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PAGE TWO THE CAI^PUS ECHO A i rUESDAY, MAY Z5, 1954 CamP'^^^Echo NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE AT DURHAM Member Flssockiled CbBe6icrfe Press NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE AT DURHAM The CAMPUS ECHO, official student publication at North Carolina College a Durham, is published nine times during the academic year. EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER MANAGING EDITOR YVONNE SCRUGGS IREDELLA MEETZE W. SHERMAN PERRY EXCHANGE EDITOR BERNICE SAWYER ADVERTISING MANAGER ERNEST WARD NEWS EDITOR GEORGE GRIFFIN SECRETARY CLEOPATRA TURNER FEATURE EDITOR MARJORIE TAYLOR CLERICAL ASSISTANT - JAMES RAINEY REPORTERS Margaret Battle, Barbara Broadax, Ernestine James, Rose James, Mary Mebane, Betty Redding, Emma Bullock, Evelyn Wilder, Edith Whyte, John Holley, Rethea Hughes. CIRCULATION STAFF Jereline Blacknell, Carolyne Self TYPIST Juanita Thorpe, Florence McCall Supreme Court Decision Opens Way For 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity' On December 18, 1865, the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America declared slavery illegal and thereby granted the Negro, a victim of continuous involuntary servitude since 1619, his liberty. On May 17, 1954, eighty-nine years later, the Supreme Court of these United States, declared the “separate but equal” doctrine unconstitutional, thus securing for the Negro educational equality. Yet there is still absent the third and final word of the trio, shouted from border to border by the French people during the eighteenth century—proclaimed and attained by a people less “democratic” and of less international esteem on the world scene during the twentieth century. The cry 'or “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” has still to be realized ithin the walls of the Power of the west. 4 Gecrgia. South Carolina and Mississippi, self-styled Representatives of the people” are rallying their forces in an effort to protect their system of segregated education. They have made public their violent reactions to this momentous decision, threatening to create internal dissention to equal the international turbulence. Confederate America now de fies the tangible law as sh^ once defied the intangible democracy. But how is the Negro, who now stares up an open road which was barricaded a short time ago, reacting to this new step to ward first-class citizenship? How well do we realize that the fight has just begun? This Supreme Court ruling is but a law. And like all others laws, full advantage must be taken of it. Otherwise it will soon grow meaningless and the ink with which it was written will begin to fade, taking down into the dark well of oblivion our claim to our rights as Americans. There must be people who are prepared to step into the new roles. There must be students who will apply for admission to all schools without hesitation. There must be Negro parents who will suppress their fears and apprehensions and will both sup port this ruling and avail their children of the equality which is now legally theirs. A new day has dawned; a new vista of progress has been opened to us. If we, the people who have been deserving for so long, are alert and perseverance, although the road may be rough, the detours will be few. Our federal government is for us. People from all sections of the country who believe in the theory and practice of democracy are for us. Who, then, can be against us? BOOfe REVIEW Hemingway’s THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA By W. Sherman Perry The populai’ity of THE OLD MAN AND T^E SEA is not en- i demic to our (campus. It is a book which critics at home and abroad have acfclaimed and giv en rave reviews, “LIFE” mag azine ran the work in full prior to its publfcation in book form, thus assuring a vast reading pub lic. And accordif^g to many, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA is Hemingway’s masterpiece. One might expect a book of of such wide acclaim to be giant in size, comparable perhaps to The Sun Is My Undoing or Gone With The: Wind. But thisi novel has oiily 140 page. One might think al so that the book has an extreme ly unique plot. This is not true. The story has been told numer ous times. Man has been record ing accounts of hi^ conflict with PERRY nature since means of recording were invented. In The Old Man And The Sea Hemingway’s principal char acter is the old and poor, but heroic, Santiago. Because of his great pride, the old man refused the charity of townspeople and continues fishing for his liveli hood. But there is nothing false about this pride; it is born of the knowledge that Santiago was once a great fisherman. The fire of this knowledge is kept burning by a young boy who has uncompromising faith in Santiago. The boy, the only other character of importance, con tinues to believe in Santiago even though all others, includ ing his own mother and father, think the old man’s career has ended. This faith is a great factor in Santiago’s continued faith in himself. One day Santiago ventures out to sea alone. A great eigh teen foot fish is hooked. From this point on,"the story revolves about a gigantic struggle be- Peering Through The Bir(Ts Eye Congratulations, Grads!! After about 1:30, on Tuesday, June 1, there will be an addi tional 308 adults, who, through preparation, diligence, and sticktuitiveness, have made themselves elig^t;)le to assume the roles and Obligations of ci tizens and leaders in this most complicated world. These peo ple will by that time be alumni of North Carolina College at Durham, a n ds thus will auto-^ matically b e raled as teach ers, specialists, performers, or graduate stu-^ dents of the' highest calibre.?:; We are indeed; proud of our| class of 1954, “BONNIE” and we wish them the best of luck in their chosen fields and professions. These are our lea ders potential, the cream of our social 'and academic crop. They have merited the torch of pro gress to bear high to keep bright, so that they may lead others from the darkness. The Second Knock Well, the third and final quarter of another academic year is slowly drawing to a close, and for this the majority BY “BONNIE’* T y V Tf T'T of us are very happy. However, An Editor’s Farewell. . • . As retiring editor of the pam pas Echo, it seems only natural that I briefly recount the year’s .activities of the Echo and make a final statement to the entire student body which I have at tempted to serve. I have enjoy ed every minute of my work with the paper and I hope that in some small measure I have been able to give this organi zation the type of leadership which it deserves. The CAMPUS ECHO is the heart of student government at NCC because the facts, opinions, activities and accomplishments of the students, when once an nounced through this medium. are forever recorded and sub ject to the leisure of retrospec tive history. The Echo has attempted to be the voice of the students, raised in praise, challenge, acceptance, rejection, and reprimand when ever the occassion has present ed itself. The news appearing on its pages has been chosen in an attempt to interest the ma jority of the people whom it serves. Its editorials have at tempted to intelligently discuss all issues at hand, not only those which materialize in our" own sphere of activity, but also these which find their origin at na tional and international levels by YVONNE SCRUGGS and effect us as world citizens. The staff with which I have had to work has indeed been a co-operative one, displaying loyalty and perseverence which has been a continuous source of inspiration and satisfaction to me. The credit for whatever success the ECHO has enjoy ed this year is more to be given to them since no editor can work without a staff. I extend to the student body my heart-felt thanks for their interest in the paper, and to the editor elect, my best wishes for an eventful and prosperous ad ministration.—“BONNIE” as we consider our records in retrospect, balancing aims, against accomplishments, par- haps we realize that the former out-weighs by far the latter. And at this we are not too pleased. Yet, we still find some consolation in the fact that we shall have another chance next year, and with a little more ef fort, and a little less resignation, with a little more action and a little less procrastination we shall improve. Let’s take advan tage of this second knock of op portunity and remember that the school of hard knocks teach es well, but the tuition is very high. Orchids Our Student Government President, Mr. Elliott B. Pal mer, has accomplished a goal for which he is to be highly commended. After one full year of tireless work and almost three years of attempts, the Student Government Constitu tion has finally been completed and is now ready for ratifica tion. The NCC instrument of government has been so im proved that in future years few difficulties should arise which will not find partial solution within its framework. The pat tern has been completed...the students and their leaders have only to follow its lines. Good student government need no longer be a hope springing eter nal in the human breast but can now becomes a contemporary realization. Orchids to Mr. Palmer and his 1953-54 Student Government Administration. No Coddling Here North Carolina College is de finitely not the only school which will not tolerate the cod dling of its athletes, as was re cently demonstrated in the stand taken by the University of Illinois on J. C. Caroline’s academic record. The example has now been publicly set, so this should be a fair warning to our Eagles to take care that their »4ass work is as efficient as th^^ work. tween fish and man. The Old Man And The Sea is symbolic of man’s struggle against forces, both human and natural. And in Santiago we see the determination of man to rise above any and all obstacles, a perseverance which it itself en nobling. Although I reocgnize Heming way’s place in and influence on American literature, I can make no claim to being a Hemingway fan. He is an acknowledged mas ter of the brief, concise and lucid sentence, a style of which simplicity is the keynote. But because of this simplicity, Hemingway gives the impression that he is writing a story for one of the better written newspapers. The primary purpose of the newspaper is to inform; that of the novel is to entertain. Though at times Hemingway does in form, I seldom find him enter taining. Nor shall I say that The Old Man And The Sea is his best novel. A Farewell To Arins and For Whom The Bell Tolls are superior works. Hemingway is a versatile writer; he has lived much and has had rich experi ence to draw from. Yet The Old Man And The Sea seems to be the work of a philosopher who needed some quick cash and so decided to write a novel utiliz ing his knowledge of fishing and baseball while distilling his philosophy throughout. Toward Real NCC Government By DUDLEY E. FLOOD We are all familiar with cer tain quotations like “govern ment of the people, by the peo ple, and for the people,” and “deriving its just powers from the consent of the. governed”, etc. These quotations grew out of philosophies upon which governments for nations have been founded. Our Student Government at N.C.C. is established upon these same principles. But how many of us can honestly say that we have given a second thought to the success of this organization, except perhaps at election time, and even then have supported the organization to any noticeable extent? How many of us have concerned our selves as to whether the Stu dent Court has enough jurisdic tional function to justify its existence? On the other hand, many of us wonder why our government does so little to help us and why we hear so little about our governmental activities. I see only one answer to this ques tion. Our student government, apparently contrary to public opinion, consists of and is de pendent upon every person over which it has jurisdiction. The success or failure of the govern ment is invariably in direct pro- pwrtion to the degree of support given it by the students. It is fallacious to assume that the student body has fully dis charged its responsibility by having elected administrators and representatives to the Con gress. The elected merely repre sent the electorate. It is the pri vilege of each individual student to legislate through his repre sentatives. To assure ourselves of a more functional Student Government in the future, let us resolve to give our S. G. that support which it must have to succeed.
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