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Volume XXI — Number IV
Durham, N. C., Wednesday, December 20, 1961
Price; 20c
World Journal Features
Research Of NCC Professor
By Joe H. Brawner
The current issue of “PhiloBO-
phische Rundschau,” an interna
tional critical journal published
in Tubingen, Germany, features
the research of a North Carolina
College professor, Dr. Ernst
Moritz Mannasse.
Dr Mannassee, professor of
philosophy and German at NCC,
has contributed the second in
stallment of his three-part criti
cal survey of Platonic literature.
His first installment, published
in 1957, dealt with German,
literature on Plato written dur
ing the last twenty years. The
current work surveys critically
the literature on Plato published
in England and the U.S. between
1865 and 1958. The third part of
the survey will be devoted to
French publications on the fa
mous Greek philosophies.
13 Students Named To 'Who's Who'
It’s that time again when seniors get ready to do their practice
teaching. The two NCC co-eds above are receiving their final in
structions and locations as they prepare to journey away to do their
practice work.
NCC Seniors Begin 'Ced&t' Tesching
Some 32 North Carolina Col
lege seniors have taken up
practicing or “cadet” teaching
assignments in 20 high schools
in North Carolina.
The NCC students fulfilling
education requirements prior to
graduation are observing and
teaching in schools in 16 cities
and towns.
They represent subject matter
fields including art, biology,
business education, French, his
tory, home economics, music,
physical education, and social
science. These represent the ma
jor fields of the students and the
areas in which they hope to be
come certified as teachers.
The largest single group are
majors in home economics. They
are assigned as follows: Priscilla
Ballard, Lincoln, Chapel Hill;
Mae Frances Barham, Hillside,
Durham; Jerline Broadnax,
Dunbar, Iiexington; Sylvia
Faulk, Mary Potter, Oxford;
Marian Lynch, Central, Hills
boro; Willie Ann Shaw, Mer-
rick-Moore, Durham; Emily
Starnes, Little River, Bahama;
Corene Toomer, Unity, States
ville; Shirley Wright, Merrick-
Moore, Durham; and Dorothy
Mae Young, G. C. Hawley,
Creedmoor.
The students, according to
their major fields and assign
ments, are as follows; ART:
James Colt, Sterling, Charlotte;
Winston B. Fletcher, Ligon,
Raleigh; and Ellis Smith,
Whitted, Durham; BIOLOGY:
Hayes W. Brown, Hillside, Dur
ham; Gladys H. Langston. Hill
side, Durham.
Other fields include BUSI
NESS EDUCATION: Catherine
Harrison and Beulah McDonald,
Hillside, Durham; French; Ella
Davis, B. T. Washington, Rocky
Mount; Joseph Fryar, Lincoln,
Chapel Hill; Elizabeth Jones,
Hillside, Durham; Vivian Lloyd,
Nash Central, Nashville; Caro
lyn Long, Whitted, Durham; and
William Turner, Merrick-Moore,
Durham.
Still other fields include HIS-
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Thirteen seniors were re
cently selected to appear in the
1960-61 edition of Who’s Who
Among Students In American
Universities and Colleges.
Students here to be listed in
Who’s Who are: Betty Elizabeth
Barnes, Edward Boisier, Hay
worth Lee Bradley, William
Paul Evans, Alphonso McKin
ley, Fred Crawford, Vivian
Mary Lloyd, Donnie Rose Mc
Neill, Mary Alice Williamson,
Wilma Marilyn Pridgeon, Caro
lyn Smith, Eliza Rose Tate, and
V.’Jllii-.m 2arl. Wilson.
Each year several outstanding
seniors in American colleges and
universities are honored by be
ing selected to appear in Who’s
Who. Election to this organiza
tion is one of the highest honors
an undergraduate student can
receive during his college years.
Nominations come from over
600 colleges and universities
throughout the nation.
Campus nominating commit
tees consider the student’s scho
larship, integrity of character,
able leadership in extracurricu
lar activities, service and citi
zenship to the school, and his
promise of future usefulness.
In recognition of these quali
ties, of their service to the col
lege community, and their spirit
of cooperation exhibited by
their participation in the ad
vancement of the educational
aim of North Carolina College,
the biographies of the above
named seniors will appear in the
1960-61 edition of Who’s Who.
NCC Choir Enthralls Audience With Christmas Concert
The North Carolina College
choir presented its annual
Christmas concert Sunday after
noon, December 17, in the col
lege’s B. N. Duke Auditorium.
The Christmas concert, which
annually attracts music lovers
from throughout the state, was
again open to the public.
Featured were numbers by
two American composers, “O
Wondrous Star,” a Christmas
Choral fantasy by Domenico
Savine, and “Christmas is Com
ing,” a festive cantata by Elie
SeigmeiBter.
The cantata depicted the cus
toms, traditions, and story of
Christmas in narration and song.
Also featured was the tradi
tional carol, “O Holy Night,”
and the processional, “O Come
All Ye Faithful.” The choir also
sang the Christmas Spiritual,
“Behold the Star,” arranged by
William Dawson.
Soloists for the concert were
Elna Robinson, of Charlotte;
Mary Ward, Wilson; Willie Mae
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All smiles! And that’s the way it should be for these 11 sieniors who were selected to appear in
tKe 1961-62 edition of Who’s Who Among Students In American Universities and Colleges.
Standing from left to right, front row: Vivian Mary Lloyd, Betty Barnes, Earl Wilson, and Rose
Tate.- Second row: Wilma Marilyn Pridgeon, Fred Crawford Icard, and Donnie McNeal. Third row;
Haywood Lee Bradley, Mary Alice Williamson, William Paul Evans, and Alphonso MtKinley Gantt.
Missing are Edward Bosier and Carolyn Smith.
In the issue of the “RUND-
schau” (review), which rims
241 pages, Dr. Manassee first
gives a history of English Plato
nic literature from Grote to
Jowett to Taylor in England
and from Emerson to Shovey in
the United States. The second
part of the study is devoted to a
more detailed discussion of 59
works published in England and
the United States since 1935.
Special interest lies in the latter
part.
Plato’s political philosophy
has provoked much controversy
among liberal writers. Some
writers have attacked it as the
germ from which modem totali-
narianism developed. Others
have defended Plato and his
political ideas on the ground
that he was basically concerned
with the morality of the per
sonality. According to Dr. Ma
nassee, Plato tried to establish
order from the relative disorder
which characterized the “demo
cracy” of his time. Plato, con
tinues Manassee, as well as his
contemporaries, knew little of
the concept of democratic fr^e-
•ioiVi, or tl’^e frc'cdon’i ot the h’,!-
man personality as such, but
through his interest in the soul,
Plato helped to prepare the way
for our modern concept of free
dom.
The NCC professor was aided
in his research by a one-year
membership in the Institute for
Advanced Study at Princeton,
N. J., in 1958-59, and by a grant
from the NCC faculty Research
Fund. A fellowship from the
Bollingen Foundation of New
York enabled Dr. Manassee to
visit France last summer and do
preliminary research on the
third phase of his survey,
A member of the NCC faculty
since 1939, Dr. Manasse is a na
tive of Dramburg, Germany and
has studied at the University of
Heidelberg, Munich, Berlin, and
Paris. He received his doctorate
degree at Heidelberg in 1933.
Honors Program
Underway At NCC
The Honors Program is a
four-year experimental plan de
signed to improve and enrich
the performance of superior
students. The program operates
by training selected students
in specialized study skills and
by giving these students addi
tional material.
Participation in the program
is limited to 25 of the entering
freshmen who scored highest on
the English Placement Test. An
other 25 entering Freshmen
whose scores parallel those of
the selected group are used as
controls and possible replace
ments.
In addition to their normal
courses, the students in the pro
gram are organized into two
special classes under the super
vision of one teacher. One of
these classes called Honors, is
designed to train the students to
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