The Register, 1936-07-15

              Welcome
Freshmen
of 1936
THE   REGISTE
Second Session
of Summer
School
Begins July 20
Volume XXX     No. 7
A. & T. College , Greensboro, N. C, July 15, 1936
5c Per Copy
. >
The 38th Annual Session Of Summer
School Begins Witli Large Enrollment
<&-
Students Come From Sixteen States,
Disl. of Columbia and Virgin Islands, Fifty-
Six Leading Institutions Represented
SIX HUNDRED HAVE REGISTERED
North Carolina Tops List By Sending 445,
Virginia, 42 and South Carolina, 37. 135
From A. and T. College.
0)
The thirty-eighth annual session
of summer school began at A. & T.
College June 8 with an enrollment
of approximately 600 students.
The students enrolled represent
16 states of the United States, District of Columbia and the Virgin
Islands. Fifty-six of the leading-
colleges of the country, located in
all sections of the United States,
are represented.
North Carolina has the largest
number of persons present, 445;
Virginia has the next largest number, 42; and South Carolina has
the third largest number, 37.
A. & T. College has the largest
number present, 135; Bennett College, second with 43; Winston-Salem Teachers College is third with
37 representatives.
The distribution of students by
states is as follows:
North Carolina 445; Virginia 42;
South Carolina 37; District of Columbia and New York, 9 each;
Georgia 8; Florida 7; Alabama and
New Jersey, 6 each; Tennessee 5;
Pennsylvania 4; Mississippi, West
Virginia, 3 each; Colorado, Texas,
Illinois, Virgin Islands, Maryland,
2 each.
The distribution of students by
institutions is as follows:
A. & T. College 135; Bennett College 50; Winston-Salem Teachers
College 45; Fayetteville State Normal 37; Livingstone College 17;
Elizabeth City State Normal, Lutheran College, 16 each; North
Carolina State College 14; Bricks
Junior, Hampton Institute, Johnson
C. Smith University, 10 each; Kit-
trell 9; Barber Scotia 8; Albion
Academy 6; Knoxville College 5;
Virginia State, South Carolina
State, St. Augustine's, 4 each; Allen Home School, Howard University, St. Paul's, 3 each; Virginia
Seminary and College, Miner Normal, Claflin, Atlanta University,
Allen University, Benedict College,
Peabody Academy, Spelman, High
Point Normal, Talladega College,
Clark University, Wilberforce University, 2 each; New Orleans University, Virginia Union University, Fisk University, Seneca Junior
College, Lane College, Florida Normal, Georgia State, one each.
Bethune Cookman, Bettes Academy, Lewis Institute, Chicago, M.
N. I. C, lVlorristown, Tenn., Florida A. & M., A. & M. Normal (Ala.),
Gregory Normal, A. & I. (Tenn.),
Morehouse College, Laurinburg Institute, Lincoln Academy, Palmer
Memorial Institute, Waters Training School, Morgan College, West
Virginia State College, Roger Williams, Philadelphia Normal, one
each.
Red Stone Academy, Prairie
View, Temple University, one each;
Cheyney Normal two.
Mrs. Minnie Johnson Hitch from
Columbus, Ohio. She received her
bachelor degree from Kentucky
State and her master's degree from
Ohio State University. Elementary
education is her major field and
she has had years of teaching experience in the public school system in Kentucky.
Miss Henriettta Brogwell is here
again this summer as a teacher in
the practice school. She received her
bachelor's and master's degrees
from Univ. of Pittsburgh. Her major field is Elementary Education
and she is a regular teacher in the
West Kentucky Industrial College,
Paducah, Kentucky.
Mr. J. A. Tarpley, who is the
principal of the James B. Dudley
High School in Greensboro, N. C.
He has made it one of the finest
and largest high schools in the state.
It is also rated as one of the best
high schools in the South. He received his bachelor degree feom
Wiley College in Marshall, Texas
and did his graduate work at Ohio
State University.
Mrs. D. W. Hall, who was here
iast year, has returned to teach
education. She is a teacher of English and History in the James B.
Dudley High School. She received
her bachelor degree from Talladega
in Alabama and her master's from
Columbia University.
Mr. F. A. Mayfield, who has been
away for a year studying at University of Michigan, has returned
and is now teaching history and political science.
Mr. S. E. Burford, who is the
principal of the William Penn High
School in High Point and who
taught in the summer school in 1935,
returns this summer to teach English in the place of Professor A. R.
Brooks, who is studying in England
this summer.
Mr. Burford received his bachelor
degree from Union University in
V irginia and did his graduate work
at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Wadaran L. Kennedy, professor of Dairy Husbandry and Zoology. He received his B.S. from
the University of Illinois, 1927;
M.S., at the same place; instructor
in agriculture, West Virginia State
College, 1929-32; instructor of
Dairy Husbandry, Oklahoma A. &
M. University, 1932-34; received his
Ph.D. degree from Pennsylvania
State College, 1936. Dr. Kennedy is
to be a member of the regular faculty.
New Teachers Added
To The Faculty Of
The Summer School
Increased Number Made
Necessary Because of
Large Enrollment
The demand today is for more
efficient educational instructors.
Because of this fact many specialists in various fields of education
are added to the faculty at the Agri-
cultral and Technical College. These
new teachers are as follows:
Practice   School   Presents
"The Garden Wedding"
Miss Henrietta Brogwell, supervisor, and the teachers in training
presented the children of the practice school in an operetta entitled,
"The Garden Wedding," Friday,
July 3 at 8 p. m. in the Dudley Auditorium.
Cast of characters: Lily of the
Valley, the bride, Maxine Mitchell;
Johnny Jump Up, the bridegroom,
Bobbie Smoot; Water Lily, the maid
of honor, Johnice Stitt; Flower
Girl, Audrey Mitchell; Ring Bearer, Nathaniel Webster, Jr.; Jack in
the Pulpit, the minister, Harold
Jones, Jonquils, as heralds, May
Frances Avery, Beatrice Robinson.
These characters were supported
by a large and colorful cast. The
costumes were beautiful. The singing and dancing were well done by
the children.
The teachers who are under the
supervision of Miss Brogwell are:
Georgia Dixon, Daisy L. Clarke,
"Miss A. & T. of the
Summer School,  1936
Mrs. Eunice Gadlin, Daytona
Beach, Fla. was elected "Miss A.
and T." of the summer school with
a majority of votes, 660.
Mattie Palmer Freeman, Sarah E.
Goodman, Gladys Green, Mable C.
Hughes, Ruth Johnson, Maggie
Lovie Jones, Annie L. Kemp, Ollie
M. Johnson King, Lizzie M. Palmer,
Manzella Richardson, Vergie A.
Webber, Matilda Wilson Williams,
Dorothy Bowe, Edna Draughn,
Mrs. Charles Gill, Sarah E. Goodman, Julia Harrell, Edna Taylor,
Rovena O'Neil, and Alice Perry.
Dr. Noble Makes
Inspiring Talk
Dr. M. C. S. Noble, the chairman
of the Board of Trustees, was here
recently during chapel hour and
made a few remarks.
He expressed his interest in the
summer school and was very much
pleased to see so many teachers enrolled here at A. & T. College.
He emphasized the progress Negroes have made in education and
stated that just a few years ago
it was against the law to teach a
member of the Negro race. Today
that policy has changed for the
school doors are open wide to all.
Everyone has the opportunity to
receive instruction.
Vocational-Agricultural   Teachers   Hold
Annual Conference
On June 22 and 23 the Negro vo
cational agricultural teachers of
North Carolina held their annual
summer conference at A. & T. College with more than 40 in attendance. Prof. S. B. Simmons, supervisor of vocational agriculture in
the state for Negroes presided.
The main discussions of the conference were centered around the
methods of teaching and directing
farm programs.
Interesting lectures were given
by visitors and members of the conference. They were as follows: Dr.
F. D. Bluford, president of A. & T.
College; Dr. M. F. Spaulding, dean
of the School of Agriculture; Professor H. H. Williams, instructor
of Horticulture; J. S. Griswell,
State College Extension Specialist;
Roy H. Thomas, State Supervisor;
M. G. Mann, General Manager of
the Farmers' Cooperative Exchange; W. T. Thomas, of the Farm
Bureau; Neil McLean, representing the credit unions; Prof. C. E.
Dean, head of Agricultural Education of the college and several members of the conference.
Plans were also laid for work
programs during the ensuing year
and for the second annual meeting
of the New Farmers of America
which is to be held at Hampton Institute during the latter part of
August.
TRUSTEE BOARD
MEETS IN ITS
ANNUAL SESSION
President Bluford Makes
Report. Teachers and
Officers Elected
Hammerfast, Norway is said to
be so far north that the sun sets
in mid November and does not rise
again until the latter part of January. The sun stays in sight from
the middle of May until the last of
July. It lies about 300 miles north
of the Artie Circle, and its harbor
is always free of ice.
The Board of Trustees met in the
Trustee Room at the College on
Wednesday, July 8, with Dr. M. C.
S. Noble, chairman and Dean
Emeritus of the School of Education, University of North Carolina,
presiding. Other members present
were Foster B. Hankins of Lexington; J. H. Cowart, Ayden; O. F.
Crowson of Burlington and L. S.
Covington of Rockingham.
The reading of the annual report
of President Bluford revealed the
fact that the year 1935-36 was the
most successful in the history of
the institution from the standpoints
of attendance and effectiveness of
work, students having been enrolled
from 77 counties in North Carolina,
21 states, the District of Columbia,
the West Indies and Africa. It was
most gratifying to note that the
total attendance of regular, summer school and extension students
for the year 1935-36 was 1,820,
whereas in 1934-35 the total enrollment was 1,390; in 1933-34, 1,001
and in 1932-33, 807, showing that
over the four year period there has
been an increase in attendance of
nearly one hundred and twenty-five
per cent.
It was of interest to note that on
the basis of percentage of racial
population the amount of money expended in the seveneteen states in
which racially separate educational
systems are maintained for cooperative extension work among Negroes is more than $2,800,000.00 annually less than it should be and
the number of Negro agricultural
extension workers in these states is
396 less than it should be.
Based on the ratio of Negro
population to white, North Carolina
is spending nearly $200,000.00 a
year less than it should spend on
Negro agricultural work and is employing 150 fewer Negro extension
workers than it should have.
"In spite of these facts," the president stated, "our Agricultural Department has grown to be the second largest to be found in any Negro institution in the country. Only
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, having a larger enrollment."
The report then referred to the
efforts of the Federal Government,
through a bill recently passed, to
stimulate work in Agriculture, the
trades and Home Economics. The
new act carries an annual appropriation of $12,000,000.
Elections
The entirje personnel was reelected with the exception of Dr. C.
W. Waller and Miss Etheyl Wise,
who resigned.
Budget
The State contributed only twenty-eight per cent of the budget for
the year while the College raised
through its receipts seventy-two per
cent.
Wins   Second   Place
For "Miss A. & T."
Miss Jymmie V. Williams, Greenwood, S. C. won second place for
"Miss A. and T." with a total of
586 votes.
S. B. Simmons Doing
Further In Field of
Agriculture
Prof. S. B. Simmons, supervisor
of vocational agriculture of North
Carolina, with headquarters at the
A. & T. College, is now studying at
the Colorado State College, Fort
Collins, Colorado, where he is intensively devoted to a special course
in the "Administration of Vocational Agricultural Projects."
This course will be in session for
only a few weeks, after which Mr.
Simmons will return to Greensboro
to resume his work.
Prof. Simmons is accompanied by
his wife, Mrs. S. B. Simmons, who
is recorder at A. & T. College, and
is on her vacation.
Mr. Simmons holds degrees of
bachelor of science in agriculture
from the North Carolina A. & T.
College, the University of Illinois,
and is a graduate student of the
University of California and Kansas State College.
He has held his present position
in North Carolina for the past
twelve years.
Annual 4-H Short Course
To Be Held
The annual short course of the
4-H Club boys and girls of North
Carolina will be held here on July
28 through the 31st. This announcement comes from the two
Negro District Agents, John W.
Mitchell and Mrs. Dazelle F. Lowe,
whose headquarters are at A. & T.
College.
Plans are being formulated by
the Negro Extension Workers
throughout the state to make this
one of the largest and best short
courses for 4-H Club boys and girls
in the annals of the organization.
A large number of delegates is
expected to attend the short course.
Approximately 400 will come from
16 counties where there are both
County and Home Demonstration
agents and from 11 counties where
there is neither a County Agent or
a Home Agent. This number does
not include the 29 Negro county
agents, the 12 Negro Home Agents
and 4-H Club leaders of the state.
The organization was forced to
cancel its Short Course out last
year because of the infantile paralysis. Such gatherings were prohibited by the State Board of Health.
President Bluford Welcomes
Summer School Teachers
®-
At the first chapel exercise, President F. D. Bluford welcomed the
summer school teachers and extended to them greetings.
He was very much pleased to see
such an increase in the enrollment
and to see so many of the former
A. and T. students here in school
again.
In his short talk he stated that
A. & T. is growing bigger and better. Its faculty has been enlarged
to meet the demands of the enlarged
student body.
He also emphasized the fact that
the state of North Carolina is demanding higher certificates and
that the teachers who are enrolled
here must strive to make 90 or above
if they want credit for eight hours
of work on their present certificates.
By 1939 the state will not recognize
any certificate lower than an "A."
College Professor
Studies Abroad
Mr. A. R. Brooks, professor of
English al A. & T. College, recently
boarded the "Queen Mary" at New
York enroute to England where he
will attend school at the University
of Cambridge. Several other places
of literary and historic importance
will be visited. He will return in
September and resume his teaching in the field of English.
Mr. Brooks feels that his teaching
in English literature will be more
effective and can be done in a more
concrete manner after having se^i
the actual conditions under whifei
Contestants For "Miss
A.&T." Very Popular
Students Cooperate
Increased Enthusiasm
Over Previous Years
Shown In Contest
Many young ladies who are registered here in the summer school
are taking much interest in the
"Miss A. & T." Popularity contest.
The candidates and their campaign
managers are:
Mrs. Edna H. Draughan of Kings
Mountain, N. C. She is a teacher
in Lincoln Academy and a member
of the Faculty Club there. Her
campaign manager is Mr. O. T.
Smallwood.
Miss Aurelia E. Whittington of
Goldsboro, N. C, is a teacher in
Garysburg, N. C, and is a member
of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
She attended Dillard High School
in Goldsboro and Fisk University
in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. W. Calvin
is her campaign manager.
Miss Grace J. Thomas of Troy,
North Carolina is a teacher in the
Troy city school system. She attended high school at Peabody
Academy, Troy, N. C, and Teachers College, Winston-Salem, N. C.
In addition to her teacher training
course, she has completed the Commercial Course at Winston-Salem
Teachers College and will receive
her Primary "A" certificate from
A. & T. College at the close of the
first session of summer school. Mr.
Clarence Hester is her campaign
manager.
Miss Albertine E. Jenkins of
Greensboro, N. C, attended Dudley
High School and A. & T. College.
She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Choral Society.
Miss Clarissa A. Jackson, of
Fredericksted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, U. S. A., attended St. Paul's
School, Lawrenceville, Va., and St.
Augustine's College, Raleigh, N. C.
She is a member of the Choral Club
and St. Augustine's College Choir.
Her campaign manager is Samuel
Whittington.
Miss Hazel F. May of Thomas-
ville, N. C.
Mrs. Eunice Gadlin of Daytona
Beach, Florida.
Miss Viola E. Crosby of Winston-
Salem, N. C, attended Columbian
Heights High School and Winston-
Salem Teachers College, Winston-
Salem, N. C. She is a member of
the Young Girl's Service Club and
Mr. George W. Cooper is her campaign manager.
Miss Jimmye V. Williams of
Greenwood, S. C, attended Benedict College, Columbia, S. C. She
is a member of the Elite Social Club
and the Morning Bridge Club. Mr.
Costello Copening is her campaign manager.
Miss Ora Inez Brown of Strieby,
N. C, attended Barber-Scotia College and Johnson C. Smith University. She is a member of the Choral
Club and a member of the senior
class.
Miss Amelia Dobb of Wilmington,
N. C, attended the Williston High
School, Wilmington, N. C, and
State Normal, Fayetteville, N. C.
She is a member of the Glee Club
and Dramatic Club. T. Langston
Jones is her campaign manager.
Miss Ruth Johnson of Greensboro,
N. C, attended Bennett College and
is now a regular student at A. & T.
College. She completed the Commercial Course and is working on
her Primary "B" certificate.
Each of these contestants with
their campaign managers are showing much interest in the popularity
contest.
the old English writers lived. Much
of his time will be spent in observing the portraits, sculptures and
paintings which bear literary significance.
The professor received his bachelor degree from Morehouse College
and his master's degree from the
University of Wisconsin. He has
been a professor of this college since
1934.