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VOL. 3, NO. 12
MONTREAT-ANDERSON COLLEGE, MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA
MARCH, 1961
Stroup Speaks On Middle East
In the past six months of school we here
at Montreat-Anderson College and the Mon
treat neighborhood have had the pleasure
of meeting and hearing a number of out
standing people. This month our outstand
ing speaker was Dr. Herbert H. Stroup.
Dr. Stroup, consultant on Middle East
Affairs in the College Visitor Program of
American Viewpoint, Inc. — the nation’s
oldest citizenship education organization—
has had much first-hand experience with
the problems of that area. In 1953-1954
he was Director for the Congregational
Christian Service Committee in Greece,
and again in 1957 he conducted a group
of twenty-two American church leaders,
university administrators, and writers on
a tour of the Middle East, consulting with
top national officers. In late 1959 he was
chairman of the Church World Service
Commission to study the refugee problem
in India and Pakistan.
He has served as a member of the com
mittee on Campus Christian Life of the
National Council of Churches and on the
Program Committee of American College
Personnel Association. Although not or
dained, he has taken a very active part
in church affairs. He has written for
sociological, religious, and student per
sonnel journals. He is the author of four
books, the latest of which is COMMUNITY
WELFARE ORGANIZATION, published by
Harper & Brothers.
Dr. Stroup was educated in the public
schools of Philadelphia, and earned his
bachelor’s degree at Muskingun College,
being graduated with honors in three
years. He received his Bachelor of Di
vinity degree from Union Theological
Seminary and his doctorate from the New
School of Social Research in New York.
He is a member of the American Sociol
ogical Society, Association for the Study
of Community Organization, Kappa Delta
Pi Gamma Mu, and others, listed in WHO’S
WHO IN AMERICA and WHO’S WHO IN
EDUCATION.
Outside of all the above mentioned act
ivities Dr. Stroup had a very busy schedule
to keep up with while here at Montreat.
He spoke to the World Civilization class.
Miss Wilson’s Bible class. Sociology class,
and had conferences with a number of
our students. Dr. Stroup topped his visit
at Montreat with a coffee in his honor.
M. W.
Tribute to
During his term of service in Greece,
he founded the first social service settle
ments in that country, aided in village re
development, maintained a family counsel
ling service in Athens, directed relief ser
vices to the earthquake stricken people of
the Ionian Islands, and taught social work
courses at Pierce College in Athens.
Joan Manning
Dean Stroup is Professor of Sociology
and Anthropology at Brooklyn College. He
is also Chairman of the Department of
Personnel Service and Dean of Students
with a staff of twenty-five professional
workers in this city institution of 24,500
students.
When just saying a person is wonderful
isn’t enough, what does one say? This
is the problem one runs into when one
tries to write a tribute to someone like
Jo Ann Manning. Who else could keep
everyone she comes in contact with feel
ing wonderful? Who else could have
nurses waiting with keen anticipation for
her return to the hospital because she
cheers them up so much?
Jones and Moore Are
Personalities of Month
T’he Cabinet, after careful consideration,
has selected on the basis of character,
spirit, and leadership. Miss Geraldine Jones
to be Freshman personality for the month
of March, and Miss Ann Moore as the
sophomore personality.
In addition to his college duties. Dean
Stroup has served as President of the Board
of Directors of the Brooklyn Planning
Council Board, a member of the Brooklyn
Borough Committee for the New York City
Youth Board and a member of Directors
of Friendly Visitors of the Women’s House
of Detention of New York.
When one goes to visit her in the hos
pital expecting to bring cheer to the sick,
he comes away with the feeling that it is
he who has been cheered. Never during
her long ordeal, following the accident in
December, has she made even one com
plaint. She has certainly exhibited a true
Christian spirit.
Geraldine, better known as Gerry or
sometimes “Jonesy” or “Daisy Mae”, is a
smiling 5 ft. 7 in. blond hailing from
Kentucky and California. Gerry has a
magnetic personality and a great capacity
for understanding other people. Her warm
personality is easily felt by all of those
with whom she comes in daily contact.
Nothing anyone could write would truly
express what she has meant to everyone
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Among her activities in high school
Gerry was a member of the drill team
and the cheerleading squad. At Montreat
Gerry is an alto in the Montreat Chorus,
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