Livingstone College - Livingstonian Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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UNDERCLASSMEN AND ORGANIZATIONS

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On September 29, 1942, a ship of 77 innocent and superstitious minds sailed into the great port of Livingstone College. The entire crew was aware of the storms that might have to be encountered; but despite the tempestuous seas of misunder- standing, we had decided to discover more and new territories. We realized, however, that our ship could not sail successfully without organization and under- standing. It was therefore necessary that we elect officers for our first year at sea. These were: James Rainbow, President; Sherman Blackwell, Vice- President; Sylvia Taylor, Secretary; Gertrude Cox, Assistant Secretary; and Ambrose Brazelton, Treas- urer. Arthaniel Harris and Hayes Gordon repre- sented us on the Student Council. From this point we beg to progress. Rapidly were we beginning to get into the trend of college life and grasp the spirit of loyalty and devction te Livingstone as exemplified by our predecessors, when the war clouds began to hang more heavily over our ship. Lower and lower they came until it was necessary for some of the members of our crew, along with millions of others, to answer the call of our coun- try. They were as follows: Ambrose Brazelton, Alfred Edwards, Alleyne Henderson, James Boul- ware, Sherman Blackwell, Calvin Anderson, Harry Krider, and Andrew Whitted. This was quite heart- breaking to us, Lut we were proud that we were able to contribute men for the sake of preserving democracy and keep Old Glory” flying high. Despite the disruption in our crew, we were still able to keep the spirit of ‘46 waving high. In April of that year, we gave one of the most spec- tacular social events ever before given in the port of Livingstone College. Also during that year, quite a few honors and awards were given to some members of our ship. Arthaniel Harris won the Trent-Walker Oratorical Medal; Ruth Robbins, the AKA Sorority prize; and Benjamin Covington the Laissez-Faire Hobby prize. In the fall of 1943 our members had decreased to 57. We thought that some of our superstitious ideas had departed after a year’s stay at sea, so we elected George L. Smith to guide us safely through the dangerous paths of class matters that were ahead of us. We hadn’t been back long when the inevitable hour came to one of our crew, Seabron Carpenter. Our hearts mourned his de- CLASS HISTORY parture; still we kept our spirits high and deter- mination was by no means lessened. This year Benjamin Covington won the Dr. W. A. Coleman award and James Rainbow the Lancaster-Devane Science prize and the Moore award. The sailing was rough, but George Smith guided the ship like an old sea captain on to victory. We again embarked in 1944, but because of various class catastrophes encountered upon the sea of Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics; and because of the sand bar of Algebra, together with the dreadful diseases of English, History, and So- ciology, our number of members decreased consid- erably. However, we were still succeeding. Several new members joined us. We were guided this year by Benjamin Covington who continued in the footsteps of the former presidents. We gave one of the best Junior-Senior Proms ever given, we tanked second in the ‘’Miss Livingstone’’ contest, and Veitta Fair won the Junior Medal in the J. C. Price Oratorical Contest. 1946 found us still fewer in number but by no measure less determined or courageous. Volina Jeffries was crowned ‘’Miss Livingstone,’’ which brought recognition to the crew. We lost no time on this year at sea. We went to work immediately so that we might be prepared to meet adequately our obligations. George Smith, with his staff, worked untiringly on the annual. However, storms still raged and it seemed as if the engulfing waves would wash away our unity and interest; but despite discouragements, the officers of the fleet: Benjamin Covington, President; Veitia Fair, Vice- President; Volina Jeffries, Secretary; and Vivian Duncan, gave command to ‘Sail On’'!—and so we are singing as we go as did an illustrious son of Livingstone in ‘94: Oh Livingstone, My Livingstone When thou art old with age Thou, ioo, shall hold a noble place That's bright on memory’s page And in the sky, no cloud shall be Instead thy sun shall beam Prosperity shall live always Amid its golden gleam. W. HAYES GORDON

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FRESHMAN CLASS As we have come upon our first year of work at Livingstone College, we have striven “to seek, to find and not to yield,” under the leadership of Robert L. Howie, President; Walter L. Young, Vice-President; Marion Kincaid, Secretary; Martha J. Richardson, Assistant Secretary; Julius Fuller, Treasurer; and Willie M. Lewis, Parliamentarian. We, as members of the Freshman Class, do not have enough words in our vocabularies to express the inspiration that we have obtained here at Livingstone College, but we will go on and on, even so high that we hope to reach those heights of intellectuality.