Kappas Suspended; Six Expelled
By Harold Foster
Students planning to become
members of NCC’s Alpha Kappa
Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc., will have to
wait one year.
The ruling is that of the Pan
Hellenic Council which found
the Kappa fraternity guilty of
placing probates “on line” with
out the necessary 1.5 average.
The Student Welfare Com
mittee stepped in on the matter
when it was discovered that
Kappa officials had altered the
cumulative averages of prospec
tive members.
The committee ruled further
on six members of the fraternity
and expelled them for the re
mainder of the school year.
Expelled were Agustus Davis,
John Lawrence, Richard Mapp,
Vernon Nixon, Earnest Parker,
and John Perry. The suspended
students appealed the Student
INTERVIEW FOR INDUSTRY—Dr, Charles E. Scholl (right),
managrer of personnel administration for Burroughs Corp., is shown
interviewing Cary Booker, an accounting majox at NCC. Scholl and
his assistant, Robert M. Coyers, interviewed 15 NCC seniors in
commerce, about job opportunities, at the college (see story on page
4). The personnel manager indicated that the talent search among
Negroes for jobs in Industry “is only beginning.”
Koch For Student Sexual Activity
“Sexual intercourse, with
modern contraceptives and
medical advice readily avail
able, should be condoned among
college students sufficiently ma
ture to engage in it,” says Dr.
Leo Koch in January Campusi
Illustrated, the new monthly
magazine for collegians.
A biology professor, ousted
from the University of Illinois
for his views on sex and the col
legian, Dr. Koch advocates “a
great deal more freedom for col
lege students to decide for them
selves, when and how, they are
to indulge their sexual desires.”
He also believes, “there are ex
cellent reasons why collegians
should engage in heterosexual
relations before marriage.”
Dr. Koch’s reasons are mainly
centered around individual
health. “A healthy mature per
sonality — healthy physically,
emotionally and intellectually,
is impossible without sexuali
ty,” says the professor. “Sexual
organs are so basically integral
to the human organism that
they influence human behavior
profoundly and inevitably.
Sexuality cannot be warped
without also warping the per
sonality.”
Aware that the clergy’s first
outcry is that greater sexual
freedom among unmarrieds
would seriously increase the in
cidence of contagious venereal
disease and of illegitimate preg
nancy, Dr. Koch submits that
“greater sexual freedom, when
accompanied by intelligent edu
cational measures, will decrease
Welfare Committee’s ruling and
the matter was handed to the
Executive Committee, which
upheld the decision of the Stu
dent Welfare Committee. The
decision went into effect imme
diately and the suspended stu
dents were required to leave
school without completion of
their semester studies.
Mrs. Eagleson, College Regis
trar, refused to comment, say
ing that the matter was in the
hands of the Student Welfare
Committee.
the incidence of both disease
and illegitimacy. This has been
the case in Sweden. Besides
which, neither venereal disease
nor pregnancy are major tra
gedies unless they are exagge
rated out of all proportions and
are not properly handled.”
In Campus Illustrated, Dr.
Koch states that the most im
portant goal in liberalizing atti
tudes toward sex is not more
sexual experience for all, but
rather a greater sexual self-re
sponsibility and education about
•sex. “College students can no
longer avoid sex,” opines Dr.
Koch. “They should participate
selectively. To be specific, they
should not sex without contra
ceptives; they should not sex
with strangers; and they should
not sex for the wrong reasons.”
Croups Attack
Racial Segregation
In a strongly worded letter to
public officials, the Durham
Youth and College Chapters of
the NAACP today attacked
racial segregation at the Caro
lina Theater in Durham. Almost
a year after they began picket
ing the Center and Carolina
Theaters, the youth organization
called for the City Council to
take the necessary action to de
segregate the city-6wned Caro
lina Theater building. In a letter
which went to all members of
the City Council, the Mayor’s
(continued on page 6) ,
The Pan Hellenic Council,
after making a “routine” check
of all fraternity probates, found
that the Kappas had placed
more probates “on line” than
for names they had submitted.
The council made a check of
the Kappa probates whose
names had not been submitted
and discovered that according
to grade averages in the Regis
trar’s office, several probates
were ineligible.
The Registrar’s office pre
sented the charge to the Student
Welfare Committee, which
found the six Kappas guilty of
altering the cumulative aver
ages of prospective members.
It was also disclosed that the
Kappa Fraternity, after receiv
ing the decision of the Pan Hel
lenic Council, decided to move
the fraternity off-campus so
that it would not be subject to
the rules and regulations of the
Pan Hellenic Council. The Stu
dent Welfare Committee refused
the Kappa fraternity this privi
lege.
Camp^^
Volume XXI—Number V Durham, N. C., Wednesday, January 31, 1961
Price: 20c
Second Semester Enrollment May Reach New High
Mordecai Johnson
Addresses Vesper
Dr. Mordecai Johnson, presi-
dent-emeriteus of Howard Uni
versity, dynamically and hu
morously spoke before a packed
B. N. Duke auditorium recently.
He spoke from the theme,
“Christianizing Society.” Stat
ing that man does not realize
how close he is to the teachings
of Christ in “the Kingdom of
God is at hand,” h(> expounded
at length saying,” ^Repent and
believe, regardless of the fact
that we are living in dangerous
times.” He further interrelated
Christianizing society by stating
that Christ’s first message was
a social one.
Dr. Johnson continued with
the thought that this new so
ciety, typified by justice,
righteousness, mercy, and love
has the Christian attribute of
self-sacrifice. He used the pre
sent situation of the American
Negro in comparison with that
of the three Christians who
failed to bow before the idol
gods.
Scientific Intelligence
A distinguished clergyman
and educator, he continued
with, “Man has in his hand
scientific intelligence.” He also
stipulated, “Man is so close to
gether that one could visit every
group on the face of the earth
for less than the cost fo a 1962
Ford.’ ’With the former illustra
tion he added that in this age
there are more governments
that are answerable to the
people.
With the major powers of the
two leading political ideologies.
Communism and Democracy, at
each others throats. Dr. Johnson
assured his audience that time
will soon bring them to realize
that they are fighting on the
same side. Communism is drift
ing toward democracy, and de
mocracy is drifting toward so
cialism. The struggle of today
will probably end in a compro
mise.
Humorously, he proclaimed
that God is looking at his peo
ples and laughing at man’s con
fusion.
Prior to this formal address,
Dr. Johnson commended the
college choir for their excellent
Binging and Dr. Elder for his ex
cellent leadership.
Internationally Famous
Dr. Johnson is a recipient of
(continued on page 5)
Registration ^or the Spring
semester at North Carolina Col
lege has been slated for Febru
ary 1-3 with another record en
rollment anticipated.
A large number of freshmen
and new students is expected to
push the NCC student body near
the 2500 marlc. Some 2340 stu
dents registered last September.
President Alfonso Elder, . . .
whose emphasis at NCC is on
“quality in education,” has
called the expanded eurollment
picture “gratifying.”
Orientation for freshmen and
new students begins Thursday,
February 1, with the adminis
tering of placement tests in
English, mathematics, and
French.
Psychological and reading
tests will be administered Fri
day morning, February 2, and
students will be assigned to ad
visers in the afternoon.
The newcomers will be regis
tered on Saturday, February 3,
and later subjected to “per
sonality inventories” under the
guidance of Dr. Marion Thorpe
chological, and reading tests,
Drs. Charles A. Ray, I. D.
Jackson, Norman Johnson, and
Eunice Newton will be In
charge of English, French, psy
chological, and reading test*
respectively.
Under Dr. Elder, who became
president in 1947, the student
body at North Carolina College
has more than doubled in Size.
There has been a corresponding
expansion in physical facilities
with an increase of from 22 to
36 buildings conservatively
valued at $10,000,000.
The Elder impact, however,,
is perhaps best felt in the edu
cator’s emphasis on “quality."
Nearly two-thirds of the NCC
faculty members have doctorate
degrees, and the college pro
vides undergraduate,' graduate,
and professional training. De
grees offered range from the
bachelor’ degree in several
fields to the Ph.D. in education
and the bachelor of laws.
Although recently retired as president (for 34 years) of How
ard University, Dr. Mordecai Johnson still manages to pack audi
toriums wherever he goes. He is shown above with Echo reporter
Guytanna Horton of Pittsboro, following a vesper address which he
delivered before a crowded B. N. Duke Auditorium.