The Register, 1947-05-00

              Commencement
May 31
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VOL. XLI—NO. VII
A. and T. Collge, Greensboro, N. C, May 1947
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Noted Educators
Address Sessions
Dr. Joseph F. Drake, president
of the Alabama Agricultuial and
Mechanical College, Normal,
Ala., and Dr. Franklin S. Hickman, dean of the chapel, Duke
University, Durham, will be the
principal speakers during the
49th College Commencement
Week exercises, May 23 through
June 2, according to an announcement recently by President F. D. Bluford.
The graduating class of 170
students will include 65 candidates from the School of Education and Science, 42 from the
School of Agriculture and 63
from the School of Mechanic
Arts.
Dr. Hickman, who will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon at 11
a. m., Sunday, June 1, has been
on the Duke University staff
since 1927. Since that time he
has served as professor of psychology of religion, preacher to
the university and professor of
preaching. He was appointed
dean of the chapel in 1939.
Holder of M. A. and Ph. D.
degrees from Northwestern University, Dr. Hickman, received
his undergraduate training at
Depau University where he was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity.
His experience included teaching at Chicago Training School,
Hamline University, Hampton
Institute, Emory University and
Soochow University in China.
He was at one time director of
Wesley Foundation of. Minneapolis, Minn. The Rev. Mr.
Hickman has also written several
books on religion and the psychology of religion.
President Drake will deliver
the commencement address at 7
p. m., Monday, June 2, in the
Richard B. Harrison Auditorium. One of Alabama's leading
educators, Dr. Drake received his
undergraduate training at Talladega College, from which institution he received the B. A. degree. He completed the require-
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Dance Group In
Its Annual Recital
The Modern Dance Group,
under the direction of Carrie
McLaughlin, instructor in Physical Education, gave its annual recital in the Harrison Auditorium
on May 15.
The program consisted of the
following numbers: African
Dance, Folk Dance (Tarantella),
Jitterbug, Tap Dance, The Boogie, From Dawn 'Til Dust, In the
Cool of the Evening, Jealousy,
The Wee-Lee Train, The Rec-
taimation, and Temptation.
Ella Gamble, Rubye Martin,
Essie Reynolds, Barbara Dula,
Lelia White, and Berta Alexander were featured as soloists
along with the Modern Dance
Group.
The program was designed to
show the contrast between those
types of dance that are commonly
understood and those that are
more difficult.
Commencement Speakers
DR. FRANKLIN S. HICKMAN DR. JOSEPH F. DRAKE
Dr. Franklin S. Hickman (left), dean of the Chapel, Duke Univrsity, and Dr.
Joseph F. Drake, president of the Alabama A. and M. College, will be principal speakers during the coming 49th A. and T. College Commencement
Week. The Rev. Mr. Hickman will address graduation candidates Sunday,
June 1, during baccalaureate services. President Drake is scheduled to make
the commencement speech the following Monday, June 2.
College Business Club Visits
Atlanta's Negro Enterprises
Enroute to Atlanta, Ga., the
Bu'-tess Club of A. and T. College/stopped briefly at Anderson,
S. C, where lunch was served
at W. I. Peek's Restaurant. This
stop was significant in that Mr.
Peek, local business man, funeral
director, and realtor gave the
group a brief resume of his successful business career. He attributed his success to a series of
factors centered principally
around giving service to Negro
consumers in a non-competitive
city. Mr. Thomas, also a local
Anderson business man, showed
the group through his dry cleaning company. It was a remarkable sight to see his workers at
their respective jobs following a
well planned routine. Mr. Thomas' plant is departmental and
equipped with modern machinery that is unlikely to be seen
in the ordinary cleaning plant.
A stick-to-it-ness determination
was given credit for Mr. Thomas'
success. The plant is a credit to
Negro Business in that the organization is superb.
Magnificent Atlanta opened
its doors to the club on arriving
at 12:30 p. m., May 9, 1947. The
group took residence at Morris
Brown College and proceeded
shortly after dinner to the Negro business district on Auburn
Avenue. Mr. Jesse B. Blayton,
CPA, and an intimate friend of
Mr. L. A. Wise, the Business
Club Advisor, directed the tour
through the business district.
The Atlanta Life Insurance
Co. was toured and guides
pointed out important highlights
to the club. The following Negro
owned and operated establishments were visited: The Citizens
Trust Company, The Atlanta
World (daily Negro newspaper),
The Brown Boy Bottling Company, and The Atlanta Building
and Loan Association. President
L. D. Milton of the Citizens
Trust Company and professor
of Finance at Atlanta University
spoke briefly to the student
group  on  Secretarial  Qualities
and The Type of Education
Necessary For Financial Success.
On Saturday, May 10, 194'/,
the club visited Morris Brown
College, Atlanta University,
Morehouse College, Clarke College and Spelman College. A
two-hour tour of the city was
made possible by Mr. Quintin
Williamson, former A. and T.
student, and the Ivey Brothers,
local funeral directors.
The highlights of the tour
were scenes of the capitol, the
fashionable homes of Atlanta's
Negroes and whites, and Hotel
Winecoff. The magnificent man-
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Banquet Honors
Fourth Estaters
At a testimonial banquet given at the YMCA on May 23, a
new staff was appointed for the
school year, 1947-48 and the old
members were appraised for
their work during the present
school term.
Succeeding Ellis Harris as editor-in-chief will be Miss Dorothy
Simmons, Greensboro senior.
Miss Simmons is a veteran with
Register fans as she has served
previously as fashion editor and
on the production staff.
Mr. Benjamin Harris, a former
reporter, has been appointed
Alumni editor and Mrs. Thelma
Bowers Sandifer is now associate
editor.
Other appointments were
Thomas Cooper, sports editor,
photographer; P h il 1 i p Jeter,
James Hargrave, Ada Vie, Myrtis
Edgecombe, reporters.
The fourth estaters seemed
pleased to have with them on
this occasion Dr. and Mrs. F. D.
Bluford. Dean Warmoth T.
Gibbs and Miss Marion Hynson
Mims are faculty advisors to the
group. Special guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Gibbs.
Southern Youth To Participate
n World Youth Festival
Great interest has been shown
among college youth in the announcement of Southern Negro
Youth Congress president, Edward K. Weaver that a group of
singers from Southern colleges
would travel to Europe this summer under the sponsorship of
the Southern Negro Youth Congress. The singers are booked to
participate in .the World Youth
Festival sponsored by the World
Federation of Democratic Youth
which isL,to be held in Prague,
Czechoslovakia, dining tlie- period1 from July 20 to August 17,
1'947.
Through the offices of the
World Federation it has been
learned that youth groups representing the major youth organizations in each country will
take part. Through sports activities, drama festivals, concerts,
ballet and modern dancing exhibitions, folk dancing and folk
music, marionette shows and
parades, the youth of the participating countries will exhibit
the culture, history and rich traditions of their homelands.
Through discussions and lectures, films, etc., there will be
many opportunities for participants to learn first hand about
the experiences of youth all over
the world.
In addition to this opportunity
to participate in the festival, the
youth who travel to Europe this
summer will have the opportunity to help in the rebuilding of
devastated Europe by participation in the International Youth
Reconstruction Brigades, International  Youth   Reconstruction
Camps and an International
Youth Brigade to help rebuild
Lidice.
lt is expected that approximately 500 Americans will travel
to Prague for the festival. Among
the major youth organizations
planning participation are the
Unitarian Youth, YWCA, Junior
Hadassah, Intercollegiate Christian Council, the Southern Negro Youth Congress and many
others.
The chorus which is to be
sponsored by the SNYC will be
composed of graduating students
(or others whom the administration of the colleges might consider eligible). The singers are
to be selected through the music
departments of the various colleges and the final selection of
the chorus will be made by the
persons who will train and direct
the chorus. Miss Jessyca Divers,
a graduate of Dillard University
and a teacher of voice and associate director of the choir at
Alabama State College will train
and direct the group. After selection of the chorus there will
be an intensive training period
during the month of June at one
of the Southern colleges. Further details as to the cost of participation and suggestions as to
how the money may be raised
for entrants may be obtained
from the office of the SNYC, 526
Masonic Temple Building, Birmingham, Alabama.
Teacher: "When I say I have went
what is wrong with that sentence?"
Johnny: "It is wrong because you
ain't went yet".
The Champs
Kappa Phi Kappa Forensic Society,
recent winner of 1947 Tri-State Debating
League championship competing against
teams from Virginia State and South
Carolina A. and M. colleges, shown with
the championship trophy. Holding the
cup are Cetire Streater, Cheraw, S. C.
and Lillie B. Hairston of Winston-Salem,
N. C.
Second row—George Lawson, Greensboro, N. C; Samuel Hill, High Point,
and Levi E. Fonville, Jacksonville, N. C.
Back row—James W. Turner (Coach), L.
Yolande Mebane, Pantego, N. C.; and
Andrew A. Best of Kinston, N. C. Prof.
Roy H. Brown, Columbus, Ohio, is director of debate. (Poole Photo).