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The News Argus
Winston-Salem State University
E-mail: newzargus@yahoo.com
October 2002
Paying Tribute
WSSU honors Simon G. Atkins at 110th Founder's Day Convocation
By Nicole Ferguson
MANAGING EDITOR
Winston-Salem
State University
paid tribute to
its founder, Dr. Simon
Green Atkins, during its
110th Anniversary
Founder's Day
Convocation.
The event kicked off at
8:45 a.m. with a wreath
placing ceremony in the
Kenneth R. Williams
Auditorium Courtyard.
Freshman Carma Tucker
sang "The Lord's Prayer"
prior to the placing of the
wreath.
Following the ceremony,
members of the class of
1952 gathered to take pho
tos in front of the wreath.
The six ladies that were
present wore caps and
gowns of gold, and saw
Founder's Day as a cele
bration of many sorts.
Minnie Davis Lathan was
one of the graduates pre
sent. A native of Spindel,
Lathan taught in the
Rutherford County school
system for 34 years. She's
been retired for 16 years
and is a former Miss
Pegram Hall. To her.
Founder's Day is more
like a class reunion.
"Founder's Day to me
makes you have the
opportunity to meet peo
ple at college and relive
what's happened in the
last 50 years," said
Lathan.
Elsenor Atkins Smith,
granddaughter of Dr.
Atkins and alumnae of
the university, described
what she believed to be
the importance of
Founder's Day.
"I think Founder's Day
is very important because
it reminds and keeps us
focused on the commit
ment of not only the
founder but the people
who helped him build the
university"
During the actual
Founder's Day ceremony,
community leaders served
as guest speakers, dis
cussing with students the
unique factors that led
Slater Academy in 1892 to
Winston Salem Teacher's
College, and finally to
what is present day
Winston Salem State
University.
"Yes God has been so
good to Winston Salem
State University," said
Vivian Burke, mayor pro
tempore, in the city of
Winston Salem.
"When we look at
Winston-Salem, NC, we
are very proud to see that
so many of your gradu
ates would play such a
significant role in this
community."
Mrs. Catherine Pettie
Hart, President of the
WSSU National Alumni
Association, continued the
ceremony with words
conducive with those of
Langston Hughes.
"Dr. Atkins had no crys
tal stair to climb on. He
See DAY, Page 2
Argus photos by Keith Caesar
and Nicole Ferguson
During the Founders Day
Activities, Chancellor
Martin officially reopened
the S.G. Atkins House at a
dedication and ribbon cut
ting ceremony Oct. 4.
Peyton T. Hairston (right),
whose name is on the
house’s visitors center,
speaks at the ceremony.
Rams lose homecoming game
by four points to Fayetteville
By George Croom Jr.
ARGUS REPORTER
Hard times have riddled
the Rams football team
this year.
Losing close Homecoming
games week in coverage, page 9
ly and the ever-present
alumni who packed into
Winston-Salem for their
annual reunion. Good
vibes though
slowly turned
into some-
WSSU ranks No. 1 again among best colleges
and week out
have become almost an
epidemic that not even
Homecoming 2002 was
immune to.
Emorions were high as
the players manned the
field in front of almost
15,000 fans, students, fami
thing else, and
after 60 minutes of regula
tion and four complete
overtimes as the Broncos
of Fayetteville State were
the ones with the final
giddy
The game itself was rela-
See GAME, Page 9
Winston-Salem State
University again tied for
the #1 ranking amongst
Public Southern Colleges
in the U.S.
News and
World Report
annual
American Best
colleges issue.
Chancellor
Harold L.
Martin said
about the
award, "We are very
pleased about this year's
U.S. News ranking.
This honor confirms
our commitment at
Winston-Salem State
University to becoming
a premier regional insti
tution."
The ranking is
a part of the
magazines
annual ranking
of the top uni
versities across
the country.
WSSU placed
in the top posi
tion along with
the University of South
Carolina - Aiken.
It is the third showing
that WSSU has made in
the publication’s Best
College ranking issue
over the past five years.
The ranking was a
compilation of several of
the magazines criteria
which included academ
ic reputation, retention,
faculty resources, stu
dent selectivity, financial
resources graduation
rate and the alumni con
tribution rate.
In 1999 WSSU was
ranked second among
Public Liberal Arts col
leges on the Southern
Region by the magazine.
- courtes}/ of
Media Relations