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PERMIT NO. 431
50th Anniversary Issue
Durham, North Carolina, January, 1960
50th Anniversary Issue
N. C. College To Celebrate Golden Anniversary
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Launches $50^000 Scholarship Campaign
Drive To Reach
Climax In Nov.
A goal of $50,000, represent
ing $1,000 for each year of the
College’s existence, has been set
for the Fiftieth Anniversary
Scholarship Campaign of North
Carolina College. The campaign
begins this month and ends on
Founder’s Day, November 9,
1960.
The fund drive is being coop
eratively sponsored by the Col
lege, the National Alumni Asso
ciation, and the James E.
Shepard Memorial Foundation.
President Alfonso Elder, a
long advocate of increasing the
educational opportunities of
students through financial assis
tance, has been named national
chairman of the drive which
will be conducted on a nation
wide basis.
In accepting campaign leader
ship, President Elder said here
last week:
“The freedom to develop one’s
ability to a degree less than the
optimum is no longer a privilege
which the individual may enjoy
without damage to himself and
to society. Individual and group
survival now demands and will
continue to demand that the
ability of every person be de
veloped and utilized to the ful
lest degree. This is a new point
of view for colleges. This is a
new approach to education for
the local community, the State,
and the Nation—the realization
that the group is obligated to see
that ability is discovered, de
veloped, and used.”
Emphasizing his well known
views on “quality education,”
the NCC president said merely
increasing enrollment is by no
means the primary aim of the
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
RALEIGH
LUTHER H. HODGES
GOVERNOR
September 28, 1959
President Alfonso Elder
North Carolina College at Durham
Durham, North Carolina
Dear President Elder:
I am pleased on behalf of the State to extend
greetings and congratulations to North Carolina Col
lege on the occasion of its Golden Anniversary.
The original goal of the College was the develop
ment of fine character and sound academic education
of young men and women. From its beginning as a
small private institution, it grew in service and in
stature. In 1923 the State assumed responsibility for
support of the College, and has since that time invested
many millions of dollars in its physical plant and
operations.
Today the College stands honored among institu
tions of higher education, approved by the Association
of American Universities, a full member of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, respected for its standards and integrity, and
well known as an undergraduate source of teachers,
professors, and other professional leaders.
In remaining true to ideals of scholarship, of
standards, and of service. North Carolina College has
justified the faith of the people of North Carolina
who join the tribute of this day.
Sincerely,
LHH:sg
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DR. J. E. SHEPARD
Founder
DR. A. ELDER
President
Will Examine Role Of Liberal
Arts College In Today’s World
Beginning this month and reaching its climax in Novein-
ber ( 1960 ) is the celebration of the Golden Anniversary of
North Carolina College.
Although preparations will continue throughout the year
the actual celebration will be concentrated in a four-day
period, November 9-12, 1960.
Sponsoring the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration of North Carolina College is the institution’s
Board of 'Trustees which includes some of the State’s most distinguished citizens from various fields
of endeavor. Headed by Bascom Baynes, Durham insurance executive, the Board initiated the Golden
Anniversary observance in recognition of the College’s half century of notable service. Members are
shown above during a recent session in the President’s Conference Room. Pictured are Dr. J. W.
Black, Rocky Mount dentist; Dillard R. Teer, Durham engineer; President Elder; Clyde Shreve, a
state senator from Greensboro; Mr. Baynes, chairman; Mrs. Ida Duncan, an educator from Salisbury;
Dr. W. W. Pierson, chairman (retired) of the department of Political Science, University of North Caro
lina and former dean of the North Carolina College Graduate School; Judge Marshall T. Spears, Dur
ham; Welch Harris, High Point industrialist; Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Sr., distinguished NCC alumnus and
one of Durham’s leading dentists; and Edwin Jones, a construction engineer from Charlotte.
State Dept. Lauds
Award To Toure
The U. S. Department of State
has praised NCC for awarding
an honorary doctor of laws de
gree to President Sekou Toure
of Guinea in B. N. Duke Audi
torium last October 29.
Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., the,
State Department’s Chief of
Protocol, wrote to President
Elder recently: “Now that the
President of the Republic of
Guinea and his party have left
the United States, 1 s'hould like
to express the Department of
State’s appreciation for your
significant contribution to 1he
success of his State visit.
“The President’s visit to
North Carolina was memorable
and I feel sure it did much to
disabuse his mind, and the
minds of his key associates
tiaveling with him, of the worst,
propaganda implanted notions
of our racial problems.
“I know that President Toure
was particularly moved by the
warmth and spontaneity of the
reception he received at your
college and 1 am confident that
this, as well as your conferring
on him the degree of Doctor of
Laws', honoris causa, did a great
deal to create in his mind a fa
vorable impression of the United
States.”
Award of the degree came al
most a year to the day after Mr.
Tour6 had been elected presi
dent of his country. He attracted
world attention in October, 1958,
after his nation, following hisi
recommendation, withdrew
from the Republic of France.
Like nearby neighbor Ghana,
Guinea is now an independent
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The Board of Trustees, spon
sors of the mid-century birthday
observance, has named Presi
dent Alfonso Elder as general
chairman, and Dr. Helen G. Ed
monds, distinguished professor
of history, as executive director.
“Appropriate Directions for
the Liberal Arts College in the
Challenging New Educational
Era” has been chosen as anni
versary theme, with “The Role
of North Carolina College”
designated a recurring emphasis
for special and detailed con
sideration.
According to Dr. Edmonds,
some of America’s leading edu
cators will take part in a series
of discussions and symposia
here during the November 9-12
observance.
In addition, a $50,000 scholar
ship campaign, being launched
this month, will reach its climax
during the actual celebration in
Nov., 1960.
Committees of faculty mem
bers, students, and alumni,
friends, and educators through
out the country have been
formed to plan the two-part an
niversary observance.
NCC was founded as a private
religious institution in 1910 by
Dr. James E. Shepard, who was
president until his death in
1947. His successor, Dr. Alfonso
Elder, has continued at the helm
since that time and has guided
the insititution into the front
ranks of liberal arts colleges in
this State and area.
In a report of a special study
of the College in 1955, the re
viewing team from the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools wrote:
“The institution has been able
to foster and maintain a high
ideal. The aims and objectives
are well defined and they are
implemented by a well planned
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