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fayeheville state university
VOLUME 24 NUMBER 2
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
OCTOBER 31, 1970
Convocation kicks
By STAFF FDITOK
The Convocation held
on Thursday, October 1,
marked the formal open
ing of the 1970-71 school
year.
Speaker for the event.
Dr. Charles A. Lyons was
introduced by Dean Fields
to a very scanty audience
of approximately seven
ty - five students. Dr.
Lyons reported that the
event formally opened the
University after several
weeks of operation. He
cited it as a time to come
together, sit together,and
talk together about goals,
recalling that the sub
ject discussed for th
1969-70 academic - yeaiC
convocation was “Reality
and a Meaning in the Age
of Revolution.” He
brought to view the ad
dition in FSU’s academic
program and future plans
for other facilities such
as closed circuit tele
vision and the ground
breaking of the student
center this fall. Dr.
Lyons stated that sta
tistics from the Regis
trar’s Office show that
FSU has the largest en
tering class and the lar
gest student body that
it has ever had.
HARD DRIVING CON-
SGA Prexy, James Nesby, advocates black truth
in education. Photos by Mike Grannum.
Enrollment
soars at FSU
Fayetteville State Uni
versity has the largest
student enrollment in the
institution's history for
the 1970 - 71 academic
year, according to infor
mation released recent
ly by the Registrar's of
fice.
A ninety-seven percent
(97%) increase in fresh
man enrollment over
1969-70 is the most sig
nificant factor in the
FSU increase. The in
coming freshman class
has an enrollment of
478 students compared
with 242 students last
year.
In addition to the fresh
man increase, there are
51 transfer students,thus
giving the University five
hundred twenty - nine
■(529) new faces on the
campus.
According to the Di
rector of Admissions,
applications and accept
ances ran considerably
ahead of any previous
year and only a shortage
of housing and financial
aid kept the University
from experiencing an
even more dramatic in
crease in enrollment.
Fayetteville State's
current enrollment is
1,420 students, a gain
of more than twenty-one
percent (21%) over a
similar peric^ last year.
FSU’s 1970-71 en
rollment increase is con
siderably more than the
U.S.^ Office of Educa
tion’s projected increase
for private and public in
stitutions in the country.
United States Office of
Education predicted ear
lier that enrollment of
degree-credit students
at colleges and univer
sities would total 7.6 mil
lion for 1970-71, againof
4.1 percent over 1969-70.
The 1970 session of
F.S.U. opened with 1420
students enrolled, as
compared with 1142 total
enrollment of 1969.
The breakdown of stu
dents is as follows:
new freshmen 47,8^
advanced freshmen...125*'
sophomores 221
juniors 276
seniors 279
special students 9
evening students 33
VE YEAR
“Inspite of crowding,
I believe we are off
to a good start. This is
a budget year, a legis
lative year, and we must
show evidence of growth
in order to receive more
on the budget," Dr. Lyons
announced. He reported
that in order for FSU
to move into the main
stream of higher educa
tion in this country, it
would have to obtain
first-rate personnel in
terms of attitude in the
goals of the develop
ment of this institution.
To the student, he said
that his aim is to stress
the desire to learn and
the need for self-im
provement, and to kindle
and keep alive that same
spark that the student
brings to the institution.
He stated, too, that no
one can teach a student
unless he wants to be
taught.
‘ I am looking forward
to a hard driving and
constructive year; a job of
educating students. That
is where my energy will
be extended; that s my
job.” The President pro-
Canteen
manager notes
Improvement
By NWS WRITER
Canteen manager , Mr.
Howard Allen, noted that
one of the effects of in
creased enrollment this
year at F.S.U. is addi
tion of more “nice, new
friendly faces.”
Allen says that it is
“amazing” to see how
mannerly the students
are. “You can tell they
come from Christian
homes.” He also notic
ed that the students show
a good deal of patience
in waiting for orders to
be filled. “It means a
lot to have the students
realize that we’re doing
all we can to serve them,’
he continued.
In commenting on the
general behavior of stu
dents in the canteen, Al
len remarked that the ma
jority of the students
come in cleaner and neat
er this year than years
before.
There is, unfortunate
ly, one sour note in stu-
dent-employee relations.
Some students are still
disorderly when it comes
to cleaning the tables
when they finish their
meals. “We would ap
preciate it if the students
would take their cups,
cans and paper... and
throw them in the waste
basket,” Allen comment
ed.
Mr. Allen is a native
of Fayetteville and a ,
member of Evans Me
tropolitan AMK Zion
Church.
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President Lyons connotes a hard driving, con
structive year at Convocation.
nounced in the latter part
of his speech, “As mem
bers of the University,
we recognize and re
spect the voice of all in
the FSU community.
Those who are good to
me, I am good to them.
Those who are not good
to me, I am also good
to them; thus, making all
good.”
The President con
cluded his message to the
FSU family saying, “I
believe we are all like
the lyrics ... People
who need people are the
luckiest people in the
world. If we operate like
this, we will indeed be
the luckiest people in the
world.”
At this point of tlie
program, presentation of
the Prepidenr. of the Stu
dent Government, James
Nesby, was made. Nesby
welcomed all students to
a fruitful year. With much
anxiety and concern for
the betterment of stu
dent perception, he
stressed the need of
black truth in education
today at FSU, pointing
out that FSU is a Black
institution that should
have black awareness in
mind.
Dean Richard Fields
presided over the event
which began with the pro
cession of the faculty
and staff members
dressed in academic at
tire according to degrees
held. The organist for
the program was Paul
Tamblyn. Invocation was
performed by Rev. S. T.
Gillespie, pastor of John
Wesley United Methodist
Church, and music was
provided by the univer
sity choir.
Buildings and grounds
in fair shape
By NWS WRITER
According to Superintendant, Vance McBroom, the
building and grounds are in fair condition now. He
said that it took a lot of hard work and time to bring
the buildings up to standard.
There has t>een a great deal of laboring in the
dorms, old administration building, and in the book
store.
Many of these places required major and minor
repairs, such as plumbing, painting, and replacing
worn out parts. Without a hard working crew, equip
ment, and an almost adequate supply of materials,
these things could not have been done; yet there is
much more to be done.
There were and are still many things to be done to
the buildings. The freshman initiation brought about a
tremendous amount of work for the maintenance
department. Broken windows, and door locks were
the usual things, Mr. McBroom explained.
He cited the major
problem and reason for
the low state of mainten
ance as a lack of both
skilled and unskilled
workers. Because of the
great shortage of person
nel, many jobs take two
weeks to get started
and only a half hour to
finish. They have to re
pair as they get time.
Another major reason
for the maintenance prob
lem is that the department
is in need of new machin
ery; however, new ma
chinery would be need
less if no one was there
to operate it.
With Home-coming and
winter just around the
corner, a large amount
of work awaits the crew,
but Mr. McBroom smiles
as he says, "We can
make it if we try, and
we're trying.”
Mr. Vance McBroom
Superintendent of Buildings
and Grounds