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VOLUME 14 — NUMBER 2
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, OCT. 2f9,^1955
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Durham Welcomes NCC Alumni
Thespians Mum On Duke Rumpus
“Mum” is the official word of
NCC Thespians concerning the
integration controversy at Duke
University in which the NCC
theatre group is directly in
volved.
Campus Echo reporters sought
in vain a statement from Thes
pian president Barbara Lump
kin, Durham junior, last week
when the heated issue broke in
the Duke University Chronicle.
Barbara first said she need
ed to covmsel with Miss Mary
Bohanon, Thespian adviser, af
ter which she declined com
ment, saying that the group
would have nothing to say on
the integration issue at Duke
University.
The steps in the attempt at
having integrated play audiences
at Duke went like this;
Rating Group
Checks College
North Carolina College was
host to represpntatives from the
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leges and Secondary Schools on
Oct. 17, 18, and 19
Representing the Association
were Dr. Preston Valien, Fisk
University, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr.
Kenneth G. Kuenher, Coker
College, Hartsville, S. C.; and
Dr. Richard M. Reser, Ogle
thorpe University, Oglethorpe,
Georgia.
The purpose of the visiting
representatives was to evaluate
the college.
North Carolina College, found
ed in 1910, was given “B” rat
ing in 1931, by the Southern As
sociation. In 1937, NCC became
an “A” rated institution. The vis
it recently concluded was the
first since the college received
its “A” rating.
The Southern Association con
sists of colleges and high
schools, white and Negro,
throughout the South. The pur
pose of the Association is to
evaluate and rate the member
institutions.
1) The Executive Council of
the Duke Players “wishing to
repay several friendly gestures
of the North Carolina College
Dramatic Department” voted to
invite NCC Thespians to attend
their dramatic productions at
Duke.
2) Their proposal was taken
to the Duke administration who
turned down the proposal on
grounds that “we cannot invite
anyone to come to our shows
and performances without pro
viding adequate facilities (rest
room and seating) for them.”
3) The Chronicle then pub
lished a front page story in
which was revealed the attitude
and reaction of the administra
tion toward having integrated
play audiences. The Chronicle
also ran an editorial which
condemned the administration
for continuing to be guided by
an “unwritten poicy” of segre
gation.
According to the Chronicle,
“It is time for the Board of Trus
tees to state a policy. We re
quest, therefore, a guest editor
ial 1 '
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this lead editorial space in the
issue, two weeks (Oct. 28) from
tonight for their reply.”
CAPT. MATT BOONE
It’s Homecoming Day for sev
eral thousand alumni who are
expected to return to Durham
today for their annual visit to
Alma Mater.
High point of the activity will
be the football game between the
NCC Eagles and the Bears of
ShaW University. Game time is
2 p. m.
In honor of the occasion, the
college, together with the Dur-
Carmel Marr Speaks
During U.N. Week
The annual United Nations
Week was observed here 12:30
last Monday when the Forum
Committee presented Mrs. Car
mel Marr of the UN staff in an
assembly address at B. N. Duke
Duke Auditorium.
Mrs. Marr, a, graduate of Co
lumbia University Law School,
1948, has been on the UN staff
since September, 1953.
In addition to receiving
several awards and citations
from various organizations, she
has been the author of many
monologues, performed for
charity since 1939 at churches,
auditoriums, and other meeting
places.
Sneed Is President
Of Co-eds’ Govt.
Kitty Sneed, a senior music
major of Durham, was elected
president of the Women’s As
sembly for the current school
year. Her election was con
firmed during the second meet
ing o.f the Woinr-n’s Assembly
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Upon accepting the presi
dency, Miss Sneed said, “I
shall strive to carry out effici
ently the responsibilities of
this office. It is my belief that
the combined efforts of this'en
tire group will help us to at
tain the principles of woman
hood as stated in our creed.”
The hewly-elected members
of the Women’s Assembly’s
steering committee are: senior
at-large, Carolyn Black; fresh
man on-campus representative,
Ruth Royster; and freshman
off-campus representative, Sa
rah Bell.
CAPT. ROSS HINES
Local Lass Will Reign As Queen
Octavia Tedder, a senior
Durhamite reigns today- as
“Miss Homecoming 1955.”
Miss Tedder v/as chosen by'
the Lettermens’ Club, along
with two other candidates, Mar
lene Enoch, junior from Bur
lington, N. C., and Garlinda
Carroll, sophomore from En
field, N. C. to run in a campiis-
wide election for queen of the
Homecoming festivities today.
“Miss Homecoming of 1955”
and her attendant's hold several
things in common. All three are
commercial education majors
and education minors and are
looking forward to secretarial
positions after graduations.
They are also members of the
Commercial Club.
Miss Tedder is a former mem
ber of North Carolina College
Band and Miss Enoch is a mem
ber of the Ivy Leaf Club, pledge
Club to the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority.
OCTAVIA TEDDER
Capital City Ready
For Students’ Meet
The 19th Annual North
Carolina State Student Legis
lative Assembly, will convene
at 4 p. m. in the capitol build
ing in Raleigh Nov. 17-19. This
assembly is attended by repre
sentatives from twenty-five
colleges and universities in the
State of North Carolina.
Bills concerning various
state and local problems are
presented for discussion by the
junior senators and represen
tatives in their respective
houses.
Last year, North Carolina
College sent five representa
tives to the NCSSLA. The re
presentatives were Beatrice
Cogdell, Peggy Hinton, Shirley
Cannon, Lucille Reynolds, and
Robert Perry.
The delegates for this year
from North Carolina College
have not been selected as yet.
However, Robert Perry and
Beatrice Cogdell, delegates to
the Interim Council, the gover
ning body of this assembly, in
dicated that plans are well un
derway to have NCC adequate
ly represented ' at this confer
ence.
bans Taps Prof.
For City Board
An NCC professor. Dr. Lin
coln J. Harrison, Commerce De
partment chairman, has been
appointed to the City Bond Ad
visory Committee by Mayor E.
J. Evans.
Dr. Harrison is one of four
Negroes appointed to the impor
tant finance committee. Others
include J, H. Wheeler, presi
dent of Mechanics and Farmers
Bank; Mr. W. J. Walker, man
ager of the Southern Fidelity
Mutual Insurance Company; and
Mr. J. S. Stewart, executive sec
retary of the Mutual Building
and Savings Association.
The 40 member advisory com
mittee will work with the City
Council in determining what the
city’s bond needs are for various
civic improvements and in de
ciding upon the amount of each
bond issue to satisfy these needs.
ham Business and Professional
Chain, and the Durham populace
at large have joined forces in
an effort to make the occasion a
memorable one. The Chain be
gins its annual celebration of
Trade Week today in conjvmc-
tion with the NCC Homecoming
activities.
For the first time in recent
years, the college has provided
a central office for alumni. It
is to be located in the Men’s
Gymnasium on the first floor.
The local campus has been
a buzz with activity for over a
month now since Hcmeccmin*'
Architects Alfred Fisher, Dur
ham, and Clara Wertz, Char
lotte, started mapping plans for
the celebration.
In addition to the game and
parade, which will throw the
spotlight on “Miss Homecom
ing,” beauteous Octavia Tedder,
Durham senior, numerous other
functions designed to appeal to
alumni and students have been
planned.
Activities began last Wednes
day at 12 p.m. with the men
of Chidley Hall’s exuberant pep
rally in B. N. Duke Auditorium.
There were a TV show over
WTVD featuring Homecoming
principals Thursday at 3 p. m.,
registration for alumni in room
‘ ;c’t.i/'.y on b'l’l.
at 2, an alumni get-togetiier at
the Algonquin Tennis Club from
9 to midnight on Friday, and
other campus activities includ
ing a 12:30 p. m. pep rally a-
mong students in B. N. Duke, a
movie Friday night at 8:15 spon
sored by the Athletic Commit
tee in the Auditorium, followed
by a bon fire Friday night at
quarter to ten.
Today’s schedule began with
breakfast at 8:30 to 10:30 in the
college’s cafeteria and a coffee
hour from 9:30 to 12:30 for form
er residents of Senior Hall.
Floats will be assembled at
the Durham Athletic Park at 10
a. m., and the parade, which will
lead fans to O’Kelly Field, scene
of the grid clash, will begin at
11:30. There will be Homecom
ing Dance for alumni, students,
and faculty members in the Wo^
men’s Gym tonight from 8-12,
and the annual Alumni Home
coming Dance at the W. D. Hill
Recreation Center beginning at
midnight.
The parade, which will fea-
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Wright Is Founders Day Speaker
Dr. Stephen J. Wright, presi
dent of Bluefield State College,
Bluefield, West Virginia, will
deliver the annual Founder’s
Day address in Duke Auditor
ium at 11 a. m. on Thursday,
November 3.
A graduate of Hampton In-
I stitute and Howard University
I with a Ph.D. degree from New
York University, Dr. Wright
formerly served as a high school
teacher, principal, and prior to
going to Bluefield, as dean of
faculty at Hampton Institute.
NCC’s Founder’s Day com
memorates the life and work of
the late Dr. James E. Shepard,
the college’s founder and first
president. ^
One of the features of the
Founder’s Day rites will be the
annual meeting of the James E.
I Shepard Memorial Foundation
at 4 p. m. in Room 104 of the
I Administration Building.
I James T. Taylor, executive
secretary, says the meeting is
open to all persons who have
contributed as much as $5 to the
organization.
Taylor says “important de
cisions are expected to be made
regarding the statue of Dr. She
pard and the scholarship part of
the foundation’s program.” He
said NCC students had received,
some 52 scholarship grants.
These scholarships are open on
ly to graduates of state high
schools who desire to attend
NCC and who qualify through
competitive examinations.