liiislii
It’s probably not loneliness but the desire for outdoor sport
which set these pretty NCC co-eds to holding company with “Mr.
Snow Man,” when Durham got its second snow fall of the year last
week. Charming the “cool papa” are top, Barbara McLendon,
Washington, D. C.; left, Kitty Sneed, Durham; and right, “Bonnie”
Scruggs, Buffalo, New York.
NCC's Sixth Annual Co-ed Week-
End Will Be Held February 19-20
Plans are well underway for
the Sixth Annual Co-Ed Week
End to be sponsored by the NCC
Women’s Assembly on Febru
ary 19th and 20th. The theme
for this year’s activities will be
“The Importance of Building
Good Human Relations.”
Five out'^taTiding ■ wornen
have been invited to appear
during the week-end as guest
consultants. Dr. Margaret Just
Butcher, Professor at Howard
University, member of the
Board of Education for the Dis
trict of Columbia and currently
touring the United States as a
NAACP representative in the
cause of integrated education,
and Mrs. Bertha Diggs Warner,
first Negro to serve in the ca
pacity of Secretary of Labor in
the state of New York, have
consented to appear. Also ap
pearing will be Miss Nadine
Hill, Public Relations Director
for the National Broadcasting
Company in New York City,
and Miss Irene Osborne, Wash
ington Social Worker, and one
of America’s ten most outstand
ing women for 1954.
The two day program will be
gin with a breakfast for the
gue.jls in McLeaii 'Dnrrnitovy ou
Saturday morning, February
19. A symposium, at which each
of the consultants will address
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Selfless Soph's
Luck Changes
“A dream come true” was the
way Ardesial Williams, soph
co-ed, described her good for-
time last week, but friends say
it was “the most deserved
dream ever.”
Ardesial, who made the hon
or roll all three quarters last
year, couldn’t return to school
this year because she lacked the
necessary money. Hearing
about her situation, Mr. Charles
Holmes, Spanish professor, ap
pealed to the Scholarship
Committee.
Mr. Holmes told the Com
mittee how Ardesial, valedic
torian of her high school class,
had shared her scholarship with
a friend, Anne Barnes, who
would not otherwise have been
able to enter NCC last year.
Ironically, Anne was able to re
enter this year, but Ardesial
could not.
The Scholarship Committee
promptly awarded Ardesial a
tuition scholarship and let her
friend Anne break the good
news with a telephone call.
Campus
VOLUME 13—NUMBER 5 , SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1955
PRICE 15 CENTS
Officials, Students Alarmed
Over Proposed Hike In Fees
Both college officials and
students expressed “alarm...and
great concern” 'Over the cuts in
the NCC budget recommended
to the General Assembly by the
State Advisory Budget Com
mission recently. President El
der, who declined comment on
the implications of the cuts,
nevertheless, said he hoped the
Assembly would restore most
if not all, of the recommended
items for the 1955-57 biennium.
The Assembly, which met
Thursday, January 6, was ad
vised to cut NCC’s budget re
quests of $2,349,473 by 26 per
cent. This would represent a
im Invite Dads For Celebration
Enrollment Jumps
In Winter Quarter
Ninety-one additional under
graduate students enrolled at
North Carolina college during
the second quarter registration
period. Of that number twenty-
seven are students who have
never attended NCC prior to
their ^1955 registration. Ten of
the students list ' residences
other than North Carolina as
their homes.
In-state students who enroll
ed here for the first time were
Hazel Mae Adams, Kings Moun
tain; Merlene Anthony, Roper;
Sherlene Anthony, Roper; An
nie Cozart, Creedmoor; Aren-
thia Dickens, Greensboro;
James Hayes, Clinton; Charles
Royster, Oxford; Geraldine;
Tillary Williamston; Odell |
Hobbs, Clarkston; M a r i o n i
Wahah, Belhaven; Marie Wat
son, Durham; Katie Williams,
Smithfield; Macyrene Williams,
Autreyville; Oscar Best, Golds
boro; Rudolph Graham, Nash
ville; Marjorie Herdon, Spring
Hope; Fred Stoney, Longwood;
and Ada Shiver, Rocky Mount.
The out-of-state students
come from six states and Haiti.
They are Richard Banks, Roa
noke, Va; Berle Bawen, South
Birmingham, Ala; James Cato,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ernest Ingram,
Washington, D. C.; Viola Jeff
ries, Newark, N. J.; Myrta Far-
rieux, Port-au-Prince, Haiti;
Vera Moore, Washington, D. C.;
Joseph Streeter, Washington,
D. C.; Webster Wallace, Willi
amsburg, Va.; and Calvin
Woodridge, St. Louis, Mo.
J
North Carolina College’s
Third Annual Father-Son week
end will be held February 11-
13. According to Dean J. T.
Stewart, plans for the annual
men’s project are near complei
tion.
Registration for fathers will
begin at 2 pm. on Friday, Feb.
11, in Chidley Hall. During the
evening there will be an in
formal “Get Acquainted” peri
od in the dormitory.
On Saturday morning at 10:
8© the fathers will be taken on
a tour of the city. This tour in
cludes seeing the more famous
local sites in various'sections of
Durham.
The early part of Saturday
afternoon is reserved for play
ing games in the vicinity of
CliSt-iey ilull'/ Ai 4;0o, Uie
will be invited to see the North
Carolina College-produced mo
tion picture “Dear Mom” in the
south recreation room of Chid
ley Hall.
The banquet honoring the
fathers will be held in tlie din
ing hall from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Dr. Alfonso Elder will be the
feature speaker and Frank So
well, president of the Men’s As
sembly Steering Committee,
will act as master of-ceremo-
nies.
After the banquet, the fathers
will be the guests of the men
students at the NCC vs. John
son C. Smith basketball game.
Another “Get Acquainted”
session will be held in Chidley
Hall after the game.
The agenda for Sunday in
cludes Sunday School, church
and vespers where the guests
will hear Dr. Arthur Gray of
Talladega College address the
college community.
Elder Attending
Meet In Capitol
Dr. Alfonso Elder, along with
three other presidents of North
Carolina Colleges, is attending
a two-day conference of the
American Social Hygiene So-^
ciety on “Personal and Family
Living” this week-end at the
Willard Hotel in Washington,
D. C
Presidsn., Elder, member of
an advisory committee com
posed of representatives from
six states, is working on a pro
ject for ASHS. North Carolini
ans appointed to the committee
are Dr. Carlye Campbell, presi
dent of Meredith College; Chan
cellor E. K. Graiiam, Women’s
College; Dr. John R. Cunning
ham, president of Davidson
College; and Dr. Alfonso Elder.
The object of the project,
which is being financed by a
substantial grant received by
the Society, is to prepare and
aid children and students to
appreciate family living. The
last conference of the ASHS
was held in September 1954.
$100,000 decrease in appropri
ations under the budget received
for the 1953-54 biennium. Cuts
in the requested budgets for all
state colleges were recommend
ed by the Budget Commission.
Mr. William Jones, Business
Manager, said the college will
have to raise tuition fees and
rent in order to operate within
the recommended $1,735,152
budget. The Commission recom
mended that the college take in
$200,000 from fees during the
next two years. This will repre
sent an increase of $25,000 the
college will have to raise each
year.
Dean George T. Kyle said the
increase will undoubtedly force
many students to withdraw
from school. He said a survey of
last year’s freshman class re
vealed that the average family
with students attending NCC
earns only $2,947 per year, and
it takes $1,066.00 (slightly less
than half the family income)
per year for each student to at
tend school here.
Mr. R. D. Riissell, chairman
of the NCC Scholarship Com
mittee, said, “A very large num
ber of our students are already
assessed beyond the ability of
tiieir parenld lO"pay.“ w“e hiive cr
backlog of requests for jobs and
financial aid that we can’t pos
sibly expect to take care of.”
Opinion among students va
ried between disbelief and
gloom. Said Mannie Beamon,
Durham freshman, “I certainly
hope that recommendation does
not go through as I’m already
liard pressed for funds...so are
all the others I’ve talked with.’'
The Budget Commission re
jected most of NCC’s requests
for funds for additions and bet
terment. The requests totaled
$244,592, but only $19,500 was
granted.
Among additions and better
ment projects rejected were
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Predict Full House For *Satdi’ Concert
CIAA Presidents
Here Feb. 11
The Council of Presidents of
C.I.A.A. Institutions jjvill hold
a one day conference on Feb
11, at North Carolina College.
This will be the first time that
the organization has met here.
The purposes for which the
council was organized are to
participate in the making of
policies and practices of the
CIAA, to provide a forum
where CIAA presidents can dis
cuss questions of interest in the
area of athletics and to further
among the presidents an in
formed interest in the develop
ment of wholesome athletic
programs in tlie member insti-
tuti_pns.
The last meeting of the or
ganization was at Virginia State
College on June 12, 1954.
R. D. Russell, Chairman of
the NCC Scholarship Commit
tee, predicts “a full house” for
the Louis Armstrong concert to
be held here in the gymnasium
on February 8.
Basing his estimate on ad-
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
vance ticket sales and general
enthusiasm, Russell said “Re
sponse to this worthy cause,
both on and off campus, has
been encouraging beyond ex
pectation.” Scholarship Com
mittee members have person
ally underwritten expenses for
the Armstrong appearance in an
effort to increase funds avail
able for schojarships. All profit
i'rom the concert will be applied
to the Scholarship Fund.
One of the all-time great jazz
musicians, Louis Armstrong
,vas chosen because of his draw
ing power at the box office.
And indications thus far, Rus
sell said, are “that we didn’l
overestimate him.’’ Women stu
dents guaranteed the purchas(
and sale of nearly 800 tickets
and numerous individuals and
agencies in the city are hand
ling hundreds of tickets for us,
he continued. Radio and TV
stations are also cooperating in
publicizing the affair, Russel’
said.