THE COLLEGE EYE VOL. 18

Dr Henry Attends White House Meeting

President Wilham E. H enry was one of nearly 80 Cltlzens of Maryland m attendance at the mid-century White Housz Conference on Chlldren and Youth on December 3 7

Appomted by Governor Lane to the Maryland Y ou th Commlss1On last March D r Henry has been workmg with the state delegatIOn m drafttn g the Maryland prospectus for the deliberations

The stated purpose of th is momentous meetmg was to consider how we can develop m children the mental emotional and spmtual qualttles esesntlal to mdlvldual happmess and to responsible Cltlzenshlp and what physical economic and so­Cial condlt1Ons are deemed nec­essary to this development

Vesper Programs Are Stimulating

The regular Sunday after­noon vesper service which has become a Vital part of the re­ltg10us and cultural hfe of the campus, promotes high moral hvmg standards m each mdl Vidual at State College These programs are solemn and sacred and are nch m character and personaltty development.

TopIcs that have been pre­sented dunng the semester are 'How to Make Fnends and In

auence People 'Let Us Gtve Thanks, 'The Qualttlcs of a Student, 'Good Leadership,

The Quahttes of a Teacher and 'Personaltty Traits.

Guest speakers this semester have meluded MIss Josephme Brown, professor of Engltsh and history and Mr Robert Fnsby pnnClpal of Douglas High School Upper Marlboro , Maryland.

CHEST GOAL REACHED

Dr Henry faculty and stud ­ents are all proud of themselves for ralsmg the $135 designated as the quota for MSTC m the recent Community Chest Fund Dnve.

Altce Waters, semor spear ­headed the dnve that enabled us to meet successfully the Novem ber 13 deadlme

MRS. ROBINSON PASSES

It IS With deepest sorrow that the EYE announces the passmg on July 3 of Mrs. Emma Rob ­mson , devoted mother of MIss C. B Robinson of the musIc de­partment. She had reached the remarkable age of 93 ! The body was taken to her home m Xema OhiO , for interment.

Long a reSident on the cam pus, Mrs. Robmson an artist With the needle worked un stmtmgly in the makmg of cos­tumes for operettas and plays.

The EYE Joms With all Bowleites who knew and loved her m expressmg smcere sym pathy to her bereaved daughter

MARYLAND STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE at BOWIE, DECEMBER. 1950

Summer Workshop Attracts 108 Here

T he SIX w eeks summer

w orkshop held here June 26 to

August 4 attracted 108 teachers

from LOUlslana N orth Caro­

Ima South Carohna and Mary

land. The three curncu1um

areas selected for emphaSIS were

The E xpreSSive Arts and Inte­

grated Aspect of the SOClal

Studies Program Health and

NutntlOn m the SClence-SoClai

MSTC Active In Educat!onal Meeting

Members of the MSTC fac­ulty and student body part lC1-pated m the thirty fourth an nual sseSl0n of the Mary land Educat10nal AssoClat1On held m Baltimore November 2 4

The glee club directed by MISS R o bmson, and T he Men s Ensemble under the leadership of Mr Mmter rendered the musIc for the Imtla1 assembly at lOA. M. November 2

At the openmg meeting No-Studies Program, and the Pro- vember 3 Mr R. R . Palmer gram of General Educat10n m

th e J umor Semor High School

Consultants for the areas

were MISS Grace Walker New

York U mverslty MISS C. B Robmson, M S. T College MISS B Turner Sollers POlnt High School MISS Ethel Simms, Maryland Department of Education Mr J A. Wise­man, M. S. T College MISS Helen Farmer Howard Um verslty Mr G eorge Crawford Supervisor of Curnculum m Maryland MISS N ewsom, Oh1O State Umvers1ty Mr Paul Huf fington, Supervisor of Maryland Negro Schools.

-FLASH

As we go to press, the con­

cert p1anmng commIttee an

nounces the presentation of

Tounng Players, Inc. In three

tenor sang three numbers Ver gm tutta amor Durante, L ord Randall -Scott, and I Love L1fe - M ana-Zucca.

T h e departmental meetmgs, held at 2 P M . the same day found Mr Mmter partlclpatmg m the symposmm on 'What Sho uld Be Taught m the MUSIC Program? Mr Wiseman chairman of hte D epartment of Elementary Teachers Mrs. Cra1g a panel member d1SCUSS­mg 'How Do We Adequately Break Away From Trad1tional Patterns of Planmng and T eachmg to the Acceptable Pro­cedures of Present Day ? M1SS Helen Matthews on the panel dealing with Implementmg the Teachmg Learmng Unit for Ef fectlve Puptl Part1C1pat10n M1SS Stewart and selected stud­en ts demonstra tmg girls' bas­ketball sktlls and volleyball fun­damentals at the phYSical edu­catton and health section , and Mr Falwell at the same sect1On, great one-act plays, featunng demonstratmg track , c r 0 s s­

M an Of Destmy by George Ber- country and badmmton w1th

nard Shaw MSTC men Dr Amos was a

The tentative date for the en consultant for the hIgh school sect10n. tertamment IS February

Also attendmg the meetmg 1951 All reports of the work were PreSident Henry Dean of Tounng Players have been Young Mrs. Law Mr Bro wn, umformly excellent. and M1SS Brown.

Bmldmg Program Progressmg

The Faculty Res1dence w ell on ItS way to complet1On, Will soon be occupIed by 16 to 18 m embers of the faculty ThiS bmldm g costmg approxlmate­y $5 5 000 1S located at the

>outheastern e!ld of the campus.

T h e m en s dornlltory an other addltlOn to the campus , IS 11so und:r rapid construct1On. It Will be eq UIpped WIth these modern fact!lt1es a receptto n room, standard sIze bedrooms for two a lOLmge a sutte for the dean, and other offices. It w1ll house betw een 120 to 130 men. Costmg app rox imately $250 000 thiS butldmg IS located at the northeastern end of the cam pus.

langston Hughes Reads H IS Poetry

Langston Hughes, world re­nowned poet and novehst ap­peared Fnday November 17 m the second cultural event staged at the college thiS semester The program meluded hlghltghts m h1s develop ment as a poet and revelat10ns of how when, and where he wntes a poem.

Mr Hughes began to wnte poetry at the age of fourteen. H1s first pnnted poems appeared m the C entral H1gh School magaz 111 z 111 Cleveland, OhiO. HIS first w ork publtshed m a nat10nal magaz111e appeared the year after h1S graduat10n from hIgh school S111ce then he has publIshed th1rteen books and many novels, art1cles, plays, poems, opera hbrettl, and lyncs.

LANGSTON HUGHES

HIS b ooks have been translated mto French, Spamsh, German, Dutch and Chmese. Numerous grants for study and research have bene awarded hIm.

The feature presentat10n was the story behmd the wntmg and the excellent read111g of The Freedom Tram, hiS

longest poem decrymg segrega­t10n, and one that h e admIts actually slttmg down purpose­fully to wnte Without the ac­customed msplrat10n he usually receives when wntmg a poem.

The large and enthus1astlc audience greeted and received each of h1s poems and h1S offer mgs With deltght and applause.

No.1

PreSident Henry Outlines School Needs Before State Planning Group

Pres1dent Henry appeared November 6 before the State Planmng Comm1ss10n m An napolts to outlme the MSTC s -urrent butld111g needs. In :1 uded 111 hiS requests, w h1ch re­cClved favorable receptlOn and a move for 1mmediate actlOn, were SlX bUlld111gs and SIX 1mprove­ments In pnonty arrangement.

Elsew here m the EYE news of the progress of the teachers apartment house and the men s dormitory 1S reported. The n~xt bUlldmgs planned for con structlOn are the Demonstra­tlOn School, gymnasmm, audl tonum, and ltbrary m thiS or­der An athlet1c field wtl1 be laid out remodelmg of eX1stmg butld111gs on the campus, under­ground steam to exist111g budd mgs and men s dormitory elec­tncal dlstributlOn, and roads. walks, and street hghting are other recommendat1Ons he pre­sented.

Th1s long term cap1tal 1m provement program of MSTC has been est1mated to cost $2 197 500 The State now has under adVisement and study Dr Henry 's report and 1S expected to approve all Items to make MSTC one of the finest teachers colleges m the country

Reading Program Has Dr Betts As Director

The supervisors of Maryland met here October 26 to beg111 a three-year readmg program. Dr Emmett Betts, the nat10nally known au thonty of Temple U mverslty IS the d1rector He IS aSSIsted by Mr Thomas J Edwards of the department of psychology at Temple

With speClal emphas1s bemg placed on developmental read lng the sunerV1sors w1ll later set up reg10nal programs, follow 111g the procedure of the chtld study program that was launch ed by Dr Damel A. Prescott three years ago.

Pioneers Set Goals At October Meetmg

The P10neers had another Important meetmg 111 October at MSTC. The orgamzat10n was founded by Or W tlltam Henry Its membersh1p consists of sec­ondary school pnnClpals and o the r educact10nal leaders throughout the state.

The sponsors, The Annual High School Conference pre­sented many sahent pomts for gUIdance, dlscuss10n and follow up to be effected m the school programs of the state. The most 1mportant emphaSIS was placed m the area of meetmg the needs of the slow puptls. The meetmg ended on a high note With certam educattona1 goals set to be realized w1thm the year

December. 1950

Freshmen Reveal Talent At Show

Thursday November 15 at 8 PM., the college library be­:ame the stage upon which , to soft lights and floating music , the Freshman class displayed its varied talents.

Gowns of all shades made this set stage appear as a treatre for the evening. Piano solos, songs poems, skits, creative dancing, impersonations of fam ­ous people and excerpts from noted writings were the features.

Gloria Thompson. Shirley J enkins rendered piano selec­tions a skit starring Ruth Wright, Margaret Jamieson, Octavia Henry Joan Key Ger­aldine Barbour Myrtle Wise­man and Georgeanne Watts was staged. Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Nat King Col e, Billy Eckstein (Mr B. the Orioles and Frankie Laine were present. Joan Nichols impersonated these grea t sta rs.

A variety of poems was read by Arlene Hunt, Rosalie Gross, Bea trice Williams and Lillie A l­Ien. Doris Gaither Beatrice H ebron. Etta Imes and Delores Jones rece ived spirited applause and laughter.

The creative dancing was unique. Shirley McGlotten. Lula Montague. J eanette L ee. Margaret Kane, Vivian Nichols , Gloria Thompson. Beatryce Savage were starred in the inter­preta tions . Solos by Bea tryce Savage, Helena Gayle. Austin Gumbs and Berdell Hamilton were well received.

The class closed the program with the entire class singing "You'll N ever Walk Alone."

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Zanzibar Opens Its Doors Again

For two yea rs the doors of the Zanzibar were closed. The Zanzibar is the coll ege night club. A floor show and danc­ing w ere the featured modes of entertainment. Famous campus :elebrity stars made unique per­formances . The grea t Mr 'B Clinton Stewart. sang 'Be cause' and 'Day By Day' Austin Gumbs sang 'Blue Moon fancy Jitterbugging was staged by Barbara W ells and Bernard 'Bunny' Plum­mer Errol Garner and Linwood moore played " Mona Lisa." The performances were top­notch .

M embers of the senior class helped to make the elaborate af fair worthwhile and enjoyable. Committee members w ere Re­freshments, Jean Slaughter, Theresa Young. Gloria Barclay Peggy Williams. Kenneth W Kennedy Decoration. Barbara Jackson, Lola Mills, Estelle McCutchen. Hilda Proctor and Samuel Briggs Program , Mar­sretta Boyer and Anna Banks .

Come As You Are Party Successful

The 'Co me As You Are Party ' given by the Handicraft Club on November 11 was de­cidedly different. Invitations were issued at a time least ex­pected by the guests. A high spot in the evening' s entertain­ment was the song scramble de­signed to see how soon a group could unravel a song and sing it.

Mr J ones. the judge for the best and most comically dressed boy or girl. awarded the prizes. DeSales Turner and Pearl Jones received the prizes as the most comically dressed and Margretta Boyer and Bernard Plummer were awarded the honor of be­ing best dressed.

THE COLLEGE EYE

Mentors Spark Freshman Week Activities

Freshmen Give First I mpressions Of State

Each year an EYE reporter interviews selected fr eshmen in order to discover their reactions to MSTC. These are samp­lings from the class of '54

I , J eanette Lee, a graduate of Frederick Douglass High of Bal­timore, h ave accomplish ed a number of things during my stay at Maryland State. I have learned to become more conser­vative and to share with my as­sociates. I am also becoming a more cooperative person and I am learning to accept life as it really is rather than to shun it. I feel that I will profit in the field of elementary education in the State of Maryland .

My r tie Wiseman says 'Upon entering MSTC on Sep­

tember 9 I was grea tly impress~ ed. I found everyon e very kind and h elpful in my struggle to become orientated into college life. In general. I think this is a very fine institution and is very capable of preparing one for the teaching profession."

"I think M.S. Teachers Col lege is the best institution for Maryland elementary teachers . It is our duty to make the school just what we want it to be. It is good all around- in

The first week of school was music, in sports, and in educa-very busy and eXCIting. The tion." This expresses Mar-Mentors, a guidance organiza- garet Kane's opinion . tion at MSTC, welcomed the Beatrice Diggs says "In freshman class for the year 50- general, I thing MSTC IS a 5 I well -rounded institution. The

The M entors sponsored cn- students are mannerly and very tertainments in the college gym - I polite. This is the first school naSlUm and rendered personal I've actually attended where 99 services to entering students in per cent say 'Good morning' " an effort to bridge the gap from I. Margaret Roy a graduate high sch~ol to college. With of Frederick Douglas High of such assistance the fr~shmen Baltimore, have found my stay qUickly assumed the pOise and at Maryland State quite inter­dlglllty befittlUg coll ege stud- esting. I can get a better un­en ts. derstanding of people. I have

The annual 'Ge t Acquainted learned how to compromise Party the story-telling hour a with people and adapt myself quiz show and a talent contest into any environment, whether were among the activities. The it be desirable or undesirable. I fr eshmen seemed delighted with think I have chosen the right these activities . They said they profession to aid the State of were truly impressed with Maryland. Maryland State T eachers Col lege, and appreciated their warm welcome.

Transfer Students' Impressions Of MSTC

A survey was made this sem­ester o f transfer students' im­preSSlOns of college life at MSTC. A number of regis­trants were students at other in­stitutions before coming to State College. It was disclosed in several interviews w ith them that the college environ here was wholesome and fertile with

Octavia H enry from Doug las High School at Upper Marl ­boro, says "Upon entrance, I met a host of new faces and per­sonalities who impressed me with their politeness and kind ­ness. Adjusting myself to sur­roundings was a very easy task. In the first assembly the presi­dent enlightened me with the statement. 'We are one big fam-ily This tends to give Mary land State Teachers College a feeling of close relationship with the faculty students, and the staff I am sure this is a step­ping stone to the success of a teacher and I do feel that this

much opportunity for advance - institution will prepare me for ment. the fulfillment of my ambition.

Mildred Richardson. a for-mer student at Morgan . fe lt that the students at State Col­lege were very amiable and that possibility for serious and con­centrated study was ample . Alma Camper a former H amp­tonite. said. 'r find it easier to get acquainted because of the in­timate and friendly spirit that exists among the students here ." Bd ty Gardner another former

Morgan co-ed, remarked about the cooperation and willingness of students to help each other. "The administrators and each member of the faculty strive daily to keep the program of the college alive with rich oppor­tunities for growth both, educa­tionally and socially," she con­cluded.

The Eye Salutes Austin Gumbs

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Austin Gumbs, promlsmg freshman playwright, has pro­duced three pla ys in his young caree r H e is a graduate of Perth Amboy High School. in \J'ew J ersey Gumbs was top­ranking student in his class and was class pres ident during his junior and senior yea rs. The :lass consisted o f 25 0 whites md nine N egro students.

AUSTIN GUMBS

His first two plays, "Through the Years' and 'Home Again, Kathleen, were written in high school and were used as class plays, with actors and actresses of mixed casts. 'Young Sum­mers. the third in his series, was produced September 23, 1950, by the Perth Amboy Chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. This was his first all colored cast play 'Young Summers ' has played in many N ew Jersey cities and will constitute the main program in the Spring State ConventlOn of hte N.A. A . c.p in New Jersey 'My Lady Sleeps Tight, a comedy his fourth play is now being writ ­ten. H e also hopes to write a musical comedy to be presented by the men of MSTC. The title is to be 'State Frolics.

Stories about his plays have appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier the N ew J ersey Afro, the N ew York A msterdam N ews and the N ewark Star­Ledger

Gumbs also acts and is the only Negro member of the teen-agers Dramat ic C lub in his home town.

SHOE REPAIRING

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Bowie; Maryland

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December. 1950

Bowie Briefs The Bowie family is happy

to have back on th e campus Mr Wiseman. who has been away a month o n account off illness.

Bea t rice J ohnson. senior IS o ut because of illness. and both Valerie Meredith and A nnJ Thomas. sophomores. have been :alled ho me because of illness in their fa milies.

D o yo u know that It IS no lo nger Miss Esther C. Brow n who se rves us tn the ca fe reri a. but Mrs. Esther C. Bagley ?

west N ew York. down the Hud­son River to home.

Have you noticed the new elect rIC cl ock installed in the lib­rary? It is the useful gift of the 50 class.

M rs. Head. dormitory dlrec­tor taugh t n ligious education at the N atio nal Sunday Schoo: and Baptist Tral:1.tng Union Convc-c tlon held in LouisvilI ~ Ky June 21 26

Mr Wiseman was specia l co nsu ltant at the Charles Copn

Miss Stewart is sporting new 50 D odge.

a ty T eachers ' Association Work-

Bernard Plummer Gerald Griffin. James Warner William Thomas. V C. Wilson. Earl Smith . Irving Henry and Wil­liam Taylor. Jr .. worked here :)n the campus last summer

The M en s Ensemble appear­ed in concert at Easton on No­vember 19 The aggregation is practicing now on Christmas :arols.

Everybody is waiting with anticipation for the debut of our new band. The group has been presented with shining new in-5truments by the administra­tion. costing between $1 800 and $2.000.

President and Mrs . Henry at­tended the Fifth Biennial School fo r Executives in August held at Madison. Wisconsin. The ses­sion was sponsored by the American Association of Col ­leges For T eacher Education. On the return trip they motored through Chicago . Michigan. Canada. Niagara Falls. through

New Workers Praise MSTC

Mr. John A. Collick. news :ustodian . and the Rev James W T Stepney chauffeur both Baltimoreans. apparently like MSTC as much as MSTC ad­mires them.

Mr Collick told an EYE re ­porter . I like it here first. be­cause of race pride. I have no­ticed that the faculty and stud­en ts have the best manners of any institution that I have been identified with. In the entire set -up. everybody works to­gether for the acco mplishment of better results.

Rev Stepney opined. 'I like the MSTC campus. and I like my work.

Basketball Schedule January

5- Miner at Washington 9- Miner at Bowie

II - Elizabeth City at Bow­Ie

27- Storer at Harpers Ferry February

IO- Storer at Bowie 16- Freedmen's Nurses at

Washington 2 3- Y ork Pennsylvania at

Pennsylvania March

2- Y ork Pa. at Bowie IO- Coppin at Baltimore

shop in June. dea ling with Im­proving Instruction in Element­ary and High School." the so­cial studies. and retarded high school students. In addition he was again secretary-treasurer of Sparrow's Beach. Inc.

The sophomore class appear­ed in assembly at SoIlers Point High School on December 6. The theme was 'The Qualities Every Student Should Possess.

Miss Chase attended the meeting of the Group Relations Committee of the National Par­ent -Teachers' Association held at Tuskegee. Alabama . August 10 to set up policies for inter­cultural. interracial activities.

We miss seeing around this yea r Mrs. Margaret Hunton. former librarian. who is now at Clark University Atlanta. Ga. Mr William A. Stanford. for ­mermathematics and hea lth in­structor. who bas transferred to Coppin in Baltimore Dr. John M. Smith . former director of teacher training. and Miss Mar­garet Williams. former matron.

MSTC Represented At EIAC Meet

J ames Thomas. stellar mem­ber of the varsity basketball team. represented Maryland State Teachers College at Bow­ie at the Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in Fayetts­ville. North Carolina December 15 -16. MSTC joined the con­ference at this meeting and par­ticipated in outlining plans for future conference goals.

Other representatives at the conference were; Norfolk State. Morristown. L i v i n g s ton e. Miner. Elizabeth City. Storer and Virginia Seminary and Col­lege.

Begin Practice The Jr. High School students

began their semester by teaching in two adjacent county schools - Fairmont Heights, in Prince George's and Bates High in An­napolis.

The students teaching are; Ida Wilson. Anna Banks. Ther­esa Young, Bernard Plummer. Samuel Briggs. Awrilla Con­way Theresa Corbin. Royal Thomas. George Harper. Rol ­and Queen. Kenneth Kennedy, Samuel Eades. Margretta Boyer, Francis Cain. Mildred Washing­ton, Peggy Williams and De­Sales Turner.

THE COLLEGE EYE

New Staff Members

Eight Added To Staff Of College Returning students met eight

new faces among the staff in Septem ber four instructors. a librarian. a matron, and two office workers .

Miss Elizabeth A, Joyce. the new senior clerk in the business office. comes from Winston­Salem. N. c.. and holds a B.S. degree from A. and T College in Greensboro.

Added to the English and education departments is M r R. Roderick Palmer of St. Louis. Mo. Mr Palmer 's training in ­cludes an A .B. from Wil ey Col­lege in T exas. the A.M. degree and post-graduate work toward his Ph.D. at Washington Uni­versity in St. Louis. A brilli­ant tenor soloist. he has toured South America and 28 states in this country Mr Palmer will have an articl e, 'The N egro In Fiction. published in Com­mentary in February 195 I

Mrs. Angeline D. Smith. librarian. is a native of Cana­joharie. N Y She pursued vo­cational courses at the N ew York State College for T eachers at Albany and at C heyney In Pennsylvania. Her B.S. was earn ed at Morga n State and B.L.S. at Ham pton. Mrs. Smith . wbo has done gradua te work at th e University of Pennsylvania. has served as teacher at Rust College in Mis­sissippi. at Lincoln High in Springfield. Mo. and at States­boro High in Georgia . Before coming to Bow ie. she was lib­rarian at S.T.c. Forsy th . Ga. at Central City College . Moro n. Ga. assistant librarian at Mor­gan State. and librarian at the Franciscan Convent in Balti-

Washington. D. C. Holding a B.S. degree from Morgan State and M.A. from New York Uni­versity Miss Gray form erly taught In Prince George 's County

Dr Robert Amos of Oxford. N C. IS the new instructor in psychology and education. R e­ceivin g the A.B. degree from Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina. and both the A.M. and PhD. degrees from the University of Michigan. Dr Amos taught two years at the Mary Potter Academy in N o rth Carolina and served as coun­selor at tbe Universit y of Michi­gan fo r one year and with the Board of Education in scbool psychology in FllOt, Mich.

Miss Jean E. HilIen. a Balti­morean. has the position of stenographer accountant in the business office. Miss Hillen held ~ Similar position at Hampton [nstltute. her Alma Mater where she earned the B.S . de-5ree .

The new matron is Miss Martha Sutze r of Winston­Salem. N C. who holds a B.S. degree fro m North Carolina College in Durham.

M r E lbert Jones of the science and mathematiCs depart­ments rece ived the B.S. degree from A. and T Co\Iege in Greensboro. the M.S. from T emple. M.A. fro m N ew York U niversIty and is working to­wards the docto rate at NYU Mr J ones was principal of a grade school in Warren county Va. for eight years. of Haw kins High in Warrenton. Va. for two years. the E . S. Smith High in Fayet tesville. N C. and HiIIside High in Durham. Be-

more. fo re comlOg to State. he was in-The new fi fth and sixth grade structor of science and mathe­

teacher in the laboratory school matics at Shaw University in is Miss Ursula E. Gray from . No rth Carolina.

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ALUMNI NOTES To satisfy the natural won­

jering as to the whereabouts of :he Class of 50 the EYE IS )~ ea sed to announce the follow ng place ments by counties

Anne Arundel Esther ::::hase.

Baltimore-Howard Brooks, Paul Scott. Eugen ~ Turner. D e­ores Blan

Calvert- Evelyn Estep. Ed na :::::hesley

Caroline-Mary N elson Ca rroll- Arthur N ea l. Charl es - El eanor Marshall.

Thomas T oye. E ugene J ohn­son.

H arford - Bernice Ho ll y Florence Snowden.

Howard- George Lawson . Kent- Eva Moore. Montgomery Kathl ee n

Lane. Althea Proctor Prince George's - Glad ys

Matthews. St. Mary ' s- Clara Thomas.

William Thomas. Gladys Con­ley Bernice Williams.

Somerset - Eleanor Collins. Lola Sterling. Hytholia Roberts.

Washington - A man d a Cook.

Worcester- Esther Holland. The two Naomi's (Peters

and Wilkinson ) of the class pre­fe rred marriage to teaching. The former is now Mrs. Ren­zilo Foxwell. The EYE hasn t

learned the latter's new name. Add to summer marriages that

f Eleanor Hall. 46. and George Harper 51 Others who took unto themselves hus­bands are: Sarah Brooks. 46 Hortense Brooks. 39 Elizabeth Brown. 41 Velma Ward. 44 V ernl?tta Waters. 46 and Joyce Seldon. 49

Thelma Thomas. 46, who has her M.A. from N ew York University and is now workin g toward her doctorate, has been appointed guidance counselor at Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro.

Olivia Tucker 46 . who re­ceived her M.A. from N ew York University this past sum ­mer. is employed as kindergar ­ten teacher in Brooklyn. N ew York. She scored as guest solo­ist for the Bia Hia Society at Steinway Hall in New York City on October I

Earning the M.A . from N ew York University this summer also were Wilham Hall. 46 and Winifred Lancaster Farmer 45

Receiving the B.S. degree with honors from Morgan State In June was Alice L. Thomas. 30. At thte end of the Morgan

Summer Session these Bowieites also garnered B.S. degrees David Shockley '31 Helen Chase Smothers. '38 and Rachel Gross Quander '35

Myrteal Hall. '3 7 earned with honors the B.S. from Hampton Institute at the end of the summer session.

Rose Wiseman. 37 is now teaching at Bates Junior High in Annapolis.

Ernest Black. 49 has been transferred to Cecil County

Elinor Miles Gardner '37 who has bee n teaching at Dun-

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