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INAUGURATION PROCESSION, OCTOBER, 1927
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WAS conceived in doubt just three years ago. rigible child. But I am not bad—I have my I They called me THE LINCOLN NEWS. At faults, but I could be worse. Yes, they are afraid ray birth, my doom was foretold—1 was given of me, afraid of my influence. just three months to live. But now 1 celebrate It is through such media as I that seven stu- my third birthday. I wanted to celebrate it by honoring the senior class, but they, two officials dent editors were asked to resign their positions of the faculty, threw mud at me saying that I was because they dared to express themselves. No not worthy. And yet I live and am growing wonder that they refuse me succor when I am stronger. in need. I thought students were sent to Col- lege to think and not what to think. They have 1 know that I was puny, subject to extinction, branded me because 1 have forsakeriecl the old but 1 lived in hope of a better day. 1 have a few friends who helped me—two seniors who saw and now believe in new things,—the practical and possibilities of curing me, of giving me freedom, broad things. And though they think 1 should and I am thankful that 1 have been nursed to be die, I shall live. I shall be the medium for pent- stronger. But now I am beginning to think for up expressions, for true facts, for the endless myself. I know why some hate me, wish me total stretch of life between the pathetic and humor- extinction. They fear that I may grow strong ous. Though 1 was conceived in doubt, I still and unruly—that I may defy them like an incor- live. LINCOLN NEWS 402
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President EARLE U. ROBINSON Vice-President EDWARD W. STRATTON, JR. Secretary GEORGE C. MORSE Treasurer THEODORE R. ESPY
Albert H. Anderson Wallace L. Forrester Lawrence N. Phillips Theodore R. Anderson Mark M. Gibson William Pickens, Jr. Joseph A. Bailey William H. Giles Shelby A. Rooks Fannin S. Belcher, Jr. Peter J. Hall, Jr. Herbert St. Clair Theodore M. Belcher Louis E. Harmon John N. Sanders Ulysses G. Bourne John W. Haywood, Jr. Edward S. Silvera Alger L. Brown Charles E. Henson William H. Sinkler, Jr. Frank A. Brown John A. Hibbler, Jr. Albeit L. Smith, Jr. Robert A. Bryant Richard H. Hill Earle C. Smith Jesse M. Burnett De Courcy Holder William A. Stanford Marcus E. Carpenter Samuel L. Jackson Robert S. Taylor John W. Caulder Harry 0. Johnson Hal H. Timmons, Jr. Jabez L. Clarke Roland J. Jones Charles T. Valentine George W. Coleman, Jr. Ernest R. Kimbrough Orville R. Walls Malcolm G. Dade Henry A. McPherson George R. Watkins Harvey M. Diggs Arthur P. Motley Richard S. Watson. Jr. James E. Dorsev Leon H. Murray Vincent E. Waxwood Joseph E. Dyer William C. Paul Thomas R. Webber Isaac D. Faulkner David 0. Penn Donald W. Wyatt Kenneth E. Fletcher Daniel B. Perry Isaiah T. Young John T. Peterson
Mfjo'S llt)0 of '28
First Second Third Most Popular Hill Robinson Rooks Biggest Bluffer T. Belcher .Hill . Carpenter Most Studious Morse . F. Belcher Faulkner Jolliest St. Clair Valentine Phillips Most Business-like Clarke Paul Dorsey Laziest Timmons Kimbrough T. Belcher First to Get Married Watkins Peterson E. Smith Best Athlete Bryant Young Hibbler Class Pest Perry T. Belcher Dade Class Politician Stratton Murray Espy Loudest Dresser E. Smith Robinson Rooks Quietest A.Smith Wyatt MacPherson Class Pessimist T. Belcher Perry ' Webber Most Handsome Robinson F. Belcher ...St. Clair Biggest Social Baron Robinson Stratton Watson Most Cynical Morse Watson Pickens THEODORE R. ANDERSON "Ted" Theodore hails from the sunny State of South Carolina. He prepared for Lincoln at S. C. State College. One wonders how so much agility of form and wisdom can be contained in such a diminutive stature. J. ARTHUR BAILEY Nevertheless "Ted" has held down the "Stump" third bag continuously. He also "shocked" Joseph came to us from New Orleans himself by making second group. Of where he completed his high school work. course, athletes are beloved by girls, so He has several distinctions to his credit, draw your own conclusions. We expect such as being the shortest and most vocifer- him lo enter Howard Medical School. ous member of the class. He has an un- Varsity baseball 2, 3. Captain 4. Member usual propensity for selecting tall dance of Phi Alpha Phi fraternity. partners at most of the social functions. He is an excellent debater and orator. Be- ing industrious and studious we expect him FANNIN S. BELCHER, JR. to become famous in law and journalism "Prof" after graduation. Member of Varsity De- Fannin prepared for Lincoln at Dunbar bating Teams 3, 4, Delia Sigma Chi De- High, of Washington, D. C. This debonair bating Society, Associate Editor of LINCOLN student has many distinctions, especially in NEWS 4, Class Baseball Team 3, 4, Phi dramatics. He has surprised us by his Beta Sigma fraternity and honor student. ability in interpretive dances and imperson- ations on the stage. Being an excellent English student, he serves as instructor in English. He expects to teach English and THEODORE M. BELCHER "Comrade" dramatics in Washington, D. C. Member Phi Lambda Sigma, Pres. of Mask and Theodore hails from Iva, South Carolina. Wig Club, Circulation Manager of LINCOLN He quickly displayed his forensic ability, NEWS, Omega Psi Phi, winner of prize in making the varsity debating team in his English 3, and honor student. Freshman year. We regret that he has forsaken this cal.ing and turned his inter- ests in other fields. He declares he is a socialist and an extreme radical. Being comical and argumentative he is very popular among the student body, lie plans to study law in graduate school. Member ULYSSES G. BOURNE of Varsity Debating Teams 1, Soccer 2, 3, "Little Boy" 4, Glee Club 1, 2, Student Council 3, and Ulysses hails from Frederick, Md., and honor student. by his genial nature he has won many friends while here at Lincoln. He is sub- ject to rather puerile outbursts when he is excited, hence the nick-name, "Liltle Boy." He is interested in science and in- tends to take medicine at Meharry. Mem- ALGER L. BROWN ber of Bridge Club, Class Baseball 3, 4, "Puddin' Head" Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Alger prepared at Gillespie Normal, Cordele, KENNETH E. FLETCHER W. L. FORRESTER New Haven, Conn. Bridgeport, Conn. "Ken" "JFallie" "Ken" came to us from New Haven Graduated from Bridgeport H. S.; ma- High School highly recommended as a triculated at Lincoln in Fall of '24. Inter- track man, which "rep" he has more than ested in scientific curricular. Football justified during his four years at Lincoln. holds major interest in sports. "Wallie" is "Ken" also sings first tenor in the Glee campus doctor, a genial and congenial Club and Choir (when he gets up in time). chap with a decided liking for the ladies. Member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He expects to take medicine. "Wallie" is Will study medicine at Howard. a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. PETER L. HALL H. O. JOHNSON WILLIAM PICKENS, JR. "Pete" "H. O." "Dean" Peter is a product of Dunbar High, Graduated from Mary Potter Memorial William prepared at Townsend Harris Washington, D. C. Peter has traveled over School; matriculated at Lincoln U in Fall Hall. A queer chap indeed—temperamen- many lands and the seven seas, and there- of '24. "H. 0." answers to the sobriquet tal as most great musicians are, and sub- by gathered anecdotes and experiences that of "Red." He is a star outfielder, is known ject to puerile outbursts of emotion. "Bill" are interesting to hear. "Pete's" hobby is as the intramural fly-hawk—Pi Lambda is a good student and has radical leanings. science, for he spends most of h!s lime in Psi's most reliable and brilliant star of As a pianist he is A No. I and he also lab. He plans to study medicine. Member the diamond. "Red" is the campus head possesses a good voice. "Bill's" romantic of Beta Kappa Chi, student instructor in mailman and is an aspirant for the mantle urge has just been called from its dormant anatomy, histology and biology. of the apostles. "11. 0." expects to enter stage. He plans to study law. Member of the Seminary of his alma mater. Member Mask and Wig Club 3, 4, Glee Club 2. 3. of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. 4, and Omega Psi I hi fraternity. JOHN N. SANDERS "Fang" ALBERT L. SMITH DONALD WHEELER WYATT "Fang" hails from Kansas City, Kansas, "Hermit" "Chink" and spent one of his college years at Wil- Albert hails from North Fork, W. Va., This quiet, unassuming person hails from berforce before joining us. Wit he has, a and came to join us in our Junior year. Baltimore and is a very popular fellow, lie gift that he revealed after spending a year Albert lives alone like a recluse, mingling is very studious and has been an honor of taciturnity with us. "Fang" has a laugh little with the students; so little is known student throughout his life at Lincoln. He that echoes in Cresson Hall after he cracks about him except that he likes chemistry has specialized in Buncombe and has really his usuals for the boys. Member of Glee and plans to study medicine. enjoyed I he courses. He is one of Pi Club 2, 3, Choir 2, 3, Class Basketball 2, Lambda Psi's few social workers. "Chink" 3, 4. has athletic tendencies also: Cresson A. C. Basketball Team 1, Tennis Team 2, 3, 4. Manager of Tennis Team 4, member of Varsity "L" Club. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, one of the founders of the Bridge Club and plans to spend his life in Social Service work. We wish him much success. LINCOLN NEWS 11 jMgtorp of tfn Clasis; of '28 ARLY in September of 1924, there began to arrive at ing. For the first time in the history of the school the our local railroad station, all sorts of curious boxes freshmen wore tags bearing the image of a dog. (Credit E and boys and trunks, bearing strange names and for both of these remarkable achievements is due largely coming from widely different places. These were soon to the Socialist leader from South Carolina.) followed by faces and manners equally strange; and at In both football and the debate, we again acquitted our- the mercy of hostile sophomores, completely unknown even selves well. In the latter we won the cup, in the former we to one another, we soon found ourselves constituting the annihilated the "Preps." Freshman class of that year. Those were the days when The work this year was really more absorbing and in- sophomores came from St. Louis, Louisville and New Or- teresting than that of the preceding year. Most of us had leans; when the Zeus was ugly, contemptible, and from "the cat," several had chemistry (Chi Sigma); and not a Baltimore; when the woods were dark and the moon was few elected Dean's philosophy. Much of the work of low; when the distance from Oxford after midnight was freshman year had been monotonous. But now we began more than four miles. to think of ourselves as college men, and we frequently Under these very trying circumstances, we turned natur- wrote letters back home using such words as "Pectoanti- ally to the relief which co-operation and organization bracialis" and "epiphenomenalism." usually afford, and the result was the election of D. J. Before we could realize that the snow had melted, the Thomas as our first president. He was assisted by very invitations were out for Phi Delta Pi's Junior Prom. We efficient subordinates, and they succeeded in curbing the didn't think of trying to go ourselves, but we simply said, activities of our enemies, and we now began to feel at "If we ever get a chance at that, we'll hit it, and hit it home. hard." And so we thought of little else during the re- In the annual Sophomore-Freshman football game, we mainder of sophomore year. won a moral victory, and only the craftiness of the officials Even when we returned in Junior year, our plans for kept us "in our places." We had already been well rep- eclipsing the prom of the previous year were made and resented on the Varsity and although that was Lincoln's everything was done as in preparation for and leading up most successful year on the gridiron, and every position to the grand event. The officers of the sophomore year was stoutlv contested, two of our men played remarkably had been retained. There were many new men this year well in the Thanksgiving game, and were thus awarded coming from the Junior Colleges of the South. The dance the coveted letter. in honor of the senior class was the principal event of the But in the annual debate between the two classes, even year. It was a success, so the pretty girls thought. And the artifice and the cunning of the judges could not deny who does not remember the party that followed? ns our desserts, and the result was an unanimous decision The next hish spot was Ivy Day. It was conspicuous for in our favor. We were represented by the distinguished its failure. The plans were made; the stone was cut, the gentleman from South Carolina; the former Ambassador programs printed, the caps and gowns at the station (C. 0. to Russia; and one who was later to attract attention as the D.) and then the whole thing upset. The boys decided, boy poet. well, you don't see any, do you? — In the track and field events, we also took prizes, and Senior year began with the class enrollment practically we still find pleasure in recalling the very brilliant per- the same as it had been the preceding year. This year, formances of Robinson, Gihson, Bost, West, Bryant, Stan- Earle U. Robinson, of Pennsylvania, was president of the ford and the others. In basketball, the Cresson team com- class. On registration day, there was a grand rush for posed of Silvera, Morse, Wyatt, Carpenter, Penn, Dalton "soft" courses. Everybody elected Practice Teaching, In- and Jones was the bsst combination on the campus. troduction to Teaching, and History of Education. Even It was not an eventful year at college, this first year at the president's advanced Greek was popular. We wanted college. Our activities were so definitely restricted and our time for other things than study. There were pinochle regulated that little social diversion was possible. But it games; week-end trips; odd hours in the library; basket- meant for us the beginning of a most precious experience; ball games; afternoon naps and midnight "bull sessions," it meant that we would select our friends according to our none of which could be neglected for the sake of such in- own notion of what manhood should be; that now, for the consequential things as books. The stones and the green first time, unassisted by our parents with their preferences benches were now used freely. of neighborhood and denomination, we were at liberty to The annual ball by the Junior class in our honor was, set our own standards and draw our own conclusions. And we must confess, a slight improvement upon our own, and out of this experience have come friendships that will be every senior thought the occasion warranted his most genu- life-long: that will in future years hallow and make sacred ine respect and gratitude. They're good men—only they the place which fostered them. The beginning of the sopho- came to college a year too late. more year saw many changes. Our president this year was And then came commencement. Theodore Espy was Shelby A. Rooks of North Carolina. A few of our class- selected as salutatorian, and Leon Murray as valedictorian. mates failed to return, but our ranks were recruited by men Both are from Florida. Frameup. (Panicky was sick entering as sophomores from other colleges. We, all of when he returned from the baseball trip.) Class night us, returned with the avowed purpose of wreaking venge- undergraduate orations—graduation exercises—senior ban- ance upon the incoming freshman. And so when Zeus quet—senior ball and the trick was done. We had come Mizell arrived, we had the usual round of shouting, break- to college; we had learned a few lhm Claste $ropfjecp BY TED VALENTINE HE Editor of this journal has assigned me to the and Revolutionists: Richard Hurst Hill. Theodore Belcher task of writing a prophecy. It is my final write-up and Lawrence Phillips. T as an undergraduate. And as I retrospect a hit, my Albert Anderson, James Dorsey, Henry McPherson and write-ups have been terrible but the undegraduate period Charles Henson, despite their advanced years, are still has been marvelous. I find—as I thought I wouldn't—al- playing to packed houses on the three-a-day circuit, which ready a bit of sadness stealing over me as I contemplate the includes the three big Earl Robinson Vaudeville Houses, leaving of these classic shades, the enjoyable community located at Avondale, Oxford and Elkview. life and the leisure; even compulsory chapel and class William Stanford, the silverv-tongued orator, is serving attendance, the various restrictions and three years of the his third consecutive term as Speaker of the House of Rep- Refectory food do not inspire the high amount of hatred resentatives. and denunciation, that they once did. Pause with me a moment while I shed a tear in memory But back to the subject of Prophecies. I infer—from the ol our beloved William Pickens, now remembered as the type of Prophecies that 1 have read- -that I am -as far as "Mad Pianist" and permanently residing in the Robert my limitations will allow,—to paint a glorious picture of Strafford Taylor Psychopathic Hospital for Mental In- the sons of Lincoln, leaping obstacles and sprinting all curables. along the rock-ribbed highway that leads to success. Pro- Richard Watson, former U. S. Attorney General, and jecting the camera lens into an era some thirtv years hence, now engaged again in his private practice, is defending I am supposed to reveal a glorious setting of pomp, pres- the "Man of a Thousand Loves", William Howard Giles, tige, power, luxury, and international acclaim for each of now up on a charge of Polygamy. the present group of Seniors, seventy per cent, of whom Earnest Kimbrough has the largest Presbyterian Church were sluggards or possessed of only average ability during in Wildwood, New Jersey. Frank Brown is his leading their college days. Of the remaining thirty per cent., Elder and the Diocese is under the jurisdiction of Bishop hand-shakers, snap course choosers, and dull pluggers were Peter Hall. generously sprinkled throughout. As long as 1 don't get Fannin Belcher, Joseph Dyer, and David Penn are personal I can say all this. Hanging in cdigv, requires loo million dollar year stars in the Waxwood-Wvatt Pictures much effort, hazing is taboo; a jumbled schedule of Track Corporation. Meets, Baseball Games, pike-watching and Exams will be Malcolm Dade is President of the La-Em Strait Hair at hand when ihis issue makes its appearance. Those rea- Preparation and Sundries Corporation. sons plus my heavy battery of loyal supporters such as Jesse McShane Burnett and Theodore Espy have co- Belcher, Watson, Morse and a couple of others will prob- jointly invented a Never Expiring Cigarette. ably immunize me from physical injury. However be that Ulysses Bourne, William Sinkler and Earle Smith are as it may, unless things change about so that 2 and 2 make dancing instructors in the H. O. Johnson Terpsichorean 9; Marcus Garvev becomes Pope of the CathoPc Church Academy. and the College Humor Magazine becomes a standardized John Peterson is Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme College textbook, Who's Who, or Dun and Bradstreet Court. William Paul. Orville Walls and Mark Gibson won't have to go into extra volumes for the insertion of a are Associate Justices. stupendous list of glowing deeds and marvelous contribu- Hal Timmons is an internationally famous gate crasher. tions of the present group under discussion. And at that John Hayward and Louis Harmon are joint owners of I feel that the present harvest of graduates are not a whit a Billiard Emporium in Baltimore. George Coleman is visiting old class rooms, looking up various reminders of Night Clerk in the Louisville Caulder Hotel. other institutions. Roland Jones is head usher in the First Congregational ist Back again to the subject of Prophecies. Here comes Church of Pine Bluff. Arkansas. John Hibbler is the the ballyhoo. Pastor. Class Reunion Leon Jackson and Arthur Motley, wearers of Phi Beta Time, 1958; Place. Lincoln University; Characters. Mem- Kappa keys and holders of Doctor of Philosophy de- bers of the Class of 1928. grees, are Professors in the College Department of Lincoln The men have assembled in the banciuet room of the University. Walter G. Alexander building. The enjovable duty of Leon Murray is a thrice also-ran candidate for the visiting old class rooms, looking up various reminders of Florida State Legislature. their college days, and just lolling about, have engaged the Edward Silvera is a writer of Slogans and Composer of attentions of the old grads for the past two davs. Now as that famous Ballad: "For the Middle of her Face is 'he they are seated about the banquet table, inquiries into the Scenter." whereabouts and activities of the class members are in Albert Smith and Ed Stratton are political bosses. order. Omitting all the circumlocutory passages. I pre- George Watk'ns and Rudolph Webber are still residing sent forthwith a chronicling of the world status of' the as- at the Old Folks' Home. sembled individuals. Kenneth Fletcher was recently appointed Postmaster Jabez L. Clarke. Master of Ceremonies, is President of General of L'beria, succeeding Marcus Carpenter who has Haiti. In his cabinet are: Dr. Theodore Bnttev The Right gone into the Cocoanut business. Reverend Shelby Rooks: the popular ex-Harvn<-d Profes- Herbert St. Clair holds a concession at Monte Carlo sor Robt. Aurelius Bryant fwe knew him in our enPe"e davs and Isaiah Young and John Sanders are Baccarat Dealers at Panicky), and De Courcv Holder. Editor of the Haitian in the main salon of the Monte Carlo Casino. Daily Crimes. Awaiting execution in the new one hundred and ninety-two storv jail are the world-famous Radicals (Continued on Page IH) LINCOLN NEWS 412 jWtb • f)ear #rabuate$, '29 THEODORE C. WILLIAMS MELVIN W. MASON "Chubby" Melvin comes from a small island in the "Chubby" is one of our heavyweight stu- West Indies. This young man is very dents—heavy in weight and heavy with I he quiet and modest. He reads Latin better ladies. He comes from Jersey City, where than some of us can read English, and as smart young students are not bookworms, for science, he is impatient because he but social barons. A very congenial chap, must wait a few more months before he once cynical, but again in love can be said can start his medical subjects. Melvin will of him. His scholastic interests have earned graduate in February with honors, we are him a niche among the honor men listed in certain. the catalogue. We are sorry lie started a semester too late to finish with us. Theo- dore will study medicine after graduation. MELVIN MASON THEODORE WILLIAMS THE CLASS OF 1929 Sltgtorp of '29===Junior da** N the Fall of '25, seventy men, quite green, marched up Benedick's. "Wop" Edwards, we hear, is carrying the the oft-trod path of Lincoln's campus for the first "pretties", around in Georgia this year. Benjamin Labaree I time. We received a "gorgeous" welcome, in fact is a student at Princeton. Thurgood Marshall came back there was too much enjoyment, but that joy was too one- this year, but due to an accident, was forced to leave school sided. Of that former number now, only twenty-five re- for this term. The same was the fate of James K. (Chicago) main. Tis almost like the stand of "The Last of the Steele. Rev. Scott, we understand, has quite a large church Mohicans," for each year the number of original students in one of the Southern States. of the class lessens. Of this seventy (listed in the '25 and '26 catalogue) some were claimed by the class of '28, some In its second and third years '29 welcomed to its ranks are married, and others dropped out for reasons unknown many newcomers, which helped fill the depleted ranks. to us. Phi Delta Theta is the smallest class on the campus, and is perhaps the weakest as regards athletics, but whether Horace Lassiter entered the "World" from which no weak or strong, whether large or small, our class just the mortal was ever known to return. Paul Gibson and Hamp- same. ton Haith have become affiliated with the order of St. LINCOLN NEWS 413 PHI LAMBDA SIGMA LITERARY SOCIETY Hambba ££>tgma literary g>otietp CHARLES E. LEE President BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Secretary HOWARD JASON Treasurer LANGSTON HUGHES ALBERT ANDERSON GEORGE C. MORSE EDWARD STRATTON, JR. EDWARD SILVERA FANNIN S. BELCHER, JR. JOHN HAYWOOD LITERATI ANGSTON HUGHES belongs to the school of young Negro Poets. His two volumes of L poems, "Weary Blues" and "Fine Clothes to An Old Jew" have been heralded as one of the achievements of the New Negro. This young student, once prolific with his poetical expressions and "blues" interpretations has forsaken the muses to study. We expect him to resume writing not only in poetry, but also in prose. Edward Silvera writes poetry that earns the praise of critics who generally dislike most of the art of young Negro writers. His poems have appeared in magazines and Caroling Dusk, an anthology edited by Countee Cullen. We are expecting a volume of verse from him in the future. George C. Morse has a satirical propensity that makes his prose effective. George says he is going to be an iconoclast and write essays and novels that will be different. Flis work with the LINCOLN NEWS as editor has stamped him already as a journalist. Theodore Valentine is a humorist whose articles about Lincoln and its students appear weekly in The Inter-State Tattler. He has a talent to write satire that will make one laugh and yet reveal an undertone of truth that is food for thought. Journalism is his well-chosen field. Fannin S. Belcher, student instructor in English, has had an article "Black Magic and White" published by the Messenger. We are expecting to read stories and essays by him in the future. 15 poet's Corner LOVER'S RETURN (Song jor a Deserted Woman) CONFESSION TO THE ETERNAL SHE Ma old time daddy Someday I will be your lost ecstacy Came back home last night. When your lips cease to utter love's lay, His face was pale an For I am the god your love created His eyes didn't look just right A god with feet of clay. He says to me I'm Some day I will be your fondest dream Comin' home to you That will into fragments crumble, So sick an' lonsome And you will see me through a mist of tears I don't know what to do. Broken, despised and humble. 0, men treats women Some day your shrine of love where stands Just like a pair o' shoes. My image to remember when I was born, I say treats women Will be a dismal vaulted tomb Like a pair o' shoes—, For me, the dead creature of your scorn. They kicks 'em round an' For I have known such deaths before— Does 'em like they choose. In such numerous tombs have I lain, / do not care to be resurrected I looked at ma daddy,— And be forced to live and die again. Lawdl an' I wanted to cry. He looked so thin,— GEORGE CHESTER MORSE, '22. Lawdl that I wanted to cry. But de devil told me Damn a lover Comes home to die! NEGRO COMPOSER LANCSTON HUGHES. Bring me the weirdness Of a jungle night— Bring me the sighs of tropic winds Blowing through palm trees— NOW—TO LINCOLN Bring me the staccato of torn toms Your sunsets Beaten by bare black boys Are a red gold voice Bring me the aching breast of a jungle maiden And the prayerful fervor Singing a sad amen, Of my forefathers— And the gray cloud streak Bring me rythm Over Oxford way That I may sing Is a finger A sad soul song Writing To the broken heart "The End." Of the tvorId. EDWARD SILVERA, '28. EDWARD SII.VERA, '28. LINCOLN NEWS 415 BETA KAPPA CHI SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY ^ JPeta Eappa Cfn Scientific Society LEON MURRAY President WILLIAM SINKLER Recording Secretary MARCUS CARPENTER Vice-President HARVEY M. DIGGS Chaplain PETER J. L. HALL, JR. . Corresponding Secretary THEODORE R. ESPY Treasurer Members: GEORGE WASHINGTON COLEMAN ISAAC D. FAULKNER JOHN W. CAULDER THOMAS R. WEBBER HOWARD M. JASON MARK E. PARKS ANDREW HORACE JENKINS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ; STUDENT INSTRUCTORS LINCOLN NEWS 17 Qtfje Jilaste anb #oton OES anyone doubt that the Mask and Gown is not one of Lincoln's permanent organ- D izations? If so, ask anyone of the students who saw the productions given in Living- ston Hall this year. This will convinceone that the society is progressive rather than retrogressive. The Mask and Gown Society was organized in 1926 by a small group of students, who felt that this type of culture could be beneficial to the other members of the student body. These few artists were ridiculed for their attempts, and progress was very slow. None of the students thought it possible to produce real plays, since this was a non-co-educational school. Spurred on, rather than discouraged by these criticisms, the club succeeded in pre- senting two one-act plays during the first year. These were: Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon" and Cecil D'Assisi's "Brothers." In the meantime Mr. Boothby had become interested in the work and was chosen as the faculty consultant. This last fall our advisor returned with many new ideas that he had gained thru his summer's experience in theatre work. The second year has been rather eventful. Six one-act plays have been presented, stage scenery has been built, lights have been installed, and a regular work-shop course has been conducted. As a mark of definite progress, the members of this society will present Eugene O'Neill's eight-act play, "The Emperor Jones," on the evening of May 19, 1928. 18 LINCOLN NEWS 18 Htncoln Umbersrtty ©nartette William John James Albert Hill Robinson Dorsey Anderson /"pvlE Lincoln University Glee Club was founded in Then came the banner year, 192". As each member of J^ September, 1924, by James E. Dorsey, its present the Club returned to begin preparations for the year's ac- under-graduate director. The number supporting tivities, lliey were told by Mr. Dorsey that large plans the Club at that time was rather small, but it has been were made for the year. interesting to notice that with each year the number has The first engagement was one that was held in Chester, increased and the quality of the voices has improved. It Pa., at the third Presbyterian Church. The occasion was has also been interesting, as well as encouraging, to see the meeting of the Presbyterian Synod. how diligently the men have worked, without any definite objects in view. In November the Glee Club presented to the public on After the club had been organized about five months their campus a concert of old favorite songs. This recital and some progress had been made, the director thought it however was an extra feature. The annual program came fitting and proper to give a Spring recital, in order to in May. display what work the Club had done. This concert being As a farewell and closing big feature for the year 1928 a great success, il was decided to have this musical feast the Glee Club made a ten day tour of the East. Prior to each year. At the end of the first year of this organiza- this ten day tour there was a trip made to Havre de Grace, tion, it lost a few members from its ranks by graduation. Maryland, for a one night's performance. The schedule However, each member thought that the year had been a for the Eastern tour was, a concert in Philadelphia, one success. at Princeton, one in Newark, N. J., four days in New York, At the opening of the second year of school the mem- and the final concert was held in New Haven, Connecticut. bers quickly got together, with it whispered that there Also, during the course of the tour, the Club broadcasted would probably be a Glee Club trip. This trip did mature from four stations. in the form of a three-day trip to Baltimore. In Baltimore Much honor and praise is due Mr. Dorsey for his four the Club sang for the Presbyterian General Assembly. This years of hard and noble work. He will graduate this year with the annual recital, the second year closed. and it is with regret that the University loses such a good The third year offered the Club a few minor trips. Other man. than this, the year was uneventful. C. LDWARD HENSON. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '28 CLASS PROPHECY (Continued from /'age 11) (Continued from Page 12) we had been advanced from year to year; we had shared Arthur Bailey is an Elephant Trainer, traveling with brawls and wrangles and triumphs and failures. But now the Daniel Perry-Isaac Faulkner Circus. our paths were to diverge; our interests were to become Theodore Anderson and Wallace Forrester have been specialized, selfish and provincial; we were suddenly trans- following the horses for the past twenty years. They are lated to that mysterious realm which the visiting speakers Street Cleaners. had called "the world." Harvey McKinley Diggs is a feature writer for the The first fact-finding and stock-taking conclave will be George C. Morse Syndicate of Newspapers. held in the trophy room in 1938. Be there. You ask about myself; how simple and uninformed you SHELBY A. ROOKS. are. I am the World's Biggest Liar. 20 LINCOLN NEWS 20 SOPHISTICATION To what ends of this big old world has that good old I am the world. I am what is good and what: is bad. Lincoln spirit not penetrated? I'm sure they are few. I am society in all its splendor. 1 am vulgarity in all its A spirit that is magnetic, drawing raw recruits to higher debauchery. I am worldly wisdom. I am the mean, the education and ideals, and moulding men to build a stronger, neutral, and the extreme. I am sophistication. finer nation. A spirit touching the hearts of men, drawing I have intrinsic value. I am of real worth. I help them closer together in bonds of brotherly love, a prime some and they (lee. I avoid others and they collide with law of our Deity. me. The majority seek me and all find me, say the idiots. I came to Lincoln to improve myself and to better my Those never know me, for their ancestors have Sought me condition, for no man progresses without the view-point too vigorously. Seek me gradually and I will help you; before him of improving his station in life. I want to imitate me continually and I will destroy you and yours. make this life, cold and drab as it is, interesting to myself To know me thoroughly is self assurance. Self assurance and to others as far as I am able. Lastly, I want to be is the foundation stone of that unsurpassable quality— not a man-servant, hut a servant of men. the quality that every leader possesses—the power of pos- session. To know me scantily is to be a blind man trod- LEON TIIOMAS, '31. ding familiar paths. To know me scarcely is possible decep- tion, sure perception, but never assurance. To be ignor- ant of me is to he alone in a pitch black jungle. The VIEWS OE A NON-FRATERNITY MAN jungle appears thus to you, for you are unaware of the rara world's affairs. The jungle is dangerous, for it contains That person who is not a brother to someone is a avis cruel beasts of prey, who are ever lurking to snatch tin- in American society. The American negro does not Babbets sophisticated beings. It exhibits many superficialities, boast of having many in his ranks, but he does sweet scented, alluring poisons. Dare you taste of these? boast of an extensive and intensive fraternity life. It seems totemism, No, not without my consent. I am the director of all that we have adopted the ancient practice of for events, poise, nervousness, deeds of valor, crimes of lust, we are recognized as Elks, Reindeer, Moose, etc., if not Odd ambition, laziness, perseverance, despondency, social ap- Fellow, Mason or Knight of this Order and that Order. proval, and embarrassment. I am the criminal, 1 am the Once a year, the representatives of a clan assemble for a judge. great display, at which time thousands of dollars are squandered in what is termed a good time—and the outlet Sooner or later, you must know me. Obliterate your for repressed desires of political ambition is assured him at fears and sip of the magic fount of worldly wisdom. I the convention. The one queer feature of such organiza- am inevitable. To live and die a normal life is to know tions is the claim that they are brothers when the diversity me. I am the Omega of human perfection. and dissimilarity of its members are so much in evidence. Ah, what it costs to know me. I have made angelic The intelligentsia of colored America can be divided into maidens, harlots. 1 have transformed the hale and robust four fraternities. It is unnecessary to question if fraterni- into human ghouls. To know me wisely is a blessing. To ties contain the nucleus. Every ordinary college youth know me in folly is a scourge. Shadows of the past, mem- tries to make a fraternity because he thinks it will add con- ories of yesterday, sweet, bitter reminiscences, all these I siderably to his prestige. And often he trades his individu- have caused, yes, I, golden sophistication, beaming mon- ality, his ideals and common sense for this prestige. I speak chiefly of those individuals who become afflicted with STER" U. VALERIO FONTAINE, '30. the "fraternity complex." During the period of the fraternity rush the prospective member is spotted. He is spotted for the following reasons: WHY 1 CAME TO LINCOLN He may have pulchritude, a light complexion, family pres- Lincoln! What's in the name? It represents all the tige, athletic ability and money. These form the criterion. true and noble ideals of this, our great American democracy. Not so easily considered is that person having personality A name that brings fond reminiscenes of that illustrious that is not "collegiate," nor sartorial inclinations, though martyr and saviour. Born humble, yet that man rose to he has character and is fit raw material for the college mill. those lofty heights, which all of us some day hope to And it is because of the ahove criteria that 1 have mentioned, attain. How, then, can one resist the name of Lincoln. that 1 established my opinion that fraternities are artificial A beaten path has been trodden to the very doors of and superficial. Lincoln by those who now form, in most communities, a And, too, the exclusiveness that they claim is a myth. truly influential and beneficial element. It was through At least ninety per cent of the students of a college be- one ol these sons of Lincoln that I was made to see the come members of one of the four national fraternities. An most glorious light of that wonderful institution, leading average student is eligible—the ideals that are expressed the way to higher attainments. Again, it was through this so reverently at times are only shibboleths. Maybe I should alumnus that I was persuaded to follow in the paths of not have mentioned that. Maybe I should be narrow. It those, who have gone on before me. He disclosed the ad- is so much easier to he so. vantages of seeking a cultural education at Lincoln. A There are two practices that are usually concerned be- healthful locality, suitable equipment, a capable faculty, cause they seem inevitable. If so, they are a reflection upon and an excellent curriculum, all helping to make Lincoln intelligent people. Eirst, fraternities become live political an institution recognized throughout the civilized world. parties, in which the spoils system is indulged to the great- Then in this modern day; world learning is absolutely est extent. Merit is discarded into the ash can—and this essential. There is a new trend of thought and an awaken- office and that office are held by men who owe their success ing to new responsibilities. The tide of the ignoramus to fraternity backing. is at ebb (low with very little probability of rising again. The intelligentsia of colored America are social snobs. Naturally, I didn't want to be in that fading class, so I Prejudices are based on pins and color. Visitors who come determined to seek a higher education. (Continued on Page 23) LINCOLN NEWS 21 DELTA SIGMA CHI SOCIETY ©ebattng &cttfcntiesi INCOLN UNIVERSITY has long held an enviable question discussed was, Resolved: That further intermixing position among the Negro colleges for turning out of races in the United Statess is undesirable. L men who handled themselves with assurance and VVe next met Penn State here 011 our Campus. Our sub- eloquence on the public platform. This traditional char- ject was, Resolved: That the U. S. should cease to protect acteristic of Lincoln is kept alive by the various Oratorical the capital of its citizens invested in foreign countries. Our prizes offered to the several classes and collegiate Debating. audience consisted preponderantly of our student body, Of debating I shall treat briefly in this article. the faculty and a few visitors. First I should say that the program offered Ihis current Our next debate found our team journeying South to year has been such as to arouse a great deal of interest. Lynchburg, Virginia, to appear against Virginia Seminary. Lincoln University began several years ago to make ef- The subject was the same as in the Penn State debate. In forts to secure on her debating schedule a few of the the former the Lincoln team upheld the affirmative, in the leading white Institutions of higher learning. latter the negative. Last year we had on our schedule the celebrated Oxford This brief summary brings us up to the present. Before team, from across the seas. These men had met most of this first issue in annual form dedicated to the Senior the representative colleges and universities in our country. Class of '28 will have come from the press the triangular They were efficient and very adequately prepared men, both series of Lincoln vs. Howard vs. Union, etc., will have academically and through experience, vet they paid glowing been settled for this year of 1928. Thus an epochal year tribute to the team, which represented the Orange and in the debating annals of Lincoln LTniversitv will have Blue. come to a close. Later during the same year we met in combat on the This brief summary would not lie complete without men- platform a team representing Penn State College. Those tioning the names of the men who have played a very two inter-racial debates were supplemented later by the prominent role in debating within recent years. historic Triangular debates between Howard, Virginia Un- Richard Hurst Hill is a veteran of four years of inter- ion and Lincoln. A very keen rivalry exists between these collegiate debating. Last year he appeared against Ox- institutions in every form of competition, it is no less in- ford, Penn State and Howard. This year he has debated tense in debating than in other activities. The British Union Team and the Harvard Liberal Club. The first great debating embroglio on our program this Malcolm Dade, Mark Gibson, Thurgood Marshall and year called for action between Lincoln versus the British Joseph A. Bailey gained varsity experience last year and Union team, composed of representatives from Cambridge, have been ably upholding Lincoln's prestige in all debates University of London and Edinbergh respectively. this year. Our second encounter was Lincoln pitted against the The triangular debates will bring to the fore several Harvard Liberal Club. new names, due to the retirement of R. H. Hill and Mal- In the Lincoln versus British Union team the subject dis- colm Dade and the withdrawal of Thurgood Marshall from cussed was Resolved: That the present attitude of the Anglo- college due to ill health. These new names are: F. A. Saxon toward the Colored people under their control is DeCosta and Franklin 15. Diggs; Arthur B. Lee debated unjustifiable and prejudicial to progress. Lincoln uphold- in the triangle last year. This last named team will rep- ing the negative. resent Lincoln against Howard; J. A. Bailey, F. Turner, This debate was held in New York City, a packed house and M. M. Gibson will journev to Richmond, Va.. to meet overflowing the spacious Mother Zion A. M. E. Church lo Virginia Union University. The triangle will end our hear the interesting argumenlive contest. debating activities for the year. The second named debate occurred in Boston, Mass. The (Continued on Page 24) 22 LINCOLN NEWS 22 atretics: BY WALTER E. LONGSHORE INCOLN UNIVERSITY suffered during the year 1927- Windy City for a crack at the fast Savoy Big Five. As a 28 one of the most unfortunate seasons in all lines whole the season was pretty good. "Ike," our stellar L of sports that she has ever known. Ill luck camped guard, made All-American. Sydnor was placed on the upon the trail of all our teams both when they sallied All-American second team. Dick Whittington will be forth into foreign regions and when they gave battle to captain for next year. More power to "Precious." the invading foe upon home ground. The season's basketball results: The men fought hard, giving their all, but that smooth, Lincoln, 34; Scholastics, 15. machine-like co-operation was very conspicuous by its Lincoln, 30; Scholastics, 28. absence. Some laid the blame at the doorstep of in- Lincoln, 14; Virginia Seminary, 37. dividuals, some upon the lack of material, but to me it seems that something was lacking, something which burned Lincoln, 39; Shaw, 15. in the hearts of such men as Jazz Bird and Calloway, mov- Lincoln, 32; Shaw, 12. ing them to superhuman deeds for their Alma Mater, some- Lincoln, 20; Virginia State, 16. thing without which no team can ever hope to attain the Lincoln, 29; Union, 23. lofty pinnacles of success, that is, spirit. Lincoln, 31; Hampton, 25. Lincoln, 31; Savoy Big Five, 36. That old Lincoln spirit, known of old, of which men Lincoln, 34; Hampton, 39. sung, boasted, wrote and toasted, was strangely missing Lincoln, 23; Howard, 25. this year. Lincoln, 21; Howard, 42. FOOTBALL Lincoln, 20; Morgan, 25. Dr. Edward Morrison took up the reins so unexpectedly Lincoln, 17; Morgan, 25. let fall by the much regretted death of our beloved Coach Young, fondly and admiringly called Gil Dobie by the BASEBALL fellows. He resumed his position as coach in September Spring is here with all its contemporaries: flowers, and commenced to whip into shape a squad of stalwart grass, birds, blossoms, flies and baseball. Captain Ander- men freely interspersed and veterans. son and Coach Morrison have the boys pretty well in shape. Around a nucleus of old men such as: Hats Wells, Cap- On the Southern trip our nine trounced Hampton, tain, Julie Martin, Motley, Hibbler, Dyer, Bryant, Jip Howard, and St. Paul and in turn came out on the short Taylor, Preston, Charleston, Temple and Robinson, plus end of the score against Durham, Petersburg and St. Paul. such new men as: Mahood, Avery Harmon, Young, Sydnor, Not so bad, eh? Jackson, Pierce, Clark, LaMar, and Allen, Coach Morrison Andy is being ably supported in the infield by Dick and Ernie Martin moulded together a fighting eleven. Temple, Jit Taylor, Jim Jackson and Mackay. Chasing The season opened on September thirtieth, at which time the pillet out in the open spaces we have Jones, Senkler, the lions traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina, where Clark, Jackson. The battery men are Jerry Harmon, Red- they lost a game to A. and T., 19-0. From then until man, Panicky Bryant, Stafford, Charleston, LaMar, John- November twelfth the boys fared hard at the hands of son. Hibbler is talking a great game again this season. Dame Hard Luck, dropping games to Union. 6-0, Virginia State, 20-0, Tuskegee, 16-0, and West Virginia Institute, TRACK 20-6. For a while it seemed that the boys had hit their The lure of the cinder path has assembled an aggregation stride when they stampeded Shaw, 53-0. On Thanks- of men and old men, primed and ready for all comers. giving, Howard took the classic, drubbing us to the tune We have with us the following men of last year: Captain of 19-0. Mitchell Fletcher, Derry, "Little Mitch" Longshore, Lucas Preston, Bryant, Temple and Clarke performed con- and Bach. Our new stellar additions are: Sydnor, New sistently and well. Julie Martin, injured in the first game Jersey high and broad jump champion, who is expected at A. and T., and out of the game until the Howard game, not only to break the C. I. A. A. broad jump record, but was elected captain for 1928. also to try out for the Olympics this summer: John Silvera is showing up remarkably well in the double furlong; Clar- SOCCER ence Wilson, of East Side High, is taking charge of every- A new sport was inaugurated here last fall in the form thing in the sprint line; Baskerville is along rapidly of a soccer team. Although th"y had no collegiate sched- in the century dash. Especial notice should be given to ule, the baby lions, captained by "Shorty" Gibson of de- the fact that all of four above-mentioned are from New bating fame, vanquished several local teams. It is expected Jersey. that this branch of athletics will be shown more interest This is the one team that is expected to make a good and made a letter sport in the coming year. showing. Under the watchful eye of Joe Rainey, Lincoln's BASKETBALL new track coach, the men are gradually reaching the acme A very large squad of promising looking material re- of condition. We are headed unwaveringly toward the ported to Doc Morrison's call for aspiring "courtmen." C. I. A. A. championship. Of course all the vets: Theo. Young, Dick Whittington, "Beak" Silvera, "Stretch" Timmons and Carpenter, led MISCELLANEOUS SPORT ITEMS by Captain Lou Harmon, were back again. Hawkins and Intramural Basketball got off to a false start this year. Sydnor, two "preps", made good and showed up well under When it became evident that the Sophomore Class would fire. win the championship, the league was strangely disbanded. The team traveled extensively, invading the South once Well, the upper classmen were faring rather badly. on a ten day tour, coming back only to hop out to the (Continued on Page 24) LINCOLN NEWS 23 Y. M. C. A. CABINET STUDENT COUNCIL VIEWS OF A NON-FRATERNITY MAM (Continued from Page 20) here are seized hy their brothers lest they become contami- 1 am a Moo Moo, or Ro Ro." nated by associating with others of different fraternal affili- 1 am sorry that I am so ignorant, hut 1 hope to be in- ations. And the superb dansante where youth and old age, telligent some clay, so that I may be a member of the in- too, express their ecatasy with rhythmic grace, is conspicu- telligentsia. I am not a fraternity man, so the complex has ous for the absence of dark girls. A dark girl, though she not visited me. I didn't spring from the elite portion ol be beautiful, intelligent and decent, is a sound taboo. And our race, and you will have to forgive me if I think 1 am we poke out our chests, exclaiming, "I'm a fraternity man. as good as you. 1 don't know any better. 24 LINCOLN NEWS 24 SOPHOMORE CLASS Cxcerptg of history of '30 TWAS on a sunny day of '26 that the halls of Lincoln University once again resounded with the clamor of Autumnal greetings. To the Seniors it would be "One Year to Live."^ To the Juniors it was once more "Thy sacred soil, thy campus green," the dear old "Profs," and "Junior Prom." For the Sophomores it was to Autumn the usual TWO WEEKS, \\ inter, Spring and Track Meet.. The Freshmen it seemed just one endless period of perennial humiliation, barrel staves, leather factories, woods, etc. Lincoln was the recipient of 118 untried but true Freshmen. Their first class meeting was similar to a gathering of unemployed at the gates of a mill. However, they managed to hold an election and Florace Dwiggans, an impressive chap who hailed from Kansas City, was elected President. Summer vacation with all its gayety and impecurosity ended. The clang of the Chapel bell, the din of returned "Lincoln Men," and the uneasy feeling of the new Freshmen was very apparent. The class of '30 were not Sophomores. They were the jolly "Wise Fools." The faculty called a class meeting and lectured to them concerning the absolute abolition of hazing in the most minute form. However, a"soph" is a youth and a youth's will is the wind's will. They proceeded to persist in relentless hazing. Often have the students been aroused by the loud barkings from "Dogdom." Many a fair lady has received the most humorous type of letter written unwillingly by some victimized "canine." DEBATING ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS (Continued from Page 21) (Continued from Page 22) Intercollegiate debating occupies a very prominent place The Kampus Klassic was won again this year by the class of 1930. What, you don't know what this is? Why, the in extra-curricula activities here on our campus. The Freshman-Sophmore football game, of course. schedules are destined to remain attractive because the con- Interfraternal basketball was attempted for the first time tacts formed already have proved to be desirable in many this year and proved unsuccessful financially. The four ways. The lower classmen of Lincoln are interested in local chapters comprised the league: Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma, Omega Psi Phi and Kappa Alpha Psi. del lating, hence our prestige on the platform will remain rhe tennis team can be seen most any time on the courts secure for the present—and we hope—forever, for excel- getting in trim for the tournaments. lence in debating is one of the glorious traditions of out- The Caesar Latin class shows signs of developing some future jockeys equal to Earl Sande, Fator or any of them. Alma Mater and worthy of her son's best efforts. The ponies are running well this year. LINCOLN NEWS 25 FRESHMAN CLASS irtstorp of ©ur Jfrestyman Oaste HE moon has completed her course but seven times since opportunity arose full in her T heighth, and stretched her hands in all four directions of our country to rest upon the heads of all those individuals, in whose breasts there dwelt a great desire for the further development of that most tender, sacred, and precious possession of all human beings, the mind. 'These individuals met on a common mental field, Lincoln University, and formed the Freshman Class, the Class of '31. The situation was indeed a perplexing one; every high school senior was actually swept off of his feet by the breeze of college life, to lie prostrated, a degraded being in the dust of respect; every individual was knocked from the pinnacle of pride, and self-conceit, to rest a man aware of his position and his work to follow. Even though they were in the midst of their first college mid-year exams, three of their most worthy number trotted out on the basketball court, and displayed such rare form that they remained on the squad the entire season, two of whom were amongst the seven basket- bailers to get their L's. You may survey any phase of the college activities, and you will find that the Class of '31 is doing its part to keep the colors of "dear old Lincoln" flying high above the degrading dust. In baseball they have an entire team on the squad, for nine of their "adored idols" are doing their bit to make the team emerge victorious; and in track, the possible prospects are almost innumerable. In this manner has this single unit kept moving along; not as individuals suffering under humiliation and subjection, but as individuals striving, exultingly, and joyfully toward the far but easily perceptible goal, a higher mental development. They had to have the means and force by which to proceed sanely, and they found them in the following men : J. F. HARMON, President, W. F. JACKSON, Secretary, L. E. LAMAR, Vice-President, T. F. HAWKINS, Treasurer, F. A. HAWKINS, Parlimentarian. 26 LINCOLN NEWS 26 thanks HE LINCOLN NEWS staff wish to express our deep and grateful appreciation for the support which we are receiving T from Alumni and friends for this COMMENCEMENT NUMBER. You will probably notice that the spaces are curtailed. This is due to a greater bulk of literature than was anticipated, and the request of many doctors that we omit their addresses, so as to relieve this of the appearance of advertisement. Hereafter, we shall adopt the policy of asking only those Alumni who are having class reunions, to support the COMMENCEMENT NUMBER for that year. The greater advantage of this system to you and to us is quite obvious. 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