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VOLUME 14—NUMBER 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1955 PRICE 15 CENTS
SHIRLEY JAMES, ECHO editor, and Horace G. Daw
son, editorial advisor, are shown as they boarded a plane last
week at Raleigh-Durham Airport. They were bound for De
troit, Michigan where they attended the Associated Col
legiate Press Conference held November 17-19.
Students Offer Bill In Assembly
A bill to amend the laws of
North Carolina with respect to
postmortem medico-legal ex
aminations, Chapter 973, arti
cle 30, of the 1955 session laws
of North Carolina, was put
forth by the 1955 North Caro
lina College delegation to the
19th Annual State Student
Legislative Assembly, which.
met in Raleigh Nov. 17-19.
Representing North Carolina
College at the Student Assem
bly were: Peggy Hinton, senior
Gastonia; Gwendolyn McCal-
lum, junior, Mocksville; Henry
Fair, junior, Washington; Ro
bert Perry, junior, Durham;
Beatrice Cogdell, senior, Wash
ington; Alfred Richardson, so
phomore, Schenectady, N. Y.;
Clifford Koontz, junior, Lex
ington; amd Shirley Cannon,
senior, Asheville.
The bill was presented in
both houses of the legislature. It
was presented by Robert Perry
in the House of Representa-
Eng. Prof. Leaves
For NCTE Meet
ICisc Pauline Newton, pro
fessor of English at North Caro
lina College, leaves today for
New York, where she will attend
the annual convention of the Na
tional C»uncil of Teachers of
English. The convention will be
held November 24-26 at New
York’s Hotel Statler.
According to Miss Newton,
the National Council of Teach
ers of English is an association
of English teachers working on
grade levels from the elemen
tary school through college. The
purpose of the Council is to im
prove and to integrate the teach
ing of English on all levels.
The Council, first organized in
the early 1900’^s, was the result
of inconaiatency in the teaching
of English on varying levels and
of the failure of the three levels
of education to integrate their
efforts.
The Coimcil now publishes
three journals, one dealing with
Ihiglish on each educational
level. They are College Engrlish,
Elementary English, and the
Elemeatary English, and the
concerned with the teaching of
English in the high school.
tives and in the Senate by
Henry Fair. At Echo press time
the results of the bill were not
known.
The Student Legislative As
sembly, which was originated
to stimulate interest in the
legislative procedures of the
State of North Carolina, con
ducted all its sessions of the
mock gove^mment program i'a'
the Senate and Assembly
Chambers of the State Building.
More than 25 colleges and uni
versities through the state were
represented.
North Carolina College repre
sentatives to the 55-56 Interim
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DR. B. F. SMITH
Smith Is Officer
In Bi-Race Group
Dr. Benjamin F. Smith,
librarian of the James E. She
pard Memorial Library here,
has been named one of the direc
tors of the College and Univer
sity Section of the Integrated
North Carolina Library Associa
tion.
The North Carolina Library
Association, which began to ad
mit qualified Negroes in 1954,
held its first integrated session
at the Sheraton Hotel in High
Point several weeks ago.
Most of the Negroes admitted
were formerly affiliated with
the North Carolina Negro Li
brary Association, which dis
solved at its last session in Char
lotte, on November 4 and 5.
Thespians Slate
T. S. Eliot Drama
The Thespians, North Caro
lina College drama group, will
present T. S. Eliot’s Murder in
the Cathedral on December 16,
in B. N. Duke Auditorium, ac
cording to an announcement
from Miss Mary Bohanon, Thes
pian director and head of the
Dramatic Arts Department.
This will be the group’s first
production of the season.
Miss Bohanon went on to say
that Theodore Gilliam, Florida
freshman, in the leading role,
will portray Thomas a’Becket
He will be supported by an able
cast and a chorus composed of
Beatrice Smith, Lillian Mid-
gette, Shirley Mclver, Helen
Reed, Barbara Lumpkin, and
Zelphia Gray. Shirley Williams
is in charge of costumes for the
production.
Having selected their officers
for the year, the thespians are
preparing for a full season.
Officers for the year are; pres
ident, Barbara Lumpkin, Dur
ham junior; vice president,
Lawrence Hampton; recording
secretary, Elias Thompson;
business manager, Clara Har-
ri.stor; iparli?im»=-nt:aris'i,
lii'jed; and master and mistress-
of probation are Harry Moore
and Zelphia Gray respectively.
Working with tne Thespians
for the first time are recent
probates Lillian Rfidgette, Jo
seph Bunting, Gerald Simmons,
Drewlyn Richardson, Theodore
Gilliam, Shirley Mclver, Dollis
Moore, Leonders Horton, Ed
ward Chapman, Marion Brown,
Beatrice Smith, Arjnetta Ben
ton, Lautha Gray, James Hool-
er, Anthony Pitt, George Den
ton, Mabel Boone and Jeanne
Britt.
Probation for new members
was held early in the quarter.
Elder Leads 'Fair Share' Campaign
Failing to reach its $376,000
goal, the Durham United Fund
had to extend its city-wide drive
for six days (until Friday, No
vember 18.)
However, the extension had
nothing to do with shortcomings
Students Survey
City Businesses
Early in October, students
from the Commerce Depart
ment began a survey of Ne
gro businesses in the Dur
ham area. The project was ini
tiated by the 1955 Summer
School Class in business statis
tics, which prepared the form
on which the data is being re
corded.
The survey is being conduct
ed by twenty-one studefits who
are currently enrolled in the
class in business organization
and management. Members of
the class expect to spend the
equivalent of two class hours
in their visits to the local busi
nesses. Although the first day
was restricted to the businesses
on Fayetteville and Pettigrew
Streets, plans include visits to
businesses in other areas at a
later date.
The survey is in keeping
with the trend of progressive
college business departments
and schools of business to have
available directories of local
businesses. Through these di
rectories, college personnel are
able to contact businessmen
from time to time and to form
closer relationships with busi
ness, thereby encouraging co
operative programs between
business and education from
which both businessmen and
educators benefit.
of NCC students, faculty, and
staff, who exceeded their m-
signed quota of $4,000 by co»-
tributing and pledging $4,524.M
in the mammoth drive.
Led by NCC President AlfonBo
Elder, the drive on campjB
reached a climax on November
6, when Shirley James, sub
stituting for Dr. Elder, told a
city-wide T-V audience, “NCC
has gone over the top in the
United Fund Drive because ev
eryone at the college was anJi-
ous to do his fair share.”
Dr. Hollis Edens, President of
Duke University, headed the
drive in Durham this year. He
was moderator on the prograat
to which Shirley made the NCG
report. Dr. Elder had appeared
on two previous progress report
programs on October 31 anS
November 2.
The campus drive was sprear-
headed among faculty and staJK
members by Dr. C. A. Ray and
his staff in the News Bureau
through a team of ‘captains” in
buildings and academic depart
ments. Shirley James amS
Valeria Powe headed the cam
paign among students and stu
dent organizations.
Dr. Elder and Dr. Bay caFed
foi 'one Jiuiidied percfeiit’'' para-
cipation on the parts of students,
staff and faculty members anS
the two co-ed captains asked for
the same showing among st»-
dent organizations. Althou^
NCC went over the top in tot^
contributions, it was not im
mediately clear at press time as
to whether there had been one
hundred percent participation.
Student organizations were
asked to contribute 10c per mem
ber in line with a formula work
ed out by the student co-cap
tains. Faculty and staff mem
bers were asked to contribute in
proportion to their yearly in
comes.
Best Resource Is American Way, Prexy Tells Group
Addressing the Resource Use
Education Conference held in
Raeford at Upchurch High
School earlier this month, Pres
ident Alfonso Elder told his au
dience that “our greatest re-
souce is the American Way of
Life.” This conference, consist
ing of some 450 teachers, was
concerned with more effective
methods of teaching.
Dr. Elder told this group that
because the American Way of
Life, with its emphasis on De
mocracy, is the one characteris
tic peculiar to America and
not generally found in other
countries, it is our duty to pre
serve and perpetuate this way
of life. He added that educators
have a good opportunity to help
in the maintaining of the
American way of life.
Dr. Elder went on to say
“First, there should be a respect
for the individual’s right to be
heard. Even though the indivi
dual may be wron?;, he ha? the
right to be heard just because
he is a human being. Second,
there should be a respe';t for
the individual’s right to be any
place where other human be
ings are for the simple reason
that he, too, is a human being.
Third, there should be respect
for property or the possessions
of others. Fourth, there should
be a respect for law.”
“By instilling such respects
in students, educators can,” Dr.
Elder said, “aid in perpetuating
the American Way of Life.”
The Resource Conference in
cluded members from Hoke,
Roberson, and Scotland Coun-
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Coaches Receive
National Posts
Three North Carolina College
coaches have been named to of
ficial posts with the National As
sociation of Intercollegiate Ath
letics, announced Talmadge L.
Hill, district 29 chairman, Mor
gan State College, Baltimore,
Maryland.
Herman H. Riddick, head
football coacli, has been ap
pointed chairman of the football
activities committee. Leroy T.
Walker, head track coach, and
Floyd H. Brown, head basket
ball coach, have both been nam
ed to the basketball activities
committee.
The National Association ef
Intercollegiate Athletics is an ia-
terracial organization consisting
of colleges and universities
throughout the United States.
The purpose of the Association
is to integrate and improve ath
letics on the college level.