We are amighty Brotherhood, an army of men dedicated to enlightenment and encouragement and the uplift of all mankind. We take on many challenges each and every Fraternal Year. This year is no exception. We are adready nearly one hundred Brothers strong, financially. Our goal is TWO HUNDRED men who have paid their dues, and who then will be willing to step out onto the streets of the world and pay our dues in-service to our fellow man.
our "scholarship;, who already knows us for our "love of all mankind?" We have areputation. We have ahistory second to none. However, we also have a responsibility. We must share our knowledge. We must share our wisdom. We must share our resources. We must share our hearts, our lives, oui‘ talents, and our all and all to bring relief to bear on those problems which challenge us the most.
In his "The Rubaiyat," Omar Khayyam recites,
"There was the Door to which I found no key;
There was the Veil through which Imight not see:
Some little Talk awhile of Me and Thee
other side of prejudice and bigotry and bring aliberalism that provides apathway to our just freedoms, ignorance by the throat, squeeze it out and impart knowledge, intellectualism, moral standards, and integrity above reproach. "Let us march on, till victory is won!"
Let us take old
Ihave said, and Iwill continue to repeat over and over and over again! We are, or certainly shall become, aChapter characterized by asincere determination to educate, but more significantly to communicate. This litany shall lead the way for all of our Community Service Projects, and it shall lead the way for our person-to-person Brother-to-Brother interactions.
There was—and then no more of Thee and Me." or our
We are approaching the seasons of Thanksgiving and Advent. We want to continue as advocates for peace (non-violence), harmony, goodwill, and prosperity. Let us all give thanks that we are able TO GI^, and be thankful that what we have been given is abundant in proportion TO SHARE.
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The challenges before us very closely parallel the needs of today's society, responsibility to the African-American male, struggling for growth! struggling for an identity! He is struggling to make aname for himself! He is struggling to be loved! He is struggling to be a father, abrother, aftiend! He is struggling... How can we as men, though we struggle on adaily basis ourselves, ignore this generation of manhood who already knows us for our "manly deeds," who already knows us for
Founders (Omega Chapter)
Henry A. Callis
This verse, which Icharacterize as having "high philosophical appeal," addresses fundamental question of the unknown, but in its resolve lets us know that we are here on this earth but for alittle while. Therefore, let us not spend time amongst ourselves extolling our own virtues, or singing our own praises, (even as Ioften do of you, my Brothers,). We are challenged to knock on some doors when we know they hide mysteries, when we know they deny access, when we know they lock up and lock out the curious, the downtrodden, the virtuous, or even the friend and Saviour of all mankind. Let us step through the darkness and bring light. Let us step on the the
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Founders’ Day Luncheon
Draws Nigh
Mu Lambda will celebrate the Anniversary of the Fraternity’s founding with a Fraternal Luncheon on Saturday, December 7at the Howard Inn, focusing on the theme, “Shaping our Future on the Basis of our Past —Promoting the AfricanAmerican Male.” The keynoter will be Brother Walter Washington. Past General President, and currently President of Alcom State University located in Lorman, Mississippi. Alumni Tickets are $20.00; alimited number of tickets for College Brothers are available for $12.00. To purchase tickets or to obtain further information, contact one of the following Brothers: 85th
Clint C. WUson (301-946-5066)
Robert Brown, m(703-354-8018)
Dan Nowell (202-547-3576)
Louis A. Ford (202-723-8592)
William Thomas (202-363-7976)
Roger Pilgrim
Rylan Harris
(202-723-8787)
1991-92 Dues
Brothers are urged to meet their financial obligation for the year. The duesare$95forlifemembersand$170fornon-lifemembers.(The $170 includes $75 for the Grand Tax, which is pro-rated as follows for recentlygraduatedBrothers:1styear—$37.50;2ndyear—$56)Dues may also be mailed to Brother Julius H. Brice at 1429 Webster Street N. E.,Washington,D.C.,20019.Remembertoincludeyoursocialsecurity numberonyourcheck.TheChapterappreciatesyourpromptpayment.
Help!!!
Uolunteers are needed to maintain and 'seruice the refreshment bar at our monthly meetings. If you mould like to help by -purchasing supplies, bartending, etc., please contact Brother Morris Hamkins.
Newsletter Committee
Editor: William D. Thomas (202-363-7976)
AssociateEditor:C.C.Jones(202-483-3102)
CirculationManagers:JeffreyD.Kimbrough(703-671-0747) Louis A. Ford (202-723-8592)
John R. Johnson (202-265-5173)
Morris Hawkins (202-232-7265)
Fred Laney
Julius Brice
C. C. Jones (202-882-4407)
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The deadline for submission of materials for the January issue is December 18.
Morris Hawkins, Jr. (202-232-7265) Louis A. Ford (202-723-8592) ThomasA.Duckenfield(202-829-9305)
Ryland R. Harris (202-882-4407)
William D. Thomas (202-363-7976)
James Coleman (202-722-1260)
C. C. Jones, m(202483-3102)
Elmer D. Geathers (202-547-2625) ....Robert M. Brown, m(703-354-8018) ...Jeffrey D. Kimbrough (703-671-0747)
JuUus H. Brice (202-526-7368)
Maryland D. Kemp (202-583-1261) Melvin White (202-547-6554)
Lambda
rIdenti fi cation Badge today!
Desired Information
Brother John Doe
Beta Deha 1963
Mu Lambda Chapter Washington, D.C. \ Address
Please make $30.00 check payable to Mu Lambda. Alpha Phi Alpha, and write the words "I. D. Badge" on the memo line. Return this form with check to Brother Maryland D. Kemp or mail to the Chapter at P. O. Box 1993. Washington, D.C. 20013-1993.
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HILI Lambda
Brother Charles H. Wesley, Alpha Phi Alpha's past proli fi c historian, would be 100 years old on December 2, if he were still amongst us. Let each of us take this time to personally re fl ect on his great contributions to the fraternity and also to remember his widow. Dr. Dorothy Porter Wesley....Brothers interested in teaching abroad, particularly in Africa, should contact Brother Vincent B. Orange for details of aunique program of public service; you can reach him at home at 202-529-4778.
Ivan E. Taylor (1904-1991)
Brother Earle Taylor, aretired Howard University English professor who had served as chairman of the Department from 1947 to 1968, died November 23 of acardiac arrhythmia at Providence Hospital. Brother Taylor, who lived in Washington, was bom in Jamaica. He came to the United States in 1920 and settled initially in New York. He attended City College of New York and graduated from Howard University, where he also received aMaster's degree in English Literature. He received a doctorate in English and American literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
Before joining the faculty at Howard in 1945, he taught at Lincoln University and Virginia Union University. He was dean at Bennett College in North Carolina and had served as head of the English Departments at Shaw University and Saint Augustine's College, both in North Carolina. He retired at Howard in 1972, but continued to teach afterward. From 1976 to 1978, he was director of graduate expository writing. He also had been advisor to more than 60 students in master's and doctoral degree programs. He was author of articles on Milton and Samuel Pepys and had written four books, including two on Pepys. A collection of 78 sonnets written by Dr. Taylor was published in the Howard Univresity Divinity School's Journal of Religious Thought in 1990. In 1989, he received an honorary doctorate from Howard. In 1987, the Ivan Earle Taylor scholarship for ^aduate students was established in his honor.
Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Dr. Estelle Wormley Taylor of Washington.
Mu Lambda Torch
3 Social Committee meeting, 7:00 P.M., 1834 Shepherd Street, N. W.
Fraternal Luncheon, The Howard Inn, 11:30 A.M., commemorating the 85th Anniversary of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; see page 2of this issue of the Torch.
Public Program for Founder’s Day, Rankin Chapel, Howard University, 5:00 P. M.
Speaker: Brother J. Clinton Hoggard, Bishop, Affican Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
1 Happy New Year;
Monthly meeting, Mu Lambda Ch::pter, 7;00 P.M., Armour J. Blackburn University Center Restaurant, Howard University. Note that for the January meeting only, the date was changed from the 1st Thursday to the 2nd Thursday.
Brothers Thomas C. Brackeen, (3), Elmer Davis, Jr. (5), Rylan R. Harris (6), Jerry H. Hargrove, Jr. (11), Wiliiam D. Thomas (11), Louis A. Ford (19), Gregory Busby (27), and Ciint. C. Wiison ii, (30)
