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SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1957 THE SUMMER ECHO PAGE FIVE — Elmer Hawkins Cites Need For ATA DR. J. H. TATLOB One of the six members of the Board of Trustees of the American Teachers Association is Dr. J. H. Taylor, Director of North Carolina College’s Sum^ mer School. Dr. Taylor is a na tive of Burkesville, Kentucky. Dr. Taylor is a graduate of Michigan State Normal College from which he was graduated in 1927. He received a General Education Board Scholarship during his senior year. From 1927 to 1929 Dr. Tay lor was principal of the High School Division of Alabama State Normal School. He went to the University of Michigan in 1929 and received the A. M. degree in history from that in stitution the following year. In 1930 he was appointed dean of Alabama State Teach ers College, a position he held, with the exception of two years, which he spent at the Universi ty of California as General Edu cation Board Fellow, working on his doctorate, until he cam^ to North Carolina College in 1939. Since 1946 he has been. Director of the Summer School. Dr. Taylor is listed in the Di rectory of American Scholars; Who’s Who in Negro America; Who’s Who in American Edu-i cation; Who’s Who in the South and Southwest; and Who’s Who in America. He is also a mem ber of several learned societies, the chief of which are Pi Gam- ma Mu and Phi Alpha Theta. As a member of the Board of Trustees of White Rock Bap tist Church and John Avery’s Boys, Durham, he is active in commimi^y affairs. MBS. MINNIE D. BELL Mrs. Minnie D. Bell of Wash ington, D. C. also holds the dis tinction of being one of only five women to head ATA. She now serves on the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Bell is a product of the District of Columbia Schools and was graduated from Miner Normal CoUege and Howard! University. She was formerly treasurer of the Columbian Ed^ ucation Association before tha| group became affiliated with the newly integrated D. C. Edu cation Association. At present Mrs. Bell is serv-' ing as her school’s representa tive to the National Education Association. She was also al member of the Superintendents Advisory Board for three years.' In addition, Mrs. Bell is ai member of the following or- ROSE BEAUTY SALON Mrs. Josephine Day, Prop. Phone 5-»871 M2V2 E. Pettigrew St. DURHAM ,N. C. DB. J. F. DBAKE Serving on the Board of Trustees of American Teachers Association is Dr. Joseph Fan ning Drake, President of Ala bama Agricultural and Mechan ical College, Normal, Ala. Dr. Drake received his B. A. degree from Talladega College, M. A. from Columbia Universi ty and Doctor of Philosophy de gree from Cornell University. He is a native of Auburn, Ala bama. The following positions have been held by Dr. Drake: assist ant principal, Corsicana High School, Corsicana, Texas; teach-f er, Avery Institute, Charleston, South Carolina; Supervisor of Adult Education, Alabama State Department of Education (1924-26); teacher, Alabama^ State Normal School, (1920- 27). He has served as president of Alabama A. M. since 1927. Dr. Drake has traveled ex tensively in Europe, visiting England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Hol land, Denmark and Sweden. Dr. Drake holds memberships in the following organizations; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Masons (32nd degree); Boy Scouts of America; (past presi dent) Alabama State Teachers Association; and Conference of Negro Land-Grant College Presidents and NEA. «******»»*• LUCIUS T. BACOTE Serving on the Executive Committee of American Teach ers Association is Mr. Lucius T. Bacote of Dublin, Georgia. Mr. Bacote is a native of Hartsville, South Carolina, aad a graduate of Tuskegee Institute. Bacote received his M. Ed. from Atlanta University and has done advance studies at ganizations: Phi Delta Kapi>a Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta So rority, and is chairman of the sorority’s committee which works with handicapped chil dren. This group entertains the children monthly. New York University. When asked about the 1957 ATA con vention, Bacote had this to say: “I look forward to the 54th convention of the ATA with keen anticipation for its splen-' dor and promise for a program) that will have greater signifi cance than any other conven tion. This convention will be different from others in that we are witnessing a transitiori in our social pattern whose progress excels most of our imr agination.’’ Evidence of Mr. Bacote’s in terests and distinction can be seen in the following summary of his offices and memberships in organizations: Immediate Past President, Georgia Teachers and Educa tion Association; Delegate-at- Large, Georgia Teachers and Education Association; mem ber. Advisory Committee for the Reorganization of NEA; Discussion Leader, Portland Convention NEA; member of President’s Committee, White Conference; member of Execu-^ tive Committee, ATA; Chair man, Negro Committee, Dublin Housing Authority; Elder, Washington Street Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bacote is married and the father of two daughters . To Buy, Sellf Rent, or Insure Property —contact— ENTERPRISE REALTY AND INSURANCE COMPANY (Incorporated) PHONE 2-5004 536;^ PETTIGREW ST. Realtor B. L. Frazier is now manager of this firm. Garrett’s Biltmore Drug Store PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY Phone 4-0961 East Pettgrew Street Durham, N. C. McCLAIN’S SEA FOOD MARKET FRESH SEAFOODS FROM THE COAST Free Delivery — Phone 4-1292 536 E. PETTIGREW ST. DURHAM, N. C. We make larger loans on typewriters^ watches, guns, clothing, jewelry, musical instruments, and cameras. Five Points Loan Co. AT FIVE POINTS . 339 WEST MAIN STBEET 4-567 1 , DUBHAM, N. C. The 54th annual meeting of the ATA to be held in Durham this July, 1957, will have spe cial significance. We will meet at a time when our teachers are much concerned as to what will be their status as school systems make certain transito ry moves to bring about the ideal of democracy as it relates to the education of children. They face the hard and stark realism that it wiU be only faith in doing the right and high moral standard of the leaders as to what will actually happen to the teach ers as changes take place. We meet at a time when our teachers in the areas that have left the ATA, know deep in their hearts and souls that the ATA and organizations like it are sorely needed. But they cannot find the words to ex press nor the organized effort among their profession to cry out as a voice in the wilder ness, lest their utterances be misunderstood and they be re garded as people without pur pose. There are indications that our teachers are waging a coiu"ageous fight and have ac complished the seeming impos sible in many places. They have made day by day steps which seem lasting and sure. It is also true that there has been dis appointment in many areas where the ideal sought for shotdd have been realized long before, and there is only a re flection of what was trying to be eradicated. This meeting must face the realism that great pillars of the organization are falling in death in closer succession. Two of the important officers an swered that call this year. These were dedicated men, lib eral enough in their views to move into the areas which the future demanded, yet they were conservative enough to hold to the landmarks which wisdoni decrees must be done. They* must be replaced at a time when pressing problems froni without and the usual problems from within are giving the members much concern. However, agaipst the back ground of this picture which might seem gloomy is the con solation that there is left in the ATA the type of a member who is not the slave of the past nor the will-of-the-wisp who hops to each new colored light as it makes its appearance in the fu ture orbit. But rather he is the salt of the earth who lives each day completely and acts the liv ing present, heart within and God overhead. It Is he who will come to Dur ham to give balance to the meeting and keep the keel ev en. It is he who will come to be among friends and enjoy the comradeship of knowing that this is his land and his people of whom he is proud and to whom he belongs. He will have been far and wide, he will have been among the high places and he will come to lend that experience or those experiences to a people who have traveled far but have still much distance to go before tli* port is actually reached. He wiU be there to keep the ATA alive in its new found ob jectives and as an instrument in the Divine plan to lead these people to a high ground and a high calling in professional leadership. Let us look togeth er as we meet in this 54th an nual meeting of ATA in the lovely surroundings 'of Durham and the warmth of love and hospitality of its p>eople^ —ELMEB T. HAWKINS DSC Durham Sandwich Company Sandwiches • Cakes • Pies 3026 ROXBORO ROAD DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA DURHAM’S HEADQUARTERS for INSURKD SAVINGS AND HOME LOANS CurrerU Dividend Rate MUTUAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCUTION PHONE 3-1151 112 W. PABBISH STBEET DUSHAM, N. C. While in DnrhAm Use the Facilities of MECHANICS AND FARMERS BANK Two Convenient Locations 615 FAYETTEVILLE ST. and 116 W. PARRISH ST. Resowrees Over $6,(HH),0W).00 Member F. D. I. G.
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