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Volume 45
HOWARD COLLEGE. AUGUST 12. 1960
Number 34
125 Graduate in Summer Exercises
Approximately 125 Howard
College seniors wlll.be graduat¬
ed in Summer Commencement
Erercises and also two honor¬
ary doctorates will be conferred
at the ceremonies August 19,
7:30 p.m , at Dawson Memorial
Baptist church.
Dr. loe Davis Heacock,
Dean. School of Religious
Education, Southwestern
Baptist Theological Semi¬
nary, will give the com¬
mencement address in addi¬
tion to receiving a Doctor of
Humanities, (L.H.D.) degree.
The Reverend S. Louis Arm¬
strong, pastor of the Morn-
ing view Baptist Church,
Montgomery, will receive a
Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)
degree.
In announcing these honors
President Wright said:
“Through his many areas of
service :o his denomination,
Dean Heacock has contributed
Immeasurably to the advance¬
ment of Baptist work through¬
out the Southern Baptist Con¬
vention. In doing so he has
brought honor and distinction
to his aln a mater.
“The Rev. Armstrong has
Mazei Finds Annuals
The Mazer Lumber & Supply
Companj is now distributing
Howard annuals. Copies which
were published between the
years of 1940 and 1949, that is.
In the process of wrecking
the buildings bn the old East
Lake canpus, the Mazer offic¬
ials came upon several hundred
copies of the Entre Nous which
were dat 'd during the forties.
The annuals have been re¬
moved tc the Mazer offices, and
the firm would like to give
them, without charge, to How¬
ard students who attended the
college curing those years.
Anyone desiring one of the
annuals may stop by Mazer
Lumber «is Supply Company, 10
Soutib>41st Street.
given generously of himself In
many fields of endeavor. His
capacity for leadership and his
influence for good have been
demonstrated time and time
again as he has served his
country, his denomination, and
his community.
.Howard College takes pride
The Rev. Armstrong
Freshmen Meet Roommates
Take Test, Given Laughs
On Thursday, September 8,
1960, some 400 Freshmen will
claim th?ir rooms and, along
with the ransfer students, reg¬
ister for Freshman Orienta¬
tion.
The following week end will
be one of speeches, tests, and
entertain nent all designed to
aid the tefuddled novice.
Former students will be ex¬
pected to claim their rooms on
Sunday. September 11, between
one and six p.m., unless noti¬
fied otherwise.
On Mo: day the Business Of¬
fice goes to work and registra¬
tion for classes begins. On
Monday morning the Freshmen
register and that afternoon
former and transfer students
who.se names start with A and
В
will rur. the gauntlet dream-
cd up by registrar Clark.
Those whose names begin
with letters between C and
Me will tell their life story
to a little yellow book on Tues¬
day The last part of the al¬
phabet, font
м
through Z will
fegi-ster on Wednesday.
Registration this year will be
«ight'.y d: ferent from the past.
The freshmen will register first
this semester.
Because of the IBM machine
now installed, class cards will
be IBM cards and must be
handled with care. They must
not be spindled, stapled, fold¬
ed, or written on.
A permanent student num¬
ber will be given to everyone
who registers. This number
will be used to Identify all
records and should be memo¬
rized.
There will be a new tuition'
payment plan to east the pain
of "forking over.” Charges
for this service will be one and
one-half percent including life
insurance on the borrower.
Dean John A. Fincher says
that summer freshmen will not
be required to attend Fresh¬
men Orientation but they
"will have a decided advantage
in coming.”
The culmination of all the
hubbub will come on Thurs¬
day, September 15 when class¬
es begin and the student body
of Howard settles down for
another semester of rigorous
social life.
in these men and In their many
outstanding achievements. We
honor ourselves as we confer
these honors upon them."
Dr. Heacock, who will give
the commencement address, re¬
ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Howard College; Masters
and Doctors- dёgrees in Relig¬
ious Education at Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary;
and has done further study at
Peabody College and Columbia
University.
Listed in Who’s Who in
America. Dr. Heacock has been
Dean of the School of Religious
Education since 1956 and has
been a professor at the semi¬
nary since 1944. Dean Heacock
н
a former Director of Train-
X Union work of the Southern
.Xis: Convention and has
served a number of churches as
Minister of Education.
Dr. Heacock is married to the
former Nell Marbury Russell
and they have a daughter,
Charlene, 13e
The Rev. Armstrong, serving
his second term as president of
the Howard Co.lege Alumni As¬
sociation, received a Bachelor
of Arts degree from Howard
and the Bachelor of Divinity
degree from Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He was
president of the Alabama Bap¬
tist Pastor’s Conference in 1959,
has served two years as mod-
Dr. J. D. Heacock
erator of the Montgomery Bap¬
tist Association and has served
two terms on the Executive
Board, three years on the Ad¬
ministration Committee and
three terms on the Christian
Life Commission of the Ala¬
bama Baptist State Conven¬
tion.
As a civic leader in Mont¬
gomery. he has been a member
of the ooard of Directors of
the VJfMCA. the Little League
Com Jssion. a vice chairman
of the City Parks and Recrea¬
tion Board, Board of Trustees
of the Blue and Gray Associa¬
tion, and the Chairman of “Re¬
ligious Rededication Day” com¬
mittee for the forth-coming
Civil War Centennial Celebra¬
tion in Montgomery.
A former chaplain in Gen¬
eral McArthur's Far East head¬
quarters, the Rev. Armstrong
toured Europe and the Holy
Land and in 1959 participated
in a preaching mission in
Spain.
The Rev. Armstrong is mar¬
ried to the former Ann Weaver,
and they have three children:
Louis, Jr., 12; Ann, 9; and
Lynda, 6.
Library Boasts
75,000 Volumes
The 75,000th volume In the
Harwell G. Davis Library has
recently been accessioned, an¬
nounced Wilbur F. Helmtoold,
librarian. The book, which was
not specially picked out, hap¬
pened to be “Introduction to
the Apocrypha,” by Bruce Metz¬
ger.
“This does not mean.” said
Mr. Helmbold, "that the library
contains only 75.000 volumes:
the 150,000 government docu¬
ments and 100,000. manuscripts
in the Howard library are not
accessioned and so are not in¬
cluded in the number.”
... An inside view of the new chapel reveals the recently Installed pews and other furniture
which will accomodate 500 people for chapel programs this fall.
$950,000 Chapel Complete
The $950,000 Chapel-Religi¬
ous Education Building will be
ready for fall students, accord¬
ing to President Leslie Wright.
The center of religious ac¬
tivities of the campus, the
building will include class¬
rooms and offices for the Re¬
ligion Department and office
space for the Extension Di¬
vision of Christian Training.
The chapel will seat 500 per¬
sons and will be used for re¬
ligious services and college ac¬
tivities.
A $60,000 pipe organ will be
the main musical instrument
for the chapel services. The
instrument will take more than
three years to build by the
Aeolian-Skinner Organ Comp¬
any of Boston.
The 42-rank organ was spe¬
cifically designed for the new
chapel and will be unique In
several ways. The great and
pedal organs will have exposed
pipes while the choir and
swell organs will be enclosed
in "expression” boxes.
The Aeolian-Skinner officials
have worked closely with the
college architect Charles Davis
to assure that the organ in¬
stallation will be acoustically
correct.
A three section railing will
be used In the chapel to sepa¬
rate the choir loft from the
rostrum in order that the cen¬
ter section may be removed to
expose the console organ for
recitals.
All three railing sections can
be removed entirely to accomo¬
date a small orchestra for con-
tatas anud oratorios.
In one section of the building
will be a permanent Tack
Room Theatre In the round,
where the main stage produc¬
tions will be presented.
The construction on the
building began on June 24,
1959, and was built by E. C.
Coston, Bessemer.
A total of $230.022.20 has
been pledged to the building
fund for the religious building
towar da $300,00 goal.
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