Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-07
Utica Instit
Completes -
Fifty-Fifth Year

mencement of Utica Institute Jun
Tor College was ended Monday,
May 26, 1858 at 10 am. when DIR.
Levi Watkins, President of s. A.
Owens Junior College, Memphis,
Tenn, spoke to an overlooking
audience of parents and students.
The Baccalaureate address was
delivered by Reverend Tillman
Howard, pastor of Pratt Memorial
Church, Jackson, Miss, Sunday
afternoon, May %, 1858 at 2 pm.
There were q degrees presented
by President Walter Washington
to students completing junior col
lege work. The 81 junior college
graduates were: Willye Mae Allen,
Leontyne Anding, Charlie Bell
Burns, Jessie Burns, Jr., Lubertha
Burks, Barbara Davis, Willie Mae
Higgins, Clifton Johnson, Linnie
johnson, Robert Johnson, Sam
kimble, Ester Mae Laws, Joe Will
lie Marshall, Willie Mae McPher-
son, Nettie Moody, Deloris New
ton, Alberta Owens, Lillian Rob-
erson, Malissia Samuels, Marks
Stamps, Norma Stamps, Osia ].
Stamps, Murlene Terry, Clara L.
White, Leila Walters, Ida Mae Will
liams, and Ernestine Williams.
Charlie Bell Burns was valedictor-
ian and Willie Mae Mcpherson was
salutatorian of the junior college
class.
Eighty-four high school diplomas
were presented by President Wash
ington. Seniors receiving diplomas
were: Thomas E. Anderson, Lloyd
Bingham, Alma Bland, Shirley Jean
Bowman, Hazel Bracey, Lanier
Bracey, Shirly Bradley, Francis
Braxton, Mary Broome, Essie
Brown, Percy Brown, Jr., Jean
Cross, Willie Crowder, Brunette
Crump, Currie Davis, Johnnie Da-
Wis, Essie Dixon, Mary Dixon, Dor
othy Frnchess, Bernice Gibson,
Leonia Hardy, Katie Harris, Ennis
Hicks, Clarence Horton, Bernard
Hubbard, Delois Hunter, Ernestine
Irving, Roberta Irving, Pattie
Jamison, James Jefferson, Henry
johnson, Mary Johnson, Robert
johnson, Lillian Jones, Albertine
Jordan, Robert Kinnard, Wilma
Ladner, Sadie Mae Lee, Roosevelt
Level, Elzenia Levy, Bernard Lof-
ton, Floyd Lotion, James Lotion,
Joe A .Luster, Charlie B. Mallard,
Robert j. Mallard, Florean Marks,
Ida Mae Marshall, Dan Miller, Jes-
sic Ann Miller, Lucy Miller, L. ].
Minis, Carolyn Moore, Florence
Moore, Annie Morris, Oliver New
ell, Annie Paige, Wallace Parrish,
Bobbie Paulding, Ozie Mae Price,
Ernestine Ratliff, Helen Roach,
Willie Robinson, Rachel Seaton,
Bernice Scott, Kenna Shaw, Mamie
Shelby, Clementine Smith, Eugenia
Snow, Jessica H. Stevenson, Eddie
Stamps, Willie James Taylor, Flor
ence Terry, Annie Thomas, Maude
Tillman, Albert Todd, Addine Tur-
ner, Richard Turner, Willie Wade,
Andy Washington, Luther Wash
ington, Robert Washington, Mary
White, and Gloria Williams. Rich
ard Turner and Hazel Bracey were
valedictorian and salutatorian re-
spectively of the high school class.
Many noted figures of the State
of Mississippi were present for
the occasion. On the platform for
the commencement address were:
The Utica Institute Board of Trus-
tees, Mr.. w. D. Lowe, Mr.. H. H.
Davis, Attorney Stokes v. Robert
son, Mr.. S. M. Hubbard. Mr.. G.
M. McLendon, who is the consult
ant of Utica Institute, DR.. Lamar
Fortenberry, Coordination of Negro
Education, State Department of
Education; Mr.. w. H. Williams,
President of Security Life Insur-
ance Company; Mrs. Metazee Har-
ris, Jeanes Supervisor; Mrs. Doris
Greene, Kinds County Music Sup
ervisor; Mr.. A. A. Barron, Presi-
ident of Kinds County Teachers
Association; Mr.. Leroy Johnson,
President of the Principal Confer
ence; Mr.. George Johnson, the new
dean of Utica Institute Junior COL
lege; Mr.. Moses Howard, the pres
ent dean of the college; Mrs. Gloria
Paige, Registrar; Mr.. J. Louis
Stokes, Business Manager, and
Miss Erma L. Johnson, Utica Jun
ior College Secretary.
Serving as Honorary Alumni
Marshals were Ellie Hue Marshall,
class of 1912, and veris Walker.
class Of 1922.
High tribute was made to Mr..
Moses Howard by President Wash
ington for serving as Dean of
Utica Institute Junior College for
the school year of 1888. For
the coming school year Mr.. How
ard will become head of the Biol
ogy Department at Utica Junior
College.
Mr.. George Johnson, a former
instructor of Hill High School,
Jackson, Miss, will become the
academic dean Of Utica Institute
Junior College. Mr.. Johnson has
just completed a years study in
the area of science at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.