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Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University Howard University Yearbooks 1-1-1930 The Bison: 1930 Howard University Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/bison_yearbooks Part of the Higher Education Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, and the Public Relations and Advertising Commons Recommended Citation Howard University, "The Bison: 1930" (1930). Howard University Yearbooks. 110. https://dh.howard.edu/bison_yearbooks/110 This Yearbook is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Howard University Yearbooks by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. m =^>», , f' ' "^^r^k^'-yA^.^ :.MA '; •••Tf;. '^4 "iOC 6 §^ )^ ^yj ^•'CA m© THE & 91 Nineteen Hundred o 1'^ and Thirty i! 1a ^ PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR BY THE SENIOR CI ASS OF 1-HE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 11 HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, B.C. /9 re/ ^^i ::^ &.^a^ Contents ADMINISTRATION COLLEGE OF MEDICINE COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL OF MUSIC COLLEGE OF EDUCATION COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE COLLEGE OF LAW ATHLETICS CLUBS, FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES ADVERTISING D ED IC A TI ON DR. MORDECAI W. JOHNSON To Doctor Mordecai W. .Johnson, president of Howard University, leader, administr-iitor and friend of the student body, the Bison of 1930 is affectionately dedicated. Under his administration Howard University is experiencing unpre cedented growth, both materially and spiritually. The staff wishes for him and his administration continued success. for the year of nineteen hundred and thirty HOWARD UNIVERSITY IVAN EARLE TAYLOR, Editor NATHANIEL BYRD, Business Manager Photographic Work by BROWN JR., ART STUDIO Art by MILLPRISHO Photo-Engraving by GRAPHIC ART SERVICE Photographic Work by BROWN, JR., ART STUDIO Printed by MILLPRISHO All of the City of Washington COPYRIGHT 1930 O^H^O^BAO^H^'t^^^O^HVf )^fl^<I^B^^>^^^^^V^B^'>^fli^'^^l^f^^i^'^^^^^'^V^'^^^^^^^^VvO^^^0^^^r<>4B^U^^^^j^^^M>^H^O4I^U4B ••< HISTORICAL SKETCH OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY OWARD UNIVERSITY was conceived in a prayer meeting for mis sions in the First Congregational Church, of Washington, D. C, on » Monday, November 20, 1866. By an act of Congress passed March 2, 1867, it was incorporated and named after General Oliver Otis Howard, philanthropist and commissioner of the Freedmen's bureau. The institu tion was planned for the education of youth in the ministry originally, but almost from its inception it included nearly all the branches of higher edu cation. In its early history the institution was supported principally by the Freedmen's Bureau, but in 1873, this agency went out of existence. It was then maintained largely through private contributions and donations. The Federal Government in 1879 granted an annual subsidy amounting to $10,000. This subsidy has increased gradually. All Federal appropria tions for its support are made through the Department of the Interior, the University reporting annually to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the expenditures. Howard University is a privately controlled institution governed by a self-perpetuating board of trustees, twenty-four of whom are regularly elected and six are honorary members. The present membership is made up chiefly of leading educators, jurists, publicists, clergymen and other prominent citizens from widely scattered parts of the country. Howard University is the only institution of higher learning in the United States for the education of the Negro race which maintains a com plete university organization, including under-graduate, graduate and pro fessional schools. It is organized into the following divisions: College of Liberal Arts, College of Education, College of Applied Science, School of Medicine, including the Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges, School of Music, School of Religion, and the School of Law. The Liberal Arts College has been accredited by the Association of Colleges and Preparatory schools of the middle states and Maryland since 1921. The College of Medicine is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges and is rated class A by the American Medical Association, this rating having been in effect since 1892. The School of Pharmacy has been recognized as standard by the Association of the American Colleges of Pharmacy, the date of recognition being 1927. The Dental College is a member of the American Association of Dental Schools. The School of Law will be admitted to the Association of American Law Schools in 1932, the year in which it will have met all requirements for admission. The College of Education has also been accredited upon class A basis. The administrative authority of the University is lodged in the presi dent under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. The institu tion is operated on an annual budget. To facilitate the securing of jobs for students, the University operates an employment bureau in charge of the Deans of men and women. There is an endowment scholarship fund amounting to $65,000 with an annual income of $3,257. The plant of Howard University consists of twenty-five acres of land and twenty-two buildings. All this land is used for campus purposes, and is situated within the city limits of Washington, D. C, and has an estimated MORDECAI WYATT JOHNSON President It gives me pleasure to write a word of farewell greeting and good wishes to the class of 1930. I feel a special nearness to the members of this class, because we were all freshmen together. During your stay at Howard the undergraduate life has steadily increased in self control and wholesomeness. I am certain that the members of this class have been creative contributors toward these ends. Wherever you go, my love will follow you. I have confidence that your lives will be fruitful and that you will bring new honor to Howard. .:..—o. A strong, sturdy oak is a beautiful handiwork of the Creator ana is delightful to look upon. Deep into the earth it sends roots and firmly fixes itself that it may better withstand the storms of the ele ments that seek to destroy it. To the beautiful sunlight it spreads its branches that birds of the air may find shelter, and under whose spreading boughs men may find rest and quiet from the noon-day heat and toil. Symbolic of the oak do we some time find an individual. Placed at the strategic point of holding the purse strings of a four million dollar concern, yet always the welfare of the stu dent predominates. It may truly be said that the Secretary-Treasurer of the Uni versity is a straightforward, sincere com moner—a man of, and for the people—for DR. EMMETT J. SCOTT every student of Howard represents the Secretary-Treasurer people. &£« When the Registrar's office was estab lished in 1919, little thought was given to the importance of the work of that office because it was a new phase of university life at Howard. The work of the Regis trar's Office from 1919 to 1927 was con fined to the admission and keeping of rec ords in the four undergraduate colleges. Beginning with the school year 1927-1928, by action of the Board of Trustees, the scope of this office was broadened so that it would handle the admission and the keeping of records of students in the five professional schools as well as the four undergraduate colleges. Information is available here concern ing students in all divisions of the univer sity; whereas, prior to 1927, it was neces sary for one on the outside to know in what school a student was registered be fore obtaining information concerning a student. The centralization of record keeping of the university in one office has F. D. WILKINSON greatly facilitated the work of this insti Registrar tution. Dean Slowe says: "The Dean of Wom en should be the intellectual and spiritual leader of the women on her campus. Her work which touches every phase of the life* of the student body, is co-extensive with the interests of the students. She should be an authority on the education of women, and be conversant with modern education in general. Since most of her work is done with students outside the classroom, she is par ticularly interested in those activities which have to do with the wise use of lei sure time. The cultural life of the stu dents as represented by their interests when they are not working for credit is her chief concern. If a Dean of Women is able to create a desire in her students for wholesome re creational activities, for the best in litera LUCY D. SLOWE ture, art and music; if she can help her Dean of Women students see the beauty in a well ordered Who is winding up her eighth and useful life, she feels that she is one of year at Hotvard University. the most fortunate people in the world." or. The policy of the Dean of Men is to so direct the work of his office that it will i^^^^^^^m meet the gi'eatest needs of the University. It is his purpose to strive to create and maintain such a friendly atmosphere about the campus that no male student B^H will ever be allowed to feel that nobody cares or is interested in him. Students ^^^^^HL_ are encouraged to call to see the Dean of Men at any time with any problem with the assurance that they will be accorded a ^^H^H --s^ft ^^^^^^^1 friendly reception and the advice and guidance of one who is deeply interested ^-''H^l in their present and future welfare. ^^^MH The Dean of Men's office also assists those male students who cannot be accom C*2H odated in the dormitory to find suitable rooms in the city.