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

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Dr. James E. Shepard, President NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE EOR NEGROES From the desk of our President The graduating class of 1944 is to be con- gratulated upon its efforts in assisting the News Letter staff in the publication of the Senior News Letter Review. As a class, a great responsibility is yours in going out into a world torn asunder by war. It is my sincere hope that through your training dur- ing the past four years you will go out de- termined to make this a better world for all mankind, practicing loyalty, depend- ability, honesty, cooperation, and service to all. North Carolina College has tried to develop within you those fundamental qual- ities which will contribute materially to- wards making you a good citizen and a worthy representative of this Institution. (3) To our former students, graduates and friends, serving in the armed forces of this country, we wish for you a hasty return. You are fighting a good fight; the hope of those of us who remain at home is that when peace on earth is restored to the world, we may all join in a great celebra- tion here on the campus. North Carolina College for Negroes is proud of you and the job which you are doing — may the Al- mighty Father, in whose hands rests the destiny of all mankind, hasten the day when all people, regardless of race, color or creed shall return to their normal pursuits of life and happiness. Sincerely yours, James E. Shepard, President

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North Carolina College Service Honor Roll Note: This li;.t is not complete but represents stiklLnts and ijraduates whose addresses have been hied with the editors. CiptJin H.iskcl A. HiiHvnn ivl. I,t. |..M.ph A. Chriitiiijv 1st. I.t. Millcdgc Mmby IM. Lt. lames Y. Carter (Staff member) i t. Lt. HnK.klvn McMillan nd. Lt. Thcndnrc Gret nd. Lt. H,.wari] Lewi ml. Lr. Clintr.n B. Md nd. Lt. Ira Kn.wn ml. Lt, Melvin Odui HickerM.n. Charic Brewer, Fre.l Hrnnn, fLirrv Br„wn, luhnny Call, Raphael Carter, Earl Carter, Freddie Carter, Sylvester Chavis, EllL.tt Clark, Walter Clay, Lcr.iy Coficld. Harilv Cullinj, M.inroi R Creed, Leon V. I Crass, . nnR ( ' . C) I Crosbon, Icicmiah I Dublsctte. Michael Duckwilder, Vincet Duke, R.ibert Idin.m.K. Wnodnii Lnl.R, Slurvv...,,! I.nnis, Rt,i;inald I aucellc, T. W. l-nnl.MiK, IkniKin Insiir. I ,irl I null.. Clilmn 1, Wilhc l,,nmA, Willi, Cnic, Ldear , ' s,.ll, . nder„,n L.luTencc. .Nn ier ;sbv, V.irn.ll (Sl.illl Li.chlner, Clarenci , ' nne, Ciirliss LIuvd, Ldward Hall, William Ra ilanly, Thi.mas Harris, Sieve Hindcrs,,n. -niai Hicks, Russell lli.uh, hdward llnlkmay, John llnli, Charles lluiii|.hro, R.mii .Mb InlHs, Inbn Ke.irmv, l.ishua Knuckles, his, |.h Lalavcllc, Willian L i;.ian, (icor e Mack, Ceorjfe .Mack, Richard M.ib.ne. William P. .Mallhocs, |,,hn McAllister, Silas McCulU.ugh, Edward Unthank. Ma Russell, brankicn Sl.il..n, Waller Sir.ivlinrne, Kduard Tally, (lenrKC Tally, Hugh . Thrimpscn, H.imer Ihompsun, lames Tli,.mps,,n, Mace. Th.irpc, Clyde Mi.sby, Tal.iiadjjc Nun... R.,swcll l)rm..n,l, Renic I ' cerman, l),.nald I ' crs.in, R,.bcrl Ravuv.n.l, ;er,.me R ,bcrs,.n, RuiL.lpb W.ilst.in, Wiiiidri We.ner, Robert Wluihel.l, .Samuel Williams, Lcondras H..ll,.«av, Willis ludkins, RKhar.l Killer, Th..mas . Mjs..n, ll.nms T..dd, Cc.rKe T.unstml, H..uard Washin,i;t..n, Wi T.. vnsind, Leu For)ncr E.Utors of Students Puhlkat on Staff I 1ST Lt. Bl«HlKL M Mill D Lt. Ika l KDWN (O

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' Little Coach ' ' The Editors and Sponsors of the MAROON AND GRAY Dedicate this Rook to Coach McLendon A Man Who Has Endeared Hiinselt to All North Carolina College Students, Graduates, Alumni and Friends Coach John Blanche McLenixjn Head, Department of Physical Education The so-called multi-faceted personality in many indi iduals achieves a unique ancl almost mystical unity in the persons of |ohn Blanche McLendon, the man and John Blanche McLendon, the teacher of physical education. Director of physical education and head hasket- ball coach at North Carolina College for the past four years, McLendon has the kind of personality that fuses the qualities of the artist, the gentleman and the scholar. A native of the American West, McLendon still recalls the desolate loneliness of the regions beyond the Rockies where he spent several of his early, impressionable years. Near the borders of Mexico, on the deserts and wastelands of Color.ido and Arizona, he early developed a contemplative nature. His later years in Kansas gave him the strength and sturdiness of the plains. Kansas and the West have left their influences on him in his love for simplicity and his aversion to ostentation. Like the westerners of old, McLendon is a man of action. Anyone who has ever tried to keep up with him in any of the half dozen sports in which he excels can assure you of his love for action and of his ability to demonstrate it. Like the western- ers of old, too, he is a fighter. The Mcxicanos ol his vouthful days refer to him now as mnv bon hombre, but they mean he is cool in the sense of a[i untried, sharp blade. McLendon is Little Coach to the hundreds of State students who have journeyed to and from the gymnasium where he holds forth in what often appears to be a 24-hour vigil. To the sportswriters and rival coaches, he is Kansas or Sorrowful John. One wag labeled him this season The Crrim Weeper from Kansas. The artistry of McLendon is the unglamorous kind ot hard and persistent work that denotes a kind ot artistry that is not often associated with the more formalized conceptions of the aesthetic sense. His is the artistry of skill in .accomplish- ment and harmony in execution. It is the artistry, ottcn, ol victory and, always, of sincere efTort. His teams are individuals who absorb his teach- ings so thoroughly that they convey the impres- sion of a single, unified McLendon functioning as one man. Their adaptation to his emphasis on their individual skills indicates their confidence in him as well as their confidence in themselves. Cer- tainly one of the reasons for the success of his teams is his almost uncanny ability to discern the potentialities of a player and to work on these potentialities until the player becomes a smooth- (4)