The Register, 1954-04-00

              SPOTLIGHT ON SPRING DAN
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Vol. XLVIX
"The Cream of College News"
A. & T. College, Greensboro, N. C, April, 1954
Number
SPRING  IS  REALLY   HERE
Phillip  Colins,   left.   Agqie   football   star,   and   Josie   WiUiams,   popular   A.   and   T.
lassie, seem  to  be  wrapped  in the  warmth  of  Spring  as  they  chat  on  the  steps
of  Dudley  administration  building   during  one   of  the   near-summer   days  enjoyed
lecently.    Josie is also cover girl of natural color pictoral bulletin to be issued by
the college soon.
Three Accorded Honors At
Annual ROTC Inspection
Units Viewed By Federal Men
A military review held Tuesday, April 13 at A. and T. College by the
college's Army and Air Force ROTC Units, featured the presentation of
honors to three outstanding students and  a  flag to the  institution.
In special outdoor ceremonies held in connection with the two-day.
annual, federal inspection of the joint cadet corps, cadet Floyd Horton, a
Pittsboro sophomore, received a medal and was cited for outstanding scholarship. He has maintained honor roll
status for two straight years. Martha
Hairston. Pine Hall. "Miss Army
ROTC," a senior and Fllaworth Kirby,
Wilson. "Miss Air Force ROTC," were
cited with the Meritorious Conduct
Ribbon for the manner in which they
have conducted their duties during the
past year. Both hold the honorary
rank of colonel in the cadet corps.
Accepts Flag
Dr. F. D. Bluford, president of 'he
college accepted the institutional flag
presented by the Air Force ROTC
group. The flag becomes the permanent property of the institution and
will be used by the outfit on ceremonial occasions.
The more than 70(1 cadets at the
college marched by a reviewing party
composed of Gen. I. R. Townsend,
Dr. William M. Hampton. Dr. Bluford, Army officials including Col.
Glen A. Nelson. Lt. Col. John O.
Woods. Maj. Roland H. Jensen, the
inspection team, and Lt. Col. Roy
W. Sorrell. in charge of the Army
ROTC unit at the college and Air
Force representatives. Col. Axel F.
Albert, Lt. Col. Harley N. Cox. Maj.
Fugene M. Kennedy, the Air Force
Inspection team and Maj. Elmore M.
Kennedy, professor of Air Science al
the college.
The inspection which consumed two
full days on Monday and Tuesday
was concluded shortly after the review.
Perfect Records
Made By Three In
Winter Quarter
200 Make It
Myrtle O. Cunningham. Ruth t .
Skelton. and Mrs. Lucille C. Pigott,
all of Greensboro, made 3.00 averages
to lead the winter quarter Honor
Roll. Mrs. Pigott and Ruth are seniors, and Myrtle is a sophomore.
Approximately 200 students were
named to the Honor Roll. 50 of them
with "A" averages. Below is the complete list of Honor  Roll students.
"A"  Honor Roll
Name Home Town Average
Cunningham.  Mvrile O.,
Greensboro.   N.   C  3.1)0
Piggoti. Lucille C, Greensboro. N. C. 3.00
Skelton. Ruth C, Greensboro. N. C. 3.0(1
Johnson. Marie .1.. Greensboro. N. C. 2.95
Rice.   Wilfred   Carlmond,
Winston-Salem.   N.   C. 2.95
I'avlor,  Alvin.   Fayetteville.  N.  C. 2.95
Jackson. Waller W., Chapel Hill. N. C. 2.94
WhitJ. James W.. Hillsboro.  N. C     2.9(1
Mason. John W.. Norfolk, Va    2.87
Roberson.  Theodore   R..
Williamston.  N.  C 2.85
Batts. John H.. Rocky Mount. N. C 2.83
Horton. Flovd W., Pittsboro, N. C. 2.83
Jones, Clifton J.. Jr.,  Raleigh, N.  C 2.83
1 imberlake. Charles F_.. Yonkers. N. Y. .2.83
Alston. Willie A.. Warrenton, N. C. 2.78
Callahan,   Izzetta C,  Manassas.  Va.        2.78
Hodges. Carl D.. Parkton. N. C 2.78
P ace, Jeanne .1.. Fairmont. N. C 2.78
Singleton. Merchant F... Atmorc. Ala. 2.78
Liley.  Bobby. Greenville. N.  C. 2.76
Brown. Curtis F.. Jr.. London. W, Va.    2.75
Dillard. James H.. Boisserain, Va. 2.75
McLeod. Dinsdale St. Ledger,
Jamaica.   British   West   Indies 2.75
Overton,   Bernard   A..   Edenton.  N.  C.    2.7(1
Brown, Robert  E.. Trenton. N. C. 2.70
Smith. Jonah. Smithfield. N. C. 2.70
Goodwin, Janie B., Spartanburg, S. C 2.67
Watson, Delores L.. Durham, N. C 2.67
McDaniel Eubert L., Morganton, N. C 2.65
Rodgers, Linwood E., Goldsboro, N. C...2.65
Foster, Donald S.. Winston-Salem. N.C. .2.63
O'Hara. Vera J., New Bern, N. C 2.63
Sanders, Grover H.. Clayton, N. C 2.63
Stuart. Linis 1... Waynesboro. Va	
'Vmbrose,  Frank. Jr.,  Belhaven,  N. C
RED CROSS DRIVE
EXCEEDS GOAL
The campus Red Cross Drive conducted here last month exceeded its
goal by more than $100. According
to Mrs. Anice C. Wilson, chairman
of the local drive, the A. and T. College family contributed more than
$400 to the national organization.
This follows on the heels of a similar drive held here for polio when the
college raised more than $3,300.
ian C. Mason
For Mother's
Day Observance
Flaborate plans have been completed for the annual Mother's Day observance to be held here Sunday. May
9. Special invitations have been sent
to the students' mothers, as well as
any other members of the family who
are high school seniors.
Mrs. Vivian C. Mason, president of
the National Council of Negro Women, is scheduled to deliver the Mother's Day message in Harrison Auditorium as part of the day long activities which the college has planned.
The college choir and symphonic band
will render special music for the
service.
Other activities which are to take
place on that day include a special tribute to mothers attending by the Air
Force and Infantry ROTC units, dinner in Murphy Hall and a tour of the
campus.
A complete schedule of achivilies is
shown below:
11:00 A.M. -Mother's Day Message. Mrs. Vivian C. Mason.
President of the National Council of Negro Women. Richard B.
Harrison Auditorium.
12:15-1:30  P.M.—Luncheon.
Murphy Hall Cafeteria
1:45  P.M.—Picture's taken of visiting parents on the steps of Dudley Building.
?  15   P.M.—Rev'ew. Ai-   ,:orce and
Infantry ROTC UNITS.
3:00-4:30  P.M.—Open House.    All
departments of the college will be
open for inspection.
W. H. Gamble, dean of men at the
college, is chairman of the affair.
Oratorio Given
By College Choir
The A. and T. College choir, under the direction of Howard T. Pearsall, was praiseworthy in its annual
Faster Concert held in Harrison Auditorium Sunday, April  II.
The group sang "The Holy City,"
an Oratorio by A. R. Gaul. Featured soloists included: Lottie Redvick.
soprano: Delores Herring, mezzo-soprano. William Dockery, tenor, and
Robert T. Taylor, baritone.
Accompanying were Miss Rose-
mond Satterwhite at the piano and
Miss Yvonne Porter at the console.
It was the final appearance of the
choir prior to its annual commencement  concert  scheduled  for  May 30.
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Failures are divided into two classes
—those who thought and never did.
and those who did and never thought.
4th Leadership
School Was Held
Here April 24
The      fourth      annual      leadership
school of the Congress of Negro Par- ,
ents and Teachers was held at A. and
T.  Saturday.  April  24.
Consultants who participated in the
session were Miss Blance B. Haley.
Gibsonville, field secretary, North
Carolina Congress PTA: W. T. Gibbs,
dean. School of Fducation and Science. A. and T.: Mrs. H. S. Godwin.
Greensboro; Mrs. .1. W. Burke. Gibsonville; Mrs. Ray J. Reid, Winston-
Salem: Mrs. A. W. Mask. Hamlet:
Mrs. R. L. Woodson. Raleigh, slate
supervisor. Negro elementary schools;
and Mrs. John A. McLeod. Greens-
boio. editor. N. C. Parent-Teacher
Bulletin.
C. F. Dean was in charge of local
arrangements.
SUMMER SCHOOL
BEGINS
JUNE 7, 1954
Five Major Affairs
Slated For New Gym
Campus Elections
Coming Soon
Tuesday, April 20 was the deadline
lor submitting names of candidates
for president of the Sttident Council
and Miss A. and T., two highest
student offices, .lames E. Matthews,
president of the Council this year, said
the primary voting will be held sometime during the early part of May.
Little is known about potential candidates this year hut is expected that.
as in years past, the races for both
jobs will be hot ones, with the presidential  race holding the slight edge.
Again it is believed that the Greeks
and other organizations will make an
all-out effort to support some candidate. Tension will probably mount
after the  primary election.
Retiring this year besides Matthews
is Albertha Lattimer, the Miss A. and
T. winner of last vear.
Acquaintance Day
For Frosh Attracts
250 Participants
The Freshman Acquaintance Day.
an idea of Robert L. Stephens, president of the freshman class at A. and
T. College, became a reality Saturday,
April 10, when more than 250 first
year students of Bennett, N. C. College, Winston-Salem Teachers College
and Virginia State College gathered
here as guests of the A. and T. frosh.
The local "plebes" did well from
the hospitality angle and si wed the
visitors a pleasant afternoon and evening. Besides lunch and dinner, the
visitors saw the A. and T. Aggie-
Virginia State baseball game, were entertained by a special talent show
using only freshman participants, saw
the growing A. and T. campus on a
conducted tour, saw a basketball game
between freshman players and joined
in an all-freshman dance as the concluding activity for the day.
Liberties Discussed
By A. and T. Students
A panel discussion entitled "What
1 iberties College Students Should
Have" was held in Harrison Auditorium May 9. at the regular chapel
hour. The program under the direction of F. A. Williams, chairman of
the College Forums Committee, was
the last program of this type scheduled for the school year.
Al Mickens. Daisy Gaddie, Mary
Olivia Gaye. Richard Moore, and Edgar Franklin Jones were participants
on the panel and the group discussed
such things as academic liberties, social liberties, liberties in student government and liberties in student-teacher relationships.
By RICHARD MOORE
"And the band wiii play on" at
A. and T., at least for the remainder
of the school vear. Yes, this is the
season of dances; and the fun and
frolic affairs began early this month
with Ihe CORONATION BALL spon-
sored by the YMCA and YWCA held
in   Ihe   new   gymnasium.
One of the most colorful dances to
be held this year promises to be the
newly initiated Military Ball slated in
the gym April 23. The great COUNT
BASIL has been booked to furnish
music for the cadets. In years past,
Ihe junior and senior ROTC students
held separate dances, but decided this
year to combine in an all cadet effort in order to make the affair more
successful.
The Greek organizations also decided to join forces and May 7 will
find the Sigmas, Zetas and Kappas
in a costume ball, also scheduled for
the   new  gym.
On May 14. the following week,
the Alphas, AKA's and Sigma Gamma Rho's will try merry making with
a formal dance in the gym.
last of the Greek dances will be
the one given by the combined Omega-
Delta-Iota group which is scheduled
for May 21.
And if that's not enough, the athletes will climax the season with their
annual Athletic Banquet and Dance.
This is not to mention the numerous
dances, parties and social affairs
planned by the smaller clubs and organizations.
Honors Day Here
Features Wilkins
The annual Honors Day. a special
program designed to stimulate achievement in high scholarship among the
students at A. and T. College has
been set for Thuisday, May 6.
The feature of the celebration will
be an address by Dr. L Ernest Wilkins, Jr., nuclear physicist of Chicago, now employed at Nuclear Development Associates, Inc., in White
Plains, N. Y. The brilliant young
scientist received the Ph. D. degree at
the age of 19 from the University of
Chicago, and was a student under
Ihe noted physicist, Dr. Albert Einstein.
The honorary fraternities on the
campus including. Alpha Kappa Mu,
Beta Kappa Chi, Sigma Rho Sigma
and Pi Omega Pi, all are cooperating
in the move, as Malcolm W. Johnson,
Jr.. chairman of the celebration puts
it "to develop an awareness of the
importance of good scholarship to the
college student."
Students who have made outstanding scholarship records will receive
special recognition and certificates
and an annual chemistry award will
he made to one student who has
maintained the highest record in the
field. The celebration will conclude
wilh a banquet that evening in the
college's Murphy Hall.
WELCOMES INSPECTOR
Cadet Lt. Colonel James E. Matthews, right, executive officer of the local Army
ROTC regiment, was among the first to greet Col. Glen A. Nelson, on his arrival
here for the annual federal inspection April 12-13. Looking on are Lt. Colonel
Roy W. Sorrell. PMS&T, and Captain Oliver Dillard, military science instructor.
Cadet Colonel Charles Bussey commands the local regiment.