The St. Paul echo., 1927-04-23
ALPHA PHI ALPHA
PLANS EDUCATION
Al CAMP A|GN
Eighth Annual G OF OH g h
School Campaign Set
for May II.
To Be Most Intensive
Literature to be Distributed,
Messages to be Broadcast
by Radio.

The effort that will be made this
year by the members of the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, to carry the
message of the value of high school
and college education to every par
ent and child who can possibly be
reached, promises to be the most in
tensive and far-reaching than any of
the former campaigns. The machin-
cry for the drive was officially set in
motion during the past month when
the General President of the frater-
nifty issued the proclamation desig-
mating the week of May first to May
seventh as the time for the coopera-
tive work of all members. The ideals
and purposes back of this annual
movement can be best seen from a
reading of this proclamation.
Proclamation Issued.
whereas the members of Alpha
Phi Alpha are committed to lives of
service,
And, whereas the Fraternity has
dedicated it's efforts and program to
that service of mankind,
And, whereas Alpha Phi Alpha be-
lieves that proper dissemination of
truth and knowledge elevates the
moral, intellectual, and physical
standards of people and destroys
hatreds and prejudices.
And, whereas to these ends Alpha
Phi Alpha is militantly engaged in
an effort to stimulate the ambition of
boys and girls to acquire knowledge
and to know the higher and the
finer things of life.
Now, therefore, I, Raymond w.
Cannon, General President of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc, and Di-
rector of the Go-to-High-School, Co
to-College Campaign, in accordance
with authority vested in me by the
General Constitution of the Frater-
nifty, do hereby designate and pro-
claim the week of May first to May
seventh, inclusive, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-seven, for the
operation of the Eighth Annual Co
to-High-School, Go-to-College Cam
paign."
Seventy Chapters.
1t is possible to get some idea of
the magnitude and effectiveness of
this campaign when one knows that
the membership of seventy chapters,
located in states extending from
Rhode Island on the north to Florida
on the south, and from New York
and Massachusetts on the east to
California on the west, will be jointly
engaged in a modern crusade against
one of the most dreadful foes to the
progress of mankind-the foe of Ig-
norance While this work is spon-
sored by fraternity whose member
ship is made up of college men Of the
Negro race, the effort has national
significance and aims, through the
enlargement of educational oppor-
tunity, to promote better understand
ing among the people of the entire
country.
To Hold Mass Meeting.
In every city where chapters are
located and where active members
are living, meetings and conferences
will be held with students and par
ents, literature will be distributed,
and where possible, messages will be
broadcast by radio. During the week
one big mass meeting will be held at
which time a competent speaker will
deliver a worth while message to the
general public. This meeting will be
announced in all local papers and
every reader is invited and urged to
attend. There is no doubt that such
a movement deserves the concerted
backing of every minister, educator.
social worker, and members of the
other professions, and with such
backing, the results, measured in ed
ucational betterment, will be far