"Daniel Goodspeed Finds Fellowship at TCU; Maintains High Standards" Skiff article, 11-14-1952
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"Daniel Goodspeed Finds Fellowship at TCU; Maintains High Standards" Skiff article, 11-14-1952
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Working His Way Through College
Daniel Goodspeed Finds Fellowship at TCU; Maintains High Standards
by Frances Brummerhop
Early in September of this year trustees of Brite College of the bible voted unanimously to admit negro students to the graduate work of the seminary, and agreed to accept negroes under the same requirements as those necessary for other students.
today a 21-year-old Fort Worth Negro, Daniel Sylvester Goodspeed, is embarked on another lap of his college career that should lead him to receive the Bachelor of Divinity degree in Old Testament from Brite College in 1955.
A graduate of I. M. Terrell High School in Fort Worth, the six-foot Brite junior received the Bachelor of Arts degree in religious education at Bishop College in May of this year.
He also has a temporary teachers' certificate and a minor in social science.
Having decided to devote his life to church work about three years ago, Goodspeed has been moving steadily toward that goal.
His plans for the future were summed up by the statement: "I want to be a pastor or enter the chaplaincy in the Navy."
Falling into the old American tradition of "working your way through college," he has held numerous part time and full time jobs while attending school.
At Bishop College he worked as junior accountant in the business office, and during his senior year was "campus bell boy," a duty which consisted of ringing the large manual bell to call students to meals and to mark the end of classes.
A member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, he served as assistant minister of Ward's Chapel in the AME Church near the campus.
Full time work as a janitor at Lone Star Gas Company in Fort Worth kept him busy during his first quarter in Brite College, and he has now a part time job doing delivery work for Kay Drug Company.
Brining a "better than a B" grade average with him from Bishop College, he was awarded a scholarship by Brite College to pay one-half of his tuition.
The 172 pound student is interested in other things besides studying and working.
"I like to collect time-tables and read books on railroads," he confided. "Some day I hope to own a small railroad shop in my room."
Daniel had planned to enter the Baptist Seminary at mid-term when he read in a Fort Worth paper that TCU had opened its seminary to Negroes.
"I decided in favor of the closer fellowship of the smaller school," he explained.
Having attended several chapel services and the formal convocation at the beginning of the semester, Goodspeed said he has found the fellowship he was seeking. He also plans to become a member of Hoeiletic Guild.
Beginning his second quarter this week, one of the first three Negro students to enter Brite College is living up to the standarts set by the trustees who voted:
"To admit Negro students . . . to work for a graduate degree. . . in the preparation for full-time church services.
". . . that such Negro students must meet the same standards and requirements for this graduate work which have to be met by all other students."
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TCU Skiff https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/14484
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