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IOTA CHAPTER Svracuse University. X. anton, 800 E. Fa Secretary, William P. Cunningham, 80J
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NU CHAPTER, Lincoln University, Line versity, Pa
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Cor Sir. Mark E. Parks.
XI CHAPTER. Wilherforce University. Wilberf .r.-'r Ohio
President, John L. H. Watkins. Cor Sec Harrv Roberts.
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PI CHAPTER Case School nf Applied Science and Western Reserve Un'*vers:tv, Cleveland Ohio
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t President, Edward J Wilson, 1136 8th St., Oakland, Calif.
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Cor. Sec, Leon N. Reaves.
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Secretary, Robt. S. White, Jr., 7 Claremont Pk.,
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President, James E. Taylor, 230 So. Capitol St.
Cor. Sec, Louis B. White, 230 So. Capitol St.
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Secretary, G. Leonard White, 1647 Lafayette St.
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President. N. P. Dotson, 97 Wilbraham Ave.
Secretary, U. G. Mason, 18 Spring St., Amherst, Mass
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fromtheGeneral President.. 3
Firestone's "Spare Tire" 3
Lambda and Feature Article by W R Adams 4
HISTORIA
The Democratic Convention of i860 6
OUR EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT Graduatesand Opportunity
•\l\IONG US ALPHAS
E Franklin Frazier, Wm O Foster, Phil Edwards, P Bernard Young 8
ACTIVITIES OF THE CHAPTER
V.u, Nil, Rho, Tau Alpha Alpha, Alpha i Alpha Zeta, Alpha Mu, Alpha Sigma, Upha, Gamma Lambda, .la, Theta Lambda, OmiI'i Lambda, Alpha Zeta anibdjjrffcRho Lambda 11
Lambda Corporation 17
iIFFINANCIAL ALPHAMEN is CUPID'S CORNER
Clinton-Burke, Kerr-Caliman, JonesLovelance 3
IN MEMORIAM
BROTHER EDGAR W. BARRIER Alpha-Zeta Lambda
Brother E. W. Barrier, whose untimely death occurred July 1, 1928, was born at Orange, New Jersey, August 26, 1896. Most of his life was passed in West Virginia where he graduated from Bluefield Institute in 1910 In 1922 he received the A.B degree from Ohio University One year of this period was spent in service during the World War, and it was at Ohio University that he was initiated into Phi Chapter.
Shortly after graduation he was appointed principal of the Brown's Creek District High School, a position he held until his death Here work of a truly outstanding character marked him as one of the most promising figures in the field of education He was to have received his master's degree during the summer of 1928.
Brother Barrier was a fine exemplar of what is called the real Alpha spirit, the spirit of service In fact, it was over-work that brought on his death. J|e served as delegate to three conventions; held, at one time or another, all of the chapter offices, and was chiefly responsible for the establishment of the present graduate chapter He was appointed by ex-President Cannon state manager of West Virginia for the Go-to-High School, Goto-College campaign, a^Ewas, at the time of his death, chapter president.
He was an indefatigable worker, a staunch friend, a loyal brother, and a scholar and a gentleman in the best sense of those much misused terms His passing will be deeply felt by all who knew him.
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ftMURE StCTION^
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION
GENERAL PRESIDENT'S CALL
To THE ACTIVE UNDER-GRADUATE AXD GRADUATE CHAPTERS, GENERAL OFFICERS, FOUNDERS AND HONORARY MEMBERS, Greetings:
By authority vested inmebytheLawandupon the direction andvote oftheTwentieth Annual Convention, I hereby notify youandallactive members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity that the TwentyFirst Annual Convention of Alpha PhiAlpha Fraternity will convene fortransaction of business,and is herev y called anddirected toconvene inthecity of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday, Saturdayand Monday, December 28,29and31,1928
Active Chapters are hereby directed to ascertain their rights under theLawasto representation in the General Convention, and will proceed to elect representatives in accordance therewith TheGeneral Secretary will furnish the printed forms of credentials induetime
The Standing andSpecial Committees which have been appointed arehereby requested tobegin atonce the preparation ofthereports ofthespecial subjects which areespecially assigned tothem, andtoprepare such reports as they deem wise to submit tothe General Convention, andto send copies of saidreports to theGeneral Secretary at least thirty days before theconveningofsaid General Convention
B ANDREW ROSF., Genera] President Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
BROTHERS OF ALPHA PH I ALPHA FRATERNITY, Greetings:
To those who think seriously andwisely, especially of theundergraduate chapters, themonths of September andOctober aresignificant inourFraternity Clio, thegoddess of History andFame, fling widea thousand gates, that ouryouth mayenter andsitat the feet of Minerva, thegoddess of Wisdom, and there begin or continue preparation for their life work
The significance istobefound, too,intherenewal of fraternity ties; getting thechapter homesinorder; establishing campus relations with other Fraternities and theplanning of programmes of social andother import
I like tothink tliat inalmost every institution therei will be an unusually large number of fine young men seekinghigher learning And that many ofthem will have entered asaresult oftheAlpha PhiAlpha, Go-to-College Campaign programme Many of these young mencome, nodoubt, with keen eyeandopen mind They will notwait a special period of time to seek andestimate thevalueoffraternal affiliation Already, perhaps, they arewatching theconductand noting thesayings oftheindividual Alpha PhiAlpha
men, as well asthedoings of their chapter With what result?
Bro.hers of Alpha PhiAlpha, inreminding you of these facts, mayi at thesame time insist that we set theusual high standard forthese eager, watchful, worthy youths High scholarship, noble sentiments, honorable conduct, unselfish service, magnanimity— these, among others,—are thetenets Iurge toinspire your motivesandcontrol your action inthepursuance of your work Cut Bono? Motivated bythese virtues your chapter will notonly bewelcomed inyour institution; it will become a beacon tothose young men, andwhen your fraternity door stands ajaryou will nothave toseek, fortheworthy about youwill come toyou—gladly
B A ROSE, Gen. Pres. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
By RAYFORD W LOGAN
DURING the past summer both the white and Negro press devoted considerable space to news and comments onthespeech made byDr Raymond Leslie Buell before theWilliams Institute of Politics on theFirestone Concession inLiberia. Assooften happens when only part of aspeech isreported,emphasis lias been shifted from certain incontrovertible facts tothevulnerable part ofthespeech Dr Buell undoubtedly weakened theforce ofhisthesis bylaying himself open toattack ontheground of bringing ii oneofthepresidential candidates. It islifeUy fitting then that attention should lie dircctel ,p(rird Shemore fundamental aspects of this influx of American capital into Liberia
A word about thebackground of the concession will serve toa better understanding of thepresent situation Three years agoAmerica found herself "•'<! !!l1 n " necessity of paying exorbitant prices for < ierlargely asaresult oftheStevenson Plan i^^Bestricted theamount ofcrude rubber to be rai^Ppnd exported from English possessions Whether this plan wasdesigned tooperate insuch a way astomake ourowners ofautomobiles indirectly pay England's interest onherwarde'ts,andwhether either ourState Department orDepartment of Commerce wasapartytothe fact, itisamatter ofrecord that atthat time—1925—Mr Firestone began assiduously to press hisefforts which were consummated inaconcession todeveloponemillion acres
Four facts that didnotgelinto theheadlines merit our attention.
First Actuated bythedesire topresent both sides of thequestion, Dr Buell invited representatives from the Departments of State andCommerce and from the Iire,tone interests toappear before theInstitute. None came There was, however, anuninvited guest Or toIK-more exact, aninvited guest arrogated to himself theduty of defending theabsent interests r>r Thomas Jesse Jones, thewell-known Directorof the Phelps-Stokes Fund andauthor of a bookand several articles oneducation inAfrica, hadbeenin-
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HARVEY FIRESTONE'S "SPARE TIRE"
vitedtospeakon EDUCATION IN LIBERIA For reasons which I shall not attempt to fathom, he announced that he would speak on the Firestone Concession in Liberia To many it seemed—and it was reported inthis way inatleastoneNew York paper— that Dr Jones wanted to enter his defense before Dr Buell could make hisattack on the following day
Second Two systems of labor,as Dr Buell pointed out, have been common in Africa The small system, used in the Gold Coast and in Nigera, has permitted the natives to own land, raise and sell their own produce, build up a lucrative export trade, and enabled many to become even wealthy. The plantation system, prevalent in South Africa and in Kenya, has amounted to a virtual return to slavery Mr Firestone has adopted the plantation system Information given out by his spokesmen indicates that three hundred thousand natives will be employed on the plantations There iscertainly a reasonable fear that these natives will besubjected tothe same policyof repression that has been practiced wherever the plantation system has been adopted in Africa
Third. Of the$5,000,000contracted for intheagreement,andunderwritten byacorporation organized for this particular purpose bythe Firestone interests, only $2,500,000 has been issued and that at a 10 per cent discount More important thanthat isthis astounding fact For perhaps the first time in the history of modern banking a refunding operation is made on more severe terms than the loan to be paid off A 5 per cent loan, which was to expire in 1952, is being refinanced by a seven per cent loan that matures in 1967 Thus, the new loan is two per cent higher and is to run for fifteen more years Worse than that is the obligation on Liberia not to attempt for twenty yearsany refunding of this newloan without the consent of Mr Firestone Even if a group of capitalists—let us say our colored insurance companies—wished to make a loan at five per cent to Liberia inorder that she might payoff this seven per cent loan, they can not do so before 1947 at the earliest
Fourth In an attempt to dispel the impression created by Dr Jones' statement that "this concession in th-; unanimous opinion of life-long friends of Liberia isthe 'est possibleagreement that Liberia could have obtained," I pointed out to the members of tinInstitute the following facts:
Liberia is paying to Mr Firestone sevet^W;r cent on two and ahalf million dollars, or an annual interest of $175,000 Mr Firestone, in return, is to pay Liberia six cents per acre per year If he operates the million acres, he will pay Liberia $00,000 a year
It is a matter of simple arithmetic to see that Liberia is paying to the tire manufacturer §115,000 a yeas (the difference between $175.000and $80,000) in order that he may have the privilege of supplying us with cheaper tires
It has been pointed out that the Negro Republic rrrv substantially 'ebenefited in indirect ways by the salaries paid to the plantation laborers Perhaps Thatdoesnot,however,dispelthedoubt asto whether "this isthe best possible agreement that Liberia could have obtained." There are, on the contrary, many life-long friends of Liberia who fear that shehas forgotten the classic injunction about the wooden horse and the Greeks bearing gifts
SIGMA LAMBDA CHAPTER
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings:
It isindeed agreat joy for ushereat Sigma Lambda to beableto write that our chapter hastaken new life, that manv of the once delinquent brothers are again alive and active, and that we have a big, wideawake, and progressive program before us. Sigma Lambda is going to make Alpha Phi Alpha prouder of her than ever before. But more about our chapter
activities in our next letter For this issue we are su mining for your serious consideration a paper presented to us at one of our regular meetings by Bro. Dr. VVm. R. Adams, who has affiliated with us recently. Bro. Adams is a "live wire" and we are sure that if this paper is seriously considered and given due heed it will prove a stimulus to you as it did to us and will serve to tighten up many loose places in our chapter organizations But we will let Bro Dr Adams speak for himself in the article which follows this communication
We almost forgot to tell you that Bro. H. C. Roberts, formerly of Morehouse College and later of Oberlin, is now with us Bro Roberts isteaching Modern Languages at Straight College We give both Bro Dr Adams and Bro Roberts a hearty welcome toour ranks
Wishing everybrother the richest of life's blessings, we are
Fraternally yours,
E M COLMAN, Editor to TH E SPHINX
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FRATERNITY BROTHER TO HIS CHAPTER
My hearers will kindly pardon the somewhat didactic of my first few paragraphs; but a clear interpretation must be placed upon terminology of an intelligent discussion of the subject This will also eliminate vaguegeneralizations which mayleavemy hearers in doubt concerning my real meaning in certain of the subtopics which are to follow
The term chapter, in its strictest interpretation under the general constitutions, which is our guide, refers not necessarily to fraternity houses and the equipment thereof but to the membership of individuals and also to the collection of said members as an entity with certain regulations, law and customs or to useabetter term,certain traditions Too much stress cannot be laid upon the traditions of an organization as customs derived from past usage are often as potent factors inthe life of an institution as the written law and at times even more forceful Let us quote an example—How often have you heard it said of an individual who is a candidate for membership that "he is not the type." This same person may have the proper average in scholastic standing, may mix well with the majority for the chapter members and beotherwise soagreeable, but fails to measure up to these indefinable qualities, not laid down in the rule book, but clearly understood by all A A men being the "tvpe."
With these ideas in mind further discourse becomes facilitated
Upon entering the fraternity we are required to learn the ritual and constitution The continued practical application of the principles these outlined is sufficient to maintain brothers in good standing The prompt payment of dues, the faithful pledge to secrecy and the daily upholding of the ideals are requisite to a status of fraternal responsibility All of these things are well known but no chapter is free from periods during which internal and external factors cause a weakening of the fraternal structure and a decay of the ethical relationship of individuals toward the chapter or toward internal parts of the chapter
The fault may lie in the wRole or in part of the tody. The history of the fraternity is replete with the difficulties encountered throughout the land wherever we exist in maintaining a proper balance with all of the brothers and their chapters The subject is too broad for anything short of a whole volume for elaboration of the real meaning of the fraternity Duringtheconventionat Kappa Chapter in Columbus,
Ohio, in1923a resolution waspresented which would have'required a hand book of fraternal instruction for theeducation of neophytes Theresolution failed because of safeguarding other fraternal interests, mainly that of secrecy It was argued that proper secrecy should not exist where so many individuals had copies of a book and new members would certainly have access tothe book.
It is not sufficient to initiate a manand recognize him as a full pledged member He knows nothing, or shouldknow nothingoftheworkingsof Alpha Pin Alpha He requires schooling in the complex machinery andcustoms so that he maybecome imbibed to true spirit of the founders At Beta Chapter in 1921 a neophyte remaining discreetly reticent for months following initiation while learning the machinery and ideals Consequently men so inducted become well qualified topass ontoothers the beautiful truths of ourritual andourheretofore unending achievements The pledge to secrecy was rigorously maintained andwhen violated wasunmercifully punished There wasseldom any infraction of the rule The menlearned thefraternity asthey didtheir class books and often better We must return to those days for real fraternalism
The biggest responsibility isthat of secrecy When it isa fact thetreasured heart of the fraternity beats for itsmembers andnotfor non-members We glory in having something common to us, but mysterious and universally sought after byothers Theidealsset forth intheritualaretheveritable"why"and"wherefore"ofourexistenceasanorganization Nobrother can lay true claim to real fraternalism whoby deed or word divulges what he hassolemnly sworn under circumstances familiar to us all to hold sacred and incommunicable
In recent years it issurprising tonote the growing indifference to secrecy in fraternalism. In the east and mid-west points of ritual andmatters commonly regarded asprivate areloosely handled about university dining halls, onthecampus,down incity restaurants and in fashionable resorts of the ultra smart sets College organizations are becoming gradually amalgamated into a super college club where hand shakes and hailing signals are community property At a recent football classic in Philadelphia a fight was narrowly averted when an A A man introduced to an Omega proceeded togive him the Omega grip although himself wearing an Alpha pin
At dances the women commonly try the grip on you, andhere inN O there isayoung woman from aneastern women'scollegewhosehusband isabrother who not only knows theold and new grips butcan recite portions of the ritual Alpha Phi Alpha has been avictim of this general decay
In Washington and Chicago Kappa men are frequently in the Alpha house and vice versa, just as if they were members That is why they learn so much I heard a brother yelling part of the ritual at hisopponents across a basketball court during the annual interfratemal contest last spring in the Lincoln Collonade. In New York a certain gullible brother proceeds toBrooklyn andinaneffort towin a young woman for himself had to tell her what they did to him in the initiation There is noend to the examples that could be cited They point to this fact—we must check this menace
To eradicate this and other evils we come to the responsibility of a more careful choice of those we take into our graduate and undergraduate chapters. We owe it to the fraternity to take in no oneof whom weorthebrothers elsewhere will be ashamed; in whom we have any but the highest confidence We can not keep the fraternity at its high level with inferior material Our responsibility goes beyond thebounds of personal friendship or favor In an effort tocompete with other fraternities we have violated every rule of theconstitution and of tradition Chapters areloaded with unassimilable material
These arethemenwhodonotknow A A andwho maliciously orunintentionally talk A A affairs One of theoldest undergraduate chapters in the land became disrupted a!out five years agobecause of differences growing out of the present poor material added to the roster A small number of intelligent men find it difficult toagree—a large number of less intelligent ones may never agree, nor even care to The body became divided into cliques and a strong hostility ate away the ethical fibre of the chapter It hashappened in other chapters andhas weakened the whole body. An example follows—wc value scholarship—yet last year at Beta A. A. men won three-fourths of the pizes in medicine at graduation. Our A. A. brother maintained the highest average for four years inmedicine, another passed the D C board with thehighest average, making over ninety, and another excelled in the competition for appointment of internes and no mention of any of this appeared in the fraternity journal which carried a letter emphasizing athletics, frat hops, and howthe brothers were "stepping out" socially We owe it to thechapter to select a type of manwhowill become amenable toourreal purposes
This discourse would be incomplete without reference to our pro'lems as a graduate chapter Our activities gotoestablish theorganization, the mature minds of the community, and also to inspire and stimulate the youth near and far to emulate usand to aspire after us We are bound to promote and foster each other—to engineer aspirit of real sympathetic brotherly love Differences should be frankly laid upon the table for discussion and under no circumstances should anyhitterness mark any difference of opinion We note that some brothers have talked to outsiders about other brothers, thus lowering the whole fraternity in the public estimation If your conscience will not allow youto boost a brother—at least door saynothing against him Todosoisto violateboththeletter andspirit of thelawandof the traditions sovery sacred tousall
Our responsibility demands a vigorous policy of sane anddignified publicity for community and personal interests; a spirit of cooperation and tireless labor to execute thechapter program There is no 1letter nor a more legitimate way of fostering our fraternity, norof showing itssuperiority than bygiving a waiting public evidence of thesuperior quality of manthat wehave carefully selected after longand tiresome nights of balloting and discussion in our chapters throughout theland Through fulfilling this talkw|fcautomatic:lly serve every purpose and ideal national body andperpetuate a feeling of real fraternal mindedness; of wholesome comradeship and 1uild our share of a structure whose foundation was dug inat Cornell in 1906andwhose uppermost towers will some dayreach near totheskies of fraternal perfection
The city of XewOrleans offers a margin field for 'iid assimilation. Our population is immenseandourduty properly carriedon,will reachthe many thousands here and build us a temple in the hearts of thepeople which time will strengthen. We need theunqualified support ofeverymanwhoboosts membership andbrotherhood There isa future for this cityandfarsighted members of rival orders have taken time by the forelock and set upchapters here for undergraduates We feel that our men represent the intellectual andcultural majority here They donothave tobemadehere atschools which donotconform toourregulations; theycome in from the finest universities of America andbear amarkof distinction gleaned incolleges where opportunities are superior They are cosmopolitan and equal to any situation What we do here can fire many a true heartedyoung m antoefforts tobeassociated withus Thus we will not lose; further we want those who want usandneed notdespair about those who want
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GEORGE ARNETT SINGLETON
The Democratic Convention of 1860
/"\NE of themost important politicalgatherings ever ^•J held ontheAmerican continent was the National Democratic Convention of 1860 The destiny of the nation rested with the men whogathered in the city of Charleston, S C, April 23,I860 Themere mention of a series of events will serve to indicate the general trend of affairs, especially inthe South From 1793with theinvention of thecotton gin rind theincreasing importation of African slaves the plantation system became more profitable. The South thought that slavery wasprofitable, Helpers Impending Crisis, to the contrary notwithstanding As an institution slavery must not be disturbed The Missouri Compromise,theKansas-Nebraska Act,theFugitive Slave Law, the Dred Scott Decision, the Lecompton discussion and the John Brown Raid are evidence of the gravity of the question which the Democratic Convention faced. In 1850 Henry Clay delayed the struggle for tenyears byputting through the National Congress hiscompromise measures; hesaved theday in the Nashville Convention in 1848. But in 1860a new group of leaders had come upon the scene
Through theyears the Democratic South had been fed and nourished upon the social philosophy of Thomas R Dew, Cooper, Hammond, and John C Calhoun It believed passionately that "slavery is a positivegood." Thepalmydays of Polk in1844were passed To be sure Buchannon was in the White House, but the perpetuity of the plantation system depended largely upon success at the polls in I860, which, in turn, depended upon the standard-bearer. WhenthemeetingbeganinInstitute Hall1 itwassoon evident that a strong Southern minority was bent upon carrying out to the full the doctrine of the Dred Scott Decision The majority agreed only on the annexation of Cuba for the purpose of extending slaveterritory,andincondemningtheNorth forlegislation hostile to the execution of the Fugitive Slave Law2 . Thus it wasdiffici.'t to adopt a pUflfann.
Then delegates tothe convention w sober men They were conscious of somt impending doom
The crowd of shoulder-hitters and elbow-rubbers was ingeniously kept down byexorbitant prices charged by the hotel andinn keepers' There were nates in attendance The most outstanding candidate for the nomination was Judge Douglas, of Illinois He was the pivot man' The North was dcUfmiued to have him nominated. The South was afraid of Douglas because of his Freeport doctrine In hisdehate with Lincoln hehadbeen forced tomakea fatal admission. On the other hand the large plantation owners and aristocratic grandees did not digest so well his constant talk about the common people1 Douglas' chief opponent wasJefferson Davis,of Mississippi, whohadon February 2,i860, introduced into Congress a series of resolutions which were intended to formulate the position of the South: (l)"The DouglasFreeport doctrinewasunsound; (2) Congress should notinterfere butprotect slavery; (3) Southern states should stop agitation by Northern abolitionists; (4) that thestates were sovereign6 "
The convention very soon gave evidence of being imbued with theideals set forth in the Davis resolulions1 Thus there wasantagonism between the delegates from thecotton statesandthosefrom theWest A deadlock ensued; aminority report wasbrought in
Asasubstitute BenButler offered aresolution affirmingtheCincinnati platform of 1856. Bayard,of Delaware, tried to conciliate Many speeches followed The previous question was moved and the convention went wild with excitement Members screamed and shouted andstood upon theirchairs gesticulating furiously The President lost COntol In desperation he pretended to hear a motion to adjourn which was carried8 Bigler, of Pennsylvania, tried to conciliate Iat to noavail. The deadlock wasbroken when the leader from Alabama rose and read a protest from his state Others followed him and withdrew
That night the Seceders and their friends held a jubilee,andheard speeches by Lamar andYancey, the "fire eater" from Alabama The situation was tense There wasa genial flow of spirits In the assembly hall the gladiators were edged on by fair damsels and dames There wasaband serenade The Seceders met at a different place, St Andrew's Hall, and finally adjourned to Richmond, Va. The moving spirit of this group was W L Yancey His speech wasthekeynote of slavocracy whohadledthe Southern Rights Party with Quitman He was so strong for secession that herefused any Federal office" The Richmond group nominated John C Breckenridge, of Kentucky1" , in an adjourned meeting in Baltimore11 Theconvention that metalso in Baltimore onJune 18 nominated Douglas. Already on the9th of Mayanother group met and nominated Bell, of Tennessee12 The platform of this group wasthe Constitution and theenforcement ofallthelaws.
The Democratic Party wasdivided like "All Gaul" intothree parts Itwasdivided becauseof the Negro and slavery TheSouth could notstand for Douglas, and the North could notpermit theminority of about tenthousand plantation ownerstodominate thenation Perhaps it is folly to ask the question, What would have happened had the cotton states prevailed? In spite of Clay and the efforts of Douglas from 1854 to I860 Negro slavery was injected into politics. Compromise measures would not SU--.ce, The prophetic utteranceof "OldJohn Brown" wasbeing fulfilled: "This question isyettobesettled; I mean this Negro question1"." The National Democratic Convention of 1860wastheprelude and harbinger of the dramatic deuuement attheendof aserieswhich came when the Republicans in the Wigwam in Chicago chose as their standard bearer "The long tall sucker from Illinois."
As one looks back upon the National Democratic Convention of i860 he is likely to draw an analogy between it and the political situation in 1928 Once attitude toward thesons of slaves more is the party split, but this time it is rent in twain over religion and liquor, a most happy combination Both factions, however, are at one in their
'McMaster, Hist,ofthePeopleoftheU S.,p448 -Wilson Woodrow, DivisionandReunion,p205
"McMaster, p 447
'Rhodes,JamesFord,Hist,oftheUnited States p30» BDodd,WilliamF,.,TheCottonKingdom Handlestheques- tion 01minority rule in the Lower South VB.,Essentials of American History, p401
'McMaster, p 44s
'Ibid, i> «49f "Smith T.C,PartiesandSlavery, p52
"Beard, Hist, oftheUnited States,p 340
"Chadwick French Enror,CausesoftheCivilWar, ~,;T.011' WoMlrow,Division andReunion, p26
"McMaster, p 452
1 ^ iIs ^ 1 ' W°°drow; AHist, of theAm People, vol IV, P'JnV Bas , 8.'jtV; SA Hi5tof ,h e Unite d Stat « P-S6&
"Dubois,W g B.,John Brown,p 350ff
Another Appeal
To:
Graduate and Honorary Members
Subject: Graduates and Opportunity.
Your attention is invited to Minutes XX, page 31, item 5(E) whereinthe fraternity authorized and provided that assistance be rendered where possible in thematter of obtaining suitablepositionsand locations for certain of our graduates. It was the senseof the last convention that in as much as the fraternity has encouraged numbers to complete college it might further assist by directing them into places of service and profit.
This is aspecial appeal to our graduate and honorary members, and Alpha Phi Alpha asks that you give this matter your immediate serious consideration. As men who havebeen out of college for some time, manyof youare inaposition tooffer opportunities in various fields to those of our members who have just finished college Some of you are not in a position to offer employment but you are in a position to use your good influence in this respect with various individuals,institutions and enterprises
Some of the brothers do not find very lucrative fieldsafter graduation Some, for alackof information, attempt to locate in places already overcrowded with men of their particular calling They experience stifling competition and very high expenses Many of these men are far above average in training and skill, yet, in many instances, their opportunity to render a superior service is lost
From theearly days of the organization Alpha Phi Alpha has regarded its graduate and honorary membership as a great reserve to which it could have recourse as occasion demanded Alpha Phi Alpha is now calling upon this great reserve to come to the aid of its members who are just about to make a
start in life Those of you who are engaged in the practice of professions no doubt are familiar with licaticnsand new fields whichwouldappeal to certain of cur graduates Some of you may have need for assistants, co-workers or even partners Whatever you can offer in this respect will help greatly
To cur graduates and honorary brothers who are i die Gelds cf business Alpha Phi Alpha feels that therearemany racebusinessandindustrial enterprises veil as financial institutions that could profit and be served to advantage by our graduates who are .el >.mre of our graduatesmust be encouraged to enter these f.elds In fact, this should be looked i ;v, • neof our urgent duties Asa race we must become producers, manufacturers and distributors if wewish togain any degree of economic independence and power Some of our most prominent and distinguished brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha, men who stand at the head of certain of our banks, factories, insurance companies and other business enterprises, men our outstanding schools and colial service organizations, heads of lurches, our newspapers, etc., have givenp to many of our graduates And now Alpha Phi Alpha extends this opportunity toyou to assist
Api "ii file indicate those desiring to locate to pract« ofessions, graduates in business and in education desiring positions, social workers, journalist'''' " •etc. Kindly inform inwhat way you can aid in order to get applicant in touch with you at once
RAYMOND
W CANNON, Director Educational Activities. 17Sept 28, 2400Oakland Mpls., Minn.
1 1; TB EH F I 'H.W F.I.] ': !
"Thou, 1) Cod, rios: ::c!l unto us a!l <ioodthings «t ;.'.,• fr'.cc of : • IBt >/?." / cmiardo In Vinci.
By LAURE .'i'\(,
It being theavowed policy ofth• TH E SPHINX, and of the general ITS;, Alpha PI tofeature andgive duepublicity to worthy andoutstanding achievments of menwho are nun.bend among ourbrothers in Alpha Phi Alpha, wepause amoment to"render untn Caesar thethings 'hat areCaesar'si" and feature Brother E Franklin Frazier, whobears testimony to the fact that "all good things aresold untn usattheprice of labor."
Brother Frazier wasborn in Baltimore, Md.,September 24,1894,completed thepublic schools of Baltimore in 1908;hethen finished the Baltimore High 1111912, from which institution hewasawarded a scholarship to Howard University He graduated from Howard University in 1916,receiving thedegree of Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. While at Howard University Brother Frazier waspresidentof the German Club, president of the Social Science Cub, president of hisclass intheJunior year
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From Howard University, Brother Frazier wentto Tuskegee Instituteandtaught Mathematics in1916-17 l-i I9T7-18 h••wasinstructor of English andHistory at St.Paul's NormalandIndustrial School, Lawrence: e \•' in 1918-19 Brother Frazier made merryof the maxim that "amaniswithout honor inhishome town" and accepted the position of instructor of Mathematics and French in the Baltimore High School at Baltimore, Md. While teaching in Baltimore Brother Frazier received ascholarship atClarke Uruversitv, Worcester, Mass., where hestudied Sociology andPsychology, andattended G.Stanley Hah's seminar during the last year Dr Hall held same Through competitive examination hewona research -hip totheNewYork School of Social Work for theyear 1920-21 WhileattheNewYork School of Social Work Brother Frazier made astudy ofthe ! long shoremen of New York City—which study wascompleted under patronage from theRussell Sage Foundation. At the completion of this \v<rk, Br<ther Frazier wona fellowship from the American Scandinavian Foundation tostudy inDenHe matriculated at theUniversity of Copen, 1 theFolk High Schooland Co peratives
When Brother Frazier returned to America in 192hewascahed toMirehouse College as professor gy This position heheld with honor {<••,•>• During this time heundertook to build ;II a School of Social Work, which hadbeenprojust before his arrival in Atlanta Brother Frazier resigned his post at Morehouse College in 1924 tu devote all of his time as director of the Atlanta School of Social Work inAtlanta,Ga 'the Atlanta School of Social Work wasestablished primarily to train colored workers for the South At the National Conference of Social Work which retinNewOrleans in1920theopinion wasexpressed that thetime hadcome forsome source from which to draw trained colored workers fortheSouth Mr Dexter, whowasthen theexecutive secretary ofthe Associated Charities of Atlanta, wasinsrtumental in calling together in Atlanta thepresidents of thesix colleges of Atlanta and others interested in social welfare among Negroes in the South An - efleeted bythesocial agenciesand the Xegro colleges, and the school wasopened in September of thesame year with fourteen students Class room andoffice spaceaswell aspart ofthetime of the professor of Sociology was contributed by Mirehouse College InJune of the following year, i.i'i the American Red Cross generously appropriated finds firtheemployment ofa full time field work supervisor andteacher"of case work This filled a gapintheprogram of theschool andgreatlv increased theeffectiveness oftheschool
Beginninginthe fall of 1922,when Brother Frazier became director of the school, a very definite effort was madebyhim to raise theadmission requirements, which were very elastic, standardize the curriculum, andcoordinatetheteaching of thevolunteers from the social agencies Before Brother Frazier's advent the students in the school ranged in ages from 20 to25, and in education from a fourth or fifth grade education to freshman college Improvements along the lines indicated continued during the next two years In 1924the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial and the Russel-Sage Foundation, through the untiring efforts of Brother Frazier, made a three-year grant amounting to $42,.r>00.00 and $20,000.00 which sums were left to the credit of the school when Brother Frazier retired in 1927. It was after these grants had been made that the Atlanta School of Social Work was incorporated Moreover, Brother Frazier secured 50contributors making annual appropriations from $1,000.00down Although the school had always been theoretically independent of any of the colleges in Atlanta, thegrants from these foundations enabled it to function as an independent institution and to establish itself in the mind of the community as a professional school
When Brother Frazier came to the Atlanta School of Social Work as its director the school was such in name only It was his task to recruit a student body with the proper educational background.
The Board of Directors of the Atlanta School of Social Work, composed of Southern white people and Negroes, had never been satisfied with Brother Frazier'spositionontheso-calledraceproblem Rather than assume the responsibility of his leaving the institution, the Board of Directors offered him the opportunity of resigning, which he refused to do,and thereby placed the full responsibility of his exit from this institution upon the Board of Directors.
Brother Frazier is a man who knows his rights and dares to maintain them He wrote an article for "The Forum," entitled, "The Pathology of Race Prejudice," which was published in the June, 1927, issueand was the "bone of contention" which socompletely upset "Southern Aristocracy" and the Board of Directors of the Atlanta School of Social Work, that they feared theinfluence of Brother Frazier's intellect inthe South,and asked him to resign I quotea part of this article togive an idea of the fullness of it
The Pathology of Race Prejudice
"The Negro-in-America, therefore, is a form of insanity that overtakes white men."—Walter-HinesPa-ge.
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"Although the statement above makes no claim to technical exactness, it is, nevertheless, confirmed by modern studies of insanity If, in developing this thesis, we consider some of the newer conception of mental processes as they apply to abnormal behavior, we shall find in each casethat the behavior motivated by race prejudice shows precisely the same characteristics as that ascribed to insanity.
"From a practical viewpoint, insanity means social incapacity Southern white people afflicted with the Negro-complex show themselves incapable of performing certain social functions They are, for instance, incapable of rendering just decisions when white and colored people are involved; and their very claim that they "KNOW" and "UNDERSTAND" the Negro, indicatesa fixed system of ideas respecting him—whereas a sane and just appraisal of the situation would involvethe assimilation of new data The delusions of the sane are generally supported by the herd, while those of the insane are generally antisocial Yet, from the point of view of Negroes, who are murdered if they believe in social equality or are maimed for asking for an ice cream soda, and of
whitepeople, whoare threatened with similar'violence for not subscribing to the Southerner's delusions— havior isdistinctively anti-social The inmates of a madhouse are not judged insane by themselves, but by those outside The fact that abnormal behavior towards Negroes is characteristic of a whole group may be an example illustrating Nietzche's observation that "insanity in individuals is something rare—but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule " (et al.J
iving the Atlanta School of Special Work, r Frazier has been a research assistant at the , in the Department of Sociand has lately become the director of a research projeel which the Chicago Urban League and the University of Chicagohave undertaken jointly
At the present time, Brother Frazier is engaged in a study of the Negro family which will be published whencompleted Brother Frazierhasdonemuch work i.i the lucation,and hascontributed regularlv to current periodicals, namelv: OPPORTUNITY, THE CRISIS SOCIAL FORCES, CURRENT HISTORY, 1UK NATION, THE FORUM, and an article in the "New Negro," by Dr. Alain Locke.
Brother Frazier was elected toAlpha Phi Alpha by Eta Lambda Chapter, Atlanta,Georgia—November 22, 1926, with which chapter he is still affiliated He married Miss Marie Ellen Brown, daughter of Dr. C S Brown, of Winton, North Carolina, September 1tth, (932 He ;san active member of the American Sociological Society, the American Anthropological Association Alpha Phi Alpha, Zeta Phi Fraternity at the University of Chicago, and a few local organizations Brother Frazier holds his Baccalaureate degree from Howard University, Washington, D C, his , degree from ClarkeUniversity,at Worcester, Massachusetts, and is at present a candidate for his Doctor's degreeat the University of Chicago
Inclosing,I emphasize the fact that "Thou, O God, dostselluntous,allgood thingsatthepriceof labor."
WM O FOSTER, Phar D
WM 0 FosTEn, Phar D
Brother William O Foster, President of PiLambda Chapter, was lorn inLittle Rock Arkansas, March 13, 1882 Hereceived hisearly school training in the Little Rock High School, graduating with th< Class o, 1899 Thefollowing year fund himat Talladega College specializing inLatin, Creek andGerman,and on histeturn to Little Rock, entered the of teaching. During thesummer months Civil Service examination andwasappointed irom theLittle Rock post office.
Feeling that hiscalling wastothe pi he resigned from thepost officeand I diversity forthestudy of Pharmacy Graduating and passing theState Board heestablishedthe Drug Company in 190JB,andhasbeen itsactive head from that time Heisa Doctor of Phartna has manufactured several well-known preparations, Chief among which is theCreo-Tohi Compound for coughs, colds and Flu He is doing a lari order business with tin-famous preparation, sending it into many different St
Brother Foster served Pi Lambda asits firsl His torian, andisa member of several fraternal organizations,aThirty-Second Decree M:51 ofthe Mystic SliKnr, amember of theMosaic Templarsof America, anda former National Pharmaceutic Secretary oftheNational Medicine Association
Brother Foster hasacharming daughter (MissW'ii hemena) attending Talladega College, whospent the past summer with hermother, Mrs W O Foster,at their home, 48l):i Forrestville Avenue Chicago
PHIL EDWARDS
BROTHERS tx ALPHA I'm ALPHA, Greetings:
There comes atime inthelife ofeach .0'uswhen felicitations by friends andassociates offer inspira tion forgreater accomplishment
Whereas, Phil Edwards isanobleand worthy member ofEtaChapter, Alpha PhiAlpha Fraternity, Whereas, Through athletic prowess he haswon signal honors forhimself, hisUniversit) andfor his Fraternity,
Whereas, Hecould notattend this test,; quet given inhishonor, because ofd half offered bytheCanadian Olympi
Whereas, fieisnotwith usin per joins usinlaudable brotherly love,
Be iltherefore resolved: That thishod) comprising memberships of Fta,Alph; Lambda andAlpha Alpha Lambda Chapters, Alpha Phi Aloha Fraternity, rejoices intheaccompli this ournoble brother andwishes him gr< cess inthecoming Olympic races
Be itfurther resolved: That acopy oi Sentiments beforwarded tohim, incare oftl
(Olympic Committee at Hamilton, Ontario; a copy sent tohisparents anda copy forwarded forpubliin TH E SPHINX
(Signed) A MARCO SMITH
X B. Upon D I Brother Ernest Whitfield ended byBrother Quentin Hand, this resolution « dandsoordered, July 11th, 1928
BROTHER MADE CHIEF EDITOR AT OHIO STATE
Daily Paper Directed byP B Young, Jr
S,—Unusual recognitionhas come toa student intheappointment of P Bernard
Jr totheoffice ofmanaging editoroftheOhio Lantern, student daily paper atOhio Stateuniversity, adjudged thebest college daily 111thecountry during journali-ni week last spiring atBaylor University inTexas, itisthought that this isthefirsttime such anhonor hascome tosuch astudent inamixed college, anditisthe first time such anexecutiveposition hasbeen awarded tosuchayouth atOhio state isasenior intheschool ofjournalism
Active on Campus
He is 1m theCosmopolitan club, the International Forum, Interracial Council, Alpha PhiAlMask During hisfreshman yearhe of (he Phoenix, atthat time theonly freshman college magazine published, andwas mani the Alpha basketball team during its undefeated season of Hewasa member ofthe Kitannually takes over thecomplete publication 01 theColumbu Scripps-Howard daily; is special editor of Tin:Spmxx Alpha Phi Alpha magazine: played onthefreshman tennis team,and in a competitive examination of the L929 freshman of 2,500 made theA section in English He ui onthe Lantern staff fortwoyears
Is Hampton Graduate
Daring hisfour years ofcollege preparatory work at Hampton Young participated inclass athletics,was •rtcr fortwo years fortheHampton institute press service, football trainer, andwinnerof Id medal first prize intheAdams prize essay lie wasactive indramatic andliterarysoathlelic editor of theHampton Student,and - intheR 0 T C individual cadet drill
inal courses intheschool of journalism Yo ordof Ainallcourses but one of Editor andAirs P B Votingof rfolk (V.-i.) Journal and Guide. Heplansto •-adulie work injournalism at Columbia university, New Yi
( J.D.J>ARKS
MU CHAPTER,
University ofMinnesota, Minneapolis, Minn
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings: Oncemure wereturn topromoting thework of our dear fraternity. Thebrothers of Mufeel veryenthusiastic andoptimistic, andwehope ourbrothers in other chapters have thesame outlook onthefuture
During thesummer welost two brothers that have been with usforsome time Dr L T Crosthwaite has gonetoDetroit, Michigan, tocontinue his practice of Dentistry Bro G W Hamilton, former]; Upsilon,hasgonetoBuffalo, New York Muregrets very much theloss of these brothers, nevertheless we wish them well
On June 9, Muopened thechapter house which plan to make ourpermanent home A dancing party washeld atthat time
The evening of September !1.'mother parlywas held inhonor ofvisiting brothers that were c" trtnre from theTwin Cities Bothof these parties proved tobedelightful affi
Among visiting brother wemetandworked with duringthesummer were: Charlie Buggs, Alpha K'ho; M Rabb, Chi;C Cooper ai nsora ofMu; Weathers andJones, Alpha Pi;V i Raglin, Alpha Theta; C.Cuthbert, Xi;alltheofficer Beta inthepersons of L.Williams, R.Fairchild. 1. ?wingler and I.. Hill; W. rrv, Theta. Thebrothers of Mucertainly meta goodly number of Alpha men We glad tohave this opportunity to meet somany of our fraternal brothers
Last, butnotleast, wemust speak of DanCupid Although some brothers have come dangerously near. none :lysurrendered toDanduringthe summer However, there areseveral that weexpect tohave the a inthenear future
With sincerity Mu1 ral officers and every chapter will enjoy a happy andsuccessful year
Fraternally yours, JOB \' R LAWRENI try.
NU CHAPTER, Lincoln University
BROTHERS EN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings. On emore brothers inXuChapter have assembled and arediligently making plans forthecoming scholastic year. of thebrothers hadreturned after a prosper:ummer season,mofl king forward totheconvention inPhiladel] tmas
An th r Pierce of EtaLambda ai ,,:-tham of Gamma Both bring greetings from their respective chapters and expi joining inwith thework of Nuin helping ton thisabanneryear Brothers T MarshallandT V
ster have returned toUSafter ashort stay outin the world Bro Marshall hopes tocontinue hisworkin debating Also Bros Lee,De Costa, Turner and Harris expect totryoutforthis year's team
Alpha hasawonderful representation onthegridironthis year The Lincoln Lions are under the leadership of Bro Capt Julie Martin Bros Martin, "Bud" Clark, "Jiva" Jackson, "Sheep" Jacksonand Jerry Harmon areXu'sstronghold intheback-field nand Bro DeCostaontheline Great things an from theteam this season
Last year's class took atoll ofseventeen (17) men from Xu, butitisImped that theNeoplytes will take up thework where they left offand carry thebanner ever inthelead extends greetings tohersister chapters with success andprosperity forthis scholastic year
Fraternally yours, JAMES H MURPHY, I iate Editor to THESPHINX
RHO CHAPTER, Philadelphia
BROTHERS IN ALPHA I'm ALPHA, Greetings: Vacation time isover and wehave returned to our various fields ofendeavor. Ourregular meeting was held onSept 10andwaslargely attended Reports ivention committees were received Icommendation, Allthebrothers to make this ourgreatest conven-
last communication five newbrothers of Alpha PhiAlpha: W HinStricland, Charles Hubbard, ! Wade, Edmund B Presley All these in thebusiness andcivic af-
lolph Smith outagain ! from a recent illness
^^B is rapidly being prepared to receive 2lst annual convention ofour fraternmd Rho Chapter urges and welcomesallbrothers fill upat Philly" with theoldAlpha spirit at Christmas time Fraternally, R- P.MATTHEWS. Chapter Editor.
TAU CHAPTER
"i." I'm ALPHA Greetings: lavecome when wefind ourselves in theharness allfixed tostart ourgrind ina new ; ir : This year finds Taustill among the livbrings tom both menwhohave been with 1menwhoarecoming to the 7"- v ; , t Illii lot thefirst time ,-kwell hasreturned tous after ?" " two years from school Brother Virgj] Mcknight, who left usinJune asagraduate,
has returned towork onhismaster's degree ineducation On the list of brothers with us are also Scott N Harper, Edward Mouzon, McHenry Robinson, John T Caldwell, Harvey M Kent andMorris Hughes Among thepledges whohave been withus before areGeorge Jefferson, Gilbert Radciiffe, Romeo Veal andEugene Burdett
The list ofnewmen that have come tousthis year is as follows: Theodore Harding, Francis Bennett, Willis Brown andRobert Bradford, allfrom Evanston, 111 Herbert Hoosman and William Sherrod hail from East St Louis, 111 From Chicago we have Allenson Jones, James Finney, Edward Toles and Morris Lewis Amos Stewart comes to us from New York Edgar Russell comes from Carhondale, and Goffrey Taylor isfrom Peoria.
With this host of menTauexpects toaccomplish great things during thecoming year
Already wehave three menoutforthe freshmen varsity—Bradford, Sherrod andHoosman. Weare positive these men aregoing tomake good, especially Bradford, whoweighs 195pounds andwhoholds downhis position attackle There isnopossibleway to keep Taufrom winning theintramural basketball trophy with such material as Coldwell, Hoosman, Sherrod, Harper, Jefferson, Bradford, Taylor and Stewart from which tochoose ateam
In closing Tauwishes toextend bust wishes to all for asuccessful andprofitable school year
Fraternally, MORRIS HUGHES, President.
ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER,
Cincinnati, Ohio
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings:
In re-establishing communication with brothers through THESPHINX wetake opportunity to wish them thebest of luck for this school year Alpha Alpha carried onduring thesummer, holding monthly meetings invacation time forthefirst time inits history Despite theheat, thenumbers outof town or atwork, theturnout was consistently good andthe experiment asuccess,especially astheabsent brothers remembered that the financial secretary's office was open andeasily accessible. Back dues came in with such a will that Bro.Lowe, our financial secretary, wore apermanent andhappy smile.
Graduation delt with us lightly andthough Bros Cromwell, Berry, Bennett andLeland were awarded degrees, they arestill with usindifferent activities Bro Saundle, whosecured hismaster's degree here, has left us for a responsible position in St Louis where wehope heisenjoying every success
Two ofourpledges, Harry Smith and Jacob Elder, out ofschool forayear, areagain witli us,together with Ray McDuffy, a pledge from Alpha Zeta Thrice welcome arethey—plenty of work for them to do Wemiss Henry Cooper, oneof ourpledges, whose impaired health, heavy school schedule and outside activities proved toomuch andwasprobably the cause ofhisdeath early inthesummer Wefeel that thecommunity haslost amost worthwhile citizen and this chapter andthe whole fraternity a fine frater-in-the-making.
Dan Cupidhas beenexceedingly busy inthechapter as a glance athiscorner will show. OnSept. 24th the chapter gave a smoker forourpresident U N Lovelace, who two days later entered Hymen's bonds
The spirit wasthere, rampant, andwith theaid of Bro Beamon, jovial toastmaster, anda clever sketch by theresourceful Bro Mathews, "agood time,"to quotethe Podunk Comer Herald, "was hadbyall."
Fraternally yours,
LAURENCE D FINLEY, Associated liditor to THESPHINX.
ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings:
The brothers inAlpha Delta areindeed proudof the outcome ofits"Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College Campaign." Notonly didthecampaign accomplish its purpose but it also served toenhance favorable sentiment inthecommunity
The initial battle crywassounded Sunday, June 20th, at the Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal ChurchatthecornerofEighth and San Julian streets. (Incidentally, fellow GreeksofKappa Alpha Psiwere concluding their "Guide Right" program.) Brother Attorney Clarence A.Jones, founder of Alpha Delta and Alpha Upsilon, wastheprincipal speaker During theweek three programs were given over the radio This radio program intheminds of thecommunity wasthemost effective strategem possible in this waragainst ignorance andilliteracy Thefellow brothers areproud ofthefact that Alpha Deltawas the first andonly Negro Greek letter organization to employ theradio asameans of furthering thecause of educational enlightenment inboth groups
The bigfeature of theweek wasthesmoker on the following Saturday night at the Intemational House at the University of Southern California Many high school seniors andgraduates were present to enjoy thecongenial hospitality andinvaluableinspirational contributions of their hosts. Two _ visiting brothers were present. Each brought friendly greetings from theEast Sunday night, June 28,a book intheHistory of Alpha Delta wasclosed Thedusk ofthepassingof and thedaywasat hand Theshades of nightfall found thesentiment andtheeducational inspiration and aspiration warm andhigh AsI satthereon the platform in theSecond Baptist Church atthe corner ofTwenty-fourth andGriffith streets, I could see that those present were there notonly outof curiosity butalso totake something away The reaction on that onenight proved that thecampaign was notinvain.
Los Angeles andAlpha Delta aswell wasproud of thefact that theNational Association forthe Advancement of Colored People chose toconvene here. The chapter sought tocontinue itspolicy of service by assisting theassociation wherever needed. The chapter also sought towelcome allthebrotherswho were delegates totheconvention bygiving a special smoker TheRt Honorable Bro Dr W E Burghart DuBois, perched upon thepinnacle of popularity, could notcondescend tocome oreven apologize for hisnon-appearance This isthesecond suchoffense, the first being much more serious Bro Dr Du Bois washere a few years previous Alpha Delta planned a banquet, inviting many of Los Angeles' leading citizens of both races Imagine the embarrassment ofAlpha Delta when hisRoyal Highness failed toappear oreven notify anyofthesponsors Thethird time isa charm
The Alpha's Annual Formal onthe fifth of July, the most talked-of even of theyear, came asa very pleasant climax to theN A A C P convention Only a fewof thedelegates left before theformal The scene of this gala affair wasat the beautiful and atmospheric Diane Ballroom at thecorner of West Pico andCrenshaw boulevard Every moment was oneof bliss and enjoyment as the beautiful strains of Claude Kennedy's orchestra penetratedthe pavillion Everybody enjoyed this collegiate event
All thebrothers ofAlpha Delta areback inschool now andhave personally asked metoexpress their wishes for most successful year to all brothers throughout thecountry They still look forward to the coming of theannual convention to the great Southwest, something that would beinvaluable to the delegates andtothefraternity aswell. Here's hopingthat in1029Los Angeles will bethescene of one of thebiggest andbest Alpha Conventions inhistory.
ALPHA ZETA CHAPTER, Institute, W. Va.
DROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings: Again ih'oidschool year rons around andherewe are a: atatj, among hermmntains andwithin afew ,iaces of tli Great Kanawha Ohyes,youcan bet we'reglad to andechbrother tells ofamost interesting ar.deventful summer. Like some gigantic toJ Alpha Zeta hasdrawn andissail u r-bei bsck home andnowadded toour undergraduates is Roert Diggs, erstwhile Morgan College student, wholias already made himself must popular onInstitute's greensward byhischeerful personality,—but what else should oneexpect from a brother?
To ourfaculty have been added Brother Lacy, formerly aninstructor incarpentry at Kimlall. \Y. Va.: Brother Evans,master ofarts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology andwinner of the Harmon Award, andBrother Miles Jefferson, librarian and former honor student of Institute, a most zealous worker inthecauseofAlpha PhiAlpha Mr Jefferson comes to usfrom Columbia University wherehe hasbeen working-toward hismaster'sdegree Brother Posey, while nota newmember of the faculty, is doing agreat service through hisstatewide survey to ascertain thestatus oftheNegro laborer intheState of West Virginia
We all welcome back toourchapter and faculty Brothers Clarence Cameron White oftheDepartment of Music, andJohn [•'. Matheus, professor ofRomance languages. Both have been vacationing in Haiti andreport a most pleasant visit intheisland republic.
Of course, one would hardly dare layaside Ins pen without mentioning th' smaller brothers Yes, they're allhere andvery enthusiastic over thescheduled year's work ahead, for,infact, many arehopin; to pass from thepupa stage ofevolution andemerge into anadult brother inasort of fraternal metamorphosis, as it were, if you'll pardon th' biological turn,—things of that sort will happen, y'know Undoubtedly wecanplace these smaller irothers, when they shall have completed the final step indevelopment, for inlooking over thechapter record, Isee that this year's graduating class will probably remove themajority ofthebrothers from Alpha Zeta However, when onesees theenthusiasm manifested by THE SPHINX menand becomes cognizant of the training which they have received in regard to fraternal duties hecan,with anindulgent smile, safely lay aside themantle of responsibility knowing that it will rest ontheshoulders of brothers equally <i> capable .S'IV Trans':: Gloria Fratrum.
In athletics weseeAlpha makes her usual contribution of brothers onth'gridiron and,of course, this season's games aregoing tobemore than interestin'.—they're goin' t'1ethrillers, if youknow what i mean,—but wecan't help it,we're just made that way Isuppose,—so Iam
Fraternally yours, JOSEPH DODD, Editor to TH E SPHINX From Alpha Beta Chapter.
ALPHA MU CHAPTER, Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings:
Station "B-I-L-L" broadcasting from Northv University andAlpha MuChapter at Evanston. As wegotopressitisgratifying toreport that thechapter pilot, Bro.George F.Robinson, Jr.,isagain at the helm oftheg 1ship Alpha Mu, andisalrcul ing theshores ofVacation farbehind Ahead of us
are squalls (football), shoals (parties), icebergs (girls), andreefs (exams) Captain Newsomeand ..jate Daniel have worried expressions ontheir while 1okoI Pyant andStoker (.rider arc constantly reassuring them that thegood ship wall reach port unscathed fhe IAlpha Mu Chapter without thefellowship of Brothers Millard Deanand Clarenci \V Davis Brother Dean isnowattending the University o Iowa andwrites that heis perfectly conten«1 Brother Davis began hiswork asass.st i:t professor of physical education and acting he'd of the department at Howard University on September 15. Brother Harold A.Brown, formerly imbus andmore recently of Cary, islivingin Evanston andwill affiliate with this chapter Brother Brown will Undoubtedly prove avaluable asset to the chapter
Already several chapter meetings have been held, and a smoker forall freshmen will have 1een given by thetime this article appears inprint Theprospects for a successful year are good, and every brother haspled;, d himself to make this a banner year for Alpha Mu Chapter Brother Herbert A uing hiswork at theAmerican Conservatory of Muic Heisnowinhissenior year Brothers L Leeand Rucker are continuing their studies inthegraduate school andtheschool of commerce. respi<:i
Brothers L Newsome andHoward Daniel arehack totake their degrees intheschool ofmusic Brothers Robinson andGridsr aredoing graduate work ill political scienceandmusic,respectively Brothers Hauser andPyant arestill holding down thefort atthe 'Character Building Flint"—Emerson Street Y M C A.,andBrother "Cent" Joiirdain ishere greeting the brothers with a cherry "what-do-you-say." Our irticlewillkiyouknow what Alpha Muisdoing Sincerely andfraternally yours, W C PYRANT, Associate Editor t<< Tin;SPHINX
ALPHA SIGMA CHAPTER, Wiley College, Marshall, Tex
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings: On theheels of theclose of thesummer vacation cametheopening ofschoolandwith it,eleven brothers of Alpha Sigma, still full ofenthusiasm inthepromotion of Alpha ideals Theloss of many brothers through graduation hasbrought theremaining brothers to the realization of the urgent need of still closer fraternal relationship Interest hasbeendoubled and vigor renewed in thesupreme effort to further the progress of Alpha
Our President Pro (\ ].; Simmons andSecretary, Pro J L Swcatt, arevery active intheir urrrenceof rs to[laytheir grand tax Judging from the -oint ofallbrothers, their efforts arefarfrom fruitless
Bro Dean V E Daniel, isentering theUniversity of Chicago this fall totake upwork leading tothe degree ofDoctor of Philosophy. Alpha Sigma's best wishes arehisandknowing thecharacter andability of Bro. Daniel, his school year shall beaverv successful one.
Bro.R.A.Wilson attended theUniversity ofWisconsin thepast summer, also taking work leading tothedegree of Doctor of Philosophy He attained a high degree of scholastic excellence there and isacting Dean forrfhe school year intheabsence of Bro Daniel
The brothcrs „f AJpha Sigma welcome heartilythe return ofBro J \V Johnson, ofOrange, Tex., after ayearsabsenceforheisastaunchsupporterofAlpha Bro. Coach F. T. Long, hasstarted the football season here with victory in the first game With nearly four squads ofselective material, hehashigh
hopesofcapturing another championship Bros Carril and Young aredoing their utmost ontheteamand striving hard to do without Bros Miller, Lorden, and Scott, whowere lost through graduation and who were their comrades onthechampionship team of'27
In theState Muscial Contest, held atSanAntonio thepast summer, Bro Walter B Ford wasamongthe winners His excellent rendition of "Somebody's Knocking atYour Door," "LetMeLove Thee,"and "Venitian Song," won first prize forhiminsinging, a scholarship insinging here andtheopportunity to appear intheNational Music Contest, held at Detroit the latter part ofthesummer. Duetobusinesscondictions, hewasunable togotoDetroit Bro Ford, who hails from Oklahoma City, Okla., isaJuniorin scholastic standing andweareallhoping forhiscontinued success
The eyesofthechapter arealert intheir searchfor future brothers among newarrivals onthecampus It mightbewelltosaythat thosemeetingtheapproval of Alpha Sigma will bedecidedly thecream ofthe crop
With thehope that allbrothers areworking toward higher heights andheralding loudly thename ofour own—Alpha PhiAlpha—Iam, Fraternally yours,
KELSO B MORRIS, Associate Editor to THESIMIINX
BETA ALPHA CHAPTER, Morgan College, Baltimore,Md
The Editor of TH E SI-HINX,
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings:
The Brothers of Beta Alpha have again assembled in thehalls ofknowledge with joined hands tocontinue theuplifting work ofourFraternity
As itiswehave lost several ofourbrothers, some who have gone tocontinue their education elsewhere and others areoutintheworld Among them we make mention ofbrother Edward Saunders, our Sec whowasoneofthemain factors inthesuccessofthe Go-to-High-School Go-to-College Campaign Brother Jerrick of RhoChapter wastheprincipal speakerof our Sunday service (tohimweextend ourthanks) The week wastaken upincovering thepublic school of thecity of Baltimore andneighboring towns Ail members took anactive part in canvassing thecity, speakingandcollectingvariousdata Dr Ralph of Delta Lambda, spoke attheDouglas High School, and itmight besaid that hisaddress waswell taken for morethan 90percent oftheHigh School Seniors hespoke toareincollege this year
Just before theclose of theschool,theMistic(md saw fit toaddfivemore toourgroup. Thev were Brothers Diggs, Dixon, Turpin, Young, and Hicks Like thesturdy oakBeta Alpha isgrowing slowbut strong
We were given a farewell reception by Brother Walter Paul at hishome, andwasin thecompany of theGoddess of Pleasure until theweehours<>t ' the morn
At thepresent, wehave oureyes focused onthe football team inwhich ourdear Brother Thomas is captain andheissupported byeight fighting brothers These brothers arecarrying this same spirit intotin classroom; although the classes have just started, "Well begun ishalf done."
Weclosewith thespirit ofAlpha PhiAlpha casting its light into thevalley ofdarkness uplifting ourrace and showing love toallmankind.
Fraternally yours, B S WAUGH, Pres.
GAMMA LAMBDA CHAPTER
BROTHERS CN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings: maa Lambda haslain dormant during thesummer Thebrothers have distributed themselves to various parts of thecountry for vacations, butall wid soon bebick inthefold tostart anew
When thisgets topress, Bro Chester C Ames will be a benedict He flies toCleveland tobecomethe hubby oi Dorothy West,ofthatcity Gamma Lambda wishes himandhisintended, many happy days
Even though Bros. Gregory and'Mahoney weredefeated intheprimaries forState Senator andRepresentative,they madeatine runandwehope they will go over theto]) inthenext election.
Preparations arebeing made for thefall's entertainment Chairman Harold Johnson promises usa grand andglorious fall
Our President, Bro Grimes, extends ahearty invitation toallbrothers tocome toDetroit andhewill see that youareroyally entertained
Goodbye, till thenext issue
LOWELL W BAKER, JR., Associate Editor.
EPSILON LAMBDA CHAPTER
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings: Epsilon Lambda Chapter held its first after-vacation meeting, Thursday, September 27,1928,atthe Pine St V M C A Brother Pres Otto Green wasin fine trim and rushed things through ina "Jiffie." Allthe fellows appeared asif they hadreally enjoyed thevacation Hand-shaking wasgeneral anda real fraternal spirit exhibited itself. Thefollowing brothers attended this first after-vacation meeting: T Garratt Benjiman, H K Craft, John A Davis, Clifford Evans, F D Gardner, M A Grant, M B Gray, Otto Green, Pres., C Harper, X M Sykes, W H Huffman, E W Isaacs,A.G.Lindsay, O.O.Morris, Wm.C.Moten, John L Procope, James A Scott, C Spencer Tocus, R P Watts, Frank B Wilson Lewis P Woodson, G. P.Tunsell, 11.S.Williams, L.H.Stanton, Joseph L McLemore, andBlair Carter Lewis P Woodson introduced Bro H P Saundle, of Alpha Zeta, whohasrecently beenapp inted toone.if thechairs inVashon High School Bro Saundle hasalltheearmarks of a real fellow After ahurried dispatch oftheunfinished business, Bro John A Davis,called thePresident's attentionto the fact that Bro.McLemore waspresent andthathe had recently been nominated forCongress, from the 12th District of-Missouri Thereupon McLemorewas called upon togiveanexpression ofhisexperienceas a nominee After histalk Bro S E Garner offered a motion that theChapter goonrecord asendorsing McLemore forCongress andthat each brother work for hiselection Carried, toa man Bros Isaacs, Sykes, andStanton spoke infavorof tie motion It wasseconded bysomany untilthe writer does notknow just towhom thecredit goes The Go-to-High-School Go-to-Collegc movement wasthetopicthan ranthroughallourdiscussion.Our Scholarship-giving custom came in for itsshare of comment
S E GARNER, Chapter Editor.
THETA LAMBDA CHAPTER, Dayton, Ohio
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings: Our vacation hascomeandgone Manv ofourundergraduate brothers whohave been sojourning here
during hesummer have found theirwayorare finding their ..ayback totheir respective schools.
ThemembersofTheta Lambda havespentanenjoyable summer From all accounts they have missed nothing—some going—and a large number too—to Canada; others toNewYork, Washington,Chi and some just outinthecountry Thescribe spenta pleasant twoweeks atCamp Perry, Ohio, whichhas put himingood condition torhisstrenuous dutiesof the coming season—not allwork byanymeans, fellows
Bro James Parsons, thePrexy, didnotgetvery far from Dayton thissummer Hewaswatchingfor a certain fowl that inhabits Holland At least,the bird made hisappearance andnowourPrexy isa daddy Little Wanda Jean, ournewest arrivalhas our hearty welcome Bytheway,thisprexy business in Theta Lambda means a sure visit of thestork Last year itwasBro Campbell whoreceived thegift, just before Xmas Well, wehave several names to mention forpresident, next term; weareincreasing the Alpha tribe
Our General President, Bro Dr I', A Roseand Mrs Rosehadastheir house guests inJuly, Bro Dr T E andMrs Jones,ofWashington andMrs Henry of Dover Delaware. I suppose, I amcorrect, when I saythat they slept atthehome of Bro Rose,and that wasabout all,for ourgood citizens acclaimed them andkept them ona merry pace. Whenyou see T E.,askhimabout Dayton, where Alpha rules supreme Brothers, ereyouwllhave received this copyof THE SPHINX, Theta Lambda will have gotten down towork inearnest, looking totheconsummation ofits work begun last Spring. Youwill hear from us again.
Fraternally yours, J E BUSH, Associate Ed. TH E SPHIXX
OMICRON LAMBDA CHAPTER,
Birmingham, Ala.
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings:
The resound of thefamiliar school hell may not mean much tosome persons, buttothose atune'with such high principles asaresetforth intheidealsof Alpha PhiAlpha it means therenewal of precious friendships, thefostering ofamore thorough devotion to duty anda finer preparation forthearduous tasks awaiting Alpha PhiAlpha should be more justly proud ofitsnoble purpose inthefieldofhigher education today than ever before Forlong before college education became popular fortheNegro group, as a whole, this organization wasencouraging and helping young mento"Co-to-High-School andGo-toCollege." It ismost gratifying tonote intherecent report of thegovernment on Negro Education that the survey served to show tliat thegreatest single need oftheNegro today is"More education—higher education—better education." Wholonger doubts that Alpha's educational program is as timely as it is beneficial? Omicron Lambda takes pride inbeing a part ofthis great movement.
The local fraternity chapter isbeginning itsyear's work bygetting theofficers elected andinspired' with the genuine "A.PhiA."spirit. Many candidatesare on thewaiting list foradmission, andamong the few who withstand the"barrage of theblack-ball" there are high hopes ofsome making their lives felt in the organization
Brother R.C.Ragland of theUniversity of Iowa is contemplating connecting himself with Omicron Lambda, asheperforms hisnewwork ashead ofthe chemistry department of Miles Memorial IAllegeof this city
Brother Peter Shyisagain with us,after having spent a year of study intheSocial Science Department of Northwestern University. Asinstructor at •Miles Memorial College hereports personal progress. aro! W.Hayes oftheBirmingham puilull system hasjust completed another summerof study atColumbia, inorder tobetter prepare himself !.l principal of Slater School
Brothers G W Reeves, H C Tremholm and Jos H.Drake attended the X A T C S convention, which metrecently at Charlestown, W Va.,and report an inspiring meeting Brother Tremholm was ired with theposition aschairman of the High School Section
Brother George Bell served as instructor inthe -Mobilebranch oftheState Normal Summer School
Brother Willis James isreported tohave fallen at the behest of Cupid's fiery dart Theyoung couple has their entire quota of good wishes from every member ofOmicron Lambda •fliers Talbert andNautous were rethe visitors of Birmingham Many contributed towards making their trip enjoyable as well asprofitable
Brother <i X,Adamson, whowore thedelegate's for Omicron Lambda atthetwentieth convention held in Cleveland, still hasmuch tosayofthe inspiration received at that gathering and expresses himselt as being determined that thelocal chapter shall have just alittle larger share indoing workfor higher education, inthename of Alpha PhiAlpha Omicron Lambda sends felicitations toallwho are associated with herinthis great work andwishesfor everyone hisfull measure ofsuccess andhappiness Fraternally yours, (1 NORMAN ADAM
THE SPHINX Editor.
PI LAMBDA CHAPTER
Little Rock, Ark
BROTHERS IX ALPHA I'm ALPHA, Greetings:
This letter comes toletvouknow about thelifeof I1Lambda (hapter of Little Rock Wearepleased ay that PiLambda Chapter successfully putover theGo-to-High-School, Go-to-College campaign under ou r '•'•'"•• Brother I T Gilliam Theessay cont l "<<'"Hiinteresting feature putoninconwith tin education campaign Three prizes •n dollars (SiO.OO) as first prize' (S.i.OO) assecond prize,andtwoDollars and Fifty Ients (§2.50) as third prize. The first prize wasawarded toMiss Lynette Wiggins, second Pr,;" Frankie Lee,andthird prize to Miss Inez Parker, respectively Theseprizes were awarded based upon theessay subject, which was"TheValue 01 aCollege Education."
ar last spring meeting washeld with Brother John hveof Hot Springs National Park Brotl„r Kve isa noted surgeon of thesouthwest andisofficially connected with theW.O.U.Sanitarium,an institution ofmuch fame Brother Eveandhisgood wife afforded ustheusual hospitality, which is their characteristic Ourfirst fall meeting will be held with Brother F Q Goodwin, prominent dentist of our city
The brothers of PiLambda Chapter made quite a few contacts this summer in theNorth and East Li-other G W S Ishandfamily covered theEastin 11r j%eBr<>ther Ishischief surgeon ofthe t rated friends Hospital, medical director oftheCentury Lite anold-line legal reserve company Brother isli isquite a busy man Hecertainly knows how to ?ns il,„t Ihavenevergivenhimatrial yel) mo Z \ ';• tshjrwife ;m(1daughter ni",'"-<;<l Ivi <}"• '1;,m l Kr,M '"'' a brfe f summe r vacation, driving their La Salle> stopped offatChicago where
their daughter, Miss Marietta, will pursue hercourse inacturial science andbusiness administration Brother Ishis secretary of theCentury Life Insurance Company Heishelping togive therace areal Life Insurance Company andisopening many positionstor promising young menandwomen Brother Ishfor several years herded ourState School at Pine Bluff Brothers H A Powell andF CGoodwin, well-known dentists ofthecity, made abrief trip toChicago this summer where they attended the Elks convention Brother C Franklin Brown likewiseattended theElks convention, motoring totheWindy City inhisGraham-Paige Sixandspending some time in Idlewild, Mich Brother W A Booker, attorney, associateof B<x>ker &Booker law firm, wasmade a memberof the speaker's bureau Western Division of theRepublican National Committee operating in Chicago Brother Booker willbedeepinto thecampaign during the month ofOctober uptoelection day.
Pi Lambda Chapter ispleased tonote theincoming of somany Alpha brothers, whoareinourStateas instructors inourvarious colleges. TheyareBrothers T. P.Dooley oftheA.M.&N.College, now headed by Dr J B Watson; Brother O E Jackson ofA M &N College; Brothers Hamilton, Grant andClair of Philander Smith College,andBrother BellofKansasUniversity, nowconnected withtheArkansas Baptist Collegeasscience instructor
Pi Lambda Chapter wishes tocongratulate Brother Marion R Perry and wife upon thearrival ofavery fineand brilliant eyed baby girl Brother Perry anil wife arehappily located atLittleRock Brother Perry's wife isthegranddaughter of thelate Madame C J Walker
Brother Walter M Booker, Alpha RhoChapter, a recent graduate of Morehouse College, isplanningto enter Meharry Medical College this fall
Before closing this letter theeditor wishes tomenlion thefinedinner that wasserved byBrother A.H. Brown mthelatespring Brother Brown isaprominent physicianofour city Neither canweforgetthe finedinner that wasserved bvBrother Carl Patilloof Pine Bluff
We will letyouhear from usfrom time totime Assuring youthat Pi Lambda will hold high the nameofitsorganization, weare Cordially andfraternally yours, PH I LAMBDA CHATTER, By IV. M. Booker, .-List. Editor,
ALPHA ZETA LAMBDA CHAPTER, Bluefield, W. Va.
BROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greetings:
Altho this isthe first communication from Alpha Zcta Lambda toappear inthese columns, thechapter has been alive andflourishing forseveral yearsand was represented atboth theCleveland andRichmond conventions
The present officers are Brothers Dr Kingslow, president; E W Browne, secretary, andWm MatBey, treasurer Brother Pettress "was until his departure forMeharry Medical College, chapter editor. He wasoneof ourmost zealous workers andhis going leaves nn almost irreparable breach inour rinks Itwas hewho was largely responsible for the unusual success of the last annual prom Brother Barrier, of whose untimely decease mention is made e'sewhere wnspresident until illness forced himto five untheduties ofhisoffice, upon which they were assumed Ly Brother Kingslow, at that time vice president
We take pleasure in announcing theinitiation of twonew brothers, Dr Rogers,headoftheProvidence
Hospital at Bluefield, andDr Black, proprietor of the Kimball Pharmacy andcustodian of theWorld Vv..r Memorial Building
Brother J A Shelton effectively directed the Goto-High-School, Go-to-College Campaign, theprincipal speaker 01which wasDr. W. E. B. Dubois. Brother Barrier was State campaign manager for West Virginia
The brother perhaps most prominent!v in the eye of thesport work atpresent isMr Harry Jefferson, coach oftheBluefield eleven Butmoreofhimlater Prospects of another good year areexcellentand we ;iiicnd toletthebrothers hear from time totime further news ofour activities
With best wishes toallsister chapters, Iam Cordially andfraternally yours, R V JORDAN, Acting Chapter Editor.
RHO LAMBDA CHAPTER,
Buffalo-Rochester, N.Y.
EROTHERS IN ALPHA PH I ALPHA, Greet
ings:
Rho Lambda Chapter, at its October Meeting in Rochester, wastendered a verv happv reception by Bro V J Levy
The program embraced theregular Chapter business,among which was theelection ofBros Osmond H Brown andC T Lunsford asdelegates tothe General Convention Bro Brown represented Rho Lambda last year attheCleveland Convention; "upon us record," theChapter felt constrained to remand him.
Thegeneral topicevolving theliterarv phase ofthe Program, namely, "Should theNegro BeCommitted to a Single Political Party," wasopened with an address, both grand initssentiment andsublime inits simplicity, byBro Dr C T Lunsford Thegeneral discussion subsequent, although pregnant with great enthusiasm, wasconducted byBro Jas E Rose,as chairman of theprogram committee, ina courteous and friendly manner, thereby contributing both a perpetual profit andapleasure toeveryone
The future topics for the consideration of the Chapter Meetingsareasfollows:
I—Mental Inferiority asaBasis ofRace Prejudice— , TL™? ' , L, Evans ' Sec 'y o f Urba " League
••—the Psychology of Fear—Rev. Bro.Osmond H. Brown, Rector St Phillips P E Church, Buffalo
•' Ine Binct-Simon Intelligence Tests—Rev Bro , r J -it Rose - Rochester Theological Seminary
4—Is There a Criminal Type—Bro Attv C E Maloney
5—Does thePresence of Negroes in White Neighborhoods Depreciate Property Value—Bro M S Stewart, Realtor
6—Is the Present Civilization the Ultimate CultuSlT,TrBr?- „ D £ J ' LWaters > Committeeman 7thWard, Buffalo.
Bro James L Robinson, formerly ofGamma Chapter hasentered L. B.LawDept., andBro \ W Walker ofChiChapter hasmatriculated intheGraduate School Both Bros Robinson andWalker have planned to set their tents up in thetri!e ofRho Lambda
"Ah-hi1 Thewolf isontherampage, howling for fresh meat Pledgees Harold Robinson, J H Daves William Jackson andS Carpenter aremaking readv tofurnish himagoodjuicybite.
Fraternally yours, J NO H COSFOD, Chapter Editor to THESPHINX
I
THE BETA-MU LAMBDA CORPORATION
The whole of Alpha Phi Alpha is glad to extend toBetaand Mu Lambda Chapters, heartiest congratulations upon the dedication of the beautiful chapter house at 1917 Third Street, N W., in the City of Washington This accomplishment is the result of definite plans, campaigns and labors extending over a period of more than ten years From the standpoint of administrative personnel, Beta has changed handsmany times sincethebeginning; and Mu Lambda, Beta's paternal co-worker, has come into being with both wise counsel and material aid With all the changes that have taken place "The Fraternity House" remained as the goal The realization is worth the sacrifice and the waiting It creates, however, new respensibilities that demand the operation of a business program, the exercise of firmness and constant vigilance
We believe that Beta and Mu Lambda, through the Beta-Mu Lambda Corporation, fully appreciate the task before them and will make their fraternity home an asset to the fraternity, to Howard University and to the community The Secretary of the corporation sent out the following circular letter from which we may get a glimpse of the house and an idea of the plan of operation:
"'Where shall I select my college home?' is the question which confronts the mind of every college man The Beta-Mu Lambda Fraternity House answers this question for every Alpha brother
"The beautiful chapter house at 1917Third Street, N W., was specially designed, the spacious grounds landscaped, and rooms artistically and comfortably furnished for Beta chapter
"The house is set off by a wide veranda, spacious lawn, spreading trees, and decorative shrubbery. Brother meets brother with fraternal intercourse, and charm of home-like atmosphere.
"Threeloungerooms,office,dining room,pantry and kitchen occupy the first floor. The other two floors are devoted entirely to bedrooms Two tiled baths onthesecond floor, oneon thethird floor and showers in the basement, furnish ample lavatory facilities
"An automatic oil burner and hot water heater assure heat and bathing comforts; separate beds, linen changed weeklyand janitor service.
"The boarding department is up to date with good oldhomecooking Inmates mustbebothactive Alpha men and boarders Room rent $88.50 to $93.00 per
annum, according to location Board $18.50 per month, payable in advance
"Application honored and rooms assigned in order of priority. A $30.00deposit must accompany application.
"Make all checks and money orders payable to The Beta-Mu Lambda Corporation Address Daniel W Edmonds, Treasurer, The Beta-Mu Lambda Corporation, Howard University, Washington, D C."
Among the rules and regulations of the house we find that room rent must bepaid in advance; that all permanent residents must be financial members within four weeks after arrival; that courtesy and respect areexpected; that devotionals areheld for house residents each Sunday morning at eleven o'clock; that occupants of rooms in which drink is found will be dismissed; that gambling in the house will not be tolerated
Many of our "pin members" feel that they ought to be permitted to enjoy the full benefit of fraternity privileges though they have been unfinancial for many years; others go so far as to resent their chapter's effort to make them pay room rent promptly or even board; and it is not uncommon to find members of the fraternity who feel that their membership permits them to drink as much liquor as they want and to use the fraternity house as agambling den from sundown to dawn The fraternity has something very definite to do with the conduct and demeanor of its members Men maycome intothe fraternity with the wrong idea of life; but they must not bepermitted to go forward unabated Training inproper respect and appreciation for primary fundamentals of life are indispensable. Many of these fundamentals are not taught as a definite part of thecollege curricula, and can betaught better in the chapter and chapter house than anywhere else. The chapter that requires of its membersadherence tobasic fraternity regulations and a proper discharge of personal obligations will send forth men able to steer straight amid the under-currentsandcross-currents of life Thechapter that exercises no definite jurisdiction or restraint over its members fails of its purpose, is a detriment to the fraternity and the community and has no essential justification for existence
We hopethat the Beta and Mu Lambda, with their ownnew fraternity home,will fulfill the highest aims and idealsof the fraternity andsetahigh standard by which other chapters may proudly follow. We shall beinterested observersastheirprogram goes forward
Roster of Alphas in Good Standin a
Alpha Chapter—Ithaca, N. Y. Bailey,Ileadley E. Hunter,Harry H. Casscl,O B Majors,Chas Wm Hill,Geo W Thomas,Wm Lee Thompson,FrankL, Beta Chapter—Washington, D. C. Allen, Howard Anderson,John Anderson,LeonV Andrews,Geo K Andrews,W W Jr Archamhcau,Lester Atkins,Norris Atkinson,RichardR Bell,Cornelius,T Braden,Lester Branch,WilliamH Brooks,Henry L. Brown,CalvinC Brown,Wm.F. Brundant,T Mitchell Burbridge,CharlesE Burrell,RobertA Carpenter,Wm Carter,Joseph Ginner,TheodusR Cornelius, Ira W Davis,IraP Dougherty,Wm S Dougherty, Wyatt Draper, Simon Eldridge,KennethC Fisher,AlbertF. Fletcher, Gorham Hickman,LouisM. Goodal,BaxterDon Gray,BenjaminA Hammond,CliffordC Harmon, Walter Hayes,Chas R I[<nderson,LorenzoM Hogan,Clarence 11.ilines,Dwight() \V„Jr Jackson,Gorham Jason,RobertS Jefferson, George Johnson,ArchieW Johnson,Cassatt Langston,JuliusT Levin,Ernest
Gamma ChapterBreaux, Inman \ Brooks,John Murray Brooks,LymanB Brown,NathanielH W Cephas,Benjamin A Daniel,Prof. R.!'• Daniel,Prof V.E Gaudy,CharlesF. Jeffries, L F Jones,JosephLeonard Logan,Prof R \V
lielitfoot KayC I1gan,GlendonL l.undy Robert McAlnin,Harry S IteckleL, ice,GeorgeH 1',Robert Miller,Paul Miller,Robert Morris,Wm A Murray,RewenO Patterson,Adonis Perry,E,B Pollard,HoraceO Price,Cline Prudhomme 1h Richardson,JamesM. on,Henry Robinson, VirdieL Rummons,E H Slade,John Smith,ClarenceT Smith,JamesK Stanford, StephenR Strode,Geo.W. Tolver,RalphR Trigg, Kermit Turner,W Lovell 1JamesG ,A m,Walter Wharton, iI Wheat,Hugh1! Wilkins A Mills Williams,A.A. Williams,C W C Williams.ElijahB. Williams,1EenryW Williams,John Williams,LoisJ Williams,OtisJ Wiltoughby,WinstonC Woolridge,AllenL J-
-Richmond, Va. Merritt,B, ,PaulDill Payne,Wm.H. Randolph,RobertP Robinson,Julius1 Spurlock Prof.W H Staves,WilliamH Tobin,A T s,TheodoreR hington,CL Williams,WesleyS
Epsilon Chapter—Ann Arbor, Mich. Alexander,LloydE inn,AlbertusB Baker,Chas E Finch,Chas S
Hines,WalterI) Lnighorne.Jus.Leon Mitchell,ArthurW ion,RemusG. Saunders,Ernest
Stephens,HomerC Thompson,OthelloD Turner,Edw M Williams,TheodoreM n DonaldD tham,HermitH
Zeta Chaptsr—New Haven, Conn. Bowles,H O.' Lawson,B,V Jr Costa,R B Nevers,Harold en,W.Luzerne Singli uriceE Fiemming,R S Tribbitt Chas A Kusscy,C.C. Wings.DanielJ.
Eta ChapterAnthony.R Atwater,F D d,R. Earl Bowden, H.J <!', Harry Brown,Earl Dash Howard J Mason rsey,J C Delaney,Lucius Edwards,Phil Gilbert,A C Hawkins Gregory Hailstock,I Harris,JamesE Holmes,Eugene Hunt,AV)
-New York City !>hnson,R.I.. Mayle,P.H .ers,F.R. Miller Herbert T Mizelle,RalphE. Morris Alvin Perry G R Richardson W H Rogers H A 5,JohnA Saunders,Wm.K. Scott,WalterW Strickland.G.W. Strickland,W H ith,A M Walker,F A Whitfield, las F
Theta ChapterAndrews,C Blyther Brown.Wm.H. Chapman,Geo H ("i'per.Dr. Homer us,BindleyC French,James Avery -lest Gordon,VernonS Headen,Demi in,TroyV
—Chicago, 111 rones,JudgeI Jordan,P T Jones,SilasP ley,LorenzoD on,TatumM ireus McGraw,BookerT Reeves,L H Shropshear.George Tivis TheodoreT
Iota Chapter—Syracuse, N. Y. iter,ArthurD Spraguc,MortezaD Vaughn, Raymond Kappa Chapt Atkinson,WilliamT lord,Alfred J 'His StensonF Butler,William Cardoza WarrickW AlbertS Carroll,Jos.P. : i,William T Dickinson,CharlesE, Floyd,PaulM in,Geo A Hogan,LeslieR Jefl
er Columbus, Ohio 11hnson, Harvev Key,Alfred L. Manuel HarleyS Marshal.Albert Porter, Randolph Price,Chas R Shearer,Frank Squires,BernardE Thomas,StocktonV Walker,JohnH Williams,K Mulford RussellL
MuChapter—Minneapolis, Minn. Cannon,RaymondW. Fields, Lafayette Elkins,Dr Alfred Gibbs, Fasper
Jackson,Samuel S Jones,Chas W Kyle,Robt C
Nu ChapterBanton,William H Butler,JohnI) Clark,William D. Dade,M.G.
DeCosta,Frank A. DeKalic,I 1 ,,James E Dwiggins,Horace Fenderson,G B Garner,F Green,J.B.
Harmon.Jeremiah F, Harris,Herbert Hawkins,John A, Hoiloway,C T Hughes,SingletonB, Hunter,GeorgeW am,C D Jackson,W A Jackson,WilliamD
Lawrence,John R Smith,LeonM Thomas,John
•Lincoln University, Pa
Jason, H M Jonei
icd,Joseph H Martin,JuliusF. Mosley,ThomasO. Murray, Julian F. ' C
r, EitelW Roy W H.Jr Jr • ustusM
Turner, Foraker : T Walker, Tl :ton,BookerT is,Clarence W illiams,TheodoreC
Xi Chapter5,William H Busch, T.J Calloway, Frank Cann,MillardM Chappelle, Hear; Curry T Burton Russell F Ellis,Wade Evans Harry Ginn,Guy Harris,Walter W Hunt,William Jackson,Blyden Kinckle,EdmundJ Leubers,Harry T
-Wilberforce, Ohio
Roosevelt 1 laniel i A land
erts,Harry W .1 Thomas s,Robt
Irunes lor,John Iohn
Omicron ChapterAllen,GeraldF •!i,JohnF Butler. Dr.Voyle Crockett Arthur T Holland,AaronV Holmes, Wilfred Johnson, Walter Jones,J Loraine
Pi ChapterAtkins,Harvey Berry,S Paul Biggs,Dr.W S Blue,\\elcomeT, Bridgeman,J.T. Brooks,Robert Brown,Russell S. Brown,Stanley 1•'. Cheeks,ElmerJ Christopher,N K Clinthorne,Justine Cohron,Geo E Collum,C P Crawford, Martin L Dorsey,Joseph Evans,ArmenG Evans,L S Fairfax, DanR Firse,D Jesse Fleming,Thos W Jr Garvin,Chas H George,Clayborne Glenn,SelmaC. Grannaum,S.E.
tver,Frank H lite,Luther R Whitehead AnthonyJ
Wilkins,CorneliusK Wynn,Carl Youngblood,S R
Rho Chapter—Philadelphia, Pa
Allen,C F Auzene,Gustavo Bird,IraB er, R P Broadus,Chas A .ell,T.S er,Beverly W thV.m,Henry P nville Kirksey I. Smedley ranee,Wm Hunter Fleming,L P Freclou, Lester Garlick,Cornelius cs,Thos. .'.I. Hen
.ins.W L Howard,P C lias L E !;,W F 1 M Livingston,W R J R J.B Lyie,<ieorge orris 1>x,D L ws,R W Winters,O.
.Martin,J.L. Maxwell,C.W. Milburn,A Roland
Moore,J G Nelson,Herbert C Pannell, M.N Parks,C Culm Penny,T R Presley,EdmondB Purnell, Francis y,Win B R.eeves,John L reorgeM is,R H ey,EugeneT
Sa'.tus,S Morrison
Sarjeant,L F !-aunders,G A Scott,C A Shepherd,Marshall L Shirley,J W ,Stephen Smith,Randolph Smith,S.B. Stratton, Howard Stricklin, Eugene Thompson,JamesA Tunnell,M H Wade,SamuelL Jr West,A E \\harton,U S Wilson,D C H W
Wes Williams,Joseph W Williamson,John -Pittsburgh, Pa King, McKinley
1i,Chas Garfield rest ]r. IdC axwell
-Cleveland, Ohio
Ory,Herman F Iiarhnd L o P Jackson,PerryB ckson,Rolland Leatherman,H A Leggon, W Martin Robt S Mine Mitchell,A O'Neal Montgomery,QuinnF Murrell,John1 hee, Norman L Pope,AlvahJ Scott, James Smalls,W.Robt.Jr. Smith,B K Spencer,Addison Spencer,Booker T Stewart,DanJ Styles,BertramC Tarter,U S Taylor,John H Thurston,B N
Sigma Chapter Boston, Mass. Butler,CyrilF. .LloydF. Drummond,GeorgeT. Galloway,OtisE. Hope Edw S muelB
Lane,David S Lattimore,AP> Rousseve,Ferdinand Stone,AlexanderB .John i>ck,Frederick T
Tau Chapter Champaign, 111. Lie,IraLorenza Mouzon,Edward H ,is,WilliamH Spann,F W
Upsilon Chapter—Lawrence, Kans Bell,P.M. dgers,Sumner Bruce,OtisH Shepard,CharlesS Crummell,ElmerE Tillmon,Richard W ("a.ruthers,PercyE. Toms,CharlesM. 1,On:H. Washington,ClydeF. Langrum,H.D. Winrow,Arasar L.
Phi Chapter—Athens, Ohio Dalton,ArkleyA Fairfax,Lawrence E Fairfax,Chas C Harris,CharlesE Wiley,Walter E
Chi ChapterAllevne,I Atkins,W P Bryant,Moses Bullard,T II Chambers,1 Cheek,R C Clark W F
Daves,I,A Depriest,J1 Dudley,I Freeman,S C
-Nashville, Tenn
Gay,J.A. Grant,JulianE Green,H M
Gregg,T K
Higgins,I-B B Hoover,DeweyA Jemison,D N• Kelly,B F Lark,George Lennard,O D Lewis,P B
Madlock,P E
Martin,TheodoreG Matthews,J.B. Mills,OtisJ. Mcintosh,B.M. Perkins,B.T. Pervis,L T
Shepard,T J
Shivers,R E
Smiley,H S
Steele,C B
Stewart,C M
Walker,T O White,Augustus A.
Psi Chapter Philadelphia, Pa
Asbury,D.Bowser Manning,B.A. Martin,IsadoreM Waters,Harold W Winston,Rudolph
Fountain, William Hickman,Eli Hill,D G Hines,James Huff,S A
Waller,JohnA Ward,A Wayman White,G Leonard White.JohnB.
Alpha Alpha Chapter—Cincinnati, Ohio Beanmon,ReginaldE Bennett,Raymond S Berry,TheodoreM Burke,KenyonT Caliman,Wm K Carroll,Chas.H. Clair,M W Conrad,Geo W B Decatur,W J Gray,Edw S Hayes,Geo W Hogan,LeslieR Hull,Hannibal Ingram,AndrewL.,Jr. Jackson,R C Johnson,William Leland,JohnE. Lesley,Francis E Lockley B Jay Williams,
Lovelace,Wm N Lowe,W Norfleet Matthews,Artie McCaleb,DeWitt McLeod,IvanC McClure,A Bruce McClain,Richard P. Oxley,E H Randolph,Jas E Redden,PaulL D Robinson,James H Russell,F M Russell,Robt D Springer,W M Stone,E.B. Tolliver,H S Walton,MorrisS Webb,Zero Wells,Henry J. Harry S.Jr
Alpha Beta Chapter Talladega, Ala. Blanchet, WaldoE Cheek,Jefferson K Gray,ArthurD Hamilton,HarryL Johnson,Rayfield C Langford, Nathan E White,AlbertS Lewis,JesseD. Rhone,JosephA Sharpel,Clarence Simpson,CohenT Thomas,Norman T Walden,Henry R
Alpha Delta ChapterCleghorn,Walter Thos Davenport,JamesR Eason,NewellB Flory,Ishmael P Gordon, Frank Cordon,WalterL Greene,Alfred R Johnson,Ivan James
Alpha Zeta ChapterAdams,MauriceL Branch,AlonzaE Bridges,EarlD Culumns,Drue E Curtis,Austin W Dodd,Jos E Ferguson,DanielL Harden,Alonzo Hariston, Howard Harvey,Geo W Holmes,Geo O Hubbard,C O Jefferson, MilesM
-Los Angeles, Mack,C Sears Norman, Rufus Price,James Wm Pruitt,EuclidM Robinson,JamesJr. Scott,Riddell Taylor, Percy Venerable,Grant D.
Calif.
Alpha Rho Booker,Walter M. Branch,Howard W. Brooks,Alfred R Brooks,JosephD Carten,John W Dooley,Thos P Hawkins,C W L Hope,John II Jackson,NelsonC Jackson,OliverE Johnson,FrederickL Johnson,Roger
Chapter—Atlanta, Ga. Jones,HintonC. King,Wm.H.Jr. Lewis,JamesL. Mosely,HarrisL Ray,SandyF Reynolds,J M T Roberts,H C Sanders,JohnB Sparks,HenryC Sellers,DavidC Taylor, Lawrence Disdale,RalphE
Alpha Sigma Chapter—Marshall, Tex Burnett,W C Dansby,HallL Clark,J H Hodges,Harry M Young,P T
Alpha Tau Chapter—Akron, Ohio Brown,HaymondR Lewis,Chas R Flcmming,Artee Thomas,Daniel Lancaster,Emmer Walker,JohnB
Alpha Upsilon Chapter Detroit, Mich Evans,Robt;J Griffiths, Clifton Hollis,J C B Laurey,Richard Thompson M
Lightfoot,FrederickC Simms,Herman S Solomon,Thomas R Taylor,JuliusC Stewart
Alpha Kappa Chapter—Springfield, Mass. Finley,Otis Jackson,C C
Alpha Theta Chapter—Iowa City, Iowa Barrett,RoscoeL Parks,JamesD Ewing,AugustusP Taylor,BennieE Holman,Joel Taylor,JamesE Jr Jordan,WilliamB Wheeler, Kermit White,LouisB
Alpha Mu Chapter—Evanston, 111. Dean,MillardR Lee,LuciusE Pyant,WilliamG Mason,ClarenceT Gnder,Jos Wm Robinson,Geo F White,JamesA.
-Institute, W Va Johnson,Hunter N McClanahan, Leonard Marshall,Henry L Martin,Clifford A Martin,JamesL Matheus,John F Reaves,Leon N Sandle,H P Saunders,Harry W Scott,DavidA Taylor,OtisR Washington, Alexander Winston, Dabney
Alpha Iota Chapter—Denver, Colo.
Lawson,O L Oliver,PaulJ Rahming,H E Rowell,F.
Andrews,UlyssesJ Bell,Clyde Brown,HaroldQ Sr Carey,A J Chrysler,James Clair,M W.Jr Davis,ForrestD Simms,James Smith,L H VonDickersolm,Theo.
Alpha Omicron Chapt Belton,Wm E Chavis,V H Clement,Arthur J Crater,Robt L Dockery,Geo R Gillard,Thos E Griggs,A C Jones,A Allen Johnson,TroyA Knox,Wm J Jr Lord,AlonzoR Young,Leroy
er—Charlotte, N C Lowe,B E Marshall,H L McNeill,Wm.McK. Newell,Geo.F. Plair,TheodoreL. Stewart,C,B. Taylor,O J White,C H Wilson,J T Woodson, Fred Young,Jas.T
Alpha Pi Chapter Atlanta, Ga. Bryant,Chas L Ramsey,AddisonI Hamilton,J T Reeves,William H Jackson,F A Towns,Geo A Jones,S A.,Jr Towns,MyronB King,W.W. Williams,A.L. Yancey,PrentissQ
Alpha Epsilon—Berkeley, Calif. Allen,J L Jr Davison,T Stuart Coleman,JohnC. Gordon,WalterA.
Hawkins,LelandS Hunter,PearlD Hurd,Geo E I-a-cs,Lloyd Johnson,Geo M Newman,AllanO Nurse,AlvinD Pittman,William R Richardson,H Leonard Rickmond,Arthur D Williams, Pearl Wilson,ClayM Wilson,Edwj r,M<1in Wallace,Aaron Whibby, Thomas
Alpha Phi Chapter—Atlanta, Ga Carrol,HoraceM Lipscomb,Edw L Carter,Leroy K Nelson,JasperL Dykes,Hewitt Nyabongo, HoseaK Fagan,JohnT Wadley,Green W Harris,Marquis Weems,Arthur F Jchnson,DennisR. Williams,Walter-H.
Alpha Chi ChapterAnderson,TommieL Bimford,Paul S Bradford, Elmer H Browning,JamesB Creswell,I T Daniel,DavidL F.dnr'ston S K Gordon,Claude Grayson,W H GiTthri•PaulL Hogue,WilliamA
-Nashville, Tenn Horton,E C •mery,Robert H ndon J Allen Oakes,J E Peterson,P S Reynolds,Geo H Rucker,Ro'ertA Schell,H 0 Talky,T W Weathers,F N Walker JohnB
Re'a Alpha Chapter—Baltimore, Md
Diggs, Robert Dixon,Osborne Hicks,Raymond lefferson, Reginald F Paul,Walter F Your, Saunders,E S Turpin,K S Turpin,S L Waters,S D Waugh,BascombE, ,Charles
Be';a Bsta Chapter—Lincoln, Neb !•"•irrhild, Robt L Hill,Pahio M. Hill,ClaiborneC. Lee.Herschel Williams,LloydH
Beta Camma Chapter—Ettricks, Va Chisholm,Geo T Cogdell,WalterC Corprew Theodore ¥.. Co'.man,Thos.C. Edwards MorganJ Epps,Eric\\ Finney,Ernest A. Hill,LesterV Wyatt,
Jackson,HenryC Jackson,Wm Weeks Johnson,Waller W Porter,PatrickI) Rxhardson,Archie(1 Rowe,Floyd Leon Smith, InhnS Wildy,David H PhillipV
/ Ipha Lambda Chapter—Louisville, Ky. Ballard,O L Lat'imore,J A C Ballard,Wilson Pickett,W.H. Blanton,J O Reid,G H Hall,H E Simpson,AbramL Laine,J F Sweeney,P C
Beta Lambda Chapter—Kansas City, Mo Baker,Edw S Blackiston, Harry Bluford,J H Bradley,I.F. Buster,G B Carroll,M E Jr Cook,Hugh 0 Collins,Joe Curry,Garfield A Ellison,Geo S Jacobs,P J Jefferss,Jas A Lane,F T Marsdcn,R A Mayberry,BurtA Merry,F L Morrison,J O Pyles,O D
Gamma Lambda Chapter—Detroit, Mich Baker,LowellW Jr Marlowe,J A Bell,Haley Moore,Jas A Chennault,A B <>wens,Manuie
Dancy,JohnC Graham,1) C didge,B J Gregory,JamesM. Grimes,Davenport Johnson,Albert H. Johnson,GementC. Johnson,W H M Williams,
Piper, Percival Raiford, PrankP Rodgers,Julian P Rollins,HnllisN Rowlette,CecilL Simms,Herl>ertE Taliaferro,HenryB Turner,A L LeonardS
Delta Lambda Chapter—Baltimore, Md Andrews,Wm T Bishop, Winifred Bond,RoyS Booker,S.S. Butler,Wm.B. titer,RaymondT Chambers,J Clarence (rooke,J A Fitzgerald,Wm L Halls,Geo L Voung,RalphJ
Epr.ilon Lambda Benjamin,Garrett T Bolen,U.S Bowles,Daniel W Buckncr,Geo W Craft, Harry K Crawford,J L Curtis,L S Davis JohnA E/ans,Clifford H Gardner, S E Garner,S,E Grant,MauriceA Gray,M B n,OttoV. Halsev,F D Harper,C H
Copnage,S F Fawlkes,L A Hart,Wm S Manning,A D Miller,Wm.A.
Hayes,J Edw Hilburn,James H Mosby,Geo T Moss,MauriceR Murphy,Howard H. McRae,J.G. Pennington,P.D.G. Rhetta,B M Wheatley,Edw M White,JamesA
Chapter—St Louis, Mo Harper,ErnestL Harris,ErnestL Huffman, W H Langston,J.M. Lindsay,A G McLemore,J L Morris,O.O. Moten,Wm C Procope,JohnL Scott,JamesA Stone,Chas S Sykes,Newman N. Tocus,C S Watts,Robt P Wilson,FrankB. Woodson,LouisP
£cta Lambda Chapter Norfolk, Va Noble,S B Palmer,L F Pierce,J W Pree,R H Smith,GideonE. "h>mpson,T.W.
T.iata Lambda—Dayton, Ohio
• Vl - McFall,O.D
BT.dfield,J C Parsons,JamesA Bush,J.E. Peterford,R.E. Campbell,E E Pierce,James Cox, L H R 0SC I D r B A Dunn,JamesA Samuels-Belboder,J N Hathcock,L W Sewell P W Keller,C.F Stokes,Wm 6
Eta Lambda Anderson,Wm E Arnold,Chas E Barnwell,H S Baskerville,B.C. Brooks,E Luther Carter,A M Crawford,John W. Crosby,Almanus Davage,M S Bibble,E H Eagleson,HalsoV Evans,Jos H B Ferguson,Thos J 1n>million,J p Greene,Chas.W Hall,FredD
Chapter—Atlanta, Ga Harris,Ralph H Harris,W P Henry,Thos J Herndon,NorrisB Hope,Dr John Johnson,C.H. Lawlah,J W Milton,Lorimer Murphy,H S McCoy,A B Reeves,C W
Robinson,J A Slater,T H Smith,Walter H. Washington, Forrester West,H D
Iota Lambda Chapter—Indianapolis, Ind.
Chandler, Anderson Corley, Averitte Dixon, Thomas Furniss, S. A. Huffman, W G
McCree. Paul \Y. Riley,H.T. Silance,ClydeVV Toles,C A Woodruff, MinusE.
Kappa Lambda Chapter—Greensboro, N. C. Barnes, Boisy W. Beavers, Wm. E. Bluford, F D Crutcher, Benj. H. Daniel, Walter G. Ferguson, Arthur W Freeman, James N. Jr. Geary, John E. Hill, Leander Jones, David D.
Mu Lambda ChapterAdams, Frank R. Beckham, A. S. Bow, Cyril C Brady, St. Elmo Burch, Chas. E. Curtis, Arthur Curtis, Merrill Daly, Victor R. Davidson, Eugene Donowa, Arnold Downing LouisK Edmonds,D.W. Ferguson, Geo. H. Grant, Jason C Hansberry, VV. L. Harris, Norman Herring, Jas V Hill, JamesN Hoiton, Leo S
Nu Lambda
Clark, Wm. F. Claytor, J. B. Derbigny, I. A. I (owning, E. D. Downing, Gardner P Dudley, E.B. Faultleroy, Byron J. Florence, Chas W
Xi Lambda Arthur, George Beasley, E. W. Binga, Jesse Brown, Oscar C Brown, Sydney P. Butler, F. Eugene Charles, A W Dawson, Wm. L. Fields, Mason Fitzgerald, Percy A. George, Albert B. (Hies,RoscoeC Giles, Wm. D. Glover, Nelson G. Wi
King,WalterJ. Knight,L E Luck C A Luck,Jerry Bethel, Jas.-A Taylor, Irwin W Taylor,WelseyF Trigg,Harold L. Watkins, Thomas Winchester,T W
—Washington, D. C. 1 touston, Chas H Jackson Wilton W Jones, Frank R. Jones, Wm. H. Kirk-land,GradyD Lee,Lawrence Lofton Wm G Long,Howard H 1ticns,ClarenceE, Mills Clarence11 Barker,Chas.S. Fiper,Paul E Saunders,JamesN Scott, Emmett 11. Smith,Emory B Thompson, Charles Turner,Lorenzo D. Wesley, Chas. H. Williams, Julian F.
Chapter—Ettricks, Va Gandy,John M
Grice,Samuel W. Johnston,James If. Miller,Emmett W Owens,GeorgeW, Patterson,Fred D Pogue, G. L. A. Rogers, Wm A
Chapter—Chicago, 111. Howard,J H Johnson, LewisE. Green,JuliusC Johnston, V D Lewis, Julian H. Mitchem, JamesK ' McCov, C. A McDonald, E K. Plummer, Frank V Randall,Oscar Rosenberg,Samuel11 Smith, H Reginald Thompson, Charles Turner, Herbert A. lliams, J Mayo
Omicron Lambda Lambda Chapter—Birmingham, Ala
Adamson, G. N. Jenkins, S. M. Dowdell, W. J. Mason, U. G. Giscombe, C. S. Reeves, G. W. Gregory, A. E. Shortridge, W.I Hall, L. R. Walls, P. W.
Lambda Chapter—Little Rock, Ark.
Barabin,J H Brown,A H Brown,C. Franklyn .John E. Ir, W. O. Fox A B Gillam, I. T. Goodwin, F. C. Williams, Leroy E
Tau Lambda \mkrson, Jos. E Anderson,Jas R Capbell, R B..J Ellington,W S., Sr. Ellington, W. S., Jr. G. W.Jr. Lawson, Wilfred W. Lockert, Aeolian
Ish, G. W. S. Ish, J. G. Johnson, R. T. Jordan, J V Patillo, Carl E. Perry, H. T. Perry, Marion R Powell, H. A.
Chapter—Nashville, Tenn. Mebane, Junius S. Moore, I L Morris, Robt. H. McKissack, Calvin Morris, S. S. Nabors, Emmett J., Jr. Riley, John W Turner, A. R.
Upsilon Lambda Chapter—Jacksonville, Fla. Butler, R. W. Patterson, J. P. Crawford, R. P. Richardson, A. S.Jr. Hart Sylvanus H., Jr Smith, Arthur Walls
Rho Lambda Chapter—Buffalo, N. Y. Allen,M A Levy,V J. Brown,O H. Lunsford,Chas,1 Costal, ]oli"H. Rose,JamesE. Frasier R A Stewart,M E Greer, Robert E Walker, Wm Howard Waters, John L
Sigma Lambda Chapter—New Orleans, La Coleman,E M Haydel,C C ,„,t.p P Mitchell, WaH,Jr . Edwards,AlbertA Mullon, Vance S. Talbert, Geo B
Phi Lambda Chapter—Raleigh, N. C. Cochran, A. Myron Inborden, Wilson B. Cox,Emmet A Robinson,W A i[olloway, Wm. H. Taylor, Ben L.
Chi Lambda Chapter—Wilberforce, Ohio Carroll,J C, Summers, H. B. I.am•,I Aubrey Thornhill, Walter R. Smith,Chas S Valentine, Geo. H.
Psi Lambda Chapter—Chattanooga, Tenn. Allen, Julian B. Johnson, H. E. Allen, R W Jones, S C Barber, 1. B. Looney, W. E. ,ns,S.S Moores.G. H. Davis,Rol.ert A. Mcintosh, E. F. ;=vy B Patton, Lewis L. i, J iilin Peter Peoples, Alphonso C !hompson,W A.
Alpha Alpha Lambda Chapter—Newark, N J Alexander, Walter G K\le, George A Curtis, A. Maurice Robinson, Aubrey E. Gordon, J .A. Thornhill, Arthur C Janifer, Clarence S. Williams, Ferdinand D.
Alpha Beta Lambda Chapter—Lexington, Ky. Ballard,W H. McPhecters, Alphonso Hunter, J E Reid, Madison Merchant, 1 leury A Ridley, N J Mclnham,J.M- Wade,A W Wendell,T T
Alpha Gamma Lambda Bout.e,M V Brown,Lucien Caljman, Wayman Cobbs,ClarenceW Collins,Paul DeFrantz,P.obert Dyett,Thos B s, Wm.P. 1iuHlerson,EdgarF William [ nes,KugeneK. Yerby, W
Chapter—New York City Lowry,J Edw Middleton,LouisR. Nearon,LeoF Norman,GeraldF Nurse, Godfrey Paige,MylesA Richardson,C W Thomas,JamesC Thompson,Frank L Tobias,Channing H Walton,LesterA. D
Alpha Epsilon Lambda—Jackson, Miss. Anderson,MurrayE. Newsome,S.H. Dillard,JamesB Peterson,William M Dilworth,BenjaminH. Polk,H.L. Green,VernonC Sanders,I S Hamilton,RileyA. Simpson,F.T.
Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter—Bluefield, W Va Black,RobertE Jordan,Lawrence Browne,Edw.W. Kingslow,J.Claude Carr,MaceoE Lacy,FrederickJ Dickason,H L Matney,W C Dunlap,DelbertF Pettress,J Elbert Harris,MelvinL Rogers,ClarenceA Higginbothan,P R Shelton,J A Jefferson, HarryR Welch,WilliamH Washington,Loris A.
Alpha Eta Lambda Chapter—Prairie View, Tex. Atwood,RufusB. Evans,EdwardB. Codwell,JohnE Gray,WalterE., Jr. Davis,W T Harrison,B E Dickerson,HarveyG Jones,A E
Lattimore,O.L. Law,JamesH Perry,R Patterson Phillips,C.A. Potts,LawrenceA
Smith,E O Turner,H.R. Ward,R H Lockett,JohnL Mitchell,L.M.
Alpha Iota Lambda Chapter—Charleston, W. Va. Clark,J F J James,Edw L IJavis,Henry Jones,Robert Dawson,CorneliusR Moore,Wm G
Alpha Kappa Lambda—Roanoke, Va. Downing,L C Moore,G A
Alpha Nu Lambda Chapter—Tuskegee, Ala Fuller,J E Robinson,T A Gillum, SpencerL Romm,Harry J Henningburg,A H Scott,G W A IIerriford,N H Whiting,J 1. Imes,G.Lake Williams,W T B Persley,L H Wood,Chas Winter
Alpha Omicron Lambda Chapter—Pittsburgh, Pa. Brown,Roderick Carroll,C H Qaggett,Levi Douglass,WilburC. Edwards,W H Fish,GarretE Fowler,J C D Hamilton,T B Hardy,L.E. Hawkins,Fred Honesty,L C Wooten,
Jefferson, DonaldC Johnson,L E Levy,A N Morsell,S R Randolph,Wm M Seels,Robert Smith,R Thos Terry, Godfrey Webber, Harry Webster,Charles West,Fred R Albert
Clinton-Burke
Bro Kenyon L Burke put one over on his brothers Without a word to us, he and Miss Parthcnia Clinton were quietly married this summer Nearly a month later he springs the news on the surprised but delighted brothers Miss Clinton is a graduate of Wilberforce and Bro Burkeoriginally hailsfrom Ohio State While Alpha Alpha thinks it should have beenlet in"ontheknow," it forgives and wishes them the best of luck
Kerr-Caliman
Latelast spring theengagement of Miss Ethel Kerr and Bro. Win. Caliman was announced. Bro. Cali-
man is assistant principle at Stowe Jr High School, while Miss Kerr is a graduate of University of Cincinnati,a teacherinthe Cincinnati Public Schools,and a memberof Delta Sigma Theta Alpha Alpha Chapter offers congratulations and best wishes
Jones-Lovelace
On Sept 26, Miss Zenobia Jones and Bro W M Lovelace were wed Miss Jones was a resident of Covington Ky., and a teacher in the Lockland, O., schools Bro Lovelace is serving his second term as president of Alpha Chapter and will be remembered for his address before the Cleveland convention Alpha Alpha wishes them every happiness
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others We must not find comfort in mere members but must seen satisfaction in the quality and attainment of the few. Our educational program has been copied invarious forms byevery fraternity but in no instance has gained the fame or has been as farreaching in practical results Any student of chemistryknowsthat aconcentrated solution insmall quantities may 1alance a larger, less concentrated one Our balance will bemaintained through the adherence to every phase of fraternal responsibility by the concentrated efforts of the few against the widespread efforts of less securelybowed bodies inour midst. In
the final analysis duty is an individual matter—it is simply an indication of what sort of a fraternity man we are as individuals without reference to the whole chapter It is an index to personal worth, the proof of the good judgment of some chapter in selecting each of us Thus every man, by his conduct, raises himself high in the estimation of his brothers or creates the feeling that hisselectionhasbeenan error No A A man wants this feeling Let us live true to the ideals and oath; let us carry on and surpass each former effort—finally let us lie simply real descendants of our fraternal forefathers by living the life faithfully toward our chapter and its members.
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ALPHA MU CHAPTER, Northwestern University, Evanslun, 111.
President, Geo F Robinson, Jr., 1025Ayars Place Cor Sec, Wm C Pyant, 1014Emerson St
ALPHA NU CHAPTER, Drake University, Des Moines; and iowa State College, Ames
President, Carlyle C Clarke, 1207 Center Street, Des Moines, Iowa
ALPHA XI CHAPTER, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis
President, L H Stanton, 1012Galena St
Secretary, G D Daniel, 01 19th Street
ALPHA OMICRON CHAPTER, Johnjon C Smith University, Charlotte, N C
President, W J Knox, Jr
Cor Sec, H L Marshall Ga.
President, Addison I. Ramsey. Secretary, frank L. Stanley
ALPHA RiiO CHAI'Thk, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga
President, James S Simmons
Secretary,A Russell Brooks
ALPHA SIGMA CHAPTER, Wiley University, Marshall, Texas
President, Clarence E Simmons
Cor Sec, James L Sweatt, Jr
ALPHA-TAU CHAPTER, Akron University, Akron, Ohio
President M A Allen, 860 Willian- St, Buffalo, \ Y
President, M R Perry, 904Broadway Street
Secretary C Franklin Brown, 1019 Cross Street
RHO LAMBDA CHAPTER, Buffalo-Rochester,
President, Emmer Lancaster, 1012Big Falls Ave Cor Sec, John Sneed, 83Hampton St
ALPHA UPSILON CHAPTER, City College of Detroit, Detroit, Mich.
President, Robert J. Evans, 5670 Hartford Ave. Cor. Sec, M. S. Thompson, 620 Melbourne St.
ALPHA PHI CHAPTER, Clark University, Atlanta, Ga
President, Marquis Harris
Secretary, Edw L Lipscomb
ALPHA CHI CHAPTER, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn
President, E C Horton
Cor Sec, James B Browning
BETA ALPHA CHAPTER, Morgan College, Baltimore, Md
President, Bascomb Waugh Secretary, Edward Saunders
BETA BETA CHAPTER University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb
President, Lloyd H Williams, 3300 R St Cor Sec, Henry W Bates,920 So 12th St
BETA GAMMA CHAPTFR, Virginia State College, Ettricks, Va
President, Henry C Jackson, 125 New St., Petersburg Va
Secretary, Phillip Y Wyatt, Virginia State College
ALPHA LAMBDA CHAPTER. Louisville. Ky.
President. John O. Blanton, 631 South 8th St.
Secretary. A L. Simpson. 1417 W. Chestnut St.
BETA LAMBDA CHAPTER, Kansas City, Mo.
President,Edward S Baker, 1621E 12thSt Cor Sec,JamesA Jeffress,2403TraeyAve
GAMMA LAMBDA CHAPTER Detroit Mich
President, Davenport J Grimes,4224McGraw Ave Cor Sec, Leonard Williams,566524th St
DELTA LAMBDA CHAPTER Baltimore Md
President James H Hillburn, 1844 Druid Hill Cor Secretary Clnbert E. Macbeth, 8101 Druid Hill Avenue
EPSILON LAMBDA CHAPTER, St T™is Mo
President, Robert P Watti, Sumner High School
Secretary, Harry K Craft, Pine Blvd Y M
ZETA LAMBDA CHAPTER Norfolk, Va
President L F Palmer, 2009Marshall'Ave., Newport News, Va
Secretary, A D Manning, 55525thStreet, Newport News,Va
ETA LAMBDA CHAPTER, Atlanta, Ga.
President, Dr C Waymond Reeves, 269 W Fair Street
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President, H T Riley,Attucks High School r^r^ Scc' Thoma s Horner, 1647Belfontaine St
KAPPA LAMBDA CHAPTER, Greensboro, N C
President, A W Ferguson wx, S , ccrctary ' TW - Winchester, 4425Bennett St
MU LAMBDA CHAPTER, Washington, D C
President, Charles H Wesley, Howard University, Secretary, Frank Adams, 52Quincy Place N W NU LAMlJDA CHAPTER, Petersburg, Va
President, B J Fauntleroy, V N &I I Petersburg, Va
Secretary, F D Patterson, V N &I I., Petersburg, Va
XI LAMBDA CHAPTER Chicago,111
President, H Reginald Smith, 4305 S Parkway
Secretary;J E Mitchen,3218S Mich Blvd
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President,G W Reeves, Miles Memorial College
Secretary,PeterR Shy,MilesMemorial College
PI LAMBDA CHAPTER, Little Rock, Arkansas
Secretary, Father O H Brown, 166Godell St
SIGMA-LAMBDA CHAPTER, New Orleans, La
President, Rudolph Moses
Secretary, Albert A.Edwards, 2220 Dryades St.
TAU LAMBDA CHAPTER, Nashville Tenn
President, J. W. Riley, Tennessee State College.
Secretary, J E Anderson, care J W Riley, Tennessee State College
PHI LAMBDA CHAPTER, Raleigh, N C
President, BenL Taylor, Shaw University, Raleigh N C
Secretary, Emmett A Cox, Berry O'Kelly Training School, Method, N C
CHI LAMBDA CHAPTER, Wilberforce, Ohio
President J Aubrey Lane
Cor Sec, T C Carter, Wilberforce, Ohio
PSI LAMBDA CHAPTER, Chattanooga, Tenn
President, Rev J B Barber, Sta A, Box 73
Secretary, Dr W B Davis, 124'/., E 9th St
President, Dr R W Butler, 627 Davis St
Secretary, L A McGee, Edw Waters College
ALPHA ALPHA LAMBDA, Newark N J
President, F D Williams, 16 Mission St., Montclair, N J
Cor Sec,LawrenceWillette, 137Stephen Street Bellville,N ]
ALPHA GAMMA LAMBDA, New York City. President, Myles A Paige,22967th Ave
Secretary, Louis R Middleton, 201West 120th St
ALPHA THETA LAMBDA CHAPTER, Atlantic Citv. N. 7.
ALPHA EPSILON LAMBDA CHAPTER, Jackson, Miss
President, Attorney S R Redmond
Secretary T W Harvey, Jackson College
ALPHA ZETA LAMBDA CHAPTER, Bluefield, W Va
President, Edgar W Barrier, Kimball, W Va
Secretary, Edward W. Brown. Kimball, W. Va.
ALPHA KAPPA LAMBDA CHAPTER, Roanoke, Va
President, Elwood Downing, Brooks Bldg
Secretary, Geo.A.Moore, 106Wells Ave.,N. W.
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