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Major Endowments Expedite Growth “Roaring Twenties” Was Period Of Rapid Expansion For J.C. Smith By Phil Rusher ^ Special To The Post After six years of "the war to end all wars, " World War I came to a conclusion and the nation's energy turned to producing one of the greatest periods of eco nomic growth in the United States. The "Roaring Twenties" was a period of rapid expansion Biddle Institute was no exception, as virtually every aspect of the school was effected by the generosity of two major endowments In~l92r~arur 1SJ22, Mrs. Johnson C. Smith of Pitts burgh, Pennsylvania, donated $400,000 to the institution. Nine buildings _were constructed and the university was renamed on March 1, 1923 to honor her late husband. In 1924 the university unexpectedly re rT1xeived »-$MOOJXX) endow.-.., ment from Charlottean James B. Duke, at the time the largest gift ever made to any Negro institution. The Johnson C. Smith athletic program expanded as well. The football team was now able to travel out of state to engage in con tests against South Carolina, Benedict, Allen, - Morris, Howard, Lincoln and teams in the CIAA. The Athletic Council was formed in the 1922-23 school year to formulate policy and direction for the pro GOLDEN BULLS WERE KICKING HIGH —And Flying High in the late 1920*8 gram. A. O. Steele was the Council’s first president. Intercollegiate sports en -jeyed a popular revival among the community The campus administration’s view went from “necessary evil” to viewing sports as wholesome recreation, healthy exercise and a wel come entertainment diver sion from the usual “se dentary habits of study." Mrs. Smith again do nated money in 1927 to be used for the construction of athletic facffifles.^Tr stadium was built, seating 10,000, on campus along with a baseball diamond and- track. A gymnasium was also put up that year (now the Hartley Woods Finance Office) with locker rooms and shower facili ties. Witfftheadvenl of the Depression, expansion of physical facilities came to a halt. In 1923, J.C. Smith joined the North Carolina Inter Collegiate Athletic Asso ciation along with North Carolina College at Dur ham. Shaw, Livingstone and Fayetteville State Normal. The Bulls switched- to the CiAA m 1926, experiencing a dis appointing l-5-l conference mark with a young team -Under coach S. Williams. Upset with the season J. C. Smith failed to show for the Thanksgiving game with Virginia Seminary. The CiAA asked for the school’s withdraw! until it would live up to all conference agreements. JCSU re turned to the North Carol ina Athletic Association in 1927. Randolph Taylor took the coaching reins and while not improving the previous year’s record by much, did develop the makings of the 1928 -championship team led by Smith's first All American Jonnie Bogle and key players Red Ellis, Jethro Henry, “Prof” Foulkes and Jack ’•Beef” Wallace Excited About Scholarship To NCCU K> JamesCuthbertson i .-,«Post Sports W riter T^eeruited by Lawrence Rejtis, Melvin Jemal ^Wallace. ^Olympic High "SchooP senior “is " excited" about his football scholar ship to North Carolina Central University. The defensive back fi gures he will fit right in the Eagle program "I am real excited about going to Durham,” he said. “The present quarterback at North Carolina Central is Myers Park graduate Gerald Fraylon and we are going to start working out with weights and exercises next week I want to give the position of wide re ceiver a shot also.” Wallace enjoyed the class room atmosphere and the general life at the campus during a recent visit. He believes that the road to success in college will be much "tougher” than the road to success in high school. ‘‘You will be going against the best in col lege,” he emphasized. “There won’t - be -many weak spots like there were in high school, plus all the players will be so much bigger and more talented. ” “But I will be there,” he continued, "dedicating my time to studying and con centrating on one sport.” At 5’9" and 175 pounds, Wallace who bench presses 240 pounds is looking for ward to the game with big rival North Carolina A&T State and the game with Johnson C. Smith on No vember in Durham. He said that Central is anticipating a good team. The defensive backs will be seniors and with a year's training he should be ready to move into a starting position his sophomore year.” “I expect to get some play next year,” he re vealed, "but I don't expect to start before I fully learn the system.” Wallace said the extra curricular things he does in high school like helping to run the Monogram Club and doing extra assign ments in English should prepare him mentally and physically for college. He has also participated in Project Excel and will be a class night speaker during graduation week. "This year, I am getting to meet other people,” he explained, "I have been talking to businessmen and seeing how it feels to be successful from people who have achieved that goal.” Wallace was tremen dously impressed by the famed Olympic Wilma Rudolph whom he met at the Phil Houghston Awards ceremony. Wallace was the male nominee from Olym pic High School The Children’s club of tte Orvis Street Community Club gathered for “Fun Time” on Saturday, June 5 at 6 p.m. The gala affair was held at the court at the Hood's home on Orvis Street. "Fun Time” is an annual event given by the children of the Orvis Street Commun ity Club, in which various talents are displayed. All participants in the pro gram danced to the music of The Breaks by Curtis Blow as the opening selection. Other presentations included duets, grpup songs, instrumental solos, skating to music, poetry, double dutch, creative dancing, etc. “Fun Time” is also an effofr ttr enhance leadership ability, develop talent and maintain self con fidence for each child, according to the children’s advisor. Anna Hood The club also stresses concern for others. Parti cipants in the event were: Rhonda Colson, Shawn Walls, Yarrum Austin, Venita Hood, Michael Parks, Tonya Dean, Erinita Dean, Shawn Dean, Kim Gilliam, Cynthia Dunlap, Charlie Brooks, Sharon Brooks, Aljana Edwards. Alfonso Edwards, Ronetta Stowe, Keith Gilliam, Kenny English, Tony Mont gomery, Rochelle Talfair and Marius Darryl Hood. Choreographers were David Brooks and Rodney Hood. Fa shion coordinators were Arlene Brooks and Billie Sasportas. Rhonda Colson and Darryl Hood presided. Wilbur Ferguson Is president of the Orvta Street Com munity Club JCSLf AonKns Apnfeafiom For Smma* School Johnson C. Smith Uni versity is now accepting applications for the second session of summer school which will run June 28 through July 31. Registration will be held on June 28 and classes will begin the following day. The courses that will be offered will include: Bio logy, Communications, Computer Science, Econo mics, Education, English, French, History, Mathe matics, Music, Philosophy, Physical Education and Health, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Reli gion, Sociology and Spanish The tuition will he $330 and $55 per semester hour exceeding the normal load of six hours. Financial assistant may be provided to those who are eligible. For more information and applications, contact summer school co-direc tors Dr. L. C. Collins or J. A. Lockett by writing Johnson C. Smith Univers Ity, 100 Beatties Kord Rd.. _28216 or call 378-1015. Basketball League The McCrorey YMCA is now accepting entries for the Adult Summer Basket ball League. Teams must consist of at least 10 but not more than 15 players The deadline for entering teams is June 21 League play starts June 28 All interested parties should contact Charles R. Cox, Physical Director at 394-2356 Martin (later to be known as “Ace" Martini. That nucleus formed one of the all time great Smith teams, winning the 1929 North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Association title and finishing with a 7-1-1 overall mark under new head coach John F Thomas. It was during 1929 on a visit to Howard University that the team earned the nickname "The Golden Bulls." The Bisons were unable to crack the Bull defense with a first down on the two yard line, drop ping the game $9-0 to the Charlotteans. A local re porter mused, "just look at those Golden Bulls play ball." The name stuck. JCSU registered— five straight shutouts before S.C. State scored a touch: down in game six, won by the Bulls 13-6. 'After back-to-baek championships, the school's administration de cided that the Bulls were ready to rejoin the tougher CIAA conference Almost the entire championship team returned in tact. Quarterback Martin had the feared triple threat Red Williams and hard charging Hog Bear in the backfield with - guard - Johnnie Bogle ripping gaping holes in the defen sive line. Smith folowers were ex pecting another great year, but the CIAA proved a tough challenge as the Bulls funished 2-1-3 in the conference and 4-2-4 over all Frustrated fingers of blame were pointed in all directions, ending with coach Thomas' resigna tion. By the 1931 season, though, the Great Depres sion had taken its toll. School budgets were slashed across the board with the athletic funds being cut to the bone En rollment shrank as the na tion began to battle a decade of high unemploy ment. poverty and hard times The Smith football fortunes floundered Lonnie P Byram coached McGill Awarded Scholarship Cicero McGill Jr of 5513 Edsdale Place, a rising sophomore at North Meek lenburg, has been awarded -a—United States Tennis Association Sumnier Tennis Camp Program scholarship In a letter to the BATCH Racquet Association, Mrs Dru Michales of the North Carolina Tennis Associa-_ tion said. "Your program was a tremendous help in locating an eligible young ster in the Charlotte area to participate in the 1981 program.” In establishing the scho larship program, the USTA pays half of the camper's tuition and the tennis camp picks up the tab for the other half McGill has been selected as one of two state repre sentatives for the North Support Our — Advertisers! Carolina Tennis Associa tion camp scholarships McGill will attend the camp located at Davidson College June 27 through Julv 2nd The Davidson—Wildetrt— Tennis Camp is directed by the renowned Jeff Frank, one of the best instructors in the area. a limited schedule in 1931 and 1932, winning one and losing 10 games William Griffin coached 17 games in the 1933-35 seasons winning five to 10 losses and two ties Herbert Penn could do no better in 1936 with a 2-3-3 record Charles Dusenburg earned recog nition as an outstanding runningback depite the lean football record in the mid 1930's. Clearly, J.C. Smith’s fortunes were down from the glorious years of the late 1920’s The recession wore on and serious consideration was being given to dropping -football._ — NEXT WEEK... Coacn Edward L ‘ Eddie’’ Jack son Proves Savior to Smith Athletics. r"li's Cheaper To Keep Her^ "Restoration Is Our _ Profession" Carpet * Sunroof , Interiors Repair or recover... 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