Morris College - Hornet Yearbook (Sumter, SC)

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The Morris College Seal The Morris College Seal performs a two-fold purpose: to authenticate the written communication of business with which the College is involved, and provide an artistic source of communication as a symbol that projects the purpose and objectives of the College. The present seal is a new seal that was necessitated by the developmental change and progress in the purpose and objectives of the College that were predicated by new trends in education and a changing social order. Consequently, in 1969, President 0. R. Reuben commissioned Mr. Theolander M. Taylor, Art instructor, at the College to design the new seal. The seal is a discus consisting of two circles and a triangle with a raised torch depicted in the center. The outer circle, a dynamic element of the design, suggests movement that is symbolic of progress to which the College is dedicated. The torch represents knowledge that is provided by the College though the administration and faculty. In the triangle God's placement at the apex symbolizes his eminence and the emphasis the College places on Christian education. Knowledge appears in the right angle and re-emphasizes the major objectives of the College. The figure of man in the left angle represents mankind and relates to the coeducational constituency of the College's student body.

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DEDICATION . . . Mrs. Magnolia A. Lewis, Chairman of the Division of Education and Director of Teacher Education at Morris College 1954-73. Mrs. Magnolia Atkinson Lewis was born in Horatio, South Carolina, the daughter of Mr. Fred and Lottie Wright Atkinson. Her formal education was begun at Browning Home (now Bolin-Haven-Mather Academy) Camden, South Carolina. When Mrs. Lewis reached the fifth grade, her mother transferred her to Morris College where she remained until she completed two years of college work. Her teaching career began inWampee, South Carolina in 1932 - (Horry County), where she met and later married Mr. Edward W. Lewis. After a few years, Mrs. Lewis returned to Morris College during summer and evening classes and completed the work for the Bachelor of Arts degree. During this time she distinguished herself as an outstanding and creative first grade teacher in the Lois area. She was offered the position of Jeans Supervisor of Horry County, but she preferred to stay in the classroom. In 1948 she moved hack to Sumter County (Horatio) and was employed at the Rembert Memorial Elementary School where she taught for three years. In the meantime she was attending Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia from which she earned the Master of Science Degree in Education. In 1952 she joined the faculty of the Moore Elementary School, Sumter, South Carolina where she taught for two years. In 1954 when President 0 . R . Reuben invited her to join the Morris College faculty, her greatest educational ambition, to become Director of Teacher Education at her beloved Alma Mater, became a reality. Mrs. Lewis continued her studies on the graduate level at Indiana University for a number of summers. She was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation and she resumed her studies at American University, Washington, D. C. There she completed her course requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education and began writing her dissertation. Through the years as Mrs. Lewis was contributing and achieving educationally, she was working with equal dedication in her church on local and state levels. While in Horry County, she served faithfully in the Antioch Baptist Church as Sunday School teacher and missionary. She was elected president of the I Kingston Lake Women's Auxilliary in 1949, a position she continued to hold even after leaving the county. In her home church. Rafting Creek Baptist church, she has held many positions of leadership. She is a charter member and was first president of the State Baptist Young Women's Auxiliary, and is presently the state supervisor of that body. Under her leadership the organization contributed generously to the improvement of Morris College. Her original project for the organization was a Laboratory School for the training of teachers at Morris College. Instead the H. H. Butler Building was renovated for use as a building for the Division of Education, especially for the teacher education program. Mrs. Lewis was a pioneer with Headstart in Sumter. She was in the initial meeting held at Mt. Pisgah and later with the late President Reuben's cooperation she became the director of the first Headstart program in Sumter. Mrs. Lewis is married to Mr. Edward W. Lewis. They have three beautiful children, Atkinson Edward Lewis, a student at St. Jude High School and twin girls, Magnolia Edwin and Mazieola Edweena Lewis. Morris College is greatly indebted to Mrs. Lewis for her deep commitment to teacher education, her sensitivity and responsiveness to student needs, her cooperative spirit, and her zeal to improve the educational program at Morris College. We take this opportunity to say to her thank you for all that you have done for Morris College. Your contributions are an inspiration and a challenge to us.