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

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DEDICATION Henry Lawrence McCrorey University President-Enieritits— Clergyman (Reprint from Who ' s Who in Colored America— 1938-1940) b. March 2. 1863; Fairfield County, South Carolina; s. lames and Nancv (McCrorev) McCrorev; m. Karie Novella Hughes, Dec. 27, 1897; (deceased, May 6. 1911); four children, Henry Lawrence McCrorev, Jr.; Novella Elizabeth; Aladaline DeArona; Muriel Hugh- shine; second marriage, Mary Catherine Jackson, Sep- tember 19, 1916; educ. Willard Richardson School, V ' innsboro, S. C; Biddle (Now Johnson C. Smith University), Prep. Coll., and Theol., 1886-95; A.B. Biddle, 1892; S.T.B. Biddle, 1895; Special Course in Hebrew, Univ. of Chicago, 1895-96; D.D. Biddle, 1902; LL.D. Lincoln Univ., 1924; Asst. Instructor Biddle; Principal. Biddle High School Dept., Teacher of Latin in College Dept., Hebrew, Greek and Dean. Theological Seminary. 1895-1907; President, Johnson C. Smith LInivcrsity, 1907-1947: Editor, The Africo- American Presbyterian, a weekly church paper; Presi- dent, National Assn. of Teachers in colored schools, 1921-1922; Trustee, National Education Assn. of Teachers in colored school, 1932-present; Member Masons (32°), Pi Gamma Mu; Pol. Republican; Relig. Presbyterian, Address, c o Johnson C. Smith Univer- sity, Charlotte, North Carolina. Pnge Four

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FOREWORD In the following pages, we, the Bull Staff, have en- deavored to bring to you the tri;c spirit of Johnson C ' . Smith University— our classes, activities, and fellowship here. If in future years the pictures produced on these pages serve to recall pleasant memories then this yearbook will have accomplished its purpose. Page Three

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GREETINGS TO CLASS OF 1948 I am happv to extend yreetint;s and yood wishes to the members ot the class of 1948. You represent potentialities for making a better world which is the obligation of e erv individual who has been blessed with the opportunity of rounding out a college educa- tion. I wish for vou further opportunities for growth and for useful service. It has been said that Opportunity knocks but once. This is a philosophy of fatalism. Instead of looking upon opportunity as a door knocker, it seems to be more e.xact to say that opportunity is a DOOR. As a door, opportunity may stand in three positions. The door may be wide open and can be entered with little effort. Again, the door may be shut, but nut locked. A courageous try at the knob will result in its opening. Then, the door may be closed and locked. But there are encouraging signs that the key to the locked dot)r may be had by the individual who is willing to fashion it for himself. Such a key cannot be bought at the locksmith ' s or the hardware store. It cannot be passed down from parent to child. It cannot be obtained through favor. It must be ' rought out and shaped by the strenuous efforts, and guarded by the character, of the individual who would possess it. Your Alma Mater has attempted to place at your disposal the materials, the ideals, and the guidance needed to fashion the key to some worthwhile door or doors of opportunity. Your Alma Mater shall strive to become increasingly strong as a place and environ- ment in which youth may wrought out the key to the doors of opportunity. Use your key unselfishly. Help others find the key to the door of opportunity. Teach hope to all . . . despair to none. Your Alma Mater shall welcome your return to the campus at any time. I shall per- sonally follow your careers with eager interest. Very sincerely yours, H. LisTON, President Page Five