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CAMPUS ECHO
NOVEMBER — 1947
THE CAMPUS ECHO
Published monthly during the school year by the students of th>'
North Carolina College at Durham.
CLATHAN liOSS AND PEKEY GiLLIAED
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Louise Jackson, fbatuse editoh Margahet Best, typist
Hekmenia Fitts, exchange editor Swaknie Moore, business hgr.
Elane Moore, sports editor Mary Eason, reporter
Walter Brown, sports writer J. Stenson, advertising mgk.
Mildred Thorton, typist Vivian Norwood, adv. asst.
C. Nathaniel Nile, circulation manageb,
W. A. Tuck and C. B. Stanback
stafi advisors
“A Man’s Pride sh-aXl bring him low. But he that is of a lowly spirit
shall obtain honor.” Proverbs 39:33
OUR STUDENT COUNCH.
So far, our present form of student government has proved
to be a mere farce and only a hollow symbol of student representa
tion on this campus. The shining example of democracy that it
was sup‘p®sed to have developed has not yet materialized. The
blame for this can be traced to the student council whose duty it
is to guide the fate of the student government.
There was quite a bit of dissension and controversy over the
proposal of paying for admission to the homecoming game among
the students. There were all sorts of rumors in the air. Although
Mr. Johnson explained the real reason briefly during a chapel
period, the student council should have taken the responsibility of
clarifying the saatter with the students. Such dissension could
have easily ruined the homecoming festivities. However no at
tempt was made aat all the student council to even make sure
that the students knew exactly what they were paying for.
I hava talked with several students, and from my observations
a surprisingly large number of them do not know how the student
government is actually set up on the campus. A few didn’t know
it even existed. How can you expect wholsesale student participa
tion in a thing concerning which they know scarcely anything?
How can democracy be practiced in our student government based
on democratic principles? It seems to me that the stvident govern
ment is being run by and for a select few. This is the very essence
of tfee old arif5tocratic form of government and true sign of the
caste system.
We will never have a strong student government on this cam.
.pus as long as the maslses of students are ignorant of its organiza
tion and mirpose. Our present student government is a mere sham
of what it is supnosed to represent. Are we "oina: to allow it to
remain that way? C. M. R
SPORTSMANSHIi’
Sportsmanship is not measured by a standard of winning or
losing games, but by the conduct one exhibits whether in a contest
of sp»rts or in one’s everyday actions in life. A true sport accepts
the verdict given by the arbitrator with a smile. Sometimes the de
cision hurts, sometimes the decision is not just, but the good sport
only smiles and laughs the penalty away.
Let us exhibit good sportsmanship when we are detected vio
lating the rules. Let us accept our punishment without a grumble.
Let us show all courtesy to members of visiting teams when they
come to our school. Let us not “razz” or harass the officials when
the decision is called against our team. Let us not, “down our foot
ball players and Coach today, for they might be great tomorrow.”
Let it be said by everyone that the students of North Carolina
College always exhibit the finest principles of true sportsmanship
and that they stick with their athletes whether they-win or lose.
EBMEMBER FELLOW'" STUDENTS: “Success does not
come by leaps and bounds, but through a long, narrow, and rough
passagae.” So, fellow students be with the athletes while they are
traveling through the long, narrow, and rough passage, so in the
end you will feel justified in sharing in the “SUCCESS.”
Swannie H. Moore
i DUTY OF A COLLEGE
An educational institution, at its best, is one which makes a
continuous stream of contributions to the people in more ways
than anyone can summarize. Its teachers are aware of the fact that
they impart knowledge and influence that can benefit in a number
of ways and in a number of places, its students are aware that
wherever they go, there, in a very real sense, goes the institution.
Its program is designed to meet the existing needs of the people;
its primary reason to be is that it belongs to the people and they
belong to it. This natural sharing of interest and purpose can be
traced into schoolrooms where our graduates teach, in various
fields in which they work, and in fine Christian homes in which
they live. The College and the people contribute to each other’s
life. They are the necessary complement, one of the other.
The College must continue to s>irve the p,-ople in incveasiugly
significant ways. We therefore take this opportunity to issue an
appeal to our our fellow students: We are now living in a chal
lenging age. Never was the opportunity greater, nor the need for
service stronger, But too many of us are taking our studies too
lightly. *
Let us remind you that the only salvation for the Negro is
complete freedom and equality. Unless the majority of us are
equal mentally and intellectually we will forever be discriminated
and belittled by oters. If we, who are the future leaders of our
race, do not take advantage of the educational opportunities offer
ed here at N. C. College, we are unfair to ourselves and families.
KEEPING
UP--
With Louise Jackson
Elements of homesickness are more
intensified by endless thoughts of the
family by continually staring at the
baby’s picture. Somehow freshmen
students just can’t seem to get home
cut of their minds until about the
end of the first quarter and as a
result they attain only minor portions
of their scholastic standards.
One must think about home it is
true, yet one must also do accredit-
able work in school. The two can go
as handmates, however, but each stu
dent must work out for himself the
suitable outcome, ‘ ‘ because you best
know yourself.”
Perhaps we should try to analyze
•nir homesickness and get to the
fiause. First, we haven’t been away
°rom home for any length of time,
nnd our homes were the centers of
■ Ur lives. We liked the cheerfulness
find love which surrounded us daily;
■ve liked to help mother with her work
ind to play with baby William. Horae
fas everything. We wanted to pur
sue an education but we didn’t want
,0 much to leave home. We came a-
,vay from home a bit awed at the
thought of college.
Well, after we arrived we looked a-
’ oiind and decided we were going to
'ike it and we did. Yet we sensed thf
•'cute different in our surroundings.
We didn’t expect it to be liVe home
vet we weren’t fully prepared for the
change.
Then we began to miss the little
things that others did for us at home,
especially mother. We were develop
ing more dependency upon ourselves,
a vital addition to our education. But
we didn‘’t like that ; it wns a terribl*
thing to us to have to' rio more
'inrselves. Gradually we worked up to
the stage \vhere we often reiiiarKetl,
“ I’d rather be at home, ’ ’ or when
I was home I didn’t ever have to do
this, and then cnmes the reminicse’ice
and we feel moodv and denrpss“d. We
are only half interested in what f^oes
on around "us. We have decided it
doesn’t particularly interest us whe
ther “in” is a preposition or whether
“too” is an adverb, or w'hether “The
Garolignians’ Dynasty” was construc
tive or not.
But gradually otir mood changes.
We see things for what they are not
what they seem to be. We realize
how small we have been and the time
that we have lost. Now w'e are ready
to enter more fully that broad chasm
cf learning. But the greatest phase
of this learnin" will be our ability toj
live with others to a better advant
age.
THE QIjIZZER
IV Old Qw'z^cr’s question for the
7nonth is whether the young men. like
longer shirts or not. Most of them
don’t; they .feel that it’s a lot of
below-knee.
Cecil C. Holt of Asheville, North
Carolina says, “I don’t particularly
approve of longer skirts but they do
add to the appearance of soni3, how
ever, women should be more careful
in wearing them because they were-
n^t made for everyone.”
0
Milton Reid of Fremont, North
Carolina says, “I don’t like the long
er skirts because they tend to detract
from an otherwise nice appearance;
and why should women pay $2..’50 for
a pair of nylons and then hide them”
Daniel D. Whitted of Durham.
North Carolina says, He wholly dis
approves of long skirts because he
thinks it’s just a passing fad with
the women, and he added, “I de-i
finitely believe in consservative dress
for women as well as men.”
s^yle trends regardless of personal
1 actors. However, I feel that personal
appearance comes before style and all
women should take this in considera
tion before committing themselves to
any particular style.”
Charles E. Holt of Asheville, N.
C. says, ‘ ‘ I personally don’t like long
skirts. I think skirts of medium
length are more becoming to college
students because they are, in ray
estimation, strictly on the beam. ’ ’
Clyde Davis of Greensboro, North
Carolina says, ‘ ‘ Materials are so
short, yet dresses are so long, that I
think women should dress according
to their height and build. On some,
the dresses look nice, but on most,
they don’t. ’ ’
WiLLiAii M. Mills of Asheville,
North Carolina, says, “Styles change
every year, and if my grandmother
wore long dresses in 1911, why should
women wear them in 1947?”
J. W. Barnes of West Palm B^.ie'- j George P. Harris, of New Bern,
most fittin*?, beeominj and apnror)’'!- North Carolina says, “I don’t like
Florida savs, ‘ ‘ Loneer .skirts are most the longer skirts on anyone and
with the changing time.” ; especially on colle'Te girls. Aside from
detracting from a girl’s appearance.
Ernest J. Mills of Asheville,
North Carolina says, “Quite a few
they tend to make her look more
elderly. Girls should be more careful
women have a tendency to follow j in wearing them.”
STUDENT REPORTER
INTERVIEWS HAYES
BEFORE CONCERT
IMMORTAL SHEPARB
In Memoriam to Dr. James Edward
Shepard. Born November 30, 1875.
Died October 6, 1947.
Lift up your voices, speak and sing
Pronouncing praises that will ring,
Thank God that mighty Shepard did
live, ]
For race and country his life he did
give.
One day in November, he was born,
This was for us a happy, glorious
morn.
We can with joy and praises say
He helped his people by leading the
way.
He faced the hardships as they came
And won the honor, glory and fame.
[
Shepard is no more; yet lessons he
did leave
For ns to follow, challenge—and take
heed.
O come, ye people, leave your play
And pay your tributes to Shepard to
day.
Shenard, O Shepard, thy name we hear
And trusting God, we have no fear.
See SHEPARD Page 3
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those who know, is the minimum a-
mount that could be asked of each
student if the Publication Staff is to
achieve the task set as its goal for
the school year, 1947-1948.
The Publication Staff of North
Carolina. College has undertaken two
momentous tasks, and surely two im
possible ones without your coo]>era-
tion. The first of these tasks is to
resume publication of a much desired
school paper that had ceased to exist.
The hibernating Echo has awakened
and after several years of p?aceful
sleeping, once again moves incessant
ly on its way about the campus. One
dollar from each five dollars paid to
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Secondly there is a Yearbook on
the road to construction. The goal set
by the Publication Staff is a larger
book with a more attractive cover, and
above all to get this Annual into the
hands of every student before the
close of our present school year. To
do this will require approximately
$4,000.00, with less than $500 of this
amount collected at present. The re
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lication fee goes toward accomplish
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By Walter Brown
Pola’i'l Hayps. miversally acclaim
ed American tenor, stated in a recent
interview that the voice is only a
small part of a singer’s performance.
Mr. Hayes told this interviewer that
one of his most profound principles
is: “Opportunities are made, not giv
en.’’ This, he sail, s’jould be inject
ed into tlie minds of Negro youth
throughout the country.
This reporter met Mr. Hayes Mon
day, October 13, at the home of Dean
A. E. Manley, and he greeted me
with a broad smile and a W'arm hand
shake.
The noted tenor, whose hair is al
most completely white, was clad in
a dull grey worsted suit, a white shirt
and a blue tie bearing an eye-strik-,
ing design. After he directed me to
the studio couch, he asked my name
.■!nd das-^ification. T answered his
questions and related my mission at
the same time.
Hayes was completely at ease dur
ing the 45 minutes of the interview,
and I learned that though a great
musician, he is also keenly interested
in world affairs.
The artist, who sang Wednesday
night, October 15, in B. N. Duke
Auditorium, was discovered by a
music professor at Oberlin College,
Ohio, during his student days.
A theatrical agent once told Hayes
early in his career that racial barriers
would prevent his success. Later,
however, he went to Europe for fur
ther study. He believed firmly that
the Ne?ro youth should aspire toward
giving something concrete to society,
and that is the goal toward which he
worned while abroad.
After two years abroad Hayes be
gan a concert tour. He made life it
self the sum total of all his perform
ances and the Europeans accepted the
singer with thunderous acclamation.
The agent who had related such dis-
couragingr facts to him two years pre-
See HAYES Page 4