Morris College - Hornet Yearbook (Sumter, SC)

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MORRIS AT A GLANCE While MORRIS COLLEGE is just one of 1200 or more other senior colleges and universities in America, it has made the difference for thousands of young people of South Carolina and across the Nation in terms of achieving or not achieving a college education. Those who have been served now teach our children; they provide leadership in government; contribute heavily to the growth and development of our community and provide a wide array of services that promote the general welfare of mankind. In addition, the College has been of significant service to the community of which it is a part. Numerous programs for the community's uplift have been planned and initiated at the College by its staff and members of the community. It lias been a meeting place, an economic force and a cultural center for the people of lower South Carolina. The pride that surely must prevail in the hearts of all Baptists and other supporters is wrapped up in the fact that their predecessors had the foresight to found the Institution, and generations that followed have played a major role in perpetuating its existence. Tins is true in spite of the fact that more than 300 private colleges in existence sixty-five years ago are no longer in operation. In considering all of the benefits and opportunities of Morris College, it is amazing that the Institution exists not as a result of some law; it is not supported by citizens through taxes who have no choice in the matter, but it is present and serves out the will of the people and their commitment to the uplift of humanity. No doubt, in its sixty-five year history, there have been times when the College's plea for help has been in a distressing tone signifying urgency. The past will show that South Carolina Baptists and friends of the College have answered with an enthusiasm fitting to each challenge faced. We must not and will not allow such a glorious legacy as the Morris College tradition pass from among us. 20

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MRS. JULIA WELLS INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT