The Register, 1935-12-00

              THE REGISTER
Winter Term
Begins Jan. 2,1936
Volume XXX   No. 3
A. & T. College, Greensboro, N. C, December, 1935
5c Per Copy
AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS
A.ANDT, LITTLE
THEATRE TRIUMPHS
Stella Production
Indicates Artistry
Incarnadined
FROSH VICTORIOUS IN
FROSH-SOPH DEBATE
Sixth Consecutive Victory
In Annual Forensic
Struggle
A. & T. Seniors Prove
Very Active
The freshmen of the College
were successful in winning over
the sophomores in the thirty-sixth
annual freshman-sophomore debate. This marks the sixth consecutive victory for the freshman
class.
The freshmen struggled hard
to back up the threats that were
made to the sophomores previous
to the debate, and to get their revenge for the treatment received
at the beginning of the quarter.
The abilities of the members of
the freshman team were said to
have been far superior to those of
the freshman teams of former
years. A clear knowledge and understanding of the subject seemed
to have been possessed by the
members of both teams to the extent that the interest and attention
of the large audinece were held
from the beginning to the end.
The subject discussed was: Resolved: That The Federal Government Should Enact Legislation
Granting to Educational Agencies
at Least 13 Per Cent of the Time
and Power Used for Radio Broadcasting in the United States.
The Freshmen upheld the negative side of the argument with
Zachary Molton, James Pender-
grast and Jeremiah King (alternate)   as   speakers.
The Sophomores upheld the affirmative with Van D. Foster, J.
W. Turner and J. D. Caldwell (alternate) as speakers.
The judges were: Prof. J. F.
Nau of Immanuel Lutheran College of this city, Dr. G. H. Evans,
and the Rev. J. J. Green, both of
the city. John L. Withers, '36, presided.
The teams were coached by Prof.
A. R. Brooks and Mrs. Oveta B.
Jewell of the English department.
ettXmoten
to appear
in recital
The seniors of the college have
proved themselves very active during the fall quarter. This was
shown by the fact that several
schools of North Carolina hmve
been visited and speeches delivered
by a number of the members of
the senior class.
The places visited were: Lincoln
Academy, Kings Mountain; Colored High School, Concord; Lee
County Training School, Sanford;
West Street High School, New
Bern; Laurinburg Normal and Industrial Institute, Laurinburg; and
several schools of Guilford County.
The students who visited the
schools mentioned were: A. B. Ed-
miston, C. J .Jones, W. S. Leonard,
A. W. Jones, J. A. Spaulding, M.
Albright, J. E. Jeffries, E. L. Pay-
ton, C. G. Boyce and Paul Wise.
These seniors are members of
the agricultural department of the
college. Several other places are
scheduled for these students to
visit during next quarter.
Art Students On Tour
NEGRO ACHIEVEMENT
WEEK IS OBSERVED
Presents   Inspiring  Program.   Good Speeches
Heard
Ag.
Seniors   Hold  Community Fairs
Etta Moten, celebrated radio,
screen and stage star, who has
thrilled millions of people throughout the world with her wonderful
mezzo-contralto voice and charming personality, will appear here
•in recital Thursday, December 19,
8:15 p.m., in the college gymnasium.
Miss Moton, who is classed as one
of the most outstanding artists of
the day, is noted for her unusually low feminine tones. Among
her outstanding achievements in
the musical world are her successful apnearances at the White
House and at. the Academy of
Music, New York  City.
She will be remembered by the
On November 15, the art class
337, under the direction of Prof.
H. C. Taylor began a series of educational tours in conection with
its class work. This is an appreciation class and the purpose of
these trips is to enable the students to identify representative ex
amples of the various styles of ar
chitecture. The students also note
the transition that has taken place
through the years in architecture.
.The program of the class includes
sculpture and painting as well as
architecture, but the work at present is chiefly concerened with architecture.
The second of these tours took
nlace November 21, but because of
an unfortunate happening, the
class was unable to fully carry out
the purpose of its trip.
These trips are used in connection with the class to strengthen
the aesthetic anpreciation of its
members as concerns art. Both
are serving their purpose in the
highest manner. The only regret
is that there are only a few students who seem to be interested
in this course. The members of
this class are Neallie George,
Amelia Stanford. Gaston Dyson
»nd Virgil Stroud.
masses for her great work in
"Flvintr Down to Rio" and "Broad-
wav Melody." screen successes.
Miss Moten will sing here a rep-
prtoire including the classics and
spirituals, although she has indicated her willingness to sing popu-
'ar numbers upon request.
Men's Glee Club
The Men's Glee Club under the
direction of Prof. H. H. Williams
made its radio debut on Monday
evening, November 25. Many favorable comments were made on
the program.
During the week of Nov. 3, the
Mu Psi Chapter of the Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity observed what is
known as the annual national Negro Achievement Week. Inspiring programs were presented at
which time noted speakers were
brought before the student body.
The first of their programs was
held on Monday, November 4, at
which time various members of the
fraternity appeared before the
students relating the purpose of
observing Negro Achievement
Week and bringing to their attention several outstanding achievements of some of the members of
the Negro race. R. E. Brent, presided.
In the second program of the
week, Professor W. J. Trent, Jr.,
professor of economics at Bennett
College was presented. He delivered a short, but practicable and
inspiring address concerning the
achievements of the Negro. He
discussed our present racial status
and our future hopes as a race.
"Fraternities in colleges should be
done away with if they are not
beneficial," the speaker emphasized.    Paul E. Wise presided.
The third and final program for
the week brought before the student body, Dr. Walter Hughes, Jr.,
president of the Negro Medical
Association of North Carolina, as
the main speaker. Dr. Hughes
mentioned several achievements of
the Negro of former generations,
but he declared that the Negro of
the present generation had a-
chieved but little, that is worthy
of mention. Edgar Van Blake,
presided.
The following is the speech delivered by William Gordon, '36.
Proper and pardonable as a roll
call of Negro achievement might
be, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
has always pointed its annual
program towards the future for
the constructive and inspirational
purpose of leading to more achievement rather than merely to rehearse the accomplishments of the
past. So this program has always
been designed primarily to mobo-
lize the ambitions and harness the
energy of Negro college youth, not
iust for individual success and
personal glory, but for group service and social uplift. It is a call
to arms for leadership of a people
who critically need leadership,
skillful, brave, and devoted leadership: it is likewise a benediction
of the swords in the third phase of
that crusade for human freedom in
America of which the Civil War
was the bloody first and reconstruction, an undecisive second.
The first achieved freedom; the
second, struggle for opportunity;
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The seniors of the agricultural
department of the college conducted fairs in four rural communities
of Guilford County during the
month of November. The fairs
were very well conducted and the
patrons of the communities were
very well pleased with the results.
The fairs were held in Mt. Zion,
Goshen, Florence and Brown Summit Communities. The students
conducting the fairs were. C. C.
Boyce, and E. L. Payton, at Mt.
Zion; Paul E. Wise and A. B. Ed-
miston at Goshen; M. B. Albright
and J. E. Jeffries at Florence; and
A. W. Jones, W. S. Leonard, J. A.
Spaulding, and C. J. Jones at
Brown  Summit.
The students mentioned are doing their practice teaching at the
places where the fairs were conducted.
AG. AND HOME
EC, DEPARTMENTS
NORFOLK & WESTERN
MALE CHORUS HEARD
Prof. Williams and His
Singers Praised By
Large Audience
126 Agricultural and 24
Home Economics.
Largest In History
The Agricultural and Home Economics Departments of the college
have 150 students of which 126
are agricultural students and 24
are home economics students. This
is the largest enrollment in the
history of the institution.
There are thirteen states represented. North Carolina ranks
first with 120 students, Virginia
stands second with 10, and South
Carolina and Georgia tie for third
place with 3 representatives each.
The distribution of the agricultural students by classes is as follows: senior class, 11; junior class,
23; sophomore class, 24; and the
freshman class, 68.
The distribution of students in
the two departments by states is
as follows: North Carolina, 120;
Virginia, 10; South Carolina, 3;
Georgia, 3; Alabama, 2; Pennsylvania, 2; Maryland, 2; New Jersey,
2; Florida, 1; Delaware, 1; Kentucky, 1; and Colorado, 1.
WISE AND MASON
PRESENTED IN
JOINT RECITAL
Ethyl Wise, coloratura soprano,
and Bernard Lee Mason, violinist
were presented before a large audience recently by the college. Mrs.
Julia Young Sessoms was at the
piano.
The listeners were greatly thrilled by the excellent performances
of the musical artists who have
been heard over the air several
times. They are members of the
college faculty.
The following numbers were
sung by Miss Wise: "None but the
Lonely .Heart,'1* •"Teh'aikowsky:
"Chant Hindoo" (violin accompaniment), Bemberg; "Les Filles de Ca-
A very appreciative audience
rendered its hearty applause to the
delightful singing of forty well-
trained voices under the baton of
one of our new faculty members,
Prof. H. Hamilton Williams. The
members were all elderly men beyond the age that most people believe to be the "old dog" state. The
many ardent listeners are all able
to credit this organization with being an exception to this rule of so
long standing.
In April of this year about fifty
employees of the railroad shops in
Roanoke, Virginia met with Mr.
Williams and were organized into
the Norfolk & Western Male Chorus. The purpose of the group was
"to sponsor group singing among a
wide scope of employees both for
improvement and for amusement,
so as to be of service to the Company and to the public at large.
With conscientious rehearsing the
group made rapid progress, and after several successful appearances
was invited to sing for the V. E. R.
A. Conferences at Virginia State
College and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (for white). Several
other out of town engagements have
been included in the itinerary of the
Chorus.
In September, Mr. Williams was
called to A. & T. and the chorus was
left without a leader. Because of
the dynamic influence that the Chorus had exhibited, the Company officials and other leaders in the community arranged for Mr. Williams
to make trips to Roanoke during
some of his spare time to continue
working with the grouD. Working
under this handicap, the organization has continued.
The concert here was praised bv
all and represents the type of community work that college Graduates
might engage in when they return
home. Mr. Williams makes an urgent plea for all young men to trv
to take advantage of the onuortuni-
ty to sing in the Glee Club for such
experience is invaluable to th°
teacher in any communitv.
Acknowledgement, is made to Dr
F. D. Blueford and the Administration for makine nossible this nre-
sentation and also for snonsorin"'
the continuation of such a deserving organization.
diz," Delibes: "Indian Bell Song."
from "Lakme." also by Delibes; "I
don't feel no w«vs Tired," H. Johnson: "On the Other side of Jordan."
Clarence C. White: "Talk About A
Chile," Dawson: "Feast, of the Lanterns." Bantock: "The Gvnsv and
the Bird," (violin accomnam'ment).
played by Mr. Mason: "Hvmn to
St. Cecelia," Gounod: "Humor-
esque," Dvorak: and "Concerto in
D Minor," Wienianski.
By Clarence Harvey Mills
J. Percy Bond, a good actor and
dramatic teacher, a born experimentalist, staged "Dying to Live"
last evening (Friday, November
22) in the A. and T. College Little
Theatre, and there was joyousness
about the performance that would
not be denied. The high spirits of
it magnetically gets over the stage
and into the audience! Without
fake drabness (and I really mean
it!) Mr. Bond staged a play with
golden shafts of humor. The play
was an instant success.
The production, seemingly destined to be handicapped by the
lateness of the scenic materials,
elaborate but gorgeous and appropriate, made its premiere with billows of laughter which continued
for two performances and good
houses at each.
Whatever faults or virtues the
play disclosed, no one will suggest
that it does not belong to the
theatre for college production; it
was theatre incarnadined.
The set was lighted by footlights;
a row of baby procenium arch spot
lights; borderlights and by a counter play of spotlights and floodlights from offstage wing and from
the light gallery. The lights enhanced the effectiveness of the set.
This was obvious by the spontaneous applause for the set at the
rising of the curtain. It was truly
representative of the work of an
artist in the theatre! Such effective lighting and skill usage of
interchangeable unit scenery could
only be gained by a Craigian artist of the theatre.
Chick Breen (William T. Wallace), naive and apparently un-
parently unschooled in the ways of
mundane society tries the well-
nigh   irnpoqsiblo  - a   Iot.o   tvjr-t   to
tween two girls at the same time—•
A Sylvia and one Estelle Gay. In
his dilemma, Chick seeks the aid of
Samson Winlock (William J. Gordon) to help him cut the Gordian
knot. But Samson follows true to
form—no Delilah to the rescue in
this case—rather his own Olivia
(Mrs. Winlock—George B. Bridgeforth) who thwarts his every effort
to lift the would be breezy, clever
"Chick" out of his dilemma.
But let us return to Samson. If
"Dying to Live" was a success,
then Samson (Bill Gordon) deserves a rare niche in collegiate
theatrical acting. Gordon played
Samson with genius. It was a fine
piece of character acting.
Olivia (George B. Bridgeforth).
I cannot imagine a player more
perfectly cast than Miss Bridgeforth in Olivia. Jealously insane
of her husband? Yes, indeed! But
is she to blame for infringing upon
personalities already in existence?
Her quality as an interpreter of a
character type borders on finished
artistry.
Estelle Gay (Lillian M. Cooper),
the ever recurring victim of innocent friendship, was vividly portrayed by Miss Cooper. With her
"nil admirandum" air and tantalizing "And don't you think?" she
endeared herself to the audience
and were it not for Sylvia we would
call her "one of the Graces."
Sylvia Winlock (Sammie Sellers), "one of the most charming
heroines that ever graced a farce,"
was without a doubt the most lovable character I've ever seen in a
collegiate play for many a long
year. A charming and sweet
character without any apparent effort.
Melba Jones (Helene E. Biggers), brimming full of life, the
Winlock maid by economic conditions, inspired poetess, saturated
with pithy sayings from some
Marcus Aurelius came very near
taking the show. Upon the most
unauspicious occasion, she would
wax poetic. Combined with this
gift, there is a genuine quality in
her personality which is engaging.
Mrs. Mina Royster (Etta M. Melton), a great characterization, only
a typical Spanish Gypsy can be remembered as good and genuine.
The cast was ably supported by
Misses Mineola Mason, Doris Boyd,
Messrs. Clarence A. Hughes and
James H. Anthony.
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