Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY One beautiful afternoon as I was sitting alone in my apartment in Baltimore, Maryland, I received the greatest surprise of my life, when the door bell rang and in stepped my former classmate, Susie Arrington. Susie informed me that she was on her way to see her husband, Claude Smith, who was one of the leading lawyers in Philadelphia. I opened my memory book, in order to show it to Susie, and we discussed the members of tire class of 1937 individually. After Susie told me that Eula Alston was married to a congressman from Detroit, X suggested that since I had always been a great talker that she let me tell her all that i had heard about our classmates. Thus I began: Ruth Bass received her Ph.D. in French last winter. Siie and her husband, Moses Newsome, are residing in Chicago. Dorothy Bellamy is married to Samuel Gilliam, principal of the Booker T. Washington High School at Rocky Mount, N. C. Anne Bowers heads the French Department at the University of Michigan. Esther Brett is married to William .Tones, who is the most outstanding politician in Geneva. Ophelia Briggs received her Master’s Degree in chemistry last summer. Kermit White is the most outstanding physician in Philadelphia. Geraldine Cabiness is married to Benjamin Neal, while Marion Jordan has finally gained Alexander Smith, and Queen Palmer, William Brown. Mary F. Carr is the coach ' of the girls’ basketball team at Statesville, N. C., and is assisted by Charles Chalmers. Selena Carter is married to Pete Williams, II, and lives in Philadelphia. Wilmoth Carter is the wife of “Baby” E. J. Quick. They are both in Europe visiting Johnnie Larkins, who is a prominent actor. Marie Cooke, the dietitian at Howard University, is happily married to James Knight. Elizabeth Cooley now lias her Ph.D. in Psychology and has recently married James Galley. II. Frazier Creecy has turned professional and is coaching Women’s basketball at Shaw merely as a pastime. Dollie Daniels heads the French Department at Shaw University and resides there with her husband, Frank Dalton. Catherine Edgerton is married to Theodore I.ittle, John Dixon to Ophelia Durham, and Anna Scarborough to John Slade. Beatrice Joyner is married to Floyd Holley, the editor of the New York Times, while her pal, Ocelia Ragland is married to George Hyman, a national officer in the Y.M.C.A. Edna Fairley, Maude Foster, Katie Gray, Marguerite Hines, Jennie Davis, Jessica Holley, and Rosalia Jolley are playing on Broadway in the “Big Seven” play production. I, aura White is now Raleigh’s greatest typist. Undean Jones is still teaching at her home, Cofield, N. C. Essie Mizelle says that her husband, Booker T. Maides, is the greatest electrician in the state of North Carolina. Frances Owens is Dean of Women at Shaw University, and Genive Foushee is Secretary to the registrar at Shaw. Lillie Price is the head nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, Maryland. Izola Reynolds is associate professor of Education at Ohio State. Theodore Shell is grand Basileus of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. William Lawrence received his Ph.D. in history last winter. Betsy Perry and Ruth Thompson are married to senators from Chicago and New York respectively. Marjorie Sills is secretary to the President of Shaw University. Reece Sinclair has been elected mayor of Raleigh. Osceola Moore will compete for world championship in tennis next week. Isaiah Taylor, along with his wife Fredericka Young, is doing splendid work in the social field. William Thomas, Cifton Faison, James Freeman, Otho Sherrill, and Sidney Williams are outstanding members of the House of Representatives. Charles Cooper, since leaving college, has been traveling in Africa and India and owns many large industrial plants in the leading industrial cities of America. Susie didn’t inform me that she had intended spending only two hours at my apartment, hence the time passed so swiftly that she missed her train and had to spend the night with me. Until this time I had done all the talking, it was her time now. Claha Cooke, Lillie Piuce, Prophets. Twenty-four

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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

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SHAW UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CLASS FORM Today, a day of shadows emblazoned by the sun of memory, And stilled by the placid voice of duty, Calls us from these scenes of concrete theory Beyond the portals of life’s enriching beauty. Ere we approach the eve that leads unto yon vista dawning, Our souls, perturbed by the profound recess of grief, Inscribed indellible appreciation upon memory’s mooning, As effulgently resilient with love we hail our Alma Mater chief. Dear Shaw, the cherished school of our unfaltering trust, Majestically standing ’mid monumental scenes of grandeur, Imbue us with glorious truth — you inevitably must — While departing ' we take you as our guiding star and lure. Shaw, Sh aw, ’though praise and adoration of the mystic moon Resound within realms resplendent with suspended hopes, Never can we hallow thy name with sufficient adorn To perpetuate thru the expanse of years thy never dying notes. May all our walks in humanity’s train of fame Direct us forever, dear Shaw, to the standards set by you. May our lips never cease to proclaim the same, ’Till time has imprinted “Shaw” upon living skies of blue. Farewell to thee, dear Shaw, farewell, hut not goodbye; How sweet the memory still as we do now depart; How dear the grasses, the grounds, and buildings high, (), Immortal Spot, may loyalty never from thy banners part. Wit.mottt C im:n. CLASS SONG (Tune of il ty Tank) For years we dreamed of higher education, To Shaw we came for that matriculation; We were as green as freshmen always are And thought of home and friends, And thought of home and friends The whole year through. Our upperclassmen years were grand and bright; We never lost the beacon of the light; We mastered every course by work and prayer! And gave our best in all, And gave our best in all To dear old Shaw. We trust that we have met yonr expectation, And now that we are near our graduation— We pledge to remember you so fondly, And always give our aid, And always give our aid To thee Dear Shaw. A. I,. Scarborough. E. Elizabeth Cooley. Twenty-five