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Charter members of Nu Gamma Chapter, located at West Georgia College, Carrollton, are shown with Brother Lorenzo Manns, Georgia State Director. presentation of the Black and Gold On May 15th, the brothers observed Award. The Black and Gold Award is Education and Citizenship Week. The the highest award given by Theta Nu program was held in West Point, Lambda Chapter. This award was Georgia, and was highlighted by two presented to Brother Wallace outstanding features. These included McLaughlin, who worked very closely an appropriate and spirited address by with the brothers at West Georgia Brother Claybom Edwards, a City College, and was the guiding spirit that Councilman from Fort Valley, Georgia, gave the eight brothers the image and and the presentation of "Alpha's Citizen ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. of the Year." The award was presented Several brothers in Theta Nu Lambda to Frank Hall, the first Black to be elecChapter have been elevated to ted to the City Council of West Point, positions of leadership in the comGeorgia. munity. Brother Willie J. Anderson was During the 1977 commencement elected to the principalship of McCray exercises at Greenville High School, Elementary School, Gay, Georgia. Greenville, Georgia, Quinton Blount was Brother Solomon Ferguson was apawarded the Alpha Phi Alpha Scholarpointed assistant principal at Manship for 1977. The award consisted of c h e s t e r Elementary S c h o o l , Man$ 5 0 0 and was forwarded to the Purdue chester, Georgia. Brother John D. Hogg University when Quinton entered in was named the first Black athletic direcSeptember. tor at West Point High School, West The major activity for the year was Point, Georgia. Brother Oliver N. the completion of the proposed chapter Greene was installed as President of at West Georgia College, Carrollton, the Georgia Association of Educational Georgia. The initial work on this Leaders. proposed chapter was begun in 1975. The Chapter sent three delegates to The proposed chapter was completed Atlanta, Georgia to attend the National in May, 1977 with the presentation of Convention. The following brothers the charter to the brothers at West were elected to serve for 1977-78: Georgia College by Brother Lorenzo Frank Lewis, President; Solomon Manns, the Georgia State Director. The Ferguson, Vice President; Oliver N. installation and initiation banquet were Greene, Secretary; Billy Brown, Recorheld at Pace Maker Inn, LaGrange, ding Secretary; Groover Reece, Dean Georgia. The charter members of Nu of Pledges; William Mitchell, Treasurer; Gamma Chapter at West Georgia Cleveland Bedgood, Historian; John D. College are: Lawrence Barber, ClarenHoggs, Associate-Editor-to-the-Sphinx; ce Brown, Robert E. Lowe, Timothy Willie Anderson, Chaplain; and, Tom Penn, Aaron Prather, Victor Riddle, McBride, Parliamentarian. David Scott, and Anthony Truitt. An outstanding feature at the banquet was the The Sphinx / December 1977
On December 7, 1975, seven members of the Duke University student body crossed those burning sands into Alphadom and comprised the charter members of the Kappa Omicron Chapter here on Duke's campus. Since that date, though some of the charter brothers have graduated, the chapter has grown to its present status, boasting fourteen dedicated Alphamen, the largest Black fraternity ever on Duke's campus. Since December of 1975 the chapter has proceeded to further the noble ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha. Service projects have included the providing of Christmas dinners to disadvantaged families in the community and our ongoing "Big Brother" program, in which the brothers tutor and render leadership to community youth. The brothers have also donated their services to a community day care center, providing custodial as well as managerial help. Our most recent project has been to sponsor a memorial service for the late Brother Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which was held in the Duke Chapel. We are also making great strides in gathering funds for our scholarship program which will aid a needy youth begin his collegiate career. Also, looking toward the future, we plan to aid a nearby mental health facility which will better our community rapport as well as benefit the inmates of the facility. Another project on the drawing boards is a proposed "High School Jam" in order to better our relations with the community youth. Aside from throwing the baddest jams on Duke's campus, our on-campus activities include aiding Duke's Black theatrical organization and volunteer work for The Black Students' Alliance on campus. We are now in the process of building our contribution to the Million Dollar Drive. Our effectiveness in service as a group does not diminish our individuality. All our brothers are distinguishing themselves as well as the fraternity by their academic prowess, personality, and positions of leadership in the Duke community.
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