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VOLUME 13—NUMBER 7
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1955
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W. I Gibson Says
Negro Newspapers Must Compete To Serve Public
“The Negro Press will not
die as the result of integration
as long as it recognizes and
serves its function as an objec
tive and liberal institution.”
This was the keynote in an
address delivered by William I.
Gibson in B. N. Duke Auditori-
Speaker Says
Business Needs
S\i\M Negroes
By GOSSIE H. HUDSON
“Impelling reasons for stu
dent’s presence in the field of
Commerce” was the theme of
Dr. James L. Stuart’s keynote
address for the fourth annual
“Commerce Day” chapel pro
gram held here in B. N. Duke
Auditoriimi on March 14. Dr.
Stewart is Chairman of the De
partment of Commerce at A.
and T. College.
Approximately 800 high
school students from North
Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia attended the Commer
cial Day Program.
After Dr, Stuart’s speech, a
scholarship award in honor of
the late C. T. Willis was pre
sented to Dr. Elder by the Com
merce Derartnieiit fi-i.' some >ic-
serving student.
The awarding of typing prizes
to winners in the typing con
test finals highlighted the North
Carolina College “Commerce
Day” observance.
Dr. Stuart, the main speak
er for the “Commerce Day”
event, stated: “It is difficult for
the Negro to 'succeed unless
skill in business education has
been acheived.” Even though
North Carolina has the largest
amount of Negro workers, in
1953 its over-all income was
below the national level be
cause of many unskilled labor
ers’ receiving low wages.
The increasing need of skilled
Negro workers was pointed out
by Dr. Stewart and “students’
presence in education repre
sents an effort on the part of
North Carolina to meet this
need.”
Miss Marilyn Brown, of
Youngstown, Ohio, “worlds
fastest typist claimant,” gave a
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um to members of the North
Carolina College community.
Gibson, former editor of news
papers and magazines in Balti
more and Chicago, was the
speaker for the March 21 forum
program dedicated to the ob
servance of National Negro
Newspaper Week.
Now director of ppublic rela
tions at Bennett College,
Greensboro, Gibson holds ba
chelor’s and master’s degrees in
journalism from Ohio State
University and served as man
aging ■ editor, then as editor of
the Afro-American Newspaper
in Baltimore; associate editor of
the magazine Ebony and man
aging editor of Tan magazine in
Chicago.
Speaking to students and fa
culty members at NCC, the
seasoned newspaperman warn
ed that with the approach of
integration, the daily papers
must not be allowed to “steal
the ball” from the Negro news
papers in the areas of civic, na
tional, and international affairs.
Rather, the Negro papers must
expand their news scope in or
der to include events of bi-racial
interest and must, at all times,
report this news effectively and
objectively.
Gibson also urged that the
employment of qualified people
by Negro newspapers, regard
less of race, will do much to fa
cilitate the problem of integra
tion as well as to aid in keep
ing the papers up to par journa
listically.
“The market of 15,000,000
Negro’s and a spending power
of $14,000,000 has inspired the
Miss NCC’To Be
Crowned In April
At the time* the Echo went
to press, the election committee
was busy working out plans for
the coronation of Miss NCC.
According to data obtained,
Miss Arnee Dupree, Sumpter,
South Carolina beauty, will be
formally crowned as early in
April as can toe arranged.
Miss Dupree was elected Miss
NCC on February 11, 1955, in
a campuswide election. At the
time of the election she was
student teaching in Henderson,
North Carolina.
Brooklyn Sculptor Commissioned
To Make Statue Of Dr. Shepard
William Zorach, noted Brook
lyn, N. Y. sculptor, has been
commissioned to begin a full-
length, life-size likeness of the
late Dr. James E. Shepard,
founder and first president of
the North Carolina College at
Durham. The statue will stand
on the NCC campus.
The project to create the sta
tue started with the James E.
Shepard Memorial Foundation,
but it was later taken over by
the State’s Negro Masons whose
head is Dr. G. D. Carnes of
Wilmington.
Announcement of progress on
the statue was made in Dur
ham by Professor James T. Tay
lor, executive secretary of the
Shepard Foundation. Taylor
said the Foundation’s executive
committee had been asked to
give a progress report on plans
for the statue.
In another announcement,
Taylor said that the Foundation
would resume this year the
awarding of 16 scholarships in
the amount of $200.00 each to
students who qualified in a
competitive examination to en
ter NCC. Dr. Ray Thompson,
counselor-trainer, is in charge
of the competitive examination
Dates for the examination will
be announced at a later date.
white papers to cater to the in
terest of the Negro,” said Gib
son, and for this reason, Negro
newspapers can easily lose their
cotitrol over their traditional
market if they do not rise to the
occassion with equal adaptabili
ty.
In closing, Gibson suggested
six basic qualifications in pre
paration for newspaper service.
These were knowledge, con
structive imagination, curiosity,
thought, initiative, and perse-
verence.
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W. I. GIBSON
WILLIAM WARFIELD
Porgy And Bess Star Will Sing Tonight
William Warfield, noted A-
merican baritone, will sing in
concert tonight in Duke Audi
torium at 8:15 p.m. The pro
gram wilf be the last Lyceum
series concert of the year.
Warfield, who has achieved
international acclaim, will be
remembered by millions for his
performance in MGM’s “Show
Boat” and the recent revival of
the Heyward-Gershwin folk
opera, “Porgy and Bess.” The
singer is a native of West Hel
ena, Ark. He studied at the
Eastman School and in the A-
merican Theatre Wing’s Profes
sional Training Program.
Warfield is married to Lyon-
tyne Price, the noted soprano
Summer School Opened To All
Students planning to attend
summer school are no longer
required to get spenial .per
mission, tni)'; Summei' School
Office annqunced recently.
A recent ruling by the Exe
cutive Committee states that
“Standards governing the ad
mission of undergraduates to
the Summer School shall be the
same as those' governing under
graduate admission during the
regular academic year. All stu-
NCC Thespian In
Broadway Play
Miss Jacqueline Barnes, form
er outstanding layer with NCC’s
Thespians is now appearing on
Broadway in Sean O’Casey’s
“Juno and the Paycock”.
A 1954 graduate of NCC
where she majored in Spanish
and minored in drama, Miss
Barnes has been associated
with the Greenwich Mew thea
tre since her arrival in New
York last summer.
After a stint with the Green
wich theatre as a volxmteer
worker, Miss Barnes was given
a contract as stage manager. In
her spare time, while stage man
ager, she understudied roles in
“Major Barbara’’ and “In
Splendid Error.” The latter is
a new play about Frederick
Douglass and in it Miss Barnes
played Mrs. Douglass.
The February issue of the
Broadway magazine “O f f
Broadway” commented about
the young actress’ work: “Miss
Barnes is 21 years old, but the
manner in which she handles
the character part would lead
one to believe she is a veteran
of many years on the stage.”
The promising young actress is
a pupil of NCC’s Miss Mary L.
Bohanon, director of the col
lege’s dramatic group, The
Thespians.
dents who are in good standing
and not subject to immediate
suspension under |he probp;.t’on
rule are eligible to attend the
Summer School.”
The ruling goes into effect
immediately, the announce
ment from the Summer School
Office says, and any student
not currently on probation is
eligible to attend Summer
School here this summer. The;
ruling has the effect of allowing
students to make up work or
to qualify for earlier gradua
tion.
Heretofore students were re
quired to obtain special per
mission to attend Summer
School regardless of their aca
demic standing.
Applications for Summer
School study are available in
the Summer School Office,
which is located in Room 109 of
the Clasg Room Building.
who made television history re
cently in the featured role of
the opera “Tosca.”
Warfield’s program in Duke
Auditorium has been announced
as follows: Mozart’s “Mentre ti
Lascio;” Handel’s “Recitative
and Air from ‘Judas Macca-
baeus,” and “Hear Me, Ye
Winds and Waves;” Purcell’s
“The Trumpet Tune;” and Karl
Leowe’s “Susses Begrabnis”
and “Hochzeitlied.’’
Also “Auf Flugeln des GesV
anges” and “Fruhlingslied” by
Feiix Mi^ndel'ssohii; “O
Wangen” and -^‘Wie Meloclien’
zieht es mir” ^by Johannes
Brahms; “Ballata- del Mondo-r-
Eccp il mondo” by Boito; and
Jules Massenet’s “Aris-Vinson
fugitive.” J
Also three American folk
songs: “Stewball,” “Colorado
i .ail.” and “What You Gonna
Jo When tiie Meat Gives Out,’”
arranged by Celius Doughertyr
John Dukes “Yellow Hair,” and
Irvin Mopper’s “Love Story”
and “Resourceful Mary.”
“Plenty Good Room” and
“Sister Mary Had-a But One
Child,” arranged by Roland
Hayes; “Joshua Fit de Battle of
Jerico,” arranged by Harry
Burleigh; “There’s a Man Goin^
Round, Takin’ Names,” arran
ged by Byron Arnold; and “A
Witness,” arranged by Charles
Kingsford.
Parham Talks On Japanese Travels
In First Of 'Western Tourist' Series
Mrs. Marion Cordice Parham,
head of NCC’s Art Department,
opened a series of forums en
titled “This is Your Faculty”
on Sunday, March 20 in the
Browsing Room of the James
E. Shepard Memorial Library.
The series is being presented
by the Tau Psi Chapter of the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Al
pha Lambda Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta, the Pyramid
Club, and the Lampodas Club.
The subject of Mrs. Parham’s
discussion was “Western Tour
ist.” She spoke of different as
pects of her life in Japan. Mrs.
Parham has just returned from
Japan after a year’s stay in that
country.
After Mrs. Parham’s talk,
students joined in an informal
discussion and asked questions
concerning her visit. Refresh
ments were served in the Facul
ty Lounge after the discussion.
The Greek -IJSter organiza
tions and their pledge clubs in
stituted the series because it
was felt that students and fa
culty members too seldom get
a chance to know each other.
Miss Mary L. Bohanon, head ot
NCC’s Drama Department, and
Dr. Richard K. Barksdale, as
sistant dean of the NCC Gradu
ate School, are scheduled to
speak at forthcoming meetings
to be held in April and May.
Miss Bohanon will talk on “The
Arts are Fun,” and Dr. Barks
dale will discuss “My Private
Life.”
The college community is in
vited to participate in the Sun
day evening forum series.