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n 1866, Richard Coulter with Coulter handing White a let­ Turney’s institution. White agreed to Help Chart walked into Platt Brothers ter from the Rev. Edward Turney to lead the effort. One year later College's Future Furniture to talk with minis­ of the National Theological and based out of Springfield Iter and cabinetmaker WilliamInstitute in Washington, D.C. The Baptist Church, the Augusta As Morehouse recollects Jefferson White about an idea. idea: to start a school to educate Institute was born. and revels in its achieve­ The two met on the third floor, former Negro slaves, much like One hundred and forty-four ments over the last 144 years, nearly 100 of the a years later, that effort has grown nation’s foremost business, and flourished into what is now civic and political leaders Morehouse College, the nation’s and alumni will convene in top liberal arts college, according to the Executive Leadership Washington Monthly magazine. Center to pool their expert­ For five days, the Morehouse ise and best thinking into community will come together to plans and strategies for the celebrate the work of Coulter, College’s future. Turney and especially White. “To ensure that we have “During Founder’s Week, both the financial and the Morehouse Men and future men of Founder William Jefferson White intellectual resources we will need to ensure that Morehouse gather to celebrate not future, I have created the just longevity, but excellence,” said Renaissance Commission,” President Robert M. Franklin ’75. Annual Black Male Summit, said President Robert M. “Part of that excellence comes “Boys to Men: Interrogating Franklin ’75. through the acknowledgement that Assumptions About Black The Morehouse College we are not perfect; rather, we con­ Male Development” on Friday, Renaissance Commission is tinue to seek to find our best selves.” Feb. 18 in the Bank of America a volunteer group of The week of celebration, Auditorium. Psychology pro­ “thought leaders” and fundraisers who will help reflection and discussion includes: fessor David Wall Rice ’95 will chart the course as • The plight of black men will be moderate the panel discussion Morehouse heads towards Springfield Baptist Church in Àugusi examined during the 3rd with television judge Glenda its 150th anniversary in (continued on page 4) 2017. As they meet during the week of the Founder’s Day observance, they will focus on nine areas: • Financial viability Education Secretary Urges Morehouse Students to • Academic enterprise • Student development Serve Their Country by Becoming Teachers • Leadership and civic engagement

BY ADD SEYMOUR JR. • Internationalization • Technology WHEN DERRICK DALTON grew up, education • Green practice and sus­ didn’t hold the same importance each day at his tainability house as did just getting by. • Competitive advantage “I was from a household where education • History of the College was not a priority,” he told a capacity-audience in The Commission will the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center during then present a set of recom­ the “Just Another Day at the Office,” town hall mendations that the Board of meeting on the importance of elementary and Trustees, the president and secondary teachers in America. senior staff will use as they “But I had teachers along the way who develop the College’s strate­ helped pick me up,” said Dalton, now the princi­ gic plan for 2013 to 2018. pal at Mundy’s Mill High School in suburban “Like the vision of Atlanta. “I made a decision that I would make a William Jefferson White difference in the lives of people like myself” 143 years ago, we now It is a lesson that Dalton - along with Atlanta have an opportunity to teacher Christopher Watson, U.S. Rep. John image again—to think Lewis, filmmaker Shelton “Spike” Lee ’79, and rethink about what MSNBC’s Jeff Johnson, President Robert M. might be possible 20, 50, Franklin ’75 and U.S. Education Secretary Arne 100, 150 years from now Duncan - hopes more young black men will if we embrace and learn from. fund—bold new possibil­ Sponsored by Morehouse College and the ities for 21st century U.S. Department of Education, the town hall leadership at Morehouse College,” said Franklin. ■ meeting is part of a national initiative to get more Education Secretary Arne Duncan (third from left) leads a discussion in the Emma and Joe Adams

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College community. "Lest We Forget: The Importance of Knowing our Past in the Present" To tell those stories, Remembering the Founders of Morehouse College at Its 144th Anniversary WE NEED YOU to send us your ideas, and I have been able to recon­ Springfield Baptist Church; Prince that the first faculty members for the Augusta comments and thoughts, struct what happened in deacon Jesse Jones, who kept Augusta, Ga., on Feb. 14, 1867, the minutes of their delibera­ Institute were hired. They were along with your news, that led to the founding of what tions; and William Jefferson Miss J. A. Sherman, Miss Sarah information about your new eventually became Morehouse White, who presided at the Burt and Miss Welch. books or publications and College in 1913. meeting.2 Mr. White subse­ As we celebrate the 144th On a cold winter’s evening in quently “approached a friend, Anniversary of the founding of your commentary for February 1867, a group of men Capt. Charles H. Prince, who Dear Old Morehouse, let us sections like My Word. affiliated with the Springfield secured the support of the remember the men and women To send us your information, Baptist Church in Augusta met American Missionary Association, who made it possible. ■ a congregationalist organization contact Inside Morehouse in the home of church deacon Jonas Singleton to finalize the in New England, for the fledging Marcellus C. Barksdale, is Editor Add Seymour Jr. at list of names of those who institute.”3 chairman of The Sesquicentennial- [email protected] would become the first stu­ Other leaders of Springfield The I50th Morehouse Anniver­ dents at what would be known Baptist Church who must be con­ sary History Project. For more up-to-the minute as the Augusta Theological sidered founders of the Augusta By Marcellus C. Barksdale information about academic Institute. The deacons were Institute are John T. Shuften, 1 Samuel DuBois Cook, “The departments, adminsitra- responding to a letter - deliv­ editor of Augusta’s first black Tragic Conception of Negro istory is the foundation of ered by Richard Coulter to newspaper, The Colored History” in The Journal of tion, all human experiences. We William Jefferson White— American-, Robert Harper, a Negro History, XLV, (1960). athletics, registration, build on the past as we from the Rev. Edmund Turney, skilled piano tuner and musi­ 2 Edward A. Jones, A Candle in financial aid, as well as Hmove forward into the future.founder and president of the cian at the church; Simeon the Dark: A History of the people and activities at Samuel DuBois Cook ’48 has National Baptist Theological Beard, a Union Army officer; Morehouse College (Valley written about the tragedies and Institute and University in Thomas Beard, who became a Forge, PA, The Judson Press, Morehouse College, go to triumphs of black historyl and www.morehouse.edu Washington, D.C., to organize state legislator; and of course, 967), p. 25 and from conver­ how we may learn from our a second branch of the Coulter, a graduate of the sations with Dr. Samuel M. past. This is true for all peoples, Institute in this Savannah National Theological Institute? Nabrit,‘25. including the Morehouse fami­ River city. The Richmond, Va., The names of 37 pupils were 3 Edward J. Cashin, Old ly. Our Morehouse story begins branch of the National sent to the National Springfield: Race and in Washington, D.C., in 1866, Theological Institute had been Theological Institute and Religion in Augusta, Georgia and it is our 144-year history established in 1865. University, thus beginning our (Augusta: The Springfield Inside MOREHOUSE that has “brought us thus far on Among the men at the College’s 144 years of excep­ Village Park Foundation, Inc., the way.” To know how it all February 14th meeting were tional sacrifice and service. It 1995), p. 53. began is instructive to us today, the Rev. Henry Watts, pastor at was with the aid of Charles 4 Cashin. Director of Public Relations Toni O'Neal Mosley [email protected]

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Editor for whittling those words down Add Seymour Jr. There is no possible way you can become any of [email protected] to something that fits onto an those three wells if you cannot effectively deliver a iPhone screen. Calendar Editor We have to become a campus Julie Pinkney Tongue message through the exercise of proper writing.} } that truly emphasizes the idea [email protected] that, basically, without good writing, that well-honed message Photographers many faculty members who have There is a time and place for becomes a beautiful car without Philip McCullom cringed at the sight of written Add Seymour Jr. everything. Just as jeans—along wheels: worthless. pieces by some students—and David Collins with them never needing to be I must admit that after falling some of their faculty and staff worn below one’s waistline—are in love as a child with the way Graphic Design colleagues—that show either a NOT dress wear, a disdain for E.B. White described Wilbur’s Glennon Design lack of understanding or com­ the awareness of proper writing travails in “Charlotte’s Web” the plete disregard for the basic rules is not something we can use as only thing I’ve ever desired to be Web Services of writing. an excuse to not exercise it was a writer. I’ve been blessed to Vince Baskerville By Add Seymour Jr. In my mind, there is no pos­ more often. be able to carve out a pretty nice Hana Chelikowsky sible way you can become any As much as we strive to cre­ career as a journalist. Kara Walker am a fan of President Robert of those three wells if you can­ ate a climate that embraces a But I’ve always looked at M. Franklin’s idea that Administrative Assistant not effectively deliver a message good-looking, strong, hard­ basic writing as not a vocation Morehouse men should be Minnie L. Jackson through the exercise of proper working black man, that climate or a talent, but a necessary tool Iwell-balanced, well-traveled, writing. should strive to develop a black for effective communication well-dressed, well-read and well- Inside Morehouse is Part of the problem is the man who is much more willing for all of us. At one of the spoken. And I truly applaud published monthly during time we live in. We have become to also wield a pen that is as nation’s premiere institutions, I those students who strive to the academic year by too accepting of a more casual sharp as his suit. really hope others here begin to become those men. Morehouse College. approach to life. For instance, we He must be a man who more strongly embrace that But I worry about the focus Office of Communications. are more willing to accept jeans understands that effectively idea also. ■ placed on being well-read and Office of Institutional as dress wear. And we have delivering his well-honed mes­ well-spoken (and in the end, well Advancement. Opinions become a text-messaging, voice­ sage into a strong written piece Add Seymour Jr. is a former balanced) if a good number of expressed in Inside mailing, twittering lot of people involves more than just display­ newspaper journalist who is the Morehouse are those of our students are not working to instead of wordsmiths writing a ing his collection of large, College’s communications writer the authors, not improve their writing. I’ve heard simple note. impressive words or his knack and editor o/Tnside Morehouse. necessarily of the College. exo K U D C ) S 3 INSIDE MOREHOUSE, FEBRUARY 2011

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Lawrence Blumer. professor of biology, is president-elect of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) and will

begin his two-year term in June 2011. ABLE seeks to improve

undergraduate biology learning and teaching by promoting the

development of innovative and reliable laboratory activities. Morehouse McNair Scholars Lauded at North Carolina A&T Stephane Dunn, assistant professor of English, wrote a column in

TheLoop.com in February titled "Ain’t We Lucky We Had 'Em; Florida Evans and Weezy Jefferson: Sitcom TV’s Greatest Wifey- McNair Symposium Mamas Before Claire Huxtable.” SIX MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Ronald E. McNair scholars attended the 25th Annual Ronald E. McNair Commemorative Celebration and Research Symposium at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 26 - 28. The annual conference attracts over 200 participants nationwide from more than 20 colleges and universities. Psychology majors William Jenkins, Chauncey Smith and Dominique Thomas, biology major Mackenzie Martin, computer sci­ Bryant Marks '94, assistant professor of psychology and director ence major Jamal Young and physics major Marcellus Parker all presented schol­ of the Morehouse Male Initiative, was interviewed on Atlanta's arly research in their respective fields. WA0K-AM radio about the Morehouse Male Initiative, challenges Martin (far left) and Jenkins (far right) received Honorable Mention Research and solutions related to the academic achievement of black males, awards, while Parker (second from left) and Smith (second from right) won and the Black Male Summit. Outstanding Research Awards. Not pictured are Young and Thomas, both of whom were recognized for their work. The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program prepares participants underrepresented in the sciences for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. H David Wall Rice '95. assistant professor of psychology, was

interviewed on NBC Nightly News as part of a story on a

publisher's decision to substitute the N-word with the word "slave" in new editions of Huckleberry Finn. Morehouse Chinese Studies Program Celebrates the Year of the Rabbit

By ADO SEYMOUR JR.

Henrietta Yang, assistant professor of Chinese and director of the THE YEAR 2011 marks the Year of

Chinese Studies Program, and five of her students were invited to the Rabbit in Chinese culture and First Lady Michelle Obama’s Jan. 19 speech on her "100,000 the Morehouse College Chinese

Strong" Chinese Study Abroad initiative at Howard University. Studies Program celebrated the new

Obama urged the nation's students to study abroad, especially in year with its “Taste of China” on Feb.3 in the lounge of the DuBois China. International House. Led by program director Henrietta Yang, students, faculty and staff got a chance to boil and eat their own dumplings and sample a Yumen Lin (right) from the Chinese Studies variety of prepared traditional Program helps a student make dumplings. Chinese food. Freshman Charles Corperning, who spent his senior year in high school studying in China, gave a New Hires Dominique Ingram, assistant basketball sample of Chinese rap music. coach. Athletics Here is a pictoral look at the celebration. Xin Nian Kuai Le! ■ Jevon Boxdell, research associate. Center Bolutito Jinadu, budget analyst, Business for Telecommunication and Finance Nicole Carmolingo, processing archivist. Knox Phillips, program manager. Science College Archives First Annual SGA Senate and Mathematics Kamilah Claxton, senior accountant. Ibn Pitts, technical services specialist. Scholarship Honorees Named Business and Finance Information Technology Michael Fleming, director of Assessment Camilya Robertson, budget coordinator. THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT Association Student Scholarship Committee and Institutional Research, Institutional Business and Finance has announced the recipients of the First Annual SGA Senate Scholarship Awards. Research A panel of students and administrators chose the winners based on their hard- Lawrence Scott, financial aid adviser. Darrius Grier, security officer. Campus work at the College. ■ Financial Aid Police $651 FIVE-MEAL PLAN SCHOLARSHIP Terry Shoneye, grants accountant. The winners are: Akeim Guiden, police officer. Campus Paul Adamson Business and Finance Police $1,000 TUITION SCHOLARSHIP Alexander Brown Christina White, administrative assistant. Brandon Bouvia Trenton Caldwell Michael Gumm, assistant director of Adrian Jones Financial Aid Spencer Brooks admissions. Admissions Earl Cooper Nathaniel Tatum Rebecca Wolfe, data entry, Morehouse Moriba Cummings $300 BOOK VOUCHER SCHOLARSHIP Research Institute Caleb Solomon Deonta Plase Matthew Ellis Calvin Monroe INSIDE MOREHOUSE. FEBRUARY 2011

Morehouse Celebrates 144 Years of Excellence Bonner Schedules (continued from cover story) Service Activities to Celebrate Black History Hatchett, publisher Jawanza Kunjufu, psychology professor and • They will discuss their careers with students on Saturday, Feb. 19 dur­ Morehouse Male Initiative director Bryant Marks ’94, former ing “Reflections of Excellence” in the Ray Charles Performing Arts Month Harvard School of Public Health associate dean Deborah Center’s Emma and Joe Adams Concert Hall. BY ADD SEYMOUR JR. Prothrow-Smith, City College of New York professor R.L. • That evening at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta’s Centennial Heureux Lewis ’00 and UCLA professor Ernest Morrell. Ballroom, they will be honored at the 23rd Annual “A Candle Morehouse students are celebrating • Three-time Grammy nominee Angie Stone brings her R&B in the Dark” Gala. The master and mistress of ceremonies will February's Black History Month by lending a voice to the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel stage be and actor Glynn Turman and actress Terri J. Vaughn. hand to those who need a little help. The Bonner Office of Community • The Morehouse College Glee Club starts a year long celebra­ for the annual Founder’s Day Concert on Friday, Feb. 18. Also Service is leading a month-long communi­ performing will be jazz violinist Ken Ford. tion of their 100-year anniversary with their annual Spring ty service effort, using each week to • Eight men - Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, Concert on Feb. 20 in the Martin Luther King Jr. International emphasize an area of focus. attorney Donald V. Watkins, baseball Hall of Famer Frank Chapel. Since we were unable to do our annu­ al King Day of Service because of the Also during the week, nearly 300 parents, guardians and fami­ Robinson, acclaimed physician Melvin D. Gerald ’64, businessman January snowstorm, we decided that Curley Dossman Jr. ’73, Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation ly members will be on campus for the 24th annual Parents February would be an ideal time to commit founder Ronald R. Davenport, Harry Wright Sr. ’53 and chemist Weekend. to service," said Jacqueline Dugger of the William M. Jackson ’56 - will be honored with the 2011 Bennie For a full schedule of Founder’s Day events, go to page 7 and to Bonner Office of Community Service. "Our Bonner students are working on several http://www.morehouse.edu/events/2011/foundersweek. ■ and Candle Awards for their work in their respective fields. issues for service and we thought it would be a good segue into Black History Month for all of our students to get involved." These are the weekly themes and the service opportunities that are available:

Education Secretary Urges Morehouse Students to Serve Their Country FEB. 1-6-HOMELESSNESS (continued from cover story) Making A Way Housing, Inc., 377 Westchester Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30314 Contact: Robby Travis, (404)792-8011 African American community... That needs to change. I can’t think ot a Date: Friday, Feb. 4,10 a.m. - 2 p.m. better place to begin that conversation than at Morehouse at the begin­ Task: Landscaping, painting and cleaning ning of Black History Month.” apartments. Less than 3 percent of the nation’s teachers are persons of color dur­ Café 458 ing a time when black children need black teachers as mentors and role 458 Edgewood Ave SE, Atl. 30312 models, Duncan said. Contact: Alison Smith, (404) 446-4680 “The facts are pretty stark,” he said. “We have to make sure our or email [email protected]. teachers and principals reflect the great diversity of this country. Date: Feb. 1-4, 8:30 a.m. - 12.-30 p.m. Right now that is not the case.” Task: bus person, server, line cook, dish­ Lewis, who recalled said having to sneak around to school as a washer. lead server, greeter/host

youngster growing up in the South, having black teachers is para­ FEB. 7-13 - ENVIRONMENTAL mount to the success of young black men. The Salvation Army “It is important to see black males in our schools teaching,” he The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc said. “If it weren’t for Martin Luther King Jr. and black teachers Corps Community Center encouraging me to read, I wouldn’t be in Congress today.” Contact: Ikenna Ubaka, (404) 638-7254 Lee looked into the audience and pointed to reasons why teach­ Date: Saturday, Feb. 12, 8 a.m. - noon (Four hour commitment) ers are important to him: Morehouse English professor Delores Task: Clean-up and preparation for a new Stephens and Clark Atlanta University communications professor Education Secretary Arne Duncan (left) makes a point to moderator community garden; includes building Herbert Eichelberger. and painting fences, shoveling dirt, remov­ Jeff Johnson and President Robert M. Franklin '75. “I was a functioning illiterate, but [Stephens] would not accept ing garbage at Welch & Mary that,” Lee said. “And I would not be a filmmaker if it weren’t for Street, SW in Atlanta. Breakfast refresh­ [Eichelberger]. “These two teachers made me who I am today.” Franklin said those men of Morehouse - many who sat in the audi­ ments will be provided. This is a collaborative project between The Salvation Duncan said with an aging teaching workforce, up to 200,000 new ence in maroon Morehouse blazers - are preparing for those roles as Army, Pittsburgh Community teachers will need to be hired each year. But more importantly, black mentors. He hopes their spirit will be something other young men Improvement Association, and Project Pride. men can serve their country by becoming teachers. across the nation will emulate. “If we are going to do the right thing by our communities, by our “Educating the character, to be a man who is good and right and Feb. 14-20 - Education The Salvation Army families, by our men, by our country, we have to change this,” he said. decent and who does the right thing even when no one isn’t looking,” The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc “I think the men of Morehouse will be a huge part of the solution.” Franklin said. “Ultimately that is the test of a good education.” ■ Corps Community Center Contact: Ikenna Ubaka, (404) 638-7254 Date: Tuesday, Feb. 15, noon - 8 p.m. (flexible hours) Task: Cataloging and inventory of our library books; Four hours; Need 2 volunteers. Thursday, Feb 17th, 4pm-8pm Task: Read-a-loud volunteers for the Family ► passages Literacy Program, "Reaching Out to Read" Event; Four hours; Need 5-8 volunteers.

February 21-27-Community Development Nathan E. Carter, scuba diving instructor The Salvation Army LISTENING TO NATHAN E. CARTER and being in his strong presence, it didn’t take long to figure out The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center that he was a long-time military man. But the retired U.S. Army Ranger loved students and scuba div­ Contact: Ikenna Ubaka, (404) 638-7254 ing just as much as he loved his country. Saturday, Feb. 26,10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Carter, who taught scuba diving in the Department of Kinesiology after retiring from his 30-year (2-4 hour commitment) Army career, died in November at the age of 66. Task: Volunteers can sign up to assist Carter, who fell in love with scuba diving during his early Army days, taught scuba diving at with food service, children's Morehouse for seven years. Long popular as a class at mainstream institutions, scuba diving was some­ activities, decorations, set-up, clean up, building monitors, registration thing he wanted more black students to experience. and information desk. “My goal was to bring it to an HBCU,” he told Inside Morehouse in April 2009. “My ultimate goal is to prepare them for open water.” For more information about signing up, see Jacqueline Dugger in Nearly 90 students became certified scuba divers during Carter’s tenure. room 426 in the Leadership Center or “Nathan trained many ot the African-American divers in Atlanta, and made scuba diving an attrac­ email her at [email protected].

Nathan E. Carter tive physical education option at Morehouse,” said J.K. Haynes’, Dean of the Division of Science and Mathematics and himself a scuba diver. “He loved to teach, and was a great role model for all of his students.” co N EWS 5 INSIDE MOREHOUSE. FEBRUARY 2011

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2011 FOUNDER’S DAY/PARENTS WEEKEND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN ARTS AND

ENTERTAINMENT. MORGAN FREEMAN Morgan Freeman, an actor, film director and narrator, has received Academy Award nominations for his performances WEDNESDAY. 16th 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. 5:30 - 7: 30 p.m. in "Street Smart," "Driving Miss Daisy," "The Shawshank MOREHOUSE COLLEGE PARENTS WEEKEND Redemption" and "Invictus," and won in 2005 for "Million PARENTS COUNCIL RECEPTION Dollar Baby." He is co-founder of the Frank Silvera Writers' 11 a.m. - Noon Workshop; has given $250,000 to establish a chair of performing arts at EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Welcome by President Robert M. UNVEILING OF THE BLACK MEETING Franklin ’75 Hutchison School for Girls in Memphis; serves on the board of Earth Biofuels, a HISTORY MONTH POSTAL Location: Executive Conference Question and Answer session with company promoting the use of clean-burning fuel; and supports Artists for a New STAMP HONORING BARBARA Center, Room C directors of the Office of Student South Africa and the Campaign for Female Education. JORDAN Services Locution: Lobby, Martin Luther 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Location: Reception Rooms, The BENNIE SERVICE, CURLEY DOSSMAN '73 King Jr. International Chapel Curley M. Dossman Jr. 73 currently serves as vice presi­ MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Executive Conference Center dent for Community Programs for Georgia Pacific and as pres­ MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ident of the Georgia-Pacific Foundation. He is responsible for THURSDAY, 17th COLLECTION DISPLAY 8-10 p.m. the development of community relations programs for GP Location: Robert W. Woodruff FOUNDER’S DAY CONCERT headquarters and local plant communities, and for the devel­ 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Library, Exhibition Hall/Special R&B singer Angie Stone, violinist opment and implementation of the company’s overall philan­ PARENTS WEEKEND Collections Ken Ford thropic strategies. He also serves on the Diversity Council for Georgia-Pacific, where WELCOME CENTER AND Tickets: $50 VIP Seating; $35 he champions the need for diversity. LIMITED LATE REGISTRATION 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. General Admission Location: Lobby, Executive Location: Martin Luther King Jr. International Renaissance CANDLE IN JOURNALISM, RONALD DAVENPORT Conference Center International Chapel Luncheon and Presentation Ronald R. Davenport is chairman of Sheridan Broadcasting

Location: Woodruff Library, Special Corporation and co-chair of the American Urban Radio 10:45 a.m. Collection Extension Rooms SATURDAY, 19th Networks (AURN). Currently providing more than 200 weekly 144TH FOUNDER’S DAY programs to more than 300 affiliate radio stations, AURN has CONVOCATION 2-5 p.m. 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. the satellite capacity to reach 94 percent of the African Speaker: The Rev. Calvin O. Butts FOUNDER’S WEEK SYMPOSIUM MOREHOUSE COLLEGE American population. Sheridan was the country's first black- ’71, senior pastor, Abyssinian Baptist THIRD ANNUAL BLACK MALE PARENTS COUNCIL MEETING owned radio group and the largest black-owned broadcasting firm. Church, Harlem, N.Y. anti president SUMMIT Location: Bank of America of State University of New York (Old BOYS TO MEN: Auditorium, The Executive LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN ATHLETICS, FRANK Westbury) INTERROGATING Conference Center ROBINSON Presidential Awards of Distinction ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT BLACK Frank Robinson, who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Honorees: retired business executive MALE DEVELOPMENT 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in 1982, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and the Arthur McClung ’66 and professor Moderator: David Wall Rice ’95, REFLECTIONS OF EXCELLENCE first black manager in the major leagues. He played from 1956 Robert Steele ’65 assistant professor, Department ot PRESENTATION OF THE 2011 to 1976, most notably for the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Psychology BENNIE AND CANDLE AWARD Orioles. He is the only player to win league MVP honors in both International Chapel Speakers: Bryant Marks ’94, director, RECIPIENTS the National and American leagues; he won the Triple Crown,- he was a member of Morehouse Male Initiative; R. Curley Dossman ’73, two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and he Noon L’Heureux Lewis ’00, assistant profes­ William Jackson ’56, Melvin Gerald amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement FOUNDER’S DAY LUNCHEON sor, sociology and black studies, The '64, Harry Wright Sr. '53, Cake Cutting Ceremony, presented City College of New York of the City Ron Davenport, Donald V. Watkins, BENNIE ACHIEVEMENT, DR. MELVIN GERALD '64 by the Student Government Association. University of New York; Deborah Frank Robinson, Morgan Freeman Melvin D. Gerald '64 currently serves as the medical director for Location: Chivers Dining Hall Prothrow-Stith, executive search Location: The Emma and the Washington Nursing Facility in Washington, D.C He previ­ consultant, Spencer Stuart; Ernest Joe Adams Concert Hall, ously served as president and chief executive officer of Gerald 2 - 4:30 p.m. Morrell, associate professor. The Ray Charles Performing Family Care, PC, also in Washington, D.C. and later as president PARENTS WEEKEND OPENING Graduate School of Education and Arts Center and CEO of G&G Healthcare PC in Cerro Gordo, N.C. with the ASSEMBLY Information Studies, University of responsibility of managing six office locations and a staff of 50. Speakers: Weldon Jackson ’72, California, Los Angeles; Glenda 6 p.m. Hatchett, author and judge; provost and senior vice president 23RD ANNUAL “A CANDLE IN CANDLE IN BUSINESS AND LAW, DONALD V. Jawanza Kunjufu, publisher for Academic Affairs; THE DARK”GALA WATKINS Location: Bank of America William Bynum, vice president of Location: Hyatt Regency Atlanta Donald V. Watkins, a highly regarded attorney and entrepre­ Auditorium, The Executive Student Services; Harry Wright Jr. 265 Peachtree St. NE neur, is president of the law firm Donald V. Watkins PC. spe­ Conference Center ’82, associate vice president for Atlanta, GA 30303 cializing in strategic corporate litigation. He rose to fame for his Student Services Tor tickets, contact the Office of role in getting the last of the Scottsboro Boys pardoned and for Special dance presentation by Issac Alumni Relations at (404) 681- his success in defending the government's first test case for a Rose & Co. 2800, ext. 2658. violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act He is founder of Alamerica Bank The Voter Location: Bank of America News Network and The Children's Bank and is co-owner of Masada Oxynol, LLC. Auditorium, The Executive SUNDAY, 20th Conference Center BENNIE TRAILBLAZER, WILLIAM JACKSON '56 William M. Jackson '56 is professor emeritus of chemistry FRIDAY, 18th 11 a.m. at the University of California, Davis. He also has worked with FOUNDER’S WEEK WORSHIP some of the country's top scientific companies and organiza­ 8:30 a.m. - Noon SERVICE tions, including Martin-Marietta Company, the National Speaker: The Rev. Ronald E. Peters, Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space PARENTS WEEKEND president, Interdenominational Administration (NASA). He is co-founder of the National WELCOME CENTER AND Theological Center Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical LIMITED LATE REGISTRATION Location: The Martin l.ulher King Engineers (NOBCChE), and has lobbied on behalf of minority and female scientists. Location: Lobby, Executive Jr. International Chapel Conference Center CANDLE IN RELIGION. HARRY WRIGHT '53 4 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Harry S. Wright Sr. '53 is pastor emeritus of MOREHOUSE COLLEGE GLEE the historic Cornerstone Baptist Church of Brooklyn, New « J CLUB CONCERT York, and former dean and president of Bishop College in David Morrow ’80, director Dallas, Texas. In 1995, the sought-after speaker and lecturer 7 was bestowed the Frederick D. Patterson Award, the United Location: The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Negro College Fund's highest honor. INSIDE MOREHOUSE, FEBRUARY 2011

CENTENNIAL SINGERS Music and Brotherhood Forms 100-Year Foundation for Morehouse College Glee Club

By ADD SEYMOUR JR.

avid Morrow ’80 stood in front of the WHILE DELIVERING While delivering beautiful and inspiring music has Morehouse College Glee Club during a recent been the Glee Club’s signature, what has made an rehearsal and shook his head. BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIR­ enduring tradition is the club’s bond of brotherhood. D“No, that sounds too mechanical,” said Morrow, David Thomas, sophomore music major from who has directed the acclaimed group since 1987. ING MUSIC HAS BEEN THE Upper Marlboro, Md., is a two-year member. He says “Here’s the other thing you all are doing - you aren’t when Glee Club alumni are invited to the commence­ finishing anything. Finish the word.” GLEE CLUB’S SIGNATURE, ment stage to sing “Prayer” from Lohengrin each year is With that they again launched into “Rocka My WHAT HAS MADE AN an example of that long-lasting bond. Soul in the Bosom of Abraham,” a song that seemed to “It’s overwhelming to see people who were intro­ have sounded perfect the other five times to the ENDURING TRADITION IS duced to that love for the Glee Club, the music and the untrained ear. brotherhood still hold onto that love,’’said Morrow, the “It’s the standard of excellence,” Morrow said. “If THE CLUB’S BOND OF third of only three men to have served as director, we are going to do it, it should be at the same level of agrees. anyone’s expectation in the world. So, yes, I try to make BROTHERHOOD. “The Morehouse College Glee Club is an eminent sure every detail is correct.” expression of brotherhood, a united force of dedication For 100 years, that standard of excellence has and commitment, and an unselfish labor of love.,” he said. allowed the Glee Club to captivate audiences world­ Centennial Banquet at The Foundry on Feb. 18; and the “Since 1987, that’s what each member recites at the wide. This year, that legacy is being celebrated during annual spring concert on Feb. 20. end of every rehearsal. One looks at that motto and the Glee Club’s Centennial Celebration. “It’s a wonderful feeling,” Morrow said. “It’s almost sees that singing isn’t in the motto, though it is a part of The week of events includes a day of symposia and unbelievable to think the Glee Club has lasted 100 years it too. There’s a camaraderie that’s been part of the Glee a Centennial Exhibit unveiling on Feb. 16; the and that I would be the director when it does turn 100.” Club for ages.” ■

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1 — The Glee Club has performed for one U.S. president, Jimmy Carter - twice: for his inauguration in 1977 and in the East Room of the White House with Coretta Scott King in 1978. 3 — The Glee Club has had only three directors - Kemper Harreld, Wendell P. Whalum '52 and David Morrow '80 - during itslOO-year existence. 4 - Four times a week. Morrow leads practices in the Glee Club Rehearsal Room in the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center. 6 — Six men have been named honorary members of the Glee Club: Roland M. Carter, Leonard de Paur, Robert Shaw, Hugh M. Gloster, Benjamin E. Mays and President Emeritus Walter E. Massey '58 10 — The Glee Club has performed in 10 foreign countries, including South Africa, Russia and Poland. 30 — The Glee Club does 30 performances or full concerts during the academic year, including its annual two-week Spring Tour. 84 — The 2011 Morehouse College Glee Club has 84 members, coming from all three of the College's academic divisions and a wide variety of majors. 1911 - President John Hope hired Kemper Harreld, a successful young musi­ cian, concert violinist and faculty member, to direct the first edition of the Morehouse College Glee Club in 1911. O) SPORTS 7 INSIDE MOREHOUSE, FEBRUARY 2011

Young Maroon Tigers Helping Rebuild Morehouse Basketball Legacy

By ADO SEYMOUR JR.

rady brewer ’so held “Morehouse has always been his hand up and spread all known to have a good basketball five fingers wide apart. team,” he said. “I’d like to bring GThen he tightly closed his fingersthat legacy back.” to form a strong fist. Three seniors lead this year’s That’s the lesson he’s trying to get team - Jelani Figures, Joshiah his young basketball team to learn. Anabraba and Rod Williams. “Five individual players on the Williams led the team in rebound­ court at one time who are talented, ing and scoring during the first but we’ve got to bring it all togeth­ half of the season while Anabraba er as a fist to where we can knock has been solid on the boards. people out and win together as a Figures was the team’s leading team and win games,” he said. scorer last season and a preseason “We’ve got athletes,” Brewer All-SLAC pick this year. added. “We’ve got guys who can Brewer raves about freshmen play. But they haven’t played Austin Anderson, Marek Legorce- together, and this is a team sport.” Ross and Matthew Taylor; believes It is one of the lessons for his Temple transfer Christopher Clark young team to learn. But for Brewer, will be a big-time player and teaching the 2010-11 Maroon Tigers returns last year’s team rookie of basketball team is a labor of love, the year, Shawn Allen. especially this year. This is a team “I tell this team all the time that he says can lay the foundation that they might be the most talent­ for a return to the glory years of ed team that I’ve seen since I’ve Morehouse basketball. been at Morehouse,” Brewer said. Roderick Williams (left) and Joshiah Anabraba (right) have led the Maroon Tigers this season. Morehouse has won 17 SLAC “But talent does not equate to wins championships (four of them from unless you play together.” 2001 to 2004), been to the NCAA Brewer wants the Morehouse you have to win to get people in Brewer said. “So eventually we’re Mays said, we have a crown above tournament four times and the community to witness the teams the stands. We haven’t done that going to get it back where we our heads. We’re going to wear Final Four once in 1990. maturation this season, one in in the last three years, but we’re want it to be, and that’s winning that crown. But we’re going to Brewer - who played for the which they’ve already defeated going to get there. the SIAC championship, going to have to have patience, and we’ve Maroon Tigers in the 1970s - is in the SLAC leader Stillman. “That’s the mystique of a the NCAA championships and got to be willing to work to get to midst of rebuilding the program and “Everybody wants to be asso­ Morehouse man - rising above it eventually winning the national that point.” ■ returning it to those winning ways. ciated with a winner,” he said. “So all, regardless of the adversities,” championship. As Benjamin E.

SPRING SPORTS 7BACK, TENNIS AND GOLF TEAMS LOOK TO DEFEND SIAC TTTIES

By ADD SEYMOUR JR. meters champion and academic All-American will lead the squad this season - senior pitcher season's squad, but it is going to be tight" Mario Bland, shot putter Turner Coggins and field Dennis Bronson and two juniors, catcher Bryan Returning to lead the team will be senior Morehouse's track and field, tennis and golf athlete Matt Tuffuor to lead this year's team. Butcher and outfielder/pitcher David Harvey. Olajuwon Ajanaku, the 2010 SIAC Player of teams have started new seasons as each "Were really got some good young men "I'm heavily dependent on these three to the Year. looks to defend Southern Intercollegiate returning and we've had some good guys walk- help carry the load this year," Mitchell said. "He can shoot low scores," Lewis said of Athletic Conference titles, while the baseball on, so everything is looking great," Hill said. With a big win over Tuskegee last week, Ajanaku. "You can depend on him." team is looking for a successful season. Mitchell feels good about his young team and The Morehouse golf team tees off the Here is a preview of each team; BASEBALL the future for Morehouse baseball. 2011 season on Feb. 23 in Columbia, S.C. The news is good and bad for head "Things are looking up," he said. "We against Paine College and Benedict College. TRACK AND FIELD coach Robert Mitchell and his Morehouse expect good things out of this group." Track and field coach Willie Hill is clear baseball team. TENNIS about his Flying Maroon Tigers' goal this year. The bad news is they lost seven of nine GOLF The Morehouse tennis team has won the "We're looking to repeat as conference starters from last year's team and will heavily The Morehouse golf team had a big sea­ last two SIAC tennis titles and 28 of them champions and regional champions," he said. rely on freshmen this season. But the good son last year, winning their second consecu­ since 1977. Head coach Terry Alexander's "We have a lot of good people returning and news is that this group of freshmen can be tive SIAC championship, along with the PGA team many of the pieces from last season's we have a big class of seniors, so we are def­ special, Mitchell said. National Minority Title. squad that can help them to win another. initely looking to repeat." "I think we have the best crop of fresh­ Coach Bill Lewis said they return most of The team's captain, senior Tory Martin, Last year, they won their fifth consecu­ men that we have had over the past few their players this season, though they lost their returns as the team's No. 1 singles player, tive SIAC title, along with the NCAA Division years," he said. "Potentially, they can get to a most consistent player, Phillip Allen, to graduation. while senior Mario Ecung and junior Michael II South Regional championship. point where we can be very competitive." "They are looking pretty good for this year," Thomas are the Maroon Tigers' top returning Hill is looking to seniors such as 100- But a trio of experienced Maroon Tigers Lewis said. '1 think we can be as good as last doubles pair. ■ CALENDAR INSIDE MOREHOUSE. FEBRUARY 2011 FEBRUARY

Basketball THURSDAY. J* Morehouse vs. Tuskegee Documentary Screening and Panel Tuskegee, Ala. Basketball Editor's Pick March 2-5 Discussion 7:30 p.m. Lane vs. Morehouse Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 "Before They Die" Forbes Arena Basketball 2011 A screening and discussion by the Tulsa or at [email protected] 7:30 p.m. Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Project Inc to talk about the Tulsa Race Riot Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 Conference Men's and Women's Hosted by Charles Ogletree, Harvard Business or at [email protected] Basketball Tournament School THURSDAY. Panel: Bishop Otis Clark; Bishop Barbara Lewis Baseball Forbes Arena King, Hillside International Chapel and Truth Basketball Bluefield State vs. Morehouse For the second consecutive year, the Center, Atlanta, GA; and Charles Steele, former Morehouse vs. LeMoyne Owen Perkerson Park SIAC mens and women's basketball president of the Southern Leadership Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. teams will come to Morehouse to com­ Conference 7:30 p.m. Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 pete in the 78th annual basketball tour­ nament - the oldest historically black Emma and Joe Adams Concert Hall, The Ray Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 or at [email protected] college tournament in the nation. The Charles Performing Arts Center or at [email protected] winners of the men's and women's com­ 7 p.m. petitions will get automatic bids to the Contact: Reggie Turner, (323) 574-0987 or at SATURDAY, 26 NCAA Division II basketball tournament. [email protected] SATURDAY, Baseball SATURDAY; 12______Baseball Voorhees vs. Morehouse Morehouse vs. Selma (Doubleheader) (Doubleheader) Selma. Ala. Atlanta University Center Perkerson Park MARCH Noon Recycling Day 2 p.m. Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 Participating institutions are Morehouse, Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 Feb. 28 - March 4 or at [email protected] Spelman, Clark Atlanta and the International or at [email protected] Mid-term Examination Period Theological Denominational Center 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Basketball March 2-5 TUESDAY. Contact: Sandra VanTravis, (404) 653-7812 or 22 Kentucky State vs. Morehouse Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference at [email protected] Forbes Arena Tournament Basketball 3 p.m. Forbes Arena Morehouse vs. Benedict Baseball Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 Columbia, S.C. Elizabeth City State vs. Morehouse or at [email protected] March 31 - Apri 1 7:30 p.m. (Doubleheader) English Departments Fifth Annual Student Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 Perkerson Park Symposium or at [email protected] Noon Executive Conference Center Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 or Contact: Francine Allen at [email protected] at [email protected] WEDNESDAY, 23 ...... i*“' ------Basketball Tennis WEDNESDAY. 23 Clark Atlanta vs. Morehouse Morehouse vs. Paine and Benedict Forbes Arena Basketball Game Columbia, S.C. 3 p.m. Faculty/Staff vs. Students Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 Contact: Constance Sullivan, (404) 215-2752 Archer Hall or at [email protected] or at [email protected] 5:30 p.m. MONDAY. 14 Contact: Terry Alexander, (404) 6814555 or at [email protected]

Name: Ralph Johnson

Title: Chief Procurement Officer/ AVP Procurement & Contracts

Tenure at Morehouse: 6 months Z Z I oversee the procurement function and auxiliary services. I am focused Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. on making sure that we are using the best suppliers and the best process­ es so we can ensure that the goods and services we receive are of the best quality Something not commonly at the best possible price. My vision for purchasing at Morehouse is for it to be simpler, more strategic, more automated and more responsive. known about Ralph: Working here at Morehouse gives me the opportunity to ensure that the

He is an avid runner, which has helped College s resources are being used in the best way, so that we are maximizing our

him to lose 50 pounds. "I've had the spending and minimizing our costs. That makes it better for our students who are our No. 1 customers. weight off of me since 2005," he said. Morehouse has contributed so much to our African American legacy. I would "I could be your poster child for the per­ have not been able to do all that I have done in corporate America for 20 plus son who loses weight and gains it right years before coming here had it not been for some of the alumni who have come back. But I’m hoping to be the poster through Morehouse. So I love being at Morehouse because it is an opportunity

child for keeping it off." for me to contribute to that legacy for the next generation. A A