Livingstone College - Livingstonian Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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PROPHECY I have just returned from Russia where I ' ve been making a study of race relations in that country. I know that ten years hove passed since I graduated from Livingstone College in 1944. I began an inquiry about the members of that class and this is v hat I discovered. Dorothy Slade is now Professor of English at L. C, her Alma Mater, after receiving her advance degrees from Cornell University. She has just written a text- book on Grammar for College Students. Louise Foster is executive secretary in the Congres- sional Library at Y ashington, D. C. Katrine White is now Dr.. White, surgeon at Provi- dent Hospital, Chicago and she is becoming quite an authority on the anatomy of the cat and its relation to man. George Bowers has just become coach and Dean of men over the thousand fellows enrolled at Livingstone. Hannah Ellis and Royce Howell have given up their teaching aspirations and they are playing the leading roles in a Broadway musicale. I attended one of the performances of their show and the crowd was im- m.ense and enthusiastic. Katherine Wall is an author of Children ' s books, stories and songs of course; she ' s a Mrs. Sarah Bowser is also. She combines home making with a successful nursery-kindergarten which is caus- ing much comment in educational circles. Marion E. Gunn is a prominent social worker in the Boston area. She, too, is doing original work in her field. V illiam Clemmons is chief research chemist for Du Pont. It is predicted that he will surpass even Dr. Carver in his innovations. Had dinner with the F ' red Thompsons. She is the former Onie Cooke. Onie is the social leader in their town and they have two darling little children. Learned that Alean Marshall has been forced to interrupt her career and enter a hospital when she fell victim to sleeping sickness. Mr. and Mrs. King have become prosperous mer- chants of Salisbury. Mrs. Georgia Mitchell and Masco McKinnon have worked out a Mathematical formula which has even Frank Einstein puzzled. Mamie Ledbetter and Vera Mcllwaine are science professors at N. Y. U. Isabelle Gibson and Margaret Holt have collaborat- ed on a historical thesis about the Downfall of Hiro- hito. Hitler and Mussolini. Chester Donald has given up science and gone in for movie production. He is reputed to be a multi- millionaire. Josephine Kelley has an important government po- sition with several secretaries who are at her beck and call constantly. Saw Esther Shaw and Lucinda Dillard in Nev York. Esther missed a fatal accident when she was late for her train enroute to New York. They are both married. Ruth Crosby James and her husband are together now that the war has ended. Ruth is a leader of civic affairs in Chester and Diane has a brother and a sister. Clyda Hewitt has become quite a glamour girl being the star of the current movie Only One, the most successful all negro cast picture to be made since Lena Home ' s Stormy Weather. Lizora Holman and Ethel Mcllwaine are co-prin- cipals of Monroe Street School since Miss Lowery has retired. R. E. Stephens is minister of a large church in Buf- falo. Hattie Amderson is public lecturer on primary school methods. Frances Gray is supervisor over schools in the Kan- napolis district; promoter of better race relations in the North Carolina area. Don ' t let me forget to tell about Saunders. He ' s a M. C. on the Mutual Broadcasting hook-up. 1 also had dinner with Allen Mitchell and he is chairman of the ways and means committee, discuss- ing new methods of spending the taxpayers ' money. Wonder what they ' ll all be doing when ' I return from Brazil? ANNE DERR.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the members of the class of 1944 of Livingstone College, possessing sound intelligent minds and full age, endowed with the rights to enjoy this life here- after to the fullest extent of its possibilities, do hereby make our last will. This will thus bestows upon the Junior Class and other members of the college whom it may concern our most valued possessions, hoping that those who are striving to following in our footsteps may use these valued possessions to strengthen their steps in the path we have trodden. 1. To Naomi Burney, Vera Mcllwaine wills her ability to mingle whh other students; and to Naomi Walker her poise and dignity. To Alice Smith, Vera Mcllwaine wills her cute little ways. 2. To Grayce Springs, Royce Howell wills her job in the Nursery School, and to Macie Bailey her singing ability. 3. To Hayes Gordon and Gertrude Cox, William Clemmons wills his ability to muddle chemistry, and to William Coleman, the ability to man age the Fresh- man class business. 4. To Aquilla Jo Jo Hatley, Sarah M. Bowser wills her liking for jewelry; and to Margie Wright, her abil- ity to play pinochle. 5. To Isabelle Cosby, Clyda Hewitt wills her har- monious actions; and her bow-legs to Margie Wright. 6. To all English majors, Dorothy Slade wishes to will her ability to master English grammar and to Mary L. Thompson, her ability to face any situation. 7. To Ernest Fisher, Masco McKinnon wills his abil- ity to keep his room clean; to William Edwards, his personality traits; and to Alphonsa Goodwin his ideas of dressing. 8. To Oliver Summey, Chester Donald wills his ability to keep his affairs systematically arranged and meet life problems cooly and calmly. 9. To Granville Burnette, Thurman Sanders wills his ability to stand in front of the Hood Building and speak French to the young ladies as they go to and fro from classes and still be president of the Slick Club . To Ernest Fisher, Thurman Sanders wills his like for fine arts and the ability to mingle with others; to Frank Sanders wills his secret of getting money and the ability to trim hair; to Carson Sanders wills his car to ride around in next year. 10. To Frank Williams, Willard King wills his know- ledge on how to run his business and his last pair of blue trousers; and to Alphonsa Goodwin, he wills his jallopy for the transportation of the basketball boys. 1. To Ernest Fisher, Allen Mitchell wills the ability to be a good propogandist and to keep the ladies well informed of the current events; and to William Ed- wards, his ability to get along with people. 12. To Yvonne Gordon, Marion Gunn wills her place in the Registrar ' s office; and to Margurite Curry her maternal instincts, such as they are. 13. To Gwendolyn Cox, Katherin Wall wills her ability to play the piano; to Rosalie Gilmore her Indian bracelet; and to Merrill Lee her melodious voice. 14. To Elnora Wooten, Mildred Ellis and Robena Sturgis, Lizora Holman leaves her best v ishes, and to Alice Williams her ability to wake up and get out of bed. 15. To Geretha Colston, Hattie Anderson wills her seat in the Senior class, and to Clara Wilkens her height. 16. To Grayce Springs, Alean Marshall wills her bed. 17. To Loftus Carson, George Bowers wills his radio. 18. To Willie Mae Code, Katrine White wills her size and mode of talking; and to Mae Travis Knox her ability to get along with people. 19. To Greary McCorkle, Georgia Mitchell wills her clothes. 20. To Bertha Wooten, Louise Foster wills her height and to Eloise Madkins her ability to type. 21. To Richella Tillery, Onie Cooke wills the re- sponsibility of keeping the dry cleaner in business, and to Juanita McDaniels her freckles. 22. To Willie Banks, Esther Shaw wills her athletic ability and Margaret Moore her ideas for hair styles. 23. To Jean Frasier, Mamie Ledbetter wishes to will her small feet, and to Mae Travis Knox, her ability to fit in any position on a basketball team, 25. To Olga Easley, Lucinda Dillard wills her cal- isthenic ability; and to Sarah Reeves, her melodious contralto voice along with several books on How to Hold a Tune. 26. To Helen Monk, Anne Derr wills her legs; and to Elease Sutton her ability to tap dance. 27. I, Rev. Raymond Stevens bequeath my hill billy talk to Dean F, D. Drew. 28. To Mae Travis Knox, Ruth fam.es wills her col- lection of bows. 29. To Rosalie McClain, Josephine Kelley wills her up-sweeps and earrings; and to Merrill Lee her place in the office of the Social Sciences. 30. Mrs. King wills her height of six feet to Macey Bailey. We, the class of 1944, do hereby place our signature and seal of approval this sixth day of June. BIDDE LIZORA HOLMAN, Scribe.

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HISTORY ' ' Efforts Spent Fruitless are Efforts Spent in Vain I have not been effortless nor have my efforts been fruitless. Through what have I come? What has men- aced my progress and how well have I mastered the situation? No! I was not the master of my fate. But I tried to act with the forethought and determination that would hove sufficient influence to determine the direction and the nature of my fate. This I did. From a frigid world that know nor care for any stranger 1 came into this life. 1 v as a stranger then; I am a stranger more now. What the outside world holds for me I have yet to experience. But that I do not fear. That I will falter cannot be the question success must be mine or the efforts spent become fruitless and vain. These things I saw: It was September of the year 1940 that I knew my- self. Eighty -one strong, eighty -one new-bom college freshm en, strong and robust, possessing potentialities and eager to give to this life their all. Lamarr Howard had the honor of being my first president. 1 went to work with a new vigor and my contribution was made. Scholastically 1 contributed and with fervor, through Lamarr Howard, Dorothy Slade, Robert Alleyne, Wil- liam Clemmons, Marion Gunn and others. I was rep- resented in all phases of extra-curricular activities, and my might was felt and recognized. My sophomore year was no less successful. I lost some members but I gained others. My enrollment was still above sixty. I elected William Clemmons to lead me through the next nine months of college hfe. So great had been the impression made in the pre- ceding, year that from my ranks many student leaders and representatives were selected. My scholastic con- tributors were increased and I became a challenge if not an incentive to my schoolmates. I excelled in extra-curricular activities; athletic, student leadership and social organizations. Among my gains were: Mar- ion Gunn awarded the Oestreicher prize, John Henry Blue versatility in athletics, William Clemmons won the Moore award. I ranked second in the Miss Living- stone contest; I led in number and percentage for scholastic honors. At last! An upperclassman, some forty-five strong and as versatile as ever. Dorothy Slade was honored with my presidency. And here was a job well done. It was this year that I faced with a great problem of survival. The world was at war, total war. New experi- ences were to be mine, rich experiences that have such a great bearing upon me and my constituents. I lost many in the draft. Lamarr Howard, Fred Mitchell, Rob- ert Covington and others. But I was still to gain despite the losses. I was the challenger, not the challenged. I worked hard and earnestly; thus v as 1 able to reap. Marion Gunn was again awarded the Oestreicher award; Anne Derr the Junior Oratorical medal; Wil- liam Clemmons the Moore award; Sarah Bowser was just nosed out for honors of being our Miss Livingstone. This year I reached very near the peak. William Clem- mons was elected president of the student body, Ka- trine White was elected vice-president, Josephine Kel- ley was elected superintendent of the Sunday School. What a year! ! Going, goin — my senior year rolls around. My pres- ident, William Clemmons. It ' s the home stretch and I ' m bidding no less than ever before. I have progressed to this very dote. There appears nothing that can slow my pace. Katherine Wall is my Miss Livingston, over- whelmingly. William Clemmons still leads the student body. Dorothy Slade is Editor-in-Chief of The Living- stonian . I had my scholastic honor percentage. I am proceeding according to schedule. To continue this progress in the future, to add a bit of warmth to this world is my greatest desire.