Coahoma Community College - Coahoman Yearbook (Clarksdale, MS)

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Ahminisstraiihe Staff L. I -twfiwv MR. LEE ROY GORMAN Director of Student Financial Aid Counselor A ggi..f,g N Q I 11 .-,., -s---1 xg - if 3 BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF MR. L, FRISON L. to R.: Rowena Fielder, Elnora Stasher, Business Manager and Lonnie Young

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1 . . I Eietrnepvrtinn mth ldrugrvsseiun Q ,- -C 4 - ra VV- B. F, MCLAURIN, SR., Former President Coahoma Jr. College and Agricultural High School Coahoma Junior College is a name I can say with great pride because I have been a part of the growth and progress of this great institution - and this is a great institution. The idea of Coahoma Junior College was conceived in 1949 when Mr. L. L. Bryson became Superintendent of Schools. The institution at that time was nothing more than a few frame buildings. Since that time, however, the school has grown into a modern complex of 40 buildings overlooking the beautiful Mackey Lake. In this complex one will find two dining halls, two gymnasiums, one administration building, a library which houses a reading laboratory, three high school classroom buildings, one building which houses a bookstore and grille, three vocational-technical laboratories, three academic classroom buildings, several mobile science, art and trades laboratories, one mobile audio-visual materials center, five student dormitories, and 13 units of faculty housing. Since 1949 we have grown from twenty-two students to nine hundred. I attribute this growth to several factors: the concern and cooperation of the superintendent and school personnel: the dedication of Mrs. Z. A. Barron, the first teacher employed at the college: the provision of bus transportation from Quitman, Bolivar, and Sunflower Counties: and the acquisition of federal funds. The tremendous progress of Coahoma Junior College can also be attributed to the outstanding performance of our graduates, our dedicated and cooperative faculty and staff, and an outstanding athletic department. Although a lack of dormitories has always been our weakest point, this has not hindered the growth of the school. Coahoma Junior College is a great institution. Our increased enrollment has boosted the local economy through purchases at local stores. From this viewpoint, I suppose one can say that Coahoma Junior College is the only black industry in Coahoma County. Economically speaking, Coahoma Junior College is at least 900 pairs of shoes per year and only Heaven knows how many blouses, shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, and sweaters. ln addition to stimulating the local economy: Coahoma Junior College has raised the intellectual status of people all over the nation.

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Pxilminigirzliinn 1 QM Sf N Y X n XXIXXKXN .ff ZEE ANDERSON BARRON Student Personnel Dutector Mrs Gardenla HICRS Secretaly ,pwiiv 'QSM CHARLES REID Duector of IIISIIIUIIOUHI Development and Pub11c Relatlons Mlss Beatta Carson Secretary Aft f I