Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-04-16
James r. Dumpson

| lie welfare Official, symphony
orchestra conductor and a religious
leader were named today by How
ard University officials to receive
honorary degrees during the
schools 92nd annual commence
ment in June.
They are James R. Dumpson.
commissioner of welfare for the
City Of New York; Howard Mitch
ell, conductor Of the National
Symphony Orchestra, Washington
D. c.; and Wendell C. Somerville,
executive secretary Of the Lott
Carey Baptist Foreign Mission
Convention, Washington, D. c. Mr..
Dumpson will receive the Doctor
of Humane Letters degree; Mr..
Mitchell, the Doctor of Music de-
gree; and Mr.. Somerville, the Doc
tor of Laws degree.
Commencement exercises are
scheduled for Friday, June 10, at
$3.50 pm. in the upper quadrangle
of the campus, in front Of Douglass
Hall. During the exercises degrees
will be conferred upon $50 grad
yates of the University's 10 col
leges and schools. 81
Mr.. Dumpson moved through
the ranks of social work positions
in New York City, from casework-
er to commissioner. He was ap-
pointed in August, 1859, to his
present position.
Mr.. Dumpson also is a member
Of the faculty of New York Uni
versity Graduate School of Public
Administration and Social Service.
During the summer of 1857 he was
a visiting associate professor Of
social work at Fordham Univers-
ity He served during 1953-54 as
a United Nations advisor and chief
Of training in social work to the
government of Pakistan
His social work positions in New
York City have included super
visor and director Of children's in
situations, Children's Aid Society;
assistant child care consultant and
corrections and delinquency con-
/ sultant, Welfare Council Of New
York; child care consultant, Fed
GRAFTON of Protestant Welfare
| Agencies; executive secretary
Commission for the Foster Care
/ Of Children; and director Of the
Bureau of Child Welfare and first
deputy commissioner, Department
of Welfare.
Mr.. Dumpson received the Bach
elor of Science degree from Penn
sylvania State Teachers College
Cheyney, and the Bachelor of Arts
and Master Of Arts degree from
: the New School of Social Re-
! search, New York City. He studied
| also at Temple University, Phil
! adelphia, Pennsylvania School Of
Social Work, and Fordham Uni
versity School of Social Work.
Mitchell Develops Youth Programs
Howard Mitchell has been con-
ductor Of the National Symphony
Orchestra since 1949. He joined
the orchestra as first cellist in
1888, and was appointed assistant
conductor in 1871.
A program to develop an inter-
est in music among young people
has been promoted by Mr.. Mitchell
through Music for Young Amer
lea, a five weeks series Of free con-
certs for teen-age students, and
through Tiny Tots Concerts, Sc
ries of four concerts presented
annually for children three to
seven. In addition, a Symphony
University Workshop series is con-
Quoted yearly for advanced music
students Of four Washington uni
versities.
| The recipient of numerous
awards for service to American
music and music education, Mr..
Mitchell was awarded an honor
airy Doctor Of Music degree by
American University, Washington
He has received citations anc
awards from the National Confer.
ence of Christians and Jews, the
Alice M. Ditson Fund, the Nationa
Music Council, the National AS
ISOLATION for American Composers
and Conductors, and the Nationa
Catholic Music Educators Associa