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VOLUME 14—NUMBER 5 TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1956
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Faculty To Sho\^
Song, Dance Acts
“Too Much College” is the
title for the 1956 version of the
North Carolina College Faculty
Show, which will be held on
Wednesday, February 8 at 8 p.
m. in B. N. Duke Auditorium.
According to James E. (“E”
for Ears) Parker, producer and
emcee for the show, “Too Much
College” is a take-off on the
curriculum and life of the mod
ern-day college. The show will
be tied together with humorous
sketches by Parker, supported
by Dr. Charles A. Ray and Dr.
Adolph Furth, both of whom
will give variations of subtle
humor.
Satirizing music on the cam
pus, Mr. Parker will introduce
the following mjusical groups:
1) the traditional Men’s Glee
Club, featuring Dr. Richard
Barksdale, Dr. Stewart Ful-
bright, Edward Strayhorne, Dr.
Ezra Totten, Irvin McCollimi,
Roger Russell, Walter Brown,
George Thorne, I. McKnight,
Dr. Ross Townes, and Dr. Nor
man Johhson .2) a trio repre
senting modern-day co-eds, in-
'dludiiig Mrs. Marion Spaulding,
Mrs. Josephine Clement, and
Mrs. Hillie Jones. 3) an instru
mental combo (second year) Dr.
Richard Barksdale, Solomon
Shannon, Dr. Norman Johnson,
and Roger Russell. 4) Benjamin
Gray, with his own little combo,
will be featured at the piano.
Also appearing in the show
will be Dr. Richard Barkdsdale,
who will be featured, as usual,
with his musical improvisations.
Dr. Carol Bowie will appear in
one of her popular monologues.
The purpose of the show this
year is to raise money for the
production of a feature movie
and a short accompanying movie
featuring the faculty members
who participate in the show. The
feature movie will be an inter
pretation of what Student Self-
Direction can mean.
Three students will be starred
in this movie. (The scenario has
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Va. Prof. To Address A-V Workshop
Dr. Harry A. Johnson, asso
ciate director Audio-Visual Cen
ter, Virginia State College,
Petersburg, Va., will be guest
consultant at an audio-visual
workshop to be held at North
Carolina College on Saturday,
February 18, 1956.
There will be a general session
on Saturday morning at 10:30
a. m. Dr. Johnson will be the
speaker for the general session.
After the general session the
workshop will divide into five
interest groups for a briefing.
The afternoon sessions will be
skill development sessions for
the interest groups. These groups
include 1) recordings, 2) photo-
Sons Honor Dads
February 11-12
North Carolina College’s four
th annual Father - Son Week
end will be held - February 10-
12. According to Dean J. L.
Stewart, plans for the annual
men’s project are nearing com
pletion.
Registration for fathers will
begin at 2:00 p. i»|^on Friday,
February 11, in iWidiey Hall.
During thp evening there will be
an informal “Get Acquainted”
perfod in the dormitory.
On Saturday morning at 10:30
a. m., the fathers will be'taken
on a tour of the city. This tour
will include seeing the more
famous of the local sites in vari
ous sections of the city.
The early part of Saturday
afternoon is reserved for play
ing games in the vicinity of Chid-
ley Hall. At 4:00 the guests will
be invited to see the North Caro
lina College produced motion
picture DEAR MOM in the south
recreation room of Chidley Hall.
The banquet honoring the
fathers will be held in the din
ing hall from 6:00 to 7:30 p. m.
Dr. Alfonso Elder will be the fea
tured speaker, and Frank Sowell,
president of the Men’s Assembly
Steering Committee, will act as
master of ceremonies at the
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graphy, 3) machine skills, 4)
graphic materials, and 5) pre
view and evaluations of recent
releases.
The consultant, Dr. Johnson,
who holds a B. S. degree from
Virginia State College and the
M. A. and Ed. D. degrees from
Teachers College, Columbia
University, is the author of many
magazine articles which have
appeared in such periodicals as
Virginia Education Bulletin,
Virginia State College Publica
tion and Educational Screen. He
is a member of a number of na
tional and professional honorary
societies.
Other consultants for the
workshop will include A. H.
Peeler, principal, J. C. Price
School, Salisbury; Dr. Norman
Johnson, North Carolina Col
lege; Christopher Reynolds,
North Carolina College; and
Miss Dorothy Prince, A. and T.
College.
The local planning committee
is a sub-committee of the audio
visual committee of NCC. Mem
bers of this sub-committee are
George T. Thorne, C. L. Patter
son, and Dr. C. L. Spellman.
The ;worksl]op is^mder , tb^
general direction of James E.
Parker, director A-V center
and Chairman, Department of
Audio-Visual Instruction, North
Carolina Teachers Association.
Tax Headaches?
See Dr. Harrison
NCC’s commerce department
is offering special tax service
for the benefit of students who
need assistance in filling out
their return forms.
According to Dr. Lincoln J.
Harrison, senior accounting stu
dents who are enrolled in the
tax procedures course will be
available for aiding any student
who may have a problem in con
nection with filing a tax return.
Those needing such assistance
should contact Dr. Harrison in
the commerce department on the
third floor of the Class Room
Building.
Lee Calhoun, NCC track star, is shown above displaying the
form that led him to the tying of two world records for the high
hurdles in Washington and Philadelphia last week. He did the
50 yard hurdles in 6.0 and the 70 in 8.3, then promptly announced
that he will try to win a berth on the American Olympic team for
the upcoming games to be played in Australia next fall.
NCC Hurdler Ties World Record
BY A. V. ROTIDE
How does it feel to be as good as the best in the world?
That was the question which Lee Calhoun, NCC hurdling ace,
faced but was hard put to answer in Washington, Philadelphia,
Durham, and wherever he appeared last week. The gangling,
soft spoken junior from Gary, Indiana, hit the nation’s headlines
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the nation’s hottest prospects for the Olympic games to be staged
in Sydney, Australia next fall.
Both his coach, L. T. Walker, and Calhoun said they are go
ing “all out” to land Calhoun a berth on the American team.
On successive evenings in Philadelphia and Washington, Cal
houn ran the 50 and 70 yard high hurdles in 6.0 and 8.3 respective
ly. In the 50, he gave Harrison “Bones” Dillard, whose record he
tied, a head start and overtook the ex-Baldwin Wallace athlete to
win the race. His performance in Washington was no less spec
tacular as he came home ahead of the pack in 8.3.
Walker, who is confident Calhoun can make the Olympic
team, says the NCC speedster will enter both the NCAA and AAU
championship games to be played in California the second and third
weeks in June. Should he win in either, he will then be invited
to try out for the Olympics the following weekend.
“One other thing is outstanding,” said Walker, “the very great
problem of raising $1400 needed for transportation and expense
in California.” ANY IDEAS?
Attempting to sum up his feeli-ngs, Calhoun told the ECHO,
“I wasn’t thinking about records in either of those races; I was
running to win. But only two men had ever run the 50 in 6.0. I
guess anyone would want to be in company as select as that.”
Calhoun said he felt there is a “good chance” he’ll break the
world record in his specialty as the indoor season progresses. Al
though making no predictions, he said he’s devoting as much time
as possible to his running. “I’d certainly like to ‘show’ in Cali
fornia,” he continued.
Scholarship ISeeds Set At $25^000
Publication last week of the
Fourth Annual Scholarship Re
port kicked off the 1956 effort
with the goal set at a record
$25,000.
In comprehensive fashion, the
report reviews the status of Ne
gro education in general (“in
transition”) and the scholarship
program at NCC in particular
(“woefully inadequate”.)
Addressing itself to aid for
Negro students, the report
says, “Philanthropic organi
zations, special foundations, and
private individuals are making
millions of dollars available an
nually, but only infinitesimal
sums are finding their way into
channels available to the great
mass of deserving Negroes. This
situation will doubtless improve
with time, but we are faced with
the problem of tackling a stiua-
tion which, however transition
al, is nevertheless Real and Im
mediate.”
NEED GREA’TER
Actually, the Scholarship
Committee’s report listed annual
needs at $25,000 but conceded
that this amount is more than
seven times greater than the
amount netted by even the lar
gest previous campus drive.
Committee Chairman Roger
Russell observed that despite
“considerable imp rovements”
last year over previous efforts,
“our program is still woefully
inadequate.”
The report shows that $2825
was contributed to the scholar
ship fund last year from seven
different sources. The largest
single contribution, $1400.50,
came from the faculty, staff and
friends of NCC. However, this
amount is $128.50 less than the
total contributed from the same
groups last year.
LOUIS CONCERT
The Committee realized
$926.32 from the Louis Arm
strong concert promotion and
another $58.68 from the campus
presentation of the opera, “The
Consul,” last April.
Other contributions include:
Alumni Loyalty Fund, $302.50;
Senior Class, $57.74; Freshman
Class, $50.00; and Men’s Dormi
tory Council, $30.00.
There was a drop from
$450.19 in 1954 to $137.74 in
1955 in the contributions of stu
dent organizations.
Citing examples of financial
hardships, the Report revealed
that some 442 entering students
sought tuition scholarships last
year — all of them bringing high
recommendations from their
high school principals. However,
the Committee was able to grant
only six scho.'arships at a total
value of $550.
LOYALTY PROGRAM
President Elder’s Alimini
Loyatly Program, the James E.
Shepard Memorial Foxmdation,
and Dr. Howard Chidley of
Winchester, Mass., received spe
cial mention in the report for
their contributions to and sup
port of the scholarship program.
However, the Scholarship
Committee said that the need
for scholarship assistance at
NCC is so urgent that efforts and
contributions from all sources
must be greatly increased.
In discussing scholarship needs
at NCC, the report observes that
the cost for attending school
here has increased over the past
few years and that family in
comes of NCC students are al
most uniformly low. The cost
per year for sending one girl to
NCC was estimated at $1155 and
at $1066 for one boy. Thus, some
families, with incomes of less
than $3,000 per year, must pay
39 per cent of their total income
for one child attending NCC.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Members of the Scholarship
Committee include Miss Mary
Bohanon, Miss Frances Eagleson,
Miss Ruth H. Gillum, Benjamin
Hudson, Dean G. T. Kyle, Miss
Louise M. Latham, Dr. C. A.
Ray, J. L. Stewart, Dr. Ruth
Horry, and Roger Russell, chair
man.