Morehouse College - Torch Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Dr. Benjamin Payton, President of Tuske- gee lnstiluie Godis Minute I ham only just a minute. Only sixty seconds in it, DI. Martin Lullm King. Sr. delivers in emotional tri- Forced upon meican't refuse il President Jimmy Carter pays tribute to Dr. Mays. W I D Mays, hmm'l'm'; mend' Didlft seek it. didn't choose it. But ifs up to me to use it. I must suffer ifl lose it. Che account ifl abuse it. Just a tiny little minute- But eternity is in it. ' H.335; 3 1. 6mm ? -Ammym0us Dr. Thomas Hailey Reynolds. President of Bates College. 23mm Dr. Um Brown sings Sweet Home as Ii musicai tribute. 9k. Dr. Alonzo A. Crim. Superintendent of the C ity oi Alianta School System. Mays Memorial; 13

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12f Mays Memorial

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Highlights of the Life of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays 1894 .................... Born in Greenwood County, South Carelina 191B .................... Graduated as C1333 Vafedictorian from the High School Department, South Carohna State College 1920 .................... Graduated with honors at Bates Coltege 1921 -24 ................ Taught mathematics at Morehouse Col1ege and served as Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Atlanta .................... Received the MA. degree at the University of Chicago - 26 ................ Taught at South Carolina State Colfege - 28 ................ Served as Executive Secretary of the Tampa Urban League .................... Married Miss Sadie Gray, his devoted wife, who passed in 1969 - 30 ................ Served as National Student Secretary of the YMCA -4O ................ Served as Dean of the School of Religion at Howard University .................... Rammed the Ph. D. degree at the Univeralty 01 Chicago Elected member of Phi Beta Kappa at Bates Coiiehe - 57 ................ Served as Freeident of Morehouse Coliege Eleded as President Emeritus of Morehousc Coltege Served as Visiting Professor at Michigan State University -81 ............... Elected to the Atlanta Board of Educatinn and served as President of the Board each term 1980 ................... Received Order of the Paimetto dur'mg unveiling of porttait in South Carolina State House, Columbia, South Carolina 1981 ................... Benjamin E. Mays Drive and Benjamin E. Mays H1gh Schoe1 named Er.- hts honor in Atlanta, and Mays Crossroad named in his honor in Greenwood County, SOuth Carolina l4! Mays Memorial