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VOLUME XXXII, No. 14
THE A&T COLLEGE REGISTER, GREENSBORO, N. C.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1961
Sixty Scholars
Participate
In Confab
Captivating curious glances from
Aggies are the sixty high school
scholars participating in the North
Carolina Junior Science Symposium now in progress on campus.
Twenty-six schools have sent selected students to this conference
which commenced on Thursday and
will continue until Saturday.
The list released by Dr. Robert
S. Beale, director, includes 16 science teachers who are also cooperating in the project.
The three-day meet is featuring
scientific lectures and demonstrations, all aimed at motivating the
youngsters, all sophomores and
juniors, who have demonstrated
outstanding interest in science.
The Symposium is being sponsored by the U. S. Army Research
Office, Durham, and the North
Carolina Academy of Science, in
cooperation with A&T College and
the North Carolina Department of
Public Instruction.
Among the principal lecturers
scheduled to appear before the
group are Dr. Samuel P. Massie,
Nashville, Tenn., of the National
Science Foundation; Dr. Herbert
E. Speece, professor of Education
and Science, North Carolina State
College, Raleigh; and Dr. E. G.
Purdom, Guilford College, vice
president of the North Carolina
Academy of Science.
A&T faculty members presenting
lectures, include: Dr. Artis P.
Graves, chairman of the Biology
Department; Dr. Cecile Edwards,
professor of Nutrition; Dr. Donald
A. Edwards, chairman of the
Physics Department; Dr. Gladys
Royal, professor of Chemistry; and
Dr. Margaret Jackson, professor
I of English.
I Dickie Blackwell, a senior at
1 High Point Senior High School,
first place winner, and Eleanor
S*eele, senior, Pleasant Grove
Hi^h School, Burlington, who participated in the recent North Piedmont   District   Science   Fair,   will
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News Briefs
The A&T College MODERN
DANCE GROUP recently presented a recital at Pleasant Grove
High School. Dancers making the
trip were Maurice Drake, Portis
Waddell, Alphonso Seymour, Jere-
line Malloy, and Joyce Potter.
During the spring quarter, the
group will make five other trips.
Mrs. Annie L. Williams is director    of    the    MODERN    DANCE
GROUP at A&T College.
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Members of the College Council
will meet in the assembly room of
Hodgin Hall Tuesday, April 18, 1961
at 4:00 p.m. All members are expected to be present.
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The Spring Quarter Graduate
Symposium will be held Saturday,
May 6, 1961 in Bluford Library.
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Male members of the A&T College faculty and staff are asked to
participate in the Health Club and
Recreation Club every Monday at
7:30. The clubs meet in Moore
Gymnasium and have as their
theme, "Your Health Is Your
Greatest Possession."
Dr. F. E. Davis, college physician is advisor, and Mr. Hornsby
Howell and Mr. H. Willis are the
directors.
*****
All graduate students who expect to graduate during the Spring
Quarter should file for graduation
in the Graduate Office no later than
April 15, 1961.
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Mr. Lewis P. Clark of the General Electric Company  spoke to an
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When the first group of 12-agricultural leaders from the new nations of
Nigeria and Ghana arrived to begin a 14-week short course under a
contracted agreement between the College and the International Corporation Administration, Washington, D. C, on hand to welcome them
at the Greensboro-High Point Airport were city and college officials.
In the group from left to right are W. F. K. Christian, Ghana; Umaru
Ndabako, Nigeria; Waldo C. Falkener, city councilman; Olaniyan Olan-
iran, Western Nigeria; Mayor George H. Roach; and Dr. Samuel D.
Proctor, president of A&T.
African Agricultural Leaders
Begin Study On Campus
Adorning the campus with native
garments are 12 agricultural leaders from the new nations of Nigeria and Ghana in West Africa.
They arrived last week for a special 14-week study at A&T College.
On hand to welcome the visitors
who arrived at the Greensboro-
High Point Airport Saturday, April
1, were Mayor George H. Roach
and Waldo C. Falkener of the
Greensboro City Council and Dr.
Samuel D. Proctor, president of
the college.
The visitors are being conducted
through a concentrated short
course with special emphasis on
soils, crops, irrigation farming,
livestock feeding and management
iind construction and use of farm
buildings and equipment. Instruction is being given by staff members of the A&T College faculty
and the A&T College Extension
Service under a contract which the
college has with the International
Cooperation Administration o f
Washington, D. C.
Dr. W.i E. Read, dean of the
School of Agriculture and in charge
of the program here, told reporters
that this is the first group to start
in the project. Five additional
members will join the group later
this month. Other groups from
these and other countries will come
later in the year.
While in North Carolina, the
?;roup will visit in several counties.
They will learn about iarming practices and living conditions, objectives and organization of the
Extension Service, newer motivation tools for rural people, and agricultural subject matter leading
to the improvement in managerial
practices.
Drama Group
To Present
Comedy
Richard B. Harrison Players are
busily rehearsing for their spring
production — "George Washington
Slept Here."
This hilarious three-act comedy
by Moss Hart and George Kaufman
is scheduled for presentation in the
puditorium on May 17 and 18 at
8:00 P.M.
This play enjoyed a successful
run on Broadway and tells of a
family man who craves — and gets
. ..." a little place in the country to call his own." Newton Fuller,
his wife, and his daughter take
over one of those windowless, waterless, almost roofless houses that
the sentimental Newton wants so
badly.
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The group was accompanied
from Washington by J. W. Jeffries
of Mebane, recently retired district agent for the A&T College
Extension Service. Mr. Jeffries will
serve  as technical  leader.
Among those composing the party were: Umaru Ndanako, Emmanuel I. Asa, Alahassan Iloran,
Vongen Sanda, Mathew A. Ole,
Umaru Gbate, Olaniyan Olaniran,
Francis Badejob, Reuben Awopetu
and Joshua Jegede — all of Nigeria — and Henry E. Thompson
and W. F. K. Christian, both of
Ghana.
Golf Tournament
Has First Negro
Participant
Top Negro golf professional,
Charlie Sifford, was recently given
the ok to participate in the
Greater Greensboro Open Golf
Tournament which began April 13
and will end April 16.
Upon teeing off here on Thursday morning he bace the first of
his race ever to participate in a
Professional Golf Association co-
sponsored tournament, here or anywhere in the South.
Immediately upon receipt of Sif-
ford's application Tuesday, April
4, the same was approved both by
the Greensboro Junior Chamber
of Commerce, sponsor of the
tournament, and the Sedgefield
Country Club, the host club. The
denial of either would have barred
his participation.
W. W. Sharpe, Jr., chairman of
the host committee, told reporters,
"The board of directors passed a
resolution that neither creed, color
nor race would be a basis for rejecting an applicant to play in the
Greater Greensboro Open."
Mose Riser, Jr., general 1961
tournament chairman, said, "We
received an offical entry blank
from Sifford. He is an approved
PGA tournament player."
Dugan Aycock of nearby Lexington, vice president of the PGA had
some kind words about Sifford. He
said, "Sifford is a real gentleman
and a fine player. He is entirely
capable of winning a big tournament at anytime."
A native of Charlotte, Sifford
now plays out of Los Angeles, He
came to Greensboro April 7, to
play an exhibition match in Winston-Salem Saturday and to begin
serious practice sessions at the
Sedgefield course on Sunday.
A win for Sifford in the Greensboro meet would give him a purse
of better than $2,000, the biggest
of his pro career.
269 Students Achieved
Honor Roll Status
Winter Quarter
68 Received Superior Averages
With Six Making Perfect Scores
For the winter quarter, a total of 269 students were listed
on the honor rolls.
Of these 269 students, six of the 68 students achieving "A"
averages earned perfect scores. These six were James F. Blue,
Clara Leach, and Maxine Zachary, seniors; Linda D. Fennell,
junior; Clennie O. Brown, sophomore; and Shirley B. Dean,
freshman.
AFROTC Group
Places First
In Festival
When the A&T Air Force ROTC
Drill team left campus on April 6,
enroute to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C, little did
they realize that their unit would
gain such wide acclaim.
The team, which has as its specialty concentrated showmanship
drill, walked off with first place in
the nation in showmanship. It placed first in the South in its precision and third in the nation for
Air Force units. The team also
ranked eighth in the nation for precision.
DREW  ORATION
The drill team is under the command of Cadet Captain Wesley
Brown of Kinston. Captain Brown
and his drill team pride themselves
on having had a standing ovation
as they left the drill floor. Rutgers
University placed first in all categories and walked off with the
highest honors.
All wasn't work with the airmen,
for they toured places of interest,
such as the Pentagon and the
Mellon Art Gallery. At the art gallery, they witnessed a million dollar painting of the "Last Supper."
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Cadets Prepare
For Annual
ROTC Ball
Final plans for the Annual ROTC
Ball are finally taking shape. Many
cadets are anxiously awaiting the
ball.
Proposed intermission entertainment will include a fanfare introduction of queens and escorts,
which will be followed by a waltz
in honor of Miss Corps, Dorothy
Swann, senior physical education
major of Greensboro.
This year's added attraction to
the affair will be the presentation
of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Proctor, with an honorary waltz.
The highlight of the entertainment will be the coronation of the
queens for 1961-62 school year.
Following this will be the traditional grand march.
Guest performances will be given
by the Dudley High School dance
group and the A&T College dance
group.
Mrs. Zoe. P. Barbee, department
of English, is serving as consultant to the entertainment committee.
Cadets in charge of the half-time
intermission entertainment for the
ball are David Glover, Air Force
and Glenwod Lee Cooper, Army.
This was the second successive
quarter that Clara Leach made a
perfect average.
The breakdown, according to
classes, for the "A" honor roll was
27 seniors, 18 juniors, 13 sophomores, and 10 freshmen.
On the "B" honor roll were 65
seniors, 54 juniors, 41 sophomores,
and 41 freshmen.
Following is  a complete list of
students making both honor rolls:
"A" HONOR  ROLL
Seniors
James F.. Blue, Pinehurst, 4.00;
Clara Leach, Willow Springs, 4.00;
Maxine Zachary, Hertford, 4.00;
Walter T. Johnson, Greensboro,
3.89; Isaiah W. Wilson, Raleigh,
3.82; Leslie T. Bell, Greensboro,
3.81; Samuel Solomon, Henderson,
3.81; Carl L. Belfield, Rich Square,
3.79; DeRoy Gorham, Greensboro,
3.77.
Earl Farrow, Greensboro, 3.74;
Paul E. Parker, Jenkins Bridge,
Va., '3.74; James O. Rice, Rocky
Mount, 3.69; Climent Mills, Trenton, 3.67; Annie R. Gordon, Belvi-
dere, 3.67; Joseph Green, Florence,
S. C, 3.67; Vallie R. Williams,
Maple Hill, 3.64; Allen T. Goins,
Southern Pines, 3.62; Earnest E.
Sherrod, Wilson, 3.59.
Robert Rawlings, Weldon, 3.57;
Roy D. Flood, Coefield, 3.56; Ramseur D. Berry, Rock Hill, S. C,
3.56; Edward E. Hairston, Walnut
Cove, 3.56; Robert R. Faison, Sc-
mora, 3.55; Gordon W. Rolle, Asheboro. 3.54; Basil G. Coley, Jamaica,
B. W. I., 3.50; Charlie D. Sims,
Greensboro, 3.50 Felix Coward,
Kinston, 3.50.
Juniors
Linnia D. Fennell, Wallace, 4.00;
Paul   L.    Burroughs,    Morrisville.
3.81;   Richard  K.   Wilson,   Kanna-
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270 To Take NTE In
Carver Hall
Saturday
According to Dr. Charles L.
Hayes, senior counselor in the
Guidance Center, two-hundred and seventy applicants
will take the National Teacher Examination Saturday,
April 15.
A&T College is one of the
many examination centers
which will administer the
test. The examination will be
given in accordance with the
North Carolina State Board
of Education at state expense.
This marks the last year the
examination will be given
at state expense.
Persons taking the examination will be college seniors
or graduates applying for the
North Carolina Teaching Certificate for the first time.
The examination will consist of a day of testing in major areas of concentration and
common knowledge. Carver
Hall will serve as examination center on the A&T College campus.