The Register, 1950-10-00

              Freshmen
We
Welcome You
XVTHE   CREAM   OF   COLLEGE    NEWS"
Homecoming
Draws
Largest Crowd
VOL. XLVI—No. 1
A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, October 1950
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Expect 25,000 at Homecoming
Pres. Asks $6 Million for
Buildings, Salaries, Etc.
Student Union Building included
On List of Vital Needs
Dr. !'. 1). Bluford, president of A.
and T. College, requested appropriations totaling mote than six million
dollars from the N. C. State Advisory
Budget Commission, lo provide for
buildings and equipment for tlie
school.
Included in lbe estimated needs are
an agriculture building costing ST,-
312,500; a 250-room men's dormitory,
$997,000; a student union building.
$1,129,600;   and   nine  oilier   buildings.
In addition the school's budget estimates  should   increase   in   the  main
tenance budget from this year's $1,-
815,892 to $2,186,552 in 1951-52, and
$2,225,168  in  1952-53.
In his address to tbe commission,
Dr. Bluford indicated that the additional facilities are necessary to meet
ihe demands of Ihe ever-increasing
enrollment at A. and T. College—the
second largest Negro school in the
country.
'More and more of ihe graduate
work of Southern Negro students will
have lo be done in the South," he
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Students of the Month
By
HANFORD "Til Doc" STAFFORD, '53
Miss Dorothy Godwyn comes to A.
and T. from Norfolk, Virginia. She
is a sophomore, majoring in Physical
Education, and her hobbies include
dancing, music and all spoils. While
she was a member of Booker T. Washington High School she participated
in the band as a majorette. She says
that Physical Education is jus! as good
as music because vou can't do with
out either one.
Miss  Fannie   Greenlee   of   Asheville,
N. C. came to A. and T. College in
1919. She is a graduate of Stephens
Lee High School and ber hobbies include dancing, reading, all sports and
parties. She is a sophomore majoring in Physical Education. As a whole
she says music is all right but she
likes to perforin acrobatic tricks better. When she graduates she would
like to be a Physical Education instructor or a recreational director.
Miss   Vivian   Gardener   is   a   graduate of Dudley  High School of Greensboro, N.  C.    She is a sophomore ma-
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Elaborate Frosh Program
During Orientation Week
September 13th seemed to be the
big clay al A. and T. College. Hundreds of new faces were seen on lbe
college campus. Once again the slit
dents began to enjoy the thrills of
give and take that marked the beginning of a new school year.
On Wednesday, September 13th,
freshman orientation began at 8:00
a. m. with the presentation of deans
and   examination  staff.     At  this   time
students received general instruction
concerning program blanks. Following the assembly in Harrison Auditorium, ihe freshmen reported for
placement tests and entrance examinations. This process continued throughout the day.
Greetings   Extended
Beginning   at   7:30   on   Wednesday
night  greetings  were  extended  to  the
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Mr. McClenney's
Inauguration
Very Impressive
In impressive manner witnessed by
persons from all sections of the nation, Earl Hampton McClenney, Sr.,
A. and T. College Class of 1930, was
formally installed as third president
of Saint Paul's Polytechnic Institute
at inaugural ceremonies held at the
Institute on October 12. Hundreds of
elementary and high school delegates,
representatives from colleges as old as
Harvard (1630) and as recently organized as the Norfolk Unit of Virginia State College (1935), learned
societies, professional organizations,
state, county, and the city government
of Lawrenceville, Virginia, site of the
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'Miss Homecoming" and Attendants
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Slight Increase
In Registration
Over Last Year
A. and T. College has gone over
the top again. More than 2800 students enrolled during the fall quarter
of the school year. There is a possibility of this enrollment reaching
3200  before the school  vear ends.
Latest figures show the Freshman
Class has reached 1,000, topping last
year's total of 900. The Veteran's enrollment last year was 1,188, compared with this year's enrollment of
only 808, a decrease of 380 members
who earned their G. 1. Bill of Rights.
Educational forecasters have attributed the increase in colleges throughout the United States to the need
of higher educational requirements
for a'-l occupations today.
Here at A. and T. our increase is
mainly due to our increasingly progressive curriculum which is successfully meeting the country's present
day educational requirements.
New A. & T. Club
Organized in D. C.
A new A. and T. Club has been organized in Washington, D. C. by a
group of former Aggies who live there,
according to a letter from Miss Rubella W. Franklin, the club reporter.
'The club was founded last March
with the following Alumni as officers:
President, Mr. Joseph McKinney;
Vice-President, Mrs. Evelyn Butler;
Secretary, Mrs. Catherine Smith; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. Mary F. McKinney; Treasurer, Mr. Calvin Ham-
rnone; Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. James
Ruffin; Publicity Chairman, Mr. Lawrence S'hipp; Assistant Publicity Chairman, Mr. Emmett Williamson, and Reporter, Miss Rubena Watkins Franklin.
The  aims  of  The  A.  and  T.  Club
1.  To encourage and promote such
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Reading from left to right (sitting): Blanche Campbell, "Miss Homecoming."
Charleston. South Carolina; Nina Johnson, Beaufort, North Carolina; Cora
Patillo. Franklin, Virginia; (kneeling) Margaret Crawford. Tuckahoe. New
York; Mary Murphy, Moultrie. Georgia.
Biggest Crowd In School's History
To Participate In H. C. Activities
GREENSBORO, N. C.-Never before
in the 60-year-old history of A. and
T. College has there been so much
enthusiasm felt in the college community and expressed by the Alumni
and friends about a Homecoming celebration as in the anticipated festival
here October 28.
There are many contributory factors, but perhaps the most important
is the 24 carat gridiron attraction between the contending Aggies and the
champion Morgan Bears. This game
which tops a gay calendar of events
has been heralded as THE game of
the season, and is expected to draw
25,000 visitors, many of whom feel
that it is the contest that will decide
who will wear the crown of the CIAA
and possibly of the nation.
Representatives of the administration and the Alumni Association have
concluded plans for the two day festival which is scheduled to begin
Friday, October 27, and end on Sunday morning with a special Alumni
vesper service.
According to E. W. Waddell, Chairman of the local committee, the weekend will begin with a brilliant sport
dance Friday night, followed on Saturday with the biggest collegiate parade Greensboro has ever witnessed.
The parade, it is predicted, will extend over a mile and include elaborate floats, lovely majorettes, and the
crack 100 piece A. and T. College
band. The parade will begin at one
o'clock from the campus and proceed
through the heart of the city and into
the Memorial Stadium.
At half time there will be colorful
ceremonies, demonstrations by the
band and cheer leaders, and the coronation of the two queens. Following
the game the Alumni Association will
sponsor      the     official     Homecoming
dance, E. E. Waddell, Alumni president, said. This affair, traditionally
known as the Victory Ball, will begin
at 8 P. M. at the Danceland Ballroom
on Bessemer Ave. According to Mr.
Waddell, an outstanding name band
will furnish the music.
The Alumni are invited to attend a
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R. 0. T. C. Enrolls 900;
Now Nation's Largest
The A. and T. College Reserve Officers Training Corps wiil be almost
half again as large this year as it
was last year, according to a recent
announcement from Lieut. Col. Henry
R. Sandridge, PMS & T, commanding
officer of the regiment.
Approximately 500 freshman students and 100 upperclassmen were en-
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Library Staff
Increased
The following persons have been
added to the Library Staff this year:
Miss Frances Carter of Simmons Col-
fege, School of Library Science, Boston, Massachusetts; Mrs. Thelma Pear-
sail from Western Reserve University,
School of Library Science, Cleveland,
Ohio and Miss Almena Muldrow, a
1950 graduate of A. & T. College,
Greensboro, N. C.
Mr. Charles C. Dean and Miss Alma
I. Morrow also of the staff studied
respectively at New York and Columbia Universities, New York City, during the past summer.