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JAN. 3, 1958
VOLUME XVI — NUMBER IV
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1957
PRICE: 20 CENTS
Southern Association Admits
College To Full Membership
NCC Foundation
Receives Grant
By PERRY R. LEAZER
North Carolina College was one of 18 Negro colleges ad
mitted to full membership in an historic move by the South
ern Association of College and Secondary School^ during that
organization’s recent meeting in Richmond, Va.
The action taken at the closing session of the sixty-second
annual meeting at the Hotel John Marshall matiked the first
time a Negro school has been admitted to full membership in
the Southern Association.
A plan for inclusion of qualified Negro institutions was
approved by the group last year, but the recent meeting was
the first time specific schools were voted upon for member
ship. In the past, white and Negro institutions in the South
have been rated according to different se1(s of standards. Stand
ards for Negro schools were always cor'siderablj^ lower than
those for white institutions. , S
However, the recent action by SACSS mean^ithat the 18
Negro colleges admitted to full members^^iip have measured up
to the same standards as those set for wl'ite institj^tions in the
South. According to Leo Chamberlair-I of Lexi^ton, Ken
tucky, chairman of the admissions com: nittee, 6S Negro col
leges were investigated by the Association duriij^ the past
year. The 18 admitted were the only oi^es judged-to be mea
suring up to standards set by SACSS. '
Membership in the Association is omly one c^'the marks
of academic recognition for NCC. The »*°^*i^]^proved by
the Association of American Universities l^an m^g American
Bar Association. It is a member of the
Education and is rated Class ‘A’ by the
Department of Education, and the Amer:
tion.
Graduates are admitted without conc]
tion in America requiring the bachelor’s
Of this college’s admission to Southi _
bership, President Elder told the ECHO week:
“All of us at North Carolina College felt very happy when
the armouncement was made that our college had been elected
to full membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools. This feeling, we know, is shared by
graduates and former students of the college and friends.
“As stated in the Constitution of the Association, which
was organized in 1887, “the object of this Association is to im
prove education in the South, through exercise of leadership
and through the promotion of cooperative efforts between
schools, colleges, and related agencies. Accreditation is only
one of the functions of the Association.
“Our admission to the Association means that our institu
tion has met certain standards of excellence which have pre
viously been applied only to institutions for white students.
This is pleasing to us because we would not wish to be admitted
on any other basis.
“Now that we have been accepted on the basis of our past
record, we have the responsibility of maintaining from year to
year the standards of excellence required by the Association.
We must understand clearly, however, that standards of ex
cellence are variable factors and that they will change with
the demands upon the schools to meet the educational needs
for living in the modern world. What is considered “good
enough” for today will be not be good enough for tomorrow.
“As a matter of pride, we should not be content with mere-
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Five Students Attend UN Seminar
Council on
itionfarolina State
^lES-dical Associa
te any institu-
for admission.
^Association mem-
Five members of the Political
Science Organization of North
Carolina College attended an
American Friends Service Com
mittee sponsored United Nations
Seminar in New York City Dec
5-7. They were Samuel Russell,
George Denton, Vernell Thomp
son, and Alexander Faison, Jun
iors; and Joseph Becton, Jr.,
Senior.
The topic under consideration
was “East-West Tensions and
Disarmament”. It was elabor
ated upon by such speakers as
Syndey Bailey, Friends Mission
Member, and Bert Bridgelow,
UN Aide to AFSC. Wolf Mendal,
Far East Friends Representa
tive, spoke of the Anglo-Japa-
nese Relationship in the final
session.
The delegates had an oppor
tunity to visit United Nations
missions and to hear representa
tives of each mission state their
.—The James E. Shepard Memo
rial Foundation, Inc., received
notification from the Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation last week
that it had been made recipient
of annual grants of $1,000 for
four years.
Richard J. Reynolds, presi
dent of the Foundation aimoim-
ced the grants in a report from
Winston Salem.
The award was authorized by
the Foundation’s board of trus
tees at two meetings, one at New
York November 15, and the
other at Winston-Salem Novem
ber 26. The Fovmdation authori
zed total grants of $1,154,000 to
educational and charitable Insti
tutions.
Five scholarships of $200 a
year will be administered here
by the James E. Shepard 'Foun
dation for needy and deserving
students at North Carolina Col
lege.
Since the Shepard Founda
tion originated (1047)/ fit has
provided and administered nu
merous scholarships for students
at NCC. James T. Taylor, psy
chology professor and long-time
friend of Dr. J. E. Shepard, for
whom the local foundation is
named, serves as executive sec
retary of the Foundation.
country’s stand on the issue of
disarmament. The missions visi
ted by the delegation were
USSR, Poland, Japan, India,
Canada, and the United States.
The members had a chance to
see the General Assembly in
operation when they witnessed
the 925th meeting of the First
Committee (Political and Secu
rity, including the regulation of
armaments) as they debated the*
question of Algeria.
This seminar was sponsored
by the American Friends Service
Committee, and its work at the
United Nations is part of an ef
fort to promote understanding!
conducted from Quaker centers
in different parts of the world.
It Is closely related to confer
ences for diplomats and parlia
mentarians, international stu
dent seminars, relief work and
rural development projects.
The spirit of Christmas is everywhere in evidence as
basketballer John Keels, Tarrytown, N. Y., senior, considers
the Canteen gift selection of Bertie Sowell, Durham freshman,
as they socialize under the beautifully decorated Christmas
tree in the Canteen.—Photo by Dunn.
*ve,
Prexf Heads Scholarship Dri
Urges Students To Contribute
With an air of “great urgency” attached, the annual
scholarship drive got underway on campus last week with
appeals being made “to every element of the campus popula
tion.”
Underscoring the gravity of the situation. President Al
fonso Elder assumed personal command of this year’s drive
and made appearances before faculty and staff, and student
groups. It is also understood that the President is extending
his campaign for student assistance funds beyond the campus
community.
Faculty members in large numbers have already pledged
one per cent of their salaries in the scholarship drive.
Dr. Elder termed the need for funds “critical” and said
“every person may do as much as he can to guarantee that
good students who want to come to our institution may not be
prevented from doing so by lack of funds.” The President
pointed out that in some of the larger colleges and universities
in America, one out of every four students receives some type
of financial assistance other than that afforded by parents. He
contrasted that with the modest number of scholaifships NCC
was able to award last year from the $5,000 collected in the
1956 drive.
Dr. Elder asked each student to accept it as his responsi
bility to “make a contribution to this worthy cause.”
Prof's Article In Nat'l. Magazine
Carlton “Ding Dong” Bell,
NCC’s leading scorer, is
shown going up for a lay-up in
a recent tussle on the Eagles
home court. Bell will be one
of the cagers Coach Brown
will be counting on in tonite’s
tussle with the A. & T. Aggies.
—^Photo by Dunn.
A recent edition of College
and University Business, nation
al professional magazine, carried
an illustrated article by Mr.
James E. Parker, director of the
Audio-Visual Center here.
Mr. Parker’s article was titled
“Audio-Visual Center” and waa
accompanied by floor plans of
the NCC AV Center as well as
photographs of NCC students en
gaged in the various activities
which are sponsored by the local
Center.
In the article, Mr. Parker dis
cussed the various physical fea
tures, the material and services,
and the scope of the NCC Audio-
Visual Center, which he de
scribed as “a centralized pool of
audio-visual materials, facilities
and services.”
The NCC professor reported
that the local center encompass
es four areas: instruction, ser
vices, production, and research
and publications. He discussed
each of these in detail.
Illustrative photographs were
taken by Mr. Parker and draw
ings were done by Mr. Edward
N. Wilson of the art department.
Leazer Attends
Raleigh Meeting
Perry R. Leazer, Managing
Editor of the ECHO, attended
the Regional meeting of the
National Student Association
at North Carolina State Col
lege in Raleigh last week.
Leazer attended as the official
representative of the North
Carolina College Student Go-
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