ST. AUGUSTINE’S RECORD
^t. ^ugusftme’s! Eecorb
Published bi-monthly during the College year at Raleigh, N. C.,
in the interest of
St. Augustine’s College, Rev. E. H. Goold, President
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THE SEVENTY-THIRD COMMENCEMENT
T\v(‘iit.v-sov('ii r(>cii)i'ii(s ol' tlu' Itiiclu'loi' of Arts (U'sjvoe.
live Kriuiuiitos of tlio liisUop Tntdo Triiiiiiiis; Scliool of ro-
linions {■(liicatiou and social work, si-voii ^raduato imrses
from llic St. Afjiios Ilosiiital Traiiiiiif; School, and six stu-
(U'lits coiiiiiU'tlnf; the c-ollofii' prc'jiaratory dopartmoiit of St.
Aiinustinc’s ('o!!('!;(> nH-oivcd tlu'ir diplomas and cortilicati's
of graduation from I’l'osidont I':lKar II. Coold horo at tlio
scvciit.v-tliird animal oomuH'iiccnu'nt oxorcisos, May 2!).
'I'lu' Kl. Ucv. IIi'Hiy W. IIol)son. I).I)., liislioi) of tlio I'rot-
cslant I':i)isco])al Diocese of Southern Ohio, «av(> an arrost-
iiifr addi'ess. Kefc'rrinji to tli(> hihlieal story of Solomon who,
on comin}5 to the throne, felt a sense of his own inade(|nacy.
and when i>ermitt(‘(l a choice of fiitts, asked (iod lor an
understandiiif; heart.” liishoi* Ilohson said that the prc'sent
dismal situation in the civilized world is the r('sult of a lack
of understaiidin}r of the fundamental rules of human rela-
tionshi)is. Fundainentall.v, sail he, the array ot rai'e afiainst
race, class atiainst class and nation against nation, the
escapist attitudes of individuals and the philosophy of iso
lation. all can he attributed to the lack of an nnderstandinf,'
heart. "I'lu* attitudes of tlu> ma,)ority are selfish and cow
ardly as a i-esnit of failure to understand, he added.
Real education as an attc'inpt to ac(|uiri' nnderstandiii},' is
destined to he the salvation of the world, lUshop Ilohson
said. "I»ictatorship is the enemy of (education because edu
cation leads toward truth; the truth makes men free, and
dictators do not want men to ln> free,” he said. Bishop
Hobson was presented b.v tlu' lit. Key. I’dwin A. I’enicK. I).!>.,
liishop of Xorth Carolina and president of tlu- college board
of trustees. Prayers w're otfered by the Rev. (Jeorfje JI.
Plaskett, IM»., ’()•'. Rector of lOpiphany Church, Orange,
X. .1.. and the benediction was jironounced by the Kt. Rev.
Tii(nnas (' Darst, O.D., lUshop of Kast Carolina, both mem
bers of the Hoard of Ti'ustces. Rev. Cyril K. Ilent ley .associ
ate director of tiu' American Church Institute- for Xej;roes,
and Or. Kdward (!. liowden, 'Oli, of Atlanta, (Ja., were pre
sented to the audience.—J'rcKn Rclvdnc.
SUCCESSFUL CHURCH CONFERENCE
AT ST. AUGUSTINE’S
The .‘ilst annual Conference for Church Workers, spon
sored .iointly by St. Aufrustine’s College and the American
Churcli Institute for Xegrot's, closed its week-lon^' session
at the ColleRe, .Tune 7. ('ourses in ('hristiaii education, camp
oi)eration. parish problems, pi’eachinsi. women s activities,
handicrafts Jiud church music wore offered by an excellent
faculty, includinir. the Rev. 1). A. JIcGresor. I’h.I)., executive
secretary of the initioinil I)ei)artment of Christian Kducation
of the Episcopal Church ; the Rev. Robert W. P.aKuall. LL.I).,
rector of St. Thomas' ('hurch. Philadelphia; the Von.Hravid
W. Harris, archdeacon, diocese of Southern ^ irjiinia. Xor-
lV)lk; tlu‘ Rev. .Tean A. Vache, rector of St. Andrew’s Church.
(JrcH'usboro, X. (\ ; the Rev. .lohu (}. l»eckwith. .Ir., rector of
St. Timothy’s (’hurcli, Wilson, X. ('.; I'rof. (’harles E. Herry.
director of music, St. Aufxustine’s; Mrs. Esther Brown Smith,
director of relifiious education. Bishop Tuttle School; Jliss
Ethi'l Malone, director of reliiiious education, St. 15arnabas
^Mission, .lenkinsville, S. ('.: -Miss ilary Frances Youn.i;.
handicraft specialist. Walnut ('ove. X. ('.; Mrs. Fannie 1’.
Cross and :\Iiss Clara Epps of the I’.ishop Tuttle School, and
the Rev. David W. Yates, rector of St. I’liilip’s ('hurch. Dur
ham. X*. C.
Amonf; the special features were vesper services conducted
bv the Kt. Rev. Edwin A. I’enick, D.D., lUshop of Xorth
Carolina and honorar.v chairman of tiie Conference, and Di.
K. Lodor. juvsidoiit of (Jailor Industrial School,
Mason. Tenn.: addresses by ,T. Percy Bond, Jr.. of the Xa-
tional Youth Administration, and Rex In^'ram, staf;e and
screen actor, and motion pictures furnislied by the Xorth
Carolina otlice of the U. S. IRmsinj; Authority.
Mor(> than a hundred delegates were registered, represent
ing Xew Yorli, Pennsylvania, all the states of the S(mtheast,
Missnu-i and Arkansas. About sixty i>er cent of the total
enrollment was made up of young pi>ople, for whom si)ccial
classt's and programs were lesigned.
Rev. Edgar II. Coold, President of St. Augustine’s, is
(chairman (>f the ('onft-renc'e; I*rof. Arthur 1*. C hippej. exeiu-
ti\'e st'cretary. and Dean Rertha Riclnirds, of the lUshop
Tuttle Sfhool, is treasurer. The Rev. II. Dukes, of Hamp
ton. Va.. acted as chaplain in the absence of the Rev. .lohn
AV. Herritage, of ('liarlotte. Rev. .1. K. Satterwhite, of
EaCrange, !a.. is clmirman of the steering c()ininittee con
sisting of clerical and lay inembei-s of the (’onference.
COMMENCEMENT BRIEFS
GRADUATE PREACHES BACCALAUREATE
SERMON
'I'he Ri'v. Henry ,1. C. Bowden, in his baccalaureate ser
mon t() th(‘ graduating classes of St. Augustine’s College
yesterday, reminded tlu> candidates that the homely virtues
of promi'ttness and honesty were not .vet (mt of date. Ihe
speaker, who is the rector of St. Paul’s Church, Atlanta, (.a..
anl an alumnus (l!)lil) of St. Augustin('’s, speaking on the
text “What shall 1 do to inherit ‘terinil life'/” said that the
proper conduct of a life called for careful choosing of goals,
and can'ful seh'ctioii of nu'thods ol behavior. Two goals,
lower and wealth, lu> said were' of. no goixl in themselv('s,
since either might b(> used to in,jure, embitter and di'grade
the individual who gained tlu'm and those who came under
his inlluenc(‘ as well. “Men are not to bi> us(>d as tools to
further the interests of other men; every personality has
the rigid to its own fullest development and expression,” he
declared.
The servici' of ('Veiling pra.ver was conduct(‘(l h.v the liev.
Edgar H. (ioold. President, with Scripture lessons being
real by Prof. Reginald I.. Lynch, acting dean and lay reader,
and the I{ev. St. .luliaii A. Simpkins, lilll, of Charleston,
S. C., the father of two memlK'rs of the college graduating
class. -From the Raleigh Xcirx ami Ohscrrcr, Jlay '27.
P.ishop Hobson paid a tribute to the founders and builders
of St. Augustine's in the course of his c(mimencement ad
dress. Their vision of tlie high destiny of St. Augustine's and
th(' people it aimed to serve was. he said, an exami>le of the
“understanding heart," the theme of his address. He (luoted
and commented upon a statement made by the late Dr. A. H.
Hunter, from 1S!>1 to principal of St. Augustine’s, in
whicli Dr. Hunter expressed his faith in education for use
fulness and training of the mental powers for straiglit think
ing. (Jeiitleness and kindline.ss (not softness), other virtues
in which Dr. Hunter expressed faith, were contrasted with
the kind of (lualities exalted by present-lay dictators and ^
others who do not lielieve in denuK-racy and Christianity.
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(iraduates of the Bishop Tuttle School rweive a certilieate
upon completion of the course, and the diphmia on the com
pletion of (me year's succt'ssful eini)loyment. R(»cipi(>nts of
tlu' diploni.'i this year were Misses Rosa Kittrell, Ollie Saxon,
Emma Perry, and Mrs. Cora M. Outlaw.
ST. AGNES HOSPITAL
At the n'cent met'ting of tlie Itoard of Trust(‘es it was
voted to inaugurate an effort to si'cure !S12r).(HM).0(t in order
to make possible the r(>conditioning and remodeling of the
prescMit St. Agn(“s Hosi>ital building, and the addition of a
new lireproof unit that will esiK'cially serve maternity cases
and cliildren. and i)rovide for much nw'ded additional indi
vidual rooms. Provision will also be made in the new unit
for emergency cases and for UKU-e ade(iuate heating and
elevator facilities. Preliminary plans and estimates as sub
mitted by an exiK'rt hospital architect were duly approv('d.