Message from the Presh)ent
Brother LeRoy Lowery, III
must hww. as much as possible, in our beautiful art... what we are talking about -and the only way to know is to have lived and loved and cursed andfloundered attd enjoyed and suffered. Ithink I don't regret asingle "excess ”of my responsive youth -1 only regret, in my chilled age, certain occa¬ sions and possibilities 1didn'/ embrace. ”Henry James
The position of president of Mu Lambda has few perks, but one of them was available on ISaturday, February 19. After meeting with the Brothers and Beaus during aProject Alpha session, Ijoined agroup o?Mu Lambda and Beta Brothers in visiting Brother Wesley Speller {Beta 32) on the occasion of his SOlst birthday. We did not want to overwhelm Brother and Mrs. Speller (she being 96 years young), so the visit was limited to only 10 Brothers. As president, 1was afforded the opportunity to become one of the ten. Joining Brothers Julius ,Brice, Ed Norwood, Curtis Hunigan, Wayland McClelland, John Roper, Arthur Freeman, and Shirley Brown from Mu Lambda were Brothers Willis Miles (president), Brandon Neal, and Roderick Thompson of Beta. Brother Speller was in good spirits and welcomed the opportu¬ nity to fellowship with us. He admits to having some "not so good days", but Saturday tgood one. His grip was firm, his humor was swift and his voice was steady. As he stood ;with us to sing the Fraternal Hymn my emotions were as high as Ihave experienced at any fraternity event, with the possible exception of the night Icrossed the “burning sands” into .Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Brother Speller was obviously proud to be an Alpha and Iwas proud to be apart of agroup that could bring joy to one who epitomizes what the Jewels had in mind. Brother Speller is special to me not just because of the years he has been on earth, but because of the actions he has taken in his life and the love he has of our Frater¬ nity —after 68 years! Ithank all that participated in the celebration and, as Itold Brother .Speller as we left his home, Ilook forward to repeating it next year, for birthday number 102!
If you read the list of financial Brotliers carefully you will notice an increase of 19 since the last issue of the Torch, Our rolls now number 139 and climbing! Welcome back!
If you have not reserved your table for the 5'*’Annual Mu Lambda Gala, please call Brother Keith “Kubweza” Johnson, 202-777-2648 x4957, as soon as possible. The affair ,promises to be one you can be proud to bring your spouse and/or guests. Each Brother is en¬ couraged to pick up his tickets at the next meeting while table selection is still good. The black-tie affair at the Grand Hyatt Regency is sure to be one of the highlights of the fraternal i year and you want to be in that number. Remember we now have the capability to put your ticket costs on your Visa or Mastercard. j
Though last month was “Black History Month” Ineglected to discuss it at the meet- i ing or in the Torch. Long-time members of Mu Lambda will recall that the late Brother Rupert Picott, achapter member and past Eastern Vice-President, started the concept. For the ' next meeting Iwould like to test your knowledge by asking for the answers to the following ; questions; Who was the most recent U.S. President of African-American descent? How many ! can you name in all? Wliat is aCarian? What famous author was aCarian? Who is the Af- ; rican military strategist from Carthage? Wlio is his great-grandson, often called “The Father j of Russian Literature?” Who performed the first open-heart surgery? Who patented the ele- 1 vator? «Who invented the tungsten filament that led to the electric lamp? Who invented the gas mask and the automatic (traffic) stop signal? (Answers at the meeting and next month’s Torch.)
Henry .A. Caills, M.D. Charles H. Chapman Ceorge BKelley Eugene KJones. Nathaniel A. Murray, RoDen H. Ogle, Vertner W. Tandy
>A Chapter Of fi cers
Brian Halliburton (202) 832-4203
Jrozen_06@hotmail.com
Lee Burge (703) 960-8034)
bIegand@scs.hoH’ard.edu
Earl V. Root (202) 544-5596
A. Gilbert Douglass (202) 667-3390
Kenneth Higgins (703) 683-4993 kennhig@aol. com
Isaac Prentice (301) 292-2921
prenticeil%aoL cm
Damion A. Rowe (301) 559-5685
damro22@aol.com
Melvin White (202) 462-3635 mwhite@mwe.com
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President,spokeonthestateoftheregiontreasury,the C) held its Board of Directors meeting, and the next regional le conven- convention.
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-ThereceptionfeaturedremarksbyMSUpresi¬ dent,Bro.EarlRichardson,theMarylandSecretaryof State,USRep.ElijahCummings,StateSenators,anda BaltimoreCityCouncilman.VariousCitationsandProc¬ lamations were presented.
-Bro.SylvesterShannon,candidateforGeneral Presidentaddressedthoseinattendance.Bro.Haywood Robinson spoke at the luncheon.
-Mu Lambda Brothers in attendance were LeRoy Lowery, Ed Norwood, Brian Halliburton, and Ken Higgins.BrotherHigginspreparedthechapterdisplay anddidafantasticjob.Thedisplaywillbeshownatthe March meeting.
-The District has 829 Alumni Brothers and 98 CollegeBrothers.Twenty-eightofthe29chaptersare tive.
-ADistrict picnic will be held on July 22 at Acre Dale Park in College Park. nvice-
Calendar of Events Chapter Dues for 2000
Non-Life Member (includes Grand Tax)
Graduate Student (1®* year out of college)
Graduate Student (2"** year out of college)
1®‘ Year After Undergraduate Degree
2'^ Year After Undergraduate Degree
Please forward payment to Brother Julius H. Brice, Finan¬ cial Secretary, P.O. Box 29509, Washington, DC 20017
Special Notice
Brother Earl V. Root, our Sergeant-at-Arms, is in Holy Cross Hospital. Please pray for his swift and complete recovery.
A. Gilbert Douglass, Douglas B. Sands, James S. Watts, Sr.
William A. Robinson
J. R. Ransome, Jr.
Yettekov Wilson
Curtis A. Hunigan
M. Steve Tappan
Jason M. Callaman
James T. Speight, III
Noah R. Calhoun, Johnny R. Wilson
Henry Ponder
Glennwood J. Branche,
Edwin F. Norwood, III
Monthly Mu Lambda meeting 7:06 p.m., Blackburn University Center, Howard University
First Intake Weekend
Beta-Mu Lambda Board Mtg, TBA
Mu Lambda Foundation Board meeting, 7:30 pm, TBA
Last Intake Weekend
Mu Lambda Exec. Comm. Mtg., Blackburn Center, 7:30 p.m.
Eastern Region Convention, East Brunswick, NJ
Beta-Mu Lambda Board Mtg, TBA
Monthly Mu Lambda meeting, 7:06 p.m.
Blackburn University Center, Howard University
Mu Lambda Exec. Comm. Mtg., Blackburn Center, 7:30 p.m.
Mu Lambda Gala Dinner-Dance, Grand Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, DC
Beta-Mu Lambda Board Mtg, TBA Monthly Mu Lambda meeting and Annual Mu Lambda Corporation Meeting 7:06 p.m., Blackburn University Center, Howard University
Mu Lambda Exec. Comm. Mtg., Blackburn Center, 7:30 p.m.
Speakers for March
There will be apanel at the next meeting. The pan¬ elists will be:
-Ms. Artis Hampshire-Cowan, Esq., Vicepresident for Human Resources, and Secretaiy for Howard University and the Board of Trustees
-Ms. Beverly Perry, Esq., Vice-president for Government Affairs, Potomac Electric Power
Company, and
-Renee Jenkins, M.D., Professor and Chair
of the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Howard College of Medicine and Howard Hospital. This promises to be an informative and enlighten-
ing session.
We also expect to meet any aspirants for membership in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
See you Thursday.
AFTER FINANCIAL MEMBERS
As of February 25,2000
^IS, JohnH.
DON, Clarence R.
YSON, Byron J.
EN, Chester L.
L, Julius L.
LIBURTON, Brian E.
X)ING, Louis T.
JUS, Rudolph
yKINS, Morris Jr.
VKINS, W. Anthony, Jr.
TsIES, James R.
KS, John D.
GINS, Kenneth L.
3GARD, J. Clinton
3GARD, Paul
vnGAN, Curtis A.
ES, C. C. Ill
;ES, Earle
[NSON, Campbell C. Ill
INSON, Geoffrey A.
INSON, Keith E.
T'JER, William
I.LY, John
JBROUGH, Paul W.
JARD, Cornell C.
MBETH, Frank T.
MEY, Frederick J.
£, Edgar P.
jGINS, Athel Q.
WERY, LeRoy III
vGWOOD, Clarence
vLONE, Jerry L.
vNNING, Malcolm G.
CLELLAN, Wayland
:GR1FF, Lloyd T.
TCHELL,Eric P.
3NROE, Jeffery D.
30RE, Brian J.
DORE, Elmer J.
DRGAN, Marc J.
:AL, Edie W.
)RTON, Kevin C.
JRWOOD, Edwin III
lANGE, Vincent B.
vRKER, P. Ernest Jr.
:ARS0N, Alfonso N. Jr.
:AC0, James W. Jr.
)NDER, Henry
lEl ITICE, Isaac L.
RANSOME, J. R. Jr.
ROBERTS, Tal
ROBINSON, Christopher S.
ROBINSON, James T. HI
ROBINSON, William A.
ROBINSON, Quintiii W.
ROGERS, Michael C.
ROOT, Earl V.
ROPER, John D.
SAFRIT, Sterling H.
SANDS, Douglas B.
SCIPIO, Rudolph
SCURLOCK, George H.
SHEPHERD, Robert C.
SIMONS, Alfred E. Jr.
SMITH, Hezekiah
SPAULDING, William R.
SPEIGHT, James T. Jr.
SPEIGHT, James T. HI
SPELLER, Wesley
TAYLOR, Thaddeus J.
THOMAS, Wmiarn D.
TYLER, Lee A.
WADE, Charles B.
WALKER, James F.
WARREN, Robert Jr.
WASHINGTON, Irven E.
WEBBER, Paul R. Ill
WHITE, CarmundT. WHITE, Melvin
WHITFIELD, Jammie
WILLIAMS, Nathaniel
WILLIAMS, Wayne K.
WILSON, Clint C. II
WILSON, Richard E.
WILSON, Yettekov
WINDSOR, George H.
WOOD, Garnett E.
YANKAH, P. Kobina
ZEIGLER, Warstein N. ♦