Lincoln University - Lion Yearbook (Lincoln University, PA)

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FKF.DKKICII DOUOI.AS AI.KXANDKH Alex” “The only light that any man should have is the right to Ik decent, that is to be agreeable and useful to human- ity. These words came from a graduate of Second Ward High. Charlotte. N. C. lie is a member of the French Club, and the World Club. Track Team. In- tramural Sports. Sociology and French are his majors. He loves to spend his week-ends in New Vork. and his cam- pus hobby is playing pinochle with anyone. ItAI.ITI 1-eXAKD UAKF.lt Hake” “Hake has been very active during his collegiate career, and Is with us only through an accident, causing him lo remain out of school for one year. His activities are as follows: Vice- President of Class Hi3n. Varsity Track Team. Soccer. Intramural Hnskctball Captain. Chairman of 10.W Prom Com- mittee. Class Debating Team. Varsity Club ami First Group Student. Ml. Member of Knppu Alpha Psl Fra- ternity. DAVID VKKNAKD HHADLKY Slick” Itiiiiuiiifc in all the way from Cen- tral High School of Philadelphia, is the ever-winning record of “Slick. lie Is our leading track star and is one of our most sure point-getters on the team. Hradley has really stamped his name on many trophies and cups in the C. I. A. A. lie expects to study medicine next fall. Activities: Two-mile record holder for two years. Varsity Track. Phi l.amlNla Sigma l.itcrary Society. Freshmen Oratorical Contestant. Foot- ball Trainer. Varsity dull. He is our monitor for chapel attendance. He likes P.uglish. Hiologv and Chemistry. Hobby Is tenuis and is Indeed im- modesty. Past Has!lens of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. SAMUKI. I.. HU I.DOCK Ole Stuff Sam. named Ole Stuff because of his ability to keep everyone at a dis- tance by menus of his physical strength and witty word dexterity, prepared for Dlncolii at the Henderson High School. Henderson. N. C. Of enormous strength “Stuff has been invaluable to the Football Sipiad for four years. There are a very few who will tackle him even in his best moods. Slow to anger, yet unmerci- fully heuvy-hnuded even In play, lie Is almost above insulting. A host of friends as classmates and schoolmates bid Sam good-bye as he leaves to study medicine at Meluirry. k -•jr SI I lltl.KV JOSF.PH HASKKRVn.I.K Shi rile” The above modest and promising young lad hails from Freehold High School. N. .1. Shirley is quite a ver- satile lad. having ability, on the grill- iron and track of equal calibre. Medals ami victories arc pastimes for Shirley. We even find our Shirley in leading debates where he plays a prominent role. Activities: Varsity Football and Track. Manager Hasvball Team. Mem- ber of Kumm Alpha Psi Fraternity. Pole March. Reporter for Journal, Manager of Fr.it Haskcttaill Team. President Varsity Club. Vice-President of Class. President of Athletic Asso- ciation, Member of Dibrary Staff. ADHKKT C. UURWKDD Al “AI Is a product of Douglas High School of Haltimorc. Mil. On the cam- pus his energies placeri him in the Mask and Gown Dramatic Society for one year. Activities: Glee Club. Class Football. His week-ending is the source of much talk and hlolatiou. He is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. 10

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where to our surprise uiul displeasure, we were grcctctl with sophomore trunks. bags nnd then some more trunks. We succumbed, but rather reluctantly, for. we who idealis- tically had come In honest quest of knowledge and Intel- lectual truth, found to our discomfiture something In the way of knowledge not to be found In textbooks. Gradually, however, this goading became less and less offensive and more and more a thing of the past. The Class of '.it easily weathered the Initial storms of uuadjust- ment and disorganization and made a definite step towards organization. Tills move was made manifest in a class election of officers. An unhpic plan of trial officers was adopted whereby it was ho| ed that a truly great leader would be found in a body meeting for the first time. Jerry Harmon. Pierce and llradlcy were installed successively before It was decided by vote that Hannon would be the permanent chief executive of the year 1027-28. Avery. Sheep Jackson. Harmon. Young. Sydnnr, Pierce. Muhond. Hill Clark. I.a Mar and Allen answered the call for football material. They were determined to make good and they did. These men bail braved the rabble of an older Lincoln. It had been conclusively proved to the upper-classmen, who more or less religiously believed that preps, dogs, or what you may. were not capable of making a Lincoln squad, that that day had forever passed. When our lirst Howard-Lincoln game was just a few days away and when hazing seemed to Ik shelved for Tlianksgivlng Day preparations, our beloved sophomores secretly were planning a subjiigtum in the form of the tra- ditional hair cut. Some escaped, but these were few In number, and many were forced to undergo this ordeal. Yet. desfiitc this set-back, we bucked the team and a good many bahlheads were greatly admired by the fair sex oc- cupying the stands in Philadelphia on that Great Turkey Day. In football, as well ns In all the other sports, the number of classmates drawn upon for varsity sport participation was so great that Intramural athletic glory was denied us for some time. We must admit the defeat handed us in our lirst Freshman-Sophomore Football Classic. Likewise, set-backs were suffered In Intramural basketball, baseball and track. In the late spring of tluit year, the annual debate between teams representing the Freshmen and Sophomore ('lasses spelt yet another defeat. Can we account for this reverse by saying that good debaters are few In number and that our best were lighting for the glory of Lincoln? We must give the above as an explanation, for Huskcrvlllc. Rogers. T. F. Hawkins, and F. A. De Costa were doing their bit for ‘31 via Intcrcollcgintc debating. When this seemingly unsuccessful first year closed, the Class of 31 had established an enviable and unbeatable record In scholarship. Four of her sons attained for the year a First Honor Group rating, an achievement un- equalled in many a year. These men were De Costa, George Hunter. L. 1). Johnson, and T. F. Walker. The Second Honor Group rating was conferred upon twenty others. Moreover, It am be truly said that Phi Delta Cli! rcallv demonstrated and dclinitely established her worth and use- fulness to this, our Alma Mater. Sophomore days, «lays of revenge and self-assertion, ar- rived. It was now an opportunity t«i show our ascendancy. A change of executives occurred at the beginning of this. iiir second year. F. A. IX Costa received the presidency, which office he held for Ihe next three years. Let ills re- elections indicate his ability for leadership. Ills straight- forwanlness, wisdom, tact, courage, and pleasing person- ality. Days of hazing are days of gieat lear of possible appre- hension and we found it so much to our disgust. Kleven jolly sophomores became entangled in a faculty lrug net. Sadly do we recall Ihe days when tlic faculty, believing that rabbling had reached serious stages, determined to cast into the cold worhl eleven of our outstanding ami noble classmates. Sadly lo we all it call the final appeal for mercy mid for a reconsidering of Unit famous decree of expulsion, and tlrnt. when unable to move an unrelenting faculty, we llireritenc l strike, which falling, we sheepishly watched the fallen gods trek homeward alone. Yet it must be admitted that those few who had averted such a catastrophe were men who looked much ahead of tiiat memorable «lay of tense feeling. Yet. again it is commend- able that, with such a handicap, Steven of the eleven, having recovered lost ground, formed an important part of the graduating laxly of 1031. Neither the Freshmen-Sophomore football game nor de- luite for this year were won by the mighty gods, but rather by our «logs. These defeats were most exasperat- ing. Yet. Phi Delta Chi Is proud to boast of the main- tenance of the enviable record established the previous year in varsity sports. Moreover. In Intramural track we were supreme. Thus ended a year «if strife, destruction and very little of construction. The Junior Prom occupied the minds of all from Sep- tember through April of the year 1029-30. The cry was f« r a superb affair, outstripping all previous attempts. The scroll-form invitations were truly indicative of Its remark- able brilliancy. Ask any one so fortunate, as to have re- cclved a bid. what a rip-roaring success II was. Comas and Hacchus had surely placed their spell over Ihe gathering. Alumni reluctantly admitted that the hall and the cabaret paity that followed were the climax of all previous Junior Proms promoted by a class of Lincoln University. Another outstanding achievement rcglstercil by us in tills year was our uudlsputc l victory in the intramural track competition. We took everything and as usual we soon lost our stellar trackmen for the coach drafted Hughes, Archie Lewis, and Cissy Jackson as good varsity promises. The last-named draft victim must be rcintrixluccd. Jackson, we arc proud to shout, was Ihe only four-letter varsity man in the entire student body and the only one since Coach Tnylor. who, as an undergraduate, achieved the same dis- tlnetlon. At last longed-f«ir senior days arrived, but with a great shrinkage In our numbers. Out of tlic 119 men matriculat- ing in I027, scarcely 80 survived the ravages of time. Tills history would be far from being complete if mention were not made of those who had engaged In intercollegiate athletics during one or more of the four years. TRACK Huskcrvlllc. Hradlcy. Hiillock, Darnell, Ix c, Syd- nor. Hughes, Wilson, Cissy Jackson. FOOTHALL- -Hnskervlllc. Bullock, French. Hub Young. Harmon. Avery, Pierce. Allen, Sydnor. Maliuod. Slice]) Jackson, La Mar. Reed. Cissy Jackson, Hill Clarke. Hughes, Pickett. HASKP.THALL De Costa. .1. Hawkins. Heal. Hobson, Sydnor. Cissy Jackson. HASRRALL Harmon. L. I). Johnson. Sheep Jackson. La Mar, Hill Clarke. French, Richards. Pierce. Mnluiod, Cissy Jackson. SOCCKR W. T. Walker, Hobson, Cunningham, .1. H. Smith, Reed, linker. On May I. 1031. we were royally entertained al the Junior Prom by our most capable hosts. Ihe Junior Class ‘32. Yet I cannot truthfully state that this prom c piallc l ours. After four long and arduous years of scholastics struggles amid keen competition, F. A. IX Costa received Ihe coveted award of Valedictorian «if his class. The title of Saluta- torian was bestowed upon Theodore F. Walker. Inevitably, college «lays swiftly pass imbued with fond memories, but our recollections will but slowly fade away. And so. Ik re we are In the last stages of college life eagerly awaiting our day of Commencement. Yet It is with the deepest regret that we realize we must linnlly leave these sacred walls. To some, college has been a resting place for weary week-enders, to others a hermit's retreat; to still others, a place f«ir preparation, but now a new vista lias been opened unto all. a new avenue of upproa -h lias been cut lcn llng us over another rocky road of trials and tribu- lations. successes and failures to the summit of n Greater Knllghteumcnt. Hchold! we are now facing a world in which problems must of necessity be solved. Are we prepared to travel ahead and discover a modus «qicruudi? If we are. let us be sure to go and to return for the great reunion of 10U. !

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JOHN DON AI.I) BUTLER Bull A quiet mid yet active member of our claw Is Butt. He showed excep- tional ability on our executive com- mittee for the Junior Prom and the executive committee for graduation ac- tivities. He is a member of the Dra- matic Club. His major Is Biology and minor Is Chemistry. His favorite city Is New York. His main hohhy is Bac- teriology. added to tills is golf. He loves to he in solitude. He Is nil honor student and a member of Alpha Pill Alpha Fraternity and of l’hi Lamb- da Sigma Literary Society. JONATHAN MAXWELL CHATMAN Mack” Maxwell hails from Douglas High Seltool in Baltimore. Md. He intends to continue his study of the social sci- ences in some graduate school. Lin- coln loses a splendid swimmer by not having a swimming |mhiI. but Mack shows his wares down at the old swim- ming hole. Jonathan is a popular member of the class and a real, reg- ular fellow. He Is a member of Uho Nu and Ills hobby is week-ending to Baltimore with ••Nature Walker and “Steve” Moore. He Is also a mem- ber of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. FRANK F.DWARD l)UKNELL Stiff e” Ole Sage comes all the way from Media High School to Lincoln Univer- sity. where he prides himself on being a big city boy. lie is well known for his wise saws. He specialized In Math and Languages, while he was also a member of the Class Football Team and Varsity Track. Class Base- bull. French and Spanish Clubs, mem- ber of dice Club. FRANK AUGUSTUS DE COSTA Frank, Frankie” Our class leader comes to ii frOm Avery Institute. S. C . ThivTalmetto State. Frank is a Icadtfr. student, scholar and friend magnanimously wrapped up in one Individuiil. Activities: Class President, Varsity Basketball. Class Football. Baseball, and Track, mcmbcF of Alpha Phi Al- pha Fraternity. Secretary of Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Society, President Phi Lambda Sigma Literary Society, Fresh- men Oratorical Contest (first prize). Kappa Alpha Psl Oratorical Medal. Sophomore Oratorical Contest (second prize). Freshmen English Prize (llrst). T. M. Seiden Scholarship medal. Var- sity Debating. President Debating So- ciety. Varsity Club, only Senior who made llrst group for four years - Valedictorian. Instructor in English, Library Staff. The world awaits Frank in the teach- ing profession. ROLAND HADLEY CUNNINGHAM 'Zuta” At the advent of this school year Zuta was welcomed to the folds of Phi Delta Chi. Roland came to us from New York University and Jersey City claims him as her native soil. Dur- ing the soccer season, Zuta was nick named “Legs. due to his need or pos- session of, wc do not know, hut we do know he can really cover the soccei Held. During his short stay with us. Zuta has become very popular among his fellow-students. Cunningham has majored in science and expects to at- tend graduate school In the fall. JEFFERSON DKVKAUX DAVIS. JR. Jeff Jeff attended high school at Tus- kegee Institute. Ala. He felt the call of a higher education and decided to Journey North. Being a very studious and industrious chap lie has maintained his place in the honor group for four years. Activities: Student Instructor in Physics. Secretary of Class 2. Treas- urer of Beta Kappa Chi Scientific So- ciety. President of the Mask and Gown Society, and member of Intramural and Independent Basketball Team. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fratern- ity. Jeff intends to be an architec- tural engineer or contracting engineer. 11 A