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ST. AUGUSTINE’S RECORD
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Published bi-monthly during the College year at Raleigh, N. C.,
in the interest of
St. Augustine’s College, Rev. E. H. Goold, President
Subscription, 25 Cents
Entered at the postoffice in Raleigh as second-class matter, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
Acceptance for mailing at a special rate of postage provided for in
section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized April 11, 1921.
BISHOP TUTTLE SCHOOL
Tlie Tuttle School students as far as possible con
tinue their training during the summer months by
some kind of activity intended to increase their knowl
edge and strengthen their techniques for dealing with
people. This summer two of the students worked on a
sugar plantation in Florida. There they had a chance
to work with individuals and groups under conditions
vastly different from those met in ordinary communi
ties. Their experience proved their ability to handle
novel situations and showed what intelligent direction
could accomplish in this particular situation. Their
success paved the way for the permanent employment
of another Tuttle School graduate. Another of the
students worked in the Tuttle Commtiuity Center which
has a well organized program of summer activities. One
worked in the office of the Urban League in St. Louis
interviewing unemployed persons and assigning them to
positions relative to their abilities and training. Still
another spent a probationary i)eriod at St. Agnes Hos
pital where the benefits were mutual. This same student
attendc'd the Wellesley Conference of Church Workers;
the classes and various activities will increase her use
fulness as a well-trained church worker.
In accordance with a plan instituted last year for
providing varied and well supervised field work two of
the senior students have gone to Winston-Salem for
training in family case work and recreation and one
has gone to Philadelphia to study the Church’ organi
zation for Religious Education and Social Work. These
two cities offer well organized agencies both secular
and religious where the students will have opj)ortunity
to tost, through i)ractical experience, the theory learned
in the class room. The supervised field work will be
graded so as to increase in intensity and difficulty ac
cording to the personal development of the students.
The field work placements of the juniors are all
local. Two are working under the supervision of the
Raleigh Recreation Commission. Two are working at
the Bishop 'I’uttle Center and one is organizing and
directing j)lay activities for the children at St. Agnes
]ros))ital. All will help with the Well Baby Clinic
which is conducted jointly by the Hospital and the
Tuttle School. V. M. (J.
ALUMNI NEWS
William Augustine Perry, ’02
William Augustine Perry, educator and religious
leader, passed away in Columbia, S. C., September 26.
Best known to many as composer of the words and
music of St. Augustine’s alma mater song, The Blue
and White, and the College Hymn, Mr. Perry had a
distinguished career both as a student and as an educa
tor. While an undergraduate at Yale University, from
which he was graduated after completing the collegiate
course at St. Augustine’s, he was awarded the Courant
prize in English composition. For several years he
served as principal of St. Athanasius’ School, in Bruns
wick, Ga., and later assumed the principalship of the
Waverly School in Columbia. At the time of his death
he Avas lay reader in charge of St. Luke’s Church of
that city, president of the Palmetto State Parent-
Teacher Association, and instructor at Allen University.
Interment was at Tarboro, X. C., the birthplace of
Mr. Perry, where his father, the Rev. John W. Perry,
’84, labored for many years of his life. The institution
was represented at the service by Dean-emeritxis Charles
H. Boyer and Suijerintendent J. W. Holmes.
Samuel H. Vass
The Rev. Samuel H. Vass, D.D., ’83, died in Ra
leigh, September 29. He returned to this city a few
years ago after retirement from an active life in the
service of the American Baptist Publication Society
and the National Baptist Convention, Inc. For many
years he was secretary of religious education for the
latter body, also serving it as vice-president. He was
a member of the International Council of Religious
Education, and the author of several books on reli
gious education. It was mentioned at the funeral
services that Dr. Vass had risen to eminence in the
Baptist Church, while two other members of his class
at St. Augustine’s became prominent as workers in
the Methodist Church (Dr. Simon G. Atkins) and
the Episcopal Church (Rev. Henry S. McDuffey), re
spectively. Mrs. Xannie J. Delany is the only sur
viving member of the class.
Marriages
The Recokh notes the following marriages among
alumni since the last issue:
AVilma C. Levister, ’36, to James Lassiter, in Rocky
Mount, N". C., July 16. Mrs. Lassiter continues her
work as teacher of English in the John Chavis High
School in Cherryville, X. C.
Adele J. Dent, ’35, to Karl C. Johnson, a former
student, in Denver, Colo., August 23. The Johnsons
are residing in Denver.
James AY. Mask, Jr., ’35, to Frances Louise Samp
son, in La Porte, Indiana, August 25. The Masks arc
at the IMorrison Training School, Iloflnmn, X. C.,
where Mr. J\Iask is a member of tlie faculty.
Eldora A. Stevens, ’34, is to be married on Xoveni-
her 23 to ifr. Joseph Mack Greene in Savannah, Ga-
(Contiiuiod on I’af?e Four)