THE SPHINX
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The Twenty-Sixth General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at St. Louis Program of Activities—December 27-31, 1933 Prc-Convention Dance, sponsored by Kappa Alpha Psi. Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternities—Wednesday, December 27, Croatian Hall. U59 Chouteau Avenue, 10 p. m., to 1 a. m. Thursday, December 28 First Business Session S A. M.—Registration of local members, delerates j.nd visiting brothers at Convention Headquarters. 9 A. M.-10 A. M.—Assembly of Executive Council, Jewels and General Officers at Convention Headquarters. 10 A. M.—First Business Session, Pine Street Y .M. C. A., 2846 Pine Street—Convention Headquarters. 1. Call to Order; 2. Invocation—Rev. Hrother Milton Thompson j 3. The National Alpha Phi Alpha Hymn ; 4. Appointment of Committee on Rules and Committee on Credentials; 5. Welcome Address on behalf of the entertaining Chapter-Brother Henry S. Williams; 6. Response.—Brother B. Andrew Rose; 7. Formal Presentation of the General President and General Officers—Brother S. S. Booker; 8. Formal Presentation of the Founders—General President ; 9. Appointment of Convention Officials and Committees; 10. Report of the Commitee on Credentials; Roll Call and Seating; 12. Communications; 13. Announcements ; 14. The National Alpha Phi Alpha Hymn; 15. Adjournment. Afternoon Session—2 :30 P. M. Second Business Session—Convention Headquarters: 1. Call to Order ; 2. Invocation; 3. Report of the Standing Committce; 4. Address of the General President— Brother Charles H. Wesley; 5:. Introduction of F'oundcrs and visiting Honorary Brothers ; 6. Address of Guest Founder; 7. Report of the First Viee-Prfcssidient, Southern Jur^dieifcion—Brother Charles W. Green ; 8. Report of The Second VicePresident, Eastern Jurisdiction—Brother Thomas H. Henderson ; 9. Report of the Third Vice President, Western Jurisdiction—Brother W. W. Cardozo: 10. Reports of Regional Conventions by delegates from Entertaining Chapters; 11. How to Make the Regional Conventions. Successful— Brother H. M. Riley; 12. Announcements; 13. Adjournment; 14. Meeting of Committees. Thursday Evening, December 28 Alpha Phi Alpha Open Formal Dance. 10 P. M. to 1 A. M.--Creation Hall, 1439 Chouteau Avenue. Royal Vagabonds Formal Dawn Dance, 11 P. M. to 4 A. M. People's Ball Room, Jefferson and Market Streets. Friday, December 29 Third Business Session—Convention Headquarters. 9:30 A. M.—1. Call to order; 2. Invocation; 3. Roll Call: 4. Reading of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting; 5. Communications; 6. Report of the Committee on a Fraternity Prayer; 7. Report of the Director of Education—Brother Matthew E. Carroll); 8. Report ot the Editor of The Sphinx—Brother P. Bernard Young, Jr.; 9. Report of the Secretary—Brother J. H. B. Evans: 10. Report of the Treasurer—Brother Percival R. Piper: 11. Report of the Pan-Hellenic Council; 12. Report of the Special Committee on Survey: 13. Introductions: 14. Song. Three P. M. Meeting of Committees Eight P. M.—Public Session—Berea Presbyterian Church. 3000 Pine Street; Brother Henry S. Williams, President of Epsilon Lambda Chapter, presiding: 1. Song—"Lift Every Voice and Sing"—Negro National Anthem ; 2. Invocation— Brother Milton Thompson ; 3. Musical Selection— The Celestial Chorister—Brother C. Spencer Tocus. Director; 4. Address of Welcome: (a) On h'half of the City of St. Louis—Attorney David M. Grant, (b) On behalf of the FraternitiesMr. C. M. Evans, (c) On behalf of_the Sororities —Mrs. Inabel Burns Lindsay; 5." Response to Welcome Addresses—Brother A. Wayman Ward, Chicago. Illnois ; fl. Musical Selection—The Celestial Choristers; 7. Convention Address, Dr. Howard Hale Long. Assistant Superintendent of Schools and Director of Research. Washington D. C . Ex-President, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity: *. Musical Selection—The Celestial Choristers • !>. National Alpha Phi Alph Hymn; 10. Benediction—Brother Milton Thompson. Friday Evening, December 29 Formal Dance Sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorarities, 10 P. M. to 1 A. M., Croatian Hall, 1439 Chouteau Avenue. Saturday, December 30, 1933 Foursth Business Session, Convention Headquarte-s, 9:30 A. M.: 1. Call to order • 2 Invocation; 3. Roll Call; 4. Reading of Minutes' • K Communications: (;. Song; 7. Our Ritual Brother W. L. Hansberry: 8. Undergraduate Chapter Activity; 9. Graduate Chapter ActivityBrother Charles A, Lanon, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 10.
What do the Chapters expect of the General Organization ?—Brother Ferjdinand Rousseve; 11. Annual Fraternal Address—Brother S. S. Booker, Youngstown, Ohio; 12. "What Alpha Phi Alpha should accomplish in the next two years."— Brother Charles P. Howard, Des Moines, Iowa. 2:30 P. M. Convention Picture Afternoon Session Fifth Business Session—1. Call to order; 2. Invocation; 3. Reports of Special and Convention Committees; 4. Communications and announcements ; 5. 15 minute recess; 6. Nomination and election of officers; 7. Selection of meeting place for next convention; 8. Conclusion of business; 9. Expression of appreciation to Jewel Guest and to other Jewels; 10. Farewell Grip of Convention with Jewel Guest; 11. Farewell Grip with other Jewels present; 12. Adjournment. Saturday Evening, December 30 Alpha Phi Alpha Closed Formal Dance, 10 P. M. to 1 A. M., Croatian Hall, 1439 Chouteau Avenue. Sunday, December 31, 1933 Eleven A. M., Convention Services, St. Paul A. M. E. Church, Leffingwell and Lawton Avenues. Guest Speaker—Bishop John A. Gregg, Kansas City, Mo. Public Session 3:30 P. M. Central Baptist Church—Ewing and Washington Avenues 1. "Lift Every Voice and Sing"—Audience; 2. Prayer—The Reverend Milton Thompson: 3. Music— Brother S. Tanner Stafford, Violinist; 4. Welcome Address—Brother William H. Huffman ; 5. Response—National President; 6. "The Negro and the National Recovery Program".— Professor Rayford Logan, Professor of History, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.; 7. Music— Mrs. Hazel Giles, Soprano; 8. "The Significance of Contemporary Legal Contests Involving Negro Citizenship"—Dr. Charles H. Houston, Vice-Dean of the Howard University Law School, Washington, D. C. ; 9. Music—The Celestial Chorister —Brother C. Spencer Tocus, Director; 10. Announcements ; 11. Benediction; Brother Henry S. Williams, Presiding. Annual Banquet Sunday, December 31, 1933, 9 P. M. Pine Street Y. M. C. A. Brother Robert P. Watts, Presiding 1. Placing Alpha Phi Alpha on Permanent Foundations—Brother W. F. Jerrick: 2. "Alpha Phi Alpha Sense and Nonsense"—Brother O. W. Winters ; 3. Address—President Charles W. Florence, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo.: 4. "What Alpha Phi Alpha Means to Me"— Brother Raymond W. Cannon and three minute addresses from delegates and brothers; 5. The Outlook—The President; 6. Ring but the old. ring in the new I
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The Sphinx Speaks On February 1933 two pledgees left t h e ranks of the Sphinx Club and with t h e aid of good brothers from Beta, Tau and Alpha Mu, finally came to see the light. We ask you to Join us in welcoming to t h e ranks of Alpha Phi Alpha—Brother Colbert S. Davis, Jr. and Brother William Y. Bell. They are sophomores at Northwestern, and t o t h e delight of all Alphadom, students par-excellence. After a shaky s t a r t last Autumn, t h e good ship \ l p h a Mu has come Into calm waters an dgoes as calmly onward and u p ward. On Thursday, April 20, 1933, we took leave of our earnest endeavors to make merry at our a n n u a l dance. I t was given at t h e Emerson Y. M. C. A. in Evanston this year. We were happy t o have many out-of-town Alphas. When this pleasant interval was ended we turned our attention to organizing and p u t ting over our annua] Go-to-High School, Go-to-College Campaign. Under the guidance of Brother Bennett. the Sphinx Club went t h r o u g h its paces. It consists of Pledgees Joseph Chapman, Theodore Brown, William G. Mosley, Roy Kauffin, and Caleb Washington. Ted Brown, a freshman at Northwestern University. who r u n n i n g unattached, won t h e 300 meters championship of the Central A. A. U. in its annual meet held at t h e University of Chicago lieldhouse in March. They all are making representative grades. We promise you they will keep up t h e good work. •-WILLIAM S. THOMPSON, Jr.
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