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Volume XXXrV — Number 7
Durham, North Carolina, March 31, 1965
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Students^ Rei^olt March 19 Shakes Campus
By H. Willoughby
From an ominous mood that
had been incipient for months
the student body at North Car
olina College, on Friday eve
ning, March 19, 1965, lurched
into the full throes of a revolt,
the like of which shook the
very foundations of the institu
tion. Thus the North Carolina
College body of students joined
in with the revolutionary spirit
that has been sweeping across
the campuses of colleges and
universities throughout the na
tion.
The background to this revolt
had its beginnings from the un
fulfilled demands for greater
freedoms that student leaders
had presented to the Adminis
tration. Just two weeks ago the
student body erupted and .^pilled
itself across campus to the
home doorsteps of the president
of the institution. Dr. Samuel P.
Massie. The reason for this
original out-break was for the
repeal of a ruling by the school
which forbad student attendance
at certain types of places of en
tertainment throughout the city.
Because of an unsatisfactory
reaction by officials to this plea,
further plans were put into ac
tion, the hope being to settle
once and for all a number of,
what student leaders termed,
“archaic rulings” regarding the
social and civil rights of stu
dents.
On Tuesday, March 16, the
“Big Three” in this fight (Hil
ton Cobb, Student Government
Association president, Charles
Daye, vice-president, and Char
les Clinton, editor of the CAM
PUS ECHO met with the Ex
ecutive Committee in response
to a request for a discussion of
the proposals which had been
drafted and sent in by these
leaders.
On Wednesday, the day after
the discussion, the Committee
voted negatively on the body of
proposals, though a few of them
were looked upon favorably.
These proposals included: (1)
the institution of a student
court. (2) an expanded Student
Government Association budget,
(3) the nullification of compul
sory assembly attendance, (4)
an extension of curfew hours
for women students, (5) lesser
restrictions on the right to ride
in automobiles, (6) the right
to frequent a wider range of
places of entertainment, (7) a
Student Honor Code, and main
ly (8) entrance standards.
After several frustrating at
tempts on Thursday and Friday
to have a conference with the
school President on these
turned-down proposals the “Big
Three” felt it was time to act
out their grievances on the mat
ter. Preparation for a demon
stration took place all Friday
afternoon in both the Student
Government office and the office
of the CAMPUS ECHO. Unrest
filled the air.
At dinner time final instruc
tions were given to the students
in the dining hall. After dinner
Students Become MOVE Tutors Iriku' Presented By Film Club
A free tutoring service for
public school children unable
to keep up with regular class
room work was recently begun
by MOVE, a newly organized
group of NCC students interest
ed in community service work.
Some 115 pupils from Burton:
Elementary School are aided by
the collegians for one hour
periods each Monday and
Wednesday at two tutoring
sites—Asbury Temple Method
ist Church and McDougald Ter
race, a low-cost public housing
project.
Organized almost single
handedly by Charles (Chuck)
O’Neil of Pittsburgh, Pa., MOVI3
consists of 40 college tutors who
are affiliated with the NCO
United Campus Christian Minis
try of which the Rev. Henry
G. Elkins, Jr. is director. Mem
bers say MOVE is not an ab
breviation but is the organi
zation’s name, which suggests
that the group will be an active
and vital force for betterment
in the community.
The Burton school students
are residents of Durham’s South-
side area. Sixty per cent of them
come from homes receiving pub
lic welfare assistance and there
fore are unable to buy many of
the supplies needed for their
schooling.
As a result of MOVE, mem
bers have originated a unique
means of raising money with
out resorting to the often un
pleasant task of fund-raising.
The organization contacts
parents of students at the col
lege, suggesting the parents sur
prise their son or daughter with
a birthday cake.' If the parents
consent, members buy the cake
and present it on the student’s
birthday. Profits from cake sales
are used to buy tutorial supplies.
“Ikiru,” presented in the Edu
cation Building Auditorium on
March 6, is one form of movie
that the North Carolina College
Film Series Club will bring to
campus this semester.
This movie dealt with the
last days on earth of an ordinary
modern Japanese who wanted
to make something of his life
before it was too late, giving
social study of that man’s en
vironment. It transcended the
experience of one man m a par- '
ticular culture and accented
that man’s life has meaning only
when it is moved by love for
other men.
The purpose of the film series,
as stated by Benjamin Lifson,
instructor of EngUsh and one of
the directors of the program, is
to demonstrate what can be
done with the film medium and
to let students realize that films
are produced on other countries
Reynolds To Go To Latin America ™
Set For AprU 10
A North Carolina College
senior, Murphy L. Reynolds, of
Millville, N. J., has been se
lected to participate in Project
Nicaragua, an eight-week tra
vel-work experience in the
Latin American coxmtry under
the joint sponsorship of Duke
University and the World Ser
vice Committe of North Caro
lina College.
The project will have three
REYNOLDS
URPHT
divisions—in Managua, Puerto
Cabezas, and Pearl Lagoon.
Reynolds has been assigned to
the latter division, and, along
with eleven other students from
Duke, NCC, and N. C. State
College, will be involved in
community service work such
as recreation supervision, house
construction, organizing basic
sanitation procedures, and
teaching arts, crafts, and Eng-
Ish.
A graduate of Bridgeton High
School, Bridgeton, N. J., Reyn
olds is a sociology major and a
psychology minor. The son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Robinson, he
has been active in other service
projects in the Durham area
such as volunteer work at the
Veterans Administration Hospi
tal, the Boy’s Club, and tutoring
public school pupils and presi
dent of Groove Phi Groove So
cial Fellowship.
Students in the project will
leave approximately Jime 28
and in addition to gaining first
hand experiences in Nicaraguan
life, will have a chance to meet
government officials, religioxis
leaders, and make week-end
visits to such nearby places as
*^osta Rica, Honduras, and San
' Ivador.
North Carolina College law
students will conduct an Intra
mural Moot Court Trial, Satur
day, April 10, at 7:30 p.m., in
the Moot Court Room of the
law building.
The trial is conducted by a
senior class in Trial and Appel
late Practice taught by Milton
E. Johnson, associate professor
of law. Undergraduate students
will serve as jurors and the
judge will be an attorney from
Durham, to be announced.
Participating students are
John Harmon, Windsor, N. C.
chief counsel for the plaintiff;
John Wilkerson, Durham, and
William Barco, Norfolk, Va.,
associate counsel for the plain
tiff. Frank Ballance, Windsor,
N. C., will serve as chief coun
sel for the defendant; Paul Wal
lace, Wilmington, N. C., and
Claudette Winstead, Chicago,
111., associate counsel for the
defendant.
The case is a tort of action
for damages suffered when a
car in which the plaintiff, Eva
Clayton, freshman law student
of Warrenton, N. C., was riding
collided with a telephone pole.
The plaintiff alleges that the
(See Moot Court, Page 5)
as well as in America.
Four to six more movies will
be presented in the series this
semester, of British, French,
Italian, American, and Swedish
production. Each Wednesday
night at 7:00 p.m., one or two
short films will be presented in
the Education Building Audi
torium, the next movie on March
31. These films are rented from
the Brandon Films, Inc. in New
York, and will be presented free
to all iiiteresteti persons.
The club’s aim, according to
Lifson, is to present movies that
deal with meaningful, timely,
and important subjects; to ac
quaint students with movies
that are realistic, and to build
their interests in movies that
matter.
The club, xmder the direction
of Reverend Henry G. Elkins,
Jr., director of the United Cam
pus Christian Ministry; James
E. Parker, Assistant Professor
of Education; and Lifson, is pre
senting “Art through Film” in
hope that the students will gain
some understanding and know
ledge of good movies when they
see them.
At the end of the year, the
club, together with the Moods,
is considering making a short
film. The participants in as well
as camermen for this film will
be students.
pockets of angry students be
gan gathering in the Fresh
man Bowl. By nightfall a full
force of some seventeen hundred
students swarmed about. And
then under directions from lead
ers, the throng began its or
ganized demonstration. After
following an encircling pat
tern of the heart of the campus,
chanting and singing all the
while, this united body marched
itself straight to the front door
steps of the home of the Presi
dent. And here, amidst the sing
ing, the waving of picket signs—
one of which read: “Human
Rights! Civil Rights! What about
Student Rights!?”, the glare of
television camera spotlights, and
the popping of flashbulbs, stu
dent grievances, shouted down
by Messrs. Daye and Clinton,
were heard ringing into the
night. Though all of this failed
to bring Dr. Massie out to his
audience, the demonstration did
not abate. Declaring, “We shall
not sleep! We shall not eat! We
shall not learn!”, indeed the
demonstrations seemed to grow
in spirit as they marched on into
the dewy night singing that nov/
classic freedom song; “We Shall
Overcome!”
Finally, following directions
to boycott sleeping in the dor
mitories, the discontents headed
for B. N Duke Avditori>’.m,
where, with the relief afforded
(See March 19 Revolt, Page 6)
P.E,Demonstratioii
Set For April 15
'The Physical Education De
partment of North Carolina Col
lege will present its sixth an
nual demonstration, Wednesday,
April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Men’s Gymnasiimi.
The theme of the Program is
“Fitness for Better Living,” and
the purpose is to give the public
a picture of the quality of vari
ous activities that can take place
in Physical Education.
Each class in the Department
will do some type of activity:
marching techniques, calisthen
ics to music, stunts, tumbling,
folk and tap dances, and aspects
(See Demonstration, Page 6)
NCC ORGANIZES GEOGRAPHY FRATERNITY—Following
organization of Gamma Pi Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (Ge
ography) Fraternity, newly initiated officers of the chapter gather
with their advisor. From left are Reginald Durante, senior of Char
lotte, first vice president; Douglas Hawley, senior of Durham,
secretary; Dr. Theodore R. Speigner, chairman, NCC Department of
Geography, advisor; Samuel Craft, graduate student of Goldsboro,
president; James Hendricks, senior of New York City, treasurer;
and Vinston Burton, junior of Virgilina, Va., second vice president.
_ In addition to the officers, six other geography majors or
minors were inducted into the gproup^