& Early Leadership (1907–1908)|Rationales
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President elected on October 5, 1907
Mr. Eugene Kinckle Jones
Secretary elected on October 5, 1907
Mr. Robert Harold Ogle
Treasurer elected on October 5, 1907
Mr. Vertner Woodson Tandy
Change to meeting night on October 5, 1907
Changed from Tuesday to Saturday at 8 P.M.
Preparations made at the October 5, 1907 meeting
Preparations for the 2nd Initiatory Banquet; all members served on the Committee on Initiation.
Membership standard discussed on October 5, 1907
To rush such Men as appealed to the standard of Alpha Phi Alpha, with membership granted
only to Men of character, scholarship, fellowship, and devotion to the cause.
Location of the 2nd Initiatory Banquet
At Mrs. Rose Cohen's home, 321 West Mill Street.
Toastmaster during the 2nd Initiatory Banquet
Mr. Henry A. Callis
Song sung at the beginning of the 2nd Initiatory Banquet
Alma Mater (Cornell)
2nd Class of Initiates
James P. Boags, Roscoe Conkling Giles, Frank V. Plummer, Frank B. Wilson, and John Eliot Smith
Speaker at the banquet not listed in the program