The Register, 1967-11-09

              Trash Can Disembogues Missing Equipment
Equipment valued at $1,000.00
was discovered stuffed in an overturned trash can in the parking lot
opposite Carver Hall last week.
The equipment, reported stolen
five weeks ago, included a calculating machine and an electric
Underwood typewriter.
Stanley Johnson, editor of THE
REGISTER, made the discovery
while scanning the wooded area
bordering the parking lot for domestic plants.
"At first, I thought it was the
usual overturned can of trash you
see on campus, but when I attempted to set it up, I discovered
the calculating machine," said
Stanley.
"Thinking it a discarded machine I decided to take it to my
room and attempt to repair it;
however, on my second look into
the can I discovered the typewriter which had an unmistakable
"new" look," Stanley added.
It was then that the student editor decided to inform Buildings and
rounds  about the  discovery.   As
it turned out, the equipment was One IBM electric typewriter is tives from the Greensboro police
a part of that listed as stolen from still missing. The campus police department who were previously
Price Hall about five weeks  ago.     were called in and so were detec-     assigned the case.
Empty Trash Can? Not by a long shot! This con- typewriter. The stolen machines were accidentally
tainer held among other things a Monroe electric discovered by Stanley Johnson, editor of THE
calculating machine and a new Underwood electric      REGISTER.
The complete contents of the
can included Monroe electric calculator, and cord attachment, ar/
Underwood electric typewriter
three machine covers, including
one for the missing IBM machine,
and a six foot piece of plastic
material apparently used to cover
the machines.
It is not known why the machines were left in the can, but assumptions are that they were
placed there when it was inconvenient for the thief or thieves to
move them. Detectives discarded
the idea that it was an attempt to
get rid of the equipment because
of a lack of buyers.
Sets of finger prints were discovered on the machines. City
Police Detective Earl said that investigations would probably proceed to finding out who, aside
from the users of the machines,
had access to their locations, in
Price Hall. Searches are being
made for the other machine, and
the investigation to find the thieves
continues.
THE4 5 REGISTER
Volume XXXIX, No. 8
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro
November 9, 1967
TAKE NOTE!
"This is not the Age of Miracles.
If you do not study,
you will not pass."
— Dr. Walter C. Daniel
Midterm Exam Nov.
13-16
At   Grambling  College
Sports Minded Prexy Suspends Twenty ■ Five Students
Generalizations  Prove  Damaging;
Unfair   To   Colleges   Says  Dr. Dowdy
Cruel and tragic damage has
been done to Negro colleges by the
series of newspaper and television
reports during the past two or
three years, says Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, president of A&T State
University.
In a recent address to the Crescent Rotary Club here, Dr. Dowdy
said,
"These reports have lumped all
Negro colleges and universities into
one big pile; and from computers,
somewhere, a lot of averages have
been compiled which suggest that
all of them are poor."
"Of those that gave the most
disparaging reports," added Dr.
Dowdy, "not a single one has ever
visited at A&T, nor have we ever
received a request for information."
"The latest cry," said Dr.
Dowdy, "is that these colleges and
universities give hollow degrees
I could recite many, many cases
where A&T men and women, here
and away, succeed. This would
tear these critics apart and leave
their reports in shambles. These
same people who may have scored
low on a 30-minute test, are providing the city, state and the nation
with the type of leadership expected of any college or university
graduate."
Dr. Dowdy eluded these reports
for not taking an objective approach in their criticisms.
"Though we, like every college
and university, have some weaknesses, we have many, many
strengths; but the latter are too
rarely mentioned," said Dr.
Dowdy.
Dr. Dowdy said the economic
impact of A&T on the Greensboro
community is the equivalent of a
$10  million  business.
"Through expenditures by its
students, faculty and staff, and
local purchases by the University,
the whole community gains," said
Dr. Dowdy. "The total now, at better than $10 million is more than
half that of all other colleges and
universities in the city (Greensboro has four other colleges)."
Dr. Dowdy pointed out that the
first Negro graduates of the law
schools of the University of North
Carolina, Wake Forest and Duke
were A&T graduates.
"Two of them finished near the
top of their classes and one became the first Negro to be named
assistant U. S. District Attorney
since Reconstruction," Dr. Dowdy
added.
Attention: Students
A&T has received 1800 Campus Pacs, 500 of which have already been distributed on a
one-to-a student basis according
to James Meachem, manager of
the University Bookstore. Students may obtain these products for 50c.
By HILLIARD B. HINES, JR.
Twenty-two males and three
coeds have been suspended from
Grambling College in Grambling,
La. Among the students suspended were the student body president
and the editor of the siudc-ut newspaper.
The mass suspensions at this predominately Negro college did not
end a student boycott of classes
that began recently. Only 200 students out of the total enrollment
of 4,200 attended classes the first
Monday of the strike.
The suspension of the students
by the college's Disciplinary Committee and the Interdepartmental
Council came as  a surprise.
The students are demonstrating
and striking in an attempt to upgrade the "academic environment"
of the school and to de-emphasize
sports.
Grambling President Ralph
Jones, who doubles as baseball
coach, refused to make any comment on the demonstrations. However, Noldan Thomas, a member
of a 12-man faculty mediating
group selected by the students,
characterized the school as ranking academically among the "lowest of Negro colleges in the country."
Thomas said athletics are definitely  overemphasized  at Gramb-
Youth Recovers; Officer Released
Hearing Postponed For 30 Days
By HILLIARD B. HINES, JR.
On Saturday morning, October 14,
Johnnie Marable, a campus security guard, was summoned by a
dance attendant to disperse a mob
of teenagers attempting to break
down a locked door of Moore Gymnasium to gain entrance to the predawn dance. One of the members
of the mob approached Marable
yelling threats. Marable fired two
shots in rapid succession, one in
the air and another towards the
pavement. The mob dispersed and
Marable returned inside. He was
later told that one of his bullets
had accidentally wounded a boy.
The 17 year old boy, Tylus
Rhone of 321 Winston Street, was
taken to L. Richardson Hospital in
critical condition. He is not a student of A&T. In fact, he is not a
student of any institution, but a
high school drop out.
The youth is now in good condition in L. Richardson Hospital and
only experiences infrequent pains
in the side.
Guard Marable has been released on a $300 bond after being
arrested and charged with assault
with a deadly weapon with intent
to kill. The preliminary hearing
was set for October 30, but it has
been postponed for 30 days.
According to Marvin Graeber,
superintendent of buildings and
grounds, Marable has been a good
officers and still is a good officer.
Marable is sorry that the incident
happened, but he was only performing his duty. Every security guard
is under oath to "defend property,
personnel and students."
Graeber stated that the names of
approximately 10 other members
of the mob are known and they
all have records with the city police.
ling. "Athletics are prioritized in
funds, the yearbook and public relations materials, and even the
president has made the baseball
hall of fame."
After the suspension of the students, about 3,500 students met in
a mass rally and decided to continue the boycott of classes until
their demands of the administration are met.
An organization which calls itself
the Informers has demanded the
dismissal of seven Grambling administrators. They have demanded
that President Jones resign his
other position as baseball coach.
Alamance   Posts
Go To W. I. Morris
Of A&T Placement
W. I. Morris, director of placement, has received two important
posts in Alamance County.
Morris was named to a one-year
term as chairman of the Alamance County Human Relations
Council and was also appointed to
serve on the newly-formed Alamance County Jury Commission.
Morris is the
third chairman
and the first Negro to serve the
Human Relations
unit. The Jury
Commission, on
which Morris
serves, will prepare a list of
I residents of the
j county who will
be placed on a
master jury list.
Before assuming his position
at A&T, Morris
served as a teacher and principal
of Pleasant Grove Union School
and as field representative of the
National Education Association
and the North Carolina Teachers
Association.
A native of Reidsville, he is a
graduate of A&T and holds the
master's degree from New York
University. He has also studied at
Harvard University, Purdue, and
at the University of Delaware.
Morris is a member of the Alamance County Planning Board and
the Alamance County Committee
on Civil Affairs.
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MORRIS
Other student demands are that
President Jones:
—Improve unsatisfactory conditions in the realm of administrative policy and see that the academics get primary  stress.   -. "
—Perform his duty without prejudice and despotism and eliminate his paternalistic views of students.
—See that students' funds are
handled honestly.
—S tress political awareness
among faculty members and students, "thus providing a check on
the white power structure in Baton
Rouge."
With its nation-wide reputation
for its athletic teams, Grambling
has produced a high number of
professional athletics.
Student body President Willie
Zanders said before his suspension,
"This is not black power. All we
want is an education and we aren't getting it. You cannot get an
education now at Grambling."
Faculty member Thomas explained, "We have a few very good
students, but most of them are
from a very poor background,
and the majority operate on a sub-
collegiate level in terms of national norms."
While he admitted most of the
student demands are valid, he
said some of them cannot be met
immediately, "But," he added,
"all of them ought to be looked
into."
Dean of Instruction E. L. Cole
expressed doubt that the students
were really concerned about "academic excellence."
Cole further termed the athletics
question a "whipping boy" and
added that there is an overemphasis on athletics all across the
country. "Grambling doesn't emphasize athletics any more than
other colleges in the South or elsewhere in the country."
He said Grambling has 80 athletic scholarships and 80 merit
scholarships, plus a few other
partial, specialized stipends.
"Students leading the protest,"
he said, "do not have the academic credentials of the real scholars who hold these grants."
Several evaluations were begun
in the past, but none of them were
ever completed.
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