BOOK V

BLUE AND WHITE DAYS

BLUE AND WHITE DAYS

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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ORGANIZATIONS

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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

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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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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.

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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 '

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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.

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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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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

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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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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

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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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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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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-

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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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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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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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