The Register, 1940-12-00

              DEDICATED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, 1940
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Vol. XXXVI—No. 3
The A. & T. College, Greensboro, N. C, Dec. 1940
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A. & T. Defeats N. C. State In
Turkey Day Classic
ANNUAL HIGH
SCHOOL SENIOR DAY
HELD ■.£ !
More Than 2,000       ^    ;
Seniors At Annual !
Affair |
By EJward D. Murphy, Jr., '41
On Saturday, November 16th the |
Agricultural and Technical college
of North Carolina, had as its special guest more than two-thousand
high school seniors and principals
and teachers representing more
than one hundred high schools of
this state. This was the second
celebration, and statistic showed
that there were seven hundred
more in attendance this year over
last year with some fifteen hundred in attendance.
Several "Student Guides" were
chosen to direct the many students
around the campus. Most all the
buildings were opened so that the
visitors could see some of the
work done here at this great institution by the various departments. :
A morning- dance, featuring the A.
and T. Collegians, was sponsored
by the school for the visiting high
schools. Dinner for the occasion
was served in Murphy Hall from !
11:00 to 12:k30 o'clock. j
At two o'clock everyone was at]
the World War Memorial Stadium
to witness the great football game
between the A. and T. College Aggie and the Virginia State College Trogans. It was a great
game! Some 5,500 spectators
witnessed the battle. It was an
evenly played game with the final whistle ending after 60 minutes of "hard fighting" in a scoreless tie 0-0.
The A. and T. College and Dudley High School bands gave a
special program at the half. Also
during the half John Massey, a
junior at the college and a member of the aeronautics class, gave
a flight over the Stadium in an
aeroplane owned by the A. and T.
College.
The speech made by President
Bluford at the end of the first
half is as follows:
"Ladies and Gentlemen:
At this time I wish to acknow-
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Bulldog Kills The Eagle
DR. PAUL POPENOE
SPEAKS AT A. & T.
On Monday, December 2, 1940,
Dr. Paul Popenoe, Director of the
American Institute of Family Relations spoke to the students and
faculty of A. & T. College on the
subject  of   "Marriage."
Dr. Popenoe gave several reasons for successful and unsuccessful marriages. He said, "Today, la
large part of the population is looking forward to having a good time
when they marry instead of business. Because of this, there are as
nearly as many divirces as marriages. If three million couples marry,
at least one-fourth find happiness
while the others are separated.
"There are three factors that will
lead to a successful marriage, and
they are; attitude, well chosen mate,
and a certain amount of information. If these factors are studied
and given special attention, there
will be more happiness and companionship.
"In past years, children have
been given more home training and
they were used to family life, but
today, everything is different because a child is sent to school when
he is just old enough to work and
the school teaches a child all the
home life he will get. So we con-
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AERONAUTICS
DEMONSTRATIONS
GIVEN BY JOHN
MASSEY
Between halves of the A. & T.-
Va. State game played in the
Memorial Stadium, Greensboro,
N. C, as President Bluford gave a
word of welcome to the sigh school
seniors, John Massey, aeronautics student here at A. & T., put
on an aeronautics demonstration
over the stadium in a cub monoplane. He went through tailspins,
loops and side-slips—all of which
were breathtaking. He is just
one of the many students who
are taking aviation here but
none from anywhere else could
have performed better.
The school congratulates Mr,
Massey, known to his fellow students as Joe, on being able to obtain
his pilot's license.
HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS ENJOY
EATING CAFETERIA
The high school seniors, who
were guests of the A. & T. College on "High School Senior Day"
held here on Nov. 16th, found
themselves very happy when they
entered the very modern care-
teria, Murphy Hall. One could
hear the visitors making very
remarks about the fine system
which is employed by A. & T. to
feed the students promptly and
efficiently.
REV. J. BEN ELLER
SPEAKS AT A. & T.
"The Pure Life"
Subject at Vesper
Service
"The Pure Life" was the suo-
ject of an address by Rev. J. Ben
Eller, pastor of Asheboro Street
Baptist Church,, at the regular
vespers at A. & T. College on Nov.
17th. Rev. Eller took as a basis
for his discussion the latter portion of the 22nd verse of the 5th
chapter of 1st Timothy, which
i reads: "Keep thyself pure."
The speaker stated that there
are two paramount questions
which should be answered in connection with pure living. The
first is, "Why the pure life?" and
the second is, "How the pure
life?"
Speaking of how to live the
pure life, the speaker said that
young people should keep in touch
with their spiritual guide, Jesus
Christ, through the medium of
the Bible. He added that it is
necessary for one to guard his
thoughts against temptations and
manifest interest in christian activities.
President F. O. Bluford presided. Devotionals were by Dr. C. R.
A. Cunningham. Music was by
the Choral Society under the direction  of Prof.  Warner Lawson.
Aggies Trim N. C. 12-6
Before Enormous Crowd
TWO SPEAKERS ARE
HEARD BY A. & T.
STUDENTS
Two distinguished Negro leaders were heard in addresses at the
regular assembly hour at A. & T.
college on Wednesday, Dec. 3rd.
Dr. E. E. Smith, pastor of Ebe-
nezer Baptist Church, Richmond,
Va., inaugurated Religious Emphasis Week and Dr. William J.
Broad smiles   could   be seen   on I Tompkins, recorder of  deeds, D;s-
A. & T. AND DUDLEY
BANDS PARADE
The band parade was fifteen
minutes late because the A. & T.
Band waited on their guest, the
Dudley High School Band, but after getting underway, the parade
was a glorious fanfare.
The Dudley Band, led by O'neil
Amaker, and their five drum maj-
oretts, Julia Guy, Carrie Watkins,
Edwins Snyder, Orlene Cromp-
ton and Annie Mae Reynolds, were
in their new uniforms and they
really put on a good show. They
should be commended on their
good work. They were under the
direction of Mr. James B. Parsons, their new Bandmaster, who
is a graduate of Milikin University in Illinois.
The Dudley High School Band
was invited to A. & T. for the second annual High School Senior
Day. The majorettes were dressed in white shirts and jackets,
white socks and white hats with
eight-inch crowns.
This beholding sight was followed by the host, The A. & T.
Band led by our own Hamilton
Flowers, and three majorettes.
Katherine Howard, and the Scott
Twins, Inez and Mabel. The girls
were dressed in short white skirts.
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the faces of the high school seniors as they chatted with one another while dining. It wasn't
strange to hear one say, "I think
that I will come to A. & T. next |
year."
It was remarkable to note how
well the seniors conducted themselves as well-reared and well-
trained   individuals.
We are glad that you, the high
school seniors, found much to your
liking here at A. & T. and we sincerely hope that you will make A.
& T. your Alma Mater.
•—Alvin V. Blount, Jr.
ANNUAL COMIC
DEBATE HELD
The annual comic debate was
the chapel entertainment on Monday, November 25th. The question was, Resolved: "That permanent waves are a menace to the
human race."
The affirmative was upheld by
Miss Delores Dunlap and Mr. El-
wood Jones. The negative side
was upheld by Miss Elizabeth
Spellman and Mr. Robert Henderson.
Miss Dunlap, the first speaker
for the affirmation, stated that
"waves harm the human race socially, economically and morally.
She upheld these points well with
the aid of Mr. Jones as evidenced
by the verdict which they got almost unanimously, shown by applauses  from   the   audience.
Both sides presented outstanding facts but the showing cf
straight hair and waved hair by
Miss Dunlap, brought a ripple of
amusement from the audience and
it proved to be a deciding factor.
trict of Columbia, spoke on "The
Important Roles Negroes Have
Played in Building American Democracy."
Dr. Smith chose for the subject
of his discussion "The Wonderful
Christ." He said that all types of
critics, hostile and sympathetic,
agreed that Christ was the greatest historical figure of all times.
This consensus is due, he said, 10
the fact that Christ was wonderful
in these particulars: life and character, death and resurrection, and
influence and power
Dr. Tompkins listed six Negroes: Chrispus Attucks, Benjamin Banneker, Phyllis Wheatley,
Frederick Douglass, Paul Lawer-
ence Dunbar, Booker T. Washing-
Ion, who have played decisive roles
in the struggle for democracy.
A THANKSGIVING
SONG
Tune—Annie   Laurie
By Dolores E. Dunlap
The winters had been cold and food
supplies  were low,
Their clothes were worn and ragged,
And even their  spirits were poor.
They could not worship God
As they saw fit to do,
And attacks from the Indians,
Made their lives a misery too.
But that was long ago
And freedom now exists,
And we in this new era
May serve Him as we wish.
May serve Him as we wish.
And not just once a year
And in this new era,
May serve him as we wish.
By J. Archie Hargraves
An inspired A. and T. college
eleven displaying its best brand
of football for the season upset
the dream team of North Carolina college, 12-5, in the 11th
Thanksgiving meeting of the two
schools at Memorial stadium last
Thursday. Finis for the 1940
•season was written on the books
for both teams. Approximately
6,000 fans braved the cold weather to witness the encounter.
By virtue of their victory, the
Aggies made it seven consecutive
victories to four for the Eagles
in this holdiay series. The upset also knocked the Durham outfit out of the first ten list for the
national ranking of Negro grid
teams and probably boosted the Aggies' stock into that select company.
The Aggies deserved to win.
They were the better team thru-
out, defeating the invaders by a
mixture of sheer power, deception, morale and football intelligence. Statistically the Eagles
were out of the running; the Aggies garnering 17 first downs to
the opposition's 11 and gaining
272 yards by rushing to the losers'
78.
What provided the magic touch
and completely revised the Aggies was the uncovering of 'wo
fresh stars, George Brummel and
William Brown, who gave the local's ground offensive just what
it needed in speed and deception
as they cavorted up and down the
sidelines for over half the team's
yardage. Sam    Bruce,       Aggie
quarterback, and Ave Perkins also played a great game for the locals.
Defensively A. and T. was the
best it has been all season. The
entire forward wall accredited its-
self with distinction, yielding during no quarter. Garvin, Smith,
Monteria, and Wilson were Aggie's  defensive  asserts.
One A. and T. player, Jesse
Banner, played his last intercollegiate game.
The 'Eagles scored first. At
the beginning of the second quarter, Johnson fading back to mid-
field passed to Peerman who galloped to the Aggie 12. A stries of
off-tackle drives failed to net any
yardage and Johnson was forced
to again pass to Peeman in the
end zone for the lone N. C. college tally. :
The first Aggie score came immediately after the opposition
touchdown. Starting on their own
30, the Aggies marched straight
down the field using a running-
attack as the principal weapon.
The running attack bogged down
on the Eagles 25 and Eddie Moore
was sent into the game to open
up the aerial game. On his first
play, Moore passed to Smith on
the Eagles' 5. Perkins plunged
from that spot for the touchdown. The attempt at conversion
failed
The Aggies scored again in the
third quarter as result of another
long- march down-field. After
Brown, Brummel and Perkins had
brought the ball down to the op
position's 12, Moore was sent in
again to pass. After a series of
incompleted passes, Moore threw
one to Lewis in the end zone
where it was knocked up by opposition secondary in to the hands
of Bruce who came in fast. Again
the try for extra point failed.
N.  C.  college came back strong
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