The Register, 1941-10-00

              DEDICATED    TO    THE    FRESHMAN    CLASS
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A. & T. College, Greensboro, N. C, October 1941
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A.   &   T.'S   NEW   RECRUITS   FOR   1941-42
Mrs. Bethune To Speak
At A&T Dudley Day
The internationally known®
and beloved Mrs. Mary McLeod
Bethune, Director of the Division
of Negro Affairs of the National
Youth Administration and
founder o f Bethune - Cookman
College in Daytona Beach,
Florida, will deliver the principal
Founders' Day address, Monday,
November 3. She will speak at
the main service in the Richard
B. Harrison memorial auditorium, Monday, November 3 at
11:30 o'clock. Faculty, students,
and visitors are expected to fill
the auditorium to overflowing
capacity in order to hear this
well-known educator and leader,
who needs no introduction to
any audience.
Students Plan
Forum Club
Friday afternoon, October 10,
the presidents of all the classes
and one representative from each
class met with Mr. Francis Mebane, President of the Student
Body, and Mr. A. Russell Brooks,
Chairman of the Forum Committee, for the purpose of mapping
out plans for forming the Forum
Club. This organization, unique
in the history of extra-curricular
affairs, will have as its prime aim
a renaissance in the intellectual
life of the student body through
vigorous discussion of each
monthly forum topic just before
the second Sunday of each
month when the Public Forum is
scheduled to take place.
Further steps to be taken for
complete organization of this
Club will be announced so that
all students who are interested
will have an opportunity to participate.
President Bluford Has
Interesting Vacation
Aggies Trim Union
Before 3000 cheering fans in
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 18, A. & T.
Aggies trimmed Union University eleven to the tune of 13-0.
Bruce. Douglass and White
starred brilliantly for the Aggies.
The student body will be delighted to learn that after last
year's nine months of grinding
administrative duties, President
Bluford enjoyed the summer
months by visiting a number of
historic places along the Atlantic
Seaboard.
His first trip carried him to
Boston, Mass., where he attended
the 1941 convention of the National Association of Teachers.
President Bluford says that he
enjoyed the trip very much and
was especially impressed with the
educational institutions that he
visited while in Boston. The institutions he visited were Harvard University, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Boston
University, Radcliff College, Simmons College and Boston College. On the return trip, President Bluford stopped in New
York to see the Yankees and Boston Red Sox play ball. He also
spent a few days with friends in
Philadelphia.
Later in the summer, Dr. and
Mrs. Bluford motored to Norfolk, Newport News and Gloucester, Va., his former home.
On the way up, they stopped at
Kitty Hawk, N. C, the place
where the Wright Brothers
started aviation history. They
also visited Manteo, N. C, and
witnessed a performance of Paul
Green's "Lost Colony." President Bluford thinks the "Lost
Colony" is one of the most inspiring dramas and he described
the acting and music as being
"superb."
He then went alone to Capahosic on
a ten day fishing trip—fishing being one
of his favorite diversions. He especially
loved the rustic serenity of this little
Virginia hamlet.
Also during the summer President
Bluford with Mrs. Bluford and Professor and Mrs. Taylor motored through
the picturesque country side of western
Virginia, visiting among other places,
the Natural Bridge.
JAMES FLOYD LOVELL
Attention
Poets
The November issue of The
Register will be dedicated to
the Campus poets. Every student poet is urged to submit
one poem for the contest to
select the Poet Laureate of the
college for 1941-1942.
Some Facts About
The Freshmen
15 States Represented;
400 Students Enrolled
There are approximately 400
new students enrolled in the college this year. Three hundred
and forty are from North Carolina. Virginia, our neighbor to
the north, stands second with a
contribution of 17. Oddly
enough, far away Alabama is in
third place with eight representatives. New Jersey is in full
possession of fourth place with
seven representatives. Indiana
and Pennsylvania tie for fifth
place. Each has five students
apiece. Maryland sent four; California, three; and Illinois, Ohio,
and West Virginia sent two each.
From each of the following states
came one representative: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Nebraska.
Of the total number of Freshmen enrolled, 121 of them want
to become teachers. Twenty-five
of the 121 teachers want to teach
Agriculture and 18 of the 121
want to teach Home Economics.
Twenty-three students listed
their life aims to be County
Agents. There were 23 more
who wished to become Secretaries and 15 potential Auto Mechanics.
From the High Schools of
North Carolina, the largest representation came from Dudley,
here in Greensboro. They are
40 strong. Orange County
Training School of Chapel Hill
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Record Enrollment Features 51st
Opening of College; New Depts. Added
A. & T. Inaugurates
New Forum Service
Sunday, October 12, marked
the beginning of a new phase in
our educational program here at
the College. It was the inauguration, with the appearance of
the internationally famous Dr.
W. E. B. DuBois, of a series of
public forums calculated to raise
the civilian morale by giving students, faculty, and friends an opportunity to engage in free and
public discussion of all questions
vitally concerning national and
international affairs.
These forums originated at the
suggestion of President Roosevelt, who, in a communication to
the United States Office of Education, affirmed the need of such
forums in order to strengthen
and perpetuate the American
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Students Meet
The first mass meeting of the
present school year was called by
the president of the Student
Council, Francis H. Mebane, on
Wednesday night, September 24.
The president expressed words
of greetings to the student body
and invited them to join him in
a school year of cooperative work
for the mutual benefit of all.
Various expressions were heard
from the students as they accepted the invitation.
The students' hand books for
the school year were given out
by Miss Ruth Craig, acting sectary of the Student Council. The
new publications are well designed and very informative.
These hand books are free to all
students and to possess one is of
considerable value.
The president closed the meeting with an appeal to the students for early action in all endeavors and extended the best
wishes  to all.
W. G. EVANS, '42
The academic year 1941-42
marks the beginning of a new
half century of progress in the
life of A. and T. Having been
established in March 1891, the
fiftieth anniversary was observed
last March with ceremonies that
brought graduates and friends
from all sections of the country
back to the campus in what
might be called a great homecoming and jubilee, in which
none other than the Hon. J. M.
Broughton, Governor of the
State was the chief speaker.
The second half century begins
in an atmopshere of enthusiasm
and high hopes for the future expansion of the college. The present enrollment is almost one
thousand and will most likely
reach the 1100 mark with the
winter and spring registration.
Of course all of this refers to
regular college students and does
not include any of the extension
classes. Other phases and features of the college have grown
apace. There has been a long
line of notable progress in this
college from those early days of
small things. There have been
many young men and young
women to come here in search
of light and learning. They have
found both and now employed in
many fields of service in this and
other states.
Beginning the year with the
largest and best trained staff in
the history of the college, it was
recognized after the first day of
registration that additional
teachers would be necessary to
provide for the large increase.
Some began on October 1, and
others will follow later.
This year a nursery school and
staff have been added to the
Home Economics department,
and an infirmary with a full time
trained nurse has been provided,
and new courses too numerous to
mention here have been included
in the present schedule.
We fairly, conclude that the second
half century in the history gets under
way with every indication that it will
reach new heights among many lines.