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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.
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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