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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 17
Boule Men.. • Continued from page 1
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groups and treated to tours by
Harry DeLomie, Curator of
Education and Brian Judson,
Docent. In addition to the
many outstanding permanent
exhibits at the Jepson, the
Boule Social Action
Committee timed the visit to
allow the young African
American men to experience
the Freedom's March exhibit
to enhance their understand
ing of the struggle for civil
rights in Savannah.
Throughout the evening, the
students were escorted by
Officer Victor Washington of
the Metropolitan Police
Department. Officer
Washington is a consistent
mentor and supporter of the
Young Men of Honor.
After the tour of the
Jepson, the group headed to
the main office of Carver
State Bank on Martin Luther
King, Jr. Boulevard for a
pizza party and a tour of the
banking facility. They also
engaged in conversation with
Mayor Otis Johnson; Dr.
Joseph Silver, former Vice
President for Academic
Affairs at Savannah State
University and currently a
Vice President with the
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools;
William E. Stiles, a local
contractor and Director of
Operations with the Old
Savannah City Mission; and
Robert E. James, President of
Carver State Bank.
Founded by Mrs. Diane
Jackson, a para-educator at
Spencer Elementary School,
the “Young Men of Honor”
program seeks to change
negative behavior in young
boys between the ages of 9
and 14 by providing activi
ties that encourage and teach
positive behavior patterns.
The program also attempts to
broaden the cultural and
social experiences of the stu
dents, improve academic per
formance, and build positive
self-identities for the young
men. According to Jackson,
these goals will be achieved
by “creating a nurturing envi
ronment where these young
men will observe and partici
pate in positive, character
building activities.”
The outing that was
arranged by the men of Alpha
Lambda Boule certainly met
all of the criteria established
by Mrs. Jackson.
Established in 1904,
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity is
considered by many as the
most prestigious organiza
tion of African American
men in the world. The
national fraternity is known
as the Grand Boule, and indi
vidual members are called
“Archons.” A few of the
well-known Archons includ
ed W. E. B. Dubois, Martin
Luther King, Jr. and
Benjamin E. Mayes. In addi
tion to sponsoring high qual
ity social activities for the
Archons and their families
and friends, the Fraternity
provides college scholarships
through the Boule
Foundation, and is involved
in numerous social action
projects. The Grand Boule
theme for the 2008 - 2010
Biennium is “Boule Men
Doing Great Things!”
Chartered in 1963,
Alpha Lambda Boule of
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
includes members from the
Savannah and the Hilton
Head areas. Mayor Otis
Johnson is serving as Sire
Archon of Alpha Lambda.
He also chairs the Social
Action Committee.
St. James... Continued from page 15
music. All are welcome to
come and enjoy for a small
donation.
Our spiritual weekend
will culminate on Sunday,
November 30 with Family
and Friends Day. Choirs
include: The Children Choir,
B.S. Hannah Male Choir,
Irene Hamilton-Liberation
Choir, and the A. L.
Washington Gospel Choir.
The chairpersons, Theodore
& Margaret Hunter, senior
pastor, Rev. Stephen A. Lee,
associate pastor, Rev.
Sylvester Lang, officers and
members of St. James.
Georgia Represented in the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade
Atlanta - Georgia will be
well represented in the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade as Georgia Tech’s
Yellow Jacket Marching
Band takes center stage. The
group is one of two college
bands selected to perform
during the traditional kick
off to the holiday season.
The parade will be broadcast
live Thursday, November 27,
2008, on NBC from 9:00
a.m. until noon (EST). The
Yellow Jacket Marching
Band has been informed that
they will be marching by the
camera at approximately
10:07 a.m.
“With 2008 represent
ing the band’s 100th anniver
sary, we cannot think of a
better way to celebrate than
taking part in this traditional
holiday event,” says Band
Director Chris Moore.
Transporting 360 mem
bers plus their instruments is
no small task. The group will
be transported via eight
buses along with one truck
loaded with instruments
ranging from 30 tubas to
31drums. The band is set
leave on Sunday, November
23 for the 800-plus-mile trek.
Established in 1908, the
Yellow Jacket Marching
Band is one of the oldest
such programs in the coun
try. Members of the band are
part of a group of more than
1,100 Georgia Tech students
who sing, play or study
music each semester at a uni
versity that offers no under
graduate degrees in music.
Band members represent
every major and many
nations around the world.
The Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day parade is
not the first time the band has
been in the limelight. Band
members appeared at the
Kenny Chesney and
Sugarland concert during
their 2007 summer tour in
Atlanta. They also were
asked to perform with Keith
Urban during his spring con
cert at Gwinnett Arena earlier
this year.
For more information
on the Yellow Jacket
Marching Band’s major mile
stones, visit their Web site at
http.
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SSU Women Fall
To FAMU
Florida A&M held Savannah
State without a field goal the
final seven minutes and 14
seconds and closed out the
game with a 11-2 run to
defeat the Lady Tigers 48-34
on November 17 in Tiger
Arena. Nikki Robinson led
SSU with 12 points and six
rebounds. SSU bounced back
to beat Edward Waters 68-
31 at home on Nov. 20 as
SSU jumped out to a 33-8
lead in the first half. Crissa
Jackson had 12 points and
five assists while Ashlee
Barley came off the bench to
add 11 points. The Lady
Tigers fell to 2-2 after being
thumped by Texas El Paso in
their first road game of the
year 103-46 on Nov. 22. The
Miners had runs of 14-0 and
12-0 in the first half to put
SSU away. Barley led SSU
with 12 points.
Tigers Off
To 4-0 Start
The Savannah State men's
basketball team improved to
4-0 last week with home vic
tories over Coastal Carolina
(66-65) and New Orleans
(54-44). In the Nov. 18 win
over Coastal, Chris Linton
made a free throw with 3.9
seconds left to give SSU the
win. The Tigers fought back
from a six point deficit with
just over two minutes left.
Raye Bailey led SSU with
14 points. Jovonni Shuler
added 12 and Linton chipped
in 11 and 10 rebounds. The
Tigers defeated the
Privateers on Nov. 22. SSU
trailed by seven at the half
but opened up the second
half with a 17-3 run and
never trailed again. Linton
led SSU with 16 points
Go Back to
the Polls for
the Run-off
Election on
December 2
Walter Moore
while freshman Rashad
Hassan added 12.
SSU Closes Out
Season With Loss
North Carolina Central out-
gained Savannah State 330 to
122 as the Eagles defeated
SSU 10-7 in Durham, NC
before 4,027 fans on Nov.
22. The Eagles (4-7) led 10-
0 at halftime as Brandon
Gilbert kicked a 42 yard field
goal and Tim Shankle ran for
a five yard touchdown. SSU
made the score 10-7 in the
third as Kurvin Curry threw a
30 yard scoring pass to Isaiah
Osborne with 3:49 left in the
quarter. That would be the
last score of the contest as
SSU got no further than the
Eagles 35 the rest of the way.
Curry passed for 99 yards for
SSU (5-7) while Daniel
Stoddard ran for 41 yards on
8 carries. Osborne caught 2
passes for 59 yards and a
touchdown. Javorris Jackson
had 16 tackles while Calvin
Leonard had 11.
New Scholarship
At SSU
Family members of the late
Alan Polite gave Savannah
State a check for $7,000 dur
ing halftime of the SSU-New
Orleans men's basketball
game on Nov. 22. The check
is the for the Horace
Scandrick Endowed
Scholarship in memory of
Polite who was a 1972 alum
nus and one of the founding
members of the SSU
Community Booster Club.
The scholarship will provide
assistance to a deserving stu
dent-athlete in football at
SSU with a 3.0 grade point
average, documented com
munity service, a full-time
student athlete and having
good character. Heading up
the endowment are Polite's
parents, Horace and Alvertia
Scandrick of Savannah,
daughters Nakisha Polite and
Sharmona Johnson, both of
Atlanta and their mother,
Dr. Ann Levett of New
Haven, CT.
Steadman Makes
All-SIAC
James Steadman has been
selected first team All-SIAC
as a wide receiver. The senior
who graduated from Beach
High played in 10 games this
season, caught 41 passes for
662 yards and six touch
downs. Morehouse finished
the year with a 6-4 record.
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