Historical Perspective

                                                                of

                                                                Epsilon Omega Chapter

On April 20, 1923, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. established its fifth graduate chapter in the Orangeburg area, Epsilon Omega Chapter.  The chapter was the first such organization established in the Orangeburg community.  Men like Frank M. Stately, Sr., Miller F. Whittaker, Robert S. Wilkinson, Sr., and Benjamin E. Mays were to petition the Conclave for the charter of the first graduate chapter in the Sixth District.  The sponsors of the chapter were Spencer C. Disher, Sr., Norman Peterson and Robert S. Wilkinson, Sr.  The charter members of the chapter were J. H. Holmes, J. A. Mason, E. B. McTeer, J. A. Robinson, and F. M. Sheffield.  The vision of these men catapulted what for more than eighty years has been a very powerful educational and social force in the Orangeburg community.

Through the years, Epsilon Omega has served Orangeburg and surrounding communities with the resources that otherwise might not have been available to them.  However, during those early years, Epsilon Omega was a social outlet for the African-American community in Orangeburg.  For that reason, the chapter's records show very little with respect to bring in new members.  It had the number of brothers to serve its goals in the first three to four decades of the chapter's history.