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THE CHIEF MARSHAL
THE BACCALAUREATE CLASS MARSHALS
CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE
THE FACULTY MARSHALS
INSTRUCTORS OF THE COLLEGE
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS OF THE COLLEGE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS OF THE COLLEGE
PROFESSORS OF THE COLLEGE
PROFESSORS EMERITI
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE
HONOR STUDENTS
JUNE 2, 1974
Accounting
* Deborah A. Harper
*William E. Royal
General Business Administration
*Joyce Richburg
*Marcell Helen Gordon Stewart
Economics
**Gail Lanita Merritt
*Constance M. McClain
Biology
k *Brenda Chapman
*Jacquelyn Chisholm
Chemistry
*Ruth Ann German
^Martha B. Ogden
Mathematics
*Ivy P. Richardson
*Gwendolyn Small
*Blanche M. Truedell
*
Elementary Education
Eular Ricks Batey
Dorothy Jean Boles
Corine D. Davis
Gloria Harris
Belita Jackson
Roslyn Marie Jackson
Ardell Martin
Carolyn Seymore
Kathryn Yocco
Criminal Justice
'Tommie Lee Aaron
Sociology
* William Napoleon Butler
*Juliann Glaspy
History
* Walter Edward Gaskin
Health, Physical Education
and Recreation
*Melinda G. Bryan
*Theophilus D. Gregory
*James Johnson
*Devora Lockett
Electronics Engineering Technology
* Joseph E. Jones
*Ronald B. Newsome
*Girishbhai Patel
**Mohammad Tabie
**Mohammad Tahanha
Secondary Education
*Larkin Larmar Carter Art
*Eula Mae Clemons English
*Earl Francis Golden French
*John Joseph Koenn Trade and Industrial Education
*Nazarene C. Mack Spanish
*Mary Ann Martin English
*George T. Smith Industrial Arts Education
*Deonn B. Stone Social Studies
*Morris Arnold Stringfield Mathematics Education
*Carol Jean Weldon Art
Jean V. Wilson Business
*Rose Marie Wynn Biology
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Savannah State College, on March 25, 1972, established The Major
Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence whereby alumni, members of the
community, and corporations are chosen by a jury appointed by the
President to be honored for outstanding repute as leaders in their respec-
tive fields of endeavor. Nominations for the honor are made by the
alumni, the student body, and the faculty. The Award commemorates
Major Richard R. Wright, the first President of Savannah State College.
To qualify to receive this Award, an alumnus, a member of the com-
munity, or a corporation must have worked constructively to change the
pulse of the community for the better. The parties cited must have used
innovative approaches in opening new avenues of awareness for the in-
dividual and society as a whole. The honorees must have utilized
scholarly means which address the needs of the public and attempt to
improve the human condition. Recipients of this Award must be eclectic
thinkers who have proven themselves able to transcend the false pride
that tempers self-aggrandizement.
The Major Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence will not be given
injudiciously. Those parties that receive the Award will be noted for their
expertise in social, educational, and civic arenas.
The College will recognize recipients of the Major Richard R. Wright
Award of Excellence at Commencement Convocations.
Since the Board of Regents does not allow any of the state colleges to
confer honorary degrees, this Award is given by Savannah State College
in lieu of them.
She Major Itrharo 2L Urtgljt Aroaro of Emllm*
Umu> 2, 1S74
Presentations by Norman Benedict Elmore, M.A.,
Assistant Professor of English, Savannah State College
Citations by Prince Albert Jackson, Jr., Ph.D.,
President, Savannah State College
Assistant Professor Elmore
SAMUEL LEE GRAVELY is that rara avis, a native of Richmond,
Virginia, who has achieved notable success in the United States Navy.
Graduated from the Midshipmen School, Columbia University, New
York City, he has advanced in rank from a Commissioned Ensign
in the United Stales Naval Reserve in December 1944, to his present
position of Rear Admiral, having transferred to the United States
Navy on August 16, 1955.
Long recognized as an outstanding leader in the arena of naval
operations and logistics, Rear Admiral Gravely has been awarded the
Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service
Medal, the Joint Services Commendation Medal, and the Navy Com-
mendation Medal embellished with both the Bronze Star and the
Combat "V." He is also authorized to wear the World War II Victory
Medal and the Naval Reserve, American Campaign, the National
Defense, the Korean Service, the United Nations, the Armed Forces
Expeditionary, the Vietnam Service, the China Service, the Viet-
namese Campaign, and the Antarctica Service Medals. Rear Admiral
Gravely has also been awarded the coveted Korean Presidential Unit
Citation.
Mr. President, I present to you the Honorable Samuel Lee Gravely,
Rear Admiral, the United States Navy, who is to receive the Major
Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence.
President Jackson
SAMUEL LEE GRAVELY, in recognition of your distinguished
record as one of this country's finest naval scientists and laureate
practitioners of all the truths which men hold inviolable, I now award
you the Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence.
Assistant Professor Elmore
JULIAN C. HALLIGAN is that human being extraordinaire who is
ever unselfishly working for the good of mankind. His credentials
attest to his having proffered continuous service to the people of
Savannah, Chatham County, and the State of Georgia in both edu-
cational and religious spheres. Mr. Halligan is a graduate of Savan-
nah's Benedictine Military Academy (Class of 1929) and is one of
its most proud and staunch benefactors. He is a Past Grand Knight
of the Knights of Columbus and a past president in three arenas of
interest : the USO, the Gridiron Club of Savannah, and the Georgia
School Boards Association. Mr. Halligan has been a member of the
Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education since 1960 and has
served as Vice-President and President of the Board of Education
and chaired all of its major committees. He has served as Commis-
sioner of Education for the State of Georgia in 1967, and on January
1, 1971, he became President of the first elective Savannah-Chatham
County School Board.
Ever a champion of the people, Mr. Halligan is a recipient of the
School Bell Award for outstanding service to the school children of
Chatham County. He also currently serves as a member of the
Georgia School Board's Legislative Committee, in addition to his
serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Men of Savannah and as President of the Hiber-
nian Council of Savannah.
Mr. President, I present to you the Honorable Julian C. Halligan,
President of the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, and
a man who has pondered the Socratic axiom, "Know thyself . . . ,"
to receive the Major Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence.
President Jackson
JULIAN C. HALLIGAN, in recognition of your dynamic and pivotal
leadership, outstanding service to the people of Savannah and Chat-
ham County, and gallant efforts undertaken to improve the produc-
tivity of citizens from all walks of life, I am honored to award you
the Major Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence.
Assistant Professor Elmore
ESTHER F. GARRISON, a native of Irwin County, Ocilla, Georgia,
was educated in the public schools of Ocilla and at Savannah State
College. She is a rare and catholic spirit whose inventive and inquisi-
tive mind has led her into all corners and byways of the socio-civic
arena. Since 1942, Mrs. Garrison has been a dynamic force for good
in the Savannah community. She was one of the first Chatham
Countians to sign the petition requesting that the Board of Public
Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham
integrate the schools. Always socially conscious, Mrs. Garrison has
served as Secretary of the Savannah Branch of the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Colored People for twenty years, having
voluntarily accepted that position in 1954, immediately after the
Supreme Court handed down its historic decision in the Brown versus
Board of Education Case. She is a ten-year veteran of the Savannah-
Chatham County Board of Education of which she is currently both
the Vice-President pro tempore and the senior member.
Candid, productive, and intellectually tenacious, Mrs. Garrison
has been cited by the Adult Education Branch of Chatham County,
the Savannah State Chapter of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, the Prince Hall Masons, the Order
of Eastern Star, and the Mutual Benevolent Society of Savannah.
Mr. President, it is my great pleasure to present a champion of
the Lumpenproleturiat, Mrs. Esther F. Garrison, Vice-President pro
tempore of the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education and
Secretary to both the Savannah Branch Chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People and to the
President of the International Longshoremen's Association, Local
1414, to receive the Major Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence.
President Jackson
ESTHER F. GARRISON, in recognition of your championing the
rights of the common man for more than thirty-two years, it is with
heartfelt pride that I present you the Major Richard R. Wright
Award of Excellence.
Assistant Professor Elmore
HOWARD JORDAN, JR., a native of Beaufort, South Carolina, is a
beloved and respected educator and religious leader, who advanced
in rank from President of Savannah State College in 1971 to his
current position as Vice Chancellor for Services, Regents of the
University System of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia.
Ever since his undergraduate days at both Georgia State College
(now Savannah State College) and South Carolina State College,
Howard Jordan, Jr., an architect of the novo ordo, has demonstrated
a rare combination of talents: excellent perception as a scholar, keen
perception as an intellectual connoisseur, clear vision of the public's
educational needs, and a flair for effective administration. Dr. Jordan
received the accoutrements which allowed him to deport himself
judiciously at South Carolina State College, which awarded him the
baccalaureate degree in history and political science, from Howard
University, where he earned the master of arts degree, and at New
York University, which conferred on him the Doctor of Education
degree in educational psychology. While matriculating at New York
University, Dr. Jordan was a student of the laureate psychologist,
Dr. Charles E. Skinner.
Dr. Jordan is a prolific public speaker and a distinguished vestry-
man of the Episcopal Church. He holds memberships in Phi Delta
Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, and Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Societies and
the American Psychological Association. Ever an active and dynamic
personality, Dr. Jordan is a member of many outstanding committees,
foremost of which are the Governor's Goals for Georgia Committee,
the Governor's Commission to Study Prison Reform, the President's
Advisory Committee on Supplementary Centers and Services, Title II,
Elementary Education Act, and the Southern Regional Education
Board's Commission on Equal Higher Education Opportunity.
Mr. President, I present to you a man who espouses divergent
honorable causes basic to the hearts of men, the Honorable Howard
Jordan, Jr., Immediate Past President of Savannah State College and
Vice Chancellor for Services, Regents of the University System of
Georgia, to receive the Major Richard R. Wright Award of
Excellence.
President Jackson
HOWARD JORDAN, JR., your commitment to the dignity of man
has enriched American education and elevated the temper of our
milieu and I am happy to award you and welcome you to the ranks
of those distinguished peers who have been presented the Major
Richard R. Wright Award of Excellence.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
* ACADEMIC PROCESSION : "Pomp and Circumstance" Edward Elgar
"Ruffles and Flourishes"
The U. S. Marine Corps Band, Chief Warrant Officer William H. Cok, Conductor
POSTING OF THE COLORS Savannah State College N.R.O.T.C.
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Mrs. LaFonde McGee
Accompanied by the U. S. Marine Corps Band
INVOCATION The Reverend Edward C. Ducree, M.Div.
Pastor, Asbury United Methodist Church, Savannah, Georgia
SELECTION: "For This Dear Land" Aneurin Bodycombe
Savannah State College Concert Choir
James Thompson, Jr., M.M.Ed., Conductor
THE MAJOR RICHARD R. WRIGHT AWARDS Prince A. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D., President
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Prince A. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D.
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Rear Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, U. S. Navy
Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Two
SELECTION: "Ride On King Jesus" Robert DeCo
inner
Savannah State College Concert Choir
PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREES:
Division of Business Administration Mary C. Torian, Ed.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 Elmer J. Dean, Ed.D.
Division of Technical Sciences Clyde W. Hall, Ed.D.
CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Prince A. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D.
Assisted by Dean of the College, Thomas H. Byers, Ph.D.
ALUMNI INDUCTION James 0. Thomas, B.S.
President, Savannah State College National Alumni Association, Washington, D. C.
PRESENTATION OF N.R.O.T.C. CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS Commander Virgil V. McGee
Commanding Officer, Savannah State College N.R.O.T.C.
ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE Rear Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, U. S. Navy
PRAYER FOR THE NEW OFFICERS: "Veni Sancte Spiritus" The Reverend Fred Nijem, B.D., M.Ed.
Pastor, St. Benedicts Roman Catholic Church, Savannah, Georgia
SELECTIONS: "Anchors Aweigh" and "The Marine Corps Hymn" The U. S. Marine Corps Band
GREETINGS AND CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES FROM THE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM OF GEORGIA Howard Jordan, Jr., Ed.D.
Vice Chancellor Services, University System of Georgia
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN
BENEDICTION The Reverend Samuel Williams, B.D., College Minister
SEVEN-FOLD AMEN
^RECESSIONAL: "Pomp and Circumstance" Edward El
The U. S. Marine Corps Band
*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
Jacob Edward Harmond Savannah
Deborah A. Harper Lithonia
Carolyn Eugenia Howard Savannah
Renee W. Jackson Savannah
Jerome Johnson Adel
Willie Frank Jordan, Jr Savannah
Walter Myles Savannah
Bill Osborne Savannah
William E. Royal Savannah
Willie Sapp Savannah
Howard Ferrell Thornton Atlanta
General Business Administration
Carolyn Bayfield Savannah
Shirley Ann Brown Richmond Hill
Larry Donell Carr Orangeburg, S. C.
Gregory Culpepper Atlanta
Joyce Ann Davis Edison
Charles Dennard Savannah
Winifred Salenthia Easley Savannah
Archie Lee Fisher Waverly
Linda A. Fuller Griffin
Maudest Gillard Georgetown, S. C.
Vivian V. Green Jackson
Quinette L. Hillmon Screven
Andrew Mallard Jesup
Gwendolyn Moore Savannah
Russell Moore Savannah
Connie Ethel Murray Burton, S. C.
Ernestine Natson Savannah
Brenda F. Nobles Collins
Maurice C. Nunnally Atlanta
Veronica Oliver Savannah
Tyice O'Neal Barnesville
Charlotte R. Phoenix Savannah
Joyce Richburg Savannah
Arvella Robinson Augusta
Raymond Simmons Savannah
Walter Singleton Savannah
Joe Slater Adel
Annie A. Smith Savannah
Marcell Helen Gordon Stewart Savannah
Monica E. Stewart Savannah
Delois Evon Tanksley Augusta
Virginia G. Thomas Savannah
Frankie L. Thompson Augusta
Levi Webb Savannah
Roderick Wood Savannah
Evon Wright Savannah
Economics
Gail Lanita Merritt Savannah
Constance M. McClain Savannah
Management and Marketing
Barry D. Brooks Thomson
DIVISION OF EDUCATION
Elementary Education
Sylvia Allen Savannah
Queen W. Barnes Savannah
Eular Ricks Batey Savannah
Ora Bell Bennett Savannah
Dorothy Jean Boles Fitzgerald
Joanne F. Bolden Pelham
Barbara A. Brown Savannah
Elaine L. Bryant Savannah
Phyllis Marie Burch Savannah
Barbara Joann Bush Savannah
Eleanor Rainbow Courts Savannah
Betty Jean Crawford Savannah
Johnnye Lynese Curry Savannah
Corine D. Davis Savannah
Isabell Davis Savannah
Janis M. Gaither Atlanta
Jerolene Griffin Brunswick
Ationette Hagans Savannah
Lynn Hamilton Jacksonville, Fla.
Beverly Harrell Baxley
Alzada W. Harris Savannah
Constance Harris Savannah
Gloria Harris Philadelphia, Pa.
Lydia M. Hawkins Savannah
Pearl Huff Savannah
Geneva Hughes Elberton
Marian Elaine Hunter Atlanta
Belita Jackson Cordele
Roslyn Marie Jackson Townsend
Deneise Elaine Johnson Hazlehurst
Sheila Johnson Savannah
Shirley Jones Savannah
Barbara Ann Lloyd Savannah
Delilah Luten Savannah
Ardell Martin Savannah
Marcella B. Mitchell Savannah
Ruby Mungin Savannah
Deloris McCullough Waynesboro
Dianne Parrish Savannah
Virginia Parrish Savannah
Dorothy Phillips Savannah
*Patricia J. Pickett Savannah
Dottie Jean Platts Savannah
Ruthie Mae Quaterman Midway
Earnestine Reeves Sandersville
Theresa Reeves Savannah
Eleanor Robinson Savannah
Carolyn Seymore Savannah
Vivian L. Singleton Savannah
Ronald A. Smoak Savannah
James E. Stephens Savannah
Carolyn Stubbs Macon
Julie J. Tremble Savannah
Brenda W. Williams Savannah
Georgette W. Williams Attapulgus
Mary Lou Wimberly Camilla
Kathryn Yocco Savannah
Mary S. Young Savannah
Secondary Education
Diann Allen McRae
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Lynette Maria Bowers Savannah
ENGLISH EDUCATION
William Harrison Brown Savannah
TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
Lemuel Campbell Savannah
ART EDUCATION
Larkin Larmar Carter Savannah
ART EDUCATION
Eula Mae Clemons Sparta
ENGLISH EDUCATION
Benj amin Franklin Eason Savannah
INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION
Classie Fann Twin City
ENGLISH EDUCATION
Martha Fleming Savannah
SOCIAL STUDIES
Joyce M. Frazier Savannah
ENGLISH EDUCATION
*Earl Francis Golden Savannah
FRENCH EDUCATION
Ledora Harris Macon
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Ola Holmes Savannah
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Brenda J. Howard Bainbridge
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Michael Jackson Talboton
INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION
Olivia Jackson Macon
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Wayman Jenkins Ellerslie
ART EDUCATION
Sandra A. Jones Savannah
SOCIAL STUDIES
*
John Joseph Koenn Savannah
TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
Nazarene C. Mack Savannah
SPANISH EDUCATION
Delorise Manor Savannah
SOCIAL STUDIES
Mary Ann Martin Albany
ENGLISH EDUCATION
Ellen Lavern Mitchell Savannah
MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Margie Montgomery Valdosta
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Charlie Lee Murchinson Savannah
INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION
* Josephine Outler Savannah
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Fred Reynolds Savannah
INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION
Louise Roberts Savannah
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Julia Pulk Sayles Waycross
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Thomasina Scarver Savannah
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Patricia Byrd Scott Savannah
ART EDUCATION
George T. Smith Savannah
INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION
Carolyn W. Snider Savannah
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Henry Lybrant Spivey Savannah
INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION
Timothy Steele Savannah
MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Deonn B. Stone Louisville
SOCIAL STUDIES
Morris Arnold Stringfield Savannah
MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Bonnie Lou S. Ward Lake Park
BIOLOGY EDUCATION
Carol Jean Weldon Savannah
ART EDUCATION
Janie B. Ferguson White Savannah
GENERAL SCIENCE
Jean V. Wilson Savannah
BUSINESS EDUCATION
*
Deotha Lavan Williams Savannah
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Nancy E. Wright Savannah
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Rose Marie Wynn Quitman
BIOLOGY EDUCATION
Elaine Leona Young Savannah
ENGLISH EDUCATION
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Melinda G. Bryan Savannah
Tom Chisholm Savannah
Cassandra H. Edwards Savannah
Chester Ellis Savannah
Eugene Games Hazlehurst
Theophilus D. Gregory Savannah
Roosevelt Holmes Savannah
James Johnson Savannah
Devora Lockett Cordele
Jack Luten Savannah
Verna A. Marks Covington
Sampson Manior Savannah
Nadia Ann McKnight Poterdale
Talkoy E. Peoples Birmingham, Ala.
Dwight J. Pugh Bainbridge
Emery L. Ramsey Millen
Moses Robinson Savannah
Charlotte R. Seabrooks Macon
Sylvester Singleton Atlanta
George Spear Atlanta
Waymon L. Stewart Newark, N. J.
Biology
Brenda Chapman Savannah
Jacquelyn Chisholm Savannah
Beverly Ann Floyd Savannah
Joe Louis Grant Savannah
John W. Jamerson, III Savannah
Theta J. Mitchell Savannah
Joyce Roberson Sylvania
Otha Edward Thornton Bowman
Willie James Williams Devereux
Albert Whipple Dublin
Chemistry
Ruth Ann German Savannah
Martha B. Ogden Baxley
Medical Technology
Edith Gary Cordele
Mathematics
Barbara Frazier Savannah
Larry Hall Anderson, S. C.
Janice Hillery Brunswick
Marshall Pollard Savannah
Ivy P. Richardson Savannah
Robert Simmons Savannah
Gwendolyn Small Savannah
^Blanche M. Truedell Savannah
DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Criminal Justice
Tommie Lee Aaron Savannah
Robert Adams Savannah
Lydia A. Bell Savannah
Larry D. Bryant Macon
Barbara Carley Thomasville
Randa Gail Creagh Chicago
Rickey Hereford Statesboro
Chester Jackson Savannah
Ronnie L. Lewis Savannah
Vernon D. Lyles, Jr Chicago
Annie Laura Mathis Savannah
Robert Lee Moore Savannah
Soloman Myers, III Savannah
Lee Arthur McCord Savannah
Gwendolyn Reeves Savannah
Earnest Stephen Roberts, Jr Savannah
Thomas Euric Sears Savannah
Carole Ann Smiley Savannah
Joseph Smith Sparta
Tyrone A. Smith Savannah
Wilcher W. Spikes
Laurita Taylor Savannah
Sammie Lee Warren Sparta
William West Savannah
'Dwight L. Williams Moultrie
Elizabeth C. Williams Savannah
Vernon Paul Williams Savannah
Sociology
Roberta Anderson Georgetown, S. C.
Annie Mae Baker Savannah
Eloise W. Bates Savannah
Leroy Beasley, Jr Savannah
Barbara Ann Bryan Savannah
Janice Yvonne Burch Savannah
William Napoleon Butler Cairo
John Patrick Copeland Savannah
Bettye Millicent Davis Savannah
Patricia Ann Douglas Savannah
Marion Devoe Savannah
Milinda Floyd Louisville
Juliann Glaspy Savannah
Bruce Elliott Harrell Climax
Edward DeWitt Harris Savannah
Barbara Laverne Jackson Savannah
Donald Victor Jenkins New York, N. Y.
Juanita Johnson Savannah
Everett Kemp Savannah
Alvin Lester Pinehurst
Jimmy Lee Lewis Rochelle
Thomas Lee Mattox Savannah
Robert L. Mountain Millen
Oliver C. McClain Arverne, N. Y.
Bessie Beverly McClendon Savannah
Gail Pinkney Savannah
Ronnie Pugh Augusta
Brenda Louise Robinson Camilla
Raymond D. Rouse Savannah
Gary Archie Smith, Jr Savannah
Judy Ann Evans Smith Savannah
Rose Renee Smith Waycross
LaRose J. Thomas Detroit, Mich.
Gonzella D. Trimble Savannah
Peggy Ward Twin City
Edna E. Ware Savannah
Larry D. Washington Savannah
Vernon Keith Whitehead Vidalia
Annie Faye Williams Savannah
Mary Ann Williams Twin City
Jerome Woody Savannah
Social Work
Jacquelyn L. Adams Savannah
Alice N. Brown Savannah
Josephine Brown Moultrie
Miriam Sams Kibler Savannah
History
Alfred Berry Dublin
Roslyn Marie Chapman Savannah
Walter Edward Gaskin Savannah
Arthur L. Grovner Brunswick
Lee O 1 . Hannah Savannah
Carolyn Jean Mainer Savannah
Vera P. Mitchell Savannah
Virginia Lavon Wilson Savannah
DIVISION OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES
Civil Engineering Technology
David Vernon Allen Brunswick
v Joenathan Julius Law, Jr Savannah
James B. Martin Savannah
Electronics Engineering Technology
*Jarnard Rufus Brown Savannah
James Leonard Bryant Macon
Willie Conyers Bainbridge
Samuel Graham Manassas
Joseph E. Jones Savannah
Fareydoun Karbassi Gainesville, Fla.
Larry Lee Savannah
Wilbert May Bartow
Henry Nash Macon
Ronald B. Newsome Savannah
Joseph Owens Statesboro
Girishbhai Patel Newark, N. J.
Mohammad Tabie Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Tahanha Tehran, Iran
Charlie James Thompson Bainbridge
Mechanical Engineering Technology
David Anderson Vienna
Cornelius Holmes Savannah
Jerome Reese Waycross
Norman Sheffield Bainbridge
Kenneth W. Smith Savannah
Dietetics and Institutional Management
Cynthia D. Champion Savannah
Textiles and Clothing
Melba R. Bruce Albany
Virginia E. Hollis Decatur
Mary E. Morrison Bowman
Evadne L. Roberts Savannah
Phyllis G. Simon Guyton
Dianne Smiley Columbus
Annie Wallace Morgan
TWO-YEAR TERMINAL PROGRAM
Office Administration
Charlene Lewis Statesboro
*Absentia
THE JOINT GRADUATE PROGRAM OF
ARMSTRONG STATE COLLEGE AND SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE
CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREES
June 5, 1974
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Charles Elton Blissett, Jr B.A. Degree 1967
Richard Lawrence Sullivan B.S. Degree 1950
CHEMISTRY
Ronald Boulware Lambert B.S. Degree 1970
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Judith Slotin Althen B.S. Degree 1968
Earlean Gulley Bailey B.S. Degree 1946
Shirley Scott Binion B.S. Degree 1972
George Arthur Brinson B.S. Degree 1967
Carolyn L. Brown B.S. Degree 1968
Glen Era Butler B.S. Degree 1959
Juanita L. Davis B.S. Degree 1947
Ann M. Freeh B.S. Degree 1965
Eugenia Simmons Durden Glover ... B.S. Degree 1946
Theresa Thomas Heard B.S. Degree 1961
Annie Lee Howell B.S. Degree 1962
Beatrice Robinson Johnson B.S. Degree 1969
Ruby Griffin Lipscomb B.S. Degree 1970
Frances J. Miller B.S. Degree 1969
Barbara Jones Mobley A.B. Degree 1962
Barbara Ann Montford B.S. Degree 1972
Miriam Touchton Orr A.B. Degree 1937
Sherbie Best Pendergraph B.S. Degree 1965
Catherine M. Ricks B.S. Degree 1971
Louis Earl Robinson B.S. Degree 1967
Bessie L. Samuel Sams B.S. Degree 1963
Joan G. Schaaf B.A. Degree 1958
Harlan Lee Spinney B.S. Degree 1973
Carolyn Garrison Thomas B.A. Degree 1957
Jessie Roberson Ward B.S. Degree 1956
Claudia Quarterman Williams B.S. Degree 1966
EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
Larry 0. Brown B.S. Degree 1972
ENGLISH
Ola Bryan B.S. Degree 1970
H. Dean Buchanan B.S. Degree 1961
Florence Adelle Williams Cawley B.A. Degree 1969
HISTORY
Virginia Ann Edwards B.S. Degree 1968
Matilda B. Heath B.S. Degree 1964
Stanley R. Sammons B.S. Degree 1972
Susie K. Williams B.S. Degree 1969
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Herman L. Baker B.S. Degree 1972
Earl L. Calloway B.S. Degree 1971
David Edward Foye B.S. Degree
Millard Wheeler, Jr B.A. Degree 1964
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Johnson C. Smith University
Fort Valley State College
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Wilberforce University
HONOR STUDENTS
First Honor Kathryn Yocco
Second Honor Roslyn Jackson
Third Honor Brenda Chapman
Fourth Honor Mohammad Tahanha
MEMBERS OF ALPHA KAPPA MU NATIONAL
HONOR SOCIETY
Tommie Lee Aaron
Eular Ricks Batey
Dorothy Jean Boles
Brenda Chapman
Eula Mae Clemons
Marian Elaine Hunter
Kathryn Yocco
Roslyn Marie Jackson
Mary Ann Martin
Martha B. Ogden
Deonn B. Stone
Carol Jean Weldon
Jean B. Wilson
MEMBERS OF ALPHA PHI GAMMA
NATIONAL HONORARY JOURNALISM FRATERNITY
Eloise W. Bates Waller Edward Gaskin
Eula Mae Clemons Connie Ethel Murray
Solomon Myers, III
MEMBERS OF SIGMA TAU DELTA HONOR SOCIETY
Lynette Maria Bowers
Eula Mae Clemons
Mary Ann Martin
MEMBERS OF BETA KAPPA CHI
NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY
Brenda Chapman
Jacquelyn Chisholm
Ruth Ann German
Martha Ogden
Ivy P. Richardson
Morris Stringfield
Alhert Whipple
Rose M. Wynn
MEMBERS OF KAPPA DELTA PI HONOR
SOCIETY
Eular Ricks Batey
Dorothy Jean Boles
Eula Mae Clemons
Theophilus D. Gregory
Gloria Harris
Belita Jackson
Roslyn Marie Jackson
Rose M. Wynn
Nazarene C. Mack
Mary Ann Martin
Ivy P. Richardson
Carolyn Seymore
Morris Stringfield
Carolyn J. Weldon
Jean V. Wilson
MEMBERS OF ZETA ALPHA OMICRON CHAPTER
OF
LAMBDA ALPHA EPSILON HONOR SOCIETY
Tommie Lee Aaron
Barbara Carley
Randa Gail Creagh
Rickey Hereford
Lee A. McCord
Robert Moore
Laurita Taylor
William H. West
MEMBERS OF PI GAMMA MU NATIONAL
SOCIAL SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY
Tommie Lee Aaron Gail L. Merritt
Walter E. Gaskin Annie Faye Williams
Constance M. McClain Mary Ann Williams
Deonn B. Stone
USHERS
MIDSHIPMEN N.R.O.T.C.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA
GAMMA SIGMA SIGMA
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 ivork 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
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1974 Summer School June 10 - August 9
1974 Fall Quarter Freshmen, September 16
Upperclassmen, September 19
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 wao 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.