The Register, 1967-02-17

              Rep. Julian Bond Speaks For Men's Council
The Men's Council of A&T College this week-end celebrates the
annual A&T College Men's Weekend. This year's festivities highlight
the theme "In Pursuit of Excellence."
The week-end will be kicked-off
with the annual banquet featuring
Mr. Edwin M. Yoder as guest
speaker. Mr. Yoder, associate editor of the Greensboro Daily News,
will take his subject from the
aforementioned theme. Following
the banquet at 9:00 P.M., there
will be hours of social pleasure
featuring "The Majors."
Saturday, February 18, the Men's
Council co-ordinates its celebration
with other scheduled functions terminating the day with the Fayetteville State vs. A&T College
basketball struggle.
Sunday, February 19, is a day
with Julian Bond, Representative
to the Georgia General Assembly.
Mr. Bond's itinerary is as follows:
Arrives - Airport ....    9:52 A.M.
Arrives - A&T
College    10:15 A.M.
Coffee - Cooper Hall
Lounge   10:30 A.M.
Lunch - Murphy ....    1:00 P.M.
Vesper Service     3:00 P.M.
Depart to Col. Goode's
Residence      4:15 P.M.
Departs for Airport      7:45 P.M.
Julian Bond was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 14,
1940. He attended primary school
at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from the
George School, a co-educational
Quaker preparatory school, in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania in
June, 1957.
Bond entered Morehouse College
in Atlanta in September, 1957.
He was a founder of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights
(COAHR), the Atlanta University
Center student organization that
coordinated three years of student
anti-segregation protests in Atlanta beginning in 1960.
found the Student Nonviolent Coin April, 1960, Bond helped to
ordinating Committee (SNCC).
That summer, he joined the staff
of a newly formed Atlanta weekly
Negro newspaper, the ATLANTA
INQUIRER, as a reporter and
feature writer. He later became
Managing Editor.
In January, 1961, Bond left Morehouse to join the staff of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Com
mittee (SNCC) as Communications
Director, a position he held until
September, 1966.
While with SNCC, Bond directed
the organization's photography,
printing, and publicity departments.
His works with SNCC took him
to civil rights drives and voter
registration campaigns in Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.
He was first elected to a seat
created by reapportionment in the
Georgia House of Representatives
in 1965, but was prevented from
taking office in January, 1966, by
members of the legislature who
objected to his statements about
the war in Viet Nam.
After winning a second election
in February, 1966 — to fill his
vacant seat — a special House committee again voted to bar him
from membership in the legislature.
Mr. Bond won a third election
in November, 1966; and in December, 1966, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously
that the Georgia House had erred
in refusing him his seat.
On January 9, 1967, he took the
oath of office and became a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. In the Georgia House,
he   serves   as   a   member   of  the
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Education, Insurance and State Institutions and Properties Committee.
Mr. Bond serves as Co-Chair-
man of the National Conference
for New Politics and is a member of the Board of Directors of
the Southern Conference Education
Fund.
He holds membership in the Atlanta Branch NAACP, the I.P.F.U.,
the Southern Correspondents Reporting Racial Equality Wars,
(SCRREW), and is an honorary
member of Phi Kappa Literary
Society of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.
His poems and articles have appeared in Negro Digest, Rights
and Reviews, Freedomways, Ramparts, Beyond the Blues, New Negro Poets, American Negro Poetry, The Book of Negro Poetry, and
other publications.
Mr. Bond, his wife and their
three children live in Atlanta.
This year's observance "In Pursuit of Excellence" emphasizes the
involvement of youth in world affairs. Men's Council activities are
reserved for members and guests,
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"Tke Cretan of CoUege New?
Jerry Butler Performs "Soul" Concert Here
By PATRICIA LANIER
The senior class presented Jerry
Butler, the popular recording star,
in concert Thursday, February 9,
at 8:30 P.M. in Moore Gymnasium.
Before the concert, students
eating in Brown Hall were pleasantly surprised by the sudden appearance of Mr. Butler, himself.
He had entered the cafeteria inconspicuously through one  of the
da  Vinci   Exhibit
Is   On   Display
Until   March   3
The inventive genius and foresight of Leonardo da Vinci, who
conceived the flying machine and
other developments that did not
take practical form until modern
times are depicted in an exhibition
at A&T CoUege, TAYLOR ART
GALLERY in BLUFORD LIBRARY (lower level).
The exhibition of the 15th-century artist-scientist's work, on loan
from the Department of Arts and
Sciences of International Business
Machines Corporation, includes 18
models built from Leonardo's
scientific and technical drawings.
It will remain through MARCH
3rd.
entrance doors and evidently had
gone unnoticed for a few minutes
as he resembled an "Aggie" student. But, it must have registered
on the minds of several students
that this face was familiar; for Mr.
Butler was immediately flanked by
several students who asked for
autographs. Upon realizing what
was taking place, a number of
other students grabbed pieces of
paper, napkins and notebooks and
ran to join the crowd congregating
around the famed performer.
Smiling and carrying on short
conversations, Jerry Butler signed
a number of autographs and suddenly appeared at the table at
which I was sitting with several
friends, and sat down with us. He
introduced himself and we returned
ours. Then, all at once we were all
involved in a deep conversation.
I decided to take advantage of the
situation, so I asked Mr. Butler
if I could interview him on this
informal basis. He said, "I'd be
delighted." So, this started the ball
to roll.
Jerry Butler was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, December 8,
1939. But, he was reared in Chicago, Illinois where he graduated
from Wasburn High School. When
asked how long he had been singing professionally,  Mr.  Butler re-
The famed Jerry Butler entertained students and
many others in concert last week. Students clamored to get Jerry's autograph after he was literally carried off the concert platform in Moore
Gymnasium. Jerry sang many of his famous recordings and brought the crowd to a soaring state
of excitement with  "For  Your  Precious  Love."
One young coed (pictured above right) became so
overcome by the rendition that she insisted on
holding Jerry's hands while he performed. So that
she would not forget the memorable night, she
left the scene with his neck tie clutched to her
heart.
plied "Approximately 9 years!"
His first hit was the renown "For
Your Precious Love," which was
written by him. The other songs
which were written by Mr. Butler
were "He'll Break Your Heart,"
"Find Yourself Another Girl,"
"I've Been Loving You Too Long"
and numerous others.
When asked what was his greatest influence in beginning a singing career, he stated: "Mr. Nat
King Cole". Mr. Cole told him
"that once you get out there, stay
as long as the people want you."
This is what Mr. Butler intends
to do.
Mr. Butler has been married to
his wife Annette for 72/2 years.
Among his favorite hobbies are
chess, cooking, and basketball. His
greatest dislike is "oatmeal" which
he "hates passionately."
Mr. Butler attended Roosevelt
University where he studied music
until the beginning of his successful singing career. He has a partnership with Curtis Mayfield in a
publishing company, "Curtom" of
which Mr. Butler is President.
Among h i s favorite television
programs are "I Spy," and "Mission Impossible." But Mr. Butler
remarked that he was "a nut for
westerns."
When asked what is his inspiration when singing, Mr. Butler said,
"The words, themselves; for singing is similar to acting. You've got
to feel what you sing as you must
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Science   And  Faith   Seek   Harmony
In Religious Week Observance
Linda Bell, sophomore coed from Jackson,
walks past Crosby, once a teeming center of campus activity. The building, completed in 1896 and
in continuous use until May, 1962, has been the
oldest building on campus. Like everything else
the old gives way to the new as demolition of the
building progresses in full gear; workmen take it
apart.
"Seeking Harmony Between Religious Faith and Scientific Learning" has been designated as the
theme for Religious Emphasis
Week,  February 26-March 3.
All campus organizations are invited and urged to participate in
the Religious Emphasis Week Activities. Participation may include
separate organizational programs
relative to the general theme,
jointly sponsored programs, and
participation in the campus-wide
phases of the general program.
The vespers speaker on Sunday,
February 26, will be Reverend
Lorenzo A. Lynch, pastor, White
Rock Baptist Church, Durham, and
former pastor of Providence Baptist Church here in Greensboro.
Convocation speaker will be Dr.
Boyd Daniels, professor of Religion, Duke University. Dr.
Darnels is an ordained minister in
the United Presbyterian Church
and has been actively engaged in
some form of service related to
the campus ministry for several
years. He is a member of the
Board of Directors for the United
Campus Ministry being developed
for A&T College.
Reverend Cleo M. McCoy, chairman of the Religious Life Committee, invites all campus organizations to assist with developing
the theme for the week.
A partial schedule of the week's
activities is as follows:
Sunday, February 26th
9:00 A.M. Sunday School, 101 Hodgin Hall
Program: A Panel Discussion on  the  Theme
of the Week.
11:00 A.M. Newman Club Program
at 1414 Gorrell St.
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