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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS Though separated by space and time, their leadership affects destiny and no one can tell where their influence
stops. For faith, hope, inspiration, enthusiasm, and vision our college forefathers penned the brightest pages in the history of our institution’s 81 years of exist
ence; their indomitable “spirit” keeps Morehouse men bound with “hoops of steel” to their Alma Mater. During the 81st anniversary celebration tribute was paid
to the founder and presidents of the college. Pictured, left to right, are Dr. William J. White, founder; Dr. Henry L. Morehouse, for whom the college was named; Dr.
Joseph T. Robert, first president; Dr. Samuel Graves, second president; Dr. George Sale, third president; Dr. John Hope, fourth president; Dr. Samuel A. Archer, fifth
president; Dr. Charles H. Hubert, former acting president; and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, sixth president, who now heads the college administration.
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Founded In 1898
M’house Marks 81st
Milestone In Career
Hazel Harrison, Alabama Choir,
Yol. 49, No. 4
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA.
February, 1948
CIVIL RIGHTS CONFAB STEERING COMMITTEE—Planners for the “All-University Student Study Conference on Civil Rights” at
Atlanta University are student and faculty members of Atlanta University and affiliated colleges. Shown discussing the con
ference program are (seated left to right) Miss Marymal Morgan, Spelman; Robert Threatt, Morris Brown; Miss June
Blanchard, Clark; Robert E. Johnson, public relations chairman, Morehouse; Miss Billie M. Jones, Atlanta University; Dr.
Mozelle Hill and Prof. Walter R. Chivers, faculty chairman and co-chairman, Atlanta University and Morehouse. Standing,
left to right, are Anderson O. Phillips, Atlanta University; Dr. Ira DeA. Reid, special adviser, Atlanta University; John D. Reid,
student co-chairman, Atlanta University; Miss Pearl Smith, Moris Brown; A. Calvin Crowder, Atlanta University; Miss Mildred
Brummell, Atlanta University; Joseph T. Brook and James Herndon,Morehouse. (Photo by Bowens)
Students Spearhead Civil
Rights Confab at A. U.
This is a big country. It harbors a lot of people. And it harbors
a lot of prejudices.
When they have "endured long enough, most of us incline to
take them for granted. It’s not so much an affirmative feeling on
our part, a conscious rejection of their consideration, a wilful
determination to be indifferent about them. We just don’t think
about them.
But these are trying days. Presi
dent Truman’s Civil Rights declara
tion has pit the forces of light
against the forces of darkness. We
can’t escape it.
Hence, the students and faculty
members of Atlanta University and
affiliated colleges formulated an “All-
University Student Study Conference
on Civil Rights”.
meetings — segregation, education,
economic opportunities and political
rights—to summarize, interpret and
evaluate the discussions.
17 Apply For Pepsi
Cola Scholarships
Seventeen Morehouse Seniors ap
plied for the Pepsi-Cola Graduate
Scholarship Fund for Negro Students.
The Fund helps Negro Students to
finance their education at 968 inter
racial, non-segregated institutions.
Sutton Math Prof
James S. Sutton, Morehouse grad
uate who received his M.A. degree
from Atlanta University in August
1947, has been named instructor of
Mathematics at Miles Memorial Col
lege, Birmingham, Ala.
Morehouse Nears One Million
Dollars in Endowment Campaign
DEFINES PURPOSE
Having formulated plans for a se
ries of meetings on the campus, stu
dents were given copies of the re
port of the President’s Committee on
Civil Rights to find out what is in
the report and how it affects the
South; to find out how short we in
the South are away from the goals
and to work out techniques, strate
gies and methods of achieving
“These Rights.”
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Recognizing a need for direction
and intellectual leadership, the stu
dent conference steering committee
placed on its slate such prominent
speakers as Boris Shishkin, AFL
economist and member of the Presi
dent’s Committee; P. L. Prattis, edi
tor of the Pittsburgh Courier; Ralph
McGill, editor of the Atlanta Consti
tution; Dr. Ira DeA. Reid, author
and lecturer; Mrs. M. E. Tilly, also
a member of the President’s Com
mittee; A. T. Walden, Atlanta at
torney; and others.
The steering committee will use
transcriptions of the departmental
Coming as a distinct thrill to the
250 men and women assembled at the
81st anniversary banquet at More
house College recently was an an
nouncement by President Benjamin
E. Mays that the institution, since
the beginning of his administration
in 1940, had added $800,000 to the
endowment of the college, and that
$140,000, in addition had been raised
tqward the current expense budget.
Alumni, faculty, students and friends
present loudly applauded President
Mays when he stated that the con
ditional offer of $400,000 made by
the General Education Board, only
to become effective if the College
was able to raise a similar amount,
has been met. He also made known
that the increased income from this
added endowment had been used to
increase salaries of faculty and staff
members, and to provide for new in
structional staff members.
PLANS MILLION-DOLLAR DRIVE
Despite this significant achieve
ment, President Mays stated that the
College could net afford to rest on
its laurels, but must move forward
with the times if it is to compete
with other leading educational in
stitutions of the nation. He announced
that another campaign for a million
dollars will be launched immediate
ly. Part of the goal will be for $31,000
in order to bring the present en
dowment up to two million dollars.
The remainder of the funds will be
used to promote a building program
for a chemistry building, two dormi
tories, a gymnasium and a chapel.
CITES ACHIEVEMENTS
Other achievements of the seven-
year period since the beginning of
the Mays’ administration include;
(1) adding new classroom space to
accommodate nearly 600 students;
(2) increasing chemistry laboratory
facilities nearly fifty per cent; (3)
adding two veterans dormitories and
a small unit for married veterans;
(4) the building of three duplexes to
accommodate six families; and (5)
establishing hospital facilities on the
campus. A new infirmary, he an
nounced, is now under construction
on the campus.
Noted Guests Highlight Celebration
BY J. PRESTON COCHRAN
Founded by William Jefferson White in Augusta, GA, in 1867,
Morehouse, in the eighty-one years of its existence, has grown
from a small three-story structure located near the terminal sta
tion to a campus of twelve acres and impressive edifices. The
success of the institution is due in large measure to the founders
and to the type of presidents that the college has had.
Archer Medical
Center To Move
To New Location
Slated for completion in April is
the new $54,000 Infirmary being
built on the west side of Graves
Hall, and in the rear of the present
location of the new Archer Infirmary.
In a recent informal interview
with the president of the institution,
it was disclosed to your reporter that
construction of the new building,
which is now underway, was made
possible by the gift of Army sur
plus material from the Bureau of
Community Facilities Federal Work
Agency.
The “T” shaped, 18 room wooden
structure will contain many modern
features, including an examination
room, an X-ray room, a room for
male attendants, a kitchen, a store
room, Nurses’ quarters, a Nurses’
office, the Doctor’s office, a waiting
room and facilities to accommodate
as many as thirty-one patients. The
old building is to be returned to the
school for residence use, the presi
dent stated.
The new medical center will con
tinue under the direction of the ca
pable and efficient Dr. Albert M.
Davis, a graduate of Morehouse Col
lege and Meharry Medical College,
and Head Nurse Sadie M. Neal of
Albany, Ga., who is a graduate of
Grady Memorial Hospital and a for
mer student of Albany State Col
lege.
The modern structure will be the
first of its kind to be erected on any
campus in the University System,
and will be designed expressly to
meet the requirements of undergrad
uate medical needs. The change from
the old to the new infirmary seems
indicative of the president’s keen re
gard for the future Morehouse.
Political Science Dept.
Gets New Instructor
Mr. James Brooks, a new instruc
tor in the Department of Political
Science, is introducing a course in
Old World Institutions designed es
pecially for Junior and Senior ma
jors in History or Political Science.
Mr. Brooks, a retired professor,
will be an integral part of the More
house faculty for the remainder of
the academic year. Prior to his com
ing to Morehouse, Mr. Brooks has
served as president of three junior
colleges at various times during his
life. He has traveled extensively in
Europe and other continents. He has
two sons on college faculties, one
serves as Dean at Williams College,
Mass., and the other as a faculty
member at Oglethorpe here in At
lanta.
Mr. Brooks is a graduate of Ohio
A rapid glance over the eight dec
ades of the college’s history reveals
that much progress has been made.
Educational facilities, social leader*
ship, religious training, cultural par
ticipation and academic standards
have been effectively interwoven
here at Morehouse producing a more .
wholesome atmosphere for the train
ing of a more capable, intelligent
leadership.
Long an A-rated institution, More
house now boasts of being one of the
comparatively few Southern Negro
Colleges holding a membership in the
Association of American Universi
ties. This is the highest accredita
tion possible for an educational in
stitution to receive in this country.
HAZEL HARRISON BRILLIANT
The eighty-first anniversary cele
bration of the founding of Morehouse
College was formally opened on the
evening of February 13, when Miss
Hazel Harrison, brilliant concert pi
anist, was presented to a near ca
pacity audience in Sale Hall Chapel.
Continuing the anniversary cele
bration, a special worship service
was held in historic Sale Hall, Sun
day, February 15, with Rev. A. C.
Williams, prominent pastor of De
troit, Mich, and an alumnus of the
college, as principal speaker. Music
for the occasion was rendered by
the Morehouse - Spelman College
Choir, under the able direction of
Kemper Harreld.
ALA. CHOIR SCORES
Singing to an overflowing Sale
Hall Chapel audience, the famed
Alabama State Teachers Symphonic
Choir was presented in a concert in
connection with the eighty-first An
niversary celebration at Morehouse
on Sunday evening, February 15.
Numbering sixty highly-trained
voices, this symphonic choir has won
the praise of critics wherever the
group has been heard. At the More
house program, the choir presented
a repertoire including the works of
Bach, Handel, and Verdi among oth
er composers of American folk-songs
and spirituals. Included on the pro
gram were two original numbers by
Mr. Hall: “The Lord is my Portion,”
and “As the Hart Panteth,” dedi
cated to former Morehouse presi
dents, John Hope and Samuel How
ard Archer.
TROST BANQUET SPEAKER
Discussing the theme “Prelude for
Tomorrow” at the 81st anniversary
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Wesleyan College. He has done grad
uate work at Harvard and received
his MA degree from the University
of Georgia.
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