Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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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

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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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SHAW UNIVERSITY JOURNAl SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Class of 1937 Undean Jones Isiaii Taylor Fredericka Young Elizabeth Cooley .John Edwards Frazier Ciieecy Dorothy Bellamy Marjorie Sills.. Clara Cooke Floyd FIolley William Jones Mary Frances Carr Willie Lawrence Booker T. Maides John Larkins Anna Scarborough James Galley Albert Fryar Rosalie Jolly Laura White Catherine Edgerton Marie Cook Annie Hodge Maude Foster Wilmoth Carter Florence Rice Ruth Bass Annie Hodge Florence Rice Most Scholarly .Most Dignified Boy .Most Dignified Girl. Most Versatile ■ .Most Athletic Boy ..Most Athletic Girl .Most Sophisticated Most Charming Girl . . . .Most Humorous . .Mo st Conservative ■ . . .Most Dogmatic Most Reticent ■ . Most Cooperative ■ . . .Most Boisterous Most Egotistic ■ Best Dressed Girl ■ .Best Dressed Boy Most Bashful Most Carefree ..Most Responsible Most Sensitive Cutest ..Most Nonchalant Most Exotic Most Efficient • ■ ■ .Most Pleasant Twenty-six