Page Four
THE CAMPUS ECHO
April, 1964
—FERGUSON, WAUiER TO RECEIVE WATCHES
NCC’s CHOIR MEMBERS BOARD BUS which carried them on their
annual spring singing tour. This year the choir sang in Washington,
D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; New York City; New Rochelle, N. Y.;
and Boston, Mass.
-Assays Mississippi Project-
(Continued from page 2)
the history-making sit-in move
ment that erupted across the
South in the spring of 1960. At
Easter of that year, the first
southside meeting of sit-in lead
ers was held in Raleigh, North
Carolina. Here a temporary
committee to promote communi
cation and coordination of acti
vities among protest groups to
promote communication and co
ordination of activities among
protest groups was set up. One
representative from each South
ern state and the District of Co
lumbia made up the coordinat
ing committee.
Participation in the Freedom
Rides in 1961 and a growing
sense of the depth of fear that
shackled most Negroes of the
South convinced SNCC leaders
that someone would have to
take the freedom movement to
the millions of exploited, dis
franchised and degraded Ne
groes of the Black Belt . . .
Several North Carolina Col
lege students have expressed an
interest in the Mississippi Sum
mer Project only to be labeled
“fanatics” or “cracker-l(ivers.”
It is appalling that supporters of
such a worthwhile project
should be ridiculed by the long-
range beneficiaries of it.
These students are sincere in
their desire to make “notable
contributions to society.”
Yet, the majority of North
Carolina College students sim
ply drift along, content to do
enough to pass with little con
cern for the future and no
thought of the present. The least
that can be done by the masses
is the “laizzez-faire” position.
“I am 100% for total integra
tion, but when it comes to fight
ing police dogs, cattle prodders
and fire hoses, well ...” This
excuse was given to a SNCC re
cruiter by several NCC students
for their reasons for not parti
cipating in the Mississippi Sum
mer Project.
While no one enjoys taking
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ker was chosen the teacher
whose qualities “memorialized
the leadership, service, and
quality of citizenship exempli
fied by Dr. James E. Shepard,”
founder of the college and its
president until his death in
1947.
Ferguson was chosen for the
same reasons as Dr. Walker,
but by the student body in a
-Meet-
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schools,” he added, “it matters
litle what kind of relationships
exist between teachers and
pupils; what type of instruction
al procedures are employed; or
what materials are used as long
as all is quiet.”
The meeting on student teach
ing was the first such held here.
It was sponsored by the Educa
tion Department of the college.
Also participating in the one
day meet was Dr. Walter M.
Brown, associate professor of
education; and Dr. F. G. Shij>-
man, chairman of NCC’s De
partment of Education. The two
were also platform guest along
with Dr. Colbert.
Dr. Colbert, addressing the
group, said, “In some other
schools, success in teaching is
accomplished and realized if the
parents of the children are
pleased with what the teachers
are doing.”
He said that what is lacking,
then, in viewing the role of the
cooperating teachers is a uni
form concept of what constitutes
success. He urged college super
visors and cooperating teachers
to direct their efforts toward
“establishing some sort of suc
cess criterion for student teach
ers, in order that “the students,”
could be better evaluated.
After the address the confer
ees attended area meetings in
ten fields covered by the NCC
student teaching program.
risks, it is a fact whenever a
social revolution occurs there is
the danger of a certain amount
of physical harm to the leaders.
Suppose Mahatma Ghandi’s
followers fighting against Brit
ish imperialism in 1948 had
taken this attitude, “We’re for
independence for our country,
but when it comes to lying
across railroad tracks, well. . .”?
Suppose Abraham Lincoln had
taken the attitude, “I’m for
saving the Union, but when it
comes to fighting a war,
well. . . ”?
Suppose Susan B. Anthony
had taken the attitude, “I’m for
women voting, but when it
comes to picketing and crusad
ing in the streets, well. . .”?
We cannot imagine what
might have happened had these
and many other outstanding
persons taken the negative atti
tudes cited above.
Certainly our lives today
would have been affected just
as our actions will affect our
grandchildren’s lives.
In one typical county in Mis
sissippi there are 30,000 Negroes
and less than 25,000 whites. On
the voting rolls, however, there
are about 130 Negroes and 7,000
whites. The Negroes’ condition
here is depraved and deplorable.
The Mississippi Summer Pro
ject must be a su9cess if Ne
groes are to obtain their right
to vote; if the condition of the
Negro is to improve; and if jus
tice is to prevail.
We’ll be there to ^ help it be
a success.
campus wide vote.
A graduate of Stephens-Lee
High School in Asheville, Fer
guson has served as president
of his Sophomore Class and vice-
president and president of
NCC’s Student Government.
Walker, who has earned an
international reputation as a
teacher, lecturer, and coach, is
a native of Atlanta, Georgia.
He received the B.A. degree
from Benedict College, the M.A.
degree from Columbia Univer
sity, and the Ph.D. degree from
New York University in 1955.
Prior to joining the NCC
faculty in 1945, he taught and
coached at Benedict, Bishop,
and Prairie View State colleges.
During his coaching career.
Walker guided several outstand
ing athletes to national recog
nition, the most famous being
Lee Calhoun, the Olympic 110
meter high hurdler who equaled
existing world records in the 50,
60, and 70 yard events indoors
in 1959. Other Walker proteges
are Edward Greenidge, South
ern Conference sprinter who
equaled world’s records in the
100 and 200 meters; Donald
Leeke, hurdler; Vance Robin
son and Walter Johnson, U. S.
participants in the Pan-Ameri-
can Games; and Sam Sharp, the
sensational star of the Harlem
Globetrotters.
Among his current track per
formers—members of a squad
which placed high in AAU and
various invitational competi
tions—are Norman Tate, NCAA,
NAIA, CIAA, Penn Relays and
Carolinas AAU champion in the
hop, step, and jump; and Edwin
Roberts, winner of the 100 and
220-yard dashes in NAIA and
NCAA small college champion
ships in 1963.
In 1964, an NCC relay team
of Andrew McCray, Tate, Rob
ert Johnson and Roberts broke
an eleven-year world’s indoor
record for the sprint medley
with a clocking of 1:51.3 in the
National AAU indoor track and
field championships at Madison
Square Garden.
A former statistician for the
Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association, and recently presi
dent of the association. Walker
is a member of the U.S. track
and Field Commission for 1963-
64. He has also served several
summers as an American State
Department specialist in track,
working with teams in Leba
non, Ethiopia, Israel, Haiti, and
Jamaica.
Dr. Walker is author of two
books—“A Manual of Adapted
Physical Education,” 1961; and
“Physical Education for the
Exceptional Students,” 1963.
-Gets Grant-
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Waddell Chestnutt Collection of
books and private papers at
Fisk University, Nashville, Ten
nessee.
Chestnutt, a late nineteenth-
century American writer who
spent his early years in North
Carolina, mainly Fayetteville,
is considered the first American
Negro to achieve stature as a
novelist.
The collection at Fisk was
given to the university by his
daughter. Miss Helen M. Chest
nutt.
Professor Render, who has
published articles on Chestnutt’s
fiction, holds the Ph.D. degree
from George Peabody College
for Teachers. Her book-length
study of the author will bel
published in the Twayne’s Unit
ed States Authors series.
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