Guide Right The National Service Program Guide Right is the program for the educational and occupational guidance of youth, primarily inspirational and informational in character. Its reach extends to high schools and colleges alike. In the latter, giving due attention to the needs of the undergraduate Brothers. Conceived in 1922 by Leon W. Stewart, and suggested at the twelfth Grand Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Guide Right became the Fraternity's National Service Program. Jesse Jerome Peters, later to become the eighth Grand Polemarch, was the chairman of the committee, during the administration of W. Ellis Stewart as Grand Polemarch. Guide Right is administered by a National Director and a Guide Right Commission. The Commission consists of a Director and 12 Provincial Coordinators. This Commission serves to evaluate the needs of the African-American community and address them with service. A. Kappa League The Kappa Alpha Psi Instructional Leadership League is primarily Alumni Chapter projects but many undergraduate chapters have taken on the same task. It is organization oriented toward helping young men of high school age to grow and develop their leadership talents in every phase of human endeavor. It provides challenging and rewarding experiences both through academia and sport. Since the fundamental purpose of Kappa Alpha Psi is ACHIEVEMENT, it is the Fraternity's purpose to help these young men to achieve worthy goals for themselves and to make constructive contributions to their community when leadership roles become their responsibility. There are three Kappa League awards named after Brothers, who have been outstanding in their Guide Right efforts. The awards listed below are presented at Provincial meetings. •The Leon W. Stewart Award for the most outstanding individual Kappa League participant. •The Bert V. Wadkins Award for the most outstanding Kappa Brother, who is the Director of Kappa League Club. •The Jay Crosby Award for the most outstanding Kappa League Club. B. Student of the Year Pageant The Student of the Year Pageant is given to both undergraduate Brothers and Kappa Leaguers who are achieving above and beyond the rest. There are certain characteristics prevalent in all men destined to achiev in life. They include scholarship, talent, community involvement, poise and appearance, career preparation, and awareness. The high school participants are to be sponsored by an Alumni Chapter and Undergraduate Chapters sponsor their own Brothers. C. Guide Right on Campus In the infancy of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity when chapters were blossoming and flourishing throughout the length and breadth of the United States, both individual and collective efforts were being made to incorporate meaningful programs into various local chapter activities. The very foundation of Guide Right can be traced to the St. Louis Alumni Chapter and Leon W. Steward, who rightfully is dubbed the "Father of the Guide Right Movement." According to THE STORY OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI, soon after the St. Louis Alumni Chapter's beginning in 1921, Brothers Leon W. Steward anf J. Jerome Peters were assigned to study the needs of active chapters for guidance and funds to devise a "meaningful and practical" approach to the problem. Ultimately, Brother Steward, a YMCA secretary, proposed a program of guidance to be designed as Guide Right, with the purpose of assisting high school males to choose and pursue useful careers, consistent with the Fraternity purpose. This program was immediately adopted at the local level and the 12th Grand Chapter adopted Guide Right as the national service program. The focus of Guide Right, from its inception, was to provide scholarships to the needy and talented students, and to inform young people in the professions and career options. The basic concepts of Guide Right may be summarized as follows: 1. To help youth, especially those of high school age, in the selection of courses leading to vocations compatible with their aptitudes, interests, and personalities. 2. To assist students, while they are in training, to get started in employment, and to progress successfully in their chosen fields. 3. To assist parents in the handling of their children by giving them opportunities to talk over their problems with those who know and are successful in their chosen vocations. 4. To afford the less fortunate youths a respite from the drudgery of the streets, through sponsored entertainment and cultural enrichment. 5. To inform youth of the values of higher education, of assistance available for continued pursuits, scholarships, loans, professional counseling, fellowships, etc; of various occupational and professional opportunities; and of current lab or demands and the trends on the labor market, supply rewards, etc. Kappa Alpha Psi's commitment to young people is well established, and our Guide Right efforts, both individual and collective, can continue to serve as a mechanism to "inspire service in the public interest." Copyright © 2007-2008 TERRIBLETHETANUPES.COM All rights reserved.