Omega Psi Phi History Exam Test with Answers

Omega Psi Phi History Exam Test with Answers 1. When Was Omega Psi Phi Founded? 2. Who are the Founding Fa - thers of Omega Psi Phi 3. Why was the Science Hall changed to Thirkield Hall November 17, 1911 at Howard University (Thirkield Hall) formerly known as "Science Hall" Dr. Ernest Everett Just (1883 -1941) Professor Frank Coleman (1890 -1967) Dr. Oscar James Cooper (1888 -1972) Bishop Edgar Amos Love (1891 -1974) In 1907, Howard's President Wilbur P. Thirkield, who rec- ognized the growing importance of science in education, was able to convince the Federal Government to appropri - ate $90,000 for a new science hall, and the building was dedicated in 1910. 4. Members Vs Men Members Versus Men Bro. Walter H. Mazyck The Greek Letter Societies among our group appear to have entered into a period of mad competition for obtain - ing members. Pledges are increasing in numbers. Scarce - ly a student on the college campus but wears a pledge pin or a frat pin. Are the fraternities forgetting their original high standards? Can it be said that every man who enters col- lege is of Fraternity material? If in any place, Omega has entered this mad race for members, pause and consider. The value of our Fraternity is not in numbers, but in men, in real brotherhood. Eight men thoroughly immersed in the true Omega spirit are far greater assets than eighty with lukewarm enthusi - asm. 5. What is the Omega Psi Phi motto" "Friendship Is Essential to the Soul" 6. Omega Psi Phi History Exam Test with Answers What are the Car- dinal Principals of Omega Psi Phi? 7. When was Omega Psi Phi Incoporated? 8. When was Al- pha Chapter Formed? 9. Who was the First Grand Basileus of Omega Psi Phi? Manhood Scholarship Perserverance Uplift Omega Psi Phi was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on October 28, 1914. Alpha chapter was organized with fourteen charter mem - bers on December 15, 1911. Brothers Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper and Frank Coleman were elected the chapter first Basileus, Keeper of Records, and Keeper of Seals, respectively. Bishop Edgar Amos Love - November 23, 1911 Dr. Oscar James Cooper as Grand Keeper of Records (Grand Keeper of Records and Seals or Grand KRS) Professor Frank Coleman as Grand Keeper of Seals (Grand Keeper of Finance or Grand KF). 10. Recite "Invictus" Invictus By William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Omega Psi Phi History Exam Test with Answers 11. First Honorary Member of Omega Psi Phi 12. Who is the Ep - silon Tau Chap - ter Current Basileus? 13. Who is the First Lady an the only woman member of Omega Psi Phi? Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. Dr. Ernest Everett Just (1883 -1941) David A. Louis, PhD Lottie B. Wilson (Mr's Charlotte T. Wilson) Lottie Wilson - Mrs. Charlotte T. Wilson (Only Woman Omega Member) taken from the 1961 Oracle Lincoln University, Pa. Beta Chapter aka First Stepping Stone of Omega's Ex- pansion In a big hotel structure on Lincoln University, Maple Av - enue, lives a Woman whose life is vital not only to Omega Psi Phi, but especially to the history of Beta chapter, the second of Omega's birth. Meeting this great lady is an experience within itself. You see a rather small, gray haired lady, with sparkling eyes and a radiant countenance. Logic tells you that this lady is far up in years, because she's been a part of Lincoln since 1901. Yet she is so young in spirit, in thought, and in action. She has lost none of her zest for living and when shaking her hand, you are astonished at the firmness with which she meets your grip. This woman's life symbolizes all lives that have been given to the service of mankind. Hers has been a life of service