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FAYETTEVILLE STATE COLLEGE
VOL. 22 NO. 7
Fayetteville, N. C.
MARCH 25, 1969
F.S.C. GRAM TO LOCAL STVDENT
SPECIAL FEATURE
Sherman E. Freeman, center, from Fayetteville, Is the first recipient of the
Fayetteville StateCollege Day Student Organization’s scholarship grant. Presenting
the award is James Williams, left, president of the organization, and with them is
Hubert Simmons, vice president. The stipend was Initiated to augment the
college's effort to recruit top area high school graduates.
brother who was killed
in Viet Nam, not even
knowing what he was
fighting for. These ques
tions and more come to
your mind reminding you
of when you were a child
asking your mother. “Why
is the sky blue?”, or “why
is Johnny white and I’m
black?” You had to ask
your mother these ques
tions because she’s the
smartest person in the
world. She can answer
anything in the world. She
can answer anything ex
cept why your father is
never home. You always
wonder why she’s always
crying when she is alone,
perhaps its because she
has a lot of questions she
would like answered also;
and you can’t answer
them, you’re too young.
Life is hard, yet you
have to try and make it.
It is the rule of nature,
selfpreservation. Anyone
who quits has no courage,
for that is indeed what
it takes, courage. The
many ups and downs of
LIFE
Life is full of unan
swerable qucacions and
mysteries. It can be en
joyed, not to the fullest,
but only if you don’t at
tempt to understand it
fully. Trying to under
stand the happenings in
life is like trying to ex
plain why the sky is blue.
You can guess at it, but
never answer it fully.
Life today is not at
all like it was many years
ago. Of course there
have been great improve
ments here and there but
basically life remains as
it has always been, hard.
It is hard for everyone,
rich and poor alike. Of
course, it is harder for
some to succeed or
achieve happiness than
for others. This is due
to our different form or
forms of living. There
BY ROY BIRCH
are so many different
forms of government and
civilizations that in
each one success is dif
ferent. It all depends on
the system you are trying
to succeed by.
Sometimes you can sit
down and try to play out
your future^ You can plan
it perfectly, so you think,
then nothing goes the way
you’ve planned. It could
have been some minute
difference that caused
these changes to occur,
but nevertheless, they
changed. That’s life.
Life is full of sorrow,
happiness and never end
ing query. You wonder
why it had to be your
family in which your
mother and father parted,
why it had to be your cou
sin strung out on dope,
why it had to be your
Association To
Fight C.A.B.
Washington, D. C.
The United States Na
tional Student Association
(NSA) will fight the rec-
commendation of a Civil
Aeronautics Board (CAB)
examiner calling for the
abolition of youth fares as
“unjustly discrimina
tory,” and has ratained
legal counsel to prepare
briefs and oral arguments
for the presentation
before the CAB. The an
nouncement of NSA’s ac
tion came from Services
Division Director AlanC.
Handell, who noted that
the Association may take
the matter to a Federal
Court if NSA is not suc
cessful in arguing before
the CAB. ‘This is a
matter which affects
literally millions of young
people, and NSA will go
as far as possible in the
fight to keep the reduced
fares.”
Abolition of Youth fares
is being sought by a num
ber of bus companies.
NSA will argue that in
view of the educational.
social, economic, and
cultural benefits afforded
by the youth fares, the
fares should not be can
celled.
Written arguments
were presented by NSA to
the CAB on February 26,
Oral arguments will be
made at a later date. NSA
is being represented by
the Washington law firm
of Koteen and Burt, who
are experts in air fare
matters.
Handell urged that
students interested in re
taining youth fares con
tact him at USNSA, 2115
S. Street, N. W., Wash
ington, D. C. 20008, NSA
is a national confedera
tion of nearly 400 stud
ent government associa
tions. It is the oldest
national grouping of
American student gov
ernments, founded in
1947. It operates pro
grams for students
in areas such as legal
rights, educational in
novation, and low cost
educational travel.
life can drive a sane man
crazy, if he lets them.
Life is full of many dis
appointing days and
sleepless nights. Many
times it makes you feel
like ending it all finally,
but you can't do that;
you’re scared. So what
you do Is the next best
thing, you get drunk or
just plain flabbergasted.
That solves the problem,
until you get sober. Then
you’ve got the same prob
lem, plus a possible hang
over as the results.
Yes, life is hard, but
sometimes its fun to see
how many people you can
aid in their life while you
are still available. It’s
also fun to continue
guessing into the future,
wishing and hoping for the
best, yet always expecting
the worst. Love is the
same way, it will never be
answered fully, but it will
be enjoyed and experi
enced with feeling. That’s
jrst what life is, an ex
perience above all ex
periences; as a matter of
FSC AIM OUTLINED
IN HOUSE BILL
A bill defining the pur
pose of Fayetteville State
Colltege was introduced
in the House Wednesday
upon the recommendation
of the State Board
of Higher Education.
The bill sets the pri
mary purpose of Fayette
ville State College, along
with Winston-Salem State
College and Elizabeth
City State College as
tsir.g *‘tc provide under
graduate instruction in
the liberal arts and
sciences, to prepare
teachers anti to undertake
programs deemed nec
essary and approved by
the Board of Higher Edu
cation.”
Rep. Leatherman said
that the bill was designed
to spell out the functions
of each school.
fact, it is the only ex
perience , good or bad.
Try it sometime.
Local Merchant
Agrees To Demands
DEAN JONES ON BOARD
Fayetteville State Col
lege’s Afro-American
Student Association and
the Fayetteville Area
Poor People's Organi
zation have obtained a
positive answer to 12 de
mands presented to the
owner of Vick’s Drive In
Restaurant.
The demands were pre
sented Friday, Feb
ruary 28, after a care
ful review of the working
conditions, pay and fringe
benefits of the res
taurant’s employees. In
addition, service to cus
tomers was also ana
lyzed.
The demands included:
(1) $1.60 per hour mini
mum for all waitresses
(2) $2.00 per hour mini
mum wage for all cooks
(3) 1 day per month paid
sick leave for all em
ployees
(4) 1 day per month paid
annual leave for all em
ployees
(5) all hours over 44 hours
a week paid at time and
a half for all employees
(6) uniforms furnished by
employer for all em
ployees
with
(7) clean kitchen
Grade A rating
(8) an employee to clean
premises in afternoon and
at night
(9) better quality food
using Grade A meats
(10) better treatment of
black customers
(11) no Increase in food
prices
(12) no repurcussions
against employees
A spokesman for FSC-
FAPPO said that the
agreement would go into
effect on March 2,
Dean of Students, J. C. Jones was recently appointed
to the North Carolina Board of Juvenile Corrections
by the Governor. The policy making board for all
training schools in North Carolina is an eight member
board. Dean Jones is shown above being sworn into
the office by Superior Court Judge Maurice Braswell,
right. Mrs. Alice Jones and daughter, Yvonne are
next to the new board member.