January 1989
MU LAMBDA Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated
Message from the President
time to prepare to take the measures necessary to maintain the Fraternity's position of
prominence. As the new General
unable to attend, 1am sure you
President, Henry Ponder, prepares for of ce, we should wish him the best and stand ready to offe*' our
will min roe in thanking Brother
support. We should also resolve to
For those of you who were
number will you be counted in 1989? On behalf of the of cers of Mu
Lambda Chapter, Ilook forward to
your continued support. With your able assistance we will continue
and Mrs. James E. Cheek for
assist Mu Lambda Chapter in its
hosting our December meeting. The camaraderie, hospitality,
programs. You have already gone
M)ward our goal of making mu Lambda one of the top chapters in the Fraternity, "Making a
meetings.C3nyouaddonemore
May each of you have ahappy and prosperous new year!!
fellowship, and good cheer served as agrand beginning of the holiday season for each of us. If
that extra mile by being nancial and attending the monthly yard and agree to serve on one
there was abored, unhappy
committee or aid in the execution of
person in the crowd of over 200they were invisible.
one program? It is said that in any organization 20% of the members
Each year’s end nds many of us in are ective mood. It is a time to look back on the
accomplishments of the previous 366 days, or the lack thereof. The
difference" in D.C. since 1923.
do 80% of the work. In which
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Commitment to Education and Youth is
Necessary, Brother Perkins Says
resolutions made with such
sincerity of purpose might just as
by Horace Dawson
they were not ful lled. It is also a time of thankfulness-being thankful for having been able to
commitment to education and to the
experiencethepast12months,
pursue it at ail cost.
well have been so much hot air if
bemg thankful for having the love
and support of family and friends, and bemg thankful for the ability
Alpha Phi Alpha must have a
encouragement of black youth to This was the theme of the
address by Brother Huel D.
value of education and deplored current attitudes which undervalue
its signi cance. He cited statistics
which indicate that "Black males are
vanishing as role models," and declared, "If we don't do
something soon, there will be no males in college for anyone to
pledge into our fraternities."
to help someone along the way.
Perkins in the Founders' Day observance of our Fraternity's
It is further atime to express
82nd year on December 4in Washington, D.C.
was sponsored jointly by Mu
Before avery receptive audience in Rankin Chapel at Howard
Omicron Omicron, and Nu Beta.
hopc^hope for those le^s fortu¬
nate,hop^foranevenbetteryear ahead and hope that we will be
here in 1990 to look back at 1989.
As amember of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, bic., it is also
University, Brother Perkins, Dsainnan of the Fraternity's Education Foundation, extolled the
The Founders' Day program Lambda, Beta, Omicron Lambda
Alpha, Omicron Eta Lambda,
Representing Mu Lambda on the steering committee
(see PerkinSy page 3t column J)
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