Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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Emphasis on blacks - After a slow period of transition, blacks at APSU have finally come into their own 'i W 0.: Qh hie? Left - The three tallest members of the basketball team just happen to be blacks. They are No. 50, Ralph Garner, 6-foot-8; No. 54, Eddie Horton. 6-foot-10 and No. 40, Gary Greene, 6-foot-9. Top - Genetta HTootie Ligon, Arlene Marable and Roberta Burney are on their way for a stroll across campus in the summer-like weather of the early fall quarter. 76

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Wasen Sowelt. , In addition to the different organiza- tions, there are three parties and a military ball held every year, Scholarships from the Army are highly competed for and Austin Peay receives more than its share. These scholarships pay for tuition, books and aHow the cadet $1000 in cash each year. Besides the chances for scholar- ships, another reason drows cadets. This is the superior performance shown by APSU's ROTC cadets at both the Advanced and Basic Camp help during the summer at which Austin Peay scored number one against such schools as Notre Dame and Pardue. Since its inception in the Fall of 1971, the program has grown from 64 cadets to 268. Like begets like and Col. McDermot and Maj. Langly, as well as the other members of the ROTC staff, must be gtven credit for. being worthy of emulation. You don't have to be a warmonger to admire a program best described as efficient, weft organized and above at! apparently of the highest quality. ROTC - many things to many peoe ple. , F81H 4. Donna Woodard and Kris Heffner board the bus after a long day at Fort Campbetl. 5. Mat Ericson. Dawn Hoffman, and Diane Beech wait, a little impatiently, for Carlyn Mitchell and Alicia Nyland to make 6t through the chow tine at an ROTC get- together. 6. tFronO Brenda Jackson, Brenda Teasley, tBacIO Paut Roberts. and Roy Head took on wearity as they wait their turn to scale the wail.

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By Paulette Suggs With the enrollment of its first black student in 1959, 26 years of a totally white student body ended when Austin Peay State University opened its doors to blacks seeking higher education. In 1962 Austin Peay had its first black stu- dents to receive degrees. With the open door policy came black participation in athletics and the founding, in 1970, of the Afro-Ameri- can Alliance, which was organized to unite the growing black enrollment. Since that time, black students have become more aware of a growing need for stronger unity. With this unity, Aus- tin Peay received its first black fraterni- ty Alpha Phi Alpha, which received its charter as a recognized fraternity in 1971. Delta Sigma Theta, the first black so- rority on campus, chartered 12 mem- bers in 1973. Kappa Alpha Psi, the sec- ond black fraternity on campus, re- ceived its charter in 1975; with the most recent addition to black social life being Alpha Kappa Alpha, a sorority which received its charter in 1976. Along with an increased social life came academic recognition when in 1974, Sharon Proctor was named to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and when Jean Proctor, in 1976 became a member of the Laurel Wreath Society. Black talent was also recognized when Cynthia Hooker became Austin Peay's first black cheerleader, and a year later Thomas Powell became the first black captain of the squad. The year 1976 was a Hgolden year for blacks at Austin Peay. Paulette Suggs became the first black home- coming queen. It wasn't until 1973 that Austin Peay became a national figure in the field of athletics. And much of this publicity was brought about by a black basket- ball player from New York, James HFly Williams. He was a two time All- American, averaged over 30 points per game, and was not only noted for his ability to shoot the ball, but also for the Top - James Norflett. Ted Wriggins. William McMillan. Cassandra Carney. Gary Brooks. Charles Jenkins and other members are just a few of the people on the Black Council who are striving for more black involvement. Bottom - Coach Lake Kelly and wife, Marty. are surround- ed by the Governors, of which the starting five were black, at a party celebrating Kelly's 100th victoryi 77