The Register, 1932-02-00

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VOLUME XXVI
GREENSBORO, N. C, FEBRUARY, 1932
NUMBER 3
College Band Makes Many
Out-of -Town Appearances
IN MUCH DEMAND
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Prof. Green of Lexington High
School Invites Aggregation
to Give Concert.
ENTERTAINSCONFERENCE
Plays   for   Farmers   at   Laurinburg   In-
stitute Where Large Crowd
Is Delighted.
The college band seems to be constantly gaining new ground. It apparently has more calls for concerts than
there is time to fill them. However,
there has been, a number of trips made
and concerts given. The first concert
was down in Lexington where a large
audience enjoyed the program presented
in the auditorium of Dunbar high school.
The concert seems to have gone over
well and the audience showed keen interest and appreciation for all numbers.
Professor Jones gave a few remarks
during the intermission, on the preparation for filling certain positions in life.
The members of the band are grateful
to the citizens of Lexington for the
kindness shown during the stay and
especially so after the parade that afternoon.
The next trip was down to Laurinburg. In this instance the concert, was
given in connection with a farmers'
conference which was being held at
Laurinburg institute
rpi,„x^ was an improvised basketball
game between the band stars and Institute performers. They won 13-0 as
recorded by Speller, the score keeper.
The uiiinei aui*od Ljn.sisUju o? repression—barbecue, beans, bread, rice,
and "happy day" dessert. All were prepared for the concert which began
promptly at 8 o'clock. Tn thia instance
there was evidence of a well-pleased
audience. It also showed that music
in its highest was appreciated by all
present. One of the outstanding features of the band is that during out-of-
town performances the band members
are directed by a student director only.
The members conduct themselves as
gentlemen without the presence of an
instructor. The band is also grateful
to  the  college  for furnishing uniforms.
MR. M. F. HOLT WORKING
TO BEAUTIFY CAMPUS
Looking over the campus it is indeed
pleasant to note the wonderful change
in the topography and landscape design.
Instead of the irregular surface, the
gulleys, the grass barren spots, there is
the pleasing and rolling hills, the grass
seed beds, hedges, and gracefully curving walks. The campus on the whole
is being greatly improved. The low
spot on the left near the arch entrance
has been filled with soil and grass seeds
planted. The lawns around the buildings have been covered with manure
which provides wonderful plant food.
The tall, unsightly mass of trees bordering the campus on Lindsay street has
been removed thereby rendering an
entirely different view of the campus.
Students will have no trouble rescuing
stray balls down at the tennis court
this spring for a carpet of green grass
will assist them.
The view of the laundry building
and steam heating plant must not be
overlooked, for the variety of shrubs
have greatly improved it. The roads
have been worked over and drained and
various shrubs have been transplanted
to add greater beauty. Spring is earlier
by all means than the date actually
set for it. Credit and praise is due Mr.
Holt, who is working so faithfully to
continue these landscape gardening improvements.
HONOR ROLL
Fall Quarter 1931
Seniors
Points
Miss   Carrie  V.  Hill      64
Miss Hattie Diffay     44
Miss  Oveta  Brown     59
Miss Nora Foster    58
Juniors
Mrs  T. W. Washington      62
Miss Frances Larkin    49
Miss Albert T. Jenkins    49
Miss Samuel Silver   40
Sophomore
Miss   Lillian   Lee       57
Miss  Hortense   Galloway      54
Miss Zena  Bluford      50
Mr. Clarence Sawyer     65
Freshman
John   T.   Spellar       43
AGRICULTURAL SENIORS
ARE MAKING PROGRESS
Are   Doing   Practice   Teaching   Out   in
Rural Schools of Guilford
County.
DIRECTOR PLEASED WITH RESULTS
The Agricultural Seniors have started
their second quarter's work with a better spirit than ever before. The Senior
class   consists   of   eight   members   who
in the rural schools of Guilford county.
The trainers are out in the community
doing the actual work that they
most likely will be faced with when
they get out on the job.
The class was divided into three
groups and assigned to the following
places:
W. T. Johnson, L. C. Colson and R. E.
Jones are working in the Brown Summit
school.
J. J. Mitchell, J. L. Moffitt and W. H.
Jones are working in the Poplar Grove
school.
C. A. Jenkins and W. H. Slade are
working in the Mt. Zion school.
In the Mt. Zion community the
trainers have built a hog house for one
of the vocational boys and have also
succeeded in establishing several hog
projects among the boys of the community. Before school closes the trainers
are planning to remodel several poultry
houses for the farmers of the community.
It has been stated by Professor C. E.
Dean, teacher trainer, that the Senior
class this year has already accomplished
more work than the class last year did
the entire school year.
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ZIMMER HARP TRIO
TO APPEAR AT A. & T.
LOCAL CHAPTER OF
DELTASIGMATHETA
ESTABLISHED HERE
&   T.   Gets   First   Undergraduate Chapter in
the Carolinas.
SEVEN    ARE    INITIATED
Is   Outgrowth  of  Pyramid   Club   Established Last May With Twelve
Members.
The Zimmer Harp Trio, a group of
entertainers of national note, will appear at A. and T. College on Friday,
February 19, at 8:15 p. m., under the
sponsorship of the joint lyeeum of A.
and T. and Bennett Colleges.
The Zimmer Harp Trio, which has
been called "concerts' greatest novelty,"
is composed of Nellie Zimmer, soloist
and founder; Marie Mellman, harpist;
Louise Harris, harpist; and Harry New-
comb, dramatic baritone. The trio of
harpists is the oldest in America. The
13th season finds this unique company
paramount in its field of musical endeavor, according to press reports of
the leading newspapers of New York
and Chicago.
On Saturday evening, February 13,
for the first time in its history, Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority established an
undergraduate chapter at a North Carolina College. It is the second chapter
of Delta to be established in North
Carolina, the othei being the mixed
chapter at Durham. ;
The first hint of a. sorority on this
campus came last May when 12 Delta
enthusiasts were organized into a Pyramid club. The members of the club
have anxiously awaited the establishment of a chapter here. Their anxiety
seemed to have grown stronger when
seven of them were placed on probation
February 1st. It reached its climax
Saturday evening, February 13, when
the seven went through the final initiation and Alpha Mu chapter of Delta
Sigma  Theta Sorority was   established.
Mrs. Lorraine Redmond Heathcock,
eastern regional director, of Washington, D. C, and Miss Marion Palmer,
grand treasurer, of Norfolk, Va-, officiated. Assisting Misses Miriam Price,
Florence Byrd, and Nora Fo_ster, directors of the A. and T. group, were Misses
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Sliephard, Marguerite Diffay, Dorothy
Sanford, Claudia Butler, and Mesdames
Marion Bryan Wilson, C. L. Colson,
and Hazel Sykes Knox. Seven chapters
were represented to welcome the incoming sorors. They were: Alpha Lambda,
Beta, Sigma, Alpha Beta, Iota, Beta
Sigma, and Mu Sigma. The chapter is
composed of Misses Druella Galloway,
president; Hattie Diffay, vice-president;
Martha White, secretary; Zena Bluford,
treasurer; - Oveta Brown, journalist;
Pearl Parker, and Hazel Whitlock. The
girls are representatives of good scholarship   and   character   and   are   taking
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RECENT VISITORS
Among the distinguished persons to
visit us recently we may mention the
following:
Dr. N. B. Young, former president of
Florida A. & M. College and also former president of Lincoln University,
Missouri. Dr. Young is now touring
the country interesting teachers in organizing a national headquarters in
Washington, D. C, for the National
Negro Teachers Association.
Mrs. Hattie Lewis Bland, daughter of
the late Dr. J. D. Lewis, of Richmond,
Va. Mrs. Bland was merely satisfying
the desire of seeing A. & T. College.
She has heard of A. & T. many times.
This was her first opportunity to visit.
She expressed herself as being delighted
with 'the visit.
Dr. Zenobia Gilpin, who holds a college, and also a medical degree from
Howard University, made an official
visit in connection with the establishment of the A. K. A. sorority. Mrs. Gilpin is the Regional Director of the National A. K. A.
Mrs. Lorraine Redmon Heathcock, of
Washington, D. C, and Miss Marion
Palmer, of Norfolk, Va., were visitors
at the institution February 12 and 13.
They came to establish a chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority on the campus.
SENIORS ARE TO DO
PRACTICE TEACHING
Professor Henry of the Education
Department has announced that
Seniors in the Teacher Training
Division will soon begin their practice teaching. According to present
arrangements about nine will go to
Dudley High School and the others
will go to nearby schools.
The Seniors report, that they are
ready; and are simply waiting for
this opportunity to lead a. willing
generation out of educational confusion into intellectual light.
WILLIAM H. PURYEAR
PASSES IN RICHMOND
Was Former A. & T. Instructor
and General Secretary of
Alumni Association.
OUTSTANDING   GRADUATE
The whole A and T. College eommuri-
ity was shocked when word came from
Richmond, Va., that Dean Puryear, '28,
had died on January 9.
Mr. Puryear was well thought of at
A. and T. As a student here he made
an excellent record, both in scholarship and deportment. During his senior
year he was elected president of the
student body, which carried with it the
chairmanship of the Student Council.
In this capacity he displayed such fine
qualities of judgment and leadership
that two years after graduation he was
called back to A. and T. to occupy the
very exacting position of Dean of Men.
After graduation Mr. Puryear was
—.... pxizfsrpa. ,-;f the _aiaa;ji<ia QaniLiy
Training School, a non-standard school
in a county where there had never been
a standard high school. At the close
of the first year Puryear was able to
announce that his school had been
placed on the standard list.
This was only the first step in his
program. He had succeeded in surrounding himself with an able corps of
young teachers, and also in interesting
the colored citizens in a better type of
training. The second year was marked
by further improvements- This was
the summer of 1930 when he was offered
a position at his Alma Mater, which he
accepted.
He had a firm faith in A. and T. One
of his first acts after he began teaching was to send twenty-five dollars to
President Bluford to be used in purchasing books for the college library.
English was the field of his major
intellectual interests. He had visions
of seeing a. great department of English developed here. He had made
plans to spend this year at Cornell University studying English. And there
are many students on the campus now
who took his courses in English last
year, and remember well what he taught
about  the  "King's  English."
As dean  of men he came in contact
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A. & T. COLLEGE SUMMER
SCHOOL SEGINS JUNE 6
A. and T. College will begin its first
regular session of summer school on
June 6 of this year, at which time
courses for raising or renewing teachers' certificates and college credit will
be offered.
The college will hold two sessions
this year. Judging from the number
of applications now being received, a
large attendance Is expected. The college promises a well organized faculty
of specialists for the summer sessions.
For further information and terms,
write to Warmoth T. Gibbs, Director of
Sessions, Greensboro, N. C-
ALPHA KAPPAALPHA
SORORITY BEGINS
WORK AT A. AND T.
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Co-eds   Secure   Local   Chapter
of National Organization Here.
IS  HAILED  BY  STUDENTS
Is the First  Greek  Letter Organization
for Women to Be Established
At A. and T.
An undergraduate chapter, Apha Phi
of the Alpha Kappa Alpha soroity, was
the first greek letter organization for
women to be established on the A. and
T. campus, Friday evening, January 8,
1932. Ceremonies .were conducted by
Dr. Gilpin, Southeastern Regional director and Mrs. Walls. These ceremonies
were followed by an oyster supper at
the home of Mrs. Walls,.
The sorority colors and flowers were
the main features of the decorations;
carnations lent added grace to the beautiful rooms.
Dr. Gilpin gave a talk on the recent
Alpha Kappa Alpha Boule held on the
campus of the University of Cincinnati.
Mention was made of the formal dance
held with the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity in the Gray Stone ballroom in
Cincinnati.
Those who form the Alpha Phi Alpha
chapter are Misses Josephine Barrier,
Mernell Graves, Carrie Hill, Constance
Hill, Ruth Hull, Marion Tatum, Vivian
Walker,  and Hattie  Wright.
AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS
SPONSOR ESSAY CONTEST
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Purpose Is to Demonstrate Best Methods
of Improving the Annual Fair.
FINE     RESULTS     ARE     OBTAINED
Just a short time ago there was some
discussion as to the ways and means
of improving the fair held annually at
this institution. To that end it was decided that the entire Agriculture Department write essays on the subject:
"How we may improve our school fair."
After this was begun the interest of
the different classes became so great
that it was necessary to make it a real
contest. There was a. contest in the
classes as well as among the classes.
A preliminary contest was held in
each class and the individual who won
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MAKE  IMPROVEMENTS
IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
The department of animal husbandry
headed by Professor Crutcher with Professors Smith and Spaulding as coworkers is showing splendid improvements and attracting attention from all
around. On visiting the piggery there
may be seen a number of well-developed
and healthy gilts and burrows which in
the near future will furnish pork for the
dining hall. Approximately twenty gallons of wholesome milk is furnished
daily by the well-kept dairy which consists of 11 purebred jersey milking and
about the same number to freshen soon.
The poultry furnished for the school
is absolutely unsurpassed in any way.
Students simply yearn for the morning when those nice fresh eggs will
greet to  breakfast.
It has been suggested from an authoritative source that in the near future
there will be established in tlr~ -lepart-
ment an experiment station. We hope
that the department will not be disappointed in this connection.