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THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT
Febrjary, 1928.
The University Student
(Lux et Veritas.)
Published Monthly by the Students,
John.son C. Smith University. Subscription
price, $1.00 per school year.
' Editorial Staff
V. H. CHAVIS - - - - . Editor-in-Chief
B. E. LOWE, ’29, Associate Editor and Pub
lisher.
jM. .1. WHITEHEAD, ’ilO Secretary.
PROF. T. S. JACKSON, , Treasurer.
C. H. WHITE, Theology, ’29, Circulation
Manager.
E. A. McDOWELL, ’31, Business Manager.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
.U'PRECTATION.
This being the first issue of “The Stu
dent” since the election of the new editorial
staff, we wish to express our profound
thanks and sincere gratification to those
■who chose us to superintend its publication
for the ensuing year. We realize the re
sponsibility delegated to us and shall en
deavor assiduously to maintain the lofty
repute which “The Student” now enjoys. We
further wish that the students will submit
their honest to goodness, unbiased, altruis
tic and individual opinions. We anticipate
with the broadness and commiseration of
our faculty advisors, making this paper in
variably, of the student, for the student and
by the student. P’inally, we hope that in
the ultimate analysis you will in return,
appreciate our fervent efforts as we, to be
sure, appreciate appreciation.
BE YOURSELF.
From the very genesis of the human kind
there has been a tendency in man toward
hypocrisy, affectation, rationalization and
subserviency. An infinitely few have been
courageous and ingenious enough, or per
haps, energetic enough to advocate new
ideas, create new thought and dissent from
old opinions. The masses have been content
with the ancient regime of ideas. They have
been ardently satisfied with things as they
were, or the “laissez faire” attitude.
But in direct antithesis to these pedantic,
unsophisticated, pseudo-intellectuals, there
have emerged some men who differ in
»pite of biased criticism and punishment,
in some instances. Copernicus disagreed
with the old school of astronomers, and now
Americans enjoy the liberty and prosper
ity of this new world. Lindberg was not
in concord with the opinions of the Amer
ican Congress and populace as a whole,
and the Spirit of St. Louis landed safely
at Le Boui-get, thus establishing a closer
union between France and Amei'ica and at
the same time paving the way for avia
tion. And so on “ad infinitum.”
In cognizance of these facts and in an
age of specialization, creative thought and
free speech, why should students or human
beings continue to suppress their desires
and unconsciously develop an inferiority
complex or abullia. Why thwart your in
dividuality ? Why not have the courage of
your own convictions? Why accept sugges
tions from others as a baby does a piece
of red candy before you first differentiate
between the spurious and the authentic, the
superficial and the profound, the bad and
the good ?
The chemist or goldsmith when present
ed a metal, matters not how pure and
translucent it may appear—“All that glit
ters is not gold”—takes it into his labora
tory and through various processes of ex
perimentation and analysis, subjects it
to alkaline and acid tests. He then detects
and separates the iron from the pure gold,
ihe basic fi’om the noble. In the same waj^
after hearing a lecture or discourse of any
sort, or reading a book, it matters not how
suave, flowery and eloquent it may be, or
whether it comes from the pen or lips of
dved-in-the-wool Fundamentalist, or most
dynamic modernist, Christian or atheist.
disciple of Bryant or Darrow, pedagogue
or student, you should first convey it to
the laboratory of your brain and then take
it through the processes of deep cogitation
and close scrutiny and then detect and
separate the base from the noble, retain the
residue of truth and decant the false.
Methinks in order to stifle hypocrisy,
subserviency and similar traits, the first
requisite should be fairness to yourself; or
more strikingly, in the words of Polonius,
to thine ownself be true.
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
It would be well to realize that you are
the one that must face the world. You must
decide whether you will be the victor or the
victim. In view of the fact that your en
vironment may not always be propitious
for freedom of speech and expression of
opinion; in view of the fact that some will
be averse to development of SELF, do not
be a hypocrite. BE YOURSELF.
The students and faculty appreciated
the efforts and the success of Doctors
Baker and Long in bringing the
first of the series of three meetings of
the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., to the
University last week. A deep sense of re
gret could be discerned in both students and
visiting friends when it was announced
that Dr. L. S. Mudge could not be with us
on account of illness; however, the message
brought to us by Dr. Jas. H. Speer, chair
man of the General Council of the Church,
was inspiring. His remarks were directed
particularly to the students. He warned the
students against being self-centered and
said some one has observed that “the man
who is wrapped up in himself makes a very
small package.”
Men of the caliber of Dr. Speer serve
as an incentive to the students at large
and we cherish the hope that more men of
similar standing will come to us in the
near future.
Many comments will be found in the col
umns of this issue pertaining to the Hart
ley Wood Gymnasium now under construc
tion which is the gift of Mrs. -Johnson C.
Smith, our beloved benefactress. However,
when it shall have been completed with
s-wimming pool, showers and locker rooms
in the basement; basket ball, volley ball
and indoor tennis courts on the maon floor,
and indoor track, observation balcony,
etc., on the second floor, we feel there
will be ample room for the overplus ol
recreation seekers. When the administra
tion outlines a specific schedule of compul
sory “Gym” attendance, may the imterest,
be manifested in larger measure'..
By Henri Louis Marshall, '29..
On Tuesday evening, February 8th,, Hr-
and Mrs. Micbitaro Ongawa appeared in an
interesting programme at Johnson C.
Smith University. The audience attested
to its interest by large and many applauses;
especially the Oriental music and dance
which seemed rich and inspiring. The pro
gramme consisted of Drama, Dance and
Folklore. The Ongawas are cesnsidered the
foremost artists from' Japan in America
today.
The Glee Club under the direction and
management of Professors W. S. Peyton
and J. C. Bryant, is making wonderful pi’o-
gress. It is not only an asset to the Uni
versity, but to Charlotte.
The University and friends of Char
lotte consider it a rare treat to learn from
the Lyceum Department of the coming of
James Weldon Johnson in the near future.
Mr. Johnson, as we know, is an outstand
ing person not only of our group, but of
America.
As Shelly has said, “0 wind, If winter
comes, can Spring be far behind?” surely
everybody is saying. If March comes, can
the 26th be far away. The 26th of March
brings Hazel Harrison, of Chicago, in a
piano recital. Miss Harrison has studied
recently in Germany under the noted Buso
ni. While in Germany she gave fourteen
recitals, and now has returned to America
with favorable criticism of a wonderful
technique and great pianistic ability.
The Lampados Club gave an interesting
programme in the University Auditorium
Sunday evening, February 12th, on Negro
History.
WHEN DREAMS CO.ME TRUE
By C. M. Thorpe, ’28.
VERSE
A NEGRO SALUTES THE FLAG.
By George Leonard Allen
(in Southwestern Christian Advocate.)
Unfurled against the sapphire-tinted skies.
Borne high above the cheering of the
throng.
My country’s flag! with reverent, eager
eyes
And beating heart I .see thee pass along.
Red as the blood shed by a thousand slaves
And spilled in Freedom’s cause when At-
tucks fell.
White as the daisies blooming o’er the
graves
Of blacks who bore thee through the jaws
of Hell!
Blue as the sea, beyond whose storm-swept
tide
Unnumbered dusky heroes martyred lie;
I hail thee, emblem of a nation’s pride.
And in my heart I hold thee ever high!
Thou art my flag, for in thy every strand
Are woven black men’s deeds, wrought in
thy name!
Full many a faithful, toil-scarred, swarthy
hand
Has ■writ thy glory on the scroll of Fame!
So as I see thy gleaming colors flash.
Forgotten are a thousand tyrannies,—
The lyncher’s rope, the cruelties of the lash,
The lusts, the hates, the wrongs of centu
ries!
And gazing up in hope my spirit cries:
“Float on, O glorious banner of the free.
From Maine’s dark woods to Georgia’s
smiling skies.
From fertile plain to throbbing, wind-tossed
sea!
From sunlit vale to snow-capped mountain
crag
Wave ever on, my own, my country’s flag!”
For four long years of precocity
Johnson C. Smith’s University’s Team,
Endeavoring to merit popularity,
Awoke each morn with a beautiful dream.
It dreamed that the God who made man’s
mind
Willed it to develop to be healthy and
strong.
That in all life’s problems, regardless to
kind.
He’d find their solutions with a smile and a
song.
Now for the mind to be strong and able
to withstand
It must have a strong body in the physical
sense.
But we had no gymnasium at our com
mand.
And to build one would call for heavy ex
pense.
Though gymnasiums in schools are indis
pensable,
If you wish the students to be well trained;
Their aspirations will be more sensible
With a stalwart body and a cultured brain.
So God, who holds time and eternity
In the hollow of His hand, that emblem of
thrift,
Blessed Johnson C. Smith University
Through the sweet personality of Mrs.
Johnson C. Smith.
January twenty-seventh in old chapel hall,
Tidings rang from the altar through Dr.
McCrorey;
Shouts' of applause between vibrating walls
Interrupted three times his beautiful story;
That Mrs. Johnson C. Smith has given the
cash
To build the gymnasium! Begin Tomorrow!
Our beautiful dream awoke like a flash
Into triumphant, joyous panaceas for sor
row.
We invoke the Trinity of infinite love
That motivates the heart of every perfect
gift,
To make us more worthy as He speaks
from above
For us through the voice of Mrs. Johnson
C. Smith.
0, doubtful dreamers, if you wish to suc
ceed
Don’t lose faith in your dreams like infidels
do;
Put faith in your God; put manhood in each
deed;
Through noble perseverance your dreams
will come true.
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