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MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE
NO. 6
Memories . . . Morris Brown College
MBC Celebrates 94th Founding
by Mathias A. Odoemele
Religious Emphasis Week
at MBC
by John Nwokoro
The observance of Religious Empha
sis Week takes place each year about
the third week in March. The 1975
celebration was held March 18 to 20
throughout the Atlanta University Cen
ter.
The purpose of Religious Emphasis is
to gear and enhance the religious life of
all the colleges within the center. Here
at Morris Brown College, the event was
conceived as a short period devoted to
special Religious Activities emphasizing
the moral, religious, and cultural needs
of the college.
The observance of Religious Empha
sis Week — held annually since 1886 —
is planned to include such activities as
religious lectures and assemblies — acti
vities which will highlight the spiritual
foundation of the institution and stimu
late present-day students to experience
religious renewal.
Just as mathematicians assign un
solved problems to infinity and scientists
work with the unknown, through Reli
gious Activities the spiritual unseen pro
mises are proclaimed as a true and real
experience.
(Continued on p. 6)
Morris Brown College celebrated its
94th Founders’ Day on the 11th of
March, and the occasion was attended
by people from all walks of life, in
cluding those from representative in
stitutions, organizations, and churches.
Speaking at the convocation cere
mony in the college gymnasium, Dr.
Sexton, the distinguished speaker on the
occasion, said that every one of us is
living in a real and difficult world, and
that the only answer to survive it is
hard work and self-discipline. Continu
ing his .speech, titled “The Burden of
Proof,” he said that this real world is a
world of survival of the fittest. The
person that is hardworking Will become
a giant, while the one that is lazy will
eventually become the servant of others.
Dr. Sexton stressed the life of the
black student in regard to his chances
in society, and said that the only way
to accept the challenge will be to be
ready to pay the price.
Self-dedication, service, and respect
for one another bring self-satisfaction,
Dr. Sexton advised the Morris Brown
students.
Dr. Sexton predicted that the gap
between old and young, black and white,
and unfortunately black and black, will
continue to be in existence if something
is not done to bridge it.
He called on the students to take the
moral, religious, and educational oppor
tunity offered them at Morris Brown to
help fight the acute rising rate of crime
in the black community. He told the
students, “You are somebody.”
Dr. Sexton challenged the black com
munity, church, and press to improve
communication among themselves, in
order to help solve the problems facing
the black community today.
Messages of congratulations and con
tributions toward the welfare of the
college came from different organiza
tions, churches, clubs, institutions, and
individuals.
A message from the student body
was delivered by the President of the
Student Government, Mr. William Blount.
The story of Morris Brown was pre
sented by Miss Sencira Flakes, a junior
and relative of the founders.
Miss Morris Brown College, Lucille
Martin, was introduced to the audience
while the Queen of Morris Brown Col
lege, Dr. Ann Cochran, was feted with
great honor and respect with assistance
from the college band. She was later
presented with a gift from the Morris
Brown family for long service to the
college.
The convocation was marked with
different activities, including a concert
and modeling show by Henri O’Bryant,
an alumnus of the college.
Dr. Robert Threatt, President of the
College, was presiding.
Dr. Sexton speaking at Morris Brown College Founders’ Day Program
Financial Aid
Will Not Be Cut
In a recent interview with Mrs. Irene
Jones, Financial Aids Director, the possi
ble reviewing of the needs analysis sys
tem to determine the awarding of fed
eral funds to students was discussed.
Schools who had not applied in the
past for funds from the government are
applying now. Funds that had been ap
proved for colleges by the College Sch
olarship Services were more than Con
gress had appropriated for colleges to
use. Therefore, an analysis was needed
to find other means to make a student
qualify for less, in order to spread funds.
By doing this, black colleges would be
affected more than others.
Mrs. Jones said, “I don’t feel that
it was necessary to make the student
body aware of the possible reviewing of
the ‘needs analysis,’ because the issue
was still being debated in Congress.”
She also stated that letters had been
written to Congressmen, expressing our
feelings, and that their representation
was more effective than students writ
ing letters.
Since the time of the interview with
Mrs. Jones, the Financial Aids Office
(Continued on p. 6)