tury. "The existence of Alpha on the College Campus".
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Just recently the U. S. Office of E d ucation reported that this past fall college enrollments had exceeded 4,000,000 for the first time. Two years from now, says the College Entrance Examination Board , one million five hundred and seven (1,507,000) freshmen alone will enter college.
longer exist. For us our graduate brothers along with the undergradute brothers must not let anything hinder the proper flow of information, communication and cooperation. When we take seats around the Regional and State Conference Tables this year, let us re-evaluate our program and develop an operational p r o cedure that will work toward intellectual and social understanding giving al of us a chance to develop new ideas and the longing of men's minds.
FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT Bro. Wayne C. Chandler Today brings to the doorstep of Alpha the greatest challenge of the cen-
Oh our college find over 200,000 ternity men in ditional way of
FROM THE ASSISTANT MIDWESTERN VICE PRESIDENT Bro. L. R. Nix The objective of "Strengthening" a Great Nation through Strengthening a Great Fraternity" can, perhaps, best be accomplished by looking to the questions of Bro. Martin L. Harvey's article on page 5 of the last edition of "The Sphinx". Mr. Harvey states that perhaps we should be testing for campus leadership, parliamentary effiency, improved h u m a n relations, etc.,
rather than testing of one's capacity to suffer physical punishment, ability to shine shoes, or talent to sing. As with Bro. Harvey's conclusion we have very ittle choice to make; the outdated methods of placing emphasis on "give them hell" techniques such as "board meetings" and "sweat partys" will accomplish little if anything t o ward strengthening Alpha Phi Alpha. Because we are a social fraternity we should and must always emphasize social improvements. Perhaps, the best approach is by teaching every pledgee to be a leader; parliamentary procedure, etiquette, attendance and a p preciation of cultural events, leadership techniques, the philosophy of leadership, etc. must be the vanguards of Alpha. The benefits of such a p r o gram are two-fold. First, we would be preparing our chapter leaders of
tomorrow. All too often undergraduate chapters, under good leadership, make much progress only to regress when leaders graduate. If we teach our pledgees to be leaders, these men will come into our chapters with perspection into how to accomplish constructive good. The second benefit would be the fact that we are giving to each man a positive benefit, the concept of leadership. The local chapter would serve as a workshop where the learned techniques of leadership could be perfected. The man who acquires this life enduring asset from Alpha will be loyal and there will be no problem of him straying from the group and becoming an object of our reclaimation program.
examples of this progress: MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: The Union Protective Insurance Company is owned by a brother; LeMoyne College is headed by an Alpha brother; the majority of dentists and doctors are brothers; the move to improve the leadership standard of the community is headed by an Alpha man. CHARLESTON, S. C : An outstanding architectural company is headed by an Alpha man; the majority of brothers own homes in Charleston. COLUMBIA, S. C : Benedict College is headed by an Alpha man. ATLANTA, GA.: The men of Eta Lambda Chapter own the major businesses and control the economic life of the city; Perhaps, some of the most beauti-
ful and comfortable homes of A merica are in Atlanta. Brother A. J. Lewis owns a home with twenty rooms and seventeen baths with an electrical eye that opens the garage door three blocks away. JACKSON, MISS.: The only insurance company organized and operated by Negroes is headed by an Alpha man. DURHAM, N. C : Here the controlling interest of the economic life of Durham is in the hands of Alpha men. JACKSONVILLE, FLA.: American beach, one of the most outstanding resorts section is owned by Alpha men. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.: The magic city under the leadership of Bro. A r t h u r Shores, is rapidly becoming a business center.
Ik ..Hi FROM THE SOUTHERN VICE PRESIDENT Bro. Walter Washington The preamble of the constitution of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity states in parts that Alpha insists upon the personal progress of its members. Speaking on personal progress, I have been most impressed as I moved over the region and saw brothers making such outstanding progress in their private lives. The following a r e some of the
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campuses today, we undergraduate fraAmerica. The t r a fraternities can no
Perhaps our cry should be: - - "Strengthen a Great Fraternity by strengthening its pledgee classes."
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