Pennsylvania Third Alumni Chapter chartered in Philadelphia
Greetings to all Brothers of Alpha. We are pleased to announce that on April 26, 1985, Philadelphia bore witness to the official chartering ceremony of the Omicron Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Holding the first official meeting February 8, 1985, the assembled b r o t h e r h o o d , totalling forty-one, wasted no time in getting down to business after being given the official go-ahead by Brother Dr. William Ross, Jr., Eastern Regional Vice President. The first officers elected for the chapter are: Selvin L. Gordon, President; James B. Harris, Vice-President; Howard T. Burch, Recording Secretary; Steven V. Stephenson, Corresponding Secretary; J. Leon Peace, Treasurer; Wayne Wylie, Financial Secretary; Donzelle Watson, Sergeantat-Arms; Jeffery Hill, Parliamentarian; Anthony Darden, Editor-to-theSphinx; Wallace Walker, Historian. The Charter Ceremony of Omicron Delta Lambda Chapter was held at the beautiful and historic museum of the University of Pennsylvania. The banquet itself was held in the Lower Egyptian Room of the museum with the background of the Sphinx of
Gaza in e v i d e n c e . The Brothers enjoyed the same menu that our founding fathers enjoyed at the first banquet. Brothers of Prominence, who were a part of this historic occasion were Brothers Thomas W.S. Logan; Frank Devine, Eastern Region Executive Director; Russell Brown, President, Zeta Omicron Lambda C h a p t e r ; Russell Daniel, President, Rho Chapter; and of course, William Ross, Jr. We were more than delighted to have an official charter presented to us by Brother Michael Price, Assistant Executive Secretary and Editorin-Chief of The Sphinx. Omicron Delta Lambda, with all formalities behind us, stands poised and anxious to meet the challenges the future expectedly holds. Until next time — "Onward and Upward Toward the Light"!
u of maryland eastern shore A productive year at Delta Nu
Greetings to all in Alphadom from the Delta Nu. Under the leadership of our chapter officers, especially president Artie Williams, Delta Nu, located at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, has had one of its
The Brothers of the newly chartered Omicron Delta Lambda Chapter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - shown at the Charter Ceremony in the Lower Egyptian Room, Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. The Sphinx/Summer 1985
most productive years. Some thanks also has to go to the Brothers of Delta Omicron Lambda Chapter for their support, especially Brothers Alverne Chesterfield, Melvin Mccoy, James White, and Dr. Charles Smith. Our officers this past year were Artie Williams, President; Herald A. Pearsall, Jr., Vice President; Glenn Hayes, Treasurer; Kendall Blackston, Recording Secretary; Gordon Canty, Correspondence Secretary; Richard Lindsay, Dean of Pledges; and Ricardo Stewart, Historian, Director of Education, and Editor-to-the-Sphinx. Our program included a variety of projects, seminars and fundraisers. Our seminars were directed mostly toward the college community, educating it about various topics. These topics included birth control, drug abuse, skin care, venereal disease, a high blood pressure screening, and a sickle cell trait screening. To support our brothers in South Africa, we sponsored a guest speaker from Howard University to come speak on the subject, then we provided a free bus ride for students to go and protest at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. At our Homecoming game, Brother Williams presented a check of $1000 to the Ethiopian Hunger Relief Committee of The Eastern Shore. This was raised by several means: soliciting the campus, second collections at church, running a concession stand at Delta Omicron Lambda's Annual New Year's Eve Dance, having a 50/50 raffle, having an "Ethiopia Dance", bake sales, etc. Our projects took us out into the local community. In February, we had a tribute to Brother Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We also went to a local elementary school and gave a presentation for Black History Month, teaching the little kids that Blacks did much to improve mankind. Other projects were visits to a local nursing home and our annual Christmas, Halloween and Easter parties with the kids at the SmallWorld Day Care Nursery. We also had a voter registration drive for the university stall and faculty. The fundraisers consisted of a Punk Rock Party (co-sponsored with the ladies ol Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Omicron Chapter), a Halloween Party, a Christmas Party, our annual Pajama Party, and our 23