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NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27707
_yOLUME 39 - NUMBER 4 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1979
NCCU To Host Landmark Conference
U.S. BEGINS AFRICAN DIPLOMACY TALKS
DR. GEORGE REID
PROJECT DIRECTOR
A three-day symposium
on:Developing an African-
American Diplomacy will
be held on the campus of
North Carolina Central Uni
versity, November 18,19
and 20.
“This is a landmark for
the country, the South, and
NCCU,” said project Direct
or Dr. George W. Reid, as
sistant dean of NCCU’s
undergraduate School of
Arts and Sciences. “The
United States has had im
portant talks with Russia,
the Middle East, and other
nations^ but there has never
been a "major Africp-Amer-
ican dialogue. We intend to
establish diplomatic rela
tions throu^ the sympo
sium.”
DAWSON NAMED
U.S. AMBASSADOR
Dr. Horace G. Dawson, Jr.,
a former faculty member
and director of the News
Bureau at North Carolina
Central University in Dur
ham, will become the Unit
ed States Ambassador to
the African nation of Bot
swana Thursday.
Dr. Dawson will take the
oath of office as Ambassa
dor, having received Senate
confirmation of his appoint
ment by President Carter
recently.
Until his appoinment,
Dawson was an Embassy
Counsellor for Public
Affairs and Director of the
United States International
Communications Agency in
the Philhpines. He served in
that post for two years.
Dawson is a veteran
foreign service information
officer. He left NCCU in
1962 to become cultural
attache in Kampala,
Uganda. He later served as
cultural attache in Lagos,
Nigeria, and as director of
the then United States In
formation Service in Mon
rovia, Liberia. He has also
held USIS and Us Inter
national Communications
Agency posts in the United
States.
Dr. Dawson holds the
degree from Lincoln Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, the
MA degree from Columbia
University and the Ph.D.
degree in mass communica
tions from the State Univer
sity of Iowa.
Before joining the-
foreign service, he taught
English hterature and
journalism at Southern
University and at North
Carolina Central.
He joined the NCCU
faculty in 1953 and served
as a teacher of English and
journalism until 1958, serv
ing concurrently as advisor
to 'the Campus Echo stud
ent newspaper. He was on
educational leave to work
toward his Ph.D. degree
from 1958 to 1960, when
he was appointed Director
of the NCCU News Bureau.
Botswana is considered a
“front line state” in south
ern Africai, sharing borders
with the Republic of South
Africa, Southwest Africa
(Namibia) and Zimbabwe-
Rhodesia. The Nation re
ceived its independence
from Great Britain in 1966
and joinded the United Na
tions in October 1966.
THE CAMPUS ECHO
WISHES YOU A
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
WHEN DRIVING HOME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
DON'T FLY LIKE
AN EAGLE!
The symposium, funded
by the National Endow
ment for the Humanities,
will feature position papers
read by distinguished diplo
mats from the United Na
tions, Department of State;
United States Information
Service; the Nigerian,
Ghanaian, Tanzanian, Ken
yan, Zimbabwean, and
South African Embassies;
and from the following uni
versities: the University of
Wisconsin, the University of
Cincinnati, Howard Univer
sity, Columbia University
and NCCU.
Representing NCCU will
be the following academic
participants: Dr. W.W.
Nichols, chairman. Dept, of
Geography; Dr. D.W.
Bishop, chairman. Dent, of
History; Dr. Slyvia Jacobs,
assoc, protessor of African
History; Dr. Leroy Walker,
professor of Physical Edu
cation; Dr. G.W. Reid; and
Mr. Freddie Parker, the
symposium secretary.
Other NCCU participants
will include Dr. C.L. Patter
son, Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs; Dr. Helen
Edmonds, Distinguished
Professor Emeritus; Dr.
Walter H. Pattillo, Under
graduate Dean; Dr. W. Carl
Wimberly, Vice Chancellor;
Dr. Charles King, Professor
Emeritus Dept, of Sociol
ogy; and Ms. Tonnette
Dixon, Miss NCCU 1979.
All sessions will be held in
the Fine Arts Building with
the exception of the Sun
day, Nov. 18, 9:30 p.m. ses
sion in B.N. Duke'Auditor
ium.
The November 18 agenda features:
-Session I, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
“The United States Information Service and Africa”
-Session 11, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
“African Diplomacy and the DepartmenYof State”
-Session III. 7:30 p.m.
-Keynote Speaker Address, 9:30 p.m.'
B.N. Duke Auditorium
(Tentative)
DONALD Me HENRY - UN AMBASSADOR
The November 19 agenda features:
-Session IV, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
“The West African Proposal for Diplomacy for the
United States”
-Session V, 2:00-3:45 p.m.
“The East African Proposal for the Diplomacy for the
United States With Africa.”
-Session VI, 3:45-5:15
“The Proposal of the Patriotic Front on African-Ame
rican Diplomacy”
The November 20 agenda features:
-Session VII, 9:30-12:00 noon
“Southern African Diplomacy and The United States”
-Session VIII, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
“On Developing an African-American Diplomacy”
EACIES TO INVADE A&T SATURDAY
It’s that time of the year
again. You can feel it in the
air. We are fastly approach
ing the game which thou
sands of Eagles and Aggies
await each year. Some call
it the second Homecoming
while others call it the
Eagle-Aggie Classic. The
tension is on and the pres
sure is high! All systems are
go!
The Eagles and Aggies will
meet heads Saturday in
what has been labeled by
both teams as the most im
portant game of the season.
It’s a do or die situation for
either side. More is at stake
than what meets the eye.
Some students say: “You
can lose every game of the
year, but just beat those
damn Aggies!”
The game begins 1:30
Saturday afternoon at Me
morial Stadium in Greens
boro. Students are urged to
leave home early to assure
themselves of a good seat.
EAGLE-AGGIE CLASSIC 10-YEAR
FOOTBALL RECORD
*- Winner
NCCU
A&T
1969
*28
*28
1970
*13
7
1971
*14
13
1972
*9
7
1973
*16
6
1974
*29 18
1975
16 *34
1976
*17 16
1977
6
1978
13
*17
In the last ten years. Central has won six games, tied
one and lost three against A&T. EAT YOUR HEART
OUT, AGGIES!!!