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THE CAMPUS ECHO
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 18, 1957
SEmOR OF THE MONTH
Brown Active In Campus Affairs
By EDITH W. MANGUM
The ECHO Staff names Calvin
Brown the outstanding student
of this issue and of the month.
Calvin, a history major and
biology minor, and senior, has
been chosen on the basis of
scholarship, personality and his
outstanding contributions to cam
pus life.
Since coming to NCC three
years ago, “Mac,” as he is known
to all, has lived up to a splendid
record which he set in high
school. He attended J. A. Chal-
oner High School in Roanoke
Eapids, N. C., where he was an
honor student and active in num
erous activities. He was prexy of
the Dramatic’s Club for one year,
a member of the high school’s
band for four years, editor of the
school’s newspaper for one year,
and played football and basket
ball.
Since entering NCC “Mac” has
continued to make a high aca
demic average and has been ac
tive in numerous campus affairs.
He is a member of the Omega Psi
Phi fraternity, a member of the
Phi Alpha Theta Historical Honor
Society, and a member of the
Pi Gamma Mu Social Science
Honor Society. Recently he was
appointed to Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges
and Universities.
“Mac” is also a member of the
Social Science Club. He has been
on the Steering Committee for
two years, a member of the
CALVIN BROWN
Dormitory Council for two years,
and a member of the Student
Congress for two years. Lately
he was accepted as a candidate
for membership in Alpha Kappa
Mu Honor Society.
Mac’s hobby is reading. He
likes to read historical journals.
He also likes music and is an
avid movie goer as well as foot
ball an& basketball fan.
Upon graduation, “Mac” plans
to attend NCC’s Law School or
the Law School at the Universi
ty of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill.
The Echo staff proudly salutes
Calvin Brown — STUDENT OF
THE MONTH.
Spanish Club News
The Spanish Club has started
the year with a host of activities.
On NoVember 7, the members
had a dance hour, during which
they were taught cha cha and
mambo steps by the college dance
group.
On November 25, an election
of officers was held. Elected
were James Harper, president;
Jannel Drayton, vice-president;
Kenneth Murphy, secretary; and
Velma Spence, treasurer.
Other appointments were
chairman of the program com
mittee, Leonard DeShield; mem
bers of the committee, Esther
Godette, Olivia Graham, and Wil
liam Hamilton; and reporter.
Scope of Art
Art — Drama — Music — Dance
DANCE DEPARTMENT
By the time this issue of the
ECHO is out, the Senior Orchesis
will have presented its first con
cert, “The Little Match Girl.”
An interest in the aesthetic
appeal of the dance has promp
ted the senior and junior dance
groups to hang drapery at the
windows of the dance depart
ment. All the girls have purchas
ed leotards, and the boys plan to
make their rehearsal outfits uni
form In the future.
Jean Lawhorn, ‘57 graduate, is:
directing dance in a high school
in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Hampton Institute of Virginia
has invited the Senior Orchesis
of NCC to participate in a two-
day dance workshop.
NCC STUDENTS AND FACULTY
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MUSIC DEPARTMENT
On December 10th in B.N.
Duke auditorium, Allen Brown,
‘43 graduate of NCC, was pre
sented in recital as the second
attraction pf the Lyceum series.
Since 1943 Mr. Brown has be
come quite well known in the
concert field for his piano artis
try. He has received the highest
praise from niunerous miisic cri
tics for his skill and technique.
The Tuesday night recital in
cluded selections from Bach,
Mozart, Mendelssohn, William
Grant Still, Stanley Bate, and
Chopin. Each selection was in
vested with the peculiar flavor*
characteristic of each composer.
Generous applause from the au
dience bears out the fact that
Mr. Brown’s performance was
an immensely enjoyable one.
Mr. Howard A. Roberts, assis
tant professor of voice, will be
presented in recital on January*
17th in B. N. Duke auditorium.
A tenor, Mr. Roberts earned
both a bachelor and master’s of
music at the Cleveland Institute
of Music. He has played the role
of Robbins in a production of
“Porgy and Bess” (including the
European tour.) He toured with
the “One World” ensemble, and
appeared as tenor soloist with
the Robert Shaw Chorale.
Lassie’s Sportlight
By BETTTE PAIGE
Josie L. Simons.
After the business session, the
members sang Spanish songs and
played games. On December 9,
the members made Spanish
Christmas greeting cards which
they exchanged on December 16
at the Spanish Christmas party.
All persons interested in join
ing the “El Circulo Hispano-
Americano” are cordially in
vited to the meetings on the sec
ond and fourth Monday nights in
the Education building at 7 p. m.
The members of the “El Circulo
Hispano-Americano” wish a Mer
ry Christmas—Felices Navidades
and a Happy New Year—y pros-
pero ano nuevo to all—a todos.
The Mary McClain-coached
Freshmen number one team cli
maxed a brilliant season of
speedball competition by sweep
ing through the speedball totir-
nament held in the Women’s
Gymnasium recently. The Frosh
toppled the Sophomore team to
annex the crown in the finals.
In the first rormd of the speed
ball tournament, the number one
Freshmen, Sophomores, . and
number two Freshmen received
Byes while the Seniors won over
the Juniors by default. The(
semi-final round pitted the num-"
ber two Freshmen against the
Sophomores in one bracket, and
the Seniors and number one
Freshmen in the second bracket.
The latter teams in each
bracket emerged victoriously to
face each other in the finals.
In the championship game the
Frosh were led by captain John
nie Grantham. Other players in
cluded Lillie B. Lilly, Mary
Wooten, Annie Blount, DoriS
Rogers, and Mary Jordan. For
the losers, Mary Harris, Doris
Hodges, and Arden McKeatham,
proved to be outstanding players
on the Soph’s team. All exhibited
exceptional skills in the cham
pionship tussle.
Others on the winning team
included Joan Ftiller, Shirley
Cumbess, Virginia Lucas, Vir
ginia Lee, Athaline Newsome,
Janie Hall, and Parthenia Mc-
CaU.
Under the guiding hand of
Thelma Norman, the Women’s
Athletic Association has begim
preparing itself for its next re
gional that is to be held some
time in February of 1958 for
winter sports. This is to take
place on the campus of Hampton
Student Congress
Holds Town Meet
North Carolina College’s Stu
dent Congress recently hosted
president Elder, campus leaders,
faculty members and the per
sonnel deans at a “Buzz Session”
in the Science Building.
The purpose of the gathering
was to discuss and air various
student problems on the campus
and to introduce new ideas and
opinions about some of the forth
coming legislation in the Student
Congress.
The main feature of the ses
sion was a picture about student
life at NCC. This film repre
sented the first sound production
by our Audio-Visual Aids de
partment. Mr. J. E. Parker, AV
director, Introduced the film.
Some points discussed at the
gathering were: a proposal for a
Student Publication Board, an
honor system, financial control of
student organizations, recreating
the lost spirit among NCC stu->
dents, and service in the dining
hall.
Opinions pro and con were ex
pressed on these points; however,
no decisions were reached.
Jerome Dudley, speaker of the
Congress, presided over the dis
cussion. Dudley stated that “this
is the first in a series of ‘buzz
sessions’ that the Congress plans
to give throughout the school
year.”
The Student Congress meets
three times a month in the Moot
Court of the Law building. Meet
ings are at 10:30 on Satiurday
mornings. Representatives are
from various undergraduate
classes on the campus.
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