Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

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If LINCOLN NEWS PHI LAMBDA SIGMA LITERARY SOCIETY $ )i lamfaba tgma Hiterarp orietp CHARLES E. LEE,...............................President BOOKER T. WASHINGTON..........................Secretary HOWARD JASON..................................Treasurer LANGSTON HUGHES ALBERT ANDERSON GEORGE C. MORSE EDWARD STRATTON, J R. EDWARD SILVERA FANNIN S. BELCHER, JR. JOHN HAYWOOD LITERATI LANGSTON HUGHES belongs to the school of young Negro Poets. His two volumes of poems, “Weary Blues” and “Fine Clothes to An Old Jew” have been heralded as one of the achievements of the New Negro. This young student, once prolific with his poetical expressions and “blues” interpretations has forsaken the muses to study. We expect him to resume writing not only in poetry, but also in prose. Edward Silvcra writes poetry that earns the praise of critics who generally dislike most of the art of young Negro writers. His poems have appeared in magazines and Caroling Dusk, an anthology edited by Countee Cullen. We are expecting a volume of verse from him in the future. George C. Morse has a satirical propensity that makes his prose effective. George says he is going to be an iconoclast and write essays and novels that will be different. His work with the Lincoln News as editor has stamped him already as a journalist. Theodore Valentine is a humorist whose articles about Lincoln and its students appear weekly in The Inter-State Tattler. He has a talent to write satire that will make one laugh and yet reveal an undertone of truth that is food for thought. Journalism is his well-chosen field. Fannin S. Belcher, student instructor in English, has had an article “Black Magic and White” published by the Messenger. We are expecting to read stories and essays by him in the future.

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LINCOLN NEWS 13 jfflib pear ( rabuateg, ’29 MKI.VIN W. MASON Melvin come from a smull island in llie Wc l Indies. This young man is very (|iiiel anil modest, lie reads Latin Imiter than sonic of ns can read English, and as for science, lie is impatient because lie must wait a few more months hefore lie can start his medical subjects. Melvin will graduate in February with honors, wc are certain. Til RODOR K C. WILLIAMS “Chubby Chubby is one of our heavyweight stu- drnls—heavy in weight and heavy with the ladies, lie comes from Jersey City, where smart young students are not hookworms, hut social harotis. A very congenial chap, once cynical, hut uguin in love can lie said of him. Mis scholastic interests have earned him u niche among the honor men listed in the catalogue. We are sorr he started a semester ton late to finish with us. Theo- dore will study medicine after graduation. .MELVIN MASON THEODORE WILLIAMS THE CLASS OF 1929 Jjisftorp of ’29===funtor Class Ii the Fall of 25, seventy men, t|ttile green, marched up (lie oft-trod pullt of Lincolns eaillpns for llie firs! lime. We received u “gorgeous” welcome, in fad lltere was loo tniicli enjoyment, Iml dial joy was loo one- sided. Of dial former number now, only Iwenly-five re- main. Tis almost like die stand of “The Last of die Mohicans,” for each year llie number of original students «if die class lessens. Of ibis seventy (listed in the ’25 and 26 catalogue) some were claimed by the class of ’28, some are married, and others drop| ed out for reasons unknown lo IIS. Horace Lassiter entered the “World” from which no mortal was ever known lo return. Paul Gibson and Hamp- ton ilaidt have become afliliale l with the order of St. Hem-dick's. “Wop” Kdwards, we hear, is carrying the “pretties” around in Georgia this year. Heiijautin Laharce is a student at Princeton. Thurgood Marshall came back this year, but due to an accident, was forced to leave scluud for ibis term. The same was die fate of James K. (Chicago) Steele. Kcv. Scott, we understand, has quite a large church in one «»f the Southern Stales. In its second and third years '29 welc«ime«l to its ranks many newcomer», which helped fill the depleted ranks. Phi Della Tlu-ta is tin smallest class on the campus, and is perhaps the weakest as regards athletics, but whether weak ««r strong, whether large « r small, our class just the same.

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LINCOLN NEWS 15 poet’s Corner LOVERS RETURN (Song for a Deserted Woman) Ma old lime daddy Came back home Iasi night. His face was pale an' His eyes didn't look just right He says to me I'm Cornin' home to you So sick an lonsome I don't know what to do. 0, men treats women Just like a pair o' shoes. I say treats women Like a pair o' shoes—, They kicks ’em round an Does ’em like they choose. I looked at ma daddy,— Lawd! an’ I wanted to cry. He looked so thin.— Lawd! that I wanted to cry. Rut de devil told me Damn a lover Comes home to die! Lancston Huciies. NOW—TO LINCOLN Your sunsets Are a red gold voice Singing a sad amen. And the gray cloud streak Over Oxford way Is a finger Writing “The End.’’ CONFESSION TO THE ETERNAL SHE Someday I will be your lost ecstacy When your lips cease to utter love’s lay. For I am the god your love created A god with feet of clay. Some day I will be your fondest dream That will into fragments crumble. And you will see me through a mist of tears Broken, despised and humble. Some day your shrine of love where stands My image to remember when I was born. Will be a dismal vaulted tomb For me, the dead creature of your scorn. For I have known such deaths before— In such numerous tombs have I lain. I do not care to be resurrected And be forced to live and die again. George Chester Morse, ’22. NEGRO COMPOSER Bring me the weirdness Of a jungle night— Bring me the sighs of tropic winds Blowing through palm trees— Bring me the staccato of tom toms Beaten by bare black boys Bring me the aching breast of a jungle maiden And the prayerful fervor Of my forefathers— Bring me rythm That I may sing A sad soul song To the broken heart Of the world. Edward Sii.vera. ’28. Edward Sii.vera. ’28.