The Negro College, Student Protest and the Future

I count it a great honor to be invited to my Alma Mater. My roots run deep on the red hill and I have the greatest appreciation for the contribution of Morehouse College, past and present, to me and to my family. A recent release received from the President's Office clearly indicated the lofty position of the college among its peers. The accomplishments of its graduates, and the high quality of its faculty and staff make it possible for every alumnus to raise his head a little bit higher and throw out his chest a little bit farther. The record of Dr. Mays during his two decades as president furnish a model of accomplishment in the steady progress for all of our colleges to follow in both of these respects. Morehouse, throughout its history, has had limited resources both in terms of its needs and those available to its competitors, but it has likewise outstripped most in getting the largest in returns per dollar available. Its relatively low standing among its peers in size of endowment and its top rank in terms of the quality of its student output and the level of training of its faculty well illustrate this point. But in the race ahead, this will not be enough. Morehouse must have more and better resources to maintain its present position of eminence and to reach

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