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VOL. 1, NO. 1 WINSTON-SALEM TEACHERS COLLEGE, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. DECEMBER, 1962
Dr. Williams Installed As 3rd President
Dr. Kenneth R. Williams Speaks.
INAUGURAL DINNER
COLLEGE PREPARES
FOR ACCREDITATION
The Winston-Salem Teachers
College has been a member of
the American Association of Col
leges for Teacher Education for
many years. The Association is
served by the National Council
For Accreditation of Teacher Ed
ucation. The Council is sending
representatives to our campus
for an official visit and evalua
tion on March 25, 26, and 27, 1963.
The Steering Committee, ap
pointed to conduct the self-study
necessary to prepare for the
visit, is hoping to have you, the
student body, well informed as
to the activities involved in an
all-college evaluation. You are
an integral part of the areas for
study.
1. What are the Areas to be
evaluated?
a. Organization and Adminis-
ti'ation of Teacher Education
b. Student Personnel Programs
and Services for Teacher Educa
tion
c. Curricula for Teacher Edu
cation
d. Objectives of Teacher Edu
cation
e. Professional Laboratory Ex
perience for School Personnel
f. Facilities and Instructional
Materials for Teacher Education
g. Faculty for Professional Ed
ucation
2. How will students be in
volved?
a. Approximately 95 percent of
the student body of Winston-Sa
lem Teachers College is involved
in Teacher Education either as a
major in Elementary or Secon
dary Education.
b. A specific curriculum has
been designed for your Teacher
Education preparation.
Choir Concert Dec. 16
The Winston-Salem Teachers
College 60-voice choir will pre
sent its annual Christmas con
cert December 16 in Fries Audi
torium at 4:00 p.m. Several solo
ists will be featured.
Crossroads Africa
Meets Here On
Campus
The ideas and objectives of
going to Africa today have
changed. There are no longer
the objectives of christianizing
and indoctrinizing the people of
Africa. Those who wish to help
Africa must go with the inten
tions of working and being sub
missive to the Africans.
These and other ideas were dis
cussed by 75 persons who at
tended a North Carolina Con
ference of Operation Crossroads
Africa on our campus. Persons
attending the meeting, held in
The Fine Arts Building, included
students from Duke University,
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege, A & T College, Guilford
College, Wake Forest College,
Livingstone College, and stu
dents from the host college.
The Rev. Henry S. Lewis, Col
lege Chaplain and Chairman of
Conference Steering Committee,
brought welcome and presenta
tion of the program. Dr. Ken
neth R. Williams, president,
brought greetings on behalf of
the college. IVIayor John Surratt
brought greetings on behalf of
the city of Winston-Salem.
At the morning session, stu
dents described their experiences
in such countries as Tanganyika,
Ethiopia. North Rhodesia, Ni-
geria, Kenya Nyasaland, and
Egj'pt. Mrs. Betty L. Wilbert, a
1962 graduate of Teachers Col
lege appeared on the panel also.
Most of the participants on
the program had spent this past
summer as volunteer workers for
Operation Crossroads Africa.
The theme for the meeting was
“Africa’s Challenge to American
Students.” It was studied from
three viewpoints in panel dis
cussions, workshops and at a
luncheon.
Dr. G. McLeod Bryan, a mem
ber of The Department of Re
ligion at Wake Forest College,
conducted a workshop on “Op
portunities for Religious Orient
ed Service in Africa.”
Mr. Owen Roberts, Special As-
(Contimied on Tnge Four)
The inauguration of President
Kenneth R. Williams was con
cluded with a dinner in his
honor which convened in the
Kennedy dining hall.
The most plausible and inspir
ational moments of the dinner
were given by Dr. Benjamin E.
Mays, President of Morehouse
College, Atlanta, Ga.
He said: “Inherent in your job
will be success, failure, and
loyalty of 100 percent kind or the
25 percent type, satisfaction and
dissatisfaction. All these elements
will be in your job. but you will
love it. You will become dedicat
ed to your job, mind, heart, soul;
all of you. To whom much is
given, much is required. Your
greatest reward will be watching
the college achieve and accom
plish under your leadership . . ,
You do not have long on the job.
Step lively, run speedily.”
Mr. N. L, Dillard, member of
the Board of Trustees, Winston-
Salem Teachers College, was
toastmaster. The invocation was
delivered by the Reverend Hen
ry S. Lewis, college chaplain.
Greetings were given from Dr,
Charles Lyons, executive secre
tary of the North Carolina
Teachers Association; Dr. John
R. Larkins, consultant from the
North Carolina Department of
Welfare; and Dr. Frank Toliver,
supervisor of secondary educa
tion of the North Carolina De
partment of Public Instruction.
Don Cossack Chorus
And Dancers
The Don Cossack Chorus and
Dancers under the direction of
Nicholas Rastru Koff will appear
at Winston-Salem Teachers Col
lege Monday, December 10, at
8:00 p.m. The chorus has traveled
on 107 different ocean liners and
visited 65 different countries.
This group is composed of 25
men.
Dinner music was furnished
by the members of the music
department. They were Oraetta
Beavers, Harold B o s t, Gail
Caesar, William Waters, and
Dorothy Stafford, Ronald Os
borne, and Linda Ingram.
The dinner consisted of baked
stuffed chicken and presidential
cake in the school colors—red
and white.
Dr. F. L. Atkins, the former
president, was present.
Dr. Francis L. Atkins, retired
president of the college, was hon-
DR. F. L. ATKINS
... a profound man ...
Teachers College
Gets Third
President
Dr. Kenneth R. Williams was
installed as president of the Win
ston-Salem Teachers College on
Sunday, November 11.
There were more than 1,500
persons present at the Whitaker
Gymnasium to capture the ever
lasting words of Dr. Williams on
“Winston-Salem Teachers C o 1-
lege Meets the Challenge of
Higher Education.”
Thousands of television view
ers witnessed the inauguration
program which opened with an
academic processional. There
were series of greetings that pre
ceded the investiture of the pres
ident which was conducted by
Winfield Blackwell, Chairman of
College Board of Trustees.
Blackwell called the new Presi
dent “a man of scholarship and
personal achievement dedicated
to Christian principles, public
services and education.”
Greetings were from Larry
W'omble, president of the Stu
dent Council, from the students;
Dean George Hall, from the
faculty; Edwin L Patterson,
president, from the WSTC Alum
ni; Dr. Dale H. Gramley, presi
dent, Salem College, from the
private and church related ccl
leges; Dr. L. C. Dowdy, acting
president, A. & T. College, from
state supported schools; Dr.
Harold L. Trigg, State Board of
Education, from the State Board
of Education, and William C.
Archie, director. North Carolina
Board of Higher Education, from
the State of North Carolina.
Mr. Archie stated, “There is
not enough quality education in
these colleges. We pledge that
Negro Colleges will be im
proved.” He promised more
funds for faculty salaries and
campus facilities.
ored at a banquet given in Ken
nedy Hall on October 13, 1962.
More than 300 persons were pres
ent honoring Atkins who served
as president 1934-1961.
A plaque was awarded to Dr.
Atkins by Edwin L. Patterson.
National President of the WSTC
Alumni Association. These words
were inscribed on the plaque:
“Meritorious Service Award,” to
a “teacher, dean, president” for
“40 years of guidance, leadership,
and service to humanity.”
Mr. George A. Hall, college
dean and former student of
WSTC, served as toastmaster.
Hall said, “We call this an hon
oring banquet for one who has
served the school for 27 years.”
Words of praise were spoken
by Mr. Rufus S. Hairston, a
friend of Dr. Atkins since youth.
Hairston said, “Francis L. At
kins’ life has been spent in de
veloping this institution.”
Mr. Winfield Blackwell, chair
man of the Board of Trustees,
described Dr. Atkins by saying,
“Atkins stands tall and high
with scholars of the years.”
Blackwell said Dr. Atkins is a
soul of courtesy, a gentleman,
and he is interested in his fel
low citizens.
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Charlotte, N. C.; Onita Baker, Feature Editor, Rowland, N. C.; and
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.Tames Mack, Managing Editor, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Dr. Atkins Honored At Banquet