Jackson advocate., 1961-04-01

tory and we have had no re-
hearsal for this performance"
1T involves the college newt
ally for those who will give this
transition shape and direction are
the college students today. They
must learn the skills for earning
a living, but likewise the honesty,
the vision, the sense of duty and
the love of God and country upon
which good citizenship rests"
The change. taking place in the
South, from a slow moving,
agrarian economy, to a diversified
economy of agriculture, manufac-
turing, transportation and market
ing" was listed as a second from
tier which A&T faces.
He vowed, North Carolina is
on the move and Greensboro is
setting the pace. A&T College viii
not be content to sit still at the
vortex of this whirlpool of growth
and change, the object of senti-
mental appreciation. We intend
to participate in the writing of
this new history of North Carolina
and the South"
"The third frontier" said the
speaker, ''is the mass of humanity
in the new nations of the world
looking to America to show them
the way out of poverty, disease,
ignorance and confusion" He
continued, "we must somehow find
a way to supply the technicians,
the physicians, the planners, the
teachers and the economists to
them to stand on their feet"
"A&T College," he said, zap
proaches these frontiers with an
accumulated momentum, for there
may be found in our present oper-
ations a thrust in the directions
that / have charted." 4....
DR.. Proctor was presented for
F! the act of investure by Trustee
James A. Graham, Raleigh, who
predicted that the new president
"will go down in history as one
of the great educators of our
times" Henry A. Scott, Haw
River, another trustee, then read
the charge and draped the gold
medallion about the shoulders OF
the new president. The medallion
bearing the seal of the College
and designed by A. M. Rivera
Jr., Durham, was symbolic of the
presidential authority. 1t was es-
pecially struck for the occasion.
DR.. William c. Friday, president
of the Consolidated University OF
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, de-
livered the main address. Repre-
senting both the State University
and the American Association OF
Land Grant Colleges, he referred
to DR.. Proctor, ain the name of
all of these, l voice hearty ap-
proval of the meeting of the in
stitution and the man. He is here
before you. He is already at
work. His qualifications, he has
already begun to prove and to
augment by his utterances before
faculty, students, alumni, and the
people of the State, and by his
actions which have been inspirit-
ing, affirmative, and constructive" p"
at is the future worthy of an
able man; and no one who knows
him, no one who has seen the rec
ord of his life, the resources of
his mind, experience, and spirit,
can doubt that the man is matched
to the OCCASION"
He concluded, "we gladly well
come today a new co-worker in the
person of Samuel Dewitt Proc
tor. The achievement and useful
ness of ACT College will increase.
It's future holds high promise that
it will continue to grow as one
of the important agencies of cul-
ture and human advancement"
Governor Sanford also had
words of praise for the new AIT
head. "Dr. Proctor" he said, sis
a distinguished gentleman with a
record that shows unmistakably
his complete dedication to the
cause of good education"
The Governor referred to his
own program for the improvement
of education in the State and said,
1--WE will have to provide the