Alpha Phi Alpha IMDP Test 3
Questions and Answers
1. When was the Fraternity officially founded?: Tuesday, Dec
4, 1906
2. Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded?: Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY 14853
3. Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why?:
Mrs. Annie C. Singleton because the early mtgs
were held at her house where she fed and encouraged the
Brothers as they did their work.
4. Who was the first General President?: Big Brother Moses A.
Morrison
5. What was the first alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and
its location?: Al- pha Lambda, Louisville, KY
(2 pts for Chp Name & 2 pts for location)
6. Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha?: Big Brother
Lemuel E. Graves; Jewel Big Brother
,Eugene Kinkle Jones; Big Brother Gordon Holmes Jones (2 pts
per initiate)
7. When and where did the first and second incorporations
take place?: Albany, NY on
Jan 29, 1908; Washington, DC on April 3, 1912 (2pts/location &
2pts/date)
8. What were the names, designations, and occupations of
Alpha Phi Alpha's founders?: Jewel Big Brother
Henry Arthur Callis - physician;
Jewel Big Brother Charles Henry Chapman - educator; Jewel Big
Brother
Eugene Kinckle Jones - Exec Sec of National Urban League;
Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelley - civil engineer;
Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray - educator
; Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle - secretarial field;
Jewel Big Brother Vertner Woodson Tandy - architect
9. What is the last SENTENCE of the poem "If"?: If you can fill
the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run,
yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and which is more
, - you'll be a Man, my son!
10. What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History
Book?: The History of
Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life
11. To whom is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha
dedicated?: To the youths who march onward and
upward toward the light, this volume is respectfully dedicated
12. What are the titles of the first seven chapters of the History
Book?: Chapter
1 - The Origin of Alpha Phi
Alpha; Chapter 2 - The Period of Consolidation; Chapter 3 - The
First Steps in
Expansion; Chapter 4 -
Local and National Strivings; Chapter 5 - Permanent Foundations;
Chapter 6 - Expansion and Internal
Development; Chapter 7 - The Leaven of Self-Examination
(DO NOT accept "Origins" as part of the title for Chp 1 since there
is only 1 origin. Each title is worth 1 pt)
13. Who proposed the name of the Fraternity?: Jewel Big
Brother George B. Kelley though he gives
credit to Jewel Big Brother Henry A. Callis (acceptable if he only
puts Kelley's name)
Questions and Answers
1. When was the Fraternity officially founded?: Tuesday, Dec
4, 1906
2. Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded?: Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY 14853
3. Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why?:
Mrs. Annie C. Singleton because the early mtgs
were held at her house where she fed and encouraged the
Brothers as they did their work.
4. Who was the first General President?: Big Brother Moses A.
Morrison
5. What was the first alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and
its location?: Al- pha Lambda, Louisville, KY
(2 pts for Chp Name & 2 pts for location)
6. Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha?: Big Brother
Lemuel E. Graves; Jewel Big Brother
,Eugene Kinkle Jones; Big Brother Gordon Holmes Jones (2 pts
per initiate)
7. When and where did the first and second incorporations
take place?: Albany, NY on
Jan 29, 1908; Washington, DC on April 3, 1912 (2pts/location &
2pts/date)
8. What were the names, designations, and occupations of
Alpha Phi Alpha's founders?: Jewel Big Brother
Henry Arthur Callis - physician;
Jewel Big Brother Charles Henry Chapman - educator; Jewel Big
Brother
Eugene Kinckle Jones - Exec Sec of National Urban League;
Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelley - civil engineer;
Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray - educator
; Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle - secretarial field;
Jewel Big Brother Vertner Woodson Tandy - architect
9. What is the last SENTENCE of the poem "If"?: If you can fill
the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run,
yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and which is more
, - you'll be a Man, my son!
10. What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History
Book?: The History of
Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life
11. To whom is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha
dedicated?: To the youths who march onward and
upward toward the light, this volume is respectfully dedicated
12. What are the titles of the first seven chapters of the History
Book?: Chapter
1 - The Origin of Alpha Phi
Alpha; Chapter 2 - The Period of Consolidation; Chapter 3 - The
First Steps in
Expansion; Chapter 4 -
Local and National Strivings; Chapter 5 - Permanent Foundations;
Chapter 6 - Expansion and Internal
Development; Chapter 7 - The Leaven of Self-Examination
(DO NOT accept "Origins" as part of the title for Chp 1 since there
is only 1 origin. Each title is worth 1 pt)
13. Who proposed the name of the Fraternity?: Jewel Big
Brother George B. Kelley though he gives
credit to Jewel Big Brother Henry A. Callis (acceptable if he only
puts Kelley's name)
