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Page Six THE CAMPUS ECHO Monday, September 28, 1964 One-Thousand Students Receive Orientation In NCC's 54th Year North Carolina College began its fifty-fourth year of operation Tuesday, September 8, as some 1,000 freshmen and new stu dents reported for a one-week orientation period. James H. Knight, college counselor, presided at the form al welcoming exercise that be gan at 7 p. m. Feature remarks were made by Dr. Samuel P. Massie, president of the college, Dr. Marion D. Thorpe, dean of students, and other college and community leaders. Most of the following day was used to complete tests in English, reading, typing (for commerce majors), and French (for those who had high school French and wished to continue in that language). Thursday, students were giv en mathematical, psychological, and personality tests, and Dr. J. P. McKelpin, director of the college’s Bureau of Educational Research, spoke to the group on “What Your Test Scores Mean” in B. N. Duke Auditorium. Several tours and counseling sessions were held Friday. Saturday morning, beginning at 8 a. m., the students were given library orientation tickets and sub-divided into smaller groups in which they were told of the facilities of the James E. Shep ard Memorial Library. Later on that day the Rev. Dr. Neal Hughley and the Rev. Henry Elkins were in charge of a re ligious information session. Morning worship and a re ception were on S u n d a y’a agenda. Advisers conferred with the students on the fourteenth, which was Monday, and profi ciency tests were held for music majors. Tuesday and Wednesday were used for physical examin ations and more testing. Registration was held all day Thursday, and classes began on Friday, September 18. Needs Of Mentally Retarded Get Attention In Summer Program Among several programs of fered by the North Carolina College Department of Edu cation during the 1964 summer session for the purpwse of meet ing specific needs of teachers and administrators was a new scholarship program for teach ers of the mentally retarded. Initiated at NCC in 1964, it enrolled 45 teachers on tuition scholarships, which totaled approxi mately $10,0 00. Sti- pends, which averaged $225 per student, were provided by the State Board of Education from a fund of $100,000 creat ed by an appropriation from the 1963 General Assembly. NCC is one of ten North Carolina institution approved to offer courses for teachers who qualify for grants imder the program. Dr. F. G. Shipman, chairman Orr Heads NCC Planning Study Dr. Charles W. Orr, professor of education here at North Carolina College, has been nam ed director of this school’s plan ning study, to be conducted during the next two years. The appointment was an nounced recently by President Samuel P. Massie Jr., who poin- ed out that Orr has had a wide variety of experiences as an educator, dean, and director of self-studies as well as experi ences as a member of several evaluation teams. Recipient of the B. S. degree from Alabama State College, the M. A. from Fisk University, and the Ed E. from Teachers College, Columbia University, Orr joined the NCC faculty in September of 1963, coming to the Durham institution from Alabama A. and M. college. He has studied also at New York University, has participa ted in two conferences designed for directors, and has participa ted in other institutional self- evaluation studies. He attend ed Harvard Institute for Deans in 1959. Dr. Orr holds membership in various p rofessional o rgani- zations, including the American Teachers Association, the Natio nal Education Association, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Pi. of the college’s Department of Education, said many of the scholarship recipients complet ed certification requirements during the session, which end ed August 3, and will return to their classrooms with in creased competencies. Others plan to continue their studies toward the master’s degree at NCC during the 1964-65 year. According to Shipman, applic ants who meet requirements for eligibility as established by the Department of Public Instruc tion may qualify for scholar ships in the following catego ries; Summer term awards of $25 per semester hour of credit, with a maximum of six semes ter hours per six-week session or twelve hours per twelve- week session. Regular school year awards of $25 p>er semester hour, with a maximum of 36 semester hours during a regular school year of nine months. Extension coxirse awards of $20 per semester hour, with a maximum of six semester hours per school year if the applicant is fully employed during the the school year. Massie Attends Educational Meet President Samuel P. Massie was one of nine Presidents of Negro institutions participating in a meeting with the Council of Southern Universities and Colleges to discuss methods of better effecting cooperation be tween the institutions in this region. The meeting was held in Atlanta, Georgia August 13-14. In addition to President Mas sie, other presidents attending were from the University of Texas, the University of Vir ginia, Tulane University, Emory University, The University of North Carolina, Duke Univer sity, Vanderbilt U n 1 v e r si ty, Texas Southern University, Fisk University, Bennett College, Hampton Institute, Morehouse, College, Spelman College, At lanta University, and Dillard University. President Foster of Tuskegee Institute was also in vited but could not attend. NCC Represented On Mexican Trip Seventeen North Carolinians, including fourteen from North Carolina College, participated in travel-work-study seminar in Mexico from August 5 to 26. The fourteen from NCC in cluded eleven students, one faculty member, Miss Gail Hansberry, and two staff mem bers—Miss Amelia P. Thorpe, assistant periodicals librarian, and the Rev. Henry G. Elkins Jr., director of the United Cam pus Christian Ministry (UC CM). The UCCM is acting as a liai son agent at NCC for the A- merican Friends Service Com mittee, Southeastern Region, sponsor of the program. From North Carolina the group went to Laredo, Texas, where it crossed the border and continued on to Mexico City, with stopovers in Monterrey to meet university students, and in Guana j auto to see the silver and copper mining facilities. They spent three days at the University of Mexico in a semi nar on “The Involvement of Students in Social and Politi cal Action,” participated in by American and Mexican stu dents. They spent nine days in the rural village of San Pedro, Tkaltenango, in the state of Puebla, where they had oppor tunities to be of service and to learn about life in rural Mexico. Participants worked on such projects as improving village roads, planting trees, painting, and spraying DDT. On market day, they made a side trip to Cholula and visited a pyramid there The North Carolinians also met with the state director of edu cation in the State capital, Pue bla, for one day; then they re turned to Mexico City where they met officials, social work ers, and artists. Scheduled also were visits to the Belle Artes (fine arts pal ace) to see the paintings of Or ozco, Rivera, and others; a trip to the National Folklore Ballet; and trips to the pyramids of Teotihuacan, the shrine of Guadelupe, and the National Museum of Anthropology. After spending two free days making personal contacts and pursing special interests, mem bers of the group left on the return trip to the United States. COMIC LANDS ON CAMPUS—Comedian, Dick Gregory keeps students laughing: with his sarcastic jokes as he stops here at NCC on the first leg of his fund raising tour for CORE. Groove Phi Groove Fellowship Awaits Action Clarifying Status A new social fellowship is awaiting f u t h e r action by North Carolina College’s Wel fare Committee t o ascertain whether it may establish a chapter here after being denied permission last year because of a default in its constitution. According to the committee’s chairman, William P. Malone, members of Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc., applied for acceptance in April of this year but were refused admis sion because their constitution was improperly drawn up and omitted pertinent information. Malone did not say what that information was. The Fellowship applied for another hearing in late May but did not obtain it as the Welfare Committee had already met for the final time during the school year. Malone said that the new con stitution presented to the com mittee is properly drawn up and is inclusive. However, he did not make a ruling on the application and said that such could not be made until the committee members are ap pointed and have a meeting on the matter. According to the new con stitution presented to the Wel fare Cmmittee, Groove Phi Groove exists “to initiate a male group with internal and exter nal fellowship; to advance the educational, social, economic, and political status of (its) fel low Groove Phi men in their associations with other peoples and groups; to develop an in telligent, effective leadership, and to integrate these objects with phases of the college com munity (through its activi ties).” The Fellowship had its im petus at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1962. There are chapters at Morgan, Hampton Institute, Delaware State, Virginia Union, Boston University, Central State in Ohio, and Norfolk State. Groove Phi’s local president, Murphy Reynolds, said though the group is not officially on campus, it has conducted it first meeting off campus and has made plans for the year. “There are many activities we plan to engage in,” said Reynolds, “thatjfcvill be bene ficial to the coljjme and we feel tl^gs that if these tIjRhgs ’ are to ma terialize, we f 'st get started , BJ. early. ^ “Of course,” he continued, we will not be able to do any thing more than meet and plan until we hear from the Welfare Committee. We are hoping for a positive decision,” he added. There are 18 NCC males in the local group, and Reynolds says he expects more to become Groove Phi men if the fellow ship in allowed to operate on campus. Max Drake of the sociology department is the faculty ad viser to the group. jiSiSfS: mm NCC HIGH-STEPPERS—James D. Wilson, center North, Carolina College’s drum major, is sur rounded by majorettes who will join him in fronting the college’s 120-piece marching band this year. The group will appear at football games and other special occasions. The majorettes, from left, are: Latrisha Galloway, Asheville; Patricia White, Sumter, S. C.; Dawnelle Horton, Lenoir; Gloria Davis, Wilson;’ Waynette Stewart, Charlotte; Niki Neal, Raleigh; Jacqueline White, Sanford; and Grace Pegues, Norwood.
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