GAMES TODAY
A&T vs. Bluefield
2:30 P. M.
NCC vs. Howard
4:00 P. M.
Campus
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GAMES TONIGHT
WSTC vs. Delaware
8:00 P. M.
Maryland vs. Union
9:30 P. M.
VOLUME 14—NUMBER 6
DURHAM, N. G., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1956
PRICE 15 CENTS
CIAA Tourney Opens Here Today
Leontyne Price
Sets NCC Debut
Scheduled to make her first
appearance at North Carolina
College on the evening of March
7, at 8:15 in B. N. Duke Audi
torium is Soprano Leontyne
Price.
The singer, who was referred
to by the New York TIMES as
“A goddess performing for us”,
will follow as a performer
at North Carolina College her
singer husband, William War
field, who appeared in concert
here in the spring of 1955.
Although still young, Miss
Price has a list of impressive
achievements as a singer. From
her role as Bess in the revival
of a few seasons ago of the ope
ra “Porgy and Bess,’’ to her New
York recital-debut last year, to
triumph as Tosca in the two-
hour, nationally televised pro
duction of the Puccini opera.
Miss Price has been rated “a
sensational soprano.”
A native of Laurel, Mississippi.
Miss Price attended college at
Wilberforce University. Follow-
won a
^^olarship for advanced study'
£ii New York at the Julliard
School of Music, where her con
cert and operatic performances
attracted much interest in pro
fessional circles. She was chosen
by Virgil Thompson for an im
portant role in the Broadway and
Paris revival of his opera “Four
Saints in Three Acts.” Immedi
ately afterwards, she was en
gaged to star as Bess in the
Gershwin opera.
Since that time Miss Price
has appeared with such major
symphonic organizations as the
Philadelphia Orchestra, the Bos
ton Symphony, and the New
York Philharmonic Symphony.
She has also apptared as soloist
at Tanglewood, ^^ewisohn Sta
dium, the Hollj’wood Bowl,
Washington’s Rock Creek Park,
and on the “Voice of Firestone”
on radio and television.
In January of this year she
starred again for the NBC-TV
Opera Theatre in “its most am
bitious production to date”, Mo
zart’s “Magic Flute.”
LEONTYNE PRICE
Co-Eds Hear Women From 5 Nations
Alphas To Host
Regional Confab
Gamma Beta Chapter of Al
pha Phi Alpha Fraternity will
be one of the hosts to the South
ern Regional Convention v^rhich
will take place in Durham
March 30-31.
James Jordan, Chapter Pre
sident, said this week the cam
pus chapter will cooperate with
the Beta Theta Lambda gradu
ate chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
in Durham in hosting the South
ern Regional Convention.
According to Jordan, some
200-300 delegates from the
Carolinas, Georgia, Mississippi,
Florida, Tennessee and Ala
bama are expe^jted to attend
the two day meeting, which will
highlight the Alpha celebration
of its semi-centennial.
The Alphas are planning a se
ries of discussions, public meet
ings, cocktail parties, a formal
banquet, and a dance which will
take place in the Durham City
Armory, Jordan said.
Miss Rob^ta Church, Minori- |
'ty~~iSroups Consultant, U.S. De-^
partment o^Liaiiur;
keynoting ^ panel discussion
featuring i-ifbted foreign women
from Germany, India, Indonesia,
and the Philippines, here last
Saturday said “Emphasis on
similarities instead of differences
among human beings would
help to strengthen international
friendship’’.
The labor department official
and the foreign visitors were
participants in North Carolina
College’s Seventh Annual Coed
Weekend, an event sponsored
by the Women’s Assembly. This
year’s theme was “Friendship
and Understanding—A Basis of
Strength for the Free World.”
The opening discussion was
held in Duke Auditorium. A se
ries of panel discussions on job
opportunities for women gradu
ates of liberal arts colleges fol
lowed in the library. Coed
weekend closed Sunday with a
mammoth Coed Supper attended
by some 600 NCC undergradu
ate women and their guests.
Miji§,^^vian Scott, New York
pianis^Twas guest artist for the
supper ■vWiich marked special
citations fb\i: some 178 women
who have excelled in civic and
academic pursuits.
Taking part ir^''^he panel, in
addition to Miss ClJurch, were
Mrs. Enriqueta Benavid-es, how
of New York, former acting
president of the Federation of
Women’s Club in’ the Philip
pines; Dr. Dvora Elon, Cultural
Attache of the Israeli Embassy,
Washington; Mrs. Hanna Kiep,
Women’s Affairs Secretary, Ger
man Embassy, Washington; Mrs.
Saudamini Mehta, wife of the
Ambassador from India to the
United States and Mexico; Mrs.
Meherangiz Munsiff, wife of the
Second Secretary of the Indian
Embassy, Washington; Miss Anok
Agoeng Moeter, Research Assist
ant, Indonesian Embassy, Wash
ington; and Miss Mary Pipes,
Miss Church’s assistant, Wash
ington.
Choir To Begin
Tour March 21
NCC’s 75 voice mixed chorus
will start its annual northern
tour on March 21, according to
S. W. Hill, director.
Hill said the NCC singers will
spend Easter week-end in New
York City. On April 2, the choir
will appear in Stanford, Conn.,
in a program arranged by James
B. James, an alumnus, under the
sponsorship of the Stanford
Neighborhood Men’s Club.
Other engagements announced
include April 3, Manhattan, New
York, Mount Olivet Baptist
Church; April 4, Lynn, Mass.,
Bethel A. M. E. Church; April
5, Brooklyn, Concord Baptist
Church; April 6, Bethel A. M. E.
Church of Providence, R. I.
The Rev. O. Clay Maxwell is
pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist
Church, and the Rev. Mr. Gard
ner Taylor is pastor of the Con
cord Baptist Church in Brook
lyn.
Prof. Urges 'Goodwill’ Approach To Integration
Professor James T. Taylor
told an audience at a Negro His
tory Week forum discussion at
the college last week that “one
of the most pressing problems
of our times is the struggle be
tween Democracy and Totali
tarianism”, and the “Sowing
seeds of discord among us at
home is weakening to this na
tion.”
Prof. Taylor cited four steps
which he said young Negro
Americans should follow” in
the present situation”.
“1. You must by your re
straint, obedience to law, good
will, and genuine courtesy to
ward others, demonstrate to
your fellow Americans that you
deserve and should be accorded
al} the privileges and rights
which other Americans enjoy.
“2. You must help make the
schools you now attend the sort
of educational institutions that
any American would be proud
to attend. The Supreme Court’s
decision does not mean an exo
dus from all schools now attend
ed by Negro students; it means
rather that the schools in a state
belong to all the children, and
that attendance therein shall
be based on geography rather
than race.
“3. You must look at the pre
sent situation realistically. Deep
seated prejudices and long es
tablished customs, however
wrong and undemocratic they
may be, do not change over
night. That is why the Supreme
Court said that desegregation
should be accomplished with
deliberate speed. I urge you,
therefore, to join with those in
both races, who in good faith
and sincerity of purpose seek a
solution to this problem as in
dicated by the Supreme Tribu
nal of our land.
“4. While some of our politi
cal leaders of the South con
coct plans to void the Supreme
Court’s decision regarding de
segregation of public schools,
you should use your talents, in
telligence and energy to en
courage an increasing accep
tance of the democratic way of
life in every area of American
life. In so doing you will merit
and receive the blessing of pos
terity and the respect and grati
tude of mankind.”
It’s tournament day again at
NCC, and basketball enthusiasts
from all over CIAA territory
are expected to descend upon
the campus beginning today
and continuing through Satur
day night when the eleventh
final championship game will
be played.
As is customary, the eight
top teams will begin feeling
each other out today.
The opener on the high
school day card will pit A&T’s
Aggies against Bluefield State
at 2:30, followed at 4 o’clock by
a contest between NCC and the
Bisons from Howard Univer
sity. Tonight’s opener will fea
ture Winston’s Rams from the
Tar Heel Twin City against
sixth ranking Delaware State.
And the finale tonight will
send the visiting champion
Hawks to do battle with Vir
ginia Union’s Panthers.
If history repeats itself as it
has done for the last ten years,
the CIAA tourney will be full
of thrills. This is the fourth
consecutive year that the big
derby has been staged at NCC.
That first year, 1953, Coach
Clarence “Big House” Gaines’
race horse WSTC Rams took
the laurels by defeating the
“dark horse” St. Augustine’s-
Falcons, 77-75 in a five minute
overtime period. James jones’
last minute tally downed the
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Prof. Taylor told his audience
that “a widespread and intelli
gent use of the ballot is a funda
mental necessity in a democra
cy” and that “It is your respon
sibility to take an active part in
the political ,life of your com
munity.”
“A generation of young
Americans dedicated to the task
of promoting goodwill among
ourselves, and understanding
and peace among the nations of
the world could change the
course of history,” the speaker
said.
“They could, in fact, become
the architects of a new world
order, based upon justice and
cooperation rather than upon
the cornerstone of fears and
armed might,” he added.
Ex-NCC Historian
Gets N. Y. Post
Dr. John Hope Franklin, who
has taught on both the regular
and Summer School faculties of
NCC, has been appointed chair
man of the department of his
tory at Brooklyn College.
The noted scholar, who now
teaches at Howard University,
will become the first Negro to
head an academic department
in a municipal college in New
York City. His salary will ap
proximate $11,000.
Dr. Franklin was chosen
from a slate of fifteen candi
dates. And according to Brook
lyn College president Dr. Harry
D. Gideonse, Franklin’s qualifi
cations were so impressive that
the appointive board took the
unusual step of electing him to
both a full professorship and
the chairmanship. Ordinarily,
chairmen are elected by depart
ment members who hold tenure.
A graduate of Fisk and How
ard University, Franklin has
authored several books on the
Negro and the South, one of
which is in use at NCC now. He
is at present writing another
book on the South which will be
published by the Harvard Uni
versity Press.
Dr. Franklin has taught at
various colleges and universi
ties, among them Wisconsin,
Cornell, and Harvard. He was a
Fulbright lecturer at Cam
bridge University two years
ago and a member of the NCC
Summer School faculty last
year. This summer he will teach
at the University of California.