Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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The Shaw University j oubnal Tj ? PjJS ) y Tri (PoArLcZ r • Annie Beulah Williams, A.B 739 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, N. C. “He who is not too ivise is wise.” Le Cercle Francais 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 - YWCA I 1 gate to Kings Mountain Conference 3, Dramatics ' 6 ‘ Club 2, 3, 4; Pestalozzi Club 4; N.A.A.C.P. 4 Sadie Pauline Williams, A.B. Polly” 51C East Second Street Charlotte, N. C. “Happy as a lark and tivice as gay you ' ll always find her the same old way. Alpha kappa Alpha Sorority 3, 4; Vice President of Sen ' or Class 4; Exchange Student of St. Augustine College 4 University Choral Society 1 , 2, 3, 4; Grammateus of Aloha Kappa Alpha 3, 4; French Club 3, 4; Student Credit Union 3 Secretary ot University Choral Society 3 4 - Dean or Pledge Club 4; Iw Lea££lub 3, Y.W C A l ' 234 Rosa Bailicv ' Williams, A.B. Fayetteville, N. C. “Labor Conquers All. Fayetteville Teachers College 1, 2, 3; Y.W.C A 4 - N A V C P 4; House Organization 4; Recreational Work ' Mary Talbot Home 4 . Lena Victoria Graves 17 Oak Street Jersey City, N. .1. Ly you , I see tis an honest woman ” Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 2, 3, 4- Treasure- i. r Staff 1, 2 , 3, 4; Sociology Club 2, 3; Basketball Squad 1 ' 2 s - Estey House Organization 1, 4; Gargoyle Staff 4- Have ' Fleming Society 4; Choral Society 4- Mail Girl 4 Sergeant-at-Arms of Delta Sigma Theta ■V ■ Page Twenty

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7 Ji 4 LZcl+sJs ' sCA (K tx jLr u XjXAA- . X»£- £» 4JVdUlJt bJL+r+t X2 r- 9 US A, 7 6. The Shaw University J urna Vincent Kenneth Tibbs, A.B. “Wolf” New York, N. Y. ioliosoever ' qou?d be a nyrrp must be a non-conformist. mega Psi Phi F terniti Wlce Basileus 2; Basileus 3, 4; Class Tfigagtffer 1, 2; ClagsUPresident 3 ’ 4 1 Varsity Basket- Choral Society lC 2, 4; Dramatics Society 2, 3; Debating 4; Pfe ident Dormitory Council 4; Y.M ' .C.AMJaJfinet 2, 3, 4? A}5rsi.ty Club 2, 3, 4; SHiletic Committee, S ecreta ry 4; PresTaWs Club 3, 4; ’s Who Among Student! in American Colleges and Uni- vei-sOies, 4 i Alpha Omipxon Honor Society TjK; Pestalozzi CmCy.PJ ident hsLW Styjdepts CTedi Uffbon, udent Stt ' ltingham, N. C. “She would not harm a hair on a man’s bald head.” Y.W.C.A.; Der Deutsche Verein 1, 2; Dramatics Club 1, 3, 4; Vice President Hayes-Fleming Student Volunteer Society; Pestalozzi Club 4; Journal Staff 3, 4; Vice President Shaw Players 4. Dorothy Mae Watkins, B.S. “Muffin” Whitakers, N. C. “I like work, I can sit and look at it for hours.” Science Club 2; Pyramid Club 1, 2; Delta Sigma Theta 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. el Vkrnei.l Weaver, B.S. ox 112, Tioskie, N. C. can doyjiis best and fail; he simply can’t” 6nt? of Pyj taid Club 1, 2; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - ' CciiVesponding Secretary of Delta Sigma heta 4 y.W.C.A. 2, 3, 4; Sociology Club 2; Science Club 2, 3, 4. Vivian C. Weaver, A.B. 1203 East Lane Street Raleigh, N. C. “She is endoived with the fatal gift of beauty. Saint Augustine College 1, 2, 3; Y.W.C.A. 4; Archonian Club 4; Brush and Palette Club 4; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority 4. Page Nineteen

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The Shaw University Journal « cc « Senior Class History Of course we walked out of the student body meeting in October, ’35, when the upperclassmen informed us that we, as freshmen, didn’t have but a half vote in stu- dent government. Hadn’t we entered the University 201 strong in September, bring- ing honor students, outstanding athletes, actors, songbirds, etc., from states as far north as Massachusetts, as far south as Florida, and as far west as Arkansas? Since we were to excel all others in our endeavors, we resented the restriction of our vote. And seeing within us the potential contributors to the great Shaw name, those who were here before us agreed to grant us full voting rights as a functioning organiza- tion at our school. With Walter Moore as our president and Professor Houser Miller as our faculty adviser, in this fashion we began auspiciously constructing our road to success. Im- mediately after our period of orientation, we found ourselves represented in the University Choral Society, the Hayes-Fleming Volunteer Society, the Y. W. C. A., the Y. M. C. A., and other active organizations on the campus. Fourteen of our stalwart males joined the football team which began that very fall its record-breaking climb up the C. I. A. A. ladder. Ira Cromwell, J. Wilson Fleming, Claude Govan, Hollis Creecy, Walter Moore, Charles Howard, and John Marable became outstanding this first season. Our own Paul “Jeep” Perkins was offi- cial “waterboy” for the team. At the end of the first semester the Honor Roll showed that of the fifty-five honor students at the University, twenty-five were freshmen. Our second semester contributions began with the victory at the annual Freshman- Sophomore debate. We were represented by Ethel Patterson, Leroy McLaurin and Grainger Browning, who later became members of Tan Sigma Rho Debating Society. Johnny Christian, Hollis Creecy, Randolph Brock, Vincent Tibbs, John Marable, George Marshall, and Charles Howard added brain and brawn to our men’s basketball squad which, at this time began giving C. I. A. A. teams serious competition. Shaw’s co-championship with Bennett College became a realization after our class provided Marion Brame, Willie Freeman, Marguerite Carson, Mildred Moore, and Mary Har- grove for the women’s basketball squad. A number of our classmates joined the ranks of the Shaw Players. Along with several others. Claudia Hardy received praise and .recognition for her representation of the leading lady in A. Clifton Lamb ' s “She .DyetUfor a Prince.” As June drew near our spirits became dampened. Not alone because we were soon to leave for a few months the institution we had learned to love, but also because we knew that school closing meant the loss of President William S. Nelson and Dean Hilda A. Davis, who had grown dear and surprisingly near to us. We began our second year at Shaw as wise and competent sophomores under the advisership of Professor Lorenzo Addison. Greatly pleased and enthusiastic about our new President Robert P. Daniel and Dean Mary L. Turner, we sought higher levels of endeavor. We at once succeeded in fulfilling the positions open to us; we became dominant forces in organizations like Le Cercle Francais, the Sociology Club, and other departmental clubs from which we as freshmen had been barred. Arthur Lewis and John Marable became president and treasurer, respectively, of Le Cercle Francais. Our representatives in these groups increased despite our decrease in initial enrollment. We continued to excel in football, basketball, dramatics, music, etc. By this time our football players had developed the “animal kingdom” which was destined to startle C. I. A. A. members. The first team syndicate included “Ram” Govan, “Shag” Creecy, “Hog” Fleming, and “Poney” Marable. In the spring, seven of the fourteen athletes out for track were sophomores; two of the four varsity tennis players were sophomores. In its search for creative talent the University Journal staff acknowledged the worth of and published the poems of Lena Graves, who constantly poured forth her heart and soul in blank and rimed verse. We began our junior year with Vincent Tibbs as president. This year of honor and confidence found us astute leaders of a now progressive student body. We held the Page Twenty-One