The Register, 1952-03-00

              Essay Contest
Closes April 2
"THE    CREAM    OF    COLLEGE    NEWS"
Spring Quarter
Begins March 24
VOL. XLVII—No. 6
A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, March, 1952
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AGGIES ACCEPTED IN N. C. A. A.
Registrar's Office
Lists Two-Hundred
Honor-Roll Students
A  total  of two-hundred  and  fifty-
three   students  made   the   honor   ro
during   the   fall   quarter,   1951-52.
Fifteen students made straight "A"
averages. They were: Grady T. Alston, Izzetta Cole, Norris F. Dendy.
Jr.. Emma L. Grady, John M. Haile,
Savannah LeSueur, Oswald S. Lyons,
Ernest B. Miller, Helen Montgomery,
James N. Slade, Melvin C. Smith,
Ernest L. Tansimore, Margaret Tris-
van, Harry L. Williams and Daisy P.
Withers.
Seventy-eight students made "A"
averages, with averages ranging from
2.94 to 2.50, and one-hundred, sixty-
two students made the "B" honor
roll, with averages ranging from 2.49
to 2.00.
"A" Honor Roll (2.50 or above)
Name Class Average
Alston. Grady Thomas.  Fresh 3.00
Coles,  Izzetta, Soph 3.00
Dendy, Jr., Norris F., Junior  3.00
Grady. Emma L., Fresh.    3.00
Griffin, Mary E., Junior 3.00
Haile, John Milton. Senior 3.00
LeSueur, Savannah. Senior. 3.90
Lyons, Oswaid Stuart, Fresh 3.00
Miller,  Ernest  B., Soph  3.00
Montgomery, Helen, Soph ..3.00
Slade, James N.. Senior 3.00
Smith,  Melvin C. Senior 3.00
Tanismore, Ernest L., Fresh 3.00
Trisvan, Margaret, Junior... 3.00
Williams.  Harry  L., Soph .....3.00
Withers. Daisy P.. Junior .....3.00
Taylor,   Elizabeth,    Fresh 2.94
Lilcy,  Hobby,  Fresh 2.90
Hayes, Annie Otelia, Soph 2.89
Morris, Shirlev, Junior 2.88
Timberlake. Charles  F... Fresh 2.88
Hosey, William. Soph 2.85
Swinson, Ruby G.. Soph 2.85
Andrews, Frances H., Junior 2.83
Jackson, Mildred L.. Junior 2.83
Skinner,  Minnie (Mrs.), Soph 2.83
McNair.   Gurnee,   Unci  2.81
Lindsay, Louis A., Senior 2.81
Bussey, Charles Howard. Fresh 2.80
Jones, William W., Junior  2.79
Shaw,   Benjamin,  Soph 2.79
Williams. Minnie B.. Soph 2.78
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Shewn   c.bove.   'fom   'eft   to   tight   are:   Mi..s   Sera   C   Ifannar.   Hiss   Velna   Speight.  Howcd   if ennt-d\,   "K;ng   of   the
Aggies," and Dr. F. D. Bluford. President of the College.    Dr.   Bluford   crowned   Kennedy   "King   of   the   Aggies"   at   a
recent benefit Polio Dance.
Dr. Bluford Crowns "King of the Aggies"
To Culminate $2,000 Polio Drive for 1952
Away With the
Ku Klux Klan
By  MARY  E. GRIFFIN
It was noticed recently in an article
in the Greensboro Daily News that
"serious consideration" will be given
to a bill for the next Legislature to
ban the Ku Klux Klan altogether in
North Carolina. Wouldn't we like
to see such  a measure  passed?
The Ku Klux Klan needs to be
done away with, not only in North
Carolina hut in any state wherein it
exists. For such an organization is
a great menace to the safety of our
country. The Klan is a threat to the
security, freedom from disturbance, or
the peace of the Negro, certain religious groups, foreign born persons,
or any minority group it thinks undesirable.
Many attacks are made upon persons, a large number of them Negroes,
often for trivial offenses.
For example, in Columbus County
last December, James Stevens, a Negro tenant farmer, appeared in court
to testify that he had bought illegal
whiskey from a white man, D. M.
Phipps. a former Democratic candidate for Sheriff, who failed to win
nomination. For this, Steven and his
wife were frightened  out of town.
An attack made for a reason even
more trivial than that was one made
last October 30. in Horry County,
S. C. Two persons by the name oi
Grainger and Mrs. Martin were
flogged and told that they had been
flogged because they "had not been
going to church."
What does our country need with
an organization like this? lt does
not need it at all. For that reason
every line of action taken to abolish
the Ku Klux Klan should be encouraged.
At a Polio Benefit Dance sponsored^
by the "King of the Aggies" committee, headed by Miss Thelma Waddell,
Howard Kennedy was crowned "King
I of the Aggies" by President F. D.
Bluford. Kennedy, who was sponsored by  Holland Hall raised a sum ol
j $501.05 with the untiring assistance of
Miss Velma Speight and the girls of
! Holland   Hall.
The over-all Polio Drive campaign,
headed by Miss Sara C. Hannar. as-
| sistant   Dean   of  Women,   reached   a
l successful climax during the last week
in February with the students and
faculty members doubling their quota
of $1,000. This amount represented
the largest amount ever to be raised
by the college during a similar campaign.
jVliss Hannar Sends a Message
"On behalf of the committee, I wish
to   thank   you   for   the   splendid   co
operation you exhibited and the way
you helped us to put the program
over."
Continuing. Miss Hannar says, "To
me A. and T. College demonstrated
the effectiveness of team work. May
this type of spirit continue to prevail.
I assure you that any type of project
attempted on our campus of this
nature will be a success."
Other members of the committee
I were: Misses Mary L. Dozier. Jean W.
i Spinner, Inez Higgins, T. E. Waddell,
Helen McWilliams, Mary E. Fickling,
! Margaret L. Corbett, Rosebud Apple-
', by, Ida E. Elliott and Ruby Troxler;
Mmes.   Artis   B.   Graves   and   L.   S.
White: Dr. F. A. Williams, Mr. E. W.
vVaddell, Mr. Arthur Headen, W. H.
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English Emphasis Committee
Concludes Annual Activities
Current Ayantee
Staff Lauded
We pause a moment in gratitude
to the 1952 "Ayantee" Yearbook Staff
for its untiring efforts in completing
our   1952  yearbook.
Amazing as it may seem to the
editors of the Ayantee, there are a
few students who realize that the edition of the yearbook was more than
idle thought. Ideas and rough sketches
in the spring became concrete layouts
in the fall, through the genius ability
of its editors.
We trust that you will enjoy the
interesting changes made by the Ayantee staff this year. These changes involve a conversion from a sixty-six
picture page book to a seventy-five
picture page book. With that, wc
leave you in suspense until May 1,
the date of its arrival.
Under the expert guidance of Advisor. Mr. Ellis F. Corbett and the
stalwart leadership of the Editor-in-
Chief, Melvin M. Ritter, the compilation of the annual received unparalleled impetus.
Ably assisted by Jerry Crawford,
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Many times it has been observed
that it was not so much what was
said, but how it was said that has
proved to be man's salvation or his
destruction. Hence, the great power
of the word cannot be overlooked,
for it is this symbol, not the gun that
will bring peace, if it ever comes, to
a suffering world.
Vast land areas maybe destroyed
by the atomic bomb and millions ol
people murdered, but Divine Might
will step forward and prevent the
complete annihilation of the entire
populace. Then still the problem ot
understanding will confront those, who
by fate, will still inhabit the earth.
Of such vast magnitude is the scope
ami nature of this topic of intelligent
communication, however, that no one
group of people need feel that they
can administer all the needs of a word-
sick world.
Certainly the number of the English Emphasis Committee at the College realize this, but they do feel
that through their sponsored programs
that members of the A. and T. College student body can become more
aware and more appreciative of the
power and charm of the word.
Six years ago in 1946, a revised
idea for this effort in intensifying the
woik of the English Department was
brought to the College by Miss Carrye V. Hill, now Mrs. Kelley, who
served as College representative at  a
Workshop for Teachers of English in
Southern Colleges and Secondary
Schools at New York University. This
workshop was directed by Dr. Lou
LaBrant, professor of English at New
York University, who twice in 1946
and 1951, has been the guest speaker
on the public program sponsored by
the committee.
In close cooperation with the chairmen, the first of whom was Mr.
Thomas Peters, and since then Mrs.
Kelley, has been Dean W. T. Gibbs
of the Education and Science School.
Without his full cooperation, the Committee simply could not have sponsored the various contests which have
been financed by the REGISTER, official organ of the College sttident
body.
This year, as in others, the program has consisted of several contests: Vocabulary, Poetry, and Essay.
In addition to these, there has been
a  term paper display in the Library.
At the conclusion of the series, the
winners of the various contests were
honored with a luncheon and presented their prizes.
Vocabulary Contest
"Let us not underestimate the importance of words, for words are more
than a mere means of communication; they are primarily the things we
think with," says Mrs. Lorraine Gail
who this year sponsored the vocabu-
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A. & T. College to
Send Top Boxers
To Olympic Meet
A. and T. College, whose football
team was rated as the number one
Negro gridiron machine in the nation
this season has been admitted to the
National Collegiate Athletic Association with  full membership.
Official announcement of the acceptance of A. and T. into the NCAA,
the governing body of major college
athletics in the United States, was
made Tuesday, March 4, 1952 by
President Bluford. Dr. Bluford received official notification from Walter Byers, executive director of the
organization.
Coach William M. Bell. Athletic
Director, called the acceptance "probably our greatest day in athletics."
Coach Bell, former All-Big Ten lineman at Ohio State, greeted the news
as a "wonderful" climax to a personal campaign to develop A. and T.
athletics. A. and T. is the second
largest Negro College in the United
States.
"We are extremely happy that A.
! and T. College has met the high stand-
! ard required by the NCAA to qualify
I for membership," Coach Bell, said
j "We are literally bubbling over with
j happiness over our  acceptance."
A. and T.'s application has been
pending for almost a year, and the
I college's acceptance will make it possible for Aggie Athletes, in at least
two sports, to participate in NCAA
National Championships this winter
and spring. Coach Bell said, "Ve
will definitely send some of our
boxers to the NCAA meet and Olympic regional meet at the University of
Wisconsin in April. We will also
send maybe two members of the track
team to the NCAA Championships in
the spring."
A. and T., which is the largest nonprofessional  Negro  institution  in  the
world,  will  send  at  least two of the
boxers to the National  and  Olympic
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Days of "Old Maid"
School Teachers
Are Disappearing
CARBONDALE. III.—(I.P.)—Days
of the "old maid" school teacher are
disappearing and the book satchel is
being replaced by the grocery bag in
America's modern educational system.
This announcement was' made by
Dr. Sina Mott, associate professor of
education at Southern Illinois University, following a study completed
by the student branch of the Association for Childhood Education. The
study was a survey of the life and
needs of the Southern Illinois primary
teacher.
Included in the study were 420
Southern Illinois primary teachers
from nursery schools through the third
grade. The survey attempted to discover three factors about the teachers
including who they arc. where they
come from, and what they are doing
when they are not teaching.
One of the more important facts
revealed by the study indicates that
54 per cent of the teachers were married. The percentage of those combining matrimony with the teaching
profession ranged from 100 per cent
in nursery school to 41 per cent in
the second grade. The second grade
was the only group in which less than
half of the teachers were married.
If people are still clinging to a
picture of the primary teacher as an
old maid living in one room and eating at the restaurant around the
corner, then they should brush the
cobwebs out of their mind. Dr. Mott
declared. Only six per cent of them
are living in one room, the study
pointed out. Eighty per cent are now
living in their own homes. The remainder of them are divided into two
groups—five per cent who are living
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