The Register, 1958-07-16

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VOLUME XXVII — No 9 GREENSBORO, N. C. JULY 16, 1958
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"The Cream of Cottage Neamf
President Gibbs Asks for $1,434,125.00 for Improvement
Ghana Ambassador Speaks at
A&T 60th Commencement
484 Students Receive Degrees
Africa is in the midst of its commencement, a commencement of
freedom for all its peoples, Daniel
A. Chapman, ambassador of Ghana
to the United States, declared
as he addressed the 60th graduation
exercises of The Agricultural and
Technical College.
A total of 484 degrees and certificates, ranging from M. S. degrees
to technical certificates, were
awarded at the A&T finals. A crowd
of more than 3,000 attended the
exercises, held outdoors despite a
drenching rain a half hour before
the program was scheduled to begin.
The college also honored Chapman and three other persons with
honorary degrees. Dr. Warmoth T.
Gibbs, president of A&T, bestowed
upon Chapman the degree of doctor
of laws for his achievements as
a "world citizen." He also bestowed
the LL.D degree upon John R.
Larkins of Raleigh, consultant on
Negro Affairs, State Department of
Public Welfare of North Carolina.
Honorary degieen jf doctor oi letters of humanity were presented to
two A&T alumni, Paul Roosevelt
Brown, superintendent of the Morrison Training School for Boys in
HOffman, N. C. and Edward R.
Merrick, retired otffieial of the
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Durham, N. C.
Speaking  on   the   subject,   "The
Bllenge of Africa in the 20th
CSiptury," the ambassador said:
"For you students of this college,
this is the day of commencement —
a single day. For us in Africa, in
a wider sense, our commencement
began a few years ago — It will be
spread over a number of years.
These years will cover the period
it takes to achieve the total emancipation of the people of Africa
from foreign domination in every
sense — political, economical, social
and  cultural."
Nationalism is the strongest force
in Africa, he said. The aims of
nationalism, he said, are to "eradicate the disabilities imposed on
Africa by colonialism and imperialism," and to substitute freedom
from these disabilities.
Africa's grievances against colonialism, he said, include the following: Colonialism divided Alfrica
among foreign powers without any
regard to the national lines or to
the social, economic, political and
cultural life of the continent. Africans were barred from responsible
positions in administering to their
own homelands. Africans were
denied human worth and dignity.
The African heritage of culture
went unrecognized and unknown
to  the  outside world.
American Negroes, who hiave had
great advantages over their African
brothers, he said, have great responsibilities to help Africa. He
said:
"In a vital way, maybe as teachers, social welfare workers, dentists,   engineers,   ministers   of  the
gospel, doctors or practitioners of
numerous and varied trades and occupations you have been taught in
this great institution, you can contribute much to the progress of our
brothers and sisters in Africa."
He concluded: "We are confident
that the area of freedom in the continent of Africa will increase with
the passing years. For this we pursue our course with dedication . . .
"We in Africa are proud of you
and are anxious to promote goodwill and friendship between Africa
and America."
The speaker was introduced by
Robert H. Frazier, Greensboro,
Chairman of the College Trustee
Board. ^j
On the day before, the graduates
were told of new challenges they
will be called upon to face.
The speaker was Dr. E. Luther
Cunningham, pastor of the St. Paul
Baptist Church, Philadelphia, who
delivered the baccalaureate sermon in Harrison Auditorium on
Sunday morning. He spoke to an
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torium and another, estimated 300
persons outside who heard the message over loudspeakers.
Speaking from the subject, "The
Call of the Last Frontier," he described the "frontiers" of history as
being geographical during the 15th,
16th and 17th centuries; governmental in the 18th century; industrial in the 19th century and scientific in the early 20th century.
"You will be called upon to face,"
he said, "another frontier in the
latter 20th century, that in the
area of human relations."
He continued, "This last frontier
is that attitude of mind among
human beings that leads them to
destroy the sacred rights of others
and to ignore the divine quality in
every human personality." He said
that the real question which faces
our generation, today, is whether
those of us of differing colors, religion and backgrounds can live
together in the United States, or in
the world. "Unless this problem is
solved," he warned, "there will be
no other problem."
To answer the call to this last
frontier, he said that one must
possess the kind of moral integrity
that requires him to stand for
something right, just and true and
without compromise. He must also
accept responsibility in the life of
his community and must not become one of those graduates "whose
lives wither into the conventionalities of being too busy giving first
class loyalty to second class things."
Finally, he "warned the graduates
that to answer the call of this last
frontier requires one's motivation
to be rooted in love that finds its
expression in thorough going goodwill to all people.
"This is more important than all
others," he said, "for it is the
capacity to feel with and for others
and to care and to express that
care in active goodwill.
Visiting Professors
FOUR RECEIVING HONORARY DEGREES — Four persons were
awarded honorary degrees, including from left to right: The Honorable
Daniel A. Chapman, ambassador from Ghana to the United States and
who delivered the commencement address; Paul R. Brown, superintendent
of the State Morrison Training School at Hoffman, N. C; John R. Larkins,
consultant, N. C. Department of Public Welfare at Raleigh and E. R.
Merrick, Durham, recently retired vice-president-treasurer of the N. C.
Mutual Life Insurance Company. Dr. W. T. Gibbs, president of the college,
presents the degrees.
40 A&T Graduates Get Honors
have made outstanding academic
records were honored at the A&T
College   commencement  exercises.
Alexander Garner, New Bern,
president of the Student Council,
majoring in Engineering Physics,
led the entire class. He is the lone
senior, receiving the Bachelor of
Science Degree to gain the distinct
honor of Summa Cum Laude.
Other students who gained high
ranking included: Magna Cum
Laude, Roy Anderson, Jr., Oxford;
Margaret Ann Clark, Greensboro;
William J. Peterson, Savannah, Ga.;
Linwood E. Rogers, Goldsboro;
Oneal D. Russ, Wilmington and
Lillian P. Vestal, Southern Pines.
Cum Laude — Jesse J. Bass, Jr.,
Mount Olive; Edward W. Clark,
Dunn; James H. Dillard, Boissevain,
Va.; Robert N. Evans, Clemmons;
Edward G. Favors, Greensboro;
Clarence A. Harper and Margaret
L. Harris, both of Thomasville;
Clarence B. Hawkins, Bainbridge,
Ga.; James E. Lyons, Bethel; Ida
Manley, Cofield; Bobby L. Moore,_
Winston-Salem; Cicero C. Murphy,
Burgaw;  Harold  J.   Neal,   Greens
boro;    Johnnie    x\.   <7Ct^_s,   3-_.__-=. vl--;>-^,
in. v.; Alexander Parker, Mount
Gilead; John D. Parks, Greensboro
and Larkin B. Reeves, Belmont.
Those graduating with high honors from the Technical Institute,
include: Summa Cum Laude —
Clyde Cherry, Jr., Windsor and
Wilbert E. Palmer, Yanceyville;
Magna Cum Laude — Robert L.
Allen, Manson; Jesse L. Brown, Jr..
Laurinburg and Willie T. Parham,
Jarratt, Va.; Cum Laude — Joel M.
Anderson, Mebane; Roosevelt
George, Jr., Chadbourn; Leonard
M. Keels, Everetts; Arthur B. Kemp,
Raeford; Albert Purcell, Rowland;
Marvin C. Roberson, Raleigh and
Napoleon Sutton,  Kinston.
The Hamilton Watch Award, given the high ranking graduating
senior in Engineering who made
the top record in the Humanities
went to Edward Clark, Dunn. Austin D. Lane, Henderson, received
the Gate City Alumni Chapter
plaque, given the graduating senior who best "interpreted the ideals
of the college to the Greensboro
community."
A&T Students Tour Mexico
We are privileged to have as
visiting Professors for the summer,
John A. Hornady, Jr., former director of Special Education in Greensboro; now chairman of the department of Psychology at Greensboro
College, Mrs. Flossie R. Alston,
Principal of Charles Moore School
in Greensboro, O. A. Dupree, Principal at Sampson County Training
School, Clinton, N. C, Miss Annie
M. Kenion, Supervisor of schools in
Duplin County, and J. Earle Whitley, Supervisor of Guilford County
Schools.
Twenty-students, attending the
A&T College Summer School, left
New Orleans, La., by plane on
Tuesday, June 24 for a 16-day study
tour in Mexico.
The course, a study in Comparative Education, will be supervised by Mrs. Zoe Barbee, the tour
leader and who has studied at the
University of Mexico.
The tourists will visit Mexico
City, Toluca, Taxco, Acapulco and
several island communities off the
coast of Mexico.
Among those participating in the
tour are: Mrs. S. D. Williams, Mrs.
Elizabeth D. Clark, both of Greensboro; Miss Virgia V. Sellars, Burlington; Mrs. Ruby J. Roberts,
Winston-Salem;     Mrs.    Viola    G.
Alexander, Charlotte; Lee A. Baker,
Monroe; Mrs. Hazel M. Barber, Gastonia; Mrs. Vascelia S. Barber,
Wilkesboro; Mrs. Mary C. Hayes,
Bladenboro; Mrs. Loree G. Jones,
Hendersonville; Mrs. Marie H.
Murfree, Hillsboro; Mrs. Lois D.
Yancey, Rocky Mount; Miss Queen
E. Nicholson and Miss Tetrizinnia
Nicholson, both of Littleton; Miss
L. E. Rice and Miss Sammie Mae
Rice, both of Laurens, S. C; Miss
Mozelle E. Miles, St. Matthews, S.
C; Miss Louise Neville, Brooklyn,
Ruffin, S. C. and J. E. Hernandez,
New York; Mrs. Bertha Rena Barr,
Franklin,  La.
The tour is being sponsored by
the A&T College Graduate School
headed by Dr. F. A. Williams.
Before Advisory
Budget Commission
On July 3, 1958, President War-
' moth T. Gibbs met with the members of the Advisory Budget Commission and asked for $1,434,125 for
some of the much needed buildings
at the Agricultural and Technical
College of North Carolina.
The President stated that the
institution urgently needed a new
Agricultural Engineering building,
a new gymnasium for men, a new
building for the fine arts and
music and an annex for the chemistry building.
The requests made by President
- Gibbs were as follows:
Chemistry Building annex, $463,-
600; Gymnasium, $617,500; Fi^e
Arts and Music-Building, $215,000;
Agriculture Engineering Building,
$58,000; storm pipe line, $7,400; widening of Nocho Street, $5,825; widening of the drive at the rear of
Vanstory Hall, $4,100; Athletic Field
House, $5Ro00; and resurfacing
library ju-ea, $1,200.
Bringing his request to an end,
president Gibbs said that "Above
all of our physical needs we want
full membership by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools,  and we can not get
that until we haw smaller classes,
betiei   attributed   teaching   ja,„c___.,
more doctorates, and higher pay."
The members of the Advisory
Budget Commission spent part of
the day upon the campus of A&T.
This Commission is charged with
drawing the biennial appropriation
and tax bills to be presented to the
General Assembly in 1959.
Members of the Advisory Budget
Commission who met with the
President were Representative Carl
Venters of Jacksonville, chairman;
Representative William F. Womble
of Winston-Salem; Representative
J. Kemp Doughton of Alleghany
and Senator J. W. Copeland of
Murfreesboro. Cither persons attending the meeting were the Director of the Department of Administration Paul A. Johnson and \
three of his departmental staff, D.
S. Coltrane, assistant director; L. D.
Moore, administrative assistant, and
F. B. Turner, head of'the division of
property control and construction.
1152 Enrolled In
Summer Session
The 1958 summer session of A&T
seems to be fairly well holding its
own with a 17 per cent increase
over last year. The office of the
summer school has informed the
REGISTER that as of June 30, the
total enrollment is 1152, with graduate students constituting the greater number. The break down is as
follows:
Graduates   734
Undergraduates  352
In-Service  Teachers        66
Men     385
Women     767
A very interesting observation of
the graduates enrollment is that
Fayetteville is second to A&T
with Winston-Salem a very close
third. We were unable to give a
breakdown by colleges or out-of
state and state students at the time
the REGISTER went to press. We
did, however, find that there are
40 different colleges represented.