Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1945 volume:

f This Issue DEDICATED TO CLASS OF ' 45 MEN OF SHAW In U. S. Armed Forces School yfotto; Pro Christc E ' l Humanitate Published by Students of Shaw University % ■ feH Mfe ' 1 fr Tyy CONVENTION HALL O ®ssr irass (g Ms THE GARDEN SPOT OF OLD N. C. L + [ w 2 Q Q v. w u z y [5] DEDICATION To Miss Patricia DeLaine Stewart firm friend, loyal supporter, and untiring adviser, this issue of the Shaw BEAR is humbly dedi- cated by the CLASS OF 1945. May it forever bring back pleasant memories. [6 PRESIDENT Robert Prentiss Daniel, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.. President OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Glenwood Earl Jones. B.S.C. Business Manager Walker Henry Quarles, Jr. B.S.C. Secretary Foster Penny Payne, A.B., A;M. Dean of the College William Russell strassner, A.B.. B.D., S.T.M. Dean of the School of Religion and Chairman of Division of Religion and Philosophy [3] OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Thelma Curtis Nelson, A.B.. B.L.S. Librarian Eva Louise Frazer, B.S., A.M. Registrar Nelson Herbert Harris, A.B., A.M.. Ph.D. Director of Summer School and Chair- man of Division of Education Lenoir Hall Cook, A.B.. A.M. Acting Chairman of Division of Languages m Horace Cardrew Perrin, B.S., A.M. Acting Chairman ot Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Caulbert Augustus Jones, A.B.. A.M. Acting Chairman of Division of Social Science Carrie Letha Harrison. B.S Dean of Women ■ gh% 7©t George Joseph Davis, B.S., A.M. Dean of Men Maude v i .; Winston, A.B. Assistc.i , an of Women [10. J Beatrice Ruth Martin, A.B. Clerical Assistant Thuaia Perry Johnson Clerical Assistant CiVA CLaRK Dormitory Hostess Mary Alice Miller. B.s. Art Ethlynne Holmes Thomas. A.-, -...;. Mill ;ed Amy Thornhill. B.S. Music Harriet Smith Dormitory Hostess [ 11 j Dorcas Campbe:.l Quarlfs. A.B. Lil r y Assistant Patricia DeLaine Stewart. Mary Jean Jackson Mildred Naomi Jordan. A.B.. A.M. Clerical Assistant B.S., M.S. Romance Languages Brenda Yancey jervay. Home Economics Marcella Ford 3.S., A.M. Laura John Foster Religion Home Economics Dormitory Hostess John Hiram Jackson, V ' vian Knowles Cameron. Lorenzo Wardsworth A.B.. B.D. A. 3.. A.M. Addison. A.B.. A.M. Psychology and Philosophy ■Social Science Biology [12] Elizabeth Anthony Reaves, B.S. Bookkeeper Velmon Eaton Virgo. A.B.. A.M. Social Science Dorothy Dishazo Qunitcher, B.S. Assistant Dietitian Virginia Marguerite Russell. B.S. -A.M. Physical Education James Ellis Lyti.e. Jr., A. 3.. A.M. Director of Physical Education Fannie Janet McNair, B.S. Dietitian Martha Brett Jones, B.S. Library Assistant Dorothy Paige Braswell, Clerical Assistant [13] h pq O h pq s o u o z 5 to [14J VnM sn3Kra@si CLASS OF ' 45 President.... MARY V. WOODS Vice President .....Doris LARKIN Secretary Minnie G. Riddick Assistant Secretary HARVELEIGH RIVERA Treasurer ....HERMIA SCHMOKE Adviser MlSS PATRICIA D. STEWART -i pcv L Kv es Most Scholarly William D. Burton Theresa Wilkins Most Versatile Marie V. Wood Most Likely to Succeed Clementine A. High Most Popular Virginia Alexander Best Looking Camilla Edgerton Best Dressed Bobby Brinkly Daisy V. Morris Siveetest Grace Lane Most Dignified Sarah Cherry Wittiest Lillian V. Dickey Best Personality Minnie Gaines Riddick Best Dancer Gloria E. Mitchell Fattest Marie V. Wood Shortest W. Elvin Smith Most Talkative J. Joy Johnson Most Modest Louise Little Most Grouchy Elsie Howell Funniest Dorothy Carelock Most Sincere China A. McCabe SENIORS Teresa Ilease Wilkins, A.B. Route 2 Spring Hope, North Carolina Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3. 4; Non-resident Women ' s Organizaion 1, 2, 3, 4: Assis- tant Secretary 2; Ivy Leaf Club 2, 3.4: Secretary 2; Sophomore Scholarship Award, Nelson Harris Educational Psychology Award 2; Student Council 3, Alpha Omicron Honor Society 4. WlLHELMINA ELVIN SMITH Little Bit, ' 1329 Locust Avenue Winston-Salem 4, North Carolina B.S. He who has found life full of interests has found himself. Estey House Organization I. 2; Ivy Leaf Club 1. 2; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 2, 3. 4: Sunday School 1. 2; Secretary 2, N.A.A.C.P. 2, 3; Tau Sigma Rho 4, Hospitality and Social Committee 4, Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3. 4; Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3, 4. William DeWitt Burton, Jr., A.B. Rougemont, North Carolina Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows so little. Y.M.C.A. 1, 2. 3. 4; President 2, Representative to Southern Regional Con- ference 3. Representative to Conference on Applied Christianity 1. Theologi- cal Fraternity 1. 2. 3 4. President 2, Sophomore Class President, Sunday School Council 2. Student Council 2, 3. 4; Chaplain 2, 3: N.A.A.C.P. 3. 4: Omicron Honor Society 3, 4; President 4. Delegate to Alpha Kappa Mu National Conference 4, Awards: Freshman Scholarship, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Junior Scholarship, Valedictorian 4. Ruth Ray Mitchell 25 Bragg Street Raleigh, North Carolina The chains of habit are too weak to be felt, ' till they are too strong to be broken. Y.W.C.A. 1, 2. 3. 4: University Choir 3: N.A.A.C.P. 4: Pianist for 3: C:mpus Inn Staff 3, 4: Non-resident Women ' s Organization China Ann McCabe, A.B. Route 101, Box 1 North Harlowe, North Carolina Ah. but a man ' s reach should exceed his grasp, or what ' s a heaven fori ' Journal Staff 4; Y.W.C.A. 1. 2, 3, 4; Estey House Organization 1. 2; Hayes Fleming Society 4; Sunday School 1, 4: Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3. 4: National Council of Teachers of English 4. Donella Elizabeth Wilson Don, A.B. 2024 Madison Avenue New York, New York All that I am or hope to be. I owe it to my mother. University Choral Society 1, 2. 3, 4: Female Ensemble 1. 2, 3: Girls ' Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls ' Varsity Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4: Varsity Club 2. 3, 4: Non-resident Young Women ' s Organization 1, 2, 3, 4: Y.W.C.A. 1. 2, 3, 4. Y.W.C.A. !. 2. 3. 4. [16] SENIORS Fletcher Mae Gilliam Route 4, Box 96 Ahoskic, North Carolina All that I am I owe to my mother. Journal Staff 4; Sunday School 1, 2, 3, 4; Estcy House Organization 1.2; Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3. 4; National Council of Teachers of English 4; Archonian Club 2: Zcta Phi Beta Sorority 2, 3, 4. Joseph Charlotin Saint-Fort, B.D. Saint Marc, 153 Rue du Pere Primet, Haiti was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. Theological Fraternity 2. 3, 4, Secretary 2, Parliamentarian 3, 4, Y.M.C.A. Parliamentarian 3, Student Council. Parliamentarian 4, Basketball Team 4. Delegate to the Durham Interracial Conference 4. Men ' s Personnel Council. Treasurer 3. Annie Pearl Moore, A.B. Route 1, Box 5 Creedmoor, North Carolina No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage grown of truth. Y.W.C.A. 1. 2, 3, 4; Sunday School 1, 2. 3: Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3, 4; Estey House Organization 1, 2; N.A.A.C.P. 1. 4; Hayes Fleming Missionary Society 1. 2, 3; Assistant Manager of Cheering Squad 4; Social Committee of Home Economics Club 4. Marie Antionette Gray, B.S. Mitchell Wooten Court Kinston, North Carolina Let us then be up and doing with a heart for any fate. Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait. Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3. 4: Hayes-Fleming Missionary Society 1. 2; Resident Young Women ' s Organisation 1. 2. 4; Non-resident Young Women ' s Organization 3; Home Economics Club 1. 2: N.A.A.C.P. 1; Sunday School 1 . J A I ' Mary Elizabeth Neely, A.B. 1031 Napoleon Street Detroit 7, Michigan It is better to have loved and lost, than not to have loved at all. University Choir 1. 2. 3, 4: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority 2, 3, ■ ' . ■; Business Man- ager of Senior Class. Anne Marie Dickens, B.S. Battleboro, North Carolina ' ' If there is good I can do. any kindness I can show to any fellow being; let me do it now for I shall not pass this way again. Resident Young Women ' s Organization 4, Y.W.C.A. 3. 4; Hayes-Fleming 3. 4; N.A.C.P. 4. Ivy Club 4, Talladega College 1, 2. I 17] SENIORS V Jr t 1 Camilla Webb Edgerton, B.S. Route 4, Box 26 Louisburg, North Carolina Speak little, but truthfully, for much speaking brings clanger. Home Economics Club 4, Non-resident Young Women ' s Organization 1. 2, 3; N.A.A.C.P. 4. Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3, 4: Resident Young Women ' s Organiza- tion. Bernardine Grady, B.S. Route 3, Box 132 Mount Olive, North Carolina Duty and today are ours, results and futurity belong to God. Hayes-Fleming Missionary Society 1, 2: Y.W.C.A. 1, 2. 3, 4; Vice Presi- dent 2; Treasurer 3; Home Economics Club 2, 3; Treasurer 4; Estey House Organization 1, 2: Sunday Scbool 1, 2, 3. 4; Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3. 4. Gloria Evander Mitchell, B.S. 1 1 5 South Pettigrew Raleigh, N. C. Over all mountains is rest. Nannie Holley Martin, A.B. 95 George Street New Bern, North Carolina We lift as we climb. Shaw Players 4. Business Manager, Y.W.C.A. 4. Vera Gladys Rogers, A.B. Route 2 Wendell, North Carolina Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Non-resident Women ' s Organization 1, 2, 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; N.A.A.C.P. 3. 4 Florence Bobbie McGuffin 2204 Main Street South Boston, Virginia No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death. I. 2; .. 3, 4: Tau S-.gm Missionary Society J 3 4; Estey House Organization Home Economics Club -F?a SENIORS Minnie Gaines Riddick, A.B. 414 Oberlin Road Raleigh, North Carolina Not at the top, but climbing. Treasurer of Freshman Class, Secretary of Sophomore Class, Secretary of Senior Class. Y.W.C.A. 1. 2, 3. 4: Ivy Leaf Club 1, 2, 3; Student Council 4; N.A.A.C.P. 2. 3, 4; Hayes Fleming Missionary Society 1, 2, 3; Sunday School 1, 2, 3; Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Campus Inn 3. Clementine Alberta High Clem, A.B. 117 West 141 Street New York City have never for one instant seen clearly ivithin myself — how then would you have me judge the deeds of others? Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3, 4; Ivy Leaf Club, Treasurer 2; Cheering Squad 1. 2. 3. 4; Student Council 3, 4; Estey House Organization 1, 2: Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3, 4; University Social Committee 3; N.A.A.C.P. 1, 2; President 3, 4; Pcstalozzi Club, Vice President 3; Sophomore Class Vice President. Tau Sigma Rho Debating Society 4: Delegate to N.A.A.C.P. Youth Conference 4; Student Adjustment Committee 3: Campus Inn Board of Directors 3; Defense Council 1 ; Junior Scholarship Award 3. Edith Lucille McLain, A.B. P. O. Box 256 Garner, North Carolina have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3,4; Estey House Organization 1.2; Y.W.C.A. 1. 2, 3. 4; N.A.A.C.P. 4: Hayes Fleming Missionary Society 4; University Choir 4. ■ • ' • ' .••• ' :.•. Edith Foster Hamlin, B.S. 125 East South Street Raleigh, North Carolina Give me every man thine ear. but few thy voice, Take each man ' s censure, but reserve thy choice. Estey House Organization 1. 2; Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3 ; Non-resident Young Women ' s Organization 4; Y.W.C.A. I. 2, 3, 4. Irene Miller, A.B. Oxford, North Carolina Let a man contend tc the uttermost for his life ' s set prize, be it what it Will. Bluefield State Teachers College 1, 2; Resident Young Women ' : Organiza- tion 3. 4; Y.W.C.A. 3, 4. Dorothy Lassfar Moye; B.S. 708 Fields Street Kinston, North Carolina All that we send into the lives of others come ' - u - -b into our own. University Choir 1. 2. 3. 4 ing Missionary Societv Or 1, 2. . Zeta Phi Beta 3. 4: Rer , 3, 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Ho SENIORS ' J JTS Mary Louise Holmes, A.B. The goal of yesterday will be the starting point tomorrow. Estcy House Organization 1, 2; Resident Young Women 3. 4; Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3, 4. Harveleigh Monte Rivera, B.S. P. O. Box 187 Mount Olive, North Carolina love to live with myself and so — want to be fit for myself to know. Hayes Fleming Missionary Society 1, 2: Sunday School President 2; N.A.A.C.P. 1. 2. 3: Resident Young Women 1, Secretary 2, 3, 4; Medita- tion Group 1. 2; Pyramid Club President 1, Delta Sigma Thcta. Dean of Pledges 2, Secretary 3, President 4: Assistant Secretary of Class 2. 4, Vice President 3: Freshman Orientation Committee 2. 3; Journal Staff 4, Tau Sigma Rho Debating Society 4: Entertainment Committee 3, 4; Home Eco- nomics Club 1,2: Vice President 3. President 4. Mae Gladys R. Saunders, A.B. Route 4, Box 128 A Uniontown, Pennsylvania Nothing is more simple than greatness, indeed, to be simple is to be great. Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3. 4; Y.W.C.A. 3, 4; Ivy Leaf Club 4. Peggy Elizabetfi Cogdell Libby. A.B. 8 1 5 Thompson Street Kinston, North Carolina When we build, let us think we build forever. Y.W.C.A. 1. 2, 3, 4: Resident Young Woman ' s Organization 1, 2: Non- Resident Young Women ' s Organization 2. 3: Pyramid Club 2. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 3, 4; Scrgeant-at-Arms J,, Dramatic Club 1, Basketball Team 2, 3. Marie Jackson Childs. A.B. 480 Convent Avenue New York City Estey House Organization 1. 2; Hayes-Fleming Missionary Organization 1, 2. 3: Choral Society 1. 2. 3. 4- president 4, Assistant Nurse 1. 2, 3, 4: Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3. ; Archonian Club 1.2; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority 3. 4; Treasurer 4. President Young Women ' s Organization 3, 4. Hernia Calanthe Schmoke, B.S. 534 E. Cabarrus Street Raleigh, N. C. A woman is occasionally what she should be perpetually. Jniversity Choir I, 2; Non-resident Women ' s Organization 1, 2, 3, 4; Campus Inn Staff 3, 4; N.A.AC.P. 4. 22 SENIORS Ann Mildred Oakley, B.S. Route 1, Oxford. North Carolina Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it. Dclt.i Sigma Thcta Sorority. 3. 4; Treasurer 4, Student Council. Alpha Omicron Honor Society, Y.W.C.A. 3, 4. Sarah W. Cherry. B.S. Route 1, Box 9 Windsor, North Carolina Let us beware, lest in aiming for logic we miss it! Hayes-Fleming Missionary Society 1, 2. 3. ; Sunday School 1. 2. 3. 4; President 4. Secretary 3, Chairman of Worship Committee 2. Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3. 4; Vice President 4. Estey House Organization 1.2: Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3. 4; Vice President 4. Junior Class Treasurer. Maggie Lou Southerland Gale, A.B. Lumberton, North Carolina A man ' s reach should exceed his grasp, or what ' s the heaven ' s tor? ' Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3. 4; Y.W.C.A. 1, 2. 3. 4: Estey House Organization 1, 2. Elizabeth Salome Allen, A.B. 1114 Dock Street Wilmington, North Carolina Forward! Never backward. North Carolina College for Negroes 1. Y.W.C.A. 1, 2. 3. 4: Estey House Organization 2. Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3. 4: N.A.A.C.P. 4. Hayes-Fleming Missionary Society 4, Archonian Club. Zeta Phi Beta So rority 4. Eva LERONIA BEASLEY Ronnie, A.B. 408 North Granville Street Edenton. North Carolina Nothing can bring gov peace but yourself. Estey cuae Organization 1.2: Resident Young Women ' s Organization 3, 4: Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3. 4: Brush and Pallet Club 1. 2. 3; N.A.A.C.P. 3. Manager of Cheering Squad 4. Martha Mussett Harley. B.S. 401 North Olive Street Media, Pennsylvania To be what we are. and to become what we are capable of becoming . is the only end in life Choral Society 1. 2. 3. 4: Y.W.C.A. 1. 2 5, 4. Hayes-Fierr ng Missionar Society 1. 2. 3: Estey House Organization 1,2: NA.A.C.P. i : ' s Choral Club 1. 2: Home Economics Club 1. Janie Mae Adams 18 Franklin Terrace Raleigh, North Carolina Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. Non-resident Young Women ' s Organization 1. 2, 3. 4: Y.W.C.A. 1. 2. 3, 4. [23] Ji CLASS POEM Dear Alma Mater, with walls of lofty height. You ' ve kindled our souls with wondrous light. Through all these years it has been our endeavor To seek the light, the truth forever. Sometimes the days were long and dreary. Sometimes the way was dark and weary. But amid it all we have struggled through. And now we bid you farewell — adieu! Our youthful hearts will for ' er be filled. With acquisitions of knowledge so careful instilled. Though some be far. though some be nigh. We ' ll forever hold your standards high. Sustained, supported by an unfaltering trust. We ' ll trust only God ' s hand — we must We ' ll sail, we ' ll seek ' til the setting sun. For our work has just begun. C. Ann McCabe. CLASS SONG (Tunc: Finlandia ) (1) Dear Alma Mater!! We laud and praise your dear name. We ' ll ne ' er forget your halls and campus plains. We uphold all the things that your name stands for And try to live without a single daw. Your lights will shine in peace or deepest sorrow. And lead us on to that eternal hour. (2) With reverent hearts, now praise thee dear old Shaw U. We honor you with greatful adoration. Till in our hearts, we feel thy ever presence, and Know that thou will guard us through the years. We will be true, dear Alma Mater. We ' re leaving now. We all bid you A-dieu. Doris L. Larkin, Virginia Alexander. [24] CLASS HISTORY On September 2V 1941, our class entered Shaw University to start on that long hard jour- ney to higher education. Unaware of the many obstacles to be encountered, we started this trip with joyous plans for four years of entertainment, interspersed with a few hours of classwork. Our general idea of college was just another high school with the addition of dormitory life. Many changes took place in our group ol ambitious youths before the trip was finally com- pleted. Our first days at college were spent for the most part, in getting acquainted with our room- mates, learning the different buildings of the campus, and learning the new rules to which we would be subjected during our stay at college. The uppercl assmen were most willing to help us, and within a little while we began to feel at home in our new abode. The next day, however, was quite different. By this time most of us were suffering from extreme cases of nostalgia, but we managed to go through the line of registration, filling our little yellow cards that were to play such a vital part in moulding our future. Soon classes began, and we realized that our careless, idle days were over, and we learned that failure is easier to achieve than success Several of the students were unable to withstand this first obstacle and dropped along the way- side, leaving the more ambitious ones to travel farther. As the warm sunny days of fall gradually drifted away the spirit of homecoming pervaded the air We participated wholeheartedly in this event. We entered our float with Miss Clemen tine High. Betty Sue Holmes and Fern Mitchell. Miss Virginia Alexander was an attendant to Miss Shaw and a group of majorettes, led by Miss Florence Avent. led the parade. The game was a brilliant display of well coached football teams. Although we felt a little downhearted over our defeat, our spirits were lifted when we heard that our float had won first prize. Upon our return after Christmas holidays we found ourselves confronted with that terrible ogre that the upperclassmen called examinations. Long nights the midnight oil was burned while rusty weapons were cleaned and polished in order to win the battle with this monster. Examination started his attack on Monday morning at ten o ' clock. By Thursday afternoon the battle was over. Almost everyone escaped with minor injuries, and were even more intent than ever to complete the journey to success. We were represented on the honor roll by Teresa Wilkins. William Burton. Elvin Smith, and William Darity. The new semester was greeted with resolutions to leave off some of our leisure hours and spend more time studying. The Freshman-Sophomore debate was an outstanding event of this semester, with the freshmen sharing equal honors with the Sophomores. Another week of examinations ended our first year at college, and we marveled over the successful completion of the first milestone of our journey. Tears streamed down the cheeks of departing youth, to be dried only by the thoughts of returning next fall. A smaller, more dignified group of students returned in the fall. Many of us who the year before were graciously accepting the assistance of upperclassmen were now helping home-sick freshmen to get acquainted with the college. A goodly number of the class took up their new responsibilities as officers of various organizations. In the University Choir we were represented by Miss Virginia Alexander, Mary Neely. Martha Harley. Donclla Wilson, and Doris Larkin. On the student council there were Lenora Weaver and L loyd A. Burrus. Since football was excluded this year from our activities, our attention was centered on basket- ball. We were represented on the team by Dorothy Carelock. Donclla Wilson and Eliza Lane. For many years we will remember the exciting games played by both boys and girls. A large part of their success may be credited to Miss Florence McGuffin, Clementine High and Virginia Alexander, who acted as cheer leaders. Because we were unable to travel at Christmas, we had to remain at school for the holidays. We made this a very enjoyable holiday as we exchanged gifts and sang carols. Ho-bum. spring had just arrived in all her glory. We went in whole-heartedly for outdoor sports. The crowning event of this season was the Mexican Fiesta. It was a very gala affair. Our Junior year was very quiet. Because of the war most of the social activities were eliminated and our time was spent with our lessons. The preparations for the Junior-Senior Reception took up most of the spring. We were trying to make this a very memorable occasion. We transformed the Gymnasium into a fairy land and we were all pleased with the results. In September. 1944. we started for the last mile of our journey. We were only a few but our hopes were high. We had not forgotten those who had started with us but we felt as if we were too near our goal to fail. All through the fall and winter our time was spent for the most part with our lessons. We were faced with the task of student teaching, which we dreaded at first, but later found rather enjoyable. We were entertained by the Choir and the Shaw Players in order to liven up our dreary existence. The early spring was a busy time for those who were planning to graduate. We worked end- lessly on our plans for that great occasion. The Junior-Senior Prom culminated the year ' s activities with the Juniors acting as host to the Seniors. Four glorious years had implanted so many happy memories in the minds of the Shaw Seniors, and the breaking of the spiritual bonds which had steadily grown stronger, all came too fast. It really does hurt, this graduating, but then our life is in front of us with new challenges, interests, and delightful memories to look back on. As we donned our caps and gowns with our eyes brimming with tears, for the graduating exercises, we faced the world with the motto on our lips. The skill to do comes with doing. WlLHELMINA ELVIN SMITH, Class Historian. [25 J CLASS PROPHECY It is the last day of our century. I walk slowly up the street, stopping now and then to rest my aging body upon my silver-knobbed cane. The weak winter sun sinks slowly and a single ray shines through the window as I enter my drawing room. It reflects on a picture on the wall — it is the Senior Class of ' 45. This picture brings back many memories of my visits to my class- mates, some good memories, some mediocre. Oh. the beauty of reminiscing; I can plainly see Harvcleigh Rivera still hunting up family background before she speaks to the suitor. Dorothy Carclock, Eliza Lane, and Donclla Wilson have all continued in the same field, basketball. They are now coaching the championship team of the world. Wait, what have we here? Why. it ' s Bobby Brinkly, general store owner, post offic: operator principal and teacher of Tri-County Elementary School. Can you imagine or did I imagine ' — No, it ' s true — here is Gloria Mitchell and Catherine Davis having tea in a quiet country cottage. They have finally become aware of the fact that they will spend the rest of their lives as spinsters. I sec Sadie Hawkins ' Day is still being observed, but, wait — it isn ' t Daisy Mae chasing Li ' l Abner — why. no: it ' s our classmate, Annie P. Moore, chasing W. D. Burton. The outcome? Why. she caught him, of course. The world of entertainment has greatly improved with a new type of contest. We see one of our classmates. Erma Lee Sands, come out victorious over another, Martha Harley, in a talking contest. Another of our classmates has realized her greatest ambition — to be in the lights on Broadway. Bobby McGuffin is playing tonight for the 100th performance, after which she will go home to her loving husband. The Lloyd A. Burrus. As we shift our scene to a spot whose name most all of you have heard but whose reputation and upkeep has been forgotten since the end of the war, we see none other than Mary Neely entertaining the meager audience of three at the Stage Door Canteen. China Ann McCabe. Janie Adams. Irene Miller, and Augustus Cooper are still spreading ignorance. Frances Logan. Nannie Martin and Vera Gogers are still trying to hold on to their A.B. Degrees. They just can ' t realize that they aren ' t what they used to be. Mildred Oakley is thoroughly disgusted with teaching but she still spends her time in the classroom beautifying her hands. Maggie Southcrland is still losing things. She even loses friends easily now. I have recently been informed that Dot Moye. Edith McClain and Marie Gray are running a beer joint in Harlem but business is very slow. They have one regular customer, Marie Woods, who often tells of her success in growing her hair. She can often be heard saying. I heard you, I use Queens. Fate has been kind to Grace Lane, she is happily married, to the envy of the neighborhood. Joy Johnson is growing fat off the delicious dinners Mrs. Omega Johnson prepares. Edith Hamlin and Minnie Reddick have a two-family kindergarten with Edith as superin- tendent and Minnie as house mother. Life isn ' t any too pleasant for Gladys Saunders now. She can no longer toss her head or wear high heels. She only has one old friend left to gossip with. Have you noticed the change in the meaning and pronunciation of words now-a-day? Why it is because we are using the new Cherry Dictionary edited by Sarah Cherry to replace the old one by Webster. The last time I was in Haiti I was shocked to meet Clementine High. She decided she would have more opportunity for social work there. What is this that I hear? Oh. it ' s Elvin Smith still popping chewing gum; she ' ll probabb bury it sometimes in the near future. Look what the future did for Fletcher Mae Gilliam and Bernadine Grady. Of course they are tops with the men (however, no one knows it but them). Fletcher Mae is still crying and Bernadine still pretending, nothing matters with her. Peggy Cogdcll and Elsie Howell are rooming together now. Peggy is a widow with ten children and Elsie is still planning her wedding with Clyde Watkins. In the same neighborhood. I see Louise Holmes married to an old man for whose death she is anxiously awaiting so that she will be heir to his fortune. I see Annis Cannady. Olivia Cheek, and Elizabeth Allen, sitting around the fire knitting and wondering why they are still old maids. In the department of health I see Thcrcssa Wilkins and Daisy Morris, both Phi Beta Kappa, and both tn love with the same man. It is a big night at Carnegie Hall. Miss Virginia Alexander. Miss Doris Larkin and Mr. Leslie Hudson are presented in Recital. At least there is a speck of success in our class. The war is over and Leronia Beasley is trying to explain to her many soldier friends why she must marry the one who wrote her most. After fifteen years, Marie J. Childs is still trying to buy that house with the lovely office for her husband, who is a private physician. We now switch to Florida where Louise Little is Dean of the School of Religion and Peter Brown is still a student, they are both at St. Augustine ' s College. What, am I seeing right? A rummage sale — white shoes for men — have been worn for fifteen years and still wearable. And what do you know, they are being bought all o ' er again by C. Joseph Barfield. Yes, they are the same ones he wore while at Shaw. My travels have been many and my years long. It ' s funny how a picture recalls so many things to one ' s mind. It has been a long time since I ' ve seen them but I ' ll always remember them as I saw them last. Elvin Smith Mary e. Neely Maggie Southe -iand [26] CLUBS vii CUSSES 1 r, Sf THE STAFF Editor-in-Chief WILLIE POAG HALL Associate Editor CHANCY EDWARDS Assistant Editor. MADGE CLARK Feature Editor DOROTHEA DANIELS Library Editor..... BLONDELL Jones Humor Editor DOROTHY POWELL Sport Editors J George Smith | Martha A. Cofield Kusimss M .mag?r Henry Clay Turner Adv rtitiria Manayer Joshua Debnum REPORTERS Marguerite Saundhrs Harveleigh Monte Rivera PROOF READERS . . :•.•■ M. Gillian Helena Dunham Edith Prunty China Ann McCabe TYPISTS ..ma McCleave Anna Boone ADVISER Dean Foster P. Payne 28 ] STUDENT COUNCIL President C. J. BARFIELD Vice President MARIE V. WOOD Secretary DOROTHY M. CHEEK Assistant Secretary.... MINNIE G RlDDICK Treasurer ..J. JOSEPH JOHNSON Chaplain PETER R. BROWN Parliamentarian J. CHARLOTIN SAiNT-FORT Assistant Parliamentarian ViVIAN H:GH Sergeant -at -Arms EUGSNH TtjRi FR Editor of Journal ..WlLLiH P. HALI Business Manager of Journal HiINRY C. TURNER Business Manager of Council GkA ' . m [ 29 ] JUNIOR CLASS President WlLLIE P. HALL Vice President LUELLA V. DlCKENS Secretary ..ALETHIA M. RANSOM Treasurer.... DORIS E. McNEILL Business Manager H. C. TURNER Adviser — MlSS MILDRED JORDAN [30] SOPHOMORE CLASS President JOHN MANLEY Vice President GEORGIA BISHOP Secretary DORETTE DANIELS Assistant Secretary JESSIE JOHNSON Treasurer VIRGINIA RAIFORD Adviser L.ENOIR W. COOK [31 FRESHMAN CLASS President THOMS J. BOYD Vice President GEORGE W. SMITH Secretary Ida M. Colington Assistant Secretary MARGARET HARRELL Treasurer .. ....RICHARD SHEPARD Adviser C. A. Jones [32] Y.W.C.A. President ADELAIDE M. PAYNE Vice President SARAH CHERRY Secretary DOROTHY M. CHEEK Assistant Secretary WALTENA PENNIX Treasurer... Minnie G. Riddick Adviser MRS. MAUDE WINSTON [33 Y.M.C.A. President ..RALPH BROOKS Vice President MAURICE STUPPARD Secretary JOHN L. MANLY Assistant Secretary CHARLOTIN St. Fort Treasurer BOBBY BRINKLY Adviser Dean W. R. Strassner [34 J SUNDAY SCHOOL COUNCIL Superintendent ..SARAH W. CHERRY Assistant Superintendent.... ..EUGENE TURNER Secretary DORETTE DANIELS Assistant Secretary MARGARETT KEMMER Treasurer LEON PRIDGEN Pianist IDA BOYKINS ibrarians .MARY BEASLEY, JANNiE LEE Teachers - ■ MRS. MAUDE WiKSTON, EUCENE TURNER. Thomas Boyd. Sarah Chepry Chairman of Worship Committee WlLMA McCLEAVE ©a Ma asa® • «« J HAYES-FLEMING MISSIONARY SOCIETY President ....LUELLA V. DlCKENS Vice President JUNE W. MANLEY Secri -y Leola Fitts Assistc Secretary ..Elsie Watson Treasuct. ....GRACE L. PAYNE Adviser. Mrs. Marcella Ford [36 j mtmmik RESIDENT YOUNG WOMEN President. ANNA L. BOONE Vice President ; SARAH W. CHERRY Secretary MILDRED OAKLY Adviser.. Miss C. L. Harrison I 37 ] THE MEN ' S PERSONNEL COUNCIL, President.:... . J. Joy Johnson Vice President WILLIE P. HALL Secr-Hcry.. JOHN R. MANLEY Ad G. J. Davis M Jl. H BB V i 1 9 • a Ms ■ . .-■■. ■ 1 i  ' -- ' NON-RESIDENT WOMEN ' S ORGANIZATION President ....HERMIA SCHMOKE Vice President ...JANICE STOKES Secretary oRACE LANE Treasurer BESoic ' . f ' E Adviset ..Dean C. L. Harrison HOME ECONOMICS CLUB Presids)it.—. Harveleigh Rivera Vice President OMEGA FOSTER Secretary DOROTHY FLOYD Assistant Secretary MISSOURI McCABE Treasurer BERNADINE GRADY Miss Home Economics .OMEGA FOSTER Adviser B. Y. JERVAY 40 ] CAMPUS INN BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman ANNA L. BOONE Secretary. BLONDELL B. JONES Assistant Secretary..... WILLIE P. HALL MEMBERS J. Joseph Johnson C. J. Barfield Florence Avent Peter R. Brown Dr. R. P. Daniels Mr. G. E. Jones Dorette Daniels Helena M. Dunham Ralph Brooks Luella V. Dickens Dean C. L. Harrison Dean G. J. Davis [ 41 | CAMPUS INN STAFF Luella V. Dickens Blondell B. Jones Hermia Schmoke Wilma L. McCleave Eugene Turner Ruth Ray Mitchell Manaaer ....LUELLA V. DlCKENS [42] — spHMerme am Em [43] L VARSITY CLUB r Chauncy Edwards Eugene Turner C. J. Barfield Rina HarI s — Dorothy Carelock Doris McNeal .. -ETizaC ne donnella wjj-son [44] ' GIRLS ' BASKETBALL SQUAD Girls (left to right) seated: E. Dixon, L. Allen, D. Carclock, Captain; E. Lane, V. Sbiels. C. Poole. (Left to right) standing: C. Lassatcr, D. McNeil, A. Hillard, A. Forrest, D. Wilson. J, Walker, D. Daniels. J. Johnson. M. Alston. Coach Lenoir H. Cook Manager Elizabeth Calloway [45 Boys (left Co eight) seated: D. King. G. Smith. C. Edwards, Captain: E. Turner. T. Deadwyler, H. Meadows. (Left to right) standing: D. Johnson. Trainer; C. Brown, J. Barnes, R. Shcp- pard, W. Hall, R. Horton. and C. J. Barfield. Manager. Coach Jimmy E. Lytle, jr. [46] CHEERING SQUAD Bobbie McGuffin Clementine High Virginia Alexander Larene Brawley Vivian High Margaret Harreli [47] N.A.A.C.P. President. Clementine A. High Vice President..... ....WlLMA McCLEAVE Secretary .....AUDREY V. BACKUS Treasurer.. JANICE STOKES [4 ] SHAW PLAYERS President . .....HENRY C. TURNED Vice President ....ANNA L. BOONE Secretary DOROTHY M. CHEEK Treasurer FLORENCE AVENT Business Manager MRS. F. MARTIN Adviser Mrs. C. M. Thomas 19 J THE UNIVERSITY CHOIR Director MILDRED A. THORNHILL Accompanist Inez E. Crump OFFICERS President Ex Officio MARIE J. CHILDS Acting President ....ALFTHIA M. RANSOM Secretary MARY E. NEELY Treasurer... ADELAIDE M. PAYNE Business Manager.,. FLORENCE E. AvENT L ' L.ranan .....RALPHAEL W. CARLTON [50 J Q0.?3f5tlf6 • 8§ J g- i - « UNIVERSITY CHORAL SOCIETY President HAZEL LONG Vice President RUBY WILSON Secretary... ....ANNIE HlLLARD Treasurer ROZETTA ABRAM Director MILDRED A. THORNHILL [51 J Fraternities 4T ii ororities... ALPHA KAPPA MU NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY President William. D. Burton Vice President MADGE C. CLARKE Secretary F ' CRJiHY M. CHEEK Treasurer ... .ANNA T . HOCT ' F Adviser FOSTER P. P 1 TAU SIGMA RKO DEBATING SOCIETY Premier:: J. JOY JOHNSON Secretary : Madge C. Clarke Assistant Secretary Florence McGuffin Adviser.: Foster P. Payne [54 j ; • ■ -II THEOLOGICAL FRATERNITY President J. LEON rRIDGEN Vice President JOHN K. MANLEY Secretary E. A. PARHAM Assistant Secretary .. LEWIS Wise Treasurer.- J. A. FORBES Parliamentarian J. CHARLOTIN SAINT FORT Critic A. L. Mason Adviser ....REV. J. A. JACKSON ! 55 ] ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY President J. JOY JOHNSON Secretary A. L. MASON Adviser .....WALKER H. QUARLES [56] DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY President HARVELEIGH Rivera Secretary.. ALETHIA M. RANSOME Treasurer... ELIZABETH COGDELL Dean of Pledge MILDRED OAKLEY Adviser Miss Patricia Stewart WISP 1 ■:. ■ : «: ■jjf 1 ' ■ ' MM ' few PHI, ' jj PYRAMID CLUB President LaVeRNE JalKSON Vice President AttNIE 3. BOONE Secretary DOP.EATHA DANI ELS Assistant Secretary... ... SAT n WHITE Treasurer - c h ' ARDS [57 ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY Basileus - . .....WlLMA McCLEAVE Anti-Basileus Doris Larkins Grammateus - Omega Foster Tamias-Grammateus FLETCHER GILLIAM Tamias ...Marie Childs Custodium. Allette Iiarper Dean of Pledgees , ....MARY NEELY Adviser Mrs. H. Perrin [58] PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY President WILLIE POAG HALL Secretary JOSHUA DEENAM Dean of Pledges C. J. BARFIELD Melvin C. Creecy Lloyd A. Burros [59 J ALPHA KAPPA. ALPHA SORORITY Basileus Dorothy M. Cheek Grammateus ANNA L. BOONE Epistoleus Madge C. Clarke Tamiochus..... GRACE L. PAYNE Philacter _W. ELVIN SMITH Dean of Pledgees MARIE V. WOOD Adviser - MlSS MARGUERITE RUSSELL [.■SO] 5 ££ • ;-fe, - - - ■ . ' fe r ' ■ : 1 4 ' ARCHONIAN CLUB President..... VIRGINIA RAIFORD Vice President MARGARET BlZZELL Secretary... JANIE RUTH WALKER Assistant Secretary JANNIE LEE Treasurer GWENDOLYN LARKINS !,• %• _ IVY LEAF CLUB President Vice President. Secretary. Treasurer Reporter... .Dorothy L. Powell .... 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