ijThe Echo Hopes That:
You Have A Happy,
But Safe Vacation.
CampKS
VOLUME 11—NUMBER 5
(^aU^e git
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLIN^^, 4iay, 1953
Echo
Good Luck, Grads
You’re Now On
Your Own.
B ^ _ '1 -. TRICE 15 CENTS
LIBERAL PARTY SWEEPS IN SG RACE
★★ ★★ ★★ ^ 'k 'k 'k 'k
Carey, Ike Advisor, To Give Grad Sermon
BUU QUITS ECHO:
DOUBT
Palmer, James
MOSES BURT, JR.
Moses C. Burt, Jr. ECHO edi-
N. C. College
Prof. Is Poefess
Miss Mary L. Bonanon, di
rector of dramatics at North
Carolina College, has been noti
fied that ione of her poems,
“The Plea,” will be published in
the forthcoming National Poetry
Anthology.
This will mark the second
time one of the N.C.C. pro
fessor’s poems has been publish
ed in the anthology. “The Pray
er , one of Miss Bohanon’s
earlier poems, was published in
the 1951 volxime.
The book will be issued by the
Ticket; Scruggs By Acclamation
On Straight CHIGVGO ALDERMAN
The spring student govern
ment elections saw the Liberal
Party make a clean sweep as
both its candidates won a close
contest. Elliott Palmer, Jr., Dur
ham native, polled the largest
vote total and his junior run
ning mate, Miss Althea James,
led the three candidates for the
vice-president’s position.
Summer Sessions
Offers 6 Courses
Yvonne Scruggs authorized
this statement: “We are very
sorry that Mr. Burt resigned. We
feel his resignation was a great
loss to our staff. However, the
Echo will continue publication”.
Miss Scruggs was recently
elected for the chief editor’s post
in the Spring election.
1953 Eagles To
Play 17 Games
Coach Benjamin F. Whaley
of the North Carolina College
baseball team, recently an
nounced a 17 game schedule for
the Durham nine.
The Eagle Diamondmen open-
between
the season v.*
an exhibition game
locals and Shaw University.
„ exhibition games
° aeduled: Benedict Col-
flyiumbia, S. C., March
lege
len University, Columbia,
March 31; Benedict Col-
3, Durham, April 9; and Allen
^'University, Durham, May 11.
The Whaley nine will be seen
at Durham on April 3 in a con
test with Howard University.
The other six home games in
clude: Winston-Salem Teachers
College, April 6; West Virginia
State College, April 17 and 18;
Delaware State College, April
21; A. and T. College, May 13;
and Shaw University, May 18.
The Eagles play five games
away from home: Shaw Univer
sity, Raleigh, April 11; A. and T.
College, Greensboro, April 14;
Delaware State College, Dover,
Del., May 1; Howard Univer
sity, Washington, D. C., May 2;
and Winston-Salem Teachers
College, Winston-Salem, May 9.
In 1952 the Eagles won three
and lost seven.
tor of the summer school this intensive
week announced six courses 1 three of the
leading to Certification in spe' >rgan,.ato„...
is reportedly too busy with other
work to continue his full-time
duties as editor-in-chief. How
ever, Atwater, Student Govern
ment President, was reluctant to
take action on Burt’s resignation
when he receiyed it.
Meanwhile, the Echo is being
published under the direction
of Yvonne Scruggs, managing f
editor axkd Burt’s next-in-com^
mand. Burt has been affiliated
with the Echo since his fresh
man year. He started as reporter,
served later as copy editor, news
editor, and managing editor be
fore elevation last spring to
editor-in-chief.
“No comment” was the word
from SG sources about action on
Burt’s resignation.
A spokesman said Burt ex
pressed a desire to continue as
contributor to the editorial col
umns, but at press time, his
column, “The Burt Beat” had
not been received.
The Campus-Town coalition
placed ahead of the other two
parties by a much wider margin
in the presidential race than in
the vice-presidential contest.
Progressive party candidates
William Bulow and Harvey
Wright gained the second high
est totals as they received votes
of 149 and 225 respectively.
Third place in party totals
went to The Collegiate Party
representatives, Raympnd Bell
receiving 112 and Oscar Beverly
culling 39.
ous campaign designed to stim
ulate a larger and more repre
sentative vote total. Students
responded in larger numbers
than ever before, according to
some observers.
A registratio:
hundred NCC
what is beli'
ation c
-C s^
ihjigfl 1
of almost seven
dent voters set
to be a record.
In the contest for the position
of editor of the Campus Echo,
Miss Yvonne Scruggs was a un
animous choice of the voters.
A Buffalo, New York, native,
she became the first student to
become elected editor of the cam
pus publication. Heretofore, the
editor has been appointed by the
president of student government.
This new policy is the result of
a bill recently passed by the Stu
dent Congress. The new editor
campaigned as an independent
candidate and was unopposed.
As soon as the Elections Board
certified the official returns.
Elections Board Chairman Wini
fred L. Tillery announced the
vote totals to a large gathering
of interested students. Students
were gathered in the freshman
bowl awaiting the announce-
- _ 7 — -X— Alpha pm omega rsfatlonal
cial education during the com- Service Fraternity and student
ing summer
The courses will be taught by
Professor Mildred Turner of
NCC’s regular resident staff and
Dr. Marcus H. Boulware, pro
fessor of special education, Al
bany State College, Albany, Ga.
Included in the course offer
ings available at NCC this sum
mer are: Materials and Methods
in Teaching Slow-Leaming
Children; Introduction * to Ex
ceptional Children; Psychology
of Exceptional Children; Me
thods of Teaching Hard-of Hear
ing Children; Problems in the
Teaching of Speech Correction;
and Principles of Speech Cor
rection.
Dr. Taylor says the special
courses are offered for the con
venience of teachers who must
have the new certificate for
Special Education as of July 1.
Specific credits previously in
eluded in meeting the require
ments for the Primary Grade A
certificate may be counted to
ward meeting certification re
quirements in Special Educa
tion, according to Dr. Taylor.
Three summer school pro
grams are being given at NCC
this year. From June 8 through
July 15 the six weeks work
shops will be in session. The
regular nine weeks session con
venes between June 8 and Aug.
1. A three weeks post-s'ession
will meet August 3-19.
SWIM TEAM
COMPETES
Coach Clarence Palmer has
organized NCC’s first intercol
legiate swimming team.
The members of the team are
Bill Fisher, New York City;
James Mack, Hampton, Va.;
Archie Vann, Newport News;
Waverly Jackson, New York
City; Clark Edgerton, Durham;
Harry Moore, Elizabethtown;
and Curtis English, Lakeland,
Fla.
Competition during the year
includes Howard and Tennessee
State University.
NCC’s aquatic aces practice
in the college’s AAU regulation
size pool in the Women’s Gym
nasium.
Coach Palmer this year has
been giving special swimming
classes for the first time since
the college provided for year-
roimd swimming classes.
Over five hundred and fifty stu- | ment.
Student Government presi
dent James L. Atwater com
mended the student body for its
Interest in the elections. Both
Atwater, and TUIery.matJe men-
paigns had been conducted in a
manner reflecting favorably on
dents cast ballots.
Dr.^JosiFh'Hr'Taylorrdlric- ^ Polling of the students
r of the summer marked the end of mtensive
government sponsored a vigor-
speaktr of the Student Congress
the entire campus community.
In oiher remarks made during
the inipromptu program staged
on th(' lawn, successful candi
dates James and Palmer pledged
full support of the Liberal Party
“16-Pnint Program.” Candidates
Bell, Beverly, and Wright also
extended greetings to the gather
ing.
Soma practiced political ob-
servei attributed the success of
the fKdglings Liberals to the
voting power of the freshman
resideiits, while others have ad
vanced the opinion that the
ticket received a great deal of
support from the town students.
Palmer is a town student,
whereas" Bulq.w and Bell reside in
Chidley. James became the first
womari vice-president since Miss
Mary McLean served in that
capacity during the late forties.
Palmer’s major experience as a
student leader has been gained
while serving as chairman of
the Men’s Assembly Steering
Committee, planning group for
the biJnionthly meeting’"^ all
men s|mjents. At present he is
also c officer of a campus-
town I -,„^^^g^nization.
iiavd tubbed fer,"brings to the
vice-prjesidency a year of ex
perience as president of the Rush
has also served in various other
student leadership capacities.
The closest race of the entire
campaign was furnished by the
office-seekers James and Wright.
Although the Liberal Party
candidate had the largest single
vote count of all the candidates,
her 290 total was only 65 tallys
better than was Harvey Wright’s,
Progressive Party potential.
Palmer out-distanced Bulow by
a commanding margin of 140
counters. Bell was close behind
with 112,
In what some observers have
termed the most dissappointing
single vote, rising senior Oscar
Beverly managed to garner on
ly 39 votes.
All of the candidates were
rising seniors except the new
president and the novice editor,
who are both rising juniors.
Having served in virtually ev
ery staff position except circula
tion manager, “Bonnie” Scruggs
has had a wealth of experience
in working with the ECHO.
Since her fresliman year, she
has run the gamut from reporter
to her present position of asso
ciate editor. She was recently
appointed to tliat position upon
HERE SUNDAY, JUNE 1
13 Join Alpha
Kappa Delta
Thirteen North Carolina Col
lege students and teachers were
initiated into Alpha Kappa Del
ta honorary sociological frater
nity at the Do Nut Shop here
on February 27.
Dr. Katharine Jocher, re
search professor of sociology,
the Institute of Social Science,
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, was the principal
speaker at the installation and
initiation rites.
Three N.C.C. professors who
are already members of the fra
ternity were assisted with rites.
They were Professors Joseph S.
Himes, Jr., faculty advisor to
the group; Dr. Helen G. Ed
monds, professor of history;
and Mrs. Charlie K. Stewart, an
assistant registrar.
The 13 candidates initiated
were; Dr. Charles E. King, pro
fessor of sociology; Dr. Allan E.
Weatherford, III, acting chair
man of the department of phy
sical education; Walter M.
Brown, graduate student and
.1..X graciuate student and
M. c. liSrt jT editor I placen^ent officer »t N. C. C.;
All titiII ^ -
All three new officers will be
gin work in September.
NCC EAGLE Gl
IN KOREA
SOMEWHERE IN KOREA
M-Sgt. Hezekiah Morris, Jr.,
of Martinsville, Va., and NCC
Alumnus, recently spent a five
day vacation from Korea on a
rest and recuperation leave in
Japan.
He stayed at Nara, one of
Japan’s most famous resort
cities, where the Army has set
up an extensive recreational
center for combat soldiers en
joying a respite from battle.
Morris, sergeant major in the
3d Battalion of the 3d Infantry
Division's 15th Infantry Regi
men, has served in the far East
since last May.
He has been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal, Korean and
United Nations Service Ribbons
and the Goqd Conduct Medal.
BURSAR’S OFFICE SCHEDULE
William Jones, NCC business manager, has listed
the following hours, effective immediately, for the bur
sar’s office:
Monday through Friday 8:30 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Monday through Friday 2:00 p. m. to 1:30 p. m.
Saturday through Friday 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon
Jones advises faculty and students having business
with the bursar to attend to it during the above period.
Alderman Archibald Carey of
Chicago, campaign adviser to
President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er, will deliver N. C. C.’s bac
calaureate sermon on May 31.
The Chicago civic and religi
ous leader, pastor of Quinn
Chapel Church, travelled more
than 21,000 miles with Presi
dent Eisenhower during the
1952 campaign. He also spoke in
more than 25 cities in Mr.
Eisenhower’s behalf.
It is understood that Mr. Ca
rey flew with Mr. Eisenhower,
“at the General’s request’’ from
New York to Chicago on Friday,
October 31, 195, when the then
presidential candidate spoke at
Chicago Stadium.
In addition to serving as al
derman in Chicago’s Third
Ward, Mr. Carey is pastor of
Quinn Chapel Church. He is also
a practicing lawyer. His parents
were the late Bishop and Mrs.
A. J. Carey.
Alderman Carey received his
education at Northwestern Uni
versity and the Cliicago-Kent
College of Law. He has an
honorary doctor of divinity de
gree from Wilber force Univer
sity.
jors; Robert E. Edwards,
‘The Wheels,” Campus Musical Combo, Making Personal Appearances
i*
C. Moore, Calvin C. Hughes,
Mrs. Ann Warren Jones; Henry
Debnam; the Rev. Mr. R. Irving
Boone; E. Cecil Powell, La Vie
Griggs, and Rosalyn Whitehead.
In addition to Professor Joc-
hc#, former second vice presi
dent of the fraternity's national
body and now managing editor
of Social Forces, the participants
on Friday evening’s program in
cluded the Rev. Mr. Boone,
temporary president of the NCC
chapter; Miss Whitehead,
who was in charge of the in
stallation proceedings.
The NCC chapter made the
61st member of the organization.
Only three are located in Negro
colleges, the other two being at
Fisk and Atlanta Universities.
The NCC chapter invited
several sociology teachers from
neighboring Tarheel colleges
and universities to attend the In
stallation rites. Among the so
ciologists invited were: pro
fessors from Duke University,
the University of North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill; North Caro
lina State College, Raleigh;
Shaw University and St. Augus
tine’s College, Raleigh.
Membership in the organi
zation is open to teaching, re
search, and other professional
graduate students, and senior
and junior undergradaates with
a “B” or better average
I SReakers at
Ruby j oroji v-exi
in Chicago in July, 1952, Mr.
Carey attracted national atten
tion. He is reportedly scheduled
to receive a high appointment
in the Eisenhower Administra
tion.
ELDER SEEKS
5 BUILDINGS
President Alfonso Elder, on
February 10, asked the Joint
Appropriations Committee of
the State Legislature io approve
permanent improvement needs
the amount of $3,783,172.
Included in President Elder’s
request were five buildings,
items for an underground elec
tric system, and other improve
ments as well as funds to pur
chase new land for the college’s
expansion.
Dr. Elder asked specifically
for three buildings previously
sought at the 1951 Legislature,
to house the departments of
education ($691,840); com
N. C. College
Gets Music Club
NCC music students recently
became-^he first Tarheel Negro
college affiliates with the Music
Educators National Conference.
The club has its main func
tions to acquaint those students
who are in the music depart
ment with the various tech
niques and teaching procedures
of music as a profession, and to
create and stimulate a better in
terest and appreciation of good
music among the students on
our campus.
The club members are Elouise
Murphy, Bladenboro, secretary;
Eulah Blue, Southern Pines,
president; Helen V., McLean,
Southern Pines; Alice Gray,
Tarboro.
Robert Holland, Apex; Melvin
Boone, Concord; Rosena Jack
son, Pascagoula, Miss.; Esther
Hill, White Plains, N. Y.; Doro
thy Starr, Kings Mountain; C.
Ruth Edwards, faculty sponsor,
Robert W. John, music educa
tion department at NCC;
Ethel Terry, Rocky Mount;
Kathleen Singleton, Bladenboro;
Lawrence Cooper, Winston Sa
lem, vice-president; Cora Free
man, Tarboro; and Clark Edger
ton, Durham.
Other members are: Con
stance Glenn, Spartanburg, S.
C; Katie Lewis, Durham; and
Mercedes Barnes, Middlesex.
Mercedes Barnes’
Paintings In
National Exhibit
Miss Mercedes Barnes, a sen
ior art major here, is among the
nation’s talented painters invited
merce ($674,257); and biology to exhibit their work at the forth
Latest NCC musical combo to try for the big time is “The
Wheels,” vocalists and instrumentalists, who have been making
personal appearance throughout the State in recent months.
Organizations interested in the group's services should ad
dress, “The Wheels,” Chidley Hall, North Carolina College, Dur
ham.
From left to right: Lonnie Mooney, Thomas Hardy, Linwood
^ Maurice McNeill, Ivan Dixon, Kennedy Pulley, and seat
ed, Gilbert Rivers. John Brown is shown at the drums.
($639,944).
In addition, Dr. Elder request
ed a dormitory for senior and
graduate women ($1,016,363);
a student union building (521,
coming Exhibition of Paintings,
Sculpture, and Prints by Negro
artists. This exhibition has been
sponsored annually for the past
twelve years by Atlanta Univer-
268); underground electric sys-' sity. Last year, one of Miss
tem ($183,100); ground im- Barnes’oil paintings won a blue
provements ($21,400); and the: ribbon and cash award at the
purchase of land, ($35,000).
North Carolina State Fair.