates knew quite well that many of our hardwon gains are placed in serious jeopardy by the policies of the present Administration. The 63rd Annual Convention of the NAACP understood all too well what the late Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune meant when she said nearly three decades ago, "We have come a long way but we still have a long way to go."

Most delegates were alarmed over the Administration's opposition to equal educational opportunities for Black children expressed through the President's "opposition to busing." The true meaning of this racist position becomes evident when we consider that absolutely no meaningful plan was put forth to build a bridge for deprived Black children to escape the disabilities of ghetto life. While the President has come out against so called "quotas," he has not advanced any plan to end discrimination in employment and mounting unemployment among Black Americans.

The presence of so many dedicated people was a clear signal of their understanding that it is through the NAACP that we can hopefully beat back this spreading blight of bigotry that is suffocating our political landscape. All realized that membership in the NAACP was indeed one way that we must respond to this crisis. Some may choose to protest, others may petition, still others may picket.

However, all of us must persevere and proudly proclaim our support for the NAACP. Real meaning can be given our concern through increased Membership, Life Membership in the NAACP for our families, members, friends, colleagues and associates. Everyone must join. Freedom must be fought for and won â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;˘ it is never bestowed.

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Alpha's Twenty-Third General President In the near-successful Councilman-atLarge campaign, the state legislator broadened his base of support in both the black and white communities. He was endorsed by both of New Orleans' daily newspapers for the city-wide post in this election.

Representative Morial returned to the state legislature to continue the leadership role he had played in constitutional revision, reform in welfare laws, consumer credit protection and voter registration, advocating the lowering of the voting age to 18.

At the close of the 1970 legislative session, the last regular session until 1972, State Representative Ernest N. Morial was appointed a judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court by Governor John J. McKeithen.

Judge Morial has involved himself extensively in civic and community service programs, locally and on the national scale.

Judge Morial has been a participant in the Foreign Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, in cooperation with the American Council of Young Political Leaders. He serves as a member of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law organized by the late President John F. Kennedy and on the Louisiana Commission of Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Section of Individual rights and Responsibilities of the American Bar Association.

Locally, he serves on the Board of Directors of Total Community Action, Inc., New Orleans Legal Aid Society and the Louisiana Voter Education Project. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Irish Channel Action Foundation. He is a charter member of the Community Relations Council and has served on the Board of Directors of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans.

The Juvenile Court Judge is a founder and former president of the New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation. He has lectured at Loyola's Institute of Politics and participated in the Metropolitan Leadership Forum at Tulane.

Judge Morial, who serves on the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association, has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme

1971 issue of Ebony Magazine lists him as One of America's 100 Most Influential Blacks. Again in 1972 he was selected by Ebony as one of America's 100 Most Influential Blacks. On Nov. 7th Judge Morial was elected to the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

Judge Morial and Mrs. Morial are the parents of five children â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Julie Claire, Marc Haydel, Jacques Etienne, Cheri Michele, and Monique Gayle Morial.

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Brother Ernest N. Morial

Court, Louisiana Supreme Court, U. S. District Court and U. S. Court of Appeals. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association. St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association. Inc., Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, American Trail Lawyers Association and the National Society of State Legislators.

He has been elected to Who's Who in American Politics and is also listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest. He is listed in the 1965 Edition of Outstanding Young Men of America.

His memberships include Frontiers International, International Brotherhood Protective Order of the Elks of the World, Knights of Columbus and the Knights of Peter Claver, which he has served as National Advocate.

Judge Morial is a member of the Board of Governors of the Tulane University Medical Center and the Board of Directors of Loyola University, he also serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity (ICBO). He is an instructor in Business Administration at Southern University, and a part-time non paid Professor of Law at Tulane University Law School.

Judge Morial is featured in an article on Southern Judges in the March, 1971 issue of Ebony Magazine. The April

Brother Otha N. Brown

State Representative Clyde Billington was successful in his re-election bid for the Connecticut House as one of four Black legislators representing the city of Hartford. As a freshman legislator, he served as Clerk of the Corrections, Public Welfare, and Humane Institutions Committee.

Brother Gail Stockham was defeated as a candidate for the State Senate from the City of Stratford. Known as a vigorous campaigner and for being very outspoken on issues, he entered politics several years ago in the Democratic primary for U.S. Congressman. Four years ago he ran successfully for the City Board of Education.

State Representative Otha N. Brown, Jr., a veteran legislator failed to win reelection to the Connecticut House of Representatives after three terms. When he was first elected, Brother Brown was the first of his race ever to be elected to state office from Fairfield County.

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Past General President Serves at University of Florida Mr. Laurence Young, General Secretary Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 4432 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Chicago, Illinois Dear

Laurence:

It has been a long time since you heard from me. Be assured however, that I am still interested in the progress of Alpha Phi Alpha; and though I have not attended a general convention in some time, I have kept up with the program of the Fraternity.

Currently, I am active with Epsilon Pi Lambda here in Gainesville, but because I go to Miami regularly for Sigma Pi Phi Boule meetings, I'm planning to attend meetings of that chapter also; in fact, several of the Boule members in Miami are also Alphas.

Several brothers have inquired regarding what I'm doing, etc.; I am therefore sending this news release which I hope you will have placed in the next issue of the SPHINX. If I should send a copy to someone else, let me know. I'm sending a recent photograph herewith.

Best wishes and kindest personal regards to you and to Mrs. Young; also to all brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha.

Past General President, T. W. Cole, Sr.

Brother T. Winston Cole, Sr., former General President, joined the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, July 1, 1971, as Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs. On November 1, 1972 he was promoted to Dean of Academic Affairs for Instructional Services at the University. His responsibilities include: coordinating the various evaluation programs relating to the Office of Academic Affairs; improving overall teaching effectiveness; serving as Ombudsman for the Office of Academic Affairs; aiding in identification, recruitment, employment, and orientation of faculty personnel with a special emphasis on minority groups; coordinating special external programs for which the Office of Academic Affairs has a particular responsibility; editing the Faculty Handbook; coordinating the Commencement Program; and serving as a member of the Council of Academic Deans, the Administrative Council, and the University Senate.

Brother Cole was formerly President of Wiley College in Marshall, Texas and General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Upon moving to Florida his membership was transferred to Epsilon Pi Lambda in Gainesville, Florida.

In Gainesville, Brother Cole is active as a member or the Administrative Board of the First United Methodist Church.

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Incidentally, the chapter here is investigating undergraduate chapter at the University of Florida. who are already Alphas because they transferred chapters of the fraternity, and many others who are

the possibility of organizing an We have several undergraduates here from campuses that have interested in becoming members.

I will be writing you more about this as soon as I have additional

information.

If I may assist with your program or help Walter in any way, please let me know. Perhaps I can attend the next general convention, and also the Southern Regional.

Fraternally, T. W. Cole, Sr. Dean of Academic Affairs for Instructional Services

Omicron Lambda Chapter Reaches NAACP Milestone Phi Delta Kappa Honorary Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi Boule, the University of Florida Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Epsilon Pi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the Gainesville Chapter of the Torch Club International, and the Gainesville Chapter of the Rotary Club International. He continues to serve as a member of President Nixon's Commission on Presidential Scholars and the Commission on General Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Dr. and Mrs. Cole reside at 124 S. W. 23rd Street, University Park, Gainesville, Florida.

Omicron Lambda Chapter, Mobile, Alabama, Crosses Half Way Mark with its recent announcement to the effect that the chapter had made the sixth payment of $50.00 to be credited toward a $500.00 Life Membership to the Mobile Chapter of the NAACP. The members of the chapter had pledged a payment of $50.00 per year to the NAACP local office in Mobile, until the total of $500.00 is paid; comprising a Life Membership for the chapter. Bro. Earl Roberson is President of the local chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Bro. Alvin J. Allen is Secretary and Bro. Ralph Howard is Reporter.

Past Comptroller Ridgel Appointed by Central State University ference of the American Association of University Professors. He was an active Associate in the Danforth Associate Program of the Danforth Foundation, and a member of the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

In the House of Alpha, Brother Ridgel has served as Comptroller of the Frater-

nity, Chairman of the Budget Committee, member of the Constitution Committee, and Vice President of the Midwestern Region. He also a Life Member of the Fraternity.

Brother Ridgel is married to Dr. Gertrude Ridgel, who is Chairman of the Department of Biology at Kentucky State University.

Theta Omicron Lambda's $1.6 Million Development Breaks Ground for 104 Units

Bro. Gus T. Ridgel

Dr. Gus T. Ridgel, Chairman of the Department of Business and Economics at Kentucky State University since 1960, has been named as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Central State University in Wilberfrce, Ohio. Dr. Ridgel's appointment is effective as of January 2, 1973.

Brother Ridgel, a native of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at Lincoln (Missouri) where he was initiated into Alpha Psi Chapter. He was a test case at the University of Missouri, and became the first Black to matriculate and graduate from there when he received a Master's degree in Economics in 1951. Brother Ridgel received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1957. His post-graduate studies include: Duke University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Indiana University. He also served as a Visiting Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Bombay, India.

While at Kentucky State University, Brother Ridgel was elected as a member of the Board of Regents of Kentucky State University, served as President and member of the Board of Directors of Prince Hall Village, Incorporated (a one and one-half million dollar apartment complex), Secretary and member of the Board of Directors of the Service Loan Companny, Secretary-Treasurer of the College Park Development Corporation, and President of the Kentucky State Con-

Theta Omicron Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. held its groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, October 8, 1972, at 4:00 p.m.

Greetings were brought to the organization by the mayor of Goldsboro, Tommy Gibson, Johnnie Burke of the state chapter and James L. Hunt of the national chapter.

Hunt explained at the groundbreaking ceremony that Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Building Foundation has sponsored and now has completed over 40 million dollars in decent housing for people throughout the country. He praised the local chapter for the giant step it has taken in this direction.

Alpha Arms, Inc. is a $1.6 million HUD insured 236 Housing Project for moderate income families with a 10% rent supplement feature. The 104 unit completely air-conditioned apartment project will consist of 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedroom apartments.

Superior Construction Company of Greensboro is the general contractor.

Clinton Gravely of Greensboro is the architect.

Local officers of the corporation are: Kirky L. Hamilton, President; William P. Pitt, Vice President, Jerome Shipman, Secretary; David Rogers, Assistant Secretary; William L. West, Treasurer and William Reinhardt, Assistant Treasurer.

At ground-breaking ceremony for Alpha Arms Apartments â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (I. to r.) Clinton Gravely, Architect of Greensboro, NC; Brother Kirby L. Hamilton, president of Alpha Arms, Inc.; Brother James L. Hunt of Baton Rouge, Louisana, special representative of Brother William M. Alexander who is in charge of Alpha Phi Alpha Building and Housing Foundation; Brother Johnnie E. Burke, Southern Regional Director of Raleigh, N.C.; Tommy Gibson, mayor of Goldsboro, N.C.; and Brother Earl Whitted, attorney for Alpha Arms, Inc.

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Lawson Lauds Jersey Chapters for "Salute to Black Business Former national President, Atty. Belford Lawson of Washington told the 2nd Annual State Convention of New Jersey chapters November 18th that its Salute to 30 old and unusual black businesses in the state represented a significant entry by Alpha into community affairs and added that the state had made history in the process. Lawson was guest speaker at the banquet in the Robert Treat Hotel of Newark which ended a day of workshops including a panel discussion entirely devoted to the convention theme.

At the closing banquet Bro. Elbert C. Wisner of Ocean, New Jersey, State Director, presided while Bro. James Alvin (Moose Parker of Red Bank, president of that city's Rotary Club, was emcee. Bro. James Wilson, president of Alpha Alpha Lambda of Newark, welcomed the delegates. Bro. Harry B. Webber of the same chapter, who organized and processed the statement Salute, narrated the histories of the 30 honorees, each of whom was given an official Alpha, certificate by Brothers Wisner and Joseph Bridgers, president of Alpha Theta Lambda chapter of Atlantic City.

Among the honorees was 99 year old J. P. Wilson, East Orange grocer, who still works every day at his business founded in 1934 and also Mrs. Edith Shellman, Newark realtor, who is 88 and still climbs ghetto stairs to collect her own

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rents. Women honored included Mrs. Ruth Robinson, president of SEICO Electronics of Perth Amboy and wife of Theta Psi Lambda chapter president: Bro. Daniel Robinson, fashion leaders Mrs. Emily Miles, Renee Stalks of Newark and beautician leader Mrs. Mae Thornton Muldrow of Newark. The oldest black business in the state was represented by honoree mortician James E. Churchman III and one of the largest businesses by Charles Whigham, bank president and also mortician. An Alpha brother, who is both a dentist and businessman was among the honorees, Dr. Hubert H. Byron of Wrightstown, N. J. where he owns a health center that includes a Sauna salon. Another brother honored is Leonard M. Miller of Trenton of Dynamic Products, a consultant firm.

Significant was the afternoon's panel discussion on Black Business held at the Newark College of Engineering, headquarters of the convention. The six panelists, all experts, drew a crowd of both Alphas and Alpha-Betts, and a state senator, Mrs. Wynona Lipman of Montclair also joined in. She had earlier been guest speaker at the Alpha-Betts luncheon and fashion show.

The panel was moderated by Brother Harold Sims of Johnson and Johnson, the drug supply firm of New Brunswick and former head of the National Urban League. He quickly traced

IN REBUTTAL . . . A N OPEN LETTER Honorable Ernest N. Morial, President Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 1821 Orleans Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70116 Dear Brother President Morial: I have read with particular interest Brother Larry Ervin's open letter dated March 15, 1972. Whereas his letter raises certain allegations and indictments, I find no evidence of facts in Atlanta to support same.

Moreover, it is undisputed that Alpha is an interdependent organization and seeks not to exclude from its membership any brother initiated at the college or graduate level. The alumni chapter provides a viable avenue for any brother to sustain and maintain his continuing support to his Fraternity.

It appears to this observer that some college chapters are experiencing some difficulties due to fault of their own and peculiar circumstances. Alpha Phi Alpha was founded out of "black emphasis" and to this day, being black remains unchanged because of the "color."

I find that some attitudes of our black college graduates of today are hung up on black emphasis, black relevance and black separatism. Incidentally, 1 can appreciate any healthy sign of an emerging black consciousness, but at the same time, I expect blacks to have in their possession not only the signs and symbols of liberation, but the skills, competencies and understandings that will be necessary to transform slogans into reality.

My response is not an attempt to take Brother Ervin to task, nor an effort to demean his observation. However, instead of his suggesting, by inference, that the membership requirements (inter alia) be made to accommodate, I think he should be encouraging college brothers to know that the ends of education are essentially moral â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that the proper use of a Black Man's time in college should not be wasted in arguing the relevance of English literature or compulsory class attendance. With today's opportunities for black students, the college degree should not be looked upon as a passport out of the ghetto, but as an opportunity to render greater service.

If there is too much "liberation" in today's educational institution, the black brothers should heed the cries of the alumni brothers, constantly begging all blacks to get as much as they can of what is available. Each generation must see and understand its contribution in life as part of a relay team.

First of all, learn how to properly receive the baton and then be prepared to run your leg of the race. When the pages of history are recorded, they like generations before, will have contributed significantly to our ever struggling problem.

The times of today demand the most of all black folk.

We are the descendants of men and women who picked cotton, built bridges, and dammed rivers in the grips of the most terrifying ordeals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but yet endured. It is a quality â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a characteristic of personality. Baldwin called it "the capacity to endure"; Grier and Cobb called it "a kind of majesty . . ."

The calibre of man made into our fraternity reflects what talent we have in the college chapters. When I was a college student, it was known that Alpha didn't ask for anyone and accepted a mighty damn few. We sought quality and not numbers. There is a vehicle. Principles and customs are passed from one generation to another. Maybe, the relevant question is, where is the break in the chain? There are those men made into the fraternity whose expressed purposes are to destroy the principles, the quality standards, the joining of hands in singing the Hymn and any noble tradition significant to me and any other brother who knows about Alpha Phi Alphal Finally, Brother Ervin's attack on college and alumni Brothers' relations is unfounded and is without merit. This is but another attempt in some college Brothers shying away from responsibility and commitment. Each alumni chapter has room for more manpower than many Brothers are willing to give. Brother Ervin or no other Brother should confuse generalities with facts. Such grave indictments against alumni chapters is unfair. It is not a matter of "Looking down" or drumming up some other preconceived notion, the whole thing is that the college Brother (who's guilty) wants a selfconstructed world and he's unwilling to get in the alumni chapter. When a Brother finishes college does he write the mayor, governor or the President and say the people who are already employed don't treat him right because they were employed before him?

I fault no man for what's wrong with me.

Fraternally, Mathew H. Dawson, President Eta Lambda Chapter

" . . . . Black Business" a profound history of business in general in the nation, pointing out that businesses and trading companies preceded the formation of the colonies, territories and states and that the latter were actually formed to protect such businesses and the citizens.

Michael Corrin of the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, Daniel Robinson of General Cable, William Mercer of Mercermedia of Newark and Washington, Dennis Brown of Denru Trucking Company, later an honoree, Charles Whigham, bank board president and also an honoree each covered a phase of the black business world and answered questions.

Robinson related how working in an electronics job for someone else enabled him to discover he was underemployed, so that he formed his own company. Whigham traced the rise of mortician competition from the new mortician conglomerates.

Mercer related the relation of the media to black business.

Corrin told how his organizations has assisted in advancing millions in capital to new black business. Dennis Brown told how he started out in 1968 with a battered truck and built a trucking business that now grosses a quarter of a million. The sessions had such an impact in the business world that director Wisner continues to receive laudatory letters and messages from the honorees.

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Brother Andrew

Young...

Souths First Black Congressman in 1 0 0 Years Young defeated a formidable opponent, State Rep. Rodney Cook (R), a white politician, in the Georgia Fifth District Congressional race. The young Democrat won despite the personal visit of President Nixon and a host of other Republican bigwigs to Georgia, urging support of Cook and other GOP candidates. The Atlanta post is the most prestigeous of the Georgia delegation.

Young's campaign put together a unique coalition of black and white, rich and poor, its theme featuring Young's quiet, effective voice for change.

Born on March 12, 1932, Young was educated at Dillard University in New Orleans, and Howard University in Washington, D. C. Following graduation, he enrolled in Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut and earned a Bachelor of Divinity Degree in 1955.

Brother Andrew Young

The South's first black congressmanelect in over a hundred years is an active Alpha man. He is Andrew 'Andy' Young, a member of Atlanta's Eta Lambda chapter, and right hand man of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

He pastored churches in Hartford, Connecticut; Marion, Alabama, where he met his wife; and in Thomasville and Beachton, Georgia. He joined the National Council of Churches' Department of Youth Work as its Associate Director in 1957. For several years he worked professionally with youth in such di-

verse areas as television programming, athletics and policymaking related to youth.

Young served with the National Council of Churches until 1961 when lie joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to conduct a Southern voter registration drive. By 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had elevated him to SCLC's executive directorship.

From this position he played a part in the crucial struggles of the decade.

He was involved in Civil Rights struggles in Birmingham, St. Augustine and Selma, and was a key participant in working out some of the solutions which led to the progress hailed by people throughout the South.

Young helped in the drafting of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He became Executive Vice President of SCLC in 1968, the year of Atlanta's labor disputes where he worked behind the scenes for quite reconcilation.

In 1970 he was the first Black man in 100 years to win the Democratic nomination for Congress in the South.

During that campaign, he became widely

ETA LAMBDA HONORS GEORGIA TECH STAR â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The brothers of Atlanta's Eta Lambda chapter recently honored Georgia Tech's ace quarterback at their Education for Citizenship luncheon, co-sponsored with the famed Butler St. YWCA Hungry Club. McAshan has shattered all previous records among Tech quarterbacks, quite a fete for the first black in this position. He was presented the "Education for Citizenship Award" by chapter president Matthew H. Dawson for his courage, leadership, competence and ability. Left to right In picture are: Milton "Skelly" White, Ernest Wright, Father H. J. C. Bowden, William A. Fowlkes, McAshan, Robert Lewis, Dawson and Wendell White.

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ETA LAMBDA, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Celebrates with Annual Recognition Banquet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (L. to r.) A. J. "General" Lewis, II received the Chapter Award of Appreciation; Father H. J. C. Bowden, Sr. received his 50th Year Membership Certificate; Matthew H. Dawson, Chapter President; Robert A. Lewis received the President's Distinguished Service Award; Robert Willis received for A. H. Watts the Chapter Award of Recognition and Ernest W. Wright, General Chairman.

recognized as a thoughtful and articulate advocate not only of the Black and poor, but for all the citizens of Atlanta, bound together in the problems and challenges of urban life in the 70's.

Young headed the Community Relations Commission of Atlanta, a position that gave him an unusually broad and thorough knowledge of Atlanta and its problems. He became deeply involved in many community projects and institutions, including the YMCA, Cancer Society, Economic Opportunity Atlanta (the anti-poverty agency) and others. He worked with religious organizations of all faiths and denominations including the World Council of Churches, the National Catholic Welfare Council and the American Jewish Congress.

In addition to his work with government and the church, Young was both involved and respected in labor affairs.

He had been instrumental in making settlements and solving disputes in landmark situations such as Charleston, S.C., where he played a crucial role as mediator and problem solver. More recently he was instrumental in ending the eightweek-long strike at Atlanta's Holy Family Hospital.

Young has travelled extensively, lecturing before church and social organi-

zations in Europe, South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean and Middle East.

He has led a U. S. delegation to the European Ecumenical Youth Assembly, attended the World Council of Churches' Central Committee in 1961 and again this year, and has participated in study tours of the Middle East, Israel and Jordan.

In addition to his work with the Community Relations Commission, Young served the following organizations: (a) Executive Committee of the National Urban Coalition. (b) Executive Committee of Common Cause. (c) Commission on the Cities in the 70's. (d) Citizens Committee for Government Reorganization. (e) Chairman of the Board of the Delta Ministry of Mississippi. (f) Board member of the Martin Luther King Memorial Center. (g) Board member of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation.

Andrew Young is a member of the First Congregational Church of Atlanta.

He is married and has three children, Andrea, Lisa, and Paula. His wife, Jean, is a Resource Teacher with the Atlanta Public School System. They are expecting their first boy early in 1973.

ATLANTA EDUCATORS NAMED SUPERINTENDENTS Two Atlanta educators recently received high promotions in the Atlanta Public School system. They were Edwin A. Thompson, former Area V Superintendent, who was promoted to Assistant Superintendent,, Personnel Division, and Alvin A. Dawson, former principal of Booker T. Washington High School, who was promoted to Area V Superintendent. Both are members of Eta Lambda chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Thompson, a native of Birmingham, Ala., received his B.A. degree from Morehouse, holds graduate degrees from New York and Atlanta universities and is completing his dissertation for his doctorate from Auburn University.

Dawson, who hails from Warrenton, Ga., holds a Bachelor's degree from Morehouse and Master's from Atlanta University.

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Midwest Regional Convention: "Big Doings Are Planned" From the Desk of the

"Most Outstanding Chapters"

CONVENTION CHAIRMAN

AMONG HOST CHAPTERS Epsilon Theta, Bowling Green State University, pioneer in College Housing was voted the Most Outstanding College Chapter in the Midwest at the Midwestern Regional Convention in Gary, Indiana, in 1972.

Brother James R. Williams Midwestern

Brother

Vice-President

Alpha Xi Lambda won the most outstanding Graduate Chapter in the Midwest at the Midwestern Region Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, 1971. Bro. Rob M. Stubblefield was voted the outstanding brother in the Midwest. He is the Regional Director for Northwestern Ohio.

Wayne Graham

Midwestern General Convention

Chairman

The 1973 Midwestern Regional Convention will open in the beautiful redecorated Commodore Perry Motor Inn in downtown Toledo, Ohio. After greetings by a city official, brother Bennie Harris, Southern Regional Vice-President will deliver the keynote address. Brother George Durden, Midwestern Assistant Vice President, will be the featured speaker for the College Brother's Luncheon. General President, Brother Walter Washington will be the banquet speaker.

There will be no charge for registration unless an extra banquet ticket is desired ($6.50) and no charge for parking.

Registration information forms will be sent to all brothers in the midwestern region.

For further information write: Bro. Arthur L. Roach 630 Searles Rd. Toledo, Ohio 43607 Or call 419-536-1101 10

Planning Committee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alpha Xi Lambda Chapter, Epsilon Alpha Chapter, and Epsilon Theta Chapter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Front Row L to R.: Bros. C. Lawyer, Alpha Xi Lambda President; M. Jackson, Regional Convention Social Chairman; L. Rose, Epsilon Theta President; J. Williams Midwestern Vice President Back Row: L. to R.: Bros. W. Graham, Midwestern Regional Convention Chairman; B. Watson, Epsilon Alpha President; J. Chadwell, Co-Chairman, Midwestern Regional convention; R. Stubblefield, N. W. Ohio Regional Director; A. Roach, Coordinator of Finances; L. Shoto, Editor of the Sphinx (Not Shown).

COME TO TOLEDO GLASS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

1 MID-WESTERN REGIONAL CONVENTION

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APRIL 2 7 - 2 8 , 1973

Wives of Alpha XI Lambda

THREE HOST CHAPTERS WAIT TO GREET YOU ALPHA XI LAMBDA TOLEDO, OHIO EPSILON ALPHA UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO EPSILON THETA BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY

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Bunnies at Alpha Xi Lambda's Annual Playboy Scholarship Benefit.

Bro. Jimmy Gaines, Alpha XI Lambda's first scholarship recipient.

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Bro. Williams, Midwestern Vice-President and Brothers of Alpha Xi Lambda at 1971 Founders Day Celebration.

Brothers of Alpha Xi Lambda, Toledo, Ohio

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Reflections from Kappa Lambda Chapter Greensboro, North Carolina, 1972 Brother Willie T. Ellis, Associate Editor of the Sphinx Kappa Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated of Greensboro, North Carolina has completed an unprecedented number of newsworthy achievements. Brother Walter Sullivan stood at the helm of the administration which counted a myriad of achievements before turning the reigns of management over to the new administration.

The new slate of officers entrusted to provide leadership for Kappa Lambda Chapter are: President Brother Paul Sandifer Vice President Brother Rudolph Artis Recording Secretary Brother Frank Morris Corresponding Secretary Brother Sullivan Welborne Treasurer Brother Jonah Smith Associate Editor of the Sphinx . . . Brother Willie T. Ellis Chaplain Brother Matthew Patterson Sergeant-at-Arms Brother Talmage Brewer Director of Education Activities . Brother Samuel Burford Activities which highlighted the news media and extolled the virtues of Alphadom for the current year were as follows: 1. A special program was initiated to reclaim inactive Brothers. The membership grew from 57 to 91 active members.

2. The Alpha Outreach Project, which is community oriented, was initiated and sponsored four softball teams and provided a tutoral program to assist disadvantaged students with special needs in academic skills.

3. A special promotional program was designed to recruit life membership into Alpha Phi Alpha. Ten brothers initiated life membership status.

4. Kappa Lambda Chapter established strong fraternal ties and rapport with Beta Epsilon Undergraduate Chapter and assisted the undergraduate chapter with several chapter projects. Undergraduate Brothers attended the Alumni Chapter meetings and social functions in a fraternal and amiable atmosphere which was unprecedented in the history of the Chapter.

5. Several Brothers exhalted themselves through various avenues of personal, professional and civic endeavors: — Brother Lewis C. Dowdy, Chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is "PresidentElect" of the 101 year old National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC). This unique organization comprises 118 major colleges and universities.

Historically, Brother Dowdy has been an innovator. He is the first Black to head NASULGC in the history of existence — "Right on" Brother Dowdy!

— Brother Sammy Chess of Kappa Lambda Chapter, an eminent attorney in High Point, was tapped by Governor Scott for Judge of the Superior Court in the Sixth Congressional District.

— Brother Vance Chavis and Brother Samuel Burford, retired principals, are both serving as City Councilmen with distinction in Greensboro and High Point, respectively.

— Brother B. W. Barnes, a very prominent dentist, was extolled as "Citizen of the Year" in Greensboro.

— Brother A. H. Peeler, a retired principal in Greensboro was honored for his unselfish and civic achievements. On May 9, the A. H. Peeler Community Recreation Center was named

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in his honor. Brother A. H. Peeler was the first Black member of the Greensboro Recreation Commission and served with honor, distinction and devotion throughout his tenure on the Commission.

Bro. Lewis C. Dowdy

Bro. A. H. Peeler

— Brother N. F. Woods of Greensboro, retired after serving as principal of Dunbar School 35 years. He saw the school, grades 1-12, pass through a metamorphosis from totally Black in 1937 to a fully integrated facility for grades 5 and 6 at his retirement. The school was fully accredited an named in honor of Brother Woods, "Naurice Frank Woods Elementary School." Woods holds a B.S. degree from N.C. A & T State University and a Master's Degree from Atlanta University.

— Brother Willie T. Ellis, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Director of Instructional Development at N.C. A & T State University, has been tapped to serve as Special Editor for a third term for a National Professional Journal, "The Agricultural Education Magazine." Brother Ellis also coordinates the Title HI Program at N.C. A & T which is funded for more than three quarters of a million dollars

($784,404) for programs in curriculum development, administrative improvement, faculty development, student services and others specially oriented to respond to needs of "Developing Institutions."

— Brother Walter Sullivan, Chairman of the Chemistry Department at N.C. A & T State University and immediate past president of Kappa Lambda Chapter, and State Director for APA in N. C , is presently directing "The Minority Schools Biomedical Support Program (MSBS) which is funded by the National Institute of Health for $427,000 for a five year period.

The objectives of the program are to: (1) Develop expertise in biomedical research efforts; (2) To increase the pool of talented, skilled and competent students who may pursue careers in biomedical professions.

— Brother Sullivan is also directing a Research Initiation Grant which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF( for $21,600.

— Brother William DeLauder, Professor of Chemistry at N.C. A & T State University is one of the principal investigators in the MSBS Program directed by Brother Sullivan. He is investigating fluorescent properties of protein aggregates, primarily in serum albumins.

— Brother Arthur Stevens, a Professor in the Chemistry Department with Brother Sullivan will investigate, "The Conversion of Uric Acid." Excessive amounts of uric acid in the blood is the principal cause of arthritis called "gout."

— Brother James A. Williams, Professor of Biology at N.C. A & T State Unversity will investigate "The synthesis of hemoglobin in the white leghorn chick."

All of these research projects are part of the MSBS program and are funded by NSF and directed by Dr. Walter Sullivan.

— Brother George Breathett, chairman of the Division of Social Science and Professor of History at Bennett College in Greensboro, has been appointed to the Board of Advisors of the Afro-American Bi Centennial Corporation. He was one of the twenty leading Black scholars invited to Washington to discuss a nationwide study of historical places which involves Black Americans. This study is being funded by the Department of Interior and National Parks Service in connection with the celebration of the Bi-Centennial of the Declaration of Independence.

Brother Breathett also received a plaque for distinguished service from the participants in the International Paper Company Foundation Program.

— Brother Johnny B. Hodge of Greensboro and his wife, Mrs. Brenda Hodge, have been honored as "Outstanding Young Man of America" and "Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America," respectively. Only a select number of persons are included in the volumes of exfoliation.

Brother Hodge is a band director for Greensboro City Schools and Greensboro College. His wife is an Elementary School teacher at Murphy Elementary School in Greensboro.

Both were graduated from N.C. Central University in Durham with majors in music. Mrs. Hodge has a M.E. Degree from UNC-G in Greensboro. She is listed in "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" in the 1961 volume.

Both honorees have historically distinguished themselves in their profession as eminent musicians, staunch and sagacious leaders of youth in the educational enterprise.

Kappa Lambda sponsored a historical Founders' Day Banquet in December at the Hilton Inn with more than 125 Brothers and guests in attendance.

Brother Ernest D. Fears, manager of Personnel and Community Relations; WMAL-TV in Washington, D.C. gave the dinner address. Brother Rudolph Artis chaired the Founders' Day Program. Brother Samuel Burford served as toastmaster.

Kappa Lambda will sponsor its annual Holiday "Black Tie Dance" at the Top of the Mart in High Point on December 29. More than 800 brothers and guests are expected for this gala affair which will provide a yuletide and New Year's atmosphere for Alphadom sine qua non.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY WEEK CELEBRATION February 11-17, 1973 Significant materials for the forty-seventh observance of African-American History Week are available.

This annual and important week-long celebration was launched in 1926 by Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History. It has aroused the American people to a keener appreciation of all people.

The celebration continues to be the pioneer effort and the core of the Black movement in the United States and abroad.

The theme of the 1973 African-American History Week — February 11-17 is Biography Illuminates The Black Experience. Biography deals with people, and through people it is easier to understand movements, institutions events and life-styles. The approach also stimulates intellectual curiosity in young minds.

Teaching and study with the 1973 kit will be facilitated by its presentation in five distinct seqments or sections. According to the teacher's discretion each section can be used for a separate day of African-American History Week.

The Main section will be: Men of Destiny: Lincoln, Dougless and Woodson; Black Achievements In Sports; Black Women You Should Know; Black Achievers In The Arts; Black Children Make The Future and Appendix for High School Students and Teachers. Each section will be enriched by stressing personalities. They will be highlighted and dramatized by the inclusion of photographs and illustrations.

In ail categoties an effort will be made to provide material with which pupils, as well as teachers and others, can find identification. For example, in the segment on the arts, in addition to prominent achievers, several little known artists, and others who have contributed without formal training, will be featured.

Each 1973 kit will contain a questionnaire for the teacher or user to favor us with his or her estimate of the kit as a teaching and study tool, and source of information, and an aid to research. Space is provided for teacher commentary and suggestions for future kits.

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Brother McGee Commands Air Force Base . . .

FRAT FUN

By O. WILSON WINTERS Life Member Number ONE

"And LO! a voice from Italy, it comes like a stirring of a breeze from the mountains, it floats in majesty like the echo of thunder, it breathes solemnity like a sound from the tomb; let the nations hearken for the buried voice of antiquity speaks again from the gray ruins of Pompeii."

That classic paragraph representing a fine example of English composition is taken from the Last Days of Pompeii by Bulwer-Lytton. It signifies the re-appearance of Frat Fun by Sir Billy Winters.

I disavow any breeziness, majesty or solemnity but am hearkening to the importunities of several friends to write at least one more column. I am not a surrogate for gossipers or X rated novelists. However, I must warn you that the experience of several Life Member breakfasts responses has given rise to the appellation of "dirty old man." My defense and excuse can be taken from Shakespeare's King Richard who exclaimed: "I, who was born without my fair proportions, cheated by the sibilant Nature, breathed into this world before my time, scarce half made up, since heaven has shaped by body so, let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it."

And in recent years, even President Harry Truman said: "If you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen." Furthermore this column is somewhat a personal colloquy with Brother Thomas D. Pawley and myself in acknowledgment of several educational tones he has given me right off the press.

So, turn the page now if you fear to become fraternally tittilated. I promise and swear NOT to suggest the Senator McGovern campaign osculatory invitation. So whatever I say, "I know not what the truth may be, I tell to you as was told to me."

After the recent presidential campaign, we are all surfeited with polls and public inquisitiveness. They tell me polls are now taken to inquire if infants enjoy their infancy as much as adults enjoy their adultery. We learned that Junior is still mechanically minded and many kids want Santa Claus to bring them Erector Sets for Christmas. Dad, too, would like to have an erector set.

Comparisons are intriguing and can be odious. A 75 year old Senator and a 22 year old bride at their wedding reception toasted each other with Geritol cocktails. At another wedding the minister intoned the familiar ceremonial words: "Who giveth this woman in marriage?" A big man and his husky son both carrying sawedoff shot guns said: "WE DO." At another wedding, after the ceremony, the bride was pelted with puffed rice. Why not? She was six months pregnant.

Have you seen a UNIVAC machine in operation? There is one at the office of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. The I.B.M. expert who handled it boasted that it could do anything. He told a skeptical bystander to ask it a question. "Where is my father at this very instant?" he asked. Out popped the answer: "Your father is on a fishing trip in Quebec." The skeptic delightfully disagreed with the answer and retorted, "My father Robert Brewster is in Chicago at this very instant and I am on my way to join him, I just talked to him on the telephone before I came into this room." The I.B.M. man pushed a button and the machine retorted: "RIGHT! Robert Brewster indeed is in Chicago, your father is fishing in Quebec, Canada."

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Colonel Charles E. McGee commands the 1840th Air Base Wing and RichardsGebaur Air Force Base. Brother McGee comes to his new position from Headquarters, Air Force Communications Services, where he was Deputy Director of Maintenance Engineering.

Brother McGee began his military career as an aviation cadet in 1942 after completing two years of college at the University of Illinois. His military duties have ranged from his present position as Wing Commander to tactical and support squadron commander, operations staff officer, chief of maintenance, maintenance staff officer, tactical fighter and tactical reconnaissance pilot, base operations officer, transport pilot and instructor pilot.

Now a command pilot, Colonel McGee has flown over 6300 hours. More than 1100 hours of this time have been in combat. He flew as an escort fighter pilot in Europe in World War II, as a close support and interdiction fighter pilot in Korea and as a tactical reconnaissance pilot in Southeast Asia. He is a graduate of the Command and Staff School of the Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

Among awards presented to Colonel McGee are the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star, Air Medal with twenty-four oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with one

Brother Charles E. McGee

oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal, Presidential Unit Citation with one oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Unit Citation with one oak leaf cluster, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the United Nations Service Medal.

A. Recent Assignment Dates and Locations: 1. Aug. 63-Nov. 66, 10th AF, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Mo. 2. Nov. 66 - May 67, Survival Trng/ RF-4 Schools.

3. June 67-June 68, SEA. 4. July 68 - Feb. 69, Hq. USAREUR, Heidelberg, Ger. 5. Feb. 69-June 71, 50FTW, Hahn AB, Ger. 6. July 71 -June 72, Hq. AFCS, Richards-Gebaur AFB and 1840 ABWG B. Command Positions Held: 1. 44 Ftr Bmr Sq, Clark AB, RPI, June 51-May 53.

2. 7230 Support Sq, Luigi-Balogna Seaplane Base, Italy, Nov. 60 Aug. 62.

3. 16TRS, Tan Son Nhut AB, RSVN, June 67 - June 68.

4. 1840 AB Wing and Richards-Gebaur AFB, Mo., June 27 - Present.

C. Aircraft Flown in Combat: 1. P-39/P-47/P-51, EAME Theater, 136 Missions, Jan. 44- Dec. 44.

2. P-51, Korea, 100 missions, Aug. 50Feb. 51.

3. RF-4, SEA, 172 missions (68 out of country), May 67 - May 68.

The colonel and his family now make their home at 5231 Lawn Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. Colonel McGee's wife is the former Frances E. Nelson of Champaign, Illinois. They are members of West Paseo Christian Church.

The McGees have three children: Yvonne, who has just completed her first year at Hampton Institute, Virginia; Charlene, who is Mrs. William Y. Smith of Nashville, Tennessee, and Ronald, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, currently undergoing advanced pilot training at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas.

Frat Fun . . . continued DOMESTICITY The faults a man finds in his wife may be why she couldn't get a better husband.

An old farmer when asked why he never married, explained: "Well, I'd rather go through life wanting something I didn't have, than having something I didn't want . . ."

"Having a hobby is fine for taking the humdrum out of life" said Otis: "My wife is taking up bird watching." "Yes" said his buddy: "You're the bird she is watching."

A city fellow when asked: "Has your wife changed much since you married her?" answered: "She certainly has; my habits, my friends, my hours, and my bank account."

Thanks for listening Brother Pawley. Now I must salute Brother Laurence Young and inform him of the difficulty in generating the responsibility of former Frat Fun columns. If he has been shocked or may later be shocked at any of these recountings, let me recall one of Brother Mai Goode's pithy anecdotes. He told us about a hibernating bear finding a half frozen rattle snake outside his den, — dragged it inside and sheltered it all through the winter. In the early days of spring, the snake thawed out and showed signs of hostility. He coiled, bared his fangs and sounded his rattles. The bear was outraged: "See here" he yelled, — "what's wrong with you? Have you forgotten how I took you in last Fall, kept you safe and warm all winter in my cozy den and this is your gratitude?" The serpent hissed: "I'm a snake and you knew I was a snake when you took me in. You know what to expect from us snakes?"

Remember when you attended the Life Members' breakfast meeting, especially the last one in Denver? Remember what a snake I was that Wednesday morning? well, sir, I am still what the folks are calling "One of the dirty old men."

Claude Hamilton was fascinated by one of the Living Bra commercials and decided to give his wife one for Christmas. He went to the large department store and the sales girl asked him what he wanted to buy. He said he wanted to buy one of those "living things" for his wife. He was asked what cup did he want. He said: "I don't want no cup, I'm not going to drink anything, I want a bra."

"Sir, perhaps you will understand if I say what size does your wife wear, A.B.C.D. or E." "Oh, I don't know" he said.

"What does your wife's bosem look like-two grape fruit?"

"Sister if you mean her breasts, No!" "Do they look like two oranges?"

"No, not that big" "Perhaps they look like two eggs?"

Claude's eyes brightened and he blurted out: "Yes, thats it — eggs, eggs, two fried eggs, sunny side up."

ODDITIES IN THE NEWS Two baseball players barnstorming through the deep south stopped in their travels at a primitive hotel. It was indeed primitive, not yet blessed with inside plumbing. Of course there was the water pitcher and bowl, and the fancy chamber pot. One of the players broke the chamber pot and went down stairs to report it.

The male clerk who had registered them in had been replaced by a pretty girl clerk. The fellow was so much embarrased he blurted out: "Missy, I broke that thing up in the room." She smiled sweetly and asked: "What do you mean, the pitcher?" He said "No, the catcher."

In a near dream I saw Brother Judge Bennie Harris, Moses General Miles, William M. Alexander and John D. Buckner on a hunting expedition. Suddenly from out of the bush they were attacked by a big black bear and immediately in the opposite direction they were charged by a wild bull. SHOOT! SHOOT IT! shouted Brother Harris. "Which one" Brother Miles asked: "Shoot the bear!

Shoot the bear!* Alexander and Buckner will shoot the bull." * (Editor's note — they all can shoot the bull) Overheard at the psychiatrists': "Doctor, my wife and I are a lovely couple, but a lonely couple. We have been married for ten years, but we have no 15

Brother Bernard R. Fielding has been named to serve as general counsel to the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association. He was notified of the appointment by Mr. Leon Harrison, president of the national organization based in Los Angeles, Calif.

Fielding recently became affiliated with the law association of Bryan, Epstein & McClain, becoming the first integrated law association in the State. The three white attorneys were formerly with the Charleston area Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program.

The young attorney, who graduated Cum Laude from Hampton Institute in Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army in Boston, Mass. At that time he was assigned to the AntiAircraft Artillery Batteries as part of the Boston Defense posture. From there he

Brother Bernard R. Fielding

Frat Fun . . . continued children. My wife is sweet, kind and congenial; she adores me with a fine sense of humor; she laughs at everything I say and do."

"Stop right there" said the doctor: "She laughs at everything you do, eh?

That's why you haven't any children."

Last week in Baltimore, Maryland, an insurance man rang a door bell on Druid Hill Avenue. A little girl answered the bell and yelled up stairs: "Mom, it's the insurance man. Are you paying him this month, or shall I run out and play for a while?"

She was riding on the Auburn Avenue bus in Atlanta, Georgia, and speaking loudly so everybody in the front section could hear, — she said: "Isn't there one gentleman on the bus to get up and give a pregnant woman a seat?" Three men arose at once. One man nearest her as she was seated, quietly asked her: "How long have you been pregnant?" Coyly and dreamingly she said: "About an hour and am I tired."

She was lounging lazily in a penthouse apartment. He was pouring a drink for his pretty visitor. Pouring slowly he said the family words of drinkers: "SAY WHEN?" She sighed and said: "Right after this drink."

Nothing can give you that run down feeling like jay walking.

A completely nude middle aged man was arrested as he walked along the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. During the questioning by the police, he told this story: "I was attending a party out here and a fellow acting as a master of ceremonies said at the high point of the party: "ATTENTION EVERYBODY! Let's all select a partner, let's all have another drink, let's all remove our clothes, NOW LETS ALL GO TO TOWN!" "Officer, here I am, I got here ahead of everybody else.

Yield not to temptation — a preacher one night dreamed of the number 5.

The next day he visited the race track and played the 5th horse in the 5th race — yes indeed, the horse came in FIFTH. Frat Fun in closing salutes the new General President, Brother Walter Washington, President of Alcorn A and M College at Lorman, Mississippi. Remembering Brother Washington through my many Alpha days, his convention exposure, his Pan Hellenic service; his projected personality, his attention, drawing physique, directs my thoughts to the poet James G. Holland who in his most famous poem says: "God give us men! A time like this demands — tall men, suncrowned, who live above the fog." Brother Washington is indeed tall, he sure is sun crowned and may he live high above the expanding fog of fraternal frivolity.

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went on to Boston University School of Law and was admitted to practice in South Carolina in 1958.

Field is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Julius Parks Levy Fielding I, founder of Fielding Home For Funerals.

He is married to the former Miss Raquel Conchita Lawson of Luray, Va., who is with U.S. Customs in Charleston as an Import Specialist. Mrs. Fielding is rated GS-12 in the Civil Service Register, making her one of the top Black women employed by the U.S. Government in the State. They have one son, Bernard Jr. Attorney Fielding serves as counsel 10 the all-Black municipality of Lincolnville, S. C ; the Southm Carolina Morticians Association; YWCA of Greater Charleston and Fielding Home For Funerals. He is also parliamentarian for the National Hampton Alumni Association and treasurer of the Chaleston alumni association, and a member of Beta Kappa Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Eta Pi Lambda Chapter Names "Man of the Year"

ETA PI LAMBDA CHAPTER HONORED their president, Louis K. Harris, Sr., with the Man of The Year Award for service to others. The award was presented at the First Lutheran Church, where the honoree is assistant Sunday School Superintendent. Mr. Harris is a native of St. Louis, Mo., and is a probation officer with L. A.\ County Probation Department. Recently, he received his 25 Years Membership in Alpha Phi Alpha. After the presentation and the April meeting, the Alpha Men and their wives had dinner at the Marisol Mexican Restaurant In Los Angeles.

Economic Development — A Challenge for the Seventies Theme of Theta Rho Lambdas Black and Gold Banquet Ball

"Outstanding Service" award to Brother Clarke

Banquet Speaker, William Decker Clarke, former Eastern Vice President, spoke to the theme from the point of view of preparing for opportunities for jobs and consequently for economic development, through education and training. He enlightened the audience with recommendations and suggestions for development, suggesting such as Community Colleges developing retraining and reeducation programs towards job opportunities. He suggested investment groups and clubs, sound family deposits for good interest rates and generally business-like money handling.

Approximately 500 dinner guests heard Alpha's William Decker Clarke speak to the theme, "Economic Development — A Challenge For the Seventies."

Mr. Clarke, attorney, businessman, financier and past vice president of the Frat's Eastern Region, was brief, but dynamic in his approach to the subject. He said, among other things, that a worthwhile program of economic development must be directed to reconstruction rather than relief; and that vast numbers must be removed from the poverty rolls and steered toward rehabilitation through new educational dimensions.

He also stated that development must begin with the adult environment in order that adult resources may be improved enabling the poor to be better equipped to handle their own peculiar needs.

"Compulsory education for welfare recipients is the first priority in economic development," he added. Summing it up, he cautioned his brothers and guests to accept the challenge with more vigor and more courage "if we are to succeed!"

Mr. Clarke was presented with an award at the close of his speech for "Outstanding Service" as eastern regional vice president for the past three years in succession.

The evening started with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner which started with the invocation and seven candle ceremony to the fraternity Founders, by C. Eugene Hubbard, Chaplain.

The Banquet Program was presided over by William T. Syphax, President of the Chapter, who made introductions of

numerous notables who were present. Guests included representatives of top level federal, state, and county government, two Generals of the Military, members of state and area boards, committees and commissions, and many dear friends.

The affair was to benefit the Theta Rho Lambda — Bro. Ronda A. Gilliam Memorial Scholarship Fund. The annual scholarship presentation was made by Director of Education and Scholarship, Bro. Floyd Gravitt to President Richard Ernst of the Northern Virginia College.

Awards were presented to outstanding citizens of the Northern Virginia community who have made worthy contributions to "community coalescence." The Alpha Man of the Year award was presented by the 1971 A & A Man of the Year Bro. James M. Trent to Bro. Daniel L. Brown, past Chapter President. The Alpha Wife Award was presented to Mrs. Ronelda Brown (Daniel L.) by Chapter President, William T. Syphax. Citizenship Awards were presented to two young people who contributed greatly to community service,

by Bro. Gray Gillem and Bro. Daniel Brown. The two students recognized were Mr. Wayne Parks and Mr. James Rosapepe, both college students and away in school. Their Awards were accepted by their Parents, Mrs. Warren Parks and Mr. Joseph Rosapepe. Two adult awardees were Mr. Edward J. Kelly former Star Citizenship Cup awardee and Dr. Lutrelle F. Parler, Sr. former (and first Black) member and Chairman of the Arlington County Planning Commission.

The Banquet Speaker was introducted by Eastern Vice President, Atty. Charles P. Howard of Baltimore, and Former General President, Atty. Belford V. Lawson gave summary remarks. The Banquet Program closed with the singing of the Alpha Hymn and a group photograph.

. . . and more awards for the Chapter

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• Alpha Phi Alpha For College • Alpha Phi Alpha For Fellowship • Alpha Phi Alpha For L i f e . . .

Bro. John D. Buckner, Chairman National Alpha Life Membership Committee LIFE MEMBER HANDBOOK AND DIRECTORY Everything you ever wanted to know about Alpha Life Membership but were afraid to ask — The 1972 ALPHA LIFE MEMBER HANDBOOK AND DIRECTORY is hot off the press — another historic first ! !!

The 35th Anniversary report tells the $200,000.00 story complete with significant historical sketches, the 1972 Crusade data; score standings of chapters, states and regions; leadership lists and roster of each participant in the program. All questions are answered. Many "how to do" suggestions that have worked are included.

See your chapter secretary — Get your copy while they last.

LIFE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

(Left to right) Bros. Collins, Smith, Buckner, Williams, and Bennett.

Crawford

The 1972 Alpha Life Membership Crusade is almost history. It ends with the calendar year. But, in many ways, it can never end because, even after thirty-five years, Alpha Life Membership has a new, viable thrust. The 1972 Crusade has caused such a stirring in the "tops of the mulberry tree" that its effect will reverberate throughout all Alphadom for years to come.

It is a $200,000.00 story.

It is a monument built by 1300 men bred resolute.

It has been an achievement of carefully determined and challenging goals.

It has been accomplished due to the persistent dedication of hundreds of participants, college and alumni, in chapters and regions everywhere.

NATIONAL LIFE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE and 1972 CRUSADE LEADERSHIP We couldn't bring 1972 to a close without paying special tribute to the quality of leadership throughout this monumental effort. The reclamation stories have rekindled Alpha in the hearts of brothers across this land of ours.

The followship moments have strengthened the brotherhood. The results of this leadership has been a revival of fraternalism in its sense as known to our founders — the Jewels.

These leadership deeds are not forgotten. Their efforts will reverberate for many years to come. They have received attractive and useful reminders of our gratitude for this significant leadership.

LIFE MEMBERS SOCIAL

SUBSCRIBING LIFE MEMBERS Alphamen who have begun the life membership program have another year to complete their payment of the Life Membership Fee in accordance with the new revision of the Constitution adopted at Denver. All subscribers may avoid the obligation of the 1973 Grand Tax by completing the Life Membership Fee. " . . . I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep . . ." Frost LIFE MEMBER RECOGNITION PIN The "IN" thing for the "NOW" generation is the new tie tack or lapel worn Life Member Recognition Pin. Life members should acquire theirs from the General Office. Next to Life membership itself, the most popular Christmas gift is the diamond studded gold recognition pin.

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Among those enjoying the festivities were (left to right) Mary Collins, Bro. Roy Roseboro, Louise Roseboro, Bro. John Buckner, and Nancy Crawford.

Alpha Men Become Defense Interns Two Alpha men, Brothers John Moody and Mike German, were among the 16 Regional Field Specialists Interns hired by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) in its quest to provide protection and emergency assistance to State and local governments in disaster situations.

Moody attended Lincoln University and graduated from Howard University in 1963. In 1971, he served as Chairman of the Alpha Phi Alpha Housing Committee at Howard.

From 1955 to 1971, John was actively associated with various Civil Rights organizations. In 1962, he was selected by the National Education Association to attend a seminar on leadership for civil rights leaders and was the recipient of a scholarship from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to Howard University for services rendered in hte field of Civil Rights. Before joining DCPA, he served as a consultant for Contemporary Research Inc. German, a 1972 graduate of Alabama State University served as President and Vice-President of Beta Upsilon Chapter, Vice-President of the Junior Class and as a member of the Student Government Association. He also served on the Hornet Tribune Newspaper, Pan-Hellenic Council, Hornet Guide; was an honor student, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and was nominated for Sigma Rho Sigma National Honor Society. Prior to being associated with DCPA, Mike was employed by WSFA-TV in Montgomery as a Sport Photographer and Reporter.

The Agency, formerly known as the Office of Civil Defense, is resonsible for developing an effective National Disaster Readiness Program. The central function of DCPA is to develop a coordinated, effective response to protect lives and property in the event of any emergency.

Moody, who is assigned to Region Two, Olney, Maryland and German, a member of the Region Four, Battle Creek, Michigan Staff, were selected as part of the Agency's hiring policies concerning qualified minorities.

(Left to Right): John P. Moody, RFS Intern, DCPA Region TWO; Michael German, RFS Intern, DCPA Region FOUR.

Delta Alpha Lambda Celebrates at Life Member Dinner The first Annual Alpha Phi Alpha Life Membership Breaklast culminated a weekend of activities designed to further brotherhood and entertain wives and sweethearts of life members.

The two memorable events, "An Alpha Evening" and the "Life Membership Breakfast," were held at the Watergate Towers and the Somerset Inn respectively.

"An Alpha Evening" produced an atmosphere of mirth and fellowship and was indeed relished by over eighty brothers and guests in attendance.

On the following Sunday, more than forty life member brothers rose bright and early to enjoy an appetizing meal and to digest the moving words of wisdom uttered by John H. Buckner, National Life Membership Chairman from St. Louis and honored guest.

The role of the life member described by Brother Buckner is far reaching and the talents of Alpha men must be utilized in the future in order to improve the immediate community socially, economically and spiritually.

Life member brothers are: Paid Life Members: William Bennett Jonathan Booker Arnold Brown John Bustamante Chas. Clark (Phila.)

Al Collins Tom Cook Henry Crawford Mel Crouther Hatcher Day, Sr. Hatcher Day, Jr. Jasper Day Richard Dimery Ben Eulingurg Armen Evans Cliff Graves Herman Gregory Chas. Hadley Rudy Hairston

Quinn Montgomery Walter Hampton Thurston Jameson Smith Jones Frank Kelker (Doc) Clayton Lee Hiram Mann Harold Monroe Quinn Montgomery Bob Rice Wm. Richardson Roy Roseboro Monroe Salvant Wayman W. Smith Mel Walker Luther Ware Ed Williams Edward N. Williams Hank Willams William Young

OMEGA CHAPTER Milas Graham

Oscar Ritchie Lawrence Schumake

Brothers paying on Life Membership: Joe Bailey Donald Gibson Joe Blackwell Thomas Hughley Walter Branche Richard Johnson Kenyon Burke Herman Leggon Emery Carter Henry Robinson Carl Character James Smith Theodore Chatman James Tanner Reliegh Coleman Sid Thompson Clint Cunningham Joseph Smith George Gaffney Glenn Zellers

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Rumsfield Letter Discusses Legality of Rent Increases Dear Social Security Beneficiary: You are concerned about living costs, and it is our job, as directed by President Nixon, to do everything we can to hold down the costs of living. For many, rent is a big part of your monthly bills. Because rents are such a large part of living costs, and because Social Security payments increased by 20 percent on October 2, the Cost of Living Council has developed a special program to help prevent excessive and unjustified rent increases.

We know that the elderly and others who rely on Social Security payments spend a larger percentage of their income on rent than most other Americans.

Our "Rent Watch" program is designed to prevent illegal rent increases from cutting into the additional Social Security payments which go to the elderly, the handicapped, widows and children.

The "Rent Watch" is designed to protect renters from illegal rent practices and to assure that the regulations of the Economic Stabilization Program will be enforced.

The "Rent Watch" consists of an audit of housing for older Revenue Service District offices across the country under the direction of stabilization officials in Washington, D. C. The Internal Revenue Service is the enforcement arm of the Economic Stabilization Program.

The "Rent Watch" consists of an audit of housing for older persons; a special rent complaint service for Social Security recipients and increased authority for the IRS to administer rent control regulations and levy financial penalties on violators.

It will be to your advantage to study this brochure carefully. It contains a great deal of practical advice on how to deal with the rent question. On page 2 you will find out what you should do if you have a complaint. On pages 3 and 4 you will find a summary of the rent regulations.

We want to help you in every possible way with any rent problem, so we urge you to make full use of this booklet and the "Rent Watch" program.

Sincerely, Donald Rumsfeld Director, Cost of Living Council How to Tell If Your Rent Increase is Legal To give special quick service to Social Security beneficiaries who wish to ask questions or file complaint about recent rent increases, we have established a "Rent Watch" program in over 300 Internal Revenue Service offices across the nation.

The rent on most apartments is regulated by the rules of the Economic Stabilization Program. If you should receive notice of a proposed rent increase from your landlord, there are several things you can do to find out whether the increase is permissible: (1) Remember that your landlord must give you a proper 30day notice of a proposed rent increase.

(2) Visit or call your landlord and ask him to explain how the increase meets the requirements of the Economic Stabilization Program.

(3) If you are not satisfied with your landlord's explanation,

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write, telephone or visit your nearest Internal Revenue Service office. Be sure to indicate that you are a Social Security beneficiary and send or bring with you copies of all notices from your landlord.

(4) Bear in mind that it is illegal for a landlord to harass or threaten a tenant who protests a rent increase to the Internal Revenue Service. Landlords who attempt retaliatory evictions or other such actions face possible criminal or civil penalties.

Rent Control Questions and Answers The Rent Control regulations are designed to help you, the tenant, by keeping rent increases within reasonable limits. Rent controls provide a definite set of rules landlords must follow to increase or decrease rents—plus protection for the tenant from lent gouging and retaliatory actions.

Rent regulations are complex. We admit it. But the basic rules and protections are simple to understand.

If you have unanswered questions, IRS district offices are geared up with rent experts ready to give priority to the questions and complaints of Social Security recipients.

Just call, write or visit your district IRS office—and be sure to say you receive Social Security payments.

You've got questions. We've got answers.

Question Are all rents under controls?

Answer No, not all rents are under control. Units exempt from—not under—controls include: Units owned by anyone who, along with members of his family, has a direct or indirect interest in no more than four units; Units renting for $500 or more a month on January 19, 1972; All nonresidential property; New construction offered for rent for the first time after August 15, 1971; Rehabilitated residences where the cost of repair is more than one half of the market value of the dwelling preceding the rehabilitation, and which are offered for rent for the first time and completed after August 15, 1971 The regulations cover not only apartments and houses but also mobile homes and houseboats, as long as they are used as permanent homes.

Question If a landlord owns three rental units and his father owns two, are the units under controls?

Answer Yes, they are. Both have an interest, direct or indirect, in more than four units. The regulations exempt only an owner, who, along with members of his family, has a direct or indirect interest in one to four units. A family includes an individual, his spouse, his parents, children and grandchildren.

Question I've heard the term "base rent." What does it mean?

Answer Base rent is the highest monthly rent a landlord can charge for a residence before making any allowable increases. Generally, it is the approximate market level rent for a housing unit before the Freeze began on August 15, 1971. In figuring a rent increase, you ALWAYS start with base rent.

Question How may my rent be increased above the base rent?

Answer First, the landlord must give you a proper written notice 30 days before the increase. He can adjust rent to pass through increased state and local real estate taxes and fees. The rent also may be increased to pass through the cost of capital improvements completed after August 14, 1971, until fully recovered. Your base rent may be raised by a flat 2.5 percent a year to cover all other increased costs. Finally, if the majority of the affected tenants agree, the landlord may increase rents to recover costs to him in providing increased property or services.

Question Let's take those parts of an increase one by one. First, how can the landlord increase my rent for increased taxes, assessments and fees.

Answer He cannot increase your rent until the month such a bill becomes due. In most cases, the landlord cannot charge you increased rent until your lease has expired.

Now, when there has been a capital improvement, a landlord may charge the tenants benefitted by the improvement 1.5 percent per month of the total cost. For example, if your landlord installs an air conditioning unit costing $500 in your apartment, he may increase your rent only by 1.5 percent per month of the improvement's total cost, or $7.50 a month, until the improvement is paid off.

The cost of increased property or services not called for in your lease may be pro-rated among tenants only if a majority of the tenants who would benefit request the property or services in writing.

For example, if a majority of tenants request a guard in an apartment house lobby, the landlord may raise the rents of all tenants on a pro-rated basis to pay the guard.

Question What kind of rent increase notice must my landlord give?

Answer A very specific one, written and delivered 30 days before the increase is due. Use this as a checklist of information that must be in the notice: (1)

Monthly rent of the unit before and after the proposed increase.

(2) The base rent and how it was determined.

(3) Percent and dollar amount of the increase and the date it takes effect.

(4) The units involved.

(5) Itemization of the increased costs and how they are prorated to the unit.

(6) A full description of capital improvements and their proration.

(7) The documentation supporting the increase and the hours when it may be inspected.

(8) If the tenant still has questions, an offer by the landlord to meet with the tenant.

(9) A statement that information in the notice is correct (10) That the tenant, after meeting with the landlord, may contact the District Director of the Internal Revenue Service and give him a copy of the rent increase notice and a written statement of why tenant feels the increase is illegal. The landlord also must provide the address of the IRS office in the notice.

(11) That the proposed increase will take effect on the date specified in the notice. But if all or any part of the increase is later found illegal, the landlord will refund the overcharge within 30 days after it is found illegal (12) That it is illegal for the landlord to take retaliatory action against a tenant who asks or complains about an increase and that the landlord will not take any retaliatory action.

Any increase notice that is unwritten, or delivered less than 30 days before the increase takes effect or which omits any part of the checklist is an illegal noticeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the rent increase is therefore illegal.

Question If I don't think an increase is fair, or I want more information about it, what can I do?

Answer Ask the landlord to show proof of increased costs or capital improvements being used as the basis for a rent increase. If you still don't feel the increase is proper, meet with the landlord and ask him to explain the increase. If the explanation does not satisfy you, write a statement indicating why you feel the landlord is in violation and submit it, together with your rent increase notice, to the Internal Revenue Service.

Question If I complain to the IRS about a rent increase, what's to stop my landlord from evicting me?

Answer Quite a lot. The regulations specifically forbid any retaliatory action, such as harassment or eviction, by a landlord against a tenant who exercises his rights under the regulations. Landlords who attempt to retaliate face possible prosecution and fines up to $5,000 for each offense. In addition, IRS has new powers to impose administrative sanctionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;refunds to tenants, rent rollbacks and penalties of double the overcharged rent.

Anyone who feels he is the victim of retaliation because he questioned or complained about a rent increase should notify the IRS immediately.

Question My landlord says his painting of the halls is a capital improvement and he can recover the cost by increasing my rent.

Answer No, he can't. Painting of the lobby and halls is maintenance, not a capital improvement. Capital improvements must continue beyond a 12-month period, benefit your residence and be subject to depreciation allowance.

Question How can I file a complaint with the IRS? Answer Gather all the written material you can relating to your problem. If you are coming in, telephone, or send a letter, be sure to have the material on hand. Be sure to identify yourself as a Social Security recipient so that your case can be red-flaggsd for priority treatment.

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ALPHA WORKSHOP . . . from the desk of Laurence T. Young, Executive Secretary For many years, the General Office has been deluged with requests for an explanation of the COAT OF ARMS or commonly known as the FRATERNAL DESIGN. So that the blasonry of a coat-of-arms described in the correct heraldic terminology may readily be understood by anyone not thoroughly conversant with the institution of heraldry, it is necessary to elaborate considerably on the terms employed. The background of heraldic achievements is particularly interesting inasmuch as the terms are of old Norman French origin.

The following is an interpretation in detail of the FRATERNAL DESIGN of Alpha Phi Alpha armorial bearings, and the explanations follow in the same order as given in the blazonry at the beginning of this description: ESCUTCHEON: Per pale or and sable between a fess embattled three Sphinx beads proper all countercharged.

CREST: On an esquire's helmet and a wreath of the colors two torches or flamed gules saltire wise.

MANTLING: Or double sable.

MOTTO: Alpha Phi Alpha in upper case Greek letters.

PALE in heraldry is a broad vertical band in the center of the shield and occupies about one third the area of the shield. The word itself is derived from the same root as our English words "paling" and "palisade" and is interpreted in heraldry as something worthy of being defended. PER PALE means that the shield is divided by a thin line in the manner of a pale but not clearly — or nearly as broad as an actual pale itself. In this coat-of-arms it can be easily interpreted as the sillingness to defend the principles on which Alpha Phi Alpha is founded.

OR is the heraldic term for gold, which is one of the colors of Alpha Phi Alpha. As is the coat-of-arms, light heraldic and nobile in purpose. The lasting and enduring qualities of this precious metal is indicative of the lasting qualities of friendships formed within the bond of Alpha Phi Alpha and at the same time it represents the desire for knowledge and a higher degree of scholarship shared by all its members.

SABLE is the heraldic term for black. It is the color of night and secrecy. Consequently it denotes that the fraternity is a secret organization.

FESS (Fess) in heraldry is a broad band across the center of a shield placed in a horizontal manner and occupies about one third the area of the shield. Actually, the word means belt or waist, and such a term is applied to that particular area of the shield which defended the waits of the bearer of the shield when in actual combat. This particular FESS is embattled, or the upper line of it is drawn in such a way so as to indicate turrets of a tower. These are seven in number indicating the seven founders of Alpha Phi Alpha. The interpretation of its FESS embattled is indicative of the fact that Alpha Phi Alpha is made up of men united in a common purpose, and the willingness of the members to defend and to do everything within their power to further the interest 22

of the fraternity.

A SPHINX HEAD is an emblem of secrecy. Three Sphinx heads have been used to indicate the three principles on which the fraternity is founded, or possibly the three ideals which all of its members hope to attain. These Sphinx heads are proper, or are represented in a colored drawing of the coat-of-arms as being in their natural color, which would be the color of sandstone.

All are COUNTERCHARGED which means the colors of the fraternity alternate, or and sable (gold and black). The dexter side, which is the left side of the shield when one is looking at the shield but is the right side to the person who is bearing the shield or is behind it, is gold. The opposite half, or the sinister side, is black. One half of the Fees is black and the other half is gold. The Sphinx at the top of the dexter side, the Sphinx at the top of the sinister side, and the Sphinx at the bottom should all be the color of sandstone.

AN ESQUIRE'S HELMET is used in this design. An esquire was the lowest order of fighting man in the days of chivalry. It might be said he corresponded to the Ensign of our Navy, or the First Lieutenant of the Army. The helmet of an esquire when used in heraldry always faces to the dexter side (to the left of the person looking at the coat-of-arms). The visor is always closed. The fact that the helmet is that used by the lowest order of chivalry is indicative of democracy, and the fact that the visor is closed, or down, suggests the idea of secrecy or readiness to defend the principles of the Fraternity.

THE WREATH OF COLORS (or TORSE) is a twisted rope-like effect which appears directly above the helmet. It is what is left of the conventionalized wreath that was presented to the knight by his lady sponsor when he entered the lists. It is also suggestive of the laurel wreath placed upon the brow of the victor in combat. It has been conventionalized to six divisions, — the first of this is the metal used in the shield — in this case, GOLD: — and the second and prominent color used in the shield — in this case, BLACK. One metal and one color is all that is ever used in the wreath, or torse, and they always alternate with the metal being the first one at the left.

THE CREST in this design is two torches, the handles of the torches being OR (gold) and the flame part of the torches being BULES (red). Torches have been used for centuries to indicate freedom and liberty. GULES, which is the heraldic term for red, is the natural way of showing the flames of lighted torches, but GULES itself is the color used to indicate valor and courage. The torches are placed saltire wise, or is the form of a cross, thus denoting the willingness of the members not only to carry the torch of freedom and enlightenment, but also the willingness to sacrifice for these principles whenever necessary.

THE MANTLING is the lacy, fluttering design at the side of the shield and emanating from the back of the helmet. It is the conventionalized representation of the mantle or the cloak which the warrior wore in order to protect himself when in full armor from the rays of the sun or from

the extreme cold. It also served to protect the armor which he wore and which was extremely valuable and difficult to leplace. In this case the outside of the mantle worn would be gold and the inside black, the two colors of the FraMOTTO: Directly underneath the shield appears a ribbon and on this ribbon "Alpha Phi Alpha" is spelled out in upper case Greek, letters. The motto as used on a coat-of-arms is more or less shrouded in mystery. It is thought that it iepresented a sort of secret call of the esquire to his aids, or it may have been the war cry of a clan. When chivelry as an active institution passed out of existence, die motto became significant of some cherished family ambition or ideal, Since the name of the Fraternity has been used in this case, the manner in which it is to be interpreted is no doubt a simple matter for any member of the Fraternity.

The various elements of the coat-of-arms can be more readily understood if one will bear in mind that the shield protected the body of the wearer, the helmet the head, and the crest which was worn on the helmet was the distinguishing feature of the particular warior. It was quite difficult to distinguish one man from another when all were armed, so nearly alike unless there was adornment of some kind on the helmet, thus ALPHA PHI ALPHA.

FORMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE SPHINX RECEIVES A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT Brother J. Herbert King, former Editor-in-chief of THE SPHINX was appointed by General President Brother Walter Washington to render a special service to the Fraternity by assisting in the publishing of the three remaining issues of THE SPHINX, before the next General Convention. This special service will be rendered by Brother King under the supervision of the staff at the General Office, and will remain in force until the convening of the 67th Anniversary Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in New Orleans, Louisiana, August of 1973, at which time and place an Editor will be elected.

Brother King is to be highly commended for the excellence of his work as Editor during the years he was in office, however, due to a constitutional prohibition, he is not eligible for re-election.

Brother King so often recites "THERE GOES AN ALPHA MAN" so the Board of Directors offer a tribute to him and paraphrases that familiar poem and says: "There goes another splendid Editor of our official journal."

OMEGA CHAPTER BROTHER H. REGINALD SMITH PASSES INTO OMEGA CHAPTER On January 13, 1973 Brother H. Reginald Smith passed into Omega Chapter in his home â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 5428 Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, as the result of a heart attack. Age 91.

Brother Smith an outstanding eye, ear, nose and throat specialist received his Baccalaureate degree from Howard University, Washington, D.C. also his medical degree from Howard University in 1907. He was initiated into Beta Chapter at Howard University in 1910, and an active member of Xi-Lambda Chapter, Chicago, Illinois.

A spokesman at Provident Hospital, Chicago, Illinois said Brother Smith was appointed to the staff in 1931, and became senior attending physician in the department of surgery in 1946. He retired in 1953?

OUTSTANDING SOCIAL WORKER AND PROBATION OFFICER PASSES Alpha Phi Alpha funeral rites were held over the remains of Brother Foraker Lloyd Turner, a member of Xi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, on Saturday January 13, 1973 at the Unity Funeral Parlors.

Brother Turner was initiated at Nu Chapter, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, where he received his baccalaureate degree, and later earned a Master's degree in Social work from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He was awarded a doctor of jurisprudence degree from John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois.

MIAMI AREA CHAPTERS SUSTAIN A GRIEVOUS LOSS The brothers of the Miami chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. sustained a grievous loss in the passing of Brother Oral Alexander Allen, 41, on August 17, 1972. Brother Allen was fiercely loyal to Alpha and gave an excellent account of his stewardship from the day he "saw the light" in the Delta Beta Chapter on the campus of Bethune Cookman College Daytona Beach, Florida back in 1954. He was Past President of Beta Beta Lambda where we fondly recalled his administration being caracterized by many innovations and zestful dedication to the principles so nobly espoused by Alpha. Additionally, this stalwart of Alphadom served as State Director a few years ago and was looking forward to entertaining the 1975 General Convention here in Miami as he was the local chairman.

Always vibrant and eloquent, "Big Al" constantly exuded the 'good ole' Alpha spirit until the end.

Born in Miami to a pioneer family, Brother Allen distinguished himself as one of the foremost basketball players of Miami's Booker T. Washington High School from whence he graduated in 1949. He received the bachelor's and master's degree from Florida A & M University.

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REGULATIONS *

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TO: DIRECTORS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA BUILDING FOUNDATION, INC. AND OFFICERS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED. FROM: LAURENCE T. YOUNG, Secretary In order that a standard procedure in planning for loans, grants or leases be established, the followingdirective is effective as a this date: A fraternal group desiring aid should send a written request to the Chairman, Secretary, or Assistant Secretary of the Building Foundation to obtain an application and standards form. Tese forms are also available through the Regional Vice-Presidents.

The application form is to be filled out completely considering all details (undergraduate groups should pay particular attention to the requirements for graduate sponsorship where substanial sums are involved). The completed application is to be forwarded to the Regional Vice-President for his approval and transmittal to the Chairman of the Applications Committee, Brother James L. Hunt, 3435 Harding Blvd., Baton Rouge, La. 70813.

After proper consideration, the Application Committee will report the application with its recommendation to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Building Foundation for consideration and proper action.

Please be guided by this directive in the future.

William M. Alexander, Chairman Board of Directors

OMEGA CHAPTER NOTICE Name of deceased Brother Chapter

Date of Death.

Address.

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City and StateName of Sendee-

Add ress_

Enclose Glossy Photograph of the Deceased.

Mail to: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 4432 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, III. 60653

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The Sphinx is the official magazine of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 4432 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, III. Published four times a year: February, May, October and December. Change of Address: Send both addresses to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 4432 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, III. Manuscripts or art submitted to The Sphinx should be accompanied by addressed envelopes and return postage. Editor assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts or art.

Opinions expressed in columns and articles do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and use of any person's name in fiction, semi-fiction articles or humorous features is to be regarded as a coincidence and not as the responsibility of The Sphinx. It is never done knowingly. Copyright 1970

by The Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Reproduction or use, without written permission, of the editorial or pictorial content in any manner is prohibited.

The Sphinx has been published continuously since 1914. Organizing Editor: Bro. Raymond W. Cannon. Organizing General President: Bro. Henry Lake Dickason.

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Delta Tau — Delta Tau Chapter APA, Saint Paul's College Lawrenceville, Va 23B68 306. Delta Upsilon — Carter L. Richards, 215 North Poplar, Oxford. Ohio 45056 307. Delta Phi — Maurice Sargent, P.O. Box 17177Jackson State College, Jackson, Miss. 39217 308. Delta Chi — Melvin D. Walker, 121-78 133rd Street, Jamaica. N.Y 11420 309. Delta Psi — Delta Psi Chapter, Florida Memorial College, 158 N. W 42nd Avenue, Miami, Fla. 33054 310. Epsilon Alpha — Thomas J . Hutton, 2105 Horton Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43620 311. Epsilon Beta — Allen Johnson, 2024 Baird Court, Fresno, Cal. 93706 312. Epsilon Gamma — Willie Latson, Bishop Col 3827 Simpson-Stuart Rd.. Dallas, Texas 75241 313. Epsilon Delta — Eugene Shelton. 202 Wright Hail, Kent State Univ., Kent, Ohio 44240 314. Epsilon Epsilon — Mel Charles Spinks 408 N. Washington St., Stillwater. Okla. 74074 315. Epsilon Zeta — Earl B. Reynold, Jr. Box 1066Fayetteville St. Univ., Fayetteville, N.C. 28301 316. Epsilon Eta — Leonard Holmes.

13534 Mitchell, Detroit, Mich 48212 317. Epsilon Theta — Boyd Hoskins.

Alpha Phi Alpha House. 130 South Prospect Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 318. Epsilon lota — Michael D. Glaspie P. O. Box 1712, Austin. Texas 78741 319. Epsilon Kappa — Ray Hodges, 1108 West Bradley Ave.. Peoria, III. 61606 320. Epsilon Mu — Moyse Howard, Jr., 2327 26th Avenue. Oakland, Cal. 94601 321. Epsilon Nu — William Luckerson, Jr. P O Box 4430-Stillman Col.. Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35401 322. Epsilon Xi — Michael Roland.

Western Michigan University, Student Service Buildi n g . Kalamazoo. Mich. 49001 323. Epsilon Omicron — Milton Jackson, 2508 Fillmore, Topeka, Kan. 66611 324. Epsilon Pi — Elbert L. Guillory, P. O. Box 5552, Norfolk. Va. 23504 325. Ensilon Rho — Donald Samuel. P. O. Box 101J4 l amar " Station. Beaumont, Texas 77701 326. Eosllon Sigma — Roy L. Washington, 1514 North Hamilton, San Antonio, Tex. 78207 327. Epsilon Tau — Epsilon Tau Chapter, Rickie A. Grider 4259 North 39th St Milwaukee. Wis. 53216 328. Eosilon Upsilon — Billy Rav Owens. _ „ „ 4 0 7 Fern St., Apt. C. New Orleans, La. 70118 329. Eosilon Phi — Melvin Strinqer.

230 Augusta. DeKalb. III. 60115 330. Eosilon Chi — Kenneth L. Avery, Univ. of Kv., Box 379, Lexington, Ky. 40508 331. Ensilon Psi — Gary D. Thurman.

Highway 63 S Elm. Rolla. Mo. 65401 332. Zeta Alpha — Elvin Harnsberrv.

18 ... ° 8 E. Broadway. Columbia. Mo. 65201 333. Zeta Beta — Kenneth Lamb.

Box 38-Student Center. Ferris State College Biq Rapids. Mich. 49307 334. Zeta Gamma — Frank Pinier.

102 Diener Hall. Central Missouri State Col Warrenburg, Mo. 64093 335. Zeta Delta — Ozel C. Brazil. 1330 Norwood Aots. it?.. Marquette, Mich. 49855 336. Zeta Epsilon — James R. Bell.

Rarber-Scotia College. Concord, N.C. 28025 337. Zeta Zeta — Emmitt Patterson.

640 Elm, Norman. Okla. 73069 338. Zeta Eta — Charles W. Johnson, 530 Riverside Dr. A D L 2-C. New York. N Y 10027 339. Eta Theta — Timothy Wells.

702 South 3rd. Tucson. Ariz. 85710 340. Zeta Inta — James MeNeelv 416 16th Avenue. Rockfnrri III 61108 341. Zeta Kanoa — Robert PhilliD ?01 W. California A v e . # 9 . El Paso. Tex. 79902 342. Zeta M " — Carl M a n s o i .

Seven Court Apt.. Atlanta. Ga. 343. Zeta Nu — Tommie Wilson 1403 " A " Street, Charleston. III. 61920 344. Zeta Xi — Daniel T. Powell. Box 1889. Uni " f S W. Louisiana. Lafavette. La. 70501 345. Zeta Omicron — Michael T. Mumford Box 1360-Hart Hall. Murray. Kv. 42071 346. Zeta Pi — Richard L. Mornan. Univ of Ga Box 2066, Univ. Station. Athens. Ga. 30601 347. Zeta Rho — Charles Brown.

Rm .-t7no-Hulman Center. Indiana State University. Terre Haute. Ind. 47809 348. Zeta Siama — Terru L. Dunqee III 3232 Prospect. Oklahoma Citv. Okla.

349. Zeta Tau — Henry Moore. APA Box S East Texas Station. Commerce. Texas 75428 350. Zeta Upsilon — Zeta Upsilon APA. Northeastern State College, Tahlequah, Okla. 74464 351. Zeta Phi — Purvis Young. P.O. Box # 8 9 9 MS Valley St. College Itta Bena. Miss. 38941 352. Zeta Chi — John Hanson.

Box 43-UTA Station, Arlington, Texas 76010 353. Zeta Psi — J. P. Watkins.

Rm #154-Killinger Hall. West Chester State College. West Chester. Pa. 19380 354. Eta Alpha — George Bailey, 103 Ervin Hall, Paine College. Augusta. Ga. 30901 355. Eta Beta — Charles I. Grisham. 2712 North 12th Street, Milwaukee, Wis. 53206 356. Eta Gamma — Rathel Whittaker, Eta Gamma-P.O. Box 2255. Prairie View A « M College. Prairie View, Texas 77445 357. Eta Delta — Frederick Downs, Eta Delta-Box 8352 Univ. Branch. Coral Gable, Fla. 33124

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Box 171-Bowie State Col., Bowie, Md. 20715 Eta Eta — Silton Williams, Western Illinois Univ., Activities Center, Macomb, III 61455 Eta Theta — Willie C. Nash, Voorhees College, Denmark, S. C. 29042 Eta lota — Monday Paul Akpan, Voorhees College, Denmark, S. C. 29042 Eta Kappa — Frederick Butler, P.O. Box 4358Louisiana Tech Station, Ruston, La. 71270 Eta Mu — James H. Self, 5800 Bayou Ben Apt. # 6 0 1 , Houston, Tex. 77004 Eta Nu — Jerry Congleton, Eta Nu-Box 3006, East Central State Univ Station, Greenville, N.C. 27834 Eta Xi — Alpha Phi Alpha, Eta Xi-Univ., of Detroit, 4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, Mich. 48221 Eta Omicron — Michael W. Brown, Box 5483N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, N. C. 27607 Eta Pi — Hoyt Harper, 9733 West Beatrice St., Milwaukee, Wis. Eta Rho — Leo Fain, College Heights-P.O. Box 320, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 Eta Sigma — Samuel McElroy, Jr., 6531 Hopedale Court, San Diego, Cal. 92120 Eta Tau — Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Eta Tau Chapter, Illinois St. Univ.-Box 311 Normal, III. 61761 Eta Upsilon — Kenneth Baker, 926 Coleman Hall, Texas Tech Univ. Lubbock, Tex. 79409 Eta Phi — Joseph Hermon, 4900 Woodland View Circle, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37410 Eta Chi — Eta Chi Chapter APA, c/o Glenn Hicks. P.O. Box 40, Northeast Louisiana Univ.. Monroe, La. 71201 Eta Psi — Reby Cary.

Office of Dean of Student Life, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76010 Theta Alpha — Robert A. Davis, P.O. Box 348, Hawkins, Texas 75765 Theta Beta — Robert Wright, Professional Bldg., 804 4th Ave.. Columbus, Ga. 31901 Theta Gamma — Earl Moore, 6407 34th Street. Tampa, Fla. 33610 Theta Delta — Earl Roberson, APA, 511 Hulsey Drive, Mobile, Ala. 36617 Theta Epsilon — David William, Jr., 222 Linen Hall, Adelpha University, Garden City, N.Y. 11530 Theta Zeta — A. J . Lonian, I I , 6 North Topliff, Dartmouth Col., Hanover, N.H. 03755 Theta Eta — William E. Johnson, U. C. Davis Chapter, College Station A, Davis, Cal. 95616

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Alpha Lambda — James W. Coleman, 3107 Wilson Avenue, Louisville, Ky. 40211 Beta Lambda — Milous S. Lusk, Kansas City, Mo. 64132 Gamma Lambda — Jesse F. Goodwin, 19214 Appoline, Detroit, Mich. 48235 Delta Lambda — Robert A. Smith, 530 Radnor Avenue, Baltimore. Md. 21212 Epsiton Lambda — John R. Pope, 6176 Lucille Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 63136 Zeta Lambda — Claude N. Carter, 12 Suburban Parkway, Hampton, Va. 23361 Eta Lambda — Matthew H. Dawson, 793 Magna Carta Dr., N.W., Atlanta, Ga 30318 Theta Lambda — Henry A. Wilson, 1001 Rossiter Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45418 lota Lambda — Thomas L. Horner, 225 East North Street, Indianapolis, Ind. 46204 Kappa Lambda — Sullivan A. Welborne Jr, P. O. Box 21052, Greensboro, N.C. 27420 Mu Lambda — Joseph D. Reed.

1805 Porter Avenue. Suitland, Md. 20023 Nu Lambda — Edward L. Smith, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. 23803 Sigma Lambda — Sidney A. Jones, III 501 East 32nd Street. Chicago. III. 60616 Omicron Lambda — Theodore R. Hawkins, 1704-13th Ave., North, Birmingham, Ala. 35204 Pi Lambda — McKinley Newton, Philander Smith Col., Little Rock. Ark. 72203 Rho Lambda — Charles J . L. Banks, 538 Linwood Ave., Apt. D, Buffalo, N.Y. 14209 Sigma Lambda — Walter E. Morial, 3328 St. Anthony Ave., New Orleans, La. 70126 Tau Lambda — Raleigh Wilson, 1534 14th Ave.. North, Nashville, Tenn. 37208 Upsilon Lambda — A. St. George Richardson, 4526 Moncrief Road, Jacksonville. Fla. 32209 Phi Lambda — Richard E. Ball, 1509 Summerville Circle, Raleigh, N.C. 27610 Chi Lambda — Thomas E. Kelley, P. O. Box 132, Wilberforce. Ohio 45384 Psi Lambda — Albert M. Miller. Jr., 718 Midland Pike. Chattanooga, Tenn. 37411 Alpha Alpha Lambda — Arthur C. Williams, 158 Lincoln Street, Montclair, N J 07042 Alpha Beta Lambda — Wilfred T. Seals, 776 Caden Lane, Lexington, Ky. 40505 Alpha Gamma Lambda — Theodore Charity, 1447 Union Street. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11213 Alpha Delta Lambda — George D. Clark, Jr., 1217 Fountain Court, Memphis, Tenn. 38106 Alpha Epsilon Lambda — R. W. Harrison, Jr P.O. Box 356, Yazoo City, Miss. 39194 Alpha Zeta Lambda — J . A. Shelton Box 314. Welch, W. Va. 24801 Alpha Eta Lambda — Turner W. Goodlow, 2500 N. MacGregor Way, Houston. Tex. 77004

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Alpha Theta Lambda — O. C. Edwards, 310 N. Illinois Avenue, Atlantic City, N J 08401 Alpha lota Lambda — John E. Scott P. O. Box # 3 0 3 , Institute. W. Va. 25112 132. Alpha Kappa Lambda — Walker N. Atkinson 911 Staunton Ave., N.W., Roanoke, Va 24016 133. Alpha Mu Lambda — Curtis L. Parker 3246 Sunset Ave., S.E., Knoxville, Tenn. 37914 134. Alpha Nu Lambda — Wright L. Lassiter P.O. Box 905, Tuskegee Inst., Ala. 36088 135. Alpha Xi Lambda — Charles Williams P.O. Box 184, Toledo, Ohio 43602 136. Alpha Omicron Lambda — Wilbur C Douglass Jr., 6521 Deary St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15206 ' 137. Alpha Pi Lambda — John P. Bond, III 726 25th St., N.W., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27105 138. Alpha Rho Lambda — Eddie Francis, 1375 Ellsworth, Columbus, Ohio 43206 139. Alpha Sigma Lambda — C. C. Russeau P.O. Box 8945, South Oak Cliff Station Dallas, Texas 75216 140. Alpha Tau Lambda — Percy J . Perry, Jr 3125 N. Hartford Place, Tulsa, Okla. 74106 141. Alpha Upsilon Lambda — Joseph Holly, 550 Pike St., Montgomery, Ala. 36108 142. Alpha Phi Lambda — Joseph W. Pelham, 816 S. Sunland Dr., Virginia Beach, Va. 23462 143. Alpha Chi Lambda — James M. Hinton Jr P.O. Box 904, Augusta, Ga. 30903 144. Alpha Psi Lambda — J . O. Jackson, 522 Easter Street, Columbia, S.C. 29203 145. Beta Alpha Lambda — Herman F. Waters, 225 St. Pauls Ave., Jersey City, N.J. 07306 146. Beta Delta Lambda — J . Griffen Greene, Bethune-Cookman Col., Daytona Beach, Fla. 147. Beta Gamma Lambda — C. A. Pennington, 3212 Griffin Avenue, Richmond, Va 23222 148. Beta Delta Lambda — Ernest C. Cook, 454 N. Jefferson. Daytona Beach, Fla. 32014 149. Beta Epsilon Lambda — L. G Ashley Box 247, Boley, Okla. 73111 150. Beta Zeta Lambda — George W. Enlow.

813-B Locust St., Jefferson City, Mo. 65101 151. Beta Eta Lambda — Bobby Parker 209 North East 61st, Okla. City, Okla. 73105 152. Beta Theta Lambda — J . M. Schooler, 607 Lawson St., Durham, N. C. 153. Beta lota Lambda — James J . Prestage, 2145 77th Avenue, Baton Rouge, La. 70807 154. Beta Kappa Lambda — Daniel E. Martin, 31 Popular Street, Charleston, S. C. 29403 155. Beta Mu Lambda — Frank Brown.

Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C. 28144 156. Beta Nu Lambda — Isaac T. Graham 1728 Northcliff Drive, Charlotte, N.C. 28216 157. Beta Xi Lambda — Damian D. LaCroix, 4123 N. 22nd St., Omaha. Neb. 68110 158. Beta Omicron Lambda — Alvin J . Allen 1205 St., Madar St., Mobile, Ala. 36603 159. Beta Pi Lambda — Crispin C. Hall. Jr., 589 Third Avenue, Troy, N.Y. 12182 160. Beta Rho Lambda — Andrew J . Brown, 1947 Volney Road. Youngstown, Ohio 44511 161. Beta Sigma Lambda — Martin G. Brookins 300 Cornwall St., Hartford, Conn. 06112 162. Beta Tau Lambda — Donald Brooks 1725 Carverly Dr., Ft. Worth, Texas 76112 163. Beta Upsilon Lambda — Herman Stone, 841 Lane Avenue, Jackson, Tenn. 38301 164. Beta Phi Lambda — Daniel Washington, 1513 Cathy Street, Savannah, Ga. 31401 165. Beta Chi Lambda — Vernon L. Foshee, 725 Terrace Blvd., Muskogee, Okla. 74401 166. Beta Psi Lambda — Samuel W. Davis.

6743 Third Avenue. Los Angeles, Cal. 90043 167. Gamma Alpha Lambda — Stephen D. Waters 316 8th St.. N.W., Charlottesville. Va. 22901 168. Gamma Beta Lambda — Arnold W. Wright 311 Cold Harbor Dr., Frankfort, Ky. 40601 169. Gamma Gamma Lambda — Luke H. Chatman P. O. Box 1311, Greenville. S. C. 29602 170. Gamma Delta Lambda — Martin K. Austin 1213 S. Fayette St.. Beckley. W. Va. 25801 171. Gamma Epsilon Lambda — Samuel Moorehead 1100 East 2nd St.. Hopkinsville. Ky. 42240 172. Gamma Zeta Lambda — Richard F Pride 2907 26th Street, Tampa, Fla. 33605 173. Gamma Eta Lambda — Morris J . Crawford 3515 East 19th Street, Austin, Texas 78721 174. Gamma Theta Lambda — Phillip G. Saddler, Sr., 4409 Fielding Rd., Wilmington, Del. 19802 175. Gamma lota Lambda — Thomas E. Mason, 225 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 176. Gamma Kappa Lambda — Wilmington, N. C , Inactive 177. Gamma Mu Lambda — Moses G. Miles, 1329 Abraham St.. Tallahassee, Fla. 32304 178. Gamma Nu Lambda — Wilbert T. Lewis. Jr., 1507 Floyd Street, Lynchburg, Va. 24501 179. Gamma Xi Lambda — Arthur C. Hill, 1615 127th Ave., N.W.. Coon Rapids, Minn. 55433 180. Gamma Omicron Lambda — Gordon Davis, 613 Henderson Road, Albany, Ga. 31705 181. Gamma Pi Lambda — James L. Sweatt, Jr 1202 14th, Galveston, Texas 77550 182. Gamma Rho Lambda — Edwin L Moore 2224 West 5th Ave., Gary, Ind. 46402 183. Gamma Sigma Lambda — Edward Hicks, Box 586, Ft. Valley St. Col., Ft. Valley, Ga. 31030 184. Gamma Tau Lambda — T. L. Inghram, 710 Morrell St., Orange, Texas 77630 185. Gamma Upsilon Lambda — I. E. Willis. Jr 1414 Young St., Longview. Texas 75601 186. Gamma Phi Lambda — Olin McKinney, # 7 Kingston Road, Kensington, Cal. 94707 187. Gamma Chi Lambda — Thaddeus Brown Rm. 107. City Hall. San Francisco, Cal. 94102 131.

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ALUMNI CHAPTERS (Cont'd) 188. Gamma Psi Lambda — James E. King, 81 Taft Avenue, Asheville, N. C. 28803 189. Delta Alpha Lambda — Joseph R. Malone, 15706 Biltmore Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44128 190. Delta Beta Lambda — Roy R. Claytor, P. O. Box 495. Hampton, Va. 23369 191. Delta Gamma Lambda — Matthew Williams, 3848 Oakcrest Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45236 192. Delta Delta Lambda — Kenneth Powell, 1660 30th St., W., Riviera Beach, Fla. 33404 193. Delta Epsilon Lambda—Acquilla W. Wheadon, 2600 St. Louis Ave., E. St. Louis, III. 62205 194. Delta Zeta Lambda — Henry L. Robinson, Box 1793, S.C. State Col., Orangeburg, S. C. 29115 195. Delta Eta Lambda — Wilson Thurston, Jr., 1427 East 13th, Topeka, Kan. 66607 196. Delta Theta Lambda — Phillip L. Redrick, P. O. Box 348, Normal, Ala. 35762 197. Delta lota Lambda — Lorenzo R. Manns, 4554 Moline Avenue, Columbus, Ga. 31903 198. Delta Kappa Lambda — Frank Gilbert.

1523 Rocky Way Dr., Florence, S. C. 29501 199. Delta Mu Lambda — Melvin Thompson, 442 East 33rd St., Paterson, N. J . 07504 200. Delta Nu Lambda — Danville, Va.. Inactive 201. General Organization — General Office 202. Delta Xi Lambda — Leonard Ingram, 4187 Kirkland Blvd., Orlando, Fla. 32805 203. Delta Omicron Lambda — Robert B. Newton.

P. O. Box # 7 3 , Barclay, Md. 21607 204. Delta Pi Lambda — J . D. Taylor, 1905 St. Phillip St.. Selma, Ala. 36701 205. Delta Rho Lambda — William Hays, Jr., 6214 Forest Bend. San Antonio, Tex. 78240 206. Delta Sigma Lambda — George Howard, 60 Watson Blvd., Pine Bluff, Ark. 71601 207. Delta Tau Lambda — Mervyn V. Lackey, 7827 South 13th PI., Phoenix, Ariz. 85040 208. Delta Upsilon Lambda — James C. Leary, 2961 Looney St., Shreveport, La. 71103 209. Delta Phi Lambda — Milton M. Williams, 1910 40th Ave.. College Hills, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35401 210. Delta Chi Lambda — Hoyt Harper, 5344 North 64th St., Milwaukee. Wis. 53218 211. Delta Psi Lambda — Edward R. Harrington.

4022 Montview Blvd.. Denver. Colo. 80207 212. Epsilon Alpha Lambda — Joe Jones, Jr., 1810 North Fenton Ave.. Tyler, Texas 75701 213. Epsilon Beta Lambda — Ulysses G. Mathis, 3279 Imperial Drive, Macon, Ga. 31201 214. Epsilon Gamma Lambda — Cleveland Coats, 10 Whittier Road, Lexington, Mass. 02173 215. Epsilon Delta Lambda — Spencer E. Ramsey, 1701 West 21st St., Anniston, Ala. 36201 216. Epsilon Epsilon Lambda — Rhubert L. Ewing, Jr., 2024 South 10th St., Waco. Texas 76706 217. Epsilon Zeta Lambda — Carl Deiz, 9144 N. Chatauqua, Portland, Ore. 97217 218. Epsilon Eta Lambda — Edward W. Barrett.

201 W. Tom Brown St., Charleston, Mo. 63834 219. Epsilon Theta Lambda — Inactive, Hamilton, Bermuda 220. Epsilon lota Lambda — James Deloatch.

1107 Custis Road, Suffolk, Va. 23434 221. Epsilon Kappa Lambda — Earl K. Blakely, P. O. Box # 4 7 7 , Grambling, La. 71245 222. Epsilon Mu Lambda — James V. Gillis, 814 Gulf Beach Highway, Warrington. Fla. 32507 223. Epsilon Nu Lambda — John G. Wynn, 2724 Corprew Ave., Apt. C, Norfolk, Va. 23504 224. Epsilon Xi Lambda — George J. Bacon.

P. O. Box 5531, Greenville, Miss. 38701 225. Epsilon Omicron Lambda — Ernest L. Morse.

Box 595. South Hill, Va. 23970 226. Epsilon Pi Lambda — William E. Jackson, 1822 S.W. 4th St., Ocala, Fla. 32670 227. Epsilon Rho Lambda — John A. Hollingsworth, 2312 Lake Ave.. Fayetteville, N. C. 28301 228. Epsilon Sigma Lambda — Inactive, Tarboro. N. C. 229. Epsilon Tau Lambda — Griff W. Kendrick, P. O. Box 2224. Prairie View, Texas 77445 230. Epsilon Upsilon Lambda — William A. Tipper, 912 E. Wellington, Ave.. Flint. Mich. 48503 231. Epsilon Phi Lambda — Clemmie Henley, 1109 East 9th St., Port Arthur, Texas 77640 232. Epsilon Chi Lambda — Arthur Jefferson, Box 96, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, N. C. 27909 233. Epsilon Psi Lambda — George W. Thompson, 3616 13th Street, Alexandria, La. 71301 234. Zeta Alpha Lambda — W. George Allen, 303 S.E. 17th Street, Suite 305-A, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33316 235. Zeta Beta Lambda — Arunious Gay, 2717 " O " Street # 9 , Sacramento, Cal. 95B16 236. Zeta Gamma Lambda — Reuben Manning.

Box 878, Langston, Okla. 73050

237. Zeta Delta Lambda — Maurice L. Reed, 3875 Jamestown Rd., Springfield, Ohio 45502 238. Zeta Epsilon Lambda — William E. Wright, 254 Shrewsbury Ave., Red Bank, N.J. 07701 239. Zeta Zeta Lambda — Zeta Zeta Lambda Chapter, APA, P. O. Box 15, Cambria Heights, N.Y, 11411 240. Zeta Eta Lambda — B. F. Hall, Jr. 1007 E. Caswell St. Kinston, N. C. 28501 241. Zeta Theta Lambda — Cecil M. Andrew, 1829 Market St., Harrisburg. Pa. 17103 242. Zeta lota Lambda — James Davis, Jr., 70 Tyler Drive, Willingboro. N. J . 08046 243. Zeta Kappa Lambda — Eddie V. Easley, 1431 41st Place, Des Moines, Iowa 50311 244. Zeta Mu Lambda — Boyd C. James, 1021 Woodward Ave., Gulfport, Md. 39501 245. Zeta Nu Lambda — J . Maurice Hicks, 916 Oak Street, Roselle. N. J . 07203 246. Zeta Xi Lambda — Louis S. Moseley.

2033 Darrow Ave., Evanston, III. 60201 247. Zeta Omicron Lambda — Robert L. Chapman, 433 Hortter St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19119 248. Zeta Pi Lambda — Alexander D. Hicks, 7619 S.E. 37th PI.. Mercer Island. Wash. 98040 249. Zeta Rho Lambda — Jethro C. Williams, P.O. Box # 5 , Delaware State College, Dover, Del. 19901 250. Zeta Sigma Lambda — Gene P. Moore, 6821 Cibela Road, San Diego, Cal. 92120 251. Zeta Tau Lambda — Johnny Allen, P.O. Box # 8 4 1 , Amarillo, Texas 79105 252. Zeta Upsilon Lambda — Inactive, South Boston. Va. 253. Zeta Phi Lambda — Thomas C. Almore. # 9 Karen Drive, Norwalk, Conn. 06851 254 Zeta Chi Lambda — Albert L. Jordan, 1502 North Ave., Bogalusa, La. 70427 255. Zeta Psi Lambda — Joseph L. Bellard, 2911 Gen Mitchell Dr., Lake Charles, La. 70601 256. Eta Alpha Lambda — Richard Jacobs, 84 Sherman Ave., Hamden. Conn. 06518 ?. 7. Eta Beta Lambda — Willie C. Lynn, 2553 Raleigh, Wichita, Kan. 67219 258. Eta Gamma Lambda — Felix Johnson, Jr., 121 Northern Dr., Lafayette. La. 70501 259. Eta Delta Lambda — Wilburforce Moseley, P.O. Box # 9 6 4 , Monroe, La. 71201 260. Eta Epsilon Lambda — K. Jefferies Adorkor.

P.O. Box # 5 5 . Monrovia, Liberia 261. Eta Zeta Lambda — Arnold C. Baker, 16 Nursery Lane, Rye. N. Y. 10580 262. Eta Eta Lambda — Francis Noel, 1957 Forest Drive, Annapolis, Md. 21401 263. Eta Theta Lambda — Russell A. Stevenson, 91 McCulloch Drive, Commack, Long Island, N. Y. 11725 264. Eta lota Lambda — Hugh Goodrum.

P. O. Box # 9 0 2 , Athens. Ga. 30601 265. Eta Kappa Lambda — Havert L. Fenn, 2601 Avenue I, Ft. Pierce. Fla. 33450 266. Eta Mu Lambda — Joel C. Marable. 407 Belvedere Circle, Kings Mountain, N. C. 28086 267. Eta Nu Lambda — Edward Allen Jones, 612 Prospect Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503 268. Eta Xi Lambda — Jacob Parker, Jr. 114 Bell Drive, Lawton, Okla. 73501 269. Eta Omicron Lambda — James E. Jackson, 117 Campanella Circle, Columbia, S.C. 29203 270. Eta Pi Lambda — Frank A. Nicholson.

651 W. Mendocino Ave., Altadenta. Cal. 91001 271. Eta Rho Lambda — Julius Williams.

326-A Chatham Gardens. Rochester. N.Y. 14605 272. Eta Sigma Lambda — Carl P. Brown, 3022 Stevens Lane, San Jose, Cal. 95122 273. Eta Tau Lambda — Leon T. Butts.

P. O. Box # 3 4 0 4 . Akron, Ohio 44311 274. Eta Upsilon Lambda — Earl H. Burns.

1724 E. Pecan St., Midland. Texas 79701 275. Eta Phi Lambda — Otis Barry.

Rt. 1. Box 233. Steens. Md. 39766 276. Eta Chi Lambda — Eugene M. DeLoatch, 32 West 141st Street. Apt. # 1 0 - E , New York, N. Y. 10037 277. Eta Psi Lambda — Norman W. Bartee.

8321 East Koralee PI.. Tucson, Ariz., 85710 278. Theta Alpha Lambda — Johnny Rigby.

1909 East Broad S t . Gadsden. Ala. 35903 279. Theta Beta Lambda — Malcolm Q. Barnes.

3401 Tulare. Richmond. Cal. 94804 280. Theta Gamma Lambda — Conrad L. Newman, P. O. Box # 1 1 7 , Newville, Ala. 36353 281. Theta Delta Lambda — Welborn J . Williams, Jr. 10717 Offutt. El Paso, Texas 79908 282. Theta Epsilon Lambda — Inactive.

St Thomas. Virgin Islands 283. Theta Zeta Lambda — William Alexander, 2787 Manchester. Ann Arbor. Mich. 48104

284. Theta Eta Lambda — William G. Thompson, 1340 12th Ave., S., St. Petersburg, Fla. 33705 285. Theta Theta Lambda — William A. Tinsley, (Mai) HQ CCB USASTRATCOM-EUR, APO. N. Y. 09056 286. Theta lota Lambda — Inactive, Springfield, Mass.

287. Theta Kappa Lambda — Charles E. Henry, 1833 East 25th St., Lubbock, Texas 79404 288. Theta Mu Lambda — Henry Boswell, 994 Howliston Court, Joliet, III. 60433 289. Theta Nu Lambda — Frank R. Lewis.

130 Brenda Blvd.. LaGrange, Ga. 30240 290. Theta Xi Lambda — Thomas A. Bolden, 3742 Belle Vista, South Bend, Ind. 46619 291. Theta Omicron Lambda — David Rogers, P. O. Box 788, Goldsboro, N.C. 27530 292. Theta Pi Lambda — Carlon Parks 1936 West Lake Mead Blvd. # 2 , Las Vegas, Nev. 89106 293. Theta Rho Lambda — William T. Syphax, 1327 South Queen St., Arlington, Va. 22204 294. Theta Sigma Lambda — Frank Perry, Jr., P.O. Box 149, Alcorn A 4 M College, Lorman. Miss. 39096 295. Theta Tau Lambda — Elton Hammonds, # 6 2 Lincoln Courts. West Helena, Ark. 72390 296. Theta Upsilon Lambda — James H. Epps, 2120 Hobson Road, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 46805 297. Theta Phi Lambda — James S. McLeod, 204 Jennings St., Bennettsville. S. C. 29512 298. Theta Chi Lambda — A. E. Richardson, 3307 Woodlawn Ave., Schenectady, N. Y. 12304 299. Theta Psi Lambda — Archie K. Blakely, 215 S. 8th Avenue. Highland Park, N.J. 08904 500. Omicron Lambda Alpha — Albert T. Reliford, 7405 14th St., N.W., Washington, D C . 20012 501. Omicron Lambda Beta — Phillip Daniel, 130 Snyder Hall, Univ. III.. Champaign. III. 502. lota Alpha Lambda — Francis H. Harris, Box # 7 0 5 , Aberdeen. Md. 21001 503. lota Beta Lambda — Lonnie Blocker, 904 S. Varr Avenue. Rockledge. Fla. 32955 504. lota Gamma Lambda — Phillip Youman, Jr. 3205 Cochran Ave., Brunswick, Ga. 31520 505. lota Delta Lambda — Bernie Gresham, 8139 South Merrill. Chicago. III. 60617 506. lota Epsilon Lambda — Ma|. Sylvester L. Shannon. 266-42-5450 STU DET USACHS, Ft. Hamilton, N.Y. 11252 507. lota Zeta Lambda — Wilson Crim. 4234 Don Diablo Drive. Los Angeles, Cal. 90008 508. lota Eta Lambda — Monday P. Akpan.

Voorhees College, Denmark, S. C. 29042 509. lota Theta Lambda — Alpha Phi Alpha. lota Theta Lambda. P.O. Box 232.

Endicott, N.Y. 13760 510. lota lota Lambda — Harry Bilton, P. O. Box # 9 . Rome, N. Y. 13440 511. lota Kappa Lambda — Charles E. Timberlake.

947 Westmoreland Ave.. Syracuse. N. Y. 13210 512. lota Mu Lambda — Bobby E. Lewis.

3021 Oak Street, S.W.. Tacoma. Wash. 98439 513. lota Nu Lambda — William H. Day. 3654 E. Santa Ana Ave., Fresno. Cal. 93726 514. lota Xi Lambda — Aaron Washington. Jr., 752 Melancon St., Opelousas, La. 70570 515. lota Omicron Lambda — Thomas J . Conage.

1310 Saratoga Dr., Colo. Springs, Colo. 80910 516. lota Pi Lambda — Paul J. Joseph.

P. O. Box 723, Perrine, Fla. 33157 517. lota Rho Lambda — Inactive, Pontiac. Michigan 518. lota Sigma Lambda — Mark L. Milligan.

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St. Croix, US Virgin Islands 00840 519. lota Tau Lambda — Richard F. Booker, Box 221, Amelia, Va. 23002 520. lota Upsilon Lambda — Robert E. Hatchel.

3 Morningside Ct., Silver Spring, Md. 20904 521. lota Phi Lambda — John Lindsey. Jr., P.O. Box 4222, Muskegon Heights. Mich. 49444 522. lota Chi Lambda — George W. Adam, 1134 Essling St., Saginaw, M i c h . 48601 523. lota Psi Lambda — Harvey C. Phelps, 1715 Morningrise Place. S.E., Albuquerque, N. M. 87108 524. Kappa Alpha Lambda — John Phillips.

22576 Veronica Dr., Salina, Cal. 93901 525. Kappa Beta Lambda — Adron B. Butler.

5602 Bondy Drive. Erie, Pa. 16509 526. Kappa Gamma Lambda — James Larkins.

1602 So. Robinson Rd.. Texarkana. Tex. 75501 527. Kappa Delta Lambda — Klrby Kirksey.

Dept. of Chemistry, Mich. State University, E. Lansing. Mich. 48823 528. Kappa Epsilon Lambda — Silas A. Butler, Jr., 8912 91st Place, Lanham, Md. 20801