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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1967
N. C. College Has Half Million In Grants
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President Albert N. Whiting Takes Office
For the summer of 1967 and
1967-68 school year, grants and
programs funded by outside
agencies to North Carolina Col
lege, total $589,003.85, a report
by President Albert N. Whiting
reveals.
Of the $589,033.85 awarded,
the college received $235,219 fpr
the 1967 summer programs and
$354,284.85 for the 1967-68 aca
demic "ear.
From the U. S. Office of Edu
cation, the Institute for Teach
ers of Disadvantaged Youth, re
ceived $76,021, and the Summer
Institute for Educational Media
Specialists was given $61,938.
These programs were included
in the Summer Projects.
The National Science Founda
tion awarded $75,950 to the In
stitute for Secondary School
Teachers of Mathematics and
Science in summer grants and
$16,600 to the Institute for Tal
ented Secondary Science Stu
dents.
Other summer subsidies were
a grant in public nursing, $2,-
450 by the North Carolina State
Board of Health, and $2,200 for
research from the Dupont Foun
dation.
The U. S. Office of Education
grants for the current academic
year are for the Consortium Re
search Development Program
(CORD), $90,000; an experienced
teachers fellowship program in
educational media, $123,200,
a college library resources pro
gram (Title II), $9,655; a com
munity health education pro
gram for certain disadvantaged
areas of Durham, $32,489.85;
and a cooperation arrangement
and national teaching fellowship
program (Title III), $63,375. In
cluded are two U.S. Public
Health allocations for a public
nursing traineeship program,
$12,800, and for research by
Dr. Nell Hirscliberg, professor
of biology, $7,260,
A SAKE (Sharing Adminis
trative Know-how and Experi
ence) project, $5,545, and an in-
!stitutional self-study by the col
lege, $9,500, are supported by
the Two Southern Education
Foundations.
By Marion Spaulding
Dr. Albert Nathaniel Whiting,
former Dean of Morgan State
College, and newly elected
President of North Carolina Col
lege, expresses hopes and aspi
rations for the coming years. He
looks to the future North Caro
lina College as having a staff
of qualified teachers whose goal
is to inspire a thirst for know-
ledge^ And he describes the stu
dent body of North Carolina
College as being potential part
ners in the administration of
North Carolina College.
In the realm of education. Dr.
Whiting wishes North Carolina
College as a Negro institution,
to be listed at the top, academi
cally and culturally. He said:
“Because of the changes which
have occurred in our society to
day, a college must be delibe
rately selective in its emphasis.
North Carolina College will un
doubtedly continue to have a
predominantly Negro enrollment
for at least the next decade.
Consequently, I believe that our
educational pattern must be so
shaped as to prepare our stu
dents for effective participation
both professional and lay, in an
unsheltered integrated society.”
To improve the educational
effectiveness of North Carolina
College, Dr. Whiting says that
“techniques must be discovered
and developed which will en
able North Carolina College to
repair initial educational handi
caps related to restricted cul
tural participation within a pe
riod insufficiently short and
with students of sufficient po
tential so as not to prolong un
duly the normal span of college
years.”
He continued, “Learning is
useful and acquiring an educa
tion is more than simply going
to class, memorizing facts and
passing tests. It involves a de
sire to know, a desire for self
improvement.”
To help stimulate such atti
tudes, Dr. Whiting hopes “to : s-
semble a group of teachers who
believe in the potential of their
students to attain satisfactory
norms rather than those who
decry their alleged incompe
tence, teachers who have the
ability to motivate students and
DR. ALBERT N. WHITING
lift their levels of aspiration
rather than those who are wed
ded to the ‘grades’ approach;
teachers who so excite their stu
dents that they are led to think
rather than simply to memorize
and regurgitate; teachers who
can develop creative imagina
tion in students and who them
selves are creative in the solu
tion of problems; and finally,
teachers who in their behavior
and interests, represent models
of literally educated persons..”
Dr. Whiting believes that an
active student government, in
clusive of all “Eagles”’ is one
of the roots belonging to the
tree of success. Student parti-
pation in extra-curricular acti
vities can develop leadership
qualities. He feels that encour
agement of leadership qualities
in college may result in active
participation “in local, commu
nity state, and regional devel
opment. J ’ V
President Whiting further stat
ed” Students, engaged as a
group, have a voice in the ad
ministration of North Carolina
College. They should feel that
they are partners with the Ad
ministration in operating many
a:-ear *he college. Therefore,
I m uoaialy in '.Tvor of student
participation in the governance
of the college.”
Dr. Whiting believes that a
yearning for knowledge, and an
active participation in extra
curricular activities make the
student well-rounded, and a use
ful product for today’s society.
Experience in sociology, and
sociological research as well as
a teaching assistant at Fisk Uni
versity; instructor of sociology
at Bennett College, assistant
professor of sociology at Atlan
ta University, and professor of
sociology at Morris Brown Col
lege has equipped Dr. Whiting
wllh a rich collegiate back
ground. He has served as Dean
of Morris Brown College, and.
Assistant Dean and Dean of
Morgan State College. Dr. Whit
ing holds membership in the
National Associations of Colle
giate Deans and Registrars, of
which he is past president; the
Sigma Pi Phi and the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternities; the East
ern Association of College Deans
and Advisors to the Students;
the Maryland State Teachers As
sociation; and the Maryland
Governor’s Commission on Crim
inal Sentencing, and the Com
mission on Academic Affairs of
the American Council on Edu
cation.
Nursing Majors
Receive Grants
Ten of the students enrolled
in the Department of Nursing
are receiving financial assist
ance through a variety of pro
grams. The Public Health Train
eeship Program of the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare is providing trainee-
ships for Mrs. Levia Walton,
Greensboro; Miss Cora Jones,
Kinston; Miss Constance Jones
and Miss Gladys Latimer, Jack
sonville, Florida; and Miss Jac
queline Lewis, Pensacola, Flo
rida.
The North Carolina Medical
Care Commission Professional
Education Program has awarded
grants to Ivlrs; Luty Giymph,
Charlotte; Miss, Jeanne Wood
ard, Durham; and Miss Margaret
Jefferson, Greensboro.
Mrs. Catherine Garner of
Graham has received schoarships
from the American Legion Edu
cation and Scholarship Program
(See NURSING, page 3)
$9,500 Granted
For Self-Study
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It was announced recently by
John A. Griffin, executive di
rector of the Southern Educa
tion Foundation, that North Car
olina College has been awarded
$9,500 by this foundation for an
institutional s e 1 f-study to be
conducted during the 1967-68
academic year.
The grant will provide for 16
consultants to assist with the
study and will pay the salary of
a secretary for the project. Dr.
Joseph A. Pittman and Dr.
Thomas J. Mayberry, Jr., profes
sors of education at N.C.C., will
serve as co-directors of the pro
gram.
North Carolina College’s fifty-
seventh year began Friday, Sep
tember 8. This year marks the
college’s first year under the
leadership of Dr. Albert N.
Whiting, who assumed this po
sition July 1. There is also an
addition of 31 new persons on
the institution’s faculty.
These new positions are to re
place persons who resigned or
are on leave. The teachers are
as follows:
In the department of History,
Mrs. Margaret A. Pitoniak,
Charles Carreras, Mrs. Winnie
C. Robinson, Herman C. Man
ning, and Barbara Benavie.
In the department of English,
Mrs. Phyllis J. Lotchin, Mrs.
Beverly J. Penny, Mrs. Melba
S. Brandes, and Brenda Larson.
Dr. Isabel Guerrero, Silvia
Rodriquez, Miss Lillie Lewis,
Norman Dill and Mrs. Nancy P.
Wardropper are additions to the
Department of Romance Lan
guages.
Others are Edward Ramsey,
Jr., Home Economics; Miss Mary
Gray Clarke and Joseph T. Mit
chell, Music; Robert Bowles,
Physical Education; James A.
Colt, Education; Mrs. Chantal
M. S h a f r o t h. Mathematics;
Charles R. Jones, Physics; Vi-
31 New Faculty Members Added
rendra Yadav, Sociology; John,
J. Penick, German and Philoso
phy; Dallas S. Simmons, Busi
ness and Economics; Mrs. Bar
bara S. Nixon, Psychology; and
Wallace R. Umberger, Jr., Dra
matic Art.
Those employed part-time are
Anne Beer and Anne Paschall,
Education; A. Condos and Cha-
trathi Rao, Business and Eco
nomics; Shirley Hastings and
Joseph Mancusi, Psychology;
Zadye Brewer, Home Economics;
George Koonce, Music; Bennie
Jones, English; K. Shelburne,
Art; Robert Sutherland, Politi
cal Science; and Mariette Vogel,
Biology.
G. S. NIXON
Nixon Appointed
Alumni Head
President Albert N. Whiting
has announced the appointment
of G. S. Nixon as director oi
alumni affairs at North Caro
lina College.
Nixon, a member of the North
Carolina College Department of
History since 1959, will serve
as a liaison between the presi
dent and the alumni, and will
perform a variety of planning,
follow-up, and contact duties.
His duties include visits to asso
ciation’s chapters and explora
tions of possibilities of organiz
ing additional chapters in areas
which have concentrations of
North Carolina College gradu
ates.
A native of Orlando, Florida,
Nixon holds the A.B. degree
from NCC and the A.M. degree
from Indiana University. He
has done additional graduate
work at Indiana University and
at Wesleyan University, Middle
town, Connecticut. Prior to join
ing the NCC faculty, he taught
history at Alabama A. and M.
College and Albany State Col
lege, Albany, Georgia.
In 1960, Nixon was elected
general secretary of the NCC
National Alumni Association
and was elected to the executive
committee. He served as nation
al president from 1961 to 1964;
and was elected president of the
Durham chapter for 1964-65.
Nixon is the husband of the
former Miss Barbara B. Smith
of Durham, who is a member
of the NCC Department of Psy
chology. They are the parents
of one daughter, Carol 3.
Dr. Whiting stated that the
College’s— administration feels
that establishment of the new
position should strenghten the
lines of communication between
the institution and its alumni,
enhance the college’s possibili
ties of gaining additional alumni
support and provide broader
services by the institution to its
graduates.