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VOL, VI—NO. 3
DURHAM, N. C., D E C E M B E R — 1 9 4 7
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Wallace And Jones
Capture Honors In
Mens’ Whist Tourney
James T. Wallace of Winston Sa
lem, N. C. and Joseph W. Jones of
Brooklyn, New York campus champ
ions defeated William White of Gas
tonia, N. C. and William Brownlee of
Camden, S. C., city champions in the
finals of the men’s whist tournament,
Thursday, December 2.
The finals of the two day tourna
ment were played in the recreation
room of McLean Hall. The Men’s
Recreational Council under the aus
pices of dean of men, J. h. Stewart
sponsored the tournament.
The final playoff of the tournament
was actually a contest between the
city champions and the campus
cliamDions. The final rounds cndijd
in a thrilling photo' finish. Wal
lace and Jones were trailing at the
end of the fifth round of the finals
by a count of (5 to 2. They had taken
the lead in the first two rounds of
play by turning a trick in the first
two rounds. However Brownlee and
White turned four tricks in the third
round and one each in the fourth and
fifth rounds. The score now' stood 6
to 2 for the the city men. In the final
thrilling round of play Wallace and
Jones swept to victory by garnering
five tricks.
In consolation playoffs, Otis
Thompson of Kannapolis, N. C. and
Robert Freeman of Horneville, N. C.
emerged as champions of the losers.
STUDE]\T COUNCIL
GETS EXTRA
HOLIDAYS
In a surprise move, the Student
Council secured from the Interim
Committee additional holidays
which will extend the Christmas
Vacation from Friday, January 2,
to Monday, January 5.
The Student Council’s original
request was the extensio'n of the
Thanksgiving and Christmas Vaca
tion periods and the establishment
of a Spring Vacations to coin
cide with the Easter Holidays. The
Committee expressed its regrets
that it could not act on the other
requests this year.
The Committee was in close har
mony Avith the method the Student
Binl/ ii-Stni fa get tiirir request
lecognized.
WTIK Broadcasts
Eagle-A.-T. Game
Under the sponsorship of the Afro-
Avu:)icar Ncvspapers, the fo()tbalI
game between A. and T. and North
Carolina College was broadcast over
WTIK, a Durham radio station, Sat
urday, December 6.
This marks the first time in the
gridiron history of North Carolina
College that a football game haH been
broadcast in this city. George Nor-
wig, sports announcer for WTIK. cov
ered the game and Butler Taylor, in
jured star back for the Eagles, was
official spotter for the Eagles. Phil
lip Belton did the color work.
Sara Lacy, sports editor for the
Afro-American the sponsoring organ,
spoke during the halftime ceremon
ies, and he presented I>ean A. E.
Manley of N .C. 0.; President F. D.
Bluford of A .and T., Coach ncTman
Riddick, Coach William Bell, and A.
L. Turner. :
Epps Announces
Yearbook Progress
Production of the Jifnroon and Gray,
North Carolina ColloRc’s yearbook, is
in full swing, it was announced today
by Harold Rpps, Editor-in-chief of
the yearbook.
The majority of*the individual pic
tures have been made and the 1948
yearbook is gradually taking shape.
Editor Epps further states that he
hopes the yearbook will bo ready for
distribution sometime in the latter
part of April if the present schedule
is followed. He also urges the students
who have not paid publication fees
to do so immediately.
As annittpraarg nf tl|p ^r?at Surnt
hramH tup to on? anb all nur
bpBt tuialjfB for a Ijappg Qlliriatmaa Bpaann.
PEACE ON EARTH
GOODWILL {HOWARD MEN
OMEGAS TO HOLD
ANNUAL SMOKER
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity of
the TAU PRI chapter will hold its
annual smoker Friday, December 19
in the Women’s gymnasium.
The smoker, *held in conjunction
with the Ijampados club, the pledge
club to the fraternity, is being held
for the men students who have not
affiliated themselvM with a greek
letter organization.
Georgo Tally nrrl Robert Glass are
Basileus and president for the frater
nity and the pledge club respectively.
This year, nineteen hundred —
forty-saven, marks- over a thoUij
years since the birth of Christ
only the second year of peace Ij om
universal warfare.
All over the world people are strug
gling to retain the heritage of our
saviour, Jesus Christ. That, of truth
of righteousness in our everyday lives
and in our relationships with others.
The doctrine that all men are bro
thers, that the coloring of one’s skin
does not determine his goodness, his
intellect, nor his integrity, should be
one basis of our Christianity. The
truth that all men are equal regard
less of race, creed or color should be
foremost in all our works.
Man’s ultimate aims are the ac
quisitions of happiness and the re
wards of a just life; but how can
these aims be realized when we cause
unhappiness for others who differ
from us? They seek peace even as
we seek it, and the abolishment of
present turmoils between individuals,
and races, and countries, can come
only when each person decides to
find, first, peace within himself and
then to help others.
Let us decide now to help someone
this Christmas commemorate the tiny
babe born so long ago; but let us not
forget that this spirit of goodness
should not be manifested only during
Cliristmas, but should be a perennial
expression of our goodwill toward
ethers.
“Like the stars that are beautiful
because of what they do, so you can
make your life a beneficient influ
enee to others by developing a con
tinual spirit of Christmas within your
mind and heart.”
Cho^^ Presents
Pagant During
Xmas Vespers
The Christmas season began here
Sunday afternoon with the annual
Cliristmas Vespers which featured the
presentation of ‘^A Mystery for
Cliristmas in the Medieval Manner,’'
by the college choir.
The music for tliis ‘ ‘ Mystery ’'
was arranged and composed by How
ard D. McKinney and in addition to
the music department, the production
was staged by the departments of
art, english, dance, drama and home
economics. Dr. J. E. Dorsey, head of
the North Carolina College music (le
partment was in charge of the choir
and the Men’s Glee Club and he was
assisted by ilrs. C. Ruth Edwards of
the music department.
Miss Ruth Gillum was in charge
of the accompaniment at the organ
and piano and orche.stral effects were
under the direction of Prof. Wesley
I. Howard. Miss P. F. Ne\vton, Eng
lish Instructor, superv'ised the Wo
men’s Glee Club in its chorie speech
Miss Elizabeth Whit^ directed the
dance and pantomime; Miss A. A
Elps of the home economics depart
ment, was in charge of the k)stumes.
while Miss E. Marit^n fiordice took
charge of the artistic eifects Involved
in the staging. Miss Blanche D.
Sanders was production supervisor.
The following students played the
roles of Biblical characters in the
“Mystery”; Vivian Austin, Thomas
Williams, Esma Byrgess, Ijeon Davis,
Wilma Davis, Audrey Mack, Altamai
Johnson, Virginia Sellars, Carrie
Bradley, Bertie Ervin. Swannie
Moore, Pauline Marsh, Mildred Wil
liams, Evelyn Meredith Stringfield,
Kathryn Whitaker, Creola Davis,
Walter Cooper, Walter Dunn, and
Joseph n. Scott.
Alphas Initiate
Four New Members
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incor
porated, iniated four now members
trail i3p?iAi A (yJub jiita land.
doing the week of November 21st. The
inductees were: Harry Bachelor, New
York City; Wilbur Keaton, Philadel
phia, Pa.; Richard Matthews, Peters
burg, Va., and Samuel Williams,
Philadelphia, Pa.
As a climax to the iniation, (3 rand
President, Belford V. Lawson of
Washington, D. C. spoke in a Vesper
service, after wiiicli they convened
at the Algonquin Club where Mr. Law
son and the new members were en
tertained as honored guests.
Seniors Hold
Dance In Gym
The Dormitory young women of the
Senior Class gave an informal dance,
Tuesday night, December 9 in the
Women’s Gymnasium.
The music was supplied by Cardoza
McCollum, who made the dance uni
que by announcing the recordings.
A few of the couples attending were
Mary Lou Valentino and Roy McLeod,
Ruth Wliitted and Georgo Talley,
Thelma Cumbo and Thomas Hubbard,
Musa Stele and Grady Bethel, Vivian
Austin and Johnny Duckweilder,
Elaine Chafin and Baldwin Whitfield,
O. T. Cook and Bill Peerman.
Eight NCC Men Hired
By Local Post Office
According to an announcement from
Dean J. L. Stewart, dean of men,
eight men students have been selected
from the list of fourteen to assist in
the downtown post office during the
I'.cliday season. Some of these stu
dents held positions as assistant mail
carriers last year during the Christ
mas season .
'{Tlysses Sherard, Floyd Washing-
loii, Angus Woods, James Mizzell,
Julius Glover, William Thomas, Wil-
liur Keaton, and Samuel Williams are
the students selected.