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

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SENIOR CLASS OF FICERS President Frank Gaithe Secretory Julia Nels Frank Gaifher President Carol Deloatch Vice President Julia Nelson Secretary Barbara Medford Assistant Secretary Heler ! Simmons Treasurer Robert Wells Rep. to Student Council

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enlo- Pn.o-fikecif. I can hardly believe that ten years ago we were graduated from Johnson C. Smith. How- ever, the class of 1956 just had its class re- union and what a joy to see so many members of that class. As I boarded the plane in Las Vegas for Charlotte, I rec ognized some familiar faces. Thomas Bryant was the pilot and Margaret Thomas, Pearl Pitts and Susie McGill were stewardesses on the plane. I recognized George Cunningham and Carol Deloatch. Carol is a pediatrician now practicing in Cali- fornia. I proceeded to read the paper that I bought at the airport. I see here that Pecola Abraham is journalist for the New York Times. She has written a very interesting article about the work that James Brown and Mary Etta Booker are doing in Chungkin, China and New Delhi, India. She mentions also that Robert Blanks is in Germany working for U.N.E.S.C.O. At last we are in Charlotte and believe it or not, but the campus hasn ' t changed a bit. The first person I recognized was Nellie Flem- ing. Nellie tells me that she and Muriel Dock- ery, Mary Dorsey, Jane Love and Ernestine Rowe are working in Chicago at a school for delinquent girls. Many of our classmates went into the teaching profession. Dwight Caldwell is prin- cipal at Green Elementary School in Jackson, Miss. Working with Dwight ore Wilhelmina Page, Reother Forbes, Hiram Holland, and Laura Gibson. From Mississippi to California we find Smithites working to train young minds. Roy Mcllwain serves as Assistant Principal at Double Oaks Elementary School in Riverside, Calif. Under his fine leadership we find Car- rie Hill, Barbara Medford, Margaret Smoot, Tayioria Stroud, and Bessie Graham. Some remained in Charlotte to do deeds for humanity. William Partlow, James Griffin, and Eugene Poole have certainly developed a terrific football team at Smith. Oscar Thomas, James Colson, Hayden Renwick are also mem- bers of the Smith Faculty, while Roland Erwin serves as School Doctor. In Charlotte we also find many Smithites teaching. Those in the class of ' 56 are: Frances Davis, Willie Smith, Mildred Walker, Mildred Harris, Irie Stephens, Mary McAfee, Nell Brogden and Carolyn Garrison. Some of the class went into business. Juan- ita Wideman is a Beauty Culturist at El Paso, Texas; Robert Wells, Lawyer; William Banks, Vice President of the Union Bank in Tusca- loosa, Alabama; Beatrice Taylor, Physical Therapist; Thad Rhodes; Novelist; Leon Wat- kins, Psychologist; William Rodgers, Doctor; Frances Jackson, Fashion Designer; Rose Cob- iness, Literary Critic; Woddell Johnson, Pub- lisher; Frank Gaither, Mortician; Walter Wil- liams, Singer; Edison Towe, Football Coach; Helena Sammons, Painter; Lester Wade, Mathematician; Lunell Jackson, Social Work- er; Delia Joggers, Historian; Betty Young, Poet; Shirley Williams, Educator; Robbie Walker, Physicist; Josiah Washington, Social Worker; Evelyn White, Teacher; Edna Strong, Model; Doug Spears, Baseball Manager; Ar- thur Slade, Biologist; Audrey Russell, Teacher; Roosevelt Pierce, Chemist; Julia Nelson, Sec- retary; Ernest James, Principal; Beverly Kelly, Actress; Paul Ledbetter, Newspaperman; James Lewis, Lawyer; Ralph Hunt, Mathema- tician; Harold Holt, Brain Surgeon; Constance Hill, French Writer; Althea Harris, Registered Nurse; William Harris, Minister; Frances Gamble, Teacher; Janie Freeman, Social Writer; James Davis, Interpreter; and Mamie Clements, Librarian. It mokes me very happy to see so many of us have succeeded and accomplished the things that we hove been striving for. To the class of 1956 God Bless You one and all.

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Vice Pres Pres. Ivy N.A.A.C.P BANKS, WILLIAM KIRKLAND 22 Mt. Morris Porkway, New York, N. Y. History •■The mind is aimilnr to n ma„ in n dark room, each feels for a firm ohjcet ichirli will einihle them to leiiture into tlie lill):1. for the mm, thnt light enii only be reaehed by constant flndij. Football, ' 54-56; 5.C.A., ■54; Versify S Club; Vice Pres German Club, Pres. Scroller Club; Kappa Alpha Psi Frat.; Pan Hellenic Council. BABCOCK, DAVID HAROLD 183 York Street, York, 5. C. Biology and General Science S.C.A.; N.AAC U,; Lampodoas Club; Omega Psi Phi Frot Science Club, The Bull Staff. BLANKS, ROBERT LEE Amelia, Virginia Religious Education cZ ,! ' ' ' . ' rJ ' C ' ' ' ' ■53. ' Religious Education PaTHel ' ,rnic ou ' ;cH ' ' ° ' ' ' ° ' ' ' ' ° ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' BOOKER, MARY ETTA 53 Belmont Ave., Jersey City, N. J. Psychology and Sociology ■■What about writing your own Deelaration of lnde„endenee . . . Freedom from those things you don ' t want. Counselor, Berry Hall, ' 53; Attendant to Miss Berry Hall ' 53 University Band, ' 53; Special Fund Raising Comm. ' ■54 ' Member Freshman Reception Comm., ' 54; Pres. Vogue Club ' b4; Secretory of Social Science Club, ' 54; Spanish Club ' 54 Pres. Soph Sunday School Class, ' 55; Reprpsentative to U.N.C.F., ' 55; Collegiate Roundtable, ' 55; Miss Sociol Science, 55; Chairman of Freshman Reception Comm., ' 55; School News Reporter, ' 56, Secretary of Dramatic Guild ' 56 ABRAHAM, PECOLA Route 8, Box 612, Charlotte, N. C. English and Trench i( be yourself, but be sure that as yourself you are who you ought to be. Freshmen Closs, ' 53; Pres. Sophomore Class, ' 54; Leaf Club, ' 53; Reporter 5.C.A., ' 55; Vice Pres. , ' 54, Pres. ' 55; Anti Basileus, A.K.A. ' 54, Basileus ' 55; Reporter Senior Sunday School Class, ' 55; Reporter Sen- ior Class, ' 55; Member of the Rewrite Committee, University Student, ' 55; Vice Pres. Student Council, ' 55; Copy Editor, The Bull, ' 55. ADAMS, JAMES NAPOLEON 608 North York Street, Gostonio, N. C. Social Sciences ■■Be the be.it of what ever you are. Intramural Basketball, ' 55; Lampodos Club, ' 53. ALLEN, DOROTHY L. 225 Barrett Street, Danville, Virginia General Science and Biology ■ ' .4 ; that I am and nil that I hope to be I owe it to my darling parents. Spanish Club, ' 54-55; Ivy Leaf Club, ' 54-55; Student Chn tian Associotion; Science Club ' 56. ALLEN, ETHEL THERESA P. 0. Box 133, Wilhston, S. C. Elementory Education Character is what you are: Reputation is nhat people say you are. '