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• • , . , ' VOL. 37, NO. 4 HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D. C. • MARCH 25, 1955 • ~ \ SoYlet Sludents Allowed to Visit Eighty-four Howard Students Campus Chest Drive On University Honor Roll Now Underway·· United Slates by Slate _Department Thirty To Receive Magna Cum Laude . Organizations Urged. NEW YORK - The visit of States, Soviet propaganda made WASHINGTON, D.C.-Eighty Ayton, Bernard Dyer, Kingsley To Campaign eleven SoTiet 1tudent editon to much of the U. S. refusal to grant four College of Liberal Arts stu- Grant, William Jones, Perrylyn The period March 10-April 15 the United Statea has aroused in visas at that time. The visas dents at Howard were C'ited on Peyton, Jacqueline Shepard, and has been selected for the annual terest on~ American college were turned down becaU8e Ameri- the honor roll released by Dr. J. Henry Smith. Community Chest drive and again - campu, the Inatitute of Interna can universities were not then in St. Clair Price, Dean of the each student organization is be- tionakEducation announced today, aeaaion. The Soviet claimed that College. . Magna Cu1n Laude Honorees ing urged to conduct a campaign are: Audrey Anderson, Jean among its members as it seems Student councill, campus news it was the United States that had '- • papers, faculty, an1 administra the Iron Curtain, not the U.S.S.R. The students, who represent Bottoms, Barbara Brown, Arthur most desirable. The Campus tive officers at •• colleges and Last year Russia allowed a group fifteeR. states, two foreign coun Fuller, Theodore George, Daniel Community Chest Drive is the universities in 28 atatea and the of American student editors to tries, the Virgin Island!, and the Hall, Florence Jackson, Louise last of the two major fund rais 'District of Columbia have invited visit there. District of Columbia, will receive Johnson, Kenneth King, Vernon ing campaigns which are con the Ru.. tan delegation to visit The visit of the student editors certificates of merit 2't the annual Straughn, Mary Tuggle, Thomas ducted at Howard University them. The U. S. National Stu is at the expense of the Soviets. College of Liberal Arts Honors Weaver, Irma Wright. each year, the other being the an- dent Aaociation has al1ro ex It is in ~o way a U. S. povern- Day Program w dn d H h nual District of Columbia Red pressed interest in the tour. ment proJect. . e. es ay, rac Also: Gordon Baird, Keith Feather Campaign. It is in con Inclqded in the liat are a group Editorial comment in the na-. aO~h. Th~ pnnc~al ~peaker at Cassels, Amy Coleman, Marion formance with the University of stud'ent organizations which tipn's press has endorsed the pro- hbs year a affa~ will 1:.e Dr. Demmings, Carol Dibble, Roberta policy of participating in fund • banded together laat fall to ex- jected visit of the Soviet student J~hn Hope Frankhn, Professor of H arlan, Barbara Harvt!y, Town-· raising drives fop accredited tend a direct invitation to the editors. A New York Times edi- History at Howard. send Lucas, Ernestine Pierce, charitable organizations but at Talmadge Rob e rt s , Shirley the saine time keeping the num Soviet editors to visit their cam torial • stated, "If the Russian Twelve of the honoree! accum Government is willing to expose Spencer, Claudius Thomas; and ber of such drives on our ca1npus puses. Tbeae colleges also u·rged ulated averages of 3.8 or more the State Department to grant eleven student editors, aged 25 Patricia Trivera. to a minimum. • viaaa to the Russian editors. The to 39, to a close-up view of high during the past school year and Receivers of tbe Cum Laude The success of the drive is Swarthmore C o 11 e g e Student er education in this country,.Jt.is will receive Summa Cum Laude c ·fi greatly dependent on the Iextent Council acted as coordinator for wise of us to accept the certificates. Magna Com Laude erti Cftes are: Carl .~lexander, to which every student is con- .. this collegiate group. At the challenge." awards for averages of 3.5 or Everett Allen, Dolore&bArtuhr tacted and urged to make some Juanita Banks, Glaister a\vkins: contribution to the Chest Fund. ~ same time a number of other .col William Randolph Hearst, Jr., beter go to 30 students.-while the leges invited the editors to visit editor-in-chief of the Hearst remaining 42 \\•ill be gvien Cum Isabell Finley, Carolyn Fitchett, Contributions by students in the their respective campuses or en newspapers, has advocated the Laude certificates for averages of Thomas Hawkins, Barba1·a Hicks, past nave been very poor, and dorsed the visit independently. idea of admitting Russian stu 3.2 or better. At Howard 4...Q. is R~g~nald -~ol~~ge_ne Jlppson, it is hoped that through a little All of these groups welcomed the d$ts to the United States so that perfect. Okon!don,Jesse Johnson, Ifenry · more effort and interest on the March 10 decision of the State they may observe American life. JoneS, Wilbur Jone~. Sylvia part of every9nc, Howard Univer and Justice Departments to grant Mr. Hearst, who has just re Those to be awarded Summa Peppers, Rosa Ware, Phyllis sity's contributions to the selected visas to the Soviet delegation. turned from a trip to the Soviet Cum Laude certificates arc: Washington, and Cora \V'hite. agencies· will compare favorahly To acquaint themselves with Union, made th~ statement .in Newton Adams, Donald Hill, with contributions made by other American academic life is the recent speeches in Washington \Villiam H. Pitts, Ann A.. Sim -V (Continued on Page 8) outstanding colleges, universities stated purpose of the Soviet tour. and Los Angeles. nlons, Ribton M. Wade, Nigel in the Middle Atlantic Region. The Institute of International Within the period designated Education, which was asked by Howard Entered in for the drive, organizations are the State Department to adminis University Forum Considers privileged to sponsor fund-raising ter the visit, is planning an itin Bridge Tourney activities on the campus and to erary that will show a cross-sec Trusteeship Council C~iteria solicit contributions from mem Students at Howard University tion of American higher educa-· low in France studying the ad· bers of {he University Commun The 1955 series of the Univer along with more than 4,000 other tion. It should include visits to sity Forum of Howard Univer ministration of French Overseas ity. A trophy is awarded an large private and public univer men and women undergraduates nually to the organization making sity got under way February 28th Territories. at 141 colleges and universities sities, a private college under re and P.nded four lectures later on The second lecture was given the most outstanding performance ligious direction, a Negro college, throughout the United. States in connection with the raising of March 21. The overall theme of by Dr. Horace Mann Bond, Pres competed the weekend of March and a small private college of the Series was "Criteria for New ident of Lincoln University, on the Chest funds or in the de • good atandine. The Soviet stu 14-18 in the 1955 National Inter velopment of. student interest and Self-Governing Countries." The the topic of the criteria of self· collegiate Bridge Tournament. dent editors will be given oppor underlying idea was to invest government as they affect the participation in the camp!'!gn. tunities to meet American stu Forty-four states and the District The trophy becomes the perma igate the ways and mean.a where Gold Goast. Dr. Bond, like Dr. of Columbia were represented in dents and to participate in dis by an area achieve1 independence Logan, bas traveled and written nent possession of the group cuulona with them and' with their the entries, it was announced by which receives the honor three and self-government at the pres extensively in th&-ai:ea of his J. Wayne Stark, Tournament professors. subject. times. For the past, two years, ent time. Chairman, Memorial Student the trophy has been won by Academic institutions to be vis Thia topic was of burning im ited by the Soviet editors have On March 14., Mr. A Babatunde Center, T)le Agricldtural and Alpha Phi Alpha. portance in view of the number Fafunwa, Assistant to the Ni Mechanicil College of Texas. Agencies which will share in not yet been detAmnined. . A ten of nations that have come into tativ'1!lnerary includes atopa in geria Liaison Office of Washing Directing the tournament at this year's Chest funds are: existence in the past few years ton, D. C., delivered the third lec The Miller House was Dr. Her New ~k City, WuhfnP,n, United Negro College Fund, and the increasing number of ture, applying the criteria to man Tyrance. Heart Fund, World University Detroit, Ann Arbor, Chicaao, San countries now standing on the Franciaco, and Tuske1ee, AJa Nigeria. Aside from. his official Between March 14 and 18, con Service, Red Cross, Cancer Fund, t}lreahold of independence. The capacity, which givesi him auth testants played on their own GAR Memorial Fund, Foreign hame. Other cities will be added -Onited Nations ia .now in the to the eehedule. oritative command of his subject, campuses the hands which were Students at Howard, H . U. Stu process of workinc out criteria he is a highly respected lecturer prepared and mailed to them. dent Christian Association, Police "We hope thfa trip will aive for Mlf-pverning countriea. The in the Aeld. · These hands were then scored by Boys Club, March of Dim~, the Tiaiton a maximum under· Forum Series wu intended to be standiq of U. S. student life," Dr. Waldamar Campbell, For Geotrrey Mott-Smith, author and NAACP, and a Contingent Fund a deftnite contribution . to the contract bridp authority, who to cover the expens.e of the cam eommented Arthur C. Nagle, Di· world·wide interest in nch pro eign Atfaira Specialist, British rector of the Inadtute'1 Depart Commonwealth and Colonial Al. determined campus, regional and paign. cesses and inYestiption1. national winners. "GIVE YOUR FAIR SHARE" ment of Special PJ'Oll'UDI, which Dr. Rayford Logan, Head of fain, of the Department of State, bu ch&J'l'9 of arran,..menta for gave the fourth lecture, "Criteria National titles were won in the Department of History of 1954 by Purdue University on the the tour. '•Jt may aleo give Howard University moderated the for New SeJf.GovernillC Coun Student Writing Sou2ht them eome undentandlq of triea - British West Indies." North-South boards and Dart Forum Series. He delivered the mouth on the East-We.st board1. YELLOW SPRINGS, 0'1110 American aoclal and political in opening lecture, u1ine the title, Since 19•6 be has been Research (ACP) -·A n610 ttatio114l r1visw atitutiona, the economic1 of the Oft\cer on Caribbean Atfairs for Other previous national winners "Historical Bacqround and Gen have been Rice lnstitut.e., Wash of the be1t college stu.Un.t Writ. free enterprise ayatem, labor eral Problems." Dr. Logan baa the Department of State. He is ing will be edited by tMmber1 of manaeement relations, and our author of "Proeress Toward A burn University, Massachusetts been a Fulbright Research Fel- In1titute of Technology, Wayne the Antioch Coll6ge Englillt. cU• cultural and community life.'' British Weat Indian Federation," parbmnt. Firat. il.u. will b• The Soviet 1tudent editon hive published by the Department of Unlvenity, Capital Univerai~ and the University of California, publi3Md b11 Ba:nt.Mrt. Boob in been granted entry into the Road to M9rocco State in 1963. 1955. Sub1equent i11tu1 probabl11 · United Statea by the Department Anyone intereated in makine a In addition to Dra. Logan and Purdue and Princeton. Prius included cups for the will a,ppear annuallv. of State and Justice "ill the na tour of the Near Eaat, in July, Frazier, th• Committee of ..Ar Plant for th.6 revuw, to b1 tional interest.'' Under the and who i1 able to pay the ex rangements included Dr. Emmett colleges which won the natfo"al titles, one cup for the college of rall,.d Ca.mpm Writing Toda11, in JlcCarran • Walter Immigration penses entailed in such a tour E. Dorsey, Head of the Depart clt1de1 1ectiott.1 to cover 1torie1, Act it wu necessary for the Sec will kind!¥ contact Mr. P. L. ment of Government; Dr. Millard the pair scoring highest on the East-West hands and one cup for poemt, portion• of 1t()1)elf, short retary of State to recommend ad Prattis, Executive Editor of the R. Dean and Mrs. Jewel M:uique, pla.111, and 1ketch~1, e11a111 and mi.. ion to the Department of Pittsburgh Courier Publishing representine the Univeraity'Com tlie tollege of the North-South hand winners. Colleg1!s will have articles. Materia.llt mutt be ftn- C'I Justice. The Attorney General Co., Inc. munity: Miu Alice Daniela, soph publilhed, except in a cam.pm granted the recommended waiver .. This tour includes seven"' weeks omore 1tudent, and Mr. Geddes custody of the cups for one year. Each of the four individual win pKbliccition, and mu1t be f'ecom of the Act. of tr\vel""'to such countries as Hanson, senior atudent; and Dr. mrnded by a mcmbtr o/ the ttaclt Lut 1ummer when the Soviet Lebanon, Syria, and Israel and John Lovett, Jr., ·Director of ner1 received a smaller cup for his permanent possession-. ing facultv, th.6 editor 1ay . · , student editors ftrat applied for promises to be both educatipnal New Classes for .the Whole ,,.... Dc.ndline for th• fir1t i1111(t it ft1a11 permission to ~iait. the United and entemining. Community. • • (f..ontinu~ on Page 4) 1, 195.'>. • • • • • • • • • l HILLTOP ..,. 25, 1955
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The dta....,.. att &I Wt that we are tboasht. aad to st;malat.e rnsnn•bb' telli&mt wrong tiir iDteJia L 11 d" a 1 ~r thoqhb · ·e ,..1;,. tl::at re att at two u a jmnpiJac' oil point • to speak aad pees i1C~ to e\l?t) - and the !aict that we ~ furt.ha a.a k dJ nld ~ aay opiaioeated work a po!J .erm that opp= •inc pwit"• ~ ·l!ft; Btie•a__.. ,._ "one adn.&tace. · _Kwpmg iD mind that w-e bow it, aad ~\foe also caa be t.e&rd. -'1re print IA'tfa's to the the m•..n:-+ 1eadrr lwowa it. Ye fed tbirtcHtor, wlwa W"e set than Tb.at~ what we mean ~~- -·i ~ ... nec~iiy of ap ·ac anr otbtt •han om per- by iD.tdlla'mt eM r1mt aiticiwa. ~u.i nm. We han alwan felt. that tM1e baa II e 1 a qnhe To thaie~ widl news di"l?J&ent there lie ma•J a bit of latmt ~ bleni .. OU campus. aDd - • ~na of cousuoctiTI? ~ X&Dy Tda of WI? feel that •"* awce •P,,@\d be mMe to brine praise a.Dd l]'mpad~.J' ~r ~ be.aped •'POD an•••• of this ce~s to the surface: wlw::te it caa be .... . editor's bead. bat miW t.hitt tune the ~t. eajoJed aad appt«ri•ttd bJ' t.M entin ~ inteDireut reply of the opposit.ioll, his '••Ir. that o! The ~I .si~ WOGld be Che svpport ol: a auera • · cObera.t. imellipnt • t.hoadtt is · ua-lite:ra.rJ' joa.ml pahltt• e d, paaapa, amaaally, coo- • ed.. To brin:c the • more ch MIJ' bt••• tafnj,il tbt a.. of Ute aup; • to 4 k, of the w-e ·~n aware of ~ rumhlinp flf disa&1• a 11th'e wwb cm CA'"P"' m121t aD:d many ptaees f'OIJowi.Dc oar tut nm Lei1c be)wd pall of oc.r jurisdi- •• W'I? ·ioml: We we.re e'fen told ilia£ M*ne ~ caDecf ltnlck ~ tM ideia of ina s•i1c i?te& st ia that P~ Jones. Mm iorie Peytoa Ster sc:atiar-brained.. i11esponsible, and ri.nd.ictin ljpe of pablicatian b7 Ill: +liUc a abort story In ~nia in Aur11• Preseatallon - (11"&.Dted Wt 1l'"e micht id) well be flO • 1'lae contesL TM nUes for the O' ?WI &ft r 11 ibl)' i only tl?lbal apression of dK•&i I wu& ""'e frca simple_ U J"OQ feel J"OQ haft any t.•Jart •k C Bits I On March¥ 23-26, the Howard dift\c:ulty by oft'eri.Dc to give her Playera presrn their fourth a candictate for a Kut.en drg;ee U. GoTenuDmt lines, wily .at mt.et. U ,._ doll~ •tu at uy lite for Greece, ud it ia Oil this production of e school year, note that the play encb who told as that ~t we had said was that nt.e. J"G8 mpt. jmi be swp1ir cl ..Ipbipnia in ulis.'' The play The pla7 f•turecl Pea> Jones ia a Greek by Euripedes, as the beautitu.l Queen ~ .. and was presented "in the neatn; Marjorie Pe,.ton u her roand.,. arena atJle. The action equallJ beautiful daqhter, lphi wu continaOu.s with the audience cenia; Roser Hut aa Apmem -ted aroUd the stage. Direct non; Joeeph Walker aa Adlillea; iq the pla1 was Dr. Anne M. Arthur A•eilhe u the Senant; Coote. Prol,..sor of Drama and and Wendel Bean aa Menelaus. . bad of the department. The Leader of the Chonaa wu The trqedy tells of the etforts Norman Fitz; I111c Cummings c. Entries mat be ftCCi•ed in the HILLTOP TJpe o! ork: . of Jtinc Apmemnon to sacrifice portrayed the ud the c6 e not later th•n April 20. l~ aad meaeacer; .. ork II 1liq with any ss:ibj«t Mi• the laia eld 1t daupter, Iphigenia, in ladies of the court wen Eleanor may be amt th.rwch the ca•pas man. 1>1-:s1 form &Dd of at!drr 5,000 wwds will 0 oadt:r that the Greeb might aail Rhodes, llarpret Syplaax, and bt consitktecL Jaida'es: acaimt Troy to recover Helen, Phyllis '\\"'oods. The 90ldien were wife of Menelaus, the King's Eddie JobnMn. J•mr1 Mets and • p tation: a. Juqes will be Bowud Univeiaity F&C'lllty • ;;•bnL brott.er. He intends to do this Myron Roberteon. lliehelle West L Work mast be tJP*i(tiuen (doQ ~sec) b. All de hi.vis of the jadaes will ftnal witboat his wife learning of' it, played Electra, A.camemnon's OD bj 11 shite paper a.Def placed aD- bat an old 1enant tells her of the J'OUniest daqhter. f in a m • nD.a en·ftl:ope.. ~ = plot, and 5M confront.! him with The Players' next and ftnal pro b.. Ti. ark u ti·. S. Ddeme ~r bow leqe. He finds him$elf duction will be "Tbe Ame Cor par:ied in the ll!l::n~ Wlatff to resolve the conflict be ner," an oriainaJ pla7 by James (3 X 6) ~ ~ta mm-, b. S.:s:md pa ia wiD be a cift ca U & •te. Lw I ID duty to Greece and to his Baldwin. author of the nonr Go di 1 si6ntioc and &;ddftas. c. '1Unf pa iu will be a aiA m ti ht&. familJ, but Iphigenia !'e30l~es all T~ll It 01' Tu lloa-.. 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BECAUSE YOU WANT ME You with your mouth so venom- .Poet's Corner· ously sweet - "BEYOND MY REACH" You with your smile so enticing - ·~ <:omplete • (A•tlff of "B•nfoot Bow Witl C1'••k," •te.) To My B eloved - The11 Know Not Who You Are Manipulating love so tantalizingly PART! · You taunt me There are so many ways that I could tell the world about you, You with your lips, so soft, so WHAT EVERY YOUNG COED SHOULD WEAR my darling; moist, so dangerously firm But just where shall I be&in? Fever my brain . . • Gather round, girls. Snap open a pack of Philip ltforris, light up, Shall I begin with our first meeting? ~sting your love for the love of relax and enjoy that mild fragrant vintage tobacco while Old Dad love tells you about the latest campUB fashions. - Oh, but how can I tell of our first meetin'g when for me there really The key word this year is ccuual. Be casual. Be slapdash. Be rakish. was no beginning and most certainly no end t Unbearably, you haunt me Improvise. Invent your own ensembles-like ski pants with a peek All I knew was-- My heart pulsates in a frenzied a-boo blouse, like pajama bottoms with an ermine stole, like a hocky I needed not look any further; for I'd found my elixir of fashion sweater with a dirndl. • life-in you-yes, you were my "fountain of youth"-and surely Will I always be the brunt of (Dirndl, incidentally, is one of the tl'Uly fascinating words in the my cup was auperflouriahing with eternal joy and happiness. your passion Engli8h language. Etymologists have quarreled over its origin for Must I revel in your remnant kiss years. Some hold with Professor Manley Ek that Dirndl is a corrup You have always been the one person for me- With your conquests you flaunt tion of Dardanelle and is 10 named because it resembles the skirts The answer to all my dreams me worn by the women of that region. Thia theory is at first glance plausible, but begins to fall apart when you consider that there are One day I went out to ftnd you- Yes I am caught in your quac .• no women in the Dardanelle region beeauae of the loathesome local 1 lboked for you-I searched for you everywhere.· mire of vice custom of fem.ale infanticide.) When I'd almost given up-you came- Trying to ignite the en1be!'s I (Anotlter theory is advanced by Dr. Clyde Feb. Dirndl, says he, You came and smiled at me-from that day I knew that my search can never suffice is a contraction of·••dairy in the dell" and refen to the milkmaidiah bad ended; Why revivify what you will kill appearance of the skirt. But again close examination causes one to For I'd found you at last! • again-why subject me to mis abandon a rlauaible bypotheaia. AJ every child knows, it is not "dairy When we talked-yes, we've talked about small, petty things-- ery, anguiah and pain in the dell' but "farmer in the dell", in which case the skirt should I found it bard to control myself-you see I wanted to do other Because you want me be called not dirndl but finadl. things. · (There are some who contend we will never know the true origins You are captivating, devJlstating. \ of dirndl. To those faint hearted Cuaandras I say, remember how Yet, I smiled when you smiled and was happy just being with you. enervating, fascinating everyone laurhed at Edison and Franklin and Fulton and Marconi As you spoke your casual words of friendahip- And yet, my humble subjection and Sigafooe. f Sigafoos, in case you have forgotten, invented the Yea, I know now that's what they were-- !ou are incessantly perpetrat- noatril, without which breathing, as we know it today, would not be something inside of me wanted desperately to be heard. ing _ A small voice would cry, "I love you, can you not see it? possible.] The origins of dirndl will be found, say I, and anyone Why do you hate and agon~ng· • .. · who believea · the contrary is a lily-livered churl and if he'll step I Jove you, can you not hear it? I love you, can you not feel it too? outside for a minute, I'll give him a thrashing he won't soon forget.) ly torture I love you with every fiber of my humble being. Because you want me, because I loved you and you knew it not-I must face reali,ty you'd never, ever know. you want me .•• , But I digreu. We wert1 smoking a Philip Morris and talking ahout 11.A.B. the latest campus atylel. Casual, we agree, is the key word. But I wanted you -my- darling more than life itself. casual need not mean drab. Liven up your~utfita with a touch of But how could you know-of the love in my heart, when I could SO STRANGELY SPLENDID glamor. Even the- lowly dungaree and man-shirt combination can never ever tell you so 1 be made exciting if you'll ad<'l'n it with a simple necklace of 120 I cannot say what this hold is, matched diamonds. With Bermuda shorts, wear gold knee-eymbala. • Which you have over me, PART II • Be guided by the f amoua poet Cosmo Sigafoos (whose brother Sam Now my h~art is broken; broke11 half in'two. · So strangely splendid. it was who invented the nostril) who wrote: You did it and you knew it not .•. Sparkle, m11 bea:ut11, It does not come today, leave Shimmer and ehiM, You were innocent of all these things. tomorrow, The night ie 11oung, I remember how all my days and nights seemed ftlltd with dreams But lingers on eternally, The air'• like wiM, of you ••• So strangely splendid. Cling to a uaf, Nevertheless, I'll try to forget the dreams I've dreamed Ha:n.g on a vine, the times I've kissed you-and I would should it ever have Crawl on 11our bell11, - .. awakened from my sleep crying. happened, It'• ti1M to dinfJ. -1 These things seemed so real-they are real even now. Had I not the pleasure of your (Mr. Sigafoos, it should be explained, waa writing about a glow But how can I tell you and make you understand? acquaintance, worm. Inaecta, as everyone knows, are among Mr. Sigafoos' favorite For you appear happy just the way you are So strangely splendid. subjects for poems. Who can ever forget his immortal OdfJ to a Boll Weevil? Or his Tumbling Along Witlt. tlt.e Tumbling Tumbubug1 If 7ou onl:y knew- For 'tis rare when one can feel Or his Flt1 Gentl11, Sweet Aphid? Mr. Sigafoos has been inactive How I'm more than willing for your sake so magnetic a force. 1ince the invention of DDT.) to rive And then realize the tangible, . To stand alone, give aU and nothing take! nearness, For you see You are the high and the mi~hty So strangely splendid. But I digreu~ We were smoking a Philip Morris and diacuaai~g and m&-l'm nobody! . faahiom. Let us tum now to beadwear. The motif in hats this year As it t'were meant by God's own will be familiar American scenes. There will be models to fit every Yet as I dream-I wait for the day ••• twist of fate, bead-for example, the "Empire State BuildinJ" for tall thin heads; When you'll know of the rapturous joy I feel- That this great hold which you the "Jetrenon Memorial" for aquatty ones; "Niagara Falla" for dry The day when I'll finally capture the heart of the lOTe smother over me, be, scalps. Feature of the collection is the "Statue of Liberty," complete that ia far, far beyond my reach! .. So strangely splendid. with a torch that actually bums. Thia is very handy for lighting Mfs1 Gloria Gauntt D.H. your Philip Morriaes, which is very important because no matter bow good Philip Morriaes are, they're nowhere unless you light them. We come now to the highlight of this year'• fashion parade-a mad fad that's sweeping the chic 1et at high tone camp°"ea all over the country. All the pis who are in the van, in the swim, and in the know are doing it. Doing what, you ask? Getting tattooed, of course! • You juat don't rate these days-unleu--you've got at leaat an anchor • on your biceps. If you really want to be the envy of the campus, get younelf ~ four masted &ehooner, or a h~rt with FATHER printed 1 SAVE ON FARE! 1naide of tt, or a- l interrupt this column to bring you a special announcement. A runner bu just handed me the following bulletin: "The oria'in of the word dirndl baa at lonr last been diaco•ered. On June 2', 1846, Dusty Schwarts-, the famous scout and Indian • flrhter, went into the Golden Nunet Saloon in Cheyenne, Wypming. Goln9 Home for f osfer or Anrflme The Golden Nusset had just imported a new entertainer from the I • East. She came out and did her dance in pink tichta. Dusty Schwarts . . bad nner ~n a~ythlnc like that in hi. life, a'!.~. ~e wu J?lUCb 1 BY GREYHOUND . I abd,he th~u;ht ~i,;rthe;':.i ih:';'.';h:e~Wi:nh: ;th~=e~hi; C-onrenfent • Dependil~I• • Low Cosf wife Felda_par waa waitin1 to show him a new akirt she bad made I for henelf. •How do you hke my new skirt, Duatyt• aaid Feldspar. O.e He looked at the la,..e Toluminoua tarment, then thought of the •. ,. I .... 1>lnk tipta on the dancinc sirl. •your skirt ii darn dull,' said Dusty. iDam dull' was later shortened to_ •dirndl' which is holf dimdla Atlan~ -----~ · 112.95 New York ----- I 5.35 I got their name." CIMaa lbul•an. 11:14 Birmingham ---· 15.70 Norfolk _____ ,._; 4.50 ~ . I - TAia e~ttmw. v •rou1lt to ro1i l>r tile ~aken of PHILIP MORRIS Bo.ton ------.! 9.55 Plttabarp ---- 6.30 toA.o tltiNk W°" "'"""' eflt;or tlteir ei1ar~tte. OaarleetOD, S. C. 9.90 Phlladelplda ___ 3.10 0 I Chles10 ------16.SS ~~-•... a..a. . ~------6.35 Cbaelnnlltf ----- 12.00 Rlel!cnond ----- 2.50 I to OeYeland ----- 9.10 Roanoke ------5.55 Play Writing Contest Open Students Detroit ------IS.OS &vmn•h ----- 12.15 • ·1 Talent Auodatee, Ltcl, a New thmt prl.M. The playa muat be I MemplalS ------18.50 St. Loula ------16.SS I \ York telerialon produclna Inn orlsinal, and may be com~, Mobile ------19.65 Wln1ton-Salem _ 1.4.s retponaible for auch ahowa as drama, or documentary. Entriea ~ Phu U. S. Tax. 811 Extra S.•ln1a Each .Way on Round Tript. I moat be aubmltted by June 16. ,.lfr. Peepen" and "Circle Th• •"•.and to hundred• of I atre" baa announced the Talent The judcea for the contest are all pl•c•• GREYHOUND TERMINAL ••• M1ttoflo1tof 1tew Aaaociatea Televialon A wards famoua plapritel: N. Richard I 1110 New York A•e., N.W. Conteet for the beet thrH orisinal Naab, Robert Alan, and Da•id Seenicruiser,,.d ,,.. HIGHWAY TRAvEi.ER Phone: NA. 8-8000 half·hour televition playa by un· Shaw. derrraduate atudenta in any ac Information may be obtained credited American Collere or .. University. by writinc the Play Award.a Edi .. tor, Talent Associate. Limited, 41 The -awards will be: $1000 ftrat East 60tb St., New York 22, New • prise, $600 second prise, and $260 York. ' • • • • • •I• • { - - • • • Page 4 HILLTOP Mum 25, 1955 - .. , Air Force Competes Air Force ofticer and a Howard (b) Passage of the RQ-3 Exam Burch L:ecture ard prior to hia death in lfarch, gTaduate, repre ented the Uni ination. (c) Classification by the 1948. To commemorate Dr. . Two- rnarchini' units from the \'ersity in the drill team competi University· as a junior !or the To Be Held Air Force Rell!erve Officers Train Burch the department established tion. The Unit is commanded by comin&' school year, (d)· Pas.in&' a fund to finance the annual ing Corps at Howard Univetaity Cadet lieutenant Renaldo Jensen, of a General Service Type Dr. Louu C. Jones, noted auth competed with . ome 20 other col· Bronx, N. · ,~ . PhyaicaJ. . . ority on American folklore, de lecture. leges and universities in the tint This Eximination will be given livered the a e v e n t h annual • National R.O.T.C. Drill Compe in room. 2, 45, and'.. 4i in the Charles Eaton Burch Memorial tition at the \Ya hintton Monu~ Army ROTC Offers basement of Founder's Library Lecture at Howard University mcnt Ground Tuesday, March beginning promptly at 1 :30 p.m. Friday, April lat, at 8:00 p.m. Bridge Tourney · 29th at 10:00 a.m. Advanced Examif'ation on April 7, 1955. , The lecture was held at Andrew (Continaed from P.. e 1) Other area achoola entered in Rankin Chapel. the rompetition included Catholic On April 7, 1955, the RQ--3 Now in its ninth successive Qualifkation Examination will be A former teacher- at New York U niv<'r~ity, Georgeto"'ll Univer- Sports Banquet year, the toumament ia ~que in 1ity., George Wat1hington Univer- given to au atudents preaently State Teachers College in Albany, college competition in that it ia enrolled in the second year of the Dr. Jones hu been an American ity, and l\faryland University. FOOTBALL - Geo~e Ander one of the few intercolleciate ba ic ROTC course (Army), and folklore acholar for the put 26 The drills comprised competi son, James Boddie, Robert Brown, events in which men and women • tion• in two categ"Ories. They any veteran who will be cluaifted years. Bia work includes the can compete on an equal basil. by the univenity as a junior at Lawrence Ashley, Rupert Clarke, compilation of a folk art collec- y,·ere a flight (platoon) di\'i.sion, Jchn Danieh, Joseph Drew, Jr., the beginnin&' of the 1955-1956 tion at Cooperstown'• Fenimore ~~ -- con i ~y .oJ not.. more 1han_33 Fleming Gregory, Georg:! HAmp men, and a drill team division, acnool ye r jJ Who desires ad House, and the authorship of <> vanced ROTC training. Any stu ton, Jame1 Harria, Clyde Howard, nearly 50 acholarly articles and con i ting of not. more than 23 Lorenzo Jacbon, James Jonee, n1en. dent who ha.a completed two years books. His boob include Ch4h• Wililam Jones, Thoma' Loman, In the fticht competition Ho\\· of basic ROTC and who 1 bas not of the Georgian Ro.ke•, SPrill Team, named for the late of basic ROTC or at leaat twelve 1954 baseball and football aqua~ named for the late head of the . Major Turner who was an months of active Federal Service, and the 1955 swimmin~ tsam. Enclisb Department here at How- •• ~ • •
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No tough driving to do, and no • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • NO MAllD WHDI YOU Alli, you'll get more pleasure from • • •• • •• • • • • • • • • v.·aitini or weather to clear. .• .• . . .. .• . . ... ••• • •• • • • ••• • • •• • • • • • your cigarette if it's a Lucky Strike. That's the pofut of.the • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Costs eea, too • • • you and • • • •• •••••••••• ••••••• • • ••• •• • • • •• •• • • •••• •• Droodleabove, titled: Three deep aea divers enjoying Luckies. t>n·o more traveling toeether can •• • • •• • • • ••• ••• •• •. •. . .. • . • . • ...• You get A.f. Co. ••ooucr- or ~~.. ~e ~, • .,, AM&alCA'• LSAOllCG MAftUFACTU•&• or CIOAa&t'Taa • - I M-m 15, t 955 ,HILLTOP Page 5 • <:::: Varsity Sports Teams Begin J, Big Bats For The Bisons f. • ' Spring Sc dule ·.-· ·. r· " • \. The Howard Unive ity baseball team opened the school's r. 47-event spring varsity sports schedule Thursday, March 24, when ' it met Springfield Coll~e (Maas.) in a 4:00 p.m. ~ame at The 1 • Ellipse. • The Springfield-Howard game was first in a two-game serie9 with Springfield. The teams met again at The Ellipse the following day (Friday) at 3:00 p.m. • BASEBALL • MARCH • 24 - Springft~ld (Mass.) - Home 25 - Springfield (Maas.) - Home • APRIL 2 - ?tfarylaftd State - Home - 4 - Mount Union - Home 6 - Maine Univeraity - Home 7 - Vlrainia State - Ettrick, Va. L 8 - Shaw University - Raleigh, N. C. 9 - Winston-Salem" Teachers - Winston-Salem, N. C. 14 - Bainbridge Naval T. S. - Bainbridge, Md. 15(2) Fayetteville Teachers - Home 19 - Fort Meade - Fort Meade, Md. 20 - Wilson Teachers - Home 22 - Lincoln University (Pa.) - Home 23 ....:... Montgomery Jr. Colleg - Home 26 - Bolling Air Force Base - Washington, D. C. 28 - Anacostia Naval R. S. - Washington, D. C. 30 -. Maryland State - Princess Anne, Md. • MAY • . • • 3 - Bolling Air Force Base - . Washington, D. C. 6 - Delaware S'tate - Dover, Delaware' The members of Howard's team are enoµsh to •t rike terror in any pitcher'• heart. E. Jenkin•, J. 7 ..:... Lincoln University (Pa.) - Lincoln Univ., Pa. Lacey, V. Clark, C. E4mundson, F. Gre«ory, G. B enson, 9 - Wilaon Teachers COllege - Home J, Jone.. 10 - Shaw University - Home 11 - Winaton-Salem·Teachers -Home NATATORS - do thi• and often win. These The students helped by helpinr 12 - Andrews Air Force Base - Washington, D. C. men are givinr their all and for the team get a diving board. Thia The trouble with most of the 13 - Upsala College - East Orange, N . J. varsity .,teams of Howard is re nothing. There is no training will keep them from automatiew 1• - Drew University - Madison, N. J . ftected in the swimming team. It table, no scholarships, especially ally forfeiting points to the visi~ 17 - Virginia State - Home can be summed up in the follow no academic cuddling of athletes. ing team. 19 - Anacoatia Naval R. S. - Washington, D. C. ing phrase . . . good starters, no As all know athletes arJider You, who claim you are tired 21 - Delaware State - Home considerable pressure at ard of being trampled in the dust of • reserves. In the past the swim TENNIS mer s have had very succesa!ol they deserve the support o the athletic defeat, come out .for the APRIL • years. As recently as last sea st~nt body both vocally and team. Dive in and swim for 6 - Dartmouth College - Home son they finished second in CIAA physically. Howard U. ' 12 - Morgan State (Md.) - Home competition. This year, with a 16 - Lincoln University (Pa.) - Lincoln Univ., Pa. change in coaches, has been more 20 - Morgan State (Md.) - Baltimore, Md. or less a rebuilding year. The 22 - Lincoln University (Pa.) - Home team has several good veterans !9 - Hampton Institute (Va.) - Home and some promising neophytes, MAY ., yet they are five or six good ~) • 6 - Hampton Institute (Va.) - Hampton, Va. swimmers short of being a squad • 12 - C. I. A. A. Championships - Durham, N. C. of championship caliber. 13 - C. I. A. A Championships - Durham, N. C. Veterans are Richard Gee, 16 - The American University - Washington, D. C. Capt., Bill Ht!nderson, Vic Stone, •Dates for matches with Catholic University, Wilson Teachers J oe Drew, Irvin Henry, and John College, and Montgomery Junior College to be announced later. Ford. The new men are John TRACK & FIELD Wynn, Al J ohnson" Lawrence APRIL · Carter, Ed Marshall and Dwight 21 - Triangular Meet With Towson Tea chers and American Stit h. University - Washington, D. C. Your reporter had the good 27 - Triangular Meet With American and Catholic Univer fortune to accompany the squad sities - Home on one of their trips. The spirit 29 - Penn Relays Carnival - Philadelphia, Pa. of the team is amazing. Though 30 - Pen Relays Carnival - Philadelphia, Pa. undermanned, the tank men p ve ~tAY . . their all. Some of them partici 3 - D, C. A.A.U. Meet - College Park, :Md. pated in as many as three races. 7 - Annual Invitation Meet - Home • ' · · ' It is ~ obvious thl)t a man 13 - C. I. A. A. Championships - Ettrick, Va. cannot perform at his \x!st under 14 - C .I. A. A. Championships - Ettrick, Va. such conditicms. Yet th~ boys will • p · 1 DAllC SUIT + 1 NEW WOW SOFTOIQ SlllT • . \ = 1 WW-DRESSED COLLEGE AWt· With dark .Wtinp the bia camput preference,Arrow introduce1 ita new Softone ehirta wUh barmonmng tie. soft mated colon to blend a1tur&lly, eaaily, with darker fabrica. Thef pe 700 die look of a man wbo wean hia clotbei well. > • &;e your eamput Arrow dealer for thete 6.ne colored ebirtt. You'll find a wide range of checb, lb'iJ)el and t0lida. Beaot - .. all, Arrow Softeoe. are priced ri1ht. You can OWJl ~ (or HYeral), and 1till ha•e moner Jeft to eat on. Tbey're but 15.00 the 1hirt. • • .. • ARROW SHIRTS & TIES CASUAL WEAR UNDERWEAR ANN~s, ~•led at J23 I u Street, •W., ha11 M'necl over } l 1 n1illion atiefird ('U tom~r• o~t'r tht': BANDKRBOJIV9 .. a• A ~ t" - to .ene BRIGG ekinleu all·me.t lranlu1, lowlr «ralJed .o tha t pa"' le\len ,-ean. '' ~ ina...... I . hil" II all e tmdtt ju1ce1 remain Jna.tt, 00 .oft, 11eamecl roll with moul i water1n1 (' 1 ..urt'. er~ the wtmoet 0 ( coute9)' awaita you. Open until ·1> a.m. on the w~end 1. ... • .. • • • - • March 25, 1955 • Page 6 ---- ·-- HILL'f.OP Howard's Social Whirl Dr. Max Baer of B'nai B'rith, The gaiety of Howard's social Sel8ctivity ~nci Discrimination whirl started otf with the New Speaks at Career Conference • Faces Dance given by Delta Discussed at M.I. T. Conference • Sigma Theta Sorority. The dance Stephen s. Davis, Associate fraternal selective practices'! The Annual Career Conference \Vant." Dr. Baer compared 1et was so named because of the new Professor of Mechanical Engi- The conference opened Friday of Howard University was held tin1e a job , ... ith selling a car to talent introduced to the campu1 neerlng, Jacqueline Shepard, aftemoon with keynote addressee the extent that the job eeeker in two programs during inter- Representative on L. A. Student by Frederick May Eliot, Preei on J\farch 14-15, 1955. Thia con 1.aa to know and understand him missiona in the dancing. The Council, and Arthur F. Moore, dent of the American Unitarian ference and the Pre-Con.ference Sl'lf and know just what the Ballroom was set in the a~~- J R pre.tentative on E fr. A Stu- Association, · and Dr. James R. have been made possible through employer wants. He i><>inted out phere of a night club, with ta es d;~t ~ouncil traveled to Eosto~ Killian, Jr., President of M.I.T. J the cooperation ot the t~n schools at;veral rules to be" followed in around the dance ftoor and . On Saturday momina-, March 26, candles on the table to a-ive a nice Friday to parttc1 pate llS repre- • and colleges of the University getting a job: (1) know yourself • •c .... ntat1' f H d U · en1'ty the delea-ates were addressed tiy Cozy atmosphere. ' _.- vea o owar n1v • and the Student Personnel Divi as far aa interests and abilities he next bia- event was the -1·n the MIT. . . nat' iona 1 i n t erco1 - Professor Everett C. Hughes, T • nf "S 1 ti 't Chairman of the Department of sion. Because so many different are concerned; (2) if at &11 Alpha Phi Alpha Coronation Ball ltgiate co erence on c ec vi Y 1ndivid~la have participated in possible have an understanding presented on February 25th. The nnd Discrimination• · in Amencan· Sociolo..v.,, at the Univenity of the planning and execution of the of the needs of your employer; Ballroom was beautifully decor· Univenities." More than 200 Chicap, and Professor John Hope 1 prorram, it is impossible to list (3) be on the look out for new ated. The young ladies of the students and deans from more firms that are springina- up; (4) ~:::!!:'· ~!::~:,.of ~;ryd~~ them individually. The co-chair court gave a ftoatins effect as tl1an 70 colleges throughout the cussed the discrimination prob n1en were Mrs. Marian V. n1ake a 1ood impression at ftrat, they swayed sracefully toward nation took part in the confer- • Coombs, Director, Student Em \Y&tCh for ne&tneSI, lood arroom the throne and their black and cr.ce at the Massachusetts Inati- l~m in terms of ''The American ployment and Graduate Place ing, and promptness. Re able to gold pillows. The crowning of tute of Te<:hnology on Mal ch 26, Scene T?day," giving their inter-. -as the pretation of recent events from n1cnt and Dr. Fredrick P. Watts, express yourself well. You even the Queen, P enY Jone.' .. 2o, and 27th. - Director, Liberal Arts Counseling may have a typewritten J>(lraonal high point of the affair. , The conference was planned by the v~ewpoint of a eoc~ologjst and Service. data sheet with information in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority M 1 T students to d"'velop an an hi1torian. FolloWing each of cluding the last job experience presented its annual Pastel Ball · · · . ~ the plenary sessions the dele- At 7:30 p.m. the C'on1erence understanding of the causes •nd · ~A d' 'd d · t l5 11 d:- began with Dr. Watts telling a and SOcial Security number on March 4• 1955• The sceaery tht problems created by the exist- ga~~ ivi e in ° ama . ... little about the Fre-Conferencea tteatly done, of course. of pink clouds and green stars cnce of discriminatory practices cusaion g~oupa. and discu11&ett the that had already been held. He He spoke on the different pn! gave an etfect of dancing in the 80me American colle es. It isl.lues ra11ed in the plenaries. then presented Dr. Vincent judices that may keep a qualified sky. The Ball was the tlrat event in • • g Saturday afternoon, Mr. Ralph of the AKA rush week and was will bnng into contact students, ~I cGill Editor of the i\tlanta Browne, Administrative Assist- p<'non from a"tting a jo!>, such · d b 11 h attended administrators and pro!essora . ' . J • ant to the President and A1so a11 the prejudlce againat women enb:~~r!hall~K:ppa Alph~ Psi !iom all sections of thf' countty Constitution; Mr. C~~ren.ce tiate Professor of Goven1ment, workers, the handicapped, and, again presented itl Silhouette to discuss these vital qut-stiona Berger, Dean of Admi?irlration Howard University, who presided of course, the minority 1roup1. Ball,_a truly fabulous affair. The in small discussion groups. of Brandeis U~ivers,ty: Mr. at the meeting. Dr. Brown\? gave It was poiplted out that although scenery was by Vantile Whitfield. Typical of the questions that Jonathan. W. Daniela, Editor of us various purposes of the there are '4till some peopie who Sylvia West reicns aa the new arose in these discussions are the the Raleigh (N.C.) . News and , Liberal Arts College. He pointed have these backward ideas, there Queen of Xi Chapter. The Ball following: (l~rver; and Mr. ~1s M. Lyon.a, out that there \Vas a wide field is progrt!ss in brt>akinr down the was a real treat for all in at- How many valid grounds for a Cu.rator of the Niem~n. Fcll~- of knowledge to be gained along b a r.r i er s of discrimination. tendance. . basis of selection be determined! ship at H~rvar~ partic:,pated in with the major suhject. Ile Neverthelees, we as the future Next on the Social Calendar is What causes people to adopt a panel d1sc~s11on on Con~- citizens of America were urged the Omega Psi Phi Mardi Gras. di!crim~atory practices! p(\~rY,,,,,..~ttttudes and View elaborated on thework of the • University Counciling Service to prepare ourselves for the jobs If any judgment can be made Are restrictive clauses in col- p?1nts. President Carl ~· . both he past and 1n , the we wish to hold becRuse, al from the dances already pre- IC'ge social or living groups un- \\ o~war of Rhode Island Uru prt'llCn · -., tt'lough the competition 'is !•as, it sented, it will be a terrific affair, warranted • discriminatory prac- fers1ty, whose remarks before a • The principle speaker was Dr. is still very, very keen. so don't miss it. lices ! . recent convention of the National ?tfax Baer, National Ditector, Although there were fewer Do college administrations Interfraternity Conference on • B'nai B'rith Youth Organizntion, people who attended than expect Newest Student have the, right to interfere in "Self-detenniJlation in Fraterni Wal'hington, D. C. His tht'me ed, the meeting went on c.:J8 • ties" caused much discussion on colle~e campuses, and Mr. Eugene • wa~ '.'Gt•tting the Job You s<'heduled. Council Report Since the last iaaue of the Richard Gee (Continued on Pase 7) Hilltop the Student Council has Boy Porpoise ' Breaking The Sound Barrier taken action on the folowing You m~y have noticed a young Athletes Honored at • items: man around the campus who (1) Following a conference by seems to be continuously in the Sports Banquet Yours truly ie fortunate to publish In this issue excerpts of council members with the Facul- company of some young lady. WASHINGTON, D.C.-Howard exclusive inteTViews with Chet Baker, Count Basie and Nat Cole. ty for the installation of vend- This fellow is a nattily attired in- University honred 40 of 1t.s var .· Here is the interview with Chet Baker, which was secured dur- ing machines in the anat"k bar dividual usually sporting the sity swimmen and football and ln1 his wailing week at the Lacomeur. Q. Cltet, wh4t ar• te»M of area. These plana are now aoins latest Ivy"\:.League garb. Bis baseball playen et its annual vottr latt•t rtlea•t•' A. I have a new vocal album coming out throUlh necessary channels. name is Richard Gee, better Vanity Sports Banquet Friday, pretty soon on the Paciflc Jau label includins aome new tunes and (2) The feasibility of the known as "Rick." ?.!arch 11 at Baldwin Hall. Fes - eome standards. Q. Titer• wert 1om.~mor1 around that uoit• la.ad '\\romen'a Leasue 1ponaorins the -.air. Gee ·is perh aps beat known tivities began at 8:00 pm. ttetlt. and gum trouble tind 01tl11 ci.,... m.or• t1'4r• left to pltiJI. · f h'11 " i ,, H it A. These rumora were abaolutely f alae althoush I do have one front May Queen electiona ia beUll' or preaa ng. owuer, Professor John Burr, former considered by a committee which ao happens that he ia a very ca- basketb&ll coach and department tooth mi11lna-. It seems that in moat of the membera of my family ia chaired by Dann• Hall The P•bl e swimmer.--' Ric k , more than of physical education faculty the front teeth come out at an early are. I intend to ret a bridge "' th · l · d'....id 1 h ~ay Queen dance will be held on any o er sine e in l • 1 ua , as - u soon as possible. Q. Do vou i"t•nd to t"OllaborGte wit1'. MvUigtin - bee th · _._ f th · member at Howard for tile put L _ L. May , . The Home ECo- n e matn•'--Y o e vanity S!l yean, delivered th~ pr}ncipal ofter 11.e finu-• writing /M" f,... Tent•tt•1 A. Yea I do. I think I 6 1955 1--'--f tea d · th ·ca Club --1111 pro....ide ref-h- "''uuu nl' m urine e paat address. Letters were presented prod uced some of m1 better records with M ulllpn and ita nice to nonu "' •~ ·- th work with a renhu 1uch aa he, I hope some of lt will rub otf on me. menta aa well u preaent "Miu ~i:e:=· awima three races by the coaches of the honored (laul'h). Q. I" vour, ••tim4tUm tollo u tll• b11t trumptt plawer ift. Spirit of Cotton" durinc inter- durinc a meet. Thia ia neeeaaary teams. They are Tom John!IOU. tA• •cllool of MO \ • Page8 HILLTOP Marela 25, 1955 Dentistry Building I Alumni Pays ·Tribute to Al'1'a MC!ter FA DS and FA SH I 0 NS At the dawn of the new year., By "Toni" Ad•m• men'& and women's ' wear, giv- At Charter Day Banquet . a $3 million dollar College of . . . ing color to the most conaervative Three distinguished Howard any such interpretation and abuse Dentistry building was unveiled Well, How•rd1tes, spring is -outAt Barefoot aandala mules University graduates paid trib of the citizens' rights of this here on Howard's campus. The rapidly approac~ing a.nd with· its low b~i pumps, and extreme!; new _st~les. Thia spr~n~ the em· narrow high heels are the thing ' ute to their alma mattr \Vedneis· country," he added. three-story reinforced concrete day evening, March 2nd, in Dr. Williams, a veteran of 39 and brick structure \Vas designed phas1s is ~n a slender1z1ng efl'ect. in foot wear ... Costume jewelry speeches delivered at the Univer years as a "country doctor" in to accommodate 400 students qnd The darhng of the. 1920's, the will atiH play an important role sitys annual Charter Day Ban northern Virginia, called upon has an ov~rall Boor area of hp: lon&'·torso ~ostume 1s no~ m~re in making an outfit complete. quet. young phyaician11 to go into the proximately 69,000 sq. ft. It was beloved than ever. Lona- shm-J1m Bri&'htly colored beads and. ear They were Dr. Russell W. rural areas, saying that techno designed by Architects Hilyard tops, anq the sheath dress are, rin&'I, and numerous bracelets . Brown, of Tuskegee, Ala.; James logical advances had eliminated Robinson and Paul Williama of therefore,. very popular. So re- are very fashionable ... The key A. Cobb, of \Vashington, D. C.; most of the obstacles once faced Washington and is located ftt member &'lrls to plan your Easter note in f aahiona is to "Know Thy ., and Dr. John D. Williams, of by the rural physician. Sixth and W Sta., N.W. outfit with an eye to '55's slim- self." Wear only what becomes Manassas, Va. Earlier, the three "Everything has been modern Foremost amon&' the features mer, more a:race~ul look · · · JIOU and not what becomes otMn &'J'&duates had received the Uni ized now," · he said. "Country of the College of Dentistry are Every .color. 1m~ginable can be ... Until the next issue of the , versity's Alumni Achievement methods have vanished. Electri three very attractive classroome, seen this spring 1n dresses, skirts, Hilltop, I'll be seeing you ••~ It's Award !or outstanding post city, telephones, televisions, gl\s, a general clinic, a modern cafe and even shoes.~ These colors been real. rraduate ae1·vice. goOd roads everywhere invite teria, four pre-clinical laborator made up, surprisingly, beautiful Addressing a Baldwin Hall au more men to take up their prac ies, a library with a 30,000 vol combinations. However, black and Honors navy_are still the basic colors ... dience of some 300 banquet tice in aplendjd communities ume capacity, and a student (Continued from Pase 1) ~eats, the ·honorees expressed whe.re their work will be appre loun~. It ia further embE:llishe-d Pretty plaids, prints, stripes, and Also: Geraldyne Baker. checks are yery popular in both Robert the unanimous opinion that they ciated and compensated to no lit with, clinics for oral dianosis, Baldwin, Ray Bennett, William could not have reached their tle degree." x-ray, oral surgery, orthodontiu, Butts, Sylvia CoJfteld, Donald Dr. Williams then spoke of the and dental prothesis. Also, th~re This brand new, eyc-cntchir,&' present heights without the edu Cotton, Roosevelt Glover, James cation received at Howard. Dr. great need for physicians in are administrative :>mces, a fact;l structure, with its &'lass paneJE:d Brown is director o! the Geor&'e rural Virginia, declaring that ty meeting and conference rvon1, doors and ultra inodarn interior, Hayes, William Hill, Gene,ieve Washington Carver Foundation there are several communities a student council room anti a stu is the fourth building to be com Hodge, Charles Jones, Louis at Tuskea-ee Institute; Mr. Cobb with better facilities than his own dent supply store. pleted in Howard's po!lt-wnr de Jones, Roy Littlejohn, Yvonne ta senior partner of the Washing (Prince Williams, Fairfax, cmd The College of· Denti~try huilJ velopment program. Others con• Noel, Lucy Odom, Lincoln Pitts, ton law flrm of Cobb, Howard, Fauquier Counties). "I am ready ing is a sharp al)d 1.1h1JCking con structed and now in u~ are: Gladys Richardson, B a r b a r a and Hayes; and Dr. Williams ia and willing to help any youn~ trast to some of the vitiful anach Baldwin and Wheatley halls nnd Thompson, H e n r y Thornton, a practicing physician in north man make his start in any one ronistic firetraps that ere a part the Engineeri~ nnd Architecture Reginald W as h in rt o n • Mary of these flelda," he concluded. of Howard University'1 cam)Juas. building. Williston, and Loia Youpg. • ern Virginia. Dr. Brown, who was cited for his work in the field of acienc~ l . . also took the oecasion to pay trib CAMPUS ."STAND-OUTS'' '* Man Most Likely To-- ate to universities, in general, for * * their programs in scientific re search, saying that the growth of fundamental knowledge and < the training of research scientists go hand in hand. • · The· Tuskegee scientist, who .succe9'ied .. -the late Dr. Carver as director of the Carver Founda ••• tion, also \\'arhed against any let down on the part of universities in thel\e programs. "The store house of fundamental know!C'dge is being depleted fnster than it is being replenished," he said. " The building up of the body of fundamental kno\vledge is a slow and laborious Jlr<>eess, and in our !'OCi('ty it i!'I primarily the r('!'lpon sibility of the university sckn tists." l)r. Brown then called for a narrowing of the gap between technological and sociological de ' elopment, referring to the lat ter as deterioration rather than progress. "It is a fact that " scientists have been responsible for the scientific developments," he said, "but tht!y should not be held accountable for the human confticts in which it becomes ex pedient to utilize their knowledge ·and skills. r "A greater and more concerted etrort should be made in imple • menting some of the knowled~ concerning human 1 behaviqr nl- ----· ready at >ur disposal, simi\ar to put exploitation of knowleda-e pined in the natural sciences." !tf r. Cobb, who formerly a~rved aa judge of the Municlpal Cour~ of '1le District of Columbia, cited the University's School of law I or its contributiona in recent ceaea in•olving civil rights. men tioning the part played by How- , ard law anduatea and teaclaera ------y-..."·-achool se1re&'ation and D. C. dTil riabta litlption, "In my -· \ opinion Howard Uninnity la one of the 11 eateat uni•enltiea of the world," he said, "and when hlatory ia properly written, lt will be in the vansuard of all becauae ahe hu stood steadily for •All men up and not some men down'." · Declarlnc that Howard ta needed today more than it has ••er been needed before, Mr. Cobb aald that the problems now faciag this country involve the I . , , very fabric on which the Govern . th 1·& M' -America's ~st filter cigarette. ment la tiaaed. ••There is a popu 0 19 058 S. lar misconception which seems to What a filter-that pure white Miracle Tip really filters. And you Teach even aome of the lawmaken of this country, that the implica get!!! the taste! Campus after campus ag1ees-"UM stands out tion of the Fifth Amendment !>y , a citizen for his or her protec from all the rest!" tion is ml cou1uct," he asi;erted. "Such ia in derrogation of the Constitution. • ' "Howard University, along with other great univ~rsitiea of &lua country, has and is resistinc .. •