On December 4, 1906, it had been decided that the organization known as the Social Study Club during 1905-06, and also as the Alpha Phi Alpha Society since October 23, 1906, should be a fraternity. Considerable discussion has developed over the names of the Founders of the Fraternity. The Founders of the Fraternity can be only those persons who initiated the fraternal idea and remained steadfast to their design even in the days of struggle and conflict. The original seven include those men who were members of both organizations, the Social Study Club, and the Fraternity, who had remained steadfast to the ideal of a Greek-letter Fraternity during the months of uncertainty through which the club was passing, who did not waiver in their efforts to bring about the realization of their vision, and who dared to be pioneers in an untried field of Negro student life. These seven men, the JEWELS of the Fraternity are:
Henry Arthur Callis Charles Henry Chapman 
Eugene Kinckle Jones
George Biddle Kelly Nathaniel Allison Murray Robert Harold Ogle Vertner Woodson Tandy .
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