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THE S. N. S. MONTHLY
THE S. N. S. MONTHLY
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
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STAFF
Medls M. Gholson Editor-in-Chief
Roscoe Whitfield — - Associate Editor
Edith L. Morris Business Manager
Lulu Garrett Assistant Business Manager
Celestine Spellman Features
Alfred Spellman Sports
Norma Thomas Sports
BEPOBTOKIAL STAFF
Annie Boston Cora McKoy
Dorcas Carter Martha Mitchell
Ruth Everette David Belle
Elizabeth Bias Alexander Moseley
The staff welcomes contribu
tions from students and faculty.
Have An Aim
“Hitch your wag-on to a star.”
Set your alms and then work to
nobler heights.
Goals should be set by all stu
dents because they give them
something to work towards. A
person who makes no aims or res
olutions or sets no goals is just
like a person in a row boat, drift
ing out on the boundless deep,
without any oars. A huge wave
is apt to rush angrily at the boat
or the raging winds tamper with
it and drift it any place. But if
the individual has two strong oars
and a resolved destination to row
his boat to, he is more than like
ly to reach his goal.
When a person sets goals, he
does more than make mere state
ments. He has his whole heart
and mind set on the aims and he
resolves that he is going to ac
complish his aims.
It would be a good idea if stu
dents would set aims, not only on
special occasions but they should
in some manner, renew their aims
as the good Christian sometimes
renews his covenaint with God.
Some of the aims that should be
set by students are:
To do their best each day.
To do justice to everyone.
To buckle down to hard work.
To attend all services, programs
and meetings that are for his wel
fare.
“To cut no classes.”
If students would set the aims
or goals that have been mention
ed there would be much better
students in the Normal School.
Have always definite aims, stu
dents and bring yourselves up to
the standards which our leader.
President Bias expects us to come
up to.
M. GHOLSON
EDUCATION vs CRIME
Hardly a day passes without giv
ing entrance to some significant
crime, and the realization that
some of the most horrible crimes
are committed by people who have
been highly educated has become
a fact rather than a theory.
Our attention is called to the
murder in last October of a young
co-ed, then attending the Univer
sity of Chicago, by an interne who
was connected with a hospital in
the same city. Through some mys
tifying method, which may be
known only to those practicing in
that field, he succeeded in pain
lessly killing the girl gradually. In
answer to the authorities as to how
he managed to commit an almost
perfect crime, he said “Only an
educated person could have done
it.” A crime so ghastly, so unpar
donable, and yet that serves as
only one example. Dozens of
others of the same type could be
mentioned.
So there you are! Frank admis
sion from one who was being in
structed day by day to avoid
things barbaric and lend assis
tance to a climbing generation.
What can we do ? Are we to spend
millions of dolars to advance civ
ilization only to reap such shock
ing statements as the one given
by the young interne mentioned in
this article? We expect no other
from illiterates, but from our edu
cated group, we have such care
fully planned crimes that they
have a tendency to over shadow
those committed by those of ignor
ance.
As long as our people continue
to take education as a means of
smiting out lives of individuals, it
is bound to suffer. We speak of
education as Life. While, on the
other hand, we use it to deliber
ately take each other’s life is quite
inconceivable. What do you think?
—Monica Spellman.
BOOK REVIEW
NOTING THE ALUMNI
One thing about our graduates is
that they will drop in occassional-
ly to see us. How much like home
it is to have them around. That
is what we like about Jasper Prid
gen, Ernest Owens, Hazel Over
ton, Carolyn Cleaves and George
Reid. They spend a lot of time
chatting with old friends. We like
to make the honored ones welcome
so that they will come more often.
The following were seen on the
campus during the Christmas hol
idays, Lillian Elliott, Tallie Welch,
Ida Simpson, George Joyner, Chas.
Bias, Gladys Franklin, Annie
Cruse, Marjorie Paige and Percy
Jenkins.
Bettie Law is teaching at her
home in Merry Hill, N. C.
Ella Sparrow is also teaching at
her home in Beaufort, Nl. C.
Ethleen Edwards is teaching
near Goldsboro, N. C.
Elizabeth Martin, Marjorie Paige
and Percy Jenkins are teaching
together in Edgecombe county.
Find out where your old class
mates are and what they are do
ing by reading the Alumni Notes.
Please inform the writer as to
where graduates may be found and
what they are doing.
FALL QUARTER HONOR ROLL
LEAD IX SCHOLARSHIP
Thirteen students are on the hon
or roll of the fall quarter released
this week from the office of Dean
Williams.
To be placed on the honor roll an
average of “B” must be earned.
The following students were suc
cessful in making the Dean’s list:
Seniors: Annie Boston, Mrs. Lu
cy Dunn, Lula Garrett, Wray
Garrett, Geneva Jones, Mildred
Martin, Martha Mitchell, Edith
Morris, Glotherine Wright, - - , ,
Juniors: Elizabeth Bias, Gladys
Burk, Mathew Hinnant, Rebecca
Perry.
THE WAYS OF WHITE FOLKS,
by Langston Hughes; Alfred A.
Knopf, New York, 1934—$2.50.
Langston Hughes is one of our
most outstanding contemporary
Negro writers. He was born in
Joplin, Mo. in 1902, and was edu
cated at Lincoln and Columbia ^
Universities. He began his work
as a teacher of English in Mexico.
This vocation he put aside early,
for his great desire for travel
would not let him be contented in
one place very long. Much of Ms
time is spent in traveling. When
he does not have money, he works
as he goes. He is always the wan
derer.
Many of Hughes’ writings have
been poetry. One of the most out
standing of which is “Weary Blues/
a collection of poems. His novel,
“Not Without Laughter,” has been
called by many literary critics as
well as many readers, the greatest
Negro novel ever written.
Now, in the fourteen short sto
ries which compose “The Ways of
White Folks,” Hughes demon-
onstrates his ability as a short
story writer. This book deals with
Negroes and their relation to
white people who are a part of
their very existence. When taken
together, the stories in this book
form or represent a tightly knit
ted pattern. When taken separate
ly, “A Good Job Gone,” “Cora Un
ashamed,” and “Father and Son"
are masterpieces within their own
right. One of the greatest effects
gained in the body is from the use
of irony and satire.
Langston Hughes realizes, that
to be successful in art, one must
portray life as he sees it. His art
has a social significance, for his
works are about things, conditions,
and people he actually knows
about. He understands the people
about whom he writes. He has
been rebuked many times for not
writing about other classes of peo
ple. In answering the criticisms,
he is reported to have said, “If
they wish to be written about, let
some of them write about them
selves. I will write about the peo
ple I am acquainted with, the peo
ple of whom I am a part.” In
“The Ways of White Folks,’
Hughes portrays his characters in
such a real manner, that they
seem to be people one actually
knows. Cora in “Cora Unasham
ed,” is so forcefully drawn that
the reader will aways remember
and admire her for her boldness.
In each of the stories the charac
ters are real people and use the
language of ordinary people.
Although these stories do not
represent the ways of all white
folks, they do represent as Beiry
says, “The ways of some white
folks.” Since each story is short
and entertaining, they may be r^Q
separately at different times. To
enjoy a few hours of pleasure
real entertainment, read "The
Ways of White Folks,” you’ll nev
er forget it.
—^Alexander Moseley.