The Register, 1938-11-22

              Religious Week
Nov. 30 - Dec. 4
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Vol.  XXXIII     No. 2
A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, November 22, 1938
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Honorary
Societies
To Meet Here
In Conference
November 25-26
The 1938 Conference of the Federation of Honorary Societies will
convene at A. and T. College November 25 and 26. This conference
is a continuation of the Nashville
Conference where plans for the permanent organization of Honorary
Societies orginated.
Student officers of scholastic societies and administrative and academic officials in twenty-one colleges have indicated an active interest in the program of the Federation. Representatives from
these and other colleges will be at
the conference.
The session will begin at 2:30 on
P'riday afternoon and conclude at
noon on Saturday.
The agenda at the conference
will be divided into two parts. Business will consider the further development of the Federation and the
expanding, improving and standardizing of the general program
and procedures as they relate to interests in scholastic honors.
The second part of the program
will include papers, addresses and
symposia devoted to a consideration
of "The Gifted Student." Under
this general theme attention will
be given to early identification,
values to society, improving opportunities and removing limiting factors, all pointed toward optimum
development of the gifted student
as a member of society.
Ground Broken For
Mechanical Bldg.
On Monday, November 7, the entire student body marched to the
site for the new Mechanical Building and broke the ground thereby
paving the way for the continuance
of the college building program.
Nawata Harris, only female auto mechanics student, turned the
first spade of soil. Others to follow were President Bluford, Dean
Marteena, Director of the Mechanics Department; William Dawson,
of the Technical Club; Marshall
Campbell, of the Agricultural Department, a representative of the
Federal Government, and the building contractor.
The ceremonies were closed with
the singing of the college alma mater.
The latest building program includes a mechanical building and
an auditorium. Construction on
the mechanical building is now underway.
Erratum
We regret very much that Mr.
ljeon Bailey's name, '40, was not included in the list of student counsellors which appeared in the October issue of the Register.
Principals In Building Program
GOVERNOR CLYDE R. HOEY
DR. M. C. S. NOBLE
DR. F. D. BLUFORD
"Ag" Department
Wins Honors
The faculty and seniors of the
Agricultural Department worked
diligently with the Greensboro Fair
officials in order to make the Negro Exhibition a success. The exhibition was housed in a large tent
which used exclusively for displaying the produce of Negroes in this
vicinity.
Farmers from the various communities were assisted with their
products by seniors under the supervision of Mr. C. E. Dean, head
of the Agricultural Education Department, and Mr. W. T. Johnson,
director of rural engineering.
Numerous prizes were awarded
the communities and individuals.
Among them being Florence Community, winner of the first prize;
Sedalia Community, winner of the
second prize; Beulah Community,
winner of the third prize; Goshen
Community, winner of the fourth
prize; and Greensboro Community,
winner of the fifth prize.
The dairy herd represented by
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Dr. Benjamin Mays
To Conduct Religious
Emphasis Week
The Religious Council brings to
the student body and friends of the
college Dr. Benjamin Mays, Dean
of the School of Religion of Howard
University, who will conduct the
Religion Emphasis Week Services,
beginning November 30.
Dr. Mays, having served on both
national and international committees concerned with Christian principles, is quite capable of giving to
the students a well rounded view
of present day crises.
Students Hear
Pres. Davis
Gives Inspiring
Address On
World Problems
President John W. Davis of West
Virginia State College, gave a very
inspiring address November 7 during the chapel period. He began by
giving two significant results of
the Munich Agreement, England
backed down from her stand for
democracy, and Germany must be
on an equality with other nations.
"The United States," he said,
"wants to sustain the Chamberlain
government of England, which is
on its way to Fascism. This system keeps poor people poor and
wants us to be relief subjects. It
gives white people jobs; it gives us
relief.     Such  a  system is  death."
He pointed out that 65-70% of
the jobs are dirty ones; there is
little hope for white-collar jobs.
The age of employability has been
raised to twenty-three. 25% of the
semi-skilled jobs are of such nature
that the employees can learn of the
job. Speaking of Civil Service and
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Tips To Reporters
1. Never use the letter I in your
reports.
2. Write plainly  (typing preferred).
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grammatical structure.
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6. Be concise in your statements
7. Use common   sense   and   be
original.
Additions Made
To Faculty
Mr. Charles Green, at present
Director of Dramatics and Professor of English at this college, holds
the B. S. degree in Dramatic Art
from the University of Iowa and
has done further study towards a
Master's degree in that field. He
comes to us from St. Louis, Mo.,
where he was the Director of The
Nu Nighters, a dramatic organization composed of school teachers
and other civic leaders of that city.
Mr. Green is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and the
brother of Mr. Harry Green of our
faculty.
Mr. Delmar Bobo, at present
Professor of English at this college, holds the B. S. degree in English Literature from Miner Teachers College and the M. A. degree in
English Literature from Howard
University. Both collegss are located in the District of Columbia
which is Mr. Bobo's native home.
Mr. Bobo is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Mr. Bobo has done further graduate study toward his Ph. D. at the
University of Illinois.
Mr. G. C. Paige, instructor of
Botany at this college, holds the
B. S. degree from Philander-Smith
College of Little Rock, Arkansas
and his M. A. degree from the
School of Pure Science of Columbia
University of New York. He has
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Instructors On Leave
Mr. J. P. Bond was recently appointed state supervisor of Negro
Activities for the National Youth
Administration of North Carolina.
Mr. M. B. Towns is doing graduate work at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mr. A. Russell Brooks is studying at the University of Edinburgh
at Scotland.
Gov. Dedicates
Buildings
Named In Honor of
Two Outstanding
Negro Women
On Sunday, November 6, North
Carolina's Governor Clyde R. Hoey
delivered the principal address to
approximately 2,000 people at the
college dedicatory exercises.
The two buildings dedicated were
the new girls dormitory and the
home economics house. In naming
the new buildings, the Board of
Trustees have honored the memory
of two outstanding Negro women.
The dormitory is named for the late
Mrs. Annie M. Holland, who for a
number of years rendered distinguished service as Supervisor of
Elementary Education in the Negro Schools of the State. The
Home Economics Practice House is
named for the late Mrs. Florence
Garrett, who was for a number
years a student of this College, and
later was a teacher in the schools
of Greensboro. She always cherished the hope that she might do
something for the College, so at
her death she left a small sum of
money to the College to be used as
an endowment fund. For these
reasons the memories of these persons have been honored.
Governor Hoey in his address
said: "I am proud that North Carolina is giving opportunity to all
people to progress, and a sign of
progress is the erection of buildings
at an educational institution."
"Education represents the supreme
effort of society, and that effort is
to live and make a living."
The Governor said that the State
was endeavoring to teach men and
women how to live through its
schools and its adult education program.
"Work," said the  Governor, "is
the salvation of any race."    It is
very important that we teach our
people how to make a living with
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Frosh-Soph Debate
Won By Freshmen
The freshman class seems to be
determined to continue their winning streak which was upset by the
class of '39. Although, Mattie
Blackmore '41 was chosen the best
speaker, the freshman debaters displayed excellent argumentative
ability by mastering their arguments throughout the debate.
The question: Resolved: "That
The Small College Is Superior To
The Large College In The Making
Of Strong Citizens" was defended
by the sophomore class. The freshman class upheld the negative.
Clinton Etheridge, Mattie Black-
more, and Robert McNeil represented the sophomore class. Hay-
wod Banks, Harold Lassiter and
James Hagey represented the
freshman class.