January 1990 Washington, D.C. MU LAMBDA Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated
Message from the President
Happy New Year, Brothers!
Yes, the decade of the 80’s is be¬ hind us and we look forward to a prosperous and productive decade of the 90’s. My wish is that we learn from the mistakes of the past, profit from the actions in the future, and share some of the ben¬ e fi ts with those less fortunate.
Now that the glow that you basked in over the holidays has mellowed somewhat, have you re¬ flected on what the new year should bring? Combined celebra¬ tions of the birth of Christ and the beginning of anew decade should have all of our batteries fully re¬ charged. Mu Lambda Chapter would like to connect with these batteries to allow for a fl ow of electricity into its service projects for the fraternal year. With just a small amount of energy from each Brother, collectively we can light up D.C.! Since Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity represents the light of the world, it seems more than ap¬ propriate to surmise that Mu Lambda should help rid the District of darkness.
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Brother Martin Luther King. Jr. (1929-1968)
Isay to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, Istill have adream. It is adream deeply rooted in the American'dream.
Ihave adream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal" Ihave adream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons offormer slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
Excerpted from the speech by Brother King on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Four Longevity Awards Presented at December Meeting
In commemorating the 66th birthday of the chapter, the December meeting featured acer¬ emony highlighting four members for their years of service in Alpha Phi Alpha. The honored Brothers wereVlfesleyA.Brown,HoraceG. Dawson, Jr., Arthur M. Freeman, Sr., and Berry A. Johnson.
Brother Wesley A. Brown was initiated at Sigma Chapter at Boston in 1950. He was the fi rst African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (1949). Brother Brown led adistinguish^ career as aNaval officer, retiring as Lieutenant Commander after 20 years of service. Amember of the Howard University Of fi ce of University Planning, he is active with the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History and the Naval Officers Association. He is also amember of John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church
Washingtonian. In earlier years, Brother Brown fraternized and
rubbed elbows with Jewels Callis, Ogle, Murray, Jones, and Tandy. Amember in good standing with Mu Lambda Chapter, he is Life Member #902.
Brother Horace G. Dawson, Jr. pledged at Nu Chapter at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and is adistinguished member of (see Longevity AwardSj page 3)
About our new name
As we indicated in earlier is¬ sues, we had appropriated the masthead and name used by the National for its newsletter. Therefore we had acontest to se¬ lect anew name. With this issue, we are proud to sport our own masthead and name. The inspira¬ tion for the new name comes from our own Past Chapter President, Brother Vernon S. Gill. Brother Gill's entry even included art work ideas for the masthead. Thank you Brother Gill! native and a
Founders (Omega Chapter)
HenryA. C^lis Chailes H. Chapman
Eugene Kinckle Jones George B. Kelley Nathaniel A. Murray Robert H. Ogle
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Beta Chapter
Beta Chapter, at Howard University, held an impressive smoker on December 4at Rankin Chapel. Forty prospectives and nu¬ merous Brothers and sweethearts attended. This event was coordi¬ nated by Brother Jaret Riddick, who continued Beta's tradition of excellence for such functions. The keynoter was Brother Milton Coleman, Metro Editor of the Washington Post. An undergradu¬ ate address was given by neophyte Brother William Green who caused all in attendance to search their souls. The fi rst annual Beta Alpha Spirit Award was presented to the Chapter Advisor Brother LeRoy Lowery, HI. Brother John Berry, President, noted that over 30 service projects have been con¬ ducted by Beta during the past se¬ mester. Areception followed at the Blackburn Student Center.
Brothers of Beta also recently assisted Banneker High School Students in producing astep show.
Omicron Omicron
Brothers of Omicron Omicron at the University of the District of Columbia participated in ahighly successful blanket collection drive for the homeless. During the Christmas season, the chapter teamed up with Delta Sigma Theta in the Dollars for Needy Children Campaign.
1989-90 Dues
Dues for the 1989-90 fraternal year are $85 for life members and $170 for non-life members. (The $170 Includes a$10 late fee and $75 for the National Grand Tax, which is pro-rated as follows for recently graduated Brothers: 1st year—$37.50; 2nd year—$56.00.) Brother Ernest Smith/ Brother Curtis Hunnigan will accept your check at the January meeting. Dues may also be mailed to Brother Smith at 5730 Blair Road N.W., Washington, D.C. 20011. Please take care of your fraternal obligations now.
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Newsletter Committee
Editor: William D. Thomas (363-7976)
Associate Editor: C. C. Jones (483-3102)
Circulation Manager: Louis A. Ford (723-8592)
The deadline for submission of materials for the February issue is January 18.
Morris Hawkins, Jr. (232-7265) - Robert M. Brown, III (354-8018)
Curtis A. Hunigan (484-4944)
William D. Thomas (363-7976) Father Jerry Hargrove, Jr. (397-2525)
Melvin Clark (526-4662)
William M. Joyner (256-4714)
Lee ATyler (723-9220)
Louis A. Ford (723-8592)
Ernest LSmith (723-7844)
Maryland D. Kemp (583-1261)
fPresident’s Message (continued from Page 1)
Have you made any New Year’s resolutions? Having given up on them in the past, it may not be effective to start using them again. However, if we don’t aim high enough we definitely will not reach the stars. Right? Right! To assist the Fraternity, we should: resolve to get or remain finan¬ cially supportive; pay our dues and headquarters assessment so Alpha Phi Alpha can remain vi¬ able; attend meetings and conven¬ tions on the district, regional, and general levels so that our voices can be heard; and to aid Mu Lambda, we should do all of the above in addition to actively par¬ ticipating on acommittee or pro¬ ject. At the close of aProject Alpha conference or aLeadership Development Institute session there are few feelings that com¬ pare with seeing the smiles on the faces of the students in attendance. The smiles are present because these youths have learned some important facts—the greatest of these being that they are some¬ body and there are those that care about them! Resolve to see one of those smiles directed at you and notice the glow you feel—serve, please!
Yout executive committee does not feel we have acomer on the market for service project sugges¬ tions. If you feel there is an area that Mu Lambda needs to be in¬ volved in, you are more than wel¬ come to bring it up. Come to the executive committee meetings, call the committee chairman di¬ rectly, or call your president. Let us hear jfrom you .Many of you have yet to become actively in¬ volved in the projects of the chap¬ ter. What better way to get to know the fellow members of Mu Lambda than by working shoulder-to-shoulder performing manly deeds? Let’s get busy!!
Your executive committee is prepared to finish this fraternal year with abang. Once again we Mu Lambda Torch/January 1990
thank you for your continued sup¬ port. Plotting interest and energy versus time on agraph shows the curve still moving in apositive di¬ rection. Like the countdown to launch, the next six months are cause for excitement and thrills. On behalf of the of ficers of Mu Lambda Chapter, Ilook forward to starting the 90’s off in grand style. With your able assistance, we will continue in our quest to maintain Mu Lambda as one of the premier chapters in the Fraternity. We’ve been “Making adifference in D.C. since 1923.” Ahappy and pros¬ perous new year to each of you and your families!
“Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring,happybells,acrossthesnow; The year is going, let him go; Ringoutthefalse,ringinthetrue.”
“Ringoutoldshapesoffouldisease, Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ringoutthethousandwarsofold. Ringinthethousandyearsofpeace.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson “The Princess”
National Headquarters Fund Drive
(Longevity Awards, cont.) its alumni, having been inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame in 1988. He served with distinction as aprofessor of English and munications at home and abroad. While in the Foreign Service, he served in Uganda, Liberia, Nigeria, the Philippines, and as Ambassador to Botswana. He is currently director of PACE and a professor in the School of Communications at Howard University. Atwo-time recipient (see Longevity Awards, page 5) com-
Happy Birthday!!!
January
Brothers Melvin C!ark (5): Vernon S. Gi!! (5); O. Jackson Co!e (6); E.AveryAdams(7);WalterM.Bryant(11):BenjaminJ.Carson,II! (11):WaylandD.McCle!!an(11);BarryK.Hargrove(20);Charles Woodbury (20); John C. Eason, Jr. (21): MarionA. inorpe (21), Warstein W. Zeigler (22); Michael A. Briley (25); AI!en R. Horton (25);W.FrankWi!!iams,Jr.(25);andHermanL.Queen(27).
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Samuel Boba Danlev
Brother Samuel Boba Danley, a 1921 initiate of Alpha Delta Chapter at the University of Southern California, entered Omega Chapter on Sunday, December 10. Aretired Labor Department official, he was active in Church an volunteer groups.
Brother Danley joined the Labor Department in 1941, then served 3years in Hawaii before returning to Washington, D.C. in 1946. He worked in the depart¬ ment's labor standards division and retired in 1967 as amethods and procedures analyst.
Amember of Asbury United Methodist Church, Brother Danley also served as chairman of the James West District of the Boy Scouts of America. He was are¬ cipient of numerous rewards for his work in scouting, including the Silver Beaver Award and an award from the Baltimore Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Brother Danley had also been a local of fi cer of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Workers. He had been atrustee of the old D.C. United Community Services and had been on an advisory board of the United Community Funds and Councils of America,
Anative of Franklin, Tennessee, Brother Danley moved here in 1941. He served in the Army during World War Iand graduated from the University of Southern California with adegree in education and social work in 1923. From the mid-1930’s until 1941, he worked for the Dlinois 'State Employment Department.
He leaves to mourn his passing adevoted wife of 63 years, Theresa Danley, two daughters, two grandsons, and ahost of other relatives and friends.
Brother Ernest Mortal
Mu Lambda mourns the pass¬ ing of our late Brother and Past General President (1969-72), Ernest Morial, who entered Omega Chapter on Sunday December 24. Brother Morial, the first African-American graduate of Louisiana Slate University's law school in 1954, was also the first African-American mayor of New Orleans; he held office for 2terms from 1978 to 1986.
Concern for Brotfiers
Mu Lambda extends get well wishes to Brothers Louis T. Harding, Ernest L. Smith, and George W. Young. May God bless you and grant you a speedy recovery.
Condolences
Eloise W. Taylor, Wife of Brother Theodore Taylor
On Sunday morning, June 18, 1989, Eloise W. Taylor, the wife of Brother Theodore Taylor, died of stomach cancer at the Washington Hospital Center.
Mrs. Taylor was both amathe¬ matician and ateacher; she tried to teach each of her students to un¬ derstand the simplicity of mathe¬ matics and their own ability to achieve. She entered Howard University in 1930 at age 16, and graduated cum laude with a6.A. in Education in 1934, and earned the M.S. in Mathematics in 1935. She was an initiate of Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, with over 50 years of service. Mrs. Taylor was the fi rst AfricanAmerican woman physical scien¬ tist at the National Bureau of Standards. She was the fi rst fe¬ male member in the National Technical Association.
At Howard University, she was also the fi rst female inducted into Tau Beta Pi. In earlier years, she was Dean of Women and mathe¬ matics teacher at Scho fi eld Normal and Industrial High School in Aiken, S.C. She also taught at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia. At Freedman Hospital in the Cardiovascular Medicine Department, she taught physicians how to meaningfully read techni¬ cal journals and how to coordinate mathematics and medicine.
She is survived by adaughter, as well as her husband.
Brother Taylor and his daughter wish to thank Mu Lambda for the many acts of kindness and prayers during their bereavement.
(Longevity Awards, coni.) of the Superior Honor Service Award from the U. S. Information Agency, he is also an active mem¬ ber in various programs of Metropolitan A.M.E. Church. He was instrumental in revitalizing Eta Epsilon Lambda Chapter at Monrovia, Liberia and assisted with the International Night activi¬ ties during the 1986 General Convention in D. C.
Brother Arthur M. Freeman, Sr, is an initiate of Gamma Chapter at Virginia Union in 1939, where he was nicknamed ‘‘Pretty Boy.” His life has been filled with service to the community and mankind; he has contributed to so¬ ciety as an entrepreneur in many
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respects. He is amember of the Mayor’s Task Force on Construction Problems, the Voice of Informed Community Expression, and the D.C. General Services Af fi rmative Action Review Committee. He has been a business consultant, atrade associ¬ ation officer, awholesale produce company salesman and manager. He is currently Chairman of the Board and Treasurer of Transatlantic International Trading Company and atrustee of Plymouth Congregational Church.
Brother Berry A. Johnson pledged the Fraternity in 1936 at Beta Delta Chapter, South Carolina State College. He served in the U. S. Army from 1941 to 1945. Brother Johnson retired in
1973 after 32 years of meritorious government service, having spent 20 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. A32nd de¬ gree Prince Hall Mason, he has been involved with numerous community service organizations and activities including the National Urban League, Friendship House, and the Capital View Civic Association. He also serves as adeacon of Israel Baptist Church. Aloyal and active mem¬ ber of Mu Lambda Chapter, Brother Johnson is Life Member #56602.
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Brother Maryland D. Kemp (583-1261)
83) on Congratulations to Brother Benjeunin J. Carson^ III (Gamma Iota his recent marriage to the former Joyce A. Evans, anative of of Silver Spring, Maryland and amember of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc; he hails from Columbus, Ohio Kudos to the Brothers who labored so hard to make the Joint Founders Day Observance for the Washington Metropolitan area agreat success. Mu Lambda participants were Brothers Morris Hawkins, Jr., soloist; Horace G. Dawson, Jr., rededication ceremony liturgist; Robert M. Brown, III, candle lighter and usher; Reggie B. Walton, keynoter; and LeRoy Lowery, III, presenter of the history of Alpha Phi Alpha Brother Frederick J. Laney in arecent report to the Brotherhood on the Henry Arthur Callis Scholarship Fund urged Brothers to increase their contributions to this worthy cause which awarded nearly $10,000 in scholarships last year Brothers Harold W. Hill, Jr. (332-4423) and George R. Johnson, Jr. (654-2371) welcome your assistance and support in Project Alpha; they have targeted 7th graders at Shaw Junior High School to Mu Lcunbda's Team is re-forming for the Annual Delta Sigma Step Show which takes place on March 24; please contact Brother Robert M. Brown, III (354-8018) or Harold W. Hill, Jr. (332-4423) The Social Committee is searching for aband for the Spring Formal; to suggest agroup, call Brother Rodman Turner (723-3461); Brothers C.C. Jones and Benjamin J. Carson, III, were recently added to this committee and this year's effort promises to be one of our best Fraternity breast pocket name plates may be ordered through Congratulations to the new Beta-Mu L^unbda Corporation Of fi cers: Brothers Wayland D. McClellan (President); Thomas C. Brackeen (Vice President); James T. Robinson, III (Secretary); and John D. Roper (Treasurer).
SecondAnnualPrayerBreakfastinObservanceofMartinLutherKing'sBirthdaywiththeMenofShiloh,Shiloh Family life Center, Ninth and PStreets N.W, 9:00 A.M., $12.00; contact Brothers George R. Johnson (6542371) or William D. Thomas (363-7976).
13thAnnualMartinLutherKingMemorialBreakfast,IndianSpringCountryQub,13501LayhillRoad,Silver Spring, 7:45 to 10:00A.M., $17.50 forAdults and $13.50 for youths; contact BrotherThaddeusTaylor (6221248).
The January 4th chapter meeting will spotlight the achievements of our lat¬ est pledge class. Successful Sphinxmen will be initiated into the Fraternity. Dont miss this chance to be apart of this vital intake process. Please note that the meeting place has been changed for this special occasion. The meeting will be held at Peoples ConoreQatlonal ChurclLat 4704 13th Street N.W. at 7:00 RM. Remember to offer transportation to our senior Brothers; they would greatly appreciate it. \ K
Three (3) visiting Brothers were in¬ troduced at the December meeting: Brothers Gregory M. Busby (recently relocated from Georgia; new pastor of the Church of the Redeemer): James Lockett; and Gary Haines (Alpha Chi).
