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THE SUMMER ECHO
Thursday, July 28, 1966
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DINING HALL VIEWS—The scenes above show the
new North Carolina College dining hall, which is
currently unfinished but is scheduled to open in Sep
tember. On the top row, from left to right, are Robert
P. Smith, food services director, examining the ex
terior of the building with Miss Inez Coleman, food
Services supervisor; an interior of the building; the
exterior of the building as seen from Lawson Street.
The center row shows, from left: a long shot of the
serving area, a closer view of the same scene. Smith
and Miss Coleman looking into one of the ovens in
the kitchen.
On the bottom row: another view of the kitchen, the
serving area, and a view of the main entrance look
ing south.
Dining Hall To Have New ‘Pay As You Go’ Plan
A “pay as you go” plan will
be introduced with the opening
of the new Dining Hall in Sep
tember, according to Robert
Smith, North Carolina College’s
food services director.
Previously, on-campus under
graduates have had to pay in
advance. Under the new plan,
they will pay only for meals
eaten.
Smith said the new dining
which main dish they would
hall is equipped to seat 900 per
sons and to feed 28 persons a
minute, seven through each of
four lines. Students will return
trays to a conveyer belt which
will carry them to the dish
room in the new air-conditioned
facility.
In spite of the cafeteria’s be
ing designed for speedier serv
ice, Smith warns that dawdling
students, trying to decide on
rather have, might cause lines
to “back-up” as much as they do
in the present dining hall.
“Everyone,” he said, “has to put
emphasis on speed — moving
through the line in a hurry.”
The new structure will cost
some $700,000 and is 206 feet,
10 inches wide and 131 feet, four
inches deep.
Smith indicated he has pul
emphasis on the use of “flashy
colors,” feeling the dining hall
Institutes Bring Special Consultants
The two institutes at North
Carolina College designed to
prepare teachers of disadvan
taged youth scheduled during
the summer a total of seven
specialists in various fields as
lecturers, a report by Dr. Joseph
P. McKelpin, director of the
institutes, reveals.
The institutes—an NDEA In
stitute for Teachers of Disad
vantaged Youth, and a preserv
ice teacher program sponsored
by the National Teacher Corps—
enrolled 86 persons and will end
July 29 and August 5, respect
ively .
The final lecturer, scheduled
to address the groups Monday
through Thursday, July 18-21,
was Dr. Robert Spaulding, di
rector, Education Improvement
Project, Duke University, whose
subject was intelligence, experi
ence, and academic competence.
Others in the series were Dr.
Donald J. Stedman, cordinator
of research and evaluation of
the Educational Improvement
Program at Duke, who discussed
psychological and sociological
aspects of cultural disadvantage;
Dr, Harry Rivlin, dean of teach
er education of the City Uni
versity of New York, whose
topic was “Compensating for
Culturally Induced Behavioral
Disabilities;” and Dr. Edgar
Epps, research associate, the In
stitute for Social Research, the
University of Michigan, who
spoke on interpersonal relation
should be a place “to awaken
the student after he has been
in conservative classrooms” and
other similarly decorated sur
roundings. The building has two
lobbies equipped with upholster
ed seats, coat-book racks, and
bulletin boards. There are also
two rest rooms each for men
and women and public tele
phones available for patrons.
He added that he hopes the
new facility will be regarded
more as a dining hall than a
cafeteria, “I feel that a dining
hall orientation gives a warmer
and more desirable ‘home feel
ing,’ ” he said.
John D. Latimer and Asso
ciates of Durham were archi
tects and engineers for the
building.
Smith said the current din
ing hall will be used as a recrea
tion center and to provide of
fice space for student groups
when the new building is
opened.
ships and personality develop
ment.
Welcome Bryant, coordinator.
Compensatory Education, o f
Omaha, Nebraska, spoke July
14-15 on the topic, “Compensat
ing for Culturally Induced Be
havioral Disabilities.”
Dr. Fred Strodtbeck, of the
Department of Sociology of the
University of Chicago, scheduled
to speak on interpersonal rela
tions and personality develop
ment on July 11-12, was un
able to appear because of the
current airline strike.
Dr. Paul D. Fiddleman, re
search psychiatrist at the John
Umstead Hospital, Butner, is
listed as a resource person sched
uled to meet both groups in July
and August.
NDEA-NTC CONSULTANT—Dr. Robert Spaulding, standing, di
rector, Education Improvement Project, Duke University, talks with
participants in the NDEA and NTC institutes on intelligence, ex
perience, and academic competence. Seated, left to right, are Mrs.
Mable Harris, Mrs. Thelma Bass, Mrs. Enid Smith, and Richard
Simpson.