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7UO Chathaqi Rd.
WiriGton-oalem, N. C.
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Dr. L. C.Dowdy N^med Presi.dent Of A&T College
|Dr. Proctor's
! Resignation is
Effective April 10
VOLUME 41 — No. 11
DURHAM, N. C., 27702, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1964
RETURri REQUESTED
A.A.U. Professors Seek
Removal of Faculty Bias
C«/l form.r Ambmxlor M FinI.Bd, wh»in Pr»tid*nl Jfhmon ip^ainlid Oir.ttor »f ih* Unltd Suits lirfonii»tion
A»»ncy k »hown itaxd abavt. Mcond fr«m l.ft. in .tl.»d«nc« »t liU »>•! *uH-C«binti iMatinf. In hU n«w p»ii»on,
wtiwh WM (fntirmtd Ini w«k by *• S*n*l«, Mr. Rawan will »Mt«d mMiingi »f *• Ntiianal Sacwrity Cauncil and ll«
Cablnal. Jhawn flanding la Paaca Cor|» Diractar, «. SarganI Shrivar, wha diicusiad Itia naw pavarly aaii|nmanl fivan him
by Ptaiidaal Jabnaan al Hia maaling. Kawan waa oBltially »w»rii-i« Friday, Fabruary 21, at Mia Wbila Houaa.
45 Nominated In I imes
3rd Holy Land Contest
Princess Ann Demonstrations
May Be Resumed This Week
Nearo Woman
Seeks Seat In
In Ala. Congress
WESTERPIMLO
Balloting Begins
tins Weelt lor
Free Plane Trips
At Wodncsday noon of this wpoi-;
42 ministers had been r.omimtcd
for tho Carolina Times third an
nual Ministers Vacation Popularity
Cimtest. With three more days t"
ga it is estimated tho number will
fPi(Ch 50 as predicted'in last week’s
issue.
With |he MRular vote cOupt>n
hcin? published in this week’s
Issue of the Times for the firs*
baHotint; for the bis grand prize.
JJgly Land, is expected to slait
a free airplane round trip to the
with a banS' Each Regular Vote
Coupon clipped from the newspa
per and bearing the nanie of r
favorite m'.nister already nominal
will a credit of 1.000
>^e Bonu4jCoupon which is also
appearing ini;the p^per this week
is to be urod by those wishins;
to subscribe *10 the Carolina Times
In behalf of a favorite minister. A
onc-yea'' subscription credit for a
mitiigter amounts to l.'5,000 points
or votes. The exact amount o'
credits for additional years may
be obtained for the contest ad
vcrtisemcnts appearing on page 3
B of the second section of the
Carolina Times.
Iteports of regular votes and
subscriptions in behalf of a min
istcr must be mailed or brought seminars in’ accounting, business
to the office of the Carolina Times,, administration, and business edu-
430 E. Pettigrew Street, Durham,, cation for students, a film, and
N. C. by Monday noon during each ' a seminar for teachers. In addi-
week of the contest. Other in j ijon, the finals of tho compcti-
formalion of the contest will bu lion for the statcwldp typing
{Mrnished upon request. | contest will be one of the day s
Those nommalctl u« lo Wediu-s 1 spccial events.
See CONTEST 2A | See COMMERC8, 6A
Artist Asked to
Halt JimXrow
Date in Miss.
JACKkSON, Miss. — A c
: PRINCESS AJVNE, .Maryland—
I Anti-segregation protests, halted
; by a week end moruloriuin call-
' t'd by student leaders ufter po-
I lice used doys, fire hoses ami
I billy stick.s to di.spersc dcjiion-
stration.s. may resume ti'is week.
I Fifty-seven Maryland Slate
I College students were Iroated at
I the school’s infirmary after a
! protest march February 2(), stu-
■-.dent Nonviolent CuordiiiatiPg
Lcommitlcc (SNCC) Field Secre
' tary Reginald Rohiii.soii said.
One student, ■ Marion Brown.
■; 20. wniiTva.ii injuTod by
concert
pianist I has joined a growing list
of performers and public figures | from police dog bites. Dr. Neville
SELMA. Alabama — A
Selma Ni'gru womarr — long ac
tive in civil rights activities
' here — lias qualified to run for
■U^H- t^WgrOBS
I a^i;isl incLiinhcnt Kenneth Ro-
1 berts of the 4th District of Ala-
I bania.
She is Mrs. Amelia P. Boyn
ton, who qualified Ki.-brua'i'y 29.
She is the first Negro lo run
“At least 14" sUidents .■suffered , for Congress fioni Alabama
since tlie Reconstruclion period
ii jiolicc
billy club in a February 22 de
monstration’' now requires sur
gery and has been moved lo Pen .
insula Hospital in SalTsbury, 14
miles away.
Barron, college physician said.
Dr, Barron asked the Somerset
County health officer to ini
pound the dogs whicli bit Ihe
students. ,
DemonslratioPs were called by
I the Stud‘enl Appeal For Equality t Roberts of Anniston
1200 Expected
At NCC Annual
Commerce Event
Some 1200 high school stu
dents and faculty members are
expected to participate in North
Carolina College’s Thirteenth
Annual Commerce Pay, schedul
ed for Friday, March 20, on the
Durham campus.
Dr. James F. Tucker, chairman
of the college's Department of
I Commerce and chairman of the
j activity, indicates that the day’s
' activities will Ifclude career
PRINCESS ANN
Community Baptist Church to
Observe Education Dsy. Mar. 1 5
The Community Baptist Churph
hat announced that on Sunday,
March 15, the Church will ob
serve, “Education Day," while
eelebralirrg tho 22iid Anniversary
of the Church. The sub-theme
will be, "Christian Freedom in
Education.”
Dr. John LJ^ Tilley of Shaw
JjBiverslty will deliver the 11:00
a. «i. sermon, while Dennis Mc-
(^skil, r*rincipal of Merrick-
Mooro School, will deliver the
addrc^. Mayrice Barnes of Shaw
University will appear as guest
loHtUt.
■At the 3:00 p. m. services. Rev.
L. T. Daye, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Mebane, will!
be the speaker. He will be ac'
companied by his choir arrd con :
gregation. |
>' Dr. C. Elwood Boulware oil
North Carolina College will be
fuest speaker at the evening I
who refuse to appear befote se
gregated audiencss in this state.
Civil rights groups here and
in Atlanta. Georgia said they
had asked thre* other perform
ers — ope>Hi singer Eleanor STc
ber,, thg PittsburiH ^ Symphony
Orchestra and Jose Molina's ' (SAFE), an affiliate of the .'^t
Bailes Espanoles — have been* j lanta-based SNCC. Twcnty-yrai
askad to cancel segregated Miss- j SAFE lioad, Joiin Wilson, ar
issippi dates. j rested during the February 2('
The pianist. Gary Gra^man.'
canceled a February 27 appear-)
ance at Jackson’s Municipal Au- I
ditorlum after he received pro- :
tests from Austin Moore, chair- |
man of the Cultural and Artistic ]
Committee of the Nonviolent
Agitation Associatiton of College
Pupils, composed Of students al
predominately PTegro Tougaloo
Southern. Christian College.
Israeli pianist David Bar Ilian
refused to replace Graffman at
thg concert, but another pianist,
Hans Richter-Haaser appeared in
Graffman’s place.
d
after the Civil War. Slie is tlic
first Negro woman to over make
ti'y for the office.
An insurance agent aiul eai
plo.^mj^'nl officij opc‘i'alur__hcre^
she will oppose KepreseiTlative
mNMIk
DR. NABRIT
ill
Nabrit to Address
Teachers Ass'n
Annual Session
Teachers from across the .stall'
are convening in Rali'i^li for Die
83rd Anmial Coiiveiilii>n of tin-
Ala-j North C’arolin;i Teachers A.ssocia
GREENSBORO — Dr. L. C.
j Dowdy, 46. dean of instruction
PRICE: 15
i Friday named president of the
1 institution.
He is to succeed, Dr. Samuel
D. Proctor, whA resigmvl t h e
post last Saturday to become ef
fective April 10. Dr. Proctor will
return to Washington an a.s,so-
eiate director of the U. S. Pence
Corps, a position he held for 8-
months while on a 20nion1h
leave from A. and T.
Tile new president was oU'cl-
ed at H special nieeting of Ihe
Trustee Board h‘ld al the Co!
lege Dir i''riday afternoon. Ro
bert 11. f’razicr, chairman nf the
Board, announced the decision
immediately following the nieet-
ing and told reporters that the
decision was unanimous.
Dowdy came lo and T. Col
lege in IHIil as profe.ssor of c‘d^-
cation and director of student
teaching, positions hp served tn
for five years. Since then he
has ex'perienced a rapid rise, lle.
was elevated to dean of Ihe
School of p;dueation and Gen
eral Studies in inr>.i and in IffTn)
was promoted to dean of instruc
tion.
When Dr. Proctor was granted
leave from Uie post in 19HI to
servp a temporary assignment
with the Peace Corps as director
of the program in Nigeria.
Africa, Dr. Dowdy was installed
nnaTTr^^ .prwident.
' for 20-monlhs until the return
I of Dr Proctor last Augu.st. Dur
NCC President .Samuel P. Mas-1 ing the last six months, h** las
Asks Employment
On Merit Rather
Than Color ;
The North Carolina Confer-'
ence of the Americair A.ssocia
lion of University Profes.sors,
convening lir its .mnual meeting
at North Carolina College Sal '
urday, adopted a resolution to
ask trustees of colleges and imi-
. versllie.s in North Carolina tT)
' ‘ enijiloy family and staff on the
basis of merit ralher thair color."
Some I l)(i represenhitives fro.m
j21 stale and privately sup|)orled
' colleges allen(fing tl\^, meeting
adtiptWt^
mously.
bama's "9—8' plan used to »'leel
Democratic nominees. Under the
"9—8’ system each of the old
nine coiigresslonal , districts no-
See CONGRESS, ISA
lion. The three day Convenlion.
which opens Tlnnsday. Maien
19. w'ill remain in ses'iion
through Saturday, March 21. Th(.
See NABRIT, liA
si,, and Dr. diaries A. Ray. pro j
sident of the NCC chapter of |
.■\.\l’P. welcomed delegates at a
hinclu'on preceding the discus-1
sion and busini'ss sessiotr.
Officers of the North Carolfna
Conference are Dr. John Yar
borugh, .Meredith College, presi
dent; Dr C. E. Boiilware, NCC,
viee president; and Dr. .lohn V’..
Kurland, University of Nortli Ca
rolina. Greensboro, e.xeculive
secretary.
At the main se.s-.sion Saturday
a panel of four profi'ssors dis
en.ssed "The Speaker Ban Law."
NAACP Registers
4,000 in Vote
Campaign in S. C.
GREENVILLE, S. C. — Four
thousand new voters have been
added to the rolls in this Soutti
Carolina textile town as the re
sult of one of the most success
ful voter registration drives
conductcd by an NAACP brancM
in the South.
The campaign, organized ur>-
der the direction of the Rev. N
J. Brockman, enlisted the of
100 volunteer workers. A door
to door canvas was made to
reach the people and transporta
tion was provided to take pro
spective voters to the reglstra
tion office.
A. J. Whittenburg is president
of Greenville NAACP branch.
W. C. Patton, NAACP field sec
retary for voter registration, aid
ed the branch in the conduct of j
the campaign. !
Of the city’s total 66,000 po ^
pulation, nearly one-third or 20,
000, is Negro,
Participants wei
Paschal, Duke
See AAU
continued as dean of instruetiorr
A native of Kastover, South
Carolina. Dowdy Ik a gradual*
of Allenr University, holds the
M, A. D'gree in administration
from Incfiana State Collegp and
has completed residence require
inents for the doctorate degree
at the University of Indiana. He
was awarded the honorary Doc
tor of I,aws degix’c by Allen
University in j(,ft61.
Prior to coming to A. and T.
Dowdy served in the South Ca
rolina public school system for
seven years as principal of an
.1. Francis I elementary junior high school
University Law ^ and for four years as swpervish'g
6A ' See PROCTOR, 6A
^
Former Migrant Farm family Is
Featured in U5DA Publication
$10 Plate Dinner
To Feature Drive
For Shaw Univ.
Durham will make a concert
ed effort to rtHhice Shaw Uni-
A former migrant farm fami
ly that now owns its own land
and prodtit-es thousands of bush-
e 1 s (rf vegetables an'iuially is
featured in the March issued of
Exten.sion- Review, a U. S. De-,
partment of Agriculture publica
tion.
The family are Mr. and .Mrs.
Andrew Kelley of Preston, Md.,
and their eight children.^ I’heir
achievements are described in
PUBLISHER AND GROUP AT
NCC—Thomas W. Young, second
from left, publsher of the Nor
folk (Va.) "Journal and Guide,"
chats with North Carolina Col
lege President Samuel P. Mas-
sie, extreme right, and student
•editors following Monday's Fo
rum assembly celebrating Na
tional Negro Newspaper Week.
The students arc, from left:
Harold Foster, Chapel Hill, tdi-
tor-in-ehief or the college paper,
"The Campus Echo/' and Carrie
Barnes, Charlotte, and Pattie
Baskette, Warrenfon, co-editors
of "The Eagle," the college year
book.
(iUIDE piiblishp:r
TILLEY
srvices which arg to begin at
7:30, climaxing the “Education
D a y" observance. Theodore
Speight, deacon and -trustee of
the church will preiide.
2,000 Negro Children
Boycott School In
Canton, Mississippi
CANTON, Miss, — Proteating
the failure of public school tea
chers and administrators to sup-
See REOtSTKR
Young Denies Negro
Press Losing Influence
Thomas W. Young, publisher and services of the Negro Press (grees in law and journalism from
III the Norfolk "Joiuiial and and declared that reports of its] Ohio State Universily. d'cliired
(Jiiide,” told a Nortli Carolina | diminishing effectiveness and im | "We have been free for a nun
lay tliat.; minent demi.se are greatly exag- dred and one years
our
College audience Monday tliat.; minent demi.se are greatly exag
“the identification of our col | gerated
lege trained leadersliip with
the cause of lumian rights and
dignity morp than a ci^ntury ago
has a counterpart in' the involve
ment of today’s generation o*
college students in the Negro re
volutiont of the 1960’s’.
Speaking on a Forum program
marking National Negro News
paper Week, he stated that John
Russwurm, “Ihe man generally
regarded as the founder of Ihe
Negro press, was the first N'--
gro college graduate in IT.T.
free, that,
is from the legal shackles of in- '
voluntary servitude — tint we
have had a free press, th,. Ne
I versity’s big debt liere at a $iO Ihe publication by District Agent
a plate dinner Tuesday night al Wartiir G. Bailey of the Mary-
the Jack Tar Hotel, land Agricultural Extension Ser-
Dr. James E. Cheek, Shaw's vice,
newly elected 31 year old presi Growing firetf of sharecrop-
I dent, will b(, the principal ping near Augusta. Ga., iir 1940.
.speaker at Ihe affair. The local alter eight years of coming out
H. U. Hart Shaw Club is spon- in debt, the Kelleys got into a
I sor. migrant farm worker stream
that flows from Florida to Mary
land, says Mr. Bailey.
In I94U, the Kelleys took $600
out of their total savings of
.S760 and made Ihe down pay
ment on arr abandoned 61 acre
Maryland farm they had had
their eytjs on for more than a
yi“ar.
•'Slill wondering how we and
the four children we had then,
were going to make it through
the winter and grow a crop
with only ^160, w ^ unloaded
our old jalopy and moved into
the shabby three rot*ia house on
thy ylaee," says Mrs. Kelley.
Within 11 years, they had
paid for the farm, added 40 aercs
, . . . „ . ... . to it, purchased a tractor, a
friends and Durham industry has , , . .i j j ■
, . .. . truck and other needed equip
been "highly gratifying, accord , ‘
Mrs. Edith F. Stroud is presi
dent of the Durham Shaw alum
ni. Other officers are W. P. Kear
ney, vice president, Miss E. L.
Merritt, secretary and J. Z.
, Peele, treasurer. ]
I Planning for the affair, wTiieh
I is expected lo net about $.5,000
is under the direction of a eoirt
mittee headed by Mrs. Gene”
T. Stanback and John H. Li.*
as.
The Rev. Warren Carr and Dr.
Asa T. Spaulding, local Shaw
trustees, have been coop,eratTng j
I with the committee in so4iciting
funds from selected individuals
and several business groups.
Responsg of Shaw alumni.
ing to the Rev. W. H. Fuller, a
key member of the planning
group.
At the time of his election sev-
He also reaffirmed the values 1 country.” Young, holder of de-
gro pre.ss, longer — 137 years fo eral weeks ago. Dr. Cheek gave
be exact. Shaw's indebtedness as ‘‘aroflnd
“For while millions of black $190,000.’ Since that time, he
men and women were still held has been traveling to many parts
in- bondage, there arose a voice of the country and commun'icat-
See PUBLISHER, OA I See DINNER, 6A
ment and enlarged their house
into a modern, seven room home,
says District Agent Bailey.
'lliese achievements resulted
from their •utstandiog success
in raising and mtarketing vege
tables. Even last year, wt»ich was
unusually dry, the family grew
and marketed 8,000 bushels of
See PARMER 6-A
Support Hillside High School Band Candy Sale Sat. March44