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Omega Psi Phi History Exam Questions With Answers Graded A+ When Was Omega Psi Phi Founded? - Answer November 17, 1911 at Howard University (Thirkield Hall) formerly known as "Science Hall" Who are the Founding Fathers of Omega Psi Phi - Answer Dr. Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941) Professor Frank Coleman (1890-1967) Dr. Oscar James Cooper (1888-1972) Bishop Edgar Amos Love (1891-1974) Why was the Science Hall changed to Thirkield Hall - Answer In 1907, Howard's President Wilbur P. Thirkield, who recognized the growing importance of science in education, was able to convince the Federal Government to appropriate $90,000 fo r a new science hall, and the building was dedicated in 1910. Members Vs Men - Answer Members Versus Men Bro. Walter H. Mazyck The Greek Letter Societies among our group appear to have entered into a period of mad competition for obtaining members. Pledges are increasing in numbers. Scarcely a student on the college campus but wears a pledge pin or a frat pin. Are the fraternities forgetting their original high standards? Can it be said that every man who enters college is of Fraternity material? If in any place, Omega has entered this mad race for members, pause and consider. The value of our Fraternity is not in numbers, but in men, in real brotherhood. Eight men thoroughly immersed in the true Omega spirit are far greater assets than eighty with lukewarm enthusiasm. What is the Omega Psi Phi motto" - Answer "Friendship Is Essential to the Soul " What are the Cardinal Principals of Omega Psi Phi? - Answer Manhood Scholarship Perserverance Uplift When was Omega Psi Phi Incoporated? - Answer Omega Psi Phi was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on October 28, 1914. When was Alpha Chapter Formed? - Answer Alpha chapter was organized with fourteen charter members on December 15, 1911. Brothers Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper and Frank Coleman were elected the chapter first Basileus, Keeper of Records, and Keeper of Seals, respectively. Who was the First Grand Basileus of Omega Psi Phi? - Answer Bishop Edgar Amos Love - November 23, 1911 Dr. Oscar James Cooper as Grand Keeper of Records (Grand Keeper of Records and Seals or Grand KRS) Professor Frank Coleman as Grand Keeper of Seals (Grand Keeper of Finance or Grand KF). Recite "Invictus" - Answer 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. First Honorary Member of Omega Psi Phi - Answer Dr. Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941) Who is the Epsilon Tau Chapter Current Basileus? - Answer David A. Louis, PhD Who is the First Lady an the only woman member of Omega Psi Phi? - Answ er Lottie B. Wilson (Mr's Charlotte T. Wilson) Lottie Wilson - Mrs. Charlotte T. Wilson (Only Woman Omega Member) taken from the 1961 Oracle Lincoln University, Pa. Beta Chapter aka First Stepping Stone of Omega's Expansion In a big hotel structure on Lincoln University, Maple Avenue, lives a Woman whose li fe is vital not only to Omega Psi Phi, but especially to the history of Beta chapter, th e second of Omega's birth. Meeting this great lady is an experience within itself. You see a rather small, gray haired lady, with sparkling eyes and a radiant countenance. Logic tells you that this lady is far up in years, because she's been a part of Lincoln since 1901. Yet she is so young in spirit, in thought, and in action. She has lost none of her zest for living and when shaking her hand, you are astonished at the firmness w ith which she meets your grip. This woman's life symbolizes all lives that have been giv en to the service of mankind. Hers has been a life of service to the men of Omega Psi Ph i, Beta chapter. After Alpha chapter was founded at Howard University in 1911, the founders decided that the second chapter of the fraternity should be located at Lincol n University, P a. When Founder Love visited Lincoln University in 1914, he was told by the faculty th at they would not give recognition to a chapter of Omega Psi Phi on this campus. Fou nder Love and those interested Lincoln men left the faculty meeting full of sadness. T hus begins Lottie Wilson's part in Omega Psi Phi, Beta chapter. As the dejected men were on their way to see Founder Love board the train back to Howard, they passed a lady sitting on her front porch. Noticing their very somber faces, she asked them ab out their problem. The young men relating their story to her, touched Lottie Wilson's heart and Be ta chapter was founded in her home that very day. Lottie Wilson was also inducted i nto the fraternity. A number of the early conclaves of the fraternity were prepared and given in Sister Lottie Wilson's home. She has been Beta's "guiding beacon" ever since. Sh e remains Beta chapter's friend, counselor and advisor. She has given almost fifty years of her life to the Omega men of Lincoln's Beta chapter. Her brothers of Beta chapter say, "Ring those bells for Sister Wilson, let her know we love her so." Our sis, Lottie Wilson, the only Woman Omega. Name of Famous Omegas in The Arts - Answer * Langston Hughes - The Black poet laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricist, and humorist. * Sterling Brown- Teacher, poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Howard University, has a special foundation for folk culture and jazz music. * Roland Hayes- Internationally known tenor of the 1920's; sang in five differe nt languages.The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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