The Register, 1971-02-25

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THL&5 REGISTER
"THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE WILL BE HEARD'
VOLUME XLll, NUMBER 16'
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO
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FEBRUARY 25, 1971
James Farmer Speaker At Convocation
James Farmer
By Diane Bell
James Farmer, former
assistant Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare (HEW)
and former National Director,
will be keynote speaker at the
Founder's Day - New Careers
Convocation on March 3 at 10
a.m. in Charles Moore
Gymnasium.
Farmer will speak on the
topic "New Careers for All." Dr.
Lewis C. Dowdy, president of
the university, will preside at this
occasion. Farmer was one of the
pioneers of the direct action
movement which has
characterized the civil rights
movement since 1942. He has
been   in   jail   several  times  and
SGA Prexy Evaluates
Progress At Mid-Year
By Clarence D. Robertson
SGA President, Matthew
Simpson, reasserted his.'
commitment and the SGA staff
to solving student problems on
campus in an interview
conducted in his office Tuesday.
Simpson pin-pointed the
present dining hall situation as
the most pressing problem
confronting students on campus.
He stated that the negative
attitudes of some of the cafeteria
workers stem directly from
students not bussing their trays.
One solution Simpson plans
to initiate is an attempt to have
people on the dining hall floor to
encourage students to bus their
trays. Presently, he stated, no
one is hired specifically in the
cafeteria to bus trays, and this
further causes a manpower
shortage in serving the students.
Finally, concerning this
increasing problem, the president
says,"The administration has
shown no concern whatsoever
with the cafeteria situation; and
therefore, we the students are
getting cheated."
GRADING SYSTEM
Simpson also reports he has
begun to execute steps to change
A&T's present system of
incorporating "F's" on students'
transcripts.
He has contacted UNC-CH,
Duke University, and NCCU to
find out their systems and will
make comparisons with A&T's
present system. As soon as the
current information is obtained
by SGA, it will be released to the
student body.
SPRING ELECTIONS
Commenting briefly on the
upcoming spring elections,
Simpson revealed that elections
will be held around April \5.
instead of March as stated in the
SGA Constitution.
In addition, he's planning for
the Coronation of Miss A&T
(ll>71-72) to be held on May I.
There is also a possibility of
selecting a Miss Homecoming to
reign over that week's festivities.
Simpson noted.
SECURITY OFFICERS
"I'll be damn, he almost ran over
me," exclaimed the SGA
President, as he flagrantly
criticized some of Ihe actions of
(See SGA. Page 4)
involved in many labor
movements. He served as
national director of CORE from
1961 until 1966 when he resigned
to head the Center for
Community Adult Education, a
private agency established to
develop and implement a
national literacy program.
On April 2, 1969, James
Farmer was appointed Assistant
Secretary of HEW with The
Office of New Careers and The
Office of Child Development
under his personal attention. He
is author of a book entitled.
Freedom - When?   and   he   is
currently working on a*n
autobiography.
Farmer is being brought to
the university by the North
Carolina   Fellows  Program.  This
program consists of a screened
group of academically - talented
students   here  at   the university
and it is sponsored by the North
Carliona Leadership Institute.
Inc. The program permits the
body of students to invite to a
private   session   any   national
figure.
Other participants on the
program will be Lane Miller, a
freshman from Kannapolis, who
will represent the North Carolina
Fellows; Matthew Simpson, SGA
president: Dr. George Gay.Jr..
pastor of Saint Stephen^ United
Church of Christ: W. I. Morris,
director of College Placement
Services; and the university choir
and band.
Classes will be suspended
from 9:00 to 12:00.
Students Organizing To Iron Out
Problems Involving The Faculty
By Lance Vanlandingham
A group of Political Science
students and other concerned
students met Tuesday afternoon
in Hodgin Hall to iron out some
faculty problems that students
run into on this campus.
Among the problems
expressed   by   the  group  was  a
lack of care for the students by
certain faculty members; one
such faculty member had 17
students drop out of his class last
semester. Likewise, a lack of
student organization and apathy
by the student body was also
pointed out. This apathy could
be noted by the fact that only 22
students came to the meeting.
In suggesting ways to remedy
this faculty problem, the
Political Science students
indicated several ways to combat
this situation. The tions were
(1) writing letters io ine Alumni
informing them of the way A&T
actually    run.   (2) strengthening
the SGA and making it
independent of the
administration. (3) establishing a
Teacher Review Board, made up
of students. (This board would
meet before the teacher is
hired.). (4) and engaging in a
letter and poster campaign to
educate the student body.
To further expand their effort
to solve the faculty problem, the
group    plans    to    contact   all
individual student   groups   and
enlighten the student body.
Tuesday Afternoon Political Science Meeting
(Staff Photo By Len Conley)
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