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

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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

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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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ADVISER Dear Seniors: You are about to graduate from an institution with a noble tradition. You are about to enter the world where vou will have many new and varied experiences. 1 hope the things you have learned here mav enable vou to adjust yourselves in the proper manner to life in this atomic world of ours. You will find this most difficult to do. I may sav that few voung people have been able in the last few years to do that, for as all know, one is not sure just what one will ha e to face tomorrow. Remember that one should have certain guiding principles in these times. You may call this vour philosophv of life if vou so desire. Remember that vou must make up your own mind about things. Decision is always better than indecision. Whether you go right or left mav make a big difference but decide one wav or the other. 1 linallv wish for ou health, happiness, and prosperity in all you undertake. Ma the blessings ol the Ciood Master be upon ou aKva s. Your friend, W. C. DoNNELL, Adviser Pii e Si.x