CHRISTMAS
VACATION
DEC.18AT 1:00 P.M.
- JANUARY 2
Campus
(^oUe^ cU "Dun/tOAH
Echo
PATRONIZE
OUR
ADVERTISERS
Volume XXXIV — Number IV
Durham, North Carolina, Friday, December 17, 1965
Price Ten Cents
Downing To Head
SGA Public Affairs
Ulysses Downing, a freshman,
has been named Director of Pub
lic Affairs in the Student Gov
ernment, replacing Charles E.
Scott. The Student Congress will
have to approve the change. Ap
pointed along with Downing was
James Enoch as Associate Direc
tor of Public Affairs.
Downing has been active since
his arrival at NCC in September.
He was an unsuccessful Student
Party candidate for president of
the Freshman Class.
Daye in a statement to the
Echo said, “I have been im
pressed with Mr. Downing’s re
liability. I am certain that he
can perform the functions of the
office.”
Student body demands a vigor
ous Public Affairs Department.
We must keep the student body
informed. I intend to see that it
is done.” He continued, “The
trust placed in me by the stu
dents demands that I live up to
it with the best of my ability.
I shall not fail to take any ac
tion that I deem in our best in
terest.”
Also removed, was Donald
Williams, a Scott appointment,
as Associate Director of Public
Affairs.
SGA Investigates
One Queen Idea
The Student Government is
currently studying the concept of
one campus queen. Many col
leges have only one queen who
represents the college whenever
a queen is called for. In the
event of one queen at NCC, she
would be a “Miss North Caro
lina College,” thus eliminating
the problems created by two
queens, Miss NCC and a “Miss
Homecoming.”
Aside from reducing home
coming expenses for the Stu
dent Government, and elim
inating divided campus loyalty,
one queen would mecUi that the
Coronation could be made an
annual part of the Homecoming
celebration. Such a proposal, if
it should materialize, would re
quire approval by the Student
Congress and possibly a student
body referendum.
It is reported that several high
ranking student leaders, includ
ing the SGA President favor
the one queen concept and would
like to see it implemented at
NCC.
SGA Committee
Studies Library
The Student Government, re
sponding to mounting student
criticism of the library, has com
missioned a Study Committee to
look into various problems con
cerning the library. Charles
Daye, SGA President, authorized
the study group and will spear
head the investigation himself.
Specific information sought
will include (1) finances and
appropriations, (2) book pur
chasing procedures and policies,
(3 staffing adequacies, and (4)
the policy on hours for opening.
Baber and Bull Broadcast NCC News
Collins Baber and Collin Bull report the NCC iic j on W&Ro.
Mlassies jExtejnd
Greetini
itlay
Mrs. Massie, the boys, and I wish £ r you and
your families a very Merry Christmas. We hope that
1966 is a prosperous year for you.
We look forward to 1966 with much ’’one. There
will be expanded student programs, iched cur
ricular programs, completion of the wrmen’s high rise
dormitory and the cafeteria, and the be^i nmg of the
student union.
it
I
We know that all of you will join ur i making
North Carolina College the best possible college.
President Samv.e! P. Massie
Probates Cross 'Burni Sand’
“Line week” transpired Dec
ember 4, as the several Greek
aspirants endured those last few
days of indoctrination and initia
tion. Ostentatiously parading
up and down at breakfast and
dinner for the entire week, the
rituals culminated on Saturday
afternoon as they made the long
Hirschberg Named
To Temple Office
Dr. Nell Hirschberg, professor
of biology at North Carolina Col
lege at Durham, was elected
vice president of the board of
directors and a member of the
executive committee of the Na
tional Federation of Temple Sis
terhoods at the group’s national
meeting in San Francisco last
week.
A past president of the Sister
hood of Temple Beth Or in
Raleigh, N. C., Dr. Hirschberg, a
graduate of Smith College, holds
advanced degrees from the Uni
versity of Colorado and the Uni
versity of Illinois. She has
taught at the University of
Illinois Medical School, at sev
eral hospitals, at a National Sci
ence Foundation institute in
microbiology at the University
of Colorado, and at the Univer
sity of California’s School of
Public Health.
She joined the NCC faculty in
1963 and is currently director of
the college’s second NSF insti
tute in microbiology for college
teachers, to be offered next sum
mer.
walk for the last time.
The Delta Sigma Theta Soror
ity Neophytes of the Alpha
Lambda Chapter dressed in
white two-pieced mohair suits
and moutons were Mamie
Alston, Scotland Neck; Lois
Davis, Durham; Joyce Ellis, Wil
son; Gwendolyn Gilmore, Reids-
ville; Barbara Howard, Wilson;
Anna Jones, Garysburg; Dixie
Lee, New Hill; Fernanita Mat-
thewson, Tarboro; Mildred Mc-
Kiever, Durham; Demetrius
Poole, Jamesville Evelyn Wil
liams, Wilmington; Jean Wil
liams, Durham; Harriet Willis-
ton, Gastonia. All of the inducted
Neophytes were all North Caro
linians with an overall average
of 1.982.
Pyramids Linda Compton,
Quentine Finch, Letrice Gallo
way, Helena Huntley, Brenda
Miller, Geraldine Mclver, Mar-
vette Pratt Dorothy Shaw,
Denyce Stokes, and Ruth White
head make up the Pyramid
Club of the Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority.
Four head-exposed “dogs” of
the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
strolled the “big line,” arrayed
in tuxedos with black dog col
lars and tapped canes of ac
cessories. The Omega probates:
Paul E. Benr.’tt, Wadesboro;
Edwin C. Jone Kinston; Philip
E. Kithcart. Ga.stonia; and James
S. Williams :t Petersburgh,
Florida; walked with an air of
sophistication ind garlic. The
overall ave^ag f the Ques was
1.687.
The pledgees of the Lampodas
(Continue f. n Page 2)
“NCC In The News,” a five-
minute newscast, is featured
every Monday and Friday of
each week on radio station
WSRC at 1410 on the dial. The
reporters for the program, Col
lins Baber and Collin Bull are
both students at North Carolina
College. Baber is a sophomore
Scott Dismissed
From SGA Post
Charles E. Daye, President of
the Student Government, has re
moved Charles E. Scott who had
served in the Cabinet as Direc
tor of Public Affairs since Sep
tember. The official statement
listed Scott’s having “increas
ingly failed to fully execute the
obligations of the office” and the
officers in the Student Govern
ment finding it “increasingly
difficult to work harmoniously”
with Scott as reasons for the
order to resign.
Kept a tight secret in the Stu
dent Government, however, is
that Scott has been increasingly
dissatisfied and had previously
turned in his resignation on
October 28, 1965, to be effective
March 1, 1966. Daye, in a letter
replied that if Scott wished to re
sign, he would accept the re
signation to be effective Novem
ber 1, 1965. Following discus
sions with Daye, Scott decided
to remain. The rift between
Scott and the other SGA officials
continued to widen. While Daye
was in Georgia, with Vice-Presi
dent Raymond Perry in charge
of the SGA, Scott refused to
carry out executive bidding of
the Vice President who then dis
patched a heated note to Scott
who refused to resign. Daye’s
actions followed these develop
ments.
Daye stated to the Echo, on
the matter, “I regret the actions
I had to take.”
Spanish major from Long Is
land, New York, and Bull is a
senior political science major
from Wilmington, North Caro
lina.
The program is designed to
inform NCC students and alum
ni and the entire radio audience
of all aspects of the institution’s
programs with respect to the
academic, social, and cultural
affairs. This news program
serves as an educational pro
paganda medium for the school
in theory and in practice.
Although the program is new,
the idea itself has been given
years of thought. Many times it
had been the expressed desire of
James Daye, the station man
ager, that there be a program
designed to give NCC’s campus
news as “NCC in the News”
does.
The two reporters were
chosen after an interview which
included a number of students,
and voice taping both at the col
lege and at the radio station. The
final selection of the announcers
was made at the radio station.
The information for the pro
gram is gathered by both Col
lin and Collins. Info-forms
were sent to all the campus or
ganizations and a calendar was
made posting all of the events
and activities for the year. As
each event and activity ap
proaches, the “pair” is ready for
the news in advance. Also,
activities and projects that are
continuous are followed once
they are announced. To the arti
cles of news is also sometimes
added an occasional feature
story.
The now twice-a-week pro
gram is becoming more and
more popular, for more sugges
tions are being offered for
bettering the program. It is
hoped that soon the program
will be heard more often a week,
and eventually be made a daily
program.
Many people have commented
that, “NCC in the News” is a
very efficient and sufficient
thread which weaves the com
munity and the affairs of the
campus together.
SEASON FOR GIVING—If it’s more blessed to give than to re
ceive, Joseph Gale doubles his pleasure in presenting Christmas
gifts of stuffed animals to two attractive coeds at North Carolina
College where he is also a student. In the center is Wyonella Duke,
of Peekskill, N. Y., and on the right, Phyllis Dupree, of Oxford.
Both girls are freshmen. Gale is a junior of Raleigh.