Page Four
THE SUMMER ECHO
Monday, July 24, 196T
Interesting People
Excuse Sister Kenneth
For Tardiness...LBJ
DUKE INTERNS—Paris Greene, seated right, and Warren Leggett,
standing left, are summer interns at Duke University under a new “on-
the-job” training program at Duke. Shown with the two interns are,
standing, Richard A. Bindewald, director of personnel at Duke, and
seated, Walton Lipscomb, assistant controller.
Two From Campus
Are Duke Interns
When President Johnson dis
covered that the sister was late
for class, he sent aides and
Secret Service men scurrying
for a piece of White House sta
tionery. That piece of paper, now
embedded in plastic on a table
in the home of the sister’s fam
ily, is now a valuable memento.
Sister Kenneth has been told
there is also a monetary value,
with which she is not greatly
concerned.
There are other interesting
stories among the NSF Insti
tute. One which has surely been
told a few times is from George
Lynn Moore, who teaches 8th
grade life science and 9th grade
physical science at East Side
High School, Bennettsville, S. C.
Among Moore’s duties are
those of junior varsity basket
ball coach. During his two years
as coach, the team has compiled
a record of 28 wins, two losses
and one tie.
Although she didn’t tell the
story, Mrs. Wilma L. Holmes,
who teaches consumer math at
Hillside High School here in
Durham, must have one, or may
be dozens. After all, she spent
eight years in the Municipal
Reference Library of the New
York Public Library. She must
have fielded some pretty wild
questions over that period.
Back to sports, Mrs. Vilma
Jeanne Gatling, of Norlina,
N. C., should have some good
stories in that line. Back in
1964-65, she was named Woman
Coach of the Year in North
Carolina’s Fall Line Conference.
In the NDEA Institute for
Educational Media Specialists,
C. Vincent Adams, who also
will attend as an NDEA Ex
perienced Teacher Fellowship
Program member next year, is
a native of the British West
Indies who became a citizen of
this country last year. He is also
the father of two year old twins.
James L. Bryant, audio
visual coordinator for the Hay
wood County, N. C. school sys
tem, was a recipient of a cita
tion from the North Carolina
Prison Department for teaching
prisoners. The NCC graduate is
also in the Media Institute.
Jonathan Vance, in the Media
Institute, teaches shorthand,
typing, general business, and
business law in Carver High
School, Forest City, N. C. Seven
of his business students took
and passed the federal Civil
Service exam for positions in
Washington, D. C., last year.
A handbook for science teach
ers put out by the North Caro
lina Department of Public In
struction in 1954 features the
class then taught by James G.
Thompson, now a Gary, Indiana,
teacher.
In the Institute for Teachers
of Disadvantaged Youth, Mrs.
Rebecca Bingham Carnes is one
of North Carolina’s most dis
tinguished singers. The music
supervisor for the Durham
County School system has sung
leading roles with the Carolina
Opera Theatre and the Durham
Savoyards and has been guest
soloist with the State College
Glee Club, the University of
North Carolina Orchestra, the
Carolina Wesleyan Artist Series,
and the University of North
Carolina’s Petite Musicale.
Waved Ruffin, principal of
W. E. Etheridge Elementary
School (the largest in Bertie
County, N. C.), was a paratroop
er in the United States Army
before he became a jet pilot for
the Air Force.
A recent North Carolina Col
lege graduate and a senior at the
college, both accounting majors,
were granted summer intern
ships at Duke University June
1.
Warren D. Leggett, of Dur
ham, who received the B.S.C.
degree from NCC in May, was
selected for a personnel intern
ship. Paris W. Greene, a senior
from Raleigh, was chosen for a
controller internship.
Administered by the Duke
University Personnel Office, the
program is designed to supple
ment the intern’s formal educa
tion “with on-the-job experience
as well as to continue his per
sonal growth.”
Leggett, the personnel intern,
is assigned to the office of per
sonnel and will attend meetings
and conferences with the direc
tor, observe and participate in
office and other activities of the
department, and undertake spe
cial projects designed to provide
additional experiences.
Greene, the controller intern,
is assigned to the university’s
Business and Finance Division
and will rotate through a total
of two or three departments dur
ing the three-month period.
NCC’s Special Institute Students
From North, South, East, West
Summer schools always at
tract interesting people, with
interesting stories. Perhaps the
beat this summer was the one
told by Sister Mary Kenneth,
attending the National Science
Foundation Institute for Teach
ers of Science.
You may have seen the sister,
who teaches at the Towson
(M a r yl a n d) Catholic High
School, on television. This isn’t
the first time the story has been
told, but then the story of how
the President of the United
States gave a nun an excuse for
tardiness is worth retelling.
Sister Mary Kenneth, attend
ing summer classes at Washing
ton’s Catholic University, went
with a group of other nuns to a
reception to shake hands with
the President, Mrs. Johnson,
Luci, and Lynda. That experi
ence in itself was “my greatest
thrill,” Sister Mary Kenneth
said.
Kithcart
Geography Major
In Clark Project
Phillip Eugene Kithcart, a
native of Gastonia, N.C., and a
rising senior in the Depart
ment of Geography at NCC, is
a participant in the Southern
Colleges Project at Clark Uni
versity, Worcester, Mass.
The six week summer project
is designed to broaden the
scope of superior students of
geography. Kithcart will study
under a fellowship offered for
the American Association of
Geographers’ program.
A graduate of Highland
Junior and Senior High School
in Gastonia, Kithcart is vice-
president of the Geography
Club at NCC and has been
elected Basileus of the Tau Psi
Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi
social fraternity.
Davis Accountant
With Chemical Co.
Lee 0. Davis, NCC junior of
Raleigh, has accepted a post as
Summer Accountant in the Di
vision Controller Department of
Dow Chemical Company, Mid
land, Mich.
Davis, an all-conference bas
ketball center, will begin work
during the first week in June.
A graduate of Raleigh’s Ligon
High School, he is the son of
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis.
In addition to his athletic
activities, Davis is a member of
the student congress at NCC.
Participants in North Caro
lina College’s special programs
this summer represent 24
states, from New England, the
Middle Atlantic States, the
Middle West, and the South.
The sole representative of
the Far West is Edsel Lee Cur-
nutt, in the NDEA Disad
vantaged Youth institute, from
New Mexico.
Other States
North Carolina probably has
a majority in the programs.
There are 24 North Carolinians
in the National Science Founda
tion Institute for Teachers of
Science and Mathematics, 20 in
the Disadvantaged Youth Pro
gram, 16 in the Special Educa
tion group, and 33 in the Media
Institute, according to informa
tion submitted by the partici
pants.
The Science Institute includes
South Carolinans, Georgians,
Floridians, Alabamans, Mary
landers, Missourians, Tennes
seeans, Pennsylvanians, Vir
ginians, West Virginians, and
persons from Illinois and Mas
sachusetts.
In the Disadvantaged Youth
institute are residents of Pen
nsylvania, Connecticut, Mary
land, New York, Delaware,
Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana, Florida, Louisiana,
Georgia, Tennessee, West Vir
ginia, New Mexico, and Michi
gan.
Floridians, Virginians, and
South Carolinians are in the
Special Education Program.
Colleges
According to the information
submitted, at least 65 colleges
and universities are represent
ed by their graduates.
Colleges represented include
the following: Catherine Spald
ing, Concord College, St. John
College, Winston-Salem State
College, Fayetteville State, Fort
Valley State, North Carolina
College, Elizabeth City State,
A & T College, Livingstone Col
lege.
St. Pauls College, Bennett
College, Shaw University, Mor
ris College, Savannah State
College, Rockhurst College,
Stillman, Benedict College,
Tennessee State University,
Morgan State, Paine College,
South Carolina State College.
Villanova University, Allen
University, West Virginia State,
Florida A & M, Alabama State,
Marquette University, Webster
College, Barber-Scotia College,
Appalachian.
East Carolina College, Ashe
ville Teachers, Southern Uni
versity, Bluefield State, Wilber-
force, Knoxville College, John
son C. Smith, Grambling Col
lege, Western Kentucky Univer
sity, Tampa University, Uni
versity of Connecticut, Con
necticut College, West Chester,
Marshall University, Asbury
College, UNC—G, Loyola Uni
versity of the South, University
of North Carolina, Oklahoma
University, Seton Hall Univer
sity, Bowie State College, St.
Augustine’s College, University
of Tampa.
Towson State, State College
of Iowa, Tougaloo College,
Hampton Institute, Tuskegee,
Lincoln University (Missouri),
Salem College, and Le Moyne
College.
Occupations
Occupations represented in
clude teaching, librarian. Dean
of Girls, band director, library
supervisor, audio-visual special
ist, director of materials center,
music supervisor, coordinator
of target schools for disad
vantage youth, and supervisor
of parochial schools.
Family Ties, Etc.
Only in the special education
group do the unmarried stu
dents outnumber the married.
Of the married participants,
most apparently left their
families at home. Several others
have husbands or wives study
ing for the summer at another
school.
Children’s ages in the group
range from less than a month
(the student here is the father,
naturally) to adult. The parti
cipants’ experience in teaching
ranges from less than a year to
42 years—the veteran is Sister
Melitina Mudd in the Disad
vantaged Youth Institute.
NSF Science Institute