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Two Greek Letter Organizations
Seeking The Most Beautiful Co-Ed
"Miss Negro College to be Crowned
At Howard University
On May 16th
Washington, D. C. — Two organizations at Howard University are
now seeking the most beautiful
girl attending a Negro college in
the United States to adorn her head
with national glory, it was announced this week.
Delta Phi Delta Journalistic Society and Alpha Omega and Alpha
chapters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity are jointly sponsoring a
contest to crown "Miss Negro College," a young lady to be selected
from among the college beauties
and queens of colored schools
throughout the country.
E. Simms Campbell One of Judges
E. Simms Campbell, internationally-known cartoonist and creator of the comic strip "Cuties" and
the harem beauties in Esquire Magazine, will be chairman of the
Judges Board for the contest. The
young lady selected for the honor
will be crowned at a formal dance
to be given by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity in Washington on May 16th.
Highlight of Convention
The crowning ceremony will be a
highlight of the annual convention
of Delta Phi Delta Journalistic Society to be held at Howard University May 15-17. The person selected
as "Miss Negro College" will receive round-trip expenses from her
school to Washington to be crowned at the dance.
The various campus queens will
be sponsored in tbe contest by
Greek-letter organizations on their
respective campuses, according to
an announcement this week by the
director of the contest.
The judges' decision, based upon
photographs of the candidates, will
be final. For further information,
representatives of Greek-letter organizations interested in sponsoring a campus beauty, are urged to
contact Otto McClarrin, Publicity
Department, Howard University,
immediately.
600 NFA Delegates
In Attendance At
Annual Meeting
Greensboro, N. C. — With over
600 delegates in attendance, the
14th annual convention of the North
Carolina Association of New Farmers of America held at A. and T.
college Tuesday through Wednesday, April 9-10 came to a formal
close with the general business session at which officers for the new
year were elected and the new program of work and contest winners
announced. S. B. Simmons state advisor announced that it was the
most successful meeting the state
organization has ever held.
The convention opened last Tuesday afternoon with a public program at which salutations were
brought by President F. D. Bluford,
Glenn F. Rankin, president of the
A. and T. student body, and Miss
Elizabeth Green, only woman member of the A. and T. Agricultural
association.
Continuing through the week, the
organization heard an address by-
Judge E. Earle Rives, of the Greensboro   Municipal   Court,   conducted
the second annual state-wide ham
show, held the annual N.F.A. banquet at which President Bluford
was chief speaker, and conducted
state-wide contests in public speaking, quartet singing, agricultural
judging, stunts, forestry demonstration, and the N.F.A. quiz.
Elected as president for the new
term was Edwin Francis, of Eastman high school, Enfield. Other officers elected include Ruffin McGhee, of Mary Potter school, Oxford, vice president; Alvin Watford,
of Waters training school, Winton,
secretary; T. L. Geralds, of Fairmont industrial school, Fairmont,
treasurer; Kenneth Turner, of
Pleasant Grove school, Mebane, assistant secretary; and Albert
Spruill, of Terrell School, Columbia,
reporter.
Elected as official delegates to
the seventh annual national convention which will be held at Florida A. and M. college, Tallahassee,
in August, were Treasurer Watford, Vice President McGhee, and
Jesse Francis, of A. and T. college.
THE REGISTER STAFF
Knoiv A. and T.
By Joseph H. Fitts, Jr.
(Continued from February issue)
After the selection of a site for
the A. & M. College, the next step
in line was the election of a president. Dr. J. O. Crosby was elected
first president of the institution
and professor C. H. Moore was
elected vice-president.
Dr. Crosby began his work with
plans for the construction of buildings and securing equipment. By
the fall of 1893, the main building
was completed. This building was
constructed out of a sum of $25,000
that had been appropriated by the
Legislature. The building was constructed of brick; it was four
stories in height and had room
space for offices, classrooms, and
laboratories.
The college opened in November
with seven pupils present. Courses
offered at that time were language
and literature, history and economics, agriculture, science, mathematics, tool instruction consisting
of wood-carving, wood turning,
pattern-making, mounding, casting
and machine shop work. A course
in Military Science and Tactics
was also offered.
(To be continued in next issue).
Ann Wright
Chosen May Queen
In the student poll (for men
only) held April 18, in the Register
Staff room, Ann Wright was elected May Queen. Miss Wright received almost twice as many votes
as any other candidate; and more
than any other two candidates combined.
The array of candidates for
whom one could vote were: Elizabeth Spellman, Doris Smith, Mar-
gret Tynes, Ann Wright and Edna
Watkins. The number of votes each
candidate received were as follows:
Ann Wright ....    70 votes
Elizabeth Spellman ...   40 votes
Margaret Tynes 28 votes
Doris Smith ....  27 votes
Edna Watkins  24 votes
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Pictured above is the Register Staff of A. & T. College for the
year 1940-41. Reading Irani left to right, front row: James Ruffin,
Edna Watkins, Earl Holland, Edward Murphy, Roger Holt; second
row, Stanley McCorkle, Alexander Queen, Joseph Fitts, Helen
Holt, Delores Dunlap, Broadus Sawyer, William Childs; third row,
Charles Hopkins, Francis Mebane, Warmoth Gibbs, Jr., James
Lovell, Hubert Gaskm, Walter Evans. Other members of the staff
who were not present at the time the picture was made included
Abigail   Little,   Louise   Caple,   Avant   Lowther   and   Alvin   Blount.
Odum and Powell
Commencement
Speakers
Greensboro, N. C. — Dr. Howard
W. Odum, Kenan professor of sociology and director of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of North Carolina, and Dr.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., pastor
of Abyssinian Baptist church, New
York City, will be principals in the
A. and T. college commencement
exercises which will begin May 29
and continue through June 2, it was
announced by President F. D. Bluford last week.
Dr. Odum will deliver the literary
address, Monday, June 2, and Dr.
Powell will deliver the baccalaureate address, Sunday, June 1.
Both speakers are recognized
leaders in their respective fields.
Dr. Odum is one of America's eminent sociologists as well as an expert in dairy husbandry. which is
his avocation. Dr. Powell is perhaps the leading Negro clergyman
of the present-day and is looked to
in many quarters as the recognized
spirituals, if not civic, leader of
the Negro group.
Dr. Odum's scholarship is well
respected by fellow sociologists.
From 1932 to 1935, he directed the
Southern Regional Study of the
Social Science Research Council.
He has also been editor of the Social Forces magazine and the
American Social Science Series, and
president of the American Sociological Society.
Dr. Odum has successfully applied his sociological principles in
the fields of interracial cooperation
and public welfare. He is the present president of the North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation. He has served as chairman of the state Emergency Reliaf
Administration and the state Civil
Works Administration, as secretary
of the state planning board, and as
assistant director of the President's
Research Committee on Recent Social Trends.
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Candidates for
President SC
Are Announced
On a list just released by the
Student Council, the following persons were eligible for the presidency of the Council for next year.
They were as follows: Ottis Alston, Walter Carlson, Willie Currie,
James Derr, William r erguson, Gerard Gray, Calvin Harris, Howard
Hunter, William Jones, Samuel Littlejohn, Avant Lowther, Archie Ly-
tle, Francis Mebane, Ellis Porter,
Royland Siler, Harold Tate, Robert Wall, James Warren, William
White, and John Williams.
The battle is expected to be hard
fought and any thing may, can and
possibly will happen.
Seay Heard On
Vesper Program
Rev. S. S. Seay, pastor of Trinity A. M. E. Zion Church, was the
guest speaker at the regular vesper
services held at the A. & T. College
on Sunday afternoon, April 20th.
Although a comparative newcomer to the city's ministerial
ranks, Rev. Seay is one of the leading local ministers. Since he assumed his present charge a little
over a year ago he has manifested
considerable interest in civic affairs. Before coming to Greensboro,
Rev. Seay served as pastor in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama, and
as presiding elder in several of the
Alabama high schools. He has also
been engaged in educational work
as teacher and principal of a normal institute.
His educational preparation was
obtained at Talladega College and
the Alabama State Teachers College.
Special music for this vesper
service was rendered by the well
known A. & T. College Men's Glee
Club and A Capella Choir.
"Educating For
Common Defense
Theme of Meeting
Greensboro, N. C.—That the responsibility for establishing the
first line of national defense by inculcating the principles of democracy in all of the American people
rests firmly upon the shoulders of
education was the consensus reached by over 3,000 teachers meeting
at A. and T. college in the 60th annual convention of the North Carolina Negro Teachers Association.
Sessions were held from Thursday
through Saturday afternoon, April
10-12.
The convention theme was "Educating for the Common Defense"
and the general and special sessions
were both concerned with how each
section of the body might more effectively integrate the educational
program into the programs of national defense.
Special sections were held in
higher education, foreign language,
secondary education, history and
English, mathematics and science,
elementary education, grammar
grade education, primary education, industrial arts, home economics, art, high school administration, physics and health education, and adult education. Panel
discussions, demonstrations, and
addresses at all these sections were
used to indicate specifically the role
of each in meeting present-day
emergencies.
Principal speakers at the general
sessions were Dr. Raleigh Schorl-
ing, professor of education and director of practice teaching at the
University of Michigan; N. C. Lar-
abee, director of the NYA of North
Carolina; Dr. Clyde A. Milner, president of Guilford college; A. J.
Taylor, of New York City, Negro
Scout executive; Mrs. Mary William, of W. Va., president of the
American Teachers Association;
Lieut. H. A. Robinson, of Fort
Bragg; Dr. N. C. Newbold, state
director of the division of Negro
education; S. D. Simmons, state
supervisor of vocational agriculture; and Dr. H. C. McDowell, president of Lincoln Academy, Kings
Mountain.
At the opening session, Dr.
Schorling spoke on "Responsibilities of Teachers and schools in
Present-Day Emergencies." He said
that it was the function of both to
allow for more democratic participation on the part of students in
the school and to provide for mental health.
Mr. Larabee surveyed the work
of the NYA in extending the educational program to non-privileged
groups and their subsequent integration in the program of national
defense. He further brought out
interesting information as to the
role of the NYA with respect to
Negro youth in the state. Stating
that NYA has done much for Negro youth in the state, he said that
554 Negro schools in the state and
all 12 of the Negro colleges participate in the NYA employment program serving 4,350  students.
Salutations were brought the
group at the opening exercises by
Mayor Huger King, J. A. Tarpley,
supervising principal of city
schools, and President David D.
Jones, of Bennett college. Response
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