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Page 6 THE VOICE May 15, 1972 Continued Need For Black Colleges Says Foiiner Harvard College Dean Birmingham, Ala. Phasing out the black college, an organized institution which can effectively further black interests would be idiotic, if not suicidal, declares former Harvard College Dean John Usher Monro. "Seen from inside the black community, our country, for all its creed of equal opportunity is still, very deeply, a racist and oppressive society,” he stated, “and the blacks have pitifully few organizational arrangem?nts for confronting it.”- Monro, who left his Harvard post of nine years in 1967 to be come director of freshman stu dies at Miles College, a black college in Birmingham, made a strong case against a New York Times assertion that there is un- checked “an apparently spread ing conviction, shared by both be lievers in integration and segre- gationists resigned to a new or- der, that black colleges have lost their chief reason for being and all but the strongest should be allowed to die. “I would consider it foolish to think of dropping such in stitutions as the black commun ity possesses on some theory that the white power structure institutions are going to do the necessary job for Black Ameri. ca. Our history as a society runs to the contrary.” The percentage of blacks at tending black colleges has de creased, Monro said. In 1950,80% were enrolled in black colleges. In 1967-68, t])^ had decreasedto 507c, and in 1970, of 450,000 black students in college, about 35'% were in predominantly black schools, he stated. “But if you’re concerned not with percentages but numbers of individual people, you see that we had 90,000 students in black colleges 10 years ago, 150,000 last year, and we face a pro jected 250,000 by 1978, The fact is, we need many more colleges, black and white, not fewer, "To those who would suggest phasing out the black college as an anachronism, I would say I’m ready to do that when they will also phase out white col leges as an anachronism, and lily-white churches, and white corporations and white commu nities, “Black colleges face an in- ternal dilemma over their own priorities. Harshly put it is, ‘do we teach our students to fight the surrounding power structure or to participate in it?’ “I think we must do both thi ngs,” Monro said, “We must teach our students how to survive, how to participate and get ahead in the general society and how to position themselves so they can manipulate the levels of power on behalf of the black communi ty, As I see it, this is no more than General Motors does ev ery day on behalf of its stock holders, or the United Auto Wor kers for its members, “We now have great university centers teaching labor union of ficials how to negotiate effect ively, Why is it we get so up- tight about this old-fashioned American idea just when the black community starts putting it to work?” Although the black schools need money, like all colleges, they also need great mai^jower,” Something like one-seventh to one-tenth of the professors in our great universities go on savva- tical leave every year. If only a fraction of them would lend their talent for a year or two, it would help us enormously and the cost would be manageable. We must change very rapidly our old pat terns of training our young peo- pie as teachers and preachers, and prepare them for all pro fessions. We need teachers of sociology, phychology, business, economics, and truly Afro-Am erican studies. “We need a special breed of teachers who are as much in terested in teaching students as (Continued From Page 1) dates from a number of foreign countries. He will be paid $106 a week, while in the program. Ken Baldwin, personnel mana ger of the company, was im pressed with McPherson’s writ ing ability after having received samples, and called the Voice a “well laid out paper.” The internship was arranged with the help of Voice adviser in teaching a subject. Its the next five years which will count the most, time for us to get our strongest undergraduates throu gh graduate study and back. “What’s in it for the white university? A chance for its pro- fessors to work directly on pro- blems of enormous consequences to our society, to llvt in a black community with black colleagues and students, and find out for themselves what America is really all about.” Douglas McAdoo. McPherson who plans to make journalism a ca- reer says, “I feel I will gain quite a bit of experience this summer, and I’m really look ing forward to it.” While in ser vice he spent six months work ing on the Sars & Stripes Eu ropean Edition and works week- ends now at the Fayetteville Ob- server. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McPherson, Fay- etteville. -Spearman Speaks- Broncos Reminisce By TERECIA MELVIN The 1971-72 school year has been one of change and excite ment at Fayetteville State, with quite a few improvements made. The “Best Little Band in the Land” was doing its thing, the basketball team made it to the CIAA Tournament for the first time in 14 years, the football team had its first winning re cord in 15, and the Rudolph Jones Student Center was final ly completed, just to name a few. Student reaction varied. Janet Lynch of Enfield, her roommate Eva Carpenter of Raeford, both freshmen, and Wayne Gainey, a sophomore from Four Oaks, all feel that the Student Center has made the biggest difference, Janet and Eva “enjoy” the un limited cuts policy, while Wayne says “we still have a few inter- esting instructors” here, citing Mr. Nathaniel as being one of them. A senior, Jerry Covington of Birmingham, Ala,, thinks that the biggest improvement has been in the records of the athletic teams. But he had some unkind thoughts about the athletic com mittee. He feels that the baseball team would have won the CIAA championship if the boys doing practice teaching had been able to make the road trips, “We lost three straight games on the Nor thern trip, he said. “And that kept us from winning.” He also feels that some black teach ers show favoritism towards vet- erans and white students, a view showed by several others. Another senior, Benjamin Cha- plin, feels that the biggest im- provement is that the student body is getting more academic minded. “There is much more studying going on, and the stu dents are more aware,” he said. Duane Shepherd, a freshman from Washington, D.C. , says the biggest improv^ent is the cle aning up of The dope problem. “There aren't any real junkies on this campus, he said. “And if there are, they aren’t able to support themselves any longer.” He would also like to see the Union stay open longer, and thinks the food prices are too high in the dining hall for the “quality and quantity of food we get.” “People are using the tracks quite often now,” Calvin Pope, a junior physical educa- tion major from Fayetteville sa id. “That means tliat there is a cut down on the use of dope, and an increase in wine drinking.” Brenda Truitt, a sophomore English major, compliments The Voice by sayingFSU’s newspaper has made toe biggest improve ment. She is delighted that more issues have been published this year than last, Cheryl Eaglin, a junior physi cal education major, speaks for many when she says the Student Union is the biggest improvement and the most appreciated. Unlike the majority of the students, however, Linda Taylor, a junior English major doesn’t care for the Student Center. She doesn’t know what she expected, but says, “the Student Union isn’t it.” Another who thinks in a sim ilar vein is Sandra Saunders, a freshman from Elizabeth City. She says, “everything seems the same. Nothing is exceptionally good, but nothing is exceptionally bad either. Changes and improve ments have been gradual, there fore, not noticeable.” Richard Brown, a Wilming- ton senior, feels that his life improved because “I now know what a real woman is.” He dis- likes the tendency of some peo ple to be phony, and the problem of communications between stu dents. SOm GRAD SCHCX>LS ARE MORE CHALLENGING THAN OTHERS. It’s graduation day and there you stand... diploma in hand and future in aoubt. You could go on to graduate school. Or you could look for a job in today’s ever-tighten- ing job market. 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