*.-'V v |' Keep Up With the Time FUT VOL. I. NO. 26 200 Persons Gather To See These Fine Officers A. .anil T. College's R. O. T. C., under the coinmHiid of Cnpt. Robert Lee Campbell, D. S. C.. won the applause of some 200 persons who had leathered on the front lawn of the campus to witness o competitive and exhibition drill by the bnttalon last week. The first place In the drills whs taken by Headquarters Company, under the <|nrarnand of Cadet Lieut. Jethro Hooper. The first platoon of Company C, commanded by Cadet Lieut. John Johnson, ranked second. The first nnd second platoons of Company D, under the command of Cadet Lleuts. Arthur Gotalen and Hubert Doub, respectively, tied for third place. The battalion whs under the direct command of Cadet ILeut. Col. Lewis Still. The judges were Lieut. John "Withers, the first A. and T. graduate to become a commissioned officer in the present war; brands Mebane, senior ; O. C.. Fisher, veteran of the first world "war'iand Samuel Little John and Jesse' Barley, former cadets. Special music was furnished by ' the college band under direction of Prof. Bernard Lee Mason. ^Dett and Choir In V' Radio Broadcast >.' v V . % A ' ' .lHfy Dr. NATHANIEL DETT. A new wartime anthem, "The Soul of America Defend," by Dr. It.' Nathaniel Dett, was heard over the air for the first time last Sunday morning, when the Bennett College Choir, " of which Dr.' Dett Is founder and director, appeared in a coast to coast broadcast over the NBC network. The broadcast was one of the series "Mu?tl/? ?nd imap|i4gn. Vnilth *' nrMUMltMi each Sunday by the Music Educator* National Conference. With brief Interpretation* by Dr. Dett, the progrhro showed the evolution of characteristic Negro music from Its primitive state to those form* whl<4h are regarded as clawdcal. It Included spirituals and several original compositions by Dr. Dett showing the Incorporation of Negro folk melodies and rhythms. into complete '' art forms such us the anthem. ^ Soloists on the broadcast were Miss Lottie McCoy, a Renlor, of Columbus, Ohio; Miss Vassar Battle, a sopho y.. more," or New *nrk city, and -MM j> . ..Carol. Lynn, Booker, a freshman, of * ^Younjprtnwn, Ohio. - " \' . ?'.'* tj r ?.. _ :Vr ' Dental Society .To r^Me^tlri Durham K M\^Bv^fi5th annual nemlon 'of the OJrl | */S iStaMeOleal. Dental Jand t'i., Pba'irmaceiitir^l Society' and the .Tth C^^M^Ul^^llnlc -of the'd^*l?lon of ,coj ^^opehi'tiofi and race .relations tfill infcet N> C^tiny'^;8j and py^ribtare 'win > be sir well prepared I EZi? URE .GRE A. AND" mm These officers of the R. O. T. C. at A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, played a- large part State Naval '' Recruiters To. Enlist Negroes The navy department has notified the navy recruiting 'service In North Carolina'that beginning June 1 negroes will be enlisted as apprentice seamen In the naval reserve foy general service.^ 1 "Since World "War I, negroes have been able to.jenllst In the navy only as mess attendants third class. for duty in the tnessrnan branch of naval service," said Lieut. C. B. Neely, afflcer In dharge of Davy recrultiuc In the state "The change of policy allowing members of the negro race to enlist for general service open! a wide field of opportunities' for American negroes In the navy.** To he eligible for enlistment, n negro must be able to read and write, pass the standard physical examination for class V-C, "naval reserve, and submit to a regular blood test. The age limit* are 17 to 4H and enlistment a will be made as apprentice seamen only. Men accepted will be transferred to the naval training station at Great Lakes.' III., for recruit training. After completion of the preliminary train' log, the negroes will be assigned t? duties In general service with thi Fnlte?l States naval forces- OTer tin world. i Enlistment' of negroes 'will he.ac cepted at Navy Recruiting Station ai Raleigh, Anh^lle, Greenshnro. Char lotte, Salisbury, New Bern and Wll mlngton. army officers to speak on war In qulrles and how they should he hand led by ' civilian' physicians.^ Among the physlclaus arid surge ons are Ilr. F. E. Davis, Dr? O. H Evans,-Dr. J. B. MdLaughlln, Di c. 'o, 8tewart.- Among Hmj dentin* are'Dr. B." W. Borneo. Dr. "W. Jenkins! Dr. W. I* Mitterrand Di George C. Rliupklna. /! . J . L ' NAME FOR JAPS. 1 . i'"-.- f ?. .,... .?; /' Johti' Marquand. . antbnr of tti Moto -aeries, published , by Littl Brown -and company, report tbt I American troop* refer- fo the Japi . nose aa"Mr. Moto*" and. particular] tbejf refold to tbe Japanese'planes i [ J "Mr.-^IotoA** >*; v* ?THj^ KXSBORQ, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 6. | r. OFFICERS OF THH - Jtij HXiMV: ^3)1 4aBB9 2 in the Competitive and Exhibiiton Drill held at A. and T. College lac* Monday (May 16). The K. Dr. MacLean . Commencement 1 Speaker At College . Fair Employment " Chairman Speaks Dr. Maidulm S. MacLean, presl' dent of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., and chairman of the Frealdent's ' committee on fair employment prac tlce, will deliver'the commencement > address at A. and T. College on Mon' day Jnne 1. at 7 p. in Richard H. ' Harrison auditorium. Dr. John 1*. S. ' Holloman, president of the Washing* ton Baptist Seminary, Washington, " D. C., delivered the baccalaureate sermon Sunday, May 31, at 11 *. in. i Dr. Maclean, who took hit hache* , lor'g degree at the University of . Michigan in 1916 and his doctorate I at the University of Minnesota In field of progressive education adinlti- C . 1st rat ion. National attention win* fo- * cased on him when, as Director of ^ I the General College of the Fnlverslty of Minnesota, he Introduced new . procedures In research, curriculum , and student counseling. Tlie General , College, started as an experiment In , progressive education" In 11*32, when ' , Dr. MftcLfttn was made director, l>e- 1 'came known as'one of the finest In- 1 stltutlons In the country by the spring * t of 1040, when he left to go to Hani)* ton. He Is at present eiialrnian of 1 such groups as the National Comb)It tev on General Education and the ' - North Central Association Committee on General Education. Dr. Hollomnn graduated from Wh- ' ters Normal Institute, now Watery Training >enooi, winton, is. %j.. a no wan a at ml wit at Virginia UnJon"T~nlvaraUy ml006 to (1009/ At one 1 * time a mr/0 pa ft or In.'North Carolina ' and'a teacher a'|>;Wateni Normal, he r; haa.boen pa*tor, 6?, "the Second liep-' ? tfat ChnrCh.i Waaklngton, aloce 1017. . and president of^aahlngton Raptlat Seminary . alnde '<1029. * .Re has l*en i? editor nt the Carey Herald alnre 1084. 'A* mem her of the'-Phi Beta Slg?. ma, fraternity* be took his Doctor of Dlrlpl'ty from 3Th-j^nta Union Unlver 1942. 1 :r.o.t.c. H. V Mm I O. T. C. unit at A. and T. Is unI der the direction of CapL Robert Lee Lamp bell. D. S. C. ' Europeans, Chinese Vfust Swear Allegiance Japanese military officials In the Netherlands East Indies have. demanded that all Europeans. Chinese ind other nationals resident In theee slands swear allegiance to Japan, acording to the official radio at Ani ;ara In neutral Turkey, which still ins diplomatic representatives In Ja>an.' - The Turkish spokesman said: "In his war more than In any other the 1ghta of Individuals and nations have >een Ignored and trampled down, but ights of Individuals and notions lave heen Ignored and trampled down ?ut never before did we hear of such l demand by any power from conluered peoples. It appears that the lapanese have threatened that If any ( dividual refuses to swear fidelity u Japan, he or she will lose all his >r her rlghta, In other words, will not te able to earn a living. This is Inleed an unheard of crime." Bennett Students Pick New Officers Mary I "*^f r.DRV FRCTTS, VEGETABLES.^? 'Drying frulta and' vegetables at homp Js an old fashioned practlcg now Mdc revived to meet wa^/Copdltlon*. says lllaa Robp. "Sbolv/otly mhaefvatlonLst of. State colleen, cd The Future Outlook^ | . )0K TBICE: 5c Perry Brown Speaker At Dedication f a Local Funeral , Director Speaks < .vJSr' ? ' ~ ' .'J' x'J" "Horae to roost mankind In where life begins," declared Perry Hrown^V^^*^' , ' local funeral director, who wag- the* / . principal speaker for the formai ded- ? Icatlon of the Omega beautiflcatlOQ 'j&v project at A. and.T. College last week.' C'v^- ' The project, which 'was sponsored by the Mu Psl chapter of Omega Pair' fraternity, .whs concerned with * tie" --* beautlfication of the ground la front *>'*/ of Murphy Hall, the college dining, hall. Emroett (Jeorge, a student of the department 'of horticulture..and - (^r^Snh originator of the Idea, presented who represented .the college - V ' Vjafc President Bluford commended thi ' fraternity for its excellent work^and - ? expressed the hope that other, stu-, dent organizations would follow :ita?^ example. He revealed hla pleasure * with a plan which the Omegans pre-'-; c* sented him. which involved the jee-"^2$$ tablishiug of a sunken garden in of Holland Hall next year. ; >/' Mr.? Brown, who spoke. on "The Beauty of Home, Democracy and lege."'said that home "serves-as an I ; V*