Support NCC Patronize Student Scholarship I flil ir %MJ rf^nO Our Fund Drive Advertisers 7Unt^ ^ Durham, North Carolina, Thursday, November 30, 1967 N. C. College Observes Founder’s Day The Twentieth Annual Foun der’s Day Convocation and Ded icatory Kxercises of North Car olina College was presented on November 3, 1967 with the Hon orable Robert Walter Scott, the Lieutenant Governor of the State of North Carolina as guest speaker. Mr. Scott discussed the role of the Negro college, specifically North Carolina College, in edu cation today. He said that signi ficant study was made by Earl J. McGrath of Columbia Univer sity in 1965 which concluded that the predominantly Negro colleges will continue to be a major avenue to higher edu cation for Negro youth. He stressed the importance of strengthening the traditional Negro colleges and universities in the South and that “they must develop so that they will have the same standards and provide educational opportunity equal to those of any of the other schools.” He said that the Negro colleges are not alone in their plight. “Change and im provement in the Negro colleges should not be considered apart from overall educational plan ning in North Carolina and else where.” Mr. Scott. attended Duke Uni versity and North Carolina State College. His major area of aca demic concern was Animal In dustry. He is one of North Caro lina’s most prominent dairy far mers and has expanded his in terest and membership in the related areas of his vocation. His memberships included: North Carolina and American Societies of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, North Carolina State Grange (Mas ters), and Soil Conservation So ciety of America. By special appointment, Mr. Scott has served on the State Board of Conservation and Development, 1961-1964; Kerr Reservoir De velopment Commission, 1961- 1964. He is a member of Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa, and Blue Key. Those appearing on the pro gram were as follows: Dr. Bas- com Baynes, Chairman of Board of Trustees, who presided; the Reverend Dr. J. Neal Hughley, the college minister, who of fered invocation and mediation; Dr. Albert N. Whiting, the presi dent, who introduced the speak er and led in the “Truth and Service Ceremony” along with Attorney Henry M. Michaux, Jr., president of National Alum ni Association and Douglas Gills, president of the Student Government Association; and the Reverend Mr. Herbert H. Eaton, United Campus Christian Minister, who gave the benedic tion. Music was rendered by Miss Celia Davidson, the College organist, and the North Caroli na College Choir with Mrs. Gwendolyn Tait directing. The North Carolina CoUege Band presented a concert preceding the program around Dr. Shep ard’s statue. , , , .... " • ai' ^ • ^ » svw •» ■UX'V. y «■>» •» W ■»«> X V • • • • * }fr +>y. AVNC«* «-wo* « w* «&»•»* ♦' '♦frA. “W. s'» >}«.■«»* V9C^'« Mk.Xveoc V X *. &.«!• V99C-3J- W-.WSWW:?* iv sxK 4(4(- W'WMM’M ♦ W-*® 'y ^ s->NA, >«• »;«w^ w .04^, V • ««.!> ftWSc:ji* V v »m¥>* ^ I':-,': •S-fW' MX'.-m ■ ■' :« Aw «5X W-WNW-S*' ««❖ A>* eot-K-w WO'/; ■ ■ :«>:w ««r 4WCW4««W SS;.'SR;;>;»!ic ««■•« sj xwa; ^ s V y-wx-; A-. in »•*'•♦» V. s »w:J» I wBr'' PEACE CORPS OFFERS AID IN DRAFT DEFERMENTS The Peace Corps announced today it will intervene on be half of Volunteers seeking draft deferments for two years of overseas service. Agency Director Jack Vaughn, concerned by mounting induc tion calls to Volunteers serving overseas, said he will take an “active role” in seeking future deferment cases before the Presi dential Appeal Board—the court of last resort for draft reclassi fications. In the past the agency per formed a largely informational function — advising Volunteers and trainees of Selective Service laws and procedures and con firming to local boards the fact of the Volunteer’s service. In future appeals, Vaughn will write letters to the board describing the circumstances in each case and urging board members to grant a deferment until completion of the Volun teer’s overseas tour. “We have a serious situation,” he said. “The problem of induc tion notices to overseas Volun teers is becoming a major con cern for us. Pulling a Volunteer off a productive job at mid-tour is unfair to the nation, the host country, the Peace Corps and the individual.” Vaughn said Peace Corps Volunteers have lost about 60 deferment appeals before the three-man board in the last six and one-half years. While ad verse rulings by the national board have involved less than one-half of one per cent of the established 15,000 draft-eligible men to have served in the Peace Corps, “virtually all of these have occurred in the past year,” he said. Of the approximately 25 Vol unteers who have already re turned to the United States for draft induction, two were dis qualified for physical reasons and returned to their overseas assignments. The vast majority of Peace Corps Volunteers are granted deferments for two years of overseas duty because their service is deemed by their local boards to be “in the national interest,” as recommended by Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, the draft director. However, some locai Selec tive Service Boards refuse de ferments even though Peace Corps service does not relieve Volunteers of their draft obli gations. If the local board is up held by the State Appeals Board, the case may reach the Presi dential Appeals Board which makes the final decision. The appeal process often takes months to be resolved and the Peace Corps frequently sends Volunteers to their overseas sites while their appeals for de ferment are pending. Vaughn said the Peace Corps, having provided upwards of 400 hours of intensive language training during the 12 and 14 weeks of preparation, often sends Volunteers overseas to be gin service “rather than risk the loss of their newly-earned language fluency during the long waits for final approval or See Peace Corps, page 4 SNEA Welcomes Students To Join •rhe James E. Shepard Chap ter of the Student National Edu cation Association (SNEA) of North Carolina CJollege welcomes NCX; students to become mem bers of the organization. The SNEA is the professional association for college and uni versity students preparing to teach. It is an integral part of the National Education Associa tion Its purpose is threefold. First, it strives to develop an understanding of the teachir^ profession through participation in the work of local, state, and national education associations. Secondly, it promotes the inter est of capable young men and women in education as a ca reer, and encourages selective standards for persons admitted to apiwoval programs of teacher education. Thirdly, it attempts to aid in gaining practical ex perience in working together and in working with local, state, and national education associa tions on problems of the profes sion and of society. Officers of the local chapter are Miss Iris V. Thompson, president; Mr. Percy Peel, first vice president; Miss Mildred McKiever, recording secretary; Miss Deborah Jones, correspoad- ing secretary; Miss Mary Todd, treasurer; and Mr. Marvin John son, parliamentarian. The three state officers are; Miss Joan Macon, president; Miss Iris Thompson secretary; Miss Alice Jones, parliamentarian. One can become a member of the organization by contacting a member or the faculty advisor of the local Student SNEA unit for information about joining. The first goal set for this year is to recruit interest. Additional ly, the group will focus on ele vating the character of and in creasing the interest in the pro fession of teaching and promot ing the cause of education in the United States. VISTA FOCUSES ON PROGRAM To college students fed up with hamburgers VISTA sug gests seal meat. Or, Eskimo ice cream, a tasty mish-mash made from reindeer tallow, fish, seal oil and—if you’re lucky—^ber ries. This diet, and others less exotic are being offered to col lege students along with the chance to follow up or fill in their formal educations with a full year’s study in the school of hard knocks. Thirty million other Americans who never had a choice are already there: —in the slums of the cities; —in Job Corps Centers —in stricken rural America; —in the migrant worker camps —in the huts on Indian reser- See Vista Focuses, page 7

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