Alpha Flashcards
Founding Location of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY 14850)
Founding Date of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Tuesday, December 4th, 1906
AIMS
Manly Deeds, Scholarship, Love for all Mankind
MOTTO
First of all, Servants of all, We shall transend all
Jewels and Occupations
Jewel Mr. Henry Arthur Callis - Physician
Jewel Mr. Charles Henry Chapman - Professor
Jewel Mr. Eugene Kinckle Jones - Executive Secretary
Jewel Mr. George Biddle Kelley - Civil Engineer
Jewel Mr. Nathaniel Allison Murray - Educator
Jewel Mr. Robert Harold Ogle - Secretary
Jewel Mr. Vertner Woodson Tandy - Architect
Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Mrs. Annie Cora Singleton
Mission of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities.
Objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
The objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. are
1) to stimulate the ambition of its members,
2) to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual,
3) to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood, and
4) to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status.
National Programs and Year of Creation
1) Go-to-high-school, Go-to-college (1922)
2) A voteless people is a hopeless people (1930s)
3) Project Alpha (1980)
4) Brother’s Keeper (2010)
Last 2 General Presidents of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. (current and immediate past president)
1) Dr. Everett Blaire Ward
2) Dr. Willis L. Lonzer III
1st Banquet Menu
1) Cream tomato soup
2) Salted Wafers
3) Broiled lamb chops
4) Hash brown potatoes
5) Finger rolls
6) Peas in a tub
7) Wild apple jelly
8) Shrimp Salad
9) Rolled Bread
10) Olives
11) Pickles
12) Neapolitan ice cream
13) Lady fingers
14) Chocolate cake
15) Demi-tasse
16) Cheese
17) Crackers
18) Alpha Phi Alpha punch
19) Brotherhood smoke
What was missing from the 2nd Banquet menu?
1) Cheese
2) Crackers
First 10 Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
1) Alpha - Cornell University (1906)
2) Beta - Howard University ((1907)
3) Gamma - Virginia Union University (1907)
4) Delta - University of Toronto (1908)
5) Epsilon - University of Michigan (1909)
6) Zeta - Yale University (1909)
7) Eta - Columbia University (1909)
8) Theta - University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Northwestern University (1910)
9) Iota - Syracuse University (1910)
10) Kappa - Ohio State University (1911)
Name of History Book (current)
The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: a development in college life
Author of History Book
Dr. Charles Harris Wesley
Name of History Book (Former)
The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: a development in negro college life
Who is the history book dedicated to? (current)
“To the youth who march onward and upward towards the light, this volume is respectfully dedicated.”
Who is the history book dedicated to? (former)
“To the negro youth who march onward and upward towards the light, this volume is respectfully dedicated.”
Title of Chapter 1
The Origin of Alpha Phi Alpha
Title of Chapter 2
The Period of Consolidation
Title of Chapter 3
The First Steps in Expansion
Title of Chapter 4
Local and National Strivings
Title of Chapter 5
Permanent Foundations
Title of Chapter 6
External and Internal Development
Title of Chapter 7
The Leaven of Self-Examination
What is the 7th word, on the 7th page, in the 7th chapter of the history book?
“resolved”
Who are the first 5 General Presidents of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.?
1) Moses Morrison
2) Roscoe C. Giles
3) Frederick H. Miller
4) Charles H. Garvin
5) Henry L. Dickason
Who are the first initiates?
1) Jewel Mr. Eugene Kinckle Jones
2) Lemeul Eugene Graves
3) Gordon Holmes Jones
1st Incorporation Date & Location
January 29, 1908 (New York)
2nd Incorporation Date & Location
April 3, 1912 (Washington, D.C.)
What was the cost of the first incorporation?
$25.27 - .27 discount = $25.00
What was the cost of the second incorporation?
$100.00
Who proposed the name of Alpha Phi Alpha?
Jewel Mr. Henry Arthur Callis (HAC)
Who presented the name of Alpha Phi Alpha?
Jewel Mr. George Biddle Kelley
Who designed the Fraternity pin?
Jewel Mr. Vertner Woodson Tandy
How many parts are there to the shield?
7
Define each part of the shield
1) sphinx - secrecy
2) fasces - strength due to unity
3) dove - purity and peace
4) torch in hand - intelligence and enlightenment to the world
5) 7 stars - symbolizes jewels
6) 1906 - founding year
7) knowledge and achievement surrounding APA
Who proposed the Fraternity Colors
Jewel Mr. Robert Harold Ogle
When was the first initiation?
October 30, 1906
Where was the first initiation?
Odd Fellows Hall/Redmans Hall/Masonic Hall
Who is the first editor of the Sphinx?
Mr. Raymond Cannon
Where was the first general convention held?
Howard University (Washington, D.C.)
What was the date of the first general convention?
December 28-30, 1908
First honorary members
1) Dr. George Fletcher
2) Rev. Edward Ulysses Anderson Brooks
Three stages of Alpha Phi Alpha
1) social study club
2) literary society
3) fraternity
Who designed the fraternity shield?
Mr. James Anthony Dunn
Who designed the fraternity shingle?
1) Jewel Mr. Henry Arthur Callis, and
2) Mr. Lemeul Eugene Graves
Who is the last jewel to enter Omega Chapter?
Jewel Mr. Henry Arthur Callis (HAC)
What are the fraternity colors?
Old Gold and Black
What do the fraternity colors represent?
Old Gold = knowledge
Black = secrecy and darkness
What is the address of corporate headquarters?(Current)
2313 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
What is the former address of Corporate headquarters?
4432 S. Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL (previously 4432 S. Parkway)
What is the national website of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.?
www.apa1906.net
What is the website of ZZL?
www.zzlalphas.org
What are the 5 regions of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.?
1) Eastern
2) Midwestern
3) Southern
4) Southwest
5) Western
What are APA’s areas of focus?
1) Special Initiatives
2) National Programs
3) Alpha Foundations
4) Alpha Leadership
What are 7 special initiatives of APA?
1) World Policy Council
2) Peace Corps
3) Leadership Development Institute (LDI)
4) College Life to Corporate Life Initiative (C2C)
5) Boy Scouts of America
6) Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
7) March of Dimes
4 APA Foundations
1) Jewels Heritage Project
2) Alpha Phi Alpha Charitable Foundation
3) Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation
4) Alpha Phi Alpha Buildings Foundation
Where is the first alumni chapter located?
Louisville, Kentucky (1911)
What is the designation for alumni chapters?
“Lambda”
Greek Alphabet
Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu Nu Xi Omnicron Pi Rho Sigma Tau Upsilon Phi Chi Psi Omega
Who wrote the first ritual?
1) Jewel Mr. George Biddle Kelley, &
2) Jewel Mr. Robert Harold Ogle
Who wrote the second ritual?
1) Jewel Mr. Henry Arthur Callis
2) Jewel Mr. Eugene Kinckle Jones
Who are the National General Officers? (current)
Dr. Willis L. Lonzer III (General President)
Mr. Sean L. McCaskill (Interim Executive Director)
Mr. Densel Fleming (General Treasurer)
Mr. Donald E. Jackson (Comptroller)
Mr. Daryl D. Parks (General Counsel)
Dr. Robert L. Harris, Jr. (Historian)
Mr. Van L. Strickland (Director of Conventions)
Mr. Adrian B. Stratton (Parliamentarian)
Mr. Eugene L. Aiken, Jr. (Sergeant at Arms)
Mr. Donald L. Woods (Director of Security)
Rev. Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine (Chaplain)
Don’t Quit - by Clinton Howell
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to weep but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow
You might succeed with another blow.
Oft the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup.
And he learned too late, as the night slipped down,
How close he’d been to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far.
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Invictus - by William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
If - by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
House of Alpha - by Sydney P. Brown
GOODWILL is the monarch of this house
Men, unacquainted, enter, shake I,
exchange greetings, and depart friends.
Cordiality exists among all who abide within.
I am the eminent expression of friendship.
Character and temperament change under my dominant power.
Lives, once touched by me become tuned,
and are thereafter, amiable, kindly, fraternal.
I inspire the musician to play noble sentiments,
and assist the chemist to convert ungenerous personalities
into individuals of great worth.
I destroy all ignoble impulses.
I constantly invoke principles which make for common brotherhood,
and the echo resounds in all communities,
and princely men are thereby recognized.
Education, health, music, encouragement, sympathy, laughter:
All these are species of interest given of self-invested capital.
Tired moments find me a delightful treat,
Hours of sorrow a shrine of understanding,
At all times I am faithful to the creed of companionship.
To a few I am the Castle of Dreams, Ambitious, successful, hopeful dreams. To many, I am the Poetic Palace where human feeling is rhymed to celestial motives. To the great majority, I am the Treasury of Good Fellowship.
In fact, I am the College of Friendship;
The University of Brotherly Love;
The School for the Better Making of Men.
I AM ALPHA PHI ALPHA!
Test of a Man - Author Unknown
The test of a man is the fight that he makes,
The grit that he daily shows,
The way he stands upon his feet,
And takes life’s numerous bumps and blows.
A coward can smile when there’s naught to fear.
And nothing his progress bars,
But it takes a man to stand and cheer,
While the other fellow stars.
It isn’t the victory after all
But the fight that a Brother makes.
A man when driven against the wall,
Still stands erect and takes the blows of fate
With his head held high,
bleeding, bruised and pale,
Is the man who will win and fate defied,
For he isn’t afraid to fail!
To Be an Alphaman - by Fred H. Woodruff
To be an Alphaman means more than just to wear a pin,
It requires intrinsic qualities that are developed deep within,
It calls for lasting brotherhood, a word sometimes used in vain,
It means an honest devotion, not anticipation of personal gain.
Fraternity speaks of brotherly love, that’s something to achieve,
It’s more than just a grip of hands, it’s an ideal to conceive.
You’re proud to be an Alpha, and share her praises won,
Before you inflate yourself with pride, ask yourself, honestly, how much have I done?
To realize the wealth of personal satisfaction, from knowing you’ve given your all,
To have helped her cause unfalteringly, when you rally to her call.
To combine all these qualities, and root them deep within,
The product would be an Alphaman, deserving of his pin.
So take an honest inventory of your character within,
And for every virtue you find missing, try and weave it in.
For a man without these virtues isn’t worth a grain of sand.
It’s plain to see, it’s more than just a pin, that makes an Alphaman.
Fear - by Frank Herbert
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
