Editor-to-the-Sphinx — Earl Thompson Chaplain — Cyril Burke Beta Sigma Lambda figures to play an increasingly important role in stimulating the growth of Alpha in the New England area.
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u of maryland Ten stout-hearted men braved the trails of burning sand and marched onward and upward to the shining light of Alphadom, and the University of Maryland at College Park became the home of Iota Zeta — one of Alpha's newest undergraduate chapter. The organizing of the new chapter and the planning of the probationary activities were under the direction and sponsorship of the powerful (IUL), Iota Upsilon Lambda of Montgomery County, Md., a surburb of the Nation's Capitol. On-campus activities were coordinated by Brother Ulysees Glee, a faculty advisor at the university. Iota Zeta, the new chapter, though organized only last April, was significantly involved in many campus and community activities during the past summer. It was co-sponsor of a dance given in conjunction with the university's Black Student Union in mid-July. Later in the summer the chapter sponsored a benefit picnic. All proceeds were donated to the Sickle Cell Anemia Center at Howard University, Washington, D.C. The chapter's community involvement included working in summer youth programs such as co-directing and coordinating playground activities and helping the area recreation departments in organizing summer basketball clinics. Officers of the new chapter are: Joseph Williams, President; Roosevelt Boone, Vice President; Michael Green, Corresponding Secretary; Jeremiah Montague, Recording Secretary-Parliamen26
tarian; Stephen Gibson, Treasurer-Historian; Weldon Thomas, Sergeant-AtArms; William Ward, Dean of Pledgees. Iota Upsilon Lambda (Montgomery County, Md., graduate chapter), invited brothers from area colleges and other graduate chapters to the initiation ceremonies which ended a 12-week probation. Brothers were impressed by the initiation ceremony and the effective manner in which the probationary activities were conducted.
Connecticut Reclamation and expansion activities top the agenda for the brothers of Beta Sigma Lambda Chapter in Hartford, Connecticut. Currently the chapter is developing plans to establish an undergraduate chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. at The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. At the regular monthly meeting in May, the following brothers were chosen to guide the chapter during the current fraternal year: President -— Elbert Powell Vice President — William Blount Secretary — Edward Mitchell Financial Secretary — William DeLoach Corresponding Secretary — Thurman Roundtree Dean of Pledges — Peter Moore Director of Educational Activities — George Thomas Historian — Boss Osekre Parliamentarian and Seargent-at-Arms — Lewis Wallace
Epsilon Upsilon Lambda Chapter, under the dynamic leadership of chapter president William Tipper, looks with pride on its accomplishments during the past fraternal year. Undoubtedly the leading organization of its type in the Flint area, the chapter received much favorable publicity in the local media for its community service oriented program. Among the chapter's many activities were the sponsorship of a baseball team at the Wilkins School, under the direction of Brother Herman Feaster, and the annual dance which was held in November, 1973 under the chairmanship of Brother J. Wesley Nash. The latter event was held at the I. M. A. Auditorium and was followed in February, 1974 by the Sweetheart Dance at the Veterans Club for the brothers and their lovely ladies. Both affairs were literally the "talk of the town." In June the chapter embarked upon its major project — the voter registration drive. Led by Brother James C. Avery, who became active with the chapter in December, '73 due to the influence of Brother Herman Feaster, this vital project placed 646 new voters on the rolls in a 12 day effort. Also instrumental in the success of this program were Brother George E. Guinn, Chairman of the chapter's Community Services Committee, and Brother John A. Feaster, whose contacts as a board member of the Flint Chapter of the NAACP resulted in the NAACP joining the chapter's voter registration drive. The second phase of the campaign is presently continuing with a projected goal of 3,000 new registered voters on file prior to the November elections. The vitality of Epsilon Upsilon Lambda may also be gauged by its internal strength . . . which is evidenced in two ways. First, the chapter continues to attract new members through the efforts of Dean of Pledges Herman Feaster. In The Sphinx / October 1974