North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship NCAT Student Newspapers Digital Collections 3-1950 The Register, 1950-03-00 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, 1950-03-00" (1950). NCAT Student Newspapers. 107. https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister/107 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]. Easter Vacation Jane Eyre April 7-11 fontBter March 30-31 THE CREAM OF COLLEGE NEWS' VOL. XLV—No. 6 A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C, March 1950 5 CENTS PER COPY POLIO DRIVE NETS $1,00 -® A. & T and Bennett Debaters Polio Drive Nets Men's Dorm Well Underway; $1/000-Equals President's Home Started Ever in tlie news, A. and T.'s build­ pleasant. Complete apartments wall Last Year's Fund ing program continues to gain momen­ be provided for caretakers and keepers. tum. As it is. one building is all but Luxurious internally, mammoth exter­ The polio fund drive which was completed, construction has begun on nally, it will be the showplace of the participated in by students, faculty, three more, and several others are south. and administration, all under the cap­ in the final stages preparatory to actu­ The president's new home being able directorship of Mrs. Alyce B. al construction. In the first instance, built on the front campus adjacent Campbell is over. We are proud to the Science Building stands waiting to Noble building will face the front announce that last year's sum of for occupancy with the completion of lawn. The drive leading into its ad­ $1,000 was equalled. interior arranging. Work has long been joining two-car garage will come in A number of projects and enter­ underway on the new boys' dormitory, off Lindsay Street. prises sponsored by vaiious affiliates and most recently the president's new On the first floor there will be a of A. and T. were included in the home. Let's look ovre the new build­ large reception room with its main drive, but the largest single project, ing's being built and those nearest entrance through a vestibule. Off at least the one that netted the larg­ the construction stage. this room will be a large dining room est amount of money, was the "Mr. The new girls dormitory will house suitable for banquets. Also to be A. and T. College of 1950" contest. about 85 students and will be modern found on this floor will be a library, The contest netted $213.79, and was in every aspect. won by Albert Crawford who turned kitchen, one bed-room, a bath, and a in $91.69. He was sponsored by Miss Will House 1010 large screened-in porch with a tile Louise Dodd. Henry Dawson, spon­ The new boys' dormitory will fur­ floor. sored by Miss Evelyn Young, raised nish living accommodations for 1010 The second floor will contain three $62.92; Charles Eaddy, by Rubye Ter­ students. Several lounges and a recre­ bedrooms and two baths. A large Aggie Debaters Will Seek ry, $52.00, and Olin Wilson, $7.18. ation room will make life within it (Continued on Page 3) Coronation In Gym To Hold Tri-State Trophy The coronation was held at a dance Whether the Aggie debaters will from A. and T. were Levi Fonville, in the gymnasium under the direction Ay an tee Staff continue to hold the Tri-State League Katie Graham, and Alvin Rucker, and of Mesdames Gladys Johnson and N. debating championship wil! be decid­ Barney C. Putnam. C. Webster. The contest was spon­ ed Tuesday night. April I when they sored by Nurses Thelma Waddell, Lu- meet Virginia Slate College team in cynda White, and Rosebud Appleby. the Richard B. Harrison auditoiium. Little Barbara Bruce, polio patient, spoke of the intermission and the The question for debate is Resolv­ R. B. H. Players Rhythm Yets, donated their services ed: That Emphasis Now Placed on in providing the music for the dancers. Major Athletic Competition Should Be Abolished. Present Bronte's Some of the other projects included matinee dances, movies, the sale of The Aggies as well as the teams of vtg m II confections about the campus, and per­ Virginia and South Carolina State Col­ son soliciting of funds. lege will lie divided into two teams; Jane Eyre one to take the affirmative side, the Final preparations for the much other the negative. The affirmative postponed dramatic production, "Jane will remain al home to battle Vir­ Eyre," by the Richard B. Harrison Commencement ginia; the negative will meet the South Players of A. and T. College are now Carolinians in Orangeburg. being completed, and dress rehearsals Last year the Aggies were successful will begin next week, according to Week Speakers in winning the debating trophy, and Miss Odessa Burris, star of the play. they feel confident that they can de­ It will be presented March 30 and 31 fend and hold the championship title in the Harrison auditorium. Selected through 1950. The 18th centurv tragedy, one of This year's speakers for Commence­ Recently the Aggies locked horns Charlotte Bronte's famous novels, is with a team from Bennett College on (entered around Jane, the shy, bewil­ ment week exercises will be relatively '50 Ayantee Bigger and Better the subject Resolved: That Fraterni­ dered orphan who passes through a new to A. and T. audiences. Re­ ties and Sororities Should be Abolish­ remarkable number of misfortunes and nown because of outstanding achieve­ The last picture has been selected selfishly, but special laurels should ed frorn College Campuses. The ac­ setbacks to eventually become the wife ment in their respective fields, neith­ and cut, the last bit of copy has been go to Richardson who put all of his of her former employer. Miss Burris, tion was as fierce as could be expect­ er lias made himself known by speak­ written, the last layout has been ar­ artistic talent to work in the make-up ed considering that we have long as Jane, shows remarkable talent in ranged, and the 1950 "Ayantee' is and layout of the book, with the re­ ing from an A. and T. platform. had all six of the major Negro frats portraying one of the most difficult now in the hands of the printers. sult that probably no other yearbook, and sororities here, and Bennett has roles of the theater. According to Dr. Charles Richard Drew, professor It's bigger this year than ever, it's larger or smaller, is more beautifully long refused to permit chapters of so­ Professor Roy H. Brown, director of of surgery and head of the depart­ better (we hope) than ever, and you organized. He brought to the commit­ rorities to be established there. the Players, she shows promise of be­ ment of surgery of Howard University, will have (we also hope) more reason tee fresh ideas and original drawings ing one of the most outstanding per­ Bennett contended that Greek letter will deliver the Commencement ad­ to be proud of your Yearbook than that practically "made" the book. organizations violated the tenets of formers of the troupe in recent years. ever. Now our only worry is will it dress. Dr. Drew received his A. B. Instructor Helped Democracy, promoted the caste system, The rest of the cast include: Navar­ get back in time. Degree from Amherst College in Mas­ and in general wrought havoc on the ro Stafford as employer and promised lt was a tough job, but as most Instructor George Williams more personalities of students who wanted husband of Jane, Charles Chandler, Sa­ sachusetts, his M. D. Degree from worthwhile jobs are tough, the Staff than did his part, too. We have him to join but were barred from a fra­ die Alford, Thelma Hart, Millard McGill University in Montreal, Cana­ didn't complain. Thev didn't get to thank for the original and beauti­ ternity or sorority. The home de­ Mitchell, Rubye Williams, William da, and his Med. D. Sc. Degree from much cooperation; the senior class put ful cover design, the Homecoming mon­ tage, and the "This, That, and The fenders pointed out the right of every Lewis, Pollie Washington, Charles Columbia University. He was the the power in the hands of a commit­ organization or group to be selective, Pittman, Dorothy Henderson, John Other" montages. The importance of founder of the blood bank during tee and forgot about it. After bog­ mentioned the purpose of the Greek Street, Frances Andrews, and Imogene ging down at the start, the commit­ these to the success of the book can­ the war just passed. letter organizations, and gave examples Jones. tee, led by Julius Kilgore, the editor, not be overestimated. of the many good things that the or­ Due to the wide acclaim of, and Dr. J. H. Jackson, pastor of the Mt. and Jordan Corbett, associate editor, Mr. Bryant, yearbook advisor, states ganizations do throughout the nation. their sensational performance of the Olivet Baptist Church of Chicago Il­ began to move. that he is "tremendously impressed No one was declared winner; the play "The Little Foxes," the Richard with the energy, imagination, and un­ linois, will preach the baccaulaureate audience was allowed to decide each B.