ALPHA PHI ALPHA EXAM SCRIPT 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What factors caused the Social Study Club to flourish during the 1905-1906
academic year and the fall of 1906? - ✔✔Comradeship
✔✔In March 1906, the Social Study Club meetings were moved to what address? -
✔✔411 East State Street, Ithaca, NY.
✔✔The owners of the residence to where the Social Study Club meetings were moved
in March 1906 were: - ✔✔Annie and Archie Singleton
✔✔Who were the first initates? - ✔✔Eugene Kinkle Jones, Gordon Jones, Lemuel
Graves, and James Morton
✔✔On what day did the first initiation take place? - ✔✔October 30, 1906
✔✔Where did the first initiation ceremony take place? (All names that apply) - ✔✔Red
Men's Hall, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall
✔✔Who is credited with proposing the fraternity colors? - ✔✔Robert Harold Ogle
✔✔What are the fraternity colors? - ✔✔Old Gold and Black
✔✔Who is credited with naming the society because he proposed the motion which was
accepted? - ✔✔George Biddle Kelley
✔✔Despite being credited with name the organization, the Brother who was given this
honor says the credit should really go to this person because they reserached/worked
out the name? - ✔✔Eugene Kinkle Jones
✔✔The first initiation banquet had many delectable delights. Choose the items which
were on the menu: - ✔✔Cream tomato soup, Salted Wafers, Hash Brown Potatoes,
Finger Rolls, Peas in tub, Wild Apple Jelly, Shrimp Salad, Rolled Bread, Olives, Pickles,
Neapolitan Ice Cream, Lady Fingers, Chocolate Cake, Demi-Tasse (Small Cup),
Crackers, Alpha Phi Alpha Punch, Brotherhood Smoke, Cheese.
✔✔What is considered to the official founding date and place of origin of the fraternity? -
✔✔Tuesday, December 4th, 1906 - Cornell University
✔✔On the founding date, a meeting took place where the decision to become a
Fraternity was deliberate. Whose letter of resignation was heard? - ✔✔Charles "CC"
Poindexter
, ✔✔Give the reason(s) why the individual, who wrote a letter of resignation, gave for
parting ways with the Literary Society. - ✔✔He felt that the Negro students did not have
enough cultural background to build upon to form a fraternity and therefore resigned
from the organization.
✔✔Name the three stages of Alpha's development: - ✔✔Literary Society, Social Study
Club, Fraternity
✔✔Name the founders of the fraternity: - ✔✔Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry
Chapman, Eugene Kinkle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray,
Robert Harold Ogle, Vertner Woodson Tandy
✔✔The founders were commonly referred to as: - ✔✔Jewels
✔✔Who holds the distinction of being a founder and initiate: - ✔✔Eugene Kinkle Jones
✔✔What is a shingle? - ✔✔Certificate of membership which states that one is a duly
initiated member of Alpha Phi Alpha
✔✔Who is credited with designing the first shingle? - ✔✔Henry Callis
✔✔Who is credited with designing the Fraternity pin? - ✔✔Vertner Woodson Tandy
✔✔Who is considered the precursor of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔CC Poindexter
✔✔The date of the first incorporation is: - ✔✔January 29, 1908
✔✔The first incorporation took place in: - ✔✔New York City, NY.
✔✔What was the cost of the first incorporation (include any discounts) - ✔✔$25.27 with
a $0.27 cent discount
✔✔With regards to the Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., who was on the first
ritual committee? - ✔✔George B. Kelley and Robert H. Ogle
✔✔With regards to the Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., who was on the
second ritual committee? - ✔✔Eugene Kinkle Jones and Henry Arthur Callis
✔✔With regards to the Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the ritual of 1907 was
unique in that: - ✔✔It was written from memory, It was written by someone who had
experienced the ritual first hand, It was written by someone who executed the first one,
Was written because they couldn't find the previous one.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What factors caused the Social Study Club to flourish during the 1905-1906
academic year and the fall of 1906? - ✔✔Comradeship
✔✔In March 1906, the Social Study Club meetings were moved to what address? -
✔✔411 East State Street, Ithaca, NY.
✔✔The owners of the residence to where the Social Study Club meetings were moved
in March 1906 were: - ✔✔Annie and Archie Singleton
✔✔Who were the first initates? - ✔✔Eugene Kinkle Jones, Gordon Jones, Lemuel
Graves, and James Morton
✔✔On what day did the first initiation take place? - ✔✔October 30, 1906
✔✔Where did the first initiation ceremony take place? (All names that apply) - ✔✔Red
Men's Hall, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall
✔✔Who is credited with proposing the fraternity colors? - ✔✔Robert Harold Ogle
✔✔What are the fraternity colors? - ✔✔Old Gold and Black
✔✔Who is credited with naming the society because he proposed the motion which was
accepted? - ✔✔George Biddle Kelley
✔✔Despite being credited with name the organization, the Brother who was given this
honor says the credit should really go to this person because they reserached/worked
out the name? - ✔✔Eugene Kinkle Jones
✔✔The first initiation banquet had many delectable delights. Choose the items which
were on the menu: - ✔✔Cream tomato soup, Salted Wafers, Hash Brown Potatoes,
Finger Rolls, Peas in tub, Wild Apple Jelly, Shrimp Salad, Rolled Bread, Olives, Pickles,
Neapolitan Ice Cream, Lady Fingers, Chocolate Cake, Demi-Tasse (Small Cup),
Crackers, Alpha Phi Alpha Punch, Brotherhood Smoke, Cheese.
✔✔What is considered to the official founding date and place of origin of the fraternity? -
✔✔Tuesday, December 4th, 1906 - Cornell University
✔✔On the founding date, a meeting took place where the decision to become a
Fraternity was deliberate. Whose letter of resignation was heard? - ✔✔Charles "CC"
Poindexter
, ✔✔Give the reason(s) why the individual, who wrote a letter of resignation, gave for
parting ways with the Literary Society. - ✔✔He felt that the Negro students did not have
enough cultural background to build upon to form a fraternity and therefore resigned
from the organization.
✔✔Name the three stages of Alpha's development: - ✔✔Literary Society, Social Study
Club, Fraternity
✔✔Name the founders of the fraternity: - ✔✔Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry
Chapman, Eugene Kinkle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray,
Robert Harold Ogle, Vertner Woodson Tandy
✔✔The founders were commonly referred to as: - ✔✔Jewels
✔✔Who holds the distinction of being a founder and initiate: - ✔✔Eugene Kinkle Jones
✔✔What is a shingle? - ✔✔Certificate of membership which states that one is a duly
initiated member of Alpha Phi Alpha
✔✔Who is credited with designing the first shingle? - ✔✔Henry Callis
✔✔Who is credited with designing the Fraternity pin? - ✔✔Vertner Woodson Tandy
✔✔Who is considered the precursor of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔CC Poindexter
✔✔The date of the first incorporation is: - ✔✔January 29, 1908
✔✔The first incorporation took place in: - ✔✔New York City, NY.
✔✔What was the cost of the first incorporation (include any discounts) - ✔✔$25.27 with
a $0.27 cent discount
✔✔With regards to the Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., who was on the first
ritual committee? - ✔✔George B. Kelley and Robert H. Ogle
✔✔With regards to the Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., who was on the
second ritual committee? - ✔✔Eugene Kinkle Jones and Henry Arthur Callis
✔✔With regards to the Ritual of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the ritual of 1907 was
unique in that: - ✔✔It was written from memory, It was written by someone who had
experienced the ritual first hand, It was written by someone who executed the first one,
Was written because they couldn't find the previous one.
