SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1955
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Individual Worth Stresipd At NC€, Prexy Says
I am pleased to greet our
new students as new members
of our college community. As
new students, I hope that you
will begin soon to recognize a
very special characteristic of
North Carolina College. You
will observe that the North
Carolina College is a place
where a special effort is made
to make each person feel that
he is an individual of con
siderable importance. Some
times we define our feeling as
the respect which we have for
individuals because they are
himian beings.
Now, the word “respect”
may be used with many mean
ings. For example, we use it
in connection with the feeling
that we have for older people.
Sometimes we use the word to
express our attitude toward
rich people. Very often, we ac
cord a certain amount of re
spect to people who have
things that we do not have and
would like to have and to
people who can do things that
we cannot do and would like
to do.
Now, at the North Carolina
College, achievement is very
important, and we spend a
great deal of our time develop
ing our talents and abilities.
The respect that I have refer
ence to, however, is a quality
of attitude or feeling that one
has toward a person merely
because he is a human being
and not because of his accom
plishments.
The poor quality of langu
age that a person uses in pre
senting his ideas on a subject
under discussion does not al-
DR. A ELDER
al consideration because of the
fine language which he uses.
Neither the lack of nor the
abundance of knowledge that
a person possesses alters his
right to occupy front row cen
ter when knowledge is being
disseminated. Neither the eco
nomic wealth nor lack of if
possessed by an individual has
any bearing upon his right to
develop his talents and abili
ties. We believe that the quali
ty of educational services,
health, and guidance services
which we make available to
each person should be deter
mined only by the nature of
the individual’s problem and
not by any other status of the
individual.
The right to be heard, the
ter our respet for hiSv right to
express his oinion. Neither is right to participate, the right
a person’s opiiion given speci- to grow intellectually, the
right to be helped when in dif
ficulty, and the right to be ac
cepted as an important mem
ber of the group and to feel
that one is among friends are
the characteristics which are
encouraged at the North Caro
lina College and the charac
teristics which we think make
our school community unique.
We believe that you will en
joy living with us in this en
vironment in which individu
als are respected for their dig
nity and worth because they
are human beings. We believe
that your individual goals can
best be achieved in the kind of
environment which the North
Carolina College provides.
A cordial welcome is ex
tended to each one of you.
Sincerely yours,
A. Elder
Perry And Fair Name S. G. Officers And BoarJ Heads
The office of the Student
Government has released a
partial list of its officers for
the coming school year. Ac
cording to W. Sherman Perry,
President of the Student Go
vernment, more appointments
will be made soon.
Perry stated when the list
was released by his office that
he and Henry Fair, vice pre
sident, had appointed those in
dividuals whom they thought
best qualified for the posi
tions.
Pheriby Gibson and Robert
Perry have been appointed
editors of the NCC yearbook,
the Eagle.
Top 6;z Grad
Lands Top Job
An excellent scholarship ra
ting in the Department of
Commerce at the North Caro
lina College at Durham has
paid off handsomely for one of
NCC’s 1955 graduates.
Miss Ernestine Addie John
son’s reward for her high
classroom average has come in
the form of a secretarial job
on the staff of the college’s
president. Dr. Alfonso Elder.
As a forerunner of the glad
tidings that came shortly be
fore her graduation. Miss
Johnson received the C. C.
Spaulding Memorial Prize for
Excellency in the Commercial
Department. The k prize, tradi
tionally offered on Awards
Day, climaxed a fine “on the
job training program for the
young secretary.
Like other NCC students in
commerce. Miss Johnson had
experienced office practice in
several campus agencies, in
cluding the Department of
English and the office of the
Dean of Women.
The new secretary in the
college’s highest administra
tive office was also a versatile
participant in extracurricular
activities as an undergraduate.
She was president of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, a senior
counselor, secretary of the
Student Government Cabinet,
elected to Who’s Who in Ameri
can Colleges and Universities,
and an exchange student at
Cornell University. She also held
membership in the Pan-hellenic
Council, the Dormitory House
Council and the Alpha Kappa
Mu National Honor Society.
Miss Johnson is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Johnson of Enfield.
Special aide to the president
is Cullen Ward.
The secretary to the presi
dent will be Retha Hughes,
and his assistant is Evelyn
Wilder. Alice Henderson will
serve as secretary to the vice
president.
The Attorney-General for
the Student Government will
be Norris Woolfork.
Treasurer for the Student
Government will be James
Jordan. Serving as Business
Manager is Thomas Johnson.
James Boone has been ap
pointed to serve as Public Re
lations Officer.
The social calendar of the
Student Government will be
under his jurisdiction. Assis
tant Public ‘Relations officer
will be Reginald Spaulding.
The Grand Marshals for the
Homecoming Parade are Clara
Wertz and Alfred Fisher. They
in turn will appoint another
Grand Marshall to work with
them. At the time the ECHO
went to press the name of the
third person had not been re
leased.
Betty Redding and Herman
Rollins have been appointed as
Special Events Officers.
Publicity Offi:ers for the
Student Goverrment are Bar
bara McLendon and William
Eaton.
The student delegate to the
Forimi Comi littee is Kitty
Sneed. Beatrics Cogdell will
serve as stu( snt delegate to
the committe on the use t)f
facilities by jutside groups.
Carolyn BLck and Edna Ly
ons are jointly directors of
vesper ushers
The repres ;ntative to the
Athletic Conmittee is Charles
Holland.
Office sup
dent
ters is B^tj
The Student Welfare Com
mittee whi'i* has thirteen
members 'WillT seat five stu
dents. Serving on this commit
tee are Valeria Powe, Ann
Wilson, Henry Fair, Clara
Wertz and Sherman Perry. It
is customary for the vice pre
sident to serve on this commit
tee.
The personal advisors to the
president of the Student Go
vernment are Iona Crawford,
Joyce Horne, Valeria Powe,
Herman Rollins, Carolyn
Black, Thomas Galloway,
Shirley Carmon, Frank So
well, Catherine Evans, Calvin
Brown, Wade Kornegay, and
William Perm.
The powerful election board
will be composed of Henry
Fair, chairman, Theodore
Cherry, Andrea Burnett, Wal
ter Davis, Peggy Hinton; Vi
vian Yoimg, James McLean,
and Vera Williams.
A committee, thus far known
as the Dining Hall Committee,
rvisor in the Stu-
Goyei nment headquar-
Patterson.
will be headed by Henry Fair.
On this committee are Curtis
Winston, Yvonne Bames, and
Ernestine James. Additional
members may be added to this
committee.
Among officers to be ap
pointed are the seven judges
for both courts.
Among the officers yet to be
filled by the S.G. president are
the eight judges for the Su
preme and Student Courts.
Welcome Students And Faculty
To North Carolina College
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Flanking President Alfonso Elder are two former “Miss NCC”
beauty queens — Mable Dupree, left, and Delphyne Webber, right.
Miss Dupree is the new circulation librarian, and Miss Webber has
joined the personnel staff of Dean Louise M. Latham.
2-Ex-Gueens Now On College Staff
Two former students who
reigned as “Miss North Carolina
College” in 1950 and 1953 are
employed here after having re
ceived masters degrees in their
fields.
Miss Mable Ames DuPree,
“Miss NCC of 1950,” and Miss
Delypyne Webber, “Miss NCC
of 1953,” are employed in the
James E. Shepard Memorial
Library and the Annie Day
Shepard Dormitory respective
ly-
Miss DuPree, a 1950 graduate,
returned here last June as the
chief circulation librarian. With
a major in social science and a
minor in library science, Miss
Dupree received the Master’s of
Science in Library Science at
the University of Illinois and
later studied there for two sum
mers toward the Ph.D. degree
in her field.
Prior to joining the staff of
the NCC library last June, she
was chief circulation librarian
at South Carolina State College
and Chief Assistant Librarian at
West Virginia State College.
Miss Dupree is the daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Du
pree, 716 North Main Street,
Sumter, South Carolina. She is
also the sister of Arnee Dupree,
“Miss NCC of 1955.”
A 1953 graduate, Miss Delph
yne Webber was employed a few
weeks ago as assistant house
directress to Mrs. Amanda Gar
ris in Annie Day Shepard.
Receiving the Master of Edu
cation degree in Guidance and
Personnel Services at Spring
field, Massachusetts, last Jvme,
Miss Webber is a native of Win
ston-Salem, North Carolina.