Livingstone College To Bishop William A. Stewart And Dr. Hornejiflart Principals In Finals SATUU>AT, CABOUNA Conrniencenent SALISBURY' The 73rd Commencement of Livingstone College will begin with events scheduled from Fri day, May 27, to Tuesday, May 31.' The cliiel -features of the graduaton season will be the baccalaureate service scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, May 29, and the Commencement Exer cises to be held at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 31. Bishop William Andrew Ste wart, Presiding Prelate of the Eleventh Episcopal District of the AME Zion Church, Wash ington, D. C., will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. '' Bishop Stewart, a native of Alabama, was elected bishop in 1952. At the time of hla election lie was pastor of Union Wesley AME Zion Church, Washington, D. 0. He received his A.B. degree from Living stone College and attended the Hood Theological Seminary. Bishop Stewart is a trustee of Lomax Hannon College as well us Liyingstone College and serves as president of the Board of Evangelism and the Board of Appeal of the AME Zion Chur ch. Prior to becoming bishop, the Rev. Mr. Stewart pastored at Statesville, and Montgomery, Alabama. The commencement address will be delivered by Dr. Hor- nell Hart, Professor of Soci ology, Duke University, Dur ham. Dr. Hart, a native of Minne sota, received his A.B. degree from Oberlin College, the M.A. degree from the University Wisconsin, and the PbJ2. de-. gree from the State University of Iowa. The Cap and Gown exercises for the Class of 1BS5 will be held at 3 p.m., on Friday, May 27, at which tiine Profeasor Marlowe F. Shute, Dean of the college, will deliver the ad dress. Dean Shute is expecting to complete work for his doc torate at the end of the sum mer. The music students will give a recital that evening at 8 o’clock. Alumni Night, to be held at 8 p.m., on Monday, May 30, will feature an address by W. Nance Gilliam, an outstanding businessman of Atlanta, Ga., and a member of the Class of 1928. The Classes of 1930 and 1935 are expected to hold re unions at that time. A meeting of the General Alumni Associ ation will be held at 4 p.m., the same day. Other activities during the commencement weekend wUl include the final Christian En deavor service on Sunday eve ning, May 29, and the Fresh man and Jimior Gold Medal Oratorical Contest as well as the Physical Education Depart ment Demonstrations on Mon day, May 30, at 10 a.m., and 7 p.m., respectively. ' » All major events will be held in the Cqllege Auditorium. he is also senior partner of the engineering firm of Alexander and Repass, of that city. A 1912 engineering graduate of the University of Iowa, Gov. Alexander has gained an inter national reputation as an out standing construction engineer. Local project^ constructed by his firm inclide the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Underpass at Riggs Road, northeast, the $1.5 million Tidal Basin Bridge, and the $3 million Whitehurst Free way in Georgetown. In 1946, the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering was conferred on him by Howard. In case of inclement weather. Commencement Exercises will be held at Constitution Hall, 18th and D Strfeets, northwest. NEW YORK Writ Hatcher, vice-president and jiirector of Philip Morris, Inc., presented his company’s tenth consecutive $1,000 gift to the United Negro College Fund this week to Dr. J. M. Ellison, president of Virginia Union University, Richmond, Vo., which brought the total contri buted by Philip Morris toward the yearly operating budgets of the Fund’s thirty-one member colleges to $10,000 to date. The The UNCF is currently conduc ting its twelfth annual nation wide appeal for $1,750,000 for student scholarship aid, teach ing salaries and equipment, and other yearly operating expen- Fifty Students Make Honor Roll At Hillside H. M. Holmes, principal of Hillside High School has re leased the following names of pupils who are on th« eighth month Honor Roll: Norman Barbee, John Bran don, Dora Carrington, Mary Ann Daniels, Patricia Holman, Barbara Lyon, Carolyn Martin, Eula Massey, Rhoda Plummer, Marguerite Robbins, Annie Mae Spaulding, Shirley Stewart, Charles Tltorpe, Omelia Wal ker, Beverly Wright, Glendora Carrick, Joan Grubbs, Irwin Holmes, Ann Henderson, Wal ter Holmes, Helen Jamison, Vi vian Jones, Robert McCauley, Aiean O’Bryant, Joseph Pratt, Ersell Chavis, Herbert Dark, Levern Harper, Charles Mc Neil, Reginald Parker, Walter Smith, Zelma Amey, Miriam Holmes, Carolyn Lennon, Don nie McNeil, Jeannette Parham, Anna Satterwhite, Betty Snipes, Patricia Spaulding, Vtrdett'Ted- der, Bettye Smith, Thelma Mc Neil,' Melvin Hintog, Bennie Booker, lUaine Bowling, Eliza beth Jones, Wilma Price, Lula Robinson, Betty Weaver, and Barbara Hinton. Governor Of Virgin Islands To Be Howard Commencement Speaker WASHINGTON, D. C. sources and dean of the chapel The Honorable Archie A. Alexander, Governor of the Virgin Islands, wiU deliver the principal address at Howard University’s 87th annual Com mencement Exercises Friday, June 3rd, at 5:30 p.m. Commencement Exercises will be held in the Main Quadrangle on the upper campus in front of Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall. During the exercises, degrees wiU be awarded to some 600 students being graduated from the University’s 10 schools and colleges. Three honorary de grees will also be conferred by Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, Uni versity president. They will go to the Rev. A. Powell Davies, minister of AU Souls’ Unitarian Church, Washington, D. C Judge William H. Hastie, of the U. S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pa.; and Dr. Howard Thurman, professor of spiritual discipline and re- •It WASHINOTON ST. 117 rOSTIB STBBR rOOMB Mil Calvert RESERVE ^ $040 $080 ■■ 4/5 QUART Calvert DistUlefs Company NiW YORK CITY at Boston University. Dr. Davies will receive the Doctor of Humane Letters de- gr^; Judge Hastie the Doctor of Laws degree; and Dean Thurman the Doctor of Divinity degree. Gov. Alexander, who is a member of the Board of Trus tees at Howard, was appointed to his present position by Presi dent Eisenhower in 1954. A resident of Des Moines, Iowa, Costs Motel$400 SANTA MONICA, CALIF In what is believed to be the first civil rights case of its kind to be filed in this city, a muni cipal court judge here this week leveled $400 damages and costs of court against a local motel for denying admission to four Ne groes en route to the NAACP’s national convention in Dallas, Texas, last June. The suit was brought imder a section of the California Civil Rights Code dealing with places of public accommodation. The plaintifs in the case were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Kermedy, Miss Jane Bos^field, secretary of tlie San Francisco NAACP branch, and Lester P. Bailey, an NAACP field secretary. All are residents of San Francisco. 195 Senior Class Members Will Received Diplomas In Hampton Commencement Exercises HAMPTON, Va. > President Alonzo G. Moron of Hampton Institute will present diplomas and degrees to 195 members of the senior class and two candidates for Masters’ de grees, as part of the 85th Com mencement program on May 29 an 30. On Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Chester B. Emerson of Cleve land, Ohio, will preach the Bao 1 calaureate sermon. The Episco pal mirUster has served the College as a trustee since 1917. Rev. Emerson is Dean Emeri tus of the Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland. The Honorable Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Congressman from Michigan, and Detroit morti cian, will be the main speaker at the Commencement exercises on Monday, when two outstand ing alumni and three seniors will receive special awards in recognition of their superior work. He is a graduate of the Wayne University School of Mortuary Science, a former president of the Metropolitan Funeral System Association, and at present is president of The House of Diggs, Inc., one of Michigan’s largest funeral hbmes. He served as Michigan State Senator 1951-1954. I toc^ NEW METHOD UUNDRY And Dry Cleaner8 Quality - Service 405 Roxboro St. DIAL 6959 BATES GULF SERVICE We Specialise In WASniNO — GREASING AND POLISHINO TIRES — TIBES AND BATTEBT SERVICE Comer Alston Avenue and Glenn Street OPEN 24 H0UB8 DIAL 6-Ztll He was elected l^ongress in November, 19M elcetton*. The 3Mh reunion ot flamp- ton altmini will be dnrfiif gn~ duation weekend. Dr. tiarj P. HoUeran. dean of Faculty, win be the . main speaker at ttw ma nual banquet, Sunday. An art exhibit fMturing stu dent work wiU be displayed to the Huntington Memorial U- brary. 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