▁while ▁at ▁Corn ell , ▁Po index ter ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁student ▁experiences ▁in ▁the ▁school . ▁ ▁Po index ter ▁served ▁as ▁secretary ▁to ▁Thomas ▁F ors yth ▁H unt , ▁who ▁author ed ▁How ▁to ▁Cho ose ▁a ▁Farm : ▁With ▁a ▁Disc uss ion ▁of ▁American ▁Land s , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁The ▁C ere als ▁of ▁America . ▁ ▁He ▁would ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁Virginia ▁delegate ▁to ▁the ▁Association ▁of ▁American ▁Agricult ural ▁Colleg es ▁and ▁Ex periment ▁St ations ▁Convention . ▁ ▁Al pha ▁Ph i ▁Al pha ▁ ▁While ▁at ▁Corn ell ▁as ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁student ▁in ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Agricult ure , ▁Po index ter ▁was ▁the ▁organ izer ▁of ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁literary ▁students ▁at ▁Corn ell ▁University . ▁The ▁group ▁initially ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁students ▁and ▁included ▁females . ▁The ▁group ▁met ▁every ▁two ▁weeks ▁at ▁ 4 2 1 ▁North ▁Alb any ▁Street , ▁where ▁Po index ter ▁room ed . ▁Po index ter ▁felt ▁the ▁group ▁should ▁serve ▁the ▁cultural ▁and ▁social ▁needs ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁community ▁and ▁not ▁be ▁an ▁el ite ▁secret ▁society . ▁ ▁Po index ter ▁never ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Al pha ▁Ph i ▁Al pha ▁F rat ern ity . ▁He ▁was ▁stated ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁fac ulty ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁students ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁secretary ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁profess ors . ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁Po index ter ▁organized ▁a ▁meeting ▁of ▁students