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Enrollment Drops Slightly
by Cleon J. Day
Enrollment for this se
mester has slightly dropp
ed in comparision to last
semester’s enrollment.
This semester 1,417 stu
dents registered as com
pared to last semester’s
1,527.
Although the enrollment
dropped this semester 95
new students registered.
Last semester’s enroll
ment was the largest in
the history of Morris Brown
College. The freshman
class took top honors for
having the largest class
enrollment (500) since the
schodl has been in existence.
In the past eight years
Morris Brown’s enrollment
has almost doubled. The
continuing increase in the
number of freshman enroll
ing each year coupled with
a decreasing attrition rate
among upperclassmen has
accounted for an average
enrollment increase of 95
students per year for the
past 8 years.
The per centage of com
muting Atlanta students has
remained relatively stable
at approximately 42 per cent
during the same period of
time. MBC students repre
sent 27 states, with the
largest concentration of
students coming from the
southeast region. The ten
Foreign , student enrolled
this year are predominan
tly Africans. The African
nations include: Zambia,
Nigeria, Tanzania and
others. Other foreign stu
dents are from Trinidad,
Laos, and Ceylon.
MBC Obtains
$1,66,001 In Grants
by Clarissa Myrick
Morris Brown has been
awarded grants for the
fiscal year 1973 which
will greatly benefit the
students and the college.
The Department of
Health Education and
Welfare has given Morris
Brown a Work Study Pro
gram Grant for $567,779
that will benefit 1,245 stu
dents and The Economic
Opportunity Grants pro
gram has appropriated
$201,042 for 306 stu
dents.
The school has recei
ved a $315,000 grant
under “Strengthening and
Developing Institutions’*
program.
The National Science
Foundation has granted
the Chemistry Depart
ment $66, 500 to be used
for research. And the
Bureau of Libraries and
Educational Technology
has awarded Morris
Brown $15,680.
Of course every stu
dent of Morris Brown has
not reaped benefits from
all of the grants. Whether
or not a student will re
ceive anyone of these
forms of financial assis
tance depends on his
need, income, or stipu
lations set by the donor.
The latter was the case
in the Georgia Tuition
Grant in which only fre
shman and sophomores
who are residents of
Georgia are eligible for
the grant.
However, Morris
Brown has received
grants that will be used
for new educational ma
terials and facilities, thus
benefiting every member
of the college.
Middleton Complex
Undergoes Remodeling
by Calvin Freeman
Once upon a time when a
person entered the Middle-
ton Complex, the old ob
scenity markings and holes
in the walls were just as
commonplace as the phones
on the wall. Now, thanks
to a remodeling program,
the walls are back to normal.
The Middleton Complex
contains a men’s dorm (Bor
der’s Towers), a women’s
dorm (Cochran Towers) and
the dining hall. However,
most of the remodeling is
being done in the men’s
dorm.
According to Julian Ro
binson, Dean of Men at Mor
ris Brown, the entire dorm
will be getting a new look.
“We have sent all the old
furniture out and had it re-
upholstered,’’ Dean Robin
son said. “The students will
now have lounge chairs on
each floor like they once
had. We are also trying to
accommodate each floor
with a television set. The
holes in the walls are being
fixed with new paneling and
we are asking the students
to please help us preserve
these new additions which
belong to them,” Dean Ro
binson concluded.
There will also be new
doors installed to each room
as well as carpet.
Contributetothe Observer
Sharon Mitchell, daugh
ter of Mrs. Agnes Mitchell
of 526 Hightower Road NW.
has completed stewardess
training with United Air
Lines.
Miss Mitchell has been
assigned to duty from New
York’s John F. Kennedy In
ternational Airport.
She attended Morris
Brown College prior to join
ing United Air Lines. While
here, Miss Mitchell was a
majorette and was an
Omega Sweetheart.
Bonner Elected
Art Chairman
Special to the Observer
$400 Tuition Grant Awarded
Freshman and Sophmores
by Clarissa Myrick
A. Fritz Bonner, metal
enameling and ceramics
instructor at Morris Brown,
has been elected chairman
of the University Center of
Georgia Art Discipline
Group.
Bonner succeeds Dr. La
mar Dodd of the University
of Georgia. Bonner’s elec
tion to the chairmanship is
the first for anyone in the
Atlanta University Center.
He is also the first black
to hold the position.
The Committee’s primary
functions are to serve as a
catalyst between the parti
cipating institutions and to
initiate areas of involve
ment. The Committee is
composed of representa
tives from: Clark, ore-
house, Morris Brown, Spel-
man, and Agnes Scott Col
lege; Oglethorpe, Emory,
and Georgia State Universi
ties, the University of Geor
gia; Columbia Theological
Seminary; Interdenomina
tional Theological Center;
and the Atlanta School of
Art.
Bonner, a Ph. D candi
date from New York Univer
sity, joined the Morris
Brown faculty in January
of 1972.
He is a free-lance ar
tist and his works have been
on display in many art
galleries around the coun
try, including the Atlanta
High Museum of Art.
Among the many owners
of his works are the late
President Lyndon B. John
son and the late governor
of Tennessee, Frank Cle
ment.
This year the fresh
men and sophmores of
Morris Brown College
are among the thousands
of students receiving the
first of the $400 Georgia
Tuition Grants.
These grants are avai
lable to those freshmen
and sophmores who have
been residents of Geor
gia for at least twelve
months, and who are pre
sently attending a pri
vate college in this
state.
The grant will be in
the form of a $200 de
duction per semester, on
tuitional fees while the
student is in school.
The Georgia Assem
bly approved the Geor
gia Tuition Grant in 1971
and the funds were ap
propriated this year.
It is interesting to
note that although the
funds, which are really
the taxpayer’s money,
were allocated for all
qualified students, col
lege juniors and seniors
in these same institutions
are not eligible for the
grant.
Brownite Named to Who’s Who
(Special To The Observer)
Myron Mundy,r a junior
at Morris Brown College,
has been nominated and se
lected to appear in the 1972-
73 edition of “Who’s Who”
Among Students in Ameri
can Universities and Col
leges.
Who’s Who honors are
conferred annually upon
outstanding student leaders
from approximately 1,100
universities and colleges
in the United States. The
student candidates are cho
sen on the basis of their
academic standing, ser
vice to the community, lea
dership, extracurricula ac
tivities, and future poten
tials that are
above average.
dedicedly
Mundy is a native of At
lanta, Georgia, and a gra
duate of Harper High School.
Currently he is a music
major at Morris Brown,
with piano as his major
instrument. For several
years Mundy has been the
church organist for Union
Baptist Church.
Mundy has also complet
ed and passed the auditions
and has received a scho
larship to do graduate stu
dy in the area of piano mu
sic at Northwestern Univer
sity in Chicago.