This article from the Spokesman-Recorder archives was printed on January 20, 1939. These articles are reprinted in that era’s original text and grammar to preserve their historical value. – MSR
Alpha fraternity men of the Twin Cities will gather on Thursday, January 26, at a banquet at the Phyllis Wheatley House in honor of Mu chapter’s favorite son —Horace Bell, Minnesota’s All-American guard who, at the close of this season, finished three years of stellar football for the U of M.
Banquet is Closed
The banquet in honor of Bell will be closed to the public, and only Alpha Phi Alpha men, members of the Sphinx Club (pledge group), and their company will make up the guest list.
Approximately thirty-five Alpha men with their company are expected to attend.
‘Best Yet’
John R. Lawrence, Jr., president of Mu chapter in the Twin Cities, at a dinner meeting for the officers of the chapter, made the following comment when the group had rounded out their plans, “Brothers, I feel that this will be a fitting honor to Brother Bell who has made the name of Mu Chapter right throughout the kingdom of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.”
Arrangements for the affair are in charge of John Patton, Norman Light, Elmer Harris, and Walter Goins. The committee has also arranged for Bell to give a ten-minute talk over WTCN on Thursday evening just before the banquet at the Phyllis Wheatley House.
Bell from Akron
Horace Bell, who hails from Akron Ohio, came here with the express purpose in mind of “making” the great Minnesota squad. That he saw his dreams come true, no one need deny. He graduates in the June, 1939 class.
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