This institutions ultimate goal is to assist America in building a new social organism that will accomodate racial, ethnic, and cultrual pluralism in a manner that will enhance the quality of lives and patterns of living which will, as a direct result, weld the nation into one people, a mission which seems essential to the future security and health of the nations.
Philander Smith College: an institution of higher education which fosters a love of learning, a spirit of independent inquiry, the free exchange of ideals, a broad and active Christian life, and a concern for the world at large.