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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the LU Gazette (Student Newspaper) at Digital Commons @ Langston University. It has been accepted for inclusion in LU Gazette, 1940-1949 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Langston University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The University Press V O L U M E I LANGSTON, OKLAHOMA, OCTOBER, 1949 NUMBER I Additions To "Heir Reigns S/o/e's Only Fifth Faculty At Langston Negro in Soil Langston Faculty Langston University up[wrclass- Conservafion Dies Institute Held men called i(iy freshmen to atten Are Announced tion at 12:01 a.m., September 14. MUSK.( KiLK — The Dbesequier September 6*7 IQ 4 9 , for the beginning of one week ' of lames Irvin Wathington were Dr. i'l. L. Harrison, president of of "hell." .\11 freshmen were re-1 held at Ward's C^hapel .\. .M. E. The Fifth Faculty Institute which Lan^'ston University, announced this quired to wear green and yellow | Church at 2:00 o’clock in the after convened September ^>-7, 1949. week that twenty facuhy members ■ caps, address all upperclassmen as : noon on Saturday, September 17, struck a new note in its discussion ha\e been appointed for the year \ .Miss, or .Mr., or Mrs.. anti to obey 1949. .Mr. Wathington. Oklahoma’s and thorough examination of the all upperclassmen, only .Negro Junior Soil ('onserva- "Problems ol C'ommunication and ■‘Some ot the appointments have •Many of the freshmen accepted I tionist with the ('ivil Service in the (ieneral Curriculum." been made to fill vacancies created the “hell week" program with good .Muskogee and owner of W'athing- Tuesday morning, September 6. hy proftssors j^ranted leave for the sportsmanship anil others reiecied ii ton's (Jrocery and .Market and W il Dr. Harrison keynoted the meeting year; while some arc permanent ap- as a nonsensical endeavor of ego. ma’s X’ariety Store, lived the life by giving “The Significance of the pomtnients that follow Langston’s Nevertheless, upperclassmen carried span ot only thirty three years, but •Annual Institute. The program policy of continuously upgrading the the program out and there were in richness and accomplishment proceeded as follows; preparation of its faculty," Dr. Har moments of crying an^er, itiul re many thought that he had lived ".A ('ollege (Communications Pro rison asserted. volt on the part of the treshmen. sixty-six years. gram; Its .Aim and Its Relation to 1):. .Mitchell Southall, who re but “the band played on." DR. G. L. HARRISON Long before the appointeil hour the (ieneral Curriculum.' Dr. El- ceived the Ph. D. degree at the Uni .\s “hell week" ended man\ of the last rites U’ard’s (lhapel wood .Murray. Director. School of versity of Iowa at the summer con freshmen lelt that the program had The Presidenf filkil wiib Irieiuls and business ac I Speech, University ot Denver, Den vocation, has been appointed as act been carried too far. but there were quaintances who keenly felt the loss ver, Colorailo. ing head of the music department. just as many who accepted it in Speaks . . . ol this energetic young m.m. The "Speech as a Factor in Communi Dr. Southall received his bachelor’s altar rail ol the church was thickly cation .\bility." Dr. ('arl Ritzman, good spirit and are looking .v.ird I lil-i' this iippnrtunitV to \m1 degree at Langston University iii covered with an exquisite array of School of Speech. University ot Ok to participating ;n the initiation nf come new students to Langston i(u^> nnd earned three degrees from i beautiail llowers which spoke more lahoma. Norman. Oklahoma. next vear’s freshmen. I'niversity and to extend a welcome Iowa in as many years. He was' than any words could ever sav to "The Role of Evaluative Instru t(i lormer students who are return awaril-ii degrees as follows: .\1. ' what extent .Muskogecans mourned ments in Discovering Levels of ing. \\’e are all .inxious to work to- i()47, .\1. F. .\.. 1948. and Ph. D., the death ol James Wathington. ('ommunication .Ability, " which was Britain Devalues Pound; Uedur. stuilents, faculty, .ind ad- K>4g. While at Iowa he served as. divided into two sections. 'Reading Seventeen O thers Follov/ mimstratKin to make L.uigston Uni- lames Irvin Wathington. born in instructor on the music faculty, and and Studv Skills." under the direc urs.tv a "greater eilucatioii.il cen 19if), spent a part of his boyhood in upon several occasions his composi tion of Dr. W, H. .Martin, Chair Devaluation seems to be the lat ter." ■Langston, finished High School in tions were presented by various mu est trend in Worlil at fairs as on Okmulgee, received his !> S. in .Ag man, Division of Education. Langs I vv:sh to commend the Lmver- sic groups at the Iowa institution. •Monday night. September 19, ('.an- riculture from Tuskegee where lie ton University; "Written ('omposi- sity Press C'lub tor i s keen interest During the spring one of his com ada announced a devaluation of her met anil marrieJ his wife, taught tion. under the direction of Dr. and Its initiative in gitting DUt this positions was played by the Tulsa dollar by 10 percent. Only the tor two years in Okmulgee and Ix^na B. .Morton. Professor of Eng Symphony Orchestra. night before, Suntlay, Sir Stafford tirst issue ot the L'nivtrsit\ 1‘nss. then six years ago c.ime with his lish, Langston University, .\s prolessor in social science. Dr. Cripps. ('hancellor ol the exchecjuer, 1 .1111 sure that with the interest f.imily to .Muskogee as the States The afternoon session began with they have show 11. plus the .ibilitv •\kiki K. Nvabonga has been ap announceii the thirty .iiui oivhalt only Negro Soil C'onserv ationist “What the Testing Program Has they liavi- denionstrateil the paper pointed. Horn in Toro, .\ganda. per-cent devaluation ol the Hritisii wun the C!i\il Servicc. Revealed .About the Level of C'om- wi'l be .1 great success. niunication .\hilitv of First-^'ear Hast .'Vfrica, Dr. Nvabonga received Pound. I he body was 111.erred at the ('ollege Students at Langston Uni his undergraduate degree at How I pleilge whole he.irted cooperaKt«/ker T. Washington ('emetiry, Seventeen nations havt. tolloued versity, by .Mr. Julius H. Hughes. ard Ur.iversity. He continued his tion on the part ot the administra west of .Muskogee. Rritian's lead in monetary devalua s udies iit Oxford University. Eng tion. I ------Director of Testing Program. land. receiving the B. Litt. in 19^6 tion, These are France. Sweden. Discussions on "The Role ot Test and the Ph. D. in 1940. He has The Netherlands, Iceland. I'inland, Four Graduate Record ing” were opened by .Miss Helen taught at .•\labama State College, Ceylon .Malaya. South .\trica, .\us- The Langston Edwards.. Department of English, W’inston Salem, and A and T Col tralia. New Zealand, Irelanil. Inilia, University Song Exanns to Be Given consultant. L'mvtrsity of Oklahoma, leges in North Carolina. \ recog Norway. Denmark. Hgypt, I'urma j Here This Year with .Mr. .Alonzo Lewis as leader; nized scholar. Dr, Nvabonga is a and Israel, ■ DKAR L.\N(i.ST()N ((\>ntinued on page three) PRI.NCLTO.N, N. |.-Test ot the member of the Institute of Semito- \\'est (jermany. .\ustri.i, It.iU. on a throne u'lth royal niien, African studies; and the .\frican Clreece and Pakistan may in the II /urc our hope' and our mother (irailuate Record Examination, re Medical College Tests quired ot applicants tor admission .\cademy of .\rts and Research. He near future reshuftle their curren SttWti, to a number of graduate schools. To Be Given Jan. 16 (Continued on page two) cies. .I’l ^ii:t tilth pndc upon th< sctnt' I will be administered at exainination Hij>h ot'
W'.h UNIVERSITY PRESS Library Informafion AddHions To Regisfration Of Langston Faculty •f . ih- ’u .■ ii'- il I .iti^ 'on Organizations Is Are Announced I. isfitriiuo Kotiin .tiul l
sv i^-.rir (.wn iini'tatu tis .uui lO st.iv w ill w .lnin tl.e lum nil 10 i n I . i n 0 : \.iur loi.il post ollice. ton's mathenialics dep.irtniont is Please bring your proposed calen- ■ i;u sc ;i!;i!i.itii'iis lor I'o'le^e is not a place to kiirn to live when N o .m uiuiit IS too sill,ill. studying toward a Ph. I), at L’ni- ciar of activities to the office of the d:,\s ,iri- o-.e:. rolle^e is a j'iai'i to exp,m il .uui to hel[i perleet versity ol lovv-a. Dean of Women in Sanford Hall at o ;r ,.,::y f.ir i'vin,; iiow — not al some lim i, li.irk d.is ill the ilist.int Look Says Nlo/eal Dillon. Instructor in once. ; ;; i. t il se l i e i.nen o: IW 4 0 to h.i\c lun lor having 1 1:11 .^lech,lnics .-Vrts, is on leave com Your cooperation v^ill be greatly p.irt 'li ood l.'.ui.;. lil.' l'hase tlu kitui ol tun w h iih \sill pleting work .It the University of appreciated in helping us to have a j:i .-ii; r:'r.cnil'erini;. "You Need N’e'ir.iska !or a prort'ssional degree more wholesome and organized pro- 1 \'.ould warn the'-e ^irls and hovs \stio st.imi on the threshokl (il Your Breakfasf" in architecturai engineering. gr.itn of activities for our students up not to :ntL’'i ti’'-!r Ciinstiaii le.uliinus jr. tlie Clu' ch lor in .Mr. 'I'. H. Holland, associate' pro here at Langston University. cessor ol .\grie'ulture, has heen the (':i\;rih di: i rui m.iiv. .mswirs to »'"■ ['rohlems of Hie. Anil e\t-n I, vou are one ol tht, m illions ol granted leave to study t-j vard a Ph. n \\i‘ h.i'.e nc perpli xitiL' prohk ms thiie is some inianuih'e somi'thini: Ainerieans who e.us his hn.ikl.isi- I'). ,it L'mvirsity of .Miiiiicsola. llis Shop Head Announces that ci'es us tha' ‘'uiniir' leelirii; when we ^o to ( hurch ()|- ri,N . on the run yo.> ouu'in to re.ul " 1 .0 0 k Tavior Caliiwell in the hook, l.i-’,'!' !,' C( i,.\ST. expounds area of specialization is dairying. 1 hrin^s hack the I'.iniilv I're.iklast” New Business Hours the lx-;ie! that " . . . tiiere is n.) hope toi an\lioii\. i\ce[H in hinisell, and in the Septenioer 2 7 11^41^ issui ol A Confempldfed Merger | Hubert Hibler announces the fol ne. hope lor the woriii. except in t-.ich man’s resjxinsihilif. tow.ird his l.nok ,Maj:axine. nriLjlihi.T. .\'! the cm! ilia' e\er conies to am man, ti> ihe wiuilc world, lowing shop hours: Shoe Repair "Hreaklast-on ihe-run ' I.ock as .-\LS11N, Texas— If plans ^ 0 ■s u lu-ii men sa\ to thcmsel'ies, I. hut not m\ hrothcr. shop will be open for business be serts. ‘‘involves j;eltirii: h\ with as through, Samuel Huston College tween the hoiiTi of 8 and 9:00 l^mcmber those wi.riJs and \oii wdl hecoii. a I.an_ustonite who little 10 eat m the morniiiL: as pos- and \\ iley ('olleg^e w ill heconie “ as 0 clock; io and 12:00 o’clock and -vs;:’ i;!orit\ m his .Vina M itrr 'I'ron^h wholesoine li\in>,'. Perlnips in sihle.” on.e. Th e contemplated nier).jer of ti l s .'.ords vou miLiht tind a phdosoph\ ot hie on '.\-hicli to he^in ini- 1 to 4:00 o'clock, Monday through Doctors, nutritionists and sciiool the twc southern colleges will give Friday. 1,:--’ii.i;e huildini: ol a lirni loundation. authorities eniphasizi- "that the rise to a site o f not less than tvventv- A ' ti',;^ would I h.ivc said to vou this morninj;. In case you “wanna " know what !iodv needs tuel in the niornitii;, 1.2 five acres and huildirig facilities to I happens between g and to, the class passed the hutldini: which hail hecii hoiiU' to me three hours iiiay have elapsed sh.ce the ac'-oniodate an expected cnroUm cnt has theory. .iiid '.\-ent into the north door or the .\dniinistration Huililm):. last ir.eai; the I’oods eaten the day o f 7 io students in the city of 1 )allas. .. ; r;iv ir'iiii the 1 inaiue Otlic . I \s-.is haiicil hv a urou'p ol upper- before have iieen used up." W iley C^ollcge and Sanniel Hiis- i. ,ii i.itiL' the,11 .1 ni'.Miixr 0! seniors. I had m\ .itiswer. .•\v\c ton (xillege are supported by the Sorrow- leaves us good: it teaches ■ ■i an
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Freshmen Are | Fifth Faculty Institute Enferfained By \ Is Held Here AKA Sororify (('ontinued from Pa^e(Jne) • • • in the News ■j'asic Trends in the 0)inmunica- non Progra.’n,” Dr. .Murray, con The Alpha Zcta ('haptcr ol A1 ' Not that Lm a gossiper. but did sultant, Mr. L. (.1. Moore, leader, pha Kappa Alpha Sorority spon- sou k n o w ------and a general discussion with Dr. sored an ciUertainiiKiU tor the ; a That Eunice Wilson, alter two Murray leading. I'n shincii class, Saturday cvciiinj:, : years ol h.ird sweating, is having an On the morning of September 7, Septimlur 17. This tnttrtainmcnt avsful time seeing Henry Ponder the Institute sessions were opened was j;ivin in the torin ot a utiiicr now. I'm wondering )ust where with "(communication and Hearing roast, and a brief uclcoinc was j^iv- d(ns this little I'reshman stand. and Speech Dilficulties,'' led by Dr. in in the Student Union Hiiiitiing. John K.evs, director. Speech and Soror Ik-tty Cial'incy we’conuii |oe .N. Wells didn't waste any Hearing (dinic. School of .\Ie-dicinc. the '^(1 Frosh and introduced all time with Hettve L
■ U K *0 U Lions Face Acid Test Witli Tennessee Oct.1 The l.angston Lions, who were tied tor second pl.icc coiit'erencc honors with Tc.xas College last yc.ir, will make their second appearance- ol the vear here at .\nderson I'iclJ lodav, when thev tackle ('oach Kean's "Fighting Tigers" trntn | Tennessee State C\)llege, The Langston si[uad is compoicd ol eighteen letternun and twenty- two holdovers troni last vear's te.iiti, Tsventy treshmen. including; a doz en who were on the all-star teams that playetl in ( )klahonia C!ity in late ,\ugust. number among the ‘ hopetuls. Co.ich C;avles' hig piohleni has been that 0! replacing three letter-' men :roni the K^'' team who did Lions in Action This Season not return hi\ause ol scholastic dit- tisuhii s These .irc Robert New- (k. ■ ' ! ■ f Jppfj’ll ’I I'iUit some, who w;is a great oMensive ( I,' 1. i i n c ‘.s(.i S t a t e I thri'.it last \e.ir, ,uui 15, C, (Iherry. I.IIKdlll I Il'M T-it\ )i i:t rsdii ('it\. \lo. an eiiti. i.ick |ohnson. last year's C'ollcj;! iorl W nrth iju.irterh.Kk .it Liwton. has heen Staitlii rn L iir.i rsits L.iiiUstor. shitted to tullhack in an cttort to < t 1 I liisloii I.anustuii replace New some, [ohnson playccJ Nn' -t \\ ■ K'\ ( .i)l!rj;c Tex.I*. tullhack III the school hoy all-star N>.'. I j Ark.iiiv.is Stall' ( l-.mu-'tdii ;game .iiul threw th'. " inning touch- THREE GOD'/^'h ER'; 11 idmcuHiiinu ) 'tlowii p.iss. "ZIP" GAYLES I ' r . i i r u \ it vv ( i’r.iirif \'aw . I.arniar l)esmuke, .Muskogee; St.iti L'm \tr'.it\ Vlusko^l'f Willi.mi I’urves. '\rdmure and I\ili1 Langs+on Mentor's lirooks. Spokane, Washington. ,irc AND HEAv'EN Race Hatred Defeats Jethroe to Wear waging a battle royal to determine Record Among who will repl.tce the terminal slot Detroit Lions 45-7 White Sox Uniform lett hy ('herrv. ( )ther vearling linc- Besi in Nation nv. n w ho are making a ravorable VA,' EY OF THE 'olANTS i Diuoit i.ioiis liaii(lic:i[iptd Sat’.iK'l Ii-tlirot . itu niosl lalkol C. F. ’Zip" (layles, head coach impression arc Willie W'edg;cworth, i>: ’hri't. <)l It'. .Ncj:ro alioui p !a ur iii tin. .Nlinur I.ia^'Ui.. and director ol athletics at Lang rii.K'taw, Imogene .Murray ot Still a n y n j v : c R c a n p l a ’ ;v. w 'u '.II .i:c; b', till' !’h i!a iii‘ \m ' 1 tn- pl.iMiv.: u iih ilu' W ’lutt Su\ ston Lniversity, was listed in w.iter .111(1 I lenrv l iUvards. ,-\rd- ... ! .i.ii-. ■ in N fu ( irkaiis nt'\t ;.iai "Who's Who" ot tootball coaches more. Tl,. I'l.un- l;oh .Maim. \l:ih- 1’ n rn n i- in an article released by a national (diaries Lt:w is, ioliet. Illinois, is MY DEAR SECRETARY ,i-„ o.hop;a\(.-c! ,1 An-..it:,.nal »!' ■* syndicate last Sunday. pushing .\nderson Sanders. Okla- •: l-l,M I’.ovvl Cl.ivsics in o ! K u i^t. .u.mKs and Since 1927 when he entered ' ' I ■-tdli n I k ' s i '', plaMcl \vitli the hom.i Citv and Winston Tollett. Mt: ( iIOOIIKS, hull,II).I I S coaching. (!aylcs coached teams .M.iiunal ti.iM uhlch is ^ ! u h Muskogee, at cjuarterhack, while . .ill.: 'I rij'lett. have won 112 games, lost 53 and K.r iir<’<'kl\II. I.K'k [ones. L.iwton. is reg.irdcd .is ' ,ii < I: 'A'ho p.aveil in tied 14, P A .r- A' I'rank L.im. (• iiiTal .Mana^'r the hest tirst vear man at h.dl back. .!! D.iH.is. Texas Duriiig the nineteen years he has lor tin. W'h tr S () \ tf.im. hail also Probable st.irters tor this game ,ni pcrrnitteil ti- j)la\ directed the athletic tortunes of s F.i.k Si.uliuin, jiiiisiik rcii i\io iiK.rc m pi i attrai will be Winston Toilet;, iju.irtcr- tidti!.. 1 arl i aliorii aiul lioh Thur hack; Lewis Wright and .\lbcrt Langston University, nis football t ni:;jht h.r.( Ih ii; ilit- man. I'uth l-'ahorn and Thurman Shoats. halibacks and .\lhert Ld- teams have won five conference tlii'S( [11.1 si.ips p!a\ed. an- Irdiii tin K.iiisaN (a’\ .Mdiiarch wartls. tullhack. Linemen who will chani[)ionships and have won sec- SjH ir: I ail'-. V. h(i lie I \ lui tiam. Diit !'i1(iri' th. i.’i'al tuuKi he hkels git the tirst call arc Thomas onil honors tour times. Within this !t, ui'ti the ^.1 nil 1 !r I’hila- clov (1 ihi- Ncm 'jo rk 'I’an kcis (tr.iv. center; .\ithur Walker and period (lavles-coached elevens have a ^i OC k ^ m il l io n s I'.ije- or I \Cl- li.\ T l)(iu::ht tlif tiMj anil .sent thitn to (^.il lohnson, guaids: Roscoe Sco- won two national championships. K! i) the \iv . ark I'ears. a lariii team ol bev, ca[HaJ!. and Weslev lloliiies. the ') ankeis. t.ukks; and ( )dell Thompson and ; licir t(i a NiiM li.rtiine tails Teachers Are Being OF THE Blue .\rnice lames, ends. n ^ .vith Ins svijtpDS'ii ^ilie M' The English Corner: \\'henevcr the Langston Lions Taught How To MY d e a r s e c r e t a r y - tit!;e nuliUiil hen. Troiihlt en and th.' Tennessee State Tigers Keep Students Awake ,,it - heti unknown rehitiscs ali Shakespeare and Keats meet it is always ,i good tight. n - m i.O . A SL'aiiiMe lor a shaft ot the lortimc. The intersectional flavor ot the .Now that it is autumn again, our • II "11.:;'. ‘ ;i:l' siit».l!l* '■ Ill .li! ciiil'- fiapiiiU. There isas a man named Shake.s- thoughts turn to school— perhaps peare who once, in a sonnet, '.vrote game has n'lade it a perennial tavor- I ■|ii-nrient. Hue to the wi/.irdr'. even 'o education. The question "Trouliled diat heaven with his ite among grid tans in this section. i- i ir.iMU I ■ . K ' i, I IS. n! Produeer \^’n trr Cli.irlcs IVaik- arises how are we going to remain liootless cries ' as he wished he were This will mark the sixth consecu Ww,;. r... .iiui ,■ M'.i'iih f.ist this IS enier- awake in cur classcs,' Will it be 1 ol some ol tlu. ^itis ot his tive vear that these two te.inis have V : ■. • - • t.i though penis.li oi the plot necessary to give the teachers a h.iikneved. contemporaries. Now \ou ha\e to met, If • ,; . :.i.: \i ' a niaki It ajipt’.ir course in "How to Keep Students scratch sour hi ad .t^shile to rei.iem- The records show that tootball ■■-V' (':■ ilu lontiarv, the Mines are so .\wake.'" Such a course has been r;ttin and pcrlorm eil and the >"i> ^>' his conttm porarics, relationshijis betwei n these two in •|i ■■■ h. ■ ■ i:A. t:'( adopted by a middle western uni stitutions bega.'i in 1944, the first i : ' • ! :r;i !,d h.. - -i M'iiCr _ -.0 am using that it . arries the | T •' tallow named lohn versity. The objectives ot this coursc .'imtest heing plaveil in Oklahoma . .. _ : ' ■ ■ I :;' ;: I ^ 1 r. ,ui he nse a lo im o n its a w n r o ll e r - ! ‘>s his e p ita p h ; arc to teach prospective teachers ('itv which ended in ,1 7 to ~ tie. :■ ■ 'n.ir ti .<