Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1968 — Page 13

SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1968

FHE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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Students merit bigger voice in campus rule,Howard grads told

WASHINGTON, D.C. - - A leading educator told Howard University's largest graduating class in history that more active student participation in the policy-making and governing of universities is one of the healthiest developments i n higher education in recent years. r The speaker was Dr. John' Hope Franklin, chairman of the Department of History at the University of Chicago and na-tionally-known author and historian. Dr. Franklin was the commencement speaker at Howard University, where degrees were conferred on some 1180 graduates in the university’s 10 schools and colleges. Included were six Hoosier graduates. During the program Howard President James M. Nabrit, Jr. also awarded three honorary degrees.. They went to Dr. Franklin, Jamaican Prime Minister Hugh Lawson Shearer, and Maryland state senator Verda Freeman Welcome. Dr. Franklin said that students, teachers, and administrators should join forces to create colleges and universities relevant to a “changing world.” In these days it is not enough for our universities merely to respond, however maganimously, to what have come to

be regarded as demands and ultimatums. They must, on their own, rethink their own role in a changing world and restructure themselves in order to function more effectively in such a world. They cannot and they must not wait for crisis after crisis to overcome them before they decide to do something about, say, the governance and the curriculum. “It is the senior members of the university community who should take the initiative in making innovations and attempting new ways to have the university lead its junior members into a fuller participation in the life of the institution as well as the life of the mind. If the senior members can push the frontiers of knowledge and discover new meanings of life and chart new relationships of peoples in the larger world, it is not too much to expect that they should do the same in the more narrow world that is the university community,” Dr. Franklin said. He asserted that he was sure that students at many universities could construct a good case against misused administrative rule, but that violence or the threat of it would solve nothing. “I happen to believe that the problems of Southeast Asia can-

not be solved by violence,” he cautioned, “and if war becomes an instrument of academic policy, whether the war is waged by one side or the other, it is destructive of the legitimate ends of the higher learning. “Regardless of which side wins in a struggle characterized by uncontrolled passions that degenerate into acts of violence, the university itself will have lost. If the exercise of physical power can change the direction of a university, then the exercise of similar power can determine truth and orthodoxy in teaching, in research, and in learning. When that time comes, the day of the university will have passed.” This year’s graduating class included residents of 34 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and 31 foreign countries . Naptowners receiving degrees were Franklin D. Gaillard, B. S., 3722 North RuraljBrownell H. Payne, B.A., 4355 Clarendon Road, and Louis C. Simpson, Jr., B.S., 1545 W. 64th. Others from Indiana were Ethel Boone, B. A., South Bend; George H. Lewis, D.D.S., and Barbara J. Penn, B. A., both of Gary.

Book by Dr. King explores cause of nonviolence NEW YORK,—The revolving philosophy of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. up to the point of its development at the time of his assassination Is explored in a book recently published here by Harper & Row. The book, “The Trumphet of Conscience.” has been styled, in the realest . sense, his final testament, and encompasses, in part, a speech he prepared for delivery in November and December over the Canadian Broadcasting System. “Nonviolent protest must now mature to a new level to correspond to heightened black impatience and stiffened white resistance. This high level is mass civil disobedience. “To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective that a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to the larger society, but not wantonly destructive... “Dr. King has ventured in “The Trumphet of Conscience.”

Dr. Ford Gibson assumes new AME Church post

Mr. and Mrs. . Recorder Reader

. . . . THAT the Negro Community in Indianapolis

Spends an estimated

TROPHIES PRESENTED: The Ernest U. Dix Branch of the NAACP's membership committee recently presented trophies to persons outstanding in obtaining members. In the photograph during the presentations are (from left to right) Mrs. Vivian Fisher, Miss Elizabeth Brown, Mrs. Hanna L. Bacon, Raymond Bacon; Mrs. Ollie

M. Weeks, Mrs. Clema V. Rogers, and Mrs. Bernice Heeter. Miss Brown placed first, Mrs. Bacon second and Leroy Pate (not pictured), third. Andrew Ramsey is branch president. The ceremonies took pice at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bacon, 140 Berkley. (Recorder photo by George P. Stewart II).

Mrs. Robbie Beckwith cited during banquet

By WILLA THOMAS Some 100 mothem and daughters, many of them members of Barnes Methodist Church, attended the annual Mothers and Daughters Banquet latst Saturday at the Barnes church. Mrs. Lillian Taylor presided. An introductory game was played while an ode to mother was given by Mrs. Helen Douglas. An ode to daughter was given by Mrs. Viola Morrison. Guests attending received a welcome from Mrs. Mona Morrison, after which guetsts enjoyed a delightful dinner, for which music was provided by Mrs. Hortense Davis and Miss LouAnna Davis. Mrs. Davis later spoke to the group on the (Subject “We Are All Mothers,” while Miss Davis chose the topic, “What is a Little Girl?” Miss Davis summed up her talk by defining “a little girl”: "She is a nerve-wracking nuisance, a noisy bundle of mischief. But when your dreams tumble and the world is a mess—when it seems you are pretty much a fool after all, she can make you a queen when she climbs onto your

knee and whispers, T love you best of all’.’’ • This writer, sponsor of the International Club of Indianapolis, paid special tribute to Mrs. Robbie Beckwith, noting she is a kind and understanding mother who adopted four African girls. The girls are students and their home in in West Africa. Christamore head accepts Ft. Wayne social work post Miss Helen Fowler, junior division supervisor at Christamore House, Michigan and Tremont, assumed duties this week as acting director of the settlement house. She replaces A. Lee Stilwell, who reoigned effective June 15 to accept the position as director of the Neighborhood Center, a settlement house in Fort Wayne. Stilwell, who came to Christamore House in 1964 afi teen division supervisor, is a native

SCHOLARSHIPS PRESENTED: The Class of 1937 of Crispus Attacks High School headed by Graham Martin, president, presented two graduates with scholarships. In the picture ore Rachel Buckner, Mattie Busby, Lester Busby, o scholarship recipient; Dorothy Goodson, and Raymond Griffith, a

• The prison instructor was interviewing three new inmates to determine their educational interests. The first prisoner expressed a desire to study mathematics, and the second preferred history. The instructor then asked the third man, “And what are you interested in?” The prisoner grinned. "Outer space,” he replied.

of Fort Wayne. During his regime, Chrl.stamore membership increased from 565 persons to 938 and in the past year the settlement house served over 1,000 persons of all ages. Christamore House also has undergone major building improvements and expansion of services under Stilwell’s direction. Christamore House is a member of Indianapolis Settlements, Inc. which is funded by the United Fund. In addition to serving Christamore House, Stilwell was president of the West Side Business Men’s Association, oresident-elect of the Kiwanis Club of Northwesa Indianapolis, consultant to the Haughville Community Council, a member of the Mayor’s Community Relations Task Force, a member of the Board of Directors of Happy Hollow Children’s Camp and a member of the Indianapolis Social Workers Club.

scholarship recipient. Busby and Griffith each received a $500 scholarshp which is renewable. Other Class of 1937 officers include Faybum DeFrontz, vice-president; Delores J. Hummans, secretary, and Mark Battles, treasurer. (Recorder photo by James Burres).

$75 Million annually for Food, Clothing, Goods, Services? m THE $ $$ POWER OF THE NEGRO is vitally important to the economy of Indianapolis' downtown and neighborhood retail stores?

DR. FORD GIBSON NEW YORK,—The Rev. Dr. Ford Gibson, lately the pastor of a church in Waukegan, 111., has assumed the position of secretary treasurer of the AME Church's Home and - Foreign Mission Department. He succeds the Rev. Dr. A. Chester Clark who held the post 14 years and was retired at the recent or last General Conference in Philadelphia. The Rev. Gibson is a native of Indianapolis, Ind., a former school teacher in his native city, president of the local branch of the NAACP and also served as president of the Indiana Conference of NAACP branches. As a leader in civil rights cru- ( sades he won wide acclaim and [ several signal victories in his home community. During the World War 11 era he served as a chaplain in the Armed Forces attaining the rank of Major. His duties as Home and Foreign Missionary leader will follow with work or activities in Africe, Canada, West Indies and Guyana from local offices at 475 Riverside Drive and 112 W. 120th St. The South Africa area is one of the most important of five overseas areas he will serve in his position. The AME Church claims more than 1.2 million members over all of its connectional areas. Occasionally New York leaders must conduct business on the spot in all of these area. The Rev. Gibson expects to make his first official visit to Africa in his new capacity late this year. He expects also to quicken the pace of his overseas travels to keep a weathereye on his overseas charges. Dr. Gibson, his wife and their only child, daughter, Lisa, age 14, will take up residence in New York at 112 W. 120th St. This location has served as the harlem headquarters of the Home and Foreign Missions Department of the church. Marion R. Mack is on duty in South Vietnam VIETNAM - Private First Class Marion R. Mack, son of Mrs. Maple Brooks of 902 N. Pershing, Indianapolis, is serving with the Second Battalion, Ninth Marine Regiment in Vietnam. As a member of the battalion he helps capture or destroy enemy forces. He accomplishes this through weapons fire, tactical maneuvering, and both large and small scale operations. His unit is also engaged in a civic action program designed to assist the Vietnamese people in completing self-help projects, such as the building of wells, culverts, small bridges, and schools. Equipment and materials are made available through the Marine Corps Reserve Civic Action Fund.

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