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- , I ORACLE MARCH Ufbj • "1939 FFI CE G VICE GRAND La.. o Jesse SEAl., Geo ge A. lsdbell, S. Slayton, 212 Auburn e ampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and a d the Chapter at McGill UniversiTy. To 0, Canada. District RepresentativeB"O er Eve ett Yates, 283 Walnut Avenue, Roxbury, ass, • 'd--f'e York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. District ep esentative-Brother Roger M. Yancy, 45 ClinPlace, Newark, N; J. nsyIvania, Maryland, Delaware and District of Co mbia. District Representative-Brother Wenden P. Grigsby, 3039 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. -Vi ginia. Corbett, -Te. 72 Mt. Vernon Street, District Represontative - Brother 2501 West Avenue, Norfolk, Va. essee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. resentative - Brother Z. Alexander Fo rth Avenue, N., Nashville, Tenn. Ellis District RepLooby. 419 CHAPTER (Corrected " •. ,......Boston. Mass. Oscar Burrows. 690 Shawmut Ave. " ley Corbin. 34 Williams St. -';:::L. ••••~-"as' ·IIe. Tenn. 2416 Jefferson E. L McPherson. e. . M. S. Young, 2416 Jefferson Ave. -New York. N. Y. M. T. Gibbs, 52 St. Nicholas Place Claude McAdams, 224 W 13'8th St. ic .0 d. Va. der Dearing, Virginia Union U iYersity . Joseph Pruden. Virginia Union U iYersity : A-Marshall. Texas Bas., William Briscoe. Wiley College H. E. McCoy. Wiley College .c-C icago. Illinois De ton J. Brooks. 1311 W. 109th St. S. Harold W. Woodson, 6619 St. Lawrence Ave. BDA-los Angeles. Calif. Bas., Dr. E. W. Narcisse, 1110 E. 18th Street KRS. Earl A. Ellis. 1305 W. 35th St. U-i' i1adelphia, Pa. Ba$.., Robert Hazelwood. 916 N. 48th St. KRS. W. P. Harris. 906 S. 19th St. State College, Pa. Bes., C. Dockens, Penna. State College KRS. Henry Smith, Penna. State College P'SILON-Wilberforce. Ohio Bas., William A. Brower, Wilberforce University KRS. Melvyn Gault, Wilberforce University EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Street, N. GRAND OF ORACLE, Frederick W., Washington, D. C. MARSHAL, C. W. Jenkins, S. Weaver,'920 U New York City. R E PRE S E N TAT I V'E S DISTRICT ~;;nct--Ne BASILEUS, Paris V. Sterrett, Boston, Mass. Mi =::5. S Sixth District-North Carolina, and South Carolina. District Representative-Brother S. Herbert Adams, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C. Seventh District-Georgia •. Florida, and Alabama. District Representative-Brother M. R. Austelle, 53 Chestnut Street, S. W., Atlanta, Ga. Eighth Districf-Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas, Colorado and Minnesota. District Representative-Brother Ulysses S. Donaldson, 4412 W. Belle Place, 'St. Louis, Mo • Ninth District-Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and California. District Representative-Brother J. D. Bowles, 2708 Anita Avenue, Houston, Texas. District RepresentaTenth District-Michigan, Illinois, and lndiene, tive-Brother Charles E. Harry, 419 W. Twentysixth Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Eleventh District-West Virginia, and Ohio. District Representative -Brother A. P. Hamblin, West Virginia State College. Institute, W. Va. DIRECTORY March. 1939) RHO-Charlotte, N. C. Bas.. T. O. Garrett, J. C. Smith University KRS. R. T. Amos, J. C. Smith University XI-St. Paul. Minn. Bas.• R. C. Allen, 767 St. Anthony Ave. KRS. J. W. Brooks PI-Baltimore. Md. Bas.• Richard Sowell. Morgan College KRS. John Cheatham, Morgan College PHI-Ann Arbor, Mich. Bas., Raymond L. Hayes, 217 Glenn Ave. KRS. Wm. H. Ridley, 1009 Ann St. PSI-Atlanta. Ga. KRS. Walter R. Harley, Morehouse College BETA PSI-Atlanta, Ga. Bas., Rufus Cooper, Clark University KRS. George Williams. Clark University GAMMA PSI-Talladega, Ala. Bas.• L. L. Wideman. Talladega College KRS. Nimrod Sherman, Talladega College DELTA PSI-Raleigh. N. C. Bas., V. K. Tibbs, Shaw University KRS. G. Browning, Shaw University ZETA PSI-Brooklyn. N. Y. Bas.• Edward Taylor, 179 Decatur St. KRS. Charles L. Trice. 386 Van Buren St. THETA PSI-Institute, W. Va. Bas.• James Gaskins, W. Va. State College KRS. Spencer Roberts. W. Va. State College XI PSI-Orangeburg. S. C. Bes., Herman Sartor, S. C. State College KRS. Holland Daniels, S. C. State College ETA PSI-Nashville. Tenn. Bas., Wirt S. Grady, Fisk University KRS. John A. Baugh, Fisk University IOTA PSI-Columbur, Ohio Bas., W. A. Cowell, 333 Clarendon Ave. KRS. George Freman, 333 Clarendon Avenue (Continued on Inside Back Cover) KAPPA PSI-Washington. D. C. Bas.. James P. Ramsey, Howard Univ. KRS. H. Franklin. Howard University LAMBDA PSI-Salisbury. N. C. Bas.• A. B. Parke r, Livingston College KRS. D. O. Francis. Livingston College MU PSI-Greensboro, N. C. Bas., James E. Reid, A. & T. College KRS. F. D. Wharton, A. & T. College NU PSI-Ettrich. Va. Bas.. J. W. McDowell, Va. State College KRS. J. W. Hawkins, Va. State College OMICRON PSI-Pittsburgh, Pa. Bas.. Robert Woodruff, 6701 Deary St . KRS. Wendell P. Grigsby, 3039 Centre Ave. PI PSI-Urbana, III. KRS. John M. Jones. 1203 W. Stoughton St. RHO PSI-Nashville. Tenn. Bas., Luther Glanton. Tenn. State College KRS. Harold Love, Tenn. State College SIGMA PSI-Austin, Texas Bas., W. J. Coefjeld, Samuel Huston College KRS. J. O. Adams, Samuel Huston College TAU PSI-Durham. N. C. Bas.• David B. Cooke, N. C. College for Negroes KRS. Joseph A. Christmas, N. C. College for Negroes UPSILON PSI-Tallahassee. Fla. Bas., Robert W. Gray, Florida A. & M. College KRS. Robert W. Gray (Acting) PHI PSI-Langston, Oklahoma Bas., Leslie O. Hines. Langston University KRS. Robert Clegg, Langston University CHI PSI-Memphis. Tenn. Bas., Robert E. Green, 741 Leach Place KRS. Lewis McNeely, 1139 Mississippi Ave. E ED IT 0 R FREDERICK I 920 U S. WEAVER STREET, WASHINGTON, • ~CONTENTS MARCH, FOR N. W. D. C . 1939 Page William Edward Baugh (Biographical Sketch) 2 The Oracle Speaks (Editorials) Brother Baugh's Death Mourned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 Brother Oxley on Honor Roll............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 A Call to Omega Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 The 1939 Oracle............................................. 4 My Impressions of the Chicago Conclave By Oscar J. Cooper.................................... . 4 The Grand Basileus Makes His Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Beta Observes Silver Anniversary By Theodore Bolden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 Why Do Women Fall for Rascals? By M. Beaunorus Tolson. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 Omegas Active in Anderson Feud 11 Omega's Scholarship Program By W. Montague Cobb 12 1938 Conclave-Chicago, Ill. (Pictures) 14 In Ole Chicago By Irving Selden 14 WilliJam Edward Baugh-v a Tribute By Lawrence A. Oxley.................. . 17 William Edward Baugh+-a Man of Principle By Jesse O. Thomas 17 William Edward Baugh+-an Omega, Man By Charles E. Harry 18 Colonel Charles Young, U.S.A 19 D.C. Chapters Hold Mardi Gras 21 Th.e Negro in Machine Politics By Lawrence A. Hill. 22 Omega Snapshots 24 Chapter Caravan By William Forsythe, Jr 25 r: James Nabrit, Esq Alphonzo Lyons Arthur Wieseger BEAUNORUS Business Circulation Advertising Manager Manager Manager EDITOR IAL Otto McClarrin Langston Hughes Lloyd T. Barnes Theodore Boston Charles E. King TOLSON, AND Alfred Neal Assistant Business Manag Lawrence Hill Asst. Circulation Manag S. Milton Clarke, Jr Asst. Advertising MI LITERARY STAFF S. Randolph Edmonds William Forsythe Welford Wilson John Aubrey Davis Cleveland Jackson ADVISORY WALTER Dwight Vincent Kyle R~v. Edgar A. Love Richard O. Berry f1\.ANAGING EDITOR George W. Goodman Frederic Aden J. O. Bowles Charles W. Maxwell Homer Hamilton Irving Selden BOARD N. RIDLEY, S. Herman Dreer Roy Wilkins Sterling Brown Chairman John P. Murchison Webster L. Porter Robert Hazelwood Dewey R. Jones Offici-ally published quarterly by the Omega: Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., at 920 U Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., during ,the months of March, June, October and December, and entered as second-class matter at the Post Offic.e at Washington, D.C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SINGLE COPIES THIRTY CENTS ONE DOLLAR YEAR[ ~GH~ 1876 - 1939 • _- J_-L;-CARY 1 , 1939, at 6 P.M., Brother preme Council, until his demise. His appearance illiam Edward Baugh, former Grand Basiin the Supreme Council was as Grand Marshal to ~ 0'" the Omeza P i Phi Fraternity died at his in 1927. In 1932 he was elected to the office of e. 1235 W. 25th treet, Indianapolis, Ind. Vice Grand Basileus. He was re-elected to this .: - ouzh he had been ill periodically for nearly office in Durham in 1933 and again in St. Louis •• year. hi- death coming after a confinement of in 1934. At the following Conclave in Atlanta _ ::0 than NO "eek , was a shock to the f'rahe was elevated to the office of Grand Basileus. te izy. community, and his many friends. His re-election in 1936 at Philadelphia was by "'\; 'am Edward Baugh was born in Tuscaacclamation thus setting a precedent in the an_-\la.. April 1, nals of Omega. His Hi- early eduactive service as a -':0 wa obtained member of the Suthe elementary preme Council termis of that city. nated with his presidsequently he ating over the 1937 - ed Tu kegee InConclave at Cleve- -•.l-e. Howard and land, Ohio. C nell "Lniyersities. The last rites for ~c id further study Brother Baugh were B - er, Indiana, held at Bethel A.M.E. . iseon in UniChurch of Indianapo- __s: es. In 1902 he lis on January 21, at azce 0 Indianapolis 1 P. M. Enologies - a reacher in public were offered by I _-0. 17, of Brother Frederick S. - 'ch school he be· Weaver on behalf of e a m e principal in the Supreme Council; He served in Brother Andrew W. -- is capacity un t i 1 Ramsey on behalf of Zeta Phi Chapter; 919 "hen he was zransferred to the D. T. Weir, assistant principal hip of 'School superintendent of the _-0. 23, at which place Indianapolis P Ll b 1 i c he remained until his Schcols; and Mrs. eath. Maude Flack of In 1915 Brother School No. 23. The Baugh was married obituary written by o }Ii s Tommie Knox, WILLIAM EDWARD BAUGH Mrs. Lillian Brown, also of Alabama. They was read by Brother Emory A. J.ames. The Rev. R. 'C. Henderson, began their housekeeping in the same locality in which he died. To them were born three chilthe pastor, officiated with the assistance of the dren Frances, now a graduate of Butler UniverRev. H. H. Black. The active pallbearers were members of Zeta Phi Chapter. The funeral sity, a son now deceased, and Wilma, a student at establishment of Brother John A. Patton had Purdue. Besides the widow and the daughters, charge of the body, and burial was in Crown Hill he i urvived by three brothers and a sister. In May, 19~5, he was initiated into Zeta Phi Cemetery in Indianapolis. May his soul rest in peace. Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. He "a delegate to the Concla;ve of that year at TusTributes to this illustrious son of Omega will kegee. He attended all other Conclaves except be found on pages 17· and 18 of this issue of the Oracle. one either as a delegate or member of the SuTHE ORACLE • BROTHER BAUGH'S DEATH MOURNED ECAlJ E OF THE limited association the editor of the Oracle had with our late brother William Edward Baugh, he has reou sted three persons who were intimately acquainted and associated with him, to make editorial comment on the life and fraternity ac ..ivity of one whom we all loved dearly. \\" e present an article from our former Grand Basileus, Lieutenant Lawrence A. Oxley becau e Brother Baugh served in Brother Oxley's cabinet for three years as Vice Grand Basilens; v.e invited Brother Jesse O. Thomas, a former Vice Grand Basileus, because he served for two vear in Brother Baugh's cabinet as his princinal assistant; we invited Brother Charles E. Harry, because he not only lived in the same city ill h our departed brother, but for the past several years has served as District Representative of the district in which Brother Baugh lived. These articles will be found on pages 17 and 18. BROTHER OXLEY ON HONOR ROLL EA H YEAR, the Living Church, one of. the oldest publications of the Protestant EPISCOpal hurch, devotes the first editorial of the new vear to an honor roll of distinguished Christians ~ho have rendered notable service to Christ and His Church during the previous year. There was a difference this year, however, in that the editorial did not confine its citations to members of the Episcopal Church, nor of churches in communion or close fellowship with the Episcopal Church. A we read this editorial, "Roll of Honor," we "ere pleasingly surprised to find among such oustanding nominees as President Franklin D. oosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Dr. Toyohiko Kagawa, of Japan; former Governor Alfred M. Landon and Dr. John R. Mott, not-ed Protestant leader, the name of our own Lawrence A. Oxley, who served Omega for three :-ear~ as its Grand Basileus. In placing Brother Oxley on the Roll of Honor, the publication spoke of him as a "noted Negro lavman of Washington, D.C., who served as executive director of the important interracial conference recently held at the University of • • • • Chicago under the sponsorship of the Joint Commission on Negro Work. Lieutenant Oxley, a recognized leader of his people both in the nation and in the church, has made a notable contribution both by this conference and by his other activities, to the cause of better understanding between white and colored churchmen and the improvement of the church's ministry to N egroes." Such was a glowing tribute paid to one of our most loyal Brothers, and the Oracle cannot help but take cognizanc-e of it, and wishes to commend the editorial board of the Living Church for its fairness in placing on its Honor Roll a gentleman whom the Oracle feels certainly merited that high consid-eration and honor. A CALL TO OMEGA MEN CONGRESSMAN HAMILTON FISH, of New York, has introduced two Bills that should receive the support of every true Omega man. His Bill, H.R.3317, provides that the President shall appoint at least two Negro cadets to West Point each year. His second Bill, H.R.3318, prohibits racial discrimination in appointment promotions of officers and enlisted men of the United States Army. The Oracle wishes to commend Congressman Fish for his interest in the Negro's participation in the Army. In keeping with the ideals of the fraternity, and its interest in social justice, we are urging every chapter of Omega to adopt at its next meeting, suitable resolutions urging- speedy consideration of these two Bills. Copies of the resolutions should be sent to the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the respective Senators and Representatives of the chapters. An additional copy should be mailed to the Oracle., The basilei of the several chapters should make this must legislation to be acted upon immediately. Other Greek-letter organizations have already petitioned the Congress for consideration of these two measures, and Omega men cannot afford to be caught napping when such important legislation affecting the race is before the Congress. An Honor Roll will be carried in the June Oracle, and upon it will be listed the chapters that have sent resolutions as suggested above. THE 3 • ORACLE I BIPRE lOX OF CHICAGO E 939 ORACLE ]L\T THE :lIE:\ffiER of Omega were satis~ed with the changes and innovations put into - e 193 Oracle, was attested by the unani" re lection of the editcr-in-chief of the c . at the Chicago Conclave. e empha ized last year that the Oracle be" c- -0 Omega, and that its staff members were -;'e servant of Omega. That notion has not Zed. Because of the loyal service given to c~ by la t year's staff members, and be- CO CLAVE cause of your expressed approval of that service, we have seen fit, to retain, for the most part, the entire staff. A few changes have been made that we may better be able to give you the kind of magazine desired. It shall be the aim of your 1939 Oracle staff to give to you a magazine that will surpass in every detail the job that you so overwhelmingly approved for 1938. We are yours to serve, and any suggestions or criticisms offered with a desire to improve that service, will be greatly appreciated. --------.-------~ IPRESSIONS OF THE CHICAGO L... -\VE • • • • • • • a OSCAR J. COOPER -=--_ ::::l."'"RE that I voice the sentiment of every man who was fortunate enough to be Chicago for the 27th Annual Conclave, when ::- tnat the entire Conclave was a great sue: in that every detail had been so well planthat there was not a visible interruption to _ 0 ~ he proceedings. _Iuch credit is due the Chicago chapters under - f: Ieadership of their very efficient grand mar. Brother Benjamin F. Wilson, who so care_: and killfully steered their course that they "" +e us as near a perfect setting as was humanly sible : and most commendable of all, they _ ov ed u ~ the receipted bills of all expenses incide - to the Conclave. I am forced to say that it was the most credita .e. from every angle, of all the Conclaves that have attended. The high tone and quality of - e general procedures were such as to reduce any slight criticism one might have to a minim. I shall mention one of the affairs which I consider the crowning point in the history of Omega: As I sat in the International House on - e Univeraity of Chicago campus, where luncheon wa erved, my mind went back to the very incipiency of our organization, when, had we artempted to visualize such a meeting for Omega, e would have been considered fit subjects to be detained indefinitely under strict guard . •-\.~ I Ii tened to the very timely, learned yet THE • • Dr. Oscar J. Cooper is well known to all Omega men as one of the founders of our fraternity. His face is familiar to those who attend our annual conclaves, and we are happy to have him give his impressions on the Chicago Conclave. voluminous speeches by Brothers William Stuart Nelson and Roy Wilkins, which dove-tailed into one another, each setting forth and developing its own peculiar phase of his subject matter, I felt that these two brothers had given Omega new inspiration and a wider breadth of vision for the future, with a detailed and comprehensive workable plan upon which Omega should approach the future. These speeches while voluminous, were very practical and I f~el that the observance of their plans will mean a renaissance in the history of Omega. I have probably never been quite as punctual in the meetings of any former Conclave but it was a pleasure to devote my entire time to sit beside the Grand Basileus and watch the proceedings from day to day, dipping in occasionally. Brother Dent showed that he was thoroughly conversant with all phases of Omega, and that he had the situation well in hand at all times. I was particularly impressed with the respect given him in his grand office., The matter of committees was in keeping with the general tone of the occasion. It seemed that the best suited men had been chosen for their (Continued 1011, page 10) ORACLE 4 REPORT 1. Fir t of all, I visited one undergraduate chapter initiation. ~ - BEE_ - 1IY pri ege to visit during :he. ear he sites of for -one chapter, and to have sat in mee ing with thirty-one. These visits extended from ew Orleans in the deep South to Texas in the Sou t h w est, Florida in the Sou the a s t, Washington and New York in the East and St. Louis and Chicago in the West. I could give a detailed report of these visits or I might even devote much time DENT to a resume of - e detailed functions of my office; but I do not C 00 e to give such a conventional report. After I was elected to the office of Grand Basieus at the Cleveland Conclave a year ago, it occurred to me that in addition to directing the 1"0 ' ine work of the organization I might best serve the fraternity by pointing-up for consideration by this Conclave certain matters fundamental to our progress. A I have exchanged ideas with individuals ~ d with groups of Omega men, North, East, South and West, I have tried to develop in my mind a conception of what. the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity really is and what it ought to be. I frankly admit that we are not what we might be. and I doubt that any sober, mature brother rhink of us as living up to our fullest possibiliiee. As a matter of fact, I am sure that I could not a the moment say what our fullest possibili. :: are. The bringing together of the right type of men must ever be fundamental. Men possessing, to a notable degree, Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift, are the foundation upon which we build. The responsibility rests, very largely, with the undergraduate chapters to determine how firm a foundation we shall continue to build. I am not at all sure that our undergraduate chapters fully realize the obligation entrusted to them in the matter of selecting brothers for six thousand other Omega men . However, without reference to our obviously good points, and there are many, and without attempting to survey the entire field of our activity I wish to call attention to certain fundaen 81 problems to which, among other things, ~2 should direct our attention at this Conclave. The right kind of Omega men can formulate and execute a constructive program; but the wrong kind of men canI do neither. Our undergraduate chapters must not let competition drive them into initiating large numbers and otherwise lowering Omega standards. They must - To me it was the most barbaric and ridiculous thing that could ever be expected of brothers. I went to another city to set up a graduate chapter. After speaking of the obligations and privileges we assume as brothers, we all read together the Fraternity Oath. The solemness of that occasion made a very deep impression. I am convinced now, more than ever, that a more solemn initiation ceremony would more nearly create the impression that the fraternity really wants to. make upon neophytes. A conclave vote of disapproval of barbaric practices is to my mind insufficient. We might do well to require that each initiation be supervised by a member of the Supreme Councilor by the District Representative. Such a fraternity requirement would, in addition to standardizing the initiation ceremony on a more solemn basis, bring national officers into closer contact with local chapters and thereby more firmly knit together our internal organization. 2-N ext, the preamble of our Constitution sets forth the basic thought which gave rise to the founding of Omega. (It reads as follows: "Believing that men of like attainments and of the same ideals of fellowship and manhood should bind themselves together in order to approach these ideals, we have incorporated ourselves under the name of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity." THE ORACLE I GR_~;n BA -ILE"C - at rt ss no . h every man that we can iiand:: in life and death." There are many bro hers who now think that rnen should not be initiated into graduate chapters unless they hold an earned degree from a -ollege comparable to those in which we have mdergraduate chapters. I should like to have this Conclave debate the advisability of requiring that undergraduate candidate for membership have their qualifica'0 ~ approved by the District Representative or a member of the 'Supreme Council. I also suggesr for debate at-this Conclave the advisability o~ requiring Supreme Council approval of candiiate for initiation into graduate chapters who -0 no hold an earned degree from a college comble to tho e in which we have undergraduate chap ers. 3. Our internal organization is dreadfully eak. We must do some intensive planning in rder to coordinate the efforts of our one hunt:: and twenty-three chapters and appro xi:e_::- six thousand members. A-The By-Laws state that the Grand Basileu is to require of each chapter a quarterly report of its activities. To a letter sent to one hundred and twentythree chapters at the end of the first quarter, I received eleven replies,-a reponse of less than ten per cent. B-We have eleven District Representatives. To my knowledge only four had district conferences. Three of these conferences "ere well attended; another covering an area of five states had only five men present,-one from out of town and four from the host chapter, which, incidentally, has a membership of about thirty. C-Last August, I was present at a reorganization meeting of (a graduate) chapter which has a membership of 150 men, where there had not been a graduate chapter meeting in two years. A week ago, I was in another Omega stronghold. I am told that there had not been a graduate chapter meeting there in six months. D-Although our national dues are less than the dues paid by any of the other Collegiate Greek Letter Fraterniti-es and ~E THE :.\IAKE REPORT Sororities, only twenty-five to thirty per cent of our total membership pays national dues. The office of District Representative should either be abolished or established on such basis as will require them to participate more fully in the affairs of the fraternity in their respective districts. The thought has been advanced that we would do better if we had a state director in each state where 'there is more than one chapter. Another thought is that we elect at each Conclave four Regional Vice Grand Basilei, who would not be members of the Supreme Council. They would be responsible to the Grand Conclave and to the Supreme Council for promoting activity in four geopraphic regions. These four Vice Grand Basilei might be permitted to appoint state directors where desirable. The contact between the national offices and the several chapters should be more than the correspondence usually incurred through the carrying on of financial transactions. Our quarterly Bulletin could be used more generally to disseminate more or less personal fraternity news to hundreds of detached brothers as well as to chapters. Through the use of the Bulletin and the activity of whomsoever we have working in geographic regions, we can begin now to build more solidly our organization. The fraternity history reveals that it was through the media of District Representatives and the effective use of the Bulletin that we built in the 1920's the strongest internal organization we have had. I therefore wish to suggest that this Conclave authorize constitutional status for the District Representative or abolish that office. I wish further to suggest that this Conclave recognize the need for making budgetary provisions for an expanded use of the Bulletin, so as to include distribution to detached brothers. 4. At any Conclave we can change all national officers except one, and at every other Conclave we can change all of them. One of our contemporary organizations recently publicized the fact that one of its national officers had held office for seventeen years. I know two officers in another fraternity who have held the same office for fifteen years and twelve years, respectively. I do not mean to suggest that our national officers should necessarily be retained for long periods; -but if we ORACLE 6 i: 0 ny onz ranze ._. e - e machinery. a ing, we m st pro- h ve had a notion that Omega might profit . establi bing a policy making committee or ard which might be composed of five or seven :. Out most mature minds, elected to overlapping zerms of considerable length. Such a plan would prohibit the change of policy or program with each Grand Basileus or new Supreme Council. I am not yet ready to present this idea as a recommendation; but 1 do think we might begin to consider the merit of some such plan; or at Iea t, the obvious improbability of developing a long range program under OUr present system. 5. The matter of purchasing fraternity hou e has been given very careful study during the year. This will be revealed in the report of hat committee to this Conclave. There is no question in my mind but that Omega should have a hO:1 ing program. Such a program will require onz range planning and in order to accomplish - .~ purpose, I, along with the Constitution Re+ision Ccmmittee and the Housing Committee, 'Till recommend the establishment of a Housing Authority, the members of which will serve overapping terms, and the functions of which I exect this Conclave to outline. 6. I find that there is tremendous interest in the inauguration of some sort of national program for the awarding of scholarships. With the consent of the Supreme Council, I have appointed a committee which will present to this Conclave for its consideration and adoption a plan for making awards beginning in 1939. Omega scholarships should always be distinctive and we should give continuous and special thought to the method and basis of awards. To accomplish these purposes, I should like to recommend that this Conclave authorize the establishment of a Scholarship Commission whose members will serve overlapping terms. The Achievement Project is not as effecrive as it should be. Here again we need continuity of thought. The project should be inten ified and coordinated with the general purpose of the fraternity. To more nearly accomplish this aim, I should like to recommend that his Conclave give consideration to authorizing a committee with overlapping terms to whom -c:-ill be given responsibility to investigate and conduct research into how the fraternity might gradually develop a more vital observance of Achievement Week. I should also like to have this Conclave consider the advisability of separating the office of the "Director of the Achievement Project" from the office of "Editor in Chief of the Oracle." 8. In several cities we have two or more chapters and in some of these cities the activities of the brothers in one chapter are wholly unknown to those of the other. As a matter of coordinating our local activities and stimulating fraternal good will, I wish to suggest that this Conclave recommend that "Inter-Chapter Councils" be set up in all such cities. Brother Dreer has had a history manuscript ready for some time, but it has not yet been pub, lished for two reasons: First, I have insisted upon having the manuscript criticized by at least one other competent brother in the field of history and literature. This we have had difficulty in accomplishing. Secondly, when the manuscript was sent to publishers for bids, we included one colored publisher. We were later told that they did not wish to bid on the job. Although we at that time had bids from nationally known publishers, no colored publisher was included. It was then decided to submit the manuscript to other colored publishers. This we did and an additional delay was incurred. Because of inadequate records during our early years, Brother Dreer has had much difficulty in verifying facts. The first history published by the fraternity must be unquestionably accurate and from every point of view worthy of our great past. It has been our desire not to publish the book until we had taken every step to assure our having a published history worthy of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Much of the work of this administration has been with committees, such as Housing with Brother Asa T. Spaulding as chairman ; Scholarship with Brother W. Montague Cobb as chairman; and Constitution and By-Laws Revision with Brother Z. Alexander Looby as chairman. These committees have done splendid work and since each of their chairmen is here to make reports, I have not incorporated into this report more than slight mention of the tremendously important problems on which they have been working. (Continued on page 28) THE C::::Z., ••.L4W~ 7 == ORACLE I A ~NIVERSARY B -;-::::ODORE BOLDEN ~_;-TY-FrvE 0::" Omega men _e ilson in the Pa __and organized YEARS ago, in 1914, a group met at the home of Mrs. Lottown of Lincoln University, the second chapter in Omega Brother Walter I. Johnson, recently retired basileus of Beta Chapter, who was on the planning committee for the silver anniversary of Beta. He . is a senior at Lincoln University, having been president of the Lincoln University Players and the University Forum. He is a member of the Student Council and the YMCA • cabinet, associate editor of the year book, and was chosen for the 1939 publication of "Who's Who Aon 0 n g Students in American Colleges and Universities." -Beta. The chapter was organized in the home :: _ ::. Wil on because at that time Lincoln Uniersity did not permit fraternities on the camSunday February 19, Beta Chapter began a eel(- observance of the founding of Beta Chapter. and opened its Silver Anniversary Celebraion with a stirring sermon by the Rev. Dwight T-:~cent Kyle, Jr., of York, Pa. On February 22 an interfraternal panel was presented at a smoker : February 23, a closed banquet was _~ en: February 25 they held a Beta reunion, and unday, February 26, the celebration was c osed with a presentation of the Omega Glee Cub of ew York City, with Frederick S. ....•eaver editor of the Oracle, as guest speaker. Beta hapter did not forget the possibility that "ere it not for the generosity of Mrs. Wilson in assisting in the organization of their chapter, their silver anniversary might not have come 0 soon. At the closing program they presented to Mrs. Wilson, known to members of Be a Chapter as "Sister" Wilson, an engraved medal in appreciation of her loyalty and inters in Beta Chapter in particular, and the f'raternity in general. The presentation was made THE • by John Thomas, the basileus of the chapter. During the celebration Beta Chapter heard Brother Oscar Cooper, one of Omega's founders, and a former basileus of Beta Chapter, who was presented to the student body in the chapel. It also heard an address by Brother Colton Brown, Brother John W. Thomas, newly-elected basiIeus of Beta Chapter, who headed the silver anniversary celebration. He was ably assisted by Brother James Bohannan, who presided over the closing program. Brother Thomas is an ardent believer in the principles of Omega and is due .many congratulations for the manner in which the successful observance was conducted. His home is in Philadelphia, Pa., and he is now a junior student at Lincoln University. former member of the chapter now living in New York. Congratulatory messages came from brothers and chapters from all over the country. They took pride in reading the telegram that came from Brother Langston Hughes, a former member of Beta. . Through the courtesy of Brother La Fenus Hutchins, chairman of the history committee of Beta and president of the junior class at Lincoln University, we present to members of Omega the roll-call of the basilei of Beta: Walter Stanton-rector, Presbyterian Church, Youngstown, Ohio. Darlington Asbury-teacher, Asbury Park, N.J. Robert Pritchard-i-missionary to- Africa, who was killed while trying to save a fellow passenger on a boat on which he was traveling. This unfortunate accident happened in the English Channel. Harry James-Steelton, Pa. Emory James-principal of school, Indianapolis, Ind. Charles R. S'aulter~Chicago, Ill. Herbert Anderson-college professor, Rogers- ORACLE 8 . e Tenn. \\in~ton Dougla s=-principal Booker T. \Ya h, ington High chool, orfolk, Va. Howard D. Gray-deceased. A. ::.\Ierrill Willis-editor-in-chief of the HC~T' lent Digest. George Summerville-deceased. Wendell Holmes-rector, P.E. Church, Springfield, Mass. Francis AtkinsWilliam Folkes-dentist, Richmond, Va. 'Raymond G. Robinson-several times grand basileus, Atlantic City, N.J. Fitzpatrick Stewart-one time grand keeper of records and eaL J. C. l\Icl\Iorrie -profe sor, Lincoln University (Mo.). Ulysses Young-one time coach at Lincoln University (Pa.). Oscar J. Cooper-one of the founders of the fraternity and a physician in Philadelphia, Pa. Allan Dingle-lawyer, New York City. Herbert Cain-student, Howard University Law School. Walter L Johnson-student, senior class, Lincoln University. J. W. Thomas-student, junior class, Lincoln University; current basileus. ---------.-------- WHY DO WOMEN FALL FOR RASCALS? • BY WHY r: BEAUNORUS TOLSON DO WOMEN fall for rascals? I've heard this question discussed on an observation car in the Rocky Mountains, at the world's longest bar in J aurez. around a campfire in the Adirondacks, on the runningboard of a car stalled one night in the Painted Desert, and in the sombre study of one of America's greatest pulpit orators. Many an honest man is puzzled and hurt by the anomaly of a good woman falling for a bad man. Why does it happen? The foolish dismiss the problem with a sneer: "Oh, she's crazy!" And often the thoughtful offer explanations that do not explain. Opposites attract each other is the favorite standby. It sounds reasonable. But this truism is challenged by the proverb that birds of a feather flock together! The mystery deepens, as celebrated cases come to mind. Take Lord Byron, the romantic rake with the hideous foot. His name was a synonym for scandal in the cities of Europe. Yet some of the most cultivated women, both married and single, fell for him. Today he is the idol of thousands of women through the novelizing of his dramatic love-affairs in The Glorious Apollo-his romances with his cousins, Mary Duff and Margaret Parker; his liaison with the reckless Lady Caroline' his indiscreet flight to Geneva with Clare Clairmont; his mad escapades with the Countess Guiccioli in Venice. Yes, as a sheik, Rudolph • Brother Tolson needs no introduction to "Oracle" readers. As managing editor of the "Oracle" during the past year, he played a large part in bringing to Omega something new in a fraternity organ. He has been retained as managing editor, and his articles will he read again before the year has expired. Valentino was a piker when compared with Lord Byron. And many decent women fought like cats and dogs to gain his fleeting favor. The poet Burns was a drunkard, a spendthrift, a woman deserter. He had a child, without benefit of clergy, by little Jean Armour. His dissipations were common gossip. But that didn't keep pretty Mary Campbell and other dames from throwing themselves into his arms. There's the case of Casanova de Seingalt of Venice. For a woman to be seen in his company was enough to ruin her good name, but his bad reputation seemed to be a magnet for feminine admirers. It required eight volumes for this libertine to tell the story of his escapades, amorous and otherwise. Take that old rake, Frank Harris. His autobiography, My Life and Loves, put the police of two continents on his trail. New York cops seized copies of his scandals and he fled to London. Then to escape the cops in that city, he fled to Paris. But he found no peace. The old rake said: "The French police are on my track. They come up here to my villa, armed THE ORACLE I WHY DO WOlVIE FALL FOR RASCALS? with revolvers and permission to search my papers." Burton Rascoe, the eminent critic, says: "Frank Harris, by all rules of law and order, ought long ago to have been strung up by due process of law." And yet, lVIr.Harris, at eighty, was still boasting of his victories on the Field of Hearts! You know how little Bonnie Parker was true to notorious Clyde Barrow when the law was tracking him down; how she wrote love poems to him and followed him when he made his famous getaway. But in every community there are respectable women who stick to rascals through thick and thin. Why is that? We circle back to our starting point, the case of Lord Byron. Now, look at the facts carefully. Lady Anabella lVIilbanke, the daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke, was wealthy and beautiful and chaste-a blue-stocking. Byron was a rake, a father of illegitimate children. No woman had been able to tame him. Lady lVIilbanke knew about his hundred-and-one scandals. Yet she married him! Why did she do it? This is the reason: she thought that through her love she could save him. Women like to straighten out things, straighten out men. That's the reason I think women will be unhappy in heaven: there's nothing to straighten out up there! A woman likes to feel that she's necessary, important. In order for her to feel that way, something must be wrong so that she can fix it. When a woman looks at a man, looks at another woman, looks at anything-she's trying to discover a flaw. Have you ever observed how a woman shopper will finger a piece of cloth or examine a piece of meat? I have seen a hefty butcher waiting on a housewife with fear big in his eyes, and I've wondered why more shop-keepers haven't died of heart failure. A girl starts out mending the doll's dress; as a woman, she ends up mending her husband's clothes ... and personality. Have you ever seen a wife who thought her husband was made just right? She must find something to patch upsome habit, if it.s no more than his dropping cigarette ashes on the floor or burnt matches on a saucer. If the politician, the groceryman, the movie director, the high school principal, the preacher can please the women, they do not suffer from a nervous breakdown or insomnia. I THE Now you can see that if a man is a rascal, a woman has a golden opportunity. He needs a whole lot of patching up and mending. He needs saving. And women rank next to Jesus when it comes to this business of saving men. A weakness in a man gives a woman a wonderful chance to be necessary and important. Female aimals, whether a hen or a lioness, rush to the defense of the weak. Try to take away a hen's chicks or a lioness's cubs! A rascal is weak. So a woman will rush to' his defense. He needs mending, patching up, saving. Rain, cold, heat, disease, society, an earthquake-nothing can stop a woman when her heart says: "He needs me!" That has been the Waterloo of many a seducer. Every woman is a Lady lVIilbanke. Through her love she would redeem some rascal-brother, lover, friend, or husband. If a man becomes somebody in the world, his wife will say without cracking a smile: "I made him what he is today." And fifty million women and adolescent girls will say: "Amen!" MY IMPRESSIONS OF THE CHICAGO CONCLAVE • ~Contin'Ueclfrom page 4) respective committees; for the reports in every case showed serious thought and most careful judgment on the part of the committee. It gave evidence of the fact that they had really been together in conference, and that there were no one-man committees. The remarkable thing which deserves notice is that, although this was a Constitutional Convention, and much time was necessarily consumed with the report of the committee on revision of the Constitution and By-laws, together with the additional time for the adoption of the same by the body, the Conclave transacted all of the business before it and wound up on scheduled time. The noteworthy theme that permeated the entire convention was that "Good Old Omega 'Spirit" which kept the interest high and aided materially in the usual accomplishments which characterized the Twenty-seventh Annual Conclave of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. ORACLE 10 E ~D }Iarian Anderson, world-famous contralto, has been permitted to sing- in the auditorium of a white high school in the District of Columbia" largely because of the presnee on the board of education of a .member of the Omega P-i Phi Fraternity, Colonel West A. Hamilton, one (If three colored members of a board of nine. Pictured above in the historic meeting of the board of educa tion, which reversed its former decision banning )liss Anderson from the Central High School, is Colonel Hamilton, who cast the lone vote to permit Miss AnderOn to sing at the school at the time the renuest WI:!S riginally presented. In the inset above we see to the left Brother Garnet • C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent of schools, and Brother A. Kiger Savoy, assistant superintendent of schools, whose presence during the board's sessions had its influence on the board's reversal. To left, in bottom picture, is Brother Sterling Brown, author, poet and professor of English a.t Howard University, and Brother James Nabrit, executive secretary to the president of Howard University, prominent attorney and professor in the Howard Law School, chatting' with Dr. Charles Edward Russell, noted white liberal, at a protest mass meeting. It was to this meeting that Mrs. Roosevelt sent her telegram, to be added to the hundreds of protests that showered the committee. THE I • ORACLE I '-/ .,.L • BY W. f\.ONTAGUE COBB I. T HE CREATION of special stimuli for our natural eagerness for the pursuit of knowledge is a perennial and vital activity of democratic education. The name of means to this end is "legion." We chafe that our ideals alone are not always enough to set and hold our courses, but human ideals are a recent acquisi-· tion, so easily submerged by wish or circumstance beneath more primitive primate urges, that we all embrace drives that will help our wagons stay hitched to their stars. An approach to one phase of this objective, which has been adopted by our brotherhood in the hope that it will produce desirable results in a short time, is described here for the fuller information of our members and of all who find common cause in efforts of this kind. In the democratic spirit, our premises are freely stated so that the fraternity as a whole, as well as the larger community which these pages reach, may share in the teaching of ensuing experience and aid in the task of perfecting our plan. No suggestion which will contribute to the success of this program will fail of appreciation. II. Omega Psi Phi is inalienably committed to the advancement of scholarship. This is inherent in the nature of the fraternity as an auxiliary to institutions of higher learning and is avowed in its cardinal principle of "'S'cholarshp." An ever effective and needed means of promoting scholarship is the extension of financial aid to scholars of established achievement or promise. Our body has recognized this fact in the stimulatory awards of the Achievement Week essay contest and in the particular instances of one fellowship award and one grantin-aid for a research project in chemistry. The wisdom and success of the latter substantial awards appear in the facts that the recipient of the fellowship has moved on to a university presidency and the chemist has attained a responsible post in an advanced field of commercial chemistry. Obviously, however, the greatest good from financial awards to scholars is not to be expected I THE ROGRAI\I • • This report embodies the collective wisdom of the special Scholarship Committee of 1938 and its conferees in open hearings at the Twenty-seventh Conclave. The committee was composed of Dean David A. Liane, Professor S. Milton Nabrit, Dr. Percy A. Julian, Professor S. Randolph Edmonds and the writer, who is chairman of the committee. from occasional grants which might be either too hastily considered or strongly importuned, but should be sought through a carefully planned program which affords the best possible safeguards to ensure: the proper caliber of recipients; real value in the projects; and actual need for financial aid. The preparation of such a program was the difficult task of your Scholarship Committee. We were not unaware that previously programs of this nature had been attempted but had escaped incorporation in our permanent national program. We took the persistent recurrence of the scholarship idea as evidence that an aptly devised plan might work much good. III. In constructing a plan, the first basic consideration was the funds available for scholarship awards. The maximum sum in prospect for a beginning was one thousand dollars. This amount, as an annual appropriation for the purpose, was subsequently voted by the Grand Conclave. The next fundamental was the determination of eligibility for the awards. National custom in similar matters, the small amount of our fund and the necessity of having only so many applications as our fraternity organization could justly evaluate, indicated that in the first years at least, eligibility should be limited to members in good standing of our own order. In clear recognition, however, of the importance of altruism and, free competition in a democracy, it was accepted that we should work toward the eventual elimination of restrictions as to sect, sex and even race. The program was thus reduced to the annual award of one thousand dollars within the membership of the fraternity. IV. The problem then addressed was the level or levels of performance it was wisest to salute at this time with an award. Since all merit is ORACLE 12 .. ERRATUM The first two lines of Dr. W. Montague Cobb's article on page 12 of this issue should read: Alexander Meiklejohn in his presidential address at the Amherst Centennial said, "There are two ways of facing life, two kinds of wisdom for mankind. One is the way of dread,' the other the way of confidence .... THE OMEGA SCHOLARSHIP orthy of reward, it would be desirable to make provision for the recognition of exceptional scholarship by all categories of students, namely: undergraduates at the completion of their first, second, third and fourth years; graduate and professional students at the end of any of their respective training years; and of careerists for he execution or continuance of professional projects of sound value. However ideal this arrangement, it was clearly of too broad scope for one thousand dollars, if the awards were to be of significant amounts. The considered judgment of the Committee and all opinion it was able to corral, were unanimous on two pertinent points here, namely, that for the greatest possible good to result from our program, first, the awards would have to be of the nature of prizes, attainable only through evidence of high achievements, and second, they would have to be of sums adequate, according to current academic standards, for major financial aid to scholars in the classes chosen. v. The simplest way to reach the ultimate in both these objectives at once would have been the e tablishment of a single annual one thousand dollar fellowship. Such an award would demand the highest possible qualifications; it would provide the largest stipend; and it would present fewest problems in selection of the recipient. In addition, it would confer greatest distinction and re ponsibility upon the fellow and the fraternity. It would be hardest to win and hence most highly prized. It would serve as a perpetual notice to the community at large that this organization had attained the ethical and altruistic development and the social vision necessary to make ix thousand men happy to pool their annual contributions, in order that one man, the best qualified of their number, might each year push a bit further in the advanced levels of some line of high endeavor. Moreover, it is always more difficult to get funds for the higher levels of learning than for he more general and with the imminent reduction in the number of foundation fellowships available to Negro scholars, the support of a fellow by the enlightened members of his own group would have a special significance. Organizarions of- educated Negroes could maintain at lea t fifteen scholars a year on. full-time fellow- PROGRAM ships if they were so minded. Attractive as were the merits of the single annual thousand dollar fellowship, the Committee and its conferees felt that at the present time only half this amount was advisable for this type of grant. Accordingly" recommendation was made to and approved by the Conclave for one award of five hundred dollars for advanced study and creaiiue uiork in any field of letters, art 01' science. Any member in good standing is eligible for this award, from a college freshman to an established professional. He : need only show best qualification in the year in which he applies. It is the expectation that ordinarily this award would be won by a person of advanced training, but prodigies in literary, musical, artistic or scientific ability might occasionally appear whose actual achievements might place them at the head of the field unusually early. The remaining five hundred dollars, it was believed, would serve the best purpose if divided into scholarships for graduate and professional students. These are the most highly selected group of regular students which are enrolled in our institutions because they have survived more qualifying or elimination rounds in the educational system. As a class, therefore, they represent the safest student investment for the fraternity in terms of their obvious chances for significant attainments in exacting occupations in life. Expenses in graduate and professional schools, especially the latter, are generally much higher than in the colleges. Too often able students have been forced to withdraw in these phases, because, on the one hand, personal resources ha ve already been depleted by the long drain of undergraduate years, and on the other, it is difficult to obtain special aid for the various types or post-graduate training. It appeared that the number of possible applicants in this field would not be too large or their qualifications too variable for the fraternity's board to appraise them fairly. Hence the Conclave approved the recommendation for two scholarships of two hundred-fifty dollars each for duly selected students in graduate or professional schools. Any student regularly enrolled in an accredited institution for work beyond the level of the bachelor's degree will be eligible for these awards. THE 3 ORACLE I i 38 CONCLAVE ; Ab.ove: Left and rtght-e-Combining a business and social session into one, the Chicago hosts had arranged ~a luncheon session at the International House In the campus of the University of CIJicag:~,. IN .OLE C] e Above: Attending the Omega ball at the Savoy were: 1. to r., Mrs. Cade, Dr. Cade, basileus, igrn a Omega; Miss Davenport, F. 'Weaver, Mrs. Dent, Grand Basileus Dent, Miss McNeal, G. Isabell, Miss Porter, B. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson, J. Kemp, basileus of iota Chapter, and Mrs. Tarkington. Below: Group of fraternity officers holding a pow-wow. BY IRVING SELl THE TWENTY-SE1 Omega Psi Phi j because it is past, but by Omega in Chicago cember 27-30, app crowded their greetir yes caucuses, along study, plan, forecast ing and' crystalizing . birth. The Chicago Concl ever was one. It was royal flush; concocted its pomp had those of dering what would h the keynote. Progre neophyte could' have E concluded that our Sigma Omega and lot strati on of marked I and cooperation. HE no secret to us. Out-c realized the atmosphei headquarters. No brother, who be pitality in Chicago, sl self, without first s: mented under the lea Wilson, grand marsh: for old Omega. It is business calendar wii Conclave. Each can worthy of separate ri port of our annual g: ness first. Business, there was that brevity of the in be a calamity. .HOW (Continuec Below: One of the social highlights of the Conclave was the closed dinner dance given at the most popular night spot on the South Side, the Grand Terrace. CHICAGO.., ILLINOIS -------------~~~~~-=-~-- Below: At the Savoy dance are seen Marva L ouis, Marshall Robinson and Edwinna Harris. Frederick S. Wea ver, OC!.miIIaDavenport, ......------ THE 0 EGA CHOLAR HIP PROGRAM I. e consideration of undergraduate scholar-..,'_:0 w ~ a grave concern of the Committee and o~ - e Conclave. It was felt that the larger number or applicants which might be anticipated for mdergraduate cholarships, for which the stuen ,'grade would have to be the chief criterion determining fitness, would raise problems in ing fair election of recipients beyond the a' , ':-y of the fraternity organization to handle satisfactorily. The sums which would he avail::01' undergraduate scholarships would be _ st in amount and probably the most diffi....:- OI correct placement. It was the conclusion -.:..:.a-we were not equipped with either the funds _ - e admini trative mechanism for a really _- ':ab e undergraduate scholarship program at e, '::" rom the tandpoint of policy it was held that a ard had best be focussed on the higher of learning. The social philosophy of -- <: day i continually raising the educational sets for which the state is responsible, as anifest in state universities, state scholarship :::-:o-e and National Youth Administration sc olarships. Many institutions have efficient Ioeal routines for preventing the withdrawal of undergraduates for financial reasons. Amid se as well as the private scholarship funds of individual institutions, the few small undergraduate scholarships which Omega Psi Phi ~ould be able to offer would be relatively insignificant as representation of a national orzanization of our size. In hort, it was believed not practicable to attempt to cover the whole field of learning with a scheme of awards backed by one thousand dolars. As our funds increase, so may our pro-gram expand. The nearer a high goal is approached, the fewer become the aids to its attain, ment. So it is in learning, the further one advances without interruption, the more difficult hi financial way becomes. The state carries us hrough high school and sometimes college. We mu t look more and more to ourselves for progre in the further range. Our creed binds us always to aim at supreme excellence without compromise with mediocrity. This is what our initial scholarship program would symbolize. VII. G ~ _G' annually entitled to our awards was made the duty of a Scholarship Commission, to be composed of five men from our number, of the required integrity, competence and experience. The members of the Commission and its chairman will be regularly appointed by the Grand Basileus, with the approval of the Supreme Council, for overlapping terms of five :y:earseach. The Commission will prepare its own details of operation, which shall be available for advance review by the executive council of the fraternity. The annual choices for the awards will be forwarded to the Supreme Council which will make the actual bestowals in the name of the fraternity. 'This' arrangement permits the Commission full freedom for efficient operation; it ensures that there will always be a majority of experienced members; and it places responsibility so as to provide the proper checks and balances essential in any organization of mere human beings. I-VII. The rationale and modus operandi of a program of annual scholarship awards adopted by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity in its Twenty-seventh Annual Conclave are explained .. These awards consist of one scholarship of five hundred dollars for advanced study and creative work in any field of letters, art or science; and two scholarships of two hundred fifty dollars each for duly selected students in graduate or professional schools. This program is expected to be subject to normal modification in detail as experience and the future may require. May we never weary of striving for its perfection, ever mindful that, "The bowman hitteth the mark, as the steersmanreacheth the land, by diversity of aim." The June Oracle The June Oracle will go to press May 1, and will be mailed in time to reach the members by May 20. Deadline for material, including changes in directory listings, is April 25. The entire work of selecting the candidates I THE ORACLE 16 • 3 .:.. /RE Former CE A. OXLEY Grand Ba ileus) T I 1:\ a spi rit of deep humility that I attempt to pen this tribute to our late brother, William Edward Baugh, who departed this life January 18, 1939, at Indianapolis, Ind. He was born sixty-three years ago in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He early established a reputation for thoroughne , character, and aggressive activity. I met Brother Baugh for the first time at the Richmond Conclave in 1933. There are many brothers in Omega who knew Brother Baugh much better and who meant so much more to him. But i one of the great honors of my life that becau e of circumstances I was afforded the privilege of serving with him in a close association during the period of three years that I was Grand Basileus and during the subsequent two years when he was honored by unanimous election to the highest office in the gift of the fraternity. We shall strive in vain to understand and appreciate the life and achievements of Brother Baugh if we approach him in other than a spiritual mood. His testament has long since been written in the life of Omega. To his vision, his insight, his spirit, his understanding, we owe more than any of us will ever realize. How profoundly we shall feel his loss will be experienced as the years come and go. This editorial tribute is a most inadequate expression of the faith of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity that the spirit of William Edward Baugh will never die, but so long as human need exists and people feel the impulse of human service that spirit will be with us to guide and strengthen us and those who i ..•. IBUTE • come after us. One great writer has said: "Such souls never die; they only go out of sight. Dying, behold they live. Death transforms them from an individual power among us into universal presence with us." It is therefore quite fitting and proper that Omega men should pause and pay grateful tribute to the memory of William Edward Baugh, and humbly thank God for his life of unselfish service. Never to his dying day did he relinquish his grasp upon the problems of Omega, or the willingness to give himself, his mind, his support, and his thought to the solution of the problems of the Negro in America. This is the demand he makes upon us, and the challenge which Omega men are glad to accept. Brother Baugh was an intellectual man, but I question that we think enough about that, because he was so natural. He never had any of the forms of intellectualism, but always the consciousness of it was there, so that when you heard him speak you were thinking of what he had to say and not how an intellectual would say, or write it. But no doubt that intellectual quality united with his sensitiveness and emotional responses, made him the most coordinated personality, so that whatever he did say or whatever direction he moved, he was always certain. In that way he demonstrated enormous character and definite VISIOn. He never mistook fact for fancy, never in any sense lived a dream life; it was always based on common sense and fact. As we hold him and his achievements in our memory, there will come to us continually the words of the ancient prayer which all men have offered up for their beloved dead: "May he go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service." =----=~~-----.--------~----WILLIAM EDWARD BAUGH - A MAN OF PRIN~IPLE • • • • • • • • • BY JESSE O. THOI"\AS (Former Vice-Grand Basileus) I THE PASSING of Brother William E. Baugh, ex-Grand Basileus, the fraternity ha lost one of its most patriotic members, de- voted servants and loyal supporters. The farther we are removed from his administration the clearer we may discern its efficiency and effectiveness. As other administrations are compared with his, a more objective THE 7 ORACLE I WILLIA:\I EDWARD BA -GH appraisal may be given of the sacrificial manner in which he put all of his resources upon the altar of executive administration of our beloved fraternal body. Brother Baugh was a man who kept his own counsel, frequently misunderstood, and often difficult to understand. He was, nevertheless, a person who had deep conviction and the courage to follow his conviction. He was loyal to any cause to which he once pledged himself and labored sacrificially for the realization of any ideal which he set up as an objective. I frequently didn't understand and often misundsrstood him, but I never questioned his sincerity or loftiness of purpose. We must now take comfort in the fact that we were privileged to associate so intimately with a personality that lived above the under-surging of littleness, and which was always striving in the direction in which all creation moves. ----===---------)1(-----=-=-------WILLIAM EDWARD BAUGH - AN OMEGA MAN • BY CHARLES E. HARRY (Tenth District Representative) Z ETA PHI CHAPTER of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was chartered in April 1925 and one of the two first men initiated following its organization was William E. Baugh. From the very first Brother Baugh gave every indication of the true Omega spirit which ultimately carried him to the highest office within the gift of the fraternity. His first evidence of ability to achieve was in the drive for the Colonel Young Memorial, when he directed a local campaign that carried Zeta Phi over the top with over one hundred dollars to rank near, if not at the head of all chapters reporting funds for this worthy project. Elected in 1925 as an alternate delegate to the conclave at Tuskegee which he attended, because of illness in the family of the regular delegate, he thereafter attended every conclave save one to the time of his death, frequently at an expense to himself His sense of loyalty was of the highest order. In fact on several occasions he refused to run for office against those above him because his first obligation came 1'0 the organization and personal considerations were secondary. Three things stand out as major contributions he made to the fraternity. First, a plan of reinstatement whereby the roster and finances of the national organization were strengthened. Secondly, the visitation of chapters by a national officer on a scale unknown up to that time, thus bringing about a closer and deeper feeling of unity and cooperation between the Supreme Council and the local chapters. Third, the first I THE actual ownership of real estate, with deed in hand, by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was consumated during his final year as Grand Basileus and of this he was genuinely proud .. True all these things were not done single handed nor did he attempt to claim credit for them, but his was the privilege of playing a large part in these milestones of the fraternity he loved. Throughout the duration of his connections with the fraternity, Brother Baugh never realized nor appreciated the practical importance of fraternity politics. In fact his career is a concrete example of his often expressed belief that, "If the fraternity wants me they will elect me." To this end he refused to be a candidate for office on several occasions, and even after his services and worth had forced themselves upon the organization so that he was awarded with the offices of Vice-Grand Basileus and subsequently Grand Basileus, he failed to encourage and further those alliances which might have enabled him to realize his greatest ambition that he might serve for three years as Grand Basileus in accordance with the precedent set by his three immediate predecessors. He, believed that true service in behalf of the organization would entitle 'him to this honor, since his reports of service rendered the organization and found as part of the minutes of the conclave compare him favorably with any Grand Basileus since the pioneer days of a five-chapter Omega. He knew that the time was coming when the fraternity must reorganize internally, must revise its laws and enlarge its aministrative force, but, he also knew that his immediate task must be to nur(Continued 'on page 28) ORACLE 18 .. s. -EL CHARLE YO ~G was born in )Iay lick, Kentucky, March 12, 1864, the son of Gabriel and Araminta Young. When he was nine months of age, his parents moved to Ripley, Ohio, where they thought the opportunities for their son to ~ grow into normal man1 I hood were greater. He , was tutored for eight ; years by his maternal t grandmother, the first Negro appointed to teach school in Ripley. Afterwards he entered COL. YOUNG Rip ley High School, from which he was graduated at the age of 16. Immediately after graduating from high school Charles Young was given a teaching positi~n' in Ripley, which he held until appointed to study at West Point. In 1884 he took the competitive examination at Hillsboro, Ohio, for entrance to the Military Academy. He was made alternate and upon failure of the principal to pass the entrance examination at West Point, Young was sent, passed the examinations and entered the institution, not quite twenty years after the Civil War. He was graduated from West Point, August 31, 1 89, and commissioned a second lieutenant. His first assignment was with the Tenth Cavalry; shortly thereafter he was assigned to the Thirty-fifth Infantry, and shortly after that was transferred to the Ninth Cavalry. Officials didn't know just what to do with a colored army officer. From November, 1889 to March, 1894, he was on frontier duty at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, and at Fort DuChesne, Utah, where it became his duty to protect the settlers from the Indians. From 1894 to May, 1898, Lieutenant Young was professor of Military Science and Tactics at Wilberforce University, Ohio. Because of his knowledge of French, German and mathematics, he taught these subjects at the request of the faculty. He organized the first band at Wilberforce University. After the period of service at Wilberforce, Young found himself assigned first to duties at ULO. A. • • The late Brother Charles Young, colonel ill the United Sfa tes Army at the time of his death. is memorialized each year by all of the chanters of Omega during the month (If March. This year the "Oracle" presents a life sketch of Our departed brother, in response to the many inquiries that have come to this office for information concerning his life. ! I military posts along the Atlantic Coast and then on the Western frontiers of the United States. From May to August in 1898, he commanded a battalion at Camp Alger, Va. For one month thereafter he was stationed at Camp Meade, Pa., and at Summerville, ,S.C. for an additional month. After this service he was returned to his troop at Fort DuChesne, Utah, where he remained until April 1, 1901. After his service in the West, Lieutenant Young found himself en route to the Philippine Islands where he commanded the troops at Samar, Bianca, Aurora, Daraga, Tobaca, Rosanta and San Josaquin. During this period of service he was promoted to the rank of captain. On October 31, 1902, he was ordered back to the States, and was placed in command of a troop at San Francisco, California. Following this service he was made acting superintendent of Sequoia and General Grant National Parks of California. His next service was with his troop at The Presidio of San Francisco. The next assignment given to Captain Young was that of Military Attache to Haiti, which position he held for four years. While on duty there he made an accurate map of the country and collected material for an exhaustive monograph in which he revealed the causes of the outbreaks in Haiti. He also collected material for his drama, entitled, "Toussaint .L'Over turc." Immediately after leaving Haiti, he was placed on duty in Washington with the General Staff. Again he was assigned to the Philippines where he took command of his troops and the Third Squadron. He returned to the States in 1909 with his regiment and commanded his troop and the Second Squadron until March, 1911. He was in the Maneuver Division at San Antonio, Texas from that time to July of the same year. After spending some time at Fort D. A. Russell, he again was on duty in the office of the Chief of Staff until March 30, 1912. At that time he was promoted to the rank of major. THE 9 ORACLE I COL CH...-illLE s ne rank came a foreign a signment as made llilitary Attache to Liberia. ~ 2 ga; ered material for a map of the country d reorganized it frontier forces. 1- .as while he wa on duty in Liberia that he as ci ed and awarded the Spingarn Medal. From Februar 16, 1916 to March 9, 1917, he _ w service with the Punitive Expedition in _ exico. The la t military desire of Charles Young was c~er realiced. It was to come to active engagee r in the World War. This would have given - im an opportunity to serve his country in a -a acity which even his enemies will have to ir would have heightened the morale of every ack soldier in the service. Charles Young, by means, should have been raised to the rank -: .lIajor-General and given command of a divisi n of black soldiers. He had a long period of varied service; he was -~cient· and he was loved by all his command. "TIcer who had served shorter periods and n-- 0 were known to be less efficient were thus advanced while Young was retired as a Colonel on a technical charge of physical disability, which appears upon good authority to have peen compensatory for long periods of service in the ropics. His retirement shut the door of hope Lot only in the face of Charles Young, but it was a silent warning to every black boy in the land that his aspiration to rank above that of Colonel would meet a similar fate. But our hero has left another heritage to us. He has shown us that a soldier need not be devoid of culture. That desire for learning kindled in hi heart by the maternal grandmother already referred to, and fanned to a glowing flame by his association with Mr. Parker at Ripley, Ohio.: wa in evidence throughout his career. We have already mentioned the drama, "Toussaint L'Overture." From his pen came also "The Military :Jlorale of Races" and "Service." In manuscript he has left one hundred and three short poems entitled "Song Wings." On November 4, 1919, he was ordered to Liberia again for the second time. He could have refused this appointment and continued to draw a colonel's pay and live comfortably, but that did not appeal to his active nature. Young was no quitter. Africa needed him to build her n I THE YOU TG, U.S.A. roads .. The race and the world needed more knowledge of African culture. He would carry helpers. He would plunge far into the interior and collect information about "Anci-ent African Civilizations." He would write up his findings and leave his people a richer heritage. He did not leave without forebodings. He seemed to know that he would never see the United States again. He left the fraternity house of Gamma Chapter, Boston, Mass., singing and playing a song of resignation, "My Jesus as Thou Wilt." Captain Atwood tells us that his last act was one of service. He penetrated seven hundred miles into the interior to the ancient town of Kano to get material for his history. He returned to the coast after having accomplished his last objective and then he fell asleep upon the bosom of Africa, January 2, 1922, there to be at "ease" until the time for "rest" in a permanent grave at Arlington, where he was interred with all the pomp and ceremony which his life and services demanded. Our Colonel's voice is hushed, but he has left orders for us to make every reveille that means scholarship, manhood, perseverance, and uplift. -----0----- The boys at Kappa Sigma Chapter are doing big thing's, and [,re engaged in promoting everything from oyster suppers to football teams, according to Brother Meacham. The chapter, located at Lana College, Jackson, Tenn., has nine members, eight of whom are pictured here, left to right, front row: Henry W. Meacham, Fred Perry, Marcellus Howard, Herbert Burton. Back row: Robert Browne, Amos Berr-y, Colonel Shaw and .J,a.mes Davis. ORACLE 20 IL TERS HOLD II ARDI GRAS • • • • • • The Mardi Gras dance is an annual feature of the social program 0 f the three chapters in Washington. It is marked by its hilarity, goo d music, proper amount of Omega oil, and the distin c t i v e costumes, etc. worn by the guests. The lady at the right said she was Dorothy Lamour, w h i 1e the couple across the page must represent "Two Babes in th e Wo 0 d." Two prizes were awarded to the ones wit h the b est costumes, and souvenirs were distributed to all the guests. Brothers fro m Richmond, New Yo r k, Lincoln University, PhiL adelphia, Vi r, ginia 'State, and other n ear b y points journeyed to the Capital for this night of festivity . • THE 21 ORACLE I C • BY LAWRENCE (Continued A. HILL .h'O'11'L last issue) Another illustration from Gosnell's Negro Politician will show how he dealt with colored audiences. "On the Sunday before the majority primary in 1931, Thompson addressed a mammoth meeting at the Eighth Regiment Armory. Early in the afternoon every seat in the hall was filled. As Thompson made his triumphal entry down the center aisle, the entire audience stood up and cheered lustily. The police quartet sang "Happy Days" and "Big Bill the Builder." After a laudatory introduction by State Senator Roberts, Mayor Thompson began to speak in his usual thick voice: " 'Mr. Chairman, the representative of the church and my good friends: As Senator Roberts, your chairman, said, the Mayor cannot and does not brag about his black mammy. But it might be well for you to know that when I was a cub in politics and just beginning (they nominated aldermen in those days in conventionthe different ward conventions) and when I was nominated, who do you suppose nominated Bill Thompson? Did a white man arise to do the job? No, sir! a Negro, your now Senator Del Roberts (applause) is the man that arose in that ward aldermanic convention and put your mayor in politics.' " Thompson was shrewd in that he tried to link the beginning of his speech with some personage present. All of his speeches are psychologically delivered and after nearly every sentence his audiences burst forth with applause. One of Thompson's aids called himself "poor Swede" in order to remind the ward voters that he belonged to a minority group. Thompson was surrounded by both white and colored leaders who used every method possible to obtain Negro votes. George L. Harding, a white associate of Thompson, was generous in helping South Side Negroes who were in trouble, very liberal in paying for workers at the polls, and careful in rewarding faithful supporters. During Thompson's mayorality so many Negroes were placed in municipal offices that one of. his Republi- I THE ~E POLITICS • • This article, written in two parts, was begun in the last issue of the "Oracle" and is concluded in this. Its author is circulation assistant in the Founders' Library at Howard University and a member of Alpha Omega Chanter. can factional opponents called the City Hall "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Thompson was liberal on race situations. Discrimination existed in some of the eating places about Chicago. On a number of occasions Thompson championed the cause of the Negro leaders against prej udices of many white politicians. Thompson was mixed in with racketeers of both races. In his third administration he appointed a lieutenant of Al Capone to an important office, also Daniel Jackson, a notorious Negro gambler, was selected as the leader of the Thompson forces in the 'Second Ward. Thompson represents one example of "boss rule." His term in office is more important than have been other "Bosses" because _of his intimate relation to the Negroes. Thompson won the favor of the Negro voter by kissing dark hued babies and abusing Irish police who raided the Negro clubs and sometimes made mistakes and raided Negro homes. A good deal of vilification and scurrilous propaganda was circulated during his campaigns. Indeed, it is said that on election day Thompson, in 1928, loaded a truck with hams and distributed them throughout the South Side of Chicago. There was a Negro gambler by the name of "Mushmouth" Johnson, who ran a large gambling business. At election time he would donate $10,000 to the Democrats and $10,000 to the Republicans so that no matter who won he would be protected. When "Hinky Dink" Kenna and "Bathhouse John" Coughlin became the ruling powers in the First Ward, Johnson made' his arrangements with them and they protected him against raids. Daniel M. Jackson, another gambling king, reached his height of power during the second and third Thompson administrations. He was rated as head of the strongest syndicate ever organized in the "Black Belt," the czar of the colored underworld. He operated the famous Tia J uana policy which drew large crowds until the Democratic party came into power; however, later with the reelection of Mayor Thompson in 1927, his business began to flourish again. ORACLE 22 HE _-EGRO L - _lACHL -E POLITIC cson ater became a Committeeman of the See d ard. ~ e machine at work i quite interesting. The !" ster of the precinct captains for typical Re_ blican organizations in the Second and Third ~ar - would be made up of persons who, in e way, had shown their superiority over -' err fellow party members. These workers were representative of all groups and classes. At a +ard meeting the workers were addressed as =ollo\\"M:"Go into homes again and again. Let them know the facts of the case. If sister is v ashing, go down into the laundry and help her wash. If cleaning, get yourself a feather duster and talk." The canvasser was versatile, he could pray with an old woman, talk craps with a gambler, and talk with men about their "omen. Precinct captains furnished their prospective voters with coal, rent and clothing when they saw it necessary. At Christmas time baskets were distributed. The first step in securing votes is to see that all those who are favorably disposed are registered. All kinds of methods are used to get the voters to vote correctly. Violence and intimidation as political devices have been more commonly used against the Negro voters than for them. The political meetings are very interesting. In many cases entertainment is used to attract a crowd. In the intervals between speeches, bands, tap dancers, jazz orchestras, male quartet , comedians, buglers, chorus girls, community choirs, and soloists, may be brought in to vary the programs. A skillful master of ceremonies at one of the Negro political meetings arranges the order of the speakers so that the tempo is varied. Often gifts were distributed, refreshments served or some form of compensation were given the people who attended. In other cities similar methods are used. It is not an unusual custom to see a large parade moving up 7th Avenue in New York's Harlem. This parade near election time has a great significance for its followers are led to a corner where political speeches are made. Great promises to people who will support these candidates are heard and thunderous applause greets each speaker. Small gifts are often handed out to the listeners. Vare, Philadelphia boss for a number of years, once said: "Take care of your people and your people will take care of you." The Negro may be justly said to be different from any minority group in America, both socially and economically. American prejudice against the Negro race has been an important factor in keeping the Negro in a certain social status. Despite his political participation in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York or any other city, he has been made the scapegoat of city politics. He is dependent for economic support and thus he finds himself in a peculiar situation. In his own group he has advanced socially. He has been unable to get very far in the national politics. The machine has aided him economically in some cases because of his support. When the machine fails he falls. The Negro has not developed race solidarity and cooperation as have other minority groups. New York now has an Italian mayor who represents the Fusion Party in New York City. The policies of foreign groups in large cities have resulted in a stronger racial group supporting candidates and educating their fellows to give support to their choices. Negroes are not economically independent and are therefore preyed upon by machines. Other groups have been able in most instances, to accumulate money and become leaders. In Chicago, Philadelphia and New York the names of foreigners predominate the political arena-of machines. In Chicago there are a number of non-voting Negroes, who, because they lack voting qualifications, are denied the privilege. "One out of every five Negroes interviewed," says Merriam, in his book N on- Voting, "who had not gone to the polls on election day accounted for his abstention on the ground of insufficient legal residence." THE 23 ORACLE I S TS • • , • • • • :: " ~JI. lice Grand Basrleus P. Vaughn Sterrett was the guest cf honor at a reception sponsored recently by Gamm-a and Eta Phi Chapters, of Boston, Mass. As is customary with Gamma and Eta Phi affairs, the reception went over with a bang. In the group caught by the "Oracle" cameraman are Francis Bowles, Butler 'Williams, Ernest laughter, J. Clyde Coates, basile us of Eta Phi, and the rice grand basileus, P. Vaughn Sterrett; Oscar S. BurL rows, basileus of Ga.mma; Ev.erett C. Yates, district representative; Darnley L. Corbin, Dr. Washington, James "" Cannady, Wiflfam H. Dabney, Robert Royster, Charles _ Robinson, Dr. N. A. Handy, Dr. Oliver G. Mayo, Attorney Dorch, G.eorge W. Goodman, Alvin Andrews, E. Frank ", Ellis, Willard Ransom, Toye Davis, Walter Gray, Edward Hutchins, Edward Cooper, Joseph C. James. Edward Dixon, John Shelbourne and Bernadine Dabney. Right -- Brother ..William Dabney, newly-appointed me-mber of the Parole Board of the State i~f Massachusetts. Brother Dabney was initiated into Kappa Psi Chapter at Howard University, and is now affiliated with "Eta Phi Chapter at Boston. • Left - Connie W. Jenkins, our new grand marshal, who is in charge of arrangements for the' New York Conclave. Brother Jenkins was initiated into Rho Chapter of Johnson C. Smith University and is now engaged in the insurance business in New York City. I THE ORACLE 24 • • •'LLlAl' FORSYTHE, JR. J -~ like any other chain, it is no stronger i ~ weake t link. So if the links of the van are not abetted by the support of the c brethren throughout the nation, then the ara an "ill be stalled on the desert of despair, and the de pair will be for lack of material that - e bre men could very easily send in to us. There "as a time when the good Omega men co d justly complain about their chapter notes o being published; but that time has passed. Our good editor has made it possible for the chapter to throw the notes together and send -' em in, and your Caravan eel' will re-hash them what i hoped is the most approved Omega manner. All we want is the information, and - e r t will take care of itself. So it is up to Omeza men throughout the world to cooperate a d keep the Caravan brimful of petrol, oats, coal, or whatever makes the Caravan tick. From Pittsburgh, Pa., Omicron Psi and Iota Phi Chapters are bending every effort towards reviving the lagging Omega interest in that sec-or. and their most recent efforts reveal that the "Q'~" got off to a good start by instilling new spirit in the brothers via a court team that contacted by licking the Kappas in Pittsburgh last week. Brother Frank W. Clark, basileus of the under-grad chapter, is leading the brothers out of the forest. Great things are expected from he Pennsylvania brothers centered in the vicini of Pitt, Carnegie Tech and Duquesne Univerities. Theta Phi Chapter at Institute, W.Va., has elected James Gaskins as the new basileus and pencer Roberts as keeper of records and seal. Despite the fact that Omega's vast world hears very seldom from the brothers shunted back into the hills of West Virginia, they want the world to know they are still in action. They have a chapter of 29 active brothers, six of them having been taken in this semester. Of the smokers given this year, the most colorful one was for Brother Purvis Bates, who left the school last semester, and will be greatly missed by the chaper. Brother Bates compiled one of those mucho-be-envied records while a student at West Virginia State, and Theta Psi brethren will miss im. Out at State there are three big brothers • • • •• Chapter Caravan was popularly r.eceived by the delegates to the Twenty-seventh Conclave, therefore, the policy of presenting chapter notes as inaugurated last year will continue, with "Jolly" Forsythe pushing t.he pen. Because the chapters in New York City will be our hosts in December, we will. as far as space will permit, carry their notes in toto. that you .may have the latest data on what the New York boys are planning for us. and two lamps on the floor team, and the captain of the team is Brother Hubert Jones. In the Delta Jabberwock held in February Tneta, Psi presented a dramatization of the persecution of the Jews by Hitler in Germany. Brother Samuel C. Hunter is chapter eddy and has done a nice job of relaying the info to the Caravaneer so that all Omegans might get the low-down on the activities of Theta Psi. Z eta Sigma Chapter at Bluefield State Teachers' College flashes greetings to brothers in Omega, and advises that this is just a hint to let you know they are stilI alive and kicking. William A. Johnson is the basileus of the chapter and James Hubbard, keeper of records and seal. Nu Psi brothers at Virginia State College, Ettricks. Va., added twenty stalwarts to their roster in their 1939 initiation ceremonies. This group represents the cream of the campus crop, and brings the membership of the chapter to fifty-six: William Bailey, James Brewer, Raymond Brooks, Edward Copper, Winston Douglas, Hugh Fitzgerald, Granville Green, Dan Harris, "Shy" Harriston, John Holt, Ralph McGhee, "Stretch" Milby, E. Pankey, Len Poole, "Runt" Richardson, Ernest Rowe, Percy Smith, Charles Windbee, Leo Woods and Parker Ward. With this excellent crop of neophytes N u Psi expects to accomplish great things during the coming year. Down at Nu Psi it is Brother James Swan who sees to the deliverance of the news items to the Caravan. Brothers of Mi: Psi have elected James E. Reid as their basileus and James B. Brown as vicebasileus; Ferdinand D. Wharton, Jr., keeper of records and seal; Roy Hill, keeper of peace; Joseph W. Jordan, Jr., keeper of finances, and Brother Aubrey B. Kearney has promised to relay the news of the Carolina chapter to the Caravan. THE 25 •• ORACLE I CR.:~PTER Alpha Phi Chapter un-kissed South. e chapter led the fight against the construeion of a low-co thou ing project on a site that ad been re erved for a playground for the iwel.ers of the other ection of the project. They on the first prize in the J abberwock sponThe sored by- the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. bro hers composing the winning team were Mar's Dan, Alton Davenport, Melvin Caswell and Horace Jackson. According to Brother Emory O. Jackson, there will be plenty of news emanat. g from the Birmingham front from now on. Ersking Hayes of the Industrial High faculty ~ - promoted from the vice basileus to the basi=e' s. succeeding William Elston, who was given s anding vote of appreciation for his untiring e=or-- to revive the spirit of the organization - ere. ingham Alabamas "Q.; •••.•.••• . ':"""0- biz things down in the Epsilon Chapter in blase New York is busily reparing for the 1939 Conclave, and under the eful guidance of Grand Marshal Connie Jenins. preparations are progressing rapidly for what ::\ew York brothers claim will be the greatest Omega gathering in history. Epsilon now casts a debating team that took the measure of •.he Universal Improvement Association, veteran debating team. Brother Mifnin T. Gibbs was reelected to the post of basileus for the third time, ucceeding himself; Dudley Clark is the vice; Claude McAdams, re-elected keeper of records and eal; Bertrand Green, keeper of the finance; Roland K. Fortune and McArdle Lynn, re-elected chaplain and keeper of peace, respectively. Irving H. Selden has charge of the chapter notes' safe arrival in the Oracle office. Brooklyn's Zeta Psi Chamter merely drops a line to let us know that Edward Taylor has been elected basileus; the vice-basileus is Hewitt Bourne; keeper of records and seal, Charlie Trice; keeper of finance, Dr. Gerald Seon : Prince Saundel' is the chaplain, Danny Goodridge is keeper of the peace and the Oracle editor is Archie Beckles. In staid old Boston, the local chapters tossed a reception in honor of the vice grand basileus, Brother Paris V. Sterrett in February that was asterisked in capital letters. It was a formal affair to end all formal affairs, and the folks of the Back Bay colony are still talking about it. I THE CARA A - Aipha. Cluupier in Washington not to be outdone by any of the chapters in the country, is proudly pointing to the unusually successful year that the once nugatory Alpha. Chapter has enjoyed. Besides rising to new heights on the campus, the brothers with the aid and cooperation of Alpha Omeaa held a Mardi Gras at the Lincoln Colonnade that drew visitors from four states. It was done up in the true carnival spirit and to say it was a huge success is being very modest. Omegans everywhere, in order for the Caravan to keep rolling, the good brothers will have to send the newsy notes in to the office in time for the pilot of the epistle to get them re-hashed. Get behind your chapter editor and just have him send in the jottings about all the Omegans in your neck of the woods, and we will take care of the rest. Brother Eugene Howard McGill of Omicron Phi, Columbia, S.C., died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Monday morning, March 13. At the time of his death Brother McGill was president of Allen University, in which capacity he had served with distinction since August, 1937. The Psi Phi Chtupter of New York City began its 1939 activities with its annual formal banquet on January 14, 1939, at the Rose Room of the Y.W.C.A. This banquet had been postponed from the usual December meeting because of some unusual happenings to the memories of the chapter officers who were charged with the responsibility of this function; but they made good by the elaborate table spread, and left no stone unturned to make this belated meeting an occasion of great success. The annual banquet is held for several reasons. It is the custom to install the newly-elected officers at this banquet and to discuss the affairs of the fraternity in general, in order to give the delegates to the Grand Conclave the sentiment of the chapter in matters which come up at that gathering. It was necessary to reverse this order, and the discussion was centered on 'What took place at the conclave, rather than 'What 'Was to take place there. This was done in the true, lively Omega spirit, with candor and sincerity. The officers were installed by Brother Granady. They were as follows: Brothers A. C. Garner, basileus; E. E. Best, vice-basileus; N. A. Burrell, keeper of records; C. S. Fairclough, ORACLE 26 commerce and financing is invited to Washington as guest of the day. This year they sent to Atlanta and brought our grand keeper of finances, Jesse B. Blayton. _ -r: ce : A. Donnellv. keeper of peace; B. ~al-' er.ess. chap ain: James Granady rer editor. The guests of the occa ion were Brothers =- i=-:n Gibbs, ba ileu of Ep ilon Chapter, and . Je ins, aloof Epsilon and the newly-elected marshal of the Conclave. They both urged - every Omega man in this area give his best e=o_ - to make this the finest of any that has ver been held in the history of Omega. e newly-elected officers began to function February 11, 1939, when Brother A. C. Gar~ r and Brother Lisle Carter were hosts at the orne of Brother Garner. - Brothers are still showering Brother William H. S. Dabney, of "Beantown," who was appointed by Governor Charles F. Hurley to the Board of Paroles and Pardons of the State of Massachusetts. Brother Dabney was initiated into the fraternity in 1928 at Ka/ppa Psi Cluupter in Washington, D.C. Since 1933 he has bee): affiliated with Gamma and Eta Phi Chapter» in Boston. We offer our condolences to Brother M. Beaunorus Tolson, our managing editor, and his family.· Mrs. Ella Southall, of Philadelphia, Brother Tolson's mother-in-law, died February 21. The Commerce Club of Howard University - onsor each year "Commerce Day," during hich some outstanding Negro in the field of ----------------.---------------- OLE CHICAGO • • (Continued [rom. pgge 14J net in the "Windy City," nor represented b:- loyal sons of Omega, it is only fair to spotight and highlight. To begin, national, local, _resent and past officialdom lent its presence and dignity. Familiar Conclave faces, and first gcers as well, were present and took active part. The Conclave was called "Constitutional." Every minute counted and was used accordingly. Once underway, each knock of the gavel of Grand Ba ileus Dent, indicated, law was being made. The annual reports of the Grand Officers were accepted without exception. With the following brothers named to head the committees appointed, the net results of the Conclave were obviously sure to be thoroughly accomplished: R. N. Harris, budget and audit; Asa T. Spaulding, housing; Dr. W. Montague Cob b, scholarship; A. R. Terrell, discipline; Att'y. A. Alexander Looby, constitution; S. Herman Dreer, SELDEN resolutions and v ere • • • • • -, • • greetings; Dr. Oscar J. Cooper, time and place. The reports made by the Housing Committee, coordinating with the Budget and Audit Committee; the Scholarship and the Constitutional Committees are worthy of praise. They showed study, research and work over a period of time and reflected the final results of our Conclave. There was one welcomed and striking anr.ouncement. Brother Oscar J. Cooper said that he and the other three founders of our great fraternity had agreed that at least one would be present at future Conclaves, until "death we should part." Brothers William Stewart Nelson, president of Dillard University, and Roy Wilkins, editor of the C risis and assistant secretary of the N.A.A.C.P., were the principal speakers at the Grand Conclave luncheon, held in the International House, on the University of Chicago campus. They challenged, with substantiating facts, whether we have grown and are meeting our own needs, 'the needs of the community and nation. The last day of business was devoted to constitution and by-law revision, election, and time and place report. Everything went well, as you may have heard. New York City is the place. December 27-30, 1939, is the time. It is needless to state how the election went for the world knows now. THE -:> -- • ORACLE I WILLL-\~I ED\fARD e.se co d one do, with 0 much business S eep ? _- 0 ~ The "Qs" had their er ror . -to luncheon, tea, cocktail parties dances. the bOI went hither and yon. Bemlnn,'il1gwith the Grand Conclave Smoker at the c:- Men'~ Club, the "Qs" got together, im-bed in the pirit and decided on the social artac - made on the feminine pulchritude of Chigo. _ pha Phi Alpha, who played a genial host, =ered the first opportunity for Omega to shine. r- ~'-I:5-r:;'E:- ed? BAUGH The ballroom, lobby and lounges of the Vincenes Hotel were jammed for the gala occasion. But listen, not until the second day, did the brothers from. far and nigh actually know that such a harvest of "cordial sweets" could gather under one roof. The wives and sweethearts of Chicago Omegans gave an "Omega Nog." They brought with them a superabundance of the fairer sex, made in "QC" style. Here was a mart. Social engagements only for the asking. No "Qs" were lost in the storm. ---------.-------reaffirm and hereby solemnly pledge that(Continued from page 18) strengthen and arouse this large organiza--;0_ of over ninety chapters to the place where re than one-half of the chapters should be eial. and to the time when thirty-five votes -~ - e grand conclave should no longer be a maHe felt that the duly elected officers of -' '" great organization should personally carry - is me- age to the scattered brothers, and this e did at the expense of his time, money and health. Ironically enough, the very success of his project contributed to the thwarting of his ambition. The fraternity was more closely bound together and became more conscious of itself sooner than he realized. Before he knew, his fraternity was financially sound to such an extent that it was nece ary to halt raids on the treasury. The districts which he had nursed from infancy during his term as Vice-Grand Basileus had grown -0 that they clamored for recognition of their man) worthy accomplishments. The mid-West which used to accept Omega along with taxes and hay-fever had become almost worshippers of this intruder from the East. In fact, the period of trials and tribulations was past, and he knew deep within himself that for eleven years he had much to do with guiding the good ship Omega through these storms. William Edward Baugh, educator, humanitarian, brother, we salute you. The lessons of acrificial service, loyalty and integrity gleaned from twelve years of fraternal affiliation comes as a challenge which we accept. The four cardinal principles which you so nobly exemplified we I THE "When we say our last goodbye, We'll love Omega Psi Phi." GRAND BASILEUS (Continued from. page 7) Because of the outstanding work being done by the N.A.A.C.P. in fields in which all Omega men are intensely interested, and because of the apparent unanimous desire to aid the movement which this organization represents, your Grand Basileus recommends to the proper committee an examination into the advisability of Omega enrolling as a life member, providing for the liquidation of the cost of such over a period of years in amounts properly related to the budgets of such periods. When I accepted the office of Grand Basileus last year it was, to me, just another job. But I must admit that for the limited amount of time I had to give, it has been one of the most pleasurable assignments I have ever undertaken. My contact with various Omega men and chapters here and there has been most gratifying and pleasing. I found to be brothers some men whom I had known for years without knowing of our mutual fraternity connection. If I may rely on newspaper reports of Omega activities, I am assured that our fraternity still sails the sea of accomplishments with flying pennants. I also want to state that cooperation between the Grand Basileus and Supreme Council has been most gratifying and congenial, and I thank each and every brother for the honor and privilege of serving you for the year 1938. ORACLE 28 S e'e Co ciy State s-, • Weiseger, 1266 Columbia W. •: = A-Kensas City, Kans. . L H. C~ ren, 233 Freeman Ave. EGA-Lynchburg, Va. ubert W. Patrick, 130 I 16th St. MEGA-Ettricks, Va. &~ G. B. Singleton, Va. State College o ,EGA-Oranqeburg, S. C. V. E. Sheffield, S. C. State College o {EGA-Cleveland, Ohio 83.s... N. B. Bowen, 2218 E. 10Ist St. KRS. Howard Gresham, 2118 E. 46th St. EGA-Atlanta, Ga. Bas.., M. R. Austelle, 53 Chestnut St •• S.W. · M. J. Beavers, 788 Greensferry Ave. E"'A OMEGA-Louisville, Ky. Dr. C. L. Thomas, 719 W. Walnut S. · J. E. Hawkins, 609 W. Walnut St. MEGA-Tuskegee, AlII. Dr. Geo. C. Branche, Veterans .05prtal · R. B. Collins, Tuskegee Institute :::>A OMEGA-Harrisburg, Pa. " John Snow, 915 N. 6th St. S. Dr. H. J. Reynolds, 915 N. 6t~ St. OMEGA-Norfolk, Va. r, A. B. Green, 1024 E. Liberty St. S. T. H. Shields, Jr., 933 Oeklawn Ave. EGA-Philadelohia, Pa. .• Carl Tucker . as, R. D. Baskervill, 526 S. 16th St. EGA-Defroit, Mich. :: s.., D. W. T. Love, 325 Warren Ave. S. T. R. Fortson, 228 E. Canfield Ave. EGA-Tulsa, Okla. RS. E.. H. Hunter, 1162 N. Greenwood EGA-Baltimore, Md. BaS., C. R. Alexander, 1300 Madison Ave. KRS. James H. Carter, Morgan College ,.. _0 OMEGA-Chicago, III. s., G. T. Perry, 147 N. Western Ave. KRS. Percy Ash, 1654 Waseca Place OMEGA-Greensboro, N. C. Bas •• W. J. Gibbs, A. & T. College I ON OMEGA-St. Louis, Mo. Bas •• S. H. Dreer, 4335 Cote Brilliante K S. F. E..Anthony, II N. Jefferson Ave. .OMEGA-Buffalo, N. Y. RS. Theodore Shaw, 25 Ada Place Fla. C .1 OMEGA-Tallahassee, BaS., G. T. Wiggins, Florida A. & M. College KRS. B. F. Holmes, Florida A. & M. College EGA-Augusta, Ga. Bes; Dr. J. E. Carter, 1141 Twelfth St. RS. B. L. Dent, 826 Ninth St. PHI-Birmingham, Ala. Erskine Hayes S. James W. Holloway, 1820 19th St., - ey ~Topeka, Kans. . W. B. Scott, 406 Kansas Ave. BETA P Bas.• KRS. GAMMA Bas., St. KRS. ,:; a . C. J. W. Goodloe, Box 20 I A. H. Turner, Box 1875 PHI-Nashville, Tenn. Dr. J. B. Singleton, 1208'12 Cedar J. W. Beasley, 1112 Jackson St. ZETA PH I-Indianapolis. Ind. Bas., Carey D. Jacobs KRS. Raymond Maxberry, 828 N. Cellfornia St . ETA PHI-Cambridge, Mass. Bas., C. Coates, 85 Inman St. KRS. G. M. Soloman, 85 Inman St. EPSILON PHI-Memphis, Tenn. KRS. B. Lewis, 1175 Cannon St. THETA PHI-Jackso~ville, Fla. Bas., Dr. Leroy C. Ervin, 103 E. Union St. KRS. Wm. S. Robinson, 610 W. Duval St. IOTA PHI-Pittsburgh, Pa. Bas., Frank W. Clark, 2621 Center Ave. KAPPA PHI-P"ducah, Ky. Bas., J. A. Walker, 1233 Madison St. LAMBDA PHI-Fort Valley, Ga. Bas., L.R. Bywaters, F.V.N.&1. School MU PHI-Savannah; Ga. KRS. R. Gadsden, 608 W. 36th St. NU PHI-Houston, Texas Bas., J. O. Bowles, 2708 Anita Ave. KRS. Wm. Moore, 1614 Carr St. XI PHI":"'Brooklyn, N. Y. Bas., E. B. Weatherless, 405 Carlton Ave . KRS. Philip Jones, 327 HlIlsey St. OMICRON PHI-Columbia, S. C. Bas., J. W. Martin, Mather Academy KRS. C. A. Johnson, Mather Academy PI PH!-Charlotte, N. C. KRS. L. Alexander, 517 S. Caldwell St. RHO PHI-New Orleans, La. Bas., George Longe, 1625 Milton St. KRS. Cecil Carter, 2107 Dryades St. SIGMA PHI-Montgomery, Ala. Bas., Dr. R. T. Adair, 208'12 Monroe St. KRS. H, L. Van Dyke, State Teachers College TAU PHI-Little Rock, Ark. Bas., Elza H. Hunter, 1912 E. 6th St. KRS. L. R. Gravelly UPSILON PHI-Newark, N. J. Bas., George E. Bell, 71 Elm St. KRS. R. M. Yancy, 45 Clinton St. PHI PHI-Richmond, Va. Bas., Henry J. McGuinn, Va. Union University KRS. W. T. White, 1244 DuBois Ave. CHI PHI-Denver, Colo. Bas., W. H. Pinkett, 2650 Gilpin St. KRS. F. S. Brickler, 1218 E. 23rd Ave. PSI PHI-Winston-Salem, N. C. Bas., A. I. Terrell ---KRS. G. L. Johnson, Teachers College ALPHA ALPHA-Hampton, Va. KRS. John W. Lee, 27 Libby St., Phoebus, Va. BETA ALPHA-Alcorn, Miss. Bas., Levi Patton, Alcorn College GAMMA ALPHA-Roanoke, Va. Bas., L. A. Sydnor, 810 7th St. KRS. W. Dillard, 330 Gilmer Ave., N.W. DELTA ALPHA-Dayton, Ohio KRS. Milton F. Jenkins, 5th St. Y.M.C.A. EPSILON ALPHA-Fort Worth, Texas Bas., K. W. McMillan, 1327 Missouri Ave. KRS. C. O. Wallis, 1053 Humboldt St • ZETA ALPHA-Warrenton, N. C. Bas., R. M. Harris, Box 311 ETA ALPHA-Jefferson City, Mo. Bas., H. M. Purnell, 301 N. 5th St. KRS. Dr. A. A. Kildare, Lincoln Univ. THETA ALPHA-Dallas, Texas Bas., Dr. E. H. Browne, 3305 Thomas Ave. KRS. Homer Hamilton, 2700 Flora St. IOTA ALPHA-Knoxville, Tenn . Bes., Jack Stokes KRS. S. M. Clarke~ Jr., 1317 College St . KAPPA ALPHA-Gaffney, S. C. - KRS. A. L. Stanback, 320 W. Meadow St. LAMBDA ALPHA-Scotlandville, La. KRS. J. O. Mosley, Southern Univ. MU ALPHA-Charledon, S. C. Bas., J. I. Hoffman, 43 Cannon St. KRS. J. T. Massey, 436 King Street N U ALPHA-Wilson, N. C. Bes., Dr. Boisey Barnes, 525'12 E.._,Nash St. XI ALPHA-Charleston, Vv. Va. Bas., Lorenzo R. Carter, 418 Jacob St. KRS. Wm. H. Lewis, 906 Washington St. OMICRON ALPHA-Wilmington, N. C. Bas., Dr. S. R. Rosemond, 409 N. 7th St. KRS. L. A. Shelton, "15 N. Fifth Ave. PI ALPHA-Princess Anne, Md. Bas., Fletcher M. Morton, Princess Anne Academy. KRS. J. A. Spencer, St. Michaels, Md. RHO ALPHA-Mobile, Ala. KRS. A. J. Cooper, 354 Cuba St. ALPHA SIGMA-Atlanta, Ga. Bas., oW. H. Collins, Morris Brown Univ. KRS. D. A. Talbot, Morris Brown Univ. BETA SIGMA-Scotlandville, La. Bas., James B. Jones, Southern University KRS. James R. Magee, Southern University GAMMA SiGMA-Montgomery, Ala. Bas., Charles Wright, State Teachers College KRS. Arthur O. Glass, State Teachers College DELTA SIGMA-Louisville, Ky. Bas., F. Martin, 634 S. 15th St. KRS. E. T. Bradford, 1511 Garland Ave. EPSILON SIGMA-Austin, Texas Bas., W. A. Haley, Tillotson College KRS. M. A. Hammond, Tillotson College ZETA SIGMA-Bluefield, W. Va. Bas., William A. Johnson, State Teachers College KRS. James Hubbard, State Teachers College ETA SIGMA-Jefferson City, Mo. Bas., L. Nicholson, Lincoln Univ. KRS. James Barker, Lincoln University THETA SIGMA-New Orleans, La. Bas., Earl Clay, 2104 State St. KRS. Wesley Brown, 2338 Belmont PI. IOTA SIGMA-Toledo, Ohio KRS. John Anderson, Toledo Univ. KAPPA SIGMA-Jackson, Tenn. Bas., Herbert Burton, Lane College KRS. Clarence McKinney, Lane College LAMBDA SIGMA-Orangeburg, S. C. Bas., Walter L. Hildebrand, Claflin Col~e ' KRS. James S. Thomas, Claflin College MU SIGMA-Columbia, S. C. Bas., Brewster J. Mention, Allen University KRS. James Duckett, Allen University. NU SIGMA-Detroit, Mich. KRS. 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