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PAGF SIX
SCHOOL NEWS
Have New 1
Dr. Jerome H. Holland, 4t. has
«pj>ointed the ninth president
of Hampton Institute. 92 year old
college on Virginia’s lower penin-
sula, moulding io an announce-
nvejit by the colleges board chair-
man, Arthur Iiqvve, .Jr. of Vide
•University.
Dr. Holland, who has been
dent of Delaware State G.Uege,
Dover, since lid)'!, will assume his
new position July 1. Dr. Holland
1 will fill the vacancy created hy Dr.
Alonzo G. Moron's resignation hist
June, after serving as Hampton's
president for ten years.
Since Inst July, Dr. William If.
Martin, Hampton’s dean of faculty,
Vlfchaa served as acting president of;
ithe college which currently enrolls
poover 1,300 students and has a
. « faculty of 110 foil-time membews;
•i ^ slle will continue to servo as dean i j
at ‘in the new administration. i
During his seven years as head
'of Delaware State College, Dr. j
Holland guided a multi-million
1 capital improvements program, ex¬
pedited the college’s becoming a S
fully accredited member of the j
Middle States Association, and
witnessed growth in the Indent ,
a
body from 100 to 400. His ad¬
s'ministration has secured increased
.'support for the college from the
Delaware legislature, alumni and
dl'itizens of the state. j
Hampton’s board chairman Ar¬
thur Howe said, "Dr. Holland's
r ecord of varied service and un¬
usual achievement brings strong
leadership to Hampton Institute
at a time when the college is
t> n
■ Garden Club Receives
j i Tri-Color R’bbon
The Junior Jonquil Garden
club of Jackson school had its
first flower show on Monday,
'May 9 at G p. m. at Jackson
school. Miss Ira Lee Pinknev,
chairman of the club, received
the tri-color ribbon for an out-
standing and mua.uing’Tul .show.
The general 'therfie vfts "Spring
Enchantment/’ j
The shore fnVfJd^c! 2
Section 1 dealt with. horticul-
(Pit! tore with the theme belhg
“Bewitched Garden.” Classes
included in this section were
class 1, annuals; class 2, peren-
pials; class 3, roses; and class
fit 4, potted plants.
■ 1H ' Section 2 consisted 0 f ar
_
f Vangements with the theme
being "Fairies in Spring.” There
..were four classes included;
namely, Class 1, Dance of the
Elves; Class 2, Fairy Castle;
Class 3. Mystic Dew Drops; - an:l
Class 4, Creatures of Fantasy.
General chairmen ware Caro-
lyn McCoy, Dorothy Sanders
and Carolyn Bruce, Commit-
tee Chairmen and members
were Hospitality comirvittee—
Janet Milton, chijjrmnn; ■ JJlDa-
beth Kennedy And Queenie
Miller; publicity committee
Barbara McDuffie and Henry
Allen; Entries cammittee- Ron-
aid Hagood, chairman; James
MARGUERITE TIGGS,
jnj»r. Child development ma
and Miss Gladys
junior, social science major
gratulate each other after the
All-College Assembly Program
facing a d»radt* of growth and
improvement, in both the student
body and the physical plant.”
' The unanimous and enthusias-
ty* necentance of the reeonimen-
dalion of the board's nominating
committee indicates 1 he confidence
'> the trustees in Dr. Holland,”
Howe eornmented.
, t( .,. B Granger, director n*
)?/i n ., tio ,..,| Urban League and i
member of 11 itnptoTt Institutes
bo r I, wrote that Jerome Holland
“1" given bis adopted state rlis-
tit guished leadership in ediic"tion»
al and civic a "fairs . i in im¬
provement of its (Delaware ■
S ate’s) curriculum, strong 1 Ken- j
in?' of its interracial faculty and
s(u , cnt bo(!y anf | widening of its
);lnt (|f inflm . nce in human re'.R-
(iom
At Cornell University, where Dr.
Holland earned the B. S. degree
in 1980 and the M.S. degree in
1JM1, he achieved fame as “Brad”
Ho'-land, All-American end in
1938. lie was one of the first
Negro football players to be so
honored.
As an undergraduate, he was
elected to both the junior and
senior honorary societies, thereby
opening the groups to membership
for others of his r ,, ’-‘*.
After serving as an instructor
in soeiplogy at Lincoln (Pa.)
Univ., 1030-42, Dr. Holland ful¬
filled his wartime responsibilities
as a shipyard personnel director
for the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Co., Chester, Pa. After ser¬
ving in this position four years,
he became director of political and
Pennington, and Carolyn Pur¬
cell; Staging committee—Ulys-
sees Grant and Invitation coth-'
mittee -Henry Allen and Them)-
as Miller.
Judge" were Mr.s. L. S. Prles-
tH! . pas t president of the Gar-
tien ehthi; Inc., and Mrs. Mary
r-’ldurnoy. State president of the
oa-i1 o n clubs, Inc.
e. H. Harmond assisted the
v„-, Vs with the horticulture sec-
:i *
) 2 no visitors viewed the show
p up iis of Jackson school pro¬
sen ted .% delightful program at
PT/ ^ meeting on May 9 at 7 p-
m Mary Lee Grant was mis-
tres , C f cer emonies. Other par- i
tlcipants were Band Beniamin! selection.
Jackson band.
Brown, director and featuring
willie James Jones on drums :
solo, “He” Eric Lee Downing;
selections, , Sixth oixiu grade giaun SweeUS^Thg juu girls erv v."
senible- Welcome
time,” and “It’s Me Oh Lord,
solo. “Bless This Hou^e;” $ac by r i
queline Werner, schoofi song
the audience. «
MrS- Geraldine Zeigler „ . , had
Hu 1 largest attendance at the
meeting and Mesdames Alma
Wade and Gwendolyn Brown
bad the largest ntombfey of
‘
parents present.
May , 1-, Mrs _
° n Thursday,
Coloen Nichols summarized ner
^
work on- community helpers.
at Savannah State College. Miss
Tiggs was the principal speaker
and Miss* Lambert received
mantle for attaining the high-
est scholastic average
junior women.
social sciences and end coach of
football at Tennessee State Univ.,
Nashville.
Following his earning the Ph, D.
degree in sociology, from the Uni¬
versity of Pennsylvania in 1050,
Dr. Holland moved to Philadel-
pliia, in 1061, to become social re¬
search consultant to the Pew
Foundation. He continued in this
work until becoming president of
Delaware State in 1053, and still
serves as an t^d vigor to the founda¬
tion for programs to assist certain
smaller Negro colleges.
The new Hampton Institute
president is a native of Auburn,
N. Y. His wife graduated from
Toiigaloo (Miss.) College and
qprned the master of arts degree
at Rftdeliffc, the women’s college
pf Harvard Univ., before becom¬
ing a member of the faculty at
Tennessee State Univ. They have
two children — a son, age 3, and
a daughter, age 4!4.
Dr. Holland’s membership in
educational organizations include:
American Academy of Political
and Social Sciences, International
Institute of Arts and Letters arid
the American Association of
School Administrators
He is a director of the National
Urban League, the Cornell Uni-
versity Council, Governor’s Ad-
visory Committee on Education
for Delaware, Mental Health As-
sociation of Delaware, the
ware board of the United Negro
College Fund and others.
He is a 32nd degree Mason, a
Shriner, and belongs to the Omega
Psi Phi fraternity.
NFA to
Attend Forestry Camp
William Anderson and Robert
Washington, members of the
E. Beach senior high
school New Farmers of America
Chapter and students in voca-
fional agriculture; lyore eDJ-
ed to attend a' tour dav Fores-
try Training Program to be hi !<’
at Camp John Hope, Fait Vai-
ley, Ga„ May 30—June 3.
"
students , , , . ,
Both were
op the basis of. their supervised
farming program in vocational
agriculture. Anderson and
Washington along with other
home projects have planted an
acre of pine seedling at their
1 ““ c durlng the » ,,r
One hundred top students
studying vocational agriculture
end members of the New Farm¬
ers nt, of u* America chapter ---- were ---- se- '
lected from various schools in
the state to participate in the
The Forestry camp is bMng
sponsored by the following
panies: Southern Pulp Wood
Association, Rome Kraft
Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co.,
Union Bag Camp Paper Corp..
Continental Canning Co., and
111 Glass Company. All ex-
Sent.. nenses will be free to the
Robert A. Young is
pf vocational agriculture and
advisor to the Alfred E. Beach
N F. A. chapter and O. L. Doug¬
lass Is principal of the school.
St.Marv’s AME
Regular services were held at
St. Mary’s AME church last Sun-
day. The pastor, Rev. Charlie
Fogle, spoke on the subject.
’Prayer” at the 11 a. m. ser¬
vices.
The man who will use his skill
and constructive imagination to
see how much he can give for
dollar, instead of how little
he can give for a dollar, Is
bound to succeed.
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I j PaoU' ~ , n PTA
A “Tribute to Fathers” was
theme of the May PTA
j meeting at Paulsen School. ,
Highlights of the program in¬
cluded the reading of a group
°f Creative Spring poems by
Wenerneda Minis, a pupil of the
3-2 class. These poems were
dedicated to all fathers.
The object of the PTA .and
the PTA creed were read by
Madeline Stafford and Charlie
Mae Jarrett of the 6th and 5th
grades.
Officers for the next school
year were installed by Mrs. Car-
rie Moore, president of the
Chatham County PTA Council
The officers are as follows:
president, Mrs. Guy Hodge; vice
president, Mrs. Willie M. Me¬
Girt; secretary, Mrs. Thomas-
jnu White; assistant secretary,
Mrs. Anita Smith; treasurer;
Mrs. Ernestine Swjptpn; parlia-
mentarian, Willie Uu%r.
0utstanding * financial ...... reports
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were given from ehalkman
class Mothef’s club, Mrs Swin-
ton, PTA treasure)*, made a
nanelal report for 1959-60,
Mra.Alice Hamilton, grade
g WO n the prize for ’having the
largest number of fathers
ent.
Mrs. Carrie Johnson is
dent and Miss M. W. Maree,
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TaMnaH Co. |Sc.hoo)s
Tim final teachers meeting
Tattnall Comity teachers was
recently at the Glennville
mentary School. The
were.entertained by the
Elefn. School Chorus Vith
Annie Pearl dinher Brown. :p; -Jhe served
A delicious was
j the ««ve Clenn.ille a report on f.CTilty. the State S.
^ Conv en1 ,,m hl ' <! Sava "
Mlss A- Jol<lan T 1 an,i Mrs ' K ' BrPW
| ton gave a report on the
j Clinic held at Fort Valley, held Ga.
The P.T.A. banquet
| Glennville Elem. School on
night, May 0, was the
■ event of the P.T.A. for the
i ! The speaker was Theron
i principal of Collins Elem.
Out of town guests present
Mrs. .1. B. Sessoms, County
visor; Mrs. R. M.
P. T. A. County Council
and Mrs. M. Johnson, teacher
Collins Elem. School.
| The Junior-Senior Prom at
| nail Ind. High School was a
of liveliness and masterful
ing spearheaded by W.
I and J. Grant, class advisors.
• State College and Mrs. Melis-
sa Miller, Counselor, Sol C.
Johnson High school. Left to
right, Wilton C. Scott, Mrs. Joyce,
theme was “A Tropical
The upper elementary grades of
Glennville Elem. School
“Rose of the Rileys” Monday night,
pay k;_
Closing exercises for the county
j achoo)s were as follows: Collins
mentary School, Monday night,
May 10; Tattnall Ind. High School,
Monday night, May 23; Glennville
Elementary School, Tuesday night,
May 24.
The Spencer Log
“Open House” at Spencer, May
20, was synonymous with the
words “splendor, beauty and at¬
tractiveness.”
On entering the building thei’e
was a scenic view of a spring
bouquet, a stately carved antique
.tpijle:-that displayed Recent tro-
1 'pUys’received by the school, and
a bulletin board of Spencer in ac¬
tion," featuring pictures of Spen¬
cer’s May Day festival, selected
'drawings, and pupils’ written
woik.
The host and hostesses of the
j school were on duty through the
to add the personal touch and
I tousay, “Welcome to Spencer.”
| In the library was a display
| of the audio-visual aids equipment
recently purchased.
Each classroom gave
evidence of the many
and meaningful activities
on during the year. These
ties were manifested by way
pupil participation in
and informing parents of
year’s work by way of
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Navy and the Marine Corps.
Mrs. Melissa L. Miller, Guid¬
ance Counsellor for the school,
sponsored the program with
Mrs. Blanche Miller. Richard R.
Mole, and Roscoe Edwards of i
the school faculty assisting.
Matthew H. Howard of
the U. S. Army Reserve was
of ceremonies and
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PLEASURE
Mav 27_Mrs. F.ula M. Bignon, in a vocal recital at
First Rrvan Baptist church presented bv the Savan¬
nah Branch Women’s Auxiliary to the National \Hi-
jtice of Postal Employees. Donation: Adults S1.O0;
Children 50c.
jyiav 27—Motoreadp to Hilton Head, S. C., by
the Lucky Heart Social Club. Fare $2.50
Mnv 27—Tramp Dance at Rubv’s 2 Spot hy the
Apaches Sportsman’s Club. Advance $1.00. At Door,
.1.25.
May 28—-Motorcade to Singleton’s Beach, Hilton
Head) S. C, bv the Sunshine 8 Social Club. Fare:
Adults $1.25; Children 75c.
Mav 29—Motorcade to Tftkvl! Island by the Ten
Carnation Social Club. Tickets, $3.50.
Mav 70—Bus Ride to HuHon, S. C., by Jerusalem
Baptist Church. Tickets $2.00.
Mav 2 Q —Sliriners Omar Temnlo No. 21. Patrol,
S”ndav Afternoon Boatride. Donation; Advance
S1.50; At Boat, $1.75.
Mav 20—Battle of Sones at Little Brvan Baptist
Church between the Triumph GosPol Singers, the
Sapn Singers, the Feho of Xiftn Singers and the Sil¬
ver Star Four. Admission 75c.
Mav 3<t—Moonlight Cruise by the Waldorf Club.
Subscription _1.50.
Mav 30—tune 7—77th Anniversary celebration of
Montgomery Baptist Church.
Mav 30—.B'.pe 5—Home Coming Meeting of Pleas¬
ant Hill Baptist Church.
Ma’> 31—AIM,arcade to Hiltcn Head Beach h" (he
Arvipr ! ean I Men Auxiliary, Unit No. 500. Round
Trip Fare $2.50.
hitif 7—Motorcade to the B”«e.ze Hilton Head,
S. C., by New Hope Baptist church. Fare $2.00.
iiieo 3 'tnoelleht Ro.it Rid“ bv tb" Prowessive
Choir of St. Philip Monumental A. M. E. Church.
Fare $1.50.
.Tune 3,—XTotomado to HUtip (UtI Beach. S. C:, by
(he Sunset Social Club. Ticket $2.50.
June 4—Rnofr’de to Danfuskie Island, S. C., bv the
7 : nn Hill P'u'Uq chneoh JTcher Bnvrd. Tickets:
Adults and Children, $1.50. At Dock $1.75
June 9—Atonnlieht Boat Ride to Daufiickie Tsjond.
S c„ by Flipper Chape! A. M. E. Church. Tickets
$1.50.
June 5- — Mocnliejit B ft at Bide to Daiifuskie Island,
S. C. by, Benedict’s Social Club. Fare $1.50.
Jimp fi—Moonlight Boat Ride to Daufnskio Island
; b” (h» Ladies Aid Society of Butler * Presbyterian
Church. Donation $1.50.
June 8—Moonlight Boat Rid* to Daufuskie Inland
bv Frnst Friendvhin Baptist Church, Senior Usher
Board. Fare $1.50
June 10—Moonlight Boatride to Daofuskie Uland,
S C.. bv the No 7 Choir of Macedonia Baptist church.
Fare: Advance $1.50 At the Boat $1.75.
June 10—Motorcade to Hilton Head, S. C., by the
Laurettes Social Club. Fare $2.50.
June 10—Motorcade to Hilton Head, Sio^ieton’s
Beach by the Independent Society. Fare $2.50.
.Tune 13—Bopi Ride to Daufuek’c Inland bv First
Bryan Baptist Church Usher Board. Fare $1.50.
,i„«p 12 —MiwIppI Festival at Mt Zion B'U'tht
Church by Eugenia School of Music. Donation 50c.
Jure 15— Mnfnrearte to SinpVInn’c lleach Itilln’i
Head, S. C., by the Happy 12 Social Club. Fare $2.00
June 17—Summer Dnure at Tremont Inn bv the
CTvar>u->h;ans Social Club. Advance 85c; At the
Dorr $1.00.
June 19—15fli,h Anniversary Celebration of Zion
White Bluff Baptist Church.
Jon- 19—Motorcade Jo Femnndina Rei-h, F!a., by
the Silver Stars Social club. Ticket $5.00.
June 19 —Motorcade to Hilton Head B»aeh. S. C.
bv Richmond Baptist Church Usher Board. Fare $2.50
Juu- jq—Mntr>i"'ade. to Fernandin' 5 Beach. F;a., by
the Royal Canadians Social Club. Fare $4.50.
June 24—Motorcade to Singleton’s Beach, Hilion
Head S. r... bv No. 1 Usher Roard of First Mt. Bethel
Baptist Church. Fare $2.50.
June 25—Motorcade to Dorothv’s Place. Bluffiou,
« F„ h- the Israelite Baptist Church No. 2 Choir.
Tickets $1.50.
June 26—Motorcade to Fernandina Beach, Fla., bv
the Jolly Six Social Club. Fare Round trip $4.00.
June 7fl—Motorcade to Fernandina Reach, Fla., by
Metropolitan Baptist Church. Fare S4.00.
lime 30—Rabv Content at Fir«t Fhe*>c7.er Baptist
Church by the Junior Choir. Votes 10c.
Jm 1 v t—Moonlight Boat Ride hy Les MesDames. Ad¬
vance $1-50; At the Bnat, $1.75.
Julv 4—M«t/>r/-ade to Fernandina Beach, Fla. hy
the $ unset Social Club. Ticket $5.06.
? July 10—Baby Contest at First Friendship Baptist f*
Churph by the Senior Mission. Votes 10c. 4
* .
Aug. 5—Motorcade to Hilton Head Beach, S. C. by
the Sunset Social Club. Ticket, $2.50. J*
Aug. 26—Motorcade to Hilton Head Beach, S. C., lx
by the Sunset Social Club. Ticket $2.50.
Lawson, Mrs. Florence Johnson,
Mrs. Ruth P. Whitelocke, Mrs.
Melissa Miller, Mrs. S. Eloise
Brooks and W. E. Henderson.
pictures, pictures, friezes, dramatizations,
songs and dances.
Souvenirs appropriate to each
j j class sented theme or and activity guests. were pre¬
parents
Special guests at the “Open
House” were Mrs. Alice Arden,
director of elementary education;
Mrs. Emma Moore, art consultant,
and Mrs. Dorothy Ayers, consult¬
ant in special education.
Military Career Conf.
At Johnson High
A Military Career Conference
w.as recently held at the Sol C.
Johnson High school for the
11th graders and other inter-
ested students. The purpose
of the conference was to ac¬
quaint those who attended
with the needs of military ser¬
vices and their enlistment re¬
quirements, so that those desir¬
ing to pursue a military career
might concentrate on the sub¬
jects which are the most val¬
uable to the field in which they
hope to work. The theme of
the conference was “Figuring
Your Future.”
The Air Force was represent¬
ed by 1st Lieut. Ruth A. Grif¬
fith and Staff Sergt. Geo. W.
Wilkinson of Hunter Air Force
Base. Master Sgt. Gordon J.
Gibson, Av(my Racruihsr
Savannah, represented the
Army and Chief Petty Officers
William C. Broderick and Olin
M. iRifenbark represented the
SATURDAY, MAY ?*, iwo
a^udcjit aides for the program
vere James Alexander, Benia¬
min Clark, Arthur Curtright,
Archie Pounds, Eugene Bright.
Mrs E. Ellis of the Guidance
Committee of the Board of
Education was present as a spe¬
cial guest and was introduced
by Alflcrence Cheatham, p in¬
of the school.