Coahoma Community College - Coahoman Yearbook (Clarksdale, MS)

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7 224 ' 7947 ff, . , gpg. This Anniversary Edition of the COAHOMAN is published in recognition of the 34th Anniversary of the Agricultural High School and the 10th Anni- versary of Coahoma Junior College. We have endeavored through pictures and words to give a bird's-eye view of the school's history, growth and ex- pansion from a County Agricultural High School into a Junior College, It is our hope that as you peruse this 1959 Annual. yOU will rCC211 many fond memories of dear old Coahoma. If there are omissions, please charge them to lack of money to buy space, lack of information, or to our youth. The 1959 Staff 'iadieof TITLE PAGE ALMA MATER FOREWORD AND CONTENTS HISTORIAL STATEMENT HISTORICAL PAGE DEDICATION ADMINISTRATION FACULTY CLASSES ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS ADVERTISERS COAHOMAN STAFF

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f4Zmcz y Words and Music by J. Orville Moseley Coahoma, Coahoma, we kneel before thine altar, In reverence, in homage, in consecration strongg Upon the earth where 'er we tread We never will thy name degrade. We challenge wrong with never any dread, We shall not be afraid. Coahoma, Coahoma, our aim is not to falter. But to be brave in the good life to which we all belong. Coahoma, Coahoma, our noble Alma Mater, We laud thee, we hail thee, with never ending praiseg The fortune of our future lives Will cast a ray of light on thee. The shades of night will swiftly disappear with thoughts so near, Coahoma, Coahoma, our beacon of tomorrow Will always shout thy glory Our Alma Mater dear. of thee

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COA HOMA IUNIOR COLLEGE AND AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL I HISTORICAL STATEMENT fr I i Coahoma County was among the first of the counties in Mississippi to provide an agricultural high -,G school for Negroes. In 1924, County Superintendent P. F. Williams proposed the organization of a school system which would include a number of elementary and junior high schools and one central agri- 1. cultural high school. Upon adoption of the proposal by the Board of Supervisors in that year, Coahoma -fl County Agricultural High School was established. F Il Mr. M. L. Strange served as the first superintendent of Coahoma County Agricultural High School during the 1924-25 term. In the years which followed, four other men headed the institution: Mr. J. H. Mosley, four yearsg Mr. J. W. Addison and Mr. J. B. Wright, eight years eachg and Mr. B. F. Mc- j Laurin, whose present term of office began with the 1946-47 school year, In order to provide even greater educational opportunites for the Negro youth and adults of Coahoma County, the high school curriculum was extended to a junior, or community, college in 1949 with Mr. L. L. Bryson, County Superintendent of Education, spearheading the movement. The name of the in- stitution was changed to Coahoma Junior College and Agricultural High School. Mr. B. F. McLaurin, who was serving as the first superintendent of Agricultural High School, be- came the first president of Coahoma Junior College and Agricultural High School. The college was or- ganized and directed the first three years by Mrs. Zee Anderson Barron and the first college graduation was held in 1952. During its first year of operation Coahoma Junior College was supported entirely by county funds. In the next year it became the first institution for Negroes to be included in Mississippi 's system of public junior colleges and eligible to share in funds appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature for the support of public junior colleges. Increased support has made possible the expansion of physical facilities and instructional staffs to adequately provide for a rapidly growing student body. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COAHOMA BOARD OF EDUCATION J. E. Merrit, Clarksdale, Mississippi 5- H- KYIG- R0UUdaW3Yf MISSISSIPPI D. L. Salamon, Jonestown, Mississippi V211 Davis. LU13, MiSSiSSiPPi W. E. Young, Bobo, Mississippi S. B. WiS6, Jonestown. Mississippi W. L. McKee, Jr., Friars Point, Mississippi E- G- L31'S0U- Friars POINT. Mi55i5SiPPi Van Wilson. Rich, Mississippi J. R. Mitchell, Rena Lara, Mississippi BOARD OF TRUSTEES, COAHOMA JUNIOR COLLEGE' ' a Frank Robinson, Friars Point, Mississippi 5 Cauley C. Williams, Clarksdale, Mississippi A Roland Jones, Jr., Lula Mississippi w F r Marvin Sigmon, Sherard, Mississippi I. P. Fisher, Jonestown, Mississippi L. L. Bryson, Superintendent of Education Coahoma County, Mississippi , Executive Secretary of the Board I B. F. McLaurin, Sr., President I