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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'<r the sill strand: centers throughout the country four 1 he .\ledical C,ollege .Admission I All gazi u ith hopt upon the .<(cnt tinges in the coming year. Educa­ Test, sponsored by the -Association ll'ht-rc our hope and our mother tional Testing Service has an­ o. .Amer.can .Medical Colleges and stand. nounced. During i94.S-i94g nearly prepared a.nd administered by Edu­ cational Testing Service, will be ' CHOUU 1 i.ooo stuilents took the (iR E in partial fulfillment of admission re- given Tit Langston University on . Dear Langston, Dear Lan^stun, January ifi, 1950. ijuirements ot graduate schools 1 Thy sons and duu^/iters brut e whicli Prescribed it. Tne .Medical College .Admission Will strive on uit/i courage Test will be required of applicants Their honored shrine to sure. This tall candiiiates may take the for adrpission for the fall term. ] Ii ith u "sis! huoml hah ' and a (;Ri'. on Frid.iy and Saturday, C )c- 1950. to medical colleges vvhich are "hip! hurrah!" tober 2H ;uul 29; in 1950. the dates members ot the .Association of With a "hip, — hur-rah'" are l ebruarv ^ .ind 4, .M.iv 5 and -American .Medical Colleges. The H e rally to Lanj’Ston, dear Langs­ (1. and .\ugust 4 .md s. Since the .Medical colleges in which a student ton, to thee.