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[email protected]. , __ :!,_. ,.,. MARSHALL UNIVERSITY ~rc diq. Thursday Volume 91 / April 5, 1991 PARTHENON Number92 Duke professor But where's the apple? guest speaker at convocation By Ed Loomis Reporter ---------- A man considered one of America's leading black educators will speak at 8 p.m. Monday at the Honors Convoca tion recognizing Marshall's best stu dents and faculty. Dr. Henry Louis Gates, a speaker and professor atDuke University, will speak "On Transforming the American Mind." The awards convocation, which will be in Smith Recital Hall, recognizes the accomplishments of students for achievement in honors seminars. The convocation also honors students who have received departmental aca demic scholarships or recognition, in cluding students in international stud ies and the nursing program. Gates, originally from Piedmont, W .Va., graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1973. He re ceived his doctorate at Clare College in Cambridge, England. He has taught at Yale and Cornell universities. Recently selected to chair English literature studies at Harvard Univer Frank Addington, Winfield junior, demonstrates his archery during the Public Relations Student Society of America's Schick sity, Gates will assume his new duties skills Wednesday on the Memorial Student Center Plaza Tracer Close Shave Adventure Fair.