![]() ![]() It is the beautiful realization of a vision shared commonly by the late Revered Founders Elder Watson Diggs John Milton Lee Byron K. ![]() Kappa Alpha Psi, a college Fraternity, now comprised of functioning Undergraduate and Alumni Chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the country, is the crystallization of a dream. He was also a member of the Board of Managers of the Columbia Community Branch of the YMCA.AND God said….I’ll make me a man, A man of Courage, A man of Dignighty, A man who is able to become all that is said, I’ll make him in the color of valor: Krimson Red A man with Gleam,A man of Wisdom, A man who is able to fulfill every woman’s dream, I’ll make him in the color of Integrity: Kappa Kreme A man who concists of no ends or boundaries, A man who is wise in all his decisions, A man who has the willingness to achieve, And the knowledge to obtain every goal, I’ll make a man that compels of no sin, And God said, I’ll start this group of men with ten! Men of Strength,Men of Love, Men who are worthy of treasures from above, Men who are as radiant as diamonds in the sky, And God said, I’ll make a man And I’ll call him A KAPPA Man For eight years, he conducted a successful catering business in Philadelphia he organized and served as Vice President and Secretary of the Mutual Emergency Union, a mutual aid company in Philadelphia. ![]() Vocationally, he was engaged in several enterprises. He helped organize, and for several years was president of, the Fairview Gold Club, the first Negro Golf Club in Pennsylvania. His battery enjoys the unique distinction of having been the first battery of Negro Artillerymen ever to open fire upon an enemy. He enlisted in the 349th Field Artillery in March of 1918 and served overseas as a First Class Sergeant and Gunner. He later became a student at Temple University (1915) but was compelled to leave school because of a death in the family. John Milton Lee, born in Danville, Indiana, September 7, 1890, was graduated from the Danville High School in 1910 and entered the University of Indiana and there completed three years of pre-medical work. Diggs was instrumental in having the Indiana Constitution amended to permit Negro enlistment in the Indiana National Guard. After European service with the 368th Infantry, he became a captain in the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Upon America’s entrance into World War I, Diggs resigned his principalship to enter the Nation’s first Officer’s Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and was commissioned a lieutenant. After his death on November 8, 1947, the name of the school where he taught was changed to the Elder Diggs School in his memory. For this and other outstanding contributions to the Fraternity, he was awarded the Fraternity’s first Laurel Wreath in December, 1924.Īn educator by profession, he taught in the public schools of Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was elevated to a principalship. He served as Grand Polemarch for the first six consecutive years of the Fraternity’s existence. Elder Watson Diggs (circa 1883-1947), born in Christian County, Kentucky, was a graduate of Indiana State Normal (now Indiana State Teachers College) and Indiana University, the birthplace of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. ![]()
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