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ECHO EXTRA Campus ^ “DunAcutt Echo ECHO EXTRA Volume XX — Number III Durham, N. C., Friday, November 11, 1960 Price: Twenty Cents Fiftieth-Year Commemoration Underway ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ NCC Awards Three Honorary Degrees Unrecorded Data On NCC Given By Mrs. Julia Harris It seems fitting to offer some of the little known, or seldom discussed historical date of the college—not the facts which, be cause of their high significance in the development of the col lege, are a matter of record, but some possibly unrecorded facts which have human interest, aq a contribution to this special issue of the Echo. Do you know, for instance: That the original school colors were red, white, and blue? Yes, for the original name is National Training School and Chautau qua. That Dr. W. E. Dubois was one of the first professors here? A Chautauqua includes lectures. Dr. Dubois was one of the origi nal lecturers. Among other lec turers were the late Dr. Kelley Miller of Howard University and the late Mrs. Alice Dunbar Neteon, widow of the poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar. That the first Dean was the Rev. J. H. Moore, father of Prof. D. Eric Moore of our school of Library Science? That Mrs. Annie Day Shepard, wife of the founder and first president—than whom therie was never a more gracious lady—once served as cook when there was no money to pay a cook? That the girls at this school once wore uniforms at all times? Navy or black skirts and blue blouses; white dresses for special occasions. That at one time all students worked, rega^^ess of ability to pay? Each student gave an hour’s work per day: young men cleaning classrooms, helping in the kitchen, hoeing the garden, feeding the horses, milking thei cows, etc.; young women serving in the Dining Hall, cleaning the dormitories, etc. Some earned money by working more than the required hour. That the complete name of the Administration Building is The Clyde R. Hoey Building of Administration? It was named for a governor of North Caro lina. That the complete name of McLean Hall is the Angus W. McLean Dormitory? It too was named fqr one of our governors. It was originally a men’s dormi tory. That Rush Hall is named for the former Dean of Women? The residents of the dormitory chose to name their building for their Dean of Women and hung her picture in their lobby. That Annie Day Shepard Dor mitory is named for the wife o| the founder. Her picture hang,^ in the living room. That the “Old Senior Dormi tory” was once a men’s Dormi tory? That B. N. Duke Auditprium is named for a meml^r of the (continued on psfee 4) A Four of the participants on the Golden Anniversary programs are: (left to right) Harry Golden, author, and editor of the Carolina history at Brooklyn College, Dr. Theodore A. Distler, executive di rector of the Association of American Colleges, and the Honorable Israelite, Dr. John Hope Franklin, chairman of the department of Arthur Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. National Figures Speak Here Nov. 9-12 NCC Alumnus Among Hoiioreej^ In Fiftieth Anniversary Convocation Three persons were awarded Doctor of Laws Degrees from, this school in special convoca tions during the 50th year cele bration. Among these is the first graduate of this school to be thus honored, Asa T. Spaulding. The other two honorees are! Bascom Baynes, a member of the NCC trustee board, and the Honorable Arthur Flemming,i Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. This raises the total number of honorary degrees awarded by NCC to five. The other two re cipients are Dr. Sekou Toure, awarded a degree in October 1959, and Dr. Howard J. Chid- ley, who received the degree in, 1917. Being awarded is nothing new to Spaulding, who has previous ly received citations, awards, and prizes. In 1946 he received the Presidential Citation . . .“fo:^ his unselfish devotion to the task of helping stabilize our economy. He made a meritorious contribution to the welfare of the Nation by his effective par ticipation in the fight against inflation during and after World War II. His diligent and effec tive work is an example of his! high patriotism.” Mr. Spaulding, who is now President of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, resides at 1608 Lincoln Street, Durham. He was born, July 22, 1902 in Columbus County, was married to Elna Bridgeforth of Athens, Alabama, and is the father of four child ren: Asa Jr., Aaron Lowery, Patricia Ann, and Kenneth Bridgeforth. At the time of Spaulding’s matriculation here, 1918-23, this campus was the site of the Na tional Training School, and waa considered a high school. Ha later attended the Howard Uni versity School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance. He gra duated Magna Cum Laude froni New York University in 1930, receiving the B. S. in Account ing and received the M.A. in Actuarial Science from the Uni versity of Michigan in 1932. Aside from his many activi ties, he has held membership in at least 20 organizations, among , (continued on page 2) Distler Leads Discussion Dr. Theodore, A. T^istler,, executive director of the Associ ation of American Colleges, ledi a discussion on “Charting thd Course of Today’s College,” Thursday, November 10. Dr. Distler’s discussion followed the main address by the Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, secretary* of the United States Department of Health, Education and Wel fare. According to Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, chairman of the 50th Anniversary Committee at NCC, Dr. Distler and his panelists dis cussed “appropriate directions Dr. Ralph Tyler delivers the keynote address in the Wednesday morning session of the 50th year program. Dr. Tyler, director of the Center in the Behavioral Sciences of Stanford, California, spoke from the theme: “The Responsibility of the College to Public Edu cation.” the modern college should take in the light of forq^s -r a; i for special emphasis.” A native of Brooklyn, NeW York, Dr. Distler holds honorary degrees for distinguished ser vice in higher education from twenty-three colleges and uni versities. He i's a graduate of New York University with B.S., M.A., and L.H.D. degrees fronx that institution. He was president of Franklin and Marshall College (1941- 1954) following years of servic^ as Dean of Lafayette Colleg^ and in various capacities at New^ York University. He has been executive director of the Associ ation of American Colleges since 1954. Representatives from colleges in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania^^ South Carolina,, Tennessee,. Texas, Virginia, and West Vir ginia acted as consultants. Franklin Speaks Dr. John Hope Franklin, pro fessor and chairman of the de partment of history at Brooklyn College, delivered the Convoca tion address at the Fiftieth An niversary Celebration of NortK (continued on page 2) NCC Registrar Is Personality Of Many Parts By H. G. Dawson On a typical day last week, one of North Carolina College’s best known personalities distri-i buted flowers to key adminis trative offices, supervised the) moving of furnishings from one building to another, re-assurecl a wavering student, and com-i pleted two important committee reports. Officially, her day had not yet begun. (continued on page 7)
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