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

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Amid the pageantry and ceremony usually attached to such occasions. Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor was inaugurated as fifth president of A. T. College on Saturday morning. March IS. The 39-year old. new president had assumed the post on July 1. 1960, to become the oungest leader of the institution in its 70-year history. A graduate of Virginia Union University, where he served later as professor, dean. vice president and. finally, as president from 1955 to 196(1. he holds other degrees from Crozer Theological Seminary and Boston University. He has also studied at the University of Pennsylvania and the Graduate School of Vale University. My obligations are incalculable , he said after the gold medallion, i illustrated here) sym- bolic of presidential authority, was draped about his shoulders. In his inaugural address. Dr. Proctor listed three formidable frontiers which A v 1 College faces: (1) the transition of the Negro from economic adolescence, social and political impotence to economic maturity, social stability and political responsibility. (2) the change tak- ing place in the South, from a slow moving, agrarian economy, to a diversified economy of agriculture, manufacturing, transportation and marketing, and (3) the mass need for a supply of trained technicians and specialists to serve the new nations of the world. We intend , he vowed, to participate in the writing of a new history for North Carolina and the nation . . . and just as surely as the seasons follow each other, we will undergo our own metamorphis and serve the entire student generation of the State Dr. William C. Friday, president of the Consolidated University of North Caro- lina, who delivered the main address said this of Dr. Proctor. It is a future worthy of an able man: and no one who knows him, no one who has seen the record of his life, the resources of his mind, experience, and spirit, can doubt that the man is matched to the occasion. rhe Honorable Terry Sanford. Governor of North Carolina, also had praise for Dr. Proctor. He is a distinguished gentleman with a record that shows unmistak- ably his complete dedication to the cause of good education. These dignitaries were joined by: Mayor George H. Roach of the City of Greensboro: members of the Trustee Board: presidents of 40-colleges and universi- ties and delegates from more than 100-others and hundreds of other well wishers on this memorable occasion. We witnessed the event, marking the beginning of a new era for A. T. . . . The gold inaugural medallion was designed b A. M. Riyera. Jr.. and produced b Josten ' s.

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WIS FIRST FAMILY -- Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, president of A T College, and Mrs. Proctor and their two sons. Timothy DeWitt, left and Herbert, right.

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Go Forward with the assurance that you have the enthusiastii support ol every citizen oi North Caro- lina. . . . said the Honorable Terry Sanford, Gov- ernoi ol North Carolina, who brought greetings hum i In- State. My obligations are incalculable . . . . With these wends Dr. Proctor accepted the charge projected by the A. T. College Trustee Board. He listed three formidable frontiers which the College would seek lo achieve. The procession which formed in from of Scotl 1 1. ill included delegates from 140-colleges, universities and learned sin ieties. •■ ■■ — S I l i. i ■ •• ■■ - - I, I. ii ., IE EG E. .. IE i. Ei n. in m tf ■¥ ■■[ ■ '