Wilberforce University - Forcean Yearbook (Wilberforce, OH)

Page 85 text:

Summer Commencement 1972 The Wilberforce family and friends were treated with the pre- sence of two prominent national figures at the Summer 1972 Commencement exercises Ken neth A. Gibson the first Black mayor of Newark New Jersey delivered the main address and received the Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree Miss Ann Landers whose columns of advice are syndicated in about 750 newspapers in the United States and foreign coun tries gave a short but emotion ally packed challenge to the Summer graduates ending with a Right On' and clenched fist Black Powder salute to the en thusiastic audience Miss Land ers whose real name is Esther P Lederer received the Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree and struck up a warm relationship with Austin D Cross 50 Chicago Alumni Chapter President who was on hand to receive the Dis tinguished Service Award Also honored at the Summer Commencement was the Rever ned Handley A Hickey Dean of Payne Theological Seminary who received the Honorary Doc tor of Divinity Degree tritt i y A.

Page 84 text:

Z 4 flirty 4 , l 1 ' V , W .TV S: X, A in 1. 'ifQi' . 5 ' g. R. I '- y ..',a-f-Af A r 1,1 o, J, 'F . '1 l El r 3' I - 9 ' .- lv Q 'gl F A. sg f Q 'nfl Q-xg A kr! M5 lu-.lf T1 rl llnl-C 1. :ff W. -it l R, tx! , ,J 'E l A lli ,Ml . t 1 , . rl, la -.ve . ml N fs 45? M 9 WE lg' fir? ,Vm., A r -er Q F ,fy t. 1 i ev s'1 lar. N '55 -v if-, - ' ,H , -3 if ,,, e JE E f ,.. er l, ' l :W . ge l .. , Wl,, W ,Q 1 55 ails --3 lg H21 M f' 1-1 X255 if f li,.flr:l's e wr ltr? Q- 5. ' lf if ' fsllstj 541, , suavsafslf, W Q -2 :yew ll rl, Q: ,,,,,g W. lla. get ll, ri:-ie Y Wllberforce honored lVlr Bob Hope wlth the Honorary Doctor of Human: tres Degree ln recognltlon ofthe some forty years of humane service whlch Mr Hope has declncated to has fellow man Hardly a week goes by that Bob Hope as not engaged ln some benefit performance for some cause to relleve human mlsery Dr Stokes sand During the course of four wars Nlr Hope dally has rnsked hrs llfe and health to undertake exhaustlng tours of entertainment seeklng to llghten even momentarlly the burdens and hardships of our servicemen Black and Whlte In the face of the horrors of war President Stokes continued belng the first of the mlnorlty lnstltu tions In so honorlng Mr Hope Mr ArthurA Fletcher ExecutlveD1rec tor ofthe United Negro College Fund In New York was the principal speaker for the occasron Dr Fletcher former representatuve of the Unuted States at the General Assembly of the Unnted Nations and Asslstant Secretary of Labor IS a natuve of Phoenix Arizona Long recognized as one of the out standing Black educators of the coun try and a labor relatnons specualnst Dr Fletcher was honored with the Doctor of Humanrtles and a labor degree We take the greatest pleasure in 79

Page 86 text:

'Hia E we rg naw 'Q' '-'FEPZ-IX S 'fI wg C-if-.,,.Q-A swag.-,.e ,ES 1 awww -uw me wwf ,- .EEE Sffbwkfw 5? E J A ,xr 'mpg X sw mu H. G mm. Wk Rf? X -3 -Q-+7 . . , ' , if ff f ,Af 1 . f '.-: ff ' MMM--9? , gn? YYIWN H WSW i ' . . - . ..... , , fy , Mg , .Lx .xii ,, ,, , N '. i fif L ,, ,. w W' ' fx? H A ' f . H M B V Qlliwfx 'ff if . - 5 -ii S 1,1 ' M W' H , N i, ' , W ' ' Lx- ' , 7 -253 VY 1 ' ,H VI A mixxxwiiiilii P, H, . V , H S Z 1' E , , I W. A 'H H W :M ' m' 1 K lb L 5551: , LQ. , , V 1.., M.. ,, , .. W ' ,L 1,4 , ,nmsiifz ,ra 'f -IE: ' 'w ' ' ,1,,:.:.:.:.aia:1 , 115 H - X, PQ-xxvwwmiFfg?ixw.1wwm1v'u Hgau Q1-fil m A Si- 'L - - Qjgx, gun -XL I ,ha 2- L5 lf -, , if . 1 M M. f - 35,-,ziggjx ', . l',.l ,15, W. 'T Q ' , 3'5.,:-f' -f 5 ' ' 2'-ff - l . 1: 53 'gl m ' w V ' . V fi: 55.255 -5+ ' , Y - ' it 'jg N ' : , - 4 '- ' ,, - ' A ggigfm.: . - ,V x , 'L 3. 1-