Agricultural and Technical State University - Ayantee Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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IIINTI IiriNIIKII VISITIIIt Dr. Ralph J. Bundle witli Picsidcnt F. U. Blulurd .iiid Dean W. 1. Gibbs ac T ' dI t uiiuiiciiccimiu Exi-rcisfs. Dr. Ralph Johnson Bundle, Director, Department of I ' rusteesliip, United Nations, addressed some 6,000 persons, 465 of whom were receiving arious degrees and certificates in the Commencement Exercises of the school year 1950-51. Dr. Bunchc, A.B.. University of California, A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University, even though of humble birth, possessing an insatiable thirst lor knowledge, and consccjuently made his own way through the University of California, winning the Phi Beta Kappa Key. He attended Harvard University, earning the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philo.sophy with distinction. Continuing his formal education. Dr. Bunche then engaged in further study in some of the leading uni- versities abroad. For several years, he was an inspiring teacher of Political Science at Howard University, and actively engaged in the study of inter-racial problems of this country. During World War II, when the State Department needed a man who under- stood the problems of minority groups. Dr. Bunche was the appointed mediator to Palestine where the same high intelligence, faithfulness and courage which served him in such good stead previously, once again characterized his world-renowned performance. C on.sequently, when Dr. Ralph Bunche addressed these 6,0()0 persons at com- mencement exercises, each attentive listener could visualize the indomitable character of this world-traveler, his great contribution to the solution of the problems of human relations, and his leadership in the effective use of arbitration as an instrument for settling the differences between races and nations, his most significant contribution to world peace. Most of all, the fact that Dr. Bimche has walked with and close y associated with the leaders in government throughout the world, he has not lost the common touch.

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lll)ll INTI!irill» Jkan VV. Spinner Dt ' dii of I iimen Samuel CI. Smith Dtan iif Tiadr Schniil Reverend CIleo M. Mc:Cov Diitrliir (ij Riliouius Ad vilirs Edward VV. VVaddell Dirccld) (if Hiiu. iiiu Project ami Siipnin- li ' iulcnl oj Butl ling- and Clrounds 10 ■k

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nPMBHR mmm OlITSTiiyiK SE IORS Sampson Bi ie Preuileiil iij l ir Sliu rnl (jiuniil It is only natural that sonic nienibers of our class would ha c distinmiishcd thcmscKcs in achievement and ser ice to the institution and fellow-students. We pi turc below our nominations for the high position of Outstanding Seniors. Their contributions to the welfare and happiness of the student body have been many, but their honors have been few. We arc happy to .set them aside as those most deserving. Toj) rutv, left III ;;!, ' ( .■ Willi. un Bliiklc , Bcrlcn.i ( :,im|)l nil, Edward A. CarU-r, (llarcncc CuUs, Jcrrv Clrawford, X ' t-ni- estinr JoNiicr. Bottom row, Irfl la imlil: Baincy Putnam, McKiii M. Rittcr, Ruhcrt I ' . Sniilh, •()nlll■ Wuotcii, .Xilhur B. Woid. Howard L. W ard. 12