Ninetieth Commencement Wednesday, August 14, 1963. Savannah State College

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* Processional: "War March of the Priests"

(from "Athalia") arr. Felix Mendelssohn

*" Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" Ludwig van Beethoven

Audience

Invocation Rev. Edgar P. Quarterman

Pastor, Second Baptist Church
Savannah, Georgia

*"Hear Our Prayer, Lord" George Whelpton

Audience

'The Lord Is My Salvation" Helen Marth

Annie Owens Russell, Soprano,
And Summer School Singers

Commencement Address Dr. Howard E. Wright

President, Allen University
Columbia, South Carolina

'Home in Dat Rock" arr. Frederick D. Hall

Summer School Singers

Conferring of Degrees Mr. T. C. Meyers

Acting President

*" Savannah State College Hymn" Fisher-Hatchett

Audience

* "Recessional: Triumphal March" (from "Aida") . . . Giuseppe Verdi

* The audience is requested to stand.

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DIVISION OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Percy Lee Harden Savannah

Barbara Johnson Hicks Savannah

SECRETARIAL SCIENCE

Carolyn R. Screen Savannah

DIVISION OF EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Lula Allen Swainsboro

Benjamin James Colbert Savannah

Hazel Garvin Savannah

Edith Albright Green Savannah

Pearl S. Hardwick Midville

Maggie Ann Hopkins Hinesville

Bernice M. Jones Townsend

Annette Yvonne Randolph Fitzgerald

Bertha Routt Statesboro

SECONDARY EDUCATION

Harriet B. Brown Brunswick

ENGLISH

Gwendolyn Campbell Savannah

MATHEMATICS

Harriet L. Ervin Savannah

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Robert Florence, Jr Brunswick

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Comer Flynn Savannah

GENERAL SCIENCE

Mary J. Harmon Byronville

ENGLISH

Gloria Harper Millen

GENERAL SCIENCE

Ann Marie Holmes Macon

ENGLISH

Barbara Hummings Savannah

MATHEMATICS

Rosetta B. Johnson Valdosta

ENGLISH

Bobby McNeal Savannah

SOCIAL SCIENCE

"Veronica Owens Savannah

ENGLISH

Leslie Seabrook Alma

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Ira Ann Snelson Marietta

BUSINESS EDUCATION

HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION & RECREATION

Willie 0. Harris Thomson

Israel Smalls Rincon

Jerome Smith Hinesville

Johnny Warren Sparta

Joseph Williams Metter

DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCES

BIOLOGY

Henrietta Jones Macon

Julia Mae Jones Millen

William Jackson Milton Savannah

Jerelean Nunnally Statesboro

CHEMISTRY

Lewis Bacon Waycross

James Ernest Coar Columbus

Ida Elizabeth Dukes Savannah

John Kight, III Folkston

MATHEMATICS

James Winifred Williams Savannah

DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

SOCIOLOGY
Alice Faye Law Gainesville

DIVISION OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Vernita Joyce Wright Savannah

FOODS, NUTRITION & INSTITUTION MANAGEMENT

Louise Zettawee Hargrove Cordele

Gloria Virginia Richardson Brunswick

INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION

*George Ellis Lovett Savannah

Theodore Gary Pittman Blakley

Gentle Lee Powers Fitzgerald

TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Norma Jean Hendrix Savannah

* Cum Laude

JOYFUL, JOYFUL, WE ADORE THEE

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee

God of glory, Lord of love;

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee,

Opening to the sun above.

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness,

Drive the dark of doubt away;

Giver of immortal gladness,

Fill us with the light of day.

All Thy works with joy surround Thee,
Earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee,
Center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing fountain,
Call us to rejoice in Thee.

Thou art giving and forgiving,
Ever blessing, ever blest,
Well-spring of the joy of living,
Ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother,
All who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other,
Lift us to the Joy divine.

Mortals, join the happy chorus
Which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o'er us,
Brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward,
Victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful music leads us Sunward,

In the triumph song of life.

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SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN

Let us give thanks and praise to Thee,
To our Alma Mater, S. S. C.
Thine honor, pride, and eminence,
We raise in prayerful reverence.

Guide us still from day to day,
Be Thou mindful lest we lose our way;
Help us know that life, short or long,
Means unceasing work for weak and strong.

REFRAIN

Where Savannah meets the Sea,

Where grassy plains and palms abound,

Where the flow'rs are gems of loveliness,

There S. S. C. is found.

We adore each beauteous scene and hall,

Our all we pledge to Thee!

In our hearts we'll build a shrine for Thee.

We hail Thee, S. S. C.