Watts Hill To Address NCC Graduates
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LADY BIRD LAUDED (New
York)— Honored in New York |
iccently for her leadership in J
Project Head Start, Mis. Lyn- |
Julian Bond To Speak At
St. Augustine's May 21
Robert C. Perry is Awarded
Summer Internship in State Dept
Robert C. Perry is one of
forty college students selected
i n nationwide competition
among thirty-seven colleges
and universities awarded a
1967 summer internship under
the Foreign Affairs Scholars
Program. FASP is sponsored by
the Ford Foundation' and the
Field Foundation and is ad
ministered by Howard Univer
sity. He has been assigned to
the State Department for the
summer.
Perry will receive the A.B.
degree in Political Science on
June 12. from Wittenberg Uni
versity, Springfield, O: He is
a member of Pi Sigma Alpha,
Political Science Honor Socie
ty, and Phi Mu Delta social
fraternity. For two years he
served as president of a cam
pus organization known as
SAFE (Students Advancing
Freedom and Equality) and par
More Than 2,000 Students
Visit 119 Eastern Universities
NEW YORK—Early last Sat
ui day morning, the households
of more than 2,500 Negro boys
and girls in and around New
York City bustled in prepara
ration for a "happening"
whieh will greatly influence
the ? youngsters' future lives.
At #:3O sharp, the first three
waves of some 800 high school
juniors (mort than 2.500 in all)
waited on the mezzanine of the
Statler Hilton Hotel to meet
admissions officers from 119
Eastern colleges and universi
ties. They were accompanied
by their counselors from
schools in Greater New York,
Nassau, Westchester and New
Jersey's Essex and Hudson
Counties and, in n)ost cases,
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LUNCHEON CONVERSATION
—Dr. Helen (J Edmonds and
B. A. Little chat before a
luncheon session of tht Ameri
can Association of College and
University Business Officer."
during its three-day 28th an
nual meeting in Durham last
don B. Johnson receives origi
nal works from Diane Bostic,
5; Steven Ortiz, 4; and Sarah
Soffer, 3 (L-R). The children
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PERRY
ticipated in the tutorial project
sponsored by SAFE.
He resides at 2012 Otis St.,
Durham, with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. W. Perry.
| armed with their all-important j
: j "score cards" or school achieve
| ment record. Succeeding ses
| sions in the day-long get-to
| gether took place at 11:15 a.m.
j and 2:00 p.m.
The gathering was the fourth
in a highly successful series of
| College-Student Interview Ses-
J sions sponsored by the Nation
al Scholarship Service and
| Fund for Negro Students and
supported by grants from the
j Sears Roebuck Foundation
NSSFNS, whose basic function
is to helpjeserving Negro stu
dents achieve a college educa
tion through counseling and
referral services, has placed
some 14,000 students with ap-
See STUDENTS 2A
week.
I)r Edmonds, dean of the
(iraduate School at North Car
olina College, the host institu
tion, delivered the luncheon
address. Little, auditor at
Southern University is prcsi
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are from the Hudson Guild
Head Start Center.
(UPI Photo)
Georgia's General
Assembly Repres.
Guest Speaker
RALEIGH—The Senior Class
of Saint Augustine's College
will have as their guest speak
er on Sunday, May 21, Repre
sentative Julian Bond of the
Georgia General Assembly.
Representative"l*ond will speak
Emery Health and Fine Arts
on the college campus in the
Center.
A native of Nashville, Ten
nessee, Bond attended primary
school at Lincoln University,
Pennsylvania and was gradu
ated from the George School a
co-educational Quaker prepara
tory school, in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania in 1957.
Bond's undergraduate stud
ies were done
Atlanta, Georgia.
He was a founder of the Com
mittee on Appeal for Human
Rights (COAHR), the Atlanta
University Center student or
ganization headed by H. Rap
Brown, SNCC, the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Com
mittee.
In January, 1961, Bond left
Morehouse to join the staff of
the Student Nonviolent Co
ordiating Committee (SNCC) as
Communications Director, a
position he held until Septem*
her, 1966. While with SNCC,
he directed the organization's
photography, printing and pub
licity departments. His works
with SNCC took him to Civil
Rights drives and voter regis
tration campaigns in Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Ar
kansas.
Rep. Bond was first elected
to a seat, created by reappor
tionment, in the Georgia House
of Represetatives in 1965, but
was prevented from taking of
fice in January, 1966, by mem
bers of the legislature who ob
jected to his statements about
the war in Vietnam.
After winning a second elec
tion in February, 1966—t0 fill
his vacant seat a special
House committee again voted
See BOND page 2A
I dent of Ihe association.
Some 5S> business officers at
! tended I lie meeting, which had
I sessions al the .lack Tar Hotel,
i ihe North Carolina Mutual Life
i Insurance Co., and al North
j Carolina College.
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VOLUME 44 No. 19 JURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1967 '" J~ PRICE: 20c
Civil Rights Group Sues To
Block Awarding Of Contract
Files Suit After
Being Denied
Emplopent
.COLUMBUS, Ohio A 450,-
000-membcr civil rights organi
zation has initiated Federal
court action seeking an in
junction against Gov. James A.
Rhodes—to block the awarding
of a $12.8 million contract for
construction of a state build
ing by all-white workers.
The'Natlohal Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People filed suit here after
state officials had repeatedly
refused to accord Negroes
equal employment opportunities
on the proposed multi-million
dollar Medical Sciences Build
ing at Ohio State University.
The state contends that it is
not responsible for discrimina
tion against Negroes by craft
unions awaiting contracts to con
struct the building. The build
ing construction would be fin
anced by state and Federal
See WORKERS 2A
Mrs. Carter Wins First Prize
In Times Subscription Race
Mrs. McGhee,
Mrs. Baldwin
Also Winners
Mrs. J. A. Carter of Durham,
who had held the lead in the
Carolina Times Subscription
Contest since the opening date,
exhibited a last moment burst
of spe> d here Monday to out
distance any and all other con
testants .and went on to win
the first prize offered in the
contest, a brand new 1967 Mus
ta g. Mrs. Carter polled a total
of 4,913,000 points which, with
her final report, put her out
of reach of all contenders for
the top prize.
Winning the second prize, a
brand new color television, was
Mrs. Oneida McGhee, also of
Durham, who polled a total of
3,771,000 points.
The third prize winner was
Mrs. Aline Baldwin of Chapel
Hill, who won the brand new
See CONTEST page 2A
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AT DURHAM SESSION-John
| H. Wheeler, president of Dur
| ham's Mechanics anil Farmers
I l.ank, welcomes delegates at
| the luncheon session of the
i 2Rth meeting of the American
: Association of College and
' University Business Officers at
I the Jack Tar Hotel. Durham,
■ last week end. The luncheon
! was sponsored by the bank, the
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SIGNS OATH— Dr. C. E. Boul
ware, North Carolina College.
mathematics professor, signs
his oath of office as a member
of the Durham City Council,
watched by District Judge S, 0
MRS. CARTER
UOIC Office For Low Income Workers Now
Open In Durham at 213 West Main Street
United Organization for Com-I
munity Improvement (LTOIC)
officially opened its office at
213Vfe West Main Street, Wed
' nesday, May 10.
I Mutual Savings and As- >
soeiation, and the North Caro-
I lina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
1 Seated, (R) is R W Welch, !
: business manager at West Vir
I gjna State College, immediate
past president of the associa
! lion.
Some 56 business officers at-
I tended, the three-day meeting
Riley, right. Boulware, one of I
two Negroes on the 13-member ]
Council, was elected to the of- j
fice on May 13. The NCC pro- !
fessor voiced opposition to a j
local option sales tax proposi- j
MRS. McGHEE
The first-floor office provid
ed headquarters for neighbor
hood workers with the group
composed of 550 members of
17 neighborhood councils and
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ASSOCIATION BANQUET
Sealed at speaker's table at a
banquet held at Durham's Jack
Tar Hotel are some of the
principal paticipants in the
28th annual meeting of the
American Association of Col
lege and University Business
tion during the board's first
meeting, charging that it would
put a greater tax burden on
citizens at the lower end of
the economic scale.
(Photo by Purefoy)
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MRS. BALDWIN
the Duke University employees
union.
The office will provide a
place for low-income people to
See UOCI page 2A
Officers, which met in the Bull
City Thuisday through Satur
day last week.
Extreme left is Dr. L. H.
Foster, president, Tuskegee In
stitue, who addressed the ban
quet. Others are, from left:
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HILL
452 Seniors
To Hear Higher
Education Head
Watts Hill Jr., president of
the Home Security Life Insur
ance Company, Durham, and
chairman of the State board
of Higher Education, will de
liver the principal address at
North Carolina College's 56th
annual commencement Sunday,
May 28.
The exercises will begin at
3 p.m. in the college's R. L.
McDougald Gymnasium. Ap
proximately 452 NCC students
are candidates for undergrad
uate, and prifessional degrees
at the convocation.
A native of Durham, Hill at
tended Princeton University,
holds the A.B. degree from tht
University of North Carolina,
and did graduate work at the
Institute of Higher Interna
tional Studies, Geneva, Swit
7erland.
A member of the board of
'Directors of the Homeland In
vestment Co.. Carolina Capital
Crrp., Southland Associates.
Central Carolina Bank & Trust
Co., and Durham Academy, he
has also served on the tooard
of Allied Arts of Durham, the
North Carolina Symphony So
ciety, the North Carolina Art
Museum, and the Durham Unit
ed Fund
Among his other public serv
ice activities are a term on the
Durham City Council 1955-56»
i -ind two terms as a member of
1 the N'orth Carolina General As
sembly (1917-61) He is cur
1 rently a member of Jiie Dur
ham Committee on Community
■ Relations, the National Advis
' cry Committee on Community
Relations, and the Southern
Regional Education Board Com
mission on Higher Educational
Opportunity in the South, of
which he is chairman He be
came chairman of the Board of
Higher Education in 1965.
Hill, who served as assistant
to the president and executive
vice president of the Home Se
cuiity Life Insurance Co.. be
came president in 1961 He is
also a member of the board
of directors and executive and
finance committees of the firm
Other activities on the NCC
eomm ecenemt tAflgn tco tie
commencement schedule are
the annual meeting of the Na
tional Alumni Association at
10 a.m., Saturday, in the audi
torium of the Education Build
ing; an outing for graduating
seniors Saturday at noon at
O'Kelly Field; the annual dean
of women's breafast Sunday at
9 a.m. in the college dining
hall: and a reception for grad-
See HILL page 2A
II Glenwood Jones, business man
"■ ager, Virginia State College; B
A. Little, auditor, Southern
University, president of the
'• association; and William Jones,
i vice president for financial af
i- fairs at North Carolina College.
.: the host institution.