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ISovember 26
(1:00 P.M.) -
December 1
Durham, North Carolina, Thursday, October 31, 1968
MISS BESSIE BECKWITH
RALEIGH COED CROWNED MISS NCC
Bessie Beckwith, a senior
from Raleigh, North Carolina,
was crowned Miss NCC by Presi
dent A. N. Whiting in the B. N.
Duke Auditorium, October 19.
Bessie won the title by popular
vote in the spring election.
Bessie is a graduate of Ligon
High School in Raleigh where
she participated in the National
Honor Society, Marionette Social
Club, Glee Club, and Y-Teens.
The new Miss NCC is a Soci
ology major. She is a member
of the Delta Sigma Theta Soror
ity, the Alpha Kappa Delta Na
tional Sociological Honor Socie
ty and. Student Government As
sociation. She has also been
elected to Who’s Who Among'
Students in American Universi
ties and Colleges.
Bessie is the daughter of Mr.
Melvin Beckwith. She lives with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Haywood.
After the coronation, a recep
tion was held in the Alfonso
Elder Student Union Building
and a ball in the Women’s Gym
nasium in her honor.
Patricia Meddling and Lillian
Monk served as Bessie’s at
tendants. Miss NCC’s court
consisted of Miss Freshman,
Tiwanda Nivens; Miss Sopho
more, Sylvia England; Miss Jun
ior, Marguerita Davis; Miss Sen
ior, Dianne Harper; Miss Alpha
Phi Omega, Shirley Watford;
Miss Kappa, Jocelyn Cordice;
Miss Omega Psi Phi, Betty
Drumgold; and Miss Alpha Phi
Alpha, Mary Bentley.
The coronation was sponsored
by the Student Government As
sociation.
NCC QUALIFIES FOR SLOAN GRANT
Concurrent with the recent
visit of Morris DeLisser, Consul
tant, Phelps Stokes Fund, Presi
dent Albert N. Whiting, an
nounced the receipt of $22,429
from the Sloan Foundation in
matching money covering the
six-month period of February
through July.
The Alfred P. Sloan Founda
tion has made available to North
Carolina College $30,000 in
matching money to encourage
increased giving by the Col
lege’s alumni and friends over
a two-year period.
To get the matching gift the
College must match the gift
with contributions from alumni
local and in state contributions.
For every two dollars raised
(See NCC Qualifies, Page 4)
COMING EVENTS
Monday, November 4—Found
er’s Day
Wednesday, November 13, 7:30
p.m. — Film —“The Delin
quents”
Friday, November 15, 8:00 p.m.
—Movie — “Guns of Na-
varone”
Wednesday, November 20, 7:30
p.m. — Film — “Synanon
in Prison”
Saturday, November 23, 1:00
p.m. — Tournament Day —
Table Tennis, Pool and Pi
nochle Trophies Awarded
Tuesday, November 26 —
Thanksgiving Holidays — begin
at 1:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 28 —
Thanksgiving Day Classic
Biggers Named
Dean Of Women
By ROSELINE McKINNEY
An N.C.C. ■ woman’s dress,
ideals and principles “should
be like an address on an enve
lope—something to direct the
message to where she wants it
to go” is the philosophy of Dean
Alma F. Biggers.
Mrs. Alma F. Biggers, Dean
of Women, is an N. C. C. alum
na. She received her B.A. and
M.A. degrees in Counseling and
Guidance. _
She has worked actively in
counseling centers and in the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Program for at least five years.
She taught Engligh one summer
at Mary Potter High School in
Oxford. In the summer of 1966,
she worked at Robbins AFB in
Macon, Georgia.
After working at the Em
ployment Security Commission
for a number of years she decid
ed to return to Counseling and
Guidance.
She also received a grant from
the American Association of
University Women in Washing
ton, D. C. to attend George
Washington University one sum
mer.
H
Dean Biggers has been work
ing with students pratically all
her life. Aside from serving as
dean, she is closely connected
with the school choir. Feeling
that “all things are possible
through God,” she invites all
young men and women to come
and worship with her each Sun
day.
Students Faculty
Visit Art Show
An unique exhibition entitled
“The Great Age of Fresco Giotto
to Pontormo” will be on display
at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York on November
7-15.
This show brings to America
for the first and only time works
which exemplify one of the
greatest periods of Western art
in a medium which is almost
completely without represente-
tion in American collections and
museums.
The works were lent as a gen
erous gesture by the Italian gov
ernment to acknowledge outside
aid in the aftermath of the dis
astrous flood which swept Flor
ence in 1966. Fine pieces by
Giotto, Pierdello Francesca,
Andrea del Sarto, Fra Angelico,
Andrea del Castagno, Jacopo
Pontormo will be shown.
Instructors and students going
from NCC are Miss Lana Thomp
son, Mr. Sam Moline, and Mr.
N. E. Pendagraft of the Art De
partment, and Marilyn Alston,
Bobby Jones, Franklin Beuvell,
James Biggers, Ledell Flynn
and Diane Speas, all art majors.
They will leave September 7
and will tour the Guggenheim
Museum and the Whitney Mu
seum.
STUDENTS FOR HUMPHREY
Students Attend Rally For Humphrey
Hands swinging and students
singing were symbols of the all-
out efforts of a contingent of
400 NCC students to back Vice
President Hubert Humphrey.
The students loaded seven buses
October 2, enroute to the Char
lotte Coliseum where they
participated in the Humphrey-
Muskie campaign. The rally was
termed ‘‘the biggest thing that
has ever
Coliseum.”
hit the Charlotte
Officers of the Student Or
ganization for Humphrey- Mus-
kie are: William Murphy, presi
dent; Wayne Roberts, vice presi
dent; Delores Benton, secretary;
Yvonne Myers, assistant secre
tary; Chappell Felder, treasurer;
and Perry Massey and Earl
Leatherberry, public relations
agents.
WALLACE RALLY HELD IN DURHAM
By ESTHER SILVER
George Wallace, the American
Independent Party’s presidential
candidate, brought his campaign
to Durham, Thursday, October
24, and was greeted by a crowd
of supporters and disatutcrs.
Among the dissenters gathered
in the parking lot of the Durham
City Police Station were about
300 NCC students.
Wallace began his traditional
speech my lashing out at college
students, professors, his oppon
ents, Richard Nixon and Hubert
Humphrey, the federal govern
ment, and the hippies. He gave
the students and professors his
favorite label “anarchists” and
stated, “The anarchists had bet
ter have their day now because
after November 5, they’re
through.”
He continued his remarks
Boycott Effects
Not Revealed
A representative of the Dur
ham Merchants Association re
cently said that no one person
would be able to give the Echo
an official report on the effects
that the current boycott in Dur
ham is having. This is the only
answer that we have received
from “the man.”
Whether or not the effects
have been too small to be tabu
lated remain to be known.
Since the Eagles were asked
to support the boycott, it may
seem discouraging that we can
not find out how well we are
doing. Lacking official word on
the boycott’s success or failure,
we can be sure that somebody
knows, whether that somebody
lets us know or not. If no one
person will let us know, and we
certainly will not be able to
attend a meeting of the entire
Merchants Association, there is
only one way to be absolutely
sure of the boycott’s effects and
its success: SUPPORT THE
BOYCOTT.
aimed at these groups — “I
don’t know what they teach in
the colleges now, but they ought
to teach them how to behave in
a crowd,” — “I am going to get
rid of professors, some preachers
and some bureaucrats that look
down their noses at you and say
you don’t know where to send,
your child.” He also remarked
that a few of the students would
end up being dragged by the
hair to a good jail where they
belonged.
At this point, some of the
crowd shouted, “We want Wal
lace,” and others shouted “Seig
Heil,” and NCC students waved
their placards saying, “ ‘Wallass’
Got Soul,” “ ‘Wallass’ is Black”
and “ ‘Wallass’ is our Boy!”
A scuffle erupted after this
demonstration. NCC students
complained that someone, ap
parently Wallace supporters,
sprayed them with mace.
Wallace evoked much ap
proval from the crowd when he
aimed at “the Establishment,”
the Republicans and Democrats,
the Supreme Court and gave his
pledge of law and order and
(See Wallace Rally, Page 4)
Morehouse Prof.
Lectures At NCC
Dr. Samuel W. Williams, Profes
sor of Philosophy and College
Minister at Morehouse College,
will deliver a series of lectures
at NCC, November 18-20 on
“The Role of Religion in Human
Affairs.” Dr. Williams will ap
pear before class combinations,
conduct seminars, engage in
domitory discussions, and de
liver a main lecture. There will
also be luncheons with students
and faculty.
Professor Williams will ad
dress himself to such themes as
“The Black Man’s Religion,”
“Christianity, Communism and
the Demand for Social Change”
and “Questions the Present
Generation is Asking About
Religion.” These lectures are be
ing sponsored by the Religious
Activities Committed.