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held in the Bluff City concurrently
with that of the Alphas, arrange
ment has been made to stage q
joint public program on the eve
ming of Friday, April -, at Metro
politan Baptist church. Rev. Mar
tin Luther King, president of the
Montgomery Improvement Associa-
ton, Montgomery, Alabama, will
be guest speaker for that evening.
LeMoyne College, s07 Walker
Avenue, will be the scene of all
business sessions. DR.. Hollis F.
Price, president of the college, is
making preparation to entertain
visiting delegates of the Kappas,
Sigmas, and Alphas during Easter
weekend.
Scare is being given to every
phase Of the Alpha conference,
"Swingler stated" as it is expected
to become the crucibles for provid-
ing the dynamics Of a program
now being REDEEMED to help meet
the needs of this restless period of
social, economic, and cultural tran
sition."
Conference theme is Fifty Years
of Service Through Alpha - Sug-
gestive Next Steps for the. Flu
ture."
Among other prominent speak
ers will be Frank L. Stanley, ST.,
of Louisville, Kentucky, General
President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra
ternity; DR.. M. l.. Harris, presi-
dent of Philander-Smith College,
Little Rock, Arkansas; DR.. Will
liam H. Hale, Director of Educa-
ton for Alpha, and faculty men,
Der of Clark College, Atlanta, Geor-
gia; T. M. Alexander, realtor and
insurance broker, also of Atlanta;
Meredith G. Ferguson, of Nashville,
Tennessee, General Treasurer of
the Fraternity and executive Sec
rotary of the Citizens Trust & Saw
ings Bank; Attorney Henry J. Rich
ardson, Jr., of Indianapolis, In
diana; DR.. Lionel H. Newsome, of
Southern University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana; James E. Huger, of
Chicago, General Secretary of AL
pha; Walter H. Duke Williams,
president of Security Life Insur-
ance Company, Jackson, Mississip-
pi; and President Levi Watkins, of
Owen College, Memphis.
Conference Covers Z States
Delegates are scheduled to come
to Memphis from seven states
comprising the Southern Jurisdic-
ton. They include Alabama, Geor-
gia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Florida, Mississippi and Ten
nessee. Regional directors and ad-
visors working with the vice-presi-
dent in carrying on the work of
the fraternity in these states are:
N. H. Bennett, and L. B. Frasier,
North Carolina; Luke H. Chairman,
South Carolina; Wesley Milestone,
Alabama; Cecil w. Boston, Florida;
Walter Washington, Mississippi;
Wilson p. Hubert, Georgia; George
James and Dan j. Thomas, II, Ten
nessee and Advisors: Andrew j.
Lewis II, Atlanta, Georgia; w. H.
Duke Williams, Mississippi;
James Greene, Florida; and Robert
Jacox, Tennessee.
Wives of Alpha brothers have
been organized into a Ladies Aux
iliary known as the Alpha Bettes.
They are planning a brilliant social
calendar. Among the top social
events will be a motorcade, fash
ion revue and luncheon, and a
bridge party. Mrs. Jewel Speigat
is president of the auxiliary.
Several citations will be made
during the Luncheon program Fri
day afternoon, April 10, at Currie's
Club Tropicana. Recipients will in
clude Attorney Arthur D. Shores,
Civil Rights lawyer of Birmingham,
Alabama; General President STAN
ley, and Vice-President Swingler,
the latter for having remained in
the fraternity 80 years without ever
having been unfinancial. There will
be citations to administrators of
colleges where Alphas have had
chapters established over period
of years and through which have
carried out an effective education
al program.
DR.. Leland Atkins, newly elect
ed president of one of the host
chapters, Alnha Delta Lambda, is
heading the largest array OF active
members in the 27-year history OF
the chapter. President of the under
graduate chapter, Beta XII, co-host
to the conference, is George Cox,
LeMoyne College senior. L. H.
Twigg, ST., president of Union Pro-
tective Assurance Company, is gen.
eral chairman of the conference.
$40 a year for a population OF