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Durham, N. C., November, 1936
EAGLES BEAT
SHAW FOR
SIXTH YEAR
Home-Coming Game Won by
Score of 7 to 6 Team in
Tip-Top Shape.
N. C. College Stadium, Durham,
N. C. October 31, 1936. An inspired
N. C. College team, clicking to the
highest perfection, gained a well
earned 7 to 6 decision over the high
ly rated Shaw Bears. A Home Coming
day crowd of approximately 3,000
saw one of the best football games
ever played in Durham.
A scnsiitional run of 92 yards by
Captain Ellerbe from the kick off
started the Homecomers. Before the
fans could get seated N. C. College
had made a touchdown. To start the
game Shaw kicked to State. Ellerbe
received the ball on his 8 yard lino
and turned on the steam for 92 yards
following fine interference men down
the field and across the goal lino
with the touchdown that will live
forever in the memories of North
Carolina College followers. The play
ers who figured prominently in open
ing the way for Ellerbe were Edmund
Johnson, Joe Slade and Coleman. Al
ston converted from placement send-
ind North Carolina ahead 7-0 after
three minutes of play.
Creecy and Cromwell of Shaw ran
nicely in mid-field in the first half,
V»nf wpvn imnblp spore.
Before tho ending of the first half,
Big Holden one of the power houses
of N. C. College broke loose on a spin
ner and ran for 35 yards to Shaw,s
12 yard line before he was stoppped
by one of the Shaw Bears. Shaw held
State for downs aa the half ended.
In the second half Shaw opened
up with all the power she possessed.
Time and again, Shaw approached
our goal line, only to be repulsed
by the fighting Eagles. But finally
the Bears went over for a touchdown.
The try for the exta point was wide.
In the last quarter. State played
mostly on the defense and in their
own territory. The game ended with
Shaw on our 30 yard line. Edmund
Johnson, Charles Belle and Joe Slade
were out-standing on the line for
State, while Holden, Ellerbe, Hutchins
and Alston were the best in the back-
field.
Senator La Follette
To Speak At N. C. C.
Wisconsin Senator to Speak
Nov. 29th at Chapel
Services
The speaker at the Nov. 29th chapel
escercises will be United States Sen
ator Robert M. La Follette, Jr. whose
unique position in the political life
of our country makes his appearance
here one of interest.
For six years the present Senator
served as secretary to his illustrious
father; and as a result of his position
was elected, in September 1925, to
fill the unexpired term of his late
father. In 1929 he was reelected and
since that time has been constantly
sent b;ick to the iSeilate to represent
the people of Wisconsin.
The LaFollette family, like a few
such American families, represents a
characteristic political philosophy.
This philosophy in the case of Sen
ator La Follette is one of liberalism
and is peculiar to the state of Wiseon-
Enrollment At N.C.C.
Largest In History
More Than One Hundred Seven
ty New Students for This
Session
Pricc 5e per Copy
With the upturn of economic re
covery and social optimism, the en
rollment in the colleges all over the
nation shows marked increase. Our
own college, witli an enrollment' of
over 350, of which 171 are new stu
dents, reports the largest student
body in its collegiate history. This
hea\’y registration came at a time
when the school had not solicited one
student. Although this is a testimony
of deserved confidence in the educa
tional program of our institution, it
placed a heavy drain on the physical
capacities of the school. Dormatories
are exceedingly overtaxed and a num
ber of classes seem to be numerically
unbalanced with instructional facili
ties.
As old students return this year
and new stndents joined their ranks,
so returned old members of tlic facul
ty. Chief among these are Professor
Alfonso Elder, Dean of the College,
who was away last year pursuing
work oa tho Doctorate at Columbia
University; and Professor James Tay
lor, Dean of men, wlio returns from
a governmental commission.
Current leaves of absence liave been
granted Professors Knox, Holmes,
and Mundon. These vacancies have
been filled respectively by Professor
Payton, of Howard University, Miss',
Smith of Columbia University andv
Mrs. Irving of Ohio State Commerir-
JJepar.,ment. Utlier adfliUons inc.'*.i
Miss Kelly of Talladega University
in Dramatics, and Physical Education,
and Professor Holland of New York
University in Business Mathematics.
While there have been additions
to the faculty and student body there
has also been a decided improvement
in a few physical features of the
college. New paved walks have been
laid from the adminstration building,
womens and teachers dormatories to
the dining hall. The dining room has
itself been rearranged in a most un
ique manner pleasing alike to students
and visitors.
President Shepard
Greets Freshmen
The Members cf the 1940 Class
to Face Many Grave
Problems
I’KKSIDE.VT JA-MKS K. SiIEP.\RD
N. C. COLLEGE FIGHTS
J. C. SMITH TO DRAW
Coach Adams’ ehisive Eagles eked
out a 13-13 tie with J. C. Smith ’.s
Bulls. In the first quarter neither
team scored. Smith scored first in
the second quarter, on a pass that
was battered around by two State
backs before it was received by Hardy
of Smith over the goal line for .a
touchdown. The try for the extra point
by Greenlee was good. Later in the
same quarter the Eagles marched down
tJie field for a touchdown with Hutch
ins doing most of the gaining. Tlie
try for extra point by Alston was
mde. The first half ended with tBe
Eagles driving toward the Bulls goal
and the score 7-6 in favor of Smith.
The second half started with tho
Eagles still driving down the field.
Ellerbee received a short pass from
Harris and traveled about 20 yards
before he was stopped. Hutchins then
hit through the right side of the line
for 12 yards placing the ball on the
6 yard line. The ball was carried over
by Hutchins for the touchdown. Hut
chins also smashed the line for the
extra point making tho score 13-7 in
facor of State. The Bulls failed to
give up and in the fourth quarter
made another touchdown, v^nth Pogue
carrying tho ball to tie the score
13-13. The try for extra point was
wide.
Tho game ended with State in pos
session of the ball. Hutchins, Ellerbe
and Holden were best in the back-
field, while Slade, Willie, Bell and
Johnson were outstanding in the line.
November 9, IMO
/I’O THE FKKHMEX STUDENTS:
As prc^ulcSi of tfi« CoHegei 1 ox-
tend iimst trt-xrtV grteiiSlfH you,
miiki- liii.s ytn:r home 'par'
fonr yoars of oIh'ge life.'We Iwlconw
.you. ^ (4u aiw jiPe( W o pump n?w lifte
into tin- vi'iiis of this institution. You
bring that frosliness and daring which
tho Institutioii must have if jfc is to
continue to grow. We ncpd your hope
and strength.
You enter also a new world. You
cannot have everything the way you
might wish, liiit with patience day
by day, you wll walk into now paths
of truth. The world needs your ser
vices,your quei for truth. Never be
afraid to be cjilled a truthseeker, even
if the search lor it leads over roads
of thorns and the summit a mount
of crucifixion.
The class o! 1940 will face grave
problems, but 1 believe they will have
the vision and strength to meet them,
and with the icquired vision and ex
perience endeivor to help in their
solution. 3(ay (you continue to grow
and develop into men and women
you desire to be. In this endeavor
the college will do all in its power to
aid you. May you never fail the Insti
tution, and we pledge you that the
Institution will never fail you.
Sincerely yours,
James E Shepard, Vresident
Campus Sunday School
Begins 25th Year
One of the most active and promi
sing organizations of the N. C. Col
lege campus is the Sunday School of
which all students are members.
Through this medium tho furtherance
of Bible studj' is being acconi])lished,
and through active participation the
students of the institution are be
coming familiar with the functioning
of religious organizations.
The Sunday Scholl is held each Sun
day morning at 9,30 and a varied pro
gram is furni.sliod throughout the
year. At tho beginning of tho term, a
committee, composed of representa
tives from each class, formulated a
program for tho year. Their plans
(Continiied on page 4)
Dr. Thurman Gives FORME FRENCH
AnnuaUectare Senes
AT N.C.C.
Travel Experience Form
Theme of Interesting
Lecture
In a series of five lectures Dr. How
ard Thurman, recently returned from
a sojourn in India, brought to the
student body a composite picture of
life in the far east. While the gene
ral theme of the talk was religious,
the economic and social fabric of tho
peojile was shown to be so closely wov
en witli religion, that the lectures were
in a marked degree, a verbal picture
of eastern sociology.
After describing the three most
outstanding figures in Indian nat
ional life today namely, Tagore,
“The Poet of India”, Naru, one
time President of the Indian Nation
al Congress, and Mahatma Gandi tho
great religious leader; Dr Thurman
then contrasted tlie Hindu religion
and the Christian religion, saying in
part-
‘ ‘ Christianity was brought to India
by St. Thomas iu the sixth century
A. D. St Francis Xavier, the great
ecclesiastic of all the time was respon
sible for the advent of Roman Cathol-
ism to India. Uoman Catholi.sm is
growing very rjijidly in India at the
present time, b;it the jirincii)le faitli
of the Triiidii jiboj)Ie i.s Iliniiiiis//..
Hinduism is morv tUau ;> religion.
It is a culture,ill civilization which
determines what the feast duy« of
BhulUbr. whal p4viiia>«hall
vvne, wfcnt tl>«;«' *h*ll ^t^«iiAmany
oUu'r UaTiita iii the dailT Hies of the
Has Enviable Record at Col
umbia University and
Wellesley College
When a Hindu beermea a Ohriallan
it 'meaiii tfi»t die Quts himself off
from his Indiau name and must ac
cept the Cliristian name. He nrust act
as a machine, wear the dress of the
Christian, and many of his habits
must be changed to conform with liis
new faith. Ik'ligion cannot grow when
things are too fixed. Christianity in
India rises and falls in the degree to
which it is able to give a clear cut
Christian testimony in the VTesteru
World. And this now leads to the
question of race.
India is made up of social castes
or classes. In the upper portion may
be found the highest caste, known as
the European, who is constantly striv
ing to get away from the caste just
below him, the Anglo Indian and
reaching up for a place like that of
his fellow European in other parts of
Europe. The Anglo Indian is con
stantly striving to get away from the
cast below him, the ordinary Indian.
Thus we see there has grown up
classes or castes that have' a cetain
economic basis for perpetuation. As
a culture matures it has a tendancy
to define itself more clearly, thus the
constant struggle between the ord
inary Indian, the Anglo Indian and
the European. Mahatma Gandhi has
done much to help the people of In
dia sec that they are all Indians and
the fate of one is the fate of all.
The problem of India is a problem
of rehabilitation and many aspects
of their problems are similar to our
own. Unless some thing tremendous
takes place in American culture there
will be, as our place is more clearly
defined; an economic basis given to
certain intra classes so that those
more like those in control will be giv
en preference.
CHAPEL CALANDER
November 22 Eev. 51. Fisher
November 29 Sen. R. La Follette, Jr.
Miss Ruth Gwendolyn Smith, form
erly Instructor of French at North
Carolina College for Negroes, Dur
ham, N. C . 1926-1929, Southern Uni
versity, Baton Ronge, La., 193U-34,
and Florida Normal, St. Augustine,
Fla., 1934-35, returns to head the
Department of French at North Caro
lina College during the absence of
Prof. Holmes now on leave of absence
in pursuit of his doctorate at tlie
University of Jlichigau.
In 1920 Miss Smith graduated with
the degree A. B. cum laude from S\-
racuso University where she majored
in I rench and Spanish and minored
in Greek and Education. In her jun
ior year she was elected to l.auibda
Tan Jflio Honorary iiomance Lang
uage .Society of Syrai-use University.
In her senior ye;ir she successfully
passed the Frencli oral e.^amination
given by the University if the State
of New York, and graduation
lyas elif'ibhy for (lie New York State
Teaehevs l.’i:o«i;ssional-J rovision»l
liiicale. In 1928 .Smilh was elec
ted the A’ice-l’resident of the Foreign
Language* DeiwrtiUQji,' of du' Noriu
r'arolina Tencken
•1029 one of th«
to approval canrtidaC
has tpfi ditinctimi
Negjp womin in .Vineric.a
uati#work in French aa vi scUolaryhip
awardee at this exclusive and avisto-
cratic Ne^v England Institution of
Higher Learning for Women-Welles-
ley College, Wellesley, Miussacliusetts.
In 1935-.S(3 as a member of the Col
umbia University-ParVs group which
studied abroad-12Americans in all-
!Miss Smith attended the world fame
Sarbonne, University of Paris, Fraice
and along with j:i5 students (said
students re]>resenting every nation
ality were for most part government
scholarship awardees) jmrsued an in
tensive program of study under many
of the most eminent specialists of
France and Professors of the Uni
versity of Paris. Out of this Colum-
bia-Paris group Miss Smith was tho
only one to be awarded the Master
of Arts degree in French from Colum
bia University at the end of the
spring quarter, June 2, 1936.
Miss Smith holds memberships in
the following organizations:
Member Scholarship Committee-
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Lambda
Tan Rho, Honorary Romance Langu-
tige Society-Syracuse University,
Graduate Club and Alliance Francaiso
Wellesley College. National Associa
tion and International Federation of
University Women, National Associa
tion of College Women, and National
Association of Teachers of Colored
Schools.
Out of the storm of recent politi
cal oratory comes a few concrete facts
relative to the fate of the Afro-Amer
ican under the New Deal.. Democrat
ic advocates who greatly desired the
Negro vote pointed proudly to sta
tistics which showed the generosity
of the present adminstration. These
figures showed that colored CCC boys
December 6 — Pres. Sylvester Green send a million dollars home to their
December 13 families each month. Many boys re-
December 20 ...
December 27 ...
■Tnnnary 17-18
College Choir
_ Holiday Season
. .. Dr. Mordocai
W. Johnson
turn to their homes when their period
of enlistment ends and with the
money that has been saved for them
enroll in institutions of higher learn
ing.