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MIPippilPPPKPiMi^WV Saturflay, September 2, 1939 State College Ei of 5 Year Progr DR. M. F. WHITTAKER President , South Caolina's only State col-j lege for Negroes is the State Agricultural and Mechanical Col- j leg?, located at Orangeburg. The College was founded by the State Legislature in 1896. The bill ere- i ating the institution was sponsor-' ed by 'Honorable Thomas E, ler, who became 'its firpresi-' dent.^ He served for fifteen years T~ and was succeeded .by R. S. Wil-' kinson, one of the leading educa- I tors that South Carolina has pro-! . uced. The college offers standard four year courses in agriculture, home economics, education, arts and sciences, business ' and mechanicarts. The organization and equip ment are superior and the pro _ gram of instruction?is?approved by the State Department of Edu^ cation," the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Association of American Colleges. A competent resident staff of 70 persons, educated m many of the leading universities of America, offer instruction, not only in'the technical" branches of learning, but also in such fundamentals as citizenship training, character building and vocational guidance. The institution occupies a laree area of 210 acres of land in the City at Orangeburg, with modern dormitories, library, academic and *- vocational buildings, gymnasium, bam and dairy, and oth6r necessary facilities for the thorough I Sb f X - T f t J f X T X Course? Le Y Bachelors 1 X T in * t Agriculture X ' Arcs and t X Busiri' | . t | - T ? t t ?i? ^ - t T T i A A A 4^A ii^A A^A J V V V V V >^vvv#^ . nters 3rd Year' am. -raining of the Negro youth of he Statj*. It represents an investment of lppre than $1,500,000.00. The enrollment for the twelve months just ended was lt>86 per-. sons, all of whom were taking, instruction in college grade subjects It rs one of the larger of the Negro land-grant colleges and is lontribifting to economic, cultural and vocational advancement o t the race. IDoctor M. P. Whittaker, a native of Sumter, S. C., is the pres ent head of the institution, and under his leadership, the College is in the midst of a five-year million dollar expansion program. FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM Orangeburg, S. C.?South GaroUna Siate A. and M. t ollcge enfcerino the third vear of a five year expansion program announces one of the most auspicious fall openings-'trf a' regular session in the history of this vapidly growing state supported college. The 42rd fall -opening of the regular session is September 11 Eight hundred students, 250 ot them entering frehmcn, will enroll giving S. C. State College the krrgst- college enrollment- in ' its history. Under the five year plan now rn its third year, a new applied physics laboratory o C|10,000 worth of apparatus and equipment, $5,000 of which was donated by the General Education Board; t lie new library with 18,000 volumes and the new $125,000 trades build ! ing. the center 'section complete [and two additional, settion's heaving' completion. will greet the incoming registrants. New features which will .als< Serve the 10.1!i-40 studeiitse include a Negro- room in-~Hm-lrhmry, l/ooks being supplied' by alum ni which have already given $1,1 500.00. The orientation and guidance program wi'll continue under th< | direction of Roy K. Davenport Professor and Head of the Do paytment of^ Education. President Miller F. Whit taker J beginning the eigth year of hi: administration, released the fid 1 lowing announcement concerninf j faculty changes: j Joseph.I). McGhee, B. S., M.. A. ; takes oyer the important [tost o I Registrar held by Miss Edythi Waterman, who served acceptably | for five years, resigned to he mar ried. Professor McGhee will alsi teach the new survey course ' ii 4> ite Agri - ORA 1 ading to Degrees Science sss lucaiio i Home Econcmicj Mechanics V Standard ( r % s science whii.li is offered freshmn f?/r the fii st time this session. 1 U-Los W. Berry, A. B., M. A., Atlanta University, wril serve as Professor of Biology, taking the place of Professor James Birnie who leaves on a fellowship to do research in Biology at Cornell Un ivorsity. Professor Berry has taught at Kittrell College in North Carolina. Miss Mamie Thompson, B. S., S. C. State A. and M. College becomes Assistant Piofessor of Phy sical Education for Women. She has taught at Clintcm College and studied this summer at North Carolina College, Durham, N. C. President' Wfl.ttakcr also ann(\unced that the following members of the teaching staff had stu died during the summer: H. W Crawford. D. M. Zimmerman, vo cationaf education at New YcrP University; 0. C. Dawson, physi c??l education at John Carroll Uni ivcrsity; Miss I.aVcrte Reed, honn economies at Columbia University J. W. IIarpor. history ;>t the Uni vesity of Pennsylvania; Miss O -phriin?W-Mttnms received M.1 S decree in home economics at Peni ?vlv.neia Stat College.; Mrs. Ethc _S_ Pane. education at University >>f 'Rochester; IT. E. Daniels an* Mrs. Marian B. Paul, specia sci"a.'!, of extension methods a li 'hi] ton Institute. ] President AVhittaker has beei at the college all summer super intindvng renovations and repair of the general plant and perfect ! ing plnys to care^ for."-the rccor ,. idollmcnt. I' V, FVRiMERS? fl \PKKSS CRATl-Tl'DK D'-ar Editor: We.'the N'liv Earmers of Amei i?a. would like to express publicl 11ti.oi.gh the columns f your na ; le i t i-e thanks of our 511,000 mefr *..o these Persons whose c< p ration played a great part i 1 hiking the past year the nios i-nl in tie history'of the e ' i pini'/.at i n. ' We lUrji,. especially"to than Mr. \V. R. Valentine, the teacher si adonis of the Manual Trair ing -School, Hordcntown, New Je s y. f ;r th,. most profitable, and e 2 jevalde reception fjiven the dolt .< {)tos who attended the nation? " convention, 'f1, We nre~"most fyrateful to th s i !< << and th,. radio officials wh , Inw inside it possible for-us t , ;> (p aint thousands with ;the ? c: iiMorents of the nrganizatioi . Thiol oh these mediums a vas . army of Negro farm boys hav f hetn" inspired to loin our rank: .? \\\. would like to thaiik Hant| < j ton in - titute and the Chilean N - lu te Educational Bureau for th > valuable assistance the N. F. J n !',as received from them from th icultura .NGEBUF L ' ONE OF TH College App i THE PALMETTO LfcAiiE South ( \ \ 1 Hotltfc Hall, Chemistry am )-,. Aericultural buildings. < U" .* ' i 2. Now Air View of campus. :*i 1. /' Aytivitit-h in the Ak> i" k cultural, and Trades divisions. I- I . n i first year of the organization up ' to this year, i! i | \\ v arc indebted to the North ..J, Carolina Mutual?Life Insurance ic company of Durham,-N. C., ami Dr. C. C. Spaulding; president ot o th|. company, for the part played i- in making the award to the ranki nig Superior Farmer of N. F. A ;t This act will inspit -many Negro ? i.farm boys to work hard to develop )from land which is left them by ; their parents. l* . ie , \V,, would like for the parents C ' school officials and other- public ie i spirited persons to know that wc (and M LG, SOUT ~- j2?i WM fcjWvTv ! E MANY BUILDINGS FOR >roved by th< ' 11... For Full Ii * ?' R Carolina State A. & M. < < ^c J BOry^WftJIMilW >s.: B?i^BESH^B^MSScSB^BHBRSe^^^5^ WP^T2^^Hs3??^UHH^NHP*^S m ^B^p | >': B ^SBJ^ffi / % 9 SpjjiR'' s 4 BH9 , value greatly the help driven l>y j them in connection with the <lif? I ferent N.'F. A. activities carried I mit in the various communities. WV not onfy wish to express out " | thanks to those parties, but also j j express our desire to maintain their confidence by continuing: to I work to make rural America the land of opportunity for industri ] ous N.cirro hoys and te;irls. ri JAMES A\\ WARREN, Jr. I'1 Secretary i ' LESTER ALBERT, j> ' President V ^ ' t lechanici H CAROL BfHfA ^5f W Hr !& v* *?5?s^M INSTRUCTION) 3 State Dept. nformation Write: M. F W C ? - V * 4 i K College, Orangeburg, ? jaww?^iew? ?ve- < ^SflHSjyk f I . " '" ^ ,; : | :'" *VX '.. '$&< : . rttftifc. i^SSi&y. xX'v s ?>V.?K<VW??CW55VSV ^ ...v.-.-.w / SI. iTl'KK A. M. K. ( Iintl II , |.'|KCharleston. S. (".--*<) .;? entity rmprI'Pffn\irm?^rrrs shddeiTl'ii " 1 a sT*"''J1 veek with the doath of Mastet ames I.con Tapp who wa. mur- ] lered -hv 'another boy. As then .' Vote no wolds between them, it;.'"1 eas thought to bt. purely an aecilent. But developments later nc-j-jM "-ritated investiyatfvon. and an. -( neuTst will b,. held this week.-' T: I'npp was a member <>f ' u. lay school, and the funeral was };; mdueted from his ,'ate "re?r.lence th Sunday afternoon with the nas-tor K> officiating. "LI - > Ai ill Colle; JNA Physical Plant \ A tYlHIion and Dollars ? , excellent Fa r w 1 ' ""Reasonable E: of Educatior hittaker, President Orangeburg, Sou. Ca A^A A^A A^A 4^4 A^A A^A A^A i y * VT yvy yy T/T1 Page 3L c. Spw^''jpp"jJj^ s - x***^?- H ill TWP1IIBBI J'f. (i. \\ . May banks, of Free. t. 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