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PAGK FOUR THE CAROLIIfik TIHBI SATURDAY, MAY 31st, 1941 COMMENCEMENTfflGHLIGHTS Orations .Usher Students Into Life f i! I! iS via- jt-”'’ Pi^dcBts Malcolm S. McLean of Haanptoa Institnte, left, and Benjamin E. M«fs of Morehouse, who delivered the commence ment. and baccalaureate addrcmmi *t Toskegee institute last week nshBring a laxie and enthusiastic group of graduates out into the wor£l Their respective addresses were aoclaimed among the finest ever.delivered at the famous institution. (Al^) # -Educator Honored- Continued from pa^re One of viiich he haa worked in the cHy pt’ Greenville. He was born at N. C., December 25, 185& Hi* early education was obtain ed i» schools e.tfablished by the Fre^4iuaas Bureau iiumediutely after the Civil War. Later he was taken by his father to Raleigh where he attended the Parochial school under the control of the EpijKupal Church, lie later spent five years at Shaw Collegiate Institute-nort’ Shaw University. Upon completion of his course at i)haw, Prof. Eppes entered upon his Career as a teacher. Since this time he has supplemented his scholastic work by attending county institutes, and has taken three one-jear summer courses at Hampton, Shaw and A and T respectively. He taught in Wil mington and New Hanover (.kHia- gorous life, finds this apo-tle of interracial goodwill still hale, hearty and unusually active for a man who has spent nearly three- quartenj of a century in educa tional work. Possibly there ig no man alive in North Carolina today ^who has known by personal contact as many prominent white and Color ed people of the. state as Prof. Epip(^. Within his own race he is considered a kinci of “trouble shooter” when heads of educa tional institu'tions and other f lie supported organizatioijs find themselves io dilfieult^ p^tions. Ha^’ a tutt« has h« us«d'hu fluenee to iron out or fix up a detrimen't to persons and institu tions, as wdll as the entire race. A CONGRATULATIONS Coca-Cola Extends Hearty Congratulations to PROF. C. M. EPPES Upon his 38 years of. loyal service in The Public Schools Of ' Greenvie It has been said tJiat “a pro phet ia» n^f fUwsung save in his own hoiu^,,'*; •' Apparently this is not true, with the head of the Ne gro '(chool system of Greenville. ty from 1875 tol8T7. In 1880 he interview with city officials i„ xinvk inl“d 0^her prominent persons will disclose that Prof. Epi>es has the esteem, the respect and admira- was commissioned to work in Wayne County where he remained until 1885. While working in Wayne he wa^ associated with the Carolina Enterprise, published by te late Dr. E. E. Smith. In 1885 he went to Edgecombe County where he taught in the public schools and bo conducted himself that through his influence many N^^roes were placed in promin ent position^ Prof. Eppes hae always been loyal to his race and has sought the friendship of members of both races who were interested in the N^^o masses. He has on several occasions been honored by both his own and the opposite racea. In 1899 he wi^ appointed 6upt. of the State Normal School at Plymouth, N. C. where he re mained until 1903, serving under the State Superintendents Drs. Joyner and Mebaue. In 1903 it was through the influence of the late Governor Jarvis that he was invited by the Board of Educa tion, to take charge of Greenville. Since coming to Greenville Prof. Ei>pes ha* watched the system grow from a three room frame building in which he parted to work, to a system employing thirty-two teachers and school projxjrty valued at $170,000. Up on coming to Greenville he began his work by setting out to pro mote better relations between the races. Hence today as a tribute to bis efforte^ Greenville stands t^emost in w'hat may be termed •B harmonious relations between the two groaps may be found snrwhere* Prof. Eppes is a charter mem ber of the North Carolina Negro Teachers' Association, was ap- ]ioint«d to the Educational Con- greb« by Governor Locke Craig, a|4>ointed by Governor 0. Max Qmdiusr to the Ke-employment Coaimisi-ion of Eaetern North Carolina, api>ointed by Qover- *«ar Clyde B. Hoey aUmg with Dr. J. W. Seabrook of Fayette- vUl# and B. L. McDoug^ld of XhalMUB io represent North CiuvitM at the Desota-Mi«sissippi sitiM.^H^ w'a& also appoint- j»jr'b(itit"(}em'iiorf Gardner and in th« Interracial Com- Nonk CftJrolina. These other incidmts ill# «KMV of thia great $5 >MUS «f * tion of all of them. Among the membens of the fac ulty of the Greenville Schools may be found some of the most comjietent teachers of the state. One teacher. Miss Iva Donnel has taiight home economics, in the system for more than 25 yearssi, Another who is loud in his praise for the Greenville school head is Prof. W. H. Davenport who has spent 13 years in the Greenville school system under the guidance of Prof. Ej^s. Prof. Davenport is a graduate of Union Univensity and has com pleted a gradufte course* in Ad ministration at Hampton Institu te. He is a conscientious worker and a believer in the doctrine of his principal. In addition he is Chairman of the High School ieetion of the North Carolina Negro Teachers’ Association. Ex ecutive Secretary of the North Carolina Negro High School Athletic Association. ’Chairman of i Advancement for Negro Scouts, East Carolina Council, j V i c e Basileus of Nu Alpha Chapter of. Omega Psi Phi Fraternij^. Mem-i ber of Civic League and a Ma«on J Greenville, North Carolina iiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii BLOUNT-HARVEY 1 CONGRATULATES PROF. C. M. EPPES Upon his 38 years of continuous faithful ser vice in the public school system of Green ville, North Carolina. - It has always been a genuine pleasure for us to serve Ih colored people of Greenville and surrounding territory. We wish to thank you for past patronage, and wkh for a con- tinpnce of same. We would like to assure you that you will always receive the most prompt and courte ous service that we know how to give, and ako that you will get “value received” for every dollar spent with us. iAgain we offer to you our thanks-- BLOUNT-HARVEY j GREENVILLE’S BEST STORE IIIIIIH!llllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll»^ Six A and T students must be S£ ranked as brilliant. These are six §|of the twelve A and T juniors 25 who were inducted in the A and SjT ch4pter of Alpha J£aj>pa Mu, S national honorary scholarship S ttociety, last week. To hold mem- SS bership it is necessary to main- S tain an average of 2.3 and above for three years of college work, Reading from left to right, they are: Top Row—Avant Lowther, of Edenton, major in ohemiatr^ Samud ‘ Littlejohli, of Gaffney, South Carolina, major in mathe matics and chemistry; James Ruf fin, of Tarbolo, major in busin^^ administration. Botton Row—John WillianiB, Littleton, of the mechanics vts ,(^vision; ^r|. Ha^ Oldham^^ tiliiu' in home feces Mebane^ of Panl^ go, inajor in French and newly elected president of the etadent council. Don’t Deceive Yourseli! [A! WELL PLANNED Life Program ianticipates certain problems that must be met—a program that probably; in cludes insurable protection. But YOU are deceiving your self if your insurance |>rogram does not supply— 1. OLD 'AGE SECURITY A policy designed to provide ready cash at the TIME in LIFE iWHEN H is needed most. 2. 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