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VOLUME XVII — NUMBER III
DURHAM, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1958
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Students Protest^ Game Moved To Campus
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Eagles vs
Snipes Resigns
As Editor Of
Eagle Yearbook
By Gerald Simmons
In a letter addressed to Stu
dent Government President Je
rome Dudley, November 17,
Flora Snipes, appointed Editor
of the yearbook, submitted her
resignation from the p>ost, say
ing: “I accepted the position of
Editor of the yearbook in all sin
cerity and with deep interest.
Since that time, however, be
cause of the many inconsisten
cies and problems involved with
the organization of late, I have
somewhat lost interest...with no'
wish to malign your policies, I
am asking you . to accept my
resignation as Editor of the year
book.”
The resolve to g^ve up the
editorship of the - annual
stemmed from a request of tlie
SG president for yearbook con
tracts, and signatures^ of SG re
presentatives on the contracts.
(continued on page 12)
Students Protest Game Site,
Burn I. G. Newton In Effigy
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Aggies In Turkey Day Classic Nov. 27
28th Carolina
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The seven gridders above are all seniors, who will see action in North Carolina College
football for the last time this season. The mainsprings for the Turkey Day Classic, they are,
from right to left, kneeling: Tommie Faust, guard; and Martin Clark, tackle. Standing, I.iloyd
Eason, quarterback and captain; Thomas Johnson, halfback; Ike Gatling, quarterback; Harold
Jovner. halfbfck; and Clifton Jackson, halfbi* ■’.k. „ , , , „ ..
Other seniors not shown are: Willie Hayes, halfback; James Forbes, guard; and Bobby
Photo by Gibson
Johnson, guard.
Classics Bout
By John Holley
The Thanksgiving clash be
tween North Carolina College
and North Carolina A.&T. looms
as one of the biggest and most
important grid battles in the
state when the two CIAA giants
collide in the Carolina Classic in
Durham November 27. The
game, itself, is a bitter arch
rivalry between the two schools
dating back to 1928 when the
Tarheel teams met for the first
time.
The game, which was origi
nally ticketed for NCC’s sta
dium, had been moved to the
city’s stadium to accommodate
the huge crowd expected to turn
out on “Turkey Day” to view
this grid extravaganza, has
finally been settled on O’Kelly
Field.
An extra flavor of importance
has been added to this game be
tween NCC and A.&T. in that
both clubs are in the thick of
the battle for the conference
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By Samuel Floyd
Students rose in violent pro
test here recently against Ath
letic Director I. G. Newton’s de
cision to shift the Thanksgiving
“championship” game against A
and T from O’Kelly Field to
Durham Athletic Park.
Dr. Newton, professor of poli
tical science, was hanged in
effigy, Wednesday, November
12, by a group of men students in
The effigy, marked I. G.
Newton, placed in front of the
dining hall by a group of
about 85 men students, is
shown above as it appeared
before it was consumed by
flames. The sign beneath
reads: “We want the game on
O’Kelly Field!!!” — Photo by
Brown.
front of the dining hall.
A student’s petition of 1,000
names submitted through proper
channels brought about thei
change of the game site from the
Park. Jerome Dudley, president
of the Student Government, sent
a letter to the Executive Com
mittee, which consists of Presi
dent Alfonso Elder, Dr. W. H.
Brown, dean of the Graduate
School, Dr. G. T. Kyle, dean of
the undergraduate school, Dr. J.
H. Taylor, director of the Sum
mer School, Dr. A. L. Turner,
dean of the Law School and Mrs.
Frances M. Eagleson, registrar,
describing the petition request
ing the change. The letter also
stated, “Since the head coach
and entire football team are in
disagreement with the change in
the game site this change, if ef
fectuated, will crush the team
spirit and desire to play, thus
putting the North Carolina Col
lege Eagles at a psychological
disadvantage.”
The decision to change the site
came about in an effort to find
means to accommodate the large
crowd expected to attend the
game. The park has a seating
capacity of 5,000. Additional ac
commodations were to be made
for 4,000 seats.
O’Kelly Field accommodateg
5,000 also, but adding extra seats
is much more expensive, accord
ing to Dr. Newton.
Until two years ago the annual
Thanksgiving Classic was a
joint affair and the profits were
shared by each school. A and T
officials reportedly have asked
that a return to the joint-promo-
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Editor Attends
AGP Confab
In Chicago
Editor-in-chief of the Campus
Echo, Theodore Gilliam, recent
ly attended the 34th Annual As
sociated Collegiate Press Con
ference which was held in the
Conrad Hilton Hotel of Chicago,
Illinois, November 13, 14, and
15.
The Echo’s representation at
the annual conference was be
gun under the advisorship of Mr.
H. G. Dawson, who is on a year’s
leave of absence to study to
wards the Ph.D in communica
tions, and has been a huge force
in the advancement of the Echo
during the past five years. Last
year the Echo sent three repre
sentatives along with Mr. Daw
son as advisor to the conference
held at the Hotel New Yorker in
Manhattan.
The Echo was one of 361
publications represented from 38
states, Washington, D. C., and
Canada. Represented at the
meeting were 215 newspapers,
130 yearbooks and 16 magazines.
According to Fred Kildow, di
rector, 1058 people, including
students, advisers, and speakers
were in attendance. Last year in
New York, 903 people attended.
Other breakdowns of the 34th
conference included 226 colleges!
and universities represented;
1013 representatives, 513 of
them for newspapers, 318 for
yearbooks, 30 from magazines;
and 72 advisers.
Registration began at 8 a.m.
on Thursday, November 13, with
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Holder And Dance Group Perform
In B. N. Duke Auditorium Tonight
Geoffrey Holder, premier dan-
seur of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, and his company will
be presented, as the second at
traction of the lyceum series, in
B. N. Duke Auditorium tonight
at 8:15 P.M. The cast includes
Geoffrey Holder, his attractive
wife Carmen De Lavallade, who
is premiere danseuse for the
Metropolitan Opera Company,
and Emily Frankel, guest artist,
as dancers.
The performance will include
dances of African, West Indian
and European origin.
A Drum Duo will open the
program, after which Holder
will dance Impromptu-Impro^
visation, followed by Miss De-
Lavallade’s performance of Bele,
a name used in Trinidad for a
creole fete at which various
European and African dances
are executed. Emily Frankel will
follow with Child’s Play, which
ends the first part of the pro
gram.
Part Two will begin with
Holder performing Yanavallou,
a dance dedicated to the Hatian
deity Damballa, the Snake. Miss
Frankel will then dance Ballad
of the False Lady, after which
Miss Delavallade will perform
Dance for One. Then Miss Dela^
vallade and Mr. Holder, dancing
together, will perform Banda, a
dance of Baron Samedi. Baron
Samedi, Chief of a group of
Haitian deities who guard the
graves and cemeteries, is the
personification of Death. After
this dance, which wiU close part
two, there will be a brief inter
mission.
The third and final part of the
program will first present Miss
Frankel doing Haunted Mo
ments, a humorous and horrible
fantasy of every-day sounds and
loneliness. Next, Alex Cambre-
len and Roland de Longoria wiU
play a Drum Duo. The closing
dance, Doogla, a dance symbo-^
lizing the movements of the two
races African and East Indian,
the genetic ongins of persons
called Doogla, will be performed
by Carmen Delavallade and
Geoffrey Holder.
All of the dances are choreo
graphed by Geoffrey Holder and
Emily Frankel. Mr. Holder de
signed the costumes that will be
used in tonights’ performance.
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Geoffrey Holder, the man.
Esquire magazine called the
“New Renaissance Man,” is
pictured above as he executes
one of his famed dance num
bers.