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PICTORIAL NUMBER CONVENTION CHAIRMAN . . . Twice within four years. Atlantic City. New Jersey will have served as official host to a General Convention. On each of the two occasions. one of the Fraternity's most devoted sons of the Eastern Jurisdiction has served as General Convention Chairman. He is Brother C. Morris Cain, president of Alpha Theta Lambda, official host; and a fraternal and civic leader in the famous resort city. Brother Cain organized Nu Chapter. Lincoln University and served as its president. He is one of the organizers of Alpha Theta Lambda Chapter. Y. M. C. A. personality and manager of Stanley S. Holmes, a Federal Housing Project. See page 2.

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A L P H A PHI A L P H A FRATERNITY, I n c . GENERAL OFFICERS BELFORD V. LAWSON General President 2001 Eleventh Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. WILLIAM N. LOVELACE J . First Vice-President 1303 Burdette Street, Cincinnati. Ohio WILLIAM H. GRAY Second Vice-President Florida A. and M. College, Tallahassee. Florida LOUIS H. SCHUSTER ' Third Vice-President Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virgi A. MACEO SMITH Fourth Vice-President 2011 North Washington St.. Dallas 4. Texas BAUKSDALE BROWN _ . . . Far Western Vice President 411 N. Grand, Los Angeles, Calif. BENNIE D. BROWN . _ _ _ General Secretary 3456 South State Street, Suite 311, Chicago 16. Illinois M. G. FERGUSON i_ . General Treasurer 925 Hth Avenue, N., Nashville, Tenn. LEWIS O. SWINGLER Editor of the Sphinx H COHNCIlf* TMNH^OLM" 6 ' Doctor" o3f Educational Activities H. COUNCILL TRENHOLM• Directo of Educational Activities HHABT F I ' AiJl College, Montgomery Alabama CHARLES LANE - _ - — - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ - g e n e r a l Lounsei 411 East 47th street. Chicago lo, Illinois LAY MEMBERS CORNELIUS PARRISH 6435 Eberhart Avenue, Chicago, Illinois CHARLES V. WILLIE Morehouse College. Atlanta, Georgia RAY L. RICHARDSON H a m p t 0 n JAMES R T O H N S O N ' ' Vlrglma Langston University. Langston, Oklahoma PETER DAUTERIVE 1430 East 122nd Place, Los Angeles, Calif. .__. ^.^n™™., CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES H. COUNCIL TRENHOLM Commission on Scholarship and Educational Activities State Teachers College, Montgomery, Alabama ROBERT P. DANIEL Budget Committee Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina HOWARD P. LONG Committee on Public Policy 1112 Girard. N. W„ Washington, D C H. COUNCIL TRENHOLM Committee on General Secretary DR. MILTON S. J. WRIGHT Committee on Recommendations Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio W. BARTON BEATTY - - Committee, on Elections Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia M. G. MILES _-J Committee on Chapter Achievements Fiorina A and M CColleee Tallahassee Florida ollege W D HAWKINS JR ' TS' commiUeeon Audit HAWK o n W. D. ™ = x 3 f " v e l r i t v - - ^ a s h v l l k , Tennessee ^ u KERMIT J. HALL . .__Committee on Rules and Credentials 100 Toridian Avenue, Yeadon, Pennsylvania

JEWELS _ . _ „ . „„„„ _ _ . _ . „ „; -._._. ,-, _ Egr. Henry A CalUs, 2306 East St., N E . Washington. D. C.; M S a t ? a m e i , A . u M,Yrra.&. w° 7°,™^^ \,W" ^ g ^ v " ' P' £ i Y e r £ " ^ W ' , T , £ m , d , y - J,21 Y e £ 1 3 9 t 5 r s*y N e w Y o r k - N - Y-= George B. Kelley. l-113th Street, Troy, N. Y. *Charles H. Chapman—*Roy H. Ogle—* James H. Morton'Deceased REGIONAL DIRECTORS w*~«o EASTERN JURISDICTION—Louis H. Schuster, Vice-President; Lucius P. Taylor, 20 Wellington Street, Boston, Mass. AREA —Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island. St. Elmo Brady, Provident Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Area—New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware. Marvland. Virginia, and the District of Columbia. MID-WESTERN JURISDICTION-William N. Lovelace, VicePresident, 1303 Burdett Ave., Cincinnati 6, Ohio; Cornelius Parrish. First Assistant, 6435 Eberhardt Avenue, Chicago. REGIONAL DIRECTORS-William A. Smith, 2576 MonThomas E. r o e s t r e e t G a r y I n d (Indiana a n d nii n o is); Kelley. Wilberforce State College, Wilberforce, Ohio (Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky); J. R. Lillard, 2622 Garfield. Kansas City. Mo. (Missocri and Minnesota); Wendell T. Williams, 51 Bagley Street, Pontiac, Mich. (Michigan-exDetroit—and Wisconsin); Robert N. Thomas, 114 Holcept brook Street, Detroit, Mich. (City of Detroit). SOUTHERN JURISDICTION-W. H. Gray, Jr.. Vice-President: Harry B. Rutherford, 1330 Gregg Street. Columbia. S. C.. Director North Carolina and South Carolina Alpha Psi Lambda; Charles H. Tarpley, 99 Leath Street, Memphis. ham, Alabama, Director Alabama and Georgia, Omicron Lambda, Memphis, Tennessee. Florida is pending. Tennessee. Director Mississippi and Tennessee, Alpha Delta Lembda, Memphis, Tennessee. Florida is pending. SOUTHWEST JURISDICTION—A, Maceo Smith, Vice-President; J o h n C o d w e l l p Regional Director, 5508 Tremper Street, HousTexas . . . Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico; Lloyd t H w n l i a m S i Regional Director. 119 North Greenwood Street, Tulsa, Okla.; Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, and Kansas; Charles M. Goolsby. Regional Director. Men's Dormitories. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nebraska; Nebraska and Iowa _, JURISDICTION Barksdale Brown Vice-PresFAH WESTERN JURISDICTION—Barksdale Brown. vice-Fresident, 411 N Grand Avenue Los Angeles, 12 Calif; Lionel Cade. 1136 East 25th Street, Los Angeles 11. Calif. Area:. California. Utah. Idaho. Nevada. Wyoming, and Arizona: Cecil Toland Draper. 1445 Ward Street, Berkeley, California; Area: Oregon, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota. a n d Montana.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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LEWIS O. SWINGLER 164 Beale Avenue, Memphis 3, Tenn.

O. WILSON WINTERS 28 Curren Arcade, Norristown, Pa.

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THIRTY-FOURTH GENERAL CONVENTION Alpha Phi Alpha. Fraternity Atlantic City, New Jersey DECEMBER 28TH, 29TH AND 30TH, 1948

C. MORRIS CAIN General Chairman (See Front Cover) During the past four years General Conventions of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity have been held either in the Midwest or the Southwest. Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, in the order named served as official hosts to the first two conventions after World War II, and in 1947 men of Alpha went to the furthermost point westward to hold a General Session in Tulsa, Oklahoma. All three of these postwar conventions had tremendous influence in the revival of interest in the Midwest, and expansion of the Fraternity from the Southwest to the West Coast. The South, in the meantime, made the best use of its natural advantages by setting up new chapters at many of the colleges where Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity had not previously issued chapter charters. End of the war meant the return of male students to college, and the subsequent revival of chapters on the campuses of southern educational institutions. So the Fraternity has been able to maintain high interest in spite of the fact that a General Convention has not been held in the deep South since the New Orleans, La., session in 1937, eleven years ago. It is in the Eastern Jurisdiction where interest must be maintained against the keenest kind of competition. Only the true and tried brothers in certain areas of the Eastern Jurisdiction retain their identity as Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity men in the face of other interests. Yet it is to the Eastern Jurisdiction where we must turn ever so frequently to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha, and to test these objectives against the many challenges of the new day. This must have been one of the thoughts held by Brother C. Morris Cain

CHAPTER OFFICERS AND CONVENTION COMMITTEES—34TH GENERAL CONVENTION—ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Alpha Theta Lambda Chapter . . . Official Convention Host Convention Headquarters 1711 Artie Avenue Atlantic City, N. J. C h a p t e r Officers C. MORRIS CAIN, President AUSTIN J. MARTIN, Secretary WILLIAM A. DART, Treasurer CONVENTION COMMITTEE C. MORRIS CAIN, General Chairman AUSTIN J. MARTIN, General Secretary

I when he came to Tulsa, Oklahoma last year to ask that the 1948 General Convention be held in the Eastern Jurisdiction. It was just four years ago that the Alphas had met in Atlantic City, and they knew what a tremendous responsibility it must have been for Brother Cain, who served then as he does now as General Convention Chairman, and members of his Convention Committee. Atlantic City had been chosen only a few weeks before the actual dates of the session, and the brothers of this famous resort metropolis really had but a short time to prepare for the delegation. Yet the meeting turned out to be a success, pointing the way for the great rehabilitation program that was to be put into effect the following year in Chicago. Brother Cain, backed solidly by his fellow-citizens, said in 1944 that they wanted us to come back again . . . and soon. He knew what a General Convention could mean to the Eastern Jurisdiction in general and to his own community in particular. It had been like a beacon light along the Eastern Seaboard to draw delinquent Alphamen back into the fold. Then there was the Eastern Regional Conference which was also held in Atlantic City in 1946 with Brother Cain as Conference Chairman. Much was accomplished there as indicated by the large Eastern delegation that reported at the General CONVENTION in Columbus, Ohio. In Tulsa last year his invitation to meet in Atlantic City was accepted, because Brother Cain impressed the brothers w*ith his own sincerity, his promise to keep convention expenses at a rnimimum, and the warmth of greetings extended by Mayor Joseph Altman, and the Atlantic City Board of Trade. Neither he nor his junior delegate, Brother Attorney William

Sub-Committees FINANCE William A. Dart, Chairman Aubrey L. Hoxter Ralph P. Greene Richard M. Fowler, III PUBLIC RELATIONS Richard T. Lockett, Chairman Edwin J. Martin Frank B. Doggett, Jr. Jacques T. Batey Daniel Carney ENTERTAINMENT H. Donald Marshall, Chairman Fred E. Murray Nathaniel C. Spencer Richard M. Fowler, III Alfred Pugh George C. Dickerson Frank B. Doggett, Jr. Richard T. Lockett C. T. Valentine PRINTING O. T. Davis, Chairman LaVozier E. S. LaMar Fred E. Murray Leroy P. Morris C. T. Valentine William A. Dart HOUSING F. C. Newton, Chairman Richard T. Lockett N. G. Spencer Aubrey L. Hoxter Edwin J. Martin

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EDITORIALS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN this transition period of Alphaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from the Alpha Phi Alpha of yesterday to the Alpha Phi Alpha of tomorrow, there are many significant trends that deserve our closest attention. Not the least among those is the rapidly mounting cost of holding General Conventions. The rise in cost, during the past three years, has been so sharp that it should be classed with those trends which deserve immediate attention, lest many activities much more vital to the well-being of Alpha be made to suffer irreparable loss. It might be well, at this point, to look at the purposes which the General Conventions serve in the pattern of Alpha. First of all, they serve to give to the General Officers an opportunity to make reports on their activities during the year. But it

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CONVENTION CALL C. Morris Cain From page 2 famous resort. Its reputation as a truly democratic community u n d e r leadership of the present Mayor, Honorable J o s s p h Altman, had already been demonstrated to A l p h a m e n in 1944, again in 1946. So they Knew w h a t they could expect in 1948. So B r o t h e r Cain, as one of the "Bright Stars in the East," will direct the F r a ternity back to the jurisdiction of its birth . . . back to the region w h e r e h e himself has been active as an Alpha m a n since 1912. He was founder and t h e first p r e s i d s n t of N u Chapter, Lincoln University, Pa. He w a s also one of the organizers of Alpha Theta Lambda, graduate chapter of Atlantic City, a n d is now serving his t h i r d consecutive t e r m as president. B r o t h e r Cain g r a d u a t e d from Lincoln University in 1912 with the A. B. Degree, S. T. B., and M. A. in 1915. H e w a s a w a r d e d the h o n o r a r y degree of Doctor of H u m a n e Letters by his university in 1940. For more than twenty-five years, Turn to page 40 General President Belford V. Lawson as he gives the 16th Anniversary Address for Beta Kappa Chapter, Langston University, Oklahoma. In the accompanying article he has issued the official Convention Call for the 34th General Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Y t h e direction of t h e Executive Council of Alpha P h i Alpha, Inc., I h e r e b y announce the convening of the thirty-fourth a n n u a l convention to be held at Atlantic City, N e w Jersey, December 28th, 29th, and 30th. I urge y o u to come to t h e Convention in order t h a t each of y o u m a y participate in the e n a c t m e n t of legislation and the prosecution of a p r o g r a m which will meet the u r g e n t needs and p r o v o k e an effective response in our times. Thus we will demonstrate definite proof that we a r e ready for complete understanding r e sponsibility to our m e m b e r s h i p a n d to the public. T h e r e is a mighty struggle going on in t h e world for the possession of states and the souls of men. It is a struggle b e tween those w h o believe in a free a n d h u m a n e society as w e of Alpha P h i Alpha do and those w h o believe in a slave and i n h u m a n e police state. In t h a t struggle I call upon you to participate. O u r job is the constant assertion in action of the supremacy of Democracy in fulfilling t h e needs of Modern m a n and t h e asserting in action of our faith in the vic'orious outcome of this struggle. N e i t h e r timewasting debate n o r hasty action should jeopardize t h e goals w e seek. Let us not stress too much our p r e s tige. size, and power. L e t us not seek to win by compromising on issues or competing in ideas. L e t us stress a n d fight for e t e r n a l legal a n d ethical principles which future years will irradiate a n d r e -

affirm. History a n d justice a r e on our side. In the spirit of t h e shepherd calling" his sheep from the hills, I call y o u home. Let the best from each of us join i n orchestration with the best from all a n d in service to all. T h e n our devotion to

Alpha P h i Alpha and to o u r fellow m a n may be bright and brilliant jewes in t h e crown of years. This Convention must be a manifesto 窶馬ot an elegy. As w e gird our a r m o r m a y I r e m i n d you of an old English h e roic: "I have been w o u n d e d b u t not slain, I think I'll lie m e down and bleed awhile A n d rise a n d fight again." Belford V. Lawson, J r . G e n e r a l President,

SOCIAL AFFAIRS TO BE CENTERED HERE. All Wars Memorial Building, Atlantic City. This is w h e r e t h e host b r o t h e r s of A l p h a Theta L a m b d a C h a p t e r will c a r r y out a brilliant schedule of social affairs for delegates, visiting Alpha b r o t h e r s , a n d their lady companions d u r i n g t h e 34th G e n e r a l Convention.

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We/come From Mayor Of Atlantic City, N. J.

Fraternity Headquarters 3458 South State Street. Chicago 16. Illinois

BENNIE D. BROWN The Office of General Secretary salutes every Brother in Alphadom for their splendid cooperation. Now it can be told: We have more financial Brothers than ever before in the history of our Fraternity. Thanks to you for a job well done! The measure of our success does not depend primarily upon the Office of General Secretary. It depends upon the wisdom, courage, and hard work of Brothers out there in the field. The spectacular grandeur of our growth is positive proof that you worked unstintingly for the success of the Office of General Secretary and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. A Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was recently established in Kingston, Jamaica, by that great, stalwart Brother A. K. Nyabongo. We are spreading our wings! A release on the activities of this Chapter will be made as soon as Brother Nyabongo returns from Jamaica. Now is the time to pay 1949 grand taxes. Why should there be late fees and penalties? Except for Brothers who are being reinstated, there is no need for paying penalties. We can all pay our

grand taxes before November 15, if we decide to do so. I therefore urge all Officers of the Fraternity, Chapter Presidents and Secretaries to launch a vigorous campaign so that grand taxes throughout the country may be collected before the November 15 deadline. With a few exceptions, undergraduate Brothers have money for only a short period of time. Therefore, they should be urged to pay during the first month of the school year. We want all undergraduate Brothers in the fold, because they are the backbone of the Fraternity. Let us go forward to Atlantic City with more financial Brothers than we boasted for 1948. Your continued cooperation means the continuous growth of our Fraternity. DIRECTORY The Office of General Secretary will publish a 1949 Directory of Active Members in December of this year. Because of the time element it will be absolutely imperative for Chapter Secretaries to mail Grand Taxes on or before December 10th. This beautifully bound Directory will be distributed to the Delegates at the Atlantic City Convention. During the month of January further distribution will be made to chapters, and to college and university libraries throughout the nation. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 10, 1948. WE WANT EVERY BROTHER'S NAME LISTED.

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Officers. Some critics have viewed the opinion that this has come to be the primary activity of the General Convention. They feel that all other activities have been made subordinate to this one. Without making any attempt to evaluate these functions, or to comment on them, we find ourselves face to face with the fact that the cost of meeting in General Convention has mounted sharply in recent years. This is not a new problem for Alpha. It has been discussed by many Brothers in the past. Brother Farrow Allen, a former General Treasurer, called the attention of the Twenty-ninth General Convention, at its meeting in Louisville, to the situation. He compiled a study of the Convention Expense over the eight year period from December 27, 1933 through November 15, 1941. Brother Allen reports that of the $106,241.00 spent by the Fraternity aver that period, $12,275.00 went for Conventions Expense. This represented 11.6 per cent of the total disbursed. When we place this study beside the period November 15, through December 31, 1947, we find that

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the total disbursements for those two years was $48,694.97, and of that amount, $12,976.82 was spent for the Columbus and Tulsa Conventions. This represents 26 per cent of the total expenditures. In other words, those two Conventions exceeded in cost the six Conventions covered in the study by Brother Allen. One might say that the cost of everything has risen in recent years. For that reason the percentage figure takes on added significance. It is obvious that the rise from 11.6 per cent in 1941 to the 26 per cent in 1947 is one that should give us deep concern. This sharp increase brings us face to face with a real problem. The problem of deciding whether the services rendered by the General Convention has more than doubled since 1941. The problem of deciding whether the policy of paying the transportation expenses and per diem of all committee chairmen is really necessary or justified. The problem of deciding whether this money might not be better used to bring the National Program closer to the Chapters and to promote activities that would make the Brothers proud of the fact that they belong to Alpha Phi Alpha. The answer to the problem Brother, that is for you to decide.

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October, 1948 and speaking for all our people, I join the local chapter through its delegates, William A. Dart, Esq., and Dr. C. M. Cain, in extending to the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity a most cordial invitation to hold your 1948 Convention in our city. You are welcome to use the many facilities of this leading seashore resort and I assure you, the City Government will cooperate with our Board of Trade in making your convention enjoyable and successful.

Regionals In St Louis, Houston And Boston, Mass. Regional conferences in three jurisdictions this fall will have tremendous effects in building up the attendance at the General Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey in December. By the time that copies of this edition of the SPHINX have been distributed, the Midwestern Regional Conference will have been carried out. It was scheduled to be held in St. Louis, Mo., October 8th, 9th, and 10th, with Brother William N. Lovelace, of Cincinnati, Ohio presiding. Brother John D. Buckner, who served as convention secretary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and former regional director, was setting the stage for this conference in the Midwest as early as the latter part of the summer. Host chapters were Epsilon Lambda, and Alpha Eta, Stowe Teachers College.

Southwestern Regional October 22, 23, 24

MRS. SARA WASHINGTON Great convention cities are judged by . . . The greeting extended to Alpha brothers in Atlantic City, New the greatness of the conventions. From Jersey in 1944 by one of the nation's hence, Atlantic City takes its place among most outstanding and successful busi- the best loved convention cities of the ness women. Mrs. Sara S. Washington, world. This convention has carried us to president-founder of the APEX SYS- heights hitherto unattained. TEM, has been regarded as the most sinAnd so, with the glory of the nature cere and touching ever heard up to that of this great occasion, I fling wider time at an Alpha Phi Alpha General the doors of Atlantic City. My fondest Session. It was given greater meaning realization shall be to know that your in view of the fact that Atlantic City, stay in Atlantic City has been enjoyable, like the rest of America, was greatly hand- inspiring, and a success. icapped by the war in facilities she You have done us a great honor in could offer. Yet, Mrs. Washington, esteemed by both races in Atlantic City for being here. The laurels of Alpha Phi her great business accomplishments, Alpha are increasing, for your visit alone has lifted the hope of Atlantic said, in part: To have Alpha Phi Alpha hold its 30th City. And, in lifting the hope of AtAnnual Convention here shall be record- lantic City, you have lifted the hope of ed among our noblest achievements. the world.

Welcome From Mayor From page 5 attended the 1944 General Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, recall the heart-warming greeting extended them by Mayor Joseph Altman. He is shown here as he rang out a challenging message during the Public Program of Alpha Phi Alpha at Senior High School, Atlantic City. Calling attention to many improvements his city had made in the

way of better race relationship. Mayor Altman at this memorable session said that he too was a member of a minority group, and as a Jew he knew the meaning of persecution. It was his letter that Brothers C. M. Cain, president of Alpha Theta Lambda Chapter brought to Tulsa, Okla., in their successful bid for the 1948 Convention. Mayor Altman's message, addressed to General President B. V. Lawson, stated: As Mayor of the City of Atlantic City

Brother A. Maceo Smith, of Dallas, Texas, has called a regional conference for Houston, Texas, October 22, 23, 24th. His message and conference call, stated: "The host chapter for the Regional is Alpha Eta Lambda. The Houston brothers "know how" to entertain as well as provide an atmosphere for discussion and planning of ALPHA'S FUTURE. "Possessed with sufficient authority as Vice-President of this Jurisdiction, I hereby summon you to 'Historic Houston.' the site of THE SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND to rededicate ourselves to the principles of Alpha under the Conference theme: "The Southwest Faces the Rising Sun." This Conference comes as our Nation and our section stand on the threshold of a New Day. We must be prepared to meet the challenge. Alpha cannot stand idly by while so much is going on. Come to Houston prepared to write a new charter of cooperation and leadership. President B. V. Lawson and several national officers will be present." Brothers who expect to attend the Southwestern Conference are asked to write Brother James Law, 3420 Dennis Street, Houston, Texas.

Eastern Regional To Be In Boston, Mass., Nov. 19,20,21 Brother Louis H. Schuster, of Virginia State College, Petersburg, has officially called the Eastern Regional Conference Turn to page 8

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â&#x20AC;˘ifwm SCENE OF ALL BUSINESS SESSIONS . . . New Jersey Avenue Public School where all business sessions and com-

mittee meetings will be held. Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Thirty-fourth General Convention in December.

PUBLIC PROGRAM AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL . . . Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity will return to Senior High School, Atlantic City, N. J., as the scene of its PUBLIC PROGRAM during the 1948 General Convention. It was here four years ago that such prominent leaders as Congressman A. Clayton Powell, Jr., Mayor Joseph Altman of Atlantic City, Mrs. Sara S. Washington, president and founder of the Apex System, Dr. Charles H. Wesley and Dr. Howard H. Long, both Past General Presidents, gave challenging addresses to a capacity

audience. General President Belford V. Lawson has promised that the galaxy of speakers for the Public Program at Senior High School this year will be leaders of the same stature as those four years ago when Alpha met for the first time in three years to take stock of its part in the great titanic struggle which still engaged virtually all the nations of the universe, and to declare its aims for the post-war world.

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LEWIS O. SWINGLER Editor of Sphinx Uniformed Negro police officers within a few days will walk the streets of Memphis, Tennessee for the first time in over seventy years. Decision to apDoint race officers to the Memphis Police Force came during the first week in September of this year as a dramatic conclusion of a relentless campaign waged all summer by the Memphis World newspaper through its editor, Lewis O. Swingler. The campaign for Negro officers was against the hostile attitude and almost active resistance on part of the Memphis Police Department. The organized force of the powerful Crump political machine was brought to bear in an effort to discourage the march of progress in the direction of Negro officers. Every situation however, was used by Editor Swingler to whatever advantage it would have in the overall drive for

the officers. Talks were made before civic and social clubs . . . letters of appeals for support were mailed to both Negro and white leaders of the community . . . a rousing mass meeting held in one of the large Negro subdivisions . . . finally the editors of the two local daily newspapers were called upon by Editor Swinger, and they helped to push the campaign to its successful climax. The staid, old Commercial Appeal with 108 years of southern history back of it, listened attentively to the appeal of Brother Swingler as he pointed out that the appointment of Colored officers in Memphis would not only be a source of great and justifiable pride on part of the large Negro population of this city, but it would be good police business as fifty-one other cities of the South had found this to be. The editor of the Commercial Appeal went into conference with his staff of writers, weighed the issue of Negro police officers against many of the prevailing sentiments of this section of the South, and came to the conclusion that selection of the officers was the thing to do. It then became the power of the press against the already shaken power of a dying political order, and the press with the backing of the citizenry at large won an overwhelming victory. The Pittsburgh Courier Salute to Editor Swingler in its August 21st edition . . . Even before the campaign was over, has brought many fine comments from brothers all over the country, including a congratulatory message from Brother Belford V. Lawson, of Washington, D. C. General President. Brother Lawson said: "I read with great delight the salute to you in the Pittsburgh Courier. It is a deserving tribute. You are making the kind of quiet, courageous fight which is typical of your character and personality. I believe you will be successful. Whether you win or not, it is worth while. As the French say, it is not always the victory, but the battle."

Eastern Regional From page 6 for Boston, Mass., November 19, 20, and 21st. "For the past three years, Brothers up and down the Atlantic seaboard have been asking for a real Eastern Regional in a real New England atmosphere," writes Brother Schuster, and continued: "We finally have oneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and with all the trimmings. Sigma Chapter in Boston has gone all out to act as host for the occasion." Events will include an old-fashioned Yankee Smoker, a formal dance, The Yale-Harvard football game, and a public meeting in historic Fanuiel Hall from where liberty was proclaimed. There will be only one business session . . . 9 a. m., to 12 noon on Saturday, November 20th. "The rest of the time will be for what delegates at every convention have been wishing . . . an opportunity to enjoy the town," the Vice-President asserts. Brother Schuster is asking delegates and visiting brothers to do the following things: 1. Select delegates (number unlimited). 2. Send in request for the Yale-Harvard game tickets with registration fee. Registration fee of $7.00 per delegate (includes dance bid. convention picture.) Game ticket $4.80. 3. For housing and registration make contact with Brother William R. Simms, 86 Harold Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Regional conferences have already been held in the Southern Jurisdiction, and the Far Western Jurisdiction. Brothers of Alabama State, and Montgomery, Ala., were hosts to the Southern Regional at Montgomery in April of this year. The Far Western Regional was a summer affair in Los Angeles, Calif., last June with the new vice-president, Brother Barksdale Brown, presiding. General President Lawson and fulltime General Secretary Bennie D. Brown attended both of these meetings.

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be held in the ballroom of the hall, which is situated on the Atlantic ocean. Dates of the convention have been set for December 28th, 29th, 30th.

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Future Leaders of Alpha Must Come from Undergraduate Rank By Charles V. Willie Lay Councilman E cannot forever embark upon our nostalgic mental excursions into the past and pridefully boast of the scores of great and renowned personalities sheltered under the dome of Alpha. This kind of empty pride and falsification is obsolete. It is hypocrisy personified to bask in the glory of others' achievements and elude oneself into thinking that he too has achieved simply because of his membership in an organization. This is the plight into which many undergraduate brothers have fallen. True greatness does not come by osmosis or mere association. A constant growing and expanding Fraternity demands greater and better members if it is to continue to stand head and shoulder above its fellow travelers. Using the above discussion as a background, let us view our Fraternity. If the mighty Sphinx of Egypt had molded Alpha Phi Alpha from, a ball of clay, inserted a tightly spring in its back, and given it a dignity, then the need for the perennial efforts of its many brothers would not be necessary. The clock would just tick away the hours of achievement. But fortunately this was not so. Our Fraternity had to earn its right to live through the sincere and determined spirits of its faithful . members. And the future success of Alpha rests upon the shoulders of its undergraduate brothers. "By their fruits ye shall know them" is a good antidote for those who muse over the wonderful record of the past but do little for the present and less for the future perpetuation of our Fraternity. There are many areas of activity from which the undergraduates must brush the cob-webs of complacency. In scholarship, too few Alphas are making the college and university honor rolls. It is true that Alpha Phi Al-

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CHARLES V. WILLIE pha has more college presidents in its fold than any other fraternity. But these brothers are merely actors on the stage of life, playing their parts in their time. Will Alpha continue to lead in the mass production of scholars? The privilege oÂŁ answ-ering this question, young brother, is yours. Let us now briefly glance at our Education and Citizenship program. In many urdergraduate chapters this week should more appropriately be called the "ALPHA STYLE SHOW." For indeed the affectatiously presented chapel programs have little material value. Oftentimes a speaker is located on D-Day and at HHour to help decorate the already elaborately ornamented platform; and the week is considered a success. Citizenship

and Education are essentials. They are concerned with the factors that make it possible to secure the fundamental meat and bread of life. And yet we are still satisfied with serving our starving communities cake. We do not wish to imply, however, that all undergraduates are possessive of this superficial interpretation of our Education and Citizenship program. For indeed there are young brothers who have a burning social conscience. They dive deep into the muddy social problems and work diligently toward Dleaching the stain of segregation and discrimination from the tarnished American way of life. But once more, they are too few in number. The community and the Fraternity need sincere young Alpha men. The beginning of the 1948-49 academic year is a fine time to plan a dynamic chapter program. In the chapter budget this year try to include the expenses for one or two delegates to the General Convention in Atlantic City. The record shows that only thirty-two undergraduate chapters were represented at the historical Chicago convention in 1945. Although the attendance in the two subsequent years has been appreciably better, we still are falling short of the mark of one hundred per cent representation from the undergraduate chapters. The empty rebel yell lor more undergraduate participation in the General Organization are in vain unless we make the initial move. We cry for water but will not prime the pump. The annual convention presents an excellent opportunity for intergration. But the undergraduate vote is seriously impaired because many chapters refuse to send representatives to the General Convention. Civilizations have risen and fallen and so will Alpha unless strong leadership is developed among the younger brothers. Come on, brother, let's get "on the ball." The Fraternity and the community need you. E a s t e r n Regional will m e e t in B o s t o n , M a s s . , N o v e m b e r 19, 20, 21

THE NEGRO REJECTS COMMUNISM By Brother Peter Wellington Clark. "Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers." â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bryant. T is comparatively simple to beguile Iments and bewilder the unenlightened segof the population. For many years, shrewd and unscrupulous individuals found the Negro a perfect scapegoat. The Negro of yesteryear was illiterate, untrained and gullible. He was, therefore, an easy mark for the designs of men motivated by selfish interests and personal ambitions. However, today, the complexion of the situation has changed tremendously. The New Negro has been imbued with the finer influences of civilization; he

has had an opportunity to absorb something beyond the mere rudiments of formal education. He has had sufficient chance to travel, to commune with the inhabitants of other corners of the globe and, better still, he has had a chance to dream, to hope, to think, to assemble his wits and adjust his persceptive and to examine the predicament in which he finds himself. The New Negro is doing his own thinking; he is solving his problems in the light of objective judgment and experience. He is beginning to look at things not on the basis of their superficialities, but on the basis of the fundamental issues involved. One of the most significant developments which is currently transpiring on the stage of world events is the effort on the part of the Communists to win the favor and approval of the Negro minorities. What is the attitude of the Ne-

gro regarding a totalitarian-state? What role would the Negro play in a government controlled by the Kremlin? What would be the lot of the Negro in a government dominated by men, who would substitute the Communist Manifesto issued by Karl Marx in 1848 for the teachings and principles of Christianity? Where does the Negro stand in the face of an atheistic surge of Communism, which declares there is no God and there is no hereafter? If there has been one element which has helped sustain the Negro throughout his history in the New World it has been faith in God and humanity. How could the Negro hope to gain self-expression in a God-less state such as would be perpetrated under the Hammer and the Sickle? Another quality which has always characterized the American Negro has been his unbreakable patriotism. Turn the Page

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Where in the legacy of American history do we find any Black Benedict Arnolds? The Negro would never stoop to become a black chattel in a Stalin-inspired state, for the Negro firmly believes: "This is the land, where hate should die— No feuds of faith, no spleen of race, Beneath our flag should find a place!" The frank and unmistakable conclusion reached by the New Negro is that American Democracy, despite its shortcomings and defects, offers him a greater avenue for real and potential advancements and more tangible opportunities for growth and development than Communism with all of its Janusfaced preachments. One who knows the Negro basically will readily perceive the fact that the Negro will not readily submit to a Communistic regime. If Russia is a Red Spider she is seeking in vain a Black Fly in the person of the Ameri-

tute, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. This year's theme was "Human Relations and Human Rights." Brother Dr. Charles S. Johnson, president of Fisk and organizer of the institute, is shown right end, second row, standing.

can Negro. History proves that America's most loyal and law-abiding citizens have been her Brown patriots, who have a glorious tradition which dates back from the pre-Revolutionary epoch right down through the living present. One of the stock bribes or tricks utilized by Communist organizers and sympathizers is to play up the inter-racial aspects of Communism. A noble bit of advice can be gleaned from the Gospel of St. Matthew in Chapter VII, verses 15-21: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits you shall know them." The Communists in their attitude toward the Negro remind one very much of the mother who promised her baby the moon if he stopped crying. The baby was tricked momentarily and ceased his whimpering—but when he realized that he had been deceived—he burst forth in a louder explosion than he had previously made. The Communists seek to becloud the reasoning of the Negro by making him tinselled promises which

they can never deliver. The Communists in^ promising the Negro that they will see to it that no segregation based on color, for example, would exist under a Communistic regime are advancing a promise which they can never redeem. If the Negro leaps before he looks and swallows naively the sucker bait being proffered him by the vast legion of Communist agitators, who haunt his very footsteps, he will awaken to find that he has flown out of the frying pan into the fire. The Negro must always remember that under the Red Flag—hatred not love is the order of the day. The Reds preach the dogma that the individual was created for the state, or rather exists for the state as they deny creation by any Omnipotent Source. There is no individual freedom or liberty in Russia and the Negro may think that his lot is severe in America, but under the banner of the Communists—the Negro would find himself under an even bigger boot. Therefore, it is interesting to discover the discrepancies which exist in the jnTurn to page 12

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SEPARATE BUT NOT EQUAL—THE SWEATT CASE Charles H. Thompson Reprint from the Spring, 1948 edition of SOUTHWEST REVIEW—published by University Press in Dallas, Southern Methodist University, Dallas 5, Texas §

On May 16, 1946, Herman Marion Sweatt, a Negro citizen of Texas and a resident of Houston, filed an application for a writ of mandamus in the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, against the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, the then Acting President, the Dean of the School of Law, and the Registrar of the university. The cause for the action was the refusal of the university officials to admit the plaintiff to the law school of the university, solely because of his race or color and in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the state of Texas. The legal principle upon which the Sweatt case was brought in the first instance was that the state should provide equal educational opportunity for all of its citizens. If the state elected to require the separation of the races for educational purposes, as in Texas, then the state must furnish "separate but equal' opportunities for Negroes and whites. The state had provided a law school for white students at the University of Texas, but did not make similar provisions for Negroes. Accordingly, the Court ruled on June 26, 1946, that the action of the university in denying admission to Sweatt was a denial of his constitutional right. Issurance of the writ was held in abeyance for six months to permit the state to establish a separate law school for Negroes. The state immediately set up a makshift law school for Negroes in Houston, on premises adjacent to the offices of two Negro lawyers, and employed these lawyers as a faculty. The Court on December 17, 1946, denied the writ of mandamus, Sweatt then appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, which on March 26, 1947, set aside the lower court's judgment in denying the writ and "remanded the cause generally"—thus sending the case back to the lower court for trial. The case was heard in the lower court during the week of May 12-17, 1947. By the time the second trial began, the state had abandoned the Houston "school" and had set up, in the basement of a building adjacent to the state Capitol grounds in Austin, a law school for Negroes which was alleged to be equal to the law school of the University of Texas and which was to be a part of the newly authorized Texas State University for Negroes, located in Houston. Thus the issue had shifted to the question of whether the law school in Austin provided for Negroes a legal education equal to that afforded non-Negro* students at the University of Texas, with the burden of proof upon the state. Before the trial was concluded, however, the issue came to involve the validity of the separate but equal" principle per se—hence in great part, the unusual significance of the case. It is unnecessary to go into a discussion of the state's contention that the Negro law school in the basement of

HERMAN MARION SWEATT the two-story building occupied by a firm of petroleum engineers was equal. or even substantially equal, to the law school of the University of Texas. All of the evidence adduced showed that tne Negro law school sulfered greatly by comparison on every point. It would venture the conclusion that not a single spectator in that overcrowded courtroom, not even the most obtuse or biased, was convinced otherwise. In fact, one of the young students at the trial (some fifteen or twenty law students from the university were present each day) remarked during one of the recess periods: "Hell, anyone can see that that Negro scnool isn't equal or even substantially equal to our law schooll" Additional evidence presented indicated that the Negro law scnool was of the same inadequate character as otner provisions made for the higher and professional education of Negroes by the state. Statistics showed that among state-supported schools the total institutional assets (plant, endowment, etc.) in Negro schools, even including the appropriations for the new Texas State University, amounted only to $6.40 for each Negro in the population as contrasted to $28.66 for each white person, or 4.47 times as much proportionately for whites as for Negroes. A similar situation obtained relative to current educational expenditures; Negroes 98 cents per capita, and whites $2.01, or twice as much. Curriculum offerings in the Negro schools were extremely limited as compared with those of the white schools, or even nonexistent: white institutions presented two to three times as many undergraduate fields of specialization; all the white four-year schools offered graduate work and two of them had work leading to the doctorate, whereas graduate work in the Negro institution was both limited in quantity and questionable in quality, and no provision was made for work leading to the docto*The term "non-Negro" is used here advisedly, because there are non-white students regularly enrolled in the University of Texas.

rate; no work at all was available for Negroes in engineering, medicine, and dentistry, although four white schools offered work in engineering and the University of Texas had a medical school and a dental school. Despite the fact that approximately 10 per cent of the Negro professors had doctor's degrees, in only one instance did any Negro professor receive a salary as high as that of the lowest paid professor in any one of the thirteen white state-supported four-year institutions. One white state teachers' college had more books in its library in 1945 than did all of the Negro colleges, public and private, in the state. And so on. The total added up to the indisputable fact that the provisions made for the higher and professional education of Negroes in Texas were not only woefully inadequate as compared with those made for whites, but were relatively inferior to those provided for Negroes in segregated schools in many other southern states. But even more important than the fact that the state of Texas has never made equal or even substantially equal provision for the higher and professional education of Negroes was the contention of Sweatt's attorneys that there could be no such thing as "separate but equal" training in law, or in any other area of education. Expert testimony was introduced to show that there is no valid rational justification for segregation in education based upon race and that discrimination is an inevitable and necessary consequence of segregation—in other words, that the very act of racial segregation is per se an act of discrimination. We need not go into the details of this testimony here. Suffice it to note that both the President's Committee on Civil Rights and the President's Commission on Higher Education, whose reports have recently been made available, not only came to the same conclusions but recommended the discontinuance of segregation as a matter of civic justice and public welfare. The Committee on Civil Rights declared: The separate but equal doctrine has failed in three important respects. First, it is inconsistent with the fundamental equalitarianism of the American way of life in that it marks groups with the brand of inferior status. Secondly, where it has been followed, the results have been separate and unequal facilities for minority peoples. Finally, it has kept people apart despite incontrovertible evidence that an environment favorable to civil rights is fostered whenever groups are permitted to live and work together. There is no adequate defense of segregation.* In fact the Committee emphasized that " not even the most mathematically precise equality of segregated institutions can properly be considered equality under the law"** Herein lies the chief significance of the Sweatt case to Texas and the nation. This is the first time that the validity of the "separate but equal" dictum, upon which the legality of separate schools has been based, has been directly challenged Turn to page 13

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CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION . . . . Brother Marion M. Taylor (Left) presents Tom Carodine, 1947 Mayor of Boys' Town, with Certificate of Recognition from the National Urban League for outstanding Scholarship, Athletics, and Mayoralty Achievement. Brother Taylor is Associate Editor of the Sphinx for Xi Lambda, Omaha, Nebraska, and is identified with the Omaha Urban League. His great work in U. S. O. during the war was basis of a featured article in the Pictorial Number of the Sphinx, 1944.

The Negro Rejects From page 10 ner sanctuaries of the Communists where the Negro is concerned. There are those who ignore him all together, there are those who would use him as a buffer to gain their own ulterior motives and there are those who spurn him just as much as the Rankins, Eastlands and Talmadges of the day. The Negro must realize that prejudice and intolerance are not necessarily a matter of party affiliation. There are as many bigotry-ridden Communists as those who would be found supporting any other political, or socio-economic creed, or ideology.

In fact—there are documentary instances on record of inter-racial disputes and dissension arising within the Communist Organization right here within these United States over the color question. The most devout and ardent Communist cannot profess to be infallible and if the Communist Party ever gains control by revolutionary means of the government of these United States— there will be found many Communist reactionaries in key posts. The hierarchy comprising the Communist front are only tolerating the Negro because they see in him a "sponge" with which to gain even greater power. Will the Negro who has been deceived so many times before

October, 1948 let an alien conspiracy use him again for a puppet, or a wedge? It can accurately be stated without fear of contradiction— that the Communists are trying to use the Negro as a spring-board for future operations of a more kaleidoscopic nature. When the Negro has served his purpose he will be replaced by another Communist "footstool" that is more expedient for the specific mission the Communists wish to accomplish at the particular moment in question. The Communists liquidate their own members of long-standing, what assurance has the Negro that he would not be eventually entirely obliterated in a Red State? It is sheer folly and utterly ridiculous for any Negro with a smattering of "mother's wit" to assume for even an idle second that all Communists, in America or elsewhere, stand for racial equality. To uphold such a fallacious dogma would be as foolhardy as arguing that all people in Mississippi uphold the hate-riddled tenets of Rankin, or Eastland. Many diverse political views and concepts can be found in the self-same sphere, for example, take a short look at the state of Georgia recently. There was the fearless, militant and courageous liberal, Ellis Arnall, on one hand and on the other side the besmirched, clandestine and incendiary doctrine of White Supremacy as advocated by the demagogue, Herman Talmadge. In the face of all of these conflicting forces, how is the Negro meeting the dilemma? The answer can be stated in clear, uncertain terms. The thinking Negro is placing a true estimate on Truth in the instance of Communism; he is as a result spurning the entreaties and overtures of the Communist Party in America. He sees the Communist offering him a vial of poison not a goblet of balm; he realizes that the glass is labeled honey, but the contents are in actuality nothing more than gall. For, the Communist Party is somewhat of an ideological Charybdis. Despite the insidious patterns of segregation that still exist in a so-called democratic nation like the United States of America, the Communists as far as the Negro is concerned—offer no appreciable medium of escape. After all, the Negro knows that carbolic acid may quench a man's appetite temporarily who is dying from thirst—but in the end he will die any way—this time of poison. Therefore, the inquiring mind asks: what can the Negro do in the face of this avalanche of atheistic communistic propaganda that literally sweeps the radio, screen, stage and all channels of communication? Will the Negro accept or reject Communism? From any point of view the Negro rejects Communism. There is no single thread of logic in the "arguments" of the Communists. When the Negro meets a Communist—he should remember: it is far better to die an American in a state of free economy than to live as a Black Slave in a Communist-controlled state. If the Negro busies himself and unifies his platform, a great deal of progress is attainable. A great deal of supTurn to page 40

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Inter-collegiate Committee of the ATA, and runner-up in the men's singles. He has done much to stimulate interest in tennis on college campuses. Brother Cohen was caught in action by the cameraman during quarter finals matches. He was defeated by George Stewart 6-4, 6-4 Brother Cohen and Brother Jimmie McDaniel, of Los Angeles, Calif., were national doubles champions of the A I A in 1939, again in 1941. He was Intercollegiate champion in 1938. Other brothers seen in the stand during the matches were Erothers Dan Kean St. Louis, Mo., Edward C. Jones, Sumter S. C, Theodore Martin, Florence, S. C, A. M. Rivera, Jr., Durham, N. C., Jiles Edward. Greenville, S. C, Dr. W N Rivers, Washington, D. C : B. T. Harvey, Atlanta, Ga., and C. C. Jenkins, Wilberforce, Ohio.

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courts of South Carolina State A. & M. College, Orangeburg. Top scene presents, left of net, George Stewart, of Panama, student at State, and Brother Dr. Hubert Eaton, of Wilmington, N. C, 1949 National Men's Doubles Champions of the ATA Runners-up, right of net are: Harold (Schoolboy) Mitchell, Oakland, California, and John Chandler. Fanwood, N. J., after their exciting match. The score: 7-5, 2-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Eaton's men's singles national rankings is number 10. Brother Dr. Ellwood Downing, Roanoke, Va. (Left, bottom), and .Brother Richard Cohen, of Plainfield, N. J., were strong contenders in the men's singles. Brother Downing, chairman of the

From page 11 in the courts. From the time that the "separate but equal" doctrine was promulgated in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, all of the litigation has hinged on the question of mere compliance with the principle. But as a matter of fact, as Sweatt's attorneys, W. J. Durham and Thurgood Marshall, state in their Brief for Appellant, "The doctrine of 'separate but equal' treatment recognized in Plessy v. Ferguson was arrived at not by any study or analysis of facts but rather as a result of an ad hominem conclusion of "equality" by state courts the United States Supreme Court has never passed directly upon the question of the validity or invalidity of state statutes requiring the segregation of the races in public schools." It is both timely and necessary that Turn the Page

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Separate But Not Equal From page 13 Texas in particular and the South in general should examine objectively and dispassionately the policy and practice of segregation now obtaining. Few if any of the southern states where segregation is the policy by law have yet approached this question in the statesmanlike manner which so important a subject deserves. And the day of contriving expedients to by-pass the question or rationalizations to condone the practice has passed. It is my contention that segregation can be eliminated with profit, and without serious, if any, untoward consequences; and that the South cannot afford to take the intransigent attitude toward the question which it has been wont to take in the past. It should be apparent that segregation in education based upon race, in Texas as elsewhere, is not only economically and spiritually unprofitable, but actually deleterious. In the fields of higher and professional education, for example, it is obvious to any impartial observer that it is a waste of money to invest upward of $4,000,000 in capital equipment and expend around a million additional dollars a year to furnish the present inadequate and inferior facilities for Negroes, when more adequate facilities could be provided in existing white institutions. Moreover, if the "separate but equal" principle were actually adhered to. the state of Texas would have to provide for Negroes a medical school, a dental school, an engineering school, a graduate school with work leading to the doctorate, a college of mines, a school of pharmacy, a school of social work, a school of library science, and other facilities which are now available to white students but are nonexistent for Negroes. Adherence to the "separate but equal" principle in education is financially prohibitive even in a relatively rich state like Texas; and no expedients short of these duplications would meet the legal requirements evon as they now stand. One of the most serious consequences of segregation in education, with its inevitable discrimination, is the loss to the state and the nation involved in the denial of opportunity for advanced education to a considerable number of citizens. The Sixteenth U. S. Census revealed that of the native white adult population in Texas (twenty-five years old and older), 137,882 or 5.1 per cent had had four or more years of college education, as against 7,699, or only 1.2 per cent, of the Negroes in the same age group. Thus proportionately 3.25 times as many whites as Negroes had had the advantages of college training. It was also shown tha there was one white doctor to every 903 persons in the white population, while in the Negro population there was one doctor to every 5,637 persons. The proportion of dentists wa^ one to 2,886 for the white population and one to 11.412 for the Negro population: of lawyers, one to 712 for the whites and one to 40.191 for the Negroes: and of engineers. one to 612 for the whites and one to 154,065 for the Negroes. In other words, in proportion to population there were 6.24 times as many whites as Negro doctors: 3.9 times as many white 3S Negro den-

T H E S P H I N X tists; 56.4 times as many whites as Negro lawyers: and 251.7 times as many white as Negro engineers. These disparities in the higher and professional educational levels of whites and Negroes in Texas are due primarily, if not wholly, to the inequalities in the segregated educational provisions; and they constitute a loss in cultural and professional leadership which Texas and the nation can ill afford. But even more serious and important than the economic and cultural losses which are sustained because of segregation is the mori1! and spiritual degeneration which is the inevitable cost of maintaining the system. One of the most striking, and at the same time pathetic, illustrations of this point is seen when ever school officials are called upon as witnesses to testify in defense of the segregated system. In more than half a dozen instances, I have noted that not the whole such officials are intelligent, well educated, and otherwise honest men; but they are forced through duress or pressure to testify contrary to their better judgment and their conscience. Unless one subscribes to the Nazi code of ethics—that to lie and cheat in support of "the cause" is morally right— he cannot continue indefinitely to profess one thing and do another, without doing irreparable violence to his spiritual integrity; And what is true of the individual applies with equal force to the state and the nation. Probably few, if any. intelligent persons in Texas or anywhere else would seriously contend that segregated schools particularly on the higher and professional levels, are advantageous either economically or spiritually. There is. however, honest difference of opinion on the question of integration now. There is a small but rapidly growing group of white southern leaders who are of the opinion that elimination of segregation in many areas is feasible now. They have launched, or are in the process of launching, a program of gradual integration. There is a second but considerably larger group who have never faced the problem frankly and objectively: who are sensitive in varying degrees to the inequalities of the "separate but equal" arrangments and are willing to do what they think 'S possible (consistent with their vested interests in the system) to improve the lot of the Negro within the framework of segregation, but who do not think the "time is ripe" even for talk of integration. (It is from this grouo primarily that we get most of the current rationalizations in support of the system.) Also, there is a third group of white leaders. smaller than the second group but larger than the first, who approach the subject with the intransigence which has characterized (less and less, I am elad to say) the South's attitude toward this question in the past. And then, there are the Negro leaders who are practically unanimous in their opinions as to the desirability, even the necessity. of eliminating segregation, but who are divided among themselves as to when and under what conditions thev think integration may be successfully achieved. The large majority of them have arrived at the stage where they are willing to fight for equality, or such

October, 1948 approach to equality as is possible, within the segregated framework. But up to now they have never faced seriously and squarely the probability of integration— some because of vested interests, as well as the fact that 250 years of slavery and 85 years of repression since Emancipation have produced an inferiority complex; others and the majority perhaps, because of a pessimism or even a cynicism which has developed over a number of years of experience with "separate but equal" justice. Accordingly, even when they appear to be fighting for integration, they are merely, or primarily, bringing the strongest pressure of which they i . e capable to get more within the present framework. There is. however, a smaller but rapidly increasing number of Negroes who are convinced that integration is possible r.ow in many areas. and who are committed to the cause of setting up such a program. (I include within this group the large majority if the Negro leaders of Texas, who have supported the Sweatt case with every intention and expectation of being admitted to state-supported higher and professional institutions.) Fimllv, there is a still smaller but also rapidly growing group of Negroes who are convinced that segregation can be eliminated now and that it must be eliminated not only or even primarily as a matter of expediency but as a matter of principle. And they are committed to an uncompromising fight to this end. Probably one of the most frequent, and in many respects the most reasonable, arguments advanced in support of the continuance of segregation, or rather against its elimination, is that segregation has been with us for eighty-five years: accordingly, any attempt to eliminate it would occasion such violent repercussions as to result in consequences much more serious than the evils experienced from the present system. This would be a cogent argument if it were valid; or even if facts were produced to support it. Those w h i make the argument generally rely upon oracular pronouncements as if thei>- validity 'vere axiomatic: and even when thev infrequently do attempt to sunport the argument, they go back to the Reconstruction period—the facts concerning which are questionable at best—ignoring all of the progress which has been made either in race relations or in public morals in the past sixty years. An excellent and recent example of this type of rationalization, and of the fallacies and lack of factual sunnort chp" acterizing it, is seen in the dissent of four of the twenty-eight members of the President's Commission on Higher Education. in regard to the auestion of eliminating segregation in education in the South: The undersigned wish to record their dissent from the Commission's Denouncements on "segregation," especially as these pronouncements are related to eduTurn to page 10

*To Secure These Rights (R^nnrt of the President's Committee on Civil Rights). Washington: U S. Government Printing Office, 1947, p. 166.

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ONE WORLD GROUP SPONSORED BY BROTHER DICK CAMPBELL. NEW YORK . . . On tour through the Mid-west is this interracial, interfaith group of singers, under sponsorship of Brother Dick Campbell, of New York, nationally known promoter, and an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. First appearance of the singers was under auspices of New York University Work Shop on Human Relations last summer. Dr. H. H. Giles, Director of the N. Y. . Work Shop, commended the "One World Ensemble" as a "practical example of our work-shop theory." Eugene Fields, of Kansas City, a Fellow in the N. Y. U. summer school, described as "the finest program I have ever heard, and one of the greatest demonstrations of racial unity I have ever seen."

The group, composed of the four singers shown in the accompanying and two others, is scheduled to appear on October 15th, at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan, under auspices of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Chicago, October 18th, at Orchestra Hall for the Free Religious Fellowship, and Cleveland, October 24th, at the Music Hall, under sponsorship of Cleveland, Ohio Alpha brothers. Other engagements can be made through Brother Dick Campbell at his New York office. Members of the group shown here, from left, are Napoleon Reed, tenor; Hideko Yoshino, soprano; Elizabeth Dunning, contralto; Burton Cornwall, bass. The pianist and director, Rudolph Schaar, is not shown. Reed is Negro; Hideko Yoshino, Japanese; Elizabeth Dunning, Scotch-Irish, and Burton Cornwall, bass.

VICTORIOUS ALPHA FIVE . . . . The victorious Alpha Five, winners of the 1947 Inter-Fraternal Basketball Round Robin at New Orleans. Louisiana: Front row from left. Brothers

Bernard, Perkins, Rhodes. Harris, and Robinson; back row from left, Brothers Johnson, Segre, Gonzales, Zimmerman, W. Haydel. Neustadter, Jupiter, Creuzot and Clark.

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Separate But Not Equal From page 14 cation in the South. We recognize that many conditions affect adversely the lives of our Negro citizens, and that gross inequality of opportunity, economic and educational, is a fact. We are concerned that as rapidly as possible conditions should be improved, inequalities removed, and greater opportunity provided for all our people. But we believe that efforts toward these ends must, in the South, be made within the established patterns of social relationships, which require separate educational institutions for whites and Negroes. We believe that pronouncements such as those of the Commission on the question of segregation jeopardize these efforts, impede progress, and threaten tragedy to the people of the South, both white and Negro. We recognize the high purpose and the theoretical idealism of the Commission's recommendations. But a doctrinaire position which ignores the facts of history and the realities of the present is not one that will contribute constructively to the solution of difficult problems of human relationships. Arthur H. Compton, Douglas S. Freeman, Lewis W. Jones, Goodrich C. White.* Attention is here called to the oracular character of the statement, and the assumption of its validity without any attempt to support it in terms of "the facts of history" or "the realities of the present." The fact of the matter is that the facts of history and the realities of the present all indicate a directly opposite conclusion. There is overwhelming evidence to the effect that not only have there been no untoward consequences attendant upon the elimination of segregation, but on the contrary, in most, if not all, instances where it has been eliminated, as pointed out by the President's Committee on Civil Rights, "tension and conflict begin to be replaced by co-oprative effort and an environment in which civil rights can thrive." As far as I have been able to ascertain, in the past ten or more years there has not come to public attention a single instance of the elimination of segregation in the South which has been attended by any untoward results. To cite at random a few instances of successful integration: (1) Ten years ago when the aooellate court of Maryland ruled that Negroes should be admitted to the law school of the University of Maryland, they were admitted. They have since been treated just as other students. Nineteen Negro students were registerd in the school last year. (2) Negroes have been enrolled in the graduate school and certain undergraduate departments of the State University of West Virginia for several years, and so little attention was and is paid to the fact that it is not generally known outside of W. Virginia. (3) For an equally long time, Negro students have gone to the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. Workers' education classes including both whites and Negroes •Higher Education for American Democracy (A Report of the President's Commission on Higher Education). Washington: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1947. Vol. II. p. 29.

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have been conducted under the shadow of the state capitol building. The Richmond Public Library last year eliminated segregation entirely and is now according Negro readers the same privileges as whites. In no one of these instances have there been any abnormal difficulties. (4) At Black Mountain College in North Carolina Negro teachers are serving on the faculty and Negro students are attending the college, without reported incident. (5) During the war (when the one exception was the segregated training of pilots at Tuskegee), and even more important, at the present time, all officers' training schools of the armed forces are integrated infantry, at Fort Benning, Ga.; aviation, at Randolph Field in Texas; field artillery, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; armored infantry, at Fort Knox, Kentucky; and airborne at Fort Bragg, North Carolina—all in the South and without any unusual occurrences. In Texas, Negro and white nurses are being trained in the same classes, without incident. A (known) Negro was admitted to and was permitted to complete the 4-year course at a white technological school in west Texas, but received his degree from the Negro college at Prairie View because of some apprehension over legal technicalities which might invalidate his degree. After the first Sweatt trial a Negro student from one of the Negro colleges in Austin went over to the University of Texas to borrow a book from the library, and as he was waiting in line to have his book charged, a number of students came up and congratu-

October, 1948 lated him, thinking that he was Sweatt who had been admitted to the university.* And on New Year's Day, 1948, two Negro members of the visiting Penn State football team which met Southern Methodist University's team in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas—the biggest football event of the year in Texas—not only played, but were accorded every courtesy by opposing players, spectators, and citizens in the community at large. Many additional instances in the field of education and in other areas as well might be mentioned. These examples are sufficient, however to demonstrate that whenever and wherever the leaders in any community decide that segregation is to be eliminated and are willing to stand by their decision, no untoward consequences occur. These are "the facts of history and the realities of the present." Statements from some white southern leaders, in commenting on the two reports cited above, would lead one to believe that what they object to is the prospect of a drastic and wholesale elimiTurn to page 40

*It is interesting and instructive to note that the reaction of students is much more progressive and constructive than that of their elders. In several instances in southern universities where student polls have been taken, only a few students were seriously opposed to having Negro classmates. Most of them were either favorable or indifferent.

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ALPHA FOOTPRINTSâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;HERE AND THERE The life story of the late Brother Dr. John Hope as president of Morehouse College, Atlanta University, and as a notable figure in education in the South, has recently been written by Ridgely Torrence, and published by MacMillan Co. Brothers of Alpha, backed by their influential Wives' Auxiliary, have launched a fifty thousand dollar fund-raising campaign in order to build an imposing frat house on the West Coast. Brother Herman K. Barnet is chairman of the Housing Committee, and Mrs. Sadie Louis Davidson, is president of the Alpha Wives Auxiliary. Brother Dr. Howard Long, former As-

sistant Superintendent of Schools, Washington, D. C, and a distinguished educator, has accepted an appointment as Dean of Administration a* Wilberforce State College, Wilberforce, Ohio. The appointment brings Brother Long again in close contact with one of his most intimate friends, the institution's president, Brother Charles H. Wesley. Brother Long holds degrees from Howard, University, Clark University, and the Doctor of Education Degree from Harvard University. Brother Henry Lake Dickason, president of Bluefield State College, Bluefield. West Va., was one among several prominent leaders honored by West Virginia State College. The institution be-

"DREAM COMES TRUE." . . . Interior of the New Peoples Pharmacy, recently opened by Brother Dr. James B. (Jimmie) Hudson, Louisville, Kentucky. Brother Hudson, shown standing in white smock, has been one of the most devoted members of Alpha Lambda chapter through the years, having never lost fraternal interest even when he was strug-

Page 17 stowed upon Brother Dickason, a Past General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, the Doctor of Law Degree, during an honors convocation. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was guest speaker. Brother James C. Evans, long-time military figure, has been appointed to position of Civilian Aid to the Secretary of the Army. In this capacity, Brother Evans assumes the responsibilities of advising the Department of the Army in special problems which may arise regarding Negro military personnel and utilizing the services of officers and civilian officials throughout all arms of National Defense. Special attention will likewise be given to future programs and policies regarding the Negro in the Armed Forces. He is a graduate of Roger Williams University, and holder of the Turn to . page 19

gling to get his drug store business going. To him, opening of the new Peoples Pharmacy is "a dream comes true." Two other Alpha brothers are seen in the picture. Brother Robert Downs caresses (so to speak) something on the liquor shelf, while Brother Dr. J. H. Walls reads the newspaper. Brother Hudson has the support of his community and best wishes of Alpha brothers throughout the country.

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woe-begone a presentation of mayhem as photography can portray. P. S. To the inquisitive viewer of these pictures this fellow met his fate because he kissed the bride after the marriage ceremony—his buddy's bride— six months later. Exhibit B This is a picture of a sophomore from one of our famous colleges. That radio and television set, those book-ends, the cocktail set, the coupon for a free wardrobe and the cash prize of five hundred dollars was given him as the jackpot prize for answering the jackpot question on a national radio quiz program. He was asked to explain the great discovery made by Archimedes while he was sitting in a bath tub. His answer was: "B. O." Exhibit C Here is a snapshot of an intrepid cub reporter telling his friends about his visit to a nudist camp. The awed open mouth expressions on the faces of his hearers bespeak their covetous interest in his experiences. That quizzical fellow at the rear right of the picture has retorted: "You say when you rang the doorbell to the sentry house of the camp, the door was opened by a nudist butler; how did you know it was the butler?" The reporter has answered: "Well, I could see it wasn't the maid!"

Exhibit D Homespun Philosophy—From a sign on ferry road from New York to Staten Island. You can't kiss a girl unexpectedly. The nearest you can come to it is to kiss her sooner than she thought you would. Exhibit E Study as you will this flea You cannot tell the he from she; The sexes look alike you see; But he can tell, and so can she. Exhibit F I submit this picture for the brothers of the Alpha house in Detroit. I hope they like it. Last night I held a little hand So dainty and so sweet I thought my heart would surely break So wildly did it beat No other hand in all this world Can greater solace bring Than that sweet hand I held last night Four Aces and a King. Exhibit G This is one of the most popular night clubs in Memphis. That young lady over there at a ringside table is an optician's daughter—two glasses and she is making a spectacle of herself. Exhibit H This is a farm house deep in the cotton land of Georgia. That man lying prostrate on the ground is not dead, just stunned. He is a motorist who rushed into the house and asked the owner for "guidance." She informed him and he dashed wildly around the house toward the rear. A second later the lady heard a terrific crash and ran out of the house to see what was the matter. She found, as you can see, the motorist prone on the ground. "Oh, my!" she exclaimed: I forgot to tell him about that low hanging clothes line." "That's all right," sighed the poor fellow. "I couldn't have made it anyway." Exhibit I Here is a picture of a henpecked husband. He doesn't need to attend the horse races. The race in his own house is terrific. Why his wife and mother-

in-law are running nag and nag. Exhibit J A boy who wants to make the news Aspires to fill his father's shoes His sister aims for something better— She hopes to fill her mother's sweater. Exhibit K This is a picture of two Alpha Brothers in Ohio. They are very good friends and confide their joys and sorrows with one another. One brother has complained that his wife insisted on attending Alpha Conventions with him but hs longed to attend just one convention as a "delegateat-large" (if you get what I mean). He wanted that blissful time to come at the 1948 Atlantic City Covention. The other brother advised him that he could obtain his way if he would turn the lady across his lap and spank her. The first brother went home and tried to follow Instructions but when he next saw his buddy he was still puzzled. This conversation followed: "Didn't you do what I told you?" "That's just it. When I turned her across my lap I didn't feel like spanking her." P. S. They are all going to the Convention in Atlantic City at X-mas. I hope to see you there also. Bring your snapshots with you.

Rebuttal: A Ballard In Beige By Peter Wellington Clark, Sigma Lambda Chapter, Editor: "Arrows of Gold, Je Parle, and author: "Delta Shadows" You love Savannah? Its sun-baked hearth And winnowing river— Its swollen creeks And drooping willows? I hate Savannah! Its rain-splattered shacks, And bleached tree stumps Sulking in the marshland— Its red-brick cl;.y Now spotched with blood; Its brazen, bare-limbed Cypresses, Dark scaffolds in the moon-light!

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Bachelor of Science Degree, the Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brother Dr. Aaron Brown, president of the Albany (Ga.) State College, is the first of the race to receive the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity Service Key. Phi Delta Kappa is a professional education fraternity connected with leading American colleges and universities of graduate rank, maintaining schools, colleges or departments of education of exceptionally high standing. Dr. Brown is a member of Zeta Chapter, located at the University of Chicago where he received the Ph. D. Degree with distinction. He was awarded the Service Key in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of educational administration.

Brother Dr. L. L. Patton, well known Tennessee medical figure and prominent leader in civic affairs of his state, died in Chattanooga on August 22nd. He had been seriously ill for an extended period, according to press reports. Brother Patton served one year as medical examiner for the City of Chattanooga, and as chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Chattanooga Housing Authority. For four years he was president of the Volunteer Medical Society, and held membership in numerous civic, and social welfare organizations. Brother Patton was also a member of the Deacon Board of First Baptist Church, and teacher of its Men's Bible Class. In his transfer to Omega Chapter, Brother Patton leaves his widow, Mrs. Irene Patton, principal of James A. Henry School; a sister, Mrs. C. B. Booker, of St. Louis, Mo.; three brothers, Chester and D. D. Patton, of St. Louis, Mo., and C. C. Patton, of Camden, Arkansas. The American Council on Human Rights, composed of national Greek-letter Fraternities and sororities, is scheduled to

Brother J. J. Seabrook. president of Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C. (left) congratulates Brother J. W. E. Bowen who was recently elevated to the bishopric in the Methodist Church, and assigned to the South Carolina Conference, Atlantic Coast Area. • -• Delta Zeta Lambda Chapter, Orangeburg, South Carolina met with Brother President J. J. Seabrook, president of Claflin College, as host. The occasion was a "gettogether" honoring Bishop J. W. E. Bowen, Jr., of the Methodist Church, South Carolina Conference, at the Sunlight Community Center. The distinguished churchman was elevated to the bishopric last June. Bishop Bowen is the son of the late Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, Sr., who for forty years served as professor and president of Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. The bishop received his early training at Clark University, was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, received the A. B. Degree Cum Laude at Wesleyan University, Middleton, Connecticut, and the M. A. Degree from Harvard University. He studied at Gammon Theological Seminary, later receiving the D. D. Degree. Brother Bowen has been identified with the faculties of New Orleans University, Walden College, Tuskegee Institute, and Claflin University. He served as District Superintendent in the Louisiana Conference, and later as Editor of the Christian Advocate when elevated to the Episcopacy. hold its Inaugural Dinner at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D. C, Friday, October 15th. Honorees are Senator Wayne C. Morse, and Congressman Helen G. Douglass, and Miss Norma E. Boyd, Al-

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CHAPTER ECHOES hannon. Tuskegee. Alabama. Again our many thanks go to Brother Herman J. D. Carter, Washington, D. C. who wrote the skit. In the homecoming parade, our float placed second. This was due to the unusual effort of Brother Carlos C. Bruce. Owensboro, Kentucky. Miss Mary Helen Reed. Detroit. Michigan, served as chapter queen and Miss Jean Wright. Chicago. Illinois and Miss Gwendolyn Herman, Mobile, Alabama, served as attendants. As usual, the years program was culminated with a joint "Alpha Dance" by all lour chapters in the city of Nashville. This affair was thoroughly enjoyed by all. With hopes for bigger and better things, we are Fraternally Yours. GEORGE BREATHETT. Associate Editor.

BETA XI LAMBDA Omaha, Nebraska

QUEEN OF BETA OMICRON C H A P T E R . . . Miss Mary Helen Reed, Detroit, Michigan, reigned as queen of Beta Omicron for the year 47-48. A young lady of unusual c h a r m and beauty, she is a m e m b e r of Alpha K a p p a Alpha Sorority and the History Study Club.

BETA OMICRON CHAPTER Tennessee State College Brothers: After exhibiting unusual administrative and fraternal ingenuity, Beta Omicron closed the books on one of the most successful years is its history. Following the pattern of previous years, first places were won in most of the competitive activities, brothers were outstanding in scholastic achievements, and general college affairs. However, graduation brought a blow to the chapter upon its loss of thirty

brothers, the largest number ever to graduate at one time. Nevertheless, we feel that with the true spirit of Alpha existing as it does in this chapter. Beta Omicron will continue to go forward. During the school year, thirty-two brothers saw the light through Beta Omicron. This number included some of the most outstanding men on the campus. Again we won first place in the Delta Jabberwock, with the leading roles being taken by Brother Gilbert Mason of Jackson, Mississippi, and Brother William Lawson of Kansas City, Kansas, and under the direction of Brother George Breathett, Memphis, Tennessee and Brother Singer A. Buc-

Greetings Brothers: Alpha is taking on new meaning in the Western part of the Midwest. Everything is growing out here, the population, opportunities, and indeed gratifyingly our dear A. Phi A. Our undergraduate chapter, Beta Beta was reactivated in the Spring of 1947. We felt it a privilege, a need, and a duty to accomplish this move. The NeophytDs in Beta Beta are certainly doing a swell job down at the University ol Nebraska. We were happy to learn that Bro. Charles Goolsby, while yet a Neophyte, was appointed to the post of Regional Director of the Nebraska Iowa area. The active Bata Beta initiated five candidates on May 1, 1948 The Beta Xi Lambda graduate brothers were on hand to assist with the ceremonies and participate in the after party. It is interesting to observe that the largest number of pledges in Beta Beta's Sphinx Club are located in Omaha and Creighton Universities, both located in Omaha. The Chapter, however, is located in Lincoln. The two Chapters cooperate with each other in promoting their educational and Civic endeavors. Unlike the 32nd convention, the two chapters were well represented at the 33rd general conventions in Tulsa. Brother Bennie Brown, being a former resident of Omaha, found ready support from the large Nebraska delegations. We have begun a Scholarship Fund, and at the present time the Scholarship Committee is completing details by which the fund will be operated. This move is considered a highlight among the Chapter's increased activities. Among our many social events, perhaps none were as outstanding as our annual formal dance during the Christmas holidays. It would take too much space to describe the uniqueness of this affair. They are still talking about it. Several other affairs were outstanding also. The Garden party at the home of Brother Dr. Wiggins was a conspicuous and impressive affair. Omaha in the past has been known as a "Kappa town," but this is no longer the case. The large and select group of students at Omaha, Creighton, and the University of Nebraska, plus our civic, educational, and social activities have changed the score to make Omaha a progressive Alpha town. Now a bit of news on Beta Xi Lambda brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brother Robert "Bob" Myers, the chapter president, is also Omaha's leading funeral director. Active civically, he Is a member of the Executive Board, Omaha

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Beta Chapter engaged in a n u m b e r of activities leading up to and through the observance of its 40th A n n i v e r s a r y d u r i n g the last school year. It was the second chapter to be organized in the history of the fraternity. Many of the outstanding leaders of the race and nation crossed the "burning sands" into the mystic realms of A l p h a d o m Via Beta. The accompanying scenes give a pictorial sketch of t h e varied activities which Beta C h a p t e r carried out. Top—left: Miss Nellie Lutcher, Jazz sensation, was presented to the campus during the Spring Quarter; B r o t h e r J o h n Norman and Little Brother Roachford are seen presenting an orchid to Miss L u t c h e r on the steps of Memorial Douglas* Hall, H o w a r d University. Center: Coeds Joyce Morrow and Joyce Diggs beautified Beta's float in the home coming parade. Brother David Dinkins adds color in this oriental scene which helped Beta Chapter capture second prize in the contest. Right end: Brother Congressman A d a m Clayton Powell of New York as h e appears as guest of honor and speaker at Urban League, a scoutmaster, a trustee of the I. B. P. O. E. of W., a soloist with the Imperial Choir, and more yet. Brother Saybert C. Hanger, charter member and chapter secretary, remains the old reliable. He is still an inspector with the Federal Government, and a practicing attorney as well. Brother Hangar has been honored with committee and executive board appointments in clubs, agencies, and the church. Brother Dr. Wiggins is one among the first Alphas in this section. His interest and attendance at meetings have not diminished in the least. Brother Wiggins, civically and religiously active, is the chapter treasurer. Brother Joseph Mosley, corresponding secretary of the chapter, is a public school instructor. He was formerly the U. S. O.

the A n n u a l Smoker given by the Little Brothers for t h e ; r Big Brothers. Congressman Powell h: an active m e m b e r of Lta Chapter, N e w York. B o t t o m - l e f t end: "Life Can Be Eeautiful" was the title of the original skit which won Beta Chapter 2nd place in P the Annual Delta Jabberwock. Center: The Sphinx Club presented Miss Sarah Vaughn new princess of the vocal world. Kneeling a r e Brothers Na than Beavers and Alfred Newton. S t a n d i n g (from left) Broth" er Carl Hackney, J a c k Norman, Joseph Ollivie re Dan^ Daniel B ^ r f Barnes H ° U ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ° ^ s «3IMRight end: Activities of Beta w e r e climaxed with a 40th Anniversary P r o g r a m in Rankin Chapel on Howard c a m p u s P a r t i c i p a n t s were: F r o m left. General President Belford V Lawson, J e w e l s Nathaniel A. M u r r a y and H e n r y Callis Bro h e r s Dr. C h a n n i n g H. Tobias who delivered the or n cipal address and Daniel Hill, Dean of the University Chapter

Director at Omaha. Brother John W. Sims, a charter member of Beta Xi Lambda, has been active since its beginning in 1939. Brother Sims, first assistant chemist in the Omaha District Engineers' Laboratory, was a delegate at the 33rd General Convention. He serves the chapter at present as chairman of the Rushing Comittee. Brother Kenneth Myers, recently transferred from Beta at Howard University, is now back home helping to operate the Myers' Funeral Home. Kenny is Chairman of the Social Committee and Sergeant-ofArms. As head of the Social Committee, he has promised the boys a good time this summer and during the remainder of the year. The brother has already proved his laurels. Brother Father S. G. Sanchez, formerly

of Alpha Tau Lambda, has been active in this chapter since his arrival in Omaha nearly five years ago. Brother Sanchez is Rector of St. Phillips Episcopal Church which is now setting plans to build a one-hundred thousand dollar church. Brother R A Rucker. a Railway Mail Clerk and a Masl ter Mason, is one of the charter members of B ^!2 J L a m b d a . Brother Rucker also is an Old Reliable." Brother Duward Crooms active in all progressive community affairs' was formerly the Director of the Omaha Urban League. Brother Crooms has changed his occupation sharply and is now a grocery man. He has a first-rate super market, known as the M. C. Super—Do give him your orders brothers. Brother Dr. A. B. Pittman. Omaha's lead-

Page 22 ing veterinarian, is about the busiest man in town. He operates a modern animal hospital out in the "Rich Section' and brothers he is "going to town.' Brother Dr. P. M. Terrell, local dentist, has been an Alpha man less than a year. He is a most ardent member of the Social Committee and is always ready to serve in other ways as well. Brother Monroe Coleman, former Omaha University Collegiate Athlete, is now bach in harness again and ready to be a good Beta Xi Lambda man. Brother Coleman was recently added to the Omaha Police Department. Brother Joe Owens, leading pharmacist at the Methodist Hospital, is still active and can be counted on at all times. Brother Dr. A. L. Hawkins, another charter member of Beta Xi Lambda, will always be a good Alpha man. He travels extensively and keeps the brothers posted on events of other sections. Brother Howard Hatter is another "reliable.' A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Brother Hatter taught school for a while and is now with the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Brother William Glen, local newspaper edilor. promised to get back in gear and we feel he will reenter the old spirit. Brother M. M. Taylor, recently of Pi Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio, is now Director of Industrial Relations of the Omaha Urban League. Brother Taylor is happy to report that some progress is seen for expansion of job oportunities in this area. Any brother or his friend coming this has an invitation to visit the Omaha Urban League. Brother Taylor is Chairman of the Scholarship and Cultural Committee and Associate Editor of the Sphinx magazine.

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Best wishes to loads of good friends and brothers throughout the various states and special regards to my good friend Lewis O. Swingler. Fraternally yours, M. M. Taylor, Associate Editor.

BETA P H I CHAPTER Dillard University Greetings Brothers: Beta Phi terminated a year of constructive progress in a veritable whirlwind of activity, inspiring every brother to greater heights. We are constantly striving to maintain the lofty principles of Alpha, and our progressive programs and inspiring efforts are directed toward this end. No ever attempted goal has been beyond our persistent efforts. Beta Phi's observance of Education for Citizenship Week was a huge success. Two overcrowded, eager, chapel groups listened with unbelievable attentiveness, and applauded with unprecedented enthusiasm as Brothers George Morton of the English Department and John M. Ross of the Drama Department spoke on "Education for Citizenship." Brother Morton is a graduate of Columbia University and Brother Ross, a graduate of Yale University. We had sincerely hoped to make excerpt's of these two speeches available to you in the "Education' issue, but due to the late arrival of our beloved organ, the deadline was unknown; hence, it was impossible. Six new members crossed the burning

QUEEK OF BETA PHI AND COURT . . . . Seated on t h e throne is the gorgeous Queen of Beta Phi, Miss Carolyn M. Lombard, Dillard University F r e s h m a n from N e w Orleans, La., and h e r c h a r m i n g court: to h e r right, Miss Ramelle Peek, a sophomore; and to h e r left, Miss Marjorie Bolden, freshman. Miss L o m b a r d was presented the lovely bouquet

October, 1948 sands into the Alpha fold in our last initiation. They are Brothers Robert Miller, John Perkins, Joseph Bowman, Rogers Randall. Harold Price and Ike Carson. Already their contributions for the glory of Alpha have been copious in many fields. Brother Ernest Carlson was chosen "man of the year" by the Deltas. Beta Phi's crack track team, managed by the all conference and captain of the Blue Devils, Brother Julius D. Penn, entered the spectacular intramural track meet. All fraternities on the campus participated. We emerged victorious with 34 points in our black and gold, and carried away the beautiful and envied trophy. The wholesome attitude that prevailed among all the competing fraternities was wonderful to see. We are skeptical that anyone who was present will ever fail to remember the splendor of Beta Phi's annual Spring formal. It was definitely the dance of the year and many who have been around as long, say five. Invitations were extended to brothers of Xavier University. The pulchritude of the queen, Miss Carolyn Lombard, a gorgeous beauty from New Orleans, and her court, Misses Rahmelle Peek and Marjorie Bolden was eyefilling indeed. Appropriate and intoxicating music was furnished by Herbert Leory's Band. To show you that we are not being too heavy on the adjectives, we have offered a photograph of the queen and court for this issue. This was our closing activity. Fraternally yours, Willie S. Morgan, Associate Editor.

of red roses she is holding by C h a p t e r President, J u l i a n C. P e r r y , at h e r coronation. She was chosen to represent and receive the trophy for the victorious Alpha Cagers of Beta Phi, Beta Tau, and Sigma L a m b d a in the A n n u a l I n t r a - F r a ternal Basketball Contest.

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Meet The President Of Gamma Chi Chapter Alvin I. Thomas. president of t h e newly formed chapter, Gamma Chi, established this spring on the campus of Kansas S t a t e Teachers College, Pittsburg, is a former s t u d e n t at X a v i e r University a n d a native of New Orleans, La. Since matriculation at K. S. T. C , Brother Thomas h a s been ac| tive in civic and academic affairs on t h e campus a n d in the c o m m u n i t y at large. He w a s keenly i n s t r u m e n t a l in the establishment of G a m m a Chi, a n d starting it on the road to success. An h o n o r student, Brother Thomas h a s been elected to honorary fraternities in Industrial Arts and Mathematics, h i s college major and minor. He w a s t h e first Negro in t h e history of the college to b e elected to either of these t w o fraternities, Epsilon P i Tau, I n t e r n a t i o n a l Industrial A r t Frat. He is the fourth Negro in t h e United States to be elected to the fraternity since its birth in 1928. Along with t h e staff of splendid m e m bers of G a m m a Chi, Brother Thomas is m a k i n g wonderful progress with t h e chapter at Kansas State Teachers College. s

ALPHA RHO LAMBDA Columbus, Ohio Greetings Brothers of the Bond: After considerable delay your scribe relays to you some of the news of interest from one of the truly great chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter of this fair city. Under the skillful direction of Kenneth Morris, re-elected president of the chapter, the members settled down to some serious work in their efforts to hold aloft the high standards and ideals of our beloved fraternity. Shortly after the first of the year Brother Roy Carter, oldest member of the chapter active on our rolls, presided at the installation of the new officers. After having selected a sterling list of chapter officials, the members relaxed to receive the administration of the new order. In true Alpha Rho Lambda fashion, the various details of efficient administration were dispatched and the New Year's program was underway. The highlight of the program to date was the magnificent, splendiferous (how about it Webster?) colossal Reclamation banquet held at the Litchford Hotel on the evening of Saturday, March 13th. Guest speaker for the occasion was Brother H. L. Dickason, president of Bluetield State College, Bluefield, West Virginia. Time records few finer messages than that delivered by Brother Dickason on that occasion. With approximately eighty members of the chapter present. supported by Vice President W. N. Lovelace, and a banquet setting fit for Gods, the Reclamation Banquet was a tremendous success, and by now a memory which will be cherished for years to come by all who were present. Our Women's Auxiliary is still quite active, though they are enjoying the absence of

Sim I M i o S KATY MARIE B E N E F I E L D . . . S w e e t h e a r t of G a m m a Chi, newTy organized chapter at Kansas State Teachers College, P i t t s b u r g h . Miss Benefield, a senior, chosen on basis of "Scholarship, High Ideals a n d Personality," is a m e m b e r of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. S h e will serve d u r i n g t h e 1948-49 school t e r m . the pressure which was on them prior to our playing host to the 32nd General Convention in 1946. They are still a solidly knit group, ready at all times to give their assistance to their men whenever the need arises. Looking forward to an initiation in a few years to come, all of us are awaiting, expectantly, the entrance of young Edward Cox, Jr.. into the fold of Alphadom. Yes. Brother Ed did it. and the cigars which he passed out were of the very best. Believe me. contributions such as Brother Cox's insures not only the continuance but also the pre-eminence of Alpha Phi Alpha.

The Community Forum is moving along with great pace, and under the chairmanship of Brother Barbee Durham, it remains one of the best such gatherings anywhere in the land. Vital and thought-provoking questions have been discussed at every meeting, and the interest in the community in the forum remains at fever pitch. The brothers of the chapter patiently wait for the day when our own Brother Alfred Farrell receives his degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English from Ohio State University, and Brother J. Arnett Mitchell, local school principal, has decided to finish his work on that level. Your faithful scribe

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is engaged in a similar program gional Director, presided. After crossing the in the the field of education, after havburning sands into Greekdom and the ining spent last year at A. and T. College in stallation of the officers, everyone joined Greensboro, North Carolina. At the moment to enjoy the gala banquet given in honor he is about to embark on an educational of the new chapter. Charter members and mission to Savannah, Georgia, where he officers of the chapter are as follows: Alvin will join forces with Brother President I. Thomas, President; John Thomas, ViceJames A. Colston and colleagues. president; Augustus Glenn, Secretary; CeWith a promise to send twenty-five repcil Green, Treasurer; Henry Jones, Chapresentatives to the forthcoming Convention lain; Robert Giles, Associate Sphinx Editor; in Atlantic City, Alpha Rho Lambda is signThomas Early, Charles Witchomb, O. N. Abing off with the warning that you must ington and Walter Revell. watch yourself, for if you're an Alpha Man Realizing the need of the spirit which Alc^eiyoody else is watching you.! pha Phi Alpha advocates on the campus at Fraternally yours, Kansas State Teachers College this new Eugene Stanley. chapter was enthusiastically greeted. They Associate Editor. have already begun to set the pace of great achievements. Last semester we gained the GAMMA CHI NEWEST respect and admiration of the community with our impressive civic programs and UNDERGRAD CHAPTER gave the largest spring party of the disIN THE SOUTHWEST trict in cooperation with Beta Zeta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. For the Greetings to Alphadom from the Fraternity's newest Southwestern Chapter. Gamma coming year we plan numerous civic proChi (No. 87) is located at Kansas State grams and social events. As a part of our Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. This educational program we pian to stage a chapter was installed on April 3, 1948 with spelling bee, esscy contest and poster conan impressive initiation ceremony at which test at the Douglass elementary school of Brother L. H. Williams. Southwestern Re-

FIRST ANNIVERSARY FOR A L P H A S AT ALBANY . . . . Alpha P h i Alpha F r a t e r n i t y ' s first anniversary in the City of Albany, Georgia last May was m a r k e d by a series of activities climaxed with an inspirational Education and Citizenship P r o g r a m , establishment of an u n d e r g r a d u a t e chapter. Delta Delta, and sponsorship of the first Alpha P h i Alpha F o r m a l Dance. Chapter m e m b e r s and their wives are shown in the accompanying pictures d u r i n g the Alpha F o r m a l . Right scene, from left, standing: B r o t h e r s C. M. Roulhac, George S. Bragg, T h o m a s J. Cantrell, Louis M. Taylor, J o h n N. Lewis of Chat-

October, 1948 which Brother Abington is principal. Our watch words are "Keep your eyes on Gamma Chi" and see us go forward in the ideal of scholarship, manly deeds and love of all mankind. Robert Giles. Associate Editor. S

DELTA DELTA CHAPTER Albany State College Delta Delta, believed at this writing to be the newest chapter of the Fraternity, wishes to send greetings to our brothers in Alphadom. On May 29. 1948, the Delta Delta Chapter was formed. It consists of eight members who are students at Albany State College in Albany, Georgia. There is no other undergraduate chapter of any Greek-letter Fraternity on the campus and hence Alpha took the correct place, "FIRST.' This chapter was made through the efforts of Brother Christopher Roulhac and members of the Gamma Omicron Lambda Chapter. Eleven students signed a petition asking for a chapter of Alpha at Albany State College. The setting up of a Sphinx Club was accomplished in January. Brother

tanooga, Tenn., and A n d r e w J. Saddler. Seated, from left: Brothers Forrest L. Kirkpatrick, J a m e s H. Cross, J a s p e r C. French, P r e s i d e n t A a r o n Brown, H e n r y A. Ryant, and Ralph L. P r u i t t . Members not shown include Brothers Hodge King, William D. Thomas, Millard F. Adams, and W. N. McGlockton. Wives of A l p h a brothers, presented in the Left scene, are Mesdames Dennis, Lewis, of Chattanooga; Cross, Bragg, Cantrell, and G r a h a m , from left standing; and Mesdames Roulhac, French, Brown, P r u i t t , Taylor, and King, from left, seated.

October, 1948 Roulhac was very instrumental in getting the Sphinx Club and the chapter, as well as in following through until it was formed. We, the members of the Delta Delta chapter realize that the going will not always be easy. We realize that the road to high ideals is rugged. We realize that to succeed one must sacrifice. We too realize that this is only our beginning and that we must ever strive to hold the name and standards of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity high. The charter members of Delta Delta are an energetic and untiring group of young men, who aspire to the better things of life, and who are ever trying to do something for the uplift of the Race. On Sunday, May 30, the officers of Delta Delta were elected. Brother William L. Battle, who was president of the Sphinx Club was elected president of the Chapter. He began his matriculation towards a degree in Business Administration in 1946 in the Spring quarter. He has been active since his arrival at the institution. He served as president of the Commercial Club during the Fall quarter ;t the 1946-47 school year. Brother Battle is Editor-in-Chief of The Students' Voice, the student publication; has been elected president of the Junior Class for next year. He plans to major in business law and minor in bookkeeping and accounting. The Vice-president, Brother Cornelius Scott, who is also the appointed Dean of Pledges, has been very active in several endeavors during his three years at Albany State. Each year he has served as a representative of his class in the Students' Government. He has served as reporter for the Athletic Association and Psychology Club, Associate Editor of Students' Voice, and as secretary of the Sphinx Club. Brother Charlie Ingram, elected secre-

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tary, was the president of the Students' Government this year, has been elected president of the Senior class. He is a par-

ticipant in such extra-curricular activities as the NAACP, the Letter Club, Football and Basketball teams. He represented the

THE PRESIDENT AT ALEANY STATE . . B r o t h e r Belford V. Lawson, G e n e r a l President, following an Executive Council meeting in Chicago the previous S a t u r d a y , May 7th, which also m a r k e d the official opening of the p e r m a n e n t h e a d q u a r t e r s of the General Secretary, had to m a k e a h u r r i e d non-stop plane trip to Georgia in order to keep a speaking engagement at Albany State College, Albany, Ga. He is seen giving the A n n u a l Education and Citizenship address for the g r a d u a t e chapter, G a m m a Omicron L a m b d a of which the college administrator, B r o t h e r Dr. A a r o n B r o w n (Seated, center) is also president. O t h e r platform guests w e r e B r o t h e r s Rev. M. F . A d a m s (left 'end) and J a m e s Cross, partially hidden at r i g h t end, seated.

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Chapter. Washington, D. C . and their guests at the Installation B a n q u e t which climaxed a series of activities in connec-

tion with installation of chapter officers for t h e ensuing year. Brother Dr. C h a n n i n g Tobias, of N e w Y o r k City, gave the Installation address, and the two national officers on

hand w e r e General President, Belford V. Lawson, m e m b e r of the chapter; and Eastern Vice-President Louis H. Schuster, of Virginia State College, P e t e r s b u r g .

college at the Annual Baptist Student Union Retreat in Nashville in April, where he was elected treasurer. The treasurer. Brother John R. Phillips, Jr., is a roving reporter of the Students' Voice; a member of the Dramatics Club,

and Vice-president of the Commercial Club. He served this year as president of both the Gamma Iota Alpha Veterans Club, and The Veterans Club of Albany State College. He was treasurer of the Sphinx Club. Our Sgt.-at-Arms, Israel Paul Lewis has

been president of his class ever since he came to the institution. In addition, he participated in the activities of the Cosmopolitan Club; Social Science Club of which he is president; football team, Tennis Club, and Athletic Association of Albany State. He

October, 1948 was Vice-president of the Sphinx Club. Sports Editor of the Students' Voice, and is the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Students' Government. He is an active member of the SNYC and the NAACP. Brother Erasmus Dent, who was elected Editor-to-the-Sphinx, served as business manager of his Sophomore Class and the Students' Voice. He is a member of Gamma Iota Alpha, and is Secretary of External Affairs of the Students' Government; president of the SNYC at Albany State College. He is a member of the football team, Debaling Society, the College Band. He served as Sgt.-at-Arms of the Sphinx Club. Last year he was Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Students' Government. Brother Hoyt H. Harper has been an outstanding student for the past four years. During this time he served as president of Gamma Iota Alpha Veterans Club; a member of theh football team; held several offices in the Students' Government; Editorin-Chief of the Students' Voice; president of the Dramatics Club; president of the Debating Society, and was instrumental in getting the petition to set up the Sphinx Club. He is Assistant Secretary and Historian of Delta Delta.

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Brother Dennis Smith is Chaplain of Delta Delta. He participates in activities of the NAACP; is Chairman of the Program Committee of the Gamma Iota Alpha Veterans Club. Brother Dennis was made a member of Blue Key Honor Society last year. This Society is composed of Honor Students, who have an average of B, or make the Dean's List for three consecutive quarters. Delta Delta will take its place among the other chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha in the endeavors to raise the standards of 1he Negro Race, and shall promote brotherhood and high scholastic achievement among fellow college men. We'll see you again in the next issue of the Sphinx. Fraternally yours, Erasmus Dent, Associate Editor.

GAMMA OMICRON LAMBDA Albany. Georgia During the past school year many contributions have been made to the community. Our president, Brother Dr. Aaron Brown, spoke in Memphis, Tenn., on the

GENERAL PRESIDENT MEETS WITH THETA LAMBDANS, DAYTON. O. . . . P r e s e n t at the last spring C o m m u n i t y For u m s of Theta L a m b d a Chapter, Dayton, Ohio, B r o t h e r B. V. Lawson, G e n e r a l P r e s i d e n t of the F r a t e r n i t y , who was t h e

Page 27 Education for Citizenship Program of Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter. Brother Brown was also the commencement speaker on May 25 for Florida A. and M. College. Brother Dr. William Gray is the president of the latter college. Brothers Ralph Pruitt, James Cross. Henry Ryan and Christopher Roulhac have made their contributions TO the community in various ways. Brother Pruitt pinched hit for Brother Dr. Brown at Dublin. Georgia when the College Choir appeared in the concert, He also spoke at Edison, Geoigia for the first "Ham and Egg Show' sponsored by the county school agriculture Deparmenl. Brother Ryant with his Romance Language Department presented the second edition of "Fiesta-Pan-Americana." It was held at the city auditorium on April 11 Included in this group of representative Alphas is Brother Cross who added to our Education for Citizenship Program with his fine delivery of the history of our fraternity, He was also guest speaker at the high school commencements in Parrott. Georgia. Oak Hall. Georgia and Carver High School in Douglass, Georgia. Brother Christopher Roulhac, Jr., had oc-

featured speaker. On tne front row, starting with G e n e r r l P r e s i d e n t Lawson and going to the right a r e B r o t h e r W. Wiley, president of Theta L a m b d a ; B r o t h e r William Lovelace, Mid-western Vice-President and B r o t h e r B. A. Rose, Past G e n e r a l President.

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GAMMA ZETA HOLDS FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET . . . G a m m a Zeta Chapter, Fort Valley State College, F o r t Valley, Georgia, held its first a n n u a l b a n q u e t in the private section of the dining hall of the college this past spring. This affair climaxed activities for the school year 1947-48. Standing left to right: Brother S a m u e l R. Hcilingshed, Miss Annie R. McKenzie. Miss Aileen Lewis, B r o t h e r Rochelle Harris, Miss G e r t r u d e Roundtree, B r o t h e r E m m e t t Jones, Miss Elvira Bess, and B r o t h e r Jesse Almon. casion to be guest speaker at football banquets at Bethune-Cookman College. Daytona Beach. Florida, and Douglas High School, Thomasville. Georgia. The chapter has given an annual scholarship to a worthy young man for the school year 1948-1949. The scholarship donation is $75.00. The culminating feature of our Education for Citizenship Program on Sunday, May 9, was an address from our General President, Belford V. Lawson. He was as usual inspiring in a message which was heard by a large group of citizens. On Saturday night Brother Lawson was entertained by the Chapter at the home of Brother Dr. Brown. A delectable buffet supper was served. Brother Gray, of Florida A. and M. College joined us in the fellowship enioyed during the evening. How could we complete our program without an Alpha formal? On May 15 the Brothers of the Chapter were hosts at a spring formal. The dance was held in the College Dining room. The symbol of Alpha

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Seated from center of table to right: Brother William F. McKinney, Advisor; Brother H a r d i n g Corbin, Miss Gladys Dudley, B r o t h e r J o h n n i e Jones, Miss Doris McFall, B r o t h e r Otis Carter, and Miss L e a t h a Leonard. Seated in front of table from left to right: Miss J. V. Atkinson, B r o t h e r Mart Pierce, Mrs. Myrtice Mosely, Miss Lillian Rogers, Brother Willie Hoskins, Miss Claryce Holmes, and H i r a m Sanders.

Phi Alpha, which was hung on the building was spotlighted from the campus. Varicolored lights were strung around the dance hall and campus which made it a question of which was the more attractive picture, the veritable dreamland within or the outside of the danceland for the night. Undoubtedly, the dance was the most colorful which had been given in Albany in many years. During our Sunday vesper on May 16. 1948 we were honored to have as our guest speaker the Alpha Man of the Year. Brother George Rawles of Florida A. and M. College. He has an enviable outstanding record which includes the fact that he has maintained an A average throughout his four years of college. This versatile young man is active in no less than thirty-three organizations on his afore-mentioned college campus. Science is his field, and he has intentions of becoming a dentist. Brother Rawles also had the distinction of winning a scholarship in a Pepsi-Cola Contest. We

are proud to claim him as a member of our fraternity. Christopher M. Roulhac. Jr., Associate Editor.

NU CHAPTER Lincoln University, (Pa.) Greetings Brothers: The brothers of Nu Chapter closed another eventful year of service to the campus community, on May 18. 1948. During the school year of 47-'48. the brothers of Nu Chapter welcomed to Lincoln's campus Brothers Belford V. Lawson. and Rayford Logan. Miss Constant Stokes of Philadelphia was sponsored in recital during the school year. The grand finale came during the month of May, at which time the elegant pre-Medallion Ball opened the spring activity season at Lincoln and marked the beginning of the second annual Spring Prom. The very impressive guest list included young women from points as far south as

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Alabama, as well as numerous guests from Washington, Philadelphia, New York and other nearby cities. Dancing to the music of Thad Clark and his orchestra commenced at eight and lasted until midnight, interrupted only at intermission when the brothers of Nu Chapter, sponsors, sang their Fraternity Hymn and Sweetheart Song. The Harold F. Grim Gymnasium, scene oi the gala affair, was artistically decorated in a gold and black color scheme. The chairman of this affair was Brother Melvin S. McCoy, Baltimore, Md. On May 13, the brothers of Nu Chapter presented the Medallion presentation to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Thurgood Marshall, for contribution in their respective fields to the cause of human betterment. Miss Blanche H. Burton, fifteen-year-old piano prodigy of Philadelphia, favored the audience with five selections by Chopin. The cnairman of this affair was Brother William Norton of Boston. Brothers of Nu Chapter who have been the torch-bearers of leadership during the past school year have left their torches to

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the following brothers for the year of '48'49: President—Carl R. Ligons Vice President—Walter H. Brooks Recording Secretary—Horace G. Dawson Corresponding Secretary—Farrell Jones Treasurer—Richard Tolliver Chaplain—Walter R. Hundley Dean of Pledgees—Orville Black Assistant D. of P.—Charles Leftwich Parliamentarian—Melvin S. McCoy Editor to Sphinx—Harold D. Long Sergeant at Arms—William R. Birt College days have swiftly passed for sixteen brothers of Nu Chapter. As they step across the threshold of completion of one task and strive towards the task that they have prepared for, we wish them abiding faith and success in their endeavors. Fraternally yours, Harold D. Long, Associate Editor.

OMICRON LAMBDA Birmingham, Alabama Greetings: Omicron Lambda at this writing was preparing to hold its first fall meeting after

AT KANSAS STATE TEACHERS KANSAS . . . G a m m a Chi, K a n P i t t s b u r g h , Kansas, boasts of t h e from left to right) H e n r y Jones,

Page 29 the summer recess. One face was missed. That of Brother C. L. Shepard, who served the chapter as secretary for eight years. After being connected with Miles College twelve years. Brother Shepard resigned to accept a position at Arkansas State College, Pine Bluff. We of Omicron Lambda are confident that Brother Shepard will affiliate himself as soon as possible with Pi Lambda Chapter, Little Rock, as soon as possible. The brothers of Arkansas have gained a valuable asset. Brother Peter Alfonzo Hall has brought honor to Omicron Lambda by passing the Alabama State Bar Examination. He is presently a licensed lawyer in Birmingham. Ala. He with Brothers Attorneys Arthur D. Shores and Frederick Curtis, journeyed to Atlanta, Ga., to attend the Southern Division of the National Bar Association. Brother Shores is director of the division. Brothers Tilford Cole and Wayman Matherson completed their academic work for Masters Degrees during the summer season. Brother Cole, coach at Immaculate High School, received his degree from Colorado University, while Brother Matherson, principal of Washington School, was awarded

chaplain: John W. Thomas, vice-president: Alvin I. Thomas, president: Augustus Glenn, secretary; Cecil Green, treasurer; standing left to right, Walter Rcvell, Robert Giles, associate editor of t h e Sphinx; Thomas Early, Charles Witcomb, and O. N. Abington.

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BETA GAMMA CHAPTER. VA. STATE COLLEGE. . . . This is Beta G a m m a Chapter, Virginia State College. Relentlessly striving the past t w e n t y - t w o years for b e t t e r m e n t of mankind, Beta G a m m a has much to be proud of. Together w i t h Nu L a m b d a chapter, w e h a v e given several scholarships and have inspired m a n y high school students to continue their education. T h e yearly p r o g r a m of this c h a p t e r is studded w i t h activities which are not only a great asset to its m e m b e r s but to the s u r r o u n d i n g c o m m u n i t y as well. One activity, of which we are justly proud, is the a n n u a l campaign to increase t h e voting population in t h e city of P e t e r s b u r g . Shown here, r e a d i n g from left to right, in the "A" shape, are: Charles T. Morton, Donald Thompson, L a w r e n c e E. Knight, Comillous King, J o h n T. Poulson, Lewis E. Barbee, J o h n C. Jones, J u n i u s George. William L. Shelton, Theodore the Master's Degree in Education Administration at Columbia University. Brother H. Lovell ("Hog") Mosely, of Omicron Lambda, and Southern Regional Director, presided as regional chairman over the Southern Coaches and Officials Association meeting in Birmingham on September 4th,. Brother Major Brown is state vice-president. Omicron Lambda extends warm welcome to Brother Augustus Dickinson who has returned to the city as a member of the Parker High School faculty: and Brother Vernon Cook, a new comer, who this year will be identified with Westfield High

E. Vasser. William P. Johnson. Rudolph Reavis, William J. Hopkins, T r e a s u r e r ; H i r a m Stith, Gregory W. Brockman, Corresponding Secretary; Walter E. F r e e m a n , Eddie V. Easley, Willie J. Bradley, Ralph N. Braxton, Irving L. Green, Herm a n J. Sydnor, Director of Sphinx Club; Robert Sandidge, Veil R. Wyatt, Wilmer P. Jones, Secretary. Center row, behind Pin, left to right: E d w a r d T. Hall, H e n r y Fulford, J e n n i n g s F. Richardson, Vice-President; William L. Brown, President; Ernest L. Williams, J o h n J. Harris. Members not shown on picture: Eddie M. J e n k i n s , Winston Gaskins, William T. Kyle, Eugene Owens, Charles P r a t t , T h u r m a n W. Lyles, G a r n e t t E. Wood, Theodore Badger, William A. Lipscomb, Alfred P. Godwin, Dennis S. Tucker, Earl L. Seabron, Earl K. Jones, K e r m i t O. Cockrell, A v e r y Beverly.

School as an instructor. The chapter has engaged in an intensive reclamation program and expects to reclaim all inactive brothers in the Birmingham vicinity. Brother Cleophas Haygood has been honored with a promotion from principalship of Lane School to that of Thomas School. one of the larger institutions in the public schools of the Magic City. Omicron Lambda's spring picnic which closed out the chapter's ativities for the first half of the year was most enjoyable. There was plenty to eat and drink. Guests also enjoyed themselves at swimming and games.

Brother George Bell, principal of Ulman High School, had opportunity to drop in the office of the General Secretary, Brother Bennie D. Brown, in Chicago. He expressed delight at the national office setup in the Binga State Building at Thirty-fifth and State Street, Chicago, Suite 311. Omicron Lambda is looking forward to greater success during the remaining months of 1948. Fraternally yours, C. L. Reeves, Associate Editor.

October, 1948 DELTA LAMBDA Baltimore, Maryland Greetings: Delta Lambda is moving along in high gear. Its membership was greatly reduced during the war, but is now normal. The retiring president as of last January was Brother Walter T. Dixon whose administration was most successful. CHAPTER ACTIVITIES Beta Alpha, located at Morgan State College, and inactive since 1942, was revived in 1946, with the aid of Delta Lambda. Attending the Regional in New York City. October. 1947, were the following brothers and their wives: Walter T. Dixon, Frederick H. Dedmond, Harold Derry and Ernest Dennis. Recent initiates into Delta Lambda are Brothers Earl Britt, Baltimore school teacher; Charles R. Campbell, prominent physician; Arthur Reagin, professor of History at Morgan State College; and Roland Rogers, Assistant Registrar, Morgan State College.

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Brother Arthur J. Payne, pastor of Enon Baptist Church, spent last summer In the Holy Land. Brother Frederick H. Dedmond and Mrs. Dedmond spent last summer travelling in Western Europe. ALPHA WIVES The Alpha Wives of Baltimore are outstanding for their support of the Brothers' various projects, and for their contribution to the social and civic growth of the city. The organization is under the leadership of the following officers: Mrs. Flossie Dedmond, president; Mrs. Olivia Dixon, vicepresident Mrs. A. J. Walker, recording secretary; Mrs. Yvette Murphy, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Lucille Fitzgerald, treasurer; Mrs. Clementine Knox, financial secretary; Mrs. Louise Dennis, parliamentarian; and Mrs. Vivian Alleyne, haplain. Fraternally yours, Frederick H. Dedmond, Associate Editor.

GAMMA PSI LAMBDA . . . ASHEVILLE, N. C. Seatedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; left to right: Rev. S. P e y t o n Manning, Chaplain; W. B. B u r ton, Secretary; W. F r a n k Hammond, President; Prof. F . A. Toliver, Vice-President; Dr. Robert M. Hendrick, Treasurer. Standingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;left to right: J o h n Holt, Clifford Edington, Dr. H o w a r d K. Harrison, E. L. Fair, Associate Editor of t h e

Page 31 SIXTH CHAPTER SET UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY BROTHER Wm. H. GRAY Setting up of Delta Kappa Lambda Chapter on August 13, at Florence, South Carolina, marked the sixth chapter that has been set up in South Carolina under the administration of Southern Vice-President William H. Gray, Jr., who worked arduously for the fraternity last summer. The ceremony was ably carried out by the Southern Vice-President, assisted by Brothers H. B. Rutherford, Regional Director, and M. G. Miles, National Chapter Achievement Committee Chairman. The presiding officer admonished the brothers to carry on in the good old Alpha way. After initiation ceremony, the host brothers served a delectable repast of assorted sandwiches and drinks. Just at this point. Brother Dixon presented to President Gray a very useful gift as a token of appreciation from Delta Kappa Lambda Chapter for the fine job that he is doing in and out of the fraternity in

S p h i n x ; Lonnie D. Burton, J. W. Bagley, Historian; F r a n k A. Evans, Jr., Daniel Ray, Charles Bolden, J. B. P a r k s . O t h e r m e m b e r s not included in photo: Raymond Bland, Sgt.-at-Arms and P a r l i a m e n t a r i a n , David K. Hall, Jr., Rev. J. W. White.

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October, 1948 the seven serenely b u r n i n g on t h e Alpha P h i Alpha emblem constructed by Noble Sims. Two of the n a t i o n a l officers of t h e fraternity attended t h e starlight p a r t y . They w e r e : B r o t h e r s A. Maceo Smith, Vice P r e s i d e n t over t h e Western J u r i s diction; and Charles V. Willie, lay m e m ber of t h e Executive Council w h o also served as chairman of the "Summer Club" of Dallas ui.dergraduate chapter. George Oliver Washington, Jr., occupied t h e Vice P r e s i d e n t seat, and Robert Prince, Jr., served as treasurer. Joseph R. Willie was c h a i r m a n of the P l a n n i n g Committee for t h e affair. B r o t h e r s participating in the S u m m e r Club w e r e subsequently listed: Robert Murphy, D. C. Tarver, X a v i e r University; Clarence Rousseau, Joseph Willie, Robert Prince, Jr., Marvin Lewis, Wiley College; Ike Washington, George Washington, Jr., Finis Tatum, William H o r n s by, Samuel Huston College; Jesse Braggs, Texas College; K e n n e t h Holbert, Denver University; Noble Sims, Tilotson College; Charles V. Willie, Morehouse College. s

ON THE C H A P T E R ' S F R O N T . . . . B r o t h e r s E m m e t t J o n e s (left), and William H. Deadwyler, J r . (right) a r e exemplifying the high s t a n d a r d of leadership t h a t Alpha Phi Alpha r e p r e s e n t s in assuming the responsibility of the persistent Negro p r o b l e m . They have w r i t t e n letters to several senators p e r t i n e n t to the passage of t h e Civil Rights Bill. B r o t h e r s J o n e s and D e a d w y l e r serve respectively as president and secretary of G a m m a Zeta Chapter, Albany State College, Albany, Georgia. Aside from these duties. B r o t h e r Jones is an instigator in t h e establishment of Pan-Hellenic Council, president of the Science Club, and president of the Maconian Club. B r o t h e r Deadwyler serves as secretary of t h e C a n t e r b u r y Clulb, assistant secretary of t h e P l a y e r s ' Guild, and Associate Editor to "The Peachite," college paper, for the English Club, and is a teacher in t h e local church school of the Episcopal Church.

KAPPA CHAPTER Ohio State University Dear Brothers: Kappa Chapter is enjoying one of the most successful years in its history. By virtue of a long-range planning program, Kappa chapter has concentrated its social calendar to events that promote fraternalism and brotherhood; fostering those events from which we shall realize more than just the meager necessities of an operating budget. Brother William Grimes, chairman of the social committee, has given much thought

helping to give meaning and sense of direction to the affairs that rek.te to our people. With great humility the token was accepted. Visiting brothers present: William H. Gray, Jr.. Southern Vice-President; H. B. Rutherford, Regional Director; M. G. Miles. Chairman Chapter Achievement Committee: L. Raymond Bailey; A. T. Butler. Jr.; E. E. Taylor and Verbus Countsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all of Alpha Phi Lambda Chapter of Columbia. South Carolina. Delta Kappa Lambda brothers are: C. L. Reece; G. A. Anderson, W. W. Bennett, H. S. Person, P. R. Haugh. G G. House, J. F. T. Bailey, A. A. Dixon, A. H. Holmes and Theodore Martin.

Dallas, Texas Brothers Feted By Summer Club B : n e a t h t h e s t a r r y Texas skies on August 31st, the u n d e r g r a d u a t e " S u m m e r C l u b " of Alpha P h i Alpha Brothers, Dallas, entertained a n u m b e r of guests a t the s u r b u r b a n T w i n Oaks Club. T h e setting provided a cool and comfortable evening m i n u s congestion and terrific heait of an indoor gathering. Guests conversed and danced on t h e canvass covered platform located in the center of the a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h r e e h u n d r e d foot clearing s u r r o u n d e d by giant oak trees. T h e platform and' t h e entire enclosed area w e r e decorated with a black and gold color scheme, t h e fraternity colors. At mid-night A l p h a B r o t h e r s from seven colleges r e p r e s e n t e d in t h e "Summ e r C l u b " as well as visiting b r o t h e r s formed a circle and sang t h e r e n o w n e d A l p h a H y m n in complete d a r k n e s s s a v e

WHITE YOUTH A W A R D E D THETA LAMBDA'S ESSAY P R I Z E - $ 2 0 0 . . . G e n e r a l P r e s i d e n t Belford V. Lawson presents prize to Phil Burton, w h i t e high school senior for winning in contest open to all Dayton, Ohio high school seniors. Subject of t h e winning essay was "How to I m p r o v e Race Relations." Left to right are B r o t h e r William N. Lovelace, Mid-western Vice-President; Mayor Louis Lohrey, of Dayton Ohio; Alvin Bridges, president of G a m m a T h e t a Chapter; William Wiley P h i l B u r t o n , and G e n e r a l P r e s i d e n t Lawson.

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A L P H A DELTA LAMBDA Memphis, Tennessee

J DELTA DELTA CHAPTER MEMBERS . . . . C h a r t e r m e m b e r s , Delta Delta Chapter, Albany State College, Albany, Georgia: F r o m left, standing, William L. Battle, Hoyt H H-rrjer Israel P a u l Lewis, J o h n R. Phillips, Jr.; seated, Dennis Smith, E r a s m u s Dent, Cornelius Scott, Charlie Ingram. in calendaring the social events of the chapter. The most colorful affair given was the installation of officers banquet this past February. At this time Bro. Henry F. Smith, our tireless and efficient president, was presented with a miniature gold g a v e l signifying the power of authority, and respect with which he governs the chair. The warm and sincere handgrasp of brotherhood is extended to graduating seniors of this year, Brother Clarence C. Ferguson, of Baltimore, Md., entered Ohio State two years ago and graduated with a point hour ration of 3.73 out of a possible four points. He completed a three year pre-law course in 24 months by attending summer school and night classes. Brother Ferguson was awarded a high distinction in history, the first in the history of Ohio State. Other honors conferred upon Brother Ferguson were: Election to Phi Alpha Theta, national history honorary, and Phi Sigma Alpha, political science honorary. His high point average made him a candidate for membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Since this column has been written Brother Ferguson won the Pepsi-Cola scholarship and was recommended for a Rhodes scholarship. Brother Ralph C. Tyler, Varsity "O"' winner. two years a member of the track team that won the big nine championship, sacrificed his last two years of competition to get his degree in Civil Engineering. Brother Tyler is the younger of four generations to receive the Varsity "O" award. A greatuncle was the first and only Negro to be a member of the baseball team at Ohio State. Upon graduation Brother Tyler accepted a position as Engineering Statistician in the Engineering Department of Ohio. In appreciation for their scintilating endowments to Kappa chapter and to Alpha Phi Alpha, a banquet was given in honor of the graduating seniors during which time each was presented with a gold key. This past season Brother C. W. Smith, basketball coach and chairman of athletics. came through with a championship basketball team. The end product was the win-

ning of the inter-fraternal basketball hampionship. Kappa chapter held an initiation this Spring and welcomed into Alpha Brothers

Greetings, Brothers: Our chapter has lost no time in getting started for the fall-winter-spring season leading through May. 1949. First meeting was held at the Lauderdale Branch Y. M. C. A. Building with Brother Frank Gray serving as host. It was during this meeting that both the chapter president and secretary, Brothers Charles and Marvin F. Tarpley. brought us up to date as to activities within the fraternal circles. It is with regret that the chapter must report the loss of Brothers Dr. Walter Gibson and Lewis Lombard who are no longer in our midst. Brother Gibson, after many years as faculty member at LeMoyne College. has accepted a position at Texas State University for Negroes. He will be in the field of Biology and Chemistry. Brother Lombard, Sociology instructor at LeMoyne, has gone to Southern University as a teacher of the same course. Although he had not been in Memphis but two years. Brother Lombard, like Brother Gibson, had become of great service in the promotion of the chapter's program. Left on the faculty at LeMoyne College are the following brothers: Brother Hollis F. Price, president of the institution; Brothe r s Rufus S. Hawkins, Educational Admimstration; Charles (Bo) Spearman, head coach and former gridiron star on the Yellow Jackets' squad; and his assistant coach. Brother Taylor C. D. Hayes. There may be several brothers among the additions to the faculty this year, but the new teachers had not been announced at this writing. Brother Edwin C. Jones, charter member

GAMMA RHO, PURDUE UNIVERSITY . . . . Members of the newly formed underg r a d u a t e chapter at P u r d u e University, Indiana, have already begun getting down to the serious business of the F r a t e r n i t y , first by establishing high scholastic standing, and through e x t r a - c u r r i c u l a r activities. F r o m left (Bottom up) . . . B r o t h e r s Milton Kendricks. J a m e s Mosely, Walter White, Chester F r e n c h ; Right side . . . Brothers John Littman, Richard Wallis, J o h n Rudder, and J a m e s Butler. Center, B r o t h e r George Younger.

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ALPHA KAPPA LAMBDA. ROANOKE. VA. . . F r o m left back r o w : B r o t h e r s J o h n M. Brooks, Troy G o r u m D r J u s tin P l u m m e r , Reginald K. Clarke; Middle row, from leftBrothers Dr. William A. Fears, Dr. Elwood D. D o w n i n g Dr William R. Brown, Dr. L a w r e n c e E. P a x t o n , D r J C Comof the chapter, spent most of his summer in Cleveland, Ohio, with his daughter, sonin-law, and granddaughter. He is now back at his post as principal of Carnes Grammar School. Also back in the "harness," and starting his third year as principal of Lester Grammar School is Brother Spence M. (Committee) Smith. Both Brothers Smith and Jones are graduates of Wilberforce University. Both were reported on the sick list during a portion of the summer. The chapter is happy to see them about again. Brother Frank Gray took the American Red Cross course at A. and I. State College, Nashville, and returned as an instructor of the course at one of the local swimming pools. Hats off to Editor L. O. Swingler, of the Sphinx Magazine, who through his newspaper, the Memphis World, led a successful fight for Negro policemen on the Memphis Police Force. The campaign which he launched back in the spring was later given full support by the two local daily newspapers, the Memphis Press-Scimitar, and the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Selection of applicants as police officers will begin following a strenuous training course under supervision of Inspector William (Bill) Rainey in the Police Academy. Editor Swingler was given the Pittsburgh Courier Salute in August as the result of his courageous fight. not only for Negro police officers, but in

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mander, Prof. Clifton B. Jetef, and Dr. J o h n B. Claytor.

F r o n t row, from left: B r o t h e r s Rev. Cornelius R. Dawson. J u a n Nabors, Dr. F r a n k C. Claytor, and Rev. E d g a r J. Thornton.

his uncompromising stand against machine from Ohio State. Last year he served on the politics as represented by the E. H. Crump coaching staff at Wilberforce State College political organization. Brother Swingler has Brother Hailstolk, sales director for Konserved three different terms as president of go Chemical Co., New York, attended chanAlpha Delta Lambda, the first for four conter meetings with the local brothers and secutive years. related many interesting experiences of his Visitors to the city have included Brothtrip South. Brother Newsome, graduate of ers Jack Adkins, new coach at Fisk UniLincoln University (Mo.) formerly served versity. and former director of athletics at as regional director in the Midwestern JuLeMoyne; Robert (Bobbie) Lee, of the risdiction. He became a life member of Al coaching staff at Southern University, and pha Phi Alpha this year. a native son of Memphis: Frank Ha'ilstolk, of Alpha Gamma Lambda Chapter New Brother Dr. FredYork City; Burt A. Mayberry, former Generick A. Rivers has eral Secretary, and Mrs. Mayberry. of Kanreturned to his nasas City, Mo.; and Brother and Mrs. Lionel tive Memphis after H. Newsome, of Southern University. graduating from Brother Adkins made a national reputaMeharry Medical tion as coach of the famous Mad Magicians College Departof LeMoyne. During the war he served as ment of Dentistry a USO director. The entire coaching fraterto engage In the nity is glad to welcome him back into the practice of his proSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conferfession. He is In ence. Brother Adkins is charter member the same office of Alpha Delta Lambda. that his late father. Brother Lee. charter member of Beta Xi, Dr. Augustus RivLeMoyne. made gridiron history as quarterers, used to build back for the Mad Magicians, and as the up a lucrative pracgeneralissimo of the team, coached by Jack tice. Brother RivAdkins he led his aggregation to victory ers, a former memoyer such tough foes as Tuskegee. Alabama ber of Alpha Delta State. Lane. Morehouse, and Florida A and Lambda, expects DR. RIVERS M. Brother Lee holds the M. A. Degree to be transferred from Chi, Meharry, back

October, 1948 to the graduate chapter in Memphis. He is being assisted in his well-equipped office, located in the Masonic Temple, by his Meharry-trained wife, Mrs. Margaret Mayfield Rivers, formerly of Fort Worth, Texas, who is a Dental Hygienist, and last year completed her work in Dental X-ray and Dental Anaesthesia. We expect to have all members of Alpha Delta Lembda Chapter paid up before the November 15th deadline, and their pass cards for 1949 in their pockets before the Atlantic City Convention. In closing, we extend best wishes to officers and brothers in the Midwestern, Southwestern, and Eastern Jurisdictions for successful conferences. Fraternally yours, James G. King, Associate Editor.

ALPHA ZETA LAMBDA Bluefield. West Virginia One of Alpha Phi Alphas most eminent past presidents was recently honored by his native state and associated state college for contributions made and extensive

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services performed as a college administrator, as a representative of the Federal Government, as an educator and as an outstanding citizen in the community by having conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by West Virginia State College at special convocation service on which occasion Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was guest speaker and the recipient ol an honorary degree. Alpha Eta Lambda takes initial pride in the honor conferred on Brother Henry Lake Dickson and joins all Alpha Brothers in expressing our felicitations and best wishes in this attainment. Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter's annual service held at the First Baptist Church of Kimball this year was a complete success. All brothers participating in the program proved themselves most able and capable. Their efforts and contributions aided greatly in the accomplishment of purpose. The sermon delivered by Brother Reverend Leroy Allen, Chaplain of Bluefield State College. was the highlight of the occasion. Brother Allen was superlative in his expressions and masterful in his delivery. A Brother who won the hearts of the entire congregation assembled for the service. The

ALPHA PI LAMBDA CHAPTER . . . Members of Alpha P i L a m b d a Chapter, Winston-Salem, N. C , gathered around as B r o t h e r Dr. P. M. Brandon. Vice-President of t h e chapter, congratulates Brother Dr. Marshall S h e p a r d on his address before a capacity audience, bringing to a close all activities

P a g e 35 men's choir of the church, of which several brothers of the community are members, rendered an unusual musical service. Brother Dr. P. G. Howard was host at his residence in Keystone to all brothers and their guests after the service. The excellent preparations by the host and the fine type of Alpha Spirit exhibited by all brothers made the occasion one not to be forgotten for some time to come. Better Citizenship Week under the chairmanship of Brother John Franklin accomplished the purpose as set forth through the addresses and talks by appointed brothers in the high school of Mercer and McDowell counties. We are watching developments with the hope that the future citizens of tomorrow will do a far better job than those of today. The brothers of Williamson, West Virginia in the persons of Drs. Mai Whittico. Hannibal Clark and Bruce Cullom extended an invitation to Alpha Zeta Lambda Chapter to hold the final meeting of the year on May 15th. The Norfolk and Western's crack train, "The Powhatan Arrow" carried most of the brothers to the town located on the Hinges of the state of Kentucky. The Wil-

for Education and Citizenship Week. Left to right: Brothers A. P. Marshall, Dr. W. F. Meroney, Dr. Leroy Hall, L e a n d e r Hill, Dr. Brandon, Dr. Albert H. Coleman, Dr. Shepard, W. E. Pitts, J. W. Burns, George H. Vaughn, Clarence I. Sawyer, and A. H. Anderson.

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SIGMA LAMBDA. NEW ORLEANS. LA. . . . M e m b e r s of Sigma L a m b d a Chapter recently entertained their wives and s w e e t h e a r t s at a delightful dance and banquet given at LeRendezvous, N e w Orleans' swankiest s u b u r b a n nitery. S h o w n on the picture from left are: kneeling, P e t e r W. Clark and Charles L. de Lay. First row: Whitney Haydel A E Macliamson brothers had made extensive preparations which were most evident as the evening progressed. The dinner meeting on the hill at the high school, the recreational activity following the meeting and the sojourn to town spots prior to the arrival of the N. and W. S. "Pocahontas' going east. Brothers in Williamson, all of the Mercer and McDowell county brothers said they had a grand time, thanks to your excellent plans and preparations. Fraternally yours, Dr. D. T, Murray, Associated Editor.

THETA LAMBDA CHAPTER Dayton, Ohio Greetings Brothers in Alpha: Theta Lambda Chapter, on May 23rd last, brought its 1948 Spring Community Forum series to a brilliant conclusion. Our chapter had the signal honor of having as speaker lor its last Forum of the current series. our General President, Brother Attorney Belford V. Lawson. Speaking on the subject "Improving Race Relations through the Legislative and Ju-

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Donald, Asa Atkins, Marcus Neudstadter, Willard D u m a s president; Arnold Darensbourg, George Talbert, E r n e s t Carter, W. R. Adams, C. C. Haydel. Back r o w : A. P. T u r e a u d Robert Harrison, W. C. Booker, Wesley N. Segre, N u m a Rousseve, A. J. Young, Earl Joseph, and Rene Rousseve

diciary Branches of Our Government." Brother Lawson presented four challenges to the large audience, namely Science, Education, Politics and Religion. Speaking in his usual, masterful fashion, the General President showed how the proper approach to each of the challenges mentioned above can only end in the eventual abolishing of segregation, ignorance, and bigotry which characterize so much of the race relations in the world today. In conjunction with our Forum Series was an essay contest on "How to Improve Race Relations" which was open to all male high school seniors in the city. Parts of the audience were surprised when the winner turned out to be Phil Burton, a white youth. In conformance with the national policy of Alpha Phi Alpha, no differentiation with respect to race, creed, or color was made in the judging of the essays. In order to get our Fall and Winter Community Program off to a flying start, Theta Lambda with the largest membership roster in recent years, met during the summer. We hope to award more than one $200.00 scholarship next year to the winners of our es-

say contest in addition to stirring up community interest in the solutions available to the problems inherent in race and human relations. In this way, we of Theta Lambda hope to help both ourselves and our community to see the answers to the critical situations that confront us as Negroes, as Americans and as world citizens

GAMMA RHO CHAPTER Purdue University Greetings: On the evening of April 24th, eight proud and stalwart Sphinxmen at Purdue University overcame their last barriers to full recognition as members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. These eight men constitute a new chapter on Purdue campus. It is Gamma Rho Chapter. Gamma Rho had its beginning in September. 1947, when Walter White (Class of 1948) former Sphinxman of Howard University, and a distinguished Purdue student. and George Younger, also a former Sphinxman of Howard University, along with John Liftman. James Mosely, Chester French Milton Kendricks, Raymond HalC Richard Wal-

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BETA XI LAMBDA CHAPTER . . . F r o m left: B r o t h e r s K e n neth Myers. Dr. H. H. Wiggins. F a t h e r S. G. Sanchez, Robert Rucker, Joseph Mosly, Robert Myers, Saybert C. Hanger; lis. and John Rudder, all undergraduates at Purdue University, realizing the great need for a chapter, made contact with Brothers of Iota Lambda Chapter at Indianapolis. Our initiation ceremonies were attended by our first vice-president. Dr. William N. Lovelace, of Cincinnati. Ohio, and Brothers Thomas Horner. Joseph C. Carroll, Clifton Scott, Richard Hill, Theodore Randall, Roy Clinthorne. and A. O. Crayson, of Iota Lambda; Brother James Butler, of Alpha Psi Chapter, and Brother George Clay, of Tau Chapter. Ceremonies were held at Lincoln School, in Lafayette, Indiana. After initiation, our new officers were elected. They are as follows: George Younger, president; Richard Wallis. vice-president; Milton Kendricks, secretary; and Johnny Littman, treasurer. Refreshments were served, and steps were taken to put Gamma Rho Chapter into action as a strong, social force . . . especially on Purdue campus. Gamma Rho has already become affiliated with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, its members having iniated the NAACP chapter on the campus. Many other activities will now be taken during the fall-winter season. Fraternally yours, John Rudder, Associate Editor.

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Back row, from left: Brothers Dr. Al L. Hawkins, J o h n W. Sims. Dr. A. Pittman, M. M. Taylor.

Assistant Coach At Xavier Univ. Brother Hiram [ W o r k m a n was refcently appointed {assistant coach at 1 Xavier Universit y , N e w Orleans, I La. He formerly I served as assistfant coach at XaIvier P r e p school I in t h e Crescent iCi'.y. While a star â&#x20AC;˘linesman for t h e IXavier Gold-rush, jhe achieved AlljArnerican r a n k in [1937. He is a product of Head BRO. WORKMAN Coach Alfred C. Priestly, Athletic Director at Xavier University and former All-American Center from H o w a r d University. B r o t h e r W o r k m a n is active in local civic and educational circles. At present, he is p u r suing post-graduate work at Michigan University.

SIGMA LAMBDA CHAPTER New Orleans, Louisiana Greetings and Salutations to our Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha: Our chapter is currently enjoying one of of the most successful years in its illustrious history. Of particular note is the fact that Sigma Lambda and its members are displiying a superlative degree of community spirit. At the same time, the members of Sigma Lambda are distinguishing themselves in all fields of endeavor. We have cited some specific illustrations of our progress and expansion. For the second successive year, in May. Alpha Phi Alpha's colorful basketeers won the Inter-Fraternal Tourney staged at Xavier Gymnasium. Some of the mainstays of the Alpha cage leviathans were: Brothers Leroy, former Xavier University hardwood luminary who led the Alphas in drubbing the Kappas to the tune of 50-59, and who was assisted by Brother Peter W. Clark, former Tuskegee Air Field Post Recreation Officer and now Director of the Colored Division of the Catholic Youth Organization and Physical Activities at Thorny Lafon Public School; Edward Harris who is at present. Physical Director of the Dryades Street YMCA; Charles Perkins, Joseph Zimmerman, Arturo Baker, Clarence Jupiter, James Bernard, James Robinson, Miles Gonzales, Warren Small, Edward Neeley and Clyde

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BETA CHAPTER, HOWARD UNIVERSITY . . . H o w a r d University officers and m e m b e r s of Beta a r e shown above. Officers of the chapter are on the front row. T h e y are from left: B r o t h e r s Harold Reed, Dean of S p h i n x m e n (extreme left); D u r w a r d Archer, Recording Secretary; (fourth from left): Jupiter. As a result of our cage conquest, the Alphas won a second-leg on the coveted Wylon Cup donated annually by Brother Whitney Haydel, astute young president of Mecos. Inc.. manufacturers of beauty and medicinal aids. Recently a very lovely dance was staged at the Labor Union Hall for Alphas and their guests. Brother A. E. MacDonald capably acted as master of ceremonies for the occasion and Brother Wesley N. Segre did a fine job as Chairman of the Social Committee, which was responsible for arrangements. During the month of June, a delightful banquet was staged at Le Rendezvous, beautiful suburban nitery. At this auspicious affair, Brother Marcus Neustadter acted as master of ceremonies and Brother W. R. Adams gave a splendid address wherein he interweaved the history, aims and achievements of Alphadom. The highlight attraction of our - summer program was an all-day outing to Abita Springs, this excursion featured swimming, softball and impromptu games for Alpha and their wives, or sweethearts. Among the brilliant individual accomplishments of our members, the following examples can be cited: This past summer, Brother S. Tanner Stafford, Superintendent of Flint-Goodrige Hospital was singularly honored by his Alma Mater (Knox College, Ohio) by being

William Thornton, Corresponding Secretary; T. Walter J o h n son, President; Robert Weaver, Chaplain; and F r e d d i e P a r k er, T r e a s u r e r (second from right end). Beta C h a p t e r h a s an active m e m b e r s h i p of 123 brothers enrolled in all the schools and colleges of t h e University.

awarded an Achievement citation that annually goes to one of its most distinguished alumni members. It might, also, be added that Sigma Lambda under the direction of Brother A. E. MacDonald, has recently donated one hundred dollars to Flint-Goodrich Hospital. At Commencement exercises held in June, Brother Ferdinand Rousseve of the Fine Arts Department of Xavier was awarded his Ph. D. degree by Harvard University. His major was the field of architecture. Among Alphas seeking higher degrees, or advanced education are the following members of Sigma Lambda: Asa Atkins, Northwestern University (Biology); Walter Morial, University of Chicago (Business Administration ). Locally, Brother Robert Harrison is specializing in a course in refrigeration. Out at Xavier University, Brother Numa Rousseve, associate professor of Fine Arts there, recently had one of his portraits unveiledâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it was an excellently executed oil painting of His Excellency, Joseph Francis Rummell, Archbishop of New Orleans. In the field of journalism, Brother Connie Dejoie is editor of the Louisiana Weekly, largest local weekly newspaper and Brother Charles L. de Lay. former Director of Public Relations and Instructor in Journalism at Xavier, is the competent City Editor of the same publication. Brother de Lay is also Assistant Secretary of Majestic

Industrial Life Insurance Company, New Orleans newest. Brother Dr. Percy P. Creuzotâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;remembered as chairman of the 1937 Convention was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Fisk University. Rev. J. W. E. Bowen was recently consecrated Bishop of the Methodist Church for the Atlanta Jurisdiction. Brother Bowen was formerly editor of the Christian Advocate. On the civic side, Brother A. P. Tureaud. outstanding local attorney, recently filed briefs for the NAACP which are specifically designed to equalize educational opportunities and facilities locally. Among brothers outstanding in education are Brother J. O. Richards, principal of J. S. Clark High School (named for the late Brother Dr. J. S. Clark, President Emeritus of Southern University), Brother Charles B. Rousseve, principal of Johnson Lockett School and Brother John Roussell, instructor at McCarty School. Brother Alfred C. Priestly is serving as Athletic Director at Xavier University and Brother Armistead Pierro is the Head Coach at Dillard University. A great deal of the success of our chapter has been due to the resourcefulness and initiative of our officers, who are as follows: Willard Loring Dumas, president: Marcus Neustadter, secretary; Whitney Haydel, Treasurer and Peter W. Clark, Sphinx Edi-

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tor. Brother Wesley N. Segre heads our Social Committee and Brother W. R. Adams heads our Civic and Educational Committee. All in all, Sigma Lambda is justly proud of its records during the past six months. It is our hope and expectation to achieve even greater things during the remaining months of 1948. Fraternally yours, Peter W. Clark, Asa H. Atkins. Associate Editors,

A L P H A PI LAMBDA Winsion-Salem. N. C. Brothers in Alpha: The brothers in Winston-Salem have neglected to get news into this column for sometime, but they would have you know they are still alive and kicking. On the amusement side during the first part of the year was a dance given during the Delta Sigma Theta Regional held in April. Of course all of our meetings are accepted as a chance for brothers to get together and enjoy themselves. We admit some of the brothers use this opportunity to get away from home once a month, but Annual Education and Citizenship Week Program, at which Brother Dr. Marshall Shepard, Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, addressed a capacity audience at First Baptist Church. Rev. David R. Hedgley. pastor. The fact that Dr. Shepard was once a student at Winston-Salem Teachers College and is outstanding as a national religious and political leader did not detract from the Alpha program, but played a large part in making it a success. For individual achievement, hats off to Doctor Albert H. Coleman, member of the

FAMILIAR CONVENTION SCENE . . . G r o u p s such as this one m a d e at a r e c e n t Alpha Convention will be formed again at the forthcoming Atlantic City Conclave in December. This party shows (From left) Brothers E. S. J a m e s , Sr., of Alpha Iota L a m b d a Chapter, Charleston, West Virginia; Felix T. W a r r e n of Institute, West Virginia; Campbell S. W a r r e n of K a p p a Chapter, Columbus, Ohio; and their respective wives, Mmes. Campbell S. W a r r e n , E. S. J a m e s , and Felix T. W a r r e n .

BETA SIGMA R E A C H E S M E M B E R S H I P P E A K This fine group of Alpha m e n pictured above w a s t a k e n immediately after their A n n u a l Education for Citizenship P r o g r a m during the S p r i n g Semester (1948) at S o u t h e r n U n i versity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. T h e chapter d u r i n g t h a t semester reached a m e m b e r s h i p of thirty-one active b r o t h ers, the largest m e m b e r s h i p in t h e history of Beta Sigma.

Of special note in the picture is B r o t h e r Dr. B. E. Connor of Austin, Texas, (standing directly behind t h e insignia) w h o w a s the principal speaker at t h e p r o g r a m . Officers of t h e chapter are: Lucius J. B a r k e r , President; Feltus B. Lee, Vice President; Stephen E. McPherson, S e c r e t a r y ; Clayton F . Gray, T r e a s u r e r ; J a m e s J. Prestage, Director of the S p h i n x Club; and Lionel Newsom, F a c u l t y Sponsor.

P a g e 40 staff at K. B. Reynolds Memorial Hospital, who did some advanced study in New York, Dr. Leroy Hall, who attended an institute in Chicago, and Dr. E. L. Davis, who took special work in poliomyelitis. During the recent polio epidemic. Brother Davis has been an important figure in the city, following the establishment of a center at the hospital. Brother Dr. H. Rembert Mallory and Brother J. A. Carter were both appointed as ihe first Negro representatives on the Forsyth County Tuberculosis Committee. Brothers Leander Hill, A. H. Anderson, Dr. A. H. Coleman, J. A. Carter and A. P. Marshall have all been active on the recent survey conducted of needs for bettering race relations in the community. Brother A. P. Marshall will be away during the year studying at the University of Illinois. He received a leave of absence from Winston-Salem Teachers College. We expect to be represented at the convention in Atlantic City. Look for us. Meanwhile we are holding up Alpha in our city and community. Fraternally yours, A. P. Marshall, Associate Editor.

BETA CHAPTER Howard University Greetings, Brothers in Alpha: Our efforts this school year will be put towards a project very dear to all Alpha men—a Fraternity House in the nation's capital. We have a hard-working housing committee, raising funds towards this end. All brothers, active, inactive, graduate of undergraduate who are now affiliated or who sometimes in past years have been active with Beta chapter are requested to support this project with their pledges and cash donations. Suggestions from chapters in the fraternity which already have houses will be greatly appreciated by our committee. There were approximately fifty brothers who remained in Washington this summer. This gave us an opportunity to hold weekly fellowship meetings, have a little fun, and prepare ourselves for a very active school year in the fall. Our one great project this summer was to prepare a new constitution. One which will meet more adequately the needs of a fraternity growing daily to serve the race and the world. We plan to be well represented at the Regional Convention and will bring our crack basketball team with us to the National Convention in the winter. Fraternally yours, William A. Thornton, Acting Associate Editor. s

C. Morris Cain From page 4 Brother Cain w a s E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y of the Artie A v e n u e B r a n c h Y. M. C. A., and u n d e r his administration t h e p r e s e n t modern plant was erected. He was m a d e Executive S e c r e t a r y E m e r i t u s upon r e tiring. B r o t h e r Cain has m a n a g e d the Stanley S. Holmes Village, a F e d e r a l Housing Project, for the past eleven years. This project is classed by m a n y as the model for beauty and efficiency of m a n a g e ment. He is still active in Y. M. C. \., being a Director of t h e Atlantic City Y. M. C. A., m e m b e r of the Central Atlantic Area Board, Director of t h e Comm u n i t y Chest of Absedon Island and m e m b e r of t h e Budget Committee. H e is likewise active as a m e m b e r of t h e Atlantic City C h a m b e r cf Commerce, having served as a Director and presently serves as C h a i r m a n of its Race Relations Committee. He is an Elk, serving as t r e a s u r e r of his lodge, is a P a s t Exalted Ruler and N e w Jersey State Direc-

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tor of Education of t h a t order. B r o t h e r Cain is also a 33rd degree Mason and S u p r e m e Deputy of N e w J e r s e y . He is Past Illustrious P o t e n t a t e and D e p u t y o£ Public Relations of the Imperial Council of the Ancient Egyptian A r a b i c Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, staff correspondent for t h e Atlantic City Press Union, a position held for t w e n t y - t w o years; and a m e m b e r of t h e J e t h r o Memorial P r e s b y t e r i a n Church. B r o t h e r Cain, a widower, m a k e s his home in the Artie A v e n u e Y. M. C. A., 1711 Artie Avenue, Atlantic City, N e w Jersey. s

Separate But Not Equal From page 16 nation of segregation in all areas i m m e diately, which they feel would be too great a shock to take at one time. B u t examinations r e v e a l that both of the r e ports recognize t h e necessity of allowing a reasonable interval for a complete change. W h a t is most significant, however, is t h a t such leaders a r e u n w i l l i n g to begin at all, unless t h e y a r e absolutely forced to do so by court action or some similar pressure; and even then, t h e y do so w i t h poor grace. Texas is faced w i t h t h e d i l e m m a of continuing t h e p r e t e x t of p r o v i d i n g for Negroes e q u a l educational o p p o r t u n i t y in separate schools w h e n it is clear to any impartial observer t h a t such equality is not possible, or of b e g i n n i n g i m m e d i a t e ly a p r o g r a m of eliminating racial segregation in education and t h e r e b y m e e t i n g t h e issue in t h e only w a y in which it can be resolved legally or morally. T h e facts indicate that Texas can eliminate segregation immediately in h e r g r a d u a t e and professional schools w i t h o u t u n t o w a r d incident, if the leaders of Texas so decree and a r e willing to stand by t h e i r decision. A n d t h e p r o g r a m of elimination can be continued, with t h e college next, high school next, and so on, until segregation is wiped out entirely. T h e a l t e r n a t i v e to such a p r o g r a m is t h e continuation of t h e hypocrisy a n d chicanery which a r e t h e pillars of t h e p r e s e n t system. But even m o r e important is the fact that in the past ten years we h a v e developed a national climate of public opinion which is going to m a k e it more and m o r e difficult for Texas or any other state to evade or ignore w i t h impunity t h e civil rights of any segment of its population. T h e United States is in a d e a t h struggle for t h e moral leadership of t h e world. Texas can aid m a t e rially in this fight by showing t h a w o r l d that we a r e able and willing to protect those rights which democracy guarantees and on the basis of which w e proclaim its superiority to other w a y s of life.

ALPHA FOOTPRINTS HERE AND THERE From page 19 ers H o w a r d H. Long, of Wilberforce, Ohio; and T h o m a s M. Clarke, of Chicago. T h e A m e r i c a n Council on H u m a n Rights is a cooperative p r o g r a m designed to secure t h e extension of civil rights to all citizens w i t h t h e United States, and contribute to t h e promotion of h u m a n rights for all peoples t h r o u g h o u t t h e

October, 1948 world. It m a i n t a i n s its h e a d q u a r t e r s in Washington, D. C. B r o t h e r Dr. William H. Gray, Jr., president of Florida A. and M. College,'Tallahassee, gave one of t h e key addresses at t h e Civil Liberties meeting of t h e 49th a n n u a l convention of the Improved Benevolent Protective O r d e r of Elks of t h e World during its Golden A n n i v e r s a r y in Cincinnati, Ohio. "Aggressive and positive agitation" is w h a t it will take for the Negro to achieve his full r i g h t s under t h e A m e r i c a n Constitution, E r o t h e r Gray, w h o is Southern Vice-President of Alpha P h i Alpha F r a t e r n i t y , told the group. T h e Elks' Cincinnati meeting m a r k e d t h e Golden A n n i v e r s a r y of the founding of the great fraternal order. B r o t h e r Belford V. Lawson, G e n e r a l President, gave t h e C o m m e n c e m e n t address at the First C o m m e n c e m e n t of Texas State University for Negroes, Houston, Texas, d u r i n g the m o n t h of May. T h e university is headed by another noted Alpha leader. B r o t h e r O'Hara Lanier, who assumed t h e presidency of the school following his r e t u r n from Liberia to which country he h a d been assigned by P r e s i d e n t T r u m a n in the capacity of minister. s

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port will e m a n a t e from the liberal elements of America. On the other hand— if the Negro Decomes a Black concubine to the Communists, if h e sells out lock, stock and barrel—he will h a v e taken the first step t o w a r d self-annihilation. He will be no farther advanced down the road of complete emancipation t h a n he was during the height of t h e Reconstruction Period. F o r the Communist offer to t h e Negro can be s u m m e d up like this: Isn't it b e t t e r to die by t h e firing squad than on t h e gallows? The Negro is r e a d y for the answer. It is better tc intelligently and militantly fight for the basic hum a n rights which are ignored in a Communist state. T h e r e is no need in the Negro hinging his hopss and d r e a m s on the Communist messiahs. T h e r e is n o need on earth m trying to fill a sieve and the Communist h i g h w a y is t h e road to oblivion. Therefore, t h e N e w Negro boldly r e jects Communism on a n y and all bases. T h e Negro is tired of hollow promises which only culminate in m o r e bitterness and greater frustration. He k n o w s t h a t the Communist platform is a booby-trap t h a t will explode in his face leaving h i m in t h e tentacles of a n o t h e r slave-epoch, this time the vassal, p a w n a n d chattel of a Communist State—that Heaven forbid shall even gain root in these United States!

Deadline Notice For Pre-Convention Number Copy for the Pre-Convention Number of the Sphinx (December) should be submitted immediately upon receipt of this issue of the SPHINX.

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C. 50 B E T A ZETA—Samuel H u s t o n College, Austin, T e x a s ; P r e s i d e n t , Ed. H. H o o v e r . 1015 E. 12th St.. A u s t i n , T e x a s ; S e c r e t a r y . J. P . J o s h u a . S a m H u s t o n College, A u s t i n . T e x a s . 51. B E T A E T A — S o u t h e r n Illinois U n i v e r s i t y , C a r b o n d a l e , 111.; P r e s i d e n t , L e r o y D u c k s w o r t h , 318 E. O a k , C a r b o n d a l e , 111.; S e c r e t a r y . Chas. V. A n d e r s o n , 424 E. J a c k s o n , C a r b o n d a l e , 111. 52 B E T A THETA—Bluefield S t a t e College, Bluefield, W e s t Va.; P r e s i d e n t , B. O. Calhoun, Bluefield S t a t e College; S e c r e t a r y . T h e o d o r e R a n d o l p h , Bluefield S t a t e College, Bluefield. W e s t Va. 53. B E T A I O T A — W e s t e r n S t a t e College, K a l a m a z o o , M i c h i g a n . 54. 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