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moRehouse college Bulletin THE ROAD TO EXCELLENCE A Report on the First Decade of the Second Century of Morehouse College and of the Administration of Hugh M. Gloster mopehouse college BuUetin Winter, 1977 Vol. XUV, Number 2 Contents Founder's Day 3 Special 10-Year Report About This Issue Board of Trustees 10 Ten years President Hugh M. Gloster prepared a Administration 12 ag<p long-range plan for the development of Morehouse Faculty and Academic 14 Programs College, and since that time he and his co-workers Students 17 have worked tirelessly on the implementation of this Memorable Events 20 plan. As a result, the Morehouse of 1977 is different Property Acquisitions 22 from the Morehouse of 1967 and is outstanding not Building Program 26 only for its growth and stability but also for its New Buildings Planned 30 responsiveness to student and societal needs. Second-Century Development Campaign 32 According to available data on institutions of higher Alumni 34 learning in the United States, Morehouse has made more overall In Memoriam 38 progress than any other American liberal arts college in the 1,000-1,500 enrollment range Medical School 40 during the past ten years. This progress, as the data in this The Gloster Family 42 issue of the Bulletin will show, has been on many fronts — in the strengthening of the Board of Trustees, the EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Administration, the Faculty, the Student Body, and the Alumni Association; Edward A. Jones, '26 in the improvement of the academic and student- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF personnel programs; in the increase of faculty salaries and student financial William G. Pickens, '48 CAMPUS EDITOR aid; in the growth of the endowment; Nathaniel C. Veale Jr., '63 in the acquisition of additional land areas and physical ALUMNI EDITOR facilities; in the renovation of old structures; Allen S. May, Jr. MANAGING EDITOR in the construction of new buildings; and in the general beautification of the campus. EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: And now we invite you to read this record of Mrs. Yvonne King, Mrs. Verna Bolton, Ms. Jacqueline R. Gambrell, advancement and Vincent Johnson during the past ten years and to see the foundation that is being laid for a Morehouse century of College admits students of any continued service and progress. race, color, and nationality or ethnic origin. Published quarterly by Morehouse College 223 Chestnut Street, S. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30314 Photography: Bud Smith and William H. Ransom Second-class postage paid in Atlanta, Georgia Morehouse birthday cake is cut by Mrs. Beulah Glosteras Reverend Thomas Kilgore and President Gloster look on. Morehouse Observes Its One Hundred Tenth Anniversary Tenth Anniversary of Presidency of Dr. Hugh M. Gloster Celebrated Morehouse College was 110 years old Church (Atlanta) and Professor of The Founders Day address was on February 18, 1977. The 110th Anniver¬ Religion at Morehouse. An interesting delivered by Alumnus Robert E. Johnson, sary of the College was observed on "hors-d'oeuvre ' of this occasion was the 48, Associate Publisher of Jet magazine. Thursday, February 17, at the Founder's presentation to the College of books on Mr. Johnson reminisced on his years at Day Convocation and on Friday, February Japan by Japanese Consul General Seiho Morehouse some three decades ago, pep¬ 18, at a banquet commemorating the Tajiri. pering his observations with spicy anec¬ 110th Anniversary of the College and the After an eloquent Statement of the Oc¬ dotes on some of the teachers and ad¬ Tenth Anniversary of the Presidency of casion by President Gloster, greetings ministrators of his day (some of whom are Dr. Hugh M. Gloster, who took over the were brought by the following: still at the College). He also highlighted reins of his Alma Mater on J uly 1,1967. Theodore M. Alexander, '31, Secretary, the generation gap that placed him and The Founder's Day Convocation was the Morehouse Board of Trustees; Charlie his children on different sides of some held at 11:00 a m., February 17, in the Sale J. Moreland, 51, Vice President, National basic issues. Then he moved into the more Hall Auditorium (for years known as "Sale Morehouse Alumni Association; Dr. Willis serious message to Morehouse men. Hall Chapel "), with President Hugh M. J. Hubert, Academic Dean, on behalf of Speaking to an overflow crowd in the Sale Hall Gloster presiding. The invocation was the Morehouse Faculty and Staff; and Chapel, Mr. Johnson praised given by the Reverend William V. Guy, William Burke III, President, Student President Jimmy Carter for "exhibiting '57, Minister of historic Friendship Baptist Government Association. the type of leadership that should come 3 The from the top.” He added that President following members of the gorgeous silver tray to President and Mrs. Carter is "leading the nation by example." Morehouse College Faculty and Staff Gloster for the Faculty and Staff; Mr. Johnson stated that he was very im¬ made additional presentations: Edward A. Jones, Professor of pressed by what is going on the 1. Mrs. Carol Ann Miller, Assistant Pro¬ French3.Dr.and Chairman of the Department Morehouse College campus today. He ex¬ fessor of French, presented a plaque to of Modern Foreign Languages, traced his ; horted the student body to be "brokers of Mrs. Beulah Gloster, wife of President, on association and friendship with President : knowledge, of useful ideas, of useful in¬ behalf of the Morehouse Auxiliary; Gloster since they shared an office in the > formation, and translators of knowledge 2. Mrs. Agnes Watson (wife of Dr. early 1940's; and, on behalf of the that will be helpful in the future. Melvin Watson, Chairman of the Depart¬ Morehouse Faculty and Staff, he pre- - Morehouse men should become fertile, ment of Philosophy and Religion), Assis¬ sented to President Gloster a beautiful I agile, and mobile in the classroom ac¬ tant to the Business Manager, presented a plaque bearing the following words: tivities." The honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) was conferred on Presented To Alumnus Johnson by President Hugh M. Gloster. Hugh Morris Gloster, Ph. D. Music for the Convocation was sup¬ plied by the Morehouse Glee Club, under President the direction of Dr. Wendell P. Whalum, '52, Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Music. Morehouse College "since 1967 . The benediction was pronounced by the Reverend Roswell Jackson, '47, of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. The Anniversary Banquet was held BRILLIANT TEACHER (ENGLISH), DISTINGUISHED ADMINISTRATOR, Friday, February 18, at Atlanta's Hilton Hotel. Serving as toastmaster was Dr. AND EDUCATIONAL STATESMAN, WHO HAS, IN THE DECADE THAT HE Thomas Kilgore, Jr., '36, Chairman of the Morehouse Board of Trustees. Dr. Ben¬ HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF HIS ALMA MATER, CARRIED THE jamin E. Mays, President Emeritus of Morehouse College (1940-1967) and cur¬ COLLEGE TO NEW AND NOTEWORTHY HEIGHTS IN EVERY SIGNIFICANT rently President of the Atlanta Board of Education, gave the invocation. AREA OF ITS OPERATION: PLANT EXPANSION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, Special presentations were made to the College by Mr. Walter L. Parrish II, Assis¬ FACULTY AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT GROWTH, tant Director of the Fund for Renewal; and Mr. Seiho Tajiri, of the International AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. House of Japan. Three-minute greetings were brought by the following: IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION THE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE FACULTY AND STAFF A. Education: 1. Dr. Dupree Jordan, Executive Direc¬ FEBRUARY 18,1977 tor, Association of Private Colleges and Universities in Georgia. 2. Dr. Robert J. Leonard, Executive The plaque presented to Mrs. Gloster by Mrs. Carol Miller bears the following words: Director, Georgia Post secondary Educa¬ tion Commission. 3. Dr. Calvin A. Brown, Jr., Vice Chair¬ TO man, Board of Trustees of Morehouse College. MRS. BEULAH HAROLD 4. Mr. J. Herbert Williams, Vice GLOSTER President-at-large, National Alumni Association of Morehouse College. PRESIDENT 5. Dr. Charles Meredith, Provost of the Atlanta University Center. OF THE 6. Dr. Willis J. Hubert, Academic Dean, Morehouse College. MOREHOUSE AUXILIARY 7. Mr. Wiley A. Perdue, Business Manager, Morehouse College. IN APPRECIATION OF 8. Mr. William T. Burke III, President, Morehouse Student Government Associa¬ HER LOYALTY, DEVOTION, AND SUPPORT tion. AND B. Government: IN RECOGNITION OF 1. The Honorable George Busbee, Governor of Georgia. HER FAITHFUL AND EFFICIENT SERVICE 2. The Honorable Henry Dodson, Com¬ missioner of Fulton County. TOTHE MOREHOUSE AUXILIARY 3. The Honorable Maynard H. Jackson, J r., Mayor, City of Atlanta. FOUNDER'S DAY BANQUET 4. The Honorable Julian Bond, State Senator, Georgia. FEBRUARY 18,1977 -THE MOREHOUSE AUXILIARY 5. The Honorable Horace Tate, State Senator, Georgia. 4 Trustee Board Secretary T. M. Alex¬ ander, Sr., introduced President Gloster itesof of: for his "Remarks.” The y;r:1[ internationally famous Morehouse few! jj$ College Glee Club (which sang, along with the Atlanta University at talent ■ Center Chorus item fc1 President Jimmy Carters Inauguration), under f of tie the direction of Dr. Wendell P. Whalum, - It pie- ’ supplied music for this occa¬ leayliful1 sion. The benediction was pronounced by ids: •! Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., '30, a member of the Morehouse Board of Trustees. Robert E. Johnson, '48, Executive Editor, Jet Magazine, was the main speaker at the 110th Founder's Day Convocation in the Sale Hall i Chapel, February 17,1977. !, Georgia Governor George Busbee addresses HE ! Morehouse audience. INI f, Mr. Seiho Tajiri presents the International House of Japan collection of SCA President William T. Burke III makes presentation to Dr. Gloster at books to Mrs. Jessie Ebanks (c) and Dr. Gloster at the anniversary banquet. 110th anniversary banquet. 0 Mrs. Agnes Watson (c) makes presentation on behalf of faculty to President Arnold Ford, 79, presents flowers to Mrs. Gloster on behalf of the Glee and Mrs.