The Register, 1962-11-14

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VOLUME XXXIV, No. 9   GREENSBORO, N. C.   NOVEMBER, 14, 1962
'The Cream of College News"
Dr. Willa B. Player Lists Four
Demands Of Quality Education
Speaking at an assembly celebrating the 42nd observance of
American Education Week, Dr. Willa Player yesterday listed the demands of educational quality.
President of Bennett College, Dr.
Player spoke on the topic "The
Responsibility for Educational
Quality."
"Whose responsibility is educational quality?" she asked. "It is
yours. When we face the question
of our responsibility for educational
quality, we can no longer take
everything for granted."
"There are those" she continued," who disagree and place
the responsibility on others . . .
and there are those who agree and
accept the responsibility by their
actions and behavior." Whether you
agree or disagree, the responsibility is yours," she added.
Continuing, Dr. Player said,
"This places certain demands on
us. These are the enabling forces
in our lives which will help us to
meet the needs of our times."
These demands or enabling forces she listed as maturity, discipline, concern, and refinement.
Elaborating on each of these,
Dr. Player advised, "We have to
be mature enough to be different.
The mature student, who senses
responsibility, knows differences
when a goal is to be achieved."
She further stated, "We must be
disciplined enough to work hours
and hours to meet the goal. We
must be concerned enough to participate. Educational quality can
exceed itself as we become deeply
involved in learning."
"We must be refined enough",
she added, "to illustrate this in
our personal behavior."
In conclusion Dr. Player said,
"These are the demands which will
help us as we meet the responsibility for educational quality. This
responsibility now rests with you;
it is on your shoulders. Remember
these demands and use them as a
fulfillment of your personal responsibility."
Other persons on the program
were Mr. J. Niel Armstrong, and
Rev. Cleo McCoy. Music was provided by the College choir under
the direction of Mr. Howard Pearsall.
An additional activity was a
luncheon at which Mr. J. Earl
Whitley, supervisor of Guilford
County Schools, was the guest
speaker.
Mr. Whitley discussed the attributes of an effective teacher. An
effective teacher has a philosophy
that can be changed and that can
be explained to lay people in terms
that they can understand, said the
speaker.
Such a teacher is one who loves
his profession to the extent that he
will subordinate himself to his
profession and will be led by his
profession, he told his audience.
He continued by pointing to the
need for a broad background of
information and an enthusiasm that
is contagious.
Mrs. Anne C. Graves, co-sponsor
of the James B. Dudley Chapter of
Student NEA, introduced the speaker.
Special guests, presented by Dr.
Dorothy Prince, were Miss Mary
Ann Rogers, sponsor of the David
D. Jones Chapter of Student NEA
at Bennett College; Dr. Chauncey
G. Winston, assistant sponsor; Mrs.
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Student Council
Launches Drive
For Textbooks
As part of its overall program
for the year, the Student Government is sponsoring several events
in the very near future.
Carl Leonard, chairman of the
Special Projects Committee, has
announced that the Council is presently conducting a book drive. An
outgrowth of a suggestion by Miss
Geneva J. Holmes, adviser to foreign students, the project seeks to
secure books for institutions in the
underdeveloped nations of Africa.
It is hoped that a substantial
number of books can be collected.
The Student Government has requested that students and other
members of the College Community lend their support to the
project. All books, except comic
books,  are requested.
The Council has also made plans
to raise funds for the University
College of Pius XII in Basutoland,
Africa. This institution is in desperate need of all financial assistance that it can obtain.
Ezell Blair, Council president,
disclosed that at a recent meeting,
the Council voted unanimously to
sponsor a movie and other activities to raise funds.
In addition to these activities,
the Council will also sponsor a
"Sweater Dance" November 16 in
Moore Gymasium. Willie Stroud,
chairman of the Social Committee,
said that prizes will be given for
the most attractive sweaters.
Sweaters will be judged in four
areas: fraternity, sorority, non-
Greek female, and non-Greek
male. Prizes will consist of $5.00
gift certificates.
Housing And Urban Renewal Clinic
Will Begin Second Annual Sessions
At College Thursday Morning
Dr. Howard F. Robinson Says Students
Are  Invited  To   Attend  All   Sessions
Dr. Willard E. Goslin Delivers Message
At The Annual Founder's Day Program
Dr. Willard Goslin was the principal speaker at the College's annual Founders' Day observance
last week.
Presently professor of education
at George Peabody College for
Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Goslin spoke on the subject
"Education in Balance."
He told the audience assembled
in Moore Gymnasium, "The first
test of excellence in education will
be a sense and an evidence of balance. There has not been a time
in the history of the nation when
the nature and the quality of education is as crucial as it is now."
Dr. Goslin further enumerated
measuring sticks for education.
Among these he listed measuring
education as a process, opposing
concepts of the norm in education,
and determining that which matters in education."
Dr. Willard Goslin, professor of education at George Peabody University, Nashville, Tenn., delivered the main address last week at the
A&T College Founders Day observance. He talks with Dr. L. C. Dowdy,
acting president of the college.
"Education is a process," he
said, "a way to accomplish things.
As a process, it is like digging a
hole; education is subject to improvement, change, development."
"In every area of American education," Dr. Goslin continued,
"we are in need of careful analysis
of the concept of democracy. One
of the real threats to education in
America, this morning, is the
pressure for narrowing in education."
In conclusion, Dr. Goslin asked,
"Is our education in balance? Do
we seek excellence by extending
and enriching?"
Dr. Goslin was introduced by
Dr. L. C. Dowdy as a man who
"lived twenty years before his
time."
The program was also the occasion for the presentation of the
alumni Service Award. The Rev.
J. Archie Hargrave, field secretary of the Church Extension of
the Urban Church Board for
Homeland Ministers, the United
Church of Christ, New York City,
received the award. It was presented by Mr. C. C. Griffin, principal of Logan High School, Concord, and chairman of the committee on selecting the recipient, to
Dr. James Pendergrast in the absence of Rev. Hargrave.
Other persons on the program
included Ezell A. Blair, Jr., representing the student body; Pendergrast, representing the faculty;
Mr. Nathan G. Perry, Thomasville, representing the alumni; and
Mr. E. W. Waddell, Albermarle,
representing  the trustees.
Music was provided by the college choir, under the direction of
Professor Howard T. Pearsall, and
and the symphony band, under the
direction of Mr. Walter F. Carlson,
Jr.
Prior to the indoor ceremonies,
the Army and Air Force ROTC
units held an outdoor ceremony
honoring distinguished military
and Air Science cadets. Cadets receiving decorations were Alfred
Catlin, William Gore, Charles Carter, and James Evans.
S. G. Sponsors
College Bowl
Before Movie
Team A, composed of Jonathan
Tucker, Rudyard Taylor, and
Moses Kamara, won this year's
first College Bowl held at Harrison Auditorium November 3.
Team A beat Team B which was
composed of Claude Barrant,
Trevor Salmon, and Eustace Hano-
man by 190 points to 100 points.
Harrison Auditorium was packed
to capacity by students who listened with rapt attention and applauded occasionally. During the early
part of the contest, the two teams
were at par. Disaster was spelled
for Team B when it missed two
"bonus" questions, each of which
carried 50 points. Team A answered them.
The questions asked were of a
wide range, including world affairs,
science, literature and entertainment. The moderator was Edward Johnson, a student from
Greensboro.
The College Bowl is sponsored by
the Student Government and it is
open to all A&T College students.
In an interview with the president
of the Student Government, Ezell
Blair, he outlined the objectives
of the bowl. He said, "It is our
government's desire to stimulate
in the students a great interest in
general knowledge instead of compartmentalizing the interest in their
various  majors."
The next college bowl will be
held on Saturday November 17.
Prospective contestants should apply to the Student Government.
A&T Holds
Language
Institute
Seventy-five teachers from high
schools and colleges in this area
will attend the Language Arts Institute which will be held Saturday
November 17 in F. D. Bluford Library.
The objective of the institute is
to secure a better relationship between secondary school and college
English teachers. It will also be
used as a means of extending our
resources to the people of this
State.
The institute will be conducted
on the theme: "Academic Excellence Via Writing." Supporting this
theme will be lecture and discussion periods in the fields of poetry,
drama, and writing.
Lecturers in the various fields
are Dr. George Harper, chairman
of the Department of English at
the University of North Carolina,
poetry; Professor Walter Spearman, an instructor in the School
of Journalism of the University of
North Carolina, writing; and Dr.
Maynard French, assistant director of drama, Woman's College,
drama.
A book display and a statewide
essay and poetry contest will be
featured at the institute. The analy-
zation of these works will help
encourage the teachers to detect
and aid those students with special
aptitudes for creative writing.
The Language Arts institute is
under the supervision of a committee headed by Mrs. Carrye Kelley.
Students are urged to attend the
sessions of the second Annual
Housing and Urban Renewal Clinic
to be held at the college beginning
tomorrow, Dr. Howard F. Robinson told reporters last week.
The Clinic, held for the first time
last year, is aimed at training the
leaders. These leaders are necessary to give human help in the
struggle for the obtaining of satisfactory housing and living accommodations for those people who
because of some quirk of fate lack
adequate education and experience
in coping with the problems involved in obtaining decent living
quarters.
The two-day clinic, scheduled for
this campus tomorrow and Friday,
will have as its main program
a special address by Mr. Hobart
Taylor. Mr. Taylor is executive
vice chairman, President's Committee on Equal Opportunity, entitled Careers in Housing and Urban Renewal.
Dr. Robinson says that the students of this institution are especially urged to attend this session
and the session Thursday morning
where Mr. Oliver Hill, assistant to
the commissioner of Federal Housing will be the principal speaker.
The Thursday morning session is
scheduled for Hodgin Hall at 9:00
a.m., and the Friday morning session is scheduled for Hodgin Hall
at 10:00 a.m. Both sessions will be
held in the Hodgin Hall auditorium.
Other sessions scheduled during
the Housing and Urban Renewal
Clinic include: Community Programs for Urban Renewal; Thursday, 10:00 a.m., Hodgin Hall Auditorium; Housing for Families of
Low and Moderate Incomes, Thursday, 2:00 p.m., Carver Hall, Auditorium; A Visual Intoduction to
Urban Renewal, Thursday; 7:00
p.m., Carver Hall Auditorium;
Problems of Displacement and Relocation, Friday, 10:00 a.m., Hodgin Hall Auditorium; and Economic Problems in Providing Housing Resources, Friday 2:00 p.m.,
Carver Hall Auditorium.
According to Dr. Robinson, all
sessions of the Clinic are open to
the Student body and all students
are urged to attend as many sessions as possible.
Four Students
Attend Confab
On Africa
Four representatives from A&T
recently attended an Operation
Crossroads-to-Africa Conference at
Winston-Salem Teachers College.
Attending the conference were
Ezell Blair, Edward Johnson, Catherine Hinson, and Miss Geneva
Holmes, adviser to foreign students.
At the conference, these delegates attended panel discussions
by students who had done vocational work with Operations Crossroads to Africa. They did work in
Tanganyika, Ethiopia, Northern
Rhodesia, Nigeria, Kenya, Nyarsa-
land, and Egypt. While in the various countries, these students were
given an opportunity to learn the
food habits, the attire, the languages, and other aspects of the
culture.
Operations - Crossroads - to - Africa seeks to improve relations with
Africa. It also seeks to promote interest in and to stress democracy
in the area.
The program is open to students
and teachers regardless of race,
creed, or color. It affords opportunities for governmental, religious,
and educational service in Africa.
Anyone interested in the program should contact Miss Geneva
Holmes for further information.