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THE ORGAN OF STUDENT EXPRESSION
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Volume 80, No. 2 Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia Oct. 5,1978
1977-78 Glee Club
Profile:
Dr. Paul Smith
The 1978 school term has
begun with just a little less con
fusion than previous years as
far as registration is
concerned. This shows that the
administration is moving in
the right direction. Another
step in the right direction is the
institute of Dr. Paul Smith as
Vice President of Morehouse
College.
Dr. Paul Smith is from
Washington University in St.
Louis where he was Vice
Chancellor of Student Affairs.
He is at Morehouse because of
two reasons. The first reason is
because Dr. Howard Thurman,
a person Dr. Smith considers
his “mentor,” graduated from
Morehouse and later was Dean
of the School of Religion. The
second reason is because
President Gloster is the top
black college president in the
country.
The vice president’s job
came into being because of the
need to put more interest in the
student personal area, thus
expanding and making
student affairs structurally
sound. This is Dr. Smith’s field
of expertise. Dr. Gloster has
divided some of the res
ponsibilities of running the
college with Dr. Smith. Dr.
Smith will work with the
registrar admission, Dean of
Students and the chaplain. He
and Dr. Gloster are working
together to assess what is be
ing done this year and what
can be done to improve it.
The vice president is very
concerned with the housing
situation at Morehouse. Chec
king into a room at Morehouse
is a big hassel. Dr. Smith is as
sured that this problem can be
solved with a bit more manag
ing and monitoring than has
been done in the past.
Dr. Smith finds Morehouse
students very exciting because
they come form so many
different places, backgrounds
and traditions. He is very im
pressed with the faculty and
believes that the students
should continue to take ad
vantage of the extremely high
quality of education offered at
Morehouse. So, with the help of
the student body and a
concerned administration, the
school term ending should be
just as good if not better than
its beginning.
Glee Club Sings
In White House
The Morehouse College Glee
Club, under the direction of Dr.
Wendell P. Whalum, was
featured with Mrs. Corretta
Scott King in the East Room of
the White House in
Washington, D.C. on Tuesday,
October 3, 1978.
The occasion was the kickoff
for the fundraising drive of the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
for Social Change. Mrs. King,
backed by the Morehouse Glee
Club, performed excerpts from
her Freedom Concert, which
premiered in Town Hall in
New York City in 1964.
In attendance at the
performance were President
Jimmy Carter, First Lady
Rosalyn Carter, Rev. Martin
Luther “Daddy” King, Sr.,
Ambassador Andrew Young,
Henry Ford, II, and over 250
prominent citizens from all
over the country.
The Carters praised the Glee
Club for the job they did before
and after the formal program
in their singing in the foyer
outside the East Room. They
performed You’ll Never
Walk Alone, with the solo by
James Campbell, a Senior
Biology major from Athens;
Danny Boy, and The Im
possible Dream with the solo
by Daryl Dixon, a Sophomore
music major from Atlanta,
Every Time I Feel the
Spirit; and His Name So
Sweet.
Morehouse President, Hugh
M. Gloster also praised the
Glee Club for their wonderful
job. “This means a lot for
Morehouse,” said President
Gloster.
Mrs. King received rounds of
applause for her narration and
soprano solos in the Freedom
Concert excerpts. To
culminate the event, President
and Mrs. Carter, Ambassador
Young, “Daddy” King, Henry
Ford, II, and Christine King
Farris joined Mrs. King as the
entire audience sang We Shall
Overcome.
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