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VOL. 29, NO. 40 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1970 PRICE: 10 CENTS
A&T Taps Greensboro Executive As
New Community Relations Director
Sampson Buie, Jr., former
administrative assistant to the
General Greene Council of the
Boy Scouts of America, has
been named community rela
tions specialist at A&T State
University.
Buie's appointment was an
nounced Thursday by Dr. Lewis
C. Dowdy, president of the Uni
versity.
"We are very pleased to have
Mr. Buie join our administrat
ive team," said Dowdy. "He
will represent the university in
affairs that relate to the com
munity at large in efforts to
eliminate gaps of misunderstand
ing between town and gown."
Dowdy said the new position,
the first of its type at a college
in North Carolina, is being made
possible through a $22,682 grant
through the State Board of
Higher Education from the fed
eral government.
In this position, Buie will re
port directly to the president.
"We want to extend the serv
ices of the University to the
community by utilizing faculty
members and students," added
Dowdy. "We also want to co
ordinate the efforts of students
and faculty in assisting low-in
come families in raising their
economic levels and to make
them aware of programs we
have which may benefit them."
Dowdy said one of Buie's first
assignments will be to assess
existing community programs
being conducted by O E O,
churches and other groups. Buie
will also work in the Univers
ity's Department of Adult Ser
vices and Community Services.
A native of Fairmont, N. C.,
Buie Is a 1952 graduate of A&T
and a graduate of the National
Boy Scout Institute. He was
pursued graduate studies at
A&T, the University of Michi
gan, University of Illinois and
Colorado State University.
During the Korean War, Buie
served as an officer in the U.S.
Army in the Far East. A licens
ed and ordained Baptist miu
ister, he is assistant to the min
ister at Providence Baptist
Church.
Buie is married to the former
Catherine Oates. They have
three children.
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SAMPSON BUIE, JR.
Sampson Buie, Jr., of Greens
boro, N. C. was named this week
as community relations special
ist at A&T State University.
Buie formerly served as ad
ministrative assistant for the
General Greene Council of the
Bov Scouts of America.
GUILFORD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
SET FOR AUGUST 21
President Luther R. Medlin
of Guilford Technical Institute
announced today final plans for
Guilford Technical Institute's
1970 Commencement Exercises.
On Friday evening, August
21, 1970 at 8:00 p.m. in War
Memorial Auditorium, Greens
boro, North Carolina, degrees
and diplomas will be awarded
to 328 graduates. Dr. Dean B.
Pruette, Superintendent of the
High Point City Schools, will
present high school diplomas to
171 adults who have earned
their high school diplomas
through the cooperative program
of the three local school systems
and Guilford Technical Insti
tute. Dr. Luther R. Medlin will
present diplomas to 104 stu
dents who have completed one
year programs of study at the
Institute and will confer As
sociate Degrees in Applied
Science on the 53 candidates
who have successfully complet
ed two-year programs of study.
The commencement address
will be delivered by Mr. E. Wil
liam Land, Jr., Chief, Apollo
Operations Planning of the Of
fice of Manned Space Flight,
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, Washing
ton, D. C.
Congressman L. Richardson
Preyer of North Carolina's Sixth
Congressional District Will in
troduce the speaker.
The public, as well as friends
and family of the graduates, is
cordially invited to attend this
commencement program.
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A&T Receives Grant From Continental Can
Armand Richardson, (third from left)
chairman of the Department of Electrical
Engineering at A&T State University, re
ceives $500 check for University from Con
tinental Can Company. Making presentation
is W. I. Morris, placement director at A&T.
Others are Dr. Jesse Marshall, dean of stu
dent affairs and Mrs. Dorothy Jones, as
sistant director of placement.
Six Added To Staff
At A&T State Univ.
Six persons holding docto
rates, including the former ath
letic director at Boston Univers
ity, have been named to the
staff at A&T State University.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, presi
dent of A&T, announced Mon
day that Bob Peck, director of
physical education and athletics
at Boston, will become a pro
fessor of physical education
here September 1.
Other full professors hired by
A&T are Dr. Joseph Hungate,
a no-fd teacher of piano from
Ober-:;i College; Hi. John A.
We.ivi:< profit jr ft chemistry;
Dr. I >,?> ' Watkins, chairman
of the Department of Account
ing and professor of accounting;
Dr. Albert D. Smart, chairman
of the Department of Business
Administration and professor of
bufiness; and Dr. Ma'-y Loll
Roberts, professor of business.
A 41 -year-old ex-marine,
Peck has headed- the athletic
program at Boston University
since 1965. He played a signifi
cant role in the installation of
Astro Turf on the BU athletic
field. Peck holds degrees from
Stetson University, New York
University and Columbia Uni
versity.
Hungate, who taught for 40
years at Oberlin, will join A&T
as f. professor of piano. He was
a successful concert pianist be
fore launching his teaching ca
reer and studied for several
years in Europe under Alfred
Coret, Lazore LeVy and Madame
Nadia Boulanger.
Weaver is a native of Hem
ingway, S. C. and holds the B. S.
degree from Virginia Union
University and the M. S. and
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Retain One's Racial Identity
But Live In Harmony With Others,
Says A&T Speaker
Learning to retain one's rac
ial identity while working in
harmony with other groups was
urged Wednesday night as the
answer to the nation's integra
tion problems.
"Cultural pluralism is a more
valuable concept than either in
tegration or assimilation," said
Dr. Joseph T. Durham, associate
dean of the College of Educa
tion at the Illinois State Uni
versity. "We have always been
a. multi-ethnic country."
Durham was the concluding
speaker for the A&T State Uni
versity summer lecture series.
He said the idea of a "melting
pot" nation has never really
worked.
"From the beginning," he
said, "our schools have sought
to eliminate individual dif
' ferences under the melting pot
, concept.. But now our schools
1 must adjust to a multitude of
cultures. Each of us must learn
to respect our own culture as
well as the cultural uniqueness
o? others."
Durham called for revision of
the curricula by the schools,
i "We must provide each student
j with a set of cultural experiences
and assure that cultural divers
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Honeywell Grants $3,000 to A&T State Univ.
Dr. Reginald Amory, dean of the School of Engineer
ing at A&T State University (left) receives $3,000 check
for program from Charles E. Bailey, associate in college
relations at Honeywell, Inc. Funds will he used for scholar
ships and for the University's urban affairs chair.