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VOL. 27 NO. 9
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
MAY 31, 1973
DR. DELANY ADDRESSES
235 GRADUATES
Two hundred and thirty-five
seniors were awarded degrees
at the 96th Connmencement Ex
ercises held by Fayetteville
State University, Sunday, May
13.
An overflow crowd at the
Cumberland County Memorial
Auditorium heard Dr. Harold
Delany, Vice - President, Stu
dent Services and Special Pro
grams, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, deliver
the principal address.
Dr. Harold Delany, told 235
graduates at Fayetteville State
University to accept the
“baton” of the future and “run
with it,”
Dr. Delany said the graduat
ing student of today is indebt
ed to the past and responsible
for the future.
“Although confidence, as
pride does, finds its roots in
the past, confidence feeds on
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FSU Provided Documents In Support Of
DORMITORY NEEDS
“Fayetteville State Univer
sity has provided documentation
justifying the need for the 450-
student dormitory”. Chancel
lor Charles “A” Lyons, Jr.
stated today.
Chancellor Lyons was speak
ing in response to the concern
expressed by some members
of the General Assembly that
some universities in the state
system are having difficulty
getting students to live in dor
mitories.
According to Chancellor Ly
ons, Fayetteville State Univer
sity does not have that prob
lem. According to the Chancel
lor’s statement, “Fayetteville
State University’s student en-
rollent has increased from a
little over 1100 students when
I arrived in 1969 to 1,645 stu
dents in the fall of the 1972-73
academic year. Our dormitor
ies were designed for two per
sons to a room and for the past
three years many of these
rooms have housed three per
sons. In addition, we have more
than 200 students living in the
Fayetteville - Cumberland a-
rea who are natives of other
cities and who would desire to
live on campus, but there is
no space for them.”
“We have a housing problem
on campus and Fayetteville
State needs this dormitory,”
Dr. Lyons added. The city has
an ‘acute housing shortage’, ac
cording to the most recent nei
ghborhood study of the Cum
berland County Joint Planning
Board, short more than 8,000
adequate housing units for fam
ilies.
Dr. Lyons said that all of
these facts and others have
been forwarded to the Central
Administration of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. More
over, the justification for this
dormitory was presented to the
Advisory Budget Commission
when they visited the FSU cam
pus in 1970 and the 1971 Gen
eral Assembly approved the
construction of this dormitory.
“It appears that we will
have the students living three
in a room during the 1973-74
academic year and we will need
the assistance of the Fayette
ville community in finding hous
ing for others”. Dr. Lyons con
cluded.
HoUings Approves Student Assistant Funds
Senator Fritz Holllngs, D-S.C., applauded Congressional approval of student assistance funds
for higher education.
Commenting on the Senate’s approval of the conference report on Urgent Supplemental Appro
priations, Hollings said: “For the past three years I have tried to make these student assistance
funds available early enough for students to know where they stand before leaving for summer va
cation.”
Observing that he had previously been successful in obtaining these funds Hollings stated that the
main problem has always been one of timing. “Until this year we have not been able to make these
funds available before the end of the school year, which meant the students left school uncertain
about their future educational funds. This tardiness has precluded the kind of comprehensive fin
ancial planning that the college financial officers feel is needed. Action today on next year’s funds
will provide the time we need.”
With the question of governmental spending very much an issue, Hollings reiterated his sup
port of efforts to control spending. “I have worked for a Congressional ceiling on spending and our
Appropriations Committee has endorsed a budget $1.6 million lower than what the Administration
has requested. For student assistance the Supplemental appropriates $872 million which is pre
cisely the amount requested by the President.”
However, criticizing the Administration’s failure to fund National Student Defense loans Holl
lngs indicated the committeehad redistributed funds within the $872 million figure in order to con
tinue the loan program at $269.4 million. Hollings stated “the direct loan program has been the
backbone of our student assistance system. Last year in South Carolina alone over 900 students
attended college because of this program and during the last 5 years a total of 4,600 South Caro
lina youths obtained assistance under this program. It makes no sense to eliminate a proven pro
gram that has benefitted so many. In addition we funded the work study program at a slightly high
er level than requested. We obtained these funds by reducing funds for the Basic Opportunity Grant
program (BOG). The BOG program is new, and since it cannot be implemented prior to the end of
the school year, my priorities and those of the Congress are to continue funds for the programs
that have shown they can do the job. Otherwise it will be like Bossie the Cow who filled her pail
with milk and then knocked it over.”
Mi
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MISS FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR 1973-74 —
Lovely Angela Calloway, a senior from Jacksonville, N.C., was
elected MISS FSU, in a recent campus-wide vote. Angela is
an Elementary Education major and belongs to the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority.
Robinson And Calloway
Win Student Election
Israel Charles Robinson is now our FSU Student Govern
ment President, Angela Calloway is our new Miss FSU.
Election results: Charles Robinson is the winner of the Stu
dent Government due to the withdrawal of his opponent William
Moore, the Vlce-Pre.rident is Floyd Greenwood, with a victory
of 249 votes over 224 of his opponent Thomas Steward, the
business manager is Tommy Mitchell with 247 votes over his op
ponent Conrith Davis’ 226.
Our queens are: Angela Calloway, being victorious over
Olene Solomon 276 to 196 for our Miss FSU, Lettie Williams
is victorious over Christine Bostic with 349 to 131 votes for
Miss Homecoming, and our Miss Student Center is Linda
Smith with a victory of 275 votes over Rita James’ 195.
There was quite a variation in the run-off election from that
of the original election. In the first election, there was more
participation by the students. For the Vice Presidency there
was a total of 604 votes, business manager - 620 votes, for
Miss FSU there was a total of 648, for Miss Homecoming
there was a total of 729, and for Miss Student Center there
was a total of 567 votes. But for the run-off election, the vice
presidency had a total of 473, approximately 131 votes less
than the total for the first election. The business manager had
473, approximately 147 votes less. The total for Miss FSU was
472, in the run-off, losing about 176 voters. Miss Homecoming
lost about 251 voters in the run-off election which was 729 in
the original to 470 in the run-off. There wasn’t as much a dif
ference in the Miss Student Center run-off as the others. There
was only a loss of 93 voters.
GRADUATION TALK- Dr. Charles “A” Lyons, Jr., Fayetteville State University’s Chancellor,
talks with two top honor students and main speaker. Dr. Harold Delaney, prior to commencement
exercises May 13. Mrs. Mary Frances Miller (extreme right) graduated Summa Cum Laude and
Miss Stella Louise Hargett (extreme left) graduated Magna Cum Laude during the 96th Commen
cement Exercises at FSU.
FSU Summer Session
Starts May 21
Registration for the first session of Summer School at Fay
etteville State University will begin May 21, Dr. Henry M. Eld-
ridge. Director of Summer School, announced.
More than eighty courses in art, biology, business, commun
icative skills, education, history, mathematics, foreign language,
music, health and physical education, sociology, geography, and
philosophy are listed among the offering.
According to Dr. Eldridge, several in-service courses will be
offered. Some of these courses include Introduction to Geology,
Afro-American Music, Health in Early Childhood Education, and
Sociology of Education.
Dr. Eldridge said that these courses are especially designed
for in-service teachers who desire to strenghten and upgrade
their teaching techniques. They can also be used for Class “A”
certificate renewal.
Dormitories will open Sunday, May 20, and registration will
commence in the Science Building Monday, May 21 at 8:00 a,m.
According to Dr. Eldridge, admission to the summer session
is the same the University for Fayetteville State University
students.
The University will offer Orientation of Data Processing
courses for high school students from July 2-13, and Orien
tation in Data Processing for high school teachers, July 16-
27.
For further information contact Dr. H. M, Eldridge, Direct
or of Summer School, Fayetteville State Univerc=*-