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"Alpha Phi Alpha"1. 1906 symbolizes the founding year - ANS-on the Shield what does 1906 symbolize
2. 7 Stars symbolizes Jewels - ANS-On the Shield what does the Seven Stars
Symbolize
3. Aims of Alpha Phi Alpha - ANS-Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind
4. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's signature voter education and registration program was
created in 1936 and is called: - ANS-A Voteless People is a Hopeless People
5. Alpha Phi Alpha Mission Statement - ANS-Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., develops
leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and
advocacy for our communities
6. Annie C. Singleton - ANS-Mother of Alpha
7. April 9, 1911 - ANS-on this day under the laws of congress within the District of
Columbia under the name and title of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated
became a national organization
8. Big Brother James a. Dunn (Kappa Chapter; Ohio State University) - ANS-Who
designed the 1st Fraternity Shield?
9. Black and Old Gold - ANS-Colors
10. Chapters - ANS-800+
11. Charles H. Wesley - ANS-Author of The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: Development in
College Life
12. Charles Henry Chapman - ANS-entered higher education and eventually became
Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral
was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to
enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as "a Brother beloved in the bonds,"
Chapman was a founder of FAMU's Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages
of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and
Organization
13. Despite being credited with name the organization, the Brother who was given this
honor says the credit should really go to this person because they
reserached/worked out the name? - ANS-Eugene Kinkle Jones
14. Dove Symbolizes purity and peace - ANS-On the Shield what does the Dove
Symbolize
15. Eugene Kinckle Jones - ANS-became the first Executive Secretary of the National
Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded
those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three
Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell—Beta at Howard, Gamma at
Virginia Union and the original Delta at the University of Toronto in Canada. In
addition to becoming Alpha Chapter's second President and joining with Callis in
creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on
Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has
the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His
status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.
16. Explain the Shield - ANS-Sphinx- Symbolizes secrecy
, 17. Fasces - Symbolizes strength due to unity
18. Dove - Symbol of purity and peace
19. Torch in Hand - Symbolizes intelligence and enlightenment to the world
20. 7 Stars- symbolizes Jewels
21. 1906 - is the founding year
22. Knowledge and achievement surround AoA
23. Fasces Symbolizes strength due to unity - ANS-On the Shield what does the Fasces
Symbolize
24. February 1914 - ANS-When was the Sphinx magazine created?
25. First of All, Servants of All, We Shall transcend All - ANS-Motto
26. Flower - ANS-Yellow Rose
27. Four Principles of Alpha Phi Alpha - ANS-Scholarship, fellowship, good character,
and the uplifting of humanity
28. Fraternity Vision Statement - ANS-The objectives of the Fraternity 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 down-trodden humanity in its efforts to achieve
higher social, economic and intellectual status.
29. George Biddle Kelley - ANS-became the first African American engineer registered in
the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea
among the organization's founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha
Chapter's first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the
handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy,
New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.
30. Give the reason(s) why the individual, who wrote a letter of resignation, gave for
parting ways with the Literary Society. - ANS-He felt that the Negro students did not
have enough cultural background to build upon to form a fraternity and therefore
resigned from the organization.
31. Grammateus? - ANS-Recording Secretary
32. Headquarters - ANS-2313 Saint Paul Street
33. Baltimore, Maryland, United States
34. Henry Arthur Callis - ANS-became a practicing physician, Howard University
Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as
the "philosopher of the founders," and a moving force in the Fraternity's development,
he was the only one of the "Cornell Seven" to become General President. Prior to
moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in
Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time
without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard's Moorland-Spingarn
Research Center.
35. How many foundations does Alpha Phi Alpha Have? - ANS-4
36. How many items were on the banquet menu - ANS-19
37. How many students attended the first meeting? - ANS-9
38. How much was Mrs Cohen Paid? - ANS-$1.50
39. Ice Cold Tuesday on December 4,1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York -
ANS-Founded
40. In March 1906, the Social Study Club meetings were moved to what address? -
ANS-411 East State Street, Ithaca, NY.
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