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culture, and (3) and to
promote self pride among
blacks in America by their !
own awarces;fi&eif
many contributions Itof this
country?s development
After his first 365-days
in office, President Cook is
more than ever a firnr
believer that the black
un iversity has an
important role to play in
this nations' s academic
development.
"I am struck by the
desperate plight of private
colleges and universities in
general and black ones in
particular, caught in the
squeeze between rising
cost and falling income.
Yet I know that even the
quality and destiny of
public colleges and
universities depend, in no
small measure on the
survival and success of the
affain and Dr. Mack J. Spean, dean of students. Dr. Cook private sector higher
SAT.. JANUARY M. 197S- THS C TT'-f - 3
Atlanta Lifo Acquires Control Off Oldost DIacli Inscrbco "Eio-J
Shown celebrating Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook's f irst anniversary
as president of Dillard University left to right: Dr. Elton C.
Harrison, vice president for administration and planning; Dr.
Daniel C. Thompson, vice president for academic affairs; Dr.
Cook (seated); Mr. Charles C. Teamer, vice president for fiscal
assumed office on January 1, 1975.
Now Year's Day Harked
Tho Anniversary Of Dr.
S. D.Cook At Dillard U
NEW ORLEANS, LA. -New
Year's Day for Dr.
Samuel DuBois Cook
means more than
fireworks, - the accepted
' HAPPY NEW YEAR'
greeting or the beginning
of a new calendar year,
because it marks the
anniversary of his
presidency here at Dillard
University.
Dr. Cook, a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, assumed
his office and duties as
president of Dillard on
Januaryl, 1975.
Therefore, the advent of
New Year as head of one
of this nation's leading
private colleges and uni
versities. A native of Griffin, Ga.,
Dr. Cook came to Dillard
from Duke University,
where he once served as
director of undergraduate
studies in political science.
,He- admits that '"it was and
. i Atill ..is. a, v challenge . - and ,
Khatfs whiil'iw HereThei
presidency of Dillard is his
first major administrative
post on the university level
. over-all, and he was aware
of the multitude of
problems that confront
the small or provate
colleges and universities,
since he has erved on the
United Negro College
Fund's board of members,
a trustee of the Martin
Luther King Jr. Center for
Social Change, and serves
as a consultant to the
National Fellowship Fund,
and the Research Triangle
Institute.
After his first complete
year as a university
president and having had
to come to grips with
problems that confront
the small or private
colleges and universities,
particularly the
predominantly black ones,
Dr. Cook admits that "my
first year as president of
Dillard has been packed
with activity, meaning and
constant effort. I try to
avoid confortable illusions,
but I am full of hope and
faith about the future of
Dillard and her infinitely
higher possibilites.
When he assumed office
as president of Dillard he
said and still says that
" Dillard is a go,od
! institution and I -.want . to
' help "'hiake it better."
Dillard, like all black
universities, has several
unique missions: (1) to
strengthen the intellectual
tradition are still suffering
from the horrors and
humiliations of slavery; (2)
to prepare blacks for their
participation in the
mainstream of our
national economy and
education. Predominantly
black institutions are
essential to American
pluralism, diversity, and
choice," he said.
"Achieving excellence
remains foremost in our
plans at Dillard, " says Dr.
Cook, an alumnus of
Morehouse College, and
Ohio State University
where he earned both the
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.
"Excellence is always
hard to come by. It is
never a cheap and simple
possibility or achievement.
Dillard is an institution of
great promist. Our job is
to reduce the gulf between
promist and fulfillment,
potentiality and actuality,
and it will not be easy,' he
admits, while stressing that
"we must take the long
view, and we have, in a
modest way, begun."
Since assuming office
Dr. Cook has reached out
into other academic
communities and brought
new faces into the Dillard
staff and faculty. Among
the new additions are Dr.
Elton C. Harrison, vice
president for
Administration and
Planning ; the Rev. Leslie P.
Norris' "Jr., the new
diversity"1 Chaplin',1 ' Mrs.'
' Cfi'ef yi ': McKay-'1 Dixon,'
coordinator of Title III;
Jeannnie H. Bogan,
instructor in economics;
Kenneth J. Brown,
assistant professor of
English; Samuel Carver
Davenport, assistant
professor of musix;
Caroline M. Fisher,
assistant professor of
education; Jerry
RieHKlOND;:!
(NNPA) '-';The ' Atlanta
Life Insurance Company,
sec ijrri 4 r l.a r gest1
black-owned aid managed
such firm mAmenca, has
acquired controlling
interest in the Southern !
Hromyko, lecturer in
business administration;
Harold Lundy, instructor
in business administration;
Barbara B. Malter,
instructor in Spanish;
Jeffrey M. Mantel,
assistant professor of
mathematics; Sarah D.
Richardson, instrucotr in
mathematics; Corenthesis
P. Simon, instructor in
nursing, and Jimmet S.
Winder, assistant librarian.
After reviewing his first
year's activities, President
Cook received New Year's
and Happy First
Anniversary Greetings
from Dr. Daniel C.
Thompson, vice president,
Academic Affairs; Charles
C. Teamer, vice president
Fiscal Affairs; Dr. Mack J.
Spears, Dean of Students
and Dr. Elton C. Harrison,
vice president,
Administration and
Planning.
Aftyiff Insurance
Company Ideated here.
The board of directors
of the 83-year-old
Southern Aid, the nation's
oldest black insurance
company, last week sold
120,000 of its shares to
Atlanta Life and elected
AL's president and chief
executive officer, Jesse
A
JESSE HILL, JR.
Hill, Jr., as chairman of its
board.
Hill was already serving
as president of two other
Atlanta .Life subsidiaries.
There are: Peoples Life of
Louisiana, largest' such
firm in that state; and
Keystone Life also of
Louisiana.
Southern Aid has assets
of a p p r qtx ima te ly
' $4,000,000. Atlanta Life's
assets are placed at $90
million. And it has offices
in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Kansas,
Kentucky, Michigan,
Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee,
and Texas.
The transaction and
agreement through which
Atlanta Life acquired
controlling interest in
Southern Aid' was
consumated with Hill, who
represented the purchaser
of the stock, and E. S.
Thomas, president of the
Virginia company.
Thomas stated, "The
joining of forces of
Southern Aid and Atlanta
Life is of great value and
significance to all Black
Americans, especially
those in the state ot
Virginia. A major
consideration in our.
decision to sell two-thirds
of our stock to Atlanta
Life was the concern
assistance and interest of
Atlanta Life in Southern
Aid Life for several years;
and the fact that Atlanta
Life will continue the
operations of Southern
Aid Life as an independent
company and provide
management support in
agency and home office
operations, in addition to
infusing much needed
capital into our company.
Southern Aid Life will
be able now to pursue a
virgorous program of
growth and development
as envisioned by - our
founders and provide
greater opportunity for aB
our employees- and
encourage economic
development for blacks in,
the state of Virginia,
Thomas added.
Any man loves
a touch of
Black
Velvet.
Smooth Canadian.
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Congressman whatever Happened
A'
Hawkins' to
"Column Law and Order?
By this time, most Americans must be
pretty fed up with the major law
enforcement agencies in this country,
which have made a mockery or the term
"law". And in the wake of law
enforcement disregard for the kind of order
which comes with proper adherence to
legal observance of the law, they have left
our nation at the mercy of their faulty
rhetoric. They would like us to believe that
all of their domestic illegal acts, were done
in order to protect us from an ill-defined
and amorphous enemy. (Confidentally, we
don't need nor have we ever needed, that
kind of law enforcement.).
In this licht thev have tried to justify
telephone bugging, breaking and entering,
ddomestic spying, illegal domestic
sabotage, and unlawful harassment of
organizations and people.
Much of this activity was committed
against persons and groups not involved in
any criminal activity; in fact, not only were
these groups operating lawfully, but the
potential for their pursuit of unlawful
activity was even more remote.
Yet, even with knowledge that most of
these groups and persons were lawfully
pursuing their programs and purposes, most
law enforcement agencies through-out the
country continued to spy and harass.
The question is why?
I believe that if we study the past
totalitarian governments of Germany and
Italy, we will find that these governments!
brutally repressed democratic processes in
their nations - in order to remain in power.
Therein lies some answers to the roles that
law enforcement has played in our nations?
their jobs has been defined by some of!
them, to help quiet those of us who want
' to change the country for the better. I
Now of course, not all domestic law
enforcement bodies can be accused of
spying on andor harassing lawful private
citizens and private organizations. But, in
the Federal government, and in our largest
most sophisticated urban governments, a
majority of law enforcement entities have
been irresponsibly supervised and
monitored, and they have therefore been
allowed to spy on the least powerful
citizens and the most powerful citizens
alike. Therefore, even though some law
enforcement bodies remained honest and
democratic, they should have acted
promptly to warn the nation about
repressive rogue police agencies, ineir
failure to alert the nation to the dangers
inherent in police repression, must question
seriously where they stood in these
matters.
The main point is, however, that
domestic police powers which should have
as their main function, the serving and
protecting of the public, came very close to
delivering us into the jaws of a totalitarian
monster dedicated to using force and
violence aeainst our best interests. Those
who cried for "law and order" turned out
to be the biggest violators of that cry.
Some of them are still making that cry; we
must really watch them. And put them off
law enforcement, if this proves necessary.
In sum: No police spies are needed in
this country to bug law-abiding citizens.
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We have remained a free nation because
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