V .cr.^ ^ \ i>W.M >* > ,^ m M *? V *?S '*?>! W I r i I % | < . 1} r "V . ; V 4 , u v . , ', . 1 -/*? : **jk II Guide us still from day to day, Be thou mindful lest we lose our way; Help us know that life, short or long, Means unceasing work for weak and strong. **. *->, # &frj*r irl i --IIHI ! - rr mwmran II 1 1 , ' J '^>**f"-.*"' ** &&!. I Meldrim Hall] *"** : w *%m\*~- **> mm TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication Memoriam Foreword Buildings 1961 Memoirs Administration Academic Organizations Activities The building of a great college is the result of many things. Among these are, leadership, dedicated faculty, good students and good Alumni. On Savannah State's faculty roster are the names, William B. Nelson and C. Vernon Clay. These two men have devoted themselves to the unselfish task of fashioning great students. Their success has been phenomenal. Throughout the state of Georgia and the United States, their students are rendering a great serv- ice to mankind. Since they have so greatly enriched the lives of so many, it is with humble- ness that we dedicate THE 1962 TIGER to William B. Nelson and C. Vernon Clay. "But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who also stripped him and having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead. And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: and seeing him passed by. In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him: and seeing him, was moved with compassion: And going Up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and set- ting him upon his own beast, brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two pence and gave to the host and said: Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and above, I at my return, will repay thee. Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers? But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner." St. Luke XI, 29-37 (Douay Rheims version translated from the Latin Vulgate.) IN MEMO Rl AM IN MEMO RI AM FORE WORD "The song is ended, but the melody lin- gers on." College days past so swiftly. How sweet yet, so sad. For those who would like to reminisce over the activities and achievements of the Savannah State College family, The 1962 Tiger captures these memories in its com- pilation of the most memorable days of 1961-62 at Savannah State College. , mil v m I i I "i \ rafV * * 7 ' J : 4 m\ a \s\ I . Ill m fcf ' 1 PP*.^)ltah- * .^dr*r^- Powell Hall C. Johnson High School w * /l ; I 1 i i ".. A . p "j* - "" III III III III ^ *i r Fa.millnJJi^hArt Hpl^ J ***K 35? Herty Hall i /. * r*' ' MM MM III Ml Mil III! Ml HI HH Ml a mm 'Mil 1**1 UN III mm III ill mi MM fill MM Mil 111! SIM Ill WIS 111 M*f im 1111 ill* iill iwt JIM ir MM CM hie uia mi Ml uif III! mm* mm* Mil 111! '"I ** -J 4ifS*l ^ >, Morgan Hall . " - <%* ** *4*~ "*^~ *" *" .:;, fcr^. _4fV3fllr!&... :i MM he 1961 TIGER was dedicated to our "First Lady" of the campus, Mrs. Mattie B. Payne. These pic- tures and the pictures on the opposite page re- capture some of the moments of that momentous f \ 4 ^ Memoirs of 1961 W <*r *Qr ^kBt Mi-am * Lee Dewberry, p Tunc, 1961 class presents check to Dr. W. K. Payne for. 1961 June Gommencemer 1961 August Commencement il ,r, k! I 1 7 * V PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COLLEGE Savannah State College, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is a college of applied arts and sciences, teacher education, business administration and indus- trial technology. The college has two main purposes. It affords students an opportunity to acquire an education that will enable them to live effectively in a democratic society. It provides continuing educational and cultural services for the people of Georgia. A worth-while education, as the faculty conceives it, demands the full, rounded development of the individual. Consistent with this large purpose the institution has several major objectives. Specifically, the total college program is designed to help students: 1. To gain basic preparation, personal qualities, and skills which are essential alike to further study, earning a living, and personal well-being; 2. To understand the nature of mental, emotional, and physical health and to practice habits conducive to sound personal and community health; 3. To attain a sharp awareness of social and civic responsibility and live daily as good citizens; 4. To understand the common phenomena of man's physical environment and use scientific advances for human welfare; 5. To cherish a discerning knowledge of man's cultural heritage, respect for for- eign peoples and cultures, and aesthetic appreciation to the creative artistic expressions of the human spirit; 6. To know and live by those moral and spiritual values which refine and exalt human life. To attain these objectives the college (a) offers formal instruction organized within seven divisions Business Administration, Education, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Technical Sciences, Home Study; (b) selects and upgrades teachers, counsellors, personnel workers, administrative and auxiliary services per- sonnel; (c) gives students due responsibility in making their own educational deci- sions and performing work-aid duties, participating in government of the college, extra-class activities, campus life, and religious services; (d) draws upon all avail- able intellectual, cultural, technical, and spiritual resources to enrich the lives of students. Briefly then, every teacher, every facility, every arrangement here serves two main purposes. It is that boys and girls may develop into mature men and women who live effectively in the community, the state, and nation. It is that life may be made richer for the people of Georgia. ADMINISTRA TIVE OFFICERS The successful operation of a large college is so complex that it is necessary for the president to divide its operation into several phases and appoint an officer to take charge of each phase. There are seven of these officers at Savannah State and the following paragraphs will give brief descriptions of their duties. The Dean of Faculty is in charge of the instructional phase of the college. Matters of academic adjustment and progress of students curriculum and faculty personnel are handled through his office. The Comptroller handles all business affairs of the college. Financial matters, student accounts and expenses are among the many duties of his office. The Registrar is in charge of registration and admission into the college. Mat- ters concerning catalogs, transcripts, information about admission, courses offered and graduation requirements are some of the duties of his office. The Librarian is in charge of the library and its many functions. He must keep the volumes in the library up to date with well selected books, newspapers and periodicals. The Chairman of Student Personnel Services is concerned with the personal welfare of students, housing and work-aid assistance. His duties also include ap- proving all student campus affairs and directing the Student Health Service. The Director of Public Relations is responsible for the college's general infor- mation program. Publications, institutes, radio and TV programs are but a few of his many responsibilities. The Alumni Secretary is in charge of matters pertaining to alumni affairs. He makes frequent visits to alumni chapters throughout the country to keep them abreast of the college's program. Alumni publications and organizing alumni chap- ters are but two of his many responsibilities. 27 OFFICERS A D M I N I S T R A r i o N Dr. William K. Payne, President Savannah State College 28 OFFICERS 29 DIVISION 30 DEPARTMENT 31 A 34 35 1 l-rfi Up ft MCMLXILXII Dr. Forrest Wiggins {center) Professor of English, receives congratulations from Dr. W. K. Payne {right) as Dr. Paul Taylor {left) Professor of Education awaits his opportunity to extend congratulations. Dr. Wiggins was the speaker at a special student assembly. MCMLXILXII 39 MCMLXILXII C. Vernon Clay Chemistry Luella Hawkins Library Maurice S. Stokes Education Dr. Walter Mercer Education Howard M. Jason Spanish Timothy C. Meyers, Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of English discusses a project with Dr. Paul Tavlor, Director of Testing and Guidance. MCMLXILXII 41 MCMLXILXII A S s I s T A N T P R F E S S R S ^*fe*l&*i8ss# v>;: u- mm Madeline Dixon Library Ella Fisher Physical Education Robert Holt English Albert Frazier Physical Education Prince Jackson, Jr. Maihematics Ida J. Gadsden Education Walter Lef twich Mathematics *** ij Hershel Robinson Nancy Scott Lillian Sheffield Robert Stephens Frankie Strickland Henry Strong Elmer Thomas Therman Thomas "Some minds are like concrete; all mixed up and permanently set." Barbara Troup Curtis Walker William Wellons Inez West Estella White Alberta Wilder Matilda Wiley Nora Williams s p H M R E S 83 MCMLXILXII F R E S H M E N >'**' * * V . 7 ' ,. f Alfred Abrams Loretta Abrams June Alexander Eleanor Allen Gloria Allen Sherard Allgood Daisy Anderson Eloise Anderson Mary Armstrong Rosa Baker Daniel Blalock Rosa Barfield Gladys Barnes Adrian Battle Francetta Baul McLeonard Baul William Beamon Helen Beckham Sherbie Best Priscilla Blake 84 'A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he realizes he is no longer indispensable. MCMLXILXII Charlotte Blount Bettye Bass Arnetha Bostic Martha Parland Helen Brunson Charlene Bright Lucille Brock Alphonso Brown Helen Brown Willie Miller Juanita Bruce ^ John Barton Rudolph Bostic Louie Bowers Brigham Br.innan ^ \ ' m .:: ',. :. William Bryant Walter Butler Mary Canady Annie Cannick ,.... ~ ~ : S '-'- H Eugene Bright j ^ ~ % __ J^/J N V "Too many of us conduct our lives on the cafeteria plan^self service only." 85 MCMLXILXII F R E S H M E N David Capers Margo Carpenter Juanita Carpenter Leon Carr Lois Carson Johnnie Carter Norman Chambliss ' y-48N$0&- jgflf Leon Chaplin 1 It f:1lii Marvin Chatman ^jLfcfe ;0^~ " PUiKl E5 ,> * v Mr Abigail Clarke ^***iS*^'^' ^i^ Carsie Clark Earthel Clark Kermetta Clark Thomas Clark Ann J. Clements Eugene Colbert Anita Coleman Annie Coleman Bettye Coleman Frances Coleman "Seems a lot of men are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade. 86 MCMLXILXII Billy J. Collier Miriam Collins Sadie Collins Annette Cooper Willie Cooper Lorenza Crandle Eva Crawford Georgia Cummings Thelma Cummings Gladys Davidson Barbara Davis Darnell Dawson Preston Denson Diane Dickerson Artvetta Doanes Barbara Douglas Felton Earls Erma Eason Charlie Edwards Carrie Elliott F R E S H M E N "The important thing is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." 87 MCMLXILXII F R E S H M E N Mil IK V J "Opportunity doesn't knock so often but temptation seems to pound away every day. Judith Ellis Irene Elmore Queen Griffin Herschel Evans Hattie Fason Pearl Ferguson Yvonne Ficklin Shirley Fields Harold Fleming Carnell Florence Barbara Flynn Sandra Fortson Herbert Ford Roosevelt Foster George Foy Dorothy Frazier Laura Fuller Joan Fuller Emma Geiger Fannie George 88 MCMLXILXII Ruth Greene India Gregory Jennie Gresham Jesse Hagans Charles Hall Angela Handsberry Walter Hardeman Barbara Harris Benjamin Harris Betty Harris Sandra Heyward Soyna Haynes Alexander Gilbert r Bernice Givens &*! *** Ada Gadsden f~~~ Helen Gordon Frances Grant Mary Gray Doris Greely \r~_- M Hazel Green r* y : i S*. 7 *^ ~gq? .& "A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men F R E S JT_T Jllk 89 MCMLXILXII F R E S H M E N v w .- i Viola Haven Willie Hendrix Joe Henry Troy Hickman Mildred Hicks William Hicks Elma Hill Eliza Hillery James Hagins Dawn Hollinshed Elizabeth Howard Gloria Howard Willie Howard David Mack James Hudson Barbara Hull Freda Hunter Hester Jackson Lorraine Jackson Jeanette Jackson 'If you're a man of few words, you won't have to take so many of them back. 90 MCMLXILXII Martha Jackson Roland Jackson Shirley James William James Betty Johnson Brenda Johnson Evalena Johnson Freddie Johnson Gloria Johnson Hazel Jackson Lula M. Johnson Julia Johnson Paul Johnson Simon Johnson Wilhemina Johnson Arlene Jones Arnell Jones Etrenda Jones Linwood Jones Maggie Jones F R E S H M E N "He who will not sail 'til all dangers are over must never put to sea." 91 MCMLXILXII Mamye Jones Mary Jones Mary L. Jones Maxine Jones Elise Kent Sylvester Kemp Joan King Barbara Kirkland Marvin Kirkland Nellie Lamb Barbara Lane Mattie Lattimore Theron Levant Leola Lawrence Ba'rbara Lawson Delores Lee John Lee Nettie D. Lee Larry Lewis Ernest Lavender "There ought to be a course in school that teaches people to read the handwriting on the wall." 92 MCMLXILXII Ruby Little Earl Luke Isaac Luten Joanne Mainor Alfredo Moragne Glennera Martin Eugene Maxwell Ida Matthews Grady Mayfield, Jr. Charles McCray Lillian McNichols Betty Miller Gwendolyn Miller Wayne Miller Vernell Mills Lou Mitchel Marian Montgomery Hattie Moore Northern Moore Dorothy Moss f^i Y r t / li F R E S H M E N 'Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably why so few engage in it." 93 MCMLXILXII F R E S H M E N __ mm' : T>. ^> / "Ideas die quickly in some heads because they cannot stand solitary confinement." Ronald Moton Lutrell Mungin Marion Mungin Dorothy Myers James Nash Aretha Ogden Herbert Owens Robert Pendleton Bennie M. Harris Donnie Pickett Annie Pinkston Betty Priester Dennis Polite John Powell Edward Perry Otis Polite Albert Rowe Edward Quarterman Murrelene Reaves Vernon Reynolds 94 MCMLXILXII Florence Rhaney Helen Ryals Izetta Rice Evelyn Richardson Rena Richardson Grady Riggs Katie Rivers Carrie Robinson Alberta Roberts Doris Roberts Henderson Roberson Ossie Roberts Dorothy Rogers Arthur Ross Robert Saxby Doretha Scott Dorothy Scott Sallie Screen Gwendolyn Sharpe Bertha Shellman V / "A man in the right with God on his side, is in the majority though he be alone." 95 MCMLXILXII F R E S H M E N Frances Shellman Patricia Sibert Margie Simmons Willie Simms Doris Small Clenora Smith Coleman Smith Elaine Smith Frances Smith Izora Smith John Smith Mary Smith Mary E. Smith Bessie Smoot William Snipes Gwendolyn Soloman Frances Southerland Frankie Southerland Eunice Sanders Benjamin Stevens 'So long as you are learning, you are not growing old. It's when a man stops learning that he begins to grow old." 96 MCMLXILXII Jimmy Stepherson Melvin Stevens Gwendolyn Stoney Cassandra Sexton Theodosia Tharps Daisy Thomas Gloria Thomas Jean Thomas Mary Thomas James Tharp Margaret Tilson Alice Timmons Anthony Tucker Verdery Tutt Willie Tyson Betty Upshaw Earline Walker Gracie Walker Mary Walker Joan Walker t ..::,#*.- .. F R E S H M E N 'The greatest underdeveloped territory in the world lies under your hat. 97 MCMLXILXII F R E S H M E N Rebecca Walls Earl Walthour Alvin Watkins Christine Watkins Clifford Wenze Willie R. Whipple Shirley Whitaker Barbara White Charles White Alton Wilson Anita Williams Carolyn Williams Catherine Williams Jean Williams Lois Williams James Williams Olethia Williams Sidney Williams Laordice Winfrey Roosevelt Winfrey "The man who stands for nothing will always fall for something. 98 MCMLXILXII Charles Wright Edna Wright Gloria Wright Troy Wright George Wyne Earline Wynn Samuel Wynn Catherine Zeigler Elizabeth Young Joan Young Leila Young Lois Carson delivers the main address during "Religious Emphasis Week. j' srt^- "You will never have a friend if you must have one without fault." IA wm ^ 99 Jc *X FRESHMAN WEEK WITH IRENE ELMORE Irene {arrow) receives beginning instructions on registration in the Business Department. Dr. Williams approves Irene's schedule. I Dr. Anderson advises Irene about schedule. c R A T I N After the solemn pronouncement of these words, "I crown thee, Miss SSC" by Dr. W. K. Payne (Preceding page) , Emma Sue McCrory embarked on the wonderful voyage of reigning as Queen of Queens among Savannah State's students during 1961-62. In addition to being the year's most colorful event, the Coronation is also the official beginning of the Homecoming Festivities. 106 ifes < .11 \r "SAVANNAH STATE'S MARCHING NINETY" "MISS WRIGHT HALL" . k 15 a in "PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT" "MISS SNEA" H M E C M I N G 113 THE ALUMNI MEETING L. D. LAW RECEIVES PLAQUE FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS A L i * * 1 U A/f IVl N 'Br? "*~ Jm I V } - THE ALUMNI BANQUET v %> 6 %* THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL SOUTHERN REGION PRESS INSTITUTE With Dr. W. K. Payne serving as honorary director, Savannah State College was host to other colleges, high schools and ele- mentary schools, February 8-9, for the Eleventh Annual Southern Region Press Institute. The theme of the Institute was "NO MAN IS AN ISLAND ENTIRE OF ITSELF: EVERY MAN IS A PIECE OF THE CONTINENT, A PART OF THE MAIN." The Institute is affiliated with Columbia University Scholastic Press Association and other scholastic press agencies. It has been endorsed by the Georgia Interscholastic Association. The principal speaker for the public assembly, Thursday, February 8, was Paul Swensson, executive director of the Wall Street Journal's Newspaper Fund, Inc. Jack Leflore, Sales Manager for the American Yearbook Company, delivered the keynote address, Thursday morning. Frank Reeves, member of the National Democratic Committee for the District of Columbia, addressed the delegates at the luncheon, meeting. LASS J p R E S S I N S T I T U T E 118 NIMBLE FINGERS OF* ROSE MARIE OVERSTRE > *"*%* M U s I c A L >t fl' v, ? *JM \ /" '*>* A 'A # 1 If %i I 122 taieixaar btrls ~lyoz JANUARY APRK JULY HhkUARY AUGUST TIME OUT ?08 TENNIS' 0uj *iaH pheio^apHss eghi imly GwiB Haiis fsesa Douglas M i* i sphejm> English maj^r. mm . v*i*J; fti/TOMN LIM< M. day M*t4ic is paisui haeiwlet't it* 8 i >n togttak OCTOBER r> 8 >(!*, m am HUH NOVEMBER DECEMBER _: AiWAYS SCOiHINO 1 Aiiveit* J3esso*s, ) 124 \ > MEN'S FESTIVAL STEERING COMMITTEE BOBBY BURGESS, GENERAL CHAIRMAN BOBBY HILL, GENERAL SECRETARY 129 ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA S R R I T r Loretta Miller, Basileus (Standing, left to right) Dolores Clarke, Yvonne Harris, Joyce Dingle, Bessie Samuel, Vonciel Parrish, Eudora Allen, Rosalie Holmes, Margaret Hayes, Tamiochus; Anne Waters; (Sitting, left to right) Veronica Owens, Juanita Quinn, Grammatus; Zelmar Stevenson, Anti-Basileus; Rose M. Baker and Flora Braxton, Dean of Pledgees. (Not Pictured) Joan Jones, Henrietta Meeks, and Annette Kennedy. On January 16, 1908, on the campus of Howard University Alpha Kappa Alpha was born born to perpetuate the highest ideals of character, scholarship, leadership, and service. This idea of the first Negro Greek letter Sorority was envisioned by Ethel Hedgeman, a junior at Howard University! The idea was first conceived as an instrument to enrich the social and intellectual aspects of college life, however, as the setting changed and new stimuli developed, her function- ing has become more complex and involved. Soror Hedgeman discussed her idea with eight other junior and senior girls receiving their suggestions and counter proposals until definite plans for the establishment of the organization were drawn up and presented to the University administration. Because the founders were juniors and seniors, seven sophomore girls who possessed the desired qualifications of seriousness, studiousness, and responsibility were taken into the sorority without initiation to insure its continuity. The first ritualistic initiation was held on February 1 1, 1909. There were four members in the first "line." Thus, Alpha Kappa Alpha had twenty members representative of its twenty pearls. On January 13, 1913 the sorority was incorporated as a perpetual body. It now has chapters all over America and in Africa. Since the founding and incorporating of the sorority, it has undertaken many projects to help humanity. Some of the outstand- ing ones being the Vocational Guidance Project, the Study of Negro Life and History, the Mississippi Health Project, and the National Non-Partisan Lobby on Civic and Democratic Rights. Presently the sorority has four National Projects. They are American Council on Human Rights, Scholarship, Housing, and Health. In the field of health, research on sickle cell anemia is the current project. The official journal of the sorority is the Ivy Leaf. The sorority does not maintain a pledge club, but an interest group. This group is called the Ivy Leaf Club and is composed of girls who aspire for membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Upsilon chapter was established in the fall of 1949. Soror Evanell R. Terrell was influential in getting the chapter on this campus. Soror Mary Williams assisted in the first initiation. The local chapter participates in the national projects on the local bases. Each quarter it sponsors some type of civic project in the field of health, at the end of the school year an achievement plaque is awarded, and an annual assembly program is presented. 130 ALPHA PHI ALPHA (Left to right) James Devoe, Lawrence Hutchins, Correspond- ing Secretary; Joseph Williams, B. C. Carswell, Dean of Pledgees; Charles Phillips, Financial Secretary; Benjamin Colbert, Robert Robinson, Mannie Roberts, Secretary; Vann Holland, Bobby Burgess, President; Prince Jackson, Jr. Adviser; John Durden, William Hagin, Zeke Jackson, Lawrence Wilson, Otis Cox, Liaison to Beta Phi Lambda; Percy Harden, Sgt. at Arms; Reginal Rhodriquez, Willie Holmes, Alvin Jones, Treasurer; Felix J. Alexis. JTM James Gray T Samuel Williams Chaplain F R A T E R N I T r More than fifty-five years ago at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, one of the most important meetings in Negro history was taking place. Seven valiant Negro students, drawn together by their mutual feeling for the need of an organization which would bind Negro students together, organized Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the first Negro Greek-letter organization. Delta Eta Chapter of Savannah State College has strived unceasingly to uphold "manly deeds, scholarship and love for all man- kind," the aims of Alpha Phi Alpha. During the past eleven years of existence on Savannah State's campus, the men of Delta Eta have made unlimited and significant contributions in all fields of endeavor. The Park shown in the picture on this page was built by the chapter and dedicated to the two deceased brothers, Toland J. Col- lier and Elijah J. La Marr on April 28, 1959, the tenth anniversary of the chapter. 131 DELTA SIGMA THETA S R R I T r (Kneeling, left to right) Pearl Singleton, Wilma Rhaney, Annette Randolph. (Standing, First Row) Amy Wilson, Assistant Dean of Pledgees; Eunice Veal, Chaplain; Dorothy Brown, Treasurer; Berdie Jones. (Second Row) Nora Williams, Verdell Lambert, Re- cording Secretary; Helen Marie Woods, Carolyn Collier, Imogen e Smith, Parliamentarian; (Third Row) Anna Cooper, Sergeant- at-Arms; Almarie Glover, President; Gracie Whipple, Financial Secretary; Dorothy Carter, Barbara Ann Greene, Louise Lamar. (Fourth Row) Maxine Roseberry, Idella Glover, Annie Nell Banks. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded in 1913 at Howard University by twenty-two undergraduate students. They vis- ualized an organization whose aims would be something more serious than social activity. They longed to see developed a union of college women based on certain cardinal principles and pledged to uphold lofty ideals. These women brought together college women of life potentialities and dedicated to the same ideals and purposes. Such was the beginning of Delta Sigma Theta. Springing from a small nucleus of kindred souls as have all great movements in the world's history, Delta Sigma Theta has grown steadily until today its life line stretches beyond the United States to Haiti and Liberia. Today there are 263 chapters whose thousands of members, pledged to the highest ideals of womanhood, of scholarship, and of service are making worthy contributions toward the building of a better world. In 1930 Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated as a national organization. Many individual chapters are today incorporated bodies in their respective States. As the Sorority works on its major national projects, as it gives scholarships and fellowships to worthy students, it strives to realize its purpose. There is constant effort to help its members learn how to work together in such a manner as to bring about better understanding and develop wholesome relationships. Delta Sigma Theta has a significant history. Day by day its members continue to be makers of history. OMEGA PSI PHI Right Column Up Ernest Brunson, Keep of Finance; Frank L. Tompkins, Adolphus Lewis, Norman Elmore, Basileus; Leander Merrit, Parliamentarian; John C. Reed, James Coar, Eugene Dryer, Keeper of Record and Seals; Jerome Smith, Willie Wilkerson, James Colbert, Paul S. Thompson. Left Column Up Christopher C. James, Harvey Bryant, Alex C. Habersham, Assistant Keeper of Record and Seals; John Kight, Assistant Dean of Pledgees; Jerry Mims, Calvin Cloud, Verlyn Bell, Chaplain; Willie Adkins, Wil- lie Harris, Ralph Lowe, Horace Magwood. In 1911, three young men, Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper, and Frank Coleman, conceived the idea of founding a National Ne- gro College Fraternity. A fraternity whose mother chapter could be at Howard University, their Alma Mater, but whose influence would spread to all the Negro youth of America. The young men discussed the matter many times, and as a result concluded that they should have some guidance. Brother Cooper at once suggested Professor Just, Associate Professor of Biology, who seemed to him to have a keen appreciation for the problems of youth. The next day after class was out, while working in the laboratory, Cooper discussed the matter with the young professor, who readily consented to serve as an advisor. F R A T E R N I T r On Friday evening, November 17, 1911, the night sacred to all Omega men, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was born. The four cardinal principles agreed upon at this meeting were Scholarship, manhood, Perseverance, and Uplift. The motto, "Friendship is es- sential to the soul," was symbolized by the words Omega Psi Phi, the equivalent words of the motto in Greek. On October 28, 1914, the laying of the foundation was formally completed when the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was incorpo- rated by the United States Congress under the laws governing the District of Columbia. The incorporators were Edgar A. Love Grand Basileus; Oscar J. Cooper Grand Keeper of Records; and Frank Coleman Grand Keeper of Seals. From that one undergraduate chapter (Alpha Chapter) the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity has a roster of 270 chapters. From a mem- bership of three in 1911, Omega has a membership of more than 20,000. Beginning at the capital of the nation, Omega has spread into the East, into the North and then the South, into Canada, and finally into the West. Every state in the Union has had some sons of Omega to carry her ideals of Brotherhood, of Scholarship, Manhood, Courage and Uplift. 133 7ETA PHI BETA S R R I T r (Left to right) Georgia White, Tamis; Cynthia Toney, Grammeteus; Ann Henderson, Keeper of Properties; Shirley Terry, Anti- Basileus; Joan Holliday, Dean of Pledgees; Annie Pearl Davis, Mary Alice Cantrell, Sula Andrews, Tamis-Grammeteus; Betty Washington, Phylacter; Darnell Dixon, Barbara Clements. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was organized on the campus of Howard University, Washington, D. C, January 1920. The five found- ers, all of whom are still living, are Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Viola Tyler Goings, Pearl Neal, Fannie Pettie Watts (Of Savan- nah) and Myrtle Tyler Faithful. Soror Stemons has the honor of being the first president of the organization. The objectives of finer womanhood, sisterly love and scholarship have brought together women from all parts of the country women who have similar tastes and aspirations, similar potentialities for highest attainments, and similar desires for concerted ac- tion that result in progress especially in the field of academic and literary attainments. The name of the official organ of the sorority is the Archon. The pledge club is known as the Archonian Club. The Archonian is composed of young women who are or have matriculated in accredited colleges and who are aspiring to membership in the sorority. Rho Beta Chapter participates as far as possible in all of the national programs of the sorority. Its contribution to the control and prevention of juvenile delinquency is an annual party at Thanksgiving time for the children of the Greenbriar Children's Cen- ter. We also assist the local graduate chapter with its city-wide story hour program during Finer Womanhood Week. On the Cam- pus we have an annual assembly program, award the Anne W. Jordon Prize annually to the freshman girl with the highest aver- age for the fall quarter, entertain all campus sorority women at the All-Greek reception during Finer Womanhood Week. 134 PHI BETA SIGMA Left to right Robert Ferguson, Vice-President; Roosevelt Harris, Secretary and Reporter; John Poole, Dean of Pledgees and Treas- urer; Richard M. Coger, President. The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity has a distinguished history. It was founded in the nation's capital in 1914 by three inspired souls from three corners of the land A. Langston Taylor from Tennessee, Leonard F. Morse from Massachusetts and Charles I. Brown from Kansas. These men were then students at Howard University. The first years were the glorious years of awakening and early growth. There was the thrill of forging the ritual, designing the pen and great seal and formulating the principles upon which the organization would flourish in the turbulent days to come. Through the years Phi Beta Sigma has popularized the slogan, "Bigger and Better Business," promoted and sponsored the cooperative movement and fought for fair employment opportunities and practices. During the depression years, Sigma created "Social Action," a philosophy of im- proving social order that has been imitated and at times emulated by other groups. The Fraternity has stood unequivocally for complete equality for people. F R A T E R N I r r The sons of Sigma are legend. "May our cause ever speed on its way." 135 - SIGMA GAMMA RHO (Left to right) Dolores Williams Washington, Anit-Basileus; Delois Cooper, Tamiochus; Jo Anne Foster James, Basileus; Dorothy Dorsey, Grammateus. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated was organized on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis by Mary Lou Gardner and six other school teachers. The Sorority became an incorporated National Collegiate Sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted Alpha Chapter at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana. During the first three years of its existence, the sorority confined its activities to organizing. The first call for a national boule was sent out by acting Basileus, Soror Allison, to be held at Indianapolis, December 27 to 29, 1925. At present there are 79 alumni chapters and 45 campus chapters one of which is located at the University of Liberia, Monrovia. A charter was presented to Alpha Iota Chapter at Savannah State College November 26, 1949, by Soror Fannie P. Jenkins, the Southeastern Regional Director. The charter members were Julia Jones, Edna Ligon, Rose Lotson, Mattie Roberts, and Christine Wright. KAPPA ALPHA PS1 (Left to right) Johnny Warren, Vice Polemarch; Theodore Pitt man, Dean of Pledgees; Charles McMillan, Polemarch; Ira Jackson, Strategus; Israel Small, Reporter; John Grier, Assistant Dean of Pledgees; Moses Grant, Pan Hellenic Council Rep.; Henry Saun- ders, John Gordon, Keeper of Records. It is the beautiful realization, beyond the realm of all imagination, of a vision shared commonly by the late Reverend Founder Elder Watson Diggs, "The Dreamer" John Milton Lee, Byron K. Armstrong, Guy L. Grant, Ezra D. Alexander, Henry T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Paul Caine, Edward G. Irvin and George W. Ed- mond. For it was the prudence of these astute men which inspired them in the school year 1910-11, more spe- cifically the night of January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, to sow among America's college men the seed of a fraternal tree whose fruit is available to, and now everywhere en- joyed by college youth regardless of their color, religion or national extraction. And it is a fact which Kappa Alpha Psi is justly proud that the constitution which her sagacious founders drafted more than fifty years ago, has never contained any clause whatsoever which either excluded or suggested the exclusion of a man from membership merely because of his color or creed. Its constitution is the law of an organization predicated upon, and dedicated to the principles of ACHIEVEMENT through a truly democratic fraternity. F R A T E R N I T r 137 GREEK "MISS ALPHA PHI ALPHA" DOLORES ANN CLARKE "When Nature's happiest touch could add no more, Heaven lent an angel's beauty to her face." Mickle U E E N S "MISS ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA" "There's nothing that allays an angry mind so soon as a sweet beauty." Beaumont & Fletcher BESSIE L. SAMUEL *^^ "MISS DELTA SIGMA THETA" ANNA COOPER "The beauty of a lovely woman is like music; what can one say more? Eliot 138 GREEK "MISS ZETA PHI BETA" LOUISE STEWART "Physical beauty is the sign of an in- terior beauty, a spiritual and moral beau- ty which is the basis, the principal, and the unity of the beautiful." Schiller w "MISS KAPPA ALPHA PSI" "Beauty is the virtue of the body, as virtue is the beauty of the soul." Emerson EMILY SNYPE "MISS OMEGA PSI PHI" HELEN WOODS "Beauty is part of the finished language by which goodness speaks." Eliot u E E N S id 139 FUTURE G R E E K S SPHINX CLUB OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA (left to right) Joseph Williams, Vice President; Otis Elijah, Treasurer; Linwood Ling, Robert Stephens, Aberdeen Allen, Willie Shinhoster, Piesident; William Wellons, Secretary; Marvin Foston, Business Manager; Leroy Butts, Samuel Truell, Luther Brown and Grady Copeland. IVY LEAF CLUB OF ALPHA KAPPA AL- PHA (left to right) Pauline Heird, Carolyn Futch, Delores Bowens, President; Lorinne Brown, and Johynnee P. Wright. */ ' / / f / r / '/ y / - 140 FUTURE ARCHONIAN CLUB OF ZETA PHI BETA (left to right) Harriet Ervin, Treasurer; The- resa Lewis, President; Burnice Howell, Report- er; and Susie Marshall, Secretary. PYRAMID CLUB OF DELTA SIGMA THETA (left to right) Jeanette Greene, Viv- ian Rogers, and Vivian Pray. G R E E K S 141 PLEDGE CLUB "MISS LAMPADO" BIRDIE SMILEY "What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or sea- foam, flower or winged air." - T. B. Aldrich a u E E N S "MISS SPHINX" "Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue." Emerson GAYLE REAVES "MISS SCROLLER" DELORES BOWENS "Beauty is not caused, It is. Dickinson 142 CLASS "MISS SENIOR" ANNETTE KENNEDY "She takes the breath of men away Who gazed upon her unaware." Browning "The beautiful is as useful as the useful. More so, perhaps." Bacon "MISS SOPHOMORE" MARGARET BROWN "MISS JUNIOR" FREDDIE LIGGINS "The best part of beauty is that which a pic- ture cannot express." Bacon 'Tis true, gold can do much, But beauty more." Massinger "MISS FRESHMAN" ARTVETTA DOANES 0. u E E N S 143 ORGANIZATIONAL "MISS YCA" BETTYE HANSFORD "There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple; If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with it." Shakespeare u E E N S "MISS SNEA" "Beauty is the child of love. Ellis GWENDOLYN CAMPBELL "MISS WRIGHT HALL" WINIFRED HOPKINS 'Beauty's a flower." Shakespeare 144 ORGANIZATIONAL "MISS YMCA" VERONICA OWENS "The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good." Shakespeare "MISS BUSINESS" "No gems, no gold she needs to wear; She shines intrinsically fair. Bedingfield NANCY SCOTT U E E N S "MISS TECHNICAL SCIENCE' FRANKIE STRICKLAND "Beauty is a natural superiority." Nathan 145 " s p R T S <-/*' FINAL SCORE SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE 32 ALABAMA STATE COLLEGE 10 FINAL SCORE SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE 107 TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE 67 k iiiiii j JMI / \ **frAMln .?.* ' M> ' * . H . *!* .1 . :. *>" WW* |J jap ffell ill; J \ ?v ,M' 4, i * '.s'C'+MAm**^.* 5'V*'