ST. AUGUSTINE’S RECORD
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PRESIDENT EDGAR H. GOOLD
AN APPRECIATION
OF DEAN BOYER
(By one of the Staff)
Jfo one at present con
nected witli St. Augustine’s
is more identified with the
history of her progress than
the Dean of the College,
Charles Henry Boyer. Com
ing to St. Augustine’s from
Yale College where he re
ceived the bachelor of arts
degree in 1896, he has been
an integral part of the in
stitution for 35 years.
Dean Boyer was born in
Elkton, Md., in 1869. In
preparation for college he
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DEAN CHARLES HENRY BOYER
CONGIIATULATORY LETTERS
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I am sure that all the sons and daughters of
dear old St. Augustine’s are very grateful to you,
Dr. and Mrs. Hunter, and the Christian pioneers
who helped to make this dream a realization.
Again let me congratulate you and bid you God
speed in your program for a Bigger and Better
Saint Augustine’s. Sincerely yours,
Annie B. Black.
Dean E. George Payne, of the School of Educa
tion, Now York University, recently -vdsited St.
Augustine’s in connection with a survey that he is
making of the institutions affiliated 'with the
American Church Institute for liegroes. Dean
Payne asked Mr. li. C. Newbold, State Director
of l^^cgro Education, his opinion of the value of
the work done at St. Augustine’s. We quote from
Mr. N'ewbold’s reply:
“I am glad to be able to tell you that the grad
uates from this institution, even as far back when
it was a higli school, have proven to be splendid
workers in our schools in liorth Carolina. T^o
tilings they seem to be able to do at St. Augustine s
College: (1) to prepare their students who teach
to understand pretty thoroughly what they do so
that they can go out and do good work in actual
teaching; (2) they also train their students to
know how to get along with both races of people
which, as you know, is a very valuable accomplish
ment. It seems to me these two statements are
(luite sulficient to prove to you that St. Augus
tine’s College is rendering good scrvice not only to
the Negro race, but to the State of North Caro
lina.”
attended the Institute for Colored Youth in Phil
adelphia, and later the Hopkins Grammar School
in New Haven, where he was active in athletics
and public speaking, taking a prize in the latter.
While a student at Yale Mr. Boyer was confirmed
and became lay reader and superintendent of the
Sunday School in St. Luke’s Church, New Haven.
During his years of service here Mr. Boyer has
been identified with practically every department
of the school life. Coming to St. Augustine’s on
the invitation of Dr. A. B. Hunter, he taught
mathematics and Greek in what was then known
as the Collegiate Department, but besides his class
room work, he trained and coached the early ath
letic teams. He was also warden of the Chapel
and superintendent of the Sunday School for
many years. His influence has extended beyond
the bounds of the campus, for he has been a mov
ing spirit in the civic life of Raleigh. For years
he conducted summer schools for teachers and has
been Secretary and Vice-President of the North
Carolina Negro Teachers’ Association.
In 1911 as a mark of appreciation for his de
voted work, a group of associates and friends
made possible for Dean Boyer an extended tour
of Europe. In 1915 he received the master of
arts degree from Yale University.
From the beginning of his career at St. Augus
tine’s it has been the ambition of Dean Boyer to
see St. Augustine’s a full-fledged College and he
has toiled unceasingly to that end. A long step
forward was made when the Junior College de
partment with Mr. Boyer as head, was organized
in 1925. When in December, 1930, St. Augus
tine’s College in its fourth year was rated “A” by
the Department of Public Instruction of North
Carolina, those who knew the history of the insti-
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