Omega played a vital role when the United States entered World War I in 1917 by having several brothers in the first class of black soldiers graduate from Camp Fort Des Moines, a military training facility located in Iowa. Under his leadership, the fraternity’s first official hymn, “Omega Men Draw Nigh,” was written by Otto Bohannon. Holmes served as Omega’s sixth Grand Basileus. Hall, the fourth Grand Basileus, authorized the establishment of Gamma chapter in Boston.īrother Clarence F. Omega Psi Phi was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia on October 28, 1914. As a result, the fraternity operated without official sanction, until the university withdrew its opposition in 1914, the same year Beta chapter was chartered at Lincoln University. In 1912, Howard University officials did not initially recognize the fraternity as a national organization and Omega Psi Phi’s leadership refused to accept limited recognition. Cooper and Frank Coleman were elected the chapter’s first Basileus, Keeper of Records, and Keeper of Seals, respectively.īrother Cooper became the fraternity’s second Grand Basileus in 1912 and authorized the investigation of establishing a second chapter on the campus of Lincoln University located in Pennsylvania.īrother Love was elected as the third Grand Basileus in 1912 and served until 1915. Eleven undergraduate men were selected to become the charter members.Īlpha chapter was organized with fourteen charter members on December 15, 1911.
Cooper and Frank Coleman were selected to be the Grand Keeper of the Records (National Secretary) and Grand Keeper of Seals (National Treasurer), respectively. Love became the first Grand Basileus (National President).
Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift were adopted as Cardinal Principles. Joining them was their faculty adviser, Ernest Everett Just.įrom the initials of the Greek phrase meaning, “ friendship is essential to the soul“, the name Omega Psi Phi was derived. The founders were three undergraduates - Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman. On the evening of November 17, 1911, Omega Psi Phi was founded inside the Science Building (later renamed Thirkield Hall) at Howard University located in Washington, D.C. is the first international fraternal organization founded on the campus of a historically black college.
It shows only that the report was first made by phone at the fraternity house’s address shortly after 1 a.m. The incident report provided to The Star contains no details about possible offenses committed, the applicable state laws or the circumstances of the event. In Kansas, police narratives are withheld in open criminal investigations. Incident reports are part of an investigative file detailing the actions of officers responding to a reported crime. The department has previously acknowledged police were aware of the reported incident as students and others from the Lawrence community have staged demonstrations outside the fraternity house and on the college campus. Lawrence police have opened an investigation following a reported sex crime inside the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house near the University of Kansas, though information from authorities continues to be tightly held.Īn incident report shared with The Star through a Kansas public records request offers little information outside of confirming that police began looking into the matter earlier this month.
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