The Register, 1944-07-25

              SUMMER  CONVOCATION
AUGUST 20
The Begister
FALL TERM
BEGINS SEPT. 12
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 8
A. AND T. COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C, JULY 25, 1944
5c Per Copy
48th Summer Session Held
Many Graduate
Students Register
MISS A. AND T. CROWNED—The co-eds pictured above
were the principals in the traditional ceremony when Miss Addie
Alice Bland was crowned "Miss Aand T. of the Summer School."
The co-eds reading left to right are: Miss Juanita Graves,
Leaksville; Mrs. Evelyn Love Reid, Jefferson, S. C.; Mrs. Sylvia
Ruff Payne, Greensboro; Miss Mary Witt, Spartanburg, S. C.;
Miss Lottye L. Gray, Jackson, Tenn.; Miss Vivian Pickard,'Reids
ville; Miss Addie Bland—"Miss A. and T., 1944"—Sanford; Mrs.
Angeline Baily—Miss "A. and T., 1042"—Greensboro; Mrs. Clara
C. Boyd, Asheboro; Mrs. Doreathea Dusenbury, Charlotte; Mrs.
Luella Black, Greensboro ;• Mrs. Mary Frances Simmons, Greensboro; Miss Laura Waldron, Salem, Va., substituting for Mrs.
Mattie Eccles, of Greensboro, who was ill, and Miss Esther Totten,
Sedalia.
President and Librarian
Attend Conference
Summer Convocation
Program Announced
According to a recent announcement by President Bluford, the
11th annual summer convocation
will be held on a streamlined
schedule Sunday, August 20, at 7
p.m., in the Harrison Auditorium.
Departing from tradition this
year the one assembly will Include both the baccalaureate sermon and the literary address in
one deliverance. The principal
speaker will be Lt. Joseph E.
Robinson, chaplain, United States
Army, stationed at ORD, Greensboro.
There are about 35 candidates
for graduation, 25 of whom are
school teachers who are completing their requirements through
Summer School.
Large Freshman
Class Expected
According to information received from the Registrar's Office the number of freshmen who
had applied 'up to July 21, exceeded by one-fourth the number
applying on that date in 1943. It
also shows that there will be
nearly two girls to every boy registering in this class.
According     to     residence     by
itates,  the applicants are districted as follows: North Carolina,
I'irginia,    South    Carolina,    Alabama,    New    Jersey,    Maryland,
■West Virginia, Georgia, Washington,   D.   G.;   Ohio,   Pennsylvania,
| Florida and New York.
Freshmen are scheduled to register on September 12, and follow
Ith rough in a period of orienta-
Ition. Senior advisers will report
Ion September 10, and be on hand
I to welcome the new students. In
|keeping with customs the seniors
vill also participate in the fresh-
iman orientation. Upperclassmen
■register on September 15.
* President F. D. Bluford and
Miss Alma I. Morrow, librarian,
attended a conference on the
Library in Graduate Instruction,
held at Atlanta University, June
14-19, with 14 institutions represented.
The purpose of this conference
was to discuss methods of building substantial graduate collections with limited resources and
to work out plans based upon cooperation, which might enable the
13 Negro Institutions offering
graduate instruction to strengthen
their libraries in order to meet the
increasing demands made upon
them.
The following topics were discussed at length: Responsibility
of the President, Budget, Personnel, Quarters, Building and Using
a Collection, Services and Cooperation. Interesting and lively
discussions followed the close of
each address with all members of
the conference responding. Participants on program included Dr.
Louis R. Wilson, former dean of
the Graduate School of the University of Chicago; President
Rufus E. Clement, Mrs. Gaynelle
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PICTORIALBULLETIN
The recent pictorial bulletin
of the college appears to have
been a distinct success. Com-
liments have come from all
sections of the country on
its arrangement, workmanship and contents'.
The first five thousand copies
were exhausted in less than
one month and other requests
are coming in daily. Send for
your copy, if you have not already received it.
Geneva Leake 111
Miss Geneva Leake, '45, who
has won the distinction of being
the first girl to carry the college
mail, became ill recently and is
now in the L. Richardson Hospital. Just how sympathetic the
faculty and students are with
Geneva in her illness may be seen
from the fact that a contribution
of $36 was raised for her without
appeal.
Miss Leake is reported to be
improving and is in hopes of being
able to go home very soon. She
is also reported to be highly appreciative of the contribution and
other kindnesses shown her by the
faculty  and students.
Additional Dormitories Being Made
Available For Young Women
Those girls who have been
wondering about the possibilities
of securing rooms in the college
dormitories for the ensuing school
year may well put aside their
anxiety and send in their applications and room reservations as
there will be rooms for all who
apply.
Some of the dormitories ordinarily used by young men are now
being reconditioned and will be
turned over for the use of young
women in September. A sufficient
number of applications from
young women to warrant this action has already been received in
the office of the registrar.
Of course rooms will be reserved
for young men, too. While the
number of young men registering
this year may not be as large as
in peace time years, there will be
many, and they will have their
rooms. This is only another way
of saying there will be room in
the college dormitories this war
year for both young men and
young women. In order to be assured they should make application and secure room reservation.
Students who may expect to
find rooms with relatives and
friends in the city should bear in
mind that the families of many
soldiers stationed in the nearby
camp have moved to Greensboro,
and desirable rooms in the city
are scarce and expensive.
Coronation Miss
A. & T. Held
Addie  Bland   Crowned   "Miss   A.
and T." of the Summer School
Very impressive ceremonies
brought to a close the campaign
for Miss A. and T of the Summer
School. The coronation wTas held
on the night of Tuesday,
July 11.
After the organ prelude, which
was played by Coleridge A.
Braithwaite, the lovely Miss Addie Alice Bland, of Sanford, N. C,
manager of the Bland Boykin
Drug Company, entered wearing
for her coronation a gown of white
mousseline de soie trimmed with
tiny white satin bows. A gathered
bodice and fluted neckline added
to its attractiveness. Miss Bland's
only accessories were matching
amethyst and crystal cross and
earrings.
Attending Miss Bland were the
vivacious Miss Vivien Brooks
Pickard, of Reidsville, runner-up
in the contest, and the charming
Mrs. Angeline Bailey, of the city,
who was Bliss A. and T. of the
Summer School in 1942.
Miss Pickard, who is an elemn-
tary teacher in the Jones Elementary School in Pelham, looked
lovely in the white princess line
moire gown with puffed sleeves.
Her accessories were pink.
Mrs. Angeline Bailey, who could
not be present last year to crown
the 1943 queen, did the honors this
year. Mrs. Bailey appeared very
graceful in a gown of white sheer
and embossed taffeta with crystal
accessories.
The remaining 12 contestants
and their escorts constituted
Miss A. and T.'s court. The first
to enter was Mrs. Clara Cranford
Boyd, of Asheboro. Mrs. Boyd,
who is a Senior here, has been
teaching at the Green Level
School in Alamance County. Very
attractive did Mrs. Boyd appear
in her gown of powdered blue
moire, which was quite formal.
Mrs. Boyd's accessories were earrings, necklace and bracelet made
of tiny pink shells. These were
sent to her from Florida from her
husband, who is in the Armed
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On Jun 7, the forty-eighth
summer session got under way
with a full schedule of courses
and a good representation of
teachers and regular students
working on t h e accelerated
plan   for   graduation.
Although the regsitration is
larger than it was last .year, it
is nevertheless below that of
pre-war summers. All of the
eastern seahoard states are well
represented in t h e student
body. Many of the colleges in
these states are also represented.
From South Carolina have
come an impressive group of
promising young teachers interested in taking advantage of
the accelerated plan of meeting graduation requirements.
The same is also true with
smaller groups from Virginia,
and Florida.
The atmosphere about the
grounds and buildings is impressive of the business-like manner in which the summer school
is moving. People are really
studying here this year. Just
why this is so apparent this year,
no one has taken time to say
definitely; it may be due to one
or more causese, such as the
impact of war. the prospects of
better salaries, or the desire to
get along with the graduation
requirements. It is an unmistakable fact that people mean Business in summer school this year.
The graduate school offerings
are quite popular. The group of
new graduate students is larger
and more promising than that
of any previous  summer.
Liberian College
President Speaks
It was a very rare privilege
during one of our early chapel
services to hear the President of
the College of Liberia, Dr. T.
Ebenezer Ward, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, speak. Dr.
Ward's mission here was to attend
conferences in Kansas City and
Greensboro for the purpose of
having a bishop sent to Africa.
His mission was fulfilled.
Dr. Ward gave an historical
sketch of Liberia and also depicted
life and conditions there. Liberia,
a country of 2% million inhabitants, was established as an independent republic in 1847. Many
Negroes who migrated there and
have played a leading part in setting up the independent republic.
Very clearly did Dr. Ward point
out that the Negro has the same
obstacles to surmount as had the
Caucasians , Anglo-Saxons and
other races. It is the belief of Dr. ,
Ward that a nation can become
her own master by retaining and
using her own raw materials.
Tribute was paid to the fine
work of Mr. E. L. F.aulkner, an
1899 .graduate of A. and T., who
migrated to Liberia a number of
years ago. Dr. Ward expressed an
intense interest in the work of A.
and T. College and also expressed
the desire to have more graduates
of this college in the field of engineering and agriculture, especially, to go to Liberia to help in the
development of her natural resources.
That Dr. Ward's informative
talk was thoroughly enjoyed was
evidenced by the undivided attention given him by his hearers.
VIRGINIA O. COLLIER, '44.