In what season and year did the first meeting occur?

• A. Spring 1905
• B. Fall 1905
• C. Fall 1904
• D. Winter 1905

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is the founding timeline. The group began organizing Alpha Phi Alpha during the Fall of 1905—the initial gathering where the founders outlined their aims and started the plan that would lead to the fraternity’s formal establishment the following year. This timing distinguishes the planning phase from the later, official founding date in 1906. So, the fall of 1905 best fits because it is the period when the first meeting and the fraternity’s budding organization occurred.