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Robinson Named As Acting St. Aug. I‘rexy
Will Assume Office
li September Os ’67
The Right Reverend Thomas
A. Fraser, Bishop of the Epis
copal Diocese of North Caroli
na, and Chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Saint Augustine's
College, announced this week
the appointment of Dr. Prezell
R, Robinson, Ececutive Dean of
Saint Augustine’s as acting
president of the college, effec
tive at the end of the current
school year.
Bishop Fraser has indicated
that President James A. Boyer
has announced his resignation
which is to become effective at
the end of the 1966-67 school
year. He will use the latter pe
riod of time to return to grad
uate school in preparation for
resuming his teaching career
at the college.
Dr. Robinson came to Saint
Augustine’s in 1956 as dean of
instruction and professor of
EDITORIAL FEATURE
Your Future - Vote For It
Saturday, May 28th all registered vot
ers have the privilege of selecting their
choice for office in the forthcoming
Democratic Primary. No qualified per
sons should let this day slip by without
taking themselves to their respective
polling places and casting ballots for as
strong and representative government of
the people as possible. For whenever we
are content to let the other fellow assume
our responsibilities then will we start
and promote deterioration in politics and
government. Somehow things seem to
be mirrored back, if the body politic is
smart, the office-holder is smart. If the
general public is adamant or lazy and
unconcerned, then we contribute to lazy,
non -progressive officeholders.
Here in the South, we are challenging
other parts of the country for a bigger
slice of industry in an attempt to de
feat the one-crop, mono-minded agra
rian thinkers of the past. And much pro
gress has been accomplished. In fact, eve
are moving at such a clip many of us
are utterly amazed at the income, liv
ing conditions and general jump in our
economy. With a per capita income of
over $2,000.00 per annum North Caro
An Old Story Newly Told
Editor’s Note : Rear Admiral Hy
man George Rickover was born in
Russia, but is a graduate of the U.S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., in
192jL. He has served on submarines
and did graduate work in electron
incs. In 1947, he urged the use of
Atomic Power for submarines and
spent several months at Oak Ridge,
Tenn., in this pursuit.
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON
CARVER (SSBN-656)
Fleet Post Office
New York 09501
At Sea. North Atantic
8 May 1966
Dear Mr. Jervay:
We have just successfuly completed
the first sea trials of our 37th Polans nu
clear submarine The USS GEORGE
WASHINGTON CARVER was built
by the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company, Newport News,
Virginia. We also have in operation 22
attack type nuclear submarines, making
a total of 59.
This ship is named for George W. Car
ver, a botanist and chemurgist renowned
m the annals of American scientific agri
culture. The child of slaves, he did not
know the day of his birth. Even the year
is not certain, but he thought it was
1860. Where he was bom, however, is not
in doubt. In 1943. shortly after he died
at Tuskegee Institute. Alabama, both
houses of Congress passed without a dis
senting vote, a bill authorizing erection
of a -national monument at his birthplace
in Diamond Grove, Missouri. In four
score years, George W. Carver had come
a long way and accomplished a great
deal.
None of it had come easy His start in
life was most inauspicious. A sickly in
fant, orphaned before he was a year old
it seemed unlikely he would survive. He
lost his fattier in an accident and was
soon after kidnaped, together with his
mother and sister, by marauding night
riders. Those were lawless times. Steal
ing slaves for sale to plantations in the
Deep South was not uncommon. But
George Carver was such a puny baby
that the kidnapers had no use for him,
and so his master was able to get him
released in return for a race horse val
ued at S3OO Os mother and sister no
thing was ever heard.
Hard as it was to be a slave child with
sociology. He was appointed to
the position of Executive Dean
in 1964. He is a graduate of the
college and holds masters and
doctoral degrees from Cornell
University.
During President Boyer's ad
ministration, the enrollment of
the college has doubled, faculty
salaries have been substantially
increased and the physical plant
has been greatly expanded.
Atkinson Hail for young men
was completed in 1955, a new
health and fine arts building
was constructed in 1961, and
addition is currently being made
to the library, a dormitory for
young men and one for young wo
men are under construction.
Each w ill house 160 students and
will be ready for occupancy in
the Fall. Plans are also com
plete for an addition to the sci
(See DR ROBINSON, P. J»
lina seems to be on the verge of an eco
nomic “promised tend”. With this vast
future challenging our resources we can
ill-afford to by-pass the many responsi
bilities which no longer depend upon
getting by or “just” living. Our future
will be chock with demands. These de
mands wall include good officeholders,
sound thinkers who are a part of a
growing, fruitful, challenging era which
cannot afford errors or the wrong per
sons in any job or position.
This future belongs to the people.
YOU must help protect it. We must ac
cept this hoped for fact and be sure in
contests for office that the best and more
capable person, not necessarily the best
politician, is given the opportunity to
continue our forward movement into
even better things and a greater life for
everybody. Your vote is inextricably tied
to this future. Use it intelligently. You
will reap the reward of a more expanded
South, a healthier South in all of its
many intricate and meaningful dimen
sions.
Vote May 28th—and above all vote
YOUR convictions.
out kith or kin. by great good fortune
his master Moses Carver (from whom
he took his surname) was not a typical
planter but a plain farmer, one of the so
called “Black Republican abolitionist
Germans,” or “lop-eared Dutch,” as
they were contemptuously called, who
had migrated to Missouri in the 1830’s.
He was opposed to slavery, but he and
his wife were childless and middle-aged;
they needed help and servants were not
to be had. So Moses bought a slave girl
from a neighbor for S7OO. After she had
been abducted, he took it upon himself
to raise her small son. Slavery ended
when the boy was four years old but he
remained with the Carvers and was
treated much as any other farm boy
There was a lot of work to be done and
George was expected to do his share. He
was an especially apt pupil in all the
domestic chores around the house and
showed early that he had away with
growing things. People called him “plant
doctor for he could cure any ailing
plant; he seemed to know instinctively
what it needed in order to grow'.
The boy was bom with a keen mind,
fantastically clever hands and so great
a thirst for knowledge that no obstacle
could bar him from obtaining an edu
cation. Os rebuffs he suffered many, but
he was also often given a helping hand.
The free school nearby was barred to
him, whereupon Mrs. Carver gave him
an old blue-back Speller and with her
help he taught himself to read and write
Thereafter he was hardly ever without
a book in his hand. He would prop it up
while he washed and ironed, these being
some of the chores that earned him a liv
ing while he gradually accumulated
school credits.
At 10 he decided he must find a school
and so he left the Carvers, all his pos
sessions in a small bundle over his shoul
der. Thus began an Odyssey that was
to take him in short stage’s northward
geographically and upward educational
ly. At several critical times during his
30-year quest for an education, lurk oi
his pleasing personality, or perhaps a
combination of both, brought him into
contact with warmhearted childless rou
pic’s who gave him the concern and care
usually found only in one’s own family
With a few he stayed but lit was never a
(Continued On Paoe 21
THE COROLINIAN
VOL. 25. NO. 27
Postered First Baptist 37 Years:
DR. OSCAR S. BULLOCK DIES
Mon Ends Loon Protest "Lock-In”
North Carolina 's Leading Weekly
RALEIGH. N. C . SATURDAY. MAY 28, 1966
PRINCIPALS IN ST. AUGUSTINE’S CHANGEOVER - The
Right Rev. Thomas Fraser, center, Bishop of the Episco
pal Diocese of North Carolina and chairman of the St. Augus
tine’s College Board of Trustees, make.-, announcement of Dr.
Prt zell R. Robinson's appointment to the office of acting pres
ident <f St. Augustine'* College as Di. Robinson left, and Dr.
James A. Buyer look on.
Mrs. Donnell Given Final
Rites At St. Joseph AME
BY ALEXANDER BARN” S
DURHAM - The last chapter
in the life of Mrs. Martha
Merrick Donnell was written at
MRS. MARTHA M. DONNELL
From Raleigh’s Official Police Files
THE CRIME BEAT
BY CHARLES R JONES
Beats Up Mom
And Her Son
Mrs. Rachel Seav.t Urht, of
856 New com he Road, report
ed to Officers Norn \rus
and James E. (Bobby Date at
6:57 p. m. Frida’., tii.it Jesse
Clinton Watson, 26, of 2206
Biltmore Court or Clayton,
came to b- r home and she told
him ‘ to leave and don't come
• ick anymore. ' Sh- said he
then struck her about the head
and face with his hands and
fists.
When her son, Dennis Riy
Seav.light, sought to intervene
in his mother's behalf. Wat
son also allegedly struck him
vitli bis fists. Mrs. S-av.right
said she would come ;<> po!ie<
headquarters and sign an as
sault and battery wan ant.
f
Be Sere To Go To The Foils Saturday, May 28 And Vote Yoar Convictions
St. Joseph AMI- Church Tues
day afternoon when Rev. Philip
Cousins, pastor, delivered the
eulogy and she was buried in
Beechwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Donnell known to Dur
ham it os as “Martha” succumb
ed at the Lincoln Hospital Sun
day afternoon. She was quite
active in the civic and social
life of the city for a number
of years and a devoted member
of St. Joseph. For a number
of years she directed the
Christmas songfest nd travel
ed throughout the cit, on Christ
mas Eve, bringing cheer and
good-, ill to the Durham com
munity.
She was the daughter of the
late John Merrick, one of the
founders of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany. She married Dr. Clyde
Donnell and they resided at
2602 FavettevilleJst.
(See MKS DOWELL, P 2)
Seeks 'Smoke/
Cuts Giver
Raymond Williams, 42, of 13
St. Augustine’s Avenue, told
Officers M. G. Clifton at 4:30
p. m. Sunday, th.it James Thom
as Dunn, 41, 1200 E. E dent on
Street, came into his yard and
asked him for a cigarette.
Tlu complainant declared as
he reached into his pocket to
take out his pack of “smokes,*’
Dunn stab!>ed him in the right
hand with a pocket knife. The
wound was three-inches long
and the cos noted the incident
was a “revenge knifing.”
Mr. Williams said he would
sign an assault with a deadly
weapon warrant against Mr.
Dunn.
'So- < U Vt BEVT, P 3
PRICE 15 CENTS
Was Denied
More Aid
By Gov’t
CHICAGO - (NPI) - - Law
rence Young, "6 - year -old
former cab driver who threat
ened to fast and lock himself in
his restaurant unless the gov
ernment advanced him a $5,500
loan, threw in the towel last
week as Small Business Admin
istration officials carted res
taurant equipment away.
Young had been granted a sl9, -
500 loan by the SBA to operate
his Young’s Chicken Delight
restaurant. When business be
gan to falter, he sought an ad
ditional $5,500, but was denied
it.
In retaliation, he locked him -
(See EX-CABBIE, P 2)
Screams
Frighten
Attacker
BY CHARLES R. JONES
A stocky, tall man, who tried
to rape a 19-year -old young
woman here last Sunday night,
only succeeding in losing his
watch and having it smashed
during a struggle.
Miss Barbara Ann Ray, of
3 Nash Terrace, reported to
Officers D. L. Dickerson and
J. L. Denning at 8:43 p. m.
Sunday, that a strange man,
about 5 feet, 11 inches tall,
wearing green work clothes,
with short hair and dark com
plexion, dragged her into the
(See WOILBBK. P. 2>
WILLIAM H. GRAFTON
Hillside High
Senior Dies
In Car Wreck
DURHAM - Stark tragedy that
seems to attend the Junior-Sen
ior Proms of Hillside High
School took no holiday this year
and when the book was closed
William Henry Grafton, who was
to have graduated from the
school, June 10, was dead.
An investigation revealed that
he was a victim of a car al
leged to have been traveling ap
proximately 100 miles per hour
about 6 p. m. Saturday morn
ing. He is reported to have
attended the atfair on Friday
night and to have joined a par
ty that spent the rest of the
night and the early hours of
Saturday joy riding and revel
ling.
Funeral services for the 17-
year-old youth were held from
First Calvary Baptist Church
Tuesday afternoon, May 24, with
(Set- SENIOR KILLED. P 2}
DR. OSCAR SIDNEY BULLOCK - 1878-1966
Funeral Here Thursday
For Veteran Minister
BY STAFF WRITER
The Rev. Dr. Oscar Sidney
Bullock, 88, died in Hampton,
Va. Sunday. Hr served as j
tor of First Baptist Church here
for 37 years without interrup
tion.
Funeral son ices will be con
ducted from First Baptist
Thursday, May 26, a: 1 noon.
The Rev. Chevies W. Ward,
who succeeded Dr. Bullock as
pastor in 1958, '. ill official
and interment will take place in
Carolina Biblical Gardens.
Five state and nationally -
known ministers will pay Dm -
age to Dr. Bullock. These v.ill
include: Dr. Wendell C. Som
erville, executive secretary of
the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign
Mission Convention; the Rev.
Dr. O. L. Sherill, executive
Afeef The
Candidates
Wake County voters are U-ing
asked in the Democratic Pri
mary, which will be held Sat
urday, Ma» 28, to select can
didates who will be finally vot
ed on in November. In iv. my
instances, those who win tr, the
primary will need on!; one vote
in November, due to the fact
that they will not lace i ‘-publi
can opposition in the fall
tion.
The top spot, that of United
States Senator, finds incumbent
B. Everett Jordan, .running
gainst Hubert E. Seymour, Tr.
Dopsters give Jordan the edge,
(See CANDIDATES, f’ 2)
22jjQ333S
Temperatures (or the next
five days, Thursday through
Monday, will average two to
six degrees below normal.
Normal high and low tem
peratures will be S 2 and 59 de
grees Rather cool weather
w.ll prevail during most of
the period Precipitation will
total one-half ini h or more,
ori urring as rain about Thurs
day and Friday, and again at
the end of the period.
BOMB RIGHTS LEADER’S HOME - Brownsville, Tenn.:
Odd Sanders, a civil rights leader points to damage caused
by explosion at his homo here earl;. M.r ]~ m one of his daugh
ters is in background. The blast damaged three homes and
slightly injured three persons. (UPI PHOTO).
secretary of the. General Bap
ti.-t State Convention of N. C.;
Rev. Otis 1 . Hairston, Greens
boro; Dr. Rufus M. Pitts, Win
ston-Salem, president of the
General Baptist State Conven
tion of N. C.; and Dr. James
F. Cheek, president of Shaw
University here.
Son of the late Horace and
Emma Bullock, Dr. Bullock was
born in 1878 in Vance County,
where he spent his boyhood and
received Ids early academic
training at Henderson Normal
School.
He received the B. A. degree
a ] itieoln University, Pa., in
1503, .me the B. Th. degree
from the same institution in
1906. The noted churchman
was latei awar-leG hone* arv M
A. and D.l\ degrees.
Rev Bullock spent his early
professional years as a teach
er of mathematics in the High
Point School y- stem, and 15
years as a minister in High
Point. From 1921 until 1958,
hr devoted his pastoral duties
to Firs', Baptist Church here,
from vMc? he was retired for
the t • ra. >;.i. * ■rs of his life.
The BuPock Building of the
church is named in his honor,
construction of which was done
under the direct fund-raising
(Set- OR BULLOCK, P. 2)
RCA Plans
Public Forum
Fri. Night
■
elation will sponsor a Public
Affairs Forum here Friday
night at the Blood worth Stree*
YMCa, at which time al! candi
dates for political office have
been invited to attend for the
purpose of expressing their
views.
T . L. Raiford, executive sec
retary of the YMCA, and he
Rev. Frank M. Hutchison, pas
tor of' the Davie Street United
fSre PUBLIC FORUM. P. T)