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

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uiiiiiicnccniciit pruLcsiiuM lIlClude closs of 13-members, faculty and a group of alumni 1919, A. and T males conservatively campaigned for prohibition In 1960 A, and T, students staged the first act of what is now famous as the sit-in movement. Rarely coming from affluent or privileged families, A and T students have acquired education which has enabled them as alumni to occupy respected and influential professional positions, THE CHANGING SCENE Like many colleges born in a dream and starved by thoughtlessness, A. and T has struggled through difficult periods. Nevertheless, it has survived, not merely because of the determination of faculty members and students to endure, but also because of the ability to adapt its philosophy to meet the needs of the public which it serves. Committed to preparing students to live as first-class citizens in a democracy, the college continuously re-examines Its curricula, its courses, and even its philosophy Like a diamond, the college has gamed luster from the pressure of the years. Young but mature at seventy-five, it looks forward to the challenges of the next seventy-five years. Rev. Arthur E Rankin of Philadelphia, a member of the class of 1901, is the oldest living olumnus 1935 — The annual meeting of the A T College Alumni Association wos well attended A.jini-W»; « mw ..- ' ,,-

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Dr Jomes B Dudley iiS ' 9b-i925! Dr Ferd.nand D Bluford (i92D-i90D.i Dr. Wormoth T. Gibbs (1955-1960 Dr. Samuel D Proctor (1960-1964) Dr Lewis C Dowdy (1964-Presenf ADMINISTRATORS A T has been indeed fortunate m having as its leaders a group of presidents who Vv ' ere not only honest and dedicated men, but able administrators. Each of them, from Crosby to Dowdy, possessed first, an over-riding interest in, and a burning love for young people, and each also had a deep sense of loyalty to A T ... its philos- ophy. Its aspirations . . , and its growth and development. Each president, in his own way, in the tempo of the era in which he served, in times, good and poor, made distinct contributions which have given strength and vigor to A T and the people It serves, the State, the nation, and even the world. Like the experienced captain, Crosby, Dudley, Bluford, Gibbs, Proctor and now Dowdy, steered the Good Ship A T through seas, often difficult and uncertain to bring the institution to a plane of respectibility in the higher education community. Today, A T meets the age old challenges of higher education, and new ones imposed by changing times and mounting demands for excellence. Dr. Dowdy, the Board of Trustees, the faculty, students and alumni . . the ent ' re college community, face these challenges unafraid, convinced that A T has a broad and important role to play, and determined that A T will excel in meeting these challenges, new and old.