Eloquence of the Scribes

La Brea Hill

Freshman Seminar

   Freshman seminar lecture was quite interesting and very insightful. We receive a lecture from Dr. Benjamin on the “Eloquence of the Scribes.” We started the lecture off with a few definitions of what a scribe was or what he/she did, then went on to discuss some historical and important scribes of Howard University. Some of the few scribes that she mentioned were people like Oliver Otis Howard and Mordecai Wyatt Johnson. These were important figures and founders of Howard University. As we began to go further into the lecture we began to discuss other people who made a difference in history, in which we named our buildings in honor of them. I found the lecture to be significant because we spoke of historical scribes who made an impact on many lives, and now going into the buildings of such scholars and heroes, we should to be striving to have impacts on others life. Dr. Benjamin said, “Academic life is a path to an eloquence success,” when meditating on this quote I came to an conclusion that I too want to be a scribe for future generations and by educating myself I will be able to be just that. To be a scribe is to document events or jot down such ideas—most of the time such things are passed on—which is another reason why this lecture is important. While discussing such historical figures, we remember such wise they passed down to us and how we use such wisdom to help educate one another. Such lecture has broadened my horizon about Howard University, historical figures, and education.