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Langston Receives f-E Accreditation Langston University President William H. Hale announced
Saturday the full and complete accreditation of the Uni­ versity by the National Council f6r Accreditation of Teacher Education.
The official announcement was made by Dr. Rolf W. Larson, Director of the NCATE Office of Washington,. D.C. The Council is the National accrediting agency for programs in Teacher Education offered by Institutions of Higher Education.
Students from accredited Institutions enjoy full faith and credit in teaching employment in other states. This means that the employment process of Langston students as teachejs in other states will be accelerated kince the quality of education received at the University has the approval of this National accrediting Council.
Since September 1, 1965, Langston University has had provisional accreditation by this body. In the fall of 1968, the Institution was again visited by a Review Committee
;and the results of this recent visitation is the full and com plete accreditation for the balance of the ten-year period ending 1973-74.
Langston University’s teacher education program pre­ pares both elementary and secondary school teachers.
“ We are extrem ely pleased over this good n ew s,” said President Hale, “ for it means so much to our graduates who plan to enter the teaching profession. The hard and dedicated work performed by the faculty in rapidly and markedly improving the University’s entire program is indeed a latter day m iracle. The faculty and I view this achievement not as an end, but as further encouragement'^ to expend all our energies in the great cause of education for our students.”
Dr. Wall Attends Institute Dr. Ephraim Wall, professor
of Physical Science at Langston University, will be a participant in the Summer Institute in Modern Physics at the Uni­
versity of Maryland. The in­ stitute is conducted under the provision of the National Science Foundation.
The participants will work in modern P hysics, with special application of the quantim mechanics and special re­ lativity. Laboratory facilities at Maryland U. Physics Depart­ ment will be»,utilized. Prob­ lem s for study will include the measurement of the speed of light radioactive decay of Isopophes, and atomic spectis- copy. A sem inar in methods of teaching Physics is included.
The Institute w ill start June 33 and close August 15.
MRS. KENDALL IN SPAIN
Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall, in­ structor of Modern Languages at Langston University, will return from Spain late in June. She is attending a two-week work­ shop in Madrid, Spain.
She left Oklahoma City by plane two weeks ago and visited in London and P aris before going to Madrid.
Federation Plan* M eet A t Langston
The 59th annual meeting of the Oklahoma State Federation of Colored W om en’s Clubs will be in sess ion at Langs ton Uni­ vers ity June 22-2-1.
AH general session-, will be held in Recital Hall of the mvsie building, Hargrove Hall. The theme i s ' Forward
Together Toward New Horizons of Faith, Friendship, and Freedom.
Mrs. Elizabeth, Koonts, ,tlf tin Department >f Labor, Washington, D.C., will be guest sneaker.
Also attending will be im­ mediate past president Mrs.
Exetta Gorman of Wewoka; national p resident Mrs. Myrtle Allison of Oklahoma City; Dr. Larzette G. Hale, l irec to ieo f Lang'.ton Univer­ sity Public Relations and De­ velopment.
Dr. Willa Strong, p rinc i­ pal of I /O vertu re High School at McAlester is president.
DR. WILLIAM H. HALE, president of Langston U niversity ,(left), presents Cortez Hamilton a 1969 Lion Yearbook^ The yearbook was dedicated to the former Langston professor. Hamilton retired in 1962. He s te r t r r l at Mi in 1933 and served as iifofessor and chairman of the Biology Department. He is a resident ofT anpston. (LU Photo)
Cluster Meeting
A C luster Plan meeting will be held July 15 at Langston University. Dr. William H. Hale, p resident at Langston, and Jam es P. Jones , d irec to r of recru itm ent and placement .for Phillips Petro leum Co., J i r e / co-chairmen of the executive committee of the College- Industry C luster P rogram .
Purpose of the C luster Plan is to bring together industry and educators to provide a
setting for cooperative efforts
for the continued development of the University and improve­ ment of communication system for better understanding of each other’s responsib ilities and in­ crease employment for minority graduates.
Plans for Progress designed the Cluster concept to bring to minority colleges a group effort on the part of business to help analyze and identify pro­ gram areas for cooperation.
Xangston University Gazette VOLUME 31 NUMBER 2 LANGSTON UNIVERSITY , LANGSTON, OKLAHOMA JUNE, 1969
Attending A:rt School Mr. Wallace Owens, a s s is ­
tant professor of Art at Lang­ ston University, is attending an art school in Paris, France, this sum m er. He left New
V .. York by plane on June 16 on a non-stop flight to Lisbon. He plans to v is it Spain and then go to P aris where he w ill enroll at the art school.
Langston Tells Alumni .Qf f icer Melvin McClellan, a 19G9 Langston University graduate,
lias been named Alumni Relations officer at'LU, Dr. William 11. Hale, p re s id en t, announced today.
McClellan rep laces Clifford Wallace wjjo resigned. The new alumni officer attended all four y ea rs at Langston and •graduated Cum Laude. He was on the honor roll six of the eight sem es te r s .
The 22-year-old native of Wichita, Kan., was vice presi- "dent of the student senate, vice p resident of Panhellenic Council, member/Of Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society and p re s i­ dent of his fra tern ity , Alpha Phi Alpha. He lettered in base­ ball his freshm an year.
A graduate of Wichita, Kan., East High School, he par tic i­ pated in basketball and baseball. He is the son of M r s . ,
_Maymie MeClellan of Wichita. NfcClellan received a 3 .S. degree in social science arid did
tns prac tice teaching his senior year a t Harding Junior High in Oklahoma C~ity>»
MAKING PLANS 'Jo i the Oklahoma State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs meeting at Langston University Jnhe 22-24, a re Gladys Johnson (left) of the Langston University Public Relations Depart­ ment and Mrs. Amelia R. Taylor, p rog ram 'cha irm an . (LU Photo)
Federation to rv\eet I
PAGE 2—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—JUNE, 1969
1969 GRADUATES-The I.W. Young Auditorium was packed for the Langston University graduation exercises. A total of 181 students received degrees. . A
Students Present Discussion, (
Demonstration at Ardmore ELEMENTARY Education siudents presented
a discussion and demonstration on preschool ed­ ucation at a parents’ study group at Washing­ ton School, Ardmore, Oklahoma, .U.vii : i 1959. T in discussion included *h.e characteristics, needs and in terests of yosogiv miildren. Suggested
methods of teaching were discussed and demon­ strated. Significant principles underlying the or- ganizaf u end vlmi m stration of pre-eKm?ni uy
s.iiio >ls were a lso brought out. A very stim u­ lating question and answer pert jj fy, j.
German Club Picnic The audience was quite impressed with the charts, posters and wealth of other materials developed by the students and used in the course of the dis-
The German Club held its an­ nual picnic May 1. ThJs cele­ brates the abolitionof witches on April 30, Walpurgisnacht in Ger­ many, by keeping bonfires alight that night.
The picnic was held east of Guthrie in the home of John Ed­ gar, assisted by Mrs. Kendall, instructor.
The group roasted wieners se r­ ved with pumpernickel. Following the meal, th e members partici­ pated in games, took pictures and winding the Maypole.
Attending were Mary Swindall, Brenda Henderson, Rodger, Hol­ mes, Aga Kebede, Araya Zerom, Tilahun Gugsa, Mary Chambers, Clinton Moss, Nancy Cochran, Victoria Calhoun, Rosetta Mor­ r is , Joe Woods, Johnetta Rose­ burr, Ronald Warren, Quincy Hider, Doyle Woms, Eric, McCann.
And Robert Sims, RebaThom­ as , Curley Sloss, Merle Thomas, John Edgar, Mrs. Edgar, Diene Susan, Regina Johnson, Irving Love, Robert Gil 1,Jeraid McCon- nel, Roland Powell, DonnaJones,
Jam es Jaynes and Mrs. Kendall. * * * * *
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Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall attend­ ed the council of Foreign Lan­ guage chairmen of Old ahoma Col­ leges May 2 at Norman. She substititdd for M rs. Elwyn Breux.
Items discussed were Report of disposition of recommendation to state Regents concerninglang- guage requirements, Reports of pass-ihil grading systems, Re­ port of new school plan being adopted at OCU the coming year, on the block system the student yill be in class 6 weeks, sem­ inar 2 weeks, and class 6 weeks again.
cussion. Members of the parents study group and school administrators of Ardmore commended the LU. administration and faculty for de­ veloping and maintaining a pro­ gram. They expressed high re­ gard of the L.U. administration and faculty for developing and maintaining a program that pre­ pares students of this calibre.
ZETA BETA CHAPTER
RITES AT SOUTHEASTERN
On April I3; ZeU Beta C/i -./er of Alpha MuGa/nw ; Ponied the initiation serv ices of the Chapter at Southeastern State College. Those ^tending were Nanvy Co :hrau. J >'i i fta Roseburr, and Carey P a / r r vh > W ‘ • tc- companied by Miss Mary Chain o?rs.
Ze‘ i Beta is one of the three chapter- h . j in Oklahoma. The of her is leoateJ i Okla­ homa City University.
German Club News “ Guten Tag” everyone! The
German Club has been "doing it’s thang.” On March 31, and April 4, 1969 the club took a tr ip across Germany. The trip was actually a game played dur­ ing^, one of the club's monthly meetings. The game, introduced by Frau E. Kendall; club spon­ sor, is designed to help students learn the cities of Germany and their country sides.
The rules of the game are for each participate (6) to se lect six c itie s from the German map. He then starts off from his
selected hometown and travel to Hider. Table no. 2, 1st place; all other cities selected until Eric McCann and 2nd Reba Tho- he reaches the last city. A mas. Table no. 3, 1st b.Uice; numbered block determines the Eric McCannand2ndCarolSteV6- numbers of moves taken.. y j «„soh. The winners were present-
Due to the number of students ed with chocolate Easter bunnies present, two games were played thus having four winners. The winners of March 31, were; table no. 1, 1st place; Roger Holmes, 2nd; Donna Jones. Table no. 2, 1st place, V ictoria Calhoun, and 2nd; Oennu. Morbley.
The game winners of April 4, were table no. I, 1st place; Roger Holmes and 2nd Quincy’ Quincy Hider
and eggs by our sponsor, Fran E . Kendall.
O fficers present at the infor­ mal meeting were Wayne Walker, vice p res ., Reba Thomas; s e c ,, Quincy Hider, re­ porter, and Fran E . Kendall, sponsor. Reporter
GRADUATION SPEAKER—Dr. William H. Hale, president of Langston University, and Dean McGee, chairman of Kerr-McGee, are pictured at the 1969 graduation exercises. Mr. McGee gave the commencement address. OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
S o c i e t y
H o n o r s
D u n j e e
the hi i r leng-rime
A port rail of Roscoe Dunjee. civil righ ts lea.dcr and founder of The .Black Dis­ patch . n e w sp a p e r .1" was1 presen ted io the stair-? in April to h ang in ihe of-
. ficial portra it ga l le ry at th e S ta te H istorical Socie­ ty building.
It will be the first por-
Uom-oc Dunjee
t ra i l of a N egro to h ang in t h e official gallery .
G eorge Shirk, h istorical society presiden t said only p o r t ra i t s invited by the board of d irec to rs of ihe society can be hung in the official gallery . An inv ita ­ tion w as ex tchded for .a
p o r t ra i t of D unjee about th ree y e a rs ago.
Shirk said City Council­ m a n A,_X, Dowell and J i m ­ m y S tew art . a national d i­ re c to r for Ihe N ational As­ sociation for A dvancem ent
of Colored Poopir . m ad e a r r a n g e m e n ts for the por­ tra it . which w as painted by Mrs. J a m e s L. Oxford.
P re se n ta t io n of the p o r­ tra it was m a d e by Dr. Dowell in the April c e re ­ m onies opening the h is tori­ ca l so c ie ty 's 77th annua l m eeting . - s
Gov. B a n let i accepted bbfVJTortrait for ihe sta te .
?’Dunjpc. the son of an es­ caped slave, w a s born in H a rp e r 's F e r r y , W. Va. in 1S33 and died at the ag e of 81 in M arch . 1965.
In 1893 ihe olor Dunjee. who w as a Baptis t m in is­ te r and n e w sp a p e r editor, brought his fam ily to Okla-
. He died in 1903 leaving his son Roscoe to support his m o th e r , s is te r an d b ro th e r on a m o r t ­ gaged fa rm while he was a t ten d in g L angs ton U n iver­ s i ty .
D unjee bought a job prin ting plant in O klahom a City in 1915 an d launched The B lack D i s p a t c h . T hrough its co lum ns and his work in civil r igh ts o r­ gan iza tions he pushed for voting r ights , ju ry service, s c h o n 1 deseg ra t ion and
o ih e r jrights of citizenship for his fellow Negroes.
l ie w as a founder, in 1930. of the O klahom a Con­ ference of NAACP b ra n c h ­ es and served as a nation-
' al d irec to r of the o rg an iza ­ tion.
U. S. S u p rem e ‘VCniirt <J. u s t i c e Thurgood M a r­ shall, who a t the t im e w as a U. S. c ircu it judge in New York, paid tr ib u te to D unjee at his funeral .
V
r Meet the President
M r s . T u c k e r G e t s T h in g s D o n e
By Cheryl Mayfield MRS. DOROTHY M. TUCKER is a unique wom­
an in tha t she not only sees a problem, she sets out 10 solve it. Then she does.
Mrs. Tucker is president of Beta Sigma Omega C hapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., a national so­ rority of college graduates who concentrate on phi­ lanthropic and civic activities.
THE ENERGETIC leader has served once be­ fore sis president of the local chapter, and has also been regional director of the organization over a sev­ en state area .
A short conversation with Mrs Tucker m akes it plain to see why her helping hand is in so much de­ mand. She gets things done.
The charm ing leader is a graduate of Langston University and received h e r m aster’s degree from the University of Oklahoma.
SHE TAUGHT at H arding High School and Moon .Junior High School before taking her present posi­ tion as teacher-coordinator of Cooperative O ffice Education a t N ortheast H igh School.
What does a teacher-coordinator of Cooperative O ffice Education do? “ W ell,” Mrs. Tucker laughed. ” 1 direct the business education and work exp eri­ en ce courses at N ortheast.”
ACTUALLY, H E R job includes m uch m ore than just: d irecting. She takes senior girls a t the school and puts them into an office situation so they will be prepared for good jobs upon graduation.
“ We rea lly encourage co llege, of cou rse ,” she added, “ but w e try to teach the girls typing and of­ fice functions so they can find em ploym ent if they want to .”
Interest in youth is important to the Alpha K ap­ pa Alpha organization as well as its talented leader. The local group recently held a. teen-age sty le show and pageant, “ F ash ion etta .” as a m oney m aking project and as an educational experience for the girls Involved.
PRO CEEDS FROM the event will be used to
help finance local sorority projects. Som e of these are scholarship grants. Job Corps recruitm ent, and N egro h eritage studies.
One of the local group's m ost interesting proj­ ec ts is the Well B aby Clinic. This h ighly d iversified health clin ic w as begun by the chapter, in 1947 as a m obile health unit. It m oved from one com m unity to the next on regular schedules.
“TH E PU R PO SE of the W ell’Baby Clinic was to provide health and m edical care to indigent children and fam ilies ." The leader said.
< “ It w as aided by the c ity health departm ent and is now perm anently situated in the Slaughter Build­
in g .”
NEWS V OF TH E TIMES FOR
The well Baby Clinic is still sponsored by the lo­ cal ch ap ter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. <»
As nationw ide, projects the sorority g iv es schol­ arships and travel grants to deserving students. The travel grants are for organized trips through the United S tates tor students who might benefit from a broader look at their native country.
H E R CLOSE ASSOCIATION with young people has g iven M rs. T ucker a serious altitude toward their problem s. ” 1 think our young people need a p ositive self-concept. I don't, believe in being stag­ nant.”
B esides working with youth and her m any other sorority activ ities ihe president sew s and plays bridge.
” 1 h aven ’t had time to sew for several y ea rs ,” she confessed . “ But 1 love to play bridge. It is a ch al­ lenge . . . I don’t like anything that i§n't a challenge to m e .”
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Contribute
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DEVELOPMENT
scholarships tor worthy students
C HIC AGO~“ Oklahoma Here I Come’ ’ was the song whistled by the hine Woodlawn youths who recently visited Langston Uni­ versity. The Chicago youth and Jim Buckner, Department of Human R esources. Youth
Services worker drove from Chi­ cago to Langston to v isit the
university they will be spending their next four years.
Upon arriving at the University they were greeted by school of­
ficia ls and coeds. A dance was held to welcome them and a tour was arranged to acquaint them with the school.
The youths who won four-year scholarships * are: Lemmuel Carr, 18, a senior at Englewood;
395 At Summer Session
:
Three hundred and fiinety five students are enrolled for the sum- • m er sem ester , according to F .L . Holloway, registrar.
C lasses started June 3 and the
( summer session w ill end July 25. Registration for the fall sem ester is scheduled August 28-30, and the sem ester starts September 2 and ends December 20.
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Hearn Enters New Jersey Rodeo Cleo Hearn, Langston Uni­
versity student and one of th r e a d ­ ing Negro cowboys in the nuion, w ill compete in a rodeo featuring Black cowboys at Newark, N J ., on July 11, 12 and 31. Proceeds w ill go to the Newark summer
program. Billed as the "Black Western
Cultural Show" the rodeo will be put on by the Forgotten Cow­ boys Inc., a group of Negro cow­ boy rodeo riders from Stillwater, of which Hern is a member.
Alex Hinton, 19, a senior at C.V.S., who received the out­ standing basketball award in 1967 and outstanding player award at Tech Tourney; Robert E llis , 18, a senior at C.V.S., who won $1,000 basketball award from W.V.O.N.; Goffery Roberts, 18, a senior at Hirsch, outstanding guard in basketball and baseball; LeVon Chapman, 18, a senior at Hirsch, outstanding basketball player and a high “ B" average in school; Larry Engram, 18, a senior at Englewood, outstanding basket­ ball and basebaltolayer; and Gre­ gory Porter, lo j^ a senior at Hirsch, outstanding'.full-back in football.
This opportunity is due to the hard work of the young men involved and also to the efforts made by Jim Buckner, who took a personal interest in th is pro­ ject.
Langston University was found­ ed in 1897 and today i s fast becoming one of the forem ost Black co lleges in the country. Since Dr. William H. Hale as­ sumed the presidency the Uni­ versity has made great strides in becoming a very progressive institution.
TO EVERY LANGSTONITE—
Send your contribution
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3rd Grader s’Play a Hit SHOWED DARK DATS The durk A ys of itaverjr
U America w in redacted by workors tUHac tht fields.
Miss Donita Coleman, daughter of Dr. and M rs. John Coleman, is a teacher in th e Cle veland, Ohio, school system . She is a Langston University g r vtcite and the story below is about her third grade students.
Demonstrations for classes in Negro history would seem silly to the youngsters at John D. Rockefeller grade school,
5901 Whittier Ave. A third grade class recently gave three per­ formances depicting the com­ plete history of their people
from pre-slavery Africa to the present day.
In a play written by their teacher, Miss Donita Coleman,
ARCHIETTA BURCH, “ Miss Debutante 1969“ sits Walter Ogles, a L.U. freshman (1) was her escort.
on her throne following her presentation. Mr.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS y
"Upward Bound", Community Action P rog ram June 2-July 25, 1969 (Summer Residential Program)
FreshmW Orientation and Advisement C l in ic ------------- July 13-16, 1969 I
End of Summer Session — ---------------------------------------- July 25,1969
Freshman Orientation------------------------------------ August 26-27, 1969
Registration for Fall Semester---------------------- August 28-30, 1969
Class Work Begins--------------- — --------------------------September 2, 1969
Homecoming-------------------------------------------------- October 18, 1969
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the tots presented scenes from their heritage accompanied by appropriate music and poetry.
On Father’s night, Mar. 5,
M i s s D e b u t a n t e
The Beta Upsilon and Langston Alumnae Chapter s of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated pre­ sented 15 young women in their biennial Debutante Cotillion on April 18.
They included Archietta Burch, Joan Bowers, Glenda Braggs, Al­ thea Crawford, Francis Cad- dell, Donna Dick, Pamela Dubrie).. Sherli Davidson, Yolanda Harvey, Linda Howard, Geneva Harper, Sheryl Liggins, Donna Jones, Lulla Moore and Beulah Taylor.
Receiving awards were Arch­ ietta Burch, Miss Dubutante; Lul­ la Moore, 1st attendant; Sherli Davidson, 2nd attendant. For her high scholastic average of 3,52 Donna Jones was awarded the Miss Academic trophy.
Geneva Harper received the title of Miss Congeniality by vote of the Debutantes. By a decision of the judges on attire, poise and presentation, Francis Caddell re­ ceived the Miss Personality award.
Deborah Nunley - Reporter
Pair Named As All-Stars
Two Langston University athletes were named to the Eastern Division All-Star team in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball league.
Winning berths on the ^first team., were Melvin Bibbs, catcher, a junior from Oklahoma City, and Jimmy Jones, pitcher, a senior from Lawton.
Receiving honorable mention were Ronald Pendarvis, junior from OklahonA C ity, first base; L ariy Rayes, senior from Chick- asha, first base-outfield, and Preston Jam es, sophomore from Detroit, Michf., third base.
A highlight of the abow w u John Hawkins* r e c ita tio n of James Weldon JoImoii's “Crea­ tion” In t church scene re­ p resen tin g the post-slavery period. John enraptured theaa- dlences with his enthusiastic gestures and soulful rendition of the classic work.
The final scene showed a slice of present day Negro life. Speakers quoted the words of famous people, musical solos w ere given and dancers per­ formed to records of Ames Brown.
350 parents and neighbors came to the school to see the pageant
The play open with African^ style dancing to drumbeats pror vlded by Eric Herron and Al­ bert Norwood.
TO A
By James^Haynes
To a Girl in Gray You surprised me today, When I saw you smile. You were acting like at play, It was really wild.
child
I had noticed you earlier, And my eyes mysteriously gleam­ ed. I had wondered about your silence, And how unique you seemed.
Time must not change you, And maybe you are a beginning. I may never know, . . And maybe you’re just pretend­ ing.
Uniqueness is a quality That we could use more Be the girl you aim to be, Live the fife you love.
of.
JUDGES CONTEST Mrs. L . C. Latimer served
as one of the judges in the annual Pride in Oklahoma essay contest sponsored by the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce. She and
a . .. D r. Latimer were special guests at the awards dinner held, at
*V-*-1 the Skiryin Hotel in Oklahoma W City where th" winners received
United States Saving Bonds in the amounts of $1,000 , $100, and $50.
Whsipers will surround you; Eyes will strip you bare, But you a re fy far a ; special one. Let the envious public stare:
They want you for your beauty, And the gold that you possess. But little do they know, my dear, They have seen nothing yet.
You shall remain for a lifetime. Your savor shall season the earth. For yours is a different quality, That one gains only through birth.
Sorority Elects Lambda Alpha Chapter of-Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., has elected new officers for the year 1963* 1970. , Officers are Basileus Brenda Henderson; Anti Basileus Mary Richardson; Grammateus
,Dedra Kirk; Tamias The.leasta Love; Sgt. of Arms Mary ’ Richardson; Dean of Pledges Dedra Kirk; Representative of Pan Hellenic Council Mrs. Gussie Drain; Dedra Kirk; and Brenda Henderson.
MEMBERS of the Langston University Beta Kappa Chi (Scientific Honorary Society) are pictured with their sponsors. Left to right Mr. Jam es Simpson, chairman of the Department of Physical Sciences, Clyde D river, Joe Woods, John Edgar, Norma Collins, Dr. Keve-LatirtlSr, professor in physical sciences, and Roger Holmes. - . - V - .
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THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—JUNE, 1969 PAGE 5
LANGSTON UNIVERSITY Electronic Technology students are pictured with their instructors during a recent tour of the Phillips Petroleum Company plant at Bartlesville. This is an annual tour to acquaint the freshmen and sophomores with equipment and processes used in industry. Bobby Parker and Theodis Green, instructors,' explained, the annual tour gives the student an insight on what in­ dustry requires of technicians.
WILBURTON-OKLAHOMA TECHNICAL SOCIETY officers for 1969-70 are (1-r) Bobby Parker, Langston University, president; Miller Tiger, Oklahoma City, John Marshall High School, vice president; Barry Ballard, N orthern, secretary-treasurer; Harold W inbum , state board for Vocational & Technical Education, executive-secretary; Bill Rains, Eastern, board member, and Leonard Bachman* Northeastern A&M,’ board member. Dr, Phil Chandler, Technical Institu te in O tyahom a City, and Bill Jones, Oklahoma S tate Tech in Okmulgee, will also serve on the board.
The new state officers were elected this past weekend during the annual spring meeting a t Eastern Oklahoma State College, Wilburton.
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LU Junior G ets I ti
H o m e Ec H o n o r Posie Jones, daughter of Mr. and M rs. Jimmie Jones
of Tom, was awarded the Crisco Trophy for outstanding work in Home Economics at Langston University’s A ^ u al
ome Econom ics Day, recently.
The gold trophy was presentee} to M iss Jones, a junior, by the Foods and Nutrition Instructor, Mrs. Glenda War­ ren.
• i **•«.. * Mrs. Warren congratulated Rosie on the excellence She
has shown in her work and said she “ felt certain her achievement in home economics would be a lasting in­ spiration to other students.”
Opportunities Await
Tech Grads Many opportunities await graduates of the Langston
University School of Technology. "Industry has many job opportunities for the trained
technician,” Bobby P arker, assistant professor, says. "Our program provides the student with the necessary
skills to enter industry with further training or students may continue their academic education and receive a BJS. degree in their particular technology or other fields. This would encompass two additional years of schooling.
Langston has a two-year associate degree program in electronic technology. The program is a math-science base, according to Parker, and during the first two years of study every effort is made to provide summer em­ ployment with electronic industries.
"We don’t train . _ student for any specific job,” he explained, "but we provide classroom and laboratory experiences in a cluster of job areas for the specific field of electronics.”
Parker added that industry has many job opportunities for the trained technician. "A student interested in this field should enroll in as much math and science in high school in order to prepare him for the Langston Program .
Students who normally succeed in technology are those who are work-orientated and have clearly established career p a l s and a sense of curiosity. "He must have intense interest in the specialized field of technology he wishes to pursue,” the professor stated.
A tech student must be at least average in term s of academic ability and have at least an average ability in math and science with an interest in the practical ap­ plication of these skills to some specific field of tech^ nology.
“The student should also have the maturity and personal
characteristics which enable him to work for and with others,’ Parker continued, “ and be a person who can form judgments and function effectively without excessive reliance upon others.
In 1963, there were 85,000 students enrolled in tech­ nology and this figure will jump to 1.5 million by 1975, according to the experts.
"We also want to s tre ss that technology is open for women and they should enter this field as well as men,” Parker added. “ In some cases industry prefers women, over men for some specific job functions. &
At present the Oklahoma Technical Society is working out a curriculum whereby students interested in tech­ nology may Ijegin in the high school and transfer credit to his post-high school ci^riculum.
A student must havev 68 to 72 credit hours in an a s ­ sociate degree, with roughly 50 percent being tech courses.
"We have more job opportunities in the technical field (at present than we have students to fill these positions,”
Parker said. / ' \After a student receives his associate degree he may
continue his education and complete a four-year degree progralfi. *
"One of the major advantage of majoring in technology is that a student is provided necessary skills for advance­ ment in industry,” Parker concluded.
He is a graduate of Langston with an associate degTee from Oklahoma State University in Technology. He also has a masters in technical education from OSU with further student at the University of Illinois in eigineering. Parker has been at LU since September, 1964. “ Theodis Green is an instructor in technology. He
joined the staff in 1967 and is a graduate of Langston.
LU k e t s C o n o c o S c h o la r s h ip s
Langston University has been named among seven Okla- , homa colleges and universities to be awarded a total of
$30,500 as a part of Continental Oil Company’s ll"9-70 financial aid-to-education program.
The awards, according to poy M. Mays, vice p resit »nt and general manager of Ponca City activities, include out­ right grants to the schools, fellowships and scholar­ ships.
Langston has received two scholarships in business ad­ m inistration,
Recipieriw of the two scholarships will be selected by the Univarsity. Other schools to receive grants or scholar­ ships are the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Tulsa, Northeastern State College, Northern Oklahoma College and Oklahoma State Technical College.
R o s ie Jo n e s
PAGE 6—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—JUNE, 1969
Judge Charles Owens Law Day 0Address At Langston University
Please perm it me firs t of all to state that I deem it indeed a privilege and a very high honor to have been extended the in­ vitation to address this morning (May 9 ) this very august stu­ dent body of Langston University on the occasion of your obser­ vance of Law Day USA, 1989, an occasion that is, or should be, very dear to the hearts especially of those like myself who are involved in the vast field of jurisprudence.
P erm it me further to say to you, Dr. Hale, that I have never received a more gracious or gen­ erous introduction than the one you have just given me. Such an introduction is even the more meaningful when it is made by one who is of such an illu str ious Dr. Hale. Certainly I am proud to be able to say that I p o sse ss his friendship, and certain ly I can sayvJjUhout reservation that I hold mm in the very highest esteem , as for that matter do many, many others, esp ecia lly those who are involved in and concerned with education in Ok­ lahoma at the college and Uni­ versity lev e l, and most import­ antly, the administration of Okla­ homa institutions furnishing this education. We are indeed for­ tunate in Oklahoma that we have been able to retain the s e r v ic e s of such a renowned U niversity adm inistrator as Dr. Hale.
I suppose it is the apprehen­ sion of most speakers, and cer ­ tainly I have such apprehensions
LAW DAY SPEAKER--The Honorable Charles Owens (third from left) district judge of Oklahoma City, delivered the address at the observance of annual Law Day at Langston University Friday. Left to right are Dean John W. Coleman, Rayfer Mainor, newly-elected president of the Student Government Association, Judge Owens, Brack Barr, president of the SGA, and Dr. William H. Hale, president of Langston University. Owens is the first Negro judge in the history of Oklahoma. (LU Photo)
1 , * O munity had later left and gone me. d ag a of achieving
w x n tijr * o u w , aWay to co llege and then after You have asked me here on a n , i freedom whpn leeal today in addressing this very fine receiving his college degree hid the occasion of L angstoriW ver- rpqxm sibilitv seem s to be an group of bright students, that the achieved som e measure of sue- s ity ’s observance of Law Day obligation for someone e lse to speaker w ill be so fortunate as to be able to make his presen­ tation so interesting that when he has finished his audience will bonder how the time could pos­ s ib le have passed so quickly.
Perhaps if I am fortunate I w ill be able to say something
to you that will approach the very forceful and eloquent argument
that I am told a certain lawyer made to a jury on behalf of his client who had been charged with stealing a horse. The pro­ secution’s evidence was very strong, but mainly because of his counsel’s brilliant argument to
c e s s in his chosen field. Not many youngsters from this little community ever want away to college and so , naturally, they ware quite proud of this jfoung man. The very first opportunity they had, the local leaders in­ vited this form er resident to return to be their guest speaker on a very special occasion.
USA, 1959. As you may or may honor. not know, President Eisenhower we c0me together to mark by proclamation in 1958 de- L,aw p ay USA and are asked to signated May first as law Day, think of an ordered society in a day se t aside to remind our- Which the law mayproperlyfunc- selves that we as Americans tkm, the question com es to mind
live, every day of our lives, under a rule of law. &
The purposes of Law Day 1969 as set out by the American Bar
Ju s t p r io r to the time that he .Association a re lofty ones indeed, ro s e to speak, as the; young men They_ a re : (1) to foster respec t ,gat and lis tened to those beau­ tiful words about ‘h im self that were coming from the m aster of ce rem o n ie s , he began thinking
fof„ law and understanding of its essential place in A m erican life; (2 ) to encourage citizen, equality and justice under law; and (4)
as to whether we have or can have an ordered society ,in this country. For young people are in literal rebellion against autho­ rity of whatever kind. There is an uprising of ‘ free speech" groups on cam puses across the land. Buildings are occupied and administrations displaced.
There can be no question butX .. . 1 i i ic ic v.aii uv 4UCC that perhaps all of this was not to point up the contrast between-^ ,aw pay usa 1969, unfounded a t that, that perhaps freedom under
the jury, this man was acquitteds&tie rea l ly was one worthy of the of the charge against him. Later, very nice words being sa id about after the trial was over, this him. And so, when the intro- lawyer Was talking to his client duction was over and this young and saitf. to him, ‘‘Now that you’re free and can never be tried again on this charge, tell me truthfully, did you really stea l that horse?” His client was quick to reply, ‘‘To be truthful with you, I always did think I sto le that horse until I heard you make that argument td the jury, and now I’ll be darned if I haven’t got my doubts about i t .”
N eedless to say, if I could ap­ proach this afternoon the eloquence.w hich that law yer’s argument to the jury undoubt­ edly must have p ossessed , I would indeed be delighted.
A s I sat there listening to Dr. H ale’s very generous in­ troduction, I was reminded of another little story, and I pro- m ose you I w ill be through telling sto r ie s after this one.
It seem s the particular young man involved in this story had grown up in a little rural com-
man rose to speak, he indicated to his audience that the words of introduction were perhaps some­ what justified. He acknowledged that he no doubt had indeed achieved som e measure of suc­ c e ss in his field.
law in the United t
States and governmental tyranny under communism. Regrettably, however, I must concede at the outset, and I am sure hundreds of other speakers on this oc­ casion throughout the nation have had to sim ilarly concede, that never before has the outlook for the accomplishment of these pur­ poses been so bleak as it is
And then, b ea m in g quite car- ried away w itW lim self by thisitrM in time, the speaker went so far
We com e together to mark Law Day USA at a time in our na-
as to suggest to his a u .ta .e e “ ° nal 8xperlellcf wlf ? . law' that they w ir e quite w ise to have caf “s * C asta ll“" “ chosen him as their featured f'? ''ea. f f 8" speaker on this occasion. "After , ! / ? lives and a ll," he sa id , "I’ve spoken to J " 5 ° f . Umusands upon thou- many, many groups on many,. | J hs ° j ^ p V t t o n s o f many many occasions, and I’m proud . „ . aspirations of man* to say that in all of those speeches ^ working citizens go up tn I've made but one minor error, .tt8 “ aI"8s 81 ,ll81r P ^ 81^ . and it was a sim ple little gram - 1 8 ’ and it was a sim ple little gram­ matical error at that, and the minute I done it, I seen i t .”
Certainly I will very diligent­ ly try to avoid any such pit- fell as that, which might .tend to destroy any favorable im age tfiat Dr. Hale might have woven for
We come together to mark Law Day USA at time when we are undergoing the agony of reconciling the spirit of the laws with man’s hard expe­ riences with injustices and inequities in the law, when disobedience to the law is
we as Am ericans, and likewise those of us with a special involvement in the law ans its meaning for our
‘tim e and our place in society , sense that we have come to a great divide in our nation’s journeys through mankind's ex ­ perience.
By way of further concession, I must admit what all of us here know, and that is that the black American, as of this late date, i s still the victim of a multi­ tude of d iscr im ii^ to jp based , so lely on the c o l o f l R i s skin. He is s t ill deeply mvoafed in a re len tless struggle to S m e v e hu­ man dignity.
P lease permit me to d igress
for a moment and to make in tjiis connection an observation which I have frequent occasion to make, and that is that it seem s to me completely incon- „ grouous that this creature man, who has bogged himplef- down with petty racial d ifferences is the very same creature whom God has imbued with an intellect which has enabled him to reach out into outer space and to de­
velop methods through which, we a re reliable advised, he will land a manned craft on the sur&ce of the moon, perhaps within this very year.
This same man is blessed further with an intellect that has enabled him to explore the depths of the ocean, to conquer the most dreaded diseases through medi­ cal research. To transplant a heart from one person into the chest of another and thereby pro­ long life, to build supersonic a ir ­ craft that enable him to reach any point on this earth within a scant few hours. And yet he seemingly does not have the intellect to apply fairly and im­ partially the body of laws which he has drafted and enacted and thereby achieve the ordered society about which he so proudly boasts, especially in Law Day ob­ servances such as this one in which we are participating today.
I mentioned a moment ago this very grave problem that exists in the United States today, the problem ofrebellionagainst auth­ ority, against the so-called ‘‘E s­ tablishment’-, if you will, parti­ cularly by the younger genera­ tion who see, or think they see, evidence that our whole demo­ cratic system simply is not w or^ ing. Certainly also we are ex­ periencing open rebellion by black Americans generally,* but especially, again, by the younger generation of Negroes who ques­ tion our talk about law and the rule of law. They see a gap in this area between the practice and the preachment.
When I aih privileged to speak to white or predominantly white audiences, I frequently ask them to try and look objectievly with me for-am om ent at the glaring in­ consistencies that have been per­
m itted to exist over the years between the ideals we have e s ­ poused through our laws and our total failure to give these laws equal application where theNegro is concerned. I then suggest to such audiences that when they do make this objective examina­ tion they cannot help but under­ stand somewhat, as I do, som e­ what, why the Negro is totfciy, often by violence, exhibiting tils, indignation and giving vent to his anger.
We need, of course, look no further than the sim ple and un­ ambiguous words contained in the very beginning of that h istoric instrument known astheD eclara- t ion of Independence. We are all w ell familiar with those words which say:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights,.that among thqse are* life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” ,
* 1 The black, Am erican has always dated to think that these words were equally applicable to him.- It would be su p erflu ou s for me to go into a lengthy account of how the6e words have been in­ clusive of all but the Negro in actual practice. »
And since the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, which is the bedrock of our entire system of laws^IKe Negro has looked to the equally sim ple and
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clear words contained in the Fourteenth Amendment and he has had the audacity to think that he is also included in their intent and meaning. You know the part that I am referring to, the part which says:
"No state shall make or en­ force any law which shall abridge the privileges or im­ munities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,with­ out due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protec­ tion of the laws.”
The Negro has always reasoned that "Clearly I am a Citizen of the United States, so obviously these constitutional mandates are equally applicable to m e." Again, as we all jaiow, it has not worked out this way in actual practice.
The Negro’s suspicions that he was entitled to all of these rights were confirmed in the year 1954, of course, when the UnitedStates Supreme Court held that segrega­ tion in the public schools was
elective offices. Black faces are now common in television com- assure you that in this competi- m ericals and magazine ads; some tfr® world which college students corporations prize black execu- a re preparing themselves to tives as highly as computers. ®nter, employers, patients or By almost any statistical index, *®8al clients are interested only the United States would seem to what employees are equipped to be headed in the right di- t0 <*> to help the company in- rection. crease its profits, whether adoc-
Yet, unquestionable, the anger tor has the medical knowledge to of the black man is becoming cure a particular ailment, more and more open and pro- or whether a lawyer can unravel nounced qjid he has given vent a legal entanglement, to his anger with outbursts of 1 suggest to you today as we violence. The voices of the mili- meet here in this observance of tants are becoming increasingly Law Day that only through the loud. This anger is not diffi- Preservation of an ordered cult to explain. The dream society can we ever hope to solve of equality has been deferred too the grave economic and social long, and Americans, both white crises of our times. The sole and black, are paying today for effective available catalyst we can the omissions of the past. For employ in this process is the rule there is another side ot the glow- ing figures of black advance- °f law> not the rule of the jungle, ment. The traditional concept of law
Negroes are still three times as the source of an ordered as likely as whites to die in society is today under attack by childbirth and infancy; they are many dedicated groups throughout three times as likely to be in the country. The attack is to* poverty; they are twice as likely day labeled ‘‘civil disobedience," to be unemployed. While we are a Phrase which seems to possess
indeed violative of the guarantees gaining more in term s of income a magnetic a ttrac tio n ^ many, of the United State Constitution, than whites, we are not likely presumably on the assum ptbn Later, by passage of the Civil to catch up at the present rate that there is some magic in the Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting for decades. Everything elsebe. word "disobedience” as contrast- Rights Act of 1965, the Congress ing equal, an ordinary Negro ®d with the more brutal and honest
worker is less likely to find expression "breaking the law.” good employment than a white This new doctrine holds that no worker. Thre still exists for a man need obey a law that his large segment of the Negro pop- conscience will not allow him to ulation the hopelessness anddes- respect. Whether the law is un­ pair brought about by forced iust and should not be obeyed ghetto living. seems to be a matter of self-
Under the existing conditions, determination. The decision is action was one of elation, and then one can somewhat understand how inevitable,5 I submit, associated it dawned on him that if the pro-
a black man like Eidridge Cleaver can shout that ‘‘We shallhave our manhood. We shall have it, or the earth will be leveled by our attempts to gain it." One can somewhat understand how an Adam Clayton Powell canstateas he did in an address delivered on a college campus a short time
served, protected and cherished, within him self. ’ even to the extent that it was I urge you today to look within provided constitutionalprotection yourselves and work to persuade through the F irst Amendment, o thers to do the sam e thing and But certainly the fram ers of our to is piece of divinity which Constitution and the m illion; of can accomplish what laws alone Am ericans who th rerafte r have a re incapable of accomplishing, lived under it have never sub­ scribed to the principle that any right, even this important one, should beunbridledandunlim ited.
In conclusion, permit me to suggest on this occasion that we look ahead and not back and that we take on a more positive at­ titude in attempting to help re­ solve the economic and social problems that plague our nation, that we build rather than just deplore. Let me suggest further that we cannot rely solely on the law for the law cannot alone
removed all doubts as to the applicability of the Constitution to all the citizens of the United States, with particular reference to discrimination because of color.
After his rights were clearly defined, the Negro’s first re ­
visions of the United States Con stitution apply to him today, then they must have applied to hi mall along. He now realizes that be­ cause his rights were not spelled out until this late date, his pro­ gress has been impeded, that he
Students Attend
Langston University was a-
succeed* where masses'of oeoDle mong six colleges and universit' are”lnvolved W hatwe n S d is ies in the flrst In'are involved, wnat we need is ternatbnal Musical Night, April
rew mores a g e ^ in e a r t g ! S 26 ’ at Oklahoma c i ty University. . new mores, a genuineiano p n e ra i o thers attending were represen- ♦ e h .«e ? a ^ . tatives from Oklahoma Univer-
tew S T L T S i ” slc p ! « ^ 0klahoma Stale University, t I t £ « « ,1 pea£?: Oklahoma Baptist University,
fniLv m i Phillips University and Oklahoma today that it is ironical that man rh r ig Han College 2 ? hli S ? intoHeci has focused CX p ? o g ^ S n s i s te d o f mus- th fn J iv ^ n lth e i^ ih fo m n fh n w ical numbers and dances, all in things except the problem of how costume from Pakistan, Indones-
b ro th e r s * S te tw K i H n w S '0" 4” 1' Northn n Thailand , Vietnam, Egypt, Phtt- the solution to this problem is lipines China India w estern easlily within his grasp if only p f ^dians he would turn his fUH attention T . nnC(. n Cf,iA»nfc taiHn* r« ri to it He has this basic goodness Langston students taking part L i ' J u l r JS S L ^ i f Mensah, Ghana; Tilahun Gugsa,
* * * where has been ^ r aya Zerom, Ethiopia, Burney ‘T W illiam s, S ie rra Leone.
In (bis connection, I read not A]sc atteIU)tngwereJoeWoods,
was not perm itted to begin the race with the oth-r runners, so to speak, and consequently his social, educational and economic status is far below that which it would otherwise have been. Through various avenues, through ' demonstrations on col­ lege campuses and by riots in the streets of our c itie s , the black American is asserting his demand that all possible means be taken to c lo se this gap be­ tween his status and that of his white brother. He demands that this be done now. c
It is true, of course, as has often been pointed out to me after I have addressed white groups, that in term s of statistics and cold facts, the gains of the Ne^fo, particularly during , the 1960’s have been spectacular. The gap betwen black income and white income has narrowed substan­ tially. We are told that about 27 percent of all Necroes are now below the poverty line, as com­ pared with 55 percent as late as 1960. A far greater^
of black people are finishing high' school and going to college. To­ day, a Negro college graduate
often has a better chance of land­ ing a good job than his white classm ate.
Eight years ago, the black man, as all of us here today well know, could not set foot in ­ side many restaurants or hotels
in this country, except as a ser­ vant. How, alm ost the last ves­ tige of this tupe of segregation
ago that violence is a perfectly legitim ate means to be employed by the Negro to enforce his de­ mands. I can personally under­ stand how such expressions can be made, but I must part com- pany with som e of m y ,good brothers at this point.
I am, very frankly, personal­ ly quite disturbed by th ecou rse that black protest and dissent has taken in the last two years in particular. I am disturbed by the spectable of militant black students at campus after campus slamming down list of nonego* tiable demands on presidential colleges that would not,Acomply. Some few of these demands have m erit, but by and large they seem to represent merely the voices of dissent which are for their own sake, and ma le com­
pletely devoid of plausible and positive solutions. ThejGare nothing more, oftentimes, than
tf lW a r fT V sound and fury, generating a great p e r c e n ta ^ deai 0f heat but no light.
We have read about demands for all-black departments'' of study, separate black dor­ m itories, separate black c la s s ­ room s, separate black cafeterias which serve only "soul food” , and many other kindred irre le ­ vancies. Certainly I agree with a recent statement by BayardRus- tin, who has tried to cling to reason and logic through all of this. He summed up his feelings by stating that learning how to multiply and write a complete sentence would assure black stu-
has been wiped out. Today a , dents immeasurably more than Negro votes in the UnitedStates* any amount of black studies ever Senate; another s i ts on the United States Supreme Court. Black mayors govern Cleveland, Gary, Inidana and Washington, D.C.
In dhe South, nearly 400 black A m ericans serve in all kinds of
could. I ag ree further with a recent observation by Roy Wil­ kins that it is s im ple suicide for the black minority to talk of sep a ra t ism and going it alone.
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with the type of conscience in­ volved.
It is my firm belief as a law­ yer and as a judge that the con­ cept of civil disobedience as a Christian ethic or a s a corner­ stone of any part of our legal system should be totally d is­ carded. The long road of man from the jungle to h is present civilized state has been made possible only through the general acceptance by all people of the proposition that to create and maintain a workable society there must be certain ru les of the game, and that these rules must be re ­ cognized, followed, and enforced. No stable society in which the weak and the strong can live peaceably and decently together can exist unless all are bound by the sam e ru les.
In this connection, I think Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall made atf^fextremely significant statement in an ad­ dress last week in which he stat­ ed that anarchy is anarchy, no matter whether it is painted black or white.
Such anarchy follows once d is­ obedience to law achieves the dig­ nity of a perm issive legal right. When this happens, pur com­ munity structure under the rule of law vanishes, authority ceases to exist and the end result is the tyranny of the mob. Th'ese are harsh facts and they need be re ­ stated today. They must be faced
'by thoughfulcitizens. Theycarthot be swept under the rug or ig­ nored, ejther because we are blinded oy com passion, or be­ cause of the recognized existence of root causes which must be wiped out if we are to continue our faith in a system of law and attain a peaceful society . What­ ever the causes of today's break­ down of discipline, we must pre­ serve our legal prooesses, a rule- of law, as the foundation of any social and econofhic rehabilita­ tion. v
I wish to s t r e s s that certainly th e re is no question but that the right of dissent and the right to petition for re d re s s of g r ie ­ vances a re absolutely necessary and essen tia l to the security of a ’free' people..* The right to d is ­ sent has, from the very begin­ nings of this country, been prr
! X S a n d r a Moore,' Oletha Barnett and Mrs. Kendall. Plans were made to make the International Musical Night a permanent af-
India which te lls us that once all the inhabitants of the earth were Gods and lived in serenity and peace. And then manwascreated and this serenity and security and peace as a source of strength was shattered and almost destroy­ ed, and the Gods wondered what could be done to preserve the tran­ quil ity which they were about to lose . What shall we do with this p riceless heritage which man con- structor of Cosmotology, recent- tinues to abuse, they wondered, ly served a s judge for the VICA So they decided to call a meet- Club (Vocational lndustrialClubs ing in order to make a decision, of Am erica) at Southeast High What shall we do with this little School, Oklahoma City, piece of divinity which has been Participants in the contest in­ granted us was the issue. How eluded a ll public schools inOkla- can we prevent man’s abuse of homa. this heritage?
M rs. Arterberry Serves as Ju dge
Mrs. Thelma A rterberiy , in-
One of the lesser-G ods spoke up and said: ‘‘I’ll tell you - Let’s take this little spark of divinity and place it on the high­ est ftountain. Man could never find it there to abuse it.” “ No” ,
MEDICAL COLLEGE
Ac c e p t s j o h n s o n
C ollis '•Johnson, a Langston r ~ , University senior from Ok-
answered Bhrama, the Great God, , lttrs __ . k mulgee, has been accepted cFather. ‘‘Onp dav man will in- ’ . b ’ . .. , M eharry Medical College m Nash*Father. “ One day man wfll in
yent a machine called an a ir ­ plane. He will fly to the top of the highest mountain and he will find this piece of divinity and he will abuse it."
Then a second of the le s ser Gods spoke. He said, ‘‘Let’s take this piece of divinity and hide it in the bowels -of the earthJ’ ” No” ,againanswered the God Father. ‘‘One day man will excavate. He will discover this spark of divinity and he will abuse it .”
Then a third of the lesser Gods cried, ‘‘L et’s take this piece of divinity and hide it in the depths of the ocean." ‘‘No,’’ andswered Bhrama. “ t)ne day man will in­ vent a submarine. He will dive to the depths of the sea , find this piece of divinity and again abuse.” Then the lesser Gods dropped their heads and were s i ­ lent for they had no ftirther sug­ gestions. v Finally, the God Father broke
the silence and said, VI’ 1 1 tell you what we will do. We’ll fake this serenity , this tranquility, this piece of divinity and hide it deep down within man h im self. And. so busy will man lie flying to the hghest mountain, digging into the bowels of the earth ,/an diving b 1 the depths of the I: «• that he v. tll never think to
vil e , Tenn. He will enroll in September in the School of Den- istry .
Mr. Johnson received a Bachelor of Science tbaree in Biology at the May 25 graduation ex erc ises .
LANGSTON GRADUATE
JOINS TEXAS BANK
Alfred Thompson is working as a teller at Texas National Bank o f Commerce in Houston, T exas. He joined' the staff April 21.
Mr. Thompson is a first se m es- ter 1969 graduate of Langston
-University. He is a 1905 graduate of Wewoka High School and the son of Mr. and M rs. Homer Thompson of Wewoka.
WITH SOUTHE
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The Upward Bound P rogram began on June 2 and will end on
July 25. This su m m er many of the students will learn valuable
skills . But when they’re not in c lass they explore. .’tojV'-if you
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THINKING"ABOUT HOME.
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CHATTING HRTWPPY n i.A K S P s CANINES ARE FRIENDLY AI LANQSTON.
(Photos by Upward Bound students)
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