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VOLUME 13—NUMBER 3
DURHAM, N. C., [THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1954
PRICE 15 CENTS
CC Set For Aggie Invasion
College Shy Of UF Goal
Five Students
At Mock Session
Beatrice Cogdell, Washington
junior; Peggy Hinton, Gastonia
junior; Shirley Cannon, Ashe
ville junior; Lucille Reynolds,
Asheville junior; and Robert
Perry, Durham sophomore, re
presented North Carolina Col->
lege at the 18th Annual North
Carolina State Student Legisla
tive Assembly held at the state
capital last week. The confer
ence lasted from November 18-
20.
Originated to stimulate in
terest in the legislative proce
dures in the state of North Caro-*
lina, all sessions of the mock
government program were held
in the Senate and Assembly
chambers of the State Building.
More than 25 colleges and uni-
■^rsities throughout the state
‘^~src rei^rcscated.
Bills concerning state im
provements and litigations, and
resolutions on national issues
were presented for argumenta
tion by the member-delegations.
A resolution commending the
late Governor William B. Um^
stead for his service to the state
was accepted by both the Sen
ate and the House of Represen
tatives.
The North Carolina College
delegation resided at Estey Hall
of Shaw University during the
conference.
The United Fund Drive on
campus is lagging with only 91
per cent of the $4,000 total col
lected late this week.
UF Colonel C. A. Ray said
he was “counting heavily on the
efforts of Lt. Col. Henry Faii;
and student organizations to
subscribe the remaining 9 per
cent. The sum credited to NCC
to date is $3,676.60.
The ECHO has just been in
formed that the deadline for
UF contributions has been ex
tended to December 3, in or
der to give others opportunity
to make their contributions.
The NCC deficit has also been
lowered to §247.00.
Lt. Col. Fair, as chief student
solicitor, accompanied Col. Ray
to the opening UF report meet
ing at the Washington. Duke
Hotel.
Col. Fair is one of the most
active students among NCC
tmdergraduate\). He is president
of Chidley jHall Dormitory
Govprnr^ient, aijidjal'p
of the Sophombre Class.
NCC campus UF officials
said: “We’re holding out hope
we can reach our quota. NCC
has always done its share of
community activity and we be
lieve the 1954 UF campaign
will end in traditional NCC
style.”
As of press time, three stu
dent organizations had made
their UF reports. They were The
Campus Echo, Alpha Kappa Al
pha Sorority, and the Men’s
Dormitory Government.
Quarter System Is ‘OK,’
Students Say In Poll ?
Basing their preference on a
wide variety of reasons, stu
dents came out overwhelmingly
in favor of maintaining the
quarter system at NCC in a poll
conducted by the Campus "Echo
last week
Of the students polled 79
per cent preferred the quarter
system. The remaining 21 per
cent favored the semester sys
tem. Only one person indicated
indifference. In all, more than
one half of the total student
body was polled.
Before giving their opinions,
students were briefed on the
many argimients for and again
st each system most often heard
in American colleges and uni
versities. They were given an
opportunity to discuss the issue;
in meetings and bull sessions.
In general, those favoring the
semester system did so because
they felt studies under the quar
ter system are unduly accelera
ted. This segment felt that they
could “get more” from their
courses under the semester sys
tem. The reason given most
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Freshmen Elect
Class President
In its second election of the
month, the Freshman Class elec
ted Alfred Richardson of Sche
nectady, N. Y,, president, on
November 9.
Richardson compiled 85 votes
to 73 by his nearest competitor,
Grady Bell. Robert James and
Leonder^ Horten, both of Dur
ham, and Lloyd Yancey of
Philadelphia, Pa., were also in
the race.
The election attracted tmus-
ual attention because one held
earlier in November was con
tested by a group of freshmen
charging voting irregularities.
Richardson won out in the re-
election.
Following his victory, Rich
ardson said, “With the support
of all freshmen, I shall do my
best to make th^ class of ‘58
the best in the history of NCC.'
Law School Dean
Elected To Post
Dr. A. L. Turner, dean of the
North Carolina College Law
School, was elected vice-presi
dent of the North Carolina Ne
gro College Conference at its
29th session held here on No
vember 17.
The all-day conference was
attended by approximately 70
professsors from throughout the
state.
Dr. Hardy L. Liston, presi
dent of Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity, was elected to succeed
Dean James Boyer of St. Augus
tine’s College as president for*
the 1955 sessions. Other officers
named were Dr. George E. Da
vis, Elizabeth City State Teach
ers College, secretary; Dean Ru
dolph Jones, Fayetteville State
Teachers College, assistant sec
retary; and Dean, Foster P.
l^ii'lxie, Sliaw ' Cniv ersitj% trea
surer.
The delegation was welcomed
to the opening session held in
the Music and Fine Arts Build
ing by NCC prexy Dr. Alfonso
ed a keynote address by Mayes
Elder. The day’s program in
cluded a keynote address by
Mayes Behrman of the Ameri
can Friends Service Committee,
a luncheon in the Science Build
ing, and a series of afternoon
“Buzz Sessions.”
Among the members of the
North Carolina College faculty
who attended the conference
were Dr. Richard K. Barksdale,
Dr. Carol C. Bowie, Dr. C. E.
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An , estimated 20,000 fans, in
cluding the entire NCC student
body and several hundred stu
dents from Greensboro, are ex
pected to be on hand today
when the Eagles and Aggies,
arch grid iron foes, tangle in the
twenty-fourth renewal of their
annual classic.
The game will be played on
O’Kelly Field at .2 o’clock.
A holiday atmosphere has
prevailed on the NCC campus
througholit the week as students
engaged in pep rallies, demon-
Enrollment Up
This Quarter
Some 1348 undergraduate and
166 graduates and professional
students make up this year’s en
rollment of 1514 students at
NCC, according to Mrs. Francis
Eagleson, registrar.
This represents an increase of
43 students over last year’s first
quarter enrollment of 1471.
In the undergraduate school,
tht^ women outnumber the men
by ?43. Kturtrtif,? * crr-.xli-.j fc
tht; statistics, jthe Junior Class is
the smallest class on the cam
pus, while the Freshman Class
is the largest.
In the Freshman Class there
are 237 men and 385 women.
The Sophomore Class has an en
rollment of 104 men and 165
women. There are 124 women
in the Junior Class, while the
men students number 73. The
Senior Class is composed of 73
male students and 156 women.
Enrolled in courses at NCC are
19 students from the Lincoln
Hospital School of Nursing.
The remainder of the student
body at NCC is made up of grad
uate and professional students.
strations, and bunting hanging
ritjss in anticipation of the itt^
vasion of the Greensboro visi
tors. According to Johnny Woo
ten, public relations officer cl
the student government, “Stu-
dents have been living it up
for this one, which we expect to
capture from the Greensboro
upstarts.”
Inherent in Wooten’s state-i
ment and the general “victorjl
fever” which has swept the
campus for several days is the
belief that a win over A and 1?
will enable the defending cham-t
pion Eagles to keep the CIAA
championship in Durham.
A round of spirited pep ralUesi
began last Monday night an^
will probably continue up until
game time. According to Woot
en, the rallies have involved
not only NCC tudents but a host
of persons, including alumni*
from the community who are in-*
terested in the outcome of to
day’s battle.
Missing iroin the Eagle line-;
up and tlie object of several
celebrations is ace halfbach^
Jerojne Evans who has been in
t)ie hospital for .several
v^ith a broken coijar
Ejddick said Evans woul”
missed “just as he was in
West Virginia game, but
expect to fill his slot with
or three good runners.”
Whatever the outcome of to
day’s battle, students have beeq
living the past week in what
Johnny Wooten called “a se
cond Homecoming atmosphere”,
and this interest has spread
throughout the Durham area.
MORALE BOOSTERS. Ber
tha Moore, Rich Square sen
ior, and Helen Wall, Wagram
senior, visit injured halfback,
Jerome Evans at the Lincoln
Hospital. The senior ace half
back suffered a broken collar
bone in practice recently and
will not be in the line-ap to
day.
Exchange Group
Goes To Cornell
From Nov. 18 to 22, five NCC
undergraduates acted as ex
change students at Cornell Uni
versity in Ithaca, N. Y. The
four-day program attracted stu
dents from Southern colleges
and universities.
NCC students participating in
the program were Iona Craw
ford, junior, Columbia, S. C.;
Robbie Graham, senior, Salis
bury; Ernestine Johnson, seni
or, Enfield; John Peele, senior,
Durham; and Dave Reid, senior,
High Point.
The general discussion topie
of the exchange conclave was
“Desegregation.” The guest stu
dents also were taken on tours
of the Campus and attended
regular classes.
On Saturday evening a ban
quet was given for the ex
change students, Cornell stu
dents and faculty, and a group
of Japanese students who were
there for the weekend. The
guest speaker at the banquet
was Krishna Menon, Indian
delegate to the United Nations.
Mrs. Anne Taylor, assistant
directress of Chidley Hall, act
ed as chaperon for the group.