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MOREHOUSE
A CAMPUS NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS
DECEMBER 2012 / JANUARY 2013
Talented Maroon Tigers start
2012-2013 basketball season
CATHEDRAL GOALS
Some of the goals Wilson has for the
College are:
• Emphasizing faculty-driven
fundraising that thinks years down
the line
• Enhancing the perception that
people have of Morehouse
• Encouraging students to more
often push each other towards
excellence
• Bolstering the endowment
Students bring Christmas
cheer to Atlanta’s needy
Journalism and Sports Program
co-hosts post-election discussion
Cathedral Vision
11th President John Sylvanus Wilson Jr. ’79 Wants Capital and Character Preeminence
By ADD SEYMOUR JR.
M orehouse will lead the
charge in shattering the
stereotype of historically
black colleges and universi
ties not running like well-
oiled machines, said President-elect John
Silvanus Wilson Jr. 79.
In his first meetings with faculty,
staff and students since being elected
president, Wilson said operational excel
lence is going to be one of his priori
ties when he begins his tenure as the
College’s 11th president on Jan. 28 2013.
“The first HBCU that gets [opera
tional excellence] right administrative
wide is going to distinguish itself,” he
said to applause. “I’m driven to make
Morehouse the one to get it right and to
be known for our superior operations
and customer service.”
Wilson talked about several things
he wanted to work on when he officially
takes office. The tenure of President
Robert M. Franklin ’75 ends on Dec. 31,
with interim Provost Willis B. Sheftall
’64 serving as acting president until
Wilson arrives.
Currently the executive direc
tor of the White House Initiative
on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Wilson was unanimously
chosen president by the Morehouse
College Board of Trustees in November
ing the College’s identity.
That clear identity would attract
more donors and allow the College
to operate more seamlessly, Wilson
said. Morehouse would become a
more attractive destination for African
American males.
“I insist we are not who we say
we are until we at least double or triple
[the number of black boys who apply to
Morehouse]” he said. “That is the chal
lenge - to become a more potent place.
“We’re going to have fun and we’re
going to have fun as professionals,”
Wilson said.
“And this place is going to grow
and grow and grow.” H
after an exhaustive nationwide search.
Before being appointed to his current
position by President Barack Obama,
Wilson spent 25 years in higher educa
tion leadership. He was an associate
professor and executive dean at George
Washington University and was assis
tant provost and director of Foundation
Relations at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. His research also has
focused on what it will take for HBCUs
to thrive.
“The board is in full agreement that
Dr. Wilson has the vision and experience
to ensure that Morehouse continues
to advance its aim in producing global
leaders who continue to make a differ
ence in the world,” said Board Chairman
Robert C. Davidson ’67 during Wilson’s
meeting with faculty. “The board and I
are confident that Dr. Wilson is the right
man at the right time to lead Morehouse
into the future.”
Morehouse’s future will be based
on Wilson’s cathedral vision, which has
as its foundation preeminence in charac
ter and capital. The key to realizing his
vision will be in streamlining and clarify
FOR ALL THAT the Atlanta community has done for Morehouse College,
Morehouse, along with Spelman College, has returned the love with a gift of
song and melody for 86 years.
You would have to search far and wide to find a musical present as grand
as the three performances that are the Morehouse-Spelman Christmas Carol
Concert given each year at this time, said David Morrow ’80, director of the
Morehouse College Glee Club.
“I’ve been to countless Christmas concerts, but there is nothing like the
Christmas Carol Concert,” he said. “You not only have the ilk of a Joyce
Johnson playing the organ, you hear two high-caliber glee clubs coming
together to perform music from Poland to Africa. So it’s a wonderful gift to
the community.”
The idea of a community gift is the reason the two glee clubs come together to
open the Christmas season.
In 1927, the first Morehouse Glee Club director, Kemper Harreld, and
Spelman College president Florence Matilda Read, thought it would be a
good idea to give a free concert to Adanta citizens.
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President-Elect Wilson greets students after addressing them for the first time.
Kaelan Sharperson helps his
clients to be well-dressed
