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VOL. 23, NO. 29
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1964
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Under The Shadow of Booker T. Washington
There is always that devotion to manhood when Omega Psi rui
meet. This group of Omega brothers was taken at the meeting
orv the Seventh District Meeting in its 27th Session at Tuskegee ln
' ite, Alabama. The statue of the ate Booker T. Washington is shown
? a
I above tlio men.
The Meeting was presided over by Dr. Joseph T. Brooks, District
: Representative. First Vice Grand Basileus, George E. Meurcs, de
livered the principal address.
Commencement Exercises At
Bennett College
Two of the nation's outstand
ing educators ? one a noted his
torian and the other a distinguish
ed college president ? will share
. the speaker's platform during the
commencement exercises at
Bennett College, May 31 to June
L
The 'baccalaureate address will
be delivered at 4 p.m., Sunday,
May 31, toy Dr. John Hope Frank
lin, head of the history depart
ment at Brooklyn College, while
Dr. Richard Glenn Gettell, presi
dent of Mount Holyoke College,
' South Hadley, Mass., will deliver
the commencement address on the
following day on a program
which begins at 10:30 aon.
Dr. Franklin, a graduate of
Fisk University, with an M.A.
and Ph.D. from Harvard, taught
at Fisk, North Carolina College
and Howard University, where he
was chairman of the history de
par em en t, before going to Brook
' lyn College in 1057. He has serv
ed as visiting professor at Har
* bard, Cornell, the University of
' Wisconsin, the University of Cal
ifornia and Cambridge Univer
sity, England.
A Phi Beta Kappa and a form
er Fulbright professor, he is a
member of the board of directors
of the Sazburg Semina and of the
American Council of Learned So
t cieties as well as a trustee oi
Fisk. He is the author of several
books, among them "The Free
Negro in North Carolina" and
"From Slavery to Freedom."
Dr. Gettell, a graduate of Am
herst College, with a PhD. from
the University of California at
Berkeley, has held a number of
posts in the U.S. Commerce De
partment and has taught at Har
vard, Wellesley and Yale. He has
served in operations research with
the 8th Air Force and was chief
of operations analysis for the 20th
Ar Force. At one time he was as
sistant to the publisher of For
tune magazine and served as chief
stall ecaonomist for Time Maga
zine.
A member of the American Eco
nomics Association, the American
Marketing Association and the
American Statistical Association,
he has been presdent of Mount
Holyoke since 1957. He is a trus
tee ol Briarcliff College.
Commencement activities begin
on Friday, May 29, with class day
exercises at 3 p.m. and the an
nual dramatic production by the
Theatre Guild at 8 -p.m. The Na
tional Graduate Association will
meet the following day at 10 a.
m., followed by the All-Bennett
Luncheon at 1 pjn.
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A&T SENIOR IS AWARDED
GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP
AT KENT STATE
A graduating senior at A&T
College has been awarded a grad
uate assistantship by Kent State
University, Kent, Ohio.
Andrew Willis, Norfolk, Va.,
will begin studies in sociology at
the Ohio institution this fall un
der a grant provided by the De
pal ament 06 Sociology afld An
thropology. . ?
In a letter of confirmation from
Dr. James T. Laing, chairman
o? the Department, Willis was
informed that the grant includes
a generous stipend to cover a
12-month program, remission of
fees and compensation for work
with the Department.
Willis, an honor student, is ten
or soloist with the A&T College
Choir. His guardian is Mrs. An
nie Johnson, also of Norfolk, Va.
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OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY
ACHIEVEMENT WEEK WINNERS
Shown here are the top winners In the National Achievement
Week Essay Contest which Is sponsored by the Omega I'sl Phi Fra
ternity In the high schools of the nation. The contest Is open to stu
dents of all races. The subject of the contest was "Individual Re
sponsibility and the American Revolution for Rights".
Shown on the left Is Miss Ruby Lee Turner, Amarillo, Texas,
who won the first prize ($500.00). On the right is Miss Kathleen La
gorio, Stockton, California, who took second honors ($300.00). The
third winner was Thomas Ilornackl, Chlcagi, Illinois, who won Hon
orable Mention.
The contest is a presentation of the National Achievement Com
mittee headed by Dr. Herbert A. Marshall.
A&T Symphony Band
Scores In Concert
The A&T College Symphony
Band last week scored with its
annual spring concert.
The 70-piece group, playing un
der the baton of Walter F. Carl
son, Jr., drew warm applause
with the hour long concert.
p-pening the program with the
Foundation March, by Goldman,
the Band played four other
marches, including: Crown Im
perial, a Coronation march by
Walton; Gridiron Club Maroh and
The Pride of The Wolverines
March, both by Sousa, and Coat
Of Arms March, by Kenny.
The featured selections were:
The Lustspiel Overture, Opus 37,
by Keler-Bela and two groups of
musical show numbers. The first
group, conducted by J. J. Wil
liams, assistant director of bands,
included two selections from
Flower Drum Song, and Carlson
conducted the band in," If I Lov
ed You" and "You'll Never Walk
Alone," all written by Rodgers
and Hammerstein.
The concert was rounded out
with a group at selections from
the Handel Suite and three-Bo
hemian folk songs, arranged by
Davis.
As an encore, the band played
Kentucky Babe.
Annual Federation
Meeting Held
Homo Demonstration Women
from eighteen counties in the
Western District completed their
Annual Federation meeting at the
Brown Summit High School Fri
day, May 1, with Dr. Eloise Cofer,
Assistant Director o? N. C. Ex
tension Service, giving the final
address.
In keeping with the theme "Ac
cent on Family Resources to
Reach Family Goals", Dr. Cofer
challenged families to continue
their efforts in using every avail
able resource to reach individual
and family goals. She also stress
ed the importance of using the
decision-making process in de
termining what should be worked
on first. Dr. Cofer reminded the
group of the heritage we now en
joy as we celebrate our 5th anni
versary of Agricultural Extension
Service. She urged each member
to continue sharing time, energy,
skills and knowledge in making
_tbe objectives of the Home Eco
nomics Extension Program a use
able resource to improve the level
of living of the many families in
our counties' in North Carolina
wihose income is less than $3,000
a year.
In the afternoon session the fol
lowing offices were elccted: Pres
ident, Mrs. Estelle Norment, For
syth County; Mrs. Rosetta Hendex
on, Mecklenburg County, First
Vice President; Mrs, Theola Rob
inson, Rowan County; Second
Vice President, Mrs. Catherine
Cuieton, Union County; Record
ing secretary. Miss Francis Con
ner, Iredell County; correspond
ing secretary; and Mrs. Corina
Villines, Treasurer, Orange Coun
ty.
The officers were installed by
Mrs. Minnie Miller Brown, Ex
tension State Home Economics
Agent.
The attendance Plaque was
awarded to Union County with
an attendance of 50 persons.
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j_WW6RKIS IISHT
YMCfl Group To Go To World's Fair
A group of 38 persons represent
ing the YWCA will leave Greens
boro July 29, 1964 tor the 1964-65
New York World's Fair for a four
day visit. The group will board a
special Traihvays bus at the
YWCA-Pearson St. Branch at 7:30
P.M.
Heading the group will be Mrs.
Arthur Headen, Executive Di
rector. The group will stay at the
Century Hotel in New York.
On the second day of the trip, a
special Land and Water Tour of
the city has been arranged. In
cluded in this tour are the Boiw
ery, U.N. Building, Wall Street,
a short walking tour through
Chinatown, and a visit to the
Cathedral of St. John the Di
vine. One cxf the most impressive
features in this sight seeing trip
will be a cruise around Manhat
tan Island.
The third and fourth days have
been set aside for the visit to the
World's Fair. The Fair opened
April 22, 1964 and will run for
two years.
For further information con
cerning the trip call the YWCA
?BR 2-0185? YWCA membership
is required.