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Mr. E p h r a i m
P . 0 . ' * BO x 5 0 1
L a n g s t o n , Ok
o
.
Langston University Gazette
VOLUME
30
NUMBER
6
SEPTEMBER, 1968
S tu d en ts
H ear G rego ry
1
a.
,
5
0
Dick G regory, m ilitant c ru sa d e r
fo r the dignity of man, lashed out
a t a system
th at enslaves
m inority groups and “ havenots”
in the world’s ric h e st country
before 1,500 students in Langston
U n iversity" I. W. Young Audi­
torium Wednesday, Septem ber 1&
The popular 36-year-old, lea d e r
received a standing ovation from
the
cheering throng and his
ad d ress was interrupted many
tim es
by
the enthusiastic
sp e cta to rs.
M r. Gregory , father of six
children and a native of St. Louis,
M issouri, pointed out that “ m oral
pollution” is the num ber one
problem facing this country.
The speaker not only outlined
the injustices the white power
stru c tu re has heaped on to the
back of the Negro, he also spoke
out against the shabby treatm en t
the Indian has received along with
the m igrant w orker and poor
white from the sustem .
“ You the young people have to
straighten up the m ess us old
folks have m a d e # G regory told
the students. “ When the nation's
lea d e rs preoccupy them selves
with
political com prom ises,
vansc p rom ises and d isto rtio n s
e ? th e meaning of th e ir actions,
to appeal to (voters ra th e r than
solve problem s, we find our­
selves in a m oral c r is is .”
He w irned, “ If the youth don’t
do something, th is country is
going to fall a p a rt.” He also
called for the re tu rn of A f r i c a n
so ldiers fighting in Vietnam,
“ Instead of being taught to
live, our youth a re being taught
to kill,” G regory said, and money
being used on explosives and
— Tiagahn—sh o u ld -b e 'u se d to^pnd
' the pollution of human life.”
T£» c ru sa d e r also pointed out
the wrongs the governm ent has
done against the Indians. He
added that the Indians on r e s e r ­
vations
have the
highest
tuberculosis and suicidal rate s
of any m inority group in the
United States.
University
Government
Group Ready
%
Th$~ 1968-69 school year is
u n d e rla y and one oi^gi busiest
student groups is the Langston
U niversity
Government A s s o
elation. The association moved
into \a c tio n Wednesday (Sept­
em ber 2 § ) ,a t j 10 a. m. assem bly,
“ Know your student governm ent
o ffiftfrs.”
* The newly-elected officer
elude Brack M. B a rr, J r . , senior
h is to r # m a jo r
of P ittsburgh,
Penn., president; R obert C risp ,
sen io r m usic education m ajor of
Abilene, Texas, vice-president;
Edward Howard—Clinton, T rea­
s u re r , senior B usiness m ajor of
M onrovia, L iberia; C larence D.
W illiam s, councilman a t la rg e ,
junior
agriculture econom ics
m ajor of Okmulgee; Elva J. Hornbeck, se c re ta ry , senior English
m ajor of A rdm ore, and Ja n is L.
H ale, corresponding se c re ta ry ,
advanced sophomore h istory ma­
jo r of Langston.
0
President
Co ins
W'Afroeurican’
“ A m erica has got to wake up
to the rea lity that non-violence
isn’t an obligation,” he continued,
“ It’s a favor. And when you
aggrevate
som eone, it’s
his
d iscretio n when to take th at favor
back.”
M r. G regory was introduced by
P resident W illiam H. Hale.
“ Here, a t Langston University,”
P resid en t Hale said, “ We sub­
scrib e to the philosophy th at
higher education everyw here and
at a predom inantly Negro insti­
tution in p a rticu la r , m ust be a
m ajor agent in promoting the
total personality developm ent of
;he young adults who seek the
higher learning.
“ It is no se c r e t that our speaker
today is what is commonly known
a s a controversial figure. If he
wasn’t, we would not have the
audience we have here today.
Since it was f ir s t announced that
M r. Gregory would visit us today,
we have enjoyed a popularity
unheard of in the 71 y e a rs of
the Institutions history..
M r. G regory is an Independent
fo r the P re sid e n t of
the. United States.
He also
addressed the students in the
Student Union and was guest of
the student lead ers at a luncheon
a t the Union. „
The P resid en t of L a% ston
U niversity coined a word in an
ad d ress
a t the
U niversity’s
F orm al Opening Convocation th a t
may help people of a ll r a c e s
on what to
call A m e ric a's
la rg e s t m inority group.
D r. William H. Hale told m ore
than 1,000 students and faculty a t
the assem bly that “ A froeurican”
(AT ro-yoor-aikleh) would help
elim inate the confusion and
opinions on what to call the
m em bers of A m erica’ s la rg e s t
m inority.
“ Some people p re fe r C olored,”
D r. Hale explained, “ Some p re ­
fe r
Negro and an increasing
num ber of the young m em bers
of the group p re fe r the desig­
nation Black.
“ ‘What’s
m 3 name? '
Shakespeare
Juliet ask s of
Romeo in the famous balcony
scene, ’that which we call a
ro se by any other name would
sm ell as sw eet.'
“ H ere perhaps the name does
make a difference for it involves
the yearnings of a people s triv ­
ing fo r identity and dignity,”
D r. Hale continued. “ To my own
way of thinking neither of the
th re e designations is ac cu ra te .
“ If a willingness to undergo
“ Not ‘colored* fo r everyone is
p erso n al sacrifice and suffering
fo r a
cause—popular o r un­ colored o r has som e co lo r. Not
popular—is the m ark of a lea d e r, ‘black* because the co lo rs of the
his cred en tials are good. He has people re fe rre d to range fro m M
been to jail 30 tim es. F rom
pale white to extrem ely black,
June to August of th is y e a r he with all the shades in betw een.
fasted.”
And, not N egro, because the p ro ­
M r. G regory made talk s a t c e ss of ra c e mixing has proceeded
Oklahoma State U niversity the to th e point where th e re i s no
night of Septem ber 18 and a t such thing as a pure ra c e .
Oklahoma U niversity the night
“ To add to the confusion, "
of Septem ber 20. His Langston
D r. Hale added, “ I then subm it t
appearance trig g ered a chain r e my contribution AFROEURICAN.
action
in which the
State
This at le a st gives due c re d it
„
. .0
,ir>, . kJH{. Commander of the A m erican
He e x p la in e d , “ Black kids
^
G reg o ry s to the various origins of the
have made some gains ^ g a in s t
*
L
ton an^ o k llh o m a group in A frica, Europe and
A m erica.”
;
r a ^ P ? discrim ination, but it is
U niversit^ bo rd ered on
only because they have m arched ,
During the 1968 spring and fall
24 hours a day in p ro te st and
in te rim , m uch prep aratio n was
haye had to kick in some doors((
(continued on page 2)
done to enhance both the aca­
like discrim ination and injustices.
'
c.
dem ic and physical facilities a t
the U niversity. Two newly con­
stru c te d buildings w ere occupied
—Ham ilton Science-Technology
Building, housing the dep art­
m ents of technology, biology, and
physical science; Page L ib rary
Annex— the f ir s t floor is the
new location of adm inistrative
offices; the L earning R esources
C enter on the second floor, the
D epartm ent of A rt on the th ird
floor and new carillon on the
roof.
Completed se rv ice fac ilitie s
include a new baseball playing
field and a parking a re a . Also,
construction is already under­
way on the th irty -s ix , tw o-bed­
room ap artm ents fo r m a rrie d
students and faculty, and the two
new 3 00-space, air-conditioned
residence halls — The B essie
L. Young Hall fa r women and the
Inman A. B reaux Hall for men.
These facilities wiil be available
fo r
occupancy fo r
the fall
s e m e ste r, 1969.
HOMECOMING 1968
•r \
Date NOVEMBER 2,1968
T ins: 2 P.M.
Place: ANDERSON FIELD
LANGSTON UNIVERSITY'S Student Government Association checks plans for the Septem ber 25 ,
assem bly program . Seated Cleft to right) areE lva J . Hornbeck, se c re ta ry ; R obert C risp , vice*
jMBsldent; B rack B a rr J r . , president, and Clairence D. W illiam^, councilman at larg e t back, Jvdward
w w ard-C llnton, tre a s u re r , and J a n is L . Hale, corresponding s e c re ta ry . (LU Photo)
-
Opponent:
BEBOP COLLEGE
• DaJUs, Texas
tvl
III
PAGE
2 — THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY
GAZETTE ^
■
SEPTEMBER, 1968
Langston, LU Garner
W ater System Funds
Senator A. S. Mike Monroney
(D-OklaO announced a $1422,00
w ater system for Langston Uni­
versity and the City of Langston
will be constructed a s a re s u lt
of successful negotiations invol­
ving two federal agencies, a lo­
cal authority and Regents of the
U niversity.
'SCntfob
com
W a s h in g t o n . d .C . tO IIO
“ This p ro ject will tyclude the
purchase of land, the construction
of a re s e rv o ir, a treatm en t plant,
and distribution sy stem , which is
urgently needed to p e rm it the
future growth of this vital educa­
tional c e n te r," Sen. Monroney
said.
“ With
the help
of my
colleagues, Senator
F red R.
H a rris and C ongressm an Tom
Steed, I am privileged to announce
that federal g ran ts in excess of
$502,000 plus a federal loan of
$157,000 will enable the com­
pletion of this sy ste m ,” the sena­
to r reported.
Although no confirm ation could
be obtained from Sen. Monroney’s
office Wednesday, a file check
r revealed the appropriations ap^ parently stem m ed from an alm ost
exact p ro je c t, which was defeated
Septem ber of 1967, by Coyle
voters during an election in­
volving FHA loans to both Coyle
and Langston com m unities for a
three-way w ater system s pro ­
ject • Coyle, Langston and Langs­
ton U niversity.
Following defeat by Coyle
voters, an FHA official stated
the "com bined p roject is k illed .”
& «naU
M i r r a o n A m w w iA T io N e
Septem ber 4 , 1968
D r. W illia m H. H a le , P r e s id e n t
L an gston U n iv e r s it y
L a n g sto n , Oklahoma
My d ear Dr. H ale:
I lea rn ed t h i s m orn in g, much t o my p l e a s u r e , o f f i n a l ap p roval
o f th e f e d e r a l program s w h ich w i l l a id L an gston U n i v e r s i t y and
t h e C ity o f L an gston In t h e c o n s t r u c t io n o f a w a te r sy s te m .
I am p le a s e d th a t o u r e f f o r t s to o b ta in a p p ro v a l o f t h e s e funds
have proven s u c c e s s f u l . T h is a p p ro v a l means t h a t more than a
h a l f - m i ll i o n d o l l a r s in f e d e r a l a s s i s t a n c e g r a n t s , p l u s a lo a n
o f $ 1 5 7 ,0 0 0 , w i l l b e made a v a i l a b l e t o th e L an gston P u b lic
Works A u th o r ity . T h ese fu n d s w i l l be su p p lem en ted b y $ 4 6 2 ,5 0 0
to be I n v e s t e d by t h e Board o f R e g e n ts , b r in g in g t h e t o t a l p ro ­
j e c t c o s t t o $ 1 ,1 2 2 ,0 0 0 .
<*.
Such programs w ith a s s i s t a n c e t o a l o c a l a u t h o r i t y th ro u g h th e
Departm ent o f H ou sin g and Urban D evelopm ent and t h e Farmers
Home A d m in is tr a t io n , c o n t in u e t o p ro v e t h e i n t e r e s t o f our f e d ­
e r a l governm ent in t h e p rob lem s o f e v e r y com m unity. Here we
s e e good p r o o f o f f e d e r a l- a n « - '* t a t e p a r t n e r s h ip w h ich w i l l r e ­
s u l t in b e t t e r e d u c a t io n a l o p p o r t u n i t i e s fp r th o u sa n d s o f young
Oklahomans in y e a r s t o come.
A dequate e d u c a t io n a l f a c i l i t i e s have b een o f c o n s t a n t co n cern
to me, and I am p le a s e d t h a t th e C on gress has b een a b l e t o co n ­
t i n u e in v e stm e n ts in o p p o r t u n i t i e s fo r our n a t i o n ' s young
p e o p le .
W ith b e s t w is h e s and w arm est p e r s o n a l r e g a r d s , I am
S in c e r e ly ,
L x . ^
C
The spokesm an also said " it will
be up to Langston and Langston
U niversity to a rr iv e a t some
solution to their problem . They
definitely have a very c ritic a l
w ater problem .”
D r. William H. Hale, p resi­
dent of Langston U niversity, said
a t that tim e he was "certain ly
g o in g io investigate an alternative
approach" to the water problem
in the a re a and " I do not intend
to re la x my efforts in bringing
to the community the things they
need so m uch.”
FHA, p rio r to the election in
Septem ber, had approved a grant
of $128,990 to Coyle and a grant
of $155,380 to Langston. Voters
w ere asked to approve a loan of
$140,000 from FHA in Coyle and
a loan of $160,000 in Langston.
No indication was given from
the Oklahoma Senator’s office
whether Langston citizens w ere
req u ired to vote on the FHA loan.
" D r. W illiam H. Hale, P re s i­
dent of Langston U., and the mem­
b e rs of the board of regents of
th is fine institution have worked
effectively with federal agencies
on th is plan which w i l t re s u lt
in b e tte r
educational oppor­
tunities for thousands of young
Oklahomans in y e a r’s to co m e,"
Sen. Monroney said.
A locally-organized agency, the
Langston Public Works Author­
ity, will construct and operate
the facility.
MM:CT
c c : The H on orab le C h a r le s Ray
- 4 G regory’s s e rv ic e s ,”
B rack
(Continued from Page 1)
B a rr, J r . , a senior and P re s i­
"Students HearrGregory”
dent of the Student Senate sa id .
The Indian Network of Oklahoma
“ If die issu e is how was Greg­
City taped Mr. G regory's address ory’s v isit to Langston financed,
a t Langston and \ftirnished the
then it is sim ple,” the student
tape to Attorney General G.T.
leader
added. “ By action of (he
Blakenship, The Attorney General
Student
Senate a fee of $2.00 is
said the address did not border
on treason
and the popular annually asse sse d each student
speaker was greeted by 3,000 fo r p rogram s of the students’
students at Oklahoma University own choosing. The fund is con­
after speaking to a crowd of trolled and adm inistered by the
( 2.200 h t Oklahoma State University, Student Senate and its advisors
Governor B artlett and Oklahoma " and contains no m onies whatso­
University officials were drawn
ev er save those contributed by
into the
controversy by the
students.
Legion Commander and the Okla­
“ In reading the Friday Daily
homa City Knights of Columbus
Oklahoman
front page story about
who requested Mr. G regory’s
G
regory’s
visit to Oklahoma,”
talk at Oklahoma University be
B
rack
continued,
“ the iss u e re a lcancelled. The Governor and Okla­
ly
is
do
wje
a
s
Langston
Univer­
homa University officials gave
the speaker the green light.
sity students have die right to
One thing about the 20th Century
hear a person reg a rd le ss of h is
St. Paul, he gave Oklahomans1 views and re g a rd le ss of how we
something to think about.
fe e l about h is views.
Three awards were presented
“ Why is it that a Black man
for pic- M r. Gregory following hife ad­
and
Following the
speaking on social problem s con­
, and Melvin d r e ss. Robert Crisp, Vice P r e s i­
tu re with M r. G regory.
Left to right: P resident Hi
cerning all people can appear at
McClellan.
dent of the Student Government
predom inantly White institutions
A ssociation,
presented
Mr.
of higher learning with little
Gregory an honorarium from the
or no repercussion?' Yet, when
Omega P si Phi Fraternity; B rack
this s a m ^ person is invited to
B arr, President of the Student
speak
a t ^ predominantly Black
Government
A ssociation, p re­
institution
of higher learning a
sented a plague making Mr. G reg­
vast a rra y of unfounded and sub­
ory an honorary student of Lang­
ston University; and Melvin Mc­
tle insinuations a ris e .
Clellan presented a plaque for
“ It would seem as long as Greg­
outstanding service in the field
ory appears a t predom inantly
of human relations
from Mr.
White institutions w here h isp h ilGregory’ s fraternity brothers of
osphy might fall on deaf e a rs,
Beta Kappa Chapter of Alpha Phi
he is. not considered a threat to
Alpha Fraternity.
the .establishm ent.
"L angston students have the
right to hear any speaker t h a t ,
any other college students have I
the rig h t to h e a r."
“ The re a l isjsue is; “ Does
Langston U n iv ersity -a predqm inantly Black institution have the
Hie P resident of the Langston
sam e rights with regard to the
.University Student Senate has
freedom
to h ear as do predom in­
taken issue with an Oklahoma City
antly^,
White
institutions without
newspaper a rtic le regarding Dick
being
subjected
to frivolous
G regory’s visit to the campus
unnecessary
questioning.
on Wednesday, Septem ber 18.
“ P erh ap s the fu ro r which has
“ Of the three schools mena
rise
n proves that som e people
•ttpned,
Langston,
Oklahoma
Melvin presents Alpha Phi A^pha Fraternity Plaque to Mr. Gregory.
believe
we don’t,” B rack con­
State, and Oklahoma University,
v
cluded.
Langston was the la s t to se cu re
L'U S J u d e n t
T a k e s Issue
PAGE 3—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE-SEPTEMBER, 196*
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
DATE
TEAM
TIME.
PLACE
Sept. 14 Wiley College
Marshall, Texas
7:30
Sept. 21 Cameron State
Langston
8:00
Sept. 28 Central State
Edmond
8:00
Langston
8:00
Oct. 12 Panhandle
Goodwell
8:00
Oct. 19 Southeastern
Durant
8:00
Oct. 26 Northeastern
Tahlequah
8:00
Nov. 2
Langston
2:00
Oct. 5
East Central
Bishop College
(Homecoming)
Nov. 9
Northwestern
Langston
8:00
Nov. 16 Southwestern
Langston
2:00
Nov. 23 Lincoln
lefferson City, Mo.
2:00
Langston University* s 1968-69
CHEERLEADERS— Left to rig h tLewis C ruel, Linda Henderson,
B essie S taggers, Joyce Brown,
Jam es Jennings, Katawna Reed,
La Shon B lack, M arcia Bennett.
M iss Joycelyn Calhoun, a junior
sociology major from Oklahoma
City, is a student helper in the
Office of Data P rocessin g as
a key punch operator.
B efore coming to Langston,
Joucelyn was employed by the
Liberty National Bank, Oklahoma
City, as a key punch operator.
Earl P erry, D irector of Data
P ro cessin g , said that Joycelyn
w ill certainly be an a ss e t to his
office.
"I am
very happy to
be
em ployed in my p resent position
with such pleasant co-w orkers,*’
was
the
rem ark made by
Joycelyn when she was inter­
view ed. Joycelyn joins Harold
Robinson and M iss M argaret
Tucker who are a lso student
em ployees in Data P ro cessin g .
________
PEP
T
RALLY:
VICTORY
IS
OUR
GOAL!!!
N e v e r a Dull M o m e n t
&
There was never a dull moment
during M rs. Z ella P atterson's
Home Econom ics c la s s e s this
sum m er. Reason for the lively
sessio n s was the enrollm ent of
three young men.
Mrs. Patterson pointed out that
the d iscu ssion s were som etim es
heated b etw ^ n the young ladies
and young m ^ |.
Donald Gibson, a senior who
is majoring in agriculture, is
m arried 41 with one
daughter,
Shirta Don, and he said Home
Economics helped him in a s s is t ­
ing his wife to manage the hom e.
“ Every man should have a Home
Economics
cou rse for home
management and horn im prove­
ment,” Gibson explained. “ You
really need it through life .”
*££ mm » »
[VADERS— Home
E conom ics
a s s e s aren’t the sam e sin ce
iung men started enrolling .
lese two young men explain
Langston coeds the effect of
furniture oil in the different types
of woods. Left to right-C elestine
Randle, Tulsa; Pat Mack, Phoenix
Arizona; Ore M orris, Idabel; Ella
Louise B ow ler, B oley;
Lewis
During one of the cla ss d is ­
cu ssions, M rs. P atterson asked,
“ Hod do you feel about hen­
pecked husbands?”
L ewis A shley, a senior student
from B pley, answ ered, “ He is
one who^washes dishes all the
tim e and jumps up like a Cocker
Spaniel when his wife speaks.”
“ and then she burns two e g g s.”
Jim m y Green, M cA lester, said
a man should know household
equipment and how to take ca re
of it.
He said he didn’t plan
m arriage in the near future but
wanted to know how to take ca r e
of a bachelor apartment and the
Home Econom ics
cou rse was
helpful.
“ A man should know about the
selection of a home and th e brand
of furniture to put in the homej
Green stated. “ B,Qth should have v
a working knowledge of operating
a hom e.”
4.
Ashley said he took the cou rse
because he wanted to know about
the household. He is m ajoring in
Industrial A rts* /M en should take
Home Econom ics becau se it will
be helpful to them ,”
A shley
concluded.
“ This Home E conom ics cou rse
might com e in handv when I
start
jjpusekeeping,” Green
quipped. \
j
M rs. Patterson is p leased be­
cause young men have started
enrolling in Home E conom ics.
Ashley, B oley; Jimmy Green,
M cA lester;
and Mary
Hill,
A shley said a man’ s role was
“ The
hour p a sses rea l fast
Broken Bow.
M rs. Z ella B.
Patterson, Head of Home Eco­ to take ca re of the yard. “ The when the ladies and gentlem en
d iscu ssin g the
type of
nom ics Department is instructor.' wife has many electrica l appli- _start
ances to take care of her house- / -furniture to put into a home»,
hold d u ties,”
Ashley added, M rs. Patterson said sm ilingly.
<\
..
PAGE 4—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE-SEPTEMBER, 1968
Focus On Faculty
Mswsklts
Faculty members receiving ad­
vanced degrees during state
universities' spring and summer
convocations were
guests at
honor.at the annual Faculty
Institute Banquet Honorees in­
cluded: MRS. BEVERLY GAY
BARNES,
MRS. REBECCA
BAUGHMAN, MRS. JO ANN
CLARK, DR. ANNIE L. COLE­
MAN, MRS. ADA LOIS FISHER,
MRS. ELIZABETH KENDALL,
MR. BOBBY DEAN PARKER,
MR. JAMES THOMPSON, MR.
HAROLD TOLIVER,
DR. C.
EPHRAIM WALL.
MRS. ELLA PARKER MORGAN,
Catalog
Librarian, has been
awarded the C ertificate of Merit
for
distinguished- ser v ic e in
librarianship by the Dictionary
of International Biography. She
has been included among the
biographees in the recently pub­
lished edition o f the book.
Clifford D. W allace, Alumni
D irector, and Leo (Speck) Rey­
nolds, A ssistan t Public Relations
D irector, Langstoh u n iversity,
recently attended a two-day news
clin ic in Oklahoma City, spon­
sored. by the newly organized
Oklahoma C ollegiate Public Re­
lations Association.
JOHN SMITH, Instructor of
M usic, was the recipient of two
awards this sum m er. He was
awarded a certificate of recog­
nition for participation the 1968
YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAM­
PAIGN by the
PRESIDENTS
COUNCIL ON YOUTH OPPOR­
TUNITY, Vice President HUBERT
HUMPHREY Chairman. He was
a lso elected to PROFESSIONAL
m em bership in the TUBIST UNI­
VERSAL BROTHERHOOD ASSO­
CIATION by virtue of his position
a s principal tubist in the Okla­
homa City Symphony Orchestra.
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PTA M eets
Langston U niversity's Labora­
tory
School Parent Teacher
A ssociation held its fir st meeting
Septem ber 10. The meeting was
conducted by Mrs. R. Grayson.
Dr. L.C. Stephens, D irector of
the Division of Education and
Supervisor of ihe
Laboratory
S ch ool, introduced the the new
principal, Mr. Joe N. Hornbeak.
O fficers elected for the 196869 school year are: President,
Mr s . R. Grayson, Vice p res ideui,
M rs. D. Northington; Secretary,
Mrs C Scott- T reasurer Mrs a
w n rlrc n r s n N a lr l
Tf U l M l l U p n e i a
For S t u d e n t s
Pe rso nn el
“ Improving the Communicative
P ro cess for Self-Im provement”
was the theme of the Student
A ffairs
Area
Workshop held
August 26 through August 28 in
the Faculty Lounge of the William
H. Hale Student Center,
Father Dan Edwards, Episcopal
P r ie st, will serv e as Chaplain
of Langston Canterbury House.
His scheduled v isits to Canter­
bury House w ill be each Thussday.
Holy Eucharist will be admin­
istered
at 11:30 a.m . each
Sunday at the Langston Holy
F am ily Parish.
P rior to his appointment as
Chaplain to toe
students at
Langston University and Central
State College, he spent four y ea r s
in Poteau, Oklahoma.
Born February 28, 1940, "he
is the youngest of four children
of M r. and M rs. Joe Edwards
of Alva. Father Edwards is a
1957 graduate of Alva
High
School and a 1961 graduate of
Oklahoma University where he
majored in History and minored
in German and Philosophy. In
1964, he graduated from Nashotah House Seminary, Nashotah
W isconsin.
He
was
ordained to toe
Diaconate in Junq, 1964, in Okla­
homa City. His first assignm ent
was St. Barnabas Church, Poteau,
and St. Francis Church, W ilburton.
In Decem ber 1964, he
was ordained to toe Priesthood.
The ordination was a historical
event in that it took place in the
Roman
Catholic
Church in
Poteau.
Teach at Langston
88W ^
D E Gkftoev ’ S l i a m ? n t a ” an
Mrs M Brown
FATHER DAN EDWARDS
New
Instructors
All personnel in the area of
Student Affairs
attended
the
s e ss io n s , according to Ernest
L. Holloway, Dean of Student
A ffairs.
The workshop opened with a
greeting
from Dr. W illiam H.
Hale,
U niversity
President.
Mr. Holloway outlined toe taskv
ahead.
Speakers and topics included:
M iss Gloria D. Prew itt, Co­
ordinator of Out- Of- C lass Ac­
tiv itie s and Mr. L.R. Austin,
Dean of Men “ Role A ctivities”
and Developing Program s within
the R esidence H alls.”
D r. Jno. W. Colem an,University
Chaplain, “ Religion
and the
C ollege Student”
■ M rs. L.M. W allace, Acting Dean
of Women, “ Selection Technique
for Counselors and Staff for the
R esidence H a lls /’
M rs. R.L. Wigley, Assistant
Dean of Women and M rs. F.L.
Horne, D irector of Brown Hall,
“ An Understanding of One’s Role
as an Employee.”
M rs. Audrey Prew itt, Director
of University Women and Mr. B.T.
Morgan, A ssistant Dean of Men,
“ New Innovations in Discipline
Procedures for the Residence
H alls”.
M rs. Mamie Slothower, Di­
rector of Freshm an Development
“ P rofessional E th ics.”
N£ W MSTRUCTOKS (front ro w --left to right): M iss Mary Hardick, M iss Ann Maureen Stuever,
J S l* V& T
T ® I ’
•Ruth Swau?' « rs< Erma J> Hodge’ M rs- Minnie p - Spikes, M rs. Alcie
•’
n r° ^ ): J f i ^ y D n v er> Benme B arnes, Leo Reynolds, L ester Clark, Yohannes W oldermarian
President Hale. Dr. E llis was not'pictured due to the passing of his mother.
Fourteen new instructors have
joined the Langston University
faculty this fall announced P r e sident W illiam H. Hale.
*
New instructors include: Ben­
nie B arnes, instructor, and land­
scape and campus beautification
su pervisor, a graduate of Okla­
homa State; L ester Clark, an
instructor, department o f Eng­
lish , Central State; Jerry D ri­
ver, teaching assistan t, physical
scien ce, Langston UniversityjDr.
Jam es R. E llis , p rofessor, de­
partment of m athem atics and ed­
ucation, Langston U n iv ersity , Uni­
versity of New Mexico, Univer­
sity of Tulsa; M iss Charlotte
Erb, p ro fesso r, Tulsa City Pro­
ject, T itle 1, Mac Murray C ollege,
George Washington U niversity,
University of Wisconsin; M iss
Alcie Hines, instructor, depart­
ment of English and modern
Faculty
Institute
“ Creating an Advanced Learn­
ing Environment” was the theme
for Langston U niversity’s annual
Faculty Institute held September
2 -4 , 1968.
Special consultant for the In­
stitute was D r. D. J. Guzzetta,
new ly-elected president of Mar­
ian College,Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dr. Guzzetta, who served as
Chairman of the North Central
Association Visitation Team, was
retained by the University during
the 1965-66; 1966-67 ;and 1967-68
school term s as consultant on
overall institution organization
and adm inistration. B efore ac­
cepting the p rd uaency of Marian
C ollege, D r. G afzetta was senior
V ice-president and Provost at
toe University o f Akron.
During the two-day meeting
faculty and adm inistrative per­
sonnel w ere engaged in the d is­
cussion of top ics which included
“ Screening students for Entry
into
Teacher Education; The
Faculty and Quality of Instruction
Curriculum for Teacher Edu­
cation; Availability of R esources
o f the University for the Program
Offered.
languages, Spelman C ollege, and
U niversity of Arkansas.
"Other new instructors include;
Leo Dean Reynolds, teachifigrassistan t, and public relations a s­
sistan t, Oklahoma State; M iss
Minie P earl Spikes, teaching as­
sistant, department of health and
physical education, Grambllng
C ollege,
M iss Ann Maureen
Stuever, instructor, department
of a rt, Benedictine Heights Col­
leg e,
Catholic U niversity of
Am erica;
M iss Mary Samuel
Hardick, instructor, department
of English and modern languages;
Benedictine Heights C ollege, Uni­
v er sity of Notre Dame; Mrs.
Ruth E llison Swain, instructor,
department
of so cia l scien ce,
On Tuesday morning at 10 o’­
clock, Dr. W illiam H. Hale, who
is beginning his ninth year as
Langston University’ s President,
delivered the formal opening
statem ents. Dr. Hale challenged
the
faculty on the
subject,
“ Relevance -to'Need.’ ’
He stated, “ Thoughour methods
and approach may differ, the
goals of their (m ilitant black
student movement) reconstruc­
tive movement and the goals of
our reconstructive movement are
the same; nam ely, the achieve­
ment of a
better prepared
citizenry and a m ore responsive
equitable and just social system
within which the p erson alities of
its m em bers might com e to full
flower
unencumbered by toe
arbitrary im pedim ents so dear
to tradition.
“ This has been the cardinal
purpose of this institution since
its establishm ent by L egislative
f c t o n that Friday,M arch 1141897
and a cro ss the 71 plus years since
that tim e we have, with varying
d egrees of su c c e ss, continued
to purpose that goal as it attest­
ed to by our more distinctive
shibboleths such a s “ Education
for Servicq,”
" A Greenhouse
for the Intellectually Undernourish
ed,” and
m ore recently our
“ Creation of a More Advanced
Learning
Environment for the
L ess Advantaged Student”
(Continued on Page 5)
Langston U niversity, Oklahoma
State; Mrs. Erma Jean Hodge,
instructor, department of health
and physical education. P rairie
View A & M
C ollege,
Joe
Nathan Hornbeak, acting princi­
pal and teacher, Langston Uni­
versity
Laboratory
School,
Langston U niversity, and South­
western M issouri State C ollege,
and Yohannes Woldermarian, in­
structor in the m athem atics de­
partment.
•
County OSNA
Group Names t
LU Staffer
M rs. Suzanne Robinson, a reg ­
istered n u rse on the Langston
University Infirm ary staff, is the
new president of the Oklahoma
State N urses Association fo r Lo­
gan County. She was elected p re s ­
ident a fter serving one y e a r as
tre a s u re r.
M rs. Robinson is a graduate
of St. F ran cis School of Nursing
in W ichita, Kan., 1962, and a 1959
graduate of Wichita E ast High
School.
When asked when she became
interested in a nursing c a re e r,
the Langston nurse sm iled, “ As
fa r back a s I can rem em ber, I
always wanted to be a n u rse .”
The new president has a
heavy schedule.
B esides her
duties as n u rse at the infirm ary,
she sees to it that h e r husband,
Leodies makes it to c la ss cm
tim e and also keeps busy caring
for three-year-old B rian.
QUOTES OF NOTE
. . .
Education is toe key to toe future
for every one of our children.
In a world such a s th is, it does
not matter what m aterial goods
we leave our children — but
it is vitally important that we
give them the best education
that is available.
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PAGE 5—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—SEPTEMBER. 1960
Prospective Teachers
Take Exams Nov. 9th
"Faculty Institute”
(Continued from Page 4)
“ Buildings, programs, faculty,
ail exist for tha student, for if
College seniors preparing to
there were no students, there teach school may take the
would be no need for any of the National Teacher Examinations
other elements of participants on any of the four different test
mentioned.
dates announced by the Edu­
“ No where in the entire college cational Testing Service, a non­
community is the community is profit, educational organization
the imperative to make what we which prepares and administers
are doing relevant to the needs this testing program.
New dates for the testing of
of our times more apparent than
prospective
teachers are:
in our relations with students,
whether in or outside the class­ November St 196^ and February!.
The tests will be given at Lang­
room.”
ston University.
Results oftheNationalffeacber
“ Let us continue, but accelerate
our movement toward develop­ Examinations are used by many
ment of a meaniful program. large school districts as one of
Let us recognize the weaknesses several factors in the selection
and inconsistencies in or society of new teachers and by several
and let us bring to bear all of states for certification or licens­
our intelligence and the results ing of teachers. Langston Uni­
of our learnings in the note­ versity also requires all seniors
worthy cause of providing for preparing to teach to take the
our students a program of edu­ examinations. The school system
state
departments of
cation relevant to the needs of and
education which use the exam­
our times.”
ination results are designated in
the Bulletin of Information for
Candidates.
On each full day of testing,
prospective teachers may take
the Common Examinations, which
measure their
professional
preparation and general cultural
background, and a Teaching Area
Examination which measures
mastery o ftta u b ject they expect
to teach.
Prospective teachers should
contact the Career Development
Center for specific advice on
which examinations to take and
on which dates they should
be taken.
Im p ro v e L o t
F o r E v e ry o n e ,
A K A
H e a rs
The Bulletin of Information for
Candidates contains a list of test
centers, and information about
the examinations as well as a
Registration Form. Copies may
be obtained from the Career
Development Center, Office of
Admissions and Records or di­
rectly from National Teacher
Examinations, Box 911, Edu­
cational Testing Service, Prince­
ton, New Jersey 08540.
Faculty Institute
j
T
DR. D. J . GUZZETTA
The In stitu te's special
Consultant.
M rs. William H. Hale presents the Eleanor Roosevelt Out­
standing L eadership Plaque to the Honorable Richard Hatcher,
Mayor of Gary, Indiana, during one of the public m e e tly s of the
National Convention of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
D r. William E. Sims and M rs .'
Mamie Slothower dem onstrate
the use of tapes fo r the new
Learning R esources Center^
D r. Louise Stephens (standing)
inform s Faculty Institute P a r­
ticipants of the next visitation
of NCATE.
«
Negroes in the United States
have a responsibility to help the
nation become what it should be,
Dr. L arzette G. Hale, Suprem e
Basileus of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, told over 1,500 d e l e ­
gates attending the S orority’s
43rd Boule.
The national meeting held in
Dallas convened at the SheratonDallas
Hotel August 11-16.
Founded at Howard U niversity in
Washington, D.C., in 1908, Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority is the oldest
coilegb-based sorority founded
Negro women. It has 320 chapters
listed in alm ost every
state,
Nassau and L iberia and has a
m em bership of ovfer 40,000.
“ No person of color is safe,
until every one has equal oppor­
tunity, and we think we ought (b
approach it by doing som ething
very positive and constructive,”
D r. Hale said.
^ha Kappa Alpha's co n stru caction takes the form of
i prograrn ta rg e ts . D r. Hale
proudest" of the Job C orps
, enter in Cleveland, Ohio, which
serves 325' women. The c e n te r,
for which-the Sorority is p rim e
contractor, has been recognized
nationally fo r its low dropout
rate.
A s e rie s of brochures ob the
Negro, H eritage was D r. H qle's
"oWh; idea, and the f ir s t brochure
qu.4,0 Negro women judges, is
just off the p re s s . It will be
followed by other brochures on
Negro women in politics, m edi­
cine, re s e a rc h and other fields.
The national convention opened
Sunday with a m em orial trib u te
to P resid en t John F. Kennedy a t
the site of his assassin atio n and
an ad d ress by the Honorable
Richard G. H atcher, Mayor of
G ary, Indiana.
Although the S o ro rity 's m em ­
bership is m ade up p rim a rily
of Negro women, it. is
not a
segregated organization. Honor­
a ry m em bership has been ex­
tended to India's M adame Pandit
and the
late
M rs. E leanor
Roosevelt. Fam ed sin g er M arian
Anderson and M rs. M artin L uther
King a re a lso honorary m em bers.
D r. Hale, who will serv e a s
Alpha Kappa Alpha P resid en t
until 1970, is the wife of the
P resid en t W illiam. H. Hale, a
C ertified
Public I Accountant,
D irector of Development and
Public R elations,
and Acting
C hairm an of the B usiness Ad­
m inistration D epartm ent.
L angston's F ir s t Lady is a
m em ber of the famous Langston
U niversity c la ss of *40 and M rs.
Hale lias a lso earned the M a ste r's
and PH.D. degrees from the Uni­
versity of W isconsin.
LOYALTY
If you work l o r a man, in
heaven's namei work fo r him;
speak well of »him and stand by
the institution he re p re s e n ts —
rem em b er—An ounce of loyalty
is worth a pound of clev ern ess.
If you m ust grow l, condemn,*and
eternally find fault, w h jM re sign y o u r position and when you
are pn the outside, danuU q your
h e a rt's content—but a s 'lo n g as
you a re a p a rt of the institu­
tion, do not condemn it...if you
do, the f ir s t high wind that com es
along will blow you away, and
probably, you will never know
why.
—E lbert Hubbard
PAGE 6— THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—SEPTEMBER, 1868
O
R
"BUT
I HAVE
THIS
TO GET
R
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I
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I
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CLASS"
"THERE
WHAT W I L L
"CAN
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YOU ADD
THIS
0>
UP
FOR M E ? "
GO E S MY
LAST
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PAGE 7—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—SEPTEMBER, 1968
TAKING
'SAY MAN, WHAT ARE'YOU
<3
THIS
YEAR?"
"SM ILE"
" NOW WHEN
MAY
I
HAV E
I WAS
SOME MORE
PLEASE?"
SCHOOL"
PUNCH
PAGE 8—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—SEPTEMBER, 1968
S ervice League Holds
27th Annual Event
(Reprinted from the OKLAHOMA
D r. Hale Was most dynamic
EAGLE*s column "Muskogee's in his challenging speech which
Society Whirl" by John Cooper) carried the N egro Heritage point
o f view . O th ers who w ere
equally as challenging w ere
The M uskogee Service L eague's M rs. Sam mye Sadler W alker,
annual event was held August 21, M rs. H arold C lark, Baltim ore;
at the W heatley B ranch L ib rary . G eorge Scott, Lubbock; M rs.
P o rtra its of the following d is­ C lara Scott, Prairie View; M rs.
tinguished
Oklahomans were M ary Reece A nderson, T exas;
revealed:
M rs. Thelm a Parks, O klahom a
D r. lo h n T. City; Allen C ounts, W ashing­
W illiam s, president of M ary­ ton, D.C.; E. W . W arrior, su­
land State College, Ph.D .: D r.
perintendent o f T aft Schools
W illiam B. Scott, the late li­ and Charles A dam s, the b ril­
brary head at Prairie View Col­ liant principal o f M anual. M rs.
Essie G olden Hill took the oath
lege w ith a Ph.D . in the field
for her beautiful sister, D r.
of law :
D r. Paul Stephens,
Larzette
G olden H ale, Langs­
D.D.S.. G ary, Indiana, ow ner
of a lucrative dental clinic: D r.
ton University.
Allen “ Jerry” T h ornton, MD.
Prom inent citizens, “ Men o f
and surgeon. Ecorse, M ichigan the Y ear,” a n d “ D istinguished
and ow ner of a lucrative clinic: W om en,” w ho contributed o n
P.. W . W arrior, superintendent the $200 scholarship o f the M us­
of the T aft C hildrens’ H om e: kogee Service League at its 27th
Ceorge Scott. IT, principal of event, w hich w ill always go to
the 65 faculty high school.-Lub- Langston U n iv ey lty included:
bock, Texas: D r. Larzette G old­ Ed H ighfill, Courtty Assesor;
en H ale. Ph.D . and G ran d Bas- M rs. Essie G olden H ill, M r. and
ilcus of A lpha K appa A lpha M rs. T . R. A nderson, W aco,
Sorority. Inc.; D r. Clinita Arns- Texas; Mrs. H arold C lark, Bal­
by Ford, Ph.D ., head of Food tim ore; Mrs. C lara Scott, Prairie
and N utrition, and U pbound Vi$w; M r. G eorge Scott and
Program at Florida A& M Uni­ w ife Louella, Texas; Linzy W il­
versity; Mrs. G . A. Simm ons, son; D r. C linita A. Ford, Flor­
w ho holds alm ost a doctorate ida A & M ;„ U niversity; M rs.
in the field o f m usic: and Miss Vesta Finch, M r. E ddie W arrior,
Avalon Reece, a m usic m ajor D r. W illiam H ale, C harles
w ith a m asters in physical edu­ A dam s, principal o f M anual;
cation, and will soon h o ld a M r. W arrior, M r. W ilson and
m asters in counseling, and M rs. R uby S tanback, superin­
serves on the M ayor's Commit'
tendents of schools in the state;
M rs. Ethel McPhaul, Alonzo
tee.
M arshall, principal of Wheatley
D r. W illiam H ale A m ong IT*
Grade School; M rs. G.A. Sim­
lustrious G ro u p a t Service m ons, and M rs. Amos Y erger,
League Event
Boynton.
T he M uskogee S e r v i c e
This was the larg e st amount
League’s 27th event was undeni­ ever
netted an annual event.
ably the most challenging in its This organization a s sis ts youth
history as A m erica’s only non­ in many o ther ways in groom ­
profit Negro groom ing organi­ ing them for world leadership.
“ The Negro H eritage" is the
zation o f its ?cind
them e fo r 1967-70.
O ne hundred guests w ere in
Prom inent A m ericans
were in attendance from over attendance including “ Men of
the nation. T his n u m b er in­ the Y ear,” a n d “ Distinguished
cluded the handsom e a n d dy­ W om en,” Mrs. Sammye Sadlet
namic D r. W illiam H . H ale, the W alker, C entral State College,
“ D istinguished W om an.”
progressive president of Langs­
T he 27th event was opened
ton University; the w ife o f the w ith invocation by Miss Saunlate D r. W illiam Scott, Ph.D; dra W hite, a senior at Langston
and son, Prairie V iew , T exas, University. O pening rem arks
George Scott and w ife, L ub­ were m ade by the founder and
bock. T exas: M r. and M rs. Al­ president, John Cooper.
len C ounts, W ashington, D.C.,
and Mrs. C o u n t’s w ealthy par­
ents,
M r. and M rs. H arold
Clark. Baltim ore, M aryland;
Mrs. T helm a P arks, O klahom a
City; M rs. Ruby F ranklin, Port­
land, O regon; M rs. Juanita
W oods, P ortland; lam es C.
Joe S. Johnson, retire d p rin ­
Bell, W ichita, K ansas;*' M rs.
cipal of Booker T. Washington
M ary G ill Boone, K ansas City,
High School fo r 23 y e a rs, died
Mo.; M rs. Jacquelyn W illiam s, August 1, at the Masonic Hos­
W ichita, K ans.; M rs. Paul W il­ p ital in Cushing.
liams, W ichita; M rs. A m os YerM r. Johnson was born in
ger, Boynton; M r. and M rs. An­
derson, W aco, Texas; Ed High- B ryant, Texas but came to B rooks,
fill, C ounty Assessor, w as num ­ ville, Oklahoma as a sm all child.
bered am ong the platform
His high school and under g rad ­
guests; T . B. Lockridge, Boyn­ uate education was received at
Langston U niversity ea'i'Mmg the
ton, O kla.; and m any T a ft citiB.S. degree in
1928 apd the
T h e Sw earing In Cerem ony
M asters degree from Grefeley
was led by die president. T hose State College, G reeley, Colorado.
sw orn in w ere D r. W illiam H .
A 32nd degree Mason, M r.
H ale, Langston Univeirsity, M rs.
Juanita Starks, h ead o f M an­ Johnson was a m em ber of the
Mt. Olive B aptist Church and the
u a l’s English D epartm ent; M rs.
Alpha Phi Alpha F ratern ity , Inc.
Sam S adler o f E lliott’s D ep art­ During his extraordinary c a re e r
m ent Store; M rs. M. C. G ordon,
M r. Johnson
Just H a t Com pany; M rs. V esta as an educator,
Finch, social w orker. D r. H ale served as P re sid e n t of OANT,
Langston
U niversity
Alumni
held the cu p of allegiance du r­
Association and Oklahoma In ter­
ing the cerem ony. O thers w ho scholastic Athletic A ssociation.
were sw orn in w ere G eorge
He is survived by a w ife,'
Scott, I I I ; M rs. W illiam Scott, G retchen of Cushing, a son, Joe
w ho represented h e r late hus­ Louis of W ashington, D.C., and
two grandchildren.
band.
In Memoriam
LU Holds McLaurin Services
Bowing M em orial S ervices fo r the late G.W. M cLaurin, p a r­
ticipants in the cerem ony pose fo r p icture (left to right): D r. Dunbar
M cLaurin, M rs. Ada Lois Sipuel F ish e r, P re sid e n t Hale; and
M r. J.C . M cLaurin.
M em orial se rv ic e s f o r George
Washington M cLaurin, fo rm e r
Langston U niversity p ro fesso r,
w ere conducted by die faculty
and students Friday in I. W.
Young Auditorium a t the uni­
v e rsity . M cLaurin played an im ­
p ortant h isto ric ro le ln desegre­
gation In Oklahoma.
He w as the f ir s t Negro to a t­
tend the U niversity of Oklahoma,
being adm itted in 1948. He en­
ro lled a t Oklahoma U niversity
to w ork on h is doctorate de­
g ree a fte r re tirin g from the
Langston faculty.
The s e rv ic e s included an
eulogy, delivered by M rs. Ada
M cLaurin died Septem ber 4 In Lois Sipuel F ish e r, a s sis ta n tp ro L os A ngeles a t die agp pf 81. fe s s o r of so cial science; a sta te ­
m ent by D r. W illiam H. Hale,
university president; and se le c ­
tions by the university choir,
d irected by W illiam G arcia.
ro
M rs. F ish er was die firstN e g to enroll a t die Oklahoma
U niversity Law School in 1948.
The s e t vices w ere attended by
two of M cL aurin's so n s, D r.
Dunbar
M cLaurin, New Y ork
City, and J . C . M cLaurin of L os
A ngeles.
Mason no Direct Upw ard Bound at OBU
. £*
-
s '
Born in Honey Grove, Texas,:
Mason is also a I R n b e r of
Mason attended schools in B a ris , Oklahoma City’s Human R elaT exas, and Beggs, Okla, b efo re tio n s Com m ission, Kappa Alpha
entering Langston in 1940. From P s i Social fratern ity , the A m eri1943-45 he served in the A rm y, can P ersonnel and Guidance A sand in 1946 he returned to Lang- sociation, South W est Placem ent
ston.
A ssociation, National A ssociaAt Langston, Mason was an
outstanding football andbaskfetball p lay e r. He ^ as^ n am ed an
a ll-A m eric a n linefnuC-'in 1943
by the N egro Intercollegiate Ath­
letic A ssociation.
F rom 1947-61, Mason taught in
secondary schools in A rcadia,
P e rry , and Oklahoma City. F ro m
1962-65 he taught psychology and
education and was D irecto r of
W alter 6 ; Mason, J r ., d ire c ­ Placem ent a t Langston. While
to r of Oklahoma City’s Commun­
ity Action P ro g ram , will becom e teaching a t Langston he a lso d i­
Oklahoma B aptist U niversity’s rected the firs t sum m er
firs t Negro faculty m em ber th is tute fo r secondary te a c h e rs on
fall.
desegregation of public schools.
Mason will direct OBU’s Up­ He a lso developed Langston’s
ward Bound P rogram and se rv e firs t Head Start P rogram , and
a s an a sso c ia te p ro fesso r of edu­ directed the firs t su rtm e r in­
cation, effective Sept. 1.
stitu te for secondary te a c h e rs on
He h as been executive d ire c ­ desegregation of public schools.
to r of the Community Action P ro ­ He a lso
develped Langston’s
gram of Oklahoma City and Court, f ir s t Head Start P ro g ram , and
Inc., since 1965 Under his su p er­ d irected a pro ject which w as a
vision a r e 36 different p ro ­ foreru n n er of the national Upward
gram units and nearly 400 p e r ­ Bound P ro g ram .
sonnel.
Mason h a s the bachelor of sc i­
ence degree from Langston Uni­
E a rlie r th is month in New
v e rsity and the m aster of sc i­
O
rleans,
Mason was elected
ence
degree from Oklahoma
chairm
an
o
f a National Steering
State U niversity. He has also
completed course work for the Com m ittee for OEO and o ther
d octorate in education a t OSU. G overnm ental Agencies.
tion for Community Developm ent
and Phi D elta Kajppa a p ro fe ssional fratern ity for educators.
a-
Mason, a B aptist deacon for 20
y e a rs , is cu rrently chairm an of
deacons and a Sunday School
T each er a t Fhith M emorial Bap­
tis t Churcti of Oklahoma City.
He has been a lay speaker in
m any churches.
He and h is wife, Minne, have
th re e children; W alter O. HI,
23; Sylvia, 20; and Rhoderick,
The Upward Bound P rogram
which Mason will d ire c t is in
its th ird y e a r on the OBU cam ­
p u s Upward Bound is a p re ­
college p rogram funded by the Of­
fice of Economic Opportunity for
high school students from low
incom e fam ilies.
D r. Grad^ C. Cothen, OBU
p resid en t said, "A t a tim e when
re la tio n s between ra c e s in Am­
e ric a a re strain ed , it Is m ost
ap p ro p riate for a C hristian col­
lege such a s OBU to bring onto
i ts faculty a man like M r. Ma­
son, who is amply qualified in
education, experience, and spi­
ritu a l m aturity. '
PAGE 9—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—SEPTEMBER 1968
1
MRS. JOHNNIE WARD, *56,
who was coordinator of a sum m er
dem onstration program a t Fox.
The program was an experim ent
to find m ore effective ways of
teaching in an integrated c la s s ­
room . The program also ex­
amined techniques of integrating
teaching m ate ria l. Field trip s
supplemented a re a s of science,
a rts and c ra fts, dram a i music
and E i^ lish . M rs. Ward is an
elem entary teach er a t W estern
Village School in Oklahoma City.
MRS. FREDDIE CUDJOE, »49,
who was appointed a s one of the
firs t th re e advisory specialist
for students entering Oklahoma
City* s combined junior and senior
high schools. M rs. Cudjoe will
work with paren ts, tea c h e rs, and
student groups in the C entralHarding junior high a re a s to
c re a te
g re a te r
in te r-ra c ia l
understanding as p a rt of the in­
tegrated speed-up by the city
school system .
Emery H. Jennings and President Hale display Stadium Cushion
made available to the U niversity by the Kerr McGee Corporation.
Mr. Jennings, a Langston University graduate, is employed by the
Kermac Corporation as D irector of Special Markets in Branded
Petroleum Marketing. The cushions can be purchased for $1.00 each
Alumni Association Launches
1,000 Membership Drive"
KUDOS
T O ...
MR. MICHAEL JACKSON, *68,
an Electronic s -te c hnology m ajo r,
who has been employed by W est­
e rn E lectric Company of Okla­
homa City a s an Engineering
A ssociate in Relay Assem bly
Engineering D epartm ent.
MR. WILBERT A. GARRETT,
'66, who is employed by the
Frankford A rsenal, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, a s a R eliability
Consultant and Advisor of P ro ­
pellant Activity D evices. M r.
G a rre tt is a lso enrolled in the
night course M a ste r's degree
program in Engineering Manage­
m ent a t D rexel Institute of
Technology.
MRS. JULIA REED HARE,‘55,
who is the new D irector of Edu­
cation at the Oakland California
Museum. She w ill work with bay
area schools in
making the
museum
a vital part of the
community.
MRS. BLANCHE McCUTHEON
widow of form er President of
Langston U niversity, Dr. I. B.
McCutheon, who was crowned
p rin cess of the Oklahoma State
MRS. MYRTLE OLLISON, who
Federation of Colored Women’ s
Clubs at the state meeting held was elected P resident of the
at the University June 23-26. National Federation of Colored
Women’s Clubs at the National
Convention held in Chicago this
sum m er.
MRS. MOZELLE DREW LEWIS,
'55, who received the M aster of
Science degree from Oklahoma
State University during sum m er
convocation
e x e r c ise s.
M rs.
Lewis is a
teacher
at the
Eisenhower Elementary School,
Tulsa.
Liberian Teacher
Sets School Tour
At Guthrie, LU
MISS RUTH V. TEAGUE, *68,
a m athem atics m ajor who has
been employed a s a com puter
program m er a t F o rt Sill.
MR. JOHNSON E. LEE, '46,
who was named to the principalship of
Carver Junior
High
School, T ulsa. Mr. Lee entered
the T ulsa system in 1953 as a
teacher at South Haven E lem en­
tary School. He has a lso taught
at Bunche and Carve^,
Emmanuel W. Johnson, Super*
intendent of Schools, Monrovia,
Liberia, will visit Oklahoma Oc­
tober 21-25.
Hie purpose of Johnson's visit
will be to Observe the adminis­
tration of the Guthrie and Musko­
gee school systems with ref­
erence to new schools, staffing;
budgeting
and problems in
districting and consolidation, in
addition, he will be interested in
vocational education, work exper­
ience programs and adult edu­
cation. Langston University is
also Included on his itinerary.
A native of Fishtown, Liberia,
Johnson received the B.S. degree
in elementary education from
Langston in 1958 and tee M.S.
in education administration from
Roosevelt College in 1959.
As superintendent of tee newly
organized consolidated school
system of Monrovia, J (Anson
serves a s top administrator over
tee principals of tee Jamaica
Road Elementary School, tee Bassa
Community Elementary
School and tee Government Jun­
ior-Senior High School in Sinkor, which includes 530 teachers
and over 17,000 students.
Before accepting tee superin­
tendency in December 1967, John­
son was principal of tee B. W.
Harris Episcopal School which
served elementary, junior and
senior high school students.
&
Langston U niversity Alumni
A ssociation held Board of Di­
rectors Meeting in the Faculty
Lounge of the W illiam H. Hale
Student Union Saturday, Septem­
ber 21, 1968.
A major item on the Board's
agendcr w as plans for launching
the 1968-69 M embership Drive.
Jam es Roy Johnson, President
of the Langston U niversity Alum*^
ni
A ssociation,
announced a
m embership goal'of 1,000 financiaT m em bers t y October 30,
1968.
E ligibility for m em bership in
the A ssociation is open to: (1)
Any graduate or form er student
of the University who p o s s e s s e s
credit earned in residence; (2)
any person recommended by a
local unit wlib- has connection
with or in terest in the Univer­
sity may becom e an a ssociate
member.
Membership dues ($5.00) qpay
be paid through your local mem­
bership chairman or you may
m ail your dues directly to Clif­
ford D. W allace, Acting Executive
Secretary, Langston U niversity,
Langston, Oklahoma, 73050.
f
Participation in som e of the
a ctivities
scheduled
for the
Homecoming week-end (Novem­
ber 1 -2 , 1968) will require a
1968-69 Membership Card—Sen­
ate Meeting, B reakfast and Dance
C lass Reunions (08*s).
L ater in the year, a State
Dance w ill be held for financial
m em bers of the Langston Uni­
versity Alumni A ssociation.
“ Show your support for Langs­
ton U n iversity,” states Mr. John­
son, by becom ing an active m em ­
ber of the A ssociation .”
V o te fo r'
O h is I R e l ie v e , ~
I believe in teachers as persons worthy of the love
.and trust of their pupils, the respect and coopera­
tion of parents, and tha acceptance of the community
as professionals
of status and value.
h*
I believe ;ft the teaching profession as prior in the
scale of contributions to community life.
S o ld ie r O f
The Month
1 believe that methbersof the teaching profession are
entitled to the rights, responsibilities, anc ’•ewards
commensurate with the priority of their servxct-s.
1 believe in the youth of America as a new gt. ..- liion
dedicated to the building of a better world.
L eo Jackson J r ., was promoted
to Army sp ecia list four Septem­
ber 3 while assigned to
the
32d A rtillery in Vietnam.
S pecialist Jackson is a 1960
graduate of Booker T. Washing­
ton High School, Tulsa and a
1965. Langston University grad­
uate
with a B.S.
d egree in
Elem entary Education.
Jackson’s parents, Mr. a id M rs.
Leo Jackson Sr., resid e at 2419
North Quaker Street, Tulsa .
Specialist Jackson is a senior
information
sp ecialist in the
Headquarters
Battery of the
a r tille r y 's 2d Battalion near Tay
Ninh, Viet nam. He entered the
Army in Septem ber 1967, com ­
pleted basic training at Ft. Polk,
Louisiana and was last stationed
at Ft. S ill, before arriving over­
se a s in March 1968.
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C a n d i d a t e f o r V IC E P R E S ID E N T
O k l a h o m a E d u c a tio n A s s o c ia tio n
Aca de m ic Prepaation:
Graduate
A.B. Degree
M.A.. Degree
' Graduate Study
Ed.D. Degree
—L'Ouverture High School
— University of Kansas
— University of Chicago
—University of Syracuse
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Professional E x p e r i e n c e :
,
/ V
Elementary and Secondary Teacher — L'Ouverture School
Principal —L'Ouverture Schooi
Honors-.
Alpha Kappa Delta — National Honorary Sociological Society
appa Delta Pi — National Honorary Educational Society
.
DeitaVSigma Theta, Wewoka Alumnae Chapter — National Service Souths
Who's Who of American Women
Oklahoma State Pederation of C. W^t'Wdmah'of the Vcaf T9oC\
D.A.R. Award for Historical Research
v--Tees a n d Services:
— ,----
I
___Sut*day School Superintendent and Trustee — Ward ChnpcjyA. M. E. Church
President — Oklahoma State PiYdei'ation ..f C.W.C.
s)
Vice President — McAlester Community Concert Association
Board of Directors — McAlester United"*Fund
•tBoard of Directors — Pittsburg County American Red Cress
Educational Committee — McAlester Model Ci.les Agency
Member — McAlister Human Relations Council
•Member —Oklahoma Human Rights Commission
Board of Directors'*- Langston University Development Foundation
Former President —OiHahoma Association of Negro Teachers
Life Member - National Education Association
Member —Oklahoma Education Association
PAGE 10—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—SEPTEMBER, 1968
Crisp Starts 11th Y e a r
As Lions FootballBoss
Coach T.M . (T ijn ) C risp is
startin g his 11th
season as
H eadm aster of the Lions. The
veteran m entor forecasts , “ The
Lions will be a strong contender
fo r
the conference title th is
season if the pieces fall in p la c a ’ ‘
The Lions carved out a 6-2-1
reco rd last y ear and finished
th ird in the conference. This was
the best m ark since the 1961
Co-Champion Lions whacked out
an 8-1 reco rd .
C ris p 's a ssista n ts this year
include Raymond Johnson, Nat
Watson and
Glenn
Gibson.
B ern ard C row ell A ssistant Foot­
b all Coach last y ear, will pass
up coaching th is season to work
on his doctoral degree. How­
e v e r, he will continue as Head
Trank and Basketball Coach.
Langston should have an ex­
plosive punch with th ree regulars
returning in the backfield. Senior several team s capable of pocket­
quarterback Connie Sledge 170 ing the league m arbles.
Oklahoma City, will be barking
Returning letterm en include:
signals. Sledge fired 14 touch­ TACKLES—J e r r y Beckham, 19(1
down p asses last y ear and his 6-2, senior, Idabel; L a rry Mc­
Number 1 re c e iv e r is back, Gee, 230, junior, Lawton; Ronald
sophomore Nathaniel Fowler, 175; P endarvis, 220, junior, Oklahoma
end from Oklahoma City. He City; June Roy Spivey, 215,
Oklahoma City;
caught 40 p a sse s last season for sophomore,
820 yards and eight touchdowns. C harles Lowery, 206; sophomore,
Isaac Monts, 160, senior half­ Ardm ore; G regory Smith, 220,
back from Lawton, has earned senior, D etroit, Michigan.
three le tte rs in football and will ENDS—Le Veil H ill, 180, junior,
be a m ainstay on this year’s team . Broken Bow; L a rry Rayes, 195,
Odell Lawson, 195-pound junior senior, Chickasha; Nathaniel
Fow ler, 175, sophomore, Okla­
fullback from Ponca City, gives
homa City.
the Lions that e x tra power. He GUARDS*-Roger. Holmes, 192,
was number 3 sc o re r last year senior, Broken Bow; Jam es Swini
with seven touchdowns.
190, senior, D etroit, Michigan;
Coach C risp has 25 letterm en Joe Wilson, 190, senior, M emphis
for the '68 campaign, with seven
Tennessee.
s ta r te r s returning on the de­
fensive unit and seven on u e
offensive team .
C risp and his staff a re con­
cerned about the defensive unit.
The coach is counting on le tte r­
men to fill gaps left by the
graduation of such standouts as
Billy (Big Mo) Mosley. Also lost
was Eugene Howard who paced
the Lions in scoring with 54
points.
The Langston football boss said
Wiley College struck for two
he is solid a t the end slots on
touchdowns
in the final quarter
offense with Levell Hill, 201,
at
Marshall,
Texas, Saturday
Broken Bow junior, and Fowler
returning. He said this,the firs t night for a come-from-behind,
y e a r he has had two veteran 20-10 victory, over Langston Uni-
C E N T E R - C harles W est, 201,
senior, Lawton.
QUARTERBACK—Connie Sledge;
170, senior, Oklahoma City.
HALFBACKS—Lewis Everly, 185
sophom ore,
‘Oklahoma City;
Eugene Atkins, 150, sophomore,
Oklahoma City; Isaac Monts, 160,
senior, Lawton; Kenneth Rowland
185, junior, Oklahoma
City;
Kennard
Jones, 203, junior,
Oklahoma City; Mike L uster,
152, junior, Ardm ore; Wesley
Bennett; 16(1 sophomore; G uthrie.
FULLBACKS— Odell Lawson,
195, junior, Ponca City; Leodis
Robinson, 215, junior, Langston.
LINEBACKERS- Jim m ie Jones,
175, senior, Lawton;
George
Dedrick,
185, junior, Okla­
homa City.
Lions Defeated
In Grid Opener
flankers to start the season.
Adding lu ster to the offensive
unit are Charles W est, 210,
sen ior center, Gregory Smith,
222, senior tackle, and three
lei. tor (nan veteran , Jerry Beck­
ham, 220-pound senior tackle.
Headlining the infantry troops
(the boys who dig in to stop the
enemy) are defensive standouts
Larry R ayes, 201, senior end;
Larry McGee, 235, junior tackle;
Roland Pendarvis, 230, junior
tackle j
George Dedrick, 185,
junior linebacker, Kennard Jone^
203, junior
halfback; Eugene
Atkins, 163, sophomore back;
and Jim m ie Jones, 185, senior
linebacker.
Langston was the number 1
offensive team in the Oklahoma
Collegiate Athletic Conference
la st season and Coach Crisp
hopes his offense je lls early
and the Lions w ill repeat.
Coach Crisp said the conference
should be a wide open race with
ibmibm
t.
"r
\
£
BOOMING PUNT--M ike L uster, 165 -pound halback from Ard­
m ore, handles the punting assignm ent for the Langston Lions
this season .
Luster has kept the enemy pinned deep with his
booming punts. ~
C
e
n
t
r
a
l
S
t
Quarterback Connie Sledge fired three touch­
down passes but it ,Wasn't good enough to upset
favored
Central State at Edmdnd Saturday
night and the Bronchos rode off with a 30-19\
conference triumph before 8,000 fans.
CSC took the opening kickoff and moved 95
yards .in eight plays for a TD. A 67-yard dash
by quarterback Phil Thompson set up the score
on the Langston one. Thompson was' hauled down
from behind by Guthrie’s Wesley Bennett.
Terry Bryant punched'over for the first of his/
three touchdowns and Pjul Hilgendorf added th?
extra point with 11:23 remaining in tl>e first
stanza.
•
The Lions shaved the lead to 6-7 the second
time they got their mitts on the ball. The Bron-j^"
chos intercepted a pass on the CSC 1 and after
two plays the Bronchos punted out to the 38.
Sledge whipped a pass to Nathaniel Fowler, soph­
omore end, who was open ln the end zone.
The extra point try was blocked and Langston
trailed one point with 7:44 left in the period.
Central ran the count to 14-6 early in the second
quarter when a Broncho returned Mike Luster's
a
t
e
N
i
p
on 3 of 7 passes-they made up
for it on the ground. Wiley
churned for 227 infantry yards.
The game was marred by pen­
alities. The Lions were fined
10 times for 80 yards and Wiley
13 times for 113 lengths.
versify.
Langston moved into a 10-7
lead in the third q u arter when
Ja m e s Swint sp lit -the uprights
with a 25-yard field goal.
The Wildcats moved 65 yards
ii} nine plays for the go-ahead
touchdown on a six-yard dash
by Loyd Owens. The extra point
try was wide and the Lions were
behind, 13-10.
Wiley added an insurance
touchdown when
the Lions
fumbled on their own 20. Q uarter­
back J. W. Watkins left six Lions
‘•grounded” on a 20-yard touch­
down gallop. The kick was good
for a 20-10 lead with 13:55 re ­
maining in the fourth period.
The Wildcats kept the p re ssu re
on the Lions’ number one gunned, "
quarterback Connie Sledge and
the closest LU got to the Wiley
goal in the rem ainder of the game
was the 36.
Langston
Wiley
s
s
46 yard punt 50 yards to the Lion one. Bryant
plunged over for the TD and the- extra point
made the count 14-6 with 14:55 left in die half.
The Lions came right back with a sensational
touchdown pass play-Sledge to Fowler- to trim
the margin to 1244. Fowler made a sensational
catch of Sledge’s 38-yard toss in the end zone.
Central struck for a field goal in the last
play of the half. Hilgendorf booted a 25-yard
three-pointer on the last play of die half for a
17-12 count.
The Bronchos added two touchdowns in the third
quarter fop 'a 30-12 cushion, but the Lions were
a long way from dead. CSC's Bryant added
his third TD with a 19-yard sprint, and Thomp­
son hit Bill Brooks with a 11-yard pass for die
final score.
The Lion troops rallied and shaved the lead
to 19-30 when Sledge tossed a pass to end Le,,Veir Hill. The Junior from Broken Bow squirted
out of the arms of a Broncho on the 30 and darted
down the sidelines to score on die 87-yard pass
play.
*
Langston threatened with seven minutes left,
moving to the CSC 20 but the drive was halted
and the Bronchos controlled the game die rest
L
a
n
g
The
Lions
will entertain
Cameron College 8 p.m. Saturday
at Anderson Field before open­
ing the Collegiate Conference
schedule against Central State
College, at Edmond on Sept. 28.
STATISTICS
LU
F ir s t downs
10
Y ards rushing
11
Y ards p a s s i i ^
206
P a s s e s completed 17-39
P a s s e s intercepted
1
Punts
6-37
2
Fum bles lost
80
Y ards penalized
Wiley
9
227
11
12-33
2
113
SCORE BY &UARTERS
t
0
0
o
7 3
7 0
0 -1 0
1 3 -2 0
n
cf the way.
Bryant was the top ground gainer of the evening
with 128 yards on 23 carries.
Sledge completed nine of 15 passes die first
half but hit only 4 of 17 die final quarter. The
senior hurler completed 13 of 32 for 302 yards.
Hill caught 3 for 122 yards and Fowler grabbed
three for 98.
; Fowler lamed an ankle early in the third
'period and remained on die sidelines until midway
in die fourth quarter.
Fullback Odell Lawson topped the Langston
rushers with 37 yards on 19 carries, and Fresh­
man fullback Robert Owens ripped off 30 lengths
in 7 efforts. Owens had a 55 yard run wiped out
by a penalty.
First downs
Rushing yardage
Passing Yardage
Passes
Punts
•'i
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
Langston
Central
22
16
243
71
297
127
12-21
13-32
1
3
6-33
7-37
0
0
110
96
PAGE 11—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—SEPTEMBER, 1968
TIGER HUNTERS—L a rry Rayes, 204-pound sen io r end from Chickasha and C arl Vinci, 215
pound junior guard from S tillw ater, hold a pow-wow on how they will stop the E ast C entral Col­
lege T igers when they collide with Langston on October 5.
‘\t
|
•'
Lions Maul
Cameron, 27-12
Sophomore defender Eugene
Atkins d elivered the death blow
to any hopes Cameron might have
had about winning the old ball
gam e. He hauled in a batted
Cameron p a ss on the Aggie 35
and rocketed through the de­
fenders for the pay-off counter
to pump the sc o r e to 27-12 in
the fourth period. Jam es Swint
kicked h is third extra point.
(Langston b urst into a 13-0
lead in the opening half and
looked for awhile it would blow
the A ggies out o f the tub. Cameron
came back vyith two TD's to shave
the lead to 13-12 at interm ission .
otaroh nut o f thn Uawtnn vio itn rc
Fullback Odell Lawson put the
Quarterback Connie S le d g e, Lions on the scoreboard when he
unlimbered his pitching arm on smashed over from the one to
the Cameron 18 and to ssed a cap a 45-yard drive in 13 plays
strike
to
sophomore
end with 3:21 remaining in the open­
Nathaniel Fow ler. Fow ler squirm* ing period. Swint booted the extra
ed out of the arm s of the Aggies point but the Lions were fined 15
on the 35, shifted into high gear yards with a’ personal foul and
and motored down the w est side­ the second effort for the onelines for the six-pointer with pointer was short.
Jim m ie Jones set up the second
two A ggies in hot pursuit. «
The L ions swatted Cameron
College off the Anderson Stadium
turf Saturday night
, 27-12,
before 3,500 cheering sp ectators.
A mighty goallin e stand by the
Lion defense proved the turning
point in the non-conference con­
te st. The Lions held a shaky
13-12 lead in the third period
when an Aggie smothered a Lion
fumble on the 10. Langston's
bristling forward wall threw the
Aggies back four tim es $pd took
over on the six . Cameron was
on the two on fourth down but
a
Lion sm eared a Cameron
back on the six to take the
Langston sco r e when he speare
a Cameron p ass and the Lions
took over on the Aggie
29.
Kenneth Rowland punched out 11
yards of the real esta te and a
15 yard penalty against the Aggies
aided the d rive. Sledge sneaked
over from the one with 14:55
left in the half.
Cameron scored when a Lang­
stoh back muffed a punt and the
Aggies recoverecbon the 10. Jim
Calip punched over from the one
for a 13-6 count. A key play
was on fourth and eighth and
Langston was called for p ass
interference to make it fir s t and
goal on the two.
The A ggies caught the Langston
secondary napping and Quarter­
back Jam es Colbert fired a 62
yard
touchdown p a ss to end
Ed M arshall.
LU Third
Langston
U niversity has
carved a 36-27^ record during
its 10 years in the Oklahoma
C ollegiate Athletic Conference
and the Lions rank third in the
won and lo s s column.
;
E ast Central is in the Number 1
position with a 4 7 -1 6 -3 reading
and Central State is
second
with a 42-22-3 mark.
Langston entered the circuit
in 1958— the year T.M. (Tim)
Crisp took over the coaching
duties at the U niversity.
The 1 0 -y ea r conference wonlo ss records include:
JERRY BECKHAM, 225-pound tackle from Oklahoma C ity, pauses
during a p ractice session. Beckham and h is Langston Univer­
sity team m ates p rep a re fo r the invasion of the rugged E ast
Central T ig ers at 8 p.m . Saturday, O ctober 5, in Anderson
Stadium.
OCAC P re x y
-<—r
Coach T.M. (Tim ) C risp w as
elected president o f the Okla­
homa Collegiate Athletic Con­
ference Coaches at a Conven­
tion in Tulsa th is sum m er.
The Langston Football Coach
and Athletic D irector su cceed s
Jim Stroup, B asketball Coach
at Phillips U niversity.
Crisp is
starting his 11th
season as coach at the U n iv ersity
He is a 1931 graduate of L ang-4
ston University and was named
All-Am erican quarterback th ree
straight y ea rs.
*''*
Following graduation, he was
named Head Football Coach at
Ardmore D ouglass.
His la st
Douglass football team won the
State C lass B Football Champion­
ship in 1957.
He took over the coaching rein s
at Langston in 1958 when the
Lions entered the C ollegiate Con­
ference. Langston tied fo f third
place the fir s t year and then
authored conference champion­
ships in 1959 and 1960, and shared
the title with Central State in 196L
Crisp’s coaching
record at
Langston is 5 0 -3 6 -4 . The Lions
have chipped out a 3 6 - 27-^ reco rd
in the conference during the past
10 yea rs under Coach C risp.
Only E ast Central (4 7 -1 6 -3 ) and
Central State (4 2 -2 2 -3 )
have
better
league
m arks
than
Langston.
SPO RT
L IO N S
T.M. C r is p y
NO TES ABOUT
Team
LANGSTON ENDS— L eVell H ill,
left, and Nathaniel Fow ler hold
down end positions for the Lang- I
ston L ions. H ill, 6 -0 , is a 215pound junior from Broken Bow.
Fow ler,
6 -2 , is a 190-pound
sophomore from Oklahoma City.
Fow ler
topped the Oklahoma
Collegiate Athletic Conference
la st sea son in pass receivin g
with 40 catches for 820 yard s
and eight touchdowns L a n g sto n 's
next home gam e is with E ast
Central, 8 p.m . October 5.
V
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wm
.....
E ast Central 47 16 3
Three formEjJfcangston Uni­
Central State 42 22 3
versity
Lions a f^ ^ a y in g with the
Langston
36 27 4
Oklahoma
City Plainsm en. They
N ortheastern 34 31 1
include
Charles Sledge, Roy
Southwestern 27 39 1
Thurston and C arlB urdex. Sledge
Northw estern 21 43 3
sprinted 97 yards with a kickoff
Southeastern 20 42 4
for
a touchdown in the opening
•Panhandle
19 25 3
•Entered conference in 1961 r- game with Alabama at H untsville.
Thurston is playing center and
Did not play Northeastern and
Burdex
is tight end. Sledge is
Southeastern fir st year in con­
employed at Tinker Field and
feren ce.
Thurston is teaching school in
During the past 10 years Lang­
the
Oklahoma Ci^y system .
ston has won the conference title
tw ice, tied for the league cham­
pionship once, finished third, tied
for third, was fourth, fifth, and
sixth, and tied for seventh tw ice.
Joe W ilson, sen ior letterm an
from M emphis, T en n essee, is
picking up a degree next spring
in sociology. His plahs right now
are to pick up a m a ster’s and
then join a private firm .
Don L ee Smith, who sparked
the Lions to two conference and
one co-cham p title s in 1959-61 is
A ssistan t Coach at Okmulgee and
Head Coach is Paul Reagor,
another Langston graduate.
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PAGE 12—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—SEPTEMBER, 1968
HOUSING
IAMES R. JOHNSON, President
Langston University Alumni Association
BALLOT SUP
We regret that we will not be able to house
Dear Alumni, Former Students, and Friends:
Greetings from your president. Our sincere
wish is that your summer has been both pro­
fitable and enjoyable—and may you have many
more.
The time has arrived for our annual member­
ship drive. And, speaking of time, how it does
fly. I know that each of you are eager to con­
tinue your active membership in your associa­
tion. A broken chain is hard to mend, so please
renew your membership.
To fhoso of you who wore not active in Ihe
past this is a call for your active participation
in your Alumni Association. Wo would appre­
ciate your joining during this our 1960 member­
ship drive.
Homecoming has been set for November 2.
1968. You will need a 1968-89 membership
card for active participation in the Homecoming
activities.
Dues ($5.00) may be paid through your local
membership chairman or you may mail your
dues directly to Clifford D. Wallace, Acting
E xecutive S ecretary, Langston U niversity.
Langston, Oklahoma, 73050.
Yours for a better L.U.,
ARTICLE ID
OFFICERS AMD ADMINISTRATION
any of our Homocoming guests on campus thisyear. However, you may obtain accommoda­
tions at the following motels and hotels in
Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Town House Motel—Telephone BU 2-2200
Section 1. The elected officers of the Assoc­
iation shall be President, V ice-President,
Secretary, and Treasurer. Each of these officers
shall serve a term of Iwo years without the
riRht of immediate succession to the office
held, except the secretary and treasurer who
may succeed themselves one additional term.
Section 2. There shall be a Board of Directors
composed of all elected officers; the Executive
Secretary, and six members whose terms of
office shall he three-years. Two of these Board
Members shall be elected for three-tear terms
at the 1966 annual meeting of the Association
and two each shall be elected for three-year
terms at each annual meeting thereafter.
Single Rooms, one bod —$ 6.00/person (1)
$ 8.00 for two
$10.00 for two
$11.00 for three
$12.00 for four
PRESENT OFFICERS
Arrow M o tel—Telephone BU 2-3663
One double bed
P R E SID E N T
$ 5.00/person(1)
lames R. Johnson
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$ 7.00 for two
James Roy Johnson
Double beds (2)
V IC E P R E SID E N T
$ 9.00 for two
Q. T. Williams
$10.00 for three or
SE C R E T A R Y
four
CLIFFORD
WALLACE, A cting Executive
Secretary, Langston University Alumni'^
Association.
Gloria D. Prewitt
T R EA SU R E R
lo n e H o tel—T elephone BU 2-3355
This year something new has been added.
Alumni Headquarters will be located in the
Former Residence of the President. The doors
will be open Friday, November 1 at 6 p.m.
through Saturday, November 2 at 6 p.m. Sand­
wiches and coffee will be served throughout
the night.
Pay your membership fees ($5.00) now so
that you can enjoy this privilege along with
other alumni.
Don’t forget to tell your classmates that
class reunion’s are "what’s happening".
H. T. King
No rates available.
I.
Clifford D. Wallace, Alumni Relations Officer,
Langston,
Oklahoma,
3.
11:00 a.m. - Reception:
Fraternities & Sororities
Open House
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AAha Strong
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5.
W esley Kii
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12:$) noon - Lunch (on your own)
Free time
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1968
L. G. Ashley
2:00 p.m. - Football Game (Langston
vs Bishop College)
6:00 a.m. - Breakfast & Dance*
William H. Hale Student
Luther Elliot
Jack Sw$in
Center, Ball Room
HALF TIME
800 a.m. - Registration of classes:
Faculty Lounge, William
H. Hale - Student Center
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4.
Voie for fcne Candidate of your chg^ce in f ach
category]
Floor
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- Mulic. Hall
Room #1
Room #2
Room #3
Room #4
Choir Room
Little Theater
10:00 a.m. - Campus Parade
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L. U. Band
Alumni Band
Alumni
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Floats
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8:00 p.m. - Senate Meeting
G. C. Hamilton Science
Technology Building 2nd
9:00 a.m. - Class Meetings
Class 08 & 18
Class 28
Class 38
Class 48
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Class 58
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Class 68
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Ernest L. Holloway I
6. *E J M . Watsc
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ALUMNI HOMECOMING WEEKEND
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M. C. Allen
2. *Luther Elliott
Clifford D. Wallace
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1968
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DIRECTORS
If additional information is needed contact
Langston University,
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Float Awards
DIRECTORS
Bands
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E. M. Wat
Homecoming Queen
A. B. Priwittf
Football Queen
Presentation of Class Officers
08’s through 68
•Members coming off of Board of Directors
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1
Presentation of Alumni O fficers
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7:30 p.m. - Concert (Students with I.D. cards
only)
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1968
10:00 a.m. - Worship Service
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