The Agricultural and Technical College register [April/May 1927 1926]

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The Agricultural and Technical College
REGISTER
GREENSBORO, N. C, APRIL-MAY, 1927
A. AND T. COLLEGE MAKES RAPID PROGRESS
UNDER LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT BLUFORD
COLLEGE DEBATING TEAMS MEET AND VANQUISH
OPPONENTS
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\ Virginia and South Carolina are Victims
For the first time in the history of debating in the college
department of A. and T. both affirmative and negative teams
OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT
When President Bluford took up his duties as president
about two years ago, A. and T. College was rated as class "C"
by the state board of education. Now this institution is one
of the three "A" grade colleges for Negroes in North Carolina. President Bluford has worked hard and is still working
to develop the institution into the best of its kind in the
country. He has the loyal cooperation of both teachers and
students. May God give him health, strength and continued
happiness in serving Negro youths of North Carolina and the
commonwealth.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 29TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT—MAY 27-31, 1927
Friday, May 27, 8:00 p.m.—Prize Rhetorical.
Saturday, May 28, 8:30 p.m.—President's Reception to
Senior Classes.
Sunday, May 29, 3:30 p.m.—Baccalaureate Sermon, the
Rev. W. L. Ransome, A.M., D.D., Pastor,First Baptist Church,
South Richmond, Va.
Monday, May 30—Alumni Day. 10:00 a.m.—Business
Meeting of Alumni Association. 3:00 p.m.—Class Day
Exercises." 8:00 p.m.—Annual Musicale.
Tuesday, May 31, 2:30 p.m.—Commencement Exercises.
Address, Mr. Charles Wesley, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of
History, Howard University, Washington, D. C.
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Left to riglit—Walter E. Pitts, '29; Willard Houston Williamson, '28;
Maces Elliott Patterson,  '30; Professor Weaver, coach; Croxton Williams, '28; Jerry Lee Givens, '27; H. B. Chandler,  '28.
won from their opponents. The question for this year was
vital and up-to-date in many respects. It read thus:""Resolved, that the Attitude of the Coolidge Administration
toward Latin America is Justified." Any one who has some
knowledge of debating will readily see that to win both sides
of a question like this demands much reading, careful arrangement of facts and wise coaching. The affirmative side was
upheld by M. E. Patterson and W. Pitts as speakers and W. H.
Williamson as alternate. These men met on their home floor
the team from Orangeburg, South Carolina, and on the
points of: first, national integrity; second, non-imperialism,
they defended their side and won the unanimous decision of
the judges. The negative aggregation was composed of H. B.
Chandler and C. Williams as speakers and J. L. Givens as
alternate. After all due preparation plus an overwhelming
conviction in the validity of their arguments they traveled
to Petersburg, Virginia, with the express purpose of bringing
back victory. This they did. They argued their case from the
standpoint of international law, imperialistic tendencies, and
unwise precedent." They offered as their solution to this per-