Page Ten
THE GOLDEN ECHO
January, 1960
Chidley Philanthropy Spans Nearly Half Of Century
For more than forty years Dr. and Mrs. Howard J. Chidley of
Winchester, Mass., have visited NCC. In the lower photo above, the
Chidleys and NCC’s first family, the Elders, are shown with a stu
dent group in the Chidley Hall Dormitory reception room. In upper
photo. Dr. Chidley poses by his portrait which adorns the reception
room’s wall. The occasion marked an elaborate program honoring
the Chidleys and sponsored by the men’s governing body.
Tuition Grants To 50 Students
Some fifty students, including
eight with special promise in
science, have been awarded full
tuition scholarships ($130.50
each) for the present academic
year.
Last year’s scholarship drive
among faculty, students, and
friends of NCC made the awards)
possible.
According to a release from
Dean G. T. Kyle, acting chair
man of the Scholarship Com
mittee, nearly $7,000 has been
allocated for scholarship and
other financial aid purposes as
a result of the scholarship fund
campaign.
Dean Kyle also pointed out
that scholarships were awarded
on bases of “promise and need.”
“We are interested in the able
student,” he said, “and are es
pecially interested in assisting
students who are not financially
able to attend college.”
The Dean also called attention
to the “widespread geographical
distribution” of the awardees.
“We hope to uncover talent and
ability wherever they may be
found,” he said.
This year’s awardees include:
Yvonne Barrow, Shelby; Bobby
E. Battle, Springfield High,
Lucame; Claristeen Blackwell,
Cathedral Latin High, Raleigh;
Julia Booker, North Carolina
College, Durham; Fredda L.
Bost, Logan High, Concord;
Christine Brown, B. T. Washing
ton High, Clarkton; Shirley M.
Brown, Hillside High, Durham;
Allan L. Bristol, Freedman
High, Lenoir; Carolyn N. Bry
ant, Newbold High, Dover;
Augustus E. Cheston, Jones
High, Trenton; Raydell Cox,
Saint Joseph’s School, New
Bern; Hazel A. Ellison, Hillside
High, Durham; Joyce P. Erwin,
Olive Hill High, Morganton;
Doreatha Fields, Carver School,
Mount Olive; Willie M. Foster,
Henderson Institute, Henderson;
Barbara A. Hamer, Mount Olive
High, Whiteville; Earl Jones,
West Southern Pines High,
Southern Pines; Charles D.
Knox, Hillside High, Durham;
Susie M. Lane, Reidsville; Ma
tilda C. Lee, Apex Consolidated
High, Fuquay Springs; Edward
T. Matthews, Dudley High,
Greensboro; Robert C. Parks,
Second Ward High, Charlotte;
Jean Riddick, C. S. Brown High,
Winton; Lucinda C. Ross, Haw
kins High, Warrenton; Clara D.
Simmons, Dillard High, Golds
boro; Jo-Ann Staggers, B. T.
Washington High, Rocky Mount;
Marian L. Suitt, Hawley High,
Creedmoor; James' L. Walker,
E. E. Smith High, Fayetteville;
Augustine Watlington, B. T.
Washington High, Reidsville;
A. E. Weatherford, HI, North
Carolina College, Durham; and
Metoka L. Welch, R. J. Bunche
High, Weldon.
The following students were
awarded tuition scholarships on
the basis of their special apti
tudes in science. They were out
standing among the forty-five
high school seniors', who at
tended the Science Institute for
High School Students, here last
summer; Haywood Barnes,
Rocky Mount; Costello Brown,
Mebane; Thomas Hammond,
Durham; Richard Hicks, Rocky
Mount; Benjamin H. Ollison,
Roxboro; Frank E. Parker, Gas-
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The Fiftieth Anniversary
Celebration of North Carolina
College will also mark the semi
centennial observance of an an
nual “pilgrimage” to the insti
tution by one of its oldest
friends and supporters. Dr.
Howard J. Chidley of Winches
ter, Massachusetts.
The Canadian born minister,
pastor emeritus of the First Con
gregational Church of Winches
ter, was one of the first North
ern philanthropists to answer
Dr. James E. Shepard’s plea for
funds when the school was
founded as a private institution
“for Christian training” in 1910.
Contributions to NCC from
the congregation of the First
Congregational Church of Win
chester and its pastor since 1910
are estimated at nearly $60,000.
In the early days, gifts from the
congregation also included
clothes, linen, food and other
material goods.
Originally intended for “oper-
Shepard Scholars
Are Top Students
Three of the top high school
graduates in the State of North
Carolina were scheduled to en
ter North Carolina College in
September for the current term
under the auspices of the James
E. Shepard Memorial Founda
tion.
These include: Nathaniel W.
Morehead, an honor graduate of
the William Penn High School
of High Point. Morehead was
president of the National Honor
Society Chapter and a member
of the Crown and Scepter Club.
Romain Barnes, salutatorian
of her class at the Frederick
Douglas High School of Elm
City. She was president of both
her class and of the Student
Council.
Samuel Sullivan, an honor
student in physics at the West
Charlotte High School of Char
lotte. Sullivan was selected
among the group of top ranking
students who attended the Sum
mer Institute here this past
summer.
As James E. Shepard Scho
lars, these students will have
financial assistance of an organi
zation founded to advance the
educational objectives of NCC’s
founder and first president.
Talent and need are prominent
among the criteria of require
ments.
Since its founding in 1948,
the James E. Shepard Founda
tion has awarded $200 tuition
scholarships to more than a hun^
dred needy students. Extremely
ating costs,” contributions from
the New Englanders were ear
marked for scholarship assis
tance after the State of North
Carolina undertook financial re
sponsibility for the College in
1925. Dr. Chidley’s annual visit
to NCC, during which he is the
featured speaker before general
assemblies and small groups, is
one of the highlights of each
academic year. These visits have
continued almost without inter
ruption since the school was
founded.
Evidence of his long associa
tion with NCC is the fact that
the first dormitory erected on
the campus was named for his
first wife, Mrs. Florence Bur
rows Chidley. A wooden struc
ture for women, it was razed
shortly before the present
million dollar Chidley Hall for
men was dedicated in honor of
Dr. Chidley in February, 1952.
Dr. Chidley also has the dis-
NCC’s departments of chemis
try and biology have graduated
numerous students who have
gone on to carve successful ca
reers in medicine, dentistry, and
college teaching in the area of
science.
The dean of all NCC gradu
ates in the field of dentistry is
Dr. J. M. Hubbard, prominent
Durham dentist who is secretary
of the North Carolina College
Board of Trustees. Hubbard
finished NCC in 1915 and the
School of Dentistry at Howard
University in 1925.
Hubbard and his son. Dr. J.
M. Hubbard, Jr., also an NCC
graduate in the class of 1945,
operate a modern dental clinic
on a main thoroughfare in Dur
ham.
Two students with doctorates
in science, William Randolph
Johnson and Catherine Cald
well, are professors of chemis
try at Florida A&M University
and Tennessee State A&I Uni
versity respectively.
W. E. Reid, W. G. Wright, and
W. E. Payton, all holders of
bachelor and master’s degrees in
chemistry from North Carolina
selective, the Foundation for ten
years gave grants on the basis
of competitive examinations
conducted on a statewide basis.
During the past year, it experi
mented with recommendations
as bases for the awards.
Nevertheless, “Need, Scholar
ship, Extra-Curricular Promise,
and Citizenship” remain the
basic requirements for con
sideration.
tinction of being the first person
to receive an honorary degree
from North Carolina College. It
was awarded by Dr. Shepard in
1917.
A native of Oakwood, Ontario,
Canada, and a graduate of Ed
mund’s High School of Burling
ton, Vermont, the noted cleric
earned his bachelor of arts de
gree at Dartmouth College and
the bachelor of divinity degree
at Union Theological Seminary.
He has also studied at Columbia
University and at Oxford. He
was naturalized as an Ameri
can in 1917.
(The college’s second awardee
is President Sekou Toure of
Guinea, who receivsd the LL.D.
degree here last Octobar 29.)
An author of some six books
on religious subjects. Dr. Chid
ley retired recently as pastor of
the First Congregational Church
of Winchester after thirty-five
years of service in the ministry.
And Teaching
College, are assistant professors
in that subject at Prairie View
University, South Carolina State
College, and Southern Univer
sity.
Aaron L. Seate, who has NCC
BS and MS degrees in chemis
try, is a chemistry instructor in
the City School System of Pitts
burgh, Penn, He formerly
taught at Southern University.
NCC graduates who are
practicing dentists (and who
have been in recent contact with
the school) include: James
Campbell, Durham; Hardy Coe-
field, Goldsboro; Andy Harris,
Henderson; Samuel Hill, Los
Angeles; Eugene Kilgore, John
son City, Tennessee; Henry Mc
Daniel, Jr., New Jersey; Donnie
Lee Simons, New York; Ernest
Simons, Camden, N. J.; J. D.
Settle; Elwood Streeter, Los
Angeles, California; Orlando
Stovall; Harry Thomas, Cali
fornia; Stephen Thomas, Bur
lington; and Joseph B. Williams,
who is an officer in the United
States Army.
Medical doctors include:
James Bell (psychiatrist) New
York; William Brownlee, Wash
ington, D. C.; Gwendolyn
Brownlee, Howard University
Medical School; Samuel D.
Bryan, New Bern; David Cook,
Durham; Kenneth Chambers;
Johnny Gilchrist, New York;
Calvin Norman, California; Ed
ward Norris, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Claude Stevens, South Carolina;
Warren Sturwick, Freedman’s
Hospital, Washington, D. C.;
Freddie Weaver (psychiatrist),
Los Angeles; David Weaver,
Washington, D. C.; and Hilton
Wilson, Washington, D. C.
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DR. CHIDLEY INSPECTING THE NEW CHIDLEY HALL DORMITORY FOR MEN
Graduates In Science Pursue Medicine