HARD-WORKING MOTHER
CITED IN A&T PROGRAM
A dedicated mother who de- |
layed her own education to send
her four children to A&T State
University, was honored last I
Sunday as the "Mother of the
Year" by the University.
Selected in the annual nomi
nations from the student body
was Mrs. Delia B. Hill of Pol
locksville, N. C. She was a spe
cial guest at the University and
received the traditional orchid,
a certificate, and other gifts
from the students.
She was presented to the stu
dent body during the Mother's
Day convocation in Moore Gym
by Mrs. Lewis C. Dowdy, wife
of the president of A&T.
Mrs. Hill, 42, operates a beau
ty shop in Pollocksville. Some
years ago, she decided to post
pone her efforts to obtain a
high school degree in order to
send her children to A&T.
A son, George Hill is present
ly employed as an instructor of
dairy manufacturing at the Uni
versity. Another son Johnny HU1
graduated in 1965 and teaches
building construction at a high
school in Lenoir County.
A third son, William Hill,
majored in business administra
tion at A&T and needs only a
few hours to complete degree
requirements.
The youngest child, Bonnie
Hill, graduates in June with a
major in child development.
A few years ago Mrs. Hill re
sumed her formal education and
received her high school diplo
ma in May of 1968. She is now
attending Lenoir County Com
munity College in Kinston, N. C.
Guest speaker for the vespers
was the Rev. Willie H. John
son, pastor of the South Los
Angeles Baptist Church. The
Rev. Mr. Johnson is also execu
tive secretary and director of
Christian Education of the West
Baptist State Convention of
California.
The Mother's Day program
also included two jazz concerts
and a special review by the Uni
versity's ROTC units in front
of the Memorial Student Union.
A&T STUDENTS VPIN
GRANTS FOR SUMMER
STUDY AT DUKE
Five undergraduate physics
majors at AicT State University
have been selected to partici
pate in a special summer study
and research program at Duke
University.
The students are Clarence O.
Clark, Dunn, N.C.; Hilliard B.
Hines, Elizabeth City, N. C.;
Ronald E. McNair, Lake City,
S. C.; Renan Sarratt, Gaffney,
S. C.; and Charles R. Richard
son, Waxhaw, N. C.
The eight-week program
which will get underway June
1, is being sponsored by the
Ford Foundation to stimulate
talenied physics students from
predominately-black institutions.
During their stay at Duke,
the A&T students will receive
instruction in modern physics,
mathematical methods in phys
ics, and advanced laboratory.
They will also be introduced to
research programs being con
ducted at the University.
Scholarships for the students
will cover tuition, travel, book*
and fees and will provide an
additional stipend at $300.
Several New Workshops,
Institutes To Highlight A&T
Summer Session
Three new workshops in
home economics and a work
shop in school publicity and
public relations will highlight
the annual summer session at
A&T State University, June 9
August 8.
Director J. Neil Armstrong
said that more than 2,000 grad
uates and undergraduates are
expected to enroll in the regular
classes, workshops, and short
courses for teachers of voca
tional agriculture.
A nine-week term will get
underway on June 9 and end
August 8, while six-week ses
sions will be held June 9 to
July 18 and June 23 to August
1. The three-week session will
be conducted July 21-August 8.
The three-week workshop in
school public relations will be
held July 14-August 1 for sec
ondary administrators and teach
ers. The home economics work
shops will be Special Problems
in Home Economics, June 9-27;
Current Problems in Child De
velopment, July 7-July 18; and
Teaching Students With Special
Needs, June 30-July 18.
The sixth annual institute in
music for junior and senior high
school students will be held
June 30-August 2. More than
100 students from five states
are expected to enroll in the
institute this year.
A tuition-free course for sup
ervisors of student teachers will
be held June 16 to July 4. The
course will be sponsored joint
ly by A&T and the North Car
olina Department of Public In
struction.
Other special features of the
I summer session will be a Town
> and Rural Ministers Institute
June 10-12 and a National
Science Foundation intitute for
high school biology teachers
June 9-August 8.
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Armstrong said that additional
information and application
blanks may be obtained from
the Summer School Office at
A&T. Registration will be held
June 9.
500 Students To Receive Degrees
At Annual A&T U. Finals
More thas 500 undergraduates
are expected to receive degrees
at the annual baccalaureate
commencement exercises at
A&T State University, Sunday,
June 1.
Speaker for the graduation
will be Judge Elreta Alexander
of Greensboro, first Negro wom
an jurist in the state. Herself
a graduate of A&T, Judge Alex
ander will speak at 11 a.m. in
the Charles H. Moore Gymnas
ium.
Also during the exercises,
master of science degrees will
be presented to 30 graduate
students.
Other highlights of the com
mencement weekend will be re
unions of the classes of 1909,
1919, 1929, 1939, 1949, and 1959,
the annual meeting of the A&T
National Alumni Association,
and the annual alumni Awards
Dinner.
Judge Alexander, who had
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been a successful practicing at
torney in Greensboro, last No
vember won a judgeship in one
of Guilford County's district
courts. She was also the first
Negro woman to earn a law
degree from the Columbia Uni
versity School of Law. Judge
Alexander formerly taught
school and has published a
volume of peoms, "When Is A
Man Free?"
Commencement activities will
get underway Friday, May 30
with the Reunion Roundup at
King's Inn from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
The national alumni meeting
j will be Saturday morning at
1 10:30 a.m. in the Memorial Stu
dent Union.
The alumni will elect and in
stall officers, including a new
president to succeed the re
tiring Howard C. Barnhill,
health educator from Charlotte,
N. C.
The Reunion Luncheon will
be held Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
in the Union and the Awards
Dinner wil lbe held at 6:30 p.m.
in King's Inn.
Immediately following the
graduation exercises, President
of the University, Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy will honor graduates and
their parents at a reception in
the Memorial Union.
NCC FINISHES THIRD
IN WTVD MEET
DURHAM, N. C. ? A strong
performance in the sprint
events enabled North Carolina
College to finish third in the
fourth annual WTVD Track and
Field meet held here at Duke
Stadium last Friday and Sat
urday.
The Eagle thinclads scored a
total of 41% points' to come in
third behind Duke University
with 57% points and the Uni
versity of North Carolina with
48 points. Johnson C. Smith
University finished fourth with
41 points.
Coach Leroy Walker's cinder
men set a new meet record in
the first running event of the
evening, the 440-yard relay. The
foursome of Lionel Urgan,
James Stewart, Floyd Williams
and Ron Draper wiped out the
meet record of 40.8 they set
Friday with a 40.5 clocking in
the finals.
William pulled a mild upset
when he jumped out the blocks
and beat teammate Urgan, the
meet's favorite, in the 100-yard
dash. Williams was timed in 0.5
to tie the meet's record held
by Edwin Roberts since 1968.
Leon Sanders won a gold
watch by winning the 440-yard
intermediate hurdles in a time
of 53.1. Jeff Howser of Duke,
who won the 120-yard high
hurdles in 14.0 was second in
this event
NCC claimed second and third
place in the 220-yard dash.
Williams came in second in 21.6
while Stewart hit the tape
third in 21.7. Olympian Vince
Matthews of Johnson C. Smith
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won this event with a 21.2 time. I
Draper's 14.3 timing in the
120yard hurdles earned him a
second place medal. Curtis
Hickman came in fourth in this
event in 14,9.
Urgan leaped 22 feet, %
inches in the long Jump to fin
ish third behind a record break
ing performance by Ronald
Wheeler of J. C. Smith. Wheel
ed jumped 24 feet 5% inches to
erase the old mark of 23 feet
11% inches set by Joe Silva of
Winstou-Salem State in 1967.
The Eagle's mile relay team
of Draper, James Wilkerson,
James Stevenson and James
Stewart finished third in this
event which was won by John
son C. Smith. The Golden Bulls
were timed 3:13.5 while A&T
came in second (3:14.7) and
NCC third (3:14.7).
NCC's Terry Cole, who tied
Joe Blackwelder of Duke for
fourth place in the high Jump,
saw his 1967 record of 6* 7^4"
go down the drain as William
Buchingham of A&T State Uni
versity jumped 6' 8" to win the
event.
Ed Stenberg of Duke voted
the meet's most outstanding per
former as he won the mile run,
and tied his teammate Mike
Graves in the two mile run.
Stenburg set a new record in
the mile with a 4:11.9 timing
and hit the tape in 9:16 in the
two mile run.
Admissions at the Veterans
Administration's 166 hospitals
reached 647,000 in FY 1968,
23,000 above the 1967 figure.
A monthly average of 121.317
volunteers worked at Veterans
Administration hopitals during
1968. More are needed.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that mm
application hu been Bled with She
Comptroller of the Currency for a
new National bank to be located
in Greensboro. North Carolina, wltk
a proposed aggregate capitalization
of $700,000. The name* of all appli
cants shown on the application an
as follows: James E. Burnett; Jam?
K. Smith; A. N. McCoy: Durol O,
Long; Ernest R. Canada; Henry H
Frye; W. Edward Jenkins; Wyoming
Wells.
This the 5th day of May 1MB.
Henry E. Frye. Agent
Post Office Box XI 401
Greensboro, North Carolina SMM
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