NCC’s 44th Academic Session Now In progress
It’s “back to the books” for
nearly 1900 students who will
make up the 1954-55 enrollment
at North Carolina College. An
estimated 600 freshmen and
new students registered Wed.,
climaxing their orientation ac
tivities which began last Week.
Although upperclassmen be
gan registration Tuesday, the
registrar’s office was unable to
release official registration fi
gures at press time.
Classes began Thursday in
the college’s 44th academic
year. Late entrees are expected
to continue coming until the
last day for “late registration,”
October 4.
Orientation and opening ac
tivities were highlighted by the
annual Freshman Orientation
Week, featuring addresses by
the President of the college and
the Student Government Presi
dent, seminars for counselors,
and the first pre-school confer
ence for faculty members.
Twenty-seven new and return
ing faculty members were wel
comed.
On September 10, Dean L. M.
Latham had her first in-service
seminar for women personnel
workers. Fourteen senior coun
selors, whose duty is to help
freshmen women through their
first year at college, returned
to NCC and began a two-day
in-service seminar. Guest
speakers were Dr. Alfonso El
der, Dr. William H. Brown,
Mrs. Otelia Spaulding Stewart,
Mrs. Joyce Wilson, and Miss
Thelma Barnhart. Counselors
include Audrey Flammer, Fran
ces Vines, Robbie Graham,
Yvonne Scruggs,
Johnson, Jereline
Eurdice Williams,
iRush, Katherine
Georgia McCoy,
Ernestine
Blacknell,
Ernestine
Saunders,
Gertrude
Moore, Wilhelminia Davis, Jean
Bunch, and Kathalene Single
tary.
September 13 also marked
the beginning of orientation for
men personnel workers under
the direction of Dean L. Stevv^-
art. Participants included re
presentatives of the Dean’s of
fice, the steering committee, the
Men’s Dormitory Council and
the Cabinet of the Men’s Dormi
tory Goverrftment.
As a part \of orientation acti
vities, the ne^^ students were
welcomed on Wednesday by
President Elderf and on the fol
lowing day biyr Ernest Ward,
SG President. Beginning on
Thursday and ^extending until
last Monday, tney took a series
of tests, including tests in Eng
lish, mathematics, foreign lan
guages, person.^iity, music, and
a psychologica examination.
Physical exa ijihations for the
hew students were conducted
throughout las week by Dr.
Charles D. Wa.ts.
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Echo
VOLUME 13—NUMBER 1 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 1954 15 CENTS
ErcNJ.ST WAIir;. Ic'ii, a»id Sherman right fafcs
over top offices on campus this week, Ward at, Pieside.at fciS
the Student Government, and Perry as Editor of the Camptts
Echo.
Editor Promises Improved 'Echo'
Bell, Griffin, Peele To Edit 'Eagle'
W. Sl^erman Perry, editor of
the Campus Echo, assured those
attending his first staff meeting
on September 15, that the aim of
the paper would be “continued
proficiency and quality.” Perry
said “the Campus Echo has been
consistently improving across
the years.”
Last year under the editor
ship of Miss Yvonne Scruggs,
the paper merited an “Excel
lent” rating from the Associa
ted Collegiate Press. “Now is
no time for our performance to
level off,” Perry continued.
“We must maintain the high
quality of the Echo and continue
to make progress.
Perry also‘made editorial ap
pointments for this school year.
Among those appointed were:
George Griffin, Managing Edi
tor; Retha Hughes, Business
Manager; Ernest Ward, Adver
tising Manager; Iona Crawford,
Feature Editor; and Yvonne
“Bonnie” Scruggs, Contributing
Editor. James Rainey will serve
as Secretary to the Editor.
Mr. Horace G. Dawson will
continue to serve as Editorial
Advisor, marking his second
year in that capacity. Mr. G. T.
Thorne, who has served as Busi
ness Advisor for many years,
will fill that position again this
year. During the summer school
session, Mr. Dawson was instru
mental in the successful inau
guration of a SUMMER ECHO.
Since the Echo went to press
this month before school offi
cially started for upperclass
men, a limited number of the
Echo personnel were on hand.
Other staffers who worked dili
gently with the Echo in order
to meet the deadline were Au
drey Flamer, Charles Womack,
Robert James, and Bettye Por-
tee, transfer student from Ben
nett College.
Periy announced that all
other positions on the paper
are open. All persons interested
in becoming Echo staff members
are asked to contact the Editor
in the Campus Echo office lo
cated in the James E. Shepard
Memorial Library. '
Ernest Ward, President of the
Student Government, made
public his appointments of va
rious officers yeesterday. When
the list of officers was given to
the Echo, Ward made it clear
that “fnore appointments are to
be made in the immediate fu
ture”.
Appointed as Co-Editors of
the yearbook (The Eagle) were
Carl Bell, John Peele, and
George Griffin. All three have
had experience in the field of
journalism. Last year. Bell and
Peele held positions as Co-
Editors of the Eagle and Grif
fin was News Editor of the Cam-
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Er-.f Juhusoti i' Se'ciV-
tary l.-s the President and W,il-
helminia Davis is Assistant
Secretary. Dorothy Wilson is
secretary to Vice President
Isler.
Carl Hill has been appointed
treasurer of the S. G. and Issac
Martin holds the position of
Business Manager.
The Public Relations Officer
is Dave Reid. Johnny Wooten
and Rudolph Smith have been
appointed Publicity Officers.
Representatives to tlie Stu-
denet Welfare Committee for
the forth coming year are Wade
Kornegay, Douglas Campt, Vera
Williams, William Isler and Er
nest fWard.
Representative to the Athletic
Committee is Clyde Richardson.
Edna Lyons and Florence
Bailey will serve as directresses
of Vesper ushers.
Joyce Horne is representa
tive to the committee on use
of facilities by outside groups.
Ward has appointed Earl
Whitted to the post of Attorney
General. This is Whitted’s third
term in this office.
Special Events Officers are
Jessie Moore and Robbie Gra-
liam and the Grand Marshals
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YEP! Pretty Hortense Boone,
above, is typical of the over 300
co-eds entering NCC this year.
Still a teen-ager, Hortense comes
from Roduco, North Carolina,
where she was graduated from
the Roduco High School last
June as valedictorian of her
class. In high school she was a
member of the Drama Circle and
the Journalism Club. She plans
to major in commercial educa
tion and to join the choir at
NCC, which, says Hortense, “I
think I’m going to like very
much.”
Law School Wins
ABA Approval
Officals at North Carolina
College were notified recently
of the “full approval” of the
college’s Law School by the
American Bar Association.
“Full approval” for NCC’s law
unit places the college as one of
two existing law schools with
predominantly Negro enroll
ment on the ABA roster. Ho
ward University’s Law School
in Washington, D. C., is believed
to be the other. Fifteen appli
cants including 13 North Caro
linians, have applied for fall
term classes.
Although NCC’s Law School
had enjoyed “provisional ap
proval” since February 27, 1950
it was only after adoption of a
resolution by the ABA’s section
on Legal Education and Admis
sions to the Bar at the annual
meeting in Chicago on August
18 that the Durham law school
got the unqualified endorsement
of the nation’s leading bar as
sociation.
John G. Hervey of Oklahoma
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Nearly one fgurth of the
1954 Hillside High School
graduating class enrolled at
North Carolina College last
week. This gives the well
known Durham high school the
largest alumni representation
in the class of '58 than any
other single school.
Included in the sixty-three
ex-Hillsider students are Anna
Newkirk, valedictorian of the
1954 graduating class, Robert
James, former editor of the
Chronicle, official paper of Hill
side High, and Andrea Burnett,
t. loiiege
second place winner of the 1954
state wide typing contest.
Four members of the class
are veterans. They are Joseph
Martin, Joseph Becton, Lean-
dras Horton and Robert Mark
ham. Elsie McLaud, a 1952 Hill
side graduate is a transfer stu
dent from Talledega.
Other new students on the
campus that hail from Hillside
are: Nay Ruth Torain, Sandra
Thompson, Shirley Thorpe, El
aine Green, Sarah Daniels,
Omega Curtis, Hazel Wilson,
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Ex-Hillsiders in the Class of ’58 are, first row: May Ruth Torain, Sandra Thompson, Shirley
Thorpe, Elaine Greene, Sarah Daniels, Omega Curtis, Hazel Wilson, Virginia Cameron, Betty Verbal,
Elsie McLoud, Geraldine Barbee, Joseph Martin, Lila Rhone, Joseph Becton, Gaynelle Cooper,
Julia Wheeler.
Sccond row: Billy Gayle Foster, Minnie Gilmer, Barbara Rogers, Betty Branden, Velma Jean
Simms, Helen Reid, Joe Louis Alston, Mannie Beamon, Johnny Spearman, David Tedder, Jean
Stone, Bernice Fowler, Annetta Benton, Lula Davis, Leondras Horton.
Third row: Wilbert Lyons, Jessie Ingram, Elnora Joyner, Andrea Burnett, Joyce Anderson, F
annie Meadows, Glorida Council, Relius Smith, Jean Hedspeth, Veare Walston, Annie Ingram, Jean
Llewellyn, Robert Markham, Myrtle Johnson, Sadie Frazier, Zelma Williams.
Fourth row: Grower Fowler, Eunice MacMillan, Robrt James, Gordon Sterling, Anna New
kirk, Eleanor Jean Hinton, Clara Ruth Cole, Mary Jalie McRae, Barbara Jean Little, Ethel Lew
is, Bennie Burwell, LaVern© Williams, Leroy Spells, Willie Washingon, Barbara Peten.