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Langston University Gazette0

VOLUME 30 NUMBER 2 Langston, Oklahoma MARCH, 1968

Observances to Honor University’sF o u n d e rs D a y

Langston University’s Founders Day activities will commence Saturday March 9, 1968, with the annual State Dance to be held at tne Civic Center in Tulsa. The 1967-68 membership card Is the admittance require­m ent Membership cards for active (graduates or persons who attended Langs­ton) and associate (persons who did not attend Langston) members may be secured by send­ing $5.00 to the Acting Executive Secretary, Clifford D. Wallace, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma.

Sunday morning, March 10, at 10 a.m., At­torney Amos T. Hall of Tulsa will deliver the Meditation message. Dr. Hall Is an eminent Oklahoma lawyer, civic, and fra­ternal leader and has practiced law since 1925. He holds membership in the Tulsa County Bar Association and has been admit­ted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a 33 degree Mason and has been Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Oklahoma for more than 20 years.

Speaker for the afternoon program at 2:30

p. m. will be Herman C. Duncan, a 1936 graduate of Langston University. Duncan is tbs newest member to be appointed to the Board of Regents for Oklahoma A & M Col­leges. His appointment by Governor Bart­lett marks the first time that a Negro has been assigned this distinction. Duncan Is a 32 degree Mason and treasurer of the Muskogee Education Association. He Is a member a t the Muskogee Local Draft Board No. 31 and thft executive committee of the area council for the Boy Scouts of America. Duncan Is principal of the Sadler Junior High School, Muskogee.

During the afternoon convocation, Dr. Wil­liam H. Hale, President of Langston Univer­sity since 1960, will welcome friends and alumni and review the University’s seventy- one years of providing quality education. Also, the afternoon program will include greetings, by Jerry Driver, President of the Student Government Association; James Roy Johnson, President of the Langston University Alumni Association; Delbert Burnett, President of the Langston University Parents and Patrons

Organization; and Dr. William E. Sims, Dean of Academic Affairs at Langston. Dr. Lar- zette G. Hale, Director of Development, will give a report on the 1968 Langston University Development Foundation hind-ralsing campaign which began February 1.

The Foundation received word from the Sloan Foundation that a matching grant of $30,000 will be provided based on contribu­tions by students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the University. The Foundation has established a goal oi 8150,000 and has appealed directly to business and industry in Oklahoma to help the Foundation realize this goaL The Foundation is asking $35,000 from alumni, $10,000 from faculty and staff, and $1,750 from students at the University. Response from business and industry has been grati­fying so far, with several substantial con­tributions being made. Contributions to the Foundation are tax exempt

An invitation is extended all friends, alumni, and well-wishers of the University to be pre­sent March 10 for the special occasion, officials stated.

S ix t h G r a d e D a y P la n s U n d e r w a y

MISS ANNA MARLY

An added attraction to the sixth annual “ Sixth Grade Day*’ will be a sixth grade talent program. M istress of Ceremonies will be Miss Anna Marly, noted slngef- guitarist.

Miss Marly started her career as ballerina in the “ Ballets Russes de P aris’.’ “ She is now a self-taught guitarist-composer The war brought her to England, where she isang for the troops and broadcast daily for the Allied radio stations. She wrote during that time twenty songs for the French Underground Forces, ofwhich the “ Chant de la Liberation’’ became their official anthem. General de Gaule stated: “ Anna Marly has turned her talent into a weapon for France.”

A native of the Riviera, Miss Marly sings her own songs equally well in Italian, Spanish Portuguese, Greek, English and

/Russian. Her creations have been ^featured by Edith Piaff, Yves Montand, Claude Alphand and others.

She has sung for Field Marshal Montgomery, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, King Peter of Yugoslavia, Lord Alexander of Tunis, General andEvaPeron, Don Juan, heir to the throne of Spain, anil Prince Charles of Belgium ./

Speaker for the 10:00 a.m. Assembly Program will be Mr. Robert , E. Johnson, Managing Editor of JET Magazine.

Board of Governors Elects President Hale

The Board of Governors of the International Platform Associa­tion has announced the election of r r . William . H. Hale, Tanr- ston University President, as a member of the organization. The announcement was made by Dan T. Moore, director general.The 65-year-old International platform Association is an or­ganization of distinguished and dedicated persons from all over the world. For over a half- century its members hjive been instrumental in, bettering the quality of the American platform not only as it applies to the book­ing of celebrities but also as it relates to the important field of school assembly programs available to children.The association was brought in­to existence by Mark Twain, William Jennings Bryan, P res­ident William Howard Taft and other orators and celebrities of the platform. The membership includes men of distinction in business and entertainment.

Yon Reis Seek1 Scholarship Applicants

Attention Sophomore Women!!This is again the time for

applying for financial aid for the oncoming year. One of the many sources for aid is the Von Reis Collegiatgjkward. This award is given to a deserving female college student attend­ing Langston University. She must be sophomore student going into her junior year, maintaining a 3.00 average, and be in need of financial assistance.

The Von Reis Club is a group of educationally and culturally refined young ladies residing*in the greater Oklahoma City area. The club originated October, 1965 consisting of eight young ladies. Their dual purpose was and is presently to assist a deserving female college student of L. U. in the amount of $100.00; and, to promote social entertainment for the Oklahoma area. ^

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Instructor

Receives Grant

Notification has come from S .M .Nabrit, Executive D irector of the Southern Fellowship Fund, that a fellowship grant of $3,200 has been awarded Mr:?. Victoria Dubriel, Instructor in the De­partment of English and Modern Languages. The period ofthe a- ward is twelve months beginning September 1, 1968.

Mrs. Dubriel was selected after a careful /study; of the many applications submitted to the Southern Fellowship Fund Com­mittee. The award will also be supplemented by a sum depend­ing upon the charges made by the institution which Mrs. Dubriel chooses to matriculate.

The Southern Fellowship Fund is an operating agency of the Council of Southern Universities, Incorporated.

Isnftton Profsssor Ssrvss On Stst» Commlttss

Mrs. Joy Flasch, Assistant Professor in the Department of English , has been selected to serve on the judging committee for the state-wide Pride in Okla­homa Essay Contest.

Mrs. Elasch’s most recent publication appears in the De­cember issue of MODERN DRA­MA. The article entitled, “ Fun and Games in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” 'takes the true- to-life games described by psy­chologist Dr. Eric Berne in his recent bestseller Games-lUiuple. Play and analyzes the “ games” dram atist Edward Albee’schara-Q te rs play jo his award winning play.

Mrs. Elasch is in the pro­cess of beginning a critical bio­graphy of the late Dr. Melvin B. Tolson, form er Professor of English and Speech "'at Langs­ton University. She has signed a contract with Twayne Publish­ers write the biography of Tolson for the Twayne’s United States Authors Series.

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Four Point Students Named

Twenty 4-point students have been named to the President’s Honor Cabinet by E. L. Holloway, Dean’ of Student Affairs at Langlton University.

Holloway said the 4-point standing was earned during the 1967 fall sem ester, and the honor also carries with it the eligibility for tuition scholarship to be paid by the foundation.*

Those students named to the Honor Cabinet a re as follows: William Addai, junior Animal Science major from Bronx

New York; Minta Anderson, sophomore Social Science major, from Luther; Yun Hwang Boo, Senior Math major from Seoul, Korea; Norma J. Collins, Sophomore Math major from Morris; Charlotte Cooper, junior Art major from~T2anes- ton; Paula P. Cotton, senior English major from H arris; Lola. Dewberry, sophomore Social Science major from ^Guthrie: John .C. Edgar, sophomore C hem ist$ major from Coyle; Veichal J . Evans, senior English major from Oklahoma * City; Etoise Flenoid, junior' Elementary major from Okla­homa City; Gwendolyn Greaves, senior English major from Langston; Etta* M. Johnson , junior English majorv from Spencer; Marcia Johnson, a junior Business Education ma- ' jor from El Reno; Mildred S. Jones, sophomore elementary education major from Tulsa; Dana Rae Sims, Pre-Law major from Langston; Earl A. Symonette, sophomore Business Ad­ministration major from Oklahoma City; Ronald A. Warren, junior Sociology major from’ldabel; Chris T. Williams, Fresh­man Social Science major from Sierra Leone; Elaine Wil­liam s, senior Social Science major from. Oklahoma City; and Verlene Williams, junior Art majbr from Haskell.

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LANGSTON UNIVERSITY

HONOR ROLLO

1967-68 FALL SEMESTER

12. Caffney, Sandra Kay 3.9413. Grayson, Barbara 3.4114. Crecn, Maxine 3.8915. Johnson, Etta M. 4.0016. Johnson, Velma J. F. 3.3517. Jones, Glenn E. 3.8818. Lovelace, Marian E. 3.5319. Luster, Rozalyn 3.7520. MUlender, Justine 3.1821. Mills, Cheryl L. * 3.0022. McClellan, Melvin 3.1923. McFalls, Custer Ray 3.8024; Oats, Gilbert 3.3125. Oliver, Richard 3,4026. Powell, Cleta Jewell 3.8027. Ray, Sheila Louise 3.1328. Reynolds, Priscilla 3.1329. Sadberry, Joyce 3.2730. Sharp, Sharon Kaye 3.0031. Tatum, Gwendolyn 3.1732. Towilsend, Dorothy Frank 3.173T. Vann, Juanita 3.8134. Walker, Carolyn 3.0035. Wandick, Mamie Lee 3.4736. Warren, Ronald 4 .0037. Williams, Brenda 3.0038. Williams, Verlene 4.0039. Cravens, Julia 3.33

528 N. Fonshlll, Oklahoma City,Okla.Rt 2, Box 20, Beggs,Oklahoma101 N. Booker, Broken Bow,OklahomaRt 1, Box 284, Spencer, Oklahoma1212 N. Cleveland, Cushing, Oklahoma2637 MW 26th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1319 E. Vilas, Guthrie, Oklahoma724 "1" St, NE, Ardmore, Oklahoma2619 Tyler St, Gary, Indiana1238 W. 32nd, Indianapolis, IndianaGen. Del, Geary, Oklahoma1408 N. Adams, Okmulgee,Oklahoma2401 NE 27th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma2508 N. Xanthus PI, Tulsa,OklahomaBox 154, Beggs, Oklahoma1104 NE 19th, Oklahoma City, OklahomaRt 1, Box 179, Boley, Oklahoma3609 N. Terry, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1814 NE Grand, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma620 E. Mohawk, Tulsa, Oklahoma621 NE 2nd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1578 S. 3rd, Memphis, Tennessee1 W. Jackson, Sapulpa, Oklahoma6201 N. Westminster, Spencer, Oklahoma301 NW Enid, Idabel, Oklahoma2221 NW 64th, Miami, FloridaRt 1, Box 29, Haskell, Oklahoma123 E. 10th, Geary, Oklahoma

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1. Boo, Yup Hwang 4.00 #28, 3KA, Seoul, Korea2. Booker, Elores Jackson 3.13 2244 N., Wheeling, Tulsa, Oklahoma3. Brown,' Richard O. 3.00 2009 NE 21st, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma4. Buckner, Marcell 3.14 Bluff Route, Soper, Oklahoma5 . Chuns. John Anthony 3.25 1 261 S. 58th, San Dieso. California6. Coffee, Marilyn 3.00 936 S. 12th, Ponca City, OklAoma7. Cooper, Sandira — ' 3.65 816 E. Warner, Guthrie, Oklahoma8. Cope. Hortense 3.40 P 0 Box 1794, Muskogee,0klahoma9. Cotton, Paula Pillars 4.00 Harris, Oklahoma10. Crisp, Marva 3.00 1821 NE 52nd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma11. Danmole, Havis 3.29 205 E. Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma12. Davis, Diane 3.00 1118 E. Chickasaw, McAlester, Oklahoma13. Douglas, Roezella 3.00 208 W. Hickory, Cushing, Oklahoma14. Driver, Jerry Brent 3.54 11 Section Line, Sand Springs, Oklahoma15. Edison, Rundell 3.25 113 E. Columbia, Lawton, Oklahoma16. Ellison, Rosaylla 3.00 206 E. 31st, Houston, Texas17. Evans, Veichal 4.00 725 NE, Fourth,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma18. Flenoid, Etoise 4.00 1413 NE Grand, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma19. Garrison, Sarah 3.82 Rt 2, Box 116, Jones, Oklahoma20. George, Elwood 3.33 ' Monrovia, Liberia21. Glll^ Patrick Joe 3.54 823 E. Main, Ardmore, Oklahoma22. Glover, James Ervin 3.64 40 E. Oak St, Sand Springs, Oklahoma23. Grayson, Othene* 3.08 Rt 1, Box 3, Porter, Oklahoma24. Greaves, Gwendolyn 4.00 Apt 1 B, Vetvllle, Langston, Oklahoma25. Green, Mae Zola 3.31 1129 NE 18th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma26. Harris, Beverly 3.88 644 E 27th PI W, Tulsa, Oklahoma27. Harris, Samuel Edward 3.50 820 E. Main, Watonga, Oklahoma

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CM Haynes, Earnest 3.79 1114 S. 12th, Ponca City, Oklahoma

^ 29. Hill, Barbara 3.77 1704 N. Peoria, Tulsa, Oklahoma30. Hughes, Rosetta 3.31 P 0 Box 296, Beggs, Oklahoma31. Jackson, Florenda 3.57 1803 N. St Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma32. James, Loretta 3.39 430 N. 18th, Muskogee, Oklahoma33. Johnson, Betty Jean 3.31 Rt 3, Box 195, Okmulgee,Oklahoma34. Johnson, John 3.17 614 E. Park, Enid, Oklahoma35. Johnson, Marcia D. 4.00 110 N. Grand, El Reno, Oklahoma36. Johnson, Vincent Lee 3.26 15926 Normandy, Detroit, Michigan37* Jones, Elbert L. 3.00 2314 Grand Blvd, Oklahoma City,Okla.38. Jones, James 3.63 1709 NE 55th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma39. Jones, Timothy 3.83 3824 Page Blvd, St, Louis, Missouri40. Koh, Syuck Young 3.23 Seoul, Korea41. Latimer, Peggy__

Lee, Jae Seung3.19 1966 N. Main, Tulsa, Oklahoma

42. 3.56 234*4 Huk Suk Dong, Seoul, Korea43. McConnell, Joyce 3.31 Box 25, Tatums, Oklahoma44. McKinney, Janie

Mason, MarcelU3.00 Rt 2, Box 208, Checotah, Oklahoma

45. 3.00 1302 E. Grant, Guthrie, Oklahoma46. Morris, Dori Jean •* 3.13 Rt 1, Box 150, Tom, Oklahoma47. Mosley, Bl .Ly Joe 3.13 622 E. Broadway, Ardmore, Oklahoma48. Neely, Shirley 3.80 8415 Allwood, Houston, Texas

Seoul, Korea49. Park, Hyuk Byong 3.8350. Parker, Carol Ann 3.21 1205 E. Lafayette, Okmulgee.Oklahoma

- 51. Phillips, Novella 3,00 2033 E. University, Guthrie, Oklahoma52. Puckett, Norman Lee 3.79 569 N. 5th,* Muskogee,Oklahoma53. Sanders, Jack 3.88 4304 Wood Drive, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma(54. Scott, Donald 3.50 1436 NE 18th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

/ 55. Sims, Dana Rae 4.00 Box 487, Langston, OklaHoma56. Smith, Leonard 3.38 1605 Bernard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma57. Stevenson, Patricia 3.17 310 E. Zion, Tulsa, Oklahoma58. Swift, Raymond 3.00 220 E; Springer, Guthrie, Oklahoma59. Taffee, James 3.13 ,1708 NW Haskell, Idabel, Oklahoma60. Thompson, Ernie 3.13 Gan. Del, Beggs, Oklahoma

Box 163, Beggs., OklahomaM.- Thompson, Garfield ThompBen, Jesse «*

3.2562. 3.88 1009 E. Monroe, McAlester,Oklahoma63. •sot, Chrisjtine 3.67 Box 395, Langston, Oklahoma64.' Turrentine, Ora 3.0Q 1415 W. 71st, Los Angeles, California65. Wallace, Sandra 3.06 Rt 4, Box 104 C, Okmulgee.Oklahoma66. White, Porti£ Elaine 3.74 Box 143, Clearyi'ew, Oklahoma67. Williams, Elaine 4.00 712 N. Nebraska, Oklahoma City,Okla.68. Wilson, Jerry 3.13 1009 SW Jackson, Idabel, Oklahoma69. .Yob, Yong Joo ( 3.65 Seoul, Korep70. Young, Beverly 3.57 Darby, Pennsylvania71. Battle, Oscar Jr. 3.13 _ Rt 1, Box 235, Idabel, Oklahoma

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1. Avery, Thais Regina 3.192. Bell, Ava Lou 3.563. Blake, Kenneth 3.504. Broiles, William E. 3.285. Butler, Aretha 3.076. Chambers, Laura DeLois 3.077. Chapel, Nimrod T. 3.928. Cochran, Nancy Ruth * 3.569. Dixon, Myrtle Leann 3.6010. Hale, Janls Larzette 3.6911. HamlVton, Kermlt 3.1212. Irons, Floyd 3.5013. Jackson, Cheryl Lavern 3.1914. Jackson, Wayne Clark 3.0715. James, J^coueline L. 3.53 -16. Johnson, Barbara 3.1817. Johnson, Lota Wana 3.0618. Johnson, Regina 3.0019. Jordan, Albertine V* 3.2420. Love, Joe Cephus 3.4721. McGuirt, LaFrance 3.5322. Nero, Michael Eugene 3.3523. Parks, Carey Ladon 3.5624. Petties, Tinia Yvonne 3.0625. Roper, Harley Kenneth J 3.4026. Stevenson, Carol Yvonne 3.1327. Stidham, Mae Frances 3.4728. Sykes, Rosalyn 3.5029. Tompkins, Carolyn Faye 3.3830. Verner, Farretta Jean 3.0031. Walker, Maurice 3.6532. Watkins, David Mark 3.0633. Williams, Christopher 4.0034. Williams, Patricia Ann 3.07 r35. Zerom, Araya 3.00

9259 S. Green, Chicago, Illinois 2144 N. Norfolk, Tulsa, Oklahoma 7601 S. Normal, Chicago, Illinois 1904 Washington, Blvd, Oklahoma City 1303 Sw Jackson, Idabel, Oklahoma P.O. Box 81, Langston, Oklahoma Rt 2, JenningfS^-Oklahoma V-624 S. Broad, Guthrie, Oklahoma Rt 1, Box 162, Boley, Oklahoma Langston University1, Langston, Okla. Rt 1, Box 90, Jones, Oklahoma 2352 Mullarphy, St Louis, Missouri 1225 NE 15th, Oklahoma City, Okla. Taft, Oklahoma •*502 S. Ocheese, Wewoka, Oklahoma Rt 1, Box 284, Spencer, Oklahoma 519 W. Dahlia, Frederick, Oklahoma 119 S. 3rd, Frederick, Oklahoma P 0 Box 576, Nicoma Park, Oklahoma 1620 NE 10th, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma Boley, Oklahoma Luther, Oklahoma1123 E. Springer, Guthrie, Oklahoma 1212 N. Central, Cushing, Oklahoma 723 E. Perkins, Guthrie, Oklahoma jSti lS. Seminole, Wewoka, Oklahoma

•v Rt 1} Box 37, Council Hill, Oklahoma 704 E. 15th N, Little Rock, Arkansas Rt 3, Box 320, Henryetta,Oklahoma 1103 S. Knoblock, Stillwater.Oklahoma

v_586 Sunderlin, Waukegan, Illinois 1105 NE 11th, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma Mattry Jong, Via Bo, Africa 402 N, 2nd, Fairfax, Oklahoma Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

1. Anderson, Minta2. Atkinson, Lonnita Mae3. Bennett, Patricia Ann4. Brown, Charlene5. Brown, Peggy Jayne

, 6. Collins, Norma Jean7. Crutcher, Doris Jean8. Davis, Guy Craig Jr.9. Dedrick, George10. Dewberry, Lola P.11. Diggs, WilUarn12. Edgar, John u.13. Edwards, Linda14. Epps, Rickey Ray ,.]L5i._Golstoa«^Woodrow^_____16. _Hampton, Willd(Dean i K Harkins, Claire"''18. Helms, Thyra^J.19. Howell, Brenda Joyce20. Hughey, Lillie21. Irving, Kenneth22. Jackson, Linda Joyce23. Jackson, Michael24. Johnson, Lorene Bell25. Jones, Mildred Sanders26. Joshua, Charles E.27. McCullough, Sharon28. McKinney, Nadine29. Mansker, Melzenia30. Minter, Richard Leon31. Nunley, Deborah. H.32. Parker, Freddie D.33. Parker, Linda Kay?34. Payton, Stephen35. Pendley, Linda Susan36. Polk, Monica Marie 3,7, Rice, Shirley Ann38. Redo, Semonia Jean39. Roseburr, Vera40. Scott, Sarah41. Sjtiaw, Amelia Lynn42. Stevens, Gladys Jean43. Strassner, Gloria44. Symonette, Earl45. Tease, Joyce Ann \46. Tatum, Clinton, Jr.47. Tucker, Vavgaret Rose48. Williams, Jackie49. Wllliamfrdn, Mildred50. Wilson, Barbara Ann

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, Rt 1, Box 93 A, Mprris, Oklahoma 3747 H. Lansing, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1300 S. Nanson, Philadelphia, Pa.

'n 10 Dumas Ave, Hattiesburg, Miss.51$ E. Grant, Guthrie, Oklahoma 533 E. Young PI., Tulsa, Oklahoma Rt 2, Coyle, Oklahoma 1567 Iowa Ave, Dallas; Texes 907 N. Admire, El Reno, Oklahoma 1009 SW/Msdison, Idabel, Oklahoma Star Ro ffce, Box 26, Sawyer, Oklahoma Box 4179v6emtnOle, Oklahoma 115 E. Newton, Tulsa, Oklahoma 851 Booker Wash Drive #455, Atlanta Box 516, Langston, Oklahoma 800 E. Madison, Oklahoma City, Okla; 1909 N. Jordan, Oklahoma City, Okla. 1818 Fernwood, Dallas,'Texas Gen. Del, Springer, Oklahoma 2639 N. Peoria,"Tulsa,'Oklahoma Rt 1, Box 22, Haworth,2037 Hardin Dr., Oklahoma Ci 202 W. Cypress, Cushing,2239 E. 31sp PI N, Tulsa,3154 Oakmon, Detroit, Michigan 1241 Wlndemere, Oklahoma City, Okla. 2503 E. Apache, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1205 E. Lafayette, Okmulgee, Oklahoma 1716 Leland,'Evanston, Illinois 1225 Carverdale Dr, Oklahoma City,Okla. 2534 N. Xanthus, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2521 E. Zion, Tulsa, Oklahoma 804 N. Main, Muskogee, Oklahoma Rt 1, Box 149 A, Boley, Oklahoma 906 S. 6th, Muskogee, Oklahoma^Rt. 1, Box 148, Jones, OklaKonta^ •*’» P.O. Box 54) Spencer, Oklahoma 1552 N. St Louis PI., Tulsa, Oklahoma 1119. NE 10th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1109 Carverdale Dr, Oklahoma City 620 Mohawk, Tulsa, Oklahoma'1 605 E. King, Tulsa, Oklahoma Rpf 2, Box 272, Okmulgee, Oklahoma Box 181, Beggs, Oklahoma Bo* 14, Boynton, Oklahoma (V

1. Addai, William 4.00 2110 Bryant Ave., Bronx, New York2. Akins, Bernice 3.39 1201 E. Medlock, Hugo, Oklahoma3. Anderson, Ruth 3.00 218 N. Hickory, Pauls Valley, Okla.4. Austin, Lena Mae 3.00 . 1222 N. Cleveland, Cushing, Oklahoma5. Bottoms, Mayetta 1.00 Rt 1, Box 209, Choctaw, Oklahoma\«. Buford, Malcolm L. 3.20 1120 N. Grand, El Reno, Oklahoma7. Carr, Irma Jean 3.44 Rt 1, Box 24, Boley, Oklahoma8. Chiles, Carolyn 3.36 8118 S. Green, Chicago, Illinois9. ■ Cifisp, Robert Carl

Duncan, Ella Mae3.25 1804 Euclid, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

10. 3.00 P.O. Box 68, Tatums, Oklahoma11. French, Wesslyne 3.24 Box 576, Weleetka, Oklahoma

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Social SciMteo

DopartmontObsorvasNogra History Week

In commemoration o f the 43rd anniversary "'ofthff study of Negro life and history, the Social

DR. SHEELER ADDRESSING ASSEMBLY DURING THE OB­SERVANCE OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK AT LANGSTON UNI­VERSITY FEBRUARY 11-17, 1968.

of a Bancroft History Award for outstanding research, a citation for ‘'Inspirational Service" in the social sciences, and two awards by the Houston Business and Professional Men’s Club, for his outstanding performances.

Dr. Sheeler was introduced by Jack Sanders, a senior

Science Department of Langston- physical education . major at University under the joints Langston. Dr. Sheeler usedas the sponsorship of the Social Science topic of his address the conceptclub headed by Elwood M. T% George, and the Panhellenlc council headed by Vincent John­son, marked the observance of Negro history week February 11-17,1968 on campus.

For the first time during the observance of this historic event on the campus, the Department was proud to have as its guest speaker Dr. John R. Sheeler,

of the "Rebirth of Freedom," which he quoted from President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. He emphasized the fact that "America in a hundred years has failed to implement the philos­ophy of the rebirth of freedom for Negroes, whom they made cit­izens under the Fourteenth Amendment"

The one hour assembly pro-

2 t t S £ S £ S 5S£ n * * * «• * * *D ^senU v P r e s S 5 by a of facultytna presently president or and student ^ was conductedsity and presently

the Association for the study of Negro life and history that spear­heads Negro History Week as a part of its national program. Dr. Sheeler, who received the Ph. D. degree from the West Virginia University* has had noted experiences in the field ofeducationand social work, which included his services as cultural "Specialist” for the U.S. De­partment of State in Scandina­vian nations. He holds the honour

under the chairmanship of Mr. w u iis ' Brown, A ssis tan t p r o ­fessor, social Science Depart-.

The HouseOf Alpha

ment and chairman of the com­mittee for Negro History WeekObservance, 1968. In an inter­view with Mr. Brown, he mention ed that the significance of such an observance was "to make students aware of the contribu­tions made by Negroes in the community” . iThe ASNLH. was begun in 1926, has been observed for a number of years at Langston University, but 1968 marks a milestone in its history for having the President of the association as the principal speaker.

Following the assembly pro­gram, a seminar was helQ in the Little Theatre of the new music .building at which time, Dr. Sheeler answered questions posed by students and faculty members.

Dr. Sheeler spent the rest of the day talking with individual students and visiting some related classes on the campus.

Elwood M.T. George-Reporter

Omega Land

TechnologyDopartmont

One of the most significant questions asked by virtually every student, especially tech­nology students, was answered during the "New Career oppor­tunities Program.” What oppor­tunities would the student have excluding teaching upon gradu­ation? The message students received in conjunction with answers to the question from the Program was most profitable and inspirational. The seminars and group discussions were iHlbed thought provoking.

One of the consultants, a mechanical engineer from West­ern Electric, was Mr. W. L. Magnus, a former L.U. graduate, who has made some key designs for Western Electric on some of the important space projects along with other outstanding con­tributions in his field. When asked his reasons for success , he stated, "It was preparation, perseverance and dedication, the formula for success in any field.”

As a result of intensive train­ing in chosen fields, the tech­nology student will be able to prepare himself for highly spec­ialized jobs that are available. The fields r in technology are rapidly expanding and have a need for anyone qualified.

AKAThe ladies of Alpha Zeta

Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. want to extend best wishes to those Sorors anticipa­ting student teaching and also to encourage all Greeks as the ivy to always climb reaching toward higher heights. .

Forever in action, the Sorority is formulating* plans for the 1968 presentation of " Miss Fash- ionetta*’ which is indeed a most coveted title. Among other events scheduled will be a "Charm Clinic” on March 21. All ladies of the campus are urged to attend.

The Sorors of Alpha Kappa Alpha will be participating in the annual "Jabberwock” spon­sored by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. March 23.A REMINDER fnr All frnm AKA

It is our fondest wish that every student will make a special effort to contribute to the FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN sponsored by the Langston Uni­versity Development Foundation. Let us all as one big family do our part for the betterment of those seeking an education.

A BIT OF THOUfiHT The thing you think brighter

than the sun will inevitably be yours someday.”

Constance R. Simpson-Reporter

Niwlinivirsity

ClRCipt l lClRRCilChrphs Relations

The illustrious men of Omega ;would like to take this opportunity ' to welcome each individual back

On March 10, the Langston ^ Langston for the second University family will celebrate

DeltasPlan

JabberwockCO

Each year the ladies of BetaUpsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma

Theta Sorority Inc. sponsor a money raising project to promote scholarship hinds and public service programs. This year the sorority presents its biennial Jabberwock, a variety program wherein the Greek organiza­tions render glittering entertain­ment and cooperate for a worthy end. * This program^’ offers friendly open rivalry for Greek letter organizations as they com­pete for the Jabberwock trophy.

The theme for this year’s Jabberwock will be "Fantasy Magic,” a rendition of fairy tales.

Competing for the coveted tjtie of Miss Jabberwock are: Misses Allistene Barnes, Nancy Coch­ran, Joyce Counts, Dianne Har­bor, Patricia Parnell, Ruby Peterson, Loretta Tuttle, and

the University’s 71st Anniver sary, with the Annual Founders’ Day Services. The men of Alpha strongly urge that all students help pay tribute to a "rapidfy growing and physically expanding Educational Center,” by attend­ing these Services, starting with the Sunday Morning,Meditations.

Also, on March 10, Beta Kappa Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., will celebrate its 36th Anniversary in a Founders, Day Vespers, at 7:30 p.ita. in the I.W. Young Auditorium. Tentative guest speaker for the evening will be Brother Emery Jennings of

semester term of 1967-1968. < Each individual is wished the best of1' luck in all his endeavors of college life at Langston. Along with welcoming in the new and old back to the life of the stu­dent, the men of Omega would like _to welcome the neophite brothers into the "Land of Greekdom.” ~ These new pro­lific Greeks are, Micheal Jack­son, Raymond Anderson, Wyman.* Loveless, Ben Alexander, Je - - ^ 1 rome "S.D.” Lane, Freddie Gilmore, "Ship Captain” Micheal Harbert, Micheal Carter, Melvin Lowe, Richard Minter, Lenord Smith, Paul Jones, Larry Bennet, Jerry Beckham, James Jones,

Muskogee. Brother Jennings, a Willis and Robert Sims,former traveling re p re s e n ta tiv e ^ Wlth thef,e outstanding Greeks for the Pepsi Cola BottlifeT 0mega wU ^ m ite ly ^ riv e toM , . . . . . n A W L 'A U A W A n n H K a n n m n Q 1 / 1 r U I

Company, is a brilliant scholarand a very dynamic speaker. All Langstonites are cordially invited to attend.

Congratulations and a little more effort! With this fragmentedsentence, the Men of Alpha express commendations to the Langston University student body. CONGRATULATIONS to the hard working resourceful student who accumulated a threei point and above average for v-the fall semestMv thus making the Dean’s Honor^Roll/ And " a little more effort” could achieve for the stu­dents who didn’t receive the same

persevere and become a vital link in the chain of Greeks on Langston’s campus. Also, con­gratulations to the men of "Kappd’and " Alpha” fraternities for the excellent neopl^te brothers received. Omega knows these men will prove a vital asset to the fraternities as well as to the University.

•> The University Council was organized September 23, 1965 to serve as a medium ofcommu-

The men of Omega would like nication and information as well to thank with the waiJiTiest_sin- as a forum forhearing and solv-

will receive a scholarship and a ’ gift; the other contestants will r e p e jv g ^ f t S s ^ ls o .

( We urge each- of you to attend thf coronation of Miss Jabber­wock 1968 on March 23 and enjoy an evening of delightful entertain ment with the Deltas.Reporter,Mamie Wandick

One little i

way of exemplifying "a more effort” would be to

attend the V Students Tutoriaf sessions held 'each-Saturday at 2:00 P.M. on the -second floor of Jones Hall. Assisting in these sessions will be several honor students and hopefully an in­structor from each or the major departments here at Langston

Melvin McClellan—Reporter

qerity the faculty, students, visitors and friends for attending the annual "Show Boat.” This year’s theme was "Q ue-tari.”The stage was set as an African

ASafari scene with, each Brother having some type of act that he had captured to captivate the dynamic audience.

The firs t prize was in the form of capital, amounting to $25.00 in cash with second and third prizes being.two beautiful trophies. Con- an gratuiations to all winners, and many many thanks to the very efficient judges.

Reporter-Charles "B .C .” Hicks- jS

ing problems. The initial meeting of the group, composed of 13 student leaders and 11 members of the University faculty and administration, was assembled at the calf of President Hale.

This new concept in student- faculty relations was launched to strengthen and improve relation­ship between all segments of the Langston University family.

The results of the Council as instrument for the fu lh

participation in the affairs of the University on the pajrt of all its constituents h a ^ been most gratifying. \

The February meeting of the

University Council met Tuesday the twentieth. Faculty members present were: President William H. Hale, Mr. Laron Clark, Dr. John W. Coleman, Mr. J.W. Gaffney, Dr. Larzette G. Hale, Mr. . Raymond C. j Jo.inson, Dr. S.B. Latimer, Mrs. Mamie Slothower, D r^ L.C. Stephens, Dr. Chelsea^, ^Tipton, and,Mr. Jimmie^Wbite. Student members included: Bernice Akins, Darlene Biglow, Ruth Brown, EdwardMarilyn Coffee, Je rry Driver, Janis Hale, Linda Henderson, Barbara Johnson, Barbara S. Johnson (visitor) Etta Johnson,

"LaFrance McGuirt.^'W.L. Mc­Kinney (visitor) James E. Page, Johnetta Roseburr, Joyce Sad- berry, Dana Sims, Glenda Thomas, Sandra Watson and Patricia Williams.

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Career Opportun

Mr. William Haskins, Urban League

Deputy Director, Washington Bureau,

Mr. Phillip Joell, Field Representative, New Opportunities Program

Mrs. Willie Rose, Personnel Staffing Specialist, Bureau of In­ternal Revenue, and Mr. Alfred Davis

Mrs* Alice Strong Davis and Mr. Donald Fisher, Missile Specialist,Department of Army, p o rt Sill Mr. Nathaniel Smith, and Mr. Jerry Wilson, Employment Co-

ordinator, Pan American Petroleum Company.

March, 1968—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—Page 5

nities" ConferenceDust Bowl Playors

Slate SecondProduction

Front row: Mrs. Velma Johnson Hiding, Miss Ruth Sypert- Back row: Mr. Marcell Buckner and Mr. William Shelton, College Relations Officer, FAA, Oklahoma City

Mrs. Jane Clark, Cartographer Trainer, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, StT Louis, Missouri, and Miss Tommie L. Jones

Mrs. Ethel-Lionell Airlines, Chicago

McKenzie Williams, Stewardess, American

Mr. Leroy Kirk, Deputy Equal Opportunity Officer, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City

|I

Mr. Allen D. Russell, Personnel Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service and Mr. Sherman Lewis.

1

EEOPSeeks

College Grades

The Department of State Equal Employment Opportunity Pro­gram is recruiting minority group candidates to fill junior diplomat positions. A limited

I number of appointments will be made on a competitive basis

'between July 1, 1968 and June 30, 1969.

Recruitment will be conducted on a highly selective basis at various colleges and universities and in minority group (Negro, Oriental, Spanish American, and Arerlcan Indian) communities throughout the country.

Junior officers are young men and women who receive special­ized foreign affairs training in the Department and are assigned to a wide variety of jobs in Washington and at embassies and consulates overseas. While specific types of assignments are too numerous to list, major occupational areas in which junior officers serve include the following: ADMINISTRATION,CONSULAR AFFAIRS, ECO­NOMIC AFFAIRS, POLITICAL AFFAIRS,' PUBLIC AFFAIRS, and RESEARCH.

Beginning salaries range from $6,734 to $9,376 per year, de­pending on academic background, previous work experience and age.

Men and women between the ages of 21 and 31, who have been citizens of the UnitedStates for at least 10 years, may apply. A candidate’s spouse must also be a citizen of the United States. Other Qualifications Include:

Minimum educational back­ground of a Bachelor’s degree.

Applicants should forwaru a completed SF-57 (Standard Ap­plication for Federal Employ­ment) to the address'above. The Form 57 may be obtained at college placement offices, Post Offices, United States Employ­ment Service, and at most Federal Offices.

When available, scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), U.S. Civil Service Com­mission Federal Service En­trance Examination (FSEE), and the State Department’s Foreign Service Officer Examination (FSO) will be taken into con­sideration.

Applicants should indicate when they expect to be avail­able for employment; they should also provide the scores they received on the written examina- tions listed earlier.____________

von r e l s -----(Continued from page 1)

For the past two years, The Von Rels Collegiate Award was presented to Misses Lula Graham of Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma and Priscilla Reynolds of Boley, Oklahoma.

There are currently seventeen young ladies in the Von Rels C lub,several of which are Langs­ton University graduates and teachers in Oklahoma City, Okla­homa. The officers and mem­bers are as, follows: •

President - Shirley Partridgb - student of Central State Cpllefee and Assistant Manager of Holi­day Recreation Center.

Vice President - Phyliss Jack­son - Secretary for the Oklahoma County Tag Agency.

Barbara Miller - Scrub Tech­nician - University Hospital.

Secure your application blank by April 10, 1968 in the Financial Aid office located on the first floor of Moore Hall.

For further information con­tact Mrs. Shirley Partridge, 3313 N. E. 16th. Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Villetta M. B. Partridge Recording Secretary

The Languor. University Theatre will present the Dust Bowl Players in the second major production of the current season on Thursday and Friday, March 14-15 with the production of Moss Hart’s LIGHT UP THE SKY. LIGHT UP THE SKY is a gay, sophisticated comedy about a group of professional actors, di­recto r, author, and friends who a re in Boston for the pre- broad- way try-out of a new play. LIGHT UP THE SKY has proved to be one of the most popular comedies by the late Moss Hart who with the late George Kaufmann pro­duced some of the great American comedies of the 20th century including “ You Can’t Take It With You’’ and “ The Man Who Came to Dinner.’’ Because of the difficult characterizations re­quired for LIGHT UP THE SKY the cast for the most part is made up of veteran members of the Dust Bowl Players who have liad considerable experience on the Langston University stage. Heading the cast will be Sheila Ray, senior from Oklahoma City, who was last seen in the title role of “ Antigone” . Miss Ray will be seen as Irene Living­ston, the “ s ta r” of the broad- way bound troupe. Rayfer Mainor sophomore from Seattle, Wash­ington, a veteran of the casts of “ H arley” , “ Antigone,” and “ Our Town” will be seen in his first leading role as Carlton Fitzgerald, the Director of the Play. Melzenia Mansker, sopho­more from Tulsa, last seen as Amanda in the summer produc­tion of “ The Glass Menagerie” will be seen as Stella Livings­

to n , mother of the “ s ta r” . Robert Sims and Cleta Powell, last seen in the fall production of “ Our Town” will appear as Sidney and Frances Blaok, the backers of the production. Searcy Barnett and Antonio Henderson, both of the “ Our Town” cast will be seen as two playwrites. Leonard Smith, senior from Detroit, Michigan and a veteran of “ Harvey,” “ Antigone,” “ The Glass Menagerie,” and “ Our Town” is cast as Tyler Ray­burn, the husband of the “ s ta r” . Jackie Williams also a three time veteran of the Dust Bowl Players will be playing the role of Nan Lowell, “ ghost w riter” for Miss Livingston’s autobiography. Paul Forte and Carl Hunter round out the cast as two Shriners.

LIGHT UP THE SKY is directed 'toy H. Keith Slothower, Director of the University theatre.

As for all University theatre productions on the Langston campus there will be no admis­sion charge for LIGHT UP THE SKY. Curtain is scheduled promptly at 8 P.M. on both even- ings of performance.__________

DeadlineStudent

Those students who will need financial assistance for the 1968-69 school year must com­plete an application for financial aid and file it in the Financial Aid Office on or before March 15, 1968. The awards for the 1968-69 school year will be made on April 15, 1968, based on need, academic progress and available funds.

Applications may be secured in the Financial Aid Office, located on the firs t floor of Moore Hall (Administration Building).

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H O W T H E F O U N D A T I O N H E L P S

WHAT IS THE FOUNDATION? A nonprofit corporation chartered in 1961 to seek contributions from alumni and friends to provide financial assistance where funds are not available. Unrestricted gifts enable the Foundation to use the money where it is most needed. However, designated con* trlbutlons are welcomed and will be administered as the donor wishes. 6 .

1 9 6 8 G O A L S

$1,009, CHECK FOR DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION is presented to Dr. Hale by Gerald McGrew, Vice-President of Cities Service Oil Company, Tulsa.

Dr. Hale said the gift was a result of a meeting with business and industry leaders of Oklahoma last year in Tulsa. In the meeting, the Langston University Development Foundation story was told to the Oklahoma leaders and many substantial gifts to the foundation have been received with the Cities Service contribution being one of the largest

' Matching Funds - Federal Scholarships and Grants Educational and Enrichment Projects Membership - Cooperative College

Development Program Operating Expenses

$ 2 0 ,0 0 065.00055.000

2.5007.500

$ 150 ,000

Students Kick-Off CampaignLangston University

M VILO PM K N T FOUNDATION

SUPPORTYOURLANGSTONUNIVERSITYDEVELOPMENTFOUNDATION

Jerry Driver, Student Government President, appeals to students for one hundred per cent support to Development Fund Campaign.

Development Foundation Kick-Off Campaign lucky number prize winners pictured with President Hale

Your one dollar cjantribution to the Foundation can make avail-

loan 'funds

(able ten dollars in for needy students.

James E. Glover, President of senior class, receives a check from President Hale for reporting the largest amount of finance

Renditions by the University’s Combo were super!

SUPPORT YOUR LANGSTON UNIVERSITY DEVEOLPMENT

FOUNDATION

Editorial\

The student is the essence of our country’s tomorrow. He is the element in which the culture of a society is transferred from one generation to another.

The school, whether it be college, primary or secondary ty the foundation of his development. Most of the things he conceives in school are important; whilff others may be Insignificant, but an impontant part of education. j

As a student, he is tmdev^f eat pressure. This pressure coming from his parents, professors and government- To do better. To be considered as a student, one must/ be willing to learn to accept changes and to live withr fhem. If ^ne fails to progress, he fails as a student. He must have'values and uphold them, not only to benefit himself but others as well.

In the final analysis all things are beneficial. One must be able to take what he has learned in regards to wha| others have learned and direct, it toward a cojnmon objective, whether this objective be peace, equality oj building an empire.

goal me student is insignificant as a shoeWithout a commonwithout a sole. *— ^

There is one way in which we the students can help ourselves and others as well, this fetjirough the Development Foundation Fund. As one student to another I strongly encourage you to support the Development Foundation Fund.

Clarence D. Williams

March, 1968-THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—Page 7

OKLAHOMA CITY LANGSTON UNIVERSITY

Dance™tate Alumni

STILL MOT

TOO If additional « invitations areLATE needed for others who are not

The second Annual Pre- members, the $5.00 associate Founders Day Alumni Slate Dance membership card may be secured sponsored by the Langston Uni* from Clifford D. Wallace, Acting versity Alumni Association and Executive Secretary, Langston the Langston University Develop. University, Langston, Oklahoma ment Foundation will be held 73050. at the Tulsa Civic Center March 9, 1968 from 9:00 p. m. to 1:00 a. m. Only financial members (active andassociate) may attend.The 1967.68 alumni card is the admittance requirement

Each member may invite an escort or company and (1) couple.Invitations will be sent to guests by the Acting Executive Secretary.

Langston Grad Honored

Mrs. Dorothy Morgan Wil­liams, a 1964 graduate , has been selected to appear in the

ARTICLE D, SECTION 4, “ MEM- bershlp” Associate Member

Any person recommended by a local unit who has connection with or interest in the Univer­sity may become a member upon approval by the Bbato of DU\ rectors. Such persons enjoy' all rights and privileges of act* ive members except the right to vote or hold office.

Emery H. JemiMS Joins Kermac Staff

Emerv H. Jennings has joined Kerr McGee Corpor ation as director of special markets in branded petrol eum marketing. R. M. K Jnox, vice president of the marketings pipeline and re-

OKMULGEE

LANGSTOfl UNIVERSITY

ALUMNI CHAPTER

Mr. Deverreaux McMurry County Chairman

Mr. H. D. Stearns Mrs. Hazel Tunley Mr. John Q. Thomas Mrs. Z. D. Thomas Mrs. M. L. Bring

Mrs. M. L. BrinkleyMrs. V. R. LillyMiss. Gladys OverstreetMrs. Jakie JacksonMiss Barbara McMurryMiss Mary Alice ByrdDr. R. B. Taylor, J r .(Associate Member)Mrs. R. B. Taylor, J r . (Associate Member)

Mr.ALUMNI CHAPTER

C. C. Cooper - President

Outstanding Young Women of ”America is an annual biographi- Jennings is lesponsible cal compilation of 6,000 out- for developing programs to standing young women between promote sale of Deep Rock the ages of 21 and 35. These and Kerr McGee brand pe- yourig women have distinguished troleum products in soeci- themselves in civic and pro- alized markets throughout fessional activities. the company’s 17 state

Mrs. Williams was one of the marketing area, first two Negro women hired by . .. . * .the Farmers Home Administra- _ native of Corsicana, tion in Oklahoma as Assistant Texas. Jeipiinrrs was eraa Farm Management Supervisor, uated from Langston Um- Her job is primarily with the veP ^v a hacjielor of anti-poverty program and coun- sc*®”0® degree in' pociologv selipg. farm and non-farm fam- an.“ rece’ved a. master of

science deeree in second­ary school administration from OSIT. He was a teacher and privcinal inthe pub­lic schools in Muskogee, Oklahoma, for 20 years. Prior to ioinihg Kerr Mc­Gee he was a marketing specialist for the Pepsi ?o!a Company._______ ^

Jennings served a four year term as the first Ne­gro member of the Okla homa Pardon and Parole Board. He is a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Muskogee.

Mr. C. Q. Wright Mr. Oscar E. Rice Mrs. Vera M aye Rice Mr. Jesse O. House Mrs. .A. M. Strong (County Chairman)Mrs. M. L. McCurdy Mr. J. R. Swain Mrs. Alta Watson Willie Ewing Mr. Wesley Kirk Mr. Spencer M. James Mrs. Bertha Townsend Mrs. Mattie Counter Mrs. Octoavia Douglas Mrs. Erma Burns Mrs. Flora D. Swanson Mrs. Elaine Minner Allie L. Randolph Menttory Nichols Mr. Leroy Kirk Mrs. Arleta Kemp Mr. Roy Thurston Mrs. Curtycine Buford Mr. Winfrey Magnus

.Mrs* Chester Gipson Mrs. E. L. Ferguson Mr. 1 Willie G. Baker Mrs. Daisy H. Server Mr. Alvin Cudjoe Mrs. Nancy R. Davis Mrs. Eddie Kernal Mrs. Ruby Fleming Mrs. ThelmaJ M Jones Mrs. Evelyn Lee

Mr. Cleo G. McCannMr. Jessie L. Jude Mr. Fred D. Factory Mr. W. B. Parker Mr. M. F. PARKER Mr. a M. F. Miller Mrs. Gladys Wiley Mr. Clarence E. Bell Mrs. Catherine Spigner Mrs. E. A. Holmes Mrs. Johnell Cudjoe Mrs. EUa Patterson Mr. C. C. Cooper Mrs. J. J. Moore Mrs. Ruby C. McCauley Mrs. Jennie L. Pollard Mrs. Annie M. Kirk Mr. Herbert Hibler Mr. Anthony M. SaloneMrs. Dolores Salone Mr. Haywood Jackson Mrs. Nila Jewel Phillips M rs. Johnnie Mae Stevens Mrs. Geneva Smith M rs. Sarah J. Bell Mr. Clarence E. Bell Mrs. Catherine SpignerMr. Robert Williams Mrs. Robert Williams Mrs. Elaine Minner M rs . Geneva Franklin Mrs. Dorothy Dell Smith Mr. Lance Cudjoe Miss Ruth Sypert

ilies on food, health, fnance and home management planning.

Mrs. Williams is the daught­er of Mrs. Sadie Morgan, House­mother at Marquess Hall.

* K

Mircellus Jones f Accepts Position

Marcellus L Jones has joined the staff of the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority as a community relations counselor in the John F. Kennedy Urban Renewal Project.

Executive Director of UR James B, White said Jones’ du­ties include helping JFK resi­dents understand how urban re­newal will affect them and ans­wering questions about me ur­ban renewal program.

Jones graduated from Lang­ston University with a BS de­gree in sociology. He served in the Army during World War n. He will work out of the JFK project office, 601 N. E. 8th.

Langston University Alumni Consultants for the Career Opportunity Conference pose for picture: Left to right—Mrs. Ethel-Lionell Williams,‘66; Miss Opel Venable,‘66; Mrs. Arvelene Sutton Farmer, ‘61; Mrs. Velma Huling,’67; Miss Ruth Sypert,‘67; and Mrs. Carolyn Miles, ‘66

HOMECOMING 1968

Date NOVEMBER 2,1968

Time: 2 P.M.

Place: ANDERSON FIELD Opponent:

BISHOP COLLEGE Dallas, Texas

The loss of Dr. HodgeT

Oklahoma lost the services of In 1937 Dr. Hodge was elected Dr. Oliver Hodge, State Super- Tulsa County Superintendent of intendent of Public Instruction, Schools, a position he held for on January 14, 1968. The death 10 years before being elected of a man with such high capa- the state superintendent in 1947. bilities, experience and staturewill leave a vacuum in our ed- Dr. Hodge was elected to his ucation circles that is irreplace- fifth term of office in 1966, the able. same year his health began to

fail after suffering a heart attack, the same ailment wliich was listed as the cause of his death.

Certainly no group will miss Dr. Hodge’s leadej£bip and guidance-more than tfe member­ship of the Oklahoma Education Association.

* "FOUNDERS DAY BANQUET” *

CAMPUS INTERVIEWS(INTERVIEW DATE A R EA )

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1968

CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANYC IT G O — Trodem ork Cities Service Oil Compony, subsidiary of Cities Service Company.

Taka ChapterOf Langston University

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION *

t1060

7 to 9 p. m.

Hutcherson Y. M. C. A. Tulsa, Oklahoma

THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE

Published at Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma

The Gazette Staff:

Co-EditorCo-Editor * .Sports Editor...........Art Edi tor. . » . . . . Business Manager . . . • • • •

Clarence Williams Wessylyne French -

. Malcolm Buford Joyce Tease Elwood T. George

Vincent KyleGlenn Jon es...........................................Photographers

General Staff:

Sandra Carey Paula P. Cotton James Glover Brenda Howell Linda Henderson Dana Sims

"X-Janet Hughes Joylyn Johnson Anna Glenn Linda Henderson Vincent Johnson Jerry B. Driver

Page 8—THE LANGSTON UNIVERSITY GAZETTE—March, 1968

M arquess HayneKing of the Court Clowns

(Reprinted from February 1968 BOY'S LIFE) Frank Utsky

In most ways, it was a night like all other nights for a tourii* comedy basketball team. The site was South Plainfield. N.J.. But it could have been Gallup, New Mexico; Dubuque, Iowa;Midland, Tex., or anywhere else.

The comic, a 6’ 6” former football player named Bob (Trick) Woods, was baiting the referee, kidding his opponents and the customers, and shooting a behind-the-back flip shot from mid-court (he made it), a mid-court shot while lying on his back (he made it), and a shot from the top row of the stands (yes, he made it). Someone sneaked into the game a ball that flew ten feet through the air and then returned (courtesy of a heavy rubber band). When the referee threw out the ball, it was replaced by a ball that bounced as crazily as a Mexican jumping bean.

The capacity crowd stopped laughing only long enough to oooh and aaah at the sleight-of-hand passing. But its appetite wasn’t satisfied yet. “ Dribble,” a boy pleaded from the stands. “ Yeah, dribble,” another shouted.

A fragile man—6’ tall and barely 160 pounds—heard the ca ll His basketball shirt, at least two sizes too large, hung from his shoulders, but the team name was easy to read. It said MAGICIANS, and this man was the No. 1 magician of the Magicians.

He started to dribble. The player guarding him darted for the ball and presto! the ball and dribbler were gone, both working their magic on another victim across the court. In and out of the pack he moved; dribbling high and low, quickly and slowly, on his knees and sitting, searching out victims and conquering them. In 22 seconds he dribbled 57 times before driving in and sinking a lay-up.

The crowd screamed and applauded and stamped its feet. Strangers looked at each other, shook their heads and'smiled. They had heard about the man and his dribbling, and hadn’t believed it. Now they had seen for themselves, and they still didn’t believe it. ^

Marques Oreole Haynes, the world’s greatest dribbler, wasn’t especially impressed with his performance. “ I could have done more against a more experienced team,” he said. “ If your op­ponent is aggressive and good, it makes a better show because they fight you for the ball. This was a high-school alumni team, and these boys just weren’t in shape.”

Against sturdy competition, Marques estimates that, at a rate of three dribbles per second, he could dribble 5,400 times in a half-hour—“ If I have the strength to keep it up for a half-hour.”

Marques Haynes is always in shape. He is the founder, president, chief booking agent, road secretary, publicist, typist, bookkeeper, coach and star attraction of the Fabulous Magicians. From early October to the first week in May, he plays basketball almost seven nights a week (and Sunday afternoons, too) in majestic settings such as New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Los Angeles Sports Arena and in high-school gyms and arm ories and YMCAs and college field houses and almost every other conceivable home of a basketball court.

His record is. filled with superlatives. In 22 years as a p r o - seven with the Harlem Globetrotters and 15 with the Fabulous Magicians—he has played over 4,500 games, more than any other player in history. His Magicians started the season with a career record of more than 3,000 victories and nine defeats, playing against any teams—bad, good or great—the local promoters chose. His basketball travels have covered 2,100,000 miles, the equivalent of four roundtrips to the moon plus seven around-the-world cru ises plus five jaunts from New York to Miami and back. He has dribbled more than 850,000 times in his show-stopping routines. His act has been seen by 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 people in person and millions of others on the Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar television shows.

He has become a national institution much like Satchel Paige, another great barnstormer who became a major-league baseball pitcher in 1948 at the age of 50 (never mind what the record bood says) and is still playing the provinces. And, like Paige, Haynes won’t talk about his age.

“ If I say how old I am,” he says, “ it would disappoint a lot of people who insist they saw me play in the late 1920s and 1930s.It would disappoint the people who swear they went to college with me 35 or 40 years ago.

“I'remember one night in 1957 or 1958 when we played in a little place called Price, Utah. An old prospector who must have been in his early 6Qx spent hours driving in from the mountains to see me. He said he remembered seeing me play in Helper, Utah, in 1924, and he wanted to see me play again. After the game, he said, T see you still have the touch.’ Then he talked about that 1924 game, and he would quote detail after detail.I kept nodding. He drove all that way to buy a ticket and see me play, so why should I disappoint him?”

That 1924 performance must have been a beauty, because the truth : is that Marques Haynes wasn’t eVen born then. He was born )n 1925 or 1926, which would make him 41 or 42 now. He has the smiling, ageless face of a man of 41 or 42...or 51...or 61., He is such an accomplished all-round player that several National

Basketball Association teams tried in the past to lure him from barnstorming. In fact, he bacame a talented basketball player before his f irs t real exhibition of dribbling. '

His first exposure to a basketball came in his home town of Sand Springs, Okla., when he was six or seven years old. His s is te r, Cecil, was a s ta r on the high-school g irls’ team, and she took Marques to practice every day. While she worked out, Marques would stand on the sideline, bouncing a ball.

He was one of 11 neighborhood boys who played all sports together, and when sides were chosen for basketball, he inevitably was the Uth man. So it was off to the sidelines again, and again he dribbled to amuse himself. When someone got hurt or was called home by his father or mother, Marques played. Even then, instead of shooting, he dribbled.

In seventh grade, Marques Haynes bacame famous, at least in his hometown. He was appointed mascot (today, he would be called manager) of the Booker T. Washington High School basketball team. In addition to standard duties, he washed uniforms, mended torn shirts, wrapped minor injuries such as sprained ankles, and gave rubdowns. He made trips with the team to Tulsa (seven miles away), Oklahoma City, Wewoka, Boley.

When the team was a man short in practice, he filled in, but he didn’t pull a dribbling a c t “I was so thrilled just being on the court,” he says, “ I was afraid to do anything to get the coach sore.”

By Uth grade, he made the high-school varsity as the ninth or tenth man on a tenman team. He was taken to the national Negro high-school championships in Tuskegee, Ala., played so well in the first game that he started the remaining five, and led his team to the championship. He was chosen for the second* team All-America. But stiU no fancy dribbling in a game.

He was graduated from high school at 16 and entered Langston University in Langston, Okla., on a half scholarship. He earned some of his keep by cleaning the gym, and his moth# and sister helped with money.

In his freshman year, a football practice (he played quarterback) was moved indoors because of rain. When the practice had ended, the coach allowed his boys to fool around with a basketball, and they fooled around. Marques dribbled behind his back and between his legs, and he thought it strange that no one could get the baU from him. The more they tried, the more he dribbled. The seed had been planted.

Zip Gayles was the varsity basketball coach, and he tolerated no shenanigans. He wanted only to win, and his team won. In fact, in Marque’s three years on the varsity, it lost only once.

When Marque’s was a junior, Langston played in the South­western Conference tournament at Southern University’s home court in Baton Rouge, La. Southern had a flashy team that humiliated opponent with fancy play, and Marque’s sense of righteousness was shaken. If his team got into, the final against Southern, he vowed, he would give those show-offs a dose of their own medicine.

Langston did reach the final against Southern and was leading by ten or 15 points in the dying minutes. Marques tried to get up nerve to put on a dribbling act, but every time he stole a look at his coach, he shuddered. With three minutes left he got the ball, started to dribble . and forgot all about his coach. In and out he dashed, and the Southern players went sprawling, trying to get the ball.. He brought down the house, and remember, this was Southern’s home crowd. •. Pennies sailed onto the floor. So did hats. So did Marques’s coach, 'who was furious. After two minutes of dribbling, Marques drdve in for a field goal and, without breaking stride, kept running right for the dressing room.

“ I wanted to get as far away from the coach as I could,” he recalls, “ because I knew he might tear me apart. He chewed me out, all right, but later Funny Pyles, the assistant coach, said, “ you know, Zip kind of enjoyed that himself.”

The next year, Langston played the world-famous Harfem Globe­t r o t te r s , the most successful comedy basketball team (and a • team that could play serious basketball with the best). Langston

won, 74-40, without any dribbling pyrotechnics by Marques. But the Globetrotters were so im pressed anyway that they wanted him to join them immediately. He joinW-them, but not until eight months later.

They started him on their Kansas City Stars farm team at $250 a month. Now he had the ideal atmosphere for a dribbling routine, and he did it so well that he was promoted “to the Globe­tro tters within two months-at the same salary. When he left the Globetrotters in 1953 and formed his own team, he was making $10,000 a y ea r..

Now Marques Haynes, who once waited on tables and, dug ditches, earns $75,000 a year from the Magicians alone. He owns real estate in Oklahoma, Texas and Las Vegas. He is a partner in a Tulsa insurance agency. This year, he will sell 10,000 Fabulous Magicians basketballs (there are two grades) at $2.98 and $5.98, 7,000 Magicians T-shirts at $1.98 and 100,000 souvenir programs at 50 to 75 cents. (Basketball shoes bearing the Magicians’ name are just starting to reach t^ p n ark e t.)

But success has not spoiled him. Though he may dress impec­cable and expensively, and though he may live in a huge ranch house in Sand Springs (“ It has 13 or 15 rooms, I’m not sure which,” he says) with his wife, Marquetta, and daughters Marsha Kaye, 15, and Marquetta Kolette, 6, he remains warm and gentle.

He is a gentle man as well as a gentleman. He does not swear and seldom raises his voice. He is a trustee of the F irst Baptist Church in Sand Springs. He has never forgotten his Boy Scout training (his brother was Scoutmaster). .

Ask him to describe his show in one word and he will call it “ clean” . It is also spectacular, but never so much so as a 1946 game between the Kansas City S tars and Mexican All-Stars at Chihuahua, Mexico. With eight minutes to play, three of the six Kansas -City* players had fouled out, leaving only Marques and two teammates on the floor against, five able-bodied foes ready for the kill. Kansas City led by three points; but the cause seemed hopeless unless..;.v

So Marques dribbled, and dribbled, and dribbled. For seven minutes and 45 seconds he dribbled without losing the ball. Then^ with 15 seconds left and victory assured, he passed off. His team won, and a pleased Marques Haynes walked toward the dres­sing room. A man stopped him. * •':

“ Hey Marques,” the man said, “ how come you stopped drib­bling? Not in shape, huh?’

All-Sports Banquet®

Scheduled

MR. ED. LACY

.The Annual All-Sports Banquet which honors Langston Uni­versity athletes will be held May 11. Banquet speaker will be Mr. Edward J. Lacy, Head Foot­ball Coach at Booker T. Washing­ton, Tulsa, the high school from which he graduated.

Mr. Lacy’s undergraduate training was received from North Carolina A & T, College, Greens­boro, North Carolina and the M. A. degree in Health and Physical Education from Columbia Uni­versity, New York. While at A& T Lacy lettered in football, basket­ball, track and baseball.

During his tenure at Booker T. Mr. Lacy has coached two state wrestling champions and a num­

b e r of regional champions; won ~SS§" Football Championship in 1968, produced three all-*tate players, bafck of the year, line­man of the year and was select­ed Coacih of the Year.

Mrr"Lacy is a member of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

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NAIA Sports Release

Oklahoma Christian College, the only eligible independent in NAIA District 9, came into its own as a basketball power this' season by challenging and de­feating tije DC AC best, first Sputftwestern and then the mighty Redmen of Tahlequah two out of three. For^the Tirst time in history it/w ill/b e -a non-OCAC team • repfesentlng-Di stric t 9 in the National Tournament at Kan­sas City. The Eagles of OCC, led to a 26-7 season by youth­ful Coach Frank Davis, are on their way, and the colleges of District 9 now wish them good fortune, in representing Okla­homa basketball all the way to the National Championship!

Coach Jack Dobbins at North­eastern loses Paulk and Dumas, league-leading scorers who led the Redmen to a 25-3 season and the schools first OC AC crown Their loss will be added to by the graduation of Bill T erry ,' but returning will be 6 -6 Mike Hasting, 6-3 Joe Ragsdale,6-3 Dan Bennett, 5-10 Charles Big- horse, 6-3 Ron Shade, 6-5 George Gunter, and others.

Coach Bernard Crowell at Lang­ston will lose only one starter, Clifton. Cotton, yaftd returns the remainder to their squad, in­cluding 2nd team All-Conference Mike H arris, 6-1 Rickey Epps,5-9 Melvin Lowe,<^6-5 Wilbert Robertson, 6-1 Roy Slimpson, 6-5 Joe Cumming, 6-1 Fred Lewis,6-0 Floyd Irons, 5-10 Granvel Golden, and 5-8 Joe Love.