Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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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

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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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The Shaw University Journal Senior Class History » » » ( Cont inued) following official positions: William Raines (later elected president of the student body), president of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P.; Mildred Moore president of the University Cheering Squad; Vincent Tibbs, president of Student Credit Union- Frank Matthewson, acting president of Y. M. C. A.; Ophelia Durham presiden oi Le Cercle Francais; Johnny Christian, president of the Varsity Club ’ P 1 For the first time in the history of the Alpha Omicron Honor’ Society four inniors were accepted into membership. These were: Vina Phillips Marguerite Carson Mildred Moore, and Vincent Tibbs, who was the first Shaw letter mfn to fuS the organization s requirements in three years. Hollis Creecy, one of our three letter men, was the first in recent years to earn the undisputed rie-ht tn fw 5 in r T A a tnp k Tha v M r a i y , a ugnt t0 a first place medal m u i- A - A - tiack fhe 1 . M. C. A. selected a member of our class Vinopnt Tihhc as representative to the Youth Christian Conference in Oxford Ohio- the Y W C A chose two members of our class, Marguerite Rogers ami n»„L sentatives to the annual King ' s Mountain ConfeTence Wnh Winie F man X T guerite Carson, Mildred Moore, Marion Brame nlaving nn iivot 1 reeman ’ Ma y basketball squad won the long cherished championship. am ’ our women s Grainger Browning and Vincent Tibbs travelled extensively „ Rho Debating Society. Our .Junior-SenLrProm Sigma whose place we were to glorify the following year. ' tnbute to the class Realizing that our sojourn at Shaw had been an unusual „„„ -a , steady decreasing number and the complexity of surviving the ' ? onsi denng our presidents, three deans of women, and two deans of men , administration of two ments of the past and sought to make t£7s ou“a 8 t ouT hanne Shed our achieve - J. Francis Price, who has been adviser to nine clasLs dnrina l - y ® ar ‘ Professor University, saw fit to lend us his highly esteemed service wf L ifth 1-8 at our “animal kingdom” soaring to unusual heights on in V f. began the year with Fleming as co-captains of the team. fullback. No Shaw man had received such rating in the nast en 1 1 C ,’ T V A ‘ A ' able leadership of our Mr. John Christian and the cooperation of U der t . h ® members, the Varsity Club arranged the most colorful and successful u 7 Sen .‘° r activities featured during the history of the University Basketfu V 1 Honl ecoming and with it the recognition of Mr. John Marable as the flvsi ol season a PProached position on an all C. I. A. A. basketball team Shaw man to merit a Our women’s basketball team retained the championshin with m- at ■ as captain. The first semester honor roll showed tb-iftw th M ’ SS Marion Brame honor rating for seven consecutive semesters. These two were m- 10 ” bad retained president of Alpha Omicron, and Primrose EarnweU In I MlSSes Vina Philli P®- honor society, we added Misses Durham, Rogers and Barnwell in the which had been represented on many occasions and in many nbmJ n Dramatics Club, class, featured such players as Misses Eloise Pierce Margnew fn by m t mbers 9f Beulah Williams, Mildred Moore, Ophelia Durham M m ® ? arson ' Mi ' l ' Vd Wall, , Evans, and Casper Hill. In all active organiLtTo’ns on the Vi Cent Ti FraukA representative group. Mr. Leroy McLaurin became editor in chief which began to show progress. V luel oijqqm JoiijjrxAL, According to available records the valedictorian of our class W- Ya A v graduating Summa Cum Laude, was the first student to Durham, years with an average of 2.9. g a d u a (M n ' t ljupe and a half After such a fruitful stay we leave Shaw We feel proud to have given so much to an iwnuuc history. Our achievements are memorable to us onlv Wcnnsel ,L ‘ ' C“ ' ' ‘T aKm S us institution deeply engraved in our hearts. Shaw uiiWsit,, Wj 5 ' . ve i be riefited an “ • - ‘ aw uiwvei S ,ty Ws given jjo u invalu- able treasures. Our farewell is indeed a sad a io gradua iMnTlv e and a half n t lu f h be M lace tkn we L W it o us onir4cauf ■ ah - dly r n S its srsity IV Page Twenty-Trvo