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THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT
The University Student
(Lux et Veritas.)
Published Monthly by the Students of
Johnson C.’Smith University, Charlotte, N.
C.
Printed at The University Press.
Subscription price: $1.00 per school year.
Editorial Staff:
V. H. CHAVIS . Editor-in-Chief
B. E. LOWE, ’29, Associate Editor and Pub
lisher.
M. J. WHITEHEAD, ’30 Secretary.
PROF. T. S. JACKSON, ^ Treasurer.
C. H. WHITE, Theology, ’29, Circulation
Manager.
E. A. McDowell, ’31, Business Manager.
REPORTORIAL STAFF;
E. E. Jones, ’30 News Editor
T. D. Jeffers, ’31 . News Editor
C. C. Devane, ’30 _ _ News Editor
A. J. Clement, ’30 _ Feature Editor
J. A. Ancrum, ’31 _ _ _ Sport Editor
Entered as second class matter, December
22, 1926, at tbe post office at Charlotte,
North Carolina, under the Act of March
3, 1879.
THE REASONS.
October, 192S
EDITORIAL COMMENT
TO THE READER:
“The University Student” Staff wishes
to express its regret that this edition is
two weeks late in coming from the press.
It is due, however, to the lateness of the
students in paying their subscriptions and
the delinquency in submitting contributions
to the proper sources.
At times I wonder if our students really
appreciate their publication and the .sacri
fices the members of the .staff are making
that it might compare favorably with other
student publications. Do you appreciate its
extensive circulation which is of intrinsic
value to both you and the University? “The
■'fniversity Student” is circulated in the 48
States and six foreign countries.. Are j ou
aware of our large exchange ? Visit the
Y. M. C. A. room and read them. There
you will find the McGill Daily, and publica
tions from Scotland, Sorbonne University
It would not be expedient, neither would
it be just nor in keeping with the liberal
and democratic policy of “The Student” to
issue the first edition of the present term
■without mention of a group, though insig
nificant, important; though frivolous, pro
found; though abused, appreciated—the
Class of ’32.
It is consuetudinary that you be made
the butt of ridicule and be coerced into
wearing green caps by the Sophomores;
that you be high-hatted and seemingly ig
nored by the upper class men; that you
be constantly called morons by your in
structors; yet none of these reactions are
symbolic of hatred, tyranny, snobbery,
selfishness or intolerance, but the antithe
sis. They are indicative of love, democra
cy, altruism and tolerance.
It was only yesterday, as it were, that
you were seniors, kings of the forests,
persons to be emulated at your respective
secondary .schools. V e deem it our re
sponsibility to puncture carefully this in
flated ego and have you realize that you
are only novices; that you are just now
entering your pupa stage, but with constant
application, in the lapse of four years, you
will metamorphize from this pupa state in
to a beautiful butterfly of culture and in
tellect.
In matriculating at -lohnson C. Smith
University, you have come by a great her
itage which should make you proud and
justly so. In those same seats in chapel
whose numbers you are now required to
cover daily, once sat tbe illustrious gen
tlemen, George Allen, W. Astor Morgan,
the Downing Brothers and F. J. Anderson,
an erudite scholar, a teacher par excellent
whose copious knowledge of Philosophy
and Pedagogy, always stressing creative
individual and independent thought, was a
beacon light to no small number of Smith
graduates.
Who doubts that there may not come
from the Class of ’32 a noted musician and
composer, an outstanding poet, a famous
physician or a prominent educator? Who
knows what qualities are latent within you ?
I would not dare estimate your potentiali
ties.
Hence it is due to the above mentioned
ALUMNI NEWS
By Pactolus
ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRA
TERNITY
Many our recent graduates, seek
ing higher degrees and the professions,
have entered school this fall. H. L. Tol
bert, G. R. Dockery, and J. Davis Douglass
are in Meharry Medical School. L. A.
•Jenkins, H. E. Williams, J. M. Alston and
F. M. Beaver are studying at Johnson C.
Smith Theological School. Leroy Young
anj T. L. Plair are at New York Univer
sity, and W. A. Perry, W. E. Belton and
W. W. Jones, of the same class, are attend-
Ijfng Iowa University. To all of these
young men we wish abundant success and
a pleasant experience.
By Henri Louis Marshall, ’29.
It is exceedingly gratifying to all the
friends of Brainerd Institute to know that
the good work long carried on there is be
ing continued under the management of
Dr. J. D. Martin who recently assumed the
control of that school. Dr. Martin is a
practical school man and as such is highly
capable of performing the duties devolving
upon him as its head.
and the leading colleges and high schools
of America. If you appreciate these ac-jpj^^^*-^ that you are held in so high esteem
complishments and our efforts, send us your' great admiration by us all that we are
subscription. If you have criticism to of- painstakingly endeavoring to orientate
fer, send it in with your names signed (as
we will not publish anonymous letters) and
we will publish it.
You will notice also that there has been
appointed a new staff, the Reportorial
Staff. This was done in order to eliminate
so much work on the part of the Editorial
Staff and at the same time to acquaint a
few men with the work and business of
editing our paper. The men chosen are all
meritorious and capable.
We bave also been fortunate in securing
the aid of a true blooded alumnus who has
consented to write the Alumni News. We
hope that the addition of this column will
create an interest from our Alumni and
that they, too, will show it by mailing their
subscriptions, as we have the Missourian
trait of certainty, or a gusto for being
shown.
All matter for publication must be in
the hands of the editors by the 5th of each
month.
All clubs, societies, fraternities, etc.,
are requested to elect their reporters from
among the subscribers as it may be rejected
otherwise.
Any Alumnus who may have news of in
terest concerning himself or an Alumnus,
or who has authentic information of any
achievements of a Smith graduate, is urged
to send it in by the first of each month to
the Editor-in-Chief.
All undergraduates are urged to contri
bute more articles of literary value.
To the editors of other student publica
tions: we ai-e asking that you co-operate
with us by establishing an exchange.
In conclusion, we beg the good will of
all who by any chance may peruse “The
University Student.”
THE
GOODFELLOW’S
RETURNS.
QUARTETTE
Delights a Large Audience in Program of
Classic Music.
The Goodfellows’ Quartette made a tri
umphant return to Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity on the evening of October 17 before
an appreciative audience in Biddle Memori
al Hall. Despite the large number of con
certs and radio performances given in and
around Charlotte, a large audience found
delight in the extraordinary perfection of
balanced tone and musical understanding
which the quartette brings to every per
formance.
The program included many numbers
which found a hearty response from the
audience. “Thank God for a Garden,”
“The Old Road,” “Carmena,” “Bondage,”
“II est doux, il est bon,” “La donna e mo
bile,” and the famous sextette from “Lu
cia” elicited long and enthusiastic applause
from an appreciative audience.
In New York, Washington, Chicago,
Knoxville and several other centers there
have been organized local chapters of our
.^.lumni. These branches are alive to the
best interest of their dear Alma Mater and
can do and are doing much to foster its
progress. As yet there is no local chap
ter in this city (Charlotte, N. C.); but often
it is right beneath the lighthouse where
you will find the greatest darkness.
Professor J. Ward Seabi'ook, the an
nouncement of whose marriage has just
appeared, certainly pays the Old Dominion
a high compliment, especially that section
near Petersburg; for he goes right back
there to get wife number two. But if she
is as lovable a character as the first Mrs.
■Seabroo’ii we cannot blame him much. We
learn that she has degrees from Howard
and Harvard, and if so she ought to be
able to keep track of that versatile gen
tleman.
Lazily the rustic oak scattered its rubric
foliage upon the September earth; calmly
it fell as a breeze that conies from a nearby
lake in the mid-day sunshine; and radiantly
the setting sun cast its dim, religious, and
reverential light upon Alpha Omicron
as it assembled within that ancient piece
of masonry which towers above the tufted
trees.
Melancholy cast its phantora-like shadow
upon eight empty seats. They were the
seats of Bros. Leroy Young, T. E. Gilliard,
T. L. Plair, G. R. Dockery, W. E. Belton,
W. W. Jones, W. J. Knox, Jr., and E. L.
James. We cherish these names and may
they be everlastingly ringing in our ears.
Bros. Leroy Young and T. L. Plair are
at New York University working for the
degree of M. B. A. Bros. W. W. Jones and
W. E. Belton have entered the graduate
school of the University of Iowa. Both are
working for their master’s degree in chem
istry. Bro. G. R. Dockery has entered
dentistry at Meharry. Bro. W. J. Knox,
who was head of the chemistry department
for two years and instructor for one, is do
ing gradu.^e work at Massachusetts School
of Technology.
Bro. E. E. Gregg is back with us again.
We welcome him and may his good works
be as a gem among many pebbles.
Bros. Samuel Johnson and H. L. Tolbert
were recent visitors on our campus. They
were enroute to enter Meharry Medical
School. We are always delighted to have
our separated brothers visit us.
Every man is out for a hard and pros
perous year. Many things shall be re
vealed; therefore, watch us.
ALPHA EPSILON CHAP
TER, KAPPA ALPHA PSI
you in this magnificent collegiate environ
ment. Therefore you must first be made
to realize how infinitessimally small you are
intellectually before you can acquire
knowledge. Then, in the ultimate analy
sis, though insignificant, you are an im
portant and indispensable factor in the
existence of our beloved University.
Finally as advice we give to you these
words:
“Be strong—we are not here to play, to
dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do.
And loads to lift.
Shun not the struggle.
Face it, ’tis God’s gift.”
With deep sorrow do we refer to the
passing of our old friend and schoolmate,
the Rev. D. S. Collier, of Gaffney, S. C.
He was a man of sterling worth, being a
gospel preacher and every inch a loyal son
to his Alma Mater.
Robert N. Owens who graduated some
fifteen years ago, is a successful attorney in
St. Louis. We often note in the press
where he is connected with some important
cases in the courts. Some one said Owens
won the Junior medal by crying. He may
be working that same trick on those West
ern juries now.
While circulating among the elders at
Presbytery a few days ago we got on to
the formula'for preaching a good sermon.
One good old brother said a preacher had
no business to take a manuscript into the
pulpit, nor even to look into the Bible after
he has announced his text. But he should
begin low and go slow, rise higher as he
catches on fire, then begin to perform and
sit down in a storm.
One of the best looking men of the
class of 1904 was Mr. I. P. Pogue, now
Rev. Dr. Pogue. His record as pastor and
educator has been such that our Board
in Pittsburgh felt justified in selecting him
from among many to take charge of our
work in Sumter. We think the selection a
fortunate one and we predict an unusual
growth of that field under his ministra
tion.
Student in Psychology: “Professor, yes
terday as I entered the dining room I de
tected the familiar odor of chicken and con
cluded we had chicken for dinner. Was
that a concept or percept?”
Professor: “Neither; that was a halluci
nation.”
By E. Morris Pressley, Reporter.
After having spent a very pleasant sum
mer, Alpha-Epsilon chapter has once more
settled down to hard work and resolved to
make this a banner year for Kappa Alpha
Psi. We extend our best wishes for a suc
cessful year to each organization on the
hill.
All of the brothers are back this year
except W. A. Perry, who is now doing his
graduate work in Education in the Univer
sity of Iowa.
The Chapter is especially proud of the
fact that Brother T. S. Jackson, head of the
Department of Education in the JJniversity,
has recently received his M. A. degree in
Philosophy from the University of Chica
go.
Alpha Epsilon is now making plans for
its fall initiation. It has been quoted that
“The races of mankind would perish did
they not help each other.” Nevertheless
we speak of independence, of self-reliance,
of our accomplishments without aid, of our
courage, fortitude and strength. These are.
only relative terms. There is no indepen
dence. A man is brave as he walks alone
down the dark avenue because other men
have built the dike strong enough to hold
back the angry ocean; because other men
are on the watch lest the enemy sneak
through the gates; because other men sleep
beside their engines of protection, waiting
to answer the alarm of fire. A man is
brave because within the sound of his voice
a hundred other men are there to respond
should he utter one cry for aid.
We need men beside us to keep us brave.
We need visible signs of support to keep
our courage from failing us. When man
was single handed, alone and independent,
he was a savage. With dependence came
progress; with progress came unity; with
unity came fraternity; and when fraternity
dawned there was hope for the race of man
kind. So let us perpetuate this great plan
of ours so that the great brotherhood shall
not perish.