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Duke Faculty Members Favor Concert rSfegrofion — ★★★ ★★★ it if 'k ★★★ ★★★ ik it it N.C.C. SET FUR UU HmiMMi The Carolina Times It The Otdmtt And Widett Read Negro Newtpapar In The Two Carolbtmt, PRICF 10c PAT NO MORE VOLUME 31 — NUHBEB 44 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATUBDA'^, OCTOBEB 29, 19SS~ nUCE TEN CSMTS W-Salem To Host State Baptist Convention November 1-3 SUSMHO^m RIGHTS Cong. DiggsCharges Attorney Generars Plan Is Inadequaie Many Notables To Address The Baptist Session In Twin City WINSTON-SALEM Representatives from M a*> sociationi, 1700 churches, and • combined churdi membenblp of 300,000 will meet in this 88th Annual Session of the General Baptist State Conven- -tion of North Carolina at Shi loh Baptist Church, Winston- Salem, NoYcmber , , WMiMMdajF »Wht, '3M6venilD«S» 2, has been designated as “Ban ner Night." On that night music will be rendered by the Shaw University Choir. President Strauner of Shaw University will deliver the address, lind Dr. J. H. Jackson will preaph the convention sermon. f Dr. Jackson, pastor of t]}^ Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago, and president of the National (Continued on Page Eight) Oue$ts and offieiaU of the Notth Carolina chapter of the SAACP who were elected dur- Ina the convention held Here October 21-23 are thovm in the top photo. First row, left to right, Mrs. L. B. Michael, Ashe ville, state board member; Mrs Daisy E'. Lampfcin, Pittsburgh, Pa., who deliver*ed the main ad dress of the final session; Mrs. B. a. Burnett, Tarboro, assist ant secretary; Miss Shirley James, JamesvilU and ff. C. College, president of t h t NAACP TouHi group; Mrs. L, L. Graham of Burlington, chair man of the western N. C. politi cal action commitHee; the Rev. William Fuller, president of the Durham chapter; and Mrs. U. S. Banks, Charlotte, member of the Youth Work committee; Second row, left to ripht, Afr*. Ruth H. Morgan of Wendell, vice president; *N. L. Gregg, Greensboro, treasurer; Floyd B. McKissicfc, Durham, secretary of the executive committee; W. Lester BonJcs of Richmond, Va., executive secretary of the Vir ginia chapter; J. B. Harren of Rocky Mount, Chairman of the public relations committee, a' Charles McLean of Winston S lem, field secretary. In the photo at bottom, Mrs, Alma Wade (center) presents a check for ysoo to Mrs. Daisy E. Lampfcin, national field se cretary, for life membership in the NAACP for Alpha Kappa Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. 25,000 Expected To See NCC Homecoming Parade Some 25,000 penons, includ ing spectators along a mile-long parade route through~the center of the City of Durham, are ex pected to view North Carolina College’s Homecoming activi- Ues here Saturday. An estimate is that another 50,000. people 'may witness a television program over Dur ham StaUon WTVD, Channel 11, at 3 p.m. Thursday when details of the Homecoming pro gram will be given. Also to be featured are* Miss NCC Home- ooming, charming Olivia Ted der of Durham, and Miss Shaw, attractive Helen Payne of Ra leigh. . The main event of the day is the Shaw-NCC football game at S p.m. In the Eagles’ O’Kelly Park. Shaw’s undefeated Bears In CIAA play are favored to win from once beaten and once- tied NCC., Activities In Durham started ■t 12:30 Wednesday with a pep-rally in Duke Auditorium sponsored by the Men’s Aasem- bljr. After Thursday*! TV ihow, tb«re followed a series of alum- (Continue on Page Bight) DUKE CHROmCU HMDS MANY PROFESSORS AG/UNSI THE UNIVERSITY'S Vm POlO How completely shackled by the fetters of prejudice and wed to the theory of white supre- j macy are the administrative officials of Duke University f stood out in bold relief recently when they vetoed the plan of the 6uke Players Student Exe cutive Council to integrate play audiences. Wishing to repay the many friendly gestures of the Drama tic Department of the North Carolina College, the Playwrs Executive Council of Duke Uni versity voted to extend to the NCC campus a season book campaign similar to that recent ly carried out on East Campus. Before putting the plan Into execution, the Council submit ted it to administration in order to aseartaln their opinion. Itie Unlvmitjr Big Bran, aft«r some investigation, forthwith tabled the plan. The dissatisfied Student Play ers Council wanting to know the rehson for this action ques tioned members of the Admin istration to find them "either wordily evasive or violently op posed to the plan.” They otter ed m » justification for this re action, "We cannot invite any one to come to our shows and Iierformances without provid ing adequate facilities (rest room and seating) for them.” Dr. WILLIAM B. HAMIL- ■fON, HISTORY: "I have al ways seen seats reserved in both Negro and white theaters tor those of the other color and have no objection to setting aside seats for Negroes, since this seems to be a universal practice.'’ JACKSON NCC Founder's Day Speaker Dr. Stephen J. Wright, presi dent of Bluefield State College, Bluefield, W. Va., will deliver North Carolina College’s an nual Founder’s Day address in Duke Auditorium at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 3-. A graduate of Hampton Insti tute and Howard University with a Ph.D. degree from New York University, Dr. Wright formegrly^ scliool teacher, principal, and prior to going to Bluefield, as dean of faculty at Hampton Institute. NCC’s Founder’s Day com memorates the life and work of the late Dr. James E. Shepard, the college’s founder and first president. NCC was founded in igTO.'DrrsirepaTd dlBd-tirtwr. One of the features of the Founder’s day rites will be the (Continued on Page Eight) WASHINGTON, D. C. Stating that Attorney Gese- ral Herbert Brownell’s judicial program for 1966 "completely ignores an obvious need for strong action on civil rights”. Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (D-Mlch.) has criticized the plan appr^ed by President quate and compromUng.” The Brownell program sub mitted to the President on 0;i 21 calls for (1) Legislation to outlaw invasion of the privacy of juries; (2) Construction of two “maximum custody” pri sons at the combined co;?t Oi $16,503,000. (3) 'The appoint ment of Fedeeel deXe^' ders and (4) The creation ol 20 additional Federal Judgeshtp.;. While noting that all of tht Attomay General’s proposals w«« aiawd mt the serious na- crime problem, Diggs ex- prMKd diaappobitment that BrowneU, in spite of univeisal concern over the Emmett TiU ens and «mtinuing discrimina tion agafaMt Negroes in the South, did aet c—rider the sub- «i .Jigtda, worthy ol mentiM»lng. Tbm Michigan Representative lidded that h* felt that the issue of civil rights alone is impor tant enough W. merit a confer ence betwem Brownell and the President “Undemocratic treatment of America's Negro citizens, «a- pecially that ot deoying_U«m the right to “vote”, statad Oiggs, “is more criminal than (Continued on Page Eight) J. J. HENDERSON James J. Henderson, assistant treasurer of N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Company was re cently elected to the Board of Trustees of Hampton Institute, succeeding Dr. Flemmie D. Kit- trell. Henderson, a Hampton graduate of the Class of 1932, was nominated by the Durham Alumni Chapter of which he is a member. He was elected by the alumni throughout the na tion as one of the alumni trus tees. In 1954 he was awarded the plague for the North Caro lina Hamptonian of the year. General Baptist State Con DR. R. H. sales, RE LIGION: “This is indeed unfor tunate. As a Christian institu tion, I do not think we have gone far enough and we have some serious thinking to do.” DR. LOUIS J. BUDD, ENG LISH; “It would do both Duke and NCC a world of good to at tend events on both campuses. I wish they (NCC) could and would come and that they could feel welcome when they do." DR. GLENN NEGLEY, PHI LOSOPHY : "It is indeed un fortunate that ■ university ludi as Duke ought to be, is not a leader rather than a munber of the rear guard in a social move ment which has every moral and legal justlllcation.” DR. RORNELL HART, SO- (Contlnued on Page Sight) Business Chain To At Mass Meeting Discuss Integration Sunday Afternoon The Durham Business and Professional Chain ‘will sponsor a public meeting in connection with its annual Trade Week Program at the Mount Vernon Baptist Church here Sunday, October 30, at 3:30 p.m. The theme of the program is “ A Re port To The People On Integra tion.” Music for the occation*wiU l>e furnished by the Mount Vernon Baptist Church Male Choruy. Others appearing on tiie pro gram will be J. S. Stewart Chairman, Durham Committee on Negro Affairs; R. N. Harris, Councilman; Attorney M. Hugh Thompson, J. H. Wheeler, Chairman, Education Commit tee, DCNA; Rev. C. E. McLes ter. President, Durham Minis terial Alliance, and Rev. Willi Sim H. Fuller, President. Dur ham Branch NAACP. Other Trade Week events in clude a Talent Night program featuring some of Durtiam’x best talent at the W. D. Hill Recreation center Thursday, .November 3 at 8 p.m. The an nual iMnquet will lie held Mon day, November 7 at 7:30 p.m. Free Trip To Netc York A free trip to New Yo:k awaits some lucky Durhanutc. ’Tbc Durham Business and Pro- tetgioDMl Chain is sponsom g a (Omtimied on >■ Above are some of the con testants vieing for a $100.00 First Prize in the Durhom Busi ness and Professional Chain, "Miss Trade Week," Contest. The contest will close Thursday nitrht, Njovember 3, at 8 p. m., with a fattnt Night Progrwn at W. D. HiU Recreation Center Shoum, Top Row, left to right, Mrs. Ida Mae Azore, Re presenting Garrett's Biltmore Drugi Store; Miss Jean Bonds, Deshazor’s Beauty College; Miss Gwendolyn Davis, Diggers and Turner Beauty and Barber Supply; Miss Ruth Faison, Al’s Sales Agency; Miss Shirley FouUcner, Vanhook Dinnette; Miss Janett Frazier, Frazier's Radio and Television Service; Miss Barbara Gladden, Service Printing Company; Mias Caro lyn Goss, Holloway’s Funerol Home. Second Row, Mitt Gamis Green, Independent Supply Company; Miss Elaine Oregory, Station WSRC; Miss CntJMnne Harris. Wright's Cleaners. Mitt Josephine Harris, The Glamtmr Beauty Bar; Miss B«rb«m Jones, Union Insurmnee and X#- aity Company; Miss Patricia McClain, Long's Florist; Mrs. Ophelia McCloud, Vantty ftir Beauty Salon; Miss Pei^ MeadoiM, Jackson’s Grocery and Market Third Row, Miss Barbara Pratt, IIHs O. J« Fwneml Home; Mias Mertiae Reid, William's Baanlv Shap; « Mq^- hM. Miss Laeir Speight. Speight’s Auto Sermiee; Miss Jametta Stakes, The Record Aibwn. Mrs. Doris Suitt. Home niMtio* and Supply Co Miss Daneaene Wigpins, lone’s Grocary; Miss Audrtg Wilse*. Local No. 2M TWtV; Miss Dork Wright, LtacalM Hoq^itaL Ifat sHo«en Miss SMr- lay Bmrgesa, Garrett a»4 Pv* kar Drag Stare; IMm MlmtB Oilmora. Tapp's Groccry
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