AWARDS
DAY
MAY 12
Campus
Echo
FINAL
EXAMINATIONS
MAY 26-JVNE 1
Volume XX — Number VIII
Durham, N. C., Friday, April 28, 1961
Price Twenty Cknts
Tuition increase Set For ’61-’62 Term
Six Campaign For SG Offices
Six persons have announced
their candidacy for offices in the
Student Government. They arej
Augustus Davis, Wilbur Han-r
Jiins for president and Nathaniel
Morehead, Lynwood Walker,
John Avent, James McLeor for
vice-president.
Augustus Davis, Jr. is a junior
biology major and social science
minor. He is from Wilson. Presi
dent of Chidley Hall, Davis is
the only person to serve on the
Student Welfare Committee!
from the Sophomore Class. Hei
is a second-year member of the
Committee. Davis, who is outn
spoken, is responsible for the
Sunday menu being changed
from chicken to every Sunday.
He also went to the President
and Student Welfare Committee
so that the talent shows could be
resumed.
Hankins, a junior mathe
matics major, is from Wilming
ton. He has a minor in chemis
try. He is parliamentarian of his
fraternity, vice-president of the
Newman Club, and holds mem
bership in several others.
Vice-Presidential Cai^idates
Nathaniel Morehead, a sopho
more, has a major in biology
and a minor in chemistry and
lualiifciiiatics. He is from High
Point. He is a member of the
SG, Band, Shark Club, NAACP,
and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
Lynwood Walker, also a so
phomore, is a psychology major
and has a double minor in
English and biology. He is from
Fayetteville. He is a member of
the NAACP, the Psychology
Club, and the Social Science
Club.
John Avent of Nashville and
James McLeor could not be
reached for comment.
Candidates for Miss NCC
Rose Tate and Mary Alice
Williamson are seeking the vote
for The Miss NCC title.
Miss Tate, a junior commerce
major and education minor, is
from Morganton. She is a mem
ber of the NAACP, Anti-Basi-
leus of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, has been a House
Council member for two years
and is a past member of the C.
T. Willis Commerce Club. The
former “Miss Olive Hill Highj
School” queen had this to say
about the election: “If I should
win such a coveted title, I
pledge myself to respect it and
bear it forever with dignity and
pride.”
Mary William'son. a junior
music major, is a native oi
Clinton. Petite and flashing a
winsome smile, Mary expressed
her desire to win.
She is a member of the
NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta So-,
rority, the College Choir and
Band. Miss Williamson, who will
study in Quebec City, Canada
this summer, expects to have ac-
cimiulated enough hours in
French for a double major.
NCC Professor Named
Speaker At Academy
Dr. James S. Lee, professor
and chairman of the Depart
ment of Biology at North Caro
lina College, will be the princi
pal speaker in the science edu
cation section of the Minnesota
Academy of Science’s annual
meeting Friday, May 5, in
Northfield, Minn.
Dr. Lee will speak on “The
Role of Imagination and Specu
lation in Science” in the meet
ing, which will be held on the
campus of St. Olaf College.
While in Minnesota, Dr. Lee
will also address the Junior
Academy of Science, consisting
of outstanding Minnesota high
school students competing in the
annual State Fair, and will lec
ture to science students at St.
Olaf and Carleton Colleges as
‘‘distinguished visiting biolo-^
gist.”
Dr. Lee’s visit to Northfield
is being sponsored by the Amer
ican Institute of Biological Sci
ences. In addition to his address
before the Minnesota Academy
of Science, he will give lecturesi
on certain aspects of his recent
work with the bacterial nucleus.
He will also conduct seminars'
centered around general prob
lems in microbiology.
The North Carolina College
professor is currently a member
JAMES LEE
of a team of distinguished biol
ogists giving lectures through
out the country under the au-i
spices of the American Institute
of Biological Sciences.
He recently returned from
Winona, Minn., where he lec
tured to students at St. Mary’S
and Thetresa Colleges.
Dr. Lee was elected by his
colleagues Isst week as the “out
standing professor” at North
Carolina College. He will re
ceive the coveted James E.
Shepard Memorial Hamilton
Watch Award in token of this
distinction at Awards Day cere
monies on May 12.
THOMAS HENDERSON
May Awards Day
Speaker Named
President Thomas H. Hender
son of Virginia Union Univer
sity has been named keynote
speaker for the annual obser
vance of Awards Day at North
Carolina College. Some 300
NCC stiidencs will be' honored
for outstanding curricular and
extra-curricular activities in a
day-long celebration on May 12.
Dr. Henderson’s address will re
present the highlight of a series
of events, including assemblies,
installation ceremonies, and an
honor dance.
Dr. Norman Johnson, chair
man of the Awards Day Com
mittee, said here today that the
College’s emphasis on achieve
ment emphasizes “our concern
for all-around excellence in the
pursuit of quality education.”
One of the features of the cele
bration will be the awarding of
a Hamilton Watch to the person
chosen as the “most outstanding
student” at NCC.
Dr. Henderson, who succeed
ed Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor
as president of Virginia Union
last July, is a graduate of that
institution. He holds master’s
and doctorate degrees from the
University of Chicago.
A native of Newport News
and the son of a minister, Dr. ,
Henderson taught at Armstrong
High School in Richmond from
1928 until 1941, when he be
came dean of the college at Vir
ginia Union University. He wasi
also professor of psychology and
education until elevated to the
presidency in 1960.
His community activities in-
elude membership in the Urban
League and the Virginia Council
on Human Relations, both ofl
which groups he serves as chair
man. He is also a member of the;
Richmond Public Welfare Board
and of the Board of Directors o^
the Richmond Area United
Givers Fund. Dr. Henderson is
a former president of the Cen
tral-Intercollegiate Athletic As
sociation.
NET INCREASES TOTAL 28 DOLLARS
The talk about an increase in
tuition costs for 1961-62 has
been confirmed. The bursar’a
office issued the formal state-,
ment last week which showed a
$20.00 hike in tuition for the
fall session.
The only additional change
was in room rent which will be
upped $9.00. The raise here will
be added to the monthly billsi
making them $48.00 instead of
$47.00.
These changes which will
make the cost of education at
NCC higher than ever before,
will also mark the first raise in
tuition since 1954. In the fall of
‘54, tuition was hiked from
$97.00 to $130.00.
These are the figures for ‘61:
Tuition $150.00
Registration ^ 20.00
Athletic fee
Library ^
Lyceum
Medical fee
Student activity ....
Board
Room
Total
Tuition last year
and room, $110.00.
increase is $2^.50.
10.0«
10.00
5.00
17.00
10.00
275.00
119.00
$616.50
was $130.50
The added
No official reason has beea
given for the raised fees; how
ever, the business office did re
port that building projects were
not allowed for in the budget.
For out-of-state students, the
raise, slightly less, is from
$203.00 to $222.50.
No change was made in the
fees for out-of-state non-board
ing students.
Presidential Aide Here For Law Day
Frank D. Reeves, special as
sistant to President John F.
Kennedy, will be the guest
speaker for Law Day, May 1.
This will mark the fourth
annual Law Day celebration.
The theme for the celebration
is “The Rule of Law—An In
strument of VVorld Peace.”
cording to Law Day officials, the
purposes of the event is to give
people an appreciation for the
Bill of Rights, and the Constitu
tion of the United States, and to
dramatize the contrast between
government under the rule of
law and totalarianism under
communism.
The speaker, Reeves, will be
welcomed at the Raleigh-Dur-
ham airport at 8:30 a.m. Mon-i
day. May 1, by a Law School
delegation. The group will then
return to the campus for a
coffee hour at 9:00.
Attorney Reeves will deliver
the main address in B. N. Duke
Auditorium at 10:30 P.M. Music
will be furnished by the College
dioir.-Other-incluau a
luncheon at 1:00 P.M. in the din
ing hall and a weiner roast at
the home of Professor L. De->
Jarman.
A press conference slated at
11:30 p.m. will be held in the
Moot Court of the Law School
Building. Members of the Law
School and special invited per
sons will face questions posed
by students and interested per
sons about the functions and
purposes of law.
The April 24 lyceum presentation is a Sinfonietta under the di
rection of Paul Schreiber, announced Dr. Robert John, head «f the
music department. Starting time is 8:15 P.M.
Utilizing all of the instruments of the orchestra, Schreiber or
ganized the Sinfonietta in 1937. The small orchestra proposes to
give the audience “a new experience in symphonic music.
The St. Louis Sinfonietta has received wide acclaim from coast
to coast for its delicate balance and artistry.
Gibson Named To Labor Dept.
Samuel Gibson, NCC graduate!
student, was welcomed by
Arthur Goldberg in Washington,
on his appointment to the Labor
Department last week. Gibson,
who was hired as a personnel
assistant will make upwards of
$5,000.00.
Arthur Goldberg, chairman of
the Department of Labor said
the appointment represented the
first results of a Labor tour to
present more jobs to Southern)
Negroes.
Samuel Gibson graduated in
1958 with a major in economics.
He has attended the Howard
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