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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.

ALPHA FORUM We Need More Than A Redesign.

OLLEGE DAYS Preparing for Medical School Miss Black & Gold College Brother of the Year "Keep Your Head High" ENERAL CONVENTION President's Address Public Program Ecumenical Service Life Membership Breakfast Lawson Oratorical Contest Male Partnership/Head Start ISTORICAL MOMENT Alpha & Christianity CHIVAL GALLERY Don't Throw It Away EISURE Play Review Book Review ALPHA ON THE MO LEGACY "Miles" To Go T. Winston Cole—I, II, III CHAPTER NEWS OMEGA CHAPTER INSIDE BACK Corporate Directory The Sphinx (USPS 510-440) is published quarterly for $10 a year by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 2313 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-5234. Second-class postage paid at Baltimore, MD and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Sphinx, 2313 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21213.

The Sphinx is die official magazine of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Send all editorial mail and change of addresses to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The Fraternity 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. Use of any person's name in fiction, semifiction, articles or humorous features is to be regarded as a coincidence and not as the responsibility of The Sphinx, and is never done knowingly. Copyright 1976 by The Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Reproduction, or use without written permission, of the editorial or pictorial content of die magazine in any manner is prohibited. The Sphinx has been published continuously since 1914. Organizing Editor: Brother Raymond W. Cannon. Organizing General President: Brother Henry Lake Dickason.

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Alpha Forum Brother Rufus Johnson

We need more than reteaching as opposed to moving forward with new material. Opponents claim that such a theory has yet to be proven and it serves as an excuse for poor school performance.

Year-round schooling proposes a dramatic change on many fronts. It specifies that the students and staff will engage in academic learning during die summer as well as the current school term.

Periodic short breaks will allow all parties concerned (students, faculty, and staff) an opportunity to rest, vacation, and plan for the next session. Year-round schooling is not to be confused witii the extended school year. Less than 15 of more than 1,700 year-round schools have lengdiened die school year beyond die normal 180-day calendar.

Opposition to the idea of year-round school has been pointed since the idea emerged some 25 years ago: • Burnout for teachers and students accustomed to summer breaks. s Dr. King suggested: "We must remember that • Difficulty squeezing in traditional summer intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus activities.

• Conflicting school schedules which could mean L character—that is the goal of true education." different vacation breaks for students in die same family.

• Increased cost in maintenance, energy, and A central question confronts each of us: What am supplies.

I willing to do to make a difference in the lives of But there are also positives, among them: our children? It is fashionable to be an expert in all • Higher test scores, improved student attendance, phases of education. Most often, the concepts less vandalism, and fewer discipline problems. discussed have very little to do with the lives of • Better use of school buildings, which often sit children and their future. idle during die long summer breaks.

The public school system in America is under • Less time for students to get into trouble or tremendous pressure to improve the quality of claim boredom. education for all students.

• Improved setting for teaching foreign languages, Reformers have presented any number of which are best offered widiout die long summer programs to address the needs of students. One breaks. such movement, the "redesign/structuring" of the • Quick response to learning difficulties. school year, is yet another call to awaken the Success in the future, for both students and the conscious of all Americans who are truly committed nation, demands critical thinkers, problem solvers, to raising the educational standards of our children. and decision makers who can effectively The concept of the year-round school has communicate, and will continue learning long after received both support and opposition. Those who they have completed formal schooling. support the concept claim that students forget much Whether we extend die school year or leave the of what is learned during summer vacation and system in its current agrarian mode, one thing is teachers spend die first months of the school year Many school systems have appropriately launched strategic planning and redesign of their school programs. For the past 20 years in America, the level of academic achievement in our secondary schools has spelled disaster and incompetence for too many of our youth and die economy as well.

This academic decline in our schools can be attributed in part to die lack of a strong family support system, die design of the school year, and the abandonment of our basic foundation of "right and wrong."

Like leaders in all sectors of life, school administrators need a mission, a vision, and an articulated belief system to guide their students and school personnel. However, uncertainty about external forces causes many school administrators to be less forceful at times when particular change is not "traditional."

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certain: children and the public schools they attend must attain significandy higher standards of performance and educators must make the commitment to quality.

The school system is not to be blamed for all that is wrong with public education. The commitment to quality and higher standards of educational performance will not be attained by focusing on the school system alone. Rather, appropriate attention must be devoted to die composition and functioning of the "family" and respect for "basic values."

Many problems our students face are not school related. They are problems that have dieir genesis on die streets and in living rooms and not in the classrooms. Our best schools cannot totally compensate for failures in the home. Schools cannot

system that exists today, our children continue to suffer and dieir sense of empowerment and belief in self diminishes. i oday's youth need assurance of the opportunity to "make a life" for themselves and their families—a life where the order of the day is being responsible for their actions, understanding that there are consequences for wrong decisions, and respecting their fellow man.

Though Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died more man 25 years ago, his wisdom is timely today. Our children must understand, as Dr. King suggested: "We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education."

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Redesign of Public Schools succeed where parental support and community interest have eroded.

Research has shown that there are five distinct characteristics which correlate with poor performance in school—race and ethnicity, poverty, family composition, mother's education and language background. Several of those factors— poverty, family composition, race and ethnicity—are beyond the school's area of influence.

It is increasingly apparent that basic values, such as common courtesy, self-respect and respect for others, must be initiated and taught in die home.

Schools can reinforce appropriate behavior but our families must come to grips with the importance of molding good moral values.

The reasons are clear. Disrespect and dishonesty are grave concerns of school officials. Crime, violence, racism, and passing judgement contaminate our religious institutions, homes, workplaces, and educational centers. Drugs, alcohol, and sexual abuse, and blaming others for our own misdeeds are running rampant.

It is incumbent upon each of us to model die appropriate behaviors for and before our children. If adults take more responsibility for their actions—if adults are more respectful of others and elect right over wrong—children will follow suit.

Ultimately, we must move beyond placing all blame on die school system. While we debate the year-round school concept versus the pioneer

Brother Johnson is a former public school teacher and principal in Bibb County (Macon, Georgia). He is currently vice president and general manager of Quality Values, Inc. and an active member ofEpsilon Beta Lambda Chapter.

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Christopher Womack, Alabama Power Company Vice President and chair, Alpha Education Foundation

ALPHA, BLACK CAUCUS REAFFIRM PARTNERSHIP The special contributions of the nation's Congressional Black Caucus were recognized again this year during a gala reception at the Washington Sheraton.

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity-sponsored reception was one of several during the annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative weekend.

General President Milton C. Davis assured the Caucus members that the Fraternity stood behind them in the many challenges they face. "You do not stand alone," President Davis assured the Caucus members. "That is why we are here tonight."

"In this day and time, there is more than Alpha can do," said Alabama Power Company Vice President Christopher Womack. "We can together make things happen." Brother Womack is chairman of Alpha Phi Alpha's Education Foundation. Alabama Power underwrites the reception hosted by Alpha Phi Alpha.

"If there are any organizations with the credibility, experience, and

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knowledge to address the varied problems we face in society, fraternal organizations would be among them," Brother Womack reasoned.

Although he called on Alpha Phi Alpha to take the initiative in seeking solutions to the challenges that face young African American males, Womack conceded: "We can't solve them (the problems) all.

If everybody took a part, if everybody played a role, if everybody did something, that is the strategy we should pursue."

He was not asking Alpha Phi Alpha to do anything the Fraternity had not been doing, Womack added. "We just need to do more" and very likely, he would agree, in partnership with national leaders like the Congressional Black Caucus.

Virginia Congressman Robert "Bobby" Scott called for the "continued support and guidance" of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in the pursuit of their Congressional agenda.

Alabama's Earl Hilliard warned the Fraternity of a challenge similar to one

African Americans faced more than a 100 years ago.

"It came from a different direction and in a different way, but the objective was the same—the eradication of black leaders. Don't let that happen.

The power and position we have gained must not be lost," Congressman Hilliard said.

Both Scott and Hilliard are members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

As Hilliard explained it, if African Americans fail to appropriately guard against challenges of their political gains, they would be lost. "And if we let it happen, it ought to happen," he said.

It was not his position in Congress that was being challenged, Congressman Hilliard said. Rather, those most vulnerable to challenge were "local leaders, those people who determine the way you live.

"We cannot let this moment pass. The power we have achieved must be preserved; it must be protected."

And Brother Hilliard added, calling for Fraternity support:

ON THE RIGHT: Bishop J. Clinton Haggard, Beta Alpha Lambda, AME Zion Church, 3rd Episcopal, Washington, DC, and his son

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General President Davis and Brother Marc Morial, Mayor of New Orleans

Congressmen Brothers Earl Hilliard, Alabama, and Robert Scott, Virginia

DURING WASHINGTON SHERATON RECEPTION "When you help one of us, you help all of us."

Brothers from across the nation were present for the reception, including former General Presidents Ozell Sutton, Charles Teamer, and James Williams. Greekdom was represented by the Grand Basileus of Sigma Gamma Rho, Corine Greene.

Also on hand for the reception was Alabama Representative John Hilliard who described potential program partnerships with Alpha as "awesome. I see many needs in my district that could benefit from the talent in this Brotherhood," Hilliard noted.

He said one of the biggest problems many of his constituents face is the absence of positive role models."The kids need some people to take time with them. They need exposure. The men of Alpha are well-positioned to provide that exposure," Hilliard added.

He invited the Fraternity to present him with program concepts and he would seek funding to support them. The annual Congressional Black

Caucus Legislative Weekend during which time the Alpha Phi Alpha reception was held is sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

Its purpose, according to Executive Director Quentin Lawson, is to familiarize African Americans with some of the "critical issues on public policy and their impact on Black America."

The seminars at the Washington Civic Center and on Capitol Hill also allow for input from constituents from across the country on the issues that affect them.

This year's agenda included 65 different "brain trusts", among them international trade, drugs, crime, violence, economic development in the black community, mentoring, housing, health care, welfare reform, employment, minority business development, redistricting, public and higher education, and black veterans.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, while concerned about all of the public policy issues, has taken a special and active

interest in mentoring and public and higher education for African American youth.

A majority of the Fraternity's chapters, college and alumni, are involved in a range of mentoring programs which engage preschool to high school students. The Fraternity has also invested millions of dollars in scholarships to encourage postsecondary school education, and several years ago adopted a "Go to High School Go to College" project as one of its major, national program thrusts. eneral President Davis emphasized the "parallels" between what the Black Caucus is organized to do and the reasons for being of Alpha Phi

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Alpha. While the Congressional Black Caucus serves as a legislative clearinghouse and public information center, President Davis noted that Alpha chapters in many communities across the country also sponsor health care, civic information, and educational opportunity public programs.

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Preparing for Medical School evaluation. Furthermore, professors are the best source of letters of recommendation needed for application to medical school. A good rapport with instructors and preprofessional advisors is strongly encouraged.

In my own experiences, mentors and college advisors have always been involved in my development. They have been encouraging and motivating.

From my freshman year to the present, they have informed me of summer research opportunities and various other campus activities that would enhance my medical school application.

Grade point average is an important tudying test-taking strategies as well as factor when applying to subject matter is important to achieving medical school. a good MCAT score. Being prepared These means having a strong foundation in biology, records are an indication physics, general and organic chemistry, and of a level of mastery of developing good reading and writing skills. college subject matter. A Advisors can suggest the proper good grade point average indicates that the student has a classes to take for effective good work ethic and is ready to training. For example, counsel to take science classes should be move on to a higher level of educational development. well received. It is important to Extracurricular activities are take all the classes necessary to be equipped to tackle the MCAT. also important. These activities can range from fraternity College professors can also involvement to any number of often provide valuable insight other on-campus or off-campus on a student's strengths and organizations. Extracurricular weaknesses and play a critical activities suggest diversity in the role in skill development and Preparation for medical school should be strategically planned. This strategically planned preparation should involve undergraduate studies, research, work experience, and MCAT readiness. These criteria are important to pave a successful path to medical school.

Many undergraduate institutions have a pre-professional curriculum designed to prepare students for the rigors of medical school. Enrolling in this type of special program is a positive step for development.

Faculty advisors and instructors are important resources for the undergraduate.

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applicant's character and are an indication of a well-rounded student.

Throughout my college life, I have been involved in activities such as intramural sports, minority pre-health society, and Alpha Epsilon Delta PreMedical Honor Society.

My Fraternity experience has been an unforgettable one. My tenure as an Alpha has given me the opportunity to become involved in campus, civic, and social activities. I have been involved in planning and organizing charity fundraisers to serve tfie Birmingham community, and two consecutive Alpha Week programs aimed at increasing awareness of sexually transmitted diseases and stressing unity among Greek letter organizations.

A good resume is an asset to a medical school applicant.

Employers who can vouch for good character are strong candidates for letters of recommendation. Jobs affiliated with the medical field enhance tfie medical school application by showing not only interest but also some level of understanding.

Many special programs are available for undergraduates to gain basic knowledge of the medical profession. Most undergraduate institutions have summer research opportunities to expose students to the educational and clinical sides of medicine. Research experiences provide the applicant with a wide range of positive role

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models and will serve as work experience on the medical school application.

Each year of my undergraduate studies, I have been involved in summer research. I alternated each consecutive year with lab and clinical research.

M y first summer was a clinical experience in the Office of Sports Medicine at UAB. T h e next summer I participated in laboratory research at Baylor College of Medicine, and my third summer was devoted to both clinical and laboratory research in the Department of Urology at UAB. T h e s e research programs were all sponsored by the University of Alabama at Birmingham minority recruitment and retention department. Each experience has served to strengthen my desire to be active in the medical profession. Also, each opportunity has been a source for practical application of my science studies, making dieory more understandable. Most importantly, summer research has convinced me that there is an end to the long years of study that are ahead.

W h e n applying to medical school, the applicant has no mediator. T h e application must be as thorough as possible. T h e applicant must make sure that the application proves the ability to excel at the graduate level of study. Developing a winning application through research and work experience is a major aspect of preparing for medical school.

T h e MCAT can be a tedious and stressful experience. It is important to be as prepared as possible before taking this prerequisite examination. Begin preparing for this examination early in your college studies.

T h e test covers basic skills in physics, biology, general and organic chemistry, and the humanities. It is divided into four sections—verbal reasoning, physical science, writing samples, and biological science.

T h e examination usually lasts about eight (8) hours.

Endurance, through practice, is obviously important.

Several courses are available to assist students in preparing for the MCAT. T h e s e courses give general knowledge of the basic skills covered on the examination, but extensive individual training is also necessary to achieve a competitive MCAT score.

Studying test-taking strategies as well as subject matter is important to achieving a good MCAT score. Being prepared means having a strong foundation in biology, physics, general and organic chemistry, and developing good reading and writing skills.

Giving yourself ample time for thorough MCAT study will provide confidence on examination day. Review of physics, biology, and chemistry is a good start for developing skills covered on the MCAT. Taking all the prerequisite courses for medical school and maintaining a good grade point average are also important factors in preparing for medical school. Developing a good resume, through work and research experience, will enhance the medical school application.

Strategic planning and preparation are necessary for paving a successful path to medical school.

Reuben K. Ellis Iota Nu Univetyity of Alabama-Birmingham

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sphinx Please forward story ideas and chapter news for consideration at this time. We would like to have materials on hand for consideration by January 15,1995.

However, don't wait for the deadline. Mail material for consideration NOW. If you miss the January 15 deadline, or any deadline for that matter, mail the material anyway.

The next issue of The Sphinx will be published February/March 1995.

We are especially interested in hearing from Brothers who are available to write three-to-four-page essays for the Alpha Forum. Don't write the essays, only indicate your availability to do so. College Brothers should indicate topics that are of special interest to them.

We would also like to hear from Brothers who are willing to share historical photos from their personal files. Photos can be copied and returned overnight.

Send material to: THE SPHINX, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 2313 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-5234.

REGIONAL CONVENTIONS Midwestern Region Stouffers Renaissance Hotel Cleveland, Ohio March 9-12, 1995 Western Region Pare Oakland Hotel Oakland, California March 16-19, 1995 Southern Region North Raleigh Hilton Raleigh, North Carolina March 23-26, 1995 Southwestern Region Bendey Hotel Alexandria, Louisiana April 6-8, 1995 Eastern Region Westchester Marriott Terrytown, New York April 20-23, 1995

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MISS BLACK & GOLD She remembers clearly when she started singing, but she is not as clear as to why, other than she was asked to do so.

Nikith Sutton was five years old, she says, when her minister simply asked her to sing in church.

"She saw something we didn't see," Nikith imagines. At any rate, Nikith has been singing for 15 years now, and her experience in song was evident during the "Miss Black and Gold" Contest at the General Convention.

The Elizabeth City University junior represented the Southern Region in the competition and won die national honors. The competition was good, but Nikith's victory was predictable—especially after she bellowed out "I Will Always Love You." Confident and poised in her several presentations—evening wear, swim wear, extemporaneous question, and talent—Nikith was not the same as Whitney Houston, but just about.

She still sings so-called church music, but she also finds joy in songs "that I can relate to." Indeed, she tells listeners to "take the songs and apply them to your lives.

"Songs mean different things to different people," she says.

Although the Whitney Houston song from the Bodyguard soundtrack, "I Will Always Love You," is considered pop music, Nikith maintains that it is just as appropriate for a funeral.

There could be consolation in the song for one who has lost a dear friend, she notes. s well as she sings, and as long as she has been . singing, Nikith does not have a career interest in music.

Instead, she plans to study law after receiving her degree in criminal justice from Elizabeth City State.

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Why law? She is not sure, but it could be the influence of her father, who is superintendent of the Department of Corrections in Currituck County, North Carolina. She, too, wants to launch a career in service to people, the 1994 "Miss Black and Gold" said.

Like many college student leaders nowadays, Nikith is concerned about black-on-black crime, respect among young men and women, and die involvement of college students in community activities.

She believes that black-on-black crime stems in part from "too much jealousy among ourselves," the question of respect is best addressed in the home, and college students are not doing what they should for die communities in which diey live.

Students talk about Martin Luther King, Jr., but they know little about SCLC and its purpose, Nikith says.

"They don't teach diat in school.

We need what we are being taught," she agrees, but "we also need the African American perspective."

Respect starts in the home, Nikith maintains. "It begins with respecting die father and mother.

When children see that their parents have respect for one another, that will rub off and it spreads among diem."

She called for a "lot more concern and love" in the home.

Nikidi wants to see as much concern for the plight of black women as there seems to be public concern about the plight of black men. "We are all in this together," she says. "When the black man goes down, the black woman goes down, too."

The oldest of seven brothers and two sisters, Nikith approaches the future with confidence. "I intend to be die best that I can be, and if I fail, I will use that failure as

a stepping stone to better myself," she promises. "If you fail, get up and try it again; don't lay down in sorrow and pity for yourself." he gives special thanks to Elizabeth City State for supporting her in the "Mss Black and Gold" competition; her family and especially her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Sutton, and her church, Faithway Church of Jesus in the Apostolic Faith.

Meanwhile, the Student Government Association, the Student Leadership Academy, and Gospel and Concert Choirs keep her busy at Elizabeth City State when she is not addressing her academic assignments.

As predictable as Nikith's victory may have been, it was not assured. Competition was keen.

Adding grace, beauty, and charm to the evening were Pricilla Evans, the Soudiwestern Region entry.

T h e sophomore University of Houston student wants to develop a Christian Broadcasting System.

A junior organizational communication major at Murray State, Catherine Cushberry represented the Midwestern Region. If she succeeds, Ms. Cushberry says her family and race will also have succeeded.

Kimberlee McKee represented the Eastern Region and Brandy Jones was the Western Region entry in the "Miss Black and Gold" competition.

Ms. McKee is a senior speech major at Hampton University, and Ms. Jones is a communications major at San Jose State University.

Ms. McKee promises to organize and operate a chain of private ethnic schools, and Ms. Jones is also committed to helping others. Success, she says, is without meaning if you have not helped someone else succeed.

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SCHOLARSHIP AND SERVICE: PRIORITIES IN THE LIFE OF

BROTHER MELVIN TYRONE DAVIS He did not know much about fraternal life when he received an Alpha Phi Alpha scholarship in high school. But Melvin Tyrone Davis and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity were a perfect match.

Davis is serious about academics. Academic excellence is a hallmark of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Davis also has a keen interest in community service. Manly deeds are central to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's reason for being.

It was when he enrolled at the University of North Carolina that Davis learned "they (Alphas) were committed to the same things I was committed to—being involved in the community and focusing on academic excellence."

Service and scholarship have earned Davis the honor of 1994 College Brother of the Year. A spring graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brother Davis served Mu Zeta Chapter as Vice President, chairman of the Service Committee, Executive Board member, Historian, Associate Editor to the Sphinx, and Director of Educational Activities.

Fraternal life and Alpha's commitment to community service have not interfered with Brother Davis' pursuit of academic excellence. He attended the University of North Carolina as a National Achievement Scholar, a Herbert Lehman Scholar, a Jackie Robinson Scholar, and an NAACP Agnes Jones Jackson Scholar.

And a year ago, Brother Davis was elected to the most prestigious academic honor society in the nation—Phi Beta Kappa.

"Academic excellence is pushing yourself to the limit of what the mind can accomplish," he says.

"The mind can accomplish limitless things."

Davis also believes that academic excellence is a "personal thing."

You have achieved it when you "put your best foot forward in trying to obtain knowledge.

"You should never rest on your past laurels, always seek greater heights, and challenge yourself."

He calls it "difficult but not impossible" to maintain a balance between involvement in social and service activities and academic goals. "I tried to dabble in as much as possible without sacrificing

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my academics," he recalls about life at the University of North Carolina. "You lose a lot of sleep a lot of the time, but that is a minor sacrifice compared to the greater good you end up doing for the community." 'hat will he do now that he has graduated from the University of North Carolina? Davis is not sure what he will do this year, but he is excited about law school a year from now.

"I have always thought I could make a difference by being a lawyer," he says. Using O.J. Simpson as an example, he says "a lot of times people have the best of what the law has to offer. The vast majority don't.

"I hope to provide legal services to some of those people" who don't have the best of what the law profession has to offer, he says. "A lot of them don't understand how the law affects them or how they can use the law to their benefit."

In addition to his private practice, Brother Davis says he wants to involve himself in helping people help themselves, encouraging them "to get back in school and start careers that will help them support their families."

At the UNC, Davis was similarly involved in encouraging African American students to stay in school and emphasizing the importance of good grades and SAT scores. He prepared a pamphlet, "The Mu Zeta/Alpha Phi Alpha Scholarship Booklet", which listed scholarships targeting African American students. Brother Davis represented Alpha and UNC as a panelist for "Decision Days", "High School Honor Days", and "National Achievement Day" programs.

It is easy for African American students to get lost—and be ignored—on majority college campuses, Davis concedes. But not Brother Davis and Mu Zeta. At the University of North Carolina, they were both high profile and effective in their various endeavors.

Davis, for instance, played a special role in Voter Registration Drives which resulted in 3,000 new voters for the 1992 elections. He also personally interviewed candidates for positions in the

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administration of Student Body President Brother George Battle, only the fourth African American student body president in the 200-year history of the school.

Through "Coats for Kids," the Martin Luther King, Jr. Week Celebration, Alpha Week, the Brother's Keeper Program, scouting, Black Faculty/Student Mixer, bloodmobile, the Kidread Project Literacy, the Carolina Union Board of Directors, the Black Student Movement, Brother Melvin Tyrone Davis was helping people.

About 55 John Motley Morehead Scholars are selected each year from a pool of candidates from the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.

Their selection is intended to "improve the quality of the University through the Scholars' contributions to campus activities and in the classroom."

Brother Davis was a Morehead Scholar.

The Order of the Grail/Valkyries recognizes students who "demonstrated a balance among the high ideals of scholarship, leadership, character, and service, above and beyond the call of duty." Brother Davis was inducted in April 1994.

The Order of the Old Well recognizes students who have demonstrated exemplary and generous humanitarian service. Brother Davis was inducted in April 1994.

The North Carolina Fellows Leadership Development Program is designed to accelerate and support the development of highly motivated students with exceptional leadership potential. You guessed it. Brother Davis was a participant for four years.

He mentored freshman students for four years and tutored them in mathematics, French, political science, history, and Afro-American studies. One of diree African American students in the May 1994 class to receive an "honors degree" in political science, Brother Davis wrote his honors thesis on "The Evolution of Black Nationalism and its Placement on the Political Spectrum."

He does not take a position in the thesis on the value of black nationalism and the tendency of its leaders to constandy oppose the status quo. But he agrees, "it goes without saying, it had to be good.

Without these challenges (of Black nationalists),

African Americans would not have made the gains they have made so far."

"I have always tried to be as versatile as possible," Davis says about his involvement in civic, social, and educational activities.

One summer he worked as a counselor at the Kinston, North Carolina, recreation center he attended as a kid; another summer he interned as a marketing associate with First Chicago Capital Markets doing financial analyses; and in yet another summer, Davis interned with the San Jose Police Department specifically attached to the department's Crimestoppers Unit answering 911 calls and developing a book of Asian gang members.

Concerned about the amount of crime in society, and the African American community in particular?

You bet.

"A lot of times people have the best of what the law has to offer. The vast majority don't."

"I don't think that there is a single solution," he says about black-on-black crime. "It would be simplistic to say if you had more jobs, you would have less crime." Rather, Davis says a combination of factors likely contribute to increases in crime—joblessness, teen pregnancy, and illiteracy, among them.

"A lot of it (the crime) is due to the absence of the family," he added. "Teenagers are teaching teenagers. Too few parents are teaching teenagers.

We need to re-establish the nucleus of the family."

Brother Davis says he is not excited about the prospects of the nation's recently passed crime bill.

"Prevention of crime starts in the community," he reasons. And he believes the crime bill largely affects people who are already hardened criminals.

"We need to focus on the prevention of crime," he maintains.

High also on his list of concerns is the Fraternity's intake process. "College chapters are the lifeblood of the Fraternity," Brother Davis believes.

"Undergraduate chapters have caused a lot of problems. They need to be more responsible and realize the consequences of their actions."

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"Keep Your Head High" THIS IS FOR MY UNDERGRADUATE BROTHERS WHO ARE NOT QUITE CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN BE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO BE IF THEY BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Hazelwood Center High School. I played varsity basketball, baseball, football, and was active in Project Graduation for my senior class in 1989.

As a high school student, I also worked at Dierberg's Grocery Store and helped my brother's baseball team win five straight Little League baseball championships. There was a turning point in my life during my senior year in high school when I was "cut" from the basketball team. Why? I am not sure, but my being African American and unwilling to always be accommodating to die wishes of some of my coaches had a awful lot to do with it.

Nonetheless, this incident helped me grow up. I no longer took a lot of things for granted. I started to think more like an adult, making decisions that suited my best interest and not always doing what others wanted me to do.

I was confident about my abilities in mathematics, so I used this level of achievement to my advantage and helped others who were not as confident I was encouraged and I encouraged others.

Despite the choice of universities in St. Louis, I felt it in my best interest to enroll in college away from home. I did not want to avoid the advice of my parents, but I wanted to more fully experience the demands of independent living. Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mssouri, was my choice. At Southeast Missouri, I really grew up. The challenges were many— learning how to communicate with and understand other nationalities; learning to cope in a community with fewer than 50 percent African Americans; and how to keep up with the quick pace of the college campus.

I also had to learn how to study and have fun without flunking out of school, how to be both a leader and a follower and when one should take priority over the other. I was awed, humbled, and enriched having to face all of these challenges without mom and dad telling me what to do.

I decided to study engineering based on my interest in math, science and money. It was not easy, but I managed and in addition to my studies found time to be involved with the Association of Black Colleagues, NAACP, and intramural sports; worked as a Residence Advisor, was named a Student Ambassador, and participated in Black History activities and a Big Brother Program.

My experiences at the University of MissouriRolla, where I am now studying civil engineering, have been different and more testing than the challenges I faced at Southeast Missouri State.

There was more harmony among the different students attending Southeast Missouri State than is the case at Rolla. At Rolla, you can really experience being a "minority." I did not come here to change how people felt about me and others of the African American race, so I do not try.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity men here helped me make a very difficult adjustment. It was comforting to hear about their experiences here and more particularly how they had handled them. They were confident about what they were doing, they seemed committed to inspiring others, and they seemed bonded as a family. I was also inspired by the success of the Brothers after graduation from the University of Mssouri-Rolla. I had to join, and I did—October 1993.

Today, the University of Missouri-Rolla has not changed, but I have. I have changed largely because of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the support my association with the Brotherhood has meant for me.

It is difficult to juggle Fraternity work and school work, but I manage. I was in Chicago this summer, and I have found time for state and regional Fraternity meetings. Time management, along with the support and inspiration I have received from Alpha Phi Alpha, has made the difference for me. My planner is like a textbook. I use it religiously.

I am kept busy, but being busy forces me to keep pace with schoolwork. Being busy requires that I stay on top of schoolwork so that there is time for other activities—the Fraternity, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and the African American Recognition Committee.

Participation in activities other than Fraternity puts you in contact with people you need to meet and test leadership skills.

Keep your head high, Brothers. Believe you can do anything you want to do, and you can. Never quit, no matter how difficult the challenges or how unfair the demands seem to be.

Brother Henry Woods, Jr., is President, Epsilon Psi, University of Missouri-Rolla

General Convention

Presidents Address THE STATE OF THE FRATERNITY ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE 88TH ANNIVERSARY GENERAL CONVENTION

BY BROTHER MILTON C. DAVIS • 29TH GENERAL PRESIDENT To the Past General Presidents, Brother T. Winston Cole, Brother Walter Washington, Brother James Williams, Brother Ozell Sutton, Brother Charles Teamer and Brodier Henry Ponder—We are indeed blessed and fortunate that all of our living General Presidents are able to be with us today.

To the spirits of our ancestors and our Jewel Founders whose hopes, dreams, burdens and visions we have inherited in a sacred, precious and wonderful legacy. I believe that die spirits of Charles Wesley, Raymond Cannon, Lionel Newsome, Sidney Jones, Jr., Gus Widierspoon, Paul Hatchett, Herbert Willis, Bill Ross and many odier Brothers abide with and bless us today. They did so love Alpha to the last. To my Brothers who hold high the name of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, my greetings and welcome to each of you.

You, my Brothers, have come from across the nation and indeed from many places across the World to assemble here in the great city of Chicago, thus forming the Constitutional Supreme Governing Body of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, this being the 80th General Convention of Alpha held in the 88th year since its founding.

It is now my privilege, solemn duty and high honor as your General President to stand before this Supreme Body at this hour, to present an accounting of my stewardship; that of our administration and to advise you, the Brotherhood, of the State of our Fraternity.

An assessment of our Fraternity cannot be attempted out of context. We are all creatures of our environment.

Our thoughts, priorities and actions are products of the context of the times in which we live. The nation, a few days ago, paused to mark the 25th Anniversary of man's first landing on the moon. What a magnificent accomplishment that was 25 years ago; what an unnoticed routine space travel is today. Today, millions of miles away, we watch live coverage of comet fragments as large as the Earth itself collide with Jupiter, a planet so immense the collisions are like pebbles rippling in a pond. We all have our lap top computers and modems allowing us to instandy contact anyone on earth. We use new terms such as "Information Super Highway" when just a few years ago we thought any four lane interstate was a super highway. We see and think within the context of our present time.

We marvel at the courage and fortitude of Nelson Mandela who, after 27 horrendous years as a political prisoner, triumphandy assumed die presidency of the nation of Soudi Africa without a predicted bloody civil war.

Then we observe Haiti a few miles off the shores of America, where black leaders so oppress people that thousands risk death on a raft in shark-infested waters in hope of freedom and a better life. Rwanda—again black genocide by black people. Charles Dickens said it best and his words were used by our 26th General President, Ozell Sutton, when he addressed die 68th General Convention in 1982 in Los Angeles: "It was the best of times, it was die worst of times," said Dickens.

"It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness. It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us." I have quoted from the prologue of "A Tale of Two Cities." This great classic describes both splendor and despair, love and hate, war and peace. This book—like the whole of life— eloquendy, dramatically, and inevitably focuses us on die choices we make and the consequences of those choices. This 80th General Convention—the convening of diis august and supreme governing body—is for the purpose of choosing a direction for our Fraternity so that we might continue to pursue the aims and vision of our Founders. There is much on our agenda to enlighten, to challenge and to simply relax and enjoy, but the most important mission of this gathering of Brothers is to make choices, to vote and resolve the issues which face us as a Fraternity, as a major and significant organization and movement in America. That is why we are here. here is indeed much in which we mayrightfullybe proud. Much for which we might say represents Alpha in the best of times. I speak of the fact that we: —Produced and distributed the 1994 Alpha Calendar which I hope you enjoy displaying for your family and friends and for diose whom we might reclaim within our bond as well as to those who may choose to join our Fraternity. Our publications, particularly the Sphinx magazine, have been significandy upgraded and enhanced.

—Our Alpha history study guide and Alpha historical video tape are so popular we have reordered and restocked our supply. You may find them at our very successful Alpha Shop, which you own and which has produced a profit and is a new revenue source for our Fraternity. We finally figured it out—that if we bought our paraphernalia from ourselves, we would get the profit. It is working.

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—The 1993 Alpha Reception at the Congressional Black Board of Directors further recommend and approved the Caucus Weekend was a huge success bringing together site for the 1999 Convention in Dallas, Texas at the Loews over 500 Brothers, friends and members of the Anatole Hotel. Due to the very professional and skillful Congressional Black Caucus. This entire event was negotiations by the Director of Conventions, Al Rutherunderwritten by the Alabama Power Company and the ford, and the Time and Place Committee Chairman Southern Company as a result of the superb leadership of Michael Rogers, both the Sheraton and the Anatole Hotels our Brothers Christopher Womack and Iva Williams who shall provide significant underwriting for the 1997 and are Executives with this corporation. This year's reception 1999 Conventions. is scheduled on September 15, 1994 during the CBC e were able to acknowledge the 1993 General weekend. In addition, I am pleased to announce that due to Convention in New Orleans as the most the resignation of Brother Larry Drake, as Chairman of the profitable convention in Alpha History. Because of superior Education Foundation, I have appointed Brother Chris planning and execution by the New Orleans Brothers, our Womack to that position. We can look for significant national staff and our increase in corporate underwriting, developments in the Education Foundation. after all bills were paid, the national organization confirmed a substantial profit. Immediately, I recommended that some —We also must acknowledge the work of Brother James of these funds be directed to our regional offices and for the Moore in spearheading the development of our partnership first time in a very long time, we were able to increase the with the Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company has allocations of regional offices enabling them to better serve donated a van and two Lincoln Town cars for our use you. We have worked very hard on this convention and we during this convention, as well as, providing major are looking for a great success. underwriting of our Welcome Reception which we enjoyed Under the leadership of our National Program last evening, in addition to providing a cash prize which we Committee Chairman, Ronnie Jenkins, the Southern shall present to the winning team at our Alpha Collegiate Region developed and implemented a pilot Headstart Scholars Bowl Competition. We are developing significant Program initiative. Seventeen chapters across the region inroads with our corporate partners. each received $10,000 to develop and implement outreach —Several of our Chapters exceeded their membership programs in partnership with the local Headstart programs performance standards by increasing their active to address the need to assist the male father figure in each membership to levels set by the General Office. Several headstart household to support not only the Headstart chapters more than doubled their active membership child, but to provide educational, social and other assistance through reclamation. Each chapter shall receive due and support to the fathers of these households. This recognition from the General Office. A sampling of these program has been evaluated and declared successful. chapter leaders includes: Continued and additional funds appear very likely. We • Beta Kappa, Langston University—752% envision expanding this program Fraternity wide. The • Gamma lota, Hampton University—118% Headstart Office in the U.S. Department of Health and • Eta Gamma, Prairie View A&M University—113% Human Services has agreed to underwrite a luncheon at • Mu Zeta, University of North Carolina—770% this convention which will allow our Brothers to know • Pi Upsilon Lambda, Prince Georges County—387% more about this program. You will need a ticket to attend • Pi Rho Lambda, Hollywood, California —7 #7% this luncheon. Although there is no charge, the seating will • Gamma Pi Lambda, Louisville, Kentucky—775% be limited. In addition, some 25 Headstart fathers who are • Beta Kappa Lambda, Charleston, South Carolina—775%participating in this Alpha Program have been brought • lota Kappa Lambda, Syracuse, New York —775% from the Georgia Headstart Projects to attend some of the • lota Delta Lambda, Chicago, Illinois —770% public events at this convention and to experience the • Xi Lambda, Chicago, Illinois —109% Brothers of Alpha. These expenses are being underwritten • Mu Lambda, Washington, D.C—100%

by Headstart.

• Omicron Lambda, Birmingham, Alabama—700% The Alpha Renaissance has clearly taken hold in our These chapters prove that membership development Fraternity and it is especially visible in the Southern Region and reclamation is best accomplished at the local chapter and among the Brothers on the Continent of Europe led by level when you make the right choices and have the right Theta Theta Lambda Chapter as well as in the Caribbean leadership.

Countries led by Iota Epsilon Lambda Chapter of Nassau, —The Fraternity voted by a majority of 75% in our first The Bahamas. The spirit of leadership and service is high ever national referendum to move to biennial conventions and continues to rise. These are just a few of the many beginning in 1997. There will not be a 1996 General examples which demonstrate that these are indeed "the best Convention and the last annual convention shall occur next of times", for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Let me cite just year in 1995 in Orlando, Florida. This is a giant step three other examples that the Renaissance continues: forward.

—We have a long range strategic planning Committee, —In accordance with the mandate given to the Board of chaired by Brother Adrian Wallace, which is hard at work.

Directors by the General Convention last year, the Time —We are currently installing a state-of-the-art computer and Place committee recommended and the Board of system in our General Headquarters which will enable us to Directors approved as the site of the 1997 Convention the give you greater service. Our Alpha Network and Sheraton Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Committee and Computer Bulletin Board will soon be on line.

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—Eta Tau Lambda Chapter in Akron, Ohio, recendy built two new housing developments — The Lionel Newsome Towers and The Bender Development complex.

I was present for their dedication This brings to a total of 1,500 housing units presently owned, operated and developed by Alpha Homes, Inc. of Eta Tau Lambda Chapter.

We have a lot to be proud of, but we also have challenges before us.

The following is the position of your General President and this Administration.

—Each region has submitted a proposal to be considered in revising the Intake Program. These proposals have been distributed to the Membership Committee and the College Brothers Commission. These committees shall meet throughout this convention, but their work will not be completed during this convention. Any final proposal must then be submitted for careful legal analysis to insure that we have the maximum risk management possible.

—I am proposing that the assessment instrument which has been developed by the General Office and which appears on page 21 of the Executive Director's report be used to assess each chapter in the Fraternity, starting immediately. All chapters which successfully pass the assessment and receive the recommendation of both the regional vice-president and the national office, shall be allowed to resume the Intake of members operating under the currendy existing rules and regulations, except that if it is determined that any chapter has been disciplined or its members have been disciplined within the lastfiveyears for Intake violations, then that chapter shall remain under the moratorium until the revised program is implemented.

—Simply put, those chapters which have followed the law without violation may continue if they pass their assessment evaluation; those which have failed to abide by our regulations, thus putting us at risk and liability, shall not be granted permission to resume an Intake Program whether they pass or fail their assessment evaluation. I shall offer this proposal during the Legislative Session on Saturday. If it is approved by this convention, most chapters will be able to have a fall Intake of membership. I believe this proposal is in the best interest of our Fraternity. I sincerely hope the delegates will support this interim proposal.

We shall have a full discussion of our Intake situation, but we shall not wallow in it. We must remember that despite our grave challenges, these too are the best of times for Alpha.

We can recover from this harsh lesson if we but embrace the Alpha Renaissance: a rekindling of the spirit of leadership and community service.

Our convention agenda is planned to move us forward as a Fraternity and to raise our spirits as Brothers.

—Today our Business and Economic Development Commission shall present a stimulating workshop

for potential entrepreneurs and those looking for new opportunities.

—Our Alpha Protocol and Ritual Workshop is a must stop for all who seek to know the real Alpha. Our historical tape shall be viewed and our ritual and protocol reviewed.

—Saturday, die Legislative Session begins promptly at 8:00 a.m.

—Sunday, a magnificent worship service is planned with our Brother Bishop Joseph Bethea, one of the outstanding preachers in the nation.

—The Public Program must not be missed. Detroit Mayor, Brother Dennis Archer; Past General President Ozell Sutton and the Assistant to the President of the United States, Alexis Herman, shall be honored and there will be a special tribute for Brother John H. Johnson.

—Monday morning at 9:30, come and bring your families if you desire. A world class panel will address public policy issues facing our nation and community. A leading authority on the black family, Dr. Marian Wright Edelman, will keynote this event; the President's cabinet member Brother Lee P. Brown, Director of the Office for Drug Policy shall also keynote this session; The Deputy Asst.

Secretary of Education, Brother Raymond Pierce and Brother Bobby Austin of the Kellogg Foundation, shall round out this panel. To bring presenters of this very high caliber to this convention has been a monumental task. We must attend in large numbers so as not to disappoint them or embarrass ourselves. Brothers, please make sure we are in place on time for Monday.

—Our international forum shall follow our Fraternal Luncheon where the issues related to Haiti and South Africa will be discussed by Brother Amb. Horace Dawson and Hon. Mandala Thembu, a prominent South African official.

—Great Fun is planned for our International Festival where food, fun, dance and native costumes are the order of the day.

—Tuesday, we have an outreach program planned with Chicago Youth at the Chicago Youdi Center. Brothers are requested to sign on to attend this mentoring session with these young people who desperately need good role models.

—We shall conclude the convention widi an elegant evening at our formal banquet with special entertainment and a late night cabaret.

Yes, my Brothers, if we make the right choices these shall be for us and our Fraternity the best of times, the age of wisdom, the season of light, the spring of hope. We have IT everything before us. This is the Alpha Renaissance. Let our spirits be rekindled for leadership and service.

LET THE RENAISSANCE CONTINUE AND MAY GOD BLESS OUR UNDERTAKING.

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PUBLISHER JOHNSON TO CONVENTION:

"YOU'VE GOT TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO / /

Almost 40 years ago in 1955, he was a keynote possible," the speaker insisted. "Things do not speaker at the Fraternity's General Convention. have to be the way we want them to be for us to In 1955, he was scheduled to speak. At the succeed."

1994 convention, he willingly agreed to speak f he had to start over again, Brother when the invited speaker had to cancel.

Johnson said there would be no change in "This Brother has never, ever failed to answer his attitude about succeeding in business. the call of the Although he and his Fraternity and the family were on nation," General welfare when he President Milton C. launched the Davis noted. He was magazine publishing talking about Brother idea, "I believed I John H. Johnson, the could get off (welfare) internationallyand I was blessed with renowned publishing a mother who magnate. believed I could get Brother Johnson off." delivered the 1994 It was never his Public Program intent to destroy the address. He was no system, Johnson less eloquent in 1994 noted, "because I than he was in 1955. thought I could get in In 1955, Brother it [the system]." And Johnson told the he has. convention: "Let's "You've got to convince our men that persuade people to do the chances for success what you want them in business are as good to do," the Public as in other areas. Let's Program speaker said. stop wasting so much People buy Ebony Brother John H. Johnson, Publisher of our talent in the and Jet because the post office." magazines "offer what they want" and not Having reached the pinnacle of achievement because readers want to help him out, Johnson and service, Brother Johnson had a similar theme added. Similarly, he said, "we have to offer for the Public Program at the 1994 convention. young people something."

"We need economic empowerment along with other achievements." Too many young people, he Young people should be encouraged to "dream maintained, are "unwilling to do things because small dreams," Brother Johnson thought. "Life is things are not like they want them" to be. about setting goals, achieving goals, and moving ahead."

As Brother Johnson explained it: there is "too much cynicism" among young people. "We need He remembered how an uneducated African to tell our young people that things are American earned a spot on a team exploring the

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North Pole in 1906 because he made himself indispensable. "When you make yourself indispensable, you never have to worry about security on the job," Brother Johnson said. "We have to get that message to young people.

Nothing is too small. Do everything well."

The pioneers before us, including the Fraternity's Jewels, didn't just leave us with opportunities, Brother Johnson noted. But in addition to opportunities, they left their beliefs and traditions. "We really shouldn't take one without the other," he insisted.

The classical piano music of Lynette Jenkins added to the star-studded afternoon the Public Program always is. Chicago Congresswoman Cordis Collis represented the Congressional Black Caucus; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was represented by its Central Regional Director, Marcia Green Paine; Sigma Gamma Rho was there to recognize Alpha's "position of influence on young men in various communities;" and the national president of Phi Beta Sigma, William E. Stanley, represented his Fraternity.

Brother Dennis Archer was on hand to receive the Alpha Award of Merit; the honorable Alexis Herman received the Alpha Award of Honor; and former General President Ozell Sutton recieved the Alpha Award of Merit.

Archer, mayor of Detroit, called Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity "the source of strength" which was high among the reasons behind his achievements.

William E. Stanley, National President of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity

In addition to ridding his city of several deficiencies, Brother Archer included among his priorities a "commitment to education, our commitment to our children. Most of them (the children) are doing well, but we can't write off those who are not," he said.

He had received many honors in his time, Brother Sutton recalled. "But to be honored by my Brothers is one of the greatest honors I can receive." e did have control over his birth, as none of us do, Sutton said. And neither would he—or we—be able to control the when and terms of our dying.

But the space in between—birth and death— "that belongs to me." He would continue to use his space in the service of humankind, Brother Sutton promised. And his question to the Brotherhood: "What will you do with your space, in your time?"

Alexis M. Herman, who directs die White House Office of Public Liasion, lauded the Fraternity for making a "difference in the lives of Americans, but especially African American youtii."

As a 23-year-old college student, Ms. Herman and General President Milton Davis participated in a White House Conference on Children and Youth in Estes, Colorado, an experience she remembered as her first introduction to politics.

"Remember that together we can make a difference. We work together on a cause that is larger than us."

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THE WORLD CRIES £&

FOR LEADERSHIP ...AND SERVICE Brother Bishop Joseph Bethea United Methodist Church, Ecumenical Service Preacher

Brother Reverend Rodney McCallister, Convention Chaplain

"To rekindle leadership and service in our time is to revive one in the same. To lead is to serve, and leadership that is not service is not leadership."

Brother Joseph Bethea, the Convention Ecumenical Service speaker, was focusing on the theme: "The Renaissance Continues: Rekindling the Spirit of Leadership and Community Service."

More than 2,000 Alpha Brothers, their families and friends were on hand for this Sunday morning activity which has been a regular part of Convention programming since 1970.

"The times in which we live are a clarion call for Alpha Renaissance," Dr. Bethea said.

The emergence and growth of the African American middle class suggests that the plight is not as bad now as it was in 1906, the speaker acknowledged, but he maintained: "Only a few of us have broken through the glass ceiling.

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How soon we forget." Indeed, Brother Bethea noted that the nation's poor would maintain that things have not improved since 1906, although the challenges may be somewhat different—more black men are in prison than in college, the high incidence of child abuse,

black-on-black crime, and the epidemic level of AIDS. "The times cry out for leadership," the speaker insisted, noting that "the nation can't pass a health care bill and spins its wheels in Whitewater."

"If Alpha men are not leading and serving, we are close to death," Brother Bethea said.

In founding the Fraternity, Brother Bethea said the Jewels were responding to the "peculiar needs of a peculiar people" not many years out of slavery and in search of freedom and

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personhood. A similar purpose remains today, he said. rother Bethea is a presiding Bishop for the United Methodist Church in South Carolina. A product of Gammon Seminary and Union Theological Seminary, he serves on the Gammon Board of Trustees, the Duke Divinity School Board of Visitors, and the Emory University Board of Trustees.

Service is incumbent upon us.

We serve not only because our friends and the world cry out for it, Brother Bethea reasoned, but also because "Christ commands it, because we believe there is going to be a Great Camp Meeting."

The Alpha Singers did their part, as they do each year, to make the Service very special.

Brother Peter Felder directs the Alpha Singers. The guest choir also drew resounding applause.

And the Sunday morning service had the added benefit of organist Brother David Oliver.

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"A HEALING PROCESS IN ALPHA PHI ALPHA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY" Life Membership Breakfast Address BROTHER T. WINSTON COLE • 21 ST GENERAL PRESIDENT • ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Alpha truly means. So perhaps we have a Brother General President Davis, Past responsibility to convince our younger Brothers General Presidents, Board of Directors, my of our desire to be "one Brotherhood."

Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha—It is with great Perhaps we have a responsibility to help our pleasure that I greet you this morning. younger Brothers see what the "light" of Alpha Thank you Brother Greene for that kind has meant to us, and what that same "light" of introduction. I am indeed most grateful, and I Alpha can mean to them. We have taken great sincerely appreciate your comments. Thank you, strides in that direction at this convention, and too, Brother President, and Brother Rawls for we must let nothing impede our progress. your invitation to speak to this distinguished We have demonstrated at this convention that group of Brothers, the Life Members of Alpha our General President, our Board of Directors, Phi Alpha. and in fact, the total Brotherhood are all This will not be so much an oration this determined to find solutions that will save our morning, as a quiet fireside talk about "A beloved Alpha.

Healing Process in Alpha Phi Alpha for the 21st We all know and love and appreciate Alpha's Century." traditions, her purposes, and her philosophy.

I think that as we approach the 21 st Century, This knowledge provides us with the insight to we must make a new commitment to an old see the facets which will make our organization challenge; and as we continue the renaissance, even better by the beginning of the 21 st we must be certain that the dream of the Seven Century.

Jewels who fashioned Alpha Phi Alpha at Cornell Alpha must not develop a "Brotherhood" University in Ithaca, New York, in 1906, is still within a "Brotherhood." There must be no alive in our hearts and minds, and we must widening of the natural interest of "graduate" remind ourselves that to be "first of all," we must members of our organization as opposed to be servants of all, and only then can we "undergraduate" members of our organization; "transcend all." there must be no growing The Seven Jewels lived in a suspicion and hostility of our time when racism and prejudice group for the other. were rampant and, therefore, The undergraduate is they felt a great need for a younger and less experienced, strengthened bond of love for perhaps, than his older Brother; each other. They left us a legacy nonetheless, he is an "Alpha which must inspire us to seek Man" and an important part of solutions to the problems that the fiber of Alpha Phi Alpha beset our own Brotherhood. We Fraternity, Inc. In fact, this must make our new "intake" younger group is our lifeline, process work as a shining and unless we plan for the example for other Greek-letter future with this group in a organizations to follow and, in dominant role, we plan with addition, to erase tiie division utter futility. that could develop between The time inevitably comes graduate and college Brothers when the old soldier becomes in our own beloved Fraternity. weary, and this is why the father I know that my audience this welcomes a son born to his morning is largely alumni union. But if that son begins to Brothers, and the years have Senior Past General President taught "us" older Brothers what Continues next page T. Winston Cole

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General Convention feel unwanted or unneeded, which is worse, he may grow bitter and resentful. The possibility of his growth degenerates into a sullen apathy and the old warrior finds at the close of the day of leadership, when the gauntlet drops from his grasp, that the son whom he has not inspired, whose interest he has not needed, feels no affection for him.

So the gauntlet lies unheeded, as it drops to the dust from the old warrior's grasp. We must hold fast to our younger Brothers remembering that only to the young belongs the distant future, and come what may, they will one day sink or swim, survive or perish, only to the degree that they have felt the warmth of true Brotherhood.

As one of your Past Presidents, I call this younger group to our attention as we attempt to gird our loins for the struggles ahead of us with the "intake process." Our younger Brothers are undergraduate Brothers, yes, but Brothers nonetheless. When we grip their hands in the Alpha fashion, that grip carries with it all of our love, all our appreciation, and all our dedication.

We all want to share each other's presence within the "House of Alpha." We only want to learn how we can do it best. The new "intake" program gives us real direction in which to move.

Secondly, my Brothers in Alpha, there must be a closing of the ranks, and when we call a man "Brother" in Alpha, it must mean that. For I would remind you, a house divided against itself cannot stand. As "Men of Alpha," we must look not only to the illustrious and great Alpha men of the past, and great they were and are, but we must look to the development of those same qualities in the potentially great Alpha men of the future.

On die other hand, we must "protect" Alpha Phi Alpha. We must have rules! We must have regulations! Young men must abide by those rules and regulations that we all revere, or they must not be pledged! If they are already Alpha men, diey must abide by all rules and regulations of Alpha Phi Alpha. If they cannot do this, then chapters must be suspended or eliminated when there is just cause, and memberships must be canceled when necessary.

All of this sounds harsh, but it must be said, and Alpha must be saved if we are to move into the 21st Century as the organization which is First of All and Servants of All. To the younger Alpha Men, I admonish you— please do not believe the old adage—

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Brother Grandvel Jackson, 50-plus-year Brother, and Brother J. C. Rawls, Chair, Life Membership

"Opportunity knocks but once!" Rather, take the words of trie writer who states in his poem, "Opportunity."

"They do me wrong who say I come no more, when once I knock and fail to find you in — For every night I stand outside your door, and bid you wake to rise and fight and win.

Weep not for precious moments passed away.

Wail not for golden moments on the wane.

At night, I burn the records of the day.

At sunrise, every soul is born again."

You were born in a different time from your older Brothers. But if you look closely, you can see the wisdom of the "intake" process and start anew—in step with new planning.

For the older Brother, we too must adjust, for we live in a new period. I read recently in a short monograph what tremendous change we who are 50 years old have witnessed. We are survivors.

"We were born before television, before polio shots, before frozen food, before Xerox, before plastic, before contact lenses, and before the birth control pill.

"We were born before radar, credit cards, laser beans, ballpoint pens, air conditioning, and before man walked on the moon.

"We got married first and then 'lived together.'

"We were born before 'house-husbands,' 'computer dating,' 'dual careers,' and 'commuter marriages.'

"For us, 'time sharing' meant togetherness— not computers or condominiums.

"A 'chip' meant a piece of wood, and 'software' wasn't even a word.

"I say all of this to ask for some understanding of the age in which our younger Brothers were born. The monograph continues for us older Brothers.

Public Policy Forum LEADERS ADDRESS VIOLENCE, DRUG ABUSE, EDUCATION

LEFT TO RIGHT: Brothers Oliver Green and Remus Rhodes, members of Life Membership Committee

" 'Rock music' was a grandma's lullaby, and " 'Aids' were helpers in the principal's office. " 'Making out' for us meant how you did on your exams.

"In fact, in our day, 'grass' was mowed, 'coke' was a cold drink, and 'pot' was something you cooked in.

"But the important thing is, we survived! And I believe our undergraduate Brothers will survive if they follow our admonitions.

"In the American dream, education has always been the watchword—these undergraduates must know that though we love them, it is with love that knows right from wrong, and a love that will only tolerate what is right.

"So, if we must, let us remind them again that education is the talisman, the 'Open Sesame' to opportunity. Education is what our founding fathers revered as they struggled to envision a fraternity. Education is what Abraham Lincoln gained by firelight. Education is what George Washington Carver achieved through experiment and experience, and education is what Mary McLeod Bethune acquired through struggle. These young Brothers must be truly educated in the 'intake process' by accepting the wisdom of their older Brothers—as the love of one generation for the next.

"Undergraduate Brothers and graduate Brothers, although with different backgrounds, must move into the 21st century together.

[The transition] "from Cole to Washington to Williams to Sutton to Teamer to Ponder to Davis must be a smooth and continuous process, and I sincerely believe, as I look into the determined faces of my Brothers assembled here, that as we enter the 21st Century, Alpha Phi Alpha will be 'First of All,' and Brother Davis, the Renaissance will continue."

They are familiar concerns, challenges that have been with us for some time—the crisis level of violence, drug abuse, and the urgent need to strengthen the nation's education system.

But as often as they have been discussed, these challenges were poignantly addressed during the Public Policy Forum, a General Convention highlight which this year attracted Marian Wright Edelman, National Drug Policy Director Lee Brown, Kellogg Foundation Program Officer Bobby Austin, and Atty. Raymond Pierce of the U. S. Department of Education "We need to get out there and reconnect our children to adults and give them something positive to do," Dr. Edelman told the convention. Dr. Edelman is founder and president of the Washington, DC-based Children's Defense Fund.

f we can't save our children, we lose everything.. .the nation is on the verge of such a loss.

"If churches are not open after school, if schools are not open on weekends, what are they doing? The problem is, we don't value their (children) lives and they don't value ours," Dr. Edelman maintained.

Communities should create new heroes and heroines, the speaker allowed. "We need to celebrate our children's strengths," she added, noting that most children are staying in school and avoiding the temptations of street behavior.

Families should turn the television off and replace it with reading, according to Dr. Edelman. Never before have children been exposed so early to "glamorized messages of violence" as can now be seen on television, she observed.

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General Convention She asked the members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to join in "mounting a massive crusade for children. We've got to get guns out of the hands of children and out of the hands of people who kill children."

The children's advocate recommended a "community conversation about gun ownership and what we use these weapons for.

"If we can't save our children, we lose everything," and she said the nation is on the verge of such a loss.

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alling for an end to "adult hypocrisy," she said: "We don't have a youth problem, we have an adult problem. We need to be good examples for our children.

"It is adults who have taught our children to look outside rather than inside for meaning."

And then it was Lee Brown's turn. He was optimistic about the future, but the challenges as he saw them were awesome.

"Too many have resigned themselves to a life of drugs and despair," he observed. In too many communities, Brown said funerals are social events.

"Babies are producing babies because they need someone to love" but they soon abandon them because tfiey cannot care for them.

Where are the fathers? In jail or unemployed if they have escaped jail, Brown noted.

Solutions?

"Government programs without our (community) involvement and commitment will not change anything," the nation's drug policy leader maintained. "These problems will not be solved if we don't get involved. The government can make a difference, but government alone" is not the answer, he explained.

National drug treatment programs, Health Care Reform legislation, and educational programs on drug abuse are positive developments, Brown said, but insisted that public "indifference" must be eliminated.

He said the United States has the distinction of being the only country in the world where "our children kill our children. We should approach this reckless disregard for life as we did in the past and with the same energy."

As Brown explained it, today's parents have failed to pass on to their children the same legacy that was passed on to them— "the value of human life."

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General Convention "The task is not easy, but it is not insurmountable. We've got to do what the government cannot do." He called African Americans a "determined people who have survived obstacles before."

Dr. Austin saw the crisis oudined by Dr. Edelman and Brown as "an opportunity to do something."

Children need direction. According to Dr. Austin, the Kellogg Foundation is sensitive to the call for mentors, pleas to help youth and their parents understand "where they fit in the American culture," and to investments in African American communities.

"Somebody has to spread the gospel," Dr. Austin maintained. "Children make their own choices, as we did. The problem is they have so many more choices to make."

As Dr. Austin explained it, "children have to follow in someone's footsteps, and he cited the need for as much concern for the future of the family as there seems to be emphasis on the African American male. Attorneys Pierce and Brown took similar positions. "Ultimately the solution to the problems that face African Americans do not lie with government. They (solutions) lie with us," Pierce said.

And he was confident African Americans could overcome the challenges they face.

"Anybody who can survive slavery can only look to themselves and God above for help," he observed.

Education must have a special place in implementing strategies to confront the problems facing African Americans, Pierce said.

He characterized education as "something that separates the civilized world from the uncivilized world."

He said the national Goals 2000 program promises to raise the standard of education

ke their own choices, as did. The problem is they have many more choices to make. throughout the nation. The requirement is that all of our children must have access to education.

"None of our children can be left behind," Pierce said about the intent of the national Goals 2000 program.

The programs' special components include: • An opportunity for the nation's youth to do public service projects in lieu of repayment of college loans. • Direct lending that will make it easier to borrow for college education. • School-to-work programs that will provide immediate employment for careers that do not demand college degrees.

Pierce said the Clinton administration is especially concerned about the (1) over representation of African American children in special education classes, (2) the underrepresentation of African American children in gifted programs, (3) testing requirements that are used to discriminate, and (4) race targeted scholarships.

"Children need to be challenged," Pierce maintained, and he suggested that special education might be a prescription for the destruction of education. Special education is no education."

And while he viewed testing as a necessary tool, he firmly opposed testing that is used in discriminating ways.

There is nothing unlawful, as Pierce explained it, about granting a scholarship on the basis of race to people who have for so long been denied equal opportunity for education.

"We know that the promise of Brown v. the Board of Education has not been fulfilled," Pierce concluded.

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They were all eloquent. David Hartfield from Epsilon Mu of die Western Region, Derrick Kyle of Beta Sigma in die Southwest, Marcus Lee from Epsilon Phi in die Midwestern Region, Timothy NatJian of Delta Gamma from the Soudiern Region, and J. J. Augustine representing the Eastern Region.

An ordained minister, Brodier Hartfield is a nutrition science major, Kyle is headed for Northwestern Law School. Nathan is also an ordained minister and an education major, and Augustine, an economics major, has deferred his entrance to law school to complete a military obligation.

Brodier Augustine offered three solutions for reclaiming African American communities—a reemphasis on the African American family, a refocus on education, and a return to economic "self-help."

toward education to achieve liberation. The laws of Jim Crow made African Americans realize that die only way to battle injustice was widi the weapons earned in academic institutions."

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he African American family must also be embraced, as it once was, Augustine maintained, noting diat the family is die nucleus of die African American's existence. And he also cited a need to return to die times when "African Americans bought their goods at black-owned stores diat hired black people who bought property in the black community."

None of his solutions for reclaiming African American communities called for help from government agencies, Brother Augustine noted. "The time is now for us to look within our own ranks."

Reclaiming African American Communities BELFORD LAWSON CONTESTANTS OFFER SOLUTIONS Brodier Nathan challenged die Fraternity to "reach up, reach out, and reach down" in its efforts to reclaim African American communities. As Brodier Nathan explained it, African Americans must "become wrapped up, tied up, and tangled up in the needs of our people. Extending a hand today is a powerful investment for tomorrow."

If African Americans fail to totally emerge themselves in reclaiming dieir communities, a "temporary sleeping giant today may become a permanent deatii tomorrow."

Brother Nathan noted that several communities were waiting for African American leaders, Alpha men among them, to "point diem in die right direction toward a better and brighter life." He included among diose communities fatherless children, teenage males who need jobs, and young people resorting to drugs and gangs.

T h e key to reclaiming African American communities, Brodier Nathan said, would be chairman, and President Davis.

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African Americans are losing dieir communities to racial disharmony, drugs, and violence, Brother Augustine insisted, and because of a "lack of vision and racial cohesiveness."

Our predecessors had overcome injustices, Augustine noted, and so could we. He lauded the vision of Mary McCloud Bethune in die founding of Bediune Cookman College, John H. Johnson's success in establishing a publishing giant, and the Alpha Phi Alpha Brotherhood conceptualized and organized by die Seven Jewels.

Augustine called for a return to die time when African Americans "made a collective commitment

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A MALE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT Frederick Smith, at 33 years old, remembered that he had never been fishing. But he was about to go. "I didn't know what to do," Smith recalled.

And as fate would have it, he caught the big one. His son—and understandably so—wanted to know when he would catch the big one. "Just hold on," Smith encouraged his son.

Smith was one of several fathers—and "significant others"—participating in the Male Partnership Project funded by the Head Start Program of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Selected chapters in Alpha South were funded to design programs that would increase and improve relationships between Head Start

As Ms. Taylor explained it, children's needs are not about money. "They want love and attention. They need a connectedness and spiritual support."

President Clinton, she said, views Head Start as a priority program for the 21 st century. Head Start should be a critical program in every community, Ms. Taylor added.

She confirmed that consideration was being given to increasing funding for the Head Start Male Partnership Project in Alpha South and initial funding of the Project in regions outside of Alpha South.

Head Start officials lauded Brother Ronnie Jenkins for the time and energy he has devoted to the Male Partnership Project. Jenkins was specifically cited for investing more than 1,000 hours of volunteer service. Brother Jenkins, a member of Eta Lambda chapter and 1993 Alpha Alumni Brother of tlie Year, is Director of National Programs for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Head Start's Gwendolyn Johnson, like her colleague Ms. Taylor, wanted more male role models and children involved in the Male Partnership and Head Start Programs.

"The men left and the women stayed. Now it's time for you (men) to come back into the fold," she told Alphas attending the Head Start Luncheon. "We want you to help raise our children.

"Look around you; the black male is not extinct. We need all the volunteers we can get in Head Start."

In addition to the Head Start Award received

by Brother Jenkins, other special presentations, for their support of the Head Start Male Partnership Project went to: Delta Kappa Lambda Chapter, Kappa Chi Chapter, and General President Milton C. Davis.

"We know it takes an entire village to raise a child, and you are now sitting in the middle of the village," President Davis told tlie Head Start fathers and other program participants. "We extend our hand in greater service and support."

Eta Lambda's Head Start Male Partnership program has involved some 50 fathers and 300 children. Fathers, their sons, and Alpha mentors have attended basketball games, enjoyed a cultural tour, a visit to the Atlanta Zoo, partici-

Alphas Connecting with Head Start students and their fathers. Smith, from Lexington, KY, was one of the involved parents.

He called the project "lovely. It is definitely needed," he maintained.

Another participating father agreed. "These children seem to light up when men are around," he said. He recalled a "different outlook" evidenced by his daughter since "I began to spend more time with her. She looks at things differently when she knows dad will be around."

And he added: "It is important that we not^ forget about the children. Love conquers all."

"We've always been concerned about less fortunate people," Southern Region Vice President Robert Willis said at the Head Start Luncheon. He said the Male Partnership Project is "nothing new for us. It is only a continuation of what we do."

Willis expressed thanks to Head Start "for putting faith and confidence in us."

Head Start Commissioner Helen Taylor commended Alphas for being among the "strong black men who care about our children." She cited the need for more male role models— uncles, grandfathers, and others.

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A MALE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT pated in a health screening activity, and workshops on Self-Motivation, Positive Action and Decision-Making.

A "Male Image Fashion and Talent Revue", sponsored by Beta Upsilon Lambda in Jackson, T N , promoted the African American Male; Phi Lambda organized a "Dad's Day" in conjunction with the Wake-Orange Head Start Program in North Carolina, in addition to story days and athletic events for Head Start students and a four-day drug prevention course for Head Start parents; Delta Kappa Lambda organized several workshops for Head Start Parents, one of them focusing on "empowerment and effectiveness in delivery of services, and a Black Family Conference with the theme: "The Image that

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Shapes the Cradle Shapes the World."

Alpha chapters in Mississippi, Mu XI and Epsilon XI Lambda, conducted a Job Fair, a Parenting Seminar with an emphasis on selfesteem and the value of reading to children; a drug awareness breakfast meeting, several awards and recognition banquets, and a Head Start Family Picnic.

RECLAIMING AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES found in educational development, economic development, and community involvement.

"The hands of tbe African American community must reach down in devotion to pick up the downtrodden, reach out in fellowship across tbe world and reach up to strengthen tbe cause of unity," Brotber Natban said.

And he added: "Instead of plotting how to give that gala social affair, let us plot strategies to control some of tbe billions of dollars tbat pass tbrough our community each year."

Brotber Hartsfield thought that rekindling communities must be preceded by rekindling individuals who reside in the communities. "If we are to rekindle our communities, we must first get ourselves together," Hartsfield maintained.

"Once we get ourselves together," Brother Hartsfield said, "the world and our communities will come together. For within all of us is a giant, sleeping but waiting to be awakened. Within all of us lies the potential of greatness."

Brother Kyle was critical of the tendency of African Americans to procrastinate in taking action. Citing what the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the

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"paralysis of analysis," Kyle said African Americans are too slow in "getting around to doing anything."

"The true test of a man is not how much you can accommodate, but who have you helped," he said. It is within the power of African Americans to make the changes necessary to reclaim the communities they are losing, Brother Kyle reasoned.

Brother Lee said that African Americans must destroy what he called "stereotypical myths" about them. "We are not lazy, we are not shiftless, we do not lack motivation," he says. African Americans should build on the foundations laid for them by the "great patriarchs and matriarchs of our past," Brotber Lee said.

He called African Americans a "magnificent people. We are stupendous, marvelous and we are creative and innovative. We are truly dynamic."

Brotber Lee, who is headed to Northwestern Law School, insisted that African Americans must "awaken the sleeping giant tbat is in us all."

As Brother Lee explained it, African Americans must "awaken the power of who we are. We must awaken our history." And he added: "We cannot rest until this is accomplished."

"RECLAIMING OUR COMMUNITY: The Awakening of a Sleeping Giant' BELFORD V. LAWSON ORATORICAL CONTEST FIRST PLACE: Brother Jonathan "Jay Augustine" • Beta • Howard University SECOND PLACE: Brother Marcus Lee • Epsilon Phi • Northern Illinois University THIRD PLACE: Brother Derrick Kyle • Beta Sigma • Southern University HONORABLE MENTION: Brother Timothy Eric Nathan • Delta Gamma • Alabama A&M Universit HONORABLE MENTION: Brother David Hartfield, Jr. • Epsilon Mu • San Jose State University

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When more than 2,000 Brothers attend various aspects of a week-long convention, you can't photograph them all.

It is not possible to know everybody's name and it is difficult to remember all the names you do know.

So at the risk of forgetting some names you ought to remember, and as the old adage goes, not calling a name that ought to be called, you just call some names you remember.

What cannot be forgotten is that a lot of Brothers spent a lot of time planning and executing a well-coordinated convention at which a lot of Brothers—and their families— had an immensely good time.

The Brothers of Theta Theta Lambda traveled from Frankfurt, Germany, and rightly received an award for traveling the longest distance to participate in the Convention. Hats off to Brother Dave Daniels, who at 89 years old, was the oldest Brother attending the Convention.

Brother James Moore of the Ford Motor Company, a major Convention sponsor, made a business-focused presentation during the Convention.

Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris was among the Banquet presenters, and the (Brother) Morris Ellis Band added much life to the Banquet Dance.

First Lady Myrtle Davis and wives of former General Presidents were gracious in their presence during the Fashion Show Luncheon and other Convention activities.

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Special congratulations were earned by the Alumni Chapter of the Year, Eta Lambda, and its president Ronnie Jenkins, and the College Chapter of the Year and its president.

It was not automatic that the business sessions, even at the height of debate, moved as smootiily as they did. Much of the credit goes to the several Sergeants-at-Arms.

All of the regions are to be applauded for their entries in die Collegiate Scholars Bowl with a special salute to the Southwestern Region for first place honors. Brother Vic Carter helped make this activity tiie real impressive success it was.

The Alumni-College Professional Cluster Groups engaged in lively and meaningful dialogue one afternoon, and die Conflict Resolution sessions drew substantial and stimulating participation amongst the Brotherhood.

Brother Tyrone Means and the panel he assembled—Brothers Charles Price, Julian W. Blackshear, and W. Lewis Gillis—gave an instructive presentation on Intake and the implications for violators and the Fraternity.

The early morning devotions are a credit to Convention Chaplain Rodney McCalister and all the Fraternity chaplains.

Brother Ardell Ricks and the Chicago Convention Planning Committee, you put a lot into our meeting in the Windy City and it showed. We thank you.

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Historical Moment BROTHER THOMAS C. PAWLEY • NATIONAL HISTORIAN

THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CHRISTIAN LEGACY Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is rooted in Christianity. The Christian Ethic has always been part and parcel of our traditions. Founded

by Christian gentlemen, they sought to instill Christian values into those inducted into the Fraternity and to reflect those beliefs in public expressions and actions.

This column will trace the public manifestations of the Ethic as revealed in a series of historic moments.

Over the years the General Convention has affirmed the Fraternity's commitment to Christian principles. An early "moment" occurred in December 1924 at the 16th Annual General Convention in Columbus, Ohio, when the Brothers took the rather unusual step of approving Easter Sunday, the high point of the Christian calendar, as a day of devotion at the seat of each chapter. It suggested that on this occasion "a survey of the religious standing of its members may be made with the hope of stimulating Christian service among its members.'"

Dr. Charles H. Wesley observing the importance of religion within the Fraternity as early as 1929 wrote, "The prominence which has been given Christian teaching and to Christian practices such as prayer and worship indicates the trend toward the maintenance of religion. Individual chapters have held prayer meetings on Sunday mornings, and Sunday afternoon

services have been regular features through the years of their existence."2 One of the preeminent steps taken in the development of our religious legacy is the Fraternity Prayer. For many years Brothers had urged that a prayer for opening and closing chapter meetings was needed. At the 29th General Convention in St. Louis in 1933, the Committee on Fraternity Prayer submitted its report which the General Convention then considered sitting as a Committee of the Whole in order that it might be fully discussed. The proposed prayer was the result of collaboration between Brothers A. Wayman Ward and Charles H. Wesley who sought to create a prayer which was brief yet designed to meet the Fraternity's needs. After a lengthy discussion the Convention adopted the words we all know now as the Fraternity Prayer, stipulating that it could be used with or without the salutation "O Lord" and the final word "Amen."

General President Belford Lawson reaffirmed the Fraternity's commitment to Christianity following World War II in issuing the Convention Call for the 33 rd General Convention in December 1947 with these stirring words: "No higher duty, no more solemn responsibility faces Alpha Phi Alpha than that of translating into living creed the democratic and Christian Ethic...'"

Perhaps the most compelling manifestation of our Christian legacy is the Alpha Phi Alpha Funeral Rites also known as the Memorial Service for Deceased Brothers. First presented at the 38th General Convention in Cleveland on December 1952, by Brother Bishop A Wayman Ward, the Convention voted to adopt the service as the official Memorial for Departed Brothers.

This service especially in the long form is essentially a Christian rite of passage which celebrates the deceased Brother's entrance into Omega chapter. It draws heavily from New Testament scripture.

The opening lines of the Liturgist are from John 11:25,26.

Following the invocation and the singing of the Alpha Hymn, there is an eclectic scripture lesson which opens with verses from Genesis, moves to the Gospel of John for three verses, exhorts the Brotherhood in the words of Matthew and concludes with verses from Revelations.

The Benediction and the Blessing concluding the ceremony invoke the grace of Jesus Christ and the blessing of the Holy Trinity.

Our concern for Christian principles was not confined to essentially religious documents.

Even in its political pronouncements, the Christian Ethic was not overlooked by the Fraternity.

In 1956, a special committee of distinguished Alpha men under the chairmanship of Brother Charles H. Wesley made a report entitled "In Re: United States Supreme Court Decision on School Segregation: Its After-

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rchival Gallery

Jewel Henry Arthur Callis and Brother Andrew J. Lewis circa 1950 PHOTO COURTESY OF BROTHER SKIP MASON, DIGGING IT UP ARCHIVES

SHARE YOUR COLLECTION WITH THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Don't throw Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity memorabilia away!

What you might not like to keep is just the thing your Fraternity needs. Assume anything you have about Alpha is valuable—books, magazines, badges, letters, programs, and other memorabilia.

The Fraternity's National Archivist, Brother Herman "Skip" Mason, has asked that you make plans to donate your holdings to the Fraternity's National Archives. Brother Mason has promised that a repository for Alpha archives will be developed following the National Board meeting in January 1995.

"We need you to begin to inventory memorabilia in your areas and send copies of the list to me," Mason

says. More formalized plans for collecting Fraternity memorabilia will be unveiled in future issues of The Sphinx.

Past issues of The Sphinx, all editions of the history book, photographs (remember the old panoramic shots), convention badges, and the "tons of other Alpha Phi Alpha memorabilia that most Brothers accumulate"—Brother Mason says share it with the Fraternity archives.

"Keep in mind Brothers that we are less than 12 years away from the Centennial Celebration of this great organization," Mason observed. "Now is the time to gather those fragile documents."

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Who has the first copy of The Sphinx? The first issue of the History of Alpha Phi Alpha by Brother Charles H. Wesley? Any letters written by the Jewels? Do you have the original design of the shield? The Fraternity does not have but needs these items, Mason says.

"From flooded basements to decay to the move from Chicago to Baltimore, we have lost over 41 years of our historical records," Brother Mason says. Despite the unfortunate losses, Masons says he is "optimistic that somewhere out in Alpha land—in the basements and attics of Brothers or wives and children—are golden historical treasures."

Mason says it is his goal to have a repository at the General Convention in Orlando, where Brothers can

formally donate items for the National Archives. Past General Presidents have been asked to make their presidential files available for the Archives.

Brother Mason extends thanks to Brother Blaine White of Baltimore for the 1945 General Convention program and to Brother Joseph Byrd of Sigma Lambda Chapter in New Orleans for the 1954 Midwestern Regional Convention photograph.

Photographs featured in the Archival Gallery have come from the collection of deceased Brothers who made provisions that their Alpha memorabilia not be discarded.

Mail National Archives donations to General Headquarters, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 2313 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-5234.

General Convention • Chicago, Illinois • 1945

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ALUMNI BROTHER OF THE YEAR CHAPTER • DISTRICT • REGION • NATIONAL Revitalization of the family structure is one of the keys to solving some of the educational problems today in the African American community, says Brother Norris Long who has devoted his life to educating black youth.

Not enough young blacks today are making it through the educational system—just as it was in 1920 when Alpha Phi Alpha's Go to High School Go to College program was initiated to help Blacks complete school, says Brother Long, now retired from the Atlanta Public School System.

According to Brother Long, revival of the Fraternity program, which encourages African American youth to maximize their educational experience, is needed to give new thrust to today's black youth and to help them develop the kind of character needed to succeed in today's world.

However, there is a different slant to the modern Go to High School Go to College Program. "In the 1920s and '30s, very few black males were going on to complete high school or college and prepare themselves to their fullest.

That is still true to some extent today," he said. "But the difference today is that black youth also have to deal with

violence and other things diat are occurring in the schools."

Brother Long, who is Alumni Brother of the Year, is chairman of Eta Lambda Chapter's Go to High School Go to College program. Eta Lambda operates a mentoring program in four Fulton County high schools. The programs were started three years ago when the Chapter purchased a former Fulton County school building and agreed, as part of the purchase, to help improve the educational levels of young black males.

About 70 members of Eta Lambda are involved in mentoring more than 100 students. In addition to oneon-one tutoring and mentoring, the students also get a chance to attend athletic events and others outings.

"The main thrust is to help save the young males from some of the various kinds of frustrations they are exposed to," says Brother Long. "We can turn many of tJiose negatives into positives and help them become useful and successful citizens."

Eta Lambda's Go to High School Go to College Program is designed to encourage family participation. "One of the things that I see as a very significant need is a revitalizing the family structure," Brother

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Long says. "That's why we get in contact with the parents and we don't try to become additional parents or the daddy or anything like that. We try to become a supplement to the parents."

Long also sees teen pregnancy as another problem facing today's youth. "I found that many of die young ladies were having children extremely early. They were not prepared to rear die children in the manner that they should be reared and to give them the fundamental training," the retired educator said. "I have often had the experience of 30year-old grandmothers coming in to talk to me about the children."

Through Project Alpha, Long believes die Fraternity can curb teenage pregnancy.

He wants the Fraternity to make a commitment: "go out there and meet these children, talk with them, and let them know that there is really someone who cares. Many of diem feel that no one cares."

Brother Long worked 30 years in the Atlanta Public School System, beginning in 1960 as a classroom teacher.

He later served as a special projects coordinator, and was coordinator of the Title I federal program which funded special and additional

classroom instruction for children at risk. He was also assistant principal in the middle schools and at George Washington Carver Vocational High School. He retired in 1990.

BrotJier Long studied history and social studies at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, where he also minored in education. He hold three graduate degrees from Atlanta University to include an Educational Specialist.

"Morris Brown at that time had one of the better training programs for teachers in the soudieast," Brother Long recalls. "It was one of the few colleges actually founded and run by blacks."

Brother Long was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha on December 9, 1953. The National Conventions at that time were held over the Christmas holidays, he recalls.

"Five of us from Morris Brown piled into an old '39 Plymouth and drove to Miami for our first National Convention which he called "very new and exciting especially after having been newly initiated into Alpha." He and his Iota Chapter Brothers stayed at the home of a relative. Major hotels were not open to African Americans then, he says.

Conventions in those days, Brother Long remembers, were held at one of die city schools during their Christmas holidays. And Chicago 1994?

Alphas convened at one of die largest hotels Chicago had to offer. And an overflow of Brodiers lived at nearby hotels in the downtown area.

Following college and military service, Brother Long joined Eta Lambda Chapter, where he is now parliamentarian, and a member of the Constitution and Procedures Committee, the Parliamentary Procedures Committee, die Awards/Recognition Banquet Committee and the Ritual Committee.

As a member of the Atlanta Hungry Club, he recruits some 100 high school senior male students to participate in the Club's annual Forum.

BrotJier Long has been active with die Concerned Educators for Justice Organization in Atlanta, and worked with the United Way, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and other groups in organizing the Metropolitan Atlanta Mentoring Council.

Church also gets a substantial amount of BrotJier Long's time. He has served on die Steward Board for the past 2 7 years and as Pro Tern of die Board for 25 of those years.

He has been financial secretary of St. Luke A.M.E. Church for 25 years. His church involvement also includes committee work in support of the Cascade House, a shelter for homeless women with children, and the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program.

Eta Lambda Chapter Brother of the Year, Georgia State District BrotJier of the Year, Southern Region Brother of the Year, and National Alumni Brother of the Year, Brother Long says: "Next to family, church, and Fraternity, I don't know what else would take a major role in my life."

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Leisure

The

es Live!

REVIEW BY BROTHER JAMES T.JACKSON

Presented at The Saint Louis [Missouri] Black Repertory Theatre, September 23, 1994.

The sound of die blues came to life recendy at Grandel Square Theatre, the home of die St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre.

With die production of Sheldon Epps' CLUES IN THE NIEEE,

this very fine acting company has once again demonstrated diat it can offer some of the best African American theatre in the midwestern region. While you will not be dazzled widi a clear and intricately woven plot found in traditional plays or with die wonderful excitement of a fastpaced musical, you will be treated to an attractive and well designed set, expressive and polished performers, costumes that evoke and stimulate die emotions, and some blues music diat gets your feet tappin' and your soul stirrin'.

EECES IN TEE M< I I is a

musical revue of the blues that tugs at die heartstrings of every person during life's existence.

Sheldon Epps displays die power of the blues dirough the clearly defined personalities of four characters. The Lady, as die older character, is detached and experienced. She symbolically focuses on her scrapbook that serves to keep her memories alive. The Woman, the classy and sultry character, sings of

living and hurting, as she sips from her crystal brandy snifter.

The Girl, young and energetic, sings widi anticipation of a life diat is eager to be lived and loved. The Man, a final character, sings of his love for women and how betrayal sometimes effects the most promising of relationships.

The set is centered around a rooming house or a residential hotel diat was very important to the performer and entertainer in the early part of the Twentieth Centuryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a time when blues was important for Bessie Smith, Billie Holliday, Sara Martin, Mamie Smith, and Ediel Waters just to name a few.

Christopher Abernathy was careful to design each woman's room with die personality of the character in mind. These women share a grand and elegandy created staircase and parlor with the Man. Period furnishings and well placed "bric-a-brac" compliment the gray and maroon color scheme. The handsome backdrop with its ever changing colors (due to die wonderfully designed lights by John Wylie) provides depdi for the rooms and gives diem an open and airy feeling.

Costume designer Reggie Ray seems to space no expense in creating the costumes for the characters. His use of colors,

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texture, and patterns accentuate each character's personality. He provides the women widi workable and useful costumes that make for quick and easy changes during die show. The brown pinstriped suit with a brocade textured vest is an excellent choice for Kingsley Leggs, as he executes movements that seem to breathe individual life. This reviewer gives Mr. Ray high marks for his decision to use a turn-of the century costume and feather-covered hat for the song Take Me for a Buggy Ride and for rich sheaths diat were used in the Finale.

The ensemble of four performers makes for a harmonious and delightful sound to die ear. Denise Thimes, a staple in the St. Louis musical tradition, plays the Lady. She beckons to be reckoned widi as she displays intense emotional involvement singing "Lover Man" by Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, and Roger "Ram" Ramirez. In "Wasted Life Blues" she demonstrates the merging of all African American musical traditions, while once again giving die audience an opportunity to see her intensity as a seasoned actress and singer.

Both Julia Nixon and Roziland White compliment Ms. Thimes widi dieir clean and crisp sound.

Nixon is elegance personified as

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she moves and belts Stompin' At the Savoy and Bessie Smith's It Makes My Love Comes Down. She is tiie Woman.

Roziland White, die Girl, and die youngest of die diree females, is energetic and fresh.

She is exciting and lovestruck as she sings with Nixon on / Got A Date With A Dream. She gives voice to despair on Bessie Smith's Reckless Blues.

Kingsley Leggs is exceptional in his execution of Vivian Anderson-Watt's choreography.

Having been absent from die St. Louis stage for five years, Mr. Kingsley has obviously maintained a solid involvement witii his dancing and singing. As die Man in die production he completes die ensemble.

The Black Rep's reproduction of Blues was made complete widi die music of four instrumentalists and die direction of Ron Himes.

While both entities did not severely impair die production and die work of die performers, the overwhelming sounds of die drums sometimes competed widi die crisp and clean sound of the singers—making it difficult to hear the voices. Also, occasionally, Mr. Himes' direction seems to have not focused on die delineation of suggestive walls diat placed die diree female characters in separate rooms.

There were several instances when actors stepped beyond imaginary walls with a gesture or two and placed furniture where it was not appropriate. Also, when characters came together in the parlor on H. Grey's Take It Right Back, there seems to have been a lack of knowledge of each odier.

They acted as if die parlor was not common ground. While these were just minimal technical difficulties, ELL'ES IN THE NIGHT was truly worth seeing.

Trust me! You will leave the theatre feeling that you have been entertained by some of die finest actors and seen some of the best dieatre produced by African Americans in the nation.

Odier offerings for the Black Rep's 1994-95 season include SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE

0anuary 11-February 5, 1995), BEFORE I T H I T S H O M E

(February 15-March 12, 1995), T w o TRAINS RUNNING (March 22-April 16,1995), W H E N T H E CHICKENS C O M E H O M E T O R O O S T (April 26- May 21, 1995)

and RlFFS (May 31-June 25, 1995). Please plan to see any of diese shows if you are in St. Louis during these dates. It will be worth your money and your time. All shows run from Wednesday dirough Sunday. If you cannot get to St. Louis, then by all means try and see diese plays elsewhere since they all focus on subject matter relevant to African American life and history.

Brother Dr. James T. Jackson, the reviewer of this play, is a professor in the Department of Special Education at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.

In addition to the Ph.D. from SIU, Brother Jackson studied drama education at South Carolina State and earned the MFA from Southern Illinois, Carbondale. He was initiated in Beta Delta, South Carolma State, and later affiliated with Mu Delta Lambda, Carbondale.

A Brother Like Me by Brother Harry B. Dunbar will be published in June 1995. The author reflects on his life beginning with his childhood in New York State, and he chronicles his experiences as an 18-year-old conscript in a Black U. S. Army labor battalion commanded by white officers, his training in Louisiana and deployment in 1944 to the European Theatre in England and France, to the Western Pacific Theatre on Guam in 1945, and his discharge in 1946 at Fort Dix. He recounts his college days at New York University, including his initiation into Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., in New York in 1948.

Life Member #915 reminisces about his early career as a teacher at Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and at Paul Laurence Dunbar Junior College in Litde Rock. He characterizes Little Rock as a "veritable paradigm of the best in Black secondary and higher education in the post-World War II South." The book includes recollections Brother Dunbar treasures from the days of his membership in Pi Lambda Chapter in Little Rock and the fellowship with the late Brothers J. R. Booker, "Callie" Brown, Fred Byrd, G.W.S. Ish, and Jackie L. Shropshire.

His fellowship in Pi Lambda Chapter has resulted in a longtime friendship with Brothers Ozell Sutton, William Gilkey and John Tallev.

Brother Dunbar remembers the academic year he spent in Paris with his family as a John Hay Whitney Foundation Opportunity Fellow during research for his doctoral dissertation at the Bibliotheque Nationale and the archives of the Ecole Normale Superieure on the Rue d'Ulm. His rise from assistant professor to full professor to associate dean and assignments of responsibility in New York City Community College and in the central office of the City University of New York, to his retirement in 1983 and his designation as professor emeritus are all covered in A Brother Like Me. Also included is the student unrest at CUNY and the wrenching that ensued. Brother Dunbar talks about his role as an ombudsman for the "bypassed" in the schools of Rockland County, NY, where he lived (and continues to live) during the so called "Black Revolution."

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Alpha on the Move AL RUTHERFORD This Brother is going places— fast. He is ON THE MOVE. He is Al Rutherford, director of General Conventions, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and President of D&L Event Services— based in Dallas, Texas, but taking care of business across the U.S. A product of Northeast High School in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Rutherford was an attractive college-bound student when he finished in the top five percent of his high school class of 500 students. He considered the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Southern California, and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Southern Methodist University offered the most impressive scholarship and that is where he sent—simply and appropriately put.

He was ON THE MOVE toward the presidency of the company he now heads while at Northeast High School, at Southern Methodist, and in the positions he has held since graduation from college.

Upon graduation from Southern Methodist, Brother Rutherford joined the staff of the Loews Anatole Hotel. Fifteen months later, he was promoted to Senior Hotel Manager. He was ON THE MOVE.

As Senior Hotel Manager for the Loews Anatole Hotel, Brother Rutherford was responsible for hotel operations and special projects as assigned by the General Manager. Significant among those projects was coordination of visits of the Princely Family of Monaco, the Saudi Royal Family and the White House Communications Agency.

The next MOVE was to the Dallas Convention and Visitor Bureau where as sales manager

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he was responsible for bringing national association and corporation meetings to Dallas.

Despite his successes with the Dallas Convention Bureau, it was time to MOVE on. And he did.

Four years ago, in 1990, Brother Rutherford formed American Convention Services—a fullservice meeting management firm. His company specializes in hotel negotiations, ground transportation, special events and theme parties.

There goes Al Rutherford, ON THE MOVE again, this time expanding his business base through a merger with another firm to create D&L Event Services which focuses on meeting management and event security.

"I always planned to take the knowledge I gained in the hotel and hospitality industry to help people avoid the pitfalls I had seen planners fall into," Brother Rutherford said about plans for launching his own business.

The future? "I will have to keep my options open. I'm not going to limit myself. I will continue to see what types of opportunities are made available."

Meanwhile, he is MOVING ON. He recently accepted a position on the White House Advance Team. Yes, the White House. As a member of the White House Advance Team, Brother Rutherford is a site coordinator preparing for visits by the President of the United States, the Vice President, and First Lady.

He was in Miami on the 11 th of October. President Clinton flew in on the 15th. "I have to know the ins and outs about the site. There shouldn't be a question about that site [visited by the President] that I cannot answer," Rutherford says about this awesome responsibility. As a

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White House Site Coordinator, he interfaces on logistics with the U.S. Secret Service, local law enforcement agencies, private security companies, and venue respresentatives.

Is he ON THE MOVE? You

bet.

"I am somewhat of a perfectionist," he admits. His greatest satisfaction is "doing a good job and seeing the people that I am working for pleased. I like for things to run smoothly. I enjoy the coordination aspect of what I do, but most of all, I like my clients to be pleased with what I do."

And who are his clients?

Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, the American Society of Safety Engineers, Pioneer, Inc., and the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, among many others.

His clients, Rutherford says, "invest large sums of money to present a message or an idea, and I don't want their money to be wasted."

Then there is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. His membership in Alpha Phi Alpha was automatic. At least, it was taken for granted. He remembers his father, Brother J. Albert Rutherford (Omega Chapter), wearing his Fraternity pin, and the Continues page 50

Legacy BROTHER ROBERT MYERS, JR.

PROMISES TO KEEP, AND MILES TO GO BEFORE WE SLEEP— AND MILES TO GO BEFORE WE SLEEP I consider myself fortunate to have served in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., for 52 years, and I have just attended my 44th consecutive General Convention.

It is important that every Brother plan for regular attendance at General Conventions and for active participation in business sessions and workshops.

Regular attendance at General Conventions provides you with the leverage that can be placed into building blocks which make you more knowledgeable about how to be an Alpha Man. Now and then attendance will not do.

I made up my mind early that I would attend all General Conventions. I will never miss a General Convention unless there is an unusual emergency. The Convention is not a social aspect of my life. I regard it as a duty.

It was not for personal gain and personal edification that I decided to attend Conventions on a regular basis. Rather, it was a desire on my part to become more fit for service. The only way to serve is to have your finger on the pulse of the Fraternity—what the Fraternity is doing, what it is likely to do, and how it is conducting its agenda.

If you are knowledgeable about the pulse of the Fraternity, you can render more valuable service.

For 27 years, I was General Sergeant at Arms for the Fraternity. This was a responsibility which I took very seriously and required that I conduct myself in a manner exhibiting knowledge of the Fraternity that would require respect from the Brotherhood.

I feel fortunate to have met four of the seven Jewels and to have had extensive conversation with two of them—Brother Jewel George B. Kelley and Brother Jewel Henry A. Calks. I was awed, humbled, and grateful for their wise counsel. They impressed me as having a majestic sense of purpose, history and commitment. It is very clear to me that because of the individual and group effort necessary to get consensus on all matters,

the Jewels felt mat the things they established were finished products.

They felt like the destiny of Alpha Phi Alpha was "progression directed" and as Jewel Callis stated to the Fraternity: "Out of you there must be born into our fraternities and sororities a new resolve to complete the emancipation of a race. Only upon the influence which proceeds from you can this task be accomplished."

It is abundantly clear that the protection and perpetuation of Alpha Phi Alpha's heritage should be undertaken as a total and collective effort. To do otherwise would be a degradation of the legacy of our Jewels. Commit yourself to attend workshops conducted by the Committee on Ritual and Ceremonies and take back to your chapters the necessary corrections.

Devote a portion of each Chapter meeting to a review and emphasis of an individual component of the Alpha ritual and ceremony and focus on correct repetition. In that manner you will be assisting in perpetuation of the Jewels. We have an obligation to do no less.

The most important lessons I learned from conversations with Jewels Kelley and Callis were "love for all mankind," "leadership," "scholarship," and "service."

The Jewels also stressed in my talks with them a very careful and selective process in identifying candidates to become Alpha men.

We must be very, very careful in our selection of candidates. If we are careful in that process, we will more likely get the men who will uphold our reasons for being. If we get the wrong persons, there is nothing we can do about it. We can chastise those who fail to uphold the Name, discipline them, and even suspend or expel them, but they will still be Alphas. They will know as much as we know.

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Thomas Winston Cole I, il, III: FIRST, SECOND & THIRD GENERATION ALPHAS It does not always happen that way, but in the case of Thomas Winston Cole I, II, and HI, it did.

Thomas Winston Cole I set the example and Thomas Winston Cole II and HI "knew what they had to do." And as they explain it, they didn't have to be told what they had to do.

Thomas Winston Cole I is die 21st General President of Alpha Phi Alpha and a retired college president; Thomas Winston Cole II is president of Clark-Atlanta University in Atlanta; and Thomas Winston Cole m is a graduate student.

Thomas Winston Cole I remembers his membership in Alpha Sigma chapter and the impression it had on Thomas Winston Cole II. Sphinxmen were given "keys" with which they were not to part during the initiation period. Brother Cole remembers accumulating six keys, more than enough to attract the curiosity of T. Winston Cole II. At five years old, young Cole used a chair to reach his father's accumulation of "keys" so that he could march around with them as Sphinxmen were doing.

"I didn't tell him he had to be an Alpha man; he knew he had no alternative," Brother Cole I said about Brother Cole II. Brother Cole II did not disagree. As there is no choice about life and death, Cole added a third. He had no choice about pledging Alpha Phi Alpha.

"We've got to fix our Intake process so we can pass on the legacy that has been passed on to us," he told the Brotherhood.

"I feel lucky," the third generation Cole noted. "I can share a bond with my father and my grandfather, and I hope to pass it [the bond] on to my children."

Tanzy Barry Lockridee, Beta Kappa '34 Calion Barry Lockridge Sr., Epsilon Epsilon '64 Calion Barry Lockrtdge jr., Beta Kappa '93

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Rev. Dr. Oman Pratt Gamma Chapter Fall 'SI

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Charlie E. Hardy, Beta Upsilon '59 and Lt. Randall C. Hardy, Kappa Alpha '85 (father and son)

Brother Robert Myers, Life Member, Delta Xi Lambda Brother Harold Robinson (nephew), Zeta Lambda

Brother Willie D. Byrd, Jr., President, Sigma Psi, University of Nevada Brother Willie E. Byrd, Life Member, Theta Pi Lambda

LEFT: Brother John A. Cundiejf, Life Member Brother George A. Cundiejf, Life Member

Brother James R. Williams, former General President, and Brother Michael D. Williams (father and son) RIGHT: Brother William H. Andrews, Alpha Pi Lambda '81

William E. Jackson, Sr. Gamma Chapter '42 Omega Chapter '66

Father: Brother William P. Smith II Son: William P. Smith HI • Grandson: Gary Slaughter

William E. Jackson, Jr. Gamma Chapter '66

Michael C. Jackson NEPHEW TO BROTHER JACKSON, JR.

Virginia Tech '92

Brother Alan N. Evans, Mu Lambda Brother Samuel L. Evans Epsilon Rho Lambda

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math and Suggested Next Steps." T h e sixth of 21 proposed steps in desegregation reads: "The Christian Ethic must now be brought to bear upon the situation." 4 In addition to the other wide ranging proposals the application of Christian principles was considered essential.

An ongoing manifestation of our Christian legacy is the Ecumenical Religious Service held at General Conventions. T h e first such service in Alpha's history was held at Philadelphia in 1970 with the ministers of several Christian religious denominations participating and conducted by Brother John R. Logan. Over 300 persons attended what was in fact a Christian ecumenical religious service. T h e General Convention subsequently Promises To K e e p

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am also reminded of the emphasis placed on protocol and appearance at meetings of any kind in the early years. N o t only the Jewels, but the Brotherhood felt that the characteristics of Alpha M e n should be exemplified by appearance— by the way you look.

In most of the early photographs, individual and group, academic excellence, leadership, and uplift are clearly reflected—by their stance and their dress.

We need to return to that. Too often we attend business and workshop sessions in inappropriate and unfit regalia. It is not a proper reflection of what we stand for.

T h e Jewels left us a magnificent legacy, steeped in culture, history and significant meaning. Let us not debase the heritage which has been entrusted to us. Rather, let us remember the words from the Certificate of Incorporation of die Foundation

LEGACY

voted to hold such an activity annually during the Convention at the hotel where it was meeting, preferably on a Sunday and under die direction of the Convention Chaplain. This has been done continuously since 1970 with perhaps a single exception and nearly always within die hotel.

These moments in our history demonstrate that our Brotherhood is dedicated to Christian principles and Christian concepts. H e who passes through the portals of me House of Alpha should know diat he is entering a Christian domicile.

1 Charles H. Wesley, The History ofAlpha Phi Alpha page 150 2 Op Cit page 176 3 Op Cit page 285 4 Op Cit page 350 and 351 5 Op Cit page 473

Publishers of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.—"The objects for which the Corporation is organized are the mutual improvement and promotion of the collection, preservation, publication, dissemination and diffusion for civilization of the creative and artistic heritage of die human race."

W E HAVE...

"Promises to keep, and miles to go before we sleep— and miles to go before we sleep."

Brother Robert Myers, Jr., is a retired director of Equal Opportunity for the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development in Philadelphia and Washington, DC. He currently works with the Department of Corrections in Florida, but spends most of his time with church, school, and fraternity mentoring programs. A native of St. Augustine, Florida, Brother Myers is chairman of the National Ritual & Ceremonies Committee.

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Wiley J. Henderson, Jr., Delta Gamma '54 and son Maurice O. Henderson, Delta Theta Lambda '93

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Brother Lemuel Preston Randolph, Iota Upsilon Lambda '92; Brother Samuel Lynwood Randolph, Beta, Virginia Union University, 1930s; Brother Dr. Lynwood Parker Randolph, Beta Gamma, Virginia State '56

You're Invited

General President Milton C. Davis and his wife, Myrtle Davis, were among the 120 guests of President and Mrs. Clinton at a formal White House dinner on September 22, 1994. The black tie affair honored American Music in recognition of the 39th World Congress of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.

The celebrated evening began with an elegant reception in the library, Vermeil, and China Rooms of the White House. Following the reception, guests were escorted to the Blue Room where they were formally announced and received by President and Mrs. Clinton. Dinner was served in the White House State Dining Room.

A spectacular musical program followed dinner, featuring performances by the Pointer Sisters, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, Booker T & The MGs, Patti Austin, Michael Bolton, Ruth Brown, Jon Hendricks, and Lyle Lovett.

The selective guest list for the White House affair included U.S. Senator Carol Mosely Braun, Atlanta Mayor William Campbell, Presidential Assistant Alexis Herman and other noted personalities in government, business, education and the arts.

"This event allowed a unique opportunity to project Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at the highest level of government and is another example that the Alpha Renaissance continues," said General President Davis.

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Chapter News GAMMA IOTA LAMBDA PARTNERS WITH OTHERS IN SPONSORING SYMPOSIUM ON SOUTH AFRICA It is an extremely timely topic and an Zeta Zeta Lambda opportunityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"Economic and Professional Opportunities in the New South The Brothers of Zeta Zeta Lambda have received high marks for their Africa." Brother John P. Rice Jr. and the Third Annual Black and Gold Dinner Dance and more specifically the "Youth Brothers of Gamma Iota Lambda ChapInto Manhood Right of Passage Program" it supports. ter recognized the opportunity and Reasoning that the "deteriorating family unit" is a major contributing facthought a public symposium would be tor to the social conditions that plague many communities, Zeta Zeta Lambda appropriate. has reached out to become family for young men in their community.

But the opportunity was larger than Fifteen young men who took part in the "Youth Into Manhood Right of Gamma Iota Lambda and should involve Passage Program" received training in self defense, family values, black herthe Eastern Region. Gamma Iota Lambda itage, citizenship, and respecting females. and the Eastern Region should team with After completing the six-week training program, the young men are menhigher education, corporate America and tored by a Zeta Zeta Lambda Alpha Brother. The Alpha Brothers insure that civic leaders. The partnership was the young men are involved in community recreational activities, maintain a launched. relationship with the teachers, and monitor their progress in school.

The result was a highly successful symThe Chapter's Annual Black and Gold Dinner Dance supports this major posium-panel that attracted participation undertaking. from St. John's University, the site of the In addition to the young men, special honorees at the most recent Dinner symposium-panel; the government of Dance were the Rev. Margaret Elaine Flake and Councilman Archie Spigner.

South Africa, the chief executive of the Rev. Flake is co-founder and Educational Director of the Allen Christian Long Island Urban League, the president School in Jamaica and founder of the Allen Women's Resource Center which of the Roosevelt (NY) Chamber of Comprovides housing, counseling, and other support services for women and chilmerce, the Long Island Links, the Alpha Wives Club of Gamma Iota Lambda, the dren who are victims of domestic violence.

Roosevelt School District, Union Baptist Councilman Spigner was elected to the council 10 years ago, currently Church, 100 Black Men of Nassau/Sufchairs the council committee on Housing and Building and is a member of the folk, a number of businesses, the presicouncil's Finance, Land Use, Rules and Privileges, and Consumer Affairs dent of Zeta Zeta Lambda, Brother Eddie Committees.

Hill, and a building contractor.

He holds the second highest position on the city council, Deputy Majority The Consul General of South Africa, Leader. the Honorable Joe Stauch, keynoted the symposium-panel. Mr. Stauch confirmed gram to address what the Chapter the numerous and "tremendous opportuEta Rho Lambda called "the knowledge gap" between nities" for business and social expansion in HONEOYE FALLS, NEW YORK neophyte Brothers and others. Partici- South Africa. The keynote speaker also During their Esprit de Fraternite pation in the information sessions is encouraged and invited American, espeprogram, Eta Rho Lambda Chapter voluntary. cially African American, financial, profesrecognized Brother Michael Tulloch of The Chapter's outreach projects sional and technical know-how to help Mu Sigma for his service to Alpha with include a joint venture with Mu Sigma South Africa in its struggle "to increase a $500 award. Brother Charles Garvin (University of Rochester/ Rochester the quality of life for all its citizens." is credited with outlining the Esprit de Institute of Technology) in sponsorship New York State Alpha President Fraternite project. of a feeding program at a local mission Steven Skinner was also one of the preEta Rho Lambda also presented and monetary support of church camp- senters. Ms. Nomsa Daniels, a South scholarship awards to three area high ing activities for inner-city youth.

African who is director of the Professionschool students with proceeds raised And when the business was over, the al Development Program at Baruch Colduring their 21st annual Charles Brothers closed the year with an Alpha lege, was too among the panelists. The Lunsford Scholarship Dinner.

Phi Alpha/Alpha Kappa Alpha picnic Professional Development Program Ms. Daniels directs is designed to provide "Addressing the Plight of African and Variety Comedy Night.

Black South Africans' business and fiscal Americans in Institutions of Higher skills by giving them "hands-on" experiLearning" was the theme of Eta Rho ence with American and South African Lambda's Founder's Day Luncheon Omicron Omlcron corporations. which featured Dr. Nwabueve Okoye, a UNIVERSITY OF THE Brother Bill Woods shared his experiprofessor of African and Afro-Ameri- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ence as a participant in the historic South can Studies at Brockport State UniverOmicron Omicron has celebrated African election process which resulted in sity.

12 years of community service and the election of President Nelson ManThe abridged intake process promp- campus leadership.

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Chapter News Gamma lota Lambda Continued from previous page dela; St. John's History Professor Anthony Woods emphasized the interrelatedness of South Africa to the rest of Africa, noting that South Africa's successful transition and development would inevitably impact the entire region.

The symposium and related VIP luncheon and post symposium reception were all underwritten by Pepsi Cola International.

An editorial from the newsletter published by Gamma Iota Lambda I started to caption this editorial "The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds, and Bodies of our African American Males." But living on Long Island and being familiar with what Brother David Dinkins, the former Mayor of eight (8) million New Yorkers, calls the "gorgeous mosaic" of metropolitan New York, I quickly reoriented myself. Here within African dispora we have Caribbean-Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Brazilian-Americans, and more. In fact we have representatives of these groups in Alpha Phi Alpha.

The President of Gamma Iota Lambda Chapter-was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad-Tobago.

On Monday evening, January 24, 1994, Minister Louis Farrakhan held a Black Muslim rally at the 369th National Guard Armory in Harlem. Over 12,000 males of African descent attended while approximately 6,000 were turned away. Shock and consternation were evident as the nations press and electronic media distorted the event. Several black leaders criticized a top aide of Minister Farrakhan who had given an inflammatory speech at Kean College in New Jersey. I was particularly interested bcause only a few days earlier a young Alpha undergraduate at a nearby University had expressed concern that certain other fraternities were competing for our young men while the imminent formation of a Latino or Hispanic fraternity would further complicate matters for Hispanics of mixed racial origin.

Like it or not, members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, especially here in the northeast, must confront the fact that there are many groups, ideologies, religions, and even people of different sexual orientation competing for the very same young men whom we hope to enlist in our Fraternity. What do they offer and what is our message?

What is Alpha's message? The Gamma Iota Lambda Constitution and Bylaws read: "The objectives of this chapter of the fraternity shall be: to stimulate the ambition of its members, to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom and dignity of the individual, to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood, and to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status."

This message is certainly as relevant and valid today as it was when it was written some 40 years ago. Although we men of Alpha are often referred to as "elite", we recognize that our African descended people are indeed the most downtrodden of "downtrodden humanity." Our scholarship grants do prepare our "noble men" to educate and prepare people to be useful in the causes of humanity. Our Partners for Learning, our construction of 871 housing units in Akron, Ohio, by the Brothers of Iota Tau Lambda, our Youth Mentoring Programs, our participation in Habitat for Humanity, our outreach and trips to the Botswana Youth Center and to Nelson Mandela, our efforts to combat teenage pregnancy through Project Alpha are all solid achievements and not spectacular rhetoric. Zeta Zeta Lambda Chapter has several community uplift programs which are outstanding.

The competition out there, both good and bad, for young, gifted black males is fierce and intense. As our General President Milton C. Davis stated, we must redouble our efforts in renaissance, reclamation, and strengthening the black family. At the same time we, older Brothers, must redouble our effort to strengthen and support our affiliated college Brothers.

Alpha Phi Alpha cannot afford to relinquish its leadership role.

[Brother John P. Rice, Jr. edits the newsletter and chairs the newsletter committee for Gamma Iota Lambda.]

Omlcron Omicron Continued from previous page

Community service includes staffing Retirement Homes, Homeless Shelters, and homeless mastication facilities; participation in the Fraternity's National Bone Marrow Program; monthly food and clothes drives for the homeless; Adopt-AHigh School Program; friendship and counseling of inner city youth; and participation in Mu Lambda's Leadership Institute for college-bound students.

And Omicron Omicron members are no less active on campus than they are in the District. Campus activities include Fraternity-sponsored student forums, a campuswide newsletter, "The Campus View", and tutoring. Brothers are also active in the University of the District of Columbia Student Government and other campus organizations.

Alpha Theta Lambda ATLANTIC CITY, N E W JERSEY

"We get in life what we're worth. If you do not choose excellence, mediocrity will choose you."

That is the wisdom of former "Miss America" Debbye Turner who was the keynote speaker for the Alpha Theta Lambda-sponsored Scholarship Awards Student Recognition Program.

Alpha Theta Lambda, which has made scholarship awards for the past ten years, gave four $500 awards this year. The awards went to Derwin Bing and Brian Hollie Jr, of Atlanta City High School, and Garnel Palin and Dereck Mack of Pleasantville High.

Dr. Turner, a veterinarian and only the third African American to be named "Mss America", is a native ofJonesboro, Arkansas.

Her title, Dr. Turner said, is "tangible proof that if you set your goal before you and work hard enough, you can achieve it, whether your crown is to open a law practice, obtain a medical degree or to be a person you can look at in the mirror and be happy with."

Dr. Turner practices veterinary medicine in St Louis where she also speaks frequently on veterinary care and youth issues.

Following Dr. Turner's presentation, one of the scholarship recipients, Derwin Bing, said: "I'm ready to go out and do the things that I want to do, and I feel I have support and motivation to do that."

Alpha Theta Lambda's Awards Program was a sequel to the Chapter's 4th Annual "Go to High School Go to College" activity which is reported to have attraced over 700 youth.

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sphinx Please forward story ideas and chapter news for consideration at this time. We would like to have materials on hand for consideration by January 15,1995. However, don't wait for the deadline. Mail material for consideration NOW. If you miss the January 15 deadline, or any deadline for that matter, mail the material anyway.

The next issue of The Sphinx will be published February/March 1995.

We are especially interested in hearing from Brothers who are available to write three-to-four-page essays for the Alpha Forum. Don't write the essays, only indicate your availability to do so. College Brothers should indicate topics that are of special interest to them.

We would also like to hear from Brothers who are willing to share historical photos from their personal files. Photos can be copied and returned overnight.

Send material to: THE SPHINX, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 2313 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-5234.

MIDWESTERN WHATLEY NAMED TO NEW VA POST Brother David Whatley, former between the VA Central Office in Director of the Hampton, Virginia, Washington, DC and medical facilVA Medical Center, is now Region- ities in the 13 states which comprise al Director of the Department of the Central Region. There are 42 Veterans Affairs Central Region. medical centers, 14 outpatient clinThe Region's corporate headquar- ics and 37 readjustment counseling ters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, centers in the Central Region.

Brother Whatley has also served employs some 100 personnel.

As Central Region director, as the Associate Director of the Brother Whatley serves as liaison Northport, NY, VAMC and Associ-

ate Director of the VA Medical & Regional Office Center in Wilmington, Delaware.

He is a graduate of Texas Southern University, and attended Howard and George Washington Universities, both in Washington, DC. Brother Whatley is active with the NAACP and the National Urban League.

JOHNSON SERVES AS CONSULTANT O N NATIONAL PANEL Brother Waldo E. Johnson Jr, was invited by Vice President Albeit Gore to serve as the research consultant on paternity and fatherhood at "Family Reunion HI: The Role of Men in Children's Lives."

Vice President Gore moderated the panel which also included noted journalist and author Richard Louv, and Dr. Richard Weinbery of the University of Minnesota Center on Children, Youth and Families. Brother Johnson presented his research findings on adolescent paternity and their implications for public/social policy and practice intervention.

He is on research leave for the 1994-95 academic year from the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work doing postdoctoral work as a Ford Foundation Fellow at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and the Institute of Social Research in Ann Arbor. Brother Johnson's postdoctoral research during the academic leave is focusing on adolescent paternity among African American males.

A charter member of Iota Eta Chapter at Mercer University, Brother Johnson is a member and past president of Iota Delta Lambda Chapter in Chicago. He is Midwest Coordinator of the Alpha Phi Alpha Collegiate Scholars Bowl and coordinated the community outreach project involving youth mentorships for the 88th Anniversary Convention in Chicago.

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Chapter News Theta Mu Lambda

Eta Tau Lambda

HAZEL CREST, ILLINOIS Theta Mu Lambda has characterized it first annual Career Day project as a "big success." Community youth were the special guests of Brothers on their worksites and enjoyed dinner together at the end of the workday.

AKRON, OHIO When Eta Tau Lambda shared $2,000 in scholarships with nine students during their 20th Annual Scholarship Program, the Chapter's total investment in education approached $170,000.

The Chapter's busy calender included co-sponsorship of the 18th Annual Martin Luther Kingjr, Lecture which featured Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page; sponsorship of 40 students to the Midwest Leadership and Citizenship Development Institute; a Founder's Day Breakfast; their Winter Formal; a drive, in conjunction with the Akron-Summit Community Action Agency's S.H.A.R.E. program which provided a two-week supply of food for 34 families; and Project Alpha seminars.

Eta Tau Lambda also played a major role, along with other community organizations, in the inaugural Black Achievers Leadership Conference. Brother W Kent Starks chaired the Leadership Conference which is similar in its goals to Project Alpha.

Leadership Conference speakers included Brother Norman Purnell, an attorney; Brother Marvin Rasberry, an adult probation officer; and Brother Michael Williams, a city councilman.

And one year ago now, Eta Tau Lambda hosted General President Milton Davis and National Building Foundation Chair Donald Lee at the dedication of two housing complexesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Lionel H. Newsom Housing for the Elderly, Alliance, Ohio, a 50-unit coverted bank building, and the Robert Bender Housing Complex for the Elderly, five one-story buildings in Massillon, Ohio. Brother James R. Williams, 25th General President, was also present for the dedication.

The two young men who spent the day with Brother Joe Hill at McDonald's Corporation in Oak Brook, IL, received the treat of the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;gold watches and other items.

GLOSTER JOINS CINCINNATI HOSPITAL STAFF Brother Hugh M. Gloster Jr, has joined the University of Cincinnati Hospital staff as a Dermatologic Surgeon. A Phi Beta Kappa, Brother Gloster is a product of the Westminster Schools in Adanta, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Medical College of Georgia.

He attended the UNC witii the support of four-year Morehead Scholarship and he was awarded a Board of Regents Scholarship while attending the Medical College of Georgia. He was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, a medical honor society, before he graduated in 1989.

Brother Gloster completed a one-year residency in internal medicine at the George Washington Hospital in Washington, DC, a three-year residency in dermatology at the Emory University Hospital in Adanta, and he was a 199394 Fellow in Moha Micrographic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

WESTERN Brother Lawrence J. Dark is now President and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Portland, Oregon. Prior to this appointment in February 1994, Brother Dark was executive assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity Programs and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs, University of South Carolina.

He received his Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law and completed undergraduate studies at Denison University.

His responsibilities at the University of South Carolina included development, implementation and evaluation of multicultural policies

and programs. He also managed harassment and discrimination complaints from students, faculty and staff.

In addition to his appointment at the University of South Carolina, Brother Dark has served as director of Corporate Foundation Relations and Development at Claflin College, assistant to the President at Frostburg State University, associate director of the American Bar Association's Fund for Public Education, Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO), and Corporate Initiative Associate for the American Red Cross.

A recipient of the prestigious Kellogg National Fellowship and a participant in Leadership South Carolina and the Neighborhood Leadership Development Institute of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Dr. Dark served on the South Carolina Attorney General's Task Force on Crime and Violence; the Secretary's (Health and Human Services) Blue Ribbon Panel on Violence Prevention; the Commission on Violence and Youth for the American Psychological Association; and as a public member onthe Board for The Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, American Psychological Association.

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Chapter News Omicron Theta Lambda

Pi K a p p a

HEYWARD, CALIFORNIA Omicron Theta Lambda joined with the college chapter in the Bay area in sponsoring a Founder's Day program, participated in Black History Month programs at middle schools in the Bay area, and established a not for profit project, "Home Base Alpha."

The latter program helps prepare youth and young adults for career awareness and employment training.

But the highlight of the year may have been the annual Jazz Festival.

The September event, "Mountain Jazz Fest," featured saxophonist Gerald Albright and two local groups.

Several Brothers and friends of Alpha were recognized during the evening for their special roles in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the East Bay program.

CALIFORNIA S T A T E UNTVERSITY

The January 17, 1994, California earthquake spoiled plans for Pi Kappa's increasingly popular "Ebony Entertainment Night", but the spoilage was only temporary. The "Show" went on even if four months later and at a different location.

"Ebony Night Entertainment" showcases the latest fashions for men and women and features, according to the Brothers of Pi Kappa, "some of the hottest performances that the entertainment industry has to offer."

During the seven years the evening of entertainment has been sponsored, entertainers have included Louis Dix (comedian and host of "Showtime at the Apollo"), Movement X (Columbia recording group), The Good Girls (Motown recording group), Kim Coles (comedienne and co-star of "Living Single" television series), Step by Step (recording and entertainment group), Eddie Griffin (commedian), Alex Thomas (comedian/actor), and others.

Proceeds from the program are invested in the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the Magic Johnson A.I.D.S. Foundation, Toys for Tots, National Society of Black Engineers, Black Business Association, and the California State University Black Student Union. Participation in recent years has exceeded the 800 patrons.

SOUTHERN Alpha Upsilon Lambda MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Alpha Upsilon Lambda has recorded providing support for die YMCA, NAACP, High School Performing Arts, Aid to Africa, High School Young Men to the Leadership Conference, scholarships for college students, among many other public services activities.

And the Alabama alumni chapter has also reported a number of appointments and special awards within the chapter, among them: Brother Tryone Means and Frank Jenkins, national general counsel and comptroller, respectively. Jenkins is also recipient of the District of Alabama and Southern Region Charlie Green Award.

Brother Circuit Judge Charles Price is Alumni Brother of the Year for the District of Alabama; Brother John O. Lightfoot has received the Outstanding Service Award from the Captial City Boys & Girls of America; and Brother Jethro Wilson received the Outstanding Administrator's Award at Jefferson Davis High School.

Thirty-five years of distinguished service as a Federal Civil Service employee has earned Brother William M. Minter the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the General Chappie James Chapter of Blacks in Government; Brother Joseph Holley is serving his second term as president of the Montgomery, AL, Pan-Hellenic Council; and Brother Wendell H. Saxon is the recipient of an Outstanding Service Award from the Autauga County Department of Human Resources.

Brother Saxon was lauded for his presentations to GED students on self-esteem and "Tips for Success in the Workplace."

Theta Sigma UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Brother Eric Freeman has earned special recognition for revitalizing the Chapter at the University of Florida.

Meanwhile, Theta Sigma Brothers are executive vice president, assistant vice president, and treasuer of the PanHellenic Council; president of the

NAACP; president of the Assocation pus information channel, as well as the of Black Communicators; chairman of organization of their Go to High the Black Student Assembly; and coor- School Go to College Program.

Theta Sigma Brothers were also dinator of the Presidental Scholars conspicious in their mentoring roles Program. during the University's four-day CamThe Brothers were excited about their plans for "The Alpha Torch, pus Reach Out Program for "at risk" Today's Burning Issues", a series of students entering their first year in monthly forums to be aired on the cam- high school.

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Chapter News Gamma Zeta Lambda • TAMPA, FLORIDA Fourteen young men were presented and several received special awards during Gamma Zeta Lambda's "Men of Tomorrow" recognition program.

Brother Craig King was the program keynote speaker.

The three Men of Tomorrow scholarship recipients were Robert Hurst of Hillsborough High; Kenneth Henderson, Bloomingdale High; and Daniel Johnson, Tampa Bay Tech. Book stipends went to: Clarence Best and Terrence Stroder, Brandon High; Andre Brown, Armwood; Calvin Blidden, Tampa Bay Tech; David Jordan, East Bay High; D'Andre Murvin and Abdel Presume, King High.

Also, Michael Oliver, Jr, and Louis Sastre, Bloomingdale High; Darrell Williams, Plant High; and Tommy Robinson II, Hillsborough High. Robinson, son of Brother Tommy Robinson Sr, also received the Hertitage Aard which is reserved for the outstanding senior who is the child of a Fraternity member.

The program, although in honor of the young Men of Tomorrow, also featured presentations by the honorees. Men of Tomorrow presented a Montel Williamstype Talk Show during which they talked about their career aspirations and the ills of society as they saw mem.

In a separate Chapter activity, this time the Annual Black and Gold Ball, Gamma Zeta Lambda awards went to: Brothers Darryl S. Myles, John M. Goodwin, Anthony D. Satchel.Derrick V. Warren, Ray Periera and Terence M. Hood, Outstanding Service; Tommy Robinson Sr., and Jimmie O. Atmore Jr, Outstanding Leadership. Brother Alphonse Stewart received the Chapter Brother of the Year Award.

Iota Nu • U N I V E R S I T Y OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM Iota Nu Chapter has been recognized as the fraternity with the highest academic average on the campus of the University of Alabama/Birmingham. An Iota Nu Brother is president of the Student Government Association, vice president of the SGA, and incoming president of the SGA. In addition to leadership, service is also a priority with the Brothers of Iota Nu. The Chapter adopted "My Place", a day care and home for children from disfunctional families, and planned a stepshow to raise funds to support the adopted project. Iota Nu Brothers have volunteered at the Firehouse Shelter for the homeless at numerous Birmingham City Schools and been actively involved with "Caring Helps Another Make Progress" (C.H.A.M.P.S.). The latter program provides academic assistance and general counseling for elementary school students^ Iota Nu also sponsors Project Alpha and Go to High School Go to College programs.

Pi D e l t a » L I V I N G S T O N U N I V E R S I T Y

Pi Delta has involved females in the Chapter's Project Alpha program in Sumter County, Alabama. The pilot program was available to Upward Bound students studying at Livingston University during the summer.

The chapter has been granted permission to present the Project Alpha program to incoming freshman students at Livingston.

In addition to the success it enjoyed with the Project Alpha program, Pi Delta also participated in an Adopt-A-Mle Program and Nursing Home Visits.

And not unexpectedly, the Chapter was cited for having the highest academic average for the 1993-94 school year.

Theta Sigma Lambda * MISSISSIPPI Spring has come and gone. But the Brothers of Theta Sigma Lambda will not forget their involvement in Little League baseball and softball this year. Their team entry was the "Alpha As." Theta Sigma Lambda Brothers also participated in a Heritage Festival in Port Gibson, Mississippi, a day of arts and crafts, food, and fun. The annual Family Picnic was a usual hit with die community—plenty of "fixings" provided by the Chapter. It was a good time—games more games and games.

The chapter's agenda also included a Highway Clean Up Project and a steak lunch honoring the academic achievements of 20 area high school students.

SANDS APPOINTED FEDERAL JUDGE IN GEORGIA

For years, the judicial and legal arenas have been the perfect platform for Brother W Louis Sands, President Clinton's nominee to a federal appellate district judgeship in Georgia.

Brother Sands, a Georgia Superior Court judge, is based in Albany, GA. A veteran trial lawyer and former state and federal prosecutor, Brother Sands is the first African American judge in the Mddle Georgia Judicial Circuit.

An active member of Epsilon Beta Lambda Chapter, Macon, Georgia, Sands is a native of Gray (Jones County), Georgia. He received the B.A. degree in political science and music from Mercer University and the Juris Doctorate from the Walter F George School of Law, Mercer University.

Judge Sands was a partner in the firm of Mathis, Sands, Jordan and Adams before his appointment.

"I feel honored indeed to have been appointed by the Governor through this process where there were a number of distinguished attorneys who were very capable and able people," Judge Sands said.

"What I look forward to doing is serving all the people in the circuit to the best of my ability."

Brother Sands' nomination for the circuit court seat was not a surprise to many people. He brings a diversified background to the bench—as prosecutor, defense attorney, personal injury litigation, and domestic law.

Judge Sands and his wife Karla have three children—Angelia, Walker, and Billve Louise.

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Chapter News ALPHA ON THE MOVE "comraderie among Brothers" who visited his father." Rutherford has been Director of G e n eral Conventions for two years and played a major and leading role in management of the General Conventions in N e w Orleans and Chicago.

Despite the demands of his professional work, Brother Rutherford is active in Antioch Free Missionary Baptist with his wife Michelle; he is involved

Gamma Mu Lambda TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

Brother Larry E. Rivers, a professor of history at Florida A&M University, was one of five experts whose testimony before various committees of the Florida Legislature resulted in the State of Florida paying compensation to victims of the Rosewood Massacre.

In 1923, a group of whites attacked and killed scores of African Americans in Rosewood, Florida, near Gainesville. All survivors fled. No African Americans live there today.

According to the testimony provided by Brother Rivers and others, the then Governor of Florida, as well as law enforcement officials, knew about the carnage in Rosewood, but did very little to stop it.

Survivors of "Rosewood" and their descendants have been awarded $2.1 million from the State of Florida.

In addition to the national television network reporting of the Florida Legislature's decision, Brother Rivers and other experts were interviewed by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Brother Rivers is a graduate of Fort Valley State and holds the master's degree in history from Villanova University. At 25 years old, he had earned his doctorate in history from Carnegie-Mellon University. He has been a professor of history at Florida A&M University since 1977, and served as chairman of the University's department of History, Economics, and Political Science from 19841991.

[Editor's Note: The next issue of the Sphinx will include a summary of Dr. Rivers' research on the Rosewood Massacre. 1

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Continued from page 38 with the Democratic Party in Texas and in Dallas County; and he does volunteer work on the Board of Right Alternatives for People, an organization which focuses on at-risk youth by providing them with an alternative school environment which enhances learning and where they can be counseled.

Brother Al Rutherford AN ALPHA ON THE MOVE

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BELOW: Dr. William E. Nelson Gamma Delta, '59 Nicholas Nelson (his son) Beta Nu '94

Craig Marchbanks, XI Lambda '84 Eisner Marchbanks, Theta '53

Dr. Hugo A. Owens, Sr. Beta Gamma '57 Dr. Hugo A. Owens, Jr. Epsilon Nu Lambda '90

Hanley J. Norment, Gamma Delta '51 Julian Norment (his son), Epsilon '94

FROM LEFT: John Lee Vamado III (son ofJohn Lee Varnado Jr.), Alpha Omicron; James Varnado (first cousin to John & Eugene Varnado); John Lee Varnado Jr. (brother in Alpha to Eugene C. Varnado), Theta Chapter '60; Eugene C. Varnado (brother in Alpha to John L. Varnado, Jr.), Theta Mu Lambda '65; Eugene C. Varnado II (son of Eugene C. Varnado), Theta Mu '86; Anare A. Varnado (son ofEdger C. Varnado), Theta Mu '94.

Omega Chapter [Editors Note: All Brothers cited heirhis Alpha Brothers and given credit for: did not enter Omega Chapter in 1994. co-founding "Project Olympus" which Rather, the unusual number of deceased took underprivileged children to the Olympics; getting the chapter involved Brothers noted reflects a backlog and our attempt to bring a Brothers passing to yourin the Martin L. King, Jr. Freedom Train from San Jose to San Francisco; attention regardless of when it happened. encouraging chapter involvement in Please provide a service program or newsProject Alpha; and he established the paper clipping as soon as either is available.] annual Casino Night fundraiser which is reported to have raised "thousands" DR. WILLIAM ROSS was a native of Malvern, Arkansas, but grew up in for scholarships. Brother Wilson was Philadelphia. He was a member of the as active member of the Afro-American first graduating class of Central State Center; director and trustee of Project University in Ohio and went on to earn Second Chance; a member of the San degrees from Temple University and Jose Gang Task Force; and he founded the Doctor of Education degree from the South Bay Pan Hellenic Council. the University of Sarasota. He comBROTHER WILLIAM GORDON pleted postgraduate studies at Harvard University. Before his retirement from THOMPSON retired in 1985 after 35 public school education, he served as an years with the the Pinellas County elementary school teacher, the first School System in Florida. He was a African American supervisor of special native of St. Petersburg, Florida, a education in the Philadelphia School graduate of Morehouse College, and a System, elementary and junior high U. S. Army veteran of World War II. principal, and Superintendent of the He passed away while visiting in Southwest Region (Philadelphia School Atlanta. In addition to his many years System) for 14 years. A former Eastern in public education, Brother ThompRegion Vice-President, Dr. Ross was son was also an organist and pianist for also chairman of the Alpha Phi Alpha several churches in St. Petersburg, FL. Education Foundation and president of He was also a charter member of Theta Rho Chapter in Philadelphia for 12 Eta Lambda Chapter in St. Petersburg years. His public and professional ser- and held membership in many profesvice earned him leadership awards from sional and civic organizations. the Education Foundation of Alpha Phi BROTHER THOMAS J. BROWN, SR., Alpha, the Education Equality League, American Cancer Society, and Educa- was a native of Nansemond County, tor's Roundtable. An ardent supporter Virginia, and held degrees from Virof the NAACP, National Urban League, ginia State University, Hampton Uniand Opera North, Brother Ross was versity, and the doctorate degree from also an active member of Mt. Pisgah Nova University, Orlando,. He held AME Church where he served as stew- numerous positions with the Portsard, director of religious education, mouth, Virginia, school system during superintendent of Sunday School, and the 33 years of his employment, and a member of die scholarship and his- was chairman of the Department of torical committees. Brother Ross is Counseling, Hunt-Mapp Middle School, credited with being "a champion of at the time of his passing. He was also an adjunct professor at Hampton Uniworthwhile causes for young people." versity. In addition to his membership BROTHER TRACY WILSON graduatin Epsilon Nu Lambda, Brother Brown ed from Bay College in Baltimore, his was also a member of the Eureka Club hometown, and later received a BS de- and Del-Gents of the Delicados, Portsgree in recreation from San Jose State mouth, Virginia. He received several University. He was a recreation speci- honors and awards for his dedicated alist with the San Jose Parks and Recre- service to the Portsmouth community. ation Department at the time of his passing.

BROTHER TRUMAN RAPELL WALBrother Wilson was initiated into LACE was a Morehouse College classEta Sigma Lambda Chapter in San Jose mate of Brother Martin Luther King, where he was president for three years. Jr. and noted author Lerone Bennett, He was an acknowledged leader among Jr. He left his native Atlanta, GA, for

New York in 1948 where his first job was an accountant. He was subsequently named the first African American auditor with the New York State Division of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division Field Tax Service.

He was a state employee for 36 years in the Brooklyn, Nassau, and Manhattan offices and retired as the District Supervisor of the Bronx. In addition to his membership in the New Hope Lutheran Church of Queens where he sang in the Men's Choir, Brother Wallace served as a Scoutmaster, member of the Democratic Club, Lion's Club, Better Education Committee of Lakeview, and the Long Island Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

BROTHER LEON E. DEKALB grew up in New York City and graduated from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. During the height of the Depression, he taught school in Virginia and North Carolina before becoming a welfare worker in New York City. Brother DeKalb was a Probation Officer in the U.S. District Court in New York City, the first African American appointed a supervising U. S. Probation Officer, and the first African American Deputy Chief.

He was a veteran of World War II and discharged as a Army officer after completing Officer Candidate School.

Brother DeKalb was an active member of Gamma Iota Lambda Chapter.

BROTHER EUGENE WALTON was a

career Social Worker and Resource Coordinator with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services for 29 years until his retirement in 1976. He was a native of Bessemer, Alabama, and earned degrees from Fort Valley State and Alabama State Universities. He also completed requirements for the master's degree from California State University in Los Angeles. Brother Walton was a veteran of World War II and completed several certificated programs while on active duty—engineering, drafting, and planning. He was a member of XI Iota Lambda Chapter.

BROTHER LLOYD E. ALEXANDER

was the first member of his family to earn a high school diploma when he completed studies at Bluefield Institute,

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Omega Chapter Bluefield, West Virginia. He earned the baccalaureate degree at die University of Michigan, studied at the University of Chicago, and earned the doctorate degree from the University of Rochester. While in graduate school at the University of Michigan, Brother Alexander was elected to the Phi Sigma Honorary Biological Society. He taught at Fisk University from 1930 to 1949 before being named chairperson and professor of biology at Kentucky State University. A life member of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Brother Alexander served on its Board of Directors for three terms, was the organization's vice president and president. He was a mentor to hundreds of students who have been named to positions of influence at universities and medical institutions around the country. His colleagues and students established Lloyd E. Alexander Day at Kentucky State in 1975. Active in social and religious affairs, Dr. Alexander served as a deacon at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, Louisville; was a life member of the NAACP and the Urban League; was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in 1924; and as a member of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, he presided as sire archon in Psi Boule and was made Grand Leading Archon at the 1984 Grand Boule in Detroit.

BROTHER ROOSEVELT "ROOSEY"

finance at the University of New Mexico and social work at George Williams College in Chicago. He served Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity as Texas District Director and Southwest Regional Coordinator of the Fraternity's Million Dollar Fund Drive.

BROTHER THORNTON A. MARTIN

was a native of Dubuque, and attended the University of Dubuque, the University of Iowa, and graduated from Northwestern College of Chiropody.

He practiced podiatry in Moline, Illinois, for 34 years. Brother Martin was a member of Gaines Chapel A.M.E. Church, East Moline Rotary Club, Gaines Board of Trustees and Men's Club, and number of Quad Cities civic and social organizations. He was a Korean War veteran and affiliated with Mu Chi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

BROTHER MILTON L. BAKER was a

graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, Hampton University and Webster University. A native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was a member of Second Baptist Church in that city and served that congregation in several capacities. He retired from the U. S. Army after more than 20 years service during which time he was awarded three Bronze Stars, two air medals, the Purple Heart, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, and the Far East Expeditionary Medal. He was named an ROTC instructor at Surry County High School after retiring from the military. Brother Baker was a member of the NAACP, the Retired Officers Association, the Kiwanis, and the Special Olympics.

JOHNSON JR. helped found the Dallas Urban League and served as its President/CEO for more than 20 years.

Prior to his affiliation with the Dallas Urban League, Brother Johnson was executive director of the Moorland Branch YMCA in Dallas and the East Branch YMCA in Wichita Falls, Texas.

He was among the civic leaders who played a major role in the integration of city facilities in Dallas in the early BROTHER JESSE G. RAY, SR. was 1960s, including the first Sickle-Ceil born in Spartanburg, South Carolina anemia treatment program and the and graduated from Worsham College city's first health fair for African Amer- of Mortuary Science and established the icans, the first African American bank Jesse Ray Funeral Home in 1938. He teller and flight attendant. Brother was chairperson of the Board of TrusJohnson served on more than 65 tees and Finance Committee of Berry Boards of Directors and was honored Temple United Methodist Church in by the Dallas Urban League with its Asheville, North Carolina, a life memfirst Whitney M. Young Award. A na- ber of the NAACP and Alpha Phi Alpha tive of Conroe, Texas, Brother Johnson Fraternity (Gamma Psi Lambda), and a earned his bachelor's degree from Cen- member of the Wolverine Social Club. tral State University, Ohio, and studied The North Carolina Human Relations

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Council recognized Brother Ray's work with its Community Involvement Award and the Asheville Human Relations Council presented him its first "Keep the Dream Alive Award" in memory of the late Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Brother Ray was a former president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.

BROTHER ALBERT A. SHEEN was born in Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands. He studied at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, before earning his law degree from Howard University. He practiced law in New York City before returning to the Virgin Islands to start a law partnership with a friend. Brother Sheen was a charter member of Iota Sigma Lambda Chapter. He is reported to have been an advisor to Governors, a master planner, a maker of judges, "a well heeled businessman," and a champion of the poor and the oppressed.

BROTHER JESSIE PARKER, J R . was

born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, entered Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. at North Carolina Central University and earned the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Howard University. He earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U. S. Army Reserves after serving two years of active duty.

He was in private practice in Rocky Mount, NC, was active at the Metropolitan Baptist Church, served on the Health Board, and with the Professional Dental Association. He received numerous professional and civic awards, among them the President's "Spark Plug Award" for service in Epsilon Sigma Lambda.

BROTHER ANTOINE L. JOSEPH was

a native of Frederiksted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands. He interrupted study at Dillard University, LA, to complete a military tour and returned to earn his Bachelor of Science degree. After earning a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law, Brother Joseph practiced law in Chicago before returning to his home in the Virgin Islands. He served as legal counsel to the Virgin Islands Legislature and later served on the Municipal Court. Fol-

Omega Chapter lowing his retirement in 1980, Brother Joseph entered private practice. He was last affiliated with Iota Sigma Lambda Chapter.

BROTHER WILLIAM RUSSELL STRASS-

NER was a noted theologian and educator. He is a product of the Virginia Union University School of Religion and pastored churches in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Charlottesville, and Marshall, Texas. In addition to serving for nine years as president of Shaw University, Brother Strassner was also Dean of Religion at Bishop College, Texas, and Director of College Community Relations at Hampton University. Brother Strassner was a popular and highly-acclaimed speaker, both in the religious and educational communities. He also taught at EvansSmith Training Institute which was sponsored by Virginia University University. He is reported to have rarely missed meetings of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity of which he was a member for 66 years.

BROTHER ARTHUR C. ALBRIGHT

was a graduate of Meharry Medical College, a Charter Fellow, American Academy of Family Practice, member of the National Medical Association, American Medical Association, and Chicago Medical Society. A native of Chicago, Brother Albright practiced medicine for more than 50 years much of that time at Provident Hospital in Chicago. He was a member of St. Edmund Episcopal Church.

BROTHER JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

taught physical education in the Atlantic City Public Schools after graduating from Xavier University in New Orleans. At Xavier, Brother Wiliamson was named "Most Outstanding Athlete" of the Class of 1941. He represented the United States in indoor and outdoor track meets while in the U. S. Army. A native of Darlington, South Carolina, Brother Williamson was a member of the Xavier Alumni Association, Second Baptist Church in Atlantic City, and city, county, and national educational associations.

BROTHER JULIUS K.

STREATOR,

JR. joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in 1956 where he

earned the rank of sergeant and headed the Altadena Station's Community Relations Department. He was a native of Calgary, Canada, grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Tennessee State University. He was active with Eta Pi Lambda Chapter.

BROTHER FRANK EDWARD WALKER

retired as District Manager for North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1972 after 40 years of service.

A native of Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia, Brother Walker held positions with North Carolina Mutual in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Nashville, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. He was a product of the renowned Boggs Academy and Johnson C. Smith University, and studied at Kent School of Law, the University of Pittsburgh, and Johns Hopkins University. A noted community leader, Brother Walker served on the Board of Directors of Provident Hospital, the Urban League, CEBO, and the Frontiers Club International. He was an active member of the NAACP and served on the Board of Trustees of Grace Presbyterian Church. An accomplished bridge player, Brother Walker was a bridge instructor for a number of years for the Daytimers Club of which he was a charter member. He was a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and served as president of the Baltimore alumni chapter for a number of years.

BROTHER GEORGE B. JACKSON

was co-founder of Eta Psi Lambda Chapter of which he was an active member. He was born in Jackson, Florida, graduated from Virginia State University, and started teaching in Somerset County, Maryland. After two years in the U. S. Air Force, Brother Jackson worked with Republic Aviation in Long Island, New York, before moving to Tucson, where he was employed by the City of Tucson Water Department until his retirement in 1975. He was a church volunteer at Southside Presbyterian, and active with Tucson Citizen Participation, Mobile Meals of Tuscon, and the Tuscon Association for the Blind.

10 years. A native of Ardmore, PA, he was a retired physicist with a speciality in acoustics. Brother Smith was a graduate of Howard University and taught in the District of Columbia school system before joining the National Bureau of Standards and the U. S. Department of Navy from which he retired. He was a member of the Acoustical Society of America and Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, DC. BROTHER

VICTOR

C.

BYNOE

came to Boston from his native Barbados at 14 years old. He was a noted civil engineer and attorney. Brother Bynoe retired from the Massachusetts National Guard as a Brigadier General after 30 years of service. A civil engineering and law graduate of Northeastern University, Brother Bynoe was a former assistant manager and director of maintenance at Lenox Street Housing Development, a Boston Street Commissioner, a Boston Commissioner of Veterans Services and a board member and treasurer of the Boston Housing Authority. A life member of the NAACP, Brother Bynoe was a founder and former vice president of the Young Democrats of Massachusetts, and the director and treasurer of the Boston Progressive Credit Union.

He was vice president of Four Corners Development Corporation which constructed Langham Court in Boston, former director of Selective Service in Boston, and honorary consul for Barbados in Boston from 1970 to 1982.

BROTHER WILLIAM LOGAN REID

was a Charter member of Zeta Iota Lambda Chapter and was also instrumental in the organization of the Middlesex (New Jersey) Alumni Chapter.

He was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and received bachelor's and master's degrees from Rutgers and New York University respectively.

Brother Reid was affiliated with the Rutgers Alumni Association, the Rutgers University Senate, the Rutgers Alumni Federation, the North Brunswick-Mlltown Kiwanis Club, the Middlesex County Family Services Association, the North Brunswick Senior Citizens Association, and the Mt. Zion BROTHER ERNEST L. SMITH was AME Church. financial secretary for Mu Lambda for

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Omega Chapter BROTHER TERRANCE L. ELLIS was minister to receive die Schuyler Award a biology graduate of Millsaps College for Outstanding Contributions to Inin Mississippi. He was a scholar and terracial Justice and Understanding student leader at Millsaps earning from the Catholic Interracial Council. membership in Omicron Delta Kappa, He is also recipient of die Monroe Sigma Lambda, Theta Nu Sigma, County Human Relations Commission Alpha Epsilon Delta and Who's Who in Citation and the Buffalo District American Colleges and Universities. HeA.M.E. Zion Church Pastor of the Year grew up in his native Natchez, Missis- Award. sippi, and spent 10 years in the Bay area of California where he was a Technical BROTHER ROBERT L. NEAL, II was Services Representative with BioRad the first executive director of the MariCorporation of Hercules, California. on, Indiana, Urban League, the beginBROTHER MARCUS CROWDER, SR.

retired from the U. S. Air Force widi the rank of major. A native of Roxboro, North Carolina., Brother Crowder earned degrees from Howard University and California State University, Sacramento. He was dean of financial aid at American River College in California, and active in several organizations including die NAACP, die Urban League, and 100 Black Men. Brother Crowder was also president of Concerned Citizens of Greater Sacramento, an African American group focusing on the quality of education in local school districts. The retired Navy-Air Force officer was an active member of the McClellan Air Force Base Affirmative Action Committee at the time of his passing.

BROTHER ANDREW NEWTON G I B -

SON was a pastor for 59 years, 31 of those years at Memorial A.M.E. Zion in Rochester, New York, from which he retired in 1992. Brother Gibson played a prominent role in the civil rights movement in Rochester, NY, during the '60s and 70s. Memorial A.M.E. Zion which Brother Gibson pastored for 31 years is Rochester's oldest African American congregation. Brother Gibson helped create the FIGHT organization in Rochester and was in/olved in forming the School Without Walls.

He earned a bachelor's degree from Livingstone College, North Carolina, and received the Master of Divinity from Hood Seminary which gave him an Outstanding Alumnus Award.

Before going to Rochester, Brother Gibson pastored churches in Memphis and Charlotte, Stateville, and WinstonSalem, North Carolina. Brother Gibson is reported to be the first protestant

ning of a long association with the Urban League. He was born in New Richmond, Ohio, and earned degrees from Wilberforce University and Adanta University. He held administrative positions with Urban League programs in Phoenix, Pittsburgh, and Akron, Ohio. In Chicago from 1947 to 1965, Brother Neal was Executive Director of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago and later Executive Director of McKinley Community Services.

While associated with McKinley Community Services, Brother Neal organized an education program for African American children who the Chicago schools had classified as retarded. He also launched a selfsufficiency program for women on Aid to Dependent Children.

Brother Neal's illustrious career also include a tenure as director of public relations and alumni affairs for Wilberforce University. In addition to his Life Membership in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Brother Neal was a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, the National Association of Social Workers, the Assembly Club of Chicago, the Frontiers Club (Chicago), National Urban League, a Vestryman at St. Edmund Episcopal Church of Chicago, the Dukes Club of Indianapolis, 100 Black Men of Indianapolis, and the Wilberforce University Alumni Association.

BROTHER CURTIS LIPKTNS, JR.,

was reported to be a scholar in high school, at UCLA, and in Stanford University Law School. At Gardena High School, Curtis was elected to the Ephebian Honor Society, Student Body President, served on the Superintendent's Student Achievement Committee for the Los Angeles Unified

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School District, and created "Dena Pride", a project designed to enhance school pride. Academic achievements in high school earned him the Bank of America Award, General Telephone Ellis Scholarship Award, California State Scholarship, and United Methodist Church Scholarship. Brother Lipkins graduated with honors from UCLA before enrolling at Stanford where he earned the Juris Doctorate.

He volunteered time at the East Palo Alto Law Center, and tutored high school and undergraduate college students in the East Palo Alto/San Mateo County area. Brother Lipkins was affiliated with the Los Angeles County Counsel's office at thetimeof his passing.

BROTHER DAVID A. PERINE, SR.

was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where he grew before attending Lincoln University and Washington University. In addition to his history and social work degrees from Lincoln and Washington University, Brother Perine also studied at Columbia University, New York University, and Yale University.

About his life, Brother Perine said: "I have always felt that one's existence should make a difference in this life. As a teenager and student in college, I was actively involved in the civil rights movement. Going to jail, for the cause, was a medal of honor that I wore proudly. All of my professional life has been directed toward improving the quality of life for my people." Brother Perine was a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, affiliated with Epsilon Lambda Chapter and its former president.

BROTHER RICHARD V.

MOORE,

SR. was credited with being "a man for all seasons." His achievements in education and civic affairs earned him honorary doctorate degrees from Edward Waters College, Knoxville College, Claflin College, Morris Brown College, Syracuse University, Jacksonville University, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida International University, Ohio Northern University, Bethune-Cookman College, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Southern College, Rust College, and University of Florida. President of BethuneCookman College from 1947 to 1975, Brother Morre's professional career

Omega Chapter started as an instructor and athletics coach in Clearwater, Florida. He served as a principal of three Florida schools and was also the first African American State Supervisor of Black Secondary Schools. He was active in a range of civic and religious activities including the Daytona Beach Planning Bord, Interracial Committee, Guidance Center, Rotary Club, Civic League, Open Forum, and an elected delegate of both the Jurisdictional Conference and General Conference of his church. Brother Moore appears in Who's Who in Methodism. The Bethune-Cookman College Alumni Association, the Southern Beauty Congress, Elks Grand Lodge, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and Alpha Chi Pi Omega Sorority, and Sisterhood of Temple Israel are among those who have honored Brother Moore with awards.

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born in Lynchburg, Virginia, grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina, and graduated from North Carolina A&T University and the Yale University Divinity School. At 23 years old, Brother Tynes was one of the youngest college deans in the country when he was appointed Dean of Religion at Virginia Theological Seminary and College. While dean at Virginia Theological Seminary, Dr. Tynes also pastored a church in Lynchburg, and later Staunton, Virginia. The first African American minister to be elected president of the 140-member Staunton-Augusta County Ministerial Association in 1950, Brother Tynes was active with the civil rights movement, the March of

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Omega Chapter

(9meya/ ClAaplev S&istings Anthony, Jack

Ellison, Walter m

Hubbard, Richard

Mayo, Donald R.

Thomas, James

Delta Theta Lambda

Zeta Beta Lambda

Delta Theta Lambda

Mu Lambda

Theta Eta Lambda

Ashley, Lillard G. Sr.

Flippen, John

Hudson, John Wesley

McClain, Henry A.

Thompson, William G.

Beta Epsilon Lambda

Mu Lambda

Zeta Beta Lambda

Alpha Upsilon Lambda

Alpha Delta Lambda

Aull, Bernard

Floyd, Leroy Sr.

Hughes, Reginald

Miller, Benjamin F.

Turner, Emory

Beta Kappa Lambda

Eta Kappa Lambda

Tau Lambda

Epsilon Pi Lambda

Omicron Alpha Lambda

Austin, Warren J.

Flowers, Larry Gene

Hunter, George W. Sr.

Miller, Ellis

Vinson, James E.

Alpha Gamma Lambda

Zeta Gamma

Delta Zeta Lambda

Zeta Alpha Lambda

Alpha Upsilon Lambda

Banks, Frank

Frazier, Daniel P

Hurst, Robert L. Sr.,

Mitchell, Reginald

Ward, Benjamin F

XI Lambda

Alpha Gamma Lambda

Delta Zeta Lambda

Mu Lambda

Alpha Upsilon Lambda

Barnes, George Wesley Jr.

Frazier, Severne A.

Jackson, Bernard K.

Morris, Hugh

Watkins, Levi Sr.

Eta Tau Lambda

Alpha Upsilon Lambda

Gamma Zeta Lambda

Zeta Omicron Lambda

Alpha Upsilon Lambda

Blakey, Ronald

Freeling, Raymond

Jackson, David

Moses, Stuart

Welters, Bernard C.

Iota Upsilon Lambda

Alpha Sigma Lambda

Jackson, Morris A.

Zeta Alpha Lambda

Zeta Beta Lambda

Bodie, William

Gee, Willis E

Pi Lambda

Pennington, Clarence A.

West, Clifton L. Jr.

Upsilon Lambda

Mu Lambda

Jones, Frank A.

Beta Gamma Lambda

Zeta Beta Lambda

Brown, Wdliam Melvin

Grant, Tylus

Psi Lambda

Pinckney, Arthur

Williams, David H.

Beta Kappa Lambda

Zeta Alpha Lambda

Jones, James L.

Beta Kappa Lambda

Rho

Bush, Elmo J.

Griffin, Andrew Rev.

Epsilon Lambda

Prince, Robert L. Sr.

Williams, Quinton

Delta Epsilon Lambda

Zeta Alpha Lambda

Jones, William F. Sr.

Alpha Sigma Lambda

Epsilon Beta Lambda

Caldwell, Louis A. H.

Griffith, Oscar Sr.

Gamma Tau Lambda

Proctor, William C.

Wilson, Burns T.

XI Lambda

Alpha XI Lambda

Kendall, Gordon L.

Delta Lambda

Delta Zeta Lambda

Cash, Bedford

Haith, Lacy T.

Iota Sigma Lambda

Ransom, Joseph R. Sr.

Wilson, J. Wilmet

Alpha Upsilon Lambda

Gamma Psi Lambda

La Prince, Robert

Beta Gamma Lambda

Beta Phi Lambda

Cowins, Edwin

Hampton, Curtis

Alpha Gamma Lambda

Rawlins, Carlos G.

Winslow, Vernon

Alpha Sigma Lambda

Beta Delta

Leak, William H.

Rho

Sigma Lambda

Crawford, Bryant Jr.

Harris, E. R.

Beta Nu Lambda

Redman, David J.

Woods, RaferlV

Chi Lambda

Beta Delta

Lee, Carson

Mu Mu Lambda

Rho Beta

Crockey, Curtis

Harrington, Edward

Lee, John

Roach, Arthur L.

Yeldell, Thomas

Beta Gamma Lambda

Delta Psi Lambda

Lee, Michael Harold

Alpha XI Lambda

Mu Lambda

Currie, Eddie L. Rev.

Harris, James, B.

Iota Lambda

Ross, Alphonse

York, Willis E

Alpha Delta Lambda

Eta Lambda

Lewis, Frank E.

Epsilon Beta Lambda

Delta Zeta Lambda

Debisette, Herman P.

Hatchett, Paul, Sr.

Iota Lambda

Royal, Clifton A.

Lewis, Henry W.

Shelby, Deadrick A.

Alpha Upsilon Lambda

Kappa Eta

Lightfoot, Theodore Jr.

Sills, Eugene

Iota Lambda

Mu Lambda

XIXI Lambda

Eta Lambda

Dillon, Harold

Herbert, William E. Jr.

Alpha XI Lambda

Alpha Zeta Lambda

Dixon, Merle

Hill, Johnny Ray

Alpha XI Lambda

Delta Psi Lambda

Dorsey, Woodrow

Holt, Don

Epsilon Delta Lambda

Alpha XI Lambda

Downs, Robert T.

Howlettjohn

Alpha Lambda

Tau Lambda

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Lynch, AlphonseJ.

Smith, Emory

Epsilon Lambda

Mu Lambda

Madison, Waite

Sueing, Charles

Mu Lambda

Alpha Delta Lambda

THE SEVEN JEWELS

Henry A. Callis, AID.

Charles H. Chapman

athaniel A. Murray

Robert I

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