Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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Dr. Dorothy Brown, state representative from Nashville Americans should think big, work hard Floyd Kephart Jr., Oct. 26, 1976 One thing that upset Kephart, who is a known Democrat, is that Carter is very clear about the idea of him per- sonally taking charge of the govern- ment and changing it from within. Ke- phart does not believe it can be done and it takes someone to recognize the problem first. i'One of the major problems, Ke- phart said, ttis that 50 per cent or less of the public is going to vote; that they feel alienated from the government; and that they look at the candidates with distrust and disdain. i'Americans should think big, work hard and have a dream regardless of who is president. Black History week was celebrated on the AP campus Feb. 5-11, as well as nationwide. Tuesday, Feb. 8, Rev. Rob- ert Kessee, pastor of St. Peter's Afri- can Methodist and Episcopal tAMEi Church was the featured speaker. Kes- see, spoke on the history of the AME, spotlighting black women who were and are members of the church. Highlighting Wednesday, Dr. Dorothy Brown, a state representative from Nashville, spoke on the role of black women in politics and medicine. Lauretta Harris, from WSM-TV news in Nashville presented itBlack Women 45

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Education continues outsnde the Classroom, as promient lecturers speak at APSU Floyd Kephart Jr. well know political analyst Floyd Kephart Jr., welI-known politi- cal analyst, was the first representative of speakers sponsored by the visiting speakers and artists committee on campus. Kephart spoke to more than 500 Austin Peay students Tuesday, Oct. 26, predicting that Jimmy Carter would re- ceive 25-26 per cent of the eligible reg- istered voters on Nov. 12 and would become the next president of the Unit- ed States. 'lOn Jan. 15, 1976 only four per cent of the American public knew who Jim- my Carter was. Now some 10 months later, one-fourth of the eligible regis- tered voters will elect our next presi- dent, he added. Kephart feels that we are in an age of mediocrity and it is one of the faults of our system because everyth- ing moves to the center. ttThere is no question that President Gerald Ford is a mediocre candidate; he is not a great president and he may not even be a pretty good president. But hes not a bad president,f' re- marked Kephart. But on the other hand, Carter offers to the American people a chance for leadership. He may be another Roosevelt, but then again he may not be. One major difference between the two candidates, expressed the analyst, is that Ford expresses what he is against while Carter voices what he is for. . . . Carter offers to the American people a chance for leadership. Floyd Kephart Jr., Oct. 26, 1976

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Lauretta Harris from WSM-TV Wilma Dykeman Stokely, author and lecturer in the Media on Friday, Feb. 11. Wilma Dykeman Stokely, renowned author and lecturer, spoke on the Aus- tin Peay campus March 24. Sponsored by the visiting speakers and artists committee, the appearance of Stokely was only one of her 40-50 lectures giv- en during the year. In addition to the 11 am. lecture on HThe Role of Public Education in Rural Tennessee, Stokely spoke to a soci- otogy claes and combined American lit- erature and American history classes. E. Howard Hunt, former CIA officer and Watergate conspirator who served 32 months in 13 prisons, spoke to an overflow crowd in the University Cen- ter ballroom April 5. Hunt does not call himself a Water- gate burglar, but a conspirator. He does not call himself a CIA agent, but