Alpha Phi Alpha Study Guide

Question 1

The Founders (Jewels) are:

Answer 1

Mr. Henry Arthur Callis (Physician)
Mr. Charles Henry Chapman (Educator)
Mr. Nathaniel Allison Murray (Educator)
Mr. Eugene Kinkle Jones (Executive Secretary of the National Urban League)
Mr. Vertner Woodson Tandy (Architect)
Mr. George Biddle Kelley (Engineer)
Mr. Robert Harold Ogle (Staff Member of U.S. Government Senate Committee on Appropriations)

Question 2

“Alpha Phi Alpha” Meaning

Answer 2

First African Ethiopian Brotherhood

Question 3

Fraternity Headquarters

Answer 3

2313 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21218

Question 4

Fraternity Flower

Answer 4

Yellow Rose (represents Friendship and Joy)

Question 5

First African American Frat

Answer 5

Sigma Pi Phi (aka “The Boulé”, or the council of noblemen)

Question 6

Four Stages of Growth

Answer 6

Social club
Organization
Society – October 23, 1906
Fraternity – December 4, 1906

Question 7

Local Programs (3)

Answer 7

Jewel Awards
Esquires
Greek Meets Gospel

Question 8

National Programs (4)

Answer 8

1. Go to High School, Go to College
2. A Voteless People is a Hopeless People
3. Project Alpha
4. My Brother’s Keeper

Question 9

First 10 Presidents

Answer 9

Moses A. Morrison
Roscoe C. Guiles
Frederick H. Miller
Charles H. Garvin
Henry L. Dickinson
Henry Arthur Callis
Howard H. Long
William A. Pollard
Daniel D. Fowler
Lucius L. McGee

Question 10

What does the C.C. stand for in C.C. Poindexter?

Answer 10

Charles Cardoza

Question 11

First Two Honorary Members

Answer 11

George Fletcher (April 26,1907) and Reverend EUA Brooks

Question 12

First and Second Lifetime Members

Answer 12

Dr. O Wilson Winters (1937) and Dr. Walter Jerrick (1937), respectively

Question 13

What does SPHINX stand for?

Answer 13

Silence
Perseverance
Honesty
Integrity
Nobility
eXcellence

Question 14

Write the Sphinxman prayer

Answer 14

Oh, Father, may we, as oncoming Alpha men, make full development so that we may uphold the high standards of Alpha Phi Alpha - Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind - throughout eternity. Amen.

Question 15

Write the Sphinxman credo

Answer 15

As a Sphinxman, I will uphold high scholastic standards, high moral character, brotherly love, personal progress, loyalty, and the respect of womanhood to the best of my ability

Question 16

What are they lyrics to the Sphinxman hymn?

Answer 16

The mystic sphinx, for us the name does signify We love and guard its customs and ideals, Our task is hard, our vigil long and dutiful, Our hearts are ever mindful of our task. And should we cross those burning sands that guard our aims, We pledge ourselves as mandates to obey. To this one goal our concentrated efforts be, T o be a worthy part of Noble A Phi A.