The Register, 1957-03-23

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"The Cream of College News"
VOL. XXVI
A&T COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
MARCH 23, 1957
NO. 8
James E. Ashe (right) receives congratulations
from Dr. Hobart Jarrett (left), principal speaker at
the Honors' Day program, and J. M. Marteena, dean
of  faculties.  Ashe,  a  senior  electrical  engineering
major of Marihcl, was awarded a certificate of merit
for attaining the highest accumulative scholastic
average.
Over 90 Student Honorees
Lauded in Chapel Exercise
(More than 90 students were citeci
last Tuesday for scholastic achievement as the college celebrated its
Fourth Annual Honor's Day.
In special ceremonies in Harrison Auditorium, President W. T.
Gibbs. assisted by Dean L. C.
Dowdy, presented each of the
honorees with a certificate. John
» Zeigler, national president of Sigma
Rho Sigma and member of Alpha
Kappa Mu, served as announcer.
Speaking for the occasion was
Dr. Hobart Jarrett, professor of
English at Bennett College, who
used as his topic "Academic Excellence."
"Our attaining academic excellence is dependent upon the
extent to which we develop inquiry and independent thinking,"
said the speaker.
Dr. Jarrett pointed out that
1here is virtually no limitation if
inquiry is made within the educational processes of the institution in which one is enrolled. "We
should inquire into the what, where
when, and how of any information
which lies at hand."
Deploring the failure of students to avail themselves of the
services of reading clinics and
other aids, Dr. Jarrett indicated
that one must know and use words
appropriately in order to refine
thinking and to develop independent thought. "Articulateness assuredly is a goal which all college students should strive to attain."
"Far too few of us as learners
pick the brains of our professors
or examine the literature which
is related to our assignments," the
speaker continued. "If we seek to
refine our thinking, to develop
independent thinking, we have to
make comparisons and contrasts . ..
to arrive at that which logically
appears to be the truth to us,
in the light of our listening, research and contemplation", he added. The challenge or duty of today's college and of today's students, according to the speaker, is
"to develop the inquiring disposition in the learner who is grounded in broad concepts and who becomes increasingly capable of
translating his findings into a practical use in his own life and for
human welfare."
WITH   HIGHEST   HONOR
Students cited were James E.
Ashe, Alexander Gardner, Pearl
Cunningham, Raymond Crump,
Margie G. Scott, Milton T. Speight,
Oscar Wooten, Jeanne O'Hara,
John Zeigler, Verable McCloud,
Harold L. Hurst, Sylvia Overton,
Daisy   O.   Best.
Vergue L. Davis, Ernest L. Sanders, David Fulton, Fred H. Whitlock, William H. Lynch, Margaret
Bfill, Lillian Vestal, Joseph Knight,
Harold J. Neal, Francis George,
John F. Moffitt, and Jonah Smith.
WITH HIGH HONOR
John T. Stanfield, Thurman G.
Russell, Jean E. Evans, Horace V.
Home, Robert Allen, George Alston, Larkin B. Reeves, Sudie B.
Munn, James Jones, Linton A.
Cornwall, Paul Adams, Karl Mc-
Kenzie, James Barnette, Clarence
Harper, Alcnzo Rue, Catherine
Patterson, Alexander Parker, Heze-
kiah McDonald, James L. Person,
Linwood   Rogers. "*"
Vannie Fairley, McKinley Thomas, James R. Barnett, Samuel Hill,
Maxine Dargan, Lacy Headen,
Maggie McLaughlin, Madge, Atkinson, David Suggs, John Perkins,
Charlie E. Culbertson, Margaret
Clark, Edward R. Fields, William
J. Peterson, Thermon McKoy, Alvin Taylor, Roland Stallings, Carlton L. Eccles.
WITH   HONOR
Frizzell Forbes, John D. Dillard,
Isaih Hood, Joseph H. Kyle, Win-
fred A. Wilson, Robert Evans, Barbara Lytch, Jesse Palmer, Gracie
A. Martin, James E. Lyons, Ernest
McNair, Jr., Ellis Ragland, Harry
L. Steward, Bettye Alexnder, Donovan O. Moore, Pauline Pierce,
Joseph A. Webb, Bernard Wilson,
Talmadge L. Barnett, Albert Kearney.
Leonard Keele, Norma A. McDaniel, James C. Withers, Coleman Thacker, Jr., Robert H. White,
Bobby L. Moore, Roland Watts,
Frank B. Wade, Ora Mae Dixon,
Modessa Willoughby, Jack C. Carroll.
Register Merits
2nd At Columbia
At the 33rd annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)
held in New York, March 14-16, The REGISTER received a second-place
rating by a board composed of school press specialists.
Ratings were based on contents, make-up, headlines, and all phases of
publication procedures. Papers judged were the fall editions.
The REGISTER was judged in the senior college division made up
of schools with enrollments of 2,500 to 3,000 students. This was the same
rating received last year.
Since it was founded in 1925, the CSPA has grown from 179 newspapers entered and 308 delegates in that first year, to more than 1475
entries and 4,500 delegates in 1956. More than 29,566 newspapers and
magazines have been judged and 74,897 persons have attended these
sessions through 1956.
A regular feature of the convention is tours conducted around the city
foi delegates. Places visited include the Empire State Building United
Nations, Rockefeller Center, and a tour of the New York Times Building.
Members of the A&T delegations were Milton Martin and David Price
They were told by Mrs. Edith Asbury, New York Times reporter, that objectivity is paramount in news reporting. She emphasized facts, situations
and opinions involved before arriving at a conclusion of what the truth
of the matter is.
At another session, the delegates were told that to qualify in the field
of journalism, they must read widely in good newspapers, to read with
a critical eye, and to write constantly — everyday. Education must be
never ending. Courses advised to take were economics, history, sociology,
English and American literature and plenty of composition. "A good
reporter also should have a knowledge of politics, and people."
An added feautre of the convention was Columbia Professor Charles
Van Doren, who has become a national figure by winning over $120,000
on NBC television's quiz program, "Twenty-one."
Mr. Van Doren expressed his beliefs in the power and importance
of the press, and told the packed McMillian Theatre audience that the
future of the press lies in its hands, for they, the youth, are its nucleus.
He also stated that aside from giving Uncle Sam 83 per cent, he hadn't
decided what he would do with his winnings.
The convention closed at 12:45 P. M., Saturday, March 16, with its
annual banquet in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
GRANT AND DAVIS
Grant, Davis Sweep
Typing Honors At NCC
FMS&T, smiles his approval. Captain Cody who
previously attended Alabama A&M College will
ft his tour of duty here this year.
Gladys S. Grant, Florence, South Carolina and Nellie Davis, Winston-
Saiem, business education majors here at the college, were top division
winners in the first state typing contest for colleges at North Carolina
College, March 15.
Gladys, a senior was awarded the "Silver Cup" by the Durham Business School after typing 89.2 net words and 102 gross words per minute
for a ten-minute period, tops in the third dvision. Energetic and active,
Gladys is a member of Women's Governing Council, Junior Dormitory
Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Library Ways and Means Committee, Wesley Methodist Fellowship, Business Association, and Future
Teachers of America.
Nellie Davis, a freshman, won first place in division one by typing
55 net words per minute. Nellie is a Pyramid and a member of the Business Association.
Other A&T contestants were Barbara Griffin and Shirley Gillard
who were third place winners with 52 net words per minute in the first
division. Monroe Hendon who placed third with 62 words per minute,
William G. Youngblood, and Andrus Mackey, all represented the second
division. Helen Berry and Gladys represented the third division.
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