Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1941 volume:

— � (f AM LINCOLN UNIVERSITY THF 1941 LION f e5enleil bu THE SENIOR CLASS Lincoln University Pennsylvania In the Cycle o( Time there are but three spans. From one end rolls away Yesterday: an infinite recession lost to us except in man-made monuments, and as a state of mind which names it good or ill; from the other end comes in Tomorrow: an unfathomable mystery, in spite of solemn claims to the contrary; and in the middle runs Today: man’s only opportunity of keeping his rendezvous with Destiny. That destiny we can no more chain irrevocably to the anchor of the first span—which is history, than we can wager our souls upon the infallibility of the last, which is the future. For, if our past be glorious, we cannot therefore rest our case upon it; and, if it be dismal, we cannot draw greatness therefrom. As for the future, it is joined to Now, and yet, outward from the very point of union, is unknown, unseen, unheard, unfelt, in spite of star-gazing and crystals and prisms. Thus, the past is practically dead, the future still unborn; with the present alone, alive; and thought and action its sole linkage with both the past and future. Therefore, in this matter we prove our intelligence and education, not by making a fetish out of yesterday, but only by laying imperishable foundations for a beneficent tomorrow upon the actualities of a vital today. CONTENTS DEDICATION ADMINISTRATION FACULTY SENIORS CLASS HISTORY UNDERGRADUATES EXTRA-CURRICULAR ATHLETICS LITERARY ADVERTISEMENTS I AST JUNE, Lincoln University lost one who, for twenty years, had devoted himself to the classroom instruction, to the activities, to the library, and to the religious life of Lincoln University. The retirement of Professor Robert M. Labaree was felt keenly in all these spheres, as well as in the hearts of all who knew and were influenced by him. His broad point of view and tolerant modern attitudes en- deared him to the student body, but even more endearing was his real and active interest in the students and student groups. His clarity and sincerity of purpose were at all times evident, and he never failed to stand firmly for his idea of right in campus affairs. His ceaseless activity and untiring effort were amazing for his years. His keen insight and fertile mind were equally amazing, and his understanding of students and campus prob- lems was gratifying. Throughout his career here, he was known for a lack of malice and prejudice not always found in men of his position. For all these things and many more, we, the members of the Class of 1941, feel indebted to him. Especially is this true since we are one of the last classes to have had the privilege of his beneficial influence. In an effort to show something of the gratitude and admiration which we hold for him. we do dedi- cate this, the 1941 Lion, to Professor Robert M. Labaree. riON TO THE CLASS OF 1941: You approach your final days in college and soon you will go out to varied fields and vocations. Wo hopo the college days have been happy ones and that the memory of them will be pleasant in your later years of life. We of the faculty hope you will come back to Lincoln as opportunity offers, to renew your associations with your successors and ours. You go out in a time of controversy and doubt. Many voices fall on your ears of the failure of men to go forward in desirable ways of life You are tempted to contemptuous attitudes toward what men stand for and what they have accomplished, that can only load to lack of hope and courage in your own hoarts. May you have a deeper discernment to see that virtue and noble motives exist, that men have braved danger and discouragement to bring us where we are. and that the light of hope still shines bright along tho path of honest endeavor. Through eighty years of opportunity your own people have pressed increasingly into the varied life of America. You should not fail them now. For you in your youth — Life is too short to waste. In critic peep or cynic bark. Quarrel or reprimand: 'Twill soon be dark; Up! Mind thine own name, and God speed the mark!'' PRESIDENT. TO THE CLASS OF 1941: On the occasion of your departure from Lincoln I greet you with the wish that all that has been finest in our association during these years may constitute a bond of unity in hope and purpose as we move forward down the years. The world into which you go is characterized by expectancy and anxiety. The future is surrounded by a variety of question marks. A substantial section of the human race is releasing its energies through instruments of death and destruction for the purpose of righting old wrongs or with the idea of winning advantages regarded to be essential to national existence. Another section struggles against the prospect of annihilation or enslavement, while a third segment finds itself suspended between two contradictory forces with tragic uncertainty regarding its own survival Most of us are as discontented with the disadvantages of old systems of life as we are bewildered by the outlines of the world after the present orgy of armed conflict and destruction. Deep in the hearts and minds of men. women, and children in all parts of the world and in all circum- stances of life there is the insistent demand that the potential fullness and beauty and sacredness of life shall become the very essence of daily living in the common affairs of mankind. The existence of these fundamental urges is not nullified by factors of race, nationality, nor geographical location. Whatever the shape ol the world to come, it will be a place in which all of us must be able to think clearly, to know many useful facts, to do some one thina excellently, and to endure some measure of hardship in the interest of our hopes and beliefs. In this new world your very survival will involve the capacity for various kinds of self-sacrifice. Your continued development and usefulness as a human being will require internal fortitude and strength of character. In all this, whatever the structure of society may be. the actual world in which you live will expand or contract to the dimensions of what you have learned and the kind of person that you have become during these years of study and activity. It is my hope that you will go forth equipped and willing not only to confront a strange new world that exacts duties and imposes obliga- tions but also to exercise initiative and energy in creating an order of life which provides more goods and satisfactions of a higher quality for more and more people. With these morsels of knowledge that you now possess and the faint glimpses of the higher reaches of mind that have dawned upon you. let your departure from Lincoln mark your entrance into wider spheres of thought and study and work through which the deeper hungers of your spirit may be revealed even more clearly in the kind of activities that claim you and the kind of possessions that you seek May all that you strive for or attain be characterized by excellence which is the only ultimate permanence. Sincerely yours. w f Jhlo cVL DEAN OF MEN. THE FACULTY Waller Livingston Wright. LL.D. Proaidcnt and Protector of Mathematic Rev. George Johnson. Ph.D. Dean ol the Univereity and Prolector oi Theology and Philocophy Rev. Philip Sheridan Miller. Ph.D. Dean ol the College and Prolector ol Latin and Church Hictory Rev. Frank Theodore Wilson. A.M.. Ed.D. Dean ol Men and Prolector ol Education Harold Fetter Grim. M.S. Prolector ol Biology Paul Kuehner. A.B. Regictrar and Actitlant Prolector ol German and French Edward Kenneth Havilland. Ph.D. Prolector ol Chemiclry Armstead Otey Grubb. Ph.D. Librarian and Accidant Prolector oi Spanich and French Josel Herbert Furth, J.D. Prolector ol Economicc and Sociology Laurence Foster. Ph.D. Prolector ol Education and Hictory Rev. Samuel Dickey. A.M. Lecturer in Claccical and New Teclament Greek Rev. Shelby Albright Rooks. B.D. Prolector ol Englich Bible Joseph Leroy Williams. Ph.D. Accidant Prolector ol Biology and Chemiclry William Raymond Cole. M.S. Prolector oi Phycicc Joseph Newton Hill. A.M. Prolector ol Englich John Aubrev Davis. A.M. Accidant Prolector ol Hictory and Political Science Rev. Stephen Mills Reynolds. Ph.D. Accidant Prolector ol Hebrew and Hictory James Elmo Dorsey. A.M.. Mus.B. Accidant Prolector ol Mucic Manuel Rivero. A.M. Acticlanl Prolector ol Phycical Education and Director ol Athletice Ulysses Grant Lee. A.M. Accidant Prolector ol Englich Walter Everett Waring. A.M. Accidant Prolector ol French Rev. Walter Robert Feser. D.Th. Acting Prolector ol Enalith Bible and Prolector ol Pactoral Theology Theodore Frederick Hawkins. M.D. Univereity Phytician and Accidant Prolector ol Hygiene Norman Edward Gaskins. M.S. Inctruclor in Chemiclry Jerome Holland. B.S. Inctructor in Phycical Education and Sociology Theodore Raymond Still. A.M. Inctruclor in Hictory and Political Science Waters Turpin. A.M. Inctructor in Englich Herman Perry Bailey. A.M. Part-time Inctructor in Education Isham Gregory Newton. A.B. Part-time Inctructor in Sociology Edwin Phillips Carter. B.A. Inctructor in Art and Englich Charles Ballard. A.B. Part-time Inctruclor in Englich Perry Honey. A.B. Part-time Inctructor in Phycical Education On Leave ol Abcence fcniobi 1 CHARLES W. ALSTON Psychology Newark, N. J. Football. 2; Boxing. 2; Dramatics. 4; Photography Club, 2; Male Chorus. 2, 3. Broome Street . . . trans- fer from Newark Junior Col- lege . . . student . . . togs . . music . . rug cutter . . . promising psychiatrist . . . MAURICE B. ANDERSON Wilmington. Delaware Political Science, Spanish Kappa Alpha Psi J. V. Football. 2. 3; Foot- ball, manager, 3; Intramural Track. 2-4; Intramural Box- ing, 2, 3; Boxing. 1. Intra- mural Basketball. 1-4; Dra- matics. 3, 4; Male Chorus, 4; Philosophy Club. 4. El Club Cervantes. 3. 4; Dela- ware Club, president, 4; Intramural Softball, 2; Pho- tography Club, 3; Lincoln- ian. 3. 4; Lion, 4. Mikey . . . M B from W. D. . . . last of the terrible three . . . one of the Wil- mington Slicksters . . . has hallucinations of being an- other Casanova . . . promi- nent man in extra-curricu- lar affairs . . . shows prom- ise of being a great lawyer although he lacks genius in the art of fabricating . . . SELWYN R. ATWELL New York City. N. Y. English Phi Beta Sigma Boss of the library . . . President of the Club . . . big appetite . . You're boss of that stuff . . . great smoker . . . first drag puts him to sleep . . . JAMES KEATON BAKER Ardmore. Pa. English Alpha Phi Alpha Football. 1-4; Intramural Basketball and Softball. 1- 4. Y.M.C.A. Cabinet. 4; Lin- colnian. 1-3; sports editor, 4 Lion. 3. editor - in - chief. 4. Student Instructor in Eng- lish. 3. 4; Who's Who in American Colleges and Uni- versities; Varsity Club. 1-4 Bake . . . “Jim . . . ardent Napoleon . . . our mighty mite . . . star of grid and class . . . withdrawn . . . rare humor . . . always au fait . . . thorough . . . those passes! . . . appreci- tive . . . keen analyst . . . that clipped speech . . . Pope! . . . please . . . PERCY O. BATIPPS. JR. Media. Pa. Biology Omega Psi Phi Dramatics, 3. 4; Track Manager. 4; Wissenschaft Verein. 3. 4; Intramural Soft- ball. 3. 4; Lincolnian, 4 Little Lord Fauntleroy . . . Who is Sylvia? . . . shut off that alarm, it's just 8:30 . . . Man. I haven't got any money . . . going home this weekend. Washington next . . . Pops . . . HEYWARD J. BLACKWELL Sociology Richmond. Va. Always late . . . great ball-room dancer . . . for- ever getting confidential... everybody's friend . . . pro- pounds deep thoughts, all on the fairer sex . . . great asker for advice . . . THEODORE E. BOLDEN Montclair. N. J. Biology Omega Psi Phi Lilse Fellowship, 3; Male Chorus. 1-4; Choir, 2-4; Track. 1. 2. Y.M C A Cab- inet. 1-3; president, 4; Vice President Senior Class; Wissenschalt Verein, 3. 4. Class Secretary. 2, 3; Fresh- man Advisor, 4; Varsity Club. 1. 2,- Pan-Hellenic Council, 4; Lion, associate editor. 4; Intramural Basket- ball and Softball. 1-4; Intra- mural Football. 1, 2; Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Bo . . . suave and very cool . . . rug cuts well . . . knows it too . . . reserved but efficient . . . Homme d'affairs . . . plans dentistry as a career . . . sobriquet . . Spry boy . . . Major Hoople” to intimates . . . HENRY A. BRISBANE. ]R. New York City. N. Y. Sociology Junior Varsity Football. 2; Boxing. 2; Intramural Bas- ketball, 2. 3; New York Club. 1-4; Dormitory Council, 2; Track. 1, 2. “Rocky . . . argue about anything . . . knows every- body ... and everything ... or almost . . . S. C. or B. W. 1.? . . . friendly . . . that proboscis . . . those jousts in the hall . . . quite an illustrator . . . EARL J. BROWN Biology Kennett Sq.. Pa. Track 2. 4; J. V. Basket- ball, 2; Intramural Basket- ball and Softball, 2, 4; New York Club, 4; Wissenschaft Verein, 3, 4. Gee. Bud, but don't we livel . . . “The E. J. . . . Kennett Square's contribu- tion to New York . . . Got time for just one game? . . . Don't bid another one . . If I get by the cat and organic . . . JAMES L. BRYANT. JR. Norfolk. Va. Sociology Alpha Phi Alpha Panicky . . . great man on Hell Week . . . transfer from Virginia Union . great talker . . good stu- dent ... Virginia bound . WILLIAM T. BYRD. JR. Sociology Nicholasville. Ky. Dormitory Council. 4; Photography Club, 2; Male Chorus, 1; Intramural Bas- ketball. 1; Intramural Base- ball. 1-4. Hails from the blue grass region . . . gets anything near left field . . . Is the Dean here today? . . . that grin . . . that wreck . . . quiet . . . retiring . . . ami- cable . . . smile and the world . . . LENDALL W. CHASE Washington, D. C. Economics Phi Bota Sigma Library Staff; Student Council, vice president. 4; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, vice president, 4. Started in Gutbucket ... Hey Mouse . . . D. C.'s son ... on the heavy side . . . philosopher . . . reli- gionist . . . Just a moment, I have a question . . . chicken farmer . . . WILLIAM COLEMAN Roanoke. Va. English and Education Phi Beta Sigma Wild Bill ... The Colonel from Virginia . . . hard cutting rug cutter . . . one ol the original Gut- bucketeers ... the Bacon to Shakespeare . . . immac- ulate . . . nice dresser I. VERNON DANIELS New York City. N. Y. Sociology Omega Psi Phi Intramural Basketball. 1- 4, Intramural Football, 2; Male Chorus, 1-4; Lincoln- ian. 4; New York Club, 1-4; Lion typist. 4. Secretary. Senior Class. Tush . . . George . . . well liked . . . quiet . unassuming . . . smooth dancer . . . distinguished dresser . . . pingpong . . . tenor . . . should make a good social worker after leaving New York School of Social Work . . . ST. IULIAN Z. DE COSTA Wilmington, Delawaro Political Science 6 Spanish Kappa Alpha Psi El Club Cervantes. 4; Stu- dent Council, 2, 3; Lincoln- ian, 1,3. 4; Intramural Track and Softball, 1, 3. 4. Basket- ball, 1-4; Lion, 4; Photog- raphy Club, 3; Delaware Club, 4; Philosophy Club. 4. Saint . . . good student . . . always eager to en- lighten . . . rare sense ol humor . . . supercilious . . . frank . . . even to the gall- ing point . . . glamor boy . . . some extent . . . knows own strength . . . winner take all . . . JAMES A. DORSEY. JR. Pittsburgh. Pa. Physical Education Kappa Alpha Psi Football, 1-4; Basketball. 1. 2; Intramural Basketball. 3. 4; Lion. 4. A brutal bulk of human- ity ... a one man wreck- ing crew . . . photography enthusiast . . good one loo . . . WINSTON A. DOUGLAS Noriolk. Virginia Chemistry Omega Psi Phi Dramatics. 3; Tennis. 3; Lincolnian, 3. 4; Student In- structor in Mathematics, 4; Wissenschalt Verein, 3. 4; Beta Kappa Chi, 3. 4. Footsie . . . independent . . . blue lor all this world stands lor . . . scientific . . . that laugh . . . that angel in disguise ... or angle . . . immigrant Irom Va. State . . . baffling Droop . . . future chemical engineer . . . RAYFORD WILSON ELLIS Washington. D. C. History Kappa Alpha Psi Dramatics. 3; Dormitory Council, 2, Male Chorus, 1, Philosophy Club, 2. Ray . . . cynical in spite of all . . . seldom ruffled . . . student of Life . . . self- sufficient . . . that laugh . . . that lifted eyebrow . those gestures . . . ROBERT ENGS New Castle. Penna. Sociology Omega Psi Phi Varsity Football. 2-4; Var- sity Basketball, 1-4; Male Chorus, 1; Varsity Club. 1-4. Toughie . . . quick on the draw . . athletic as well as scholastic . . . Lilli- putian . . . that self-esteerr. . . . great rooter for the merits of Cheyney . . G. CLAIBORNE FOWLKES Memphis. Tenn. English Alpha Phi Alpha Dramatics. 4; Male Chorus, 2, 4; Lincolnian. 2. 3. 4. Box- ing, 1; Lion, 4. Poor Folks . . . mooched in on a meal ticket from Memphis . . . Nectar Bowl . . hilarious . . . Glennie . . . grades anyway . . . Chester . . courtly . . . Mr. Editor. I resign . . disciple of Eupheus . . . punster of meaning wit . . . ROBERT T. FREEMAN. JR. New York City. N. Y. Math. Alpha Phi Alpha Male Chorus, 1-4; Choir and Quartette, 1-4; New York Club. 1-4; Freshman Advisor. 2. 3; American Stu- dent Union. 3, 4; Philosophy Club. 4. “Bobby . . . Droop's protege . . . Lover of note . four years with the same ole Lady . . . “Spree Club's pride . . . person- ality plus... smooth dresser Oh, yes. Harlem Hawk”. . . WILLIAM MACK GARNER Pottavillo, Pa. Biology Omega Pai Phi Intramural Softball and Basketball, 1-4; Intramural Football, 1, 2; Wissenschaft Verein, 3, 4; Dormitory Council, 3. Willie . . . Oh sleep it is a gentle thing . . . pho- tostatic mind . . . Shorter's twin . . . young man with a Ford . . . Downwind's dou- ble .. . my last affair . . . I. FLETCHER GARRETT Philosophy Plainfield, N. J. Philosophy Club, 3, 4. Sam . . . iconoclast . . . these people don't interest me . . . lone wolf . . . speeler . . . (when off the campus or among special friends) . . . misunderstood . . . philosophizer . . . cynic. JULIAN IRA GILLIAM Biology Roanoke. Va. Dormitory Council, 4; Phi Kappa Epsilon, 4. Class recluse . . . transfer student from Hampton . . . almost as small as Fowlkes . . . quiet . . . studious . . . unassuming high honor man . . . I OSCAR LUTHER GLASS Des Moines. Iowa History Kappa Alpha Phi Football, 1-3; Track, 1-4; Goll Club, 3; Intramural Basketball, 1-4. ‘‘El Grumpo and Grumpy because of his striking resemblance to that famous little dwarf in Snow White . . . remembers all dates, both in history and in Washington . . . biggest “hawk on the campus . . . has one vice, pretty women . . . Lincoln's biggest eater without a doubt . . . JESSE EDWARD GLOSTER Pittsburgh, Pa. Political Science Alpha Phi Alpha Basketball, 1-3; captain, 4; Varsity Club, 1-3, vice president, 4; Lincolnian, 1-3, editor-in-chief, 4; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, 2-4; V ho's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Jess . . . from the smoky city . . . “Boss of the Lin- colnian . . . impetuous . . . Watch me now, ole lady’ . politician . . . economist . . . would-be head-beater . . . started in Gutbuckct . . . ended in Rendall . . . wnunni M-UHIIj ROBERT LEE GORDON Charleston, W. Va. Biology Kappa Alpha Psi Bobby . . . back after seeing the world . . . “Why doesn't everybody speak English? . . . suave . . . that walk . . . unobtrusive . . . that coffee pot . . . LUTHER DANIEL GREEN English Philadelphia, Pa. Shakespeare . . . un- assuming . . recent switch to the Benedicts . . . never much to say . . . and says it . . . probably road Stein- beck . . . transfer from Temple . . . MILLER E. GREEN, JR. Pittsburgh. Pa. Biology Kappa Alpha Psi J. V. Football. 1; Philoso- phy Club. 4; Wissenschaft Verein, 4; Lion, 4; Intra- mural Football, 1. Fats . . . Ernie . . . one of the Crisco boys . . . campus photographer . . . snap anything . . . espe- cially at the table . . . that grin . . . regular . . . Me- harry bound . . . LIEUTENANT HARRIS Lima, Ohio Biology Kappa Alpha Psi Football, 1-3; Basketball, 1. 2; Boxing, 3; Intramural Basketball. 3, 4. Lou . . . serious . . . athlete . . . studious . . . altruistic off the football field . . . Elcott’s boy . . . residence, the gym . . . substitute pie man . . . 1 ELIJAH AARON HARVEY Moroa. Pa. Music Omega Psi Phi Male Chorus, 1-4; Choir. 2-4; Quartette, 3, 4. '■Hunky” • • • Butch . . . coal miner (rom the coal country . . . ex-Boy Scout . crumb of no mean abil- ity .. . carelessly indifferent . different . . will smoko anything you buy leaves the campus week- ends and during the week, too . . . destination un- known to himself and ev- eryone else . . . C. G. WALLACE HOBSON Plainfiold. N. J. Education Phys. Ed. Kappa Alpha Psi Football. 1, 2; Baskotball, 1-3; Varsity Club, 1-4; Ath- letic Trainer. 3. 4,- Intra- mural Softball, 1-4; Basket- ball. assistant manager, 4 The Snuffy Smith of Lincoln . . . lost his teeth in a gridiron battle . . . plain man from Plainfield . . . good driver . . . steady . . . plugger . . . regular . . . OSWALD W HOFFLER Suffolk, Virginia Biology Omoga Psi Phi Intramural Basketball, 1. 2, 4; Student Instructor in Biology, 3, 4; Wissenschaft Verein, 3. 4; Lincolnian, news editor. 4. Ossie Frossie . . fresh- man at 15 . . . great change since those days . . . that Suffolk accent . . . I'm from the peanut capitol of the world . . . Heh, Heh, that laugh . . . candy man . . . four years in Rendall . . . ROBERT NELSON HYDE Des Moines. Iowa Philosophy Kappa Alphi Psi Intramural Basketball. 3. 4; Intramural Softball. 1-4; Fireside Group, 1-4; Ly- ceum. 4; Philosophy Club. 3.4. Bobby . . . That's where the tall corn grows” . known also as “Runt . a champ at any sport . minor in physical edu- cation . . . interested in so- cial work . . . drafted . . . now interested in the min- istry . . . H. CLAY IACKE Johnson City. Tenn. Biology Phi Beta Sigma Dramatics. 1; Male Cho- rus, 1-4; Choir, Quartette. 1, 2; Wissenschaft Verein, 3. 4. American Student Union. 3; Intramural Basketball. 1-4; Dormitory Council. lack . . . tall tenor solo- ist ... “My God Is So High” . . . mail man . . quiet . . studious . . . was tempera- mental . . Lincoln's gift to the women of Dixie . . future medico . . . WILFRID A. JAMES Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands History Phi Beta Sigma Male Chorus. 1; Dormi- tory Council. 4; Student Council. 3, 4; Intramural Basketball. 2-4; El Club Cer- vantes. 3. 4; Lion. 4; Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Nothing if not the student . those pedals . . . con- scientious . . . that humor . . work at the drop of a hat . . . one of the more adaptables ... in the asset column . . . never at a loss that accent . . . pinochle . . . G. HERVEY JENKINS Sociology Phila., Pa. Wrestling, 1; Dormitory Council, 1-3; Intramural League, 3. 4. Male Chorus. 4; Movie Committee, 4; In- tramural Football. 1, 2. Baby Dumpling . . . ex- uberant . . . clamor boy . . . those glass ribs . . . those cakes from Philly . . . force- ful .. . next to the last dose . original jolly boy . . . EDWARD K. JOHNSTON Political Sc. Apollo. Pa. Intramural Softball, 2-4, Cheerleader, 1-4. Jack of all trades . . . The Pie Man is now leav- ing the hall . . . those ja- lopies . . . whist . . . Let's give a Lincoln University skit de skat . . . Cheyney . . . hustler . . . bag . . . H. A. B. JONES-QUARTEY Accra, Gold Coast. Africa Political Sc. Phi Bota Sigma Male Chorus, 3. 4; Soccer, 3; Lincolnian, 4; Library Staff, 1-4; Lion. 4; Executive Secretary. Union of African Students of America. Quartey . . . poetry for the girls left behind . . . honor student . . . journalist . most Americanized . suave . . daily letters to Baltimore . . . interesting . . . lover of good music . . . JAY C. KNIGHT. JR. French Choster. S. C. Wrestling. 1. 3. 4; El Club Cervantes. 4; Dormitory Council. I. Geechy . . . ready smile . . . carefree . . . ace rab- bier . . . transfer from How- ard . . . crude . . . candi- date for Pepsodent ad . . . don't know his strength . . . playful . . . regular . . . KENNETH LEE Yonkers. N. Y. Physical Education Alpha Phi Alpha Football, 1-4; Wrestling, 1. 4; Varsity Club, 1-4; Intra- mural Basketball and Soft- ball. 1-4. Philo . . . great little man on the gridiron . . . that strength . . . adaptable student . . . that jogging warmup on the sidelines ... on the myopic side ... good student . . . JAMES M. LEWIS. JR. Philadelphia, Pa. Political Sc. Omega Psi Phi Football. 1-4; Intramural Basketball and Softball, 1- 4. Boxing. 1; Varsity Club. 1-4; Intramural Track. 2. Jimsy . . . majored in pinochle . . gridiron con- noiseur . . . friendly . . . roaming center . . . roamed too far at times . . . future lawyer . . . bad knee . . . I FELIX I. UNDO St. Thomas. Virgin Islands Chemistry Alpha Phi Alpha Wissenschaft Verein, 3. 4; Beta Kappa Chi. 3. 4; El Club Cervantes. 3. 4 Mouse . class chem- ist .. . four years with Droop” . . . pantry man accent . . . quiet . . . studious . . pleasant . . . WILLIAM S. MERCER Sociology Providence. R. I. Male Chorus. 3. 4. Bill . . . tenor soloist . . . revival type . . . short . . . half owner of the P M Shoe Corporation . . . trans- fer from Virginia Seminary at Lynchburg . . . future social worker . . BENIAMIN D. MITCHELL Rye. New York Sociology and English Alpha Phi Alpha Male Chorus, pianist, 1-4,- New York Club. 1-4. Music Appreciation, 3. 4 Benny . . . campus Paderewski . . . Have you seen Johnny Sample? . . . City . . . smooth dancer . . . artistic . . . lazy . . . student . . Let me have music dying, and I seek no more delight . . . HENRY H. MITCHELL English Columbus. Ohio Dormitory Council, 3; Lin- colnian, 3. 4, Lion, associate editor. 4; Forum, 2; Y. M. C. A Cabinet, chairman games and recreation, 3, 4 corresponding secretary, 4 Male Chorus. 2, 3, ass't bus. m'gr., 4; American Student Union, president and organ- izer, 3. 4; Freshman Advis- or, 4; Choir, 4; Student In- structor in English, 3, 4; Stu- dent Council, 4; Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities; Phi Kappa Ep- silon; Student Peace Com- mittee. 3. 4; Chaplain, Sen- ior Class. Big Chief' . . . transfer from Ohio State . . . grown- up edition of the model boy . . . active in all campus affairs . . . minis- terial ambitions . . . many pictures of beautiful women, all relatives . . . the spec- tacle mender . . . CHARLES F. MURRAY Trenton. N. J. Sociology Kappa Alpha Psi Football, 1-3, captain, 4; Boxing, 1-3, captain, 4; track, 1-3; Commissioner of Soft- ball League, 3; Intramural Basketball and Softball, 1-4; Sergeant - at - arms Senior Class. Murray the monster . . . 145 lbs. . . . champ in any weight . . . rugged . . . pugnacious . . . quiet . . . studious . . . consistent plugger at books and men . . Did I ever tell you about the time . . . JOSEPH FINLEY MURRAY Biology Pleasantvillo. N. J. Student Instructor in Bi- ology. 3, 4 Joe . . . from A. C.'s suburbs . . . stay in your field . . . cats, turtles, for- mulas, test tubes . . . golf champ . . . knew it too . should be a good doctor. . EDWARD K. NICHOLS. IR. Philadelphia. Pa. Political Sc. Omega Psi Phi Delta Rho Forensic So- ciety. 4; Male Chorus. 3. 4; Choir. 3; Dramatics. 3. Slick Nick” . . . ace bull- shooter . . . travels quite frequently . . . transfer from Fisk who readily fitted right in . . . future shyster . . . pianist . . . singer . . . pinochle . . . bridge . . . honor student . . . one of Lincoln’s most talented . . . ROY NICHOLS Philadelphia. Pa. Economics Alpha Phi Alpha Delta Rho Forensic So- ciety, 2-4; Intramural Soft- ball, 1, 3. 4; Intramural Bas- ketball; Dramatics, 1. 2, president, 3; Philosophy Club, 2-4; Y. M C A. Cabi- net, 1-4. treasurer. 3; Pan- Hellenic Council, 3. 4; Stu- dent Council, 1-3. president, 4; Lion, literary editor, 4; Lincolnian, 1-4; American Student Union. 3; Student Peace Committee, 3, 4. Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. 3 “Nick . . . Deac” . . . brilliant speaker ... fa- mous actor . . . Joe extra- curricular . . . Mr. Lincoln . . . one of Lincoln's most outstanding men in years . . . popular . . . debator . . . busy . . . physical . . . Soaks Laundry . . . good brother of the cloth . . . CLEO S. PALMER. JR. Elizabeth. N.). Biology Omega Psi Phi Male Chorus, 1. 2, 4; Li- brary Staff, 3; Lincolnian, 4, Wissenshaft Verein, 3, 4,- Tennis, 1. 3; Swing Collegi- ans, 1-4; Track, Assistant Manager. 1. 2; Intramural Basketball and Softball. 1-4. Saxy” . . . play any- thing ... or almost . . . versatile . . . talented . . . that toothy display . . . those pajamas . . the blue shirt . . Van Winkleite . . . pinochle or ping pong . . . that mailbox . . . bull on anything or anybody . . . dreamer . . walks by night . . . will be dentist . . . ISAAC NEWTON PERRY Chicago, III. Psychology Omega Psi Phi President Senior Class; Lion, business manager. 4; Lincolnian. 1-4; Student In- structor in French, 3. 4; Stu- dent Assistant in Psychol- ogy, 4; Who's Who in Amer- ican Colleges and Univer- sities; Student Council, cor- responding secretary. 4. Dormitory Council, 3; Dra- matics. 3. 4; Le Cercle Fran- gais. president, 1, 2; Amer- ican Student Union, secre- tary. 3; Pan-Hellenic Coun- cil, 4; Movie Committee. 3. 4. Freshman Advisor, 4. I. N. . . . man about Lincoln ... I am . . . con- noisseur of life . . . does many things well ... Of course . . . knows more French than . . . can't guess me . . . canteen society . . . Walt. John, and Jack . . . give me a cigarette, friend . . . contortionist . . . AARON T. PETERS. JR. Georgetown. British Guiana Biology Phi Beta Sigma Soccer, 2; Assistant to the University Physician. 1-4; Wissenschaft Verein. 3. president, 4; Beta Kappa Chi; Phi Kappa Epsilon. Doc . . . ping pong player . . . Chief dispenser of multi-colored pills in the Dispensary . . . has many experiences to relate of life in Latin-America . . . pian- ist .. . versatile . . . those ducks . . . that laugh . . . worldly wise . . . future doctor . . . JOHN K. PHILLIPS New York City. N. Y. Sociology Alpha Phi Alpha Male Chorus. 2-4; Dra- matics; Philosophy Club. 3. 4; New York Club, 1-3, pres- ident. 4; American Student Union. 3. 4. Phil'' . . . quiet . . . stuUi- ous . . . reserved . . . well liked . . . transfer from C. C. N Y. . . . twm WILLIAM B. RAMSEY. Ill Philadelphia. Pa. Sociology Omega Pfli Phi Track. 1-4; Y. M. C. A Cabinet, 3. 4; Varsity Club, 2-4. “Bill . . . smooth Phila- delphia socialite . . . future lawyer . . . another Gene Venzke ... in and out of love always ... Li'l Abner . California, here I come. PHILIP SWAN RANDOLPH Glen Cove, N. Y. Political Science Kappa Alpha Psi Class President, 2, 3; New York Club, 1-4; Lincolnian, 1. 2; Dormitory Council. 3. 4; Lion, 4. “Phil . . . ”P. S. . . little Napoleon . . . shortest man in the senior class . . . senior head waiter . . . boss . . . I have an announce- ment . . . You can't trick me because I had Calculus . . . Remember him in Wilming- ton? . . . JOHN LLOYD SAMPLE Binghampton. N. Y. Biology Alpha Phi Alpha Smooth . . . McGill U. bound . . . Let's take a trip, keed . . . “Look out, state . . photographor . . . that walk ... or what is it . . . student . . . those weeds ... RUFUS B. SHORTER. JR. Pottaville. Pa. Political Sc. Omega Pai Phi Basketball, 3, 4; Lincoln- ian, 1; Forum, 1; Intramural Track and Softball, 1-4, Lion, sports editor. 4; Intra- mural Football, 2. Squalus . . . Chicken Head . . . sharecropper . . . York, my York . . L. U. 5 . . Newton's boy . . My kingdom for some food . . ping pong . . . pretty fair boy at any- thing . A. SHOOTS-WILLI AMS Latin Bristol, Tenn. French. 2, 3; Intramural Track, 2. Pardon my Dixie accent . . . Old timer . . . deliber- ately deliberate . . . Latin minded . . . that drawl, that slow drawl . . . when I was at Lincoln before . . . JAMES McCORMICK SIMS Summit. N. J. Sociology Alpha Phi Alpha Male chorus, 1. secretary. 2-4; Choir. 1-4; Quartette. 1-4; Soccer. 3. “Jim Sims . . quiet . . . reserved . . . studious . . . pianist . . . very, very phys- ical . . . boss of the tour bus . . . the javelin . . . C. WARREN SMITH St. Thomas. Virgin Islands Biology Alpha Phi Alpha El Club Cervantes, presi- dent. 3. 4; Wissenschaft Ver- ein, secretary, 3, 4. Beta Kappa Chi, 4; Carl Schurze Memorial Prize in German. 2; Male Chorus. 1, 2; Lin- colnian. 1. 2; Student In- structor in Chemistry. 4. Smitty . . . Dominican or Mexican? . . . always chickening . . . Sunday School teacher . . . wants to be a medical missionary that accent . . . devout . . . active . . . I. LAWSON SMITH. IR. Baltimore. Md. Sociology Omega Psi Phi Zero . . . likes to fiddle, and can . . . has heart trouble . . . that trek to New York ... on the turf . . . all is vanity . . . eternal idealist . . . able raconteur . . . major bull . . . PETER IAMES SMITH Wayne. Pa. Chemistry Alpha Phi Alpha Intramural Football, 1, 2; Soccer. 3; Library Staff, 1-4. Smitty . . . P. I. . . . Spry clubber . . . scientist . . . lover (without note) . . . ask Shockley . . . three years in Rendall . . . bank- er, without money or bank . . cool . . . physical . . . State Boy . . . R. EDISON WALDEN Boston. Mass. Biology Kappa Alpha Psi Male Chorus. 2. 3; Wis- r-enschalt Verein. 3. 4. Amer- ican Student Union. 3. 4. That nasal laughter . . . Come! Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot ol peace . . . lhat Boston accent . . . NURAL E. WARD Croton-on-Hudson. N. Y. Political Sc. and Ec. Phi Bota Sigma New York Club. 2-4 Sam . . . North Caro- lina by way of New York future lawyer . . in one place or the other probably the other ex- pensive clothes . . . CHESTER ALLEN WATERS Montclair, N. I. Biology Omega Psi Phi Intramural Basketball. 1; Male Chorus. 1. 2; Wissen- schaft Verein, 3. 4; Library Stall. 1. 2. Chet . . . The Waters . . good driver . . or jiver . . . off the campus . . . individualist . . . you never see him . . . future chiropo- dist . . . FRANKLIN H. WILLIAMS Flushing, N. Y. Sociology Alpha Phi Alpha Male Chorus. 1. business manager, 2. president. 3. 4 Choir and Quartette, 1; Phi Kappa Epsilon. 4; Dormitory Council. 2. 3. Dramatics. 1. 2. Philosophy Club. 1-4; Lin- colnian. advertising mana- ger. 3; Forum. 2; Delta Rhc Forensic, 1-4. Treasurer Sen- ior Class; New York Club 1-4; Intramural Track and Basketball. 1-4; Boy’s Club Advisor. 4. American Stu- dent Union. 3, 4. Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities; Lion, advertis- ing manager. 4. Frankie'' . . . dominant . . . capable . . . definite asset ... on the mental side . . . flew in from Flush- ing ... we the people . . . weekender . . . democracy, what crimes” . . . self-suffi- cient . . . altruistic ... I bag of you . . . ROBERT A. WRIGHT Political Sc. Chester. Pa. Intramural Football. 2; In- tramural Basketball, 1-4. Bob” . . . unobtrusive . . . very independent . . . nice fellow when you get to know him . . . spent one weekend on the campus in four years . . . future Ches- ter politician . . . L. E. RAMOS YORDAN Biology Ponce, Puerto Rico Track. 2, captain. 3. 4. El Club Cervantes, advisor 3. 4. Editor El Cervantino 3. 4; Student Instructor ir. Spanish, 4. Down Puerto Rico way . . . Don Juan . . . Wes: Chester . . . medico . . hustling into the home stretch . . . What was my time? . . . the Penn Relays . . . transfer from the Uni- versity of Puerto Rico . . . REGINALD C. YOUNG Baltimore. Md. Biology Kappa Alpha Psi Wrestling,1; Wissenschalt Verein. 3. 4; Intramural Bas- ketball, 1-4; Dormitory Coun- cil. Wimpy” . . . smooth . . . lover too . . . sartorially elegant always . . . very friendly . . . weekender, but concentrates on home . . . keeps smiling . . . physical . future doctor . . . VIRGIL J. YOUNG Hartford. Conn. Economics Alpha Phi Alpha Delta Rho Forensic, 3. 4; Student Instructor in Eco- nomics, 4 Virgie . . . Willed with Wilkie . . . college tramp . . . Fisk to University of Michigan to Lincoln . . . honor student . . . Who is it? I'm on my stuff” . . . debater . . . suave . . one suit in fifty appearances . . . economist without re- sources . . . CLASS HISTDRY Our class was the first to receive the benefit of the newly inaugu- rated Freshmen Orientation Week, sponsored by the University and the Student Y. M C. A Cabinet. On the 18th of September. 1937—at the opening of the eighty-third year of Lincoln's history—we assembled with the upperclassmen in the Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel at the service which marked the actual beginning of our college days Coming from over 20 states in the Union. British Guiana, and distant Africa, our total number was 125. The early days of the first year were marked by abrupt acquaintances with belligerent Sophomores. Juniors, and Seniors. But these discouraging experiences were overshadowed by the beginning of strong friendships with fellow classmen, that were to grow in intensity with the passing years. ft was during our Freshman year that publication of the Lincolnian was resumed Tho Gutbuckeleers of the Class of '41 will always be remembered. They taught us a lesson in real community living; charac- terized by their spirit of unity. Not soon shall we forget the bedlam they created in Gut Bucket's last stand against the Seniors in the spring of '38—nor will Lincoln. With unequalled anticipation we looked eagerly toward returning to Lincoln as Sophomores, though at least one third of the men who had started with us did not reappear in the fall of '38. Firmly we took our position against destructive tradition and began to make our contribution toward a better Lincoln. Those were the days of heated discussion in opposition to our fight for a New Lincoln Our ideas were revolutionary Gathering to ourselves the accumulated poise and stability, as a result of two years of diligent application and study, we began as Juniors. By this time Hitler had forced the word Blitzkrieg into the vocabulary of every language The war psychosis was then fast taking hold on all our minds, but we did not cease to build ourselves and to give to Alma Mater Among the outstanding achievements of our Junior year was the excellent performance of the Lincoln Football team. They won for them- selves and for us the distinct honor of defeating invincible Morgan at the Bear’s Homecoming game in Baltimore. We lost our hats, coats, and dignity; rushed madly for the Morgan goal posts, and made them bow in recognition of our victory—then we took Baltimore. In basketball we trounced the Champions, the Union Panthers. in the most exciting game of the season, at the Palais Royal, in Philadelphia. With only 37 of our original number we returned to complete the last of four interesting years. France and Great Britain were at war with Germany. Before we were quite aware of all the implications of the newly initiated conflict, the Maginot Line fell The echo of the crash, spread fear round the world—then Conscription. But we marched on- all that was left of us. We featured Campus Democracy ; successfully reorganizing and revitalizing Lincoln life As we leave to carry our progressive spirit to the world beyond these bounds, we leave a job unfinished. Now. we live not only in the memories of our past, but also in the hope that those who come after us will excel our efforts and achievements We are the children of transition. undihn chidt JUNIOR CLASS By their silence and precise action the Juniors have given notice that they are ready and prepared to replace the outgoing Senior Class. While expressing their sorrow to see the departure of the Class of ”41 , they are quite confident that they can amply refill all the vacancies. With the realization that they have passed the half way mark, and are about to begin the last lap of their college career, these determined sons of Lincoln have set as their goal—achievement; for themselves and for Alma Mater. Only one-third of their original number is left, as they conclude their third year of study at Lincoln. These Jiave not lost the vision of graduation — and of service. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Albert James Neely Andrew Bass...... Shirley Gregory Reginald Benn Ronimus Stokes William Fuller . .. President . . . Vice-President Secretary ..........Treasurer Student Councilman ............Chaplain SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Daniel T. Johnson. .. Marcus Moore . John Joseph....... Richmond Davidson Joseph Hall....... ...........President Vice-President ...........Secretary Treasurer Student Councilman Characteristic of all ex-freshmen, the Sophomores pride themselves with more wisdom than their breadth of experience warrants. With a smattering of knowledge, they stand perplexed at all the wrongness in the world; intolerant because the wisdom of the worldings is so inferior to their own. Excited by the position of dominance which they hold over the canines —with chest expanded—they parade themselves as the lords of the institution. With only two-thirds of their original strength they, by position, are able to rule the preps. SOPHOMORE CLASS FRESHMAN CLASS Typical of all newcomers to Lincoln, this year's crop is ambitious. Coming from almost every state on the east coast and the midwest, they represent, perhaps, as many divergent points of interest. Following the trend of recent years, a large pro- portion of the Class hails from New York State and Pennsylvania. The entire aggre- gation numbers approximately 125 students. Maturing rapidly, after the hectic days of adjustment, these youngsters look forward, with anxiety, toward the responsibilities and privileges which shall be theirs at the end of their first year; taking firm hold on the mythical line of Pi. Though this class entered Lincoln while the dreadful sound of declared war still echoed 'round the world, their spirit of idealism has not been quenched. They are hopeful and determined. FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Reuben Winston Ludwald O P. Perry Nathan Seely........ Morris DeLisser..... Robert M. Frazier Matthew Gordon ..........President Vice-President ......Secretary Treasurer Student Councilman .......... Chaplain rmni:iilini.u. ZZK3 todbia. aouitcuioA, STUDENT EDUNC1L Soatod—Chace. Nichol . farnos; Standing—Wood. Porry. Mitcholl STUDENT COUNCIL OFTICERS Roy Nichols.....................................President Lendall Chase......................... ...Vice-President Wilfrid James...................................Recording Secretary I. Newton Perry............................Corresponding Secretary Since 1916 representative student government hcs been an institution at Lincoln University. The Council, elected by the student body, assumes the responsibility for the maintenance of a high standard of cooperative life on the campus; and serves as the agency through which crystallized student opinion is conveyed to the faculty. Emphasizing campus democracy and encouraging student participation in campus government in preparation for effective adjustment in the world beyond the confines of the university, the Council has vigorously stimulated student interest. With a keen sense of its potential importance to the student body, a serious effort has been made to make this student organ the vital vehicle of government and expression it should be. r THE LION Sack flow—Do Cotta. Fowlkes. Anderson, Green. Dorcey. Shorter Front flow—Nichols, Williams. Perry, Randolph. Baker LION STAFF James K. Baker............... Editor-in-Chief Theodore E. Bolden......................... Associate Editor Henry H. Mitchell............................Associate Editor I. Newton Perry......................................Business Manager Franklin H. Williams .......... Advertising Manager Roy Nichols..................... .............. Literary Editor Four years of undergraduate training prepared these men well for the job ol editing this LION. The excellent organizational ability of the editor, James K. Baker, insured effi- cient gathering of the material necessary for the publication. An earnest attempt has been made to improve the literary and physical features of the book. The inclusion of informal snapshots, familiar campus scenes, and extra curricula groups makes this issue, in the true sense of the word, a representative student publication. To the members of the staff and the student organizations who cooperated, unstintingly, a deserving word of credit is due. The staff wishes, also, to express its appreciation for the advice and assistance of the University Business Manager. Mr. George A. Birchard. ◄e LINCOLNIAN Seated: Wilkerson, Can- non. Twine, Gloster. edi- tor-in-chiel, HolQer, De Costa, Baker. Standing: Page. Grice, Daniels, Pinckney, Nich- ols, Anderson, Mitchell. Fowlkes, Palmer. LIBRARY STAFF Seated: Williams, Soren- son, Okala, Jones-Quar- tey, Grubb, Cannon. At- well, Chase. Dorsey. Back Row: James, Mad- dox, Brown, Saunders, L Smith. P. Smith, Leon. Crump. THE LINCOLNIAN After a two year moratorium—prior to our arrival to Lincoln—publication of the Lincolnian was resumed in the fall of 1937. A few of the men on the present staff, including the editor, Jesse Gloster, were instrumental in bringing the newspaper back to student life. Without question, this year's Lincolnian has been the finest of our four years. Courageous crusading, regularity, and a high standard of journalistic achievement has characterized the work of this staff. THE LIBRARY STAFF Chcsing, replacing, casing, and embracing books are the duties of these drafted sons of erudition. Through a system of promotions, it is possible for a student to move from a common shelf clerk to the more difficult phases of library organization. Each assistant is given a course in library science as a prerequisite to employment. BETA KAPPA CHI Peters, Lindo, Knight, Douglas, Smith. PHILOSOPHY CLUB Standing; Anderson, Dog- gott. Do Costa. Seated: Garrett, Nkru- mah, Williams. BETA KAPPA CHI Dedicated to the pursuit of scientific truth and restricted to the ablest science majors in the University, these colleagues write research papers end discuss pertinent developments in the world of super bunkum.” The Society is composed of upper classmen who have maintained cn average of 1.8 in 30 hours of natural science—and a general third group cumulative average in all other subjects taken. THE PHILOSOPHY CLUB Catching the spirit of speculative thinking characterized by the ancient sagas these searchers for truth and understanding meet monthly to discuss the heavy side of men and things. The members prepare discourses, often creative in nature, which they present at their regular meetings. Membership is restricted to philosophy majors. Dean George S. Johnson is the faculty sponsor of the group. STUDENT INSTRUCTORS Y. M. C. A. CABINET As a result of outstanding achievement in an academic field or prominence on the athletic field, these sixteen men hold positions as faculty aids in the several departments. The nature of their work varies. While some are busied with correcting papers or doing routine work such as passing out or collecting assigned work and examinations, others are leading freshmen in the required program of physical education. Attempting to take the why out of Y. M. C. A. is the task to which these Christicn gentlemen have committed themselves. Forums . . . Vespers . . . Interracial Student Exchanges . . . Games Tournament . . . Cabin Project . . . Conferences . . . have contributed to reinvigorate this important student organization under the tutelage of Ted.'' Y. M. C. A. CABINET Back Row: Chase. Rob- erts. Ramsey, Moore, lohnson. Front Row; Bolden, Mitchell, Wood, Douglas, Logan, Baker. STUDENT INSTRUCTORS Sealed: Shade, Perry. Douglas, Holder, Smith. Mitchell, Hunter. Cope- land. Standing: Wilkerson. Young, Murray, Knight. Trent. Baker, Doggctt, Lee. DELAWARE CLUB Front Row: Wilson, Hor- ner, M. Anderson, R. An- derson. De Costa. Back Row: Fortune, Jack- son, Cooper, Church. BAND Back Row: Henry. Wal- ton, Hutto, Harvey. Front Row: Quinland. Saunders, Perry, Saun- ders. Berry, Josephs, Dog- gett. DELAWARE CLUB It could just as easily be called the Wilmington Club. Proud of the fact that they are from the county made famous by Mr. Dupont, they take every occasion to remind their fellow students of the fact that Delaware has as many senators in Congress as New York. During the past year a scholarship dance was given by the Delawarians. THE BAND Although often referred to as the “Rabble Band,” these swingsters also play for some of the campus dances; and also include in their schedule engagements off the campus. In the realm of swing they rate only a trifle below the best in the business. During discouraging moments of a gridiron fiasco—or during the half—the Band can always be depended upon to penetrate the spectators with their spirited rhythm. WISSENSCHAFT VEREIN Standing: Crump, Young, Walden, Waters, Smith, Garner, Crampton, Hof- fler, Hutto, Knight, Gil- liam, Battipps. Seated: Palmer. Wilson, Fowler, Davidson, White- head. Peters. NEW YORK CLUB Back Row: Batten, Ed- mead, Williams, Wilson, Brown, Pinckney, Julian, Bevins, Daniels, Ward. Front Row: Williams. Brisbane, Barefield, Haynes, Phillips, Thomp- son. Haynes, Lynch, DeLisser, Thomas, Jordan, Woods. WISSENSCHAFT VEREIN Organized by the members of Beta Kappa Chi in March, 1940, in the interest of the science majors in the University, it includes in its membership ell science majors who are interested in scientific investigation. At the bi-monthly meeting, lecturers are invited to speak on some pertinent scientific subject. THE NEW YORK CLUB Organized in our “prep'' year, the New Yorkers have marched as a united band of devout state boys. An Annual Scholarship Dance is their yearly emphasis. A serious effort is also made to develop leadership ability and encourage participation in the extra curricular activities of the University. They have contributed much to the success of the Class of 41 . ■ EL CLUB CERVANTES Standing: Gerald, Holland, lames, Anderson. Hunt, Lindo, Seated: Johnson, Ramos. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY PLAYERS Lett to Right: Kennedy, Stokes, Glover, Pierce, Parker. Almond, Johnson, Jenkins, Barefield, Brinson. EL CLUB CERVANTES Notable has been the achievement of the Club Cervcntes. Its membership includes those men who are majoring in Spanish or who have a reading knowledge of the language. Their project this year is the publication of a Spanish newspaper entitled El Cervantino. Its content is entirely in Spanish, and it is edited by the members of the club under the guidance of Professor Armstead O. Grubb. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY PLAYERS The Wolves . . . X=0 . . . Thread of Scarlet . , . Affair of Dishonor . . . The Lincoln University Players presented these four plays during the 1941 season. The first, The Wolves , was a three act performance while the other three were one act plays. John Drinkwater's X=0 was given at Hampton for the N. I. D. A. festival, and the same play was the Player's contribution to the University of Pennsyl- vania's Cultural Olympics. Stormy Verrat (Harold Pierce) . . . Unbicsed Teulier (James Parker) . . . Aristocratic D'Oyron (Ronimus Stokes). MALE CHORUS Back Row: Hedrick. Al- ford, Buchanon, Nelson, Hutchings, Townsend, Smith, Aytes, Branam, Johnson, Lee, Jenkins. Cannon. Middle Row: Bass. Wash- ington, Berry, Wilkerson, Pinckney. Mercer. Hanni- bal, Joseph, Nickens, Hopowell, Sargent, Himos, Parker, Johnson. Front Row; Brown, Quar- tey, Mitchell, Bolden, H. Mitchell, Sims, Dorsey, Williams, Doggett, Shock- ley. Tucker, Freeman, Augustus, Anderson. DELTA RHO FORENSIC SOCIETY Standing; Doggett. Wil- liams, Seely, Okedas. Sealed: Richardson, Nichols. MALE CHORUS Spree Club . . . Thrilling large crowds all over the Atlantic seaboard end the midwest, the Male Chorus carries its message in song under the masterful direction of Professor James E. Dorsey. This year the Male Chorus was presented, in recital, by the Senior Class, in Philadelphia. It was the crowning off campus affair of our four years at Lincoln. DELTA RHO FORENSIC SOCIETY Wherever there is an issue to be discussed, these gentlemen of verbal combat may be expected to efficiently present the pros and cons. This year their intercollegiate schedule included Penn State, Temple, Union, Swarthmore, West Virginia State, Franklin and Marshall, Talladega, Lehigh, Princeton, and Bucknell. Professor J. Newton Hill is the faculty coach of debating. PHI KAPPA EPSILON Standing; Mitchell, Lindo, Gilliam. Seated: Peters, Williams. Doggett, Beverly, Lee, VARSITY CLUB Standing: Murray, Glos- ter, Luyanda, Scott, Dor- sey, Ramsey, Shorter. Doggett, Beverly, Lee. Jackson, Ramos. Seated: Bolden, Baker, Hobson, Engs, Shade, Lewis. PHI KAPPA EPSILON This is an honorary scholarship and research fraternity. Any man in the college who, at the end of seven semesters, has maintained a general average of 1.70, is eligible for membership. The organization offers an incentive for excellence in classroom performance, and serves as a source of inspiration and achievement to the men who merit its recognition. THE VARSITY CLUB An effective combination of brain and brawn—to the extent of winning a Varsity L —is the token of admission to this club. The Varsity Club usually sponsors the Annual Homecoming Dance. During the year 1939-40, the club used its funds to award Varsity Sweaters to the Lincoln football team that broke the winning streak of the Morgen “Bears. ALPHA PHI ALPHA From Row—Baker. Lee. Hopewell. Nichols. Smith. Gloster. Smith. Freeman. Williams. Young. Middle Row—Bryant. Tucker. Whitehead. Lee. Taylor, Lindo. lamos. Allord, Sims. Phillips. Cannon. Sample. Robinson. Scott. Okedas. Back Row—Fowlkos. Barefield. Page. Mitchell. Nelson. Wood During its twenty-nine years of existence on the campus, Nu Chapter has made achievement its goal and its boast. In memory of one of its deceased brothers, Theodore Milton Seldon, each year the Chapter awards a gold medal to that member of the Freshman Class receiving the highest scholastic average. To bring the problem of dis- franchisement and the potential power of the Negro ballot to the attention of the student body, Nu Chapter conducts its annual weekly emphasis. A Voteless People Is a Hopeless People. The Annual Spring Dance of the Apes attracts the opposite sex from far and near; it numbers among the social favorites. The Chapter bcsketball team is a staunch competitor in the annual inter-fraternal basketball tournament. We'll cherish thy precepts . . . thy honor shall be raised ... Roy Nichols Grant Shockley Jesse Gloster Woodson Hopewell P. James Smith James K Baker John N. Doggett Glenn C. Fowlkes C. Warren Smith George Blackwoll OFFICERS President Vice-President Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Parliamentarian .........Editor to Sphinx Chaplain Sergeant-at-Arms GMEGA PSI PHI Sealed—Ram««y. Coleman, Pearcy, Party, Bonn. Neely Bolden. Knight. Phippe, Wilkereon, Holder, Batippe, Nichole. Middle Row—Shorter. Garner, Lewie. Douglae, Davideon. Smith. Buford, Daniele. lohneon. Trent. Wileon. Bohannon. Alexander, Robineon, Watere. Back Row—King. Harvey, Palmer. Brown, Richardeon. Douglae. Beta Chapter, during the twenty-six years of its existence on the campus, has made itself an integral part of Lincoln life. In its national Negro Achievement Week celebration. Beta, each year, reminds the members of the campus community of the extent to which the Negro has contributed to American life. To encourage a high standard of performance in academic endeavor, the Chapter awards a medal each year, in memory of one of its illustrious brothers, Alfred Walter Walker, to the member of the Junior class who has acquired the highest scholastic average for the current year. The Q's give an Annual Prom which has no peer in prominence on the University social roster. Their basketball team is always a high ranker in the campus inter-fraternity league. Omega dear we are thine own ...” Theodore Bolden Albert Neely Ronimus R. Stokes Lynnon Knight ..... Kenneth Phipps Reginald Benn Oswald Hoiiler..... OFFICERS Basileus Vice-Basileus Keeper of Records and Seals Keeper of Finance Editor-to-lhe- Oracle'' Keeper of Peace .......................Chaplain KAPPA ALPHA PSI Fronf Row—Waldon. Andorson, Brown. Doraey. Randolph. Murray. Green, Glai . Young. Clark. Back Row—Williams. Ellis. Horner, Do Costa, Hydo, Morgan. Burnott. Mooro. Harris. OFFICERS Phillip S. Randolph Frank Murray Ernest Green Shirley W. Gregory James Dorsey Harold Kopchynski Maurice B. Anderson Oscar L. Glass .............Polemarch Vice-Polemarch Keeper of the Exchequer Keeper of Records Strategus Lieutenant Strategus Chaplain Historian The establishment of Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi has proved to be a very wholesome addition to campus life. Each year Epsilon Chapter sponsors a Freshman Oratorical Contest. A silver loving cup is presented to the winner of the first prize, a gold medal is awarded to the winner of the second prize. By this project Kappa awakens the Freshmen, early in their college career, to the necessity and advantage of excellence in expression from the public platform. National Guide Right Week serves to remind students of the avenues of vocational occupation open to Negroes, and encourages thorough preparation for the several vocations. The Annual Sweetheart Prom, given by the Cats” is always a topper. For two successive years Epsilon Chapter has gained dominance in the inter- fraternal basketball league. The flower of our heart ... PHI BETA SIGMA Back Row—Crump, Cannon, Hutto, Sloan, Gould, Irwin, Hannibal. Hewlett. Ward, Sorensen, Chase. Josephs. Front Row—Luyanda, Fuller, Jones-Quartey. Logan, lames. Jacke. Peters, Coleman, Atwell. OFFICERS Wilfrid A. lames President Hurdle C. Jacke H. A. B. Jones-Quartey Aaron T. Peters. Jr J. Louie Logan Willie D. Coleman Belfield H. Hannibal Selwyn R Atwell William E. Fuller, Jr Juan G. Luyanda. Vice-President Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Editor to the Crescent Dean of Pledgees Parliamentarian Chaplain Sergeant-at-Arms Since 1912, the date of its founding, Mu Chapter has maintained a com- mendable record on the campus of Lincoln University. With a keen interest in Bigger and Better Negro Business,” Sigma has sponsored — by a series of Chapel services — its very informing weekly emphasis on the development of Negro Business. In addition, this year, Mu Chapter conducted a Freshman Essay Contest, in memory of their brother, James Weldon Johnson; awarding a prize to the author of the most acceptable piece of work. In intra-mural athletics, Mu Chapter's basketball team gave good account of itself during the current season. The Annual Dance is always one of the highlights of the University social calendar. Our cause speeds on. . . cdthleiick Isl Row—Kopchynski. mgr.. Dorsey. Hunter. Williams. Poarcy, Beverly. Murray, cap!., Lewis, Bakor. Loe. Engs. King. Tripp. 2nd Row—Rivero, coach, Morroe. Pinnc. Jonos Scott, Moon, Oves. Warrick, Shade. Murphy. Malliot, Cooper, Lott, Honry, Daniels lackson. Costa. Holland, asst, coach. 3rd Row—Smith, Maddox, Glover, Groco, Kilson, Burnett. Nowton, Moore. Chamborlain, Jones, Massey. Collington. FOOTBALL Climaxing Ihe most successful season since 1924 with a glorious 63-0 victory over the ancient Howard foe. Manny Rivero's 1940 aggregation ol Lion gridders walked through a strenuous schedule with six victories and one defeat. In the final tabulations of ihe C. I. A. A., the Orange and Blue finished its season second to its lone conqueror, Morgan Six varsity seniors are leaving and the coaches will have their work cut out for them in replacing tackles. Kenneth Lee and James Dorsey, backs. Robert Engs and James Baker; center, James Lewis; and guard, Captain Frank Murray. As a nucleus for next year's team, thirteen letter men are returning. The success of the 1941 squad may well depend on finds to bolster the middle of the line and the unearthing of a back who is an excellent punter. OCTOBER 5 — LINCOLN vs. SHAW Traveling to Raleigh to initiate their C. I. A. A. cam- paign. the Lincoln Lions upset the dope by scoring a surprising 13-0 victory over the Shaw Bears. In the initial half. Lincoln threatened to score on two occasions only to be repulsed by the aroused Bears. Returning at halftime, the Lions came to life when Bill Hunter intercepted a Shaw pass and swivel-hipped his way to the Shaw 14. On third down Tiger Jones, fleet frosh back, cut over tackle, reversed his field, and raced to the end zone untouched. Pearcy kicked the extra point. The final touchdown came when Jack Warrick blocked Freddie Williams' attempted punt. Jim Baker, Lincoln's mighty mite, -sneaked through tackle for a first down on Shaw's 23. Bob Shade on an end around bulled his way to the nine yard line. Aided by a penalty against Shaw for unnecessary roughness, the ball was placed on the one yard line where Bill Hunter crashed over. Percy's attempted placement was wide. Bailoy. Rivero, Holland OCTOBER 12 —WEST VA. STATE vs. LINCOLN Invading the lair of the Lincoln Lion for the first time in many years, the Yellow Jackets of West Va. State were repulsed by a 10-0 score. Most of the first half was a stalemate with neither team gaining any appreciable yardage. Pleasant of West Va. and Hunter of Lincoln engaged in a punting duel with the Yellow Jacket back having much the better of it. Seemingly stymied in the second quarter, the Lions completed a beautiful 30 yard pass from Baker to Shade and advanced deep in enemy territory. The State team was completely surprised when Milt Pearcey place kicked from the 15 yard line to score the first tally of the game. The Yellow Jackets, aroused by the sudden turn in the game, stormed back led by Burris, fleet-footed halfback. This attack bogged down in a hurry when the fighting Lincoln line, led by Captain Murray, piled up play after play and the Captam Frank Murray Orange and Blue recovered the ball. The final half was pretty much a repetition of the first quarter until late in the final stcnza when brilliant runs by Baker, Hunter, and Marshall Groce, elusive freshman back, brought the ball to the enemy 3 yard line. Here Bill Hunter plunged over for the score. As usual the reliable Pearcy con- verted. The Yellow Jackets unsuccessfully attempted a series of passes but the scoring for the afternoon had already been completed. OCTOBER 19—MORGAN vs. LINCOLN Completely subduing the fighting Lincoln Lions, the Bears of Morgan rolled over the Orange and Blue on the long end of a 31-7 score at Wilmington, Delaware. The first quarter was a see-saw affair in which punt- ing played the main role. However, in the second quarter the dormant Bear power came to life as Kee and Mosby alternatingly slashed at the Lincoln Lion, occasionally interspersing a flat pass with deadly effect. Reaching the four yard marker, Morgan tallied as link Campbell plunged over and then added the extra point. Not in the least dismayed by this score, the Orange and Blue line piled up play after play as Morgan attempted to tally again. Ralph Oves, burly Soph center, stole the ball from Mosby on his own sixteen and snaked along the sidelines to the Morgan 35. How- ever, Cain intercepted a Lincoln pass and Kee then heaved a long pass to Burdnell who outdistanced all pursuers to score for Morgan. Unleashing all its power, the mighty Bears turned the game into a rout, scoring twice on runs by Burdnell and Brickley. Determined not to be white washed, the Lions, sparked by Paul Williams, began a belated goal- ward trek. Massey crossed over on a 25 yard pass for Lincoln's first score. On an attempted place- ment by Massey, the ball was blocked and Tiger Jones scooped it up and raced across the goal as the gun sounded. OCTOBER 26 — CHEYNEY vs. LINCOLN Still smarting from the Morgan setback of the previ- ous week, the fighting Lincoln Lions had a field day at the expense of Cheyney's boys in blue, running up a score of 33-0. Starting a bit sluggishly, it was late in the first quarter before the Orange and Blue power asserted itself. Recovering the ball from Cheyney in Lion terri- tory, Lincoln, led by Bill Hunter, crossed the Wolves' goal in a series of line plunges. The extra point was missed. On a sleeper pass to Hunter, who lateralled to Philo Lee, the Lions again scored. Again the extra point was missed. In the second quarter, Cheyney, led by Pride, rugged quarterback, and Smith, left end, assumed the offensive only to have Bill Hunter, brilliant Lion back, intercept a pass and race 85 yards for a touchdown. Pearcy's attempted conversion was blocked but he recovered and went over for the score. On successive runs by Glover and Chamberlain, Lincoln marched to Cheyney's 40 only to receive a 15 yard penalty. Massey then kicked to Cheyney's 21. However, Pride then quick-kicked back into Orange and Blue territory. Lincoln then opened a sustained drive and moved down to Cheyney's 2, where Benny King crashed over. An attempted conversion by Engs failed. Late in the fourth period Lincoln again tallied as Tiger Jones heaved a long pass to Cheyney's one foot line. Then Russ Beverly went over on an end around. Pearcy converted to make it 33-0 NOVEMBER 2 — HAMPTON vs. LINCOLN Playing on a wind-swept field before a large home- coming crowd, the Lincoln Lions crushed the Hampton Pirates 14-0 on Rendall Field. Bill Hunter, pile driving Lion fullback, indicated what was to come by taking the opening kick-off on his own goal line and sprinting seventy yards before being pulled down by the Hampton safety man. A minute later, Hunter again broke loose on a delayed buck and carried the oval dov n to the Hampton 9. However, the attack bogged down when Engs fumbled on an at- tempted end sweep and the Pirates recovered. McGee, Hampton's fullback, punted out from his end zone as the quarter ended. Starting on their own twenty yard marker, the Lions again struck as Bill Hunter crashed over tackle and cut toward the sidelines, aided by the vicious blocking of Bill Burnett. As the Hampton safety man moved in for the tackle Hunter lateralled to Bobby Engs who scampered the remaining distance unmolested. Pearcy kicked the extra point. In the fourth period. Hunter took a pass on his own forty from Engs and ran to the enemy twenty- five. Engs then rifled a short pass to Russ Beverly for a five yard gain. Fading again, Engs whipped another pass to Beverly who evaded two tacklers and went over standing up. Engs then converted to make the count 14-0. Hampton, belatedly aroused, attempted to score on a series of passes but Ralph Oves, Lion center, intercepted one and dashed the hopes of the Tidewater boys in the final seconds of play. NOVEMBER 9 — LINCOLN vs. UNION Exhibiting a powerful and diversified offense and a rugged defense, Manny Rivero's band of fighting grid- ders notched a decisive 15-9 victory at the expense of Virginia Union's Panthers on Hovey field, Richmond, Virginia. Early in the first period, Freddie Cooper, Union's great back, was seriously injured. With Cooper's exit, the Panthers' attack became nil and Lincoln, led by Bill Hunter, marched to Union's ten yard line. Here the attack lost its potency and Union took over. Gaining possession of the ball near the end of the first half, Lincoln again threatened to score, as Baker, alternated running and pcssing, brought the ball to Union's 24. Here the Lions were apparently stymied again but Pearcy booted a perfect placement. Just before the half ended, the Orange and Blue gained possession of the ball and scored again as Jim Baker threw three short passes from midfield and Chamberlain added a bit of adroit ball carrying. Pearcy's placement was blocked and the score stood 9-0 as the half ended. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lions scored again when a Union pass was intercepted. Bob Shade snagged one of Hunter's aerials and side stepped his way into the end zone. Smarting under this attack, the now enraged Panther marched to Lincoln's 6, but the Lion forward wall held for four downs. Bill Hunter's attempted kick was blocked and converted into a safety by Union. A few minutes later Glover lofted a long aerial to register Union's last tally and the score stood 15-9 NOVEMBER 21—LINCOLN vs. HOWARD After an uneventful first quarter, the oldest Negro collegiate football rivalry resolved into a history-mak- ing rout. Before the shadows of dusk had gathered over Griffith Stadium and a brilliant Howard home- coming pageant, the Lions were resting on the pleas- ing end of the now classical score of 63-0. In spite of Bill Hunter's 40 yard sprint on the first play from scrimmage, Lincoln was unable to force Howard to give ground deep in Bison territory. At the beginning of the second period, however, Rivero's stalwarts began to set the tempo for the afternoons engagement. Jim Baker's pass to Silent” Scott was good to the Blue and White 16, from w hence Baker stepped over tackle for the first of nine touchdowns. Coming right back, Lincoln marched to Howard's 15 yard line where Hunter grabbed Baker's running pass and scored. Milt Pearcy added his second extra point and kept on adding them until he had notched eight consecutive points after touchdowns. In the second half, the hardest fighting team in the conference definitely established its superior- ity over Harry Payne's Hilltoppers. Scoring almost at will, the Lions sent the score into large figures. In rapid succession, Burnett, Engs, Shade, Hunter, King, Beverly, and Costa accounted for six- pointers. Bobby Engs jim uorsey Standing—Honoy. asst, coach. Haney. Blackwell. Acoo, Warrick, Scott. Engs. Rivero, coach. Soatod—Hunter. Williams, Wareham. Gloster. capt.. Shorter. Young. Fitspalrick. ' BASKETBALL The powerful Lincoln Lions of 1940 began the basketball season of 1940-41 without the services of Captain Perry Honey '40, by dropping two games in two days to the C. I. A. A. champions of 1940, Virginia Union University. Playing on December 6 and December 7 in Philadelphia and Atlantic City, respectively, the Lions and Panthers clawed each other up considerably with the outcome being doubtful in both games until the last few minutes. Minus the great Wiley Soupy'’ Campbell, who was ineligible, the Panthers left no doubt as to who the C. I. A. A. favorite should be as they played in mid-season form with Clyde Davis ably filling Campbell's shoes. In these games the Lions gave evidence of what was to come by functioning erratically, only at times flashing the brilliance of last year’s aggregation. Opening the C. I. A. A. schedule at Virginia State on Janu- ary 13, Lincoln dropped a tingling thriller to the Trojans by a 37-36 count. Coach Rivero was still searching for a man to replace Honey and injected frequent substitutions into the game for that purpose. On January 17, the Lions traveled to Philadelphia where Morgan trounced them 42-35. On February 1, the Lions began their annual Southern jaunt by invading Washington. D. C„ where they were victorious over Howard by a count of 35-28. On February 3, at Charlotte, North Carolina, the Lions were soundly trounced by the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University as Bill Oliver and Bucky Walker had a field night. The final score was 54-37. The next night at A. 5 T., Lincoln again lost a heart breaker 34-32. Smarting under this defeat the Lions journeyed to Raleigh where they romped over the hapless quintet of St Augustine 50-40. On February 12, the Lions played their annual game in Orange, N. J., losing again to Johnson C. Smith. 53-50. In Philadelphia, on February 14, the Lions thrashed the Wizard of Oz quintet from A. T. as Young had an on night with Hunter giving able assistance. With the A. T. victory under their belts, the Lions launched on a winning streak beating Virginia State, Johnson C. Smith, and Howard the week of February 17. Coach Rivero's numerous experi- ments had uncovered a winning combination composed of Williams and Wareham at forwards, Young at center, and Shorter and Hunter at guards. Playing the last of five games in a week, the exhausted Lions lost to Washington Recreation in Washington by a 42-35 count. The week of February 21, the Orange and Blue won three games beating Bluefield, Cheyney, and Morgan but resumed their losing ways at Hampton, losing to the Pirates by a 44-42 count. As if to prove why their season's record was mediocre the Lions then dropped two games to Luken's Steel of Coatesville end to Cheyney in an amazing upset. Finally, the team did not play the brand of ball it was capable of. On paper we had a potential championship unit but Perry Honey's graduation proved to be more damaging than it was thought it might be. Jesse Gloster never played up to the brilliant standard of his past years and Ernie Young, although ranking second to Bill Hunter in total points scored, suffered a 55 per cent decrease. To offset this Babe” Shorter and Fish Williams played consistently good ball as did Flash Wareham. However, the mainstay of the team was Bill Hunter who was high scorer with 165 points followed closely by Young and Wareham who scored 163 and 159, respectively. Jack Warrick and Costa played brilliantly at times but were too erratic, probably from lack of experience. The team will lose only Shorter from the first team and Captain Jesse Gloster and Engs by graduation. Rulus Shorter Basketball Schedule WE THEY WE THEY 34 —Virginia Union, 37 44 — Virginia State, 42 48 — Virginia Union. 54 49 — Johnson C. Smith, 41 36 — Virginia State, 37 59 — Howard, 46 35 — Morgan, 37 35 — Washington Rec., 42 35 — Howard. 28 72 — Bluefield. 50 37 — Johnson C. Smith, 54 50 — Cheyney, 31 32 — A d T.. 34 47 — Morgan, 45 50 — St. Augustine, 40 42 — Hampton, 44 50 — Johnson C. Smith. 53 38 — Lukens. 42 41 - A d T.. 30 37 — Cheyney. 39 •Non-C. I. A A. Games. MIXING ANU WRESTLING With Kerman Bailey replacing Jasper Soup Turner as coach, the Lincoln Universijy Cauliflower Club began their training with eager hopes oi maintaining their enviable record of the past years. Although graduation and ineligibilities had played havoc with the squad, quite a few promising newcomers were developed in the persons of Townsend. McCarrolL Jimerson, and McLeon. Opening the season against Virginia State on February 27 in the Rendall gymnasium, the Orange and Blue Warriors swamped the Trojans as State won only two of the wrestling bouts On March 1, the Lions traveled to Hampton Institute where they encountered stiff opposition, losing to the Pirate boxing squad while the wrestling matches ended in a stalemate. The weekend of March 21. the glovers and mat men journeyed to Johnson C. Smith University where the annual C. I. A A. tournament got under way. Benny King, who was defending his 145 lb. title for the third straight year, walked through all opposition and defeated Tennessee of Morgan in the remarkable time of 42 seconds. After a hard tussle which kept the crowd standing up. “Big Moose Parker won the 175 lb. title in an overtime period. Harry Townsend won the 135 lb. title unchallenged as he was unable to get an opponent. Brandi, at 118 lbs.; Carter, at 125 lbs.; and McCarroll, at 155 lbs., lost hard fought matches. By the flip of a coin we retained the trophy for the seventh straight year. Manuel Costti retained his 175 lb. title as he went unchallenged while Silas Jones captured the heavyweight title in a surprising showing. Riley lost a somewhat dubious decision in the semi-finals of the 145 lb. class. On the whole the season was gratifying, although ineligibilities gave Coach Bailey quite a headache. He was ably assisted by Bill Allison and the team showed the benefit of this excellent coaching. Standing—Hatcher. Brandt. McCarroll. Collington. Parker. Jones. McLeon. Townsend. Jimerson. Seated—Kirby. Groce. Kopchinsky, King, capt., Riley. Johnson, Stewart. Standing—Balippi. mgr.. Costa. Porry. Copoland. W. Smith. Lott, E. Brown. Young. Phillips. Reilly. Thomas. R. Browne. Palm, McCreary, asst. mgr. Knee ing—Williams. Johnson. Ramsey. Ramos, cap!., Doggott. L. Smith. TRACK As the book goes to press the track team has not entered into any meets but there are four on the schedule and the prosjsects are exceedingly bright for a successful season. Preparations for the Penn Relays occupy the center of attention and candidates for the mile relay team are numerous. Captain Luis Ramos and Roscoe Browne, who ran well on last year's team, in all probability will retain their positions while the other vacancies are the subject of much conjecture. However. Manuel Costa and Roland Crampton, newcomers to the squad, seem to hold the inside berths at this date while Albert Neeley and Paul Williams are by no means out of the running. Juan Luyanda. who was dogged by injuries all last season, is now in excellent shape again and is training assiduously for the high jump. He and Milt Pearcy. twice C. I. A. A. shot put champion, will also enter the relays. The veterans returning are: Captain Ramos. Doggett, Johnson. Ramsey, Luyanda, Pearcy, Browne. Williams, Glass, and Hall. There are a host of new candidates but the most promising are: Crampton. Palmer. Wright, D. Johnson. Thompson. Perry. Beckham, and Walton. The 1941 schedule: April 25. 26—Penn Relays. May 3—Dual meet with Cheyney (tentative). May 10—Open C. I. A. A. meet—Hampton. May 17—Closed C. I. A. A. Championships—Baltimore. Moonless quiet. Loaded down with woe; Darkness of night, Pregnant yet with storm' Salt tears unshed. In eyes that cannot see Senses transferred. Yet still in impotence; One world long lost. And yet no other gained! Sorrow and sin! Hagings within and chaos without! Now this, now that! Now - here — no • where! Nothingness all — Both Here and There! ! WAR Ir n c Ot inrf u HOPE Long have I lived In doubts and fears,- Much have I seen Of blood and tears. Days have been lean. And nights have been cold. Board bare of meat. And garments too old. Yet in my seat With me rides One — Constant as Spring. When Winter's gone. Light does she bring — An ever-burning llame; Upward she points— HOPE is her name! H A B. Jones-Quarley WHO’S WHO - IN PHI LAMBDA MU Mr. Lincoln............... Most Efficient........... Most Superficial.......... Most Modest.............. Best Dresser.............. Most Brilliant............ Most Rabid Republican Most Rabid Democrat Most Witty................ Most Business Like....... Most Nonchalant.......... Most Radical............. Best Read................. Class Lochinvar......... Most Boring............... Most Talkative . .... Best Athlete.............. Class Orator.............. Biggest Rabbler ......... Most Friendly...... ..... Most Sophisticated Class Scientist........... Most Frequent Weekender Class Literary Artist... Most Handsome............ Class Crumb............ Most Popular.............. Class Musician Most Likely to Succeed Class Mex (athlete).... Class Politician......... Most Indifferent......... Most Gullible............ Most Naive............. Class Cube'' (square) . . ........Roy Nichols, Ted Bolden ....................Jim Baker ................Frankie Williams .................. Philo Lee ................. Tush Daniels ...................Aaron Peters ..................Virgil Young ...................Jesse Gloster ....................I. N. Perry . .Jesse Gloster, Eddie Johnston ....................Sam Garrett St. Julian DeCosta Glennie Fowlkes, Jones-Quartey Bobbie Freeman, Mike Anderson ................Henry Mitchell .............. Panicky Bryant .............Jim Baker, Bob Engs ................... Roy Nichols .................Hervey Jenkins Bobbie Freeman Tush Daniels, Frankie Williams Felix Lindo, Winston Douglas ........... Slick Nick Nichols Jim Baker ..............St. Julian DeCosta Glennie Fowlkes Bobbie Freeman, Jim Lewis Sax Palmer, Benny Mitchell ............Roy Nichols .............. Bill Ramsey ..................Jesse Gloster . Roscoe Doss Oscar Glass ...............C. Warren Smith ..................Henry Mitchell LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the members of Phi Lambda Mu, being of uncertain mind and some purpose, motivated by an all-too-human desire to leave an indelible impres- sion in the memories of the unworthies who presume to follow in our illustrious footsteps and to reward them for their years of doglike devotion and service, do hereby make the following bequests: Charles Alston leaves his vociferous mien to his old lady, George Cannon, in the sure knowledge that Ashmun ears will still recoil in horror. Mikey Anderson leaves his myopia to Porky Bevans of the freshman class. Selwyn Atwell leaves his omnivorousness to George Blackwell. Jim Baker leaves the gridiron, with misgivings, to the coach. Percy Batipps leaves his old Esquires to Stumpy” Richardson. Heyward Blackwell leaves. Ted Bolden and Roy Nichols leave their co-title of Messrs. Lincoln to Ronnie Stokes and John Doggett. Rocky Brisbane leaves the third floor jousting to Archie Holland. E. J. Brown leaves his pinochle maneuvers to Bubble-Eyes McCrary. Panicky” Bryant leaves his volubility to Joseph Tempus Fugett. Bill Byrd leaves knowledge of the Dean's whereabouts to any other prog- nosticator. Lendall Chase leaves the evangelical to the Seminary. Wild Bill Coleman leaves his terpsichorean technique to Belfield Hannibal. Vernon Daniels leaves the presidency of the S. S. B. B. Club to Hilton lames. Saint” De Costa leaves his self-esteem to Nathan Seely. Jim Dorsey and Fats” Green leave their photographic equipment to Pat” Alves and Brodie Thompson. Winston Douglas leaves, with mixed emotions, the chem lab to his brother, Crummie. Rayford Ellis leaves his compendia of statistics to Bish” Fuller. Bob” Engs leaves his body guard, Junior Shade, to Frank Doggett, who needs one. Glennie Fowlkes leaves his frustration to George Twine. Bobbie Freeman leaves a campus full of friends to Harold Wood. Willie” Garner and Rufus Shorter leave their cosmopolitan provincialism to Danny” Johnson and Jay Craighead. Sam” Garrett leaves his introversion to Vic” Lambert. Julian Gilliam leaves his scholastic attainments to Albert Neely. Grumpy” Glass and Bob Hyde leave the Corn Song to Sam” Clark. Jess” Gloster leaves the Lincolnian” to anybody brave enough to accept it. Robert Gordon leaves his coffee pot to Panicky James. Luther Green leaves Bill Shakespeare” to Lemuel Tucker. Lieutenant Harris leaves the gymnasium to Caesar Barron. Butch Harvey leaves the choir and several hanging notes to Woodson Hopewell. Wallie” Hobson leaves his abbreviated blocking to Bennie King. Hossie Hoffler leaves his candy enterprise and its subsequent headaches to Brother Bill. Hurdle Jacke leaves the off-time” mailbag to George Jackson. Wilfrid James, Felix Lindo and Warren Smith leave the mainland to the stupid natives. Hervey Jenkins and Geechy” Knight turn the Rendall war front over to Moose” Parker and Mac” McLurkin. Privy” Johnston leaves his acquisitive hustling to Little Butch” Wilson. Jones-Quartey leaves his bland Americanization to his state boys. Philo” Lee leaves his Popeye” strength to Superman Silas” Jones. Jimsie” Lewis leaves his injuries to Fitz” Fitzpatrick. Bill” Mercer leaves his revival singing to Elton Cannon. Bennie” Mitchell leaves, at last, the glee club piano to Moto” Roberts. Hank Mitchell leaves his hypercritical reform platform to his brother, Elbert. Frank Murray leaves the 145 pound Class to Charles Riley. Joe Murray leaves the biology lab to Bobbie” Lee. Slick Nick” Nichols leaves his universality to “Kid” Hutto. Sax” Palmer leaves his hot licks to Chu” Berry. Newton Perry leaves his proteges,” gratefully, to the mercies of the campus. Doc” Peters leaves the dispensary to Dr. Hawkins. Johnnie” Phillips leaves the New York Club to some other quasi-New Yorker. Bill Ramsey leaves his front” to any other member of Philadelphia's Firsts. Phil Randolph leaves his dining hall to Napoleon” Shockley. Johnny” Sample leaves his midnight oil to Ralph Brown. Jim” Sims leaves the Male Chorus in the hands of John Ford. Lawson Smith leaves his jokebook with George Reed. P. J. Smith leaves the family standard with his cousin, Joel. Edison Walden leaves his Boston accent to Bootsie” Benn. Nural Ward leaves his inanities to George Bailey. Chester Waters leaves his iconoclasm to Fred Way. Frankie” Williams leaves his suave smugness to Andy” Maxwell. Bob” Wright leaves the Chester tradition with Lew” Hunt. Luis Ramos y Yordan leaves his tropicalisms to Juan Luyanda. Reggie Young leaves his Baltimore glamour-boy title to Mike Moore. Virgie” Young leaves his brogans to Whispers” Marshall from whom they came. To the Class of 1942. we leave the honor of occupying, if not filling, the highest position in the college next year. To the Class of 1943. preeminent followers of the Line of PHI,” we give our sincere behest to do us proud. To the Class of 1944, we bequeath the embryonic Class of 1945, trusting that their introduction to the Lincoln way” will be thorough. Executed and attested this twentieth day of February, in the year one thousand nine hundred end forty-one. Witnesses: Barristers: James Keaton Baker Isaac Newton Perry James Mcsten Lewis Henry Heywood Mitchell 'CLASS PROPHECY Fans were filing by the hundreds on to Rendall Field, and by game time a brilliant sun was streaming down on 20,000 gridiron followers massed in the newly erected Charles Frank Murray Stadium. The huge crowd rose as one as burly James Masten Lewis. III. booted a beautiful end over end kick-off to inaugurate the sixty-fifth renewal of the oldest Negro collegiate rivalry. It was Thanksgiving Day, 1961, and the Lion and the Bison were at it again. The game was as closely contested as any former Lincoln-Howard game and only Referee Philo” Lee’s debatable ruling on pass interference against Howard enabled Lincoln to score just before the end of the half. As the players plodded to the locker rooms at intermission. Selwyn Atwell and W. D. Coleman, professor and assistant professor, respectively, of English at Howard University, ran out on the field to joke good-naturedly with their old classmate, Philo” Lee, for his costly decision on that pass. During the half-time, hand shakes were plentiful as old timers sought out each other. State Representative E. K. Nichols was congratulating his col- league in the Legislature, James Masten Lewis, Jr., on the fine playing of his son, and Lewis, in turn, was admiring Nichols' taste in cigars. Surgeon Chester A. Waters was sending out a general notice that he would be kind enough to take anyone back to North Jersey after the game for as little as 50 cents. William Beale Ramsey, III, now an up and coming Philadelphia ward politi- cian, exchanged greetings with Waters and appeared much chagrined when he learned that Waters was not going through Philadelphia but was taking the shorter route through West Chester. Dr. William Garner, Rufus Shorter, and Elijah Harvey were rushing around bidding hurried hellos and good-byes.” They explained to Reginald Young, of the Baltimore Board of Health, that their professional football team of up-state hunkies” was playing a crucial league game that night in Pottsville. University Business Manager Franklin H. Williams was extending a perfunc- tory invitation to all to come to his home over on the pike after the game. J. Vernon Daniels, proprietor of the swank Tush Club” in downtown New York, and his band leader, Cleo “Sax” Palmer, were eyeing critically the new five-button sack sport coats worn by Dr. Peter James Smith, of Main Line prominence, and gentleman-of-leisure, Heyward Blackwell. Maurice Anderson and St. Julian De Costa were lamenting their recent ill-fortune at the hands of the Wilmington Dupont click. It appears that the two non-conformists had suddenly decided that all was not morally aright with such a concentration of power. James L. Bryant and Winston A. Douglas, both administrative powers at Virginia State College, were trying to persuade Harvard doctorates, Julian Gilliam and Felix Lindo, to accept teaching posi- tions at State. Lendall Chase, new head of the National Negro Congress. held forth valiantly on Negro labor's urgent need for organization. Reverend Henry H. Mitchell loosed his clerical collar to admit that the need was an urgent one, —but it’ll never happen!” Doctor Roy Nochols, for five years now a member of the staff at Union Theological Seminary, was questioning New York State Senator H. Arthur Brisbane on the possibility of placing Jesse Gloster at the head of the proposed extensive Harlem recreative program. Brisbane demurred awhile and then answered favorably on the condition that Gloster mustered his forces in support of District Attorney Vergil Young in the coming United States Senatorial elections. The players had returned for the second half; but before play continued, the loud speaker announced that all true men of Lincoln would please assemble in the middle of the field for the traditional singing of the Alma Mater led by Professor Benjamin D. Mitchell. Mitchell had raised his hands when a terrible commotion at the east gate caused all 20,000 heads to turn to the scene of disturbance. Business Manager Williams and his statistical side- kick, Robert T. Freeman, rushed to the ticket booth. Finally, G. Claiborne Fowlkes appeared; it seemed that Williams' ever alert ticket-takers were reticent about admitting Fowlkes on a press card from the new born Memphis Nectar Bowl.” Again Mitchell gave his signal to begin and the melodious tenor voice of Dr. H. Clay Jacke led the chorus of Dear Lincoln, Dear Lincoln. As the last words of the Alma Mater died out. Coach Luis y Ramos stopped to speak to Coach Rivero, now in his twentieth year of coaching at Lincoln. Ramos desired some information on the plausibility of bringing a Latin American track team on an American tour, financially sponsored by pros- perous Dr. C. Warren Smith and Virgin Island representative to the United States, Wilfrid A. James, and morally backed by Dr. Aaron Peters, British Guiana inspector on the Pan-American Health Commision. Ramos had hardly finished speaking to Rivero when Mr. E. K. Johnston grabbed Ramos by the coat and asked him if such a venture would attract many paying customers.” Ramos answered in the affirmative and Johnston's co-promoter in Pittsburgh, James A. Dorsey, promptly pulled out a long contract. Finally the field was cleared and the now impatient players lined up for the second half. On the first play. Referee Lee penalized Lincoln for holding and when Lincoln assistant coach, Robert Engs, rushed out on the field to object, Lee marched off fifteen more yards. Then it looked like an occurrence similar to the memorable Lincoln-Howard game of 1940, for G. Hervey Jenkins, Oscar Glass, and Robert Hyde, all recognized and esteemed officials in their own right, rushed from the stands onto the field. But Lieutenant Harris and Wallace Hobson and their efficient corps of muscle men pushed the triumvirate back into the stands. Just before play was resumed, Lee warned Associated Press photographer, Ernest Green, to keep off the playing field. Lincoln held doggedly to its six point lead throughout the game and on the last play of the game a Howard player lay prostrated on the ground. A general call for physicians was sent over the microphone. John Sample, R. Edison Walden, and E. J. Brown answered the call. The three medicos went into conference and Dr. Brown announced superficially, It looks like a case of a serious fracture of the femur in the proximity of the acetabulum with minor complications in the abdominal cavity; off-hand. I'd say this man needs a doctor.” Here, Dr. Oswald Warrington Hoffler projected his elongated form into the circle, slowly shook his head, and took his leave. He was followed by Dr. Percy Batipps who had managed to observe the case superficially but offered no comment. It was left to the efficient specialist. Dr. Theodore Edward Bolden, to closely scrutinize the prostrated figure and say softly, It's all right, old man, one can't expect to win at all and sundry times. Whereupon the blue and white clad lad arose and, after thanking Bolden for his medical aid, he ran hastily to join his comrades. —And slowly the fans made their way to the stadium exits. I. N. Perry, Urban sociological research expert, was standing business-like at one of the exits. 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