TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1956
THE CAMPUS ECHO
PAGE NINE
Campus Echo Staff And SG Entertained By Dr. Eider
The Razor’s Edge
By ELNORA JOYNEB
Our library serves more pur
poses than any other building
on campus. Some of these pur-'
poses are ordinary ones, but
others are quite novel.
The library provides an ex
cellent atmosphere for young
lovers who wish to sit and stare
at each other xminterrupted.
There are three floors, eafch of
which serves this purpose satis
factorily.
For those who wish to appear*
scholarly and who wish to be
seen carrying a lot of books,
there are two floors from whicl>
one may borrow any number of
large books and may keep them
for two weeks. For those who
also wish to appear scholarly
without the nuisance of books,
^here is a browsing room where
one may sit and talk and hind
er his neighbor from study
ing. Or if one has been seen by
an appreciable number "bf stu
dents and faculty members
while he was en route to the li
brary, he has accomplished his
purpose; he may now sleep
soundly until his next class. But
he had best beware because the
leather couch is so comfortabla
he may sleep through his next
class.
This wonderful building is" a
very convenient place to meet
friends and discuss the weeks’
events. It does not matter how
loudly one talks in the library
because if he is disturbing soma
one who is studying, he can al-
, waya- take his books to another
floor.
The student who feels that she
must go some place every night
can always check out to the li
brary. She can browse around
until 9 o’clock; then there is
always the slow walk back to
the dormitory with the object
of her affection, who also fre
quents the library every night.
This is one of the library pur
poses most highly lauded by
students.
For those students who do
not mind being odd, the library
is a good place to study. Th^
furniture is comfortable and the
lighting is adequate. Its three
floors are well equipped with
books, pamphlets, newspapers,
periodicals etc. to help the stu
dent with his studies.
The student who goes to the
library to study must be care
ful. He must let no one know
his real reason for going there.
In order to conceal his purpose
he should carry along a comic
book or a cross word puzzle to
put on the table beside him
while he studifes his lessons. If
he does not have either of these
available, as soon as he enters
the library he'should get a cur
rent picture magazine and place
it beside him. After this ha si
been done, no one will know that
he came to the library to study
and his reputation will be safe. ‘
The browsing room is a won
derful place for the student who
has caught up with his studies
or who wishes to relax his mind.
He can find novels and books
there on nearly any subject. If
he is careful not to be seen, het
may take some of these books
home and spend his spare time
reading them. But he must ba
extremely careful that no one
sees him because only the od
dest people read books which
are not assigned to them, and
he would not like to be labeled
odd.
On Sunday, President and
Mrs. Elder entertained some of
the members of the CAMFUS
ECHO staff and the student gov
ernment at their home.
After dinner. Dr. Elder led
the group in an informal discus
sion on c Negro college youth.
Among the important points
raised were these statements by
the President: “The one charac-i
teristic difference between the
factors which motivate Negroesi
and the factors which motivate
other people in America is the
Negro’s desire for equality.”
The Amertican college Negro
youth...“makes the assumption
that he is an American youth;
therefore, there is no reason)
why he should be required to
prove anything that other At
merican youth are not requiredj
to prove.”
The Negro college youth of
today possesses a high degree
of self confidence. “He is as dif
ferent from his parents as the
20th Century is different from,
the 19th Century. There is
nothing about him that even
suggests that he feels inferior to
anyone,” the President said.
Students in attendance were
Eunice Kirton, Robert Perry,
Lawrence Hampton, Juanita
Gregory, Andress Taylor, Betty
Patterson, Cary Booker, Shirley
Williams, Earl Edwards, Wil
liam Miller, Shirley James,
Anna Joyce Newkirk, Levonnes
Chambers, Yvonne Wray, James
Shields, Charles Holland, and
Ivan McCaskill. Faculty mem
bers present were Dr. Albert
Turner, Mr. C. A. Jones, Dr^
Charles A. Ray, and Mr. H. G.
Dawson, Jr.
CHiDLEY HALL BRiEFS
By W. H. F. ANDERSON
Where is the old NCC Spirit?
Why is there less interest in the
general operation of the col
lege? What may one do to
arouse the morale of student
living off campus and in the
various dormitories?
Years ago the general morale*
and attitude of the student body
at NCC was altogether different
from what one has found on the
camptis of NCC in recent years.
This did not just happen over
YWCA Sponsors "Aid" Progratit
As a part of its Christmas
Civic work project, the North
Carolina CoUege chapter of thei
Young Women’s Christian As
sociation sponsored a clean-up
program at Lincoln Hospital on
November 10, 1956. Enlisting
the support of some of the NCC
men students, the members of
the YWCA put in four and one-
half hours of work in the chil
dren’s ward, washing walls,
cleaning furniture, and hanging
new draperies. The YWCA plans
to continue this clean-up cam
paign very soon.
Plans have been made for a
similar clean-up project at a
near-by sanitorium. The YWCA
also plans to donate Christmas
presents to .the sick children at
Lincoln Hospital.
A. Joan Burke is president of
the campus chapter of the
YWCA, and Eunice Kirton, who
was very active in promoting!
the clean-up program, is secre
tary to the organization.
night. The Korean Conflict; the
faulty attitude that many stu
dents bring from home; the mo
dern economical and financial
conditions; and the failure of
responsible persons to impress
upon the new students the tra
ditions of the college; the neces»
sity of working and living in
mutual harmony; and love and
respect for the College and what
the College represents are per
haps some of the reasons for the
low morale and school spirit
that are found on our college
campus today.
The “spark” is still m the
heart of the students. It needs
only to be re-kindled. Mr. Earl
Phillips gave a good reason for
the low school spirit in an Eco
nomics class the other day when
he said, “The student has lost
most of the responsibilities that
bring about school spirit andi
good morale”. He is no longeii
required to sWeep hi.s own dor
mitory nalis, clean his own bath
room, cut his own lawn at the
dormitory, and decorate his own
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