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August 31, 1984/The Maroon Tiger/Page 16
Father Of 2000 Men Wins Award
Dr. Hugh Morris Gloster,
president of Morehouse College
since 1967 and father figure of
over 2,000 strong men, was
among four fathers honored by
the Southeast Father's Day Com
mittee this past Father’s Day. The
committee is affiliated with the
National Father’s Day Council,
which is sponsored by retailers in
the men’s apparel industry.
Others honored at a luncheon
for 350 guests at the Hyatt
Regency Atlanta were Georgia
senator Mack Mattingly, former
Olympic Cold Medalist Paul
Anderson, and WXIA anchor
man Hal Suit.
Each of the fathers received a
DAD award and a copywrited
sculpture created especially for
the National Father's Day Com
mittee.
Gloster, who was recognized
for his dedication to both his
family and education, was on an
East African tour and was
represented by Dr. Lawrence
Carter, associate professor of
Religion and Philosophy and
dean of the Martin Luther King,
Jr., International Chapel.
“Dr. Gloster is the father figure
for more than 2,000 Morehouse
students,’’ Carter commented in
the acceptance speech.
Pulse Of The
People
This Space Is
Reserved F or
The Wise —
Need We Say
You!
Nile Valley
Conference At
Morehouse
By Mitchell M. Smith
Editor of “Torch”
The Nile Valley Conference
opens September 26, 1984, and
will feature four and one half
days of presentations by sixteen
scholars in the field of Nile Valley
culture and civilization. The
Conference will take place in the
Martin Luther King, Jr., Inter
national Chapel. It is being
jointly sponsored by Bennu, Inc.,
The Journal of African
Civilizations, the Human Values
Program of the Morehouse
School of Medicine, and King
International Chapel.
The keynote speaker for the
conference will be Dr. Cheikh
Anta Diop, the internationally
acclaimed scholar, physicist,
Egyptologist, historian and lin-
quist of Senegal. Dr. Diop has
been honored as one of the
scholars who has had the
greatest impact of African and
African - American thought in
the twentieth century. Dr. Diop
received this honor in 1966 at the
Lirst World festival of Black Arts
and Culture, held in Dakar,
Senegal. The author of many
books, he will deliver a keynote
address sure to be very infor
mative, dynamic, and the
highlight of the conference.
The Nile Valley Conference
will also present such well
known scholars as: John G.
Jackson, Ivan Van Sertima, Asa
Hillard, III, Bruce Williams,
Hunter H. Adams, III, Jan Crew,
John Pappedemos, Charles B.
Cooper, Charles S. Finch, Na’im
Akbar, Legrand Clegg, Runoko
Rashidi, Beatrice Lumpkin,
Richard King and Jacob
Caruthers.
The Conference will be
dedicated to the life and work of
the late Dr. Benjamin Elijah
Mays, President - Emeritus of
Morehouse College. Mays wrote
his 1925 Master’s Thesis at the
University of Chicago on Pagan
Survivals in Christianity. This
Conference is also in honor of
the celebration of the 75th
anniversary of the founding of
the Morehouse College Chapel
by Dr. John Hope in 1910.
The registration fees are:
$30 - Pre-registration (before
Sept. 10. 1984)
$35.00 - On site registration
$15.00 - Student registration
(with Student I.D.)
A large exhibition of literature
will be featured in the Con
ference Center, first floor of
Hugh M. Gloster Hall (next to
King Chapel). On Friday, Sept.
28, 1984, there will be a cultural
concert featuring performances
by local and regional artists. On
Saturday evening, September 29,
1984, there will be a banquet to
honor the life and work of Dr.
Cheikh Anta Diop at the
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel.
GIVE THE UNITED W
WORKING TOGETHER IS WORKING WONDERS.