One Hundred Fourteenth Commencement August 15, 1976 Savannah State College

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THE CHIEF MARSHAL

THE CLASS MARSHALS

CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE

CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTERS DEGREE

INSTRUCTORS OF THE COLLEGE

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS OF THE COLLEGE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS OF THE COLLEGE

PROFESSORS OF THE COLLEGE

PROFESSORS EMERITI

THE GRADUATE FACULTY

THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACADEMIC MACE
AND THE OFFICIAL MEDALLION

Observing the centuries.old convocation procedures, each Marshal in the Savan-
nah State College Academic Procession carries an official mace which is indicative
of the power, dignity, and magisterium vested in the College. The mace is a club-
shaped staff which originated in the Middle Ages as a weapon. Eventually, it gained
a ceremonial character and is presently employed most often by legislative forums
and academic enterprises.

The official mace of Savannah State College was designed and made from ma-
hogany wood by Mr. Ernest S. Brown, Instructor of Industrial Arts. Dr. Lester
B. Johnson, Head of the Department of Engineering Technology, designed and built
the Mace Stand.

It is significant to note that the mace bears the official seal of the College and
the motto of President Prince A. Jackson, Jr., "Lux Et Veritas" ("Light and Truth"),
which is his conception of what Savannah State College should be, must be, and is
to all individuals associated with her. Dr. Jackson also wears a silver medallion
which bears the official seal of the College and symbolizes the Office of the President.

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Order of Exercises

ACADEMIC PROCESSION: "God of our Fathers" George Warren

Coleridge A. Braithwaite, Ed.D., Organist

INVOCATION The Reverend Samuel Williams,M.Div.

College Minister

SELECTION: "I Hear A Voice A-Prayin' " Houston Bright

Upward Bound Chorus
William L. Anderson, Conductor
Elizabeth Albright, Accompanist

INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER Prince A. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D., President

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Leonard H.O. Spearman.Ph. D.

Associate Commissioner for Student Assistance,
U.S. Dept. of HEW - Office of Education,

Washington, D.C.

SELECTION: "Soon-Ah Will Be Done" Arr. William L. Dawson

Upward Bound Chorus

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREES:

Division of Business Administration Herbert A. O'Keefe, Jr., Ph.D.

Division of Education Thelma M. Harmond, Ph.D.

Division of Humanities Luetta C. Milledge, Ph.D.

Division of Natural Sciences Margaret C. Robinson, Ph.D.

Division of Social Sciences Delacy W. Sanford, Ph.D.

Division of Technical Sciences Clyde W. Hall, Ed.D.

CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Prince A. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D.

Assisted by the Dean of the College, Thomas H. Byers, Ph.D.

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE GRADUATE DEGREES Joseph V. Adams, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Armstrong State College and Savannah State College

CONFERRING OF DEGREES Henry L. Ashmore, Ed.D.

President, Armstrong State College
Prince A. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D.

ALUMNI INDUCTION James O. Thomas, B.S.

President, Savannah State College National Alumni Association

Washington, D.C.

PRESENTATION OF N.R.O.T.C. CANDIDATES

FOR COMMISSION Commander Alvin N. Catalano

Commanding Officer, Savannah State College N.R.O.T.C.

ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE Commander Alvin N. Catalano

PRAYER FOR THE NEW OFFICERS: "Veni Sancte Spiritus" . . The Reverend Samuel Williams, M. Div.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN

BENEDICTION Rev. Edward C. Ducree, M.Div.

Assistant Dean of Students, Savannah State College
and Pastor, Asbury United Methodist Church

THREE-FOLD AMEN

**RECESSIONAL: "Triumphal March" (from "Aida") Giuseppe Verdi

The audience is requested to remain seated.

**The audience is requested to remain seated until the procession has exited.

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DIVISION OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Accounting

John N. Cutter Savannah

Lloyd M. Cutter Savannah

Winston N. Heard Elberton

Louise Washington Hearon Beaufort, S.C.

Charles Curtis Johnson Savannah

Henry Mobley Reidsville

Myers Lee Thomas Savannah

General Business Administration

Bernard D. Adams Kingsland

Curtis Edwin Brown Fitzgerald

James Raymond Brown Manchester

Jettie Byrd Butler Hogansville

Patricia Carter Augusta

Dorothy J. Moss Day Atlanta

Oregon Emerson III Savannah

Terry Gerand Frazier Savannah

Evans James Demopolis, Ala.

Eugene LeCounte Riceboro

Pamela McClary Lyons

Clara Nell Rawls Savannah

Emmie J. Robinson, Jr Fitzgerald

Karen Henricka Shellman Savannah

Herbert Lee Swain, Jr Savannah

Lucille West Savannah

Gregory M. Wiggins Summerville

Frederick Lee Williams Savannah

Economics

Benjamin Charles Stewart, Jr Savannah

Otis Curtis Wright Alamo

Office Administration
Mary Alice Goethie Baxley

DIVISION OF EDUCATION
Elementary Education

Cynthia Jean Carter Cuthbert

Odessa Carter Camilla

Velma S. Crosby Brunswick

Iris Ann Ellsberry Savannah

Elnora Massey Gadson Savannah

Deborah Avis Johnson Hood Savannah

Gwendolyn M. Houston Savannah

Estella Yvonne Hunter Savannah

Jacquelyn Carswell Hunter Savannah

Isaac Miller Savannah

Krystal Kay e Williams East Point

Janice Jenkins Patterson Delray Beach, Fla.

SECONDARY EDUCATION
Art Education

Marilyn E. Cooper Savannah

Savannah State College
Honor Graduates

August 15, 1976

SUMMA CUM LAUDE (3.750 to 4.000)
Johnnie Mae Graham

MAGNA CUM LAUDE (3.400 to 3.749)

Velma S. Crosby

George Albert Gary

Mellonese Harrison

Thomas Nathaniel Walton

CUM LAUDE (3.00 to 3.399)

Maajid Faheem Ali

Hattie Joe Blake

Jettie Byrd Butler

Lloyd M. Cutter

Winston N. Heard

Louise Washington Hearon

Bobby Lee Jenkins

Shirley Ann Mitchell

Marshall Swindell

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN

Let us give thanks and praise to Thee,
To our A Ima 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.

J. Randolph Fisher
Hillary Hatchett

Biology Education

Kathy Hall Harris Savannah

Marshall Swindell Savannah

Industrial Arts Education

Greene Bryant, Jr Savannah

Ervin Ogden Savannah

Music Education

Leonard Stuart Bacon Rincon

Paul Lawrence Johnson Savannah

DIVISION OF HUMANITIES

English Language and Literature

Beverly Ann Kiett Savannah

Michael Jerome Moon Atlanta

DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Biology

Samuel T. Dennard Macon

Linda S. James Savannah

Bobby Lee Jenkins Savannah

Charles Primm Savannah

Carol Ann Simpson Baxley

Mathematics

George Albert Gary Savannah

Medical Technology

Mellonese Harrison Edison

Shirley Ann Mitchell Savannah

DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Criminal Justice

Darriel Bailey Vidalia

Ronald Lee Battle Savannah

Marie Louise Coney Dublin

Jeffrey Ricardo Dixon Miami, Fla.

James Edward Ellington Savannah

Hubert O'Neal Fleming Elberton

Linda Barnes Gadsden Macon

Lorenzo Harris Culloden

Patricia D. Haugabook '. Montezuma

Erwin Johnson Dry Branch

Richard McWillie Linton Sumter, S.C.

Abraham Mitchell Savannah

Walter L. Morgan, Jr Jesup

Charles L. Orr Savannah

Gwendolyn Delores Pierce Savannah

Melvin Stewart Sylvania

Warren Wilson Walker Savannah

James C. Wilcher Vidalia

Charlesetta Elizabeth Worlds Savannah

History

Audrey Sanders Cooper Savannah

Johnnie Mae Graham Blakely

Patricia Elaine Newson Willacoochee

Political Science

Maajid Faheem Ali . Savannah

Thomas Nathaniel Walton Atlanta

Social Work

Hattie Joe Blake Savannah

Alice Grissom Camilla

Judy Ann Murray Savannah

Easter Bell Tubman Augusta

Sociology

Lena Louise Capers Savannah

Harold Crigg Cutter Savannah

Eugene Anthony Davis Savannah

Sarah Lee Duggans Savannah

Deborah James Epps Savannah

Debra Theresa Holmes Savannah

Beverly Delease Jenkins New Brunswick, N.J.

Frezell N. Johnson Savannah

Betty J. Jones Savannah

Audrey Beatrice Oliver Savannah

Dorothy Ruth Reese Waycross

Debra Ann Roberts LaGrange

Herman Smith, Jr Savannah

Jean C. Thomas Savannah

DIVISION OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES

HOME ECONOMICS
Dietetics and Institutional Management

Constance C on cetta Small Savannah

Diann Walker Savannah

Textiles and Clothing

Carol Ann Graydon Tifton

Patricia Ann Castle Sharber Savannah

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE
Civil Technology

Henry Edward Lipscomb Marietta

NOTE: Appearance of a name on any list in this program must not be considered as conclusive evidence of graduation.
Persons who have met all requirements for a particular degree and whose names appear on the lists in this program will
receive the degree indicated.

THE JOINT GRADUATE PROGRAM OF
ARMSTRONG STATE COLLEGE AND SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE

CANDIDA TES FOR THE MASTER OF EDUCA TION

AND
THE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREES

AUGUST 15, 1976

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Thomas Allen Andrews, Jr B.S. Degree 1967 University of Georgia

Richard Bachman B.A. Degree 1966 University of South Florida

Maurice Barkat B.A. Degree 1964 Murray College

Davinder Singh Sra B.S. Degree 1972 Panjah University

Gerald Paul Storm B.S. Degree 1967 University of North Carolina

Charles William Whalen B.A. Degree 1973 University of Georgia

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN BUSINESS EDUCATION

Martha Kathryn Stafford B.S. Degree 1958 Savannah State College

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Dorothy Hankins Adams B.A. Degree 1956 Tennessee Temple College

Mitzi Genevee Asbury B.S. Degree 1970 Georgia Southern College

Martha Virginia Bradley B.S. Degree 1975 University of Georgia

Ruth S.Brown B.S. Degree 1940 The Woman's College

Irvin Eugene Bryant B.S. Degree 1974 Savannah State College

Jeraldine Coleman B.S. Degree 1972 Savannah State College

Clyde V.H. Faison B.S. Degree 1957 Savannah State College

Elizabeth Cooper Fields B.S. Degree 1972 Savannah State College

Jessie Graham Fletcher B.S. Degree 1973 Savannah State College

Charles Henry Holmes B.S. Degree 1972 Savannah State College

Viola Marie Haven Jackson B.S. Degree 1966 Savannah State College

Gloria Daughtry Johnson B.S. Degree 1972 Savannah State College

Eldora Loretta Manning B.S. Degree 1961 Savannah State College

Evelyn C. Polite B.S. Degree 1960 Allen University

Delma Scott Pollen B.S. Degree 1971 Savannah State College

Harry L. Powell B.S. Degree 1957 Savannah State College

Barbara Lynn Presley B.S. Degree 1974 Georgia Southern College

Margaret M. Reisman B.S. Degree 1953 Marquette University

Angela Greene Singleton B.S. Degree 1967 Savannah State College

Doris Walker Stewart B.S. Degree 1970 Savannah State College

Mary Alice Alexander Stokes B.S. Degree 1969 Savannah State College

Joseph Anthony Thomas B.S. Degree 1970 Georgia Southern College

Patricia Ann Thomas B.S. Degree 1971 Savannah State College

Billy Tillman B.S. Degree 1970 Savannah State College

DeloresM. Jefferson Washington . . .B.S. Degree 1958 Savannah State College

Carolyn Luten B.S. Degree 1960 Savannah State College

Sarah Palmer B.S. Degree 1973 Bradley University

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Jacqueline Hill Bryant B.S. Degree 1949 Spelman College

Jane ClarksonPerlmutter A.B. Degree 1967 University of Georgia

Daphne Jolly Player B.S. Degree 1966 Western Carolina University

Frances Elizabeth Ross B.A. Degree 1972 University of North Carolina

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
BEHAVIOR DISORDERS

Sandra Bland B.S. Degree

Lois J. Caphton B.S. Degree

Donald Gervais B.S. Degree

Cathy Crowder Joyce B.S. Degree

Margaret Louise Lum B.S. Degree

Julia E. Heller Oliver B.S. Degree

Johnnie Louise Sanders B.S. Degree

Janever G. Smith B.S. Degree

Carol Dotter Sutton B.S. Degree

Marsha Dale McDaniel Watts B.S. Degree

Jannie Mae Williams B.S. Degree

1 97 1 Savannah State College
1974 Georgia Southern College

1 973 State University of New York

1 973 Georgia Southern College

1 972 Armstrong State College

1 973 Savannah State College

1 972 Savannah State College

1973 Savannah State College

1 965 University of South Carolina

1974 Georgia College

1 972 Savannah State College

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY

Jacqueline T. McKissick B.S. Degree

1958

Savannah State College

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN ENGLISH

Claudette Evans Warlick B.S. Degree

1957

Arizona State

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN HISTORY

Sandra Catherine Beasley B.A. Degree 1968 Armstrong State College

*Hugh Stiles Golson B.A. Degree 1972 University of South Carolina

Elaine Clark Harris A.B. Degree 1960 Emory University

*Kathleen Powers Sanfilippo .... B.A. Degree 1968 Loyola College

Willis Shellman B.S. Degree 1974 Savannah State College

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN MATHEMATICS

Edward Cleveland Oglesby B.S. Degree 1967 Savannah State College

Carolyn Graham Smith B.S. Degree 1971 Armstrong State College

MASTER OF EDUCATION IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

James Green, Jr B.S. Degree

1970 Savannah State College

*In Absentia

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1976 Fall Quarter

.... Freshmen, September 13
Upperclassmen, September 21

USHERS

Midshipmen - N.R.O.T.C.
Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity

MEMBERS OF ALPHA KAPPA MU NATIONAL
HONOR SOCIETY

Johnnie M. Graham
Winston Heard

MEMBERS OF KAPPA DELTA PI
HONOR SOCIETY

Velma Crosby

Jessie Fletcher

Marshall Swindell

MEMBERS OF PI GAMMA MU
NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY

Johnny Graham
Patricia Newsom

Thomas Walton

MEMBERS OF ZETA ALPHA OMICRON

CHAPTER OF

LAMBDA ALPHA EPSILON HONOR SOCIETY

Erwin Johnson

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ACADEMIC COSTUMES

Modern academic dress has evolved from a type of apparel prescribed by English Medieval
Universities to distinguish their schools from the lay person in dress at a time when everybody
wore robes or gowns. When American colleges and universities desired to adopt some suitable
system of academic apparel a half century ago it seemed best to agree on some definite system
which all might follow. Accordingly, this attire has consisted of the cap, the gown, and the hood,
the latter two now differing according to the degree the wearer has received.

The modern cap, in academic dress has the same design for all degrees; black and square-
shaped with a tassel hanging from the center. However, the color of the tassel usually differentiates
the field of study for which the degree was granted, the gold tassel being worn by doctors or by
presidents of colleges and universities; but it may be added that the black tassel is correct for
all degrees.

The gown, unlike the cap, differs appreciably in design according to the degree conferred
on the wearer. The gown for the bachelor's degree has pointed sleeves. It is designed to be worn
closed. The gown for the master's degree, worn open or closed has an oblong sleeve, open at the
wrist, like the others. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner. The rear part
of its oblong shape is square cut and the front part has an arc cut away. The doctor's gown, worn
open or closed, has long sleeves faced with velvet; three bars of velvet are midway the sleeves.
The trimmings of the doctor's gown may be black or the color associated with the field of study.

The hood, while not an article of dress, is, however, the most distinctive feature of the aca-
demic attire. It is a black, crow-shaped badge or adornment with an oval opening and worn down
the back. It enables one to quickly determine not only the degree held by the wearer but also the
college or university from which he is graduated. The colors lining the hood and the size and
shape of the hood make this distinction. The bachelor's and master's hoods are three- feet and
three and a half feet in length, respectively; the doctor's hood is four feet in length and is made
with a wide panel. Hoods may be worn for only those degrees actually held by the wearers.

Members of the governing body of a college or university, and they only, whatever their
degrees may be, are entitled to wear doctor's gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may
be only those of degrees actually held by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them
by the institution.

In some, colleges and universities, it is customary for the president, chancellor, or chief officer
to wear a costume similar to that worn by the head of a foreign university.

The chief marshal may wear a specially designed costume approved by the institution.

For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctor's gowns, edging of hoods, and
tassels of caps, the color associated with different subjects as prescribed by the revised American
Intercollegiate Code is as follows:

Agriculture -: . Maise

Arts, Letters, Humanities White

Business Drab

Economics Copper

Education Light Blue

Law Purple

Library Science Lemon

Music Pink

Oratory (Speech ) Silver Gray

Philosophy Dark Blue

Physical Education Sage Green

Science Golden Yellow

Theology Scarlet

At Savannah State College, the lining of the hood has an orange chevron on a blue back-
ground to represent school colors. A faculty member wears the color of his alma mater.