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NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR NEGROES, DURHAM, N. C., FEBRUARY 29, 1940
Number 5
COLLEGE GLEE CLUB TO BROADCAST
Dr. Cliidley Presents
Annual Lectures
Mrs. Chidley Accompanies
Dr. Chidley
Dr. Howard Chidley, annual lec
turer and gracious benefactor of this
institution, completed a series of lec
tures here Wednesday night, Febru
ary 7. Dr. Chidley developed a cen
tral thought through the related dis
cussion of four subjects.
Speaking on “^Minority Reports,”
Dr. Chidley said, “Ye shall possess
your possessors. You do not really
possess anything until you know the
content thereof. Majority usually'
lacks the brains; the brains and pow
er to lead are generally found in the
minority.” His lecture was based on
three main ideas: lack of faith, lack
of self respect, and inability of ex
pression.
Taken from the New Testament’s
story of Nathaniel, “Take Root in
Yourself" was developed next. “Do
not let opinions of yourself by other
people bother you. Take confidence
in yourself and overcome your back
ground if you are to succeed.
Speaking on “Stand Up on Your
Feet and Fight,” Dr. Chidley con
tinued, “You cannot expect to have
self respect, or the respect of your
fellowman if you allow yourself to
be taken advantage of.” A man who
stands up and backs his statements
is always the man who proves the
most successful and dependable. “If
you allow yourself to become tram
pled by yourself, then you cannot
expect anything else from your
neighbors.”
Dr. Chidley concluded his series
of lectures with “The Eagle’s Nest.”
We are all afraid to venture out into
the world because it is so vast. But
when we have the bottom or founda
tions of our youth shaken by death
or some similar misfortune, we have
to take our chances. As with the
eagle, when our nest no longer ex
ists we biuld our own foundation.
Thus we learn to stand on our feet.
Sometimes, we, too, need our nests
to be pushed away to give us initia
tive to gain our own ground.
By the attendance and applause,
the student body showed its appre
ciation of his lectures and of the fine
thoughts contained in them.
Dr. Chidley has come to the stu
dents of this institution annually for
more than twenty years, that is be
fore the institution had feet to stand
on. He will be remembered long for
his undying interest and sympathy
toward the, now, North Carolina
College. Mrs. Chidley, who accom
panied Dr. Chidley, was surprised
but pleased to note the physical im
provements of the campus since her
last visit.
The students eagerly await the
return of Dr. Chidley next year.
In life there is nothing more un
expected and surprising than the ar
rivals and departures of pleasure. If
we find it in one place today it is in
vain to seek it there tomorrow. You
can not lay a trap for it.
—Selected ...
DOROTHY MAYNOR
To appear in Recital Friday, March
14, 1940, B. N. Duke Auditorium.
First Appearance in State
Dorothy Maynor, well known
singer, will appear in recital on Fri
day, ^larch 14, in B. N. Duke audi
torium, under the auspices of the lo
cal Hampton Ahimni Club. This will
be Miss ]\Iaynor’s first appearance
in this state.
Born in Norfolk, \’a., Dorothy
iNIaynor received her first musical
training in the choir of her father’s
church. At fourteen, she entered
Hampton Institute, where she re
ceived her first vocal lessons, and a
few years later, toured Europe with
the iiistUutc's faiiiuud Xegro chi,rui.
After her graduation from Hampton,
Miss Maynor planned to become a
music teacher, and studied at the
Westminster Choir School in Prince
ton, N. J. However, her great talents
were apparent to several friends, who
persuaded her to pursue her career
as a singer. She has studied in New
York for three years, and in spite of
a triumphant first season, during
which she has been the acclaimed
soloist with the N. Y. Philharmonic
and Boston Symphony orchestras,
she still modestly declares “I hope
only to represent the art of song as
well as I can.”
N. C. College Presents
Gertrude Berggen
The North Carolina College pre
sented Gertrude Bergjgen, Sunday,
January 28, in the first of a series
of recitals to be held at the regular
Sunday Vespers services. Miss Berg
gen came to us from New York City
and is nationally as well as inter
nationally known for her gracious
and captivating manner. The selec
tions for the program were varied.
Her renditions were so well expressed
that the depressing tones, the happy
tones, those full of laughter and of
hope were noted by the entire audi
ence. Miss Thomasina Talley, music
instructor at this institution, and
also a well known pianist, accom
panied her.
To live and let live, without clam
or for distinction or recognition; to
wait on divine Love, to write truth
first on the tablet of one’s own
heart, this is the sanity and perfec
tion of living, and my human ideal.
—Selected
Present members of Alpha Kappa chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi,
oldest Greek letter organization on the N. C. C. campus. They
are, left to right; Thomas Wilkins, James Brown, Polemarch,
“Buddy” Stroud, Odell Daniels, Joseph Robinson, Gerald
Edwards, Bennie Moore, Clifton Ward, and Thomas Hardy.
Roland Hayes
Ends Concert Series
There is no substitute for polite
ness. Courtesy brings friends, advan
tages and opportunities.
On February 14, Roland Hayes,
noted tenor, was presented in con
cert in the B. N. Duke auditorium,
where he again sang his way into
the hearts of his audience with a
program that gave full demonstration
of his fine tonal qualities and his
superb gift of expression. A capacity
audience applauded its approval of
his music many twes.
The singer showed himself to be
a master of the classics; but in the
superb rendition of the spirituals he
revealed his real power of song in
terpretation. His program was made
up of compositions by Bonocini,
Handel, Bach, Shubert, and a num
ber of other composers of note.
Most effective of his numbers was
the spiritual, “Steal Aw'ay.” A
hushed stillness of breath was ap
parent in the audience as he poured
forth the soft, rich melody of this
spiritual. As he finished, tears could
be seen glistening in the eyes of the
audience. The concert was brought
to a close with “Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot,” one of the most beloved
of all Negro spirituals.
As a compliment to his accompan
ist, Reginald Boardman, Mr. Hayes
sang his composition, “The Stars
Looked Down.”
Age has not affected Mr. Hayes,
for the same melodious note of a
ringing bell remains in his voice as
he appears at the height of his career.
“Hot” Month in Greekdom
Y. W. C. A. Begins
Cooking School
The third annual Y. W. C. A.
cooking classes began on February
12. Because there are approximately
165 girls in the “Y,” the classes are
scheduled to close late in May.
. These classes give 10 girls each
week the opportunity to plan and
prepare a meal. The cooking classes
are under the instruction and super
vision of Mrs. Mitchell of the Home
Economics department. 'Die class has
the privilege of using the recently
completed Home Ec food laboratory.
The cooking class is one of the
features of the Hobby committee
of the Y. W. C. A. At present, this
committee is also sponsoring classes
in knitting and bridge. Classes in
photography will begin sometime in
the near future.
Since January 19, there have been
“hot” times in Greekdom at N. C.
College. The brothers and sorors
have been through another strenuous
rehearsal, for we find that many neo
phytes have crossed the “burning
sands.” The honors of having the
greatest number to reach new heights
go to the brothers and sisters of
Omega Psi Phi fraternity and Delta
Sigma Theta sorority, each adding
ten to its roster. Next in line comes
the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,
having nine, and then the Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity, having three.
The newly made Omega men are:
Edward High, Brooklyn ^IcMillan,
Clarence Lightner, Grover Nelson,
Lester Russell, Elliott Chavis, Jo
seph Palmer, Thomas Bailey, James
West, and Vincent Duckwilder.
Strictly “Q. C.’s” they are. These
“Q’s” were made January 29, a
night they’ll never forget.
The sorors added to Delta Sigma
Theta’s kingdom on February 10
are: Reba Cooper, Evelyn Jones,
Hortense Person, Ida Smith, Edna
Mason, Larry James, Martha Lewis,
Miriam Bland, Wyonella Hicks, and
Floretta Hunter.
The “worms” now metamorphosed
into A. K. A. butterflies are: Mary
R. Miller, Doris Freeman, Myrtle
Teague, Marie Brown, Rosalind
W'hitehead, Maggie Ruth Anderson,
Amey Mills, Florice Holmes, and
Joyce Hicks. The metamorphosis
took place February 10, also.
The new “Kats” of Kappa Alpha
Psi made on February 23 are T.
David “Rug Cut” Parham, Henry
Burnett, and Royal Spaulding.
To Sing Over Nation-wide
Mutual System Hook-up
The North Carolina College male
Glee Club recently made a contract
with the Mutual Broadcasting Sys
tem, through Mr. Frazier of WRAL,
enabling them to broadcast to music
lovers all over the country on Sat
urday, March 9. This hook-up will
be nation-wide, originating at the
University of North Carolina, Chap
el Hill, and broadcast by Station
\\’RAL and 122 affiliated Mutual
stations.
Organized by Professor I. B.
Oglesby, the glee club made its debut
in October, 1939. Since that, its fame
has grown with such amazing ra
pidity that now' it is acclaimed as
North Carolina’s finest male chorus.
First appearance away from home
w'as at the North Carolina Mutual
Forum on Saturday, January 27,
1940. On the following night, over
station WDNC, the Glee Club made
its initial broadcast, and sang its way
into the hearts of its listeners and
gave full demonstration of its powers
of rendition.
Since the night of the broadcast,
January 28, compliments from num
erous places have come in. The news
of the success of the organization has
spread like wildfire, for since that
time me Olee n'uo nas oeen asKeu
to appear in various sections of the
state and nation. On Wednesday
night, February 14, the glee club was
invited to sing at the annual public
affairs banquet program of the Busi
ness and Professional Women’s club
held at the W’ashington Duke hotel
in Durham.
With its increasing repertoire of
classics, semi-classics, and spirituals,
the glee club faces an active spring
season.
Miss Betty McGee
Speaks to Y. W. C. A.
]\Iiss Betty McCree, one of the
Negro students to India, spoke to
the members of the Y. W. C. A. at
their general meeting in the lobby
of the Annie Day Shepard dormitory
on February 6.
Miss McCree related her ex[ieri-
ences following her departure on the
Normandie. During the lecture she
said, “I pay tribute to the Y. W. C.
A. centers all over the world because
they are as rocks in a weary land.”
A. K. A.’s Initiate
Thrift is a virtue, ladies, but you
never see a man proudly showing off
his wife because she saves money.
For everything there is a begin
ning and an end. The beginning and
end of one stage, but the beginning
of a new and different stage, still, the
best is yet to come. We feel reason
ably sure that the “nine worms” who
just came through an “A” rating
initiation are proud of the new and
honorable mantle that has fallen
about their shoulders. Despite the
time, energy and sleepless nights
spent in blue-penciling a trail from
Annie Day Shepard dormitory to the
Senior “Dorm,” composing and
looking up lost answers, any one of
the “nine worms” would happily go
over it again. Or would she?
The Alpha Chi chapter of the Al
pha Kappa Alpha sorority is plan
ning to celebrate the official opening
of its new sorority room, a room
which has been beautifully and ar
tistically furnished in the sorority
colors.
I.ast, but most certainly not least,
congratulations, Sister Greeks! To
you, new Delas, Greetings! And to
our own new sorors: Joyce Louise
Hicks, Rosylind Whitehead, Amy
Mills, Myrtle Teague, Florice
Holmes, Mary Ruth Miller, Marie
Brown, Mary Ruth Anderson, Doris
Freeman—Greetings!
—M. Laws.