The SPHINX | Summer 1981 | Volume 67 | Number 3 198106703

VOLUME 67 • NUMBER3 • FALL 1981 A l p h a Phi A l p h a F r a t e r n i t y , Inc.

BROTHERS OF THE YEAR Southern University engineering student Cedric Holloman and Dr. Henry Ponder, President of Benedict College, took top honors for individual achievement at the Diamond Jubilee Convention.

Some of the pages in this issue have sections cut out of them The best copy available was scanned

iH editors review Greetings . . . As you can no doubt already tell, this is no ordinary issue. But, then, this is no ordinary year— there'll never be another Diamond Jubilee! And coverage of several aspects of the Diamond Jubilee Convention forms the cornerstone of this expanded Fall Edition. As usual, our cover story spotlights the Brothers of the Year, an honor especially thrilling during this 75th Anniversary celebration. The winners were Brother Henry Ponder (Alumni) and Brother Cedric Holloman (College) and both stand as testimony to the fact that Alpha is "Still First After All These Years." Our LEGACY feature is a delightful recount of the remarks given by Past General President Raymond W. Cannon at the convention's Smoker and Symposium. Remarkably spry at 90-plus, Alpha's 1 2th president; 1 st Education Director; and 1 st Editor of The Sphinx makes the past come alive — and, as you'll see, he has no doubt about which fraternity is "# 1". Another highlight of the convention was the series of symposia, with national figures discussing Strategies For The '80's. By convention mandate, three of these addresses are reprinted herein: Vernon Jordan on Economics; Christopher Edley on Education; and Thomas Shropshire on Business. Finally, of course, we've brought you as much general coverage of the convention as possible in this budget-conscious economy. But, believe it or not, there's still more to come in the next two issues — including features on the recipient of the Diamond Jubilee Award, the beloved Dr. Charles H. Wesley, and other convention addresses. Look for it! . . . Another contributor to the size of this issue is more pleasing to the wallet — that is, the first group in a series of selected advertisements. Our advertising campaign, carried out in conjunction with the Alpha Jobs Fair Program, offered full-page ads to those companies participating in that program.

Over 25 companies accepted this option and their ads will be included in the next four issues, helping underwrite some of our spiraling printing costs . . . WE DO IT TOGETHER! The Sphinx is a shining example of collaboration on the part of Brothers from across the country. We continue to salute the various Chapter Editors who submit articles for their chapter or on individual Brothers and we remind you that if your chapter has not had a report printed recently — look within! . . . Our thanks also go to the contributors to this issue's special features: Brother Raymond W. Cannon, LEGACY; Brothers Grandvel Jackson and Forrest Pritchett for Alpha Athletes; Brother Milton Davis and Ms. Henri Davidson, of Tuskegee Institute, for our FOCUS story; and all those whom I'm sure I have omitted . . . A new feature in this issue is the Reclamation and Membership column, penned by Committee Chairman William Ross, Jr. It has become increasingly obvious that reclaiming and retaining financial members is imperative in order to have a solid base of support for fraternal operations. This column will keep you abreast of national efforts in this regard and provide program ideas for implementation by local chapters . . . Also new in this issue is the re-vamped format for the Directory of Chapters, in the back of the magazine. For the past several years, we have listed both "current" and "last known" addresses for our chapters. This is an expensive and even confusing practice, since some chapters just assumed that "we" neglected to update their address.

All chapters have a constitutional mandate to report their official address to the General Office and, from this point on, we will only list addresses for those chapters which comply with this requirement. Thus, if your chapter has not submitted the Chapter Directory for 1981-82, it is shown as having "No Report" . . . In closing let me give you an update on our efforts to ensure that The Sphinx remains a substantive journal for Black thought — as well as a special magazine for our great organization. We began this thrust a year ago with the institution of our Commentary section and we will continue our efforts in this regard. I remain convinced that the present climate in this country dictates that a national publication, such as ours, provide points of view which are often skewed or omitted in the majority media (more on this is my Commentary article). Let me note that already we have begun to see The Sphinx being read — and used by other publications. As of this date, both the Sigma Pi Phi Journal and The Chronicle of Higher Education have reprinted Commentary articles which first appeared in The Sphinx. In addition, AIM Magazine — a Chicago-based monthly promoting racial harmony, has re-run our display ads urging extension of the 1 965 Voting Rights Act. We are confident that this is just the beginning. Let us not forget that for many years the great issues facing Black America were debated in the pages of our magazine — with contributors like W.E.B. DuBois, Whitney Young and Martin Luther King. Jr. Now is the time for Alpha's voice to be heard again — and it will be heard through The Sphinx, this nation's second oldest Black magazine (predated only by The Crisis, the organ of the NAACP) . . . Until next issue! . . . MJP.

on the drawing board • N e w M a y o r s i n Georgia • Chapters of t h e Year • Fort at NC A&T

V VOLUME 67 NUMBER 3 FALL 1981

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY,

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MICHAEL J. PRICE, Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors: Julius R, Hall, Bradford Spencer, Roderick Odum. Editorial Assistant (Intern): Demetrius Bryant. Contributing Editors: James B. Blanton, Alpha Workshop: Laurence T. Young, Sr., Omega Chapter; Walter Sullivan, Education Foundation: William Ross, Jr., Reclamation & Membership; Ozell Sutton, Ex Officio. Commentary Columnists: Erwin A. France, Lu Palmer, Huel Perkins. Michael I. Price.

1 0 — BROTHERS — Being named "Brother of the Year" during the Diamond Jubilee is a special honor.

1 3 — DIAMOND JUBILEE! — A recap of the Fraternity's 75th Anniversary Convention, a tribute to the Seven Jewels.

2 2 — FOCUS — Tuskegee Institute is now "Payton Place."

Meet the new leader of this century-old institution.

3 2 — ALPHA ATHLETE — "Two On The Left-Hand Side" looks at Oakland Raiders Gene Upshaw and Art Shell.

3 5 — STRATEGIES FOR THE '80s — What's ahead for Black America. A two-part series begins with articles by Vernon Jordan, Christopher Edley and Thomas Shropshire.

7 1 — LEGACY — Past General President Raymond W. Cannon looks at Alpha "In Retrospect."

2 — The General President Speaks 3 — The Executive Secretary's Desk 4 — There Goes An Alpha Man 6 — Alpha Workshop 29 — Alphas On The Move 50 — Chapter News 82 — Omega Chapter 85 — Directory of Officers 86 — Chapter Directory

SPECIAL FEATURES 76 — The National Program 78 — The Public Policy Statement ABOUT THE COVER Brothers of the Year — Cedric Holloman and Henry Ponder — at the Diamond Jubilee Ball.

Commentary Erwin France

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Michael Price

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Huel Perkins

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^m mmwL m^mmm wyzm§,^ THE DIAMOND JUBILEE An Event to Remember The Diamond Jubilee Convention in Dallas was truly historic. Those of us who were there know that it was an occasion to remember. The Brothers representing the 600 plus chapters fully acted out our theme, "Saluting the Past — Securing the Future (The Agenda for the '80's)." This Convention was dedicated to the Founding Jewels and to those ideas and ideals they made manifest.

In addition to "Saluting the Past" in celebration of 75 years of service to all mankind, the Convention chartered a course for the future that promises to be every bit as relavant to the needs of Black Americans as were the past 75 years. In this respect the Convention focused on the role of the Fraternity in giving leadership and direction to the Black Experience of the '80's in search of identity, self-determination and social as well as economic justice.

In 30 years in the "House of Alpha" I was never made more proud than I was with the meaningful actions of the Diamond Jubilee Convention. Those of you who could not witness its inspiring events missed a treat. I attend many conventions every year including the annual meetings of the National Urban League, PUSH, SCLC and the NAACP. At no other convention have I seen and hears such an array of Black leaders as addressed the Diamond Jubilee.

Our list of speakers represented "Who's Who" among Black leaders in America. It included: Chris Edley, UNCF; Vernon Jordan, NUL; Ben Hooks; NAACP; Brother Andrew Young, Brother Maynard Jackson, Mayor of Atlanta; Brother Ernest Morial, Mayor of New Orleans; Brother Tom Shropshire, Vice President, Miller Brewing Co.; Brother Mai Goode, Chairman of the Diamond Jubilee Committee; Brother Tom Hunt, Eastern Vice President; and Brother John Hurst Adams, Bishop of the Second Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church.

As great and as impressive as the speakers were, their presentations

were not the most significant occurrences at the Convention. By far the progressive actions of the Convention itself eclipsed all speeches or speakers.

One of the most historic and exhilarating events of the Convention occurred when Alpha presented $500,000.00 to three organizations basic to Black survival. The half million dollars given the NUL, UNCF and NAACP represent substantial support.

No Black group has ever made a contribution of such magnitude. It -was a proud moment in my life. Alpha men everywhere should take due pride in this magnificant exhibition of charitable concern.

Another historic manifestation of Alpha's commitment was made within the Convention's decision to employ a Program Specialist in the National Office to direct "The New Alpha Thrust" Program. This is our outreach program of "Youth Development," "Business Encouragement," "Reclamation," and "Social Action." Copies of "The New

Alpha Thrust" are being sent to all chapters. This represents the National Program. All chapters are expected to implement it.

As we embark upon the last quarter of the Alpha Century, let's do it with the same dedication as the Founding Jewels had 75 years ago. Then let's pursue that dedication with initiative, determination and creativity. Alpha will give dedicated leadership to the Black Experience. In these traumatic times for the Black, the poor and the deprived we can do no less. The society declared war on poverty some 16 years ago.

Let us take care to assure that society in 1981 does not declare war on the poor.

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I ' l l 1%1©WHW1 i K g l i m i E r i ©111 HELP US SERVE YOU! Guidelines for Chapter Officers Isn't it amazing how fast summer can end and school begin. For us here at the National Office this is our busiest season — and I don't even know where to begin to start in asking you (the ones we serve) to help us serve you better.

How? by making sure your chapter has submitted an up-to-date 1982 CHAPTER DIRECTORY indicating the ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUMBER of the CONTACT PERSON for your chapter. by being aware of the new price structure for GRAND TAX, INITIATION FEES, CHAPTER TAXES, etc.

by RESPONDING WITHIN THE TIME SPECIFIED [thereon] to Questionnaires and informational forms.

During the fall of 1982, the General Office hopes to begin its COMPUTER SERVICE to the Brotherhood. But before we can do that, there are several items we must get from each chapter for each of its members, such as: SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS [which will replace Passcard Numbers]; LIFE MEMBER NUMBERS; PERMANENT ADDRESSES; INITIATION DATES, CHAPTERS INITIATED INTO, and other pertinent information.

In order to facilitate this goal, each chapter will receive a form requesting this information on each of its members. It will be imperative for the form to be returned so that the information can be entered into our data bank and everyone placed in the system.

As you are aware, the Service Fee for Life Members was repealed at the last General Convention. Therefore, in order for us to continue to communicate with the Life Members and for them to also receive their magazines, EACH CHAPTER MUST ADVISE US (IN WRITING) AS TO WHO THEIR LIFE MEMBERS ARE [Number/Full Name/Mailing Address] — before DECEMBER 31, 1981.

By now, all chapters who have their 1982 Directory on file at National should have in their possession a 1981-82 CHAPTER GUIDE, and several other pieces of correspondence published solely for chapter purposes (including the ALPHA NEWSLETTER, CHAPTER TAX FEE SCHEDULE, and new CHAPTER BULLETIN).

Please note: THAT no operating materials [remittances, pin order, initiation forms, etc.] will be sent out from the National Office to chapters which do not have a 1982 Directory on file.

THAT NOVEMBER 15TH is the deadline for submitting Grand Tax without penalty — and not the beginning date. [The same holds true for payment of the new Chapter Tax. See the Chapter Tax Fee Schedule booklet.]

Fraternally,

P L E A S E

R E M I T

Grand Tax and Chapter Tax

James B. Blanton Acting Executive Secretary

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There Goes An Alpha Man Meet Dr. Atkins

An Alpha man, who has represented the ideals of his fraternity with singular success, Brother NORRIS H. ATKINS, has practiced dentistry in the same D.C. office for 50 years. Born in Harrisburg, Virginia, Dr. Norris graduated from Wilberforce University, where he was initiated in 1 9 2 4 , and received his D.D.S. at Howard in 1 9 3 0 .

over the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Atkins' civic activities have resulted in his receiving encomiums from the U.S. Selective Service System and the Northwest and East Rock Creek Civic Associations. He is a life member of the American Dental Association, NAACP, and the Urban League. This true fraternal man has served on the boards of the Model Cities Development Corporation and the Pigskin Club.

Despite his varied interests, Norris has served as a trustee for many years at Plymouth Congregational Church.

Mu Lambda men are happy about these long-standing tributes to our good brother, who was our chapter treasurer for 12 years. A man of stable character and silently reflective, Norris has been a model of brotherliness and service which Alphas could well emulate.

Dr. Atkins' wife of many years, Betty, is a retired D.C. teacher. Her late brothers, Wyatt and Stanford Dougjerty, Howard Beta graduates, were also members of this fine Alpha family.

Rev. Doggett Continues To Serve

On the occasion of the annual Howard Dental Alumni Awards Dinner on May 6, Dr. Atkins was awarded a plaque for outstanding service to the community and to the profession of dentistry. In 1 9 7 4 this unassuming Alpha stalwart was elected a fellow in the American College of Dentistry, the highest honor given in his profession Norris' career has been marked by distinguished activity in many professional, civic, and fraternal organizations.

During his long years of membership in the Robert T. Freeman Dental Society, this brother has been an intelligent force on the executive board and has participated in the execution of numerous Society projects, such as the campaign for improved dental hygiene for D.C. school children. His constant attendance at major dental professional meetings has taken him all 4

million dollar, privately-owned health facility in North St. Louis. Brother Doggett is Chairman of the Board of Central Medical Center, a private acute care facility created through Black leadership — and without federal dollars. CMC will go a long way toward providing first-class health services to poor and Black residents of St. Louis.

These citizens were severely impacted when the city closed the historic Homer G. Phillips Hospital, a landmark in the training of Black physicians and ancillary health personnel. And, according to Brother Doggett, the predominately Black health organization which created CMC had to battle against those same forces in order to reach their goal.

Now, however, financing for the Central Medical Center has been secured and the hospital complex is under construction. Brother Doggett states that the long-range goal of the project is to develop a total community of service — linked with medical colleges and other institutions — in order to make Blacks providers, rather than just consumers of health care.

Leadership of this type is not new to Brother Doggett, a member of Epsilon Lambda Chapter. In 1 9 7 6 , he was appointed the Superintendent of the St. Louis North District of the United Methodist Church, breaking the color barrier for the first time in the history of that denomination's Missouri East Conference.

Also, in 1 9 8 0 , he completed over seven years of service as President of the St. Louis NAACP, having accomplished the removal of discriminatory practices in the city's Fire Department — including rewriting eligibility tests for the department and upgrading Black fire-fighters (e.g., 22 Captains, 3 Inspectors, 2 Lieutenants, and 1 Battalion Chief). He also initiated school desegration suits, in conjunction with other citizens, which led to federal intervention; spurred the upgrading of Blacks in city government and the Police Department; and secured increased corporate involvements on the Board of Directors of the NAACP.

Brother JOHN N. DOGGETT, JR. continues his outstanding leadership in the St. Louis area — this time spearheading the development of a multi-

Through his service as Board Chairman of Central Medical Center, Brother Doggett continues his tradition of service.

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A Southfield resident, Brother Lee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Lee of 2 2 9 0 2 Wrexford. As president of the EMU student body, Lee is faced with the task of representing his almost 2 0 , 0 0 0 student constituents on campus.

"My primary role is as a liaison between students and the administration.

I am the students' voice on campus issues . . . I bring forth issues to the The Sphinx/Fall 1981

There goes a man in cultured verse Who holds a sportsman's creed There goes a man loo vigilant To bow to lust or greed There goes a man whose life is spent in service not in scorn There goes a man whose majesty Shines like a May time

There goes a man who is a friend To love and duty truth There goes a man to help uplift The lives of wholesome youth There goes a man with industry and faith at his command.

There goes the best man in and out For he is an Alpha

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student government meetings to different campus locations to encourage students to participate more in the process. The meeting will be held in a different dorm each month.

Lee is a member of the University's 2 5 5 0 Recruiting Club, the EMU chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and was co-chairman of the Humanitarian Days planning committee.

Lee is the recipient of the outstanding leadership award of Delta Sigma Phi, professional business fraternity and was selected as the "Hardest Working Brother" of Epsilon Eta Chapter. Also, he won an award for having the highest grade point average in Alpha Phi Alpha one year. Lee has served as a member of EMU's Student Senate for four years.

After graduation, Lee plans to pursue a master's degree in business administration and launch a career in business.

"I am shooting for the stars . . . but for now, my goal is to be the best student body president that EMU has ever had," states Brother Mark Lee — an Alpha Man! 5

POSITION OPENING Assistant Executive Secretary — Programs Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. DUTIES A N D RESPONSIBILITIES: • Works u n d e r t h e g e n e r a l supervision of t h e E x e c u t i v e Secretary w h o provides policy g u i d a n c e a n d direction on m a t t e r s c o n c e r n i n g pro g r a m objectives. A s s i g n m e n t s are g e n e r a t e d t h r o u g h t h e organizational s t r u c t u r e of t h e f r a t e r n i t y a n d its Board of Directors, i n c l u d i n g t h e A l p h a Phi A l p h a E d u c a t i o n Foundation.

• I n c u m b e n t is responsible for i m p l e m e n t i n g n a t i o n a l p r o g r a m s of the Fraternity.

• Develops, d e s i g n s for specific programs and collaborative and/or cooperative l i n k a g e s b e t w e e n t h e g e n e r a l o r g a n i z a t i o n , regions, s t a t e s , and l o c a l c h a p t e r s for their implementation.

• Is responsible for developing fund

i n g s t r a t e g i e s a n d , in g e n e r a l , e s t a b l i s h e s w a y s a n d m e a n s for f i n a n c i n g A l p h a ' s n a t i o n a l programs.

• Is r e s p o n s i b l e for e v a l u a t i n g policies, p r o c e d u r e s a n d p r i o r i t i e s for p e r s o n n e l as t h e y r e l a t e to specific p r o g r a m a r e a s a n d m a k e s .appropriate recommendations for recruitment efforts, both for employed p e r s o n n e l a n d v o l u n t e e r s .

• Develops in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e fraternity's publication structure, materials regarding the fraternity's p r o g r a m s for d i s s e m i n a t i o n to t h e m e m b e r s h i p a n d , as a p p r o p r i a t e , to t h e g e n e r a l public.

p l a n n i n g , o r g a n i z i n g a n d informat i o n d i s s e m i n a t i n g . He s h o u l d h a v e a t least two (2) y e a r s of organizational experience, preferably w i t h a service d e l i v e r y or c o m p a r a b l e prog r a m (i.e., c o m m u n i t y action prog r a m s , college fund, etc.). He m u s t h a v e p r o v e n a b i l i t y to c o m m u n i c a t e effectively, b o t h o r a l l y a n d in w r i t i n g . He m u s t be w i l l i n g to t r a v e l extensively.

To a p p l y , send r e s u m e to: ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. 4432 S o u t h M. L. King Drive Chicago, Illinois 6 0 6 5 3 Attn.: Personnel Committee

QUALIFICATIONS: The successful c a n d i d a t e m u s t be a m e m b e r of A l p h a P h i A l p h a Fratern i t y a n d e x p e r i e n c e d in p r o g r a m

Two l e t t e r s of p e r s o n a l reference m u s t a c c o m p a n y application.

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RECLAMA TION AND MEMBERSHIP ESPIRIT DE FRATERNITE An Alpha Phi Alpha man's attitude should not be "how much can I derive from the fraternity!" but "how much can I do for the fraternity}" In proportion to what he does for his chapter and for Alpha Phi Alpha will a member receive lasting benefit from the fraternity to himself in the way of self development by duty well done and by the respect of brothers well served.

Brothers: The Diamond Jubilee Convention in Dallas, Texas served as a catalyst for expanding the base of membership for the fraternity. The National Program of Alpha Phi Alpha demands that brothers, who "crossed the burning sands," return to the "fold" and help exert the leadership influence needed for the future.

The Reclamation and Membership Committee has been established for this purpose. It is designed to embrace all local, state, and regional units of the fraternity. We hope that each active brother will become involved in the reclamation activities of his chapter and feel a sense of responsibility in helping us expand in order to be of greater service to humanity.

Each regional Vice-President has appointed a regional chairman whose responsibility is to work closely with the appointed local chapter chairman. Each local chapter chairman must plan viable chapter activities to interest inactive brothers. An inactive brother is one who has not paid local or grand taxes for a period of two years. The chapter that reclaims the highest number of brothers will be recognized on the regional and national levels. The goal for the fraternal year, 1981-82 is to reclaim and re-unite at least 3 , 0 0 0 brothers by August, 1 9 8 2 .

The month of January has been designated as National Reclamation Month for all chapters in Alpha Phi Alpha.

The Regional Chairmen are: EASTERN Alfred C. Bailey 907 LeGrande Road Silver Spring, Maryland 2 0 9 0 3 SOUTHWEST Wayne Chandler 2 9 1 3 N.E. 18th Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

MIDWEST Nathaniel Allen 3 3 2 1 Maffit Street Muskegon Heights, Michigan 4 9 4 4 4 WESTERN Donald Simmons 8 7 0 9 6th Avenue Inglewood, California A blue ribbon panel of brothers has been asked to serve as a special committee to enhance the Reclamation and Membership Program. These brothers are well versed on suggested activities that chapters may use to inspire unfinancial brothers to rejoin our ranks. They will work closely with the regional chairmen, and be a part of our communications network. They are: Willie Bradley, Jr Colonial Heights, Va. Lewis A. H. Caldwell Chicago, III. William T. Edmonson Jefferson City, Mo. Theodore J. Freeman Lawton, Okla.

Huie Griffith Chicago, III. Julius Hall Chicago, III. Frederick J. Haney Washington, D.C. John Hanson Arlington, Texas Raymond D. Hicks Irvington, N.J. Abraham Joseph, Jr Columbus, Georgia Harold L. Lanier Greensboro, N.C. Austin J. Martin Atlantic City, N.J. Jesse J. Mayes Petersburg, Va. H. McKnight Chicago, III. Leon A. Moton Prospect, Va. Leo H. Ross Richmond, Va. Jesse Sterling Los Angeles, Calif.

S. Morris Talley Jefferson City, Mo. Harold D. Trawick Philadelphia, Pa. Alvin L. Wilks New York, N. Y.

SOUTHERN Laurence Sutton Mississippi Valley State Univ.

Itta Bena, Mississippi 3 8 9 4 1

January will be

Brothers, to be successful, we must make an expanded effort in each chapter. A timely response to all requests and communications will be deeply appreciated. We will be working closely with the National Office and Brother Michael Price will serve as our staff person.

Thanks so very much for your full cooperation.

National Reclamation Month for all

William Ross, Jr.

Alpha Chapters.

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2. Completed applications are to be returned to the General Office.

3. The deadline for receipt of applications is June 1 , 1982.

4. Incomplete applications are not acceptable.

5. Applicants must be Alphamen and below the senior ' year at the time the application is completed.

6. For further information, please contact: Michael J. Price, Assistant Executive Secretary Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 4 4 3 2 Martin Luther King Drive Chicago, Illinois 6 0 6 5 3

DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS WITH (Above) SUPPORTING DATA IS J U N E 1 , 1 9 8 2 I, the undersigned, do hereby make formal application for an "Undergraduate Scholarship" from the ALPHA PHI ALPHA EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. Signed Name in full Address City & State Zip Code 8

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EDUCATION FOUNDATION WHAT DOES ALPHA DO?

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has had, since its inception, a strong commitment to excellence in education and scholarship. The Fraternity has supported and sponsored many efforts to sustain this commitment via financial, moral, and motivational activities.

The founding of the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc. (hereafter referred to as the Foundation), was preceded by a highly successful and memorable program entitled "Go To High School — Go To College." This viable program was warmly supported by individual Brothers and Chapters and, in turn, was responsible for motivating many young men and women to further their education. The philosophy of this program continues to find expression through current programs of the Foundation.

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It's often disconcerting to many of us to note the reactions of the general public (and, sometimes, even members of the Fraternity) when we proudly speak of our membership in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. For far too many people, the word "fraternity" brings visions of wild antics and barbaric behavior on the college level — and of extravagant and irrelevant social affairs for alumni groups. Even more unfortunately, too many of our active members are unable to effectively interpret the impact of Alpha's programs to the general public. This perhaps stems from the lack of an easily identifiable national program in recent years. While such a national program is now underway, it is nonetheless important to remember that this is not the only approach for Alpha Phi Alpha to utilize in providing service. My point, of course, is that when we speak of what Alpha is doing — we cannot ignore the contributions of the over 6 0 0 chapters which make up the Alpha network.

For this reason, one of the goals of the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc. is to catalog the programs, scholarships and other contributions given by Alpha Chapters and use this information to compile a true picture of "what Alpha is doing."

What are some of the things that we already know? First, we know of the efforts of chapters like lota Upsilon Lambda in Silver Spring, Maryland, which awarded $ 4 , 0 0 0 in scholarships during the past year; and Alpha Theta Lambda in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which has established a permanent $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 endowment to support its scholarship efforts. We know that the Southern Region annually brings together students from seven states, at fraternity expense, to participate in the Leadership Development and Citizenship Education Institute designed to train a new generation of Black leaders; and that a number of chapters in that region conduct similar projects on a local level. We know that lota Delta Lambda Chapter in Chicago recently conducted a Conference on Teen-Age Pregnancy for inner-city Black males in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

The first conference of its kind in this country, this program was conducted on a $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 budget. We know that the well-established Alpha Merit Group

in Dallas, Texas continues to channel hundreds of Black youth on to college and beyond. And, we know that our undergraduate chapters have given thousands of dollars during the past year to the special funds set up in the wake of the Atlanta killings.

Finally, however, we know that there is more being done. I am convinced that a conservative estimate of the Fraternity's direct scholarships and grants would exceed $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 — excluding the donation of over $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 to the United Negro College Fund. And every day the newspapers continue to silently testify to the strength of Alpha's 75-year tradition of building leaders. Already we have identified Brothers who are student body presidents at schools such as Eastern Michigan University, Southern University, Alabama A & M University and others. Additionally, the last year brought to the limelight Alphas as the newly-elected Mayors of Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia; the Speaker of the California Assembly; the only Black in the cabinet of the President of the United States; the new heads of Tuskegee Institute and North Carolina A & T; and, again, many more.

I hope that you can see from this brief outline that Alpha Phi Alpha continues to make a significant impact toward the progress of Blacks in this country. Full documentation is now the task before us! We are asking each chapter to complete and return to the General Office the Report of Program Activities: 1980-81, which has been sent to you. To date we have received over one hundred responses, but far too many chapters have not been heard from. Please assist us by sending the requested information to Brother Michael Price at the General Office, 4 4 3 2 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 6 0 6 5 3 . We look forward to hearing from you — and we look forward to bringing to you our report. It will clearly answer the question — "What Does Alpha Do?" Fraternally,

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edric had his heart set on picking up two trophies at the Diamond Jubilee Convention — and, to him, the most important was winning the "Chapter of the Year" honor for Beta Sigma Chapter. He'd been involved in this quest since his initiation on November 17, 1978, at 7:33 P.M., as the Fraternity's chapter at Southern University had worked to re-establish itself as one of Alpha's best. By the summer of 1981, he was the President of the largest undergraduate chapter in Alpha Phi Alpha and Beta Sigma had already been named "Chapter of the Year" in the Southwestern Region. But in the Fraternity, as in life, you win some and you lose some; so, while Beta Sigma finished a strong second in the college chapter competition, Brother Cedric Ulysses Holloman walked away with top honors — having been chosen the most outstanding College Brother in Alpha Phi Alpha. His win carried the Beta Sigma torch to the Fraternity's highest level.

A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brother Holloman has been a Dean's List student in the College of Engineering since entering the university. His studies have been supported by a number of scholarships, ranging from engineering grants to a university choir scholarship. He also has received the annual award from Beta Iota Lambda Chapter in Baton Rouge given to the Beta Sigma member with the highest grade-point average.

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Cedric Holloman Along with these recognitions of his scholastic achievement, he is a member of three honor societies — Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society; Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society; and Alpha Chi National Honor Society.

Active in extra-curricular activities, Cedric has served as Treasurer of both Eta Kappa Nu and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and was a member of the Southern University Committee on Academic Honors.

Leadership in Alpha, however, has been the hallmark of Brother Holloman's involvement during the 10

past two years. Given the opportunity to travel through summer jobs and attendance at numerous fraternity functions, he has eagerly sought ideas from other Brothers and taken the best of them home to strengthen his own chapter.

His Brothers demonstrated their respect for his ideas, and hard work, by electing him chapter president while he was away at an engineering conference. With their support he led the chapter to new heights. While in office, he demonstated his commitment to the Fraternity by taking some controversial stands, on issues like raising the chapter's grade-

point average for potential members and increasing chapter dues. Both were implemented and they served, he feels, to make Alpha's largest chapter indeed among the best.

Brother Holloman is now back at Southern in the fifth year of his engineering program. The presidency of the Chapter has been passed to Brother David K. Clark, who's also Southwestern Assistant Vice President, and Cedric is again among the followers. But with his recent appointment to the National Committee on Standards and Extension, he continues to help build a better Alpha Phi Alpha.

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\ \ / ' / ' hen the Awards Committee \^J announced the winner of the "Alumni Brother of the Year" competition to those assembled at the Diamond Jubilee Formal Banquet, few were surprised to hear the result. For, had there been any "handicapping" going on in the convention halls, Benedict College President Henry Ponder would have been the odds-on favorite. And, indeed, Brother Ponder was cited as one of the Fraternity's two outstanding Brothers during Alpha's 75th year.

Brother Ponder attended Douglass High School in Wewoka, Oklahoma, before entering Langston University — where he was initited into Beta Kappa Chapter. While a member of Beta Kappa, he was one of five undergraduates elected Lay Members of the Fraternity's Executive Council (now the national Board of Directors) during the 1950 General Convention in Kansas City, Missouri.

Brother Ponder has had a distinguished career in both the teaching of economics and business and in administration. He has served at Virginia State College, where he became Chairman of the AgriBusiness Department; Fort Valley State College, heading the Department of Business and Economics; and Alabama A & M University, serving as both Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Since 1973, he has been President of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina.

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After assuming this position, Brother Ponder quickly established himself as a leader in his community and the state. He is active with some twenty-five local agencies and organizations, ranging from the Executive Committee of the Central South Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of America, to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Columbia Branch). He also serves as President of the South Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities.

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President of the American Baptist Association of Colleges and Universities; a member of the Board of Directors of J. P. Stevens and Company, Inc. Today, over thirty years after being elected to his first national leadership post in Alpha Phi Alpha, Brother Ponder continues to work for the Fraternity. He recently completed a term as President of Columbia's Alpha Psi Lambda Chapter and, for the past several years, he has served as Director of the Southern Region's Leadership Development and Citizenship Education Institute. This youth development program is held

each summer at Benedict for high school youth from the seven southern states.

Dr. Ponder served as Chairman of the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc., for two years (1979-80) and, in Dallas, he was elected a member of the Foundation's Board of Directors.

A leader as a college student, and now as an active alumni member, the selection of Brother Henry Ponder demonstrated the type of leadership development that Alpha has fostered through the years — thus, making the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee a possibility, and a reality.

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DIAMOND JUBILEE CONVENTION: f§ A Special Moment in History!

Brothers came from Connecticut and Arizona . . . from Ithaca, New York and from Frankfort, West Germany . . . and for those who made the trip, the Diamond Jubilee Convention was an unforgettable experience. Reflections, yes. Alpha men justly reviewed their accomplishments, individually and collectively, since seven Black undergraduates at Cornell founded Alpha Phi Alpha and the very concept of a Black Greek-letter organization. But, true to our precepts, the delegates spent much time looking forward — plotting the path of continued progress for Black Americans. This Alpha has always done and as long as it continues to do so, Alpha Phi Alpha lives!

The Diamond Jubilee was special, bringing men seven generations apart together in the bond of Brotherhood.

Take "the Millers" for example: although related only through Alpha, their presence told a powerful story.

Frederick Miller was there, 71 years after the 1910 General Convention had elected him General President of a sixchapter "national" organization. Present also was Keith Miller (son and brother of Alphas) who came to Dallas only a few months after his 1981 initiation into the Fraternity. That they could walk together and talk together was a poignant testimony to the vision of the Seven Jewels. At the Diamond Jubilee Convention, the largest contingent of College Brothers ever registered for a convention mingled with names from history: Wesley, Cannon, Andrew Lewis, Newsom, Morial, and the Youngs (Laurence T. and Andrew). As you surveyed the crowd, you could almost hear former Southern Vice President Bennie J. Harris marvel at the foresight of the Jewels, eloquently asking, "How did they know?" While the mystery remains, the parade of Alpha mayors and legislators, doctors and lawyers, engineers, architects and, always, leaders in education, made clear that they did know what they wrought in 1906.

A New President; A New Program General President Sutton's first message to a General Convention was his personal report of the Fraternity and its place in securing the future of Black Americans.

Declaring that "leadership" is a prerequisite for building a strong future, he said, "I come to talk sense about Alpha.

I come to talk sense about its leadership role in the Black experience and about plans to keep the Fraternity in the forefront of leadership."

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A PROUD MOMENT: General President Sutton presented the Diamond Jubilee Award to Dr. Charles H. Wesley. This was easily the highpoint of the convention.

Alpha Thrust," a program designed to continue Alpha's 75-year drive toward full equality. This national program was unanimously adopted by the delegates as the agenda for Alpha Phi Alpha. In closing, Brother Sutton stated, "The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity must give leadership to the struggle — of rebuilding; of securing the gains of the past; and, of planning and working for the future. We must give leadership, direction and purpose in 600-plus communities where our chapters are located. "The New Alpha Thrust" program is innovative and meaningful . . .

I call on our membership — nationally, regionally, from state to state and chapter to chapter — to pursue its objectives with vigor and imagination." The delegates received this presentation with enthusiasm, as many looked at what's now happening in America and said, "Alpha must do something!"

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For Outstanding Contributions: The General Convention is typically the time when the Fraternity pays tribute to those who have rendered outstanding service to the organization, as well as honoring those who have made contributions to society in keeping with Alpha's precepts. The major awards at the Diamond Jubilee Convention:

Fraternal Awards • College Brother of the Year: Brother Cedric Holloman, a student at Southern University in Louisiana, received top honors in this category (see Page 10).

• Alumni Brother of the Year: This year's honoree is Brother Henry Ponder of Columbia, South Carolina (see Page 11).

• College Chapter of the Year: Theta lota Chapter (Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, Virginia) was selected Alpha's most outstanding undergraduate unit for 1981.

• Alumni Chapter of the Year: For the seventh time in the last eight years, this distinction was bestowed upon lota Upsilon Lambda Chapter, Silver Spring, Maryland.

• Diamond Jubilee Award: This special commemorative award was given to Dr. Charles H. Wesley, Past General President and Historian.

• Senior Alpha Service Award: Honored at the opening Smoker and Symposium was Brother Frederick Miller, 3rd General President (1911).

Service Awards • Distinguished Service Award: This award for outstanding contributions by an Alpha Man was given to Brother Maynard Jackson, Mayor of the City of Atlanta.

• Equitable Employment Opportunities Award: This citation is presented to a corporation which is judged to have an outstanding record of community service, and a demonstrated commitment to minority hiring and upward mobility.

The EEO Award was this year presented to The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

• Centennial Citations: The Diamond Jubilee Convention saluted four Black colleges for providing 100 years of quality education. The colleges, all of which celebrated their centennials in 1981, are: Bishop College (Dallas, Texas); Morris Brown College (Atlanta, Georgia); Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia); and Tuskegee Institute (Tuskegee, Alabama).

A FAMILY AFFAIR Top left: Col. Brodes Hartley, Jr. traveled from West Germany to join his son, Brodes III. Top right: Brother Clarence Robinson, left, used the occasion to present a Life Membership to his son, Clark. Bottom left: Brothers, literally, P. V. and Luke C h a p m a n . Bottom right: The Lamothes (1 to r) Isadore, III, Isadore, Jr., and David.

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JUBILEE: Continued from Page 13 a wide array of national leaders address the convention on the development of "Strategies for the '80's." These included National Urban League President Vernon Jordan, Economics and Employment; NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Hooks, Civil Rights and Affirmative Action; Miller Brewing Company Vice President Thomas Shrophire, Business; UNCF Executive Director Christopher Edley, Education; New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial, Politics; former U. N. Ambassador Andrew Young, International Relations; and AME Bishop John Adams, Religion.

In addition, the Special Projects Committee chaired by Brother Hanley Norment conducted a political awareness seminar and led the delegates in a letter-writing campaign to Congress and President Reagan. The over 1,000 letters mailed to these officials urged (1) Extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and (2) The establishment of a national holiday on the birthday of Brother Martin Luther King, Jr.

CASHING IN: Sharing Alpha's historic presentation of one-half million dollars are (I to r): Vernon Jordan, Brother Sutton, Mrs. Frances Hooks, Sigma Gamma Rho head Alice Swain, and Christopher Edley.

Legislative Action Despite the joyous celebration of the Diamond Jubilee and the serious deliberations on issues of the day, this was still an Alpha convention! Thus, the delegates spent long hours in business sessions considering proposed legislation. Most of the action came on finance-related matters, with the major debates coming on the constitutional amendments required to make changes in fee structures. After two sessions, the delegates repealed the controversial Service Fee on all Brothers (including Life Members). Replacement income for this source, and additional income for new programs, was obtained by authorizing an annual Chapter Tax; and by mandating increases in the Grand Tax, Initiation Fee and Charter Fee. In other matters, the delegates rejected a proposal to change the method of electing the General President; and tabled action on the establishment of bi-annual conventions, pending a report of a special committee to study this matter. Proponents of a national sweetheart song were similarly unable to get a hearing until an ad hoc committee files a report in 1982.

No General Officers were elected in Dallas, although nominations were made for the office of General President. Brother Thomas D. Pawley will oppose the incumbent, Brother Sutton, in next year's mail balloting.

Installed as new members of the Board of Directors were Southwestern Vice President Raymond Carreathers; and Assistant Vice Presidents William A. E. Boyd, Eastern; Gregory French, Midwestern; John Mims, Southern; David K. Clark, Southwestern; and Bennie Brown, Western.

Historic Public Program Beyond a doubt, the highlight of the convention was the Diamond Jubilee Public Program, held on Sunday afternoon. Past General President Lionel H. Newsom was the Master of Ceremonies and Brother Mai Goode, Chairman of the Diamond Jubilee Committee, delivered a rousing, emotionally charged speech to the standingroom-only crowd. Brother Goode's address succinctly described both Alpha's glorious past and its many challenges for the future. Declaring that despite many successes "We haven't done enough," he brought the The Sphinx/Fall 1981

Diamond Jubilee Chairman Mai Goode delivered a rousing speech at the Public Program.

LIVING LEGACIES: Nearly 500 years of combined service is represented by the 50-year members present in Dallas. crowd to its feet when he declared, "We've got to stop begging, and start demanding!"

Alpha's Million Dollar Fund Drive reached a new peak at this program when the first distribution of funds collected was made to the recipient organizations — The National Urban League, The NAACP, and The United Negro College Fund. Making the presentation, which totalled $500,000, on behalf of the Fraternity were three Alpha chief executives: Dr. Walter Washington, who initiated the fund drive during his term of office; Brother James R. Williams, the man primarily responsible for the success of the drive thus far (directing a four-year collection effort until January 1981); and General President Ozell Sutton. Also present was Dr. Isadore J. Lamothe, who has headed this effort since its inception.

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JUBILEE: Continued from Page 17 Jordan aptly captured the spirit of this occasion when he noted, "We all belong to a special fraternity, one that is made up of college and non-college persons alike. That fraternity, which is the ultimate fraternity, is the Black race . . . and I accept from you the most important gift we've ever gotten."

The Alpha Brothers and their guests were understandably proud of this moment and, yet, the emotional highlight of the Public Program came at another point — as the Fraternity cited one of its own for making the Diamond Jubilee possible. Citing him as the "archetypical Alpha Man" — and a Brother who chose "the High Way" — General President Sutton presented the Alpha Phi Alpha Diamond Jubilee Award to Dr. Charles H. Wesley, Past General President and Historian. This special honor recognized Dr. Wesley's signal contributions to both the development of Alpha Phi Alpha and the preservation of its history for generations to come.

Everyone in the audience agreed with Brother Sutton when he said, "There is no person more deserving to be the recipient of this award than Charles Harris Wesley."

The esteemed Dr. Wesley touched the hearts of all present for his words of acceptance, stating "God has been good to me; Alpha has been good to me. I started in Alpha in 1913 — and I'm on my way out — but, I'll keep in my heart, Alpha Phi Alpha!" Understandably, this brief presentation was interrupted at least four times, as the packed audience rose to give standing ovations to the most beloved man in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

HAIL THE CHIEFS: Alpha General Presidents (I to r) James Williams, Raymond Cannon, Frederick Miller, Ozell Sutton, Walter Washington and Lionel Newsom. Brothers Ernest Morial and Charles Wesley were also present.

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Brother Maynard Jackson, shown addressing the Formal Banquet, was honored for his outstanding service as Mayor of Atlanta.

A Fitting Close The Diamond Jubilee Convention had begun on a high note, as the fun-filled Alpha Smoker and Symposium served to rekindle the flame of Brotherhood. Here Alpha's 3rd General President, Frederick Miller, was honored; and here Brother Raymond W. Cannon, 12th General President and 1st Editor-in-Chief of The Sphinx, brought our legacy to life in his address on "Alpha Phi Alpha In Retrospect." Brother Cannon had given a vivid overview of the development of Alpha Phi Alpha and, as he forcefully pointed out, all other Black Greek-letter organizations. He had listed a number of items (first developed by Alpha and then emulated by other groups) which now appear as common traits among Pan-Hellenic groups. And, noting how they had all followed Alpha's lead, he quipped, "I'm glad we did it right, because if we had made a mistake, all of the others would have also!"

Now, the business had been accomplished, and the Brothers and their guests filed into the Grand Ballroom attired in their finery. And, as those who had blazed trails at the turn of the century had opened the convention, the Fraternity spanned the generations to hear a dynamic address by one of its contemporary leaders. The presence of Brother Maynard Jackson, Mayor of the City of Atlanta, was a fitting climax to the Diamond Jubilee Convention, demonstrating again that Alpha was — and remains — "First of All." Surely the Seven Jewels, whose life-sized portraits adorned the rostrum, looked on to say "Well done!"

Even more certain is their ageless charge: ". . . to promote a more perfect union among college men; to aid in and insist upon the personal progress of its members; to further brotherly love and a fraternal spirit within the Organization; to discountenance evil; to destroy all prejudices . . . " First of All; Servants of All; We shall Transcend All! 19

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Dr. Payton Places At Tuskegee by Michael Price

With the famous statue of Booker T. Washington in the background, Dr Luther Foster (left) joins Dr, Benjamin Payton, his successor as President of Tuskegee Institute.

rom the moment he was selected to take the helm as President of the famed Tuskegee Institute, Dr. Benjamin Franklin Payton could lay claim to a special place in the history of that school and in the Black educational experience in America. Because Tuskegee is Tuskegee — his election is significant in a number of ways. t was in February of 1881 that the State of Alabama promised to give the generous sum of $2,000 a year to open and operate a "normal school for colored teachers at Tuskegee." From the firm foundation laid by the school's first "principal" (later President), Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute has endured and prospered. Elected president in the school's Centennial Year, Dr. Payton is faced, like Booker T., with the challenge of laying a foundation for another century of progress. And to do so, he must overcome barriers every bit as formidable as those tackled by his famous predecessor. _ _ _ _ ashington's oft-misunderstood mission, as \ Y / he saw it, was the very survival of W education for Blacks. He saw this process threatened both by hostile post-reconstruction whites, who opposed any education of the Black; and, conversely, by the misconceptions held by the masses of former slaves who had come to believe that a little education would cure all their ills. His vision of a practical education for Southern Blacks was designed to meet the needs of his people — with the acquiescence, and even the support, of the whites who effectively controlled the Alabama Black Belt and the rest of the South. Unlike the Hampton Institute-educated Washington, Payton received a classical education — with

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degrees in sociology, philosophical theology, philosophy of religion, and social ethics. Yet he, too, believes that the progress of Black Americans will depend upon an education which blends the humanities with areas such as business and engineering. r. Payton hopes to continue to expand the technological disciplines at Tuskegee (which now include fields such as radiology and occupational therapy). Fundamentally more important, perhaps, is his announced plan to meet head-on a 20th Century threat to the education of young Blacks — that is, the.lack of a strong background in mathematics. Nationwide, Blacks score far below whites on math achievement tests and Dr. Payton declares that "Not to understand mathematics is to automatically limit career choices." Because of our society's increasing dependence upon technology, his success in this area could be as important a milestone for progress as the fashioning of Tuskegee Institute from a class of thirty pupils meeting in a Methodist church.

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urvival, too, is paramount in the mind of the new Tuskegee President. While the school is financially sound, boasting a respectable endowment of approximately $18 million dollars, managing an institution with 3,600 students and 44 buildings will be no easy task.

The sky-rocketing costs of education, coupled with cut-backs in both public and private funds for education in the years ahead, will provide a major challenge to Tuskegee Institute.

As the presidents before him, Dr. Payton will strive to ensure continuing strong educational leadership and service by Tuskegee Institute.

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Continued from Page 22 eyond the historical significance of Dr. Payton's becoming Tuskegee's leader as it begins its second century — and the amazing parallels evident when one compares his task w i t h that of founder Washington — it is w o r t h y of note that Dr. Payton is now a member of a rather exclusive club. O n l y four men headed Tuskegee Institute during the entirety of its first one-hundred years: Booker T. Washington; his trusted aide and successor, Robert Russa Moton; Dr. Frederick D. Patterson; and Dr. Luther H. Foster, who retired on July 31st of this year. One among a distinguished group of candidates, Dr. Payton was chosen, after a year-long search, to become the 5th President of this world-renowned educational institution. The school's Board of Trustees cited his wide range of experiences, his leadership in higher education and general administration, and his commitment to Black education and scholarship as primary considerations for their selection. T h e strong and dynamic leadership provided by his four predecessors is an indication of the confidence placed in Dr. Payton by the Tuskegee board and the schools many alumni.

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inally, D r . Payton's selection takes on an added dimension to those of us who are members of Alpha Phi Alpha. W e refer, of course, to the fact that he is the third consecutive member of our Fraternity to serve as President of Tuskegee Institute. This tradition of Alpha leadership began w i t h the presidency of Dr. Patterson (1935-52); was continued w i t h the 28-year tenure of Brother Foster; and is now carried on by Beta Delta initiate Benjamin F. Payton. Coincidentally, in this issue's Legacy feature, Past General President Raymond W . Cannon recounts the initiation of Dr. Patterson in the I920's. Brother Payton, too,

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into the space age w i t h new areas of learning and new facilities, left outstanding records of service and dedication.

W e are confident that Brother Payton will continue to forge ahead in his new position.

W h a t Manner of Man? rom 1967 until 1972, Benjamin Payton was President of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina.

Again, coincidentally (or, is it?), that school is now led by Brother H e n r y Ponder, this year's A l u m n i Brother of the Year. Brother Payton took a two-year leave of absence from Benedict to w o r k at the Ford Foundation, feeling that he could do much to help historically Black colleges from that position. As it turned out, he stayed at Ford for nine years.

U n t i l his assumption of the presidency at Tuskegee, he was the foundation's Program Officer for Education and Public Policy and in that j o b he was responsible for recommending and administering grants in higher education totalling over $120 million.

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reviously, he served as Executive Director of the Commission on Religion and Race and the Department of Social Justice of the National C o u n c i l of Churches (1966-67). In this role he organized the National Committee of Black Churchmen and helped all of the American denominations become effective participants of the civil rights movement. He was also Director of the Office of C h u r c h and Race, Protestant Council of the C i t y of N e w York, 1965-66; and, 1963-65, Assistant Professor at H o w a r d University and Director of the H o w a r d University C o m m u n i t y Service Project.

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rother Payton received the B.A. degree in Sociology from South Carolina State College in 1955; the B.D. degree in Philosophical Theology from Harvard University in 1958; the M.A. degree in the Philosophy of Religion from Columbia University in I960; and the Ph.D. in Social Ethics (1963) from Yale University.

His honorary degrees consist of the D o c t o r of Laws from Eastern Michigan University and Morris Brown College; D o c t o r of Humane Letters, Benedict College; and D o c t o r of Humanities, Morgan State University. rother Payton was born in 1932 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the son of Reverend and Mrs. L. R. Payton. He is one of nine children who were reared on the earnings of a rural Baptist minister, farmer and teacher. A l l nine graduated from college, w i t h two earning doctorates and five holding the masters degree. Tuskegee's new first lady is the former Thelma Plane of Evanston, Illinois, a graduate of Tennessee State University and holder of the masters degree in Psychiatric Social W o r k from Columbia University. T h e Paytons are the parents of Mark, age 15, and Deborah, 7.

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n undisputed scholar, among his other achievements he was a Danforth Fellow; a community leader, as evidenced by his election as the first Black "elector" in South Carolina since Reconstruction; a distinguished administrator and humanist — Benjamin Payton is indeed the man to carry on the century-old legacy of Tuskegee Institute. A l l who are concerned with the quality of education for our y o u t h can be proud that the Tuskegee board selected such a leader. Certainly we in Alpha Phi Alpha congratulate our Brother for taking yet another forward step. T h e Seven Jewels would be proud to know that today, as so many times in the past, when the call goes out for leadership — an Alpha will answer that call!

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Brother Benjamin F. Payton, 5th President of Tuskegee Institute. began to exhibit strong leadership as an undergraduate serving as President of his chapter, as well as President of the Student Government Association at South Carolina State.

Both Brother Patterson, who founded the United Negro College Fund, and Brother Foster, who brought Tuskegee

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ERWIN FRANCE Helping teens develop the skills necessary for survival.

Page 25 MICHAEL PRICE The media paints a poor picture of Black America.

Page 26 HUEL PERKINS Where are our scholars for the next generation?

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After many months of planning, the day finally came for the Brothers of Iota Delta Lambda in Chicago; the State's second largest Chapter. One hundred Black high school males, ranging in age from fourteen to eighteen, boarded three buses at the St. James United Methodist Church in Chicago and headed for the Lake Geneva Campus of George Williams College.

For the next thirty-six hours, they were to engage in a FIRST; a consultation on teen pregnancy entitled "A Strong Future for Ourselves and Our Children: Our Responsibility and Our Challenge."

This was a unique experience in many ways; unique because it was under the auspices of the nation's oldest Black collegiate Greekletter fraternity; unique because the participants were a hundred students and thirty-six adults, of whom only four were not Alphas and only three were females; unique because while the content was handled by specialists in their field, the planning, implementation and the follow-up process was handled by IDL Brothers with a basic commitment to working with youths and who spent months gathering the necessary information and developing the skills necessary to make this a meaningful experience for themselves and for the young men who participated.

The students who came were nominated by agencies, organizations and institutions in Chicago's Black community, some forty-five of them.

Among them were schools, churches, community organizations and private or public social agencies. Most of the teens did not know each other previously and few of them had prior association with any Iota Delta Lambda Brother. These realities faced the Chapter with the multiple challenges of establishing rapport, providing content information and implementing a process that would be educational for both the students and the Brothers; and

from which data could be gathered by Blacks, about the Black male perspective on one of the most crucial problems in our society today — the epidemic of teen pregnancies in this country.

All of the learnings that emerged from this conference cannot be reported in this article. However, there were several learnings which are instructive for Black men everywhere — with implications for beyond the specific topic area addressed in our conference. What are they?

First. Black male teens are thirsty for meaningful communication with adults who care about them and who will not impose their values or make harsh judgments over differences of opinion.

Second. The same population is seeking scientific and factual information regarding themselves and the world they live in.

Third. Age is not a factor in communication between Black male adults and Black teen males. What's required from the adults is sincerity and openness.

Fourth. The ability for Black adult males to communicate positively with Black male teens does not require the adults to sacrifice their own values.

Fifth. Black male teenagers want structure, direction; and can handle structure and direction easily, if given the proper respect.

Through a day and a half of rain, flat tires on the buses causing a threehour delay on the highway and no sleep, the Brothers of IDL labored, as did the youths themselves, with the problems of goals, values and aspirations; with the problems of planning for how these young people can influence their peers, through their own lives as well as through the agencies, organizations and institutions of which they are a part.

What emerges from all of this is a clear sense that Black male teens not only need Black male adults but that Black male adults have an obligation to 25

develop vehicles that focus on the needs of Black teens to develop the skills necessary to Black community survival over the long haul. This conference made clear the specific need for Alpha Phi Alpha Chapters around the nation to place special focus on the development of Black male teens. The objective is not to recruit them as Alphas but to supplement their other agency, organization and institutional connections to help them develop their leadership skills, skills essential to their survival.

There are at least seven areas that should form the core of a program effort.

The first is that of "planning." Black male teens need to have the opportunity to get some practice in making plans, projecting ahead, considering alternatives and looking at the consequences of various alternatives.

The second is "organizing:" the development of skills that enable them

to actualize their plans, to operationalize their goals by learning the process of putting projects and activities into programs.

The third is "money raising." The need in the Black community to internalize the value of financially contributing and the skills for doing that are essential.

The fourth is "analytical and critical thinking." The ability of these young people to make it in the world of work, in school and in parenthood is directly tied to their ability to approach things in a thoughtful, rational, orderly, critical and analytical way.

Fifth, "decision making." The necessity to learn to make decisions after going through the proper planning and analytical stages is important.

Sixth, "public presentation." Here the emphasis needs to be on speaking.

Many of our young people are extremely verbal but do not have a good command of the language, do not

THE INFORMATION WAR: We Can't Afford to Lose Michael Price It should be clear to everyone reading this commentary that these are not the best of times for Black America. A number of forces are now converging which spell trouble, with a capital "T." You may include in that number the rampant conservatism which makes liberalism a sin; the climbing unemployment which makes the average citizen care less about anything except his own survival; a budget-balancing mania which targets service programs first; a wistful nostalgia, calling for the return of the good ole days (remember them?). But these things are clear and most of us are aroused to their threat.

But the battle to control the image and perception of Black Americans — and, indeed, our perception of ourselves — is equally as insidious. The battleground is the media — print and electronic — and here we seem strangely unaware of what's happening. The fact is that what our people think and know about themselves, and the things that most profoundly effect them, is being determined by others.

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recent years has given us more media input than ever before. But the Max Robinson incident should clearly show that a Black face up-front doesn't indicate real control over the content of the information delivered to the public. I would contend that nowhere in contemporary Black America is there a network for information delivery comparable to that which existed twenty years ago — when segregation forced us together in lodges, churches and fraternity houses; and when a virtual black-out in the majority media provided a thriving market for alternative Black-owned communications vehicles.

Today, there exists a kind of "diaspora" within Black America — we are literally scattered. We are in suburbs and cities; our students are at Grambling and Slippery Rock College; we work at Motown and at IBM. Church attendance (yes, even for Blacks) is down and even the share of our dollar spent in the Black community is dwindling.

Since these businesses have always been largely service-oriented, this means a reduction in Black-on-Black contact. Our Black-owned newspapers and magazines are under-read (for

know how to organize and present their ideas and are often turned away from opportunities in all quarters simply because of their lack of competence in these areas.

Seventh, "writing:" the ability to put down on paper their thoughts and their ideas, having gone through a proper process of preparation.

Many of these skills are supposed to be taught formally in schools but they all have to be dealt with informally outside the school setting and they are sharpened as a result of practice. The challenge for Alpha Phi Alpha Chapter is to create vehicles that provide the opportunity for practice in each of the above areas so that basic raw skills can be polished and sharpened. This process involves role modeling and emulation as well as experimentation. But whatever it takes, what is at stake is the potential loss of a generation.

Alpha Phi Alpha should not be guilty of contributing to that loss. whatever reasons) and our ownership and control of the audio and video airwaves is negligible. In this area, the various "pay-TV" arrangements and the removal of federal regulations will probably put us even farther out of the picture. In short, we have little control over how we are portrayed to the public — including to our own young people.

But even admitting that we have little real control over the media does not necessarily mean that an "information war" is being waged to our detriment.

After all, "objective journalism" deals only with facts, doesn't it? For a comprehensive answer to that question, I refer you to the Swanberg biography of Henry Luce, founder of the TimeLife publishing empire. For the moment, however, let's review my file: File: Consider the case of then-U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. Remember the tortured expressions on the faces of those "understanding" journalists who sincerely regretted the flagrant violation by "good ole' Andy." This episode captured the airwaves and wasted ink for weeks. Isn't it strange how little we heard about the escapades of Ambassador Kirkpatrick and other Reagan officials? Would you believe that they've met with, of all people, the PL07 File: "Black Ghetto Spreads" was the headline splashed across the huge daily newspaper. On Page One, of course.

Who would believe that the article only rehashed census statistics; gave no socio-economic justification for the headline; and even included in the new The Sphinx/Fall 1981

"Black ghetto" a number of upper and middle-class neighborhoods. And for those who contend that a ghetto denotes any area with one basic ethnic population, imagine a similar headline reading "White Ghetto Shrinks."

Forget it!

File: The statement, later retracted,

by Chicago's Black school superintendent that her office had been "bugged" led to weeks of headlines, TV specials, etc., on "The Bugging Hoax." They, the media, even told her to resign. But the city's Lady Mayor "found" a multimillion budget deficit left by her predecessor, then "found" that there was no such deficit. This, you see, was a "mystery" . . . certainly not a "hoax."

By the way, she wasn't asked to resign

either.

File: Did you wake up one morning to see (and read) how Maynard Jackson's now-famous "shufflin', grinnin' Negroes" remark had "injected race" into Atlanta's mayoral campaign. How come I didn't wake up and see some national coverage when Roland Burris ran for Comptroller of Illinois and his opponent distributed campaign literature with Roland's (Black) face pictured on it? Guess I musta slept late.

File: When Alpha gave $500,000 to Black groups this summer, a Black reporter filed a story which said, in effect, that we were a group that usually only had boat-rides and great parties.

I'm waiting for the story of Jerry Lewis' next telethon, when they tell us how

Getting and Spending . .

Huel D. Perkins The poignantly moving tribute to Brother Rayford W. Logan in the Winter 1980 issue of The Sphinx has sparked this commentary. And what a fitting tribute it was to one of the towering intellectual giants of our century — respected historian, past national president of the fraternity, Spingarn medalist. Upon reading the article, suddenly thoughts arose: Where are the present-day Rayford W. Logans? Who will write our histories?

Who will save us from the opprobrious remark that there were no intellectuals among us in the last half of the twentieth century?

These questions are a vivid reality to any college administrator today, for as he examines the career choices of present college populations, he finds that 90 percent of these students are opting for courses of study in the "money" fields — for the avenues which lead to immediate employment — for the curricula which assure a salary of $25,000 or more upon graduation with the bachelor's degree. All of this seems to reinforce William Wordsworth's observation that "the world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending we lay waste our powers. . .

Truly our powers will be laid waste if every one of our present generation of college students thinks only of "getting and spending," and the potential scholars, thinkers, and writers are siphoned off into the money fields. For The Sphinx/Fall 1981

example, at an institution of over 8,000 students, the total number of students majoring in history is less than 25. In fields like English and mathematics, the number of majors is even less. This portends an impending tragedy. Was it not the field of history which gave us the Charles Wesleys, the John Hope Franklins, the Rayford W. Logans — all members of our fraternity? How would the history of our race have been written without these scholars?

Where, oh where, are their successors?

What I see happening today with regard to career choices is a painful reminder of what Brother W. E. B. DuBois observed at the turn of the century, which prompted him to place his ideas in writing in the celebrated work The Souls of Black Folk. In the fifth essay, he adroitly compares the myth of Atalanta (you recall that she lost the race and her hand to Hippomenes because she stopped to admire the golden apples) with the city of Atlanta and the colleges and universities which were just being established there. The

"There is a danger ahead for the race if we fail to direct some of our talented youth into the scholarly professions."

this inane and non-talented slapstick artist finally did something worthwhile.

The Clincher: How come the FALN and the Republic of New Africa are "terrorist" groups, but the Ku Klux Klan is only a "hate group" or an organization of "white supremists."

These little items go out over the airwaves and hit the newsstands each and every day. They serve to bolster every negative image possible about Blacks, to the point where we're even terrified of our own children.

There can be no doubt that, if we're going to survive the present crisis, we cannot afford to lose the information war. What we can do will be the subject of my next commentary.

burning question which he posed was this: "What if the Negro people be wooed from a stride for righteousness, from a love of knowing, to regard dollars as the be-all and end-all of life?"

It is precisely this question which I am again posing to our present-day college students. Are we being wooed away from a love of knowing, as we struggle to conform to a capitalistic system? Are we to look around one day and find that the faculties of our colleges and universities are again populated with missionaries who have followed those career paths which lead to college and university teaching? Can it come to pass that one day the only languages we will be able to use will be FORTRAN and COBOL — computer languages — because all of the wouldbe mathematics scholars have chosen to pursue careers leading to computer programming?

Let me hasten to add that these statements are in no way intended to denigrate the careers that are open to today's youth which were denied to blacks of previous generations. The point of this commentary is only to offer a word of caution that there is danger ahead for the race if we fail to direct some of our talented youth into the scholarly professions that will interpret our past as well as provide a record of the contributions of this race to civilization. We face deep trouble ahead if we produce only students who can "earn meat, but do not know the aim of that life which meat nourishes."

"Getting and spending" speaks to creature comforts. Who will speak to generations yet unborn7 Who will succeed Rayford W. Logan as a historian of black people? Who will bear our race beyond the golden fruit of money?

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As Alpha Men have done nationwide, the brothers of Mu Epsilon Lambda continue to acquit themselves through service to community and to mankind.

Brother JAMES CARR, a high school science teacher, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Horry Electric Cooperative, Inc. on May 3 1 , 1 981 — thus becoming the first Black person to serve in that capacity since the cooperative was founded more than fifty years ago. Brother Carr, a member of Mu Epsilon Lambda (Conway, SC), replaces a man who retired after thirty one years as a board member.

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Brother HUBERT BROWN, a student at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (formerly AM&N College), has been named Undergraduate Brotherof-the-year-1981, in the state of Arkansas. Brother Brown is a native of Blytheville, Arkansas.

Brother Hubert Brown A senior Social Welfare major, Brother Brown is a member of the Social Work Club. He is currently second year President of the Gamma Delta Chapter. Brother Brown was initiated into the fraternity on November 9, 1 9 7 9 . Other organizations in which he is a member: Royal Knights Society, U.A.P.B. Branch —N.A.A.C.P., Baptist Student Union Choir, Cooperative Club, U.A.P.B. Access Program, and past Candidate for the Presidency of the U.A.P.B. Student Government Association.

Brother Brown was chosen to represent Gamma Delta because he has a very strong impact upon the Brothers of his chapter. Brown in an attempt to bring a closer relationship among the Arkansas Brotherhood, during his first The Sphinx/Fall 1981

term as President 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 , communicated to every chapter in Arkansas, submitting a list of programs to display the ideas and goals taken on by the "Tenacious" Gamma Delta Brotherhood. After school hours, Brown frequently visits each Brother in his chapter to keep direct communication and to tie any loose ends that may avail under his administration. According to Brother Brown, "Alpha is a way of life that cannot be ignored."

When talking to Brother Brown about his dedication to the fraternity he responded, "the Jewels left with us a legacy, one that will take all Brothers to carry out. From studying our founders and Brother Charles H. Wesley, I have concluded with knowing that tomorrow is today, for if Alpha is not effective t o d a y , it c a n n o t be e f f e c t i v e tomorrow." He concluded by redirecting the question to his Chapter Brotherhood, "Brothers where lies your dedication?"

On August 7, 1 9 8 1 , Brother Brown completed a seven week training course with the Department of Health and Human Services - Social Security Administration. Also, during his assignment he served as Gamma Delta's delegate to the 75th Diamond Jubilee Celebration Convention.

For achieving academic excellence in the Social Work Curriculum, Brother Brown has received invitations from the Ohio State University School of Social Work, Florida State University and North Texas State University — Denton, Texas. Upon graduation Brother Brown will be transferred to Fayetteville, Arkansas where he will be employed by the Social Security Administration as a Claims Representative. He will also attend the University of Arkansas in pursuit of a Master's Degree in Policy Analysis.

When asked about transcendance, Brown said, "Well, transcendance to me means to elevate to higher heights.

Last year I communicated to Arkansas, this year I will communicate to the Southwest Region and National body, for the greatest transcendance of all is to transcend one's self." An Alpha on the Move and refuses to stop, Brother Hubert Brown.

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At its recent annual meeting the 400-member Trustees of the United Way of the Bay Area elected Brother THAD BROWN, Tax Collector of San Francisco, the Chairman for the com-

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Brother PAUL W. KIMBROUGH was recently chosen as one of the 1981 Outstanding Young Men in America by the Jaycees and is truly a man on the move.

the brotherhood grew from 7 to 21 in one year. Brother Kimbrough planned and engineered, along with other Brothers, the Great Arkansas State Convention held in Conway, Arkansas in February of 1981. Brother Kimbrough truly stands for Manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all Mankind.

MB. Brother PERCY E. POLLARD, SR. has been appointed Manager of Equal Opportunity Programs for IBM. Pollard joins the IBM Corporate staff after completing one year as a Presidential Exchange Executive assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Pollard served as Director of the Executive Development Division and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Personnel.

Brother Thad Brown

ing year. He had been serving in the capacity of Vice Chairman and prior to that time he had served in a number of other leadership roles within this five county agency.

Thad Brown is also Chairman of the Economic Opportunity Council of San Francisco and serves on the Boards of the California Academy of Sciences, Bay Area Black United Fund and Third Baptist Church. He is also a life member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. His past affiliations include the Vice Presidencies of the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers and the local Easter Seals Society.

This is the first time that a Black person has been privileged to serve as head of this multi-county agency which last year raised over 27 million dollars for the 200 non-profit organizations that it services.

JUL Brother PAUL HICKMAN who served as principal of the Pee Dee Elementary School was appointed to the principalship of the North Conway Elementary School, one of the two largest elementary schools in the Horry County (South Carolina) School system. He was selected from thirty-one applicants from within the state, the school district and from other states. He had served as principal of Pee Dee since 1978 and at that time was the only Black teacher and only male teacher in the school. During his tenure at Pee Dee he was recognized as "Teacher of the Year" in 1975 and "Outstanding Teacher of the Year" in 1977.

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He was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and will be stationed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for Officers Training School.

Brother Kimbrough was initiated into the fraternity November 26, 1978 and made many breakthroughs on the predominately white university campus in Conway, Arkansas.

Brother Kimbrough was selected as the only Black student out of the Southwest Region to attend the United Nations workshop in New York City, where he met with former U.N. Ambassador Donald McHenry and discussed international problems and the affects of nuclear energy. Brother Kimbrough, while attending the University of Central Arkansas, became one of two Blacks to be selected in two consecutive years to Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities. This is still only part of contributions that Brother Kimbrough has made.

Brother Kimbrough, in 1980-81 served as Secretary General of the Model United Nations, where high schools and universities across the Southwest Region participated.

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, he recently earned his B.S. degree in Political Science from the University of Central Arkansas. Since becoming a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Brother Kimbrough has attended the last two General Conventions — while serving as President at Theta Psi Chapter in Conway. During Kimbrough's tenure

Brother Percy Pollard

During a going away luncheon, held at Fort McNair's Officer's Club in Washington, D.C., Pollard was roasted by his staff and co-workers and presented with a Senior Management Citation from Mr. Thomas S. McFee, Assistant Secretary for Personnel. The Citation reads: This award is granted, with deep appreciation, to Percy E. Pollard, Sr. for his dynamic and innovative Personnel Management leadership as a Presidential Exchange Executive.

While with this department, he led the implementation of the Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, and he directed all other development programs. His service during this critical year of implementation of Civil Service Reform Act in this large complex agency was outstanding.

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After an exciting year with the government, Pollard is now looking forward to the challenges of his new position as he returns to the world of corporate affairs. His office will be in Armonk, New York to which he will commute from northern New Jersey.

Brother Pollard, a member of lota Upsilon Lambda (Silver Spring, Maryland) during his stay in the Washington area, will rejoin Kappa Theta Lambda in Bergen County, New Jersey. He is life member # 8 6 7 and was founding President of lota Theta Lambda in Endicott, New York (1969).

He is married to the former Annie Randolph of Newport News, Virginia, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. Percy and Annie have two children, Tracie, 15, and Percy, Jr., 1 3 .

Brother JIM POOLE, a member of the Colorado Insurance Board, was recently reappointed, by Governor Dick Lamm, to a 5-year term on that very powerful Board that regulates the insurance industry in Colorado.

Jim, a lifetime active Democrat, was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York last year, and just recently was elected treasurer of the Colorado Democratic Party, beating the incumbent 5 - 1 .

A former school teacher, Jim has been a self-employed investment and financial counselor since 1 9 6 7 . He is married and the father of two daughters, Stephanie, 1 9 , a sophomore at Spelman College, and Heather, 1 4 .

Jim is listed in Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in Politics, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in Black America. Brother Poole is in constant demand as a public speaker locally and nationally.

Brother STEWART W. STROTHERS, the president of Mu Epsilon Lambda Chapter (Conway-Myrtle Beach, SC), has been appointed Fire Prevention and Public Relations Officer of the

Horry County Fire Protection Service.

He is also the Assistant District Fire Chief of the Forestbrook community.

Brother Strothers who is an Assistant Professor of Education at Coastal Carolina College is considered to be the principle architect of the county volunteer fire program which was initiated in August 1 9 8 0 after a four year fight to get fire protection in the rural areas of the county not protected by the larger municipalities.

Brother Strothers is South Carolina State Historiam for Alpha and is a member of the state executive committee. He is attempting to develop a state directory of men in Alpha and has agreed to serve as co-chairman of the Southern Region Career and Job Development Committee.

HISTORY CAN REPEAT ITSELF! This era is not the first in which Black Americans have made substantial progress toward equality . . . only to be stripped of their rights.

In 1862, Republican voters in South Carolina (practically all of them Black) cast 91,870 votes. Yet in that state's election of 1888, only 13,740 Republican votes were cast.

There were 130,334 Blacks registered to vote in Louisiana in 1896.

By 1900, after a new State Constitution had been adopted, this number dropped to 5,320.

DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN! Brother Poole is serving his second term as President of lota Omicrom Lambda Chapter in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Born and raised in Laurens, South Carolina, Jim is a graduate of Benedict College, and is now serving his second term as a member of the Board of Trustees of Benedict.

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LEFT-HAND SIDE The left offensive linemen for the world -champion Oakland Raiders are Gene Upshaw, guard, and Art Shell, tackle. Together on the field and in the frat, they're "two on the left-hand side."

Art Shell

Gene Upshaw

Even as the reigning champions of professional football, the Oakland Raiders relish their image as the "bad guys" of the sport. As offensive captain Gene Upshaw says, "We're not a bunch of choirboys and Boy Scouts." But there really is substance beneath that villainous image. And nowhere is this better illustrated than with the two Alpha Men who hold down the left side of the Raiders' offensive line. While both, Gene Upshaw and Art Shell, are among the newest members of Gamma Chi Lambda Chapter in the California bay area, they are the elder statesmen of the Raiders — the only two players on the team whose careers span three decades. Brothers, meet your Brothers.

Brother Gene Upshaw, the team's number one draft pick in 1967, is now in his fifteenth year with the Raiders. Gene has started in every game since he joined the Raiders, and he leads all presently active NFL players in the number of consecutive contests played. He also holds the Raider and AFC record for the number of post-season games played, at 24.

And Brother Upshaw is the only player to compete in all three of the Raider Super Bowl games.

Gene's honors for outstanding play in the pro arena date back to his (and the Raiders) days in the old American Football League. He was selected AU-AFL three times during this period. Since the pro merger in 1970, he has been named

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All-Pro four times and All-Conference (AFC) five times.

And his outstanding professional feats are merely a continuation of over twenty years of sports — from All-District honors in baseball, football and track at Robstown High School in Texas, to his All-Texas and All-Conference honors during his collegiate career at Texas A & I. Also earning three letters in track, he capped his college career by being chosen to the NAIA All-America team.

Working in tandem with Brother Upshaw on the Raiders offensive line is Brother Art Shell, who has been frequently described as "one of the NFL's great offensive linemen." Art was chosen to the AFC All-Conference team for an amazing six straight seasons (1973-78). The Raiders number three pick in 1968, he has continued to give outstanding performances and, in 1980, he was chosen to play in the Pro Bowl for the eighth time. Art, too, has an amazing playing record, missing only five games (due to injury) since joining the team fourteen years ago.

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Brother Shell played both football and basketball at Bonds-Wilson High School in North Charleston. He was named All-State as both center and defensive tackle in football and, in addition, he captured All-State honors as a center in basketball. Art played

college football at Maryland State, where he was AllConference from 1965-67; Pittsburg Courier and Ebony magazine All-America in 1966-67; and chosen for the Little All-America team during his senior year. He also captured two collegiate letters playing basketball.

Versatile, dedicated and just plain good . . . both Gene Upshaw and Art Shell continue to rank among the best in professional football. Now in addition to the Silver and Black of the World Champion Oakland Raiders, they both proudly sport the Old Gold and Black of Alpha Phi Alpha.

But aren't they, after all, residents in the Oakland "halfway house" for unreformed bruisers? Well, let's take another look at team leader Gene Upshaw. Not only is he the President of the NFL Players Association, a sure indication of his leadership among his peers, but in 1980 he received the league's Byron White Humanitarian Award — presented to the player who best gives service to his team, community and country. And both Art and Gene see their membership in Alpha Phi Alpha as a vehicle for continued service to humanity. On the other hand, since together they weigh over 500 pounds . . . they can be just as "b-a-a-a-d" as they want to be. A Phi!

Grandvel Jackson (far left), former Western Vice President and now Dean of Pledges for Gamma Chi Lambda Chapter in San Francisco, welcomes the chapters newest initiates at the July monthly meeting. Shown are (left to right): Eugene Upshaw, offensive captain of the Oakland Raiders; Percy Carr, athletic coach at San Jose City College; William Hazlewood, media specialist; Jan Hutchins, Sports Directo for KRON-TV; Kenneth Boutte, doctoral candidate at UC-Berkeley; Jesse Lee, a professional fund raiser; Art Shell, offensive tackle for the Raiders; and Benjamin Pope, administrator at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, UC-Berkeley. Brother William Powell is the President of Gam ma Chi Lambda Chapter.

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New Negativism, like the Jim Crow of old, VERNON "The is based on the meanest features of the American character. It is at odds with the ideals and JORDAN dreams that have powered America's greatness.

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Economics Seventy five years is a long time, and to have survived and thrived, Alpha Phi Alpha has demonstrated its key place in the black community.

Your fraternity was born in the darkest days of Jim Crow, and it finds itself today in the dark days of a New Negativism that is sweeping the country. That New Negativism, like the Jim Crow of old, is based on the meanest features of the American character. It is at odds with the ideals and dreams that have powered America's greatness. Thus, it cannot survive. It will go the way of other blighted periods in our national history.

But while it is here, black people are placed under terrible new pressures. In big cities and in rural hamlets, the black community today feels itself under siege.

It is victimized by the budget cuts. It is harassed by attacks on affirmative action. It is alarmed that state legislatures will redistrict our representatives out of the Congress and out of local offices. It is outraged by the Administration's tilt toward racist South Africa. It is threatened by block grants.

And it is burdened by events beyond the political arena: by growing racial insensitivity and rising anti-black attitudes; by the murders of black children in Atlanta and violence against blacks elsewhere; by the continued deterioration of black neighborhoods; by the flow of drugs and the increase of crime; and by the rise of the fanatics of the far right like the Klan and the Nazis.

Thus, it cannot survive."

High on our long list of concerns is the future of the Voting Rights Act. It expires next year. Voting is, in President Reagan's words, "the most sacred right of free men and women." That sacred right will be lost to millions of black and Hispanic people unless the President comes out forcefully in favor of extending the Voting Rights Act. The fight for voting rights symbolizes the erosion of black gains. We are now fighting the fight we fought sixteen years ago. And in some ways, we are dealing with basic issues like better race relations that were issues of the 1950s. We moved far beyond that stage, and now we are thrust back to square one.

Today, the prime mover of that backward slide is the current Administration. It lectures us about its new ideas, but those ideas are the old ones that led to the Great Depression.

What are the new ideas the Administration is ramming down the throats of the nation? Get government off our backs. Give power and programs to the states. Federal programs have failed.

Rely on the free enterprise system.

Build more missiles.

Those are not ideas, they are slogans.

Black people don't need to be told that government is on our backs because we know it has been by our side, helping to counterbalance the vicious racism that deprived us of our lives, our liberty, and our rights.

Black people don't need to be told that power and programs should go to

the states, because we know the few, feeble programs that have helped us were those mandated by Washington.

It was the state and local governments that excluded us from everything from voting to paved streets. And it is they who will trample on our interests again if this Administration dumps the programs we need into block grants.

Black people don't need to be told federal programs have failed because we know many have succeeded. The Pentagon may not be able to land helicopters in Iran, but the Food Stamp program has fed the hungry; social security has wiped out poverty for most older citizens; CETA has put the jobless to work, compensatory education programs have improved reading scores of disadvantaged youth, and Legal Services has given poor people access to the justice system.

Black people don't need to be told to rely on the free enterprise system. We believe in the free enterprise system.

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that has setasides for minority enterprises and job and training programs for the disadvantaged.

Black people don't need to be lectured about the need for economic growth. When others were talking of "an era of limits," "less is more," and "small is beautiful," we were saying "bake a bigger pie." We want economic growth. We know that in this America we will not get our fair share unless there is more for everyone. But we also know that we will not get our fair share just because there is more. America has managed to push us from the table of prosperity in good times as in bad.

So it is not enough just to have growth. What we want to know is "economic growth for whom?" "A rising tide lifts all boats" is no answer. A rising tide lifts only those boats in the water; our boats are in the drydock of America's economy. And we know we will be stranded on dry land, far from that rising tide, unless government steps in with the programs and protection that help launch us into the mainstream.

That will not happen with an economic program that gives to the wealthy in the vague hope that some of it will trickle down to the poor. What little trickles down is soaked up long before it reaches us.

Let us cut through the rhetoric of a supply-side economics that supplies misery to the poor: this Administration's economic program amounts to a massive transfer of resources from the poor to the rich.

It takes money, programs and opportunities from poor people and promises them in return an end to inflation and prosperity for all. It says to poor people: give up the little you have today and we promise you a lot more in the bye and bye. Well, black people aren't buying pie-in-the-sky economics.

President Reagan has promised not to fight our national problems on the backs of the poor.

But that is exactly what this jelly bean budget does!

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He has said: "Think how discouraging it must be for those who have always had less, to now be told that they must further reduce their standard of living."

But that is exactly what this jelly bean budget does!

He has promised: "I do not intend to let America drift further toward economic segregation."

But that is exactly what this jelly bean budget does!

Let's look at what this jelly bean budget does to poor and black people: • Social Security. The minimum benefit — a measly $122 a month is eliminated. Who gets hurt? Poor black people who spent their working lives on their knees cleaning floors.

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Over a third of all food stamp recipients are black.

• Public service jobs ended; CETA training cut back. Who gets hurt? Over a third of all CETA workers are black.

• Medicaid is capped. Poor people will suffer reductions in access to health care. Who gets hurt? Over a third of Medicaid recipients are black.

• Welfare is cut and a forced work program authorized in the hope that unpleasant make-work jobs will drive people off the rolls. Who gets hurt?

Almost half the recipients are black children and black mothers. Who gets

hurt most7 Working mothers who get small welfare checks to supplement their low earnings.

• Education aid cut heavily. Who gets hurt7 Disadvantaged children, over a third of them black.

Last month the Congress rushed this jelly bean budget through. With no real debate, the programs that help the poor were cut to ribbons. With no real desire, years of slow, patient progress were swept out to sea by the rising tide of radical conservatism.

Never have so few taken so much from so many in so little time.

But as bleak as things look for us, our path of progress has always been crooked and twisted. It has always been marked by two steps forward and one step backward. We cannot give way to despair; rather we must mobilize the black community to protect its rights and to prepare for the next push forward on the hard, rocky road to equality.

In many ways, it is back to basics for black people. That means a recommitment to the slow, agonizing work of building community strengths and community institutions.

The progress we have achieved has been due to the institutions rooted in our communities and responsive to our needs. Throughout history, it has been our churches, our press, our colleges, fraternities and sororities, and our community organizations that have fought on our behalf. So now is the time for us to shore up those institutions, to strengthen them and support them.

Back to basics also means a recommitment to group progress. We reject completely the notion that individual progress is meaningful while half of our black brothers and sisters are mired in ghetto poverty. We reject completely the notion that a black person who has worked and clawed his way into the middle class has no responsibility to the black poor. And we reject just as completely the vile notion that a black person who has Continued on Page 38 The Sphinx/Fall 1981

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gained a toehold in America's middle class has anything to apologize for.

We are sick and tired of hard working black people having to apologize for sharing the American Dream of a decent standard of living; of having to apologize for not being poor; of having to apologize for aspiring and achieving, of being put on a guilt trip for trying to make it.

We will not allow ourselves to be held hostage to other people's ideas about what our proper place is. We know that if you are black in America, you are in trouble; you are not safe, you are always in danger of losing the little you have. We know what it is to be poor; most of us are the first generation to be educated and to wear a white collar to work. All of us are bound by ties of family and racial unity to all black people.

Back to basics also means a recommitment to excellence. There is no margin granted to black Americans — we've got to be better than others in order to get what other Americans take for granted. That spirit of excellence and accomplishment must be characteristic of all our institutions. That spirit must be transmitted to your young people. The spirit of excellence can be the spark that revitalizes our communities.

Back to basics also means political action. The 1980s must be the decade of maximizing black political strength.

We have the numbers to influence events, but in election after election we throw away half our power by not voting. So citizenship education and political involvement in all parties must be a major priority in the 1980s.

Back to basics also means building coalitions. We've got to reach across class and ethnic lines to win victories for all people. America's tragedy is the racism that drives a wedge between whites and blacks who have so much to gain by working together.

Back to basics also means challenging America's institutions. It means challenging the Administration and the Congress to discover compassion, to make their conservatism humane. It 38

means challenging the private sector to live up to its job creation and affirmative action obligations. It means challenging the churches to practice the morality they preach. It means challenging weak-kneed liberals and hardhearted conservatives wherever they may be found. It means reminding America's institutions that black people are Americans too. That our blood, sweat and tears helped make this country what it is, and all we want is our fair share.

And back to basics means back to protesting our condition. Protest has been the basic response of black Americans, from the protest of the slave revolts to the protest of the March on Washington.

"It is our duty to keep up the agitation of our rights, not only for our sakes, but for the sake of the nation at large. It would not only be against our own interest not to do so, but it would be unpatriotic for us quietly to acquiesce in the present condition of things, for it is a wrong condition of things. If justice sleeps in this land, let it not be because we have helped to lull it to sleep by our silence, our indifference; let it not be from lack of effort on our part to arouse it from its slumbers."

That is our duty, to our nation, to ourselves, to our children, and to our children's children.

As we do our duty, let us remember that dark midnights, hard and difficult times, a perilous future, and adversity

WHAT PROGRESS? Despite well-publicized economic progress, the last decade saw the gap between Black and Wnite earnings grow wider; and, when adjusted for inflation, Black income growth was stymied.

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Now, when all about us is dark with despair, now is the time to raise high a fresh banner of protest. Now is the time to speak out loud and clear. Now is the time to tell the Administration that poor people can't live on a diet of jellybeans, to tell local officials they can't close our hospitals, to tell corporations they can't hire us last and fire us first, to tell the school boards they are failing their duty to our children, to tell all of America's institutions that they must root out the racism at the core of our national life.

As Francis Grimke said many years ago:

at every turn are nothing new to us.

We've been here before. Our load has never been easy. So walk together children, and don'tcha get weary — we've come this far by faith. Our cause is just and victory will be ours.

"We don't feel no ways tired, "We've come too far from where we started from, "Nobody told us the road would be easy, "We don't believe He brought us this far to leave us."

With that faith, with that hope, let us march on to victory.

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Education One thing we are most proud of at the black colleges is that the young people who study at our black colleges and universities graduate with more than a simple dedication to academic excellence. Along with their degrees, they earn a life-long commitment to leadership and service. We like to point out that some of America's most outstanding leaders — like Ernest Morial, Mayor of New Orleans — are UNCF college alumni.

It is no accident then, that Ernest Morial is also an Alpha — and a past Alpha General President. And it is certainly more than just coincidence that the founder of the United Negro College Fund, Dr. Frederick D. Patterson — whom you honored at the 1979 Alpha convention for his achievements as a very distinguished educator — is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha. And certainly you are renowned in all g r e e k d o m for the i n t e l l e c t u a l preeminence of your membership.

Alpha's have college chapters on every private, historically black college campus. But what is even more impressive is that an Alpha's commitment to leadership and service does not end with the receipt of a Baccalaureate degree, but lasts a lifetime. Witness: Dr. Patterson, Charles Wesley, Lionel Newsom, Malvin Goode and countless others. Alpha men are in the forefront — professionally and personally — striving, creating, improving and developing the kinds of educational, economic and social programs that deal with the most knotty problems of our times . . . providing private initiative and know how to conquer adversity.

Your Alpha Phi Alpha Building Foundation helps meet the most basic needs of our most disadvantaged families.

Your commission on Business Encouragement spurs private enterprise.

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only our 'talented tenth' and ignore the rest."

— I should add — does not come from being the oldest fraternity, which you are, or the largest, which you are with some 75,000 members. It comes from exercising leadership. In that category, Alpha Phi Alpha is supreme.

Few recognize that we live today in a new era. Most of us here today can look back on our college days and say, if only the opportunities that exist today had been around for us then . . . with just a tinge of jealousy and admiration for the young men and women starting out today. Yet when we look out ahead of us, we see how much farther we as a people have still to travel before we know that opportunity is truly open to us, that our success is tion Foundation. Who but the Alphas could be more qualified to run a program like your "Go To High School, Go To College," which your Education Foundation ran for high school youngsters for 13 years. All are indicative of your commitment to service, to relevance, and to your black brothers and sisters.

The donations which you presented yesterday towards the pledge of $1 million are a continuation of that 75 year commitment to excellence, education, and service. Becoming the leader judged by our merit, that justice and freedom are truly blind.

An important part of that old /new era we live in is our system of education and the historically black colleges.

For the '80s, the '90s, and well into the 21st century, we must create a viable agenda for the education for our young people, for our children and our grandchildren. They cannot be neglected, they cannot be ignored.

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Continued from Page 41 want your opinion, although I do; I am here because you are an active participant in this agenda — and it will not work without you.

Every trend predicted in higher education for the 1980's and beyond is a trend that runs against the best interests of the blacks in this country.

Trend #1 says that the baby boom is over and that the population of college bound youngsters is decreasing, so that colleges and universities should gear down their expectations for the future.

The fact is that "between 1960 and 1975, an annual average of approximately 300,000 would-be black college enrollees were not accommodated due to inequities in higher education opportunities for black and white Americans." That means that over a 15 year period, some 4.75 million blacks were passed over for a college education.

The inequities which facilitated the loss of so many human resources and opportunities have not yet been redressed.

We cannot afford a national higher education policy that says that the maximum potential college population has crested and is now leveling off or decreasing. Our national policy must focus on the thousands of potential black college students, high school graduates who have been left out or left behind by an educational establishment with blinders on. We have to make these youngsters our priority and the nation's priority. This means that we cannot allow colleges and universities to feel that they are "doing their duty" in the black community when they accept only the "talented tenth" and ignore the rest. The contraction of our higher education system simply because of the end of a white baby boom will harm and constrict every disadvantaged youngster, every "different" youngster, who wants a college education.

So high on the agenda is optimizing the number of blacks entering college.

Trend #2 concerns the startling increase in blacks who are enrolling in 2-year colleges in preference to 4-year 42

institutions. Of the 1 million blacks who, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, are enrolled in college, some 410,000 have chosen to study for an associate degree at a 2-year school. But contrary to the popular notion, 2-year colleges rarely produce graduates who continue their educations and earn a Bachelor's degree. For blacks the situation is most serious. Too often the 2-year degree leads nowhere in the job market — 2 years wasted. And we know for a fact that "only those blacks who have completed college appear to be comparable to whites in earnings.

Those with some college have earnings (only) on a par with white high school graduates."

Increasing the number of students with access to post secondary education is not enough. Our agenda must include a strong focus on career counseling and the education of our educators and our children so that every high school graduate is not forced to choose his or her future from the lowest common denominator.

Trend #3 is not a new trend at all, but the continuation of an old trend which we had hoped — just a short while ago — might have reversed. The number of blacks currently enrolled in law, medical and dental schools, and graduate school is nowhere near the number needed. According to the National Advisory Committee on Black Higher Education and Black Colleges and Universities, "Black professionals are dramatically underrepresented in the total population. If the situation remains static, there will be a deficit of approximately 42,000 black physicians, 11,00 black dentists, and 19,000 black lawyers in the year 2000." It is ironic that this projection coincides with a national concern that our professional schools are at overflow capacity and, for instance, that the number of physicians in the United States will outstrip the need. In graduate schools as a whole, the number of enrolled graduate students has already begun slipping. It is more than coincidence that as the number of available places in graduate and professional departments decrease, the

percentage of enrolled black graduate and professional students slips significantly.

Hence our agenda for the '80s requires increased access to graduate and professional schools, i.e. Meharry Medical and Morehouse Medical.

A whole slew of weapons must be and will be developed to reverse these national trends, or at least turn them around to the advantage of thousands of black youngsters who need one basic tool to turn them on a successful path to the future: a college education.

One of the weapons we have at hand is the public and private historically black college.

Our public colleges are threatened.

The preservation of their missions must rank high on our agenda. President Humphries is a case in point. Just suppose a white President sat in his seat.

It is impossible to think of black higher education today or in the future without including the historically black colleges. Representing only four percent of the higher education system in this country, these schools are responsible for educating 50% of the current crop of black-college students.

From what we have seen so far, the policies and legislation coming out of Washington today do not pose a direct threat to the black colleges. They do, however, put us right at the threshold of a tremendous challenge.

We are challenged when a small but sudden decrease in the federal student aid program to America's most disadvantaged students causes some 30 or 40,000 students at UNCF colleges alone a shortfall in their student aid packages.

For the college semester fast approaching, the ceiling on individual Pell grants (formerly known as BEOGs has been reduced from $1,800 to $1,670 per student, a shortfall of $130.

The grants were created by Congress to help the nation's most financially disadvantaged students make it through college — and the vast majority of black college students rely on them.

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the cutback, the university administrators decided to cover the shortfall of hundreds of thousands of dollars through the school's regular operating budget so that not even one student would be affected at Yale.

That will not be the case at our predominantly black colleges — where students rely much more on Pell grants than they do at most other colleges and universities. By a conservative estimate, this simple reduction will result in $3.9 million less on UNCF college campuses this semester for student aid. Black public colleges will be similarly affected.

The black college presidents we have surveyed and their financial aid officers are determined that all freshmen and upperclassmen will enroll this fall and seniors will go on to finish their degrees. Where the funds for additional scholarships will come from is still impossible to tell. These trends tell us that the colleges must put greater reliance on the private sector for scholarships and operating funds . . . and that means they are going to be turning to you . . . You who are college graduates, you who are black college alumni, you who put your faith and hope and spirit in the black colleges. These colleges — both public and private — are going to need you more now than ever before.

Keeping up with the scholarship needs of 50,000 UNCF students is only one part of the challenge we face. Increasingly, the students at black public colleges will need some private scholarship assistance. So this goes on the agenda: Financial Assistance Federal policy is of major importance.

In working with the federal government under any administration — a Democratic or Republican administration — we often find that the best intentions of the administration are diluted when projects and proposals get into the hands of the bureaucracy — or even the Congress.

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black colleges in the awarding of contracts and funding. The executive order continues in effect during the Reagan administration. But we find now, as we found then, that the executive order's implementation is problematical and its impact is lost. We, who have minimal resources to begin with, must continually monitor and agitate to make the presence of the black colleges felt. We cannot do that without you.

There is not the slightest doubt in my mind that we can get most of what we want from Washington.

The story of Title III of the Higher

tion and the Congress preserved the $120 million Title III appropriation — and then added $9.6 million, which is earmarked for the black colleges. This was accomplished in many ways, but one key was getting Reagan to commit himself in advance.

Now certainly, in the scheme of things, $129.6 million is not a great deal of federal funding and even part of that goes to white colleges. But we consider the Title III victory as a sign that the Reagan administration's commitment to black colleges and black higher education is strong and real.

THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES Historically, Black colleges (HBC's) represent only about 4% of the nation's 3,000 institutions of higher education. Yet, these colleges carry more than their share of the burden of educating Black Americans.

DEGREES TO BLACK AMERICANS (% of National total conferred by HBC's: 1975-76)

39.9% of all baccalaureate degrees 22.3% of the master's degrees 4 . 1 % of the doctorates 20.2% of the first professional degrees

Education Act is a case in point. It is one of several political fights we have won in Congress, with great assistance from all Greekdom.

Back in 1965 Title III was legislated to help all black colleges develop curricula, update libraries and laboratories and expand and improve their departments and administration. This year, just after a tremendous effort to preserve and protect Title III, the budget cuts came. I am very pleased to report that Title III got through without a scratch. At a time when the overall budget for education is being slashed by about 25%, the administra-

President Reagan has called the black colleges "a sound educational investment" and went on to say that these schools "must be preserved." He said, "We have increased the share of Department of Education Title III funds spent on black colleges, and that trend will continue."

We intend to see that this verbal commitment is spun out into important programs that help strengthen the historically black colleges.

We will need your help, though, in keeping the issues constantly before our law makers.

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The political pressure game in Washington must be very high on our agenda!!

Next on our agenda must be the image of our institutions. In the 1980's we must combat the malicious stereotype surrounding black colleges: The idea that these institutions are only for the poor and the undereducated. That could not be further from the truth!

It is true that tutions at UNCF colleges and universities are kept 2/3 below the national average at a time when tuitions are skyrocketing. But, it is also true that more UNCF students aspire to graduate education than do students elsewhere . . . and a third of all of our students pursue graduate degrees — many atsthe most prestigious graduate schools in the country.

At some of our colleges — such as Xavier University, Talladega and Tougaloo Colleges — 10% of the graduating class each year is admitted to medical school — a track record that would make most other colleges green with envy — Carnegie Study, Harvard Law School.

Next on our agenda must be our perception of ourselves. The pace of black progress has increased in geometic progression every decade since Emancipation. Consider the number of blacks with college degrees.

In 1860 there were 28 blacks with college degrees: 28 out of 5 million — 25% of the population. By 1900 there were 2,500; 1920 — 7,000; 1950 — 48,000; 1970 — 380,000 (500,000 are enrolled today and 1 million will graduate in this decade.) Fifteen years ago there were less than 400 blacks in American law schools. Today Howard University alone has approximately that many enrolled.

Are you sure you are ready to deal with this rate of change?

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pessimism. Rather, we must be cognizant of our extraordinary achievements, appreciate the efforts and tactics that brought us this far, and develop from this and our present competence the strategies, goals and action plans to accelerate as never before gains in the 1980's. I expect us to move further in the 1980's than we have in the last 50 years combined. This is why confrontation politics won't work.

We have momentum and a critical mass. We have allies in all camps and walks. Martin Luther King proved in life and in death that Americans are basically moral and fair. Let us not forget that. Some important things are happening in Washington that will hurt us and many others; but no one has said, "Let's do the blacks in."

We've controlled the rhetoric if not the budget. Controlling the rhetoric of a southern conservative is no small accomplishment. Everyone, seemingly believes in a socio-economic safety net.

So far, it looks very flimsy, but it is there in part and we have an opportunity to help define it and strengthen it.

When we look at what's good and at progress, we need to know who has helped us in the past. We haven't done it alone. The so-called establishment — all political administrations, businesses and business leaders, organized labor, churches, educators and the professions — have all made major contributions. Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter all did something significant for black higher education. Carter's dedication was phenomenal, but Vice President Bush has a record of support that goes back to 1948 at Yale when he solicited funds for UNCF and 1958 when he was our Campaign Chairman in Texas.

Now, President Carter wasn't able to accomplish a lot, and maybe President Reagan won't either; but I'm not going to give up hope. This administration doesn't owe blacks much for political support, so when it extends an invitation for dialogue and joint planning, I think we should accept the offer. I believe the administration wants what's good for America, and, if I am right, I believe we can persuade them

on a black agenda.

I remember that the Nixon administration favored family income maintenance, after the Democrats rejected it as to socialistic, and the Nixon administration did so because the plan made economic sense. The help blacks need from Washington is a moral imperative, an historical mortgage, and a democratic obligation; but if we get it, it must also make economic sense to hard headed businessmen and budgeteers.

We are more conservative, more rational, more patriotic, more religious, more capitalistic, more work ethic oriented, and more ambitious than most of the majority population; but they don't know it. We should not have trouble communicating with this administration. And anyway, we do not have any other choice.

I am concerned with black higher education in general and black colleges in particular. Education is only one item on the black agenda, but if you want my opinion, this approach — this strategy — has to be applied across the board in all our areas of concern.

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Business With so many dynamic Alpha men to choose from it's, indeed, a distinction to be selected as the luncheon speaker, and I'm honored by your invitation. I'll try not to disappoint you.

I feel a little like the preacher about to deliver a sermon to the choir. All of us should know the message and perhaps we all do. But not enough of us are apostles of the word in the larger world. And that, I think, is where our next challenge lies.

Although we may all know the story, like any good minister, I will take this opportunity and any other that's offered to me to preach the word — and, at the end of my sermon, I'll ask you to go and do likewise.

My text is taken from the Economic Gospel according to Charles Evers.

Quote, "If Black people are to be really free in Mississippi or any place else, we need to own something," unquote.

A little less than five years ago, I opened my speech at the Alpha's Founders' Day assembly in Little Rock by saying I was "more optimistic than I have been in the recent past."

The reason for my positive attitude was that black folks had played a major role in putting James Earl Carter in the White House, and we were in a good position to demand compensation for our effort.

But, I also warned during that speech that changing the man in the White House was no cure-all; that we still had a lot of work to do on our own, and we, not someone else, would have to take the lead in making equality for us a reality.

Today, my optimism has dimmed.

It's been replaced by a certainty that this country is trying to advance to the rear in its dealings with black people, and by a grim determination that I — we black folks — cannot let this happen.

Let me briefly document my contention.

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"Today, my optimism has dimmed.

It's been replaced by a certainty that this country is trying to advance to the rear in its dealings with Black people . . . "

The National Urban League's Sixth Annual "State of Black America" Study produced what League President Vernon Jordan called "storm warnings."

These warnings include an unemployment rate of about 25% among blacks, a four percent increase in the gap between black and white income, a three percent increase in the gap between the income of two-paycheck black families and two-paycheck white families, a decline in the income and total share of the gross national product among black-owned businesses, the rise of hate groups and increased violence against blacks around the country, and riots after all-white juries freed policemen and others accused of killing blacks despite evidence of their guilt.

Add to this a politically conservative administration that professes to be interested in helping the poor while cutting the heart out of job training programs and other measures designed to aid them, and you have the making for a disaster.

What can we do to prevent such a disaster? We can stop paying lip service to black economic development, and start getting our fingernails dirty doing whatever we can to make that development a reality.

Money talks, and big money talks loud. We black people have enough income to talk loud, if we learn to handle it properly.

Combined black income in 1980 was $125.8 billion, according to estimates

by Brimmer and Company that appeared in the March, 1980 issue of Black Enterprise magazine. By 1985, we are expected to have an estimated income of $185.2 billion.

That certainly is enough money to do something with.

The tack we must take must be multi-fold, and it begins with the basics — education. Two of the primary reasons for black unemployment, according to the Urban League's study, are low educational levels and lack of job skills.

It's time we stop letting our kids alibi their way out of doing well in school by saying the teachers don't like them because they're black. Sure, that's true in some instances. But an awful lot of us, including me, went through a school system in which laws and customs all worked against us getting any education — let alone a good one.

And yet, we came out of school capable of speaking the King's english, capable of reading, capable of doing basic math, and, in some instances, higher math. We didn't have fancy equipment. Sometimes we didn't even have basic materials such as books and paper and pencil. But we had parents who cared about whether or not we learned, and we had teachers who would use every means necessary to make sure we learned.

In our urbanized society, it's not as easy to reproduce the environment in which the type of education I'm talking about took place. But, through our local Alpha chapters, through our churches, through our individual efforts, we can take steps to encourage our young people to seek an education.

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We can develop programs to make having a reputation for being bad in the book as prestigious as having a reputation for being bad on the basketball court.

We can adopt a school, work to get the parents involved in that school, offer tutorial programs for the children in those schools, sponsor an academic Olympics complete with all the hoopla that attends a football game so that those who excel academically can gain the same type of recognition as those who earn a letter on the gridiron, the court or the track.

The key to success is involvement.

We can't just turn our children over to someone else and expect them to have the same concern they have for their own children.

We need to get involved with all our young people — not just our relatives, but any black child — to expose them to us. We, meaning black professionals, represent someone who has "made it" in the eyes of a black child who only knows a narrow, depressionera world. We have to stop being invisible to these children. We have to let them know that there are many roads to the big house and the big car, if that's what they want. But, we also have to be real with them — let them know that doing it our way won't be easy. But the end results will be long-term.

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Helping our young people get it together is one way of securing our future. But it's not enough. Us old heads have to start getting it together now, or there may not be a future for our young people to secure. And that means getting our act together economically.

We have remained the stepchild of the American economic system because we are primarily consumers, not producers. The only way proportionate representation in American society can be achieved is by closing the gap between blacks and whites in the ownership and management of economic resources.

Many of our African brothers know this.

Following their independence, these brothers recognized they did not have a wealth of trained and financially able people available, but they also recognized that a start had to be made and that it had to come from existing businesses and expertise within their own country.

Countries such as Nigeria passed laws and regulations requiring foreign companies to train Nigerians to take over positions that were then filled by foreigners. To ensure this was done, the government gave each foreign firm a quota for the number of foreigners they could have on their payroll, and a deadline for filling the various positions with Nigerians. When the expiration date arrived, the foreigner's resident visa was not renewed, and he had to leave the country. With a system such as this, the foreign-owned companies had two choices, to make every effort to train Nigerians or close their doors. You know which one they selected.

While we black Americans do not have that clout, we can learn a lesson from our African brothers. We are a minority in a country that has the most advanced manufacturing, finance and marketing techniques in the world. It's about time we take advantage of this expertise and put it to work to improve our economic position here.

We must become business owners —

and not just the Mom and Pop type owners — although they are a legitimate part of any free enterprise economic system.

In the i n c r e a s i n g l y complex economy of the '80's and beyond, the odds are on the side of larger firms with good financial backing, sound management and a commitment to quality products and services that appeal to a variety of customers. When I speak of a larger firm, I am not necessarily referring to something on the order of General Motors or Exxon, but I am speaking of something larger than the sole-proprietorships that dominate the ranks of black-owned businesses.

Business survival in the '80's and beyond will depend on the ability of the company to weather the economic storms. Mergers over the past 30 years have produced large businesses better able to survive the ups and downs of the last several decades. Obviously, no business is completely immune to problems — as recent developments have indicated. But the chances of keeping their heads above water are better for the bigger guys.

Therefore, existing black businesses need to merge, syndicate and enter into joint ventures to help broaden their product line and, thus, improve their chances of making a profit. They must merge, syndicate and enter into joint ventures to reduce the cost of materials, financial management and other business expenses by either lowering the per unit cost, or making certain services — such as transportation, research, accounting or advertising — available in-house or at group rates.

Professionals with various skills such as laywers, accountants, medical personnel and communications specialists must merge, syndicate or enter into joint ventures — starting their own businesses and bringing their own talents and resources to an enterprise to help assure its success.

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ensure success — not even when they're combined with hard work.

Sound business management and professionalism are also required.

Unless a business is well-run, competitively priced, dependable, and gives the customer the best possible product or service for their dollar, it will not succeed.

Nor can those of us who go into business assume that appealing to our people alone will make money.

Business success requires appeal to a broad market. Without this broadbased appeal, black-owned businesses will find themselves tied to a group whose fortunes, unfortunately, are more severely affected by economic downturns and less likely to reap the full benefits of economic upturns.

I've spent the last few moments talking about business ownership. Now I'd like to talk about business stewardship in majority-owned firms.

Not all of us want to be president of our own company. Many of us will probably continue to work for majority-owned firms most of our lives. Because of this, more of us need to make sure we work our way into position to influence decision-making in these firms.

Despite advances in the corporate world, moving into those influential positions will be easier said than done.

Seeking a voice in the decision-making process poses a threat to those who are not used to sharing their control. That threat is further aggravated by changes in world economics which have altered the traditional balance of power. The response has been predictable — a backlash of subtle and not so subtle attacks on the gains we have made.

As Frederick Douglass said, power concedes nothing without a struggle; and, believe me, we have and will have a major struggle on our hands as we try to maneuver our way into full citizenship.

But, if our history is any indication, we will eventually achieve our objective.

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we need to move us down the road toward equality. In the 1940's, when we needed to raise the level of education among our people, we produced great educators. In the 1950's when we needed to break down the legal barriers of segregation, we produced lawyers to do the job. In the 1960's, when we needed to rally support for the cause of

halls, we produced politicians in record numbers. Now, Young said, in the 1980's, we must produce business people who can move us over the next hurdle in our quest for equality.

I share Andy's belief; and I hope that more of us will take up the sword in this, the last major battle of our crusade.

ON THE CUTTING EDGE! Black businesses have only a fragile toehold in the American economy, making them especially vulnerable to declining economic fortunes. For example: Only 17% (or 40,000) of the nation's 231,000 black businesses have any paid employees; and, of this number, only 113 businesses have 100 or more employees. 1 Black businesses appear to be receiving a smaller share of the income received and spent by the black community. Between 1967 and 1977, the proportion of receipts from black businesses to total black income fell from 13.5% to 9.9%. 1 Couple these facts with the disproportionate failure of small businesses during the curent recession and the threat to Black economic development is clear.

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Civil Rights, we produced preachers who led street demonstrations that pricked the national conscience. In the last decade, when we needed people to serve as our voice in the legislative

Thomas Shropshire

This afternoon, my Alpha brothers, I urge you to commit yourself to the struggle ahead; to be a leader, as Alpha men have always been, in whatever activities will result in the progress of our people.

We do not have an option in this matter. Our gains are trickling away from us like a slow leak in a dike.

Unless we plug that hole, strengthen our defenses against future assaults and build our own fortresses, all our gains may very well be washed away.

We owe it to our black children to leave them a world better than the one in which we have struggled forth. We owe it to our ancestors to consecrate their struggles, their sacrifices, their deaths through our achievement of the goals for which they yearned, so that one day we may move, in the words of the Negro National Anthem, "Out of the gloomy past, 'til now we stand at last, where the white gleam of our bright star is casted."

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EAST Pennsylvania Dr. Trawick Heads Mighty Rho"

Chaplain; George Hatten, Coorainator of Activities; William Wheeler, Dean of Pledges; and Leonard Whitmore and John Cooper, Coordinators of Music.

We look forward to a very productive year and will continue to hold high the name of Alpha Phi Alpha.

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Delta Lambda The distinguished brothers of Hosts historic Rho Chapter in Philadelphia Fifth Tennis Benefit extend fraternal greetings to all The Delta Lambda Chapter, Baltithroughout Alpha and best wishes for a more, Maryland sponsored its Fifth successful year. Being "First of AH" Annual Benefit Tennis Tournament at has always been the objective and goal the Lakeside Courts of Druid Hill Park, of Rho Chapter. Throughout the June 4-7. Brother Dr. Russell V. Kelley 1980-81 fraternal year, as throughout was the tournament chairperson. our long and respected history, we, in Brother Charles Robinson, Vice-ChairRho Chapter, have maintained and properson of the tournament, presented moted the aims, purposes, and goals trophies to winners of the eight events. of Alpha Phi Alpha.

An outstanding Alpha display banner We were very active and enjoyed was especially created by Brother much success during the last fraternal Raymond Wright for the competition. year. Our annual Harvest Moon Ball, Brother Larry D. Davis acted as the which opens the social season in chief referee and Brother Jacob Philadelphia, brought brothers and Howard, III was the photographer. their guests from far and wide to gather Brothers Dr. Ray Hill, Daryl J. Wilson at this pre-Thanksgiving formal affair. and Larry Cannon, all Delta Lambda We were proud to hold a Leadership neophytes, as well as Charles Salters, Convocation which culminated a Alan "Dickie" Burke, Joseph Yates, weekend of events, including the George Maxwell and Cecil Payton dedication of the W. E. B. DuBois were the other tournament officials.

House on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Our convocation featured, as guest speaker, our General President, Brother Ozell Sutton, and assembled the business, community, and social leaders of the City of Brotherly Love. Our annual Dr. O. Wilson Winters Scholarship Concert was a tremendous success. Through this event, we remember the works and efforts of Alpha's No. 1 Life Member and provide scholarship assistance to many deserving young people. Rho Chapter continues to demonstrate the true worth of our great fraternity by instituting programs and events of interest to all.

We closed the fraternal year with the Brother Raymond Wright of Delta Lam who designed and constructed the election and installation of officers for chapter's tournament sign, below. the 1981-82 fraternal year. Assuming the leadership of Rho Chapter are: Harold D. Trawick, President; James Reaves, Vice-President; James Bush, Recording Secretary; Russell Daniel, Financial Secretary; Lloyd Westfield, Corresponding Secretary; Norrece Jones, Treasurer; Willie Barber, Sergeant-at-Arms; Philip Hoggard, Parliamentarian; Herbert Johnson, Historian; James Slaughter, Editor-tothe-Sphinx; Father Thomas Logan,

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member of a strong Alpha family, Calbert received in 1973 an award from former Mayor Washington for outstanding civic activity. He and his gracious wife, Madelyn, a retired D.C. school administrator, are the parents of four daughters and one son. Rev. Calbert received his B.A. at San Francisco State, his B.D. at Berkley Baptist College, and won an M.A. from Columbia.

The new Vice-President is Thomas Reid, Beta '33. While at Howard, Tom was a star basketball guard, a baritone soloist with the Glee Club directed by Brother Todd Duncan, and a featured Thespian. Jesse Brown, the impressive government relations director for PEPCO, is the new Associate Sphinx The Delta Lamba Tournament Committee (left to right) Brothers Jacob Howard; Charles Robinson, V'ice-Chairman; Larry Davis; Joseph Yates; Charles Salters; Dr. Russell V.Editor.

Kelley,Others who were re-elected Chairman; Larry Cannon; Dickie Burke; Daryl Wilson; and Cecil Payton. Committee include Fred Laney, chapter secretary, members not shown are Raymond Wright and Dr. Ray Hill. who is one of fewer than 100 U.S. graduates in oceanographic education from the University of Virginia. Irven Washington, the Corresponding Secretary, is secretary-treasurer of the Association for the Study of AfroAmerican Life and History. Ernest Smith, retired Navy Standards official, is the Financial Secretary. Treasurer Elmer Geathers, who fosters the interpersonal relations among the Brothers that his mentor — Jewel Callis — would approve of, retained his post. Rev. Arlestor Brown is the new Chaplain, and the perennial Sergeant-At-Arms is the worthy Maryland Kemp.

Brother Russell Kelley (left) and Alonzo Hairston (right) present Delta Lambda tennis trophies to winners Brother Frederick Oliver and his partner, Samuel Dublin.

The final, round-up meeting of the year, a dinner session held at the Brother Dr. Kelley described the swank Boiling Field Officer's Club on tournament as the largest tennis comJune 24, was on the fast track. The petition in the Baltimore metropolitan meeting coordinators, Fred Laney and area as a result of having 151 players Mu Lambda Under Jesse Brown, sponsored a soiree that entered. In addition to men's and New Leadership had all the telling earmarks of the good women's open events, the competition old Alpha get-together. The wellincluded junior vet's and senior matches.

The newly elected chapter officers attended occasion featured assertive Brothers Dr. Kelley and Robinson for 1981-82 have pledged to work talks and an excellent gourmet dinner. reached the doubles semifinals, while with all of the Mu Lambda Brothers as With President Elmer Moore presiding, Brother Wilson lost in the finals of the effectively as they can; to motivate and the main speaker, Brother Mayor consolation match. The annual "outinvolve the membership by sponsoring Marion Barry, described the high prostanding sportsman of the tournament" meaningful, pragmatic, well-thoughtductivity environment which is being plaque was awarded by Brother Burke out programs, with the aim of gaining produced in D.C, despite budgetary to player Bernard Smith. the Brothers' confidence and cooperacutbacks. He received a hearty ovation tion. They point toward developing This Alpha event attracts many from his chapter Brothers, who enjoy extended interests and full participaBrothers from undergraduate and his communicative style and endorse tion in the chapter's activities, with the graduate chapters locally and out-ofhim as the city's decisbn-maker.

Brothers as sharing partners. The state. The tournament has become a officers were installed at the last Then followed the appreciation popular gathering place for local and meeting of the year by a former awards for worthy, retiring Mu Lambda state politicians, radio and TV personchapter president, Ted Taylor. officer recipients. The award for Elmer alities and other sorority and fraternity Moore was made by Frank Pinder; members.

The new President, Lt. Col. William Arnim Lipscombe presented the plaque E. Calbert, retired from the Army's June 3-6, 1982 will be the dates for to Dr. Shirley Brown; Rev. Arlestor Chaplain Corps in 1969, and then the sixth tournament. Chapters interBrown was the presentor for Rev. served on the Chaplain's staff of St. ested in participating may contact Dr. Calbert; and, finally, the scholarly Dr. Elizabeth's Hospital for seven years.

Russell V. Kelley, Tournament ChairCharles Walker Thomas, presented the Currently he is a vice-president of the person, 3400 Olympia Ave., Baltimore, certificate of appreciation to J. Leon D.C. Military Chaplain's Association. A MD 21215.

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Langhorne, retiring Sphinx chapter editor. The laudatory speeches were well received. A special award for honored service as the Callis Scholarship chairman was given posthumously to Brother John W. Haywood and the presentor was Rev. W. A. Treadwell. A word of silent tribute was given for Brother Haywood, an outstanding Alpha man for over 50 years. Chapter members gathered for the wake on June 5 at Asbury Methodist Church and were in full attendance at the moving memorial service which followed.

Delegates for the national Alpha convention meeting in Dallas July 31 August 16 include Brothers McClellan, Moore, House, Brice, Roper, Thomas, Brackeen, and Hunigan.

maryland The "Biggest Little Chapter in the East" The biggest little chapter in the East, Kappa Phi Lambda, extends its greetings to all the Brothers in Alphaland. We enter our fraternal year with renewed enthusiasm and vigor to "transcend all." We've been busy, to wit: Our Racquet Ball Disco held early in the past fraternal year was an overwhelming success. The affair was attended by more than 250 guests and plans are set for a rerun this fall.

Our community activities during the past year included the distribution of turkeys during Thanksgiving, and the continuing provision of volunteer transportation services for senior citizens of Howard County, Maryland, through a cooperative arrangement with the County's Office of Aging.

Kappa Phi Lambda enjoyed a very fruitful and productive year of activities with the undergraduate Brothers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Nu Kappa Chapter. In a joint project with the Brothers of Nu Kappa, Kappa Phi Lambda participated in the Columbia City Fair and, once again, was successful in a business venture.

In true Alpha fashion, the Chapter's Founder's Day celebration was an excellent affair. Conducted in a solemn and dignified manner, it was truly befitting of the highest tribute that we could pay to our founders . . . the Seven Jewels of Alpha Phi Alpha. Brother Hanley Norment, our Speaker for the 52

occasion, truly captured the essence of what we are all about and challenged the Brothers, as Alpha men, to move ahead in the '80's to even greater heights. Recognition was bestowed upon Brother Kenneth Jennings as our "Man of the Year" for 1980, an honor well-deserved for one of our hardworking Brothers.

In January 1981, our Annual Martin Luther King Breakfast drew over 400 persons to hear U.S. Congressman Parren J. Mitchell. At the Breakfast we also recognized our 1980 Scholarship and Award recipients. The Breakfast was a success and many thanks were due to Brother Vernon Gray and his committee for a splendid affair.

In true Kappa Phi Lambda fashion and august Alpha tradition, the social calendar for the past fraternal year was a tribute to the desire and tireless energies of the Brotherhood. The annual Spring Dance, held on May 9, was again very successful, thanks to Brother William Floyd and the Social Committee, with over 370 persons in attendance, in raising money for our scholarship fund. A highlight of the affair was the recognition of two 50-year Brothers (Brothers Hunter and Hope), fathers of two Kappa Phi Lambda brothers (Brothers George Hunter and Richard Hope).

Our 2nd Annual Table Tennis Tournament, coordinated and hosted by Brother Moss Kendrix, was successful and succeeded in raising additional funds for the Million Dollar Fund.

Our first-time ever Sweetheart Champagne Sip, held on Valentines day by the wives and sweethearts of Kappa Phi Lambda, was truly successful and most enjoyable.

Brother Edward Young directed our pledge club activities this past fraternal year and, on May 30, we welcomed four new Brothers into Alphadom. Our new Brothers — Rochell Brown, Rudolph Gaines, William Burgess, and Robert Merrils — are expected to prove themselves worthy of being called Alpha men and help us to continue our record of service to the community.

On August 16, Kappa Phi Lambda closed out a most active year with its annual picnic at Burpa Lake Park at Fort Meade, Maryland. Over 150 persons were in attendance and helped to make a wonderful affair. Brother William Floyd and his social committee again did an excellent job.

During the past fraternal year (1980-81) the following Brothers gave their time and energies unselfishly as officers of Kappa Phi Lambda: James

E. Fitzpatrick, Jr., President; Kenneth M. Jennings, Vice-President; Joseph Collins, Financial Secretary; David Rakes, Treasurer; Paul Waters, Recording Secretary; C. Vernon Gray, Corresponding Secretary; Brother Edward Young, Dean of Pledges; Ernest C. Davis, Parliamentarian; Harvey Moran, Historian; Leonard C. Simmons, Associate Editor-to-the-Sphinx; Warren Tilley, Chaplain; Noel Myricks, Director of Education; and Robert Fenner, Sergeant-at-Arms.

Pennsylvania Zeta Omicron Lambda Celebrates 25 Years Zeta Omicron Lambda Chapter continues to maintain its prominence in the fore of Greek Letter Organizations in activities and accomplishments.

Among the highlights of the 1980-81 year, celebration of the Silver (25th) Anniversary was uppermost. In May the Silver Anniversary Jubilee Formal Dinner Dance at the very new Franklin Plaza Hotel was acclaimed the outstanding social event of the season.

Committee members in charge of planning for this elite event included Brothers W. Norwood Thomas, Chairman; James C. Savage, Hugo Marcos, Henry Jettison, Earl O. Pree, James Meade, Edward Wilkins and Dr. Craig Browne, Chapter President.

Another outstanding event was the 25th Anniversary Dinner and Chapter Man-of-the-Year Award Banquet in June at McCallister's. Brother Waverly L. Easley, President of the Philadelphia Tribune, was honored as the Man of the Year. Brothers on the committee responsible for the success of this affair included Edward Wilkins, Chairman; Russell L. Brown, Robert L. Chapman, Chas. H. Clarke, Jr., James H. East, Ed R. Harris, Vincent E. Hawkins, Robert E. Moose and Leonard W. Sloan.

Zeta Omicron Lambda Chapter cosponsored the first all-energy career conference and workshop for junior high school students at Temple University as one of its major projects for the year. Chapter members participating as panelists, moderators, monitors and registrars included Dr. Craig Browne, President; Emery Utterback, Charles L. Keels, Charles Whiting, Hiram Stith, John Clark and Moses Thomas.

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Ladies of Alpha who assisted in this first conference of its kind included Alma Brown, Odean Utterback, Anna Grant, Pauline Stanback and Louise Stith. Co-sponsors with Zeta Omicron Lambda for the conference were Philadelphia Electric Co. and PRIME.

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Brother Robert E. Moose, chapter chairman of the Million Dollar Fund Drive aiding NAACP, Urban League and National Negro College Fund, reports that Zeta Omicron Lambda is right at the top in total monetary contributions and has collected the highest percentage of pledges.

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The chapter was well represented at the 75th Diamond Jubilee Convention in Dallas, Texas with twenty eight (28) delegates and visitors including John Clark; Brother & Mrs. Chas. H. Clarke, Jr.; Brother & Mrs. Frank Devine; Mrs. Georgia Glenn; Brother Kermit Hall, Convention Chairman; Brother & Mrs. Charles L. Keels and daughters; Brother Robert Myers, Sergeant-AtArms; Brother & Mrs. Harry Stanback; Brother & Mrs. Hiram A. Stith and daughter; Brother & Mrs. Earl O. Pree; Brother & Mrs. Fred S. A. Johnson; Brother & Mrs. Emery Utterback; Brother & Mrs. Ed Wilkins; Brother & Mrs. Robert Moose; and Brother Listervelt Winfrey.

New officers are Dr. Craig Browne, President; Kenneth Henderson, Vice President; Charles M. Whiting, Recording Secretary; Herbert Bertha, Corresponding Secretary; Hiram A. Stith, Financial Secretary; Hugh F. Morris, Treasurer; Michael Reed, Parliamentarian; Horace Means, Chaplain; Wilfred Bond, Sergeant-At-Arms; Emery Utterback, Dean of Pledges; Chas. H. Clarke, Editor-to-the-Sphinx; Carl M. Lesesne, Historian; Bennie G. McMorris, Director of Educational Activities; and Charles "Chuck" Keels, Program Committee.

President Browne promises that the coming year will see many improvements and innovations with special programs and projects. A big project will be a Reclamation Project and more community activities. The Black and Gold Dance on November 14, 1981 at the Hyatt House, Cherry Hill, N.J. will also be an outstanding event.

Nine new Brothers have been welcomed into the chapter. Last year Brothers Glenn A. Page, Gilbert Douglas, Michael Reed and Frank Blair joined ZOL; this year Brothers Horace Means, Ed Grant, Irvin D. Sugg, Daniel C. Holmes and Alvin B. Robinson were added to our roll.

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Illinois

The members of Iota Delta Lambda Chapter, Chicago, Illinois are proud to send greetings to their Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha across the nation.

Since our last report, the chapter has worked hard to both culminate the past year and lay the groundwork for a successful year in 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 .

In the spring, the chapter held its First Annual Chapter Dinner at the beautiful home of Brother and Mrs. Marshall Raymond. This beautifully catered affair was an excellent opportunity for the Brothers and their guests to relax and review our accomplishments during our first year of existtence. Our neophytes were honored at this program and each of the young ladies in attendance was given a flower in appreciation for their support of the Brothers who make IDL a great chapter. Our special guests at this dinner were Executive Secretary and Mrs. James Blanton; and Past Executive Secretary and Mrs. Laurence T. Young, Sr. The program aspect was closed with Brother Young installing the chapter officers for the year and the singing of the Alpha Hymn, after which the social hour continued.

We are also proud to report that IDL was on the scene at the Diamond Jubilee Convention in Dallas, with Chapter Vice President David Shipley

Brother David Shipley, Vice President of lota Delta Lambda, presents a $1,000 check to Dr. Gus Ridgel, Midwestern Chairman of the Million Dollar Fund Drive. heading the delegation of fourteen (14) Brothers — one of the largest from any chapter in the nation. Along with Brother Shipley, IDL was represented by Brothers Earl Bell, David Brown, Erwin France, James Griffin, Bobby Hopkins, Paul Johnson, John Lee, Darryl Matthews, Marshall Raymond, Michael Price, Bradford Spencer, Alonzo Taylor, and Charles Woodhouse. IDL was also ready for the Million Dollar Fund Drive "Roll Call" to make its presentation of $ 1 , 0 0 0 , as requested by the General President.

We are very pleased at our turnout in Dallas because participation in these events, along with chapter briefings on fraternity affairs and interaction with regional and national officials . . . provides a clear indication that the members of lota Delta Lambda understand that Alpha Phi Alpha is First Of All, and our chapter is only one part of the Alpha Network.

Eight of the fourteen IDL members present in Dallas (I. to r.): John Lee, Erwin France, Earl Bell, James Griffin, Michael Price, Bobby Hopkins, David Shipley and Charles Woodhouse.

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After returning from Dallas, IDL wrapped up the year with a Chapter Picnic held at the summer home of Brother Erwin A. France in Michiana, Michigan. This outstanding event was planned by Social Chairman Bobby Hopkins and Brother Brad Spencer, and it was a delightful experience for all.

At the top of the agenda as this article is being written is our Conference on Adolescent Pregnancy — which will begin our program year. We plan to provide a full report on this program in our next report. Meanwhile, we invite all Brothers to visit IDL when you come to Chicago.

west Virginia Historic C h a p t e r In Dluefield In the year 1 9 2 7 , Alpha Phi Alpha was said to have reached its majority; it was twenty-one years of age and was expanding into new areas. Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter was organized at Bluefield State Teachers College, now known as Bluefield State College on January 2 8 , 1 9 2 7 . The charter members were Brothers Edgar W. Barrier, Edward W. Browne, Hannibal D. Clarke, Harry Jefferson, Frederick J. Lacey, J. Claude Kingslow, William C. Matney, John Elbert Pettress, James A. Shelton and George Streator. The chapter was established by Brother Charles Warfield of Kappa Chapter, Ohio State University, who acted for the General Organization.

Today, Brothers James A. Shelton and Dr. Hannibal D. Clark are the surviving Charter members. Though, due to health reasons and their age, they are not active with the chapter, they will always be regarded for their deed in establishing the chapter in 1 9 2 7 and their contribution in the years thereafter.

Alpha Zeta Lambda has always been noted for doing things out of the ordinary. It boasts many achievements and counts among its members, past and present, some of the Brotherhood's most outstanding and solid men. The late General President Henry Lake Dickason, who also was President of Bluefield State Teacher's College; the late Dr. J . Claude Kingslow, Pharmacist and charter member of Kappa Chapter, Ohio State University and Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter; the internationally famous Edward "Duke" Ellington — had their names written on our rolls along with Brother 54

C. Anderson Davis, past Mid-Western Regional Vice-President and Editor-inChief of the Sphinx; Brother Stephen Wright, Past President of Bluefield State College and Fisk University; Brother Leroy Allen, Past President of Bluefield State College; and many more not named here.

You will find more names of members of Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter on the bronze plaque in the National Headquarters for contributing to the purchasing of the building than any other chapter. This chapter has always stood in the forefront when Alpha men were called upon to hold high the banner.

In 1 9 5 2 , Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter and Beta Theta Chapter, Bluefield State College hosted the 1952 Mid-Western Regional Convention at Bluefield State College. In 1 9 6 2 , Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter purchased its fraternity home and established the Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter Housing Corporation/Foundation. The fraternity house is in the midst of sixteen (16) acres of land and twelve (12) large rooms, several smaller ones with two baths and a number of closets and excess space.

There is a full sized basement to be used as a recreation room and a full sized attic to be used as a room for youth activities. The property was valued at $ 8 5 , 0 0 0 before improvements were made in 1 9 6 2 . Today, the house remains a part of Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter and it is free of any financial mortgage or obligation.

On September 2 9 , 1 9 6 3 , the house was formally dedicated to the purpose and ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha. Brother Belford V. Lawson of Washington, D.C., Past General President, was the speaker for the dedication. Other Brothers visiting included Brothers Elmer Collins and Dr. Gus Ridgel.

Brother (Supreme Court Justice) Thurgood Marshall has also been a guest of the Alpha House.

In 1 9 6 3 , Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter purchased a Life Membership in the NAACP. We have been active supporters of the NAACP's programs and dedication in the field of human and civil rights.

Though Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter is only 5 4 years young, we have several members who have been active with the fraternity and the chapter for 6 0 years. Brother (Dr.) P. R. Higginbotham, initiated in Beta Chapter in 1 9 2 0 , has been an active member for more than 61 years. We

are still striving to keep high the ideals, purpose and aims of our great fraternity. Even with declining membership, and a great increase in fraternity fees, we still strive to keep alive the Brotherhood that has been described as: "Not just a word, but a way of life among all Alpha men."

ohio Alpho Outreach In Cincinnati The Brothers of Delta Gamma Lambda, Cincinnati, OH extend greetings to our fellow Alpha Brothers. We proudly relate activities that made this past year one of the most successful years of the chapter. The year began with a summer planning retreat during July, at which time plans for the entire year were formulated. Brother Ivan Reynolds, our newly-elected President, presided. His announced goal was to double the paid-up membership.

Our events began with our Founders' Day Dinner at the beautiful Carousel Inn. This followed with the establishment of a scholarship fund. This fund was made possible with a bequest from Mrs. Lateria Dalton, wife of our late Brother Dr. A. Dalton of Lima, Ohio. Under the directions of Brothers Henry Walters, Holloway Sells and Levatus, the chapter planned a series of seminars comprised of such topics as education, employment, investments, and those conditions that affected Black employment. These seminars were directly tied with our social meetings, under guidance of Brothers Roman Walton and William Bailey. Guest speakers were the most talented of the community. Our talented Brothers were among the speakers — Dr. Stanley Broadnax, Cincinnati Health Commissioner and William Callery, President of Hamilton County State Bank.

Delta Gamma Lambda initiated into the chapter nine of Cincinnati's most promising young men: Judge Barry Issacs, Dr. Ronald Leslie, Michael Harris, Ronald Temple, Joseph Porter, Anthony Malone, Dr. Brian Bowles, Rodney Prince, and Harold Jones. The chapter entertained these neophytes, their wives and escorts at the elegant Bankers Club in DuBois Towers.

Brother John Poole was the Dean of Pledges and was assisted by Brother Holloway Sells.

The chapter closed the session with a Weekend Extravaganza. A Smoker in The Sphinx/Fall 1981

the Social Hall of the Grandin Apartments began the event. This was the warm-up for the following day. May 30 began with lectures and seminars at the new Westin Hotel. Arrangements were made to have many of our youth present for this event. These seminars also covered government, education, and investments. Brother Ozell Sutton, our National President, spoke at our luncheon. A dinner-dance followed with Brother Jimmy Buford, our Regional Vice-President, as our guest speaker. Brother Clarence Frazier, our Educational Director, reported the four $500 scholarships given by the chapter. Brother Ivan Reynolds announced the 300% increase in paid-up memberships.

Other events such as the Sweet Sixteen Dance, joint operations with Undergraduate Chapter, and the high scholastic standing of our Undergraduate Chapter among the Greek Organizations at the University of Cincinnati attest to the progress of the Cincinnati Alphas.

The chapter officers for 1981-82 are: Ivan Reynolds, President; Charles Neal, Vice-President; Roman Walton, Recording Secretary; John Mullins, Corresponding Secretary; Leon Robinson, Financial Secretary; Henry Walters, Chaplain; Charles Dunn, Editor-to-Sphinx; William Smith, Parliamentarian; Leon Render, Historian; Clarence Frazier, Director of Education; John Poole, Dean of Pledges; Coleman Conway and Julius Mann, Lay Members; and Holloway Sells, Chester Pryor II and Leon Render, Educational Foundation Trustees.

Delta Gamma Lambda is moving onward and upward with honor and courage.

missouri Epsilon Lambda Hosts General President Sutton The Brothers of Epsilon Lambda Chapter, St. Louis, Missouri send greetings to all of Alphadom.

On July 18, 1981, Epsilon Lambda was honored by a visit of the General President, Brother Ozell Sutton. A reception was held at the home of Brother Sidney Reedy.

Our President expounded briefly on the goals of his administration and was well received by the Brothers of Epsilon Lambda. The spirit of fraternity exuded from all present.

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Neophytes of Epsilon Lambda relax after crossing the burning sands. Shown are (I. to r.)

Lance O'Neal, Isaac Darden and Archie Terrell.

Epsilon Lambda hosts General President Ozell Sutton at the home of Brother Sidney Reedy.

Shown are (I. to r.) Brothers Edd Dobbins; Parker Loveless; David Perine; Dr. James Gavin; Louis McKinnie; General President Sutton; Epsilon Lambda President Leyton Jones; James Boyd; James Busch; Sidney Reedy; and James Buck.

Epsilon Lambda was delighted to be host to Brother President Ozell Sutton, who was quite erudite on this occasion.

Our annual Mother's Day Program was held on Sunday, May 10, 1 981 at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 1260 Hamilton Avenue. This is a program honoring Alpha Mothers. Ernestine J. Bohlen, mother of Brother Ronald Bohlen; and Fannie S. Jones, mother of Brother Leyton Jones (our new President), were chosen Mothers of the Year.

Under the leadership of our former Dean of Pledges, Brother James Williams (now Vice President), we have three neophytes in the chapter — Brothers Lance O'Neal, a medical social worker; Isaac Darden, a branch representative of Household Finance; and Archie Terrell, a systems programmer. These fine young men show great promise in the Alpha tradition.

Illinois state u Eta Tau Is Midwest Chapter Of The Year In this, the Diamond Jubilee year of our dear fraternity, the Brothers of Eta Tau Chapter, Illinois State University, would like to salute all of Alphadom and send out its most humble fraternal greetings.

We, too, celebrated an anniversary during our Founder's Weekend festivities October 8-11, 1981. For ten years, quality and excellence have been exhibited, culminating in this past academic year.

Among the various awards, Eta Tau was once again proclaimed Outstanding Chapter in the State of Illinois and was awarded Best Display and Most 55

The Eta Tau Chapter, Illinois State University.

Outstanding Chapter in the MidWestern Region, and best Greek organization on the I.S.U. campus. Brother Tony Horton received State Brother of the Year for the second time, and Midwestern Region Brother of the Year for his individual achievements.

Our activities during the year include the Annual William Townes Memorial Basketball Tournament and Scholarship Fund; Alpha Sweetheart Fashion and Talent Pageant; numerous service projects done, many with our little sister group, Alpha Cleos; and cohosting the Brother Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon with Atlanta Mayor, Brother Maynard Jackson, as guest speaker.

Officers for the 1980-81 year were Lance Jones, President; Ronnie Colbert, Vice-President; Tont Horton, Treasurer; Louis Baptiste, Recording Secretary; Patrick Cage, Corresponding Secretary; and Michael Richardson, Dean of Pledges.

Graduates of Eta Tau remain active in the organization including Brother Tim Walker, President of the newly formed local graduate chapter, Nu Psi Lambda; and Brother Arthur Cooper, Central Regional state director and member of our charter line.

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By IFC Greetings, "noble men of distinction" from Alpha Alpha Chapter, University of Cincinnati. Double A has grown to a chapter of over 3 0 active Brothers and we continue to work in the spirit of "sacrifice and cooperation."

Shortly after the 1981 winter quarter started Alpha Alpha Chapter held interviews and immediately began the 56

A.M.O.T. (Alpha Men of Tomorrow) Club. This pre-pledge program has been used for the past three years. It serves as a learning experience for potential pledgees and a process by which the Brothers may get to know them and observe how they work together under non-pressurized conditions. Double A's unique pre-pledgee program consists of three non-mandatory A.M.O.T. classes held on Saturday mornings, two study sessions per week, and several fund raising activities, to help cover expenses of their actual pledge program. Brothers from the chapter are the instructors for the three classes: 1) Physical Fitness; 2) Parliamentary Procedure; 3) The Importance of Being Black.

The entire program lasts approximately four to six weeks. Double A was exceptionally pleased and impressed with the performance at the past A.M.O.T. Club. They worked very business-like, and raised over $ 5 0 0 dollars through several activities including an A.M.O.T. Weekend.

At the state convention, February 2 0 - 2 2 , at Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio, Brother Dennis Baylor was elected State Secretary.

Double A won first place in the State Stepping Contest with a dazzling show that consisted of soul stirring threepart harmony and precise energetic steps.

Several Brothers passed out flyers of famous Black men and their contributions to society in recognition of Black History Month. Brothers of Double A held three of the five offices in ABGLO (Alliance of Black Greek Letter Organizations). After the completion of Fall quarter Double A finished with the eighth highest accumulative grade point average, 2.7, of the total 21 fraternities at U.C. and had the highest GPA of all the Black fraternities. Double

A maintained eighth place through the completion of Winter quarter. During Spring quarter the Inter-Fraternity Council presented a trophy to Double A for the most improved GPA of all the fraternities at U.C. In tribute to the families of the murdered and missing children in Atlanta, Rev. Brother Timmie Piphus played "Lift Every Voice and Sing" on the bells of the Student Union Building. Brothers, along with other students, met for this event to hope and pray that the tragedies in Atlanta would soon cease.

Many Double A Brothers held important leadership positions on campus.

Brothers Shawn Topps and Bryan Jones were members of the Black Program Board. Brother Jones was also Co-Chairperson of the Black Arts Festival and Black Women's Week.

Brother Archie Woods was President of The National Society of Black Engineers. Brother Terrence Allen was a member of the Caucus to Improve Black Affairs.

Twelve young men began their journey "onward and upward toward the light" early on the morning of April 1 0 , the first anniversary of the last line, Omni 9. Many out-of-town Brothers came to participate in our Alpha Weekend, April 1 0 - 1 2 , which was highlighted by a show and cabaret. Omicron Chapter of AKA Sorority, Inc. and the Brothers of Double A sponsored a joint roller-skating party — with proceeds being set aside for use by the Afro-American Studies Department.

On the morning of May 23 a line named " 1 0 to the End" experienced the beautiful crossing ceremony and entered Alphadom. Our 10 new Brothers at Alpha Alpha Chapter are as follows: Kevin Fontana, Joe Sandipher, David Chenault, David Lumpkin, Larry Pinkleton, David Williams, Mark Taylor, Kenny Jordan, Jimmy Vickers, and Mark Mclntyre.

The Brothers of Double A held their annual end-of-the-year awards banquet. Brother Tony Dunlap was chosen by the Angels to be "Brother of the Year." Officers for the 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 academic year are as follows: Warren Ali, President (elected for his second consecutive term); Kevin Fontana, Vice President; Mark Mclntyre, Recording Secretary; O. N. Greene, Jr., Corresponding Secretary; Larry Pinkleton, Treasurer; Kenny Jordan, Parliamentarian; David Lumpkin, Historian; and Brian Moragne, Dean of Pledgees.

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"Brother of the Year" upon Brother Byran C. Jones. He was presented a plaque from the chapter at the annual Black Arts Festival Banquet. He then went on to win "Black Greek of the Year." He received a beautiful trophy from ABGLO. Double A would like to recognize and congratulate our 1981 Spring quarter graduates: Brother Rufus Bonds, who obtained a degree in Chemistry, will be returning to the university in the Fall to begin work toward a degree in Musical Theatre at the College Conservatory of Music; Brother Chuck Brown, who also received a degree in Chemistry, will enter Case-Western Reserve in the Fall; and Brother Archie Woods, who obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering, was recently married to another Engineering graduate in Dayton, Ohio.

Alpha Alpha Chapter is deeply appreciative to Brother Bryan Jones, who will be t r a n s f e r r i n g to Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, for his many hours of hard work here and his relentless dedication to the Alpha cause. His presence will be truly missed at Double A and we wish him continued success in the future. We would like to welcome to the chapter Brother Ron White, a Biology major who transfers to U.C. from Wilberforce University. We wish Brother Dennis Baylor much success as he leaves U.C. for a new job in Akron, Ohio.

Brother Alan Costner was elected Vice President for UBA and Chairperson for ABGLO. Brother Ali was elected Parliamentarian for ABGLO. Brother David W. Gravatt serves as Choreography Director for Taft Broadcasting (owner of Kings Island).

Double A's Summer Program proved to be very successful and beneficial.

We raised $ 5 0 0 dollars for the Million Dollar Fund Drive in a matter of weeks by having several dances at a local YMCA and made plans for the Fall.

Plans for Fall quarter include: the sponsoring of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company on October 10; a joint week of activities with Omicron Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., which will be highlighted by a panel discussion on Black Greek Life at U . C ; a children's program to introduce them to future career opportunities and a program with a well-known speaker or lecturer; a Founders' Day Celebration and weekend of activities with fellow Southern Ohio chapters; and activities in recognition of Alpha Alpha Chapter's 61st anniversary, December 2 0 .

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Remember, Brothers, to work with the dedication of our " 7 Jewels" in mind and always uphold the beliefs and concepts upon which our great fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, is based.

SOUTH georgia Education for Citizenship In LaGrange The Brothers in Theta Nu Lambda Chapter, located in LaGrange, Georgia, started the 1980-81 fraternity year with a spirit of goodwill and fraternal uplift.

The chapter's program for the year

was presented for approval by Brother Oliver N. Greene, President. The Brothers approved the program which included major emphasis on "Founders' Day," "Education for Citizenship," "Summer Festival of Music," and the state, regional, and national conventions.

Days Inn was the scene of the annual Founders' Day Program. The featured speaker for the program was Brother Verdee Lockhart, 1980 National Alumni Brother of the Year. Music for Founders' Day Program was provided

by Brother Oliver N. Greene, Jr., a student at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. The Candlelight Service was conducted by Brothers Billy Brown and Donald Weatherington. Brother Alfred McNair served as chairman of the Founders' Day Program.

Brother Sotamon Ferguson (left) presents Brother John Ft. Terry (right) the Citizen of the Year Award from Theta Nu Lambda.

Shown at the Theta Nu Lambda "Education for Citizenship" Program are: (first row, left to' right) Brother Billy Brown, Jr.; Ricky Talley, scholarship recipient; Brother Ozell Sutton, General President; and Brothers Oliver N. Greene and Willie Anderson; (second row, left to right) Brothers John Hoggs, Donald Weatherington, Cleveland Bedgood, Lewis Banks, Jr.; (third row, left to right) Brothers Tom McBride; Alfred McNair; John R. Terry, Citizen of the Year; Solomon Ferguson; and Alfred Randolph.

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The Education and Citizenship Program was very outstanding. The program consisted of the presentation of the General President, Brother Ozell Sutton; the presentation of the Citizen of the Year; and the presentation of the Alpha Phi Alpha Scholarship Award.

The program was chaired by Brother Willie J. Anderson and included musical selections by Brother Oliver N. Greene, Sr. and Ms. Ida Jones.

Brother Frank R. Lewis gave the invocation, and Brother Cleveland Bedgood stated the purpose of the program.

Brother Anderson used a very impressive way in presenting the General President. Brother Sutton brought a very challenging address. He admonished the capacity audience to support the aims and objectives of Alpha.

Brother Alfred Randolph presented Ricky Talley, the recipient of the 1981-82 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Scholarship Award. The $500 award

of the community by utilizing local students from the immediate area who are studying voice at colleges and universities throughout the country.

The program's participants included: Wendell Emory, baritone, a voice major at Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia; Eleanor Jones Stevens, soprano, a graduate of Michigan State Univesity; Brother Oliver N. Greene, Jr., tenor, a Voice major at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; and LeGree McCamey, tenor, Voice major at West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia. The accompanists were Brother Troy McCall, musician for the Southern Region of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and pianist on the Rozell Show sponsored

by Channel-3 Television Station in Columbus, Georgia, and Ms. Barbara McNeeley, accompanist for the Morris Brown College Concert Choir in Atlanta, Georgia.

The near capacity audience gave the

Mr. Ricky Talley (center) receives the Theta Nu Lambda Scholarship Award from Brother Alfred Randolph (right) while Brother Oliver N. Greene, Sr. looks on.

will be given to Mr. Talley when he enters the University of Tennessee in the Fall.

Brother Solomon Ferguson, Vice President, presented Brother John R. Terry, Superintendent of Talbot County Schools, the Citizen of the Year Award. The pastor and members of the Valley Grove Baptist Church gave a reception immediately following the program in honor of their native son, Brother Terry.

The second annual "Summer Festival" was presented June 26, 1981 from the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church on Fannin Street in LaGrange, Georgia.

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singers and accompanists a standing ovation, and they moved to the rear of the church to greet the music lovers.

The Alphabettes served as ushers for the concert.

The chapter sent a delegation of Brothers to the state, regional, and national conventions. The officers for the 1981-82 fraternity year include Oliver N. Greene, President; Solomon Ferguson, Vice-President; Alfred McNair, Secretary; Cleveland Bedgood, Financial Secretary; Billy Brown, Treasurer; Charles Milligan, Chaplain; Willie J. Anderson, Director of Education; Donald Weatherington, Dean of Pledges; John Hoggs, Editor-to-theSphinx; William Mitchell, Historian; and Alfred Randolph, Parliamentarian.

jackson state u Delta Phi Picks Sickle Cell Project The men of Delta Phi Chapter, located at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi send greetings to all Brothers. We want all of Alphadom to know that we are striving for high scholastic and moral achievement throughout the metropolitan area.

Though we have experienced many stumbling blocks and pitfalls, we are committed to let nothing and nobody extinguish the Light of Alpha.

In Spring of 1981, Delta Phi welcomed a line consisting of 20 young men known as the 20 Treacherous Titans.

The Brothers taking up this venture were: Keith Adams, Rorry Berry, Tyster Brown, Terrance Ellis, Reginald Franklin, George Harris, Christopher Havard, Greg Hayes, Andrei Howze, Kerry Hughes, Milton Johnson, Jeffery Martin, John May, Anthony Nichols, Samuel Patton, Vernon Ross, Dale Shepherd, James Washington, Michael Williams and John Williams, Jr. During this period, Delta Phi was not dormant. Our projects included: assistance in the establishment of a chapter at Millsaps College; our annual Miss Black and Gold Pageant; our annual Easter egg hunt for underprivileged children in the Jackson area; initiated petitions to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday; attended, in large numbers, the State Convention held on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico at Biloxi, Mississippi; and strong participation in the campaign of Brother Henry Kirsky for the mayor's seat. Plans for the upcoming 1981-82 school year consist of a Little Miss Alpha contest, for young girls between the ages of 6-9 years old, emphasizing scholastic achievement; and contributions to various charities and organizations. In order to assist people throughout the country, we have adopted Sickle Cell Anemia as our 1981 -82 project.

This year's officers are: Larry Baggett (Montecello, MS), President; Lemuel Hawkins (Mound Bayou, MS), 1st Vice-President; Herbert Davis, Jr. (Omaha, NB), 2nd Vice-President; Michael Rooks (Chicago, IL), Business Manager; Dale Shephard (Greenville, MS), Secretary; Jeffery Martin (Montecello, MS), Treasurer; Reginald Franklin (Savannah, GA), Editor-to-theSphinx; Keith Adams (Greenville, MS), The Sphinx/Fall 1981

Sergeant-At-Arms; James Washington (Grenda, MS), Historian; and George Harris (Jackson, MS), Chaplain.

As the Light of Alpha shines even brighter, the Brothers of Delta Phi Chapter would like to congratulate all Brothers who have graduated and urge them to hold the spirit of Alpha high.

tennessee Memphis Alphas Hold Diamond Jubilee Ball Greetings and best wishes from the beautiful city of Memphis, on the bluff of Ole Man River (the Mighty Mississippi), and home of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter.

The year was climaxed with the "Black and Gold Diamond Jubilee Ball," as the last project for the chapter under the very able leadership of outgoing President Brother Melvyn Tuggle, who has led the chapter for the past two years in many projects and financial success. The formal dinner-dance to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was held at the beautiful Holiday Inn Rivermont Ballroom, Friday, June 5, from nine until

Pictured above are newly initiated Brothers of Nu Eta Chapter located at Christian Brothers College, and Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter. Reading from left to right, back row: Charles Winston, C.B.C; Attorney Gary Woods, Alumni; Keith Pegues, C.B.C; Emmitt Woods, Alumni; Eddie Walsh, Alumni; Paul Fain, C.B.C. Seated: Michael Sanders, Alumni; Gary Williams, C.B.C; and Keith Deanes, C.B.C.

golden voice of Brother Harold Winfrey, followed by our own Alpha Phi Alpha Hymn which had the guests spellbound. Newly elected officers for the 1981-82 year were presented. A delicious buffet dinner was enjoyed by all attending this historic affair.

The Diamond Jubilee celebration was continued with many Brothers and their families who attended the Diamond Jubilee Convention in Dallas, Texas.

Brothers and their families who attended the convention were as follows: Brothers Jethero Alexander, Eldridge Williams, Willie E. Lindsey, Jr., Coma Reading from left to right are the newly elected officers of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter, jor Roberts, Barry McGee, Hastings Memphis, Tennessee: Brothers Edison Morrison, Treasurer; Charles Carr, Corresponding Stewart, James Swearengen, Don A. Secretary; Joseph Matthews, Recording Secretary; Joe Young, 1st Vice-President; Jethro Lee (who presented $ 2 , 5 0 0 to the Alexander, President; Freddie Criss, 2nd Vice-President; Don A. Lee, Financial Secretary; Education Foundation from Holiday W. T. McDaniel, Chaplain; Willie E. Lindsey, Jr., Editor-to-the-Sphinx; Tyler Moore, AssisInns of America at the Equitable Opportant Dean of Pledgees; Wallace Wilburn, Jr., Dean of Pledgees and Barry McGee, Sergeanttunities Luncheon), Wallace Wilburn, At-Arms. Not shown: Brother Arthur Bennett, Parliamentarian.

Jr., William Hawkins, Joseph Matthews, Jessie McGee, Cleophus Hudson, dedication to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraterlate. During the intermission the Arthur Bowles, Leon Freeman, Tommy nity. During this period the lovely wives chapter's "Man of the Year" award Evans, Charles Sueing, Harold Brooks, was presented to two Brothers who and sweethearts of all the Brothers Dona A. King, Brin Maddox, Keith equally shared this great honor. were presented long stem yellow Pegues, Charles Winston, Clifton Brothers Joseph B. Matthews and roses with black and gold stringers, Barry, Merrick Home, Stan Austin, William T. McDaniel were the honorees and were serenaded by the Brothers Gregco Cash, Charles Jordan and for their outstanding community serwith the singing of the sweetheart Antonia Able. vice and contributions, as well as their song, "Alpha Phi Alpha Girl," led by the The Sphinx/Fall 1981

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Johnson c. smith u Alpha Omicron Develops Seven-point Program for The Coming Year The members of Alpha Omicron Chapter at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina) would like to extend congratulations to all of the newly elected chapter officers across the country — along with our hopes that your year will be as prosperous as ours.

Alpha Omicron has developed a seven-point program for the coming year, in an effort to keep Alpha first on our campus. Our program includes: (1) a scholarship to the highest ranking freshman on campus; (2) a Leadership Training Course for progressive Black men to assess their values and goals; a service-oriented fund-raising activity to benefit the Charlotte community; (4) working with our court to develop a Black women's leadership workshop in the working world; (5) planning a Big Brothers weekend for disadvantaged youth; (6) holding Alpha Week on the campus in the Spring; (7) developing spiritual awareness through visiting Black churches in the community.

Again, we wish all of our Brothers the very best in the coming year.

u of north Carolina Mu Z e t a Receives IFC Service Aword Greetings from the Mu Zeta Chapter at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The Brothers of Mu Zeta are looking forward to an active Fall semester as we hold high the light of Alpha Phi Alpha. The guiding administration for 1981-82 is Alonzo Thompson, President; Bryan Johns, VicePresident; Michael Ross, Secretary; Harmon Crutchfield, Treasurer; William Daniels, Parliamentarian; Gregory Whitted, Chaplain; and Darryl Hart, Dean of Pledgees.

The Brothers are anxiously awaiting the start of the Fall semester after having a very active Spring semester. At the close of the Spring semester, the chapter was the recipient of the Interfraternity Council Service Project Award for its service to the UNC community. In addition, Red Cross presented the chapter with a certificate for the 60

best organized campus blood drive.

Starting out this year's service agenda, several Brothers served as counselors for the Project Uplift Program, which is designed to acquaint Black high school juniors with UNC. In addition, several Brothers also served as counselors in the campus preorientation program for incoming Black freshmen. Other planned events include a "welcome back to school disco," a canned food drive, a Thanksgiving donation to an area family, and Founders' Week activities for December 1 -4, 1 9 8 1 . We also would like to congratulate Brother Darryl Hart on his selection to the UNC Interfraternity Council as Vice-President for Minority Affairs. We also extend congratulations to Brother David Brown on his election as chairperson of the UNC Black Greek Council.

This year brings many challenges for the Brothers of the Mu Zeta Chapter, but the high standards of Alpha: Manly Deeds, Scholarship and Love for all Mankind, make us ready to meet those challenges. We wish the best for all our Brothers in the chapters across the land as they uphold the glory and true meaning of the noblest fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

georgia Eta L a m b d a Supports Youth D e v e l o p m e n t In the usual spirit of fraternal cooperation, the Eta Lambda Chapter continues to take care of the business of Alpha.

Following the installation of Eta Lambda's very own Ozell Sutton to the post of General President, the Brothers embarked on their next project which was the Leadership Workshop for High School Students. Students from schools in the metro Atlanta area were invited to the workshop and the session covered the areas of public speaking, parliamentary procedure, group dynamics/interpersonal relations, and job interviews and recruitment. Brother Charles N. Hawk, Jr., principal of Smith High School presided over the workshop.

This session, which was held at Morris Brown College in the John Lewis Gymnasium, was very successful and four representatives were sent to a summer workshop held at Benedict College in South Carolina.

Brother A. Reginald Eaves received award from Eta Lambda President Robert Willis at the chapter's Hungry Club Forum.

The month of May was a very special month as Eta lambda presented its scholarship recipients to the public.

This year's scholarship winners in the college division were Terrence Caldwell, a senior at Georgia Tech with a 3.1 gpa and a Clark College senior by the name of Anthony Hightower who sports a 3.5 gpa majoring in Political Science. Both Caldwell and Hightower received $ 1 , 0 0 0 each.

In the high school division, the winners were presented with $ 4 0 0 dollars each. This year's winners were: Dexter Warrior of Harper High; Robert Russell, Turner High, and Curtis Hodges of Washington High. Academic certificates of merit were awarded to Gregory Norman, Archer High; Mack Daniel, Columbia; Scott Huie, Decatur; William McCrary, Douglass; James Fletcher, Gordon; Kerry Richards, Marietta; Stephen Seda, Smith; Dino Williams, Southwest Atlanta; and Clarence Matthews, Southwest DeKalb.

Speaker for the forum was Brother A. Reginald Eaves, Fulton County Commissioner for the 5th District.

Brothers Eaves gave the audience a brim-stoned speech that was very reminiscent of an old Southern Baptist sermon. Brother Eaves, along with former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, are candidates for the Atlanta's mayor seat.

The annual Recognition Banquet was held on June 14, 1981 at Paschal's Motor Hotel. The keynote speaker was Brother Young who gave a talk about American relations with the third world countries.

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tennessee Kappa Zeta Lambda Initiates "Delta Line" The Brothers of Kappa Zeta Lambda Chapter, Clarksville, Tennessee-Fort Campbell, Kentucky (established in 1973) extend our warmest greetings to all Brothers of Alphadom.

On December 4, 1980 we joined the thousands who have crossed "the burning sands" and marked the celebration of Founders' Day. Our respective activities were highlighted by morning worship service at Chapel Six (6), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; zenithed by our annual Founders' Day supper. Our guest speaker for the occasion was Brother Charles Johnson (Alpha Chi, '68), Assistant District Attorney, Clarksville-Montgomery County, Tennessee.

Brother Johnson inspired all of us to continue to "go onward and upward toward the light" by being vocal against political, social, economic, and other injustices in our respective communities today.

The 1979-80 chapter year saw the induction of three new Brothers into this organization. The initiation of "Delta Line" was as follows: Brothers Cosme Davila, Roy Haynes, and Michael McDonald. These neophytes joined the other members of our chapter at our annual Alpha "Black and Gold Ball" in June, 1980.

The chapter year also saw the election of officers for 1980-81. They are as follows: Arnold Myers, President; Geoffery Sherrill, Vice President; Roy Haynes, Secretary;, Marvin Posey, Larry Christopher, Dean of Pledges; Michael McDonald, Historian, Editorto-the-Sphinx; Theodore White, Parliamentarian, Sergeant-At-Arms; Hewitt Sawyers, Chaplain.

north Carolina a&t DE Sponsors "From High School To College" Beta Epsilon Chapter at A&T State University extends a warm, fraternal greeting to all of our dear brothers in Alphadom.

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tional awareness programs at the area high schools which involved setting up displays at the various high schools encouraging students to attend college. The program was entitled "From High School To College." As further incentive for aspiring youth, several sizable scholarships were also given to appreciative recipients. To raise money for these scholarships, we held a Black and Gold Pageant in which young ladies raised money in order to win the coveted title of Miss Black & Gold.

In serving other areas of the community, the brothers participated in the Big Pal/Little Pal program at the local Y.M.C.A. and visited the Carolina Nursing Home at which the brothers not only talked personally with the patients, but also gave Christmas and Spring concerts. The community also benefited by the Pay Day '80 program in which the brothers counseled youth and helped them to find part-time and permanent employment.

Determined not to neglect campus service, the brothers held several campus cleanups and also participated in the R.O.T.C. blood drive in which the majority of the chapter participated.

In the area of education, Beta Epsilon held an essay contest open to all Aggie students. The theme of the contest focused on "Political Progress and the Black American in the 1980's."

The Chapter also held a Walk-a-thon for the Bennett College branch of the United Negro College Fund.

For these projects that are listed and more that are not, the brothers of Beta Epsilon received a certificate from Governor Hunt of North Carolina for outstanding service to North Carolina; but don't get the wrong idea — that Beta Epsilon is all work and no play, because we throw jams that definitely rock the house.

In the area of stepping, we are also sharp. Last year we tied for first place in the Pan-Hellenic step competition and we are looking for a lone first this year.

Although last year was fairly successful, we are looking forward to doing even more this year. Our new officers for this year are Jerome (Switch) Love, President; Henry L. Midgett, Vice-President; Gregory Ward, Corresponding Secretary; Stanley Coleman, Recording Secretary; Bobby Fuller, Treasurer; Kenneth Hatley, Parliamentarian; Tony Allen, Editor-to-the-Sphinx; and Torrance Lawson, Chaplain.

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counseling, volunteers to the court (activity, championships), splash parties and dance contests.

We at Beta Epsilon believe that Alpha should always set the standard and we shall continue to strive while upholding the light.

alcorn state u DK Leads The Way Greetings, the Brothers of Delta Kappa Chapter would like to engrave a warm welcome in the hearts of Alpha Brothers near and far. It is an honor to share with you the outstanding accomplishments recorded by the chapter of DK here at Alcorn State University, located here in Lorman, Mississippi.

During the 1980-81 school term, Delta Kappa endeavored to uphold the name and workings of Alpha Phi Alpha.

Delta Kappa made worthy donations to the NAACP, the Heart Fund, and the March of Dimes. As a special service, the Brothers of Delta Kappa were extremely active in the effort to declare Brother Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. In the attempt, over 2,000 names of registered voters were obtained from the campus. In education, numerous Brothers were listed as honor roll students. Brother Robert Elliot and Ronald Davis were selected Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities. Brother Duane Hill attended the Beta Kappa Chi meeting in Houston, Texas, in March. Brother James Jefferson was accepted into the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Other endorsements included: Smokers, Founder's Day and various fund raising activities.

In leadership, Brothers are demonstrating their leadership abilities as follows: Brother Jewel Lockhart, President of the Junior Class; Brother Micheal Alexander, President of TriBeta Biological Society; Brother Birchel Washington, Sports Editor to the Alcorn Herald; Brother Walter Jackson, Vice President of Alcorn's Chapter of the NAACP; and Brother Ronald Davis, President of Beta Kappa Chi National Scientific Honor Society.

In service to the community the Brothers rendered their time to perform chores for the elderly people of Jefferson County during the summer months of 1980. The Brothers also sponsored our annual Little Miss Black and Gold Pageant for young girls 61

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between the ages of 6 and 10. At this point, we are forever upholding our motto of "First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All." The officers are: Ronald Davis, President; Walter Jackson, Vice-President; Romorno Coney, Secretary; Michael Alexander, Treasurer; Charles Hutcheroon, Dean of Pledgees; William Campbell, Assistant Dean of Pledgees; Michael Winn, Parliamentarian; Birchel Washington, Editor-to-the-Sphinx; and Dwayne Hosey, Historian.

Delta Kappa is a chapter of 27 Brothers, with an anticipation of further growth in the Fall. We are strong in number, but we find our real strength in unity and with our tireless efforts we will continue to "set the standards" in keeping Alpha first.

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Brother Ponder recently received the Ohio State University Distinguished Alumni Award for outstanding contributions to the college and profession he represents. Brother Ponder received his Ph.D. from Ohio State in 1 9 6 3 and has been President of Benedict since 1973.

Brother I. S. Leevy Johnson, attorney and former member of the S.C. House of Representatives, has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of South Carolina State College.

Brother John R. Stevenson was recently appointed to the South Carolina Board of Education. Brother Stevenson has held many duties with Richland School District Number One. He is presently Associate Superintendent for Instruction for the district.

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Brother Dr. Ed Taylor has been installed as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Opportunities Industrialization Center of South Carolina, Inc. in ceremonies at the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce. OIC is a non-profit community-based social agency which works with local business and industrial leaders as well as state and federal agencies to help unemployed persons become tax paying citizens.

Columbia Alpha's Hold Up The Light Three candidates were initiated into Alpha Psi Lambda Chapter (Columbia) on Sunday, March 1, 1 9 8 1 . Brothers Isaac Bacoats, Benjamin Cooper and Charles Kelly are now the neophytes of the chapter.

Brother Henry Ponder, President of Benedict College, was awarded a handsome plaque as South Carolina Alumni Alpha Man of the Year, 1 9 8 0 .

The award was presented at the State Meeting of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., January 17, 1 9 8 1 . Brother Ponder recently returned from a twoweek trip to India. The trip was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute for the purpose of taking a look at the 62

Brother Ike Brown recently retired from the Columbia Public Schools after many years of successful service.

Brother Brown's service and contribution was recognized by his co-workers with a banquet given in his honor.

Brother Brown has been a long and dependable member of the chapter.

The Brothers of Alpha Psi Lambda salute him for another milestone in his life of service to this community.

Savare! to all great Alphamen across the land from Mu lota Chapter at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Our distinguished Jewels would definitely be proud to behold how well the Brothers at Ml hold Alpha high as well as fulfill the noble aspirations of our fraternity. One such aspiration that Ml endeavors to fulfill is to aid the downtrodden of humanity. On Saturday, March 2 5 , 1 9 8 1 , nine Brothers trekked across twenty miles of Knoxville city streets and highways in humid, 9 0 degree weather to raise funds for St. Judes' Children's Research Hospital.

This great effort proved most fruitful as Ml was able to give the hospital over $ 5 0 0 to assist in its research.

The Delta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority held its Second Annual Mr. Touch of Class Contest to determine the best all around Black male personality on campus. For the second consecutive time, an Alphaman has walked away Mr. Touch of Class. Congratulations are in order for Brother Robert Malone for a job well done. When it comes to stomping, Ml certainly transcends all at U.T.K. With excellent showmanship and precisionstepping, the Brothers, like so many times in the past, have claimed "more gold" to contribute to the many awards already attained. Twelve Brothers stepped in the show sponsored by the Afro-American Student Liberation Force (Black Student Union), not only to prove that we are "Masters of the Stomp" but to also exemplify our great unity.

Through the efforts of Brother Marvin Haliburton, the Brothers helped Delta Sigma Theta Sorority initiate their week with a daiquiri party. It was a gala affair that was tremendously enjoyable to all who attended it. Due to the tremendous success of this event, it is now in the plans for this event to become an annual function. "The Sphinxmen Strike Back" was the theme of the basketball game held between the Brothers and "Salidaire Six," Mi's Spring line. Six hopeful Alphamen fought long and gallantly, but the outcome was inevitable as the "Mighty Men of M l , " led by guard Brother Alfred "Sir Sky" Haynes, handed the Sphinxmen their defeat The Sphinx/Fall 1981

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We would like to first take time to c o n g r a t u l a t e our other c o l l e g e Brothers on the many endeavors that they embarked upon over the past fall term.

This past fall term saw the Brothers of our Chapter preparing ourselves with a lot of hard work for our Golden (50th) Anniversary. Before the fall started, the Brothers ended the summer by going to the National Convention in Dallas, Texas, and putting on a play, "Alpha Phi Alpha Is Born." The Chapter would like to commend Brothers Keith Russell, Quinton N. Williams, Jeffrey Lamar, Cedric Givens, Ruben Ransaw, Dwaine Fisher, John Ellis, and Vince McFarlane on the fine job of portraying the Brothers of Mu lota Chapter pose while walking for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Left to Jewels of the Fraternity and C. C. right are Brothers Calvin Johnson, Isaac Thompson, Marvin Halliburton, Charles Grant, Jef- Poindexter. fery Wynn, Charles Lindsey and Spencer Momon.

The Brothers started the year off by working at a voter registration drive Thompson, A.D.O.P., many thanks are with a score of 73 to 6 8 . The game s p o n s o r e d by F A M U ' s Student given for all the long (seemingly endwas held in Alumni Hall before a vast Government Association. less) hours of dedication used for inand divided crowd of several hundred The fall also saw the Brothers sponstructing the young men to the ways of with the monies collected going to the sor such activities as a Bowl-A-Thon Alphamen.

Pledge Club treasury. for the Muscular Dystrophy AssociaThe Spring quarter ended with a On May 2 9 , 1 9 7 6 , fifteen innovative tion; tutoring programs for elementary brand new beginning. With the installaand industrious young men founded children; collection drive for the Black tion of the new officers now complete, Mu lota Chapter at U.T.K. under the Archives and Research Center (a Ml thanks the previous chapter adminguidance of Knoxville's Graduate museum of Black History); and various istration for all the prodigious tasks well Chapter, Alpha Mu Lambda. On Friday, other community and school service executed. Now with the legacy of May 2 9 , 1 9 8 1 , Ml celebrated the fifth projects. greatness passed to the new adminisanniversary of its founding. The evening With these projects behind us and a tration, gentlemen, good luck and commenced with a program that began new term before us, the Beta Nu great care for the destiny of Ml now promptly at 7 p.m. at the Alpha House Chapter is showing everyone why lies with you. The new officers for the by then chapter President-elect Isaac Alpha Phi Alpha is "First of All." 1981-82 year are: Isaac Thompson, Thompson. A brief history of all the Before closing out, the Brothers of President; Mark Coleman, Vice Presilines that crossed the burning sands at the Chapter would like to commend dent; Marvin Haliburton, Treasurer; Ml was given by some member of Brother Arthur Collins on the work that Jeffery Wynn, Recording Secretary; those lines with the exception of two. he is doing as the President of FAMU's and Mabry Roby, Corresponding There have been nine lines to come Student Government Association for Secretary. through Ml, so it was quite an educathe 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 school year. tional program. The Angels presented Ml congratulates the eight Brothers a commemorative pillow to the registered at the National Convention.

Brothers, and the Brothers showed Brothers Mark Roy, Theodore Dunnatheir appreciation and presented the ville, Mark Coleman, Isaac Thompson, Angels roses. A "Toast to the Future" Jeffery Wynn, Marvin Haliburton, was made after which a daiquiri party Calvin Johnson, and Alfred Haynes. ensued. Many thanks goes to Brothers These Brothers constitute one third of King Awards Banquet Thompson, Haliburton, Wynn, and Mi's total membership.

Highlights Haynes for a job well done in putting Finally, Ml wishes all Alphamen NH Year the program together. everywhere the realization of their dreams and may we always hold As the year of 1981 commenced, On Wednesday, May 2 7 , 1 9 8 1 , Ml "Alpha high." the Brothers of Nu Eta Chapter at proudly "Brotherized" six young men Christian Brothers College in Memphis into Alphadom. "Salidaire Six" became adopted the resolution, "All Alphas are Mi's youngest Brothers. The neophytes great men, although all great men are are: Mark Roy, Tony Webb III, Randal not Alphas," for the goals and accomFleming, Walter Smart, Randolph Beta Nu Wilkerson, and Robert Howard. Conplishments of this still young chapter Prepares For Its gratulations to all these new Brothers have and are becoming more impresGolden Anniversary for passing the rigorous regimen of sive. As the Brothers returned to CBC Greetings, from the Brothers of the becoming an Alphaman. To Brothers in mid-January, preparation for the Charles Lindsey, D.O.P., and Isaac Beta Nu Chapter, to all of our Brothers Spring semester smoker was in progress.

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During the month of March, five gentlemen: Gary Williams; Keith Pigues; Keith Deanes; Charles Winton; and Paul Fain; under the guidance of the chapter's Dean of Pledgees Winston Yates, were inducted into the Sphinx Club and later into the fraternity on May 14, 1981. During the Sphinxmen's pledge period plans were finalized for the Bike-for-Life-athon, which took place on April 5. The bike-athon, which attracted more than twenty participants, grossed over $150, which was donated to the Easter Seal Foundation.

The month of May brought about the highlight of the year for NH Chapter. In early May, the chapter had its Second Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Banquet, which consisted of a cordial cocktail hour, followed by an appetizing dinner, which was topped off by the awarding of certificates and plaques. The recipient of the Martin Luther King Achievement Award was Eleanor Peters for her outstanding achievement at CBC as a student and her ever dedicated service to the campus community. Awards were also presented to CBC's incoming President, Theodore Drahmann, as well as Evelyn McDonald, the Dean of Students. The following week, Brother Mark Anthony Bell was awarded the "Outstanding Student Award for 1981," by the Organization of Black Leadership and Brotherhood, a student organization.

New officers were elected at the end of the month and they are: Wayne Jackson, President; Keith Pigues, Wee President; Gary Williams, Secretary; Adrain Thomas, Treasurer; Johnny Devould, Chaplain; Keith Deanes, Education Director; Mark Bell, Historian; Paul Fain, Dean of Pledgees; Charles Winton, Parliamentarian; and Mark Bell and Gary Williams, Editorsto-the-Sphinx.

north Carolina Gamma Kappa Lambda Sponsors New Chapter At UNC - Wilmington Originally founded in 1945, Gamma Kappa Lambda Chapter in Wilmington, North Carolina, sponsored the first undergraduate chapter on the predominantly white University of North Carolina at Wilmington campus. Under the leadership of the alumni chapter, seven (7) young men were guided and 64

Members of Gamma Kappa Lambda Chapter with the newly inducted charter memb of Omicron Theta. inducted into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. welcome these seven young men into The charter ceremony was impresthe ranks of worldwide Alphadom. sive and kept with the high ideals of the fraternity. Brothers and invited guests from the community and University comprised more than one hundred (100) people. The official charter Alpha Leads Organization ceremony was aptly conducted by Of Greek Council Brother A. M. (Gus) Witherspoon, In Lakeland North Carolina State Director. On hand to witness this historical event were Greetings to all from the Brothers of some of the original 1945 charter Polk County. Recognizing the fact that members: Brother Dr. Hubert Eaton, as Alphamen rather than merely follow Sr. and Brother B. T. Washington. the trends, it is our duty to set the Between the two, they have over one trends, Mu Zeta Lambda recently took hundred years in Alphadom. Brother the initiative to organize a Greek Letter C. C. Smith, who has been an Alpha for Organizational Council for Polk County. over sixty five (65) years, was also This Council is similar in theory and present. The seven young men of the practice to a Pan Hellenic Council and newly chartered Omicron Theta is aimed at more efficient and effective Chapter include: Neopohytes — service to our community through coBrothers Fred Webb; Danny Davis; ordination of our combined Greek Letter James Eason; Fred Johnson; Robert annual programs.

Claybrook, Jr.; Joe Ferguson; and During the month of May the LakeGreg Ingram. land, Florida Chapters of the Masons and The Order of the Eastern Star While pledgees, these young men presented their annual family banquet. exemplified the true attributes of all During this program several key figures Alpha men: "Scholarship, manly in the area were cited for outstanding deeds, and love for all mankind." service to their respective communities Brother David Turpin, Dean of during the past year. Included among Pledgees, along with the other those cited were our own Brother members of Gamma Kappa Lambda,

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Donzell Floyd; so congratulations go out to Brother Floyd for a job well done.

Annually we culminate our year's activities with a family outing. This year's outing was held on July 11 at Lake Parker Park in Lakeland, Florida.

This affair provides an opportunity for our entire families to combine for a day of fun and games, so indeed a truly joyous time was shared by all.

On July 25 the third Annual Minority Businessmen's Parade was held in Lakeland. This effort was coordinated by our own Brother Lorenzo Robinson, who is an agent for Prudential Insurance Company and this year's Chapter President. This community service program was founded by Brother Robinson and is aimed at promoting growth and community support to area minority businesses, thus insuring their longevity and continued service. This parade was a huge success and it is our hope that Brother Robinson will lend that same success formula to our chapter during his tenure as President.

In closing, a close look at the 1981 Cincinnati Bengals of The National Football League will reveal a familar figure (as it has for more than a decade) in the defensive secondary.

Cornerback Ken Riley, number 13, is a native of Bartow, Florida and a member of Mu Zeta Lambda Chapter.

SOUTHWEST uapb The Return Of Gamma Delta The Brothers of Gamma Delta at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (formerly AM&N College) extend a cordial greeting to the Brotherhood of Alpha. We are proud to once again correspond to you, our Brothers. After observing our 35th Chapter Anniversary, we refuse to let history pass us by without showing our gratitude to the Brother Jewels for establishing this great fraternity. We are also grateful to the founders of our local chapter.

Gamma Delta Chapter, under the dynamic leadership of Brother Hubert Brown 1980-81, has made accomplishments that we are extremely proud of. These accomplishments that have come after years of ups and downs would not have been possible had it not been for five outstanding Brothers, who are: 1) Brother Robert Carter, The Sphinx/Fall 1981

Chapter Advisor; 2) Brother Robert Jones, Arkansas State Director; 3) Brother Parnel McCray, President of Delta Sigma Lambda; 4) Brother Herchel Alcorn, Treasurer, Southwest Region; and 5) Brother Johnny Foreman, President of Mu Omicron Lambda.

The 1980-81 regime of Alpha Phi Alpha-Gamma Delta Chapter closed its books noting that all major goals of the year had been accomplished. Programs and projects sponsored by the chapter included: 1) The addition of three Brothers into the fraternity; 2) September 2 — Gamma Delta's Annual Campus Clean-Up Day; 3) Compiled 72 hours for the R. Walker for Mayor of Pine Bluff Campaign; 4) Winner of Red Cross Blood Donor; 5) Collected $101.28 for Baptist Student Choir; 6) Sponsored State-Wide Greek Stomp Extravaganza; 7) Homecoming Dance for Alumni Brothers; 8) Conducted Voter Education Workshop; 9) Provided films for entertainment for UAPB students; 10) Submitted first chapter float in homecoming parade since 1969; 11) Co-sponsored UAPB annual Greek reception; 12) Observed National and Chapter's Founder's Day; 13) Corresponded by Newsletter to every chapter in Arkansas; 14) Delegates attended State, Regional and National Conventions; 15) Cohosted Southwest Regional Convention; 16) Produced Brother Hubert Brown as Undergraduate Brother of the State of Arkansas; 17) Held its Annual Alpha Ball; and 18) Composed a Student Directory at the UAPB campus.

The Brothers at Gamma Delta have proposed a very outstanding calendar for the 1981-82 school year. Major concentration has been focused on Arkansas' Black College Day — September 28, Chapter Workshops September 7-11, Annual Miss A Phi A Pageant, Social Action Upon Voter Rights Legislation, the reorganization of the UAPB Branch — NAACP, sponsorship of the Arkansas State Conference — February, Regional and National Conventions and the Student Government Elections, to name a few.

The Summer afforded the Brotherhood a chance to endeavor in various experiences. Brother Hubert Brown — attended Social Security training in Dallas, Texas; Brother Jay Fulce — summer intern, Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga; Brother Everett Fleming and Antonio Williams — summer interns with the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois; Brother Johnny Andrews — ROTC Summer

Camp, Fort Riley, Kansas; Brother Kenneth Lambert — attended Biology Workshop, August, Georgia; Brothers Jimmy Foxx, Dary! Anthony and Kenneth Johnson attended summer school. Brothers Steven Gale and Aldee Holleman jorneyed to their hometowns of Chicago, Illinois, and Chidester, Arkansas, to engage in summer employment, respectively.

In and effort to remain number one, Gamma Delta hold several campus positions, Brother Lambert — Chief Justice, Student Supreme Court; Brother Holleman — Senator; Brother Anthony — SGA Treasurer; Brother Fulce — Senior Class Vice President and Tutor, Brother Johnson — Election Commission and Brother Steven Gale — Band Choreographer.

The 1980-81 officers of Gamma Delta are: Hubert Brown, President; Jay Fulce, Vice-President; Kenneth Johnson, Corresponding Secretary; Dary I Anthony, Recording Secretary; Kenneth Lambert, Treasurer; Jay Fulce, Editor to the Sphinx; Aldee Holleman, Chaplain; Kenneth Lambert, Historian; Daryl Anthony, Director of Education; Antonio Williams, Sergeantat-Arms; Steven Gale, Step-Master; Jimmy Foxx, Dean of Pledgees; Johnnie Andrews and Everett Fleming, Outstanding Brothers.

This past year has been one that will forever be remembered; however, we realize all too well that Alpha cannot be satisfied with the past alone, we must and we will salute the Past and Secure the Future. We are proud to note that Brothers Clinton M. Minnis, Western Vice-President; Hanley J. Norment, Special Projects Committee Chairman; and John W. Walker, General Counsel are early initiates of Gamma Delta Chapter; therefore, we salute the past.

We are also mindful to the task that has brought us to where we are today; whereby, we salute the future.

When we at Gamma Delta think of the Brotherhood of Alpha, we think of the title of a contemporary song, "Reaching For The Sky." It symbolizes the progressive programs and undertakings of the men of Alpha nationwide. Gamma Delta Chapter, in observance of our Fraternity's 75th Diamond Jubilee Celebration Convention, took pride in being represented. The Brothers of Gamma Delta are striving to give maximum attention in support of the goals of academic excellence and to offer personal guidance to those in pursuit of academic achievement. We will continue to motivate our campus and community as we pledge our 65

energies, efforts and resources to that goal. "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail." That is the mission of Gamma Delta.

sam houston state u Theta Mu Cited For Scholarship Greetings to all distinguished Alphamen from the Brothers of "Thunderous" Theta Mu. Theta Mu had its beginning April 14, 1973 on the predominantly white campus of Sam Houston State University located in Huntsville, Texas.

Fourteen young men had the interest of establishing a chapter of Alpha. We, the active Brothers of Theta Mu, commend these fourteen Theta Mu "Jewels" for their formation which we are a part of today. In our brief history 51 men have crossed the sands into the Land of Leadership.

During the Spring 1981 pledge season, the "Image of King" line, crossed the burning sands into Alphadom. One of the unique characteristics of this line was it consisted of one pledgee dedicated to the aims and ideals of our great fraternity. The sole new member of Theta Mu is Theodore Williams, a Radio-Television-Film major from Galveston.

Among the scheduled activities of Theta Mu for the Spring '81 semester were: A tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; a semi-formal dance to benefit the Million Dollar Fund Drive; a collection and donation for the Atlanta murders (assisted by the Angels); a dynamic Greek Show; our Seventh Annual Theta Mu Founder's Day Celebration — Banquet and Dance; and attendance to State and National Conventions in Houston and Dallas, Texas, respectively.

The 1981-82 officers of Theta Mu are: Brothers Wilbert Frank, Jr., President; Kenneth Ray Pace, Vice-President; Leslie B. Warren, Secretary; William L. Harrison, Jr., Treasurer; Boley L. Pace, Educational Director; Theodore Williams, Editor-to-theSphinx; Auther R. Ware, Sergeant-atArms; Leonard Williams, Parliamentarian; Jessie Whitley, Dean of Pledgees; and Tim Bryant, Historian and Chaplain.

Theta Mu had the honor of being awarded for the Black Greek Organization with the highest overall grade point average, which typifies our dedication 66

of scholastic achievement. We awarded the black male with the highest average of Huntsville High School with a $200 scholarship. After much observance of the community, we recognized three dedicated citizens of the community with "Outstanding Citizens Awards."

We would like to wish the graduating Brothers, Royce D. Burnett and Keith Daniels, the best of luck in their professional endeavors.

The Brothers have examined the "New Alpha Thrust" as presented by our highly-esteemed General President Ozell Sutton. We fully intend to implement the program's components in our community as to attain the desired goals. Working together is an enjoyment and we hope that our endeavors may enrich the life of Black America and, more importantly, reflect on the seventy-five years that history has given us and the Founding Jewels — a legacy of "Manly Deeds, Scholarship and Love for all Mankind."

texas Alpha Reunion Held In Galveston Gamma Pi Lambda, Galveston, Texas, is alive and well! The chapter is growing and the Brothers' interest is at a very high point.

Officers elected for 1981-82 are: Charles Baldwin, President; Elsworth Wilcox, Vice-President; P. E. Poole, Recording Secretary; Douglas Matthews, Corresponding Secretary; Edward Clack, Treasurer; Leslie Burns, Parliamentarian; Ennis Williams, Dean of Pledges; Curtis McGowen, Director of Education; W. G. Dickerson, Associate Editor-to-the-Sphinx; John Barber, Historian; and Willie Wynne and Ray D. Dillon, Sergeant-At-Arms.

We are looking forward to Founder's Day December 6, 1981. Our Alpha Reunion and Rededication Smoker was held in late September. This affair was hosted by our neophyte Brothers, namely: McKinley Boatner, Chairman; Sylvester Anderson; Perry Beasley; Larry Hilton; and Calvin Singleton, Jr. The Sweetheart's Dance will be held in February. We are also looking forward to Black History Observance during that month.

Two of our most important projects for 1981-82 are: (1) selecting an outstanding student, especially in the area

of Science, who will be the recipient of the Hall Dansby Scholarship; (2) The Fund Raising affair to be held in January.

Brother Charles Baldwin was the recipient of two awards — one from the Human Relations Division of the Galveston Education Association for outstanding services and dedication to the children of the Galveston Independent School District; the other was a Citizen of the Year award from the Sigma Gamma Rho Chapter.

u of central arkansas Theta Psi Hosts State and Regional Conventions Greetings, Brothers of Alpha, from Theta Psi Chapter, University of Central Arkansas. As the beginning of the new year came, there were 1 7 spirited Brothers returning to make us the largest Black fraternity on campus. The Brothers of Theta Psi had many accomplishments this year. We started the year off with a back-to-school disco and car wash. We participated in the shoreline clean-up at Toad-Suck park.

We totally redecorated our fraternity suite. October 25 Brothers attended the Leadership Conference at University of Arkansas. On December 6, 1980 we held our Founders' Day Banquet with Brothers attending from as far as Atlanta, GA. Other activities for first semester included construction of a six-foot security sign which was donated to the campus security. We had an Alpha Ape radio game show to promote Homecoming spirit. We had an A-Phi-A Scholarship Dance in which anyone with an "A" on a major test got in free. Also the fraternity went undefeated in intramural basketball until the finals. The Brothers gave away Thanksgiving baskets to needy families in the community, and we carried kids to see Santa Claus.

Second semester, the fraternity set up a display in the Student Center honoring Brother Martin Luther King, Jr. Records of his speeches were played and over 500 signatures were gathered on a petition and sent to Congress encouraging them to make Brother King's birthday a national holiday. Nine Brothers attended the Louisiana State Convention in Shreveport.

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the University of Central Arkansas. The chapter went on to win the Scrapbook Competition and Stomp Contest.

We were also one of the host chapters to the Southwestern Regional Convention held in Little Rock, AR, where we walked away with the first place basketball trophy. During Spring semester we had three Brothers to see the light and cross the burning sands — Brothers Lambert Dyer, Billy Dixon, and Gerald Stamps. The year was topped off as 10 Brothers attended the Diamond Jubilee Convention in Dallas, and the chapter paid off its pledge of $ 4 5 0 to the Million Dollar Campaign. Theta Psi is holding the light strong at UCA.

louisiana Brother Delloire Leads Successful Year In Baton R o u g e Beta lota Lambda Chapter under the dynamic and inspiring leadership of Brother Henry J. Bellaire of Baton Rouge, Louisiana believes that "No one does it better" than they. Reflecting on the year's activities, the chapter has much to rave about.

Academic excellence was the major focus of the first activity. Twelve young men with high academic averages vied for two scholarships. They were judged by a panel of Brothers on academic averages, ACT scores, written essays, interviews and letters of recommendation. Emerging as winners were John M. Guidry of McKinley High School and Herman A. Varnell of Glen Oaks High. Both schools are located in Baton Rouge. Additionally, the chapter awarded a scholarship to the undergraduate Brother at Beta Sigma (Southern University) who has the highest cumulative average above three (3) points on a four (4) point system. Brother Cedric Holloman, President of Beta Sigma, received that award. Brother Leroy Davis heads the Education Committee which sponsors the aforementioned activity along with a "Big Brother" Program and an Oratorical Contest for high school students.

The next major activity — our Founders' Day Program — emphasized our motto: "First of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all."

Brother B. V. Baranco — a charter member of Beta lota Lambda in 1 9 3 9 , an Alpha for more than 5 0 years and a local dentist — reflected on "Alpha The Sphinx/Fall 1981

The Beta lota Lambda Chapter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. then and now." His account of his experiences was both awe inspiring and challenging. Brother James J. Prestage delivered a stimulating keynote address, entitled "Alpha Phi Alpha and the Challenges of the 1 9 8 0 ' s . " Among the main topics of concern were: 1) fraternity personnel; 2) goals and objectives; 3) responses to social, economic and political problems. Brothers were reminded of our founding goals and advised that the brotherhood must be responsive to current problems as they relate to us as a fraternity and as a race. Brother Clarence Jones chaired this activity.

Following closely behind Founders' Day was the Annual Senior Citizen's Dinner during which time the Brothers headed by Brother Washington Taylor treated about 3 0 0 senior citizens to Christmas carols and a delicious turkey/ dressing dinner.

Senior citizens were vocally appreciative and looked forward to the same for next year.

Highlighting our social event of the year was our Annual Sweetheart Ball.

The unique feature of this year's ball was intermission. Instead of the traditional way of presenting Brothers and their wives/dates, when Brothers were introduced they escorted their wives/ dates to the center of the floor where wives/dates received gifts and formed a heart design while Brothers moved to the rear and formed the word LOVE. After both designs were formed, Brothers segued into an arrow which pierced the heart. The head of the arrow consisted of seven Brothers representing the seven jewels. After the formation of the arrow, Brothers moved behind and embraced their dates while Brother Clarence Jones did a beautiful rendition of the Sweetheart song. Brothers then escorted their dates to their seats and returned

to the center of the floor along with other visiting Brothers, formed a circle and sang the hymn. The dramatic impact continues to be the topic of many c o n v e r s a t i o n s . Brothers Edward Barnes and Donald Fleet were cochairmen of the Ball.

Other activities such as a Hawaiian Night and Gumbo Feat sponsored by the Alphabettes were very important parts of our banner year which concentrated on family togetherness, brotherhood, community service, academic achievement, and social involvement.

Beta lota Lambda walks with pride and holds high the aims and ideals of Alpha Phi Alpha.

southwest texQs state u A Frat House For M u Nu The Brothers of Mu Nu Chapter would like to send greetings from the rolling hills of San Marcos and Southwest Texas State University. The Brothers of Mu Nu would like to acknowledge the successful completion of five years of knowing, loving, and living for Alpha Phi Alpha.

The chapter was founded in 1 9 7 6 by eight modest young men and has grown to an outstanding 2 3 on our fifth anniversary in 1 9 8 1 . In five short years the chapter has established itself as a mystifying force in the course of events at Southwest Texas State University and in the San Marcos community. The Brothers are constantly striving for new and innovative ideas in personal and fraternal activities. The individual members of Mu Nu have represented Alpha so well on various 67

The Brothers of Mu Nu and the chapter mascot, "Doogle.

University committees that the chapter has become a moving force in the policy of the University.

The chapter has been recognized by the University as the on-campus Fraternity with the highest grade point average in 1979 and the Fraternity with the highest grade point average in a pledge class in 1980. The Brothers have assured Brother Dr. Milton Bryant (the on-campus advisor of Mu Nu) that the chapter will strive to be acknowledged by the University once again in '81. "Nothing moves like an Alpha-man."

The chapter in the past has always selected a set of goals for the upcoming academic year. This year Brother President Ronald Craig Lewis will lead a massive chapter outreach program. The chapter will try to visit the chapters in our home state. The chapter will also try to get as many alumni Brothers as possible associated with chapters around the state. The Brothers will be inviting all of the Texas chapters to our first Greek Show on October 9th and 10th.

The Brothers of Mu Nu always look forward to meeting another Brother and inc closing would like to invite each of you to visit our newly acquired Fraternity House at 822 N. Guadalupe in San Marcos, Texas.

Seeking only the qualitative factor rather than the quantitative factor, only an elite few have been initiated into this fraternity's chapter.

Nu Alpha's services have annually been: 1)ATU Blood Drive; 2) Easter Egg Hunt for community children; 3) Thanksgiving and Christmas Canned Food Drive; and 4) Cerebral Palsy games.

Chapter accomplishments must also be noted: 1) 1st place ATU Greek Song Festival two consecutive years; 2) 2nd highest GPA among all fraternities; 3) Brothers A. Brown and M. Clark all-conference on the gridiron in Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference; 4) Brother Dalton Jones, honor graduate in the field of Political Science; and 5) 2nd highest fund raiser among Arkansas Alpha's in the Advertising Campaign for 1981 Southwest Regional Convention held in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Lawrence Abraham, Dean of Pledges and Raymond Derouen, Assistant Dean of Pledges. The Neophytes hold the unique distinction of being the first initiates of the Chapter. St. Martinville, Louisiana, home of the famous Evangeline Oak, is the charter seat of the Chapter. The Neophytes are Carl Robertson, Anthony Wiltz, Conrad St. Julien, Charles Bazile and Shederick Berard.

Nu Alpha was represented for the first time, but hopefully not the last, at the 75th Anniversary Convention in Dallas, Texas by Brother Andre Watson.

Nu Alpha is looking forward to chapter expansion and future successful fraternal years and wishes future successful years for all of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

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Nu Alpha Is Top At ATU Greetings to all of Alphadom from Nu Alpha Chapter, located on the campus of Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas.

On May 6, 1977 NA's charter line "Satan's Seven" brought forth ATU's first and still only Black fraternity.

There are currently six fraternities on campus.

Beta Sigma Is Proud!

To the great men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the Brothers of Beta Sigma extend fraternal greetings and well wishes. For the Brothers of Beta Sigma, another successful year's end has passed; and the anticipation of a prosperous one has come.

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past year. The most outstanding of these came at the fraternity's 75th Diamond Jubilee Convention. The chapter had the privilege of representing the Southwest Region as regional college chapter of the year. Also, Brother Cedric U. Holloman was named National "College Brother of the Year," and Brother David K. Clark, Jr. was installed as Southwest Region Assistant Vice-President. Beta Sigma was also distinguished in the report of the Executive Secretary as the largest college chapter in the fraternity.

The Brothers who will be giving leadership to this chapter are: David K. Clark, Jr., President; Eltony O. Hayes, Vice-President; Derek Phillips, Recording Secretary; Kelvin Riggs, Corresponding Secretary; and Louis Prevot, Treasurer.

Beta Sigma would like to take this opportunity and join other college chapters in congratulating the Brothers of Theta lota. Let's all continue our march onward and upward toward the light. A Phi!

WEST California Past General President Cannon Reviews Early Days At Alpha Mu Sigma Lambda Chapter, under the leadership of Brothers Herbert Marshall and Hodari Kinamo and with the cooperation of Western Vice President Clinton L. Minnis, featured Past General President Raymond W. Cannon in an innovative historical review of

and Herbert Marshall have successfully negotiated with officials at the University of Southern California for the first on-campus housing ever awarded a predominately Black Organization . . . to be used by Alpha Delta Chapter.

The house, located at 909 W. Adams Boulevard, was formerly occupied by Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.

Several organizations applied for occupancy. However, the proposal submitted

by Brother Wilson, a journalism professor at the university and a member of Eta Pi Lambda Chapter (Pasadena, California), Brother Wallace Walker, a Los Angeles attorney and also a member of Eta Pi Lambda and Herbert Past General President Raymond W. Cannon talks about the infancy of Alpha Phi Alpha.Marshall, a director for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and a member of Mu Sigma Lambda Alpha Phi Alpha. Brother Cannon (Culver City) was approved. related the evolutionary stages of the Although it will not be until 1983 fraternity, covering much unrecorded when the facility can be officially desigand personal history of these early nated the Chapter's House, Alpha days.

Delta Chapter is being incorporated This smoker was held at the home of under the sponsorship and direction of Brother Minnis and attended by all area Brothers Wilson, Walker and Marshall chapters. A videotape of Brother Canto run the house. For the next year the non's reminiscences was on hand at university will be evaluating their conthe Diamond Jubilee Convention in duct as tenants and their freshman proDallas, Texas. A second such session gram, developed for entering students, is scheduled for the Fall of this year, before granting a long term lease. when Brother Cannon will cover bigotry Although there are provisions that and discrimination and how it was would allow Delta Tau Delta to fought. repossess the house after 1983, the university has agreed to find another permanent resident to be designated the Alpha Delta House if they remain in good standing.

Alpha Delta Alpha Delta members will be given Acquires first rights of occupancy beginning A Chapter House Sept. '81 - Aug. '82. Then accommoIn keeping with Alpha's history of dations will be offered to students outindividual initiative and cooperation, side the organization. All the Los Brothers Clint Wilson. Wallace Walker Angeles area chapters will be allowed the use of the facility.

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California Sacramento Chapter Highlights Black Colleges For the past several years the Alpha Phi Alpha Scholarship Brunch has been Zeta Beta Lambda's prime fundraising event in support of the chapter's scholarship endeavor. In recent years we have enjoyed the services of Brother Andrew Young, (Mrs.) Coretta King, et.al. as guest speakers on these occasions, with emphasis upon national The Mu Sigma Lambda Chapter: (Front, I. to r.) Brother Hodari Kinamo, Peter Bostic and Walter Hall. (Back, I. to r.) Carl Sharfnor, Michael Hudson, Herbert Marshall, Miltonand Payne, international affairs, Most recently, Charles Mclver, Paul Green, Kenneth Crowe, and Joe Hudson. however, during the past two years, The Sphinx/Fall 1981

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under the leadership of ZBL's chapter president Brother Herman Sanders, the Brunch subject matter has emphasized the orientation toward Black Colleges. As a consequence, our Scholarship Brunch Committees have been fortunate, indeed, in securing the services of Brother Dr. Henry Ponder, President of Benedict College of South Carolina as guest speaker in the 1980 annual event and Alpha's Past President, Dr. Walter Washington, President of Alcorn University, Lorman, Mississippi for our 1981 speaker. The audiences, especially the parents and students, were highly appreciative of "first-hand," enlightening information provided in the messages of these two college presidents as related to the personal interest in the individual student on Black college campuses.

On May 25, the "Cruise on the Bay," one of the chapter's summer social events was again an enjoyable experience for Brothers, their wives/ sweethearts and friends. Brother Travis Parker, chairman of this activity, arranged departure from the Stockton, California Port on a boat prepared and equipped with all necessities for an afternoon of entertainment and fraternization. There is expressed interest that this may be adopted as an annual event.

The ZBL election of officers placed these Brothers in these respective positions: Wilbur Beckwith, President; Eugene Covington, Vice President; Gerald Jones, Recording Secretary; John Pennington, Corresponding Secretary; Horace Holmes, Financial Secretary; Cleve Hampton, Treasurer; Jaques Barber, Dean of Pledges; Howard Penn, Dean of Probate; Curtis Woodard, Parliamentarian; James Shelby, Sergeant-At-Arms; Claude Odom, Chaplain; Eddie Lang, Historian; and Augustin Fairfax, Editor-tothe-Sphinx. These officers were installed at our September meeting where Brother Clinton Minnis, Western Regional Vice President was invited to perform the ceremony.

Our delegates to the National Convention in Dallas were Brothers W. Beckwith, Cleve Hampton, and Arunious Gay.

son diego state Eta Sigma Is Western Chapter Of The Year The 1981 Western Regional Chapter of the year, Eta Sigma, extends fraternal greetings to all the Brothers of Alpha. Our San Diego chapter completed a very successful 1980-81 school year with the honor of receiving the Chapter of the Year award at the Western Regional in Los Angeles.

Eta Sigma started the school year by attending the Alpha Spirit Conference at Cal-Poly-Pomona with the first fall pledge line on the west coast. The "Muhisani" line (those who are blessed by the Almighty with good qualities) consisted of nine men from San Diego State University. Muhisani hosted a Halloween Dance at the Black Communication Center for the chapter and the Ladies of the Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta Sororities. The chapter and Muhisani walked the streets of San Diego during the November elections going door to door urging people to vote. The chapter sponsored, in conjunction with the Associated Students Cultural Arts Board, Brother Dick Gregory at San Diego State University. The chapter and the Black Student Council held a reception for Brother Gregory after his lecture in the Black Communication Center.

The chapter was the major force in organizing an All-California Greek show at San Diego State on November 22.

On that morning the nine pledges of the Muhisani line crossed the burning sands into Alpha. The Neophyte Brothers "who were blessed by the Almighty with Alpha" are: Marlin Britton, Edward Hodge, Donnell Hollowav,

Ben Johnson, Edward "Mike" Montgomery, Andre Phillips, Jeffery Probasco, Phillip Williams and Remy Williams.

The chapter celebrated Christmas at the annual Alpha Christmas Ball given

by Zeta Sigma Lambda Chapter.

Eta Sigma traveled the highways of California during the Spring semester visiting over half the chapters in the state. The chapter took time out to visit some of the smaller colleges in the state like Marymont College in San Pedro, where the chapter participated in the school's Black History Show.

Brother Dennis Myers made a presentation on the history of the fraternity and Brother Ingo Beard delivered a reprimanding speech on "Blacks who wear masks." The Brothers performed a powerful march to close out the program. The chapter also starred in the Black History show at United States International University on the outskirts of San Diego. Brother David Carline was the Master of Ceremonies for the event.

The chapter's biggest service project was raising money for the families of the murdered children in Atlanta. In one week the chapter collected over $1,500. The chapter was assisted by the ladies of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority who provided the "green ribbons" to donators.

The chapter closed out the year by attending the Western Regional where we were honored as Regional Chapter of the Year. The chapter wishes to thank Brothers David Carline, Reggie Haley and John Wilson III for organizing our chapter of the year presentation.

The officers for the 1981-82 school year are: David Carline, President; Patrick Deon Mayfield, Vice President; Reggie Hailey, Dean of Pledges, and Treasurer. The remaining members of Eta Sigma Chapter: Henry A. Alvarez III, Kevin Baker, Ingo Beard, Clovis Honor'e, Anthony Ivory, Richard McKinley, Dennis Myers, Michael Reels, John W. Wilson III and the aforementioned Muhisani line.

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IN RETROSPECT

by Raymond W. Cannon Past General President

Its Past Achievements and What It Has Meant to the Brothers and the Nation I am pleased that a kind and understanding Providence has preserved me that I may celebrate with you our seventyfifth anniversary and Diamond Jubilee. I was present at our fiftieth anniversary and Golden Jubilee in Ithaca and Buffalo, New York. Jewels Kelley, Callis and Murray, survivors of the original seven were there, and I see here this evening a few others who were there. After the experience I had with hot humid weather at a previous convention I had decided to forego attendance. I changed my mind. Furthermore, I may not be able to be with you when our one hundredth

The Sphinx, February 1925, pictured Brother Cannon upon his unanimous election to a second term as General President.

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anniversary is celebrated so I am here now. This evening I am proud to state that I have been a member of Alpha Phi Alpha since April 6, 1912 — almost 70 years — during all of which time I have never had occasion to regret a moment of my career in this Fraternity. I LOVE ALPHA PHI ALPHA! Only a very few of us are left who had to do with shaping this organization when it was in a plastic state. In recent years I have received many invitations to address chapters, groups of Brothers and chapters. They want to hear the stories about the Founders and the early trials and tribulations of the Fraternity. Groups of Brothers have come to my home, some with tape recorders. I knew all of the Jewels, worked with them, enjoyed the hospitality of some of their homes, and I have received their viewpoints and listened to their stories.

Now I shall endeavor to follow as closely as possible the subject assigned to me by General President Sutton. Someday I hope to tell you about many of the great stalwarts of Alpha Phi Alpha and what they gave and did to make this Fraternity a great organization. Also, some of the happenings with which we had to contend.

The Jewels were somewhat older than the students of today. They were very practical men. Some had attended higher institutions of learning prior to their matriculation at Cornell. And they came from various parts of the country.

They already had had considerable of life's experiences.

Each was different than all of the others but they had the ability to co-operate and work together toward a common goal. I would state that they were men of wide experience, they knew and understood people, both in their weaknesses and strengths. One important attribute of character each had was that although all of them had tasted the bitter dregs of racial discrimination, humiliation and prejudice, they did not permit that fact to deter them from their urge to serve.

They were able to love their fellow men.

Of the Founders, only Tandy was not obliged to work while in university. His father was a prosperous contractor in Kentucky, and he was financially well situated as a student. Some of the other Founders used to borrow from him, and he said they used to hang on his coat tail. Chapman, somewhat older, operated a brickyard and a dining hall.

Some of them had irregular menial employment of various kinds.

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Du Bois philosophies strongly influenced the Jewels; later, he became an extremely active member.

controversy was raging between two schools of thought — one headed by our late Brother W. E. B. Du Bois advocating higher education, and the other headed by the late Dr. Booker T. Washington advocating industrial education. In addition, each differed from the other on the great social questions of the day. The Niagara Movement in 1905 preceded the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha in 1906, and this, as you know, was the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and which came into being in 1909. For a few years before and after this period the South was feverishly endeavoring to push the Negro down the social scale and keep him there. Senator "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman of South Carolina, Vardaman and John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, Cole Blease of Georgia, Hoke Smith and a number of other white southerners were appearing in print, and Tillman on the lecture platform throughout the country, especially in the northern states, villifying, defaming and maligning the Negro. In some of the southern areas lynching and burning were almost commonplace.

In those days we had little on which to pin our hopes for better days. The old order of leadership had failed, and current courageous leadership was pitifully handicapped. Even there was prejudice at Cornell University. But the Founders of Alpha Phi Alpha were men of great integrity. They believed in themselves and their ability to do things constructive. They decided that they could and they would change things, circumstances and conditions. At first, they thought they would try and make it better in all respects for the Negro students who would come to Cornell in the future. But one among their number, Jewel Henry Arthur Callis, when our general constitution was drafted, insisted 72

upon a provision to be included that would justify a social action program, and the provision in the Preamble of the General Constitution, "to destroy all prejudices" is attributed to Jewel Callis. This constitutes the foundation upon which Alpha Phi Alpha can stand to justify all of its public programs of education, uplift and guidance.

Each Founder made his contribution. All at that time appeared to be of equal competence. Jewel Kelley seemed to feel that Jewel Callis proposed the name of our Fraternity and he endorsed it with a motion that it be adopted. Jewel Tandy designed our official badge, "the pin." Tandy, incidentally, had the first pin, Jewel Murray wanted to see and examine it, Tandy let him do so, Murray dropped it in the snow and it was lost. Roscoe Conklin Giles, though not one of the Jewels, became the second General President, and he in large measure helped to devise our Ritual with a background of Egypt, the Pyramids and the Egyptian Sphinx. The Ritual was in cipher for secrecy and protection.

Here I wish to state that the Niagara Movement had a terrific impact on the Founders. They were greatly influenced

by Du Bois whom Callis had met circa 1909 enroute to Epsilon Chapter of which Du Bois became an Honorary member.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was the first Greek Letter Society composed of Negro men of college grade. In some quarters it was viewed with curiosity, and in others some thought we were creating a "Jim Crow" organization. These impressions soon disappeared. And for more than a quarter of a century the very name — ALPHA PHI ALPHA — was magic. Its ranks were difficult to enter. One negative vote ("black ball") excluded a candidate for membership. A C + average in scholarship was required by many chapters. Just now I recall that in the 16th General Convention held in Columbus, Ohio in December, 1923, Jewel George B. Kelley, who was not a very tall man, stood up on his chair so he could be seen and heard and loudly exclaimed, "Alpha Phi Alpha wants QUALITY, not QUANTITY!" After Alpha Phi Alpha was founded and operating, presently other similar organizations began to come into being and they appeared to be watching us. Now, when Alpha Phi Alpha was established the Founders had no rules or guidelines nor did they have very much information pertaining to Greek Letter College societies. They fashioned a Fraternity to meet their needs and to enable them to carry out a program. Two of the Jewels had worked in the fraternity houses of white students. They overheard things and acquired bit by bit some ideas of what these organizations were all about. But chiefly, their own wisdom guided them.

Alpha Phi Alpha was very careful and our Fraternity knew that others were watching everything that Alpha Phi Alpha did. We were constantly under their observation. We held our general conventions in December, and all of the others did likewise. We created a Fraternity journal, The Sphinx, and the others, including the sororities, did likewise; and Mr. Lionel Artis, Editor of the journal of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, having been a personnel officer in my regiment in World War I overseas in France, felt he could write to me for information pertaining to his journal and I gave it to him freely. In the course of our progress we began to hold a public meeting during our general conventions, and finally we inaugurated our public programs of uplift, education and guidance. All of the other Greek Letter societies of our race did the same. Alpha Phi Alpha produced its Fraternity Song (now called our Fraternity Hymn). All of the others Continued on Page 73

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composed songs. And when we started to hold general conventions in the summer months they copied that procedure, too. I am glad we were right because if we had made a mistake all of the others would have made a mistake also.

Finally, we authorized and brought forth our written history, the first authentic record of a group of Negro men of college grade; a very brilliant monumental work that will stand for all time in the future as an incentive to our youth, and as a constant refutation of Anglo-Saxon superiority over those of African descent. I understand that some of the kindred bodies now have histories. Over the years some students have used Alpha Phi Alpha's history as a source of information in writing their master's thesis and dissertations for their Doctor of Philosophy Degree. One of these is a member of this convention — Brother Doctor Herbert King.

From the very beginning, Alpha Phi Alpha endeavored to build character into young men and prepare them for leadership. The smoker was the most important of the sessions of some of the early conventions. Too, it was the greatest fellowship we had. In the beginning all were undergraduates. The Brothers assembled in the evening before the convention, sometimes, and after an hour or so of comraderie and refreshments, the host chapter's Chairman called the meeting to order, presented a topic for discussion, and the smoker was underway. The meeting usually lasted far into the night. All of the speeches were extemporaneous and very forceful. The Brothers were eager to gain the floor and speak, and many, even the quiet, timid Brothers, suddenly became articulate and participated. The young Brothers of the convention attending for the first time were amazed. The smoker was just such a meeting in the 12th General Convention held in Chicago in December, 1919. Many of the Brothers present were veterans of World War I and had seen overseas service in France. I was one of those veterans. They had acquired a world perspective and were very resentful about injustice and prejudice. Brother Joseph Bibb of Chicago gained the floor. Chicago had been the scene of one of the worst race riots in the nation's history during the previous summer. Brother Bibb published a small weekly newspaper. He related how black voters had been disfranchised in the southern states, and all of the black senators and congressmen of the reconstruction era had been eliminated. He explained what was necessary to be done for Negroes to regain their losses. He electrified the audience when he told how black men would return to public office, including the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and he even placed a black man in the White House. He stated very positively that black men would return. Few there, if any, thought his predictions would come true in their lifetime, BUT THEY HAVE BECOME TRUE! all except the White House and that in due course may come true.

This smoker set the tone of the whole convention. During the business session Brother Perry Jackson, now a retired Judge of the Superior Court in Cleveland, Ohio, and Brother Robert Martin, both of Pi Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio, presented statistics and factual information showing that of approximately 30,000 black people in Cleveland, Ohio, the June-1919 graduating classes of the city high schools had but one black young man and only six black young ladies. Brother Herman Moore, who years later became a Judge in the Federal Court of the Virgin Islands, moved that the Fraternity launch a movement designed to influence our young men and women to Go To High School, The Sphinx/Fall 1981

In 1947 then-General President Belford V. Lawson presented Brother Cannon for admittance to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Go To College. Brother Moore's motion carried; and thus Alpha Phi Alpha authorized its first public program designed to arrest the attention of halting youth standing on the threshold of life looking for direction and guidance.

Now this was not altogether in keeping with the accepted usages of Greek Letter College Societies and Fraternities but Alpha men thought they were wholly justified in taking this step to help the less fortunate of our race, and because of the numerous adverse circumstances affecting them.

The influence of this educational program was terrific and had a very forceful impact upon our members, Black folk throughout the land, and faculties of schools and colleges.

This instance will give you some idea of the way it worked.

Attorney Charles P. Howard, an alumnus of Drake University, where he had been an outstanding player on its football team, learned about the Go To High School, Go To College Campaign and he desired to participate in it. He found that it was being conducted by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. In order to participate in the program he organized a group of students attending the two universities in Iowa and petitioned Alpha Phi Alpha for a chapter. One of the other fraternities was trying to get most of these men in Howard's group but he held them together, except for two who defected, and in due course Brother David N. Crosthwaith and I were delegated to set this group up into Alpha Nu Chapter. One of Continued on Page 74 73

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the men whom we initiated was Frederick D. Patterson who, years later, became President of Tuskegee. The educational movement had "caught on." Groups of students began to petition for chapters. Our membership increased rapidly.

High school faculties, social agencies, churches and prominent citizens throughout the country cooperated beautifully.

After a few years some of our colleges in the south complained, their facilities were being taxed, some thought our program should be curtailed or slowed down. Instead, Alpha turned on more steam.

Another instance: As I previously indicated, the Founders visualized Alpha as a great training institution to prepare young men for leadership. So far, this purpose has been fulfilled gloriously. I could mention many instances but this one will suffice. One day I heard the late Brother Ernest

chapter of the Fraternity. Alpha Phi Alpha is an African institution in America. It is within our power and province to be the greatest force for good of the Negro race in America."

Today, after seventy-five years of planning, toil and study, we see the members of our Fraternity, their sons and daughters, even their grandchildren in the front ranks of our activist organizations contending for our full rights of citizenship under the Constitution of the United States. In this respect, slowly but surely, we are succeeding. And today we have Black men in the halls of Congress, a Black woman there, too; Black men and women sit on the benches of the municipal, state and federal courts in various parts of the country; Black men are mayors of some of our largest cities, and they are holding various other high offices. We still have representation in the Cabinet of the President, and

The 1919 General Convention launched the "Go To High School, Go To College" campaign.

Greene of Xi Lambda Chapter in Chicago relate that after he became a member of the Illinois State Legislature, he developed into a fountain source of information on parliamentary procedure. His colleagues frequently sought aid and information from him. One day one of his white colleagues asked him how be became so proficient whereupon he proudly replied that he had learned all of that on the floor of the general convention of his college Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha. In those days our general convention was a great deliberative body in which our intellectual giants of whom we had many took a very active part.

Brother Jewel Callis was a member of the 12th convention in Chicago, December, 1919, and on page 13 of the minutes of that convention, paragraph 3, having listened to the reading of communications, Jewel Callis was moved to remark, "the letters that have just been read reveal the fact that we are beginning to achieve the ideals which the original Founders had in mind when they formed the first 74

one Black man, one of our Brothers, sits as one of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court. The predictions of the late Brother Joseph Bibb made in the 12th General Convention in Chicago back in December, 1919 have come true! And the achievements of our Brothers Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jesse Owens and Joseph Bibb, who eventually became the Public Safety Commissioner of Illinois, together with many others too numerous to name here, stand out as forceful incentives to our youth to prepare themselves so that they may continue our progress. And our youth must understand us, tool We do not want any special treatment; we want our youth to stand on their merits.

Meantime, while we were strengthening our foundation, the 31st general convention in Chicago, Illinois, eliminated the restriction of our membership to Negroes, thus affording Alpha Phi Alpha a firmer footing in its struggle for right and justice.

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Continued from Page 74 As I bring this to a conclusion, I digress for a moment to relate one instance which established Alpha Phi Alpha as an activist organization. When I was Second or Midwestern General Vice President I received an urgent request to come to Upsilon Chapter. Upon my arrival I learned that Alpha men were being subjected to racial discrimination in the cafeteria of the University of Kansas, and elsewhere in that institution. Brother William T. McKnight, Chapter President, tried several times to secure an appointment for me to see the Chancellor, but the Chancellor refused to see me.

After subsequent attempts the Chancellor told Brother McKnight he would step out in the hall and meet and greet me. I advised Brother McKnight that he should indicate to the Chancellor that Alpha Phi Alpha did not transact its business in the hall but that I would see him in his inner office, whereupon I prepared to take up residence in the chapter house until the Chancellor could find it convenient to see me. Finally, after a day and a half had passed, Brother McKnight succeeded in obtaining the appointment. Upon my arrival the Chancellor attempted to throw me off balance by stating that he was of Quaker stock in South Carolina, and that his folks freed their slaves before the Emancipation Proclamation because they did not believe in slavery. Brother McKnight and I took things in stride. We had quite a discussion. The Chancellor had proposed "reserved tables" in the cafeteria for our Black students. I asked him if that would not lead to "reserved things" in other parts of the university. He said it would not. Brother McKnight then presented facts and instances of discrimination in other parts of the university. The Chancellor stated white students there from the south had objected to the Negro students eating at tables in all parts of the cafeteria, that Negro students were there out of proportion to their population, and that unless Negro students accepted some kind of arrangement the white students would not patronize the cafeteria and it would have to be closed. I believe the Chancellor knew we were aware of a provision the donors of the land on which the university was built that there should be no racial discrimination. He solicited my opinion as to "reserved tables" whereupon I informed the Chancellor that I had no authority to speak for the entire Negro student body, but the problem in this matter of every member of Alpha Phi Alpha was the problem of every Negro student there, and that Alpha Phi Alpha could not accept his proposals. When we left his office Negro students, regardless of fraternal affiliation who were enrolled at the University of Kansas, could eat at any table in the cafeteria without humiliation or discrimination. I took the position that wherever we establish a chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha the Fraternity is duty bound to defend and protect it and its members in all respects. Subsequently our Fraternity has been obliged to oppose racial discrimination of various kinds in other places and institutions. Time, however, will not permit me to explain such further at this meeting.

Now, one of the immediate tasks before us is to attract more undergraduates. Perhaps we should have alternate conventions, i.e., hold every other convention during the last 3 or 4 days in December, as the Founders planned. This would accommodate those who must work during the summer months. They could attend an alternate convention and do so at much less expense.

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must continually adjust our efforts and programs to meet changing times and circumstances. Our Fraternities and Sororities, all of them, are great and wonderful organizations dedicated to worthy purposes. But the time has arrived when all of them together must help to shape the destiny of people of our race in this country. This we can do! Do you think the task is too great? Then let me tell you that in the 11th year of our existence, while we were a small weak and struggling fraternity, our Beta Chapter at Howard' University alone spearheaded a movement which led to the establishment of an Officers' Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to train and lead troops of our race in World War I And in the first class to finish, 32 Alpha men received commissions in the United States Army as Captains, First and Second Lieutenants. And there were rumors of German agents visiting the homes of people of our race in the South posing as Bible agents and playing on the religious weakness of Negroes and spreading German propaganda. We could not prove these rumors but they must have reached Washington because presently Brother Emmet J Scott was appointed as Assistant to the Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.

So far, then, I think we have done a pretty good job We tried, we have achieved, and we have accomplished' our goals. We shall continue our efforts "to destroy all prejudices " and to serve and uplift humanity; and, since we are the first of all to create such an organization as this Fraternity we shall continue to serve all, and as we proceed up this rocky road of progress we shall transcend all, whereupon then we may devote our efforts to the more cultural aspects of fraternal endeavor.

Oh 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 I LOVE ALPHA PHI ALPHAI 75

THE NATIONAL PKOCkAM Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has a long and distinguished history of involvement, achievement, and leadership in civil and human rights efforts. It was a leader when a nationwide social action plan was initiated, when it launched its highly successful voter registration program under the rallying cry, "A Voteless People is a Hopeless People." Its "Go to High School — Go to College" program was equally as successful. These dynamic social action programs placed Alpha in the forefront of leadership roles in the development and delivery of services to the masses.

The time has come again when the Fraternity must give dynamic, courageous leadership in addressing issues of human concerns of the 1980s. It must adopt and implement bold and creative new programs designed to make secure the advances of the past and move swiftly toward obtainment of new freedoms, new levels of human dignity and new horizons in the human experience of living, loving and learning. T h e "New Alpha Thrust" is such a progTam. It serves the need of a truly national program to which all chapters and all units of the Fraternity can subscribe.

T Y O U T H D E V E L O P M E N T . The new Youth 1 • Development Program is designed to assist Black youth in overcoming accumulative disadvantages caused by years of denial and discrimination in housing, employment, education and exposure to character-building and life fulfilling situations. Desegregated schools are seldom affording Black young people full opportunities of leadership development. For the most part they are not class presidents or officers of the student council. T h e y are not to be found on the debating team, the forensic team, in the class play or in any position where leadership skills can be developed and practiced.

T h e four-part Youth Development Program is designed to provide leadership skills, motivation to leadership and such exposure to life situations as to provide ready options in career choices in vocations, as well as meaningful avocations. Alpha has a history of leadership. It is a maker of leaders. This program provides systematic approaches to leadership development.

1. Leadership Development and Citizenship Education Institutes. T h e Fraternity will sponsor five Leadership Development — Citizenship Education (LDCE) Institutes during the summer months, one in each of the five regions. The Institutes will be located on a Black college campus, when possible, and will focus on organizational skills, program development, public presentation, group dynamics, self-actualization, assertive training, parliamentary procedures, etc.

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It is expected that each alumni chapter will scholarship at least one student to the L D C E Institute within its region. A chapter may send as many as it wishes to scholarship. Specific criteria will exist for eligibility, but students generally will be both male and female, above average in scholarship, at the j u n i o r or senior high school level and have leadership aspirations.

Supplementary to the regional Institutes, alumni chapters are urged to organize their own L D C E Weekend Institutes. T h e resources for such Institutes are present in each of our chapters and a school, college, church or a public building is all that is needed for a place. Thus, thousands of y o u t h will receive exposure to L D C E training.

2. Youth Motivation and Youth Recognition Program.

T h e purpose of this program is to motivate Black y o u t h to higher aspirations and leadership. Its design is exposure and recognition. Each Alpha chapter will be expected to develop, under broad national guidelines, a program where youth are systematically exposed to enriching and character-building opportunities.

A y o u t h recognition program will serve as an adjunct to this process. T h e Fraternity, through annual luncheons, banquets or other public programs, will recognize Black y o u t h achievers, in scholarship, leadership, athletics, c o m m u n i t y services and possession of specific types of talent.

3. Career Guidance and Tutorial Assistance. Far too often, Black young people in desegregated schools are channelled away from academic subjects to a more restricted curriculum where, upon graduation from high school, they find themselves ineligible for college. Even those who go to college often have such a narrow view of career choices that they restrict their consideration to fields of study that offer less and less opportunity for lasting careers.

Alpha, with its vast resources and experiences among the Brothers, can and must assist our y o u t h in making better and more informed choices of career opportunities. Each alumni chapter is to promote and sponsor a "Career Conference" or "Career Day" to w h i c h our y o u t h will be invited. Here resource people, from many career choices, will advise and guide them.

4. Youth Advocacy Program in Employment and Job Training. There is no more critical problem today than the economic insecurity of the American Black. Unemployment is at an unacceptable level for all Blacks; however, for Black y o u t h it is at a catastrophic level — equaling 45 percent in many of our cities. Alpha men have a clear responsibility to assist our youth in every way possible through these critical times.

One of the ways we will assist is through a Youth Advocacy Program in Employment and Job Training. Advocacy means to speak for, to represent or to assist in any way possible. Each alumni chapter of the Fraternity is expected to sponsor a "Jobs Fair" to which unemployed Black y o u t h and major employers are invited to interact. T h r o u g h such interaction, the y o u t h will become familiar w i t h the skills and training needed for the jobs available in the community and the employers will receive exposure to a ready resource or reservoir of the workforce.

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more vigorous in providing assistance. T h e Education Foundation will conduct workshops at state and regional conventions, identifying sources of scholarship beyond that which the Fraternity provides. It w i l l seek to make the local chapters a resource in this area by providing them w i t h the knowledge of sources of scholarships across the nation.

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Business Encouragement Program of the Fraternity is a long established program. Its purpose is to encourage Blacks to consider business as a profession and to assist, when possible, in providing the incentives and identifying the resources needed.

Thus far, the program has, for the most part, simply provided role models for those interested in business ventures. The Business Encouragement Program will be revitalized and vigorously pursued. There is no need for a rationale for such.

T h e need is commonly understood.

Chapters can do many things, some of w h i c h are: (I) sponsorship of public forums to make the Black public aware of the need; (2) provide role models and technical assistance to those interested in business; and (3) in cooperation w i t h educational institutions, sponsor business seminars dealing w i t h "how to" issues like capital needed and how to raise it, how to obtain a feasibility study, marketing skills, etc.

In this way chapters w i l l not only engage in activities designed to educate the Black public to the need for greater participation in the business field, but they will provide guidance on how to get started and how to maintain a business as well.

The Business Encouragement Week of activities w i l l continue. However, the activities will be supplemented w i t h the providing of specific skills in "how to" situations.

1\ T R E C L A M A T I O N . In order to effectuate the 1 V • "New Alpha Thrust," we must expand our membership. W e must expand the active membership to a level of 18,000 to 20,000 active Brothers if we are to exert the leadership influence needed for the future. A greatly increased membership is also essential to adequate funding of the Fraternity's operations and programs.

A creative program of Reclamation must be implemented by each chapter of Alpha. In addition, a program of membership expansion is urgently needed throughout the Fraternity.

T h e Reclamation and Membership Committee has been established for this purpose. It is to design and pursue a vigorous, creative and innovative membership expansion program in cooperation with regional, state, and local units of the Fraternity.

A goal of a 25 percent increase is set for 1982 and comparable goals for succeeding years will be adopted until we reach a logical membership of 18,000 to 20,000 members. This means that a more diligent effort will be made in identifying and initiating eligible men into the Fraternity, as well as reclaiming those who are inactive. This will be a cooperative effort involving all units of the Fraternity, including the General President.

Specific plans, timetables and target dates will be developed by the Reclamation and Membership Committee. Vigorous implementation of the plans will be directed by the staff, committee and General President.

S O C I A L A C T I O N . A Social Action Commit. tee has been established to keep the Fraternity abreast of issues of importance and concern and to provide an avenue of quick and effective response when the need is eminent. Alpha will not only sound the alarm on critical issues affecting the well-being of Black Americans, but will give leadership and direction to a total c o m m u n i t y response upon need.

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T h e Social A c t i o n Committee is the vehicle through which action can be initiated. In addition to the national committee, each chapter is requested to establish such a committee. There should be state and regional Social Action Committees for more comprehensive coverage. Ultimately, the national committee will be composed of a Chairman, Co-Chairman and the Chairmen of each of the regional committees.

T w o c r y i n g issues to which the Committee has been directed to apply itself are: (I) Passage of legislation making the birthday of Brother Martin Luther King, Jr., a national holiday, and (2) Extension of the V o t i n g Rights A c t of 1965.

Three specific actions are designed to achieve these goals: (1) A petition campaign will be initiated by the Committee and participated in by all Alpha Chapters and Alpha Brothers; (2) A letter-writing campaign will be conducted at the convention and following the convention; (3) Local chapters are expected to direct their Social A c t i o n Committees to visit the offices of each and every congressperson represented in the Chapter — and seek their support for these two legislative initiatives. A report to the chapter, and through the chapter to the General Office, as to the intention of each congressperson is expected. i

n B L A C K C O L L E G E S . T h e Fraternity will V 1 • offer unreserved support for the continued existence and expansion of Black institutions of higher learning. Education is still a major goal of Alpha Phi Alpha and it remains the surest and truest way out for Black young people. The Black College remains the major institution through w h i c h the Black experience and Black heritage is preserved and maintained.

Alpha will use its full resources in maintaining and expanding these centers of learning and heritage preservation. T h e Education Foundation is directed to develop specific plans designed to maximize the Alpha influence in support of Black colleges.

Alpha men and Alpha chapters are urged to lend full support to this effort, individually and collectively. W e will recognize and articulate to the public the great role played in past years by Black institutions and show their relevancy to the needs of these times. \ 7 I | S T A F F S U P P O R T . If Alpha is serious about V I I . furnishing a leadership relevant to the needs of the times and exerting that leadership through programs designed to be effective, staff support for such efforts is absolutely essential.

A program of the magnitude described cannot be implemented w i t h volunteers alone.

The wealth and strength of the Fraternity are in the depths and vastness of its volunteer resources from chapter to chapter.

But volunteers must have direction and purpose if a National Program is to succeed. T h e " N e w Alpha T h r u s t " is dynamic and purposeful. It is proposed that the Fraternity employ a Program Specialist to initiate and direct the New Alpha Thrust.

This person will be housed in the National Office and subject to the supervision of the Executive Secretary. Initial support for such a position will come j o i n t l y from the Fraternity and the Education Foundation. It is expected that within two years the Program Specialist office will be self-sustaining. Grant proposals will be developed and internal and external fundraising efforts will be initiated and conducted.

T h e Program Specialist will be our first and only professional whose entire efforts will be outreach to the c o m m u n i t y in general and Black youth in particular. Reaching beyond ourselves is the true essence of Alpha. "// / am not for myself then who shall he for me? But, if I am only for myself, then what am I?" Alpha must ask itself this probing question as posed in this familiar quotation.

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ON THE MATTER OF VOTING

" T h e end is the beginning," says Ralph Ellison. " T h e wheel must go full circle," Shakespeare proclaims. " M a n is born free, and he is everywhere in chains," Rousseau determines. " T h e problem of the twentieth century," said that wise and far-seeing Alpha Man, that distinguished founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, that peerless editor of the CRISIS, William E. Burghart Du Bois — " t h e problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line. '' And here we are, the very first Greek-letter organization among Black collegians. Here we are, seventy-five years since our founding by that courageous group of seven young college men, always devoted and dedicated to uplifting people. Here we are in 1 9 8 1 , within the last twenty years of the Twentieth Century, seeing and realizing that though the problem is modified, it is essentially what it was in the beginning. Free legally, by birth or acquisition of citizenship, lar too large a portion of the citizenry is circumvented. Black Americans are enchained economically, socially, physically, and spiritually — 118 years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Miraculous changes, yes. But the core of the issue, what makes freedom a problem of great and lasting magnitude, is the color line.

M a n y years ago, the ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC., foresaw and proclaimed that ' 'A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People. " An entire civil rights movement has ensued since Alpha Phi Alpha made its pronouncement. But with all the advancements which have been made, the stubborn fact remains that there are far too many Black Americans who are not making use of the ballot. In the words of Dr. Raymond W . Cannon, a Past General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, " W e shall continue to press vigorously for our full rights of citizenship, including the free exercise of our ballot, everywhere in the United States, and, in so doing, we shall avail ourselves of every legitimate means to accomplish this purpose."

Alpha Phi Alpha is proud of its record during its seventy-five years.

We are proud of what individual Alpha Men have done and what we have been able to accomplish as a national and an international organization. This fraternity shall ever maintain, encourage, and extoll manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind. But during the next twenty years, we urge and insist upon full cooperation with those institutions and individuals who also are determined to elevate humankind. Let it n„t be — IT MUST N O T BE THAT THE PROBLEM OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY REMAINS THE PROBLEM O F THE COLOR LINE! This fraternity therefore proposes to draw on the wisdom and experience of outstanding, distinguished Black Americans in such fields as business and economics, law and politics, psychology and sociology, history and urban development, education — certainly religion. We thus propose the establishment of a Summit Committee on Freedom Which Ignores the Color Line. We do not ask that mountains be moved by faith. What the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is declaring is that a strong coalition of Black Americans, superior in training, knowledge, experience, and dedication can provide the strategy that will accomplish genuine freedom by the year 2 , 0 0 0 .

As we progress toward the big goal, Alpha Phi Alpha demands reaffirmation on the part of each of its brothers and urges compliance of all who believe in the dignity of human beings.

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Alpha Phi Alpha strongly endorses the extension of the Voting Rights Act. This Act has enabled millions of Blacks to register and vote and thousands of Black candidates to be elected to public office.

Brother Andrew Young, a candidate for mayor of Atlanta, has said that this rise of Black political power has transformed southern politics and has had a decisive effect on the nation as a whole. White candidates now must actively campaign for Black support, and it is commonplace to see successful Black-White coalitions in towns, cities, counties and states across the nation.

It has been clearly demonstrated that the pre-clearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act have been effective in increasing voter participation among Blacks. We contend that without these provisions in the Act, the many gains made by Blacks and other minorities through the political process would have been impossible. With the expiration of these critical provisions, all advancements made through the election process will be lost, and many Blacks and other minorities will again find themselves disenfranchised.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity firmly believes that failure to extend these provisions, which are crucial to the effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act, will mark the return of the use of illegal practices to nullify minority votes. Not only do we support the extensions of these critical provisions, but urge that additional safeguards and enforcement procedures be amended into the law to prevent the use of various techniques designed to dilute minority voting strength.

We must not let this law, which was enacted in 1965 and renewed in 1970 and 1975 — we must not let this law expire in 1982! We must actively work for its renewal by mobilizing support in our local communities — among churches, labor unions, business, civil rights organizations, and fraternal leaders generally, to apply pressure on elected officials to keep the law alive for at least the next ten years.

Alpha Phi Alpha opposes any move to repeal or weaken this law and

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we appeal to President Reagan and the Congress for bi-partisan support for extension of the Voting Rights Act.

ON THE MATTER OF ECONOMIC POLICY Black Americans — rich and poor, educated and uneducated, professional and non-professional — are suspicious of the current administration's economic policies and consider its basic tenets to be an insult to our intelligence. To proclaim that what Black Americans need is a ' 'fresh workhorse" — free enterprise — ignores history and oversimplifies the intricacies of the American industrial complex. Black Americans know well that it was this same unabated "fresh workhorse" that led to the plantation system of the South, the intolerable working conditions in some of the Northern factories, the Great Depression of the thirties, and more recently, contributed to double-digit inflation and rising unemployment.

We are certainly aware that government alone is also not the answer.

Our plea is for both responsible government and responsible business.

When the current administration's proposed budget involves cuts in social programs such as food stamps, public housing, welfare and social security that poor folk participate in disproportionately, we become concerned about the present administration's economic policies. We also question the responsibleness of government when educational assistance programs that affect the future of young Americans — Blacks and whites — are proposed for elimination, while at the same time a large boost in defense spending is recommended.

We applaud the efforts of our government in its attempt to stem the tide of rampant inflation and to reduce unemployment. But why should the burden of these efforts fall heavily on those who can afford least to carry it — the nation's poor and minorities? We call on our Congressional leaders to scrutinize carefully and judiciously the administration's proposed budget, restoring some of the cuts in our needy social programs with offsetting reductions in defense spending and other programs not related directly to human needs. As the lirst Greek-letter organization founded lor college-trained Black persons in this country, we ask our government to reinstate the federal assistance programs in education, which are among the soundest investments we can make in the future of America.

ON THE MATTER OF BLOCK GRANTS AND FEDERAL BUDGET President Reagan's proposal to transfer the administration of the grant programs into nebulous block grants under the direction of the states causes us much concern. This proposal can only be viewed as a political expediency, and a veiled discriminatory design by effect, against all those who are economically deprived. Placing Federal block grant funds under the control of Governors and state legislatures would only be putting the poor and disadvantaged, especially Blacks, at the mercy of politicians who are more susceptible to pressure from special interests, and other groups with clout. Consequently, it would be these power groups who would be most successful in benefiting from available funds.

Based upon previous experiences, we know what to expect when states administer the distribution of materials and services. Alpha Phi Alpha opposes the proposed Block Grant changes. Further, this Fraternity firmly supports an even more vigorous administration of the Civil Rights provision of the Community Development Block Grant Program by the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Reagan of Brother Samuel R. Pierce as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development — not merely because he is a brother, but rather because he brings to the cabinet an outstanding blend of administrative skills and experience.

ON THE MATTER OF RACIAL HATE GROUPS T h e resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups has caused us to realize that bigotry and prejudice is nationwide, rather than regional, and that racism is a part of the American character, apparently surfacing during times of economic crisis. Even more alarming is the increasing respectability that these groups now enjoy to operate openly with the tacit sanction of the American public.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. serves notice that we will resist this rise in terrorism on all fronts. We urge all Americans who believe in "justice for a l l " to speak out against those who try to ferment their racist, anti-Semitic, and fascist views through lawless acts. We further urge the enactment of legislation to prohibit the establishment of K.K.K. paramilitary camps in any state, and call upon the Department of Defense to issue a more stringent policy against K.K.K. activities in the U.S. Armed Forces.

ON THE MATTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOUTH AFRICA From its inception, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has been concerned with human rights — in this nation as well as abroad. We again affirm our commitment to human rights, and call for the condemnation ol any attempt by the United States government to improve relations with South Africa while that government continues to perpetuate its dehumanizing racial policies.

South Africa's recent raid against Blacks in Mozambique and the shutdown of two Black newspapers cannot be ignored. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity calls upon all of the American people who abhor the oppression of defenseless people, to serve notice that "business-as-usual" with South Africa by the United States government and American corporations will not be condoned.

No one can deny the enormous power that major corporations have in the affairs of the nation, and we wish to remind them that any shifts away from a position of Black determination as they relate to South Africa, for the sake of financial and political gains, will be met with disfavor. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, in the interest of human rights, appeals to the Federal Government to exert its influence to bring about social, political and economic justice to the millions of oppressed Blacks in South Africa. We further call upon our government and the United Nations as well, to develop a new South African policy initiative that supports self-determination and self-development as key strategies for the liberation of South Africa's Black masses.

ON THE MATTER OF THE ELDERLY — ANOTHER MINORITY Historically, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has had a commitment to champion the rights of the poor and disadvantaged. However, this nation seems to be charting a course which causes us to be all the more cognizant of one of our noble aims — "love for all mankind" — especially as it relates to our elderly citizens, who represents a growing disadvantaged minority.

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changing circumstances, thousands upon thousands of them are psychologically and economically finding it extremely difficult to do so.

Relatively low fixed incomes and double digit inflation have depressed the quality of life among the elderly in this Nation.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity believes that this Nation has a moral obligation to support and strengthen the self-esteem of our senior citizens, rather than place additional cruelties and financial indignities on them. This harsh treatment may very well increase, considering the direction being taken by the present administration in Washington.

It is indefensible that, in an affluent society such as ours, the elderly should be expected to suffer needlessly and live out their lives in despair.

Instead, they should be able to live out their lives in secured comfort, honor and respect.

Although there have been some instances of abuse and insensitivity by those agencies which are designed to help the elderly, it is inconceivable that dismantling of many of the beneficial programs affecting the aged is viewed as the sole solution to the problem.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity recognizes the dilemma of the elderly, and strongly cautions the nation to remember their plight, and to take advantage of their accumulated knowledge and skills. In addition, we need to recognize that in several decades, the aged in our society will be in the majority.

It is recognizable that the Federal Government alone cannot take care of all the needs nor solve all the problems confronting the elderly. Alpha Phi Alpha supports the continuation of a strong social security system. In addition, this fraternity calls upon the private sector along with state and local government to design and implement plans that provide adequate services lor the total needs of the elderly.

ON THE MATTER OF BUSINESS ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Although Blacks comprise I I .5 percent of the United States work force, only 3.8 percent are managers and officials of major corporations.

There are manyVice presidents, managers and program directors but few have entered the inner sanction of decision-making at the executive vice president or senior management level. Also, notably absent from the American economic system are significant numbers of Black-owned and operated business establishments. Thus, Alpha Phi Alpha at its Diamond Jubilee Convention re-affirms its commitment to full participation of Black Americans in the economic and business development of this nation. The General Organization requests its local chapters to aggressively promote the Fraternity's Business Encouragement program in their communities.

The number of young Blacks trained for business management is increasing. For example, the number of Blacks receiving MBA's or Masters in management degrees rose to 2 , 1 2 9 in 1979 from I ,549 in 1976.

These numbers are still insignificant compared to whites receiving comparable education. W e , therefore, encourage our young brothers, as well as other talented young men and women, to consider the field of business management as a course of study at the undergraduate a n d / o r Masters level. Further, we urge secondary school educators to steer young men and women of ability to the fields of engineering, accounting, finance, marketing and other related business courses of study. We also encourage Blacks who have gained experience in well-run majority enterprises to establish businesses of their own.

Assistance in the form of capital and counsel in business management is needed to provide minority enterprises the opportunity to get started, develop, and survive. Alpha Phi Alpha calls on the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, such as the Small Business Administration,

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Department of Commerce, and the Office of Minority Business Enterprises to assist in these endeavors.

Finally, Alpha Phi Alpha applauds the work of Congressman Parren Mitchell and commends those federal agencies that have made specific efforts to encourage and assist minority enterprises by insuring that they receive a representative share of government contracts. We request that these efforts be continued and stepped up under the auspices of the current federal administration.

ON THE MATTER OF BLACK COLLEGES a Phi Alpha offers unreserved support for the continued existence and expansion of Black institutions of higher learning. Education is still a major goal of Alpha Phi Alpha and it remains the surest and truest way out for many of our Black youth. The Black college remains the major institution through which the Black experience and Black heritage is preserved and maintained.

Alpha Phi Alpha commits its full resources to maintain and expand these centers of learning and heritage preservation. We direct our Education Foundation to develop specific plans to maximize Alpha's influence in support of Black colleges.

Alpha men and Alpha chapters are urged to lend full support to this effort individualy and collectively. We laud President Reagan's statement in support of these institutions of higher education. We look forward to a positive program from his administration in this regard.

ON THE MATTER OF DRUGS AND CRIME Black persons, like those of other races, are adversely affected by the serious, voluminous crime that originates on the basis of the use, sale and proliferation of the drug traffic. Much of the black on black crime has its roots in drug trafficteering. This Fraternity's recognition of this serious impact on the lives of Black persons leads us to support a more rigorous educational emphasis on correction of the drug problem.

Alpha Phi Alpha feels that this educational thrust should involve all segments of our educational institutions from elementary school through the college level. To the extent that the international drug traffic can be affected by a more vigilant use of specialty trained American military forces, Alpha Phi Alpha supports such efforts.

ON THE MATTER OF IMMIGRATION America still beckons the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Accordingly, to these shores have come thousands of persons from many countries. We are about to experience some changes in the overall immigration policy and procedures in this country.

Alpha Phi Alpha strongly advocates a policy which fully commits itself to all aspects of equal opportunity with respect to treatment and services to immigrants regardless of color, race, creed or nationality. As America continues to lift the lamp beside the golden door, all persons of any protected class should expect and receive equal treatment.

ON THE MATTER OF FEDERAL COURT APPOINTMENTS a Phi Alpha applauds the nomination of a female to the United States Supreme Court, as we did the appointment of our beloved Brother Thurgood Marshall some 14 years ago. We strongly recommend that the President of the United States continue to be cognizant of the representation of all protected classes within our society as future vacancies occur in Federal judgeships during his administration.

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--MM±THE NEED FOR A NEW STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE HUMAN BETTERMENT T h e end is the beginning. The wheel goes full circle. Born free, man is in chains. The major problem of the twentieth century remains the color line.

This Fraternity, consisting as it does of a variety of talents which have consistently been directed toward the uplift of humanity — Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in its strong desire that all of God's creation know freedom and the reality of human dignity — this Fraternity calls on every chapter, on every individual Alpha Brother to re-dedicate ourselves to the bettermen of human existence. We publicly declare our desire to work in coalition with all fraternities, sororities, institutions, agencies, and individuals to achieve in reality human betterment that ignores that which is superficial to the human condition.

We believe in the idea of the Summit Committee. We avow that the problem of the color line must neither haunt nor plague the twenty-first century. There is yet a distance to cover. There is yet time to do it. But we must begin our surge — N O W !

ON THE MATTER OF MAKING BROTHER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY Purely on the basis of the contributions to this nation during his lifetime, we recommend that this great American's birthday be designated a national holiday. Alpha Phi Alpha unequivocally supports this action.

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. 4432 Martin Luther King Drive Chicago, IL 60653 (312) 373-1819-20 PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE HOBART JARRETT, Chairman EDDIE V. EASLEY, Chair Pro-Tern ROBERT MYERS GEORGE CONEY JOHN HARVEY JIM POOLE JOHN P. RICE, JR.

STILL TRUE! In the 1930s, Alpha Phi Alpha conducted an extensive "Education for Citizenship" campaign — to secure voting rights for Black Americans. This precious tool of freedom is again threatened today — unless the Congress extends the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now is the time . . . for Alpha's voice to be heard. Write your senators arid representatives!

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Omoga Chapter Brother CHARLES R. BACON entered Omega Chapter June 2 3 , 1 9 8 1 in Springfield (Ohio) Community Hospital following a brief illness.

Brother Bacon was born February 2 2 , 1932 in Springfield, Ohio, the son of Jerome and Dorothy Bacon. He received his elementary education in Springfield city schools, and did his collegiate work at Central State University where he received his Baccalaureate degree. He was an employee at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base since 1 9 6 2 .

Brother Bacon was an active member of Zeta Delta Lambda Chapter, Springfield, Ohio; also member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church; member of the PTA Council; member of the local YMCA; and former President of the Human Relations Board; Man of the Year (Ohio) 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 .

Funeral rites were conducted at St. John Church June 2 7 , 1 9 8 1 , with Dr. Jacob L. Chatman presiding. He is survived by his wife Geneva; a son, Charles; and a daughter, Nalissa. Honorary pallbearers included members of Zeta Delta Lambda Chapter of the Fraternity.

Brother JOHN VIRGIL CARTER entered Omega Chapter December 2 3 , 1 9 8 0 in his home city, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Brother Carter received his elementary education in the public schools of Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania; his secondary education at Central High School. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his collegiate training at Virginia State University, Richmond, Virginia.

Brother Carter was an active member of Zeta Omicron Lambda Chapter (Phila.) for many years. He entered his profession and career as an executive at Provident Home Life Insurance Company, where he achieved outstanding records in sales and management.

Brother Carter was funeralized December 2 7 , 1 9 8 0 at the Powell Funeral Home in Philadelphia, leaving as survivors his wife, Vera; his mother, Viola; his children, John and Barbara; and many collateral relatives and friends.

Brother JAMES Y. CARTER entered Omega Chapter September 17, 1981 in his home, 6 0 1 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Illinois, following an extended illness, at the age of 66 years.

Brother Carter was a member of Xi Lambda Chapter, Chicago, Illinois, for many years. He was a member of the Chicago Bar Association and many other legal organizations. He had served as a member of the Illinois Legislature for 1 8 years, following which he was appointed City Vehicle License Commissioner.

He is survived by a daughter, Christine; and many collateral relatives.

Brother BENJAMIN HARRISON CRUTCHER, age 9 1 , the oldest active member of Alpha Nu Lambda Chapter, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, entered Omega Chapter August 3, 1981 following a brief illness.

Benjamin Harrison Crutcher was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, the youngest son of the late Reverend Silas and Anna Crutcher. He received his early education in the public schools of Harrodsburg. After receiving the Bachelor of Science degree in Dairy Foods and Industry, and the Master of Science in Dairy Husbandry and Comparative Physiology from Iowa State University in 1 9 3 1 , he began a career in higher education in Dairy Science and Herd Production and Experimentation. His herd production and experimentations were acclaimed and recognized in scholarly reports and publications. Another career was spent in service with the Veterans Administration, Tuskegee, Alabama, where he retired from service as a Medical Technologist on August 3 1 . 1 9 6 4 .

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. M. Cleopatra Crutcher and a host of friends Brother LAWLER PASON DANIELS, JR., age 5 2 , entered Omega Chapter December 1 1 , 1 9 8 0 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana following a brief illness.

He was funeralized at the first African Baptist Church, New Orleans, Louisiana December 18, 1 9 8 0 ; interment followed in St Louis, Missouri, the Young Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Brother Daniels, a native of New Orleans, attended MacCarty Elementary School, the Gilbert Academy and the Booker T. Washington Senior High School. He received his Baccalaureate degree in Industrial Arts at Tuskegee Institute, where he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the

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Brother Lawler Pason Daniels, Jr. Army; he received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Leland College while on duty at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he was ordained a minister.

While a member of the First African Baptist Church he was called to the pastorate of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and served that congregation for a number of years; also served as Chaplain for the House of Detention for more than 2 0 years.

Brother Daniels was active in all branches of Prince Hall Masonry, and an active member of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World. He was a member of the National Baptist Convention of America, the YMCA and the NAACP; also the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, the Frontier Club, International and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Brother Daniels is survived by his mother, Rosa; two sisters, Leontine and Gloria; and his prospective bride, Delores Gibson.

Brother JOSEPH W. GREENLEE entered Omega Chapter September 2, 1981 in Greensboro, North Carolina, following a brief illness.

Brother Greenlee was born in Asheville, North Carolina, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Woodfin Greenlee. He was an active member of Kappa Lambda Chapter, Greensboro, North Carolina where he served with distinction for many years.

Brother Greenlee was a graduate of the Stephen Lee High School of Asheville, and the North Carolina A and T State University with a Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Education. He was a member of St. James United Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, and member of the Board of Directors of the Hayes Taylor Memorial YMCA. He served as a Sharp Shooter in the Infantry Division of the Army during World War II. Because of his outstanding service, he was the recipient of the Bronze Star Theatre Ribbon and three European Ribbons with three Campaign Stars.

Funeral services were held for Brother Greenlee at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Asheville, North Carolina September 5. 1 981 He is survived by his wife, Genevieve; two sisters, Geneva and Martha; two brothers, William and Wallace; and many friends.

Brother CLARENCE KENNETH GREGORY, Educator and Historian, entered Omega Chapter July 10, 1 9 8 1 in Lutheran General Hospital.

Baltimore, Maryland following an extended illness.

Brother Gregory was born June 1 2, 1 9 2 2 in Cordova, Alabama, the son of John and Mamie Gregory. He was reared in Middleton, Ohio where he completed his elementary and secondary schooling, graduating from Middleton High School in 1 9 4 0 At an early age, Brother Gregory was determined to devote his career to public education and entered Knoxville College (Tenn.) in pursuit of that goal. His college career was interrupted by induction into the United States Army, from which stint of duty he returned to Knoxville College where he received his Baccalaureate degree in 1 9 4 7 He later enrolled at Columbia University (New York) and earned a Master's degree in American History, and a degree of Doctor of Education

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While a student at Knoxville College, he married Nahketah Baskerville, and to this union a daughter, Cheryle Andrea, was born.

Brother Gregory was an active member of Delta Lambda Chapter (Baltimore) and thence began his professional career as an instructor of history in the public schools of Brooksville, Florida; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and McDonough, Georgia; later in Baltimore, Maryland at Douglass, Patterson and Dunbar High Schools. In 1969 Brother Gregory joined the faculty of the Community College of Baltimore where he served as Professor of History and Director of Learning Resources and Social Services before retiring early in 1981.

Brother Gregory is survived by his wife, Nahketah; a daughter, Cheryl; a granddaughter, Saliou Diodji; and numerous collateral relatives and friends.

He served as instructor and Dean of Men at Alcorn State University.

1940-50; from 1954-56 served as associate professor at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1956 Brother Hunter was appointed Professor of Education and Head of the Department, and Dean of the college at Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana.

Members of Epsilon Kappa Lambda Chapter, along with visiting brothers, conducted Omega services at the King's Funeral Home in Gramblinq August 15, 1981.

Funeral rites for Brother Hunter were conducted by Reverend Harvey D. Willis at the Lewis Temple Christian Methodist Church in Grambling August 15, 1 981. He is survived by his wife, Ann; two sons, Robert, Jr. and Karl; and many other collateral relatives and friends.

Brother HOYT HOWARD HARPER entered Omega Chapter September 10, 1980 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin following an extended illness.

Brother Harper was born in Toccoa, Georgia, December 29, 1922, son of Mr. & Mrs. Reberta Calhoun Harper. He graduated from Toccoa High School with honors in 1939, later graduating from Albany State College (Georgia) with honors in 1947 — Atlanta University in 1948 and Indiana University in 1950 — he did graduate study at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin.

Brother LUTHER L. PENN entered Omega Chapter October 4, 1980 following a brief illness. He was an active member of Alpha Upsilon Lambda Chapter, Montgomery, Alabama for many years.

Brother Hoyt Howard Harper Brother Harper served as Registrar, Miles College (Alabama) — Professor of Education and Psychology and Director — Reading and Study Skills Clinic, at Kentucky State University, Frankfurt, Kentucky 1950-58, and for 22 years assigned Psychologist for the Milwaukee public schools.

He taught Psychology at Milwaukee Institute of Technology, served as Director of Upward Bound Program at the University of Wisconsin and had a part-time practice in Psychology.

He was an active member of Delta Chi Lambda Chapter, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received many honors from the Fraternity, and served as Midwestern Regional Director for 20 years.

Mass of the Resurrection was conducted at the Mother of Perpetual Help Parish in Milwaukee on September 10, 1980, with the Reverend Father Harold Ide, celebrant. Eulogy was delivered by his son, Hoyt H. Harper II. Brother Harper is survived by his wife, Mildred; four children; his mother, Reberta; four sisters; three aunts; an uncle; many collateral relatives; and a host of friends.

Brother Luther L. Penn Brother Penn received his elementary education in Bullock County, Alabama, and his collegiate training at Alabama State University, where he received his Baccalaureate degree. He served as high school principal in Montevallo, Alabama, later served in educational field in Montgomery, from which post he retired in 1978.

Brother Penn is survived by his wife, Sadie; two sons, Ojeda and Wilbur; a daughter, Vansette; a brother, Madison; and a sister, Larcenia.

Brother MACEO DuBOIS PEMBROKE, SR. entered Omega Chapter July 14, 1981, a member of Xi Lambda Chapter, Chicago, Illinois.

Brother ROBERT WALTER HUNTER entered Omega Chapter August 13, 1981 in Lincoln General Hospital, Ruston, Louisiana, following an extended illness.

Brother Hunter was born in Leland, Mississippi, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hunter, Sr. He was an active member of the Lewis Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, where he served as steward and layman Religious, mcral and Ethical Principles permeated all aspects of his life.

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Brother Hunter was an Educator, having received his Baccalaureate degree at Alcorn State College (Miss), his Master's degree from Atlanta University (Georgia), and his Doctorate degree from Columbia University, New York City.

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Brother Pembroke was a distinguished pastor, teacher and community leader He served as Senior Pastor of St. Mark United Methodist Church in Chicago for 25 years. He was the youngest of five children born to Mr & Mrs. John Henry Pembroke of West, Texas; devoted husband of June Green; father of two sons, Maceo, Jr. and John Michael; a sister Lois Wade; and many collateral relatives.

Brother Pembroke was eulogized at services held at St Mark's Church

by Bishop Jesse DeWitt, Leader of the Chicago Area of the United Methodist Church on Friday, July 17, 1981 Brother HANNIBAL WILLIAM RIDLEY entered Omega Chapter August 4, 1981 in Hampton General Hospital, Newport News, Virginia following an armed robbery in his office at 651 25th Street, Newport News, Va. Brother Ridley was a native of Newport News, born April 7, 1905 the

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son of John and Mary Ridley. He was an active member of Zeta Lambda Chapter, having been originally initiated 55 years ago in Gamma Chapter in 1926.

Brother Ridley's elementary education was obtained in the public schools of Newport News, his secondary education received at Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, where he married Ruth Spruill, and they became the parents of one daughter, Joan Carolyn.

Brother JULIUS C. TONSLER entered Omega Chapter August 1, 1981 in Bluefield, West Virginia, having been hospitalized there for several days.

He was an active member of Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter, Bluefield, West Virginia for many years, and a member of the Fraternity for over 50 years. He was bom in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1897, the son of Horace and Pocahontas Tonsler. He was a retired school teacher and coach at Genoa and Park Central High Schools. He was an outstanding graduate of Tuskegee Institute and Bluefield State College. He was an active member of the Elks, and member of the Board of Trustees of Scott Street Baptist Church. _, „ _ _ , Funeral services were conducted by the Reverend George R. Bolden and other members of the Clergy at Scott Street Baptist Church, burial in Roseland Memorial Gardens, Bluefield, West Virginia.

Surviving Brother Tonsler are his wife, Eva; a sister, Pocahontas; a granddaughter, Carolyn; and three grandchildren.

Omega Chapter Notices Brother Hannibal William Ridley Brother Ridley was an active member of Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church, serving as Deacon, Trustee and Elder. He was a member of the Trustee Board of Whittaker Memorial Hospital; he was founder of the Hampton Roads Boys Club where he devoted 35 years of service. He was a Mason, a Shriner, a Life Member of the NAACP and former Vice President of Crown Savings Bank, and designated as Alpha Patriarch of Virginia.

Funeral services for Brother Ridley were conducted by the Very Reverend J. Metz Rollins, Jr. of the Carver Memorial United Presbyterian Church in Newport News, August 8, 1981. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; his daughter, Joan; a sister, Johnsie Williams; and four brothers.

Interment Pleasant Shade Cemetery.

In profound sorrow, Alpha Phi Alpha announces the entrance into Omega Chapter of the following brothers since the last General Conventiom in Dallas, Texas.

TucAnnoi: From Xi Lambda Chapter, Chicago, Illinois - Brother THEODORE T. TIVIS. From Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapter, Boston, Massachusetts Brother JOHN J. GOLDSBERRY, May 23, 1981.

From Eta Delta Lambda Chapter, Monroe, Louisiana - Brother HERBERT L. SHERMAN. From Delta Gamma Lambda Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio - Brother HARTWELL PARHAM, Brother SPAULDING A. DICKERSON. From Zeta Gamma Lambda Chapter, Langston, Oklahoma -Brother LEWIS E BURTON entered Omega Chapter March 5, 1981 He was a Charter Member of Zeta Gamma Lambda and a Life Member of the Fraternity.

Zeta Gamma Lambda sadly takes this means as one manner of expression of their heartfelt loss of a dear, devoted Brother who was truly a "servant of all."

OMEGA CHAPTER H Y M N A l p b a BROtbeRS, gather*. Roarad A n d m a k e OGIR pRaises ResoaiQd O f t b i s BROtbeR cobose laboRS ooco aRe cROcuoed.

His g o o d deeds, heaven blest, Commend him t b R o a g b e a c b t e s t , To O m e g a , oaR c b a p t e R of suoeet Rest.

CHORUS: FaRecDell, deaR BROtbeR, T R a o s c e o d e n t aRe t b o a , T b y spiRit sball dcoell coitb a s noco, W e cbeRisb thy Mem'fiy, Thy good name coe'll ReaeRe, To thy gloRy, thy b o n o R , BROtbeR deaR.

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GENERAL OFFICERS GENERAL PRESIDENT — Ozell Sutton 1 6 4 0 Loch Lomond Trail, SW, Atlanta, GA 3 0 3 3 1 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY - James B. Blanton 4 4 3 2 King Drive, Chicago, IL 6 0 6 5 3 GENERAL TREASURER - James M. Trent 3 6 0 6 Edward Street, Landover, MD 2 0 7 8 5 GENERAL COUNSEL - J o h n W. Walker 6 5 2 0 Sherry Drive, Little Rock, AR 7 2 2 0 4 HISTORIAN - Charles H. Wesley 7 6 3 2 1 7th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 2 0 0 1 2 C O M P T R O L L E R - Charles C. Teamer 2 6 0 1 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 7 0 1 2 2 DIRECTOR-GENERAL CONVENTIONS — KermitJ. Hall 100 Fairview A v e . Yeadon, PA 1 9 0 5 0 VICE PRESIDENTS EASTERN - Thomas R. Hunt MIDWESTERN - Jimmie L. Buford SOUTHERN — W Mingo Clark SOUTHWESTERN — Raymond E. Carreathers WESTERN — Clinton L. Minnis ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTS EASTERN — William A E. Boyd MIDWESTERN —Gregory G.French SOUTHERN — John W. Mims SOUTHWESTERN — David K.Clark WESTERN — Bennie Brown

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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. GENERAL OFFICE: 4432 Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653 TELEPHONE: (312) 373-1819 James B. Blanton, Executive Secretary Michael J. Price, Assistant Executive Secretary, Editor-in-Chief, The SPHINX Darryl R. Matthews, Assistant Executive Secretary Alpha Phi Alpha Building Foundation, Inc. Wayne C. Harvey, Chairman 8 7 7 5 W Kingsbury University City, MO 6 3 1 2 4 Edward Ballard, Vice Chairman James B. Blanton, Secretary James M. Trent, Treasurer John W. Walker, Counsel William Decker Clarke James L. Hunt James T. Rushin Larry L. Earvin Ozell Sutton, Ex-Officio

Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc. Walter W. Sullivan, Chairman 1 8 0 0 New Hope Road, SW Atlanta, GA 3 0 3 3 1 Ivan L. Cotman, Vice Chairman James B. Blanton, Secretary James M. Trent, Treasurer John W. Walker, Counsel Jesse H. Sterling Paul C. Williams Ernest L. Holloway Ozell Sutton, Ex Officio

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE/COMMISSION CHAIRMEN AWARDS Thomas A Phillips 9 9 0 8 Taylor Drive Overland Park. K S 6 6 2 1 2 BUDGET AND FINANCE Charles C Teamer 2 6 0 1 Gentilly Boulevard New Orleans. LA 7 0 1 2 2

GRIEVANCES AND DISCIPLINE Willbur Hardy 3 2 9 Troy Street Aurora, CO 8 0 0 1 1

RECLAMATION AND MEMBERSHIP William Ross, Jr 3 9 0 0 Ford Road. Apt 17-1 Philadelphia. PA 1 9 1 3 1

LIFE MEMBERSHIP Elmer C Collins 2 6 1 5 1 Lake Short Blvd , # 1 2 2 4 Euclid, O H 4 4 1 3 2

RECOMMENDATIONS Solomon Stinson 6 9 0 0 NW 5th Avenue Miami. F L 3 3 1 5 0

BUSINESS ENCOURAGEMENT Robert E Sanders 1 0 0 Wilshire Blvd , Suite 4 0 5 Santa Monica. CA 9 0 4 0 1 COLLEGE BROTHERS AFFAIRS Norman E Towels 2 7 6 Mohawk Place Perris. CA 9 2 3 7 0 CONSTITUTION Milton C Davis 1 2 0 2 Montgomery Road Tuskegee Institute. AL 3 6 0 8 8 ELECTIONS John I Hendricks. Jr Box 4 2 Alcorn State University Lorman, MS 3 9 0 9 6 EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Charles E Lewis 3 5 0 0 Fieldstone Drive Winston-Salem. NC 2 7 1 0 5

PERSONNEL A Thomas Reliford 1 5 3 0 16th St . NW. # 6 0 4 Washington. DC 2 0 0 3 6 ONE MILLION DOLLAR DRIVE Isadore J Lamothe. Jr 1 4 0 7 University Avenue Marshall. TX 7 5 6 7 0 PUBLIC POLICY Hobart S Jarrett 3 1 5 West 7 0 t h Street, # 1 5 New York. NY 1 0 0 2 3

PUBLICATIONS Joseph E Heyward P O Box 3 8 4 Florence. SC 2 9 5 0 3 P U B L I C I T Y - P U B L I C RELATIONS Harvey L Brinson 1 2 8 1 8 Broadmore Road Silver Spring. MD 2 0 9 0 4

RULES AND CREDENTIALS Emmett W Bashlul 5 8 0 8 Lataye Street New Orleans. LA 7 0 1 2 2 SENIOR ALPHA AFFAIRS Laurence T. Young. Sr 5 5 5 E 3 3 r d Place, # 1 2 0 8 Chicago. IL 6 0 6 1 6

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TIME AND PLACE Frank Devine 6 2 0 2 Washington Avenue Philadelphia. PA 1 9 1 4 3

PAST GENERAL PRESIDENTS Moses Melvin Morrison' Roscoe C. Giles* Frederick Miller Drawer " M " M o u n d Bayou. MS 3 8 7 6 2 Charles H. Garvin* Henry L. D i c k a s o n ' Henry Arthur C a l l i s Howard H. L o n g ' W. A. Pollard' Daniel D. Fowler* L. L. M c G e e ' S. S. Booker' Raymond W. Cannon 2 0 0 8 Virginia Road Los Angeles. CA 9 0 0 1 6 B. Andrew Rose* Charles H. Wesley 7 6 3 2 1 7 t h Street. N W Washington, DC 2 0 0 1 2 Raylord W. Logan 3 0 0 1 Veazey Terrace, N W , No Washington, DC 2 0 0 0 6

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NEW YORK STATE {DISTRICT III) Clifford R Clemmons 221-25 Manor Road Queens Village. NY 11427

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Beta Pi Lambda (Albany - # 1 5 9 ) Irving Smith, Jr. (S) 35 Bnarwood Road Loudonvrlle, NY 12211 Theta Chi Lambda (Schenectady - # 2 9 8 ) No Report lota lota Lambda (Rome - # 5 1 0 ) No Report HUDSON VALLfV (Area IV) ALUMNI CHAPTERS Eta Zeta Lambda (New Rochelle - # 2 6 1 ) No Report Eta Chi Lambda (Nyack - # 2 7 6 ) Walter C. Blount. Jr. (S) 13 Edgewood Circle Orangeburg. NY 10962 Kappa Upsilon Lambda (Mid-Hudson Valley - # 5 4 2 ) James H Stith (P) 155 0 Gardner Loop West Point NY 10996 METRO NEW YORK CITY {Area V) COLLEGE CHAPTERS

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Treasurer Editor-to-the-Sphinx Vice President Dean of Pledges Dean of Pledges Assistant Secretary

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Thtta Epsilon Lambda ( S t Thomas. VI - # 2 8 2 ) No Report lota Sigma Lambda (St. Croix. VI - # 5 1 8 ) No Report Epsilon Theta Lambda (Hamilton, Bermuda - # 2 1 9 ) No Report Iota Epsilon Lambda (Nassau. Bahamas - # 5 0 6 ) ASIA |Area IV) Mu Phi Lambda (Seoul. South Korea -

DirKtOf Elmer Moore 2717 Tennyson S t NW Washington". DC 20015

(T) (ES) (VP) (DOP) (DP) (AS)

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kappa Zeta (Ubca College - # 4 2 5 ) No Report

(Metropolitan - # 7 ) Russell Barnes (P) 534 West 114 Sheet New York. NY 10025 Zeta Eta (Columbia U - # 3 3 8 ) Basil Moms (P) 534 West 114th Street New York, NY 10025 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Gamma Lambda

(New York - #125) Henry W. Rice. II (P) 160 Broadway. Suite 902 New York, NY 10038 Kappa Xi Lambda (New York - # 5 3 6 ) No Report

BROOKLYN and LONG ISLAND (Area VI) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Chi (City of Brooklyn - # 3 0 8 ) Wayne G. Anderson (S) 657 Crotona Park, N - # 4 E Bronx, NY 10457 Theta Epsilon (Adelphi U - # 3 8 0 ) Robert Thomas (P) Chapman Hall - Room 305 Adelphi University Garden City, NY 11530 Kappa Rho (C W Post College - # 4 3 5 ) No Report Xi Psi Odolph N. Wright, Jr. (P) Box 42 - Hofstra University Hempstead. NY 11550 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma lota Lambda (Brooklyn-Long Island - # 1 7 5 ) John M. Williams (S) 51 Alabama Avenue Hempstead. NY 11550 Zeta Zeta Lambda (St Albans - # 2 3 9 ) Victoi Aning (RS) 820 Boynton Avenue - # 5 E Bronx, NY 10473

NEW JERSEY (DISTRICT IV) Director Elbert C Wisner 300 Lincoln Dr. Colonial Terr Ocean. NJ 07712 {AREA I -

NORTHERN)

COLLEGE CHAPTERS lota Rho (Newark College of Engineering - # 4 1 3 ) Dairyl Riley 440 N Arlington East Orange, NJ 07017 Omicron Zeta (Fairleigh Dickinson University - # 7 1 3 ) No Report

The Sphinx/Fall 1981

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Alpha Lambda (Newark - # 1 2 3 ) Warren E Sherwood (S) 15 Columbus Avenue MontcNr. NJ 07042 Beta Alpha Lambda (Jersey City - # 1 4 5 ) No Report Delta Mu Lambda (Paterson - # 1 9 9 ) Joseph Fulmore (P) 496 East 29th Street Paterson. NJ 07514 Kappa Theta Lambda (Teaneck - # 5 3 1 ) Arnold E- Brown (P) P. 0 . Bo* 776 106 West Palisade Ave Englewood. NJ 07631 (AREA II -

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Theta Lambda (Harnsburg - # 2 4 1 ) E Stanley Herring (S) 3800 Canterbury Road Harnsburg, PA 17109

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Nu (Lincoln U - # 1 2 ) Harbison K Walker. Ir Box 985 - Lincoln University Lincoln University. PA 19352

Psi (U ol Pennsylvania James King (P)

Delta Pi (Cheney - 302) No Report

Delta l o b (Rutgers U - # 9 7 ) John L. Bryant, Jr (P) 212 Mill Road Pleasantville. NJ 08232

Zeta Psi (West Chester State Coll. # 3 5 3 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Rbo (Philadelphia - # 1 6 ) Lloyd R Westtield (CS) 1006 Vernon Road Philadelphia, PA 19150 Zeta Omicron Lambda (Philadelphia - # 2 4 7 ) Craig C. Browne (P) 7822 Thouron Avenue Philadelphia. PA 19150

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Epsilon Lambda (Red Bank - # 2 3 8 ) Roy T. Scales (S) 2 Hope Road Eatontown. NJ 07724 Zeta Nu Lambda (Plamtield - # 2 4 5 ) Alfred Crawford (P) 169 Hellem Street Fanwood, NJ 07023 Theta Psl Lambda (Somerset - # 2 9 9 ) Lendel W Thomas (CS) 312 George Street New Brunswick. NJ 08901

Director Hanley J. Norment 12500 Arbor View Terrace Silver Spring. M 0 20902

COLLEGE CHAPTERS

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Theta Lambda (Atlantic City - # 1 3 0 ) Richard T. Fauntleroy (S) 23 Ridgewood Avenue Pleasantville. NJ 08232 Zeta lota Lambda (Trenton - # 2 4 2 )

PENNSYLVANIA (DISTRICT vi Frank Devrne 6202 Washington Avenue Philadelphia. PA 19143 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (Area I) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Omicron (U ot Pittsburgh - # 1 4 ) Mark J Hassell (P) P. O Box 7184 - Oakland Station

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XiMu #496)

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CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA {Area II) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Nu (Pennsylvania State U No Report

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The Sphinx/Fall 1981

Keih S, Edmunds (P) The West Wing - # 2 2 1 710 W. Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23284 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Nu Lambda (Virginia State College R, J. Hayes (CS) 21329 Sparta Drive Ettrick, VA 23803 B e b Gamma Lambda (Richmond - # 1 4 7 ) No Report Nu Omicron Lambda (Fort Lee - # 5 8 1 )

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Mu Lambda (Washington - # 1 1 1 ) Irven E. Washington (CS) 5202 13th Street. NW Washington. DC 20011

Richmond. VA 23222

#398)

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ALUMNI CHAPTERS Iota Upsilon Lambda (Silver Spring - # 5 2 0 ) E. Averal Austin (CS) 6 2 0 0 Westchester Park Drive College Park. MD 20740 Kappa Epsilon Lambda (Landovei - # 5 2 8 )

James Madison University Harrisonburg. VA 22807 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Alpha Lambda (Charlottesville- # 1 6 7 ) Stephen D. Waters (S) Box 3036 Charlottesville, VA 22903 BLUE RIDGE SOUTH (Area II)

#384)

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Kappa Lambda (Roanoke - # 1 3 2 ) No Report Gamma Nu Lambda (Lynchburg - # 1 7 8 ) A A. Pettrcolas, Jr (P) 7139 Suncrest Drive Lynchburg, VA 24502 SOUTHERN VIRGINIA (Area III) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delb Tau (St Paul's Polytechnic - # 3 0 5 ) George T Hankerson (CS) Delb Tau Chapter St. Paul's College Lawrenceville. VA 23868 XiZtb (Hampden-Sydney - # 4 9 1 ) William R Lee (P) Hampden Sydney College Hampden Sydney. VA 23943 ALUMNI CHAPTERS D e l b Nu Lambda (Danville - # 2 0 0 ) No Report

#75)

#452)

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Kappa Chi Lambda (Waukegan - # 5 4 4 ) Roger Hilton (CS)

T h e b Xi (Ball Sbte U No Report

(Lewis U - # 4 6 8 ) No Report NuRho (NT - # 4 7 9 ) Arndell D. Ricks. Jr. (P) 8841 S. Prairie Chicago, IL 60619 Omicron l o b

#2601 Chicago. IL 60615 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Xi Lambda (Chicago- #113) Thomas S Jackson (P) 9034 S. Bennett Chicago, IL 60617 Z e b Xi Lambda (Evanslon - # 2 4 6 ) No Report Theb Mu Lambda Johet - # 2 8 8 ) No Report l o b Delb Lambda (Chicago - # 5 0 5 ) M 1 Price (P) 4 4 3 2 S. King Drive Chicago, IL 60653

ILLINOIS (SOUTHERN)

Xi Alpha Lambda #590)

Springfield. VA 22153

MIDWEST (Central)

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Tau (U of Illinois - # 1 8 ) Cranston O'Neal Sparks Box 2062 - University ol Illinois Champaign, IL 61820 ZabNu

Director John Reeves 3519 Converse Avenue East St. Louis. I I 62207 COLLEGE CHAPTERS B e b Eta (Southern Illinois U - # 5 1 ) No Report l o b Pi (SIU Edwardsville - # 4 1 2 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS D e l b Epsilon Lambda (East St Louis - # 1 9 3 ) John Reeves (S) 3519 Converse East St Louis, IL 62205 Mu Kappa Lambda (Carbondale - # 5 5 5 ) No Report

ILLINOIS (WESTERN) Director Curley R Biadlord 3109 9vi Street Rock Island. IL 61201

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lob Theb (Calumet College - # 4 0 5 ) Leonard 0. Hayes 2912 West 13th Avenue Gary, IN 46404 Nu Pi (U ol Evansville No Report

#478)

ALUMNI CHAPTERS l o b Lambda (Indianapolis- #109) Keith L. Smith (CS)

Topeka. KS 66611 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delb Mu (Wichita S b t e U - # 9 9 ) No Report Epsilon Omicron (Washburn U - # 3 2 3 ) No Report Xi Nu (Emporia S b t e College No Report

#497)

ALUMNI CHAPTERS D e l b E b Lambda (Topeka - # 1 9 5 ) No Report E b B e b Lambda (Wichita - # 2 5 7 ) No Report

KENTUCKY (EASTERN) Director Shirley Cunningham, Jr. 1139 Venetian Way Lexington. KY 4 0 5 0 2 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Pi (U of Louisville - # 3 7 ) Arthur Simpson (P) c / o Student Center - Rm. # 1 2 University of Louisville Louisville. KY 40208 (Kentucky Sbte U - # 5 5 ) Dolph Seals (P) 136 East Campus - KSU Frankford, KY 40601 Epsilon Chi (U of Kentucky No Report Xi Alpha

#330)

(Morehead S b t e U No Report

#486)

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Lambda (Louisville - # 1 0 1 ) No Report Alpha B e b Lambda (Lexington - # 1 2 4 ) Lee A. Jackson (P) P. 0. Box 1248 Lexington, KY 4 0 5 9 0 Gamma B e b Lambda (Frankfort - # 1 6 8 ) No Report

P. 0 . Box 88131 Indianapolis. IN 46208 Gamma Rho Lambda (Gary - # 1 8 2 ) George F Gibbs (CS)

KENTUCKY (WESTERN) Director Jimmie Stewart

P. O. Box 3695 East Chicago, IN 4 6 3 1 2 T h e b Xi Lambda (South Bend - # 2 9 0 ) Inactive T h e b Upsilon Lambda (Fori Wayne - # 2 9 6 ) No Report Kappa Rho Lambda (Evansville - # 5 3 9 ) No Report Nu Nu Lambda (Bloomington - # 5 7 9 ) Frank Motley (P) 3643 Longvrew Drive Bloomington. IN 47401

514 E Cedar Street - A p t 5 Franklin, KY 42134 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Zeb Omicron (Murray Sbte U - # 3 4 5 ) No Report EbRho (Western Kentucky U - # 3 6 9 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Epsilon Lambda (Hopkinsville No Report

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MICHIGAN (CENTRAL) Director Anthony Crutchfield 447 Palmerston Detroit Ml 48218 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon (U of Michigan - # 5 ) David W Austin (CS)

IOWA Director Everett A Mays P. O. Box 533 Des Moines, IA 50302 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha T h e b (U of Iowa - # 3 0 ) No Report Alpha Nu

3001 Woodland Hills Di Ann Arbor. Ml 48104 Alpha Upsilon (Wayne Sbte U No Report Epsilon E b

(Drake U - # 3 4 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS

#34

#41)

(Eastern Michigan U Mark A Massie (P) Epsilon E b Chapter

Z e b Kappa Lambda (Des Moines - # 2 4 3 ) Everett A Mays (CS) P 0. Box 533 Des Moines, IA 50302 Mu Tau Lambda (Cedar Rapids - # 5 6 3 ) No Report Nu Chi Lambda

#316)

c/o Campus Lite 117 Goodison Hall Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti. Ml 48197 T h e b Tau (General Motors Institute No Report EbXi

(Iowa City - # 5 8 8 ) A. Leo Fields (P) 2036 Ninth Street Coralville IA 52241

P. 1. Williams 3601 Randolph

Beb Mu

West Lafayette. IN 47906 Z e b Rho (Indiana State U - # 3 4 7 ) No Report

Chicago. IL 6 0 6 2 0 Mu Mu Lambda (Glen Ellyn - # 5 5 6 ) No Report

(DePaul University - # 7 1 6 ) Miguel A Cardona (A) 5020 S Lake Shore Drive -

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Phi Lambda (Norfolk - # 1 4 2 ) Willie Harris. Jr. (P) 2145 Lloyd Drive Chesapeake. VA 23325 Epsilon l o b Lambda (Suffolk - # 2 2 0 ) Beniamin L Davis. Jr. 311 St. James Avenue Suffolk. VA 23434 Epsilon Nu Lambda (Portsmouth - # 2 2 3 ) Morris Langston (P) P. 0. Box 1092 Portsmouth. VA 23705

#343)

(Purdue - # 8 2 ) Miles A Hill (P) 613 Waldron Street

#546)

5020 South Lake Shore Drive #2704 Chicago. IL 60615 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Theb (Metro Chicago - # 8 ) Earl N. Williams. Jr. (P) 8 7 4 2 S. Harper Chicago. IL 6 0 6 1 9 Alpha Mu (Northwestern U - # 3 3 ) No Report NutMb (Chicago State U - # 4 6 7 ) No Report Nu Epsilon

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Pi (Norfolk SBte U - # 3 2 4 ) Freddie Davis (S) Box 2033 - NSU Norfolk, VA 23504 Nu T h e b (Old Dominion U - # 4 7 1 ) No Report

(Eastern Illinois No Report

Mu Mu (Elmhurst College No Report

Director

Arthur B. Cooper P. 0. Box 2085 - Station "A" Champaign. IL 6 1 8 2 0

#519)

Director

Allen Knox

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Z e b Lambda (Newport News - # 1 0 6 ) Claude N. Carter (CS) 12 Suburban Parkway Hampton. VA 23661 Delb B e b Lambda (Hampton - # 1 9 0 ) James E. Blacken (S) P. 0. Box 483 Hampton. VA 23669 Nu Delb Lambda (Surry County - # 5 7 1 ) No Report

(Prince Williams County Randall Palmer. Ill (P) 8611 Woodview Drive

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ILLINOIS (NORTHERN)

ILLINOIS (NORTH CENTRAL)

P, 0, Box 6161

Diractw

Epsilon Omicron Lambda (Lawrenceville - # 2 2 5 ) Ernest L. Morse (CS) P 0. Box 595 South Hill, VA 23970

1412B E. Croxton Ave Bloomington, I L 6 1 7 0 1

Robert P. Edwards (P) 7634 S Damen

Hampton Institute Hampton. VA 23668 Kappa Pi (William 8 Mary - # 4 3 4 ) Gerald W. S. Carter (P) Box 9 0 5 2 College Station Williamsburg. VA 23185

ILLINOIS

Timothy Walker (P)

(DeKalb -

TIDEWATER SOUTH (Area VII)

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Theb lob

l o b Tau Lambda (Charlotte Court House lohn A Brown P 0. Box 221 Drllwyn. VA 23923

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma l o b (Hampton Institute George A Minor (P)

(Bloomington - #589)

P. 0, Box 512 North Chicago, IL 60064 Mu Alpha Lambda

TIDEWATER NORTH (Area VI)

Albert I Relifotd (P) 1530 16th S t . NW - # 6 0 4 Washington, DC 20036

(Virginia Polytechnic U Carl Jackson (CS) P. 0 Box 346 Blacksburg, VA 24060

#112)

No Report

BLUE RIDGE NORTH (Area I)

Baltimore. MD 21239

Beniamin Watkins (CS) 104 Janice Place Waldorf. MD 2060J

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta (Howard U - # 2 ) No Report Nu Beta (American U - # 4 6 5 ) Nu Beta Chapter Phillip A, Lattimore, III American University Eagle Station - Box 124

Box 4172

COLLEGE CHAPTERS lotaZita (U of Maryland - # 4 0 3 ) Richard A. Montgomery. Ill lota Zeta Chapter University of Maryland College Park. MD 20742

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INDIANA Director Theo Hamiter 7158 Avalon Trail Ct. Indianapolis. IN 46250 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma E b (Indiana U - # 7 3 ) Alpha M. Dixon (ES) P. 0 . Box 1698 - IU Bloomington, IN 47401 Gamma Rho

COLLEGE CHAPTERS l o b Alpha (Washington 4 Lee U No Report lob Beb

MARYLAND SOUTHWEST (Area III)

Mu Upsilon (Frostburg State Coll. No Report

Ernest Gibson 23 West 235 Edgewood C t Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Phi (Northern Illinois U - # 3 2 9 ) No Report

3212 Griffin Avenue

P 0 Box 11347

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Omicron Lambda B e b (Champaign - # 5 0 1 ) No report Nu Psi Lambda

- #391)

C. A. Pennington

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COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma (Virginia Union U - # 3 ) No Report B e b Gamma (Virginia State College - # 4 7 ) Maik A Conley (P) Box 8 - Virginia State Univ.

Petersburg, VA 23803

KANSAS (WESTERN) Director

Theb Rho

(U of Virginia - # 3 9 9 ) Major McKmley Lewis (PS) 1I1-A Maywood Lane Charlottesville, VA 22903 Xi Delb (James Madison U - # 4 8 9 ) Marlon A. Foster (CS)

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Lambda (Baltimore - # 1 0 4 ) David R Buckholtj (CS) 8067 Long Branch Terrace Glen Burme. MD 21061 lota Alpha Lambda (Aberdeen - # 5 0 2 ) Elbert W. Williams (CS) 222 Bright Oaks Drive Belau. MD 21014 Kappa Kappa Lambda (Baltimore - # 5 3 3 ) Seaton White (CS)

CENTRAL VIRGINIA (Area V)

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Kappa (Bradley U - # 3 1 9 ) No Report E b Eta (Western Illinois - # 3 6 0 ) Michael W Smith (VP) 222 Olson Hall Western Illinois University Macomb. IL 61455 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Kappa Pi Lambda (Peoria - # 5 3 8 ) No Report Mu Delb Lambda (Springfield - # 5 4 9 ) Willis H. Logan, Jr. (S) 2008 Randall Court Springfield. IL 62703 Mu Chi Lambda (Rock Island - # 5 6 6 ) No Report

(Virginia Commonwealth U

Director

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Alpha (Morgan State U - # 4 5 ) David Campbell (P) 2904 Elgin Avenue Baltimore. MD 21216 Mu Rho (Towson State - # 4 5 7 ) Lawrence Spearman Mu Rho Chapter Box 2074 - Towson State Univ.

Towson. MD 21204 Nu Kappa (UM-Baltrmore County - # 4 7 3 ) No Report

(Reston - # 2 5 2 ) John A Mann (FS) 9525 Heathwood Court Burke, VA 22015 T h e b Rho Lambda (Arlington - # 2 9 3 ) Raymond Johnson (S) 1009 S Quinn Street Arlington, VA 22204

Eta Tau (Illinois State U - # 3 7 1 ) Joseph J Welcome, III 109 East University Bloomington. IL 61701 T h e b Omicron (Mrllikin U - # 3 8 9 ) Bernard Hepburn (P) Alpha Phi Alpha Miliikin University Decatur, IL 62522

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Area V)

VIRGINIA (DISTRICT VII)

MARYLAND NORTH (Area II)

Director

No Report Xi Sigma (Indiana U ot Pennsylvania No Report

#83)

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Theta Lambda (Wilmington - # 1 7 4 ) Warren A. Scott (P) 23 Spectrum Drive Newark. DE 19713 Zeta Rho Lambda (Dover - # 2 4 9 ) John H Quarles (P) 347 Beechwood Drive Dover. DE 19901

McGray Bussey (CS) 109 J Northgate Gardens Cranbury. NJ 0 8 5 1 2 Kappa lota Lambda (Burlington County - # 5 3 2 ) Taft Harris, Jr. (S) 11 Monroe Avenue Browns Mills. NJ 08015 Nu Gamma Lambda (Glassboro - # 5 7 0 ) John J. Williams (P) 26 Pinewood Lane Sicklervrlle. NJ 08081

(Slippery Rock State College -

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Sigma (Delaware State College Darnell L. Wrlkerson (RS) Box 371 - D S C Dover. DE 19901 Xi Omicron (U ol Delaware - # 4 9 9 ) Paul Drayton Xi Omicron Chapter 301 Student Center Newark. DE 19711

NORTHERN VIRGINIA |Area IV) ALUMNI CHAPTERS Z e b Upsilon Lambda

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Omicron Lambda (Princess Anne - # 2 0 3 ) No Report Eta Eta Lambda (Annapolis - # 2 6 2 ) Prrmius Richardson (P) 401 Heittman Road Davidsonville. MD 21035

Omicron Lambda Alpha (Washington - # 5 0 0 )

DELAWARE (Area I)

Iota lota (Trenton State College - # 4 0 6 ) Algernon Ward (P) 851 Carteret Avenue Trenton. NJ 08618 Nu Iota (Glassboro State - # 4 7 2 ) Keith D. Butler (P) Park Crest Village - Apt. # 2 5 5 Glassboro. NJ 08028

COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Nu (U of Maryland, E.S. - # 1 0 0 ) Anthony E. Miller (P) P, 0, Box 1456 - UMES Princess Anne, MD 21853 Eta Zeta (Bowie State College - # 3 5 9 ) No Report

Washington. DC 20016

DELAWARE, MARYLAND & D.C. (DISTRICT VI)

SOUTHERN)

ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Omicron Lambda (Pittsburgh- #136) Harry K Parker (S) 505 Gettysburg Street Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Kappa Beta Lambda (Erie - # 5 2 5 ) No Report Nu Upsilon Lambda (Pittsburgh - # 5 8 6 ) Walter H Green (S) 420 S Graham Street Pittsburgh, PA 15232

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c / o IFC Ottice 3700 Spruce Street Philadelphia. PA 19104

CENTRAL)

Pittsburgh, PA 15213 lota Sigma (Millersville State Coll. Thomas L. Bellmon (P) 1928 N Franklin Street Philadelphia, PA 19122

MARYLAND EASTERN (Area IV)

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA (Area III)

COLLEGE CHAPTER

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Kappa Phi Lambda (Columbia - # 5 4 3 ) James E Fitrpatnck. Jr. (P) 5135 Celestial Way Columbia. MD 21044

#43)

KANSAS (EASTERN] Director Richard Marshall 626 Oakland Kansas City. KS 66101 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Upsilon (U of Kansas - # 1 9 ) No Report Gamma Chi (Kansas State - # 8 7 ) No Report Kappa Tau (Kansas S b t e U - # 4 3 7 ) No Reoorl

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(U ol Detroit No Report l o b Epsilon

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(Grand Valley - # 4 0 2 ) Larry D Johnson (VP) Ravine Apartment # 2 8 Grand Valley Sbte College Allendale. Ml 49401 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Lambda (Detroit - # 1 0 3 ) No Report Epsilon Upsilon Lambda (Flint - # 2 3 0 ) No Report T h e b Z e b Lambda (Ann Arbor - # 2 8 3 ) William L Harris (S) 2861 Eisenhower Ann Arbor. Ml 4810-. l o b Rho Lambda (Pontiac - # 5 1 7 ) No Report

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MICHIGAN (NORTHERN)

ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Zeta Lambda (Jefferson City - # 1 5 0 ) Reginald Archer (CS) P O Box 462 Jefferson City, MO 65101

Director lames H Gaddis 4028 Wrsner Saginaw. Ml 48601 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Tau

MISSOURI (WESTERN)

(Michigan State U No Report

#84)

Director

James Fleming

ZeU Beta

1304 Kingston Road Blue Springs. MO 64015 COLLEGE CHAPTERS

(Ferris State - # 3 3 3 1 Donnell Russaw 455 Lenoir Ct

Delta Rho (U of Missouri - # 3 0 3 ) No Repoit Zeta Gamma (Central Missouri - # 3 3 4 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Lambda (Kansas City - # 1 0 2 ) Curtis L Rogers (P)

River Rouge. Ml 48218

Ztll Delia (Northern Michigan -

#335)

No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS E t i Nu Lambda (Grand Rapids No Report

#267)

lota Chi Lambda (Sagma* - # 5 2 2 ) Charles Mathews (P)

P 0 Box 17395 Kansas City. MO 64130

27 Del Ray Saginaw. Ml 48601 Kappa Delta Lambda

NEBRASKA Director Ned Williams 3425 South 120th Omaha, NE 68144 COLLEGE CHAPTER Beta Beta

(Lansing - # 5 2 7 ) Howard T Spence (S) 4462 Seneca Drive Okemos Ml 48864

MICHIGAN (SOUTHERN) Morse Brown 450 Glenn Oaks Drive, Apt B Muskegon Heights. Ml 4 9 4 4 2 COLLEGE CHAPTER Epsilon Xi (Western Michigan U # 3 2 2 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Phi Lambda (Muskegon Heights - # 5 2 1 ) Nathaniel Allen. Jr (P)

Director loe Sansbury 1430 Abbington Toledo. OH 43657 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Alpha (U of Toledo - # 3 1 0 ) Randall lohnson (P) 1312 Brookview - # 8 4 Toledo. OH 43615 Epsilon Theta

Portage. Ml 49081 Nu Rho Lambda (Benton Harbor - # 5 8 3 ) Daniel Harbison

(Bowling Green U No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Alpha Xi Lambda (Toledo - # 1 3 5 ) limmy Gaines (P) 3716 Victory Toledo, OH 43607

1584 Trebor Road St Joseph. Ml 49085

MINNESOTA Director lames Beard 4109 Portland Ave., South Minneapolis. MN 55407 COLLEGE CHAPTER

Diitctor James T Rushin 1186 Wyley Avenue Akion, OH 44306 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Pi (Cleveland State/ Western Reserve No Report

P 0 Box 906 Minneapolis. MN 55440

MISSOURI (EASTERN)

Alpha Tau (U ol Akion No Report Epsilon Delta

Director Ronald E Smiley 1562 Mendall St Louis. M 0 6 3 1 3 0 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Eta (St Louis - # 2 9 ) Ronald I Moore (P) 4225 Clarence

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#40)

(Kent State U - # 3 1 3 ) Edgar V Wright (P) Box A Student Life Office Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 lota Phi (Mount Union College - # 4 1 7 ) No Repoit Xi Chi (Baldwin-Wallace College - # 7 0 6 )

SI Louis MO 63115 Epsilon Psi (U ol Missouri - # 4 4 1 ) Ctiailes Harris (CS) Hwy 63 S Llm Rolla. MO 65401 Xi Gamma (Southeast Missouri State No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon Lambda

No Report Omicion Epsilon #

(St Louis - # 1 0 5 ) Linme thigpen, Jr (CS) 1269 Hodiamont Street St Louis. MO 63112 Epsilon Eta Lambda (Charleston #218) No Report

MISSOURI (CENTRAL) Directoi Cail Smith Lakeview Subdivision lelferson City. MO 65101 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Psi Reggie Williams (T) 1015 E Atchison lelferson MO 65101 Z t l l Alpha (U ol Missouri No Repoit

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OHIO (NORTHEAST)

Mu (U ot Minnesota - # 1 1 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Gamma Xi Lambda (Minneapolis - # 1 7 9 ) Rodney W Jordan (P)

#332)

og 881

(Youngstown State University -

#712)

Allied Bnght Youngstown State University 410 Wick Avenue Youngstown, OH 44555 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Beta Rho Lambda (Youngstown - # 1 6 0 ) Allied L. Blight (S) 2237 Filth Avenue Youngstown, OH 44504 Delta Alpha Lambda (Cleveland No Repoit

#189)

Eta Tau Lambda (Akion - # 2 7 3 ) Claude W. Carter (P) 899 Hartford Avenue Akron. OH 44320 Kappa Mu Lambda (Lorrain - # 5 3 4 ) No Repoit

OHIO ( C E N T R A L )

HI

(Noitheast Missouri - # 4 1 0 ) Billy Buckner (P) Student Union Building Northeast Missouri State U Kirksville. MO 63501

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Director William Nelson, Ph.D. 2572 Burnaby Drive Columbus, OH 43209 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kappa (Ohio State U No Report

Directoi Edward White 5211 Big Bend Drive Dayton, OH 45427 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Xi (Wilberforce U - # 1 3 ) No Report Gamma Theta (U ol Dayton - # 7 4 ) John S. Kendall (S) 241 Kennedy Union - UD 300 College Park Drive Dayton, OH 4 5 4 6 9

(Central State U - # 3 0 0 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS

OHIO (NORTHERN)

P 0 Box 3972 Muskegon Heights. Ml 49444 Kappa Psi Lambda (Kalamazoo - # 5 4 5 ) Earl G McNeal (CS) 8317 Newells Lane

OHIO (WEST CENTRAL)

COLLEGE CHAPTER Delta Xi

(U ot Nebraska - # 4 6 ) Dwam Alexander II (Pi 2611 North 45th Street Omaha NE 68131 ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Xi Lambda (Omaha - # 1 5 7 ) Kenneth Butts (S) 5608 Lanmoie Avenue Omaha. NE 68104

Director

Phi (Ohio U - # 2 0 ) Wuhan A. Dansby (DOP) 402 Edgewood Mansfield. OH 44907 ALUMNI CHAPTER Alpha Rho Lambda (Columbus - # 1 3 8 ) Clarence Glover (CS) 1383 Kelton Avenue Columbus, OH 43206

#10)

Theta Lambda

(Dayton - #108) George C Findley (P) 1820 Ruskin Road Dayton, OH 45406 Chi Lambda (Wilberforce - # 1 2 1 ) No Report Zeta Delta Lambda (Springfield - # 2 3 7 ) lake D Brewer (P) 7162 Mandrake Drive Dayton, OH 45424

OHIO (SOUTHWEST) Diiectoi Clarence Fraziei 1145 Wionna Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45224 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Alpha (U ot Cincinnati - # 2 3 ) No Report Delta Upsilon (Miami U - # 3 0 6 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Delta Gamma Lambda (Cincinnati - # 1 9 1 ) Ivan Reynolds (P) 650 Springer Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45215

WEST VIRGINIA Diiectoi Adolphus A Young. It P 0. Box 13 Keystone. WV 24852 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Zeta (West Virginia State #28) Stanley Jenkins (S) P O Box 511 Institute, WV 25112 Beta Theta (Bluetield State - # 5 2 ) Anthony D Graham (P) Box 796 Kimball. WV 24853 Nu Nu (Marshall U - # 4 7 5 ) James C Venable. Ill 1539 Ritter Blvd Huntington. WV 25701 Xi Theta (Concord College - # 4 9 3 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Zeta Lambda (Bluefield - # 1 2 8 ) Adolphus A Young, Jr (S) P 0 Box 671 Bluefield WV 24701 Alpha lota Lambda (Charleston - # 1 3 1 ) John E Scott (S) P 0 Box 303 Institute. WV 25112 Gamma Delta Lambda (Beckley - # 1 7 0 ) Inactive

WISCONSIN Director Coleman O Wells 922 W Zedler Lane Milwaukee. Wl 53092 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Epsilon (UW Madison #71) No Report Epsilon Tau (UW Milwaukee #327) No Repoit Zeta lota (UW Whitewater #340) lames E Williams (P) 116 E Concoidia Milwaukee. Wl 53212 Eta Beta (WSU Platteville - # 3 5 5 ) No Repoit

Eta Pi (WSU Oshkosh - # 3 6 8 ) No Report Mu Epsilon (Carthage College - # 4 4 6 ) No Report Nu Xi (Marquette U - # 4 7 6 ) Levester Johnson (P) 2600 West Highland - Apt. 104 Milwaukee. Wl 53233 Nu Omicion (Carroll College - # 4 7 7 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Chi Lambda (Milwaukee - # 2 1 0 ) No Repoit Mu Eta Lambda (Madison - # 5 5 2 ) No Repoit

SOUTH ALABAMA

Delta Phi Lambda (Tuscaloosa - # 2 0 9 ) Eddie R Johnson (S) 2003 - 40th Avenue Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 Epsilon Delta Lambda (Talladega - # 2 1 5 ) No Report Theta Alpha Lambda (Gadsden - # 2 7 8 ) No Repoit Theta Gamma Lambda (Dothan - # 2 8 0 ) Doc Anderson (CS) P O Box 6893 Dothan, AL 36302 Kappa Nu Lambda (Leighton - # 5 3 5 ) No Report Mu lota Lambda (Mobile - # 5 5 4 ) No Report Mu Psi Lambda (Homewood - # 5 6 7 ) Walter E Turner (P) P, 0 Box 2281 Birmingham, AL 35201

Leotis Peteiman 4340 Yorkshire Drive Montgomery, AL 36108

Director lohn C Rawls

Rt 4 - Box 183P

COLLEGE CHAPTERS

Gainesville, FL 32601

Alpha Beta (Talladega College No Repoit Beta Upsilon (Alabama State U No Report

COLLEGE CHAPTERS #24)

Beta Nu (Florida A S M -

Alpha Chi Lambda

(St, Petersburg - # 2 8 4 ) Frank E, Smith (RS) 4173 Beach Drive, S.E. St Petersburg, FL 33705 lota Beta Lambda (Cocoa - # 5 0 3 ) William E. Gary (P) C O lota Beta Lambda Chapter

(Augusta - # 1 4 3 ) Willie G Marshall (FS) 829 Strother Drive Augusta, GA 30901 Beta Phi Lambda (Savannah - # 1 6 4 ) No Report

P. 0 Box 1275 Cocoa, FL 32922 lota Pi Lambda (Miami - # 5 1 6 ) Aaron Jones (CS) 8941 SW 140 Street Miami, FL 33177 Mu Zeta Lambda (Lakeland - # 5 5 1 ) Donzell Floyd (CS) 445 Avenue B. NE Winter Haven, FL 33880 Nu Eta Lambda (Gainesville - # 5 7 4 ) Alfred C, Peoples (S) 611 S.E. 13th Terrace Gainesville. FL 32601

GEORGIA

FLORIDA

Directoi

Theta Eta Lambda

#56)

Quinton Williams (CS) #63)

Directoi Lorenzo Manns 4554 Moline Avenue Columbus. GA 31907 COLLEGE CHAPTERS lota (Morns Brown College No Report Alpha Rho

#9)

Gamma Omicron Lambda (Albany - # 1 8 0 ) Edwin Green (P) P 0. Box 4054 Albany. G A 3 I 7 0 6 Gamma Sigma Lambda (Ft. Valley - # 1 8 3 ) Cinton H. Dixon (S) Box 5742 FVSC Ft Valley, GA 31030 Delta lota Lambda (Columbus- #197) Lorenzo Manns (S) 4554 Moline Avenue Columbus, GA 31907 Epsilon Beta Lambda (Macon - # 2 1 3 ) No Report Eta lota Lambda (Athens - # 2 6 4 ) Hugh Goodrum (CS) P 0, Box 902 Athens, GA 30603 Theta Nu Lambda (LaGrange - # 2 8 9 ) Alfred McNair (S) 408 Jackson Street Apt LaGrange, GA 30240

NORTH CAROLINA Director Dr A M, Witherspoon 2701 Rothgeb Drive Raleigh, NC 27610 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Omicron (Johnson C Smith U - # 3 6 ) Anthony R Chmnis (CS) UPO 1035 - JCS University Charlotte, NC 28216 Beta Epsilon (AST State U - # 4 9 ) Howard I. Love, III (P) Box A-14, NC AST U Greensboro, N C 2 7 4 1 1 Beta Zeta (Elizabeth City State U - # 5 0 ) No Report Beta lota (Winston-Salem State U - # 5 3 ) Robert Phelps, Jr. (P) P O Box 14318 - WSSU Winston-Salem. NC 27102 Beta Rho (Shaw U - # 6 0 ) No Report Gamma Beta (North Carolina Central U Rodney 0 Barnett (P)

50

lota Gamma Lambda (Brunswick - # 5 0 4 ) Richard Wilson (S)

1449 South M L King Blvd (Morehouse College - # 3 8 ) Tallahassee, FL 32301 Wesley L Curl (CS) Delta Beta O. Box 98 P. 0. Box 627 - Morehouse College (Bethune Cookman - # 9 0 ) White Oak. GA 31568 Atlanta, GA 30314 No Report Kappa Tau Lambda Alpha Phi Delta Psi (Valdosta - # 5 4 1 ) #309jClaik College - # 4 2 ) (Florida Memorial Coll Calvin Willis (P) 41 Rel (P) No Report 4021 Lantern Lane Clark College - Box 137 P. 0 Box 36 Eta Delta Valdosta. GA 31601 240 Chestnut St.. SW Tuskegee Institute. AL 36088 ( U o l M , a m l _ # 3 5 7 ) Nu Mu Lambda Atlanta, GA 30314 Delta Gamma No Report (Decatur - # 5 7 8 ) Gamma Zeta (Alabama A S M - # 9 1 ) Theta Gamma Willie Lester (P) (Ft Valley State - # 7 2 ) Micheal Crutcher (CS) (U ol South Florida - # 3 7 8 ) P 0 Box 32604 Collie Craddick (P) P 0. Box 220 No Report Decatur. GA 30034 Fort Valley State College Alabama A S M University Theta Sigma P. 0 Box 4326 Normal. AL 35762 (U of Florida - # 3 9 2 ) MISSISSIPPI fort Valley, GA 31030 Epsilon Nu David Henderson. II (P) Diiectoi Delta Delia (Stillman College - # 3 2 1 ) 1324-A SW 13th Street Wiley lones (Albany Slate - # 9 2 ) No Repoit Gainesville. FL 32608 Alcorn State University Rutus Smith, Ji (P) Theta Delta Iota Delta P O Box 285 P 0 Box 36 - ASC (U of South Alabama # 3 7 9 ) (Florida state U - # 4 0 1 ) Loiman, MS 39096 Albany, GA 31705 No Report Earnest M Walker. Jr. (S) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Eta Iota Nu P. 0. Box 7002 - FSU Gamma Upsilon (Savannah State Coll - # 9 5 ) (UAB - # 4 0 9 ) Tallahassee, FL 32313 (Tougaloo College - # 8 5 ) No Report No Report Kappa Upsilon No Report Zeta Mu Kappa Alpha (Metropolitan - # 4 3 8 ) Delta Kappa (Georgia State U - # 3 4 2 ) (U ol Alabama - # 4 2 0 ) No Repoit (Alcorn State U - # 9 8 ) No Report Jellrey Willis (CS) Mu Theta No Report Zeta Pi P O Box 7368 #449) (U of West Florida Delta Phi (U of Georgia - # 3 4 6 ) University. AL 35486 No Report (Jackson State U - # 3 0 7 ) Clifford W Gibson (S) Kappa Gamma Xi lota Larry Baggett (P) # 4 9 4 ) 2151 Univeisity Station (U of North Alabama # 4 2 2 ) (U ol Central Florida P 0 Box 17177 - JSU Athens. GA 30602 Derrick Morgan (S) Victoi T Thomas (P) Jackson, MS 39217 Eta Alpha 823 B Rivers Hall P 0 Box 26061 Zeta Phi (Paine College - # 3 5 4 ) University of North Alabama Orlando. FL 32816 (MS Valley State U - # 3 5 1 ) Roderick Marshall (P) Jasper, AL 35501 Xi Kappa Rothley Howard (CS) (Florida Inst ol lech - # 4 9 5 ) Box 77 - Paine College Nu Tau Box 899. MVSU Augusta, GA 30910 (U ol Monlevallo - # 4 8 1 ) No Report Itta Bena. MS 38941 Theta Beta No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Gamma • # 3 7 7 ) (Columbus College Upsilon Lambda Xi Beta (Rust College - # 4 0 0 ) Harold D Willis (P) (Jacksonville - # 1 1 9 ) (Troy State U - # 4 8 7 ) William C Reeves (P) P 0 Box 12101 Clarence Von Boslick (AES) No Report Rust College - Box 481 Columbus, GA 31907 2816 Ribault Scenic Drive Xi Xi Holly Springs. MS 38635 Jacksonville FL 32208 lota Eta (Jacksonville - # 4 9 8 ) Kappa Beta Beta Beta Lambda (Meicer U - # 4 0 4 ) Travis Heard (P) (MS State U #421) (Miami # 1 4 6 ) Randolph Grimes (P) 25 Curry Court No Report No Repoit P 0 Box 61 - Mercer U Talladega, AL 35160 Mu Xi Beta Delta Lambda Macon, GA 31207 Omicron Alpha (Metropolitan - # 4 5 4 ) (Daytona Beach #148) Mu Alpha (Auburn U at Montgomery Elliott T Creek (CS) David H Staples (PJ (Emory U - # 4 4 2 ) #708) 801 Memphis Street 803 S Ihompson Avenue No Report Richard L Ashley Haltiesburg. MS 39401 Deland, FL 32720 Mu Gamma Omicron Alpha Chapter Nu Upsilon Gamma Zeta Lambda (Georgia College - # 4 4 4 ) P 0 Box 403 (Tampa - # 1 7 2 ) (U ol Mississippi - # 4 8 2 ) Marvin Respress (P) Montgomery, AL 36101 No Repoit No Report Box 1055 - Georgia College ALUMNI CHAPTERS Omicron Gamma Milledgeville. GA 31061 Omicron Lambda Gamma Mu Lambda (Millsaps College - # 7 1 0 ) Mu Delta No Repoit (Tallahassee - # 1 7 7 ) George C Harris. Ji (P) (Georgia Southwestern - # 4 4 5 ) Alpha Nu Lambda No Report 2343 Ridgeway Street No Report (Tuskegee Institute - # 1 3 4 ) Delta Delta Lambda Jackson, MS 39213 Mu Omicron Luther W Hemmons (P) (West Palm Beach - #192) ALUMNI CHAPTERS (Valdosta Slate - # 4 5 5 ) P 0 Diawei BBB No Report Alpha Epsilon Lambda No Report Tuskegee Institute, AL 36088 Delta Xi Lambda (Jackson - # 1 2 7 ) Nu Gamma (Orlando - # 2 0 2 ) Alpha Upsilon Lambda No Report #466) (West Georgia Coll Felton A Johnson (?)

Epsilon Xi Lambda (Montgomery - # 1 4 1 ) Dennis Taylor, III (S) P O Box 5548 (Mound Bayou - # 2 2 4 ) Samuel L Jackson (S) West Georgia College Orlando. FL 32855 No Report P 0 Box 6058 P 0 Box 10016 Epsilon Mu Lambda Zeta Mu Lambda Montgomery, AL 36106 Carrollton, GA 30228 (Pensacola # 2 2 2 ) (Biloxi - # 2 4 4 ) Beta Omicron Lambda No Repoit Nu Mu No Report (Mobile - # 1 5 8 ) #474) (Southern Tech Inst.

Epsilon Pi Lambda Eta Phi Lambda Alvin J Allen (RS) No Report (Ocala - # 2 2 6 ) (Columbus - # 2 7 5 ) 1205 St Madar Street William E Jackson (S) Xi Tau # 7 0 3 ) No Report Mobile. A l 36603 1822 SW 4th St (Georgia Southern College Delta Theta Lambda Theta Sigma Lambda Ocala, FL 32670 (Huntsville - # 1 9 6 ) Crandall Jones (CS) (Natchez - # 2 9 4 ) Zeta Alpha Lambda A 1 Garth (CS) LB 12381 No Report (Ft, Lauderdale - # 2 3 4 ) P 0 Box 33 Georgia Southern College

Gamma Kappa (Miles College - # 7 6 ) No Report Gamma Phi (Tuskegee Institute - # 8 6 ) Johnny Mason (CS)

Alabama ASM University Normal, AL 35762 Delta Pi Lambda (Selma - # 2 0 4 ) Willie L Gilford (S) 1212 9th Avenue Selma, AL 36701

Norbert C Williams (P) 1761 NW 7th Avenue Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Eta Kappa Lambda (Ft Pierce - # 2 6 5 ) Haverl L Fenn (S) P O Box 1271 Ft Pierce Fl 33454

Statesboro, GA 30460 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Eta Lambda (Atlanta - # 1 0 7 ) Larry Epps (CS) P O Box 92576 Atlanta, GA 30314

#68)

P 0 Box 19484

Mu Gamma Lambda (Hattresburg-Laurel - # 5 4 8 ) No Report Mu Pi Lambda (Brookhaven - # 5 6 0 ) No Report

The Sphinx/Fall 1981

Shepard Station - N C C U Durham. NC 27707 Gamma Mu (Livingstone College - # 7 7 ) Reginald A Stewart (P) Livingstone College Salisbury. NC 28144 Gamma Psi (St. Augustine's College Austin R Cooper, II (P)

#88)

P 0 Box 26611 Raleigh. NC 27611 Epsilon Zeta (Fayetteville State U - # 3 1 5 ) No Report Zeta Epsilon (Barber-Scotia College - # 3 3 6 ) No Report EUNu (East Carolina U - # 3 6 5 ) No Report Eta Omicron (North Carolina State U Charles Lewis (CS) P. 0. Box 5631 Raleigh. NC 27650 Kappa Omicion (Duke U - # 4 3 3 )

#367)

O'Lat S Massenburg (CS) Box 4783 - Duke Station Durham. NC 27706 Mu Zeta (U ol North Carolina - # 4 4 7 ) Michael Ross

P. 0. Box 551 Chapel Hill. NC 27514 Mu Tau (UNC - Charlotte - # 4 5 9 ) Michael Williams (P) Mu lau Chapter Cone Center UNCC Station Charlotte, NC 28223 Nu Zeta (Western Carolina U - # 4 6 9 ) Warren J Waller (S) P 0 Box 543 Cullowhee, NC 28723 Xi Eta (Wake Forest U - # 4 9 2 ) No Report Omicron Beta (Atlantic Christian - # 7 0 9 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Kappa Lambda (Greensboro - # 1 1 0 ) Inm3n Buitord (CS)

P 0, Box 21052 Greensboro, NC 27420 Phi Lambda (Raleigh - # 1 2 0 ) Julius F Nimmons, Jr (P) 1517 Oakwood Avenue Raleigh. NC 27610 Alpha Pi Lambda (Winston-Salem #137) David H. Wagner (P) 3440 Cumberland Road Winston Salem, NC 27102 Beta Theta Lambda (Duiham - # 1 5 2 ) Jerome Coleman (S) 6113 Summerville Drive Durham, NC 27712 Beta Mu Lambda (Salisbury - # 1 5 5 ) Marion B Jones (CS) 3833 Tuckaseegee Road Charlotte, NC 28208 Beta Nu Lambda (Charlotte - # 1 5 6 ) David L Gtier (P) 516 Nottingham Drive Charlotte. N C 2 8 2 1 I Gamma Kappa Lambda (Wilmington - # 1 7 6 ) No Report Gamma Psi Lambda (Asheville - # 1 8 8 ) Osborne M Hart (P) P 0 Box 787 Asheville NC 28802

Epsilon Rho lambda (Fayetteville - # 2 2 7 ) Billy R King (P) 5702 Shenandoah Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 Epsilon Sigma Lambda (Rocky Mount - # 2 2 8 ) Lonme T. Foster 1037 Shepherd Drive Rocky Mount, NC 27801 Epsilon Chi Lambda (Elizabeth City - # 2 3 2 ) Roger A McLean (P) Box 21 - ECSU Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Zeta Eta Lambda (Kinston - # 2 4 0 ) Wiley Hmes (P) P 0. Sox 1178 Greenville, NC 27834 Eta Mu Lambda (Gastonia - # 2 6 6 ) No Report

TENNESSEE Director Robert E. Under P 0 Box 416 Lynch, KY 40855

Theta Upsilon (Arkansas State U - # 3 9 4 ) Herbert Versie (P) P O Box 1366 State University, AR 72467 Theta Psi

COLLEGE CHAPTERS (U ol Central Arkansas - # 3 9 7 ) Chi , No Report (Meharry Medical College - # 2 Kappa lota No Report (Southern Arkansas U - # 4 2 8 ) Alpha Chi Larry D Rhodes (P) (Fisk U - # 4 3 ) P. 0 Box 616 - SAU Johnny Thomas (VP) Magnolia. AR 71753 P, 0 Box 573 - Fisk Univ Kappa Kappa Nashville. TN 37203 (U ol Aikansas - # 4 2 9 ) Beta Xi Keith B. Jenkins (P) (LeMoyne-Owen College - # 5 7 ) 836 Fairview No Repoit Fayetteville. AR 72701 Beta Omicron Kappa Psi (Tennessee Stale U - # 5 8 ) (UA Little Rock - # 4 4 1 ) Milton Todd, Jr. (P) No Report Box 419 - TSU Nu Alpha Nashville. TN 37203 (Arkansas Tech. U - # 4 6 4 ) Beta Pi Andre Watson (P) Theta Omicron Lambda (Lane College - # 5 9 ) Nu Alpha Chapter (Goldsboro - # 2 9 1 ) Jamie D Hicks (P) P 0 Box 1068 No Report 255 Middleton Russellville. AR 72801 Nil lota Lambda Jackson. TN 38301 ALUMNI CHAPTERS (Kinston - # 5 7 6 ) Gamma Omicron Pi Lambda Herbert L Gray (S) (Knoxville College # 8 0 ) Route 7 - Box 279 (Little Rock - # 1 1 5 ) No Report Kinston, NC 28501 No Repoit Eta Phi * » Kappa Lambda Delta Sigma Lambda (UT-Chattanooga # 3 7 3 ) (Lumberton - # 5 7 7 ) (Pine Blufl - # 2 0 6 ) No Report No Report Charles J. Wesson (P) Theta Pi P 0 Box 6041 (Austin-Peay State U - # 3 9 0 ) Pine Blufl, AR 71611 SOUTH CAROLINA No Report Theta Tau Lambda Director Kappa Eta (Helena - # 2 9 5 ) Peter Felder (Memphis State U - # 4 2 6 ) P W White, Si. (P) P, 0. Box 41 Lucius S. Austin (CS) Theta Tau Lambda Chapter Ctaflin College 3140 Maple Hill Route 2 - Box 373 Orangeburg, SC 29115 Memphis. TN 38108 Lexa. AR 72355 COUEGE CHAPTERS Kappa Theta Mu Omicron Lambda Beta Delta (Vanderbilt U _ # 4 2 7 ) (Blytheville - # 5 5 9 ) (South Carolina State - # 4 8 ) Nc Resorl No Report No Report Kappa Xi (Middle Tennessee State - # 4 3 2 ) Gamma Gamma LOUISIANA (Allen U - # 6 9 ) Ruthertord Overton (P) Director Box 655 - MTSU No Report Charles H. Johnson Murtreesboro. TN 37132 Gamma Pi 202 Mays Drive Mu Beta (Benedict College - # 8 1 ) Monroe. LA 71201 (UT - Martin - # 4 4 3 ) No Report Timothy J Taylor (CS) Delta Alpha COLLEGE CHAPTERS P O Box i 2 1 (Clallin College - # 8 9 ) Beta Sigma U of Tennessee at Martin No Report (Southern U - # 6 1 ) Martin. TN 38238 Eta lota Kelvin Riggs (CS) Mu lota (Voorhees College - # 3 6 2 ) P 0 Box 9929 - Southern U Mabry T Roby. Ill (CS) Willie letterson (DOP) Baton Rouge. LA 70813 1810 Lake Avenue 670 Porter Drive Beta Tau Knoxville. TN 37916 Vooihees College (Xaviei U - # 6 2 ) Nu Eta Denmark, SC 29042 No Report (Christian Biothers Coll. - # 4 7 0 ) Beta Phi Theta Nu (U ol South Carolina - # 3 8 7 ) Mark A. Bell (ES) (Dillard U - # 6 4 ) 650 East Parkways - Apt. # 3 3 Everett B McAllister (S) Frederick R A Douglas (S) Memphis, TN 38104 P 0 Box 82899 - USC P O Box 1108 - Dillard U

Epsilon Psi Lambda (Alexandria - # 2 3 3 ) Aithui L Allen (P) 2929 Wise Street Alexandria. LA 71301 Zeta Chi Lambda (Bogalusa - # 2 5 4 ) No Report Zeta Psi Lambda (Lake Charles - # 2 5 5 ) Robert P Boxie, Jr. (CS) P 0 Box 1102 Lake Charles, LA 70601 Eta Gamma Lambda (Lafayette - # 2 5 8 ) Richard Travers (S) 443 LaSalle Street St Martinville.'LA 70582 Eta Delta Lambda (Monroe - # 2 5 9 ) No Report lota Xi Lambda (Opelousas - # 5 1 4 ) Donald J. Bush (T) P. 0 Box 329 Opelousas. LA 70570 Nu Alpha Lambda (Marrero - # 5 6 8 ) No Report Nu Theta Lambda (St Martinville - # 5 7 5 ) Alvrn Wiltz (P) 832 Begnaud Street Breaux Bridge. LA 70517 Nu Sigma Lambda (Natchitoches - # 5 8 4 ) Hampdyn I. William (P) 449 Johnson Drive Natchitoches. LA 71457

Epsilon Gamma (Bishop College - # 3 1 2 ) Clilford Nelson (P) 3837 Simpson Stuart Road

P O Box 233 Dallas. TX 75241 Epsilon lota (U ol Texas - # 3 1 8 ) No Report Epsilon Rho (Lamar Tech - # 3 2 5 ) No Report Epsilon Sigma (St Mary's U - # 3 2 6 ) No Report Zeta Kappa (UT-EI Paso - # 3 4 1 ) No Report Zeta Tau (East Texas State - # 3 4 9 ) Guillermo A Birmingham (P) P 0- Box S - E.T. Station

Commetce, TX 75428

Epsilon Tau Lambda (Prairie View - # 2 2 9 ) Jiles P. Daniels (P) P 0 Box 2241 Ptairie View, TX 77445 Epsilon Phi Lambda (Port Arthur - # 2 3 1 ) Kirkland C Jones (P) 4005 Procter Street Beaumont. TX 77705 Zeta Tau Lambda (Amanllo - # 2 5 1 ) No Report Eta Upsilon Lambda (Odessa - # 2 7 4 ) No Report Theta Delta Lambda (El Paso - # 2 8 1 ) Carl D Langston (S) 11104-C Vista Lago Place El Paso, TX 79936 Theta Kappa Lambda (Lubbock - # 2 8 7 ) No Report

Xi Pi (Hayward - # 7 0 0 ) Larry Bates (T)

1461 Alice Stieet - # 3 0 1 Oakland. CA 94612

Xi Rho (San Fiancisco - # 7 0 1 ) Walter Lovely (P) San Fiancisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132 Xi Upsilon (California Polytechnic No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Phi Lambda (Berkeley - # 1 8 6 ) Herman Long (P) 10820 Cameron Avenue Oakland, CA 94605 Gamma Chi Lambda (San Francisco - # 1 8 7 ) William H Powell (P) 438 Cedar Hill Drive San Rafael, CA 94903 Eta Sigma Lambda (San Jose - # 2 7 2 ) Richard Terrell (P) 4959 Massachusetts Drive San Jose. CA 95136 Theta Beta Lambda (Oakland - # 2 7 9 ) Inactive Kappa Alpha Lambda (Monteiey - # 5 2 4 ) Al Glover (P)

#704)

Zeta Chi (UT-Arlington - # 3 5 2 ) Kappa Gamma Lambda Darryl W. Brewer (P) (Texarkana - # 5 2 6 ) Zeta Chi Chaptei No Report 503 S. Oak Stieet Kappa Sigma Lambda Arlington TX 76010 (Killen - # 5 4 0 ) Eta Gamma No Report (Prairie View - # 3 5 6 ) Mu Rho Lambda No Repoit (Longview - # 5 6 1 ) Eta Epsilon No Report (North Texas State - # 3 5 8 ) Nu Pi Lambda Rodney R Cooksy (P) (Arlington - # 5 8 2 ) P 0. Box 5493 - N T Station John Hanson (P) Denton. TX 76201 P 0 Box 120221 P 0 Box 1128 Eta Mu Arlington, TX 76012 Seaside, CA 93955 Xi Beta Lambda (U ol Houston - # 3 6 4 ) Kappa Omicron Lambda (Temple - # 5 9 1 ) Meml D. Wade (VP) (Valleio - # 5 3 7 ) Ernest Davis (P) OKLAHOMA Box 103 UC P, 0 Box 1249 Henry W. Elliott, Sr, (P) University of Houston Director Temple. TX 76501 110 Cook Circle Houston. TX 77004 Tanzy B Lockndge Valleio. CA 94590 Eta Upsilon P. 0. Box 246 (Texas Tech U - # 3 7 2 ) Boynton. OK 74422 CALIFORNIA (SACRAMENTO) Tarhan Burnett (S) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Box 1 - Student Life Office Director Beta Kappa ARIZONA/UTAH/NEVADA Theodore F Hayes Texas Tech University (Langston U - # 5 4 ) Director Lubbock. TX 79409 6001 Riverside Blvd - # 2 0 8 ) No Report Felix Goodwin Eta Psi Saciamento, CA 95831 Epsilon Epsilon 7065 N Stardust (Texas Christian U - # 3 7 5 ) COLLEGE CHAPTERS (Oklahoma State U - # 3 1 4 ) Tucson. AZ 85718 No Repoit Theta Eta No Report COLLEGE CHAPTERS Theta Alpha (UC Davis - # 3 8 2 ) Zeta Zeta # 3 7 6 ) Zeta Theta (larvis Christian College Tony Kinslow (CS) (U ol Oklahoma - # 3 3 7 ) (U ol Arizona - # 3 3 9 ) No Report 2400 Sierra Blvd - # 1 0 0 No Report Bryan Spencer (P) Theta Mu Sacramento CA 95825 Zeta Sigma SUPO Box 10860 (Sam Houston State U - # 3 8 6 ) Nu Chi (Central State U - # 3 4 8 ) Tucson. A2 85720 Wilbeit Frank. Jr. (P) (U ol the Pacilic - # 4 8 4 ) No Report lota Upsilon Frels Apartment - # 2 4 7 No Repoit Zeta Upsilon (Utah State U - # 4 1 6 ) Huntsville, TX 77341 ALUMNI CHAPTERS (Northeastern State Coll. - # 3 5 0 ) No Report lota Kappa Zeta Beta Lambda No Report Mu Eta (Paul Qumn College - # 4 0 7 ) (Sacramento - # 2 3 5 ) Eta Theta (Arizona State U - # 4 4 8 ) No Report Wilbur A Beckwith (P) (East Central State - # 3 6 1 ) Paul C Haskins (S) lota Mu 913 Greenstar Way No Report 401 East Apache (SF Austin State U - # 4 0 8 ) Columbia, SC 29225 ALUMNI CHAPTERS New Orleans, LA 70122 Sacramento, CA 95831 Kappa Epsilon Tempe, AZ 85281 Alton L. Frailey (P) Kappa Chi Tau Lambda Delta Sigma Nu Beta Lambda (Cameron U - # 4 2 4 ) Route 10 - Box 6120 ALUMNI CHAPTERS (Francis Marion College (Nashville - # 1 1 8 ) (Gramblmg U - # 3 0 4 ) (Stockton - # 5 6 9 ) No Report Nacogdoches. TX 75961 Delta Tau Lambda #440) Arthur I Fox (P) Vincent D Jackson (S) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Omicron (Phoenix - # 2 0 7 ) 105 Eaton Court Nathaniel Harley, Jr. (S) P 0 Box 200 Alpha Tau Lambda (Southern Methodist U - # 4 1 1 ) William Corbin (CS) P 0. Box 384 Nashville, TN 37218 Gramblmg. LA 71409 CALIFORNIA {SAN DIEGO) (Tulsa - # 1 4 0 ) No Report 2401 W Cheery Lynn Road Florence, SC 29503 Psi Lambda Epsilon Upsilon Director Percy I Perry (CS) Kappa Sigma Phoenix, AZ 85015 Mu Pi (Chattanooga - # 1 2 2 ) (SUNO - # 3 2 8 ) Rulus Dewitt 3644 N Louisville (West Texas State - # 4 3 6 ) Eta Psi Lambda John L Pitts (P) No Report (Baptist College - # 4 5 6 ) 4937 Dafter Drive Tulsa, OK 74115 No Report (Tucson # 2 7 7 ) 841 Oak Street Zeta X, Albert A. Blake (P) San Diego, CA 92041 Beta Epsilon Lambda MuNu Richard Davis (CS) Chattanooga, TN 37403 P O Box 460 (USL - # 3 4 4 ) (Boley - # 1 4 9 ) COLLEGE CHAPTER (Southwest Texas State # 4 5 3 ) 5620 £ S Wilshire Drive Alpha Delta Lambda Baptist College Ercell B Charles (P) No Report E h Sigma Ronald Lewis Tucson, AZ 85711 Charleston, SC29411 (Memphis - # 1 2 6 ) P O Box 4 1 8 8 9 Beta Eta Lambda (Metro San Diego - # 3 7 0 ) Mu Nu Chapter Theta Pi Lambda Nu Phi Don A Lee (fS) Lafayette. U 70504 (Oklahoma City - #151) David Carlme (P) LBJ Student Center SW Texas (las Vegas - # 2 9 2 ) 2545 Turpins Glen Drive Eta Kappa (USC - Conway # 4 8 3 ) Elton N Matthews (P) 5210 Baltimore - # 4 2 1 San Marcos TX 78666 No Report Geimantown, TN 38138 (Louisiana Tech U - # 3 6 3 ) No Report Route 4 - Box 667A La Mesa CA 92041 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Xi Epsilon Alpha Mu Lambda' No Repoit Oklahoma City, OK 73111 ALUMNI CHAPTER Alpha Eta Lambda CALIFORNIA (CENTRAL) Eta Chi (Knoxville - # 1 3 3 ) (Morris College - # 4 9 0 ) Beta Chi Lambda Zeta Sigma Lambda (Houston - # 1 2 9 ) Director No Report (Northeast Louisiana - # 3 7 4 ) No Report (Muskogee - # 1 6 5 ) Donald I Bonner (CS) (San Diego - # 2 5 0 ) Earwin (Earl) McCullar XI Phi Beta Upsilon Lambda No Report Jimmie L White. Jr (S) Sam Thomas (P) 16522 Quail Briar Drive 3762 N Cedar Street - # 1 1 3 (Jackson - # 1 6 3 ) Theta Theta (Winthiop College - # 7 0 5 ) Box 26 7594 Careybrooh Lane Missouri City. TX 77589 No Report No Report (McNeese State U - # 3 8 3 ) Fresno. CA 93726 Warner. OK 74469 San Diego.

CA 92114 Alpha Sigma Lambda No Report Kappa Zeta Lambda COLLEGE CHAPTER KEUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Gamma Lambda (Dallas - # 1 3 9 ) Theta Phi (Clarksville - # 5 2 9 ) Epsilon Beta •Ipha Psi Lambda (Langston - # 2 3 6 ) CALIFORNIA {SOUTHERNI No Repoit (U ol New Orleans - # 3 9 5 ) No Report (Fresno State - # 3 1 1 ) (Columbia - # 1 4 4 ) Raymond Johnson. Jr. (P) Director Beta Tau Lambda No Report Mu Nu Lambda No Report Samuel A Heyward (P) 713 North 24th West Avenue G Bernard Brown (Ft Woith - #162) Theta Chi (Kmgsport - # 5 5 7 ) 3903 Brewer Street Tulsa. OK 74123 ALUMNI CHAPTERS 3946 S Burnside Turner White. Jr (CS) (Northwestern State U - # 3 9 6 ) Eta Xi Lambda No Report Columbia, SC 29203 lota Nu Lambda Los Angeles, CA 90008 3001 W Normandale - # 2 0 1 5 No Report "eta Kappa Lambda (Lawton-Ft Sill - # 2 6 8 ) (Fresno - # 5 1 3 ) Fort Worth, TX 76116 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kappa Mu Charles King, Ji (P) (Charleston - # 1 5 4 ) D deBoau Davis (P) Gamma Eta Lambda Alpha Delta (Nicholls Stale U - # 4 3 0 ) No Report P 0 Box 2233 1150 E Hemdon - # 2 7 7 (Austin - # 1 7 3 ) (USC # 26) Emile C Nelson (VP) Lawton OK 73502 Gamma Gamma Lambda Fiesno. CA 93710 No Report Deryl K Deese (P) P O Box 2209 - NSU (Greenville - # 1 6 9 ) Kappa Eta Lambda Gamma Pi Lambda 6518 Bedford Thibodaux.

LA 70310 Robert F Young (P) TEXAS (Bakerslreld - # 5 3 0 ) (Galveston - # 1 8 1 ) Los Angeles, CA 90056 Kappa Nu '05 Kennedy Drive Lecostel Hailey (P) Director Edwaid L Clack (!)

Gamma Xi (Southeastern Louisiana - # 4 3 1 ) Greenville, SC 29605 Kappa Eta Lambda ARKANSAS A L Mackey P 0 Box 3429 (UCLA - # 7 9 ) No Report Delta Zeta Lambda P 0 Box 2114 Director 6801 Williamette Galveston, TX 77552 No Report Nu Psi (Orangeburg - # 1 9 4 ) Bakerslreld. CA 93303 Austin, TX 78723 Robert Jones Gamma Tau Lambda lota Chi (Louisiana State U - # 4 8 5 ) No Report 1413 Lee Circle South COLLEGE CHAPTERS (Beaumont - # 1 8 4 ) Keith L Anderson (U of Redlands - # 4 1 8 ) D«lta Kappa Lambda CALIFORNIA {NORTHERN) Blytheville AR 72315 Delta No Repoit No Report P 0 Box 20470 - LSU (Florence - # 1 9 8 ) Director COLLEGE CHAPTERS (HustonTillotson College rM) Gamma Upsilon Lambda Baton Rouge.

LA 70893 lota Psi Joseph Heyward (S) Joe C Thomas No Reoort Beta Chi (Maishall - # 1 8 5 ) P (California Polytechnic U - # 4 1 9 ) ALUMNI CHAPTERS 0 Box 384 208 Chadwick Way (Philander Smith College - # 6 5 ) Alpha Sigma S A Anderson (P) No Report Sigma Lambda Florence. SC 29503 Bemcia, CA 94510 No Report (Wiley U - # 3 9 ) 114 Fisher Drive Mu Kappa (New Orleans - # 1 1 7 ) Eta Omicron Lambda Gamma Delta COLLEGE CHAPTERS James R Pope (P) Marshall TX 75670 (UC Santa Barbara - # 4 5 1 ) (Rock Hill - # 2 6 9 ) No Report (U ol Ark at Pine Blufl - # 7 0 ) Alpha Epsilon M e n s Doim - Wiley Colelge Delta Rho Lambda No Report No Report Beta lota Lambda Hubeit L Blown (P) Marshall, TX 75670 (UC Berkeley - # 2 7 ) T (San Antonio - # 2 0 5 ) Mu Chi "«la Phi Lambda (Baton Rouge - # 1 5 3 ) P 0 Box 155 - UAPB Inactive No Repoit Gamma Alpha (Cal State Long Beach - # 4 6 2 ) (Bennettsville - # 2 9 7 ) Henry A Young (P) Pine Bluff. AR 71601 Delta Omicron Epsilon Alpha Lambda (Texas College - # 6 7 ) No Report No Report S U Post Office Box 9564 Theta Kappa (Stanford - # 3 0 1 ) (Tylei #212) Marcus G Conard (P) '"'" Eta lambda Omicron Eta Baton Rouge LA 70813 (Henderson Slate Coll - # 3 8 5 ) Inactive Andiew R Melontiee (P) 1221 W Nutbush 'Denmark - # 5 0 8 ) (University ol California Delta Upsilon Lambda Deltha N Harris (P) Epsilon Mu 2801 N Whitten Tyler. IX 75702 No Report (Shievepoit - # 2 0 8 ) Irvine # 7 1 4 ) Box H I 7 0 6 (San Jose Slate U - # 3 2 0 ) Delta Theta Tyler. IX 75702 * u Epsilon Lambda No Repoit Henderson State University No Repoit Biuce Watson (S) Epsilon Epsilon Lambda (Texas Southern U # 9 6 ) (Conway - # 5 5 0 ) Epsilon Kappa Lambda Arkadelphia. AR 7193 ALUMNI CHAPTERS P 0 Box 1326 Darryl Thurman (Waco - # 2 1 6 ) Stewart W Strothers (Gramblmg - # 2 2 1 ) Beta Psi Lambda San Jose.

CA 95103 TSU. Box 748 No Report | ' 2 Biookgate Dr Forestbrook Allen Williams (P) (Los Angeles - #166) M Nu Sigma Houston [X 77004 »'tle Beach, SC 29577 P 0 Diawer 604 No Report (Stanlord - # 4 8 0 ) Gramblmg, LA 71245 No Report

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E U Pi Lambda (Pasadena - # 2 7 0 ) Wallace I Walker (P) P 0 Box 1884 Altadena, CA91001 lota Zeta Lambda (Compton - # 5 0 7 ) No Report Mu Xi Lambda (Rialto - # 5 5 8 ) No Repoit Mu Sigma Lambda (Culver City - # 5 6 2 ) James Hobby (P) 1253 S Maselin Los Angeles. CA 90019 Nu Tau Lambda (Orange County - # 5 8 5 ) Randolph B Macon (P) 13122 Aspenwood Avenue N Garden Grove. CA 92640

COLORADO Director Phillip Cochran 1165 Drexel Street Boulder, CO 80303 COLLEGE CHAPTER Alpha lota No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Psi Lambda (Denver - # 2 1 1 ) Ben F Boyd, Jr (CS) P 0. Box 2975 Denver. CO 80201 lota Omicron Lambda (Colorado Springs - # 5 1 5 ) No Report Mu Upsilon Lambda (Boulder - # 5 6 4 ) Walter A Roberts. Jr. (S) P 0 Box 2158 Boulder. CO 80303

HAWAII Director C Edward Singei 410 Magellan Street Honolulu, HI 96813

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ALUMNI CHAPTER Mu Beta Lambda (Honolulu - # 5 4 7 ) Clifton R. Johnson (P) 600 Gorgas Road Wahiawa. HI 96786

NEW MEXICO Director Boyd Jackson 1305 Evelyn Court. NE Albuquerque. NM 87112 COLLEGE CHAPTER Omicron Delta (University of New Mexico Tedman L Vance (P) 4125 Lead. SE - # 2 1 2 Albuquerque. NM 87108

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WASHINGTON /OREGON Director Herbert Starke 15013 SE 171st Street Renton, WA 98055 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Xi (U ol Washington - # 3 5 ) Jackie Nelson (OOP)

11300 3rd N E - # 1 2 8 Seattle WA 98125 Beta Psi (U of Oregon - # 6 6 ) Inactive lota Tau (Eastern Washington U No Repoit

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ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon Zeta Lambda (Portland - # 2 1 7 ) No Report Zeta Pi Lambda (Seattle - # 2 4 8 ) No Report lota Mu Lambda (Tacoma - # 5 1 2 ) loseph E Green Jr lota Mu Lambda Chapter P 0 Box 171 - Fernhill Stn Tacoma, WA 98498 Nu Epsilon Lambda (Richland - # 5 7 2 ) livine I Stone, Ir (S) 171 Edgewood Drive Richland WA 99352 Nu Phi Lambda (Spokane - # 5 8 7 ) lames M Sims (P)

P O. Box 1055 Spokane, WA 99210

ALASKA Nu Zeta Lambda (Anchorage #573) Frederick D Johnson (P) 400 West 76th St. - # 2 1 0 Anchorage, AK 99502

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