The Savannah State College Bulletin President Dr. Howard Jordan, Jr. Director of Public Relations and Editor-in-Chief Wilton C. Scott Acting Alumni Secretary Prince K. Mitchell Issue Editor Carolyn R. Screen Photographer Robert Mobley
Volume XVIII May, 1965 Number 6
The Savannah State College Bulletin is published yearly in October, December, February, March, April, and May by Savannah State College. Second Class mail privileges au- thorized at Savannah, Georgia. George Washington Carver Scorned Wealth Miss Marcelle Rhodriquez, Mrs. Mar- garet C. Robinson, and Dr. Forrest 0. While Creating Multi-Million Dollar Industries Wiggins.
While creating multi-million dollar Candidates for Alpha Kappa Mu industries by his experiments with pea- Honor Society were: Miss Louise M. nuts, soy beans and other farm products, Tarber, and Bradford Torain. George Carver Washington refused any Officers of Beta Kappa Chi National increase in his $125-a-month starting Scientific Society are: Jimmy Stepher- salary during his 46 years on the son, President; Corine Capers, Vice Tuskegee Institute faculty. President; Shirley Cruse, Secretary; This is revealed by Lawrence Elliott Dennis Polite, Treasurer. in "Beyond Fame or Fortune," a new Faculty members: C. V. Clay, Spon- biography of the famous Negro scientist, sor; J. B. Clemmons, B. T. Griffith, and published in the May Reader's Digest. W. V. Winters. Often he delayed cashing his salary Initiates for Beta Kappa Chi were: checks until the treasurer protested and Phillip Dryer, Willie N. Fuller, Miss frequently he gave them to needy stu- Betty Gordon, and Jeffery James. dents. He refused to go to work for Thomas Edison at $100,000 a year. A dyestuffs firm offered Carver a labora- 62 Students Make tory and a blank check. He sent back Dean's Faculty List the check with formulas for 536 dyes Mr. William N. Weston, an Aero-Space Tech-
nologist at Goddard Space Flight Center, is a that he had discovered. According to Dr. Robert D. Reid, 1956 graduate of Savannah State College. He When Florida peanut planters sent a serves as Project Leader for the Spacecraft Track- Dean of Faculty at Savannah State ing, Input Analysis and Predictions Programming box of diseased specimens with a College, 62 students have attained an check Group. He is a member of the Washington, D. C. average of 3.50 or higher on a full pro- and offer of a retainer, he diagnosed Chapter of Savannah State. gram during the winter quarter 1965, the disease and returned the check. "If and have earned a place on the Dean's the good Lord charged nothing to grow 14th Annual Honors List for the spring quarter 1965. The your peanuts," he wrote, "I do not think Convocation Held in January names of these students are listed below. it fitting of me to charge anything for The 14th Annual Honors Convocation Richard Anderson, Carol J. Brannan, curing them." was held at Savannah State College on Helen J. Brunson, Johnnie Bryant, Spurred by Carver's research, Ameri- Wednesday, January 20, 1965. The Corine Capers, Shirley Ann Conner, Honors Address was delivered by Dr. ca's peanut crop, Elliott is writes, today Laura Corbett, Mabel Corouthers, John A. Hunter, President of Louisiana our sixth most important agricultural Shirley Ann Cruse, Arthur C. Curtright, State University. product. The two billion pounds har- Johnny J. Davis, Marva Deloach, Ivory vested each year are worth close to 300 Dr. Hunter, a native of Donner, K. Dious, Dorothy Dorsey, Gloria A. Louisiana, is well in educational million dollars to the farmer and known Duncan, Charles Elmore, Cora M. circles, especially among education ad- another 200 million to industry. Foston, Gwendolyn Fuller, Betty J. ministrators and teachers in Louisiana. Gordon, Laura M. Grant, Sandra Hey- In addition to the admiration of He is a graduate of Davidson College, ward, Georgia Hightower, Dawn scientists everywhere, Carver won the North Carolina, and received the Master Hollingshead, Minnie Hudson, Roxcena friendship of Presidents Theodore of Arts degree at L.S.U., the Ph.D. de- Jackson, Catherine Johnson, Hazel John- Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge and Franklin gree following an exhaustive study of son, Willie M. Johnson, Lillie M. Kyles, D. Roosevelt, and also of Henry Ford, the legal status and social composition John E. Lang, and Barbara Lawson. the industrialist. Ford and Carver of Louisiana parish school boards. The Hewitt Lundy, Joanne V. Mainor, visited each other for years and Ford convocation program began at 10:20 Glennera Martin, William H. Martin, named a Dearborn school for him. a.m., in Willcox Gymnasium. Bertha R. Mays, Vivian McMillan, Three years before he died on Jan. The officers and members of Alpha Josephine McPherson, Juliette B. 5, 1942, Carver, who never married, Nu Chapter of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Mitchell, Willie F. Moore, Lydia gave his life savings of $33,000 to the Society are as follows: President, Miss Mungin, Marion Mungin, Rose New- Carver Foundation to provide more Hazel President, some, Waltina Reddick, Grady Riggs, facilities at Tuskegee for research. Other Johnson; Vice Miss Carolyn Roberts, Jacquelyn Ryan, gifts followed and the Foundation now Willie M. Julian; Secretary-Treasurer, Patricia A. Ryan, Jacqueline Ryles, has a two-million dollar building. Mrs. Mildred Glover; Mrs. Juliette B. Delacy Sanford, Charles Savage, Mitchell; J. B. Clemmons, Advisor; Congress passed unanimously a bill Doretha Scott, Gwendolyn Sharpe, E. K. Williams, Advisor and Director of by Sen. Harry S. Truman creating the Margie Simmons, Emily Tait, Minnie Region V; Faculty members: Dr. George Washington Carver National Thompson, Brenda Truedell, Eugene Monument on the site of the farm near Howard Jordan, Jr., Johnny Campbell, Washington, Joyce Washington, Ollie Diamond Grove, Mo., where Carver was Jr., Mrs. Mildred Glover, Robert Holt, M. Wells, Maggie Wicker, and Winfrey born a slave in 1862. Dr. Howard M. Jason, John W. Jordan, Laordice. .
Committee Evaluates Program of Teacher Education; College Program Approved
visiting committee evaluated the Miss Olleen Williams, State Dept. of A IB*^ ^B li
^SD- ,, program of teacher education at Savan- Education, Atlanta, Georgia. p %eQf9 ^f B^Si' :*>•.] ^1 nah State College on April 11-14, 1965. Miss Hassie McElveen, Georgia South- The committee, composed of a cross- Hk ^ ern College, Statesboro, Georgia. section of professional educators, was organized by the Division of Instruction Miss Mary Ellen Perkins, Coordinator, of the State Department of Education. Teacher Education Services, State Dept. of Education, Atlanta, Georgia. 3%S.,. : The evaluation was a prerequisite to the achievement of regular state ac- Dr. Hayden C. Bryant, Division of *^*3"pM creditation. This form of accreditation, Instruction, State Department of Edu- called the Approved Program Approach cation. :. ^' to Certification, is a relatively new Mrs. Maenelle D. Dempsey, Teacher /iM^ '—-"'' i^sp process which is increasingly being Education Consultant, State Dept. of adopted by state certifying agencies. Education, Atlanta, Georgia. Programs approved as a result of this Dell Knight, Chatham County Board visitation were approved for five years of Education, Savannah, Georgia. instead of the usual one year. For this Miss Rosemary Singleton is a secretary for the Interior Department, Bureau of Mines Office of reason, regular accreditation is officially Mineral Reports, Washington, D. C. She is a 1961 termed Five Year Approval. Students graduate of Savannah State College, major, Busi- who begin as freshmen during the next ness Administration. She worked as Secretary in Public Relations Office and Office of Home Study five years will, upon completion of their Graduate Accepts for 15 months after graduating. She is a member particular teaching programs, auto- of the Washington, D. C. chapter of the Alumni matically be granted professional certifi- Job With the USAF Association. cation. Percy L. Byrd, a 1961 mathematics Members of the Visiting Committee graduate of Savannah State College, has SSC Holds Conference; were as follows: recently been employed by the United Teacher Education Day
States Air Force Aeronautical Chart and its Fifth Dr. Catherine J. Duncan Berry, Head, Savannah State College held Dept. of Education, Fort Valley State Information Center. He is enrolled in Annual Teacher Education Day Con- College, Fort Valley, Georgia. the Cartographer Training Program be- ference on April 22, 1965. The theme ing conducted at ACIC's training school of the conference was, "Creating In- Dr. Joseph Dennis, Mathematics in St. Louis, Missouri. telligence." This theme was of particular Dept., Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia. importance at this time as its meanings This six month Civil Service Commis- were centered about the whole complex A. L. Farmer, S. H. Archer High sion approved course provides a broad School, Atlanta, Georgia. of problems associated with the "Cul- background in chart compilation and turally Deprived." related fields. Subjects covered in the Mrs. Mattie Greenwood, Art Con- The Chief Consultant and Keynote curriculum include geodesy ( making sultant, Area I, Atlanta City School Speaker was Dr. Arthur Coombs, Pro- exact measurement of the earth', System. fessor of Education, University of astronomy, physical geography and Florida. Dr. Coombs is most outstanding Clifford Hardwick, Consultant in photogrammetry ( making charts from in the field of professional education. Science, Chatham County Schools, Sa- photographs) His research and writings in this field vannah, Georgia. When Mr. Byrd completes the course, have earned for him an enviable Miss Iris Dukes, Chatham County he will be assigned to the Production scholarly reputation. Board of Education, Savannah, Georgia. and Distribution Plant of ACIC located The Teacher Education Day Confer- in St. Louis, Missouri, at the historic ence was a unique activity in that it was Dr. James Marquis, Head, Music site of the St. Louis Arsenal on Second a venture which was jointly organized Dept., Albany State College, Albany, and Arsenal Street. and operated by the College and the Georgia. staffs of the public school systems that Its mission is basically the production Dr. Chester Robinson, Head, Dept. of cooperate in the program of teacher of aeronautical charts, graphic air target Health and Physical Education, Fort education. Leadership roles incident to materials, flight information publica- Valley State College, Fort Valley, Geor- operation of the conference were shared tions, maps, terrain models, evaluated gia. by College and public school personnel. intelligence on air facilities, and related The conference was open to the Dr. Mary Tingle, College of Educa- cartographic devices for the United public. The first general session began tion, University of Georgia, Athens, States Air Force and other Department at 9 a.m. At 10:30 a.m., the conference Georgia. of Defense Agencies. divided into small study groups which deliberated against the backdrop of the James Wykle, Head, Business Educa- Mr. Byrd was formerly employed by Keynote Presentation. The final general tion Services, State Dept. of Education, the Mcintosh County Board of Educa- session began at 1:30 p.m., and con- Atlanta, Georgia. tion as principal of Sapelo Island Ele- cluded at 3 p.m. At this session, the mentary and Junior High School. Dr. Henry L. Ashmore, President, groups reported the highlights of their Armstrong State College, Savannah, He is married to the former Lucile deliberations, followed by an evaluative Georgia, Chairman of the Committee. Lawton. They have one son, Craig. summary by Dr. Coombs.
4 Progress at SSC — 14% Enrollment Increase; Savannah State Implements Work-Study Program $1,500,000 Under Construction and Planned President Howard Jordan, Jr., of Sa- Enrollment at Savannah State Col- and Associates is designing the build- vannah State College has been officially lege, said President Howard Jordan, ing, which will cost about $600,000. notified by the Bureau of Higher Edu- has increased steadily for the last two The total teaching staff is now 73 cation of the Department of Health, years. If the present trend continues, with 21 faculty members holding doc- Education, and Welfare that the col- the college will have 2,500 students by torate degrees and all others with lege's application for a Work-Study Pro- provided facilities are available 1970, master's degrees with the exception of gram under Title 1-C of the Economic to accommodate them. three persons in the areas of art and Opportunity Act has been approved. This year the enrollment was 1,298. technical sciences. These persons are Savannah State College will receive This figure is 13.8 per cent higher than actively working towards completing an initial federal allotment to cover the anything the college has ever had. The requirements for master's degrees. cost of providing additional part-time freshman class is 35 per cent larger than campus jobs for eligible students. This any first class the college has had. Work for Doctorates allotment will be matched by the col- In the area of construction, three Also Dr. Jordan said, a majority of lege's ten per cent contribution, as buildings are now being built. These in- those persons with master's degrees stipulated in the Economic Opportunity clude a classroom building, a dormitory have done work towards their doc- Act. The college has been authorized to for 180 women and gymnasium. All torates. Five staff members are presently initiate the employment program on or three contracts for these structures were on leave to complete requirements for after January 25, 1965. awarded to Savannah firms. their doctorates. Many students will receive campus SSC has the nucleus of a good teach- Classroom Building employment as a result of the federal ing staff, Dr. Jordan said. Each major allocation. Students who are assigned The two-story classroom building, division is headed by a person with an part-time campus jobs must be in good which will cost $500,000, will be air- earned doctorate and the same is true academic standing and demonstrate conditioned and will consist of 15 gen- of all departments with the exception need. eral purpose classrooms, data processing of the departments of math, physics and facilities, a language laboratory, a read- home economics.
ing clinic and an administrative area Rut each department except home For the first time in America's his- with office space for 33 instructors. economics has a person in it with a tory, states may spend more money for doctorate degree engaged in full-time Rives Worrell Co., of Savannah is the goods and services than the federal teaching, he said. contractor. government during 1965, according to "We feel fortunate," he said, in secur- the May Reader's Digest. Among The dormitory will have 90 bedrooms ing 13 new members of the faculty who examples of soaring state budgets is of the studio type, housing two girls to are all well qualified. Five of this num- that of New York, whose current budget a room. It will also have a lobby, ber hold doctorate degrees, he said. is larger than Australia's. recreational areas, an apartment for a house director, a grooming room, a tele- vision room and a laundromat. It will be air-conditioned and cost approxi- mately $600,000. Jim Artley Company of Savannah is the contractor. The Wiley Gymnasium Annex, costing $418,000, will include classrooms for health and physical education students, additional spectator seating for indoor sports and a regulation AAU swimming pool. Rives Worrell is the contractor. The future in construction is very bright, Dr. Jordan said.
Fine Arts Building
Preliminary plans have been approved for a music and fine arts building which will include areas for art, drama, music and the other performing arts, he said. This building will be on the west end of the campus towards LaRoche Avenue. The budgeted cost of this build- ing is $542,000 and construction is ex- pected to start in early spring. Oscar Hansen is the architect.
In the planning stages, Dr. Jordan Congressman Conyers of Michigan, following his address at the All-College Assembly sponsored by said, are a dorm for 180 men which the College Chapter, NAACP, at Savannah Stats College. Left to right: Walter Leonard, Atlanta, Georgia Realtor; E. J. Josey, College Librarian and Chapter Advisor; Congressman John Conyers; W. W. will be similar to the one being con- Law, Georgia NAACP President; Mrs. Mercedes Wright, State Co-Youth Advisor; and James Sapp, Chapter structed for women. The firm of Sewell President. Savannah State to Initiate a Pre-Trial Dr. Charles Pratt Presents Enrollment Program in Summer Session Research Paper at Society Dr. Charles Pratt, professor and head President Howard Jordan, Jr., has of the Department of Chemistry, Savan- announced that Savannah State College nah State College, represented the Col- will initiate a pre-trial enrollment pro- lege at the National Meeting of the American Oil Chemists' Society gram during the 1965 summer session. in Houston, Texas, April 25-28, 1965. Dr. The program will be designed to make Pratt presented a research paper on his it possible for graduates of accredited work with cottonseed protein. Georgia high schools who have been The project was concerned with the rejected on original applications to determination of the sequence of amino State Colleges to improve academic acids in the protein. It was undertaken deficiencies on which their rejections with the idea that once the true struc- were based. Such pre-trial programs ture is known, the protein may be de- graded to polypeptide which have been approved by the Board of have im- munological properties similar to those Regents of the University System of of the polypeptide insulin. This structure Georgia in effect in several and are determination is undertaken by a modi- other units of the System at this time. fication of a procedure first used in 1950 by the English Scientist, Pehr The purpose of such programs is to Edman. enable all graduates of accredited Geor- In addition to Dr. Pratt's report gia high schools who wish to attend col- at the Houston Meeting, two seniors, Miss lege to have a second chance to find a Charles H. Lee, II is System Programmer and Ernestine Dennis and Miss Ellen Polite Life Service Informater Programmer for General place in the freshman class of some unit presented research papers at Electric Missile and Space Craft Division, Washing- the Eastern of the University System. ton, D. C. He is a Biology major, class of '65 Colleges Science Conference in Danbury, and a Chemistry minor. Connecticut, April 29-30, 1965. Miss Enrollees in the program will be Dennis' paper was concerned with one given supplemental instruction in courses Choral Society Appears phase of the protein analysis while Miss basic to freshman year college require- Polite's discussed her work on the "Syn- ments. They will be tested at the end of In Numerous Concerts thetic Preparation of Apiose." the summer period to determine the The Savannah State College Choral Miss Dennis is a National Science level of their pre-college achievement. Society appeared in concert in Wash- Foundation Undergraduate Research Those who show minimum required ington, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Participant in a program which Dr. Pratt has directed at achievement will be granted probation- during the month of March. Savannah State College for the past three years. Re- ary admission with the Fall Quarter On Friday, March 19, the group search in the Department of Chemistry appeared at the Vermont Avenue Baptist freshman class. has been sponsored by grants from the Church in Washington, D. C. National Cottonseed All persons who were rejected for Products Associa- tion; The Society of the Sigma Xi; the first-time enrollment by Savannah State On Saturday, March 20, the group Research Corporation; appeared at the District of Columbia and The National College, and especially those who were Science Children's Center School in Laurel, Foundation. rejected for the Fall, 1964, and those Maryland. who have been rejected for the Fall On Sunday, March 21, the group ap- Quarter, 1965, are invited to enroll in peared at the Emanuel Institutional Samuel M. Truell Principal this program. In addition, high schools Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Penn- are urged to recommend enrollment in Of Sapelo High School sylvania. this program to all prospective June Samuel M. Truell, a 1963 graduate of graduates who wish to attend college, A 12" Long-Playing, High Fidelity Savannah State College, has been named but whose high school achievement Album entitled, SACRED SONGS AND the principal of the Sapelo High School records may not, at graduation, win SPIRITUALS by the Savannah State on Sapelo Island, which is a part of the admission to units of the University College Choral Society was released re- Darien school system. System. cently, and is now available in the Col- lege Bookstore, or the Department of Mr. Truell is a member of Alpha Phi Since course offerings under this pro- Fine Arts at Savannah State College. Alpha Fraternity and is a communicant gram will be determined by enrollment, of the Butler Presbyterian Church. He prompt application is essential. All ap- was formerly associated with the Mid- plications must be received in time to Columbus G. Brinkley: Assistant pro- Town Chamber of Commerce; H. Pride schedule courses for the opening session & Company, and the Atlanta Life Insur- of the Summer Quarter which begins fessor of electronics technology at Ala- bama A. College, received an ance Company. June 14, 1965. & M. honorary Doctor of Science degree from Interested persons should contact the the Midwestern University of Missouri Director of Admissions, Savannah State recently. Dr. Brinkley is a graduate of Nearly 29,000 books are published College, State College Branch, Savan- Savannah State College and Lincoln each year in the United States, says nah, Georgia. Engineering School, Lincoln, Nebraska. Reader's Digest. Men's Glee Club Appears at New York Mrs. Louise M. Turner is "Teacher of the Year" at Sarah Mills Hodge School, World's Fair by Special Invitation Savannah, Georgia.
At the invitation of the U. S. Depart- A native of Valdosta, Georgia, she ment of Commerce, United States Com- 'Teachers of the Year' received the B.S. degree in elementary mission, the Savannah State College's education from Savannah State College Men's Glee Club appeared at the New Mrs. Martha L. Edwards has been and has attended workshops of the local Fair 10-11, York World's on May 1965. named "Teacher of the Year" for system and Savannah State College. Laurens County. The select group of 30 voices, under Mrs. Turner is the wife of Coach the direction of James Thompson, Jr., A native of Darien, Georgia, and a Joseph Turner and the mother of three Instructor in the Dept. of Fine Arts, graduate of Lucy children. was composed of students from twelve Laney High School, academic divisions for whom music is Augusta, Georgia, an avocation. she received the B.S. degree in Social Mrs. Pauline E. Hagins has been repertory included im- The group's Science from Savan- chosen "Teacher of the Year" at Martin portant works of the Pre-Bach A-Capella nah State College. G. Haynes School, Savannah, Georgia. Masters, the Baroque and subsequent She has done fur- She is a native of Savannah, Georgia, periods. Their works of Contemporary ther study at Fort and a product of the Savannah schools. and early composers are always balanced Valley State College She received the B.C. degree in ele- and Atlanta Uni- with classical choral works and music mentary education from Savannah State versity. of American traditionally folk music College, and has done further study at spirituals. per- and The Glee Club has Mrs. Edwards is married to Rev. Atlanta University. She is a Certified formed excerpts from such great Bridges Edwards, Sr., and is the mother Supervising Teacher for the State of works as Vivaldi's "Gloria," Mozart's of a son, Master Bridges Edwards, Jr. Georgia. "Requiem," Bach's "Magnificat," and Mrs. Hagins is married to William Randall Thompson's "Testament of A. Hagins, and is the sister of L. D. Freedom." Mrs. Agnes Mydell has been selected Perry. "Teacher of the Year" at Effingham The Glee Club's traveling itinerary has been extensive. They have appeared County Training School. in numerous engagements within the Mrs. Mydell received the B.S. degree Mrs. Dorothy J. Harris, a Special State of Georgia and in the eastern part in elementary education from Savan- Education Teacher at Magnolia High of the country. They have visited such nah State College. She has further en- School, Thomasville, Georgia, has been places as Virginia, Washington, D. C, riched her educational background by selected "Teacher of the Year" for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New attending workshops and summer Region IX. Mrs. Harris is a 1948 gradu- York City. Their recent Spring Tour sessions at Savannah State College. ate of Savannah State College. took them to Columbus, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois; Gary and Indianapolis, Indiana. They were recent guests of the Georgia Teachers and Edu- cation Association in Atlanta, Georgia, in concert on the association's Cultural Night.
The Glee Club made the following appearances in the New York area: May 9th, a benefit concert at Mount Morris Presbyterian Church, sponsored by the New Chapter of the Savannah State College Alumni Association; May 10th, NBC Studios, Radio City, where they taped a program for the "Great Choirs of America" program, then to the RCA Pavilion at the World's Fair. May 11th, the group presented a concert at the United States Pavilion.
The organization is dedicated to the belief that principles of good choral singing is synonymous with Democratic ideas. Its motivating force is the belief that good choral music, well sung, is a potent force for human understanding Miss Ruth Walling, Associate University Librarian of Emory University, received Distinguished Service among the peoples of the world. Award from Dr. Howard Jordan, Jr., president at Savannah State College. Graduate Named to Concert Band directed by Samuel Gill, Savannah State College Olympic Coaching Staff Alumnus
Ezekiel McDaniel, head track coach and coach of the girls' basketball team at the Georgia School for the Deaf, was selected to serve as a member of the coaching staff for the United States Deaf %*- Team at the Tenth International Games for the Deaf. This event will take place at Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C., between June 27 and July 2, 1965.
These games are often referred to as the '"Deaf Olympic." The Georgia School for the Deaf has placed more participants on the squad than any other school in the southeast.
McDaniel is a native of Calhoun, Georgia, and a former student and teacher at Stephens High School of that city. He is also a graduate of Savannah State College. He is married to the former Mildred Hughes, and the father of three children. They reside in Rome, Georgia.
Mrs. Frankie Golden Ellis, a graduate of Savannah State College, will receive the Doctor of Edu- cation degree in Curriculum and In- struction at the Uni- Applications Wanted Enterprise Week versity of Texas on May 29. The title of Applications are being accepted for Savannah State College cooperated her thesis is, THE positions of Vector Control Specialist with the Georgia State Chamber of SOUTHERN EDU- according to an announcement by the CATION FOUNDA- Commerce in celebrating Georgia Free U. S. Public Health Service's Com- TION AND ITS Enterprise Week, May 2-8, 1965. As a municable Disease Center. These po- ROLE IN THE IM- part of the celebration, a symposium PROVEMENT sitions are located in the states of Ala- OF was held at 6:30 p.m., on Friday, May ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERSON- bama. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, 7. in the A. V. Center of the Library. NEL IN THE SOUTH. Mrs. Ellis Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, studied under a Southern Education South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, The principal speaker at this symposium Foundation fellowship while completing Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. was Dr. Sarvan K. Bhatia, Professor of this degree program at the university. Salaries range from $6050 to $18,580 Economics at Savannah State College. per annum. Applications must be re- His talk was entitled, "Free Enterprise, ceived or postmarked on or before June Why Is It Important To Us." C. W. Foes of the Fidel Castro regime fill 1, 1965. Nysewander, Manager of American Oil at least 48 Cuban prisons, detention Company, Savannah, Georgia, spoke centers and concentration camps, ac- Full information and application cording to an article in May Reader's forms may be obtained from the Execu- from his personal experiences about the Digest. Written by a former prisoner tive Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil importance of free enterprise to Ameri- who spent four years in Castro's prisons, Service Examiners, Communicable Dis- can industry. The Savannah Area the report charges that at least 60,000 ease Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; Chamber of Commerce cooperated with Cubans are still imprisoned because of Director, Atlanta Region, U. S. Civil the college in making available necessary their opposition to the Communist gov- Service Commission, 240 Peachtree ernment of Fidel Castro. Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303; economic data and slides for presenta- or apply at any Post Office for these tion at the symposium. forms or information as to where they Wood products account for one of may be obtained. Dr. Sarvan K. Bhatia received his America's rapidly growing industries, Ph.D. degree from Ohio State Univer- May Reader's Digest reports. Accord- Applications may be obtained from sity. His doctoral dissertation was, THE ing to recent estimates forest industries Examiner-in-Charge, Board of S. U. INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGAN- produce about $25 billion worth of Civil Service Examiners, Room No. 109, goods per year and directly employ Main Post Office Building, Savannah, IZATION AND THE DEVELOPING more than 1,500,000 workers. Georgia. NATIONS.
8 Judge Raymond Pace Alexander to Be Commencement Speaker for June Class
The Honorable Raymond Pace Alex- Honor and Citation for "Distinguished ander, Judge of the Court of Common Service in the Struggle to Attain Full Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will Equality for All People," by the Ameri- be the speaker for Commencement can Jewish Congress. Other awards for Exercises at Savannah State College on outstanding services were received from the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Sunday, June 6. The Commencement Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., The Exercises will be held in Willcox Gym- Pyramid Club, Inc., The Cotillion So- nasium, on the campus, at 3 p.m. ciety, Inc., The African Methodist Episcopal Church, and The Baptist Judge Alexander is a native of Phila- Ministers Conference. delphia, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Central High School. He won a Judge Alexander is a life member of scholarship to the University of Penn- Zion Baptist Church of Philadelphia, sylvania, and completed the four-year and Chairman of its Board of Trustees course in three years, graduating with for ten years. He is a member of Alpha the highest honors. He is a graduate Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Sigma Pi Phi of the Harvard Law School. Fraternity (honorary) ; an honor- ary member of Lambda Sigma Kappa He has appeared frequently as an Law Fraternity; a member of the Phila- active trial and appellate lawyer in all delphia Bar, the Pennsylvania Bar and the American Bar Association. of the trial and appellate courts, state and federal in the Philadelphia area and Miss Annie R. Roebucke, a 1952 graduate of Some of his legal writings are: Savannah State College, major, Elementary Edu- states in the north, south, and east. For "The History & Progress of Negro Lawyers cation. She is employed by the McDuffie County more than 20 years he has served as Board of Education as Jeanes Curriculum Director in America"; "Upgrading of American counsel for the Philadelphia and Penn- of McDuffie County. She serves as president of Negro by Supreme Court Decisions"; sylvania NAACP in most of its civil the McDuffie-Warren Chapter of the Savannah "Administrative Law: A Theat to our State College Alumni Association, past president rights litigation in this area. He is a of local G.T.E.A. chapter, and chairman of the Constitutional Liberties"; "Racial Dis- former counsel to the National Medical Resolutions Committee of G.T.E.A. Region V. crimination on Interstate Carriers"; Association; associate counsel to Com- and "Progress in Race Relations." mittee on Civil Rights of the Penn- He has also Clyde E. Jenkins, son of Mrs. Willie M. sylvania Fellowship Commission; coun- written many manuscripts and dissertations on legal, social, political Jenkins of 320 Marietta St.. Cedartown, sel for American Civil Liberties Union; and historical matters. Ga., has been commissioned as second chief counsel for the NAACP in the lieutenant in the celebrated TRENTON SIX CASE. He is married to Dr. Sadie T. M. U. S. Air Force up- Alexander, a graduate on graduation from In the summer of 1950, he was sent of the University
of Pennsylvania ( B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Officer Training to Germany at the invitation of the
L.L.B. ) . an active practicing School ( OTS ) at Commander and officers of Negro Philadel- phia attorney, and presently Lackland AFB, soldiers in Europe to study the problem Chairman of the Philadelphia Texas. of Integration of Negro Soldiers in the Commission on Human Relations. They have two daugh- U. S. Army. He made a report to the Lieutenant Jenk- ters. Secretary of Defense, General Marshall, ins, selected for entitled, "The Need for Immediate Inte- OTS through com- gration of the Negro Soldiers in all petitive examina- Branches of the Army." This report was tion, is being as- Airmail Lawrence F. Wilson, son of widely commended and used as a basis signed to an Air Training Command for Mrs. Mary L. Wilson of 403 W. 56th the plan of integration of Negro (ATC) unit at Chanute AFB, 111., for Soldiers in the Army of the United St., Savannah, Ga., has completed Air training as an aircraft maintenance of- States; acted as counsel in action to Force basic military training at Lack- ficer. His new unit supports the ATC integrate Girard College, appealed twice land AFB, Texas. mission of training airmen and officers to U. S. Supreme Court; acted as coun- in the diverse skills required by the sel in many landmark decisions in the Airman Wilson is being assigned to nation's aerospace force. field of civil liberties and civil rights an Air Force Systems Command unit in State and Federal Constitutional Law. The Cedar Hill High School graduate at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, for received his B.S. degree from Savannah Numerous honors have been bestowed training and duty as an engineering and State College. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. upon Judge Alexander. Some of these scientific aide. His unit supports the honors are: honorary degrees of L.L.D. AFSC mission systems. and Litt.D. from four universities and colleges; counsellor to Haitian Embassy Mrs. Lore:ie M. Johnson, a 1954 gradu- The airman, a graduate of Boggs in Washington; honorary Consul of ate of Savannah State College, received Academy, Keysville, Ga., received his the Republic of Haiti in Philadelphia; the Master of Education Degree from member of the Bar of the Republic of B.S. degree from Savannah State Col- Florida A. & M. University, Saturday,
Haiti (honorary) ; awarded Plaque of lege, Savannah, Georgia. April 17, 1965.
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Another Women's Dormitory under Addition to Wiley Gym underway. construction. \ Jordan Honored as Guest Speaker at Fort Charm Week Valley and Fayetteville Teachers College Today's Woman: "A Many Faceted Challenge," was the theme for the Dr. Howard Jordan, Jr., president of Honor Society, Department of Audio- Nineteenth Annual Charm Week observ- Visual Education, N.E.A., and American Savannah State College, was the Honors ance at Savannah State College on May and Awards Day speaker at Fort Valley Teachers Association. 9-14, 1965. The program was under the State College, Fort Valley, Georgia, on advisorship of Miss Loreese E. Davis, Friday, April 23, 1965. On Wednesday, Commencement Events—1965 Dean of Women, with Miss Alice May 12, 1965, Dr. Jordan delivered Murray serving as Chairman, Miss an address at Fayetteville Teachers Col- 9 p.m., Friday, May 21, Junior-Senior lege, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Prom. Hotel DeSoto. Vivian McMillan, Co-Chairman, Miss Lois Carson, Secretary, and Miss Betty 6 p.m., Sunday, May 23, Senior Dr. Jordan was appointed president Vespers. Meldrim Auditorium. Small, Assistant Secretary. of Savannah State College by the Board 10:20 a.m., Friday, May 28, Senior of Regents of the University System of At 6 p.m., Sunday, May 9, Vespers Class Day Exercises. Willcox Gym- Georgia on September 11, 1963. He nasium. were held in Meldrim Auditorium with moved his family to Savannah and took Mrs. Yvonne Hooks Mathis, a graduate office officially on November 1, 1963. 7:30-10 p.m., Thursday, June 3, Presi- of Savannah State College, the speaker. dent's Reception for Seniors, President's A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Residence. Immediately following Vespers the he is married to the former Ruth dormitories were opened and refresh- Saturday, June 5, 10 a.m., Senior Menafee of Voorhees Junior College, ments were served. Denmark, South Carolina. They have Brunch. Adams Hall. 5 p.m., National one daughter, Judith Louise, a freshman Alumni Meeting. Meldrim Auditorium. The campus sororities conducted 8 p.m., National Alumni Banquet. at Fisk University. seminars Monday through Thursday on Adams Hall, Curtis V. Cooper, Class the changes and trends in education, Dr. Jordan attended the public schools '55, Biological Technician, U. S. De- morals, religion and social needs. of Beaufort, South Carolina, where he partment of Agriculture, Savannah, graduated from Robert Smalls High Georgia, Speaker. The Mantle Passing Ceremony honor- School. He did his college work at Geor- 3 p.m., Sunday, June 6, Commence- ing the highest ranking junior woman gia State College (now Savannah Stale ment Exercises. Willcox Gymnasium. was conducted at the All-College As- College) and South Carolina State Col- Address: The Honorable Raymond Pace sembly on Friday, May 14, at 10:20 lege, receiving the A.B. degree from the Alexander, Judge, The Court of Com- a.m., in Willcox Gymnasium. Miss Irene latter with a major in education and a mon Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Elmore, "Miss Savannah State" was minor in biology. His graduate work for the speaker. the master's degree was done at Howard 5 p.m., Sunday, June 6, President's University, Washington, D. C. He re- Reception for Graduates, Parents, The week closed with the Annual ceived the ED.D. degree in the field of Alumni, Visitors, and Faculty. Presi- Fashion and Talent Show in Meldrim Educational Psychology from New York dent's Residence. Auditorium at 8 p.m. May 14. University.
As Chairman of the Department of Education; Dean of the School of Edu- cation; and Dean of the Faculty at South Carolina State College, Dr. Jordan worked with the State Depart- ment of Education in promoting pro- grams of teacher education and certifi- cation in the State of South Carolina. He is well-known to teacher groups throughout the State of South Carolina, Georgia, and the Southeast, having served as consultant for county educa- tion associations, commencement speaker, organizer of high school test- ing programs, and consultant for various professional organizations. In addition, he engages in many civic activities.
In religious activities, he is an Episco- palian. Among the professional organ- izations in which Dr. Jordan holds membership are the following: Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society, American Psycho- logical Association, Department of Edu- cation, N.E.A., American Council on Fund Raising Committee of Savannah Chapter National Alumni Association, left to right: Leonard Education, National Society for the of Law, Benjamin Lewis, Prince Mitchell, Nathaniel Thomas, Norman Elmore, Daniel Washington, Clarence Study of Education, Alpha Kappa Mu Lofton, Arthur Fluellen. Seated: Miss Doris Riggs, Mrs. Rosemary Banks, and Mrs. Margaret Washington.
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Opportunities Offered in the Division of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, at SSC
The Division of Science and Mathe- Henry Collier, M.D., Successful Prac- matics, of Savannah State College, is titioner. proud of the record that it has made in James Densler, M.D., graduated with helping young people find themselves highest honors from medical school. in the scientific and mathematical world during the last quarter of a century. Darnell Jackson, D.D.S., Private Practice. Recent high school graduates, con- Frank Baldwin, D.D.S. (on dental fused in this complex world and other faculty), Private Practice. graduates of high schools, who were unable to "cross that bridge" from sec- Margaret Chisolm Robinson, M.S., ondary school to college, finally made outstanding college instructor. their way into this Division through the Charles Johnson, M.S., Science teacher effort of the Public Relations Depart- on secondary level (doing excellent ment of Savannah State College, and work ) received priceless information and guid- Mercedes ance from well-trained and experienced Mitchell (deceased), Re- search Medical personnel in the areas of biology, chem- Technologist, United States Public Health. DEAN NELSON FREEMAN istry, mathematics, and physics. These people have satisfied the requirements Oscar Mitchell, Research Medical Nelson R. Freeman Receives of this Institution of learning for the Technologist, United States Public Alumni Leadership Award baccalaureate degrees, which the Col- Health. lege conferred upon them with great Sarah Mclver, Medical Technologist. According to Frank Robinson, Princi- enthusiasm and with that confidence pal of Wayne County Training School, that they were well prepared to take Emory Campbell, Research Assistant Jesup, Georgia, Nelson R. Freeman, Di- their places in this great world of in Medicine. rector of Student Personnel Services and Science and Mathematics. Curtis Cooper, Research Technologist. Dean of Men at Savannah State College, Today, the Division Julius Stevens, Science teacher. was awarded the W.C.T.S. Alumni of Sciences and Mathematics is ready to help you get Leadership Award on May 5, 1965. The Edith S. Chisholm, Research Tech- started in life. This is a changing award was presented on behalf of the world, nologist. and these changes are occurring at a faculty and students of the school to Ada C. Coxon, Medical rapid rate, Technologist. Mr. Freeman "in gracious appreciation YOU NEED OUR HELP to keep pace with these rapid changes. James for keen interest in the students of Johnson, Research Public We are prepared to do the type Health. Wayne County, profound influence, and of jobs as needed in this day. admirable qualities that help shape the Hugh Bryant, Histologist. destiny of our State, Nation, and the The aims of the Department of Inez Bacon, Medical Technologist. world. Biology are: (1) to provide for all stu- Mr. Freeman is a graduate of Savan- Arthur Scott, Research in Cancer. dents that knowledge which is essential nah State College. to an understanding of the biological Joseph Lang, Research Worker. basis of living; (2) to train persons Elbert Hicks, Research Assistant. Washington Chapter News adequately through the media of ad- Marvin Green, Research Assistant. The following officers were elected vanced courses for entry into the pro- at the Annual Meeting of the Washing- fessional study of dentistry, medicine, Thomas Turner, U. S. Air Force ton Chapter on January 23, 1965. These and nursing; (3) to prepare persons io Captain. officers were installed at the Seventh teach the biological sciences in the sec- Annual Banquet on February 27, 1965. ondary school or to continue study on The banquet was held at the Presidential the graduate level. Did King Arthur actually exist? If Arms, 1320 G. Street, N.W., Washing- so, did he truly preside over the In addition to the required general ton, D. C. legendary knights of the round table? courses, this department offers courses James 0. Thomas, Jr., President; According to a May Reader's Digest leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Julius Smith, Vice President; Mrs. article, evidence suggests that there was Science with a major in biology. This Hattie N. Brown, Recording Secretary; a real King Arthur, a powerful Celtic department offers also a minor. Mrs. Juanite C. Wells, Corresponding chieftain who led his countrymen against Secretary; Mrs. Zelma Gordan, Fi- the invading Saxons in the fifth century. The Biology Department is proud of nancial Secretary; Mrs. Mary A. Lee, But excavations carried on in the 1930's its achievements during the last several Treasurer; Dr. Julius H. Gooden, failed to turn up evidence that Arthur years. It takes great pride in reviewing Custodian, and Rev. Robert M. Pugh, had any real connection with Tintagel, the records of some of its graduates Public Relations. his lengendary home. such as the ones listed below: Board of Directors: Harold Burns and Mrs. Ora M. Washington. Julius H. Gooden, Ph.D., College Pro- The speaker for the banquet was the The state of California's projected fessor. Rev. Walter Fountroy, Pastor of New 1965-66 Budget exceeds the total amount Bethel Baptist Church of Washington, Alfonso Orr, Ph.D., Research of money spent by all 48 states in 1938, D. C. Biologist. notes Reader's Digest.
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Press Institute Covered While each session had its highlight —be it the searching questions of the Four Major Areas audience, the phrasing of the speaker, or the many pages of scribbled notes "Problems of the College Newspaper the printed and offset high school news- and Its Production" was the theme of a paper workshop offered its numbers the discussion by seven three hour long following capsule comments by Prof. college newspaper representatives under Louis J. Corsetti of Duquesne Univer- the direction of Paul Mohr, publications' sity. advisor at Gibbs Junior College, St. Petersburg, Florida. "We are all ignorant, but only in different things. As journalists we have Topics of interest included the type to be less ignorant than anyone else of print used by college papers; the em- and this is why the well-rounded, broad ployment of staff members; the im- base of experience in many areas is the content of portance of deadlines; beneficial. news; the editorial policy; the endors- school officers; and the im- ing of "Punctuality, responsibility and de- portance of a guideline. pendability are all 'musts' in the field of journalism. While it remains true that the trend college newspapers today is to among "There are no dress rehearsals in our use offset, it was pointed out that in- field, it has to be right the first time. dividuals differ in their printing tech- Mrs. Lula Dixon Andrews is employed by the Department of Defense as an assistant supervisor niques, and that the frequency of the "Communication is a two-way street; of the Training Output Section. She attended publication would cause papers to use it depends upon the speaker and the Savannah State College in 1939 and 1940. She is easier to handle. is a member of the Washington Chapter of the because it listener for its very existence. This National Alumni Association. existence can die by the lack of under- comments from the stu- After several standing and/or interest on the part of faculty con- dent representative and either party." sultants, Director Mohr suggested that Yearbook Sessions variety possible news content include a Prof. Corsetti reminded the students of news, a literary section, world topics, Discussion of layout procedures high- that journalism is a field which demands student topics of interest, and feature lighted the seminar on yearbooks Thurs- that its members think continuously. as a start. day held in the Audio-Visual Center. alumni "Such strenuous mental activity is Institute advisors presented information bound to keep you on your toes," he by the on page formats and tips on developing Editorial policy, as defined said. college newspaper group discussion is a work schedules. "mature responsibility" given to the Organization and management of editor of the paper, or to an editorial Elementary Press yearbook development was emphasized board. This policy should make all at- as the key to a successful publication. tempts to be unquestionably objective. Electrical enthusiasm, both mechani- Trends in panels of photographs for James T. Sheppard, staff writer, Sa- cally and journalistically, were charac- class pictures drew lively discussion vannah Morning News, indicated that teristic of the atmosphere of the morn- from the delegates, many of whom have "a decision should be made as to who ing class in "Duplicated Newspapers, the responsibility for the yearbooks in will determine the editorial policy." Elementary and Junior High Press" as their own schools or who will be students witnessed typewriter demon- responsible for the publication next Discussion group members included strations by Sales Representative IBM year. Paul B. Mohr, public relations director, Kenny Williams on the Executive Elec- Gibbs Junior College; James T. Shep- tric and Selectric. The importance of advertising and pard, staff writer, Savannah Morning methods of selling advertisers was out- News; Dr. H. I. Fontellio-Nanton, Ad- Such machines are now in great de- lined as well as several techniques for ministrative Dean, Allen University; and mand due to the shortage of linotype placement of the advertisements within Thelma Roundtree, advisor to the Stu- operators, and the high price of using the publication. dent Newspaper, St. Augustine's College. hot-type, rather than offset type," Wil- liams said. Student representatives were Seymore College; Calvin itself Sailer, Gibbs Junior Representatives of St. Jude Catholic History repeated with uncanny Harris, Gibbs; Leonard Hines, Albany accuracy when a dam burst near School, Sumter, S. C, acted as student State; Richard Walker, Tuskegee In- Longarone, Italy in 1964, wiping out demonstrators. Sister John Berchman stitute; Frida Williamson, Spellman; that small town and several nearby is the school's journalism teacher. Carolyn Roland, Gibbs; and Elizabeth hamlets. The May Reader's Digest notes Simpkins, Savannah State. that in history's only comparable dis- Other high school representatives in- aster, the tragic Johnstown, Pa. flood cluded Oconee High School, Dublin, of 1389, 2200 lives were lost. The High School Press Atlanta, Georgia; Turner High School, Longarone catastrophe took a known Georgia; Southside High School, Col- Workshops sometimes tend to be toll of 1917 lives, but authorities be- School, similar as high school and college dele- bert, Georgia; Spencer High lieve that from 200 to 300 additional gates will attest when they pause to Columbus, Georgia; and Carver High lives were lost, making the total almost review the day's events. School, Douglas, Georgia. identical to that of the Johnstown flood.
14 Activist to Head Student Bar Association at Howard Law School
At the Ninth Annual Barrister's Ball of the Howard Law Student Bar Associa- tion, officers elected to lead the Student Bar Association for 1965-66 were an- nounced. At half-time of the gala affair, held at the International Inn, Washing- ton, D. C, outgoing SBA president, James Alston, announced that Bobby L. Hill had been chosen by the student body out of six candidates to lead the
student bar for 1965-66. Hill is a native of Athens, Georgia and former National Youth Field Secretary—NAACP, with an impressive record of civil rights ac- tivity, campaigned on a platform of "action" for the Howard law student body.
Hill is a graduate of Savannah State College where he was very active in the civil rights struggle. He was chairman of the Student Action Council Commit- S.S.C. P.R. man shows S.S.C. exhibit to Albany State's tee and led the nine day boycott in 1963 Alumna at State meeting in Atlanta. against administrative restrictions sembly on Thursday, May 6 at 10:20 which caused him to appear on nation- Miss Claudia Lindsay, Guest a.m. wide television and be written about in During Fine Arts Festival The Festival ended on Thursday, May the NEW YORK TIMES and JET. The 11th Annual Fine Arts Festival 6 at 8 p.m., with a piano recital by the His leadership in this movement won opened at Savannah State College on National Fraternity of Student '"1963 him the Man of the Year Award" Sunday, May 2 at 6 p.m., with a con- Musicians under the direction of Mrs. for Savannah State College. He has also cert by the College Concert Band in Alice C. Wright. Students from ele- mentary grades through college levels served on the YMCA, National Youth Meldrim Auditorium. The Band is under the direction of Samuel A. Gill. participated in this recital in Meldrim Council, National Youth Advisory Com- According to Dr. Coleridge A. Braith- Auditorium. mittee, and NAACP. Now, as a con- waite, Chairman of the Department of Members of the Department of Fine sultant, he writes for the Southern News Fine Arts, this program and all of the Arts include: Mrs. Myra Thomas, Mrs. Syndicate which includes THE COLUM- other programs held during this week Farnese Lumpkin, Mrs. Susan Waters, are open to the public without charge. BIA NEWS, MACON WEEKLY NEWS Phillip J. Hampton, James Thompson, and Jr., Samuel A. Gill, and Dr. Coleridge THE ALBANY INQUIRER. Immediately following the concert, A. Braithwaite, Chairman. At Howard, along with being SBA the Second Annual High School Art Exhibit opened on the third floor of president, he is a member of the Law Hill Hall, and remained open through Student Civil Rights Research Council Friday, May 21. The exhibit was under and the Law Journal Staff whose ban- the direction of Phillip J. Hampton, As- quet he recently serves as emcee. sistant Professor of Fine Arts. Support During the two week campaign, Hill Miss Claudia Lindsey, a noted young criticized the student body for acting soprano, presented a song recital in
"contrary to its historical image of being Meldrim Auditorium on Wednesday, May 5 at 8:15 p.m. Miss Lindsey was Your actively and directly involved in the making her first visit to Savannah. She civil rights struggle," and was critical was accompanied by Julius Robinson. of the administration for what he called Recently Miss Lindsey won an award in Alumni "closing the channels of communications the Metropolitan Opera Auditions. She which allow for the articulation of stu- has been attracting rave notices by music critics everywhere that she has dent recommendations and protest." appeared. Association Now as president-elect of the SBA, Hill vows to sponsor a "courageous and Instrumental and vocal students in comprehensive program to correct the the Department of Fine Arts presented shortcomings" of which he is critical. a concert during the All-College As-
15 SSC Trade and Industry Conference Leonard Blount, Richmond Area Voc. Tech. School, Augusta. Attracts 500 Students and Instructors BRICKLAYING — High School: 1st Place, George A. Bailey, Carver Voca- Over 500 students and instructors at- LEATHERCRAFT: 1st Place, Lonnie tional High School, Atlanta. 2nd Place, tended the 16th Annual Meeting and Aker, Main High School, Rome. 2nd Robert W. Anderson, Lucy Laney High Contest of the Georgia Youth Industrial Place, Jerry Burdette, Main High School, Augusta. BRICKLAYING — Education Association which convened School, Rome. MECHANICAL DRAW- Area School: 1st Place, Herman Spann, at Savannah State College March 25th ING: 1st Place, William Stanley, Har- and 26th. This association is under the per High School, Atlanta. 2nd Place, Harris Area Trade School, Savannah. supervision of the Georgia State Dept. Leroy McClellan, Carver High School, 2nd Place, Morris Gaines, Monroe Area of Education with A. Z. Traylor, Sr., Douglas. NURSE'S AIDE: 1st Place, Voc. Tech. School, Albany. BRICKLAY- state itinerant teacher-trainer serving as Helease Williams, Monroe High School, ING—Industrial Arts: 1st Place, James Albany. 2nd Place, Sheila adviser, with Dr. Clyde W. Hall, direc- Ann Williams, C. Williams, Southside Jr. High School, Sciences Sa- Monroe High School, Albany. tor division of Technical Albany. 2nd Place, Charles Mitchell, vannah State College serving as co- ORATORY: 1st Place, Lucile Travis, Southside Jr. High School, Albany. adviser. T. W. Josey High School, Augusta. 2nd DRESSMAKING: 1st Place, Minnie Place, Isaac Newkirk, Tompkins High Miss Barbara Collie, student at Shields, Tompkins High School, Savan- School, Savannah. POWER ME- Sophronia Tompkins Senior High nah. 2nd Place, Barbara Abrams, Car- CHANICS: 1st Place, Don Roberts, School, Savannah, was selected as ver Vocational High School, Atlanta. Washington High School, Blakely. 2nd "Queen of Industry" for the high school Place, Bradford Hubbard, Washington ELECTRICITY — Industrial Arts: 1st division. Miss Mary Huff, student of High School, Blakely. RADIO REPAIR Place, Curtis Hicks, Ralph Bunche High William James High School, Statesboro, —High School: 1st Place, Samuel Alex- School, Woodbine. 2nd Place, James was first runner-up. Miss Lorea Davis ander, Lucy Laney High School, Au- Baker, Ralph Bunche High School, selected of Industry" for was "Queen gusta. 2nd Place, Anthony Lovett, Tomp- Woodbine. ELECTRICITY — Area the state vocational - technical - trade kins High School, Savannah. school division. Miss Davis is a student School. 1st Place, Lindberg Jackson, RADIO Area School: at Monroe Area Vocational-Technical — 1st Place, Monroe Area Voc. Tech. School, Al- School, Albany. Miss Gasden Rudolph Morris, Monroe Area Voc. Ada was bany. 2nd Place, William McMillian, the first runner-up. She is a student at Tech. School, Albany. 2nd Place, Monroe Area Voc. Tech. School, Albany. Harris Area Trade School, Savannah. Everette Holmes, Harris Area Trade School, Savannah. SHOE REPAIR: 1st BARBERING: 1st Place, Marion The preceding paragraphs the Place, Dalton Dewberry, Ballard-Hudson show Warren, Tompkins High School, Sa- prize winners in the various contests High School, Macon. 2nd Place, Grady vannah. 2nd Place, Henry Wilson, Mon- sponsored by the Georgia Youth Indus- Morris, Carver Vocational High School, roe Albany. trial Education Association at Savannah Atlanta. SHORTHAND & TYPING: 1st High School, DRY CLEAN- State College during the two-day meet- Place, Dorothy Brown, Harris Area ING: 1st Place, Herman Smith, Tomp- Trade School, ing. Savannah. 2nd Place, kins High School, Savannah. 2nd Place, Sandra Maner, Harris Area Trade Nightingale McKenzie, Tompkins High AUTO BODY AND FENDER: 1st School, Savannah. School, Savannah. INDUSTRIAL ARTS Place, James Brown, Monroe Area Voc. TAILORING: 1st Place, Willie Smith, Tech. School, Albany. 2nd Place, Joseph EXHIBIT. WOODWORK: 1st Place, Ballard-Hudson High School, Macon. Miller, Harris Area Trade School, Sa- Joseph Montgomery, Main High School, 2nd Place, Harold Franklin, Carver vannah. BOOKKEEPING: 1st Place, Rome. 2nd Place, Charles Banks, Mon- Vocational High School, Atlanta. UP- Lucile Coleman, Monroe Area Voc. HOLSTERY: 1st Place, Bennie Moon, roe High School, Albany. MECHANI- Tech. School, Albany. 2nd Place, Edith Carver Vocational High School, Atlanta. CAL DRAWING: 1st Place, Walter McArthur, Richmond Area Voc. Tech. 2nd Place, Adams Yarborough, Carver Tolbert, Tompkins High School, Sa- School, Augusta. CARPENTRY: 1st Vocational High School, Atlanta. Place, James Langford, Carver Voca- vannah. 2nd Place, Leroy McClelland, WOODWORK -- Industrial Arts: 1st tional High School, Atlanta. 2nd Place, Carver High School, Place, Marion Wilson, Tompkins High Douglas. Albert Lewis and William T. Jones, School, Savannah. 2nd Place, Calvin Ballard-Hudson High School, Macon. METALWORK: 1st Place, B. Hub- Montgomery, Main High School, Rome. bard, Washington High School, Blakely. COSMETOLOGY—High School: 1st WOODWORK — High School: 1st LEATHERCRAFT: 1st Place, Lonnie Place, Sylvia Sims, Carver Vocational Place, Charles Banks, Monroe High Aker, Main High School, Rome. 2nd High School, Atlanta. 2nd Place, Jacque- School, Albany. 2nd Place, Alfred Reid, Place, Barbara West, Washington High line Miller, Ballard-Hudson High School, Monroe High School, Albany. AUTO School, Blakely. ELECTRONICS: 1st Macon. COSMETOLOGY — Area MECHANICS—High School: 1st Place, School: 1st Place, Georgia Jenkins, Thomas Steel and Tommy Ingram, Car- Place, Warren Jacob, Ralph Bunche Pinevale Area Voc. School, Valdosta. ver Vocational High School, Atlanta. High School, Woodbine. 2nd Place, 2nd Place, Lillie Foster, 2nd Place, Paul Monroe Area Pugh and Jack Comb, Mungin Harvel, Southside Jr. High Voc. Tech. School, Albany. ESSAY: 1st Lucy Laney High School, Augusta. School, Albany. WOOD TURNING: 1st Place, Mollie Addy, Monroe High AUTO MECHANICS—Area School: 1st Place, Jerry Burdette, Main High School, Valdosta. 2nd Place, Jacqueline Place, Wesley Arnold and George Smith, Ballard-Hudson High School, Brown, Monroe Area Voc. Tech. School, School, Rome. 2nd Place, Kenneth Dean, Macon. Albany. 2nd Place, James Turnan and Main High School, Rome.
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Chance Encounter Led to United Student Aid Friendship Movement Funds Available An idea born of a chance encounter between an American college student NEW YORK—If you need financial and three foreign students has blossomed assistance for your next term of college, into a friendship program that is help- the best time to arrange it is right now, ing to turn many college campuses into an authority on student aid advised here centers of international understanding. this week.
Launched just five years ago, the Allen D. Marshall, President of United People-to-People University Program Student Aid Funds, Inc., pointed out is helping undergraduates win (PPUP) that college loan officers are usually in lasting friendship of thousands of the a position to arrange in the spring for foreign students who might otherwise loans to be disbursed in the summer or feel quite differently. fall terms. Qualified students on most In a May Reader's Digest article, campuses can borrow either from the author James Poling notes that the pro- college itself, from the federal govern- gram began when Bill Dawson, an ment under the National Defense Edu- American studying at the University of cation Act, or from commercial banks Kansas, overheard three foreign stu- participating in various nonprofit state dents complaining bitterly about the life or private guarantee programs. at the university. Dawson broke into Dr. Julius H. Gooden, Associate Professor of their conversation, learned that they had USA Funds, the largest such private Biology, at Bowie State College, Bowie, Maryland, is a 1946 graduate of Savannah State College. not been able to make a single American program, has endorsed loans for 41,264 He received his M.S. degree from the University university students in 700 colleges and universities. friend in a year at the of Minnesota and his Ph.D. degree from Indiana simply because no one had bothered to Mr. Marshall reported, its current en- State University. make their acquaintance. dorsement rate exceeds $30 million a year. Needy students can borrow up to Dawson formed a council of student $1,000 annually in their sophomore, leaders to work out ways to solve the junior, and senior years, and up to Invites College problem of the foreign students' isola- Coast Guard $2,000 annually in graduate years. Re- tion from Americans. They organized payment, at a nonprofit rate of interest, Seniors to Apply For OCS forums for local and foreign students, does not begin until five months after special campus and community tours, WASHINGTON, D. C. — College the borrower leaves school, and extends hospitality programs for students from seniors or graduate students can fulfill over three or more years. abroad and other programs for ac- their military obligation as officers in quainting foreigners with America and the U. S. Coast Guard, the active peace- More than 6,000 banks now make Americans. time Service. Qualified applicants will loans based on USA Funds guarantees, spread to be notified of selection for Officer Word of the project soon Mr. Marshall said. In most cases the stu- the Peo- Candidate School before they enlist. other colleges, and eventually dent borrows from his own home bank, ple-to-People organization offered its and so not only acquires a knowledge The classes convene in September and aid. The Kansas plan was incorporated of credit principles but establishes an February at the Coast Guard Reserve into People-to-People, a worldwide invaluable credit rating for his later Training Center in historic Yorktown. friendship organization that President business life. Va. Eisenhower had started in 1956. Today the program has spread to To be eligible for a USA Funds loan, The carefully selected college gradu- 117 colleges, and hopes eventually to be a student needs only a statement from ates receive 17 weeks of intensive, highly operating on every campus where there his college that he is of good character specialized training. Successful ap-
is an enrollment of 25 or more foreign and in good academic standing. Loans plicants • are commissioned as ensigns students. Some 13,000 young Americans can be arranged in the spring for dis- and serve on active duty for three years. are involved in its activities. bursement in summer or fall terms. Coast Guard officers receive the same The importance of the program can pay and benefits as officers of other be seen when one remembers that the Every accredited college is eligible Armed Forces. These include 30 days of anti-American attitude of Ghana's Presi- to participate in the USA Funds pro- annual leave as well as free medical and dent Nkrumah has been traced to the gram. A student can learn whether his dental care. They also have an oppor- discrimination he experienced in the college is a participant simply by asking tunity to qualify for flight training. U. S. during his student days, the article his loan officer. Full information is notes. With some 75,000 foreigners available from United Student Aid Peacetime duties of the Coast Guard studying here each year, many of them Funds, Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New include law enforcement, search and destined for leadership roles in their York, New York 10022. rescue, oceanographic research, ocean own countries, making friends is more station patrols, and the maintenance of than just a pleasant pastime. aids to navigation. The young men and women who The late humorist Robert Benchley participate in the People-to-People Uni- once secured a bank loan, then with- For further information on the U. S. versity Program are doing their best to drew his savings account, the May Coast Guard Officer Candidate School, see to it that the image of America that Reader's Digest recalls. "I don't trust a write: Commandant (PTP-2), U. S. foreign students take home with them bank that would lend money to such a Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, is one of warmth and friendliness. poor risk," he growled in explanation. D. C. 20226.
17 NSA Summer Study Abroad History of Art, Journalism, Law, Language and Literature, Political Programs Accredited Science, and Sociology. The grants provide round-trip trans- Three hours college credit is now portation, tuition, books and mainte- offered on two summer study abroad nance. While married students may ap- programs, the U. S. National Student ply, the awards do not provide for de- Association, 265 Madison Avenue, New pendents' travel and support and are York, announced recently. thus better suited for single persons. Grantees will be expected to participate The Italian Art Seminar, which has in the academic life of the country of been accredited by the Boston Univer- assignment. They should have a special sity Summer Term, takes students to interest in the Latin American area and Florence for 46 days, where they live in specifically in the country or countries a lovely villa, while studying the de- for which they apply. velopment of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance art in Italy. The program Application forms and information includes field trips to many other Tuscan for students currently enrolled in Sa- art centers, plus a weekend in Venice, vannah State College may be obtained and a special "Roman holiday." from the campus Fulbright Advisor, J. Randolph Fisher. Application pro- The Politics and Economics Study cedures are described in the brochure, Tour, accredited by Colby College, in- "United States Government Grants for cludes travel in eight European coun- Graduate Study Abroad, 1966-67," pub- tries, two of them behind the Iron lished by HE (809 United Nations Curtain, and emphasizes current na- Plaza, New York, N. Y. 10017). tional developments, the impact of the The Institute of International Edu- Mrs. Birdie Lee P. Reviere is a Plainmeter Typist relationship cation is the largest nonprofit organiza- Common Market and the for The Long County Agriculture Stabilization Con- tion in the field of international ex- of several international organizations servation Service in Ludowici, Georgia. She is a to European and world interests. graduate of Savannah State College and a mem- change. It administers programs in- ber of the Alumni Association. volving the exchange of students, NSA has more than 20 general tours, scholars, leaders, artists, and pro- special interest tours, and study pro- fessional men and women between the grams planned for students this summer. Number of Grants United States and more than 100 coun- A tries and also serves as a clearinghouse One of the most popular general Offered By Gov't for information on all aspects of inter- tours, The North-South Tour, takes stu- national exchange. dents to England, Scotland, Norway, Because of the increasing interest in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzer- inter-American studies, the United land, Italy, and France. /. Herbert King, Public Relations Direc- States Government is offering a number tor of Crane Evening School, released of grants for study in Latin America The Latin American Affairs Program some interesting details to the Chicago has been designed for the student who under the Fulbright-Hays program for Defender in a recent report on the wants to learn about political, economic, the 1966-67 academic year. The pro- progress and programs offered at Crane. and social conditions in South America, gram is supervised by the Board of King is a graduate of Savannah State in addition seeing all the sights. College. to Foreign Scholarships and administered Said King, "The Evening School has by the Institute of International Edu- A Bicycling and Hosteling Tour of become a major source in this area. Europe is included for those who are cation (HE). The 1960 census showed that the sound of wind and limb, and a Festivals medium education of adults in the area The grants are available for Ameri- of Music and Drama Tour for those was less than 8.5 years of formal edu- who want to be entertained. can students with proficiency in the cation." spoken language for Argentina, Bolivia, Commenting on the 1963-64 program For over 16 years this non-profit Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, offered at Crane, Mr. King revealed that organization has provided college-budget Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salva- fifty-one regular high school classes had travel and study programs for American dor, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, an enrollment of 878 students; that students who view travel as an educa- Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, seven regular elementary classes had tional experience. Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Students 322 students enrolled. In addition, a may indicate up to three countries of non-credit First Aid class and the All tours and study programs include preference in Latin America. Americanization class for foreign speak- native student guides in each country, ing adults are among the many class student parties, all accommodations, Applicants for the awards must be courses conducted. three meals daily, evening entertainment, U. S. citizens with at least a bachelor's Mr. King added: "This joint effort transfers, tips and taxes. degree by the beginning date of the of the Board of Education and the Wel- grant. Preference will be given to ap- fare Department is unique in the United For complete information and a free plicants in the fields of social sciences, States as an unusual example of inter- booklet "Exciting Student Tours education, humanities and the arts. The governmental agencies proposing to face Abroad," write: U. S. National Student fields especially recommended for study the vexing and grevious problem of in- Association, Dept. BG, 265 Madison are Architecture, Anthropology, Eco- creasing dependency and spiraling wel- Avenue, New York, New York 10016. nomics, Education, Geography, History, fare cost.
18 Wall Street Journal Newspaper Fund Awards Savannah State $2,000 Grant For Workshop
For the second consecutive summer S. Purnell, Hamilton, Ga.; Mrs. Lillian the Wall Street Journal's Newspaper C. Jackson, Huntsville, Ala.; Mrs. Addie
Fund has awarded Savannah State Col- S. Moreland, Pelham, Ga.; Theoaster C. lege a $2,000 grant to sponsor a Journal- Morgan, Normal, Ala.; Mrs. Richie T. ism Workshop for inexperienced pub- Adams, Quitman, Ga.; Mrs. Pearline A. lications advisors, and journalism in- Davis, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Bertha R. structors in junior colleges, secondary, Scruggs, Huntsville, Ala.; Miss Alice E. technical and vocational schools. Moore, Rock Hill, S. C; Mrs. Audrey L. Welch, Atlanta, Ga.; Julius H. Spears. Persons receiving awards this year Chatham, Virginia. are as follows: PARTIAL SCHOLAR- SHIPS: Theodore W. Green, Soperton, Mrs. Addie C. Sloan, Atlanta, Ga.; Ga.; Mrs. Evelyn M. Wright, Athens, Mrs. Clara Francis, Bainbridge, Ga.; Ga.; Mrs. Anne C. Marks, Freeport, Miss Lucy A. Adams, Orangeburg,
Mrs. Lena B. Thomas is a teacher at McDuffie L. I., N. Y.; Miss Julia E. Cheely, Craw- S. C. ; Mrs. Mary D. Stroman, Jackson, County. She is a 1960 graduate of Savannah fordville, Ga.; Mrs. Nettie M. Webb, Ga.; Sister Sara Ann Abell, S.C.N.. State College with a major in Elementary Educa- Asheville, N. Paul B. Mohr, St. tion. Her affiliations are: Georgia Teachers & Atlanta, Ga. ; and Miss Cynthia Toney, C; Petersburg. Fla.; Henry C. Dennis, Education Association, Masonic Order, Parent- Leesburg, Ga. Teacher Association, Cub Scouts Den Mother and Carlsbad, N. M., and Mrs. Gwendolyn a member of McDuffie-Warren Chapter of Savan- FULL SCHOLARSHIPS: Mrs. Ruth T. Conyers, Bainbridge, Ga. nah State College National Alumni Association.
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