![]() Our first step in ALPHA PHI ALPHA is taken in thoughtful silence. Then the Presiding Officer says: Silence, the background of all thought. The candidate is brought to a stop and all remain silent for one minute. Every member present remains in absolute silence. The Brother is then admitted with the candidate. The Brother conducting the candidate shall say: A Brother of those within and a most humble servant of the laws they make. A voice within asks, after the knocks have been given: Who disturbs the peace and quietude of those assembled within? The candidate shall the be led to the door of the initiation room where the Brother conducting him gives the significant knocks. ![]() He shall be left in absolute solitude for a reasonable length of time. The candidate shall be conveyed to a place unknown to him. The candidate’s, features shall be bandaged beyond recognition, both because it will not in any way help to have him personally recognized, but more particularly to symbolize the complete loss of self in the actual work, the uplift of all men of all races, but in particular, the loss of self in the uplift of our people and our Brothers in ALPHA PHI ALPHA. (Teaching that out of ALPHA PHI ALPHA, men walk or stumble through business or trhough life, blindly missing much which should be seen., used and enjoyed.) ![]() The Oath of Secrecy shall then be administered by a Brother designated by the President. As the candidate advances, he shall suddenly be accosted and mystically addressed. When he arrives, the place may apparently be deserted and darkened. He shall be instructed to enter whether lighted or not. The candidate shall be directed to report at a very definitely specified place. It shall be illegal to take or use in initiation any step not hereinafter defined. Whenever and wherever a step is omitted, this step shall be carefully explained by the “Lecturer”, so that all ALPHA brothers will come through finally with the same lessons. The lettered steps (A, B, etc.) are elective, and may be omitted. The numbered steps (1, 2, etc) in the order of initiation are obligatory and must be taken by each and every chapter in initiating a candidate or candidates. This shall not be done in a brutal fashion. The only exeption of physical contact will be the three impressions at the end of the initiation ceremony. All paddling, whipping, or other physical brutality is PROHIBITED.
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