North Carolina Central University - Eagle Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Theii. C.C. EAGLE We were very glad to be able to draw from other camps four soldiers in our third year of training. We were told and made to see that for any army to be best disciplined it must be divided into groups gradually decreasing in size so that every portion must not only be commanded with facility, but clothed, armed, and fed; as a result, we have the following groups whose commanders were conscientiously appointed: Science and History L. M. Russel Mathematics and Science V. L. Jones History and English... F. Hargraves English and French E. P. McCall All the groups were under efficient instructors. We have been so drilled, disciplined, and armed that we formed a vast movable force for offenses and defenses in the battles of life. Xow we have been under training for a long period. We must face life ' s I attics with our banner and faith held high. ( )ur history is not complete, but we have j ust arrived at the place, where our deeds will be of greatest value. We, in the future, will win our most worthy battles.

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The N. C. C. EAGLE Senior Qlass History In the year of nineteen hundred and twenty-five. North Carolina College for Negroes called for volunteers to fight in the fiattles that go on through life. There were forty-seven who heard the call and came to its aid. In order to impress the picture upon your mind I will call this group an army. The army was organized under the leadership of General George Leslie Harper who appointed James Grimes, Sergeant-at-Arms. We realized for an army to be of greatest efficiency it must be perfect in organization, and discipline; otherwise it is not available for highest utility in action. Therefore we were willing and anxious to abide by the rules and regula- tions of the camp, North Carolina College. Also, we learned that in order to do anything well, we must have an aim or motto. We took as our aim: We point the Way. It has been our aim to so point the way that others may be encouraged to enlist in our camp, and be trained, to fight in the battles of life. It was also our aim to so walk the path that if any army followed in our steps it would go right. In twelve months we had become as volunteers to our camp. The first army at Cam]), North Carolina College, lost quite a few of its sol- diers because of the following — and our army was reduced: 1. Physically unfit ; 2. Unable to compete ; 3. Responsibilities at home ; 4. Some disliked the leaders ; 5. A desire to go to other camps. However, some who disliked the leader joined the next group of volunteers who entered our camp. Xever-the-less in the course of the next twelve months some had realized their mistake and came back to the first army of the camp where they were received with much joy. We regret that some were too late finding their mistakes and were unable to rejoin us. strong magnet, drawing Eorty-twi

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The N. C. C. EAGLE JPgst Will and Testament We, the Class of ' 29, while sound in mind and memory, realizing the uncer- tainty of our future careers and the nearby approach of our departure, do make and declare this our last will and testament. To the President we leave our pledge of allegiance, declaring that we will strive to do honor to him who has done so much for the education of young men and women ; and in the years to come we hope to aid in making this the best insti- tution in the Southland. We leave to the Faculty our hearty thanks and appreciations for helping us so faithfully along the hard pathways of knowledge. They have helped us in our difficulties and encouraged us in our successes. To the School we leave all of our frivolity, crudeness, dumbness as a proof of the miraculous changes which our contacts here have wrought upon our personalities. To the Junior (. ' lass we leave our places to be filled. They will not always be easy and discouragement will come, but in the end you will be repaid as we have been. Profit by our mistakes. Stand by ' Id X. C. C. and may it mean to you all that it has meant to us. We leave to the Sophomore Class our ability to study, hoping they will take in the things that the teachers try to give them. To the Freshmen (.lass we leave our ability to look deep so that when they have reached the Senior Class their loads will not resemble their green caps. George I.. Harper leaves the Presidency of the Student Body, Student Coun- cil, Editorship of The Campus Echo to Herman Reeves. Pop Long. Shortie Grimes, and Smokie Walker leave their athletic abilities to be divided equally among Marion Johnson. George Vinson, Charlie Alston, and Clarence Thompson. To Flossie Smith, Harriet Marie Smith leaves her vamping ability with the sincere hope that she will be more successful than she has been the past years. Lillian Beatrice Bullock leaves her two brothers. Sizer and Wilkins, to Floretta Sharpless and Annie Mae Ford. To Julia Mclver, Esther P. McCall leaves her old French books and the tre- mendous amount of knowledge obtained therefrom. Evelyn Walton and Oscar Davis leave their musical talents to Helen Baker and Robert fones. [is: