Omega Psi Phi History/ 5o+ Terms &
Definitions/ 2024-2025.
What are the Cardinal Principals of Omega Psi Phi? - Answer: Manhood
Scholarship
Perserverance
Uplift
When was Omega Psi Phi Incoporated? - Answer: Omega Psi Phi was incorporated
under the laws of the District of Columbia on October 28, 1914.
When was Alpha Chapter Formed? - Answer: Alpha chapter was organized with
fourteen charter members 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.
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,Who was the First Grand Basileus of Omega Psi Phi? - Answer: 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).
Recite "Invictus" - Answer: 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
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,Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
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.
First Honorary Member of Omega Psi Phi - Answer: Dr. Ernest Everett Just (1883-
1941)
Who is the Epsilon Tau Chapter Current Basileus? - Answer: David A. Louis, PhD
Who is the First Lady an the only woman member of Omega Psi Phi? - Answer:
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 Expansion
In a big hotel structure on Lincoln University, Maple Avenue, lives a Woman whose
life is vital not only to Omega Psi Phi, but especially to the history of Beta chapter,
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, 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 to
the men of Omega Psi Phi, Beta chapter. After Alpha chapter was founded at
Howard University in 1911, the founders decided that the second chapter of the
fraternity should be located at Lincoln University, Pa.
When Founder Love visited Lincoln University in 1914, he was told by the faculty
that they would not give recognition to a chapter of Omega Psi Phi on this
campus. Founder Love and those interested Lincoln men left the faculty meeting
full of sadness. Thus begins Lottie Wilson's part in Omega Psi Phi, Beta chapter. As
the dejected men were on their way to see Founder Love board the train back to
Howard, they passed a lady sitting on her front porch. Noticing their very somber
faces, she asked them about their problem.
The young men relating their story to her, touched Lottie Wilson's heart and Beta
chapter was founded in her home that very day. L
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Definitions/ 2024-2025.
What are the Cardinal Principals of Omega Psi Phi? - Answer: Manhood
Scholarship
Perserverance
Uplift
When was Omega Psi Phi Incoporated? - Answer: Omega Psi Phi was incorporated
under the laws of the District of Columbia on October 28, 1914.
When was Alpha Chapter Formed? - Answer: Alpha chapter was organized with
fourteen charter members 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.
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,Who was the First Grand Basileus of Omega Psi Phi? - Answer: 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).
Recite "Invictus" - Answer: 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
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,Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
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.
First Honorary Member of Omega Psi Phi - Answer: Dr. Ernest Everett Just (1883-
1941)
Who is the Epsilon Tau Chapter Current Basileus? - Answer: David A. Louis, PhD
Who is the First Lady an the only woman member of Omega Psi Phi? - Answer:
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 Expansion
In a big hotel structure on Lincoln University, Maple Avenue, lives a Woman whose
life is vital not only to Omega Psi Phi, but especially to the history of Beta chapter,
Page 3 of 35
, 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 to
the men of Omega Psi Phi, Beta chapter. After Alpha chapter was founded at
Howard University in 1911, the founders decided that the second chapter of the
fraternity should be located at Lincoln University, Pa.
When Founder Love visited Lincoln University in 1914, he was told by the faculty
that they would not give recognition to a chapter of Omega Psi Phi on this
campus. Founder Love and those interested Lincoln men left the faculty meeting
full of sadness. Thus begins Lottie Wilson's part in Omega Psi Phi, Beta chapter. As
the dejected men were on their way to see Founder Love board the train back to
Howard, they passed a lady sitting on her front porch. Noticing their very somber
faces, she asked them about their problem.
The young men relating their story to her, touched Lottie Wilson's heart and Beta
chapter was founded in her home that very day. L
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