The Register, 1962-02-23

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VOLUME XXXIII, No. 10   GREENSBORO, N. C.   FEBRUARY 23, 1962
"The Cream of College News"
College Choir
To Present
Concert
The A&T College Choir will present its first concert of this school
year, March 4, 1962 at 6:30 P.M.,
in Richard B. Harrison Auditorium. This will also be the second
Imajor program of the choir with
Mrs. Patricia Johnson Trice as director.
The program is separated into
three parts: Part I, Sacred Music;
Part II, Folk Songs; Part III, Spirituals.
PART I
This section which is devoted to
sacred music includes such anthems as "Psalm 100," (Echo Anthem) by Heinrich Schutz and
George Lynn; "Crucifixus," by
Antonio Lptti, and a contemporary
anthem "Alleliau," by Jean Ber-
ger. The latter is from Brazilian
Psalm, Psalmo Brasileiro.
PART II
In the second section of the program, the choir will sing Johannes
Brahms' composition of Six Folk
Songs: "I'd Enter Your Garden,"
''The Fiddler's," "How Sad Flow
the Streams," "At Night,"
"Awake, Awake!" and "A House
Stands 'neath the Willow's Shade."
PART ni
We will see and hear a different
type of vocal singing than has been
presented at A&T in recent years.
This part (Madrigal) is concentrated upon Chamber Music which
depicts small group singing.
PART IV
The traditional Negro Spiritual
exemplifies, to a large extent, a
significant segment of the contributions Negro musicians have
made to the world of music. Such
artists as Warren Martin, J. Harold
Montague, George Lynn, and William L. Davidson have composed
and/or arranged such music many
have enjoyed. The choir will sing
songs of these composers.
ABOUT  THE  COMPOSERS
Antonio Lotti (1662-1740), an
Italian composer and organist,
composed 21 operas and 4 oratorios;  yet, he is best known for
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Student Leaders
Hurl Charges
At Dining Hall
At a special meeting with the
dean of students, Dr. Glenn F.
Rankin and acting President L. C.
Dowdy, student body leaders unfolded their gripes about the dining hall service and the food served in the dining hall.
Student body leaders expressed
their dissatisfaction over factors
such as inefficiency in the serving
of food, inadequate numbers of
lines open at critical hours, and
poorly-prepared foodstuffs.
It was charged that often students enter the dining hall at 7
A.M. for breakfast and must wait
an hour for their food. Attributing
this to the fact that they have to
wait until the food is prepared, the
students said that the lines do not
move any faster when the food is
on the line because the personnel
m the dining hall is inefficient.
Another problem cited about the
dining hall was the fact that the
main dish is forced to become cold
while the students wait for such
things as milk, dessert, and silver.
Acting President Dowdy told the
students that while he couldn't
make promises, he would look into
some of the matters immediately.
Among those things he is to look
into are the slow service in the
dining hall, opening and closing
times, consistency of the menu
throughout a meal, and the preparation of the food.
Negro History
Week Observed
Here Feb. 12-16
Negro History Week was observed at A&T College from February
12th to the 16th.
The theme for the week's celebrations was "Negro History and
a New Birth of Freedom: Freedom
and Responsibility."
One of the principal speakers
during the week was Mr. George
O. Butler who is a member of the
President's Committee on Equal
Employment Opportunities. Mr.
Bulter gave a brief but vivid picture of the opportunities that are
now open to all members of the
community regardless of race,
creed, or social background. He
said that avenues are now open
to Negroes to find employment in
the Federal Government, in labor
and industry, and in politics.
Mr. Butler continued by saying
that although there are increasing
opportunities, there must be greater efficiency. He stated that 'it is
important to have a sound economic foundation in order to have
a strong political and civic leadership."
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ROTC Exam
To Be Given
March 8
The Army ROTC qualifying examination for entry into the Army
advanced ROTC Program will be
administered to all Military Science II Cadets and all eligible Air
Force ROTC Cadets and Veterans,
on Thursday, March 8, 1962, beginning at 9:00 A.M. in the reserve
reading room of Bluford Library.
Those students, other than those
enrolled in MS II, must secure the
permission of the professor of Military Science prior to taking the
examination.
For additional information,
please contact Major William
Goode, PMS, or Captain Robert L.
Turman in Campbell Hall.
Student Conduct
Discussed At
Conference
Realizing the increase in vandalism, derogatory conduct at
movies and at programs, noise in
the library, line-cutting in the dining halls, and many other things,
the Student Government sponsored
an All-Campus Student Leadership Conference,  February 17.
The Conference had as its theme
"Improving the Campus through
Student Leadership." It sought to
improve the cultural climate on
campus by developing remedies
for the most pressing campus
problems.
More than sixty campus leaders
representing forty-four organizations were present in the girl's
lounge of Bluford Library. The
delegates were divided into three
workshop groups.
Questions considered were (1)
What can we as campus leaders
do to improve conduct in movies
and similar type programs?; (2)
How can we insist upon better
care of campus property and
landscape?; (3) How can we
improve the conduct of students
in the dining hall?! (4) What
tan we do to improve conduct in
the dormitories?; and (5) How can
we establish a cultural and academic climate here?
The results of the conference
•will   be   compiled  by   a   steering
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Trustees Approve Dowdy's Request
For $6 Million In Improvements
Dr. B. C. Webb, left, dean of the A&T College School of Agriculture, presents Sears Roebuck freshman scholarship awards to: McArthur Newell,
Jacksonville; James Carlton Kearney and Alice J. Key, both of Tarboro; Willie Frank Faison, Clinton, and Alexander Dawson, Belhaven.
The presentations were made last week at the Annual Sears Roebuck Scholarship Awards Program at A&T.
Sears Roebuck Awards
Scholarships To Five
Five A&T College students were
last week honored at the annual
Bears Roebuck Scholarship Awards
Program.
Presented with freshman scholarship awards for study in agriculture or home economics were
Alexander Dawson, Belhaven; Wil-
Army Drill Unit
To Represent
Area In D. C.
Company N-4 of the Army ROTC
will represent A&T College and
the Fourth Regiment of the National Pershing Rifle Society in
Washington, D. C. at the annual
Cherry Blossom Festival in April.
The commander of the Fourth
Regiment journeyed to A&T College February 10, 1962, to inspect
Company N-4 as it performed in
the parking lot behind Hines Hall.
In an effort to be chosen as a
representative to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C,
Company N-4 exhibited precision
drill with the greatest of skill and
experience.
To the drill team that acquires
the highest score and/or points
goes the National Championship,
but before this honor has been be-
stored to such a unit, it will
have had to compete against Division A, schools within Metropolitan Washington, and Division B,
schools outside of this area.
Judges for the competition will
be assigned as inspecting officer-
one judge who will conduct the
inspection portion of the teams,
and field judges who will judge the
marching phase.
There are no restrictions on
units other than a minimum number of team members. Each unit
may perform any maneuver it
cares to include in ten minutes,
which is the time alloted to specialities.
Not only does the inspecting officer observe the actual performance of the drill team; he takes
into account the general appearance of the unit. Emphasis is placed to a great extent upon neatness
and bearing.
Another element of inspection is
the promptness of the drill unit as
to its entry and exit on and off the
inspection area.
lie Frank Faison, Clinton; Alice
Jean Key, Tarboro; James Carlton
Kearney, Tarboro, and McArthur
Newell, Jacksonville.
All were top students in their
high school graduating classes last
June. The awards were presented
by Dr. B. C. Webb, dean of the
School of Agriculture.
The program, held in the Carver
Hall auditorium on Thursday, February 22, was enlivened with the
appearance of Lawrence Zollicoffer, a senior in the University of
North Carolina School of Medicine,
a former A&T graduate and winner of a Sears Roebuck scholarship.
Speaking from the subject, "How
The Scholarship Helped One A&T
Student," Zollicoffer told the audience, "There is very little more
important to the college student,
in his college experience and those
years which follow, than high academic  achievement."
Other main speakers on the program, both of whom gave special
emphasis to scholarly attainments,
were Dr. Cecile H. Edwards, professor of nutrition and research,
and Dr. Howard F. Robinson, professor of agricultural economics.
Daniel Godfrey, president of the
A&T Agricultural Association presided.
The    Annual
Sweethearts
Ball
Will   Be
March
30
Permanent improvements of
nearly six-million dollars, requested for A&T College, were approved
last week by the A&T College trustee board.
Included in the proposed construction program are five new
structures, other improvements to
buildings and grounds, new instructional equipment, and the
acquisition of additional land area
for future expansion.
The proposed new buildings include : a dormitory for men, a student union and a physical education-gymnasium plant, at one million dollars each; dormitory for
women, $600,000; a biology building, $870,000, and a mathematics
and business administration building, $450,000.
Leading the list of improvements
are additions to the power plant of
$113,000 and air conditioning of the
library,  $60,000.
The trustees approved a plan
submitted by Mr. L. C. Dowdy
appearing before the board for the
first time since he became acting
president in January of this year,
to operate a year round four-quarter system to permit students to
graduate within three-years and to
increase utilization of college faculties.
Mr. Dowdy told the trustees that
enrollment prospects indicated that
the student body would increase to
about 2,900 students this fall.
See full report on page 2.
W. H. Robinson
Is Instructor
At Harvard
Mr. William H. Robinson, Jr.,
currently on leave from the A&T
College Department of English,
has been named a Teaching Fellow
at Harvard University.
Along with this appointment,
which is automatically renewable
from year to year, goes an award
— Staff Tuition Scholarship — paying one half of the annual tuition
expenses.
The Teaching Fellowship pays
$5,400 full-time for nine months.
Mr. Robinson is teaching two
sections of freshmen in Humanities 8, a course in "The Experience of Drama." Students enrolled in this course are from both
Radcliffe and Harvard.
Mr. Robinson worked here from
September, 1956 until June, 1961.
During this time, in addition to his
teaching duties, he served as assistant director of dramatics; and
even though he was not successful
in establishing a literary magazine, he assisted students who
were interested in creative writing.
A playwright, Mr. Robinson has
written and produced several one-
act plays. Among these have been
"The Passing Grade," "A Length
of Long Rope," "The Anger of One
Young Man," and "The Triumph of
Maggie Deane."
"The Anger of One Young Man"
was presented both on campus and
on Channel 4,  WUNC.
Last year, Mr. Robinson wrote a
two-act drama that the Richard B.
Harrison Players used as their
winter-quarter production. The
play was "The Gad-Fly" or "The
Trial and Death of Socrates."
Written in verse form, this play
has been published.
Several of Mr. Robinson's poems
have appeared in THE REGISTER, and his book reviews have
appeared in the Greensboro Daily
News.
Mr. Robinson is enrolled in the
Graduate School of Arts and Science at Harvard University.