Basic

Question 1

Jewel/Founders’ Sunrise and Sunset Info

Answer 1

Founders Born & Death Dates
Dr. Henry Arthur Callis: January 14, 1887 – November 12, 1974
Mr. Charles Henry Chapman: April 1, 1876 – November 17, 1934
Mr. Eugene Kinckle Jones: July 30, 1885 – January 11, 1954
Mr. George Biddle Kelly: August 24, 1884 – May 5, 1962
Mr. Nathaniel Allison Murray: April 10, 1884 – December 6 1959
Mr Robert Harold Ogle: April 13, 1886 – December 3, 1936
Lieutenant Vertner Woodson Tandy: May 17, 1884 – November 9, 1949

Founders Occupations
Dr. Henry Arthur Callis: was a Professor of Medicine at Howard University
Mr. Charles Henry Chapman: was Professor of Agriculture at Florida A&M University
Mr. Eugene Kinckle Jones: was the 1st Executive Secretary for the National Urban League.
Mr. George Biddle Kelly: was the 1st African American Engineer Registered in the State of
New York.
Mr. Nathaniel Allison Murray: was a Washington DC Public School Teach a Armstrong
Vocational High School.
Mr Robert Harold Ogle: was Professional Staff Member to the United States Senate
Committee on Appropriations.
Lieutenant Vertner Woodson Tandy: 1. was the 1st African American Architect registered in
the State of New York And the 1st African American to pass the Military Commissioning
Examination.

Question 2

First 10 Single Letter Chapters

Answer 2

Founding Date: Tuesday, December 4, 1906
Founding Location: Cornell University in Ithaca, New York 14850
Founders (Jewels): Dr. Henry Arthur Callis, Mr. Charles Henry Chapman, Mr. Eugene Kinckle
Jones, Mr. George Biddle Kelley, Mr. Nathaniel Allison Murray, Mr. Robert Harold Ogle and Lt.
Vertner Woodson Tandy.
Mother of APA: Mrs. Annie C Singleton
Meeting places: 411 East State Street Ithaca, NY & 421 North Albany Street Ithaca, NY
Motto: First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All
Aims: Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind
Mission Statement: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood
and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities.
National Headquarters: 2313 St. Paul st Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Official Symbol: The Great Sphinx of Giza
Official Colors: Black and Old Gold
Flower: The Yellow Rose
Principles: Fellowship, Good character, Scholarship, Uplifting of humanity
Objectives: stimulate the ambition of its members, prepare them for the greatest usefulness in
the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual, encourage the highest and noblest
form of manhood, and aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social,
economic and intellectual status

Question 3

Alpha Phi Alpha First 10 Presidents

Answer 3

First Ten General Presidents

1. Moses A. Morrison, 1908–1909
2. Roscoe C. Giles, 1910-1911
3. Frederick H. Miller, 1911-1912
4. Charles H. Garvin, 1912–1913
5. Henry L. Dickason, 1914–1915
6. Henry A. Callis, 1915-1916
7. Howard H. Long, 1916–1917
8. William A. Pollard, 1917–1918
9. Daniel D. Fowler, 1919-1920
10. Lucius L. McGee, 1920-1921

Question 4

NAT’L Programs

Answer 4

A Voteless People is a Hopeless People” was initiated as a National Program of Alpha during
the 1930’s when many African Americans had the right to vote but were prevented from voting
because of poll taxes, threats of reprisal, and lack of education about the voting process.

Brother’s Keeper is a service program developed with the mission of advocating for and
improving the quality of life for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. brothers, their spouses, and
widows who are retired, are elders, have disabilities and are ailing.

The “Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College” program, established in 1922, concentrates on the importance
of completing secondary and collegiate education as a road to advancement.

This collaborative project is designed to provide education, motivation and skill-building on issues of
responsibility, relationships, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases for young males

Question 5

Greek Alphabet

Answer 5

α Alpha Νν Nu
Ββ Beta Ξξ Xi
Γγ Gamma Οο Omicron
Δδ Delta Ππ Pi
Εε Epsilon Ρρ Rho
Ζζ Zeta Σσς Sigma
Ηη Eta Ττ Tau
Θθ Theta Υυ Upsilon
Ιι Iota Φφ Phi
Κκ Kappa Χχ Chi
Λλ Lambda Ψψ Psi
Μμ Mu Ωω Omega

Question 6

Menu

Answer 6

Items that were on the Menu at the First Banquet:

1. Cream Tomato Soup
2. Salted Wafers
3. Broiled Lamb Chops
4. Hashed Brown Potatoes
5. Finger Rolls
6. Peas in Tubs
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. Crackers
17. Cheese
18. Alpha Phi Alpha Punch
19. Brotherhood Smoke

Question 7

History Book

Answer 7

Name & Chapters of History Book: The History of Alpha Phi Alpha, A Development in
College life by Charles H Wesley
1. The Origin of Alpha Phi Alpha
2. The Period of Consolidation
3. The First Steps in Expansion
4. Local and National Strivings
5. Permanent Foundations
6. Expansion and Internal Development
7. The Leaven of Self Examination
8. The War Interlude
9. A Definite Program
10. The Crowning Years
The book is dedicated to the youths who march onward and upward toward the light, this volume
is respectfully dedicated

Question 8

Poems

Answer 8

“Invictus”
By Mr. William Ernest Henly
Out of the night that covers me.
Black as a 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 bludgeoning of chance,
My head is bloody, yet 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 straight the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
“The Test of a Man”
The test of man is the fight that he makes.
The grit that he daily shows.
The way that he stands upon his feet.
And takes life’s numerous bumps and blows.
A coward can smile,
When there’s not 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,
takes the blows of fate.
With his head held high.
Bleeding, bruised, and pale!!
Is the man who will win, fate defied,
For he isn’t afraid to fail.

“IF”
By Mr. 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,
Of watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build them 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 60 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!!