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^4 i The University Student feet; I do not ask to see the distant (Lux et veritas.) Published Monthly by the Students of Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C. Printed at The University Press. Subscription price; fl.OO per school year. Advertising rates furnished on request. Staff of The University §tudent: A E. MANLEY, Editor. T. A. LaSaine, Associate Editor and Pub lisher. E. W. JONES, ’31, Business Manager. C. C. DeVANE, ’30, Circulation Manager. T. Jeffers, ’31, Assistant Circulation Man ager. R. E. JONES, ’30, Secretary. Reportorial Staff A J. Clement, Jr., ’30, Feature Editor, 0. L. Wilson, ’30, News Editor. L. Summersett, ’30, Sport Editor. Entered as second class matter, December 22, 1926, at the post office at Cl^lotte, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. . EDITORIAL COMMENT AS WE PASS ON With this issue of “The Student” the present Staff passes out. At a meeting to be held in the next few days the student body will elect an other corps of officers for the ensu ing year. These men will be respon sible for all the issues beginning with the one in February, and continuing through next January. Many change:^ have been brought about on our campus, and it is the earnest wish of the outgoing staff that a new spirit will develop on the part of the students in so far as contributions to the paper are con cerned. Just a.s we are awaking to other factors in and about our cam pus, so must we soon realize that a very small group of men should not contribute 95 per cent of the mate rial for the publication. Too long have the students gone to the ad ministration building and elected of ficers, and no sooner than that was done they have foilgotten that a paper existed The only remind er wsa the appearance of another is sue. It was due largely to the unre sponsiveness on the part of the stu dents that some the past editions were either late or condensed. An other poignant factor was the one of students contributing articles that had no coherence, and were un fit for publication. Of -tV\e memOfcTs of t.be staff were always to be blamed. One of our immediate needs is a department of Journalism. Courses in this particular subject will go a long way in establishing on this campus a paper worth reading. Not only that, but a student desirous of making newspaper work a vocation would be greatly benefit*d. He would have at least ain idea of what he might expect v’hen he entered an other school to prepare for the work of his choice. The outgoing staff hopes that an introduction to Jour nalism along with the courses now offered in English will soon go into effect. The members of the staff are deeply grateful to all the men who unselfishly gave of their time and talent in order that an edition worth presenting could be published. Es pecially are we grateful to Mr. A. J. Clement, Jr., who was foremost among the students in offering con tributions and very helpful sugges tions from time to time. As we pass on we hope that the new regime will -he given all the co operation that is possible by the students. We hope that there will ^ be a complete revolution in the minds of the men, "and that they will get behind the project, making this student publication one of the best in the country. May the troubles of the incoming staff be lightened by 100 per cent co-operation as we bid them take the reins for the incoming year, and in turn, say, farewell! THE NEW DAWN Full of hope and promise, dawne't the New Year. The avenues of life still stand open. The streams of life still flow, leading to the great store house of life’s treasures. What worthwhile things am I go ing to perform? What is my task in the great span of life? How shall T find it? In whatever capacity T am called, is it essential that I do my best, however humble the task or however exhalted? Those are the ouestions which arise in our minds if “The New Dawn” to airy degree is significant. What tomorrow holds for us we do not know. Fate is speechless; destiny is dumb. The secrets of the future have never been told. Time s’'mrlv unfurls its mighty arms and -caches across the deep. The poet pxnres.ses his realization of this fact in these words; “Keep Thou my scenes. With pages white and fair, at the dawn of this New Year, the great book of life was opened before each of us. Line after line, page after pa(g6, ;we write; ioonsequentl(y the volume is completed. Whether good or bad, pleasing or displeasing, of the contents of this great volume we are the authors. Let it he remembered that all of the unpleasant aspects which enter into the affairs of men did not pass with the old year- Following “The New Dawn” is that poisonous serpent which saps the life, impedes the pro gress, and entombs the hopes and as pirations of races: race hatred and prejudices. This is a splendid oppor tunity for us to find a definite place in trying to lead men to a fuller re alization of their relationship with each other, and to a higher and loftier plane fo thinking, acting and living. We Cannot Achieve Ideals Through Hatred At present there are thousands of Negroes in this country who are filling goad positions that are de sired by white persons, and would be filled by whites but for the good will on the part of some whites to- \vard Negroes. Careful observation shows that there is going on among the whites a quiet, systemat ic and energetic campaign to cap ture those positions. Now if a poli cy of bitterness should become the dominant factor of Negroes toward whites, we would be ignorantly sup- norting their c.ampaign. In view of this fact, we feel free to say that there is absolutely nothing in all the realm of our racial development clearer than the fact that the real need of our race today is not a pol icy of bitter feeling and hatred to ward our neighbor. But the urgent need today is courage, tact and in tegrity ; men and women who will devote their energies in the direction of changing whatever hostile senti ment and unfj'iendly attitude that now exists between races into friend ly attitude and better understand ing. There is no time for envy, no time for strife. There is time, how ever, for us to labor under painful efforts, grim energy and resolute courage along all lines which prom ise^ anv sign of better feelings, bet ter understanding between the peo ple among whom we dwell. The more urgent need, ho'vever, is that of free ing ourselves from the gripping clutches of economic slavery, which today holds the secrets of our racial develonment. We shall succeed along these lines in proportion as we shall convince men that the great imped ing and retardhvg farces of any. na tion lie in the fact of failing to real ize the interest of all races linked up in one great kir dred chain of hu man brotherhood. The misfortune of one individual affects his family, the community; of the community, the race, and of the race the nation. In ventive genius have harnessed the forces of nature which God has wrought and have discovered that golden thread which binds the hearts of nations so closely together that the interest of one becomes the in terest of all. Hence, we conclude that the human family is of one blood, indeed. Let us, therefore, waste no time in grieving over yesterday, not wait ing for tomorrow. Those tender plants which stand waiting to burst forth into full bloom cf better understand ing are in need of cultivation today. Since the dawn of history there has not been a more outstanding social reformer than Saul of Tar sus. It is he th.at exhorts ^11 men to follow after those things which make for peace. Certainly there was never an avenue which led to a more permanent peace than the av enue in which was consolidated the interest of all, cemented by friendly relationship and understanding. In Atlanta, Ga., Ex-President Coolid'ge, then Vice-President of the United States, said: “If you wish to contin ue to make good as you are doing, you must continue to co-operate with the people about you, wodking to one common end.” THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF 1929 In view of these facts, we believe that only through this policy as ad vocated shall we in any measure put to flight the collective clouds of prejudice and fogs of misunder standing. We believe that honorable words, actions and deeds have the 'lower to touch the noble impulses of men, causing them to wield to People of all groups absolute justice in the fullest measure. Some may ask if this line of procedure offers any hope. It is no more diffioult than Napoleon at Waterloo, Washing ton at Trenton at Yorktown, or Grant at Appomattox—just a task of a different nature. Therefore, it is hoped tha+ all who work along these lines will leave nothing undone which would bring about the desired result. Let us work at our several +asks continually with a light of a areat hope burning in our hearts, that the flag under whih we sail may wave over a firmer union. Another year has passed, leaving in its wake the various a,ccqmplish- ments of human beings everywhere. Among the outstanding milestones with which the world is concerned are the election of Mr. Hoover to the presidency; the Peace Pact reached between the State and Church at Rome; the launching of the largest airship in the world in Germany; the round-the-world cruise of the Graf Zeppelin; the Cqnferenc’e between Premier Mac Donald, of England and President Hoover concerning the Disarmament Treaty, etc. These were some of the high lights whose intensity dazzled the intellectual eyes of the savants with a brilliancy that has outspark- led achievements of other calendar years. In these days when a trained mind is measured by its ability to adjust itself to the complexities of life, and in these times when the colleges and universities _ are en deavoring to prepare the sthdent for his career so that there will be no period of disillusion when books 'a):ie finally put away and become dusty objects which will elcit paus es, whereupon one will reflect upon pleasantries of a yesteryear, stock must be taken of the objective of Smith students, and the traces they are leaving for posterity. What are we leaving in our wake? Just as the great statesmen, and producers have left much that will aid mankind, so have the members of this college community accom plished certain aims which will be far reaching to the generations who must necessarily follow. The outstanding contributions which were m.ade in 1929 are as fol lows : The completion and occupance of the New University Chtrrch; the forming of a Pan-Hellenic Council; the attempt on the part of some in structors to use the honor system; the introduction of the honor system in chapel attendance, aii.d the set ting aside of a day when all visit ors are invited to acquaint them selves with the inner workings of the plant, This day is to be known as University Day and is to be ob served each year. The need of acquainting the citi zens of Charlotte with ,the institu tion and its endeavors has been poignant and still is. Right in the shadows of the campus are groups who are unacquainted with the aims of the instructors and stodents. We iraTce oui_ te^l UuoKS i£K^ swal low them in toto. We fancy our selves in a world of unreality where only the colle.ge proper is concerned, forgetting that right in our midst is a sociological condition that needs careful scrutiny. What is the use of text book knowledge if one is not go ing to at least attempt to apply it? How many of us have attempted to show misinformed individuals that we are not here to promote hatred, but that our policies lead to peace and good will. This js only a very small slice of Smith’s unfinished business of 1929. Upon the heels of the above dis cussion follows the urgent need of a Founder’s Day. It is -vvell and good to set aside a day when all might come out and prowl through our buildings and admire our cam pus, yet where would we be- a,s a plant if some far-sighted member of the human race who has long found his reward had not evolved the idea of establishing a college here? What do we say concerning the benefactors of this land that we proudly point to? There should be more pride on the part of the students of their Alma Mater. This is only to be got by acquainting the students with the background of Smith from the time of its infancy. More information should be given of those men who sacrificed over a half century ago to train Negro men so that they can .sally forth and adjust themselves in the world. The setting apart of a day to be known as Founder’s Day will go a long way in developing an intellect ual taste among the students for a greater knowledge and love for the school. A certain cultural outlook is possible from such an attempt. First Goof: “If you give a girl an inch nowad.ays—” Second Goof: “Ye-ah. She’ll make a dress out of it.”—New York Times.' whom nature has endowed with these essential qualities. However, some men have attain ed success with varying degrees pf some or all of these qualities. While some men have shown a combination of intelligence, plus personality, plus determination; others have combin ed intelligence with initiative and determination. Still others have manifested little intelligence, plus a vision, plus initiative, plus determi nation. The president of the Repub lic of Haiti Is an illustration of this last type, since he is not shreivd enough to see that the American diplomats are using him to achieve their own ends. Consequently the Haitians are in a state of continual unrest and dissension. But although these have acquired, each in his own way, his measure of success; one is led to ask what is the duration of this acquired success? Only too often, in the midst of fan cied joys and triumphs which arise through success, unexpected re verses are experienced. For example, the Wall Street catastrophe was the occasion of regret to many clients who, in the earlier stages of the en terprise, were overjoyed with suc cess. Or again- they may be mani fested in that most legally modem investment of torture — the divorce and alimony courts —; where the man of means, who has devoted the best part of his youth to arduous and honest efforts, in order to accu mulate the wherewithal necessary for financial independence, is com pelled by legal mandate to contri bute a generous allowance toward the support of some designing wo man. To take another example, a sur geon performs a technical and ex tremely difficult operation, the ul timate purpose of which is, the sav ing of his patient’s life. But almost immediately after he announces the success of his operation, which was made to save life; the patient up sets his calculations by expiring What, in this case, constitutes suc cess ? Is it the circumstance that the patient has been released from his earthly woes? In a case of this kind then, what is success? In conclusion, since success is the prosperous termination of any enter prise, it is obvious that it includes not only the result of g-ood intention, but also of evil intention. Fortunate ly however, cases are rare in which success from dishonest intention is of long duration. The culpable par ties are made, sooner or later, to ex piate their wrong-doings in some way or the other; of which there is abundant e'vidence in the daily cur rent news, and in the success of roreigfi criminological departments in tracking and capturing their quarry. Therefore, the only hope of a long and continued success is the rigid observance of the principles and teachings of Christianity. (Nulla tarn bona est fortuna, de qua nil possis queri. There’s no for tune so good, but it has its alloy.’ C. B. B. SUCCESS — WHAT IS IT? As defined by the great lexico- cographer Wdbster, “suod^ss” is the prosperous termination of any enterprise; but evidently there must be some significance of The term. Whatever be the conception of this term in the mind of the indi vidual, he must also consider its re lation to other terms upon which de pends the realization of this condi tion. Unless an individual possesses initiative, determination, intelli gence, self-reliance, and foresight, it is questionable whether his endeav ors will be sucessful. Sincere success depends on such qualities, it is ob vious that an individual who does not possess them all, cannot hope to be as successful as the individual. CHRISTIANITY AND 'THE NEGRO COLLEGIAN By A. J. C., Jr. Why ‘Christianity and the Negro Collegian?’ Is Christianity so en tirely different to the Negro college person that it is expedient to limit one’s title to ‘Christianity and the Negro Collegian’ rather than ‘Chris tianity and the Collegian?’ Yes, I fear that Christianity carries a dif ferent significance to the average Negro student and that difference lies in this comparison of the theo ries of the two groups: the Negro says “wait and hope”; the Nordic, “do and dare”. The chasm that lies between these two schools of thought is the same chasm that 'will mark our future as it has our past in our Striving to reach a certain status of equality. And in making this statement in regards to a cer tain status of equality, it is wished that it be borne in mind that by no means is a status of social, politi cal, nor civic equality is sought nor meant; but rather the idea of a cer tain status of equality in opportu nities. If this idea of equal oppor tunity to all people is to supplant the idea of social or political equal ity as the goal sought by our present and future leaders, then there must be also on the part of the Negro Col legian especially, a renunciation of the theory ‘wait and hope’ and an accepting of the manful cry ‘do and dare’. We like to think of Christianity as a religion; a thing that fetters the impulses, the desires, the Creator- given yearnings. But Christianity is no bond, no fetter, no shackle. Chris tianity is Life. And the Nordic has accepted Christianity as Life and he has carried it into all phases of his earthly endeavors. Since Life is mov ing, living, challenging, a vibrant tantalizing something, he—the Nor dic—has nurged his Christianity of all those taboos, those fogisms, those irksome theorizings; and out of th^s he clea-ves to Christianity as the plan of "the good life”. And with this plan he enters his counting- house, his political centers, his so cial quarters, and his educational dominions with the heartfelt belief that his ,‘plan’ gives him the right ‘to do and dare'. And ‘he does’ and ‘he dares’, seeking the aid of the Omnipotent ONLY because he has the pluck to do and to dare. Our elders would want to be lieve that the average college stu dent attempts to ‘shed’ his Christian mantle after he is thoroughly in ducted into the affairs of collegiate things; but the average student does not that.-He does no moye than seek a more practical prospective. And this more practical prospective the Nordic has acquired and the Negro must soon acquire: The Negro Col legian must begin now to think, talk, and do in the light of this practical prospective. He must' make that same Christianitj^ that his mother and father imbedded in him just more adaptable to the problems of life, more all-enveloping in its scope, more tolerant in it's creeds, and more dynamic in its practicalness. It has been far too long that we have waited; denied ourselves the ‘fruits of the earth’ on the assumption that the Lord meant for us to have only a little of- this earth’s goods, we have wept and bemoaned our con dition, we have lent our ears will ingly to beguiling illusions- We should have been listening to the Nazarene proclaim, “I shall reward every man according to his works.” And in doing of this work there is no meaning of stagnant sentiment, of religious morbidness, of fanatic in tolerance, but rather there is the hope for cheerful activity, goodnat- ured devotion, and intelligent tol erance. 'The Shepherd of Galilee, as His shepherding duties would dic tate, was a virile, far-seeing, ‘.do and dare’ type of manhood. THE EFFECT OP MICROBIC XCTIVITTl UPON CIVILIZATION At the very foot of the ladder of life, there is a group of organisms known as bacteria. They possess no specialized organs . for particular functions, which are characteristic of higher plant's and animals; but multiplication nutrition, and gro'wth are carried on in a single cell so mi nute that fully fifteen millions of millions would scarcely balance an ounce weight.” “The ancestral home of the bacteria is the soil.” This living earth” is nature’s laboratory where processes absolutely essential for the perpetuation of plant and an- animal life are ceaselessly carried to completion.” TThe chemists of the living aartli arc tiactaria. ■■ “Their part in the cycle of life up on our planet' is to effect a rapid de composition of the constituents of dead animals and plants, and the nroducts of fheir wastes, into sim pler substances which are restored to the plant kingdom again to be re built into living things.” “Inasmuch as some of these elements essential to life are limited in amount, this ceaseless activity of these industri ous children of the Imng earth is es sential for the very perpetuation of life upon our planet.” “With the advent of animals, some of these bacteria were caught up on their bodies. Most of these apparent ly succeeded in adapting themselves to the new environment and perma nently became parasites upon their new hosts.” “Again some remained indefinitely confined to the surface of the animal; others gradually be came accustomed to life within the alimentary canal.” “There is little doubt that there were microbes among these parasites which could grow in the tissues of the animals, if the skin or other barriers, were broken by wounds or decreased in effectiveness by other agencies.” The result must have been infection and disease; but not epidemic' disease; because these parasitic forms could not of themselves escape from the tissues any more readily than they could enter the tissues unless exter nal factors came to their aid. Out of the group of parasitic bacteria, how ever, there did develop a group of microbes, whose activities were defi nitely in opposition to those of their hosts.” These were the progressive ly pathogenic bacteria.” “’They suc ceeded in perfecting mechanisms for penetrating into the tissues of their vitims wholly apart from any ad ventitious accident. By virtue of this tissue penetrating power, the patho genic bacteria, ran and do cause pro gressive diseas'd from man to man, and from anim.al to animal.” “Some of the bacteria, in order to resist periods of drought and cold, and heat, become metamorphosed, and form what is called a spare; that is to say, they undergo a period of hibernation.” “All the progressively pathogenic bacteria, such as the bacillus typhus, and the pneumococcus bacillus, so far as known, are unprovided -with this means of prolonging the life of the microbe away from the body of its particular host. The control of epidemic disease is obviously simpli fied by the absence of unusual re sistance of the microbes of these dis eases to drying, heat, cold, or chem ical poisons.” “The absence of spares in man’s contagious microscopic en emies is one of the natural safe guards of civilization.” “Civilization and the microbe go hand in hand; 'cut the germ must be investigated, and the vast power locked up in the life processes of these ever-toiling agents must be segregated and utilized to promote the prosperity and the happiness of the human race.” “And the only method of accomplishing this is by investigation. Confucius recognized this great principle nearly twenty- five hundred years ago.” C. B. B. SMITH UNIVERSITY DAY BY DAY By Klem Junior Up before dawn to pen that let ter to the madam. Hear Bus Hall coming in whistling ‘Am I Blue’, just as I prepare my toilet for breakfast. Amid the turmoil and tumult of the final dash I enter the refectory—Lil ‘George is there with Prexy; that’s one prof, who makes his hours. Dine on bacon, rolls, butter and a'quaff of ‘ca-fa’. Hear Prexy implore students to attend Sunday school. Vesper, and Church. Back to tidy my room. ‘Mug’ By num torments those late sleepers with his virile Vituperations to Ma- my Flack ‘may he be blessed,’ he is the noble sentinel of the Hall that awakes us after such nights as ‘the one before! Into Carter Hall to get the latest diagnosis of the social situation in the city from that ‘false alarm’ Grif fin. 'Thence to Smith Hall to chat with Coleman and Henry on ‘the wiles of women,’ Back to my room to nip at the newspaper and see those jnveterate late-risers, Biggs, Tucker, and Dun- more stroll down to the cafe. Repaired my toilet and to church in the city with the “main act;” I scamper back to the camnus to make that two o’clock meal. Satiate my hunger on pork, creamed potatoes, beans and pickles; would that a con noisseur of dress could view this re fectory now: there is ‘Blab’ Alexan der. an ultra-ccllegiate in attire; there is Jackson, a veritable fash- ionnlate from Vogue; then, loo. we must not overlook the ingenious “Tiss” Mvers when we consider that select few that might surpass the multitude of well- dressed Johnsons, Halls, Griggs, Williams and Macons, Slowly return to my ‘dorm’ and there watch from my window the fellows as they, meander around the compounds. A hunch of freshmen ‘hie’ their way up into the Heights, quickly followed by the apprehensive Manley and Macon. A chattering bunch gallop resolutely to the car- stop for an excursion among the di versions of the city. I ‘feel’ 'their yearnings, but something has been broken within me, hence, I watch and wonder after them. To the chiming of the hour four, I betake myself to the Vesper Ser vices and there enjoy a pleasant hour within the purefied atmosphere bf_ that ‘want-to^be-void-of-deceit’ edifice. Emerge feeling relieved, yet, with a huskiness in me throat; Jef fers, Ellis,_ and Henry express the same feeling’, hence we walk silent ly along;-suddenly we burst into laughter-sentiment must have no place , in our lives—so we become boisterous, to hide our heartfeelings, as we 'pass by Shute and Johnson discussing ‘which one of us ' shall call on the lady tonight?’ Down to the Omega House—nice place — and up to the Alpha House, we saunter. Thence to the campus and to our rpoms. I toil with Julian Greene’s Dark Journey until the dreariness awakens me and I slip away to a “Dinty Moore’s” for a couple of hot-dogs; reeking with onions and garlic I munch upon them roomward bound; there I change to a.‘modernistic retiring attire’ and thus to the land of Morpheus. COIXEGE NEWS SERVICE RADIO HOUR ANNOUNCED A college news service called Col legiate News Release is now issued bv the Radio Department of College Humor Magazine anct released through the manufacturers of Ma jestic Radios. This should be of in terest to relatives of the one million colle.ge students in this country as ■"'ell as those in Canada and abroad. 'The new service will be broadcast on the Majestic Hour over 46 sta tions on the Columbia Broadcastin.g Sv.stem every Sundae' evenipq- and began December 22, at 8 o’clock cen tral standard time. All news of student.^ anfT student activities in all institutions of learn ing in this country, Canada and Eu rope will receive deservintr mention in Collegiate News Flashes. Out- sla.nding achievements hw individual students as well as 'Inatornities, so- Vorttie.s land other rnmnns groups will be renorted weekly. Also partic ular mention will be given,to sport ing events, faculty news, etc.