The Register, 1931-12-00

              Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year
Official Student Publication of A. & T. College
Winter Quarter
Begins
Januarys, 1932
VOLUME XXVI
GREENSBORO, N. C,  DECEMBER, 1931
NUMBER
CO-EDS ARE NOW
MEMBERS OF A. &T.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Members of Fair Sex Win Right
to Representation on
Governing Body.
COUNCIL     IS     ENLARGED
Ruth   Hall   Now   Shares   Presidency   of
Student Body With Frank
Wood.
For the first time in A. & T.'s history, Co-eds are taking part in the student management of the school. On
December second, the student body met
and elected Miss Ruth Hull, co-chairman of the student council. The various classes met and elected the following as their representatives: Miss
Hattie Diffay, representative of the
Senior class; Miss Rose Jenkins,
Junior; Miss Recie Gerst, Sophomore;
and Miss Mary II. Hatcher, of the
Freshman class..
These newly-elected members attended their first meeting on Wednesday evening December 10, when the
members of the student council of A.
& T. were "guests of the student council
of Bennett College at the Robert E.
Jones hall.
President Bluford stated that in the
future every class will have three representatives, one of which will be a
Co-ed, and that along with the election
of the president of the student body a
young lady will be elected Co-chairman.
nient of A. & T. as a whole. Already
these new members have shown groat
prospects for better student administration.
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THE DRAMATIC CLUB
PRESENTS THREE PLAYS
"A     Minuet,"     "Grandma     Pulls     the
String," and  "A  Night  at  An   Inn"
Titles  of  One-Act   Productions.
WAS CLUB'S SECOND APPEARANCE
The Dramatic club of A. & T. College
made its first public appearance in "In
the Next Room," November 18, 1931.
Its second was made the night of December 19, in the form of three one-
act plays : "A Minuet," "Grandma Pulls
the String," and "A Night iit an Inn."
"A Minuet" was the romantic story
of a French aristocrat doomed to die
and whose wife came to die with him.
The members of the cast were Marquis,
Mr. II. Hargraves; Marchionesse, Miss
II. Galloway, and the part of the
wretched old jailer was played by Mr.
Currie. The acting of all was excellent
and that, of Mr. Currie was especially
commendable.
The one-act comedy, "Grandma Pulls
the String," afforded the audience many
laughs. It was the story of a meddlesome old grandmother who was determined to make her granddaughter's
romance the medieval type. The characters were: the granddaughters,
Misses L. A. Fonst, II. Diffay, B. Huntley ; the grandmother, Miss O. Brown ;
and the mother, Miss R. Hull. All of
the actors did their parts very well, the
grandmother and nosey grandchild
being especially  funny.
The third and last play was "A night
at an Inn." This was a weird play,
given by a cast of boys which was composed of Messrs. W. Canada, J. Moore,
Currie, and Brent. The story dealt
with a ring of thieves of whom J.
Moore was the leader and in which part
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Popularity Contest
To Be Held
Plans are under way for a Popularity Contest, under auspices of the
Y. W. C. A. On this occasion the
students' choice for "Miss A. & T."
will be made. It will be well for
every student to return after holidays with their favorite in mind, so
that the contest may be carried out
successfully and the most popular
co-ed be elected.
PRESIDENT BLUFORD
WINS NEW HONORS
Is Elected President of Conference of Negro Land Grant
College Presidents.
MEET   HELD   IN   CHICAGO
At the annual meeting of Negro Land
Grant College Presidents in Chicago
November 10-18, President Bluford of
A. & T. College, was elected president
of the conference.
At the conference many distinguished
educators of both races were on the
program among whom were Dr. Arthur
J. Klein, professor of administration,
at Ohio State University ; Dr. Kelly, of
the United States department of higher
education; Mr. John B. Pierce, of the
United States Extension department,
and Dr. A. Caliver, specialist of the
United States Division of Higher Edu-
Many problems that face the Negro
colleges today were discussed. The unemployment situation of the country,
the prospects for opening up new occupations, the need of more intensive
training of Negroes in agriculture, business, and in the skilled occupations,
and the best means of securing larger
appropriations for the colleges from the
State and Federal governments were
discussed.
The next conference will meet in
Washington, District of Columbia.
ART DEPARTMENT SHOWS
SIGNS OF REAL PROGRESS
Beginning with the fall term of 1930,
Art Education as a major course was
introduced as a major course at A. & T.
College. The character of the work
offered centered around three specific
objectives a,s follows:
(a) To discover and develop the
latent talents of A. & T. students for
artistic expression.
(b) To meet a growing demand for
special trained art teachers in our public schools and colleges.
(c) And particularly to promote a
fuller understanding of the importance
of art in the daily life of the individual
and lay foundation for careers as
creative artists.
The courses in Freehand Drawing,
peusil and pen and ink, water color and
pastel have attracted several students
of talent, while the courses in art appreciation, history of sculpture and
painting are also enjoying increasing
popularity because of their cultural
value.
Judging from the caliber of work on
exhibition in the A. & T. studio from
time to time the division bids fair to
become one of great value to the institution. Among the students specializing in art particular mention might be
made of Preston Haygood of Charlotte,
N. C. The sketches, portraits, composition and paintings produced by Mr.
Haygood show him to be a young man
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COLLEGEC
CLUB RENDERS
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Difficult Oratorio Presented in
Dudley Chapel With
Artistic Finesse.
ATTENDANCE     INSPIRING
Carrie    Hill,    Odessa    Arlege,    Bertina
Huntley, P. IV irson and W. H.
Munroe   Participate.
On Sunday afternoon, December 20,
the vesper hour was turned over to the
Choral club und-,:r the direction of
Professor Walls for the purpose of rendering George Frederick Handel's famous  old  Oratorio,  the Messiah.
This club has rendered several very
successful programs during this year,
and many citizens, white and colored,
in and around Greensboro took advantage of this opportunity to see and bear
the Aggies in the -ole of master musicians. And judging from the expressions they enjoyed it from beginning to
end.
The platform was beautifully decorated in plants and flowers of the season. The whole club had seats on the
platform. According to plan the young
ladies were dressed in white and the
young men  in  dark  blue.
Promptly at 2:15 o'clock Professor
Walls in bis own illimitable way played
the overture. And this was all that was
necessary to prepare the big crowd of
music lovers for \w.at was to follow.
Pearson was sjljiis best in a tenor
recitative "l oni^ST I ■ My People." He
was followed byr;ie whole chorus in
"And the Glory of the Lord." This was
one of the high spots of the program.
Monroe, who is rapidly taking his place
along side J. L. Connor, H. C. Goore
and other famous Aggie bassos of the
past rendered "Thus Saitb the Lord."
and "But Who May Abide." Odessa
Arlege in "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive," and "O Thou That Tellest Good
Tidings" set a rather high standard for
future altos. Monroe returned with
"The People That Walked in Darkness" which was, In the writer's
opinion,  his best offering.
A double quartette, consisting of Carrie Hill and Evelyn Morton, sopranos;
Odessa Arlege and Bertina Huntley,
altos; P. Pearson and John Robinson,
tenors; and W. Monroe and Reginald
Telfair, bass, rendered "For Unto Us a
Child Is Born" quite acceptably indeed.
We would have been glad to hear more
from them.
Carrie Hill easily wafted the audience to new heights of enjoyment in
her air for soprano, "Rejoice Greatly,
O Daughter of Zion" and later in
"Come Unto Me."
Bertha Huntley has won a high place
in local dramatic circles, but we have
not heard her as soloist before. Her
presentation of "He Was Despised"
clearly showed that she has a rich alto
voice and that she can use it.
The program ended with the varsity
singing better than ever before. "Lift
Up Your Heads () Ye Gates" followed
by the whole chorus in "Hallelujah," a
fitting climax of a day of song which
we shall long remember.
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Y. W. C. A. SPONSORS
A   FASHION   REVUE
The Y. W. C. A., under direction of
Miss Florence Byrd, presented a
fashion review on Friday evening, December 4th. Participating were : Bennett and A. & T. students and city
teachers. The latest in styles were
shown, among which were several garments made in the college tailor shop.
COLLEGE AIDS IN
CHARITY EFFORT
When Lieutenant Oxley issued
his plea for assistance on Negro
relief work, the faculty and students of A. & T. College readily responded.
A. & T. was made headquarters,
and every student was at his command with a smile. The work in
the main was fostered by officers
of the college fraternities.
The residents of Morrison hall
extended every courtesy to the all-
stars. The student body as a whole
distributed advertisements for the
charity game and benefit dances.
Lieutenant Oxley extended thanks
to all connected with the college for
such wonderful co-operation.
plansIadefor
Twenty-Sixth Annual Event to
Take Place in Agricultural
Auditorium Jan. 1st.
OFFICERS   ARE    ELECTED
The 20th annual Klodd Hopper will
be held in the Agricultural auditorium
on January 1, 1932 at 9 o'clock. These
plans were made at the last meeting.
At this time, the following officers were
elected, with the exception of the president, who was elected at the affair last
year:
Mr. P.. II. Thornton, president; Mr.
W. T. Johnson, vice-president; Miss H.
C. Pollard, treasurer.
This promises to be one of the best
Klodd Hoppers in the history of the
school. The chairmen elected for various committees are quite capable of
doing the work and are striving to
make it a big success. Many members
of the Alumni are expected to be in
the city to attend this affair. The new
students are looking forward, with
great interest, because they have never
attended a Klodd Hopper and are very
eager to see what it is all about.
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DURHAM ALUMNI HOLD
THEIR ANNUAL MEETING
The A. & T. Alumni chapter of Durham, entertained on December 7 at the
Biltmore Hotel, Durham, N. C. President Bluford, Professors S. B. Simmons, G. B. Love, and other members
of the Greensboro chapter, were honor
guests at this annual meeting. The
meeting was well attended and very
well enjoyed.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The staff of the Registeb acknowledge the following publications:
The Billtopper, Howard University ;
University Student, Smith University ;
Cum pus Eclio, N. C. College; Weekly
Xcirs, Fla. A. & M.; The Va. Statesman, Va. State College; Bennett Banner, Bennett College for Women;
Hampton Script, Hampton Institute.
The staff stands ready to establish
an exchange between any student publication and the Register.
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EXAMINATIONS
Students are burning the midnight
oil now preparing for that eventful
event in the college students' life called
examinations. Term papers are being
composed and note-books finished. The
library is enjoying its largest attendance of the quarter. Cramming may be
detrimental but it is not forbidden, so
all of us indulge. LUCK TO ALL.
V. P. WHITE.
CONFERENCE
DUCATSON I
HELD IN RALEIGH
Several   Representatives   From
A. & T. Gather With Educators at Shaw Univ.
FINE   RESULTS  OBTAINED
State Department of Public Instruction
Calls   Educators   to   Study
the New Law.
A very important state-wide conference on Education was held at Shaw
University in Raleigh on November 27
and 28. It was called by the State Department of Public Instruction and was
devoted to a consideration of the following problems.
The New School Law—This was explained in a masterful way by State
Superintendent A. T. Allen.
Other problems coining in for serious
discussion by several speakers were—
Deficiencies in appropriations for the
extended term and sufficient teachers in
Negro schools, and whether or not Negroes, in applying for benefits under
the law, gathered the necessary facts
and presented them in a formal way to
school authorities.
Another feature of the program was
employment of colored boys and girls
after graduation.
A committee was appointed to make
a special study of these problems and
report to the members of the conference.
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and high schools of the State were invited. The delegation from A. & T. included President Bluford, Dean Gibbs,
Messrs. T. B. Jones, S. B. Simmons, J.
W. Mitchell and Mrs. Lowe.
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JUNIOR AG. STUDENTS
PAY VISIT TO MARKETS
Members   of   Class   Visit   Local   Cotton
and Tobacco Markets to Study
Methods.
CLASS     IS     GREATLY     BENEFITED
The course in cotton and tobacco
marketing has been very interesting
and enjoyable during the quarter. The
various cotton exchanges and tobacco
warehouses have contributed their
quota to the success of the class.
The cotton exchanges that have been
especially favorable to our efforts are
as follows: Rucker Cotton Exchange
and Crabtree Cotton Exchange. Mr.
Bell of the Rucker Exchange was very
courteous and liberal, so much so that
we were permitted to take our entire
class to the classing rooms and spend
the entire laboratory period under his
instruction, relative to classing and
grading. Mr. Gilbert of the Crabtree
Exchange was so liberal as to loan instructor M. F. Spaulding, his library
collections on cotton grading and classing. The students have shown very unusual interest in the work.
With the present trend in cotton marketing we feel that these students as
they go from this institution carry out
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde's proposal
relative to cotton marketing, "No great
benefit can come till the wealth of the
farmer is increased." He suggests as a
means of increasing the farmer's
wealth, a marketing system whereby
the premium placed on stable length
and grade shall reach the farmer. With
a class of this kind placed at strategic
points and in positions as extension
agents and vocational teachers, we feel
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