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Page Six THE CAMPUS ECHO Friday, April 29, 1960 Four Frats, Three Sororities Attract 121 Probates A record 121 students crossed the burning sands into brother and sisterhood here during the probation period, April 25-May 4. Commencing at breakfast of the first day, the probates of the Pyramid Club and the Lampa- dos began singing their songs of praise and glory to their poten tial sorors and brothers. The lines of the fraternities daily ascended the sloping green in front of the dining hall to call out the names of the brothers and sisters. The sororities follow in a similar manner. The Gamma Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was reactivated here during the second semester, and five stu dents joined the pledge group. They are Willie Stewart, Bennie Wyatt, Willie HaU, Robert E. Lofton, and Eugene Williams. Elections (continued from^ page 1) 307 votes to win the title of “Miss North Carolina College.” The coed beat out Virdell Ted der, Edith Sutton, and Valeria Lynch, who received 113, 89, 187 votes, respectively. All con testants are rising seniors. Miss( Lynch was ruled eligible upon the recommendation of the Stu dent Welfare Committee. Previ ously ,;the SG Election Commit tee had stated that the coed did) not have the necessary hours. The elections were originally scheduled to be held April ll, but the Student Welfare Com mittee ruled that this was a vio lation of the SG Constitution, which stipulates that elections shall be held in the last week of April. Registration was held on Initiations were carried out by the president, Ira L. Williams, a transfer student. Also, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was revived, and it attracted six coeds. The students who joined the sorority are Edith Sutton, Joan Finney, Prestina William son, Jereline Broadnax, Gloria Haynes, and Margaret Robinson. The 39 “worms” of the Alpha Chi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority constituted the longest line. The neophytes to the Ivy Leaf Club of the sorority are Carolyn Jean Taylor, Bettyei Ruth Taylor, Jane Rebecca McLean, Mary Ellen Sanders, Gretchen Thurman, Delores Yvonne McKenzie, Barbara; Clyde Boulware, Elsie Jean Ar rington, Hazel Antoinette Elli son, Audrey Lee Fairley, Pris cilla L. Harris, Geraldine) Monday and Tuesday, April 25-26, and voting was from 8;30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Wednesday. A record high of 915 students registered, and of these 720 voted. Students voted by use of two voting machines installed in the Commerce Building. This was to eliminate questioning the validity of the votes and to cre ate more interest in the voting, according to the Election Com mittee Chairman, Jethro Haw kins. SG President-Elect Lacy Streeter stated that “the rain held back some of the students in what may be the beginning of student interest on campus, for at no time before has more than 50 per cent of the students regis tered.” The mfembers of the SG Elec-, tion Committee are Jethro Haw kins, William Stroy, Geraldine Williamson, Eleanor Gatling, Mildred Fair and Lucinda Ross. Nat. Defense Ed. Loans Available Applications are being re ceived now for National Defense Education Loans for the Sum mer School and for next fall, ac cording to William J. Holloway, NCC counselor. Special invitations are being extended to students with su perior academic records, especi ally in the physical sciences. However, Mr. Holloway indi cated that any student is eligible to apply. To qualify, a student must provide satisfactory infor mation in the following four categories: income and resour ces of the student, income and resources of his family, student’s scholarship and academic pro mise, and cost reasonablj) necessary for attendance ati NCC. Students planning to teach Williamson, Bernice Martin,! Elaine Means, Phyllis Goodson, Lucinda C. Ross, Marian T. Thornton, Kathleen Davis, Hazel Hicks, Vera McKesson, Grace Allen, Eleanor Gatling, Frances Pocahontas Evans, Lizzie Ma- jette, Frances A. Henry, Marie Ann Tate, Augustine Watling- ton, Emily Annette Starnes, Dixie Tucker, Barbara Geyer, Shirley Wright, Armecia Staton, Linda Cameron, Donnie Mc Neill, Mary Gilliam, Marjorie Hill, Shirley Brown, Mitchell Davis, Yvonne Simmons. The new members of the AKA Sorority are Beverly Davis, Carolyn Smith, Myra Humter, Corene Toomer, Carolyn Goore, Evelyn Hall, and Elaine Banks. The neophytes of the Sphinx Club are Johnny Blackwell, Chester Crudup, Charles Knox, Donald Ensley, William Spruill, will get preferential treatment in repaying the loan. Fifty per cent would be canceled after five years of full-time teaching in a public elementary or high school at the rate of 10 per cent for each year of service. Loans are repayable afteo students graduate or become separated from the program. An, interest rate of 3 per cent will be charged those not teaching. Loans to teachers are not re quired to be paid until at least ten years after graduation. Included in the loan can be sums for basic costs of an educa tion, tuition, fees, books, room and board. Students interested in tho loan program should consult Mr. William Holloway, Room 111 of the Administration Building. The Young Men’s Shop WEST WAIN STREET Now . . . You may use your PCS charge account at The Young Men’s Shop Choose from oar large and fine selection of nationally known quality men's wear. mm Bruce Speight, Charles Barber, and Richard Fikes. The members of Gamma Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity are Joseph Burchette, Leslie Brinson, Marvin Duncan, and Teddy Johnson. The “dogs” of Omega who crossed the burning sands are William Crowder, Wendell Perry, and Antenor Adams. The pledgees of the Tau Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fra ternity are Daniel Carmon, Robert Parks, Richard Hicks, Saunders Davenport, Joel Smith, Leonard Wiggins, Nathaniel Morehead, and Horace Archer. The Kappa neophytes are Finley Hargett, Augustus Davis, and Vernon Nixon. The Scrollers are Julius Boone and Ben Peterson. The “ducks” of Delta are Carolyn Holloman, S y 1 v i S Thompson, Ester Morgan, Gloria Boddie, Maxine Mills, Willene Jackson, Elaine Fairley, Jessie Mills, Fredda Bost, Ametta Sim mons, Layfayette Lyscomb, Laurette Williams, Marguerit«» Robson, Anne Humphrey, Rebecca Parker, Enraia Johnson, Frumilla Sharpe, Dorothy Sharpe, Mable Hicks, Alma Greene, Gloria Battle, and Cynthia Jarman. The new members of Alpha Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are Mary Alice Reid, Gwen Bullock, Delores Wright, Barbara Perry, Lois Melton, Naomi Collins, Barbara Gripper, Vera Bryant, Addie Cobb, Evelyn Marshall, June Harris, and Sylvia Baskerville. Farrison, McDonald Win Watches DR. W. EDWARD FARRISON Marlboro Gives Television Set Philip Morris Inc., will give away a portable, remote-con-^ trolled Philco television in its second-semester brand round-up contest, which commenced April 20 and closes at 1:00 p.m., May 12. The student or group turning in the largest number of einptyi packs from Marlboro, Alpine, Parliament, and Philip Morris cigarettes will win the television given by Philip Morris Inc. So cial groups and other organiza tions are eligible, but persons working in the College Canteen cannot participate. Packs enters ed in the contest after the dead line will not be counted. Emp ties will be turned in at the Can teen. The monthly Letter to the Editor contest is also scheduled to continue. For further infor mation, contact Thomas Lee) Cameron, student representa tive. Dr. W. Edward Farrison, Chairman of the Department of English, and Cynthia McDonald, senior English major fromj Southern Pines, are respective ly the faculty and student win ners of the Hamilton Watch Awards given annually to the outstanding faculty member and the student giving the greatest service to the College and com munity .Both will receives Hamilton watches on Awards Day. Dr. Farrison was chosen by the faculty on the basis of his outstanding record of contribu-i tions to literature and the Col lege, and hi's long tenure herej The professor is a native of Orangeburg, where he attended and graduated from South Caro lina A- and M. College (rvDw S. C. State College). Upon graduation, he entered Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A^ magna cum laude in 1926, hav-i ing majored in English and minored in mathematics. He re ceived his M.A. from the Uni versity of Pennsylvania ir> 1928 and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1936. He has also studied speech in the Grad uate School of the University of Michigan. Since 1939 he has, been professor of English here at NCC. Prior to his appoint ment to his present position, he taught English at Lincoln Uni versity, West Virginia State Col lege and Florida A. and M. Uni versity. s With Messrs. Hugh M. Gloster' and Nathaniel P. Tillman, he edited My Life My Country, My World: College Readings for Modern Living (New York, 1952). Among his contributions to periodicals are the following; “The Classical Allusions jn Paradise Lost, Books I and II,” The English Journal, _ College Edition, October, 1933; “Negro Scholarship,” The Crisis, Febru ary, 1934. Recent works are: “Ophelia’s Reply Concerning Her Father,” OLA Journal, March, 1958; “Brown’s First Drama,” CLA Journal, March, 1958. Dr. Farrison is now com pleting a biography entitled William Wells Brown: Author and Reformer. The professor is a member of the American Dialect Society, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Thej College English Association, The College Language Association, of which he was the second president (1938-39), and the Modern Language Association of America. In 1922 he was married to Miss Alice Marie Norris oil Zanesville, Ohio. Mrs. Farring- son is currently an instructor in English at the College. Miss Cynthia McDonald ac cumulated Jhe second highest number of merit points in the senior class to qualify as a can didate for the Hamilton Watch Award, and was elected by the Hamilton Watch Award Com- m^ttee as .the winner of the watch after a 'split vote between the classes. According to the re quirements six candidates were selected; the other five were Carolyn Gatling, Pauline Wynn, Nathaniel Jones, Hazel Ward, and Frederica Crowell. The Committee was composed of students holding the follow ing offices: Student Government President, Robert Komegay; Campus Echo Editor, Thomas Lee Cameron; Student Govern ment Vice President, LeoAard DeShield's; Men’s Assembli^ President, Ellis Smith; and Wo men’s Assembly President, Cynthia McDonald. The 20-year old coed is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd G. McDonald of Southern Pines, (continued on page 7) Serve Pepsi in the new sociable
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