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Volumn XXXIV — Number VI
Durham, North Carolina, Monday, February 28 1966
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N. C College Hosts NCAA Small College Regional
C. E. Daye Delivers
'State Of Campus'
“We are engaged in great
revolution on this campus,”
stated Charles E. Daye, Stu
dent Government President in
the annual Student Government
“State of the Campus” address.
Addressing the Student Con
gress on February 24, 1966 in a
program carried live over the
closed circuit television station,
Daye said the American Revo
lution, the Civil War, and the
Black Revolution were all revo
lutions for freedom.
He said the revolution at
North Carolina College was “set
in motion by Dr. Elder’s (For
mer NCC President) pronounce
ment of student self-direction in
1947,” and he declared that it
was “confirmed last year when
this student body, this great
student body, true to its ideals,
committed to its goals and un
compromising on the principles
of freedom and justice” struck
for the NCC Code of Student
Conduct. He continued, “This
was and still is a revolution
for freedom.” He then declared,
“Nothing short of revolution on
this campus can gain for now
and for the future, this free
dom.”
“We shall revolt with ideas
and intellect,” Daye said. He
continued, “We seek to over
throw the system of ideas that
refuse to permit us to grow
into adulthood.” The address
was interruped by applause
from the Congress members
present when Daye declared, “If
our college administration spent
greater time administrating and
less time trying to baby-sit for
grown men and women, Negro
colleges would not be so far
behind.”
At the very outset, Daye
painted a dismal picture of
“slow and difficult progress
that the Student Government
had been able to make only
after “crisis after crisis.” He
pointed to last spring’s student
body strike on March 19, 1965,
as the time that he had mistak
enly believed “ we had begun to
unshackle the bonds of Negro
southern provincialism.” He
said that “not one college ad
ministrator fully understood”
the meaning of last spring’s re
volt.
Daye cited an improvement
in communicaions, a Department
of Coed Affairs, increased SGA
sponsored activities, and an im
proved school spirit among Stu
dent Government achievements
for the year.
A Charter of Academic Free
dom, a revised Women’s Hand
book, a Student Government
Presidents Conference, the
creation of a Student Govern
ment Advisory Council of Policy
Planning, the One-queen con
cept, a further activation of Stu
dent Apathy Volunteer Eradi-
cators and greater academic and
social freedom were named as
goals for the second semester.
In the “State of the Campus”
address, Daye blasted the Gov
ernor’s stand on freedom of in
quiry on state supported college
(Continued on Page 5)
B. Baynes^ W. Jones Address Assembly
Bascom Baynes, chairman of
the NCC Board of Trustees, and
William Jones, chairman of the
Interim Commitee, addressed
the forum assembly Wednesday,
February 10, in B. N. Duke
Auditorium.
Baynes said, “The Govern
ment cannot stop because the
President of the United States
or the governor of a state or
the mayor of a city passes off
the scene. So it is with educa
tion: colleges cannot stop be
cause presidents are no longer
on the scene. The job must be
done. So in appointing an In-
Fifty*Eighth Year
Observed By AKA’s
The Alpha Chi Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
observed Founders’ Day Febr
uary 20, in B.N. Duke Auditori
um. Highlighting the observ
ance, presided over by Basileus
Dorothy Grier, was the address
given by Dr. Sylvia Render on
“Conquest, Change, and Chal
lenge.” Dr. Render’s major
point of emphasis was the im
portance of women in our
modern world.
Other features on the pro
gram included Ella Tyson’s ren
dition of “Climb Every Moun
tain;” the presentation of Miss
Alpha Chi, Langhorne Jeffer
son; and recognition of mem
bers of the graduate chapter in
Durham, Alpha Zeta Omega,
and of members of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity.
A reception followed the
program.
terim Committee the Board of
Trustees measured up to its
responsibility in seeing that
leadership for the institution
would continue.”
Baynes, a trustee for 16 years,
discussed the progress of the
college in the last fifteen years.
He cited the new nine-story
women’s dormitory and the new
cafeteria which is presently un
der construction, and the pro
posed student union building.
He expressed the thought that
North Carolina College has past
A&T and is at least the second
best Negro institution in the
nation.
Jones, who is also the business
manager of the college, assured
the students that “those things
that need to be done will be
done.” But he added that this
could only be accomplished if
the faculty, staff, and students
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Kentucky Wesleyan
vs.
South Carolina State
Winston-Salem
vs.
Oglethorpe
MISSES PATRICIA White, Doretha Boyd, Carol Freeman, and Edith Young are hostesses for the
N. C. A. A. tournament.
work harmoniously. Jones told
the students, “This committee
does not propose to sponsor any
revolutions—and we certainly
hope you will not.”
Jones also stated, “Let us,
therefore, forget the things
which are behind and look with
resolution to the future with
the will and courage to main
tain the high standards for
which North Carolina College
has been acclaimed. This must
be a group effort by adminis
trators, faculty, and staff.”
The Interim Committee is
comfKised of Jones, the chair
man; Dr. Helen Edmonds,
dean of the Graduate School,
and Dr. William H. Brown, pro
fessor of education. The com
mittee assumed the presidential
responsibilities on February 1,
when Dr. Samuel Massie’s resig
nation became effective.
ATTORNEY M. HUGH THOMPSON, Bascom Baynes, William
Jones and Dr. J, M. Hubbard chat after the forum assembly.
North Carolina College is the
site of the North Carolina Ath
letic Association’s Mideast-South
Central Regional Basketball
Tournament to be held on Fri
day and Saturday, March 4-5.
The tournament teams will con
sist of the championship teams
of the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association (CIAA),
the Mason-Dixon tournament,
South Carolina State College of
Orangeburg representing the
Southern Intercollegiate Ath
letic Conference and a team
chosen at-large, probably Ogle
thorpe University, Ashland, Vir
ginia. The tournament will marlq
the first time that a predomi
nantly Negro college has been
host to a regional NCAA inte
grated tournament.
In the CIAA, Norfolk State
College, and North Carolina
Agriculture and Technical Col
lege are the major contenders
for the championship. The con
ference tournament is scheduled
for February 24-25 in Greens
boro.
According to Commissioner
A. Paul Minton, Mt. St. Mary’s,
Emmitsburg, Maryland; Loyola
College, Baltimore, Maryland;
and Catholic University are
three of the eight teams partici
pating in the Mason-Dixon
(Continued on Page 6)
SGA Plans March
For 'Unity Day’
March 19th will be celebrated
by the student body as “Unity
Day,” as proclaimed by the
Student Government Associa
tion. March 19, 1965 was the
day on which the Student Body
started a five-day campaign for
(1) lighter restrictions on visit
ing off-campus establishments,
(2) lighter restrictions on wom
en’s hours, (3) a larger student
government budget, and (4) the
abolition of compulsory forum
assembly. Ultimately the Board
of Trustees was called into spe
cial session to consider demands.
Charles Daye, Student
Government president, upon re
lease of the order proclaiming.
March 19th “Unity Day,” is
sued the following statement:
“We ought to remember
March 19th as a shining
example of unity and strength.
It ought to remind us not only
of our triumph but also of our
sudden assumption of a much
greater resp>onsibiIity. It ought
to cause us to rededicate our
selves to the high ideals of
self-direction and self-imposed
responsibility. Most of all, it
ought to make us more aware
of our great responsibility to
ourselves, to our college, and
to our generation.”
The Student Government is
planning a symbolic march and
a gala celebration for this
event.