Southern University - Jaguar Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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Betty Baptiste Carolyn Brown Ura Jean Calhoun Lurlee Coleman Jean Gaignard Patricia Garrison Verdell Greene Diane Haydel Ella Jean Magee Rose W. Stewart Ethel Swonigan Sandra Temple Gloria Tolliver Eula Weary Hattie White Rose and J can take time for a pose. Maw

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Alpha Kappa Alpha MARY D. MARKS Basileus Seniors relaxing and reminiscing in Shrine Room. Basileus Mary Marks A nti-Basileus Verdell Greene Grammateus Ura J ean Calhoun T amiouchos Lurlee Coleman Epistoleus Rose Wimberly Dean of Pledgees Norrene Tate Rush Chairman Diane Haydel Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is a Greek letter society, organized at Howard University in Washington, DC. in January 1908 by Mrs. Ethel Hedgemon Lyle. In a period of over fifty years, Alpha Kappa Alpha has grown from one small undergraduate group to an international organization including the Bahamas and Nigeria with a membership of 40,000 women. The purpose of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women in order to im- prove the social stature, to maintain progressive interest in college life, and to he of service to all mankind. Beta Psi was established on campus in 1940. 79

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Alpha Phi Alpha BILL MANNING President The little brown jug from the Alphas. President W. I. Manning V ice President R. Harris Recording Secretary H. J ones Corresponding Secretary J . Martin T reasurer P. Young Editor to Kgphimf, L. Ramsey Dean of Pledgees D. Hernandez Parliamentarian L. Hayes Alpha Phi Alpha, The light of the world? thrives upon the ideas of manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind. These are ideal activities of Alpha now on campus. Alpha Phi Alpha, the first predominately Negro greek organization, was founded on December 4, 1906, at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Beta Sigma Chapter was established here at Southern University on December 11, 1936.