Published by Elizabeth City State College jor Students and Alumni
VOLUME 28
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., MARCH, 1967
NUMBER 6
Director of Community
Support Speaks at ECSC
In this the Seventy-sixth
Celebration of Founders Day,
ECSC invited as its Convoca
tions speaker, Mr. James Cornel
McDonald, Director of Com
munity Support, North Carolina
Fund, Durham, North Carolina.
His theme was centered
around the togetherness of the
people. He stated that we should
take a good look at ourselves be
fore we continue on this great
pathj we are traveling and be
proud of our heritage.
Originally, Mr. McDonald came
from Madison, Wisconsin. He
was a student from 1949"1950 at
the University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin. In 1954,
he received the Bachelor of
Science Degree in Political
Science from Central State Col
lege, Wilberforce, Ohio. Once
again in 1954 Mr. McDonald at
tended the University of Wis
consin, this time, however, at
its College of Law.
ACTIVE CAREER LIFE
The career phase of the
speaker's life firmly started
December, I956, when he be
came Employment Interviewer for
the Wisconsin State Employment
Service, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Through the years he held
Dickens Exhibits
Work in Hometown
Bernard Dickens, junior art
major, has had several pieces of
his work on exhibit at the An
nual Art Exhibit at the Art Cen
ter, Rocky Mount, during the
month of March. Dickens, who is
a native of Rocky Mount, had
some of his work at the Center
while he was a student at Book
er T. Washington High School.
Pieces from his collection
are priced from $35 to $190. He
said, "I have worked very hard
on the composition of the ex
hibit.”
During his sophomore year at
ECSC, some of his compositions
were on exhibit at the University
of North Carolina, Raleigh. In
January the lobby of Moore Hall
was the center for an exhibit of
his work. This exhibit was up
for two weeks.
Dickens hopes to continue
study at New York University in
painting and sculpture, upon
graduation &om ECSC.
He said, "I hope to develop
my work so that I can one day
have my compositions in a
traveling exhibit.” In expressing
appreciation for assistance he
has received in developing his
ability and for his most recent
achievement, Dickens added,
"I do wish to thank Mr. Lee, Dr.
deGregorio and Mr. Bolden (mem
bers of the art faculty) for help
ing me develop my artistic tech
niques. I further would like to
thank Mrs. Mary Backers, my
high school art teacher, who
helped me get my work in the
Annual Art Exhibit.”
Dickens is the son of Mrs.
Mary Dickens.
various other positions such as
Industrial Relations Secretary
for the Milwaukee Urban League
and Vocational Services Direc
tor, St. Paul Urban League of
St. Paul, Minnesota. In I96I Mr.
McDonald became Assistant Di
rector of the Minnesota Fair Em
ployment Practices Commission,
St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as
Executive Director of the Minne-
soja State Commission Against
Discrimination in the same year.
Later he became Director of
Manpower Improvement through
Community Effort of the North
Carolina Fund in Durham.
Now nearing the zenith of his
career, James McDonald, as Di
rector of Community Support of
the North Carolina Fund, super
vises and administers a staff
that gives technical assistance
and evaluates local community
action programs to which the
North Carolina Fund has given
grants. Mr. McDonald’s organi
zation is principally concerned
with developing programs mainly
in the areas of neighborhood
organization and neighborhood
action. He was appointed to this
position February 1. 1966.
In addition to his occupation,
Mr. McDonald is consultant to
VISTA, to the National Associa
tion Intergroup Relations Of
ficials, and to the United Pres
byterian Church in the United
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Cafeteria "C"
Demands
Attention
by Robert Lancaster
Recently, the voice of student
interest cut deeply at the in
adequacy of our cafeteria. At the
undertaking of "most” meals,
complaints concerning either the
meals’ freshness or the needed
utensils for consuming the meals
enter many conversations. The
lack of enough forks, napkins,
and glasses is a major problem.
Though students’ grievances a-
rouse little attention, the recent
sanitation grading focuses them'
as vivid, just, and intolerable.
Unavoidably, the cafeteria’s
situation escapes. From a call
to the Health Department the
sanitation factors which led to
the ”C” grading became known.
They included unclean ceiling,
not up to par cooking utensils,,
unsanitary garbage storage,
shelves and floors needed at
tending, refrigeration sanitation
below par, and restroom inade
quate.
A report containing this in
formation was issued by the
Health Department to our college
president. State Department of
Health, and cafeteria head. To
improve the above factors the
cafeteria head points toward an
increased cafeteria budget and
a larger full-time working staff.
These assessments in turn call
for administrative action. At this
point the Student Council awaits
measures to be taken by the Ad
ministration which would result,
in improved eating facilities as
well as the removal of the ”C”
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Board Votes
To Support President
ECSC Board
The ECSC Board of Trustees
recently voted to give President
Walter N. Ridley support in his
administrative position. The an
nouncement came from McDonald
Dixon, Chairman of the Board of
Turstees.
The announcement was made
after a third-day meeting which
was called after the results of
the January investigation of the
College, called for by the Board,
were released.
The investigating team, con
sisting of four educators from
institutions of higher education
across the country, conducted a
three-day investigation of the in
stitution. The purpose of the
team’s visit was to give the
Board a look at ECSC to deter
mine its present position and to
see future possibilities. A 20-
of Trustees
page report was released to the
Board.
The team found President
Ridley .."a dedicated and ar
ticulate educator who had done
much for the college but noted
shortcomings in his discharge
of administrative functions,” the
Board’s release said.
The release further stated
that the student services of the
College, including counseling,
recruitment, admissions, financial
aid, housing and registrar’s ser
vices, were deficient and without
sufficient professionalpersontie 1.
The full report from the in
vestigation has not been released,
but the Board has voted to sup
port Dr. Ridley and resolved to
increase its participation in up
grading and seeking assistance
for the college.
Dr. J. H. Jackson is Religious
Emphasis Week Speaker
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Dr. Jackson
The eminent figure and guest
minister of our CoHege during
Religious Emphasis Week was
the Dr. Joesph Harrison Jackson,
who is president of the National
Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.
Dr. Jackson is also pastor of the
Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago,
Illinois.
To many, the Dr. Jackson is
a familiar figure. To others, our
featured guest for Religious Em
phasis Week may not have been
so well known. Dr. Jackson re
ceived his theological training at
ECSC Professors
at CSIP
Conference
Dr. Thelma Anderson, Pro
fessor of Psychology, and Dr.
Rosaline Edwards, Professor
and Chairman of the Education
Department, attended the Compre
hensive School Improvement Pro
ject (CSIP) Conference at East
Carolina College, Greenville.
About 450 Eastern North Car
olina educators met at the week
end conference.
Sponsored jointly by the col-,
lege and the State Department of
Public Instruction, the con
ference featured addresses by
Dr. John Bahner, assistant
superintendent of the Dade
County Schools of Miami, Fla.,
and Dr. Nicholas Anastasiow,
program director of the Educa
tional Improvement Project of
Duke University.
Conference leaders were
Woody Sugg, CSIP director; Dr.
Douglas R. Jones, dean of the
ECC School of Education; K. Z.
Chavis and Frank Emmerling.
Drs. Anderson and Edwards
lead Small group or ’’brain
storming” sessions ducting the
Saturday morning discussions.
‘Focus On Change”
In Psycholog)f 309
(TEAM TEACHING)
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Colgate, Rochester, New York,
where he received his Bachelor of
Arts degree. He received the Mas
ter of Arts degree in the field of Ed
ucation from Creighton Univer
sity in Omaha, Nebraska. He
also received a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Jackson College,
Jackson, Mississippi. Some of
these honorary degrees include:
D.D., from Jackson College,
Central State College, Wilber
force, Ohio; L.L.D., Bishop Col
lege, Dallas, Texas and L.L.D.
from the College of Monrovia,
Liberia. He did post graduate
work in the field of theology at
the University of Chicago.
Dr. Jackson has traveled to
many countries including Russia,
Liberia, China, Japan, India,
Egypt and Yugoslavia.
He was one of the principal
speakers at the Baptist World
Alliance which met in Royal
Albert Hall, London, England.
In January, 1956, Dr. Jackson
was one of the 9 religious lead
ers cited by the Chicago Daily
Tribune as having made out
standing and distinct contribu
tions in the field of religion du
ring the year of 1955.
Dr. Jackson has been a strong
advocate of civil rights to the
dedication of the principles of
law and order. He has advocated
the element of good will as an
essential part of correct human
relations in our democratic so
ciety.
As we greeted DrJ Jackson
during Religious Emphasis Week
at Elizabeth City State College,
March 12-16, we observed that
“our guest minister is a person
ality of international renown, ac
claimed by the leaders of twenty
nations. Yet, he has maintained
the ’common’ touch.”
ECSC Students
Informed of New
Graduate Program
On Wednesday, March 8, the
Business Department of ECSC
welcomed two visitors, Dr. 1. V.
Fine and Dr. Ray E. Tuttle. The
purpose of the visit was to in
form Negro students of the oppor
tunity for advanced study in the
area of Business Administration.
Drs. Fine and Tuttle said that
the Master of Business Education
Program will be offered by three
universities, namely the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, Washington
University and the University of
Indiana. As they pointed out, the
interesting thing about the pro
gram is that a student need not
have studied either business or
economics for this program. Any
qualified candidates who meet
the requirements will be con
sidered upon application. Those
requirements are (1) approved
undergraduate record, (2) recom-
comendations, (3) acceptable
score on the Admission Test for
Graduate Study on Business-
which is not geared to business
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