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

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Lucia Jai VOUXCi WOMEN ' S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CABINET residenl Evelyn Kiniber, Vicc-Pieiidtnl Josephine Shearin. Secretuiy Alice Thorne. Treasum Charity Evans, Chtiinmttt of Social Committee Norma Spaulding, C iiiirman of Sodiil Service Mary A. Tale. Chairman of Worship Committee Dema Jackson, Chairman of World Fellowship Miss Ruth C;. Rush, Chai Mr, Committee Percy H. Steele, Jr.. President William Bowie, Vice-President Flovd H. Brown, Secretary t§.t99 V()L (. MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCI.ATION Iknry W. Rice, Trtasiire OrLinii.. .St.nall. Chairim Cicorge Parks, Chairman I. NVjI Hui;hley, Faculty Adiisor m Social Committee Proliant Committee (6)

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C. I. A. A. CHAMPIONS, 1944 fitting cog in the machinery of his ideal unit. Such is the personality of McLendon that it seeks the best in the individual and trains him to contribute that to the group. Such is the artistry of McLen- don that it lends itself to the development of a complete, unified group. McLendon ' s gentlemanly qualities are less those of a chivalric hero than of a clean-cut, common sense amateur-athlete. He himself lives by the Christian code of ethics and he insists that those in his charge follow his example. A product of the two-fisted he-man ' s West, he has been too long in intimate contact with nature and men of simple tastes to feel other than humble in the knowledge of man ' s unbounded potentialities. Gentleman John B. tells his students that no victory is ever justified by a single dishonest act or unsportsmanlike deed. He believes that games are played to win, but he teaches that the physical opponent is less important than the unseen oppo- nent who would tempt the athlete to prostitute his principle of fair play. He insists on sticking to the rules, for living by the code of Christian ethics, he plays the rules of the game and he feels that victory won without compliance to these rules is empty and meaningless. The enthusiasm of his followers is a healthy sign that more men of Mc- Lendon ' s type will raise the physical and moral health of our nation. McLendon is in the vanguard of a new tradi- tion of American athletes who believe in scientific preparation and who utilize scholarly techniques to develop athletes and character. A teacher of physical education and an active coach in several (5) sports, McLendon is as familiar with the literature in fields related to physical education as he is with the latest plays in basketball and football. He be- lieves that no separation is .possible between the body and the mind. His teaching and coaching aim to coordinate the two in a perfectly function- ing unity. A pupil in the last class in basketball conducted at the University of Kansas by James Naismith, the Canadian-American founder of the game, Mc- Lendon is currently engaged in preparing a special basketball text that will explain some of his the- ories and plays. Noted already as an outstanding improviser in this sport, McLendon ' s book will detail procedures of adapting standard plays to various kinds of material. Evidence of McLendon ' s practical scholarship is abundantly available in his voluminous records and in his bulky scrap-books. Statistics for every sec- ond ' s play for four years are available in Mc- Lendon ' s office. Few coaches in colleges of North Carolina ' s size boast such adequate records as exist here. McLendon, the artist, scholar and gentleman, could have selected no finer and no more promis- ing place to practice his arts than here in North Carolina. For North Carolina, land of promise and destiny, is on its way to keep its tryst with a new destiny that will usher in a new day of equal- ity of opportunity for all men. John Blanche McLendon will not have spent his time here in vain, for his teachings and his life are on that in- destructible plain where mortals all too seldom fear to tread.

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a)MMKRt;iAL t;LUli Telia Chapm.in, I ' lcmlfiil Wanda BrllU Jrcl, Srciehu luscphint- Shtarin. TiuKiin Liiinic Smith, Vu,--Pi,si,lciil Alice ThorlKr, . ,.(• Suwl.ilx Virjjinu Kvans, (:lu:iii,uui I r, nun Con Ml . Rulh Tavlof anil Uts. Mabel Cruoks, Ailiison S( K lAI. S( IhXt K i:i.Lli Iknry W. Rice, Picsnlcn Ruth Perry, Vne-Pi ' tnile, Thclma Mcrjanicl, Snir Yvonne Hartslieiil, .■ « ' i , Grctta Jackso n, Ti ' ivsiiitr Ur, J. II. Taylur, Ur. |i,hn Hupc Frankli 1, Rei, ). N.al Hughlcy, I ' ocnliy A.U ' . (7)