October, 1928
THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT
CLASSES
SENIOR NOTES
Page Five
J. T. Wilson
WE JUNIORS
M. Jackson Whitehead
On September 19, 1928, the bugle call was
sounded for all loyal sons of Smith to re
port for collegiate work; three hundred
lads answered the call and reported on
time.
Here and there were seen a hundred or
more “freshs,” a few dignitaries of the
“Sophs” and the well groomed and dignified
seniors with all their poise and ease. Not
a sign of a Junior was visible, but as the
days rolled on and the ships from abroad
came to shore they came: “Chris” House,
“Count Luigi” Manley, “Ide” Vick,
“Mother” Flack, “Puss” Pressley, “Scribe”
Clement, and our own “little Samson,”
“Dust” Johnson.
We began at once, after the arrival of the
dignitai-ies of the Junior class, to make
plans for a good year’s work; for there are
many plans to be perfected by us this year,
namely, the 1929 Bull, Junior Prize Oration,
Debating Leagud, Junior Prom and Junior
Dramatics.
Realizing the necessity of an efficient
leader to lead the Juniors to victory we
organized with C. (“Doctor”) Wat
kins as our President, a man of leader
ship and sterling qualities; T. A. La Saine,
Vice-President; R. E. Jones, Secretary;
Claude Erwin, Assistant Secretary; R. E.
Vick, Treasurer; Joseph Taylor, Keeper of
Order; Marvin Flack, Chaplain; M. J.
Whitehead, and P. T. Williams, Attorneys.
With these as our executive body, a good
programme is slated for the year 1928-
1929. Our slogan is “Watch the Juniors.”
CLUUBS
FRESHMEN
R. B. Tildon
Like the distant runner on the cinder
path starting on his last lap before the vic
tory of the day, so it is with the Senior
class of 1929.
We are back one hundred per cent strong
for the last lap of our college career. Stim
ulated by our desires to attain the long
dreamed of goal, we are persistently mov
ing forward toward the realization of those
dreams.
The Seniors are very much inspired by
the presence of our beloved benfactress,
Mrs. Johnson C. Smith, on our campus.
Those of us who took our high school work
here can boast of being the first graduating
college class to have been eight years the
beneficiaries of her generosity. We hold for
her the highest esteem. Her noble deeds
will ever live in the memories of the class
of ’29.
The Seniors are represented on the foot
ball team by Captain Leon Steele and Gai
ther Lyerly. We are hoping for the team
a very successful season. Watch the papers
for the showing of these two Seniors.
The appreciatorial exercise held in the
chapel on October 3rd for Mrs. Smith was
featured by the presentation of a silver-
loving cup from the students and faculty
by Mr. G. F. Newell. Mr. Newell proved
his ability as an orator last commencement
when he won one of the Alumni prizes in
the Junior Oratorical Contest, and well did
he defend his medal in this presentation
oration. Mr. Newell is a member of the
Apha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Quite a large number of Seniors motored
to Greensboro for the A. & T.-Tuskegee
game October 6th. They all report a very
pleasant trip. How strange!
Messrs. Crater, Davis, Blount and Wilson
motored to Shelby, N. C., Sunday, October
7th, to meet the new teachers. Some swell
faculty—that Shelby High School with two
men and about ten women. Now we all
know why a certain Senior sat sleeping on
the dooi;_ steps in Shelby after the young
lady had told him good night. Brother,
be careful that some one doesn’t steal your
frat pin while you are asleep.
What is the significance of the red and
green caps by which a certain number of
the college boys at Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity are conspicuous this year?” This
question was asked by an observer from the
street. The several individuals to whom
the inquiry was addressed replied, “Oh!
they’re the dogs,” and one of them volun
teered a statement of the custom of cap
wearing, the college standing of the Fresh
man class, the prescribed rule governing
Freshman conduct, and their social status.
It is said that the student spokesman was
a Sophomore.
It is our belief, however, that if interest
ed spectators attracted by the pretty caps
would trouble themselves to enter the cam
pus and mingle for a while with the class
they would learn things about that group
conducive more to serious thought than to
humor.
To begin with, the Freshmen students,
notwithstanding their strangeness at the
University, their strangeness to the rest
of the student body and to each other, are
manifesting a spirit of unity, loyalty and
sportsmanship that will well merit the at
tention of the upper classes; and a strength
which the Sophomores are not over anxious
to test.
On the afternoon of the fifth, six of
those funny caps along with their own
ers, were reported missing. It was later
ascertained that the missing men were Blue,
Bogle, Bess, Ellis, Mebane and Harris.
They are the Freshman contribution to the
varsity foot ball squad. They were in Dur
ham with the team. Where else would you
expect to find a Freshman foot ball player
but at the scene of the battle; nay, in the
very midst of it, when the whistle had
sounded and the Smith Bulls were at grips
with a rival team ?
We Freshmen are a class of dreamers,
despite the green in our caps. We have
many, many dreams which are so concen
trated upon as to be mentally realized, so
to speak, before they are materially
achieved. So from our standpoint we are
the Senior class of four years to come,
lacking only the gravity and learning of the
Seniors. We are Juniors lacking Junior
dignity and perspective. We are even
Sophomores, lacking Sophomore sophisti
cation and delusion. These are our dreams
of our future here.
But in material achievement we are
Freshman Couege men. Since even this
achievement was once a dream like the
rest; since we have put our hearts and our
minds on the path to success; and since with
God’s aid all good dreams are given, we
invite you one and all to watch this Fresh
man class go!
C. A.
By G. F. Franklin.
The Y. M. C. A. has opened this year
with a great program to put over. We are
hoping to have a larger membership this
year than we have had in several years.
All the members of the cabinet have re
turned saturated with the “Y” spirit, that
is, to have a larger and greater “Y.” The
cabinet members for the year 1928-1929
are: Messrs. J. A. Squire, President; R. H.
Lee, Vice-President; G. T. Franklin, Sec
retary; J. L. Hollowell, Jr., Assistant Sec
retary; J. A. Jones, Ti-easurer; F. D. Jeffers,
Business Manager. The chairmen of the
different committees are: Messrs. A. J.
Clement, Jr., Membership; J. L. Powell, So
cial Service; W. S. Brinkley, Religious; C.
C. De Vane, Program; H. M. Brown, Social;
H. T. Thompson, New Student; J. A. Jones,
Finance; C. M. Steele, Athletic. The fac
ulty advisors are Dr. C. H. Shute, Dr. T. A.
JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY
(Formerly Biddle University)
Founded 1867
FOR MEN ONLY
Class “A” College, so recognized by the North Carolina State
State Board of Education. A Standard Theological Seminary.
Member of the Association of Colleges for Negro Youth. Large
endowment.
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Charlotte, North Carolina.
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