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THE NEWS ARGUS
OCTOBER, 1969
Facts About Blacks
Dr. Murio Harmodio Arias, form
er President of the Republic of
Panama and a great literary
figure, was editor of “El Panama
America” and wrote much other
wise. Elected in 1932, he did much
to promote harmony at home and
fellowship with the other nations of
the New World. His death in De
cember, 1962, was mourned as a
national loss by press and public.
A popular belief is that when the
Ancients spoke of Lybians and
Ethiopians they did not mean what
are now called Negroes. West
Africa is called Lybia and South
Africa, Ethiopia. Until about 1750
the South Atlantic was called the
Ethiopian Ocean.
The American Black did so well
in the entertainment field that as
late as the 1910’s, bands of white
entertainers calling themselves
“Minstrels” blackened their faces,
imitated Blacks, and made a big
hit in Vaudeville. One of the most
popular were the Lew Dockstader
Minstrels.
William Wells Brown, born in
Lexington, Ky., (alledged grandson
of Daniel Boone), of slave parent
age. He was one of the first Black
Historians. He began as an agent
of the underground railroad. From
1843 to 1849, he lectured for the
American anti-Slavery Society and
toured the United States, England
and France. His first novel, pub
lished in 1853, won national ac
claim. He wrote for almost thirty
years to follow.
Richard Henry Boyd (1843) was
born of slave parents. After the
Civil War he drifted around the
United States and Mexico on odd
jobs: cowpuncher, and sawmill
hand. He was ordained a Bap
tist preacher about 1874. He
pastored the same church in Willis
Grimes County, Texas, for thirty
years. He founded the National
Baptist Publishing Board’s plant
in 1897. In 1920 this plant, located
in Nashville, Tenn., was valued at
more than $350,000.00.
DR. MURIO HARMODIO ARIAS
LOOK UP MY CHILD
Look up my child,
See how your world looks.
Not a pleasant sight to behold,
Your world; so dark, so cold.
Look up my child.
See how your world looks.
Your fathers have labored hard
and long.
It’s your world my child, but
you must be strong.
Look up my child.
See how your world looks.
It stands against you my child.
In it you shall never see a smile.
Look up my child.
See how your world looks.
It’s a cruel, vicious world,
It will swallow you in a swirl.
Yes, look up my child.
And see how your world looks.
Face your facist world, never look
ing back.
Your world hates you my child;
Your father is BLACK.
William L. Richardson
SOROS OF THE ALPHA
KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY
RETURN FROM THE
SUMMER
“It shall be a year of years”
stated the members of Alpha Kap
pa Alpha sorority as they returned
to the campus from the summer.
Just as the old Winston-Salem
State College has been transformed
into the beaming and robust Win
ston-Salem State University, so
shall Alpha Kappa Alpha shed
more illuminous light around her
twenty pearls, as it launches off
with a theme of “Rededication.
Sorors of Alpha Kappa Alpha
have always had eventful lives. Let
us see some of their experiences
that make the sorority even more
unique. Before the spring semester
ended, Bessie Dove and Francis
Riddick were inducted into the
Kappa Alpha Mu Honor Society.
We wholeheartedly congratulate
them. In May, Soror Glenda Hood
attended the Mid-Atlantic Regional
conference in the “Star City,” Roa
noke, Virginia. It was as she re
ported, “more than a rewarding
experience.” We have a new Soror
or should I say an old Soror with
a new name. We are extremely
happy for Soror Ruby Jones now
Soror Ruby Witherspoon.
Sorors Ann Avery, Dorothy Bat
tie, Francis Riddick, Sarah Ruth
erford, Faye Houpe, Yvonne Hunt
and Linda Goodson continued to
further their education during the
summer, for they were all in at
tendance at the 1969 session of
Summer School here at WSSU.
Other Sorors worked in a variety
of different and interesting fields
Soror Alice Canady, secretary at
Kinston City School; Soror Mar
garet Sweat, concession operator
at a private Charlotte Club; Soror
Fannie Davis, playground director
in Lincolnton, N. C.
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YOWZAH"
It wasn’t too very long ago.
Some folks walked with a hi-de-ho
And other folks walked around kind of low
Sayin’ “Yowzah” and “Sho nuff” and “Yassuh boss.”
It was ashes to ashes and dust to dust
And they didn’t believe in makin’ a fuss
So they quietly moved to the back of the bus
Sayin’ “Yowzah” and “Sho nuff” and “Yassuh boss.”
And when things got rough they did a little prayin’
Little arm wavin’ and a little bit of swayin’
Didn’t do no good — they kept right on sayin’
“Yowzah” and “Sho nuff” and “Yassuh boss.”
They were shinin’ shoes and frying chicken
Washin’ cars and cotton pickin’
Finally at last they got damned sick
Of sayin’ “Yowzah” and “Sho nuff” and “Yassuh boss.’
So they all went out and did a little standin’
Little less asking and a lot more demandin’
Little less liftin’, a little less totin’
A lot more thinkin’ and a lot more Votin’
A little less hopin’, and a little less waitin’
A whole lot more demonstratin’ ... a lot less pearly gaten
A lot more fightin’ and a lot more walkin’
Until finally no one at all was talkin’
Like “Yowzah” and “Sho nuff” and “Yassuh boss!”
Other Sorors worked in their
hometowns and in northern states;
Sara Horne, Salem, New Jersey;
Irma Thompson, Mt. Vernon, N.
Y.; Veronica Washington, Indian
Head, N. C.; Cassie Hilliard, En
field, N. C.; Mary Hagwood, Mar
tinsville, Va.; Carrie Alston, N. Y.;
Lillian Long, Salisbury, N. C., and
Wanda Adams, Monroe, N. C.
Soror Bessie Dove did not work
over the summer but she became
‘quite knowledgeable in the Nation
of Islam.”
Soror Glenda Hood participated
in the United States Marine Corps
Women Officer Candidate Course
in Quantico, Va. This consisted of
nine weeks of basic training and
military indoctrination. If she ac
cepts her commissioned conces
sion, she will be commissioned 2nd
Lt.
Soror Jones brought many ideas
that we will be using in compiling
our year’s program. She worked
in Psychiatric Nursing at the John
Umstead Hospital in Butner, N. C.
Yes, the Sorors of Alpha Kappa
Alpha are ready for the year. Over
the summer they worked a little
and partied a little — now they are
ready to rededicate all their extra
time and efforts to making, every
bright star in Alpha Kappa Al
pha’s sphere shine eternally bright.
Semper Fidelis. (Always Faith
ful*)
Basileus,
Glenda Hood
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
The Tough Breaks
When life gets you down, and you have to frown.
That’s a tough break!
When things go wrong and you’re without a song.
That’s a tough break!
When you think you’ve won, but the race has just begun.
That’s a tough break!
When your friends are many, but you don’t have any.
That’s a tough break!
What must I do, I’ve offered life all I had
When I wanted to cry, I was beckoned to laugh.
My life, my heart, my soul is torn in half
For death I long, for life I ache.
But then why complain, it’s just a tough break!
—Glenda Hood
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
November 1
November 8
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
1969-70 SPORTS SCHEDULE
FOOTBALL
Saint Paul’s
November 15
Cheyney State
Elizabeth City
Livingstone
North Carolina
A & T State
J. C. Smith (Homecoming) ...... Winston-Salem, N. C.
Fayetteville Fayetteville, N. C.
Shaw Raleigh, N. C.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Salisbury, N. C.
Durham, N. C.
Greensboro, N. C.
GREEKS TOGETHER
The Greeks have arrived back on
campus after a very busy and en
joyable summer ready to work.
Their sense of unity was displayed
when they made their dynarnic ap
pearance at the all Greek Sing-In,
The affair was a tremendous suc
cess. Each sorority and fraternity
was arrayed in their respective
colors. The Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, decked in “pink and
green,” began the sing-in with one
of their favorite renditions. The
bad Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity,
dressed in “crimson and cream”
were next in line. The Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority came profiling “red
and white.” “Purple and gold”
was on the scene displayed by the
mighty Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, de
termined not to be excluded, ap
peared on the scene in “blue and
gold.” Last, but not least, was
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority displaying
their “blue and white.” The Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, whose colors
are “black and gold,” and the Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity whose
colors are “blue and white,” were
not present due to circumstances
beyond their control.
History was made here at Win
ston-Salem State University when
the great amount of unity was dis
played among the Greeks. They
sang and danced together on the
Greek plots.
Be on the look out for projects
that the Greeks shall complete this
year.
Myrtle Hargrove
What Now My Love
A married couple were invited
to a real swanky Halloween party,
so the wife got the costunies for
the both of them. On the night of
the party she developed a terrible
headache and told her husband to
go without her. He protested, but
she insisted and added that all she
was going to do was take a couple
aspirins and go to bed and there
was really no need for his good
time being spoiled because of her
illness. So he got into his costume
and off he went. His wife, after
sleeping soundly for about an hour,
awoke without a sign of pain. See
ing that it was only a little after
9:00 p.m., she decided to go to the
party. Since her husband didn’t
know what kind of costume she
was wearing, she thought it would
be a good thing to slip into the
party and observe just how he
acted when she wasn’t around.
This she did — and as soon
as she joined the crowd, the
first one she spied was her hus
band cavorting around on the
dance floor, dancing first with one
chick and then another. So the
wife sided up to him and being a
rather seductive woman herself,
he soon left his partner standing
high and dry and devoted his at
tention to the new prize that had
just arrived. She let him go as far
as he wished (naturally) and final
ly he whispered a little proposition
in her ear. This she agreed to and
soon they disappeared from the
party. Just before the unmasking
at midnight, she slipped away
from him, went home and got into
bed, wondering what kind of ex
planation her husband would make
as to his behavior. He arrived
home at about 1:30 a.m. and came
straight to the bedroom to see
how she was. She was sitting up
bed reading and asked him.
Sports In A Flash
The Winston-Salem State Univer
sity Rams rolled to an exciting
14-0 victory over the Tigers of
Saint Paul’s in their season opener
on Sepember 20, at Bowman Gray
Stadium.
Splint end Allan McManus gained
the spotlight by catching three of
four passes from QB Carson Han
kins and one from Foster Epps,
and also hauled in two intercep
tions while recovering a fumble.
Other key figures standing out
were Ben Wade, Carson Hankins,
Larry Bratcher, and James Speas.
* * *
The second game of the new foot
ball season saw the WSSU Rams
rise to an easy 52-8 win over the
Wolves of Cheyney State on Sep
tember 27.
QB Carson Hankins held the hon
ors, throwing three touchdown
passes and running for another.
Hankins completed 17 passes for
116 yards while his replacement,
Foster Epps, hit four of eight and
one touchdown.
Complementing Hanks and Epps
was again Allan McManus who
caught four touchdown passes and
intercepted a pass and Ben Wade
and Ed Adams, who both rolled
up 90 yards on the ground.
Winston-Salem State University
faced host Elizabeth City State
University and fell to their first de
feat of the year by a score of 42-14.
Second stringer Lawrence Har
rell replaced starter Darnell Moore
and led the ECCU attack to four
touchdowns.
The Rams began their surge mid
way through the second quarter
when QB Carson Hankins com
pleted a five yard pass to Allan
McManus to get the Rams on the
scoreboard. The Rams scored
again in the second quarter, but
were unable to obtain a lead on
their opponents.
* * *
The Rams fell to their second
defeat in as many weeks by drop
ping a 32-12 decision to the Living
stone College Bears on Oct. 12.
The passing of QB Allen Hilton
and the running of tailback Joe
Dunlap led the Bears to victory.
Hilton completed 11 of 19 passes
for two touchdowns and scored
once himself, and Hankins com
pleted 11 of 22. passes.
The Rams held an early 6-3 lead
but were unable to move after that.
This loss brought the Rams’ record
to an even 2-2.
Ronald Jordan
in
“What kind of night did you have?”
He replied, “Oh, the same old
thing. You know I never have a
good time when you aren’t there.”
Then she asked, “Did you dance
very much?” He answered, “Well
I’ll tell you, I never had one dance.
When I got to the party, Pete
Jones, Bill Brown, and some of
the other guys were stag also. So
we went and played poker in the
den. But I will tell you one thing.
The cat I loaned my costume to
really had a helluva time.
LILLIAN LONG IS
MISS JUNIOR
Lillian Long is Miss Junior for
the 1969-70 school year. Lillian is
an active member of the junior
class, and is also a member of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and
is vice-president of Moore Hall.
Miss Long is an elementary edu
cation major and a history minor.
Her hobbies are sewing, stamp
collecting, and dancing.
Miss Long is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Long of
Salisbury, N. C.
Congratulations Lil!
—Yvonne Hunt
OMEGAS TO CELEBRATE
ACHIEVEMENT WEEK
Winston-Salem — Mu Epsilon
Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity and the local graduate
chapter will present their 44th An
nual Achievement Week Program
November 9. The program will be
held in Fries Auditorium at 4:00
p.m.
The theme for this year’s cele
bration is: “Student Protests and
Revolts: Helpful or Harmful?”
Rev. Harlee H. Little, Director of
Public Relations at Livingstone Col
lege, will speak on the theme.
Two students will react to the
speech and the theme, one posi
tively, the other negatively. The
reactions will be in poetry and
should be original. Students wish
ing to submit a poetic reaction for
consideration should do so by No
vember 1. The selections can be
submitted to Ernest Clemons or
Dr. C. B. Hauser.
Other features of the program
will be: the honoring of campus
students who have been outstand
ing in scholarship and campus ac
tivities, the naming of a “Citizen
of the Year,” and the naming of
an “Omega Man of the Year.”