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Support NCC P/I rrt nil S C ^ U Patronize Student Scholarship V ,flrn P iMi rf^iio Our Fund Drive Advertisers 7U^ ^oUc^ ^ "DunAcuH Durham, North Carolina, Thursday, January 31, 1968 iV. C. College Initiates Self-Study Program A Self-Study Program was begun at North Carolina Col lege in September, 1967. The initiation of this program oc curred during the latter part of this past summer when Presi dent Albert N. Whiting held a series of conferences involving Dr. Helen Edmonds, Dean of the Graduate School; Dr. S. B. Fulbright, Dean of the Under graduate School; William M. Jones, Vice President of Finan cial Affairs; Dr. Leonard Robin son, Assistant to the President; Dr. Joseph A. Pittman, Prof- sor of Education; and Dr. Thom as J. Mayberry, Jr., Professor of Education. These conferences were concerned with (1) the appointment of co-directors for the Self-Study Program and (2) the preparation of a request for the Southern Education Foun dation for a grant for funds which would make it possible to broaden the sctioe of Self- Study activities. Drs. Pittman and Mayberry accepted the positions as Co- Directors of the Self-Siudy Pro gram. Dr. Nell Hirschberg, Pro fessor of Biology; Dr. Ruth Hor ry, Professor of French; Dr. Charles W. Orr, Director of De velopment and Professor of Edu cation; Dr. Leonard H. Robin son, Assistant to the President and Professor of Sociology; and Dr. Gene Stras.sler, Associate Professor in Music and Chair man of the Music Department, are members of the Steering. Committee. The job of the Co- Directors is to supervise and co ordinate the study survey and research activities as they are conducted at the various de]?art- mental levels. A center for the Self-Study Program was established in Room 213, Education Building. Appropriate office furnishings for the Co-Directors and a secre tary were installed. “The essential purpose,” as stated in the Manual for the In stitutional Self-Study Program of the Commission on Colleges by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, “is the improving of educational effec tiveness in institutions of higher learning. The procedures of that program are designed to help institutions reassess their ob jectives, measure success in at taining objectives, explore ways and means by which educational efficiency may be improved, and prepare for the ever-in creasing demands of society.” The program recommended by the Southern Association of Col leges and Schools, will continue for the entire school session, ending in the spring of 1968. It includes research, surveys, and evaluations of the performance and conditions of the college. Every facet of the college is involved. The library is studied to determine the actual number of volimies and publications and the adequacy of other facilities. Administrative problems are also being scrutinized. There is a probing of overall personnel problems. This is part of the As sociation’s method of determ ining the quality and standards ol its members. The study is broken down in to (1.) departmental study (con Governor’s Office Offers Internships NCC SELF-STUDY PROGRAM—Drs. Pittman and Mayberry, co-directors of the program, discuss the agenda before a meeting. Dr. Mayberry is at left. — (ECHO Photo.) siderations in which each cle partment carries on a separate study and (2.) College-Wide Committees through which all broad areas of the college are covered. There are ten major committees. They are the Com mittee on Purpose with its chairman as Presiding Whiting and its members Mr. E. A. Eaves, Dean Helen Edmonds, Dr. W. E. Farrison, Dean S. B. Fulbright, Mr. Irving McCollum, and Dr. Mary Townes. The students on this committee are Mr. Grova Bridges, Mr. Douglas Gills, and Mr. Charles Scott. The Committee on Organization and Administration has as its chairman Dr. Floyd Bass and members Dr. Octavia Knight, Dr. Paul Smith, Dr. Raphael Thompson, and Dr. Ross Townes. The chairman of the Commit tee on Educational Program are Mrs. Maria Creed, Dean S. B. Fulbright, and Dr. Mary Townes and its members Dr. Russell Adams, Dr. Floyd Bass Dr. Alonzo Davis, Dean S. B. Fulbright, Mr. John Harrell, Dean Latham, Dean Robert Mc Adams, Registrar B. McMillon, Mrs. Helen Miller, Dean John L. Stewart, Mrs. Alma Biggers, Mr. Vernon Clark; Dr. William Couch, Dr. Elizabeth Daniel, Dr. George Kyle, Mr. Norman Pendergraft, Mrs. Constance Allen, Dr. Ida Blue, Dr. David Denny, Mr. Ira Lester, Mrs. Willa Lewis, and Miss Jean Norris. The Committee on Financial Resources has as its chairman Dr. William Jones and its members Dr. Norman John son, Mr. Irvin Knight, Registrar B. T. McMillon, Mr. Joseph Nor man, and Mr. George T. Thorne. The Committee on the Library’s chairman is Mrs. Sadie Hughley and its members Mr. Russell Adams, Mrs. Dorothy Campbell, Mr. John Harrell, Mrs. Edna Lamberth, Mrs. Patsy Perry, Dr. Paul Smith, Mrs. Jocelyn Stevens, and Dr. Ross Townes. The students on this committee are Miss Daphne Page and Mr. Alfred Whitesides. The com mittee on the Faculty has as its chairmen Dean Helen Edmonds, Dr. S. B. Fulbright, and Dr. Cecil Patterson and its members Mr. George Clarke, Mrs. O. N. Couch, Dr. Paul Koepke, Dr. Theodore Speigner, and Dr. James Younge. Mr. John L. Stewart, Mr. George Nixon, Dr. James H. Brewer are the chair men of the Committees on Stu dent Personnel and the members are Mr. Harold Alexander, Mr. J. A. Butts, Mr. Lee Smith. Mrs. Jennie Taylor, Mr. R. N. Thompson, Mr. George Thorne, Mr. John Turner, Dr. C. D. Watts, Dr. James Younge, Mrs. Alma T. Biggers, Mrs. Oscar Couch, Mrs. R. Edmonds, Miss Shirley Green, and Dr. Paul Smith. The Committee on the Physical Plant has as its chair man Dr. William Jones, and its members Dr. Normen Johnson, Mr. Irvin Knight, Registrar B. T. McMillon, Mr. Joseph Nor man, and Mr. CJeorge T. Thorne. The Committee on Research is headed by Dean Helen ' Ed monds, and the members are Dr. William Couch, Dr. Alonzo Davis, Dr. Nell Hirschberg, Dr. Ruth Horry, Dr. William See Self-Study page 5 Negro History Program Slated The featured 1968 NCC Ne gro History Week speaker on Monday, February 12 will be Dr. Lawrence Dunbar Reddick, Executive Director of Opportu nities Industrialization Center Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania. The program will be at 8:00 p.m., in B. N. Duke Audi torium. A University of Chicago Ph.D. in History and long-time college teacher. Dr. Reddick is on leave from the faculty of Coppin State College, Baltimore. Maryland. Dr. Reddick was chairman of the History Department at Ala bama State College when the famous Montgomery bus boycott took place. He is the author of a full-length biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. which is en titled, Crusader Without Vio lence. For six years Dr. Reddick was Chief of the Atlanta Uni versity Library where one of his major responsibilities was that school’s famous Slaughter Collection of materials on Ne gro Americans. Previous to this, he was overseer of the New York Public Library’s famous Schomburg Collection of mate rials on Afro-Americans. Dr. Reddick’s topic at NCC will be “Historical Roots of the Current Urban Rebellion.” Governor Moore today urged college students interested in State or local government who had completed six semesters of college to apply for either qf NTE Scheduled North CaroliEa Collego has been designated as a test center for administering the National Teacher EScaminations on Feb ruary 3, 1968, Dr. F. G. Ship man, Chairman of the Depart ment of Education, announced today. College seniors preparing to teach and teachers applying for positions in school systems, which encourage or require ap plicants to submit their scores on the National Teacher Exam inations along with their other credentials, are eligible to take the tests. The examinations are prepared and administered by Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. The designation of North Carolina College as a test center for these examinations will give prospective teachers in this area an opportunity to compare their performance in the examinations with candidates throughrut the country who take the tests, Dr. Shipman said. At the one-day test session, a pandidate may take the Common Examinations, which include tests in Professional Education and General Education, and one of the thirteen Teaching Area Examinations which are de signed to evaluate his under standing of the subject matter and methods applicable to the area he may be assigned to teach. Bulletins of Information de scribing registration procedures and containing registration forms may be obtained from Dr. F. G. Shipman, Room 109 Edu cation Building, North Carolina College, or directly from the Na tional Teacher Examination, Educational Testing Service, Box 911, Princeton, New Jer sey 08540. Prospective teachers planning to take the tests should obtain their Bulletins of In formation promptly. Dr. Ship man advised. two 1968 government internship programs. In announcing the 1968 pro grams, Moore said that 25 North Carolina college students will be selected to participate in the State Government Summer In ternship Program, and an addi tional 25 students will be se lected to participate in a Local Government Summer Internship Program. State Interns will attend a one-week orientation program and then work for 10 weeks in selected State departments while attending evening sem inars on the campus of North Carolina State University. The State Internship Program will begin June 10 and continue through August 23, 1968. State interns will be paid $90.00. a week. Governor Moore said that he See Governor’s Office page 5 Recruiters Set NCC Interviews During the months of Feb ruary and Matrch representatives from all over the nation will visit North Carolina College to interview for employment. The recruitment schedule for each month is as follows: Thursday, February 1 Consolidated Industrial Relations Office Washington, D. C. Psychology, Mathematics, Education, Sociology Friday, February 2 Census Bureau Washington, D. C. Sociology, Psychology, Economics Defense Intelligence Agency ' Georgraphy, Liberal Arts Monday February 5 RCA Accounting, Business Admin istration, Mathematics, Chem istry Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company See Recruiters Set page 5 SINGER AND STUDENTS—Mattiwilda Dobbs,internationally known soprano for the Stockholm, Sweden, Rojral Opera Compan/ center, chats with two North Carolina College students after an in- formal concert on the Durham campus. The students are Miss Artie Mae McKeaon left, Morganton N.C., a sociology major, and Leon- ard Byers, Statesville, N. C., a business adminis^ation maior and a member of the NCC choir. — (NCC Photo).
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