Savannah State University - Tiger Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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Glwu P BY FMNKIE N. GOLDEN I was sitting in the senior class meeting about two weeks before commencement watching the different members come in and chat with each other, when all at once I began wondering just what these same young people would be doing fifteen years hence. This thought preyed on my mind so heavily from day to day that I began to look around for some method by which one could get a good look into the future. I thought of the science department and decided to ask one of the professors in this field for help. After my Nature Study class one afternoon I mentioned the fact to Professor Winf ters who told me that he thought he could solve my probf lem. He said that he had been experimenting on such a drug for ten years and at last was confident that it would work, but he had been unable to get anyone to try it. Having much faith in Professor Wiiiters as a scientist, I decided to try his plan. The directions ran thus: After eating a good dinner, preferably one consisting of large servings of meat, potaf toes, turnip greens, carrots, and apple pie or banana pud' ding-'take one teaspoonful of the drug in a glass of clear water or other beverage and fest in a quiet place. I went to the College Coop Shoppe at dinner hour the next day. and to my delight, Miss jolly had pork chops and fish as meats, and all of the vegetables mentioned above. She had apple pie for dessert, but no banana pud ding. To be sure the drug would work, I ordered two pork chops, one fish and the rest of the dinner, including the dessert. After eating this I went to B. jfs. There I bought a coca-cola and three bananas. Putting the drug in the drink, I drank it, then ate the bananas. Next, I looked around for a quiet spot. This seemed impossible to find for a while. Suddenly I remembered the old basketball court at the edge of the marsh and hurried down there. I found a seat on an old log. Scarcely had I seated myself when a very peculiar feeling seized: and, all at once, everything went black. I opened my eyes in the Grand Central Station in Chicago. I was about to leave the pullman coach when the pullman porter approached me. He seemed very familiar. He was well groomed and weighed about 250 pounds. He smiled. Then I remembered. It was Nathaniel Mayes. He said that he had tired of trying to teach Shakespeare in Georgia and had decided to get in the money. From all appearances he was quite successful. I asked him about other members of the class of '39 and to my surprise and delight, several of them, he said, were right here in Chicago. Louise Lautier, after getting her masters degree from Atlanta University, thought that she knew too much to marry and settle down to the tiresome life of a housewife: and, as her ideas always clashed with those of the princif pals under whom she worked, she had accepted a position as secretary to the president of The ........ Bank. Robert MCCIIITIKIII, now happily married to Mary Luten with three children, was proprietor of a wholesale Ladies' Ready-tofVJear store. Associated with him was Charles Lyons, a bachelor. Page 214 Emory Jordan was so impressed with a study made of the Meddin Brothers Wholesale Meat Dealers while a senior at Georgia State, that he had wandered to Chicago and was now head of the butchering at a big packing house. He had done so well in this position that he influf enced Charles Maddox to come to Chicago and work with him. L. Robert Bolden was making a hit as the Great Lochinf var of the Air. I understood that he wrote all of his com' positions and was quite a success. Every night many, many old maids of Chicago turned in to hear his consoling voice and words of love. Mays told me that Rutherford Lockette was teaching English at Georgia State College, after having received his master's degree in this field at Ghio State University. Mattie Tharpe, wife of Isadore Moore, was everything a man could wish in a wife. She was the charming mother of five chfldren. The Moores were living in Waycross where Isadore is principal. This was too much for me so I decided to hurry to my hotel and think things over. Mayes told me if I waited un' til he changed his clothes, he would run me over in his car. Agreeing to this, I settled down in the station to .read the paper. Hearing a familiar voice, I glanced up from the paper. Whom should it be but Leon Young. He looked very prosperous, wearing nose glasses and spats and car' rying a walking cane. Our eyes met and Leon came over to speak with me. He said that he was a criminal lawyer and referred to an article in the paper I held in my hand. It was headed: LEON YOUNG WINS DALLAS CASE. As I read the article, I learned that this case had aroused much interest in Chicago for sometime and that Leon had won it on a technicality. I asked about the other member of the class and was inf formed that Pauline Howell had been recently appointed Art Instructor at Georgia State College, successor to Mrs Washiiigton who had retired. Leathe Tarver was basketball coach at Elder High School, Sandersville, Georgia, and Leslie Calhoun was teaching Home Economics in her home town. After bidding me adieu, Leon went on his way. The next thing I knew I was in New York City. It seemed that I was perplexed to to how I got away from Mayes, but be' fore I could reason this out, I saw a young woman coming down the street with about fifteen little girls. She was scolding them for running out in the street in front of cars. As she came near me, I saw that it was johnnye jordan. She told me that she was matron of a girls' orphan' age and that she was carrying the children to the park for exercise I asked her why she happened to be doing this kind of work whereupon she told me the whole story .... She had been engaged to a handsome young man and was jilted, which happening caused her to conclude that men couldn't be trusted, so she had decided to devote the rest of her life to charity. After leaving -Iohnnye, I walked down Seventh Avenue. I came upon a theatre with several large signs in huge

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61644 Jfidl Bi' ANNIE Evaivosiisr Youmz -All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time: Some with massive deeds and great. Some with ornaments of rhymef -Longfellow. Cn a certain Septemher day in the year 1937, we, a group of highfschool graduates, entered Georgia State In- dustrial College. We were given the task of guiding the stately Ship of Education over the rough waves of the Sea of Knowledge. With heiit hacks we gathered up the nec- essary equipment, then set sail for our destination. The first year ahoard the ship was spent in making prof grams of impression for the long journey ahead of us. A few of the passengers decided that they wanted to go hack. The reason for their decision we'll never know: hut hack they went. The first stop made on the journey was at Sophomore. Isle. Here we niet Louise Laurier and Ralph Young and Paul Dixon who wanted to go with us to the Isle of Graduation. After assuring them that we were happy to have them in our midst, we cont nued our iourf ney. Then things hegan to happen on hoard the ship. It was discovered that Leroy Bolden was talented for ora- toryg that Ladell Tiller, Miss Letha Tarver and Mr. Grover Euhanks were destined to hecome star haskethall players: that Marjorie Pughsley was a great songsterg that 'lohnnie Marvin Wliite, Jordan could play a saxaphone: that Charles Lyons and Alonza Ninons were memhers of the Collegiate Orchestra, that Annie Young and Louise Lauf tier had talent for writing. All of these things were dis' Why we develf covered in one year! What did we do? oped a program in honor of the school chairs. That's what we did. While Annie Young played soft, sweet music, Leroy Bolden in his resonant voice made a speech dedicated to the chair. Right at that moment a wireless came from our Guiding Star, President B, F. Huhert say' ing, Sophornores, how are you coming? Our Captain looked around from his helm and said, Tell him we are rising Shortly afterward we heard a terrihle scream coming from the Chemistry Lahoratory. Upon rushing there we found that Elizaheth Wells had heen hurt. She was immediately put ahed where she remained for quite a while. As the cloud covers up the sun, so this unfortuf nate accident covered up our trip to junior Isle. How- ever, the gale was weathered and vie soon reached Junior Isle. Here we met Elizaheth Livingstone and Matthew Burke, Harvey Walden and George Hall. We asked them to join us, and this they did gladly. Then off we started for Senior Isle! A lusty voice was raised singing: Shipmates stand together, Don't give up the ship, and immediately the whole ship seemed to he singing. The trip to Senior Isle was indeed a glorious one. During this trip Leroy Bolden, prominent memher of our crew, hegan training for the Ahhot Sengstacke Gratorical Contest. Did D. . he win first prize? You het your hoots he did. Whoever heard of a meniher of our class heing defeated? These good sailors worked for scholarship. Uur Captain, Edward Peterson, told us that we would have to enter' tain the inhahitants of Senior Isle, so we worked together for this gala affair and set the level for the -lunior-Senior promenade. We reached the Isle safely where we were received hy Mrs. A. M. Hall, Mrs, Mildred johnson, Mrs. Hattie Reese, Miss Frankie Golden and Miss Rohert Greyar. Soon after we set rail for the Isle of Graduation raking our hostesses with us. We arranged a numher of programs for the entertainment of our guests, the Fresh' men, Sophomores and hluniors. Matthew Burke was chosen our Captain for the year. More diligent and conscientious workers than the Senior Sailors were not to he had. Under the leadership of Mr. Burke we made a few dis' tinct achievements which will attest to the potentialities which for sometime lay dormant in this great hody Through our efforts we defeated the juniors and Sophof mores to crown Eli:aheth Wells 'iMiss Georgia State Col' lege 3Sf3fl. We followed this up hy reviving the Stu' dent Forum, and fostering a numher of wellattended gatherings. VVe were also instrumental in designing and standardizing the college class iewelry. The fact that the group worked so well together does not say that there was no individual achievement. In every activity these stalwarts were standing out. In instrumental music. George Hall, Harvey Black and Annie Young distinf guished themselves as did Marjorie Pughsley, Rufus Spenser, Roscoe jones and Richard Bennett in vocal music. Nathaniel Mayes served for two years as assist- ant coach of girls haskethall, with Letha Tarver and Ladcll Tiller hecoming two of his star charges. Harvey Wztldeii, Leroy Gordon, Samuel Byrd and Rutherford Lockettee hecame mainestays on the foothall aggregation. Leroy Bolden hecame editor-in-chief of the Georgia Her' ald. Annie Young, Louise Lautier, Nathaniel Mayes and Leroy Bolden hecame outstanding in Dramatics. The crowning achievement on the part of this nohle crew was the puhlishing of the second edition of the I'Iuhertonian. Now it was learned that one of our lively passengers. Ladell Tiller, had heen taken with a serious illness, and had to he sent home. Sad at heart were we, hut sail on we must. A little tired and weary from our long journey. we docked at the Isle of Graduation where we collected our materials and passed off the ship. Proudly, if a little tearfully, looking at our stately Alma Mater, we recited in a hody from Longfellow: Thou, lou, Sail on, G Ship of State! Sail on, O Union. strong and great! Humanity with all its fears. W'ith all the hopes of Iuture years. ls hanging hreatliless on thy fate! Page 23

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print. My attention was caught by one which read: ADDED ATTRACTION - COMING - BETTE WELLS AND HER SEPIA FRCLICKERS. Something in the name interested me.-Wells. Could it be Elizabeth Wells of the class of '397 While thus wondering, who stepped out of the theatre with a long cigar in his mouth but Mcjoseph Horton, He assured me that Bette Wells was none other than our own little modest Elizabeth Wells. He said that he had made a handsome sum of money as her manager, and that he was making final arf rangements for the performance. Along with Miss Wells were Annie Young, Mary Beaton and Susie joseph. All of these girls had decided that teaching wasn't quite as thrilling as they had hoped and that they had decided to follow the carefree life of the stage. He also informed me that Nellie Simmons, fnow Mrs. joshua johnsonj creator of styles,fon Seventh Avenue and 125 Street-designed all costumes for the group: and that Alonzo Ninons was leader of a band at the Cotton Club, making a good substitute for the late Cab Calloway. Rufus Spencer was the soloist for the band. Before I could digest these facts, I found myself in Atlanta, Georgia, running down Auburn Avenue dodging a swiftly moving ambulance. When the ambulance reached me, it came to a sudden stop. Looking into the driver's seat, I recognized Millard McWhorter. He said that there had been a terrible accident in which two cars were com' pletely demolished and one man killed. He had gone to the scene in hopes of getting the body only to find that the man had been taken to the undertakers already. He was rushing back to see if it was his place to which the man had been carried, but he assured me, business meant nothf ing to him when it came to a chance to chat with an old class mate. During the course of our conversation, I learned that Nancy Pruitt was singing nightly at the Sl Theatre. joseph Flagg, George Hall, and john B. 'lack- son had done so well with beautification work at their re' spective schools in small towns in Georgia, that they had formed a partnership, the business of which was cutting and caring for lawns and general home beautification. They had done quite well with this business, having now complete charge of the care and upfkeep of most of Ate lanta homes and buildings. After inviting me around to his home, McWhorter hur- ried on.I walked on down the Avenue and turned, but instead of being in Atlanta, I found myself in Fort Valley at the Fort Valley College of Arts and Sciences talking with Grover Eubanks, now acting president of the instif tution. He said that the president had worked so hard trying to develop Fort Valley that it had given him a nervous breakfdown. Eubanks had changed so much. He had grown a long goatee and was very immaculate from head to foot. While I was talking with football coach, came in to get a contract signed. It was a guarantee for a game between Fort Valley and South Car' olina State College. They took pride in stating that their team had won two games that year. They had been losing all games heretofore. Eubanks, Harvey Walden, Eubanks urged me to stay for a Field Day program which was only a few hours off. All teachers in each community in the county were to be present. I decided to stay, While watching the crowd gather, a car drove up and stopped close by me. A very neatly dressed woman, about middlefaged, got out. She seemed very familiar, but I couldn't place her. As she came nearer, I saw that it was Mrs. A. M. Hall, but her hair was white and she quite a bit stouter. She noticed my looking at her hair and hurried to explain that she had worried so much in trying to make a successful jeanes Supervisor in her county. She said she had come over to the Field Day program in order to get some points for her's next year. VVHS Mrs. Hall and I walked around the campus chatting when we came upon two other familiar people. They proved to be Paul Dixon and Robert Greyer, now Mr. and Mrs, They were teaching in a twofteacher school about six miles from Fort Valley. The bell rang for the assemble and the four of us en' tered the auditorium. There were several people seated on the rostrum- -business men, doctors, and teachers. Among this group were Matthew Burke and Nathaniel Morris. Dixon told us that Mr. Burke was manager of the Pilgrim Health Insurance Company of Augusta and Mr, Morris was teacher of science in a consolidated school in Peach County. While sitting there thinking over all that l had seen, I became very hungry, and strange as it may seem, I found myself in Savannah on Weft Broad Street. I saw Harvey Black standing in the door of a very attractive shop, He told me that he was owner and operator of this outstandf ing cleaning and pressing club and in connection with it was a tailor shop run by El'zabcth Livingston. As Harvey and I were chatting about things that had happened since our graduation in WRU, Elizabeth came out of the store. She said she had watched our group buy suits from others so long that she thought she would try her hand, I learned that she was very successful at making la' dies' tailored suits. Elizabeth said that Mabel Perry vias teaching at West Broad Street School, and Maliel Young was teaching an adult class at the Cuyler Night School, having tired of lit- tle children who asked so many questions she couldnit answer. Ruth Dudley was conducting an experiment on Com mercial Frog Breeding. Quite a bit of money was being made from frogs as people were eating them now instead of chicken. Ralph fPollyj Young was doing well as a teacher of Home Economics at the Savannah Boys' Club, This Club was now quite a school for delinquent boys. Marion Heath had succeeded Mr. B. S. Adams as County Agent of Chatham County. james Luten, having married Minnie Fred Wright, was working in Athens, GeorgiafMinnie Fred's home town. It seemed that I heard a chorus singingdl awoke to find a group of W. P. A. women singing as they raked the leaves near me. Looking at my watch, I saw that it was five minutes past time for Professor Gordon s class. but I simply had to cut in order to record this experience. The End. Page 25