SEPTEMBER 2003
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MESSAGE from the Province Polemarch
NEWS from the Grand Chapter Meeting, including:
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Message from the Province Polemarch
My Brothers:
It Just Gets Better With Time, at least according to one of my favorite tunes by the Whispers. I have come to truly believe that phrase, especially when it comes to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and most definitely it applies to the Middle Western Province. A brother recently asked me what I most liked about the job of Province Polemarch and what I disliked the most about the position. I replied, I most like the enlightenment about our organization, having my Walt Disney glasses slapped off my face with the reality of Kappa Alpha Psi in it's true essence. I dislike the fact that having seen the essence of Kappa Alpha Psi today, that no matter how vivid the description and facts I share, some brothers still don't get IT, refuse to believe IT, or intentionally don't accept IT. And The Beat Goes On - that's another Whisper's tune!!!
Hopefully, by now, all our chapters have met at least once since their summer recess, and things are starting to take shape. For those that have yet to reunite I look forward to having you back in the saddle. We are coming together on the heels of an outstanding Conclave in Charlotte. We reached or exceeded our registration goals, and I feel confident that financially speaking our cash flow and net are positive.
Conclave for me started with the Council of Province Polemarchs Dinner. It is at this event we honor those members of our Council who retired from the position of Province Polemarch since the last Grand Chapter Meeting in Cleveland. You might not be aware, but since our meeting in Charlotte we have had some additional retirements from the Council. Currently, there is only one other Province Polemarch remaining on the Council that I have served with over the past four years, the Southern Province Polemarch. I feel like a neophyte all over again despite the fact that I'm now the second most senior member of our Council. I'm going to miss my colleagues.
As The Beat Goes On. If you did not attend the comedy show or the Grand Chapter concert, let me tell you, OUTSTANDING is the only way to put it. My ribs are still healing from laughing so hard, and my feet won't forget the groove from the concert. The talent for both events was so good when I think about what I paid for my tickets I look over my shoulder for the police, I feel like I was stealing. Of course, we did take care of some business also. Several of the proposed amendments to our National Constitution and Statutes were adopted. One of those that failed would have reduced the circulation of our award winning "Journal" to three times a year versus the four we have now. Following my remarks is a posting of all the amendments that were adopted. One of the items that was approved that we need to pay immediate attention to deals with a Grand Chapter Dues increase and an increase in the Initiation fees. Following my message is an exhibit on both items.
We even elected the team for the future. I asked you to support what I felt would be the team to continue to move Kappa into the future, and you responded accordingly - THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. Our Grand Polemarch has kicked off a series of "Chat With The Grand Polemarch" sessions on the Internet. He began with the Northern Province. The Grand Polemarch will be chatting in a moderated discussion room, and the chats will be by invitation to only one Province at a time. Provinces are required to provide a Province email list to our Grand Chapter Web Master. A chat invitation is extended to the Province, our Province Web Master will inform the Province with respect to date and time, a secured web link will be released via the province email list, and the chat will commence from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. (EST) on the third Wednesday of the month. Our administration is hard at work. Following my message is a listing (below) of those elected to office in Charlotte. I would truly be remiss if I didn't pay special attention to the fact that our Province is represented on this team, Brother Phillip Hodges of the Eta Chapter was elected to the Grand Board of Directors.
It Just Gets Better With Time. After serving several years as our Junior Grand Vice Polemarch, Brother Steven Pritchett gave the address of his life at our closed banquet, and Brother Melvin Sanders, Polemarch of St. Louis Alumni, received the torch from Charlotte Alumni. Your Province took FIRST PLACE for content in the Web Site competition (Brother "Ceedy" Morgan never sleeps), and we all rededicated ourselves to our fundamental purpose.
As The Beat Goes On. It's Friday now, I don't know where the hell I'm at, no sleep, too much to eat, I need a Vodka Martini neat!!! It's picnic time and the buses are rolling, and you arrived at a well organized serving line of fresh fish served piping hot on the spot. I've died and gone to heaven. (Despite what some of you might think, I'm in!) On Saturday night, I had changed into my Sunday best and went balling (you undergraduates have such a dirty mind), I attended our Grand Ball, after dancing the night away with the only woman I love (points, points) I think it's safe to say I had a good time.
It Just Gets Better With Time. I am making a few changes to our committee structure, following my message is our new lineup of committee chairmen and other appointed positions. We should be preparing for our upcoming C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City this November, hosted by our Epsilon Gamma Chapter. There are a number of time tables, items, etc., etc., etc.; things that all our chapters should be doing by now. Please pay close attention to the exhibit detailing the administrative items required for chapters following this message.
In closing, I just realized I lied about what I most liked about the job of Province Polemarch. It's knowing each and every one of you that makes this job rewarding. My name is Adolphus Morris Pruitt, II and I'm Working For You, What's Your Pleasure?
Yours in the Bond,
Adolphus M. Pruitt, II
Province Polemarch
Middle Western Province
Polemarch@KAPsiMWP.com
The officers and members of the Middle Western Province extend our congratulations to the newly elected Grand Chapter Officers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.:
Senior Grand Vice Polemarch
Junior Grand Vice Polemarch
Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer
Grand Strategus
Grand Lt. Strategus
Grand Historian
Chairman, Grand Chapter Nominating Committee
GRAND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alumni Board Members
Undergraduate Board Members
The following amendments were adopted by the 76th Grand Chapter:
The full text of the above amendments is included on our updated province website which may be viewed at National Constitution and Statutes.
The following increases were adopted by the 76th Grand Chapter:
Based on the above increases, the new Initiation Fee structure in the Middle Western Province is represented in the following table:
| Initiation Fees | Totals | Grand Chapter |
Province Dues |
Province Fee |
Province Council |
CRWLC | ||
| Freshmen | 860 | 625 | 60 | 50 | 100 | 25 | ||
| Sophomores | 770 | 550 | 45 | 50 | 100 | 25 | ||
| Juniors & Seniors | 680 | 475 | 30 | 50 | 100 | 25 | ||
| Alumni | 1,020 | 685 | 60 | 100 | 150 | 25 |
Elmer J. Crumbley Gets National Appointment
Grand Polemarch Samuel C. Hamilton has appointed our own Brother Elmer Joseph Crumbley of the Omaha Alumni Chapter as Chairman of the National Advisors Committee. Brother Crumbley is one of the "best and brightest" members of the Middle Western Province who has what may well be the most varied and distinguished fraternity career within our province, having served his local chapter as Polemarch, Keeper of Records and Exchequer, Board Member, Membership Intake Chairman, Director of Guide Right and Director of Reclamation.
At the province level, Brother Crumbley has served as Chairman of the Achievement Awards Committee, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Balloting Committee Chairman, Undergraduate Loan Fund Committee Co-Chairman, Alpha Eta Chapter Advisor, and is currently a member of the Province Board of Directors and Province Chairman of the Undergraduate Advisors Committee. He is also renown in our province for the high caliber of training that he has given to Chapter Advisors and Membership Intake Chairmen, in particular, and many other officers and members who have been fortunate enough to experience his unique, inspiring and informative training sessions.
His service to the Grand Chapter has included, among other things, membership on the Laurel Wreath Commission, the National Achievement Commission and the National Advisors Committee. His proven record is one of service and dedication to Kappa Alpha Psi, the Omaha Alumni Chapter, and the Middle Western Province.
He has not only worked tirelessly at a multitude of tasks in every administrative level of our fraternity, he has "been there" when so many of us found other things to do. For more than a dozen years, Brother Crumbley has attended EVERY Province Council, and he has been present at EVERY C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference. In our province, his attendance record is unsurpassed during that time frame.
Brother Crumbley is the consumate Kappa man who has lived by our fraternity creed and fulfilled our fundamental purpose of achievement both in his Kappa career and his chosen field of endeavor. He is a professional educator who has been recognized and awarded by his peers locally, regionally and nationally, having received, among other things, the Nebraska Governor's Art Administrator of the Year Award. As Principal of Omaha's Skinner Magnet Center (named in honor of our Brother Eugene W. Skinner), Brother Crumbley has made his mark and continues to blaze new trails for others to follow.
Initiated in 1976 through the Omaha Alumni Chapter, Brother Crumbley is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi, a Life Member of the Middle Western Province, and his many unselfish exploits have most recently earned him the acclaim of our province when he received our highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the 81st Province Council. Clearly, his appointment by our Grand Polemarch is well deserved, and we join in wishing him congratulations and best wishes for continued success.
Adolphus M. Pruitt, II
St. Louis Alumni Chapter
Eplurivus Dewayne West
Independence Alumni Chapter
DeMarco Kaureen Davidson
Iota Omega - University of Missouri
Charles Wesley Morgan, III
Wichita Alumni Chapter
Ashanti Zaki Mitchell
Epsilon Gamma - University of Central Oklahoma
Marques Cameron Burnett
Beta Nu - St. Louis University-Harris Teachers College
Tauren Nathaniel Thompson
Epsilon Gamma - University of Central Oklahoma
Elmer Joseph Crumbley
Omaha Alumni Chapter
Taylor Fields
Kansas City Alumni Chapter
Mitchell P. James
Denver Alumni Chapter
Phillip E. Hodges
Eta - University of Nebraska
John David Morrison, III
Delta Upsilon - Wichita State University
Reuben Anderson Shelton, III
St. Louis Alumni Chapter
Aubrey Scott
Independence Alumni Chapter
Jimmie L. Fight
Independence Alumni Chapter
John Edward Daniels
Fayetteville Alumni Chapter
Isaac Dowdell
Colorado Springs Alumni Chapter
Eric Eugene Lee, Sr.
Lincoln Alumni Chapter
Frank J. Logan
St. Louis Alumni Chapter
Robert Issac Mayes, Sr.
Tulsa Alumni Chapter
Tommie H. Williams, Sr.
Wichita Alumni Chapter
The 16th Polemarch of the Middle Western Province
(Appointed August 6, 1999)
E-Mail: Polemarch@KAPsiMWP.com
Senior Vice Polemarch
E-Mail: SeniorVicePolemarch@KAPsiMWP.com
Junior Vice Polemarch
E-Mail: JuniorVicePolemarch@KAPsiMWP.com
Keeper of Records and Exchequer
E-Mail: KeeperOfRecords@KAPsiMWP.com
Assistant Keeper of Records and Exchequer
E-Mail: AsstKeeperOfRecords@KAPsiMWP.com
Strategus
E-Mail: Strategus@KAPsiMWP.com
Lieutenant Strategus
E-Mail: LtStrategus@KAPsiMWP.com
Board of Directors - Alumni
E-Mail: AlumniBoard2@KAPsiMWP.com
Board of Directors - Alumni
E-Mail: AlumniBoard3@KAPsiMWP.com
Board of Directors - Alumni
E-Mail: AlumniBoard1@KAPsiMWP.com
Board of Directors - Undergraduate
E-Mail: UndergraduateBoard1@KAPsiMWP.com
Board of Directors - Undergraduate
E-Mail: UndergraduateBoard2@KAPsiMWP.com
General Counsel
E-Mail: GeneralCounsel@KAPsiMWP.com
Director of Chapter Assessment
E-Mail: Assessment@KAPsiMWP.com
Investigative Protocol Officer
E-Mail: Protocol@KAPsiMWP.com
Executive Operating Assistant to the Province Polemarch - Arkansas
E-Mail: ExecutiveAssistant1@KAPsiMWP.com
Executive Operating Assistant to the Province Polemarch - Colorado
E-Mail: ExecutiveAssistant3@KAPsiMWP.com
Executive Operating Assistant to the Province Polemarch - Nebraska
E-Mail: ExecutiveAssistant2@KAPsiMWP.com
Executive Operating Assistant to the Province Polemarch - Missouri
E-Mail: ExecutiveAssistant4@KAPsiMWP.com
Executive Operating Assistant to the Province Polemarch - Oklahoma
E-Mail: ExecutiveAssistant5@KAPsiMWP.com
Executive Operating Assistant to the Province Polemarch - Kansas
E-Mail: ExecutiveAssistant6@KAPsiMWP.com
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C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference
Thomas Sterling Wetzel Oklahoma City Alumni Chapter E-Mail: CRWLC@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Council of Past Province Polemarchs
Willie H. Burnett, Sr. Wichita Alumni Chapter E-Mail: Burnett@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Credentials
Odell Vernis Gunter, Sr. Lawton-Ft. Sill Alumni Chapter E-Mail: Credentials@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Guide Right & Student of the Year Pageant
Keaton Jerrill Strong St. Louis Alumni Chapter E-Mail: GuideRight@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Housing, Economic & Community Development
Joseph Edward Clay Denver Alumni Chapter E-Mail: HousingDevelopment@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Kappa Foundation
Eplurivus Dewayne West Independence Alumni Chapter E-Mail: KappaFoundation@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Organizational Effectiveness (Co-Chairmen)
John Edward Daniels Fayetteville Alumni Chapter James L. Mosley Oklahoma City Alumni Chapter E-Mail: Effectiveness@KAPsiMWP.com (Dual address to Co-Chairmen) |
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Political & Social Action
Thomas J. Brown, Jr. Independence Alumni Chapter E-Mail: PoliticalAction@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Province Council Planning
Clayton McCauley Evans St. Louis Alumni Chapter E-Mail: Planning@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Silhouettes
Mrs. Quantriel Pruitt
E-Mail: Silhouettes@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Undergraduate Advisors
Elmer Joseph Crumbley Omaha Alumni Chapter E-Mail: UndergraduateAdvisors@KAPsiMWP.com |
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Undergraduate Affairs
DeMarco Kaureen Davidson Iota Omega - University of Missouri E-Mail: UndergraduateAffairs@KAPsiMWP.com |
If your chapter is scheduled to participate in the next Cluster Initiation to be held in Oklahoma City on October 31st, please pay attention to the Membership Intake Flow Chart and the 2003 Kalendar of Events so that your submission of paperwork will be both complete and timely. Applicant packets should arrive at our Province Headquarters not later than October 6th.
The Fall C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference (CRWLC) will be held on November 1, 2003, hosted by the Metropolitan Oklahoma City Chapter, the Epsilon Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi which is anchored at the University of Central Oklahoma but now includes nearly a dozen campuses under its umbrella. The host hotel will be The Plaza Hotel and Conference Center (formerly "Lincoln Plaza" and other names) located at 4345 North Lincoln Blvd.
The CRWLC will convene on the morning of November 1st at the Langston University Urban Center located next to the host hotel.
Chapter officers who are REQUIRED to attend the CRWLC in the Fall of 2003 or the Spring of 2004 are:
Questions may be directed to the Province Keeper of Records and Exchquer at KeeperOfRecords@KAPsiMWP.com or 405-CD-KAPPA (235-2772).
Further information on hotel reservations is now posted on our province website in the 2003 Kalendar of Events. You may make your hotel reservations before October 24th by calling 405-528-2741. You must mention "Kappa Alpha Psi" to receive the special room rate of $38 per night plus tax.
October 1st is a "crimson letter day" for our fraternity, it is the beginning of our NEW FISCAL YEAR. As is always the case at this time of year, several forms and reports require your chapter's attention, as well as some financial matters that are of importance to chapters AND individuals. If you haven't already taken care of these items, there is still time to fulfill your obligations before the NEW FISCAL YEAR begins.
The forms may be found on the FORMS page of our province website. Questions may be directed to the Province Keeper of Records and Exchquer at KeeperOfRecords@KAPsiMWP.com or 405-CD-KAPPA (235-2772).
Province Life MembershipThe Middle Western Province now offers a Province Life Membership that is available to the first 100 members who pay the one-time fee of $600. Participants are absolved from the payment of Province Dues for life. The Province Life Membership Program does not absolve participants from their obligation to pay Grand Chapter and Local Chapter Dues and/or assessments. Each Province Life Member will receive a lapel pin, certificate, and numbered identification card.
A Subscribing Life Membership Program is also available for an initial payment of $230, with a payment of $230 in the second consecutive year, and a final payment of $200 in the third consecutive year.
Payments may be charged to your Visa or Mastercard, or you may send your personal check or money order to our Province Headquarters at:
We now have eighteen fully paid Province Life Members. Congratulations to our brothers whose names will forever be engraved in the archives and history of the Middle Western Province . . .
THIS JUST IN . . . On October 11th, Langston University is playing Southwestern Assemblies of God University at Cameron Stadium in Lawton, Oklahoma. Prior to the game, the Lawton-Ft. Sill Alumni Chapter will be sponsoring a tailgate party from 2 - 4 p.m. The chapter will be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers. You are cordially invited to partake of their hospitality. They just need to know how many are going to attend for planning purposes. The tailgate will be in the Cameron University Stadium WEST Parking Lot - entrance at 38th street. To confirm your attendance, please contact the Chapter Polemarch, Brother Lynn Anderson, at 580-531-6024 (Office) or 580-536-3351 (Home).
Brothers, we now have a CHAPTER INVISIBLE page on our province website, and we need your assistance in making it more accurate. We request that you review that site and provide updates to our Province Keeper of Records and Exchequer. Please help us fill in the blanks and also provide us with any additional brothers to be memorialized.
The Middle Western Province Virtual Museum is slowly but surely growing. The site is designed to preserve and display documents, photos and other articles of historical significance about chapters in our province, as well as our province-at-large. For this project to be successful and grow even more, we ask each of you to examine your archives in search of items that would be appropriate for inclusion in the museum. Many chapters are not yet represented here. Our highest priority at the moment has to do with the kinds of items that MUST be digitized for permanent keep before they might be destroyed by deterioration or otherwise lost forever.
Obviously a work in progress, we will eventually provide "captions" for items currently archived in our museum that are not self-explanatory. As you submit items for inclusion, we ask that you provide an accompanying explanation where appropriate. For instructions on how to submit documents and photos in a suitable format, please contact our Museum Curator at Museum@KAPsiMWP.com.
E-Mail Addresses
The technology of the Internet has become more than a luxury in the year 2003. Business and personal communication is now "defined" by an E-mail address and connection to the World Wide Web. Our province is clearly committed to the maximum use of this medium, and we can only be successful with your help. Should you change your E-mail address, please remember to notify us as soon as possible. And please help us identify every other member of our province who may have access to this technology. Spread the word!
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79th Province Council Souvenirs
25 Year Membership Pin
Pictured above, the pin is circular in design, slightly smaller than a quarter, and cast in a silver color. It is wrapped in a laurel wreath, emblazoned with the number "25" in the center with a small nugget below the number, and the words "Middle Western Province" around the bottom with "Kappa Alpha Psi" around the top on a crimson band.
We have restocked our supply and the cost is $25 each. Contact our Province Keeper of Records & Exchequer to purchase your pin today. Don't miss this one! Order NOW!
The Middle Western Province has authorized the production of a Twenty-Five Year Membership Pin to recognize those members who were initiated at least twenty-five years ago. The project was approved on a proposal from Brother Robert I. Mayes, Sr. of the Tulsa Alumni Chapter, and the proceeds are used to help fund our several and varied philanthropic programs and other financial obligations.
