Southwestern — Robert M King 1839 Mahalia Drive, Waco, Texas 76705
Western — Thadeaus H Hobbs 3909 S Norton Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90008 Assistant Vice Presidents
Eastern — George L Van Amson 534 West 114th St., New York, NY 10027
Midwestern — Steven L Jones 1401 Mt Vernon Dr., Bloomington III 61601
Southern — Leonard C Johnson Johnson C Smith University, Charlotte N C 28208
Western — Cecil A Collins
Southwestern — Bruce Ruffin
Committee Chairmen
Educational Activities —• Herman B Smith, Jr
Standards & Extension — Leonard R Ballou
Election — Emmett W Bashful
Budget & Finance — Chas C Teamer
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Eastern Region
New Jersey — Bro Leon Sweeny 6 Norman Drive, Neptune New Jersey
Maryland — Connecticut — Bro Otha N Brown, Jr 208 Flax Hill Road Norwalk Conn
New York —Bro Clarence Jacobs
178th Place, St Albans N Y' Pennsylvania — Bro Frank E Devine 6202 Washington, Philadelphia Pa' Massachusetts — Bro James Howard 105 Greenwood St Boston Mass' Rhode Island — Bro Ralph Allen 179 Doyle Ave., Providence, R.I Midwestern Region A "? r e Bell 1501 Albion Chicago Illinois
William Ridgeway, Ph.D Dept of Zoology, Eastern III Univ Harold W Thomas 6899 Lake Drive, East St Louis III' 62203 J- Bolden 3157 West 19th Street Gary Indiana Mays
Central Missouri — Bro Carl Smith State Route 2, Lakeview Subdivision
Contributing Editors
John D Buckner, L H Stanton, Charles Wesley, O Wilson Winters, Laurence T Young
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Program Committee
J Herbert King
Dick Campbell
Louis Martin
L H Stanton
Bill Sims
Carlton Taylor
Eddie L Madison
John Procope, Jr
Longworth Quinn
Frank L Stanley, Jr Chairman
The Sphinx is the official magazine of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 4432 Dr Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago, III., with editorial offices at 4728 Drexel Blvd., Chicago, III 60615 Published four times a year: February, May, October and December Address all editorial mail to 4728 Drexel Blvd., Chicago, III 60615 Change of Address: Send both addresses to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 4432 Dr Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, III Manuscripts or art submitted to The Sphinx should be accompained by addressed envelopes and return postage Editor assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts or art
Opinions expressed in columns and articles do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and use of any person's name in fiction, semi-fiction articles or humorous features is to be regarded as a coincidence and not as the responsibility of The Sphinx It is never done knowingly Copyright 1970 by The Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc Reproduction or use, without written permission, of the editorial or pictorial content in any manner is prohibited The Sphinx has been published continuously since 1914 Organizing Editor: Bro Raymond W Cannon Organizing General President: Bro Henry Lake Dickason
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ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Official Organ
Mayor Elect Maynard Jackson's story has not arrived for publication, therefore
THE GENERAL PRESIDENT SPEAKS
General President Walter Washington
NATIONAL PLACEMENT PROJECT
Dear Brothers: Let this be your New Years Resolution!
The purpose of this project is to place brothers in the best paying positions in the area
How to Implement This project is already in operation and it is known as the Equitable Employment Bank located in the office of the Executive Secretary. The purpose of the bank is to get resumes from each brother and place them in the Equitable Employment Bank in the National Headquarters Then the various industries who are members of the Bank will come to Chicago and review the resumes and select from them persons they need for employment
Each chapter, both alumni and college, shall request that each brother fill out a resume and mail it to the Executive Secretary The Executive Secretary will supply each chapter with resume blanks to be completed This project has already placed many brothers in good paying jobs. We especially urge the college brothers to participate in this project
TOP EXECUTIVE PLACEMENT PROJECT
This project is a specialized form of placement. The purpose of this project shall be to place brothers in the highest executive positions in the country (e.g Corporate boards; boards of directors of banks; college and university boards of trustees; presidents of medical associations, dental associations; the national bar; president of integrated collbeges and universities, etc.)
How to Implement. This project shall be implemented and coordinated by the Director of Programs under the supervision of the Executive Secretary The National Headquarters will survey on a continuous basis opportunities in top executive positions in the country and recommend brothers to fill those positions Special emphasis will be placed on placing members on corporate boards, in top federal positions, presidents of colleges and universities, appointments in top postions in state, county, parish, and local city government. Each chapter will be asked to send in to the Executive Secretary's Office any top openings that the chapter may be aware of so that the National Office may use whatever influence it has to contact brothers in a particular locality to swing the the position for an Alpha man This should not be limited to just Alpha brothers, but we may want to place other persons in such positions
A Merry Xmas and Properous New Year
Yours Fraternally
Brother Walter Washington
Beta Epsilon On the Move
The opening of the fall term of the 1973-1974 school year has brought about many activities for the brothers of Beta Epsilon The first project completed was the presentation of a scholarship to Mr. William S Allen, an incoming freshman In Addition, various fund raising projects have proved successful. One long term project of the chapter has been completed, and that being the construction of the fraternity plot The brothers will hold a benefit project, which part of the earnings will go to the Miss A & T Scholarship fund Other activities include starting youth basketball team at the Peeler Center for Neighborhood Youth in Greensboro, and entering a float in the annual homecoming parade
Chapter president David L Gore, Jr., a senior pre-med student is currently assisting in a bio-medical research project in the control of fleas on rats through the use of systemic insecticides. Brother Gore has also received the Who's Who Among American College and University Students Award.
Brother Bryant M. Moore is also doing bio-medical research directed by Brother Dr Walter W Sullivan under a grant from the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C Brother Moore has also co-authored a published bio-medical research paper with Dr W Albro of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Durham, North Carolina An invitation has recently been extended to Brother Moore to become a member of Alpha Chi National Honorary College Scholarship Society
Brother Carey Baldwin, a senior mechanical engineering major, is on the verge of a first here in Beta Epsilon, as well as at A &T State University Brother Baldwin has submitted to Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan) a research proposal which has a total value of over $4,000 The project, if approved, will be in the area of combustion and related to the regenerative gas turbine Brother Baldwin will direct the project and will be working with a advisor faculty member and two student assistants.
A New Board Member...
Brother John L. Procope Joins Daitch Crystal
John L. Procope, Executive President and General Manager, N.Y. Amsterdam News
Daitch Crystal Dairies, Inc., better known in the market place as Daitch-Shopwell supermarkets, has added its first Black board member. The vast food chain operates some 92 supermarkets in New York with others in Connecticut and is expanding to Massachusetts and Vermont. Brothers John Procope, the new board member, (center), and Martin Rosengarten, (right), are greeted by Warren Meyers, director of Personnel and Finance of the Cit of New Rochelle.
End Portuguese Aid... House of Representatives Approved Brother Young's Bill
WASHINGTON, D C — The U.S House of Reprsentatives has voted approval of an amendment by Congressman Andrew Young to cut off American aid to Portugal for military operations against the African colonies of Monzambique, Angola and Guinea-Bissau
The Congressman offered his amendment as the House debated U.S foreign aid for the coming year The amendment gives clear authority to the President to shut off any military or economic aid used by Portugal to support its military actions in Africa.
In the floor debate on the amendment, Young said: "Instead of ceding to the vast majority of the people of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bassau their legitimate rights to control these African lands, the Portuguese colonialist government to this day pursues a policy of terror, massacre, torture and massacre, torture and violence."
The Georgia Congressman, a native ot New Orleans and a member of the Congressional Black Caucas, said that $571.8 million in American aid to Portugal since
1946 has been "a significant contribution to the maintenance of colonial rule in Africa. Today we are asked to approve continuation of aid to Purtugal, at a time when new reports of violence and destruction are reaching us from the colonies: massacres of hundreds of African people by Portuguese armed forces, destruction of corps in liberated areas of Mozambique, and napalm attacks in Angola and other colonies.
"I propose that this House take a very simple step to indicate that we will no longer participate directly or indirectly, in the Portuguese crimes against the African people."
Brother Young warned the House that further aid to Portugal could eventually drag the United States into a war in southern Africa, just as America became involved in Vietnam: "We send funds and then equipment; then gradually we begin to go into training; next we are sending advisers; before we know it, there are troops, and there is a full-scale commitment My amendment simply calls for an oversight to Portugal's use ot funds that are in this bill, and that those funds not be used in any way to drag this country into any kind of war in southern Africa.
"I see this vote as an early vote against another Vietnam," he said
After passing the Young Amendment, the House adopted the entire bill by a vote of 188 to 183, and sent it to the Senate
Brother Andrew Young
HIGHER EDUCATION FELLOWSHIPS
HIGHER EDUCATION FELLOWSHIPS
A total of $600,000 has been awarded for the support of 13 programs to prepare higher education personnel to work with various groups of disadvantaged or minority students in higher education, HEW Secretary Caspar W Weinberger announced on May 22, 1973.
Funded by HEW's Office of Education, the programs will train staff in such areas as law enforcement, library science, environmental health science, and Indian education for Indians Ninety-two graduate fellowships will be supported under the programs
The fellowships will prepare two and four-year college and university teachers at less than the doctoral level and nonteaching higher education personnel at all levels, including the Ph.D. They may be awarded for up to two years, depending upon the requirements of the program
Fellows selected to participate receive a stipend of $3,000 a year with an allowance of $500 for each dependent In addition, an allowance of $3,000 per fellow is paid to the education institution to cover the cost of tuition and nonrefundable fees
Persons interested in applying for fellowships should apply directly to the institutions conducting the programs To be eligible, the applicant must be accepted for full-time graduate study and intend to pursue a career in higher education.
The Higher Education Personnel Training Program is authorized by Title V-E of the amended Higher Education Act of 1965
PERSONNEL TRAINING PROGRAM AWARDS, FY 1973
Institution
California State Univ. (Los Angeles)
Howard Univ (D.C.)
Univ of Florida (Gainesville)
Atlanta Univ (Ga.)
Roosevelt Univ (111.)
Eastern Kentucky Univ (Richmond)
New Mexico State Univ (Las Cruces)
CUNY Hunter Col (New York)
SUNY/Empire State Col (New York)
North Carolina Agri and Tech. State Univ. (Greensboro)
University of South Dakota (Vermillion)
El Paso Community Col (Texas)
University of Texas (Austin)
Target Group
Mexican-American, Black Black
Non-designated
Black, White
Mexican-American, Black
Puerto Rican, White
Non-designated
Mexican-American
Black, Puerto Rican
Non-designated
Black
Indian
Mexican-American
Non-designated
EPSILON DELTA LAMBDA
Talladega,
Alabama Brother James A.Dunn
Serving
Brother James A. Dunn
Epsilon Delta Lambda is proud of its former president, Brother Dunn who is presently serving as the president of the Alabama Education Association This organization has a membership of over 40,000 teachers and administrators who are in the field of education in the state of Alabama Brother Dunn has held numerous positions in the state association before being elevated to the top post of this group Brother Dunn is the principal of the Calhoun County Training school that is located in the all black city of Hobson City, Alabama He is a graduate of Alabama State University and has a Masters Degree from Fisk University
Brother Robert E. Lawson, the editor to the Sphinx, has been elected to a 3 year term on the Alabama State Committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools He is the only black member on this committee Brother Lawson is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Sylacauga Chamber of Commerce
Brother Manley Banks is serving as member of the Anniston City Industrial Board and Brother Willie Davis is member of the Sylacauga Housing Authority (Continued on page 5)
m m xi LAMBDA
Minneapolis - St. Paul
In an effort to be among the first Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha to give meaning to the NEW AGENDA "REDEDICATION" in the Upper Mid-West, the members of Gamma Xi Lambda sponsored the first of a number of goal oriented smokers on October 20th, 1973
The New Agenda "Re-dedication" was the theme of the affair and indications are that a harvest of considerable numbers has been accomplished In addition to Alpha association, Alpha reclamation, and Alpha's on-going involvement in the vital concerns of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Community was agreed upon at the October 20th., Smoker
For the first time in a decade and through the efforts of chapter president James E Beard and his staff of dedicated assistants representative numbers of guests to the Smoker from the nine colleges in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metro area were invited to view a close range the functioning of an institution whose history includes the names of some of America's most famous men. It is anticipated that in the weeks and months ahead the chapter will be selecting from the more than one hundred that attended the first Smoker those with the ability to internalize, the capacity to absorb the values that characterizes men of Alpha all over the world It is planned that before the end of the year, there will be for the first time in Minnesota History Sphinx Clubs on every college campus in the seven county metropolitan area
Arthur C Hill (correspondent)
Brother J Desegregation Plan
h T. Taylor Drafts
Indianapolis Public Schools
pupils, about equally divided between black and white The desegregation plan was to be implemented in eight phases
The first phase, implemented on September 17, involved no busing and the transfer of 437 students was achieved without major incident
The second phase, implemented on October 1, required the transfer by busing of an additional 1,800 students. No major demonstrations or indications of sizeable classroom boycotts were reported.
Brother Joseph Taylor
Dr Joseph T Taylor, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University — Purdue University at Indianapolis, was recently commissioned, along with Dr Charles Glatt, Professor of Education at Ohio State University, to draft a plan to achieve the desegregation of the Indianapolis Public Schools
The appointment of Dr Taylor was made in August by Federal Judge S Hugh Dillin in light of the repeated failure of the School Board to present an acceptable desegregation plan to the court The Indianapolis School System had been under a court order to desegregate since May, 1971.
At the end of August, Dr Taylor and Dr Glatt submitted a plan, approved by Judge Dillin, which required the relocation of between 8,800 and 9,200
Brother James A. Dunn
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The chapter works closely with the Alpha Beta undergraduate Chapter at Talladega College Our chapter sponsors the Founder's Day Program in conjunction with the undergraduates each year
We also entertain the under-graduates with a smoker annually A Scholarship of $200.00 is awarded each year to a brother who is recommended by a committee whose chairman is Brother Cohen Simpson, Dean, Talladega College.
Our "Wives and Sweetheart Ball" is sponsored each year in Anniton, Alabama at which time we have as our quest other fraternities and sororities.
As of the first of November, the transfer by busing of approximately 6,500 students had been effected with the implementation of phases three, four, and five. The target date for implementation of the last three phases is November 26.
Dr Taylor's experience as an administrator, his record of long-term, distinguished service to the community, his extensive research and numerous publications in race relations (particularly desegregation), his profound commitment to education as a force in social change, his highly developed skills in interpersonal relations, his honesty and integrity are but a few of the qualifications that more than adequately equip him for the formidable task just achieved
Dr. Taylor's leadership in the achievement of desegregation in the Indianapolis Public School System should be a source of pride and inspiration to all Alpha men as it is indeed to his brothers in Iota Lambda Certainly Brother Taylor's life and work typify the noblest ideals and aims for which Alpha strives
At the present time, the chapter has a committee working with other agencies in developing plans for sponsoring clinics that will offer free test for sickle cell anemia. Support of this program is included in our budget
The offices for the 1973-74 year are as follows:
Haywood Thomas, President
Robert Carter, Vice President
Willie B Thomas, Treasurer
Charlie Stinson, Secretary
Spencer Ramsey, Corresponding Sec'y
Lucian Howard, Chaplain
Robert E Lawson, Editor to the Sphinx
Brother James Ernest Martin .. .
Alpha Giant of Bluefield, W. Va.
Brother Ernest Martin, the first of four sons of Anne Giddeon and James Ernest Martin, Sr., was born March 20, 1898 in Cambridge, Massachusetts He was educated in the Boston Latin School, Colby Acedemy in New London, and Dartmouth College at Hanover Having been graduated from Tufts University with the D M D degree, he practiced dentistry in Boston for three years, but responded to the call for an interim coach at Lincoln University, Chester, Pennsylvania. From 1924 through 1928 he enjoyed his work with young men and renewed an invigorating contact with sports, for he had been a four-letter man at Tufts.
In 1928 Brother Martin settled here in Bluefield with his wife, Bernice Hughes Martin whom he had wed in 1925. Again, interested in sports and the college of his new home town, he answered the call to join the coaching staff of Bluefield State College Indeed, Brother Martin (a member of the Pigskin Club of Washington, D C.) held many positions in the athletic arena serving as an official in C. I. A. A. Conference for eight years
As his accomplishments in the dental field expanded, he was recognized throughout the state He was appointed consulting dentist for Lakin State Hospital and served there with dedication for thirty-five years Also in the state, he was presiding president of the 56th session of the Medical Association
In the civic and religious life of this city, Brother Martin (a life member of the N A.A.C.P.) leaves lasting monuments to his memory He was a member of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, and gave active leadership to the Human Rights Committee Along with his close relative, friend, and associate, Dr. P. R. Higginbotham, he spurred the methodical purchase of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity House and sponsored the establishment of the Alpha Upsilon Boule' of Sigma Pi Phi We cannot forget his concerted effort to purchase and install here
Brother James E. Martin
in our church, the John Steward United Methodist Church, the organ to which we listen today
Characterized as a gentleman, a warm friend, and a valued servant in public health, we revere the memory of a man who has served well his community, his race, and his fellowmen We who live after him must hold to the importance of living and the acceptance of death We must believe that something good a man has done lives on, for this is one of the basic meanings of immortality.
He was the beloved husband of Bernice Hughes Martin; brother of Julius F Martin; nephew of Mrs Cora M Bryant; uncle of Drs Ernest and Harold Martin and Ann Martin Williams; cousin of Dr Jessie Garnett and Russell Giddeon He is also survived by many other relatives and friends
The following Brothers spoke of Brother Martin, as they knew him; Stephen Wright, former president of Bluefield State College and Fisk University, Marshall Shepherd, Waymon Coston, Otis Calloway of Boston, Mass., Reese Burns and C Anderson Davis, past Mid-Western Vice President and Editor of The Sphinx
Tribute. . . ERNIE MARTIN
By Stubby Currence
Bluefield lost a beneficial and wellliked citizen when Dr. J. Ernest Martin, who had practised denistry here for 45 years, died in a Washington hospital. I had known Ernie almost that long.
Besides being active in community affairs and his church and in medical circles, Dr Martin was a sports enthusiast after his days as a star athlete at Tufts and prior to that in prep school He later was Lincoln University football coach and after that he served part time as a member of the Bluefield State coaching staff Then he was an official for several years
His accomplishments were too many to try and enumerate and people who knew him recognized those high citizenship qualities.
Really, I numbered Ernie Martin among my friends for a long time I talked to him quite often and that talk usually centered aroung sports, though we talked of other things, like community affairs and racial problems.
I also recall that Dr. Martin once was a candidate for the city board of directors and this newspaper endorsed him for that position. That was a long time ago and things were different back then, and Dr. Martin was defeated because he was a black man, probably. He would have made a useful member of the city board
Ernie was buried here instead of in his native New England He had told his wife, often, that when he retired he didn't want to return to New England. "I'm going to stay right here," he said "This is our home, this is where our friends are." So, Ernie Martin is still in Bluefield
The things he did and the effect of those things will long be remembered Besides a leader of his race, he was a beneficial citizen of this community
He was a great athlete, and as one of his long-ago school mates wrote, the other day, "Ernie was the best liked person (Continued on page 7)
School Named in Honor of Brother Charles T. Lunsford
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK — Eta Rho Lambda Chapter. Lite members congratulating Brother Lunsford, Brother Dr. Laurence Wright, Brother William H. Walter, Brother Charles W. Wilson. On September 30 there was a dedication to the Senior Citizen, naming an elementary school after him. Brother Lunsford has been an active Alpha man since 1912, initiated at Beta Chapter, Harvard University. He is still actively practicing medicine in Rochester, and makes every meeting of Beta Rho Lambda.
Equitable Job Opportunity Report
ZETA THETA LAMBDA PLANS ACTIVITIES — Officers and members of the Zeta Theta Lambda Graduate Chapter, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, met recently to plan activities for 1973-74 program year, from left Eldred Lowman, scretary; Joseph, program chairman; John Davis, seated, president; and Armon Compton, treasurer.
Letter to Job Bank
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Equitable Job Oportunity Committee 4432 Martin Luther King Drive Chicago, Illinois 60653
Dear Sir:
We are interested in using your Job Bank as a candidate source. We are interested in individuals with training in chemistry, biology and engineering
At the present time we have an urgent need for an electrical engineer. This engineer need not have experience
Thank you for your assistance I look forward to working through your service.
Sincerely yours,
John L. Mason, Ph.D
Ernie Martin
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in our school, besides being our finest all around athlete." He did it all in sports and he was what was back then known as "a four letter man," meaning he participated in all sports at his school. I liked Ernie Martin and valued his friendship Along with many others in this community, I'll miss him. I will always remember him as a good friend Bluefield Daily Telegraph
XI LAMBDA
Chicago,
Illinois
STATE OF THE CHAPTER
Brothers in Alpha:
It is my task to report to the Brotherhood on our activities during the past year and to project what is to come in the future. In general, our greatest difficulty is our best indicator of success — keeping up with the continuing ex pansion of the Chapter Our increased membership is due largely to a series of innovative programs and events coupled with an aggressive and highly successful reclamation effort
Our most meaningful event of the year was the Career Counselling Day which was held in March Over one hundred Alphamen each hosted a high school student by exposing him to a full day of professional activity, crowned by a dinner at the University of Chicago's Quadrangle Club. The event was so successful that it will be repeated next March, and will involve more Brothers, and more students from more high schools.
Chicago Alphadom received a fine treat from Brother John H. Johnson when he hosted our April Chapter meeting at the Johnson Publishing Company The evening included guided tours, cocktails and dinner, and was attended by over three hundred Alphamen It was certainly a Chapter meeting such as we had never attended.
Spring was concluded by a fun-filled Cabaret Dance in June. The Brothers and their guests were treated to an evening of music, dancing, and a floor show We also had a highly enjoyable picnic at Green Lake Woods in July
The Chapter was also taking care of Alpha during the year. We had a large delegation of Brothers at the Midwestern Regional Convention in Toledo, Ohio The National Convention in New Orleans saw thirty-two financial Brothers of XI LAMBDA CHAPTER. Each convention was enhanced by the attendance and the active participation of these Brothers
We further attended to the business of taking care of Alpha by initiating fourteen new Brothers into the Fraternity on September 29, 1973 These new Brothers all appear eager to participate in chapter, regional, and national affairs
XI LAMBDA CHAPTER honored college presidents at a cocktail party in September The presidents were in Chicago to attend PUCH EXPO's "Save the Black Colleges Conference." The event was well attended by the Chapter and by several college presidents, including Brother Walter Washington, our National President
Even though we had the most active program we have had in a long time, the coming year promises to be even more active The calendar starts with a Christmas dance at the O'Hare Regency Hyatt House on December 15 In February we will co-sponsor an exhibit of the world famous "Great Ideas of Western Man" with Malcolm X College, Container Corporation of America, and Model Cities/Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity. Following this will be an expanded Career Counselling Day in March Spring will conclude with a formal dance The Chapter will increase its participation in regional and national matters at the conventions. In fact, we are planning to charter our own aircraft to the San Francisco convention
HIGHLIGHTS
The specific events are the most obvious activities of the Chapter Less obvious will be the greater servicing of the active membership by the Chapter This newsletter is perhaps the best example of this effort We will also plan and executive a complete renovation of the Alpha House so that we may make greater use of our facilities Plans for building a large housing project are being formulated so that we will have something to which we may point with pride
Indeed, the year will be a full one, and the participation of each Brother is invited It has been my pleasure and honor to work with each of the officers, committee chairmen, and the many individual Brothers who have made this Chapter run as well as it has I look forward to continued work with each of you
Fraternally,
Brother Sidney A. Jones, III
President Xi Lambda Chapter
BROTHER OF THE MONTH by
Brother John "Socrates" Lewis
This column is respectively dedicated to all Brothers, past and present, who have made ALPHA PHI ALPHA the Great Fraternity that it is today
There are many issues on which reasonable men may reasonably disagree, however, the choice of the first Brother of the Month is one that few will take issue with . . .
Our Honoree has been a proud Alpha man for over 61 years and is the oldest Alpha in the Midwestern Region He was born on May 4, 1889, on a farm in Gorman, North Carolina He attended grammar school in Gorman, high school at the Mary Potter Memorial Institute, and college at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania; the home of our NU Chapter
Upon completion of his undergraduate studies, he attended Meharry College in Nashville, Tennessee, and graduated in 1920 with a degree in dentistry Later he came to Chicago where he practiced his profession for 42 years before disease robbed him of his eyesight
This energetic octogenarian was quite an athlete at Lincoln University He played on the football, basketball, baseball, and track teams and earned ten athletic letters
In an exclusive interview with this reporter, he admitted that he was more of an athlete than a scholar. "I was just about an average student, although, if anyone scored more than two baskets on me in a basketball game, he was just lucky!"
The Brother of the Month was on the first line (there were five on it) at NU CHAPTER in the spring of 1912 This Chapter had been recently established in the fall of 1911 by Jewel-Founder, Henry Arthur Callis. I am happy to report that although our Honoree is 84 years of age, a recent physical examination indicated that he enjoys the fitness of a man half his age! He remains mentally sharp and can (Continued on page 9)
XI LAMBDA . . .
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even sing his old high school song, although he has been out of prep school for over 63 years He is a dignified personable man with an excellent mind and warm sense of humor.
Our first Brother of the Month refuses to let his handicap get the best of him. He recently completed a six week training course at the Institute for the Blind on Chicago's Near Westside
Besides his involvement in the Fraternity as Athletic Director for the Chicago Alpha House for many years, he has served as Treasurer of the General Alumni Association of Lincoln University, founded the Chicago Lincoln University Club, and is Trustee Emeritus at Coppin A.M.E Church THE BROTHER OF THE MONTH DR HENRY GOSS, A LIVING TESTIMONY THAT TO BE AN ALPHA MAN MEANS MORE THAN JUST WEARING A PIN
BROTHERS IN THE NEWS
by Brother John "Socrates" Lewis
This column is dedicated to the Brothers who have made their mark and are on their way, carrying the XI LAMBDA tradition of professionalism and self-determination on their shoulders
BROTHER TIMIETH C. COLLIER
Congratulations to Brother Collier on his recent promotion to Manager of Enrollment and Admissions for the Bell and Howell School. His new position is one of national scope, and he directs a staff of twenty five
He is responsible for the processing and admissions into the Bell and Howell Home Study and Electronic courses, that boasts the largest home study school in the United States, with 120 thousand students
To Brother Collier we say GOOD LUCK T.C.!
BROTHER RODERICK W. PUGH, PH. D.
Brother Roderick W Pugh, Professor, Department of Psychology for Loyola University, and author of the recent Psychology and the Black Experience (Monterey, Cal.: Brooks/Cole, 1972) was the guest, on the Harambee TV talk show, of the Chicago Public Library on September 25, Channel 26
As Secretary of the Fisk University Board of Trustees, he attended the Board's annual fall meeting on October 25-26. He has been invited to conduct the Senior Seminar of the Afro-American Studies Committee at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on November 19.
An autobiographical sketch on Dr Pugh appears in the just released, Ebony Success, Library's Vol. I, 1000 Successful Blacks, by the Johnson Publishing Company.
PROBATE No 15 - FINALLY SPEAKS
by Brother William "Prophet" Campbell
We felt that it would be a good idea for you, by way of the newsletter to meet some of the newest members of Noble Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc., known officially as Harambee 14 Alias, the "Mighty Maggots," our "hep" happen'n Maggots are introduced to you
MARC BLEDSOE: Law student at DePaul University, employed by Time, Incorporated, is 25 years of age, affectionately known as the "ICE MAN."
WILLIAM CAMPBELL: Chronologically, the youngest cat on the line. At the age of 23, is employed by the City of Chicago, and has been pinned a "Prophet" by his Neophyte Brothers
VIRGIL CAMPBELL: The other Campbell kid, finds himself in the position of being a father to be at the age of 29 Is a law student of Northwestern University Law School . . . definitely a Brother with a lot of tenacity
TIMIETH C. COLLIER: Graduate of North Central College, Employed by Bell & Howel Devry Institute He's a cat you can really depend on.
TOURGEE A. DeBOSE: "BIG DADDY" the senior member of the Harambee 14, employed as Probation Officer with the Juvenile Court of Cook County he has got to be the Brother with the most heart on the line
MICHAEL EDWARDS: Affectionately known as "YING YANG," is employed by the City of Chicago, and graduate of George Williams College.
JAMES GRIGGS, JR.: "Daddy Cool" graduate of Roosevelt University, employed by the University of Chicago, very active in the community.
JOHN H. LEWIS: Graduate of University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus, presently employed by the City of Chicago, has had the experience of having a name change from Brother "Gatemouth" to Brother "Socrates." Definitely a standard bearer of Harambee 14.
HOWARD L. LUSTER: Known to his Brothers as "Smiley," is also employed by the City of Chicago, a graduate of Chicago State University. The one Brother responsible for putting a lot on the minds of the Harambee 14
ROBELL McMILLER: Graduate of North Central College, Harambee 14's entrepeneur, is a Brother we all need to get in contact with!
MABRY T. ROBY: Known to us as "Chilly," father of three children, a research planner for Continental Can Company, the first and only President of Harambee 14
WADE PARKER: Graduate of George Williams College, known to us all as "Chinaman" alias "Chinawitch." The head of a very lovely family, employed by the City of Chicago as Director of Field Operations for Model Cities, and a very active Neophyte Brother.
ERNIE SIMMS: Graduate of Dakota Weslyan, very active in the community, Probation Officer of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and the "Quasi Motto" of our group
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ECOLOGY OF THE UNBORN
National Foundation • March of Dimes
THEY TALKED about "Ecology of the Unborn: Maternal and Infant Health." That was the subject of a workshop when the Women's Auxiliary to the National Medical Association met recently in New York City Physicians and health professionals discussed improving delivery of these medical services, particulary among the nation's black population
The meeting, co-sponsored by The National Foundation-March of Dimes, heard Janice Kissner, Director of Community Affairs for the Foundaton; Dr Ezra Davidson, Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at Martin Luther King Jr Hospital, in Los Angeles; Dr Effie O Ellis, Assistant to the Executive Director, American Medical Association, and Lullelia W Harrison, March of Dimes Volunteer Advisor from Houston. Mrs. Kissner was honored with the WA-NMA President's Plaque for arranging the program
BETA EPSILON
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CHAPTER ROSTER
Carey Baldwin
David Gore
Mack Parker
Joseph Speight
Vincent Howell
Jackie Tyson
George Love
John Taylor
Frederick Cole
Tony Cash
Gaylord Carlton
Charles Grady PLEDGES
Howard Jenkins
John Williams
George Cobbs
Vincent Howell
Editor to the Sphinx
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WILLIAM HALL: Employed by Greater American Insurance Group, known to everybody as "Chicken." If there ever was a chicken with a lot of heart, he's got it!
THE LAST WORD
by Brother Wade Parker
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MEMBERSHI P by Brother Malcolm Lee
XI LAMBDA CHAPTER SETS 400 FINANCIAL MEMBERS AS NEW GOAL! 400
LET'S GET THAT CHART MOVING!
The XI LAMBDA CHAPTER is now moving and the number of financial members has increased from 30 to over 150
Our membership Committee, under the Chairmanship of Brother Malcolm Lee is urging each member to help make this goal a reality
The Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Academic and Intern Fellowship Program
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
The period of extensive social change through which this country is moving has focused the attention of many communities on their need for interpreters and facilitators of the change process.
If democracy is to move forward, there is a critical need for a cadre of people who are equipped not only by temperament but by training and experience to serve in leadership roles — as catalysts or "middlemen" — in producing positive change. These people would be those who show definite promise of becoming respected advocates of the cause of the poor and minorities within the political and social context of a democratic America.
Too often the development of such individuals has been left to chance. This development is one major objective of the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Foundation. There could surely be no finer tribute to Whitney M. Young, Jr., and to the ideals and principles for which he stood than the establishment in his memory of a program to develop in young men and women the skills to carry forward his often expressed hope and dream of a humane society.
THE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS FUND
1974-75
The National Fellowships Fund,
I. The National Fellowships Fund. acting for the Council of Southern Universities, Inc., and with funds from The Whitney M. Young, Jr Memorial Foundation, is making approximately ten one-year fellowships available each year to develop leadership potential for those who can activate social progress
II The purpose of the awards is to fittingly memorialize Whitney M Young, Jr by providing training and developmental opportunities for others in the areas of his professional service and primary interests Some of these areas are: Interracial Cooperation Social Services
Career Counseling and Training Programs
Human Resources
Communications (Mass Media)
Government and its Agencies in Relationships with Minorities Corporate Social Responsibility in Relationships with Minorities
III Two types of fellowships are being offered:
Academic and Internship
A. THE ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The Foundation will award oneyear academic fellowships annually to men and women who have already demonstrated successful experience in the broad area of interracial cooperation, but whose careers would benefit from further study at a point in their lives at which their potential leadership qualities need to be fully developed and refined These fellowships might, in certain selected instances, be renewable for a maximum of one additional year
Initial design of each program will be at the discretion of the individual applicant in consultaton with advisors of his own choice, and his proposal for use of the year will be a major portion of his application Proposals from promising candidates will be discussed and refined in negotiations between members of the selection panel and individual candidates These proposals will be expected to include as a major component (but will not be restricted to) work in the broad field of social science: social work, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, and communications In some instances, work may be undertaken in related fields that are of particular relevance to the candidates
The emphasis throughout will be on the total individualization of a fellowship year to the needs and desires of young people already committed to and active in interracial affairs.
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Top (Left to Right): Robert E. Richardson, David Maldonado, Jr., Below (Left to Right): Craig A. Thomas, Jane S. Browning.
Barbara J. Holmes.
Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Academic and Intern Fellowship Program
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B THE INTERN FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM
The Intern Fellowship Program will provide young people with an opportunity to learn those skills which can best be learned by field experience The field experience in this case would involve work with agencies and institutions which have a responsibility for serving and/or representing the human need; government agencies (federal, state and local), community organizations, labor organizations, business and industry, national or local urban leagues, religious organizations, corporations which have urban affairs and/or equal opportunity programs. United Nations agencies, and private foundations
SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
IV Specific criteria for selection of fellows are:
A Applicant's success in his academic career, or his success in his present or past job, in dealing with matters involving interracial cooperation
B Applicant's knowledge of and experience in the broad area of the social sciences, particularly human behavior and development
C Applicant's potential benefit from a year away from onthe job pressures and the opportunity for independent learning, thought, and acquisition of new skills
D Applicant's awareness of his own needs and resources for meeting them, and his ability to bring them together as demonstrated in the goals and activities expressed in his application proposal:
I In the case of academic fellows, for study in an institution of higher learning, or an intensive formal or informal tutorial or seminar of reading and discussion or travel and
observation, or for some other combination of experiences calculated to enlarge the fellow's range of skills and understandings; and
2 in the case of interns, for an individualized program for a one-year internship in an agency, institution or organization which can best offer the intern the skills and experiences necessary to meet his needs
V Throughout, the selection process will be geared to identifying promising leaders who for financial or other reasons are unable to undertake, on their own, the additional training they should have; who are at a point in their careers at which they need time away from day-to-day obligations to rethink and renew their own sense of purpose Fellowships will particular racial, ethnic or economic group, nor to holders of a specific academic degree
STIPENDS
VI Stipends will be adjusted according to need. Some corporationnominated fellows may have their entire stipend funded by their employers. Corporation fellows will be funded at the same levels as other fellows of comparable attainments and needs Younger fellows who are primarily engaged in formal graduate study may be awarded grants of $400 per month plus tuition. More mature fellows, dependent upon their current life style commitments, will be given stipends averaging about $I0,000/yr A need and income assessment will be made after the award has been won
VII Internship stipends will be adjusted to make allowances for the costs associated with the specific apprenticeship
VIII. The award is for one year only except in an extraordinary situation when the awards committee determines that it would be advisable for pursuit of a two-year program of study and preparation
APPLICATION REFERENCES, SCORES, ETC
IX Prospective applicants for fellowships are required to include with their applications a copy of their Graduate Record Examination scores on the Aptitude Test (Verbal and Quantitative) and the Advanced Test (in field of major interest) If these tests have not been taken, applicants should arrange with Educational Testing Service, Post Office Box 955, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, to take the test at the earliest possible date, in order that the scores may be available in time for inclusion in the application to the Fund Candidates should request that their scores be sent directly to The National Fellowships Fund, Code Number R5487-4-00
X Each applicant for a fellowship is required to provide transcripts of undergraduate and graduate work, and academic references testifying to his intellectual capacity and educational attainments which give promise of satisfactory accomplishment of his goals
Those applying for academic or intern fellowships must submit a written proposal which includes a one year working and learning plan The intern fellowship recipients must include with their acceptances an endorsement from the agency where they plan to do their internship.
The recipient of an academic fellowship should be prepared to submit with his acceptance a statement from the graduate dean of his chosen university that he has been accepted for graduate work during the 1974-75 school year
GENERAL GUIDELINES
XI The recipient of a fellowship may perform his stated program at any institution, agency, industry, corporation, or organization of his choice.
XII Participants in the Internship Program are required to submit monthly progress and evaluation reports to the Fund (Continued on page 13)
Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Academic and Intern Fellowship Program
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XIII. Recipients of Academic Fellowships are required to submit quarterly progress reports
XIV The Fellow must devote full time to his stated goal.
XV The Fund reserves the right to request additional reports and information from each recipient and from the institution or agency where he is located as it deems necessary
SELECTION PROCESS
XVI Candidates' proposal s will be evaluated and selections will be made by a distinguished panel of educators, business men and women, and persons involved in leadership roles in the area of social change
APPLICATION FORMS AND CALENDAR
XVII One o fthe following procedures should be followed in making application:
1. Prospective candidates may write directly to the Fund to obtain application forms
2. Candidates may be nominated by individuals or agencies These individuals or agencies should provide pertinent information on the nominee and include adequate endorsement data on the person The Fund will then send the application forms to these nominees.
XVIII. The calendar for 1974-75 fellowships is:
January 31, 1974 — Deadline for Filing Applications
April 15, 1974 — Announcement of Selections
May 10, 1974 — Deadline for Filing Acceptances.
Recipients of the Foundation's first Fellowship awards — which include four Academic Fellowships and one Intern Fellowship — and their curricula are as follows:
Jane Smith Browning of Cambridge, Massachusetts will use her Fellowship award to pursue a doctorate in Education and Social Policy at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. She is partcularly interested in higher education at black colleges. She also plans to become a policy analyst and policy reporter in order to inform the general public of the intent of government and society for social welfare; the various characteristics and needs of interest groups; and the alternatives to undesirable policies
Barbara J Holmes, Denver, Colorado will seek a master's degree in Communications at the Graduate School of the University of Colorado. She particularly wishes to help minority groups make constructive use of the media as a means of articulating their aspirations and needs She strongly feels that communications can be used to help create a climate of interracial cooperation
. . David Maldonado, Jr., Berkeley, California. Mr. Maldonado, a native of Texas and a Methodist minister, will continue his pursuit of a doctorate in Social Welfare at the Graduate School of Social Welfare, University of California As a Mexican American, his basic goal is to help his people improve their own condition in relationship wth people of other cultures and races Personal experience, commitment and theology school has provided him with the "why" of community and interracial service; but his present study should provide him with the "how."
Robert E Richardson, Washington D.C An evening Law student, Mr Richardson will use his award to pursue full time study at Georgetown University Law School. One of his goals is to produce a resource document defining what positions minority group members now hold in higher education, their potential for advancement, and the effect of equal opportunity legislation on higher education Hopefully, this document will be helpful to college and university administrators who are seeking black faculty and staff
Craig A Thomas, Columbia, Missouri Mr Thomas is the recipient of the Intern Fellowship award. He is seeking a master's degree in Journalism at the University of Missouri. This will be a year of informal study of minority access to the news media His two part study, conducted at the Freedom of Information Center, will examine (1) the new legal theory, its development, arguments it has engendered, laws and legal documents relevant to the issue and forecasts for the future, and (2) what facilities are involved, what personnel might be affected in media organizations, what expenses, how expenses would be met, and cost benefit ratios.
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REGIONAL CONVENTIONS
Eastern Region
Midwestern Region
Western Region
Southwestern Region
Southern Region
February 8, 9, 1974
March 29, 30, 1974
April 5, 6, 1974
April 12, 13, 1974
April 19, 20, 1974
Baltimore, Md. Columbus, Ohio Sacramento, Ca Tulsa, Oklahoma
Greensboro, N.C
BROTHER DAVID N. DINKINS
Advocated Changing New York City Voting Laws; Appointed Deputy Mayor
Brother David Dinkins has only been President of the New York City Board of Elections (a first for a Black) since July 24, 1972. In fact, he's only been a Commissioner of the Board since July 6 of this year
But this Marine Corps veteran is already making waves, drawing recent editorial attention from two of Manhattan's three major daily newspapers
Brother Dinkins, or Dave to those who know him well — including those he served from the 78th Assembly District who he represented in the 1966 New York State Legislature, and those he now serves as district leader in the 71st Assembly District's Carver Democratic club at 1794 Amsterdam Avenue
drew the editorial attention to himself when he proposed an idea that has been advanced before.
Still his has the fresh look
He simply hopes for and urges a change in the election system where New Yorkers could have, some form of automatic or universal registration and be able to vote unless they specifically stated they did not wish to, "I'm for universal registration." he said this week in m interview. "That means that when a person reaches the age of 18, he or she i> automatically a registered voter, unless the person notes affirmative to the contrary that they do not wish to participate."
Brother Dinkins, who had been counsel of the Board of Elections since Oct., 4,1970 before his two major moves this year holds no illusions this change can occur tomorrow, simple election system changes can be made only be the State Legislature
But from the "overall good response" received so far regarding his proposal Dinkins realizes "the time when it counts more than just lip service will be during the legislative session when this proposal will be presented." He said he "would like to see some editorial support — from both Republicans and Democrats."
"We can make giant strides in this direction towards universial registration." says Dinkins "There ought to be a philosophy and obligation of government — in this case the Board of Elections, to
see to it that 1000 percent of the populace takes part in the elective process
"I propose that we have mail order registration, where in people would only have to fill out a simple form and send it in The Board, using some kind of process, such as Social Security rolls could cross check the registrations."
"I think it ought to be easy to register to vote," he observes "No long lines, a friendly atmosphere But we first have to change attitudes in some quarters. But the more participants in the voting process the greater the likelihood that people abide by the legislation and laws passed by those they vote for As it is, there is a very small number running our country and making our laws
"This automatic enrollment would bewarming up to his subject "Black and Puerto Ricans and other minorities can't benefit the entire community," he persists get any action by not participating in the voting process (REPRINT)
Appointed . . . DEPUTY MAYOR
Mayor-Elect Abraham Beame of New York City, announced the appointment of 46 year old Brother David N Dinkins as New York City's first Black Deputy
Mayor His title will be Deputy Mayor for Planning.
Beame said that Dinkins' job would be "A top planning and policy post," and that Brother Dinkins would report directly to him
He said he has already talked with Dinkins on some aspects of his planning role
"Important problems and crisis face the City" Beame said, "and these will g've added significance" to Dinkins planning role
Meeting On Fuel Crisis
Beame said he had already asked Brother Dinkins to meet with the Lindsay administration's fuel crisis board and outside groups now involved with the energy crisis
Brother Dinkins said he had discussed his new job with Beame and was satisfied that it would meet the expectations of the Black community
Blacks Pleased
A spokesman for the Black leaders expressed pleasure over Brother Dinkins' appointment.
Until recently Brother Dinkins was President of the Board of Elections A former assemblyman, he is an attorney with the law firm of Paterson, Michael, Dinkins and Jones
Howard Grad
A 1950 graduate of Howard University and Brooklyn Law School, Brother Dinkins is a member of the Harlem Lawyers Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Among others, he is also a Life member of the NAACP, an Urban League member and a member of 100 Black Men
Present at the announcement were Brother Dinkins' wife, Mrs Joyce Dinkins, members of his law firm, Basil Paterson, Alvin Michael, Louis C Jones, State Senator Joseph L. Galiber and Assemblyman George Miller
Brother David N. Dinkins
A Beautiful Holiday Message...
Sharing it with you, tho' one year old
GREETINGS — DEAR FRIENDS:
Once again, as at this same time each year, I am sending out my Annual letter — extending my heartiest wishes for a joyous Yuletide Season and blessings for the New Year.* Yes once more, the happiest time of the year has arrived when all the meanings of Christmas are woven again into a time of Peace and Goodwill — But as the miracle of the Birth of Christ and the Spirit it creates, descends upon us, we are forced to pause and reflect that there are many who are still distraught by poverty, oppression, discrimination, want, hatred, and the suffering caused by continuing wars Let everyone, then, say a prayer, in the Faith which is his own, that the Spirit of the Yuletide Season will fill the hearts of all men everywhere with compassion and sound reason and that there will be peace and prosperity such as the world has never known
This year, as the year before, has seen many of our leaders leave us, both National and also, those in each of our respective local communities** Whitney Young, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, and Ralph Bunche did not make it through 1972, and now, this year's toll includes some who did not live to see 1973. Mahalia Jackson asked her Precious Lord to take her hand and He led her on to the Promised Land Adam Clayton Powell said "Let's walk together chillun," for the last time and he went to the great camp meeting in the Promised Land Jackie Robinson stole home for the last time, this time his Heavenly Home Wendell Smith wrote his last great sports article and Congressman George W. Collins planned the Children's Christmas Party somewhere in Paradise because he failed to make it safely home to the children of his district in Chicago
But despite it all, we must still maintain the Christmas Spirit, for as long as we are here, it will surely return to everyone who has ever known it for it follows the agony, the problems and doubts as the day the night And so as we sing "Joy to the World," let us remember that true joy cannot be purchased —• it must spring from within us And let us not be inclined to think of Christmas too simply, i.e., merely a time for worldly celebration and gift giving but let us give great thought to the Gospel story as set out in the Fifth Stanza of the song "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
"O Holy Child of Bethlehem descend to us we pray Cast out our Sin and enter in, be born in us to-day
We hear the Christmas Angels, The Great Glad Tidings tell
O Come to us
Abide with us, Our Lord Emmanuel."
Finally, as I behold the setting sun of 1972, and look forward to the dawn of 1973, can find no better method of expression than repeating the words of M L Haskin
"And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the yar, 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unkown."
And he replied,
"Go out into the darkness and put thine hand into the hand of God
That shall be to thee better any light, and safer than a known way
* My wife, Millie and the children, Ramona, Billy Jr., and Teresa join me in this message
** Especially including the leaders of your own community
Sincerely, Judge Billy Jones
SOUTHERN REGIONAL INFORMATION
The Brothers of Kappa Lambda Chapter and Beta Epsilon Chapter at North Carolina A&T State University and the Alphabettes are enthusiastically excited about hosting this Annual Affair in the interest of furthering the concepts of Alpha — "first of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all."
Plans are being structured to accommodate every chapter in the Southern Region and a blanket invitation, through this media, is hereby extended, and personal invitations are forthcoming. Advanced registration fees are as follows: Alumni Brothers $25.00 College Brothers 15.00 Wives or Sweethearts 12.50 Children 7.00
The personal invitations, which are forthcoming to each respective chapter, will carefully detail information in greater specificity in regard to registration plans, housing, instructions for reaching Greensboro, The Holiday Inn-Four Seasons and Howard Johnson Motor Lodge by air and ground transportation
Every thing that can be done will be done to provide for a very exciting and fantastic Regional Convention in the Piedmont Traid of North Carolina
Kappa Lambda and Beta Epsilon Chapters have dedicated their plans and program to service for the visiting Brothers, wives, sweethearts and families They will roll out the "red carpet" and welcome each of you in the true tradition of Alphadom upon your arrival to Greensboro on April 11.
A carefully structured, yet exciting program of activities has been prepared which will meet the approval of each visiting brother To ameliorate the convention and make it more palatable, social functions have been planned to break the continuity of formal business.
So bring your golf clubs and party attire to join the brothers on the green and on the ballroom floor to celebrate a memorable occasion in Greensboro, N C, The Gate City to the South
He was the first black to run cross country at the University of Pennsylvania, the first black team captain of any varsity team in the Ivy League or the Big Ten, and the third black at Penn to gain a varsity letter
Yet, as recently as 1963, no record could be found concerning Dr Willis Cummings in the University Archives, the Sports Information office, or the Department of Intercollegiate Athletes Dr Cummings, a dentist, believes that someone once removed the many certificates and records he had accumulated because Cummings was black
Cummings' grandfather was one of the first blacks to practice dentistry in the United States, and Cummings wanted to maintain the family tradition After getting his A.B. degree at Fisk University in 1916, Cummings came to Penn to study dentistry " I chose Pennsylvania because at that time Pennsylvania was the leading school in dentistry," Cummings commented "In coming to Penn, I was there to get my dentistry first."
Despite being qualified academically for Penn, acceptance did not come easily for Cummings, a black in a mostly male, white school "I always had a separate room." he recalls, "some of the fellows didn't even want to stay with me But afterwards, when they found out that I could outrun them, why then they respected my ability as a runner and also respected my ability as a student, and after that, why everything was all right."
Cummings had tremendous success as a student, finishing sixth out of a class of 259, qualifying him 92.4 to be the first black elected to the National Dental Honorary Fraternity (the Phi Beta Kappa of dentistry) Omicron Kappa Upsilon
However, it was not academic but athletic success that brought the Galveston, Texas native real notoriety In 1917, Cummings scored on Penn's first IC4A championship team The next year, as captain of Penn's cross country squad, Cummings won both the senior and junior Middle Atlantic Association A.A.U. championships, the first runner in the hostory of the even to win both meets in the same year Cummings' 29:50 win on the five-and one-quarter-
Brother Willis Cummings mile course which wound through sections of Fairmount Park was considered fairly fast for his day
In 1922, a few years after his graduation from Penn, Cummings again gained publicity, but for a different reason. Cummings was attending a rally after Penn had just defeated Penn State (remember, this was 1922) in football, when a Penn chaplain began to tell a story about "a nigger and a bear." Cummings, one of "over a dozen colored students and graduates .. . in the midst of 2,000 white students (according to the Philadelphia Tribune)," yelled at the top of his voice, telling the chaplain not to use such language According to the Tribune, someone yelled, "Who are you, anyway?" Cummings then showed his Varsity club pin, saying, "That's who I am; while I was in school I ran my legs off for Penn, and I don't allow anyone out here to insult me or my race."
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PENN CAPTAIN
HffiRnNI
Brother Willis Cummings on Penn Championship Track Team
Bro. Willis N. Cummings, shown left, who was a member of Penn's distinguished Varsity Club and the first black captain of an Ivy League Cross Country Team, resolutely faced some 1000 lynch-minded spectators at a pep rally while he objected to the use of the word "nigger" by a speaker. He is a charter member of Psi Chapter and was honored at the 52nd anniversary of the chapter.
"Over the Hill to the Super Bowl
Co-Authored by Brother "Brig" Owens, Washington Rebskins
To everything, there is a season
Even to a team of old men playing a game reserved for youthful, glistening heroes
For the aging Washington Redskins, that season came in 1972 It had actually started in 1971 when George Allen became head coach of the Redskins and began trading draft choices for veterans whose names had been tossed around the NFL forever, or so it seemed Even though they had played winning ball for other teams, the Redskins were looked upon as the "Over the Hill Game," a collection of hasbeens who would undoubtedly try hard, but fail in the end When they lost in the playoffs of 1971, football pundits concluded, "those old fellas just ran out of steam It was inevitable."
In 1972, the Redskins went to the Super Bowl — and only one other team did that Over the Hill to the Super Bowl is the day-by-day account of how it happened, told by strong safety Brig Owens.
It's all here the competition, the battles for starting positions, George Allen's relentlessly thorough preparations, the determination and pride engendered in each player, the roar of the loyal crowd Brother Owens is candid about the pressures he and compatriots Jurgensen, Kilmer, et al. faced inside and outside the locker room
Here is revealed the humor as well as the tension, the glamour along with the routine, in the life of a professional athlete
Here is the joy of Redskin victory, the frustration of Redskin defeat.
It was their season Now Brother Brig Owens shares it with football fans everywhere
Brother Brig Owens is well known and respected in the Washington area for his in social service organizations As the Redskins' player representative, a position to which he was elected by his teammates, he is active in the business side of football In the off season he runs a mobile home business. A Redskin for seven seasons, Brother Owens quarterbacked for the University of Cincinnati before being picked as seventh round draft choice by the Dallas Cowboys in 1965. He and his wife Patti and daughters Robin and Tracy live in suburban Maryland
190 8th Year, University of Cincinnatti, Born: Feb 16, 1943, Linden, Texas.
Became Redskin: August 13, 1966, in trade with Dallas
Pro Career: Was the Cowbdys' 7th draft pick for 1965. Was on Dallas taxi squad in 1965 Took over the starting strong safety position first day with the Redskins and played there 5 years In 1971, he was the starting free safety In 1972, he took over the strong safety job from Richie Petitbon Had one interception to give him a 7-year total of 26, ranked 21st in the NFC Intercepted pass in Super Bowl VII Is players' representative to the NFLPA
Best day: Against NY Giants, D C Stadium, Nov 27, 60-yard TD; picked up a fumble and went 62 yards for a score Was selected "defensive player of the week" in the NFL by the Associated Press
Longest Plays: 62 yard TD following fumble recovery against Giants, Nov 27, 1966; 60-yd TD following interception against Giants, Nov 27, 1966
College Career: Was star quarterback at Cincinnati, captained the team his senior year Was the nation's 12th leading total offense performer in 1963.
Education: B.S in Physical Education
Married: Patricia Anne Driskell, Cincinnati, Ohio
Children: Robin, 5; Tracey, 2V2.
Off-Season: Exten Associates, Mobile Home Corp Residence: Hillcrest Heights, Md
Brigman (Brig) Owens Safety 5:11
NE W CHAPTERSKappa Eta Lambda... Bakersfield, California
The Newest Chapter in Alpha
Kappa Eta Lambda chapter of Bakersfield, California was presented its charter (No 530) from Western Regional Vice President Thadeaus Hobbs and became the 16th chapter in California To honor this joyful occasion, an installation banquet was attended by brothers, donned in black & gold formal attire, with their wives and dates Visiting brothers included representatives from Beta Psi Lambda of L A., Iota Zeta Lambda of Compton, and Iota Nu Lambda of Fresno
The highlights of the "Charter Night" festivities were a pre-dinner hospitality hour hosted by the congenial brothers from Iota Zeta Lambda, a very reverend invocation by Brother Carlos Smith, a masterful presentation of the charter by Bro Thadeaus Hobbs, a soulful introduction of the installees by Bro Larry Harris, an artful introduction by Bro Charles Craig of the Alpha Betts (support organization of wives & dates), a warm welcome to visitors by Bro Herbert Nealy This very effective and successful program was planned and emceed by Bro Berry Minor, one of the hardest working brothers in Alpha Following the installation banquet, the evening was climaxed with a swinging reception for the new chapter where everybody was "Truck'n" and "Get'n it on."
With the ordainment of Kappa Eta Lambda, Alpha is the first predominantly Black fraternity organized in Kern county Greater Bakersfield, the county seat of Kern and 110 miles north of Los Angeles, has 15,000 Blacks who comprise 10% o the population. The economy of the area is based about equally upon agriculture and mineral extraction, mainly petroleum. The newest chapter in Alpha is composed of awake, determined, achievement motivated men who pledged in college situations but still feel a strong need to do worthwhile deeds in Alpha communities
During the chapter's conception, the brothers conducted a school site testing program where students and members of the surrounding communities were screened for sickle cell disease.
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THETA IOTA CHAPTER
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
NEWLY ESTABLISHED ALPHA PHI ALPHA CHAPTER AT VPI
Shown above is the Theta lota Chapter of Alpha Phi Fraternity recently established at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. Members of the new chapter are from left to right: charter member Darryl A. Givens, charter member James Kirk'patrick III, Clarence L. James, James E. Willians, James E. Toles, Earl G. Smith, Lewis A Marshall, Dwight I. Goldman, charter member Ronald S. Robinson, Anthony D Drisp and Jerry N. Johnson. Holding the Alpha Emblem is charter member W Carlton Roger Jr. Absent from the photo is James R. Bake.
Brothers of Kappa Eta Lambda giving a toast to Alpha at 1st regular chapter meeting after receiving charter. From left to right are C. Craig, C. Smith, J. Randall, H. Nealy, J. Fulton, and B. Minor.
Phi Lambda Raps
by Brother William M. Bell
More About Our Brothers .. .
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
JOHNNIE EDWARD BURKE
Brother Burke is married to the former Miss Doris McLean of Lumberton, North Carolina They have two children Ronald and Marcilynn
Brother Burke is principal of John Ligon Junior High School, Raleigh, North Carolina He eld this position for two years, he enrollment in grades 7 through 9.
In administering a school, Burke puts emphasy on the socialization process, that is to teach students how toget along with others, who have different experiences based upon their racial, social, cultural andeconomic backgrounds, followed very closely by teaching them how to learn. His greatest source of satisfaction is in seeing timid, insecure seventh graders turn into well adjusted individuals, able to get along with persons of divergent backgrounds and cultures by the time they leave Ligon as ninth graders Burke says the major problem area is working with students who have not learned to handle their frustrations These frustrations are due primarily to the permissiveness ofour society, the adjustment to lesser individual freedoms as compared to the open school concept of an elementary school, and to biological maturation
"The students we receive in the future," says Burke, "are going to be under increasing pressures based again upon our ever changing society and the insecurities that exist as a result ofour technologies Consequently, they are going to be faced with more frustrations Again our greatest challenge oropportunity is going to be helping ourstudents handle their frustrations. We are going to have to start graduating that teacher, who feels that herjob is to help the student to adjust to whatever area that he needs to adjust to and not a teacher, who is restricted as a teacher
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Frat Fun.. with winters
DR. O. WILSON WINTERS, Editor
HOLIDAY GREETINGS!
Re-runs of Volume 18, October 1932 — Noah Webster the famous lexicographer, at least so goes the often told story, wasdiscovered by Mrs Webster in a somewhat compromising situation with the housemaid: "Why Noah" sheexclaimed "I am surprised" to which he replied: "Nodear, I am surprised, you are astonished."
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Teacher — (to visiting mother visiting school in response to request by principal to discuss behavior of pupil) "Why didyouname this child OPIUM?" Mandy, the mother: "Because I heard datopium is derived from wild poppy, if ever a chile had a wild poppy, its sho dis one."
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Son: "What does the word "chauffeur" mean?"
Mother — "Thats a name given to the driver of a motorcar."
Son — (after a moments thought) "That isn't thename papa gave to the driver of thecarthat nearly ran himdown yesterday."
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"When I was young and in my prime I thought it great to have a dime Phase II is here; it gives me pain To find myself that way again."
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"The Siamese Twins spooned in the dell United they stood; united they fell."
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Fraternity Fun returns from NewOrleans overheard at the entrance to that certain district glorified in Mardi Gras history Alpha visitor No 1 "See that cute little place over there, "lets go in, 1 hear you can get Seagram's V.O in there Alpha Visitor No 2: "Yes, so I have heard and I bet youcanget plenty of V.D too."
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California visitor: "You know a good deal depends on the formation of early habits."
Chicago Friend — "Don't I know it?When I wasa baby, my mother paid a woman to wheel me around in mybaby carriage, and I'vebeen pushed for money ever since."
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Sunny South — Southern lover to Yankee girl: "You all shois pretty; may I kiss youall?"
Yankee Damsel: "O,you greedy boy,aint my lips enough."
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Young Interne: "I want to change the death certificate I gave you yesterday Coroner: Whats wrong?
Young Interne: "I signed myname in thespace marked — 'cause of death.'
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Fashion note from New York — Flash: "They're wearing the same thing in brassieres this season."
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What is the plural of enemy? ENEMA
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PHI LAMBDA RAPS
(Continued from page 19) of mathematics, English or science To put it more bluntly, we don't need that teacher, who feels that the job ends when he or she leaves the four walls of the classroom."
"At present," says Burke, "things are going fairly well, and will probably continue to do so, provided that my assistant and I continue to put in about 70 hours a week."
Brother Burke is no stranger to service He is district president of eight or nine counties in the NCAE (North Carolina Association of Educators) He is a past president of Phi Lambda, the immediate past regional director for the state of North Carolina, and a member of the board of directors of Alpha Arms, a 1.7 million dollar housing project, in Goldsboro, North Carolina
THOMAS J. CULLER
Brother Culler is married to the former Miss Mary Artis of Raleigh, North Carolina. He was principal of W.E.B. DuBois High School, Wake Forest, NorthCarolina from 1959 to 1970 Prior to that he was in education as a teacher and principal for 26 years
DuBois was a union school having grades 1 through 12 The highest enrollment was around 1050 students, including 330 students in high school, and a faculty of 52 teachers At that time the students were all black The faculty was integrated two years before the student body.
Brother Culler has received much satisfaction from having touched a large number of lives in a constructive manner, playing a role in enlarging the physical facilities and developing the academic curriculum to meet the needs of the pupils, receiving cooperation from both white and black members of the community, guiding the school through a re-evaluation by the Southern Association of Elementary and Secondary Schools in 1967-1968, (The school was accredited in 1972), and the naming of one of the buildings on the campus after him
His greatest problem was securing the facilities, equipment and supplies needed to give the boys and girls the same educational opportunities as in other schools and communities.
Upon his retirement in 1970 Brother Culler was honored by the students, fac-
ulty, parents, alumni, advisory council and the administrative staff of the Wake County Schools One of his greatest thrills was to look over 250 graduates of DuBois High School and see the lives of people he had touched and to hear the testimonies of how they felt he had helped them.
After his retirement he was requested to work at the Wake County School Board as a Neighborhood Youth Corp Director and Human Relations Specialist for two years.
His philosophy was to develop the whole child. He believes and tells all youngsters to prepare themselves and do their jobs well
Brother Culler views the future in education as rewarding for both blacks and whites in the next five years
J8R
Brother Quinton King Wall
Married the former Miss Thelma Watkins of the same house they are now living in at Smithfield, North Carolina They are parents of two girls, Silvia, Anjanette and Loretta Norween.
Brother Wall is principal at Richard B. Harrison Junior High School, Selma, North Carolina The enrollment is 512 students with 26 teachers There is a 38% black to 62% white student ratio He has been principal there for three years, and he was a principal elsewhere for seven years Before that he was an assistant principal for nine years and a teacher at a private business school for two years
His greatest source of satisfaction as a principal is seeing his former students succeed in life His greatest problem area is to develop a program to keep students in school, one that will capture the interest of potential drop outs This is due to the high drop out rate with which he is faced at the present
Brother Wall's approach in operating a school is to view the child as all important and his motto is "Every Child A Chance." He believes that there can be no good teaching unless there is good discipline
It is significant that this school was once all black and across the tracks With this being the third year of the (Continued on page 21)
MARTIN LUTHER WILSON
Brother Wilson is married to the former Miss Mildred Williams of Concord, North Carolina They are the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Linda Gail Arrington of St Louis, Missouri
Brother Wilson was a principal in Johnston County, North Carolina for forty-one years He worked at Four Oaks Elementary School for four years, two years at Kinley Elementary School, and twenty-seven years at Richard B. Harrison High School This high school was the first in Johnston County to be accredited by the Southern Accreditation Association in 1950, of all the schools in the county without regard to race The enrollment peaked at 1400, when the school was all black Also there were as many as 50 staff members
Wilson says his approach to administering his school was to get as many children as possible to realize that they are important, they can do things, and they can make a contribution In short, he tried to get them to realize they are somebody Wilson says this has to happen before a teacher or principal can be successful He had a lot of responsibility delegated to him, as did all principals during that time. For example. he hired and fired staff members himself and made major decisions concerning the school's operation and administration Problems were strictly physical, says Wilson He had to deal with keeping the buses running, poor roads, insufficient funds for gasoline, equipment and supplies
For the future, brother Wilson believes that people who are entrusted with the responsibility for education will be concerned with job qualifications He believes that at present we are experiencing a renaissance in education. He thinks the federal and state governments will be putting more money into education, especially for handicapped students and those who are college bound
Three years ago brother Wilson retired Things have been going well, although he was sick for awhile He gets a great deal of satisfaction from seeing former students, who are now doing well He is really proud of them
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REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUILDING FOUNDATION
Brother William H. Alexander
Ed Note: This is the final report of Broher William M Alexander
Greetings to my Brothers in the House of Alpha:
I submit to you my report on the activities of your Building Foundation since our last meeting in Milwaukee, Wis at the 65th Anniversary Convention
Following the format of my last annual report to you, my report is presented in two main sections.
First: The Problem of College Brothers Housing
Second: The Development of Local Housing Programs for Low and Middle Income Tenants Under the Various Housing and Urban Development Programs
Our continued attempt to deal with college brothers housing, at the local level has been extremely frustrating A failure to come to grips realistically with real meaning of economic feasibility both on the part of Alumni Brothers of good intent and our college brothers of doubtful financial stability, makes this in most instances, a prohibitive cause
The continued presentation of local housing programs with a price tag far beyond the financial ability of the Building Foundations structure to deal with them, indicates a lack of understanding of the reality of our position
If college brothers housing is to succeed, it must be a primary responsibility of the local regents together with such guidance and seed money as can be provided by your Building Foundation A $5,000.00 loan was made to the graduate brothers of Philadelphia, Pa., to remodel their house, so that it might be used by college brothers. A $3,000.00 grant was made to be used for new and additional equipment at our house at the U. of Mo., (Rolla). This was based upon the fact that this is one of our best managed programs at the present time in college brothers housing It is a joint effort of Alumni and college brothers working together
LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING
The record of your Building Foundation in Federal Housing continues to be one of the most exciting programs ever developed by a fraternal group It continues to attract national attention. Information about it is being sought from your chairman almost on a daily basis. The January 13, 1972 issue of Jet magazine, carried a three quarter page article covering our program
The cover page of this issue carries a picture of one of the scattered sight housing programs for large families These units of not more than 12 three bedroom apartments, with ample open space surrounding them and d'spersed over an area of many city blocks, was our answer to the problem of over density of children. This experiment, now in its third year of operations, seems to be working very well Here again, Alpha has sought to be first in meeting the challenge of a problem
We are now in our second year of operation of the Sphinx Management Corporation, handling the St Louis programs This gives us a responsive management, including all the better points of "Soft Management," while at the same time offering job opportunities to Alpha men with the required techn :cal expertise This idea should be refined and spread throughout all our projects
We were successful in reducing our insurance premiums on the St Louis projects by some $10,000.00 annually By seeking national coverage we were able to develop a program that we can now hopefully extend to all of our projects, on a national basis Your chairman is prepared to furnish information as to how we can escape from "Ghetto" insurance rates
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Phi Lambda Raps
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JAMES WILBUR EATON
Brother Eaton is married to the former Miss Minetta B. Gaylor of Whittakers, North Carolina. They have two daughters, Mrs. Jean Phillips and Dr. Faye Y. Eaton.
Presently Brother Eaton is retired Before his retirement he was principal at Washington School, Raleigh, North Carolina for 18 years. Earlier he was a principal elsewhere for 17 years and was also a teacher during part of the same period. He is a graduate of Taladega College and Columbia University, and has done further study at Yale University, and New York University
As a principal, Brother Eaton was satisfied with the relationship that existed between students, faculty, principal, and community Since he has retired he gains a lot of satisfaction from seeing former students, who are doing well and from hearing them tell how much they appreciate, what the school did for them years ago
During his career the biggest problem was obtaining enough supplies to do an adequate job Brother Eaton's basic philosophy of education is that everybody can do something if he tries hard enough He believes a school is the walking shadow (or mirror of one's community and that the people operating it should be above board in their dealings He thinks that faculty and students, along with the principal should have a part in making decisions These are his ingredients for making a good school.
Brother Eaton believes the future in education is bright He notes that great upheavals generally come in education every twenty years. He says, "With sound planning and thinking, educators will be able to meet the challenge of these upheavals and still provide quality education."
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transition period to a desegregated school, everything is going fine. Brother Wall attributes this to the fact that the administration and staff deal fairly with everyone
For the future Brother Wall visualizes a comprehensive Junior High School where students will be able to explore more occupational opportunities through hand on experiences, and thereby drastically reduce the drop out rate
BUILDING FOUNDATION . .
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PROGRAMS
1 East St Louis, Illinois
Alpha Phi Alpha Homes of St Clair County, 111., Inc — completed
2 Akron, Ohio
Alpha Phi Alpha Homes, Opportunity Park, Construction is well underway on this $11,000,000 551 unit housing program
3 Gary, Indiana
The letter of feasibility for this model cities project has been received and it is expected that construction will be started in the very near future
4 Atlanta, Georgia
Brother Dawson has assured me that the high cost of land in the Atlanta area has caused this group to take a look at some other options, this is limited dividend or limited partnership. He assures me that the Atlanta group will pursue this project to its completion.
5 Nashville, Tennessee
Application has been submitted for the Alpha Phi Alpha Housing Project in the amount of $3,016,700.00 This to be a program under section 236 under the National Housing Act Brother Inman E Otey is handling this project
6. Kansas City, Kansas.
Alpha Gardens, Project No. 084-44C89-N.P. This project will cover 100 units Letter of feasibility on this project was issued Feb 11, 1972
It is being handled by Brother Robert L Hughes
7 Goldsboro, N Carolina
Alpha Arms, Inc This program is being developed under the leadership of Brother Earl Whitted, Jr
8. Tolelo, Ohio.
This group has formed its cooperative structure under the name of Project Alpha Incorporated and is moving to develop a program in the Toledo, Ohio area under the leadership of Brother Richard Sewell
9 Fresno, California
Brother Ballard is working diligently to bring about a program in this community
To all my Co-workers and Brothers who have labored to make the program of the Building Foundation a reality, my personal thanks and gratitude William M Alexander, Chairman, Board of Directors Alpha Phi Alpha Building Foundation, Inc
FRAT FUN WITH WINTERS
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LATEST ECONOMIST REPORT
Engagement: The high cost of loving
Marriage: The high cost of living
Alimony: The high cost of leaving
CROSS EXAMINATION
Judge: "Come now, you really don't believe he tried to put your eye, do you?"
Plaintiff: "No 1 don't, but I do believe he tried to put it farther in."
GOOD JUDGMENT
A divinity student named Tweedle
Refused to accept his degree
He didn't object to the Tweedle
But he hated the "Tweedle, D.D."
PHI LAMBDA RAPS
LEON WALKER HERNDON
Brother Herndon is married to the former Miss Shirley Wright of Lumberton, North Carolina. They are the parents of three children, Leon Jr., Lisa and Lenwood
He is principal at William G. Enloe Senior High School, Raleigh, North Carolina, where he has been since January 1973. He has 12 years experience in education The student body has approximately 1400 students of which about 68% are white and 32% are black There are 80 faculty members Brother Herndon's greatest source, of satisfaction is the cooperation he has received from most of the staff and students However, improvements could be made in the area of human relations between students and students and between faculty and students
Herndon's approach to adminis'ering a school is to realize that education is the school's business and should be approached in a business like manner He tries to be fair to all parties involved when making decisions. Generally, things are going well at the present Herndon views the future as good in terms of the relationships among students, faculty and administration
"Enloe," says Brother Herndon, "is a place where the staff can provide for the educational needs of any type of student who enters Any student who wants to be a success and tries to do so can be successful The academic program and extra curricular activities are varied; but, too often students do not take advantage of the opportunities provided. None of the staff would be here if it weren't for the students When we forget that, it's time for us to think about doing something else Providing educational opportunities for our students is our primary reason for being here."
Miller Brew Executive... An Alpha
Cited by Los Angeles City Council
The Los Angeles City Council recently honored Life Alpha Brother, Thomas B Shropshire, Vice President and member of the Board of Directors, Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, with a resolution for his contributions achievements in the world of business both in this country and in Nigeria Brother Shropshire was doubly honored when he later received personal congratulations from Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley
First Black Captain Cummings
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"One of the students," reported the Tribune, "said to the now riotous crowd, 'He's a Varsity man.' This acted like a charm and the mob's fury died down We hate to imagine what would have happened if Dr Cummings did not have the presence of mind to show his Varsity pin," the Tribune concluded.
Penn, Cummings feels, has changed mostly for the better in the over 50 years he has been practicing dentistry privately in New York City "The professors seem to be a little more liberal in their way
The resolution cited Brother Shropshire for his achevements as Chairman and Managing Director of Philp Morris Nigeria Ltd where he provided new jobs for over 1200 Nigerians.
Brother Shropshire was presented before the Council by Los Angeles City Councilman Gilbert W Lindsay, who sponsored the resolution. President Protem of the Council, Councilman Billy Mills, and newly-elected Councilman Dave Cunningham, both seconded the resolution
BROTHER RAY HUTTON Ford's Manager
RICHMOND, VA. — Brother Ray Hutton, a native of High Point, N C, has been appointed service development manager for Ford Customer Service Division's Richmond district, according to Leonard J. Alaimo, district manager.
Brother Hutton is responsible for assisting 167 Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in southern Virginia and eastern North Carolina in upgrading their service operations, facilities and mrchandising programs
After heading the industrial education department at Dan River High School, Chatham, Va., Hutton joined Ford in 1971 as a service analyst in the Ford Customer Service Division Charlotte (N C.) district office He was a zone service manager in the Charlotte office before assuming his present post.
Brother Hutton holds both an associate degree in industrial technology and a bachelor's degree in vocational industrial education from North Carolina A&T State University at Greensboro. He is a member of Alpah Phi Alpha fraternity and, while in Charlotte, was a member of that city's Fair Housing Association Brother Hutton and his wife, Frankie, live at 2004 Prince George Road, Richmond
Kappa Eta Lambda
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of teaching," he noted "Before they were more exacting, and you could punch out (fail) very easily Now the professors seem to apply themselves with the students and help them more than they did when we were there."
Unlike many Penn stars who have gone their own ways after graduation, Cummings has maintained close relations with the Penn Cross country team He tries to attend all the team's New York meets, was recently included in the team's picture after it won the Heptagonals
We, the brothers of Kappa Eta Lambda greet the chapters of Alphadom and pledge to work for and promote the ideals of Alpha The new unit includes Dr J Anderson, Jr., chaplain; C Craig, assis, assoc. editor to the Sphinx and historian; J Fulton, treasurer; L Harris, sergeant-at-arms; B Minor, vice president; D Minor, assis secretary; H Nealy, president; J Randall, assoc editor to the Sphinx; C. Smith, secretary; Dr. E. Williams, business manager
Fraternally, John Randall
2924 Elm St Bakersfield, Calif
L-R: Councilman Gilbert W. Lindsay; Tom Shropshire, Tom Bradley and Councilman Dave Cunningham.
V P., Miller Brewing Co.; Mayor
LPHA WORKSHOP
Laurence T. Young, Executive Secretary
CHRISTMAS GREETING
The most joyous season of the year is now at hand — CHRISTMAS —
The General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc on behalf of the Board of Directors, extends to all brothers throughout Alphadom best wishes for life, joy, health, happiness and enduring friendships, to the end that HIS peace may abide in the hearts of all, and that we may all experience JUSTICE where the least of them will share equally with the best of them
FAREWELL
How shall one in an official capacity for a period of seventeen years, such as the Executive Secretary, — excuse himself from that post and bid farewell to thousands of his brothers throughout the country whom he sought not to rule, but to serve?
How can he acknowledge the many kindnesses, the many benefits, the joys, the griefs, the closeness and warmth of true fellowship, — the evidences of true affection for and interest in him? What can he say?
He can humbly say "THANK YOU" as he considers the fruits of labor, the conclusion near at hand, — and the rewards having been exceedingly great — he finds with the poet:
"Surely thou shalt find all that thou mayst wish, all that thou shalt be able to desire True, everyone willingly doth that which agreeth with his own sense and is apt to affect those most that are of his own mind, however, we must sometimes cease to adhere to our own opinion for the sake of peace."
MEET THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES
Action of the Board of Directors, also at the 67th Anniversary Convention recently adjourned at New Orleans, approved the apponitment of Brother JAMES B BLANTON, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Brother MICHAEL J PRICE of West Lafayette, Indiana, by way of Indianola, Mississippi These two splendid young men complete the staff at the General Office, and will assume their respective roles after January 1, 1974. The three recent appointees are serving periods of apprenticeship at the General Office as the New Agenda is put into operation •— and the drive for 25,000 active brothers is inaugurated Brother Price will develop a uniform communication system, which will include, other than routine matters, a direct line to and with all chapters, and the co-ordinating of ALL PUBLICATIONS which are and will be based in the General Office
Brother Blanton with a unique back ground in Commerce and Business Administration will join company with our fiscal officers in the implementation of new methods of accounting, including the establishment of a new Chart of Accounts: to be put in operation after the first of the year
With this newly organized staff (long over due), the work of the General Organization should rise to new heights and accomplish the aims and aspirations of the General President as he puts in operation and enforces the NEW AGENDA,' also known as the National Program of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc 1973-1974 ALPHA PHI ALPHA EDUCATION FOUNDATION, Inc.
Brother Herman B. Smith, Jr., the newly appointed Chairman of the Foundation, and Director of Educational Activities has presented to the Board of Directors of the Foundation, a plan for establishing a "One Million Dollar Campaign" which was kicked off in June 1973 and further followed up at a meeting of that Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia December 1, 1973 whereby the Board of Directors (100%) showed good faith by subscribing and paying $4,000.00 in cash and $9,060.00 in pledges to be paid as designated The categories as part of the General Plan for soliciting funds are: The Jewels Club; the Presidents Club; Chapter participation (individuals); Special Projects in graduated plans, the pro-
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RACISM... DRUG ENFORCEMENT
by Brother Charles Rangel
Brother Charles Rangel
Out of approximately 300 agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs assigned to the New York regional office, only 9 are Black. At the same time, the Director of BNDD admits that more than 5 per cent of the illegal drug traffic around New York City takes place in minority communities
The truth is that only Black and Spanish-speaking agents can perform effective undercover work in those communities Nationwide, however, less than 70 of the 1146 agents in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs are Black
The Bureau of Customs is practically lily white when it comes down to the criminal investigators responsible for cracking down on the drug smuggler. In Chicago, a city which is 1/3 Black, there is not a single Black Customs criminal investigator out of a force of 97 Tragic Factors
A variety of tragic factors have combined to shut minorities out of policy and enforcement roles in the Federal narcotics law enforcement effort
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THE WORKSHOP DRUGS
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jected total to be raised being $1,000,000.00. You will receive more information relative to this at a later date
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SPECIAL PLANNING MEETING — CONVENTION COMMITTEE
On November 24, 1973, the General President met with "The Staff" at the General Office in conjunction with a meeting of the General Convention Committee Plans were outlined for the work of the in-coming Executive Secretary and the two Assistant Executive Secretaries
The Director of General Conventions made a summary report RE: the 68th Anniversary Convention — August 2nd to 8th, San Francisco, California, with headquarters at St Francis's Hotel, where 3,000 delegates, friends and wellwishers are expected It was determined that the tentative theme of the Convention will be: "ALPHA'S OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY SERVICE" to be used with some degree of flexibility, and that the Convention will be in honor of JEWEL HENRY ARTHUR CALLIS
ELECTION — GENERAL PRESIDENT
Procedures were discussed with respect to the mail balloting for the office of General President — ballots to be mailed from the General Office April 1, 1974 to a Locked Box in the post office in San Francisco, California
67th ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION MINUTES
The MINUTES of the 67th Anniversary Convention are "on the press" and will be distributed to each chapter, and to every Life Member within the next few weeks
SALES
Items for purchase through the General Office include the Sweetheart medallion a-c $6.00 each; the A Phi A medallion a-c $2.50 each, and the other articles of jewelry listed on the official pin form Our supply of Constitutions is running low, which is good — inasmuch as a new edition will be published in 1974 to include amendments adopted at previous conventions, as well as those to be adopted pending the report of the Committee on Reorganization
DIRECTORY
Again — 1974 is the year for publishing an Alpha Phi Alpha Directory, which will be more informative containing the good brothers' names, new addresses and zip codes The LIFE MEMBER section- will be done in a different color, for obvious reasons
THE NEW AGENDA
The entire active membership should have received by this time a copy of "HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY NATIONAL PROGRAM 1973-1974, which was mailed several days ago
It is urged by the General President that you read this pamphlet and reread it, — to the end that the projected plans of operation be made effective If you do not like it TELL US do not engage in a whispering campaign, and if you do like it WORK WITH IT.
GRAND TAX
Is your Grand Tax in? We are running behind. HELP US!
LAURENCE T YOUNG Executive Secretary
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The first is the long history of racism in some of the agencies involved For example, Customs Commissioner Vernon Acree recently told my Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of his own failure to act on equal employment opportunity "I was not aware, frankly, until these statistics were provided this committee, of the low employment level of minority people in our criminal investigative force," Acree testified. He had been Commissioner for over a year when that confession was made.
In fact, until fairly recently, Roman Catholics were excluded from the Customs Bureau by an unofficial policy of discrimination At our hearings, the Bureau's Equal Employment Opportunity Officer testified that if the Bureau were a private company instead of a government agency, he would consider it racist
Hiring Freeze
The second is the freeze on hiring In a curious example of hypocrisy, the President has declared that the war o.-i drugs is of major importance. In deed, however, the President has failed to give us the soldiers we need to fight that war by arguing that the Federal narcotics law enforcement agencies already have enough manpower Thus the avowed commitment of the agency heads to increasing minority recruitment and hiring cannot be tested since only a limited number of openings, caused by attrition, can be filled
The third is the low entering pay for Federal agents Many potential candidates for Cutsoms or BNDD would prefer higher-paying jobs with private industry rather than a starting salary close to the poverty line
Rigid Exams
The fourth is unnecessarily rigid entrance requirements for criminal investigative positions Fortunately, the agencies are increasingly willing to waive the college degree requirement for applicants who have special skills or expertise Thus bilingual and bicultural applicants who have not completed four years of college may still be accepted for service The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs now has a program in which applicants with good potential are provisionally hired, trained and tutored before taking the Civil Service exams
The fifth is the traditional failure of the agencies to promote Blacks and (Continued on page 26)
New Directory Board of Directors and Advisory Consultant
Alpha Phi Alpha Building Foundation, Inc.
Title Names and Addresses
Chairman James L. Hunt, 3435 Harding Blvd., Baton Rouge, La. 70807
Vice-Chrm
Dr Edward H Ballard, 1707 Los Palmitas, So Pasadena, Cal 91030
William M Alexander, 4272 Washington Blvd., St Louis, Mo 63108
Secretary Laurence T Young, 4432 Martin L King Dr., Chicago, 111 60653
Treasurer Leven Weiss, 4676 Outer Drive West, Detroit, Mich 48235
Asst. Sec'y
Larry L. Earvin, 200 Peyton Place, S.W. B-15, Atlanta, Ga. 30311
William D Clark, 66 Dry Hill Road, Norwalk, Conn
Judge Ernest N Morial, 1242 Magazine Ave., New Orleans, La 70112
Civil Courts Buildings, 421 Loyola Ave., New Orleans, La 70112
Counsel Albert Holland, Jr., 31 Hickory Hill Road, Tappan, N.Y
(Ex-Officio) Dr Walter Washington, Alcorn A & M College, Lorman, Miss 39096
Advisory
Consultants
ADVISORY CONSULTANTS
Horace J Rodgers, 315 Central Park Plaza, 26011 Evergreen Road, Southfield, Michigan 48075
245 Orange Lake Drive, Bloomfield Hills, Mich 48013
Morris M Hatchett, 75 Windermer Place, St Louis, Mo 63112
720 Olive Street, Suite 826, St Louis, Mo 63101
Curtis L. Washington, 1st National Bank, No. 2 Peachtree Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303
4432 Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60653
4272 Washington Boulevard, St Louis, Missouri 63108
COMMITTEE ON F. H. A. PROGRAM OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA BUILDING FOUNDATION
Bro Wm Alexander, Chairman 4272 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63108
Albert Holland, Jr 31 Hickory Hill Road, Tappan, New York
Curtis L Washington
4031 J Washington Rd. S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30344
COMMITTEE ON UNDER-GRADUATE HOUSING PROGRAMS
Larry L Earvin, Chairman
William Decker Clark
Laurence T Young
679 Church Street, N.W, Atlanta, Georgia 30318
66 Dry Hill Road, Norwalk, Connecticut
4432 Martin L King Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60653
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DRUGS
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Spanish-speaking individuals already within the organization Again, strides are at last being made
BNDD has implemented an "upward mobility program," but there is still a long way to go Only 1 BNDD regional director is Black; only 7.2 per cent of the Special Agents in charge of district offices are minorities; only 5.2 per cent of the Bureau's group supervisors are minorities
A new Drug Enforcement Administration is being set up now to direct Federal anti-narcotics efforts BNDD, Customs criminal investigators and the Office of National Narcotics Intelligence are merging together into a single comprehensive agency to fight drug trafficking
It is critical that the Attorney General establishes minority recruitment as the highest priority for this new agency The capacity of Federal law enforcement personnel to work effectively under cover is crippled by the lack of Black and Hispanic agents
Mistrust
Equally important is the mistrust and lack of confidence of the minority community when it sees agencies staffed almost entirely by whites In order to be successful, the Drug Enforcement Administration will have to earn the respect and cooperation of inner city residents
We want to rid our streets and neighborhoods of the pushers of death. We want every single smuggler and trafficker of heroin locked up We want all addicts to receive medical and psychiatric treatment, job training and education so they can become useful members of the community But none of these wishes can come true unless Blacks and Spanishspeaking citizens have a major role in making and carrying out policy in the war on drugs
I am pleased to report a new commitment by the Justice Department in this direction The Department recognized in a recent letter to me that intense recruitment of minority agents " is a compelling objective which is an absolute necessity in order to insure that the ranks of narcotics enforcement personnel include sufficient numbers of minority group investigative agents to carry out effective programs."
We will be watching closely to make sure that this new promise is fulfilled
The Fraternity in the Life of A Brother and His Community
By Brother Bennie Harris, Southern Vice President
Brother General President and Brothers:
I think it is fitting at the outset to make it perfectly clear that my appearance and participation at this point in Alpha's program is indeed not by invitation It is rather by command of our General President, who is not only the leader of this celebrated body but who is an extraordinary leader of our people throughout this nation. I mention this of course only for the purpose of explaining that one does not make lightly the command of the General President of Alpha Aside from this I am convinced without any remaining element of doubt that no devotee of Alpha in his right mind could ever find the courage to refuse acceptance of any offer to appear, participate and to speak as it were in the interest of this noble institution. This belief alone is to me rather arresting Because of it, and make no excuse for any inability to phrase more profoundly and in the end when I have concluded, I will accept no pity from those of you who love as I do the majesty of our beloved Alpha Phi Alpha.
Now, may it please this brotherhood my General President has told me htat the fraternal address has to do with or is appertaining to the idea of fraternity in life of a brother and his community Webster in his New World Dictionary has provided me with three thoughts as to the idea of fraternity. He claims first, that fraternity is that fraternal relationship or spirit as the same appears in brotherliness. That fraternity constitutes a group of men joined together by common interest for fellowship as it is in a greek letter college organization and finally it is a group of people with the same beliefs, interest and purpose There seems to be, at least in my good judgement but two essentials of fraternity One of course is the idea of unity and the other the significance of purpose
There seems to me at this point in time little or no question that Alpha represents in the lives of Black Americans the truest form of unity Conceived as it was in sophistication, it is nevertheless the unique result of noble breed-
ing For it is that concept of understanding and brotherly love which all men by their very nature strive for It is indeed the belief that scholarship. Manly deeds and love for all mankind are the eternal virtues which together make for the good life. The idea of unity is not new to us It is our reason for being; and our strongest bond of union A very characteristic story of an attempt at this same unity is the story of the greeks, from whom our illustrative name is derived For there unity was achieved even in the face of natural geographical disadvantages.
If you look at a map of Europe, you will discover that Greece is a skeleton like hand with crooked fingers stretching out into the Mediterranean Sea, south of it lies the island of Crete—the same Crete from which those grasping Grecian fingers captured in the second millennium before Christ, the beginning of civilization On the west is Italy, standing like a leaning tower in the sea, east is Asia Minor, quiet and apathetic now, but once upon a time it throbbed with industry, commerce and speculation. North is Thessaly and Macedonia, this is Greece Home of Athens and Sparta Birth place of philosophy and battleground of the Pelopennesian wars
Even so, everywhere the greeks worshipped the same olympian divinities, visited the same oracles, participated in the same athletic contests and were like ourselves initiated into the same mysteries
Witness if you will how they joined together in opposition against the invasion of the Persian host at the battle of marathan with their sheer courage, the battle of thermopylae in which the great Spartan Leonodase and all his b-ave view died that Greece might live on and on Well, what did this unity of purpose give the world a Pericles, Thermestovles, a Demosthenes, a Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, a Hippocrites, Eurpidies, Sophocles—it gave the world medicine, literature, drama, philosophy and the very first attempt at direct democratic government
This, my brothers is the source of our strength, the essence of our worth, the legacy with which we go armed into every community.
Our mission and purpose must be the destruction of the thick words of ignorance and mistrust which permeates the whole fabric of our domestic lives Walls of ignorance and mistrust which will not fall before the trumpets blast Walls of ignorance and mistrust which will not fall before the politicians imprecations. alls of ignorance and mistrust which will not fall before the general's baton These are walls of ignorance and mistrust which must be directly stormed and stormed by that vast host of courage, morality, vision, wisdom, education and indeed brotherhood, standing together shoulder to shoulder, unafraid of the ugly truth, contemptious of all lies, half truths, circuses and demagoguery
How do we begin, I would suggest to you on this event that the strongest beginning can be found in the central theme of this, Brother Washington's first general convention as president—a rededication to all the hopes and dreams of those brothers whose lives once upon a period touched ours and we become the better—a rededication to that tune of Alpha that thrilled us for so long when (Continued on page 28)
Brother Bennie Harris
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all about us had failed and drove us in concert to the beat of a new drummer. Yes, a rededication to the lofty principles of human equality and brotherhood This is where we must begin.
If I were truly a betting man, than I would wager at this moment, that no single brother sitting within this audience can recall the identity of a single brother, financial or not, who would not at the drop of a hat claim his kinship to Alpha If 1 were truly a betting man, then I would wager that not one of you can find a single brother, financial or not who had an occasion but for a brief period to truly love Alpha, who does not now, despite his status, claim her as his own If I were truly a betting man, then I would wager that not one of you can recall the meeting with a single initiate whose absence from the brotherhood even now must be measured in terms of decades who would not upon hearing the Alpha hymn, click his heels, stand erect and strut his stuff This means to me in all truth that no man having had even the slightest experience with Alpha can deny his love for her or withdraw in any meaningful fashion his devotion from her So it appears reasonable to me that we begin with a rededication
I have tried for my own purpose across 25 years to assess the true meaning of Alpha power I have tried to determine its potency I have analyzed in some fashion its inner secret and I have tried to determine its worth I beg of you now only the opportunity to share in part what it is that I have found.
I came, you see, to meet that spirit of Alpha early one morning high above the dusk and dull on that red hill at Atlanta, Georgia It became thereafter my privilege to join with those brothers who preceeded me in the tune of the morning sacrifice It became my privilege to follow with Alpha the love songs of Dido; to listen to the tale of Troy Divine
Like so many other young black boys of southern communities, I came hopefully to the fountain of Alpha and I found it filled. Filled with an ingredient pure and lofty, yet made into a concoction by the dreams, desires, ideals and inspirations of those founding jewels of our beloved mystery
Together with their proud hearts and
nobility of purpose they had stirred their creation with a master stroke and discovered in its flavor the end of all the anguish and frustration of a whole people Oh, they knew the solution; they had found the catalyst for dissolving the veil. They knew that the black man had to be accorded the right to have and experience with himself To feel himself coming out of himself. Somehow he had to discover the secret of his own mission His own power had to be made real to him.
As a neophyte, it was my privilege to observe as they passed in review. Their long procession winding down the pathway of Alpha's history There was Callis, Chapman and Ogle; Murry Taudy and Kelly Quiet, self effacing Eugene Kinkles Jones out of whose heart and soul sprang the spirit of a prayer to be celebrated in prose more beautiful than poetry some 26 years later
"O Lord, may the true spirit of fraternity rule our hearts, guide our thoughts and control our lives — so that we may become through thee servants of all."
This was my privilege It was 1948, you see, the great war had ended and all was well. There was Charlie Wesley, Bently Cyrus and Raymond Cannon; their was Paul Roberson, Andy Lewis and Charlie Greene; there was Ted Berry, H Mosely and W W Whatstone; there was Sidney Jones, Rayford Logan and Meredith Ferguson There was H Council Trenhalm. Charlie Houston and Thurgood Marshall There were campaigns—Go to high school, go to college—A voteless people is a hopeless people There were a thousand other Alpha men the majesty of Alpha had inspired and they were giants in every community This was my privilege What a marvelous privilege it was There was a Martin King, Jr., A Lonny Newsom and Whitney Young. There was a Duke Williams, O Wilson Winters and indeed a Walter Washington There was Dubois, W. E. B. Dubois who did as an Alpha and a teacher puncture my heart's fibre from that city of a hundred hills in his souls of black folks —
"Whispering and portents borne upon the four winds, Lo we are diseased and dying, cried the dark host We cannot read. We cannot write, our voting is vain Away with the black man's ballot by forces of proud and behold if you will the suicide of a race."
There was the General President of Alpha 1948, brother Belford Lawson, Jr. in whose soul all the attibutes of Alpha had conspired to make of him a rare beauty in Alpha's history To know these brothers was indeed my privilege. There was an A Maceo Smith, Meyer Paige and a Laurence Young I simply had to know what it was that so many found in common that drove them mad with that love for each other What it was that wrapped itself into their very being, thereby setting motion a power worthy of emulation What it was that crowned these tall, tall men of Alpha with that beautiful, beautiful arrogance which distinguishes an Alpha man from those other souls of less significant mystery Oh, I had to know what it was, because what ever it was I would win for myself, so I did and this was my privilege
I discovered among other things that these brothers were men of preparation and culture I discovered that they had vision and courage to allow that vision to take possession of their lives and thereby shape their goals I discovered that they had integrity and moral strength I discovered that they had a compassion for that brother less fortunate and therefore the gift of being identified with the common man Finally, I discovered that these tall men of Alpha, manifested an impatience with stupidity, for theirs was a dream of tomorrow and they had little time to waste This discovery was my privilege So thoroughly did this discovery capture my mind and reshape my destiny So positively did it alter my ego and substitute in its stead a new and more profound promise So resolutely did it tug upon my heart string that it drove me mad with desire and ambition It was then that I wrote, out of this madness, more than 25 years ago "At the turn of another decade, I want to be an attorney at law, having at my disposal a reasonable knowledge of the science of jurisprudence and a fair knowledge of human personality But aside from this I want much more. I want my fraternal experiences first of all to instill in my soul the qualities of true brotherhood I want a life that is broad and flexible —so that in later years I may become a part of the world of Plato and Aristotle; of Voltaire and Mantaigne; of Titan and De Vinci; of Shakespeare and Milton I want a life that will deepen my faith
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Brother Bennie Harris Ideal Christmas Gift . . .
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in God and mankind; my faith in the integrity of the universe; my faith that other men are as well intentioned as I am; my faith that though they subscribe not to my creed, justice, mercy and compassion abound in all Yes, at the turn of another decade, I want to be an attorney at law, but far above this, 1 want to be a man who because of his fraternal association has achieved an excellent personal life—a man who knows what to prefer because he has lived in the presence of those who are preferable—this has been my privilege —
So today in celebration of this fraternal address, in the interest of the dead and dying; in the interest of those brothers yet unborn and indeed those of us who still live, we must come with Brother General President Washington back to the fountain, for the purpose of rededication We must rededicate ourselves to work and leisure—to thought and laughter, to music and growth To joy and comradeship To courage and patience. To loyality and high fellowship; to competitiveness and cooperation; to the advancement of a liberal, technical and vocational education; to the discovery and development of latent abilities; to the cultivation of high principles of character and good citizenship; to the pioneering Alpha spirit of old begun by the founders some 67 years ago and now being continued under of General President To the courage of change and the encouragement of that element in search of change, especially to the principles of excellence and high level of performance; to a continuation of that marvelous intangible quality known as the spirit of Alpha.
But above all, we must here and now commit ourselves never to cease the search for that vision of hope painted with such splendor by Robert Inglesol— "I see a world at peace; Adorned with every form of art; With music's myriad voices
Thrilled while lips are rich with words of love and truth.
A world in which no exile sighs, No prisoner mourns; a world in Which the gibbets shadow does not fall
A world where labour reaps its full reward;
A LIFE MEMBERSHIP
"Soar With Life Members"
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
The Life Membership Program continues to soar — simply remarkable — as of this date we have 1,465 fully paid Life Members, and 587 subscribers. The Chairman of the Committee on Life Membership has enunciated an ambitious program in this regard for the next three pears:
GOAL: 2,500 participants in the Life Membership Program within the 25,000 (projected) active members.
Epsilon Delta Lambda Chapter
Editor to the Sphinx PAY
Where work and worth go hand in hand.
1 see a world without disease of flesh or brain—
Shapely and fair, the married harmony of form and function
And as I look, life lengthens joy deepens love
Canopies the earth; and overall in the great dome, Shines the eternal star of human hope."
Brother Robt. E. Lawson
Brother "Brig" Owens
GREETINGS FROM EPSILON TAU LAMBDA
Prairie View, Texas
The Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity ended a successful two-year period under the able leadership of Brother George Higgs, teacher in the Waller High School, Waller. Texas.
Brother Higgs has had an effective reclamation program and an increase in lietime membership during his tenure of office. He, of course, holds lifetime membership
Brother Higgs is firm in his belief that the chapter should be active in community affairs, and the high standards that he set are certainly worthy of emulation by the undergraduate chapter at Prairie View University and the succeeding presidents of Epsilon Tau Lambda
All of the brothers on the new state of officers (with the exception of the Vice-President are either presently connected with Prairie View University in important positions or are retired from college administration. At the August meeting Brother E B Evans, PresidentEmeritus of Prairie View A and M University, installed the following officers:
President Brother Raymond Carreathers Head of Senior Fellows
Vice-President Brother James Johnson Professor of Education Texas Southern University Houston, Texas
Recording Secretary Brother Clinnon Harvey, Professor of Mathematics
Corresponding Secretary Brother Jiles Daniels, Lt Col Professor of Military Science Army ROTC
Financial Secretary .... Brother G. W. Kendricks
Assistant Business Manager
Treasurer Brother Harvey R. Turner, Retired
Former Treasurer, Prairie View
Editor to Sphinx Brother Thomas P Retired
Former Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biology
Historian . . . Brother T. R. Solomon, Dooley, Retired
Former Dean of Students and Head of Political Science
Parliamentarian Brother Vernon Black Lt Col Dean of Students
Sergeant-at-Arms Brother H T Jones, Retired, Former Principal of P.V High School
Presently Member of City Council Chaplain Brother I C Gordon Director, Upward Bound Program
These Brothers constitute the Executive Committee, and a challenging program has been presented for 1973-74.
Many of the key positions at Prairie View University are held by Alpha men. These include the President of the University, Acting Dean, Head of the History Department, Director of the Health Center, Head of the College Information Service, Dean of the Graduate School, Dean of the School of Agriculture, Head of the Chemistry Department, Head of the Physics Department, Head of the Navy ROTC, Head of Agricultural Research and others
The Epsilon Tau Lambda Chapter can say with assurance that its members are worthy of emulation. They have certainly lived up to the ideals of the Fraternity, achieved in their professions, and are making worthwhile contributions to the educational system and to the communiy
Why Are You So Tired ?
(From
"Executives' Digest," tieberman Associates)
The next time people ask you why you are tired, tell them Your exhaustion is fully justified and you can prove it by a few simple statistic:
The U.S has a population of 200 million Of these, 72 million are over 65, leaving 128 million people to do the work. When you substract the 75 million people under 21, you get 53 million There are also 27,471,002 employed by the Federal Government in one capacity or another, which leaves 25,538,998 to do the work The 8 million in the Armed Forces leave only 17,528,998 to do the work and when you substract from this the 15 million on state and city government payrolls, and the 1,520,000 in hospitals, mental institutions and similar places, the work force is reduced to 1,520,000 Fine — but there are an estimated 800,500 bums, vagrants and others with a pathological fear of work That leaves 208,498 people to carry the national workload, 208,496 of whom are presently behind bars. Which, brother, leaves you and me And I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired.
Laurence T. Young 4432 Martin L. King Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60653
Dr Edw H Ballard 1707 Los Palmitos, South Pasadena, Calif. 91030
ADVISORY CONSULTANTS
Curtis M. Washington 1745 Luch Lomond Terrace, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, 30331
Horace J. Rodgers
Morris M Hatchett
315 Central Park Plaza 26011 Evergreen Rd Southfield, Michigan 48075
25 Windemer Place, St Louis, Missouri, 63112
Fraternally yours, J L Hunt, Chairman
Alpha Phi Alpha Bounding Foundation Board of Directors
Cincinnati, Ohio
Delta Gamma Lambda Scholarship and Pageantry
The fourth anual Scholarship Ball and "Sweet Sixteen" Pageant sponsored jointly by the men of Delta Gamma Lambda (Cincinnati) and the Alpha Wives Club was a highlight for the Cincinnati social season
The fraternity's scholarship program is promoted by the Education Committee and its purpose is to encourage young men in their quest of higher education.
Scholarship recipients represent many outstanding young men in the current graduating classes from the senior high schools of the Greater Cincinnati area.
Brother Ot's Cargill is the organizer of this very successful event and is general chairman Bro Mathew Williams, Jr is the president of the Cincinnati Chapter.
The Alpha Wives, in a joint effort, introduced their "Miss Sweet Sixteen" candidates This feature of the evening is designed to highlight a month of activities for a group of sixteen year old ladies as an incentive to pursue their education toward college and to stimulate their personal development
Co-chairwomen of this year's Miss Sweet Sixteen are Mrs John Leahr and Mrs Ivan McMurtry The Alpha Wives Club president is Mrs Spencer Turner
Coronation Ball Alcorn A& M College
Scholarship recipients and their colleges and universities and Alpha men. Seated: (L to R) Melvin Reeves (Ohio State U.); Bro. Matthew Williams, Jr., President of the Cincinnati Chapter; Phillip Hicks (Amherst College) Michael Head (Harvard), Louis C. Brown (Northeastern University), Bro. Otis Cargill, Scholarship Chairman, Phillip Fair (Ohio State U.), Jackie Billings (Oklahoma City University), Bro. LaVaughn Booth and David Stewart (Morehouse College). Standing: (L to R) Bro. Ben Clarke, Bro. Alva Thornton, Bro. George McClung, Bro. Tom Hunter, Bro. Owen Carter and Bro. Brent T. Pendleton.
The Sphinx I December 1973
Ur. Walter Washington pauses to relax with the Brothers and Sweethearts during Coronation Ball at Alcorn A&M College. (Row one) I. to r.: Mildred Drake, Alpha Sweetheart; Rachel George, Miss Black and Gold; Rosie Smith, Sphinx Sweetheart. (Row two) I. to r.: Bro Leon Moore, Bro. Napolean Moses, Bro. Abe Hudson. (Top): General President, Dr. Walter Washington.
Bro. Matthew Williams, Chapter President presents scholarship award to Michael Head as his mother, Mrs. Geraldine Head and scholarship chairman, Bro. Otis Cargill observe.
The Equitable Employment Opportunities Committee
Brother L H. Stanton, Coordinator
Brother L H Stanton, Chairman and Coordinator of the Souvenir Journal of the Equitable Employment Opportunities Committee, reports the Structure, Functions and Recommendations for the Equitable Employment Opportunities Committee of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc
Structure
The Committee is composed of members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and representatives of some of the companies and governmental agencies participating in the program.
Functions
The objective of this committee is to provide job interview opportunities for Alpha men and Minority Ethnic Group members at conventions, and through the "Job Bank" at our National Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois This will be accomplished through interviews with representatives of major corporations at conventions, or by submitting resumes to the "Job Bank."
The functions of the National Committee are to:
1 make all arrangements necessary to provide interview opportunities at National Conventions by a contract with major corporations and government agencies to recruit at conventions; b collect resumes of persons unable to attend the Convention; c. stage the EEOC Luncheon at National Conventions; d handle promotional activities in cooperation with local convention committee at convention sites
2. be responsible for handling all financial transactions, including the allocation of budgeted funds for Regional Committees.
3 be responsible for the publication and distribution of the Alpha Phi Alpha Convention Souvenir Journal
4 be responsible for the staging of the luncheon at the National Conventions.
5 advise and work with Regional Convention Committees to insure the occurence of all appropriate activities at Regional Conventions
The functons of the Regional EEOC Committees will be to implement the program of the EEOC at the regional level under the supervision of and in cooperation with the National committee.
Background Statement
The Equitable Employment Opportunity Committee has been operative in its present form since 1967. It has provided job interview opportunities at all General Conventions that have resulted in hundreds of youths being hired by major companies and the Federal Government Timely information related to the business world and employment opportunities, has been disseminated through seminars and luncheon speeches Over $50,000.00 has been turned over to the fraternity after all expenses were paid. The plan to establish a "Job Bank" at our Headquarters in Chicago is under way Resumes are being collected from graduating seniors and other minority group members The possibility of computerizing the "Job Bank" is under study We are exploring the possibility of broadening our services by (1) making professional and management type positions available to our services by (1) making professional and management type positions available to our graduate brothers and (2) providing counseling services to college freshmen. More than 50 corporations and governmental agencies are participating in the program Prospects for the 65th Annual General Convention is promising
THETA THETA McNeese State University
Whitney G. A. Harris, Chapter President of Theta Theta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc at McNeese State University became the first black student to be elected Student Body President at McNeese State University Prior to being elected president, Harris has served as the first black president of the Nswman Student Association and also as the first black Vice President of the Student Government Association.
A senior special education major from Westlake, Louisiana an honor student, he served the Student Government Association as a senator for two years representing Student Congress for AlfroAmerican Culture and the Residents Men Assocation
The son of Ms Ida C Harris and the late Aubrey Harris, Jr., Harris holds a State Board Scholarship
Recently initiated into Blue Key Honor Fraternity, he was named to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and University, is a member of the University's Discipline Committee and Communication Committee, Psychological Society, Association for Retarded Children, Student Louisiana Teacher's Association and was chosen Outstanding Student Teacher. Harris will serve Theta Theta as Dean of Pledgees during the coming year
Brother L. H. Stanton
Whitney G. A. Harris
Brother Charles McGee
PRESIDENT, BETA LAMBDA CHAPTER KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
By Brother Jimmie Banks
The Brothers of Beta Lambda have selected Bro Charles McGee to pilot the chapter craft for the active year 1973-74 In addition to being a Life Member, Bro McGee was a command pilot and veteran of over 400 combat missions spanning three wars Bro McGee has a 30 year background in the Air Force with responsibilities ranging from squadron level to major commands His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star and the Presidential unit citation Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Bro. McGee was a graduate of the university of Illinois, where he was President of Tau Chapter He and his wife Francine have three
BROTHER L C. DOWDY .. .
Elected President National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
BROTHER KEWUS C. DOWDY WINS NAITONAL POST
Dr. Leis C. Dowdy, Chancellor of A & T State University, receives congratulation from General President Walter Washington, after Brother Dowdy became the first black president of the National Association ot State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges at the Association's annual meeting in Denver, Coloralo in November 1973. Other brothers looking on from left to right: Dr. Alvin Thomas, President of Prairie View University — Dr. Washington, President Alcorn A and M College; Brother Dowdy and Brother G. Lamar Harrison, former President ot Langston University.
children Presently Bro McGee is employed as Vice-President of Real Estate for Interstate Securities Company and Assistant-Director of Real Estate for Interstate Securities Industries.
Bro McGee's organizational expertise is evidenced by the aggressive and meaningful program he has initiated Each chapter meeting serves a specific purpose toward truly making Beta Lambda Brothers servants of all At present'plans are being finalized for our Annual Alpha Ball to be held November 24, 1973 at Alameda Plaza, the gala affair of the social season. The Brothers are also involved in planning for the 1974 Midwestern Region Convention which Beta Lambda will host.
President Industrial Optimist Club of Denver, Colorado
M. L.
Brother Melvin J Norton of Delta Psi Lambda Chapter of Denver, Colorado, 2001 East 21st Avenue, has been elected President of Industrial Optimist Club for 1973-74.
Brother Melvin J Norton, is a life member of Alpha, Optimist International and a Probation Officer with the Denver District Court Probation Department He is also affiliated with many community social and religious activities.
Brother Charles McGee
Brother
Norton
Special Invitation to Southern Regional Convention
APRIL 11-13 - GREENSBORO, N. C.
by Brother Willie T. Ellis, Editor to the Sphinx Kappa Lambda Chapter
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN FOR SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONVENTION IN GREENSBORO, N. C.
Members of Kappa Lambda Chapter are (left to right standing) Brothers: Ralph Shelton, Jimmie J. Williams, Tate Williams, Talmage Brewer, Fred Cundiff, Gordon Sellars, Paul Sandifer, Arthur Stevens, Jonah Smith, Vance Chavis, Norman Cherry and Walter Sullivan. Kneeling are members of the Alpha Wives Club Mmes: Arthur Stevens, Gordon Sellars, Rudolph Artis, Tate Williams and Jimmie J. Williams.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Attractive
Greensboro, North Carolina, located in the industrial heart of one of the nation's most diversified states, is fast becoming one of the outstanding convention areas
It was Greensboro's wide ranging reputation for gracious hospitality that won the city the honor of hosting Alpha Phi Alpha's annual Southern Regional Convention April 11-13.
Located just 329 miles from Atlanta and approximately 300 miles from Wasnington, D.C., Greensboro has gained fame as that state's dominating industrial and manufacturing region, with cigarettes, textiles, machinery and furniture being the leading products.
The area is also an educational center, housing six universities and colleges, including predominately-black A & T State University (4,850 students) and Bennett College (600 students)
The city is a prime recreation, sports and cultural area, with some 92 parks, two professional sports teams and a wealth of museums, libraries and other Kappa Lambda Chapter is busy makcultural attractions ing plans to royally entertain the 500 persons expected to attend the convention Headquarters motels for the numerous activities will be the ultra modern
PLANNING STRATEGY FOR SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONVENTION
Chairmen of the major committees preparing for the forthcoming Southern Regional Convention in Greensboro, N. C. are (left to right seated) Brothers: Jonah Smith, registration and finance; Walter Sullivan, general convention chairman; Arthur Stevens, hospitality and transportation; (back row): Norman Cherry, program committee; and Paul Sandifer, luncheon and banquet.
Holiday Inn-Four Seasons and the Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge-Coliseum. Socially, the brothers and their wives and sweethearts have planned an outstanding program for the visitors Some of these activities are:
An Alpha Phi Alpha Southern Regional Convention sine qua non which embraces a traditional atmosphere in a non-traditional setting of Alphadom, imbued with memories fond for brothers, wives, sweethearts and the whole Alpha family While the brothers will be busy with fraternal affairs, a potpourri of functions for the wives, sweethearts and children have been carefully and expertly planned by the Kappa Lambda Alphabettes:
Bus Tours of the City and Piedmont Triad Area
Card Parties
Barn Theater and Dinner
Skating Party
Soul Train Dance (Live Music)
- Swimming Party
Dating Games
Record Hop for Pre-teens
Tour of Natural Science Center and Zoo
Baby Sitters will be Provided for a Nominal Fee
Theta Psi Lambda
North Brunswick, N. J.
THETA PSI LAMBDA CHAPTER
The annual Emerson James Benefit Dance given by Theta Psi Lambda was held in North Brunswick, New Jersey Proceeds from the dinner dance affair will be given to deserving minority students in the Raritan Valley area It was a gala affair and Theta Psi Lambda took time out to introduce the officers for the coming year. They are Brothers:
Daniel Robinson President
Juna Mishoe II Vice President
Ronald Owens Recording Secretaty
Henry Roberts . . . Corres. Secretary
George Banks
Treasurer
Charles Shelton Chaplain
Charles Kelly . Editor to the Sphinx
Arthur White Dean of Pledgees
The month of June also saw Theta Psi Lambda initiate into Alpha these new brothers They are Brothers:
Clifford Drakesford
Campbell Gonzales
Clarence Lockett
Arthur Reddick
CHANNEL WOOD...
Alpha Housing Project Dedication
Akron, Ohio
A large number of government, civic and business leaders were on hand Sunday, October 28, for the formal dedication of Channelwood Village in Akron's Opportunity Park
The $11.5 million Channelwood Village with its 551 units is a project of Eta Tau Lambda, the Akron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, oldest and largest black fraternity in the United States It provides modern housing for moderate income families.
Because of its unceasing efforts to see Channelwood Village become a reality, Eta Tau Alpha has been selected as the nation's most outstanding Alpha Phi Alpha chapter
Sunday's dedication ceremonies begin at 2 p.m Open house followed and continued throughout the week as the public was encouraged to visit Channelwood and see the end results of a 10-year effort on the part of fraternity members to provide moderately priced, quality housing for their community
Among participants on the dedication program were George J Vavoulis, administrator of Region V, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Akron Mayor John Ballard; Edward Davis, president of Akron City Council; James R Williams, Fourth Ward Councilman and Chairman of the Board of Alpha Phi Alpha Homes, Inc.; William Threatt, Jr., president of Eta Tau Lambda Fraternity; Dr Walter Washington, General president Alpha Phi Alpha; William Alexander, past chairman National Board of Alpha Phi Alpha Biulding Foundation; Dr. Lionel Newson, President of Central State University and Past President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; and Charles P Lucas, director of the Federal Housing Administration's Cleveland office.
Also on hand were James Alkire, director of the Department of Planning and Urban Renewal; Congressman John Seiberling; Thomas J Dillon, president Forest City Dillon; and Thomas W. Sharkey, vice president, Forest City Dillon.
BROTHER MACEO SMITH RETIRES
Brother A. Maceo Smith Retires Past General President, Civic leader civil rights fighter Brother A Maceo Smith recently joined ranks of retired persons His long career in government housing programs is only a small portion of his long service to his fellowman At 70+ A Maceo Smith may have retired from his job but not from the human race
Virginia District Meeting
ROANOKE VA — The Virginia State District meeting of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, held here the weekend of Feb. 23, marked a historic occasion for the district.
At the formal banquet, the highlight of the evening was an- address by National President Walter Washington, president of Alcorn A & M (Miss.) College, who also presented a charter to the members of the newly established Theta Iota Chapter of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksbury, Va.
The convention ended on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute where the final installation services were held for the Theta Iota Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha.
Brother James Williams and Brother William Alexander are congratulated by General President Washington and Past General President Lionel Newsom, shown left.
RING IN THE NEW YEAR!
MAKE 1974 THE GREATEST ALPHA YEAR
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J HERBERT KING, Editor Sphinx Magazine Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Letters to the Editor...
December 10, 1973
Bro. J. Herbert King Editor of the Sphinx 4728 Drexel Boulevard Chicago, 111. 60615
Greetings Brother King,
Enclosed is a copy of an article published last month in the daily paper of the University of Pennsylvania, the school I graduated from Several of our brothers here in New York and Philadelphia thought I should send you a copy As they thought a notice of it in the Sphinx would be of interest to all of our brothers, especially the younger ones who are interested in Black History The article makes known historical facts that very few people know about. Hope it will interest you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thanks and stay heakhy, I am Yours fraternally, Brother Willis N Cummings
Mr. J. Herbert King 4432 Martin Luther King Drive Chicago, Illinois 60653
Dear Brother King:
I wish to take this occasion to personally congratulate you for the excellent work that you have done in editing the Sphinx during your tenure in office. Your performance deserves the commendation, respect and salutation of the highest regards from all of us who have benefited from your service
The Sphinx under your direction has not only been a credit to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, but has been regarded very highly in terms of its contents and organization with that of all other Greek Letter organizations Some of the other Greek Letter organizations who have had the opportunity to observe our publication have commented very favorably on the Sphinx.
I sincerely hope that all chapters, both
College and Alumni, will continue to supply newsworthy materials so that the Sphinx will retain its place as a highly respected publication I am confident that with the cooperation of all chapters in providing relevant local news and related materials promptly to your office, the Sphinx will continue to render a valuable service to the cause of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity I further trust that those brothers who may have criticisms would exercise honesty, integrity and dignity in bringing them to your attention
With kindest personal and fraternal regards, I am
Fraternally yours, W E Alexander
Christmas 1973
his Christmas,ttihentoeagain pag homagetotheprinceofpeace,let usbemindfulofthetaordsofMarjj, "m$j soul doth magnify the Cord andmgspirithathrejoicedin(Sod,mjj^atiiour!' flfifiln our spiritual demotions, let us rejoice in ourfteatoenlji jfather and ftis ^on, Jesus Christ. On this great dag ofgladness, let us pray to ftim to keep us steadfast in our faith andtobettiorthgChristiansinthefightagainst godlessness. flfifiXet us gtoe thanks to (Sod forourmanjj blessings andforourgreat nation of free peoples. Xet us pray for those toho areoppressed,forthesickandthosefioithgrief fififiagain, let us beseech ftim to gtoe courage, strength andtoisdomto ourspiritual and governmental leaders in their efforts to bring peace, unitg and understanding to all nations.
Brother J Herbert King, Editor and National Headquarters Staff
