DEDICATION AND SERVICE-Saint Augustine’s College
members of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Marshall Bass,
Chairman A Dr. Randy Proctor, Vice Chairman present Dr.
PrezeN R. Robinson, a sterling saver tray honoring him tor
his 25 years of service as St. Augustine’s College
President.
LENDING A HAND-The College Park Community Watch
Program recently held a community march. The community
march was made up of concerned residents addressing
arising problems that affect, the citizens and the
surrounding neighborhood. Pictured are: WAUG’s Music
Director/Promotion Assistant Intern, Lisa Mormon,
Promotions Assistant Intern, unidentified student, Shawn
Mack, St. Aug.'s Vice-President of Student
Government/Community Relations Intern, Jay Holloway.
Assistant Vice-President/Gen. Mgr. of WAU6, inside of
van. Mike Wiggins, TV-68 Production Oirector, Carol
Hunter, TV-68 Operations Manager and Alvin John Waples,
Drive Time Air Personality.
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Students, Endowments Help Black
College Enjoy New Popularity Era
ATLANTA (API — Morenuuse
College, the nation's only all-male
black college, is flourishing because
of strong alumni support and a
national trend that has black students
returning to historically black
schools.
“Morehouse is enjoying
unprecedented popularity," said
school president Leroy Keith, a
member of the class of '61.
The number of applicants to
Morehouse has increased 57 percent
since 19M, and average Scholastic
Aptitude Test scores of the freshman
class have jumped from 778 to 1.003
during the same period.
About 1,000 students were accepted
at Morehouse in 1980. but the number
grew to 1,468 this fall. Keith said he
wants to keep Morehouse's
enrollment near its current level of
2,883.
Morehouse's endowment of $52
million is the third highest of all
historically black colleges, school
officials said. Hampton University
and Spelman College are first and
second, respectively.
The small college west of downtown
Atlanta is benefitting from a trend
that has black men and women
returning to historically black
colleges in large numbers. And
morehouse has the added attraction
of being all-male.
"Every time I watch the news, I
hear about black men in Jail or on
death row,” said Dion Baker, a
Morehouse senior. “At Morehouse,
you see a lot of guys making
advances. That’s inspiring.”
Alumni also work to “■*
school.
“Theye’s a lot of networking at
Morehouse,” said Henry Adams, a
counselor at Alonzo Crim High School
in Atlanta. “They tell students the
first week at Morehouse that they’re
going to see that they are taken care
of if they finish Morehouse.”
Morehouse’s popularity comes at a
lime when black males generally
aren’t doing well, in college or in
society. Studies have shown that
more black males are in prison than
in colleges end they make up a
disproportionate number of murder
victims.
"There are those out there who
stigmatize black institutions," Keith
said. “But if we didn’t have black
colleges, we would have to invent
them. The white institutions aren’t
doing the Job."
Morehouse constantly reminds
visitors and students of its success
with black men.
Paintings and statues of such
Morehouse alumni ns Martin Luther
King, Jr. and former college
president, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays dot
the 125-year-old campus.
THE MOST EXCELLENT NAME
Glory to God! That more excellent
name is at our disposal. That name
has authority over all the powers of
darkness, poverty, sickness,
degradation, anything negative that
you can name.
Dr. Frederick PH*
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