NCC RECEIVES
$26,2# GRANT
North Carolina College has
been awarded $26,240 by the
National Science Foundation to
conduct a Summer Institute in
Microbiology for College Teach
ers in 1965, Dr. Samuel P. Mas-
sie, president of the college, an
nounced recently.
The five-week institute, sche
duled for the period June 7-July
9, will be directed by Dr. Nell
Hirschberg, professor of biology
at the college, Massie said.
Other members of the faculty
will be Dr. James B. Evans, pro
fessor and head of the bacteri
ology section, North Carolina
State of the University of North
Carolina, Raleigh; Dr. Robert
W. Wheat, assistant professor of
biochemistry, Duke University
Medical Center, Durham; and
Dr. John Schwab and Dr. Harry
Gooder, both associate profes
sors of microbiology at the Uni
versity of North Carolina Chap
el Hill.
Designed to upgrade the
teaching of microbiology, the in
stitute will stress fields in which
changes are occurring most
rapidly—microbial physiology
and genetics, immunology, and
applied microbiology.
The NCC institute, one of 80
varied subject area programs
approved by the National Sci-
(See NCC Receives, Page 6)
Duke Researchist
Speaks To Club
“The Religious Implications
of Parapsychology” was the
topic of a speech by Dr. John
Freeman, research associate in
the parapsychology laboratory
at Duke University, when he
spoke at the second meeting of
the North Carolina College
Baha’i Club, November 22. The
dinner-lecture meeting, held in
the NCC dining hall, was at
tended by members of the newly
formed club and others interest
ed in the subjects of religion
and parapsychology.
The December 13 Baha’i Club
meeting will feature a discus
sion of “Existentialism and the
Meaning of Life” by Dr. Sher
wood Augur, NCC professor of
Education. The meetings, to be
held in the faculty lounge of the
James E. Shepard Library, will
focus first on the election of of
ficers for the school year. A
question-answer and fellowship
period will follow Dr. Augur’s
talk.
The first meeting of the
(See Duke Researchist, Page 4)
Moot Court Team
Enters Semi-Finals
The moot court team of North
Carolina College’s Law School
defeated the University of Rich
mond in the second round of the
Southeastern Regional Moot
Court Competitions held at
Duke University Friday and
Saturday of last week.
The NCC team, consisting of
Frank W. Ballance, John Har
mon, and Eric C. Michaux, lost
in the fourth roimd semi-finala
Saturday to the University of
Virginia team. NCC’s Ballance,
however, received the judges’
award for the best individual
presentation in the fourth round
of arguments.
Duke University, first place
winner, and the University of
Virginia, second place winner,
will represent the Southeastern
Region, which includes law
schools in North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Virginia, at the
fifteenth annual competitions in,
New York in December.
Lemarquis DeJarmon, associ
ate professor of Law, is advisor
to the NCC group.
Campus
Echo
Volume XXIV—Number 3
Durham, North Carolina, November 30, 1964
Price 10c
Nobel Prize Winner Speaks
King Views Approaching End Of Segregation
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
president of the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference,
told a North Carolina College
audience Friday evening,
November 13, 1964 that in a
real sense, “the old order of
segregation is passing away.
The new order of freedom and
human dignity is coming into
being . .
Addressing an overflow
crowd of some 5000 people at
the public appearance in the
college’s gymnasium, the civil
rights leader and 1964 Nobel
Peace Prize winner spoke on
the subject, “Remaining Awake
Through a Great Revolution.”
After the address. King was
nearly mobbed by hundreds of
wildly enthusiastic well-wishers
—some who offered congratu
lations; some who sought auto
graphs; and others who wanted
to “just touch him.”
Asserting in the speech that
a great social revolution is tak
ing place throughout the world,
sweeping away an old order and
bringing into being a new order,
King discussed the emergence
of new, independent nations of
the world.
A great social revolution, he
said, is taking place also in the
United States. “The new order
of freedom and human dignity
is coming into being, and I have
no doubt tonight about the fact
that the system of racial segre
gation is on its death bed. The
only thing that’s uncertain
about it is how costly the segre
gationists will make the funer
al,” he declared.
He suggested four things to
be done by persons who would
“remain awake through a great
revolution:”
AUTOGRAPH SEEKERS—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is nearly
mobbed by well-wishers and autograph seekers following a ^eech
at North Carolina College November 13. Photo shows a small
segment of the hundereds who converged on the civic rights leader,
later necessitating that officers ward off supporters and clear am
exit path for him.
Climaxing a series of appearances in Durham, King, 1964
Nobel Peace Prize winner, address^ an overflow crowd of some
5,000 in the college’s gymnasium.
(1)—“We must achieve a
world perspective,” he Said,
adding that “Through our sci-
e^ntific and technological genius,
we have made of this world a
neighborhood. Now, through our
moral and ethical commitment,
we must make of it a brother
hood. We must all leam to live
together as brothers, or we will
perish together as fools. .
(2)—The second thing to be
done, he said, is that “We must
achieve excellence in our vari
ous fields of endeavor.
It means realizing that we do
have a dilemma because we do
have the legacy of Slavery and
segregation. It means that we
are exactly 344 years behind,
and he who gets behind in a
race must forever remain be
hind or run faster than the man
in front. This is at one and the
same time our dilemma and our
challenge.”
(3)—“We must recognize the
necessity of working passionate
ly and unrelentingly to get rid
of the social evils that are still
with us,” he said as he pre
sented the third imperative.
(4)—“We must realize that
violence and hatred are danger
ous and tragic forces to be alive
in any society,” he warned, in-
(See King Views, Page 5)
Marvel Accents Educational Ties
Letter To Editor
The relationships between
education and national affairs
and education and world affairs
are essentially close ones, says
Dr. William Marvel, principal
speaker for the seventeenth an
nual Founder’s Day program
observed in the R. L. McDougald
Gymnasium, November 2, in
honor of Dr. James E. Shepard,
founder of NCC
Dr. Marvel opened his address
by saying, “I am convinced that
there are many parallels be
tween the drive of the many
newly independent countries to
achieve equality in the family of
nations and the drive of Negro
Americans to reach a position
of rightful equality within this
nation.”
Using as his subject, “The
Triple Threat Force of Edu
cation,” Marvel said that edu
cation is a must for leadership,
liberation, and stability. Also
education is a must for develop
ment, civilization, and moderni
zation. The college is responsible
for playing a role in strengthen
ing the society. North Carolina
College and all other predomin
antly Negro colleges along with
other colleges have this as a
challenge.
Marvel believes that the
failure of America to “climb to
the pinnacle of greatness and
excellence which should be our
destiny” is most hindered by
our failing to realize when a
truly integration is achieved,
both white and colored will
have “to acknowledge our debt
to education.”
Among the participants and
platform guests were Dr. Bas-
com Baynes, chairman. Board
of Trustees of the college; and
other members of tne Board of
Trustees; Dr. Alphonso Elder,
President-Emeritus; Dr. Joseph
A. Pittman, dean of the Under
graduate School; Dr. Marion D.
Thorpe, dean of students; Dr.
Helen G. Edmonds, dean of the
Undergraduate School; Willie
Bryant, register; Dr. Albert L.
Turner, dean of the Law School;
Dr. J. Neal Hughley, college!
minister; Henry G. Elkins, Uni
ted Campus Christian Ministry;
and Asa T. Spaulding, president,
Blake Condemns Preferential Acts
DR. WILLIAM MARVEL
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company.
The college choir sang two
selections, an anthem, “Hallelu
jah Chorus,” from The Mount
of Olives, by Beethoven and a
spiritual, “City Called Heaven,”
arranged by Samuel W. Hill,
director of the choir.
Mrs. Eloise C. Beech, alumnai
and member of the Board of
Trustees, discussed the legacy
of the founder in her present
ation of background on the oc
casion.
The traditional truth and ser
vice ceremony was performed
by President Samuel P. Massie,
Jr., Alumni Association Vice-
President Jefferson R. Snipe
and Student Government As-
(See Marvel Accents, Page 4)
Dear Editor,
The egotism on behalf of the
administration and the seating
arrangement in R. L. McDoug
ald Gymnasium in honor of Dr.
Martin L. King, November 13,
was unforgivable.
Dr. King, who represents
millions of Negro and white
students throughout the nation
that stood up and were counted
in the Negro’s fight for accept
ance, came to NCC to speak to
the students and faculty to
gether. But the overseers found
it feasible to have the faculty
and administration present with
Dr. King and the student played
“second fiddle.”
We students, who fought the
bias in Durham and throughout
the nation; we students that
were insulted, attacked, kicked,
spat upon, and in some cases
urinated on, had to wait in line
behind name figureheads in
honor of Dr. King.
Now, when the person, who has
inspired us to strike out the
injustices came to our campus,
adorned with in victory and
glory we were not even given
a chance to share along with
him in his glory.
We were told, by the appoint
ed personnel, that we could not
sit in the front during this pro
gram because there were other
guests, who were invited to the
program that were supposed to
occupy the seats of students,
who broke their backs for free
dom. Now, this is simply pathe
tic.
I strongly protest this kind
of treatment, for most of us are
former jailbirds and have done
much to make Dr. King what
he is today, by our support and
following.
On the basis of this, I feel that
not only should we have had
any seat in the gymnasium, but
we should have been represented-
(See Blake Condemns, Page 6>
AUDREY SMITH
Audrey Smith
Dies In Accident
Audrey Carolyn Smith, fresh
man, sociology major from Dur
ham, North Carolina was killed,
Sunday, November 1, 1964,
when the automobile in which
she was a passenger was involv
ed in a mishap.
Miss Smith was a 1964 gradu
ate of Hillside High School
where she was an outstanding
and popular student. She is sur
vived by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Smith, of 5 2 2
Lakeland Street; one sister Dol
ly F. Smith; three brothers,
Thomas Smith, Harold Smith,
and host of other relatives.