The Register, 1948-10-00

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VOL. XLIV—NO. I
A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, October 1948
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Freshman Class
Pre-Session Faculty
Conference Hears President
Miss Ay an tee
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Noted Anthropologist Speaks
In Harrison Auditorium
"Students are what teachers make
""Sftem," T -s an opening statement made
by President F. D. Bluford in his address to the pre-session faculty and
stall conference held in Graham Hall,
September ll-14th which officially began the 1948 Fall Quarter session.
Dr. Bluford, President of the college, re-emphasized the theme of the
conference by saying that "if I had
chosen the theme, 'The Emerging A.
and T. College, Its Challenge, Its Opportunities. Its Responsibilities', I
would have to read it as follows: 'The
Emerging Student, Our Challenge, Our
Opportunities,   Our   Responsibilities'."
The invocation was delivered by the
Reverend Cleo McCoy, the College
Minister.
During the conference, President Bluford introduced his new faculty and
staff members. They are as follows:
lalniadge Brewer, animal husbandry; Broadus E. Sawyer, business
administration; Jaun F. Lopez, art;
Percy McWain and Booker T. Simpson, chemistry; Jean W. Spinner, dean
of women; Eulalia Smith, assistant dean
of women, Lula J. Sailman, dormitory
hostess; Herman Brown and Wilbur S.
Clark, education; Dorothy Simmons,
commercial education; Hortense D. C.
Lloyd,   English;   James   Dawkins   and
Spencer Hailed
By Students
Kenneth Spencer, famous basso, appeared in Harrison Auditorium in the
first of the Lyceum programs, October
6. Approximately 1,000 students filled
the auditorium to witness the celebrity's first recital at the college.
The distinguished artist opened his
performance with Mozart's "O Isis and
Osiris." The first two parts of the program included numbers from Brahms,
Handel. Schubert, and Poulenc. He
followed these with numbers from
Gretchaninof  and   Moussorgsky.
Spencer closed his concert by singing the songs of English and American
composers.
ROY L.  HILL, '49
Charles M. Powell, industrial art; Wendell M. Bryant, journalism; Willie Mae
Broadnax and Patricia McWhorter,
library; Herbert Hewghen, mathematics; Florence L. Henderson, music;
Mathew Brown, J. G. Echols, Sherma
Hough, and Gardenia Johnson, physical education; and Mary A. Simmons,
tailoring.
Registrar C. R. A. Cunningham, in
presenting the student outlook, reported that another heavy enrollment
was expected with a decrease in incoming veterans and an increase in non-
veteran students.
HAROLD L. ALDRIDGE, '49
Reporter
46 Added To
College Staff
Addition of forty-six persons to the
faculty of A. and T. College was announced by President F. D. Bluford at
the opening convocation of the fall
quarter. Among those added is Dr.
R. G. Lloyd who will teach history,
and who holds a Ph. D. from New York
University.
Others include Wilbur S. Clark, who
holds a M. A., New York University, in
education, and who has completed requirement for his doctorate at Catholic University; Elizabeth W. Clarke, B.
S.. A. and T. College, chemistry; Talmadge B. Brewer, M. S., Michigan
State College, animal husbandry; Herman Brown, M. A., University of Michigan, education; Joseph G. Echols, B. S.,
Virginia State College, physical education; Wendell M. Bryant, B. S., University of Kansas, journalism; James
Dawkins, M. S., University of Pennsylvania, industrial arts; Florence L.
Henderson, B. A., Knoxville College,
music; Frank Henderson, M. A., New
York University, biology; Herbert M.
Hewghon, B. S., Hampton Institute,
mathematics; Sherma Hough, B. A.,
Talladega College, physical education;
M. Malcom Johnson, B. A., Morgan
State College, history; Hortense D. C.
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The attractive Jessie P. Murrill, Miss
A. and T. for the term of '48-'49, is a
native of Jacksonville, N. C. A graduate
from Georgetown High School, she
entered A. and T. College in September of '45 as a Commercial Education
major.
Miss Murrill is an active member
of ihe Iota Phi Lambda Sorority,
House Counsellor, Register Staff, Y. W.
C. A., and Business Club. During the
summer, she was secretary to the Dean
of the School of Education and
Sciences.
Miss Murrill devotes her leisure time
to reading and collecting photographs.
She plans to continue her studies at
N. Y. U. upon completion of her requirements here.
She has promised to exert every possible effort to serve the student body
efficiently. Heartily, she welcomes the
new and the old, and wishes them a
successful year.
Fall Registration
Exceeds Last Year
Twenty-seven hundred and thirteen
students are now registered at A. and
T. College. This year's enrollment is
mainly in the following divisions:
School of Education and Sciences,
School of Mechanic Arts, School of
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"If we can get through the next
twenty or twenty-five years without a
war, then there will not be a great
possibility of war, but numerous con-
licts will continue to exist among
the people throughout the world,"
stated Margaret Mead, noted anthropologist, author and world traveler,
before a capacity audience in Harrison
\uditorium, Sunday, October 3. Speaking on the subject, "An Anthropologist
Looks at America," Dr. Mead further
stated that it is the anthropologist's
job to look at the world over a period
of time and at the same time look
at the entire world at once. Today
there is no safe place in the world.
We are now living in a crucial period.
Recent developments of world-wide interest have been toward instruments
of war. "The atom bomb is a good
example erf this." she continued.
Dr. Mead urged people of all races
to  understand each  other.    It will be
Freshman Talent
Show Presented
One of the highlights during freshman orientation week was the presentation of the traditional freshman talent
program, September 18, 1948 in Richard B. Harrison Auditorium. From
all indications, this year's class possesses
a wide variety of talent.
The students performing were Walter Powell, solo; Earl Hopkins, piano
solo; Jarcia Anival, solo; Wendell
Wall, oration; William Morgan, reading; Leon Harris, trumpet solo; Walter
Kennedy, reading; Bernice Rivers, solo;
Yvonne Wooten, poem; Harold M.
Marshall, instrumental solo; John
Barns, poem. Other participants were
Odell Bush, Virginia Miller, and Leo
Bradshaw.
Prizes were awarded two participants
on the basis of the applause of the
audience. First prize went to Walter
Powell, and second prize to Earl Hop-
kin.'.
Miss Josephine Court and Mr.
Thomas Cooper, two upperclassmen, assisted at the piano.
HORACE G. McDONALD, '49
hard to show the world how people in
America from every conceivable national origin are brought together and
hew every American has an under-
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Graduates of '48
Return To
Alma Mater
Former students of A. and T. College include Miss Yolanda Mebane,
1948 graduate from Pantego, N. C.
Miss Mebane majored in English, mi-
nored in French, is an active member
of the Gamma Tau Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Mu, and the Kappa Phi Kappa
Forensic Society. She is an instructor
in the Department of English.
Miss Gardenia Johnson, another 1948
graduate, is a native of South Carolina. She majored in Physical Education and minored in English. She is
a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority and the Y. W. C. A. She is
an   instructor  of  Physical  Education.
Mrs. C. A. Braithwaite, the former
Lelia White, of Greensboro, is a member of the Gamma Tau Chapter of
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Lyceum Series
For 1948-49
1. KENNETH SPENCER-October 6,
1948; Recital with Accompanist.
2. CAPT. ART HOOK-October 14,
1948 (Assembly: 10:00 A. M.); Lecture on Alaska.
HAZEL SCOTT-November 4, 1948
(AKA Sponsoring this Concert).
3. JOHN KIRKPATRICK - November 8 and 9, 1948; Pianist.
I. DR. HENRI PEYRE - November
10, 1948; Lecturer.
5. MARIMI DEL POZO-November
23, 1948; Soprano.
6. DR.  ALONZO  MYERS-December
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