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VOLUME XXXV, No. 45" GREENSBORO, N. C. FEBRUARY 7, 1964
"The Cream of College News"
Dr. Robert Martin Heads List
Of Speakers For History Week
The annual observance of Negro
History Week will get under way on
this campus Sunday with an address by Dr. Robert Martin at
6:30 in Harrison Auditorium. Dr.
Martin is expected to speak from
the theme for the week, "Negro
History: A Basis for the New Freedom."
A product of the Washington, D.
C. public schools, Dr. Martin holds
the A.B. and A.M. degrees from
Howard University and the Ph. D.
degree from the University of Chicago.
He is presently associate professor of government at Howard
University. He is also director of
the Howard University Citizenship
Project and Peace Corps Project-
Gabon 3.
Also a lecturer at Washington
International Center, Dr. Martin
taught here at A&T from 1938-40
and again from 1943-1947. He has
served as visiting professor at Columbia University and Atlanta University.
Dr. Martin is a Rosenwald Fellow, Social Science Research Council Fellow, Ford Foundation Fellow, and has served as president
of the Association of Social Science
Teachers. He was appointed to
the D. C. Board of Election in 1962.
Having written extensively in the
area of politics, government, and
general education, Dr. Martin is
the author of NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT IN VIRGINIA, "The
Relative Political Status of the Negro in the United States," "Government and Civil Rights," "General
Education: It Promises and Problems in Negro Education," "The
Negro Voter and Office Holder,"
and "The Negro in American Politics."
He has been elected first vice-
DR. ROBERT MARTIN
president of the D. C. Congress of
Parents and Teachers, to the board
of trustees of the Nation's Capital
Area of the American Civil Liber-
ities Union, and is a member of
the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, WAY.
Other programs planned for the
week include a coffee hour with
Dr. Martin on Monday; a panel discussion Tuesday and Wednesday;
book reviews, and films on the Negro. The observance will also cover
the semi-finals of the public speaking contest. The observance will
end Sunday, February 16 with an
international brotherhood tea sponsored by the International Student
Association.
The observance is being sponsored by the School of Education and
General Studies. Miss Geneva
Holmes is chairman of the committee which planned the pro-
grains.
Omegas Announce New Program;
Pan Questions Move's Legality
A fraternity at A&T College has
announced that it is initiating a
new pledge program. The Pan Hellenic Council has replied that such
a move is illegal.
In a recent article, Earl McClenney, Jr., president of the local
chapter of Omega Psi Phi, announced that his organization had
initiated a six weeks' pledge program.
The announcement had come at a
smoker given for freshman males.
In announcing the move, McClenney is quoted as saying, "We have
finally got the courage to put an
end forever to these silly requirements on initiates and pledgees
over an extended period." "He
added that the "foolishness" had
been a waste of time for the pledgees as well as the members of
the organization.
When the program came up for
discussion at the last Pan Hellenic
Council meeting, opponents of the
Jnove pointed out that under present constitutional stipulations the
move is illegal. The Council presently requires that individuals
pledge for at least two full quarters
and complete three quarters of college work before they may be initiated into Greek letter social organizations.
A statement subsequently released by the Pan Hellenic Council
states. "The recently published
article by The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, stating that its period of
pledging is for a 6-8 week interval
is presently ineffective on the campus of the Agricultural and Technical College. The present two-quarter pledging period holds for all
prospective Greeks on this campus."
When questioned concerning the
program, McClenney replied that
because of the secret nature of his
organization, he was not at liberty
to disclose details of its pledging
program.
He added, however, that during
the period the pledgees will be assigned projects which will contri
bute to their continued cultural and
academic development as opposed
to their previous approach. AU other regulations required by the college, the fraternity, and the local
Pan Hellenic Council will be strictly adhered to, the Omega head
indicated.
McClenney further indicated that
the administration had already approved his program and would in
the near future issue a directive
which will alter the present Pan
Hellenic requirements for pledgees.
Other members of the Pan Hellenic
Council expressed an ignorance of
the administrative move; and, as
of yet, it has not been confirmed.
The Omega program was authored by a committee composed of
Thomas Brown, chairman; James
Kearney, Tarboro; James Mitchell,
Durham; and William Wardlaw,
Jr., New York City.
Plans For Forum
Are Formulated
By Two Groups
Plans for a psycho-socio forum
are being formulated by A&T College and Bennett instructors.
The program will include group
'and advisory participants from
both colleges. Membership will be
extended to juniors and seniors
majoring in sociology and psychology with at least a 2.5 average.
The organization is interested only
in students who are willing to read
and to do qualitative flunking.
The aims of the psycho-socio
forum are (1) to incite intellectual
correspondence between A&T students and Bennett students, (2) to
encourage the student who is emphatically interested in learning,
and (3) to discuss contemporary
psycho-sociological problems of the
individual and society.
College Record
Reveals Slight
Enrollment Drop
A report released this week by
the Office of Admission reveals
that the college's enrollment has
dropped to a total of 2890.
The drop represents a decrease
of 115 from the fall quarter total of
3005. The biggest losses apparently
came from the freshman class and
the Graduate School.
The fall quarter report listed
895 freshmen, 576 males and 319
women, and 39 advanced freshmen.
Forty-five are listed as new freshmen.
The decrease in the Graduate
School represented a loss of three
full-time students and 59 part-time
students. The fall quarter report
carried 29 full-time graduate students and 190 part-time for a total
of 219, while the latest report lists
26 full-time and 131 part-time students or a total of 157.
Enrollments in the other classes
are on the increase. There are 687
sophomores as compared with 670
in the fall. The senior class also
experienced a sizable jump from
457 to 474, while the junior class
jumped from 590 to 597.
The percentage of state students
took a slight decline from an even
80 per cent to 79.3 percent. Out-of-
state students now compose 20.7
percent of the total enrollment
compared with an even 20 percent
last quarter. There are 2290 state
students and 600 out-of-state students compared with last quarter's
totals of 2403 and 602.
By schools the School of Engineering suffered the greatest loss.
Enrollment in that school is down
from 1055 to 981. Enrollment in
the Schodol of Agriculture dropped
from 645 to 626; Education and
General Studies, 1060 to 1042; Nursing, 95 to 94; and Technical Institute 150 to 147. Special or part-
time students also dropped from
135 to 95.
The decline in enrollment also
had a slight effect on the male-
female ratio. Forty-one fewer undergraduate males enrolled for the
winter quarter while only 12 fewer
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Lane Addresses
Male Students
At Men's Week
Male students at the college were
told last week they must pass a
"placement test in responsible citizenship."
Speaking was Austin D. Lane, a
1957 graduate of the college, who
was delivering the address at the
banquet climaxing the annual
Men's Week observance.
Lane, who is presently educational director of the senior residence hall at Howard University,
told the more than 500 male students and their guests that they
must be aware of and confront the
realities of life.
He went on to say that they must
recognize opportunities to perform services. He added, "The human being is in a dilemma and you
must create obligations when none
exist."
"To be different," he continued,
man must be responsible. He
must be courageous enough to divorce himself from the will of the
group. Many have been brainwashed because of the way we relate to
the group. In too many cases the
will of the group prevails rather
than the will of the individual."
Lane concluded by advising those
present to reassess their values in
the light of the circumstances and
to be aware of responsibilities and
perogatives and exercise them.
The banquet, which was one of
the highlights of the weeklong observance, also served as the occasion for the presentation of awards
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Discussions To Headline
Schedule Of Activities
For Language Arts Week
Discussions, finals of a speaking contest, a lecture, and
a play are highlights of the annual Language Arts Week, February 17-21 at A&T College.
The week's program gets underway with a discussion of
Moliere by Miss Glenda Mills. A member of the French Department, Miss Mills is a recent graduate of this institution
and is a member of Lambda Iota Tau, a literary honor society
which is sponsoring the discussion.
       The discussion is scheduled for
A. A. A. Program
Seeks Persons
For Positions
By IDELLA BOONE
The Afro - Anglo - American Program, a joint university effort to
prepare teachers for educational
services in Africa, is seeking can
didates of unusual ability aptitude,
and motivation who would prove to
be excellent teachers in African
secondary schools or teacher-training colleges.
Applications from well-qualified
graduating seniors, or from those
with advanced degrees, will receive careful consideration for selection in the program.
The need m Africa for highly
competent supervisors, administrators, and teachers in secondary
schools and training colleges is
growing rapidly. A number of
Government - supported programs
designed to help meet that need
have mounted in recent years;
however, the A.-A.-A. Joint Program possesses certain unique
characteristics, notably the provision of first-hand access to English education — a direct model for
education in most English-speaking
countries of Africa.
Special seminars and individual
tutorial guidance are an integral
part of the training program. This
training is offered by Teachers Colleges, Columbia University, and
the University of London Institute
of Education for the 1964-65 academic year.
For further information, one may
see Mr. W. I. Morris, director of
placement, who is located in Dudley Building.
7:30 P.M. in the Taylor Art Gallery. Mrs. E. McKinney Johnson
is adviser of the sponsoring organization.
Mrs. Pearl Bradley will present
the finalists in the annual public
speaking contest at the next program. Scheduled for February 18,
the program will start at 9:00
A.M. in Harrison Auditorium.
The theme for this year's contest
is "The Negro's Drive for Civil
Rights: Past, Present, and Future."
' A panel dicussion of William
Faulkner's INTRUDER IN THE
DUST is scheduled for the same
day at 7:30 P.M. in Bluford Library Lounge. The discussion is sponsored by the Fortnightly Club. Miss
Jean Bright and Mr. Jimmie Williams are advisers.
"The Negro Author and Racial
Themes" will be the topic discussed by Stylus at another program scheduled for February 19 at
6:30 in Taylor Art Gallery. Miss
Dorothy Eller and Miss Maur-
guerite Porter are advisers.
A lecture will be presented by
Mr. Roger Landrum following the
discussion. Mr. Landrum is former
instructor of English and African
Literature at the University of
Nigeria.
The week will be concluded with
a production of BETWEEN TWO
THIEVES by the Harrison Players.
Curtain time is set for 8:00 P.M.
February 20-21. Mrs. Sandra Motz
is director.
The Language Arts Week is sponsored by the Department of English. Mrs. Portia Crawford, a member of the department, is co-ordinator of the week.
Book Authored By Dr. Stroud
Receives Favorable Comments
A new book, authored by an A&T
College professor, has been released by the publishers.
IN QUEST OF FREEDOM by
Dr. Virgil Stroud, professor of government, has been released by the
Royal Publishing Company of Dallas, Texas.
The book is a study of the sit-ins
and freedom rides of recent years,
an account of the movement with
an assessment of their accomplishments, written in Greensboro,
where, on the A&T College campus,
the recent movements had their inception.
In reviewing the book, Dr. Darwin Turner, chairman of the A&T
Department of English writes,
"We twentieth century Americans
live in an unusual time. Rarely has
any generation so frequently experienced events which immediately signal their historical importance. Yet, stunned by the cyclonic
changes, most of us merely struggle to survive. We leave to later
generations the task of gathering
the facts of our existence and evaluating our activities."
Dr. Turner further stated that
Professor Stroud has examined
some of the judicial and legislative
decisions related to civil rights.
He has set forth the reactions of
newspaper editors in the South, of
participants in the sit-ins and "free
dom rides," and of southern legislators. Finally he has suggested the
steps which must be taken to accelerate "profound and lasting
change in race relations in the
South."
Dr. Turner concludes that perhaps Dr. Stroud's most significance
contribution is his compilation of
Contemporary editorial reactions
during the tulmultus moments of
1960. Future historians will depend
upon such records preserved for
the attention and evaluation of subsequent generations.
Another critic described the production by saying, "Great restraint
and objectivity are attained in
evaluating the protest movements
against the backdrop of the Negro's
fight for fkst-class citizenship.
Throughout the book is the theme
that Negro Americans are also
American citizens, as other American citizens, who seek not special
privileges, but adherence to the
same constitutional guarantees in
their behalf."
The author is a graduate of A&T
College with highest honors, and
holds the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
from New York University. He has
held his present position at the
college since 1954.
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