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WAKE FOREST COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS WAKE FOREST COllEGE WAKE FOREST .. N.C. VoLUME 5 MAY 1933 NuMBER 2 ·

\Vait Hall Destroyed by Fire .

Building Nearly Century Old Is Now Mass of Ashes

.\u parly rnurniug fin· of lllllld!'l'lllilli'U origi11 dc•, troy rl th(;' lti~torital Wak · Fon>st 'oll ·gr ... .\tl­ministraiiou buildiu two wp ·k. ago. En•ry f'f­fort wa , madt> by tlw . tudent and the fire llepartJIH'llL of vr ak1· Fore t. Ral igh. L oui -hnr~. Ht•JH.lc·r..llll, Frauklinton. and p) t•wlwr to c·he<'k tht' ],]azt•. But it had 111 a d e uch hc·<Hiway h fore it· li~c·oYery that t l11• . t U d f'll t J'OOJll­iug iu th> tradi­tioual Eu autl Phi Eud coulJ bardl ,,­do wore t ba u P. -capt· with th ·i r livf'. throu h t lH· ·tiflin mok .

and omc motH',\' "it h. tood thl' fire and heat. The office of Pre ide11t Kitchin wa , burned out. In the adjoiuiug room, which ·wa.· u 'ed by tlt · Pre id ut for co1lfer nee mo t of the letter a11d filr ·, if not all \\ er d troycd. The brll whi<'h

ha . called ,tu­d<'ut to C'1a. e. for many years is . omewhere in the rna of ruin in th ce11 tral ection of th<.· building. Th ca p and !!Own. whi ·h had be 11 u rtl by the graduating cla e!­eac·h y e a r wer e <'harr;d causing a lo . c>. timatC'd to be about $1,000.

Ju t wher tLe fire taJ'tPd i not known but it i ' thought that it had it origin on the top floor. Th · fire

\Y .\IT HALL AFTEU TllE FlUE

About e l e v en o.clock the next morning the wall were being torn down to preven t any d a 11 g e r of

wa · dit:<·O\'f'l' ·d bl'tWl'l'll i ::30 and 3 :00 o't·lol'k hy stndenb roou1ing in Eu anti Phi Eud. who ga\ <· th<' alarm. Mo ·t of tlw tudPut · esc·apcd to .afc•ty by way of the, tair througl1 the almu. t iwpa .. ahlt· :tuoke. Two lJo\'. it i. aid were for ·<·d to fic ·e from the fourth· fl~or of Eu End by menu: of n rope, ·which harl becu vlaeed there year ago to be used in ca. e of ucb au ('WcrgPIH:,\'.

The flame pn:ad quickly from the middle <.'C­

tiolL The fire had gaiued uc·lt b >adway in tlu· office :wd cla TOOiu !:!':!Ction that only the brick walls remaiued. It wa held iu che<'k uc:mgh to preveu t it burniug bC'youd the rooms of th , secoud floor.

Plti End wa uot dawag<'d quite as badly a Eu End a the wiud blew ·ow<.'what from the we ·t aml water wa shot on that e11d of the buildiug U<'fure the fire had made much of a start.

4\ll record except those of tlH· )H'<.•seu t stud<·ll t Lody are thought to be without damage iu a safe which was iu a litt1 ·room aujt~iHiug the regi. trar's r)ffi<'e. \Vater was ~>hot ou a11d about thiq snfe a well as the one in the bur ar' office in an rfrort to protect them. The sa£ ty vault in the bursar' office, in which there were maJJy Yaluable record

falling walls. Dr. Kitl'hi11 1:1,\' that con, tructio11 011 a JH' W buildiug will probably begiu oon after tlw m~ting of the board of tru. tee i11 June aud wi11 probably be completed in time for the next ·es·1o11 wbic·h i th C' bundrcuth P ion of the col­

lcgf'. om(• in uranee will b<.• eollected. About tell

day ago Bur ar E. B. Earll haw a11tl Mr. V. 0. Parker went over the grouud and Mr. EarnshaY: stated that he believed the building wa revalued at $60,000.

Although son1e in unmcc will be collected, the loss in the burning of the Administration Buildiw~ which had stood for almo t a century is inesti­mable. Con truction on the building wa begu11 in 1835 and it was completed about 1837.

Ouly charred ruins now remain of the building which leaves behind a great and noble hi tory. No tructure can replace the beauty aud thought whi(·h

is embedded in th minds of hundred who ha\e eutered its portals. The building in all its mag­nificence and splendor has been the shelter anu classrooms of many great men who have left its sacred halls. Although now in ashes its glory shall long remain.

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2 WAKE FOREST COLLEGE ALU MNI NEWS

Arise and Build ard h a>e been mailed out to about ten thou­

sand alumni of thi in titution thi week notify­ing them of the d truction of Wait Hall by fire and a king for a mall ca h gift to aid in th con-truction of a replica of the old building the n w

con truc tion to be completed by fall. If there ever wa a time when the alumni could

be of en .J.ce t o their Alma Mater it i now toda . . Ari .. e and Build. A new building to hou e the admini trativ office and containing cla room and other nece arv accommodation mu. t b built and ready for oc~upation by the opening of th hundredth e ion of W ak Fore t ollege thi fall. In what better wav could th alumni how their love for their colleg than by contributing libera11y with a check or with ca h to the can e. The, could not place th ir money in a af r, mor worthy, or more co11 tructiw und rtakiug than in the eon-truction of a ne' "'' Admini tration Building for

Wake F or e t olleg. Thi in titutiouha. through th vear" been of untold valu to the m n who hav ent~red it door~ and to the tate of ~ orth aro­lina. ~ nd further, i t influence ba pread not only throughout tbi nation but throughout the wh~le world. I it going to die now-ju t on the verge of celebrating it ... cent nnial_? r.e the alumni and Bapti t of orth arohna gomg to delay or are thev ready to ent r the fight for th ir college and con' truct a new, £rep~·oof Admini -tration Building that the coll rre m1ght have ade­quate facilitie with whic·h to begin another huu­dr d vear of ervice to humanity? The ruoth r of m;ny i in ne d. he ha acrifi~ed: Will n?t her loyal on giv up part of theu JOY to a1d their college )nit time of ne d?

If every aluumu and every per on who feel that Wake F ore t 'olleg ha been of ervi ·e to him would contribu te a small amount of ten to twenty-fiye dollar not only ·ould Wait H all be replaced, materially, but other nece ~ry con tr~c­tion could be donf'. _.\ 11ew gym m1ght be bmlt with adequate facilities and the old gym recon­structed into a tudent .ActiYitie Buildiug or Stu­dent Center. These are ju t two of the few nece -sities of Wak Fore t College.

Thi institut.ion-"Dear Old Wake F ore t'' ha a noble history. It has grown, even though it ha suffered and it will continue to grow. It has lef t behind ~ century of influence which has been a shining light to thousand . WHAT will the SECOND CENTURY bring forth? Let her light continue to shine.

Coaching Situation Just what action will be taken by the Athletic

Council before the Trustees meet at commence­ment is not known. President Kitchin and the Athletic Council are not letting anyone know just what they intend to do; however there are a num­ber of applications before the Council and just who they will elect to succeed Coach Miller will not be known until the Trustees meet in June.

New Students EYery pring there are quite a number of boys

in your town faced with the problem of dP­ciding wher~ they want to go to college. This year orne of them will not make much of an ef­fort to go thinking that college i out of question. Wake Fore t i meeting thi situation by cutting expen e o that the boy can afford to enter col­lege.

You are in a good po ition to know the e boys and they will appreciate your intere t in talking to them about coll ge. You can h lp the bo. , th college, and your -elf by talking to them and giYing fir t band information about Wake Fore t.

Tbi year th Pr ident Bur ar and D <'an, real­izing the tr~·ing time , haYe ord red a dra tic cut in all college expen e , therefore boy will find ex­pen e at Wake Fore t next , ear the lowe t in tweut;v year . I am going to give you a cale of the expen e a they will be next year.

R oo m r ent- from one dollar to even-fifty per month.

B oard- from ten dollar to eightePn dollar per month.

College Fee - Matriculation fee $32.50 ach eme' ter. Tuilion-$50.00 each erne ter. Th re are only a limited nuru her of room at

one dollar but there are a few and they are nice room . The rea on that board can be o low i that ther will be two large place running on the club plan next year which means that boy will pa, only fo r the food they eat plu · one dollar for the per on who operate the bu ine ' end of the place.

The ·olleg • f e mu t be paid at the beginning of each em ter.

Now you ee by striking au a\'erage a boy can attend Wake Fore t next year for a little le than $300.00.

The boy will a k you what are the po ibilitic of obtaining work to help defray expen es. The po ibili tie of work here arc as good a at any college of this size, but due to the fact that the boarding clubs are operated by private f amilies we cannot guarantee them work the first year. After they have been here a year the po ibilitie of ob taining a job are good.

I hope you will take the facts and figure in thi let ter and talk to some of the boys in your town. They will appreciate it. It will help them and it will help you. I would suggest that you send cards to the pro pective students asking them to come to see you and talk over the po~sibilities of entering Wake Forest. Representatives of the Col­lege will be in your town often between now and September and will talk to your boys. You just get them interested. Write E. B. Earnshaw, Bur­sar, for material that you will need such as cata­logues, etc., or send their names in to any one here at the college and they will be taken care of.

WAKE FOREST COLl,EGE ALUMNI NEWS 3

Commencement Plans Completed

Expecting Large Number of Alumni to Attend the Annual Event

On unda., Ma. 2'-', 1 33, Dr. Z no Wall, pa tor of the Fir t Bapti t 'hureh, 'hdby .... '. will open the 1933 Comm nc ment Program when he will preach the Baccalaureat ermon to one hun­dred enior ·. Elaborate plan, ha'e heen compl<.>ted for tb program and from th int re, t howu by .Alumni th r e will be a good H me-eoming.

The pr gram la ~t ~ ar wa Y r.' ~ ucce ·:ful and thi ~ear we hope to make it a lwtter on . n Wed11e day, :May 31 the ammul m ting of th Board of Tru te" will be> ht'ld at 11 :00 o' ·lock in the morning f ollowed in th aftPrn >on at 4:30 by the clru day x rei . .At 6 :30 in th gyruna ium the annual lumni dinu~?r ·will be ened, which will be foll owed at :00 o'c·loc·k h,Y the .... \lumni ~\.ddr . to be delivered in Wiugat · Hall by th Hon. J uli u . mi tb la 1911 Gre n boro.

Ou Tbur day, June 1, at 10:30 th A.unual ~ d­dre will be deli' red iu Winf!;ate Hall b.' Dr. Dougla . Freeman , Editor of Richmond S ell':s Leader, Richmond , \'"a. Tb conferring of degr .~ will follow Dr. Freeman .Addr and th Program will be clo ed with the Baccalaur ate .... \ddre ..

The following ·la will b • •xtended pe ·inl in,itation to r eturn to th campu~ for the xer­ci 1 3, 1 1 93,1 9 , 1903 190 , 1913 191 ", 1923 192 and 1933. If -vou are a m mber of one of the e cla e we hop 'you ar making plan to be present.

The program a outlin d will be followed to the letter and bet·ween p eial oC'ca ·ion th re "Ill be plent. to do--renewing old acquaintance , walk­ing through th e campu , and for tho e who like sport , there ·will be wimming, golf, tenni , base­ball, etc. Every alumnu. i exteucl d an invita­tion to return and w in· r ly hope for a grer.t Rome-coming this. ear.

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11:00 4:30 6:30 8:00

Commencement Program, 1933 May28

Baccalaurea t ermon-Dr. Zeno Wall, Shelby, N. C.

May :11 Annual Meeting of th Boa.rcl of Tru tees. Class Day Exerci es. Alumni Dinner. Senior orations iu competition for Ward

Medal. Awarding of Medals.

Alumni Address--Hou. Julius C. Smith, 1911, Greensboro, N. C.

June 1 10:30 Annual Adclress- Dr. Douglas S. Freeman.

A warding of Degrees. Bacca ula urea te Address.

Woke Forest Debaters Continue to Uphold Winning Traditions

Wake For ' t Debater and conte taut in other form of iutereo11Pf!;iate public peaking, ha-ve made anoth r enviable record tbi year. Twelve men have participated in thi. foren ic program for the year. Th program ha, included thirtJ·-three iutercollegiat debate and participation in eight oth r intercoll •giate peaking conte t .

Of the thirty-three debate twenty-one were de­ci ion conte t of which Wake Fore t lo t even and won fourt en. In the deci ion debate ix men par­ticipated. wiuning from uch chool~ for example, a the "Cniver it:v of outh arolina Uni-versity of Florida, Lo~i iana tate niver ity, Norti1 Carolina tate oll IYC, ar on-Newman, Lynch­burg College, <>tc. The Wake Fore t debate team " re outhern Champion la t • ear and were in a three cornered tie with :r orth arolina State and Florida for fir t place thi year. We ha\e "·on nine out of our la t eleYen deb at with State and haYe won all that we have had with Florida­on thi, year ancl on ~ la t.

Donald Myer from Wake Fore t rank a~ outhern champion in or atory in the Southern

.A ociation of the Teacher of Speech. Scott Buck i champion in oratory in outb Atlantic ProYince of P. K. D., the national for nsic fraternity. Both of th e men won over the highly adverti ed State Colleg Orator, Lonnie Knott.

Wak • Forest bold econcl. place in both the organization meutio11ed for both e:rlempore speak­illg and aftC'r-diuner peaking. Wake Fore t wou thircl pla('(~ in tb(' tate American Legion Orator­ical onte. t and in th f' P eace Cont~st.

Tb Wak Forest Faculty director of forensics, Dr. J. Rice Qui euberry i for the second time Go\eruor of th, South Atlantw Province of P. K. D. and i tbi year a Vice President of the Southern A ociation of the Teacher of Speech with general supervision of contests within the association.

Cement Bleachers Over Half Finished The work on Gore Athletic Field is over half

completed as far as the actual number o~ feet of cemeut is concerned. The part that remarns to be finished will take longer. in that the dressing room will be built under that end aud ·will necessitate more time and expense.

Donations on this work have come in slowly. Make a small donation to this worthy cause ancl

return next fall to see the new field when we will pl~:~y North Carolina State here in w~at we hope will be one of our greatest Home-commg Days.

WAKE FOREST COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWS ----------------------------Wake Forest College Alumni News

Published in March and June during the college year by Wake Forest College at Wake Forf'st, N. C.

Entered at tbe Postoffice at Wake F orest, N. C., as SffODd clas matter.

WAKE FOREST OLLEG E ALUMNI ASSOCIA110X

A LFREI> A. DowTI , Alumni Secretary

Ext:cUTIVE CoMMITTEE, BOAIW OF Tn sn~ '

G. £ . Lineberry, hairman J . )(. Broughton D. G. Brummitt J. A. Campbell

V.. R . Mnrtin W. L . Wyntt R E. Ro)nll

EXEC TIYE CoMMITTEE. AJ.t:MNI Al-ii'OllATIO\

H. n. Gro' ""· rrc~ident R.. B . Wilkin T . D. Colliu ,., A... T . Arledge

II. J . Rhod ~

J . A . M•·Millan Juliut. mlth, pe~tkl' l '

SOME EXCELLENT SENIORS AVAIL­ABLE FOR TEACHING POSITIONS

Almuni Are Urged to Assist Teachers m Securing Work

}-ifty-two u1 •mb r of the graduuti11g tla " thil' r at Wak Fore t ar plat111iug next y ar to

ler the teaching 1 rof ion. Thi numb r con-inJt slightly mor tha11 half of the total nUlll­r of senior·. Ea ·h of them ha had p ci£c d(·mic and vrof '-. ioual trai ni ug in th Y ariou · • hool ubject which wi11 warra11t i uau('t'

them this mouth of the ".\." certificate by th< t • D<>partment of Public Iu truction.

TLt.• group i made up of &owe of the 1110 ·t out­nding meu on tb · campu . Tw<•lv · of thcru are

1 rrm uuti a~ i.-raut . IueluJeJ. abu .iu thL tp are th • editor of th 1i ouolf>'r, yearbook, th • "d 11t of tLc stud nt body, captaiu, captain­t. and alt l'llate captain-elect of the football

m. four UH.•mbcr · of 1oach John add 11' ba e­ll dub whit.•h la t y ar wer state •hampion ·. auy of thcm ha\'C~ had pecial in tructiOII in high

1 coaching. - lumni, tak(• notice, and get a good Wake Fore t

ou your high school facult y. It will h elp you, ' c-ht.•r and your Alma Mater.

t year 4-:l out of 45 senior who w ~recertified h-d po~itious, aud all but one of theru have

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U. u lut\'t• n vacaucy in your local high sehflol h •• drop u line to Dean D. B. Bryan or Prof.

t•tunry, Jr. They will give you specific \•uut tht• JDE'U and can have them report in

. _._._ fur uu interview, if you like.

Progress Through Depression Tb reorganization that ha occurred through­

out the world during the pa t few years has af­fected every one differently and its effect on the ind.iviclual inRtitntion of b'u~ inc has been di:ffer­<'llt . lf we are to take the condition. a they have be~n an~ let them determine our progre during th1R per10d, tb n we hal1 not be able to point to much progre .

W ak<.> Fore, t C'olh•gc today i . the b<' t chool it La eYer been aud thi period of depre ~ion through­out the w01·ld bas not in anv wav affected it real w rth aud progre s. The e~llege.income of cour c ha" beC'Il rf:'duc •d, but that ha. ouly served to pur 1ery oue on to great r effort .

There arc a few out.' tanding achi<>•ement. that ...tJ'e worth reYiC'wiu~ in thi la t i , uc of th<• _\J,u .M ·y .. "EW~'> forth· ;vear '32-'33. The John on M enwriul :Medical BuildiJJg i the out tanding pby ieal im­provement that ha be n made, and mean more thau ,iu. t a home for the Medieal ehool a. it r liPY the cla room congestion which has cau etl trouble for the 1 ast f w y<>ar . .

The· gymun. iu'm i. nnt Y< t in ight; howeycr, PI'<>sidmt Kitehiu a11d tht· Trul'l<•e, arp making l'Y r~· effort to find OlllC' way to make thi badlv ttt•eJ. tl building pos iblc. The addition of th'e <'<'meut ·eat to }ore ~\tbl,..tic :F'ield will rl'li<·Ye one of our major problem aud make it pos.;iulco for tiH' ( 'ollt.>gc to han• holll_e ganws tlllU bring to th, eaul]lll · team r pre ntmg the l:trger schools of the outh. . Th<· increa e in e11rollment ha. been very plea -mg to yeryou and r ally ha · be n hard to under-tand iu view of condition . Regardle of con­

dition. and the fact that we ha\e had an iucrea c the pa. t h.·o yeurl'. judging from the application recein•d in the Hegi trar' Office and the intere t . hown by high chool enior throughout the tate thi pring there will be the larg<>st fir t year clas: next fall that ha ' eY r entered Wake Fore ' t. W haYe coutiuually writtf'u in the ..:.heMNI Bt:LLET!l'\

~·hnut JIPW <~tudr>l1t and inrrr>H<~e in enrollment; however it i a fact that we are proud of, and we want to keep up the high mark. The high school boy are interested in W nk<' Fore t and want to come her more than ev r before.

Thfl Alumni a a whole are i11tere. ted and mak­ing e:ffort in .many ways to help the College. Th<· Co11eg i grateful for their effort and support.

The Law School directed b.r Dr. N. Y. Gulley i reaching even greater height of efficiency and moderni m in th e tea ·bing of law after forty yeau-. of fiue en•ice to North Carolina and the world. Last yea r ten thou and new volumes were added to· the helve of her Library and I. Bf'verly Lake, graduate of Wake Forest aud Har\ard wa added to the faculty.

All in all the College has every right to feel encouraged and we are about to embark on our econd century of service to the world with hopes

high and confident that the future will bring progres and growth to your Alma Mater .

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