More Than 200 To Receive uefpes
At N. C. ’College’s 37th Commencenl^
The Campus Ech6
Commencement Principals
VOL, VI—NO. 6
DURHAM, N. C.,
MAY'-1948
Marshall Shepard Baccalaureate
Speaker; Myers Gives Finals Talk
Alumni Planning
Reunions, Awards
Th« presentation of “Dark Vic
tory” May 26, bj' the senior class
marked the beginning of a series
of commencement activities on the
North Carolina College campus. On
Saturday, May 29, the seniors will
present the annual Class Day exer
cises at 6:30 p. m., in the senior
bowl. Alumni who will be holding
reunions on the campus beginning
May 28 will be guests at the pro-
yram.
The alunuji will hold a business ses
sion. Saturday afternoon at 2:30 and
at 8 p. m., there will be a generaJ
meeting of the alumni in B. K. Duke
Auditorium. At 9:30 Saturday eve
ning the alumni will be hosts to the
seniors at a reception.
Sunday, May 30, will be Baccalau
reate Day and the sermon will be de
livered by Dr. Marshall Shepard, Ee-
corder of Deeds for the District of
Columbia. At 5 p. m.. President and
Mrs. Elder will be at home to the
faculty, seniors and guests a.t a re
ception. Sunday evening at 7:30 the
music department will present a con
cert in B! N. Duke Auditorium.
Th6 commencement address will be
delivered by Dr, Alonzo F. Myers,
head of the department of education
at Now York University, Monday,
May 31 at 11 a. m.
J. B. James New
Council President
In what was probably the most bit
terly contested election ever held on
this campus Wednesday, May o, the
students of North Carolina College
marched to the polls and elected
James B. James and Miss Mary Mc
Lean president and vice president
respectively of the student council.
James, running on a platform of
‘ ‘ Progressive School Government, ’ ’
led the other candidates by amassing
a majority of the more than 500
votes. He climaxed more than a week-
of activities campaigning with a
political pep rally Tuesday, May 6,
where a hugli throng of students
gathered to hear him outline his
platform.
The race for the vice presidency
almost ended in a dead heat mth
only twenty votes separating the two
top candidates. Miss Mary McLfean
who ran on a platform of “Unbiased
Student Government” received 188
votes, Elaiie Moore 168 and Ilillary
Holloway came third with 143 votes.
If the jjlatforms of the winning
candidates are any indication of their
intonfion.s Uio student body can look
forward to a prosperous 1948-49
school rear.
Dean Ruth Fiish
May LeaversCC
In the final wome;'' leeting for
the current school ye ar lire Wednes
day, May 5, Dean Ruh G. Bush
stated that this wa;i fobably her
final official meeting i'l the capacity
of dean of women. S.' i --Jns submitted
her resignation to tli^ licird of trus
tees and plans to remi^n it the school
in some other capacitj-
Miss Bush, came to North Car
olina College in 19l5, md held the
position of dean of wt^nioi since 1926.
She also held positiois is teacher of
mathematics and La‘ii' and head of
the department of edI’-Tion. She is a
graduate of Clark Uiivefsity and has
done graduate work at Radcliff Col
lege, Columbia Uniwrsi^'-y and Har.
vard University. Fron the latter in
stitution she receivet thi? Ed. M. de
gree.
In her final talk t( the women. Miss
Rush based her mcssagi’ on Doctor
Nicholas Murray Bitler’s definition
of education:
‘ ‘ There are five x;sts of the evid
ence of education — correctness and
precision in the us( of their mother
tongue; refined anl getitle manners,
the result of fixed liabitf* of thought
and action; souni standards of
appreciation of bea\>.F and or worth;
and character based jn these stand
ards; power and halit of reflection;
effiency or the powe» to do. ■’ ’
■
During the series of commencements
activities scheduled for North Carolina
College, the principal speakers will be
Dr. Marshall Shepard, (Top Left)
Recorder of Deeds, D. C., who will
deliver the Bacculeareate Sermon,
Sunday, May 30, and Dr. Alonzo F.
Myers, (Top Right) head of the New
York University department of edu
cation, who is slated to deliver the
commencement address Monday, May
31 at 11 a. m.
Also pictured here are President
Alfonso Elder (Lower Left) who will
be jwesidirg over his first commence
ment in the capacity of president of
North Carolina College, and Marion
S. Johnson, cxccutive Field Secretary
of the North Carolina College Alum
ni Association, who will be in charge
of a scries of activities sponsored by
alumni association.
Inside This Month
Most Popular Students Page 4
Athletes Receive Awards Page 5
Poem of the Month Page 2
Faculty-Student Committee Reports Proposals
For Changes In N. C. College Code ^
Before the entire student body and
staff on April 12, the Committee on
Faculty-Studerit Cooperation made
it’s report. The Student-Faculty Co
operation Committee had its first
meeting with President Alfonso Elder
J’ebruary 21, 1948, and began the
tremendous job of rethinking the
school philosophy. Fields considered
at this and succeeding meetings were:
student initiative, student handbook,
curriculum and extra-curricular acti
vities.
\
At the initial meeting. President
Elder made this explanation of the
purpose of the Student-Faculty Com
mittee. “We must rethink our body
of policies with an eye to the word
ing of a philosophy for our school
community. We too must look at ways
in which we must attempt to achieve
this philosophy and make recom
mendations as to how we must main
tain find preserve it.”
The Committee divided its work
into three areas of thinking:
1. our beliefs-suggests our philoso-
phy.
2. our handbook — making it an
effective implement to our philo
sophy.
3. recommendations for specific
areas in which students may exercise
initiative for effective action.
In the report the Committee first
proposed a preamble that set forth
what might contain a philosophy at
the North Carolina College Commun
ity. Some items indluded in this pre
amble were the beliefs that, basical
ly, wo are here for training in thor
oughness and proficiency in all areas,
the need of technical skills, as well as
skills in how to live, work ^nd play
harmoniously.
That we should learn ways in which
living may be improved and human
ity made better.
That the goals of education must
be defined in terms of social respon
sibility.
That students should be trained to
carry and shoulder responsibility, and
should have a basic share in shaping
the policy of our college community.
That student government should be
a reality in that students share re-
spcnsioility with the faculty for dis
cipline of dormitory life and carnpus
nctivitiec.
That student opinion should be
considered and weighed with the
same care as that of faculty mem
bers.
In the second part of the conuait-
tee’s report on Student-Faculty Co
operation the issues concerning stu
dent initiative were taken up. Some
of the recommendations made in this
area, were:
That a committee on Social Stand
ards be appointed, consisting of
faculty and students.
That students observe and per
petuate desirable traditions.
That a conscious effort should ba
made to develop the religious aspcct
of our campus life and that commit
tees be appointed to function in this
capaxjity.
Those proposals covering the cur
riculum wore:
That we have a clinic where stu
dents may find out where they stand
and in what area they are most cap
able of functioning effectively.
^at all students be encouraged to
participate in varsity athletics.
The proposals for changes in the
handbook were then given.
1. No student should be asked to
withdraw from the institution with
out
a. being informed cf the charges
b. counsel
See COMMITEK, Page 3
Nursing Department To Begin Here In September
Ruth Morrison, dramatic soprano,
is shown accepting the plaudits of
the audience which gave her a warm
reception at her senior recital in B.
N. Duke Auditorium Wednesday eve
ning May 5. Her accompanist was
Mrs. C. Ruth Edwards with whom she
studied for the past four years.
This was a part of the Annual
Festival of Music sponsored by the
department of music headed by Dr.
J. Elmo Dorsey. The schedule of the
week included ‘ ‘ Masterpieces of
Music” Tuesday, May 4; a concert
by the college band Thursday, May
6; and a concert by the college choral
organizations Friday, May 7.
Pl.ans have been completed to es
tablish a public health nursing de
partment with the admission of stu
dents to begin in Sej)tember. This was
related in an exclusive inter\’iew with
Miss Esther P. Henry who is to be
director of the dex>art::>ient.
Miss Henry further stated that it
is to be a one-year program designed
to prepare students to carry on the
fimctions of public health nurses,
and is based on the satisfactory com
pletion of an approved curriculum
including at least three months of
supervised field practice. -
Admission to the department of
Public Health Nursing requires that
the applicant be a registered nurse,
a graduate of an approved high
school, and a graduate of a school of
nursing approved by the committee
on admissions.
Miss Henry, who has been orgaji-
izing the course since February, ia a
graduate of Mercy Hospital, Phila.,
Pa. and earned her B. S. and M. A„
degrees at Columbia University.
Among the visiting professors will be
Miss Margaret Blee and Miss Ruth
Hay.