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April 19~~ The West Virginia Collegiate Institute The Institute Monthly INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA Entered as second-class matter. January 29. 1914. at the post-office at Ins titute • West Vir- ginia, under the act of March 3. 1879. Nine Miles from Charleston Vol. XIV APRIL 1922 Number 7 THE LEADING SCHOOL IN THE

STATE AND ONE OF THE LEADING Devoted to the Interests of The West Virginia Collegiate Institute SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES Twenty-five Cents the Scholastic Year. Five Cents Per Copy FOR THE EDUCATION OF NEGRO YOUTH

OLLEGE Courses in Education, Science, Arts, Agriculture, Industrial Education, Business Administration, Home Eco- Table of Contents nomics and Engineering. Degrees are given. PAGE Editorials 2 Commencement Plans TEACHERS are prepared for High 3 Schools, Normal Schools and Elemen- Professor A. A. Taylor at State Social Work Con- tary Grade Schools. ference 4 Athletics GRADUATES receive Certificates to BasebaU 5 teach in West Virginia without exam- BasketbaU 6 ination. The Agricultural Page 9 Alumni Notes 9 Pre-Medical Courses are given. Sec- Campus Notes 12 ondary work is offered. Births 12 Marriages 12 OUR INDUSTRIAL and Trade work Institute Clubs-Third Page of Cover fill a West Virginia need. • NEXT REGULAR SESSION WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 20, 1922. EDITORIAL STAFF For Information, Address Athletics, Debating, Christian Socie- S. H. Guss D. A. LANE, JR. John. W. Davis, President C. E. MITCHELL,BUSINESSMANAGER. " ties, Healthful surroundings, Fine Address all Communications to "THE INSTITUTEMONTHLY, Institute, W. Va. Instttute, West Vi'rginia dormitories, Low expenses, A com- petent faculty. J THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 3

commencsmsnr PLAns department: Geneva P. Brown, The Institute Monthly lone M. Bowyer, Mabel Campbell, The tentative program of activ- Eula Forney, Cora L. Harris, Vol. XIV APRIL 1922 No.7 ities tor the twenty -seventh an- Naomi HUIubles, Carrie M. Rich- nnal commencement week, May 26 ards, Fannie Steptoe, Rosa Taylor, Entered as second-class matter, January 29, 1914, at the post-office at Institute, West Virginia, under the act of March 3, 1879. to 31, 1921, has been announced by Ella Woods. President Davis as follows: May 26, From the secondary department: II the Fourth- Year play; May 28 Pearl Anderson, Earl Brown, (morning), the baccalaureate ser- Margaret Brown, Alise Calloway, mon; May 28 (evening), the gradu- Anna Carter, Regina Chiles, Drue Editorials ation exercises of the Alpha Bible Culumns, Louise Deans, Sybil Froe, class; May 29 (afternoon), base- Carl Hairston, Carrie M. Hines, ANOTHERcommencement week is at hand, our twenty-seventh. Tenta- ball, Institute-Wilberforce; May 29 Samuel Holland, Matilda James, tive plans for the activities of that week are announced on another (evening), the Dorot hy-Constance Geneva Jones, Mamie Keene, Rosa page of this issue. Prominent speakers have been secured Prize Rhetoricals; May 30 (morn- Perry, Mattie Keene, Hallie Log- To for the several addresses, and careful attention is being ing) the annual Alumni Business wood, Addrene Morse, Mabel Alumni given to perfecting every detail. ~ One of the joys of Meeting; May 30 (afternoon), Palmer, Odaris Palmer, Georgia commencement is the "home-coming" of alumni, by which baseball, Institute- Wilberforce; Peters, Fred Philpott, Theodore former students get an opportunity to live over past experiences, be re- May 30 (evening), the alumni ban- Porter, Emma Reed, Harry S. Sau- baptized with the Institute spirit and meet the students of the present, quet; May 31 (morning), com- nders, Freda Scott, Granville while, on the other hand, the students now in school see and hear those mencement exercises . Smith, Mary J. Trent, Mary Strat- who have occupied their seats in years past and are now out in the • SPEAKERS ton, Beatrice Wade, Ethel Wade, world of actuality. Edmonia Walden, Loris Washing- It is hoped, therefore, that every class which has graduated from The commencement address will ton, Albert White, Willa Williams, Institute will be represented at this commencement. Come and get be delivered by Rev. Dr. Pezavia Ruth Wilson, Samantha Wood. once more in touch with the old school. Come and see the new build- 0' Connell, dean of Morg m College, Clarence Bowles, Estella Eggles- ing and improvements which have been made. Come and be told of Baltimore. Dr. 0' Connell, besides ton, Arlean Hicks, Lourine James, being an educator, is an orator of the plans on foot for the Institute of the future. Eloise Lovette, Geneva West, An- nation-wide repute, and the school drew Wicks. considers itself fortunate in having From the Commercial depart- secured his services. ment: Armada Lomac, Charles Rev Dr. 1. V. Bryant, well- Rutherford. known pastor of the First Baptist Certificates in Carpentry, Clar- Church of Huntington, will preach ence Bowles, Harry W. Saunders, the baccalaureate sermon. Granville Smith, Albert White Captain G. J.!:. Ferguson, of Certificates in Domestic Art: Charleston, will address the Bible Pearl Anderson, Annie Carter, Es- Class at its commencement exer- telle Eggleston, Addrene Morse cises. Edmonia Walden. ' THE GRADUATES Certificates in Domestic Science: Following is the tentative roll Alise Calloway, Annie Carter Ar- of graduates: From the College lean Hicks, Eloise Lovette, Mary 4 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 5

Stratton, Mabel Palmer, Beatric, (1) That the community work Wade, Samantha Wood. in mining towns and other rural ..Athletics Certificate in Masonry: Drue communities be indefinitely ex- Culumns. tended. (2) That the facilities of the Certificates in Printing: Carl Hairs- is showing up well. Besides these State Bureau of N egro Welfare and BASEBALL ton, Theodore Porter. are Wilson, Lowry, Holland. and Statistics be so increased as to Indications are that the baseball Gough from Charleston High. In Professor A. A. Tat)lor at State constitute it the central directing season will be one of Institute's the infield Granville Smith is back force of the whole realm of wel- most successful. Under the compe- Social 'Work Conference at first base; L. Chatman, Coleman, fare activities among the Negroes tent tutelage of Coach Brock, prac- E. Chatman, A. Harris, Westerband The State Conference of Social in the State. tice was started early in April with and Drewery, are candidates for Work which met in Parkersburg (3) That there be established a squad of over forty candidates, berths. In practice these men on the 8th and 9th of March was by public-spirited citizens two among whom were seven letter have displayed adequate baseball addressed by Professor A.A. Tay- scholarships in economics or sociol- men from last year, two players technique, of such a calibre as to lor of the Department of Econom- ogyat the West Virginia Collegiate from the team of two years ago, justify a firm belief that Institute ics, who rendered the report for Institute, to be awarded annually and at least ten tentative pitchers. possesses an "air-tight" infield. the Negro workers of the State. to citizens of the State, who shall The presence of these would-be Rutherford, who pitched win- In his analysis of "the welfare indicate, by means to be determin- pitchers was especially encourag- ning ball last year, should do much agencies working among Negroes ed, their capacity for social welfare ing, because of the fact that the better this season. Saundle, Dixie, in the State," Professor Taylor work. Institute team of last year suffered Ward, Colley, Dickerson, Mills, and brought as significant facts the In support of the second rerom- because of the lack of pitching. several others are competitors for character of their activities, the mendation, Professor Taylor as- material. In spite of the fact that positions on the mound. Cardwell, distribution by counties of the dif- serted that the bureau, in this all of last year's outfielders re- of football fame, is doing the bulk ferent types of agencies, the nu- instance, could devise plans for turned to school, there were fifteen of receiving, assisted by Banks, merical deficiency of agencies con- aspirants for ontfield berths, and a coordination of activities of the Preston and A. Fairfax. trolled by Negroes, the lack of various agencies and for -elimina- great number of "unknowns" try- THE MONTHLYwent to press too specialization in the few distinctly tion of the duplication of activities ing for infield positions. •.1 early to receive a report of the first Negro agencies, absence of cer- carried on hy the same agencies. Alonzo Harden, a Charleston game, at Raleigh, on April 29, so tain types of activities of known It could, moreover, establish youth, who was chcsen captain of very little can be said of the team value in group welfare, the lack activities where none now exist. this year's team, is back at his old in action. The season's schedule of professionally trained Neg.ro The third recommendation, he position in left field. Harden, who contains the usual games with welfare workers and the numenc- urged, would, if adopted, enable is playing his fourth season with Wilberforce on May 8th and 9th at al preponderance of State institu- worthy students to obtain at the the team, has always been a reliable Wilberforce and on May 27th and tions ministering to the needs of West Virginia Collegiate Institute player and has on more than one 29th at Institute. A trip to Ken- the socially infirm. Declaring the professional training in social wel- occasion manifested ability as a tucky, on which at least three defects in the organization of fare work. The Conference not leader. Besides being a hard hit- games will be played, one with these agencies to be not hopelessly only adopted these recommenda- ter and a brilliant fielder, he is a KentuckY State Normal, is tenta- irreparable, Professor Taylor pre- tions, but pledged to assist in pitcher of repute, quite capable of tively scheduled, and the season sented a constructive plan desig~ed carrying them into effect. successfully taking his turn on the will close with the annual alumni to give to them the right directI.on. mound. game on May 30th. This plan comprised the followmg Garrison, who is having his first recommendation: try-out in intercollegian, company, 6 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY

BASKETBALL

q"he Girls' Leaque Basketball, among the girls, although played for the first time by the majority of them, proved to be of exceeding interest this year, and has given hopes that next year it will doubtless be possible to have a girls' basketball team capable of holding its own against any similar team in intercollegiate ranks. The race for the championship was close enough to cause enthusi- asm to run high. The Mountaineers(college), who eventually won the championship without a single defeat, were usually hard pushed for the greater part of the game, winning out, however, by a greater knowl- edge of what to do at the critical moment, rather than by throwing the ball and trusting to luck. The Terriers, representing the Third-Year class, won second place by their everlasting spirit of fight, which made up for lack of star players. Considering their inexperience, their work was probably more worthy of commendation than that of any of the other teams. The Tigers and Wildcats tied for third place and exhibited some of the best basketball of the season. The remaning teams, the Jay Hawks, Just Us, Dragons and Giants, were never in the running. The Jay Hawks seemed to lack anything like team spirit, although possessing such stellar players as Anna Perry and Kathleen George. The other teams were merely inexperienced, wasting most of their efforts by chas- ing the ball around the floor and by crowding together too much. They seemed unable to grasp the fact that basketball is a game requir- ing aggressiveness and co-ordination rather than a passive resistance and the favors of fortune. The final standing of the teams was as follows: W. L. Pct. Mountaineers 7 o 1.000 Terriers 5 2 .714 Wild Cats 4 2 .667 Tigers 4 2 .667 Jay Hawks 2 4 .333 Giants 1 4 .200 Just Us 1 5 .166 Dragons o 5 .000 All-Star Girls' Basketball Team Since there was no girls' varsity basketball team, it has been re-

j THE INTER-CLASS GIRLS' CHAMPIO BASKETBALL TEAM (MOUNTAINEERS)-1922 8 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY 9 quested that a first and second all-star team be sele~ted from among the seemed to excel her offensively, and is therefore on the first team. players in the girls' league: Accordingly, the followmg have been chosen Other capable forwards were Miss Perry, who seemed to have as members of two mythical Varsity teams: been handicapped by being the only aggressive member on a non- First Team Position Second Team aggressive team, Miss Chatman and Miss Dandridge of the Terriers. N. Johnson (Mountaineers) F A. Lomac (Tigers) Miss Keene and Miss Calloway of the Terriers, and Miss Brown of the A. Carter (Tigers) F 1. Hampton (Wild Cats) Tigers, were among the guards worthy of mention. M. Riddle (Mountaineers) C R. Chiles (Tigers) K. Gallion (Wild Cats) G H. Mumford (Moun~aineers) Lois Spencer (Wild Cats) G Z. Pleasants (WIld Cats) Honorable Mention: Forwards-A. Perry (Jay Hawks), 1. Dand- ridge (Terriers), Z. Chatman (Terriers); CniE and drawing out the sap. Poison Guards-M. Keene (Mountaineers), D. Brown (Terriers), A. AqRICUL TURAL PAqE has no effect on this kind of insect, Calloway (Tigers). but it may be destroyed if colored The selections scarcely need justificatiou. Statistics show that the This page is devoted to the answering with some caustic material, such two forwards, Miss Johnson and Miss Carter, scored more points than of questions dealing with agriculture. as whale oil soap or kerosene emul- anyone else in the league. Miss Johnson, i~ p~rticular, though playing Questions should be sent to Mr. A. W. Curtis, sion. only in the second half of many games, was indisputably the .best player director of the Departmen t of Agriculture, Most diseases of plants are of a and will be answered by him or by some in the league and it was due chiefly to her that the Mountameers were member of the department. fungus nature, and spread by able to overcome the Tigers and defeat the Wild Cats. She has to her means of spores. The spores spread credit sixteen field goals and one free throw, 33 points altogether. Miss Question- Last year I had a from infected leaves or plants to Carter her mythical running mate. collected ten field goals and ten free good garden to start with, but healthy plants, which, if unprotect- throws for a total 30 points. Aggressive and dependable at all times, before the season was over, insects ed, will also become diseased. she was the outstanding player on her team. Miss Hampton of the practically destroyed it. What Many of these diseases cannot be Wild Cats and Miss Lomac of the Tigers also proved valuable players methods should I use to cured when they once get a good who would afford competition for any girls' team. control insects and plant disease? hold on the plants, but they may There was a decided lack of good centers. Miss Riddle of the Answer-The gardener or hor- be prevented by spraying the plant Mountaineers was probably the best, with Miss Chiles of the Tigers a ticulturist classifies insects accord- with Bordeaux mixture (blue close second. Miss Riddle was chosen first because of her more consist- ing to the method by which they stone and unslaked lime) or lime- ent team-work and her keener eye for the basket. Furthermore, she obtain their food, namely, chewing sulphur wash(sulphur and lime). could shift to any position and playas good a game at guard as center. insects sucking insects. Chewing Only Miss Carter excelled her at shooting fouls, and she by only one insects obtain their food by eating .ALUmnI noerss point. the leaves, stem or fruit, and are OFFICERS OF INSTITUTE CLUBS The Wild Cats seem to have a monopoly' on ~he guards. Misses easily destroyed by using a poison Gallion Lois Spencer and Pleasants, all of the WIld Cats, along with such as arsenate of lead or paris Huntington,- Miss Mumford of the Mountaineers, proved the most consistent per- green. If the vegetable in question W. A. Morris, Pres. Irene Miller, Secty, formers of the season. The guardin~ of the .first two kept a team is one of which the leaves are used which was weak offensively in the runmn.g. MISSSpencer, too, managed for food,such as cabbage or lettuce, Parkersburg,- to collect seven field goals, a good showing for a guard. Miss Gallion, I would advise the use of kerosene C. V. Harris, Pres. by her ability to get the ball, p~vot, and start ~ play back down the floor, emulsion or tobacco instead. John McDowell, Vice Pres. was a valuable asset to the WIld Cats. In this she was not alone, how- Sucking insects get their food Almeda Brown, Secty. ever, for Miss'Mumford, the protector of the Mountaineers' basket, dis- from the plants by inserting their Florence Jackson, Asst. Secty. played the same ability to as great a degree. Miss Gallion, however, beaks into the cells of the plant Alice Harris (Mrs.), Treas. FOURTH-YEAR CLASS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS-1922

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McDonald,- All graduates should be making John H. Branch, Pres. arrangements to attend the annual Lena Jones, Secty. Alumni meeting. Business of ex- Mary Poter, Treas. treme importance will be consid- Hinton,- ered. The day will be devoted to G. R. C. Crawford, Pres. the following exercises: business Emma B. Smithers, Vice Pres. meeting at ten o'clock A. M., a Blanch C. Peters (Mrs.), Secty. baseball game between the Alumni Veeta B. Anderson, Treas. and the varsity team at 3:30 P. M., Clarksburg,- and the annual reception and lun- Ophelia M. Washington, Pres. cheon at 7:00 P. M. Velma McCoy, Vice Pres. Special features will be the re- Cornelia Spears, Secty. unions of classes '97, '02, '07, '12, EstellaJ onest Mrs.), Cor.Secty. and '17. Members of these classes Eva Green, Treas. should make it their purpose and duty to be present in order that Greenbriar-Monroe-Pocahontas,- their classes should be the most rep- G. B. Cousins, Pres. resentative as to number of persons Andrew Robinson, Vice Pres. present. Anna L. Garrison, Secty. Don't forget your alumni dues. St. Albans,- Kindly forward the same to Mr. A. Garnett Smithing CMrs.), Pres. G. Brown, Treasurer, Institute, W. Leroy Hall, Secty. Va. Virginia W. Neal,Mrs. Treas. 1901 Charleston - G. E. Ferguson, Pres. Mr. Samuel S. Gordon may be Institute- addressed at St. Albans, W. Va. D. M. Prillerman, Pres. Mrs. Cora Butler Williams has C. O. Hubbard, Secty. changed her address to 1004 Wash- ington Street, Charleston, W. Va. McDowell-Keystone-Mercer- Mrs. Williams is operating the Walter D. Clarkson, Pres. dietary department of the Hotel S, A. Calhoun, Secty. Ferguson. Mrs. Ida E., Whittico, Treas. Miss Rhoda Wilson, teacher of Holden- English in the Garnett High School, M. Paynter, Pres. Charleston, visited Institute recent- Miss Hattie C. Hicks, Secty. ly. Mrs. Anna C. Hunter, Treas. 1909 Pittsburgh, Pa.- Miss D. Mayhew, Pres. Miss Jessie Lindsay has regis- Miss Leona Mills, Secty. tered in the institution for educa- Mr. J. Hill, Treas. tional work. 12 THE INSTITUTE MONTHLY ...... : :::.:::::::::;:::::;::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .. ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::'.

1911 Aubrey Harris, and Manager Alex- Organization of Institute Clubs ander Washington. Coach Brock, Mr. Quillion Jones, a teacher at Watch us grow in a brief address, commended the Winona, W. Va., is pursuing men for the work of the past sea- OUR GOAL: 25 CLUBS BEFORE JUNE 1. J922 work at Institute. son and urged them to prepare SLOGAN: All for Institute Clubs- CAmpus nOTES for even better work during the All Clubs For Institute. coming year. Captain-Elect Will- On Friday evening, April 14, iam Moore also made a brief ad- the First-Year Class presented the dress, full of wholesome adjuration "Trial Scene" from The Merchant concerning team-work, scholar- ~Cl of Venice in a very excellent ship and fair play. --- manner. Costumes and scenery 25 were made and furnished by the Births 24 members of the class. The fol- 23 DAVIS: To Mr. Harry S. Davis lowing students took part: 22 '11 and Mrs. Davis, a girl; Shylock Jacob H. Johnson Charleston, W. Va, 21 Portia Claudine Hurt 20 Antonio Robert Redd Bassanio Augustine Fairfax DEANS: To Mr. Benjamin Deans 19 Duke of Venice Alphonso Brown '12 and Mrs. Deans, (Miss 18 Gratiano Henry Suttles Lena King '14), a son. Mr. 17 WHO WILL GAIN Nerissa Annette Page Deans is an instructor in the Clerk of Court Theodore James Keystone-Eckman School. 16 ANOTHE~ y A~D Salerio Joseph Carey 15 FO~ INSTITUTE? Witnesses \ Eurick Slater I Frederick Page SAUNDERS: To Prof. Emmett B. 14 Saunders '10 (Ohio State Uni- A synopsis of the play was read Pittsburg, Pa. 13 versity '19), and Mrs. Saun- Hinton 12 by Alice Curtis, and musical num- ders, a son, at Columbus, Ohio. 11 bers were furnished by other Prof. Saunders is Principal of Holden members of the First-Year Class. the Kelly Miller High School, Greenbriar-Monroe-Pocahontas 1 Clarksburg. St. Albans 9 The annual football banquet ° Parkersburg 8 was held in Glasscock Hall on Illarrtaqes Friday, March 31, at which time McDonald 7 6 varsity letters and footballs were SCOTT-WHEELER: Prof. Daniel Mercer-McDowell awarded to the following men: B. Scott, A.B. '20, to Miss Leo- Huntington 5 C~Ptain Dandridge Brown, Gran- nora Wheeler, at Sedalia, N. Institute 4 VIlle Smith, Harry Saunders, Sam- C., March 2, 1922. Prof. Scott 3 uel Holland, William Moore, Montgomery is a teacher at Palmer Me- Charleston 2 C?urtney Preston, Smith Jones, morial Institute, Sedalia, N. C. DIllard Wilson, Clarence Bowles, I~ Clarksburg 1 Joseph Gough, Mark Cardwell, Fitzhugh Eaves, William Drewery, :::::: :::: :::: :::: :::::: ::::::::::::::::: ::: :::: :::: :::: :::: ::: :::: ::: ::::::::: ::: ::::: ::: ::::: :::: :::::: :::: :::::: ::: :::: :::::: :::: :::: ::::: :::: ::: ::::::::;:::::~ Spring

The cold and chilly winds are past, The joyous spring has come; The little insects have returned From their dark winter home.

The little birds, in sweetest notes Are chattering forth their songs, Bestowing praises unto Him To whom all praise belongs.

The butterflies and busy bees Are on the flitting wing, And seem to say among themselves "We welcome thee, oh Spingl"

The seasons come, the seasons go; Dost thou not understand That all these things have been ordained Just for the sake of man?

Rejoice with us, rejoice with us- Let Nature have her sway. According to majestic plans It will e'er be this way. -M. T. Sinclair, M. D.