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VOLUME SEVEN LANGSTOM UNIVERSITY, LANGSTON, OKLAHOMA, MARCH, 1958 NUMBER 3 Religious Emphasis HonorStudenfs Week Is Observed Are Announced Here From Mar. 2-6 The loliowing students earned a Kclijjious Minphasis Week was ob 2.00 average or better for the fall served on the campus of Langston semester of 1957-58. 1 University, March 2-6. u>58. The .\bram. jamcs ii.. Biology, junior; theme tor the Week was ‘Answer- Anderson. \'erlean. 1 iome Econo- iii}; the Crisis.” Through this theme ncHiiics, treshnian; lietty. Coetta, we I. ntleavored to offer to our stu Sociology, senior; Blakley, David, dents a religious interpretation of Biology, sophomore; Holding. Lucie, these times of change. The objective Sociology, senior; Hragg, .\rnold. of the Week were ( i ) to explore Art. so|)homore; Brewer, I loward, religious resources for eltective })er- j Mathematics, so|)homc)re; Buckner, sonal and social living based on faith RolKrt. History, freshman; Butler, iand rational belifs; (2) to provide ’ Senora \\'ard. Elementary Educa- ! opportunities for counsel with re ! tion, special; Campbell, ('arolyn ligious leatlers; and (3) to make Home Kconomics. senior; Carter, available channels for commitment ; Samuel, Biology, senior; Clay, Syl- I to a vital and challenging faith. ^ via Moss, Music, senior; Coates, Ed- Andrea Johnson, junior, nnaioring in Josephone Coleman, senior, major The following persons served as ' ward, Sociok)gy, freshman; ('ole- biology, is from Ardmore, Oklahoma. ing in sociology from Langstgn, Okli- C. Rodger Wilson homa. She is a member of Kappa , leaders and consultants during the man, Christine, Music, sophomore; She Is an honor student a mennber of Dal+a Pi honor society, the Young week; Reverend W'illiam Lawson, ('oleman, josephine. Sociology, sen Kappa Delta PI honor society, and Al Women Christian Association, and Del ilirector of the Baptist Student ior; Combs, Opal, Business Admini pha Kappa Alpha Sorority. ta Sigma Theta Sorority. L’nion and C'hair of the Bible, Texas stration, junior; Corbin. R. S.. Soci - Southern University. Houston, Tex Kappa Alpha Psi ology, special; Cotton, Irahell, Art, as; Reverend Robert S. Mosby, Has 25 Anniversary junior; Crawford, Barbara, Biology, Efa Sigma Chapfer . , . Pastor, Wesley Methoilist Chuich., freshman; Crutcher. Lucille. Music, Austin, Texas; Mrs. Mattie Ielt^, Mr. C. Rodger NN'ilson. (irand senior; Danshy, Walter. Agriculture, Of Kappa Delia Pi President's Office manager. Fast Side Office of the Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra junior; Davis, N’an, Mathematics, Continued on Page Three senior; Diggs. .\rnu. Agriculture, Langston University will observe ternity, will be the guest of Alpha Selects Delegates Pi chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi senior; Duke. Lita lean. Sociology, Its 61st Founders' Day on Saturday, senior; Ellison. Lawrence, Industrial March 1=;. A joint program will be when they cominemorate the 25th The (\iinoc.itioii ()l Kappa Della Arts, senior; Fisher. Floyd. Agricul- sponsored by the alumni and the •Anniversary of the chapter. Pi will Iv lu-lii in ('liicami, Illinois, university. The general aluiraii voted Mr. Wilson, a prominent C h ic a g o !ju t n o r ; Cilkey, Clarence. Phys- M.irch 21)22, iijsH. Miss Antlrca to h.i\e their aniuial meetinj; on attornev and Director of the State ! tducation, senior; (Jillespie, lohnson will rcfircscni I t.t .‘'i^nia l U i n o i s . I'ouiulers’ Day or the weekend near Employment Agency of i Barrington, ( haptcr and Miss loscphine ('olc- est I'ounders’ Day. served'as a member'of the Crand 1 lunior; Harte, ni.in will stTvc as alternate. Board of Directors of Kappa Alpha business Education, senior; Mr. 7 '. H. Mayberry, one of .Mrs. Thcre.^ia .Moore, Counsel Langston University's outstanding j Psi for a numlxT of year before ^ Economics, or (H I'.ta Si^ma ('hapter, was se- alumni, will he the guest sjKaker. | being elevated to the office of (Irand Industrial Arts, kited In the I'.xecutise Council of 1 1 le h.is served for a number of years ! Polemarch in 11)54. The Fraternity , .\delaide. Mathe- Kapp.i I)elta I’i to sir\e as chair has made many notable advances! senior; jennmgs. Will,am, as a city councilman for the city j man ot the isitual IU'\ision at the during the Wilson tenure. 11’ re-Dental. senior; Johnson Andrea. ol St. Louis, and is also a rcnl estate i ('hicaj.;o ('on\ ocation. Sunday, .A] iril 20. 195S at iunior: lohnson. Ray. Busi- broker. ' p. m.. I. W. Young Auditorium,' Admmistration, lunior; Jones, President Harrison, acccimpaiiied Langston University, the , Agriculture, senior; by Mrs. Harrison, attended the meet will present its Silver Anniversary I Kirklanil, Henry. Biology, senior; Ware to Attend ing; of the President's ('oinmittce on public program. Mr. Wilson will be Lee. Airlvne. Sociology, senior; Lew- YW CA Convention Ciovernment ('ontracts called by the guest speaker Theodore. .Mathematics, .senior; N’ice President Nixon to discuss At 6;oo p. m. the Langston Alum-' I-i'tlejohn. Robert, Agriculture, sen- •Minority Opportunities in the Field The S('.\ is completing its finan ni chapter the Wewoka Alumni '^^^('.ee. Rachel Williams. Ele- of Employment. President Harrison chapter. the Tulsa Alumni chapter. ”icntary Education, senior; McKin- cial ilrive to send a delegate to the has indicateil a state-\\'ii!e conlerence William Lawson National ^'\\'C.\ Convention at St. the M.'skogee Alumni chapter and Herman. Business Admmistra- will be held at I.angston University, Alpha Pi chapter will unite in a tom. )unior; .\fcKmney. Lafayette, Louis, .Mis.souri. March H19. The •May 6, 195S. at which time high joint Silver Anniversary Banciuet at .Adnunistration. iiimor; delegate to the ('onvention will be school seniors throughout the st.nte Alpha Kappa Mu \'enora Ware, jimior, from .Merid Oklahoma Stale University. Still- B^'S'nc.ss Admmi- will he invited, along with coinisel- ;w.iter, to climax the day's activities. Ration, senior; Montague, jackie, ian, Oklahoma. ors ami perspective employees. Initiates Seven ______Indu.strial Arts, rreshman; Moore, Tun tlelegates will go to the Rol>ert, Music, senior; Neal, Ber- Y.MCA ('onvention to l>c held at Scholarship, as ordinarily under i nard. Mathematics, .senior; Nolan. stood, is usually ideniitied with e.\- the l^iltmore Hotel in Oklahoma N.F.A.ToHold Scholarship Benefit iTiomas, Chernistrv, freshman; ('ity, March 20-2^. tensive information, wide learning, erudition. Sometimes, however it is Dinner Will Be Held ^ Duruii: the week preceding L’ni- State Meeting hiere lor; Patmon, Ola. Mathematics, knowledge of highly specialized versal Dav of Prayer for Stu.lents, The local chapter of Langston sophomore; Perry, fames. Mathe- fields, or rare things, h is knowl the SC.\ m a d e visitations to the The Oklahoivia Association of L’niversity A 1 u m n i Association matics, sophomore; Porter, Ciwendo- edge for the -.ake of knowledge. P>ut dormitories to lead tiiscussions per New I'armers of .\mcrica will hold Scholarship Benefit Dinner will he lyn. Sociology, sophomore; Proctor. mere accumulation of the data, en taining to pr.tycr. .\mong the very its State ('(invention .\pril 24-25 held March 2i}. ig^S at 7:30 p. m^ lames. Industrial A rts , senior; at Langston L'nivi rsity. The -Associ cyclopedia knowletlge. is not schol- interesting ijuestions discusseil were: The scholarship is a tuition schol (Juarles. .\rnold. Music, sophomore; “.-\re secondary prayers less ellective ation will give ilegrces and make arshiji. It must first be organizeil. Richardson, Shirley. English, junior: .iwards to members for outst.uuliiig h is the organization of knowledge arship of Srio per year, which ma\ than original prayers.^" ''.\re the he lenewed each year hv the recipi Ross, .\lfred. Business Education, prayers ol sinners heard.'" and progr.iins of supervised larniing. for the advancement ol knowledge, sophomore: Rosser, fames. Chemi ■More th.in Si ^00 willill he avNardeil the extension ol its Irontiers, the ent. if he maintains a “B” average “Should one pray only when one is aiul remains in gooil standing vvith stry; freshman: Ryan. Hiram, hnkis- as prizes lor outstanding achie\e- finding of an iota of new truth. in need'" The discusi-ions were the institutirn. trial .\rts, junior: Ry.tn. Leonard. lead by Rayford Harrington. Laf ments. It is the purpose of .Mphn Kap ( Conti Jim d on Pag( Three) competitive test administereil bv ayette McKiney and Solomon Hill. {'oiitests will he coniliictec! III pa Mu to encourage potential scl.ol- the L'niversity Testini; Bureau is This actisitv was culminated In the Livestock judgin ... .’uhlic Speaking, ar to continue their growth ;nnl to conilucted in .May tor all high school Morning Worship Service ('om- Parliament.iry rocedure. anti group share their learning and experience seniors. memcratinL' Universal Day ot Pray singing. The winners will he eligible with others, and to acccpt the re- Graduating Students er for Stuilents. to compete in the .\L.\LM()T Sec sponsi'ii'ities of leatlership in this Dr. Waldo E. Stephens will he tional ('ontest. to he held at Lang great task. In keeping with our pur- guest s|X’aker for the dinner. •\pplications for Spring Crad- The S('.\ wishes to express its ston Universitv. [ulv ist and 2nd; ixise, we invited attornev Primus C. uates must be filed in the Otfice thanks to David Blakley. Herman \'elma Echols Brown was the first and the contot he!d ihiring the Na (Cor.tint'.fd on Three) McKinnev, |ames Rosser, Robert recipient of the scholarship, and the of the Registrar on or Ixfore tional Convention at .\tlanta. Walker. Doris Crisp, Hddie Proctor second recipient is \ ’erlene Ander March i^, (ieorgia, durinj; the first week in and others who preformed services son. (Picture on Page 6) October. at Worship .Service on Universal Choir Will Tour Dav of Prayer for Stuilents. Febru ary 16. I'he Langston L’ni\ersity .\ Cap- The S('.\ co-sponsored the -An Summer Session Sef pella ('hoir has completed a six day nual Religious Emphasis Week ac To Begin June 2 tour through the southwestern part tivities. Some outstanding speakers of the country. This tour included wfte invited for the week to share Registration for the summer ses engagements at Atoka. Lawton. Itla- their experiences and give coun.sel to sion at Langston University will Ix-- lv;l. Oklahoma; Fort Worth, and those who wished it. The members gin )une 2. 1958. Terrell. Texas. of the SCA sincerely hope that each The summer session is an interi^al These s h o rt engagements bring individual took advantage of all of part of the school year. It is designed the \ ('apnella Singers to the high the activities presented during Re to meet the needs of regular college light of their .season—the annual ligious F.mphasis Week, March 2-6. students, in-service te.ichers, high tour. This year the tour is planned READ THF SCA BULLETIN school graduates, adults who wish to for the eastern half of the country. BOARD. The board is moved about audit college courses for profit or These members were selected by on the campus so that more students pleasure, and students who wish to t h e ir director. Dr. H. Edi.son will be informed. pursue trade toiirses. {^Continued on Page Three) A *.0 LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE MARCH, 1958
LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE Conference A Day at Langston 'K t t O U f ? I'urinq the regular school tcfm, bv students of Langston University Held for Students ./ Tnhnlc to l.iin^stori L'nircr.
The atheist is a man who has no When Saturdays come this is a swell way to relax and enjoy spring invisible means of support. like weather, with sun shades and ear coals in a nnanner fitting for seniors. (From left to right) Maulsean V/ilson, senior, majoring in Business Ed Idealists maintain that all nations i ucation, from Tulsa, Oklahoma; Lita Jean Duke, senior, majoring in Soei- should share the atomic bomb. Pes ology, from Joliet, Illinois; Dorothy Louise Osborne, senior, majoring in Elementary Education, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Bettye Marie simists maintain that they will. Smith, senior, majoring in Commercial Art, from Tyler, Texas. MARCH, 1958 LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE PAGE THREE
RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK ( Continued From Page One) Beta Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity along with Lamb- Oklahoma State Employment Spcur- da Alpha and Beta Phi Zeta chapter ity Com.nission, Oklahoma City; of the Zeta Phi Sorority sponsored Reverend Karl Lutze, Pastor, Luth- a special church service at Sal er cran Church of tfiP Prince of Peacc, Chapel A.M.E. church in Langston Tulsa; Reverend John J. Sullivan, city last month. Pastor, St. -Mary’s Church, Guthrie; Miss \ ’erna .Mae Hider, a senior Dr. Max Huffman, Research Chem- honor students was crowned as the ist, Colorado Springs, Colorado; 1958 Sigma Sweetheart by President and, Dr. Dwight Culver, Director, Leo Townsell. Panel of Americans, New York The talent show, “Sigma Toast City. Dr. Culver and Dr. Huffman of the Town" that was presented came to us through the courtesy of here December 5, 1957 will be pre- the Religious Emphasis W eek Com- sented again at Moon Jr. high school mittee of C)klahoma State Univer in Oklahoma City, March 20, 195S, sity. on request of some of the graduate One of the most important fea brothers in the Oklahoma City area. tures of the Week was the daily The Sigma Southwestern Region convocations which was scheduled al .Meeting will convent at Douglass Pictured above is the Pan-Hellenic Council of Langston University for the Current School Year. They are left e.ich morning, Sunday through to right (seated): Clareece Clark, vice president, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority: Elijah Warren, chaplain. Alpha Phi Alpha High School, Oklahoma City, April Thursday. Tliere was also a Convo Fraternity; Andrea Johnson, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Raymond McKinney, Omega P»i Phi Fraternity; Mabel i 4, 5, and 6. Beta Epsilon will co- cation Tuesday at the Oklahoma Ho loway, secretary. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Charles P. Smith, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity: Sylvia Moss Clay, j host. Brother Dr. George (i. Iggers School of Religion. All Convocation Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Joel Miles, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity; Helen Gillespie, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority; Clarence ' formerly head of the Foreign Lan mes.iges were brought by ministers B. Gillcey, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity; and Winona Stevenson, assistant secretary. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. guage department of University at Standing are left to right: Barnard C. Neal. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Morris J. Atkinson, Phi Beta Sigma serving as leaders and consultants Fraternity; Earl Perry, Jr., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; James B. Abram, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; Clifford Wallace, I Arkansas will be our guest speaker. during the week. Other features in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Washington Jones, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; and Johnny West, treasurer. Alpha Phi Beta Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta cluded dormitory meetings Monday Alpha Fraternity. Sigma Fraternity, Inc. initiated the through Wednesday; reception for “■ following young men into its Cres all members of the University Sun cent Club: Dizzie Dean Turner, day evening at the home of Dr. and Pan-Hellenic Lists Zeta News president, .\marillo, Texas; W'illard Mrs Ci. L. Harrison; and jiersoml Year's Officers Plans are being expediously for n , , U .b d „ Alpha Ch.p.er of conferences by appointment. mulated by Alpha Pi Chapter of 7 » l ) U * D *. C I I V ./M iiiio iiij, V-.LL 1 1 *V|llCb, irtiisu r For this year’s observance. Student Zeta■ ,I 1 hi Beta Sorori I r 1" y. Inc. 1 I has■ ’)ust t Boswell, Oklahoma; R. A. DoolDoolin, The I’.in-Hcllciiic ('ouncil ol Kappa .\lph.i Psi for the commem enjoyedeTi)oyed a wonderful celebration of \ t !• ^.i 1 1 1 i Co-Chairmen — ...... were Patricia Harris, l.angston University held its lirst oration of the 25th Anniversary of FiFiner Womanhood Week. The week ■ James McIn- sophomore in the Department of regular mcctinj; of the year in No- the chajHer. which was founiled ^tarted Sunday, February 23. .958, secretary. Harrisburg Miss,s^p- Sociology and Joel .Miles, senior in veinlier. .\t this meeting, the new OctolxT aH, i(j55 with brother and ended Saturday, February 28. fV the Department of Art. Mr. Walter .u____r .L lahoma; Donald Ray Lamar. Ama- oft leers were electcd for the insiiing Felton (Jayles as founder and the Some of the activities of the week Jones, instructor inin the Departmentr^#»r\.irtrv\Ar»t rillo, Texas; Sim Drain, Jr.. Tatums. year as follows: President, )ames B. following thirteen charter members: were worship services, dinner, talent of Biology, was faculty chairman. Oklahoma; Embry C'riddings. Okla .\hrani; \ ’ict Presiiknt. Clarcece Floyd F. Alexander, RexforJ W . program, it was climaxed with a homa City; Jackie Lee Montgue. ('lark; Secretary, Mahel Holloway; Outlaw, Paul Evans, Candy Evans. Cinderella Ball. Amarillo. Texas; and Leon Winston. CHOIR WILL TOJR Assistant Secretary, Winona Steven Marcellus lohnson, Ike McDonald, Sunday morning, the Zeta and Langston, Oklahoma, not pictureil. son; Treasurer, lohnny West; Cha[v Roosevelt Fleming, Harold Hudson, their brothers, the Sigmas, attended Continued From Page One lain, lilijah Warren; and co-sponsors. Carl McMullen, Crawford Lydle, worship services together at Salter’s Anderson: Eula Manners Williams, Mr. C'l. C. Hamilton and .Miss Glor Melburne .Minfield, Clifton Server, Chapel A..M.E. Church in Langston. Lubbock. Texas; Gwendolyn Sharp. ia T. Toney, At this meeting, a re ami W alter Winston. Alpha News .\fter worship services, the Sigmas Luther. Oklahoma; Partrica Taylor, port was made by Mason L. Clark Five Scrollers arc in eager antici- and their pledges, the Zetas and our Beta Kappa Chapter of Alpha Phi Stringtown, Oklahoma; Frances who attendeii the N'ational Pan-Hel pation of the forthcoming spring I pledges enjoyed a very nice dinner Alpha Fraternity, Inc. welcomed the Reed‘ Los Angeles, Calif.; Doriscel- lenic CoiiiK’! meeting last .April in initiation in .March when they hojxr ] together in the University Dining following ixrsons into the Sphinx Jackson. Tulsa. Oklahoma; Chris- Indianapolis. Indiana. to become members of our Noble'Hall. ' ' ‘ Club: Harris Butler, Thomas James The big event of the council for tine Coleman, McAlister, Oklahoma; Clan. They are: Clarence D. Adair, The newly initiated members of N\)ln„ Oklahoma; the first .semester was the "Pan-Hel Elk City; Lester Coleman, Atlanta, the Archonian Club are; Mildred Olona McCarly. C an ., Oklahoma; lenic CJet-Together." At this event Texas; Elmer Garrett, Belton. Tex foot, Alfonzo Standfield, Butler, Bettye Finney, Amanda Sul * Lessie Fowler, McAiester, Oklaho- the seven member organizations as; Wilber A. CJreene, Wilmington. livan. and Gwendolyn Dinwiddie. Owens, and O. W, Wright. We hope ma; Lucille Crutcher, \fuskoffce, were present with their probates. that this venture will l>e of lasting Xorth Carolina; and Wilbur Walk- “Your Talent Revue” was a big Oklahoma; Gwendolyn Porter, Mc- Highlighting the program. . was an er. Oklahoma City. The Scroller ______l>enefit and that they will some dav event of Finer Womanhood Week. , , 1,111 L f\iu Alister, Oklahoma; .Marthann Per- adilress by .Mr. Walter {ones, biolo-1 Club was strengthened to eleven re- j The Sorandos, formerly the Diegoes. help to hold high the aims of Alpha Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mar- gy instructor and co-sponsor o f! cently with the following illustrious i were featured, co-featuring Don hi .•\lpha . , , ion Ycuntr, Oklahoma City, Okla- Omega Psi Phi. The respective pro-j voung men added: David Blakley. | Armstead from Oklahoma City, Ok- Brother Theotis Finley, who com- McAiester. Ok- batcs presented short skits to cn-' St. foseph. Mo.; Maurice Luster, lahoma. TTiere were many other pleted his work at I^angston last se- (yXeal. Lawton, tertain the Circcks, First place went | Choctaw; James Rosser, East St. numbers to add to this gay affair. mester, Ls now head coach at Mill- Oklahoma; William Brown. Luther, to the Iv\ Leaf Club of Alpha Kap I.ouis, 111.; Gilbert Tampkins. Choc-' Soror Verna Mae Hider was ington. Tennessee high school. Oklahoma; Nathaniel Roundtree, pa Alpha and second to the I^ampo- taw; Willis Tilford, .McAiester; and crowned as Sigma Queen for the Brother johnny West was select- o^ando, Florida; Richard Nealy, dos Club of Omega Psi Phi. The Harold Washington, Wichita Falls, year 1957-1958. She also brought a ed to W hos Who in American col- Oklahoma City. Oklahoma; Floyd C;reeks entertained their probates in Texas. wonderful report back from the , . ri I- W^iley, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Gilbert a similar manner. First place went Kappa continues to achieve on the Boule, which was held during the The Brothers of Beta Kappa jampkins, Spencer. Oklahoma: Bil- to Miss Josephine Coleman of Delta carnpus. Recently Charles Smith was Christmas vacation. Chanter welcome back Brother E d - , . Sigrna Theta Sorority with a re.id- chosen as All-Conference End in the We are happy to announce that ward Hanley, who is assistant Vice- V ''I* ing Invictus. Second went to Miss Southwest Conference. Five mem- Soror LaV^ada Brown was chosen President to'the southwest region of Cla^on, McAiester, Ok ahoma; Henry Dillard. Lawton. Oklahoma; Lita Duke. Alpha Kappa .Alpha hers were honor students for the to be a member of the Kappa Delta Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Ray Johnson. Tulsa. Oklahoma; M. Sorority. Each group sang their first semester; James Proctor. James Pi Honor Society, The Brothers elected Miss Retta J. Atkinson, La.neston, Oklahoma; hymns. A delicious repast was en- Abram, Rolx-rt Littlejohn, Maurice We certainly missed our Basileus, Lawson for Sweetheart, for the Herbert Hagler. I-awton. Oklaho joyed by all who were in attend- Spears, Snears. and and W\ishingtonWashinL'ton ,Jones. Soror Helen Gillespie,. during „ the school year 1957-58. Miss Lawson. is . ma; Dexter Reed. Ponca City. Okla ance. Brother James Abram's will be four weeks that she was in Sapulpa, a sophomore, and a meml->er of the The aim of the Pan-Hellenic initiated into Alpha Chi chapter of Oklahoma doing her apprentice Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. homa: Thomas Xolan. I^ittle Rock,1 l Council this year is to make a more Alpha Kappa Mu in March. Our teaching. On March 9, the .Alphas will cele- Arkansas; Rural^ l^ttles, Chickasha. tangible contribution to campus life Polemarch, Aurelius Henson did ------brate Beta Kappa’s 26th Annivers- Oklahoma; Earl Perry. Oklahoma a n d to encourage co-operation four weeks of apprentice teaching The culprit, arrested for speeding ary. They will present \ ’esper in City, Oklahoma, among the Greeks rather than com at Booker T. W'ashintiton high stood before the judge, who asked L W. Young Auditorium, at 7:00 petition school. Tulsa; Brother John Bruce the man if he had an alibi for his p. m. The theme for Vesper will be HONOR STUDENTS action. j “The Dominate Minority Fraternity Ervin. Keeper of the Excheouer. ( Continued From Page One) did student teaching at F. D. Moon. “Yes. your honor. My wife’s | at the Crossroad.” The speaker for A tp fu L YUj m, _ Oklahoma...... City;, Lewis Brown did c h u r c h was havinsr a rumm.ige sale.' the occasion will be Brother Attor- Chemistry, senior; Sanders. Billie I student f ."hing at Douglass High and I was hurrying home to save ^ ney John E. Green; Assistant County Barker. Home Economics, senior; .Alpha Zeta Chapter off Alpha j Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, m y o th e r pair of pants.” Attorney and President of Oklaho- Sjiears. Maurice. Nfusic. junior; Stev- Kaj>pa Alpha Sorority slumber party — , ma State Association of Alphas. The ens, Arthur McKinley. Chemistry, for freshmen and new students was' public is cordially invited. sophomore; Stewart, Herman Dean, held at the home of Mrs. M. C. j Music, senior; Sulivan, Amanda, Allen the last day of February. Coming Attractions I ALPHA KAPPA MU Sociology, freshman; Sutton, Arve- Earlier in February, Alpha Zeta I ( Continued From Page One) lene. Business Education, sopho- Chapter and Alpha Upsilon Omega 1 MARC H - A P R I L— M A Y Wade on February the 12th, who Thrower, E ric Business Ad- chapter held its annual Founders’ spoke on the part that politics plays ministration, senior; Tilford. Gerald, Day celebration. The impressive re-1 Mister Rocf( and Para.— .Allan Freed, Lionel Hampton in o u r advancement. On March first. ^ ,unior; Twitty. Mary Dons, dedication service arranged by co- we initiated seven new scholars in- Elementary Education, senior; Var- chairman Majorie Pierce, Odie Mae 3-29-58— TAf Tin 5/<7r--Para.— Henry Fonda. Anthony Quinn to Alpha Kappa Mu who were ner. Rose Mane, Business Education, Hopkins, and committee members 3-23-58— The Pajama Game— WB.— Doris Day, John Raitt was followed by an informal social 3-26-58— Le-y MGM.— Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor James Abram, Coetta Berry, Verona junior; W^adkins. Myrtle. Sociology, W^are, William Jennings, Shirley freshman; W^allace, Arthur, Agricul- hour. Ways of improving interest in 3-31-58—Decision at Sundown— Col.— Randolph Scott, John Carrol McBee, Lafayette McKinney, Ray- ture. sophomore; W^are. Venora, scholastic attainment and service to 4- 2’^?)— Johnny rro«W<-— W^B.— Ethel Barrymore, Cecil Kelloway the entire campus were discussed. ford Harrington, and Ray Jones. English, junior; W\-irren, Edward, 'Fhe delicious buffet dinner was pre 9.^58— The Tall 'T " — Col.— Randolph Scott, Maureen O’Sullivan Alpha Kappa Mu does not regard Biology, senior; W^arren, Elijah, pared and served by Lenouliah Operation Mad Ba//— Col.— Jack I.emmon scholarship an necessarily synonym- Sociology, junior; West, Johnny, In- Gandy, Retta Lawson, Lita Duke 4-16-58— P^//fA— WB.— George Montgomery ous with grade getting. Rather Al- dustrial Arts, senior; W^illiams. Rob- and Almeda C. Parker. 15.20-58— TAf Story of Mankind— WB.— Ronald Coleman, C. Choureau pha Kappa Mu aims to encourage ert. Business Administration, fresh- and emphasize studies, original in- man; Wilson, Mauslean Rosetta, The Basileus of Alpha Zeta Chapv- Forty MGM.— Barbara Stanwick, Barry Sullivan ter, Andrea Johnson, was selected vestigation, research, creative work. Business Education, senior; Winslett, 4-27-58— TAe Sun Also Rises— 20ih Fox.— Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner delegate to the Kappa Delta Pi Na and publications. Fayeoma. Mathematics, freshman; tional meeting. ^.^0-58— No Down Payment— 2Qlh Fox— Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Wynter Theodore R. Lewis, Reporter Young, Marion, English, freshman. P A .-z . LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE MARCH, 1958
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I A hi;; uclcoMU- awaits you in cac'; i)t llu’ liormiti.rics on our c.iiiiinis. l.i\in_L; in our ilorinitorics is a pltas- urc. 'I'lic pfrsoiino! workers arc con ccrncJ about tlu- piiysic.il. i-inotion- ai. moral, social, and mental di vel- opmcnt ot all students. I* Till' general super\ision ot resi tience life lor our voun^ people is ' under the direction ot competent people who have deep and abiding interest in the development ot a well rounded program ot activities that meet the needs ot all students. Practicing on his speed is Eddie Pryor, freshman, majoring in Mutic Lani^stoii I'niversity has lour Education, from Chickasha, Oliiahoma. main dormitories: I'niversitx Wom en, Mar(|ues Hall, Santoril H.ill, and l'ni\ersity Men. F.ach dormitor\- has a I louse (lov- ernmcnt organization. .Members of the goxerninu: body arc selected by the students so as to make for wide representation and student participa Compflring notes tn their Stanford Hall room are left to right: Rose Varner, junior from Ta+ums, Oklahoma, mjoring in Business Education tion in t!ie solution ot all problems and Coetta Berry, senior, majoring in Sociology, from Langston, Oklahoma. of ,ijroup living. in the planning of the general program for our dormitories every effort has been taken to the end that the students who live in them m.ty b( able to enjoy a liappy and prolit- able life in an atmosphere conducive thereto.
Langston University
Langston university was establish- Enjoying the luxury of their apartment-like room In University Man eil by .m act ot the territorial legis Dormitory are; A. C. Richardson, senior, majoring in Industrial Education, lature. Marcl'i 12, i H()7, as the Color- from Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Johnny West, senior, majoring in Industrial cil .Agricultural and Normal univer Education from Bristow, Oklahoma. sity. I'orty acres of land in the vicinity of the town of Langston was donat- Peggy Cooksey, sophomore, majoring in Homo Economics, from Tulta, etl to the school lor the erection of O klahom a, prepares for the next day's classes. buikluigs anti tor agriculture (iur- poses. The Legislature of 1897 made an appropriation ot S5.000 lor the school’s builget. This amount, how ever, proved inadet]uate for the con struction of a suitable building, cm- ' ployment of teachers, the purchase | of equipment and other necessary expense. T'he territorial governor granted ; the institution a portion ot the Fed eral Lanil (irant Fimd; thus, Lang W illie Baker and Rufus Black seemed to be hard at work when this pic ture was taken. Willie Baker Is a sophomore, majoring in Biology, from ston University became a land grant Chlckasha, Oklahoma, and Rufus Black a freshman, majoring In Biology, college and was able to continue its from Duncan, Oklahoma. preparation without serious delay 1 until an apfiropriation could he ' made by the ne.xt legislature. Classes began in the tall ot iHgS At the University Women Dorn'tory, enjoying the homey atmosphere imder the supervision of Dr. In- ! of their room are from left to right; Kathryn Winkler, freshman majoring in man P.. Page, the university’s first Business Education from Tulsa, Oklahoma and Mary Jo Htngian, freshman, majoring in Business Education from Tulsa, Oklahoma. president, and faculty of seven. Dr. | Page, a graduate of Brown univer sity gave up the presidency- of Lincoln Institute (now Lincoln uni versity, Jefferson City, Mo.) in or der to provide leadership for the new school. The Legislature of i8qq made an I appropriation of Sm.ooo for huild- ^ ing purposes, and made available < $1:5,000 out of the accrued Morrill Fund for maintenance and cqui[v ; ment. Although officiallv named the ! Colored .'\gricultural and Normal Raymond McKinney, junior, majoring In Industrial Arts, from Chick- University, the institution has been asha, Oklahoma, looks through a m^gaiine in his room in University Men popularly known as Langston Uni D o rm ito ry . The personnel that handles all the records of the reserve are seated left to right: Robert Littlejohn, Leo Townsell, W alter Dansby, and Herman versity since it was founded. Tlie (now Virginia State college). He l>e- Reccnt improvements include a McKinney. Standing left to right are: Eddie Pryor, Alma Gibson, Raymond name was officially changeil in 1941 came president of the institution modem sewage disposal system, McKinney and Captain A. C. Hebert. ^ at which time the Legislature, at the and later represented Virginia in pavement of all major streets on the recpiest of President G. L. Harrison, congress. campus, a modern stadium, the G. passed a bill changing the name to Under the leadership of President Lamar Harrison Library, I. W. Lapgston Univers-tv. Harrison, who assumed the presi Young Auditorium, and the C. Fel The college, as well as the all- dency in KJ39, the university has ex ton Gayles Gymnasium. Negro town on the edge of which perienced one of its greatest peri Langston U nivcrsity ojjers the it is located, was named for the ods of growth and development. In Bachelor of Science degree in four famous Negro statesman, lohn Mer 1939, the plant evaluation including teen areas of learning; it has Stand cer Langston, who dieil in 1897. buildings and grounds totaled ard Certificate programs in twenty- During his life. Dr. Langston was $96,163. In 1954 the valuation had one areas; and offers pre-profession a symbol of the highest type of ed risen $4,162,810. al training in Law-, Dentistry, Nurs ucational leadership. At one time he During this {period other improve ing, Medicine, Engineering and supervised the schooling of Negro ments have taken place. Today it is other professions. youth in Ohio; at another time he accredited by the Norlh Central As was inspector-general of the Freed- sociation of Colleges and Secondary There are chapters of two nation men’s schools. Schools, a member of the Associa al honorary societies oa the campus: He was the first dean of the tion of American Colleges, approv K;tppa Delta Pi and Alpha Kappa Howard University Law School, and ed by the National Accrediting Mu. Last year the school’s band was for a time served as acting-president Agency of the United States Depart elected to membership in Kappa The purpose of the Army Reserve Corp Is to maintain combat ready of the newly established university. ment of State for the exchange of Kapa Psi fraternity, becoming the soldiers in case of a national emergency by giving Instructions once a w eek He was elected to the Virginia Leg foreign students, approved by the first Negro college admitted. to learn the latest weapons of the United States Army while they continue islature and was the author of the their education. The instructors from left to right standing are: Sgt. Ru American Council of Education, and Langston was also elected to mem- dolph Tomlin, Sgt. Gene Hall, Sgt. Alma Gibson, Captain A. C. Hebert, bill which established the Virginia accredited with the veterans admini liership to the Oklahoma Collegiate and Lt. J. A. Simpson. Normal and Collegiate Institute stration. Conference in 1957. MARCH, 1958 LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE PAGE FIVE The Negro Poet's Objecfives: Propaganda vs. Arf ( riic tollowing cxccrpt is Ironi tlic “W'riier's Rckrcncc Maiuial.” The critiquc was tspccially wriittn lor this issue by )aines L. 1 lasslcr. It is of historical interest, hecausc it brink's u[>to-dat the attitude of American University professors and literary critics when it comes to Ne- j;ro poets. This is the ajje of the new Poetry and new criticism supporteil by fellowships from the Rockefeller. Fonl, and (iuggenheim foundations. There are now sixty schools of crea tive writinj; sponsored by American universitie:. In this excerpt the crit ic attempts to give a new evaluation Arvelene Sutton (left) and Andrea Johnson show a frivndly com petitive spirit over the contest. of \c_uro poets. His criticism should Frances Reed displays the fact that beauty and brains go very well to g eth er. Miss Arvelene Sutton from Oklahoma City was named Langston be of special interest to L.in^ston Lions' Queen of '57 by Langston University Lions Lettermen Club. She it a Miss Reed, a junior, from Los Angeles, California is competing in itPs. Because of the emphasis now sophomore, majoring in Business Education, and maintains a B- average. the "Best Dressed College Girl in America" Contest. Her major is music. placed upon the Ncjjro's place in Miss Andrea Johnson from Ardmore, a junior, majoring in biology will American history ami culture, a few reatl ToKon, argues that only in the represent Langston at the Kappa Delta Pi convention in Chicago in March. She maintains a B average. items in the bibliography arc given ; Xcgro [xjet's delilu'ralt attempt to Glamour Contest for those who want to pursue the j ^,,1,^^^. ^vhite poets i.s he success- subiect further.) |i,i, i.rom Dunbar to Hughes and Larly last fall the Langston Uni- ■ \ersity CJa/.ette agreed to enter a What is a N'egro l>oel= In this Surlin^ Hrown. iolk idiom and dia- contest tor (Jlamour’s 1958 “ 10 Best paper Tolson attempts to demon-, have proved ihe most successtul Dressed College (Jirls in America." strate lhat those ijualitics which tie-' '’i‘ ‘bum: termine the Negro poet’s tlistincti\e-' Where It strikes a pulsmg rhvthm '. ^ of the Cazette Staff ires the inimitable tang ot ness are not literary and aesthentic. capture IV voted upon ( hy a popular vote From Paul Lawrence Dunbar to NVgro speech, as in ‘j* the student IkkIv) .Mauh lo. K Coun.ee Cullen, Negro poetry ^^s .::\.:^ :i;:':m d Aj.hoto of the ^winner from £re Ik-cu praised because it has ‘‘mil will be sent to (ilamour. .irlicu'.ate the agony of racial op- successful. Where it tries to repro “A panel of (Jlamour editors will pression .hiring a dark period in our the lyrical echoes of I'-'igbsh continuing struggle for democracy." poetry . . . it ne\er quite succeeds CJirls in .\merica’ the first part of .Mthough the .Negro's Mruggle lias in striking an original note, but even April. been notable, his poets’ ellorts to its best, as in the poetry of C.lautle "The winners will be photograph write about it are more meritorious Mcl\ay or (.ountee (.ullen, rca