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| The Sept. 9, 2003 issue of CapstoneOnline marked the newsletter’s 25th volume. The newsletter tradition at Howard began with the publication of Right On the Campus or Right-On, which first published on Sept. 20, 1971, and was last published on Dec. 17, 1979 - Vol. 9, No. 38.
Editor Henry Duvall released the first issue of the Capstone on Jan. 7, 1980, under what was known as the Department of University Relations. On the front page of Volume 1, No. 1, was an introduction entitled, “Capstone Debut,” that read: With the start of a new decade, The Capstone begins its coverage of news and information of concern to the Howard community today as the successor to Right-On, the university’s administrative newsletter of the past nine years. The name “Capstone” is enriched with historical significance. In 1904, former Howard President John Gordon in his inaugural address referred to Howard as the “capstone of Negro education.” Years later, in 1941, Howard historian and professor Walter Dyson wrote the book Howard University – The Capstone of Negro Education as a souvenir of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the university. In recent years, Howard has been called the capstone and the mecca of black higher education. The Department of University Relations, publisher of The Capstone, hopes the publication will be one of your reading priorities. The front-page article in the first issue was entitled “Ability to Grow Seen at Howard.” It was a report by a team of academicians from the Commission of Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools that noted the University’s progress during the first 10 years of the James Cheeks administration. Additional articles included “WHUR Launches New Program,” “Women Focus of Book,” “School Holds Fundraiser,” “Scientist: Need Funding?,” “Dental Profession Profiled,” and two articles of historical significance “Med School Dean Moves,” the opening of the College of Medicine’s Seely Mudd Building; and “Another Holiday Coming,” marking Howard’s first observance of the Martin Luther King holiday on Jan. 15. Over the years the Capstone’s appearance and distribution have evolved and changed under each of its editors, which included Duvall, Eleanor Murrell, Donna Brock, David Lindsay, and its current editor LaWanza Spears. What began as a four-page weekly publication, transitioned into an 8- to 12-page two-color publication publishing semi-weekly, and eventually monthly. In 2000, in keeping with the University’s technological upgrades and advancements, Capstone became CapstoneOnline, an electronic monthly medium providing the same quality of news and information in a more accessible, far-reaching vehicle. A monthly printed news summary was also established to provide a medium for Capstone readers without internet access. To have your school, department or office news and information published in CapstoneOnline, submit your content or idea to editor LaWanza Spears by 5 p.m. on the last Monday of the month prior to publication. For additional information, please call 202-238-2334 or email l_spears@howard.edu. As always, your support and readership are most appreciated. |
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