ST. AUGUSTINE’S RECORD
ALUMNI NEWS
Annual Alumni Meeting
The Alumni Association of St. Augustine’s Col
lege held its annual meeting Tuesday, May 2Gth,
in the Cheshire Building. The yearly banquet in
the dining room was featured by addresses made
by alumni, represented by classes as far back as
18S2. The chief address was delivered by the Hon.
Hubert Delany, ’19, Commissioner of Taxes and
Assessments, J!^ew York City.
The business session of the Association was pro
ductive of interest leading to much good for the
College in the future. The Student Loan Fund
was “boosted.” ^
The officers for the ensuing year are: Dr. E._E.
Blackman, president; Rev. H. J. C. Bowden, vice-
president; Rov. Jas. R-. Satterwhite, secietaiy,
and Cecil ii. Coble, treasurer.
•TAS. K. SATTERWHITE, Secretary.
At a mass meeting of the citizens of High Point,
N. C., Mr. and Mrs. A. J. GrifRn were honored
for their long service in education to the com
munity. Mr. Griffin was graduated from St.
Augustine’s in the class of ’92, and Mrs. Gnmn
(Ophelia Thompson) in the class of ’91.
The President of the College has received fiom
the Secretary-Registrar of the Lniversity of
Rochester’s Eastman School of Music a program
of the 25th recital on which all the vocal numbers
were rendered by Charles Elax, ’27. Mr. Flax was
an important figure in the musical organization
at Hampton Institute following his graduation
from the academic department of St. Augustine s,
and toured Europe with the Hampton singers He
is now making a fine record at the Eastman Schoo
in Rochester, JST. Y.
The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Rev.
Everard W. Daniel, ’99, rector of St. Matthew’s
Church, Detroit, Mich. Speaking of the attitude
of discouragement and despair rife in the world
today he called on the graduates to face their work
with faith in human nature, courage, and confi
dence in the future. Loss of faith in human na
ture and lack of conviction as to the nature of God
have been largely responsible for the discourage
ment and helplessness which have permitted a
large i>art of the world to drift into the domina
tion of dictatorships and the perversion of relig
ion, Rev. Mr. Daniel declared. Not a blind opti
mism, but an intelligent faith in the destiny of
mankind, is the need of every generation, he con
cluded.
It was a thoughtful, eloquent message.
John C. Davis, ’32, and Lloyd M. Alexander,
’33, were in this year’s graduation class at Bishop
Payne Divinity School.
The Class of 1934 held a well-attended reunion
during the commencement season. George II.
Williams, ’82, known as the oldest living graduate,
was present at commencement.
The College was represented at the funeral of
Dr. John Hope, late ])resident of Atlanta Univer
sity, by Dr. Edward C. Bowden, ’02, of Atlanta,
Ga. At the inauguration of Dr. Walter L. Wright
as president of Lincoln University, June 2nd, we
were represented by Rev. George il. Plaskett,
D.D., ’05, a member of the Board of Trustees of
St. Augustine’s. Dr. Plaskett received the honor
ary degree of doctor of divinity from Lincoln
in 1935.