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THE INAUGURAL ECHO
Saturday, April 27, 1968
THE INAUGURAL ECHO
INAUGURAL CHAIRMEN
Honorary Chairman Bascom Baynes
Trustee Representatives John R. Larkins, Marshall T. Spears
General Chairman Helen G. Edmonds
Aacademic Regalia Maria B. Creed
Alumni Coordination G. S. Nixon
Art Exhibit A Robert Kennedy
City Liason C. E. Boulware
Guided Tours ..Willa Lewis
Inaugural Echo Jean Norris
Inaugural Luncheon Robert Smith
Inaugural Luncheon Hostesses.. Gwendolyn Newkirk
Items For Ceremony Imogene Ford, Norman Johnson
Marshals and Ushers Charles Orr
Music Gene Strassler
Physical Properties : Robert Duncan
President’s Reception Louise M. Latham
Public Address System James Parker
Publicity, Photography and News Releases y.. H. W. Alexander
Registration, Kits and Hospitality Sadie S. Hughley
Special Housing and Meals
Student Coordination Douglas Gills, John L. Stewart
Telephone. Telegram and Mail Travis Free, Virginia Rogers
Traffic and Transportation J. R. Butts, J. A. Pittman
INAUGURAL ECHO COMMITTEE
Jean Norris, William Chapman, H. W. Alexander, Henry Brooks,
Faye Wynn, William Couch, Charles A. Ray, Carolyn Mangum
Echo Editor Hails Whiting’s Ideals
By MR. WILLIAM CHAPMAN
Campus Echo Editor
On April 27, 1968, North Car
olina College at Durham will
pass the mantle of its leadership
to its fourth president, Dr. Al
bert N. Whiting. As editor of the
Campus Echo, the college news
paper, I would like to add my
personal sentiments with those
of my staff and the students of
NCC in saying that we are
proud to have one of his stature
and one with whom we, the stu
dents, can identify to spear
head this our beloved iiistitu-
tion.
Dr. Shepard set the course of
the college; Dr. Elder extended
Shepard’s dream; Dr. Massie’s
highlights reflected progress;
and Dr. Whiting sets the engine
full steam ahead. Dr. Whiting
expresses fond hopes and aspira
tions for the coming years. He
looks to the future of NCC as
having a staff of qualified teach
ers whose goal is to inspire a
thirst for knowledge. He de
scribes the student body as be
ing potential partners in the ad
ministration of NCC.
We are not only celebrating
the leader of this institution, but
also the institution itself. Dr.
Alfonso Elder once said that we
are celebrating our coming of
age as an institution with full
status among institutions de
voted to the pursuit of excel
lence in academic achievement.
We are rejoicing over the grow
ing consciousness of people
throughout America of the value
of intellectual inquiry and of
the growing dependence upon
education as a force for promot
ing the peace and security of the
world.
With formal and suitable
ceremonies. Dr. Whiting, and
with faith and confidence in
your interest in the students of
NCC and in the betterment of
NCC, we, the students, bid you
welcome.
Student Welfare Focus Of Group
One of the many meetings of the Board of Trustees and college
representatives focus upon college expansion. Shown from left to
right, are, Dr. W. H. Brown, NCC professor of Education( deceased);
Mrs. R. S. Ferguson; Attorney M. Hugh Thompson; Dr. J. M. Hub
bard, Sr.; Dr. J. R. Larkins; Dr. Bascom T. Baynes; Dr. William
Jones, NCC Vice-President for Financial Affairs; Attorney Clyde
Shreve; Mr. Clarence C. Watkins; Judge Marshall Spears, Sr.; and
Dr. Helen Edmonds, NCC Dean of Graduate School. Absent from
picture are Mrs. Harvey Beech, Mr. Robert J. Brown; Mrs. Everett
L. Bugg; and Dr. Paul H. Clyde.
Board Approves Committee Plan
-SGA-
By DR. PAUL KOEPKE
Professor of Music
By DR. JAMES BREWER
Chairman of Student Welfare
Committee
North Carolina College en
dorses the “Joint Statement on
Rights and Freedoms of Stu
dents” prepared by the National
Student Association, the Ameri
can Association of University
Professors, and eight other na
tional educational organizations.
In developing responsible stu
dent citizenship, conduct, or
ganizations, publications, and so
forth, the Student Welfare Com
mittee plays a vital role at
North Carolina College. College
students, for example, are both
citizens and members of the
academic community. As citi
zens, students must enjoy the
same freedom of speech, peace
ful assembly, and right to peti
tion that other citizens enjoy.
Student Role Cited
As members of the academic
community, they are subject to
the obligations which accrue to
them by virtue of this mem
bership. Therefore, the Student
Welfare Committee takes posi
tive steps to insure that its pow
ers are not employed to inhibit
intellectual and personal stu
dent development.
Likewise, the Committee has
an obligation to clarify those
standards of behavior which it
considers essential to the edu
cational mission of the college.
In student affairs, certain
goals and guidelines must be
maintained if the freedom of
students is to be preserved. It
is in this context that the Wel
fare Committee perceives its
major function. Consequently,
the members (9 students and 9
faculty members) serve on five
sub-committees: student disci
pline; student publications; stu
dent health, safety, and sanita
tion; student awards; and grad
uate students association.
Committee Revitalized
In the revitalized Student
Welfare Program perhaps the
most significant change has
been in the area of policies and
procedures involved in non-aca-
demic discipline. Disciplinary
proceedings now play an essen
tial role in developing respon
sible student conduct. Student
courts have been given almost
complete jurisdiction in the ad
ministration of discipline.
At each level (dormitory coun
cils, student courts, etc.,) care
is taken to insure that any ac
tion taken is in accord with
procedural due process. Proper
procedural safeguards, for ex
ample, must be observed to pro
tect the accused.
Fairness Accented
In each case it is required
that the student be informed of
the nature of the charge against
him, that he be given a fair op
portunity to refute them, that
the college not be arbitrary in
its actions, and that there be
provision for appeal of a deci
sion.
Except for certain applicable
limitations, the student courts
are free to resolve disciplinary
matters brought to their atten
tion. In order to improve and
to expedite the administration of
disciplinary cases, procedural
errors are remanded by the Wel
fare Committee back to the stu
dent courts. Thus, the frequency
of appeals have been greatly re
duced to the best interest of the
student and the college.
-Excellence-
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garded interest in students and
how they can best be helped to
learn.”
Goals Set
Outspoken in his insistence
upon adherence to national
norms and competition in an
open society, Whiting says that
although NCC will “undoubt
edly continue to have a pre
dominantly Negro enrollment
for the next decade” that never
theless, “. . . our educational
pattern must be so shaped as to
prepare our students for effect
ive participation, both profes
sional and lay, in an unshelter
ed, integrated society.”
With a “competent”, “con
cerned” faculty of “liberally
educated persons” who “require
a central role in determining
educational policies and prac
tices,” Whiting hopes to develop
in his campus culture an “intel
lectual involvement.”
Speaking of the impact of “in
tellectual involvement” in the
NCC of the future, Dr. Whiting
said in an address to students
on January 11, 1967:
Student Role Viewed
“If at North Carolina College,
the Student Congress were to
turn its attention to the issuing
of useful reports on the educa
tional, counseling, and extra
curricular programs it would
soon come to represent a focal
point of student opinion on mat
ters of educational and admini
strative policy to which the fac
ulty and administration would
give heed.
“If at North Carolina College,
student groups would organize
experiences and programs which
would represent extensions of
their formal education, such as
the Town Hall type forum,
round table discussions and lec
ture series, then concern for
issues, clarity of expression and
participation in decisions would
not be long coming, and along
with it, growth toward meaning
ful maturity.
“If at North Carolina College,
students earning dean’s list stat
us and elected to honor societies
were to interpret this not only
as a summons to continued high
level performance, but as a rec
ognition of their responsibility
to use their mental endowments
to keep the organization going,
so that others may be so sum
moned to leadership, then schol
arship and achievement would
become valued goals.
Commitment Sought
“If at North Carolina College,
violators of propriety and pur
pose were met with student cen
sure, then student self-govern
ment would become an accom
plished fact in the area of stu
dent life, and this, in turn,
would reflect a commitment to
purpose which would soon be
come a North Carolina College
tradition.”
On May 12, 1967, speaking to
a group of business officers in
predominantly Negro colleges.
President Whiting gave his cre
do for NCC and other simi
larly situated institutions when
he said they (the Negro col
leges) must make a gargantuan
and immediate effort to invest in
tomorrow by developing the
kinds of programs which will
prepare their students for an ef
fective role in the society of the
future. And we must keep in
mind that this role must be a
pioneering one in a technological
world where developments are
so rapid and changes so cata
clysmic that only the sharpest
and most sensitive will survive
and flourish.”
When is the time for EXCEL
LENCY? The time is NOW.
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It is imperative that North Car
olina College continue to rec
ognize the importance of the
mutual cooperation of students,
faculty and administration if the
building of a viable, cohesive,
commendable “college culture”
is to be a reality.
It is certainly true that a con
structive program geared to the
needs of students in a society
of today and tomorrow takes
time. It is not enough that one
thinks of an idea; he must put
that idea into a tangible for
mula based on diligence, rele
vance, possibility and determi
nation to make it work. This
will be the test of this institu
tion. Each segment of this col
lege community must be willing
to stand by its leader and sup
port his program as he has pre
sented it to the college.
Above all the student body
has a responsibility and a very
important one. President Whit
ing has proven more than once
that he is a president with whom
we can identify. He has shown
that he is accessible and that
he is willing to sympathize with
students who fight for a just
cause and are able to accept re
sponsibility. This will be our
greatest test as students and
youth in particular — our will
ingness to accept responsibility
that more self-discipline brings.
For years we have fought for
“de-Shepardization” and now
we have a full leg in the door.
It is now necessary to show
more conservative thinkers of
education that they have been
wrong. We must be willing to
safeguard our privileges and
rights by exhibiting adult re
sponsibility that is comparable
with our ability to determine for
ourselves what is best for us.
As we gain more control of our
individual destinies as a student
body, we must also be willing to
defend a president of the cali
bre of Dr. Albert N. Whiting
who has been more than willing
to defend us. He realizes that to
a greater extent, his future is
enmeshed in ours.
The greatest tribute we as a
student body can pay to our
current president of North Car
olina College is to strive vigor
ously to support his program,
defend his position, and inau
gurate his ideals by conscien
tiously developing ourselves into
responsible, freedom - loving,
learned citizens who are fully
able and willing to meet the de
mands of this confused and un
stable society of which we are
members.
The Board of Trustees of
North Carolina College, at their
regular meeting in January,
1968, approved a faculty com
mittee plan of organization
which had been accepted in
principle by the general faculty
at their meeting in December,
1967.
Under this plan the faculty,
through various elected and ap
pointed conunittees, will share
the responsibilities of policy
making with the administration.
The four committees whose
members are elected by the gen
eral faculty are:
The Faculty Personnel Com
mittee, which will review all
recommendations for promo
tions, salary and tenure and sub
mit its recommendations to the
President of the College. This
committee is considered as ad
visory.
The Academic Policies Com
mittee, which will formulate
and interpret academic policies
and dispose of all problems in
volving the academic standards
of the college.
The Faculty Tenure Commit
tee, which will provide an op
portunity for aggrieved faculty
members to have a hearing be
fore their peers in cases of de
motion and/or removal for
cause. This committee will be
responsible for final recommen
dations through the President
to the Board of Trustees.
The Faculty-Trustee Commit
tee, which will serve as an in
termediary between the Board
of Trustees and the faculty
where agreement cannot be
reached by the faculty and
President on policy or other
problems directly affecting the
welfare of the faculty. Such
problems must be referred to
this committee by a majority
vote of the faculty. The com
mittee shall consist of three
elected faculty and four board
members.
The following committees are
appointed by the President:
The Student Welfare Commit
tee, which will handle all stu
dent disciplinary cases either
directly or through the delega
tion of authority to various stu
dent judicial bodies, and to for
mulate and recommend to the
faculty policies governing stu
dent activities and student wel
fare.
The Curriculum Committee,
which vdll review all matters
related to curricula and formu
late and recommend programs
See BOARD, Page 6