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U.S. POSTAGE TO BE MAILED ONLY AT PJV0 4 C LANGSTON, OKLAHOMA POST O f FE E PERMIT No. 1 Langston University Gazette VOLUME XXX LANGSTON UNIVERSITY, LANGSTON, OKLAHOMA, SEPTEMBER 1967 NUMBER 6 Reprinted from the Tulsa Daily World, Sept. 2,1967 Use Of Langston Grads Urged Gov. Dewey Bartlett Friday ‘well-to-do.’ But without it, a “We have seen a miracle of a degree in business administra urged Tulsa business and indus lot of people - including my cooperation,” he said. “It is tion and receive special training trial leaders to "keep in mind self - would never have had no longer a burden to help our in petroleum marketing at the Langston University when you a shot at (higher) education.” students find work during the owner or management level. see a vacancy in your organiza He said that because the uni summer. In the past three years, 26 tion.” versity has to compete with the “I have great faith in our students have received the Bartlett said Langston is play “giants” in hiring faculty, “we state, our people. We don’t grants. ing a “ very, very important role” have to grow our own.” have the dreadful hangover from “ It is not required that they in the task of upgrading Okla Last year, five instructors the past that some states have. work for Kerr-McGee when they homa’s labor force and he called were granted leave - with full All we have to do is roll up graduate,” he said. “We have on employers to hire qualified pay — to work on doctoral de our sleeves and go to work.” graduated three scholars and one Negro graduates. grees and “ we’ll do the same Dean A. McGee, chairman of of them works for a bank in “ There is nothing more frus this year.” ;he board of Kerr-McGee Oil, Kansas City; one of them is trating than to be trained and This was made possible by Industries, explained Kerr-Mc- with the InternakRe venue Ser not given the opportunity to pro federal grahts under Ttile 3 Gee’s petroleum marketing scho vice in California, and one is Herman E. Duncan duce,” Bartlett said. of the Higher Education Act. larship program at Langston and with the Atomic Energy Com The governor spoke at alunch- Hale said employment oppor said it will be broadened in mission in New Mexico. eon in the Mayo Hotel where tunities for Langston students the future. “There are a lot of ways A & M Board almost 100 Tulsa businessmen and graduates have increased Four-year scholarships are of business can contribute to ed gathered_Jo consider ways of sharply during the past few years. fered to students, who pursue ucation of students at Langston.” Gets Mew Member yelping Langston. Improvement Stressed Herman E. Duncan is the new est member to be appointed to the Bartlett discussed equal em Hoard of Regents for Oklahoma ployment and improving the la A & M Colleges. bor force through education and Duncan’s appointment by Gov training. ernor Dewey Bartlett marks the He said Oklahoma has been first time that a Negro has been fortunate that racial disturbance assigned this distinction. He will has not erupted here. succeed O.L. Lackey of Okmulgee But he said, “We must be a member of the A & M Regents cognizant and aware of the cir since 1945 and the only Okla cumstances that led to riots (in homan to serve that long. The term of the retired Okmulgee other major cities). Perhaps merchant and farmer had ex the one thing that caused this pired. was the lack of employment op portunities.” Duncan received his B.A. de “We have lost some of our gree from Langston University most productive people to other in 1954. He served as principal states. You are the key to of the Oktaha Public School for full utilization of education pro 20 years and the Dunbar School for seven years before going to ducts in Oklahoma.” Nadlef'lunior High School. Building Program lie is treasurer of the Muskogee Dr. William Hale, president Education Association, and a Langston University, said the member of the Oklahoma Educa schools is involved in a $6 mil tion Association, Oklahoma Sec ondary Principals Association lion building program and expect and the National Secondary “great progress” in the next' Principals Association. five years. “ But the real test is the prod Richmond K innara^rs. Almeda Parker, Mrs. Zella Patterson, Mrs. Elwyn Breaux, He is also a 32d Degree Mason uct,” he said. “The physical M r^Jean B. Manning, and President William H. Hale and a member of the Board of plant is important only insofar /'"Deacons of ^Antioch Baptist as it contributes to the real 7 MEMBERS STUDYFACULTY were on sim ilar leavfes during Department; Mrs. Zeila B^. Pat' Church, a member of Muskogee Count}' Local Draft Board No. job, which is teaching and learn TOWARD DOCTORATE the last acadeipitryear. ter son," Chairman, Home Econo- Langston - President William Faculty members granted miCs Department; % rs. Elwyn .51, a director of the Muskogee ing. The program is the im Chapter of the American Red H. Hale has announced that five leaves this year are: Richmond portant thing.” Breaux, Chairman, English De Cross and a member o f the Langston University faculty Langston is a predominately Kinnard, Director, Division of partment; Mrs. Jean B. Manning, executive committee of the area Negro university but about one- members have been granted, Applied Sciences; Mrs. Almeda English Department. council for the Boy Scouts of fourth of the faculty members leaves for the 1967-68 academic Parker, Business Administration America. are white. (yeaT'tfts study toward theDocto- This year, enrollment is ex :e as part of the Institution’s pected to reach 1,400, a few plan for faculty enrichment. Fi of which will be white students. nanced in part from grant funds Enrollment Grows under Tjjtle HI of the Higher Education Act, ten faculty' mem “In 1960, the big comment bers have received sucli grants, was that there is no need for as fiv£ other faculty members the university because of inte gration,” he said. “But that year, we had 600 students. Last LU Plans year we had 1,300. Homecoming Week “ Langston is not, and has never been, a school to attract the “ Creating an Advanced Learn ing Environment’!''is the theme for Homecoming 1967 scheduled LU Enrollment Up! Up! Up! for October 15-21. Festal and sundry activities have been The Office of Records and planned to delight “ homecomers’.’ Admissions has released infor mation that this year’s enroll Special worship services have ment is expected to top last been planned for Sunday morning, year’s 1,287% October 15. Speaker for the Students are still in the process occasion will be The Reverend of enrolling trying to beat the W.T. Gilmore, Pastor of Central deadline date—Friday, Septem Baptist Church, Chandler. ber 22, 1967. On Monday evening at seven- Last( year’s enrollment was the highest in the school’s history. thirty, a company of ten—includ The second highest occurred in ing Broadway and television 1938-39 when enrollment was stars Levern Hutcherson and Lucia Hawkins— will appear in 1,201. This year’s freshman class is the stage play “ LostintheStar^’, also expected to top last year’s an adaptation from Alan Paton’s OFFICERS OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION FOR 1967-68 pictured during instala- enrollment of 458—which also best seller CRY THE BELOVED ' tion ceremony. Left to right: Jerry Brent Driver, President; Rosalyn Luster, Corresponding Secre marked the highest in the school’s COUNTRY. tary; Cleta Powell, Recording Secretary; Jesse B. Thompson, Treasurer; Willie Clark, Cauncil- history. (Continued page 6 column 4) man-at-Large; and Melvin O. McClellan, Vice President. * , Page 8—Langston University Gazette—September 1967 University's Education Facilities Expanded by Plant Offers Enrkhment $6 Million Building Project "The true Importance of a K>ma Higher Education, The Ob- college or mdverctty is not to ahoma State Regents for Higher he seen In the elegance of its Education recognised the unique pical plant but mutt be eve- and Important contribution Lang- ted la terms of what it dots ston is making. The Regents, Ok ewith, to and fbr tha students who lahoma’s Coordinating Board of eater its portals for guidance Control tar the State’s System •ad Instruction tad hopefully of Higher Education, urged tan the tallest development of their continued development of Lang potentialities.” ston University as "aalnstltutloo These are the words of Dr. of higher looming vitally con. William H. Hale, President of corned with m eetly the needs of Langston University, who ex Oklahoma's economically and pressed himself as being less In- culturally disadvantaged youth terested in the $6 million Im who have both the potential and provement of the University’s the desire to obtain a college physical plant now in progress education.” than In the institution’s program of higher education.