Friday. October 23. mi SCARLET AND BLACK Page Five 'ne (0 age , m, ,. on therLeMoyne campus is t eir new ibral‘y, LeMoyne, a primarily Negro college supported by the American Missionary Association . . . LeMoyne, a scholarly community devoted to promoting a heritage of academic freedom . . . LeMoyne, an opportunity, a challenge, a re- sponsibility, an answer to the needs of its stu- dents . . . The uniqueness of LeMoyne College is bound up in the complexities of its roles, its atmosphere, and its faculty, administration, and student body. Founded in 1870 as a normal school for teacher education, LeMoyne now has the endorsement of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The road to accredation has been filled with hard work and many problems; smoothed only by some of the “Consecration, Courage, and Truth” which is emblazoned on the school _ emblem. The journey has been dramatic, as has that . of most colleges founded during the reconstruction. The 1870 founding was possible by a gift of $20,000 from Dr. Julius LeMoyne, a Washington physician. The school has been rebuilt, and its philosophy has changed sev- eral times over the years, but its basic principles remain the same. Through its years as a high school, teacher- training school, and liberal arts college, its prime pur- ose has been “. . . to train youth in effective Christian iving, clear thinking and aesthetic appreciation." The college has awarded over 2,000 bachelor de- grees since its conversion to a four-year liberal arts college in 1928. Despite this new emphasis on liberal art, LeMoyne still supplies the public schools of Mem- phis and Shelby County with a good percentage of their eachers, just as it did when it was the only school in the region which trained Negro teachers. The college is also proud of the increasing number of its graduates that enter graduate school for further study and pro- fessional training in medicine, law, the ministry, gov- ernment work, and college teaching. LeMoyne is now thoroughly non-sectarian, and makes no distinction in its admissions policy as to race, religion, or nationality. It demands of its students a Standard of excellence which fully equips them for future careers or further study. Faculty members, 25% of whom hold Ph.D.’s, concern themselves with their Four LeMoyne Coeds Pioneer Exchange Program With New Experiences ai Grinnellihis Semester Anne Ford, Bobbie Raybourn, Claudia Walton, and Bennie Teague: four symbols or the student-faculty exchange in augurated this year between Grinnell and LeMoyne College in Memphis, Tennessee. Bennle Teaguc, a junior his- tory major in Mears, sets her sights on a graduate fellowship in speech therapy, while James junior Anne Ford looks for~ ward to a career in physical therapy. Claudia Walton, a sophomore who hopes to study math in graduate school, lives in Main hall for the semester. Junior Bobbie Raybourn, who lives in Read, completes the LeMoyne quartet united by a common interest in the future. Handpicked for the exchange by a LeMoyne faculty-adminis- tration committee, each girl ac- Waiting for dinner, Clau Cepted her nomination with general family approval and personal enthusiasm. “Partici— pation in classes here at Grin- neil is excellent and reveals ”4 3‘» ,, ia Walton (1,) and Anne Ford while away the time with a LeMoyne version of “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.” ably of the “close-knit quality of the Grinnell community.” ness in residential halls.” Prais- ing the integrated dorm system. the four delegates spoke favor- The LeMoynians discussed distinctive facets of their home College at the YWCA coffee hour held Friday, October 9‘ With an AB onBS available, LeMoyne aims at “forwarding the education of Negroes in the‘students’ terrific academic backgrounds," lauded the girls. Bennie, an English major, com- merited toer‘innell's ”almost overwhelming” schedule of ac- tivities, while Claudia cited the unique “character of,friendii-_ )2 general and of its students in particular." Recipient of a re- cent $1 million Ford grant, Le- Bobbie Raybourn (1.) and Bennie Teague, two of the LeMoyne students at Grinnell for the semester, perform the Cirinnell ritual of examining the Main Hall bulletin board. students both as scholars and as individuals. LeMoyne has retained itsfistanding as a commuter college, draw- ing 95% of its student body of 550 from Memphis and the surrounding areas. The college provides an exten- sive program of cultural and social activities and groups, both for its students and the Negro population of Memphis. Under its president, Dr. Hollis F. Price, LeMoyne college has assumed a role of leadership and a position of excellence among Southern Negro col— leges. It prides itself on its total commitment to its students, the Memphis community, and the Negro race. An exchange program was instituted last spring between LeMoyne and Grinnell, after a visit to the Memphis college by former president Howard R. Bow- en. Under the terms of the program, up to four stu- dents from each school will receive credit for a semes- ter at the other institution. Ned Donahoe (Speech and theatre) is now at LeMoyne under‘ thesfaculty ex— change which goes along with the student program. (See the accompanying article for details concerning application for semester at LeMoyne.) Moyne plans increases in facul- ty salaries and student schol- arships which will enable it to continue to draw top-notch stu< dents and faculty members Three separate programs 'recognize academic achieve- ment at LeMoyne: Alpha Kap< pa Nu honor society; the Dean’s list; and the college Honor Society. In addition, the college participates in a Great Books discussion group with neighboring institutions. “With la. chiefly local enroll- ment and a reconstruction era history, LeMoyne offers its students a social life substan- tially more formal and tradi- tional than that of Grinnell," noted Bobbie Rayboum. Le< Moyne‘s sororities and fraterni- ties organize much of the cam- pus social life, beginning With iall rush parties designed “to acquaint students with one an- other.” Campus clubs sinusoi- student—faculty teas, “the scene of much lively informal dis cussion and debate.” Invited clerical speakers and the col- lege choir draw an all-college audience at chapel programs. LeMoyne's gym serves “almost as a public auditorium,” for assorted jazz, vocal, and dance groups, as well as political speakers" “Besides cultural events," Claudia Walton stated, “Le! Moyne sponsors Career Day, Work Day—a campus cleaning time enjoyed by students and faculty, and a Sweatshirt Day—4’ the only other day when dress shifts from nylons. heels, and’ suits to grubbies.” Like Grin- nell’s Dance IM’s, LeMoyne’s Dance Festival ‘inVUiVes most' of the girls Student govern; ment “f‘a c e s organizational problems because of the non- residential character of the col; lege." Both students and tack ulty members “do. however" exhibit marked interest in stui dent government reform an. extension," Miss Walton re! marked. .1 LeMoyne is more than a pat: allel of Grinneil. The collcgd has a unique character oi i own, a diversity obvious in its’ personality and in the psi-soil; alilics of its 4 delegates attcud' ing Grinneli this semester.