IMDP EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated founded and what is the official
Date?
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
on December 4, 1906
Who was the last Jewel to be so designated? When and Where?
Eugene Kinckle Jones was designated as the 7th Jewel at the 38th General Convention in 1952 at
Cleveland, Ohio
Who is responsible for the Fraternity's name?
George Biddle Kelley is responsible for the name, it was decided at the meeting of the social
study club on October 23, 1906
Why was the Fraternity organized?
The fraternity was initially formed as a social club for black men to have a common bond
socially.
What is the aim of the Fraternity
The aim of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity incorporated is to
-Stimulate the ambitions of its members
-Prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the
individual.
-To encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood
-And to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and
intellectual status.
What are the 3 stages of Alpha's Development?
Social Study Club, Literary Society, Fraternity
, What are the Fraternity Colors?
Black and Old Gold, The colors were proposed by Robert Harold Ogle at the meeting of the
social study club on October 23, 1906 and they were accepted
Who is the author of the fraternity's history book, title, who is it dedicated to, and print
date?
Author: Charles H. Wesley
Title: The History of Alpha Phi Alpha a Development in College Life
Dedication Reads: To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light. This volume
is respectfully dedicated (first printed in 1929)
What is the fraternity's flower?
The Yellow Rose
Who is C.C. Poindexter and why is he not listed as one of the founding Jewels?
Mr. Poindexter was the oldest and a graduate student in the college of agriculture.
He wanted to form a social study club/literary society not a fraternity.
He held the first meeting of the social study club in 1905 and became president June 2, 1906. He
sent a letter of resignation to the meeting of December 4, 1906 which was not accepted until
January 8, 1907
Importance of 421 Albany Street
421 Albany street was the residence of Mr. Edward Newton and C.C. Poindexter and is where
the Social Study Club had its first meeting
What is the importance of 411 East State Street
411 East State Street was the residence of Mr. Archie Singleton and is also where Mr. Robert
Harold Ogle and Morgan T. Phillips resided. It was a meeting place of the Social Study Club and
later the Fraternity.
When was the first initiation performed and was it into a social study club or fraternity?
Who were the initiates
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated founded and what is the official
Date?
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
on December 4, 1906
Who was the last Jewel to be so designated? When and Where?
Eugene Kinckle Jones was designated as the 7th Jewel at the 38th General Convention in 1952 at
Cleveland, Ohio
Who is responsible for the Fraternity's name?
George Biddle Kelley is responsible for the name, it was decided at the meeting of the social
study club on October 23, 1906
Why was the Fraternity organized?
The fraternity was initially formed as a social club for black men to have a common bond
socially.
What is the aim of the Fraternity
The aim of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity incorporated is to
-Stimulate the ambitions of its members
-Prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the
individual.
-To encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood
-And to aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and
intellectual status.
What are the 3 stages of Alpha's Development?
Social Study Club, Literary Society, Fraternity
, What are the Fraternity Colors?
Black and Old Gold, The colors were proposed by Robert Harold Ogle at the meeting of the
social study club on October 23, 1906 and they were accepted
Who is the author of the fraternity's history book, title, who is it dedicated to, and print
date?
Author: Charles H. Wesley
Title: The History of Alpha Phi Alpha a Development in College Life
Dedication Reads: To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light. This volume
is respectfully dedicated (first printed in 1929)
What is the fraternity's flower?
The Yellow Rose
Who is C.C. Poindexter and why is he not listed as one of the founding Jewels?
Mr. Poindexter was the oldest and a graduate student in the college of agriculture.
He wanted to form a social study club/literary society not a fraternity.
He held the first meeting of the social study club in 1905 and became president June 2, 1906. He
sent a letter of resignation to the meeting of December 4, 1906 which was not accepted until
January 8, 1907
Importance of 421 Albany Street
421 Albany street was the residence of Mr. Edward Newton and C.C. Poindexter and is where
the Social Study Club had its first meeting
What is the importance of 411 East State Street
411 East State Street was the residence of Mr. Archie Singleton and is also where Mr. Robert
Harold Ogle and Morgan T. Phillips resided. It was a meeting place of the Social Study Club and
later the Fraternity.
When was the first initiation performed and was it into a social study club or fraternity?
Who were the initiates
