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When was the Fraternity officially founded? - ✔✔Tuesday, Dec 4, 1906 Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded? - ✔✔Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Who are the Regional Officers and what are their positions (elected officers)? - ✔✔Southern Regional Vice President - Big Brother Kelsey Rushing; Southern Regional Assistant Vice President - Big Brother Hisuan B. R. Yates Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why? - ✔✔Mrs. Annie Singleton. Majority of meetings were held her home. She also fed them and encourage them as they did their work. Who was the first General President - ✔✔Big Brother Moses A. Morrison What was the first Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔Alpha Lambda located in Louisville, KY Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha - ✔✔Big Brother Jewel Eugene Kinckle Jones, Big Brother Gordon Jones, and Big Brother Lemuel Graves When and where did the first and second incorporation's take place? - ✔✔First - Albany, NY on January 29, 1908; Second - Washington, DC on April 3, 1912 What were the names, designations, and occupations of Alpha Phi Alpha's founders? - ✔✔Jewel Big Brother Henry Arthur Callis (Physician); Jewel Big Brother Charles Henry Chapman (Agriculture Educator); Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinckel Jones (Executive Secretary of the Urban League); Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelly (Civil Engineer); Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray (Educator); Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle (Secretary for Senate Appropriations); and Jewel Big Brother Vertner Woodson Tandy (Architect).
What is the last sentence of the poem "If"? - ✔✔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! What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History Book? - ✔✔The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life To who is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha dedicated? - ✔✔To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light, this volume is respectfully dedicated. What are the titles of the first seven chapters of the History Book? - ✔✔Chapter 1 - The Origin of Alpha Phi Alpha; Chapter 2 - The Period of Consolidation; Chapter 3 - The First Steps in Expansion; Chapter 4 - Local and National Strivings; Chapter 5 - Permanent Foundations; Chapter 6 - Expansion and internal Development; and Chapter 7 - The Leaven of Self-Examination Who proposed the name of the Fraternity? - ✔✔Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelley Where was the first initiation banquet held? - ✔✔Masonic Hall otherwise known as Redman's Hall or Odd Fellows' Hall List seven items from the menu of the first initiation banquet? - ✔✔Cream Tomato Soup; Salted Wafers; Broiled Lamb Chops; Hashed Brown Potatoes; Finger Rolls; Peas in Tubs; Wild Apple Jelly; Shrimp Salad; Rolled Bread; Olives; Pickles; Neapolitan Ice Cream; Lady Fingers; Chocolate Cake; Demi-tasse; Crackers, Cheese; Alpha Phi Alpha Punch; and Brotherhood Smoke Why did C.C. Poindexter resign from the Alpha Phi Alpha Society? - ✔✔He believed that Negros in America had no cultural background upon which to build the framework of a college fraternity and that this should be a work for a later period Who was the first Editor-In-Chief of the Sphinx? - ✔✔Big Brother Raymond W. Cannon Write the Greek Alphabet and their symbols. - ✔✔Alpha - Α Beta - Β
Who were the first Honorary members of the Fraternity? - ✔✔Mr. George Fletcher and Rev. Eugene U. A. Brooks According to the history, what are the three stages of Alpha's development? - ✔✔Social Study Club; Literary Society; Fraternity Who designed the Fraternity shingle? - ✔✔Big Brother Henry Arthur Callis What is the significance of the Chapter designation, Lambda? - ✔✔Represents Alumni Chapters What Chapter is reserved for deceased Alpha men? - ✔✔Omega When and where will the next General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha be held - ✔✔95th General Convention will be in Las Vegas, NV July 24-28, 2019 Who is the author of the Fraternity's History Book? - ✔✔Big Brother Charles Harris Wesley Where was the first meeting place of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔411 N. Albany St., Ithaca, NY 14853 Who designed the Fraternity Shield? - ✔✔Big Brother James A. Dunn What are the Fraternity's colors? Who proposed them? - ✔✔Old Gold and Black. Proposed by Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle Who wrote the first Ritual of the Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔Jewel Big Brothers George Biddle Kelley and Robert Harold Ogle Who wrote the second Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha? What was unique about this one? - ✔✔Jewel Big Brothers Henry Arthur Callis and Eugene Kinkle Jones. It was written from memory by one who executed the ritual and one who experienced it since the first one could not be found.
What are the objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔The objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha is to stimulate the ambition of its members: to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status. What is the mission statement of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities. What are the aims of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind What was the designation of Alpha Phi Alpha's historic Education program? - ✔✔Go-to-High School, Go- To-College What was Alpha Phi Alpha's historic voter registration campaign? - ✔✔A Voteless People is a Hopeless People Who was the last Jewel to be so designated? when did this occur? - ✔✔Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinckle Jones, 38th General Convention, 1952 in Cleveland, OH. What are the current Executive Officers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.? - ✔✔General President - Big Brother Everett B. Ward Executive Director - Big Brother Jamie R. Riley Comptroller - Donald E. Jackson Eastern Regional Vice President - Big Brother Lucien J. Metellus Eastern Regional Assistant Region Vice President - Big Brother Harold Daniels, III Midwestern Regional Vice President - Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III Midwestern Assistant Regional Vice President - Big Brother Roderic Rooks, II Western Regional Vice President - Big Brother Dondrell Swanson Western Assistant Regional Vice President - Vance Payne Southern Regional Vice President - Big Brother Kelsey Rushing Southern Assistant Regional Vice President - Big Brother Hisuan B. R. Yates
Who is Alpha Phi Alpha's "Life Member Number 1"? - ✔✔Big Brother O. Wilson Winters Who is the author of the poem "If?" - ✔✔Rudyard Kipling What is the first stanza of the poem "If?" - ✔✔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: What is the second stanza of the poem "If?" - ✔✔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: What is the third stanza of the poem "If?" - ✔✔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!' What is the last stanza of the poem "If?" - ✔✔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!
