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\ Hayworth L. Bradley, a senior at NGC from High Point, N. has been awarded a Veterans Administration Scholarship of $2,490 to pursue doctoral studies in psychology at the University ofi Massachuseftsv Bradley is shown discussing his award with Eva F. Ray, assistant professor of psychology at NCC. Bosier, Icard, Bradley Win Grants Three North Carolina College seniors, two with a major in mathematics and one with a ma jor in psychology, have beeri awarded fellowships and grants for graduate study during the next calendar year at leading universities in the country. Edward Bosier of Wilmington, N. C. has been awarded a Southern Education Foimdation- Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. He will study this summer at the University of Oklahoma. He will receiye tuition, room and beared, and other fees. Beginning September he will continue his studies at the University of Michigan, where he will devote himself to full time study to ward a degree in pure mathe matics. For the nine months, Bosier will receive $1500 stii>- end, tuition and fees. He also been named a Danforth Fellow for the year 1962-63. This fel lowship is renewable for four years. The stipend is $1,500 for nine months, tuition and fees. He has been Managing Editor of the Campus Echo, is listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universdties, is now proofreader for the Echo, is president of Beta Kappa Chi Honorary Scientific Society. For the past two years Bosier has been the imdergradu- ate assistant to the chairman of the Department of Mathen^tics. Fred Icard of Lenior, N. C. has been awarded a stipend of $2,250, tuition, and fees by th© Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin and the Army Mathematics Research Center. He will study toward a degree in Applied Mathematics. Beginning September, 1962, he! will devote full time study to ward his degrees and in June and July will be a research as sociate in Army Mathematics Research Center. He is listed in Who’s \,Who in American Col- (cotninued on page 8) 206 On Honor Roll For First Semester Some 206 students, including 7 with all A’s and 40 who made the Dean’s List, are currently on the honor roll at North Caro lina College. The honor roU, which records first semester academic perfor mance at NCC, was released here recently by Mrs. Frances Eagleson, registrar. It shows 29 of the 206 students as natives of Durham, N. C., and lists top students from several other states, including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vir ginia. The James E. Shepard Me morial Foundation will award 10 $800 scholarships in 1962-63 to able and deserving students td attend North Carolina College, it was announced here today. James T. Taylor, executive di rector of the .Foundation, said the grants will be paid in equal installments of $200 per year to cover all tuition costs for a full four year period. The latest in a series of grants was made possible, Taylor said, by awards to the Foundation from the Mary Babcock Rey nolds Foundation, the Zack Smith Reynolds Foundation, and other private donors. To qualify for the awards, stu dents must have maintained an' average of “B” or above in their high school work, must be of good moral character, in need of financial assistance, and must Carnp^^ Echo Volume XVI—Number VIII Durham, N. C., Monday, April 30, 1962 Price 20c 10 Students Announce Candidacy For SG Offices Ten students have announced their candidacy for positions in the 1962-63 Student Govern ment. Elections are to be held May 4. Contending for the presi dent of the SG are John Avent, Sidney Verbal and Linwood Walker. The vice-presidency is sought by Carrie Bames, James Ferguson, Jean Harrington and Charles Weeks. For Ethiopian Project John Avent John Avent, junior chemistry major from Nashville, N. C., strongly advocates the improve ment of student-administration relationships and an improve ment in the school’s health ser vices. In a statement to the press Avent said “I do not pro pose to strive to eliminate all of the administration’s policies on student activities but to work Marion Lyncli Called By Peace Corps Honor student Marian E. Lynch of North Carolina College has been accepted for service in the Peace Corps. The first NCC student to re ceive such an appointment, Marian will be assigned to a Peace Corps project in Ethiopia. She will work in her specialty, home economics, in which she hopes “to be of some service to the people of Ethiopia as well as to my own coimtry.” A native of Enfield, N. C., Marian is a graduate of Eastman High School of that city. She is the oldest of 7 children of Mr. , and Mrs. Henry M. Lynch of, Enfield. The salutatorian of her high school graduating clast\ she was also active in the New Home Makers of America, journalism, and the Home Economics Club. At NCC, she is a past presi dent of the Home Economics Club and is active in the House Council, the Social Science Club, the Sunday School, the student newspaper, the NAACP, and thei Student Government Associ ation. She has worked her way through college by serving in the college’s dining hall. Marian also received a tuition scholar ship in 1961-62. Her hobbies are reading, sew ing, photography, “and meeting people.” Marian expects to teach home economics in Ethiopia, speciali zing in foods, clothing, and nu trition. She will spend three months in Puerto Rico next sxmi- mer in training for her overseas assignment. The North Carolina College coed was informed of her ap pointment this week by Sargent Shriver, Jr., director of the Peace Corps. (continued on page 4) along with this body to improve the perplexities that now exist between students and the ad ministration. I believe the situ ation can be improved only by a leader who uses as his chief wea pons comprehension and tact. And I believe I am just the man to employ these abilities to their full utility.” As to qualifications lor office holding, Avent is President of the Junior Class, and President of the Men’s Dormitory Council. Sidney Verbal In a surprise move Sidney Verbal, Durham art major, an nounced his contention for the presidential office of the SG. Verbal, relatively unknown in campus politics, hopes to see a split in the votes between Avent and Walker; this he feels will give hinj a majority between the three. Though of a dim political past, this graduate of Hillside High has established a radical campaign platform. He strongly criticizes past student govern ment administrations and par ticularly the one • now reigning, (continued on page 7) African Exhibition Opens On May 1 An {important educational’ exhibition entitled “TROPICAL AFRICA; An Explosioji). into the Future,” may be seen at thel James E. Shepard Memorial Li brary on May 1 and will con tinue through May 22. The exhi bition is based on a comprehen sive survey, seven years in the making, by The Twentieth Cen tury Fund, New York, and is be ing circulated throughout the United States by the Smith sonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Designed by Charles Forberg Associates, New York, the exhi bition is comprised of photo graphs and text taken from the two authoritative volumes. Tro pical Africa, recently published by the Fund. The author, George H. T. Kimble, who re signed as Director of the Ameri can Geographical Society to \m- dertake this study, is now Chair- ' man of the Department of Geography at Indiana Univer sity; he drew upon contributions from 46 specialists and scholars and himself visited Africa many times during the course of thei project. From it, one is made sharply aware of the 600 dif ferent groups of people living in Africa, the diversity of the land and the richness of natural re-i sources, as well as the economic, political and social revolution taking place, a revolution which Westerners can no longer afford to ignore since Africa now occu pies a pivotal role in the future of the world. As Kimble has written: “Self-interest—to in- (continued on page 5) 10 To Receive Shepard Scholarships be recommended by either the principal or a responsible com mittee at the high schools which they have attended. An average of “B” is also re quired for annual renewals, Taylor said. The Shepard Foundation was established as a memorial to the late Dr. James E. Shepard, foimder and first president of NCC, shortly after his death here in 1947. It has already awarded 120 scholarships to de serving students. In addition to Taylor, retired professor of psychology at NCC who serves as executive director, officers of the Foundation in clude Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Sr., president; H. M. Michaux, vice president; Dr. A. T. Spaulding, treasurer; and Mrs. Vergle Davis, secretary. TBOFICM. AFBI€A MlfDISr Setting the stage for the exhibition, “Tropical Africa: An Explosion Into The Future” are, (left to right) Mrs. J. Neal Hughley, Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements; Mr. Victor Maafo, from Ghana; Mr. Obiima Ogueri, from Nigeria; Mrs. John R. Manley and Mrs., Edward V. Ellis, Co-Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements^ Mr. Maafo and Mr. Ogueri are matriculating at NCC.
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