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The New Voice of African-American Students
North Carolina Central University
December 4,1989
Founder's Day ushers in homecoming
By Kimberly Thornton
Campus Editor
The Forty-Second Annual
Founder’s Day Convocation was
held November 3 at the B.N. Duke
Auditorium. The ceremony hon-
oreNorth Carolina Central Uni
versity founder the late Dr. James
E. Shepard and welcomed back
many of NCCU’s alumni. C.D.
Spangler, President of the Univer
sity of North Carolina university
system, praised Dr. Shepard in a
speech.
“He (Dr. Shepard) changed
the climate for race relations in
North Carolina and set an example
for the whole nation,” Spangler
said of Dr. Shepard.
Spangler talked of Dr. Shep
ard’s achievements and cited
the earlier, dark days of his life,
when the school was sold at an
auction five years after its found
ing. With the help of a New
York benefactor, Mrs. Russel Sage,
Dr. Shepard gained the school
back.
Spangler also addressed contri
butions the school has made
to America.
“Today in this nation, we have
a situation approaching crisis
in the number of people getting
doctorates, especialy in mathe
matics and physics. It has been
estimated that no more than
100 black holders of the Ph.D. in
See FOUNDERS page 3
Photo by James Brown
Founder's Day speaker C.D. Spangler praises Shepard.
The Legacy Lives On
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Photo by James Brown
School officials, student leaders and friends join in front of
founder's statue to lay wreaths in honor of Janies E. Shepard.
Admission officers
concerned about
UNC system policy
By Tatia M. Davis
Editor-In-Chief
College admissions officials
are concerned that high school
students are not being informed
about college entrance require
ments. Many seniors in high
school are unaware that The
University of North Carolina
system has tightened its en
trance requirements for incom
ing freshman for the 1990-91
fall session.
“Every night, we talk to dif
ferent parents and students about
the requirements and 50 percent
are unaware of the changes,”
said Mrs. Nancy Rowland, di
rector of Admissions at North
Carolina Central University.
Under the new policy, high
school students will need three
mathematic courses and three
science classes with labs. Previ-
See ADMISSIONS page 3