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Volume XLV OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1939 Number 1
I SEVENTY-THIRD OPENING AUSPICIOUS
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The seventy-third academic year of St. Augustine’s
College was formally inaugurated with services con
ducted in the college chapel by theKev. Edgar H. Goold,
president, on the morning of September 28. Ihe Rt.
llev. Edwin A. Penick, D.D., bishop of l^orth Carolina,
and president of the college Board of Trustees, delivered
the principal address of the occasion. lieferring to the
( Old Testament character Ezra as the ideal student,
Bishop Penick showed how Ezra concerned himself first
with acquiring and assembling the knowledge of his
people, along with their best and most sacred traditions,
and then set about to insure their transmission to future
generations for their enlightenment and inspiration.
Emphasizing the search for truth as the main business
of students, he said that truth consisted in more than
simply the avoidance of technical error. “It is an in
ward and complete harmony with the Mind of Christ
and the Will of God,” he concluded.
Brief addresses of welcome and greeting were made
by the Eev. J. McDowell Dick, rector of the Church of
the Good Shepherd, Ealeigh; the Eev. James K. Sat-
terwhite, of La Grange, Ga., secretary of the general
Alumni Association; the Eev. 0. D. Stanley, 27, of
Durham, K C., and the Eev. Henry F. Kloman, chap
lain of St. Mary’s School, Ealeigh. Dr. Edson E.
Blackman, of Charlotte, president of the Alumni iisso-
ciation, who was unable to be present, sent a telegiam
expressing best wishes.
SPECIAL ENGLISH PRIZES OFFERED
With a view to stimulating proficiency^ in Enghsh
fiud encouraging creative writing, the American Chuic i
I Institute for N'egroes is offering this year to students ol
St. Augustine’s College the opportunity to compete for
l^rizes amounting to one hundred dollars. These pii^s
liave been made available through the efforts of the
Rov. Eobert W. Patton, D.D., director of the Institute,
t^ho is intensely interested in the announced objectiv
The prizes include three for creative writing, o or y,
twenty-five and fifteen dollars each, for which all stu-
, dents may enter into competition. Contestants have
1 the choice of plays, poetry, short stories or novelettes,
is find the time limit is March 31, 1940. j ^ +t,
A special prize of twenty dollars is offer ^ oi
freshman who shall make the greatest general improve-
iiient in English during the school year, as indicated y
^ comparison of the score on a test given i^ovem
'vith that of a similar test to be given in March.
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ST. AGNES GRADUATES FIND JOBS
Again this year St. Agnes School of JSTursing is
fortunate in having its graduates placed in responsible
positions. Of the graduates of 1939, Grace Brownlee is
at the Achbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Ga.;
Zelda DeBerry in Dr. Blayton’s office in Williamsburg,
Ya.; Lollie Zell Marshall at Dr. Powell’s Hospital in
Atlanta, Ga.; Anne Phillips at St. Agnes Hospital;
Jolinsie Pattersoii at the Brewer Hospital in Greenwood,
S. C., and Euth Williams at the Voorhees School in
Denmark, S. C.
We are happy to note also the following changes in
positions; Miss Edith Anderson, ’37, is now serving as
Operating Eoom Supervisor at St. Agnes; Miss Dorothy
Omohundro, ’37, is Supervisor on the Male Ward; Miss
Frances Stenson, ’32, is College ]^urse at Bennett Col
lege, Greensboro, 2^. C., and Miss Minnie Gore has been
appointed Superintendent of ^N^urses at the new Sana
torium for JSTegroes in Denmarr, W. Va.—A. B. M.
IMPRESSIONS OF BISHOP TUTTLE SCHOOL
By a New Student
The outsider casually looking at the Bishop Tuttle
School sees an attractive beautifully constructed build
ing in which, she is told, a group of young women live
and learn. Ihe new student, however, is impressed with
a great deal more than the beauty of the building which
is to be her new home. Immediately upon arrival, she
is given such a Avarm, hearty welcome by the faculty
and the students that she instantly regards herself a
member of a great family—the Tuttle family.
The friendliness of the people at the Tuttle School
is not only the impression one forms on entering. A
student comes to this school to learn something, and
she soon discovers that the entire atmosphere is con
ducive to study; consequently all apply themselves to
their work. Aside from study all students have the
opportunity to participate in other activities, educa
tional and religious. The striking thing about the at
titude of the Tuttle students is that they evidence a
definite willingness to take part in voluntary as W'ell
as required activities.
These impressions may seem few and of no con
sequence, but an individual in any new environment
knows that such an atmosphere assists one to make ad
justments easily. So, the way people are greeted here
and the manner in which students go about their various
duties, along with the opportunities offered for re
ligious, educational and cultural development, have
made a favorable impression on all the new students
entering the Bishop Tuttle School.—A. A. B.