i
Trustees Propose New Name For College
pr. Leslie S. Wright, president
Howard College, has called
pon Alabama I aptists to change
name of the Birmingham col-
to Samford University.
In an open letter to the mem-
of his denomination in “The
labama Baptist ” newspaper, Dr.
Fright cited hii reasons why the
of the institution should be
iged to boiler Frank P. Sam-
Rirmingha n insurance exec-
ive, who for the past 26 years
has served as cliairman of the
board of trustees.
Dr. Wright listed the "similari¬
ty in names” between the Negro
institution in Washington. D.C. '
which has caused ‘considerable
confusion’ as one of the reasons
why the name of Howard should
be dropped.
Also, the college’s president
said that John Howard the Eng¬
lish philanthropist for whom the
college was originally called in
1842, “had no connection with the
college or with Alabama Eaptists
as such. He was simply a person
of prominence whose name and
accomplishments evidently caught
the attention of the Baptist preach¬
ers and planters who founded
Howard College.”
A committee of Howard trus¬
tees composed entirely of alumni
studied the question of changing
the college’s name, said Dr.
Wright, and came up with that of
Frank P. Samford, a life deacon
and trustee of Southside Baptist
Church.
Mr. Samford has been a mem¬
ber of the board of trustees of
Howard for 28 years.
Said Dr. Wright’s, letter: “He
(Mr. Samford) has contributed
freely and generously of his time,
his interest, his wise counsel, his
influence and his financial re¬
sources.
“Without question he has been
Howard’s greatest benefactor. It
was completely fitting and ap¬
propriate, therefore, that the true-
tees should give unanimous ap¬
proval to the committee’s recom¬
mendation to permanently identi¬
fy the institution with Mr. Sam¬
ford.-
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FIRST GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLS—
. . . Mrs. Mitchell Kirkland of Birmingham registers with Graduate
Division heal Dr. Lee N. Allen.
'raduate School Has
15 Students In Summer
Howard col ege saw its newly-
tituted, degree-granting grad¬
ate program off to a “flying
t" as more than 115 students
gistered for graduate classes be¬
lling in June. *
Students with degrees from 45
(lieges and universities over the
J, most of them living within
nmuting distance of Howard’s
us, sigied up for Howard’s
graduate courses since 1937. ^
“The turnout was considerably
than we had originally ex¬
ited." said Dr. Lee N. Allen,
airman of the Division of Grad-
Studies “But it certainly
oved our oarlier contention that
ny people from this area are
ogram located close to their
Graduate students were among
гг
desses at Howard, ac¬
ting to dean of admissions
A. Jlarke. Approximately
studen s registered for un-
raduate classes, while about
er too signed up for courses
Howard’s Cumberland School of
Sorority House Plans
Permitted by Officials
Plans to permit the construction
I of houses ty Howard’s five sorori¬
ty have leen announced by col¬
lege officia s.
Dean of students Arthur Walker
I Md the Crimson that the college’s
of Irustees has agreed to
soro ities to make prelimi-
studics of the possibility of
Hj said the proposal
permit sorority members to
in thj houses.
„.Dean of Women Margaret D.
ore liad announced the plan
er to nembers of the Panhel-
lenic Council.
Officials said overcrowded con¬
ditions and need for repairs in
present sorority facilities were re¬
sponsible for the action. Sorori¬
ties now have individual rooms
in the college’* two women’s resi¬
dence halls.
“We realized such buildings
might be feasible eventually and
we wanted to save the groups the
expense of renovation,” an admin¬
istrative spokesman said.
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VOLUME 50— NO. 29
JULY 22, 1965
HOWARD COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Increase In Tuition Announced
Officials Call Raise 'Necessary'
Law, he said.
Howard’s Graduate division,
opening its doors for the first time
in 28 years, will offer three degrees:
the Master of Arts, Master of
Business Administration and Mas¬
ter of Science to Education.
The M.A. program offers ma¬
jors to English, history and mathe¬
matics. while the M.S. in Ed. will
offer majors in guidance and
counseling, adminstration and su¬
pervision, elementary education
and secondary education with
areas of concentration to English,
history and math.
Greatest interest was shown, Dr.
Allen reported, to the liberal arts
(M.A.) and teacher education
courses. But Evening Division stu¬
dents who registered last night
showed marked interest to the
business administration curricu¬
lum, he noted.
We have graduate students reg¬
istered with degrees from every
college and university in Alabama,
and schools to mare than a dozen
other states as well,” Dr. Allen
said.
A tuition increase of one dol¬
lar each semester hour for under¬
graduates and three dollars each
hour for law students has been
announced by Howard College of¬
ficials.
The cost hike brings total tui¬
tion costs . for undergraduates to
$23.50 each semester hour.
-The increase wa* effective June
1.
Business Manager H. Evan
Zeiger said explanatory brochures
were being prepared tor students.
He said the raise in costs had
been “carefully thought out” by
college officials.
“We are extremely reluctant to
impose this added burden on stu¬
dents,” Zeiger said. “However, we
believe it is necessary for the
good of the college.”
He added that the increase was
brought about because of the col¬
lege’s effort to “keep pace with
the progress of quality education
in the state.”
The money will be used for ope¬
rating needs, according to the
business manager. "Chief among
these is faculty salaries," Zeiger
said.
He pointed out that the
increased income from the tuition
raise would be used for instruc¬
tional costs, mainly faculty salary
raises.
The increase is the second tui¬
tion change in two years. A one-
dollar raise became effective at
the beginning of the last school
term in the fall of 1964.
Fall Registration
Students ay pick up registra-
tration material for the fall
semester after Aug
Л,
Howard
Registrar James A. Clarke has
announced.
Howard AD
Authors Book
Howard College athletic director
and health and physical education
division chairman James E. Sher¬
man has joined the ranks of those
who write for a living.
The Rotaoke, Ala., native has
compiled a history of the Alabama
State Association of Health. Phys¬
ical Education and Recreation as
seen through the organization’s
minutes of annual meetings from
1925 to the present.
The 170-page publication is part
of a forthcoming book by Shar-
man. History and Development of
Health and Physical Education in
Inside The Crimson
SGA President Ted Jackson
writes about the new interdorm
phone system established by the
administration and the Student
Government. See page 2. .
Donaldson Is Appointed
Assistant Law School Dean
Frank W. Donaldson, law pro¬
fessor at Howard College since
1961, has been named assistant
dean of the college’s Cumberland
School of Law.
Donaldson’s appointment to the
newly-created position was an¬
nounced in a joint statement from
Howard president. Dr. Leslie S.
Wright, and Cumberland Dean Ar¬
thur A. Weeks.
“Because of the continued
growth of the Cumberland School
of Law since its move to Howard
in 1961,” Wright said, “it has be¬
come necessary that we create
the position of assistant dean.
“We are proud to appoint Frank
Donaldson. His thorough knowl¬
edge of the law profession in gen¬
eral and Cumberland School of
Law specifically qualifies him
highly for the position.”
School Upgraded
Weeks explained that "the con¬
tinued upgrading of the Law
School, as evidenced in the insti¬
tution of the Juris Doctor (JD>
degree program and a fully ac¬
credited Evening Division in law"
were the principal reasons for the
creation of the new position.
The law school conferred JD de¬
grees on 22 of its 28 graduates in
May, Weeks noted, thus becom¬
ing one of the first law schools
in the South to confer the degree.
The JD degree program demands
“more stringent requirements” of
the student and law faculty, the
dean said.
The law school announced last
month that it had received ap¬
proval from the American Bar
Association's Council on Legal Ed¬
ucation to open a fully-accredited
Evening Division in the Fall.
“Hie addition of these two fea¬
tures to our law program, plus
the emergence of the law school
FRANK DONALDSON
as one of the larger in the South,
has greatly increased administra¬
tive responsibilities at the Cum¬
berland School of Law.’’ Week*
said.
“We are certain that Mr. Don¬
aldson will meet his share of these
new responsibilities in the same
fine manner with which he met
those of the classroom.”
The law school enrolled a rec¬
ord 200 fulMime students during
the Spring semester just ended,
Weeks said. More than 120 stu¬
dents are enrolled in the Summer
session. The school now has a full¬
time faculty of eight, with two
additional full-time professors to
begin in the Fall.
_ been a member
of the CurR^fcrland faculty since
the school moved to Howard from
Cumberland University, Lebanon,
Тепл.,
in June 196L Before that,
he was a part-time instructor in
Howard’s undergraduate Evening
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