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...formal dress of the pledges, or "Sphinxmen," as the fraternity calls them, is not intended as a military exercise, but to protect the pledges from unpredictable Boston weather. The apparel inspires Sphinxmen to take a serious attitude toward all of their activities. In fact, most of the Sphinxmen cite the desire to become more serious--more focused and mature--as their reason for pledging...
Pledging AOA is an intense process. During the pledge period, the Sphinxmen study and are tested on Alpha history. With such illustrious members as Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois, Jesse Owens, football hall of famers Gene Upshaw and Art Shell, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, New York Mayor David Dinkins, Rep. William Gray III (D--Pa.), Assistant Professor of Neurology and Harvard Foundation director Allen Counter and Senior Admissions Officer David Evans, AOA is a rich and diverse organization. As any Alpha man will tell you, Alpha history is Black history...
DURING the pledge period, Sphinxmen are also taught about the meaning and responsibilities of brotherhood. They are encouraged to pursue such ideals as working together and being resourceful, as well as the fundamental notion of fraternal love for the other Sphinxmen...
...responsibilities Sphinxmen have as such, there is none as important as doing well academically. The doctrine of AOA is scholarship, as demonstrated by its distinguished membership. If Sphinxmen do not do well in school, then they will be of no good to themselves or to AOA. Thus, in addition to maintaining mandatory study hours every day, all members of the line are required to maintain very high grade point averages...
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