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This article takes note of a survey done by John B. Knox's sociology class. Though the ideas may still seem out of date compared to present day, these ideas presented by students are shockingly progressive for 1940.

This article includes a poll asked by 25 faculty, and 25 members from each class year. Participants were asked about issues within Montevallo and on a national level. When asked about if African Americans should be denied the right to vote due to…

Song: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Music Drama: This Freedom
Song: "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley"
Song: "In Christ There is no East or West"
Song: "Messiah"

This article references two schools that are visited by a trainer to help plan a community program for African Americans in town.

More articles throughout the years of the Alabamian refer to the YWCA helping with funding for books.

This article refers to an old black janitor, Alec, who would traditionally ring an old laundry bell in Reynolds to signify the beginning and end of a semester. This was a very interesting and sweet article. It is inferred that Alec is no longer at…

The herd of certified Holstein-Friesian cows in their milking stalls

The certification for the Holstein-Friesian cows

In this small editor's note, a student named Pat Harper notices connections between Alabama College students, who are all white women, and Alabama State College students, who are all black.

Alabama College's club YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) helps a new black school that opens in Montevallo.

This article also highlights the lack of funding in black schools at the time, a problem many schools in Alabama still face…