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Of the Board Of American Mo
tors Corp. and Michigan guber
Material candidate; and DR.. AL
bert w. Dent, President Of Dill
lard University, New Orleans
La.
The 38-voice women's choil
from Bennett College, Greens
boro, North Carolina, also ap'
peared on the program thai
climaxed the three-day annua
convocation Of the presidents Of
the member-colleges Of thu
United Negro College Fund.
DR.. Rommey called for greater
opportunities for Negroes, MOI
only in higher education, but
in all areas of American life.
The future Of the private
Negro college is brighter than
ever, DR.. Dent said, if greater
financial support for UNCF is
forthcoming.
All so presidents Of the UN.
CT colleges attended the con.
vocation, which opened with for
NAL greetings by Mayor Joseph
VI. Barr of Pittsburgh.
Charles l.. Waddell, Chair
man of the Board of Waddell
& Reed, Inc, New York securi-
ty investment house, and 1862
corporations gift chairman for
the UNCF campaign, was prin-
cipal speaker at the luncheon
Of Friday, March 80.
The stake of American bus
mess and industry in support
Of the individuals seeking a
higher education in Negro col
leges was the subject of his
talk.
Dean Donald C. Stone of the
Graduate School of Public and
international Affairs of the
University of Pittsburgh was
host to the presidents and IS
members of the UNCF board of
directors at an informal coffee
hour Friday afternoon.
The Carnegie Institute of
Technology was host at lunch
con Saturday to the presidents
and the board, with DR.. j. C.
Warner, president of Carnegie
Tech, presiding. DR.. Luther H.
Foster, president of Tuskegee
Institute, Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama, was the principal
speaker. The Very Rev. Henry
J. McAnulty, president of Du-
quesne University, also spoke at
this luncheon, attended by rep
resentatives of Is colleges and
universities of the western
Pennsylvania area.
More than 1000 UNCF al
umni of the Pittsburgh area
attended the reception given by
the University of Pittsburgh in
the Commons Room of the sky
scraper Cathedral of Learning
on the Pitt campus Saturday
night. Chancellor and Mrs. H
Litchfield headed the receiving
line with Mr.. & Mrs. Arthur J
Edmunds Of Pittsburgh. Ed
munds, executive director of the
Urban League of Pittsburgh
was alumni chairman for the
convocation.
DR.. Luther H. Foster, presi.
dent of the United Negro Col.
lege Fund, responded to greet
ings by the chancellor, as well
as the mayors greetings on the
opening day of the convocation
The presidents were introduc-
ed at all convocation appearan.
ces by w. J. Trent Jr., execu-
tive director of UNCF, New
York headquarters.
Twenty-nine churches in the
Pittsburgh area had visiting
presidents as guests in thei,
pulpits Sunday morning, April
/.
In McKeesport, Pittsburgh su-
burb, the Bennett College Choir
sang at the 1st Methodist Chur-
oh, and later the members were
taken two-by-two to luncheon
by members of the congrega-
ton.
More than $50 persons at.
tended the convocation dinner
early Sunday evening in tn e
Georgian Room Of the Hote'
Webster Hall, honoring the pre-.
sidents before the public meet
ing.
Mr.. Rooney made a flying
visit by chartered plane to
Pittsburgh for his address to
the convocation audience. He ar
rived in time for the dinner