Enrollment Is Not Down
Late Figures Show Gain
Final registration figures for
the Winter quarter show that
a total of 1 166 students regis¬
tered— a net, gain of 10 over
the 1949 winter quarter. Mrs.
Helen Kirkland, college reg¬
istrar announced this week.
The men still outnumber
the women 886 to 280. How¬
ever a comparison with the
breakdown for the 1949 winter
quarter reveals that the total
number of men declined slight¬
ly while the number of women
students increased.
The veteran enrollment con¬
tinued dropping with 510 vet¬
erans registered— a decrease of
41 from the fall quarter.
Seventy-three new freshmei:
enrolled for the winter quarter.
Of this number 24 registered
last Saturday for the special
short term which had been ar¬
ranged for mid-term high
school graduates.
Ministerial Assoc . Banquet
To Be Held At Ruhama
The Ministerial Association an¬
nual banquet will be given at Ru¬
hama Baptist Church Friday night,
January 27. Nelson Bullard, chair¬
man
о
f the Banquet Committees,
has announced.
It will be an Informal banquet
The program committee will an¬
nounce the time, speaker, and type
of program later.
Last Thursday's meeting was
called to order by President Frank
Rush and Billy Roberts led the
group in song. Dr. C. G. Camp¬
bell, pastor of Ruhama Baptist
Church, delivered, message on
“Peter's Venture In Faith." .
Dr. Campbell substituted for Dr.
L. S. Williams of Howard College
because the latter taught a study
course at the Ruh ma Baptist
Church last week from seven to
nine o'clock. Dr. V. G. Davidson
taught during the day. The total
attendance for both meetings was
one hundred fifty.
The meeting was adjourned with
prayers led by the President.
Apartments To Be Ready In February
Various Size Units Will Be Available
The brick veneer apartment house
being built for the faculty and
others working for the college is
expected to be completed by the
first of February, according to Mr.
John G. Burton, business manager.
It is located at 7732. Rugby Ave¬
nue, which is across Vanderbilt
Street from the married students
barracks.
There are twelve apartments in
the building: four efficiency pert¬
inents, two thre bedroom apart¬
ments, and eight two bedroom
apartments. The apartments are
unfurnished.
The Brice Construction Company
erected the building. Mr. Thomas
Brooks is to do the landscaping.
Mr. Burton said rent would vary
with the size of the apartments.
Alumni Office Asks
For Information
All students who have relatives,
friends, or acquaintances that are
former students of Howard are
urgently requested to turn into
the alumni office, or to Jack Green,
the complete and correct address
of these former graduates.
Ns letters or publications will be
any value to Use present, past, or
fstore students if this information
isn't made available as seen as
possible.
Jack Green also appreciates any
questions or suggestions that stu¬
dents have about the newly oran-
hed alumni Chapter.
Also the alumni office announces
the elections and installation of of¬
ficers of the Teachers Chapter dur¬
ing the spring meeting of the
American Education Association.
Morning Watch
Morning watch has as its theme
next week "The Greatest Boiid."
The program for the week begin¬
ning Monday, January 16 is:
Monday— "AU Things Understood
Through Love"— Bessie
Мае МсИ-
foy solo by Betty Goode.
Tuesday— “The Greatest Thing In
the World”— Pat Pitman— solo by
Nelson Bullard.
Wednesday — “Love Bringeth
Chastisement" — Joe Parker — duet
by Helen Johnson and Benny Pea¬
cock.
Thursay — "Confirmation of Dis-
cipleship" — W. C. Dudley— solo by
Danald Hilburn.
Friday will be devoted to sing¬
ing choruses for 25 minutes, di¬
rected by Bill Buchanan.
Vet Transfer Students
Must Get Certificate
Veterans who plan to transfer are
asked to come to the Veterans Of¬
fice at least three weeks before
the end of the quarter. This is so
an application can be made for a
supplemental certificate for eligi¬
bility. This certificate must be
taken to the school the veteran is
transferring to so he can get started
immediately on the Gi Bill.
Major Davis
Attends Meet
Major Harwell Davis recently at¬
tended the convention of the
Association of American Colleges,
held in Cincinnati January 9-12.
This association includes virtually
all the recognized colleges in the
United States. Two-thirds of the
members are church related col-
leges.
Major Davis is a member of the
first standing committee, that on
acedemic freedom and tenure.
The program included Paul Hoff¬
man. economic administrator of the
Marshaal Plan in Europe; and
former governor of Minnesota,
Harold E. Stassen, nom president
of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Hoffman, chief speaker at
the dinner, used as his theme, the
Idea that the Marshal Plan is not
only an aid to Europe, but Ameri¬
ca’s first line of defense against
Communism.
Dr. Daniel Marsh, president of
Bostoh University, was elected
president at the association for the
coming term. The emphasis of the
entire invention was on character
building.
The Howard
CR IMSON
Friday, Januay 20, 1950
Gordon Argo Chooses Cast
For ‘The Miser’ Production
Mr. Gordon Argo of the drama
department has selected the cast
for the Winter production, Moliere's
"The Miser."
This play is unique in that the
translation from the original
French is by Mr. Argo who will di¬
rect the production. He will pro¬
duce the same play in Summer
Stock on Cape Cod next Summer.
The title role was written by
Moliere as a vehicle for himself and
was produced for comedy as such
with no moral overtone intended.
This is the second Moliere play*
to be produced by Mr. Argo, the
first being his own translation of
'The Doctor in Spite of Himself'
which was presented in the Cape
Cod theatre.
The cast began rehearsal last
Monday and will stage the show
Feb. 15-17.
The part of the miser, Harpagon,
will be played by Jesse Lovett
Elise, his daughter, and Cleante,
his son. will be Dixie Xan and
Julius Jones.
Valere, who is posing as a servant
in Harpagon 's household, and is se¬
cretly engaged to the miser’s
daughter. Elise. will be portrayed
by Paul Talraadge.
Mar Lane, the girl with whom the
■User and his son fall in love, is
Mary Nell Williams. Sue Jones
plays Frosine, a mercenary match¬
maker, who says she thinks she
could even get the Pope married if
she put her mind to it
H. P. Cone will play LaFleche,
who engineers things for Cleante.
Master Simon, the go-between in
the money-lending business, will be
Wheeler Bonfield. Master Jacques,
Bralndavolne. and Dame Claude,
servants, will be played by Hugh
Morris, Charles Wilson, and Muriel
Allgood. •
Anaelme, the proposed suitor for
Elise, will be Jesse Blankenship,
and the police commissioner will
Monthly Evangelistic
Service On Campus
A campuswide Evangelistic serv¬
ice was held Thursday evening,
Jan. 19th at 7:30 in the College
auditorium. John L. Waldrop, pas¬
tor of the West End Baptist Church
of Atlanta, spake to the group.
This Evangelistic service is held
each month and is sponsored by the
Students of the campus. The aims
of these services is to “bring the
lost to Christ and challenge Christ¬
ians to be better soul winners."
Pharmacy Majors
All pharmacy students must
send a record of their experi¬
ence in drug-store work to the
State Board of Pharmacy before
February 1, 1950, announced Dr.
Huyck last week.
This requirement also includes
freshmen who have not yet
started taking pharmacy courses.
The record of experience
•ho aid be sent to the drug store
to have the dates of employment
cheeked and to be signed by the
employer, and should be notar-
It should then be sent to the
secretary of the State Board of
Pharmacy, Mr. Lehman Alley,
8258 First Avenue North.
A year's experience in drug
store work is necessary before a
license can be issued.
be Eldon Craik. Stage Manager
will be Jack Bridges,' assisted by
Mary Olive McPhaul.
Rehearsals began January 16 with
production scheduled for Febru¬
ary 15-17.
Burton Will
Attend Meet
Mr. John S. Burton, business
manager at Howard, is to be a spe¬
cial guest at the convention of the
Alabama League of Municipalities.
January 22-24, at the Jefferson
avis Hotel in Montgomery.
Prior to coming to Howard, Mr.
Burton was mayor of Jasper, Ala¬
bama, and is a former president of
this League, a major's organization
of Alabama.
All former presidents of the
League are to be special guests at
this session. A banquet is to be
given at the Whitley Hotel, Jan¬
uary 3, at eight o'clock to recognize
the services Mr. Burton and the
other former presidents rendered
the League during their periods of
service, stated Mr. Ed E. Reid, ex¬
ecutive director of the League.
Lambda Kappa Sigma - - -
. . . im _d th echarter members of the Alpha Gamma chapter last Friday afternoon on the
Howard campus. The installation ceremonies were under th6 direction of Mrs. Amelia de-
Dominici, national president for the organization. Kappa Psi, national pharihacy fraternity,
honored the initiates at a bankquet in the cafeteria the next night. In the cut afe Peggy John¬
son, Ann Fadely, Ann White, Mrs. DeDominicis, Oma Dell May, local president ; Elsie Means
and Miss Josephine Siragusa. The second row includes Kanthi Hahamis, Martha Rose,
Molly Holland, Jane Bratten, Johnnie Herd, Clelia Capodonico, Mary Lancaster, and Violet
Fuson. . .
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