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VOL. 19, NO. 45 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 1960 PRICE 5 CENTS
Guilford County Citizens To Vote
For Bond Issue on September 27
By Superintendent Weaver
On Tuesday, September 27,
citizens of Guilford County, in
cluding Greensboro and High
Point, will vote on the question
of authorizing an "$11,000,000
bond issue to meet projected
building needs through 1963.
The election will be decided by
the simple majority of votes
cast.
ment in the three school ad
ministrative un-its (Guilford
County, Greensboro and High
Point) of this county has in
creased from 30,384 to 53,238 ?
a gain of 22,854 pupils, which
is a 75 per cent gain in 14 years.
Based on an increase of 2,454
?pupils during the 1959-60 school
year, it is expected that 7,500
additional pupils will be enroll
ed in the next three school years,
beginning September 1, 1960.
In order to provide the neces
sary school facilities for these
continually expanding enroll
ments, the Greensboro, High
Point and Guilford County
Boards of Education have de
tailed to the Guilford County
Board of Commissioners capital
outlay needs totaling approxi
mately $15,800,00, each school
administrative unit's request as
follows: Guilford County
Schools Administrative Unit, $6,
255,000.00," Greensboro City
Schools Administrative Unit, $6,
693,000.00; High Point City
Schools Administrative Unit, $2,
791,224,82.
? Commenting on the student
population and resultant build
ing needs in the Greensboro City
Schools, Superintendent P. J.
Weaver pointed out that enroll
ment has more than doubled
since World War II, with an
average yearly Increase of 1,089
students from 1957 to 1960. At
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Mrs. Esther Raushenbush Speaks at
Faculty - Staff Fall Conference
At Bennett College \ -
"We never find' a college pro
gram or system that is perfect:
We find one that best suits our
needs and try to make it work."
'* ' So spoke Mrs. Esther Raush
enbush, of Sarah Lawrence Col
lege, Bronxville, N. Y., at the
closing session of the annual
faculty-staff fall conference at
Bennett College, which had as
its theme: "Emphasizing Unified
Learning and Evaluation in In
dividual Education." President
Willa B. Player presided.
Mrs. Raushenbush served for
a number of years as dean at
Sarah Lewrence and has taught
at Wellesley and i Barnard- Col
leges.
Because most of the discus
sions during the five-day con
ference centered around the
freshman and sophomore core
programs ? the lower college
? Mrs. Raushenbush pointed
out that the real test of any
such program is what type of
student is produced for the
junior and senior years.
"The best judges of a college
program," she said, "are the
students. The /teachers know
what they are trying to do, but
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George H. Roach, left, mayor
of Greensboro, N. C., welcomes
lJr. Samuel D. Proctor, new
president of A&T College, to the
[city at a community reception
honoring him and Mrs. Proctor.
Looking: on from right arc: D.
W. Morehcad, secretary of the
Hayes-Taylor YMCA and Rev.
W. T. Brown, local minister, co
chairmen on arrangements for
the reception.
New A&T President given welcome to City
Dr. Samuel D. Pr }ctoi(. new 1
president t'ot A&T Cotlifte, and
Mrs. Proctw last v.eek were of
ficially welcomed 'to the city.
Tliey were guests of honor at
a reception Friday evening
Sept. 9, at the Hayes-Taylor
YMCA on East Market Street.
The affair, sponsored by a com
mittee headed by Rev. W. T
Brown, local minist I, and D.
W. Morehead, secretary of the
Y,' drew approximately 150 in
vited guests. ?
Mayor George H. Roach, rep
resenting the citizens of Greens
boro, assured the Proctors that
the city and all of its people
were happy that they had
chosen A&T College and Greens
boro as their new home.
Di. Rector, in brief remarks,
told the wUdience that his origi
nal impressions of the city had
been confirmed by the cordial
welcome he and his family had
already received.
Following the program Dr.
Proctor was presented a gift
from the citizens group by J.
E. Whitley, Guilford County
supervisor of Negro schools, and
Mrs. Proctor received an orchid
from Mrs. Morehead.
MISSIONARY CIRCLE
TO MEET
The Missionary Circle No. 2
of The United Institutional Bap
tist Church will meet with Mrs.
Ola Jabby, 1556 McConnell Rd.,
Sunday, Sept. 18, at 5:00 p.m.
A. & T. College Asked
For Five Million Dollars
Raleigh, Sept. 15 ? A&T Col
lege asked for five million dol
lars in additional money to raise
teaching standards and help the
institution keep its hard-won
membership in the Southern As
sociation of Colleges and Secon
dary Schools.
Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, A&T
president, urged the Advisory
Budget Commission to approve
an increase of about 11,700,00 in
the school's bcdget, mostly foi
faculty and staff pay raises anB
for strengthening the graduate
program.
Proctor also requested $3,300,
000 for capital improvements,
including new buildings for
teaching physical education, bio
logy, mathematics and business
administration and a student
union-conference center.
The money would be in addi
tion to a basic budget of $2,900,
000 for the 1961-63 biennium
which has already been tenta
tively approved and is 7 pel
cent above the budget for 1959
61.
Proctor Heard
Noting that A&T had stopped
offering some courses which
were not at college level, Pro?
tor said, "We're going to be a
college, not an overgrown high
school."
The A&T' president said im
provement of the Graduate
School, program was urgently
needed and was ? especially im
portant -in the preparation of
teachers.
"We've got to make it strong
er," he said. "We oan't let our
degrees be a joke. . .
"Everybody's hollering about
teachers ? just living, breathing,
kicking teachers. But we can't
just give them master's degreej
and send them out when they
can't spell 'graduate school.' "
Gov. Hodges, who attended
the budget hearing, praised the
work of the Board of Higher
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Expanded Laboratory Facilities
/ * EXPANDED LABORATORY
FACILITIES AT HOSPITAL
Shown left to right x in the
. S newly renovated and expanded
f , laboratory facilities at L. Rlch
K ; >
ilrvtv 'i \
ardson' Memorial Hospital, Mrs.
Beraice Mebane, laboratory
technician, Mitchell Coleman
and Nathaniel Butler, technici
ans, Mr. Coleman, Chief Tech
nlcian is shown conferring with
Mrs. Mebane . on a rather tech
nical chcmical procedure. All
equipment is modern and in
cludes a blood bank not shown
with a capacity of 179 units.
The laboratory is air conditioned
and nnder the supervision of Dr.
H. C. Lennon Patrologist.
Photo by Dr. Roy Lee