new year. We would like to share with the frat some of the light we have seen and, better yet, the light that we are reaching for. Since our last correspondence, Theta Pi has contributed many services to the Austin Peay community. We aided in the Red Cross Blood Drive, gave Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to the needy, and participated in the local Big Brothers of America. The chapter recently met with the Tennessee State Director of Alpha Phi Alpha, Brother Zenoch Adams. Brother Adams and his staff discussed matters that should be given special emphasis in the chapter. Brother Adams also reminded the chapter that even though we are a small chapter, we are still a big part of Alpha Phi Alpha and we should represent what our fraternity stands for in a very big way. The Brothers of Theta Pi also selected its very own Homecoming Court for the 1978 Homecoming football game. In a special program sponsored by the chapter, the court was announced. Named to the court were: Miss Black & Gold — Miss Denise Dale of Clarksville, Tennessee; Miss Seven Jewels — Miss Pam Carroll of Nashville, Tennessee; and Miss Theta Pi — Miss Gwen Jefferies of Memphis, Tennessee. The court was presented to the community during the APSU Homecoming Parade held on November 4, 1978. On this date, the Brothers of Theta Pi were involved in activities throughout the day. Besides participating in the APSU Homecoming Parade, the chapter displayed a great amount of spirit while supporting the school's homecoming court and the football team. During the evening, the chapter made an impressive showing while "stepping" before a large crowd in the APSU National Guard Armory. The chapter recently completed a community drive that will help us in completing our drive towards aiding the Sickle Cell Anemia Research at Meharry Medical College. Persons who gave donations were given a chance to win one of four turkeys that were given away on November 17, 1978. The winners of the turkeys came from Nashville, Clarksville, and Cunningham, Tennessee, and from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Two members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority conducted the drawing for the winners. For the new year, Theta Pi has begun to work on plans for inviting underpriviledged children to an Austin Peay basketball game. The chapter plans on carrying out a "study night" 36
once a week for the Brothers and others on the campus to help each other with their deficiencies in school. The chapter will also sponsor the first dance of the year for the APSU students. This money will be donated to help in the Alpha Phi Alpha Million Dollar Drive. Theta Pi chapter is presently the largest among the Black Greek organizations on the Austin Peay campus.
One of the more satisfying ventures of the semester was the induction of seven promising young men into Alphadom. Weathering the storm under the line name "The Legion of Doom," the seven: Kenneth M. Williams, Carlton W. Peace, James Reid, James F. Moore, D. Bernard Alston, Freeman Moore, and Gregory Pittman showed inestimable potential in Scholarship, Service (all with the exception of one Edward Hardison donated blood to the University Blood Kenneth Perry Bank, all actively participated in the campaign of a local Brother running for city office), and Leadership (many of the former are involved in athletic- and scholarship-related activities). "Building on the Past to face the To commemorate Founder's Day, the challenges of the Future" was the Brothers met with their dates at a local theme adopted by the Mu Zeta Chapter restaurant and dined in an atmosphere at the University of North Carolina at of fraternal bliss. This was followed by a Chapel Hill to commence the fall term. reception at the Ram's Clubroom on the Transforming Alpha's basic themes of University campus for the Brothers in Scholarship, Leadership, and Service the varied professional schools and the into realities, the chapter embarked on members of Alpha Kappa Alpha a number of ventures that put Alpha into Sorority, Inc. The evening ended with the forefront of other organizations on an opened party in the fieldhouse. campus. On December 5, the chapter visited a With a series of parties, the chapter local day-care center as one of its serincreased its scholarship fund and set vice projects. aside another fund for needy families. The chapter transferred the fund for On December 6, with campus media needy families in addition to foods exposure, the chapter manned booths collected to the local branch of the in the Student Union for the collection Salvation Army. of monies for the United Negro College Monies from the scholarship fund will Fund. Sensationalizing on the founbe awarded to a college sophomore in dation's theme of "A mind is a terrible the spring and another scholarship will thing to waste," the event proved to be be awarded to a high school senior in a financial success with a donation to May. be made to the state office in January. The chapter became a viable force in As the year ended, chapter University affairs by having represenresolutions were for a stronger comtation in organizations that challenged mitment to scholarship, leadership, and the existing system. Having memservice and to endeavor from bership in the Black Campus Cabinet, mediocrity to excelling in all areas. With composed of twenty-some varied the new year, things look bright for Mu organizations, the Cabinet will meet Zeta. It promises to be a year of rising with the Chancellor of the University at expectations and of conquerable goals. the beginning of the new year to Projects for the new year, already discuss allegations by HEW that the established, are looked to with grave University of North Carolina system has anticipation. been slow in desegregating its universities. The Cabinet plans to submit The headliner for the new year will be proposals to the Chancellor on how it a banquet honoring the Brother of the feels the university system can best Year. Ms. Alpha Phi Alpha—Mu Zeta meet the guidelines proposed by HEW. Chapter, the Alpha Court, and the The Chapter has been actively innotable accomplishments of Brothers. volved in the Inter-fraternity Council The highlight of the semester will be composing thirty White fraternities and the State Convention in which the chapthree Black fraternities. Black fraternal ter will be one of three undergraduate discontent with the council led to the hosts, along with the graduate chapter. formation of a committee on Black/Another highlight for the year will be the White fraternal affairs to discuss annual Black and Gold Ball. Last year, problems with the present council and the ball was a glowing success as it to come up with proposals for the betwas jointly sponsored by unterment of the organization. dergraduate chapters from St.
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The Sphinx / Spring 1979