Grambling State University - Tiger Yearbook (Grambling, LA)

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2D St. Joseph, Mo., News-Press, Sunday. lunn 1, IOM T,A,A.', ,',,'J',',',-,',',':,A,-,-::,',.',Yv','.'vA.'v'..'v'-'-'v'v'f.7v'i-'v'-AllA-'-'v'v'v'-C-'v'v'-'-'v'v'v'.'.'v'l ' - J By BILL scorr :::.-:.-,-.-.-.-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-s,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-:,-.-.-.-.-.-.-ff .--::---4 Man of Many Talents Whether cloaked in the flowing robes of an educa- tor at the spring rite ot' graduation or decked in base- ball flannels hitting lungoos, R. W. E. Jones is a man unique. For Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones is a college president. He also is a college baseball coach. For the last 28 years he has served in this dual role, bringing credit to both his school and his teams. Jones. will join two other mon, Max Mo- lock of St. lVlary's College, Winona, Minn., and Jimmy Gleeson. New York Yankee coach, as inductecs into the NAIA baseball Hall of Fame at ceremonies here tonight. Gleeson will be honored in absentia. He will 1'eceive his plaque later this summer in Kan- sas City. A man ot boundless energy. vision and courage, ' ' i i ' rt' Grambling tLa.J College in 1936. At the time the school was in a struggle to avoid academic oblivi- .:n. There were only 120 students. The faculty :nembercd 17, Six build- zngas composed the educa- tional plant and state aid unmounted to only 355,400 .Xt that time, Grambling was a junior college. 'Ifoday, the enrollment is 13.325, Faculty and staff number 410. with 48 of .hose holding their Ph.D. There are now 42 modern, colonial-styled buildings with a value of 526,000,- U00. State appropriations are in excess of 33,000,000 annually. , Jones' insight, ettort ,F , and understanding have R-W-5-JOHN contributed to the devel- Opment of Grambling, He can look back on two dec- ades plus ol' some of the most impressive progreSS and growth in Louisiana educational history. If that is a source of pride, Jones' con- tributions to the development of the school's sports program, particularly to baseball, are similarly impressive. His teams have won 379 games and lost 59 since the second World War. More than a dozen Grambling baseball stars have signed bonus contracts, amounting to roughly S275,000 to turn professional. Tonight's honor is one more in a long list for the president-coach. Last year. the American Association of College Baseball Coaches cited him for a quarter of a century of leadership and devotion to college baseball Last year, Jones guided his Tigers to the runner- up position in the NAIA collegiate World Series here. This week, they'll make another stab at the big prize. You'll see Mr. Jones in the coaching box at third base. He's as at home there as he is behind his college president's desk. Secretly, he just may enjoy the baseball assign- ment the most. NAIA Baseball Hall of Fame Selections COACHES l i Year Honored Rankin Williams, Southwestern Okla. State College 1960 Sigurd Pteque, Luther CIowaD College 1960 Roy I-Ielser, Linfield COregonj College 1961 A. C. Burcky, Bluffton COhioj College 1962 S. B. Frosty Holt, Carson-Newman CTenn.D College 1963 Marion McDonald, Washburn CKan.D University 1963 R.VV.E. Jones, Grambling CLa.D College 1964 Max Molock, St. Mary's CMinn.j College 1964 ATI-ILETES Lloyd Waner, East Central Oklahoma State College 1960 Paul Waner, East Central Oklahoma State College 1960 George Altman, Tennessee A 8: l State University l96l James CPimD Goff, Illinois State Normal University 1961 Norm Cash, Sul Ross CTex.D State College 1961 Danny Litwhiler, Bloomsburg CPa.D State College 1962 Charles Hiller, College of St. Thomas CMinn.j 1963 Norman Siebcrn, Southwest Missouri State College 1963 Jerry Lumpe, Southwest Missouri State College 1963 James Cllimmyl Gleeson, Rockhurst CMOQ College 1964 J. I. Clements.. Georgia Southern College, congratulates President Jones after .ho was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Baseball Hollnof Fame. Clements is president ot the NAIA Base- ball Coaches' Association and was i963 Conch-of-the-Year. Grambling placed second in the tournament held Juno 8-I3. NAIA PHOTO

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11:11 4 I - I CAREER RECORD: , Won 376, Los1' 71 lSince World War Ill PRESIDENT-COACH JON ES Prexy Enters Hall of Fame KANSAS CITY, Mo., May - Two men representing 62 years of college coaching and a former major league player will be inducted into the National Association of Inter-collegiate Athletics CNAIAj Baseball I-lall of Fame in June. Announcement of the selection of the three men was made hy A. O. Duer, executive secretary of the NAIA, who added that two of the men would be honored during the NAIA Baseball Hall of Fame banquet, Sunday, June 7 at St. joseph, Mo., and a third would be honored in August. ' The two coaches who will be honored at St. Joseph are R.VV.E. Jones, president as well as baseball coach at Grambl- ing College, Grambling, La., and Max Molock, baseball coach at St. Mary's College, Winona, Minn. Scheduled to be honored in August is fomier major leaguer James Climmyj Gleeson, a coach with the New York Yankees and a graduate of Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Mo. The presentation will take place in Kansas City. Officials at Grambling claim that their president is the only coaching president in American colleges and he has served in a dual capacity for 38 years. Since World War II, Grambling's teams have won 373 games while losing only 69 and have won more than 700 games since baseball was added to the Grambling athletic program. Grambling reached its all-time high last year when the Tigers placed second in the NAIA National Tournament. Not only does jones direct his team from the third-base coaching box during every game, but he still hits all infield workouts and supervises batting and pitching practice, often pitching batting practice himself. A year ago he was honored by the American Association of College Baseball Coaches with their 25-year award. Players from his teams have signed professional contracts for bonuses that exceed S275,000. hlolock coached three sports at De LaSalle High School, Kansas City, Mo., from 1936-40, then returned to his alma mater, St. Marys, where he has coached for 24 years.

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