The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-06-19
BIG SHOW AND DANCE AT SKATING RINK SUNDAY
Julian Bell Directs
Healih, Physical
Edu. Al AIcorrl

The Division of Health and Ply
steal Education at Alcorn College
is being strengthened, DIR. w H
Pipes, President of the institution,
revealed recently.
The appointment of Julian Bell,
former instructor in Physical Edu-
cation and coach at Fisk University
Nashville, Tennessee, is to direct the
Division at Alcorn.
Students in the Department may
obtain degree in Health and Ply
steal Education which viii fit them
for professional work in the field
OF THealth, Physical Education, and
Recreation.
The rehabilitation of Health and
Physical Education is another step
forward in the progressive program
of curriculum expansion, revision,
and strengthening which DR.. Pipes
has initiated at historic Acorn
College
Mr.. Belyl, who will assume his
duties as new Director Of the Div
ision on July LIST, is widely-known
as a coach.
He is a graduate of Tennessee
State College, Nashville, Tennessee,
and holds a Masters Degree in
Health and Physical Education from
the University of Michigan. Ne
has done further work in the field
at Michigan and at Springfield
College, Springfield, Massachusetts,.
AS an undergraduate at Tennessee
State, Mr.. Bel was a Letter-IIan
in four major sports: football, bas-
ketball, baseball, and track. He
began his coaching career in the
. high schools of West Tennessee.
where he was particularly outstand-
ing as athletic mentor at Booker
T. Washington High School in Mem
phis, Tennessee. His ingenuity
plays a large part in the organiza-
ton of the Tennessee Athletic. As
ISOLATION, embracing all the Negro
High Schools of the state. IN Ten
nessee, his activities earned for
him the title of Father Of Organ
lied Athletics among the colored
youths of the state.
During World War II, Mr.. Bell
served as USO Director in fur
nishing activities and services to
members Of the Armed Forces in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Tullahoma,
Tennessee, Monterey, California
and Walla Walla, WASHINGTON.
He became coach and instructor
in Physical Education al Fisk Uni
. versity in September, 1896 and in
: two years, succeeded in helping to
revive the aggressive spirit of ath-
letic competition at that noted in
stitution.
, AS high school coach, Bell dis
, covered and trained many boys and
. young men who went on. . become
! stellar athletes in three major fields
of college and professional SHORTS
Among some of these youths are:
Tin basketbalD, Reese Goose" Ia
= tunn, sensational performer with the
famed Harlem Globe Trotters; lin
footbalD Herbert Wheeler, who was
ans All-Arnerican guard at Alabama
State, Montgomery, Alabama, in
1896, Chris Roulhac, All .Arneri-
can quarter back at LeMoyne Col
:, lege, and now head coach at Al
bany State College, Albany, Georgia
Johnny Powell and James Portray
All-Southern center and guard re-
spectively at LeMoyne; and Danny
White, All-Southern full-back al
Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee
Tin BASEBALL Verdell Mathis. main
stay of the Memphis Red Sox pit
ching staff and rated as one of the
best hurlers in the nation; Pepper
Sharp, also a Red Sox pitcher, ane
Jesse Warren, also a former Rec
Sox infielder and pitcher.
Mr. Bell has been professional
baseball player, starting his careel
as pitcher on the same team ane
at the same time as the famed pit
cher, Satchel Paige. Bell played 70
the Detroit Starts, the Birmingham
Black Barons, the Nashville Elite
Giants, tn eMemphis Red Sox am
other teams.
The New Alcorn Health and Ply
steal Education Department Direc
d tor is married. His wife is the for
y plete abolition of caste distinction
in applying for a government jol
in India.