Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Dr. Clyde A. Milner • ' . . . Dr. Clyde A. Milner has contributed generously of his many talents and energies to the growth of education, culture, and the spiritual life of the City of Greensboro and its surrounding com- munities . . . and is held in high regard by educators throughout the nation ... George H. Roach, Mayor City of Greensboro In honor of Dr. Milner ' s twenty-fifth year as President of Guilford College

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' dweniy-jijid year On Thursday, October 16, and Friday, October 17, educators from near and far gathered at Guil- ford College for the Guilford College Convocation on Liberal Education, honoring our president, Dr. Clyde A. Milner, in his twenty-fifth year as president of the college. Thursday morning Capus Waynick, Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina, introduc- ed Dr. HoUis Edens, President of Duke University and first speaker of the convocation. At the special luncheon Dr. Franklin H. McNutt, Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of the Univer- sity of North Carolina in Greensboro, spoke to the guests and commended Dr. Milner for his contributions to education. Stringfellow Barr, Pro- fessor of Humanities, Newark College of Rutgers University, gave the afternoon address. Howard Brinton, Director Emeritus of Pentlle Hill, was the central figure of Friday morning ' s program. The Ninth Ward Lecture by J. Flo d Moore, Associate Professor of Bibical Literatuu ' and Religion at Guilford, spoke on Rufus Jones The A Cappella Choir under the direction of Carl C. Baumbach, sang at these four major gath- erings. Visitors and friends gathered in Founders Hall to greet Dr. Milner and to show their appreciation for his outstanding work. Outstanding speakers on campus to honor Dr. Milner are shown here with him and Mrs. Milner. Front row are Mrs. Milner, Stringfellow Barr, Dr. Milner; back row, Gordon Blackwell, Hollis Edens, and Franklin McNutt. i Wf