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The Junior Class of Johnson C.
Smith University will soon present
to the studer-ls and the friends of
the Universi!.-'- the ‘1930 Bull' which
shall mark the third appearance of
the University’s Annual Yearbook.
The ‘Bull’ th’s year is declared to be
“bigger'and l:>etter’. Bound in a gold
en malloy cover with a charging
bull in prominent relief thereon, this
‘1930 Bull’ will carry now pictures
cf the buildings as they appeared
during the Summer amid the abund
ance of shrubbery and green trees
that lit our compounds. The Senior
section is to be augmented by indi
vidual snaps of the senior’s various
campus activities. Changes also will
take place ir the other class sections
in the “Bigeor and Better” Bull. The
artistic abiutv of two of our stu
dents, W-, 7‘Upu-u-.-,. .vTid J. H.
Bryant, is being calledvintb expres
sion and our art section shall be giv
en special omphasis. There will bo
no Hall of Fame in the ‘1930 Bull’:
instead it wiU carry Class and Sport
Sponsors. Various organizations will
be featured in well-produced designs.
Our Advertising Staff (Travis,
Adams, Griffin and Walker)- is very
busy attempting to procure ads and
subscriptions for the publications.
We shall depend on our local as well
as distant well-wishers to aid us in
this phase of the project. Photogra
phy is being handled by the Caroli
na Studio, one of the best known
photographic concerns in'-the State.
The Observer Printing House is do
ing the printing and handling the
engraving. The student-body is giv
ing its support to the tune of over
twelve hundred dollars. Letters have
been sent to parents and friends so
liciting their supscriptions. All of
these, forces working together are
bound to produce an incomparable
‘Bull’. ^_Watch for the ‘Bull’; Sub
scribe for the ‘Bull,; Talk up the
‘Bull’.
i riONOi'^ TO BE
I Prairie View, Texas^==f)ean J. Hen
ry Alston, President of the National
.Association of Collegiate Deans and
Registrars in Negro Schools has an-
-nounced a drive to increase the mem-
m^rship to 100. The Association was
erg.-’nized at the A. and T. College of
N C.. -'n the soring of
1920 at the call of Dean T. E. Mc
Kinney. Each year the interest and
' enthusiasm has increased and at the
fourth annual session held at Prairie
A^ipw. Tex-ap in Von-Vi 1929. there
were thirty institutions represented
by 41 delegates Several new mem-
U--N -r-L-r-d at tlr’s meeting.
Peon wnn.-^’m^ps thet the
,->'nvf of i ’to i* ssnc'at'on will
be hold at Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity. Charlotte. N. C. March 6—8. At
this meeting the matter of Orienta
tion and Personal Problems will be
discussed as well as problems of
snecial interests to the Teacher
'^raining Institutions. Mr. Jackson
Davis of ‘he General Education
Board v/ill .give the Annual Public
Address on Friday, March 7.
A new feature will be the publish
ing of an henor roll of all the Fin
ancial Institutions, The membership
fee is S5.00 per year and. the presi-j
dent urges that all members send in !
their dues at once and put their In- |
stitution on the honor roll. Member
ship is open to any Institution for
Negroes doing work of collegiate
grade. The annual fee of $5.00 en
titles each institution to full mem
bership with two delegates. Help us
put over the slogan “On to Charlotte
with 100 financial members-” Mail
your check at once.
rfflUNlVtRblfYPAVS MRS. J0H.N^0N
SlBJITEJO BENEFAC- BANQUETS
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DR. WILLIAMS. AD
DRESSES I’NIVF.RSITY
Aged Lecturer and Author Speaks on
the “Unwritten Side of Life”
OMEGAS ELECT OFFI
CERS—
On January 12, the faculty, stu
dents and citizens of the community
were the fortunate receivers of a
masterful lecture by Dr. Williams.
Talking from his long experience
and ... . Dr. Williams ad
dress was more than instructive and
takes its place among the best ever
presented here. Any attempt to re
produce this address is to undertake
the impossible; his words may be put
in t3rpe but his personality, earnest
ness, and the impressioU one re
ceives from these qualities so dom
inant iti Dr. Williams can only be
had by contact and the maxim, its
the man behind the words, was nev
er more applicable.
Stressing the apparent minute
things in one’s character often un
heard of and more seldom written,
Dr. Williams emphasized that these
were the essentials of good character
and determine the real quality of
man.
The lecture was made possible
through the courtesy of the Student
Y. M. C. A. in cooperation with the
white Y. M. C- A. of the city. All
who were present are indebted to
these two organizations and should
give their support to the cause for
which they stand.
Rho chapter of' the Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity began its ninth year
of existence on the campus of John
son C. Smith University with the ad
vent of the new year. Harking back
to the remote days of 1921 when
“Frats” were almost unknown and
surely unwanted by the various fac-
jUlties, Rho sees almost a decade of
I successful achievement.
I At the first meeting of the Frater-
j nity this year a corps of officers
[were elected. Following those premier
j Smithsonians, “Count” Manley and
j “Fats” Whitehead, is this set of of-
|0cers: James H. Bryant, of Rocky
i Mount, N. C, Basileus; Harry M.
'Jefferson, of Darlington, S. C., Vice-
jBasileus; Thebaud Jeffers, of Dur-
iham, N. C., Keeper of Records and
I Seals; George M. Williams, of Kins-
iton, N. C.. Keeper of Finance;
! James C. Griffin, of Norfolk, Va.,
■ Chaplin; Thomas M. Martin, of
Charlotte, Keeper of Peace, and J.
Wendell Martin, also of Charlotte,
Chapter Editor.
SMITH DEBATING SO-
fJETy FORMED
SENIORS ELECT
SPONSOR
. Dainty Miss Margaret Richardson
Chosen
Hubbub and disorder reigned su
preme as each happy heart beat ex
pectantly during the recent election
held by the Senior Class of Smith
University. A call was made for a
pretty class sponsor. Forthwith came
a score of proposals from the many
Beau Brummels of the class. How
ever, it did not take a judicial com
mittee composed of the famed con
noisseurs of feminine- beauty. John
Gilbert, John Barrymore and Cor
nelius Vando>’bdt. .Jr., to settle the
debate as to who this lady “Whoo
pee” was that all the fellows were
trying to make. Before the meeting
was over daintjA little Miss Margaret
Richardson had won the hearts of
the entire class.
Debating shall have its day at
Smith! With this as their motto a
group of twenty-five men from all
classes in the college of Liberal
Arts and Sciences met and formed
the nucleus of a permanent organi
zation to be known as the Smith De
bating Society. Represented in this
group of men are some of Smith’s
outstanding fqrensic combatants and
an unusually large number of Fresh
men aspiring for laurels in this most
ancient of arts.
Since its beginning in late Deeenf-
her, 1929, and with the aid of Profs,
Meyers and Bolden, this club has ar
ranged debates with the-following
schools: the University of Pitts
burgh, South Carolina State Col
lege, A. & T. College and Howard
University.
With the increase of interest and
the encountering of the best debating
teams the eventual affiliation with a
forensic fraternity is planned by the
society. The membership of the or
ganization has increased considera
bly over the original twenty-five.
Officers of the Society are: Mr.
A. J. Clement, Jr., President; Mr.
E. C. Grigg, Jr., Vice-President; Mr.
T. Jeffers, Secretary, and Mp. H.
Boulware, Corresponding Secretary.
The Faculty Advisors and Coaches of
Debate are: Professors T. C. Meyers
and N. R. Bolden.
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THE PASSING STAFF IN EEflEW
(Editor’s Note: Following the long
established custom of reviewing the
activities of each staff as it passes,
Mr. A. J, Clement, Jr., has been kind
enough to review the history of the
■n+.’rflp y : ...
With this number of the Univer
sity Student the Staff that has guid
ed its destinies for the past twelve
months will pass from this partic
ular helm to guide other affairs and
leave way for those that shall come
on. It is only fitting that we now
present to you those men that have
given to our reading public The
University Student, its multitude of
educational news, “old mjaids”
news, and grave-yard” news.
From the tranquil environments of
Charleston, S. 0., comes Thomas A.
LaSaine, our Associate Editor and
Publisher. Mr. La Saine is a
Junior, member of the Klan of Kap
pa Alpha Psi, star guard on our
basket ball team, a member of
the Athletic Board of Control of the
University. A gentleman with a
brilliant mind but rather indifferent
tc his possibilities.
Were he somewhat shorter and
stouter, one would be tempted rather
to believie that he were hearing the
little giant. Stephen Douglass, exj;,
postulating in rebuttal to the con
tentions of Abraham Lincoln when
fiery Edward W. Jones, Charlotte’s
own, takes the forensic platform in
defense of some issue. Mr. Jones
has been a varsity debater for* two
years. Also he is manager of our
basket ball team, a member of the
Bachelors’ Club, and a valued part
of Kappa Alpha Psi. He is—bye the
bye—one of the few, very few, A
students on the campus.
There was dearth in headwaiters
this year; sc the Administration had
to select Mr. Cato Cardoza DeVane
as the head-man in our Refectory,
rnd since he has certain limits in
that capacity, he supplements his
desires to be efficient by the fine
manner in which he conducts the
Circulation Department of the pa
per. As soon as the paper is off
the press one will see Mr. DeVane
and his life-time boy friend, Mr.
Roseboro E. Jones, t.he Secretary of
the Staff, moving • to the mailing
rooms. Mr. Devane is a Senior and
member of Kappa Alpha Psi. (We
would tell you his home-town, but
he desires-well, er-er-its Kerr, N.
C.)
Seven years ago a mite of a lad
v.fith all of the unsophistication of a
gentlemanly little fellow came to
study at the feet of those that had
taught his Dad. And Mr. R. E. Jones
is still the gentlemanly little fellow
uncontaminated by the changing in
fluences of the passing of days. Mr.
Jones is also a senior and a mem
ber of Kappa.
Over in the Eastern part of this
State is a veritable Van Chetanville-
Durham, th^ Mecca of the Southern
Negro. Mr. ' Thebaud Jeffers, Ur.
DeVane’s assistant in the cifcula|ion
department, claims this city for his
home. Mr. Jeffers has an inclination
for all that is literary and aesthetic.
Whpr> T _seq him moving abi;^ the
‘campus with that symposiuiii o?^Tjoii-
temporary Thought, I wish then that
the Fates had given him more time
to “Dream” and to plan. Mr. Jeffers
is a member* of Omega Psi Phi, the
University’s Pan-Hellenic Council,
Les Chevalier? Elegants, and Secre
tary of the Smith University Debat
ing Society. ^
Now who and what is this man,
1he Editor? Mr. Albert E. Manley
is immediately from Asheville, N.
N.. and distantly from parts in Cen
tral America. Last year Mr. Manley
was selected as the best all-round
student here; so one has only to
state that to describe Mr. Manley.
He is a most modest chap and were
it not for his delight in putting his
opponents “under the table” in a
game of whist, one might think that
he was over-considerate. Mr. Manley
has just completec^ his terrr, Ba
sileus oc the local chapter of Ome
ga, is University sport writer, and
member of Les Chevaliers Elegants.
He completes his college work here
this year.
In this way .-^lus the pictures that
you see, we ’hope that you have
“seen” the m^^ibers of dur Staff. We
appreciate th| connections that they
have had tltib school paper give to
the UniveiVlty and we shall value
them as graduates and fellow stu
dents.
SMITHREPRESENTED
AT ANNUAL MEETING
OF COUNCIL OF
CHURCH BOARDS
THE SMITH BULLS’
SOCIAL AND LITERA-
; EYCLUBAu
The/Smith Buljs gave their second
annual prom at Rose- Garden Casi-
ino in Winston-Salem, N. C., Decem
ber 26, 1929.
Our guests consisted of represen
tatives from various colleges and
the cream of the societies of neigh
boring cities.
The beautiful damsels with their
gorgeous gowns depicted Nature’s
Flower Garden.
Darices were dedicated to the
various colleges represented. The
music of the evening was furnished
by Phil Jones and his serenaders
from Greensboro, N. C. The music
was as the rhythm of beautiful
tones, a mingling of wistfulness
and gaity.
After the dance at the Rose Gar
den Casino, the Smith Bulls were
special guests at the Rose Tea
Room. They entertained us with
?ongs and dancing, after which we
danced.
“Fie thee, cares! Let joy reign
supreme.”
At the 19th Annual Meeting of
the Council of Church Boards which
was held recently at the Willard
Hotel, Washington, D. C., Johnson
C. Smith University was represent
ed by President H. L. McCrorey.
Dr. McCrorey brought to us, the
following report of the meeting:
“In his presidential address Dr.
Boothe C. Davis, President of Alfred
T.tniversity, outlined - to the meeting
the mission modern college train
ing in denominational institutions.
These colleges must set standards
cf liberal culture, forms of scholar
ship, and ideals of citizenship and
public service in a century when
all the world is a neighborhood, and
all men are brothers, and fellow
citizens as never before.”
Three of the most important sub
jects discussed in the m'eeting were:
“The Place and Function of the
Church Board of Education and the
Council,” “How May the Institu
tions and A-gencies of the Churches
Meet the Two-fold Task Set Forth
in the General Theme of the Meet
ing,” and “The Place of Religion in
Higher Education.”
Dr. William Chalmers Covert op
ened and discussed the first of these
topics, while Dr. N. J. Wickey op
ened the discussion of the second.
The third was diseased at the Un
ion Mass Meeting by President Av
ery A. Shaw, Dennison Univiersity;
Dr. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., Rec
tor. , Calvary Protestant Episcopal
church, New York; and Bishop Wil-
lliam F. McDowell, Methodist Epis
copal church, Washington, D. C.
Dr, H. L. McCrorey, President of
Johnson C. Smith University, at
tended the Sixteenth Annual Meet-
' irg of the Association iff American
Colleges which was held in the Wil
lard Hotel, V/'ashington, D, C., Jan-
|uary 'H-IG, 1930.
' The purpose and function of this
, Association is the -promotion of high
er education in all its forms in the
colleges which shall become mem
bers of it, and for the prosecution
i of su'’h pla’-'.'= as may make more
efficient the institutions included in
Us membership. It is not a rating
body.
During the course of the three
days’ meeting topics of interest and
vital importance to the Association
were discus.'^ed. The following at
tracted much interest and praise:
•:The Intellectual Life of the Col
lege.” “The Improvement of College
Teaching,” “College Chapel Build
ings in America,” (Illustrated),'
“Intercollegiate Athletics,” “The
Doctor of Philosophy and College
Teaching,” and “Fine Arts in Col-
lege.” __
The much discussed and criticised
Carnegie Foundation Renort which
condemned paying salaries to col
lege athletes, was endorsed by the
A ssociation.
Among the speakers at the meet-
,ing were: Dr, Robert L. Kelly, Ex-
ecutiye Secretary of the' Associa-
jtion, Dr. Charles Moore, Chairman
of the Commission of Fme Arts,
President Frank L. MeVey, Univer
sity of Kentucky; Prof. George John
son, The Catholic University of
.America; Dean Luther P. Eisenhart,
Princeton University; Dr. Henry
ouzallo, President A. H. Upham,
Miami University; Dean Charles C.
Suzallo, President A. H. Upham,
Mierow, Colorado College; Dean
Wilbur L. Cross, Yale University;
President ,H. I.,. McCrorey, Johnson
■©. ■ SmitlT ' University, mul
J. Loring, Graduate School of Arts
and Literature, University of Chi
cago.
In the fulfillment of her 1930 de
bating schediile Johnson C. Smith
will receive and meet in forensic con
test on the evening of Feb. 13, a de
bating team from the University of
Pittsburgh. The ^program begins
promptly at 8:00 P. M., and it is use-
lens hero fev the public to be in
formed of the ever cordial welcome
he institutiim extends you to be
rreseht
The question: Resolved: That Mod
ern Advertisement is more Detri
mental than Beneficial to Society, we
believe to be of immediate interest
and concern to the American people.
Not only does it effect business and
industrial enterprises but its effect
on the public is no less great.
Pittsburgh by choice will contend
that the preposition is true and
thereby carries the burden of proof.-
Smith of course necessarily will
i uve the negative side.
The 'debate promises to reach the
collegiate standard. The decision will
he rendered by one critic judge; and
■'.n open discussion will be held at •
the close of the arguments.
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PROGKAMOVER
The Administration, together with
tl.c Alpha Phi Alpha,' Kappa Alpha
Psi, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternities,
.staged a program during the happy
lYuletide season in an effort to put
i-Johnson C. Smith University before
the eyes of the citizens of Charlotte
'and vicinity The program was well
i attended
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THREE
C. SMITH STUDENT
BODY
URBAN LEAGUE NOW
READY TO CONSIDER
FELLOWSHIPS
The National Urban League an
nounces that applications for its
twentieth series of Social Service
Fellowships may now be made for
the school year, 1930-1931, the final
date being April 15th. These fellow
ships amounting to $1,200 each, in
cluding tuition, are at the New York
School of Social Work, and the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, and are availa
ble to college graduates from schools
of recognized standing. Seniors who
are to be graduated at the end of
this school year are eligible. Appli
cations should be sent to Eugene
Kinckle Jones, Executive Secretary,
National Urban League, 17 Madison
Avenue, New York City.
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On Thursday, January 23rd, thie
faculty, students and friends were
entertained by Vierra’s Hawaiians.
The prograTo was well rendered and
was enjoyed by all.
Students Vot,e Athletic Fee
“In order to foster the five major
ports Football, Basketball, Baseball,
Tennis and Track on a broader scale
and up to a standard commensuate
with the prestige of Johnson C.
Smith University, we the students of
the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior
and Senior classes do vote whole
heartedly that five (S5.00) dollars
additional athletic fee shall be added
by the Faculty and University offi
ces to the fees paid by students at
the second semester’s registration,
January 29, 1930, the same fee pay
able then on during the second se
mester. “ ” That
I the Faculty is not asked in itself to
increase the Athletic Fee, but simply
jto approve this increase voted by
students.”
That’s hov/ the vote taken by the
'college classes in a tangible effort to
improve athletics read in part. Here
at Smith athletics figure high as an
clement in the development of the
student. Nothing other than class
attendance in the Department of
Physical Education is required. An
effort is made by the Board of Ath
letic Contre’ to present inter-collegi
ate contest? i7i basket ball, foot.^ball
Baseball. The students decided
Smith is now ready for Tennis and
Track. They have accordingly fitting
ly supported this decision with fi
nance for conducting the same. It re
mains simply for the faculty to ap
prove their decision and vote.
The Board of Athletic Control ap
preciates this endorsement of its ef
forts to give to the Student Body
and to Smith University the number
cf sports, and the place in the sport
ing world they and it are evenly
■conducted for the visitors in the New
I SI 25,000 University Church, with Dr.
T. A. Long at the mighty organ. Af
ter the half hour organ recital the
: visitors were divided into convenient
i groups and'each group given a guide
who conducted them throughout ev-
lery building on the campus. Stu
dents’, rooms were thrown open for
^nspection."^ yConsiderable comment
and praise were givefl because of the
orderly arrangement of the adminis
tration buildings and dormitories.
After the University buildings were
inspected the visitors took a tour of
I the neighborhood to the three Fra-
jternity houses maintained by Alpha
jPhi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, and
Omega Psi Phi. From the Fraterni
ty houses they returned to the Uni
versity Refectory where they gath
ered about the tables. As the twilight
darkened and the golden sunset cast
weird fights through the tall French
windows and faded from day, they
sang Christmab carols •■and enjoyed
a delightful lepast of hot chocolate
and cake. Yuletide songs in German
and English were rendered, and
short talks were made by Professor
G. W. Brown and Mr. A. J. Clement,
Master of Ceremonies. The visitors •
then gathered around a beautifully
lighted Christmas tree on the camp
us and were happy recipients of de
lightful little gift packages present- ■
ed by Mrs. H. L. McCrorey^
him$ ELECT
entitled too. The Board welcomes this
opportunity to congratulate the Stu
dent Body on this great and profi
cient step; and feels sure that such
an action can only stir up the deep
love for Johnson C. Smith that must
abide in the heart of every living son
of Hers.
The Smith U’tiiversity Quintette
appeared in part of a program
which was rendered at Davidson
College, January 26.
January 14 denotes the approach
ing close of the old and beginning of
a new administration of Alpha Omi-
cron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity.
The Chapter by popular ballot
chose the following men as its offi-
'ials: J. 0. Ellis and H. B. Ruther
ford, president and vice-president
respectively; S. H. Travis, house
manager; R. W. Dockery, Willard
Coleman and Jethro Henry, Record-
mg, Financial, and Coi’responding
Secretaries, respectively; A. J. Clem
ent. Editor to The Sphinx; E. 0. El-
l.«. Historian* LaGrange Summer-
sett. ChEwilain/ and Frank Bogle,
Keeper of Peace.
Ex-President Clement, delegate to
the twenty-second national conven
tion recently held in Atlanta, Ga.,
made his report of the convention
and gave the program of the nation
al organization for the year. The
outgoing officers headed by A. J.
Clement report a successful year’s
work, and stated that all books are
clear for the next administration.