COMMENTARY: SENIOR KAPPAS
In the 33 rd administration we established the Senior Kappa Endowment Fund. This fund was put in place to accom- modate some of the programmatic needs that our senior brothers may incur. This fund was able to grow in excess of $1,000,000. We need to make sure this fund continues to grow and that we can assist our seniors as we go forward. Have you made your contribution to this fund yet? As we celebrate seniors let us make sure that we do all we can to ensure that Kappa Alpha Psi ® will survive. Let us etch in our minds that Kappa Alpha Psi is what our Founders put in place. It is our profound obligation to be careful as we make modifications to who and what we are. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is not a Fortune 500 corporation, it’s a fraternity, a nonprofit organization founded for the purpose of uniting members for the pur- pose of helping somebody. Today, we’ve gathered to pay tribute to our seniors. We’ve gathered believing that our seniors are not just Kappas who have gotten older, but Kappas who have worked for Kappa along the way and made a dif- ference in our world. We’re hoping that these senior Kappas remember what they promised at the Delphic Shrine, and that their promise was not simply to get old, but to make Kappa greater. I pray that each of us who still has breath, will leave this place and make Kappa Alpha Psi the beneficiary of what you can contribute to Phi Nu Pi.
Are you too old my brother to hold a small boy on your knee? Can you still teach that little boy about the things he’s going to see? Can you explain to that little boy why there’s a smile upon your face? Can you tell him why you’re a Kappa and tell him about amazing grace? Can you teach him that Kappa was founded on Christian principles long ago? And that our Founders wanted little boys to learn what Kappas know? Our Founders didn’t build a resting bench for us to sit and do no more; The place they intended for us to rest is called the Golden Shore. But as long as God gives a Kappa breath, he ought to keep achieving; As long as God let’s us walk this earth, we ought to keep believing. Keep singing the Kappa Hymn my brothers, cling to every word; Know in your heart that Kappas everywhere Have learned to live the solemn words they’ve heard. A Senior Kappa still has time to hold a small boy on his knee; It’s not just his brother’s task to do, it’s every brother we see.
Remarks by Earl T. Tildon. 96 th Elder Watson Diggs Awardee Delivered May 18, 2019
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