The Crescent Spring 1929

A ARTHUR W. MITCHELL . .. . N a tiona! Presi d en t 1232 U Street, N W., Washington, D C

DR. C. L. ROBERTS. . . . . . . . . .. N a t iona! Regional Vice -President , Northern D istrict . 406 East Washington Avenue, Flint, Mich.

THOMAS H. REID. N a tiona! Regional President, Eastern District P. 0. Box 87, Portsn, •tth, Va.

PRO FESSOR C. V TROUPE. National ::-'cgional Vice-President, Southern D istrict 1404 H Street, Brunsw!ck, Ga.

DR. EARL WILLIAMS.. Na t ional Rtgional Vice-President , Western District Care of Board of ·Education, Lovejoy , Ill.

PRO FESSOR JESSE W. LEWIS National Secretary -Trea s u r er Howard University, Washington, D C.

DR.

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INC. 148 W. 138th Street, New York City

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Picture of Our National President

Sigma 's National Officers and the Editorial Staff of the Crescent

Contents

History of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and Greetin gs from Alpha Chapter

\!\Tho's \!\Tho in Sigma

Photos-The Seven National Officers

Greetings from President :vi:itchell and Secretary-Treasurer Lewis

The 15th Annual Conclave of Lo uisville , Ky., and Photo of Attorney Alfred Selligman

The Cmwention Sidelights

Sidelights of 15th A nnual Conclave-Road to the 16th Conclave

Sigma in all 'vValks of Life

Editorials-Message from N ational Pre,ident, Art icle on Pr opaganda b y Broth er A. L. Locke

Editorial- The N egro's Best Champion hy J <lmes Weldon Johnson

Photo James Weldon Johnson-Sigma' s Sidelights-By Bro ther ]. Philip Jiggett s

Editorial-Negro Starting in Business, By Brother E. Palmer Banks, Ed itor-in- Ch id

Photo and Article, Brother Chas. Go van- -H istory Phi De lta Kappa Sorority

Current N ews-l\lle morium of Broth'ers. Bro. N. H. Howell Resigns Post

Fraterrial Ideals by Brother R. H Sewell, Broth e r A. W. Scott, M..D., Ed itor Medical Sectio n

Sidelights upon Sigma Men, History of

Washington, D C.

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded by A. Langston Taylor, L. F. Morse and C. I. Brown, at Howard University, Washington, D. C., January 9th, 1914.

A movement looking forward to the establishment of a new fraternity in the University was started Saturday, October 18th, 1923, when A. L. Taylor presented to L. F. Morse the proposition of establishing a new Frataernity. C. I. Brown was invited to aid in the movement and a series of weekly meetings began

After careful selection, nine other young men were invited to join as charter members and a temporary organization was formed.

Early in December, a petition was sent to the Board of Deans asking for authority to establish a general fraternity with a chapter in the University

At the meeting of January 9th, 1914, the temporary group decidP.d to form a permanent organization and A. L Taylor was elected the first president of the General Fraternity, C. I. Brown as vice-president and L. F Morse, general secretary

On April 15th, 1914, the Board of Deans, after a long delay, rendered a favorable decision recognizing the new fraternity. · Announcement of the formation of the Fraternity, which h a d been held up pending the decis i on of the l3oard was made public the following week through the University Reporter.

The Alpha Chapter was organized simultaneously with the general fraternity and the first initiation held :May 4th, 'i914, at which time fourteen cand idates were initiated. The ritual for the Fraternity had not been written and in its absence, C. I. Brown formulated a temporary order for ceremonies which was conducted by A. L. Taylor.

This is a brief history of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. This is an organization of college men built upon the eternal foundation of "Brotherhood," Service and Scholarship.

In the years that have passed since the Alpha Chapter was established, 28 under-graduate chapters have been set up in schools and various cities throughout the country. 27 graduate chapters have been established and it is noteworthy that many other chapters are in process of foundation.

Among some of our outstanding members of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity to be found in the various walks of life, are: Dr. Alain Le Roy Locke, Prof. of Philosophy at Howard University and a writer of exceptional ability; Prof. Thomas W. Turner, instructor of Biology at Hampton Institute, with a Ph.D. from Cornell University; James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the N. A. A C. P.; ExAlderman Henri W. Shields; Prof. George W. Carver, head of the Science Department at Tuskegee; Dr. R. R. Morton, Principal of Tuskegee Institute; Bishop Walls; Chandler Owen, of the Messenger and the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters; D. A. Dorsey, of Miami, Fla., who is a successful business man; Dr. E. P. Davis; John M. Royall, Realtor; A. A. Austin, President of the Antillian Holding Co.; Dr. J. W. Brown, Pastor of Mother Zion Church; L. H. Powell, and many others.

The Fraternity conducts a national movement known a.s the "Bigger and Better Negro Business Week " It is observed during the Spring of each year, and bas for its object the development of more Negro business and economic enterprises among Negroes.

F ellow Brothers:

Once more the Alpha Chapter of the Phi Beta Sigm a F raternty extends its greetings and sincere good wishe s t o all chapters in Sigmadom

Since the last publication of the Crescent, many important events have taken place in the world of Sigma. But chief among these and bv far the most important, was the last Conclave whch held in the City of Louisville, K entucky.

At no time in the entire history of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity has any Conclave taken on such huge proport:ons, both in achievement and in splendor, as did the Conclave of Nineteen Twenty -eight But there is little wonder why this is true. The eternal shiboleth of Sigma may be well summed up in these words: "Ad astra per aspcra."

We especially rejoice in the fact that Brother A. W. Mitchell, our National President. and Brother J W. Lewis. our National Secretary-Treasurer, were re-elected to office. We heartily commend those whose vision and sense of worth. made these facts possible

All departments of Howard University are fused witb Sigma men, both on the faculty and in the student body.

Among the members of the College faculty, we have Brothers Davis and Williams of the German Department. Bro ther A. L. Locke of the Department of Philpsoph .v Brother Syphax of the Department of Mathematcs, Brother Lewis of the Department of Economics, Brother Hansbor :' ugh of the Department of Biology and Brother Dr. Turner on the faculty of the Dental School.

In the School of Medicine, we have approximately thirtyfive men in all departments.

In the Cnl!ege Department. Sigma men are making an enviable rec r-rd in scholarshp.

Br-::> ther L. K. Bailey , a member of the Medical Class of '28. has been appoint ed as assistant anaesthetist at Freedmen's Hospital.

Brnther Hawkins of the College Class of '28 is now teach:ng at the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, La.

Br,..,ther Johnson, one of our younger members, is now a licensed Radio Operator. Brother Johnson is in a chain of amateur radio stations in the U. S. A.

During the on-coming inauguration of President-elect Herbert Hoover, Brother Johnson will receive and deliver messages of congratulation from governors of the fortyeight states and officials of possessions of the U. S. to Mr Hoover.

Brother Johnson is one of the few licensed Negro operators in this country

Let us n ot forget our Bigger a n d Better Negro Busin ess Week which will soon be here again. This year we must all co-operat e in making it a real success and a definite stimulus in the lives of our variou s co m munities.

E. A. McLAUGHLIN, Chapter Edito r

DR. CHAS. A. BUT L ER EDITOR

WHO' S WHO IN S I GM A

AUGU S TINE A A U S TIN- Presi d ent, Organizer and Manag er of A ntillean Hold ing Co., I nc , 167 W est 146th S t reet. Properties owne d , $1,()40 ,000

DR. CHARLE S A BUT L E R-Pre sident, Citizen's Welfare Cou ncil of Harle m ; President Howa rd University C!ub of New York City ; Pre sid ent of B row ser s Clu b ; Chairr11an Athletic B oard and the Social Com mi t tee of h: p s il on S1gma Chapter.

ATTORN EY HEN RI W SH I E LDS, L L.B. Unive rsity 1909-First N etro t o be elected Chairman of t h e Caucus Comm ittee by Democ rats; fir st Neg ro to be e lecte d t o the Ler islature by Democratic Party; e.erved on &oard of Aldermen 192i-27 i n New York City.

ATTORNEY ABTliUR W. MITCHELL-One of the practitioners of law in Washington, D C., and Chicat"o, lH.; Preeident of many civic organizations; sponsor of the Racial Uplift Groups in the United States of America; foundei ' of the cause of Racial Investigation in Haiti ami the Virt;in llslanlis

J. U. RAGLAND, fonnetly of Ky., now locate.! _ai; Cincinnati, Ohio-Headed committee at Louisville in raiainr ;100,000 \owards a Ne&-ro uni..,ersity in that city; now o; the Urban Leacue in Cincinnati.

b"'REDER!CK MESSIAH, Philadelphia, Pa.--Greatcst Necro eOl'ltractor in America; won one of the Harmon tnizes.

Dl't. 1£. W. A •.B., Pb.D.-President of Wiley Collere, Jlarshall, 1'e:tus; Local Business Learue; aiso National Memb: r Inter-ltacial Commission of Texm;

J. J. RHOADS-Principal of one of the Dallas, Texas, Hil:'h Schools and Presldent-elect of :Biahop Collece in Marshall, Texas; :raduate of this collere and also of Yale University.

NOAH D. THOMPSON- :Business Mana1'er of "The Opportunity J.!arazinc"; born in lid.; worked for several years on the Los Anreles "Union Expreas"; the onTy Negro who bas etrm· taUght in the University of California.

J.UfES WELDON JOHNSON, Litt.D.-Nation:tl Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P.; a man who ;; ) introduction to the tJeuplc of the United r s ·.-. d ; :·:: foreiru countries for the wonderful Woik which h achieved.

DR. AI.AIN LelWY LOCKE-Author-Educator; A.B. H:•rvnnl University; Rhodes Schohtrship from University or Pennsylvanin; O:t!nrd University, Englar1d, 1907-10; gradunt•J student in Philosophy, Univers_ity o! I:erlin, Ge:many; student. Harvard Umvers1ty; Ph.D. Philosophy, Harvard UniTenity; As>;istant Professor of Philosophy :md Education, Howard University; Professor of Philosophy, Howard University; Special Research and Llt<•rary Work; nuthnr "The in New Jersey"; State Semi-Centennial ltepurt, Trenton, N. J.; "Race Contacts ratd RactJ ltt•lntions." Pendleton. Wnshinrton, D. C.; Editor. Harletn Number, "Survey Graphic.'' Ne-w York, "The Ne:ro." A. 1£ C. Boni, New York; articles on socinl pl'oblems, etc., in periodicals; member Phi Beta Kappa. Theta Sirma, Sirma f'i Phi; Civie Club of New York; The P( nl!;"uins; Nerro Aeudenty; SoCiety for Hi:!· torical Research; Corr. JJember, des Coloniales (Par.is); politician, ltepublican; EpisCO}Jalian.

Pl'tOFESSOlt THO:P,IAS W. TUltNER, A.M.- Professor of Biolo,;y, Hampton [nstitute, with Ph.D. from Cornell University

DR. R. R MOTON-Principal. Tuskegee Institut2 ; President of the Negro Business L:cague; an orator and foducator

S. A. DORSEY, of Miami, F l a .-rated to be Y:o rth over $ 'MOO,OOO.

B. L. JORDAN- Pres ide nt of the Southern Aid Insurance Co.

JOH N TAYLO R-Presid ent of Richmond Beneficial Insurance Co nnd President of the Second Street Bank, R ichmond , V a

PROFESSOR J W. LE W I S , B .S Shaw University; M.B.A. N ew York U niv ersit y; h ead of the Commerce . & Fin ance Dep artme n t a t H owa rd U nive r s ity ; fo rme rly District 1\{anager of t he Norfolk , V a branch of the S outh e rn Benefidal Ins:1r a nce Co ; Nat ional Secr etary-Tre asurer of P!:i Bet:::, Sigm a Fraternity; also studyin g law at spare t ime.

D!t. FP.ANTC L. a n d on ly N egro to tea ch in the New York College of Denta l and Oral Surgery (now ColuJ1!bia Univ ersity Dental School ).

:UONlWE M. WO:rtK, A.M., Ph.J.-Editor of th-: Ne-n·o Year Book vnd b end of the Departm ent of ltesearch at ln8titut.e; member: American Sociological S ociety· American Economic Association: American Acn,Political anll Social Association fol' of Nerro Life and History; Ameriean Negro Acad•::m v; Trustee National Association Teachers in Colored Schools; the Bureau of lnform:atioa relatinl' to tb!! Nepnlitics, l'!epuhliean: rP-lidon A. M. E. Church; adTuskegee Institute, Ala.

REV. lV. :Jl'!OWN-A.J, Shaw

S Tit .A.J.f. Vncdn; D D member Int,.r:stnte Post-Grttdl!"te AssP.mbly •'f North America; Eureka Lollre. No. 86. F. .4.. .M.· Conehmen's Union Lea!fue; Monarch Lod,;e. No• .(5, f. B P. 0. E. W.; Southern BenP.flciul Len:-ue: Sons nnd Daughters of North Carolina; Hamilton Lod!:P.. No. 710 Odd Fellows: Clubmen's JenA\cial Minist ' rinl Br'>tberhood: D-avid's Con;;;istory, No. 19 A •. E. A. , Order of Nobles of lliy>Jtie of Ne,•· C:! y; N. A , .4 C. P.; Harlem Lca:ue; Ft:de•·:,tioa; politi:s. ltepublicnn; reli!;ion, A. lf E. Zion Chu-reb: od'1ce drPss. Mother A. M. E. Zion Church. 151 West 186t:. Strt>('t: home. 155 West Strcd , N' c w York City.

Dl't. JOHN 0. !"LUYMElt-11. D., ltnlei,;b, N. C, Dlt. .4. WINSTON SCQTT..- B.S.C. 1111d M.D. Howard University; L.:lt.C.!'. and I R:.C.S. by the lto7nl College (,{ Physicians and Sur:eons of and Glasr:ow; h!: onll ytlrr in V >ndon.

PROF. GE01tGE W. C 1tVE:& &.S M.S.Ap.-Graduated from lolta State bf'ad of the Sc1ence Department of Tuske:ee Institute; ia ehar:e of Depart., ment of ltesearc-b; Fellow of ltoyaJ Society of Great Erit -:ain: Spingarn Yedalist. 1922: h,. :at Stah• aft('r be bad fini!<hetl fh"r": he AlJpcared befort· th w,v!l :md Ueans Commlt ••'e of the HoUSf! of Reprt•' 'fntatives In Wnebinrton, D. C.: is internationally famou,; f<>!' his sd"n•.itiC" whmrdry in 202 meful f'f 1'ari,.t:v- everythiu)l: from axle :-reaae to face the ·humble pl'anut: nlso discovered mot•' *h•m 113 ditrerent products t:&lvm from the potab: excP-lieflt crnft paper products from mulberry. l"piney mallow, yucea Rnd palmetto art; hts triumphs; considered one of the greatest m ftll the world.

"To be contin11erl in next issue ' '

Attorney at Law NAT'L PRESIDENT

BRO· PROF. JESSE W. LEWIS, N AT'L SECRETARY -TREASURER HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D. C.

NEW YORK CITY

BRO. ARTHUR W. MITCHELL

WASHINGTON-CHICAGO, ILL.

BRO. E. PALMER BANKS, D. D. S. NAT'L. EDITOR IN -CHIEF

PROF. CORNELIUS V. TROUP

N at'l Regi o nal Vice-Presiden t , Southern District

1404 H . Stret, Brunswick, Ga

To t h e Entire Brotherhood: Gr ee t i ngs :

The o l d yea r ha s passed and another with it"s op p o r tunicics is n ow upon u s Now i s the ti m e for intr ospection ! H:n·e I li ved up to my obligation s as a S igma m an : HaYe ( clone ,,·hat I could for th e ad v ancement of o ur frat e rnity: Let ea c h bro ther ask himself thes e question s and i f your c o nsci e nce compe l s you to a n swer them negat ive ly. yours e lf u p and come to a rea li zation that th e r e i s no t im e lik e the present to make a turn for the right \ Y hat a organizat ion we would ha ve if eac h brother c.u lcl b e made t o feel that the d esti n y of our fraternit y r este el in his h and s ! Let us a ll put our sho u l ders to the \\·heel and mak e thi s th e b e st yea r i n the hi story of P hi Beta S igma Frate rnity

DR. C. L. ROBERT S

Nat'l. Regional Vice - President, North ern District

406 E. Wellington Avenue

Flint, Mich

To all Sigma Brothers. G r ee ti ng s :-

Many t han k s for y o ur co nfid e nce and s np port in in g m ;:> as y o u r Natio n a l Regi o n a l V ice - Preside rr t. I am n o \\· bu s _,. ge tting six new Cha p ters to r epo rt at the 16th Co nclaY e. Meet me in .:\ ew York, D ecemb er 2 7- 30, J92 ) L e t' s put S igma m·er.

Fratc rn a l1 _1· y o ur s ,

C. L. R OBER T S ,

ATT'Y. THOMAS REID, Nat'l Region al Vice- President Eastern Distric t NORFOLK VA.

DR. EARL WILLIAMS

Ib.t'l Regional Vice-President, Western District LOVEJOYE, ILLINOIS

GREETINGS FROM NATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER

Fellow Greeks :

It is a pleasure for me to extend greetings and wish for you a happy and prosperous year. I wish to to you my grateful appreciation for having again bestowed upon me the honor to serve as your National SecretaryTreasurer for another year. I shall continue to give unreservedly of my time and energies in carrying on the heavy duties of my office, and I trust that I shall have your full co-operation.

Nineteen twenty-nine promises to be a most "outstanding year in Sigma history, and I wish to urge each man to devote his full energies in carrying out our program. Our fraternity has made remarkable progress in recent years. But it has taken, and will continue to take, much hard work and sacrifice on the part of every man. In a few more weeks we shall put forth special effort in behalf of Bigger and Better Negro Business. This movement offers Sigma a unique opportunity for rendering a very constructive service to our group, and every Chapter should see to it that an effective program is put over. It is our plan to put the Haitian Movement over this year, and this significant and far-reaching effort should have your full and moral support.

I wish to call your special attention to the following matters, which, I am sure, will result in greater efficiency in your relations \\ith my office:

All pins are to be ordered through my office. When you send orders direct to our jeweler-and this is in violation of our rule-he must write for approval before proceeding with the manufacture; this takes about three days and, of course, r e sults in the same delay in getting the ord er ready for shipment.

All requests for membership certificates must be accompanied by the regular fee of $1.50. I adjusted all res. s onable complaints concerning certificates last year and it is my policy this year to issue certificates only upon payment of the fee

All funds should be forwarded in the form of a money orde r or certified check. Personal checks are deposited subject to collection, which will cause unnecessary delay. Please make all money orders s.nd checks payable to Phi B eta Sigma Fraternity.

Again urging your full wpport in building a Great er Sigma, I am, Faithfully and fraternally yours

J. W. LEWIS, National Secretary- Treasurer.

GREETINGS

FROM NATIONAL PRESIDE N T

Fellow Greeks:

As National President, I am taking this opportunity t o thank the various chapters, graduate and under-graduat e , throughout the country, for the splendid support you have given me in my endeavor to raise the standard of our fraternity during my three years administration. The success that has attended our effort is to be credited as much to the cooperation which we have received from the various chapters as to the enthusiastic effort put forth by the National Officers. Your calling me to serve as National President for the fourth time is a signal honor which I cannot rega,rd lightly. It is my .sincere desire to see Sigma do the best work of its history in the year 1929.

At the Louisville Convention certain recommendations which I made were accepted as the program for 1929 My first recommendation provided for the elimination of th e dead wood in the various chapters. The chapters are urged to get rid of, by way of suspension, members who are hopelessly inactive. A great deal has been accomplished in this direction, but we are still carrying on

our roster names of many people who manifest practically no interest in Sigma's program. It is true also that we still have a few chapters that are not functioning properly. The fraternity is committed to a program of eliminating dead wood either in the form of chapters or members.

I recommend further that the " Bigger and Better Business' celebration be made more general and more practical. To this end the General Board plans to work out a tentative program and submit it to the various chapters which they will use somewhat as a guide for their activities in celebrating "Bigger and Better Negro Business Week " The chief recommendation for this year's program provides for the completion of our work in sending the Sigma - Haitian Commission to Haiti and the Virgin Islands. This does not mean that the Commission will actually sail this year and be ready to report at our next convention, but it does mean that before the close of our next convention we will have in hand sufficient funds with which to defray the expenses of this commission. In other words we are pledged to make the Sigma-Haitian Commission the major part of the program for 1929. This means that for this purpose alone at least $5 ,000 should be raised. Beginning with the month of April I shall make direct and urgent demands upon chapters and individuals to pay their subscription to this fund, and shall endeavor to have chapters and members who have not subscribed to do so.

In this article I wish to call attention to the fact that half of the general taxes for the year are due and payable on or before the first of June. This means that every graduate member should pay $2.50 of his taxes during the spring and every under-graduate should pay $1.75 during the same period. We shall insist that this part of our law be carried out. Heretofore it has been necessary for the National President and the Editor-inChief of the Crescent to personally take care of the many financial obligations of the fraternity during the year. Of course, these burdens have been lifted at the setting of the convention, but the fraternity is urged to take care of its own financial obligations as it is amply able to do so. By complying with this law which provides that half of the taxation be paid during the spring months , you will make it unecessary for either the National President or the Editor-in-Chief to use his own funds in taking care of the obligations of the fraternity. It should not be necessary for me to send special letters to the various chapters urging them to comply with this part of our law and constitution. It is well known that this is the law. It is the duty of the presidents of the variou s chapters to see that this law is obeyed and carried out. Pleas e take notice and see that this is done.

Our next convention will be held in the great city of New York. I desire to see this convention stand out as the largest fraternal effort made by any group. I shall urge each Regional Vice-President to see to it that at least six chapters are organized in his respective district. We should come to New York with a report showing the organization of 25 new chapters. This is the first yea r that we have actually made a drive for new chapter s The drive is now on, and I am urging the Vice-Presidents, who are, in fact, the field agents, to get down to seriou s business and to establish Sigma's banner in every fertile field in this country. It is not expected that your report at the New York Conclave will be a series of excuses , setting forth the reason you have not done Sigma's work. No excuse will suffice. I wish again to urge upon the Vice-Presidents the supreme importance of getting down to real work.

Because of the tremendous amount of work that I shall have to do this year both in Washington and in Chicago , I might find it impossible to make the personal vis i t s th a t I have been in the habit of making during my admin; s -

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attleli1JIIfs

THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL

CQNCLA VE

ver at the League of Nations Conferences held in Switzerland. Mr Alfred Sell igman, leader of the LoUisville

Bar and Trustee of the University of Louisville and Hon. held at Louisville Ky. F. M. Sackett, United States Senator, were two of the out-

Sigma has just held the largest and most interesting convention in its history with Epsilon Beta Sigma and Tau chapters in Louisville, Kentucky During the past four or five years Sigma has made a very strong effort to render real service, not only to its members but to the country at large. To this end we have endeavored to make our programs very practical. At Louisville, the highest point of practicality was reached. The convention was largely attended by delegates and visitors. The open sessions were not only well attended, but were highly spoken of by the local papers, both white and colored.

The opening program which was rendered at Quinn Chapel on the night of December 26th, consisted of a reception by the of Louisville and a short session at which we listened to words of welcome from members of both local chapters , men representing the business interests of the city, and a special representativev of the office of the Mayor. Words of response were made by the National President.

The Convention was properly opened Thursday morning, December 27th. Committees were appointed, and a partial report of the credentials committee was made, after which two h ours were spent listening to reports of various chapters. More than 70% of the chapters were represented and report e d. Reports showed an increase in membership in pr act ically all of the chapters. They also s how ed a remarkable increase in the amount of finance raised during the year of 1928. Bigger and Better Business Programs were throughout the country , New York tak;ng the lead in this matter. On Thursday night the InterFraternity Smoker , wh ich is an annual affair, was held at the Allen Hotel. Splendid speeches were made by repres e ntatives of the Alpha Phi Alpha, Omega Ps i Phi. and the Kappa Alpha Psi Fratemities. Dr. Earl Williams, Prof. ]. \V. Lew is. Thomas H. Reid and t h e National President responded to the speeches delivered by the representatives of the visiting fraternities. This smoked was up to the high standard and as usual, was one of the high marks of the program.

On Friday. in the business session, reports from the 1·arious offic e rs were made and new legislation was considered Dr. Ala in e Locke attended this session and participated in the discussions. Friday night , December 28th. the Conclave held a Civic Mass Meeting at Quinn Chapel to wh ich the public was invited. The program was a joint affair between the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. the latter of which Mrs. Ruth Tappe Scruggs is Nationa l President of the National Federation of \Vomen's Clubs, made a wonderful speech from the subject, "\Vomen's contribution to Fraternal Life.'' Dr. Ala in e Locke spoke on "The European Control of the African Mandates." This was the first public utterance of Dr. Locke on this subject which he has studied for several years. During the last two years he has been a special obser-

standing speakers at this Civic Mass Meeting. Elsewhere in this issue of the Crescent extracts of the speeches delivered by these distinguished gentlemen are given.

Saturday marked the end of the ,business sessions of this convention. After the reports of the committees and discussion of new business, the following officers were elected: National President, Arthur W Mitchell, Washington, D C.; National Vice President for the Northern District, Dr. C. L. Roberts, Flint, Michigan ; National Vice President for the

MR . ALFRED SELLIGMAN NOTE D LAWYER WHO AD D RESS E D THE 15TH ANNUAL CONCLAVE AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

Eastern District. Thomas H. Reid , Portsmouth , Va ; N ationa! Vice President for the Southern District, C. V Troup, Bru n swic h, Georgia; National V ic e President for the Western D istrict, Dr. Earl Williams, Lovejoy, Illinois; N ational Secretary- Treasurer. Prof. ]. vV. Lewis, Howard University, v\- ashington, D C.; Editor-inch ief of th e Crescent. Dr. E P Banks, New York City

The citizens of Louisville entertained the conclave in a most agreeable and pleasant manner. Not only were their spacious homes open to the delegates but several social af

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M r. Alfred Selligman , no t ed l a w y er a n d philanth rop ist, and Tr u stee of t he Un iversity of Loui s v ill e , addr e ss ed t he 15th Annual Co n clave of t he P hi Beta Sigm a Fraternity at the Civic Mass Meeting hel d in Lou isv ille , Ke n tucky, Fr id a y, Decembe r 28t h. A m o n g ot h er t hi n g s , he sa id:

" It is a p l easure to m e t o appe a r be fore th i s ga th e ring o f di st in gu ished co ll ege men a n d women, me n who have not only finished the course of study of ma n y of the m os t noted u n iversities of the world, but have gor-,e o u t and distinguished t he mse lves by re n derin g hi g h cla ss service t o their fellow-men. I cle ny group d istinguishing between men a n d ac -· you as my comrades and my e quals, and t h e e q ual of all ma nk ind, for your color should have nothing to do with your classification or your posit ion in th e \Yo r ld of civili z ation and j u stice. The C i t y of Lo ui s vill e is ho nore d to have yo u hold your co:1cla v c he r e I regret exceed ing ly t h at your m eeti n gs have n ot bee n o pe n to t he whit e citizens of t h is great city Had t hey been open to us and h a d the whit e cit izens kno w n of your p resence and your programme . this building would have been i11l ed to ov e rflowing for I assure you that Lottisvlle h as a large g roup of white men and women who are t: ot only fair but are sympathetic and would have b e en glad to encourage you and to sit in your meetings and !ear:1 from you. as I have clone. the vYonclcrful work which you are doing. I congratulate you upon your broad and liberal spirit which char:c cterize your speeches and your programme I am glad to say for the city of Louisville and for all the races that reside in the city of Louisville, we have been honored by your presence but \Ye have been inspired and informed along helpful lines"

The following is an article written by Mr . Selligman which appeared in the Herald Post (a w hite daily of Louisville, Ky ):-

During the last three days of the past \veek there has been held in Louisville a notable assembly of Negro men and vvomen in a convention of the Gr eek Letter Society of Negro college graduates and their women auxiliaries. -

Unfortunately inadequate publicity caused the meetings to be overlooked and neglected.

Among t h ose in attendance were many really dis t in guished Negroes who have achieved greatly in the fields of l aw, medicine. surgery, business and t h e tea chi ng professions. It included one Rhodes s ch ol ar . Dr. Al a ine Locke, and representatives of the pr inci pal ins ti t ut io n s in t he United States cl e,-oted to the education of t h e Negroe s.

I am sur e t hat if fully in formed of the conve nt iOn, fine thinking men and women of the w hite co m munity, by their presence, would have bee n to encou r age this no t able group and to hav e li stened to the very sane and high pitch e d prog r am of their deliberations.

There was sounded an uncomplaining, exalted and hopeful .note was spiritually significant of better and htgher thmgs for Negro in the Unit · e el States.

. The sin c erity and simplicity of th e ir ideals , their unpretentious courage and fine outlook, t heir plan to tmprove the race from within rather than b.y initiation of that living without themselves. -furm s h ed the outstanding impression.

ALFRED SELLIGMA N.

THE PILGRIMAGE TO ABRAIIAM LINCOLN'S lUl'tTH PL A CE

by President Mitchell, Vice-President Reid, VicePresident Dr. Earle Williams, Secretary-Treasurer Lewis Dr. Aldrich , Dr. Williams, and Dr Oliver. ' 6""::":

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tfhe BostesT ma rJ a-t -fhe Co11elave,

IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE

MESSAGE FROM OUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT

It has been the custom of the Editor of the Sphinx to ask the national presidents of the various ' Greek Letter Fraternities and Sororities to send a word of greeting to the Alpha Fraternity through the first issue of the Journal to be published following the holding of the national conclaves In response to the request of the Editor of the Sphinx, National President Arthur W. Mitchell said the following:

' Dear Mr. Brown and Members of A l pha Phi Alpha F r aternity :

"S;gma congratulates you upon your achievement for the year which has just closed and wishes you a more abundant success for the year of 1929 . We thank you for the message which you sent our body while we were assembled in convention at Louisville We rejoice in the effort you are putting forth to make your work p ractical and to make your influence felt in the country in the solution of our every day problems

"Sigma has just held the most interesting convention ;n its history. In this convention plans were mad; by which we shall enlarge our activities in building "Bigger and Better Negro Business," which is pa r t of our program. At a Civic Mass Meeting which we s ponso r ed in Louisv ille, D r. Alain Locke gave an account of his observations at the League of N ations Conferences, which he has attended at Geneva, Switzerland, during the years 1927 and 1928 where he has made a careful study of the African Mandates under European control. This was the first public utterance of Dr. Locke on thi s important work. This was particularly interesting to our group since we are making a study of conditions in Haiti and the Virgin Islands. This m eeting was addressed by a United States Senato1· and by one of the Trustees of the Uni vers ity of Louisville.

"Sigma feels that it is the duty of the organizat ions of College men to h elp work out a better understand ing between the races, and that closer contact betwee n whi te college men and colored college men is absolutely essential if we are to make any real and lasting progress in helping better our condition along political lines. We contend that we s hould address ourselves t o thi s phase of our racial development as well as to economic and cultural sides of our problem. To this end w e are confident Sigma is making real progress.

" You are aware of th e fact that Sigma h as devoted its efforts almost wholly to a program which we think is calculated to direct the attention of fraternity men to p:·actical things, which will assist our people in solving some of our every day problems There has bee n ;;one rather h arsh criticism of Negro Fraternity life by persons who have become impatient with Negro College frat e rnities because of the stress which we have placed on social acti vities. These criticisms have been iargely justified. However, we are glad to see the tide of f raternal life changing. To me thi s i s mos t encou r aging. There is certainly no sense in colleg2 men traveling hundreds of miles annually, at large expense, and then spend several days in frivolity. I have most opposed this among my group and have succeeded m a large measure in directing our efforts in what seems to me to be helpful channels

"Again col!-gratulating you upon the splendid fight you are makmg through th e Sphinx, and wishing you the greatest possible s uccess, I am Faithfully and fraternally yours,

ARTHUR W. MITCHELL, National President,

1232 You Street, N W <- Washington, D C "

ART OR PROPAGANDY

By BRO. ALVIN LOCKE Associate Editor

Artistically it is the one fundamental question for us today,-Art or Propaganda. Which? Is thi s more tht> generation of the prophet or that of the poet; shall our intellectual and cultural leadership preach and exhort or sing? I believe we are at that interesting moment when the prophet becomes the ·oet and when prophecy becomes the expressive song, the chant of fulfillment. We have had to o many Jeremiahs, major and minor;and too much of the drab wilderness. My chief objection to propaganda, apart from its besetting .sin of monotony and di sp roportion, is tha t it perpetrates the position of group inferiority even in crying out against it. For it leaves and s peaks under the s h adow of a dominant majority whom it harangues, cajoles, threatens or supplicates. It is too extroverted for balance or poise or inner dignity and self respect. Art in the best sense is rooted in selfexpression and whether naive or sophisticated is self-contained. In our spiritual growth genius and talent must more and more choose the role of group expression, or even at t i mes the role of free individualistic expression,in a word must choose art and put aside propaganda.

'l'he li t erature and art of the younger generation already reflects this shift of psychology, this regeneration of spirit. D avid .should b e its patron saint: it should confront the Philistines with its fi ve smooth pebbles fearlessly There is more stre ngth in a confident camp than in a threatened enemy. The sense of inferiority m u st be innerly compensated, self-conviction must supplant selfjustification and in the dignity of this attitude a convinced minority must confront a condescending majority. Art cannot completely accomplish this, but I believe it can lead the way.

Our espousal of art thus becomes no mere idle acceptanc e of "art for art's sake," or cultivation of the la st decadence s of the over-civ iliz ed, but rather a d eep realization of the f undamental purpose of art a nd its function as a tap root of vigorous, flourishing living. Not all of our younger writers are deep enough in the sub-soil of their na tive materials,-too m any are pot-plants s eeking a forced growth according to the exotic tastes of a pampered a nd decadent public. It is the art of the people that need s to be cultivated, not the a rt of the coteries. Propaganda itself is preferable to shallow, truckling imitation. Negro things m ay reasonably be a fa d for others; for u s they must be a religion. B eauty, howeve r, is its bes t p ri e:St a nd psalms will be more effective than .sermons

T'o date we have had little , sustained art unsubsidized by propaganda; We must admit this debt to these foster agencies. The three journa ls which h a ve been vehicles of most of our artistic expressions have been the avowed organs of socia l movements and organized social progra ms. All our purely artistic publications have been s poradic. There is a ll the greater n eed then for a sustained vehicle of fre e and purely artistic expression . If Harlem should happily fill this need, it will perform an honorable and construct iv e service. I hope it may, but should it not, the need r e mains and the path toward it will at least be advanced a little. ·

We n eed, I suppose, in addition to art some substitute for propagand a. What shall that be? Surely we must take some cognizance of the fact that we live at the centre of a social problem. Propaganda, at least n urtu r ed some form of serious social discussion, and s ocial discussion was nec es sary. On this .side; the difficulty and shortcoming of propaganda is p a rtisanship. It is one-sided and oft en prejudi ging. Should we not then have a journal of free discussion, open to all sides of the problem and to all camps of belief? Difficult, that,-but intriguing Even if it has to begin on the not e of dissent and critiscism

THE NEGRO'S BEST CHAMPION

BY BRO. JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, Associate Editor EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER New York City

The Negro race has certainly needed a champion these past twenty years in the United States. There have been people enough and to spare ready at all times to denounce the Negro for all his shortcomings and for many that he did not have. s 2ntiment of these people was organized. It controlled the machinery of government and of socie ty in large of the country. And, in virtue of that fact, it deeply affected sentiment and social machinery throughout the United States.

The importance of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as I see it lies in its being the fir s t successful effort to organize the minority sentiment on race relations for effective concerted action Before the era of the N. A. A. C. P. there were indiv idual s ready and willing to champion the Negro and defend his right to opportunity; and so were there individual Negroes able to demonstrate their ability despite all the handicaps which were imposed. A philosophy of individual advancement was promulgated widely and ably by Booker T. Washington. No history of the Negro in Ame.rica can ever be written without paying generous tribute to the extraordinary ability, tact and far-sightedness with which he did this. 1

But this approach to the problem of race relations did not adequately cover the whole as evident in th e year the N. A JA. C. P. came mto bemg. By a nd larg e, the Negro did not meet _the s ituation, fo r brutality agamst the Negro was mcreasmg, and on all sides his civil and citizenship rights were being ruthlesslessly circumscribed. Finally a disastrous riot in Springfield, Illinoise, the Home of Lmcoln , emphasized to what a dangerous pass the J?Ohcy of laissez faire had brought the matter of relatwns between the races

This riot brought home to the scattered individuals who realized that the Negro's civil status was a critical test of American democracy that they must come togethe r. A few of these met and the situation. Oswald Garnson VIllard, then editor of the New York Evening Post, wrote a call to the First National Conference on the Negro, which was published on Lincoln's birthday, 1909, and signed by numbers of the most prominent and liberal men women , of both races then active in American pubhc hfe.

A conferen'ce followed by a meeting in Cooper Union. New York that was a revelation to all those who attended it Never: probably, had such. a in country listened to such frank and mtelhgent speakmg upon a problem which was the conce!n _of every enlightened citizen. The conference was sigmficant both for those who attended and for those who were absent. Dr. W. E B. Du Bois was _there, and with him came the authority of the Niagra Movement, an organizatiot; which had voiced in an uncompromising way the aspiratwns and demands of intelligent colored people

Out of the First National Conference on the Negro in New York grew a small committee and out of this committee grew the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. So that this year of 1929 is the Association's twentieth anniversary, and its celebration is being inaugurated with a Twentieth Anniversa!y Ca}l written by the same man who wrote the Lin.coln s Birthday Call twenty years ago, Oswald Garnson VIllard, now editor of The Nation.

To speak of the change that has come about in the status of the American Negro during the the N A A. C. P. has been active-and exceedmgly active it has been-is to broach a romantic story that would take many more pages than can be spared for the purpose here. For it is literally true that there are few phases of the Negro's life in America or of his relations to white people into which the N. A. A. C. P. has not entered de epl y.

I think it may be said that the first and greatest an d most crying need which the Association recognized was the need for public education in this field. It was clearly apparent that it would be idle to urge full citizenship rights, equal opportunity, even freedom of social contacts of whatever sort, for a race labelled as brutal, inferior , incapable, as well as predisposed to the most heinous crimes. So the N. A. A. C. P. began at the roots

Not only did the Association paint a clear picture of the injustices under which American Negroes were laboring. Not only did it portray to people who had never even heard of them the nature of the lynchings which have continued in lessening numbers to disgrace the country year by year; but it examined the motives which were produc:ng the opp r ession of the Negro. It questioned the facts that had been accepted without question. It showed publicly, through the press, through thousands of meetings, in magazine articles and books, that the Negro was not a rapist It demonstrated that there were economic motives for keeping the Negro in subjection. It held up before the country and the civilized world the professions upon which the entire American experiment was based and the contrasting actions by those giving lip service to those professions.

When the Association began its work, enlightening di scussions of the Negro and his problems and capabilities in magaz i nes and newspapers in the United States were a rarity. But its work was penetrating. Th e issue was dramatized before the country Individual writers, Neg ro and white came to the fore who would be heard and who commanded the assent of all intelligent readers Moreover, far from basing its entire progr am upon complaint, through the generosity of its Treasurer, Mr. J. E Spingarn the Association was enabled annually to award and the Spingarn Medal, encouraging creative achievement among Negroes in all fields .and advertising that achievement throughout America and Europe.

The situation today is tolerably familiar to all readers of this magazine. Hardly a newspaper, hardly a magazine of importance in the United States but prints, and ofte n articles and news items detailing the Negro's progress' and achievements. Protests against the brutality of mob action and other brutalities are now heard. On ly lately the press of New York City commented upo n thi s Association's demand upon both the Navy Departmen t and the New York Police Department that a stop be put to attacks by sailors upon unoffending Negroes in the city's subways

Now not only in the field of educatmg pubhc sentiment has the N. A. A. C. P accomplished what amounts virtually to a revolution. It has gone into the fundame n tal structure of the law. Five victories before the United States Supreme Court stand to its credit, and scores of victories stand as bulwarks in defense not alone of t h e Negro but of all minority groups in the United States. They could not have been won without the N. A. A C. P. Because, only through such an organization wo u l d fa m ou s lawyers and jurists like Louis Marshall, now a memb er of the Association's Board of Directors, Clarenc-e Darr ow , leader among American criminal lawyers, Arthur B. Sp i ngarn and others have given generously of their services

What do these five Supreme Court victories mean? T h e y mean that people cannot be denied the vote because t he ir ancestors did not vote in 1886 (Grandfather Cla u se Ca s e); that residential segregation ordinances by states or municipalities are forever outlawed in this country (Lou isville Segregation .Case); that a trial is not due process of la w if the courtroom, judge or jury are dominated by m ob sentiment (Arkansas Peonage Cases); That it is u nlawful for a state to make a law excluding citizens from voting in primary elections because of their color (Te x a s White Primary Case); and that attempts to evade t h e Louisville Segregation Decision will receive short shrift from the United States Supreme Court (New Orleans Segregation Case)

( Continued o n P a ge 13)

BRO. JAMES WELDON JOHNSON ASSOCIATE EDITOR

69 F ift h Avenu e ]'; e w Yo rk City

These are o nl y high-lights of the Association's legal work. It has prevented many extraditions to Southern States where it was feared a lynching rather than a fair trial would b 3 the outcome It has obliged rai lwa ys to p a y damages for unlawful discrimination a gainst p a ss - ng ers in int€rst ?. te traffic It has promulgated a model civ il rights law in New York State which h a s become th e b asis for s imilar legis lati on elsewhere. It h a s fought crimina l and civi l cases in many courts throughout th e co unt ry and a ided individuals or it s branches who were undertaking such cases. All with this purpose in mind: t h at th e Negro's c:vil and legal rights-and' by t his I mean t h e rights of the humblest Negro in Mississippi or Alabama or Ge orgi a-must be as unas sailab le and fi rm as th e rights of the rich est and most favored white m a n i n 1hos e s tate.s.

The Associa tion has travelled a long way, and with it has trave lle d an influentia l and powerful e leme nt of Am e ri can public opinio n. Incide ntally, colored people h ave come to know t h at they have in the Association a powerful defender and in times of need they have not hesitated to turn to it The record of twenty years is a proud one Yet to those of us who receive daily the appeals that come in from all conditions of people, the work remaining to

be done is known to be immense. The Association has b:cen doing an incredibly large amount of work on a pitiful budget. Last year, for all its manifold activities, the National Offi ce spent only a little more than fift y thous a nd dollars, and for a work that no individual could do at any price.

So, without putting myself, or this magazine in the position of making an appeal, I think it only time to say that the twentieth anniversary year of the Association is being made the occasion for gathering a $200,0.00 Twentieth Anniver sary Fund, or, as the Baltimore Afro-American very correctly termed it, an Extens ion Fund. The name applies exactly. It will be a fund not only to carry on, but to extend a work that is universally admitted to be vital to colored people and to all Americans of whatever race w ho have a vital interest in the vindication of the democratic idea.

SIGMA SIDELIGHTS

Fellow Greeks:

For a period numbering some three or four years, Phi B eta Sigma Fraternity has been putting forth a very strenuous effort to outline some of the time -worn traditions of the past few years.

With the p assing of the Woodhouse-Taylor and the entering of th e Mitchell-Reid regime, "Sigma Men" are in accord that they have already instituted some very constructive measures toward systematizing our progress . In order to v i ew t his more tangibly, we will point to the financial and the secretarial reports as received in our more recent Conclaves.

There i s still another situation which has gained a considerable amount of atte n tion within our r anks, namely, the much talked of matter of "Requ irements" as to one's candidacy in the fold

Since the starting of the organization in the ye a r 191 3, we have stuck tenac iously to ru le of expecting th e individual to m a intai n an a verage of A or B. To do t his the man mus t be of exceptional abil ity. To perform this feat one could not expect him to meet the other n e cessary requirements for his Frat. The fellow who makes the highest marks in his classes is not necessarily the most acceptable man for a college fraternity. He is in mos t cases a bookworm , e verything else is l acking in his life He is seldom on the football or baseball t eam to travel the country ov er and let other group s know of hi s connections Yet, you mus t not mis understand me in s aying that high scholarship is not good for Frats. My contention is to consider a man from more than one angle when you are passing on him If he is able to successfully make your college footba ll; baseball, ba sketball or debating teams give him a chance along with other things to be considered. Remember you must hav e all-round men to be called your brothers (including his personal appearance). '

As the t ime goe s on you will eventuall y find t hat the must of n eces s ity und e rgo a complete reformatiOn m orde r to continue its position competitive l y in the frat e rnity worl d to d ay. To do th i s we must r esert to the method of letting the other f e llow know of your fine qualities or goods as the merchant or a salesman does to a customer. He ne ver makes a display of his worst stock, but puts up his best A llow the new frat men and t he other frats to know of your fine accomplishments, tell them you are proud of them, etc ·

In conclus ion I can gi ve no better a dvic e than to sa y, every true "Sigma Man" must stand for a more progressive idea in the fold if he wants his frat to r emain in the fight.

By J. PHILIP JIGGETTS, Epsilon Sigma Chapte r New York City.

NEGROE S START ING BUSINESS

I n selecting a b u sines s or a profes sion f or a lad, whether he be colored or white, the first considerat ion should be whether or not he posses ses outs tanding talent in any particular d irection; but careful d i stinction must be made taste and talent, as a lad 's likin g s ch ange with h1s y ears If a boy's ability is u nbiased, it is quite i mmaterial through which particu lar channel he enters the business world, but it is well to remember that t h e y outhful competitor in l ife's handicap may possess all the

aualities w e a dm i r e in a y oun g m an He may be b ra v e. strong :md clever, bu t l acki ng re s olution , self -deni a l a r. d continuity Hi s merit s achieve n oth in g a nd failur e sh a dows eve ry p ath he t rea ds He i s like an a dmirably equipped ship d r ifti n g h e lpless on the ocean with n o ste ersm a n's firm h an d at t h e h e lm Ab ove all things, then, l et hi m cult ivate unsha kab le a ssiduity and da un t l ess firmn e s s of purpose, f or in bu siness a s in eve r y ot h er dep a r t m e nt of t he w orld's g r e a t m ark et -place, the ind ividua l who possesses the se qu a litie s h a s but to r esolve a nd h e has

accomplished Though cir cumstance i s a powerful factor in the life-course of every Negro man, it i s w ell that the resolute N youth beginning to plan his career should say to himself: "Circumstancs do not make the man, but man the circumstances."

After Negroes have spent a few more y ears in learning the details of a business, and acquiring at least a theoreti cal knowledge of bookkeeping and office ·routine, we can have nothing but success.

It is well to remember, too, a man equipp ed with all the a ttri bu tes of busir:es s will succee d a lm ost b u t th at a less gif t e d indivi du a l mu st choose h is fi eld of action w ith gn:at ca re a nd b ivou ac w h ere risks are le a st. T o m y m in d , th e N egro wh os e cap ita l admits of his cr> mm f n c-' ng bu :- i n <e ss in a Hn a ll wa y n eed not des p air of s uc ce s s Many of th e larg e st con cerns i n t he wor ld h a d a ver y l:u mb le or :g 'n. Shmtne s s of capita l , a lt h ough s om etim e s product ive (' f worry, en ab le s a man t o ac quire fin a n cing qualities which , w hen a p p lie d t o b usine s s on a larg e m ea ns ver y m u ch indeed

No one can develop strength and agility without hard exercise, and so the Negro business man acquires financial skill and resource through continually being compelled to make the most of a small capital. When capital and experience have been combined-that is, if the "debutant" does not possess both himself, the next step is to select the particular field in which to work. The resolution must be taken to specialize, as it is obviously clear that where a man gives his undivided energy to one line of business he is bound to gain more effective results than his rival, who has several pursuits in hand.

It is said in the business world book-learning is a very good walking -stick but a very poor crutch.

An analysis of the char.acter of most successful business men shows that they possess a restive activity, an unsatisfi e d am bitiou s temperament, an abundance of original ideas, the capacity to take trouble perpetually, if necessary The ability to resist the trammels of tradit ion, inflexible resolution and an integri ty which broadly dominates all their transactions. But in comparing various successful business men from an intellectual point of view, it will be better to divide them into two groups, those having merely clever brains, and those possessing intuition or genius in a greater or lesser degree. The clever man can do a grat many things well, though nothing to an extraordinary degree of perfection, but he may possess so much versatility that he is certain to succeed in almost any vocation.

I have heard the question: "What is Negro business?" asked many and many times. Some say there isn't any Negro business, but to my mind Negro business is just like any other kind of business conducted by any race. Business is business, regardless of what kind of business it may be.

It may .seem a little strange to see me writing my editorial on Negro Business and I am not a business man. Nevertheless, I am more interested in the progress of Negro business than I am in anything else that I know at present.

In this e(litorial I am making a .special appeal, not only to Sigma men, but everyone who may read this magazine, to_ appoint yourself as a committee of one for boostin g Bigger and Better Negro Business in the community wherever you may be, regardless how gigantic or how humble it may be. By doing this I am sure there are many who do not realize that it is the greatest steppingstone towards the progress of the race.

I wonder if we are going to always be that little fox who is eating that tender bit of promise and destroying that beautiful vine of success? We must realize that habits become set like mortar and then they go to make up the character of mean. Realizing this fact, are we going to let the habit of neglecting the patronage to Negro business become so predominant that we are forced to become one of those little foxes? If so, then we are only stumbling blocks to the progress of the race.

To my mind, we have men, members of our race today, who are capable of being Mayors of cities like New York. Governors of States, and even Presidents of the United States of America, but these great men are forced to take back seats and act as beacon lights to guide, assist and keep the progress of the race going, to the best of their ability with all their handicap, because we do not as Negroes realize our obligation to the race, as these great men see it.

In bringing my Editorial to a close I have a special message for every undergraduate who is still in school striving for that beautiful goal in life which we all to reach: First, you must ask yourself the question "Why am I attending school?" The answer would from most they are preparing themselves to make a hvmg m hfe. But you must realize that you cannot do slip-shod work now and expect to be able to deliver the goods to the world when you come out. It cannot be done, as the world is waiting for men and women who have prepared themselves for the various walks of life.

By your most humble servant,

E.

PALMER BANKS.

National Editor-in-Chief.

Dear Fraters:

It is with pleasure that I take this opportunity of saya few words to my fellow brothers throughout AmerIca.

On many occasions I have been approached to join a co llege fraternity, but refused until I learned of the slogan of the Phi Beta Sigma. Although a member of other organizations, I do not feel as proud of the affiliation as I do of being a Sigma man.

Sigma today is my choice through its slogan : "Bigger and Better Negro Business." As an engineer and business man I have always been interested in the race to develop along commercial _lines. About three years ago a group of our young busmss men formed an association called "Business Boosters Club." The object was to foster better support of Negro business. This club fell through on account of lack of co-operation. I am proud of Sigma thr<;mgh its efforts to encourage our young men to enter busmess commercially and industrially. The economic strength of the race can only grow by every Negro .supporting Negro business Therefore, brothers, I am appealmg to you, not frpm an individual standpoint, but for the benefit of the race, you may require, try to find a race m_an, whether I!I trade or profession; give him an opportumty, and he will prove that he can do it as well as the other fellow.

On any occasion should a brother visit New York City, please do not fail to drop in my office.

Fraternally yours,

CHARLES GOVAN, Lehigh Heating Co., 2202 Seve!lth Ave ., N. Y . C.

THE HISTORY OF THE

PHI DELTA KAPPA SORORITY

J?elta Sorority, composed of teachers is umque m that It IS the only professional .sorority.

It was organized years ago. To date there are ten chapters, located m Jersey City Washington D c Balt!more, South Carolina State co'nege West Institute, Camden, New York City and Youngstown, Oh10.

There are approximately three hundred members.

The Third Annual Convention was held in Baltimore December 27th to 30th '

ENICE SHREEVES.

BRO. CHARLES GOVAN Epsilon Sigma Chapter, New York City

.!Rrmnrium

1928

BRO HENRY W. PERRY OMICRON CHAPTER

January 10, 1928

Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C

1929

BROTHER IRA SMITH ALPHA CHAPTER

January 10, 1929

WASHINGTON. D. C.

BRO . DR. N. H. HOWELL RESIGNS POST AT A. &

T. COLLEGE

GAMMA BETA SIGMA CHAPTER A. & T. COLLEGE Greensboro, N.C.

Bro. N H. Howell , Veterinarian of the ;Agricultural & Technical College, Greensboro, C., JUst recently resigned his post to accept a position WIth the Federal Government at St. Paul, M mn., as food mspector. The college regrets very much to lose Dr. because of the high calibre of work he perform ed m and around the campus and classrooms. He will be long r emembered on the campus as the unassuming who about his daily duties regularly perfo:mmg them With all e'lse and simplicity. Dr. Howell 1s a graduate of Kansas State College, well and. thoroughly capable and a lover of the m 'Yhich he was engaged He leaves a host of fri ends m Greensboro, to welcome his return when he finds the tim e to turn

his attention in this direction again. Dean F Ma r celle: Staley · states that he was one of the best teachers on the entire College faculty. Contrary to the familiar saying that you never miss your water until the well runs dry, his services were highly appreciated long before he contemplated vacating his post.

Not only w ill th e College miss him, but the brothers of both chapters, Gama Beta Sigma, and t h e Eta Chapters - will miss his daily smile, and the former chapter his efficient service as Chapter Editor:

Contrary to the former practi ces of The Gamma Beta Sigma Chapter to meeting in the chapter room, on th e invitation of brother Byarm they met at his residence. There was a large attendance present The election of officers was one of the things in order All the old officers were r eelect ed Bro. J. B Small was el ecte d Vice-President to fill a former vacancy

M. F. SPAULDING, Editor.

FRATERNAL IDEALS

By BRO . RICHARD H. SEWELL

Mu Chapter, Lincoln University, Pa.

The re are numerous college fraternities organiz ed in various cities , colleges and universities of the country. They ar e entire ly d ifferent ::> nd indep endent organization s and the r e exists almost as m a ny f o rms of g ov e rnme n ::; as th e re are fraternities, with many diff erence s in mo:t oes, fraternal secre t s and programs. Y e t , irrespective of the diversity of operations, it is an indisputable fact that they all meet in one fundamental aim, on e gre a t idea 1the betterment of individual members, the advanceme :1t of education and good -will, and the uplift of mankind

This is also tru e of the college groups among the Negro :s of this country. Th e ir aims and ideals are direct:d towards the betterment of our race in one way or anothe r The good that is wrought from th e of th : s e organizations ha s b€en felt in every s e ction of the cour..try where Negroes dwell, and even in distant foreign lands. The world is their sphere, perfection their goal.

However among some th e question arises: Are colle g e groups am'ong Negroes successful in carrying th ; ir programs, and if so, does the i r success b enefit anyon e side their own individual groups? A good many rad JC al thinking men answer this in the negative They say h 1t group f e eling and clan s pirit on the campuses and at oth r places are the r e sult of fraternal organizations; taking it for granted that both these are a hindran ce to our progress They poi nt out to us how love of one's fraternal organization SUt'l,aeses the love of school. Th ) y further that the groups m e asure the1r success b>: popularity, regardless of whether they are accomphehmg anything or not, and that they place a false value on banal accomplishments which could be brought about by m ?n beneath college grade. Needless to say, there equally g ood if not better arguments on the other nde. The_Y bring to light many activities which are dir e cted pnmarily towards racial uplift.

At any rate, it should not b€ the lot of any fra te rn i ty man to argue with those who criticise them. Th e y a r e either those who know nothing about fraternities a r- d :.1r e making outside observations or .dege?erate whose po >ition d :Je s not th.e1r bemg Preferable to argument, selfcmvest1gat10n, then, Jf m;ce s sary, self-criti cism , should b e indulge d in. A frat ermty man should first find out if these accusations directed at his or other groups are true. If he finds them to be true - a s f eme of them are-he should seek to alter the condition by removing th e caus e

The fraternities of colleges located in or near urban centers have a better chance to show their real worth than those in the schools which are more or less isolated The r e are numerous activities in which they can engage These varied activities have a tendency to broaden a man's outlook and the thoughts and possibilities of selfaggrandizement at the expense But in thos e schools which either by s1tuat10n or trad1t10n are separated from any social contact immediately surro_undinp; th e m, the group feeling-not fraternal feehng-1s stronger.

Extensive social contacts are narrowed to within a prescribed circle and in some cases extreme selfishne s s is the custom 'This is a deplorable condition, but fraternities as a whole cannot be judged by this alone. All rightthinking fraternitv mPn. however, should do their utmost to remove this condition.

And through all activitifs the great fraternal should be kept in mind. The thoughts and acbv1bes should b e such that criticiEms do not hurt nor do slanders sting. Fraternity men should be link e d in one gerat bond

of true fellowship-unbr e akable and indisoluble. The y should seek to do the most good for those who need their service, and at the same time advance their own interest by g reater increase in knowledge and skill.

Let s elf-improvement increase so that self-criticism ma y decreas e

BRO. A. WINSTON SCOTT, M. D. L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. (Edin.)

Visiting Physician to Harlem Hospital

Member o No rth Harlem Medical Association

.../ Editor, Medical Section

131 Edgecombe Avenue, New York City.

We make our bow in the "Crescent," trusting not only to produce bigger and better business men, but also Better Health for Sigmas.

During the past months we have been brought face to face with the dreaded epidemic influenza. This is a very acute disease, which occurs epidemically and pandemically. If detected early, the condition is not fatal except in the elderly, to whom the disease proves fatal usually from the supervention of pneumonia pleurisy or serious complications.

The symptoms usually occur suddenly, with severe head- · ache, backache, pains in the bones. and weakne s s The fever rises with a cough or catarrhal condition of the nose. In some instances the onset is with severe vomiting and diarrhea. During the first symptoms the patient is tempted to c onsider the c ondition as just an ordinary cold, and might go to dance or cause some exposure, thus aggravating the symptoms. Some patients have mentioned that hot lemon drinks have been taken, or some other medicine to make ihs m perspire freely overnight, and on going out the following morning they fe e l very chilly. This is due to the fact that the pores of the skin have been opened by perspiring and the body is therefore exposed to greater danger.

One should always remember that influenza , although start;ng off as a simple cold can have so very many serious complications that it is wise to consult your physician. especially during an epidemic. Rest in bed is :'.!way s advisEd, even in the mild cases. And continued for a day or two after the temperature has become normal. will often preclude the risk of relapse or complications.

BRO A. G. WALY

ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY WORK AT GASTONIA, N . C.

Bro. Dr. A. G. Daly, a graduate of Howard University, Clas s of '25 is a native of Jamaica, B .W.I., and a young man of high christian ideals. Since his coming to Gastonia, N. C in August, 1925, he has labored untiringly for the advancement of his race along all lines. H e is energetic and active in all community life, organizing the first Welfare Board among Negroes in this country , and was elected as chairman of that board. Not only i s h e interested in the advancement of the race, but in many cases has been instrumental in inspiring Negro boys and girls to remain in school and to aspire to higher things, and has backed his words and advice by financ ial s upport.

Dr. Daly is very popular as a young physician and regardless of his large practice he has given his services and advice unstintingly to the Gaston Colored Hospital. Dr. Daly has reached the heights toward which so many young men are striving today, but he is not satisfi e d H e feels th e pressure of color prejudice and e xtends a h elping hand to his less fortunate brothers

His recent el ection to the high honored position, which he now holds as Physician in charge of th e Gaston Hospital of this city came through his great love for suffering humanity and his medical skill. Before the reorganization of this hosuital over a year ago, Dr. Daly w as on the visting staff, but the Board of Dire ctors of the institution, being men of good, sound business judgment, saw fit to place him in absolute charge of th e hospital.

Bro. Dr Daly is an enthusiastic Phi Beta Sigma m an. and the fraternity has all the reason in the world t o be proud of him.

By BRO. J C. BALLARD , Principal of Highland High School. GaRtnnia, N. C

chapters from Washington to Berkeley and Boston to Tuskegee

In 191 2 a group of juniors and seniors, among them Madree Penn, Naomi Sewell, Winnie Cargill, Mertie Blackwell, Ethel Cuff, Myra Davis, Mamie Ro se, Jessie McGuire, formed the Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. The sorority associated students not only as a means of promoting its ideals in the group but also as a stimulus to the entire student body. The growth and present vitality of Delta Sigma Theta are evidence of the effective n ess of its aims.

Today there are 38 chapters located as follows: Alpha, Howard University; Beta, Wilberforce University; Gamma, University of Pennsylvania; Delta , University of Iowa; Epsilon, Ohio State University; Zeta, University of Cincinnati; Eta, University of Syracuse; Theta, Cornell University; Iota, Boston, Mass.; Kappa, University of California; Lambda, University of Chicago; Mu, University of Pittsburgh; Nu , University of Michigan; Xi, Louisville, Ky.; Omicron, University of Nebraska; Pi, University of California (Southern Branch); Rho, New York City; Sigma, Atlanta University; Tau , Detroit; Upsilon, University of Southern California; Phi, De.s Moines, Iowa; Chi, Indianapolis, Ind ; Psi, University of Kansas; Omega, Cleveland, Ohio; Alpha- Alpha, Kansas City, Mo.; Alpha Beta, Nashville, Tenn.; Alpha Gamma, Morgan College; Alpha Delta, West Vi r ginia Collegiate Institute; Alpha Sigma, (Continued on page 54)

BRO. OMA H. PRICE M. D.

NEW YORK CITY.

THE HISTORY OF THE DELTA

SIGMA THETA SORORITY

Out of the manifold student life of Howard have grown several n ational organizations of college men and women. Delta Sigma Theta is one of these w ith

He is a "Big Sigma Man at Heart." He is our former Preside nt of this Chapter He served us for t wo years U nde r his adm in istration Epsilon Sigma C hapter made more progress tha n ever in th e hist ory of the ·Chapte r He was our d e legat e t o th e Conclave in St. L ouis, Mo., in 1927.

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DR. MOTON CALLS ON PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

B r o. Ro bert R. Mot o n, p r inc ipal of Tuskegee Ins t itute, T u skegee, Ala., called at the White House January 14 a n d dicussed wit h t h e P r es iden t generall y the progress of education in the South among the white and colored races.

He was in New York City January 25 and Will Rogers introduced him to a crowded house in the Globe Theatre, whe r e the world-famous humorist-philosopher is substituting for his friend Fred Stone in "Three Cheers," in which t he famous dancer's daughter, Dorothy Stone, is starring. Dr. Moton was in the audience when the performer spied him and gave him a wink of recognition. The two had met at Tuskegee Institute a year ago, when Mr Rogers paid a complimentary visit to the school and addressed t he students and faculty. At that time he contributed $5 00 t o the Institute.

F ollo w ing an intermission, during which Mr. Rogers rec eived Dr. Moton back stage, the latter was presented to t he audience in accordan ce with Mr. Rogers' custom of p r esenting distinguished men t o the house. Dr Moton wa s introduced as successor of Booker T. Washington and commended for the work which he is doing at Tuskegee and for all humanity. Dr. Moton responded with a bow to t.he audience, which greeted him with hearty applause. He s p oke br:efly of Will Rogers' visit to Tuskegee and of his sound philosophy, good sense and good humor.

Copy of t eleg r am sent t o National President by Bro. R. R. Moton: Tu skegee, Ala., Dec. 28, 1928.

Arihm· W. Mi tchell, 422 South Sixth St., L ouisville, Ky .

Please convey my frate r nal greetings to the members of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity now in session. I app r ociat-d very muc h your invitation to me to address this cor..clave a n d regret that other engagements m::de i t impossible for me to come. I recall at this time the fine edi to rial wh ich appeared in the "Afro-American" last and I hope that our organization will always be r:uided by the sound principles upon which it is founded. Your efforts to stimulate and encourage Negro business is most com m e ndabl e a n d I h op e t h a t the 1929 ( bse'rv ance may be even far more effective and far-reaching th:> n that of any previous year. In whatever way I c:cn he lp and encourage the work please let me know R. R. MOTON

ORGANIZATION OF NEGRO DENOMINATIONS

T he following are the years in which, and places where, so far as authentic information shows, that the leading Negro religious denom inations were organized:

M. E. - 1805, Wilmington , Del.

A. M. E Zion- 1821, New York, N. Y.

Baptist-1836, Ohio.

Pri mitive Bap t ist-1865, Columbia, Tenn

Prcsbyterian- 1869, Murfreesboro, Tenn

C M. E.- 1870. Jackson, Tenn

Apostolic- 1882.

Church of God in Christ- 1896, Lawrence, Kans

There are in the United States, 47,000 different Negro churc h es, 5,000,000 communicants, 46,000 Sunday school scholars. The total Negro church property is valued at $99 000,000.00.

SOM:·E THINGS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NEGRO

The Negro d id not yie ld to slavery without resistance. Records cite numerous uprisings against the system throughout the colonies.

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The first school for Negroes was established in South Carolina in 1695. · · · ·

About 380,000 Negroes were mobilized for service during the Wo rl d War. Two hundred thousand of these were sent to France. The number accepted for service was about 75 per cent. of the number examined and 5 per cent more than the percentage of acceptance of white examined.

Ira Aldridge, a Negro, successfully appeared as an actor in Shakespearean roles in the 60's.

It was not unusual to find a sl.ave speaking several foreign languages in addition to English

One cause of the Boston Massacre was the insult, out of love of country, by a slave to a British officer.

Peter Salem, a Negro, distinguished himself as the hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill by killing Major Pitcairn, a British officer.

Henry 0. Tanner, with Sargent (white) represents the best America has produced in painting His "Lazarus," "Annunciation," "The Disciples at the Tomb," "The Wise a n d Foolish Virgins" have made his name immortal

History of the early 19th century records many evidenes of successf u l Negro operators of b usinesses of various kinds

William Wells Brown. born of a slave mother, was the fi rst writer to popularize the hi.story of our race

There were about seventy-five Negro officers in the Civil War, among whom was one Lieutenant Colonel Some 1400 in the World War.

At least one death by court-martial of· a Negro in resentment of military discrimination is recorded in the history of the Civil War. ·

Several Negroes pastored white churches in 1800, even in the South.

The first soldiers of the American Army to be decorated for bravery in France were two Negroes, Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts.

Slaves are credited with having made certain appliances for separating cotton fibres from the seeds. These appliances nre reported to have been later assembled by Eli Whitney. and patented as the cotton gin

There were approximately 250.000 free Negroes in the South at the beginning of the Civil War with s ocial dist inctions largely resembling- those of the white people Some of these were slave holders themselves.

Some sixty Negro officers and three hundered and fifty non -commissioned officers and privates of Negro Units were decorated for bravery in the World War.

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HOW THE WORLD STRIUGGLES FOR MONEY

How Many Names It Has

How many American words meaning "money" can you remember?

Dr. Vizetelly quotes fifty such words. leaving out many well known. Many th inl!'s have been used for money-from wood. leather. shells. slaves and cattle. to gold.

Our word "money" comes from Moneta, surname of .Tnno. Rnm:oP1 currency being coined in the Temple of Juno -Moneta.

Milliong their lives collecting money. with never a thought for the ancient divinity.

Wise mPn of all times have written about money. from Ar istotle to Henry George, including Copernicus. Locke, Newton John Stuart Mill, but no one has convittced men t h at true wisdom is to get money enough to insure indenendf'nce freedom from slavery, and then think of other things.

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SIDELIGHTS OF WILEY COLLEGE UP ON BETA CHAPTER

Marshall, Texas

BETA CHAPTER

Wiley College, Marshall, Tex.

Greetings: -

We again make knqwn to the reading public, the activities of Beta Chapter. Bro. D L. Bedford, our Pres ident and representative to the Fifteenth Annual Convention of our great organization, has recently returned and from his report we have realized our connections with one of the greatest of all Negro Fratern i ties, these connections are embodied and exemplified in our motto, "Culture For Service and Service for Humanity.''

W e began the year with thirteen men. Men who are possessed with the characteristics of Sigma, men whci maintain and uphold the laurels of the organ ization for which we strive and adore, men who are outstanding in all of the fields of college endeavor, and lastly, men of whom the world will be proud when they shall have passed from

with the power and qualities of leadership recognized by every member of the faculty and student body.

We have a Brother by the name of Paul H. Prince a man characterized by his conscientiousness. As business manager of Beta Chapter, he is accredited with all of the business accomplishments of the chapter, he is the social diplomat of the organization. He is a promnent member Qf the department of Orchestration and a potent factor in the Senior Class Many have attributed his successful attainments to the smoothness with which he speaks and the attractiveness of his eyes, which mean so much in approaching those with whom he wishes to converse. He is known as our little brother and is caressed as such b y those of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority .

Bro ·E. D. Sprott, one of the best liked men on the campus by the faculty and student-body, is a typical Sigma Man. In drama he plays ne xt to Bro. Bedford and due to

.•, MEMBERSOFBETACHAPTER stage of college activity into the world of accomplishments

Our personnel: Bro. D Leon Bedford, who has for the past two years headed our great organization, is a man o f n) mean ability. He is one of the eight Sigm a Men to graduate from t h is institution with the coming of June. Bro P-edf ord has, for years, led the Dramatic Club , during iast year he was Pres ident of the Pan-Hellenic Council composed of the five Greek Letter organi zations on our campus. as a n orator he has no immediate equals, and his latest offic e is that of President of the Four College Class Assoc ia tion , and is assistant instructor in Chemistry. In short. Bro . Bedford is a man who seemingly has been endowed

his attractive make-up he is a hero of the Dramatic Organization. "T h e Streets of New York" will make his last performance on the campus of W iley, mu ch to the regret of the student-body, and without t he conception of a s ingle doubt, he will maintain the same standing and princip les upon the stage of life.

When we think of Bro. Sprott, Bro. Foster is focused upon our consciousness. Bro Foster has been, for his lifetime, a class-mate of Bro Sprott being from the same city and a s the form er, he ranks high Upon his shoulders rest th e problems of the Dramatic Club, for as a business

(Continued on page 21).

SIDELIGHTS OF WILEY COLLEGE UPON

BETA CHAPTER

Marshall, Texas

manager, he is a beneficial prop in this classical organization Bro Foster is one of th e most con ge nial men to be f ound on ou r campus (Think the ladies).

Bro Geo r ge B ufo rd, a Marshall boy, initiated la st year, IS fully possessed with all Sigma r e quirem ents A student of untold ability, and during the last foot ball season was manager and leader of the Wiley Jazz Band W ith his good nature and never ceasinft conversation, he has cont ributed much to th e life of the organization and to th e inst itution in which we live.

Bro. Home r "Red" Murray also one of t he younger memb e r s of the organization, maintains the scholarship of the Fraternity and re presents u s creditably on the baseball diamond.

Bro. A. B. Henderson, is among th e older members . H e is a t r u e Sigma Man but h e is in the hands of Cupi d from whi ch he cannot escape. The latest news concerning Bro. Henderson is the donating of his d iamond studded frat ernity p in to on e of the Shebas away down in A u sti n, Tex. W c hope for him much luck in his adve ntu res.

Bro. D. Redd , unquestionably th e greatest athlete th at h as ever da w n e d the purple and w h i te uni fo rm, is a S igma Man in all walks of life, true, earnest, and dependable He, t oo, is a mem ber of the g raduatin g class.

Bro. C. 0. Jon es is a man upon whom the c hapt er can al ways r ely He is one of the m en destined to lead the ch apter beginning n ext year Bei n g a Junior, he has one more yea r t o remain in the realms of the Chapter as an underg r aduate. Bro Jones is a creditab le m ember of any s tud ent-body an d we are bl esse d with his pre sence .

Bro Geter, the quietest man in the o rganiz a tion , has cont ri buted a Sigma Ma n' s part t owa rd th e betterment of the o r ganization , an d t o the school. (Still water runs deep) .

Last but n ot least, we h ave Bro T. R. Smith w h o i s now a iring out in Chicago till the beginning of the Spring Quarter. Br o. Smith a bo rn ac tor, is a prominent member of the Wiley Troupe and we all have been very lones om e since his d epart ure and are earnest ly a waiti ng his r e tu rn He is known as an honor student and is outsta ndin g in all act;vi t ies r elative to the school and fr ate rnity We shall b e pleased to see " Teddy" again

Our Scholarship:

Brother "TeddY:' Smi th , who at present has been called t.> Chicago, wou ld have been the fir s t name to be seen on th e hono r sheet only that hi s name began with an S, and consequently appeared in the S's of the column. He h olds a c onstant average of A.

Brot h e r Bedford, P r es ident of Beta Chapter dawned t he sheet with an average of B plus

Dro. Ca lho un. a lth ough a football man, spent muc h t ime a t hi s studies as a result is an honor man w ith an average of B plus

Bros Sprott and Foster who are consistent workers of the F rat ernity are also honor men, maintaining an average of B.

Brot h er Prince a lso maintains an average of B. The remainder of the men are holding their own in the sch olast ic atta in ments

Our Graduates:

In accordance with the underlying principle of the motto of the Phi Beta Fraternity, " Culture for Service and Service for Humanity" Beta Chapter is contributing e igh t m e n to carry out the workings of this principle. T h ese are as follows : Bros Bedford, Prince, Redd, Foster, Sprott, Smith, Geter, and Buford.

Brother Bedford plans to spend at least six years in the best med ical school a v ailable, after which he w ill se rv e humanity in the capacity of an A class Surgeon

Brother Prince, who has already served in that capacity by being t he football trainer for two years, is plan ning to do Post Graduate work in the University of Edinburgh.

Bros. Foster and Sprott, the Beaumont twins, have asked for all o f the prescriptions that Bros. Prince and Be dford may prescribe

Bro. Redel, also of B eaumon t who has been an AllAmerican fo r the entire four yea r s of his college caree r , we see the colored Knute Rockney.

B r o. Smith, w h ose stat u e is small but whose mind i s Titanic to sell all the property that the Sigma Men may need.

Bro. Geter who is hailed a s the Beau Brummel Tailor is to remain i n that fie ld Last but not least by far, Bro. Buford who is the coming emancipator is en t ering politics

Our Cresce nt C lu b:

We , as members of th e Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, f ee l th at life would not be worth living were it not for the coming ge ner aton, The Crescent Club.

The Crescent Club is to the f raternity as youths are to their generation. This Crescent Club, of w hich we speak, contains sub-no r ma l bra i n power 'vVe, as Sigma Men will hue this beautiful ore i n t o pri ce less di amon d s. The; are one hund red per cent prospective Sigma Men. We will k eep our Crescent Club forever r ing ing into the e lectrical field of "Old" Sigma's Call.

Our Social Life:

In vie w in g the archives of o ur social life we find President Bedford still undecided as to which foot h e should put forward, f o r on eac h foot we find two girls waiti ng According to his la t es t s t atement concerning the futu r e h e i_s to set t le d own with a soon to be Zeta f rom awa; out 111 t h e Wes t Texas We b e li eve t hat Miss D. z. K. has s ome effect upon o ur President

The w ires of the social diplomat, Bro. "Bonnie" Pri nce seem to be some what crossed but for the time beng k ee p close vvatch for fe ar he will lose his pin to Miss Thelm a Brown from the great c ity of Tulsa, Okla. Miss Brown has already promised a pict u re but due to the shortness of th e time, writing will do T he weddin g is not as yet scheduled.

Bro _who is known as "B uck," is hav ing a hard time, at tim es It seems a s thou g h he w ill be a brother-inla w of Bro. Alfred Goodwin , then he tells us that it is a ll Really the relation will be t oo g r eat, Buck is a Stgma Man, Alfred a Sigma Man, an d Miss Ida C. is to a Zeta The latest r epo rt, which is final, is that they are fn e nds forever.

( Co nt inu e d o n page 22)

SIDELIGHTS OF WILEY COLLEGE upon

BETA CHAPTER'S CRESCENT CLUB

Marshall Texas.

Bro. D. Calhoun is fighting cupid very hard but it seems as though he is on the losing end

It is difficult to describe the case of Bro. D. Redd and sister D. Jones un l ess we use matrimonial terms. A June bride. Maybe.

Bro. C. Jones, though a little light yet, is getting his wires together, and someone is going for a fast ride.

The affair of Bro. "Red" Murray is hopeless. The coming of baseball season will relieve the \Viley Cafe of his presence.

To be frank the Zeta Sorority has the monopoly on the Sigma Men, and a visi t to Wiley will substantiate my statement and also account for same.

vVe have given you an account of our personnel and these are the men who are expecting to make the Bigger

GREETINGS FROM THE CRESCENT CLUB WILEY COLLEGE

Future brothers in Sigma, Greetings: The Crescent Club is a necessary step pre-requisite to the Phi Beta Sigma t<raternity. Just as boyhood is to manhood, so is the Cres- · cent Club to the Sigma Fraternity. Each day we take on a new aspect of fraternal life as we advance toward maturity, out of which we hope to emerge full-fledge member s of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. This transition is analogous to the initiation into manhood.

The Crescent Club, like the fraternity that fosters it , is composed of men who have been selected because they possess the qualities that cause them to be outstanding as true representatives of mankind, who promise to carry on

BETA CHAPTER'S CRESCENT CLUB,

and Better Negro Business program the greatest of its kind in the history of its origination.

vVe are expecting a visit of our National President, Atty. A. W. Mitchell for the above mentioned celebration and every member of the chapter is striving to make his trip one of success in all respects. We hope that when he leaves he may truthfully say, "It is well that I visited Beta Chapter" and "Big Wiley."

Hoping for Sigma the greatest possible advancement in the year 1929. we are Fraternally Yours, H. LAWRENCE MURRAY.

Chapter Editor

the race The Crescent men have been chosen as the men very estimably the great business of the fraternity and of who do things. the men who set paces, the men who lead. For it is quite necessary that the men who will perpetuate the life of the fraternity be of a leadership type in order to maintain the leadership of the fraternity

The Crescent members have learned to love the Phi Beta Sigma as only Sigma men can do

\Ve sincerely hope that when the next issue of the Cresce nt is published we may be included in the rooster of Sigma Men.

Sincerely Yours.

The Crescent Club

DANCE BULLETIN

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All Brothers are requested to be dressed

Tuxedo with winged collar

Black Butterfly Bow Tie

White Shirt

Black Socl{S

Black Shoes

When the intermission sign is displayed, that is the signal for Sigma Men to assemble downstairs for the march.

Every brother should look out for his personal guests.

Social success depends upon you.

Fraternally yours,

HERMAN E. PIN ADO, Chairman.

P.S. Attend the mass neeting which closes the Bigger and Better Negro Business Week Celebration and bring your friends. Mr. Higgins, Pres. Dunbar Nat r 1 Bank wi 11 be principal speaker, St. Martin Episcopal Church 122nd Street & Lenox Ave. Sunday, April 8 P.M.

Fellow Greeks:

SIDELIGHTS UPON ETA CHAPTER GREETINGS FROM NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND QUESTIONS

ETA CHAPTER

A. & T. College

Greensboro, N. C.

Th '; Eta Chapter extends to you h earty greetings and best wishes for a continued successful year So far as w e have gone this year the work of the chapter has been very successful. The boys entered school this year with a nev; trend of thought which can readily be seen by many things already done. Under the leadership of · our president, H. R. McKethan the Chapter has been successful in obtaininga beautiful room for headquarters. The room is located in the basement of the college dormitory; it is very spacious and very beautifully furnished. The walls of the room ar<" painted with the beautiful colors of our fraternity, blue and white. Every member has shown the real Sigma spirit by doing his share in putting the project across.

The brothers here intend to make this y ear the greatest in the history of the Chapter. Plans are now being formulated for the big program of "Bigger and Better Negro vVeek," which Sigma fosters each year.

It was thought for a long time by many that Negro Fraternities sought only to d evelop men along social lines, but we are proud to say that Sigma has long sinc e eradicated that idea, by encouraging scholarship and fostering great movements as ' Clean Speech Week and Bigger and Better Negro BusinPss Week. ' In accord with the instillation of the new idea , Eta Chapter seeks to do her part by presenting programs of each movement , and making good records in curricular and extra curricu lar activities.

The members of their Chapter have done much in placing the school in an outstanding position. For several years we have had men on the debating team , who showed b every respect that they are of a superior type. Last yea:· we were represented by Brothers Patterson, Chandler and Whitfield. These men mad e a very splendid showing. Brother Patt e rson received the Odell prize for having the best record in the Sophomore Class last year.

As bigger .brothers we regard it a special right to n1ention the splendid work of our pledges. This year there is enrolled in the Crescent Club thirty-four members. We do not boast of numbers for it is the quality of men that w e consider, but since such is the case, all well and good.

The Crescent began its work this year by entertaining the Freshman Class Vve find them very active in all school activities, we also find them at all times t o do what they can to aid us. The most elaborate on the campus this year was given by the Crescent Club in honor of their Bigger Brothers. This affair was attended by many beautiful ladies in and out of the city. The a 'Jclitorium was beautifully decorated with Fraternity colors. The music was of such nature that no one dared to cnt a dance until the last note of Home Sweet Home died away

The Crescent now suffers the loss of ten good men , wh o on account of their excellent class work and general depoctment have been duly elect e d as members of t his Fratern i t y We feel extr e mely proud of these m e n for they repn': ··

sent a type of manhood that we as a race need. These men rose to the second story of life on Friday night, Februar y 1 1929. We now hail them as Brothers C. M Deberry.

E: W. Jones, C. D. Vvooten, .T. A. Streater, A. .<'\ Lane, 1' Carter, .T T. Normil, Torry, McAllum and Bitnbrey.

Eta has now enrolled on her books twenty-nine members. This is the largest enrollment in the history of the Chapter. With the approach of spring near at hand watch us as we launch out into various activities and carry forth the ideal of Phi Beta Sigma.

Eta Chapter e x tends best wishes to every Chapter in Phi Beta Sigma. She hopes for them a wonderful and progressive season.

Fraternally,

C .C. HESTER , Editor

GREETINGS FROM NATIONAL 'PRESIDENT

(Continued from page 6)

tration. This must not be interpreted as any lack of interest on my part. I have spent thousands of dollars of my own money in helping to carry forward the work of Sigma. Pressure of business and heavy obligations will not permit me to do this in 1929 on as large a scale as I have done it in the previous years. I shall endeavor to keep in the closest possible touch with all of the chapters and outstanding men of the fraternity through our system of correspondence.

I urge the officers and members to write me as freely and fully as they desire at all times and assure you that I shall give any expressions and suggestions coming from you due consideration.

Wishing Sigma and all of its chapters the largest success in its history, I am

Cordially and fraternally yours,

ARTHUR W. MITCHELL

QUESTION CAN YOU TELL?

1. What Southern cities employ Negro police wom<on ?

2. Who were the three Negro members of the 11,!24 U. S Olympic team in Paris?

3 How many New Yorkers are listed i.1 "Who ' s V,'ho in America"?

4. Who is the only Negro bandmaster in +he Llnited States Navy?

5. Who composed the official hymn of ti1e City of Boston?

6. For what is Sonoma Tally distinguished?

7. What Southern State leadsin Negro education C),!Wnd i ture?

8. How many colored members of the .tvlethodist Episcopal Church are there in the United States?

9. Name the leading Negro fire insurance compan y o f America?

10. Out of the ten large industrial centers in t h e N orth , in which one will be found the largest numbers of N egroes ? (Answer s on Page 50)

SIDELIGHTS OF IOTA and KAPPA CHAPTERS

IOTA CHAPTER

Shaw University Raleigh, N. C

Fellow Greeks:

This Chapter is glad to report that it is still making successful steps. An increased emphasis on our local work made it impossible for us to rally as fully to the Conclave cause as we desired but already we are following th e ''New York" slogan for n ext week.

The Brothers have decided to carry out both of the National programs this year. We are happy to announce that on March 15, Brother Locke will be our Douglass Day speaker, at which time he will use for his subject "The Negro Renaissance." With the co-operation of the Eta Sigma Chapter of thi s city we hope to make this occasion ou r greatest

Early in April our plans will mature into a worthwhile observance of The Bigger and Better Bus iness week.. Each day w ill be used by speakers from thi s and other chapters.

More and more our men are launching challenges to frat(:rnal critics Too long have we even crciticised ourelves unduly We must now vindicate ourselves with a constr uct ive J..>rogram and prove the value of our Being This achievement ca n be made if we only follow the precedent set in our last Conclave. Iota shall do her part.

It may be of interest to the Brothers to know that Brother John T. Richmond is to take his better half on Brother William Turner after a lengthy vacation return s February 28, from Brunswick, Georgia.

t) "Soror" Hawkins of Raleigh

Brother Ch ;ence Moore, formerly of Union University. has become more inte rested in a Shaw "Cupid" than he ha s in the Shaw "Pill."

Brother Privotte has finished his work at Shaw this half but just "can't leave right now "

Brother Joseph Wiley drove a Chevrolet to Golds bow to prove that he had bought a "Frat" pin.

Brother George Christian met the rnisfortune of having his girl friend to "marry on him." He decided to start all over aga:n by selecting a Freshman

By

W. B. TURNER. Pres S L. PARHAM, Jr. Editor

KAPPA CHAPTER MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE

Fellow Greeks:

Nashville, Tenn.

It is again our pleasure to add our little contributio:1 to the greatest of fraternity magazines"Ou r Crescent", and tell of our va rious ups and dovvns

We have just emerged from the most trying ordeal of school - life- "mid-vear exams" and we hope that everyone was succ"essful.

Our vea r so far, has been a very busy one We elected a -new' administration and decided to inspec t the chapter as if from "garret to cellar". As a result everything is in excellent condition and we are pleased to report that the whole chapter is :V?rking harmoniously with the accuracy and prectston of clock-work-"a perfect Sigma machine."

The classes of '28 and '29 last May inaugurated a new society-Kappa Pi. This is supposed to be composed exclusively of "intellectual satellites"men of averages 90 and above. To attain such an average, one must not only be highly intellectual , but must possess a striking personality, winning and affable ways, and a pleasing manner of approach in order that such intellect be observed and noted. Be that as it may, the society is for "intellectual e lites". We received much pleasure and honor by having three (3) of the men elected this year, picked from our ranks-Brothers S J. McDonald, Jr.; lVI . S. Love; and H. L. Nelson. These men, quite typical, have won their's by honest merit and untiring and persevering efforts and applic at ion. We hope that they, having once tasted of the fruits of v ictor y, shall n9t "lay on the ir oars" but "m arch on" in the regular Sigma manner

Our initiation has been delayed-and up to the present has not even yet been held. The pledges, under the guidance of our V ice-president, are fearfully, yet anxiously, looking forward to that memorable night-and ever and anon, may be heard from one or the other cries of "I never knew my way was going to be so hard ."

We beg to extend sympathy to Dr. E. B. Jefferson who suffered the loss of his wife, and, on the other hand, we extend congratu lations to Dr. W. E Pannell, who " took unto himself" a wife. We wis h him luck in his new venture.

At Thanksgiving we held our annual "HouseOpener". The decorations were as artistic ·as usua l -refreshments were abundant-and from 9 .30 to 1 a. m l guests, too many to be counted except by an "approximate" responded to the harmonious strains of a local 8- piece orchestra. Much regret was felt when "Home Sweet Home" was played.

The Chapter was not represented at the recent Conclave in Louisville, Ky , for many reasons, but at the time of the Conclave a representative group from our Basket Ball team gave a few exhibition games in Louisville.

At Xmas , th e fraternity, assisted by the Lambda Chapter of our sorority, entertained the visiting delegates to the A. K A. Boule As usual, we had to haYe our novelty feature-this time-a program in the form of a "check book". Any description.

Kappa Sigma Chapter S t. Louis. Mo .

Fraternally yours,

P. LAWRENCE BACCHUS

LAMBDA

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LAMBDA CHAPTER UNION UNIVERSITY

Richinond, V a .

Bro E v e r e t t C. White, is Edi to r for L ambda Chapter, secretary of the Optic Club (Interfraternal Club) , Chairman of the social committee Class '29, and Senior Ass istan t in the Departm e nt of Chemistry w here ha s served f o r two and a half ye ar s:

Bro White has made a r e cord for him se lf as a sc hol a r making exce ll ent m arks in the science courses He is a ve r y popular student on the hill and in th e c i ty He is st rivi ng h a rd to hold Sigma in the front.

Bro. Wes ley T. Carter is a serious minded scholar. He has won for himself a plac e among the scholar s at U nion. H e has mad e an excellent r e cord in the science courses Bro Carter is ex- Financial Secretary o f Lambda Chapter B ro. Thomas J effe r son Belle, ex- V ic e P r esi dent o f Lam bd a, ex- Ma n ager of Lamba's Champ ion Basketball team of last year. ex- Vice President of the Interfraternal Basbetba ll League. He is another ve ry fi n e schol ar ma k -

A lthough we are lo s in g some fine m e n , we can s ay that we h ave goo d material t o take their p laces. Bro. Rob e r t E Colbe rt w o n th e Asto ria Be neficial Club ' s Scholarship f o r the h ighes t aver age in his classes f or th e Freshman a nd Sophomore years. He is no w attending U ni o n at the expense of t his Club.

In the t hi rd week of October we held o ur se mi-annual initiation at which time ten new men were taken in to th e Frat ernit y

'vV c h ope that s u ccess sha ll b e w id esp r ead 111 Phi Beta Sigma.

Yo ur s Frate rnall y, E VERETT C. WHITE, Editor.

MU CHAPTER

Linc oln University

Lincoln University, Penna.

Fel low G r eeks :

O n January 30, M u C h apter e lected its officers for t h e

GRADUATESOFLAMGDACHAPTER

in g abov 90 pe r ce nt in th e m a j o rit y of hi s subjects. B ro. Be ll e is o n e of the b est like d stud e nts on t h e hill. Union will mi ss this stalwart so n of Sigma.

Bro. James Ha rr y Wi llia m s is trul y a sc h o lar. He i s a boy w h o h as a n average fo r th e last thr ee· years at Union la st semeste r in all of hi s s ubje c t s Bro W illia m s made above ninety per ce nt Bro. Williams averaged over nine :: o n e hundred per cent in Calcu l u s o n th e semester examin at io n w hi c h has ju s t e nd e d H e i s a star forward on the Varsity basbet ball team. He is the second high point man on t h e basketba ll team, t h e l eade r is a ls o a Sigma man Of t h ese s ix m en, four are e nt e rin g the t eac hin g profession, and two are goi n g to medicine

yea r 1929 !VIr. Wa lte r E L ongs h o r e of Orange. N J was made P r esident, M r. Theodo r e Haw kin s, another J ersey p r od u ct. Sec r eta r y, a n d Mr. Booker W. Watkins treasu r er. T h ese are a ll w ide awake men a nd under the ir leadership .YI u Chapter h opes to ha ve a ban n e r year.

Mr George R. R ee d e r a nd M r. Othello D. Stan ley wa nd e r ed into th e la nd of mystery a nd emerged fu ll-fl e d ged Sigma men. They a r e members of the junior class a nd co m e to us f r o m St. A u g u s tin e's Co llege, R aleigh, No rth Ca r o lina

This ch ap t er l oses through g r ad u at io n Mess r s Step h en B M ackey, Oscar 'Jac k ' Holder, John M. Colema n , J oseph (Continu ed on page 56)

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NU

Chicago, Ill

NU CHAPTER

Chicago, Illinois.

Fellow Greeks:

Nu Chapter is likened unto that fabulous bird, the Phenix, which is said to have lived five hundred years in the Arabian rlesert, and to have arisen rejuvenated from its ashes, 2iter it molating itself on a funeral pyre; hence the emblem of immort:-tlity

In greeting you for the first time in the year of nineteen l)undred and twenty nine, we come to you as a rejuvenated c1:apter. Some of you may remember that at the conclave of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight Nu Chapter was dec ared inactive. For this reason, Brother Hugh F. Lewis of the Upsilon Sigma Chapter was authorized to re-organize this chapter. As a result of Brother Lewis' intense interest and incessant efforts in re-organizing us, we are again to be found taking our place in the fraternal world.

We wish to take this opportunity to gratefully acknowledge our profound appreciation for the services that he has so willingly rendered.

\Vhat think ye of N u Chapter now, after this precipitous av;akening from an apparently deep slumber?

Now let us relate to you only a few of the things that lnvc brought Nu Chapter into the lime-light of recognition again. The executive staff which has recently been elected coasists of entirely new officers who are the very spirit of vim, vigor, and vitality It is indeed a gratifying thought to the brothers of this chapter and to the fraternity in general that N u Chapter is so well represented by men whose diligence and intellectual qualities already displayed by them arc at the helm of state of this chapter. This is surely an eloquent c ::nnpliment to the chapter as well as to the fraternity. The responsibility of the present administration rests upon the shoulders of Brother R. H e rritt, president. a frater who is well known for his excecllent executive abilities. Further , he is an all around athlete, having displayeel his athl e tic and sporting abilities in previous games, of ''· hich the chapter participated. Brother Merritt has represented N u Chapter on several occasions-at the conclave as well as the several Pan-Hellenic conferences that have been held at the universities throughout the city. We are more than confident that with a man of his exceptional qualities to advise and to lead us, nothing but a very prosperous and successful year will be ethe ultimate results of his presidency.

Another whose shoulders are to the wheel in sharing the responsibilities of N u Chapter for this administration i s Brother Chas B. Evins. vice-president, a law student , an d the scribe of this article.

Too much mentioning cannot be made of our recording secretary, Brother Milton D. Quigless, who recently graduated from college having won the covet e d key at that i nstitution for th e maintenance of an extra o rdinary hi g h r e cord throughout the cours e B ecaus e o f hi s o u tst a nding r e cord in ;;cho o l and b e cau.'e of his p r o minen ce i n social activiti e s, it is s aid that he h as b e com e o n e of the 1nos t valuabk m e n in th e chapt er. v: e mi ght a d d in p as;.;i ng , t h a t t h is cl e arly bel o \' e cl br ot h e r o i o u r 1s n >w a n a>s; st ant in st r uctL1 r in com p a rativ e anatom ,· in t he sch oo l ir ol!l w hich he rece ntl y g rad u ated

OMICRON

Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C.

\Ve were indeed fortunatee in having Brothe r W. W Doyles return to the city in time to help fur t he r the p rogress in this chapter. We elected Brother Doyle to the important of our correspending secretary be c'ause of his neve r failing interest in the welfare of the chapter The chapter highly appreciates the sacrifice that he is making, because we all know that he is extremely busy in his research work in the study of which he may be considered pre-eminent, Sociology.

Now as treasurer of the chapter we have one with whom we are sure you are well acquainted, Brother John Quincy Adams Kelly. We have been informed that brother Kelly is obtaining for himself unparall distinction in t he pursua nc e of his study of legal jurisprudence. Brother Kelly has worked unceasingly along with Brother Lewis in bringing us to the front again.

vVe have recently taken into the fold Brothers Cecil Hariston , John C. Day, Francis Hu t t, C. Brady, William McGlowan, LeRoy Morgan, and Morris Williams; all of whom are playing conspicious parts in our social activities.

'vVe are glad to welcome back again Brother Howard Lindsey, with the assurance that he will again resume his activities with the same old fever.

By CHAS. B. EVINS

BRO. W. R. GREGG,

D.D.

OMICRON CHAPTER

Claflin College

Orangeburg, S. C.

Rev Vv'. R. Gregg is an alumni of Cla fl in Colleg e He att e nd e d Gammon Theological Seminary and receiv e d his } f ast e r ' s Degree fr o m B oston School of Theology. H e is inter est ed in th e mu sica l w0rld a n d is ac t ively een ga ge d in c o pun u nity welfar e w o rk. Rev. Gr egg is h e ad of t h e D ep a r t m e nt o f Religi ous Ed u cation a t Cl a flin C ollege. He is soon to be man ied to Miss Sa ll ie Ja ck so n , me mb er of t he Junior Class C o ntinued o n page 27

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OMICRON CHAPTER

Claflin College, Ora:ngeburg, S. C ,

OMICRON CHAPTER

Claflin College

On the night of February 5, a Club was organized, and a grand old Smoker was the .climax. There were a plenty of smokes, eats and drinks, (soft of course). The orators spouted on the greatness of our Fraternity and this " · · Chapter until they had us among the clouds.

Bro Lloyd F. Buckner wishes to announce his marriage to Vertelle M. Mott of Denmark, S C. Bro. Buck· nor has just finished his college course and was made pdncipal of Sylvania High School in Sylvania, Ga.

Bro Samuel H Cooper wishes his brothers to be informed of his good fortune. Though married "Sam" is ve ry happy. Mrs. Robecea Marshall Cooper is the College hooke r and a ve ry ab le one.

Bro. Andrew J. Proleau likewise wishes to marriage to Miss Kirky Blossomgame of Detro'it; Mich , They all are happy.

GAMMA-BETA-SIGMA

Gre.ensboro, N. C. o;: ;

BRO. RALPH WALDO MITCHELL, B.S.M.A.

Omicron Chapter

Claflin College

Professor R. VI/ Mitchell. one of the Charter m• 1nbers of ·the Iota Chapter is now witi1 u•; a3 Direct.Jr 'Jf the Department of Chemistry. He was at the head of the departments of chemistry and biology at Kitrell College. lie taught chemistry at V irginia N orrnal and Industrial I nsti tute He is a member of the South Caro lin a Teachers Assoc iation the Nat ional Negro Teachers Associat ion, the Virginia Academy of Sc ience, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. Bro. Mitchell received his B. S. from Shaw Un iv ersity in 1923 and his A.M. for Cornell Univers ity in 1928.

BRO. L. C. GR.EGG

OMICRON CHAPTER

Claffi n College

Rev L .C. Gregg, Chaplain of the Omicron Chapter, received his Greek-English Diploma from Gamm on Theolog ical Sen1inary, where he was one of the members of the <JUartett which made a splendid record. On leaving Gam•no n he went to church where he did excellent work

He is engaged to Miss Sarah Odessa Nea l of Lindale Ga. , who is a member of the Senior Class at Clark sity. · '

OMICRON CHAPTER

Claflin College

Orangeburg, S. C

(Continued from page 26)

Fraters in Sigma, Greetings:

.I-t is w ith much joy and good feeling that the Omicron Chapter again sends greetings to its brothers.

With our new president, Bro. Wilbur A. Henderson and the sp lend id group of co-workers the great plans can be realized with little exertion We are planning big things for "Bigger and Better Neg ro Business Week."

Last week end was duly celebrated by the Omicron Chapter when an all Sigma evening was planned and car· ried out. Every one present declared having spent a de · lightful eYen ing

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TAU U PON PSI ALPHA-SIGMA Washington, D. C. Louisville, Ky. South Atlanta, Ga.

TAU CHAP'l;'ER SIMMQNS UNIVERSITY

Louisville, Kentucky

Fellow Greeks:

The Tau Chapter is glad to report progress along several lines of endeavor; notwithstanding the misfortune of losing its president Bro. H. D. Carpenter who has gone to another field of labor. He was very active as a Sigma man, and was endowed with the ability to lead men We all miss his presence and wish him much success as a Sigma man.

Our first semester initiation was held in Nove,mber, 1928. At that time we initiated three members. The spirit of which they are manifesting is indeed interesting and encouraging. The names of the new members are Bro. William Carson, Bro. Melvin Strong and Bro. Laval Todd Duncan.

Bro. Carson who is the pastor of Fifteenth Street Memorial Church, and has been pastoring for three years. During this time he has made an exemplary record as a young man. He is a sophomore in college. Bro. Strong who is a senior in college, is a very energetic and industrious young man, he aspires to make his mark in the world as a re' "wned Mathematician. Bro. Duncan who is a sophomore college student at Simmons , is the assistant manager of the Varsity Basket Ball team and manager of the Varsity Foot Ball team, and chapter editor, . ·

We have outlined a program for 1929, that promises to place Phi Beta Sigma in the front ranks of other Greek Fraternities in the city of Louisville. Realizing more each day the necessity for brotherhood, we have made it a rule in each chapter meeting to read and discuss the rules and laws of the fraternity for fifteen minutes; by doing this we feel that a greater spirit will fill us, to promote the upbuilding of character and develop ourselves for service during the Bigger and Better Negro Business

We hope to have with us, some prominent business man to speak to our body of students.

The meeting of the Conclave in Louisville made an everlasting impression upon the public and upon the new members who had never had the chance to witness such an elaborate programme of a Greek Fraternity. \Ve shall always think of the wonderful address delivered by our most worthy pres;dent, Bro. Mitchell, who so beautifully illustrated and discussed the motto "culture for service and service for humanity." We shall ever try to live up to our motto and serve humanity. hoping· you will do likewise.

Fraternally yours,

LAVAL T DUNCAN , Editor RAMON JACKSON. Secretary

ALPHA-SIQMA CHAPTER

Washington, D. C.

Brothers in Sigma, Greetings :

We of Alpha-Sigma Chapter are pleased t o s end a message to those of Sigma whom we have not said hello to since the Conclave at Louisville. R eturning fr om the Conclave, we found work of great importance to Sigma to be done and under the leadership of Dr. Holloman and his official cabinet, viz: Vice-President.....-............................................Atty. George A. Parker

Recording Secretary

Dr. John A. Turner

Financial Secretary - Verdi M. Jones

Treasurer

Chaplain

Walter L, Carter

Dr Amos J. Foster we have jlet about accomplishing the same.

The meml,!ers of Alpha-Sigma are cooperating as usual with boys of Alpha Chapter in supervising affairs of Chapter House.

Bro. Walter L. Carter was promoted to Asst. Cashier at annual election of officers of Industrial Savings Bank.

Spring initia ti on is n ear at hand and in k eepinc with our policy, we intend initiating only a small number as we are looking forward to the time when our ranks will be made up of men who have come through the under-graduate chapter.

Alpha-Sigma Chapter sends her compliments to NuSigma or Brother Massiahs' having been designated as one of those to receive the Harmon Award for 1928.

Wishing you all a .fruitful year for Sigma, Fraternally yours,

ROBERT L. POLLARD, Editor.

PSI CHAPTER

Gammon Theological Seminary, South Atlanta, Ga.

Fellow Greeks:

Psi Chapter sends her greetings to you. We are glad to announce that Psi is moving on. We have affiliated with us Brothe r s Brown and Deason fro m the Chapters at Morgan and Lincoln, respectively. We have been wonderfully blessed with their presence.

The Missionary Sermon that is considered the leading event of the school year at Gammon among students and faculty and is second only to the commencement exercises, will -be presented -by Sigma. The preacher of this distinguished occasion is elected by the class with the approval of the faculty This is the highest honor in the gift of the school to a graduating student, and for reason careful consideration is given to the selection of the preacher Brother W A. Robinson, by the class and faculty has been crowned with this singular honor. We are confident that the place will be well filled - -

We announce the coming into our fold of Brother Leroy Hedrick who _is .a College student of high standing in the junior class of Clark University and one of the ranking students of the Middle class at - Gammon. Brother Jonas D. Soma who is quite versatile and alert comes to us at our great delight. He is a master of musical instruments from repairing them to the making of music on them. We are sure that we welcome these new men and are glad to take this time to introduce them through the Crescent to Sigma at large.

Brother y..c: Hodges who hails from the Chapter at Norfolk, V1rgmm and who has been a great inspiration to the Chapter in its infancy, will return to ally himself ane:w to the Chapter at home. He is to graduate this sprmg.

Fraternally yours,

W. M ELLISON, Reporter

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UPSILON IOTA Flint, Mich. PI Austin, Texas

UPSILON CHAPTER

Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C.

Brothers in Sigma;

Upsilon Chapter rejoices when the time comes for the publication of the Crescent in order that we might send greetings and express to those laboring under the motto "Culture For Service And Service For Humanity", the undying determination and intense interest that every member of this Chapter manifests in the effort to perpetuate and consolidate the units of this great brotherhood.

In spite of the difficulty which handicaps us from year to year by the loss of men through graduation, we find on our roll, after the fall initiation, e :1ually as many and in most cases more than we haye lost.

vV e ha \' e not as yet been able to purchase a Frat House but it wont be long. So far we have furnished a room in which any king would condescend to tarry.

Upsilon Chapter has lightened up a little in its s ocial activities until spring. Every effort is being bent tmvarcl s making our Negro Bigger And Better Business vVeek a success. vVe are anticipating making that week the best in the history of the Chapt e r.

A few clays ago Brothers, Bradley, Jones, Robinson, Meeks and Ormond motored to Greensboro to assist the Eta Chapter in their Annual " Prayer l\'feeting''. Ten ,,·ere reported to have prayed to Father Zeus.

Upsilon is in the midst of merrymaking over the return of Brother Davis. Bro. Davis has been a\Yay on one of his "investigations" for the past three months.

Just before the Christmas holidays the Lambda P,;i Chapter of the Omeg·a Psi Phi Fraternity entertained Upsilon at a smoker. vVe made merry until the wee hours of the morning.

It \\ oulclnt do to close this article without a \\·ore! concerning our Crescent Club. These little brothers are in every respect worthy of that name. In a fe\\' clays four or five of the twenty will be issued into the mysteries of Sigma.

By the time of the appearance of this issue of the Crescent we hope to have presented to the citiz 2ns of Salisbury our first "Sigma Day": belieye that this innovation will be a success.

Fraternity,

EDWARD BARNES, Reporter

MISS FLORA HILLIARD

Bride-to -Be of Bro R. J. Crawford

Pi Chapter, Austin, Texas

Miss Flora M. Hilliard, is now visiting her sister in California. It is rumored by brothers of Pi Chapter that is the lovely little bride-to-be of Bro. Richard J. Crawford. although he refuses to give out any information concerning the certainty of it; yet the reporter feels that he has conclusive proof that there is a wedding brewing about, oh , well, I suppose during the old romantic month of June. Hoorah for Bro. Crawford! Thou art indeed a lucky m.an.

"Sigmaism now and evermore, a campus sweetheart she was, but Bro. Crawford's darling now." The boys are all in mourning.

IOTA BETA SIGMA CHAPTER Flint, Mich.

Fell ow Greeks:

Th Io ;a B e ta Sigma Chapter sends Greetings to a ll Sigma Brothers. We are young but very active. We point with pride to our brothers of this Chapter, E. C. Robinson, Executive Secretary, Y.M.C.A., President, W. C. Ross, State Supervisor, Liberty Life Insurance Co., VicePresident, C. L. McKenzie, Realty Broker, Secretary, Austin S. Watkins, Mortician, Treasurer, (He is the only race mortician in Flint), R. C. Chadlin, National Treasurer \Vaiters Association, a big brother, Brother Wilby, owner Everybody ' s Department Store, a big brother, Brother Arthur MeLanin and last but not least we have t he National Vice - President of the Northern Region as a member and founder of our Chapter. Watch our motorcars to New York, December 27-30, 1929

PHI Little Rock, Ark.

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CHI

Atlanta, Ga.

PHI CHAPTER

Philander Smith College Little Rock, Ark.

We wish first of all, to extend greetings to all the Gre:eks thr;ughout the Sigma domain. These greetings, Fellow Greeks, are from a c hapter that once was dead but is now very much alive, the Phi Chapter located at Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas

At the beginning of the school year five members of the chapter, who returned to school with the help of our former president, who graduated last year, settled an old account with the General office and the chapter was declared active again. Next, several desirable men were initiated into the chapter. They were Ben D Henderson, P. L. Dorman, U. S. Parr, T. E. Baron, D. M. Wells, C. W. Hill.

On ] anuary 2, the members of the chapter made the social elite of this man's town take notice by giving their first annual dance at the Mosaic Temple. The affair was declared to be best of the season.

The elected president of the Chapter, Brother French Hicks, completed his college work at the end of the first quarter and was allowed to withdraw from school and he is now principal of a school in the state. He was captain of the Varsity football team for two consecutive years.

The vice -president of the chapter, Brother Clarence T. Nelson, is chairman of the Southwestern Student Couricil of the Y. M. C. A. and the Council of Christian Associations o f Little Rock. He is editor of the college paper and a member of the Varsity debating team.

The secretary, Brother 0. N. Nickleberry, is president of the College Literary Society, the Educational Club and the Mendelsohn Society.

The treasurer, Brother William Hicks, has beea student manager of the Athletic Association of the college for three years He is president of the Senior cla5s.

Brother Leon Ollison is chairman of the Student Council, vice pres ident of the College Club and a star player on the football team and basketball teams

Brother Mack Kendrick, who has been out of school for two years. is back with us now. Mack is the song bird of the chapter Brothers in Sigma:

CHI CHAPTER

Morehouse College Atlanta, Ga.

Chi Chapter is moving along with that one idea foremost -"Culture for service and service for humanity .'' This idea is crystalized into the heart of every brother old and young.

The Chapter had its fall initiation in Dec e mber. adding seven new brothers to the fold. These men are representative in every phase of college life. Griffin Day is known as th e "Big Tackle." He is a tackle of coming fame. He is

ALPHA-ALPHA

Ohio

persistent and has that power of perseverance that l!pells success Little Green also has the above characteristics a s they pertain to the gridiron. He is a half back of coming fame. His blocking, running and side stepping will place him in the hall of fame. He is also a basketball player of some note. We expect great things of him in the coming inter -fraternal basketball meet. A. V. Smith is a very verversatile character. He is a track man with a great degree of skill. He is also an orator of note and has had the d istingushed honor of attending th e World Conference of the Y M.C.A. held in Finland. He also ex cells in scholarship Winston, another new member was an honor man last year and Chi Chapter is proud to claim him as a brother. Livy , not Shakespeare's contemporary, but a Morehouse man, i s out to win the coveted crown which a Sigma man has held for five years, Robinson and E dwards won higher honor s for their Freshman year. They are both students wh o have the seriousness and that depth of thought that characterize geniuses. They, like some of our celebrities will make a lasting contributon to America.

Due to some very stressing statements made by Presiden t Mitchell on his visit to us last spring, we were well represented at the last Conclave. Our delegates brought back some very inspiring news.

Chi Chapter in co-operation with the other Chapter s here in Atlanta are now preparing for a very impressive program for "Bigger and Better Negr o Business Week" celebration. We are hoping to carry out the most impressive program had in the history of Sigma in Atlanta.

C. E BOYER

ALPHA-ALPHA CHAPTER

Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio

Fee !low Greeks :

'vVe have just begun our work for this year and it looks like a successful year for our Chapter.

We regret that we are to lose our dear Brother and President, Cecil H. Scott, who completed his B.S. degree in 1927 and is now finishing his degree in commerce

He is also Business Manager for our School Paper a nd also Business Manager for our School Year Book "The Forcean."

"During "Home Coming" week on the camp u s, Phi Beta Sigma took first pride for the best decorated Fraternity House. Our Frat house is known in all t he middle west for its beautiful interior, over stuffed furniture and nice dance floors.

Our annual program will be given April 14th, on t he campus and it's going to be Tight like That with Brother Sykes to play the organ, Brother Irvin on the saxaphone Lucas singing, Johnson delivering the ovation, besi d es ou; main speaker. We are doing everything to make a Bigger and Better Sigma

Brother Wilson we see why yo u like Miss R. McNarry, she is Zeta Pledge- she is on that t ime

Brother Lorenzo Irvin , who plays s a xaphone, violin , clarionet and plays in the school orchces t ra is a "tight

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SIDELIGHTS OF CHAPTER S UPON

THETA BETA SIGMA

New Orleans, La.

THETA - BETA-SIGMA

Fellow Greeks:

New Orlea1;1s, La.

This is the first time you hear from us in the Crescent. Everybody knows of the Crescent City and now you will hear of Theta Beta. We are glad to join in the march of Sigma channels in every way possible. Representing the extreme south we are spreading true Sigma spirit.

Our chapter was organized last year through Brothers M. S. Briscoe, former president and student of Mu Chap. and Lincoln University respectively and now Coach and Professor at New Orleans University, F. M. Frazier and D. Thonton, Professors at N. 0. U., Drs. F. T. Jones, B. Martin and E. P. Jimson. From this nuecleus has grbwn a body of eighteen prominent men of the city

Among whom are Drs. A. W Brazier, E. P. Thonhill, F .W. Barnes, leadin g medical and civic welfare promoters. Dr. Jones is head surgeon of Flint-Goodrich Hospital; Dr. Branger Martin, a leading dentist and Dr. Jimson who has a lucrative practice Professors E .V. Jone s, William and Hawkins from Alpha Chapter Howard University and many others including D. Segue, Wm. Bickman, C. Chambres, C. Connor and T. Griffith.

Our budget has been worked out and our plans for the year are working nicely. Theta Beta plans to bring one of our nationally known Brothers here for "Bigger and Better Negro Business Week" to speak after, a monstrous parade of all Negro business interprises Churches and schools will receive lectures from our members.

We are desirous of more co-operation from the National offices in the matter of correspondence. New Orleans is a fertile field and good prospects are evident, but literature is needed to carry on.

Brother Briscoe has allowed Cupid to shoot him. Miss Marie By(!rs sA. U. picked the arrow His many friends will be shocked because he was considered shy around the supposedly weaker set. Anyway, there is always one to render a man weak. Both came down to teach at N. 0 U. and fell in-You may guess the rest.

Professor Hawkins is about to get in the path. These New Orleans girls have a way all their own. Bro. Hawkins is one of our best members. He hails from Howard and is Professor at N . 0. U. Dr. Jimson is the mixer. Something like water, mixes wi th everything, says it's the only philosophy for a Doctt>r.

Drs. ] ones, Thornhill and Brazier are r eal Sigma men. They are present at every meeting and their votes go the same way. Later on we will let you know something else abou t members of Theta Beta Chapter.

Several affairs have been given including Smokers, Luncheons, and at present planning a private recital.

Here's wishing success to all Sigmaism we are eve r with you.

Fraternally yours,

DAVID SEGUE, Editor M. S BRISCOE, Pres.

KAPPA BETTA SIGMA

Brooklyn, N.

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KAPPA BETA SIGMA CHAPTER

Fellow Greeks: Brooklyn, N. Y.

The members of Kappa Beta Sigma Chapter take great pleasure in sending greetings and best wishes to all of their brotherhood throughout the land.

We one of the youngest chapters in the fraternity, not a. year old yet, are striving towards _Sigma Ideals and carrying With us the real Sigma spirit.

This chapter was organized by Bro. C D. King (as special representative of Attorney Thomas W. Reid vice-president of the First District). Though m Its mfancy the chapter numbers in its membership some of the most progressive and outstanding business and professional men in the metropolitan district Among them are :

Bro Dr: Courtnay Wiltshire, the most prominent optometrist in the Borough of Brooklyn. He is without a doubt a specialist in his line and we are looking forward to great things from him.

Bro. Dr. George T. Bynoe is considered one of Brooklyn's most active physicians and philanthropist. He was a generous contributor toward the fund for the Howard Medical Building.

Bro. George H. Beaubian is an active practitioner of note and enjoys the distinction of having been the first of his race to be admitted to the practice of law on Long Island outside of Greater New York. Bro. Beaubian has been designated to speak over station W ABC during Negro Achievement Hour for the current year.

Bro Dr St .Clair Critchlow has removed his office from 55 Irving Place to 173 Putnam Avenue where he maintains an office and a lucrative practice He is vice-president of the local chapter. His daughter Minerva is on the graduating list of the Franklin Lane High School. ·

Bro. Dr. Homer Bryant, formerly of New York City is now located at 334 Bergen Street where he conducts a general practice of dentistry. · '

Bro. McDonald Gibbs , prosperous operator is busily engaged in the management of several properties _.and estates from his modern real estate office at Fulton Street.

Bro. Hutson Lovell, who is associated with Christian and Delaney, 240 Broadway is one of our most brilliant lawyers.

Bro. Dr. Phillips M. Payne recently established an office located at 499 Franklin Avenue, and is doing fine.

Bro. Fred Jacob has just returned from abroad and we are glad to welcome him back to the fold

From all indications Bro John P. Lee is progressing nicely towards matrimony and we are looking forward to the participation of his nuptials.

'Ve earnestly desire that Sigma men elsewhere know that we, though few in number, exhibit the real Sigma spirit in our plan of hard work that we be outstanding and representative in fraternalism.

We are looking forward to the coming conclave which meets in New York, December 27-30, 1929 We expect to do our full share towards making the conclave a real success.

Again Kappa Sigma Chapter extends its greetmgs and good Wishes to all Sigma men and Sigma chapters. Let us ever keep before us the true spirit and ideals for which our fraternity stands.

By ROGER L. HINKSON, D.D .S., President.

SIDELIGHTS OF .. UPON

Nashville, Tenn .

ALPHA - GAMMA History of the Omega Psi Phi Fratt>rnity

ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTERFISK UNIVERSITY

Fellow Greeks:

NASHVI L LE , TENN

Alpha Gamma Chapter, one of the latest links which has been added to that great chain of Sigma Brotherhood that binds our hearts, our aims, and our purposes in indissoluble ties, sends its greetings to all other chapters of our great fraternity With the traditional zeal for action burning within us, we are blazing the trail of progress and growth The pioneers who founded our new chapter last year were five in number, but now our membership includes twenty -five stalwarts who are Sigma men to the core

The chapter has entered upon the second year of its activities with Bro. Fingal at the helm. Bro. Charles who was its first president graduated last August, and is now a student at Meharry Medical College. Bro. Fingal is a man of action, and there is no doubt that he will follow in the footsteps of his worthy predecessor. Members of the chapter are determined to make this year one of the biggest in its history.

We have received increased momentum from the Conclave wh i ch was recently held a t Louisville, Ky. Bro. Wilkerson, our Conclave representative, transmitted the spirit which pervaded ,that conference to us in an inspiring report. We shall not be lacking in contributing our quota to the carrying out of the thoughtful and comprehensive program _ outlined at Louisville .

Graduation promises to take many of our best members away. The following will graduate in June or August, next:

Bro. Wallace A. Fingal, Chapter President, President of the Y .M.C.A., Member of the Student Council, Member of the Varsity Debating Team. Major, Chemistry.

Bro. R. E. Wilkerson, Chapter Vice-President, Major, Business.

Bro. William Ross, Corresponding Secretary of the c!1apter, Winner of the Tennis Championship, Southwestern Conference, Major, Business

Bro . J. Williamson Moore, Chapter Editor, Member of the Inter-Fraternal Council, Member of the Varsity Debating Team. Major, Chemistry.

Bro. James L. Black, Versatile Right Guard of the Varsity Football Team, Member of the Varsity Debating Team. Major, Chemistry.

Bro. Herman B. King, Business Manager of the Chapter. Major, History.

Bro. H. P. Watson, Student Assistant to the Research Professor in Anthropology. Major, Anthropology.

Bro. Merlin Evans. Major, Mathematics.

The graduation of these worthy men will be a serious blow to the chapter. but other members are determined to take up the torch and lead the way

On the Fisk Faculty are two Sigma men,- Prof. George W. Hines, M B.A., University of Washington, Professor of Economics; Prof. F Brown, M.S., Fisk University, Assistant Profess9r of Chemistry.

Reports from this chapter will be incomplete if mention is not made of Miss G Settle, one of our Zeta Phi sisters who contributes to our success by her interest in us and her enthusiasm to see our cause speed on its Miss Settle received her M.A. from Columbia University, and is now assistant to Dr. Chas. Spurgeon Johnson, Research Professor in Sociology.

Backed by earnest and active members, and encouraged by staunch well -wishers, Alpha Gamma Chapter pledges to do its bit in crystallizing the noble ideals fo :· which our Fraternity stands, beautifully expressed in its motto, "Culture for Service, and Service for Humanity."

- Fraternally yours, J. W MOORE, Editor

ALPHA - DELTA New York .City*.

ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER

THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK Fellow Fraters:

February 25, 1929, marked the establishment of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at the College of the City of New York. This was accomplished largely through the ingenuity and foresightedness of Bro Alston C. Norton. Greek letter "Sigma" is the only Negro Fraternity at present recognized by any of the colleges and universities in this great metropolis.

The Editor-in-Chief, Bro. E. Palmer Banks, was present and made a short address . Bro . Chas. Govan of Epsilon Sigma Chapter was also present and distinguished himself as the first brother to give a donation to our new Chapter.

We are planning to make this one of the strongest undergraduate Chapters we have.

This Chapter was set up by Bro. C. D. King, President, Epsilon Sigma Chapter. We don't have to tell you about the wonderful work that Bro. King has done, because we are sure you have heard about it. He is a real Sigma man at heart

The name of this Chapter was wired by Bro. Lewis, our National Secretary-Treasurer, so we are fortunate in appearing in this issue of the "Crescent" by nameALPHA DELTA CHAPTER.

The officers are the following:

Alston C. Norton .. ........ ...... .......... ... .. ... .... .. ................ President

Alonzo Redwin Vice-President

Gordon R. King Recording Secretary

Walton C. Mitchell .. .... .. .... .. ..... .... ............................ .Treasurer

Albert Nesbit Financial Secretary

Cecil Janis Chapter Editor

Renee Desgannes Parliamentarian

Melville Williamson Custodian

William Silcott .. ....... ...................... .. ........... ......... ..... ..Chaplain

Fraternally yours,

G O RDON KING, Sec. ALSTON C. NORT O N, Pres HISTORY OF

THE OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY

During the Christmas holidays, the sixteenth Grand Conclave of the Omega P.si Phi Fraternity gave much tone and color to the social structure of New York City. This grand event added another chapter to the annals of Omega's achievements.

This Greek Letter Fraternity was founded by Prof. E. E. Just, Frank Coleman, Oscar J. Cooper and Edgar A. Love, November 17, 1921, at Howard University, Washington, D. C. From its local origin and obscure beginning, it has grown in scope to National significance of seventyeight chapters and a caliber of men that are among the foremost thinkers of modern times.

Omega men that are famed internationally: as a publicist, W. H. Pickens; historian, Carter G. Woodson; in science, Prof. E E. Just ; in music, Roland Hayes, and in athletics, DeHart Hubbart and Charles Drew. Our National characters are S. W. Ru t herford, busine ss ,and Paul R. Williams, architect. In the field of medicine and science, Omega men have a record that is renowned and unequalled to any that the coterie of Greek letter fraternities make note of.

Omega is playing a definite role in the affairs of m e n. Her liberal and magnanimous spirit is a vital entity in our social order and national life. Her progres.sive program is being felt as a race contribution in things that are vast and stupendous. Her definite policy is contingent with things that are hopeful and possible for the bette rment of man

One of the evolve group Literature.

outstanding features of her program is to consciousness through the study of Negro

A. MERRAL WILLIS.

SIDELIGHTS OF uPoN

EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER

Last Minute News

n TfeLboys are all anxious and ready to bump off our ex eagude opponents, Alpha and Omega We want revenge an now that we ha th t t f mouths th 'll b ye e as e o blood in our , ere e n o stoppmg us

EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER

New York City

FellowEpsilonFraters:Sigma Chapter under the direction of its newly elected President, Bro. C D. King, is making rapid progress The activities of our Chapter are frequently praised by our local newspapers. Recently om· Brother Austin adopted a very competent and substantial financial method of handling our funds. The importance of this system is so great that we should like to have all Chapters follow suit. It is a noble precedent, in that it enables our fraternity to accom:)lish greater tasks

Epsilon Sigma Chapter takes great pride in announcing the appointment of one of its members as Editor of the Crescent. This member is Dr. E. P. Banks. We give you a hint that the Crescent will be the greatest C1;escent yet published. It is only in keeping with th; very big way in which Epsilon Sigma Chapter puts things over.

As proof of our influence, I might cite the _ establishment of an undergraduate Chapter at New Yor k City College, also a project to set up a chapter at Newark, N J. These are only a few things Epsilon Sigma i s doing We regret that limited space will not permit publication of more of our activities.

Wishing every one of you a most successful career in your respective field, thereby reflecting credit on Phi Beta Sigma and also on the race of which we are members

Fraternally, L W WILSON, Repor ter.

EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER :-'III BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY

New York City

FellowEpsilonFraters:Sigma Chapter is now launching on the greatest basket ball season of its career The fighting Sigma Five of New York is in excellent condition and b i ds fair to make history of its achievements

Did Sigma get away on Washington's Birthday afternoon? We did, "and how." W!}. simply r omped away with a strong Kappa team to the tune of a 38 to 21 victory. This is our second consecutive victory over Kappa. This was our first Inter-Fraternal League game. The fighting spirit of Sigma's team can't b e broken I t always comes through when victory is most need e d.

Living up to our custom of always p r oducing something th e other fell ow doesn't expect, w e trotted for th the "dark horse " of th e game ; Cecil Jani s, the shortest m a n in b asket b a ll. Cecil shifted, pivote d and darted m and about the Kappa m en so fa st th at they were at a loss how to stop him. "Bob" Drain. our sensational forward and captain was the other thorn in Kappa's side. Drain is the leading sco:·e r of the team. · He garnered 17 points in this game Wm. Bartlett ou r center, played a steady dependabl e game at guar d. The m en who pla y e d in th e g a m e w ere Cecil Jani s F: " B ob" Dr a in, Al Ca mpbell , C; Ed. Brown , G; Wm. B a rtlett, G; Bill Han dy , G ; a nd Victor Arche r , F.

In our game with Omega on Christmas ft in our lineup "Stretch" Gardn " a e:;,noon we Wmfree and Nathaniel Smith I Avery, scintillating game. Sigma led . . th e fi oys p ayed a to 9 Orne a h m e rst half by 16 half. and t'gd 'th owever, came back strong in the second Ie e score. From then on it was an b d ' adnd0 forth unlil 0 to 28. oun mega led by 30 Sigma · · t the 0 these two defeats and win belong on top hrk my Brothers, we the season ends IS w ere you will find us when

VICTOR S ARCHER,

Asst Ma n ag ;.·

BRO. J OH N VI . SAII/i PSO I\J

Surgeon Dentist

2309 7TH AVE., N.Y. CITY

s· John W. Sampson organized Epsilon tgma apter of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternit in lh920 He served as President of this Chapte/for t ree years

He .merited the title of D.D.S. from C 1 b' Umvers1t s h 1 fD oum 1a .Y• c oo o entistry, June 5th, 1923

S He rs a member of the North Harlem ociety , the Harlem Dental Society of th All' d Dental Council (White) H . T e Ie J h C · e !S reasurer of t he o nson Smtth University Club N y C H member of the Men's Group of the Yor: ban LeaguP and a member of the Elk M rh- Lodge. onarc

SIDELIGHTS UPON SIGMA MEN OF EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER

NEW YORK CITY

Brothers in Sigma-Greetings:

As your hosts at our Sixteenth Annual Conclave to be held December 27th to 30th, 1929, we are busily preparing to assure you a happy reception and a royal sojourn in the metropolis of the world.

It is our desire to make this the social capstone of all past experiences. We are determined that this shall be an epochal achievement in the annals of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity New York will do its part to bring about the realization of this fond hope, will you do yours? Will you endeavor to report active, not only every Chapter, but also every member of every Chapter?

"Aim at the stars" is an admonition that we should like to pass along with this year's slogan of our national Fraternity, "On to New York-Sigma Conclave-December 27 -30, 1929."

Don't forget about the Conclave during Summer vacation. Keep in touch with the brothers of your respective Chapters. Plan and work and keep our blazing ideal ever before you. We must have a large delegation. We live in a great age, we are coming to a great city, and we must put this thing over BIG and in grand style. will have a well-planned and worth-while program, and we must accomplish great things.

We are ready to welcome you to our city, to our Chapters, to our homes, and to our hearts.

C. D. KING, President, Epsilon Sigma Chapter

BRO HENRI F SHIELDS, 1909

Admitted to practice before Bar of United States Supreme Court. Washington, D. C., 1912. Served in New York Assemb lv 1923 and 1924; While there was elected Chairman of the Caucas Committee by Democrats; Was first Negro to be elected to legislature of any state by Democratic Party . Served Board of Aldermen 1926 and 1927 (New York City) Office: 277 Broadway, New York City. Married to Rosa .Tolly, 1906. One boy-Waldo DeWitt Shields. :t-.ifember Metropolitan Museum of Art; Phi Beta Sigma; Mystic Race Council K. of C.; Charles Cornell Assembly K. of C 4th Degree; Imperial Lodge of Elks; Chicopee Democrat ic Club; County Committee of Democratic Party.

BRO. C. D. KING Assistant Editor-in-Chief l\Tew York City

135 West 135th Street New York City

Bro. 'W alker is a "Big Sigma Man" of Epsilon Chapter He is a successfu l Real Estate Broker. He graduat';;d from State College in Orangeburg, S.C. He afterwards wenr to vVashington, D.C. and was very prosperous in his under takings. He came to New York City and continued in the Real Estate Business. He studied Real Estate Law at Ne w York University. His knowledge of the Real Ess tate Law has contributed greatly to his success so much so that it is claimed that he deposited over $10 ,000 in cash at the Dunbar National Bank, a few days ago

BRO. JOHN W WALKER

SIDELIGHTS O F NEW YORK

upon E P3I LO N S I G MA CH A P T E R ACTIVITIES

perpetrated by white owners of property in section s ·n which the colored peopel reside, diverting the profits t ln · should be used for the improvement of our n ci ghborh, · ! into other sections in which they choo>e to l've. 'l ' h , abuse on the part of a people who have n o , our development is directly responsible for t h e rapid de preciation of values of propertie s in sectic n s in wh:cll the col ored people ar e f orce d to live.

Bro. Austin is the treasurer of this chapter. he has in troduced a .system which we have never had b 2f or e

RECENT MARRIAGES OF BROTHERS EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER New York City

MOTHER ZION CHURCH

146 W. !37t h St. , New York City

This chur c h was b u ilt by B r o J. W. Brown, th e P astor. He h as g iven ou r Ch ap t er t he use o f t hi s ch u rch g r at is each yea r , to h o ld our Bigger and Better Negro Bus iness Mass Mee ti ng.

AUGUSTINE A, AUSTIN

Of Epsilon Sigma Chapter N ew York City

BRO. AUGU S TIN E A AUSTI N h as b --eE i " '!10 1 estate business for th e past tw elve years, and in 1919 organized the Antillian Holding Co. Inc. of 167 West 145th Street, w ith an authorized capital of $300,000. The Company owns property in New York City amounting to $1,040 ,500, enjoys a splendid reputation for service, and has paid a r e gular dividend a t the rate of 5 per cent. per annum f or the past eight y e ars , distr ibuting c a sh profits of over $42 .000.

H e is firm in his conviction that a great justice is be!llg

BRO. NOAH D THOMPSON was married his third time in Janu:-:.ry t o Mrs Hattie Hopkins Moore by Rev. Father Bennett in the St. Charles Roman Catholic Churc!:: Mrs. Tho m pson was formerly a concert singer. She appeared abroad with much distinction.

Bro. Thompson's first wife was Lillian B. Murphy, now deceased; the second wife was Miss Eloise A. Bibb, a California poet and author, wh o died a year ago. Bro. Thompson i s Business Manager of the "Opportunity Magazine," 17 Madison Avenue, New York City.

BRO. WILLIAM C HANDY, Jr , was married his first time in January to Miss Gondopher, of Jacksonville, Fla . They have a beautiful "' lil' l ove nest" at 321 Edgecombe Avenue, New York City.

Bro. "Bill" Handy, Jr , is the son of W C. Handy, wh o is t h e composer of the "Memphis Blues," and other g re at hits. Since Bro. "Bill' s" father went to Chicago to open a music busines s, he h as taken charge of his father's New York business, the Handy Bros. Music Co., 1547 Br oadway, New York City Bro Handy can touch t he h <:art cf a king when he plays those melodious me lodies on his xylophone. He is also a star on our basketball team.

BRO JAMES W. BROWN Pastor of Mother Zion Church New York City

"A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS."

BASKETBALL TEAM OF THE EPSILON SIG'Vf A CHAPTER, NEW YORK CITY. l ,Att'y J. W . Johnson , Manager; . 2 . J. Philips Jiggetts . Ex-Manager; 3,C. P . Johnson, . Cheer-leader ; 4, Edward Brown; 5, Wm. E. Bartlett; 6 , Wm. C. Handy; 7, Maurice Weeks; 8, S. W. Hardy; 9, H. R. Jackson; 10, Charles Mock. ex-coach ; 11 Dr 0. H Price, Ex-Pres. \ha p t er: 12 A M. Brady; 12, Right, A. M. Avery, Ex-Captain

SIDELI GHT S U PON SIGMA MEN

EPSILON SIGMA CHAP T ER. "!\EvV YORK CITY

Gr e etin gs fr o m

THE CRESCENT CLUB

Ath letic E d ito r

351 St. Nicholas Ave

New York City

S POR TS

Fellovi Brothers:

We believe that our athletic section clearly justifies its existence when ' we consider the vast influence for good , fraternity athletics have done in the past few years. There are four cardinal virtues which fraternity athletics carry with it .

First: Physical: Due to the rapid influx of students i n most of the universities, the authorities have not been able to afford physical recreation facilities for · such large numbers. If-, by any chance, they could, they could not arouse such stimuli as inter-fraternal contests afford. The fraternities then, which compose a majority of the student body, meet this crisis with inter-fraternal athletics .

Second, Soc iaL B y social I do not mean the mere casual acquaintance of a fair co-ed nor an acquaintance which keeps members of each fraternity watching the other a5 t hough he were really dangerous. There is more real s: n si ble discussion and good will created in an athletic meeting between fraternities than in most Y. M. C. A. gatherings; I am sure Also, traveling on various athletic teams affords contact with brothers of other chapters.

Third, Financial: Through inter-fraternal contests especially basketball, if properly managed, the chapter treasury should be well conmpensated for its initial outlay in equipping a team The inter-fraternal games are by far greater drawing cards than inter-collegiate games.

Fourth , P ubl i city: T he prestige which fratern i ty victories give, is inestimable, They are put before the country through the press. Inter-fraternity games are as boldly heralded in the headlines of the sporting pages as the leading teams in baseball. A good team attracts good prospective members especially those who have athletic ability

The D.bove named factors not only justifies fraternities' clai m to participation in athletics but gives the colleges a so l ution for under-graduate activities which the authori ties cannot cope with nor understand.

Fraternally yours, H. P. J I GGE T TS.

BRO

CHAS . A . BUTLER

BRO. H. P. J IGGETTS, A. B.

THE DUNBAR NATIONAL IS THE ONLY NEGRO BANK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND IS WELL SURPORTED BY SIGMA MEN.

DUNBAR NATIONAL BANK

fhe above represents the entrance to the Dunbar Natio r'al Bank, Eighth A venue and !50th Street, which opened for business in September, 1928. It is sponsored by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who is principal stockholder, and is an attempt to bring to Harlem the same type of courteous banking service rendered by the large downtown institutions.

With the exception of the officers all employees of the bank are colored, and have shown an ability comparable with that of any banking establishment in New York.

Since the opening day four additional employees have been taken on, and a number of promotions made. and a short time ago, it was with great pride that George C Loomis, cashier, announced the acceptance of Fred R. Moore, editor of "The Age," to serve on the Board of Directors.

The institution is equipped to to render a complete banking service including commercial accounts, special interest accounts, Christmas club, purchase and sale of securities. investment advice, first mortgages on real estate within certain restrictions; and has already an excess of 3.000 depositors on its books

The latter is a splendid tribute and response paid by Harlem to the founder of the enterprize.

At the present time applications for .stock are being taken in behalf of Mr. Rockefeller at $52. per share . full payment to be made by July 1, 1929. And owing to the large number of applications received thus far, each in-

dividual has been limited to ten sh.ares.

The equipment of the bank includes every known modern device to safeguard depositors The banking quarters have been laid out in a dignified and artistic manner and a friendly atmosphere prevails. The .same courteous reC2pt.ion is tendered to the small depositor as to his more fortunate brother.

To quote the words of one of the officers, "Our depositors are not only our customers, they ltre our friends."

Mr. Higg ins the President of this Bank is going to deliver t he mass meeting address for Epsilon Sigma Chapter during the Bigger and Better Negro Business Week in April.

A HUNDRED POINT MAN

A hundred-point man is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that employs him; who do's not listen for insults nor look for slights; who carr :es a civil tongue in his head; who is polite to s t rangers without being "fresh"; who is considerate toward servants; who is moderate in his eating and drinking; who is willing to learn; who is cautious and yet courageous.

DEMOCRATS EXPENDED $4,845,774 FOR AL SMITH

ALBANY-The Democratic National Committee spent $4 845,774 in the unsuccessful attempt to elect Governor Alfred E. Smith President. according to their statements of campaign receipts and expenditures filed yesterday.

"" SIDELIGHTS OF

BRO. Z. D. LENIOR PRESIDENT

KAPPA SIGMA CHAPTER ST. LOUIS MO.

Broth ers in Sigma:

The greatest conclave in the history of S 1gma came to an end in Louisville, Kentucky , December 30th, 1928. The official fa mily save one was reelected w hich shows that the graduate as well as the underrrraduate memb ers thruout the re a lm of Sigma we;e well pleased \vith the work accomplished.

The y ear 1929 is before us. Every true Sigmaite should put his shoulder to the wheel .a n d the trumpet soimds in New York 1929 we will answer to the roll. Th1s I S the sp mt prevails amongst th e Kappa Sigma Brothe rs.

Kappa Sigma C hapte r closed the o l d year ' '".1th the election of delegates a nd officers for the ensumg year. Bro. and Mrs. Zaid D. Lenior enterta ined. Our \Vives and lady friend s .we re our guests A dainty repast was served. All pre se :1t rep or ted an enjoyable evening.

The following were elected to g Uide us for 1929: Brother Z. D. L e nior. P r es ident: Bro M. Ke ndrick, D D.S V ice - President; Bro. \iV alter You n ge, M.D ., Cor r espo nding Secretary : Bro. \Y. R. Wi lliam s, M.D B u si n ess Ma n age r: Bro. J. A. Vl illiams, Financial Secretary.

The year 1928 was a very successful one under th e able leader s hip of Bro. J.T. Aldrich. M .D. T he formal Prom w hich was postponed for o ne yea r follow in g the conclave was missed by a ll.

B ro and Mrs. Earl W illiam s V ic e-President of the Western D i strict attended the co nc lave in Louisv ille, Ke ntu cky It is said tha the Vice -

KAPPA SIGMA CHAPTER

St. Louis, Mo.

President made a good report Kappa Sigma was represented at the conclave b y Brothers J. T. Aldrich, President and \V R. Williams, Business Manager.

The first regular meeting of the new year was in the form of a banquet held in the private dining room of the People 's Finance Building, at which time the new officers were installed by the regional Vice- President, Bro. vVilliams. A five course dinner was served. We had as our guests our w ives and lady friends.

Kappa Sigma is hoping to attain great heights this vear. The Brothers have caught the spirit \iVe strive to be the outstanding graduate chapter in the realm of Sigma

V\Te are looking forward to the establishing of a scholarship fund for worthy high s chool boys. Better Business week s hall have our hearty support.

Bro Wurt Wa lton formerly of Delta Chapter, Kansas State College now of the Music Department, Sumner High School of this city , and Bro W. S. Gibson, D.D.S., with the regional Vice-President hope to establish a chapter in Kansas City, Missouri. Bro. Gibson served as President and Business Manager of Alpha C hapter. Bro. J. A. Williams, D.D.S , is e njoying a lucrative practice " Jake" is an old Kapp C hapter man.

Bro Thompson of Epsilom Beta Sigma Chapter Louisville, Kentuck y ha s assumed Ma nagership of the Be a l Undertakin g parlors. Mr. Beal who died recer.tly was the father of Mrs. Thompson. We w is h them much success. H e r e's hoping that he w ill soo n j o in our ranks.

Broth e rs Rayford a nd Wallace Phar. C., formerly Kappa Chapter are practicing their profession. Bro. and Mrs. Ra y ford are the proud owners of two beautiful drug stores Mrs. Rayford Phar. C. is a Howard graduate.

Bro Edward Belle. M.D , is the proud owner of a beautiful "McFa rl and". No doubt Bro. Belle is look ing forward to meeting the ga ;1 g in New York.

Bro. · J C. "Tra ck" Yo un ge, A B. LL.B. formerl y of Alpha Chapter is in the city preparing for the Mo. Bar. we are wishing him much success We are hoping that he w ill soon join our ranks Bro. R. D. Matthews. D.D .S .. form er ly . of Alpha C ha pter h as l eft us , \iV indy City claim s him no w.

Brother s W. G r ay and Frank Brooks, D.D .S .. are kept bus y in their offices. Bro J T. Edwards, A B , M .D. , L L.B , is kept bu sy healing the sick, and pleading cases.

Bro. Attorney Frank C legg legal interpreter for the chapter is r eta in ed by the M issou ri Pacific Railroad. Bro C l egg has been wit h th e company for over fifteen yea r s

Bro. Fred Jones is follo wi n g the real estate business.

(Continued onp age 56)

SIDELIGHTS OF CHICAGO, ILL. UPON

UPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER

UPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER

Chicago, Ill.

Station Ups ilon Sigma Broadcasting:

The Upsi l on Sigma Chapter of Chicago brings you its most si ncere wishes for a happy and prosperous fraternal year. May it be the greatest we have had not only in Chicago but through the entire length and breadth of these United States of America.

Our chapter began the fraternal year by having our Annual Yuletide Dance which climaxed all other Fraternity Dances. The Warwick Hall was superbly decorated in the Fratern ity Dances A founta in which was in the center hall flickered blue then white on the merry dancing couples This presented a color scheme which has never bee11 witnessed, the Hoy A ristoi of the west

My attempt to give a partial description of o ur gala-affair may haye caused an attitude of indifference on the part of some but if y ou w ill draw upon · your imagination just for a moment you will discover that the point I try to make is that the Chicago Chapter is not one composed of "Dance Houmls" (wi th apo l ogies to Hon. Carl Murphy for using his phraseology). The graduate chapter gi \ e s on ly one dance a yea r.

From all indi cations we are expecting to break 'the 1600 attendance record for inter - Fraternity games Our opponents have three men playing with the famous Savoy team It is the concenst;s of opinion that the Savoy aggregation is the best in the country. They hold the sca l p s of the Ch icago Bruins of the Nat ion a l Basket Ball League ::tl so Herb. Joesting (formerly A ll American Fullback of M inn .) You are aware of the fact that they are all stars. Our task is one of no small magnitude , yet there comes a boomerang back "THEY SHALT, NOT PASS". If the y do; it w ill be the battle of their lives; for no stone has been left unturned th at wou ld aiel in the amelioration of their progress to a western inter-fraternal basket ball title.

Now for something more serious : Since last communication the following m e n have taken on the armor of Sigmaism: Atty. A. M Burroughs Pres of Cook County Bar Association; Atty C. Francis, Pres. of the National Bar Association and the well known surgeon Benjamin R. Bluitt.

We do not believe in blow in g our own h orn s. but we sincerely feel that if something is done that will benefit our pople, they in turn will do the biO\Ying of th e horns Therefore ju st watch our Bigger and Better Negro Business program headed by B ro. C. Francis Stradford

We have begun preparations for the :t\. Y conclave. We anticipate our representation to he four delegates. We want the conclave in New York to be our BIGGEST A N D BEST. Can we d e pend on your chapter?

The followi ng men were re -elected to pilot

upsilon Sigma for the year 1929: _ Geo. W. Lawrence, LLB., J;\*:- McCornell , D.D.S., W. C. H. Tavemer, LL.B , Treas1ii;t-g;1,icius Harper, A.B.-Editor: S. E. Gilbert, · G Norris. Ph. G.-Sergt. at 'rms; Elliot Small, D.D.S.Chairman of Board ·

The undergra,s!p ,., which has been a Mount Vesuvi usNtn't. ' tlj¢',west has discontinued her erupt ions and und er th;e' direction of Pres Merritt with assistance of Bro. Ervin and Quigless . has taken on the peaceful tranquility of accomplishing th ings that made our country so great in the last four years. "N u" Basket Ball team Is second to none in our Fraternity.

Look at our Fun Co lumn. \Vishing you abundance of h eal th and happiness. Upsilon S igma remain fore\ er in Fraternal Bonds.

Ro n LUCIUS HARPER. Editor Prof . ( HUGH LEWIS substituting )

BRO A. M. BURROUGHS

Attorney-at- Law

Bro Asa Morris Burroughs, born Chicago, Ill., January 26, 1893; graduate of Hayes Grammar School, 1907 Attended Crane High School and Kent College of Law. Law clerk in offices of Attorneys Laramie & Levy, A. J. O'Donall, Lynn, Hallam & Laramie; Lynn & Stephen; Lynn & Korn, from 1909 to 1822. Admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois 1920, and now engaged in the practice at 64 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Ill.

Secretary of the Cook County Bar Association 1924, 1925 and 1926 President of the Cook County Bar Association 1928- 1929 Member of Mt. Hebron Lodge, No. 29 , F. & A. M , Member of the Appomattox Club. Attorney for Binga State Bank. 35th Street Arc a de Building Corporation. Mid-South Finance Corporation and A B C Bond & Investment Company.

Married and living a t 4739 Champlain Avenue, with his w ;fe a nd four children.

.... GREETINGS

FROM

THE FORMER EDITOR-IN- CHIEF PRESENT EDITOR- IN-CHIEF VICE- PRES L. ROBERTS & SIDELIGHTS OF BETA

OFFICE OF NATIONAL REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT, NORTHERN REGION

406 E Wellington A venue Flint, Michigan

To all Sigma Men residing in the following States: Michigan, Illinois, Indiana , Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia:

At the last Conclave held in Louisville, Kentucky, the Northern Region reported 95o/o. This year we must do better. Our slogan must be more chapters with every Brother doing his bit to put over Sigma's Program, "Bigger and Better Negro Business "

I have formed Associations in Detroit, Evansville, Indiana and at the University of Cincinnati. We will report active Chapters in the next Journal.

To the Graduate Brothers located through o ut this Region, where there are no chapters of ignma, let me urg e you to use your influence in helping me to o rganize Chapters. Let me hear from the brothers in this region

All indications poin't to a banner year for our great fr ain the Northern Region. We led all the other Regions last year. Let's keep up the pace. Let every chapter keep up the ir to the Natio nal Secretary, Professor Lewis of Howard University.

BRO. I. L. SCRUGGS, M. D . Former Editor-in-Chief i Theta Sigma Chapter Buffalo, N. Y.

Fellow Greeks:

With great reluctance I yield the post of Editor of the _ Crescent This. is by pressure of business and my connection with a large number of civic organizatio n s The official organ is the one side of the fraternit y's deve lopment i n which I have been most interested in the past s ix yea rs Although not officially connected, it will still carry my best wishes. The Fraternity is particularly fo rtunate at this time in selecting Brother Dr. E. P. Banks, editor. I am sure he will develop the Crescent to new and higher levels.

GREETINGS FROM THE NATIONAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Fe llow B r others in Sigma:

I take great pleasu r e in greeti n g you as your n ew Editorin-Chief. P lease do not think that I am tryi n g to rival a ny of our former Editors, for I am not. I am only trying to bring our Crescent to a h igher leve l in keeping with the advancing age. To do so, one must not on ly have th e n ecessary patience, but must be prepared to sacrifice time and labor.

The o ld saying is that "a ma n of few words is a m an of act io n " This being tru e , I will try to be the man of action by serving our fraternity to the b es t of my a bi lity at a ll times.

I wish to thank you, one and all, again, through Our Crescent for the honor , power and confidence which you ha ve inv ested in me by you e le cting me on a unanimous ba llot as the National Ed itor-inChief of th e Fraternity's Journal at our F ift eent h Annua l Conclave which was h e ld in L o uis v ille Ky., Dece mber 27-30, 1928

Fraternally yours, E. PALMER BANKS.

The following men have b een appointed as Special Deputies : Professor Holmes Craig, Principal of the North Vernon Indiana High has been appointed by me to work Indiana for Sigma, Dr. A. G. Edwards of Louisville , Kentucky for Kentucky and Professor Hugh Lewis of Chicago, for Illinois.

Fraternally yours.

DR C. L. ROBERTS

BETA SIGMA CHAPTER Norfolk, Portsmouth, V a.

Fellow Brothers:

Beta- Sigma Chapter of Norfolk- Portsmouth, Virginia, is truly alive to the cause of "SIGMA". It has fifteen active member s who res ide in both Norfolk and Portsmouth. The chapter offers two scholarships, one for the highest student in I. C. Norco m High School and one for the highest student in Booker T. Washington High School. These said schools ha v e selected their scho lars and the schola r ships have been paid, and one young man is in V irg inia Union University, at Ric h mond, Va .. and the other young man is in Lincoln Universi ty, Lincoln, Pa. The amount of the consideration is twenty -five dollars. The chapter observes Bigger and Better Business week by holding two meetings of a public nature and members speak in the High Schools. The chapter urges each and every other chapter to have a full delegation in New York in December, and that there will be full co-operation with the General Board in the preparation for the greatest conclave in the history of our beloved "SIGMA"

Fraternally You r s, Dr. F. G. ELLIOTT , Pres.

Dr. F. W TURNER, Secretary

SIDE LIGHTS UPON SIGMA MEN AND

LAMBDA CHAPTER

PI CHAPTER

They graduated from Meharry l\Ieclical College, Class of 1927. They are now loc a ted in the practice of their profes sio n at 100 vVest 128th Street. New York City. Bro. Cravvforcl and Bro. Layne have establisheel a very remunerative practice in this city and from present indications their prospects for success seem practically assured.

Bro Crawford, and Bro. Layne. have opened up one of the most modern dental offices to be found in this citY and their courtesy and conscientious services to their many patients have already been the subject of favorable discussion among their friends. These brothers have truly lived up to the motto of our fraternity: Culture of sen·ice- Service for humanity."

PI CHAPTER

SAMUEL HOUSTON COLLEGE

Austin, Texas

Fellow Greeks:

We a:·e still happy to tell Sigma Brothers elsewhere tha t Sigma is holding its own here in the "Old Lone Star State." It is quite representative of all that is best in the world of societies and organizations, as we fePl that it is doing elsewhere.

The membership of Pi Chapter has been doubled since December 16th, last; which is conclusive proof that Sigma in this section is a great institution built by men who are daring and willing to weather the great storms of opposition and cr iticism

The Sigma Dance, December lOth was qmte a gala affair and Spring bids fair to a most successful season.

M. S. Ellison was married to Miss Lovie Shakles just prior to the Christmas holidays, and Brother E. M. Cooper says, "It won't be long now." Looks like an actu ai case of "Sweethearts On Parade." It seems like the President, Brother C. L. Moore is helping others but himself he cannot save

By the way, word has just come in from Brother V S. Powell and Mrs. Juanita Marshall-Powell., both of the class of ' 28 that there is a "Cozy little dream house out here in ' San Angelo and love to the boys." Long live Sigmaism and may there be happiness ever after!

Fell ow Fraters :

Lamba Chapter

Virginia Union University Richmond, Virginia

We will on this occasion introduce to you our Brothers who a r e graduating from our dear old Union.

These m en have m ade a wonderful and an out;tanding record at Union. When these men graduate Union will lose some of her best men We will endeavor to reveal some of the achievements of these men in the following discourses.

Bro. George Dudley, Vice President of Lambda Chapter, star pitcher on Union's baseball te am, member of the Varsity C lub, a good scholar, and well liked by all of the student body and faculty. Bro. Dudley is a conscientious fraternity man. He works han:! to give Sigma the place that she should have

Bro. Stanley C. Dav is is a staunch member of Lambda Chapter. Bro Davis is a lso a member of the University Glee Club. He has a sp lendid, rich tenor voice. He is also a popu1ar st ud e nt of the hill.

BRO. S. H CRAWFORD, D D S.

BRO ]. F. LAYNE D. D. S.

HISTORY OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY

SIDELIGHTS OF ZETA CHAPTER

ALHPA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY

HISTORY OF THE

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY was the first Greek Letter Fraternity to be established for Negroes of college grade. At Cornell · University there were seven men with vision in 1906. They had seen the many benefits accruing from membership and fellowship in the college fraternities on the campus at Cornell. They realized that in these fraternities the fine line was drawn .so they first organized themselves into a literary society, meeting in each oth2r's rooms from time to time Discussions in these meetings finally lead to the definite formation of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and one of the men was sent to Albany with sufficient money gathered from their meagre monies to get articles of incorporation. The chapter at Cornell was known from thence as •Alpha Chapter. Howard University, as though a bit sorry that plans which her students had in mind had been forethought and made concrete at Cornell, asked and received permi;;,sion for the establishment of the next chapter, Beta. The p., U:pion University made known the wishes of some students there for a chapter and Gamma Chapter came into being. The idea of those men at Cornell gripped the imagination and desires of scores and indeed hundreds of earnest students in the many universities throughout the country, the hundreds who had anticipated the pleasures and mutual profit to be had from college fraternalism.

Radiating from the inception of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in 1906, many other very fine Greek letter Fraternities have been organized and are doing excellent work. Today Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has more than seventy undergraduate and graduate chapters m ade up of upwards of three thousand men, scattered throughout the United States One charter has been issued for a chapter in Canada and another for a chapter in Africa.

For a few years after Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity had become a national organization it groped about, as a new organization must, before finally finding its reason d'etre, and then adopted a revolutionary principle as far as such are concerned The national body determined that fun and general deviltry, characteristics of the traditional Greek letter fraternity, was insufficient reason for the existence and pledged itself to the stimulation of the desire for education amongst its people This ideal of education was summed up in the slogan of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, "Go to high school: Go to college" and the furtherance of this desideratum the fraternity set to work. One week each year is set aside for the most intensive type of work along this line. During that ":eek mass m eetings are held throughout the country, pr1zes are offered high school and junior high school students for essays, visits are made to the o! youn&' stude;nts to impress upon them the need of contmumg their studies, scholarships are offered, luncheon conferences and many other means are taken to push this educational program, and sufficient time has elapsed to show definite results.

The adoption of this idea of helping the other fellow impressed itself upon af:ld other for it stamped the organizatiOn as be mg more than Imitators, -stamped the men of Alpha Phi Alpha as being possessed of vision and honor and sympathy for all.

ZETA CHAPTER

Morris Brown University Atlanta, Ga.

Fell ow Greeks:

To :rou we the members of Zeta Chapter extend our most sincere greetings, each program rendered by Sigma will be a success and worthy of our Fraternity, is our greatest hope.

Inspired by the reports from our recent Conclave the four local chapters have combined their forces and are determined to strain every nerve and sinew in order to put over the National Program as heretofore unknown in our city. Believing as we do, and rightly so, that Bigger and Better Negro Business Week, if properly carried out is as great a service as any organization could hope to render. Lambda , Chi, Omicorn and Zeta Chapters are withholding no effort in observing the week of Our National Program. By this effort we shall bring credit to the Fraternity, and make this week a vital stepping stone in raising the status of the Negro in the economic world, the purposes for which the program was established.

No less interested and determined are we that we shall ''bring the bacon home" in the local Inter-Fraternal Basketball Tournament. Our team is very good and the 100% co-operation of every member is certain thus we cannot lose. '

Zeta is looking forward to the coming initiation at which time a group of the most outstanding men on the campus will enter the fold and become saturated with th.e of Sigma." \Vith the successful termination of the above program, we shall consider the scholastic year 1928-29 as a term well spent.

By BRO. D. L.. WILLIAMS, Pres.

THE HISTORY OF THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek Letter Sorority among the colored college students, was established at Howard University in 1908. From that time on the history of the organization has been one of .steady growth until at present there are over forty chapters in practically all of the large cities of the country from New York to California.

Among the aims and purposes of Alpha Kappa Alpha, these are the most important:

To cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards among college students; to establish unity and friendship among them; to keep alive an interest in college life and progressive movements emanating therefrom for the purpose of improving the social status of our race, raising the moral standards and increasing educational efficiency.

TJ:e last purpose1 that of educational is being attamed by a Natwnal Program of Vocatwnal Guidance which to keep the Sorority in touch with women m high schools and colleges, and to give them as much encouragement and material help as is possible.

The two chapters in New York City have kept in constant touch with the high school girls in the city schools and wher ever need for advice in their work has arisen 0 ; direction in the of careers is sought, they have been ready and anxious to serve. To stimulate greater interest in high scholarship, Tau Omega and Lambda (N Y C.) have awarded to deserving graduates, four scholarships of $150.00 each. These scholarship winners are now matriculated in Smith, Hunter and Barnard Colleges, and are maintaining creditable records there.

That we may truly serve our race in developing in ourselves and others a fine type of womanhood is our sincere desire.

FLORENCE L. THOMAS.

mq£ Jln£±' z Olnrn£t

JOHN T. DOLES EDITOR

TO MARCH WINDS

nlow! blow! how long, oh blasting king. And harshly scorn the coming spring

And hrashly scorn the coming spri ng \Vith cold sleet and chilling snow?

Oh March wind blow!

L il' tender leaves how dawn their headsFrom marshy hollows

Spring flowers listen from their beds

To frogs -songs in the shallows, And hear you blow

Oh king, of scoring winds, why nip, ·March winds of the storm,

The rose's tender blushing lip, And drive away the sweet warm Spring, and rudely blow?

Your blowing scorns those dreary eyes. Eyes weary of sleep.

The stronger shouts t h e weaker sighs

It is but the faint that weeps, So March wind blow!

By

BRO. GRADY FARLEY

"WHERE THOU ART"

How strange a longing grips my heart

Since ruthless fate drove us apart

And circumstances made me go

\\'here dark and dreary clouds b end low;

O'er streams where sullen waters flow.

O'er barren lands where sere winds blow,

\\'here faint my tir'd mind wants to know

Where thou art.

1h feeble arms stretch forth for thee,

Alluring dreams are calling me; I'd g ive sweet life again to be

\Vhere thou art

(J h whither shall I find sweet rest

To soothe my weary mind? Oh west

\Vi nds, cool my brow-Appease with balm

The ceaseless cravi ng in m y breast.

Fair Prosep ine , and raise a palm,

To shelter on this barren c r est

This wand'rer "·an through fate's cruel storm

Through falling tears smile yet sweet face,

Out her e somewhere I'll strike a trace.

That will lead me to the place

Where thou art

:j J .t··-

By BRO. GRADY FARLEY MU CHAPTER

REMORSE

\;v'ell here's the dawn again,

For which I prayed through paltry sombre night

As I reeked, tossed and clutched my head

Like men who lay dy ing in bloody throes of war.

Through the night grim and cold as death,

My soul was stript of weal and ba thed in ceaseless woe.

Demons and phantoms played about my litter

\\' eird strains upon their hateful lyres

On my trial the wicked Cerebus pitched his camp

Howled and yelped about my head all night.

Things pierced my soul like darts of steel

\Vhe n shot by cruel and ruthless foes in war.

I i mplored death to end this bitter mess;

To send my so ul whirling through other worlds!

But dawn came on and pushed the might away.

E. A. McLAUGHLIN Alpha Chapter

FROM THE SANSKIRT

Look to this Day: For it is very Life of Life.

In its brief course lie all the varieties and realities of your existence.

The bliss of Growth

The joy of Motion

The splendor of Beauty.

For yesterday is already a dream, and to-morrow is only ;, vision

But to-day, well-lived, makes eve1y yesterday a dream of happiness, .'\nd every to-morrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this Day.

Such is the salutation of the Dawn!

COMPENSATION

I a m not a prosperous man;

The s hips I send out to sea

.'\re apt to meet some strange defeat

E r e they come back to me

And her eyes are dulled with care, And the castle that serves our prime

Is a poor affair to those in the air

We built in our courting time.

This morning waking slow

Tci a sense of the coming day,

Of the life too mean, and the might have been, My coward heart gave way

!II y heart. appalled, sank down, But rose again with a leap

At our delight when at head of night

Our babe laughed out in his sleep.

Jloct' s . Olorncr

JOHN T. DOLES, EDITOR

UPS AND DOWNS

"Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong; For the test of the heart trouble, And it always comes with the years;

And the smile that is worth the praise of the earth b the smile that comes through tears

PAL OF MY HEART

True to me, kind to me, never deceiving;

Cheering me, helping me, ever believing;

Sad for me, glad for me, never apart;

Dear to me, near to me,

Pal of my Heart .

Clean-hearted, strong-hearted, all the way thru;

Uplifting and tender, wonderful you I

Fair to me, square to me, life's dearest part, Best to me, ble st to me, Pal to my heart.

LITTLE OR NOTHING

- -:\ ' • ((' .": '

Merited praise is both agreeable and wholesome. Your efforts to please others invariably affords you pleasure.

If a man is wealthy enough he does not have to trust to luck.

It is always well to remember that foolish fear may double the danger.

People who never look forward to the future .seldom manage to get ahead.

No woman shduld think of marrying until she acquires a forgiving disposition.

The man who poses as a model citizen ha.s a hard job.

A man who is a friend only to himself has but few friends.

Multiplying her words seldom adds to a woman's popularity. If a man never makes a mistake he never makes anything else.

About the only cheap thing that gives satisfaction is a compliment.

The thermometer is a device for regulating the price of coal and ice.

A LESSON TO ALL STUDENTS

THE MAN WHO STICKS

The man who sticks ha.s his lesson learned; Success does not come by chance-it's earned

By pounding away; for good hard knocks

Make stepping stones of the stumbling blocks. He does not expect by a single stride

To jump to the front; he is satisfied

To do every d;:ty his level best,

And let the future take care of the rest

For the man who sticks has the sense to see

He can make himself what he wants to be, If he'll off with his coat and pitch right in;

'Cause the man who sticks can't help but win.

.B-E-T-A S-1-G-M-A for PEOPLE we hope to serve by Boosting Bigger and Better Negro Business each year.

H-Stands for HOSPITALITY that's shown by Sigma men, all over the country

!-Stands f?r INTELLIGENCE, which is easily found among Sigma men.

B--Stands for Bro. BROWN, one of the three founders of de.ar old Sigma.

· ·

E-Stands for ETERNITY, which Sigma shall always be for Bro. TAYLOR, another founder of dear old Sigma.

A- Stands for ANGER, which we should always forget after each (hot) meeting

· S-Stands for SCRUGGS, who is the composer of our Fraternity song (Our Cause Speeds On).

1-Stands for IDENTIFICATION, which is branded on most every true Sigma man's chest.

G-St.ands for GOODNESS, which every brother. must have seen in the Fraternity before becoming affiliated.

M-Stands for MITCHELL and MORSE our National President, who .has painted SIGMA in the valleys and on the mountam tops and shouted SHiMA! SIGMA! from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, and Bro. MORSE, the third founder of our band.

A-Stands for ALPHA, our first Chapter which was founded at Howard University ' Put all these letters together, and they spell PHI BETA

SIGMA, which means all the world to us.

By the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.

MONEY

How strangely money acts on different men

To some it's poison and to others food.

Some winning it grow kindly, and again, Others we see grow arrogant and rude

It changes all for better or for worse

To one a joy, to some one else a

This man it makes a .stranger to his friends

This one a friend to strangers passing by.'

The common stuff which every pawnshop lends Affects the heart, the mind, the flesh, the eye

It seems to have no standard and no rule

It makes a scholar and it makes a fool '

Because .they have what minted coins can buy mstantly appear to swell with pride.

Good JUdgment through the window seems to fly <\nd decent conduct runs away to hide.

While others, by good fortune winning much

Still walk the .world and keep the common

We know precisely what a drug will do; That water drowns and fire burns one and all·

But none can prophesy of me or you '

Whether with money we should rise or fall.

None knows what course the power of gold will take

Both good and evil follow in its w.ake. '

THEY ONLY LIVE WHO DARE

Stand upright! speak thy thoughts! declare

The truth thou hast, that all may share!

Be bold ! proclaim it everywhere!

They only live who dare.

TIME

TIME is-

Too Slow for those who Wait,

Too Swift for those who Fear,

Too Long for those who grieve

Too short for those who rejoice

But for those who Love.

Time is not

H. R. JACKSON EDITOR

ETA CHAPTER

A. & T. College

Greensboro, N. C.

Looking through the glass of imagination can you imagine

Brother Gibson telling the truth?

Burke doing the Charleston?

Connor missing a day on Lindsay Street?

Debnam not being a difficulty with his girls?

Gordon talking two seconds without swearing?

Lane winning a beauty contest?

Wilson staying a wake in class?

Holt keeping his mouth closed when Miss is mentioned? name

McKe than our president, staying off Gorrell St. on Friday nights?

Whitfield minding his own business?

Bennett refusing a smile?

Foust not limping after a game of football?

Mebane accepting advice rather than giving?

McGaulhin not playing football for his girl friend's sake?

Patterson not wanting to go to Winston or Durham on Sunday?

Hamme doing the Spanish Tango?

Grenshaw not being double-crossed with his gir l

Pledgee Harris?

Hester not having a girl in the city?

Ward, singing a solo in Chapel?

Jones with a gallon of gas in his car?

Streater delivering an oration?

Carter going without his new overcoat?

Normil remaining silent for a moment?

Deberry not wanting to play with the kids of neighborhood?

Lane not trying to evade the teacher's question? Wooten giving up playing his saxophone?

Torry leaving Brother Hester's girl alone?

McAllum picking a fight with Brother Patterson?

Bimb rey going to Warnesv ill e to see a girl?

UPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER

Can you imagine Bro. Lawrence missing a political meeting?

Can you imagine Bro. Small not being bossed?

Can you imagine Bro. Hugh Lewis settling down?

Can you imagine Bro. ]. W. Williams coming m before A.M ?

Can you imagine Bro. Allimono being a philanthropist?

Can you imagine Bro. Colum not being serious?

Can you imagine Bro. McCornell playing Basketball?

Can you imagine Bro S. E. Johnson being a father?

Can you imagine Bro. Harper missing an initiation?

Can you imagine Bro. Bowers having time to breathe?

MATCHED DRESS

Co-Ed (at P. 0.) I'd like to see some of your two -cent stamps, please The clerk produced a sheet of one hundred twos. The co-ed pointed to the stamp in the cen t er. "I'll take that one, "she said.

TRAGIC EXPERIENCE.

"Why don't you work? Hard work never killed any one!"

"You are wrong, lady I lost both of my wives in that way!"

BRO. H. R. JACKSON, EDITOR

PROFESSIONAL COURTESY

In a small town in Oh io there lived two men of the same name. One was a minister the other a lawyer.

The two men were continually being confused, and it was a common occurrence for the lawyer, much to his disgust to be called to the phone and requested to marry someone.

One day, after a countless number of such phone calls , the lawyer was again disturbed at eleven o'clock that night. On answering the telephone the following conversation transpired:

"Are you Mr Smith?"

"Yes ."

"Would you mind marrying me to-night?"

"Hell, yes; I'm too damned busy writing my sermon for next Sunday.

THE REASON

"I don't know what it is Doctor. John's just poorl y. that's all."

''Does he drink. "

"Goodne ss, no; he hasn't had a dr ink for twenty-five years."

"Then he has no bad bits?'

"No, except that he does like a cigar after a good meal. But I don't suppose he'd smoked two a year.

HIS EXCUSE

Trying to break it gently to his parents that he had flunked his spring semester examination, a student at N. Y. University wired his expectant family 111 Berlin as follows:

"Passed exam with flying colors; professors delighted, enthusiastic; want me to repeat it next July. "

PRIEST AND A SAINT ARGUING AS TO WHO GOES TO HEA YEN FIRST

Little Wise Boy: He jumps up and says: "I know who's going to heaven first.''

Priest: "Who son ?"

Boy: "My mother."

Saint: "How do you know?'

Boy: "Well last night mother was holling 'Oh Lord, I'm coming,' and she would hav e gone but papa was holding her down to keep the angels from taking her a\vay."

Kappa : What kind of a dress did Betty wear to the party last night?

Kat: I don't remember. I think it was checked.

Kappa: That must have been a real party.

Georgie: What! I thought you were on the water wagon,

TIP TO BIBBING BENEDICTS

"I went home quite a bit under the weather last night and my wife did'nt suspect a thing."

''Couldn't she smell your breath?"

I h I t bl k hollle and when I

"That's just it. ran t e as oc got to her I was all out of breath.''

PORTABLE PROPERTY

Mary had a little beau, Who always stayed so late. He seemed to think he owned the place, So Dad gave him the gate

..

''Will you marry me?

"What for?"

"I don't know; but that doesn't matter, does it?"

"Oh, Marilla, how could you break that lamp?

"Sorry, mum, I was dusting "

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RURAL RIPPLINGS

A city and a chorus girl

Are much alike, 'tis true; A city's built with outskirts , A chorus girl is too!

H. R. TACKSON EDITOR

WHAT'S THE USE?

\\'hat with the Psychologists claiming that the Ph ilosophe r s are liars. an:! the Soc iologist s say ing the Economists are wrong and the Geographies claiming that the Geologists don't know what they are talking about and the Biologists terming the Physiologists prevaricators. and the French language laugh i ng at the Spanish language and the Zoologists razzing one another. Why the devil d id I C'n·r come to college?

IT DOES PAY TO ADVERTISE

In Vienna the other day a man bought four pounds of sugar and found about a half pound of sand in it. So he advertised the fact in a local newspaper, adding "If the shopkeeper in question doesn't send me the half pound of sugar at once I shall publish his name."

During the day nine grocers sent him nine different half pounds of sugar. *

SPEAKING · OF RESERVATIONS

''Is this the Salvation Army Home?"

"Yes."

''Do you save wild women?"

"Yes."

"This is Donovan. Save me one for Saturday night "

THE RIGHT MAN IN THE WRONG PLACE

"You say it was Bill she really loved. Why, then, did she marry Harvey?"

''So that she'd have a nice place to invite Bill to."

STUMPED

''Te ll that fat woman she'll have to take that Big Hat nff the seat and hold it in her lap."

The usher came back a few seconds later and asked the chief: ''What'll I do now ? She says she ain't got no lap."

Dodo : Why do you insist on taking girls on airplane rides?

Ray : One reason is that they can't walk home.

I lodo: And what's the other?

Kay : You can't hear what they're saying

THAT K IND

"I think I'm going to get noiseless typewriter."

"I think I'm going to get a noiseless typewriter."

AN ABE LINCOLN

Big sign on the edge of the boastful little village of Cha· pel Hill : "This is the city George Washington would have passed through on his Southern tour if he had come this ,.,,ay."

BREAKFAST SHOWERS

Jawn-Oh. I say, it's raining out Jock- -Naw, that's just the wavelength of the grapefruit I'm eating.

One of the guests said to the colored orchestra:

''Do you hoy-s know the Prisoner's Song?"

Orchestra Boys : "Sorry boss. ain ' t a married man in this band."

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Tis: \Vhy did you break off your engagement with Steve?

Taint: Oh, my dear. he became simply impossible . He criticized the way I dressed and objected to my friends, and always wanted me at his beck and call. Then on top of all that he suddenly went off and married another girl, so I made up my mind to ha,·e nothing more to do with him.

ERO.

H.

R. JACKSON, EDITOR

COLLEGE LIFE AT WILEY COLLEGE

Well, I will never be made in another '·Frat."

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VANISHING

Nitro hydr och lo ri cacid w ill make gol d disappear. So wi ll import ed whiskey.

OUR YOUNG "MEN;" OH I MEAN WOMEN

Old Gentleman (indignantly ) : Look at that girl wearing kni cke r s-and her hair cut ju st like a man 's. W h y, it's a dis grac e! .,

' ' S ir, that's my daughter! "

" Oh, I b eg your p a rdon; I didn ' t rea li ze you were her fat h e r.'"

"Father! Say , I'm her m othe r."

FIGURES DON'T LIE

An Irishma n working for a Scotchman asked for an increase in pay.

The Scotchman r e plied : If you are wo rth it I would b e pleased t o give it to you. Now, let us see what yo u d o in a year, Pat. We have 365 days i n a yea r, 'yo u s leep 8 hours eve r y day, which makes 122 d ays yo u s leep, taken fr om 365 da ys, leaves 243. Now, you have 8 hours r ecreation eve r y day w hi c h makes 122 days ta k en from 243 da ys, l eaves 121 days. We have 52 Sundays in a yea r whi c h yo u hav e off, lea v ing y ou 69 days. You hav e 14 days va cation, take thi s off and yo u have 55 days l e ft. Yo u don ' t work Saturday a ftern oo ns; thi s makes 26 d ays in a year. Take this o ff and you have 29 days left. Now Pat, you ha ve 1 Y, h o urs for meals wh ic h totals in a year 28 days. Take this off and you h ave 1 day left I a lways g ive yo u St. Patric ks 's Day off so I ask you, Pat, i f yo u are entitled to a raise? Pat t h en a ns we r ed ''We ll, what the h e ll h ave I b ee n doi ng th e n ?"

D ra2yea r sq

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WANT A MANICURIST

''W here can I get so m e info rm at ion on mani cu ri ng?"

''H av e yo u tri e d th e nail fil es in the library?"

SMALL ACCOUNTS SOLICITED

Beggar (pleading): "Give a starv in g m a n a nickel f e r a cup o ' cawfee, please, Mister?"

"Sorr y , but I'v e on ly got a fiv e dollar bilL"

Beggar (affably): "Tha's a ll ri g ht, M ister, I go t cha n ge "

WORTHWHILE KISSES

'· Ever y tim e I kiss yo u , it makes me a b etter man.''

"Well, you don't h ave to tr y to get to h eaven in one night."

.· SIGMA PLAYING WHOOPEE OUT WEST

F is her, Lewis, Lawr e nce and Harper , Chicago.

CLASS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

P r of Daniels: }Jr. Sprott , w hat kind of me t e r ha s the poe m we have just finished reading ?

D. Redd (Whi spe r in g to Sprott ) : Buzz, Bu zz - z z-zz

Mr. Sprott (With all si n ce rit y) : Gas Mete r.

Co llege i s just li ke a was hin g m ac hin e: you get o ut of it just wha t you p u t i n, but you'd n eve r recog ni ze it b ot h m ee t.

" My new b oy friend isn' t th e kind of f e ll ow who goe s around eyeing legs."

"Good heaven s, Myrtle, never thou ght you'd take up with a blind man "

Human Ske leton: W h y are you on a di e t ?

Co nt or ti onist: I have to d. I ' m h av ing a hard t ime m aking

THE SIGMA'S PLEDGES PARADE

This is w h at we m ake o ur dogs d o in N. Y C. 0' Boy.

CAN'T BE PRINTED

''M y hu sband is p la in -spok e n; h e ca ll s a spad e a spade .'' ''So is min e, bu t I won't sa y what h e ca ll s th e law n 11 10 ' ve r ' '

WISE SCHOOL BOY

Teac h er : " John , if your fat h er e arned $40 a wee k a nd gave y our mother h a lf, w h a t wou ld s h e h ave?"

Jo hnn y : "Hea rt f a ilu re "

(Continued from pa g e 7)

TH E 15TH ANNUAL CONCLAVE

held at L o uis v ille , Ky.

i:cirs ,.,-ere arr anged, c o ns picuous a mong which are t o be n::nlc d the en t ertai n ments g ive n b y th e A. K. A. Sorority and. t he lo ca l ch a pt er of th e A l pha P hi A lpha F r aternity

The All - S ig m a Dance a t the Py t hian T emple, Decemb e r 29t h, ,·-;::s :1 gala a ff ai r for th e visi t ors an d f o r t he citizens of Lou i sville The Lo c a l C h ap t e rs m us t b e co m men d e d mos t h ighly f or t he s pl e ndid e nt e rta i n m ent and h ospi t a lity the Conve ntion

O n S und ay , the las t d ay of th e c o nvention , th e Ge n era l Office r s, alo n g w i t h m any o f t he de legat es mad e a pa t ri o t ic pilg r imag e t o t he birth place of A brah a m L inc ol n and a l so vmi tcd ''My Old K e ntuc ky Home " Th e Co n ve nt ion clos<r cl its sessio n s to mee t in N e w Y Ol' k in 1929 Th e d e l egat es r et u rned t o the v arious c olle g es and h o me s from w hi c h th ey c :nnc. s ati s fi e d t h at S igm a i s not o n ly m a king s ub s t an ti a l pr o gr ess in the w a y o f helpin g its me m bers but t h rough i t s lll c c ti n g s and c o ntac ts , i s m a king a valuable contributi o n t o t h e sol ut io n of th e p e r p l e x in g problems peculiar to our

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ANS W E R S (F r o m P aw· 23)

1. San Antonio, T ex., and Peter sburg, Va

2. D e Hart Hubbard, Ned Gourdin, and Earl Johnso n Hubbard and Gourdin won first a nd second places respe ctivel y , in the broad j ump. Johnson won third place in th e 10.000- m-et s r race

3 Fou r - Dr W. E. B. Du Bois, Ge orge E. H ayne s, J. Rosamond Joh nson and J a mes We l don Jo h nson

4 Alton 0 Adams, organi z e r and conductor of th e U. S Navy B a nd of St T homas, Virgin Islands

5. Jo s hua H. Jon e s , Jr , a Negro. The h ymn w q_ s nffL cially adopted by the city of Boston, by vote of its Council ;n 192/'l

6. Mi ss Talley was the fi r st co l ored per.son t o rece ive a diploma from the Insti t ute of Mus i cal Art of Bo s ion , the sc h ool 's hi ghest recogni t ion

7. N orth Caroli n a

8 ( E s timated ) 500,00 0.

9 , Th e Bank ers' Fire Insura n ce Company o f Durh a m , N.C

10 N e w York Di st rict. * *

HE WHO LENDS MONEY

He who lends money, doesn 't on l y give away h i s m ea ns But he also give s away the friendship of his life l on t< FRIEND. ,

So, if you can't te ll a good LIE to pre v ent the loan, Then don't be t he man who couldn't say NO

In preference t o that which may b e more precious. It is eas y to say , w hen we borrow , "0, how I appre ci at 'c

The favor, and what a h elp it i s t o m e." -

But 0 , how hard i t is to s h ow our appreciation

By paying that w h ic h we owe !

BRO. D R R. B JA CKS O N

ET A BET A SI GMA C HAPTE R

A Very en c ouraging letter from Bro jackso n.

Headquarters : 112 3 % Cedar S tr eet

Nashville, Te nn

Dr E P a lme r Ba n ks.

Ed it o r o f Th e C r esce n t

813 St. N icho las Av e , l\ cw Yor k , l : Y

De ar F ri e nd and Br ot h e r:

Fe bru ary 28 , 1929.

I h a ve n o t h a d a fo rm al intr o ducti o n to yo u , bu t t h o ugh the two ve r y fin e repre s e n t at ives th a t I m e t i n L o ui sv ill e wa s e n oug h f or m e t o kn ow t h a t y o u a r e 100% P hi Bet a.

I am so very so rr y I did no t r e ce ive your fir st com munic at ion in r e f e r e nc e to th e m att e r fo r th e C r e sce nt , for I am s u re I hop e to pr ove my s e lf to yo u th e sa m e as I a ss i s t e d Bro S cru ggs , w h o is a very pe r s onal f riend o f min e A ll ow m e t o con g ratulat e you f o r b e ing on e o f o ur N at io na! O ffi ce r s, y o ur v er y titl e w ill c on ve n ce o ur nucl e us tha t y ou a r e ca pabl e o f master ing th e s itua ti o n I held th e o ffi c e of S e cr e tar y T r ea s ur e r durin g tim e at M eharr y, but I did n o t ha ve th e tim e t o d evo t e th e se r v ic e w hich s h o uld ha ve b ee n r e nd e red I h eartil y mad e th e m ot io n fo r yo u t o ha ve thi s o ur n e xt Co ncla e, and I a sso ciat e d m yse lf w it h yo ur r e pr esent ati ves w h i le in Lo ui s vill e, u n til we b ec a m e g r ea t fri e nd s I ho pe to att e nd th e C oncl ave n ex t D ec e mb e r if n o thi ng pr eva i ls , at _)\· h ic h tim e I h o p e t o m ee t yo u. Pl e a se e xcu se my d el a y in a n sw erin g yo ur le tt e r, w ith r e g a rd s to all t h e b o y s a n d s pecial r eg ard s to M r. Leon ) Oh >lSOn.

F r a t e rnall y yo ur s, D m. R. B. J ack son , Pres.

BRO. H. R. JACKSON, EDITOR

THE DISASTERS

That happened to THREE of my delinquent FRIE N DS.

0 N E of them said : I will pay you

SATURDAY if I live, HE'S DEAD (oh what a pity)

Another said: I'll see you TO - MORROW, HE'S BLI N D (poor fellow)

Still another said: I hope to pay you THIS WEEK Or go to HELL; HE'S GONE, (isn't it sad, we both lost.)

PETTY LARCENY AFOOT

Burglar (in college fraternity) : "Keep quiet or I'll blow out your brains It's money I want.

Student: Just a moment and I'll help you hunt for it.

BARELY RELATED

"An' so yer name is Riley. Are yez any relation to Him Riley?"

' ' Very distautly. wuz me mother's first child. Tim \YUZ the twelfth " * * ..

THE MISSIN' MISS

"My girl reminds me of an old Ford."

"Why is a wreck or a flat tire?"

"No, no; she's missin' again.'' * * * A DRUNKARD

They tell me you're a hard drinker.

Patient : Don ' t you believe it. Doc. It isn't a bit hard .. * *

FATHER'S OPERATION

Little Boy (to father who has just returned from hospital after operation for appendicitis): Well , where's the baby'

"I w as out with a fraternity man last night and he had th e largest pin I've ever seen " " That wasn't no fraternity man. That was a policeman.'' * * ..

He: Young lady do you know what that stuff will do to you ?

She : Sure. make me cock - eyed.

BRO. JOHN DOLES OF EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER, N. Y . C. SAYS:

Bro. John Doles of Epsilon Sigma Chapter, New York City. says: ' ' The year of 1929 has come and i n turning over a uew I resolve:

Never to smoke---anything but good tasting tobacco.

Never to drink- -anything as weak as water

Never to use profane language-unless some guy makes me mad

Never to throw away my money on any day except Mo nday. Tuesday, Wednesday , Thursday, Friday. Saturday and Sunday.

Never to steal-anything that's chained or nailed down

Never to fight-any guy larger than I.

FRATERNITY BROTHERS

''Bill's lost his coat again "

''How's that?' '

''Can't find mine "

' ' I'd go through hell for my wife!"

"That's nothing: I've gone through it with mine."

great son of Iota and Shaw, in person of Bro. George .Mitchell. B r o Mitchell had a very colorful athl e tic career while at Shaw. He was often the h e art of many of Shaw·, teams and a terror to the association teams. We are wishing him all the luck and we are certain that he is happy at his po s itio n.

We have Bro. L. Cook who has made a great reputation as a p layer, and then a coach at Shaw Bro Cook is in the insurance business in this scity, but he does find time to show the public that he has no t lost his ability to cage baskets from a ny angle of the floor.

The fa st co!mopolitan team which rules this section in basket ball is being ably supported by Bros. Lytle. Mi tchell and Cook.

We are pledging our fullest co-operation to the editors of the Crescent.

Fraternally, C. L. .MOORE, Reporter

KAPPA CHAPTER

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, Tenn.

The Inter- Fraternity Basketball championship is wavering with a certain amount of uncertainty At the close of the first half of the season there was a tie between Alpha, Kappa and Sigma with Omega in the rear. Each team including Omega had won two games and lost on<'. We won from Alpha and Omega with a fairly wide margin of safety but we were evide ntly overconfident in our ability to subdue Kappa and did not play at our best. As a res ul t they turned the tr ick on us.

The second half of the !ea!on started with the A lphaOmega game. The happened and O m ega won The next week we played Kappa and remembering our first performance we played v a liantly and wo n by ::1 11 admirable score: But alas, the next game brought m; sorrow for were they not our opponents of old- Omega 0 And did they not defeat us? T h e game was keenly and cleanly contested, but to what end? We lost. The score were 30-23.

This then is o ur present state. We hope ye t to capt u r e the trophy bu t these are our c hance s, we must defeat Alp ha and Omega, must down Kappa! There is no doubt as to t he outcome of the former game but the latter \\"e dare not predict.

Our team is really a good one and well deserving of s uccess Such old t imers as Bro. Sorrells (Capt ) Stuart. Keenan, Pughsley DeLoatch and Fowler may be seen in action. New comers are showing up well. espec iall y Bro, Jo nes, Bell, .McDo nald, Wyett and Lashley.

The t ea m is in charge of Dr. V G. Tolb e rt. Succe'" t c> the Blue a nd Wh ite.

P S. BACCHUS. Reporter

LAMBDA CHAPTER

Union University R.ichmoad, Virginia

The actlvtttes of the Vars ity Basbetball team ha ve hampered the B "Frat" teams sand we hav e not be en a ble to get our machine in action this year. We are glad to say.

however, that the two star forwards of the Varsity are S igma men, E ll is and \V illiam s Ellis, U nion 's outs tan ding star is the h igh point man. Everybody calls for Ellis to shoot the baskets in the games This little fellow has a n uncanny eye for shooting b askets, tossing the ball through the loop from any angle. Ellis is also the captain o f t h e Varsity Team.

Harry \Villiams is the other forward and is the seco nd h igh point man. He is He seldom misses a try. of the floor. Ellis and

known as "Dead Shot" Williams. His bes t shots are from the center Williams keep the Varsity Team go ing. have never seen a pair work together more efficiently

E.MRRITT C. WHITE, Reporter

MU CHAPTER

Lincoln University

Lincoln, Pa.

Mu Chapter has been somewhat slow m gathering its momentum . The location of Lincoln makes it a bit awkward for the frats to han d lle inter-fraternity contests to any great extent. up. Nevertheless, Mu Chapter, has not given

e hav e organized our chapter t ean1 vvhic h is 110\Y in good form and our m anager has booked us two o u t of t ow n games in Wilmington, Del. an d Philadelphia respectively.

Bro. \ N atter "B us' ' Longshore is doing great thi n gs w i th the Chapter's team.

Our squad is composed of the following bro t he r s, M. H. Law. W E. Longshore , E. C. Brown, J P Perkins Theodore Hawkins sand A. "Buddy " Avery.

Pledgee. Bro Stone work hand les a ba ll nicely. \ Ve are expec ting g r eat thin gs from h im.

Bro. Avery who comes t o us from the New Yo rk Chapter is p laying a great game with the "Liotl" squad in many he has been the shining star and a great point gette r Bro. A v e ry got a great hand o n February 12. at New York when th e Lincoln "Lions" trounced Howard to up set the dope.

\\"e a re carrying on. Fratern a lly, R. H SEWELL. Pres id e nt * * * *

OMICRON CHAPTER

Claffin College

Orngeburg S. C.

Sigma is holding it's own in ext ra curriculum ac t ivit ies and especially in ath letics. Claflin Pa nth e rs will he undc;· the ab le guidance of Bro Isaac L. Murry during the spring a nd fall of 1929 It is expected that he w ill b e as go o d :1. captai n as he was a quarter bac k. Bro Murray is a t r iple threat and a three letter man

Bros. Jesse Armentt. Adrian H . Johnson . He r bert L. Davis. Samuel Singleton is a triple threat man and a Varsity member of th e following teams, Footbal l. Baseball and Tennis He was chosen a ll-state center. Bro. Arnett a ll -state fu ll back for the season of 1928.

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BRO. H. P. JIGGETTS, EDll.OR

letics. If you arc 111 the field ' you must do something. If

Bro. ] oseph Daniels is back at State A. and M. Coll ege you have men on the great Morgan College Five the Creswhere he has won the confidence of every one as the best cent doesn't know about it, you should have some anway south paw in the S. I. A. A. conference. Sigma men are no more effeminate than other frat men.

In the next report we hope to give you some great worb Don't see why they aren't on more of the teams or either of Sigma men on the track. your chapter ;s too dead to attract good men.

Fraternally y::mrs,

ATLANTA-This is not a chapter but a group of chap-

SAMUEL SINGLETON. ters. We are expecting Sigma to raise Whoopee in the Reporter. coming tournament . Y o u said that you are keyed up alCHI CHAPTER right that's the stuff.

Morehouse College Atlanta , Ga

We l>avt just begun our athletic activities around the campus so far as the Chapter is concerned, but we have made rapid strides in a short while.

It was our desire to have a cut of our team sent to the Crescent, but the delay in our getting our uniform makes it somewhat impossible. Our Chapter is fighting ahead in athletics as in other activities on our campus, we believe that Sigma deserves and must be able to attract the same sterling calibre of men who makes a showing on the court, gridiron , diamond or cinder path as any other fraternity.

VI/ e believe whole - h eartedly in the work that the editors of our Crescent will do and it is our d c·sire to cooperate with them

F t·aternally.

B. ]. HOPSON, President REMARKS FROM THE ATHLETIC EDITOR

ALPHA CHAPTER--sends in a rather promising report. Let us hope that they have awakened For the last past years they have only been set ups for the other frats at Howard Don't see why they have not delivered the goods before now. Winfree of Union should be great with Alpha Chapter.

MU CHAPTER-has made a desperate attempt at placing a quintet on the court. They certainly should. of course. Lincoln presents a peculiar situation from the rest but, go to the Mu boys. You have a few good men to build around such as "Buddy" Avery, Hawkins , Brown, Loug shore and Perkins.

LAMBDA-I don't see what's wrong with the old Alma Mater boys. Lambda copped the J<r:1t championship by lwating out Alpha in an extra contest last year. They arc not doing much so far this year ,although they have Harry Williams who is captain of the Panther Squad and a brilliant player. Also ''Legs" Gardner is in the city along with the mighty "Heck" Jackson. Bro. Ellis a new find. who is going great. That's what I call being represented on a team, such as Union's Varsit:r

UPSILON SIGMA-Too much praise cannot be given the Chicago brothers for putting a team on the floor. The results will be great, we are certain. Bros. Lewis. Merritt and Allimono promised us action at the convention. They are living up to their promise fine !

ETA-is carrying on, the Byram boys .1.lw<\ys d o They report that their chapter team already has the winning ways

GAMMA' CHAPTER-must bring us more ac:: :c n i:1

EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER-has not had the wmning ways, but it has put a team on the floor that carried a tremendous following and fought bitter fights. This team's d.::fcats has detracted nothing from that powerful aggregation.

[ will gladly apf)reciate any suggestions that may be offered in regar dto improving this section.

Fraternally yours,

H. P. TlGGETTS.

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BROTHER THEODORE "KID" SNOWDEN

Mu Chapter, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Pa. E1·othm' Snowden came to Mu Chapter from mouth, Va. Having had some experience in the ring, he decided to take up fighting as a means of getting through college. In the ring the "Kid" is a rip-snorting t iger; merciless, a calculating and a dynamo of power. Il •c ncv ..: r lets up on an opponent and can shoot blows from alm.JSt any angle. He is declared by some followers to be one of the best right hand hitters in the H') has to his credit over twenty-five knockouts; among Young Mickey Walker and Eddie Dempsey.

ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER

(C ontinu e d from pag·e 30 ) man! " He can be h eard playing "I Love You Tru ly" to (Miss H. vV ) every night and i n a f ew minut es he is reading a "C ampus Local." Do y cu r stu'T Lo r e nzo. Brother Vv illiam Pearson can be seen getting that ol e! r ig h t arm i n train ing to pitch for o ur Sch o ol Bas e ball team aga in this year. Brother Pe ar son s ure die! pitch som e wonderf u l games la s t year , and he still has that g o od a rm.

B roth er \ 1\Tm. (Half - pint) Russell i s th e shortest man o n the campus and fe els very p r o ud of that h ono r. Russ ell i s fr om Gamma Chapter, !\Iorgan Co lleg e. Bro. He does not fail t o w rit e the yo u ng lady in 1:-' h ib. t • i cc a w eek. vV hat's the big id ea "Russ, " ar e yo u "Hen P ecked? "

Sigma is ver y pr o ud of the ir broth e r on th e cam;)tu ·,dw is doing things in th e m u sical \Yo rlcl. B r other J am es S Lucas, w ho i s doing work in music o n the ca mpus le ading tenor on the U niversity Quart e tt e and Glc:c Club

Broth e r Ve rnon P enn ington, who r eceived hi s B S d egree last summer, is taking his ma s t er's in the U ni v e rsi t y of Chicago

P rofessor vVm. A. Sykes. M us. B. of C o lumbia l'niversity was through here sever al cla ys ago with a c o nc c rc company on his way south.

Brother C. Roosevelt Jo hnson ha s hi s c:lgage mcnt to M i ss Bernice G reen e of Shreveport, La Co: Jgratulations Brother Johnson!

Brother Rufus Bailey, why do you and th e lady from St. Louis stand out in the cold and " P unch ' ' so much:' Beware Brother B ailev. Rome w a s n't built :n a cla\·.

Our Pl e dg e Club is- coming al o ng fine and in the Spring we are hoping to let some of them see the light of our dear ' Sigma ."

DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY

(Co ntinued from page 18)

New York City; Beta Sigma, Washington, D C ; Gamma Sigma, Cincinnati, Ohio; Delta Sigma, Xenia, Ohio; Epsilon Sigma, Baltimore, Mel.; Zeta Sigma, Tuskegee Alabama; Eta Sigma Wall as, Texas; Theta Sigma, Chicago, Ill.; Iota Sigma, Atlanta, Ga.; Kappa Sigma, Houston , T€:xas

The founders ' of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority have set up high standards of scholarship, conduct and personality for all prospective memb e rs Associated with the sorority as honorary members are Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson , Mrs Florence Cole Talbert and Mrs Mary Church Terrell.

In a practical way, the sorority has worked to carry out the program of fostering scholarship. The Grand Chapter has both a loan fund and scholarship fund. Several students have been helped through these means. Alpha Sigma Chapter of New York presented to Gwendolyn Bennett a $1,000 scholarship for foreign study.

DOROTHY HENDRICKSON.

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BETA-BETA - SIGMA CHAPTER A" & T COLLEGE Greensboro, N. C

Beta - B e ta Sigma sends greetings to all fraters throughout the length and breadth of this broad. land. althou gh \va v down here in the Southwest our h e art s beat i n t unc with th e great spirit of Sigma. The old e r we the more do we feel the true Sigma spirit.

R :: c e ntly it w as our go od for tun e to add to our numb er three fine men in the perso n s of Mr. C. L. Brewer inst r ucto r i n the local high schoo l ; Oliver W. Johnson : Esq , promi n e n t a tto r ney-at- l aw and Mr. 0. W Simmons, also a tea cher in th e local sch ool s. T h ese m en wer e duly i mpressed with the mys ter i es of Sigma and have sworn to up ho ld her honor at all t i me s

In addition to these we have a d de d by transfer from Kappa Sigma Chapter, Brother T homa s who ha s recently locate d in San A n tonio. '

Fraternally yours,

R. R. DAVENPOR T, Sec'y.

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ETA BETA SIGMA CHAPTER

Headquarters : 112 3;/, Cedar Street Nashville, Tenn.

Eta B S ig1 1'a C hapter extend s h ear t y greetings:

The 15th An nual Conclave held in Louisville K e ntucky, D ecember 27-30 1928, clos e d one of the niost victor iou s Y cars in the hi s tory of Phi Be ta Sigma Fraternty. The inspi r at io n and en thusia sm brought back to u s b;- o ur mo st , -.- : r thy and \Viele awake pr og r e ssiv e P resident Dr. R. B. Jackson. has so fired each member of Eta Beta Sigma Chapte r to greater and higher accomplishments, that the \ ritcr f ee ls safe in saying that mor e will be accomplished this year than ever before

The Chapters Eta Beta Sigma, Kappa and Alpha Gamma C hapter will spo n s o r Bigger a n d Better Negro Business \\' cek, somet im e in April. at which time we are trusting much benefit will b e d e rived from our e ffort s No pains being spared i n making this th e best week ever obs rved in this community

\ \' c arc sur e each chapter joins us in exte nding heart fe lt sympathy to our Bro Dr. E. B. Jefferson in the death o f hi s beloved companion and wife.

\ \' ith our most efficient President and the co-operation of his strJng of offi cers a n d members of Eta Beta Sogma, the s tandards and ideals of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity ar e safe , and our colors will not ''trail in the dust. "

Fraternally yours, Dr. H. L. ALLISON :;S

UR E CRITICISM

The man is anybody and who does a nything is s ure t o be cntlCJzed Th1s 1s a part of the penalty for greatn es s. and every great man understands it; and unclerst ands. too, it i s no proof of g r eatness. The final proof c• l greatnes s h cs m be1ng able to e ndure continually "vYithout 1· ::

FAILURE

Failure e xists only in the grave. l\ifan, being alive , hath not yet failed; always he may turn about and ascend the same path he descended by; and there may be one that is less abrupt (albeit longer of achievement), and more ad;;p ta ble to his condition.

SIGMA MEN WHO HAVE BROADCASTED OVER RADIO STATION WABC

At Ste:nway Hall, New York City

Bro H E Williams January 18th

Bro. C. D. King, January 18th

B•:o. C. A. But 1er, February 1st.

B:o. E P B:mks, February 8th.

BRO H. P. JIGGETTS, EDITOR

ALPHA CHAPTER

Howard University

Washington, D. C.

Alp h a Chapter has acqu ired a t ower of reserv e stre n gth of 23, will invade the Atlantic Coast States early this season, i n p r eparat io n for t he comin g st ru gg le with t h e Home Greeks of D C. In a preliminary contest the Howard Sigmas face the Lamba Big Five, yester-year's champ ions of V irginia U n io n U n ive r s i ty

The return of Mud Johnson, brilliant forward of two seasons sago, coupled with \Vebb, last year's captain, com, pose a shifty forward line for the able support of "Red" Bank, Stella Varsity man at center In Winfree of Union, Alpha Chapter has acquired a tower of reservve strength in her fo r ward wa ll. T h e o ld g uards rem a in intac t B r other Gaskins, Womble and Gill are roving fighters who persistently refuse to allow their opponents to school.

Alp h a F ive will be busy at h ome and abroad th is season At the r egu lar Omega, Kappa, Alpha gam es will be p layed in conjunction with other Fraternal and inter - Sigma games of the East Coast

BETA CHAPTER

Wiley College, Marshall, Texas.

In athletics w e are approaching our acme of development. Bro D Redd, four year All-American choice by the leading colored sport writers, including Fay Young, has played a c o n sp ic u o u s r o le in th e two successive c h amp io n ship tea m s that Wiley has turned out in the years '27 and '28 respect ive ly. He was captain of t h e '27 championship team a nd is n ow captain of th e flas h y p u rple and w hit e Quintet. Bro. Redd is, undou b t edly one of the best a thletes in this section.

Bro. Calhoun, probably familiar to all as "Little Weight;" was also a supporting factor in the success of the strong Wiley Eleven He has held the position of varsity tackle for t hr ee years

Bro. H a rris promises plenty of competition for anyone who applies for first be rth as full back next year. He took part in several of the big games this past season and has caught the favorabl e eye of t h e coach.

We p laced two me n on the Wiley nine last season in the person of Lawrence "Red" Murray and Sherman "Okla Black" Harris. Bro. Murray held down the hot corner while Bro Harris was included in the pitching staff. Both of these men performed very efficient services in thei r positions Of course this type of service characteri zes every Sigma Man

The Sigm a t en ni s team is the best that has trod the purple and white soil. A "Rube" Foster and E. "Tony" Sprott are undoubtedly t he best racquet weilders on the campus.

Bro. Bedford is the greatest of all the sports If they awarded " W" for b ig timi n g he could wear a di fferent one each day, and lea ve a few in Louisville, K en tucky and Chic a go, and many other places

ETA CHAPTER

A & T. College

Greensboro, N.C

In Athletics Sigma boasts of having a number of ou tstanding Athletes. For the past four years, the mainstay of t h e foot ball team co n sisted of Sigma me n . The championship team of the C. I. A A. of 1927 was led by a Sigma man, Capt. Hester, who at the t ime was an all C. I. A. A. end. This year th e team was led by anothe r Sigma man, who is none other than Capt. La n e, better known as 'Horse.' Brother Lane received many ho n or s this season. by being selected on the All American Team, and beirg considered a sthe most valuable man to th is team. Too muc h canont be said about Brother Lane as an athlete, for h e has proved himself to be one of the g r eatest in the country. All sport lovers regret very much that Brother Lane has donned his uniform for the last t i me, having played his time out. In the regular line up we were represented by Capt. Lane , Patterson, Wilson , Streater and Hester

On the second team, we ha ve Deberry, Carter and Foust. Patter son, Lane and Streater were picked on the All Star team of the C. L A A. last year.

In basketball we are represented on the first team by Bros Deberry and Streater. These men have proved to be a power of strength on the Aggie Quintet In all the games played both Streater and Debe rry have been outstanding in their respective positions.

Our fratern ity team is composed of the following Brot h ers : Lane, Streater, Deberry, Foust and Pledgees Howard and White In a very thrilling game Sigma trounced the Om ega five to the scor e of 18- 16 Both teams p layed we ll , but the playing of 'Horse ' Lane and 'Red ' Streater held the Omegas in chec k. Both teams were r ep resent ed largely by regular Varsity men Eta feels proud of h er baske tba ll team and s h e is d oi n g a ll she can to keep them goi n g stro n g . : ,··

IOTA CHAPTER Shaw University

Dear Editor:

In replying to your requ est for rep or ts of the Chapters Basketball activities, I wish to state that we are heartily in accord w ith your m ethod but, i n ter - fraternity Basketball contests do not begin on our campus until early in Spring

Iota Chapter is being held up on the " Bear" Quintet by Bro Emmet May of Baltimore, Md. All that Bro May is not do i n g in th e g uard pos i tion n ee ds not be me n tio n e d He goes over the floor with the grace of a jungle panther smoothly and forcef u lly. Bro May ha s proven to b e quite versatile in many branches of athletics

\ Ve have also Bro. Jimmie Lytle as coach at Shaw Unive rsit y Bro. Lytle was without qu es tion one of Shaw's greate st a ll-roun d ath letes. H e was very succ e ssfu l last year at Morris Brown U niv e rsity.

MU CHAPTER

Lincoln University, Pa.

(Continued from page 25)

P. Perkins, and Edgar V. Wimberly. We will miss their various activities around the campus but are sure of their success out in the world.

Theodore 'Kid' Snowden who put Eddie Dempsey, the welter-weight champion of the state to sleep in the second round at the Arena in Philly made a flying trip to Pittsburgh over the week end. It is generally known ab?ut the campus that Santa brought the 'Kid' a perpetual glft-(A WIFE.)

Among those answering to the first call for candidates for the Track team were the following Sigma men:

Messrs. F.. C. Brown, Theodore Hawkins and Clarence Wilson

Mr. Richard 'Dick' Sewell outgoing president and delegate to the national conclave, has assumed the duties of editor to the Crescent for the Mu Chapter.

C. M. Jones spent th e holidays in Jersey with 'Bus' Long'ihore. , He declares that the folks in Jersey are 0. K. and some day hopes to go back.

We are now look i ng forward to our "BIGGER AND BETTER Negro Business Week program. A committee has charge of the arrangements and a successful program is expected.

'DICK' SEWELL

KAPPA SIGMA CHAPTER

St. Louis, Mo.

(Continued from page 39)

Brothers Wilkerson, L. S. Walthal, W. Hill and G. W. Holt, M.D., l ike Bro. Williams are busy healing the sick. Bro. Richardson, M.D , who. is located in Jefferson City is in constant touch w1th the chapter.

We welcome all visiting Brothers to St. LoUis, never pass thru St. Louis without seeing a Kappa Sigma Bro. Its worth your while.

Kappa Sigma sends best wishes to the general officers, and chapters thruout the country. She hopes for them a most successful year .

We will meet you in New York in December.

By Z. D. LENIOR, Pres. W. S. GIBSSON, Acting Editor GREETING FROM THE NAT'L REGIONAL VICEPRESIDENT, EASTERN DISTRICT Norfolk,

Gree t ings :

Va.

" T o the loyal an sincere "SIGMA" men out the entire jurisdiction and especially those hving in the Eastern District; I express to· you th_e g-reetings of the year for a true support of the policies of your Fraternity. Great progress has been made during the last four years in trying to place our organization on a firm business basis, and at the same time living up to the principles of the be-

loved order. The condition of our country calls for men who can advance the spiritual and moral standing of the same, and it is up to the men who have had special advantages to cast their lot in that great endeavor. Let our Fraternity take the lead in the economic and political development of this nation, and prove to the world that Fraternity men are sincere in their efforts for the good of mankind The next Conclave will be held in the city of hope .. Lil Ole N evv'" which T like to see every chapter represented.

Fraternally Yours.

THOMAS H. REID

HISTORY OF TH E KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY

On January 5, 1911, at the University of Indiana, Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi came into being. Its ten charter members were Elder W. Diggs, Byron K. Armstrong, John M. Lee, Ezra D. Alexander, Guy L Grant Paul W. Caine, Henry T. Asher, Marcus J'. Blakemore, George W. Edmunds and Edward G. Irwin.

Kappa Alpha Psi was chartered by the State of Indiana April 15, 1911, thus being the first Negro Greek Fraternity to be incorporated. Beta Chapter was set up February 8, 1913, at the University of Illinois and Gamma Chapter at the University of Iowa in March, 1914 Thus did Kappa Alpha Psi expand gradually but soundly to thP leading colleges and umvers1t1es throughout tne Middle West and thence into the East.

Today there are over fifty Chapters-29 unl).ergraduate and 24 Alumni-located at the leading seats of higher education and principal cities throughout the country.

From the beginning our founders insisted that the fraternity must have official recognition from school authorities before an undergraduate Chapter was placed at the school. This policy of not setting up an undergraduate Chapter except through official recognition of the school authorities has assured a safe and sound growth of the organization.

The official organ of the Fraternity is the "Kappa Journal ," which made its first appearance in April, 1914. The "Journal" is published monthly at Indianapolis, Ind., throughout the school year under guidance of Lionel F. A rtis, Editor-in-Chief.

In 1919, there was organized at Beta Chapter, Ohio State University, the first pledge club using the home "Srroller" to indicate that the members of the club were pledges of Kappa Alpha Psi. Today there are few, if any , undergradute Chapters without a Scrollers Club.

Kappa has four national programs, of which "The Guide Right Movement" is one The purpose of this movement is a vocational one. It is to help the high s chool boy find his place in the occupational world and to enter some sphere of usefulness as a member of his community and nation. We aim to Guide Right the future men of our race that they might think seriously and in the right channels about their future citizenship.

The Kappa Alpha Psi Laurel Wreath is awarded to brothers of Kappa for distinguished and honorable achievem e nt in their respective fields. Present holders of the Laurel Wreath are: Elder W. Diggs, founder and First Grand Polemarch; Robert S. Abbott, Editor of the Chicago "Defender"; T. Gillis Nutter, attorney and legislator, and A. A. Alexander, contracting engineer and present Grand Polemarch

JAMES A. JOHNSON, Secretary, Board of Directors.

HISTORY OF THE

ZETA P H I BETA SORORITY. CHI DELTA MU FRATERNITY AND SIGMA'S FRA TER

NI TY SONG

HISTORY

ZETA PHI BETA SORORIT Y

Zeta Phi Beta Sor ority had its begi nn ing a t Howard U nive r s it y , Washington, D C. in January, 1920

One day a member of the Phi Bet a Sigma Fra t ernit y, in th e person of Charles R o b e rt Sam u el Taylor, con ce ive d th e person of Char l es Robert Samu el Taylor, c o nc eived to a young lady b y the nam e o f Ar iz o na C leaver concerning it, and asked her if s h e wou ld not end eavor to establis h suc h a n organization at the Univers it y The young lad y willingly accepted the task and imme di ate ly b egan to work upon it.

The task was not an easy one. A lr eady t h ere existed at th e Univers ity the A lpha Kappa Alpha and the De l ta S ig ma Theta Sororities. These s iste rhoo ds had built up the ir reputation a nd th e yo ung wo men looked forward to having the privilege of joining e ither one or the other o f them, prov iding that they were fortunate e n o ugh to b e th e recipien t of an in v itation . To induce so m e one to j o in a Sorority that was not yet fou ncl ecl was so m ewhat d i fficult t o do

Nevertheless ab out f ourteen ladies wer e interested in the idea of a new Sorority and agreed to meet on a set elate to talk the matter ove r. T hey met, and after much discuss ion t h ey l eft th e m eeting full of e nthu s ias m. They came to a second me e ting and left in the sam e way. Happ y ;ndeed. was the youn g lad y who was putting fourth ever y effort to get the org anization on foot , to see s uch inte rest manife ste d ; but by th e time that th e third meeting wa s he ld, th e information had b y some means creeped ou t about w hat was b e ing clone; man y r e marks, s li g ht of course, had been made. It \vas more than some of those who h ad agreed to help esta bli s h the Sorority could stand. H e nc e a numb e r of the m withdr ew th e ir efforts until th e r e remained on ly fo u r yo un g l adies w h o were will in g to help carry on th e wo rk. They were: Viola Tyler, Myrtle Tyler, Pearl Neal, and Arizona Cleaver.

At lea st fi ve were neces sa r y to o rganiz e a chapter. All e fforts were put forth to find a fifth person who wo u ld be willing t o put her effo rt s w ith th e f o ur who were l eft Fannie Pe tti e con se nt ed to t-pake th e fifth one th en th e work was ab l e to b e carri ed on.

There f ore th e Founder s of Zeta Phi Beta Sorori t y are: My rtl e Tyler, Viola Ty ler, Pearl Nea l, Fanni e Pettie, a nd Arizona C leaver.

After securing permission from President of th e U ni ve rsity to estab li s h the s isterhood, the founders immediate ly drew up a co n s titution an d By-Laws based upon the Constituti o n of the P hi-Beta- S igma Fraternity.

The Sororit y was given a f o rmal introdu ctio n at th e \1\Thite - Law b y t wo frat ernity brothers in th e persons of Charl es Tay lor and Langston Tay lo r. A lit t le la ter a we lcome to the ca mpu s a nd g ood w i s h e s were ex t e nded the Sorority b y the A lpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta Sororities.

After b e ing es tablished and id eal s o f th e Sorority becomin g known, man y b eca me i nterested in it and th e m embership grew rapidl y from five t o m any Chapters were founded in other schoo l s and gra du ate c h apters in the ci t ies at large, until n ow the roster of twenty. chapters. Zeta Phi Beta women ca n be found 111 eve r y sectwn of th e U tiitecl States a nd Afric a.

In 1922 th e Sorority was mad e a national o r ga n iz ation a n d efforts were doub led t o do so m e work th a t was wort h whil e to raise the s tandard of ide al woman h oo d. A na t i o n a l hoard was formed and th e work that had be e n done by Alpha Chapter was tak e n over by the board

Fee lin g n eed of h av ing so m e and seekin g to h ave o ne that wou ld be 111 k eep 111 g w tth th e tdea l s of th e Sorority, th e id e a of "Finer VV: eek" was adopted. A week i s set apart ea ch year at wh tc h tim e e v e r y chapte r prepares a program m e for th e week suitab le for the occasio n.

The first Co ncl ave was h e ld jointly w ith th e Phi Beta S igma F r a t e rnity in Washington, D. C. during wee k

of December 25 , 1920 S in ce t h at tim e t h e Conclaves haYe been hel d sepa r ate ly _

T h e Sororit y sta nd s for th e hig h est ideal s of woma nh ood a nd for this r easo n admits to its m e mb e r ship only th ose 'NOma n who are of goo d m oral c h arac t er and who haY e attained a high d egree in education or a r e strivi n g to d o so

The Sorority has done some goo d work in the sho rt life it ha s li ve d It has given sc holarship s It has ass isted sorors in r eac hing th ei r goaL It has s uppo rt ed some of the Negro Publicatio n s . It h as s upp o rt e d th e mo st o u tst a ndin g o r ga ni zation of the Neg r o ra ce, the N _ A A. C p_

Zeta Phi Beta woma n are taking th eir p l aces i n the world in man y diffe r e n t fi e lds. In the Sorority may be fo un d Doctors , Lawyers, Busin ess \IV ome n , Teachers; W rit ers. Soc ial Service Workers, Home makers and Mothers who are rearin g the futu r e citi ze n s of t he r ace.

Si nce Ze ta Phi Beta is sti ll g ro w ing it s history i s of c o ur s e n ot complete. I t is the h o pe of the writer that manv pages wi ll be acldecl as t h e ye ars go b y* * *

HISTORY OF THE CHI DELTA MU FRATERNITY

The Chi De lta M u Fraternity was founcl ecl at Howa rd U ni vers ity Me dic a l Schoo l in 1913 T h e fo und ers we r e D E. C. Ter r y, a ss istant professor of medicine at H owar d Med ical School, and Dr. Charles Humb e rt, who is the pathologist at the Veterans' Hospital at Tuskegee, Alabama

About a doze n medical s tu dents got together and fo rm e d a frat ernity so that the member s mi g ht increase the ir oppo rtunity to se cure a better u nclersta nclin g a nd appreciat io n of the m e dical profess ion , n amely, medicin e, d entistry and phar macy.

From this small b eginning, chapters h ave b e en s et up in var ious school s and large cities in the U nit e d States . Th i s fraternit y is the only strictly medica l frat e rnity among Negroes . The locatio ns of the vario us chapters are: Was hingt on, Kansas C ity, St. Loui s, Ne wark, B osto n , N ew Yo rk , Nas hvill e, Lawre nce, Kansas; Ph iladel phia, Kimball , West V irgi n ia; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Por tsm o u t h, Virginia _

The officers of th e G r a nd Chap t er are : Mr. W .M Barret Pres ide nt, St. Lo ui s; Dr. ]. Lee, V ice-President, Newa rk ; Dr. W. McNeil , Treas urer, Washin gton; Dr. George A d ams , Secretary, Was hingt o n ; Dr. W McNeil, Edit o r o f the Dragon

MARSHAL L E. ROSS.

FRATERNITY SONG

OUR CAUSE SPEEDS ON

T h e f o und e rs of our wo nd ro u s band

In numb ers tho,' we r e thr ee.

Taug h t idea l s hi g h which soon became

A part of ever y Phi,

Said th ey, "O ur cause let u s mak e h eard.

O h , b ro t he r s, don't disma y

Fai nt not , fight on, for in this w i se,

O ur ca u se speeds on its way

From Wes t ern p lai n s to Eastern hill s

T h e r e comes a s hout of prai se

A s h out w hich t e lls of victory

Bids Beta Sigma r a i se.

A s h o u t whic h swe ll s to loud h ur r a h s

A nd t o u s see m s to say :

" Fear n o t, fight o n, for your ca u se spee d s

Nob ly on it s way!' on , march o n , ye might y host.

Nor think the j ourney clon e

Nor of f uture d ee ds to b oast.

T ill we've th e v ictorv won.

Th e n w h en w e h ea r. from t ime to tim e,

' ' S ig ma, " w h at of th e clay?

vVe' ll thu n d er h ack a l o n g the line:

"Our cause speeds o n it s way."

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SIDELIGHTS OF CHAPTERS UPON

Beta Sigma and Zeta

BETA SIGMA CHAPTER

NORFOLK-PORTSMOUTH, VA.

Beta-Sigma Chapter of Norfo lh Portsmouth, Virginia, is truly alive to the cause of "SIGMA." It has fifteen active members who reside in both Norfolk and Po r tsmouth. The chapter offers two scholarships, one for the highest student i n I. C. }Jorcom

High School and one for t he highest stude nt in Bocket T. ington High School. These said schools have selected thetr scholars and th e scholarships have been paid, and one youn g man is in Virginia Union Un iversity, at Richmond, Va , and the other yo un g man is in Lincoln University, Lincoln, Pa., T h e amount of the consideration is twenty-five dollars. The chapter ob>erves Bigger and Better Business week by ho ld ing two m eetin gs of a pubLc nature and members speak in the High Schools. The tcr urges each and every other chapter to have a full in New York in December, and that th ere will be full co-operatwn with the Genera l Board in the preparation for the Conclav r· in the history of our beloved "SIGMA "

Signed : Dr. F G Elliott, p,,.s , Dr F W. Turner, Secr<'ta r y

CHAPTER REPORTS

ZETA CHAPTER

Morris Brown University Atlanta, Ga.

We are fas t app ro ac hin g our Annual Inter-Fraternal Basket Ba ll Tournament, and for the first time in a long while we are enterin g the fray with an even chance of copping the titie. The boys are working together n icely. As soon as our ini tiation is ove r, will hav e additional material.

Bros. Roby George Robeson and Richerson, are holding ct own regular positions on the Mighty Wo lverine Machine this year. Vve also have two pledges on the team who !:ave known u;o well and mak e a valuable m e n. Rob er ts plays a whale of a forwa rd and Nelson is shooting guard of no little calibre.

Others, who are out to help give Sigma their all are, Bros. Smith, Dunn. Stearnes, Everett, Monroe and McC la r inian

The Sigma Quintet is being coached by Bro. N icks who graduated last year and has returned as A ssi stant Athletic Director of Morris Brown

I am s u re that with perfe ct co-operatio n a nd the s it' Cerity of eac h Sigm a man. is a mighty Sigma clash shall b e heard 3 t th e tournament which is not far off.

Fraternally, "Spogo"

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN FIELD OF ARTS

Erlitor.

From the days of P hyllis Wheatley , Negro slave w ho se poetry was praised by George Washington. th e r e have been many Negro poets. A hundr ed vo lum es of their ve r ses h ave been published Of thes e, Paul Laurence Dunbar is th e best known Counte e Cullen ha s won severa l prizes in n ational poetry co nt es t s a nd two v olumes of his poem s r ece ntl y '"e r e publi s hed.

/ \ numb e r of paintings b y Henry 0 Tanner , Ame ri can

Last Minute News

Negro, have been purchased by the French Government and hung in t he Luxembourg Gallery

Negro music, the spirituals, ragtime an d jazz, is generally credited with being America's only unique contribution in this field.

In devotion to the flag the Negro has no t been found wanting. Crispus Attucks was the first American to fall in the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770. Peter Salem and Salem Poor won distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill. There were some 3,000 Negro soldiers in the Amer ican Revolutionary Armies. In the War of 1812, Negroes fought ga llan tly with Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie, and with Genera l Jackson at New Orleans Something li ke 178,975 were in the Civivl War. There were 161 regiments.

In th e Spanish-American War, Negro t ro ops distinguished themselves at Guasimas El Caney and San Jua n Hill. Two hundred thousand Negro troops went overseas in the World War. Two Negroes of the 369th Infantry were the fir s t American soldiers decorated f or valor b y the French The Croix de Guerre was awarded four entire Ne gr o r egiments

At th e suggestion of Negro san itarians an d others, the Surgeon General of th e U nited S t ates Pu blic Health Servic e at vVashington authorized the Office of Statistical Investigations to prepare a brief bulletin on mortality among N egrJe s The bulletin was w ri tten by Assistant Statistician Mary Gover, with a brief introduction b y Edgar Sydens tricl: er , in charge of statistical invest igation s.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

Ce lluloid is made of so luble g u ncotton and camphor

The clic king of the tongue, know n as t he " Zulu click," i s 3 characteristic of Zulu speech.

Leonardo Da Vinci in vented the wheelbarrow

J eze b e l, the wife of Ahab, king of Israel, has bee n called "the most wicked of all women "

France has had its present form of govern m e nt since 1870, when Emperor Napoleon III wa s depos e d.

The Irish Free State to ok its p lace among the wor ld's commonwealths D e cemb er 6, 1922

vVa tches we r e first mad e in N u r emberg, German y. T hey y;erc call ed N ur e m burg egg s .\1oses' d escenda nts are never mentioned in the Bible becaus e h e w as married to an Ethiopian rathe r than t o a daughter of I s ra e l.

Moresnet is a n eu trali zed co u n try at the inte r sectio n of Holland Belguim and Germany.

SOME NEGRO INVENTORS

vV illiam B. P urvi s--Machine for making Paper Bags

Elijah McCoy-Machine Lubricator.

Dr. H. Julian - Aeroplane Safe t y Appliance.

C la r e nc e Gregg-Mac hin e Gun

Garrett A. Morgan- Traffc Sig nal Devic e She lb y D av idson- Improved Adding Mac hin e.

Char les V . Richey-- T e le phone Call Regis ter .

John 1\lf atzeliger- Shoe Making Machine.

Arthur L. Macbeth-Daylight Movi ng P ictures. And r ew ]. Beard-Car Coupling Devices.

Charle s E. Ho lmes-New T y pe of O il Burner for Furnaces.

Churchill Wh ite-He mp Breaking Machine.

W H. Robinson-Mechanical Dictionary

John White- Ca r Ra il A n ti-Sp rea ding Joint.

Henry W. Warm ick-Type-o-pho n e.

C h a rl es Robe rtson- "Creek Jac k," a power car s hi fting d ev i ce

Ja m es W hi tta k e r- Quick S top p in g Auto Bra k e

THE I

North Carolina College for Negroes I

Formerly the Durham State Normal S ch oc; l k-!

1 THE COURSES

Leading to the A. B. Degree and offering sufficient work in Seco n d - ' ary E d ucat ion to enable student s t o s ecure Hi g h Sc h o n l Teache rs ' Certificates , Class A, and High S c ho o l Principal s' C ertifi ca t es at the I com p letion of the cours e.

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2. THE SCIENTIFIC COURSE

Leading to the B S Degree. , t!

3. THE PRE-MEDICAL COURSE

A t w o -year pre-medical course preparing stud e nt s f or entranc e int o

medical colleges w ill b e given

4. SPECIAL COURSES IN COMMERCE AND MUSIC

The faculty consists of men and wom e n from the best coll eges :md H univ e rsities in the c o untry and meets the requirement s of th e N orth Caro lina it C olle g e Conference I F o r C a talog and furthe r information addr es s :

UPON

Bro. Petioni, N. Y. City, and Bro Dogans

BRO. CHAS. A. PETIONI, M.D.

Eps ilon Sgima Chapter

New York City

Dr. Pe:tioni is formerly from Alpha Chapter. He was on the committee to get the Frat house in Washington, D C. He is a graduate of Howard University Medical School and is now engaged in the successful practice of his profession at 114 'Nes t 131st Street, New York City. He was formerly a journalist of n;uch note

BIGGER AND BETTER NEGRO BUSINESS

BROTHERHOOD, SERVICE

AND SCHOLARSHIP

DR. M. W. DOGANS President Wiley College. He is a real Sigma man. Member Beta Chapter, :vrarshall, Texas.

BROTHERHOOD, SERVICE AND SCHOLARSHIP

CULTURE FOR SERVICE AND SERVICE FOR HUMANITY

BIGGER AND BETTER NEGRO BUSINESS

DR ROBERT RUSSA MOTON

Our Big Sigma Brother. Principal of Tuskegee Institute. :\Ia. Member of Gamma Sigma Chapt e r, Tuskegee Institute President of the National N egro Business League

BRO. A LBOK \V. HOLSEY

Member Gamma Sigma Chapter Tuskege e Institute ; Ala. Secretary, :\ :\ egro Business League.

GRADUATE CHAPTERS

ALPHA SI0MA CHAPTER, 1922 13th St N W., Washington, D.C. Dr. John A. Turner

BETA SIGMA CHAP'l;'ER, Norfolk, Va.

A t t'y - Thomas H. Reid, Box 87., Portsmouth, Va.

GAMMA SIGMA - CHAPTER, Tuskegee Institute, TuskeAla. Prof. Thomas, H. McCormick

D E LTA SIGMA CHAPTER, Winston-Salem, N.C (Inactive) Dr : A , L. CromweH, Atlantic Building

EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER, New York, N. Y.

C. D. K ing, 148 W. !38th St.

ZETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Baltimore (Inactive)

Prof. ]. W. Woodhouse

ETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Raleigh, N C. (Inactive)

C. R. Frazier, Merchants & Farmers Bank, E. Hargett St.

THETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Buffalo, N. Y.

Dr. I. L. Scruggs, 473 Jefferson Ave

IOTA SIGMA CHAPTER, Richmond, Va .(Inactive)

W. R. Allen, 527 N. Second St.

KA P PA SIGMA CHAPTER , St . Louis, Mo .

Dr. W. S. Gibson, 4320-A Eastern Ave

LAMBDA SIGMA CHAPTER, Atlanta, Ga .

Lucius Smith, 22 Butler St. N E.

NU SIGMA CHAPTER, Philadelphia, Pa .

Dr.Geo. W. Potter, 3909 Powelton Ave.

RHO SIGMA CHAPTER, Miami, Fla. (Unfinancial)

Dr. Kelsey Pharr, 1025 N W. Second Ave.

TAU SIGMA CHAPTER, Birmingham, Ala.

Dr. E. W. Taggert , 270929th Ave.

UPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER, Chicago, Ill.

Att'y George W. Lawrence , 34th & State Sts

BETA-BETA SIGMA CHAPTER, San Antonio, Texas

Prof. R. R. Davenport, 525 N Palmeta Ave

GAMMA-BETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Greensboro, N.C. (Inactive) G B. Lo v e

D ELTA - BETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Cincinnati, Ohio

Harry Martin, 1161 Sherma n Ave.

EPSILON-BETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Louisville, Ky.

J. M. Ragland, 613 W. Walnut St

ETA-BETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Nashville, Tenn.

Dr R. R. Jackson 1123;/, Cedar St.

THETA-BETA SIGMA CHAPTER, New Orleans, La.

Dr. E P. Jimson, 4108 Eagle St

IOTA-BETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Flint, Mich.

E C. Robinson, 406 Wellington Ave E.

KAPPA-BETA SIGMA CHAPTER, Brooklyn, N. Y: John P. Lee, 32 Bainbridge St .

UNDERGRADJJATE CHAPTERS

ALPHA CHAPTER-1922 13th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. James E. Jones

BET A CHAPTER, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas David L. Bedford

GAMMA CHAPTER, Morgan College, Baltimore, Mr. Carlson T. Roach

EPSILON CHAPTER, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa ]. L. Pierce, 518 N 58th St.

ZETA CHAPTER, Morris Brown University, Atlanta, Ga. D L. Williams.

ETA CHAPTER , A. & T. College, Greensboro, N.C. H. R. McKethan

IOTA CHAPTER, Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C. William B. Turner

KAPPA CHAPTER, ,Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn. L. Pughsley ·

LAMBDA CHAPTER, Va Union University, Richmond, Va. J. H. Chiles

MU..- CHAPTER, Lincoln University, Pa. C. Mervin Jones

NU CHAPTER, Chicago, Ill.

OMICRON CHAPTER , Clafli_n University, Orangeburg, S.C. J. E. \

PI CHAPTER, Samuel Huston College, Austin, Texas C. L. Moore

TAU CHAPTER, Simmons University, Louisville, Ky J. D. Whitehead

SIGMA CHAPTER, Miles Memorial College, Birmingham, Ala G. P Parham

UPSILON CHAPTER, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N.C. David H. Bradley

PHI CHAPTER, Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Ark. (Inactive) Clarence T Nelson

CHI CHAPTER, Moorehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. C. E. Boyer

PSI CHAPTER, Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. G. W. Perry

ALPHA - ALPHA, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio James L. Lucas

ALPHA-BETA CHAPTER, Jackson College, Jackson, Miss. M. M. Reid

ALPHA-GAMMA CHAPTER, Fisk University, Nashv ille, Tenn W Fingall

ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER, The City College of New York A. C. Norton, 316 W. !39th St. N. Y. C. '

Bound together in the Noble Clan Every brother goes hand in hand To conquer in life's endeavor And secure the golden treasure

Culture for Service and Service for Humanity

ALL ROADS ARE LEADING 'TO "LIL' OLE NEW YORK'' _ TO THE r6th Annual Conclave

December _27, 28, 29, 30

Nineteen hundred and twenty nine

The City of Education, Industry and Finance