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VOLUME 12—NUMBER 9
DURHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1954
15 CENTS
Over Three Hundred Students Will
Receive Degrees At Commencement
William Isler, Ernest Ward and Sherman Perry, newly el^^d
vice-president and president of the SG and editor of the ECHO
respectively, map plans for next year.
Ward, Isler, Perry Win Election
Six hundred and five North
Carolina College students turn
ed out on April 30 to elect Er
nest “Pete” Ward as president
of the NCC Student Govern
ment Association for the 1954-
55 school year. William Isler,
Ward’s running mate on the
Collegiate Party Ticket was
elected vice-president, and Wil
liam Sherman Perry was un
opposed as candidate for the
editorship of the Campus Echo,
NCC student Newspaper.
Ward received 346 votes to
Yvonne Scruggs’ "45. Scruggs,
present Editor of the Campus
Echo, was a Student Party Ticket
candidate. She was the first
woman to attempt the presiden
tial candidacy. Frank Sowell,
vice-presidential candidate on
the Student Party Ticket was
defeated by Isler, 410 to 190.
The president-elect, a History
major from Rocky Mount,
N. C., is Advertising Manager
of the CAMPUS ECHO. He is
also a member of Phi Alpha
Theta National Historical Honor
Society. Isler, a Mathematics
major and Chemistry minor, is
from Goldsboro. He is a mem
ber of Alpha Kappa Mu Nation
al Honor Society and Beta Kap
pa Chi National Scientific
Honorary Society.
N. C. College
Yearbook Ready
Carl Bell, John Peele, and
Carol Jones, Co-Editors of the
North Carolina College Year
Book, the Eagle, announced this
we^k that .students will receive
their copies on May 25. Tiie
Eagle is being printed by Ed
wards and Broughton Printers
of Raleigh, N. C.
Material for the year book
was sent to press earlier this
year thah in previous years in
order that the distribution
could be completed before the
end of final examinations. Bell,
Peele, and Jones report that the
books will be distributed be
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. the
twenty-fifth.
Four May Get
8,000 Grants
Miss M. Li. Bohanon, head of
the dramatics department, an
nounced earlier this week that
Western Reserve University is
considering awarding scholar
ships totaling $12,000 to four
of NCC’s 1954 graduates.
The four students, Ivan Dix
on, NeV York; Jacqueline Bar
nes, Danville, Va.; Archie Vann,
Portsmouth, Va.; and Alice
Jamison, Durham, will begin
advanced study at Western Re
serve next fall.
Renewable
Each of the scholarships is
for $1500 per year. And at the
completion of the two year
course, the students will be a-
warded Masters of Fine Arts de
grees.
Jackie Barnes and Ivan Dix
on will specialize in acting and
directing, Archie Vann in stage
technology, and Alice Jamison
will do her work in stage man
agement and directing.
Dixon is best known to NCC
audiences for his performances
in “King Lear,” “Othello,”
“Flight Number,” “Antigone,”
“Hamlet,” and, “Don Juan in
Keil.’ He iiat. r:-. cv'.^y
major production presented
here since he enrolled four
years ago.
Stage Queen
Jackie Bames, often called
“Queen of the NCC stage”, ap
peared in “Lear,” “Othello,’
“Hamlet,” and “Don Juan in
Hell”.
Archie Vann and Alice Jami
son have been connected with
stage lighting, general manage-
lighting, staging and directing
for four years.
The undergraduate careers of
more than three hundred North
Carolina College students will
be culminated on June 1, when
the college’s twenty-ninth Cpm-
mencement exercise is held in
the NCC Gymnasium. William
L. Shrirer, renowned journalist
Kathryn Caldwell
Campus Hails Anti-Bias Ru ling
In ruling against segregated
public schools, the Supreme
Court has laid the foundation
upon which decent people
throughout the South in day to
day living will help to raise the
structure of democracy.
This was the general impres
sion NCC students and faculty
members gave throughout the
week on the question of the Su
preme Court’s ruling against
public school segregation. Many
of the statements appeared in
local metropolitan newspapers.
Dr. Elder
Dr. Alfonso Elder, NCC prexy
praised the decision and com
mented that he expects NCC to
continue to “stand on its own
merits”.
The decision increases tre
mendously the Negro’s pride in
his American Citizenship”, was
the opinion voiced by Dean Al
bert L. Turner, Dean of* the
NCC Law School, while Dr. J.
Neal Hughley, recognizing the
effect the decision will have on
the international scene said,
“The decision is an added weap
on in the struggle against com
munism.”
South Fears
Southern reaction to this mo
mentous decision has also been
the topic of discussion among
the NCC student body. The con
sensus of opinion has been that,
although the Supreme Court has
supported the Negro objection
to the “separate but equal”
doctrine, it will be a few years
before the more conservative
states of the south will co-oper
ate to any appreciable degree.
Zander Dockery, a junior
feels that “some of the more
liberal states, such North Caro
lina and Virginia might co
operate. However, I believe that
states such as Georgia and South
Carolina might take drastic steps
to avoid complying with the rul
ing.” Other students feel that
those state attempting to make
the decision a working reality
will be inspired by the example
set by the state of Arizona in its
integration program.
The reaction of Negro stu
dents to an integrated program
at NCC is reported to be favor
able on the basis of a poll con
ducted by the NAACP here re
cently. Of the 300 students ask
ed whether they would object
to having white students en
ter NCC, eighty-three percent
were in favor of full integra
tion, including dormitory pri
vileges.
Echo Excellent,
AC Press Says
The CAMPUS ECHO was jud
ged “Excellent” in a critical re
view by the Associated Col
legiate Press recently and given
a “First Class Honors” rating,
according to Yvonne Scruggs,
editor.
In giving the Echo an overall
rating of “excellent,” reviewers
called special attention to edi
torial features and sports cover
age, which were rated “super
ior.” *
Several departments were
judged “excellent”, including,
treatment of copy, front page
appearance, nameplate, sports
display, inside news pages,
headlines, headline schedule,
typography, and printing.
The Associated Collegiate
Press has headquarters at the
University of Minnesota. It
provides critical and feature
services for member college
newspapers throughout the
country. It also holds an annual
conference, which was attended
in Chicago last year by Yvonne
Scruggs and Iredella Meetze
The Echo has held membership
in the ACP for several years.
Highest Honors
Go To Caldwell
Of the more than 300 seniors,
receiving degrees on June 1,
Kathryn Ann Caldwell, Gas
tonia, is the only student gradu
ating with Summa Cum Laude
honors. Miss Caldwell, a chem
istry major !!3nd a Mathematics
miaoi, iu the twelfth .st\idnnt to
graduate witli this honor in the
history of North Carolina Col
lege.
According to Miss Frances
Eagleson, registrar, Kathryn has
the highest average of any stu
dent ever to graduate from
NCC. Leading up to press time,
she held a 2.9.
On the basis of her outstand
ing record. Miss Caldwell has
been, awarded a $1650 Wiscon
sin University Alumni Research
Foundation Fellowship to study
for the Ph.D. degree in bio
chemistry at that university.
Noted for her versitility as
well as her academic attain
ments, Kathryn is presently ac
tive in the Y.W.C.A., and is
secretary of the Alpha Kappa
Mu Honorary Society. She is al
so president of Women’s Assem
bly, vice-president of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority and presi
dent of Beta Kappa Chi Honor
ary Scientific Society.
and radio commentator, will be
the principal speaker for the
eleven a. m. commencement pro
gram.
Caldwell Summa
Among the students whose
accomplishments will be recog
nized on the occasion is Kath
ryn Anne Caldwell, whose aver
age, the highest ever amassed
in the history of the school, en
titles her to Summa Cum Laude
honors. She will be the twelfth
Summa Cum Laude graduate in
ths history of NCC.
According to senior class
prexy, Dudley Flood, the June
1 program will climax more
than four days of a graduation
activity schedule beginning
with a senior social on May 28.
Plans for the social include a
splash party or picnic.
Play Slated
Class day activities on May
29 will include the usual* read
ing of^enior class history, pro
phecy, and the rendition of the
class song.
On the same evening, the
senior play will be given under
the direction of Alice Jamison.
“Don’t Tell Mother”, a three act
-drama, has as its principles
Martha Blanks, Constance
Glenn, Alfonso Jacobs, Leonard
Robinson, Joe Thompson, and
Charles Glenn.
The tentative program for
May 30th will incliid^fou?: ac-t
tivities starting at 9:30 a .in?"
with the Dean of Women’s
Breakfast held in the dining
hall for all seniors and their
parents. At 3:30 p.m. Dr. Willi
am J. Faulkner, pastor of the
Congregational Church of Park
Manor, Chicago, 111, will deliver
sermon at the Baccalaureate
Ceremony in the Men’s Gym
nasium. This program will be
followed by a reception at Dr.
Elders’ home for graduates and
visitors.
Permit Issued
A permit was issued North
Carolina College last week to
begin construction on a three
story education building esti
mated to cost a total of $402,
410.
The building will be a ma
sonry construction with a slate
roof. It will be steam heated and
will have a partial basement.
Awards Day program chairman, R. Russell, presents honors
certificate to “Bonnie” Scruggs, ECHO editor, center. Also shown
are I. Meetze, business manager, Sherman Perry, managmg editor,
and H. G. Dawson, adviser.