The Register, 1973-10-16

              THf^5 REGISTER
"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT**
VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 14       A&T State University, Greensboro OCTOBER 16, 1973
Polls Open Until   9 p.m.
Students Vote On Visitation
The turnout for voting on
coed-visitation was fairly heavy
Monday. It was the first day of
two days of student voting in
nine resident halls on the issue of
coed-visitation.
Counselors in Vanstory Hall
reported that over half of the
residents there had voted by the
time the polls closed Monday
night. Mrs. C. O. Pettiford, a hall
counselor in Gibbs Hall,said that
"quite a few" had turned out to
vote. Mrs. Mary D. Smith, a hall
counselor in Morrison Hall, said
that 67 out of 103 residents had
voted by Monday evening.
Eighty-five out of 154 residents
had voted in Holland by the time
the polls closed on Monday. A
hall counselor in Cooper Hall
reported that close to half of the
residents had voted there.
According to Ronald Penny,
president of Senior Dormitory,
the turnout there for Monday
was "pretty good." Senior
Dormitory had coed-visitation
for fall semester last school term.
Marilyn Marshall, president of
the SGA said that in the
discussions with dormitory
residents about the issue,
held Oct. 1-5 in each dorm
except Senior Dormitory and
Cooper Hall, the factor of
two-thirds of the residents voting
yes for the issue, not just
two-thirds showing up to vote
was stressed. She said that
members of the SGA aresupposed
to help at the polls today from 5
to 9 p.m. The hours for
voting today are 9 a.m. until 9
p.m. Students are required to
show their I.D. to vote.
Coed-visitation is only
acceptable by the university in
the living areas of a residence hall
upon the approval of the same
by two thirds of the residents.
This means that two thirds of the
members of each dorm have to
vote yes to coed-visitation before
that dorm can have
coed-visitation. The votes will be
counted by the hall counselors
and one member of the SGA.
If coed-visitation is not
approved by two-thirds of the
residents of a residence hall, it
shall be publicized by the various
communicative media. By
presenting a petition with
one-tenth of the residents'
signatures on it to have
coed-visitation reconsidered, the
policy may be changed by a
two-thirds vote provided a
majority members of the hall are
present and voting at the
meeting.
Marilyn said that she was
uncertain of how much leeway
coed-visitation would have in a
close vote. She did not know
whether the majority of votes
would be accepted in a close vote
or whether'   coed-visitation
iwouldbe ruled out because it is a
little short of the two-thirds
vote.
If approved by two-thirds of
the residents of a dorrti, it will go
into effect Thursday, Oct. 25, at
6 p.m.
Artis Stanfield sits in agony as he watches the Homecoming game.
Alumni Service Speaker Says
'Be Mindful Of Times'
By Betty Holeman
What   Time   Is   It? was   the
topic discussed by the Reverend
Play Director Cites Reasons For Bad Review
By Janice Smith
David Staples, technical
director of the Paul Robeson
Little Theater charged the
administration, faculty and
university staff with apathy in
attending the play last week.
In a telephone interview
Monday, Staples said only about
10 administrators, faculty and
staff member turned up to see
the Richard B. Harrison players'
presentation of the musical,
".Jacques Brel is Alive and Well
and  Living in Paris," during its
Three Floats   Receive
Top Honors In Parade
Out of 15 floats that streamed
down Laurel, Market Street,
Murrow Blvd., Lindsay Street to
the War Memorial Staduim,
Omega Psi Phi,Inc, the School of
Agriculture and the Esquire
Fraternity came out with top
honors.
The prize for the most
beautiful floatwent loOmega Psi
Phi Inc. The most unique award
went to the School of
Agriculture and the Esquires
took the award for the best
interpretation of the theme.
The winners will receive a
plaque as their award. The judges
for the contest were chosen from
the Homecoming Committee.
They were chosen to represent
the faculty, alumni and the
student body.
The   floats   were   judged   on
originality,   general   appeal   and
adherence  to the  theme, which
was     "More     Power     Through,
Unity,    Dignity    and    Struggle:
Harambee,"     The     technical
aspects that the judges took into
consideration were that the float
be completed and stay together
for the parade.
The Omega Psi Phi float was
decorated in purple and gold, the
colors of the fraternity. The Que
queen was sitting under the horse
shoe, the fraternity emblem. The
School of Agriculture float had
as its theme "The Changing
Times." The float had a clock
that turned around. The Esquire
float had a large star in its rear
with the heads of a Black man
und woman. At the front of
the star, it had the word
"Unity."
six-day presentation.
On the other hand, Staples
said the attendance of students
had been much better. "How can
we possibly blame students, who
are forced to go, when the
teachers who force them, don't
go themselves; he asked in
commenting on attitudes toward
the arts.
"It was a good production, as
good as they would have seen in
New York, " he said.
Staples said he realized that
many activities were going on
during the week such as meetings
and Coronation, but he added,
"There were several nights when
they could have come."
"They can't say there wasn't
publicity; they were notified
long in advance that it was being
held," he continued.
During the week. Staples said
that persons from other schools
and universities in the city came
to view the long play with a
representative number of A&T
students, and estimated that the
total attendance over the six-day
period ranged from between 600
to 700.
He said that it was evident
what the University is doing in
areas such as engineering and
business, but he questioned what
the University was doing in the
arts.
"We are wondering where the
administrators    were,    the
educators; they are supposed to
set the example," he said.
And later he added that the
students see the same University
personnel who don't show up for
cultural activities at ball games or
somewhere partying.
Staples commented on the
review that was given of the
musical in the Greensboro Daily
News. He said that one of the
biggest reasons why the review
said the play was a disaster was
because of the sound problem.
He said the theater had tried for
six weeks to get a pianist, a
percussionist and a trumpeter.
"We did get a percussionist,
but we couldn't find the other
two. We even offered pay," he
said.
He explained that the singers
had to go on with a recording in
the background. Staples added
that reviewer from the Daily
News called back and told them
that he had received feedback
from persons who saw the
production and who felt that it
was not "disastrous."
Emphatically, Staples asked ,
"How can they (administrators,
faculty and staff) explain to four
talented people why they were
not there to support them?*
He called on University
personnel to give the theater cast
feedback as to why they failed to
show, either by writing or calling
Extension7852.
John    H.    Malone   at   the
twenty-sixth    annual    alumni
service,    Sunday    in     Harrison
Auditorium.
Rev. Malone, a member of the
Class of 1951, based his sermon
on selected verses from the third
chapter of Ecclesiastesand the 13
chapterof Romans.
Rev. Malone observed that we
need to be more aware of time.
He   stated   that   primitive   man
used    symbols    to    tell    time;
however, modern man is too far
advanced for symbols.
"What does a clock tell you.*"
he asked. "Does it point only to
the hour rising or does it signify
something else?"
He stressed that God Himself
has  entered   into  the  flesh and
that the "Kingdom of God is at
hand."
"What time is it?" he queried.
"We should be mindful that this
is a perilous time," he answered,
"a   time   of confusion,  famine,
race against race; but this is only
night   and   the   day   is   coming
which will remind  us that God
has His eyes upon us."
Rev.   Malone   said,   "God   is
coming again; He is very near."
The   day   is   approaching,"   he
continued;   "be   weary   of   the
time; be aware of spiritual death;
be concerned.
This is  the time for teachers
and preachers to live the life, to
serve as examples.   There is not
time for weeping; no more time
for sadness."
"Come M on   in-in   time,"   he
invited.
Moreover he stated that there
is no time for distress and worry.
Rev.   Malone  sees the need for
Mother's to tell  their daughters
and   fathers tell their sons that
play  is   the  secret of perpetual
love,   read-  or   to   read   is   the
foundation of life; love is a God
(See Alumni, Page *3)