Shaw University - Bear Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Annie Lee Womble, A.B. “The surest way not to fail is to be determined to succeed.” Young Women’s Organization; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority; S.C.A. Constance Wood, B.S. Ivy Leaf Club; Home Economics Club; Young Women’s Organization. Murial A. Young Woods, A.B. “Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” Young Women’s Organization. WELCOME MESSAGE “Alma Mater,” “Alma Mater”: A great Institution is measured — first, by its great objective; second, by the quality of the men and women it sends forth; and third, by the willingness of these men and women to help the Institution to ' send forth more men and women like themselves. The Shaw National Alumni Association is delighted to welcome the class of 1953 into the fellowship of educated men and women and into a broader and larger life filled with uncounted, and un-thought-of opportunities. This larger door of opportunities was opened and made possible by inspired thoughts and sacrificial giving of generations who preceded you. Henry Martin Tuppcr who “counted not his life dear unto himself,” that this larger door might be opened today to you. A great host of early Christian friends who followed him with sacrificial blood and sweat now symbolized in brick and mortar . . . Yes, a host of instructors and more than ten thousand graduates who- have preceded you bear testimony to this truth — that these buildings on the Shaw campus will offer nurture and culture to young men and women for ages to come. More than three thousand living alumni pray God’s richest benediction upon your pathway into this larger field, not only, bu t also, we welcome you to become an active member of the Alumni Living Endowment Fellowship. The greatest work of our Alma Mater lies ahead of us. We welcome you to become one of the links in making these future possibilities a living reality. Gillis E. Cheek, Executive Secretary The Shaw National Alumni Association , Inc. 29

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SENIORS Dorothy Lee Turner, A.B. “Unless God be with us, all labor is vain.” Alpha Kappa Mu Honpr Society; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority; Sunday School; Pan-Hellenic Coun- cil; B.S.U.; S.C.A.; Young Women’s Organization. Lillian Doretha Tyner, A.B. “The true values of life are not those that can be measured in dollars.” Sunday School; B.S.U.; S.C.A.; Young Women’s Organization; Dramatics Club. Snowdy Lee Vines, A.B. “All that I am and ever hope to be I owe it to my parents.” B.S.U.; S.C.A.; Women’s Choir; Dramatics Club; Pyramid Club; Speech Choir; Sunday School; Sunday School Choir. Mildred E. Wagstaff, A.B. “Real joy comes not from riches, not from applause of men, but from having loved things that are worthwhile.” B.S.U.; University Young Women’s Organization; Girl’s Basketball Captain. Etta Everlene Whitt, B.S. “Better though difficult the right way to go than wrong though the easy when the end is woe.” S.C.A.; Young Women’s Organization. Celestine Juanita Williams, A.B. “There is a destiny that makes us brothers, none goes his way alone, all that we send into the lives of others will come back in our own.” Ivy Leaf Club; B.S.U.; S.C.A.; Sunday School; Dramatics Club. Rose Marie Williams, A.B. “All that I am, and all that I ever hope to be, I owe to my parents.” Young Women’s Organization; S.C.A.; B.S.U. Alphonso Wilson, B.S. “Progressing towards achievement.” Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; Pan-Hellenic Coun- cil; Basketball; Varsity Club. 28

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CLASS PROPHESY One sunny day in June, we boarded a special built helicopter which was equipped with a special made ultra-modern Shawlevision which would focus any person of the ’53 Shaw Class within a radius of 25 miles of its aerial. This unique plane was designed by the famous Samuel Boyd and Keystcr Person and was piloted by Lts. Fannie Burt and Louise Matthews of W.A.F. fame. We left the New International Airline Airport in Youth Springs, Florida, for Georgia. Flying across the state of Florida, our Shawlevision picked up the former Gloria Kershaw, who was being honored at a testimonial dinner at the Lord Calvert’s Hotel for being chosen personal Aide to the new President of the United States, Ann Shaw. Present at the dinner were Senators Joseph Bullock and Lorine Harris; Speaker of the House, John Rascoe; Vice-President, Dorothy Ford; Secretary of Interior, Walter Taylor; President of the National Parent Teachers Association, Marjorie Brown; Director of Marriage Bureau for Rural Women, Oliver Lancaster; and Dr. Isaac Hunt, orthopedic specialist. After leaving Florida, we flew to Georgia to the New Atomic Energy Plant where we found Drs. Judith Combo and Hobart Price who were experimenting to find a cure for coryza from the onion, and Drs. Harriet Nunn and Mae Thelma Adams who had devised a new particle which changed all former atomic theories. Flying over one of the state’s largest ball parks, we saw Harry Callendar, manager of the Georgia Crackers and Mary Brooks, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sitting in their respective dugouts, watching their teams battle it out. Incidentally, the shortstop for the Georgia Crackers was Wilson Chambers. Our plane glided smoothly to Tennessee where our Shawlevision focused on Lt. Charles C. Alston, his wife, the former Mary Dudley, and the former Rose Williams whose husband was pastoring one of the largest churches there. As we zoomed over Nashville, we saw Lawyer John T. Hood in his office talking to one of his best clients, Emma McDowell who was seeking her eighth divorce. Passing through North Carolina, we glimpsed the “Vines Elementary School,” established by Snowdy Vines of Tarboro, and Harold Newell, president of North Carolina College at Durham. We decided that before leaving North Carolina, we must see our Alma Mater, which we had not returned to since graduating. The whole campus, it seemed, had undergone a radical change. Coming out of the new building labeled “Department of Languages,” were Drs. Otassie Moore and Eleanor Adams, associate heads of the language department. We left North Carolina enroute to Washington, D. C. There our Shawlevision picked up Alphonso Wilson, who was a mathematical computer in the area of Vector Analysis. We circled Walter Reed Hospital just in time to see Nurses Sarah Reese and Grayce Hall hurry into the building. Walking through Capitol Square were George Singfield and William Alexander who were waiting for the government to establish a position important enough for them to hold, while all their expenses were being paid by our taxes. Passing over Maryland quite hurriedly, we glimpsed Billie F. Jones, professor of English and Dramatics at Morgan State College. Leaving Maryland, we saw Jeanette Stephenson, a tree surgeon in her home state, New Jersey, inspecting diseased -trees in one of the state’s largest parks. Our Shawlevision focused on a picture of Vermelle Diamond, a Powers Model, on the cover of a current magazine edited by Betty McCollum. Escorting Albert Einstein to his laboratory were Helen Hunt and Everlene Whitt, his understudies. At that time the picture changed to the great Diane Dunn and her famous speech choir, “The Vocalettes” on their weekly broadcast. On 34th Street, we saw an Interior Decorating School operated by Tullie Bazemore and Claudia Morgan. We decided to land and eat dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Also we hopped to Alaska to see if any of the members of the class of ’53 were making their homes there. School was in session and there we saw Elsie Saunders teaching her sixth grade pupils a new song. We then looked into other wings of the building and saw Ora Lee Smith and Mary McNeil. The weather in Alaska was so frigid that we had to make a quick flight to California to thaw out. Of course, we wanted to see if any of our classmates were in Flollywood. Our Shawlevision focused on Helen Thompson, who was working on her latest picture, “Till the Cows Come Home.” Helen Ragland was also on the set. She was employed by M.G.M. and had just returned from an around- the-world tour. Changing the scene to Paramount, Inc., we saw Nina M. Keyes and Hazel B. Little who were designers for Paramount. Their models were seen in “The Day Before,” starring none other than Paltine Horton and John Reid. 30