Winston Salem State University - Ram Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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ff' 'fqle' E DREAM VE BECOME REALITY CAMPUS LIFE In 1892, Simon Green Atkins had a dream in which he envisioned an in- stitute of higher learning, an institution where black people could come together in a unified mass and pursue areas of their minds that had been untouched for far too many years. This institution was Slater In- dustrial Academy. Little did our founder know that one day this one-room frame structure with a mere 25 pupils and one teacher would become the first black institution in the nation to grant degrees for teaching in the ele- mentary grades, Winston- Salem Teachers College, or TC, as it is affectionately known by its many alumni. In 1969, TC received legislative approv-al to change its name to Winston-Salem State University as it is still called. WSSU is an accred- ited, four-year, co-educa- tional, state-supported liberal arts institution. The campus houses 27 well- equipped buildings on an 81-acre tract in Winston- Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, a city of about 139,000 residents. WSSU has a variety of activities and major programs to offer present and prospective students. Since the campus is located close to Winston-Salem's fine theaters, art galleries, and concert facilities, the students are never at a loss for something to do. An example of the many major programs offered are accounting, education, mass communications and business administration. The Academic Computer Center, located in the basement of the R.J. Reynolds Center, is a resource equipped with 32 Apple microcomputers and 14 IBM Series 1 computers and is accessible to all students, Monday through Thursday. . C.G. O'Kelly Library is a structure housing 150,000 volumes and a large period- See pg. 17 Francis L. Atkins Building, one We participated in Black College ofthe newer buildings on campus Day in Raleigh, North Carolina :WA

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CII, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES R J ru-it v .ia 1 3 .XJ . ,,4.11 Mr. Jack Cavanagh, Mrs. Aurelia G. Eller, Miss Branch, Mr. Robert Emken, Mr. Dalton, D. Louise Smith, Mrs. Irene P. Hairston. Mr. Ray- Ruffin, Dr. Cleon Thompson, Mr. Paul Fulton, ford Means, Mr. Graham Bennett, Dr. James Mr. James Mack ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL 'vu i '- ffl .A-Q. 'wa ws-Q nu i Dr.Haywood L.Wi1son,Jr., Dr. Richard Bennett, Johnson, Mrs. Yvonne Snyder, Mrs. Veronica Fannie Williams, Dr. Cleon Thompson, Jr., Mr. Crumblin and Mr. Paul Cloud W Vwllie E. Grissom, Mr. Myron Chenault, Dr. Alex ll I

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