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Vol. 60, No. 1
Morehouse College, Atlanta
August 31,1984
Dr. Phillip Redrick Becomes Vice President
President Hugh M. Gloster,
has announced the appointment
of Dr. Phillip L. Redrick as Vice
President of Academic Affairs at
Morehouse College.
President Gloster stated, “Dr.
Redrick has done an outstanding
job at Morehouse in his capacity
as Dean of Registration and
Records for the past five years.
He has an extensive background
in higher education administra
tion and brings a wealth of
experience to his new post. He
will take the leadership role in all
of the academic programs at
Morehouse College. We pledge
our support to him as he assumes
his new duties.”
Dr. Redrick stated,
“Morehouse College has a very
strong academic program. One
of my goals is to maintain that
strength and to make several
other programs stronger. I do
not plan any major revisions of
the academic program,
however, some changes will be
made.”
Dr. Redrick indicated that
among his other goals was the
"appointment of task force on
student retention. I plan to
design a comprehensive ap
proach to student retention. I
also plan to develop faculty and
cultural exchange programs for
students and faculty of
Morehouse College.”
Additionally, Dr. Redrick plans
to “work with faculty members
to encourage them to seek
grants to improve program
quality at Morehouse. I plan to
work closely with our Director of
Governmental Relations and the
Director of Development to
identify funding sources that
support the types of programs
we are establishing here.”
A “people person" by nature,
Dr. Redrick "will interact with
departments, teachers, staff, and
students to determine program
and human needs for this institu
tion. I wish to reduce conflict
between human needs and
institutional needs. 1 plan to look
to existing program offerings to
see if there is a need for ad
ditional programs or
modifications programs.”
Dr. Redrick has a vast amount
of experience in an academic
setting and points out, “A
college is no better than the
people involved in the day today
operation. Good teachers attract
good students and good
students attract good teachers.
We must continue to offer good
teaching, excellent research, and
outstanding service as a Phi Beta
Kappa college. I will continue to
work with the President and the
Board of Trustees to increase
faculty salaries so that we may
retain outstanding teachers at
Morehouse.”
Dr. Redrick is a graduate of
Alabama A&M University, holds
the Masters degree and the
Ph.D. degree from Ohio
State University in Higher Educa
tion Administration. He has
done further study at the Univer
sity of Oklahoma and the In
stitute for Educational Manage
ment at Harvard University.
Morehouse Commencement ’84 Honors 230
By Eugene Maxwell, Jr.
Assistant Editor
A total of 230 students making
up Morehouse College’s Class of
1984, graduated on Sunday, May
20, 1984, in the Martin Euther
King, Jr. International Chapel on
the campus. Former presidential
candidate Jesse Jackson
delivered the Commencement
address.
Reverend Jackson, who holds
an honorary doctorate from
Morehouse, told the assembled
seniors and guests of the
College, “There is a challenge
for a new direction ...” Jackson,
who challenged the policies of
the Reagan administration,
stated that “the essential
problem in America is in the
structure of the economy ...”
According to the preacher turn
ed politician, “We need a sub
stantial job training program for
all but targeted to the minority
communities most in need of
employment."
Turning to the issue of educa
tion, Jackson indicated that “due
partly to severe reductions in the
Reagan education budget,
educational opportunities have
recently declined and as a na
tion, we cannot afford this
shocking reversal in higher
education for our young people
from racial and ethnic com
munities.”
Jackson advised the Class of
1984 not to just go home with a
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Commissioning Charles Tyrone Brant
Morehouse Dedicates Bronze Statue of King
By Freddie Asinor
Editor-In-Chief
An impressive bronze statue of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the
renowned civil rights leader, has
been unveiled and dedicated in
front of the International Chapel
that bears his name at
Morehouse College, his alma
mater.
The $100,000 statue ranks as an
outstanding bronze sculpture of
a black American in the United
States and was donated to the
College by the National Baptist
Convention, whose president is
Dr. T.J. Jemison. It weighs 2,000
lbs., is 11 feet and eight inches in
height, and presents King in the
standing position of an eloquent
warrior with his right foot placed
forward and his right arm ex
tended upwards.
The statue’s sculptor,- Ed.
Dwight, a noted black artist of
Denver, CO, was an Air Force
Officer and became the first
black astronaut trainee in the
United States. Dwight is the
sculptor of the lifelike statue of
home-run hitter Hank Aaron at
the Atlanta Fulton County
Stadium and is being
recommended to do the statue
of former Braves pitcher Phil
Niekro for the same location.
The time capsule of the statue,
according to Dr. Lawrence
Edward Carter, associate
professor of Religion and
Philosophy and dean of the
Chapel at Morehouse, is “the
monumental cornerstone of the
King International Chapel” con
tains 119 items. The following are
some materials that are locked
up in the steel, water-tight box
measuring 23 inches wide by 16
3/4 inches deep and 44 inches
long:
•One Family Size Edition of
The Black Heritage Bible with
over 3,000 signatures of officers
of the National Baptist USA, Inc.,
the World Council of Churches
Central Committee, members of
the Governing Board of the
National Baptist Churches of
Christ, Christian Religious
Leaders of the World,
Morehouse College members of
the Board of Trustees,
Morehouse College faculty and
staff, presidents of the Atlanta
University Center Colleges, the
Martin Luther King, Jr., Inter
national Chapel Assistants,
Morehouse College Student
Body, officers of the Southern
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