THE SPHINX
Official Organ of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc PUBLISHED FEBRUARY, MAY, OCTOBER, and DECEMBER VOLUME 24
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1939
KNOW OF A JOB? EDITOR'S NOTE — This column, bearing the above caption, will be published regularly in the Sphinx Magazine with the hopes that it will serve the purpose of calling attention to specialized talent and training within the rank of this Fraternity. If you are qualified by training, experience, or both, and in need of employment, don't hesitate to write this column in care of the Editor. List your name and address, give a brief sketch of educational background and experience, if any, and the ty;:e of employment you believe you are most adequately suited. This column will also be devoted to individuals or institutions ia search for men who have been prepared in certain fields of endeavor, and urges its use by those who are influential in selecting such men for new jobs, or filling vacancies. The general idea of the column is illustrated by three theoretical examples as follows:— LAW (Brother A. B. C.) Ohio State, 1932, A. B.; Columbia 1935, M. A.; Yale, 1938, Ph. D.; two years teaching experience in Knox County School System, Virginia. SECRETARIAL BUSINESS (Brother X. Y. Z.) Harvard, 1934, A. B.; majored in Business Administration. Two years accounl'ing experience with John Brown's Department Store. Space will not permit a detailed account of a brother's qualifications. So make y:ur application as brief but thorough as possible. Brother Joseph H. B. Evans, General Secretary, who suggested this column to the Sphinx Magazine, has promised to cooperate wholeheartedly to the end that it will serve effectively in helping brothers obtain employment. The editor is confident that other officers will do likewise.
FRONT COVER To our four living Founders who honored us with their presence at the 1939 Convention in New York City, this Edition of the Sphinx is dedicated.
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THE STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF i LEWIS O. SWINGLER Memphis, Tennessee ASSISTANT EDITOR HUGH M. GLOSTER LeMoyne College Memphis, Tennessee
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Leader In a Trying Hour 2 Proclaims New Year 3 Resume of Proceedings 4 Key to Business 9 A Founder Reminisces 10 Fraternity Fun 13 Hits and Misses 22 Book Reviews 24 "Spartan" of the Southwest 26 Dr. Grannum is Honored 26 Voice of the Sphinx 27 Convention Picture 20-21 Other Convention Pictures Pages 5-19
WHO'S WHO EDITOR GEORGE B. KELLEY Troy, New York HISTORY EDITOR JAMES B. BROWNING Miners Teachers College Washington, D. C. FRAT FUN EDITOR DR. O. WILSON WINTERS Norristown, Pa. ART EDITORS JAMES D. PARKS Lincoln University Jefferson City, Mo. FERDINAND ROUSSEVE Art Department Xavier University New Orleans, La. HERSHAL C. LATHAM Memphis, Tennessee CONTRIBUTING EDITORS MILTON S. J. WRIGHT Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio WILLIAM H. GRAY Philadelphia, Pa. JOSEPH E. COTTON Memphis, Tennessee KERMIT J. HALL Charleston, W. Va. CLYDE L. COLE Carver Junior High School Tulsa, Oklahoma GRANT W. HAWKINS Indianapolis, Ind.
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1940 CONVENTION EDITOR J. R. LILLARD Kansas City, Mo. CIRCULATION SPENCER SMITH Memphis, Tennessee
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