NOVEMBER 26, 1953
THE CAMPUS ECHO
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Cheek To Star As Hamlet Thursday Nile
Students Attend
Baptist Meet
Baptist students at North
Carolina College were repre
sented at the annual Baptist Stu
dent Union Convention held re
cently in Winston-Salem by four
delegates. The delegates were
Mable Poston, Shelby; Bettye
Leach, Pittsboro; Lawrence
Hampton, Leaksville; and Mary
Moore, Statesville.
Delegates made reports to the
local Student Union in their bi
monthly meeting last week. In
cluded were reports on resolu
tions made at the convention as
well as a report of the group’s
apology to a leading Baptist
clergyman whose scheduled ap
pearance at the convention was
cancelled at the last minute.
Branch Here
The NCC Branch is one of the
forty student Baptist groups ac
tive in North Carolina colleges
and universities. All are mem
bers of the Baptist Student Un-
The B.S. U. at Shaw Univer
sity in Raleigh leads all Negro
colleges in membership with 750
members. There are 42 members
of the local organization. There
are 800 Baptist students on the
North Carolina College campus.
The Baptist group is a free
will organization which offers
spiritual and social contact and
enlightenment. Among their pro
grams for the year is the annual
spring retreat in Nashville, Ten
nessee. The retreat this year
will be held at Ridgecrest, N. C.,
and will be open to Baptist stu
dents throughout the world.
Officers
Officers of the local organi
zation are Mary Moore, presi
dent; Paula Bennett, secretary;
Lawrence Hampton, first vice-
president; Jeraldine Garewood,
second vice-president; James
Thurman, third vice-president;
Annie Saunders, treasurer;
Roberta Jones, musical director;
Clara Wertz, assistant musical
director; Thelma Melvin, public
ity director; Marian Winslow
and Jewel Cherry publicity com
mittee.
Student Of The Month
By MARJORIE TAYLOR and IONA CRAWFORD
PATSY BREWINGTON
The Echo staff names Miss
Patsy Dolores Brewington the
outstanding student of this issue
and of the month.
Patsy, an English major and
senior, has been chosen on the
bases of scholarship, personality
and outstanding contributions to
campus life.
Since coming to North Caro
lina College three years ago,
Patsy has lived up to splendid
record which she set in high
school. She attended the Samp
son Training School where she
was an honor student and active
in numerous campus activities.
She was a member of the Glee
Club and" the dramatics group.
She also served on the yearbook
staff and was secretary of her
class during her sophomore and
junior years. She was graduated
as valedictorian.
Since entering NCC, Patsy
has continued to make high ac
ademic averages and has been
active in numerous campus af
fairs. She is a member of the
Alpha Kappa Mu Honorary So
ciety of which she is director of
publicity for the local branch.
She is a member of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority, the
Dormitory House Councils of
McLean and Rush Halls, the In
tercollegiate Council, and the
French Club. On the basis of her
splendid record during three
years of campus and dormitory
life, she was chosen this year to
act as one of the senior coun
selors for freshmen women.
Patsy’s hobbies are stamp col
lecting, photography, reading,
and listening to music. She is
also an avid movie fan and loves
to watch basketball—when NCC
is winning, that is.
We are proud to salute Patsy
Dolores Brewington—Student of
the Month.
Honor Society Holds Initiation
Initiation and insfallation of
officers for the Phi Alpha Theta
National Historical Honorary
Society were held in the Faculty
Lounge of the Shepard Memorial
Library, Nov. 19. Dr. Fletcher
Green, head of the history de
partment at the University of
North Carolina, installed the of
ficers. Seven graduate students
from UNC assisted in the inita-
tion ceremonies.
Officers installed were: presi
dent, Chester Gregory, graduate
student, LaGrange; vice-presi-
dent, Katie Nixon, senior, Wil
mington; secretary, Lelia Daven
port, senior, Leaksville; and
treasurer, Bennie Streeter, sen
ior, Greenville.
Membership in Phi Alpha
Theta is open to all juniors, sen
iors or graduate students major
ing in history. Members must
have maintained and accumula
tive “B” average and a 2.5 aver
age in the major field.
Faculty members of Phi Alpha
Theta are: Dr. Helen Edmonds,
Dr. T. R. Speigner, Dr. J. H. Tay
lor, Mr. Rubin Weston, and Mr.
C. Jones, advisor.
The chapter has received from
several parts of the country con
gratulatory letters for being the
first Negro college to become af
filiated with the twenty-two-
year old organization.
A senior, Robert Cheek, will
play the title role in Shake
speare’s “Hamlet,” which is to
be staged by the college drama
tics group in the B. N. Duke
Auditorivun next Thursday night,
December 3.
Speaking Choir
Gives
Progr
am
The choral speaking group,
under the direction of Miss
Mary L. Bohanon, was fea
tured at the verper services,
Nov. 22, in conjunction with
the Thanksgiving celebration.
This group was led by Barbara
Lumpkin, Vera Williams, fresh
men; David Reid, sophmore, and
Jacqueline Barnes, senior. Rob
ert Holland assisted at the organ
Scripture and prayer were given
by Ivan Dixon.
Members of the choral speak
ing group are Barbara Lumpkin,
Mary Andrews, Elsie Hodge,
Hattie Wright, Susie Morgan,
James L. Potts, Valerie Powe,
Willia Robinson, Irvin Stroud,
Shirley Williams, Clarice Stith,
Janie A. Sykes, Vera Williams,
Shirley James, David Reid and
Jacqueline Barnes. .
Lamp Club Elects
4 New Officers
Members of the Lampodas
Club met November 17 to select
officers and make a few plans
for the year.
Their officers are president,
James Thurman; vice-president,
Thomas Hardy; secretary, Ernest
Ward, and treasurer, Ivan Dix
on.
The Lamps R^lan to give a tea
on Palm Sunday and to present
two shows in B. N. Duke Audi
torium later this year. Their pro
ject for the year is to get for the
club a lamp, which is their sym
bol.
This will be the first produc
tion for the drama group this
year. According to Miss Mary L,
Bohanon, directress, the play
has been in rehearsal since short
ly after the beginning of schooL
Cheek is well-known on the
local stage for his outstanding
performances in past produc
tions of “The Philadelphia
Story” and “Othello.” He is a
native of New York City where
he attended high school and be
gan his career as an actor.
Opposite Cheek in the role of
Ophelia will be Myrtle Peele, a
sophomore. Miss Peele, who
comes from Rich Square, North
Carolina, is noted for her mem
orable performance in “See How
They Run” last year.
Another senior, Ivan Dixon,
will play the role of Claudius,
King of Denmark. Ivan is a vet
eran with the local troupe hav
ing appeared in every major
production of the group for the
past four years.
Others in the cast include
Arthur Wright, Durham, as
Polonius; Lorenzo Battle, Rocky
Mount, as Horatio; Joseph
Thompson, Greensboro, as Laer
tes; Leon Nelson, Charlotte, as
Rosencrantz; Sherman Perry,
Philadelphia, as Guildenstem
and Osric; Herman Smith, Fay
etteville, a priest; AUonzio Ja
cobs, Burgaw, as Mercellus;
Rudolph Smith, Fayetteville, as
Francisco; Robert Holland, Apex,
Faye Jamison, Durham, and Joel
Wanzer, Pittsburg, players;.
Rudolph Reid, High Point, a.
clown; Julian Wright, Durham,
as Fortinbras; Jacqueline Barnes,.
Sanford, as Gertrude; and Ar
thur Wright, Durham, the Ghosts
Wanzer will also play Berando.
Stanley Ferber will be in
charge of the sets. Assisting in
the production are^Archie Vanri;,
lighting effects; Sa>?BIl)iaj»^
chell, Carolyn Jerry and Rudolph
Smith, stage group. Costumes
will be furnished by Van Home
of Philadelphia.
Dr. James E. Shepard Paid High
Tribute By New York Minister
Three of the participants in North Carolina College’s sixth Annual Founder’s Day Convocation
are shown here after a symbolic ceremony in Durham recently. President Alfonso Elder, center,
presided at the rites that witnessed the presentation of the college’s symbols of truth and service to
Elliott B. Palmer, left, student leader, and Jamess T. Taylor, right, president of the national NCC
Alumni Association. Dr. Charles E. Stewart, pastor of Irael A. M. E. Church of Albany, New York,
delivered the Founder’s Day address.
“Dr. James E. Shepard was too
large to be completely housed by
denomination; he was too tender
of heart to fail in recognition of
divine wonder; and he was too
far advanced beyond the age in
which he lived to submit to the
pettiness of those who lived just
for today.”
Thus spoke Dr. Charles E.
Stewart in honor of the founder
of North Carolina College at
Durham in special Founder’s Day
services held here recently. The
noted minister from Albany,
New York called Dr. Shepard
one of North Carolina’s leading
pioneers, “one who helped to
make Durham the outstanding
southern city it is today.”
Others Speak
Others participating on the
Founder’s Day program were
President Alfonso Elder, who
presented the speaker; Elliott
B. Palmer, student government
president, who spoke on behalf
of the students; James T. Taylor,
alumni association president,
who spoke for NCC graduates;
the Rev. Fred Hunter, Rector of
St. Titus Episcopal Church; the
Rev. E. T. Browne, pastor of Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church; and Dr.
Miles M. Fisher, pastor of White
Rock Baptist Church.
Truth And Service
Palmer, Taylor and President
Elder participated in the tradi
tional truth and service cere
monies which rededicated the
college, alumni, and staff to con
tinued service and pursuit of
truth. Palmer and Taylor also
laid a wreath on Dr. Shepard’s
tomb in Beechwood Cemetery in
special ceremonies following the
campus program.
In his address. Dr. Stewart
called attention to the hardships
Dr. Shepard endured in the
founding of North Carolina Col
lege. “Now look at this college,”
he said. No matter what any
one says, no matter who sticks
out his chest as a participants,
how proud Durham may be, all
must submit to the proposition
that Dr. Shepard started it, built
it, caused it to grow to large
proportions.”
Integration
The speaker then linked North
Carolina College with “the new
awakening which is seeping
through the world today on all
continents and all nations ex
cept one.” “This is bringing in a
system of integration by which
men and women will not be re
ceived according to pigmenta
tion, but by merits as to inteUi-
gence and character. The day is
close at hand when the schools
of learning everywhere will lock
arms as comrades in an in-
tellectural fellowship searching
for truth. The dangers of the
destruction of modern civili
zation now facing this world
call us to either come under the
banner of truth or die imder the
onslaught of an encroaching
despotism.”