Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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the trustees... Standing • The Hon. Judge Scovcl Richardson, Dr. Richard Hale, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, Mr. Frank Reeves, The Hon. Judge Myles A. Paige, Dr. William J. Kennedy, Dr. James W. Parker, Sr. (retired) Dr Asa T. Spaulding, Dr. Walter H. Bieringer, Mr. George E. C. Hayes. Dr, Oscar L. Chapman. ScatcJ • Mrs. Sophia Y. Jacobs, The Hon. Lawrence E. Walsh, Dr. Charles Garvin, Dr. Floyd Reeves, Dr. Lorimcr Milton, Chr of the Board of Trustees; Dr. James M. Nabrit, Jr., Pres, of the University; Dr. Howard S. Anderson, Dr. Peter M. Murray (retired): Miss Dorothy Fosdick. Members not pictured: Miss Pear! Buck. Dr. Guy B. Johnson, Dr. Percy Julian, Dr. Herman B Wells, and Dr. Paul Williams. THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Howard University, though heavily financed by the Federal Government, is, nevertheless, a private institution. The Board of Trustees is the final governing body of the University. The Board of Trustees adopts basic policies and established underlying rules and regulations governing the University's operations. All personnel appointments are subject to the approval of the Board The Board, of course, delegates to the President and to the instructional and administrative staffs and committees the bulk of the responsibility and accountability for the conduct of the University’s day-to-day operations. Final responsibility and authority, however, rest with the Board. The membership of Howard's Board of Trustees is widely representative of various segments of the public which the University serves. The Board is 3 self-perpetuating body, in that new members are elected by the existing members, except that the alumni of the University elect two members to the Board.

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Our president... In 1961, at the time of his inauguration President James M. Nabrit was called a man with a great dream and a curious problem,” both related to Howard University. After nearly three years of President's Nabrits administration we arc able to see somewhat more clearly into the nature of the man and the form of the dream. Maybe it is this that we should talk about here for neither can be separatcd--for the Man is the Dream and the path that Howard will take, the role it will play is dependent upon the courage and wisdom of the one and the greatness of the other. What then of the man? In an age where administration is become synonymous with bureaucratic nearsightedness, where organization is substituted for imagination, and where even education is no longer a creative individual pursuit but is in danger of being collectivized into a kind of mass exercise. President Nabrit is an anachronism, a throwback to an older time. We are struck by his ability to brush aside pretentiousness and posturing and to get to the essential. We have frequently been grateful for his willingness to cut through the redtape and the ritual in order that important things might be done quickly In an age of ponderous and empty platitude and ambiguous statements we have been impressed with the President’s refusal to evade issues and his readiness to speak plainly and openly. President James Madison Nabrit, Jr. He has said to us that without a commitment to freedom we arc not free; that we must affirm, use. and guard the freedoms that we have and fight for the ones that we ought to have; that we must avoid timid conformity and try for new courage, new imagination and a new integrity. Wc have said that he is not given to speaking lightly. He means these things. They are a part of the vision for this university and the kind of student it is to produce. If wc, the University, fail to support the Man and to realize this dream it is our loss. At home, the President poses with his daughter-in-law, Roberta, son James M.. Ill and his wife, Norma.

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• • • Dr. Patricia R. Harm Associate Dean of Students personnel dean: Dr. Armour J. Blackburn Dean of Students