The Register, 1950-05-00

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May 1950
THE   REGISTER
Page 3
A Corner In
The Library
By E. HENRY GIRVEN, '5!
The atmosphere within the main
reading room is beginning to take on
that feeling of anxious ominous anticipation that accompanies the storm
of confusion at each quarter's ending.
Heads that have sought refuge behind
the broad backs of books in other than
intellectual pursuits are being buried
deeper into those books—only now in
quest of the treasures that these books
have always contained. Examination
time is at hand.
Making sure that every request for
information is filled is Mrs. Alma I.
Morrow, college librarian. Whether
books must be dug from underneath
forgotten stacks, borrowed or bought
she takes it upon herself to see that
all called for are made available. A
capable woman. Mrs. Morrow is ably
assisted by a staff of full time and student, librariaens.
Some highlights of the past month's
activitise outside of checking out books
have been the receiving of a gift from
the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and a visit
from the Lee County Training School.
Though this mention is a little late
Ihe splendid electric clock that hangs
on the wall in the Reserve Reading
Room is in itself testimony of the
benevolence of the Zetas.
11 was on May 1, that the library
chili of the Lee County Training
School. Sanford, N. C, under the
guidance of Mrs. E. M. Baylor paid
A,. Sc T.'s library a visit. The group
of about 30 students were curious
about our library's method of checking out books and penalties for keeping books overtime. Besides asking
numerous other questions about the
functionings of a library they found
bound periodicals interesting and the
"N.   Y.  Times"  fascinating.
So happened a few incidents in the
course of a month's vigil in the library.
At present tlie sign on the main receiving desk reads "closed until next
quarter."
culture. This was quite a gala affair
and enhanced the marked increase in
the membership for the Association.
We were also fortunate to have members of the faculty and persons from
the city to speak to the association
on subjects parallel to the members'
prospective careers.
The Association made contributions
lo charity causes and made trips to
centers which afforded visual aids to
supplement ihe general class work.
During the Winter quarter when
many of the key officers were away
doing practice teaching, the association
continued lo function under the leadership of tlie vice president and substitute officers. They sponsored a pre-
alentine dance which offered entertainment  during  the  dormant  session.
Members of the Association witnessed one of the greatest Cattle shows
held at the College Farm May 1, 1950,
whereby a spectacular exhibition prevailed.
The members of the Association
lanced to the music of the College
Collegians at the annual spring dance
\pril 14, at the college Gym.
Various members of the Agricultural
Association made preparation for, and
participated in the leadership school
which convened May 10, 1950, which
lisseminated much valuable information. Mr. Joseph Russell demands
marked connection with this program.
The Association elected its officers
or Ihe subsequent school year. The
following persons are serving in the
respective capacities: Sampson Bowie,
President; Roy Kimble, Vice-President;
Pear] McAllister, Secretary; Rachael
Mauley, Assistant Secretary; Wade
Lassiter, Treasurer; Arthur Young. Reporter, Emma Clark. Assistant Reporter.
Hats off lo Mr. Willie J. Walls
who sought to promote better relations between the students of Home
Economics and Agriculture during his
diplomatic administration as president
of Ihe Agricultural Association for the
school year of 19l9-'50.
The Agricultural Association wishes
eve'tyone a pleasant summer and a
happy return iu September to those
who are not graduating.
WILLIE T.  ELLIS, '50
and debating, activities which can aid
him greatly in later life since he wishes
to become a lawyer. His most practical accomplishment is his recent appointment in the Regular Army as a
second lieutenant which will become
effective upon the day of his graduation and which he earned through
being designated a distinguished military student. It is not surprising that
he plans to go into the army after
graduation.
Before his coming to A. & T. Glover
had a high school record just barely
short of spectacular. Through that
period he was president of the Student Council, Varsity, N. F. A. School
Chapter and State Association, also his
senior class. He received the N. F. A.
National Home Improvement award in
1940, also a Scholarship to college, and
graduated from high school in June
of that same year. That September
A.  &  T.  got  him.
In all of the 22 years of his life,
nothing has surprised him so as his
being selected "Student of the Year,"
so he remarked. Rather conservative
he enjoys all sports, movies, dances,
writing and the like, but he doesn't
particularly  care  for  cards.
A Baptist, Glover attends the Institutional Baptist Church in Greensboro.
His ultimate goal is to become a master politician. Fie has maintained a
"B" average throughout his stay here.
He is a member of the Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, and for the information of the ladies, still single.
Faculty Member of the Year
N. F. A. Sponsors
Leadership Si
Student of the Year
The Leadership School at A. and T.
College opened at 7:00 Tuesday night
in Noble Hall. The school, which
dosed Thursday night, was sponsored
hi Ihe A. and T. chapter of New
Farmers of America.
The activities Tuesday night were
directed by William LarSha, and included a panel discussion on parliamentary law. Its purpose was to provide the attending students with a
working knowledge of how to conduct
a meeting. The overall purpose of
the school was to show the students
how lo acquire and develop characteristics of leadership, especially in the:
field of agriculture.
The general subject of the class
Wednesday night was "Building a Con-
tinuous Program that Will Maintain
Member Interest." Calvin R. Stevenson, professor of education directed
the discussions. Thursday night the
classes discussed "How to make use of
the future A. and T. College in preparing for  the changing world."
My Mother
By  JAMES  BECKETT,   '51
Before she was my mother
She must  have been  the sweetest  girl
For   her   kindness   must   have   started
somewhere
Before  I  came  into  the  world.
Before she was my mother
She  was  more  than  my   father's  wife
For her love, understanding must have
started
Before I  began  my life.
But now she is my mother
Who has helped when 'er sick or pain
And  whatever she has  shown  or  said
to me
fl has never been in vain.
\nd she'll always be my mother
Loving, thoughtful, unselfish and kind
For there's only one God given mother
-\nd  no  better  friend  can  wc  find.
\ mother's love is the greatest love
■\ love that  will never cease
lo   love   her   with   every   breath   and
deed
Is to do the least.
AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION
The Agricultural Association has accomplished many of its aims as were
proposed in its program of work for
the school year of 1949-'50 under the
leadership of its officers and advisor
who worked diligently to carry out
the various activities.
The highlights of the program dur-
the  Fall   quarter   were:   a   social
i honor of the freshmen in the
f  Home  Economics  and  Agri-
WILLIAM   DAVID   GLOVER
Elected by popular vote in a poll
of the Senior class, William David
Glover, an Agricultural Education major, holds the honored title, Student
of the Year. A graduating senior himself, Mr. Glover came to A. & T.
from the Mill Grove High School, in
Durham County, Durham, N. C, his
present Tion e and birthplace.
From the. date of his initial entry
into this it stitution, Glover has played very much the part of a campus
leader. Soi e of the positions that he
has held daring his stay here have
been vice-president of the Agricultural
Association, vice-president of the Senior Class, vice-president of the New
Farmers of America and president of
this same tatter organization, an office which he now holds; R. O. T. C.
Major on the' Regimental Staff, also
parliamnetarian for that club. Besides
being active in these organizations
Glover has dcjme some public speaking
The Enchanting
Dawn
Just   before   the  dawn   of  night,
Along the highway in a church painted
white,
Dressed   in   enchanting  and   becoming
yellow,
Looking all pretty, sweet and mellow
Awaited a gal you just had to admire.
Of course, she had long been my desire.
Tipped right in and took my seat
Impatiently    waited    until    after    the
meeting,
The    drifting    rain    had    fallen    and
beaten.
Adjournment   and    the   milky   clouds
swept away,
While the beaming stars, sparkled the
night like day.
Beautiful eves and greeting smiles held
me speechless a short while,
Plus  that colorful yellow sweater,
Y'ou know mv anxiety was greater than
ever.
Unfortunate the precious time had a
limit.
Caught   the   trailway   on   the   minute.
Bv  WILLIAM  D.  GLOVER,  '50
MR. C. R. A. CUNNINGHAM
Kind, considerate, very helpful, Mr.
C. R. A. Cunningham, college registrar, rates the title "Faculty Member
of the Year." An American citizen by
naturalization, Mr. Cunningham was
born in Jamaica, British West Indies.
There in his native land he completed
all but two years of his secondary
education, the last two years being
completed at Urbana High School. Ur-
bana, Illinois.
While on the subject of his education, Mr. Cunningham is very definitely a "heavy" individual. While
fulfilling the requirements for his B.
S. and M. S. degrees he annexed
enough Greek honorary societies to
his name to cause his name to look
like a paragraph in Greek. He was
featured in the Annual Honors Day
Program each year at the University
of Illinois key given honor students
at graduation. His graduate work
shows a perfect straight "A" throughout. Interestingly enough, while making such a fine scholastic record, and
being without the G. I. Bill, he worked    his    way    entirely    through    both
projectors and a centralized film li-
brary in the college library.
June 4, 1945 he was appointed Registrar which necessitated a drastic reduction in his teaching activities leaving time for the teaching of only bacteriology.
At one time advisor to pre-medical
students and assistant in campus religious exercises before the appointment of a regular college minister, Mr.
Cunningham, besides being registrar is
active upon several faculty committees
and cashier of the athletic committee.
In this latter capacity he has charge
of all ticket sales and admittance to
all local athletic events of the college.
And now for the more personal side
of the life of the Faculty Member of
the Year.
His hobbies are music and photogra-
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A. and T. Presents
Pianist In Concert
"He who injures another brings injury  to  himself."
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"It is better to have a strong enemy
than to have a weak friend."
degrees at the University of Illinois.
What an inspiration for some of Uncle
Sam's recently disclaimed nephews.
After receiving his M. S. from Illinois, Mr. Cunningham look his first
job as a teacher at Tennessee State
College, Nashville, Tenn. Staying there
but one year his next job lasted three
years at Albany State College in Albany, Georgia. Finally came the acceptance of a position on the teaching
staff of A. & T. College. And how'
this man has produced since the date
of that acceptance. Take note of but
a few of his exploits.
As an associate professor iu biology
and animal husbandry he had charge
of the dairy for the first two years
of his stay here. In line with this
he taught dairy and animal husbandry, bacteriology, comparative anatomy
and physiology, and during the summer sessions, general science and
etymology iu the biology division. He
established a herd of pure bred Her-
ford beef cattle, milk goats, and registered Shropshire Breed Sheep. He
operated tlie ice cream plant during
its first year of operation, 1942-43.
After two years at the dairy Mr.
Cunningham relinguished that work
to devote his full time to building
the biology department. In 1938 he
introduced the use of visual aids including movie pictures, film strips and
lantern slides for the riology department. Thus came the introduction of
campus movies, the acq lisition of three
A. and T. College is presenting
Miss Verdcll I.. Vinson of Muskogee,
Oklahoma, concert-pianist and instructor of music in concert Sunday, May
21 al 3:30 p. m. The performance
is to be given in tlie Richard B. Harrison   Auditorium  of the  college.
Miss Vinson, a graduate of Kansas
Stale College, and who received her
Masters from Columbia University, is
an accomplished and versatile musician.
She has given quite a number of recitals throughout the south and midwest. Her concert at A. and T. is in
line with the annual Music Week activities at the college.
Campus Leaders
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a figure on the campus. She has
been a member of the college band
for two years. She is a member of
the Student Affiliate of the American
Chemical Society, the Mathematics
Club and Delta Sigma 'Theta Sorority.
It is not surprising that her name appeared in "Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities."
As hobbies, Nina, as everyone calls
her, likes music and the writing of
poetry.
Is she "heavy?" She has consistently
maintained a two point average in her
studies and plans to do better before
she graduates.
This is our "Miss A. and T."