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The 1951 Bear

Published by

THE SENIOR CLASS

Shaw University

Raleigh, North Carolina

JAMES H. SMITH
Editor-in-Chief

JOHN TAYLOR

Business Manager

FOREWORD

We live but once — the years of schooldays, when once past, are past
forever. It matters not how ardently we may wish them over; it avails
us nothing. So it is with other stages of life. The days at Shaw are no
longer ours. They have gone beyond our reach. What we have made
them, they shall remain. The present moment alone is ours. 'Today
is a day which we never had before, which we shall never have again. It
rose from the great ocean of eternity and again sinks into its unfathomable
depths." (Talmadge)

After long weary months of writing, rewriting, picture taking and
sleepless nights, we, the members of the Bear Staff, have finally com-
pleted our task in the publication of this edition of the Beak.

With one last look and a fond farewell, we hope that this book will

be not only a story of life at Shaw, but also a tangible momento of all

our college years.

— The Editor.

DEDICATION

Foster P. Payne

We, the members of the Senior Class of 1951, do hereby dedicate this
edition of The Bear to our loyal and faithful dean of the college. Through-
out our four years he has been our adviser and friend. He always took
an active part in all our class activities and never failed to help us when
we needed him most.

It is our sincere hope that this edition of The Bear will make him
proud of the class of 1951.

PRESIDENT STRASSNER

William Russell Strassner, dean of religion, was unanimously elected
president of Shaw University at the annual meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees held in the university Wednesday, April 18.

Mr. Strassner is a native of Arkansas and is a graduate of Arkansas
Baptist College, Little Rock, Arkansas. He holds a B.D. degree from Vir-
ginia Union University and a master of sacred theology degree from
Andover Newton Theological Institute, Boston, Mass. He studied at New-
ton on a $4,500 scholarship given by the John F. Slater Foundation.

Rev. Mr. Strassner pastored at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Charlottesville
for seven years. From 1938 to 1944 he served as dean of religion at Bishop
College, Marshall, Texas. At Bishop he assumed technical duties as chief
administrator while President Joseph J. Rhoads was away on several
month's leave.

BEAR STAFF

Editor-in-Chief James H. Smith

Assistant Editor and Artist Hadesel Wilson

Associate Editor Johnny Shipp

Business Manager John Taylor*

Photographic Editor Robert Burgess

Advertising Manager and Artist Julia Perrin

Typist Helen Johnson

Typist Carolyn Coleman

Typist Louis English

Typist Sallie M. Hayes

Assistant Business Manager Lemuel Clemmons*

' Not photographed.

FACULTY AND STAFF

Foster P. Payne Madelyn E. Watson
A.B., A.M. A.B., A.M.

Dean of the College English Department

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Thomas E. Kee Rosalie H. Williams Purdie Anders

A.B., A.M. A.B., A.M. B.S., M.S.

Romance Languages Romance Languages Biology

Nan D. Hines

B.S.

Physical Education

Horace C. Perrin
B.S., A.M.
Chemistry

Norma S. Gaillard
B.S., A.M.
Chemistry

FACULTY AND STAFF

Carrie L. Harrison Gaybella Harris

B.S., A.M. B.S.

Dean of Women Dormitory Hostess

Harriet S. Jones Sarah L. Shmoke Fannie J. McNair H.

Dormitory Hostess B.S. B.S.

Dietitian's Assistant Dietitian

Eleanor Kee

A.B.
Cashier

Hazel D. Phillips Ruby B. Stroud

B-S. A.B.

Stenographer Bookstore

FACULTY AND STAFF

Glenwood Jones Howard K. Wilson

B.S.C. B.S., A.M.

Business Manager Physical Education

Mary W. Pitts

B.S., A.M.

Home Economics

Ernest C. Wagner Martha W. Wheeler Marie M. Strassner

A.B., B.S.L. B.S., M.S. Receptionist

Acting Librarian Mathematics

Roberta F. Lightner Ada R. Jarnagin
Stenographer Stenographer

FACULTY AND STAFF

Doris E. Blount

B.S.C.

Stenographer

Mary Grandy

B.S.C.
Stenographer

Beatrice R. Martin William A. Bingham

A.B. Mathematics

Registrar's Assistant

Macon Hinton

B.S., M.S.

Physics

Gladys V. Dunn
Stenographer

Thomas R. Hubbard Walker H. Quarles, Jr.
B.S., M.S. B.S.C.

Biology University Secretary

FACULTY AND STAFF NOT PHOTOGRAPHED

Eva Fraser Ray
B.S., A.M.
Registrar

Lenoir Hall Cook

A.B., A.M.

Chairman of Division of Language

Harry Gil-Smythe

Mus.B., Mus.M.

Acting Chairman of Division of

Fine Arts

Caswell Martin Carter

B.S.

Men's Proctor and Veteran's

Counselor

Nelson Herbert Harris

A.B., A.M., Ph.D.

Director of Summer School and

Chairman of Division of

Education

Herschel Lester Irons

B.S., M.S.

Acting Chairman of Division of

Natural Sciences and

Mathematics

Dorcas Campbell Quarles

A.B.

Library Assistant

Gillis Emanuel Cheek

A.B., B.Th.

Public Relations Director

Thelma Mitchell Keck
Stenographer

Katherine Mary Irons
Receptionist

Leasie Miriam Horton
Part-Time Stenographer

Hazel Denning Phillips

B.S.

Bookkeeper

Lula Williams Powell
Stenographer

William Bryant Pettiford
A.B., M.D.

Sadie Ellen Eaton

R.N.

Nurse

Lucille Brown Elliot

A.B.
Dietitian's Assistant

Alice Christian Mallette
Dormitory Hostess

Mamie Emma Paisley

B.S.

Dormitory Director

Arthur George
A.B., A.M.
Economics

Elizabeth B. Cofield
A.B., A.M.
Education

Beulah W. Gallwey

B.A., M.A.

English

Ann W. Ferebee

B.S., A.M.

Psychology and Religious

Education

SENIORS

Walter B. Armour, B.S.

Matawana, New Jersey

"Strange how much you've got to know

before you know how little you

know."

Football Team, Sunday School, YMCA,

Baseball Team, Boxing Team, Alpha Phi

Alpha Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Mu

Honor Society, Treasurer of Senior Class.

Janie Atkins, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina

Joseph Jerry Baldwin, A.B.
Martinsville, Virginia
"Those who wish to appear wise among
fools, among the wise seem foolish."
YMCA, Social Science Club.

Mary Elizabeth Bailey, A.B.
Scottsburg, Virginia
"Fame is what you have taken, char-
acter's what you give; when to this
truth you waken, then you begin to
live."

Sunday School, YWCA, Estey Personality
and Charm Club, Whos Who Among
American Colleges and Universities,
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Journal
staff.

Ruth Elizabeth Bailey, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina
"Be the best of whatever you are."
Non-Resident Young Women, Aurora
Club.

Worth Littlejohn Barbour, A.B.
Chester, Pennsylvania
"Existence is prior to essence."
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Men's Per-
sonnel Council, Theological Fraternity
University Chorale Society, Political
Science Club, Student Council.

John Barnes, A.B.
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
"Aspiration, inspiration and perspira-
tion."

University Chorale Society, Football
Team, Basketball Team, Shaw Players
Veterans' Club, Alpha Phi Alpha Fra-
ternity, YMCA, BSU, Men's Personnel
Council, Pestalozzi Club, Sunday School.

Susie Mae Barnes, A.B.

Hamlet, North Carolina

"All that I am and ever hope to be, I owe

to my dear mother."
YWCA, Sunday School, BSU, Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority, Shaw Players, French
Club.

SENIORS

Joseph William Becton, A.B.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Most great men are dead and I feel a

little sick."
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, YMCA,
Social Science Club, Tennis Club.

Theodore Bennett, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina

J. Clifton Best, A.B.

Aynor, South Carolina
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider

its ways, and be wise."
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, BSU,
YMCA, Veterans' Club, Sociological
Club, Sunday School.

Florence Geneva Boone, B.S.
Woodland, North Carolina
"Success may depend on what you know,
but happiness depends on what you
can appreciate."
Shaw Players, Alpha Kappa Mu Honor
Society, Sunday School.

OSSIBELLE BROADIE, A.B.

Raleigh, North Carolina
"There is no difference between knowl-
edge and temperance; for he knows
what is good and embraces it, who
knows what is bad and avoids it, is
learned and temperate."

Geraldine Elizabeth Brooks, A.B.

Kernersville, North Carolina

"All that I am and all that I hope to be,

1 owe to my father."
Resident Young Women, YWCA, Socio-
logical Club, Political Science Club.

Ada Ruth Brown, A.B.

Charlotte, North Carolina

"First things first in your life and all

the other things will be added."
BSU, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Sunday
School.

Darie Celesta Brown, B.S.

Littleton, North Carolina

"For better you forget and smile than

that you remember and be sad."
YWCA, BSU, Home Economics Club.
Resident Young Women.

SENIORS

James P. Brown "Blinkey," A.B.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"It is true that I want to be a tool in life,
but even so, let me not be a bore."
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Football
Team, Track Team, Baseball Team,
Physical Education Club.

Jeanne D. Brown, A.B.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
"Opportunity knocks many times but
we're not there to receive him."
Social Science Club, Estey Personality
and Charm Club, BSU, Who's Who
Among American Colleges and Univer-
sities, Secretary of Senior Class, Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Kappa Mu
Honor Society, "Miss Shaw" of 1949-50,
Shaw Players.

Virginia Browner, A.B.

Shelby, North Carolina

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe

to my mother."
YWCA, Resident Young Women, Spanish
Club, Women's Choir, BSU, Sunday
School.

Robert L. Burgess, B.S.
Belhaven, North Carolina

"If thou findest in human life anything
better than justice, truth, temperance,
and fortitude, turn to it with all thy
soul, and enjoy that which thou hast
found to be the best."

University Chorale Society, Veterans'

Club, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,

YMCA.

Georgia Burt , A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina

Martha Louise Caldwell, A.B.

Gastonia, North Carolina

"We have but faith; we cannot know,

let knowledge grow more to more."
University Chorale Society, Women's
Choir, BSU, Sunday School, YWCA,
Camera Club.

Mayola Gertrude Cameron, B.S.

Lillington, North Carolina

"False friends are like autumn leaves,

found everywhere — true friends are

like diamonds, precious and rare."

Home Economics Club, Resident Young

Women, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, YWCA.

John B. Cato, A.B.
Skippers, Virginia
"Method is the master of masters."
YMCA.

SENIORS

Louise Beatrice Chavis, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina
"Give every man thine ear, but few thy
voice; take each man's censure, but
reserve thy judgment."
Non-Resident Young Women, Aurora
Club.

Geraldine T. J. Cheek, A.B.

"Gerry"

Raleigh, North Carolina

"All that 1 am and ever hope to be, I

owe to my dear mother."
University Chorale Society, Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Non-Resident Young
Women, YWCA.

Gillis Edmond Cheek, Jr., A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina
"Yesterday is a cancelled check, tomor-
row is a promising note, today is
ready cash — spend it wisely."

Jacqueline D. Church, A.B.

"Jackie"

Norfolk, Virginia

"All that I am and ever hope to be, I

owe to my mother."
Resident Young Women, YWCA.

Melvin Clark, A.B.
Norfolk, Virginia
"I can do all things through Him that
strengthens me; not by might, nor
power, but by my spirit, saith the
Lord of Host."
Theological Fraternity, Sunday School,
BSU, YWCA, University Chorale Society.

Vernon Clark, B.S.

Tarboro, N. C

"He who controls himself is greater than

he who takes a city."
Lampodas Club, Omega Psi Phi Fra-
ternity, YMCA.

Lemuel Clemons, Jr., A.B.

Greenville, North Carolina

"Do not pray for lighter burdens but

pray for heavier shoulders to carry

them."

YMCA, Men's Personnel Council, BSU,

Camera Club, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

Harold James Cobb, A.B.
High Point, North Carolina
"To search, to know, to lead, and to
never yield and success will be
yours."
Political Science Club, BSU.

SENIORS

James Richard Cobb, A.B.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
"The spirit of the Lord is upon me.''
Theological Fraternity, Student Council.
Sunday School, Veterans' Club.

Curtis McKinley Coefield, Jr., A.B.
Smithfleld, North Carolina
"I'd rather see a sermon than to hear one
any day. I'd rather you would walk
with one than merely show the way,
for I may misunderstand you and the
fine advice you give, but there's no
misunderstanding, 'How you act and
how you live'."

YMCA, Shaw Players, Theological Fra-
ternity.

Carolyn Lorraine Coleman, A.B.

New York, New York

"My mother has inspired my endeavors

and success."
YWCA, Resident Young Women, Uni-
versity Chorale Society, Spanish Club,
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Journal
Staff, Staff Member of 1950-51 Bear.

Talmadge Edward Cothran, A.B.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"If sorrow comes, can joy be far behind?"
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Football
Team, Shaw Players, BSU, Student
Council, Political Science.

Lizzie Beatrice Cunningham, A.B.

Halifax, Virginia

"Out of the lowest depths there is a path

to the loftiest height."
YWCA, BSU, Sunday School.

Muriel Victor Dark, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina
"I have never for one instant seen clearly
within myself. How then, would you
have me judge the deeds of others?"
Non-Resident Young Women.

Clara Estella Douglas, A.B.
Greenwood, South Carolina
"If you have faith, nothing is impossible."
YWCA, Resident Young Women, BSU,
Hayes Flemming Missionary Society.

Reese Durante, A.B.

Florence, South Carolina

"Man is made great or little by his own

will."
Veterans' Club, Sociological Club.
YMCA.

SENIORS

Joseph H. Eason, A.B.
Rich Square, North Carolina
"Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of
a worker's success."

Louis English, B.S.

Jacksonville, Florida

"Understanding is a wellspring of life

unto him that hath it."
University Chorale Society, Staff Mem-
ber of 1950-51 Bear.

Gayle Magnolia Evans, B.S.
Henderson, North Carolina
"Give to the world the best that you
have, and the best will surely come
back to you."

Blanche P. Farrow "Prissy," A.B.
Pantego, North Carolina
"I find the great thing in this world is,
not so much where we stand, as in
what direction we are moving."
Resident Young Women, Spanish Club,
YWCA.

William Flanagan "Hawk," A.B.
Plainfield, New Jersey
"You can avoid a lot of sorrow if you
will work today and worry tomor-
row."
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Baseball
Team, Varsity Club.

Janice Mae Floyd, A.B.
Fairmont, North Carolina
"No hay bien que dure ni mal que no
se acabe."

Madie Foreman, A.B.
Chadbourn, North Carolina
"It is not what she has, nor what she
does which directly expresses the
worth of a woman but what she is."
YWCA, BSU, Archonian Club, Resident
Young Women.

Josephine Freemon, A.B.
Whiteville, North Carolina
"Life is never as hard as you think; it's
how you make it that counts, so
smile and think that you can and you
will."
YWCA, Shaw Players, BSU, Estey Per-
sonality and Charm Club, Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority.

SENIORS

Rub's Gaylofd, B.S.

Erwin, North Carolina

"There is no chair on the road to success,

so don't expect to sit."
Shaw Players, Resident Young Women
BSU, Sunday School, Arehonian Club.'

Nathaniel Gaylord, A.B.
Plymouth, North Carolina
"There is no elevator on the road to
success, so you must use the stairs."
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Who's Who
Among American Colleges and Univer-
sities, Men's Personnel Council, President
of Senior Class, Shaw Players, Student
Council.

Jacqueline M. Goode, A.B.

"Jackie"

Raleigh, North Carolina

"Take not the life you cannot give for

all things have an equal right to live."

Non-Resident Young Women, Spanish

Club, Pestilozzi Club.

Connie Goodson, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina

John Wesley Hall, A.B.
Saint Louis, Missouri
"There is no effect without a cause
everything is necessarily linked and
arranged for the best."
Shaw Players, YMCA, Veterans' Club
Athletic Association.

George I. Handy, B.S.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"This above all to thine ownself be true-
then you canst not be false to any
man." "

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Student Coun-

Kathryn R. Harding, B.S.
New York, New York
"The present reaps what the past has
sown and the future is the product
of the present."

r?,lrTf}\ ^orale Society, Spanish
Sft AlPha Kappa Mu Honor Society,
Whos Who Among American Colleges

PyraSd°SeS' YWCA' Sunday Sch°o1'

Cleopatra Hardy, B.S.
Kelford, North Carolina
"Those who bring sunshine to the lives
of others cannot keep it from them-

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SENIORS

Charles Harper, B.S.
Raleigh, North Carolina

Reva Harris, A.B.
"Cool"

Washington, D. C.
"Out vivra, verra car qui vent la fin

vent les moyens."
YWCA, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Shaw
Players, Sunday School, French Club,
Student Council, Who's Who Among
American Colleges and Universities.

Claudia Myra Hasselle, A.B.
Suffolk, Virginia
"J pass this way but once, if there is any
good that I can do, let me do it now."

Sallie Mae Hayes, B.S.

Elizabethtown, North Carolina

"All that we send into the lives of others

comes back into our own."
Sunday School, Shaw Players, Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority, YWCA, GSU, Resident
Young Women.

Izola Henderson, A.B.
Henderson, North Carolina

Vernon M. Herron, A.B.
Charlotte, North Carolina
"The greatest curse is to be satisfied with
low ideals."

BSU, Who's Who Among American Col-
leges and Universities, Sunday School,
Men's Personnel Council.

Claudia L. Herrond, A.B.
Asheville, North Carolina
"If ye have faith nothing shall be im-
possible."

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Women's
Choir, Resident Young Women, YWCA.

Bernice E. Hicks, A.B.
Portsmouth, Virginia
"Loofc up and not down, look forward
and not back, look out and not on
lend a hand."

SENIORS

Whelma Maxine Hicks, A.B.
Oxford, North Carolina
"There is nothing more tragic in life
than the utter impossibility 0/ chang-
ing what you have done."
YWCA, Resident Young Women.

Mary Elizabeth Hill, A.B.
Florence, South Carolina
"Know then thyself presume not God
to scan; the proper study of mankind
is now."

Thomas Anthony Hinton, A.B.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

"Be prepared; For opportunity may be

knocking at your door."
Shaw Players, Football Team, President
Manager of Basketball Team, YMCA,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

John Hodnett, Jr., B.S.

Danville, Virginia

"There is nothing so powerful as truth,

often nothing so strange."
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Campus Inn
Board of Directors, Men's Personnel
Council, Vice-President of Senior Class,
Student Council.

Marion W. Hooker, B.S.
Norfolk, Virginia
"Liue and let live."
YWCA.

Evelyn Virginia Hooper, A.B.

Black Mountain, North Carolina

"Speak little, but truthfully, for much

speaking brings danger."
Women's Choir, University Chorale
Society, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Grace Saunders Hudson, A.B.
Oriental, North Carolina
"Yet I doubt not through ages one
increasing purpose runs, and the
thoughts of men are widened with
the suns."

Resident Young Women, YWCA, French
Club, Asst. Secretary of Senior Class.

Harry L. Hucgins, Jr., B.S.

"Huggie"

Wilmington, North Carolina

"1 have never seen a greater miracle or

monster in the world than myself."

Varsity Club, Shaw Players, YMCA,

Football Team.

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SENIORS

Shirley Jenkins. A.B.
Littleton, North Carolina
"1 am a part of all that I have met: yet
all experience is an arch where
through gleams that untraveled
world, whose margin jades forever
when I move"

Hattie Mae Johnson, A.B.

Biscoe, North Carolina

"All that I am and all that I ever hope

to be. 1 owe to my dear mother."
Haves Fleming Missionary Society, BSU,
YWCA. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Political
Science Club.

Helen M. Johnson. A.B.

Henderson, North Carolina

"Trouvez le juste equilibre entre le

travail et le plaisir et vous serez

content."
YWCA. Resident Young Women, Sunday
School. Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society,
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Shaw
Plavers. French Club, Pestalozzi Club,
Staff Member of 1950-51 Bear,

Jasper Washington Jones, A.B.
Norlina, North Carolina
'Chien qui nboie ne mord pas."
Social Science Club, French Club, Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Jessie Mae Jones, B.S.
Rocky Mount. North Carolina
"Where there is faith, there is love, where
there is (ore. there is peace, where
there is pence. there is God.
where there is God. there is no need."
Resident Young Women. YWCA. Carver
Scientific Club. Student Council, Camera
Club, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Milima El'RE Jones. A B
Oak City. North Carolina

Noel Jones. A.B.

Wilson, North Carolina

"Man is inescapably a salesman of liim-

selj and all he represents ."
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Political
Science Club.

Robert B. Jones, A.B.
Warrenton, North Carolina
"Things to be enjoyed should be shared."
Shaw Players. Track Team, Varsity
Club. Physical Education Club, Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity.

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SENIORS

Robert D. Jones, B.S.
Raleigh, North Carolina
'Knowledge is like the human body, it
has to be continually fed in order to
remain active."

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, YMCA
Camera Club, Science Club.

Lillian Valeria Jordan, B.S.

Burgaw, North Carolina

"Get wisdom, but with all thy getting,

get understanding."
Resident Young Women. YWCA Ivy
Leaf Club, Sunday School, BSU.

Jasper William Kearney, B.S.
Franklinton, N. C.

Frances Elizabeth Keese, A.B

Pendleton. South Carolina

"No woman can answer for her courage

who has never been in danger."
BSU. YWCA, Spanish Club. Social
Science Club. Estey Personality and
Charm Club.

Hazel Elizabeth Kelly, A.B.
West End, North Carolina
"If I can do any good deed, or show any
kindness to anyone: let me do it now.
for 1 shall not pass this way again."
YWCA, Resident Young Women, Shaw
Players, French Club. Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority.

Carolyn Golethia Keyes, A.B.
Williamston, N. C.
"Gii>e to the world the best that you
have and the best will come back to
you."

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Shaw Players,
Resident Young Women.

Katie Bernice Leak, A.B.

Louisburg. North Carolina
"Tis wliat we do, not what we say that

makes us worthy of his grace."
Resident Young Women, YWCA, Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Estey Personality
and Charm Club. "Miss Shaw" 50-51.

Charles Jackson Lee, A.B.
Lexington, Kentucky
"Success is the reward of sacrifice."
Football Team. Varsity Club, Political
Science Club, YMCA, Veterans' Club,
Shaw Journal.

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SENIORS

William Robert Lee. Jr., A.B.

Charlotte. North Carolina

"A little learning is a dangerous thing:

drink deep or taste not of the pierian

spring. "
Varsitv Club, Intramural Basketball and
Softball, Football Team, Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity.

Lella Aileen Macon. B.S.

Louisburg, North Carolina

"Make the most of yourself for that is

all there is of you."
Shaw Players, YWCA, Resident Young
Women, Sunday School, Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Shaw Journal. BSU.

Alma Jean Martin, A.B

St. Petersburg. Florida

"Let your speech be better than silence.

or be silent."
Shaw Players. Women's Choir, YWCA,
Pestalozzi Club.

Annye Mae Maynor. A.B.

Oxford, North Carolina

"The truest self-respect is not to think

of self."
Resident Young Women, BSU, Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority.

James Mincey, A.B.

Egg Harbor City, N. J.

"All that I am, and all that I hope to be

1 owe to my dear parents."
YMCA, BSU, Basketball Team. Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Men's Personnel
Council.

Clara Mae Moore. A.B.

"Kit"

New York, N. Y.

"All that I am or ever hope to be I owe

to my brother."
YWCA. Resident Young Women. Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Shaw Players.

Kadesta Moore. A.B
New York. N. Y.
"Let a man contend to the uttermost for
his life's set prize, be it what it will."
Resident Young Women. YWCA. BSU.
French Club.

Rose Morgan. A.B.
Raleigh. N. C.
"None can succeed in this world alone."
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

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SENIORS

Willie DeVard Morgan, B.S
Zebulon, North Carolina
"No life is more complete than a satis-
fied one."
Men's Personnel Council, YMCA.

Fuller E. Murfree, B.S.

Warsaw, North Carolina
"The greatest of great ideals is love."
YMCA, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Gus D. McNeil, Jr., A.B.
Dunn, North Carolina
"What shall I render unto the Lord for
all his benefits toward me? I will pay
my vows unto the Lord now in the
presence of all his people."
Theological Fraternity, Social Science
Club, Campus Inn Board, Veterans' Club.

Alfred Lord Tennyson Newkirk, A.B.

Wilmington, North Carolina
"To be trusted is a greater compliment

than to be loved."
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Journal Staff,
University Chorale Society, Student
Council, Who's Who Among American
Colleges and Universities.

Daylene Page, B.S.
New Hill, North Carolina
'Whoever is not too wise is wise."
Shaw Players, University Chorale So-
ciety, Lampodas Club.

Roosevelt Peebles, B.S.
Jackson, North Carolina
"I strive to reach the highest tide of
education, with thankfulness to my
parents.

Julia Rowena Perrin, B.S.
"I will study and get ready and perhaps

my chance will come."
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, YWCA,
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Student
Council, Girls' Basketball Team, Carver
Scientific Club, Pan-Hellenic Council,
Non-Resident Young Women, Beta Kappa
Chi Scientific Honor Society.

Alton W. Powell. BS

Apex, North Carolina

"All thai we send into the lives of others

comes bock into our own."
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Shaw Players,
YMCA, Men's Personnel Council, BSU,
Sunday School, Shaw Journal, Science
Club, Student Council.

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SENIORS

Phillip E. Powell, B.S.

Hamilton. North Carolina

"All that I am and all that I hope to be,

I owe to my mother and father."
Shaw Players, Phi Beta Sigma Frater-
nity.

Willa Marsh Price, B.S.
Burlington, North Carolina
"Labor conquers all things."
Resident Young Women, YWCA, Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Student Council,
Home Economics Club.

Moody Purdy, A.B.

Gladys O. Quinichett, B.S.
Whitakers, North Carolina
"Be not simply good, be good for some-
thing."
YWCA, Resident Young Women, BSU,
Sunday School.

Mildred Thomas Ramsey, A.B.
Seaboard, North Carolina
"Give to the world the best you have,

and the best will come back to you."
YWCA, Resident Young Women, Social
Science Club.

Earl Dubois Raynor, A.B.
Mount Olive, North Carolina
"Listen much, keep silent when in doubt,
always to the heed of the tongue and
thou wilt make few mistakes."

Eugene Richardson, A.B.

Essex, North Carolina

"To be conscious that you are ignorant

is a great step to knowledge."
YMCA. Men's Personnel Council, Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity. BSU, Student Coun-
cil, Sunday School, Shaw Players.

Mary Lee Royal, A.B.

Burgaw, North Carolina

"A man makes no noise over a good

deed, but passes on to another as vine

to bear grapes again in season."

Resident Young Women, YWCA, Camera

Club. Sunday School.

SENIORS

Edith M. Sawyer, A.B.
Lumberton, North Carolina
"When I dipped into the future far as
human eyes could see, I saw the
vision of the world and all the wonder
that would be."
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, YWCA
bunday School, University Chorale So-
ciety, Spanish Club.

Johnny E. Shipp, A.B.
Providence, Rhode Island
"So little we remember, and so much
we forget."

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Political
Science Club.

Sidella B. Simmons, A.B.
Greensboro, North Carolina
"Attempt the end and never stand to
doubt: nothing's so hard, but search
will find it out."

™°A BSU, Spanish Club, Delta Sigma
Iheta Sorority, Resident Young Women.

Alma Lee Smith, B.S.
Dunn, North Carolina
"Attempt the end and never stand to
doubt; nothing's so hard but search
will find it out."
Resident Young Women, YWCA.

Herman Smith, B.S.
New London, North Carolina
"Yesterday is gone, tomorrow never
comes, live today."

Omega Psi i Phi Fraternity, BSU, Shaw
Players, YMCA.

James H. Smith, A.B.

Norfolk, Virginia

"The moving finger writes, and having

writ, moves on."
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Editor-in-
Chief of 1950-51 Bear, Pan-Hellenic
Council.

Earl Lee Staton, B.S.
Tarboro, North Carolina
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever "

°r^eYMCA. Phl Fraternity- Shaw P]ay-

Carl Harvey Stanley, A.B.
Whiteville, North Carolina
'Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera."
Spanish Club, French Club, Baseball
Team, Lampodas Club.

SENIORS

Bessie M. Stroud, A.B.

Raleigh, North Carolina
"To find, to seek, to strive, and not to

yield."
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, University
Chorale Society, YWCA, Non-Resident
Young Women.

John H. Taylor, III, B.S.

Greenville, North Carolina

"Build not a life of precepts, but one of

practice."
YMCA, University Choir, BSU, Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, Shaw Players, Men's
Personnel Council.

Louise Shipman Thompson, A.B.
Lumberton, North Carolina
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers,
and I linger on the shore, the indi-
vidual withers, and the world is more
and more."

Thedoshia Thorpe, A.B.
Durham, North Carolina
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
for loan oft loses both itself and
friends."
Resident Young Women, Non-Resident
Young Women, Aurora Club.

Harvey Troublefield, A.B.

Mount Olive, North Carolina

"One must learn by doing the thing; for

though you think you know it, you

have no certainty until you try."

BSU, YMCA, Political Science Club,

Shaw Players, Sunday School.

James Maurice Turner, A.B.
Plainfield, New Jersey
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for
loan oft loses both itself and friend."
YMCA, Sunday School, Carver Scientific
Club. Student Council, Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity.

Mercedes Johnsie Turner, A.B.
Bronx, New York
"Speak not but what may benefit others
or yourself; avoid trifling conversa-
tion."
Camera Club, Delta Sigma Theta Soror-
ity, Non-Resident Young Women, Pesta-
lozzi Club, YWCA.

George Angus Tyler, B.S.
Oxford, North Carolina
"There is no road to success, but through
a clear strong purpose."

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Science Club,
Pestalozzi Club.

SENIORS

Thelma Marie Vanhooke, B.S.
Hillsboro, North Carolina
"To be what you are and what you are
capable of being is the only end in

?n^rf„ wCOn0mi5.s Club' Non-Resident
Young Women, Resident Young Women,

Jethro Clemmons, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina

Harrod G. Walden, A.B.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Nothing gained in life is gained easily
and without sacrifice."

lWh=nPT Phi fraternity, Shaw layers,
football Team Manager.

Della Cornelia Wall, A.B.

Rockingham, North Carolina

"Ambition is our idol on whose winqs

we are carried only to extreme to be

sublimely great or to be nothing "

BSU, YWCA, Resident Young Women

Pearl Wall, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina

Hattie Pearl White, A.B.

Dunn, North Carolina

"Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to

that iron string."
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, BSU, Shaw
flayers, Resident Young Women, YWCA.

Lydia Whitted, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina

Annie Ruth Wilder, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina
'Wealth I ask not, hope nor love nor
a friend I ask: the heaven above and
the road below me."
Arehonian Club, Non-Resident Young
Women, YWCA, French Club.

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SENIORS

Bernice Marie Williams, B.S.
Enfield, North Carolina
"Thought makes the whole dignity of
man; therefore endeavor to think
well, that is the only morality.''
Home Economics Club, BSU, Resident
Young Women, YWCA.

John Jacob Williams, Jr., A.B.
Newark, New Jersey
". . . Welcome each rebuff that turns
earth's smoothness rough, each string
that bids nor sit nor stand but go."
Student Council President, Who's Who
Among American Colleges and Univer-
sities, Journal Staff, Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Shaw Players, N. C. State
Student Legislative Assembly, Junior
Class Award, Political Science Club,
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Pan-
Hellenic Council.

Marvin Williams, B.D.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Sidney Wesley Williams, Jr., B.S.

Annapolis, Maryland

"The civilized man has built a coach,

but has lost the use of his feet."
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, University
Chorale Society, Pan-Hellenic Council,
YMCA, Science Club.

Charles S. Wilson, B.S.

East Orange, New Jersey

"Patience is the mother of virture and

virture is its own reward."
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Basketball
Team, Science Club, YMCA.

Hadesel Luvenia Wilson, A.B

"Hay"

Washington, D. C.

"Throughout the years my mother has

been my guiding star."
YWCA, Women's Choir, University
Chorale Society, Student Council, Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, Staff Member of
1950-51 Bear.

Hazel Harrison Worley, B.S.

Nashville, North Carolina

"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to

yield."
University Chorale Society, Christian
Education Society, Home Economics
Club, YWCA, Resident Young Women
Non-Resident Young Women.

Lillian Amanda Wright, A.B.
Raleigh, North Carolina
"Fame is what you have taken, character
is what you give; when to this truth
you awaken, then you will begin to
live."

SENIORS

Mary Betty Yarborough, B.S.

Louisburg, North Carolina

"Nature has given to man two ears that

he may hear from others twice as

much as we speak."

BSU, Sunday School, Resident Young

Women, YWCA, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

Thelma Wallace Young, A.B.

"Cookie"

Wilmington, North Carolina

The mind is in its own place, and can

make heaven of hell or hell of

heaven."

EPC Club, University Choir, Women's
(Pianist and Organist), YWCA, Pesta-
lozzi Club, Resident Young Women,
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

We, the members of the Senior Class, being of sound mind and body, do
hereby, bequeath, and leave the following earthly possessions to the persons
who shall afterwards be mentioned with the hope that they will use whatever
has been left them.

Article I

To the members of the Faculty, we leave our sincere appreciations for their
patience, loyalty, kindness, devotion, and steady consolations throughout our
years in college.

Article II

1. Ada Brown leaves her ability to lead the Sunday School choir to Walter
Willoughby.

2. Katie Leake leaves her quiet and pleasing personality to Mary Brooks. She
is sure it will be most beneficial to her during her Junior Year.

3. Annye Maynor wills to Mattie Parker, Mary Chavis, and Alois Smith, her
quietness along with her undying friendship and to Catherine Hall her
beautiful dimples.

4. Willa Price would leave her B.S. degree to Rastus Hailstock but she is afraid
that he would be absent on graduation day. She leaves her quietness to her
schoolmates from her home town.

5. Pearl White wills her place in the dining hall to Margarite Young.

6. To all Elementary Education majors, Mary Royal wills all of her scrapbooks,
posters and her seat in Education 435 to who-so-ever dares to take it.

7. Cleo Hardy wills her grace and dignity to Lila Spivey.

8. Thelma W. Young wills her vivacious and colorful personality to Rosetta
Artis. To all the big girls who always made fun of her "petite" yet "stashed"
figure, her success in getting a very good husband. To Christine Williamson
she leaves her musical and dancing abilities.

9. Kathryn Harding leaves to Charity Wells her "seventeen walk," asking that
she minds what path she takes when she uses that walk. To the remaining
Shawites, she leaves her formula for success. To one-fourth guidance and
confidence to one-fourth hope and prayer; add one-half honest effort. Mix
well and apply to noble purposes. Results guaranteed.

10. To Rosetta Johnson, Electric Lloyd, and Vilma Bracy Geneva Boone wills
her German translation. To a lonely junior she leaves ler mail.

11. Louise Thompson wills her athletic ability to Bettie Matthews.

12. Whelma Hicks and Jacqueline Church will to Margie White, Catherine Hall
and Gracie Hall their undying friendship.

13. Hadasel Wilson wills her ability to smile in the midst of tears to Ramona
Simms and her ability to sing to Vilma Bracy. The balance of her possessions
she devotedly leaves to Gloria Kershaw

14. Ruby Grantham wills her ability to sing to Delores Young and her ability
to work problems to Betty Ingram.

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15. Carolyn Coleman wills her typewriter and chair in the library to anyone who
will have it and her place in the alto section of the University Choir to Shirley
Shannon.

16. Claudia Hasselle wills to Mae Watson her nosiness and her ability to get all
the lastest news first hand.

17. Kadesta Moore wills her noisness to anyone who is not that way.

18. Edith Sawyer wills her history books to Clarence McNiel.

19. Lizzie Cunningham leaves her un-yielding standards and way of life to all
underclassmen.

20. Jessie Jones leaves her chemistry ability to all female chemistry majors.

21. Henel Johnson leaves to Dorothy Hodges and Fannie Burt her great determina-
tion to succeed.

22. Vernon Herron leaves the duty of leading the prayer services to the person
who will show an equal interest.

23. Walter Armour leaves his sensational brain power to all who may be con-
cerned and his ability to capture the female hearts to Singfield.

24. Vernon Clark leaves his musical ability to all of the male amateurs.

25. Julia Perrin leaves her all around personality to her sister who has just
entered Shaw.

26. Sidella Simmons leaves her accumulative weight to Walter Sheffield.

27. Jeanne Brown leaves her cooperative spirit to Dorothy Haith.

28. Evelyn Hooper leaves to Queen E. Thompson her bright way of speaking.

29. Herman Smith leaves his quietness to William Hyman and his friend Preston.

30. Bill Powell leaves his working abilities to William Alexander.

31. Claudia Herron leaves to all the quiet girls and quiet fellows her talking
ability.

32. Clara Douglas and Berniece Hicks leave the keys to their rooms to the "not-
responsible" occupants.

33. Clara Moore leaves her success in graduating in three years to Helen Powell.

34. John Williams leaves his ambitions and his patient ability of understanding
some situations to the next student body president.

35. Tennyson Newkirk leaves his self-reliance to David Williams and the keys
to the University station-wagon and bus to the next driver.

This hereby is the last will and testament of the class of nineteen-hundred and
fifty-one.

Thelma W. Young,
Annye Manor,
Walter Armour.

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(Tune: In a Garden)

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Our valiant school will always stand bravely before us.

Its shining beacon spreads its rays

On all Shaw sons and daughters.

O Shaw your name will forever be

To the class of '51

A symbol of your sacrifice, your love

And the glorious task that you have done.

Chorus
O alma mater we leave these walls,
And go to take our stand.
We pledge our loyalty and faith
To help our fellowman.
And as we leave this campus green
Fond memories come and go
And leave their impressions on our hearts,
Of how we love you so.

We love you so.

O Shaw you have sheltered us throughout the many years,

And laid the foundation for us.

We will always remember you.

The happy hours spent within these walls

Will be a pleasant memory.

And now we say goodbye dear Shaw U.

To go where duty calls

Where duty calls.

Carolyn Coleman,
Ocie L. Taylor.

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CLASS PROPHECY

Time: September 23, 1971

I, John Hodnett had been laboring furiously for twenty years in my labora-
tory in New Delhi, India. In that time I was working on the Radio-Active
Geomathical Propeller of the H.P. 888 Rocket Jet which I invented. Having
successfully completed my endeavor, I decided a vacation with an around-the-
world flight would set me right. So taking off in my newly invented airplane,
my first stop was on the Hawiian Islands. When the governor came to present
me the key to the fair city of Honolulu, to my surprise, whom should I see
but John Barnes. After a brief stay, he said he was fed up with governmental
duties and a nice vacation would do him good. He decided to accompany me.
Our first stop was San Francisco. Here we learned that the Democrats were
holding their National Convention. At the Convention we saw our old friends,
Senators James H. Smith, John J. Williams, Jr., and Nathaniel Gaylord. Talk-
ing with them we learned that Bernice Williams, Sidella Simmons, and Jessie
Jones were making the picture "For the Ends of Being." We left San Francisco
and landed at Phoenix, Arizona for I was to give a lecture there. We were
astonished at seeing Jeanne Brown who was Professor of Sociology at Leaf
University. In talking to her we learned that Gus D. McNeil was pastoring
Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Chicago.

We then left for Chicago and landed at Matan Airport. We saw Roosevelt
Peebles who was an electrical engineer at the airport. Gus McNeil told us
that Janice Floyd was a celebrated Spanish Opera dancer and that Hazel Kelly
was a successful housewife with three small children.

Our Jet, at 2,000 M.P.H., took us to Raleigh, and naturally we would visit
our Alma Mater. One significant change was that Worth Barbour was our
President. We talked to Dr. Barbour and he told us that Julia Perrin was on the
faculty of North Carolina State College of Raleigh, and that Louise Chavis was
principal of Washington Elementary School.

We left Raleigh and sped to Philadelphia. Upon landing there we were in-
vited to a football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington
Redskins. Blinky Brown was playing end for the Eagles. After the game we
learned from Blinky that Harrod Walden and Walter Armour were Professors
of Sociology and Chemistry respectively at the University of Pennsylvania.

Our Jet-propelled "Betty Mae" took us to New York City. There we found
Genev Boone working in a hospital as a cancer specialist. She told us that
Hadasel Wilson and Carolyn Coleman were so-editors of The Modern English
Journal. We happened to be passing a national laboratory and saw familiar
faces in white coats. We entered and saw Drs. Ocie Taylor, Robert Burgess,
Valeria Jordan, and Herman Smith perfecting the cure for heart disease.

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Off we were to London, England. While walking down Angle Street we saw
a sign which said, "Flannagan and Lee Styles." Going in we found William
Flannagan and Charles Lee in their style shop. After talking a bit, Flannagan
tuned in to hear Jim Turner's program featuring Claudia Herrond in "Let's
talk 'em to Death" with Vernon Clark in his "Verbal Cure" for infantile
paralysis.

We took off and flying at an altitude of 8,000 feet, we lowered to land in gay
Parie. We went to the Club "Bonne Chanson" and saw Robert Jones, Jobe
Best, and Earl Raynor with "Les belles filles."

We flew to Nigeria, Africa to visit the mighty Niger River. We then visited
the Baptist Mission and were surprised to see Vernon Herron, Ada Ruth Brown,
and James R. Cobb from the General Baptist Convention of North Carolina.
They told of their wonderful experiences and also that Robert Hammond and
George Handy were about to complete their expedition in the unknown jungles
as animal traders.

We then flew swiftly to Moscow and found Earl (Dabs) Staton and Annye
May Maynor as entertainers in the Kremlin. Our next stop was Hiroshima,
Japan where Sallie Hayes, Fuller Murfree, and Mary Yarborough were com-
pleting Einstein's theory in their "bomb sight" atomic plant. We visited South
America and stopped in Rio de Janerio and were at once taken to the head-
quarters of our American State Department. There we found Mr. and Mrs.
Talmadge Cothran, the latter the former Reva Harris, engaged in public re-
lations work. They informed us that George Tyler, Bill Powell, Daylene Page,
Sidney Williams, and Louis English were engineers leading in the construction
of an overhead highway from Bolivia to Argentina. They also informed us
that "Jimmy" Mincey and his world champion New York Yankees were in spring
training at Cruz, Chile.

Homeward bound, we stopped in Long Beach, California for a rest from our
long and exciting trip. We were invited to spend two weeks in the luxurious
home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Jones, the latter the former Gladys Quinichett.
During this period we spent several days entertaining the rest of the class of
51 not mentioned here.

It was now time for me to leave for my laboratory in New Delhi and for Gov.
Barnes to go to the luxury Liner, "Matsonia," for his sojourn back to his duties.

So long, friends, may your futures be prosperous and your success greater

than prophcsized.

John Hodnett,

John Barnes.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF

1. Sidney Williams would run

2. Carolyn Coleman^i**mto breakfasT

3. Alfred Newk/ffk could not filibuster

4. Dean Paj^ie, our belovj
Literatu/e

could not t^ch Shakespearean

5. "Blink/y" Brown UBst his charm

6. Jeanr* Brown lcJt her alluring smile

7. "Hawl" Flann/gan had his wardrobe ^mited

8. Evelyn ^Boper told a funny joke

9. Annye Maynor could not laugh

10. Ocie Taylor saw somethingXhat wasn't "bj^utiful"

11. Mr. Devane couldn't lect/re

12. Geraldine Jones Cheek/could not cWfhce

13. Jessie Jones couldn't swoon over Beacoates

14. Julia Perrin caught

15. Walter Armour coul

16. Claudia Herrond los

17. Claudia Hassell didn

"steady/
n't plaj it cool
her power of speech

know the latest gossip

18. "Cookie" Young keptVier finlers out of her mouth

19. John Barnes couldn't o^ite

20. Delia Wall lost her nasal Southern accent

21. Katy Harding lost all oJTIeHfaats

22. Mr. Patterson would Iain ten Bounds

23. Mr. Cook bought a new ■RaT

24. Your inquirer could answer all of these "IFS"

Hadasel L. Wilson.

MOST SCHOLARLY

Florence Boone
Walter Armour

MOST CO-OPERATIVE

Mary Bailey
John Williams, Jr.

MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED

Katie Leake
Nathaniel Gaylord

MOST LACKADAISICAL

Claudia Hassell
Joseph Eason

MOST POPULAR

Jeanne D. Brown
William Powell

MOST DIGNIFIED

Katie Harding
Jasper Jones

BEST DANCER

Geraldine Cheek
Earl Staton

QUIETEST

Lizzie Cunningham
Earl Raynor

MOST FICKLE MINDED

Frances Keese
James Mincey

MOST ATHLETIC

Louise Thompson
"Blinky" Brown

MOST DRAMATIC

Janice Floyd
John Barnes

BEST SINGER

Hadasel Wilson
Alfred Newkirk

MOST DOMINEERING

Claudia Herrond
Vernon Herron

WITTIEST

Lydia Whitted
Ocie L. Taylor

MOST ATTRACTP7E

Jacqueline Goode
John Hodnett, Jr.

CLASS HISTORY

The 1947 school year can be characterized as one of confusion, of crowded dormitories and
disappointed college applicants. From this state, intensified by rainy weather and home-sickness,
came the class of '51; one destined to leave an indelible account in the historic archives of Shaw
University. The Class first gained the attention and applause of the University through its partici-
pation in the traditional Talent Program, composed entirely of new Shawites.

It was at this program that the new Shaw Family constituents made their first real contri-
bution to the general college life. For here were introduced prospective elements to reinforce
the already notable Dramatics and Music Departments. The Shaw University Chorale Society
was strengthened by the addition of Alfred Newkirk, Carolyn Coleman, Hadasel Wilson, Dorothy
Stadler, W. Littlejohn Barbour, Thelma Young, Geraldine Cheek and Ocie L. Taylor. In the
realm of dramatics, Jonn Barnes distinguished himself as both an actor and capable president.

In the meantime, other members of this group were giving their muscular bit towards the
improvement of our Athletic Department. Our present gridiron captain, James "Blinky" Brown,
along with Horace Burton, Robert Lee, Harry Huggins, Walter Armour and Lincoln Turner were
outstanding as members of the 1947 CIAA championship team. To the roster of our basketball
team were added the names Charles Wilson, Horace Burton and James Mincy.

Along with the above-mentioned contributions, the freshman Class members of 1947 added
its leadership to the campus. They elected as their President, Eugene Richardson. The other
officers were as follows: Vice-President, Julian Perrin; Secretary, Montros Boone; Treasurer,
Henry Bobbitt; Business Manager, Alton Powell; and Student Council representatives, James
Turner and Jessie Forshe. Dean Foster P. Payne was selected to serve as Adviser.

Under the efficient leadership of these persons, the infant Shawites settled down to a year
of fruitful academic study and noteworthy extra-curricular participation. The success of these
endeavors can best be expressed in terms of awards received by individual members of the class.
The recipient of the Freshman Class Award was Ronald Searcy. Other persons awarded for
outstanding achievements were Alfred Newkirk, Jeanne Brown, Mary Bailey, and Thelma Young.

The following year found the number of class members somewhat altered. Although time
and circumstances had taken their toll, the stable members were able and determined to carry
on the work that they had so successfully started. Therefore, with well founded purposes, these
new sophisticated Shaw Family members organized themselves for their sophomore year. Wil-
liam D. Worley was elected President. His co-workers were Vice-President Talmadge Cochran;
Secretary Nancy Gannaway; Assistant Secretary, Jeanne Brown; Treasurer, Willa Price.

With the novelty of college worn thin and the problem of adjustment a mere psychological
usage, the class members found the matter of excelling, academically and socially, no object.
The class was led by Florence Boone in academic achievements. Miss Boone was recipient of
the Sophomore Class Award and Miss Grace Saunders was awarded the Benjamin G. Brawley
Memorial Prize.

The end of the Sophomore year, found this group at the half-way point of its collegiate so-
journ. With the first half completed, the class members sought leadership to guide them into
the second phase of this jaunt. Mr. Nathaniel Gaylord was elected president. His aides, at the
head of the class, were John Hodnett, Vice-President: Willa Price, Secretary; Mary Bailey. As-
sistant Secretary; and John Barnes, Treasurer.

Upon returning for their Junior Year, the class members were, at this point, ready to reap
some of the fruits of their previous labor. The Alpha Omicron Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Mu
Honor Society added to its roster a number of names appearing in the '51 generation of the Shaw
Family. They were Jeanne Brown, Nathaniel Gaylord, Walter Armour, Julia Perrin, Reva Har-
ris, Helen Johnson, Katie Harding and John J. Williams. Jr. The entire Shaw Family saw fit to
elect Miss Jeanne Brown an official representative for the University, "Miss Shaw." Miss Brown
was the very first to be elected to this position; in addition Miss Brown was elected as a candi-
date for Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities. The activities of the year were
brought to a social closing with the sponsorship of the traditional Junior-Senior Prom.

Academically, the Junior Class was led by Mrs. Katie Harding and John J. Williams, both
receiving the Junior Class Award for that particular year. John Williams, former Vice-President
of the Student Council, was elected to serve as president.

The members of the now Senior Class prepared for the last lap of their educational journey
with the election of Nathaniel Gaylord again as president. Other officers were John Barnes,
Vice-President; Jeanne Brown, Secretary; Grace Hudson, Assistant Secretary and Walter Armour,
Treasurer. Dean Foster P. Payne was selected as Adviser for the fourth successive year.

This new school year brought with its additional honors to the members of the Class of '51.
Miss Katie Leake was the second to be elected as "Miss Shaw." The names of Katie Harding,
Reva Harris. Vernon Herron, Alfred Newkirk, Alton Powell, Nathaniel Gaylord, Jeanne Brown,
Mary Bailey and John Williams, Jr., found their way on the list of students selected as candi-
dates to Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities.

Thus closes the famous history of the class of 1951, a class whose worth and service to the
world will depend on how well its members have digested the time tested precepts and tradi-
tions of our Alma Mater, Shaw University.

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To thee, O Shaw, doth our hearts sing praise,

Thou art the light, the guiding star,

Whose beacon we have seen afar

Which lights the dark and narrow ways

Of life's rugged paths.

Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea;

Which beckoned us along the way,

And bade us upon thy heart our faults to lay,

That ours might be a life, majestic, free.

"Thy Soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart";

Thine was the voice which weathered the raging heights

And softly whispered, "God is Love and Love is might."

Live on, Shaw, live always in our hearts.

John Taylor.

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FRATS AND SORORITIES

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY

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fCretary Preston Grantham

Treasurer John Barnes

Dean of Pledges Fuller Mur£rge

AdvlSeT Mr. H. C. Perrin

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President Jessie Jones

Secretary Katie Leake

Treasurer Catherine Flood

Dean of Pledges Willa Price

n csiutM Martha Davis

Vice-President Willie Mae Ramsey

Secretary Hazel Kelly

Treasurer Aileen Macon

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Coach Brutus Wilson, Captain James "Blinkey" Brown,
Assistant Coach Bowie.

Lee Center

Phillips Halfback

Benton Quarterback

Chambers Halfback

BASKETBALL

Captain Daniels goes up for a "snow-bird" in the above picture that is typical
of the fast action on the court the Shaw Bear's basketball team saw in their 28
games where they won 15 while losing 13.

SHE IS MY IDEAL GIRL

From our observations in the past four years, we have seen many praise-worthy
characteristics among our female classmates. If we combine these outstanding
characteristics we can easily mold an ideal senior girl.

This girl would possess the amiability of Jessie Jones, and the velvet like
complexion of Bernice Williams and hair as wavy as Jacqueline Goode's, and
she will have sparkling eyes like Jean Brown, and irresistible lips like those
of Mary Hill. Her height will equal that of Aileen Macon. Her venus-like
physique will be like that of Sidella Simmons and her hands as soft and tender
as Evelyn Hooper. Her scholastic ability will equal that of Florence Boone
and her sound judgment will be as good as that of Claudia Herron. She will
be as alert and vivacious as Margaret Boone. She will be as lackadaisical as
Delia Wall, and possess the wit of Mercedes Turner. She will be able to play
the piano as well as Loretta Hocutt and sing as well as Hadasel Wilson and trip
the light fantastic toe like Geraldine Cheek. She will be as poised and as
cultured as Katie Harding and as co-operative as Dorothy Taylor. She will
display the taste in clothes of Julia Perrin. We will endow her with the
romantic qualities of Montrose Boone and the magnetic personality of Thelma
Young. Her ambition will be as lofty as that possessed by Julia Perrin, who
always strives to do her best. All of these qualities, and we can not omit the
religious qualities of Valeria Jordan, will gain for her the overwhelming per-
sonality of Jean Brown.

HE IS MY IDEAL MAN

From the class of '51 we made a careful and thorough study of all the men
and arrived at the conclusion that only by taking the outstanding qualities of
certain men and moulding them into one can we get the ideal senior man.

To this man we are giving the physique of Charles Lee, the height of John
Hall, the dark brown wavy hair of James Brown, the teasing brown com-
plexion of George Handy, the laughing brown eyes of William Flanagan, the
mouth and Roman nose of Alton Powell. We are giving him the captivating
personality of George Handy, blended with the superb culture of James Smith,
and par excellent intelligence of Walter Armour, enhanced by the scholastic
ability of Nathaniel Gaylord. He will be the embodiment of the loyalty and
sincerity of Vernon Herron, the trustworthiness of Robert Burgess, the manliness
of Jobe Best, and the ambition of John Williams, which produces the business
ability of Alfred Newkirk.

Believing that the possession of these qualities alone would only serve to
make him more or less a "bookworm" and an anti-social being we decided to
give him some traits that would make him a well-rounded personality; there-
fore, we are giving him the ability to "tickle the ivory" like Ocie Taylor, and
that "send me" crooner's voice of Charles Lee. To this we add the "light fantastic
toe" of Earl Staton and the athletic prowess of James Brown. Then we are
sprinkling in the sharp but sprightly wit and lackadaisicalness of Sidney Wil-
liams and tempered it with the attentiveness of Robert Lee.

Our ideal senior is given taste in clothes like that of William Flanagan, the
romantic qualities of Charles Lee, combined with the coolness of Walter Armour.
We are giving him the financial status of Sidney Williams. We will make his
as handsome as William Flanagan. Endowed with all of this plus the religious
qualities of Vernon Herron, he will gain for himself the popularity of Alton
Powell and the versatility of Charles Lee.

Sallie M. Hayes,
Claudia Herron,
Julia R. Perrin.

Y. W. C. A.

Vice-President Katie Harding

Secretary Lonene Harris

Business Manager Mary Davis

Adviser Ida Daniels

Miss M. E. Watson

THE SHAW PLAYERS

President J°hn Barnes

Secretary Helen Powell

Treasurer Thomas E. Dunn

Advisers Mrs. E. H. Thomas, Mrs. Beulah Gallwey

FRESHMAN CLASS

President

James O'Neil

Secretary Dorothy Burnette

Advlser Mr. Thomas Hubbard

..Thomas Dunn

JUNIOR CLASS

President

Sec™tary Doris P ,

Measurer Ralph Grooms

Advlser Mr. Ronald Foreman

HOMECOMING

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Compliments

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307 Wilmington Street

Raleigh, N. C.

Compliments of

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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

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Compliments

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Compliments
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Compliments

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Compliments

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Published at

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Raleigh, N. C.

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HUDSON-BELK COMPANY

"Eastern Carolina's Largest"

Appreciates the Patronage of the Students and
Friends of Shaw University

Compliments

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We Make Loans on Watches,

Diamonds, Luggage,

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