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tlic profrrani was broadcast over sta
tion ^V'PTF in Raleigh. T h e
cliicf s})caker.s at this time were Dr.
Edson E. Blaeknian, president of
tlie Alumni Association, who jjledged
the support of Iiis organization to
the school in its efforts to further e-
quip its students for the battle of
life and the Rev. Edgar II. Goold,
])resident of our institution, whose
remarks were directed to the listen
ing audience as well as to the stu
dent body.
l‘'ollowing the broadcast, the act
ing Dean of our Alma Mater gave
us a glimpse into the activities of
our college officials w'ho are industri
ously laboring to enlarge our educa
tional facilities. Then too Mr. Fran
cis Johnson, ]>resident of the Student
Council, and Mr. Christopher Hunt,
^,')resident of the Senior Class, both
( xtended to St. Augustine’s College
the heartiest congratulations of the
student body on its seventy-first
birthday.
The Music Dc])artment too, not
to be outdone, sang its praises of St.
Augustine’s College Under the di-
vi'ction of Professor Charles E. IJer-
ry, new head of the Music De])art-
ment, the College Quartet, consisting
of Messrs. Al))ha Howze, David
lTar|)er. Jackson Wheeler, and At-
wi’ll Stewart, assisted by Mrs. Ka-
Uif'rine Henderson, sang the College
Hvinn, the College Song, and the
IJlue and White. On this jirogram al
so appeared a talented young cont)le
who very beautifully rendered the
'■■'(■ction, “Because You’re You.”
'I'lnis was celebrated St. Augustine’s
seventy-first birthday, by her ]>res-
ent sons and daugiiters.
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In keeping with tradition, excell
ent speakers are still being jiresent-
cd to the student body. Since the new
year b"gan w’c have had the ]ileasure
of listening to Mr. II. L. Trigg of
the Interracial Committee, Dr. Tross
of the American Bible Society and
Miss Gang of the Bishop Tuttle
School. Mr. Trigg spoke on the ac
tivities of the Interracial Committee
in this state. It was a very inspiring
and militant address designed to stir
the young )>eo))le of our college to
give their support to the activities of
this organization.
Literary, intellectual, and sublime
in its beauty, was the address of Dr.
Tross. “We are living in a hazy,
crazy, and lazy world,” said this
student of the Bible and of the an
cient master thinkers and writers of
ages now great in the annals of his-
tovy. From this j)oint onward, Dr.
Tross held spellbound and enraj)-
ture'l l:is student audience, while, in
words of sincerity and depth, he
oualified his earlier statement as to
the character of this world. His a])-
proach and solution to the problem
was offered in terms of man’s great
est literary work — the Bible. There
can be little doubt as to the enthus
iastic welcome of . Dr.. Tross by the
students whose nn’nds he transported
into the highest realms of beauty and
intellect as he portrayed to us his
j)icture of the possible influence of
the Bible, if only it were more wide
ly read and lived up to.
Sunday, January 22nd. was So
cial Service Dav at St. Augustine’s
in harmony with the tone of the day
was the talk iiiven by Miss Gana:,
social s'-rvice instructor at the Tuttle
School located on the College cani-
))us. She traced, in a most interesting
fashion, the development of social
service work from its earliest Christ-
if'n beginning unto the present dav.
In (rrowing and developing, this
child has become too larire for the
lar.'Te for the Church itself to handle,
so that now, the state and other pri-