★★ Homecoming Edition ★★
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No. 6
Published by and for the students of North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C. 27707 November 7, 1980
Hilda Harris
‘...a living success story’
Major opera star
performs at Central
By Marvin 0. Royster
“Exciting, vibrant, and beautiful”—Hilda
Harris, a leading mezzo-soprano with the
Metropolitan Opera in New York City, will
perform a recital Nov. 9 in B. N. Duke
Auditorium at 3:00 p.m.
Ms. Harris will perform a variety of works,
including spirituals, American songs, and
songs by Claude Debussy and ‘ Gustav
Mahler.
A work of special interest is “My Name is
Rosa Parks” from “A handful of Souls” by
Ezra Laderman and Joe Darion.
Tickets fOr students are $2.50, $5 for the
general public.
After her performance there will be a
reception tentatively scheduled for the W.G.
Pearson cafeteria.
Dr. Earl G. Sanders, chairman of the
Lyceum Committee which sponsors Harris,
said, “If you rate her on a scale of 1-10, she’s
at the top. Her voice is in its prime.”
When asked why an NCCU student should
attend Ms. Harris’ performance, Sanders
said, “Hilda Harris is a living success story.
She’s from Warren County, one of the
poorest counties in the state. She’s gone
from Warren County to top billing at the
Metropolitan Opera, one of the most
prestigious opera companies in the world.
Singing at the Metropolitan Opera is the
ultimate in success. Her background is
similar to many students here. She realized
she had a great deal of work to to do and she
did it.”
. Harris, an alumna of NCCU and a native of
Warren County, first met success in 1967
when she made her debut in Carnegie Hall.
In 1977 she made her debut at the
Metropolitan Opera in Alban Berg’s Lulu. She
has gone on to become a major star in Europe
and America, performing at the Met in Lulu,
The Marriage of Figaro, Tales of Hoffmann,
Anna Boiena, and Return of Ulysses.
She has appeared in oratorios with or
chestras in Europe, Canada, and the United
States, including North Carolina.
In her recitals she performs a variety of
music from Baroque Opera to Negro
Spirituals.
A star of radio and television, she has ap
peared three times on Ezra Laderman-Joe
Darion CBS television specials. She perform
ed and recorded the world premiere of
Dorothy Rudd Moore’s song cycle. From The
Dark Tower, a work written for her.
She is scheduled to do a full length opera on
PBS in January.
In this issue
pag,e 3 Ea^le of the Week
pa^e 4 Eagjleson in Ea|,leson
pa^e 5 Heavy Weather
Founder’s Day begins
gala Homecoming test
By Winfred Cross
North Carolina Central’s 1980 homecoming week continues
today with the 33rd annual Founder’s Day program in B.N.
Duke Auditorium at 11:00 a.m. The weekend will feature foot
ball, a concert and a coronation ball.
Founder's Day
Dr. Charles H. Cobb, a 1940 graduate of NCCU and ex
ecutive director of the Commission for Racial Justice of the
United Church of Christ, will be the principal speaker at the
program;
After the ceremony, the school’s old Cafeteria, which
houses the Placement Bureau and Academic Skills Center,
will be dedicated to the late Harold Alexander and the late
Wayne Dunn. Alexander was the center’s first director. Dunn,
an instuctor at the center, died heroically in 1979 while sav;
ing the life of a fellow worker.
Hilda Harris, mezzo soprano for the Metropolitian Opera
and graduate of NCCU, will perform at the Founder’s Day
ceremony with the University’s concert and touring
choirs.(see related story.)
Happy Birthday, Central
Friday afternoon in the W.G. Pearson Cafeteria,!the junior
class, in conjunction with several fraternities, sororities and
other organizations, will sponsor a birthday party for the
university. There will be music and prizes will be given away.
Cool Out With Beverly
Friday evening in McDougald Gymnasium, Frankie Beverly
and Maze, along with the SOS and Third Generation bands,
will perform at the annual homecoming concert.
Cameron, a group that was scheduled to appear, will not
perform.
Ervin Baker, Student Government Association president,
said, “There was some mix up with the group, but we have
everything under control now.”
A pre-dawn dance will be held immediately after the con
cert.
Eagles Fi^t Bulls
Saturday, the CIAA champion Eagles will take on the
Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls. The Eagles have been
predicted to win by as much as 30 points.
Homcomlng Coronation Ball
Saturday night, a coronation ball in honor of ail campus
queens and Miss Homecoming, Teresa Burke, will be held in
McDougald Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m. The dress is semi-
formal.
NCCU to ^et grants
IBM
EPA
North Caroliija Central University has received a $50,000
grant from IBM!to help the NCCU School of Busine^ achieve
accreditation by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools
of Business.
The IBM grant, presented to Chancellor Albert Nl. Whiting
and Dean Tyronza Richmond of the School of Business by
Nobou Mil, vice-president of IBM’s Telecommiinications
Systems division and general manager of the Raleigh plants,
will support the development of a business libriary as a
satelite library of NCCU’s James E. Shepard Library.
Dr. Richmond said the School of Business hopes to
establish a collection which will include at least 40,0p0 books
and monographs and 300 periodical subscriptions^ In addi
tion, the collection should contain a number of eixpensive
looseleaf financial services and at least 50 “annual continua
tions” (such as The Commodity Yearbook, Conference Board
Records, and The Directory of Corporate Affiliations), Dr.
Richmond said.
To meet that goal. Dr. Richmond said, a budget of $!l50,000
a year will be required. State appropriations will provide for
“only a modest fraction” of that total, the dean not^.
“It is our hope that our business library-will be developed
such that by the time of a visitation by the committee from
the AACSB (the accrediting agency), the library wiljl exceed
the minimum standards for accreditation,” Dr. Richmond
said.
Dean Richmond gave credit for assistance in obtaining the
IBM grant to Dr. Dallas Simmons, NCCU Vice-Chancellor for
University Relations, and to S.A. Patafio, personnel resources
manager for IBM at the Research Triangle Park.
N.C. Central University has received a $287,000 grant
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a
three-year investigation of ariborne pollens and fungal
spores.
Dr. John Ruffin, chairman of the department of biology and
director of the project, said the goals of the study are: to
establish a detailed reference of air spore and pollen concen
trations; to determine whether pollens and spores carry with
them unsuspected agents from industrial sites; and to use
airborne pollens and spores as environmental surveillance
systems for studying other known atmospheric pollutants.
Ruffin and his collaborators will monitor the presence of
pollen and spores in the air throughout the year, identifying
the pollens and spores found. Collected or cultured pollens
will be analyzed to identify the protein compounds present
and to determine the role they may play in triggering allergic
reactions.
For several years, Ruffin has been involved with identifica
tion and frequency surveys of airborne pollen and spore oc
curences.
The study will attempt to determine whether pollens and
spores captured near industrial sites have been in contact
with known or suspected carcinogens and whether that con
tact has altered their protein patterns in any way.
The study will also investigate the presence of micro
organisms noted on the surface of certain pollen grains and
the possible role played by those organisms in causing
respiratory ailments.
Ruffin will be aided in the project by a full-time post
doctoral assistant and by NCCU students.
Award winning program
grants ten internships
NCCU News Bureau
Ten senior Public Administration majors at North Carolina
Central University have begun two-semester internships in
area government and government-related agencies.
The internship phase of the university’s Public Administra
tion Program was a key factor in the program’s being named a
winner of the Stephen B. Sweeney award by the international
City Management Association this year. The award honors in
novative programs in the education of government managers,
and was presented to Dr. Tyrorie Baines, director of the pro
gram, at the end of September.
Students in the intership program work two full days a week
for two semesters in the agencies with which they are placed.
The students receive academic credit and financial Stipends
through the program.
The city of Durham employs five of the 1980-81 interns.
They are Stephanie Gaddy of Winston-Salem; Ervin Keaton of
Stateville; Bernice Jeffreys of Milton; Carolyn Cobb of Blanch;
and Annette Gadsen of Fayetteville.
Delaney Wilson of Goldsboro will work with Southern Ex
posure magazine. Tanya Prunty of the Bronx, N.Y., will work
with the Durham Housing Authority. Catherine Sparrow of
Clinton will work with the town of Carrboro.
The Durham Employment Security Commission will employ
Grossie Smith of Winterville and Vickie Gates of Winston-
Salem.
Ms. Glenda. C. McNeill is coordinator of the intershiom pro
gram, under the direction of Dr. Baines.
The NCCU Public Administration Program is one of very few
such programs which offers baccalaureate degrees and train
ing for entry-level employment in government agencies.
Happy Birthday
NCCU