Coahoma Community College - Coahoman Yearbook (Clarksdale, MS)

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lmaoolmm Inc ppreciatiort of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCLAURIN, SR. PRESIDENT, coAHoMA JUNIOR COLLEGE CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY, APRIL 21, I963 sgoo P.M. COAHOMA JUNIOR PROG RA M Mrs. Zee Anderson Barron, Personnel Director, Coahoma junior College, Presiding OVERTURE: Gypsy Festival ------ Al Hayes Coahoma Junior College Band Miss Consuella Carter. Conducting INVOCATION ---'--- Rev. H. A. Belin, jr. Pastor, Friendship A. M. E. Church Clarksdale, Mississippi NOW LET EVERY TONGUE ADORE THEE Johann S. Bach Coahouna junior College Choir Mrs. G. R. Keys, Conducting THE OCCASION ---- Mr. Frank MFC7IHP, Principal Coahoma Agricultural High School HALLELU-IAH AMEN - I .... owgf F. Handel Coahoma Innior College Choir INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER - Mrs. Lillian Rogms-llolmson Member Board ol Trustees American Teachers Association AIDIJRICSS -------- 1Jr. Vernon Mrllrmiel Fxecutive Set retai y, Texas State 'I'eac'hers Association Austin, Texas HROCKIN' QIICRIISALEIYIH ------ lrcsler Hairston Coahoma Iunior College Choir TRIBI ITES AND COM MICNDATIONS: State IICIJZIITIIIOIIIL OI litlucation Mr. A. A. Alexander .Xgrit ultural Iligli Schools and junior Colleges Mr. Il. I.. Ilill. State Supervisor Coahoma County IJCIJLIVUIICIII of Education and Coahoma Qlunior College Board of Trustees Mr. Paul Ilnnter, Superintendent Coahoma ,Iunior College and A. I-I. S. Faculty Nliss lX'Iary C. Nllliitesitle, Dean Stuclt-nt. Iiotly Ilowarcl Young. I'rc-sith-nt COLLEGE GYM NASIUM Coahoma junior College Alumni Mr. Eugene Fox Coahoma junior College and Agricultural High School P. T. A. Mr. james McLaughlin, Sr. Friendship A. M. E. Church Grand Master James C. Gilliam THE ROSARY - - Ethelbert Nevin, Arr. by Coahoma -Iunior College Band SPECIAL TRIBUTES: Mississippi Teachers Association President Vfalter Washington junior College Presidents Mr. W. A. Reed Alcorn A. S.: M. College Alumni Mr. VV. S. Demby Brothers and Friends Mr. VV. A. Higgins Harold Walters Mr. W. K. Anderson. King Sc Anderson, Inc. PRESENTATIONS --4---- Mr. M. M. Reed SPECIAL DEDICATION: My Task - - - Charlie Wheeler, '64 ACCEPTANCE ANU RIQSPONSPI ALMA MATER RECOGNITION OI? VISITORS - - - HALLELU-IAH CHORUS Qfroni The Messiahj - Arranged by Clair W. johnson Coahoma -Innior College Band E. L. Ashford Mr. james E. Miller G. F. Handel RECEPTION XVIII lfOI.I.OXI' IN l'IIIi COIIICGE LIBRARY

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22 1963 Sunday ' mi + lfatent-Teacher Association: ju :or college presidents and othe Associa supervisor o in Coalioma Coun Dr. McDaniel.. A large ing from of gifts rang to billfoltl teacher 2'GT'l'I l1f' 1 'mmm y, .'lilC2.l tl' 1 fllllllll 'llllllll mmm llllllll- ' ' t ul p I smut , lmuull l ll :un , iq. lhilln.-t ' 3. mum lllllllll. tum: ' l lmmnl li liltll y g1,,:it4ttil'p N ,tim Q3 ,X n .lm 'N llllu- ' V llmmil t umm ' ilhtmmn! l ,W .mm-' 'W' Sli' nu s gut l' Tfllllllllill p A lfllllllfflll 3 l IWIFH , ,Ill lfgillfl 1 l lmlllnl t l It 'm l COAHOMA S PRESIDENT HONORED v Formal appreciation for distin- guished services rendered to the cause of educational and community development was accorded Mr. Benjamin Franklin Mcl.aurin, President of Coahoma junior College. Educators from several states joined in a program honoring him for twenty-five years plus of service in Coahoma County, Mississippi. Dr. Vernon McDaniel of Austin, Texas and Executive Secretary of the Texas State Teachers Association, delivered the main address on the program, and he was introduced by Mrs. Lillian Rogers johnson, a member of the Board of Trustees of the ATA Others who commended Mr McLaurm for his fine services were Mr B L Hill State Super vtapr of Agricultur al High Schools if- a inte 5,5 .65 3 ian? Wag 21-3m,g'u Ei -at-:si .352 523.5-HE om' 555. S -'ft Q P50-twang eaiiggege f . 41-. and junior Collegesg Mr. Paul Rf, Hunter, County Superintendent of Educationg Mr. Walter Washington, President of the Mississippi Teachers Associationg Mr. W. A. Higgins, Deanof Students, jackson, State Clollegeg Mt. Howard Young, President Student Governmentg Miss Mary G. Whiteside, Academic Dean of CjCg and Mr. james McLaughlin Sr., represented the school's PTA. The band and chorus offioahom a presented several appropriate selections. Mr. McLaurin is an undergrad- uate of Alcorn A. St M. College and a graduate of Tuskegee Institute. He has done further study at New York University. He began his career in 1953 as a teacher of vocational agriculture at the Coahoma County Agri cultral High School Five years Home Administration and retumed .sn .. nty y the school: and representai of the college alumni, thq B mem trustees 0 behalf of sen by M. M ' Covington iiountyl MISS-, has a bachei Alcorn A. M. on 3-Esato B552 Pm: nglihpff . ' 'dit'-i'At to the county as a Farm-garden Food pr..,,.f-,qtrion Supervisor. Because of his passion for growth anti achic-vt-mt-nt, hc spent one yenf respectively at his Xlma Mater and lflorida Normal .ind lndustrialC.ollt-gcinSt. ,-Kugtistinc. lflorida. Four years after hc hccnmc Superintendcnt of fioahomzt Agri- cultural lligh School, the junior College Department was added and he has served as president of the college for the past fourteen years. Under his passionate lead- ership the enrollment has risen from 24 to .355 in l965, and 714 graduates have been awarded thc Associate in Artslicgrcc from the college. Not only has Mr. Nlcl.aurin suc- ceeded in strengthening and increasing the faculty and stall' hut hc has Hut cct'ttt:dinf-1tp,1nf':ng tlit-physical plant .infi in titty: ting - 1 'ftrifqti uk 'ns 'litif IH: mgt'-ls 1 '-'tillg anal ii't':'sc rwttiticgm htvfiy. filfllllkll' growili has llil-QQ!! place .ri 'hc high sthool -.t- timt now Zggie High ,tctfonv modatcs .lil Negro onth tml Coahoma ifounty outside the Clarksdale Separate District. ln their commendations, the speakers pointed out that the Mcl-aurin influence has extended to other phases of community life. It is quite evident in the field o christian leader ship where the honoree serves as a steward of Friendship A. M. E. Churchg in civic and charitable movements where he, on several occasions, has spearheaded financial drives in the interest of the Boy Scouts ofAme-ricaand the March ofDi mes: and in fraternal circles where he holds membership as an Omega, an Elk and a Mason. Further, it is evident in agricultural economy where he is actively engaged ir farming. The President and his wife, Sezzie Mae Mclsaurin, have two sons, Benjamin Fr anklin McLaurin jr., a graduate of Kansas State University where he is now working toward the masters' degree, anc ohnnie William McLaurtn a grad uate of Kansas University whc is now studying toward the masters Switzerland l aQ'N'll 'l L pg Y N . . l X in-ul-.Ii , . . . 1 thllliu - i ' ' J , . . . . . . . . i i. . - . i y X ' U y X ....--:E ' P . f 'F 2 . p , i ' - ' v ' later he Worked with the Farm degree as an Exchange Student ir

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mg' 7' , h D n gg -asa 4'-rg ? 'x'K9 24-r A 'V 4 ws-sw ADDRESS - Dr. Vernon McDaniel, Executive Secretary, Texas State Teachers Association, Austin, Texas SEATED, L TO R: Mrs. B. F. McLaurin, Pres. McLaurin. Dr. C. D. Thompson qrearj Mrs Barron, Dean Whiteside ACCEPTANCE AND RESPONSE PRESIDENT B. F. MCLAURIN, SR. SEATED, L TO R: Dr. McDaniel, Dean White- side, Pres. Walter Washington, Mr. B. L. Hill, Supt. Paul Hunter, Miss Virginia Curtis ' 9 :if '