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the first annual Alumni Exce
C. Dowdy, president of A&l
so a banker, is a 1953 gradua
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Hep. Henry E. Frye, a Guilford
County lawmaker and an
organizer of the city's first black
operated bank, received A&T
State University's first Alumni
Excellence award last Sunday.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, president
of A&T, presented Frye
his award during the university's
81st annual commencement exercises
in the Greensboro Memorial
Coliseum.
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Change, Mayor ol
A&T Graduates
More than 800 men and women
took an eventful walk
across the stage of the Greensboro
Coliseum Sunday morning
to receive degrees from North
Carolina A&T State University.
The university's dlst annual
commencement crowd settled to
a quiet attentiveness as A&T
President Lewis C. Dowdy introduced
the guest speaker,
Chapel Hill's Honorable tylayor
Howard N. Lee.
Lee, an unsuccessful candidate
for Congress in recent state
elections, told the 6200 people
in attendance that "I have a few
things to lay on the line."
The 37 year old politician,
born into the home of sharecropper
parents in Lithonia, Ga.
and once a high school dropout
himself, told the A&T graduates
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Greensboro, right, receives
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(Mike Braye Photo)
maker, Banker
ixcellence Award
| Dowdy said the new aware
' will be given annually to a graduate
or former student whose
achievements have brought honor
to the university.
Frye, who graduated from
A&T in 1953, was first elected
to the North Carolina House ol
Representatives in November ol
1968, the first black this centurj
to serve in the legislature. He
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that "I'm southern, I'm black
and I'm a concerned American,
so I'm sure we have something
in common."
Lee requested the removal oi
polluted leaders. "We have a
responsibility to change institutions
and values in a constructive
way," he said.
"While Ph.D.s are pumping
gas, politicians are bickering
over busing. While men are going
to the moon, people are going
hungry here on earth."
Claiming that the Americar
system paints a dismal picture
1 for the future, Lee defended it
by saying "it can work."
"The system is like an automobile,
there's no problem wit!
the system but with the drivei
behind the wheel. Young people
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NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDf5
DEATHS
MRS. GERTRVDE BUMPASS
Mrs. Gertrude Russell Bumpass,
age 71, a former resident
of Greensboro died in Washington.
D. C. Saturday, May 13th
following several months illness.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, May 18th, 4:00 p.m.,
; Shifoii Baptist Church. Burial
I followed in Maplewood Ceme'
tery.
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Survivors include, daughter,
Miss Hattie Russell, Washington,
D. C., brother, L., B. Bettis,
Washington, D. C.; sisters, Mrs.
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Mother of The Year
Chosen at
McLeansville Church
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I MBS. DORIS P. MURPHY
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Mrs. Doris P. Murphy, wife
| of William J. Murphy, was recently
chosen "Mother of the
Year" of the McLeansville Baptist
Church located at McLeansville,
N. C. Mrs. Murphy is the
' mother of ten children.
When asked about her accom'
plishments, Mrs. Murphy stated
that she feels very humble.
However, she possesses every
1 right to feel proud, because five
" of her children are college grad'
uates. Four of them graduated
as honor students. Two sons
! are now enrolled in graduate
school on special scholarships.
When visiting in the Murphy
home, one cannot miss the air
of love and harmony that exi
ists. There too have been great
! sacrifices made within the famt
ily. The oldest son who graduated
from high school with
- honors sacrificed his opportuni
ity to go to college so that his
r brother could attend, because he
i would never be able to work
hard.
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i-Y, MAY 19, 1972
3 Couples at A&T Eari
By Cureton Johnson tl
They knew the task of getting! P
master's degrees together would [ 11
I be trying, but three couples at 11
j A&T State University received!''
I their graduate degrees here, u
j much like they got their wedding ''
rnc*. on the same day.
Billy E. and Alma Adams of
Greensboro were among the hus- b
band-wife teams picking up a
their degrees last Sunday. Ad- Sl
ams received his master's de- j 11
gree in sociology, while his wife
secured her degree in art education.
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"Even though I believe in h
equality for women, that wasn't ll
my purpose for going back to v
school when Billv did." Mrs. s
Adams softly proclaimed. "I s
simply didn't have a job at the
time," she said as each freckle n
on her reddish brown face shift- 'n
ed in accordance with her ex- 1
pressions. 1
Mrs. Adams had been teach- f
ing at Palmer Memorial Institute,
but that prep school fold- t
ed. Her husband, on the other i
hand, was growing weary of his t
job with a Greensboro insurance '
company. t
"I got a bad break," he said. 1
"When I was hired, they told me
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iat race didn't matter in ccmany
advancement. But alter beig
the only employee to make
ie local branch's honor club
uring his first year, and after
iree years of service, promoon
still hadn't come his way.
Adams decided to buck the
inancial and emotional strains
ound to lie ahead for a man
nd wife who entered graduate
chool simultaneously, and who
ave a child they must find time
3 love also.
He obtained three National
lefense Loans to go along with
is GI paychecks, but still had
3 work part-time in the uniersity's
library. During the
ummer, he held down an asortment
of menial jobs.
"I've been self-reliant most of
ny life and I don't like charity,
e said. "I went into the Air
^orce to save money for colege,
because I didn't want my
oiks to bear the burden."
Things soured somewhat for
he Adamses last winter. "Seemngly
everything went wrong
vith our n. .e home," he said.
The furnace failed when the
veather turned cold, to add to a
ong list of troubles.
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pies receiving master's deity
Sunday were Billy and
N. C. Little son Billy II is
(Photo by Moore)