North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship NCAT Student Newspapers Digital Collections 11-1949 The Register, 1949-11-00 North Carolina Agricutural and Technical State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister Recommended Citation North Carolina Agricutural and Technical State University, "The Register, 1949-11-00" (1949). NCAT Student Newspapers. 104. https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister/104 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collections at Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in NCAT Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THANKSGIVING LITTLE FOXES' November 24 JH\\t mktt\\%t$x December 1-2 "The Cream of College New$" VOL. XLV—No. 2 A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, November, 1949 5 CENTS PER COPY Economics Prof Is Labor Mediator Dr. W.E. Williams Strike Arbitrator in N. C. Homecoming—Founders' Day Exercise Strike Arbitrator Most Elaboration in School's History Nearly 15,000 alumni, former stu­ Founder's Day, or Dudley Day, is In North Carolina dents, and visitors invaded the A. the annual observance of the college and ZT- 'College campus to take part in honor of the late James B. Dudley, Dr. W. E. Williams, professor of in one of the most colorful and elabo­ one of the founders of the school. AU Economics at A. and T. College, has rate programs in the history o£ the classes were suspended after 9:50 a. m., been selected as Labor Arbitrator by college, according to reports from the the remainder of the day being given the Federal Mediation and Concilia­ alumni homecoming committee. They over to the celebration. tion Service, according to an announce­ arrived Friday morning and register­ ment today by the general counsel ed at the booths set up about the Homecoming of the service at Washington, D. C. campus. Most colorful occasion of the entire He will remain at A. & T. subject to affair was the parade from the cam­ caH in case of major strikes in North The campus as well as Memorial pus to Memorial Stadium at 12:45 Carolina. Stadium was decorated in hlue and p. m. Saturday. Approximately 40 "^." j Specially Trained gold, the A. and T. colors by the floats were included in the parade, .Dr. Williams has Ijeen specially Student Council. Homecoming pos­ all of them constructed by students trained and has had much e\peri- ters were placed about the campus and alumni who Spared no expenses, s ence in this kind of work. He was for every one to see. They were time, and effort in', creating the ulti­ formerly- Economic Analyst for the created by the Art Students under mate in original, and bizarre effects. United States Employment Service, the supervision of Professor H. Clin­ The 105-piece college band furnished Economic Consultant for the District ton Taylor of the Art Department. the music for the parade. -"^fZ-^' of Columbia Minimum Wage Board Prizes were offered for the best three. Highlight of the day was the foot­ •- •• Economic Research Analyst for the V1 ],• Founder's Day i ball game between the undefeated A. f , j (Continued on Page 6) and T. College "Aggies" and the pow­ Shortly before 10 a. m. an honor erful Tennessee State Tigers." Kick- guard of cadets, commanded by Cadet off time was 2 p. m. i;j£.~ Lt. Col. Albert Brown, met and es­ •^z corted. Judge Charles A. Hines to the At haiftime freshman A. and T. V&i Cadets Get Awards campus, who was the principle speaker women took the field and formed the 1 letters "A. and TV;- in front of the rfi**The Distinguished Military _ Stu- 'Isi; and' his Tarty. At_l(\ :q^'ot'T^ar^"'Tj^lfa"'^Ss^;.DrV 45^eVj;*ferr' Ihet^r^--'tearrt^tu^thV~ j^" ,^fewC*-<**!tJt '* > tv-i-t' avar&Mi.- to^-*i> - : •Alma"Mater."wai' 'being played. " Tfte' lOO.T.C cfflets at "the Founder's ©ay fe. Dudtey'tBHitltljbTg.rjont.:ior "a for­ exercises of A*£ and T. College. The mal inspection by the commanding of­ band formed the "T" in front of the ceremony followed the dress ficer and the speaker. A special drill Tennessee stands while the visitor's . of the entire cadet corps he,ld in hon squad gave an exhibition of perfec­ Alma Mater was being played. or of the principal speaker for the tion and precision in squad drill and Proxy and Queen »* - day. Judge Charles A. Hines. The maneuvers. Dr. F. D. Bluford, president of A. award was made on the lawn in front A dress parade was held by the and T. College spoke briefly in wel­ of Dudley Building. nit which passed in review before come to the alumni and visitors; fol­ the guest. Judge Hines took the sa Students decorated were Cadet Col­ lowed by the welcoming address from lute. The awarding of the distin­ onel Lawrence B. Hooper; Cadets Lt. Miss Jessye M. Carney, homecoming Be One of Largest in South guished military student's metal to II if Colonels Roy E. Kimble, LeonClfcn- queen. : .«• cadets climaxed the activities on the fy, Albert B.' Brown, Ardrey H. White; By WILLIAM R. EDMONDS, '51 the basement, and each of the living lawn. After the game the annual home­ Cadet Majors Elijah H. Girven, James units will contain individual closet The Agriculture and Technical Col­ coming dance, was held on the cam­ H. Lilly, Julian E. Cheek, William D. At II a, rh. the visitors and stu­ space for each student. pus. Clover, Dessausure B.~Kennedy and lege of Greensboro, North Carolina dents gathered in the Richard B, ; ' Charles R. Armstrong. will get one of the largest college Gy inn a slum Next Harrison auditorium where Judge Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the alumni held their special devotional dormitory buildings in this section There will be other buildings elect­ Hines, chairman of the A. and T, services in Harrison auditorium. The of the country. The building will ed in the near future. These build College Board of Trustees spoke. John Rev. Baxter Matthews, pastor of the ings include a $450,000 trades depart Tillery, president of the Student Coun cover one hundred and sixty thousand Baptist Church in Baltimore and a ment, a $435,000 gymnasium, a rcsi- cil and member of the Alumni Asso­ Hines Speaks Here square feet of space; it will consist of graduate of A. and T. College deliv­ dence for the college president, and ciation extended greetings. "You may kill the dreamer but five wings joined together, with a ered the sermon. a women's dormitory pending investi The choral society and the 105-piece you cannot kill the dream," Judge large court leading to the main en­ gation by the state budget bureau. college band furnished the music. Photo by H. L. Ward A. C. Hines, Chairman of the Col­ trance. lege Board of Trustees, told the large Founders' Day audience, November 4, An appropriation of - $1,852,000 is in Richard B. Harrison Auditorium. available for the building, which will be part of an overall improvement Judge Hines stated "We are on our program at the state Agricultural and way; we are realizing a dream that Technical college. was started by educated pioneers. The A certain part of the building is progress of North Carolina toward uni­ to contain three floors and the re­ versal education and universal under­ mainder will be four stories. It is standing is evident." to be erected in the area of the cam­ He went OH to give a brief history pus bounded by Salem and Laurel of the school and paid tribute to Drs. streets, which was a part of O R D. James B. DmllLi-«tw)shy, riTtT mil Noble. *y Con temp or a ry Deslql Mr. Hines emphasized that during This building is to be a contem­ the past 57 years, the college enroll' porary design, with an exterior of ment has increased from 58 to 3,100 brick with limestone trim. In addi­ and the faculty has increased to 250 tion to the five hundred and five The college is in the midst of a double rooms, there will be three $8,000,000 improvement plan which apartra*rfts for the building custodians includes new dormitories for women lounges at central points, and men; therefore, the dream will be a lobby, lounge, and been realized. office at the main entrance, and a Faculty members and students are recreation room (44 by 42), situated working together as never before. Uni­ on the ground floor. Shower and versal education for all the people bath room facilities will be provided of the south will go further toward in twenty roomsNtf convenient points solving our race-relation problems, throughout the structure which is. to than all the good-will organizations, be heated by steam fromWhe central good novels, social studies and other power plant of the college. efforts which seem somehow to em- Space for storage of trunks (Continued on Page 6) other equipment will be provided in *«& Page 2 THE REGISTER November 1949 EDITORIAL AND OPINION PAGE no fault. It is very interesting and tented with my choice. Is this suit­ I especially like the feature stores and able reason for national observation Esse Quant Videri it's clever arrangement. of a day of thanks? Christine Jordan, '53 Then still if I am a man, is it Chicago, Illinois.