Coahoma Community College - Coahoman Yearbook (Clarksdale, MS)

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iz 92010149 CICZZICIQ Qui-sv B. F. MCLAURIN, JR, JOHNNY W, MCLAURIN lst LI. U. S. Army Although retired from the office of President, Mr. McLaurin is far from inactive. He still has an active obligation to the school and is just as concerned about its welfare as always. Mrs. McLaurin remains a dedicated Home Economic's teacher in the High School Department. Their sons are both presently in foreign countries. Baby Mac is a First Lieutenant serving in Viet Nam. He received both his Bachelors' and Masters' Degrees from Kansas State University before entering the Army. Johnny is now working on his Masters' Degree in Switzerland where he is an exchange student. He received his Bachelors' Degree in Mathematics from the University of Kansas. The staff gladly submits this space and proudly salutes a true Coahoma Family.

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77 yrzgufe fo 15.69 Wcgaurzhs . , . ....---'- M,,,,.w--H ' . .ce-i.,,3:N: as sgis i ' . 'QRS ' ' , u.S,.'1 buf' ., . ,Q g J J . X W A he . V , .--......?' Q WM. W 'V During the February 1966 Board Meeting of the Board of Trustees for Coahoma Junior College and Agricultural High School, Benjamin Franklin McLaurin, Senior submitted his resignation as President of the College he has guided since its conception. Meanwhile, he promised to stay on with the institution in a capacity that would be less taxing. This was a voluntary move dictated by his physical condition at that time. Mr. McLaurin has been more to CoahomaJunior College than an administrator and we believe Coahoma Junior College has been more to the McLaurin family than an educational institution. lt has been a home for Mr. and Mrs. McLaurin and their two, Q25 sons, B. F. McLaurin, Jr., Baby Mac , and Johnny McLaurin. The McLaurin children were always campus favorites. They made so many feel so close to the McLaurin family. In fact it has been a campus family for all of us as both Mr. and Mrs. McLaurin have taken a parental interest in students and provided them with everything from food and cash money to items of clothing. Aside from Mr. McLaurin's attainments as a school administrator, he has proven to be a successful businessman and a true friend of the community. The above is attested by the fact that he was chosen as a member of the Clarksdale Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Executive Committee of the local Community Action Program.

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MQ ,Q if ' I' a I ? R QL 'fi : 1 ' :5.,. ,lfgq , wean Zfjfzfeszk anof csecrefary vw a .t ..t . 4 - aQQw-wswuwmnuwxmvmmd --...A I9 , 'g 1, V, 4 U A ' - ' . I4 fi? MISS MAEREAN JONES, Secretary Your theme, Coahoma--Where The Action Is , points up the need for us to look backward critically into the growth and development of the college. This backward view would show that Coahoma Junior College came into being because Super- intendent L. L. Bryson, President B. F. McLaurin, and other responsible citizens of the community were active in pointing up the need for an institution which would up-grade the in-service teachers in the Delta Area and would provide two years of junior college work for students who would find the cost of living away from home beyond their means. . The fact that since 1949 most of the 720 graduates have completed college and some the univer- sity, and are now assuming leadership roles in administration, teaching, and community programs both in and out of Mississippi is evidence ofthe reliability of their judgment and the success of their efforts. Another significant fact may be observed in the continuous growth in enrollment from 22 students and one full-time teacher, Mrs. Zee A. Barron, in 1949, to 801 students and 37 administrators and teachers at the end of the 1967 Winter Quarter. This enrollment increase naturally necessitated growth and expansion in the curricula offerings to meet the needs of the students. But, Coahoma Junior College will also make a forward look hopefully to a period of group de- cisions which will determine what judgments the faculty, citizens, and students will make in order that its procedures .or actions will best meet the needs of people in our ever expanding community. This naturally places great responsibility on Coahoma Junior College if it is to develop to the fullest its human and natural resources - an objective stated in the school's catalog.