The Register, 1954-07-00

              Freshman Orientation
September 13th
Through the 15th
Volume XLVI—No. 9
McLendon Makes
Good Record In
Graduate School
Charles Henry McLendon, graduate of '29 has recently received an
announcement from New York University that his candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Education in the
School of Education has been approved.
Mr. McLendon, on leave from the
Raleigh City Schools, spent the past
year in residence at the University
where he proved outstanding as a
graduate student. He maintained a
straight "A" average in all courses
and was frequently called upon by
his professors to assist the department
in various instructional capacities.
Before entering New York University to do further study in educa-
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Workshoppers
Plan Journey
Members and consultants of the.
Educational Workshop at the Agricultural and Technical College of
North Carolina, journeyed to Williamsburg, the historic city, located
on a ridge of the Virginia Peninsula,
seven miles from Jamestown on the
James  River on Saturday. July   10.
Upon arriving in the town, the
group was guided through the recreated town and viewed the historic
bTiildings and gardens which portrayed
the life and customs of the eighteenth
century. Hostesses in authentic colonial dress were seen as they rode
about the town in horse-drawn
coaches. The lamp posts and shops
in the business district along with
the three hundred homes that stand
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Art Workshop
An Art Workshop for Elementary
Teachers was held July 5, 6, and 7
in Crosby Hall. The workshop was
conducted by Mr. Arthur Smith, who
is the art supervisor for Forsyth
County Schools. Mr. Smith is also
acting as consultant for the Milton
Bradley Company in this area this
summer. The workshop was open to
all persons interested in public school
art. The program was a big success
and very interesting.
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MR. CHARLES H. McLENDON gets the pleasure of being interviewed by one of his former students. Miss Ruth A. Carter,
a junior here at A. and T.    Miss Carter is a graduate  of Washington High School,  Raleigh,  N.  C  where  Mr.  McLendon
formerly served as head.
Visiting Professors Represent
Nation's Outstanding Institutions
At A. & T. 1954 Summer School
College Teachers, Administrators, Principals, Supervisors,
Elementary, Junior High and High School Teachers,
Specialists, and Other Educational Giants Are Among the
Summer School Personnel.
Summer School
Enrollment Shows
Noted Increase
The enrollment for the first session
of Summer School is 1003. The enrollment for the first session last
year was 980. Hence this summer
there is an increase of thirty-four
students.
The distribution of enrollment follows the same general trend as noted
in 1953, with about one-half of the
students taking graduate courses leading to the Master of Science Degree
and one-half composed of in-service
teachers and undergraduates. The
in-service teachers are working toward
the Bachelor of Science Degree or renewing their teaching certificates. The
undergraduates, some of whom are
regular students of A. and T. College,
but many are students of other collages are also taking courses that will
advance them towards the Bachelor's
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The faculty and students of The Agricultural and Technical
College Summer School wish to welcome the visiting professors to
The Agricultural and Technical College.
Dr. Juliette V. Phifer, a native of North Carolina, former
principal of The Newbold Training School at Fayetteville State
Teachers College and present Profes-	
sor of Education of Connecticut State
Teachers College. Dr. Phifer has
done an extensive study of the educational system in the Virgin Islands
and she is working in the area of curriculum in the workshop.
Dr. W. McKinley Menchan holds
an A. B. from Howard University,
A. M. and Ed. D. from University
of Pennsylvania. He has done further
study at the University of Illinois and
Columbia University. He is Dean
of instructions  at the  State Teachers
College, Chcyney, Pennsylvania. He
has taught at the Alabama State College, Prairie View State College of
Texas, and Howard University. Dr.
Menchan is author of a college textbook in education and writes for several educational journals. He is listed in Who's Who in the East, Who's
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Richard B. Harrison
Summer School Players
The Dramatics Club of summer
school gave its first production of
the summer July 9, 1954, in the Harrison Auditorium at 8:15 p. m.
The group is supervised and directed by Mr. Sylvester Clarke, who is
also head of the Dramatics Department during regular school session.
The production consists of three
one-act plays; namely: "Consolation,"
"The Shirkers," and "Moon Calf
Mugford."
"Consolation." a comedy, by
Charles George has for its plot the
illness and adventures of a Mrs. Andrews, who is on the verge of having
a nervous breakdown. She is sent
to the hospital by her physician and
is ordered to have complete rest, quiet
and  the  proper  diet.    However,  she
receives none of these things. The
actresses are; Misses Pervarice McLeod, Camilla Carr, Josephine Davis,
Marie Holly and Vera Oliver.
The "Shirkers," by C. M. McClel-
lan is an extraordinary thriller, written in the English language. The plot
evolves around a shepherd who
thinks he has killed his wife by stabbing her in a moment of rage and
despair. After leaving the scene and
staying away for over a year; he returns to find her body alive and in
the exact position that he left it. The
players for this one are: Miss Ruth
A. Cartes, Mr. James V. Bradshaw
and Mr. Johnnie F. Gooding.
"Moon   Calf   Mugford"   is   a   play
relating the story of a man in contact
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Prospects Bright
For Fall Opening
Mr. C. R. A. Cunningham, the
Registrar, has stated that the number
of freshman applications is running
just about the same as last year at
this time and that the prospects for
eight hundred or more freshmen are
good.
The Registrar took time out to explain that the number of applications
always exceed by far the number
who are approved for admission and
given "Permits to Register." Furthermore many who receive permits to
register and who make reservations
for rooms in the dormitory, for various reasons, fail to register at the
scheduled time.
The School of Nursing is another
important factor in considering appli-
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Summer School Choir
Has Many Activities
The A. and T. summer school
choir is composed of approximately
thirty members, both undergraduate
and graduate students. It is under
the direction of Mr. Howard T. Pearsall who is also director of the choir
during regular school session.
Some of the activities of the choir
are to furnish music for Religious Institutes, the Annual Concert and the
Annual Band, Choir and Dance Festival, which are to be presented on
July 12, 1954 in Harrison Auditorium.
The musical selections to be rendered by the choir are both sacred
and secular in nature. This type of
program was arranged to enable
teachers here to obtain experience in
areas applicable to their respective
fields and to raise the standard of
music appreciation in the community.
The choir will sing such sacred
songs as: "Hear My Prayer," ("Motet") by Mendelssohn: "Chorus of
Angels," Schubert; "I Want Jesus to
Walk With Me," arr. by Lynn; and
"Two Wings," arr.  Hall.
Among the secular numbers are
"Those Hours With You," Wilson;
"Frog Went a Courtin'," arr. by Seig-
master; "Beyond the Blue Horizon,"
arr. by Ringwald; and "Dance of the
Africaine," John Work; (to be danced
by dance group).
Dr. Phifer Discusses
Teacher Education In
The Virgin Islands
By DR. JULIETTE V. PHIFER
The U. S. Virgin Islands presents an enchanting combination
of old-world and American cultures. The Isles were purchased
from Denmark in 1917, and a strong Danish flavor still pervades
their street names, architecture, food and merchandise. These
Islands lie 40 miles east of Puerto Rica and 1480 miles southeast
of New York.    They comprise about
Dr. Juliette V. Phifer, visiting professor,
for the summer of 1954. at the Agricultural and Technical College. Greensboro, N. C. Dr. Phifer was on leave
of absence from the Williamantic State
Teachers College, Williamantic, Cun-
necticut for the year 1953-1954 to serve
as professor of Education with the
Hampton Institute-Ford Foundation Program of Teacher Education in the Virgin
Islands,  U. S.  A.
50 Islands and Cays, of which three
are any size. These three are St.
Thomas and St. John comprising one
municipality and St. Croix, 40 miles
to the south comprising the other
municipality. Excellent transportation to the Islands and between St.
Thomas and St. Croix is afforded by
commercial airlines.
The     population     of    the     Virgin
Islands according to the 1950 census
was 26,654. Of these 747 (all rural)
were in St. John. 13,811 (predominantly urban) were in St. Thomas.
Of the 12,096 in St. Croix about half
are rural and the other half urban.
The population of the Virgin Islands
is predominantly Negro and English
is the native tongue, in St. Croix,
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