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To The
Senior*
collegiate
Atlantic Christ!
lan College. Wilw,
M«y 15, 1942
King and Queen of May
To The-
Seniors
^lie Neighbors”
fo Be Presented
May 2], 8:00 p.m.
The annual commence-
niav will be ^iven on i
<itorJay eveiiiiitc, MiO' 23
j the llowaicl Memorial
111,pel. ’I'ln.s year the play '
ijbeffivt'i' is Zona Gale's
■Jbe .SfiKliboi’^^-”
The .-ieenf of the play is a
.jpual sniall town in the '
"wiiest yt-ar.-; of this century. |
main ai iion ot the play .
,omes aliDiit through the an- |
soiiiiL'enieni in the to\s’n that
icertain widow, who has no ;
jKonie exiH-pt a small pen-
<»n, has .-^uJilonly received
sews that >he is to take her
•iter'.s chilli to keep. As
jiy small town iieigrhbors
fould do, her neig-hhors get
ikeir heu>N together and
plan for the arrival of the
little one. However, before
ik hour an ive.s for the com
ing of thi- hoy, news is re
ceived that he is not coming
Number 9
Summer School
Plans Nearing
Completion
-atiove are Joe Krank
and Quet‘11 of .May.
Draiivr and KlixalM'th Aim N'ull,
MAY DAY PAGEANTRY
IS HAILED SUCCESS
Graduation Plans
Are Now Complete
DANIELS TO DELIVER ADDRESS
Tho llutKirublc JuHt'phuH l)«iiicl.i, of KuleiKh. will lif-
lans arc iinw uiidt'tway liver the cumtiienccmeiit on .Monduy, May -4. at
l‘> I'nriill (ine nf the largest lH:-50 o'clock.
in the history of the Mr. Dainel.s, a native of North ('uruliiia, nerved for
Collt'.'I- in lummcr school, niany year.t a.s Anieruan Ambansador l»» Mexico, lie wax
Mil' iimmer-i hi»>l of Allan- instrumental in KtartwiK a widely circulated new.-tpaper,
lu- Chrwtiun Cullejff is offer- The News and Dbserver, in .North Carolina, by havuiK been
this vi'ai, 1-ourst‘s in its first owner and nianaKer. In many respectj*. Mr. Wan-
Kt-ijiiriv' with the Keneral uc- lels ha.s done thiuKs which make North (.'arolina proud to
te.i vatiiif protfium due to cull him her son.
A group of fifty senioi-s slipped Into the spirit of itrail
uation Sunday, .May 17. when they heard the farewell
address delivered by Dr. T. T. SweariiiRen at the I'hristian
Church. The services bettan at 8;00 o’clock on Sunday
eveninif.
The final May Day i)io-
gram was staged on Satur
day afternoon. May 2, under
the direction of Madeline
at all. .A purpose ha.s been i Denning, an out-going Senior
ifcomiiiished though, for | from Coats, N. C.
that .‘seemed an ill-at-ease The King and Queen of
jroup oJ' j)eople become May, Joe Frank Draper and
iriendly and very kind to Elizabeth Ann Nall, first ap-
ai'h other. Crandma, the peared at the Harper Door-
old philo.sopher of the j)lay, iway, then parted and met
sees the change and feels again under an improvised
glad about it. Peter, the
High School Girls
Guests Of College toiv
The first week end in May
was lillod with fun and
gaiety on the college cam
pus, it being open to high
school Senior girls from all
over the state. Around for
ty Seniors were guests of the « ill be in every
Mjhful lover, suddenly be-
ismes bold, and in the clos
ing scene silences the ques-
tioniiig.s of the audience by a
confc.ssion of his love to Inez.
The cu't of the play is
made up of:
Grandma .Mary Louise Rose
Mii' Uiaiilha Al»*>
college for the week end.
arch, from which they en- .tl'*-' guests and other
j teretl on the green of the roy-'' arrived, they were
al court. Appearing imme- where
diately after the King and ' ‘egi.stered. 1 wo hun-
Queen were John Boyette registered as out-of-
and Joan Boyette, crown-
bearer and flower girl. Mar- interest on the campus
garet Ange, Maid of Honor, "•ere shown to the guesU.
came forward next, followed
by personal attendants of the
King and QuPeii. Other,
the cnieiirency. Freshmen
i|ia\ cnti ■ II.iw and by coii-
tiiuious -..udy complete their
four > 1‘ur .‘\. K. ctiuiNe in
ttiicc ..ear.H. Summer stu-
dl■llt^ will be governed by the
pi:n i'durcs and practices of
reKuhir winter students. The
iV'/iil:ir faculty of the college
will It-ai li the cours.,.,' which
\*ill consist of mathematics,
chi'tiiistry, aihanced courses
in Hiii'lish, and Bible or his-
No Kicshmaii or Soph-
on • !■. our.ses in Kiiglish will
be given. Orientation and
I’h'.'iial Kducation will also
be included. The work will
Ih‘ So arranged that it will fit
ini'i the work of the session
l)( fiiining .September 7. 1912,
respect
ecjuicalent of the usual
vvi- leijuired of Freshmen.
This it the first lime in the
history of the college that
Ih' type of program ha.^
bi'i'n carried out.
The tirst term of summer
school begins si.x days after
the winter session is over.
About five o'clock the.continues until
guests and vi.sitors, number- .'*econd term
about Ot'O, .gallieieil on I*"'*"' August
Commencement
Program
Elizabeth Stoney : members of the May Court
Ezra Williams | followed, making an array
Kdvan Thompson ! of beautiful rainbow colors.
Peter Willie Woodard 1 The physical education
Inez... Mary Mas.sey |classes, under the direction
Mis’ KImira Morgan Lf Miss Madeline Smalley,
Dorothy Latham played and made merry
-11b Iro: trances Hemb.v the amusement of the Royal
Court. Mrs. Hinnant’s danc-
the front campus to witnes..^
the annual spectacular event.
May Day,
After supper a song fest
was held in front of the Har
per Doorway. Everyone
fgl- joined in singing the old fa
miliar .songs of yesterday.
This entertainment was led
fe .'or I’erry Case will
again be director of summer
school.
ing class a.s.sisted in this fea- ""'I ':'
ture by the performance of a >‘>«e ^ hi.ma.s A soca pio-
‘ gram was held in the gym at
Elizabeth
Jfis’ Ellsworth
—fi)arle William.s
The ’i.ehtiical .staff of the
play includes:
Direct.ir—Mr. E. F. Grove.
A.ssistaiit Director and
Budine.s.> .Manager—Virginia BU,e Danube.”
: Members of the College
btage .Manager — Velva igtring Ensemble as.si.sted in ,
^hite, Chairman: Bill O.s-'Marv Sophomore boys presented a bonds wen
oome.
Juniors Buy
Defense Bonds
“Rainbow' Dance.” Members
of the May Court waltzed to «‘«ht o clock.
The Beautiful K.ave a very interest
ing musical reading ,
.Mother Was a Lady.” A
of Fre.shmeii and
the strains of '
the provi.sion of music, Mary
p jColones, Celia Crawley, and
I'roperiy Manager—Avis Virginia McDaniels assi.sted
*;ene, (.haiman; Ida Earle lyijjdeline Denning at the
Pierce, Dora Lane Strick-|pia„o.
I Frances Hemby, Marilyn
iiake-upChairman—Kris- Koyette, Troy Godwin, and
iionouhs : Howard Blake acted as u.sh-
Hiliev ' Jeanne I er,, fo,. this gala occasion.
Some five hundred visitors
from Wilson and all parts of
the state were present to en
joy May Day.
The Junior Class of '12
last Wednesday purchased
two $:{7..")0 war-time Saving
Bonds with the money saved
by scrapping this year’s
Junior-Senior Banquet. The
made payable to
style show (with an apology the Senior Cla.ss of'4:i, which
to I’hi Dela (Jamma Frater- will be thi.s year's Junior^
nity). It was an interesting ( la.ss. The bonds next year
sight to -see the ladies’ cos- \»il| be u.sed to purchase the
tumes which they chose to Senior gift to the college and
Sunday, May 17
o'clock Farewell Ser
mon.
Tuetday, May 19
Moving-up Day.
Saturday, May
;i:.’{() Class Day exerci.se.
8:15 Annual Commence
ment riay.
11 :00 Baccalaureate Ser
mon.
G;0() Y.M.C.A. - Y.W.C'.A.
Vesper Services.
Monday, May 25
10;.'{() Graduation Exer
cise.
i2:.’iO Alumni Banquet and
.Meeting.
t Tuesday. .May l!l, will be
given over to the traditional
"moving up day" activities.
The usual chapel period will
be taken Up with the moving*
up ceremonies during which
the graduating cla.ss will give
up Iheir places in chapel to
Juniors; the Juniors to the
Sophomores; and the Stipho-
niores to the Freshmen. Im
mediately following the
chapel exerci.ses, fraternity
and sorority bids will be
given.
The next event of com
mencement week will take
place on Saturilay afternoon
at U ;.'iO o'clock when the Sen
iors will present their clas.1
day exercises in Howard
Chapel, .Saturday night at
8:00, the Dramatic Club, un
der the direction c»f I'rofes-
sor Grove, will present its
,, commencement play, "Tha
Neighbors," in Howard
, Chapel,
On Sunday morning at
n ;l)t» o’clock Dr HiMey will
preach the baccalaureate
sermon. This service will
be held at the Chri.stian
Church.
On Monday morning im
mediately following the c<»m-
mencement address, diplo-
(Continued on page two)
HONOR SOCIETY
TAPS MEMBERS
Dr. Henningbuig
Speaks To YM-YW
One of the most interest
ing of Y. .M, and Y, W, .ser
vices was held in the How
ard .Memorial Chapel on
.Monday evening, April 27,
model. Tho.se taking part |,i the meantime the govern-1 1,^. a, Heiiningburg,
were Bill Osborne, .N'arrator; ment will have use of the of the Department of
Models, Woodie Thomas, money to further the nation- Kjueation, North Carolina
^rin^ Ensemble
(lives Recital
The College String En.sem-
with the assistance of
' e Girls’ Chorus, presented
IB last recital of the
■'‘ay 7, 1942
This
year,
recital
Seniors Leave
Gift To School everyone enjoyed refresh
; ments of ice cream.
The Senior Cla.ss of 1942 '
ALUMNI WILL BE
.Nimrod Carrol, Haxall Clark, al war effort.
Ambro.se Manning, Arnold In the place of a Jr.-Sr,
' Tvndall, and .Milton I^wis. Banquet, the Junior (.'lass,
Following the program on April 24, entertained the
Wilma W'illiams and Troy Senoirs with
Godwin led the group in and
and folk
a wiener roast
a Theatre I’arty. The
two cla,s.ses enjoyed an in
formal entertainment after
the wiener roast. The group
was led in songs by Eliza
beth Stoney and .Margaret
Fai-mer. .Mr. (iordon Al-
State College for Negroes in
Durham, as speaker.
Dr. Henningburg came to
North Carolina after many
years of work and study in
other states.
A group discussion fol-
loweil Dr. Henningburg's
speech. This discussion cen
tered around three problems
which he said his students
are facing. These problems
hosts to seniors
, I \ftif.iyur#*t Far- Uncertainty*
The highlight of the com- ^y a ^ ^ Kesolved, A striking thing Dr. Hen- a^Hhiprc'forcharaJter,'s'for
The (loldeii Knot Honor
Society held its annual tap
ping service in the Howard
Memorial Chapel on Tues
day morning, .May 5, Those
outstanding students tapped
into the organization were:
.Mary Louise Rose, Joe Holli
day, Betty .Miller, Katherine
I^'wis, and Earle Williams.
The sen'ice was prexided
over by .Miss Wilma Wil
liams, president of the So
ciety, who gave a short in-
tro<tuction on the meaning
i of the Society and the basis
for the choice of the new
members.
Invitations are issued up
on the fulfillment of four
requisites: an outstanding
scholastic average, a willing
ness to serve both the school
and the organization, out
standing moral character,
and constructive leadership
ability. The Golden Knot
pin afTirms the.se qualities by
the four letters; S for schol-
given in the Howard has bought and given to the
.Memorial Chapel on Thurs-I college an amplifier which
*^y evening at 8:15 o’clock, ^ record player.
The En.semble is directed ' Joe Frank Draper and Joe ' '7 'TriTroi^ram for the mer on the Query . , . , , ...
-Ml-. Edward Stallings. ! Holliday served as a commit-, mentemtnpg^^^^ ^ ^hat-il is more im- nmgburg told the service, and L for leadership
Jhe members of the Ensem-itee to arrange for the pur- former ^ r* The new members were
aie .Mi.ss Mary Herring, ichase of the amplifying out- of AtUnt yet—will Miss Frances Hemby read a mut-h to fight for in this war. |,y following old
^ Madeline Smallev, Mrs! fit. ?the cEv Hotel .selected poem that fitted the He has a sincere members: James Webster,
[flward Stalling.s, Professor m the spring of ’39 work be held f The occa.sion. Mis,s Elizabeth saying that he feels all he has Klizabeth
J‘-*nE,Smitht Mr. William wi being done on the How- the^n'or T wT' " " "
and Mr. Edward Stal- ard Chapel, and the choice of be the Fre.shman Cla.ss and an in- stake, and F ranees Hemby.
l«igs. . . to help fur- have heen in\ited Henningburg m one of Miss Naomi Morris of Wil-
The Girls'Chorus is direct- ther this work. The Seniors quests of the Aiuni ^^therine Lewis, presi- the outstandmg workers in son, a former graduate of
[<i,byl>rofe.s.sorJohnW.Fon- of’40 left with the school a 7"f^"^;„eiItion M dent of the Sophomore Class the field of Education and Cha.les I., Coon High Sc hool
The members of the recording machine, which ^«"V°\v'!-„iann of "" r'" ‘ f ^
^oru, arp ,lon«rtment has K W. ular request .sang a novelty olina. He is open to many the organization for the en-
’41 will welcome the gut,st., ^ng entitled "Tree.’’ That points of view. He w vitally suing year. Dr. J, H, W'ork-
u, ihat he and his Steering Commi - Junior and Senior interested in the status of man and Dr. Mildred Hart-
of the tee have planned an enjoy- served refreshments both the white man and the sock hav» been elected «pon-
of ’40
recording
are Betsy Barnes, the speech department
'e I'leasanta, Rella Pace, found very valuable. Ii
.' *^*^tine Gardner. R u t h the Cla.ss gave the lights that e
. -- Gardner,
^wis Peele, Mary Herring, are .seen at the corner nmffram
ene Langston, and Ernes- library and on the Lee Street a
•®e Gardner. side of the campus.
at the Soda Shop.
negro.
sor*.
ion.