FOUNDERS (Continued from page 3) Bro. Jewel Kinckle Jones was Brother Tandy's roommate. His father and mother were professors at Virginia Union University at Richmond, Va. Jones was a graduate student in Sociology. Later he became the executive secretary of the National Urban League before Bro. Lester Granger. Bro. Jones was an astute scholar and leader. In his college days he was mischievous and full of tricks and fun. Our landlady, Mrs. Clara Nelson, sang in the local church choir of which her plethoric and rotund, elderly husband was the minister on Sundays and a chef during the week at one of the fraternity houses. Mrs. Nelson had the habit of singing every night when we were intent on studying. As a compensatory diversion, Jones would start a game of whist and we would play until the distracting noise cleared. No money or chips were used, but invariably Mrs. Nelson would run upstairs, throw open our door without knocking, and with arms akimbo announce she did not allow card playing in her house. No amount of protestation would serve to break this procedure much to Jones' disgust. One day Jones called all the freshmen to his room. When we got inside he locked the door, then without batting an eye told us to remove all our clothing. Being an upperclassman and under the duress of some threatening gestures of his roommate, Tandy, we reluctantly complied. Then Jones had us sit at the card table and dealt the cards. He then stealthily unlocked the door, and with as much noise as he could make with his high pitched voice, he cried out, "Don't you dare cut my ace." With her accustomed alacrity, Mrs. Nelson ran upstairs and under the force of her momentum before she could draw up she was in the center of the room with all of us clad in only our birthday suits. She backed out of the room and knocked, but she never bothered us again. When the Constitution was written it stated that after the fourth chapter was formed we were to have a general convention. Jones ran on the road in the summer time. He landed in Washington, D.C. and be set up a chapter without any authority, but the fiat of his will. The next place his train laid over was Richmond, Va., and before we had re-
CALIFORNIA ALPHAS To Enjoy New Law
A GEORGIA PEACH FOR CHRISTMAS
SACRAMENTO, Calif., 27 — Gov. Ronald Reagan has signed a bill to license California auto repair dealers and to put any fraudulent ones out of business. Calling the measure "the toughest consumer protection bill of the year in California," Governor Reagan said Monday that it was "aimed at cracking down on a certain irresponsible segment of the auto repair industry which persists in using dishonest and unethical operating methods." In signing the bill, he said state officials had received more complaints about auto repairs than about any other business. The legislation does not require licensing of mechanics — only the dealers they work for. California has the most motor vehicles of any state. Chapters should encourage members of their legislation. The need is apparent, especially in the black and poor communities.
covered from the first irregularity he had set up a chapter at Virginia Union University. Then his car went to Toronto, Canada and cut out but not before Jones had set up a chapter there. By this time we decided to expel Jones from the fraternity for insubordination. The night for the proposed expulsion came as we sat around grim faced. Jones got up to explain his actions. He said, "Why I even made an African Prince, Robert M. Mahlangan, a member." To pronounce the prince's name, Jones screwed his mouth to one side and made an almost indistguishable sound similar to that of a duck. Jones won his point. We were convulsed with laughter and instead of the explusion we gave him a rising vote of thanks. *
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Bro. Roscoe Giles, M.D., was general president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. in 1910. He was past president of the Cook Country Physicians Association and the National Medical Association. *
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Brother Broderick Grimes of Alpha Mu Chapter is proud of his Christmas present, lovely Althea Turk of Atlanta, Georgia.
New Fraternity House Indiana University The Brothers of Gamma Eta Chapter, Indiana University, has a new house. The three-story, brick building, located on 700 East 8th Street, accommodates twenty-five to thirty people. Corresponding Secretary Fraternally yours, Brother Mark Edwards 5