GRAND POLEMARCH'S MESSAGE
Many of our senior brothers were initiated in undergraduate schools and experienced first- hand what is needed to be great mentors. We think about our senior brothers as we focus on the Senior Kappas Endowment Fund initiated during the 33 rd administration, to assist senior Kappas in years to come.
ful to brothers who have participated in growing this endowment to more than one million dollars. The Kappa Founda- tion is managing this endowment. In Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, we honor and pay deference to Senior Kappas, recognizing that they knelt at the Del- phic Shrine and dwelt among us. How do we celebrate our Senior Kappas and how do we remember their contribu- tions to Phi Nu Pi? We remember them by the legacies they leave that enable us to build the future. Reach out to the senior brothers around you, because nothing is better than their testimonies. We can draw from their wealth of knowledge. We can learn what to expect as we taste the wis- dom that comes from the learned and experienced senior brothers who still remember some of our Founders and the pillars of our fraternity. We salute our senior brothers as we celebrate our 84th Grand Chapter Meeting in Philadelphia. We can only become better because they touched our lives. We have one more Journal during the 33 rd Administration. Brother Cleveland Ferguson has done an outstanding job capturing the stories of the best and brightest among us. These stories have introduced us to high achieving broth- ers throughout the world. I hope you have enjoyed The Journal and look forward to equally informative informa-
tion in the future. We have featured our seniors, military, undergraduates and other special interest groups in our fraternity. When we read the profiles of our achieving brothers, we know that our Founders and forebears are proud that we have done our best to perpetu- ate their vision. I honor and thank all brothers who have answered the call to service in this administration, whether at the local, province or national level. I challenge you to reach out to the 34 th Administra- tion and answer the call to continue to perpetuate the Kappa legacy as we con- tinue to build the future of the greatest fraternity on the planet. To our senior brothers, I admonish you that the work of the fraternity contin- ues, and we will still need your wisdom, guidance and leadership as we continue in the 21 st century. The leaders who will assume the gauntlet in 2019 are ready for the challenge. “Training for Lead- ership” is not an idle phrase, but the reality that has kept the Kappa ship on course for 108 years. To our undergraduate brothers, I urge you to seek and head the wise counsel of our senior brothers, for it is there that you will learn how to sustain the great- ness of our fraternity, as well as what it will take to sustain it for years to come.
Brothers:
I n this issue we’re focusing on the service and achievements of Senior Kappas. When we look back at some of the most familiar seniors in the scriptures, we see Abraham who died at 175 years of age, Isaac who died at 180, Jacob who lived until 147 years of age and Moses who died at 120 year of age. We don’t remember these men because they lived a long life, but because of what they did while they lived. We remember these great men and our elders who lived in the 108 years since Kappas birth, and reflect on their achievements, leadership and mentorship down through the years. We honor these brothers because they represent the foun- dation of the fraternity. Many of our senior brothers were initiated in undergraduate schools and experienced first-hand what is needed to be great mentors. We think about our senior brothers as we focus on the Senior Kappa Endowment Fund initiated during the 33 rd administration, to assist senior Kappas in years to come. We are grate-
Thomas L. Battles, Jr. Grand Polemarch
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