Morehouse College - Torch Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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THE 1981 TORCH IS DEDICATED TO THAT NOBI;E BREED KNOWN FOR THEIR FAITH AND HONORED FOR THEIR TRUTH, FARFAMED FOR COURAGE AND FOR MANLY DEEDS, FOR DEEP DEVOTION BOTH T0 GOD AND STATE, FOR CHRISTIAN SERVICE TO THEIR FELLOW MEN, FOR FIRM COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY? MTHE TORCH IS DEDICATED TO THOSE ALUMNI WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR ALMA MATER AND HER SONS. THEIR DEVOTION TO MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IS UNYIELDING AND FAR BEYOND MA- TERIAL COMPENSATION. LONG DAYS AND LONG NIGHTS OF WORK BY THIS GROUP HAVE RESULTED IN THE IMPROVED QUALITY OF MOREHOUSE COLLEGE. THEY HAVE WELL PREPARED THE SONS OF MOREHOUSE TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND SUCCEED ACADEMICALLY AS WELL AS SPIRITUALLY. THIS GROUP OF ALUMNI SERVES THE COLLEGE FROM THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT TO INSTRUCTOR. MEN OF MOREHOUSE BRING SOMETHING EXTRA TO THEIR JOB; SOMETHING ONLY THEY CAN BRING. IT HAS BEEN SAID OVER THE YEARS THAT THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH WITH SO LITTLE AND SO FEW UNTIL THEY SEEM CAPABLE OF DOING ALMOST ANY- THING WITH NOTHING. SOME HAVE SERVED THE COLLEGE ALL OF THEIR PROFECi SIGNAL LIVES, WHILE SOME HAVE WORKED WELL OVER A HALF-CENTURY AT THE COLLEGE. IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS LOYALTY AND DEDICATION THAT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IS ON THE ROAD TO PAR-EXCELLENCE. LET US HAVE PROPER APPRECIA- TION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE IN YEARS GONE BY AND THE FOUNDATION WHICH THEY PROVIDED. BUT LET US NOT DWELL ON THE PAST, BUT BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION WHICH THE PAST HAS PROVIDED. THIS YEARBOOK IS IN HONOR OF THE MOREHOUSE MEN OF YESTERYEARS, AND OF TODAY AND OF YEARS TO COME WHO HAVE RETURNED AND WILL RETURN TO SERVE THEIR ALMA MATER. WE, THE TORCH STAFF AND STUDENT BODY, SALUTE YOU AND WE DEDICATE THE 1981 TORCH TO YOU WITH THE FULL DEPTH OF OUR MINDS, THE WHOLE STRENGTH OF OUR BODIES, AND THE COMPLETE SECURITY OF OUR SOULS. MParaphrase of Shakespeare by Dr. Hugh M. Gloster, President, Morehouse College.