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Volume 45
Number 23
Fine Arts Building Receives Buchanan Title
Trustees Name Former Trustee
In recognition of his 23 years of outstanding and faithful
service to Howard College, the Trustees have voted unani¬
mously to name the Fine Arts Building in honor of Dr. John
Hall Buchanan.
A former Trustee of Howard and long-time pastor of
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Birmingham, Dr. Buchanan is
now serving as Chaplain of Bir¬
mingham Baptist Hospitals.
Ceremony on Campus
A formal dedication ceremony
will be held on the campus on
May 27, as a part of the spring
commencement program;
This building, which con¬
tains a permanent art gallery,
houses the departments of art,
music, and speech and dramatic
arts.
It also includes faculty of¬
fices, art studios, music prac¬
tice rooms, a band room, and
special areas for speech and
drama activities. The building
was constructed and furnished
at the cost of about a half-mil¬
lion dollars.
President Leslie S. Wright
service to the College. The Trus¬
tees selected the Fine Arts
Building for this purpose be¬
cause Dr. Buchanan has long
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GO FLY A KITE — advise Martha Wright and Malline Yates
as they look forward to some breezy springs days during the
week of spring holidays.
Spring Holidays Begin
Nature Trail Has< Dedication
Washington Leader Speaks
by Mary Lane Holland
Beginning March 26 and run-
seg through April 3 is the
■or* -awaited week known to
3»ward students as Spring
•hen asked what they in-
>ated to do during this ten¬
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But there are a few energetic
people who have planned great
tern's for the holidays. Skin-
*ving enthusiasts. Sanford Col¬
ley, George
Bryant, and
Ed Reaves are
heading for
the deep,
Gsl clear waters
<31 of Florida,
along with
many other
Howard-
itds who may
not be skin-
Holland divers, but do
like sunshine.
"Evangelistio. entreaties,” says
Bill Hornbuckle will be his as'
well as other preachers’ holiday
activities.
Oh yes, don’t get too eager
Snows and Water
Coach Bobby Bowden stood
looking at the sky. Seeing him
standing there. Coach Virgil
ted belter walked up behind
him, tapped him on the shoul¬
der, and asked, "What’s the mat¬
ter, Bobby, afraid it’ll rain?"
Naw, Coach,” he replied,
2°u've' heard about the little
*hite cloud that cried haven’t
you?"
^Yeah, believe I have.”
“Well, Coach, I’m not wor¬
ked about the little white cloud
cried, but
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really
*D*i°us to see if that big black
one snows.”
for the spring vacation to be¬
gin. because an absence on the
class days directly before of
after the holidays carries with
it a double cut
Back to pleasenter things,
don’t count too heavily on this
fact, but according to the weath¬
er bureau, it’s supposed to be
excellent weather for anybody’s
Spring Holidays.
A national figure in conser¬
vation work will speak a! the
dedication of Howard College's
60 acres of natural area on
April 8.
The ceremony will be at 19:39
a.m. in the natural area's amphi¬
theater on South Lakeshore
Drive.
The dedication speaker is
Donald B. Stough. Washington,
D. C., Executive Director of the
Nature Conservancy, a national
organization which promotes
conservation of land areas for
study and research.
• Howard’s natural area, which
includes- a nature trail and
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Pharmacy Wins
The Pharmacy basketball
team are the- 1960 intramural
basketball champions.
The underdog Pharmacy,
playing before a loudly partisan
crowd, upset the strong and de¬
fending champion Preachers,
41-37 in overtime Monday night
in the play-off game.
McCullough
theater for
the study and
use of public
school science
classes, Boy
Scouts, and
other groups
interested in
nature study
and research,
I has been de¬
veloped under
the direction of Dr. Herbert A.
Red-Blue Game Ends Drills
Howard's annual Red - Blue
game ending spring football
drills will be played today.
Coach Bobby Bowden, who
'guirer the Bulldogs to their
greatest season ever last year.
9-1, said that it will start at 3
p.m. in the stadium.
He urged that a large crowd
turn out to cheer the I960
Howard football team.
"They have worked hard,” he
said, “and despite the bad
weather, we have gotten a lot
done.”
Green Bay Packer quarter¬
back Bart Starr has been work¬
ing with the Howard quarter¬
backs. “His coaching has been
a big help,” said Bowden
Of the coming season he had
this to say: “Our schedule' will
be tougher, and we’re not going
to sneak up on anybody. Every¬
body'll be up for us. Our atti-
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Howard’s first two units from
the tremendous '59 season are
intact, according to the coach,
tude will make the difference.”
"You are getting old if ■
when the hero of a
I didn’t kiss the karate*
Dm last chapter.”
said, “The Board of Trustees
voted to name the building,
which was opened in the fall of
1958, for Dr. Buchanan because
of his invaluable and dedicated
evidenced a tremendous en¬
thusiasm for music and the arts.
Fitting Dedication
It is therefore fitting and
proper that this magnificent
structure be named in his hon¬
or. The College has been a part
of Dr. Buchanan's life and he
has given most generously of
his time, his interest and his
enthusiasm in the cause of
Christian Education. Naming
the building for Dr. Buchanan
is an honor that should be be-
McCullough, head of Howard’s
Biology Departmeat, and other
staff members.
60 Acres
The 60 acres consists of three
separate but adjacent tracts of
forest land, two of which will be
left unchanged for the use of
college field laboratory classes
and for research studies by fac¬
ulty members and advanced
students.
Location of the nature trail
and amphitheater is on the third
tract of land. With the help of
student volunteers under the
supervision of members of Beta
Beta Beta, National Biological
Society, the trail has been cut
and leveled, and a parking lot
and amphitheater constructed.
When completely developed,
the third tract ^ill contain three
trails. Already in use are the
high and low trails which to¬
gether form a circular path ap¬
proximately a mile long. The
high trail climbs to a height of
several hundred feet above the
entrance.
The nature trail is self-guid¬
ing; a brochure on the Howard
College Nature Trail and de¬
scriptive tree labels aid persons
in their study of the area’s
plants and animals. Whenever
possible, special exhibits of tem¬
porarily caged animals will also
be avallabel along the trail to
demonstarte the diversity of
animal life.
The development of the Nat¬
ural Area has been made pos¬
sible through the contributions
of funds and materials by local
business establishments, clubs,
and individuals. • *
Buchanan
stowed during his lifetime and
while he can enjoy this expres¬
sion of love, appreciation and
gratitude on the part of his co¬
laborers and friends.”
Chosen as Birmingham’s Man
of the Tear in 1956 for his civic
leadership. Dr. Buchanan was
born In Blue Mountain, Missis¬
sippi, and was graduated from
Mississippi College with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1918.
He holds the honorary de¬
gree of Doctor of Divinity from
both Ouachita College and
Howard College.
Rotary Member
Dr. Buchanan is a member
and past president of the Bir¬
mingham Rotary Club, and of
the Protestant Ministers Asso¬
ciation; a trustee of the Young
Women's Christian Association
and the Young Men’s Christian
Association, and a vice-presi¬
dent of the Community Chest.
A member of the Executive
Committee of the Birmingham
Sunday School Council, he has
also served on the board of the
Jefferson County Chapter of
the American Red Cross.
He served as president of the
City Parole Board and has had
formal citations from the City
Commission for his civic leader¬
ship and from the Jefferson
- County Coordinating Council of
Social Forces. The United
States Treasury Department
recognised his outstanding work
In the War Finance Program
with the award of Honorable
Mention in 1945.
In 1959, Dr. Buchanan was
the recipient of th£ first annual
B'nai B’rith Humanitarian Serv¬
ice Award.
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