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MAY 1946 F. S. T. C. VOICE — MAY 1946 Meet The Graduates I J-k 'I'op row—AlConso Sutton, lU'ha Holnu'S, I-2. .loyiicr, I'^zekicl T>'sor. Sc'coiid row—A. Virt^iiiia Newton, l?ctty Masscnburg, Marjorie Brown, ('.atlieryn Malloy, riiird row—Odell I'z/.ell, 'I’hurba Fuller, Frances ^Villerson, Waller (libson. Fourth I’ow—I*:ii/.abeth Miller, Vivian llolsley, Ivatherine Penny, Dora HatlitT. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '46 On Monday, September 14, 11142 the first wartime class, a hopeful horde of 171 would l)e teachers invaded the cani])us of Fayette ville State 4’eachers (College. Xo One had to iiu|uire who these in truders were for their exi)res- (iiorijs of awe and uncertainty signified that they were fresh men. 'I'hc administration called that first week orientation week — somewhere to go every night, test to take, lectures to hear, a get-ac(|uainted social, all in all, the beginning of a great life. Our first real endeavor was that of getting ac(|uainted and or ganized. One hundred seyent.y one strong, we assembled in Smith Auditorium to elect offic ers. There were some ninet>’ odd "left-overs” classified as fresh- ment and some of them attended our election. Our faculty advis ors, Mr. .lohn W. I’arke]-, Mr. F'rank McDuffie, Mr. l^dwin D. Sheen and ^Ir. .1. ^^'alker F'ree- man wci'e ])resent. 'Phose chosen as F'reshman class officers in clude: India M. Martin, pi’esidenl, \\'illiani (i. Lowe, vice president, Majorie Firown, secretary and Virginia Newton, Treasurer. Oui- varsity football team was comi)ose(l mostly of big, robusi freshmen; it won a majority of the games. 'I’he Homecoming Ciame, at wdiich .Mary F>. Joyner was freshman attendant, was a gala event, for “our boys” tramp led the Tilizabeth ('ity Teachers in the dirt. Then came I’ncle Sam and took away so many of our men lhat football had to be disconlinued. What a blow! What would the >'oung women do now? Well, somehow wait and hope for the return of their gallant classmales. That was no easy task, but they did it. Meanwhile, spring came on. Our (’ollege Social ('.ommiltce per milted parties and dances with service men from F’ort Bragg and from other near-by army posts. 'Phismeant another new exi)cr- ience, something new under the sun, a cain|)us to which service men come frequently in large numbers, and one might say, still come, but in numbers less lai’ge. Nor was scholarship neglected. A representative number of us as freshmen saw their names on the Dean’s List each quarter. During the Sophomore year we found things a little different coui’ses a little uiore difficult to master and our number slowly but surely growing smaller. I’n- daunled by this difficulty we IHished on. Page Five One signal event of the sopho more year was the Drama Guilds production of "Our Town”, un der tlie direction of Mrs. ^larian Page Wall. Participants from our class were Marion F^loise Wilkins and Alfonso Sutton playing lead ing roles and Mima .Melvin, India Martin, and .luanita Baker with minor roles, Mr. ,Iohn W. Parker, instruc tor in F^nglish and American Lit erature was always in evidence. "Tomori'ow” he would say, "we will have 30 poems, beginning with the 23rd I’salm” and going right Ihrough “A Plan’s A .Man for A That.” ’1 he young women in the Soph omore dormitory cannot forget the fun they had with Mrs. S. (’harlotte Phillips and her nature stories. Xor can I hey forget C.amp r^ejuene and the “endurance con tests” they had on the concrete dance lloor with the Marines who did everything they could to make the evenings enjoyable. In Sei)tember 1944, Alfonso Sut ton was chosen president of the class along with the Uometta Davis, secretary and Mrs. ^label Harris Treasurer. 1'he i)aramount endeavor of the .lunior (Tass was to give the Seniors a dignified, enjoyable prom. The effort turned out to be a successful experiment in class cooperation. 'I he 21!)th Ar my Ground F’orces Band of F’ort Bragg rendered music. Some of those present said, “Yours was the best .lunior-Senior prom 1 ever attended! Meanwhile, scholarship was not neglected. A number of us as .lujiiors made the Dean’s List and Alice Shaw and Odell I’zzell were elected to membership in the Al pha Kappa Mu Honor Scholarship Society. Gladys MaeBae was iNlaid of Honor to Miss Homecoming (bas ketball) and Mae F>. Tyson-F'low- ers was attendant. Mary Wilson was chosen suijerintendent of Ihe college Sunday School for two (|uarters. Mary Wilson went to Hampton Institute as a representative of the college Y. W. G. A. We did not really dominate the campus as most senior classes do. We realized that we too had once been lower classmen, hence we went about oui- own affairs and left as many high offices in col lege organizations to the Sopho mores and .luniors as possibh-. This we did because we wanted to show our appreciation to and consideration of our schoolnuites. Again, we were glad as Seniors to have so nuiny of our veterans reliu-ning to continue their schooling. We are glad to be the first i)eace-time class to be grad uated, to see the rebirth of foot ball and to see our classmate bea utiful “Bea” Morton as “;\Iiss Homecoming of 1945.” Now, it’s commencement —the end, the beginning. We are go ing to utilize our talents to add more fame and renown to dear old F. S. T. G. India ;NI. ^Martin, ('lass Historian.
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