Friday, October 7, 1966
THE CAMPUS ECHO
Page Three
Thomas Discusses S. G. A. Outlook
By Samuel Thomas
Each new endeavor usually
begins with much enthusiasm
ard not a little frustration and
confusion. So it is with this ad
ministration.
Our enthusiasm is still high,
but we are beset by petty, irri
tating and seemingly endless
mazes of red tape and bureau
cratic inertia. They impede, but
they will not deter us from
making our campaign promises
and commitments a realtiy.
The work has begun in earn
est; indeed, we have been work-
stance, laid a complete foun
dation for their homecoming. It
was suggested by me before the
meeting adjourned, that NCC
establish such a committee so
that future homecoming events
will be properly and throughly
planned in advanced.
The handling of homecoming
is the typical air of “put it off
to the last minute” that per
vades such planning at NCC. It
is difficult to lay blame or as
cribe responsibility, but the
situation needs correcting.
As you all know, by now the
old cafeteria has been convert-
' ed into a temporary Student
Union Building. There is no
denying that the building is
neither elaborate nor that ad-
quately equipped. The redeem
ing factor is that a start to
wards providing adequate recre
ational facilities for students
has been made. Admittedly
much remains to be done be
fore we achieve the utopia of
satisfactory recreational oppor
tunities and facilities, but that
remaining work will have to be
done by an alert, concerned and
aggressive student body.
Wiirfel To Attend
Oct. Conference
Dr. Violet E. Wurfel, chair
man of the Political Science De
partment, will represent North
Carolina College at the Foreign
Affairs Scholars Program to be
held in Washington, D. C. the
weekend of October 7-9.
This conference is being
sponsored by the Department of
State, the agency for Interna
tional Development and the
United States Information
Agency.
The purpose of this confer
ence is to discuss the activities
of the Foreign Affairs Scholars
Program in relation to tlie con
tinuing need for recruiting and
helping to prepare interested
and qualified students for the
Foreign Service and for other
areas of employment in the
three agencies.
The first session is to be held
Friday evening, October 7,
with the final meeting being
scheduled for Sunday morning,
October 9.
First Fall Forum Treats Morality
The fir?t fall forum was held
on September 22, 1966 in the
Student Union Building under
the leadership of the Baptist
Student Union and the Student
Government Association. An all
male panel consisted of Wins
ton Kennedy, Kenneth Addison,
Bernard Thornton, and Walter
Brame.
The forum discussion on
“Wine,” “Women,” and “Horse-
p>ower” defined “wine” as all al
coholic beverages as opposed to
just those drinks considered as
“wine.” “Women” symbolized
sex involving both men and
women; and “horsepower” re
flected the desire to own a car
and the effect possessing a car
has on one’s self-discipline.
The general agreement of the
panel was that hard pressures
justify drinking; and that one
gains drinking maturity through
p>ersonal experience. It was also
stated that drinking relieves
frustrations. There were no dis
sensions concerning the matter
of drinking. If one were to in
fer from the conversations on
alcohol how NCC students felt
about drinking, one would con
clude that everyone drinks for
the relief of frustrations.
Concerning “horsepower,” the
panel said very little. The only
mention of horsepower was
of it also as a relief of tensions,
ions.
Most of the forum time was
taken discussing “women” or
sex. Many were of the opinion
that the social pressures of
N. C. C. cause the “steady flow
to hotels.” Questions brought up
and discussed were:
(1) Should there be a divi
sion of rules for classes of
women? Common consent was
that ^11 women should be gov
erned under the same set of
rules regardless of their classi
fications. Someone raised the
question. What about the in
experienced sheltered girls who
come to N. C. C.? General opin
ion was to “let her swim or
drown.” Another question ask
ed was, “What about birth con
trol pills? Again there was com
mon agreement. The con
sensus was that every women
should take it upon herself to
learn about birth control. It
seemed that no one thought
about not engaging in sexual
(See Forum Treats, Page 5)
SAMUEL THOMAS
ing diligently since September
6th to insure that this year will
be a memorable one: memora
ble as the year that the needs
and wishes of the student body
were finally addressed by the
administration. To this end, a
full scale student - faculty- ad
ministration leadership confer
ence has been scheduled for
October 14-16. The participants
will convene at Capahosic, Vir
ginia to discuss the strengths
and weaknesses of our school
with an eye toward isolating
weaknesses and recognizing our
strengths among other things.
The participants will search for
ways to make student life at
NCC freer and more meaning
ful within the context of our
academic quest.
This will be the first such
conference in the history of,
NCC, but you may be certain
that it will not be the last.
Much is expected of this con
ference and it may do more to
insure the growth and progress
of NCC, in long range terms,
than any other single effort.
The SGA is currently in the
process of preparing a budget
for the coming year. There will
be more money to aid clubs and
organizations in their attempts
to sponsor intellectual and cul
tural affairs on our campus.
Individuals who resent honor
societies, etc. will be partially
subsidized so that they will bei
able to attend educational con
ferences, seminars and conven
tions. N. C. C. has not been re
presented in the past, but we
will be in the future.
The homecoming planning
machinery has swung into high
gear at long last, and shows
some signs of producing a
homecoming that will be
unique.
Our homecoming steering
committee had its first meeting
Friday evening, September 23.
This is strange considering that
Homecoming is October 22.
This gives us less than a month
to plan homecoming, in addition
to the multiplicity of other con
cerns that demand our atten
tion. The chairman. Dean Stew
art, is not to blame, becaxise he
is also quite busy. The fault
lies in the way the committee
is constituted. Hampton had
their parade, dance, etc. plan
ned before the spring semester
ended. Their committee had al
ready engaged a band (Jr.
Walker and the All Stars) for
their victory ball and in sub-
For liberal arts majors
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