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SERIOUS TALK - Dr. Preze R. Rciblnson, president. Saint Auguitint't College; The Honorable
John Calhoun, Spefcaf Assistant to tha President of the United Slates; and Augustus Toomey, student
member of the Board of Trustees talk about the involvement of blacks in supervisory positions. The
occasion was the One Hundredth Ninth Observance of the founding of Saint Augustine's Col lege.
Calhoun was the keynote speaker on February 12.
St. Auq's National Alumni Association
Honors Dr. Prozoll R. Robcrson
Howard University will hold
a $ 1 00-a-plate fund-raising
dinner on March 1,
commemorating its founding
109 years ago.
United States Sen. Edward
W. Brooke (R-Mass.), an
alumnus of Howard, will
preside over the dinner at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel at 8 pjn.
The dinner is part of a two-day
celebration.
Brooke, also Chairman of
the Charter Day Dinner
Committee, said he believes the
University can reach its goal of
$100,000 to "support many
essential University programs."
Brooke will also deliver a
major address at the Charter
Day Convocation which will be
held March 2 at 12 a.m. in
Cramton Auditorium on the
main campus.
Howard University alumni
receiving Alumni Achievement
Awards at the Charter Day
dinner are: Jaems T. Chambers,
retired soccer coach at Howard
University and the first black
American to be named to the
Soccer Hall of Fame ; Dr. James
P. Comer, Associate Dean for
Student Affairs, School of
Medicine, Yale University and
Professor of Psychiatry at Yale;
Major General Benjamin Lacy
Hunton, Commander, United
States 97th Army Reserve
Command in Fort Meade,
Maryland an Assistant
Administrator in the Mining
Enforcement and Safety
Administration, United States
Department of the Interior;
Roxie Roker Kravitz,
award-winning actress and a
star of the weekly television
series, ' The Jeffersons' ; and
G. Frederick Stanton, Vice
President Emeritus of Howard
University.
It was on March 2, 1867
that the- U. S. Congress
approved the charter
establishing Howard University
as an educational facility for
training the thousands of
newly-freed blacks
At least 400 persons from
Raleigh and all over the
country were present February
14, when the Saint Augustine's
College National Alumni
Association honored Dr.
Prezell R. Robinson at a
testimonial dinner "for ten
years of dedicated service as
president of the college." The
dinner was held at the Royal
Villa Motor Inn.
The program was presented
in "This is Your Life," style.
Participating in this phase of
the program were Mrs. Mamie
B. Johnson of Batesburg, S. C,
sister of the honoree, who
assumed the role of mother;
Master Jay Holloway, Raleigh,
Godchild; The Honorable
James Wade, State Secretary of
Administration, Harrisburg,
Pa., former student; Dr. Earl H.
McClenny, Lawrenceville, Va.,
professor and co-worker,
retired; Dr. James A. Boyer of
Raleigh, co-worker and friend;
Donnell D. Morris, former
student, Fort Luderdale, Fla.;
The Rev. Matthews A. Jones,
Sr., priest, Detroit, Michigan;
Karl Hudson, friend and
business associate, Raleigh;
Norman Bush, high school
principal of S. C.;The Rev. Dr.
Moran Weston, chairman of the
St. Aug. Board of Trustees, Dr.
Charles E. Ramsey, former
instructor of Dr. Robinson,
Univ. of Minn., all paid high
tribute to Dr. Robinson as an
outstanding teacher, dean
president; and as having made
the city of Raleigh equal to our
times.
Special gifts were presented
by Miss Flora Bryant, and
Jerome Green, president and
vice president of the senior
class; Gilbert Knowled and
Jean Battle, president and vice
president of the Student
Government Association; J.
Mills Holloway, chairman of
the Chest Fund Committee,
representing the faculty and
staff; the alumni chapters,
Miami, New York,
Philadelphia, Raleigh; National
Alumni Association, George L.
Foxwell, president; Mrs. Mary
Horton of Edenton, a
scrapbook; Mervyn Gaskin,
trustee; and William R. Knight,
City Councilman.
President Robinson, in his
acceptance remarks, declared
that his work is a joy. He said
that what Saint Augustine's
College has accomplished has
been due to the wholehearted
cooperation of the Board of
Trustees, alumni friends,
faculty-staff, students,
Foundations, State and
County. "It is through the
efforts of all of the
constituencies.
Music was furnished by Mrs.
Martha Spence two solos; a
duet with Dr. Addison W.
Reed, accompanied by Everett
A. Thomas; a solo, Ms. Faye
Harris Maye, Jacksonville, Fla.
James E. Burt, coordinator
of Alumni Affairs was master
of ceremonies.
The Invocation was given by
the Rev. Clyde E. Beatty,
college chaplain; the welcome
message by William R. Knight,
city councilman, and the
benediction by The Right Rev.
Tomas A. Fraser, bishop,
Diocese of North Carolina.
State Offers Rewards In
Fivo Criminal Casos
STILL PLENTY 0?
II THE GREATEST
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II YOUTH IS
11 THE GABVCITY
V TO LEARN. -
Governor Jim Holshouser
today announced that the
State has offered rewards
totaling $12,500 for the
solution of four murder cases
and a possible kidnapping.
Rewards of $2,500 each
were offered in the following
cases:
-The January 7, 1976
murder of Thurmond Edward
Royal, 65, and Mrs. Lecie
Eksnder Pruitt Royal, 63, of
Wilkes County. Investigation
revealed that the victims died
as a result of severe blows to
the head, crushing the skull.
Fourteen rifles and shotguns
were removed from a gun
cabinet in the Royals residence
and an unknown amount of
money was taken from
Royal's wallet. The reward will
be paid to anyone furnishing
information to the Sheriff of
Wilkes County or the Director
of the State Bureau of
Investigation which leads to
the arrest and conviction of the
person or persons responsible
for the murders.
-The robbery and murder
of Tommy Bowens, 70, the
operator of a rural grocery
store in the Scuffkton
community of Greene County.
On January 16, 1976, someone
entered the store, struck
Bowens on the head several
times and robbed him of
approximately $120. Bowens
See Rewards page. 13
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