Alpha Phi Alpha Chapter 1 Exam – Founding of the Social Study Club & Alpha Phi Alpha|Rationales Graded A+ Latest Updated 2026

Alpha Phi Alpha Chapter 1 Exam – Founding of the Social Study Club & Alpha Phi Alpha|Rationales Graded A+ Latest Updated 2026 First meeting of the Social Study Club March 1906 Location of the first meeting of the Social Study Club Residence of Edward Newton, 421 N. Albany St, Ithaca, NY Attendees of the first Social Study Club meeting Poindexter, Callis, Chapman, Kelley, Murray, Ogle, Tandy, Phillips, Tompkins Formal organization and officer election date June 2, 1906 President of the Social Study Club C.C. Poindexter Secretary and Treasurer of the Social Study Club Secretary: Henry A. Callis; Treasurer: George B. Kelley Conflicting motives during the club's formation The formation of a literary society versus a fraternity Planning meeting date October 16, 1906 Topics discussed at the October 16 meeting Meeting time, dues, policy, music, study course, smoking, initiation Date for the first initiation and banquet Tuesday, October 30, 1906 Location of the first initiation Odd Fellows Hall (Masonic Hall or Red Men's Hall) Initiation Committee for the first initiation Chapman, Kelley, Tandy, Callis Initiation fee in 1906 $1.00 First Ritual Committee members Kelley and Ogle (1906) October 23, 1906 meeting outcome Proposed name Alpha Phi Alpha; proposed colors; initiation site update Proposer of the name Alpha Phi Alpha