Jwtniy-Fourth Year
Fifteen Students Picked
For Y. W. C. A. Cabinet
Fifteen girls have been picked
by Armlnda Howell president, to
form the January -June 1939 Y. W.
The Cabinet is the
C. A. Cabinet,
business section of the general Y.
W. C. A.
Selected by Miss Howell are the
following students: Virginia Hess,
Alice Waters, Ruth Oliver, Ernes¬
tine Lucas, Eddie Merle Smith,
Kathleen Cones. Ellen Ruth Isbell,
Jane Doran Ada Powell, Catherine
McKibbon. Bede Davies, Maude
Vivian
Krout, Elizabeth
Houlditch, and Anne Weaver.
Officers besides Miss Howell are
Mildred Downs, vice president;
Marguerite Payne, secretary; Ai¬
med! a Newman, treasurer; Martha
Merck, devotional chairman; and
Fannie George Hurtt, chairman of
the fresman commission. i
SPEAKER. " The Trends in Ijit-
in American Countries" will be the
topic of Prof. John D. Rogers when
he speaks to the Current Exrents Club
of the First Methodist Church at
7:45 p.m. today. Prof. Rogers has
done much travelling in Mexico and
other foreign countries and conducted
tours through there. The public is in¬
vited to attend the lecture. There
will be no admission charge.
Hn. A. W. Embry
Leaving: .Mrs. A. W. Embry
leaves Howard today to take up a
position at Huntingdon College
in Montgomery, Alabama, similar
to the one she has here.
A sister-in-law to Dr. T. V.
Neal. Mrs. Embry came here seven
years ago. shortly after he became
president of the college. She has
served as field' representative for
the college and also was in charge
of the girls at the girl’s dormitory.
, Before coming to Howard she
was educational director of the
First Baptist Church of El Paso,
Texas. In addition to her work
with the college she has been lead¬
er of the Young People's depart¬
ment of the Birmingham Baptist
Sunday School Association. Dur¬
ing this time the Central Park
Baptist Church had the only stan¬
dard Young People's department in
the South.
Mrs. Embry's home is Villa Rica,
Georgia. She Attended Shorter
College at Rome, Georgia.
Students To
Load Courses
At Ruhama
Union with William ‘ Weaver, direc¬
tor, will hqjd a week's .training
course beginning 7:00 P. M. Mon¬
day evening. Verne Mae Mitchell
will be in charge of the recreation¬
al periods each night between
classes and will direct the social
at the close of the school, Friday
evening.
Roscoe Griffin will teach the
adult book, A Winning Witness, by
Dobbins. Mrs. J. H. Hudgins will
teach the seniors the book. Plan af
Salvation, by Crouch. Witnessing
for Christ, will be taught to the
Intermediates by James Monroe.
Two junior courses will be held;
one taught by Reese Watkins, Trail
Makers in Other Lands, and Miss
Virginia Tullis. a recent graduate
of Wesleyan College, will teach
Studying for Service.
A large crowd of the Howard
students are expected to Attend the
school
The Freshman chapel program
has been put off until next Thurs¬
day. frosh president Lamar Bennett
announced today. It will take the
form of an Ask-lt Basket program
with Dudley Watkins acting as
questioner. Questions will be based
on facts about Howard College as
revealed in the Bullpup and the
college catalogue.
The Frosh Collegians, an all
freshman band, will also make its
debut on the program. Eugene
Jordan will play the violin, Sarah
Jordan, the piano,
McCul¬
lough, clarinet, and Bill Riddle, the
saxaphone.
This being a senior edition, it is
fitting that a brief review of the
class officers for the preceding
three years should be presented.
In its freshman year the class of
'39 had Ralph Feild as president.
Lafayette Walker as vice-president,
Bebe Anderson as secretary, and
Thelma Brown for treasurer. In
this year Ralph began his presi¬
dential complex by becoming presi¬
dent of the State Baptist Student
Union, president of the Volunteer
Band, and the Glee Club.
Bebe Anderson is now in Holly¬
wood working on a part in the be¬
lated but stupendous Gune with
the Wind. Thelma Brown has a
secretarial position in the Jeffer¬
son County Courthouse. Mr. Walker
is president of the class this year.
Feild was class president again
in its sophomore year. Wyatt Pope,
Business Manager of the 1939 Entre
Naas, was vice-president Roberta
Moon was secretary and Ellen Ruth
Isbell was treasurer. Miss Moon
did not re-enroll for the following
year and is now working in Ohio.
Miss Isbell remained to be Miss
Howard, a member of Hypatia, to
be listed in Wbe's Who in Ameri¬
can Colleges and Universities, and
to win numerous other campus
honors.
Class officers for the third year
were Ralph Feild, president; Hal
Bennett, vice-president; Katherine
Walker, secretary, and Dave Tel¬
ford, treasurer Mr. Feild was
elected president of the student
cave in the mountains and have
a freshman to bring me my meals
and keep my cave swept out”
Aaxfard Watkins; "I belong to
the National Guard and would have
to go. Td be a dead success in the
army; I haven't been anywhere
Credit will be given by
the Training Department of the
Sunday School Board for the
courses.
Chas. Douglas; "I don't want to
go because wars are fought in
trenches and in the air and I don't
want to get any lower in the ground
than digging taters and no higher
than pulling fodder.”
Fat Conrington; “I’d have to put
it off until March IS. I've got all
the war I can handle right now
on Berry Field.”
Robert Teel; "I don't know what
I'd do.”
Bred Thrash; 'Td wait till they
caned me. I'm not sticking my
neck out but I'd be glad to fight.”
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Herman: ”1 am already a sec¬
ond lieutenant in the R.O.T.C., so
I would go home; get my diploma,
and go on to training camp.”
Tatmadge Toggle; "I'm too tall.
Td Just stay here and help with
the next generation "
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Strickland; "I think I would
go down and have all my teeth
pulled. If that didn't work Td get
a Job on the chuck wagon."
Pad Anderson; 'Td run for the
woods. They'd have to bum the
woods and sift the ashes to find
“The State Pharmacy Laws and
the Public Health" will be the topic
of Mr. G. B. Gold th waite. of Troy,
when be addresses the pharmacy
students March 1 in the pharmaceu¬
tical lecture room. Mr. Goldthwaite
is secretary of the State Board of
Pharmacy and is state drug in¬
spector.
The new food, drug and cosmetic
law was the topic discussed by Dr.
A. Richard Bliss, Jr.. Wednesday
before the Exchange Club. At this
time Dr. Bliss praised the law as
a blow against deception.
Announcement is also made to¬
day of the fourth revision of "The
Essentials of Physiology", a text
by Dr. Bliss and Dr. George Bach-
mann. of Emory. This book will be
out in the spring.
Examinations for licenses from
the Alabama State Board of Phar¬
macy were held Feb. 16-16 in the
Howard pharmaceutical labora-
EER CONFERENCE
INED __
Clubs To Sponsor
Hypatia, Mortar
Board, Altrusa
After a career poll taken in
|де1
yesterday, members of Hy-
sre making plans for the an-
I career conference to be given
; conjunction with Mortar Board
|g Birmingham-Southern and the
I Altrusa Club of Birmingham. The
this year will be held
■ Harch at the Philips High School.
George Hurtt, Katherine
and Ellen Ruth Isbell will
| sect with representatives from
today to make final plans.
Girls are reminded that the con-
will be for college students
la well as for high school seniors.
Igugaret Anne Wilmore is in
|darge of plans for Birmingham
Some of the careers to be dis-
indude:
Commercial art and advertising,
■Aviation. Salesmanship, Hanking,
| Marriage as a career, Marriage aod
career. Personnel, Stenography,
I Dietetics, Home Economics, Medi
| cine. Radio, Library work, Stage,
Education, Teaching. Re
i Education, Government work.
Laboratory Technician,
I Law. Public Health, Dentistry. Music
J (professional), Music (teacher), So-
Service.
DEAN BURNS ILL
Dean P. P. Burns was absent
|!rom school several days this week.
I with a mild case of flu. Mrs. Burns
[nports that he is hard to keep
from school long enough to
I recover from his illness.
DELEGATE CHOSEN
Miss Elizabeth Morton, President
I of
И
Chapter of Alpha Delta Theta
I sorority has been chosen as Dele-
pie to the Alpha Delta Theta Na-
1 Convention to be held in Ex
■ eelxior Springs, Mo., in July.
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Renfroe Boys Take Their Stand
With wars and rumors of wars
I
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over the world most of the
Isthletes and dormitory boys have
I their minds made up as to what
I (hey would do in cose the United
■ States declared war. In answer to
I the question, "What would you do
I* war
■»
declared? ', the following
•ers were gleaned from the
and third floors of Renfroe
8а>Шп*
Smitty Hugh Smith, pa
soul; “I’d enlist In the Air
down in Pensacola."
Willard Hnckaby, next year's
of the Football team; "I'd
nt the darkest, dismalest spot I
1 find and live as a live coward
of a dead hero.”
^tash Norris; "I don't want to
J*° ott and fight for some rascal to
I
°«ке
money off me. I'd marry f
Ithdow with seven kids and take
I them back to Frisco City with me
|>nd raise cotton.'
Woodrow Taylor; "I know of four
l*ho would go to the war, me and
|®* three carrying me.”
Dwight Stone; “I'd hunt me a
|vife and start gathering up my
| kids.')/
tf Hardy; “I reckon I'd go."
»*on Jaek Moore; 'Td Join the
I *tork derby and start raising ree-
l*ons for not going."
I Carl Folds; 'Td Join as a captain
I wd help nm our side. It's faster to
I0®1 «t the top and work down."
Ferrell Lawrence; Td bunt a
CLASS CONTEST
STARTED
Verna Mm Mitchell
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Publish Class
Edition For Sophs
With the publication of the senior
class edition this week, the annual
Crimson class edition contest is put
under way. Senior editor of The
Crimson is Hal Bennett, assistant
editor of the paper.
Verna Mae Mitchell will edit the
sophomore edition, to be published
next week, according to Editor
Walls.
Each year the four classes put
out an edition of the school paper.
Each class editor is allowed to pick
his own staff. Crimson Editor Walls
gives a minimum of aid to each edi¬
tor. After the editions have been
published, copies are sent to at least
five prominent newspaper men who
judge the papers. To the winning
«*
is*” awarded the Jobe-Row;
Crimson cup, in a special chapel
program.
This contest is planned to stim¬
ulate more interest in Journalism
on the campus and to give students
opportunity to exercise their
talent and initiative.
The cup is now In the possession
of the sophomore class, the fresh¬
man class of last year.
Judges for the contest last year
were John Temple Graves, Birming¬
ham newspaperman; Charles Dob¬
bins, executive secretary of Ala¬
bama College; S. J. Hall, Jr., of The
Anniston Star; Bruce Shelton, pub¬
lisher of The Tuscaloosa News; and
Carroll Kilpatrick, at The Mont¬
gomery Advertiser.
Announcement of the Junior and
freshman editors will pe made next
week.
Review Shows Class Officers Active
government of 1938-1939. in this
year. Both Feild and Bennett were
tapped for Trident and Miss Walk¬
er was tapped into Hypatia. AH
three are listed in this year's Who’s
Who in American Colleges. Telford
has been outstanding in both base¬
ball and basketball, leading the
Bulldog bask e tee rs through the sea¬
son this year with unusual sue-
5s. He has been listed as an all-
Dixie guard and has a chance to
repeat again this year.
Lafayette Walker is president this
year with Herman Hodges, vice-
president, Ernestine Lucas as sec
rotary, and Ellen Ruth Isbell, treas¬
urer again. Herman SolUe and
Merlin Boswell were originally
elected as vice-president and secre¬
tary respectively, but Sollie is liv¬
ing and preaching in St Clair coun¬
ty, Ala., and Miss Boswell has a
position as secretary in the city.
Mr. Walker is past president of
the State Baptist Student Union
and has been outstanding on «he
campus, as has Miss Lucas. Ernes¬
tine has gained a year on her class
in order to be a senior this semes¬
ter. and consistently has made the
Honor Roll. Hodges has been one
of the most popular students in the
class both as a student and an ath¬
lete. As captain of the football
team last season he, with the oth¬
er senior athletes, finished a bril¬
liant career here in a final blaze
Of glory, defeating Birmingham.
Southern 26-0.
It
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Senior
Class
Edition
The
Crimson
Life
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