Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Lett President Cheek speaks alter his official acceptance of the presidency. Below Podium guests including vice presidents, trustee members, deans and IIUSA president. Lett A professor anxiously awaits for the procession to begin Above The University choir performs for the inaugural ceremonies 17

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Dr. Cheek Inaugurated As Fifteenth President In April. 1970, Dr lames Edward Cheek became the fifteenth president of Howard University. At a •«»-lively young age lor a college president (3 ). Ur Cheek was described by the then HUSA president, U. Michael Collins as ... a man with the youth and vitality, and the nerve to run the University. rhe entire week prior to Dr. Cheek's inauguration was devoted to a University-wide effort to examine the current strengths and weaknesses of Howard and to consider its role and purpose tor the next ten years. University trustees, administrators, faculty, students and alumni look part in workshops, seminars, lectures and discussion groups that centered around the theme of the inauguration: lo Seek a New Direction Howard in the Decade of the Seventies. In the inaugural address. Dr. Cheek said As a university we may not add much to the world's understanding of how best to navigate the distance of space in man s search tor the stars, but we surely can and must add mightily to the world's understanding of how best man can remove the distance between ,, • plow'Hl races ,n «,ur se.u, h for peace and justke on K Kht lh rh,M,k lx to re ceremonies u sworn in as fifteenth president Below V.evv podium guests, choir and crowd. 16

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Righf Poet Imamu Ameer Baraka reads work on Uiamaa night Bolow Val Grey Ward interprets .1 work of a black poet Above AHSA Conference delegates head tor him h Right Brother reappraises cultural aspects ot African Heritage.