Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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CLASS POEM Alma Mater, Alma Mater, Thy portals we entered four years ago; We ' ve worked, studied, played, and sung. The Arts and Sciences we yearned to know; But our search for knowledge has just begun; Our hearts were eager, ambitions high ; We now launch out on a greater sea, Our goal . . . nothing less than the sky. Great leaders of our Race we ' ll strive to be. Alma Mater, Thy stately buildings we ' ll always revere, Echoed strains of Alma Mater we ' ll always hear ; Classroom experiences, faculty . . . all, Pleasant memories of them we ' ll ever recall. Anna Laura Booxe. CLASS SONG Tune Aloha Oe We have always done our best for you. Your Spirit in our hearts will always bind Since through your portals we have come; Us to our Alma Mater Dear; As we leave with strength and knowledge No longer will our voices ring, ton. As now we must depart. We bid Shaw ' s family adieu. Chorus Farewell to Thee, farewell to Thee, Our Alma Mater ever true and dear, Farewell to Thee, Farewell to Thee, Farewell. Dear Ole Shaw U. By: Ai.ethia M. Raxsom, Adelaide M. Payne, Bloxdell B. Joxes. 33

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Rosalind Ella W ' vatt. Ross, A. 13. H3 North Church Street Salisbury, North Carolina YWCA 1. ' . ' . :i. 1; Resident Young Women 1, 2. :i, I; Estey House Organization 1; Social Science (lull t; Baptist Student Union I. VIRGINIA Al)!i:N WyATT, A.B. 112 N. Church Street Salisbury, North Carolina Young Women ' s Christian Association 1, 2, 3, t; Bstey House Organization I; Resident Young Women ' s Organization 2, 3, t; University Choir 1, 2. :i; Library Staff 2; Hayes-Fleming Missionary Society 2, :i ; N.A.A.C.P. 2, 3, i. 32

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CLASS HISTORY As the final chords of the Commencement Recessional resound throughout Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, the class of 1946 will march down the aisle facing the promising rays of a postwar horizon. This is the class which entered the gates of Shaw University as war drums rumbled in the not too far distance, to embark upon a four year academic journey. The history of this class is the history of thousands of classes being graduated this year from colleges and universities of the nation. Like other classes it was not immune to the evils of war. Over the high palisades sheltering its intellectual community, the lean, hungry arm which fed the nation ' s militant appetite randomly reached, wrestling twelve males from its freshman ranks: Nathaniel Hell, Henry Rlackmon, Walter Chavis, John Hairston, Warren Keys, Shade Connor, William Perry, Dennis Pittman (a gold star appears be- side his name), John Saunders, John Williams, Russel Williams, and Emmett Williamson; only to return the next year for Kenneth Anderson. Thomas Hart, and Willis Stewart. With them went Coach Lytle ' s dream of a varsity team. With them went twenty-two male upperclassmcn and all hopes of having a Hear eleven. To the members of the class of ' 46 it appeared hopelessly obvious that the absence of a football team, of a sufficient number of males to attend socials and to carry out the aim of co-education, a well-rounded college career would not be theirs. Nevertheless, this class was not swept under by the currents of despondency and given to dejection because there would not he the annual Homecoming Classic, the formal dances, or because the government had placed a ban on travel which required that it spend the Christmas holidays on the campus that first year. (For many this was their first Christmas away from home.) Instead it sent forth from its ranks Doris McNeil to defend in the position of forward the Hearcttes ' outstanding record on the basketball court, and Chauncy Edwards to represent us with the Hears. Neither did this class let scholarship go wanting. From its proud ranks came Dorothy Cheeks with a straight A for the entire four years. This class in its Junior year gave to the Alpha Kappa Mil Honor Society five of its members. To the music of the University Choir the voices of Adelaide Payne. Virginia Wyatt, Valeria Hrown, Alethia Ransom, Hlondell Jones, Luella Dickens, Grace Payne, Ardell Holland, Darius Johnson, and Dorothy Floyd, members of the classs of ' 46, lent themselves in song accompanied by Inez Crump, school pianist and also a member of the class. In its junior year, it momentarily threw off the shackles of war, and deviated from the norm, giving the Seniors a prom which boasted of all the attributes of proms of pre-war days, bringing forth sweet music in the form of a six piece orchestra. This year ' s Blah possessed for the first time in its history a firm, leather cover which was the results of the earnest efforts of enterprising members o f the class of ' 46, the first class to make the publication of this book a class project. The history of this class is likewise the history of Shaw University. It was during its four year stay that Shaw University received its A rating from the Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. It was dur- ing its four year stay that Shaw University launched upon a $250,000 Building Expansion Program to which the student body gave its support. It was during the four years stay of this class that the Baptist Student Union was organized and the rebirth of the Social Science Club was announced. Now the class of ' 46 marches forward, taking with it the cherished memories of days at Shaw, leaving behind friends — friends of four years acquaintance. The history of the class of ' 4(5 at Shaw has been written, yet the history of the class has just begun. Madge Clark, Class Historian. .14