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Duke University tilrary Newspaper Department -Durham, tl, C. 27705 it DWm, M, C, 277C6 ,' 3 Ford J y r; a i ' . ' . ... , , Says Competition American Way President Gerald R. Ford told an audience at North Carolina Central University Friday that "competition is the energy of progress" in a speech honoring the university's 50th anniversary as a state-supported liberal arts college, the first the nation for black people. v Ford was awarded the (President Lyndon B. honorary degree, Doctor of Johnson spoke at Howard Laws, during what was his first University in 1965.) visit to a predominantly black After receiving his honorary college campus, NCClTs first degree, President Ford described experience with ..' a visiting himself as a ' high-flying Eagle." President, and only the second The Eagle, is the symbol of the visit to a traditionally black Durham university. He said he campus by any President. would for the first time have to divide his loyalty between his loudest applause registered ' alma mater,.Michigan, and North during the President's speech. : Carolina Central's Eagles when The A & T reference was i ; the two teams meet their departure from President FordV traditional opponents on prepared speech. The prepared November 22. text city by name several NCCU The reference to the NCCU graduates as examples of "the game with North Carolina A & T pursuit of excellence." Ford ' State University drew the referred to Mayor Maynard Jackson of Atlanta, a graduate of the NCCU school of law, to N. C. Superior Court Judge , Ronald Barbee, to three NCCU (rack greats (Lee Calhoun, a 1956 and 1960 gold medal winner in the Lympics; Charles Foster, currently the world, premier hurdler; and Ronnie m I I "VERT t J VOLUME 53 - NUMBER '43 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1975 PRICE: 20 CENTS ClfAVfR COMS HOflf ARRESTED UPON MmA David DuBois, editor of the Black Panther's weekly newspaper was quoted as saying "we don't want our Party to be After seven years spent in Wednesday to face the parole Cuba,1 Algeria and France, violation and assault charges, former Black Panther leader ' With all Its faults," Cleaver Eldrldire Cleaver returned to the wrote in a letter to the New United 8tates Tuesday with the York Times before he left Paris, associated with Eldridge Cleaver understanding that he would be ' the American political system and we don't want the work of arrested on arrival. He was taken is the freest and most the Party to be associated with into custody by the FBI for democratic in the world. The Cleaver. His return to the' parole violation and assault system needs to be Improved, country is not of concern to us charges as the plane carrying with democracy spread to all beyond the fact that we are Cleaver and the FBI agents areas of life, particularly the interested in guaranteeing that approached Kennedy economic. , : he receives a fair trial.' It has International Airport. "All these changes must be also been reported that other Cleaver, now denounced by conducted through our former Panthers are still angry of his former followers, established institutions ana wiin weaver ior ruu..mB uu people with grievances must find $5Qf000 bail they had raised political method for oDtaming redress.' A Ray, now the leading runner In . 400-meter competition.' The speech also referred to (L-R): DR. ROBINSON, GOV. HOLSHOUSER, Dr. Leroy T. Walker, who will coach the 1976 Olympic track team, and to Dr. Helen G. Edmons, who is a former alternate delegate to the United Nations. Both are members of the NCCU faculty. THE PRESIDENT, CHANCELLOR WHITING Behind The Scenes many was arraigned at the U. S. District Courthouse in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was flown to California for him seven years ago. MISS LITTLE ll.C. Court Refects Littb Appeal Preparations t North Carolina Central University completed preparations for President Gerald R. Ford's address at 19:30 Friday morning, November 14 In R. L. McDougald Gymnasium. . Academic robes for the 20-some members of the platform party, including President Ford, were lined up. f Arrangements for loudspeakers for the area in frpnt of the gymnasium were Joan Little's appeal of a to enable the overn0w breaking and entering conviction d to near tne address. was rejected Wednesday by the ; putfnrms tnr nWnoranher private practice of law for two by Dr. Leon Sullivan, founder of North Carolina Court of Appeals accommodations for years. You were elected to the t h e Opportunities in Raleigh, ruling that there were of tne Qews meala-at United States House of Industrialization Centers, for no errors in the trial and let lMgt 126 of tnem were Representatives in 1948 and your support of the program, stand the seven to ten year expectedwere completed, served in that most both nationally and in your sentence. Lists of ticket requests by v : . school groups and others were had bb'1ttBMtrf6ri''eMiDfltd' for the distribution of 1973. " For your commitmem w County jail on that charge when tickets unclaimed by NCCU 4eBi.yeur ago you gave your public service, as a member of tne Alllgood affair took place, students, teachers, and support to the Voting Rights the House of Representatives, as she was acquitted of murder non-teaching personnel. Act of 1965, and after assuming Minority Leader of the House, as charges. All of these arrangements the Presidency In 1974 you Vice President, and President, were m tne hands 0f g Dauas called for extension of that act and for your personal Simmons, assistant to Chancellor to assure all Americans that their commitment to Integrity, It Is Jry faul her attorney, said Mh&tN whiting. Simmons was right of suffrage will not be my great honor and privilege to " .uv. violated. confer upon you the degree, and that he . would i continue the Last year you were honored Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, appeal into the federal courts. 1 .m MJ.f m-f Tfio Citation NCCU STUDENTS WITH THE PRESIDENT Prepared Text Of The President's Remarks ' , .v.'':;S';:-;;''':.;k. GERALD RUDOLPH FORD, 38th President of the United States. Mr. President, you assumed your high pffice at one f of feef pyesntatlve body until your home town ofxran4 R6pld, molt , dlffifcomenUH , American nutorj'. xour canaor and open manner have restored respect and" stability to American government. You have devoted more than 30 years to the service of the Nation, from your entry into the liited States Navy at the darkest moments of World War II until today. After leaving the removed from the American scene. I support the Equal Rights Amendment just as I supported a new and broader extension of the voting Rights 1 say emohaticallv Act But ford Visit Seen As Political Move By RAY JENKINS responsible for coordination of the presidential visit since the university first learned of the plans. He has been aided In the program coordination by Alex M. Rivera, Jr.. the university's director of public relations and chairman of the university's UNABRIDGED "It is a great pleasure and a There is a lesson for all of us distinct honor for me to be with in the history of American you as you observe the fiftieth blacks and that lesson is this: to anniversary year of the founding develop to our maximum the of North Carolina Central will, the desire to compete, to University as a state-supported excel. That is what life is all liberal arts instititution. Your about: to achieve, to reach a university thus became the first worthy goal. And blacks ln more remains to be done. I hope state-supported liberal arts increasing number - have and work for the day when school for blacks in thf nation, attained many worthy goals in competition-opportunity-forall "Since then, graduate of American society. Americans will be equal and North CaroUna Central have "The whole thrust of foir- without race or religion or made a mark in almost every humanity is one of progress. It A ever a factor Ul rtijicm.au me. i am sure nas laxen inousanas ol years but that those of you who are now today we have gained students will ultimately do the unparalleled mastery over the same. The pursuit of excellence material world. At the same - whether in the classroom, on time, the nations and societies of the football field or In politics - the world are becoming more is no stranger to your alumni and more Inter-deDendent r.et aiiu siuutmis. Names In the wake of an abrupt housecleaning and premonitions that the North Carolina GOP presidential primary would be a very close race with Ronald Reagan, President Ford paid a visit to the campus of North. Carolina Central University last Friday in a convocation to cap off the school's fiftieth anniversary as the first state-supported liberal arts college for Blacks. The visit was met with tight precautionary staking out of the predominantly Black campus. In a short thirteen minute address, which followed the awarding of an honorary law degree, Ford cited some of the collective achievements of the university, mostly sports, and that of Blacks throughout the history of the United States. Ford said that as an optimist that he is, he believes that ' competition breeds harmony and not division," - a statement which appeared to have come m-re from the naive side of Ford rather than logic. He stated the he longed for the day ' wheu 50th Anniversary Committee, stand on defense spending with Founder's Dav convocation on House which cited his systematic which was responsible Congress and his conflicts with November 7th. This late move?, opposition to many bills program planning for the event. Henry Kissinger on detente and coupled with the revelation to designed to aid Blacks and poor Chancellor Albert N. Whiting u orttn mm, uoonq twelve or the university's people. Some law students from Rumsfeld, another friend of students that he might consider NCCU's Law School issued a rora, was coniirmea ror that Black Republican Senator bulletin in which thev flatlv job. Henry Kissinger got his walking papers from the director of the National Security Council, and was replaced by Brent Snowcroft. Kissinger stays on as Secretary of State, however. To complete the fall cleaning, Ford rushed through the resignation of Secretary of Commerce, Rogers Morton, to be replaced by U. S. ambassador to Great Britain, Elliot Richardson, who was also a former CIA director. The President made no bones about the fact that these were his chosen few. But that's not all. Vice president Nelson Rockefeller, perhaps weary of playing the same type of second fiddle veep role that Hubert Humphrey played, unsurprisingly, stepped down from consideration as Ford's vice presidential running ,mnPtitirn oDDortunitv - for mate for 1976, a move which nil Americans will be eoual and raised much speculation that fair without race or religion or sex ever a factor." The President stuck very much verbatim to the original text of the White House press release of his delivery. He noted that faculty members like Dr. Helen Edmonds were helping students to prepare for "life's competition.' There was no mention, however of Ford's fiscal, domestic and foreign policies, all of which have been hot' Items in the news for the past several weeks. Two weeks ago, Ford shocked the nation by abruptly firing CIA director, William Colby and replacing him with George Bush, an old friend of Ford and the United States ambassador to the People's .Republic of China. James Schleslnger, the Secretary of Defense was bounced more than likely because of his stalwart Rocky would make one final crack at the top job. Many believe that Ford was too naive in the timing of his moves. Obviously he miscalculated the strong opposition in the house and among the GOP circles. It prompted some moderate Republicans to begin seeking their own candidates. In public opinion polls, Ford's significant margin over Ronald Reagan narrowed down to virtually neck and neck, including North Carolina, - where the trend is basically the same. So, for political analysts, it is not surprising that at the last minute, Ford accepted the invitation to come to North Carolina Central University, an event which took many local people by surprise. The initial invitation, which was sent during the summer by the school's chancellor, Dr. Albert Whiting, requested that Ford speak at the Edward Brooke of Massachusetts as his vice presidential running mate may have been designed to increase Ford's popularity amongst Black voters and thus ease his watered down popularity margin. Of the names tossed around recently, Brooke's was not among them prior to this revelation to the students. Whether the move will affect a significant margin remains to be seen. The die may have already been cast for Ford in the political arena for many doubt, as one noted columnist put it, ' whether he has brains enough to be president.'' Though many of NCCU's students flatly opposed the conferring of an honorary degree to the President, as well as his coming to the campus, the entire affair was virtually demonstration free, save for six white demonstrators who stood up with signs and interrupted Governor James Holshouser during his brief talk to the packed gymnasium where security was tight as it ever was with police and secret servicemen everywhere. Outside, a group of concerned students passed out flyers concerning Ford's record in Congress and in the White me offer another world for like Mavnard infor.rionona,, -av-nouii, mayor oi Atlanta . . . neighborliness. "We are living at .Ronald Barbee, first black a time when many of the Republican Superior Court currents of history are coming Judge in the state. . .Aaron to eet her. The world is ' ' Spaulding, a member of my staff recognizing slowly but surely the Him nuu, . nign necessity 10 narmonize our hurdler Lee Calhoun, two-time civilization. Olympic gold medal winner. I am an oDtimist I helieve we was unable to be present for the who is presently head track may yet attain man's greatest preparations for the Presidential coach at Yale University. . . goais and noblest aspirations. visit. He was attending a joint Charles Foster, World Premier y0u may live to see the day meeting of the American hurdler. . JRonnie i Ray who won when we are n t mereiy masters Association fo of State Colleges tW"toWlKn of the materia, worldy b a and Universities and the American games in Mexico City International Association of "J wh currently holds ZXlh'it it . . . u i. 400-meter world record. . .and ttdimny wiin u. University Presidents in Boston. certain,y not last ,n any Competition is the energy of He is the past president Of the nomnetitlnn vnnr nnriar Drom-ess. It is a fnrre whirh Government AASCU and vice president of frank rnnrh Hr 7 orn v T nmnplc tha human mo hina fr Association, headed by Jonathan thelAUP. Walker, who will coach our I97fi w h.i.Me ,.f. 7 .. - ii viuvg Uil u tj v a OCi The degree was awarded after Olympic track and field team. distances. And it brings us a majority of the university's "At thta time, our nation is 1 0 ge t h e r on the same faculty approved it. preparation J0 JSSSSSTZ -whether it's in the stadium in a telephone poll coordinated we reflect 0 these 200 ' ,t or the classrooms of N.C.C.U. or by Dr. Leonard H. Robinson, j is difficult to imagine almost in DUSiness or m our daily life, vice chancellor for academic any American endeavor without believe that competition affairs. The university's board of acknowledging the great breeds harmony, not division, trustees was also polled by contributions of blacks to our It's the lack of competition telephone for approval of the society. Music, art, science, which breeds division because degree. medicine, sports - N.C.C.U people then feel they do not opposed Ford's honorary degree, citing the fact that several years ago, a well known Black musician promised several free concerts to the university if it would give him an honorary degree in music and was refused The Student Davis, acknowledged that most of the students were opposed to the move, however the organization failed to take a stand on the Issue. The SGA, which is the official voice of the student body, issued a bulletin last week stating that it was cognizant of the fact that most of the students were opposed to the honorary degree, however, it felt, that "protocol" required that the degree be given to Ford George T. Thome, vice Alumni are all there. When asked by some reporters . uirs, the added difficulties...blacks 1 tsH TCP? Ns ; to nHHoH HifflnnlHoc hlirtc tne worl ' whether or not the Student coordinated the activities of the have entered all types of PPortunity Government Association agreed university's business offices and American competition and come or disagreed with the citation, service operations for the visit, out national champions - ' Inequality, injustice, lack of Davis declined to reply, directing Requisitions for a multitude of Indeed, national heroes. competition are gradually being the newsmen to the bulletin. gmajl purchases were cleared By far, the most outstanding qulckly throUgh Thome's office. -o -W-"'-oso sZZ of -Th. Wtatto? to Mr-Thelma Smith and Mrs. romblned into one for the Maitin Luther King by the E,rama. ,Ma"b,e ' ""event.) The numbers included school's concert choir, which chanceI1rs offl" coordinated Gilchrist's own arrangement of was directed and arranged by dMbution of tickets to the..precious Lord, Take My Charles Gilchrist, for, as one event- Dr Jam F. Blue, vice Hand." observer stated, "even Ford chancellor for student affairs, Many of the details of and his staff coordinated ticket security for the visit were distribution to students and planned by Philip Marable, assisted with planning for NCCU's Chief of Security, student Involvement. Construction of the staee and Dr. Joseph Mitchell, director nlatforms for the press were seeking tickets to the event who of the university band, planned a coordinated by William reported lost identifications and band program for the McDonald, director of the similar problems. The student thirty-minute Interval between physical plant; Jamln Peddy, tickets were distributed at the the closing of the doors of the supervisor of buildings; and student union, and students gymnasium at 10 a.m. and the Hardy White, supervisor of beginning of the program at housekeeping. 1:3- Some of the heaviest load of Charles Gilchrist, director of the event fell to secretaries in the university's Tourins and Mr Slmmnni'i nfflrn and Mr. would agree to that.' I hope and work for the day when the human mind and the spirit are no longer shackled by ignorance and prejudice, when all the children of God are brothers and sisters. You have the opportunity here at N.C.C.U. to break more shackles and join in America's competitive life through a good education. Seize the opportunity and use. that wonderful opportunity. It may never pass your way again. I know that your own Dr. Helen Edmonds, who I'm delighted to see her today, distinguished professor of history and a former alternate delegate to the United Nations, and other faculty members are helping you to prepare for life's competition. Dr. Edmonds met with me shortly after I assumed the Presidency and eloquently told me some of the concerns and aspirations of blacks and of women. As President of all the people, these concerns are my concerns. These aspirations are my aspirations. I will do all that I can to help you and millions like you achieve them. ' But my real message today aims at the even greater and nobler goal for which we strive: the greening of America, our coming together to face a common destiny as one people and one Nation. ' This goal is truly worthy of all Americans. " the department of business administration, was given the task of rounding up student ushers for the event, (Mien volunteered to assist. The Naval ROTC contingent on campus offered their services, as did the Air Force ROTC. It was Commander Clifford Gibson of the NROTC who located the music to "Ruffles and Flourishes," the band number which introduces the President's appearances. were asked to pick up the tickets Dallas Simmons said, individually with ID cards. ' Cooperation on the campus Jonathan Davis, president of was magnificent. So many things the Student Government had to be done in so short a time Association, found himself in that wt may not have made note have a chance- that society or denying them communications constantly. The same phenomenon occurred at the campus switchboard, under the supervision of Miss Virginia Rogers, and at many other campus offices. Thurman Prescott, director of theAlfonso Elder Student Union, dealt with students FORD, WHITING, AND FRIDAY GREETINGS Concert Choirs, practiced the Rivera's office, where Mrs. Jessie charge of selecting 12 students of the contribution by u choir's two numbers for the fuket and Mrs. Elizabeth Davte to tale Informally with the individual staff member. ' The program with the group for the found themselves juggling President after the address. thank you is heartfelt and entire week. (Both choirs were telephones and written John V. Turner, chairman of collective. "