Eloquence of the Scribes

This lecture spoke of how the building on Howard University's campus, received their names and how significant the names of the building are. It begins with how Howard University was named after its founder General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil war hero, at the time Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau and later the president of Howard University. Throughout this lecture its spoken that Howard's Administration building was named after Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, and shows a thorough picture of Johnson standing at the main gate on Howard University campus. Inabel Burns Lindsay established the School of Social Work, also known as Inabel Burns Lindsay Hall, on Howard University's campus, and became it's first dean in 1945 until 1967. This lecture also names very common building on campus like Founder's Library and Carnegie Building.

Also speaking of how the building known for the College of Arts and Sciences, the Alaine Leroy Locke Hal, named after Alaine Leroy Locke. This lecture also speaks of Zora Neale Hurston studying her undergrad at Howard University and where she became one of the earliest initiates of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and co-founded The Hilltop, the University's student newspaper. The lecture also spoke of how Howard University's Fine Arts building was named after Lulu Vere Childers.

Douglass Memorial Hall was named after the civil rights, a leader of the abolishment movement, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, also known as Frederick Douglass. This lecture spoke of how Mary McLeod Bethune Annex,Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall,Charles R. Drew Hall ,George Washington Carver Hall, and Earnest Everett Just Hall (Biology), received their named and the significance of the people they were named after. Lastly this lecture tells of the schools that Alumni Scribes have graduated in Howard's 143 year history.

Jahmonni Long