Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-04-19
Academic Hall
OF Fame AT
enn. State
C. L. SMITH

Nashville - An Academic Hall
Of Fame for outstanding scholars
will be established at Tennessee
State University, President w. 8.
Davis announced, in accord with
one of the suggestions made by
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society's
10th Annual Convention keynote
speaker DR.. S. J. Wright, Fisk
University's president.
Meeting on their founding cam
pus at Tennessee State, a total of
1877 members of Alpha Kappa Mu
representing 33 colleges and is
states participated in a 3-day ses-
sion.
At the close of DR.. wright's key
note address, DR.. w. s. Davis an
nounced further that provision for
exemption from fees of all "a"
students would be herewith provid-
ed for at Tennessee State.
Phi Beta Tau, host chapter for
the assembled delegates, provided
various activities which included
the presidents reception at Coed
will Manor, a student mixer at
Hankal Hall, one of Tennessee
States newest dormitories, a tour
of the city and a convention ban
quet and ball.
DR.. George W. Gore, secretary
treasurer of Alpha Kappa Mu and
president of Florida A and NJ Uni
Versity, Tallasassee,, presented the
second session speaker, University
of Tennessee's Robert Negel, re-
firing president of the Association
of College Honor Societies, who
pointed out that the honor society
stands apart from all other colleg-
late organizations in its insitsence
upon excellence in worthy personal
character, personal integrity and
unselfishness, as well as upon ex-
cellence in achievement.
Banquet speaker was DR.. T. C.
Cothran, president of Arkansas A.
M. and N. College and national
president of Alpha Kappa Mu. DR..
Cothran suggested that colleges
should sponsor stimulating contests
that involve brainpower rather
than musclepower, and concluded
"The world is asking the scholar to
lead it and if the scholar fails, it
will be a desperate betrayal in
deed"
Speaking at the fourth general
session of the AKIN convention,
pr. James Nabrit, professor of law
end secretary of Howard .Univer-
sity, challenged to membership of
the Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Soc
iety, whom he placed among the
talented Tenth" of our group, to
serve as sources of inspiration to
the many young people who give up
their educational opportunities only
to become later economic drags on
the rest of society.
DR.. L. B. Allen, newly elected
president of Bluefield State Col
lege, Bluefield, West Virginia, and
MIR. Nagel were presented laurdate
membership certificates during the
final convention session.
Officers elected at the. goth An
nual Convention were: Dr.. W. ".
Ridley, St.. Paul's College, Law
renceville, Virginia, president; Me-
harry Lewis, Tennessee State Uni
versity, Nashville, vice-president;
DIR. George w. Gore, Jr., Florida
A & M University, Tallahassee,
secretary-treasurer; Ruby Metoyer,
Grambling College, Grambling, La
assistant secretary, John w. Ri
ley, Florida A. & M. University,
Tallahassee, director of public re-
lations; George F. David, Central
State College, Wherefore, Ohio,
historian; DR.. Lucy Rose Adams,
Florida A & M, convention secre-
tary; and DR.. M. Clay Pinkston,
Tennessee State and Clifton Tay-
lor, Florida A & M, executive coun-
Gil.
The convention selected South
Carolina State College, Orange
burg, South Carolina, as the site
for it's 21st convention, to be held
in March, 1859.