The Register, 1939-05-20

              Summer School
Begins June 5
2ty* IrgtBter
Student Banquet
Hay 26th
"The Cream of College News'
Vol.  XXXIII
o.  7
A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, May 20,  1939
Price 5c
Hon.  Julian   Miller  Commencement  Speaker
accalaureate
Sermon By
Dr. Powell, Sr.
The forty-first annual commencement bringing the school year
1938-39 to a close will get underway Friday, May 26th, when the
annual all-student banquet will be
held in the college cafeteria.
The main feature address will be
delivered by the Hon. Julian Miller, Editor of the Charlotte Observer, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr.
Miller is a well known leader in
civic and educational circles of
North Carolina. He has been identified with the State Inter-racial
Commission and other progressive
movements. The graduation will
be at seven o'clock on Monday, May
29th.
The baccalaureate sermon is to
be delivered by Reverend A. Clayton Powell, Sr., Pastor Emeritus
of the Abyssinian Baptist Church
of New York City. Dr. Powell is
recognized nationally as a leading
churchman. He spent the most of
the fruitful years of his life as pastor of the great church in New
York City, where he is best known
because of his interest in the welfare of the people generally. His
best known literary contribution is
his autobiography "Against The
Tide." The baccalaureate sermon
will be at eleven o'clock on Sunday, May 28th.
Other exercises will include the
senior class day on Saturday, May
27th, at four o'clock and the President's Reception at six-thirty.
An open air concert will be given
by the A-Capella Choir Sunday
evening at eight-thirty on the main
steps of Dudley Hall. A band
concert by the College Senior band
will be held on the lawn Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The graduate association is scheduled for a
meeting Monday morning at 10
o'clock.
All practical divisions and shops
will be open for inspection by parents and visitors Monday afternoon. The College busses will be
available for those who desire to
see the College farms.
1939 - 1940 REGISTER STAFF
"Ag" Seniors End
Training Activities
With the end of the school term
near, the trainees of the Agricultural Department are bringing their
Rural Engineering activities to a
close.
A survey of the five training
centers revealed the following supervised constructions. One poultry house, playground equipment,
one desk, and one cabinet, at Brown
Summit; one cloakroom renovated
(now being used for a health room)
playground equipment, and one
poultry house at Goshen; two poultry houses at Sedalia; playground
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400 New Farmers
Al N. (. Convention
Over 400 students of Vocational
Agriculture in Secondary schools
were in attendance at the twelfth
annual convention of the North
Carolina Association of the New
Farmers of America meeting at
A. and T. College May 12 and 13th.
The convention was highlighted
by the state wide team and individual judging contests, public
speaking contest; quartet singing
contest, awarding of the advanced
degree of "Modern Farmer," election of officers for the new year
and address by Lester Albert of
Delray Beach, Florida, National
President of the organization, W.
N. Elam of the office of Agricultural Education, Washington, D. C,
and a personal message sent to be
lead by Governor Clyde R. Hoey.
James W. Warren, Jr., of A. and
T. College, outgoing president of
the state association, presided at
all the business sessions.
All activities of the state convention were under the direction of
Mr. S. B. Simmons, supervisor of
Vocational Agriculture and National Executive Secretary of the
organization.
Lee Allen Yates of Bricks Training School, Bricks, is the new state
president. Other officers elected
are: Emmett George, Columbus
County Training School, Columbus
County, first vice president; Solo
man Parker, Winfall High School,
Winfall, second vice president; Marion George, Columbus County
Training School, secretary; George
Moore, P. W. Moore High School,
Elizabeth City, reporter, and David
Johnson, Eastman High School,
Enfield, treasurer.
Individual   high    scorers   in   the
judging    contest    were    presented
medals by N. B. Elam of the office
of Agricultural  Education, Wash-
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Elected For 1939-40
William Gilmore, now a member
of the junior class, was selected
as editor-in-chief of the Register
for the year 1939-40.
Mr. Gilmore succeeds Mr. Carter
Foster who has proved himself a
man capable of carrying on organized work, and who has labored diligently at his work. Mr. Gilmore,
the new editor-in-chief, has been a
member of the staff for two years
and has during this time showed
himself efficient and capable of
leadership.
The loss by graduation of several members of the staff; and the
desire for a better student publication made it necessary for rearrangements and additions to the
staff. The complete staff is as
follows:
Editor-in-chief, William Gilmore;
associate editors, Fannie Nicholson, Ruth Nicholson, Elizabeth
Gibbs, Helen Holt, William Fou-
ohee; feature editors, Lydia Robinson, Sherman Williamson, Marguerite Williams, William J.
Hunt; production staff, Earl Holland, Elizabeth Arrington, Alberta
Whitsett, Abigail Little; social editors, Annabelle Matthews, Leon
Bailey; reporters, Edward Murphy,
Warmoth Gibbs Jr., Johnny Ponds,
William Childs, George Miller;
sports, Kenneth Arrington, Edward
Smith; circulation, Haywood Banks,
George Green, Graham Smith,
Louise Caple, Esau McCaskill;
alumni editor, Ida Scurlock; advisor, Dean Wormoth T. Gibbs.
Forty-Third Summer
Sessions Begin
Monday, June 5th
The lorty-second annual summer
scnool sessions will begin at A.
ana 1. College on June 5, and
continue ior two six-weeks sessions, according to an announcement made recently by Dean vv. T.
uibbs, Director of Summer School.
under present regulations of the
State Department of public instruction, this summer will mark
tne close of tne practice of granting the Class A Certificates based
on accumulation of credits. This
means that hereafter any person
seeking to enter the teaching field
xor the first time, must be a college graduate, and those persons
wno are now teaching on a lower
certificate that cannot be raised in
the summer of 1939, must complete
requirements for college graduation before they can secure the
class A Certificate.
A. and T., it was reported, will
be in a fine position to take care
of a large summer school this year.
Two specialists in elementary education will be added to the teaching staff. An elementary practice
school will be held and persons desiring credit in Practice teaching
will be able to secure it. Art and
Music for the elementary and high
school will be stressed.
For persons interested in industrial arts and trades, special
courses, including one in general
shop, will be offered.
The courses for both elementary and high school principles will
be conducted by experts in administration and supervision.
Commencement
Events
FRIDAY, MAY 26
6:00 P. M.—All Student Banquet
SATURDAY, MAY   27
4:00 P. M.—Senior Class Day Ex-
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Cadet Williams
Wins Honor
The Department of Military
Science and Tactics had formal assembly on Thursday, May 11th to
award a Medal of Honor to one of
its members Cadet Harold H. Williams who had performed the unusual feat of discovering a burglar
while in the act of breaking and
entering Holland Hall at three o'clock in the morning.
Cadet Williams not only arrested
his man but held him under control for nearly an hour until the
police officers arrived and carried
him to jail. The young Cadet is
now the proud wearer of a fine
gold medal in commemoration of his
bravery, and he carries in his pocket an official citation signed by his
Military Commander and the President of the College.
The following is a copy of the
citation:
Office of the Professor of
Military Science and Tactics,
May 11, 1939.
With the Approbation of the
President of the College and
with the spirit and aims of the
Department of Military Science
and Tactics, a medal of valor
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Gilmore Chosen
President of
Student Council
The annual Spring elections of
student officers for 1939-40, were
held Thursday, April 27th. The
elections are sponsored each year
by the Register staff. William M.
Gilmore, who hails from Gaffney,
S. C, was chosen to the highest
office that a student can hold at
A. and T. College—the coveted office of President of the Student
Council.
Mr. Gilmore, while at A. and T.
College during the past three years
has been very active in campus and
community affairs. He has been
Member of the Varsity Debating
Squad for two years, Member of
the Register Staff for two years,
Chairman of the Local Affairs
Committee of the Greensboro Intercollegiate Race Relations Commission, Delegate to the North
Carolina Student Conference sponsored by the Diocese of the Episcopal Church, Member of the College Athletic Committee, and has
been president of his class for the
last two years. Miss Alberta Whitsett of Pittsburgh was the only
other candidate for the office of
President of the Student Council.
Miss Whitsett and Mr. Gilmore
were the only two persons eligible
to run for the presidency. Both
had an average above "B" for
eight successive quarters and met
all other requirements to be a candidate. Both Miss Whitsett and
Mr. Gilmore are members of the
Gamma Tau Honorary Society. The
Register staff wishes for the new
president loads of success.
Miss Tynes, a member of the
Choral Society and the Dramatic
Society proved her popularity
among the student body by winning the coveted title of "Miss A.
and T." Miss Tynes ran against
two other contestants for the title.
Those other two persons in the race
were Misses Elizabeth Gibbs and
Fannie Nicholson. Much interest
was manifested during the campaign. The Register staff expresses every good wish to "Miss A.
and T." for 1939-40.
As customary the President of
the Student Council and Miss A.
and T. will lead the commencement
procession on May 29.
Commission Manages
Election
In an effort to carry out an impartial and orderly Spring election,
the Register Staff, upon the suggestion of its adviser, Dean W. T.
Gibbs, named an Election Commission.
This Commission was composed
of non-fraternal senior men and
women.
The duty of the Commission was
to see that only those persons who
were   qualified   voted;   that   there
was no lobbying at the polls; and
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