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

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Dr. Lewis C Dowdy, President Nannie Kearney, Miss ACrT is crowned by Dr Dowdy The Four Freshmen , who in 1960 started the now famed Sit-in Movement They are from left to right Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Ezell Blair, Jr Chemistry Lab

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STUDENTS Students at A T College are no different from college students anywhere They fall along the scale, from very good, ordinary and in between, they fit the patterns of conservative and radical, and in between Some come from backgrounds of affluence and others from situations not so affluent. This has been true for the whole history of the College. But, unlike students at many colleges, A T students, in the mom, have been working students, reguired by limited resources to earn all or part of their educational costs. This, probably has given them an unusual sort of independence, and has encouraged a rare sort of self-reliance. Nurses, , upper left, are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U S Army Nurse Corps Students, upper right, came from many foreign lands Students, lower left, also participated in the glamor of college life, and at bottom right, Alumni Scholars were a Dort of an escalating admission policy m ' t id ' imr « -• ■ - -. ' -.-

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THE ALUMNI And, because of it all A T students, have generally demonstrated an eagerness for free- dom an eagerness for self-expression and an eagerness for self-accomplishment So, those same attributes instilled during life at A T, have become stock and trade for the A T graduate and former student He has assumed positions of leadership in education, the health professions, business, agriculture, engineering, contracting and construction, law, music, research, the military and in many other fields of service. Dr Earl McClenney, president of St. Paul ' s College, Willie Robinson, associate director of admissions at Yale University, James Reeves, associate director of student activities at the University of Minnesota, the late E R Mernck, former treasurer of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, M. Conrad Martin, Jr., branch manager of the Bank of America both of Los Angeles, and Mercer Ray, comptroller for the Gold n Gate Life Insurance, and million- aire real estate broker, T W Washington of San Francisco, ore but a few examples of leader- ship posts assumed by A T alumni. The A T man or woman, we like to believe, is a special breed , having not only exuded a special pride in the Alma Mater, but has been vocal with it. Like a sleeping giant, the alumni movement in 1966, became aroused to the needs of the institution and responded dramatically in financial support for the College. Under the administration of Howard C Barnhill, Charlotte, N C, president, the organiza- tion during the past decade has enpyed its greatest growth and prosperity. In accord with the spirit of the Diamond Anniversary of the College, the A T College General Alumni Association has set a fund-raising goal of $75,000, to be given to A T for the advancement of its educational purposes. The membership has embraced this effort, recognizing the needs and aspirations of the Alma Mater, and with confidence in accomplishment — . ; ■ ■ WELCOI A AND T COLLEGE ALUMNI Mid-L..i ' -. ' . ' iii (■■ ri. ' . ' ' •-■!■■, . ' -i- ' -j AG ' T CuIIl.jc i.jLiiuiul ' jnd means of assisting in the development of the college Alui As;.ociQtiGn -A sleeping giant was aroused to seek ways ■ e W ' ' -- ■ .