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50th Anniversary Plans In Final Stages
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Six Hundred Freshmen Orientated
Anniversary Program To Include
Many Notables, Says Dr. Edmonds
The Fiftieth Anniversary
Committee is now in the final
stages of preparation for the
anniversary observance which
will begin with a keynote ad
dress on Wednesday, November
9 and conclude with Homecom-'
ing activities on Saturday,
November 12.
Participants in the four-day
commemoration will include na
tional, state, and local governM
ment officials; high school and;
college personnel from various
areas of the nation; North Caro
lina College alumni and staff,
and citizens at large. The names
of the major participants and
meeting places will be released]
in October by Dr. Helen Ed^
monds, chairman of the Fiftieth
i, Aaniversarj'^ Committee.
Dr. Edmonds states that the
anniversary celebration shall
serve as a period for examining
the modem college’s program,
against the backdrop of the de
mand made upon all colleges by
forces of life. The theme of the
occasion is “Appropriate Direc
tions for the Modern College in
the ChallengiHg New Educa
tional Era.”
The keynoters will treat
broad issues of the theme; the
panels, workshops, and discus
sion groups will analyze specific)
aspects inherent in the broad
picture.
Wednesday, November 9 will
be devoted to an analysis of
what super visiors, principals,
and teachers fape in developing
the modern high school, and the
role of the college in assisting
high school personnel. Special
program participants will in-*
elude city and county Buperin-t
tendents and supervisors, high
school principals, teachers and
students, altunni, NCC faculty
and staff members, and citizens
at large.
North Carolina College and
alumni will pay tribute in a
program at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday*
night. Participants will travel
down memory lane, depicting
highlights of North Carolina
College in various arts: dra-i
matics, audio-visual aids and
dance. A reception for guests
will follow at 10:30 p.m.
On Thursday, November 10
the program will focus upon the
responsibility of the college to
its students in light of new ae-
mands be\ng made upon thd
modern college. Members of the!
Board of Trustees, college and
university presidents and other
personnel, alumni, NCC per
sonnel, and citizens at large will
be presented in discussions.
The North Carolina College
Choir will present “The Death)
of Minnehaha,” by Samuel
Coleridge Taylor at 8:00 p.m.
on Thursday. The name of the
guest soloist to be presented
with the choir will be an--
nounced in October. A reception
for guests will be held at 9:30
p.m.
Leading off at 10:00 a.m. on
Friday, November 11 will be the
convocation program. Featured,
following the academic pro
cession, will be speeches and
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Pictured above are three freshmen enrolled at North Carolina
Colleg'e far the 1960-61 school year.
Gathered in the College’s canteen for a coke break are fromi
left to right: Edward Hargrave, Rocky Mount; Gladys Rash, Raleigh;
and Daniel Leatherberry, Oxford.
H. G. Dawson Heads News Bureau
Mr. H. G. Dawson, Jr., for
five years adviser to the student
newspaper at North Carolina
College, was appointed director
of the College’s News Bureau
recently.
Announcement of Mr. Daw
son’s appointment was made to
day by NCC President Alfonso
Elder. Miss Jean Norris was
named to replace him as Cam
pus Echo adviser.
Mr. Dawson succeeds Dr.
Charles A. Ray, who becomes
chairman of the Department of
English. The former chairman,
Dr. W. Edward Farrison, re
signed the post which he has
held for twenty years.
In addition to his duties in the
i6BI8t6
As North Carolina College at Durham enters its Golden Anniversary year, a trickle of,
second generation “Eagles” can be numbered among members of the student body. The group of
students above being greeted by College Counselor William J. Holloway are all sons and daughters
of NCC graduates. Pictured are, first row: Andrian Lineburger, Charlotte; Gloria Dafford, Rose Hill;
Leah Ramsey, Pittsboro; and Patricia Murrell, Pollocksville; second row, Iris Cooper, Ahoskie; Gloria
Perry, Durbaxn, and Guytanna Horton; third row, Michael Ellis, Warrenton; and L«on Powell, Pine-
view.
News Bureau, Mr. Dawson
serves as assistant professor of
English.
Under Mr. Dawson’s direc
tion, the NCC student news
paper won several national
awards for journalistic excel
lence. It was rated “All Ameri
can” by the Associated Colle
giate Press, University of
Minnesota. In addition, several
Campus Echo staff members
graduated and joined pro
fessional newspaper staffs.
Dawson also founded South
eastern. Scholastic Publications
Association, an organization of
high school teachers and stu
dents associated with news
papers and yearbooks. It claims
membership in three states,
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Mays To Speak
At Sunday Vesper
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays is
slated as the first guest speaker
at vespers on October 2.
He will also speak in a forum,
on the following Monday.
Dr. Mays is a former Dean of
the Howard School of Religion,
and is now President of More
house College. He has held posi
tions as executive of Tampa Ur
ban League and of the National
YMCA.
The famed speaker has served
as Vice President of the Na
tional Council of Churches,
President of the United Negro
College Fund, delegate and
leader at numerous world con
ferences, including the World
Council of Churches, World
YMCA Conference, the Oxford
Conference on Church Commu-?
nity and State, and World Con
ference on Christian Youth.
Dr. Mays has authored several
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September 15 was D-Day foij
625 freshmen who converged on
the campus of North Carolinai
College for Orientation Week.
This enrollment tops the 559
figure of 1959-60. The 1960 ad
mission figure of approximately
800 surpasses the 1959 count of
nearly 700.
Freshmen gathered in B. N.
Duke Auditorium at 7:30 Thurs
day evening for the formal wel-i
coming exercises. Here the new
comers were welcomed to North
Carolina College by the college
president. Dr. Alfonso Elder^
and by Lacy Streeter, president
of the 1960-61 Student Govern
ment. A welcome to Durham
and an invitation to patronize its
stores was given by James R.
Nelson, president of the Durham.
Merchants Association and R.
Kelly Bryant, secretary of thei
Durham Business and Profes
sional Chain. After the welcom
ing exercises a half-hour infor
mation session was held in ordert
to further acquaint the fledgling .
Eagles with their new home.
From 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday, NCC’s newest charges
were subjected to a battery of
English, French, and Reading
placement tests. The Men’d
Gymnasium, the only building
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NCC Alumm'
Admitted To Bar
Four recent graduates, and a
former law student of North
Carolina College Law School
have been admitted to the bar.
Harry Davis, Nathaniel Ded-
mond, Reginald L. Frazier,
Marion C. George, and Robert L.
Harrell, all native North Caro
linians, passed the State Bar
examination and thus became
full fledged attorneys during the
summer.
'Harry Davis, who was seen in
New York still celebrating one
week after receiving the good
news, plans to practice law in
his hometown, Winston-Salem.
Nathaniel Dedmond, of Bel-
haven, was admitted to the
Florida Bar and has set up hia
office in Pensacola, Florida.
Reginald L. Frazier, whose
father presented him with a
brand new automobila to mark
the happy occasion, plans to
practice in Smithfield, his home
town, and also in Raleigh, in as
sociation with another attorney.
Robert L. Harrell is now in
the process of making arrange
ments to move his family to his
hometown, Ahoskie, where he
plans to open an office immedi
ately.
Marion C. George, of White-
ville, who attended NCC Law
School for one year and then
transferred to Georgetown Law
School in Washington, D. C.,
from which he graduated, plans
to practice law in North Caro
lina but has not yet settled on a
town.