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THE CAMPUS ECHO
March 31, 1965
Student Government Challenged To Communicate
Baker Receives Wise. Scholarship
By James’ A. Williams
North Carolina College’s Stu
dent Government Association
should be complimented for the
work which it is doing to im
prove the welfare of students.
A typical question that students
ask among themselves, however,
is; “Why doesn’t the Student
Government Association inform
students of their functions?”
Attendance Limited
It is true that the Student
Government Association has
been diligently working for im
provements in finances for stu
dent activities, in removal of the
compulsory rule for assemblies,
in extending the curfew hours
for coeds, and in strengthening
the college’s constitution. But
the question arises, “Does the
student body have more con
gressmen absent from meetings
than present?” Attendance has
shown this fact, and to make
matters worse, some of the of-
By Rose M. Kidd
Crowded living conditions
have been one of North Caro-
College’s biggest problems for
several years.
All dormitories except New
Residence Hall, the junior and
senior dormitory, are “stuffed”
with three girls in nearly every
room. The construction of this
building makes it impossible to
accommodate more than two to
the room. The other dormitories
not so fortunate, are rather
small with only two closets to
be shared by three girls.
It is the sincere wish of every
North Carolina College coed
who lives under such dormitory
conditions as these, that some
thing will be done to alleviate
these situations.The new domi-
tory is under construction will
be just what the coeds are wish
ing for.
Each day the banging of the
hammers, the piles of bricks
and boards, the bags of cement,
and the torn up ground are an
swering the problem to the over
crowded women’s dormitories at
North Carolina College.
This commotion, which start
ed approximately three months
ago, occurs on a designated
spot between the Commerce
Building and George Street. It
is none other than sounds from
the construction of the new
dormitory that the freshman
women have dreamed of for
several years. This is their
dreams coming true.
The building, with only the
foundation completed, will be
a young Empire State Building
with nine floors. The build-
ing house 400 women, hav
ing 50 rooms on each
floor. The main floor will
consist of the living quarters for
the Residence Counselor, the of
fice, lounge, a room for social
activities, a powder room, a me
chanical room, a study room
and a men’s bathroom.
The bedrooms will begin on
the second floor, and will con-
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ficials said that the latest was
the best attendance ever record
ed.
SGA Challenged
Come now, my dear honorable
government officials. Open up
your mouths to the masses as
to the aims and objectives of
your governmental organization.
Make known your functions
from McLean Hall to “Mt. Chid-
ley.” Infiltrate the campus. Oh
My! Please don’t forget the poor
orphaned off-campus students.
They want to know more about
your functions; and every North
Carolina College student has a
right to know more about your
functions.
A minority of students on
campus know that you are con
scientiously striving for the
betterment of the North Caro
lina College student body. Yet,
the fact remains that there are
still too few students who know
about these desired objectives.
tinue on the remaining eight
floors. Each girl will have a
desk, bookshelf, closet, and stor
age space. Additionally, it will
be the first dorm on the North
Carolina campus to be equipped
with elevators; two will be pro
vided. But, if the women prefer,
they may use the two stairways
which will serve as automatic
“energy releasers.”
By the end of this school term,
the building will be approxi
mately to the third floor. And
by the beginning of the spring
semester of 1965-66, we are hop
ing to see the freshman women
who have toiled for one semes
ter, walk proudly up the walk
and through the wide stretched
doors of this large, beautiful,
$1,100,000 building that will
answer the wishes and fulfill
the dreams of many North Caro
lina College young women.
Cobb Praises
Student Body
The North Carolina College
student body was called to
gether March 9 to be praised by
Student Government President
Hilton Cobb, for progress made
concerning demands for a great
ly expanded social life, as well
as to register dissatisfaction
about other aspects of college
life.
According to Cobb, student
leaders met with President
Massie after the March 3 de
monstration to discuss several
aspects. At this time, it was
suggested that proposals be
drawn up and presented. Stu
dents have drawn up and ap
proved a code by which they
will be guided. They will feel
free to do what is not in the
code.
An Administration represen
tative states that it is in agree
ment with increased social ac
tivities for students but stresses
proper channels. It is felt that
the college has a responsibility
and should have views of the
parents. In this regard, a letter
has been drafted which will be
sent to parents. Parents will
sign a pledge of approval of dis
approval of the code for their
son or daughter.
Cobb said, “We feel that the
young ladies’ opportunities to
visit off-campus places of en
tertainment would be meaning
less without reasonable hours
to stay there.”
Petitions: Fail
It is a fact that the Student
Government Association has
sent bills and petitions (follow
ing the correct outlined pro
cedures) time and time again
only to have them sent back
classed as irrelevant and in^
dignant. The question arises;
“Does the student body know
this fact?” The answer is “no.”
Incidently, it is a question aa
to whether or not the members
of the Student Congress know
that there exists such a thing
as a Student Congress meeting.
At a recent meeting, upon call
ing the congressional roll, there
were those who seemingly did
not know what was going on in
campus politics. It is a fact that
some students would not know
anything along this line, if you
tried to force information down
their throats with a bayonet.
On the other hand, there is a
vast segment of the ' student
population who would be richly
informed if there were a better
line of conmiunication between
them and the Student Govern
ment Association.
Communication Sought
It is this writer’s opinion that
if the Student Government As
sociation would wake up and
initiate a program of communi
cation between their governing
body and the student body, it
would lead to students on this
campus becoming more concern
ed about campus politics. With
this new awakening of political
concern among students, the
Student Government Associa
tion would find that many of its
aims and objectives would be
more readily carried out by the
college’s administrative body.
Quinton Baker, formen
student leader who transferred
this year to the University of
Wisconsin has received an even
larger scholarship this semester
for his academic excellence.
Baker was nationally acclaimed
last spring as the recipient of
the Winthrop Award, given an
nually to the outstanding young
civil rights leader in the coun
try. Much of last siunmer Quin
ton was jailed in a N. C. prison
camp, but was paroled at the
end of the summer with the
understanding that he would
leave the state. Although he was
offered an opportunity to study
at Harvard University, Quinton
chose to accept a scholarship at
the University of Wisconsin be
cause of that institution’s excel
lent Speech Therapy Depart
ment. Ironically, he is now
majoring in Political Philoso
phy, not Speech Therapy. His
courses include Social and Poli
tical Philosophy, Philosophy of
Law, History of American Poli
tical Theory, Comparative Lit
erature, Modern Dance , and
French.
The University of Wisconsin
has 24.000 students; only about
100 are Negro. There are so
few Negroes in Madison, says
Quinton, that it is impossible
to find a separate Negro resi
dential area.
In recognition of his leader
ship ability. Baker is work
ing part-time as Assistant Pro
gram Director of the Y.M.C.A.
at the University. He has suc
cessfully raised a large sum of
money to be used this spring to
sponsor an exchange program
between the University of Wis
consin and this institution. If it
is approved, the program would
bring U. of Wisconsin students
here for one week during April,
and N.C.C. students would re
turn the visit the following
week. Co-ordinating the pro
gram here at N.C.C. will be
students from the various groups
of the United Campus Christian
Ministry. This would be the
fourth in a series of exchange
United Campus Christian Minis
try. Last spring the program in
volved students from N.C.C.
and the University of Pennsyl
vania. During the spring of
1963 students from Cornell Uni
versity visited N.C.C. In August,
1963, a special seminar was ar
ranged with Harvard University
in which 36 N.C.C. students
spent ten days at Cambridge.
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