Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Dr. Davie B. Pratt Dean, School of Religion The .School of lieligion offers to men and women opportunity to prepare for various kinds of Christian service. From the first it has emphasized training tor the pastorate and, therefore, has stressed the importance ol Bible Study, of the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons and of Parish Work. The Graduate School ofTers college graduates a standard training. The courses of study and the classes are entirely separate from those in the Theological College which gives high school graduates a tour-vear course of combined theological and college studies. Nearly three hundred, mostly ministers, are enrolled in the Correspondence Department. Extension institutes for the benefit of ministers and Christian workers are held annually at different centers. The Convocation provides our students and the local ministers the opportunity each year of hearing great themes presented by great men. ■xr. The position, “Assistant to the I‘resident, is a new one at Howard University. I am the first incumbent. The purpose of the office is to handle the greatest possible number of administrative details and duties which ordinarily fall to the President of the University. Wm. Stewart Nelson Assistant to President

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George William Cook General Alumni Secretary Dean Emeritus The General Alumni Association of Howard University, recognizing the permanency of the Bison as a record of Alma Mater, wishes to affirm its allegiance to Howard and to be remembered among those who are to remain in the permanent archives of the University. There are four elements in the make-up of any educational institution—the Board of Trustees, the Faculty, the Student Body and the Graduates, known as alurnni, all of whom should function in the affairs of the institution. The Alumni Association of Howard University, being a constituent part, has a mission to perform and a character to preserve for the school. It is fitting, therefore, that the Bison, the annual senior publication cf the University, should chronicle the existence of the Alumni, along with the notice of the other three elements. The kind mother has given her best and sends her children into the world with the happy conviction that tradition and training will enable them to make good. She has no desire that they go from her forever, but earnestly hopes that they will affectionately remember her; tell her of their accomplishments and of their disappointments; keep her posted as to their family life; visit her and above all. keep alive the spark of loyalty and enthusiasm for her and be ever mindful and appreciative of their obligation for her kind nurture HOWARD NOW AND FOREVER