The Sophomores of 1908
Alice P. Murray There is only a meager record of the life history of Alice P. Murray, one of the founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. It is known that she was a member of the group of sophomores admitted to the sorority in the spring of 1908, and that she was an active participant in the early days.
Her father was P. A. Murray, and the family lived on U. Street in Washington, D.C. She entered Teachers College of Howard University in 1906, and graduated with a B.A. degree in liberal arts and pedagogy in 1910. As a student, she took many classes in kindergarten teaching methods. A number of articles written by Alice Murray were published by the Howard University journal. She was obviously very interested in music and she reviewed the Howard University Glee Club performances. Her short stories reveal her to have been a sensitive, cultivated person, Alice Murray disclosed some of her thoughts in the following poem included in a short story published when she was at Howard University.
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