JOURNAL NOTES
The 83 rd Grand Chapter Meeting Fills a Community with Hope by Leaving a Legacy and (Literally) Building on its Future
was matched by the very words of the speakers. This approach will enable this issue to stand the test of time in helping future readers understand what was on the minds and in the hearts of the participants during the Meeting. In the age of “Instagram Stories,” publications like The Journal are criti- cal to record the historical moments of achievement, not merely for the mo- ment, but for all time. With nearly 30,000 Journal subscrib- ers and less than ten percent of those serving as registered delegates, much of what happens at a Grand Chapter Meet- ing is not witnessed live. We invite you then to live in the mo- ments as if you were there. Legacy proj- ects like the Diamond Life Center fills a community with hope (see page 42). Being able to document the unveiling was most rewarding. The Journal also had an eye for under- graduate participants. In many cases, undergraduates made history defending the honor of their provinces in various National Guide Right activities, from participation in the Conclave quiz bowl (see page 106), to securing full scholar- ships from members and sponsors (see page 136), from serving as presiding officers (see page 98) to being keynote speakers, undergraduates were intimate- ly involved in the execution of the Grand Chapter Meeting. Then, there is Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr. He set the course and charge for the Grand Chapter Meeting and beyond (see page 6). And as more than 500 pages of catch-up issues of the Journal have captured, brothers and
chapters have heeded the call of Kappa's Six-Point Plan. Reclamation has been reinvigorated (see page 202). Guide Right is being supported at all three levels. Kappa is connected with military personnel, vet- erans (see page 124) and Senior Kappas equally. (See e.g. page 188). The Kappa Alpha Psi ® Foundation is stronger than ever (see page 202) and the “Building the Dream Klassic” will return (see page 198). Undergraduates are back on the yard and are being ably led by the fully empowered "Young Six" (see page 152). These are stories that shine a light of achievement in every field of human endeavor. Our Byron Kenneth Armstrong Award- ees (see page 74) and Guy Levis Grant Awardees (see page 76), are examples of reinforcements that will continue to build our future as they leave college campuses and transition into Alumni Chapters. We also honor those who are rest- ing from their labors, those who have reached that far off Golden Shore with Brother Aaron Williams’ research (see page 222). You will therefore see more chronicling of those who have entered the Chapter Invisible. The next issue will honor the Iota Chapter Centennial, chronicle National Founders’ Day and the achievements rendered throughout the Fall semester. Let us continue to achieve and the Journal will be there to chronicle those achievements for generations to come.
Cleveland Ferguson III, Esq.
T he Kappa Alpha Psi ® Journal is a historical document. As the flag- ship publication, each issue should chronicle the most significant events and stories of the previous quarter as we seek to Leave a Legacy and Build a Future. It should highlight the chapter activi- ties and individual accomplishments that inure to the benefit of the fra- ternity in general and the platform of the administration, in particular. This issue attempts to honor those guiding principles. Staff assiduously pored over available materials and events to chronicle the 83 rd Grand Chapter Meeting, a series of events that made an impact, indeed that made history in a community that will be edified for years to come. This issue is not a perfect transcript. Nevertheless, where we were able to do so, photography of the moment
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