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Father Of 2,000 Men Celebrating Our Wins Award ... Page 16 60th Year Financial Aid Office- 6 We’re Not Seeing Students Today.’ ...Page 10 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 (Continued on page 7) 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 (Continued on page 7)