Waynes '51 -'52 Year Successful
D R . O. W I L S O N W I N T E R S ,
Editor
DETROIT, Michigan
O L L O W I N G a fortnight of s l e e p ness nights and testing days, the annual "Deskadesis" brought to a dramatic climax one of Alpha Upsilon's most successful years. Held on June IS, 1952 at Dairyman's Hall, the gala affair followed a champagne party at the Alpha House. Miss Maxine Lewis, Wayne University co-ed, was selected from a talented a n d attractive court as Alpha Q u e e n of 1952-53. T h e members of her coUrt include ihe Misses Shirley Gillespie, J a n e Carson, Gloria \lexander, Gloria Meyers, Arthuree feter and Geraldine Westbrooks. Queen and Court T h e gracious Queen a n d her court were presented Sweetheart Pins as a token of the Fraternity's pride in their selection. Achievement Awards were presented at the c h a m p a g n e party to those brothers who, as officers and committee heads, made outstanding contributions to the chapter d u r i n g the past year. President Jerry L. Blocker presented the certificates. A Breakfast Party at the Virginia Style Breakfast C l u b concluded the evening of activity. U n d e r the leadership of a progressive administration, interest a n d participation in chapter activities increased considerably. T h e Reclamation Program was made easier by a h a r d working active participation by all brothers on various committees. T h e SPHINX C l u b , u n d e r the leadership of Brother Hayes Dabnev, made great progress d u r i n g the past year in fraternal civic affairs. The Hot Sands Braving the hot sands treaded u p o n by their former lords, the following were initiated into Alpha Upsilon on May 23, 1952: Gilbert Maddox, Jesse T o l b e r t , Grady Williams, Gerald Goldsby, L e o n a r d Ellison, R o b e r t Ellison, Roy Lamarr, a n d Clinton Isom. A b a n q u e t was held at the Alpha House in their honor. Officers elected for the 1952-53 academic year are as follows: Jerry Blocker, president; William Reeves, vicepresident; Grady Williams, recording secretary; R i c h a r d Brown, corresponding secretary; N o r m a n G r u b b s , treasurer; Jack Maddox, financial secretary; Lynn Hooe, p a r l i a m e n t a r i a n ; N o r t o n Spencer, sergeant at arms; and Jesse Goodwin, SPHINX associate editor.
—BRO. JESSE F. GOODWIN
OCTOBER,
1952
SHAKESPEAREAN
SIMILITUDE
What's in a muni? A rose by any other n a m e w o u l d smell as sweet. A Mephitis Mustelidoe reduced to its least common d e n o m i n a t o r would still be a skunk. T h e colonel's lady a n d J u d y O'Gray arc sisters next to the skin. Year after year, issue after issue, column after column I have mentioned the names of famous Alpha men, celebrities who create, govern, and promote the expanding affairs of Alpha Phi Alpha. I have expatiated on die virtues of the past and present affairs, 1 have promulgated the activities of the men who are perpetual convention figures, I have lampooned and satirized the lollies and foibles a r o u n d which the vignettes of fraternal life revolve. But in characteristic Shakespearean inquisitiveness I find myself thinking of the thousands of unheralded Alpha men when I ask: What's in a name? Looking in the Alpha directory and selecting at random two names that help make a composite of Alpha membership, men from opposite areas in the nation, we see J. Leslie Patton, Alpha Sigma L a m b d a Chapter, Dallas, Texas, a n d William P. Johnson, Epsilon Iota Lambda Chapter, Suffolk, Virginia; two good DR. O. WILSON WINTERS Alpha brothers adding their names a n d their lives to the lustre and glory of Alpha. Are they married or single? W h a t did they do this summer? W h e r e did they spend their vacations? Do they ever read this column? Can they take a joke? / don't know. Brothers P a t t o n a n d J o h n s o n , being normal college men, but above the average, may have heard the story about the three octogenarians w h o were asked with whom they'd like to be buried. " J o h n D. Rockefeller," said the first. " H e not only made fortunes, b u t he gave them away" . . . "Franklin D. Roosevelt," said the second. " H e was one of the greatest Presidents of all times" . . . T h e third old m a n said, "My choice is Lana T u r n e r " . . . " B u t Lana T u r n e r isn't dead yet," pointed out the questioner . . . "I know," was the answer. "Neither am I." Have they heard about the wife who said, " W h y d o you go out on the front porch when I sing?" . . . " D o n ' t you like my singing?" T h e husband said, " O h , I just d o n ' i want the neighbors to think I'm beating you." Do they want contentment? . . . G o out t o the Arizona desert and live like a hermit. W h e n you've been out there a few years you will find yourself talking to yourself. After a few more years you will find yourself talking to lizards. T h e n in another couple of years you will find the lizards talking to you. Perhaps they want to cure a nervous breakdown . . . Go u p to the' C a n a d i a n wilderness, take an old I n d i a n squaw along as guide and camp cook. Rest, relax, fish, a n d sleep. Eventually your strength a n d health will return. O n e day you will be entirely well. H o w will you know? W h e n the old I n d i a n Squaw begins to look like Lena H o m e Boy you're well! Come on home! Shakespeare did not say that . . . "Flattery is the thinnest thing in the world . . . a n d the hardest to see t h r o u g h . " "Isn't it peculiar that money talks and talks . . . b u t never gives itself away?" (Continued on Page 14) P A G E 11