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Page Four THE CAMPUS ECHO January, 1965 Spsmm (mr-maow &oss/p) r ^ 5M- &fao^ (^4/ /^£/rwm'... Bs:eM w/m /w£~ im&ms Scientific Institute Grant Announced West Point Cadet Joseph B. Anderson Jr. seems to really relish the coeducational atmosphere at NCC as he relaxes with two stu dents during^ a recent visit to the campus. The coeds are Jean Cheek, left, a senior English major from Halifax, North Carolina; and Edith Lewis, a sophomore £ngiii>li major from Henderson. Anderson, a native of Topeka, Kansas, is a first classman (senior) at the Academy. He accompanied West Point Commandant Major General James B. Lampert on the NCC visit and followed an assembly ^eech by the geneiral witlji comments on student life at West Point. Massie Reviews President Samuel P. Massie announces that the college has received a $15,845 grant from the National Science Foundation for the conduct of a summer institute for advanced high school students of science in 1965. The third grant authorized by the NSF for the college’s vari ous 1965 summer programs in science, the latest grant raises the total of the institution’s support by the Foundation to $121,545. A summer institutes for secondary teachers of sci ence and mathematics and a summer program for c o He g e teachers of microbiology are budgeted for $79,460 and $26, 240, respectively. To be directed by Dr. C. E. Boulware, associate professor of mathematics at NCC, the 1965 program is the sixth in the series of institutes for talented secondary students of science sponsored by the college. It will enroll approximately 45 eleven th grade students for the six- Massie Appointed To Council Post President Samuel P. Massie of North Carolina College was ap pointed by President Logan Wil son of the American Council on Education to a three-year term as a member of the Commission on Academic Affairs. This Com mission has a three-fold area of concern: the college student, the faculty and the instruction al program. Its purpose is to study these elements of higher education in the light of chang ing economic and social con ditions, to suggest means by which new educational issues may be more satisfactorily re solved; and to provide leader ship at the national level that will enable individual institu tions to improve their programs of study. The American Council on Education is one of the major educational associations in the nation. President William C. Friday of the University of North Carolina is currently serv ing as its chairman. week period June 7 through 17. According to Dr. Boulware, modern approaches to the study of mathematics and the sciences will be emphasized. “The program is designed for high ability junior students from secondary schools in which sci ence courses lack adequate fa cilities for satisfactory labora tory work and from other schools in which a limited amoiuit of science and mathe matics work is offered. It is par ticularly intended to acquaint students with basic materials in mathematics and science which will provide a background for advanced scientific studies and elementary research,” he said. Each student will take a course in either biology or chemistry and a course in math ematics. In addition to Dr. Boulware, the institute faculty will con sist of I. A. McCollum, mathe matics; David Denny, biology; and Dr. Norman Padnos, chemis try. Eleventh grade students who desire to enroll should write without delay for information and application forms. Dr. Boul ware emphasized. Letter (Continued from Page 2) blame. Certain policies can only be changed at a state level. Smaller classes would require more teachers, finance, and fa cilities. I invite the Administra tion to re-examine the present policy. It is reasonable to as sume that, if the Administration takes the initial step to better classes and education, it would be supported by faculty, stu dent, parents, and all concerned with education. It is time re sponsible persons stopped clos ing their eyes and boasting, and opened their eyes and looked, realized, and accepted the hard bitter truth. Until the Admini stration realizes the importance of small classes, I will forever wonder—what is wrong with the Administration? By J. T. Clemons Higher Standards Implicit In Plans By Drew Brown With the coming of a new president to an institution, cer tain policies change and *many new programs are put into ef fect. North Carolina College is no exception. Since the appoint ment of President Samuel P. Massie, the administrational ma chinery has been grinding out brave new plans. Since this is an institution of higher learning, the main ob jective of the administration is the improvement of academic standards, i.e. presenting the type of curriculum under which each student will have the op- portimity to obtain the best possible education commensu rate with his abilities. This aim, although noble, is thwarted at the implementation stage by the peculiarities of the student body of this college. First of all, the College Boards Examination is not re quired for entrance here and, as a result, most students entering from high school are deficient in one or both of the basic fields, English and Mathematics. These deficient students may be divided into two groups: those who lack ability and are, in a sense, not “college material,” and those who are capable of doing college work but need remedial courses to correct the inadequacies of their high school preparation. The students in the latter category are the factor which is delaying the establish ment of an SAT cut off score because, if such a score were used, many able student would be rejected before they had a chance to prove themselves. Fortxmately, the administra tion has found ways of achiev ing its goal without coming in to direct confrontation with such knotty problems as cut-off scores. First on the agenda of new programs is the centrali zation of all remedial instruc tion under one head. This move will coordinate the efforts of the Mathematics and English De partments so that more unified results can be achieved. The “Three Track System,” which is growing at present, will soon be in full force. Under this plan, the student body will be divided into three groups: Honors, Standard, and Deficient. The two main advantages of this system are that: exceptional students will compete with one another to a greater extent than at present, and deficient stu dents will not hold the others back because classes will con sist of students of only one of the three levels. Eventually, the undergradu ate program will be divided in to a lower and an upper college. The lower college will consist of all freshmen and sophomores. At the end of the sophomore year, tests will be given to mea sure the reading and reasoning abilities and the general level of achievement of each student. These tests would determine whether or not a student would be admitted into the upper col lege which will cover the junior Garrett-Parker Drug Store Prescriptions Filled 702 FAYETTEVH.LE ST. Phone 682-1715 W. P. Wimberley, Phar. (Continued from Page 1) ment that all undergraduates take a sophomore achievement test at the end of the sophomore year and the Graduate Record Examination during the senior year. —Participation in the Wood row Wilson Teaching Intern Program. NCC has three interns this year, the largest number in the program Massie said. Other developments during the year, as cited by the presi dent, include a grant to insti tute a program of independent study in undergraduate mathe matics, construction of a 300- bed men’s dormitory and a 400- bed women’s dormitory at a combined cost of nearly $2 mill ion, and the placement of more than 300 of the college’s gradu ates in jobs with beginning salaries, in many cases, as high as $7,200. Citing his inauguration in April as a highlight of the year. Dr. Massie commented also on the Foreign Affairs Scholars' Program, in which an NCC stu dent served an intership last summer in the Department of State, and a similar program through which a political sci ence major is spending a year at Morgan State College. He spoke of participation by a large number of students and faculty members in overseas and senior years. Naturally, in the process of implementation, some of these plans will be modified, but it is hoped that the over-all result will lift North Carolina College above its provincial past onto an equal footing with tht better liberal arts institutions in the nation. projects last summer and the presentation on the campus of such outstanding persons as Judges Leon Higginbotham and Marjorie Lawson, Education and World Affairs President William W. Marvel, and Noble Peace Laureate Martin Luther King, Jr. as speakers. Speaking of faculty activities, he mentioned research now be ing conducted and articles re cently published and acknowl edged the participation by a French professor this year in the Duke humanities program. An alumnus, he added, has named the college as beneficiary of an insurance policy as a new way of providing endowment funds. Closing, Dr Massie declared that, “the progress made in 1964 cause us to face 1965 with much faith and hope for the future. We remain steadfast in our de sire and determination to make North Carolina College the best possible college for our faculty, staff, students, and friends. We thank you for your cooperation in 1964 and look forward to another year of progress toward our goals for North Carolina College.” Speigner Named (Continued from Page 1) culture in Africa and America. Outstanding Americans from many walks of life are members of the board. In appointing Dr. Speigner, Dr. Cain said: “Your skilled assistance in charting the course for future explorations will be invaluable.” Basil Rathbone, distinguished actor, chats with three NCC faculty members after his recent appearance at the college during which he presented a one-man i>erformance, “In and Out of Character.” From left are Mrs. Minnie T. Spaulding, instructor of English; Dr. Sylvia Lyons Render, professor of English, and Mrs. IV^rtha Lifson, instructor of English.
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