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VOL. XLVIX—No. 4
A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, January, 1954
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College In Annual Polio Drive
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Out to Top $2,500.00
Raised In Last Years Drive
Spearhead Drive
The March of Dimes Committee at A. and T. College went actively to work last week on a campaign to exceed las;
year's record-breaking total of more than $2,500.00 raised by campus forces. The commitlee members appearing at
the kickoff meeting held last week included from left to right: (front row) Miss Virginia Hughes. Miss Margaret Corbett,
Mrs. Thelma Watkins, Miss Marjorie Holmes. Walter McLarty. committee chairman; Mrs. Myrtle Nesbitt. Marvin
Graeber, Miss Thelma Waddell and Miss Louise Pearson . . . Back row, Arthur Headen, Ellsworth E. Smith, chairman,
Greensboro Negro Division; Miss Jean W. Spinner, Miss Inez Higgins, Miss Magdalene Lee, Mrs. A. P. Graves, Miss
Louise   Nixon,   Miss   Rosebud   Appleby,   Miss   C.   D.   Truesdell. Capt. Walter Harley, James  Matthews, and Rufus Kelly.
SINGERS INVADE NORTHERN STATES
'The A. and T. College Men's Glee<
Club, a group of some 30 or more
students, will soon be invading live
northern states on a 3,000 mile concert tour. The singers will leave on
January 29 and will return to the
campus on  February 5.
Directed by Mr. Howard T. Pearsall, head of the music department
here, the group is composed of students from many different states.
Soloists for the Glee Club this year
are Robert T. Taylor, baritone: William Spencer Dockery, tenor; and Eldred   Hines,  tenor.
The singers will charter a Trail-
way bus for their tour. The students will be housed and fed in the
homes of members of the local
churches or organizations for whom
they give their concerts. When they
sing on college campuses, they will
be lodged in dormitory  space.
The present group was organized
by Mr. Pearsall, the present conductor, on his arrival here in 1950, although the college has had Glee
Clubs in years past. Since theii
founding, they have appeared throughout North Carolina and neighboring
Virginia.
The itinerary includes Washington,
1). C; Storer College (Harpers Fer-
ry, W. Va.); New York City; Ossin-
ing, N. Y.; Albany, New York; Sharon, Pennsylvania; Youngstown, Ohio:
Parkersburg, W. Va.; and Bluefield,
W. Va.
Roy McCullough is student conductor of the group. Miss Yvonne
Porter of the music department is t.c-
companist. Officers of the group arc
Raymond McDonald, president; James
Barnes, vice-president; and Richard
E.  Moore,  business manager.
The singers will include such numbers as "Hospodi Pomilui," "Battle
Hymn of the Republic," "Bolero,''
"Testament of Freedom" (Randall
Thompson) and a host of spirituals
by Work, Johnson and others.
As a tuneup for the tour, the Glee
Club gave a concert at Bennett College, January 15 and one at A. and T.
on January   I 7.
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January 2 to 31
MEN'S  GLEE  CLUB
Chosen For Who's Who
It was announced recently that 32 A. and T. College students have
been named to "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" for
1953-54. Who's Who is an annual compilation of student leaders from
colleges and universities all over the United States.
Heading the list of students selected  from A. and T. are such campus
notables as James E. Matthews, presi-<$>-
dent of the Student Council; Albertha
Lattimer, Miss A. and T.; Richard E.
Moore, editor of the REGISTER; Oswald Lyons, president of the Scott
Hall Senate; Charles Bussey, Cadet
Commander of the Infantry ROTC;
Willie Alston, Commander of the joint
Air Force-Infantry ROTC; and
Woody Farmer, president of the Senior Class. Included on the list were
27 seniors and 5 juniors.
The complete list is as follows:
Ruby Williamson, Laurinburg, N. C;
Willie Davis, Belhaven, N. C; Willie
Alston, Warrenton, N. C; Norris
Phillips. Moyock, N. C; Ruth Skelton, Greensboro, N. C; Alton W.
Thompson,   Wilson,   N.   C;    James
Beam, Shelby, N. C; Benjamin Pearson, Morganton, N. C; William Hardy. Winterville, N. C; Leonard Waters. Dudly, N. C; William Farmer.
Wilson, N. C; Charles Timberlake.
Yonkers, N. Y.; John Chesney, Philadelphia, Pa.; Anne Boone, Cofield,
N. C; Eddie Jones, Beaufort, N. C;
Fred Brown, Roanoke Rapids, N. C;
Otelia Hayes, Wallace, N. C; Dorothy Dozier, Williamsburg, Va.; Jesse
Cromer, Ellerbe, N. C; Elizabeth
Taylor, Asheboro, N. C; Roosevelt
D. Harris, Williamsburg, Va.; Eugene
Young, Laurinburg. N. C; James F.
Matthews,   Wagrum.   N.   C;   Benja-
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McLarty Is Named Chairman
One of the hottest fund-raising wars ever known is now being waged
on the A. and T. College campus as the 1954 Annual Polio Drive is well
underway. No definite goal has been set for this year's drive, but the college
family would  certainly  like to top the  more  than  $2,500  raised   last  year.
Mr.     Walter     McLarty,     assistant*—
Dean of Men at the college, has been
hoscn to head the campaign this
year.     As   usual   the   big   feature   of
he drive is the race for the coveted
"Mr. A. and T." title. This is a contest initiated on Ihe campus some
years ago in which the girls of each
dormitory sponsor a candidate. Then
begins the fund-raising battle. The
contestants resort to giving 5 and 10
cent dances (morning, noon or midnight), holding raffles, selling popularity votes, soliciting on the streets,
and any other ingenius methods they
may have to raise money. The candidate raising the most money is
crowned "Mr. A. and T." for the
year. His sponsor also receives manv
lovely gifts as does the dean of each
dormitory that has a candidate.
Candidates Named
The drive will end this year on
February 13 at the annual climax
dance in Murphy Hall. This year's
candidates and sponsors are as follows: Holland Hall, Claxton Durham
and Shirley Garner; Curtis Hall, Cravane Givens, and Barbara Dodd;
Vanstory Hall, lrvan McMurtry and
Patty Joyce; North Dormitory, Frank
"Rabbitt" Johnson and Mary Dol-
plus; Morrison Hall, James Bean and
Norma Rice.
The title was won last year by
George Funderburke, who was sponsored by Louise Dodd, sister of Barbara who is sponsoring Givens.
Nurse Thelma E. Waddell is chairman of the "Mr.  A. and T." contest.
Dr. C. E. Stewart Conducts Religious
Emphasis Week Services at A. & T.
Record Breaking Crowd Attends
GREENSBORO. N. C.—Record-breaking audiences participated in the
annual Religious Emphasis Week activities held at A. and T College
January 10-13. The featured speaker was Dr. Charles E. Stewart,
prominent pastor of the   Israel  A.   M.   E.  Church   of  Albany,  New   York.
—'»     Conducted  along  the  theme,  "De-
Aggit
e Alumnae
Thrills Audience
In Concert Here
GREENSBORO. N. C.—Miss Margaret Tynes, leading soprano with the
New York City Opera Company returned to her Alma Mater, A. and T.
College for a concert appearance on
January 20, and sang with warm enthusiasm to a near-capacity crowd
in   Harrison   Auditorium.
A Greensboro native and a member of the famed A. and T. Choir
under the direction of Warner Law-
son from 1937 through 1941, Miss
Tynes has since received special voice
training. Her appearance here preceded her Town Hall recital in New
York City on February 20 by exactly
one month.
Her Greensboro  recital was a  fea-
vcloping Christian Standards for Daily Living," the four-day program,
sponsored by the college's religious
activities department included daily
morning worship services. According to Rev. Cleo M. McCoy, director
of the department, "The services for
this year drew larger and more interested audiences than during the
past few years. The times in which
we are living account for the current upsurge of interest on the part
of students, particularly."
The celebration got underway on
Sunday as Dr. Stewart spoke on,
"Transposition of Mental Attitudes."
"Regardless of the handicaps and misfortunes you are bound to face along
life's way, there is nothing to stop
you if you have transformed your
mental attitudes towards Christ," said
the speaker. The Sunday program
also included an informal fellowship
hour  in   the   afternoon:   and   a   film.
ture of the regular A. and T. winter  "The   Story   of   the    Life   of   Jesus
lyceum series. (Continued on Page 4)
HAPPY NEW YEAR
These attractive co-eds at A. and T. College usher in the new year with smiles
and with apparent greetings oi the season.    They are. from leit to right: Misses
Irma Pierce. Suffolk, Va., sophomore;  Josie  Williams. Gresnwood, S.  C.   sophomore and Barbara Huggins. Dover, N. C, senior.