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BOOK V
BLUE AND WHITE DAYS
BLUE AND WHITE DAYS
I N S P I R - A T I O N r0^
Mfr X B I S O N °/ I 9 '2 9 D B B
Walks
Lives of great men all remintt us,
W e can make our lives sublime,
And in parting' leave behind us.
Footprints on the sands of time.
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One melancholy spring afternoon xve find ourselves strolling leisurely around the campus after dinner viexving the yarious spots which xve have often frequented. Enlightened by Nature's -wonderful handi-work all about us, we return homexvard and prepare ourselves for the dawn of a new day.
Page one hundred twenty-one
Scenes xx-hich awed the wearer of
"Howard's Blue and White," obtained
familiarity during the more or less
strenuous years which followed, caused
a lump to rise in his throat when he had
to leave them, objects of tender memories ever after.
Located near historic grounds which
were obliterated only a few decades ago,
these buildings are monuments. They
speak solemnly of the past and hope
fully of the future.
Page one hundred twenty-two
Within the walls of this Chapel many
of us have met and parted; on the steps
of the girls' dorms we have lingered
and formed many memories; yet they
are naught as compared to the memory
of the solemn procession of the .Seniors,
as they walk to their seats on their
last day, and await the choir's refrain,
bidding them adieu as new grads from
this institution.
Page one hundred tiventy-three
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Freshman-Sophomore Rush
It is impossible to write a detailed
discussion of this event, but it might
be well to say that it was one of the
best yet conducted here.
However, the most important thing
was: Did everyone have a good time?
Ask any man who was there and he
will say, "It was some scramble."
Page one hundred tiventy-eight
ORGANIZATIONS
N O N
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Al])ha Kappa Al])ha, the first chartered Cireek letter sororitx' ann)ng Negro students, xxas organized January \(), 1908 at Hoxvard Universitx'. In
all of the leading universities and colleges of the country, chapters of this or
ganization noxx- exist. .Alpha chapter enjoyes the distinction of obtaining the
first sorority house granted b\- the Lhiix-ersity. Ivy Day, inaugurated by
Alpha Chapter, has been adopted as a unixersity custom ; and we are able to
record that Rankin Memorial Cha])el and the Carnegie Lii)rary received their
coxer of ivy from a sprig planted on I\-_x- Day.
The Sorority is ])roud to have among its number the folloxx-ing honorary
members :
Miss Jane Adams
Dr. Anna J. Cooper
Mrs. McDougal
Dr. Sarah Brown
Mrs. E. E. Just
Mrs. Kelly Miller
Mrs. J. Stanley Durkee
Dr. Otelia Cromxx-ell
Mrs. Maude Cunex- Hare
Mrs. Hunton
Page one hundred thirty-six
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA
Founded, Howard Lhiiversity, 1908
bdfty Actix-e Chapters
A L P H A C H A P T E R
Colors—Pink and (ireen
SORORS ON THE FACULTY Airs. ]\lar}- Rose Keexes Allen -Mrs. [Madeline A\'. Kirkland
Miss Caroline Grant Miss Madeline \'. Coleman
Undergraduate Sorors
D(n"othx- Baylor L(mise Black Helen Baxter Mrs. Myrtle Brady Annie Mae Cain])belle Edith Chax-is Frances Douglass Eleanor Hairston Ella Haith Gladys Harris .Mazie Hubbard
Catherine Gillespie Lillian Johnson Julia Johnson Ruth Mathews Ella Belle Mitchell Annetta Moten Nettie Nelson Ernestine Neeley Ruth Roberts Vida Lewis Margaret Russell
Gwendolyn Scales Mrs. Wiileta Smith Mickey Muriel Stuart Piennie Ruth Stephens Bernice Sxvan Pearl Tate Ethel Sutton Audrey Hudson Tavares Robbie Turner E m m a Washington Elsie Woods Rose Wilson
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H I N S P I R - A T I O N
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ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY
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I N S P I R . A T I O N '^^^
H]M^ ^TB I S O N of 1919 M B
ZETA PHI BETA d4.
Founded, Hoxx-ard University, 1923
Tx\-entx--three Acti\-e Chai)ters
ALPHA CHAPTER
SORORS ON THE FACULTY
Miss [oanna Houston M rs. Phili])S
Ida Holly Leona McCants Pearl Cobb Charlotte Corbin Grace Collins Molet Harris Beatrice Johnson Pansy Borders Louise Lashly Lottie L. Stratmon Mabel Jones Dorothy Latham Esther Peyton Mildred Shelton Helen Wilson Naomi Cummings Josephine Johnson
Undergraduate Sorors
Lillian Mitchell Flora Grant Velma Davis Cosetta Walker Maude Smothers Alma Nx'lor Marie Hackett Thelma Wedlock Beaulah .Shippen Julia Broxxn
Elaine Dubissette Helen Williams Elizabeth Donoho Georgianna Stexxart Alice Barry Alma Reynolds Lillian Dabnex-
Elizabeth Blalock Jennien Green Catherine Franklin Leontine Osborne Marx- .Sumner Mary Reid Elinor Moore Florence Grax-es Ambrosia P>lont Ethel Roe \ iola Dixon Marion Preston Raechal Hill
A'irginia Ashe Hilda Armstrong-
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Delta Sigma Theta . orority xxas established at Hoxvard Unixersitx- in
1913. It is the oldest Negro Sororitx- inasmuch as it xxas the first Sorority
to receixe a charter.
Since 1913, there hax-e 1)een established in xarious unixersities and cities
txxentx-eight undergraduate cha])ters and ten graduate chapters.
Throughout the si.xteen years of its existence. Delta Sigma Theta has
maintained a very high moral and scholastic standard in all the chapters.
Alpha Cba])ter nox\- has a membership enrt)llinent of thirty-three and is
])roud of five graduate members on the Unixersity faculty.
Page one hundred forty
N R_ O N
B I S O N / 19 Q. 9
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Txx'enty-eigbt L^ndergraduate Chapters
Ten Graduate Chapters
Marion Chambers President Elizabeth Greene - Vice-President Theodora Williams _ Recording Secretary Alice Eighmie Corres]ion ding Secretary
Selma White _ Treasurer Otxvina Smith Parliamentarian Alice Burnett .-- _ _ ._ Custodian Margaret blustcm ..__ _ Sergeant-at-Arms
FACULTY MEMBERS Dr. Eva B. Dykes Miss (irace Coleman Miss Helen A\dieatland Miss Camille Nickerson
Miss Mari(n-i Thompson
Ruth Allen lone Haxvkins Lillian Smith Helen Anderson Sylvia Labt Idella Tyler
Marjorie Baltimore Catharine Lane Exelyn Ware Julia Dulany Mary Nightingale Ruth White Carolyn Evans Norma Parks Margarete Willard Harriet Ferguson Catharine Richardson Elaine Williams Gladys Fitzgerald Doris Ridgelv ,\dena Young Ora Gibson bdaine Ridgelv Ethel GrifTin Hilda Smith '
Page one hundred forty-one
OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY Hoxxard Unixersity
Washington. D. C.
Omega Psi Phi xvas the first Negro Greek letter fraternity to be founded
in a Negro instituticm. This took ])lace over seventeen years ago when Pro
fessor Frank Coleman, Pr(jfessor of Physics at Hoxvard LTniversity, and E. E.
Love, of Baltimore, in company xvith Dr. b~rnest E. fust, also of Hoxvard^
founded at Howard LTniversity the Al])ha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi. It
purported to be a brotherhood of young men of high ideals and of outstand
ing abilitx-. It xvas founded on four cardinal principles, "Manhood, Scholar
ship. U])lift and Perseverance."
From the nucleus founded at Hoxvard, Omega's influence spread until
noxv it embraces eighty chapters. The entire grf)U]) is held together by a
firm super-organization—the (irand Cha])ter. Omega has one i roject to
which we annually dex-ote a xveek known as Negro Achievement AVeek.
There is one hero w h o m all loxal Omega men esteem. He tyjiifies for us
the consumation of our ideals. U T I S man is the late Colonel Charles Young of the United States .Army.
Page one hundred forty-two
ALPHA CHAPTER
OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY
Atkins. Philip Beaubian, Edxxard A. Berry, Archie Billingslia, George Bro\\-n, Daniel Broxx-ne, Garey M. Burke, Clinton Butcher, James W . Callowax-, Milton Curtis Campbell, Louis Coates, Louis Coles, John Coy, Merx-yn Dandridge, Robert Drew, Joseph Elliott, Charles Ferguson, Dutton Fisher, Edxvard George, Collins George, John S. George, William Goodxvin, James F.
Ilovxard Unixersity
Washington, D. C.
CJreen, Laxvrence Hainsworth, Robert Hall, John Haxvthorne, Harold Hill, Leonard Hill, Oliver Hopkins, Byron Inge, H. F. Johnson, Darnell Johnson, Hayden Jones, James Landers, Harry I\Iack, Glascoe lartin, Getirge A\'. Miles, Charles E. Moss, Rufus Muse, Edxvard Nash, AVilliam Parker, James Paul, William C. Paxne, Harrx-
Petite, Frederick Powers, Conrad Ross, Edgar Russell, AA'illiam Sallie, Carrol Shamwell, Earl Shorter, Charles Smith, A'ernon Spellman, Lester Starnes, AValter Taylor, Edward Thorne, Frank Traxis, AA'illiam Trotman, James A'aughn, Ralph AA'aites, Alexander AA'alker, James L. Webb, Harry AVelch, Franz AAdiitted, George Whitted, Harold
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I N S P I R . A T I O N
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ALPHA PHI ALPHA
As a result of the unsurpassable and noble ideals of Negro Youth, Alpha Phi Al])ha, the first Negro Greek letter fraternity to be organized in America, was f(mnded at Cornell University in 1906. .So high and steadfast were its jirinciples that to-day its (jrganization consists of seventy-seven chapters found at the seat of Class .\ colleges thruout America.
Beta Chapter with the distincti(ni of being the first chajiter of a (ireek letter organization to be established in a Negro institnti((n x\-as set up bv Eugene K. [ones, ])resent executixe secretarv of the National Ih-ban f.eague, in 1907.
During its existence at Hoxvard University, Beta Chajjter has accom-]}lished much of xxhich t(j be proud. Notable among its xx'orks is the composition of the "Alma Mater" (jf our University October 29, 1914, by brothers Fred D. Malone and Jose]>h Hunter l'>rooks; also the establishment of a national educational movement and last and most recent the realization of a long and cherished dream, our ])resent cha])tcr house, located at 1917 3rd Street, N. AM The design for this building xvas furnished and arranged by Brothers Cassel, Gardner and Bow of the -Architectural l)e])artment— Herring and Robinson f)f the .Art Department of Hoxvard I'nixersitv.
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Founded at Ctn-nell University Date VJO()
Colors Black and (iold Idower _ Cream Rose Bud
Local Chapter ..Beta b:stablished 1907
Officers
Paul B. Aliller .President Stexe Standford Cor. Secretary
R. O. Alurray ....A'ice-President P>. F. Cann Financial Secretary
H. S. McAlpine Secretary .Adonis Patterson 1'reasnrer
Page one hundred forty-fire
KAPPA ALPHA PSI
Kappa .Al])ha Psi Fraternity xxas founded at the LTniversity of Indiana on lanuary 5, 1911. It had its Inrth in a unicjue conception. It was the aim of the founders to organize a (ireek letter fraternity wherein all the ideals ot true brotherhood, scholarship, culture, ])atriotisin and honor have been real
ized and ])rex-ail.
The fraternity has been a natiimal organization since its founding. To
day there are scattered from coast to coast at the leading universities and in the princijjal cities over fifty-five chapters. The membership of the fraternity
has been one of (|ualitx- rather than f|uantit_x-.
Each xear the fraternit}- through its man}- chapters, carries out its national moxement, the "Guide Right Moxement." It seeks to guide youth to a successful realization of the highest aims in life.
The Kappa Alpha Psi Journal, the official organ of the fraternitx', is the only monthlx- i)ublication of a Negro college fraternity in the x\-orld.
Ni Cb^M^ter is at bloxx-ard Unixersity. It was fcmnded on December 17, 1920, by seventeen prominent Hoxvard University students. Since its founding, Ni cha])ter has contributed from its membership men xvho haxe been
actixe in exerx' line of student actixitx' in the LTnixersity.
The "Four Horsemen," as the fraternit}- basketball team is knoxvn, haxe xxon the championship in the Inter-Fraternal League for three }-ears.
Archie .A. Alexander is Grand Polemarch. J. li. Wilkins is (irand Keep er of Records and Exchecpier.
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N O N
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Founded at Indiana L'niversily, 1911
Sixty Active Cbajiters
Ni Chapter at Hoxvard Lhiiversity, 1920
FRATERS ON THE FACULTY
Dean D. H. AVoodard Dean AA'illiam B. AVest
Professor L. Z. Johnson Professor Holley Professor Welsh
F. D. AVilkerson Professor Tibbs Dr. Sumner
Alexander, AVilliam Berry, R. L. Borican, Charles J. Buck, Frank Byrd, Nathaniel Christian, J. T. Coley, C. C. Hair, A. AI.
House, Evan Hoxvard, A. B.
Undergraduate Fraters
Jones, Glenwood E. Johnson, L. Z. Latting, John Lofton. William Pierce, Anthony Poe, John Tucker, David Raines, Daniel Young, ]. (Jack) AA'arfield", AVilliam
\\ elch, fobn AVright,"L. Z.
Hawkins, Thomas Heyman, AA'endell Jones, Lorenzo Jackson, Eugene Turner, Jessie \\ bite, James
Page one hundred forty-seven
ALPHA SIGMA
O n Alarcb 26, 1929, at Howard Unixersit}-, .Alpha Sigma Honorary
Fraternit}- xxas organized. AA'ith great enthusiasm, courage, and an ideal
of growth, .\l])ha !~ igina had as its charter members nine men of sterling initi-
atixe and a dee]) insight into student extra-curricular actixities.
The cardinal jirinciple of Al])ha .Sigma is achievement. With this as
the key xx-ord of the organization all cpialities that make for success are em
bodied therein. Alpha Sigma is an initial attem])t of Greek letter organiza
tions at Hoxx-ard to inspire a keen interest in student extra-curricular ac
tixities and to promote a high and creditable scholarshi]).
Charter AI embers
Stephen R. Stanford.... ..President Alilton C. Calloxvay Secretary
Robert Dandridge A'ice-President .Anthony Pierce Treasurer
Theodus R. CAnnier lames G. Tx-son
Glenxvood Jones Baxter D. Goodall
Chancellor AA'illiams
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LUCIUS WALkER. IRVIN GREEN. ALFRED PETTy. ft.
I N S P I R . A T I O N
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SCROLLERS CLUB
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SCROLLERS Rear Roxv (left to right) Hagans, AIoss, Andrexvs, Gambrill, Whitting,
Adams, Harris, Serxell.
Front R o w (left to right) Alanney, Boyer, AA'oodson, Hoxvard, Laxvson, Peyton, Hall.
The Scrollers Club consists of pledges of Ka])])a Al])ha I\si fraternity.
This club is C(nn])osed of chemists, poets, athletes and scholars, all of w h o m
stand for achiexements in their lines of endeax-or.
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THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION FORUM
O F F I C E R S
Jack A'oung ...President
Irene Robinson A'ice-President
Artenia (iibson ...Secretary
C)n the sec(nid Alondax- in (Jctober of 192(S a grou]), comjxjsed of the
Physical Education Staff and students of the Department of Physical Edu
cation met to form a club xxhich xvould actuate a ])rofessional attitude among
these students. 1diis club is the "Ph}sical Education Forum." Along with
guidance from Airs. Allen. Aliss AA'arfield. Air. Daxis, Air. I'urr, and Air.
Pendleton, it xxas generall}- felt that encouragement from others out in tlie
field might hel]) stimulate the desired attitude. Thus xx-e had a most inter
esting talk from Miss Cla}ton Williams ot the .Armstrong High .School on
"Phx'sical Education f(n- (iirls and AA'omen in the Secondary Schools." Air.
E. B. Henderson of the Dunbar High School also gax-e an inspiring talk.
His subiect was "Organization and .Administration."
In xiexx- of the progress alreadx made under the s])onsorshii) of Air.
P)nrr, iiuicb is ex])ectefl of the "Phx-sical b'ducation bA)rum" in the future.
—Artenia Gibson, .Secretarx'.
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DER DEUTSCHE VEREIN
The (ierman Club is a student organization, created to stimulate an in
terest in the customs, characteristics, language, and literature of the Ger
man people. Its meetings are held txvice monthly and are always well at
tended. At various times during the year the usual jirograms are sup-
l)lemente(l bx- an address given by some jjerson knoxvn for his studies in
Germanics.
THE OFFICERS;
Hen- J. J. 11. Price President
Franlein L. AI. H. Redding A'ice-President
Fraulein M. L. Cathey Schriftsfuhrer
Herr E. D. Raines (.Autumn and AA'inter Quarter) Schatzmeister
Herr R. O. Fullerloxe (Spring Quarter) Schatzmeister
Herr R. Toliver ...Kaplan
Herr AA". IL Ta}-lor Stabtrager
Fraulein AI. I. Davis Pianist
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PSYCHOLOGY CLUB
The Psvcholog}- Club xxas founded during the autumn cpiarter of 192() bv a group of students xvho xxere interested in extending their knoxvledge of ])sychology beyond that obtained in the class room. They later hoped that through this organization they xxould be able not onl}- to improx-e themselves, but interest others in jisycbolog}- and enable those students xvho xvere not qualified to take courses in the subject to become ac(|uainted w-ith phvchology so that it might be of some service to them in making their mental and social adjustments.
To-dax- the Psychology Club has realized much of xxhat it aimed to do. There are oxer txvo hundred students in the Department of Psycholog}-and more xx-ould enter if the}- could be accomodated, as is shown liy the large nuinl)er refused admission each quarter. The speakers at the bimonthly meetings of the club nsnall}- make addresses xxhich are of great \-alue both for the stimulation of interest in i)sychology and the indixidual's adjustment to society in general and college life in ]iarticular.
Although the Psychcdogy Club is a permanent organization, yet each x-ear there is a re-organization xvith the election of nexv officers. This year the club is being xxell directed under the leadership of H. C. Joscelyn and others.
The officers and mend^ers hax-e hopes for a greater organization xvhich xxill fulfill better the aims for which it was organized and include others in its ])rogram.
OFFICERS; Ham el C. Joscel}-n President Genex-a Holnies A'ice-President Byron A\ Branker Treasurer John F. Bias Secretary
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THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Front Roxv (left to right)—Carroll Miller, Ida Ball, Ambrosia Blonte,
AAMlliam S. Jackson, Jr., A'irginia Alae Hailstock, Lillian AI. Johnson, lean
Pericles AlcDuffie, R. AA'endell L}-as.
Second Lioxx-—E. Alfred Lomax, Emma AI. Picknex-, Elaine DuBissette,
John C. Harlan, LTdella Tyler, Paul Boxves, M. Evelyn AA are, J. Stuart Arm-
stead.
OFFICERS;
AA'illiain S. Jackson, Jr ..President
Carroll Miller -.A'ice-President
Florence D. Graves Secretary
J. Stuart Armstead Assistant Secretar}-
Ida AI. Ball Treasurer
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I N S P I I C A T I O N
B I S O N °/ 1 9 1 9 0 u
Howard University Engineering Society
The Howard University Engineering Society xvas organized in 1923 and
is one of the acti\-e student organizations of Hoxvard University.
Its members consist of professors and students of Architecture and
Engineering. The ])urpose of the Engineering Society is to promote fellow
ship among the architects and engineers of Howard University, to provide
an millet for student ideas, establish and maintain contact xvith the alumni,
secure employment for the students and to ])resent lectures on Architecture
and Engineering.
Robert L. Berr}- President
James P. Scott A'ice-President
Henry F. Binford Secretary
Charles H. Borican Treasurer
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The Howard L nixersit}- Glee Club is composed of the young men of the
University. These young n-ien are admitted by examination only, which is
held at the beginning of the school year. The Club ccnnprises txx-enty-fonr
voices. The Club has been fortunate in giving concerts bef(jre the very best
audiences in AA'asbington as xxell as in xarious other large cities.
OFFICERS OF THE GLEE CLUB
James P. Scott President
Eugene G. Weathers Secretary
James G. T}-son ...Business Alanager
Ralph H. Jones Treasurer
Prof. Roy W. Tibbs Director
AI lad in Redmond Pianist
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FRENCH CLUB
"Le Cercle Francais" is an organization xxhich has for its purp(jse the
encouraging and facilitating a spontaneous use and development of French
among the students of the L nix-ersity. Once exer}- month the meetings of
the Club are held during which time songs, dramas, speeches and lectures
are presented in the x-ernacular of the French language. These entertain
ments are a source of much enjoyment to the students and hel]) to create
an atmosi)here xxhich is condncixe to discourse in the language.
Dellie L. Boger President
Robert L. Lovvden A ice-President
Audrey Hudson Tavares Treasurer
Grace A'oung ...Secretary
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The Daubers Art Club
The Daubers Club, xxhich is composed of art students of Hoxvard LTni
versity, xvas formed Noxember 17, 1928. The first officials xvere; Henry
Hudson '32, ])resident; J. D. Jones '31, xice-president; Cornelia Reid '31,
secretary; Robert Holt '30, treasurer.
The Club aims to stimulate the art impulse ; to cultixate the faculty of
a[>preciation; and to establish a closer contact xx ith contemporary ac-
tix-ities in the field of art. To further these ends the Club plans to gixe exhi
bitions, each member contributing at least t\\-o pieces of original xx-ork.
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THE R. O. T. C. UNIT
The Reserxe Officers' Training Corps is one of the great benefits de
rived as an aftermath of the great AA'orld AA'ar. No one likes to talk in terms
of \\-ar. Perhaps xxe are lixing in a golden age—])erha])s there xxill never
again be a conflict of nations dexouring the resources of millions of people,
as the pacifists tell us, but then again, xve had better look at conditions
squarely and make sure, that should conflict come, xve can defend ourselves
and our country. That is xvh}- the A\ ar I)e])artinent established the R. O. T.
C. units in our leading schools and unixersities of higher learning.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon the unit here at the Universit}-.
The alarming shortage of trained Negro officers to command Negro troops
during the AA'orld AA'ar xvas apjialling. The next war'(although we dread
the thought of xvar, but xxars are inevitable), because of the military train
ing received in these established R. O. T. C. units, shall find hundreds of
capable and thoroughly trained Negro reserve officers ready at a moment's
notice ft) command and lead Negro troops.
For the academic year of 1928-1929 the Hoxvard LTniversity unit xvill
have a splendid entry in the records and annals of the AA'ar Department.
The unit xvhile at Cam]) Fort Leonard AA'ood for six xveeks of practical
training along with sixteen units from the leading schools and unixersities
of this ccnmtry for the Anglo-Saxons, rated third in general average for
training and practice; and first in the administrative ratings. During the
inauguration of Herbert Hoox er as thirt}--first ])resi(lent of the United
States, a detachment of one hundred cadets and officers rei)resenting the
R. O. T. C. unit of Hox\-ard LTnixersity x\-as loudly acclaimed along the route
of marching, and favorably imj^ressed the President and the rex-iexving of
ficials, as they, along x\-ith t)ther militar}- units, passed in reviexx- during th(;
inaugural ]>arade.
The student Alajor of cadets is Robert Lee Berry of the College of
Api:)lied Science, and honor R. O. T. C. student. The ])rofessors of Alilitary
Science and Tactics and their assistants are; Colonel Charles Nasf)n How
ard, head of the DeiDartment; Cai^tains Frank A. Byrne, Frank E. Linnell
and Walter C. Rathborne. AAarrant Officer Roscoe Clayton and Sergeants
Darxvin E. Smith and Arthur Brice.
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KAPPA MU HONORARY SOCIETY
Kappa AIu Honorary Society was founded at Howard University Oc
tober, 1923, at the ])roposal of Clifton Nelson. It has as its purpose fostering
and i)erpetuating the tradition of sound scholarshi]) at Hoxvard University.
Juniors with an average of 90 percent and Seniors with an average of 85
percent are eligible for admission each Alay, when i)ublic exercises are held.
Efforts are being made to have Kappa AIu become a part of the national
Phi Beta Kappa Society, and it is hoped that this will be realized in the near
future. At present there are three undergraduate members of Kappa AIu
at Howard, Leona Dudley, Carroll Aliller, and Harriet Ferguson ; two grad
uate members, Helen AA'ilson and RoI)l)ie Turner, and several faculty mem
bers..
Kappa AIu hoi)es to see its numbers increased, and is endeavoring to
do its i)art in raising the scholastic standing at Howard LTniversity.
HARRIET FERGUSON President
CARROLL MILLER Treasurer
L E O N A B. D U D L E Y Secretary
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