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

Text from Pages 1 - 504 of the 1967 volume:

Jvecoonizino THE CENTENNIAL CONVOCATION OF JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY CHARLOTTE, N. C. 1867-1967 The Reverend Samuel Carruthers Alexander was born in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania. He received the degree of A.B. from Jefferson CoUeEe in 1858 and was graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary, Columbia South Caro- lina in 1861. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Charleston, South Carolina, in 18fi0, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Concord, North Carolina in 1861. .? J. •s Reverend Willis L. Miller, attended Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, 1853-1854. He was licensed to preach October 27, 1855 and was ordained by the Presby- tery of Orange in 1857. He was pastor in Pittsboro. North Carolina in 1857-1858 and was Stated Supply of St. Lloyd Church, Catawba Presbytery, U.S.A. Rev. Miller later be- came field agent and travelled extensively in the East in an effort to raise money for the Institution. DIGESTED CHRONICLE of One Hundred Years 1867-1891: Founding Period and Early Development In 1867, two years after the Civil War ended in America, the strong demand was for trained leadership among the newly liberated slaves. To meet the demand in this section of the Southland, two Presbyterian Ministers, Reverend Samuel C. Alexander and Reverend Willis L. Miller, devised a plan to educate and evangelize the Freedmen. Authorized by a state charter, which had been procured in the spring of 1866, the two ministers met with the Catawba Presbytery on April 7, 1867, and perfected plans for founding and operating the proposed institution. The Reverend Alexander and the Reverend Miller, were elected by the Catawba Presbytery to be teachers and were to be associated equally in the conduct and management of the school. Major Henry Jonathan K major nenry jonainan niaaie Major Henry Jonathan Biddle lost his life fighting for the cause of the Union and human freedom in 1862. Colonel William R. Myers Colonel William R. Myers was born in Anson County, December 17, 1813. He studied law under Governor Graham of Hillsboro, North Carolina. When the founders were striv- ing for a permanent location for the infant institution, he donated the first eight acres of the pi-esent site. When Mrs. Mary S. Biddle, the widow of Major Henry J. Biddle who died fighting for the cause of the Union and human freedom, received information through the church papers concerning the prepara- tory steps, she made the first ma.jor donation to the infant institution. The first session of the school was held on May 1, 1867, in the Audience Chamber of the Old Colored Presbyterian Church (Now 7th Street Pres- byterian Church) with eight or ten students in at- tendance. In the fall of 1867 the charter was amend- ed naming the institution, The Henry J. Biddle Memorial Institute, honoring Major Biddle and ex- pressing appreciation for the widow ' s timely gifts. In 1868, Colonel W. R. Myers, Confederate Civil War veteran of Charlotte, North Carolina, donated eight acres of the present site as a permanent location for the school. ■;teph Mattoon 1870-1884: 1885-188« First President Dr. Mattoon was born in Champion, New Yorl{, May 5, 1815. He graduated from Union College. Schenectady, New York in 1842. He studied at Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of Troy February 11, 1846. During the same year he became a mis- sionary to Siam. On his return to the States he served churches in New York and North Carolina before he was elected president of the Institution in 18139, On October 9, 1869, Reverend Stephen Mattoon was elected the first President of the institution and began his executive role in February of 1870. The first graduating class consisted of three per- sons who completed the course of study for semi- narians in 1872. In the beginning the purpose of the institution was to train ministers, teachers, and catechists. Later, however, other branches of a clas- sical nature were added and in 1876 the name of the school was changed to Biddle University. The same year, 1876, Daniel Wallace Culp became the first person to graduate from the College Depart- ment with the Bachelor of Arts degree. Calvin McCurdy Rome, Cenrgia B. F. McDowell Greenville, South Carolina Daniel Wallace Culp First to graduate from the College in 1876 B, F. McDowell, Calvin McCurdy, and Eli Walker were the first students to graduate from the Seminary — 1872. iHK Old Colored Presbyterian Church (Now Seventh Street Presbyterian Church) reconstructed on the site of the original The Audience Chamber of this church was the first class room of the institution. After the school located permanently on the outskirts of town, now Beatties Ford Road, the students walked across town to attend Sunday School, prayer meetings, and church services at this church until a campus church was erected in the early twenties. Dr. William F. Johnson. President of the Institution from 1886 to 1891, was born in Cadiz, Ohio, March 16, 1838. He was graduated from Jefferson College in 1854 and from Western Theological Semi- nary in 1860. He was licensed and ordained to preach in 1860 and became a missionary to Allahabad, India in 1861. Dr. Johnson resigned the presidency of the Institution in 1891, returned to India, and .served continuously until his retirement on December 4, 1922. Dr. Johnson died in Landour, India, June 29. 1926. Blacksmith shop was located After fourteen years (1870-1884) as President, Reverend Mattoon resigned to accept the newly es- tablished Chair of Theology and Church History. He was succeeded as President by Reverend William A. Holliday who remained for only a year. Reverend Mattoon was recalled to serve as President for an- other year (1885-1886). Reverend W. F. John.son was elected President in 1886. The first Negro to become a member of the faculty of the Institu- tion was Dr. George E. Davis, who was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, March 24, 1863 and died in Greensboro, North Carolina, January 11, 1959. He graduated from the Institution in 1883 with the highest honors and was offered a position upon graduation. But the young man had set his heart on being a physician and entered the school of medicine at Howard University. After two years of study at Howard he heeded the urgent request of the Institution and returned as a teacher. In 1885 he became professor of mathematics. He was also secretary and dean of the college of liberal arts. The George E. Davis Science Hall on the campus is a monument to his memory. Dr. George E. Davis on the present site of Berry Hall Two significant steps were taken under the John- son administration. First, Mr. George E. Davis was appointed Professor of Natural Science and thus be- came the first Negro member of the faculty. Second, an Industrial Department was added to the curricu- lum which was later discontinued. In 1891, the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., elected Reverend Daniel J. Sanders, a Negro, to the Office of Pres- ident of the Institution. This step caused no little controversy in Church annals but the Board was adamant. One of the first significant projects of the new administration was to provide adequate library facilities for the Institution and through negotia- tion with Mr. Andrew Carnegie, a fund raising campaign was begun immediately to match the provisional gift of $12,500. A substantial dormitory for men was also a vital necessity. This was made possible by a gift from Mrs. Mary A. Carter of Geneva, New York. In 1896, The Freedmen ' s Board of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. estimated the total value of the Institution, thirteen buildings and grounds, to be $12.5,000. After sixteen years of cre- ative leadership. President Sanders died on March 6, 1907 and was succeeded by Reverend Henry L. McCrorey. i Dr. Daniel Jackson Sanders, 1891 - 1907 Dr. Sanders was born February 15. 1847 near Winnsboro, South Carolina on the plantation of Thomas Hall, a Methodist minister, to whom his mother was enslaved. When the master died, his estate including his slaves, was sold to Major Samuel Barkley, the owner of Dr. Sander ' s father. The family was thus brought together under one master, w here they re- mained until the Emancipation Proclamation was declared. The Sanders ' son was given the rudiments of education in the Barkley home for at the age of sixteen he had acquired considerable learning and was a skilled boot and shoemaker. After over-coming many difficulties, he was brought to Brainerd Institute, Chester, South Caro- lina, where his academic and leadership abilities soon became known. In 1870, he was licensed to preach by Fairfield Presbytery and in 1871 he enrolled in Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsyl- vania, from which he graduated with prizes in He- brew and Sanscrit three years later. Immediately after graduating in 1874, he went to Wilmington, North Carolina and began a career of church and school work which Lincoln University rewarded with honorary degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Divinity. After sixteen years at the Chestnut Street Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, he resigned to go abroad in the interest of the Board of Missions for Freedmen ' s Program of Education. In 1879, he began publishing The Africo-American Presby- terian and broujrht it with him to Charlotte when he was elected President of Biddle. Front row, left to right President D. J. Sanders; Back row, left to right - THE FACULTY — 1891-92 First Predominantly Negro Faculty W. F. W. M. Frierson; G. E. Davis; Brool s: J, C. Johnson; Hargrave; S. B. Pride; G. Carson; H. A. Hunt; A. P. Bissell; F. C. Mabry. (When Dr. Sanders was elected President all the white staff with the exception of Dr. Bissell resigned.) These men were hurriedly trained becau.se the need was urgent. Their training, however, was at the hands of well tutored, consecrated, and dedi- cated instructors. They captured the spirit of their tutors and in turn Kave their best in the same spirit to the eager men who came to the Hill-top, glad to learn and glad to teach. 1 he University Printing Press On January 1. 1879, The Africo-American I ' res- byterian, a religious and educational journal, was started in Wilmington, North Carolina by Reverend Daniel J. Sanders, as a semi-monthly publication. Three months later. Reverend Sanders bought the goodwill of The Southern Evangelist, merged their purposes and consolidated their subscription lists. The Southern Evangelist, was, itself, the result of a previous merger. During the spring of 1874, Reverend J. H. Shedd, Biddle Professor, began pub- lishing a monthly folio, 6 x 10 inches, called The Christian Freedr ' en, devoted to the interest of Chris- tian Education and the Presbyterian wc.k among Freedmen. In 1875, one year later, The Christian Freedmen was merged with The Southern Evan- gelist, which was started in 1869 by Mr. W. A. Pat- ton of Charleston, South Carolina and Professor Shedd ana published in Charleston. When Dr. Sanders effected a merger of The South- ern Evangelist and The Afrito-. merican I ' resbj - terian. The Christian Freedman became a full-blown, three-in-one Christian journal. When I)i-. Sander came to Biddle in 1891, he brought with him the three-in-one journal thus returning the merged Christian Freedman back to its birthplace. Mr. W. E. Hii:, Sr., As.sociate Editor of The Africo- American Presbyterian came with Dr. Sanders to Biddle and assumed a greater portion of the busi- ness of publication for the campus. Among the invaluable and worthy contributors to The Africo-American Presbyterian was the Rever- end William L. Metz, The Sage of Edisto Island who will be long remembered, among many things of scholarly value, for the series of articles pub- lished by the Journal under the title of Blazers and Chips. t { I- v ( Mr. W. E. Hill Associate Editor of The Africo-American Presbyterian Mr. Hill, a quiet, unassuming but lovable person — was faithful and skilled in the business of publication. He began with The Africo-American Presbyterian as a boy in Wilmington, North Carolina and with the ex- ception of a few months, remained with it continuously for fifty-two years. He was affectionately referred to as Mr. Africo-American Pres- byterian . The Press took over the responsibility of all campus publications in- cluding the Biddle Catalog. In addition, the Press greatly enhanced the training program on the campus. A Printing Course was offered and the students received both theoretical and practice in the fundamentals of the printing business. CLASS OF 1892 (College) Front row. second from left, Dr. H. L. McCrorey, Pr sident Johnson C. Smith University; third from left, Dr. D. J. San- ders, President then. Second row, second from left. Dr. R. L. Douglass, Professor, Johnson C. Smith University. MUt TIIKOLOCiU Al ;KAI)1 AXES AND STUDENTS, ABOUT 1S92 CLASS OF 1894 A GROUP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS, 1895 By far, the majority of the men were mature adults with a yen to [ireach or teach. 4 ■ i -1 • vIt) .wp v: r ' . k r -56- iiS6 (lass of 1895 (College) Class in Surveyinn under Dr. K. L. Douglass Dr. R. L. Douglass, instructor, was at the school for forty-four (44) years as a student, teacher, professor of mathematics and was for many years head of the Department of Mathematics, 1903-1947. Dr. Henry Lawrence McCrorey. 1907-1947 Dr. McCrorey was born in Fairfield County, South Cai ' olina, March 2, 1863. He came to Biddle as a young boy of modest means but with high ambi- tions. He graduated from the College of Liberal Arts in 1892, and from the Theological Seminary in 1895. Upon graduation he was employed at Biddle as a teacher in the high school department but was later promoted to the chair of Greek Exegesis and He- brew. Following the death of President Sanders in 1907, he was elected president of the Institution. His administration was long and fruitful. As a professor under Dr. Sanders ' administration, he had become well aware of the institution ' s program and needs. Dr. McCrorey asked the Freedmen ' s Board for a considerable amount of money to begin a pro- gram of expansion and enrichment but was told by Dr. J. M. Gaston, the Secretary, that the Board did not have the money but he would introduce him to a person who might make him a grant. Together the two went to the home of Mrs. William Thaw of Pitts- burgh. After Dr. McCrorey presented the Institu- tion ' s cause, Mrs. Thaw gave him a substantial do- nation and called her friend, Mrs. Johnson C. Smith, and made an engagement for Dr. McCrorey with her. Mrs. Smith was impressed with Dr. McCrorey ' s statement of the Institution ' s needs and later made it felt in a very tangible way. Dr. McCrorey was acquainted with the late pres- ident ' s efforts toward providing adequate library facilities, and immediately revived the Library Fund Campaign. The plea for adequate library facilities began as early as 1873 when President Mattoon appointed Reverend R. M. Hall part-time librarian and began appealing to the generosity of friends for good books. Soon after President Sanders became pres- ident in 1891, he began negotiating with Mr. Andrew- Carnegie for aid in providing adequate library faci- lities on the campus. With the assistance of Booker T. Washington, who had both the confidence and friendship of the philanthropist, a provisional grant was made. The provisional offer stipulated that the philanthropist would contribute $12,500 for the cause provided an equal amount would be raised to guarantee the security and growth of the proposed library. The Board of Missions for Freedmen accept- ed the offer, expressed the Board ' s gratitude and approval and immediately set up a fund-raising cam- paign for matching the offer. When Dr. Sanders died in 1907, $3,947.75 had been raised toward the fund. By 1911, however, under the shrewd admini- stration of President McCrorey the matching fund e.xceeded its goal by $2,500. The building was erec- ted at a cost of $15,000 and was dedicated on May 30, 1911, in connection with the commencement activities. Carnegie Library, built of stone near the center of the campus in 1911, is a two story buildinR, which contain.s the reading room, reference shelves and office on the top floor; the stacks, reading lounge, a work room and a storage room at the basement level. The total holdings of the library system (including that of Carnegie and the Theological Library) are appro.ximately 72,000 volumes. CLASS OF 1905 (Collese) p ' ' ■ i ' - • i tMb YMCA Cabinet in Ihe Karly Day The Y. M. C. A. was the first organization, with a Christian Citizenship motive, as its prime objec- tive, to be established on the t-ampus. In 1985. the Y. W. C. A. was brought to the campus by Mrs. H. L. McCrorey as a handmaiden to the Y. M. C. A. On May 20, 1909 William Howard Taft delivered an address to the faculty and students of the Insti- tution. Prior to his arrival the secret service men inspected the platform and other equipment con- nected with his appearance. They found that the Institution did not have a chair large enough to hold the President. So the faculty pooled their money and bought a chair for the occasion. And down through the years it has been known as the President ' s Chair. .••1 4 ' N The First Johnson C. Smith University Quintet Seated, left to right: Dr. S. Q. Mitchell, Dr. Thomas left to right: John O. Foster, Richard S. Allen, Di-. I Martinez. . Long, Director. Standing, W. Clayborn, Raymond A. At the turn of the century the church related schools began to sing to survive. The schools trained groups of singers to sing to the heart of America — from door steps, back and front ; from platforms of schools, churches, halls, and all along the sidewalks of life they sang to the hearts and consciences of the fortunate — singing to open wide the door to opportunity. During the school year 1907-1908, Riddle attempt- ed to strengthen its life-line through the medium of singing and Ur. Thomas A. Long, 1907-1947, or- ganized the first University Quintet consisting of S. Q. Mitchell, John 0. Foster, Richard S. Allen, D. V. Clayborn, and Raymond A. Montinez. The Quintet made its first significant appearance before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. in 1909 on Young ' s Pier on the Boardwalk of Atlantic City, New Jersey. For more than thirty consecutive years following this initial appearance the Quintet sang for this august body. University Quintet of 1911 From left to right, William Astor Morgan, has, since leaving his Alma Mater, become proficient if not famed in the area of music. On Friday evening, July 10, 1942, one of his compositions, Suite for Strings , was played by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of the rising young Negro conductor. Dean Dixon. The Saturday edition of the New York Times for that week observed, Mr. Mor- gan seems to have done a little of everything; play writing, acting, directing, law, playing the organ, leading a choir, singing, teaching. His suite is his Opus 54 and was written in 1941. Mr. T. B. Jones, fourth from the left, has, since leaving his Alma Mater, made distinguished con- tributions in education: Registrar at A. T. College, Greensboro, North Carolina ; President of Mary Al- len Junior College, Crockett, Texas ; President of Harbison College, Irmo, South Carolina ; and cur- rently full-time Professor at Bennedict College, Col- umbia, South Carolina. Each of the other men has made significant con- tributions in specified fields of interest. R. O. T. C. 1909 During the early days of the McCrorey administration, the in the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Institution in cooperation with the government participated CLASS OF 1909 (Coll. ' CLASS OF 1 10 (Theology) with other Candidates for the Ministry UNIVERSITY QUINTET ABOUT 1918 — Left to RiRht: MorKan. Hilton, Richardson. Jones, Harris When Dr. McCrorey succeeded Dr. Sanders in 1907, he became the first graduate of the Institution to achieve the distinction of becoming its chief ex- ecutive. In addition to completing the matching fund for the library, he set out to greatly expand the plant. This and many other advances were made during his administration which lasted for forty years. Inside Carnegie Library In 1917, the high school department was dropped making possible greater emphasis at the college level. This year also, the Institution was given A rating by the North Carolina State Board of Edu- cation. Miss Mary Mattoon and Mrs. Emma Thomas, daughters of the first President, Dr. Mattoon, made a gift of fifteen acres of land to the Institution thereby increasing its grounds from sixty to seventy- five acres. The gift brought great rejoicing during the fifieth anniversary celebration of the Institu- tion ' s founding. It was also in 1921 that Mrs. Johnson C. Smith of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, began making gener- ous gifts to the Institution. Her gifts resulted in the addition of nine buildings to the plant and a sub- stantial endowment. In grateful appreciation for her interest and support, the charter of the Institution was amended in 1923 changing the name from Bid- die Universitv to .Johnson C. Smith University. p. J - BLOCK BULL SESSIONS Biddle men often gathered leisurely to discuss issues and coming events. One subject that invariably came up for discussion was, one of the earliest of student functions which combined literature, art, music, oratory, and social festivities, the March Ex . This was Biddle ' s glamorous Spring festivity exhibiting superb finesse in culture, charm, fine literary tastes, and the superlatives in social graces. It was each young lady ' s dream to be asked to grace this Spring occasion. Athletics, debates, and many other subjects, for the students ' ears only, received confidential airing in these block sessions. The Campus of Biddle University. Charlotte, North Carolina, ' fcV V- ' • wrAw w • 91.3-1914 before Mrs. Smith added nine buildings to the plant or a group photo (Scene 1913) •W mm lmd ik M«f -i gatt i i ft l fer-- - m The University Orchestra About 1917. Dr. Thomas A. Long, conductor Llnivcrsity Band. 1922 Senior Class, Biddle University, College of Arts and Sciences, 1917 Top, Left to KiK ' ht: Charles Alstom, Arthur Blackwood, Charles S. Blue, Thomas Brimage, William J. Brown, Joseph James J. Foster, Arthur H, George, James L. Harris, Dr. H. L. MeCrorey, Pres.; Dr. Geo. E. Davis, Dean; Edwin C. Van- cey, Ira D. Wood, Worth A. Williams. Benjamin R. Harrison, Nevid A . Johnson, Victor C. Jones, Ernest A. Tillman, Rich- ard C. Scriven, William M. McCadley, Ralph E. Leach, James Cooper, Marcus Da Robert Davidson. Rufus S. Hunter, Henry Bratton, Sec; Marion C. Melton, Class Pres.; S. Mattoon Attles, Vice Pres.; Pickney E. Cor- pening, Ireas.; Harry 0. Walker, Toussamy C. Toole. A. Lowe, Hampton T. McFadden, Lafayette J. McRay, Joseph Perry, Pickney W. Russell, Jr., Marion A. Sanders. Mr. Johnson C. Smith Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania Mrs. Johnson C Smith Generous benefactress and Friend Mr. Smith attended Washington and Jefferson College. He operated the Hiawatha Drug Store in McKeesport and was president of the Street Rail- way Company. He was also one of the builders of the Fifth Avenue and High Street Bridges and pres- ident of its Board of Directors. Mr. Smith was direc- tor of the People ' s Bank in McKeesport and held large real estate and other interests in the city. He was one of the co-founders of the McKeesport Tin Plate Company. It was from this enterprise that he accumulated a large portion of his wealth. It was Mr. Smith ' s will that his wife invest some of the money he had left her in some worthy cause. For sometime she had been weighing possibilities in an effort to decide upon which of the causes known to her would make the best investment. It was dur- ing this time that Mrs. Thaw made an engagement for her to talk with Dr. McCrorey. Wednesday, October 12, 1928, was declared a red letter day on the campus in Mrs. Smith ' s honor. She was present for the activity and sat tremen- dously moved as the expressions of gratitude and material tokens said thanks in many, many ways to her. ' dS W OUR UNIVERSITY SHRINE Mrs. Johnson C. Smith ' s Campus Bungalow Home What Mount Vernon is to the United States, The Mrs. Smith ' s Bunga- low Home is to the Alumni of Johnson C. Smith University. As the years come and go Johnson C. Smith University men, successful in the various walks of life, will return to their Alma Mater to pay hom- age at Our University Shrine and to live over again those happy days when the smile of approval of our noble benefactress inspired them to develop the best in them. So wrote Editor-in-Chief, John Edgar Smith in the Mrs. Johnson C. Smith Souvenir Edition of the Alumni Journal in October of 1928. y !i mmjLw r ' . '  i The Jane M. Smith Memorial Church, located near the entrance to the campus, is a gift of the late Mrs. Jane Berry Smith. This structure, built ' of colonial brick with limestone trimming, has a front supported by lime- stone columns. The structure is one of the most beautiful of its kind to be found on the campus of any college in America. Johnson C. Smith Memorial Theological Dor- mitory, which stands on the eastern side of the campus, supplies rooms for about 62 students. It was named for the late Mr. Johnson C. Smith of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Science Hall lenamed in Mid-forties The Georfie E. Davis Science Ha ■i ni i nji The Hartley Woods Gymnasium was the first gymi predominantly Negro colleKe in the state of North Car asium built on the campus of a lina •• Th.- .lanus I!. Duke M.mcirial Hall The development of the Institution was acceler- ated and made more secure in 1924-1925 by an en- dowment gift of $1,600,000 from Mr. James R. Duke of Charlotte, North Carolina. Duke Hall is the Institution ' s monument of grati- tude to our benefactor. It is the first dormitory to be constructed on the campus for the housing of women students. It is located across Beatties Ford Road from the main campus at the southwest end of the University campus. The building is Georgian in style with exterior wall of brick and limestone trim. It is three stories high above the basement with an elevator shaft. In addition to ideal living quarters for appro-ximately 110 students, it pro- vides directors ' office, beauty parlor, an infirmary, laundry and trunk room. Dr. John Montgomery Gaston was born in East Liverpool. Ohio, September 12, 1868. He died after a brief illness, March 20, 1960 at his home in Pitts- burgh, Pa. He was approximately 92 years of age when he died. He was graduated from Princeton University in 1892. While at the University he studied pre-law under Woodrow Wilson. In 1912 he was elected associate secretary of the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyteri- an Church, U.S.A. with headquarters in Pittsburgh He spent the major part of his time traveling throughout the United States seeking support for the schools and colleges maintained by the Presby- terian Church for Negroes in the South. In 1914 there were one hundred and forty schools and col- leges under his supervision. When Johnson C. Smith University became an independent institution in 1938, Dr. Gaston gave up his responsibility for the school and church work sponsored by the Board of Missions for Freedmen to become the secretary- treasur er of Johnson C. Smith Universitv. Mr. James B. Duke Mr. James Buchanan Duke was born in Orange County, North Carolina, December 23, 1856. He died October 10. 192.5. In December 1924, Mr. Duke, Charlotte, North Carolina, gave the Institution an endowment estimated at $1,600,000. This gift is possibly the greatest endorsement of the merits of the school it has ever had. Mr. Duke, a Southerner by birth and training, was a genuine patriot and philanthropist. He was one of the great industralists of his day. He organized the Duke Power Company which is one of the major power companies in America. Duke Hall, the first girls ' dormitory on the cam- pus, is named in his honor. Dr. John M. (aston Carnegie: Main Reading room following adoption of the coed policy During the 1924-1925 session, the Institution was recognized by the North Carolina State Board of Education as a four-year college. In 1929, the High School Department was dropped and the standard program was restricted primarily to Liberal Arts and Theology. In 1932, women were admitted to the senior division (junior and senior college classes) of the program. During the year 1933, the Institution was given A rating by the accrediting agency of the South- ern Association of Colleges and Schools and in 1934, it was elected to full membership in the American Council of Education. By July 1935. 2,965 persons had graduated from the Institution. ■ • «. '  ; . jj  , limn ' lo Ccntfi- tnh-oniri- IV.AcSI I ' lcsiAcnf ' s Home Dr.H.C.Tll-Crorcv.. Hvs. 1 9 2 5 ' t lu-oloo.ic.vl Ooriiii K ' lr v — T Tcui-Ikt.s t .ft„ i- Tfoch.- The Plant after Mrs. Smith made her gift and before the construction of Duke Ha Smith ' s Campus This is how Mrs. Smith ' s gift of nine buildings changed the appearance of the campus during the gay twenties. Mrs. Smith was feted on the campus by faculty and student body October 3, 1928, one year and fifteen days be- fore she passed quietly at high noon October 18, 1929. ' . t Barber-Scotia Affiliattd with Johnson C. Smith University In 1932, Barber-Scotia College was affiliated with Johnson C. Smith University and the Institution which had been a seminary for men for sixty-five years became partially co-educational by admitting women to its Senior Division (junior and senior college classes). Barber-Scotia be- came one of the twci .luninr Colleges with L. S. Cozart as Dean of the Women ' s Junior College and T. E. McKinney as Dean of the Men ' s Junior College. In the best interest of both institutions this relationship was later discontinued. if Some of the finest types of womanhood were produced by Siotia. In fact it sot became known as thf ha en of rest for Biddle men and the home  l i es for schu Presidents. I ' reMdent Met rnrey prfsenting scroll to Miss Althea Marbury, Home-coming Queen Scene from the annual Athletic Banquet, 1941-42 ) ' if mi A group of young ladies in Duke Hall Women Admitted to Junior Division 1941-42 On April 28-29, 1938. Johnson C. Smith University became an independent Pres- byterian institution (1938 Enabling Act of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church. U.S.A.) reporting: directly to the General Assembly through the Board of Christian Education. In 1941-42, women were admitted to the Junior Division (freshman and sopho- more classes) of the college program. The First Women to Graduate from Johnson C. Smith University Class of 1933 I i M FPl i k J m ' ■ . x ' — 1 i s s m JP . ' ) L A nm-.. r A Group of Women Students 1935-36 mm (iimmcnifment : Aiadeniii- Procession IL Scene during the Diamond Jubilee Celebration On May 15, 1942, the Institution celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary which resulted in a revived avi areness of the Institution ' s great heritage and its serious needs to survive the changing times and demands of a post-war world. In 1943, the position of Executive Vice-President was cre- ated by the Board of Trustees and a new plan involving a long-range pro- gram of self-study, redevelopment, and expansion was set in motion. President ' s home which was destroyed by fire in 1944 flaiming the lives of Mrs. MrCrorey and the University Nurse Miss Matthews. Mrs. McCrorey relaxins at home Archway leading to President ' s home ; be- came a primrose path for lovers after the 1944 fire and was later removed. S S ' - ' vt ;: ;, c- -v - s CLASS OF 1939 (College) Honors t onvo.ation 19:)S The Old Kussell home converted into a dormitory for sincle faculty members. 1944 Class (,f 191li (ilet- Club l 2!t-30 A Few of Smith Graduates Who Were in the Armed Forces World War II I ' aptain Janus t ' . (iriffin. ' 32 rhaplain Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Paul Allen, ' 41 U. S. Army Miss Myrtle (iowdy. First Smith Rraduate to ente the WAAC Sergeant H. A. Davenport, Who would have been graduated in the class of 1!II2. had he not been drafted During Founders Day Johnson C. Smith University joined the United Negro College Fund in 1945. This Fund was organized primarily to help church-related and other private schools of higher learning revamp their training programs, ex- pand their plants, promote faculty growth and create new areas of ser- vice rather than perish. The Institution ' s membership in the Fund began to bear fruit immediately. Dr. Hardy Listen, Sr. was born in Fairfield County, South Carolina, March 30, 1889. He received the degree of A.B. from Johnson C. Smith University in 1911. In 1925 he was awarded the B.S. degree by the Uni- versity of Chicago and the A.M. degree from the University of Chicago in 1928. His teaching experiences began in 1912. He taught in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at Swift Memorial College in Tennessee, Kitrell College in North Carolina ; served as dean of Winston-Salem Teachers College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Knoxville College dean, Knoxville, Ten- nessee; and executive vice-president of Johnson C. Smith University, 1943-1947. He was elected president of Johnson C. Smith University July 1, 1947. He died October 20, 1956. During his nine years of administration more than a million dollars worth of improvement was made at the Institution. The McCrorey-Liston High School in Fairfield County, South Carolina stands as a monument confirming the esteem of those who knew him best. m Dr. Hardy Liston 1947-1956 In 1950, President Liston added to his campus- wide fact-finding Campaign a Fund-Raising Cam- paign. The Fact-finding campaign was headed by a faculty-student committee to tour the campus and buildings and make recommendations of how much of the inactive parts of the plant could be reclaimed and utilized. This was carried out and a program of innovations and repairs began. The Fund-Raising campaign ' s purpose was stated in a brochure, An Overlooked Element In Community Well-Being and Prosperity as follows: to expand the plant, to raise faculty salaries, and to enrich the training ex- periences of the Smith student. THP] THREE TOP NEEDS: A Gymnasium-Auditorium, A Centi-al Heating Plant, A Seminary Building, Addition to Dining Hall, New Cottages — Part of the Theological Center, additions to the Library, additions to the Science Hall, small Memorial Cha|iel, and new dor- mitory for girls. The three-year study, revealed great needs for enrichment and expansion. Although the Self-Study was never culminated some of its findings were im- plemented. The Fund-Raising Campaign may be considered successful when the following achievements are re- viewed: Carter Hall, erected in 1883, had a new structure constructed within its old hull; the Science Hall was renovated and rededicated The G. E. Da- vis Science Hall ; the Carnegie Library, erected in 1911, was renovated, re-equipped and its holdings increased; faculty salaries began upward; the new Heating Plant was erected. The redevelopment cam- paign was in full swing when the Liston administra- tion was suddenlv cut short in 1956. i3n aa - f. ' - ' :... ,J CartiT Hall under re-constructicj Carter Hall— Built in 1895, the first substantial men ' s dormitoi-y built on the ranipus. I ' ridr to 1895, the men had been housed in three crude franu ' iniildinKs: Asia, Africa, and Australia. Australia was the smallest of the three but all three K: ' ve way for the new structure which housed about 150 stu- dents in its three stories above a basement. I old llratint; Plant President Listen found the old heating plant, like much of the rest of the plant, in serious need of repair or replacement. The Depression and War years had taken heavy toll on the plant. The President erected the new plant and had sufficient funds to complete all payments when it was readv for use. The installation of the first Student Council at Johnson C. Smith University by Executive Vice President H. Liston. The members of the Council are: William Davis, President; Henry H. Holder, Winoma Lee, James W. Smith, Joseph Maxwell. Darius Swann, Gladys Coles, AUestine D. Sparks, John McHuRh, Raymond Mitchell, William Bowers, Margaret Keller, and Eva Green. The Student Council is an cirKanization composed of student representatives, based on tlie belief of faculty and students that there are educational, social, and moral values in stu- dent participation and self-direction , and on the desire of students to develop and maintain hi h ideals of conduct, to co-operate effectively with the administration and faculty in upholding high standards of citizenship and scholarship in the University. The Henry Lawrence McCrorey Theological Building, dedicated on No- vember 12, 1955, is the administration building for the School of Theology. It was erected from funds raised by faculty, students, friends, alumni, and churches in the Catawba, Atlantic, Blue Ridge and Canadian Synods, and the Building Funds Campaign of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. It contains three stories, including eight classrooms, offices for the Dean and the faculty members, a library, an assembly room, a room for medi- tation, the office of the Field Representative of Catawba Synod, and a recreation and stack room. This building was erected under the Liston Administration and named for his predecessor. Biddle Memorial Hall In deepest appreciation for Mrs. Smith ' s benevolence, the Trustees voted to name the Institution Johnson C. Smith University and name the Administration BuildinR Biddle Memorial Hall. On the walls of this Hall hang pictures of the Founders and some of the Builders of the Institution. Biddle Memorial Hall contained the admini- strative offices of the University, recitation and lecture rooms, book store, post office, student health center, snack bar, and lounges for faculty and students before the Student Union was erected. The building consists of five stories with a tower. It is located on the highest knoll of the campus and may be seen from almost any section of the campus city. The alumni installed a chime clock in its tower during the 20 ' s. The basement and fourth floor of this building were reclaimed and converted into classrooms in 1954. The Library Anne The Library Annex was set up as a temporary building adjoining Carne- gie Library in 1946 to house the large overflow on the return of the World War II veterans. The Annex is now used as a classroom and as- sembly room for group gatherings. President Liston had this building erected and a village of trailers in- stalled in the pine forest behind the temporary President ' s home to house the veterans and their families. These trailors were removed as the vet- erans completed their training at the University. Some of the Faculty Homes Berry Cottage Steele and George Smith Cottage Johnson Cottage President ' s Home destroyed in 1944 Campus children grew up under the watchful care of the University Family. After the President ' s home was destroyed by fire in 1944 a sixth frame structure was renovated and was occupied by two successive Presi- dents. ihers ' lottages ; house is his castle. Numbers one, three, and four were arected by Mrs. Smith ' s generosity; two and five and four other buildings were erected by student labor and were occu- pied by the Yorke Jones, Dugas (George and Steele), Russell, Douglass and Rann families. Mrs. Johnson C. Smith ' s campus home This is the home of love. Wl Mother of the Year, Mrs. Liston, Sr., 1956 Mrs. Liston. Sr. stands in front of her only son, President Liston. To the left of Dr. Liston and the right of Mrs. Liston are two senior college students, Juanita Wideman and Thaddeus Rhodes whose class chose Mrs. Liston, Sr. as Mother of the Year. A warm scene inside the IJstc and David look pleased. home while Sarah Margaret Mr. Adam with Keba and Antonole THE FAMILY SPIRIT In the early days when the population of the ca mpus ranged between three and five hundred, there was a warmth, closeness and concern which permeated the campus and engendered the term The University Family . It was such in concern and deeds. Later, however, the Old Order began to pass away ; the population began to increase rapidly and that early spirit began to wane. Faculty turn- over became more rapid and with the New Order came the trend of off-campus homes and apart- ments. On February 13, 1930, the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, on an all-south- ern tour, meeting such teams as the University of Tennessee, Emory Uni- versity, Oglethorpe University, and Birmingham Southern College, met Smith on the question, Resolved, that modern advertising is more det- rimental than beneficial to society. Mr. Elliot Finkel and Mr. C. J. Phil- lips defended the affirmative for Pittsburgh against Mr. A. J. Clement, Jr., and Mr. E. C. Grigg, Jr., who up- held the negative for Smith. This was a non-decision debate fol- lowed by an open forum discussion. FORENSIC COMPETENCE During the developmental years excellence in public address, forensic activity and informed conversation was emphasized. Once each year this was highlighted in the March Exhibition function. Throughout the years, however, debating was a top-list performance. One of the first annual events sponsored by the General Alumni Asso- ciation was the annual Junior Prize Oratory Contest. The prestige and popularity of this once elegant activity began to wane and when it reached a very low ebb in the middle forties, the General Alumni Association voted to discontinue it. Before it was dropped, however, the persons on the following page had won the coveted prize: Alumni Medal Winners Walter C. Daniel of Macon, Georgia, won the Elks Na- tional Oratorical Contest in 1937. In 1940, he won the Junior Oratorical Prize Contest. Dr. Daniel received the bachelors degree in 1941, the Masters degree later and in 1963 earned the Ph.D degree in English. He is currently head of the English Department at A, T. College, Greens- boro, North Carolina. Some of the other winners can be located are: A. H. Prince — 1923: Director of Evangelism of the Atlantic Synod and Pastor of Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Caro- lina J. T. Dougles — 1926: Pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church for over twenty years in Greensboro, North Carolina A. S. Powe — 1928: Received the Ph.D degree during the fifties and currently Professor of Sociology at Johnson C. Smith University H. W. Givens — 1931: Pastor of Biddleville-Emanuel Church and Stated Clerk over a long period of time of the Catawba Synod M. S. Belton — 1932: Public Relations Officer at Johnson C. Smith University DeGrandaval Burke — 1937: Professor of Religious Education. John- son C. Smith University S. J. Mclntyre — 1943: Studied toward Ph.D at La Sorbonne-Paris, France; Professor of French at Morgan State College William W. Mills — 1944: Teacher, Chicago Public School System Allestine Sparks — 194.5: New Britton, Connecticut Public School System Walter C. Daniel 1888 J. C. Johnson 1889 S. C. Thompson 1890 W. A. Byrd 1891 H. L. McCrorey. Sr. 1892 L. B. Ellerson 1893 C. H. Shute 1894 D. E. Speed 1895 A. W. Scott 1896 W. R. Conners 1897 R. E. Williams, 1st T. J. Frierson, 2nd 1898 C. B. Johnson 1899 C. J. Baker 1900 J. A. Byers 1901 J. N. Brown 1902 W. A. Grigg 1903 C. P. Pritchford 1904 J. Wells Young 1905 H. B. Taylor 190G R. H. Logan 1907 R. N. Owens 1908 C. B. Dusenbury 1909 E. L. Whitfield 1910 R. A. Martinez 1911 J. M. Branch 1912 E. W. Dennis 1913 W. H. Williams ' 914 E. L. Williams 1915 Y. S. Thompson 1916 M. C. Melton 1917 S. 0. Johnson 1918 J. V. Mclver 1919 H. L. McCrorey, Jr. 1920 W. E. Hill, Jr. 1921 W. R. Mayberry 1922 E. H. Hunt 1924 J. P. Sartor 1925 S. C. Johnson 1927 W. W. Jones 1929 LeGrande Summerset 1930 W. M. Coleman 1933 H. B. Jackson 1934 J. A. Sandifer 1935 0. A. Johnson 1936 J. W. Barnette 1938 F. D. Wood 1939 Evelyn Amanda Davidson 1940 Walter Clarence Daniel 1941 Eugene Hoover Johns 1942 Maude N. McMuUen 1943 Sandy J. Mclntyre, II 1944 William Walter Mills 1945 Allestine Sparks 1946 1947 Henry L. Grant Faculty and Staff at Leisure — Who Are These Boys? l A. V-A Some Active Faculty and Staff Members Who have served the Institution fifteen years or more A. Eunicetine Adam 1941 Moses S. Belton 1942 R. E. Thompkins 1943 Inez M. Parker 1944 H. L. Counts 1946 Arsula B. Raid 1946 Vietta E. Neal 1947 E. E. Woodard 1947 Bernice W. McKee J. Roland Law . . . A. H. GeorRe . . . . W. R. Coleman . . . T. L. Gunn U. S. Brooks J. A. Grimes . . . In retirement .1949 .1949 .1934 .1929 .1930 .1931 .1935 Some of the Generous Philanthropists Who have nurtured the (irowth and Development of the Institution Mrs. Mary D. Biddle Henry J. Ford Colonel William R. Myers The Mattoon Sisters: Andrew Carnegie Mrs. Johnson C. Smith James B. Duke Miss Mattoon Mrs. Thomas And a list of others too numerous to cite here. Trustees who served the Institution forty (40) years or more Robert P. Wyche 1891-1938 (President 1897-1938) John M. Gaston 1910-1960 DEANS OF THE SEMINARY FROM 1907-1921 In the beKinning there was little or no great distinction between the Seminary and the College. At the turn of the century, however, a dis- tinction emerged and the Deanship was established. Dr. McCrorey be- came both the President of the Col- lege of Liberal Arts and the Semi- nary and also Dean of the Seminary. In 1921 Reverend York Jones became the top official of the Seminary. Dr. H. L. McCrorey 1907-1921 Dr. Yorke Jones 1921-1934 Dr. C. H. Shute 1934-1947 Dr. E. Thompkin, 1960- Dean of The School of Theology Pioneers Nine dedicated pioneer instructors — one of wliom taught under the last white administration (John- son) ; six of whom taught under the first Negro administration (Sanders) ; all of whom taught under the -first and second Negro administrations (Sanders ' and McCrorey ' s) ; three of whom taught under three Negro administrations (Sanders, McCrorey, Liston). %- Dr. C. H. Shute 1907-1947 Or. Floyd Joseph Anderson 1902 - lil2S i Dr. J. D. Martin 1892-192S ■ } —ym r - J Dr. Thomas A. Long 1907-1947 llr. P. W. Russell 1S99-19:1S Mr. William H. Stin 1904-1919 Dr. Yorkf Jone l.S9:i-19:)l Dr. George E. Dav 1886-1921 Later Pioneers These later Builders may be called the second generation of pioneers. Some of whom moved from the Biddle days into the Smith days and still live to tell the story. J. A. Grimes 1935-1964 Theophilus E. .McKinnev 1929-1962 Dr. . O. Steele 1925-1966 Dr. Winsim li. Cole 1929- W. C. Donnell 1929-1919 S. Herbert Adams 1922-1949 After the church structure was erected on the campus all the faculty members were ex- pected to attend and support the University Church. It was an offense for students to miss. Later, the demand became less rigid and students were allowed a certain number of cuts and local faculty members and faculty members of other denominations began to visit churches of their choice. It was custoniai ' v for the faculty to sit on the rostrum fiankinK the President. Absences from these meetiuK.- . by liolh faculty and students, wei-e fidwned upon by the administratinn. Meals were served family style in the early days. This provided for proper guid- ance in the observance of acceptable table manners, conversation and the other graces practiced in polite society at meal times. Later, the students formed lines and marched by the steam tables to have their meals served and found seats of their choice. As the enrollment in- creased both these systems became impracticable as the lines frequently reached far beyond the outer confines of the structure designed for five hundred students. ' inter weather and inclement wviilher in the summer niaile a replacement of the system and building ;i necessity. Dr John M. Gaston, for forty years trustee of the Institution, secretary-treasurer since 1H3.S, revie attempts to project the future as the clock nears nine at the Annual Alumni Banquet. DmethInK f the p ist and Dr. J. W. Smith, Secretary of Trustee Board; Dr. J. M. Gaston, Secretary-Treasurer; Coach W. P. McCulIough; President Hardy Listen and Master Howard Counts mark spot of the New Heating Plant. -■;-, -ifeiJ Kt President Liston congratulates A. E, Manly, class of 1930, upon being elected president of Spelman College Dr. Liston congratulates .lackie Robinson on being a first for Negroes in professional baseball when he spoke at the Annual Lyceum Program of the McCrorey Branch of the YMCA Center Entrance to Campus: High School Class 1928 Dignite, Savior, Noblesse O, Wind; If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Occasionally nature tur the campus into a fairy winter garden A winter walk through the blue spruce from Herry Hali One of the most enthuKJastically attended commencement activities: The Alumni Banquet. History becomes alive and of yesteryears make the welkin ring. Commencement at Smith is an eventful occasion and a little bit more. When held under the ancient oak which dates back to the infant days of the Institution an atmosphere prevails which only nature Mrs. Listun ]u were beautiful and th In 1947, President McCrorey retired and Dr. Hardy Listen, Executive Vice President and an alumnus, became the first lay chief execu- tive of the Institution. After nine years, dur- ing which more than a million dollars was spent on improvements, enrichment, and ex- pansion. President Liston died on Homecoming Day, October 20, 1956 and Dr. James W. Sea- brook, an alumnus, trustee and loyal supporter, was called to serve as interim President. Com- ing out of retirement. Dr. Seabrook was con- tent to hold the fort until his successor was chosen. uiet moments in the MeCrcirey hii DEAN JOSEPH A. GRIMES The Humanitarian Dean Grimes presented a front as ruKKecl as the rock of Gibraltor but had a heart that was tender and hiuhly sensitized to the needs and suf- ferings of others. It was this inner spirit which won him wide favor amony those who knew him best. The plaque he holds, presented by the Ti-ojan Club, Inc., symbolizes the respect and gratitude of a group of boys who were traveling a dan- gerous highway but were re-routed and are now successful business men. Two of the persons below are grandsons of ' . E. Hill, Sr. One is a suc- cessful contractor in Charlotte. One is Superintendent of Buildings at Johnson C. Smith University and three are veterans in the Post Office Service. U. Watkin.s. W. Hill. S. Li-e, Dean. I, E. Hill, and J. Brook.s STUDENT PUBLICATIONS The Argus The Biddle Outlook The University Student The first recognized student paper to be published was called, The Argus . It was initiated in 1904 with Holly Blanton Taylor as Editor-in- Chief. This paper was first published as a twenty-four page journal, 51. J X 11. Both faculty members and students contributed articles and poems to this publication. Dr. P. W. Russell ' s narrative poems appeared regularly in The .Argus. It is significant that the Post Office address was changed from P.iddleville, North Carolina to Charlotte, North Carolina in the Vol. IX, No. 4 January, 1911 issue of The Argus. S. Q. Mitchell, class of 1911 and R. A. Martinez, class of 1911 were Editor-in-Chief and Associate Edi- tor respectively that year. The second official student voice was The Biddle Outlook. On the editorial page of the November 1920 issue is the following statement, The Biddle Outlook is issued the 25th of every month in the scholastic year under the auspicies of the students of Biddle University. Following this statement H. L. McCrorey, Jr., Editor-in-Chief, persuaded his muse to dictate the following lines, Hence the first tick (issue) of the clock (Outlook) ; which we hope is the beginning of many recurring, successive, and successful ticks. A. H. Prince. Secretary — J. M. Rollins, Treasurer. We may coMclude. however, that the Outlook had a run of eight years as the third paper published by the students began publication in 1928. 1 KaML-COMING GAVit, NOV . i3.-SMITH vs. MOREllOUSE The University Student  MITH UNIVERSITY PAYS MRS. JOHNSON Jl r km ENTER. THEY.M.i A ENTER- TRIBITTE TO BENEFAC- BANQUETS rJPI L I KMN TAINS NEW STWEHTS TRESS NDSTl g Pi f. B. .. AT RECEPTION Barbara Ferguson Studt ' iit Pa|H ' r '  ii l I ' laci- W innci- :nlh ' ■ess ■ Ull- C.C.De ? i3 e rs CIRCULATION MANA6EH : T: JefTer-s I ASSOCIATE First Issue and Staff The third . ' student paper to receive administrative sanction was The University Student. It came to the campus to stay October 15, 1938, with Arthur G. Cooper as its first Editor-in-Chief. The subscription fee then was one dollar per year. The paper was published monthly during the school year. The original subscription fee was later dropped and a modest fee was added to general entrance fees to cover the cost of production. This assured each student of a copy. After twenty-five years of publication. The University Student may be said to have reached its highest peak of achievement. With Barbara Ferguson Editor-in-chief and L. M. Wright faculty advisor, the paper merited nation-wide recognition in 1963. The Current Staff: Curtis 0. Peters - Guinievere Scott - William F. Jeters Delcina Jamerson Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor - Business Manager - Circulation Manager Arthur E. Brown, III — Sports Editor L. M. Wright, Jr. — Advisor ■M 5 «r-r — i — r n g i— ■—ibb8 Dr. A. H. George, Rev. B. C. Roberson, Dr. J. M. Gaston, Dr. Alrich and President Hardy Listen. Founder ' s Day observance of which Rev. B. C. Roberson was the speaker. Dr. James Ward Seabrook Interim President 1956-1957 Ur. Seabruok chats with Dr. Charles E. Boman. the General Alumni. nus and lonj; time president of Dr. Seabrook, a trustee and loyal supporter of the institution was elected Interim President by the Trustee Board in 1956, following the sudden death of Dr. Liston. He is a product of the Board ' s program of education. He has a keen intellect and is a wise administrator with untapped sources of energy. Hi.s preparatory education was done at the Presbyterian Parochial School in Sumter, South Carolina where he was born. His education was con- tinued at Harbison Institute at Abbeville, South Carolina. He next en- rolled in Biddle University and graduated with the A.B. in 1909. He re- ceived the Masters degree from Columbia University and matriculated for the Ph.D degree. In 1923, he became dean of Fayetteville State Normal School and later president. Wise and fundamental in principle, he reluctantly came out of retire- ment in 1956 to answer the call of his Alma Mater. n Dr. Rut ' us Patterson Perry was born in Bruns- wick, Georgia, June 4, 1903. He received the B.A. degree from Johnson C. Smith University in 1925 ; the M.S. degree from the University of Iowa in 1927 and the Ph.D degree in 1939. From 1927-1943 he was professor and head of the De- partment of Chemistry at Prarie View A and M College, Prarie View, Texas. In 1943 he accepted the position of administrative dean and vice president of Langston University, Langston, Ok- lahoma and served there until June 30, 1957. On July 1, 1957, he became president of Johnson C. Smith University. Upon assuming the presidency of the Insti- tution, Dr. Perry immediately established him- self as a vigorous administrator of a church-re- lated college worthy to carry on the work so nobly begun by his predecessors. He has the quality of personal dignity and ease of insight both of himself and in the minds of people about him. His warmth and quiet manner have endear- ed him to the Church, alumni and people in all walks of life. With a fresh and optimistic out- look he has set himself to the task of elevating the college to a more lofty position in the aca- demic field. Ur. Rufus Patterson Perry 1957- Dr. Rufus P. Perry, an alumnus, was elected President on July 1, 1957. Under the present administration the plant has been expanded to in- clude a gymnasium, a girls ' dormitory and the University Memorial Union Building; the financial situation has been improved and faculty salaries continued upward. Listen Hall, dedicated on April 7, 1963, is a dormitory for women. Of modern de- sign, the building accommodates 152 students. It has two parlors, two apart- ments for dormitory directors, and other facilities adequate for the convenience of young ladies. The building was named in memory of Dr. Hardy Liston who served as President of the University from 1947 until his death in 195C. The University Memorial Union, dedicated on May 30, 1965, is a beautiful three story building which includes dining hall, confer- ence rooms, faculty and student lounges, book store, post office, and four guest rooms. -.Mii lff! ' - ' ' f immimmitiimmmm- ' ' S S ' f ' The new Hartley Woods Gymnasium was com- pleted in 1961. It is ideally situated on a spacious plot adjacent to a wooded area of the campus and well away from other campus buildings. The gym- nasium is a split-level brick and steel structure with the main playing floor, seating capacity of 2500, two lobbies, and accessory equipment and storage rooms on the upper level. On the lower level are five instructors ' offices, two classrooms, the main equip- ment and storage rooms and the main physical edu- cation locker and towel rooms. A glass enclosed corridor connects the Pool Build- ing with the lower level of the gymnasium. The south wall of the building is of fixed glass with slid- ing glass doors that open onto a patio which ex- tends the length of the building. In the foyer of the South end is the display room or Hall of Fame. Official Broadcasting Choir for United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. 1964 The University Choir, under the direction of Christopher VV. Kemp, is composed of students from all departments of the In- stitution. Most of them have had little or no musical training prior to coming to the University. As a result of extensive trips and an album of sacred music, they were the re- cipients of a national honor. They were chosen the official broadcasting choir of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. for 1964 for the Protestant Hour. ■ ' ill Professor t ' . . hemp. I hoir Direito When Dean Owena Davis hosts a tea (Mrs. Parker ' s lawn in background). When Dean Owena Davis came to Johnson C. Smith University in September, 1956, she brought a rich program of self planning through organization of councils among on and off c ampus women, and of self realization of the changing role of women, through Annual Women ' s Week programs. The tenth anniversary of this series of program will be observed this year with emphasis on New Dimen- sions for Johnson C. Smith Women in the school ' s next century. Initiating this program in February 1958 was a distinguished alumna. Dr. Mildred Mitch- ell Bateman, psychiatrist. Another alumna. Dr. An- nie Louise Richardson was special speaker for the for seniors and parents on Duke Hall Lawn. February 1965 progran Some of the other outstanding consultants on topics re the Education of and Job Opportunities for women were: Dr. Evelyn Boyd, Dr. Flenimie Kit- trell, Mrs. Christine Ray Davis, Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones, Dr. Thelma Davidson Adair, Attorney Yo- landa Chambers. A special feature each year is the recognition of outstanding women students of the University. University women have been greatly challenged to personal responsibility through extensive relax- ation of regulations and the use of senior counselors. Honnie Pearson, class of 1809, chats with Mrs. Parker on he lawn during the Senior Women ' s commencement tea. May 19fi0 Dean O. H. Davis (Mrs. Dumas). unsels with student .laigueline Itrown Women ' s Program, February 1964 Reading left to right, Dean Alcestis Coleman (Livingstone College); Mrs. M. K. Bvuarm, Miss Essie Porter Mrs. L. B. Ward, the late Mrs. Minnie George, Dr. Thelma Adair (Consultant); Miss Dorothy Beard Mrs ' 0. W. Counts, Miss Vergie Daniel, Mrs. F. H. Marshall, Miss Janice Tate. Mrs. J, B. Jordan, Dean H Davis ' February, 1966 — Recipients of special recognition certificates. Front row left to right : Jeannette Johnson, Iris Williams, Joyce Bowen, Candace Bynum. Second row left to right: Lucille Garrick, Lucille Reynolds, Sylvia Kornegay, Marjorie Coakley, Mrs. Bernice Bullock (former dietitian). Dean O. H. Davis. Reading from left to right: A. J. Clemment, J. W. Smith, I). A. Spencer. V. E. Bomar, R. P. Perry, W. L. Moser, J. M. Gaston, J. W. Seabrook, L. K. Downing The Trustees relax and pose with Dr. Perry in the President ' s Confer- ence Room. Dr. J. M. Gaston, third from ri ht, died in 1960 and Dr. W. L. Moser, to his right, succeeded him as Secretary-Treasurer of the Institution. Dr. J. W. Smith, second from left, is currently secretary to the Board of Trustees. C. A. Johnson, (picture not shown), is currently president of the Board. Rev. Belton helps Dr. Perry ad.iust the amplifier while Dr. Baulknight, President of the General Alumni (1959) waits to greet the high spirited crowd. Trustees N. L. Gregg, C. E. Bomar; Rev. J. T. Jones, Rev. H. Wilson, and Rev. H. L. Counts wait in line behind the speakers ' table. Time merely serves to increase the significance of this convivial oc- casion. Class reunions, memories recalled, greetings, pro.jections, and gifts to the Institution are a few of the stimulants for the warm and jovial at- mosphere which always characterizes this annual function I960 Commencement and the breaking of the ground for the new Health Center These are some of the gay moments after a full day. Dr. and Mrs. Perry, Dr. and Mrs. Rann and Dr. Hawkins take advantane of a brief respite. Dr. K. P. Perry hobnobs with alumni Eu- gene Houston, Emery L. Kann and Charles W. Haulknight. Dr. E. L. Rann was cho- sen alumnus of the year, 196.5. by Meharry Medical College. Dr. Charles W. Baulk- night is a member of the Trustee Board. Projections It does not tjtt appea)- what ire shall be hut ire kiioir No man can predict with certainty the character of the future. On the bases of obvious trends, however, certain sound conjectures can be made. In view of definite trends, therefore, we project a future for Johnson C. Smith University demonstrating notable advances in Plant expansion, Cultural enrichment and in a quest for new found knowledge and skills commensurate with the demands of a nuclear age. The following buildings are now under construc- tion : a library building and two dormitories, one for men and one for women, at a cost of appro.ximately two million dollar.s. On the agenda for early con- struction are a science building and a fine art.s cen- ter to cost two and one half million dollar.s. The present enrollment is approximately twelve hun- dred students and a sizeable waiting list is cm file. Currently the operating budget is close to two and a half million dollars. Through the years, the list nt alumni has grown to ajiproximately four thousand and mcist (if them have (Icine hdiior t(i themselves and their Alma Ma- ter through significant achievements and worthy contributions to American culture. Among the areas of program development, three are outstanding: the two-year institutional self- study; the choir received national recognition in 1964. It was chosen the official radio choir of the I ' nited Pi ' csbyterian Church U.S.A. for The Prot- estant Iliiur ; the liand became the pride of the campus and coninuinity and chanil)er music and music ccini-erts have enhanced the cultural atincis- phere nf the campus. The athletic pro.uram has been brciadeiied to im-hide iiKire simrts and has merited ciiiisideralile recognition. Women ' s dormitory now under construction The President looks optimistically toward the future as Johnson C. Smith University plans for dynamic contributions to New Dimensions in Higher Education . H Men ' s dormitory no under construction Or. Jack S. Brayboy Dr. Brayboy ' s early training was done in the public schools of Vineland, New Jersey, where he lettered in football, basketball, track, and was se- lected for two years as end on the Mythical All- State football team. While in Vineland High School he took the Col- lege Preparatory course and finished in the upper fourth of his class in 1939. In the fall of 1939 Dr. Brayboy matriculated at Johnson C. Smith where he was selected to the Mythical All-CIAA team at the position of end in football in 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, and to the Mythical All-American team in 1940, 1941, 1942. In 1941 and 1942 he was chosen to appear in the publication, Who ' s Who Among Students in Ameri- can Universities and Colleges and graduated in 1943 with majors in chemistry, mathematics, and physical education. Dr. Brayboy matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1947 and received the M.S. degree from that Institution with a major in physical edu- cation in 1949. From the same institution he re- ceived the Ph.D degree in 1960 with Director of Teacher Education as the area of specialization. The title of his thesis was The Relative Value of Se- lected Variables as Predictors of Freshman Achieve- ment at Johnson C. Smith University. In 1946 he was employed as instructor of physical education and assistant football coach at Johnson C. Smith University and upon the death of Coach Crudup became head coach and served three years in that capacity, and for eight years as head bas- ketball coach. He is a member of the following professional and social organizations : American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Amer- ican Association for University Professors, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fra- ternity, Jack and Jills of America, and Torch Club — an interracial professional men ' s club. This desk is clearid f ir unce. Should I wait for the telephone to ring or some one to knoik at the do No, the building is quiet, everyone left hours ago. Perhaps I ' ll just go home. In 1960 he was appointed director of athletics and head of the physical education department. In 1961, he was appointed chairman of the Division of Edu- cation, Psychology, Physical Education and Health. In 1965, he became Executive Dean at Johnson C. Smith University and in 1966 he was appointed a member of the CIAA Basketball Tournament Com- mittee and was elected Vice-President of the South- ern District of the CIAA. Dr. Brayboy belongs to several distinguished pro- fessional, civic, and religious organizations. He is married to the former Jeanne Martin of Camden, South Carolina and they have two children — a son, Jack III, age 8; a daughter, Joyce, age 3. Jack S. Brayboy III, 8 years old Joyce Brayboy, 3 years old Statement This book is a chronicle of events at JCSU from 1867-1967. Those at the University, alumni, and friends will recognize the peo- ple and events that have shaped 100 years. The pictures will, we hope, make it possi- ble for you to relive your own school years. It is a book of reminders and memoirs — the old, the new, and the future as envision- ed by the Staff. The students, the teachers, and also the activities have made obvious changes. Within, however, a progressive metamorphosis is taking place to keep pace with the modernistic trend exemplified by the University ' s plant development. We of the BULL staff have attempted to present here a truly memorable picture of yei terday and today and to project the new- Johnson C. Smith University, its students, its teachers, and its activities, as we climb A Century of Progress Up Stepless Stairs . THE ADVENT OF THE BULL 1928 The most exciting publication by the students was the fabulous BULL . The Bull may be termed the glamorous photogravure of campus life and activity. It began its brilliant career in 1928 and except for a break in publication during the War years and Recession it has continued publication. Its annual ap- pearance has furnished big moments among the Uni- versity Family. The Bull was first edited and published by the Jun- ior class but later became the responsibility of the Senior Class. In addition to dedicating each annual issue to a staff member of its choice, the class re- leases its creativity and ingenuity in a variety of ways. The Bull has afforded many enjoyable moments and memory stimulants when Smith men and women turn back the pages to the facts and fun of yester- years. This glowing word of praise attests to the esteem the Alumni held for the publication: Nothing like The Bull has ever before been pub- lished in the history of our Alma Mater. It ' s cost alone — $1,950, will at once impress one with the magnitude of the undertaking. The Bull modestly says that it is published by the student body, but one seriously suspects that some of the newer blood of the faculty gave wise directions and supervision. An attempt to describe The Bull serves only to stress the poverty of the English Language. The Bull must be seen — yea, possessed to be fully ap- preciated. In size, it is eight by eleven inches, sub- stantially bound, with the name in raised letters upon the cover, the whole surmounted by a real live bull. It is said the title itself is a delicate tri- bute to Mr. James B. Duke to whom this issue of The Bull is dedicated, whose Bull Durham to- bacco is well known. The Bull is the highest expression of the printers ' art, and each page carries a light blue border. It is printed on a 120-pound supercalendared stock, and is in every way a worth while publication. All con- cerned with its publication deserve the highest com- mendation. Every Alumnus should own a copy. The Bull — 1928 Leon Steele — Editor J. H. Whiteman — Business Manager r PAST D E D I C A T I O N 1 Mrs. I. M. I ' arker She hurriedly enters the (.-hissroom and asks un- suspectiiiK students a question. Every pdeni. every .short story, and every essay takes on a new and more pi ' ofound meaning as she relates them to every-day life situations. Her presence is always felt because she possesses such a dynamic personality and sense of humor. Dedicated to the Institution, she has worked tirelessly on the Centennial Com- mittee; and the BULL staff is indebted to her for her assistance in telling the history of the school. Mrs. I. M. Parker, the CENTENNIAL BULL STAFF salutes you, a seeminRly tireless one. Barbara J. Flack The wise use of leisure time is an art in itself. Following an interesting day of classes and conferences, Mrs. Parker re- laxes and contemplates the thoughts and expressions of the masters of the arts and the English language. Education should never be confined between the bindings of books. Life giving experien- ces are found everywhere we look and observe; Mrs. Parker finds information for ily class enrichment in professional periodicals. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary action. The words of Ben Franklin could never have been more coirect and precise when it comes to the classroom activities of Mrs. Parker. c PRESENT 5 £h D E D I C A T I O N Madam Eunicetine Adam With understanding, diligence, patience, sincerity and dedication to the task of informing and inspiring her students, Madam Eunicetine Adam has won a lasting place of affection in our hearts. It is now with warmest appreciation that we dedicate the Present phase of the Centennial Bull to her as a symbol of our esteem. During the decades of her services to the Institution she has represented the zenith of proficiency as an educator which is rarely, if ever, surpassed. in her classroom assisting the students in the lab. One leaves her office consoled and cheered by the radiance of her smile and genuine concern. FUTURE D E D I C A T I O N Mr. Stephen K. Kwasikpui Mr. Stephen K. Kwasikpui, ActiiiR Head of the Department of Eto- nomics, is a native of Ghana, West Africa. He received the A.B. degree from Johnson C. Smith University, and the M.A. depfree from New York University. Mr. Kwasikpui is dedicatwl to his work and never too busy to assist his students. Mr- Kwasikpui and hl wife. Dc.iis, lula An article written by Mr. Kwasi] |.iH ami his wife appeared in The Negro Educatiunal Ke iew Mr. Kwa.sil pui with secretary A dedicated teacher and famUy man OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR Dr. Stephen Klepka For our uutstanding-Contnbutor we have selected Dr. Stephen Klepka. Born and reared in Poland, he did all of his work of higher education at Washing- ton University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Klepka may be seen walking very hurriedly to and from his classes, uttering not a single word, seemingly lost in solemn meditation. To those who are not familiar with Dr. Klepka, he appears cold and other-wordly, but we who have classes under him find him a delightful treat. There is no coldness in a man who has an open ear for those who have problems ; there is no other-vvordliness about a man who says Come over to my house and we will dis- cuss the problem further . Every minute of his waking hours is spent helping to prepare us for the challenge that awaits us in this Great Society . It is a pleasure to present Dr. Stephen Klepka as our outstanding contributing professor of the year. Study conies as a delig:htful pleasure to all, including those who dedicate themsel- ves to the enlightenment of others. A regular part of Dr. Klepka ' s activities comes during his ardu- ous office hours in 03. Conver- sation is always geared to the development of man through the advancements of history. The genuine skills of the his- torian are revealed dining every class session. Major historical events are taken into consideration from the beginning of history to the flight of the Gemini space vehicle. THE FIRST LADY Mrs. Perry Trustee Board Left to Right: Dr. Charles W. Baulknight, Mr, David A. Cort, Mr. Robert A. Rundle, Mr. John Paul Lucas, Jr., First Vice President; Mr. Tom Brown, Stenographer; Dr. Walter L. Moser, Secretary-Treasurer; Dr. Melvin L. Best, Dr. L. K. Downing, Dr. J. W. Smith, Sr., Dr. James E. Allen, Mr. J. Hervey Sherts, Dr. L. A. Haywood, Mr. A. J. Clement, Jr., Dr. Charles E. Bomar, Dr. C. A. Johnson, President of the Board; Dr. Rufus P. Perry, President of the University. The President ' s Home AT HOME w •VI w 1 mT m- K vf jL j wttn fep ty !? w ' ' - . — VH Cj 1 1 President ' s Message In this centennial year this edition of the BULL is truly a significant achievement in technical skill and understanding of our great institutional heritage. It has recorded the past, assessed the present and envisaged the future, all for which the students and the staff of the BULL are to be congratulated. Now, let us move into the second century of the University ' s existence with high hopes for its future. May we hope that it will continue to remain a place where students and faculty are free to learn and to teach for life and living in a free society and where we will at all times seek the truth and prepare to meet the challenges of the years ahead. Rufus P. Perry President Executive Dean Dr. Jack S. Brayboy, Executive Dean I.S., Johnson C. Smith University; M.S. University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania It i.s a distinct pleasure to brins jrreetiriKs to our students, alumni, and many friends on the oecasion of our centennial celebration. Rousseau said, There is a period of life when we go back as we advance . This centennial year marks just cuch a period in the life of Johnson C. Smith University. A review of the history of our Alma Mater readily reveals that former generations of Smithites have passed to us a much stronger institution than they inherited. We are enjoying fruits nurtured by many dedicated men and women who preceded us. While we look back to pay tribute to our predecessors, we will either continue to progress or we will retrograde. We cannot remain stationary. Our challenge then is clear — Let us direct our energies toward making Johnson C. Smith University a better institution than we found upon arrival. Lend a hand ! .s ? Administration And Faculty Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world. . . It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Though much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are — One equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to fmd, and not to yield. Alfred Lord Tennyson Dean of The College of Liberal Arts Dr. Winson R. Coleman A.B., Penn College; A.M.. Haveifoid College; Ph.D., University of Chicago The celebration of the centennial year in the life of an educational institution is an especially appropriate time to comment on the meaning of education. Great teachers, in the tradition of Socrates and Plato, have maintained that the acquisition of knowledge is a process, essentially dialectic in nature, but that truth is absolute and eternal. In this light education appears to be the product resultant from the discovery or re- covery of eternal verities. The phenomenial growth of all fields of knowledge, particularly in the recent past, has made it appear that knowing itself is a process, not a product . Even in the slowly expanding fields the facts of many become the myths of tomorrow. It follows that the adequately prepared students must have both the grasp of subject-matter essential to their vocations and the conceptual bases by which they can adjust to the continued obsolescence of what they have learned. A century of progress at Johnson C. Smith University has made us increasingly aware of our obligation to make this kind of education available to all of our students. K Zrt Oiy (Ai. (- e., ux.. University Registrar Mr. J. Arthur Twitly B.S., Johnson C. Smith University; M.A., New York University It is a Ki ' eat honor to brinjf you greetings as we celebrate our centennial. I congratulate all of you who are sharing in the academic awards of the University. I firmly hope that you will tune your lives in on the wave lengths of high destiny and move with diligence into the front ranks of those who are helping to make the future beautiful and worth living. The arms of the world are open for those who will be prepared for her embrace. So as we move into the ne.xt century of progress I would like to leave with you this thought by Charles Kingsley. Do noble things not dream them all day long and so make life, death and that vast forever one grand sweet song. J. Arthur Twitty Registrar Mrs. Minnie C. Maxwell Secretary to the Dean, College of Liberal Arts Mrs. Ocie P. Harrison Secretary to the President Office of Public Relations Mr. Moses S. Belton B.S.. B.D., Johnson C. Smith University; M.A., Columbia University Congratulations to the Editor and Staff upon completion of the largest, most comprehensive, and one of the best volumes of The Bull since the publication of the first issue in 1928. In this massive task you have portrayed the life of the Johnson C. Smith University family with remarkable success. The theme for this issue suggests that progress in the first one hundred years of the University has been similar to one climbing two parallel sidepieces without the luxury of foot supports for his attempts to step upward. Indeed the history of the Institution has been one of vision, faith, dedication and determination, without adequate means or facilities to challenge the full range of the abilities and potentials of all those who studied in its hallowed halls. Its sons and daughters received knowledge, self-respect, and confidence in God and self. They justified, to a great degree, the sacrifices which its founders and builders made and the devotion which they had to keep the lamp of knowledge burning. The next century promises to be more exciting, more demanding, more challenging and more competitive. More and more trained minds, updated moral values and dedication to meaningful group living, will still be needed. May JCSU ever hold high the light of truth and right, send forth its constant ray and let it beam with steadfast gleam to lead us o ' er Life ' s way. Moses S. Belton Director of Public Relations Division of Kev. Joseph A. Gaston, A.B., B.D.. M.A. Dean of Student Affairs STATEMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY BULL A century of progress has hewn a heritage of greatness which is our legacy from benevolent founders, dedicated scholars and arduous laborers — inspired of great dreams, envisioned in profound thought and nurtured in excellence. As Johnson C. Smith University, and we, her loyal sons and daughters stand upon the pinnacle of this historical moment; we look back upon the stairs of time and reflect whereupon her foot has trod with heads bowed in gratitude and reverence for what this day has brought us. Yet in the gran- deur of her heritage, only we, who now bear the mantle, can give validity and immortality to that heritage. For our beloved institution in the grandeur of her greatness has not reached the zenith of her potential ; and the quality of the present is the vital life line which will determine if the past one hundred years is but a pre- lude to a more excellent future. Thus, this centennial summons each of us to respond to this challenge with creativity and intellect — dream great, think profound, strive with dedication, act nobly and achieve with excellence. Sincerely, J. A. Gaston Dean of Students Student Affairs Mrs. Caroline W. Graham, A.B., M.A. Counselor Division of Student Affairs This first century of service by this Institution has cauKht glimpses of many kinds of hopes, aspirations and dreams. There has also been the opportunity for the littleness and greatness of the inhabitants to be exhibited. As this great period ends, this should mark a continuous and greater climb up these stepless stairs. Cou- pled with this should be the great challenge for a spirit of rededication of all who teach and all who learn to work for opportunities that will make for life ' s greatest fulfillment in the jirocess of human development. The doors are now open and those who wish can enter through careful self-analysis and sincere self-appli- cation. Caroline VV. Uraham __0u-riA.v--A_V3 • Counselor Division of Student Affair:: Dean of Women Mrs. Owena H. Davis A.B., Fisk University: M.A., North Carolina College The enrollment for the winter semester of 1966-67 shows 587 women as a part of Johnson C. Smith ' s rec- ord number of students. This is a vital statistic to be added to the growth in number of women students since 1932 when women were admitted to the Junior and senior classes of the Liberal Arts Department. The progress of women at the University has been comparable to the role of the college woman in America. With the advances in the fields of science, industry, government, and education, Johnson C. Smith University wom- en graduates have advanced in these fields. Women of the University are now aware of changes in attitudes toward the higher education of women, and in their growing desire for recognition of the equal status of wom- en in the working world, press zealously to excel in such a world as this. Congratulations to this centennial class and particularly to the women who represent thirty-four years of advancement in the education of women at Johnson C. Smith University. O u W i -H-A-- ClyU i 2 Mrs. 0. H. Davis Dean of Women Dean of Men H. Howard Davis, A.B.. M.A. Dean of Men Dear Smithite: You have much to be proud of in celebrating the Centennial birthday of Johnson C. Smith University. Across the Nation and around the world. Smith graduates have served and are now serving in Leadership positions. Their loyalties and your loyalty to the Johnson C. Smith ideal have left a rich heritage for you to carry into the next century. Business Manager Furness J. Armstead Business Manager As Johnson C. Smith University approaches the celebration of its Centennial Anniversary we reflect, the constant stride of a hundred years toward the maximum of achievement in higher education in the Christian tradition. In cHmbing the stepless stairs during the first one hundred years, its scholars have set and reached goals and objectives, reached gratifying achievements, and fulfilled many dreams which have become realities of today. We shall begin anew our climb toward the bi-centennial with greater and higher aspirations, with stronger determination, and dreams in a greater abundance. ir Mrs, S. J. Stewart Bookkeeper Mrs. F. M. Alexander Secretary to the Business Manager I — - — !•%, MRS. ALEXKNOER Mr. Ben Alfred Bcamer Counselor and Testing Specialist Mr. Harold B. Winstc Financial Aid and Placement Office Business Manager Furness Armstead and Jimmy McKee look over the annual Home- coming program prior to beginning the week ' s celebi-ations. Make-believe constructional engineers are Bookkeeper S. Stewart and Buildings and Grounds Supervisor Ulyesses Wat- kins; their observations seem to be helping the progress of the new, 288 foot library. Librarian and Mr. Theodus L. Gunn Head Librarian Mrs. Mary C. Flowe Curriculum Center Librarian Mrs. Barbara A. GIbbs Assistant Lilirarian ivi mong all the institutes I noiif ( departments of a university, IS of more fundamental necessij than the umvptsity ' ' b ' 0 ' - scientific worh can be done ncwa, days of any rea! lvalue, and . f om those exlr3.or ' ' ' y cases „■ Senius which ' occ now and l i::... mimnim ' 1 —y — jiom n lii ' Mory and which to be nk v!i of J( co ' ' ' ° nd exceptions 3.11 rules, o }[ iheaid ,n adec|uate library 01 Mrs. Annie C. Lee Assistant Librarian Secretarial! J Mrs. Ivestia Beckwith Office of Public Relations Miss Elizabeth McClinton Office of the President Mrs. H. i: Alexander Office of the Registrar . ;taff Mrs. Mary H. Flatt Office of the Registrar ■ ' r j Mrs. L. B. Taylor Cashier, Business Office Mrs. Barbara Alexander Division of Student Affairs Miss Betty J. Torrence Office of Public Relations Mrs. Edna M. Alexander Office of Deans of Men and Women Mrs. Calvene E. Uoss Division of Student Affairs Mrs. Shirley C. Spears Division of Student Affairs Mrs. ltett. e I . I ulp Office of Community Services Mrs. Johnson Office of Educatio Inventory Office WHERE ALL OUR SUPPLIE ' A ARE KEPT ' Mr. Sam Reid checks over requisitions Miss Moore fills requisitions for supplies n To Keep Us Physically Fit Nurse Bernice McKee giving a flu shot to one of her many patients ' f t Dr. Rudolph Wych School Physician To Supervise Mrs. Laney (). B. Ward Resident Dii-ectress Duke Hall Miss Paulette Smith Resident Directress Duke Hall Mrs. Janie 15. Jordan Resident Directress Duke Hall 4 ' — « f ' - - Mr. William McCray Holm Resident Hall Director Carter Hall Dormitory Life Mrs. Flossie H. Marsha Resident Directress Listen HY - 1 Mrs. I. M. Parker Associate Professor of English Head of Department Department of English Dr. Sidney L. Freeman Assistant Professor of English Mrs. Elsie E. Woodard Assistant Professor of English Dr. Arthur W. Lynip Assistant Professor of English Mrs. Barbara Lovell Assistant Professor of English ni Bl ' lfl ' ' - H Miss Sarah J. Benson Instructor of English Mrs. E. M. Baylor Instructor of Speech Mr. James H. Lash Instructor of Speech Mr. L. M. Wright Instructor of Journalism Mr. Edward W. Milner Instructor of English Mrs. Maxine F. Scott English Laboratory Department of Foreign Languages Mrs. A. Eunicetine Adam Associate Professor of French Mr. Nigel M. Ayton Actinp Head of Department Mr. Kelly K. White Instructor of French Miss Yolaine Georges Instructor of French (i; Dr. Manuel P. Platas Instructor of Spanish Dr. Paul F. Orlov Assistant Professor of Russian and Spanish Mr. Norman A. Hudkins Instructor of German Miss Marion Tamin Instructor of French Department of Education and Psychology Mrs. Caldonia U. Davis Instructor of Psychology Dr. James R. Law Professor of Psychology Chairman of The Division of Education Psychology Mr. George F. Boyd Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Huai C. Sun Professor of Education Ll Mr. Lloyd H. Davis Instiuctor of Education Mrs. Annie .M. Pridgen Instructor of Reading t m m Miss Richmond Instructor of Psychology Mrs. Ilt-nrietta T. Norris Instiuctor nt ' Education Mrs. Ester P. Hill Instructor of Art V Mrs. Joan D. Forney Instructor of Education Department of Social Sciences Wf Mr. Bernard Lie lirown Instructor of Geography Dr. Samuel W. Byuarm Professor of Sociology and Chairman of the Division of Social Science ■Mr. William E. Bluford Associate Professor of History Mr. Mack L. Davidson, Jr. Assistant Professor of Economics Dr. Stephen Klepka Professor of History and Political Science and Head of History DepartmentI | T Mr. Stephen K. Kwasikpui Assistant Professor of Economics ■Mr. I ' ravat K. C houdhu Instructor of Economi) Mrs. Thelma D. Perry Associate Professor of History Dr. Alphonso S. Powe Professor of Sociology and Religion Mr. Coleman D. Rippy Assistant Professor of Sociology f ■ Mr. Christiipher W. Kemp Department Head Mr. Martin I. Bellar Assistant Professor of Music Department of Music Mrs. Charlie L. Butle Assistant Professor of Music 4 Mr. Martin W. Davenport Band Director and Instructor of Music Miss Edythe R. Grady Assistant Professor of Music and University Organist Mrs. Louise N. Pfohl Assistant Professor of Music Mrs. Barbara Schlageter Voice Instructor FRANCE Ill If. T : rill Dr. Winson R. Coleman, Sr. Professor of Philosophy and Academic Dean Rev. Herman L. Counts, Sr. Professor of Practical Theology and Insti ' Uctor of Humanities Department of Religion and Philosophy Dr. Ralph P. Bohn Professor of Philosophy and Religion 4 V IP Mr. David E. Whiteside Woodrow Wilson teaching Intern; Philosophy Dr. Joseph E. Thompson Professor of Religious Education Rev. DeGranville Burke Instructor of Religious Education Rev. Raymond Worsley Assistant Professor of Religious Education William Terry Osborne, Jr. Professor of Theological Studi( ' flf u Dr. Jack S. Brayboy Professor of Physical Education and Executive Dean Mr. Charles R. Cox Swimming ' Instructor and A. sistant Football Coach Department of Physical Education Mrs. OsMhelle B. Dixon Instructor of Physical Education Mr. Eddie C. McGirt Head Football Coach Associate Professor of Physical Education Mr. William P. McCullough Head Basketball Coach Instructor in Physical Education and Swimming Mr. Moses S. Sharp Assistant in Physical Educatio Mr. Joseph L. Alston Tennis Coach and Instructor in Physical Education Mr. Kenneth S. Powell Track Coach and Assistant Professor of Physical Education ,nr J Mr. P. Mack Walker Assistant Professor of Radiobiology and Nuclear Technology Mrs. Katherine Fisher Instructor of Biology Mrs. Violet G. Washington Instructor of Biology Mrs. Johnnie M. Bullock Assistant Professor of Mathematics f JL Mrs. Lillie W. Blue Instructor of Mathematics Mr. Winson R. Coleman, Jr. Instructor of Mathematics Mr. Boyd J. Gatheright Professor of Mathematics Department Head Mr. Rufus G. Pettis Assistant Professor of Mathematics Mr. Isaac Heard Instructor of Engineering and Drawing Mr. Hampton Wright Assistant Professor of Mathematics Seniors WHO IS EDUCATED?— There are five tests of the evidence of education — cor- rectness and precision in the use of the mother tongue; refined and gentle man- ners, the result of fixed habits of thought and action; sound standards of apprecia- tion of beauty and of worth, and a char- acter based on those standards; power and habit of reflection; efficiency or the power to do. Anonymous Senior Class Officers President — Nathaniel Baccus Vice-President — Majorie Cuakley DIVISION I — THE HUMANITIE, Dr. Winson R. Coleman. Sr. Acting Chairman of Division Mrs. Inez M. Parker, Head of English Dept. This division, always a major wheel in the liberal arts program, took on a more vivid image when the Kennedys went to the White House and highlighted the values of the humanities. The Division has expanded and enriched its program. The English De- partment, one of the largest in The Division of Humanities has an ac- claimed program that provides for two required service courses, rich pro- grams in preparation for graduate study and teacher education. English Majors Nancy Barringer William (iaither Addie Harmon English Majors Margretta Horan Jeannette Johnson Betty Jones Betty Lipford Devenure Nivens Curtis Peters Henrietta Rhedrick Alice Watson Foreign Languages The Department of Romance Languages has received a tremendous boost from the universal urgency for proficiency in the languages. Rus- sian, Spanish, German, and French are very popular among the course of- ferings of this department. French, the oldest on the list of offerings, still rates high in popularity. In addition to the majors in this language many other department majors choose a second major or minor in this language. Mr. Nigel M. Ayton Acting Chairman French Majors 4J Marjorie Coakley Robert Coffey Anna Ellis Mamie Garvin Trudelle Gregg Rochelle Jones Patricia Miller William Person Annie Randolph Carrie Smii Music Majors K Mr. Christopher W. Kemp Head of Department of Music and Advisor to Majors One of the oldest emphases of the University ' s training program has always been music. During the past decade, however, music has become one of the most rapidly de- veloping departments in expansion and enrichment. The Choir has been acclaimed locally and nationally ; the Band has taken on a new look and the course offerings have been greatly enriched. Carole Coles Joshua Dial Iris Jones Carol Taylor Charles Edward Harris CAMERA SHY James Franklyn Harris Alma Irene Leatherwood DIVISION II — SOCIAL SCIENCES Dr. Samuel W. Byuarm, Chairman Mr. Mack L. Davidson, Current issues, not only locally, but also among developing nations, in the United Nations, and be- tween major countries with conflicting ideologies, have stimulated the thirst for facts and wisdom in these areas. This quest for knowledge and wisdom in these areas has motivated scholarly pursuit in this Division. Some worthy Social Science majors have been recipients of notable grants for summer and winter study. New job opportunities, specifically among major industries, and in the area of automation have engendered increased interest in the disciplines of the field of Economics. The stock market, once thought to be an area for the capitalists, has made inroads into the thinking masses. One result is greater participation in this department. Economics Majors Barbara Crawford James Lee Foster Yvonne Harris Dwain Irvin Economics Majors Grover Jackson Edward Jones, Jr. Donald Lewis Ronald Lewis Herman Morgan IK l Larrv Hunt Aaron Reynolds Camera Shy Curtis O ' Neal Ardrcy James Brown Not Pictured History Shirley Smith Social and political evolutions and even revolutions have arrested uni- versal attention. The impact has been so dynamic it can be heard in street- corner conversations. History repeats itself is no longer considered a cliche but rather a reality. A quest for the why and the how has drawn majors from all departments to this area of study. Dr. Stephen Klepka, Head of Department of Hi.story and Advisor to A Majors I History Majors Philander Asaka Nathaniel Baccus, III Andrea Bates Mary Blount Aleen Edwards Justine Forriest Jeannie Frazler Stanley Jones Franklin Stafford Nettie Dixon History Majors Camera Shy James Frieson Oscar Hare Geraldine Harris Bessie Maniganit Lewis Toy Guinevere Scott Political Science Political Science Once thought to be an area of concern for a group of electees and ap- pointees, political science is currently of serious concern for the people. The enlightened voter must choose more wisely ; The law-maker must be wise and judicious. Not what my government can do for me but what I can do for my government has gathered momentum since President Ken- nedy uttered it. Ambitious students are seeking to learn the techniques in greater numbers. Mr. C. D. Rippy Adviser JVlatthew Green Tyrone Nimmons Gladston Rouse Kennan Smith Political Science Majors Camera Shy Essie Archie David Prince Donald Pryor William Wilson Sociology Sociology Like the other departments in this Division the training program is group centered ; social problems, collective behavior, cultural anthropology, social psychology and the family are emphasized to aid the students in becoming knowledgeable in this area of concentration. Dr. S. W. Byuarm Adviser John Alexander Doris Flythe Edward Holloway Barbara Hood Saitii Mansour Sociology Majors Camera Shy Robert Carter Carol Godley Catherine Stephens Lorraine Rice Social Science -y ' - At no period in the history of our country has the Social Science major been in greater demand. Subsidiary branches of the Great Society move- ment are presenting inescapable challenges to the knowledgeable students m the areas of human behavior and group responses to substandard in- fluences. The Department attempts to instill in those who concentrate in its dis- cipline that advances in science and technology make comparable advances in creating new problems of a social nature with which they must be prepared to grapple. Dr. S. W. Byuarm Adviser Bettv Bovles Richard Foye Rosa Owens James Smith Social Science Majors Frances Wofford Waltina Young Corinne Williams DIVISION III — EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY A large number of Smith students engage in the Teacher-Education Program. The Division ' s objective is directed toward producing creative and competent teachers at the elementary and secondary school levels. A rich program for im- plementing its revised objectives is in process of execution. Here is where the majority of Smith ' s stu- dents concentrate. Job opportunities made this traditionally so. Despite the changing tide many students feel more secure in training in areas where job opportunities are more readily avail- able. Henrietta Clyburn Mr. Lloyd H. Davis Chairman — Education Virginia Crawford Dr. James Law Chairman — Psychology Gertrude Hadley Thelma Hargrove Elementary Education Majors Garcia Holmes Hattie Johnson Lorraine Monroe Vivian Reed Frances McKee Gloria Marsh Camera Shy i hhIII a. Mary Brevard J fk Eula Chandler Bl William Cook B v Mary Davidson Kr m John Davis Vw K Florence Day K K Rose Dula W Barbara Floyd m Lucille Garrison J Mary Gladden i M Betty Grier Kl ' ' . 1 William Horton L M Yvonne Houston 1 Ranee Jackson H Odessa Kelley Anne Sturdivant Physical Education The advances in this area of interest are more obvious than in some others. From the view of facilities, staff, program, and pi-oduct the de- partment has made gains that are highly satisfying to those who love Smith. The athletic program has broadened to include more sports in which performance has merited considerable commendation. Dr. Jack S. Brayboy Chairman Physical Education Majors J Hedy Brown Millicent Campbell Beatrice Mayfield Camera Shy Lenora Powe Geneva Caldwell William Harmon Leroy Scott John Clay James Joyner John Lyles Wayne Staples Psychology Another field that has tremendously widened its scope of interest and usefulness is the area of psychology. Mental hygiene and its effects upon individual and group behavior has never been more demanding than in this age of stress and pressures. Broken down into varied phases of specialization, it recommends itself to an increasing number of serious minded students. Job opportunities in this area are increasing and the program is being enriched commensurate with the demand. Mr. George F. Boyd Adviser Milledge Brodie Richard DeBrest Juanita Dunn Sharon Foreman Psychology Majors Ann R. Foxx Patricia Grigg Sarah Hamlin lliam Shipp Terry Steele Aldrenia Teaehey Booker T. Wallace Psychology Majors Joyce Warner Virginia Washington Bobbie Webb James Wright DIVISION IV — MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE Sandra Anthony In the area of Science and Mathematics much has been achieved. During the past year three alumni earned the Ph.D degree in chemistry. Several were admitted to advanced study in Medical and Dental Schools. The program is rich in its offerings for those who anticipate further study. Dr. U. S. Brooks Chairman Mrs. Violet Washington Adviser To Biology Majors Biology Majors Dorothy Land Samuel Moore Trov Newman William Scoggins Chemistry Majors The courses in Chemistry are designed and arranged to enable students to acquire a general knowledge of Chemistry, to equip those who plan to teach and to give basic foundation for those who plan to enter medicine, the field of industry, or to pursue advanced work in Chemistry. Arthur Bradford Mr. Boyd J. Gatheright Head of Department Bettv Hinnant Charles Hill Nettie Stephenson Mathematics This department aspires to equip the student with the mathematical background needed in general and professional education, to prepare stu- dents for advanced study in mathematics, to develop skills for teaching mathematics and to develop an appreciation for the subject itself. The department keeps pace with current outlooks and experiments with modern mathematics, the new mathematics and other movements in tho area. Mathematics Majors Louis Coates Frank Flemming James (ireene Charles Smith James Stanley James Wells Senior Class Officers Left to Right: Aaron Reynolds, Chaplain: Andrea Bates, Treasurer; Carrie Smith, Secretary; Nathaniel Baccus, President. Juniors Difficulty is the nurse of Greatness — A harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them into strength and athletic proportions. The mind, grappling with great aims and wrestling with mighty impediments. Grows by a certain necessity to tne Stature of Greatness. Bryant Dorothy Agurs Eleanor Aldrich Berdell Alexander Thelma Alexander George Alford Willette Anderson • Gloria Anthony Robert Arnold Gloria Barnes Guy Barnes Carolyn Beasley Yvonne Beasley Class Of 1968 Emma Bell Beverly Billups James Boyd Jacqueline Belton Donald Black Carolyn Bridges Betty Bennett Willie Boone Joel Brockman James Bennett Sallie Bouler Jimmie Bryson Alleen Bullock Mildred Caldwell Richard Colson Stanley Burney Annie Callahan Marvin Connor Candace Bynum Judy Carothers William Cooper Delores Caldwell . Isadora Cohen Matthew Cottmon Arthur Cross Donyvonne Davis George Dorsey Mable Gulp Shirley Davis Priscilla Dorsev PhyUis Gureton Barbara Dawson Rebecca Dortch Rhenn Darensburg Gwendolyn Dickens Patricia Dowdy n X i T Wl . M i _ - ■ ' Ik INV tW l , . . ;:-- -i X iiin4| . . Judy Dowell Willie Dubose Donna Epps Barbara Flack arlyn Foster Frank Franklin Lucy Dupee Gwendolyn Flemmin Beverly Gaines Leia Eaton Yolanda Ford Marilyn Gaither I Mack Gallman William Geter Virginia Grafton Dorothy Garvin Easter Gethers Freddie L. Gray Juanita Gaston Jesse Goode Martha Hammond Evelyn Gentry Lillie Grafton Cheryl Hardy u Henry Harley Willie Hatfield Johnny Hendley Vonnie Harper John Hawkins Johnny Hill Priscilla Harris Maynard Hawkins Rosetta Hines James Hastie Grace Henderson Theodore Holland Lamar Home Johnny James Fannie Johnson Classie Houston Johnny Jenkins Ronald Johnson Arlena Huntley Almeta Johnson Rosa Johnson Michele Hutchinson Deidre Johnson Tyrone Johnson f ' ' ™:; Vernie Johnson Morris Kea Earl Knight Willie Johnson Calvin Kenly Paul Knox Audrey Johnston Cody King Sylvia Kornegay William Jones William King Antonio Lawrence : v | H|9B -4 B ' ' J ii M 1 I .. H pi i i I I Rosemary Lawrence Gayle McCombs Delores Melton Calvin Lewers Roger McDuffie Delores Miller Frances Lewis Barbara McGee Tyler Milner Marsha Liston Daisy Mattox Julia Mitchell Hattie Moore Otto Moore Paris Ann Moore Ann Morehead Viola Myers Albert Nelson John Nelson Thomas Nizer Queen Norwood Stewart Oatman George Oliver James O ' Neal Harold Parks Melvin Peed Olga Pickering Christine Partlow Irvelle Penn Gloria Pickett Patricia Patterson Elaine Pettigrew Beverly Pines Marcha Payne Marvin Phil lips Frances Polite Phyllis Pruitt Betty Rivers Luke Salley Bonzo Reddick Joseph Roberts Wilhemina Seabrooks Thomas Reddy George Robinson Mack Shannon Carole Ricks Betty Ruff Leon Simmons A.l . Miriam Smith Vergil Swift Leona Taylor Freddie Stafford Ida Tanner Emma Threatt Patricia Stowe Mary Tate Mildred Tillerscn Richard Toatley Winfred Tolliver Charles Trower Vivian Vauphan Joyce Vereen Carolyn Wallace Zenobia Washington Foster Wheeler Iris Williams Casandra Willis Jackie Wilson James Wilson H m H H ■■1 Qi PQ P U ■ H H Pv bCj f M ■ i 1 b ■r J. c Mf 1 l( y i 1 A «-- Jl- Jr Patricia Williams Rosa Witsell Madelin Wilson James Wright Nancy Wilson Teresa Wright Patricia Wilson Dave Young III ir Junior Class Officers Left to Right: Evelyn Gentry, president; Patricia Patterson, assistant treasurer; Jimmie Bryson, parliamentarian; Terry Rankin, treasurer; Cheryl Hardy, secretary; Harold Parks, vice-president. Beverly Pines Miss Junior Class Underclassmen No man is an island, entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend ' s or of thine own were. Any man ' s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. John Donne Verdell Adams Stephen Agyekum Annie Alford Annie Allen Bernice Allison Dianne Anthony Warren Armstrong Maurice Arnold Murdies Arnold Edwin Ayers Gertie Bacote Margaret Baker Calvin Banks James Banks Norah Barnes Sandra Bates fl. V-4 Class Of 1969 I Class Of 1969 Vivian Belk Marvin Bell Orville Bell Cheryl Bembry Bruce Bivins Minnie Blackwell Doris Blakeney Carolyn Blount Clarence Bolton Joyce Bowens Anne Branch Florine Brandon Lillie Bristow William Broadaway Doreathea Brown Julie Brown i i- ' - ?-. Lettye Brown James Bryant Don Bullock David Burch Brenda Burwell Nanzetta Byrdsell Johnnie Cain Celia Campbell Arthur Canada Christyne Cantrell Trellis Carmicheal Saundra Carpentei Annette Carter Jacquelyn Carter Mary Casey David Cauthen Class Of 1969 Class Of 1969 Charlene Clark Mervin Clark James Clinton Samuel Coleridpe Jo Ella Cooper Martha Cooper Marion Cottmon Howard Counts Ollie Cox Linda Craig; Sandra Craine Barbara Crawford Dianne Crawfoid Jean Crisswell Joan Ci ' isswell Etta Davidson ' ? ilubert Davis Lionel Davis Sarah Davis Susan Davis Sylvia Davis Nevonia Dean Arthur Deaver Martha Dent Tommie Dewalt Jessie Dillard Oscar Dixon Brenda Donnell Sheila Dorn Roland Draughon Sharon Edwards Walter Edwards Class Of 1969 Class Of 1969 Carolyn EUis Ernestine Ellison Joseph Etna Angle Foster Earl Foster Carolyn Foye Doris Frazier Dianne Freeman John Funderburk Edwina Gadsden Zelma Gaines Carol Garrett Columbus Garvin Dorothy Gary Irene Gassaway Mary Gerald Eddy Gibson Janice Gilliam Jerry Glover Richard Glover Yvonne Glymph Algernon Goddard Robert Goddard Roslyn Goode Class Of 1969 Class Of 1969 Edward Hargrave Shelia Harleston Langston Harley Ray Harris John Harrison Sandra Harrison Elmer Hartley Mattie Havner Archie Heath Bettie Hill Bobby Hill Robert Hines Charles Hodges Gwendolyn Holland Barbara Holmes Freda Home Arthur Howard James Humbert Mary Ingram Burke Jackson Richard Jackson Wilson Jackson Henry Jenkins Mary Jenkins Elizabeth Johnson Joseph Johnson Leonard Johnson Raymond Johnson Barbara Joines Daphne Jones Ernest Jones George Jones Class Of 1969 Class Of 1969 Sonja Kaminin Jacquelyn Kanoy Nathel Kennedy Stephen Kenney Ralph Knotts James Lane Eva Laney Robert Lavender Marshall Lawson Catherine Leach Carolyn Ledbetter Loretta Lee Robert Leek Daphne Lewis George Lindsay Patrick Littlejohn :.voy Long . orrell Lounderman ' . harles Loves Felmington Love Jerry Love Irene Lyons Sandra McBee Vincent McBee Lucille McClure Portia McCollum Robert McCollum Daisy McConnel Melvin McCullough Denise McDaniel Nancy McDonald Toney McDowell Class Of 1969 la M 4 iM Class Of 1969 Wayne McLaughlin John McLaurin Barbara Mack Jack Majette Virginia Manning Vince Matthews Frank Mattison Myra Maxwell Carolyn Mayo Shirley Means James Melvin John Miles Harry Miller Hattie Miller Mary Miller Mary Miller Rosa Mims William Minor Annie Mitchell Margaret Mitchell Willie Mitchell Daisy Mobley Gwendolyn Mock JoAnn Moore Carolyn Morgan Linda Morris Laurena Morrison Ermena Moses Georthia Moses Howard Mungo Ruth Neely Jacquelyn Nelson Class Of 1969 Class Of 1969 Mary A. Norman Eva Owen Carolyn Page Eric Page Annie Patterson Maurice Patterson Willie Patterson Howard Pearce Preston Pendergras Jacqueline Perry William Peterson John Pettice Joseph Pettigrew Marva Pickett Billy Pitts David Poignaril ' iice Price iulia Prince Velma Pruitt Alexis Reese Derrick Reese Mable Reese Addie Rhodes Gloria Rhodes Beverly Richardson Joyce Robinson Saundra Ross Rosine Sanders James Scales Veronica Seabrooks Robert Seabrooks Adedra Sherard Class Of 1969 Class Of 1969 Thomas Shipp Linda Silver Malcolm Singleton Cynthia Sires Beverly Smalls Cynthia Smalls Betty Smith Charlene Smith Doris Smith George Smith John Smith Thomasenia Smith Wayne M. Smith Howard Spencer Shirley Spencer Kathlyne Squirewell Thomas Staton Clarence Stinson Hazel Sullivan Bertha Talley Ivory Tate Fred Tatum Helen Taylor Vannie Taylor Sylvia Thinna Ann Thomas Pearl Thomas Leroy Thompson Harriett Thorpe Carolyn Toney Clarence Turner Coleman Tyrance Class Of 1969 Class Of 1969 Samuel VanPelt Randolph Vereen David Wallace Vera Wallace Vivian Wallace Reginald Washington James Watkins Clifford Watterson Charles Ways Vincent Weeks Michael West Ronald Wheeler Elizabeth White Gwendolyn Wilks David Williams George Williams i=i John Williams Robert Williams Wilev Williams Willie T. Williams Donnell Wilson Frederick Wilson Class of 1969 otto Winsrate Jesse Wingfield Joann Wridht Harry Youncr Linda Y.iunir Sophomore Class Officers Left to Right: Barbara Mack, business manager; William Peterson, president; Shirley Means, secretary; Edward Hargrave, vice-president; Bruce Bivens, treasurijr- and Marian Cottmon, public relations. Marian Cottmon Miss Sophomore ac , c 5 3 o Jv o ' Arthur Adams Ethel Adams Parks Adams Barbara Alexande Theodore Allen riaudette Alston Mozelle Alston Petfic Andersn Bettye Bailey Hudson Barksdale Henry Belton Joe Blackman Veronica Blackmon Stephen Bland Comatha Boyette Wallace Bradley Loretta Bridgrers Patricia Bridg ' es Thomas Brockn Furman Brodie Nathaniel Brown Linda Broxton Dorothy Brooks Mary Brooks Donise Broup:hton Linda Bryant Henry Bullock Anthony Burch Philip Burke John Busby Dorothy Caldwell Q • s ■s O. r 9 ' z Carrie Brown C ' ' y O R anies Caldwell Theodosia Caldwell Mack Canady Dudley Cauthen Jacqueline Chapman Ronald Chase Charles Clark ' alerie Clark Harriet Clemmons Larry Coleman John Cooper Robert Corbett Virginia Cowan Stanley Crawford Dorothy Crosby Paul Cureton Curtis Wallac. Alma Davis Arthur Davis . PetTRie Dawkins Richard Dawkins Gloria Derr Anna Dixon Forestine Dixon Linwood Dixon Andrew Dobbins Ann Dopgett Juanita Dolson Shirley Donaldson Joseph Dorsey Ellen Douglas O % William Dixon Gloria Douprlas Reginald Drain o {s C ' - Frances Drayton George Drumgold ML.- : Barbara Duckett William Dusenburg Keith Dyson John Elliot Vernon Ellisi Eugene Ely James Ewers Meryle Farrar Brenda Ferguson Elias Ferguson Katie Flewellen John Floyd Marilyn Ford Yvonne Ford Clara Fortune Katie Fulton Wayne Funderburk Edward Furnace Walter Gaines Benjamin Galloway o z. % 9o Dennis Gilliam Charles Glenn Arthur Grant Mercedes Grate Barbara Grayden Ella Green Emily Green Lloyd Green Juliam Greene O d o R Robert Hailey Bertram Hall Brenda Hammond Alan Harmon Deleanor Harris Dorothy Harris Herbert Harris James Harris Charlotte Harrison Georgre Hart Coi-nelia Harvey Verdell Hayes Carole Havnes Fred Heath Larry Heath Clarence Hicks Rodger Hill Rosalyn Hunt Larry Inpran Flora James Delcina Jamison Patricia Jamison Richard Ingram Gregory Jenkins Alice Issac Mildred Jenkins Paulette Jewell Benny Johnson Carolyn Johnson 1 J (5 55 5b o R aCj Charles Johnson Constance Johnson James Johnson Raeford Johnson Robert Johnson Sallie Johnson VaCountess Johnson James Jones Thaddeus Jones David Kelly Monroe Kelsey Frederick Kennedy Lionel Kennedy Paul Kinney Lawrence Kittrell Allen Knox Lester Lanier Mary Lawrence WKIPIII ' WflJ Mildred Lewis Marion Linder Donald Littlejohn Mary Long Beverly Lynn Eloise McClarrin Geneva McLean Clara McMillan Olliemae Mack Doris McCoUum Deborah Marioncau Paula Mclntyre Mary Marsh James Martin Larry Martin Tommye Martii Q. % q. Clifton McLaughlin c o Jv ' A James Massey Robert Massey Brodie Mathis A li Alfreta Maxwell Thurmond Maynard Bessie Meeks Ada Miller Ruth Miller James Miott Barbara Mitchell Sandra Mitchell Albert Montgomery Brenda Moore Harvetta Moore Martha Murdock Margie Osbey Cynthia Owens John Parker Joseph Parker Lutrelle Parker Willette Pate Freddie Patterson Ralph Peace Andrew Perry Mary Perry Jaequelyn Philson Melvin Pinn, Jr. Linda Porter Lydia Porter, Jr Mack Posey Gwendolyn Powell Sandra Powell Shirley Price Joyce Peters o Jv A 6 - Johnny Pridpren JoAnn Pugh Thomas Puryear Delano Rackard Lillie Randall Jane Reid Juanita Reid Sandra Reynolds Sandra Rhodes Carrie Richardson Joann Richmond Mary Robbins Jacqueline Robertson Charles Robinson Antoinette Rogers Larry Roseboro i Vernon Ross Gordon Rowe kKli Johnny Ruff Henry Sadler Arthur Samuel Alice Samuels Q % Or j o Jacqueline Shade Ola Shannon Gerona Sanders Lula Shelton Sharon Sanders Pamela Shipman Wava Sanders Richertine Simmons Carolyn Scipio jH Florence Simpkins • Tourgee Simpson Carolyn Sims Vivian Singleton - o Jv A ,0) d 3- HenryEtta Sitgraves Juanita Smalls Charles Smith Grover Smith Mary Smith Rusti Smyre Delmer Snead Sophie Snow Bertie Spady ' i ' ' Barbara Spaulding Gloria Speaks Beverly Steadm Charles Stephi Peggy Stevenson John Sturgis, Jr. Reid Style Renfrew Suber Dorian Suggs Gloria Sullivan Sterling Terry o z. John Thompson Sharon Thompson Harold Thornton Gloria Tiller Nathaniel Tucker Howard Upperman Charles Vaughan Janice Vaughan % a. Harold Thomasor 3 3 o R ( Robbie Vau han Antonio Vaz Phyllis Wadde Betty Walker DeQuilla Walker Gail Walker Oscar Walker Cleonia Wall ak M Elizah Washington Frankie Washing-ton Mabel Washington Paul Watson Nancy Weathers James Webb Calvine Webber Edward West Herman White Sandra Whittle A Marion Wigfall Beula Williams Chrisandra Williams Edna Williams Lindsay Williams Robert Williams, Jr. Thomas Williams James Williamson Betty Withers Verta Witherspoon Brenda Wright Donald Wright Beatrice Wylie Juanita Yates o z, % q. mmtUk f m ;aai Freshman Class Of 1966-67 Freshman Class Officers Left to Right: Vernon Ross, vice-president; Phillip Davis, parliamentarian; Gloria Speaks, assistant-secretary; Lloyd Green, president; Rusti Smyre, secretary; not. pictured, Bettie Spadie, treasurer. Tommie Martin Miss Freshman Theological Seminary God made my cathedral Under the stars; He gave my cathedral Trees for its spires; He hewed me an altar In the depth of a hill He gave for a hymnal A rock-bedded rill; He voiced me a sermon Of heavenly light In the beauty around me — The calmness of night; And I felt as I knelt On the velvet-like sod I had supped of the Spirit In the Temple of God. Ruth Furbee ADMINISTRATIVE Dr. Rufus Patterson Perry President PERSONNEL Rev. Joseph A. Gaston Dean of Students Dr. Edwin Thompkins Dean, Theological Seminary and Professor of Historical Studies The Seminary stands on the frontier of another century. It will con- tinue to strive for excellence in life, education and character. The status quo is history, change itself has become the new routine, and an acceleiat- ed tempo of action has become the order of the day. The responsibility of religion in any age, the Seminary feels, is to help man find some solid sense of meaning, of direction, of destiny, as a human being. The peculiar task of the Seminary, the church, and the ministry is to help man find the path in the world that leads to his fulfillment as a child of God, however obscure, tangled, and tortured that way may be. ( ' ordiallv yours. = -.r- - Edwin Thompkins Dean Dr. Arthur H. Georpe. Dean Emeritus, Theological Seminary and Professor of Practical Theology Miss Odessa Roseboro Secretary to the Dean of the Theological Seminary Re . John L. Pharr Director. Promotion and RecruitinK It Miss Arsula B. Keid Theological Librarian Mrs. Christiana T. Sekyi Assistant in Librai-y Mrs. Joan G. Waddj Secretajy in Library THE FACULTY AND STAFF Calvin A. Hood Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies Gerad J. Kuiper Professor of New Testament Studies i Edwin Thompkins Professor of Historical Studies Dean of Seminary William T. Osborne, Jr. Professor of Theological Studies Chelkuzil T. Thomas Professor of Philosophy, Religions and Christian Missions Herman L. Counts, Sr. Professor of Christian Educati( and Homiletics Arthur H. George Professor of Homiletics and Director of Field Educatio Darius L. Swann Assistant Professor of Practical Theology VounK Ik t Seniors Seniors Judge R. Clark I Hi.. _ i Richard L. Dozier Rufus F. Jamerson Henrv L. Pincknev Middlers James L. Davis Joe V. Rigsby Thoma ' - II. I} « ne Howard J. Camphell I ' ranklin I). CdlclouKh James K. ( ok ' nian Not Pictured Not Pictured Joe E. Mat-kwell (Jeorge W. Sadler Juniors John E. Talford Not Pictured Not Pictured Shadv Clark James A. Dickens Willie L. Diljard Chester B. Johnston In Duk hanR Samuel H. Reid .Miles O. Smith Arthur K. Taylor Robert L. Wal(( Guest Lecturers At Theological Seminary Wednesday, October 26, 1966 Dr. Douglas V. Steere Thomas Wistar Brown Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania Lecture I — Whither Southern Africa 10:00 A.M.— The University Church T,ecture II — The Creative Encounter of the World Religions 2:00 P.M.— The University Chapel Thursday, January 12, 1967 Dr. G. Ernest Wright Professor of Divinity (Old Testament) Harvard University Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts Lecture I — Archaeology, History and Theology 11:00 A.M.— The Worship Center, The Theological Building Lecture II — A Year of Archaeology in the Not So Holy Land 7:30 P.M.— The Worship Center, The Theological Building Monday, March 6, 1967 Dr. Edward A. Dowey, Jr. Professor of Christian Doctrine Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey Lecture I — The Confession of 1967 The United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. 11 :00 A.M.— The Worship Center. The Theological Building Thursday, Friday, March 23-24, 1967 Dr. Paul L. Lehman Auburn Professor of Systematic Theology Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York Thursday Lecture I — The New Theology and the Old 7:30 P.M.— The Worship Center, The Theological Building Friday Lecture II — Jesus Christ and Theological Symbolization 11:00 A.M.— The Worship Center, The Theological Building Monday, April 3, 1967 Dr. Peter A. Bertocci, Borden Parker Browne Professor of Philosophy Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts Lecture I — Ideal of Personality 11 :00 A.M.— The Worship Center, The Theological Building Lecture II — Religion as Creative Insecurity 7:30 P.M.— The Worship Center, The Theological Building I V The Rev. James Allen Minister, Calvary Presbyterian Church Wilson, N. C. Dr. G. Ernest Wright Professor of Divinity (Old Testament) Harvard University Divinity School Cambridge, Massachusetts The A. O. Steele Community Leadership Training Class In Religious Education - Co-Founder Prof. W. E. Bluford Co-Founder Dr. A. 0. Steele (Deceased) The Community Leadership Training Class in Religious Education was organized in 1948 as a community service of the University by Dr. A. 0. Steele and Professor W. E. Bluford. Dr. Steele taught the class for eighteen years. Ministers, Sunday School teachers and persons interested in the study nf the Bible from all of the major denominations have made up the mem- bership of the class since its organization. Many of those in attendance have attributed their advancement and promotions in the various areas of religious education to the institution received in this class. Former members of the class are nationwide. In the early years, the me mbers of the class, as an expression of their appreciation, presented Dr. Steele with some small token at the annual closing exercises. It soon became apparent to the members that these tokens were embarrassing to him, therefore the class, on his suggestion, began making gifts to the University. Among the gifts to the University is the lecturn in the Chapel and the set of maps in room 118 of the Theo- logical Building. Too, the class made the first contribution towards the purchase of a public address system for the Auditorium. A Birthday Cake for the Catawba Presbytery 1866-1966 Dr. J. N. Austin, Moderator of Catawba Presbytery, stands third from left with Rev. Hercules Wilson to his right. Dr. Hercules Wilson, Chairman of the Catawba Presbytery Cen- tennial Committee reads scripture at the University Church. Ganse Little, Moderator of the General Assembly-United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., delivers the principal Centen- nial Address. An Assembly of the Catawba Presbyterian Ministers ' formal celebration of the Catawba Presbytery Centennial 1866-1966 A Birthday Cake for the Catawba Presbytery — A Candle for each of the 100 years 1866-1966 President R. P. Perry extends greetings and congratu- latiiins to the Catawba Presbytery on its 100th birthday. In recent years the class has made possible the A. 0. Steele Prize in Religious Education of twenty-five dol- lars which is presented annually to the freshman mak- ing the highest record in Religious Education for the year. When Dr. Steele passed in January, 1966, the class voted unanimously to create a permanent fund for this purpose. This was done by giving to the University $600.00. The interest on this $600.00 will make the prize possible down through the years. It is an expression of the class ' love and appreciation for Dr. Steele. At the beginning of the Drive to raise the $600.00, it was announced that the names of all class members and friends who contributed $10.00 or more toward the effort would have their names placed on a plaque. This plaque was presented to Johnson C. Smith University on May 12. 1966 as a memorial to Dr. Steele and as a record of the patrons of the A. 0. Steele Fund. In March of 1966 Reverend Raymond Worsley was appointed as the teacher of this class. The present offi- cers of the class are the Reverend R. C. Jones, presi- dent ; Miss Sovella McComb, secretary and Mrs. Pearl Ferguson, Treasurer. At present fifty-five persons, re- presenting every area of religious education and all walks of life, are enrolled in this class. Members of A.O. Steele Bible Class Rev. Robert Leake Mr. Lenord McKinney Mrs. Lillie McKinney Mrs. Pluma Ferguson Rev. B. M. McKinney Mr. Napoleon Brown Mr. W. H. Ferguson Mrs. Pearl Ferguson Rev. R. C. Jones Mr. Sidney Cunningham Mrs. Stannie Cunningham Mrs. Rena Blue Mrs. Emma Cochrane Mr. James Cochrane Mrs. Annie M. Dale Mrs. Ada Jenkis Miss Sovella McCombs Mr. Thomas Benton Mr. Albert Heath Mr. Marcus Kirkpatrick Mr. W. E. Bluford Mr. Hampton Belton Mrs. Bertha Sovell Mrs. M. B. McSlwain Mrs. Rosa Thomas Seminary Students First Row: Left to Right In Dul Kang, Franklin Culclouch, Shady Clark. Robert Walton, Arthur Taylor. James Coleman and Young Ik Cho. Second Row : Left to Right George W. Sadler Jr.. Samuel Reid. James Dickens, Joe Rigsby. Henry L. Pinckney, John Talford. and Thomas Boone. HOMECOMING When friends are met o ' er merry cheer, And lovely eyes are laughing near, And in the goblet ' s bosom clear. The cares of day are drown ' d; When puns are made, and bumpers quaff ' d, And wild wit shoots his roving shaft. And Mirth his jovial laugh has laugh ' d, Then is our banquet crowned. When glees are sung, and catches troll ' d. And bashfulness grows bright and bold. And beauty is no longer cold. And age no longer dull ; When chimes are brief and cocks do crow, To tell us it is time to go. Yet how to part we do not know. Then is our feast at full. Sir Walter Scott HOMECOMING One of the most vivacious and festive all-campus activities at Johnson C. Smith University is Homecoming. It combines tvi ' o stressed currents in the Institution ' s non-academic program - the athletic and the cultural. Controlled pep rallies, coronation of queens, annual football classics, alumni and friends thronging the campus to fellowship, to reminisce on water that has fallen over the dam and to cheer the Golden Bulls, characterize Homecoming at Johnson C. Smith University. One predominant trait of Smithites which has stood out since 1872 has been their inextricable affection for their Alma Mater. This attach- ment drew them back to the campus long before the returning became an organized activity. The activity is primarily student-alumni centered and furnishes the Queen City with a three-day festival of Social and Athletic activities. To JVIy Alma Mater Johnson C. Smith University There tow ' ring lordly toward the asure sky Bequeathing grace upon her spreading lands, Compelling reverence of a mighty host. In dignity, our Alma Mater stands. Still spreading truths and pointing men to God, Erasing lore of ignorance and need, Implanting deep within her children ' s hearts Sound principles, enabling them to lead Their fellowmen to better ways of life. Conceived in visions by great men who heard The long unheeded need the freemen cried, She has withstood her trials and grown, despite The ebbs and flows of life ' s unsteady tide. Through long, enduring years she still has stood A mighty rampart, symbol of light Which yet shall dawn, a light of hope, A light of opportunity and right. A guiding tower, our Alma Mater stands. Emery L. Rann, Jr., ' 34 Alumnus of the year, 1965 by Meharry Medical College Queens at Halftime: (1-r, front row) Ernest Glenn. Presi- dent of the Student Council; Miss Shirley A. Vaughn, Miss JCSU of 1961; Willie A. Walker, escort to runner-up to Miss Alumni , Mrs. Sallie Stevenson Durham; Zoel S. Har- grave, Jr., President of the Charlotte Chapter; past queens: Mrs. Doris H. Counts, Mrs. Lou P. Benson, Mrs. Ann W. Collier, Mrs. Gladyce W. Underwood, Miss Vivian Free- man, Mrs. Myrtle B. Crawford, Mrs. Iris Rattley and Mrs. Mary A. Smith, Miss Alumni , Mrs. Pansy Durham Rob- erson is at the mike. Re-Union of Past Queens Thirty-two Co-eds had been crowned Homecoming Queens in 1961 and a lusty effort was made to recall all past queens for reunion. Some of those who returned are listed below and on the next page. Picture was taken during half-time activities. L. to R.: Mrs. Mary Alice Wrii;lil .Sniith (Miss JCSU 1936); Miss Vivian Freeman (Mis.s JCSU K). ,0); Mrs. Iris Peebles Rattley (Miss JCSU 1949); Mrs. Doris Henderson Counts (Miss JCSU 19.57); Mrs. Ann Wallace Collier (Miss JCSU 1959); Mrs. Sallie Stevenson Durham (Miss JCSU 1 .I. ' ' .4); Mrs. Myrtle Brodie Crawford (Miss JCSU 1930); Mrs. Gladyce Whitney Underwood (Miss JCSU 1943). HOMECOMING lVli Alumni . Mis. I ' ansy Durham Robertson ' 5S who was chosen Miss Alumni by the Charlotte Chapti-i ' . ride.s in the parade. BBBBSr:! Parade of Queens. (1-r) Mrs. Myrtle Brodie Crawford, Mrs. Mrs. Gladyce Whitney Underwood, Mrs. Ann Wallace Collier, Iris Peebles Rattley and Mrs. Mary Alice Wright Smith. Mrs. Doris Henderson Counts and Mrs. Lou Ropue Benson. A Portion of the crowd of alumni and friends who witnessed the exciting Homecom- ing game between the Golden Bulls and Delaware State College in the campus stadium on Saturday afternoon. J. Arthur Twitty, president of the Class of 1948, presents a check of $2,000 to President Perry at halftime during the Homecoming game. Mrs. Gloria Peters Munoz presents a check of $1,000 to President Perry for the Living Endowment Fund on behalf of the New York Chapter. HOMECOMING 1962 Coronation Scene: (I-r) Alice Diamond, attendant; Mrs. I. M. Parker, coordinator for the Coronation; Dorothy Y. Couser, attendant; Bryon Jackson, escort; Luther .Jones, president of the Student Council; Miss JCSU. Vivian Jones. In the background are Barbara Watkins and Bessie Royster, ladies-in-waiting, and escort, Hayward Curry. Halftime Participants (1-r): Miss Maisie Williams, hos- tess; Attendants to Miss Livingstone College; Miss Living- stone College, Miss Sarah Elizabeth Stout; Dr. S. E. Dun- can, President of Livingstone; President Perry; Miss Vergie L. Daniels, Miss JCSU; Jaronza Ellis, Student Council President; Miss Patricia King, attendant; Charles Dannelly, escort; Miss Ellen Dean Crawford, attendant; Mrs. Mary Pettie, attendant to Miss Charlotte Alumni; Miss Charlotte Alumni, Mrs. Grace M. Stevenson; Mrs. Helena T. Cunning- ham, attendant to Miss Charlotte; John Hairston, escort; Mrs. Allean Gaston, attendant; Willie Walker, escort; Mrs. 1. M. Parker, Director of halftime activities; and Zoel Har- garave, pres. of Charlotte Alumni Chapter. HOMECOMING 1965-1966 Miss Alumni of the Charlotte Chapter presents a bouquet of yellow Mums to the Home- coming Queen (1965), Miss Ida Bouler. o C OA 4 Q A part of the Homecoming crowd with Home- coming Queen centered. ' 55-19 Homecoming Queen, Ida Bouler, poses with President of the Student Government at half- time. 4 4_- ■■i U JCSU Marching- Band pauses until Miss Alumni and Miss JCSU face the camera with trophies. Homecoming At Smith Homecoming on any campus is a heart-warming experience but on Smith ' s campus it is something very special. The re-union of age and youth — their greetings, their caresses, their liand-grips wiien hearts are too full to speak, electrify the atmosphere. Streamers, streamers everywhere and over head floating the Gold and Blue. The Blue symbolizing Piety, Sincerity, Fidelity, and Loyalty and the clothing of the gods, combined with Gold symbolizing Purity, Dignity, Wis- dom, and Glory, waft on every breeze that blows the exultation of youth and the sage aspirations of age. Years Come and Go Years are coming, years are going, creeds may change and pass away. But the light of love is growing stronger,surer, day by day. Be ye as the light of morning, like the beauteous dawn unfold. With your radiant lives adorning all the world in hues of gold. Selfish claims will soon no longer raise their harsh sounds. For the law of love will conquer, bursting hatred ' s narrow bounds. Human love will spread a glory filling men with gladsome mirth. Songs of joy proclaim the glory of a fair, transfigured earth. HOMECOMING 1966-67 Her Royal Majesty, Miss JCSU. After her coronation, Miss Barbara Crawford surveys her court. Attendants are, Miss Phyllis Cureton and Miss Jeannie Frazier. Escorts, Messrs. Curtis Peters. James Greene, and Matthew Green. Hlt Hitihness. Miss Crawford, witli aUcnaant.-.. Miss Jeannie Frazier and Miss Phyl Cureton, during ' the annual Honieconiing Parade — PHUi. ' f - ri -ti. Miss JCSU And Attendants Barbara Crawford Jean Frazier 1966-67 Phyllis Cureton Coronation Of Miss Alumni Miss Alumni, 1966-67, Miss Lena Helton accepts her crown from Mrs. Alice Diamond, Miss Alumni 1965-66. (I-r) Mrs. Gertrude Pearson, Mrs. Ernestine Frye, Mrs. Myrtle Davis, Gene Potts, Mrs. Lena Helton, Miss Alumni 1966-67, Mrs. Alice Diamond, Miss Alumni 196.5-66 and Miss Barbara Crawford, Miss JCSU 1966. Miss Alumni— l!l6fi Miss Lena Helton MlSScfi. ' to, 1 1 The 1966 HomecominK Parade The Alpha Phi Alpha float won first prize which hiehlichted the theme, A March to Progress in a Changine; World . Half-time Program To the left. Dr. J.S. Bray- boy — director of the Phy- sical Education Depart- ment. To his right is the eldest living coach, Perk Williams, who is being cited. Miss Alumni, Miss JCSU, the visiting queen and their escorts join the spirited crowd in singing the Loyalty Song. HALF TIME Principal participants in the li ' tifi Home- coming ' Half-Time activity. Betty Ruff, official hostess for Winston-Salem Col- leere queen. Visitine: T. C. queen and es- cort. Matthew J. Green, president of the Student Government. Barbara Crawford. Miss Johnson C. Smith, 1066-1967; Jeannie Frazier and Phyllis Cureton, at- tendants to Homecomine- Queen, are es- corted by Murdies R. Arnold. HOMECOMING PARADE The lovely Barbara Crawford. Miss JCSU, poses atop the University Me- morial Union Building. Barbara gracefully climbs toward .suc- cess. A senior from Cowpens, South Carolina, she is a picture of charm and rlcgance. A thing of beauty is a joy foi ' ever , says Keats. The deligrhtful and poised Barbara Crawford symbolizes the stu- dent body ' s joy forever. — Every beautiful thinji- is a window through which we can look into an ever-present reality. GAME TIME y Line up! H ' f l 1 Kick off! Fumble. ' 4 -t M speaker for the Homecoming Worship Service Jk  1 K L L fm} 1 Arthur J. H. Clement ' 30 District Manager, North Carolina Mutual Insui ' ance Company Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Mr. Arthur J. H. Clements, Jr., received the B.S. degree from Johnson C. Smith University. He did further study at South Carolina State College and Rutgers (New Jersey) University E.xtension School. He is a graduate of the Life Insurance Agency Man- agement School. Mr. Clement is the district manager of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company for the Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania district. He is a long time dis- trict manager of the North Carolina Mutual, having served in Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, South Caro- lina, Newark, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, Califor- nia before going to Philadelphia. Mr. Clement is active in civic and church activities. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University and is affiliated with the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter, Johnson C. Smith Lhiiversity and is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Appreciations Render Pre-Homecoming Concert This group is composed of a group of music lovers who began singing for pleasure and reached near- national fame. They have cut two records, Afraid of Love — So Close to Your Heart, and No, No, No — I Can ' t Hide It. The members are (1-r) Oscar Melton, James Debeneure, Willie Harris, Lewis Dowdy, and Melvin Robinson (Leader). ,«rv«-:iia 1 QUEENS — The greatest beauty is beauty of soul, and that beauty has to be realized in thought, in feeling, in behavior, and in every form of action. ISS SENIOR CLASS n ' [V ,r BEVERLY PINES Montclair, New Jersey MISS SOPHOMORE CLASS -Z.4 mk V J I B B BHI ■ l c ' H IV H K Eflnl 3fl Omtm M. - ' m •■ TOMMIE MARTIN Columbia, South Carolina Miss Ivy Leaf Club Barbara J. Flack Miss Alpha Kappa Alpha Patricia F. Wilson Miss Alpha Phi Alpha Joyce Bowen Miss Phi Beta Sigma Annie Callahan Miss Pyramid Club Rosalyn Goode Miss Delta Sigma Theta Lorraine Rice Kappa Alpha Psi Court Saundra Carpenter, Viola Myers, Barbara Crawford Miss Scrollers Club Sharon Edwards Miss Lampados Club Priscilla Dorsey Miss Omega Psi Phi Betty Lipford Miss Zeta Phi Beta Beatrice Mayfield Miss Archonian Club Carolyn Blunt Miss Off-Campus Organization Thelma Alexander Miss Ira Aldridge Dramatics Guild Doris Frazier Miss University Choir Iris Gayle Williams Miss S.C.A. Candace Bynum Miss Liston Hall Carrie Smith Miss Smith Hall Rosetta Hines s Miss Duke Hall Dorothy Caldwell Miss Carter Hall Brenda L. Moore Miss Veterans Club Patricia Grigg Miss University Post Office Joyce F. Warner !! Miss International Relations Club Barbara Hood Miss Berry Hall Gwendolyn Wilks HOSTESS TO WINSTON-SALEM STATE COLLEGE Betty Ruff MISS S.N.E.A. Rosa Owens MISS JOHNSON C. SMITH Queen Barbara Crawford A Senior from Cowpens, South Carolina Major — Economics Attendants: (l-r) Jeannie Frazier and Phyllis Cureton May Day At Johnson C. Smith University This ancient spring festival, featuring the Maypole dance, the crowning of the May Queen, and the gathering of spring flowers, was loosely observed on the campus from 1932, when women were first admitted, until 1947 when the Student Christian Association was organized. In 1947, May Day activities became a featured activity of the Student Christian Association and gradually became an annual classic. It was dear to the heart of Dr. A. O. Steele, organizer and advisor to the Student Christian Association. A verdant arena under the blue spruce or the ancient oaks, provided scenic settings for this colorful pageant. The charm and grace of the regal procession, the pomp and beauty of the crowning of the May Queen are balanced by the skillful athletic stunts and creative dances presented for the pleasure of the Queen. The activity is highlighted by the presentation of lovely gifts befitting a queen. Following the formal program this all-student activity relaxes into a rustic celebration on the green with hot- dogs and cold drinks for all. The May Day activities are concluded with an at-ease , all-student dance. MISS MAY QUEEN 1966-67 Candace Bynum Candace is a junior from Greensboro, North Carolina. Her major is Psychology, minor. Speech. Her hobbies include tennis, reading, drama and swimming. MAY DAY 1966 May Queen, Candace Bynum, being escorted by William deter Past Queens and Candace Bynum, 1966-67, await coronation ceremonies. Crowning- of the Mav Queen, Candace Bynum, by out-going queen. Betty Ruff (1965-66). Flanked bv Jean George. Mav Queen 1963-1964; and Barbara Crawford. 1964-65. Reading; Left to Right: Barbaia Ciawl ' uid, Joan Morris, Carolyn Beasley, Jeannie Frazier, William Geter, Candace Bynum, May Queen; Joyce Bowen, Patricia Mitchell, Betty Ruff, and Jean George. Escorts. Freddie France, Clifford Watterson, Maynard Hawkins, Rudolph Hines and William Greene. May Queen accepts bouquet of flowers from out-Koing queen, Bett.v Ruff. Wrapping of the May Pole, a part of the May Day festivities. GROUNDBREAKING FOR UNION Left to Right: Jeronza Ellis, Student Body President ' liS; Rev. Eliot L. McAdams. Dr R. P. Perry, Dr. J. W. Smith, Trustee member; and contractor. On hand for groundbreaking were (l-r) : Dr. H. Wilson ' 08; Mrs. T. L. McKinnev ' . ' M; Mrs. H. C. Dugas, and Dr. J. W. Smith, Sr. The Completed Union Buildinjjf DEDICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL UNION 1. University Memorial Union. 2. Participants in the dedication of the University Memorial Union: (1 to r) Dr. J. W. Smith, Sr ., secretary, Board of Trustees; Rev. D. L. Swann, faculty member, Theological Seminary, President Perry, Dr. Ramage, Dr. W. L. Moser, Secretarv- Treasurer, Board of Trustees, Dr. J. E. McMillan, retired minister; and Rev. S. L. Fulwood, Jr.! Pastor of Allen ' s Temple, Cleveland, N. C. 3. A section of the main lounge. Most of the student social activities take place here. The lounge has a capacity of approximately .3.50 persons. 4. The faculty loun e located on the ground floor of the University Memorial Union. 5. Stairway in lobby of front entrance of Uni- versity Memorial Union, leading to main lounge on 2nd floor. The lower stairway (right) leads to game-rooms, snack-bar, book- store and Post Office. 6 7. Inside views of one of the guest rooms of the University Memorial Union. 8. The staff of the University Memorial Union : (1-r) L. A. Warner, director; Mrs. Joan Graham, secretary ; Mrs. Joyce Crisp, pro- gram directress; and Mrs. Jean McLawhorn, hostess. 9 10. Scenes at the dedication reception. The University Memorial Union The University Memorial Union is one of the important facilities making up the physical structure of the University campus. It was designed and constructed to fill a need in the total education of the student. In education and training it is expected to represent an extension of the formal training and instructional program of the classroom. At the same time it seeks to enhance the recreational, social and cultural aspects of our total educational effort. University Memorial Union L. A. Warner. Director The Union engages in various supportive and supplementary programs designed to make the student more productive in the classroom, as well as a more effective social being. Our doors are open to the three major campus groups: students, faculty, and administration as a campus center in an effort to bring about a unified whole. May I extend personal co ngratulations to this year ' s graduates, also to the EDITOR and his Staff for this magnificent publication. Some key members of the Union Staff. Henry Pinkney Assistant to the Director Provides wholesome recreation and cultural experiences for the campus. Mrs. Joyce Crisp Program Directre.ss SECRETARY TO UNION DIRECTOR Mrs. Evelyn Lynch Thompson Mrs. Thompson is Secretary to Mr. Warner, Director of the Union. In addition to regular duties, she is kept busy with the clerical work of the Union organizations. Mrs. Aurelia Law, University Bookstore Mrs. Law, director, takes great pride in not only keeping the store well stocked with a variety of reading material but also such supplies and trinkets as are desired on college campuses. Dining Hall Hostess Mrs. Margaree Watkins Union Hostess Mrs. Jean A. McLawhorn The University Bookstore is located on the ground floor of the Union. It is equipped with all necessary volumes and supplies needed for students to excel in academic endeavors. f- p - nmmuwim m. student assistants: Beverly Gaines, Booker T. Wallace, Oscar Hare, and Jacqueiiin ' Celtun assist patrons in making selections. UNIVERSITY POST OFFICE Mrs. Lessie T. Deavers Post Mistress Neither rain, sleet, nor hail can stop the U. S. mail. The University Post Office is indeed a busy substation of the United States postal system. In addition to the usual postal services, it goes a step beyond to make intra communication prompt and efficient. Campus station student staff assists with all postal services for the campus. UNIVERSITY CANTEEN Mrs. Joyce Miller Directress, Canteen and Snack Bar The Canteen, where food and fun merge, is under the supervision of Mrs. Joyce Miller. Short-orders are filled at the Snack Bar and enjoyed to the rhythm of the latest sounds . Games and other recreational activities are also enjoyed in the Canteen. Sarah Grant, Canteen Assistant Pamela Shipman, Student Assistant LITHOGRAPHER Kennan Smith Among the many services rendered by the Union staff is an invaluable, small- job printing service. A great many small print jobs are handled through this channel. GAME ROOM !i, ' vJiwi« aiiJ. The Game Room provides moments of fun and rejuvenation between ex- acting academic chores. William Harmon Game Room Director UNIVERSITY FOOD SERVICE STAFF One of the most busy and enjoyable centers on the campus is the spacious and attractive refectory. Mr. Kenneth R. Davis directs the A.R.A. (Slater) Food Services and among his helpers are: Mrs. Cora Huey, Supervisor of Food Prepara- tion ; Mrs. Nora Hogans, Cashier; and Mr. Hubert Brice, Chef. Mrs. Margaree Watkins is Dining Room Hostess. Mr. Kenneth R. Davis, Manager Hubert Brice, Chef and Assistant Manager Mrs. Cora Huey, Supervisor UNIVERSITY FOOD SERVICE STAFF mi: ¥ Mr. K. R. Davis checks over the day ' s menu with f ' hef Hubert Brice. Mrs. Nora Hogans, Cashier m Members of the Food Service Staff Arthur Polk, First Cook 1 UNION COMMITTEES UNION GOVERNING BOARD Seated, Left to Right: Kennan Smith, Jeannie Frazier, Rev. Calvin A. Hood, chairman; and Miss Shirley Powell. Standing, Left to Right: J. A. Twitty, Matthew Green, Jr., Henry L. Pinckney, and Kenneth R. Davis. Under the competent leadership of Mr. Warner, the Union Staff is adequately organized to provide a variety of cultural and recreational activities. The Governing Board, composed of both faculty and student member.s, plans and regulates the operational machinery of the Union. ART COMMITTEE Marsha Listen, Chairman Among the subsidiary groups organized for specific functions is the Cultural Affairs Committee. A sub- division of this committee is the Art Committee which has as its objective to stimulate an interest in, and appreciation for the aesthetic. The committee attempts to achieve its objective through art exhibits, demonstration lectures, and other artistic audiovisual aids. CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Mar sha Liston, Chairman V e k .-i i i? ,.... SOCIAL COMMITTEE Evelyn Gentry, Chairman This committee plans and directs social functions to be staged in the Union. Among its functions is the planning of the all-student activities. Specifically, the fall and spring Blue and Gold For- mal makes strenuous de- mands on the ingenuity and creativity of this committee DANCE COMMITTEE Joyce Peters, Chairman Art as expressed by the dance is the specific interest of this group. Creative dancing is their specialty but they are also gifted in the dance as performed on the modern ballroom floor. FILM COMMITTEE Many valuable mo- ments of entertainment have been provided through the efforts of this committee. Both recreational and educa- tional films have been presented by this dis- cerning group. Kennan Smith, Chairman PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Theodore Holland. Chairman The campus is kept alerted on Union activi- ties through the Pub- licity and Public Rela- tions Committee. This is done to a large extent through the SUB re- lease — the official voice of the committee. HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE Kennan Smith Chairman As a valuable arm of the Governing Board and clean concept. It also urges the need for of the Union, this committee keeps constantly acceptable use of the Union facihties. before the students the building beautiful RECREATION COMMITTEE Albert Jordan, chairman Catering to the recreational activities revolving around the Union, this committee serves to enhance the growth of the well-rounded student. It pro- vides opportunities for pleas- ant experiences in table ten- nis, pool, chess, and outdoor activities. MUSIC COMMITTEE atricia Patterson chairman Serving to provide a pleasant atmosphere in the Union, the Music Commit- tee approves the music that flows throughout the building. Halloween Dance The Halloween Dance is the gro- tesque version of the Masquerade Ball. Much fun is had by all in pre- tense and make-believe. BLUE AND GOLD FORMAL The Blue and Gold Formals , staged twice annually in the spring and in the fall, are by far the most glamorous all- student dances on the campus. For this, everything must be acceptable to the best taste in polite society. Santa Claus also takes part. Couples dance to the soft notes of Johnny Holloway and the Hi-Tones. May we have some more punch, please? VALENTINE SWEETHEART BALL The Affectionate Ball of the Year Queen Devemire Nivens and King Robert Leek Organizations During the pioneer years of the Institution, the urgency for immediate relief from despair and the maturity of the students motivated a serious approach to the training program and made negligible the provisions for the frills and fads of the training program. As the years passed, how- ever, the tension became less rigid, the student body younger, and the yen for recreational activities increased. Many of the organizations which began operation during the formative years were largely out-growths of the academic program. There were four flourishing literary societies: The Mattoon, the Clarisophic, the Johnson, and the Douglass. There were also three reading circles: The Non Forma, the Literary Research, and the Olympian. The Smith Debating Club and the Christian Leadership Preparatory Club came later. March X was one of the earliest of student functions. It combined music, art, literature, oratory, and social festivities. This activity was truly a rare exhibition of culture, charm, fine literary tastes and the superlative in social graces. STUDENT GOVERNMENT The Installment of the first Student Government at Johnson C. Smith University was effected in the fall of 1944 by the Executive Vice Presi- dent, Dr. Hardy Listen. The following are charter members of the govern- ment; William Davis, President; Henry H. Holden, Vice President; Winona Lee, Secretary; James W. Smith, Assistant Secretary; Joseph Maxwell. Treasurer ; Darius L. Swann, Chaplian ; Gladys Coles, AUestine D. Sparks, John McHugh, Raymond Mitchell, William Bowers, Margaret Keller, and Eva Green. AUestine D. Sparks became the second president and the first woman in that executive role in 1945-1946. Presidential Assistants: William Gaither Tyler C. Milner Johnny James Michele Hutchison Carrie Smith Barbara A. Macli The Current Officers are: Matthews J. Green, Jr President James L. Green Vice President Yvonne Beasley Recording Secretary Lionel D. Davis Treasurer Vincent Weel s Parliamentarian Bessie Meeks Corresponding Secretary Juanita Dolson Office Clerk. N.S.A. Coordinator First Co-ed President AUestine I). Sparks, ' 46, Hartford, Connecticut President of the Student Government for the school year 194.5-1946. STUDENT GOVERNMENT 1 JKaiuiew J. reen J resiJen The Student Government is dependent upon the effectiveness of its participation in the attainment of the goals of the Institution. The Student Government includes in its program a wide variety of concerns touch- ing upon all areas which affect the college community. The extent to which the individual Student Govern- ment devotes its time to any particular area of interest depends on the needs of the campus but the Student Government is constantly aware of the full scale of campus community life and devotes itself to participa- tion in the decisions made at every level, subject to the limitations of time and personnel available, and within its constitutional jurisdiction. jIL jp uA. , ames L.. reen iJice- J ' ' resiaen t James L. Gi ' een, familiarly kmiwii to his peers on the gridiron as Bull Green is Vice President of the Student Government. His energy as a Golden Bull is transferred from the Bull Pen to the machinery of the student orKanizations with which he affiliates. Especi;dly is this true with the Student Government. No one will forget t hat Bull has been around here. Sinsianaiion of iuden S ooerninen (jfficers Dr. Jack S. Rrayboy administers oath to Student Government Representatives President of Student Government Dr. Brayboy administers oath to Vice President of Student Gov- delivers inauKural speech. Student Government Vice Presi- ernment delivers speech. dent. President Matthew .1 Green, Jr.. and members of Student Government, 1966-1967. State Student Legi-slative Representative.s for 19G6-1967. Presidential Assistants These individuals assist the Student Body President in carrying out policies of the Student Government. Judiciary Committee The Judiciary Committee of the Student Government was established to adjudicate conflicts between students and organizations. Off-Campus Affairs Committee The Off-Campus Affairs Committee is designed to bridge the gap between cam- pus and non-campus students. This committee functions to assist the problems of off- campus students and is also designed to establish rapport between these students and the administration. STUDENT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION William Gait her. President In 1947, the Y.M.C.A., the Religious Education Club, and the Young Women ' s Missionary Society were merged into one ail-student volunteer religious organization and was called the Student Christian Association, under the guidance of Dr. A. O. Steele. The consolidated organization functions in the in- Current officers of the SCA are: William Gaither President Tyler Milner First Vice-President Alice Price Second Vice-President and Treasurer terest of the total religious life and activities for all students, including those of the Seminary and Reli- gious Education majors. It also includes the work of the Student Volunteer Movement and is under the direction of the Religious Education Department. Bobby Howard Recording Secretary Carole Coles Assistant Recording Secretary Carolyn Bridges Corresponding Secretary Rev. Raymond Worsley Advisor Illllllll ' INSTALLATION SERVICES President William Gaither speaks to Student Body after Installation Ceremony. Student Christian Associa- tion President, William Gaither, and members during Chapel program. President of SCA with members and Rev. C. A. Hood, Dean of Chapel. CURTIS O ' NEii.PETE EDITOR The University Stodc Curtis O ' Neal retfi . Kditor-in-Chief UNIVERSITY Trying to emulate the New York Times ' policy of All the News Fit to Print has been the aim of this year ' s University Student. Under the capable guidance of adviser, L. M. Wright, Jr., The University Student has gained ( considerable prestige this centennial year. lomecoming — Fun JCSU Style THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT fck Smith T.itfhK HicJ dinrllr THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT Smith Begins Its 99th Session V£ Union Plans W M To Entertain f Dr. Perr -: Dedication, Sincerity ' Students Challcnrtetl THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT ' ' ietnam: G Out, Stay Inl ll.i«k And Dovi- ii-ws iHiOrv KSc StuiU-nls . in ' Education Breaks Social Barriers ' i - ' ; ; MERRY CHRISTMAS THE ' ' - rz zz:.: UNIVERSITY STUDENT Fourteen Chosen For Who ' s Who llolid ' .IVS STUDENT Curtis 0. Peters, Editor, talks with L. M. Wright, Jr., adviser, concerning next issue. University Student Staff [Jresninan Jxeceph ' on Cjo nini7 ee Co-Chairman James F. Wright and William Harmon Schedule of Freshman Week Activities Tuesday, September 6, 1966 Boarding Students Report for Housing Roll of Freshmen-General Orientation Campus Tour Wednesday, September 7, 1966 Placement Tests Thursday, September 8, 1966 Freshman-Faculty Fellowship Hour Friday, September 9, 1966 Freshman Banquet Saturday, September 10, 1966 Fashion Show and Campus Cues Sunday, September 11, 1966 Sunday Morning Devotions Monday, September 12, 1966 Registration Friday, September 16. 1966 Freshman Talent Show Co-Chairman .James Wright instructs new students about their Academic schedule. J lia i iohis of Jresnnian (Jrien ah ' on QJeeAs Cjouncif of Campus Women Mrs. Eula Chandler, President; Jacqueline Belton, Vice President; Francis, Secretary ; Martina Dixon, Treasurer. The Off Campus Women orjianization is an organ- ization of young women who reside in the city of Charlotte and neighboring areas. Its primary purpose is to set up a delegation of young women representing the organization to the various affairs of the Institu- tion, and to give these young women a closer contact with the entire student body. J Jannino Cjoni ni ee or en n Annual c2 omen ' j J r roarani jy. mm. Ai Seated, left to riRht: Katie Fulton, Carolyn Scipio, Martina Dixon, Rosalyn Goode, Joyce Vereen, Julie Brown, Saundra Ross, Mrs. 0. H. Davis. Standing, left to right: Tommye Mar- tin, Alice Samuels, Linda Broxton, Joyce Bowen, Barbara Crawford. Shirley Means, Cornelia Harvey, Robbie Vaughan, Denise McDaniels, Devenure Nivens, Paula Mclntyre, Eula Chandler. Johnson C. Smith Women Spotlight Alumnae, in Tenth Annual Program February 27-March 4, 1967, the .voung women of Johnson C. Smith University sponsored their tenth annual program with the spotlight on the University women. For this centennial year, the chosen theme is: THE ROLE OF JOHNSON C. SMITH WOMEN IN THE NEXT CENTURY. Two prominent alumnae were consultants during the week. Dr. Carol DeLoatch Witherspoon, class of 1956, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Tem- ple University School of Medicine and a member of the Staff of the Temple University Hospital addressed the student assembly on March 1. On Friday, March 3, the Assembly speaker was an- other prominent alumna, Mrs. Winona Lee Fletcher, class of 1947, Associate Professor and Director of the Little Theater at Kentucky State College. Other features of the week ' s program was a Charm Clinic, February 28, by Mrs. DeVera Edwards, Trade Relations Coordinator for Artra Cosmetics. A panel discussion on PRESENT CHALLENGES FOR THE EDUCATED WOMAN during the Assem- bly on February 27, featured the following as dis- cussants: Misses Julie Brown, Denise McDaniel, Tommye Martin, Devenure Nivens, and Mrs. Lorraine Rice. Bis ion Ji a f J ouse Gouncif The Women of Listen Hall seek to make their liv- ing experience a happy, successful, and educational one through the use of an organization known as the Liston Hall House Council. The main function of the Council is to be responsible for planning cultural and social activities, such as fireside chats, parties, and teas within the Residence Hall. This organization also interprets -and influences the enforcement of regulations that will promote all phases of dormitory life in order to enrich student living. Liston Hall House Council Officers 1966-1967 Doris Flythe President Barbara Dawson Vice President and Chairman of Program Committee Rosetta Hines Secretary Denise McDaniel Assistant Secretary and Chairman of Social Committee Cheryl Hardy Treasurer Barbara Flack Parliamentarian and Chairman of Nominating Committee Advisor Mrs. O. W. Counts uAe Jrfa f J ouse Gouncil Left to Richt: Max in . B,.wi. 1. Bren.ia Ha Speaks, Clori  Tillf . Den se McDaniel McClellan. nonil, Doris McCollum, Kathy Wall, Gloria iosalyn Goode, Julia Prince, and Patsy Seated, left to right: Maxinc Bowen, president; Brenda Hammond, vice-presi- dent; Doris McCollum. seci-etary. Stand- ing, left to right: Mozelle Alston, Theo- doshia Caldwell, Paula Mclntyre, and Kathy Wall. GaHer 10 (L)ouncn Head Counselor, James Stanley, Gorier Jia I U icers Anthony Burch, President Smii£ J{aff Gounci Matthew J. Green, Jr., William Geter, Larry Hunt, Nathaniel Baccus. John Hawkins, Robert Coffey, and Maynard Hawkins. i 1 iJjerru Jia j vjouncil Joe Johnson, President William King. Head Counselor Harry Miller, Wilson Jackson, William KinR, and Vincent McBee Jne ' Jra yiioridqe Dramaiic ui ' o BOTTOM ROW; Left to Right: Theodore Holland, Carolyn Ledbetter. Ann Sturdivant, Murdles Arnold. Susan Davis, Linda Young, Melvin McCullough. TOP ROW, Left to Right: Howard Mungo, Juanita Yates, Robert Goddard, Ronald Gray, Doris Frazier, Sylvia Kornegay, Richard Toatley, and Dwain Irvin. In October of 1930, the class in English 334, under Professor Timothy C. Myers, organized among them- selves a dramatic group known as The Little Theatre Guild. Later lliis group wa.s reorganized under the guid- ance of Professor Arthur Clifton Lamb and re-named The Ira Aldridge Dramatic Guild. Professor Lamb wrote most of his plays, directed and often played a leading role in the productions. This group has had a long and succes.sful career on the campus. Current Officers Melvin McCullough President Frances Lewis Vice President Doris Frazier Secretary Orville Bell Treasurer I ' s oru ( )Iu6 President Andrea Bates Vice-President Franklin Stafford The History Club is composed of Majors and Minors in the Department. In addi- tion to the specific subject matter inter- ests, they explore job opportunities, his- tory in the making, and what the present foreshadows for the future. Dr. Stephen Klepka is the advisor. J si cno oQt ( u6 sy yy The Psychology Club Like the other clubs closely related to the disciplines of various subject matter areas, the Psychology Club is greatly concerned with intellectual currents and trends in the areas of psychology and psychiatry. Mr. George F. Boyd is advisor to this club. President Candace Bynum Vice President Annie Randolph Secretary Claudia Nichols Assistant Secretary Barbara Hood Treasurer Harold Parks Adviser Mr. George F. Boyd Qj OJ ;:; TO E-i Ijbr S7n erna iona !j?e a ions G u6 Kennan Smith — President C. D. Rippy — Advisor The International Relations Club This club has a very rich and far-reaching proRram. the campus but also reaches out to local and national It not only attempts to keep alive the spirit of unity organizations and conferences that are concerned and understandinR among various ethnic groups on with the spirit of good will among men. Jlien s (benaie The Men ' s Senate is composed of young men, representing the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes of the university. The purpose of such a senate is to coordinate programs for the campus, as well as the off-campus men. This group introduced itself for the first time when it proved it could sure make a good cup of coffee , in December of 1966. Thus, through the use of a Coffee Hour the senate sent Christmas greet- ings to the Smith family. On January 26, 1967, a Men ' s Retreat was held in the main lounge of the Student Union build- ing. With Mrs. Neai as the key- note speaker, instructors and stu- dents involved in group discus- sions, and President Perry as the after dinner speaker. The follow- ing aims were accomplished : To develop as educational atmosphere ; To develop a better relationship between the students and faculty ; and, To make the student aware of his personal responsibilities. Since most colleges have senates, it is the future goal of this senate to develop relations with other colleges. 0) o -S !- +j a 3 O +-1 M C O ■£-25S JKat i G uS Mathematics Club This club has a full slate trying to keep abreast with the rapid movements in this area of science. The advisor keeps be- fore them the open door to fertile fields of services to be filled in this disci- pline. Mr. Boyd J. Gatheright is the knowledgeable ad- visor to the club. Physical Education Club The Physical Education Club is not only interested in physical fitness, mental hygiene, but also the body beautiful. It mixes sincer- ity of purpose and pleasant experiences gracefully as it follows a full daily rou- tine. Coach Charles Cox is advisor to this club. lusical Cjoaca ion Cj u6 President Vice President . Karlyn Foster Beatrice Flythe Secretary Vivian VauKhan UracA QjJi The Track Club Under the enthusiastic leadership of President Bobby Leek, this club nur- tures the spirit to excel in the skills of this sport. The Club has grown in popularity on the campus and is one of the most ac- tive among the athletic groups. Coach Kenny Powell is the efficient and enthusi- astic advisor of this club. Qdnioersi ty Cjnurcn Usners Left to right Veronica Seabroolcs, Sheila Dorn, Vivian Belk, Sandrea Bates, Eva Owens, Bertha Talley, and Andrea Bates. THE WORLD OF TEA A i f THE WORLD OF TEA sponsored by the Council of Off-Campus Women. President Eula Chandler offers a cup of tea for adviser, Mrs. 0. H. Davis. Off-Campus Women group at their World of Tea in the lounge of Li.ston Hall. French Club: Rochelle Jones, President. Mrs. E. Adam, Advisr Chemistry Club William King, President; Dr. U. S. Brooks, Ad- visor. G£risimas Uesper (beruice The Christmas Vesper Service This Christmas activity has long been accepted as one of the annual activities never to be missed. Its appeal is not limited to the campus but has a loyal com- munity audience which increases annually. Under the artful direction of Professor C. W. Kemp, director, this service creates the desired Christmas spirit to carry through the entire season. The famous choir relaxes for re- freshments following the annual concert. c One LDiierara (bocie y ACT ONE Act One is a club or- ganized to stimulate interest in creative ex- pression. It cuts across all subject matter lines and encourages crea- tivity in all areas. •f . ' 3 t This Club publishes two releases annuall.v to publicize the local creative talent. i) xi n JKajor ancf JKajorettes Director Marvin W. Davenport is to be highly congratulated upon the unusual success which he has achiev- ed with this phase of his band activi- ties. Not only has he witnessed mar- velous success with the marching band but also with this group which adds great entertainment through their showmanship. Perform a Jia fiime The Nifty Fifty , title of endear- ment given to the Smith Marching Band, entertains the .spectators with unusual formations and exceptional skills as they wait for the second half of the football game to begin. Sharon Foreman Lucy Dupee c 9 4 --i ' .luanita Dolson s ■- Veronica Dave If ' tA i Willette Pate o o BULL5 Mattie Havner G O Marjorie Coakley Don ' t send my son to W. S. State I ' d rather see him dead Don ' t send my son to A T He has a mind to be fed Don ' t send my son to N. C. C. They ' re yellow I ' ve been told Just send my son to J. C. Smith To fijjht for the Blue and Gold. Joreion (b uc en s nii n standing — right end. Reverend Darius Leander Swann. ' 45, ' 48, Missionary, under auspices of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., both Japan and India, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology. Seated — right end, Ur. Huai C. Sun, Japan, Profes- sor of Education. Seated — left end, Mr. Pravat K. Choudhury, Instructor of Economics. Among the several foreign ele- ments represented in the student body are: Israel, Korea, Africa, In- dia, Japan, South America. When all the ethnic groups merge on the campus, it is indeed a melting pot. In Duk Kang, Samuel Coleridge, Young Ik Cho V ' Samuel Coleridge, British Guiana, South America r Joseph Etau, Gameroun, West Africa Sami Mansour. Israel Stephen Agyekum, Ghana, West Africa D-orei n S uc en s GArisimas T arh Foreign Students ' Christinas Party Enjoying the social festivities of Christmas, . a la American style, is indeed a gala occasion. Memories are recalled of ac- tivities at this season as they are observed in their native lands. They are soon forgotten, however, in the rush and gaiety of the American way. Foreign Contacts And Exchange Program In the rivalry of nations ; in this contest to win the respect and esteem o f the undeveloped regions be- yond, America has devised plans for lending a help- ing hand across the pond. In this mad contest for the affections and confi- dences of the regions beyond, American activities in- volve missionary and military operations, the Peace Corps, Operation Crossroads Africa, Foreign Study Exchanges, Erection and Execution of Educational Institutions, lenient Foreign Trade and Gift Policies, and many others designed to impress these regions with the beneficent virtues of Christian Democracy. Many Smith students and alumni have become con- scientiously engaged in these activities of America ' s Outreach Policy. In addition to student activities, told in pictures and narrative on these pages, the following alumni might be mentioned as representative of alumni for- eign activity: Dr. James Egert Allen — India and Italy Attorney Edward Dudley — Ambassador to Liberia Dr. Caesar R. Blake — To study and write — Italy and England Dr. Ernest C. Grigg, Jr. — Cameroon and Yaounde Rev. Bryant George — Japan : Industrial Evange- lism Dr. Matthew J. Whitehead — Teacher Education in Nigeria Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Swann — Missions in India There are, at present, more than a dozen Smith students abroad with the Peace Corps and others studying in prestige colleges and universities. As many or more alumni are spreading good will and studying the cultures of other nations with a view of getting to know each other better. FOREIGN CONTACTS June. 1965 Miss Barbara Ferguson ' 63 is interviewed by the editor of the government newspaper, Omukulembeze, while vacationing in Uganda. Her vacation also took her to Nigeria, where she visited the sister of Simon Jiboku ' 63 who is attending the University of Ife in Ibadan. Miss Ferguson has been a member of the Peace Corps in Liberia for two years. She is presently teaching Junior High School English, Literature, and composition in Mon- rovia, Liberia. February, 1962 Miss Ophelia DeLaine ' 57 is greeted by President Kennedy prior to her departure for Ghana, where she is serving with the Peace Corps. The Ridgewood, New York biology teacher has been assigned to the Opuku Ware Secondary School, Kumasi, Ghana. Dr. James H. Robinson, Founder and Direc- tor of Operation Crossroads Africa, poses with students on the campus following his address in the University Church on Sunday, Septem- ber 30. Dr. Robinson made an appeal for more students to go to Africa to enrich their own lives as well as lend assistance to the Africans. With Dr. Robinson are: Sandra Douglas, a senior from Fayetteville, N. C. (r) ; and Mr. and Mrs. Simon 0. Jiboku. Mrs. Jiboku is a Freshman and Mr. Jiboku a senior. February, 1962 Samuel Odubiyi (center) and Bababunmi Rotimi (left), lectures in the Government Teachers College of the Ministry of Education, Ibadan, Nigeria, are shown here with Presi- dent Perry. Mr. Odubiyi, a graduate of London LIniversity, England, and Mr. Rotimi, a gradu- ate of Syracuse University and London Uni- versity, P ' ngland, participated in the Audio- ' isua! Aids Workshop on the campus from June 25 to July 16. David Crawford ' 63 David Crawford, a 1963 honor graduate of the University, was awarded a Cham Gordon Fellow- ship to study pure mathematics at the University of Liverpool, England, for one year. Mr. Craw- ford was recommended for the fellowship by the Charlotte Rotary Club. Janice Tate Miss Janice Marie Tate studied in the School of Music of Silliman University, Dumaguete, Philip- pines on the Negros Island. Sadie M. Clark Miss Sadie M. Clark was ad- mitted to the Beirut College for Women in Beirut, Lebannon. She continued in her major courses, French and English. FASCINATING SUMMER IN AFRICA Africa is the continent dormant, in the minds of many people, but really it is a lighted stick of dyna- mite, ready to explode and shock many of us. Operation Crossroads Africa is an organization founded by a Negro Presbyterian minister, Dr. James H. Robinson. Started in 1956, its purpose is to intro- duce young Americans to Africa and her people. This past summer. Crossroads Africa made its seventh expedition to Africa, and I am pleased to have been one of the 300 participants ... Orville Bell ' 69 Orville Bell GETTING TO KNOW YOU America ' s bigyrest business. Education, has taken long strides ahead in bridging the gulf which makes strangers of segments of the American citizenry. Nurturing the concept that interested persons who study and fellowship together tend to realize that basic human yens are universal, schools of higher learning have sanctioned the exchange policy — exchange of faculty and students — exchange of educative experiences and facilities. Many of these exchange experiences have engen- dered an awakening to the fact that people are more similar than dissimilar — that all are seeking security and happiness ; that all desire a sense of belonging and opportunity for self-realization and expression. This awakening, alone, is ample justification for the exchange policy. Johnson C. Smith University supports the policy and considers the gains derived as enrichments of its program of expansion. In the meantime, young women were enroute to Charlotte. They were greeted by the President of the University, and the secretary to the Director of Public Relations. 11 c t Johnson C. Smith University co-eds board the Eastern Airline jet en route to Beaver College, Jenkin- town, Pennsylvania. Here they attended classes in the same manner as their counterparts who took their places at dear ole JCSU for one week. Exchange students were given a glimpse of what the new libi-ary will look like after completion. EXCHANGE PROGRAM JCSU students and their Bea- ver College room-mates as shown in the lounge of Liston Hall. Smith students who spent one week at the University of Dubu- que. They are (1-r) : Misses Carol Coles, Dorothy Beard, Alice Fer- gus, Shirley Mills and Rose Mary Gaines. Back row (l-r) : Barron Stroud, Ernest Glenn, Henry Eiland, James Green, Frank Col- clough, Cecil Arnold, Laben La- than, and Boisey 0. Barnes. President Perry greets Mr. Owen Evans and Exchange stu- dents from the University of Du- buque. Students are (l-r): Wil- liam Blum, William Svrluga, James Beatty, John Beran, Donald Cooper, Harold Knutsen, Ruth Cunningham, Howard Norris, Jo Ann Clark, Linda Harken, Nancy Wilson, Sharon Roderick and Dan Pietrina. Dubuque junior, William Blum (second from right) is at home in chemistry class. Smith stu- dents are (l-r): Betty Hinnant, Rosalind Riddick, Nettie Steven- son and Matthew L. Green. mH: ' i iVfSrr ' With the primary objectives of broadening per- 1966. They came from Hastings College, a four year, spective and gaining understanding through direct co-educational, Presbyterian-affiliated liberal arts personal relationship, four students from Nebraska school in the Midwest. were enrolled at Smith for the spring semester of F ' hil Larson Ed Ueh ling Sharlene Voogd Greek Organizations and Honor Societies Jionor r oc e ies On March 11, 1931. the Alpha Kap- pa Sigma Chapter of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society was installed on the campus. All students, regardless of subject matter areas, who attain high scholarship recognition and ade- quate recommendation are eligible for membership. The Beta Kappa Chi Honor Society was also established in 1931 for students majoring in .science and attaining high scholarship recog- nition. The Honors Convocation was es- tablished in the Spring of 1935 to afford honor students the opportuni- ty of hearing and exchanging worthy ideas with learned scholars. All honor groups were under the guidance of the Academic Dean, T. E. McKinney until 1963. Srnf Fron, ' ' rLl- n ' ' %? ' ' Pr !, T. ' l?P Alpha Mu Honor oociety. (l-r,! rout row): Doroth.v Beard, Ida Kearns. Ellen Glenn Dorothv Cowser and WilI.e Mae Howze. Back row, 1-r: Shirley Wilson Tune Smith Lenorora McLaughlon and William Flythe ' ' ' ' ' mr w- ' r r-i .Sipma Rho Adams, Elli Back row, 1- and Charles Sigma members and new inductees are (I-r) : Tyson Pasour Richard I Mae Hatchette, Bertha Baker, Dorothy Cowser, and San i l Green Truner ' William Wilson, III, Richard Reeves, ' Dr. Caesar R. Blake ' 45, delivered the address at the Annual Honors Day Program on May 7. He used as a subject Success: A Gentle Quibble. Dr. Blake is Professor, Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Blake served as Professor of English at Smith before going to the University of Michigan and then on to Toronto. !7 e a DCappa XI Jfonor Soc e y Afp ia Jl appa JlTu Jionor Society Ronald K. Gray . . W. Conley Johnson Vernie Johnson President Betty Lipf ord President . Vice President Waltina Young Secretary Secretary Ann R. Foxx Treasurer Newly inducted membera chat outside dining hall. No desert today. Girls! Kappa Alpha Psi . . Omega Psi Phi Alpha Kappa Alpha Delta Sigma Theta . Alpha Phi Alpha . . . Zeta Phi Beta Phi Beta Sigma . . . THE KOADAZA Achievement Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift Nothing but the highest Intelligence is the touch of wisdom First of nf all, servants of all, we shall transcend all Service, Sisterhood, and Scholarship Culture for Service : Service for Humanity During the twenties, organizations which were strictly social in purpose made their advent on the campus. These organizations offered an outlet for the human yen for compatible companionship and showmanship in closely knit brotherhood groups. Four fraternities first made their appearance in the following order: Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Phi Beta Sigma. After the Institution became coeducational sorori- ties made their advent in the following order: Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Zeta Phi Beta, and Sigma Gamma Rho. J an Jie Ienic Cjouncn c- .p There is very little of the idealistic that can be realized individually. Man has recognized this law of living and turns to the group in his seekings for aid to perpetuate, to uphold and to honor a personal ideal or a group of ideals. It is this group aid that the fra- ternal group strives to render. To this end the Pan-Hellenic Council was organized on the campus in 1929. It has since its incipiency endeavored to carry out its purposes and has been a constructive force in regulating fraternal activities for the best interest of all concerned specifically to make for better scholarship and campus living. Pan-Hellenic Council 1966-1967 Officers Gloria Nolley President Melvin Peed Treasurer William Person Vice President Ronald Lewis Program Committee Chairman Arlena Huntley Secretary (Recording) Charles Trower Program Committee Co-Chairman Barbara McGee. . Corresponding Secretary OMEGA PSI PHI The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was the first Greek letter organization of national standing to be established on the campus. On November 7. 1921, Rho Chapter was established and began a career on the campus which has been most rewarding to many loyal Smithites. Officers of OmeRa Psi ' i Aaron Reynolds Basileus W. Conley Johnson Vice Basileus William Gaither Keeper of Records and Seal George Alford Keeper of Finance Jackie Wilson Keeper of Peace Antonio Lawrence Chaplain Franklin Johnson Dea of Pledgees Franklin Stafford Co-Dean of Pledgees Virgil Swift Parliamentarian David BurchV. ' . ' ' . ' . ' . ' . ' ' ' . ' . ' ' ' ' ' . ' ' . ' . H torian William Getcr Representative to Pan-Hellenic Council Melvin Peed Representative to Pan-Hellenic Council William Gaither Reporter to the Oracle 370 Crowning of Bettv Lipford, Miss Omega Psi Phi, 1966-67. The mighty Que dogs during Fall pro- bation. Bloodmobile — A worthwhile service of Rho Chapter, on behalf of the university renders to the Charlotte community. The Ques use strategy to encourage donors for the Bloodmobile. oampaoos G uo iimgi Left to right: Edward Hargraves, Fred Wilson, and Vannie Taylor. ALPHA PHI ALPHA The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was the second fraternal group to be established on the cam- pus. Alpha Omicron Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was established on the campus on May 4, 1923, and made a bid to make the campus Alphaland. Their advent was colorful and so has been their fruitful history. Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Officer.s Kennan W. Smith President Earl Knight Vice President Ronald Lewis Secretary Donald Lewis Treasurer Leroy Brown Dean of Pledgees Robert Arnold Representative to Pan-Hellenic Council A Kennan W. Smith President Earl Knight Vice President Matthew CJreen Leroy Brown Dean of Pledfjees Donald Lewis Treasurer Ronald Gray 375 Marvin Connor j itJ c) ar o (Jar 7 ear s ' K H , oi ce J) Given H T( .JCino of inas ueen or Queens Mr. Booker T. Wallace Miss Pamelia J. Shipman cbpn nx nen on ine c o Only a few hours to go Do the Alpha walk Has it all been worth it? 377 Alpha men, Alpha men, we ' ll soon be Alpha men KAPPA ALPHA PSI The third fraternal group to come to the campus was the Kappa Alpha Psi national Greek letter or- ganization. The Alpha Epsilon Chapter was estab- lished December 10, 1927. The Kappas made a spectacular and glamorous appearance through the famed Kappa Dawn Dance and other featured attrac- tions. Kappa Alpha F ' si Officers Milledge Brodie Polemarch Nathaniel Baccus Vice Polemarch Charle.s Trower Keeper of Records Philander Asaka E.xchequer James Lee Foster Dean of Pledgees in Ph Ph Ph SCROLLER ' S CLUB Miss Scroller ' s Club Sharon Edwards PHI BETA SIGMA The quartet of fraternities on the campus was 1927. Negro History Week became a featured annual completed when the Alpha Epsilon Chapter of the event of this enthusiastic group. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was established late in Phi Beta SiRma Officers James Joyner President Guy Barnes Vice President Tyler Milner Recording Secretary Mack Gallman Corresponding Secretary James Bennett Treasurer Johnny Hill Dean of Pledgees James Boyd Assistant Dean of Pledgees Franklin Colcough w ® Foster M. Wheeler Chairman of Bigger and Better Business On February 19, 1944, the Gamma Lambda Chapter of the Delta Si}?ma Theta Sorority was organized with eleven charter members. It was the first Greek letter female fraternal roup to bt organized on the campus. DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC r A Chapter Andres Bates «fl Annette Carter Judy Carothen 1 Eula Chandler Henrietta Tlvbu PriBcilla Dorsey n W Bertha Egeleston Carol Godley Yvonne Houston Vernie Johnsi Gayle McCombs Lorraine Monn Paris Ann Moore Wilhemenia Seabrooks Gloria Nolley Carol Taylor Eva Owen Harriett Thorpe (W Patricia Willij PYRAMID CLUB Vice President Mable Reese President Brenda Dunnell Treasurer Veronica Seabrooks Secretary Mary Jenltins Front l!o v. Left to Right : Brenda Donnell, Mable Reese, Mary Jenkins, Waltina Young, Veronica Seabrooks, Vivian Wallace. Bark How, Left to Kight: Daphne Jones, Winifred Toliver, Aileen Bullock, Vera Wallace, Marva Pickett, Verdell Adams, Sauiuira Ross, Jackie Belton, JoElla Cooper, Margaret Mitchell, Carolyn Green, Sandra McBee. DYNAMIC DELTAS ON THE MOVE Sorors bow in thanks on Delta ' s 54th Anniversary. What ' s an anniversary without a cake? PiJrlf _Tt — .,.- f — -4- ■■ ' }! _ teias at t Coronation of the Homecoming Queens of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. r: 71 Probates on the move toward Delta Land. The c;;imma Delta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was established on the campus February 26, 1944 with seventeen char- ter members. Mrs. Marguitete Adams, Regional Director, installed the chapter with the assist- anrt of S. Evelyn HuKhes, C. N. Denson, J. S. Gray, and Annie 1 . liichardson. National FoundinK Date January 16, 1908 Coiors Salmon Pink and Apple Green Barbara Flack Anti-Tamiochus Carolyn Ellis Parliamentarian Barbara Daws Dean of Pledgees Vivian Keed Co-Dean of Pledgees Dorothy Land Mrs. W. Smith Mrs. I. M. Parker Cheryl Neal Patricia Stowe Leona Taylor 389 Patricia Wilson The Princesses march toward Alpha Kappa Land. The Princesses demonstrate their skills and showmanship for the enter- tainment of their Sisters. Chapel Programs are very revealing. On the Line and it won ' t be long before we reach the end of the rain- bow and the pot of gold. Birds fly over the rainbow. Why, Oh whv can ' t 1? Hearts are warm voices melodic when I we retire to our chapter room and en- , , gage in our chapter songs. J resenialion of le c u L.eaf (i uo Presenting the Ivy Leaf Clubs of Gamma Delta Chapter of J.C.S.U. and Delta Psi Chapter (Barber-Scotia College, Concord, North Carolina) Congratulation.s from the Pyramid Club and Lampa- dos Club Sorors together at reception Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., presented its first formal presentation of the Ivy Leaf Club. Participating with Gamma Delta Chapter was Delta Psi Chapter of Barber-Scotia, Concord, North Carolina. The presentation was a glamorous affair and will become an annual event. Soror Barbara McGee, Basileus oy iDeaf G u£ |V v The Ivy Leaf Club of Gamma Delta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. This is the station at which persons who have indicated their desires to become affiliated with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., learn of the joys and services of Alpha Kapjja Alpha Land. They also learn of the charms and benefits of Greekdoni. jLjeia J ni Je a ' ororiii ' y Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded on January 16, 1920 by five young women at Howard University. It was the idea of these founders that the sorority would reach college women in all parts of the country who were sorority-minded and desired to follow the ideals and objectives of finer womanhood ; scholar- ship, service, and sisterly love on which Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was founded. Zeta Phi Beta and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity were the first official Greek letter sister and brother organizations. Zeta Phi Beta was the first Greek letter college sorority to organize in Africa. More ,than 250 under- graduate and graduate chapters are divided into nine regions in the United States and Africa. Its membership includes women in various profes- sions and the sorority gives services through legis- lation, voluntary services, scholarships, charitable services, and other worthwhile activities. Diappa C) 2ap er op Yjeia J ni Ujela S7nc, Beatrice .Ma field I ' lvthe Carolyn Blount Lyceum Programs and Features 1966-1967 The Lyceum Committee of Johnson C. Smith Uni- its centennial lecture and art series, versity, under the chairmanship of Mr. J. Arthur To do this within a specified budget was a herculean Twitty, went all out this year to assemble the finest task but it has been done in grand style. To the Corn- types of personages in a variety of fields to enhance mittee — our standing ovation. Une Unree Uabards (y naAespeare |T5 Philip Lawrence, dis- tinquished Shakespearian authority, director, and actor, headed a sri ' oup of five performers in selec- tions from great tragedies, comedies, and histories : HAMLET HENRY V TWELFTH NIGHT MACBETH JULIUS CAESAR TAMING OF THE SHREW The narrative, written by Mr. Lawrence, high- lighted the emotional im- pact of each of the scenes portrayed. Une uinpnoneiie This chamber sized orchestra of 25 players has been performing the finest small symphony orchestra music about the Carolinas for the past years. The reception has been enthusiastic wherever it has ap- peared. The musical treasures, very rarely performed otherwise, offered the student body the finest of Mozart, Beethoven, Bloch, Greig and others. The orchestra is under the direction of Martin Bel- lar and the piano soloist is Anita Bultman. The group was enthusiastically acclaimed by a large audience at its recent concert. Mr. Martin Bellar Director UneDon nir eu iJrio One of the most brilliant artists and exciting personalities to illumine the world of music in America is the young pianist, Don Shirley. Heading his own Trio, (piano, cello and bass) he is a many- faceted artist whose musical crea- tivity has skyrocketed him to high praise and recognition in the music world. The creativity of this trio was especially satisfying to a large enthusiastic audience. Don Shirley iPauhne JreoericA Pauline Frederick United Na- tions correspondent for NBC News, is a familiar figure where interna- tional statesmen gather. All of her talks deal with nation- al and international events based on her world travels as a corres- pondent for the National Broadcas- ting Company. The UN is her best and she includes her experiences in meeting world developments in her daily assignments. The large crowd was abundantly rewarded for waiting for this knowledgeable and famed speaker. She spoke to an audience that be- came increasingly charmed by her vast knowledge and insight. Jiarru easoner Harry Reasoner — Roving correspondent for CBS television news and one of America ' s most re- spected journalists, combines a keen news sense with an ability to string words into cogent sentences that are refreshingly brisk, concise and slightly satirical. His lecture subject: Citizenship and Cynicism, was well received by a large crowd of receptive stu- dents, faculty, alumni, and friends. Jieiit Jlffen Betty Allen, Mezzo Soprano — Proclaimed one of the most endearing and powerful voices of the cen- tury. the world-renowned Ohio-born singer is a favorite with such leading conductors as Bernstein, Stokowski, Munch, Leinsdorf, Dorati, and Solti, as well as with audiences throughout the world. 1966-67 SERIES October 3 THE THREE TABARDS OF March 15 SHAKESPEARE April 21 October 13 THE SYMPHONETTE May 1 October 21 THE DON SHIRLEY TRIO May 10 January 16 BETTY ALLEN, MEZZO SOPRANO February 8 PAULINE FREDERICK February 15 HARRY REASONER THE NEW YORK JAZZ SEXTET MARVIN KALB GEORGE RIABIKOFF, PIANIST THE HONORABLE CARL T. ROWAN QjarJ J. Jvowan The Honorable Carl T. Rowan — Author, diplomat and former Director of the U.S. Information Agency, has the advantages of an extensive background in government ser- vices, as well as the keen perceptive powers of a top-ranking newspaperman. No Wash- ington columnist can match ROWAN ' s dis- tinctive government career and no other reporter has ever won the much desired Sigma Delta Chi award for three consecutive years. Mr. Rowan began his spectacular career in government service at the age of 35 in 1961 when the late President John F. Kennedy named him Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. Two years later he was appointed Ambassador to Finland — a position he served with great distinction. THE HONORABLE Carl T. Rowan oronaiion JSS Miss UNCF, 1967 Beverly Pines represented Johnson C. Smith in the Miss UNCF pageant. The twenty-first annual conference of the National Alumni Council of the United Negro College Fund chose the hometown of John- son C. Smith University for the seat of its February 9-12, 1967 meeting. The Queen City rolled out the welcome mat and Johnson C. Smith University welcomed most cordially this group representing over 100,000 alumni of the thirty-three member institutions. These thirty-three institutions represent eleven states: Alabama (4), Ark- ansas (1), Florida 1), Georgia (7), Louisiana (2), Mississippi (1), North Carolina (6), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (4), Texas (3), and Virginia (3). Luncheon for delegates of the United Negro College Fund ' Xaiiona U ' XGD- UNCF Queens— -Miss Bennet J ■j 1 IBM ' ' ' B MMj K P- OH 1 |P| i vrJHr (j VH H B A : f gffl| ifl K Ik ■ j K ' 0 m tV — H H f - ' ' ' IL M .. r, J , w I V T f V UNCF Queens on Parade — Miss Beverly Pines (Smith) U.N.C.F. Queens in Seiious Cuntemplation I)r. JltaHin Lui ier JC ' 9 One of the highlights of the Centennial Lecture series was experienced Wednesday, September 21 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Nobel Peace prize winner, and founder of the Southern Christian Lead- ership Conference, held an audience of thousands entranced with his doctrine of Love or perish . Speaking extensively on the nation ' s two greatest domestic problems, racial injustice and poverty , Dr. King declared these problems to be paramount because our nation suffers from a kind of poverty of spirit. We have allowed the within of our lives to be absolved by the without, our mentality to absolve our morality, and our technology to absolve our theology. Dr. King cast a hypnotic spell over his vast audience and they could have stayed all night. We shall overcome ' We shall overcome Alumni But now cur sleep has fled and our dream is over, and it is no longer dawn. The noontide is upon us and our half waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part. If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again to- gether and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky. — Kahlil Gibran THE ALUMNI AND THE TRUSTEE BOARD OF JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY The Trustee Board of Johnson C. Smith Uni- versity has always been an esteemed, august body. Aside from the bond of security which the Board throws around the Institution, its presence on the campus always lends an air of respect and dignity. For alumni, especially, it is considered a distinct honor to be numbered in its membership. Robert P. Wyche ' 77, became a member of the Board in 1891 and served his Alma Mater in that capacity until 1938. He was the President of the group from 1897 to 1938. In 1960, C. A. Johnson ' 04, became the second alumnus to be named President of this Board. Dr. John M. Gaston who served the Institution and Board from 1910 to 1938 was succeeded by Dr. XA ' alter L. Moser as Secretary-Treasurer of Johnson C. Smith University and a member of the Board. DR. MOSER SUCCEEDS DR. J. M. GASTON ■ i Dr. C. A. Johnson, newly elected President of the Board of Trustees of the University. Dr. Johnson is the first Negro to be elected presi- dent of the Board of Trustees since the late Dr. R. P. Wyche. Dr. Wvche served as president from 1897 to 1938. Dr. Johnson, President of the Board Dr. Walter L. Moser, Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Pittsburgh and former Presi- dent of the Board, was elected Secretary- Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of John- son C. Smith University at its Commence- ment meeting. The position was left vacant by the death of Dr. J. M. Gaston in March. Dr. C. A. Johnson, Sr., ' 04, a retired super- visor of the Columbia (South Carolina) School System, was elected President of the Board of Trustees. Ray S. Hoffman, Pittsburgh, Pa. was elect- ed Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Vance H. Chavis ' 29, Principal of the Lincoln Junior High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, was elected Alumni Representative to the Board at this same meeting. Dr. Lewis K. Downing, whose term as Alumni Repre- sentative to the Board expired in June, was elected a permanent member on the Board. Dr. Downing is Dean of the School of Engi- neering and Architecture at Howard Universi- ty in Washington, D. C. 1 D. W. L. Moser. Secretary-treas- urer of the Board of Trustees, brings greetings from the Board at the Alumni Banquet. Executive Committee Meeting General Alumni Association October 17, 1959 Washington, D. C. Seated: T. P. Bomar, C. W. Baulknight, M. S. Belton, H. Wilson. Standing: L. W. Downing, L. A. Haywood, J. T. Jones, V. G. Mallory. THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Edward H. Brown, Recording Secretary for the General Alumni, recorded at the beginning of the minutes of that organization, the following state- ment: The sixty-six annual meeting of the Alumni Association of Johnson C. Smith University was called to order by the First Vice President, C. E. Boulware, in the assembly hall of the Carnegie Library, May 17, 1943. On the basis of this state- ment, therefore, the graduates of the institution may be said to have begun functioning as an organi- zation in 1877. Although no records are available to substantiate this contention, records are available that show that by 1888 the Alumni Association was sponsoring a large scale activity which had, by that time, gained momentum and re.spectability. The Jun- ior Prize Oratorical Contest was won that year by J. C. Johnson. It had become an annual event and eleven other men had won the prize by 1899. Among the early secretaries mentioned in a his- torical report to the General Alumni Association by Secretary Edward H. Brown in 1944 were: I. D. Davis, W. E. Partee, J. M. Boygen, J. C. Johnson, A. U. Frierson, P. G. Drayton, and C. H. Shute. Authen- tic records substantiate the fact that J. D. Martin became treasurer in 1893 and held the position for thirty-five years, relinquishing it only in 1928 when he accepted the principalship at Brainerd Institute. He was succeeded by W. H. Stinson who held that office until 1943. The University Catalog began publishing a list of Alumni officers in 1913 which was prefaced by this statement, This Association meets annually during the Commencement season. From this date forward, authentic records are available. With the passing of the years the graduating classes became larger representing wide and scat- tered geographical areas. This made local and area chapters necessary, as exponents of the General Association. More than four thousand graduates and students are potential members of the General Alumni Associ- ation. By far the majority of these are making honorable contributions to the American way of life. The medical field has been greatly extended by them ; the Ministry knows hundreds of them by their noble and faithful works. The mail service, the field of education, law, business, diplomatic service, and others can attest to the inestimable value of their services. Among the early local chapters were: The Charles- ton, South Carolina Chapter. The New York Club, The New Jersey, The Charlotte, The Asheville, and others whose records are not available to the Bull office. The ALUMNI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE held the fall meeting in Washington last September at the home of the president, Attorney Thomas D. Bomar. Left to right they are: Seated; H. Wilson, treasurer; Mr. Bomar; Mrs. Jane D. Carter, recording secretary; Clarence E. Shaw, second vice president. StandinR: Newton L. Gregg; Charles W. Baulknight, co-chairman of Centennial Committee; Zoel S. Hargrave, first vice president; J. T. Jones; Dr. Henry A. Hill; and Moses S. Belton. GREENSBORO CHAPTER p J LA Ei H II ' ' L Hi fl M r A K__£l_f H ll H Greensboro, North Carolina, Alumni Chapter in its initial meet- ing for the year had President R. P. Perry as its guest. The meet- ing was held Sunday afternoon, September 25, 1960 at the St. James Church in Greensboro. L-R, front — Mrs. Ellen Martin Morrison ' 54, Mrs. Hyla Bynum Cundiff ' 48, Vance H. Chavis ' 29, president of the Chapter; Dr. Perry, Mrs. Clara Foust Morehead ' 42, Chapter secretary. Back row — G. D. Tillman ' 25, Dr. J. T. Douglas ' 27, pastor of St. James Church; E. L. Price ' 37, Edward M. Townes ' 31, C. C. Watkins, supervisor Guilford County Public Schools ; Newton L. Gregg, ' 2 ' 7, District Manager, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. Others present at the meeting were the Rev. John Greely Corry ' 54 and Mrs. Nancy Greene Corry ' 54 ; Moses S. Belton, Director of Public Relations and Joseph A. Gaston, Promotional Officer of the University. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER Motivated by the enthusiastic leader- ship of Mr. Vance H. Chavis ' 29, the Alumni in Greensboro, North Carolina organized a local chapter on January 22, 1959. The following officers were elected: Vance H. Chavis, president; Paul San- difer, vice president; Mrs. Clara Foust Moreland, secretary; Mrs. Lucille Long Fulmore, assistant secretary ; and Mrs. Dorothy Dusenberry Patterson, treas- urer. In addition to officers the charter members include : Newton L. Gregg ' 27, G. D. Tillman ' 25, Margaret L. Carr ' 46, Lucille L. Fulmore ' 44, Edward L. Price ' 37, Clarence C. Watkins ' 30, Edward M. Townes, Jr. ' 31, Antonio M. Hall ' 47, Frederick I. Quick ' 35, Lvdia Lucille Leath ' 46, Ethel Leath McLarin ' 40, Miriam M. Leath ' 40, Julius T. Douglas ' 27, and Hyla Bynum Cundiff ' 48. The Chapter ' s influence was imme- diately felt on the campus. The choir was outfitted with attractive new robes and presented in concert. Other tangi- ble demonstrations of concern and inter- est have been made to the Institution. Mrs. Rose T. Yourse is the current en- thusiastic president. Meeting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Claudius N. Shopshire in Los Angeles, California on July 10, 1964, Smith graduates met and organized the Southern California Alumni Chapter. The following officers were elected: Rev. Edward S. Williams, President; Dr. Christopher L. Taylor, Vice President ; Mrs. Miriam H. Johnson, Recording Secretary; Dr. Claudius N. Shropshire, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. Pliney W. Jenkins, Chaplain. The Chapter made history by raising $1,565 for the Alumni Fund. In addition to the officers, other charter members are C. L. Taylor, J. W. Hill, J. H. Hargett, Lowiyn Funderburk, Jeather L. Dawkins, Roy J. E. Williams, Mrs. Miriam H. Johnson, Mr. Milton B. Meadows, Dr. Charles W. Ozier, Dr. Francis Hobson, Dr. and Mrs. Henry H. Holder, Mrs. Betty Shropshire Butler, Dr. Heneke R. Dudley, Mr. William L. Tyson, Mr. Justin H. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Blue, Mr. Henry Blanton, and Mrs. Sarah Ford Ferris. The new Chapter has .several big projects in the making. Rev. Moses S. Belton represented the Institution at this meeting. Two Loyal Alumni In Goldsboro, North Carolina Rev. James H. Stokes ' 34, Seminary Mrs. Marian E. Stokes ' 42 Reverend Stokes is retired but continues his minis- try as guest minister and supply upon call. Mrs. Stokes, also a loyal alumna who operates a highly rated kindergarten in Goldsboro. Both the Stokes are loyal alumni. Reverend Stokes attended Alumni Day conducted by the Seminary on March 6. 1967. CHICAGO CHAPTER High on the scale of the early, active and loyal chapters is the Chicago organization. In addition to sponsoring the University Choir in concerts, keeping the merits of the University alive in the minds of worthy students, making substantial gifts to the Institution, it won the United Negro College Fund Trophy for 1956. Over an extended period, Beauregard L. Martin, The Great Guy and Spark Plug of the group, according to his colleagues, has been its efficient motivator and Secretary. The group has also been greatly motivated through the invaluable services and interest of Dr. L. A. Haywood — both as its efficient Treasurer and in other official capacities. Some of the past Presidents of the Chicago Chapter who have kept it alive and on the go have been : R. M. Green, Walter E. Rogers, Ernest Fair, and Earl Corbin. Dr. A. H. Prince, Evangelist for the Atlantic and Catawba Synods, was connected with the organization of the Chapter and was a motivation to the Chapter during the formative period. March meeting of Chicago Chapter, held in the home of Dr. and Mrs. William Johnson Rogers. Male Members and Associate Members of the Chicago area Alumni Chapter. NEW JERSEY CHAPTER The New Jersey Chapter is among the early akimni groups to organize and pool their efforts for the mutual benefit of themselves and their Alma Mater. The New Jersey Chapter was organized in November of 1935 at which time President McCrorey repre- sented the Institution and addressed the group at the home of Dr. C. O. Hilton. Dr. Gibbs Chisholm of the class of 1914 was elected President of the new Chapter. The New Jersey Chapter has frequently cooperated with the New York Chapter and has been most active in sending worthy and talented students to the In- stitution. It is not uncommon for this chapter to discover and bring such students to the Institution. This Chapter along with the New York Chapter has also cooperated with the Scotia Alumni Chapter in worthy projects. Mr. Ernest Fletcher is currently President of this Chapter. Picture of some of the alumni who attended the General Alumni Association meeting. Attorney T. P. Bomar, president, General Alumni Members of the Executive Committee of the Genei-al Association, presides at the annual meeting of the Alumni Association held the fall meeting in Washington, Alumni; as the secretary, Mrs. Mattie S. Grigsby, D. C. on September 12. records the minutes. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER The Charleston Chapter was among the earliest local chapters to be orsanized. It began functioning as a local chapter in 1920 with the following officers: Rev. J. R. Pearson, President; Mr. A. J. Clement, Treasurer; Rev. W. L. Metz, Secretary. It moved to have President Daniel J. Sanders picture placed among those of the pioneers hanging in the Biddle Memorial Hall. In 1927, it contributed $200 toward the installation of the Chime Clock in the tower of Biddle Memorial Hall. Had this Chapter made no further contribution to Presbyterianism than William L. Metz, The Sage of Edisto Island it would not have labored in vain. Rev. McKinley Washington is the current President of the Chapter, and is making religious efforts to revive the interest and loyalty of all alumni in that vicinity. Columbia Chapter of the Johnson C. Smith University Alumni Club: President Dr. N. P. Cooper Vice President Mrs. Olivia Johnson Recording Secretary Mrs. Wilhelmina P. Kimpson Corresponding Secretary William G. Sanders Treasurer Thomas S. Martin Reporter Mrs. Thelma M. Harrison October 24, 1966 NEW AND AREA CHAPTERS Motivated by the demands of the United Negro College Fund, many Area and County Chapters developed in answer to the call of their Alma Mater. Among these are: The Morganton- Hickory-Lenoir Area Chapter, The Central Savannah River Area Chapter. The Southeastern Area Chapter in North Carolina, The Gaston County Chapter, The Cleveland County Chapter, The Cabarras County Chapter, The Piedmont Area Chapter in South Carolina. These groups have pooled their interests and their means to help their Alma Mater gain New- Dimensions in Higher Education. In South Carolina : Cheraw, Chester, Columbia, Hartsville, Rock Hill, and Sumter are new or revitalized Chapters whose services are now being felt in the interest of their Alma Mater. This is likewise true of the Virginia Chapters in Danville, Martinsville, Norfolk and Richmond, and the North Carolina Chapters in Rocky Mount and Kinston, and the Detroit, Michigan Chapter. Richmond, Virginia Alumni Chapter PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Some of the members of the Philadelphia Alumni. 1965 The Philadelphia Chapter is among those most actively engaged in the support of their Alma Mater. The Chapter, under the leadership of its en- ergetic president, Mr. Vincent G. Mallory, pre- sented the University Choir in concert in 1959. In 1962, the Chapter won first place in the Philadelphia Inter-Alumni Council ' s United Negro College Fund. It contributed $1,118.00 to the Fund that year under the leadership of Mrs. Ruth Ellis Davis, president. In 1963, the Philadelphia Chapter published the first edition of its Newsletter, the Span , to cement the togetherness among alumni. This activity was under the leadership of Mr. William H. Davis, who succeeded his wife as president. Mr. John L. Holton, president in 1964 con- tinued to nurture the lively spirit and activities of the organization. He is currently president of the Chapter. Philadelphia Chapter Officers Installed. 1959 o G ATULATy O Philadelphia Chapter Johnson C. Smith University Alumni Association Huetta Cook Bankins Henry S. Bland James L. Broome Alfred A. Brown Larry Brown William demons A. J. H. Clement, Jr. Loretta Crawford Ruth David William David Ralph Ellis Prince Erwin Ada Erwin Roger Foster Emmett Callashaw Robert Glenn Ann Glenn H. W. Gladden Minnie Goore Charles Gray Louise O. Grier Charles Harrison Fred Hodge John Holton Armentris Hooks Harry Jackson Carol A. Janerette Nettie Jones Veronica Jones Edward A. McDowell George McGill Josephine McGill Maggie Mallory Vincent Mallory Wilton Mitchell William M. Monroe Henrietta Motley Charles Motley William A. Oglesby William T. Owens Richard Owens Edward Pressley Daniel Purnell F. David Reese James Reeder Margaret Reeder Mattie B. Robinson Rogerlin Rodwell Bessie Ross Clarence Ross Ruby T. Stockey Queen Terry Frances Vaughn Rev. Shelton B. Waters Dorothy P. Watkins William P. Watson Carol Deloatch Witherspoon Paul Mack Horace L. Davenport William H. Lindsay Rev. Thomas Logan Geraldine Petty John Wayne Glasco Central Sava j y ' h js Vumni Chapter- ' ' • The Central Savannah Area Alumni Chapter. Organized on May 2. 1964 in Augusta, Georgia Present Officers President Mrs. Wilhelmina Avery Sanders Vice President Mrs. Ruth Brister Thomas Secretary Mrs. Juanita Beard Mclntyre Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Helen Simmons Henry Treasurer Mrs. Ruth Ellis James Mr. Davis Duproe Mr. Charles Hanis Mrs. Velvie B. Ketch Mrs. Juanita Gaylord Miss Harriett Lewis Rev. and Mrs. John Ellis Qjonoraiu ah ' ons! Danoine Cjnap er of Jonnson O. ni ' n V 1 a nni 7is. sociaiion. KINSTON ALUMNI CHAPTER Seated Left to right — Mrs. Thelma Best. Chairman of Ways and Means; Mrs. C. B. Stewart, J. E. (Tuff Muff) Williams, president: Miss Theon Hardy, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Dorothy C. Pitt, Chairman of Music. Standing: H. M. Shepard, R. H. Flannagan, Treasurer; Mrs. Gloria G. Alston, Corre- sponding: Secretary; James R. Ford, E. L. Whitfield, Chair- man of Publicity; Rev. Eugene James, Stephen Carraway, C. B. Steward, Mrs. Lency Joymon, Vice President, E. K. Best, Jr. Members not pictured: Mrs. E. M. Massev. Rev. C. W. Sutton, U. G. Best, Wilford Bynum, Chester Bryant, E. Ray Bryant, George M. Williams. c STER, SOUTH CAROU CHAPTER 4 Mi.- s Patricia King ' 65 Mrs. Maggie Macon Talford ' 49 Mr. Robert M. B. Talford ' 64 NEW YORK ALUMNI CHAPTER During the twenties when the Duke and Smith benefactions were making possible a richer program for Smith several local chapters emerged and older ones were revitalized. Amone: these local organizations which came to be during the twenties was the strong New York Club which began organizational plans in July of 1924 under the leadership of James Egert Allen ' 16. In August of 1924, a meeting was called at the home of Dr. Allen and the Chapter was formally organized. Dr. James D. Martin, Sr. and Dr. Pinkney W. Russell represented the Institution at this meeting. The Chapter met at the Randall Memorial Presbyterian Church on September 7, 1924 for the installation of officers. Dr. Allen was elected president and the Club was later incorporated under the New York State Laws. A Constitution was adopted with the following preamble: We, the graduates and former students of Johnson C. Smith University (formerly Biddle University) in order to provide for social and intellectual uplift of our- selves, to perpetuate the ideals of the Institution, and promote a closer cooperation between the Alumni and our Alma Mater, do establish this constitution for our self government. After thirteen years, the Chapter had gained strength and popularity under the leadership of four presidents: Dr. Allen, Mr. Woodlyn, (Dr. Allen was again elected and served three years), Mr. Evans, and Mr. Pope was elected in 1937. Some of the later presidents have been: Richard R. Amos, Rev. Eugene Houston, Mrs. Wilma Lambert Holmes, Mrs. Connie W. Jenkins, Mrs. Gloria Peters Monz, Dr. Charles E. Bomar and Mr. William A. Smith. Two of the most popular annual activities of the Chapter: The Freshman Scholarship Fund and the Annual Smith Ball. Currently, the New York Chapter is among the strongest chapters actively engaged in the support of the Institution. UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND Members of the Johnson C. .Smilli rnmrsity Alumni Club of New York City hover around the coveted Winslow Morns Memorial Cup. From left to rifrht arc: Harold Winston, Assistant Dean and Publicity Chairman; Miss Anna Vernon, Assistant Corresponding: Secretary; John C. WashinpUm, Assistant Dean; Mrs. Mamie Harris, Recording Secretary and Assistant Dean; John Walker ' 97; Mrs. Gloria P. Munoz, Chapter president; Miss Bertha Peguese, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Cecilia R. Trottie, 1963 Dance Chairman; Mrs. Fatima Gaston, Assistant Dean, and Connie Jenkins, Dean and highest fund raiser in the Greater New York Area. August 1963 OHNSON C.SMITH UNIVERSITY AlUMNI CLUB.INC NEW YORK CHAPTER es wi ' snes in our C)en ennia ear from uie officers ancf memoers of i ie ew yorA umni. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The District of Columbia has attracted numerous graduates of the Institution who have distinguished themselves in a variety of fields: Law, Education, Medicine, Dentistry, Postal and Government Services and numerous other areas of vital worth to the general welfare. One of the main interests of this Chapter is the Alumni Living Endow- ment Fund. It has, on several occasions, sponsored the University Choir. With Attorney Bomar president in 1959 the Choir was enthusiastically received at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D. C. A member of this chapter. Dr. Matthew J. Whitehead, initiated a special fund raising project which involved Smith Alumni insuring their own lives and making Smith beneficiary. He set the example when he insured his own life for a thousand dollars, made Smith beneficiary and filed the policy with the President of the Institution. Dr. Whitehead continued the project during his two years abroad work- ing at the Federal Teacher Training College in Lagos, Nigeria under the employment of the University of California. Mr. Clarence W. R. Wade had a successful year as president and Dr. William L. West is the current president of the D. C. Chapter. Attorney T. P. Bomar presents check (1.00 per year for each year he has been away from the Uni- versity) for the would-be Class of 1912. (Because of additions to the curriculum there was no graduation in 1912.) Mr. Bomar also presented a check of $600.00 on behalf of the Washington Chapter for the Living Endowment Fund. CHAPTER Officers, Washington Chapter Left to right: Kathryn MeGrant English ' 41, Corresponding Secretary; Nolan R. Best ' 40, Treasurer; Roberta Brooks Shearin ' 44, Vice President; Marilyn Lamb Jordan Ex ' 45, Recording Secretary; James A. Squire, Chaplain. ' yjonoraiu ah ' ons upon one nundred aears oj- seroice. Jjesi cuisnes for con inaeo a row in ano acaoemic ■f e excellence. •} ' ) OLDEST KNOWN ALUMNUS Mr. Jacob Thompson 19(10 The oldest known living graduate dons once more the cap and gown — just 67 years later. Serene and pious, Jacob is ready for Sunday sfr- vice. Now retired, his concern for full participation by Negroes in the postal service is continuously manifested. After a brief illness, Jacob Thompson poses pleasantly among the many expressions of esteem and concern. He made his accustomed trek to the campus immediately following. CORONATION OF MISS ALUMNI 1966 67 CHARLOTTE CHAPTER Miss Alumni, 1966-67, Miss Lena Helton accepts her crown from Mrs. Alice Diamond, Miss Alumni 1965-66. Thi.s is one of the local chapter ' s annual Homecoming activit i e s which culminates at half-Time on the gridiron field. Miss Alumni is a coveted hon- or for which local coeds launch a heated financial contest. Left to right: Mrs. Gertrude Pearson, Mrs. Erenestine Frye, Mrs. Myrtle Davis, Gene Potts, Mrs. Lena Helton, Miss Alumni 1966-67; Mrs. Alice Diamond, Miss Alumni 196.5-66; and Miss Barbara Crawford, Mi: 1966-67. .lotinson C. Smith University, Zoel S Hargrave, out going president installed and offered his congratulatory handshake to Mrs. Lena M. Sammons, President, in the spring of 1965. Other officers installed were Charlie S. Dannelly, Vice President; Helena T. Cunning- ham Secretary; Patricia S. Dixon (standing for Jo Alice Blyther), Corresponding Secretary; John O. Hairston, Treasurer; Joseph Belton, Chaplain; and Thomas M. Martin, Scholarship Treasurer. The annual Coke-Bar operated by the chapter during Commencement Day. Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins ' 48 was named Denist of the Year by the National Dental Association during its annual meeting in Detroit, Michigan, July 15-19. Dr. Hawkins was so honored a year ago hy the Old North State (North Carolina) .Medical Society. Doctor of the Year. Emery I,. Kann ' :i4, local physician, was named Doctor of the Year by the Old North State Medical Society at its annual meeting recently. CHARLOTTE ALUMNI CHAPTER The Charlotte Chapter became an active and loyal supporter of the In- stitution during the twenties and soon became a model and motivation for other chapters. In close proximity with the Institution, it gained through constant contact and close observation, valuable knowledge of its basic needs. Its large and small courtesies, voluntarily rendered, have greatly enhanced the Institution ' s curricular and extracurricular pro- grams. Among the smaller courtesies should be mentioned The Coke-Bar operated by the Chapter annually during Freshman Orientation Week and on Commencement day ; off- campus entertainment of campus gi ' oups ; cooperation with Homecom- ing activities ; support of Founders Day Program ; amicable movement among students on and off campus encouraging them to represent the school at its best. Among the larger functions may be mentioned the pub- lication of the Alumni Journal , May 1, 1937; Sponsoring Athletic Activi- ties ; presentation of a two thousand dollar check for the Living Endow- ment Fund in 1963; sponsoring an Honors Program, March 1, 1964, Time to say — Thank you to seven Smith Professors. Among its hard-working presidents have been : Rev. Henry Alston, Dr. Edward H. Brown, Mrs. Evelyn Hill Maxwell. Mr. W. R. Oliver, Dr. E. L. Rann. Mr. Eddie Byers, Mr. Zoel S. Hargrave, Jr., Mrs. Mattie Solace Grier. Mrs. Lena Mills Sammons is currently the Chapter ' s most profi- cient president. The oldest known living alumnus, Jacob Thompson, 1900, is a member of this Chapter. One of the Centen- nial alumni activities of the Charlotte Chap- ter was a twenty-five dollar plate dinner in earlv October. Mrs. Lena Sammons, president of the local chapter — third from left, during the $25-plate dinner in October. Eugene S. Potts, Public Affairs Director of Radio Station WGIV in Charlotte, was recently in- ducted into the Hall of Fame at the Second Ward High School here. 1933 James O. Hairston, treasurer of the Charlotte Chapter, pre- sents check of $200 to President Perry as the Chapter ' s contri- bution to the 1964 United Negro College Fund Campaign. The pre- sentation was made at the annual UNCF Campaign Kick-Off Supper. UJie One Jfuncfrecf Gfu£ The One Hundred Club developed out of an in- formal gathering of men who met to eat, sip, and gab following Smith games. During one of these gabbing sessions, Jimmy McKee conceived the idea that the group ' s sessions might take on a two-fold purpose — Profit as well as pleasure. Members of this group customarily took turns in providing the down-home food which they relished and Jimmy would have it prepared. To this. Jimmy proposed that they organize for the pur- pose of mutual assistance with various fund-raising activities at Smith. After pro and con consideration of Jimmy ' s proposal, the group accepted it ; limited their membership to twenty-five ; assessed them- selves a monthly dues of $5.00 each, and named the group The One Hundred Club in recognition of the one hundred years of Smith ' s services to humanity. A very interesting fact about the Club is its cos- mopolitan membership. Although the membership is predominantly of Smith Alumni, it includes men who did not go to Smith and men with a variety of voca- tional and professional interests. Among the Club ' s activities are the following: An Annual Car-o-rama resulting in giving away a car during one of Smith ' s basketball games ; solicitation of advertisements for the Homecoming Souvenir Program ; Solicitation of donations for admissions to basketball games. In February the Club presented a check for $12, .500 to the Centennial Fund which represents a $500 donation for each of its members. The Club plans to continue in tact and has pledged an additional $12,500 to be paid off during the next five years. Present Officers are: E. L. Rann, President J. Arthur Twitty, Secretary J. F. Armstead, Treasurer James R. McKee, Director of Promotions 1 The twenty-five members of the Club are: F. J. Armstead, J. S. Brayboy, H. B. Blue , J. D. Chase, M. D. Collins, C. S. Dannelly, W. T. Deavers, J. A. Dixon, J. M. Evans , J. H. Flack, J. A. Gaston, D. D. Grigsby, Sylvester Lee, Jr., T. M. Martin, E. C. McGirt, J. R. McKee, K. S. Powell, E. S. Potts. E. L. Rann, Aaron Smith, J. P. Stinson, J. A. Twitty, L. A. Warner, Ulysses Watkins, G. M. Wilkins. . Not available for picture Honorary Members: R. P. Perry M. S. Belt ' on One Hundred Club Presents Check $12,500 To Centennial Fund President R. P. Perry ac- cepts check from J. R. Mc- Kee, Founder of Club, while E. L. Rann, Presi- of Club, looks on. lOOTH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE 1867-1967 Trustee-Faculty-Alumni Centennial Committee J. Egert Allen, Charles W. BaulkniKht Co-chairmen Melvin A. Best Charles E. Bomar Thomas P. Bomar Moses S. Belton Arthur J. Clement Mack L. Davidson Arthur H. George Charles W. Hargrave A. Eunicetine Adam Furness J. Armstead Nathaniel Baccus Moses S. Belton William E. Bluford Ralph P. Bohn Jack S. Brayboy Winson R. Coleman Herman L. Counts Barbara A. Crawford Faculty-Student Centennial Committee Rufus P. Perry, Chairman Richard Foye Joseph A. Gaston William Gaither Arthur H. George Matthew J. Green, Jr. Theodus L. Gunn Ester P. Hill Calvin A. Hood Christopher W. Kemp Vietta E. Neal 426 Zoel S. Hargrave Henry A. Hill Calvin A. Hood John P. Lucas, Jr. Vincent G. Mallory W. Flemon Mcintosh Rufus P. Perry Israel P. Stanback J. Arthur Twitty William T. Osborne Inez M. Parker Curtis 0. Peters Kennan Smith R. Edwin Thompkins J. Arthur Twitty Lovette A. Warner Ulysses Watkins Kelley R. White Raymond Worsley Two members of the class of 1920 chat with Attorney T. P. Bomar, President of the Gener- al Alumni Association. They are Robert J. Jones of Philadelphia, Pa., and Ernest M. Wood of Newark, N. J. Another member of the class who was on the campus, Dr. J. W. Smith, Sr., recording secretary of the Board of Trustees, was not present for the picture. Miss Grace Solomon, Charlotte Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, presents a check of $300 to J. Arthur Twitty for the United Negro College Fund. Mr. Jacob Thompson, ilass of 1900, presents his check for $500 to the Centennial Fund. FACULTY BANQUET Recipients of the annual Faculty travel abroad award for 1966-1967. At the speakers ' table Dr. Agnew, Consultant and repre- sentative of the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges. Scenes from the annual faculty banquet. Featured this year were the recipients of the annual faculty awards : Mrs. V. E. Neal and Reverend Calvin Hood. Both gave illustrated lectures of their trips abroad which included Hawaii, Japan, China, Italy, India, the Holy Land and many other foreign nations. These places became alive by pictures of historical and famed centers along the route of their travels. Harmonic Sounds were furnished by Smith ' s own Appreciations. Faculty and Staff help themselves to the delectable spread for the occasion. Mrs. Neal — third from end on right. Uno na.s J . Jjomar yroin Une J resioeni y Une General [Aluinni Jissoc a ion y nomas J . Jjoinar ornety JsJas iinaion D. G. T.Jno ' s (Jno in American I liiicersilies and L oIIeaes Essie B. Archie Political Science Nathaniel Baccus Political Science Nancy Barringer English Candace Bvnun Psychology Carole Coles Music Education Matthew J. Green Political Science Barbara J. Flack English William Gaithe English Kennan V aync Smith Political Science Curtis Peters English Waltina Young Social Science Cjajnpas iDeaaers Une Jju T L)faff recoqnizes ouisfancfina confribuiions made btJ aracfuaiina iJenio s io c as.s ana extra-cJass acijoiiies aurina tneir fenure at Jo inson Cj. cj zi ' A ' llniuersitu. Une o oaiin( persons were actioe participants in t ie total scnooJ proaram ana rnaoe t iemse ues fe t in worAina for tne success of euert t iina wnicn enric iea t ie experiences 0 tnose wno trainee at Smitfi from 1963-1967. J )e i ,7. Lip oref Miss Betty J. Lipford was chosen as an Out- standing Senior because of her meritorious works and scholastic ability. Betty hails from Concord, Virginia. Among her extracurricular activities are: the Freshman Reception Committee, President of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, President of Gamma Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of Liston Hall and Senior Counselor, Miss Omega Psi Phi Frater- nity, Inc. for the year 1966-67. Walnaniel j ace as. 111 Intellectual, energetic, capable, and studious are just a few of the characteristics of Nathaniel Baccus, III, President of the Senior Class. Nathaniel is Vice Polemarch of Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, a member of the International Re- lations Club, Economics Club, Men ' s Council, Varsity Football Team, Student Government Judicial Com- mittee, and was selected to WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Gai-o e ,7. Co es Miss Carole J. Coles is a Music Education major and Psychology minor. Carole has been a member of the University Choir for four years; Among her other extracurricular activities are: Music Educa- tor ' s National Conference, Alpha Kappa Alpha So- rority, Listen Hall House Council, Women ' s Guide- line Committee, SCA, Student Government, Student Representative to Discipline Committee, Freshman Reception Committee, and was selected to WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNI- VERSITIES AND COLLEGES. JKatt iew J. reen. .Jr. The President of the Student Body is the dynamic Matthew J. Green, Jr. Matthew is considered a cam- pus leader in a number of organizations, including: Alpha Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Frater- nity ; Faculty-Student Centennial Committee, Presi- dent of Southeastern Region of Association of Inter- national Relations Club, University Memorial Union Governing Board, Men ' s Counseling Staff, Religious Life Committee, Pre-Alumni Council, North Carolina State Student Legislature Delegation Member (House of Representatives), and was selected to appear in WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Doris i me Miss Doris Flythe is President of the Liston Hall House Council, 1966-67. She was also President of the Duke Hall House Council 1964-65. Doris is a member of the Economics Club and treasurer of Kappa Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. She par- ticipated in the Johnson C. Smith University Ex- change Program to Beaver College in 1964-65. I :m — _ yie i ia i (Jai ne f mit i The extracurricular activities of Kennan Wayne Smith are numerous. Kenny , as he is called by classmates, served as Editor of the UNIVERSITY STUDENT, 1965-66. Presently, he is President of Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the International Relations .Club, and the Collegiate Council for the United Nations. Kenny is Chairman of the University Memorial Union Program Board, Vice-Chairman of the University Memorial Union Governing Board, and Off-Campus Freshman Coun- selor. He was selected to appear in the 1967 Edition of WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERI- CAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Liurh ' s (J ' ' J ea J ' ' ehrs Curtis O ' Neal Peters, better known as COP , is a native of Orange, New Jersey and a resourceful leader in all phases of the University. COP is Edi- tor of the UNIVERSITY STUDENT, Past President of Berry Hall, Co-Captain of the Football team, and made the All-Conference Football Squad. He was selected to appear in the 1967 Edition of WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNI- VERSITIES AND COLLEGES. J c iard jC. oyt The Editor of the CENTENNIAL BULL IS Richard L. Foye of Sanford, North Carolina. Richard is also a member of the Freshman Reception Com- mittee, Student Christian Association, Cultural Af- fairs Committee of the University Memorial Union, and Faculty-Student Centennial Committee. l.hi j c • A- ' lam aiUier William Gaither is considered a versatile campus leader and Honor Student. A native of Liberty Hill, South Carolina, Gaither is President of the Student Christian Association and the campus chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Other extracurricular activities include : Keeper of Records and Seal of Rho Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. ; Business Manager of the CENTENNIAL BULL; a member of the UNIVERSITY STUDENT Staff; Faculty-Student Centennial Committee, Pre-Alumni Council, Fresh- man Reception Committee, Cultural Affairs Com- mittee of the University Memorial Union, Presidential Assistant for the Student Government. Gaither was selected to appear in the 1967 Edition of WHO ' S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNI- VERSITIES AND COLLEGES. , James ju f ' J men James L. Green, familiarly known to his class- mates around campus and on the gridiron as Bull , is Vice President of the Student Government. Bull is also a member of Rho Chapter of Omega Psi Phi F raternity, Inc., and the Freshman Reception Committee. sports Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. — Henry David Thoreau One of the oldest living coaches Football Squad North Carolina Champions 1928- ' 29 THE CHRONICLE OF THE BULL-PEN The Bull-Pen began its career on the campus in 1890 when interested Biddle men assembled and organized the first football team with L. B. Ellerson as Captain — according to Ace (T. M.) Martin, a Biddle athlete of considerable fame. After two years of hard practice football became the first major sport to be launched on the campus and Livingstone College was challenged. On December 27, 1892, dur- ing a lusty snow storm, the Methodists and Presby- terians met in Salisbury and a new sound of cleated shoes resounded throughout the vicinity until a figure was announced, Biddle 4 — Livingstone 0 , thus ending the first episode of an athletic saga that was to increase in intensity and scope. The Biddle Line-up for this historic moment was: Left End H. H. Muldrow Left Guard C. E. Rayford Left Tackle Charles Shute Left Halfback W. H. Morrow Center Hawkins Quarterback G. E. Caesar Fullback W. L. Metz Right End J. J. Robinson Right Guard L. B. Ellerson Right Tackle William Haig Right Halfback Mebane Substitutes: J. E. Bowman, J. H. Hutton, L. M. Plair, B. B. Funderburk. H. L. Peterson, Manager. Among Livingstone ' s Line-up were: J. W. Walker, Captain, the late president Trent, Rightback and manager. This event was commemorated forty-eight years later by a plaque which now hangs in the trophy display hall in the new gymnasium of Johnson C. Smith University. The plaque is inscribed as follows: First Negro College Football Game Livingstone — ; Biddle — 4 December 27, 1892 Presented by National Classic December 15, 1940 Washington, D. C. This activity was later played in November and became known as The Turkey Day Classic with other schools being booked for the contest. The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) was organized in 1912 with Hampton, How- ard, Lincoln, Shaw and Virginia Union as Charter members. Johnson C. Smith University did not join the Association until 1924. Despite the fact that the Bulls have missed the Championship Birth in Foot- ball in that Association it has long been recognized as a formidable contender. On November 25, 1938, the Golden BulLs clinched the North Carolina State Championship by rumbling over the mighty Aggies of A T College by a score of 18 to 12. Coached by Eddie Jackson the Bulls featured Freshman Choo- Choo Jackson, Kenny Powell, and Jack Brayboy in this performance. In 1940, Morgan State College was declared CIAA Champions for that year with a 5-1 record. The Golden Bulls had a 4-1-1 record and defeated the Morgan Bears. There was a pall over the Bull-Pen in 1942, however. When Coach Eddie Jackson called the roll for early pi-actice, there .vere Bill Toles, Eddie McGirt, Bill Cox, Hank Mur. ;iy. Bill Chase, Sandy Green and Spider Webb, all absent from the Pen but present and accounted for on a larger team — Uncle Sam ' s World War II Team. On the basis of available written records only, the Staff has poled its All-Star Team of the Past: C. R. Frances, Perk Williams (Later Coach), Henry Steptoe, Crip Hilton, Turkey Russell, The Steele Brothers Red Ellis, Jethro Henry, Dummy Fowlkes, Babe Ray Harris, Ed. O ' Daniels, Willie Bryant, Bull Meadows, Kenny Powell, Ralph Bogle, Red Williams, Jack Brayboy, Choo-Choo Jackson, Bruiser Malone, Javis Amos, Pete Peterson, Ram Young, Tackhammer Brooks, Jack Martin, G. E. McKeithen, Bill Oliver, the Four Horsemen from New Rochelle : Bud Spencer, Swanee Starks, Slim McLaurin, and Boone Wheeler; Cleve Mul- drow, Ace Bailey, Eddie McGirt, Whip Curry, Chippie Chase, Tarzan Fletcher, Tommy Pogue, Basil Leach, Duke Brown, Chris Taylor, Samp- son Dickens, Fab Camp, Pettis Norman (member of the Dallas Cowboys ' Team), and Allen Coles. Our sincere apologies to all the other stella football heroes of the Bull-Pen whose names do not appear here. The Gold and Blue will ever float proudly over you and the Smith light will follow you wherever you roam. Two of the memorable coaches of the pioneer football days were Dr. E. French Tyson, and Coach Perk Williams. Perk , who still lives in his com- fortable home on Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte, N. C. speaks warmly of one unforgettable experience of the gay twenties involving the present administra- tion of the Institution. Verdant and energetic, yet unknown as presidential timber, Rufus came out for early football practice and was put on the line facing Seth C. Vanlandingham. Seth executed all the gory tactics of a Bull and Rufus did not return for further practice. BASEBALL IN THE BULL-PEN The second major sport to become recognized in the Bull-Pen was Baseball. Livingstone College was again the constant contender. J. 0. Cannady. Editor of the 1929 Bull tells the story. Who started all this baseball anyway? The Easter Monday Game had its beginning in the year 1900. That year Biddle played Livingstone in Football on January 5th. The weather was ex- tremely cold and a mist of snow kept the players blinded, and no scores were made by either team. A discussion arose between the teams (players) as to the me rits of each team. Jack Logan, a senior from Biddle, suggested that the two teams meet in baseball on Easter Monday, the winning tearn to be given credit for the football game as well. The two teams met and though no record was kept of the final score, it is known that each team made more than twenty-five (25) scores and the game was called off at the end of the seventh (7th) inning on account of darkness. After that the Eas- ter Game became an annual affair and finally be- came a classic in 1915. In 1928, each team had won an even number of games. Over a long period of time football and baseball remained the major sports attraction on the campus with the Easter Monday Classic commanding a slight popularity edge on the Turkey Day Classic. Coach Scales drilled his baseball team into the championship of North Carolina in 1928, with a 12-1 record. Pitch- ford. McKeithan, J. 0. Ellis, B. G. Hayes, J. O. Home, H. Lindsay, T. M. Martin, W. Williams, Red Williams. J. Tucker, C. Walker, Bill Oliver, and G. W. Brown were stars on this team. Dr. R. L. Douglass was one of the early coaches of this sport. Smith discontinued baseball as a major sport in the early forties. The ClAA dropped base- ball competition in 1934 — resumed it again in 1946 but it soon vanished from the Association ' s program of major sports. Easter Monday Baseball Gam 1928 or 1929 BASEBALL SQUAD NORTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONS, 1928 RESULTS OF 1928 SEASON Smith 7 Smith 10 Smith 9 Smith 5 Smith 6 Smith 6 Smith 26 N, C. State 6 A. T. College 9 Albion 4 Livingstone College ... .3 N. C. State 9 A. T. College 3 Shaw 5 Smith 27 Smith 19 Smith 15 Smith 16 Smith 3 Smith 5 St. Augustine 4 Mary Potter Howard 5 Paine 2 Livingstone 2 Shaw 2 The baseball season of 1928 was one of the most glorious in Smith ' s history. The old reliable coach Scales drilled his boys into the championship of North Carolina. That team of diamond heroes was really unbeatable. Losing only one game out of 13. this Smith team piled up a record sufficiently im- pressive to cause numerous individuals to designate it as National Collegiate Champions for 1928. Baseball Team with crowd attending the Smith-Livmgstoiic iiasuball Classic, Easter Monday, about 1928. BASKETBALL IN THE BULL-PEN The Hartley Woods Memorial Gymnasium was erected on the campus in 1928, and was immediately pressed into full-blown service. Basketball, previously a popular intramural sport, rapidly became the third major sport in the Bull- Pen following the erection of the gymnasium. Coach Randy Taylor, through skill and hard labor, tutored the Bulls into a position to be respected by all schools engaging in CIAA competitive sports. Always well coached and dressed, the Golden Bulls became one of the best drawing-cards in CIAA competition. The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association staged its first Basketball Tournament in 1946. In 1952 the Golden Bulls were runners-up in tournament play against the Dream Team of Virginia Union University. The Panthers will always remember this contest as one of the most brilliant and colorful in their long string of experiences. During the 1959- 1960 playing season, the Golden Bulls clinched the CIAA Championship for regular season play and again in 1961 played in tournament finals against Winston-Salem Teachers ' Mighty Rams . Among the many Basketball Bulls who have made names for themselves and their Alma Mater is Fred- die Script Neal who joined the sensational Harlem Globe Trotters and spread the fame of the Bull-Pen across many foreign countries, as well as at home, as Curly-Top . Those who know Script know that his shaven head is his trade mark. Other notable Basketball Bulls among the many who have gone out from the Pen are: Prem Bowers, Bill Oliver, Afred Seaport Fields, John Martin, Greedy Gui- shard, William Monroe, Wee Willie Watt, Otha Harris, James Hester, Claude Saunders, James Har- gett, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Herbert, George John- son, Johnny Woodruff, Edward Dowdy, and many others whose names must appear in another list. Inadequate records again make it necessary for the Staff to apologize profusely for the absence of names of many of the greats which we know should appear here. The new Hartley Woods Gymnasium. BASKETBALL SQUAD NORTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONS, 1928- ' 29 The cage season at Smith this year witnessed the first recognition here of basketball as a major sport. In response to Coach Taylor ' s call, there appeared a veritable army, willing, but exceedingly inexperienc- ed. With not one man showing more than a possible potentiality for big-time basketball. Coach Taylor began the real task of building a team. After two weeks of intense drill the number of men out for the squad had been reduced to fifteen. These men worked hard, the coach worked harder, and the result was a basketball team. The quint did not win all of its games; it did not win half of them, but it did play real basketball against some of the best teams in collegiate circles. The first game of the season was with Lutheran College of Greensboro, N. C, at Smith. Taylor ' s green team had a real sinecure that evening and romped away with a 32-12 win. The Lutheranites were out- played, outfought, simply outclassed. This game was featured by the stellar playing of Jones, Christian and Avant. Avant was high scorer with 17 points. Basketball Team, 1932 TRACK AND TENNIS IN THE BULL-PEN In 1930. the Johnson C. Smith University Board of Athletic Control elevated Track and Tennis to the level of major sports in the Bull-Pen. In the absence of a cinder track on the campus, the Bulls trained on the cinder path of the Central High School. This congenial arrangement lasted until the McCrorey- Sanders Athletic Field was constructed with pro- visions for track and tennis on the campus. Tennis Courts of regulation specifications were provided later. With Kenneth Whitted and Isreal Lee as spark plugs, these sports reached full maturity in a relative- ly short period. In Tennis, the Bulls ' CIAA record excells that of all their other sports competition. The tennis team, under the continuous coaching of Dr. W. R. Coleman, with the exception of the time that he was on study leave, won CIAA Championships for the following years: 1934, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, and again in 1960. The Bulls, therefore, have been eight times CIAA Champions and at all times brilliant competitors in tennis. Some of the unforgettable names in this phase of Bull-Pen activity include: Wee Willie Watt, S. Graham, R. Corbett, John T. Stocking, Robert Hardy, Drew Williams, Denton Johnson, Harry Shermon, Baron Stroud. Again, our apologies for the missing names which should extend this list over many pages. Five of the staff now manning the Bull-Pen gradu- ated from it and their Alma Mater as follows: Jack S. Brayboy, ' 43 — (Ph.D.) Athletic Direc- tor, Ch. Div. of Education Kenny S. Powell, ' 43 — Track Coach Assistant with Football, etc. Eddie C. McGirt, ' 48 — Head Football Coach, etc. William P. McCullough, ' 54 — Head Basketball Coach, etc. Moses S. Sharp, ' 61 — Assistant in the Physical Education Department 1942 Tennis Team BOXING IN THE BULL-PEN In 1938, Boxing became a major sport in the Bull- Pen. One year later, 1939, the Bulls won Champion- ships in two divisions of the sport. The story is told by the University Student, April 15, 1939: At the recent CIAA Boxing and Wrestling Tournament, held at Howard University, Johnson C. Smith University Pugilists outstepped and out punched their opponents to win the 1939 CIAA Championship. The Squad was under the direction of Coach H. S. Adams. This was Smith ' s first Boxing Championship title as boxing has only been organized for two years. The Bulls tied Hampton in 1940 for the Cham- pionship title and in 1941 won the championship again. Many great names have been made in the Bull- Pen and although Time and Change have brought about new concepts and techniques, the old basic guidelines remain the same. The idea that, Victory, though sweet, is not the only worthy benefit to be derived from, clean, creative, and intelligent partici- pation in athletics , has not changed through the years. A glance at the improved and expanded program since 1900 will reveal sixty-seven years of amazing growth and enrichment. Board of Athletic Control 1928-1929 Prof. T. S. Jackson Mr. T. A. LaSaine Prof. C. R. Taylor Mr. Leon Steele Prof. G. F. Woodson CHEERLEADERS A very vitalizing and colorful phase of the athletic program is the cheering squad. During the lean-victory years of the forties the high spirited group below never missed a game, not a beat. They held their banner high with the Golden Bull plunging ahead as an incentive to the Bulls on the gridiron. The cheerleaders concept, however, has undergone many significant changes during the past decade. Formations, rhythms, and acrobatic stunts have be- come a major part of their entertainment. They also lead the yells. Barbara McCall Delores Younge Lucille Shade Myrtle Colston Patricia Stroud Herman Counts Mildred Horton Casey Delaney Shirley Garner (Mascot) Amelia Parker SWIMMING IN THE BULL-PEN In 1961. a new gymnasium-classroom building re- placed the out-grown Hartley Woods Memorial Gym- nasium which was constructed for a student body of about five hundred in 1928. At that time, it was one of the few, if not the only regulation size gymnasium for participants in the CIAA. In the West Wing of the New Gymnasium was installed a regulation size swimming pool which con- forms to all State and CIAA specifications. This addition greatly enhanced the total athletic program and specifically Bull-Pen activity. With Dr. .Jack S. Brayboy as swimming instructor, swimming was immediately added to the list of requirements of all students for graduation. Swimming is the last sport that the Golden Bulls added to its competitive activity in the CIAA. After a few years of keen competition, Coach Cox is proud to display records and trophies to indicate that this sport is rapidly gaining a position of re- spectability in CIAA Competition. Among those who have won recognition in CIAA Competition are: Freddie Clinton, Charles Harris, Macy McRae, and Ronald Wilson. Thus the chronicle of activity in the Bull-Pen adds a rich chapter to the Biddle-Smith Story. Golf: Robert Hall Johnson, Julius Bell, Walter Larget and Thornwell Watson. 1966-67 Top: i ' uliback The physical str tion. The Bulls ruce Bivins struggles for additional yardage, lin of this contest is exhibited in this illustra- went on the defeat Shaw Bears 19-6. BANG is the true name of the game of football and the Golden Bulls of 1967 really showed people how to get the noise out of the least dynamite at times this season. Coach E. C. McGirt ' s light weight ' s waited until the second half of the season to demon- strate their ability and ended with an overall record of 5-3-1. C I A A competition was more successful for the Herdas ended up third in the conference with a 3-2-1 season slate. Season highlights included the near upset of power- ful A T College 34-13. The score was not indicative of the caliber of the Bull ' s play. Homecoming was celebrated in perfect style. Seven thousand fans cheered the Herdon to a smashing 28-12 victory over hapless Winston-Salem State. The Bulls showed the Homecoming crowd their latest offensive power in the first quarter by scoring 20 points in 11 minutes of play. McGirt ' s chargers ended the intercollegiate season by tying C I A A second ranked Livingstone College 13-13. In that contest the Bull ' s defensive backfield intercepted Livingstone ' s All-America quarterback, Alfred Tyler, five times and led the way for the upset. Individual players receiving honors were : Curt Peters, second team All C I A A ; Richard Deforest, Willie Dusenbury, Bennie Johnson, and Ivory Tate honorable mention all-conference. Bull fans will always remember the passing of Lee Bohler and f lankerback Joe Johnson ; each ranked high in C I A A statistics. Bottom: Nose to nose and still coming! Just another example of why there ' s no place to hide. Between the goal posts. Bulls ' s pictured are Richie Debrest, Rocky Lawrence, and Wee- Wee Perry. iW ' - - ' ri; First Row — (1-r) : Charles Howard, James Hastie, Stewart Oatman, Nathaniel Baccus, Richard DeBrest, James Greene, William Scoggins, Curtis Peters, Wayne Staples, Frank Frank- lin, Joe Johnson; Second Kow : Bedford Thaxton, Antonio Lawrence, Paul Reed, Al Goddard, Johnny Jenkins, Ivory Tate, Lee Bohler. Richard Ingram, Marvin Phillips, Johnny James; Third Row: Andrew Perry. Robert Gill, John Sturgis, Charles Hodges, James Banks, Parks Adams, Charles Stowe, Thaddeus H. J «■,-■■ Jones, James Johnson; I- ' ourth Row; Grover Smith, Adam West, Donald Wright, Freddie Patterson, Harrv Johnson, Willie Mitchell, Tommy DeWalt, David Burch, Allen Knox; Fifth Row: Bruch Bivins, William Dusenbury, Benny Johnson, Lester Lanier, Richard Dawkins, Wayne Funderburke, Johnson, Nathaniel Brown, Lawrence Coleman; Sixth Row: Washington, Hartley, Wigfall, Eddie Margraves, Oscar Dixon, Blackmon, John Parker, and Karlyn Foster. E. C. McGirt Head Football Coach Dr. J. S. Brayboy Director of Athletics W. P. McCollough Head Basketball Coach assistant football coach M. Sharpe Trainer assistant football coach K. P. Powell Track Coach assistant football coach ! A. r C. R. Cox Swimming Coach cS assistant football coach rr. J. L. Alston Tennis Coach assistant basketball coach ••WflWfiWrp; M. 4 John Parker gets the K nie underway with one of his patented goal-line kick-offs. Siilit-fiid X:it KariiL- IkiiiIs iiiu ill for a first down against Nor th Carolina A T College. This could be the start as Wayne Staples The symbol for si. points is given as QB Lee Bohler scores from •• ■ ' . the five yard line against Livingstone College. U r 1 ' But, Coach, they ' ve got guns on their side!! Well, Captain Greene, just keep the faith!! Frank Franklin (31) proves that crime does pay at times. His pilfer ended a Livingstone drive. of something big uts to the outside. J ■ klt l rm ' rfjmr ' t stuff this stuff is as he ptviiaivs tn lown ' thr l,,,,.,!) nn ■, ];]„,■ I ' ,, Frosh middle guard Grover Smith seems to be wondering Who ' s Nathaniel Baccus split-end Richmond, ' irginia Bedford Thaxton. guard Richmond, Virginia (irover Smith (L), defensive tackle, Anderson, S. C. and Paul Reed, defensive tackle, Pacolet, S. C. (Below) James Greene, mid- dle linebacker, East Orange, New Jersey A(L l ' iV. d I Wayne Staples, fullback Greensboro, North Carolina ' i .,, Curtis Peters, center Orange, New Jersey Willie Dusenbury Lexington, North Carolina r ' • i ' Who says chivalry is dead? After making the first down, Joe Johnson is assisted by an Aggie. Bulls Rich Ingram (83) and Grover Smith (73) give chase to Livingstone ' s All-America Al Tyler. Now look, Lee, this is where we want to hit them. ' ! , THE MOMENT OF TRUTH!!! . ' yf •tSSv The Golden Bulls hardcourt team ended the 1966-- 67 season with an overall 16-11 slate; conference- wise they stood 11-5. Their CIAA record was good enough to give them the number 7 spot in the annual CIAA Tournament in Greensboro. The seasons ' highlight came in the first round of the tourney; the Bulls upset 2nd seeded Norfolk State 70-66. Coach Bill McCollough and Assistant Joe Alston managed to weld the underclass squad into a pro- ficiently working unit. Only senior Bill Harmon will be missing from this year ' s squad. The coaches look forward to next year with anticipation. Flying like a bird on the wing, junior Cody King harrasses A T ' s Carl Hubbard. Action like this kept Bull fans excited all season. First Row: Cody King, Jackie Wilson, David Williams, William Harmon, Ted Allen; Second Row: Arthur Cross, Adams, Hubert Davis, John Busby, David Poijrnard; and Third Row: Arthur Canada, Tony Vaz, Wilton Enoch, and Sterling Terry. Hey, Cut, are they really trying? Come on now, baby. . Coaching requires i-alnine. .s, discipline, and, most of all, patience. All things don ' t go your way all of the time. These scenes of Coach Bill McCollough shows him during victory and defeat exercising great restraint. Frosh center, Wilton Enoch, goes high to control the opening tap against NCC. Stretch is the name of the game of basketball. Anywhere on the court, bodies are projecting them- selves toward the goal. Smith ' s jumpers are the nearest things to a astronauts in the state of North Carolina. Up, up, and away seems to be the motto of forward John Busby. Eighteen eyes are on Sterling Terry as he goes for broke against NCC. The shot was good. ' ' ii ; Kf ' ji Mike Turner jroes for two. A few interested spectators include Drs. Perrv of Smith and Dowdv of A T. Senior Bill Harmon, known for his first jump- er, is the squad ' s only senior. Hubert Davis, whose abscence was felt all season, dunks durinR an early game. David Poignard All-Georgia In- itational Tournament Guard. Dave Williams 5 ' 9 junior play maker from New York. Jackie Wilson Jackie Wilson, All-Confer- ence guard from New York, is one of the conferences lead- ing scorers. Wilson looks for an opening against A T. A L L C I A A «K Jackie plays a pestering defense. Wilson goes for two against Howard U Jackie defenses Earl Monroe of Winston- Salem. Reginald Baghdad Randolph Baghdad Randolph of New York is one of the CIAA ' s most exciting roundballers. Baggie shoots two in the eyes of A T ' s George Mack. Randolph jams for two points. Some people do the Ali- Shuffle; Baggie and Mike Davis of Virginia Union do the CIAA shuffle. The fabulous Baghdad hoots his outside jumper. ALL-CIAA 1966-1967 The Aqua-Bulls of JCSU First Row (water): William Minor, J. Parker, R. Cuiipir, I. Brown, T. Reddy. andP. Burke; Second Row: Coach C. R. Cox, J. Elliot, J. Scales, J. Thompson, G. Williams, E. West, F. Brodie, O. Dixon. D. Ayers, and C. Johnson. Billy Johnson — CIAA ' s most outstanding diver John Parker, a strong- competitor. You ' ve got to stroke, son ! ' - ■ ' McDuffie hits the finish hne in first place. ' U)lll!_ Aqua Bulls stand for National Anthem. Parker waits for next dive. Johnson and mates check the record. JCSU Cinder-Bulls «l« ); 6 r-4 K I M 4 L f y f First Row: W. King, J. Pascaul, R. Waslii)iKtuii, i;. Julmson. J. IN.siy, (i Ruusr; Scioni] Rcnv : M. Lang, J. Miles, V. Matthews, J. Johnson, E. Foster, F. Wilson, P. Patterson, R. Leek, and (.oaeh K. Powell. Cinder-Bull captain Robert Leek is one of the conference ' s most feared milers. Coach Powell talks shop with his most out- standing harrier Vince Matthews. yaj 1 l fcif Sophomore Vince Matthews has brought honors galore to the Bull Pen. The 19 year old New Yorker has won the Conference 440 Champion- ship and appeared on national television while performing at New York ' s Madison Square Garden. Smithites are looking forward to seeing the whiz in Mexico City at the ' 68 Olympics. v , % The mile relay team consists of Ron Johnson, John Miles, Fred Wilson, and Vince Matthews and they are looking forward to regaining their ' 66 CIAA Penn Relay Mile Championship. Reggie Washington, Bill King, Joe Johnson, and Gladstone Rouse are members of the Cinder-Bulls 440 — 880 relay squad. H i .■ « L-K: Jimmy Ewers, William Penn, Lonnie Oliphant, Ray Paige, and Ervin Willia The Univer.sity Tennis team has fiained a considerable amount of pres- tige in their game; thev look forward to more trium])hs in ' G7. The Bulls are led by All-CIAA Ray Paige. Ray Paige backhands one. Jimmv Ewers serves. Ervin Williams rushes the net. A low liner taxes Melvin Penn. Lonnie Oliphant gets set. Not Pictured Geneva Culp Second Semester Students SENIORS James Foster Q W M Not Pictured John Foster Margo Judge -t 1 -i Azilee McKnight Not Pictured Dorolhv Waiters Mae Littlejohn Arcelia Wicker Ernestine Merchant JUNIORS Marian Dockery Sandra Duran cn di L Richard Pullen ,M:ir Kdddf SOPHOMORES iT Vfid Jacqueline Dockery William Hines ADVANCED FRESHMEN Patsy Allen FRESHMEN SPECIAL STUDENTS Saundra William Gwendolyn Giles Mino Mock Wildred Pascal Dorothy Shell ■CAMERA SHY STUDENTS Kudolf Wluckr, Jr. Anderson. Carter Belton, Surluta Cureton, Doris Funderburk, Caesar Griffin, Fred Andrew Hall, Donald Hooper, Marvin Lee, Na Kyung Evans, David Gibson, Sara Richardson, Carolyn Mungo, Perry Kraft, Richard Smith, Onetia Willis, Catherine CfJie Gen ennm yearbooA iafjf C cfiior-in-C inie eo. C a ui i A. J ood 71 ai i sur Jjai ' hara ,7 J ' JacJi J ssocia e C rJitor It has been a privilege and a pleasui ' e to salute this centenarian — Johnson C. Smith University. High on this hill with the faith of the founders deeply carved in its cornerstone, Sit Lux , it has, for one hundred years, radiated the Light of Truth. John C. Smith University, we salute you. To those Lamp-Lighters who envisioned this guid- ing star and started its light flickering, though dim- ly, one hundred years past, we express our warmest Gratitude. To those dedicated builders, who up through the years, kept the faith of the founders and increased the span and intensity of that Light — our sincere Thanks. Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow - so imperceptibly bound together - we p;iuse to wonder whothci- they ai ' e but one and the same - one vast expanse. Within a split second the [H ' csent becomes the past and tomorrow - now. In retrospection it seems only a short span since w-eary travellers started up step- less stairs toward this unknown tomorrow. That tomorrow is now and we contemplate the future in the language of that wise bard, Langston Hughes, We have tomorrow Bright before us Yesterday, a night-gone thing A sun-down name And dawn today Broad arch above the road we came We march. With this note of optimism in our hearts we con- tinue the climl) toward a brighter tomorrow with the light of this guiding star revealing the way. Johnson ( . Smith Lhiiversity - Our beloved Alma Mater - We Salute You I Richard Foye — Pxlitor-in-Chief Barbara Flack — Associate P ' ditor Rev. Calvin A. Hood — Advisor UJie 1966 67 Gen enniaf CSu O aJ d ' . C ' a i)in A. lloocf Ic o sor rv OFFICE OF THE GOLDEN BULL  ' Chard fOYf Ea- BARBARA fUkCK A J ' iic ui xl C o fc ' , ( ( ll(J --l }-i lief CBarfiara , 7 C%cy O ssoc a e Cc i c (. )i fiam aiuier J J us in ess TKanacjer Iducu j. Oupee reeA C c iior i nHfe fe M Jommt e JlThrhn ' JlH Ccfnor J airicia a erso i — ( ' aro ty j )r c aes J ' eafi I ' x C ' c ilors Curh ' s (J. e ers C porls cJiior Bauoui C cfihrs .yoi ce and , Joan Jf ' cAs (viifi Ls- soc a e ( clitor J noioorapners or KjenienniaJ J: un James G. Peeler William King and Curtis O. Peters Willie B. Bullock Shadrach A, Golden S n yippreciaiion . . . JKrs. !jnez JlC J arAer LAST WORDS .... We the members of the CENTENNIAL BULL wish to thank Mrs. Inez M. Parker for the guidance she gave us throughout the year, as we at- tempted to publish the CENTENNIAL BULL. Without the wisdom and patience she gave to us, publication of the book would not have been possible. Every organization must have a leader. Mrs. Parker has assumed this position and has made it possible for the CENTENNIAL BULL to surpass all expectations. All that we have accomplished we owe directly to the tenacity and strength of this marvelous women. Into each life the sun will shine. The CENTENNIAL BULL found its ray of sunlight with Mrs. Inez M. Parker. Mrs. Parker, our hearts belong to you ! WE SALUTE OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF Mr. Ulysess Watkins Superintendent of Building and Grounds Before our building program reached its peak, the Smith Campus was a thing of beauty — unexcelled by few, if any, college campuses in Natural beauty. When the rubbish of construction is cleared away, once again we will enjoy the beauty which is so much a part of our college life. of the Maintenance Staff at Annual Christmas Party Seated: Mrs. V. Hines, M. Hines, Wilson, Hudson, Saunders, Ingram, Henderson. Phillups, Black. Standing: Messrs. Alexander, Bennett, McLily, Andrews, Richmond, McManus, Polk, Conclane, Kearns, and Harris. - - v NiKht Shift of the Maintenance Staff . ' 1 Dav Shift of the Maintenance Staff SECURITY OFFICERS o.al J ' ' l