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Volume XXXIV — Number V
Durhab, North Carolina, Friday, January 28, 1966
Price Ten Cents
NCC Grad Becomes 2nd Lieutenant
Peggie A. Murphy, daughter Corps. Included among the
Leaves for Naval Academy
Dr. Samuel P. Massie Resigns As NCC President
of Mr. and Mrs. Zollie Murphy,
Rt.l, Rocky Mount, N. C.; grad
uated from the Women’s Army
Corps Officer Basic Course as
a second lieutenant during
ceremonies held on December
17. She is a graduate of North
Carolina College.
Major General William A.
Cunningham, III, Commanding
General, IV U. S. Army Corps,
PEGGY A MURPHY
Biraiingham, Ala., was the
speaker ai tfii' graduation
ceremony. Diplomas were pre
sented to the 54 graduates by
Colonel Emily C. Gorman, Di
rector, U. S. Women’s Army
Code Commission
Created By Daye
Charles E. Daye, president of
the Student Government As
sociation has, for the first time,
used the executive order to cre
ate a commission to supervise
the Code that came into effect
this year. The Code establishes
voluntary regulations for stu
dents concerning visitation at
establishments off-campus and
liberalizes regulations for coeds
concerning riding in private
cars.
By the executive order, which
does not need approval of the
Student Congress, the presi
dents of the four classes and
Women’s and Men’s Assembly
will be members of the Com
mission, with Daye as ex officio
member. This mean that Collin
Bull, Senior Class president and
Men’s Assembly president; Isiah
Tidwell, Junior Class president;
Roger Reddick, Sophomore
Class president; Maurice Mayo,
Freshman Class president; and
Joyce Perry, Women’s Assem
bly president will comprise the
membership of the Commission.
Daye commented that, “The
Board of Trustees will review
the Code in May of this year.
I believe that such an official
commission will aid us in con
vincing the members of the
Board of Trustees of the faith
we place in ourselves and in
the Code. As we have not had
any problems and do not antici
pate any, the Commission will
not have any work to do, I
hope. However, we ought to
have a body ready to act if any-
problems should arise un
der the Code. The Commission
will serve this purpose.”
graduates were two members of
the Ground Self Defense Force
of Japan and one member of
the Republic of South Viet-Nam
Women’s Armed Forces Corps.
For Women’s Army Corps of
ficers the gap between civilian
and officer is bridged by the
WAC Basic Course—an 18-
week training program given at
the home of the Women’s Army
Corps — Fort McClellan, Ala.
Academic work is designed to
familiarize newly commissioned
college graduates and selected
enlisted women with the funda
mentals of Army administra
tion, stressing practical appli
cation to develop leadership.
Students study the responsibili
ties and duties of both troop
and staff officers.
While attending this course
Lieutenant Murphy participated
in one week of practical leader
ship training in a basic training
company at the WAC Training
Battalion. During practical
exercises, students are delegated
duties requiring them to utilize
classroom instruction and have
the opportunity to observe ex
perienced oftficws ^ and non
commissioned officers.
Upon completion of the
course, officers perform super
visory or administrative duties
at detachments, posts and sta
tions in the United States and
overseas, or may attend one of
the many service schools where
they receive specialized train
ing. Lieutenant Murphy’s first
assignment will be at Head
quarters and Headquarter Com
pany, U. S. Women’s Army
Corps Center, Fort McClellan,
Alabama.
Dr. Samuel P. Massie resign
ed his position January 19 as
president of North Carolina
College during a regular meet
ing of the college’s board of
trustees.
Accepting Massie’s resigna
tion effective June 30, the
board granted him a leave of ab
sence with full salary begin
ning February 1, thanking him
for his services to the college
and wishing him well in future
endeavors. Massie, 46, and the
third president of the 55-year-
old institution, did not comment
on reasons for submitting his
resignation or his plans for the
future.
Bascom Baynes, chairman of
the board, said he plans appoint
ing a selection committee soon
to make recommendations of
persons to fill the 5-7,000-a-year
post by July 1. In the mean
time, the board named an in
terim committee to perform the
duties of the presidency begin
ning Feb. 1 in Dr. Massie’s ab
sence. William Jones, business
manager at the college, is chair
man. Other members are Dr.
Helen G. Edmonds, dean of the
graduate school, and Dr. Wil
liam H. Brown, professor of
education and former dean of
the graduate school.
Baynes was quoted by a Dur
ham newspaper as inaicating
later that Massie’s resignation
was not entirely unexpected. “I
can’t speak for the board as to
whether or not his resignation
was expected. As for myself, it
was expected in a way. I had
heard comments about his possi
ble resignation from others but
had heard nothing directly from
him.”
He is quoted as saying, “Dr.
Massie has been the finest man
in the world to work with. I
hate to see him leave, but it was
on the friendliest of terms,” he
Model UN Delegation Selected
The Department of Political
Science of North Carolina Col
lege will represent Ghana and
Brazil at the model United Na
tions of the Middle South,
which will begin at Duke Uni
versity Wednesday evening,
February 9 and continue
through Saturday noon, Febru
ary 12.
This activity is sponsored by
the Department of Political Sci
ence and administered by the
Political Science Club through
its Collegiate Council for t he
U. N. Committee chairman. It
is supported by the Student
Government Association.
There are four members on
each of the two delegations.
The delegation for Ghana is
composed of Joseph Sampson,
chairman, also CCU chairman;
Charles Howard; Clifford Haye
and Lonnie Hatley. The dele
gation for Brazil is composed
of William Nance, chairman;
See Model UN, page 7
reportedly commented.
The board meeting and sub
sequent developments occurred
on the second day of the one-
week examination period for
fall semester classes. Hence,
many segments of the campus,
on which 2,700 students are en
rolled, were unaware of any un
usual activity.
A native of Little Rock, Ark.,
Dr. Massie was graduated from
Dunbar Junior College in Little
Rock as an associate in arts and
received the B.S. degree two
years later from Arkansas A.M.
and N. College in 1938. He
earned the M.S. degree in chem
istry at Fisk University in 1940.
His work toward a doctorate
at Iowa State College was in
terrupted by World War II; he,
nevertheless received the Ph.D.
in organic chemistry from that
institution in 1946.
In 1946-47, he was an instruc
tor in chemistry at Fisk Uni
versity. In 1947, he went to
Langston University in Oakla-
homa as professor of chemistry
and remained until 1953 at
McKissick Picked
As Core Director
By B»*fsv Washinffton
Floyd B. McKissick, a 43-
year-old Negro lawyer from
Durham, N. C., was named by
CORE’S National Action Coun
cil to succeed James Farmer,
who will leave March 1 after
five years in the post to lead a
National Literacy Campaign.
McKissick states that he did
not intend to change any of
core’s non-violent, direct ac
tion, or demonstration tactics,
but would argue them with new
Model United Nations delegates are James Page, Charles How
ard, William Nance, Lonnie Hatley, and Joseph Sampson.
Floyd B. McKissick
techniques “that will be deve
loped from time to time.”
He attended Morehouse Col
lege, North Carolina Col
lege, and the University of
North Carolina. He holds the
A. B. and the LL.B degrees.
One day in 1927, a 4-year-old
boy scrambled aboard an almost
empty streetcar. In the eyes of
the admiring boy, the best seat
was behind the conductor. “And
that,” recalls McKissick, “is
when I first realized that this
is two worlds we live in—the
white man’s world and the
black man’s hell.”
Reeling from the conductor’s
spate of curses, the child who
was to become National Chair
man of the Congress of Racial
See McKissick Picked, page 2
Dr. Samuel P. Massie
which time he was chairman of
the Department of Chenjistry,
From 1953 until 1962 he was
chairman of the Department of
Chemistry at Fisk, winning the
Manufacturing Chemists’ Asso
ciation’s National Award in 1961
for “outstanding teaching in the
field of chemistry.”
In 1962, he left Fisk to be
come associate program director
for undergraduate science edu
cation of the National Science
Foundation in Washington, ad-
miniiiteiing a buaget of sonie
$8 million. He also served part-
time in 1962-63 as chairman of
the Department of Pharmaceuti
cal Chemistry at Howard Uni
versity.
Massie became the third pre
sident of North Carolina on
September 1, 1963, following the
retirement of Dr Alfonso Elder,
now president emeritus, who
headed the institution for fifteen
years. Dr. Elder had succeeded
Dr. James E. Shepard, founder
of the college in 1910 and its
president until his death in
1947.
SGA Expresses
Concern for NCC
The Student Government
views the present situation at
North Carolina College with
grave concern and is cautiously
scrutinizing the turn of events.
We are naturally concerned
about the administrative cli
mate and its resultant effect on
the well-being of the students.
While we view with deference
the decision of the Board of
Trustees, we regret that many
of the ills that led to Dr. Mas
sie’s resignation apparently are
left untouched. We also regret
the omission in the composi
tion of the Interim Committee
of any person who works di
rectly with the undergraduate
body.
We shall continue to coope
rate with college authorities
and to seek the best interests of
the students and the college.
We shall diligently pursue our
already planned programs, al
tering them only in face of ne
cessity.
The Student Government, on
behalf of the student body, con
gratulates Dr. Massie for his
achievements. We eagerly and
cautiously await the appoint
ment of his successor.