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

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TheN. C. C. EAGLE Baseball Team of 1929 First row — Left to rigr, Clarence Thompson Theodore Stroud t hi irge Vinson Bennie Hawkins William Moore J. Francis I .ong :cond row — Left to right : St. Julian Walker Roberts Nicks James ( rrimes Emmet Caldwell Marion Johnson

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The N. C. C. EAGLE A Mormon Wedding Preacher (to groom) : Do you take these women to he your lawfully wedded wives ? Groom : I do. Preacher (to brides): Do you take this man to he your lawfully wedded husband ? Brides : We do. Preacher: Some of you girls there in the back will have to speak louder if you want to be included in this. ' hiii] y: Say, young man, do you know who I am? Wise Soph : I don ' t know, guess I do. Vampy : Well, I want to go home. Wise Soph : Go ' head, I don ' t care. Nothing But the Truth Honest. Judge, I can ' t tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet in a moment of temporary insanity. Of Course Diner : What ' s special today ? Waiter: What we couldn ' t get rid of yesterday. Teacher: Give me a sentence with the wind anticipating. Student : He spent the night in drinking, gambling, anticipating. He: Life without you would be an awful void. She: Why don ' t you say hell and be done with it? What made you so exhilarated last night ' ■ . Rushing through the ether. Flying. No, drinking beer. What ' s the Rush? He: Every time I kiss you it makes me a better man. She: Well, you don ' t have to become perfect in one night. Teacher : What is Boston noted for? Johnny : Boots and shoes. Teacher: Correct. And Chicago? Johnny: Shoots and booze. Getting Away With Murder The meanest man in the world: He shaves in bis wife ' s presence just so as be can get away with making faces at her. [29]

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The N. C. C. EAGLE Football 1927-1928 In the fall of ' 27 the College was blessed with the entrance of several new athletes, who had much experience before they came to its. This season our practice started early, and it was seen in this pre-season training that we had a good team, in the making. This season we went serenely to the football champion- ship of the state, so decisively did we defeat our opponents that there was no dis- pute in awarding the championship cup. Some of our defeated opponents were Livingstone College, Brick Junior College, Kitrell College, St. Augustine College, and Johnson C. Smith University. So successful had been this campaign that we made an application for entrance into the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Asso- ciation. In the association meeting which was held early in January we were accepted with little opposition. Football 1928-1929 The fall of ' 28 found us as infants in the Colored Intercollegiate Association ; however, it is true, we had already played a season of basketball and baseball as a member. This fall we entered into the campaign with much zest and pep 1ml it was short lived, for in our first encounter, which was against Virginia State, we were defeated 13 to 0. This was not our only defeat; we suffered several. We were defeated by A. T. College, Hampton, Virginia Seminary, anil Virginia Union University. This was considered as the worst season the College had seen for a long time.