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Duko University Lilrary Newspaper Deparb.ietit Durham, N, C, 27706 11-26 o) o) ACCI -"T'll. x" VOLUME 54 - NUMBER 16 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1976 PRICE: 20 CENTS A6F CodftfoD Yokes Sooird To ROY WIL KINS GETS $300,000CHECK TO HELP NAACP DEFICIT - Roy Wilkii.i, (left) who will retire at the end of the year at executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, receives a check for $300,000 from the General Motors chairman Thomas A. Murphy at a dinner honoring Wilkin in Washington, D. C. on April 2. The check represented net proceeds from the testimonial dinner sponsored by the Roy Wilkins Tribute Committee, group of business and labor leaders from across the country which was organized and chaired by Murphy to honor Wilkins for his nearly 50 years of civil rights leadership. More than 100 of the country's leading corporations and labor unions were among sponsors of the dinner which attracted some 1 ,500 persons. Roy IViffnns Honored For Nearly Half Century of Civil Rights leadership WASHINGTON, D. C. - Roy Wilkins was honored for nearly a half-century of civil rights leadership with the presentation of a $300,000 gift to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at a testimonial dinner here Friday night The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina was taken to task this week by the North Carolina Alumni & Friends Coalition. In a letter to the Board Chairman, j William Dees, the Coalition aked when the Board was going to complete the promised study of predominantly Black campuses ' and noted that it wasi incomprehensible that the ; Board of Governors would adopt a long-range plan for all 1 6 university campuses'? without first looking at the study of the predominantly v Black institutions. ... The North Carolina Alumni' & Friends Coalition represents -; alumni organizations of the 5 p-r-e dominant- Black'1 campuses, Black , educational j leaders and Black citizens at large. The organization was formed to monitor the StateV TtHSCl iv; -I'yjf . , yr communities are aware of the NAACP's role as an important national body working to bring social and economic justice to all Americans. We appreciate your coming together and making such a generous gift possible," Wilkins said. "While we have accomplished some of the things we set out to do, I must have a 1 encouraged by your am willingness to join us in the struggle ahead." Tributes and presentations The NAACP said it was the largest such gift in its 67-year history. Wilkins, who will be 75 in September, is retiring from the NAACP at the end of this year. He has been an NAACP staff member since 1931 and executive director since 1955. The $300,000 check was nrp center! to Wilkins bv n i untnr. rwrman observe that we still Thomas A. Murohv. on behalf long way to go, he added of the Roy Wilkins Tribute Committee, a group of business and labor leaders from across the country which was organized and chaired by Murphy. "Mr. Wilkins, our respect and admiration for you extends to the organization you represent and which you have led so outstandingly for many years," Murphy said. "The drain on the NAACP in recent years has been formidable, not only in terms of human diligence and effort, but most importantly in terms of finances. It is our hope that this check will help alleviate those financial problems.'' "Please accept it with our most profound wishes for continued success in your efforts to better the lives of our American people," he said. Wilkins thanked the audience of 1 ,500 persons for the ' 'generous gift. Thi $300,000 check represented net proceeds from the tribute dinner. "As chairman of the Tribute Committee, Mr. Murphy has brought together members of the corporate community, labor and government for this unprecedented evening," he said. "The NAACP is indebted to each of the corporations and labor organizations represented here." ' The corporate and labor FORMER BOXER RUBIN "HURRICANE" CARTER talks to reporters at New Jersey's Clinton Prison afterthe State Supreme Court granted him a retrial in a 1966 triple murder case. Carter has desegregation plan for higher fjghting for his freedom, claiming that he is innocent. Witnesses in the original trial recanted testimony last year that had figured in Carter's conviction. (UPI). education in the interest of providing equal opportunities to Black citizens. According to Chairman Lawrence Cooper, the Board, of Governors is committed to correcting any deficiencies,, maintaining quality education and instituting new programs at predominantly Black institutions. The Board of Governors is not living up to were made to wuians oy William T. Coleman, Secretary of Transportation; Congresswoman Yvonne B. Burke of California; George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO; Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League, Inc.; John H. Johnson, president of the Johnson Publishing Co.; Mr$. . Margaret Bush Wflspn,,,. that conunitmenl, ,,u - The One chairwoman of the NAACP rftnW For examole. hi n HnAtnA an A Ninth J.C. Smith U. Celebrates 109 Founder's Day wiifp i n Preferencei Given To The Vhite Campus The five predominantly black universitieis, North Carolina Central, Fayetteville State, N. C. A & T, Oizabeth City, and Winston-Salem State were not included in the 5 year higher education plans of the UNC Board of Governors in spite of strenuous objections by all black Board members present. A majority vote on racial lines passed the plan even though the study on the black universities has not been completed. This study Js a requirement under the State's education plan as required by U. S. Health Education and Welfare Department. Such a study would include present deficiencies in the predominantly black universities and steps that would be taken to correct these deficiencies. Julius Chambers and J. J. San so m, lawyers and members of the Board argued against the approval of the plan until the study of the black institutions had been completed. They argued also that preferences had been given to the white campuses in the creation of new programs. See PLAN, Page 151 I Walker tlamed To Head 50,000 Member Group national board of directors, and Mayor Walter E. Washington of the District of Columbia. UNC Prof Says Ve Foce '4 Tyranny of Alternatives' (See full text of speech, Page 2) A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill law professor told students at his alma mater Friday that they face an increasingly complex society and "a tyranny of alternatives." 1 Charles E. Daye told students at North Carolina Central University's annual Awards Day exercises, "The age of giant advances and quantum leaps is behind us.. .Because of the nearly infinite complexities of issues we face, you will need a sharp mind, a pen tra ting analysis, and an ability to perceive discrete dimensions." Daye described seven random examples . of the tyrannical alternative he described. They were medicines capacity to extend "vital signs" through extraordinary measures, the issues involved in the abortion question, the irony of defining full employment as "three to four per cent unemployment," the conflict between environmental protection and the needs of groups and individuals, the failures of the penal system, the threat of the energy problem, and the impact of "reverse discrimination" on people who were not responsible for the inequity being corrected. "if you don't feel some measure of confusion from time to time, it would suggest to me that you are not thinking very clearly," Daye said. . "None of the problems I mentioned, except perhaps the energy problem, seems susceptible of solutions by advancing science and technology," the speaker said. He called for a revival of humanism and an "agenda for justice." See DAYE, Page 9 noted, The Cole Report on Veterinary Medicine cited deficiencies at A & T State and used these to justify placing the new School of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State. According to Cooper, 'The Cole Report was used to deny growth-at A & T. Why not use it now as a basis for improving what it said was wrong with the institution?" The Board of Governors is currently considering a long-range plan for the entire university system. According to the Coalition, to lock the predominantly Black universities into a long-range plan without making a hard analysis of their needs and role in the State for the next 5-10 years "would allow North Carolina to , continue to victimize the victims of past discrimination." See Related Editorial, Page 2 Inr1 - - x u i lj, r, ' (Right) shown outside after they were j y , r Anniversary of the founding of Johnson C. Smith University was celebrated on April 4 in the University Church. Dr. James Hester Hargett, Co-Pastor of the Livingstone Avenue United Church of Christ in New Brunswick, New Jersey and member of the University Board of Trustees was the featured speaker. Rev. Hargett is a 1952 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University. He received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale University in 1955 and his Doctor of Divinity from Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in 1975. A native of Greensboro, he is married to the former Louilyn Funderburk, of Lancaster, S. C. Mrs. Hargett is also a Smith graduate. Immediately preceding the Founders Day Convocation there was a ceremony of re-dedication for Biddle Memorial Hall and Carter Hall, two campus buidlings which have been designated as historical sites by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historical Properties Commission and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. The ceremony included W. G. Lino, Class of 1916, Pr. Worth A. Williams, Class of 1917 and W. P. "Perk" Williams, Class of 1918. You are Invited to johi In a WITNESS AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, Friday April 16, noon to 2 p.m., In front of the Durham County Court house. April 16 is Good Friday a day that has tradition ally been a day of penitence and prayer. On this Good Friday, there will be over 100 men and women awaiting execution on North Carolina's Death Row. Will you take an hour or so out of your day to join in a public vigil against the death penalty. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Dr. Helen Edmonds Chairs Advisory Council Dr. Leroy T. Walker, professor of physical education at North Carolina Central University, has been chosen as president-elect of the 50,000 member American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Walker will succeed Dr. Celest Ulrich of UNC at Greensboro. His tenure as president will begin in 1977. The NCCU professor, who will be head coach for the men's track and field team from the United States in the 1976 Olympics, is an authority on adaptive physical education for the handicapped. He formerly served as chairman of NCClfs physical education department. Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, Distinguished Professor of History at North Carolina Central University and a former member of the U. S. delegation to the United Nations, has been appointed chairman of an Advisory Council to NCCU's Center for International Studies. Other council members of appointed the by Chancellor Albert N. Whiting are Dr. Elizabeth Daniel, Miss Mary Hawkins, Dr. Anneliese Marcus, Dr. William Mills, and Dr. John Myers. All are members of the NCCU faculty. The Center is directed by Dr. Golam Choudhury, a former member of the cabinet of Pakistan. It has sponsored several international affairs conferences and symposia since its creation last year. v X Pv 1 DR. LEROY T.WALKER Dr. Charles Daye Alton Thompson (Left) and Eltonza R. McNakr co-recipients of highest average award at NCCU. Insido This VJooli PAGE "DONT TAKE US FOR GRANTED 2 THE POINT 3 IN & AROUND ROCKY MOUNT 4 FAYETTEVTLLE HAPPENINGS 5 JACOBS BROTHERS TO WSSU 8 A. B. DUKE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 10 NCCU AWARDS RECIPIENTS 11,12 MRS. SPAULDING ANNOUNCES 17 ROGERS-HERR HONOR ROLL 19 CRESCENT CALENDAR- 21 20 EiH ;' - iiH-- 111 fj ' V ! MyA-::- ; A( v f ; 1 it ft u f:, 1 v:II r P X , 1 linn. L5 SALISBURY - BROTHERHOOD AWARD DINNER -Mrs. Ida Heusw Duncan, widow of Dr. Samuel Edward Duncan, fifth president of Livingstone College at Salisbury, active hi 23 seperati civic and religious groups, including the city board of education and the presidency of the Salisbury Branch of the American Association of University Women, is presented fm Y87S Brotherhood Award by Mrs. Karen Young, member of the local chapter of M 'National Conference of Christians and Jews, at a recent annual Brotherhood Banuqet at St John's Lutheran Church. The award was presented to Mrs. Duncan for her long yean of effort and concern with people, a concern always, "underlined with Brotherhood."
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