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VOLUME 32
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1962
Number 5
145 Students To Graduate From M.B.C.
Commencement
Exercises Set
At Morris Brown
A 10-day series of events end
ing with commencement will be
gin Monday with the annual ora
torical contest in the chapel at
Morris Brown College. The com
mencement evercise will be June
6 at 10 a.m. in the college gym
nasium.
Other events are class night,
May 31, college chapel; junior-
senior prom, June 1, gymnasium;
baccalaureate service, June 3, 5
p.m., gymnasium; resident’s recep
tion, June 3, 6:30 p.m., president’s
home; alumni banquet, June 4,
gymnasium; trustee board meeting,
June 5, 10 a.m., chapel, and na
tional alumni meeting, June 6,
7:30 p.m., chapel.
Internees Meet the
Boss At Dinner
The Secretarial Science Depart
ment of Morris Brown College,
which has had several students
working in Atlanta business firms,
including the Atlanta Daily World
on internship, held a “Meet the
Bosses” dinner Wednesday evening
in honor of the persons they had
been working for.
The students, members of the
college’s Business Internship Class,
had invited the employees and
school leaders to attend a dinner
which was held at 7:30 p.m. with
food, festivities and song.
Miss Bettye Byron, one of the
students, presided over the pro
gram. The invocation was given by
Miss Bettye Prophet, another stu
dent, while the purpose of the in
ternship class was explained by a
third student, Miss Harriet Buggs.
The dinner was held at the Phyl
lis Wheatley YWCA.
Each internee introduced the
representative of the firm she had
interned with.
Kathryn Boyce introduced Dr.
H. E. Tate; Phyllis Brown intro
duced Miss Carrie Clements, head
of the Secretarial Science Depart
ment; Harriet Buggs brought Joel
Stokes; Bettye Byrom, Frank S.
McClarin; Marion Cantrell, C. A.
Scott, and Esther Ramsey, J. Y.
Moreland.
Representatives of at least four
other firms did not attend to hon
or students wh had worked for
them. These students were: Emma
Durham, Alfred Jones, Eunice
Paradise and Bettye Prophet.
The representatives of busi
nesses and organizations express
ed general satisfaction with the
trainees, and praised the school
for sponsoring this department.
Guests who attended were mem
bers of the Morris Brown staff.
They were Dean Prince Wilson,
C. W. Moore, A. J. Jesse and oth
ers.
Morris Brown
Commencement
Speakers Named
The director of the Center for
the Study for Higher Education at
the University of Michigan and
the pastor of Grant Chapel AME
Church, Los Angeles, will be the
commencement speakers at Morris
Brown College in June.
Dr. Algo D. Henderson, profes-
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The Drama Club of Morris Brown Colelge, under the direction of
Mr. Carl Fabrizio, resented the hilarious comedy, Born Yesterday,
by Garshin Konin, in the Morris Brown College Chapel on March
seventh and eighth.
Bom Yesterday was the same play which launched Judy Holliday
to stardom and to even further heights when she won the academy
award for her performance in the film version.
The plot of the play deals with a young girl who has lived a
promiscuous life and has thought of nothing except mink coats. She
discovers a “a better kind of life” through love; an acquaintance with
books; and through an increasing awareness of what was going on
around her.
The very talenter cast of Born Yesterday included Marilyn Lyde,
John Lawson, Edward Hallman, Lovett Rainey, Edison Benton, Clifton
Beeks, Joyce Paramore, Evelenia Mitchell, Willie Mae Greglin, and
Bobby Isom.
The production of Born Yesterday has drawn one significant criti
cism and that is the fact that Morris Brown students, to a large degree,
did not support the play. It is highly probable that the play would have
been a bigger success had the students pfirtici&ted actively. We must
learn to be good salesmen; we must talk our product as well as sell
our product. This is not a scolding, fellow students, but rather an
appeal to you for your help in making every phase of the Morris Brown
activities an enjoyable success.
A reminder:
It is realized that girls usually out number boys but listen young
men. We Need You! Remember, many roles are male and we simply
cannot substitute girls for boys (if we did it would be a gross insult
to the men of Morris Brown).
In the coming programs and activities of the Morris Brown Dra
matics Club, let’s get out there and fight like true Brownites.
Student Christian
Conference Held
Beginning on Thursday, April 6, at Paine College in Augusta,
Georgia, the twenty-eighth Student Christian Conference was held.
Representing Morris Brown at the conference was our own Director of
Religious Activities, Dr. Josephus R, Coan and his able assistant, the
Rev. Thomas McPherson Jr. The conference was to have been graced
with the presence of our distinguished President, Dr. Frank Cunning
ham but, unfortunately, due to unavoidable and unexpected circum
stances, he was unable to attend. Other Brownites who attended the
conference were Mr. Clarence Price, Mr. Jim Howard, Mr. Tommy
Fuller and Mrs. Juanita Anderson.
The conference was extended over a period of three days, during
which time the various activities were righlighted by stimulating ad
dresses by our Dr. Coan and Dr. Theodore Runyon, who is the Assistant
Professor of Systematic Theology at Emory University.
Dr. Coan’s two addresses, which were soberly received, were en
titled “Where Does the Student Search,” and “Some Faiths Men Live
Jiy.” His first speech dealth withthe mediums through which students
might approach Christianity. He cited several methods: the gospel,
the church, the Bible, and through theology. The latter speech, “Some
Faiths Men Live By,” included a discussion and comparison to Chris
tianity of faiths such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and
Shintoism.
Dr. Runyon’s address, “What Does Christianity Offer the Student,”
struck close to home as it pointed out the merits and the advantages of
Christianity. The four points discussed in the address were judgement,
reconcilliation, freedom from law, and the call to worship. His en
lightening speech was based on the book, “Romans For the Layman,”
by Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr.
For those of us who are not familiar with the Student Christian
organization it is expedient that an explanation of its purpose and goal
is in order. The conference is designed to create an atmosphere con
ducive for college students and Christian scholars to come together
for the purpose of study, discussion, worship and fellowship. While at
taining these ends it also seeks to stimulate, on the part of the stu
dent, more interest in the Christian Religion. By participation and study
within discussion groups, new ideas, ideals and concepts are wrought
out to further advance a more Christian society. Also an individual
awareness is stimulated within each participant, concerning the prob
lems which we all face and the diverse means of encountering and
conquering them successfully
On May 1st
In Gym A Morning of One-Act Plays
Three one-act plays were presented in the Morris Brown Joe Louis
Gym during the culture week on May 1, 1962, at 10:00 a.m.
One was “A New Political Party Is Begun” which is a comedy
of women who aspire to form a new political party in addition to those
we already have.
The second one was an adaptation of a short story by Dorothy
Parker called “Here We Are”—a comedy of a young boy and girl just
married and on their way to N. Y. City for their honeymoon.
A hilarious satire on pet names that love-birds use with one
another completed the roll.
John Lawson — MaryLin Lyde
M. B. C.
Observes
96th
F ounder’s
Day
Dr. George A. Singleton, editor
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church Review, cited with histori
cal accurary, the development of
the A.M.E. Church in the world and
its development in Georgia along
with the founding of Morris Brown
Colylege, urging his listeners to
press on toward the goal of the
fathers.
He was the Founders’ Day speak
ers Monday for the 79th observance
of the founding of Morris Brown
College.
Dr. Singleton in comprehensive
review of A.M.E. Church history,
said that Richard Allen, the found
er, and other bishops including
Morris Brown, Paul Quinn, Daniel
Payne, J. S. Hipper, and W. A.
Fountain were interested not only
in religious freedom for Negroes,
but in education, and freedom as
well. He went on to mention exam
ples of early A.M.E. leaders in
Georgia, especially Bishop H. M.
Turner who articipated actively in
government.
Bishops Wesley J. Gaines and
Dickerson came in for special
praise by Dr. Singleton as being
the leaders in the establishement of
Morris Brown.
Dr. Singleton pointed to the
meager, but courageous efforts of
the founders of the colleges, and
urged that the present generation
press on towards the goal of the
fathers.
The financial campaign was con
cluded with reports of student-
faculty organizations being read.
The total amount reported was in
excess of $10,000 with Dr. Ann
Cochran reporting the largest
amount of it which was $3500.
The financial campaign was con
cluded with reports of student-
faculty organizations being read.
The total amount reported was in
excess of $10,000 with Dr. Ann
Cochran reporting the largest
amount of it which was $3500.
The second highest amount of
$1600 was reported by the Evening
School, directed by A. L. Jessie.
Participating on the program
were: Bishop W. R. Wilkes, Presi
dent Frank Cunningham, Dr. R. L.
Bearden, Dr. H. C. Carswell, Rev.
Thomas McPherson, and Alton
Robinson, student.
DEBATE PLANNED
By CARL FABRIZZO
On May 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the
chapel, there will be presented an
interesting commencement activity
called an Oratorical Contest. Music
and refreshments will be served
during this yearly college function.
The evening will be divided into
two parts. The first section will
consist of the top members of the
Discussion and Debate class who
will present a very provacative and
controversial debate concerning
the detrimental effects of Rock ’n
Roll music on the cultural develop
ment of .the teen-ager.
The second part of the program
will be devoted to the public speak
ing contest. Among seven to ten
speakers will each contribute a five
minute speech on the topic: The
Will To Succeed. From those
speaking, four winners will be
chosen. Cash awards will be given
to them.
Music will be provided by the
Music Department throughout the
program at various intervals.
This program should be extreme
ly interesting and of cultural value.
It should also provide a pleasant
relief from exams.
Admission is free. Please be
prompt if you plan to attend. The
entire program will not be more
than one and a half hours. Don’t
forget, 7:00 p.m. on May 28 in the
chapel.
See you there.