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ous time to Alpha Phi Alpha. Other brothbreed them and will return to the supervisor ers present at the meeting live in Boley. one registered gilt from the first litter of This meeting was timed with the fortypigs at weaning age which will clear his second birthday anniversary of Boley which note and give him the rest of the pigs and out for a celebration for the occasion. sow clear without any cost, to him. Beta Epsilon Lambda will send three The pigs received from the boys will be delegates to the Regional Conference in given to some other 4-H and NFA boys and Dallas, Texas during the month of October. they will do likewise in continuing the proBrothers Marshall, Hill and Haston have ject. Only NFA and 4-H members are been selected to go down and stir up the eligible for the pigs. They must carry liveAlpha spirit t h a t will bring as many stock and crop projects in their school work. brothers as possible to the National ConAbout ninety percent of the high school vention which will meet in December in boys in Beta Epsilon Lambda area are farm Tulsa, Okla. boys who are NFA and 4-H members. The First meeting of the fall term was pigs are p u t under supervision of the Vocascheduled for September 9th, at the home tion Agriculture teacher or the County of Brother Watson, Shawnee. Farm Agent whose duties are training NFA Fraternally yours, and 4-H members in agriculture work. C. D. ASHLEY, through conducting and supervising liveAssociate Editor. stock and crop projects with the boys. Any vocational and agricultural teacher or county agent will wholeheartedly welcome the asALPHA MU LAMBDA CHAPTER sistance of anyone giving the boys financial help to get their project started. Knoxville. Tennessee Purposes of the project are: To get the Greetings Brother in Alphr.dom: boys started with a program t h a t will furHere at the gateway to the great Smokey nish financial aid for school, training in Mountains and in the heart 01 the Atomic agriculture and establishment in farming Area, Alpha Mu Lambda "marches on!" and to bring into the communities a pureIn order to keep in sight of the scientific bred line of hogs needed so badly for the progress of this section, it keeps us quite welfare of farmers. busy going forward from other angles. This is not a money-making project for For the past year we have used the rotathe chapter. Tl'e chapter finances the protion system of meeting in the homes of ject and it will be the duty of the boys to the several brothers. This method has see t h a t it ;s carried out right for the benetended to strengthen our chapter, especially fit of the NFA and 4-ti tueuiuers. All of the in achievements, attendance and fellowincrease slock from the pigs will be pas ed ship. We were royally entertained at the on to some other boys to get them starLed. recent June meeting by Bro. T. H. Davis, Beta Epsilon Lambda held one meeting Frincipal of Austin High School, and Bro. during the summer. It was interesting. James H. Harper, Director of Diversified Brother Marshall ca.ve up from Hugo, full Occupation at Austin. I could exhaust this of the Alpha spirit. Brother Haston came column giving you an idea what swell hosts up from Aid.nore, full of new ideals for they were b u t instead I challenge you Alpha. Brother Watscn came down from (Alpha brothers everywhere) to visit a Shawnee, happy as a brama bull to put his i.-eeting of Alpha Mu Lambda, the first Frishoulder to the Wheel for Alpha. Rev. Hill day night of any month t h a t you happen and Rev. Cranberry ca'.v.e in eff a ten-day to be in Knoxville or vicinity. If you revival meeUng to fievote their moot p . e c don't get inspiration, it won't be our fault.
MEMORABLE OCCASION FOR BLUEFIELD BROTHERS . . . . As if though to let the g r a d u a t e b r o t h e r s at Bluefield k n o w that they too w e r e on the scene these y o u n g Alpha m e n of Beta Theta Chapter got together for the above pose with the G e n e r a l President, Attorney Belford V. I.awson, of Washington, D. C , s h o w n center, front row, beside t h e chap-
October, 1947 One of our fondest dreams was realized a few weeks ago when we were able t o set up an undergraduate chapter—"Gamma Omicron" at Knoxville College. It was a long, hard struggle, b u t we didn't give up. The fourteen successful candidates who crossed the "burning sands" were: Lincoln Biakeney, A. B. Coleman, Clarence Gregory, Eddie Goins, Grogan Joyner, Booker T. Lewis, Henry Marsh, John Martin, William Peters, Jr., Walter Plemmer, Lucius Ross, Herman Smith, E. G. Smithwick and Charles Woods. National officers present for the initiatory activities were: Bro. William N. Lovelace, first vice president, of Cincinnati; Bro. William H. Gray, second vice president of Tallahassee, Florida: Bro. A. L. Allen, regional director, of Nashville, Tenn. Rev. Bro. B. B. Evans was also present from Cincinnati for this history making occasion. Bro. Wm. H. Gray, President of Florida A. & M. College, was the guest speaker for the Initiatory Chapel Exercise at which time he won great favor of t h e student-body. Music was furnished by the Alpha Phi Alpha Quartet composed of Brothers: Eddie Goins, Clarence Gregory, John Martin and Groton Joyner. Brother Lovelace of Cincinnati, Banquet speaker, did much to assist in making this chapter pcssible at Knoxville College. Sunday following the initiation, religious services were held during the regular morning church hour at Knoxville College. A very effective and challenging message was delivered by Bro. Dewitt S. Dykes, pastor of East Vine Avenue Methodist Church of this city. The Alpha Mu Lambda delegate to the April Regional meeting held in Memphis, was Bro, M. D. Senter who is well known for his services in the national a d regional conferences. The Gamma Omicron delegate was Bro. Wm. Peters. Jr., a cne-monthold Alpha who went to Memphis and made a "big hit." He has been invited (I under-
ter president, B r o t h e r Alrid Calhoun. T h e occasion was the A n n u a l Mother's Day p r o g r a m observed b y m e m b e r s of both t h e u n d e r g r a d u a t e and g r a d u a t e chapters. P r e s i d e n t Lawson was guest speaker at t h e program, held at J o h n S t e w a r t Memorial Methodist Church.