Johnson C Smith University - Golden Bull Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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JUNIOR GLASS O F F I G i: R S Joseph Belton President Edwin Greenlee Vice-President Claude Sloan Business Manager Francena Clarkson Secretary JUNIORS

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Ci)e 1936 15un A to the front. This time. Isaiah P. Pogue was reelected to presidency, while the task of note- taking was given to Moses A. Blair. T. English Wilson was given charge of monies for the second time. During the first semester of 19 ' 5 34, pledges were initiated into the various Fraternities and the element of difference was minimized. The football team, ihc basketball team, the Y. M. C. A., the Christian Leadership Preparatory Club. Mathematics, French, and Science Clubs all found valuable members from the sophomore class. At the end of the semester five persons were still on the Deans Honor Roll. During the second semester the class moved ahead more smoothly than the second semester of the first year. When the second milestone was reached and vacations began, another member had achieved the semester A rank. In September, lOH. about fifty members registered as Juniors. With them came the first women to the class, and in the first meeting of the class, officers were elected — one of whom was a co-ed. The head of the class went to Isaiah P. Pogue for the third time, while Mary Coles Shaw was chosen to scribble accounts of the meetings. Also for the third time. T. English Wilson was elected treasurer. The same activities of the sophomore year were continued, with the addition of several class members on the staff of the Univi-rsity Student. At the end of the first semester, the first and second and third highest ranking scholastic records belonged to members of the class. Toward the middle of the second semester, factional differences arose again, and this time threatened to do big things for a while. But time, the healer of all wounds, stepped in and the sore spots were eased. At the Junior Prize Oration Contest. OIlie A. Johnson, a co-ed of the class, made history in the Institution by being the first woman student ever to be awarded the Oratorical Contest Prize in the history of the University. In the fall of 1935. sixty members registered for the last milestone in the journey to a Bachelors degree. Reginald T. Hutchinson replaced Isaiah Pogue as president, and Moses A. Blair was chosen to write minutes. For the fourth consecutive year. T. E. Wilson was given charge of the finances. Just before the close of the firs! semester, factional differences, afrcr long smoldering, burst into flame again. This time, the whole machinery of the school was threatened, and all along the journey to the last milestone, the harmony of the group was never completely restored. At the end of the semester, the class had representatives in every organization on the campus for students, the two highest records of scholastic achievement were records of Seniors, who were also vieing for Summa Cum I.aude distinction at graduation. During this year the women ' s basketball team came into being, and several women ot the class were members of the team. Finally in a last burst for perfection, the class functioned as a good unit and crossed the last milestone, with the belief thai To the Victor Belongs the Spoils, Four years passed. Friends were made and lost, Diflicullies were braved and conquered. Foads were lifted and work was done. Whether this class is to be remembered or not is a matter that only time can solve. Whether this class has completeti its mission to carve a statute of intellectual perlection or not is letl lor the world to see and determine — but one thing is sure: Like the mit hni icjrriurs of Gog and Samothrace Tbvy may not hace curved Perfection ' s breast. But LChen uilh problems and tasks face to face. It IS an established truth — they did their best . . . — MOSLS BI..MR Secretary of Class. Page Tiventy-fui.

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€lK 103C 13iill A Eugene A. Adair James W. Barnette Whitmeld Battle NORENE M. BaYLESS Joseph C. Belton UsHRY W. Best Mary E. Benton Weldon H. Brown Francena G. Clarkson l. g. cottingham Otis C. Dave;nport Sylvia C. Davis Haywood W. Debnam Henry C. Dugas. Jr. Paijn 7 u.t ' n(i -six