The Register, 1943-05-00

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"The Cream of College News'
Congratulations
To Graduating
Seniors
VOLUME XXXIX, NO. 7
A. & T. College, Greensboro, N. C., May, 1943
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Forty-fifth Annual Graduation, May 24
A.&T. Graduate Elected
State Farm Agent
R. E. Jones, a graduate of A.^
and T. College, "class of 1932,
who has been named by Dean I.
O. Schaub, director of North
Carolina extension service, as
state farm agent in charge of Negro work, will maintain offices
in Noble Hall on the A. and T.
campus.
Jones succeeds J. W. Mitchell,
who recently resigned to become
associated with the Washington
office of the United States extension service. The new agent assumes the position with a splendid background of experience
and training. He is a graduate
of Cornell as well as A. and T.
and has had years of experience
as teacher of vocational agriculture. He is a former Negro agent
for Craven county and until he
assumed his new position was
Negro 4-H Club specialist of the
North Carolina extension service.
President F. D. Bluford of A.
and T. College expressed a high
degree of satisfaction upon receipt of announcement of Jones'
appointment.
AKA's Present Carol
Blanton In Piano Recital
The Alpha Phi Chapter of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
gave music lovers of this city an
opportunity to pursue their favorite pastime when they presented Carol V. Blanton in a
piano recital in Harrison Auditorium Sunday, May 9, at 5:30.
Mr. Charles G. Coleman, director of music at our college
appeared on the program jointly
with Miss Blanton.
Carol Blanton kept her audi-
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Army Specialized
Training Course
The Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina officially inaugurated the Army
Specialized Training Program
when Dr. F. D. Bluford, president of the college and Lt. Col.
Basil A. Wood, contracting officer of the fourth service command, signed the Letter of Intent on April 15.
A. and T. College is one of the
eighteen schools in the nation,
and the only Negro institution,
to be selected by the War Department as a Specialized Training Assignment and Reclassification Unit. The agreement provides for the training, testing,
classification, and assignment of
Army Specialized Train :iig Program trainees, not to exceed five
hundred at any one time. The
first unit arrived at the college
on April 17.
Fellow Students:
The time has come for the
Class of '43 to take its leave
from dear ole A. & T. We
are now about to face the
many trials of life that the
world has to offer. It is our
desire to fight those battles
of life with courage,
strength and endurance, ever upholding the banner of
A. & T. Students, since
prayer is the answer and
solution to all problems, we
need your prayers. Never
omit us when you go to God
on bended knee.
I want to say here that it
has been an honor as well as
a pleasure to serve you and
our Alma Mater as "Miss
A. & T. 1942-43." As my
successor, Miss Rose Jenkins begins her term, may
she grow in grace and wisdom to do those things
which are uplifting.
And now may I say,
"Good-bye, and God bless
you all."
Gwendolyn Peterson
"Miss A. & T., 1942-43"
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Superlatives
For Year Chosen
Each year the election of the
Superlatives is one of the most
anticipated events of the Spring
season. This contest is sponsored by the Register Staff to find
out how the students rate.
A number of new features
were added to the list this year
which served to enliven the interest in the election as a whole.
However, it seemed to us that
many more students should have
participated in the election. In
each case the name of the woman appears first.
The complete list is as follows:
Most    pleasing    personality — Edythe
Payne, Alvin Blount
Most Versatile — Katherine  Howard,
John Massey
Most Talented — Angie Tynes, John
Massey
Most   Collegiate   —   Willie   B.   Jones,
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Summer School
According to announcement
made by Dean Warmoth T.
Gibbs, director of the A. and T.
College Summer School, the College will conduct two six-weeks'
sessions of summer school this
year, the opening date for the
first being set for June 7. Among
other things emphasis will be
placed upon courses designed to
equip persons who have withdrawn from the teaching profession to re-enter the service,
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COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
ATTY. HARRY J. CAPEHART
DR. MORDECAI W. JOHNSON
COMMENCEMENT EVENTS
Friday, May 21
6:00 P. M All-Student Banquet
Saturday, May 22
4:00 P.M :_ -Senior Class Day Exercises
6:30-8:00 P. M President's Reception to Senior
Classes, Alumni, and Visitors.
Sunday, May 23
11:00 A.M Baccalaureate Sermon
, Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, President, Howard University, Washington, D. C.
Monday, May 24
2:00-4:00 P. M Open House*
7:00 P. M Commencement Exercises
Address: Atty. Harry J. Capehart
Welch, West Virginia
All public exercises will be held in the Richard B.
Harrison Auditorium.
*A11 departments will be open for inspection by
Alumni and Friends. Art Exhibition will be open beginning Friday, and will continue through Monday, Art
Studio second floor, Crosby Hall.
Spring Elections
Held April 30
The annual spring elections
began on the morning of April
30 with the contestants being
presented to the student body in
chapel. The contestants were
Miss Barbara Canada and Mr.
Oscar J. Townsel for the presidency of the student council;
Miss Catherine Atkinson and
Mr. J. Kenneth Lee for the vice-
presidency; Misses Rose Jenkins,
Nelda Scott, and Louise Penn
for "Miss A. and T. College."
Registration took place during
the day.
Election was held on May 3.
Barbara Una Canada, Boston,
Massachusetts, a rising senior in
education and science departments was elected president of
the student council, thereby
gaining the distinction of being
the first woman student elected
to this office in the history of
the institution.
Basileus   of   the   Alpha   Psi
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Register Staff For
'43-44 Organized
The organization of the Register Staff for the school year 1943-
44 was completed and announced on Tuesday, May 11.
The personnel of the Staff reflects very vividly the impact
Which the war already has had
upon the student body, when it.
was noted that out of five seniors
elevated to membership on the
Editorial Board, there were four
women and one man.
Mary Devine, '44, succeeded
Russell Wyrick as chairman of
the board. Wyrick had succeeded Broadus Sawyer when the latter was called to the army during
the school year. This is the first
time a woman has held this position since 1934. Other members
of the Board are: Margaret Booker, '44; Sandra Bowen, '44; Kenneth Lee, '44, and Mildred Sab-
orin, '44, all of whom served
successfully in various capacities
during the present school year.
The Production Department is
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75 Candidates
For Baccalaureate
Degrees
A. & T. College will hold its
forty-fifth annual commencement exercises on Monday, May
24. Approximately seventy-five
persons are candidates for Baccalaureate degrees.
Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson,
president of Howard University, Washingotn, D. C, will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon
at 11 a. m., Sunday, May 23 and
Attorney Harry J. Capehart of
Welch, W. Virginia, will deliver the literary address at the
closing exercises on Monday evening. Degrees and diplomas will
be awarded by President ±. D.
Bluford.
Commencement exercises will
begin Friday, May 21, with the
holding of the all-student banquet in Murphy Hall at 6 p.
m. Newly elected student officers will receive their mantles
from retiring officers at that
time . Monograms and various
extra-curricular awards will also
be made.
Senior Class Day exercises are
scheduled for 4:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The annual
reception of the president of the
college to senior classes, alumni
and visitors will be held at 6:30
p. m. on the same day.
The featured event on the
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Va. State-A. & T.
Tie For First
Place In Debate
In the twenty-first annual tri-
state debate, in which Virginia
State, A. and T. College and
South Carolina State participated, a tie for first place was
brought between Virginia State
and A. and T., each side winning
one and drawing one side, while
South Carolina State College lost
both sides. This was an unusual
happening in the history of the
whole debating cycle.
Following the old tradition,
all teams debated on neutral
grounds. The proposition was:
Resolved: "That American
Youth Should Support the Re-
establishment after the War of
Competitive Enterprise as our
Dominant Economic System."
The coaches were, for Virginia State, Dr. Harry W. Roberts;
for A. and T., Professor Beverly N. Roberts; and for South
Carolina State, Mrs. Etta B.
Rawe.
The members of our debating
squad were as follows Affirmative: Miss Angie Tynes '45; Miss
Bette Simmons '45; Mr. Herman
Staubod '46.
Negative: Miss Louise Nixon,
'46; Miss Katherine Howard, '45;
Mr. Broadus Sawyer, '43.