St Augustines College - Falcon Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Nixon. and Winifred Primob, mourned the losses to the armed forces, and marshalled our forces for action. Wayland Horton was elected president for the year, but served only a short time before he was called into the services. This vacancy was filled by the vice president., Joyce Meyers. Norma Levister served as secretary and Helen Craig as treasurer. The class settled down to hard work this year, most of us realizing for the first time our real purpose and the goal toward which we were working. Our scholastic duties demanded so much of our attention that we had little time for ex- tra-curricular activities. We took time out, however. to sponsor a Junior-Senior Prom which the seniors of '44 will hardly forget. Our strenuous endeavors did not go unrewarded. LaVerne Gordon, Otis Muse, Thelma Wallace, and Winifred Primo won annual awards this year. We launched into our senior year with only sixteen of the original eighty-four, the other thirteen having joined us somewhere along the way. Elisha Clarke, Edythe Pierce. Joyce Meyers, and Helen Craig were the class officers for the term. Many of the seniors served in official positions in some of the other campus organiza- tions. Pauline Baker, president of the Big Sisters, Helen Craig, president of the Valeda, Antoinette Duncan, president of the Girls' Service League, Joyce Meyers, president of the Les Elites, Thelma Wallace, president of the Zeta Sigma Rho Society. And now the time draws near when we must leave our beloved St. Augus- tine's-we are both confident and reluctant. With deepest gratitude to those who have helped us up this rugged trail, we lower the lid of our trunk of memories- memories of our trials as well as our triumphs, of our losses, as well as our gains, memories to be filed away in our cabinets of fond reminiscences, to be recalled at will. CLASS lPlR0lPlHIlE+CY SCENE-The recreation room in the Tuttle building. The senior class is seated and the lights turned low. The swamis. Younge and Gordon. have their hands on the table of the Ouija Board. Slowly Ouija moves. indicating that he is in the room. The questions fiy thick and fast. and Ouija unfolds-Year 1955. Mrs. Primo is with her husband. three sons and a daughter in Philadelphia, Pa. Billie Younge has finally corrected her attitude and is happily married to Shirley and is living in New York City. Several of her songs have been published and made famous. Dr. Thelma Wallace is Professor of Organic Chemistry at our beloved Alma Mater. working in the newly completed Science building. She is still unmarried and Ouija's predictions are threatening to come true. Helen Craig is married and head of the Y.W.C.A. in Orange, N. J. Beulah Kelsey has her master's in mathematics from Columbia University and is head of the department of math at a high school in Trenton. N. J. 16

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CLASS lHIlISTOllllY On the warm morning of September 23, 1941, eighty-four green and eager students made their first appearance on St. Augustine's campus. From all parts of the United States came this versatile group who were destined to become the famous class of '45, The customary freshman initiation was administered and accepted with a surprising calm. After the novelty of being away from home had worn off, we went about the business of class organization. At the first official class meeting, the following officers were elected: John Miller, president, Nathan Wright, vice president, Thelma Wallace, secretary, and Jessie Lewis, treasurer. Hilda Lewis and Arthur Lane were chosen as Student Council representatives. Eager to get the most out of college life, we began at once to branch out into various extra-curricular activities. Our classmates were well represented in the Choral Club, Dramatics Club, and the various athletic activities of the campus. This was true particularly of the basketball team which was largely composed of freshmen. Looking back a little we can say that the fruits of our labors were made obvi- ous by the number of prizes awarded to members of our class. Jack Holsey was on the receiving end of four of the annual prizes offered to members of the freshman class. One of the prizes for excellence in literary expression was awarded him also. Arthur Lane, in the face of stiff competition coming from the upper class- men, triumphed in the Barber Speaking Contest. One poet has aptly said, Hlnto each life some rain must fall. The sophomore class of 1942-1943, however, could think only in terms of the popular song which retorts, But too much is falling in mine. Even before the opening of that school year, the denuding infiuence of the famous goldfish bowl had been felt. Classmates Ellis and William Brown, Samuel Logan and Henry Sims had already fallen victims, to be followed before or soon after the close of that session by Winfield Ashby, Joseph Gordon, William,Gordon, Jack Holsey, James Johnson, Bradford Marshall, the three Miller boys fJohn, Quentin, and Williamh. This irreplaceable loss, coupled with an unavenged feeling against the freshman class had a disorganized effect upon the class. Nevertheless, they rose united to meet the task of disproving the general opinion of sophomores, and under the leadership of Arthur Lane, success- fully passed another milestone on the road to success. Wayland Horton and Eleanor Chippey assisted Lane this year, and John Miller, Joseph Gordon and Thelma Wallace represented the class on the Student Council. Reduced in number from eighty-four at the beginning of our second year and even more later when the full effects of the draft were felt, reinforcements were in order and came in the persons of Eulalia Bailey, Ester Copeland, LaVerne Gor- don, Edith Graves, Dorothy McKenzie, Anna Pair, Juanita Parker, and Lee Walter Wright. At the end of our sophomore year, Joseph Gordon won the annual award for excellence in dramatic expression. Returning in September of 1943, the class still further depleted, we welcomed the newcomers lLelia Burton, E. Clarke, J. Jarrett, Margaret Mack, Margaret 15

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The Rev. and Mrs. Elisha S. Clarke rshe was Amorine Youngl are living in West Palm Beach, Florida. Amorine is assisting her husband in a thriving work. Bessie Zachery is married and living in Chicago, Illinois. She has just pub- lished her second book of poetry and Negro folk lore. Norma Levister is now in Russia studying Russian folk songs. Rebecca Bartley and Alethea Dupee are the science teachers in adjoining towns in North Carolina. Ruth LeFlore and her Ted are happily married and are the proud parents of two boys and a girl. Ruth doesn't have any more history worries now. Juanita Parker is a medical technician at a sanatorium in Chicago. Doris Harris is head of music at St Paul's. She is married and has two children. LaVerne Gordon is a medical technician at her husbands hospital in Virginia. Dorothy t'Jo Jo Joseph is supervisor of nurses at Lincoln Hospital in Bronx, N. Y. Margaret Mack is a social worker in Port Arthur. Texas. Toni Duncan is married and head of an institution for delinquent boys in Kentucky. Mrs. Pauline Baker is supervisor of parolees in Chicago. She has her master's from Loyola University. Joyce Mason has her master's from Howard and is well-known in the theatrical world. She is starring in a Broadway production which was written by John Harris who is making a name for himself as a playwright, poet and artist. Florence Scott, now Mrs. Curtis, has just received her doctorate from Colum- bia University. Her thesis on voice improvement has been proclaimed the best in the field. Joyce Meyers is still 'tbugs over social work and is working between New York and Washington. The librarian at Atlanta University is none other than Edythe Pierce. Mary B-B Scott, now married, is teaching in Batesburg. S. C. She is near her old roommates, Bernetta Horton and Edith Graves, who are teaching in the southern part of North Carolina. J. J. Jarrett is priest-in-charge of a parish in Texas. Charles Johnson's love of keeping store has followed him and he is the owner of three stores in Emporia, Va. Marguerite Nixon is teaching history in Goldsboro, N. C. Thelma Wallace is asking again if she'll ever marry. Ouija quickly goes to NO and proceeds to spell I-a-m-t-i-r-e-d. My. but it's late! The time reminds me of the cessation of a pinochle game. That's all, folks! Ouija has had his say. LAVERNE GORDON. AMORINE YOUNG. 17