[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 99 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 99

  Commending the 125th anniversary of Allen University, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 3 (legislative day, March 27), 1995

  Mr. Thurmond (for himself and Mr. Hollings) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Commending the 125th anniversary of Allen University, and for other 
                               purposes.

Whereas Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, is in the midst of a year-
        long celebration of the 125th anniversary of the University;
Whereas Allen University has produced local and national leaders who have served 
        communities and the United States in an exemplary way;
Whereas the late Bishop John Mifflin Brown and the people of the Columbia 
        Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church had the vision to 
        establish a school for the education of newly freed slaves in 1870 in 
        Cokesbury, South Carolina, naming the school for the predecessor to 
        Bishop Brown, Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne, and appointing Professor 
        J.W. Morris as president;
Whereas Bishop William F. Dickerson led a successful effort to relocate the 
        school to Columbia, South Carolina, and rename the school in 1880 for 
        Bishop Richard Allen, the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal 
        Church, while the Reverend James C. Waters assumed the presidency;
Whereas the University has a long tradition of producing clergy and lay 
        leadership for the African Methodist Episcopal Church;
Whereas the University has produced numerous scholars, attorneys, physicians, 
        teachers, and business and governmental leaders, and other professionals 
        who have risen to positions of notoriety in the African-American 
        community as a whole;
Whereas Doctor Margaret Dixon is an exemplary Allen University Alumnae who has 
        recently been elected as president of American Association of Retired 
        People;
Whereas the University has endured all the difficulties familiar to historically 
        black colleges and universities;
Whereas the University, with an historic campus, is an accredited member 
        institution of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;
Whereas the University, under the present leadership of Bishop John Hurst Adams 
        and President David T. Shannon, is equipped to serve non-traditional 
        students and others who would otherwise not have the opportunity for a 
        college education, as well as remaining faithful to the traditional 
        goals of the University of clergy and leadership education; and
Whereas the University still strives to live up to the motto of the University, 
        which is ``Heads to Think, Hands to Work, and Hearts to Love'': Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That Congress--
            (1) commends Allen University for 125 years of progress, 
        commitment, and dedication in the shaping of productive lives; 
        and
            (2) extends best wishes to Allen University and hopes that 
        the University will have a productive future that continues the 
        accomplishments of the past.
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