Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS TI e have not wings, we cannot soar j lit slow degrees , by more and more, But we have feet to scale and climb The cloudy summits of the time ” Longfellow. Here we are ready to begin a long and tiresome journey to an institution of higher learning where we shall undergo several changes: Stage I — Ignorance September 1933 found us a group of one hundred or more boys and girls on our journey to a land of higher education. The journey ended at Shaw University where we found a campus as lovely and as green as we. As we landed from our barge and looked about us we wondered if all our desires would be fulfilled. We pledged then and there “to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” We were green we admit, but we did not let this hamper us or thwart our aim for under the vigilance of Mr. E. J. Quick whom we elected as our president and Mr. J. F. Price as our adviser we steadily climbed to the stage of wisdom. During this first stage of development we exemplified many talents in various fields: basketball, football, debating, and the choir. Many important events occurred in this stage also: Richard 15. Harrison “De Lawd” visited the University at the close of the year, and many of us traveled over the eastern and western parts of the state. Memorable are those experiences. We were represented on the debating team by Messrs. Bobby Dunn, Floy Holley, and Elijah Wells. Ours was the loss, but we took it sportsmanly as we knew what was being accomplished in other activities. Miss Sadie’ Stanley was elected Miss Y.W.C.A. The end of the first year found a few of us on the University Honor Roll. Misses F. Creecy, M. Carr, and M. Foster made a hit on the basketball team; Messrs. S. Gilliam, J. Kibler, and W. Walden did likewise on the football team. We are realizing our desires. Spring found us a happy energetic group, proud of our achievements, strolling around, en- joying the beauties of nature. We are now wise. June is here all too soon, for we hate to leave our happy home. Stage II — Wisdom All right wise birds, what are you going to do now? Watch us and see. We are smaller in num- ber but not in will. Well it is good to be wise. We decided this year to work diligently and watch the results, but first of all we had to make sure that the freshmen drank from the same cup as we but more abundantly. Assisted by Mr. J. F. Price we settled down in a few weeks with the competent Mr. Bobby Dunn as our leader. In the field of debating Messrs. J. Dixon, Kermit White, and Miss Laura White represented us; again we lost but we did not worry. This year Miss Evelyn Boone was crowned “Miss Shaw,” Miss Cooley became soprano soloist, Miss Creecy basketball star, supported by Misses Carr and Foster. Misses Creecy and Carr also made a striking entrance in drama. We will see our desires fulfilled! The brink of the stage of honor is at our feet; we must continue to climb. Stage III — Honor and Confidence “Let man know his worth and keep things under his feet.” This has been our slogan. The age of honor and self-reliance has engulfed us. This year we chose Mr. Wm. Jones for our president and Mr. Price our adviser for the third time. His steady hand guided us through rough places and rugged roads. Our talents were displayed more fully. We had to do our best. We were happy to have two members of our class to be given membership to the Alpha Omicron Honor Society These members were Mrs. Undean Jones and Miss Izola Reynolds. In the student government Mr J ' Dixon and Mr. Win. Jones represented us. Mr. Floyd Holley served as editor of the University Journal Many of us toured the state of South Carolina with the choir. The annual Junior-Senior Prom was given in the City Auditorium. This affair ended the third year and we found ourselves at the door of dignity. Stage IV — Dignity We passed successfully through the first three years with laurels and now we are in the stage of authority, still keeping things under our feet. This year Mr. Osceola Moore our president and Mr. Price our adviser were chosen to lead us to the end. Mr. Dixon and Miss Cooley became heads of the Student Body, and Miss White became Secre- tary. Miss Scarborough and Mr. Moore represented us on the Student Council. Our prestige was also extended over the Y.M. and Y.W.C.A.’s, the leaders being Mr. Paul Johnson and Miss Genive Foushee. In February and March Messrs. William Jones, Kermit White, Tessie Thomas, Misses Elizabeth Cooley, Queen Palmer, Lucy Saunders, and Mrs. Undean Jones made a successful entrance in the realm of play production. These members were the cast for “The Ninth Guest” and “The Patsy.” Mr. Floyd Holley again served as editor of the University Journal. For three successive years Mrs. Jones has won the $32.50 prize for having the highest scholastic record in the class. Misses Cooley and Foushee also won prizes. Quite a number of us were on the honor roll at the end of this time. Misses Izola Reynolds, Queen Palmer, and Mrs. Undean Jones made the honor roll for seven consecutive semesters. Others of us were fortunate enough to gain membership to Alpha Omicron Honor Society, namely, Misses Wilmoth Carter, Elizabeth Cooley, Ruth Bass, Geraldine Cabiness, Queen Palmer, and Mr. Floyd Holley. We had the experience of seeing several changes at the University. It was a pleasure to see the University enter into the N.I.D.A.; improvements were made in the buildings and most im- portant of all, the change in the administration; new president, new dean of women, new faculty members. Many and long have been our meetings to thrash out the plans tor our closing activities. After toiling and sweating for a long time we were refreshed by a Prom given by the Juniors. It is well to be a host but better to be the guest. Graduation is at hand hut it does not, we hope, mean the end of things, for we have higher aspirations. , Queen Esther Palmer. Twenty-two

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SHAW UNIVERSITY JOURNAL tt Ruth Goldie Thompson, A.B. SNOW HILL, NORTH CAROLINA Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. C. 1, 2; French Club 3, 4; Arohonian Club of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority 3; President Archonian Club 3 ; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority 4. Kermit Earl White, B.S. 404 BELL STREET ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA German Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Y. M. C- A.; Science Club 3, 4; Robert B. Tyler Book Club 4; Football Trainer 1, 2; Basketball Trainer 1, 2; Secretary Lampodas Club 1, 2 ; Keeper of Records and Seals Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 2, 3, 4; President German Club 3; Business Manager Shaw University Journal 4; Freshman-Sophomore Debater 2; Dra- matics Cub 1, 2, 3, 4; Dormitory Council 4; Tau Sigma Rho Debating Society 2, 3; Assistant Parliamentarian Student Body 3; Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Intramural Tennis 3. Laura Alice White, B.S. 753 SOUTH BLOUNT STREET RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Science Club 2, 3, 4; Secretary Science Club 3; Assistant Secretary of Class 2; Secretary of Class 3; Tau Sigma Rho Debating Society 2, 3, 4; Freshman-Sophomore Debater 2; Typist of Journal Staff 3, 4; Secretary Student Body 4; Secretary Student Council 4. Jonathan Mayo Wilder, a.b. HAYWOOD STREET RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Choral Society 1, 2; Hayes Fleming Student Volunteer Society 1, 2, 3: Sociology Club 3; Emergency Peace Campaign Club 3; History and Political Science Club 2, 3; Y. M. C. A. 1, 2, 3; N. A. A. C. A. 3; University Social Committee 3; Advertising Manager of Shaw JOURNAL 3; Ili-Y Leader 3. Fredericka E. Young, a.b. BRUNSON, SOUTH CAROLINA Y. W. C. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet 2, 3; Home Economics Club 1; Hayes Fleming Student Volunteer Society 1, 2; Hayes Fleming Student Volunteer Society President 3; Committee on Religious Life 3; Dramatics Club 1; Pestalozzi Club 3; History and Political Science Club 4; Le Cercle Francais 3; Secretary Le Cercle Franca is 4. Twenty-one

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT The State of North Carolina County of Wake We, the Senior Class of Shaw University, of the county of Wake, State of North Carolina, being in good bodily health and of a sound and disposing mind and memory and fully realizing the uncertainty of death and being desirous of the capacity and strength to do so, hereby make and declare this, our last will and testament. Article X. To Mr. .T. Francis Price, our class adviser, we will a new car, a “Blue Hea ven,” with the Iiope that in the future he will not he seen walking so much. Art. II. To Mr. Foster P. Payne, our Dean, we leave a sincere wish for a happy and long life. Art. III. To the members of the faculty, we will a door to their new dining room, hoping that it will remain closed during meal time. Art. IV. To Mr. G. E. Jones, the Business Manager, we leave all our unpaid hills. Art. V. To the proud Junior Class we will all the privileges, dignity, and responsibilities required of a Senior Class. Art. VI. To the Sophomore Class we bequeath the front seats in chapel. Art. VII. To the Freshman Class we leave a pamphlet entitled, “How to Applaud and When.” Art. VIII. To certain individuals we hereby bequeath the following: To Mr. Robert Garrett, Mr. Osceola Moore bequeaths his ability to become president of the Senior Class. To Marcelete Campbell, Mrs. Undean Wiggins Jones bequeaths her ability to study and lead her class. To Mr. Randolph Brock, Mr. Kermit White bequeaths his sway with the “Peolas.” To Miss Naomi Sampson, Miss Wilmoth Carter leaves her dignity, and her ability to lead. To Mr. John Eisby, Mr. William “Fats” Jones leaves his city young women with a promise that he will protect them always. To Mr. Collier, Mr. Floyd Holley leaves all the business of the senior class, hoping that he will succeed without any trouble. To Miss Ruby Garrett, Miss E. E. Cooley leaves her seat in the choir and a hope that she will soon be a leading soloist for the choir. To Miss Uenora Stephenson, Miss “Gerry” Cabiness leaves all the college young men but takes Mr. “Ben” Neal with her to show him a better life. To Miss Lena Graves, Miss Florence Rice leaves her dignity and her ability to dress becomingly. To Misses Vida James, Blyandena Davis, and Virginia Holley, Essie Mizelle, Frances Owens, and Mar- guerite Hines leave their abilities to keep up with all the campus secrets. To Miss Theora Weaver, Miss Fredericka Young leaves her lady-like disposition. To Mr. William DeBerry, “Fats” Jones leaves his power to fillibuster. To Miss Emily Daniels, Miss Esther Brett leaves the secret to keeping her love affairs undercover. To Miss Juanita Brice, Miss Lillie Price leaves her place on the campus. To Miss Beatrice Weaver, Lucy Saunders leaves her ability to sew and cook with the one hope that some day she will make Mr. John Christian a good wife. To Miss Marguerite Carson, Miss Genive Fushee leaves her four years’ experience in the Registrar’s office. To Miss Dorothy Smith, Miss Catherine Edgerton bequeaths the next postman as Mr. E. J. Quick s leaving the institution. To Miss Mary Holt, Miss Dollie Daniels leaves her place as waitress in the teachers’ dining room. To Miss Vina Phillips, Miss Frazier Creecy leaves her ability to play basketball. To Mr. Ulysses Banks, Hollis Creecy, and John Flemings, Mr. William Lawrence leaves his appetite. To Miss Esther Aycock, Miss Queen Palmer bequeaths her ability to arrange hair for all occasions. To Miss Algenora Greene, Miss Susie Arrington leaves all her mathematics books. To Mr. Melrose Nimmo, Mr. John Edwards “Bear” wills his ability to tackle in a football game. To Mr. McCoy Barnes, the former captain of the football team leaves his position as cajitain. To Mr. Fred Matthews, Mr. Theodore Shell bequeaths his extensive vocabulary. To Mr. Vincent Tibbs, Mr. Johnnie Larkins wills his ability as a professional gripe. To Miss Juanita Johnson, Miss Edna Fairley leaves the ability to be seen and not to be heard. To Miss Alice Crow, Miss Ocelia Ragland bequeaths her sense of hospitality. To Mr. Walter Moore, Mr. John Dixon leaves his leadership ability. To Miss Mary Dickens, Miss Ruth Bass leaves her poise and refinement. To Miss Viola Ezelle, Miss Rosalia Jolly bequeaths Spenser Durant. To Miss Annie Sykes, Miss Izola Reynolds bequeaths her place as secretary of the Alpha Omicron Honor Society. To Miss Helen Mitchell, Miss Clara Cooke leaves her humor, good spirit, and the ability to entertain. To Miss Mildred Wall, Miss Laura White leaves her stenographic ability. To Mr. Julius Holden, Mr. Reece Sinclair bequeaths his ability to gain and lose girl friends. To Mr. Chester Riddick, Mr. Isiah Taylor bequeaths a portion of his height. To Johnathan Wilder, Mr. James Smith leaves his ability to teach history. To Mr. James Odum, Mr. Charles Chamlers leaves his dignity and intelligence. To Mr. George. Marshall, Mr. John Slade leaves his ability to hold a girl friend. To Mr. Leroy McLaurin, Mr. B. T. Maides leaves his position as school electrician. To Miss Anna Wall, Miss Mary F. Carr bequeaths her position as a basketball star. To Mr. Elmer Hairston, Mr. George Dalton bequeaths his place in Science Department. To Miss Crystabelle Graham, Miss Marie Cook bequeaths her St. Aug. boy friends because they will be in her way after leaving Shaw. To Miss Marguerite Rogers, Miss Jessica Holley bequeaths the ability to control her temper. To Miss Fannie Lawson, Miss Hazel Owens leaves Mr. Charles James but she leaves a request that be be returned to her after he has graduated from Shaw. If there be any property of ours left that we have not bequeathed, we leave the same to our executors to use as they see fit. Signed the 31st day of May, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven. Witnesses: Esther Brett, Testator. J. E. Dixon, William Jones. Twenty-three