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LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR ARE
WELCOMED
Volmne XXI — Number VI
Durham, N. C., Wednesday, February 28, 1962
Price: 20c
^^Best Dressed Girl” Contest Underway
Kathleen Casey, Editor-in-
Chief of Glamour Magazine, to
day announced the opening of
the 1962 “Ten Best Dressed Col
lege Girls in America” contest.
The Campus Eeho has been in
vited by the exclusive magazine
to help find ten outstanding
young women in America by se
lecting the “best dressed girl on
campus” at North Carolina Col
lege. Betty Battle, now an NCC
graduate student, won this honor
in the 1961 contest.
The magazine has set up a
clear standard for selecting the
local best dressed lass. She must
have a good figure, beautiful
I>osture; clean, shining, well^
kept hair; good grooming—not
just neat, but impeccable; a deft
hand with make-up (enough to
look pretty but not overdone);
and a clear understanding of her
fashion type.
Futhermore, the best dressed
girl at NCC must have a work-
able wardrobe plan; individuali
ty in her xise of colors, acces
sories; and an appropriate—^not
rah rah—look for off campus
occasions.
At Echo publication date four
finalists in the local version of
the “best dressed girl” contest
had been announced by college
officials. These four candidates
are Joan White, representing
Annie Day Shepard Dormitory;
Alma Ormond, representing Old
Senior Hall; Yvonne Martin
representing New Residence
Hall; and Barbara Jean Howell,
representing McLean Hall. Two
yet unannounced candidates,
representing Rush Hall and the
Off-Campus Women, will round
off the total six competing
candidates. These candidates
were selected by the residents of
their respective dormitories.
The final contest will be held
March 5, Monday night at 7:00
p.m. in the auditorium of the
Commerce Building. There the
six candidates will model pub-
Icily in a typical campus outfit;
an off-campus daytime outfit;
and a party dress, either full or
cocktail length. The contest will
be judged by three members of
the NCC faculty. Hilton Cobb,
Echo staff member and Presi
dent of the Freshman Class,
will preside at the contest.
The winning candidate will
represent the entire female en
rollment of the college, and she
will be entered in the national
competition.
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Annual Religious Emphasis Week
Will Feature Dr. Vernon T. John
EDUCATOR VISITS NCC—Famed educator, Dr. James Conant, formerly president of Harvard
University, headed a team of educators! visiting the North Carolina College campus last week. The
team investigated the teacher education program. Conant, picture between Dr. William Cartwright
of Duke University, (left) and President Alfonso Elder of North Carolina College, will include his
findings at NCC in a forthcoming book on the status of teacher education in the United States.
Conant Team Probes Teacher Education At NCC
A team of experts on educa
tion, headed by Dr. James B. Co
nant, former president of Har
vard University, recently met
with faculty members of thd
NCC Department of Education
to discuss the teacher education
program at NCC.
The Conant team is sponsored
by the Carnegie Corporation of
New York City and it is making
a two-year study on the educa
tion of American teachers. The
team is visiting various types of
schools in 15 states in order to
get the total picture of teacher
training in the United States.
The team met with NCC
faculty members Dr. R. B.
Browne, Dean G. T. Kyle, Dr.
J. A. Pittman, Dr. Norman
Johnson, and Dr. Walter Brown,
who, from the standpoint of ser
vice, have worked longest in
teacher education at NCC. This
group discussed courses in stu
dent teaching.
Following this meeting, the
Conant team, the members of
the Education staff, the Coimcil
on Teacher Education and cer
tain student teachers attended a
coffee hour in the lounge of the
Education Building.
At eleven o’clock Dr. Conant
and members of his staff met
with Dr. Paul Smith, Dr.
William Smith, and Mrs. Octavia
Knight to discuss courses in the
area of “the pupil” which are
required of all candidates in
the field of teacher education.
Afterwards, they met with Dr.
Sherwooc^ Augur and Mr. T. J.
Mayberry to discuss the social
foundations in education in
other courses at NCC.
Dr. Conant and his staff were
luncheon guests of the Execiltive
Committee and the Department
of Education.
Members of the team are Dr.
E. A. Dunham, head of the Edu
cation Department of Duke Uni
versity; Dr. Jeremiah Finch of
Princeton University; Dr. Robert
Carbone, who recently received
a degree from Chicago Univer
sity; and Dr. John I. Goodlad of
the University of California at
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Coed Weekend Set
The thirteenth annual Coed
Week-end is set for March 9-11,
1962 on the North Carolina Col
lege campus. The theme for this
year is “North Carolina College
Women View New Frontiers—■
College, Community, and the
World.”
The activities will begin Fri
day, March 9, with a Coffee and
Conversation Hour at which
time Dr. Catherine Caldwell
will address women student lea
ders. Following the hoiur,,. a
movie on make-up and personal
grooming will be shown.
A symposium will begin the
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“We Believe ... In What?” is
the theme for the observance of
Religious Emphasis Week, at
North Carolina College, March
25-29.
Dr. Vernon John, of Peters
burg, Va. will highlight the ob
servance as guest speaker af;
Vespers, Sunday, March 25. Dr.
John is the former pastor of the
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church,
once pastored by Martin Luther
King in Montgomery, Ala. He is
also the former President of the
Virginia College Seminary in
Lynchburg, Va. Dr. John is the
editor and publisher of the
Second Century Magazine on
the life and history of Negroes
in America.
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Dr. Pauling Will Address Vesper
One of this generation’s great
est scientific minds will be on
campus on Sunday and Monday,
March 4-5. He is Linus Pauling
from the California Institute of
Technology, professor of chemis
try and chairman (1937-58) of
Chemistry and Chemical Engi
neering.
Dr. Pauling has been a visi
ting professor at Oxford Uni
versity, University of Illinois,
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology and at many other col
leges and universities. In addi
tion to holding the Nobel Prize
(1954), he has received the fol
lowing awards; American
Chemical Society Award in Pure
Chemistry, Nichols Medal,
Gibbs Medal, Richards Medal,
Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal,
Avogadro Medal, Pasteur Medal,
Pierre Fermat Medal, Sabatier
Medal and the Davy Medal of
the Royal Society.
For discoveries in medicine
Dr. Pauling holds medals from
the National Nephrosis Founda
tion and the American College
of Physicians. He has received
honorary doctorate degrees from
sixteen universities, including
Chicago, Princeton, Yale, Cam
bridge, Oxford, London, Paris
and Berlin. He is a member of
academies of science in 12 coun
tries.
Dr. Pauling was president of
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GRANTS FOR SUMMER STUDY—Seven members of the North Carolina College faculty have
been awarded scholarships for summer study under a §10,000 grant to the college from the Danforth
Foundation. Pictured above, the grantees include (seated ,left to right) Marian Thorne, to study educar-
tional psychology at the University of Pennsylvania; Omeda Livingston, Spanish, art and painting.
University of Madrid, Spain. The other grantees (standing, left and right) Dr. Stewart B. Fulbright,
philosophy and logic. University of Pennsylvania; Earl Sanders, history, University of Indiana; Jean
Norris, philosophy. University of Michigan; Dr. Ruth N. Horry, anthropology and modem art. Univer
sity of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Robert W. John, creative writing, University of Massachusetts.