FEBRUARY 3, 1966
THE NEWS ARGUS
PAGE SEVEN
Comedian Dick Gregory Brings
Humor and Serious Talk to WF
Cats of Zcta scratched their way into Zeta Ltnd. Left to right: S. Graves; M. Creton; E. Hamp-
I n; A. Moore; B. Tuck; T. Woinble; and S. Brooks.
Dick Gregory’s appearance and
performance at Wake Forest Col
lege on November 8, should cer
tainly be remembered for some
time. His remarkable and unique
wittiness kept the audience pro
ducing continuous roars of
laughter.
The Negro comedian seemed
to be quite capable of cheering
up the most desolate person. By
treating the most serious world
problem ever so lightly, he mo
mentarily eased the minds of
those who are disturbed by what
they see in today’s world.
Some of his jokes covered: the
draft, the war in Viet Nam, capi
tal punishment, civil rights, and
interracial marriages.
According to Gregory, a lot of
fuss was made about the boy
who burned his draft card, but a
week after the draft call w^as
issued for fatherless husbands,
the men were seen burning their
wives’ birth control pills.
What do you think the United
Campus Groups
Are Described
(Continued from One)
hrisday.
STUDENT COUXdli
President: Arthur Gray; Vice-
I’resident: Charles Anderson;
Secretary: Wilbert McKinley;
Assistant Secretary: Miss Sylvia
Sprinkle; Treasurer: Joseph As
kew.
CHARM CLUB
President: Miss Nancy Miller;
Vice-President: Miss Azzie Wall;
Secretary: Miss Addie Richard
son; Advisor: Mrs. Hamilton.
^ieetings are held every sec-
md and fourth Tuesday,
liibrary Literary Club
Chairman, Miss Barbara Wil
liams, a junior; co-chairman,
Miss Phyllis Lunsford, a junior;
secretary, Miss Roberta Henry,
a sophomore, and assistant secre
tary, Miss Flossie Allen, a jun
ior. Advisor is Miss M. H.
Mallette.
Day Students Organi/uition
President, Johnny Hinton; vice
president, Coleman Freeman;
-ecretary, Shirley Clavon, assis
tant secretary, LaVerne Samuel;
treasurer, Ira McCullough, and
reporter, Lawrence Starks, Jr.
The regular meeting date is
the first Thursday of each
month.
STUDENT CHRISTIAN ASSO.
President: Miss Marva James;
Secretary: Miss Barbara Wil
liams; Financial Secretary; Miss
Ruby Watson; Assistant Secre
tary: Miss Lillie Cooper; Advisor:
Rev. Lewis.
Call meetings are held.
GROOVE PHI GROOVE SOCIAI^
KELI.OWSHIP
President: Willis Bennett;
Vice-President; Douglas Taborn;
Secretary: Eugene Smiley; Treas
urer: Thomas Gomilion; Dean of
Pledgees: Earl Monroe; Assistant:
Marvin Burgin; Chaplain: David
Bowles; Advisor: Mr. L. Brown.
Jr.
Other clubs on campus are: the
Library Literary Club, the Cogi-
tators, the Dramatics Club, the
Day Students Organization, the
NAACP, and the English Club.
—Trudy McClure
Support the Rams
in Basketball
CIAA Tournament
February 24-26
Greensboro
Coliseum
Five Q-Dogs crossed burning simds to become men of Omega. They were, left to right: E. Warren,
J. Askew, J. O’Pbarrow, B. Watts, and B. Guthrie.
States Air Force has contributed
to the war in Viet Nam? The
comedian may or may not agree
with you. “The United States
non-violent Air Force has killed
only crab grass; some of the
money spent for B52’s should be
spent for building new bombing
sites.”
We, as Americans probably
tend to think that the outcome
of the war will be victorious for
us. Mr. Gregory commented,
“When the 688 million people of
Red China start singing ‘We
Shall Overcome’ they’ll do it; we
estimate that it will take Red
China 20 to 30 years to build a
vehicle to carry a nuclear blast,
but 688 million people can carry
it by hand.”
If the comedian was about to
be electrocuted and had been
asked what he desired for his
last dinner, he would have re
plied, “Jesus Christ’s last supper
didn’t turn out too well; send me
a bottle of wine in 1992 and I’ll
wait for it.”
Approaching the end of his
performance the comedian ac
quired a more serious tone as he
commented on social problems
in our nation.
“If it was any other country’s
we could solve it; we have the
intelligence and the know how.
The farther we are away from
the problem, the better we see
it.”
After giving the Northern
view on some of the KKK’s ac
tions, he warned that the prob
lem is American first, not lo
cality and that the Syndicate has
the same power in the North as
the Klan has in the South.
He believes that Americans
must face problems and be hon
est in permitting all men to be
absent of fears and become free
men. He warned that America
should act now while the non
violent atmosphere exists.
“In nineteen states laws were
passed forbidding interracial
marriages. That makes as much
sense as passing laws saying
Negroes can’t catch colds, polio
or cancer; nature is bigger than
man and does not respect that
law'.”
Peace Corps Trio
Visits Campus
(Continued from Page One)
tion and its function, to collect
brochures concerning the cjppor-
tunities for people in particular
fields, to fill out application
blanks and to take the Peace
Corps placement test.
The tests were given under the
supervision of Miss Brenda
Fountain, a recruiter. Taking the
test did not assure a student he
would be accepted, nor did it
commit him to the Peace Corps.
Another feature of the cam
paign was the showing of a mo
vie. H. Sargent Shriver, who was
interviewed in the film, pointed
out that the Peace Corps is not
a propaganda arm of the Ameri
can government nor a part of
foreign policy. No Peace Corps
volunteer, he said, is to prosely
tize a native to any political be
lief.
The following ideas were de
veloped from various discus
sions:
If a person wishes to do Peace
Corps type of work in the United
States he may join VISTA (Vol
unteers in Service to America).
A volunteer for the Peace
Corps is not usually alone in a
community overseas, but may be
a member of a cluster plan (five
people in the same community)
or may work with fewer or more
Letter to Editor
It is an outrage when a college
holds a formal dance to the stu
dent body, and it is accepted
like it was at the Hotel Robert
E. Lee on Dec. 11.
The music was wonderful, the
atmosphere was very unique.
The only embarrassing thing
was the attendance as far as the
men are concerned. It was an
affair to remember, the girls in
their pretty long gowns. A few
men had to try to entertain a
multitude of women.
1 think that the male popula
tion of Winston-Salem State Col
lege should be ashamed of them
selves for their poor attendance
at this affair. It was regrettable
that the affair turned out the
way it did, but we will know bet
ter the next time!!!!
—E. (Bud) Davis
people.
The language of the place
where the volunteer is going is
taught to him in a Peace Corps
training center. So is other infor
mation about where he is going.
The Peace Corps is not the
place for wandering, restless
people. Thus, it is aimed on the
college campus toward seniors
and juniors.
Nations requesting volunteers
usually request those with a col
lege degree. Practical experience,
however, is very useful, too.
Apes Become Men of Alpha
Two Apemen spent a week on line, gi*owIing line songs and jokes.
They also honored their sisters, the AKA’s. The Alpha neophytes
are S. Alford and B. Jennings.