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VOLUME 24 NUMBER 11 FAYETTEVILLE, N .C. MAY 12. 1971 . , , , ,
switch board duty
Consultants visit FSU Department of
Business Education and Administration
Pictured above are members of the Department of Business Education and Ad
ministration: Mr. Perry Leazer; Mrs. Beulah Monroe; Mrs. Daisy Lessley
Dr. Grace C. Black, Chairman; Miss Carrie Stokes; and Mr. Josiah Ogbonna!
Mr. Moses S. Walker also serves on this faculty.
Dr. Harding B. Young,
Professor of Management
at Georgia State Univer
sity, and former Dean of
the Graduate School, At
lanta University, visited
the Department of Busi
ness Education and Ad
ministration on Friday,
March 19, to serve as a
consultant regarding the
recently approved pro
gram in Business Ad
ministration.
Dr. Grace C. Black,
Chairman of the Depart
ment, presided over the
activities of the day which
included sessions with
faculty and students. A
Academic De
A concern for the gen
eral absence of communi
cation that exists at Fay
etteville State University,
is the echo of Academic
Dean, Richard Fields.
One of his chief in
terest is the student, ad
visor relationships that
now exist. Dean Fields
believes that a student
should be able to see the
Chairman of his depart
ment and discuss effec
tively his or her problem
concerning the curri
culum. One feasible solu
tion to this problem says
Dean Fields, is to con
duct meeting seminars,
thereby, giving students
close contact with their
respective chairmen.
The use of verbal com-
highlight of the day was
the address during the as
sembly period by Dr.
Young on the topic, “op
portunities for Blacks in
Today's Business
World.” He noted in his
address to the students
and faculty of the Depart-
ment that Blacks com
prise 11 percent of the
current United States
population, of which only
a negligible percent are
employed in business. He
encouraged students to
take advantage of op
portunities for engaging
in business enterprises
and organizations upon
an notes commu
By Mattie Sturgies
m unication instead of
written is a viable way
of alleviating some of the
communication gap at
F.S.U. Dean Fields be
lieves that letters do not
accurately convey the
real message. A definite
system in the University
should be established if
feasible communication
is to be accomplished.
The support of the Ad
ministration, teachers,
and students if needed is
a concrete effort to erase
this problem.
Another paramount
concern of Dean Fields is
the present academic cat
alogue. We do not have a
clear-cut system of cat
aloguing, says Dean
Fields, where a student
knows exactly what sub
completion of their stud
ies at this institution. He
also informed the audi
ence that he was pleas
ed with the progress and
development of the cur
riculum in Business ad
ministration.
Following the assembly
program, a luncheon
meeting with the consult
ant was held at Balen-
tine’s Restaurant. Also
present for the luncheon
were President Charles
“A” Lyons, administra
tive officers, depart
mental faculty, and sev
eral business students.
nicalion gap
jects he should take. He
believes that a catalogue
should be presented that
can be handled without
stress or strain by the
faculty and student body.
There also exists that
need for a fix reconstruc
tion and caliber of in
struction at Fayetteville
State University.
Dean Fields does not
expect dramatic changes
in the system to take
place.. As always, it tak
es time to air and solve
problems. He is ap
pealing to the Admini
stration, faculty, and stu
dents to work, hand in
glove in a special effort
to obliterate these pro
blems at Fayetteville
State University.
By James M. Waters
Ten students at Fay
etteville State University
were released from their
switchboard jobs on April
2, 1971. Some of the stu
dents thought that the rea
son was because they had
participated in the many
protests that the Student
Government Association
had launched against,
what has been constant
ly called, “The Pro
blem”, Charles “A” Ly
ons. Here is what one
student had to say about
the incident.
Maudie Mitchell said,
“We were released from
the switchboard on Fri
day, April 2, 1971. Ros-
coe told one of the switch
board workers not to re
port to work until we had
seen him.
“He wanted to see us
individually but we got
together, and then, his
secretaries told us he was
not in.
“I went to see him
alone the following Mon
day, and he gave me rea
sons for the dismissal.
He said that, “Some stu
dents are not reporting to
work as scheduled; there
fore, the Switchboard is
unworked. He continued,
saying that, “I saw some
of the switchboard work
ers participating in the
march through the Rosen
thal Building.. It seem
ed like he considered
participating in the march
and working for the Ad
ministration Building a
big contradiction. He told
me lastly that, “Mr. Nix
on, the Financial Aid Off
ice head, would send
transferrals soon.”
I talked, secondly, to
Betsy Rodgers, who was
also a switchboard ope
rator. She said that,
“Mrs. McQuain called me
and said, “Mr. Roscoe
asked me to tell all stu
dents switchboard work
ers that they had been re
stricted from work, and
that he would like to see
you all.’
“So we got together
and went over there about
3:30 p.m., but he was
not in. His secretaries
said he had gone to Ra
leigh and would not be
back until 5:15. We wait
ed until about 5:45 and he
still did not show. We
left because we were hun
gry.”
Betsy Rodgers, like
Maudie Mitchell, went to
see Roscoe the following
Monday, April 5, 1971,
alone. She said he gave
two reasons for the dis
missal. He said that, ‘Stu
dents failed to show up to
work, and they partici
pated in the march
through the Rosenthal
Building.’ “We were told
we could pick up new job
assignments, but as of
now, April 19, 1971, I
still don’t have a job.”
“Finally, 1 got it from
the “horse’s mouth.” Mr.
Roscoe said that, “Inabil
ity of students to report
to work on time, to fol
low through on Aeir as
signments were the rea
sons that they had been
dismissed. The switch
board was left open when
someone should have been
there. Som e students
don’t come in nor bother
about calling in.”
"When no one answers
the phone at the Admini
stration Building, it rings
at the Infirmary, and the
nurses can’t afford to stop
working with a patient just
to answer the telephone.”
At this point, I was con
fusedly lost.
Mr. Roscoe ended his
side of the story by stat
ing, “Other people per
form better than students
because their lives, un
like the students’ depend
on the job.”
Founders’ Day observed
Fayetteville State University observed Founders’
Day, April 18, 1971 at 3:30 p.m. The start of the
observance was an academic procession from Charles
W. Chesnutt Library to J. W. Seabrook Auditorium.
The ceremony was climaxed by an address by
Rep. Joy J. Johnson of Fairmont.
Tributes were paid to the Founding Fathers: Robert
L. Harris, Charles W. Chesnutt, George Williams,
Robert F. Fairley and F. E. Smith, and to presidents,
J. W. Seabrook and Dr. Rudolph Jones.
Immediately after the service, a pilgrimage was
made to the monuments of the founders where the
annual placing of floral tributes took place.
Rep. Johnson, who represents the 25th District,
is one of two Blacks serving in the North Carolina
Assembly. He is pastor of the First Baptist and Star
of Bethlehem Baptist churches of Fairmont. He is
also vice president of the General Baptist Convention
of North Carolina.
Fayetteville State is North Carolina’s second oldest
public supported institution, established in 1877. The
forerunner was the Howard School.