Alpha Phi Alpha
First of All, Servants of All, We Shall transcend All - correct answer Motto
Preamble - correct answer To promote a more perfect union among college men; to
aid in and insist upon the personal progress of its members; to further brotherly love
and a fraternal spirit within the organization; to discountenance evil; to destroy all
prejudices; to preserve the sanctity of the home, the personification of virtue and
the chastity of woman.
Henry Arthur Callis - correct answer became a practicing physician, Howard
University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often
regarded as the "philosopher of the founders," and a moving force in the Fraternity's
development, he was the only one of the "Cornell Seven" to become General
President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the
Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the
Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to
Howard's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
Charles Henry Chapman - correct answer entered higher education and eventually
became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university
funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first
Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as "a Brother beloved in the
bonds," Chapman was a founder of FAMU's Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization
stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation
and Organization
Eugene Kinckle Jones - correct answer became the first Executive Secretary of the
National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has
exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the
first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell—Beta at Howard,
Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Delta at the University of Toronto in
Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter's second President and joining with
Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees
on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also
has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder.
His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.
