2024 ALPHA HIST TEST 2 EXAM
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Write out the Sphinx Prayer - CORRECT-ANSWERSOh, 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.
Who is credited with the establishment of the Fraternity's first Alumni
Chapter? - CORRECT-ANSWERSIt was set aside through the efforts of Brother
Eugene Kinckle Jones who was teaching at that time in the Louisville High
School
Who was elected as the fourth General President? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSCharles H. Garvin
Who is credited with the design of the FIRST Fraternity shield? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSBrother James A. Dunn of the Kappa Chapter. This design had been
approved by Kappa Chapter and was now approved by the convention.
Several designs had been made by Brother Dunn.
The designer of the FIRST Fraternity shield came from what Chapter? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSKappa
With the exception of 3 Chapters, what is the Greek Letter used as the suffix
to an Alumni Chapter's name to denote it is an Alumni Chapter? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSLambda
What is the Chapter designating for the Chapter of deceased Brothers? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSOmega
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's national project/signature education program is
called: - CORRECT-ANSWERSGo-To-High School, Go-To-College
established in 1922, concentrates on the importance of completing
secondary and collegiate education as a road to advancement.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's signature cooperative program with the March of
Dimes where Brothers engage young men about sexual responsibility and
abstinence is called: - CORRECT-ANSWERSProject Alpha
,Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation began collaboratively implementing Project Alpha in 1980.
Project Alpha week, which started in 2000, targets the second week of
October every year. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. chapters all across the
country execute the program with their local March of Dimes to implement
Project Alpha programs.
This special project was created to develop the human resources of Alpha Phi
Alpha and cultivate mutually beneficial relationships with corporate partners
which would result in rewarding career opportunities for the Fraternity
membership while increasing the critical mass of diverse talent for its
corporate partners: - CORRECT-ANSWERSCollege Life to Corporate Life
Initiative (C2C)
This special project aims to develop the next generation of leaders. It starts
with youth who demonstrate the potential to comprehend and apply the
fundamental principles needed by leaders and provides them with resources
and role models to enhance their leadership abilities: - CORRECT-
ANSWERSLeadership Development Institutes
What is the name of the College Chapter chartered on the campus of
University of Minnesota? - CORRECT-ANSWERSMu Chapter
What is the year founded and seat (campus and city) of Nu Chapter? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSLincoln University; Lincoln, PA;
November 22, 1912
What is the name, year founded and seat (campus and city) of the
Fraternity's thirteenth College Chapter to be chartered? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSXi Chapter; Wilberforce University; Wilberforce, OH; December 14,
1912
What is the date and location of the second incorporation? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSApril 3rd, 1912
in Washington D.C.
Who wrote Esprit de Fraternite'? - CORRECT-ANSWERSCharles H. Garvin
Mnemonic:
"Gaven's spirit is still with us" -mess
Pick the items(s) that are part of the vision/objectives of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc: - CORRECT-ANSWERSThe 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.
On the third day of the 5th Annual Convention, Bro. George B. Kelley moved,
and seconded by Bro. James
A. Dunn, that all graduate Chapters be named in alphabetical order and end
in this letter to signify it was a graduate Chapter. What was that letter? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSLambda
Following the 5th Annual Convention, General President Garvin made a new
Chapter. What is the name, year
founded and seat (campus and city) of this, the Fraternity's fourteenth
College Chapter to be chartered? - CORRECT-ANSWERSOmicron Chapter;
Univ of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA; January 30, 1913
Mnemonic: OPP (Omicron, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
One of the permanent achievements of the Sixth Annual Convention was the
establishment of a Fraternity
journal. What would be the name of this journal? - CORRECT-ANSWERSThe
Sphinx
Who was named as the first editor of the Fraternity journal? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSRaymond W. Cannon
Mnemonic: The author's writing "blew" them away-like a cannon.
During the Sixth Annual Convention, this Brother was elected General
President? - CORRECT-ANSWERSCharles H. Garvin
At the Sixth Annual Convention, it was declared that the seven founders of
the Fraternity be known by what
term? - CORRECT-ANSWERSSeven Jewels
During the Sixth Annual Convention, seven founders were identified as? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSHenry A. Callis,
Charles H. Chapman,
George B. Kelley,
Nathaniel A. Murray,
H. Ogle,
Vertner W. Tandy, and
James. H. Morton
During the Ninth Annual Convention, this Brother was elected General
President? - CORRECT-ANSWERSHoward H. Long