By: Danny Anderson
NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU WOULD SEE GREEK LETTER PARAPHERNALIA ALL OVER CAMPUS. IN THE SPRING OF 1965 A SPHINX CLUB WAS FORMED.
IN THE FALL OF 1965 WE ACTIVELY STARTED PLEDGING. IN DECEMBER WE COMBINED OUR LINE WITH TEXAS SOUTHERN’S DELTA THETA FOR THE GREEK PLEDGE LINE SHOW AT TSU. NO SOONER THAN WE RETURNED TO CAMPUS
WE FOUND OUT TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO GO OVER.
IN JANUARY 1966 WHEN WE RETURNED TO SCHOOL OUR PLEDGING STARTED AGAIN. I DON’T KNOW ALL THE WORK GOING ON BUT OUR BIG BROTHERS WERE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO FIND A CHAPTER FOR US TO GO OVER. FINALLY, IN MARCH 1966 EPSILON IOTA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN EXTENDED THEIR CHARTER TO INCLUDE PRAIRIE VIEW. WE WERE THE FIRST PV ALPHAS TO GO OVER AT UT. THE REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT OF ALPHA AT THAT TIME GOT THE APPROVAL TO HAVE EPSILON IOTA EXTEND THEIR CHAPTER TO PRAIRIE VIEW, CREATING EPSILON IOTA EXTENSION CHAPTER.
- ERNEST MAYFIELD – DECEASED
- ALPHONSO ASKEW
- CLINNON HARVEY – DECEASED
- CURTIS THOMAS – DECEASED
- DANIEL ANDERSON
- JOHN H. ABERCROMBIE
- KENNETH JOHNSON
- SAMME THOMPSON