Sixth Annotation for NHD 08-09

"Honoring the Past." Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority ,Inc. A Legacy of Sisterhood and Service. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.. 6 Nov 2008 http://www.aka1908.com/past/.

This website gives me the motto they go by "By Merit and Culture". I found out the names of their distinguishing colors. Their stamp is on the page it is the letters AKA going down the middle of it and the middle is salmon pink and the two sides are apple green and in both sides of the green it is two images one up and the other down they are for what the sorority stands for. At the bottom there is words in greek lettering in a scroll out banner. The stamp is shaped like a shield and above it there are two hands joined together.

Introduction

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle born as Ethel Hedgeman on February 10, 1885 in St, Louis, Missouri. She is the daughter of Albert Hedgeman and Maria Hubbard Hedgeman. Her father worked for the YMCA and her mother cared for her two sisters, Iota and Thelma. She attended public schools in St. Louis and graduated with honors from Sumner High School in 1904 with a scholarship to Howard University. She entered the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University in 1904. That year she had to stop due to some health issues she was having. She graduated in 1909 with a B.A. in liberal arts. After graduating she went to Enfala, Oklahoma. During that summer she taught music in the Summer Normal School and continued to teach in the public school of Enfala until 1910. Ethel Hedgeman Lyle was the first Black woman college graduate to teach in a normal school in Oklahoma and the first to receive a Teacher's Life Certificate from the Oklahoma State Department of Education. During the school year 1910-1911 she taught in the public schools of Centralia, Illinois. After she was done teaching in Centralia, she married her high school and college sweetheart, George Lyle, in New York on June 21, 1911, they resided in Philadelphia where their only child, George, Jr., was born. Mrs. Lyle continued her career in Philadelphia in 1922 she taught English at the Thomas Purham School and then at the Arthur School after that she retired in 1948.

Fifth Annotation for NHD 08-09

"What organization was founded by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle?." Wiki Answers. 6 Nov 2008 .

This website tells me organizations that Ethel Hedgeman Lyle was apart of and the ones she founded her self. It tells me that she was an educator for forty years and for more than twenty years she was the national treasurer of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Inc. The website also mentions that she was the founder and first president of Omega Omega. She also was the founder of the West Philadelphia chaspter League of Woman Voters and the Mothers club in the city.

Thesis Statement

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Inc. was formed by a female named Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. She wanted to form an association of woman students through which the talents and strengths of these students could be organized for the mutual benefit of all. This formation was not formed by one woman but that one woman brong together what they call "The Divine Nine" . Later on the nine decided to induct seven sophomores.

Fourth Annotation for NHD 08-09

"Famous Sorors of AKA." PHENOMENAL WOMEN OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA. 6 Nov 2008 .

This website gives me information on every fomous female that is an Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror. They give me a list of females that are in the public eye that took the pledge to be an Alpha Kappa Alpha. The first name mentioned on this website is Ethel Hedgeman Lyle because she is the founder of the sisterhood.

Third Annotation for NHD 08-09

"Alpha Kappa Alpha- Kappa Chapter." Kappa Chapter Klassy since 1920. 09/04/2006. Kappa Chapter. 24 Oct 2008 .

This is a website that tells the story of the Kappa Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. This gives a history background of the chapter and when they were formed and the founging members of that chapter. Each Chapter has their own version of the story and how their chapter came about. This website gives a biography of Ethel Hedgmen Lyle it says the same thing that the others say it is just from a different chapter.

Second Annotation for NHD 08-09

"Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated-Beta Upsilon Chapter." The Founders. 03/09/2003. Beta Upsilon Chapter. 24 Oct 2008 .


This is a website that tells me who the AKA's are. I found out that Ethel was the original AKA Sorror. She was the one who thought of the idea to have a female sorority in an all black college that had male faternity's. This website tells me bout her child hood and where she lived while she was married and out of college. She resided to Philadelphia where their only child was born George Jr. She continued to work as an English teacher at a school.

First Annotation

"Alpha Kappa Alpha." Welcome to the AKA webpage of the notorious Nu Chapter. October 16 2008. Nu Chapter. 16 Oct 2008 .


This website gives information on "The Divine Nine" and the sophmores that were inducted into the AKA. This website shows biographies of the woman who lead the founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. It tells me what she achieved and how she came up with the idea to think of a sisterhood where you didnt have to be related by blood by heart and spirit. These woman were females she knew and the females that her friends knew. This website also talks about how she had health problems and when she had to take sometime out of school because of her health.

Topic Selection

It's about that time again everybody. NHD is here and in this paragraph I will tell you the person I am doing research on and what she is most famous for and how I am going to present my project to the judges. This year I am doing a exhibit board about Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. She is the female that came up with the idea to have a Sorority for African American females. She started a sorority named Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. She says her husband had nothing to do with this idea but people believe he did. She started this with The divine nine that is what they were called till they wanted the sorority to last forever so they inducted sophmores so the legacy of the sorority would be saved. This was the first sorority to be Incoporated.

THe Nutrition Group

My group is doing research on nurtition and we will bring it to the group when we meet the next time. I have done researc h but I am not clear on what exactly I am looking for. I wasn't told what I was suppose to be looking for. But I found charts about childhood diabetes and information on it but that is all I have found so far.

Service Learming Meeting on Thursday

During the meeting we filled out a survey of our eating habits and I learned that I have bad eating habits my questions to the answers were good but also was bad like I said I skip a few breakfasts and I hardly eat lunch and the only thing I eat is dinner and desert that is what I learned about myself during the service learning.

Thursday Meeting

On Thursday 's Meeting we talked about making wraps and other alternatives besides sandwiches and we asked each other where would the money go if we sold these items and we said it would go back into the group so we can do more each time.

Service Learning Meeting On Friday

On Friday we were talking about ways to improve the school lunches we came up with ways we could do it. We also have a walking/Bus trip to Aramark so we can see what lunches they can offer us for our type of kitchen. Last thing we left off at was when we were talking about restaurants we could go to near the school to see what types of food they have and how long will it take to get a meal for lunch. My role is to research a restaurant.

Fridays Meeting

This meeting was so boaring only thing we talked about was changing the school lunch and we came up with ways to try and change it. This is not what I wanted to do I wanted to do juvenile diabetes. For this week we will see if someone has talked to the lunch lady and see where our lunch is coming from. We came up with a plan to sell sandwhiches to raise money.

NHD Reflection

This year I had to do NHD it was challenging but it was good for me I am just glad it is over. The most challenging part about it was that it took so long and took so much energy and it would just start to get boaring. The best thing about it was that I got it done and I don't have to worry about deadlines no more or research. Some challenges I had was the dead lines I hate having someone tell me what time I had it due. And that project took so much time but it was worth it I got it done on time and I don't have to do it anymore.

Biography of: Julia Fields

Julia Fields was born in 1938 in Perry County, Alabama. She grew up in a large family. In 1962 she published her first poem. She graduated from Knoxville College in Tennessee in 1961. A year after that she published two of her other poems in an anthology of black literature, “ Beyond the Blues” (1662). After that success she continued to write poetry and short stories while teaching high school in Birmingham, Alabama. She has also taught colleges and Universities. Her first volume of poetry, Poems came out in 1668 was well received. Her second volume of poetry “ East of Moonlight” in 1773 captures and reflects the folk spirit in black life. High on The Hog is a great poem and tells her thoughts of how people rationalize the food African Americans eat. She wanted to make a statement that not all of us eat black-eyed peas or collard greens or even pork chops smothered in gravy. Ms. Julia Fields inspired me with her poem High on the Hog I saw American culture in a different light. I love this poem because it shows the different side of African Americans.