University of Arkansas Pine Bluff - Golden Lion Yearbook (Pine Bluff, AR)

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C. E. Larrison, Portland I. F. Wahl, l-lelena , ,,,, I. B. Moore, lr., Clarendon l-lugh Kincaid, Fayetteville C. D. Franks, Ashdown ,, I. B. Booker, Little Bock ,, .,, ,,, ,,Chairman , ,,,, Vice Chairman Second Congressional Distrct ,,,, Third Congressional District Fourth Congressional Distriat , Fifth Congressional District Louis Ramsay, Pine Bluff ,, ,,, Sixth Congressional District The Board of Trustees is a representation of the more outstanding and liberal-minded business and civic leaders of the state. The Board has been very instrumental in promoting improved and modern facilities at A. M. CS N. College. ln the expansion of our physical plant, they have accomplished many incomparable feats. Their skilled and competent performances are manifested in the various new buildings on our campus. The magnificent efforts of the Board have far-reaching effects. Their efforts have not only provided improved facilities at our college, but their efforts are typical of the educational and socio-economic advances which can be attained by cooperation of the races. The Board of Trustees feels that cooperation and unified efforts of all races in all fields of human endeavor should become America's theme for progress in the future.

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HONORABLE SIDNEY SANDERS McMATH, Governor ln serving our school and State, Sidney S. Mc- Math, governor oi the State has placed over the College a capable and willing Board of Trustees. Educated at the University of Arkansas, Governor Mclvlath has grown in his appreciation of the ini- portance of education in the State, as evidenced loy his untiring efforts to better the schools of Arkansas.

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OFFICE EM 95 GEQSA LQNQ N RMAL COLLEGE PINE BLUFF. ARKANSAS OF THE PRESIDINT May 1. 1952 Dear Staff, Students, Alumni, and Friends of State Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College: I am delighted indeed to commend the staff for this splendid publication. It adds creditably to a succession of excellently written and planned annuals that have made top grade productions of The Lion a mantle of tradition in our College. ending of one and the beginning of another historic State Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College. College recall proudly the saga of the twenty-six- The Lion for 1951-1952 might well mark the era in the glorious and phenomenal evolution of Those who are intelligent on the history of the J. C. Corbin. It reveals the founding and flower- period of sweetness and light. year administration of the brilliant, scholarly, ing of the old Branch Normal College during its Yet there is no question but that a golden age began at State A. M. and N. College in 1927 when Dr. J. B. Watson was elected to the presidency. A man of superior intelligence, expansive intellectual capacity, wide business experience, rich cultural background, indomitable courage and broad vision, he provided the College an unusual physical plant, a standard educational pro- gram, and a myriad of intangibles that established a permeating spirit that still survives in Strong degree at the College. His chief purpose was to develop men of ability and strong charac- ter. How well he succeeded is indicated by the outstanding academic and leadership records of many men and women who have graduated from this colleges Its graduates have received masters', doctors', and professional degrees from the greatest universities of this nation, including Harvard, Yale, the Universities of Chicago, Minnesota, Michigan, Boston University, and many others. They are college professors, public school teachers, agriculturalists, doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, businessmen, and contributing citizens throughout America and the world. They are serving with distinction in all branches of the Armed Forces. As an accredited college by the State Department of Education, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and as a highly regarded member of the National Accrediting Commission, the American Council on Education, the American Association of Colleges, and many other professional associations, State Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College has this Spring dedicated a building program costing one and a half million dollars. This was made possible by the cooperation of the Governor, the Legislature, the Board of Trustees, the alumni, the faculty, the student body, and the parents and zens of Arkansas at large. The Legislature appropriated S750,000, the Board issued revenue pro ducing bonds in the amount of S750,000, and the students voted to pay a special building fee. It was a cooperative project. Yet there is still a need for dormitories, a home economics practice house, and a fine arts building before the plant will be rounded out. citi Understandably, we have recently placed intensified effort into improving the physical and material phases of the College. But we are aware that all of the material prosperity which we have enjoyed merely reflects the inflated economic environment of which we are a part. The new era must give emphasis to a higher and more thorough quality of scholarship, to a spiritual renaissance, to reconsideration of the importance of ethical conduct, and to the building of strong, resourceful characters. In these areas we are out of balance with the physical development of the Institution. If in the days ahead we can achieve effectively in these respects, this college can make untold and vital impact upon a society that is rife with doubts, fears, and destructive power. I hope you will carry on with true hope and right purpose in the days ahead and, if so, I am sure that God will be on your side. R Si ly ours, f , ff ' LAWRENCE A. DAVIS P r e s i d e n t