Winston Salem State University - Ram Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Class History Our stay at Winston- Salem State College seemed short and we shall describe our four years at the college in four scenes. Scene I The first scene opened when we entered Winston-Salem State College. We joyously began a week of orientation by students who would be graduating the following year. Many of us came across students we had met during high school days. After our week of orientation, we climaxed the week with our Freshman Talent Show . The upper classmen had arrived on the campus and were eager to see what we as freshmen had to contribute to the college. The curtains rose and Emmett Marty Robinson stepped out on stage and his personality flowed all over the audience as he introduced himself. Dorothy Stafford had the audience on pins andneedles when she sang her rendition of The Time , accompained by Bessie Wagoner. She returned for at least eight bows. Following her on the program to complete a marvelous evening of entertainment were several other classmates. We did not let our talent drop after out talent show. Many of our classmates joined the choir. Oraetta Beavers and Dorothy Stafford had the opportunity to sing as soloists during one of our Vesper programs. Dollye Kendall was a substitute pianist. Others in the choir were William Waters, Albert Rush, Barbara McCra.ken, Donald Walker, Beaufort Washington, Reginald Wiggins, Pauline Matthews, Barry Fonville, Sandra Taggart, Alice McCallum, Frances Price, Viola Durham, and Gloria Greene. Our musical talent did not end with the choir.We traveled on and those who could not sing joined the college band.Joyce Henderson, Glenda Joyner, and Betty Fleming were chosen as majorettes by the band members. The students that chose to play instruments were James McNeil, Evelyn Moore, Clarice Warren, Hester Strickland, Joyce Williams, Marinda Mumford, Sara Jones, Clara McClinton, Vivian Leak, Lottie Sanders, Gloria Adams, and Charles Scotten. The freshmen were easily recognized by the beauty the young ladies of the class possessed. Opportunities for making selections of these young ladies of the class possessed. Opportunities for making selections ofthese young ladies presented themselves when our home- coming celebration came into view. After much deliberation, Annette larkins was chosen as an attendant to Miss Homecoming, the Sigma's sweetheart was Pauline Matthews, and the lovely Joyce Pratt was an attendant to Miss Ram. Things were happening pretty fast. We finally became accustomed to the daily routine of classes. We studied very hard and strove for academic achievement. Many of our class members pledged sororities and fratemities. During the year we as freshmen achieved many ofour goals and looked forward to another prosperous year. The curtain slowly closed as scene one came to an end. Scene II The curtain rose on eager sophomores ready for another year of studying and participation in various activities. We knew the routine of registration by now and went through it in a breeze. An event that we looked forward to as sophomores that did not occur during ourfreshmen year was the election of class officers. We were given a talented and efficient advisor, Mrs.Wilma Lassiter, who was able to guide us to success. Under her leadership the follow- ing persons were chosen as offi cers, Roland Penn, president, Emmett Robinson, vice-president, Mamie Lenior, secretary, Jeanette Richardson, financial secretary, Nathaniel Tollison, treasurer. Our sophomore nursing students began to attend to duties at regular and lengthened intervals at the hospital. They were overjoyed at having duties in the local hospital and took their work very seriously as nurses should. After a short time, we were again faced with the responsibility of choosing an attendant to Miss Winston- Salem State College.After much evaluation and observation, we decided to elect the lovely Joyce Pratt to serve as sophomore attandant. The gorgeous Julia McCollough was chosen to compete for the title of Miss Ram. Gloria Tyler was Miss Omega and Ruby Bolden was Miss Lampodas. Sports took a turn for the best. We had Ostelle McKnight and Sam Edwards playing football and made outstanding achievements during the football season. After football season, our great basketball team had three hard playing sophomores to carry it to many victories. Those basketball stars were Richard Glover, Willie Curry, and Charlie Simmons. During the C. I. A. A. basketball tournament, we won the championship with the aid of our famous classmates. We had Benjamin Cureton and Marty Robinson representing the class in track. This was an outstanding year in that we had many of our classmates crossing the biuning sands into Greekdom. To mention a few we had the following young ladies to become members of Delta Sigma Theta: Iris Higgins, Lucia Daniels, Ruby Bolden, Inez Gooden, Bessie Wagoner, Mary Roseboro, Joyce love, Gloria Tyler, Ida Knox, Paula Gwynn, Yolander Miller, Virginia Brown, Jeraldene Barnes, Neta Harshaw, Josephine Ballard, and Alice Sprinkle. This was considered one of the best lines to cross over into Delta land. We had the Zetas with a line led by the magnificent singing performers, Dorothy Stafford, Hester Strickland, Pauline Matthews, Mary Ramseur, Frances Price, Marinda Mumford, and Ernestine Tate. In the swinging spring, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority dug deep into our class and took from it a fine share of young ladies who were Geraldine Omega Pete, Virginia Rogers, Betty Thompson, Joyce Pratt, and Joyce Henderson. Alpha Kappa Alpha has been sparkl- ing ever since. Although Alpha Phi Alpa was unable to get but one, it certainly couldn't have gotten a finer young man than James McNeal. With- out his leadership, the Alphas would be suffering. The great Omega Psi Phi Fraternity secured from our group of young men, Nathaniel Tollison, Roland Penn, Paul Perkins, and Sylvester Wooten. The chapter was grateful to have these young leaders. Kappa Alpha Psi was fortunate to get John Duncan and Walter Gurley from our class. Since their induction, we have enjoyed candy, apples, and oranges at the games. We as sophomores were allowed to choose a candidate to run for Woman of the Year . The talented Dollye Kendall was chosen by popular vote. Naturally all of us were thrilled. 22

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Class History For the nurses, the capping exercise was an important event in our sophomore year. This was an outstanding exercise to highlight open house . Academically the class as a whole was doing very well. We were accustomed to study hours and had much to contribute to our classes. Geraldine Omega Pete was awarded a certificate by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity for having the highest average in our great class. As the time for our sophomore year came to a close, we were able to look back over our year's accomplishments while pondering over our coming year as jtmiors. The curtains closed as we looked forward to a happy, prosperous, enriching junior year. Scene III The third scene of our college years opened with the curtains rising on eager juniors. Many of our classmates had the privilege of becoming big brothers and sisters to the freshmen during orientation week. Our nursing students at this time were well on their way to Crownsville Hospital in Crownsville, Maryland. From Crownsville they journeyed to Atlanta, Georgia, in groups of seven where their experiences were ftuther enlightened. The nurses were away for a period of one school term. While om' nurses were away, those of us on the campus were preparing to journey forward and carry on the work of the junior class. Our first task was that of choosing class officers. Among us were many capable leaders, nevertheless, we chose the following persons: president, Dollye Kendall, vice-president, James McNeal, secretary, Mamie Lenoir, assistant secretary, Glenda Joyner, financial sec- retary, Jeanette Richardson, treasurer, Nathaniel Tollison. Homecoming had a special meaning this year, for we were responsible for choosing a candidate for Miss Winston- Salem State Colle ge. From our garden of lovely beauties we had a very hard task of selecting a candidate, however, Ruby Bolden was selected. Helen Gore reigned as attendant to Miss Ram. The junior qualification tests were a challenge for us. They had great bearing upon future studies as well as past experiences. After three days of testing, all of us gave a sigh of relief and waited anxiously for the results. Many ofus made academic and religious achievements this school term.We had Iris Higgins, and Yvonne Jackson selected for Who's Who Among Students in American Colleqg and Universities. The National Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Mu, inducted the following members for the class: Geraldine Pete, Roland Penn, Dollye Kendall, Bessie Wagoner, and Vida Bailey. Pauline Matthews received an award for religious life on the campus. Annette Larkins represented the class in the Woman of the Year contest. Members of the Student Council were Dollye Kendall, Marty Robinson, and Roland Penn. As our jimior year was fast coming to an end, it was our privilege to honor the seniors with a Junior- Senior Prom . The theme of our prom was Stairway to the Stars . We said good-bye to the seniors and the curtains came down on a refined class. Scene IV The last scene is a joyous one in that we are looking forward to graduation. To begin our senior year we had a number of our stu- dents preparing to do student teaching. To carry on the position as the leader of the class we elected Geraldine Omega Pete as president. The following students were to help carry out her duties: vice-president, Nathaniel Tollison, secretary, Alice Sprinkle, assistant secretary, Barbara Carter, treasurer, lorese Hines. After the organization of the Class, the students prepared to take part in our last homecoming. The class chose Pauline Matthews to compete for the title of Miss Winston- Salem State College. The class was pleased with the results. The vivid Miss Pauline Matthews was crowned Miss Winston- Salem State College. Our class president was doing a marvelous job as leader ofthe class and as president of the Student Council. This senior was Geraldine Pete. The council representatives for our class were Nathaniel Tollison and Vida Bailey. We had queens in other areas also. The following seniors were crowned, Joyce Williams, Miss S. N. E.. A., and Yolander Miller, Miss Ram. We needed a qualified person as editor of our yearbook. Julia McCollough was chosen as editor-in-chief. The students elected to help make the yearbook a success were as follows, executive editor, Doretha Powell, managing editor, Willie Grier, business manager, Annette Larkins, art editors, Elena Jones and Iris Higgins, circulation manager, Katie Scott, feature editor, Jasper Robinson, secretary, Jeanette Richardson, treasurer, Lorese I-lines. Serving on various committees to aid in the progress of the college were Lillie Carver and Bernice Bigelow on the academic standards, Geraldine Pete on the administrative council, Emmett Robinson on the homecoming committee, Roland Penn and Yvonne Jackson on intercollegiate athletics, Joyce Love on the calendar committee, Nathaniel Tollison and Dollye Kendall on the curriculum, Clementine Davis and Edith Russell on the health committee,Jeanette Richardson and Beatrice Riggs on the library committee, Barbara Carter and William Waters on the lyceum and social committee, and Mary Roseboro and James Mack on public relations. The college newspaper, News Argus, had as its leaders Mary Roseboro, editor-in-chief, Sara Matthews, news editor, Yvonne Jackson, sports editor, several typists and proofreaders were chosen from the class. The Who's Who Amonq Students gi American Colleq-gs and Universities again summoned members from our class. Among those chosen were Geraldine Pete, Vida Bailey, Virginia Rogers, Delois Wright, and Lucia Daniels. We are in the midst of excitement. You may finish this as you watch us march down the aisles.We came to learn, and we shall depart to serve. Julia McCollough Helen G. Gore Doretha Powell 23 .l. .