THE
SPHINX
OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA T H E OFFICIAL ORGAN OF T H E A L P H A P H I ALPHA FRATERNITY
VOL. II.
APRIL, 1916.
NO. 2
SIGMA CHAPTER (Harvard University) Sitting left to right: M. W. Clair, Treas., L. D. Turner, Chaplain, F. A. Myers, J. D. McClenden, President, A. A. Pope, A. H. Tavernier, Secretary, E. H. Crampton, Corresponding Secretary Standing left to right: J. S. Mitchell, A. B. Nutt, I. R. Berry, B. J. Bibb, M. L. Lewis, J. C. Hixson. W. A. Dart, H. W. Brown, J. A. Norris and J. W. Nutt, Jr. Standing top row left to right: L. C. Tyree and E. W. Baxter A BRIEF HISTORY OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY. By Chas. H. Garvin, General President 1912 and 1913Whenever bodies of men have been gathered together more or less permanently, they have tended to separate into groups based upon kindred tastes, aims, interests and ideals. This has been manifested from time immemorial. Nations and clans had their beginning in this way. Especially so has this been the case in the formation of college Greek letter fraternities, thus Alpha Phi Alpha had its beginning. It sprung up to meet a growing need
among Negro college men. This growing need was a closer bond among Negro college men scattered throughout this continent. W e are going to tell you of this organization that had its beginning only a few years ago, but shall have its ending only when there ceases to throb within the hearts of men those basic principles upon which Alpha Phi Alpha was founded. It hardly seems possible that an organization, with a scattered membership, could grow within the few years of its existence from seven members to an organization of more than five hundred members, from one Chapter, local in scope, to nearly a score of Chapters,