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History; Marybelle Johnson Reigns As Oueen Of Festivities
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Atwater Makes Initial Appointments
Congress To
Approve SG
AKA Chosen Alpha Sweetheart
Lovely Dolores Parks, senior history major from Richmond,
Virginia, has been chosen “Sweet Heart of Alpha Phi Alpha” by
NCC’s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. She will reign during 1952-53.
The attractive coed is 5’3”, 20-years-old and very versatile. She
is, a dramatics minor. She holds membership in the Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority. The Alpha Sweetheart is also on the cheering
squad, a member of the Thespians, Social Club, and is a Women’s
News Writer on the ECHO Staff.
Dolores’ hobbies include dancing, reading and dramatics. She
loves sports and likes especially to watch football, basketball and
b^eball. ^ ^
She is tifte daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Tarks, also of
Richmond.
Dolores will be attended by Savannah Mitchell, Plymouth
junior, and Patsy Phelps, Roxboro junior. Both are members of
the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
SENIOR NAMED SECRETARY
OF INTERRACIAL STUDENTS
Claude Stephens, Fayetteville
honor senior has been named
secretary-treasurer of the in
terim council of the State Stu
dents Legislative Assembly of
North Carolina.
Stephens, the son of tne Rev.
and Mrs. Claude L. Stephens,
201 Moore Street, Fayetteville,
is president of the NCC chap
ter of the Beta Kappa Chi hon
orary scientific society.
The State Students Legisla
tive Assembly is an interracial
student organization with mem
bership including all college stu
dents in the Tarheel state. Reg
ular yearly sessions are held at
the State Capital in Raleigh with
student groups divided into up
per and lower houses compar
able to the North Carolina bic
ameral legislature.
Stephens, who is also basileus
of the Tau Psi Chapter of the
Omega Psi Phi Franternity at
NCC, succeeds Robert Cart^^-
Ddfham
Entertains
NCC Faculty
A gesture in the direction of
increased college-commimity co
operation was taken here Oct.
16 when the Durham Business
and Professional Chain enter
tained NCC’s faculty and staff.
NCC’s ^ professors and staff
members, headed by President
and Mrs. Alfonso Elder, turned
out in large numbers.
The Flying Nesbits, acrobatic
team, furnished entertainment.
A buffet dinner was served to
some 400 persons at the end of
the program.
John H. Wheeler, NCC Law
School alumnus and president of
the local Mechanics and Farm
ers’ Bank, presided at the affair
and introduced five chain rep
resentatives who spoke briefly.
L. E. Austin, NCC alumnus
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secretary-treasurer. Carter, for
merly of Duke Unversty ,trans-
ferred last Fall to Tulane Uni
versity.
Stephens was elected at a
special interiin meeting held last
week at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Other delegates attending the
special planning meet were:
James D. Armstrong, Benj
amin E. Cox, Darnell McCauley,
and Charles Hart, Livingstone
College; Joe Schwartz, Frankie
Finch, Greensboro College; Ken-
nison June, Catawba College;
Linwood Smith and Velma
Speight, A. and T. College;
Christine Blalock, East Carolina
College; Roy Creech, ECC; Mary
A. Bailey and Eleanor Henry,
Meredith; Lucius Walker, Shaw
University, James Alexander,
Shaw; Fred Brooks and Court
Smith, Duke; and John Faust,
detegate-at-large.
bday Listening
For Music Lovers
Durham music lovers will
have an opportunity twice
monthly to listen to some of the
choice recordings in North Caro
lina College’s new Records Li
brary.
The first of the season’s lis
tening periods will be observed
on Sunday, October 19 at 7:30
p. m. A set of 2/4 Chopin preludes
will be played for listeners in the
Recital Hall (Room 306) in the
Music and Fine Arts Building.
One of the features of the
opening program will be an in
terview on Chopin’s musician
ship which Charles A. Ray, di
rector of the News Bureau, will
conduct with Prof. Ruth A. Gil
lum of the music department
staff.
Appointments
James L. Atwater, SG prexy,
announced several major ap
pointments this week. The ap
pointments, still subject to con
gressional approval, are attor-
rioy genc‘)-al, Earl Whitted; -atri.-
ing attorney general, Claude
Stevens; secretary, Elizabeth
Shell; business manager, Will
iam Bulow; public relations di
rector, Cleon Thompson; special
events officer, Savannah Mitch
ell; publicity officers, S. J. At
water and Matthew Mason;
chairman of Student Govern
ment social committee, Maude
Perkins; editor of the ECHO,
Moses Burt; editor of the EA
GLE, Geraldine Lyles; and stu
dent representative to the Athle
tic Committee, Samuel Allen.
Gale Mack is the president’s
secretary. The president’s per
sonal assistants are Murial At
water and Earnest Ward.
Grad Entrance
Exams Begin
in November
The Graduate Record Exami
nations, required of applicants
for admission to a number of
graduate schools, will be admin-
nistered at examination centers
throughout the country four
times in the coming year, Edu
cational Testing Service has an
nounced.
This fall candidates may take
the GRE on Friday and Satur-
dajj, November 7 and 8. In 19,53,
fi,
Ap^il 17 and 18, July 10 and 11.
ESiS advises each applicant to
inquire of the graduate school
of his choice which of the ex
aminations he should take and
on which dates.
Application forms and a Bul
letin of Information, which pro
vides details of registration and
administration as well as sample
questions, may be obtained from
college advisers or directly from
Educational Testing Service, P.
O. Box 592, Princeton, N. J. or
P. O. Box 9896, Los Feliz Station
Los Angeles 27, California. A
completed application must
reach the ETS office at least two
weeks before the date of the ad
ministration for which the can
didate is applying.
Welcome Alumni
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VOLUME 11—NUMBER 2
DURHAM, N. C., OCTOBERr-1952
PRICE 15 CENTS
GEORGE NIXON CAPTAINS
HOMECOMING FESTIVITIES
George S. Nixon announced
plans for the Nortli Carolina
College Homecoming Parade to
be held liere on October 25, pre-
ceeding the homecoming game
between NCC and Maryland
State College.
Nearly twenty floats are an
ticipated, Nixon says. Among
them are those of Kappa Alpha
Psi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Omega
Psi Phi, Alpha Kappa Alpha,
Delta Sigma Theta, Thespians,
Commercial Club, Social Science
Club, Senior Class, Iota Phi-
Lambda, and the Dance Group.
The Durham Business and Pro
fessional Chain, Scarborough
Nursery, Lincoln Student Nurses
and the Bull City Electric Com
pany are expected to enter floats
also.
Music will be furnished by the
NCC and Hillside High School
bands. Local Boy Scout and Girl
Scout troops are expected to be
on hand to add to the color of
the affair.
Nixon says the parade line-up
is .scheduled for 10:30. The pa^
i-iide ^iil get. underway ,prornr,t-
ly at ii:uu. - * -
The parade will proceed along
Fayetteville Street, and across
town ending at the Durham
Athletic Park, scene of the
homecoming day football classic.
Edward Hanes and Samuel
Allen will assist Nixon as Grand
Marshall and Grand Vice Mar
shall respectively. Harvey
Wright is Chief Marshall, sect
ion one, and Glover Hill is
Chief Marshall, section two.
Seniors Attend
Law School
Karl Whitted, Goldsboro, and
Tiieodore Stephens, Henderson-
v> le seniors at NCC, are now en-
rcUed in the NCC Law School.
B th students have discontinued
uhdergraduate work.
'Whitted, a member of the Al-
pi.a Plii Alpha Fraternity, is the
Attorney General now on
Ii'_:ve of absence. He was a vice
P sidential candidate in last
yi ars SG election.
^Stephens, a member of Kappa
A';)ha Psi Fraternity, has served
it: .several student leadership ca-
p 'citie.s including the vice presi-
diacy of the Commercial Club
L^t year.
Dr. Martin Jenkins, presi
dent of Morgan State College,
Baltimore, Maryland, will be
the principal speaker at
Founder’s Day exercises here
on November 3 at 11:00 a. m.
Holds Meet
'T' 'enty-fivp. two less than a
if'al meeting of the NCC Student
Csl-ngress On Oct. 11.
Vice president Winfred Till-
efy greeted the new congress
with pleas for regular attend
ance this year. He sighted lack
ot attendance as a reason for
some of tlie congress’ short com
ings last year.
Tlie election of SG officers
was postponed until freshmen
class representatives are install
ed.
Tillery, at SG Prexy James
L. Atwater’s request, appointed
Delilah Taylor, Claude Stevens,
Garland Barber, Carl Bell and
Cleopatra Broadnax, to the SG
Budget Committee.
NAACP Downs
Grad Program
The National Association For
the Advancement of Colored
People went on record as oppos
ing the new doctor of philosophy
course here at its recent three-
day ninth annual state confer
ence in High Point.
At the same time the group
served notice on Nortli Carolina
Authorities that Negroes will
continue to seek admission to
graduate and professional schools
of the consolidated University
of North Carolina. The group
pledged to take appropriate legal
action where admission is de
nied.
The convention deemed the
new program objectionable be
cause the present educational fa
cilities are not adequate or equal
to other state supported schools
offering the work.
Work leading to the doctor
of philosophy degree in educa
tion was begun here in Septem
ber. NCC is believed to be the
first predominantly Negro col-
tlege to start ^ch a program.,
SUBMIT SSCQT
BLANKS NOW
Applications for the Decem
ber 4, 1952 and the April 23,
1953 administrations of the Col
lege Qualification Test are now
available at Selective Service
System local boards throughout
the country.
Following instructions in the
bulletin, the student should fill
out his application and mail it
immediately in the envelope pro
vided. Applications for the Dec.
4 test must be post marked no
later than midnight, November
1, 1952.
THE MEN’S STEERING COMMITTEE
KANNAPOLIS JUNIOR REIGNS
AS HOMECOMING OUEEN HERE
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Kappa's Present
Flying Saucers
“Flying Saucers of 52’ was
presented by, the Alpha Kappa
ChaotPi' pf JCsDpa Ah/na Psi
^ 56>ctober 11 in H.'N.
Duke Auditorium. Acting as
masters of ceremonies for the
talent show were J. B. Taft and
John T. Brown.
Appearing on the program
were Calvin Adams, who rend
ered “Lawdy Miss Claudy” and
Ann Gladden, who sang “I Un
derstand.” Other soloists were
Micheal Hinton, Duke James,
Norman Wright, Delores Dabney
and James Mallory.
The Wheels, Tom Hardy, Lin
Bullock, Mac McNeill and Ivan
Dixon, and the Mello-Dames,
Bennie Streeter, Delphyne Web
ber and Lois Howard, also rend
ered vocal selections.
Comedy sketches were provid
ed by John Brown, Dudley
Flood and “Tex Harrison. Peg
gy Morg;in rendered a creative
dance.
GEORGE JONES
ALPHA HEAD
George W. Jones, Durham
senior, is 1952-53 president of
the Gamma Beta Chapter of the
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Jones is an honor student who
was also elected to the presi
dency of Beta Kappa Chi, hono
rary scientific society.
Olher officers are Earl Whitt
ed, Goldsboro senior, vice-pres
ident; Irvin Knight, Goldsboro
junior, corresponding secretary;
Henry Williams, Luling, Texas,
senior, recording secretary; Ro
land Clark, Hamlet senior,
treasurer; Moses Burt, Hillsbg
senior, Dean o
Otis-.^^ Tv
lor, Sph
misha
Ala. senioi’
a’e the Alp
■nily represQ
Hellenic Q
Marybelle Johnson, Kannap
olis, N. C., junior home econom
ics education major at North
Carolina College, has been se
lected in a campus-wide voting
to reign as “Miss North Caro
lina College Homecoming” on
October 25.
The attractive Tarheel coed
is 5’ 6”. 20 years old, and very
VerKalilS. Jrier
ing, singing, and playing the
piano. She designs and makes
many of her clothes.
She is the daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. T. I. Johnson, 503
Copell St., Kannapolis. Her
father is the pastor of Mariable
Memorial A. M. E. Zion Church
of Kannapolis.
Marybelle is one of two mem
bers of her family now enrolled
here. The other representative
is Marybelle’s brother, Timothy
Jr., aspiring end on the Eagles
grid squad.
Marybelle won in competition
over other pretty NCC coeds,
Nettie Louise Martin, senior,
and Carolyn Johnson, sopho
more. Nettie, a native of Sumter,
S. C., is a History major and a
minor in Library Science. She
is also the sweetheart of the Tau
Psi Chapter of the Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity, a senior coun-
eilov, 21 years old, and 5'1”.
Carolyn is from Halifax, a
major in Foods and NutritiOiL,
and a minor in Generril Sji>^'.'ve
Her liobbias are slamp collect
ing, and cooking. Carolyn is I'J
years old, and is 5‘2
Tliese ladies will nttcnd Ivlary-
belle at the coloiiui liiilftii ie
ceremonies uuiin^^ ch.- N . C
1 iVIiii-yiaad S'ale Coiuge TTcm,--
; com’.ng classic Saturday, Q,c-to&“
er 25,
The listining series will be
open to the public.
The Steering Committee of the Mens Assembly, shown above
was selected at the initial meeting of this body on Wednesday,
October 8, 1952. The committee is composed of fifteen persons;
three off-campus, three freshmen, three sophomores, three juniors,
and three seniors.
Those persons selected to serve during the 1952-53 school
year are: Benjamin Mitchell, Freshman, Wood; Morris Woolfork,
Freshman, Lakeland, Florida; James Mallory, Freshman, Ports-L
mouth, Virginia; James Court^
Lee Calhourn, Sophomore, G
more, Dunn; Nathan Simm
Crumblin, Junior, Winstoi^
David Stewart, Senior,
Fred McNeil, Senior
ville; Elliott Pal
Junior, Salisbu
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