Bethune Cookman University - Yearbook (Daytona Beach, FL)

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In Memoriam Jackie Robinson is When Jackie Robinson opened the door for blacks in baseball he also hit the flame for a successful civil right challenge in later years. He spoke at B-CC just a few months before he died. In his speech he said, We've come a long way. He recalled getting off the bus at Daytona Beach -the bus because, although he had an airline ticket, blacks were the first to lose their seats if there were whites waiting. He remembered hurrying back to sanctuary in Daytona Beach after being met at first base by the Sanford great 'big lock' his team found on the gate to the stadium in Jacksonville when they went up there to play. I remember the boos, but I remember more vividly the young white man who stood up and shouted as loud as he could above the boos, 'atta boy, Jackie, good try, the retired player said.

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In Memoriam Dr. L. Allen Pyke James R. Green Cassius Jones Death claimed the lives of three members of the Bethune-Cookman College family in 1972. Dr. Lancelot Allen Pyke, II, 51, professor of music and head of the Music Departmentg Cassius Jones, 53, Assistant Dean of Meng and James R. Green, 58, associate professor of Education and Teacher- Internship Program Director are remembered by us as outstanding leaders. The young lives they touched as educators is a lasting memorial. Dr. Pyke, who was with the B-CC staff 15 years, was the conductor of the college's marching band and concert bands until two years ago. Before com- ing to B-CC he served on the faculty of Florida A 81 M University and Savan- nah State College. During the academic year of 1970-71, he was visiting music lecturer at the University of Iowa. An accomplished musician, Dr. Pyke has performed at many local supper clubs as organist, a bass player and combo leader. During his career, he has per- formed with such outstanding bands as Andy Kirk, Count Basie and Lionel Hampton. Among his early students are famed jazz recording brothers Julian Cannonball and Nat Adderly. He received his bachelor's degree from Howard University in Washington and then continued his studies at the Univer- sity of Michigan where he received his master's. He earned a Ph.D in music at the University of Iowa. Mr. Jones was a graduate of old Stanton High School, a deacon at the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, member of Ajax Social Club and the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He taught mathematics at Edward Waters College and later was employed by the govern- ment as a postal clerk in the local post office. In 1966 he was hired at Bethune- Cookman. The Assistant Dean was a graduate of Florida A 84 M University. Mr. Green was born in Gainesville and had lived in Daytona Beach for the past eight years. He was chairman of the administrative board of the Stewart Memorial Methodist Church for the past three years, a Mason and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. He receiv- ed a bachelor's degree from Florida A 8: M University, a Masters in Science in School Administration and Supervi- sion from Hampton Institute in Virginia and did advance graduate work at Michigan State University, com- pleting academic and residence re- quirements for the Doctor of Education Degree.

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In Memoriam Mrs. Lucille Stevens X ,. iff1f .-f- 1 Q ' it . -e -' Mrs. Stevens and her two sisters were three of the five little girls attending the first class organized by Mary McLeod Bethune. This only personities her stringent belief in the importance of the pursuit of an education. There is a significant carryover as far as her belief in education is concerned in that her daughter became a teacher. Her daughter. Mrs. Dorothy Hogan is an instructor at Bethune-Cookman College. Mrs. Stevens was also a charter member of Stewart Memorial Methodist Church. She was very well known for her ecstatic collection of flowers. It is said that people from all over the city came to see her beautiful display of hydrangeas. Her flowers merely showed outwardly the aesthetic qualities that were to be found within Mrs. Stevens.