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Permit No. 5
VOLUME 30
ELIZABETH CITY. N. C.
JANUARY 30, 1969
NUMBER 4
Two Firsts At ECSC
Job Opportunity
Panel
The first college-com-
munity relations panel,
designed to extend the
services of Elizabeth City
J5tate College to tne com
munity on broader levels,
was held in the spacious
and well equipped board
room of the new Wacho
via Bank & Trust Com
pany building. With Dr.
R. Irving Boone, College
Minister and member of
the College-Community
Relations Committee,
serving as moderator,
four panelists concen
trated and expressed
their views on “An Anal
ysis of the Job Situation
Among Negroes in Eliz
abeth City, North Caro
lina.”
Following the invoca
tion by the Reverend, Dr.
J. R.R. McRay, alumnus
of the college and pastor
of Corner Stone Baptist,
Dr. Boone expressed deep
gratitude to Mr. William
Smith, Vice-President of
the modern local bank,for
opening the doors of the
facility to this panel.Dr.
Boone set the mental at
mosphere in order for
this " serious venture in
togetherness,” by quoting
statements made by three
distinguished Americans
which stressed the Im
portance of the harmon
ious relationship between
blacks and whites on an
equal basis, and of the
value of a good econom
ic base for all Negroes.
Mr. Chester Gregory,
Associate Professor of
History at the college,
discussed, “The Present
Hmployment Status
Among Negroes.” He
pointed out that the pre
sent ratio of employment
here “runs closely with
the population ratio.”
Using generalities, he
proceeded to state that
‘There are not enough
Negroes in Jobs.” Mr.
Gregory urged that,
“Don’t just hire Negroes
on a temporary basis.
Give jobs that have per
manency to them.” He re
iterated the suggestions
of earlier local study.
Mrs. Edith M. Spell
man, Secretary of the lo
cal Human Relations
Council, listed fifteen im
portant areas in which
Negroes desire employ
ment. The list included
every facility from City
Hall to the local radio
and newspaper facilities.
She expressed her firm
conviction that the broad
ening of job opportunities
for Negroes would in
crease the “Opportunity
for well rounded partici
pation (by them) in the
community.”
The host, Mr. Smith,
hit upon an imporant point
when he stated, “Solution
to the problems of treat
ing people as human be
ings.” Speaking on the
“Present Additional Job
Opportunities,” the bank
official went on to em
phasize that “We should
work together to revital
ize the development of in
dustry.”
Mr. Wayne W. Massey
Jr., manager of the local
Belk-Tyler Department
Store which has been un
der repeated pressure,
took a bitter approach to
the problem, saying vir
tually nothing as he tried
to complete the discus
sion on “Job Prospects
for the Immediate Fu
ture.”
Following the presen
tation by each panelist,
resource personalities
from the business, educa
tional, and civic commun
ities commented on the
problem during a lengthy
question and answer per
iod.
Placement
Director
Attends
Workshop
Ranaldo Lawson, Di
rector of Pbacement at
Elizabeth City State Col
lege, attended the recent
Workshop for College
Placement Officers, at
Atlanta’s Paschal Motor
Hotel. Representatives
from twenty-seven other
colleges comprised the
consortium for placement
officers in attendance.
The two-day session was
designed to enable each
college to discover what
is being done In place
ment that will be of ben
efit to black colleges and
their students in the area
of career counseling and
placement.
Structured by College
Placement Services, Inc.,
under Title 111 , Consor
tium for Placement, the
sessions Included lec
tures and addresses on
topics ranging from:
“New Careers and Cur
riculum Change;” and
“Vocational Informa
tion;” to “Graduate
School Programs For
Black Student.” The team
of lecturers and consul
tants included such noted
educators and counselors
as: Dr. Robert Colver,
Duke University; Dr.
Cleveland Dennard,
President, Washington
Technical Institute; Dr.
Paul Smith, North Caro
lina College at Durham;
Dr. Richard C. Robey,
Columbia University; and
Dr, Harold Stahmer, I.
S.S.P.
This was the second
conference on college
placement that Lawson
has attended. Prior to the
Atlanta meeting, he rep
resented Elizabeth City
State College at the Re
gion 11 Consortium Meet
ing of College Placement
Officers, at North Caro
lina A&T State Univer
sity, Greensboro. As a
result of those two meet
ings, the college is now
making every effort to
assist him in establish
ing and maintaining ef
fective placement ser
vices for its graduates.
In so doing, and in or
der to meet require
ments, the Placement Of
fice at Elizabeth City
State Collegehas been re
located in the Galley
(Publications Building)
and will include two coun
seling rooms, a private
office, and a career li
brary.
Faculty Art Exhibit
The Art Department at
Elizabeth City State Col
lege came up with a u-
nique “first” in Eliza
beth City when materials
were set up at Holiday
Inn of America, Friday,
January 10th., for the
College - Community Art
Exhibition Program.Pre
viously the pattern had
been visits by the public
to the college campus to
view works of art on ex
hibit by the department.
Now the first of two Col
lege-Community exhibi
tions will change that pat
tern and continue to
strengthen the relation
ship between the two.
The exhibition at Holi
day Inn, then followed by
exhibits at Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company, and
Winn Dixie Store, from
January 13th. to the 22nd.,
will feature art works by
the faculty of the Eliza
beth City State College
Art Department.
Dr. Vincent J. deGre-
gorio, chairman of the
department, emphasized,
“that the above exhibiton
progranf would never
have been realized, rela
tive to scheduling and de
velopment, had it not been
for the cooperative spir
it and neighborly interest
of the managerial staffs
of the aforementioned fa
cilities of Elizabeth
City.” The managers of
the firms that are co
operating with the college
In this project are: Mr.
J. Stanley Peel, Assist
ant Vice-President, Wa
chovia Bank and Trust
Company; Mr. Mitchell
Grubb, Holiday Inn of A-
merica; and Mr. Simon
Pender, Winn Dixie Store.
Dr. deGregorio un
doubtedly heads the list of
exhibitors In this first
College - Community art
exhibition program. A na
tive of New York, and a
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Two employees of Wachovia Bank admire paintings.