THE HISTORY OF THE EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER
THE EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER:
THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL SIGNING THE CHARTER WERE:
THE MEMBERSHIP OF EPSILON ALPHA, AS OF ALL GRADUATE AND CITYWIDE CHAPTERS, IS MADE UP OF MOSTLY TRANSFERS FROM THE CHAPTERS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AS WELL AS OTHER CHAPTERS. EPSILON ALPHA WAS FIRST COMPOSED OF BROTHERS FROM THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AREA. AS SOON AS THE BROTHERS FROM DALLAS HAD SUFFICIENT NUMBERS, THEY ORGANIZED THEIR OWN CHAPTER, THETA ALPHA.
THE FIRST TWO BASILEI OF EPSILON ALPHA:
- ORGANIZED OCT 1, 1932
- UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROTHER H.P. CARTER, NINTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE
THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL SIGNING THE CHARTER WERE:
- GRAND BASILEUS LAWRENCE OXLEY
- WILLIAM BAUGH
- JESSIE B. BLAYTON
- J. ARTHUR WEISEGER
- S. MALCOM DODSON
THE MEMBERSHIP OF EPSILON ALPHA, AS OF ALL GRADUATE AND CITYWIDE CHAPTERS, IS MADE UP OF MOSTLY TRANSFERS FROM THE CHAPTERS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AS WELL AS OTHER CHAPTERS. EPSILON ALPHA WAS FIRST COMPOSED OF BROTHERS FROM THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AREA. AS SOON AS THE BROTHERS FROM DALLAS HAD SUFFICIENT NUMBERS, THEY ORGANIZED THEIR OWN CHAPTER, THETA ALPHA.
THE FIRST TWO BASILEI OF EPSILON ALPHA:
- KAY W. MCMILLAN
- F. RIVERS BARNWELL
THE CHAPTER WAS COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING MEN:
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****FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CHAPTER SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF WORLD WAR II, IN BOTH THE PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN THEATER. ALL RETURNED TO ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE CHAPTER.****
EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER INSPIRED ENOUGH INTEREST IN OTHER GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATION TO BRING ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE LOCAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL. WITH TWO LOCAL COLLEGES WITHOUT ACTIVE CHAPTERS ON CAMPUS, THE EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER HAS BECOME THE SURROGATE CHAPTER FOR THOSE BRIGHT YOUNG MEN OF LIKE IDEALS SEEKING TO COME INTO THE WONDERFUL LIGHT OF OMEGA. THOSE FEEDER SCHOOLS ARE TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AND TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
EPSILON ALPHA SHALL ALWAYS STRIVE TO HOLD UP THE BANNER OF OMEGA AS A SHINING LIGHT TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. THE MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN THEIR PLEDGE TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS TO OUR CITY, STATE AND THE NATION.
MISSION STATEMENT:
IT IS THE MISSION OF EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC. TO PROVIDE A BROTHERHOOD FOR WHICH MEN OF SIMILAR IDEAS AND BACKGROUNDS CAN GROW AND SERVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ENRICH SOCIETY AS A WHOLE BY IMPLEMENTING AND SUPPORTING OMEGA'S MANDATED PROGRAMS AND UPHOLDING HER CARDINAL PRINCIPALS.
EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER INSPIRED ENOUGH INTEREST IN OTHER GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATION TO BRING ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE LOCAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL. WITH TWO LOCAL COLLEGES WITHOUT ACTIVE CHAPTERS ON CAMPUS, THE EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER HAS BECOME THE SURROGATE CHAPTER FOR THOSE BRIGHT YOUNG MEN OF LIKE IDEALS SEEKING TO COME INTO THE WONDERFUL LIGHT OF OMEGA. THOSE FEEDER SCHOOLS ARE TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AND TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
EPSILON ALPHA SHALL ALWAYS STRIVE TO HOLD UP THE BANNER OF OMEGA AS A SHINING LIGHT TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. THE MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN THEIR PLEDGE TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS TO OUR CITY, STATE AND THE NATION.
MISSION STATEMENT:
IT IS THE MISSION OF EPSILON ALPHA CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC. TO PROVIDE A BROTHERHOOD FOR WHICH MEN OF SIMILAR IDEAS AND BACKGROUNDS CAN GROW AND SERVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ENRICH SOCIETY AS A WHOLE BY IMPLEMENTING AND SUPPORTING OMEGA'S MANDATED PROGRAMS AND UPHOLDING HER CARDINAL PRINCIPALS.