Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc, IMDP Process -
Week 2. Exam
1. Write the Sphinxman prayer.
Oh father, may we as oncoming Alphamen, make full development, so that we may
uphold the high standard of Alpha Phi Alpha; manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all
mankind. Throughout eternity. Amen.
2. Write the Sphinxman credo.
As a Sphinxman, I will uphold high scholastic standards, high moral character, brotherly
love, personal progress, loyalty, and the respect of womanhood to the best of my ability.
3. What are the lyrics to the Sphinxman hymn?
The Mystic Sphinx, for us the name does signify. We love and guard its customs and
ideals. Our task is hard, our vigil long and dutiful. Our hears are ever mindful of our task.
And should we cross those burning sands that guard our aims. We pledge ourselves it
mandates to obey. To this one goal our concentrated efforts be. To be a worthy part of
noble A Phi A.
4. What is the title of Chapter 6 of the History Book?
Expansion and Internal Development
5. What is the title of Chapter 7 of the History Book?
The Leaven of Self Examination
6. Name an Alpha in each of the following 9 fields:
Politics: Bobby Scott
Arts: Lionel Richie
Law: Thurgood Marshall
Civil Rights: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sports: Jesse Owens
Education: Cornel West
Business: Joshua Smith
Medicine: Leon Herndon
Science: Dr. Willis L Lonzer
7. What is the official Fraternity flower?
Yellow Rose
8. Who is the present General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc.?
Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III
9. What is the scope of Alpa Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.?
Limitlessness
, 10. Name the founders of the Chapter to which you aspire:
Henry Armstrong
Jerome Brandon
Melvin Ferguson
Michael Hamilton
Stewart Jenkins
Charles Luney
Kenneth Morris
Michael Munford
William Orr
Marshall Sandusky
Don Smith
Donald Stevenson
Otis Stewart
James Stocks
Clarence Weathers
11. Give the names of the Chapters in your cluster and their founding dates:
Zeta Omincron: January 11, 1969
Sigma Xi Lambda: July 27, 2019
Eta Rho: October 31, 1971
Omnicron Nu Lambda: April 8, 1986
12. What is the last sentence of the poem "if"
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with distance run. Yours is the Earth and everything
that's in it,
And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son!
13. Name the author and write the words to the poem Invictus
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 bludgeoning's of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
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.
Week 2. Exam
1. Write the Sphinxman prayer.
Oh father, may we as oncoming Alphamen, make full development, so that we may
uphold the high standard of Alpha Phi Alpha; manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all
mankind. Throughout eternity. Amen.
2. Write the Sphinxman credo.
As a Sphinxman, I will uphold high scholastic standards, high moral character, brotherly
love, personal progress, loyalty, and the respect of womanhood to the best of my ability.
3. What are the lyrics to the Sphinxman hymn?
The Mystic Sphinx, for us the name does signify. We love and guard its customs and
ideals. Our task is hard, our vigil long and dutiful. Our hears are ever mindful of our task.
And should we cross those burning sands that guard our aims. We pledge ourselves it
mandates to obey. To this one goal our concentrated efforts be. To be a worthy part of
noble A Phi A.
4. What is the title of Chapter 6 of the History Book?
Expansion and Internal Development
5. What is the title of Chapter 7 of the History Book?
The Leaven of Self Examination
6. Name an Alpha in each of the following 9 fields:
Politics: Bobby Scott
Arts: Lionel Richie
Law: Thurgood Marshall
Civil Rights: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sports: Jesse Owens
Education: Cornel West
Business: Joshua Smith
Medicine: Leon Herndon
Science: Dr. Willis L Lonzer
7. What is the official Fraternity flower?
Yellow Rose
8. Who is the present General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc.?
Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III
9. What is the scope of Alpa Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.?
Limitlessness
, 10. Name the founders of the Chapter to which you aspire:
Henry Armstrong
Jerome Brandon
Melvin Ferguson
Michael Hamilton
Stewart Jenkins
Charles Luney
Kenneth Morris
Michael Munford
William Orr
Marshall Sandusky
Don Smith
Donald Stevenson
Otis Stewart
James Stocks
Clarence Weathers
11. Give the names of the Chapters in your cluster and their founding dates:
Zeta Omincron: January 11, 1969
Sigma Xi Lambda: July 27, 2019
Eta Rho: October 31, 1971
Omnicron Nu Lambda: April 8, 1986
12. What is the last sentence of the poem "if"
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with distance run. Yours is the Earth and everything
that's in it,
And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son!
13. Name the author and write the words to the poem Invictus
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 bludgeoning's of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
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.
