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VOLUME 30 NUMBER 6 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1976
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Career
Day
April 29
FSU GETS SCIENCE BUILDIIVG
State Voters Ohay Bond Issue
The voters of North
Carolina overwhelmingly
approved a $43 million higher
education bond referendum
March 23.
In doing so, Fayetteville
State University will receive
$5.8 million for a science
building classroom complex.
Dr. Charles “A” Lyons,
Jr., Chancellor of Fayetteville
State University, was very
pleased over the results of the
bond referendum.
“I am very happy and
elated and I have said all
along that I’m an eternal op
timist. I think the people
connected with the bond issue
have demonstrated concern
for the quality of education
received by the young people
in the state.”
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GIFT-Gardner Altman, Jr., president and general manager of
radio station WFLB in Fayetteville and prominent local attorney,
presents a 36-volume set of the GREAT SOVIET EN
CYCLOPEDIA, English Translation 3rd Edition, recently at
Fayetteville State University’s Chestnut Library. Accepting the
gift is head FSU Librarian Nathalene R. Smith. (FSU Photo John
B. Henderson)
“And, I thinlt the people of
the state supported them. I
just had tremendous faith in
the people of this state,” he
said.
The Chancellor charac
terized the approval of the $43
million bond package for the
University of North Carolina
System as an endorsement of
higher education in the state.
Students
Hold
Elections
April 13
The Student Government
Association will hold elections
Tuesday, April 13 to fill the
1976-77 openings for student
government president and
vice-president, and related
SGA offices.
In addition, a new “Miss
FSU” will be chosen as well as
“Miss Student Center.”
The following slate of
candidates received at press
time were:
PRESIDENT
Willard Bass
Colton McKeithan
Kennerd Jones
Earl Moore
Erma Smith
Stanlard Bryant
VICE-PRES.
William Ashe
Rigal Eason
BUSINESS MANAGER
Walter Holland
Glen Oates
David Murrell
(Continued on Page 8
William Marshall
FAMEO ACTDR MARSHALL SET FOR AUDITORIUM April 14
William Marshall, probably most recently known for his por
trayal of “Blacula” on the movie screen, will appear at FSU April
14 at 8 p.m. in the J. W. Seabrook Auditorium.
Admission is free to the public and the event, “An Evening
With Frederick Douglass,” is presented by the FSU Lyceum
Committee.
Marshall, a veteran actor of renown ability, recreates the
living sense of the life and times of Frederick Douglass.
On April 12, pianist Michael Caldwell will perform. And the
Contemporary Arts Ensemble, a company of talented artists,
each an accomplished musician,will perform.
All the above acts will take place in the J. W. Seabrook
Auditorium and will start at 8 p.m.
FSU Observes 99th Founders Day Sunday
April 11
Fayetteville State
University will celebrate its
99th year of existence Sunday
April 11 and Dr. Johnny R.
Hill of Atlanta, Georgia will be
the guest speaker at the 2:45
ceremony in J. W. Seabrook
Auditorium on campus.
Dr. Charles “A” Lyons,
Jr., Chancellor of the
univerisity, will preside and
introduce the speaker.
FSU, the second-oldest
state-supported institution in
North Carolina, will com
memorate its centennial year
in 1977 and is a “Bicentennial
Campus.”
Dr. Hill, a native of Hot
Springs, Arkansas, is
currently serving as Director,
Office for Advancement of
Public Negro Colleges, of the
National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges. His office is located
in Atlanta, Georgia.
He received his un
dergraduate training at
Kentucky State University
and completed the master’s
degree at Western Kentucky
University.
The Arkansas native is a
recipient of the Ph.D. from
Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio.
The 32-year-old educator-
administrator has a wide and
varied background which
include teaching and ad
ministrative services.
Dr. Hill has served as an
assistant to the president,
University of Louisville; Dean
of Student Affairs Assistant,
Kentucky State University;
Director of University
Counseling Center and
Assistant Professor of
Education, Kentucky State
University.
He holds professional
membership in numerous
organizations which include
the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education,
American Association of
Higher Education, Academic
Development and Planning in
Transition Association,
American Personnel and
Guidance Association and the
American Association of Sh-
cool Administration.
Dr. Hill has many
publications which include a
book entitled, “A Study of the
Public Assisted Black College
Presidency,” by the Carlton
Press of New York City
(1974),
Some of his articles in
clude: “The Needs of Public
Black Colleges,” The Journal
of Negro Education (1975);
“The Urban Principal and the
Press,” Journal of Ohio
Secondary School Principals;
and “Student Development
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HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS-Fayetteville State University twin coeds Linda and Brinda Gavin of
Lumberton, N. C., have their Easter Bunny for April 18. Sophomore business majors and honor
students, they wish all a most HAPPY EASTER. (FSU Photo by J. Henderson)