We'll live for thee, we'll strive for thee, We'll all thy ways adore, we'll long for thee and toil until we reach that Golden Shore.About Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 23322-24 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19132 215 228-7184 F 215 228-7181 Executive Director Richard Lee Snow. Still we will honor, love and sing Thy praises o'er and o'er. When all our student days are done, And we from school must go. Kappa Alpha Psi Hymn 3rd Stanza.

During that time, other fraternities were established at other colleges, each taking on a 3 letter Greek designation and in some cases, 2 Greek letters were used as was the case with Kappa Alpha. The members of this fraternity named it Phi Beta Kappa and for 50 years it proliferated as a secret social organization. Prior to this period, a well-known social order called the вЂњfraternityвЂќ was established in the 18th century at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. In addition, colleges and universities established solely to support the education of the so-called вЂњnegroвЂќ began to expand physically and interests in other non-scholarly endeavors started to emerge among students. HopsonAt the turn of the 20th century, American colleges and universities began to admit more and more students of African descent. Crandon Avenue Chicago, IL 60649 President Melvin C.

Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. (video by Kenny McCain) Pinterest. (video by Kenny McCain) Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. They were not open to membership for African descendants.Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., was formed in Indiana in February of 1911.Not satisfied with the offerings of Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi, on Friday evening, November 17, 1911, at 9 PM, three Howard University undergraduate students, with the assistance of their faculty adviser, gave birth to the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Shortly thereafter, Alpha Kappa Alpha was formed on the campus of Howard University but remained a local organization until incorporation and expansion became an issue later in the decade. This trend was challenged however in 1906 with the establishment of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Because of the fears of many Americans about the establishment of secret social orders for African Americans, fraternities and sororities were not favorable avenues or options. Write out the Kappa Alpha Psi Hymn out and who wrote the lyrics and composed the music Oh noble Kappa Alpha Psi.The exclusion of the African American student from traditionally white fraternities did not satisfy many who longed to fellowship and socialize in a fraternal organization.

Manhood, scholarship, perseverance and uplift were adopted as cardinal principles. The phrase was selected as the motto. From the initials of the Greek phrase meaning 'friendship is essential to the soul,' the name Omega Psi Phi was derived. The three liberal arts students were Edgar A. Just, the faculty adviser, in the Science Hall (now known as Thirkield Hall).

Grand Basileus Hall authorized the establishment of Gamma Chapter in Boston, Massachusetts. Hall, the fourth Grand Basileus, had been initiated at Alpha Chapter in 1914. Beta Chapter at Lincoln University was chartered in February, 1914. In 1914, Howard University withdrew its opposition, and the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on October 28, 1914. Edgar Love was elected as the third Grand Basileus in 1912 and served until 1915. Cooper authorized the investigation of a proposed second chapter at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania.

Love are among its graduates. Johnson, John Purnell and founders Frank Coleman and Edgar A. Several Omegas, including Campbell C. Holmes, the fraternity's first official hymn, 'Omega Men Draw Nigh', was written by Otto Bohannon.Omega played a vital role when the United States entered World War I in 1917 by having several brothers in the first class of black soldiers graduate from Camp Fort Des Moines, a military training facility located in Iowa. During the administration of the sixth Grand Basileus, Clarence F.

Dunston, former basileus of Phi chapter, set up the fraternityвЂ™s first international chapter with the assistance of Brother George W. Sigma chapter was organized at McGill University, which is located in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) on December 15, 1923. Omega Psi Phi becomes the first black Greek organization to span its membership across the United States - from the Atlantic (Iota in Atlantic City) to the Pacific (Lambda in Los Angeles). The Grand Keeper of Records became the Grand Keeper of the Records and Seal.In 1923, Lambda Chapter affectionately referred to as вЂњthe pearl of the west coast,вЂќ was organized at the University of Southern California. In 1922, the office of Vice Grand Basileus was created. Today, there are twelve such officers who are elected annually by the district conferences/meetings.

Arthur Weiseger, Ted Poston, Campbell C. Weaver, Lawrence Oxley, Roscoe Brown, Frank Horne, William Hastie, J. Roosevelt created the Federal Council of Negro Affairs or вЂњBlack Cabinet,вЂќ which was an informal group of African-American public policy advisors who were organized to help the country emerge out of the depression. Bullock elected as its first permanent chairman.By mid-1930, President Franklin D. Johnson was the Editor.In 1930, Omega Psi Phi became one of five founding members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council with 13th Grand Basileus Matthew W. Memorial Service is established to memorialize Brother Young's birthday.The first Omega Bulletin was published in 1928.

Pullen, was adopted as the official sweetheart song by the 1940 Nashville Grand Conclave. Just became a world-renowned biologist and the 1st recipient of the prestigious NAACP Spingarn Medal.The Omega 'Sweetheart Song', with words and music by Don Q. Cook wrote the music and first stanza Drew wrote the last two stanzas.Each of the founders graduated and went on to have distinguished careers in their chosen fields: Edgar Love became a bishop in the Methodist church Oscar Cooper practiced medicine in Philadelphia for over 50 years Frank Coleman became the chairman of the Department of Physics at Howard University and Ernest E. Drew, Professor of Surgery, and Mercer Cook, Professor of Languages, were the composers. Two faculty from Howard University, Charles R.

Thousands of Omega men became actively involved in the fight to eliminate racial discrimination. Drew Memorial Scholarship Fund.During this era, social action became OmegaвЂ™s primary organizational thrust. In 1949, the scholarship fund was renamed the Charles R. Carl Moultrie, I was selected to serve as the first National Executive Secretary.

In 1955, Brother Roy Wilkins was chosen to be the executive secretary of the NAACP and in 1964 he became its executive director.The Los Angeles Grand Conclave in 1955 initiated a program whereby each graduate chapter would purchase a Life Membership from the NAACP. Their work culminated with the landmark decision outlawing segregated public schools, Brown v. That group coordinated the court battles for racial equality.