The Register, 1973-11-16

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VOLUME XLV . NUMBER  23     NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL .STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO      NOVEMBER  16,  1973
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HEW Rejects UNC Desegregation Plan
By Rosie A. Stevens
In a move Tuesday by the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia, the plan
submitted by the UNC Board of
Governors for the desegregation
of higher education was rejected.
The court gave a 90-day period
for an acceptable plan to be
submitted by North Carolina and
eight other states.
The North Carolina plan
called for the elimination of
duplicating programs in each of
its 16 campuses, and encouraged
racial mixing of faculty and of
students. It was voted upon by
the Board of Governors on June
8, after a Lwo-day discussion,
with one dissenting vote by
Julius Chambers.
The submitted by the North
Carolina and seven other states
were criticized by HEW because
they fell short of the general
guidelines of acceptability. These
guidelines   include:    Identifying
effects of desegregation upon
students and faculty; avoiding
greater burdens for minority
students and faculty than their'
white counterparts at
predominantly white
institutions,   and   for   minority
institutions     themselves    as
up of an official or committee to
carry out the plans assuring that
student attendance be based
upon academic offerings rather
than race; assuring that
minorities have a voice in
planning for desegregation.
North     Carolina     was
opposed   to   white   institutions,     specifically criticized because its
Guidelines also included setting     plan did not include the two-year
Summer School Director
Conducts Minority Study
Black college students in an
integrated situation face more
adjustment problems than their
white counterparts in a similar
situation, the director of the
A&T Summer school reported in
Boston last Wednesday.
In an address to the National
Association of Summer Sessions
meeting there, J. Niel Armstrong
reported   on   a  recent study he
Students Evaluate
A&T Food   Service
By Bennie L. Glover
Boarding students at this
university havemadeit a tradition
to voice negative opinions in
regard to the quality of the Food
service on campus, although
many are unaware of the
planning and labor inputs that
are    required    to    produce    a
balanced meal.
A number of students were
asked their opinion of the
quality of the food service
provided on campus in the dining
halls.
Jimmie Winston, a junior
economics   major, stated,   "It's
(See  Students,  Page  3)
conducted on problems of
minorities in summer schools.
"It would appear that Blacks
experience more negative feelings
than whites," said Armstrong.
"This is a natural, for there is
some evidence to indicate that
Blacks are more overt with their
hostile feelings, at this point in
time, than whites."
"Even on one predominately
Black     campus,' added
Armstrong,     "the     most
uncomfortable     group     was
non-whites,   even   though   that
group consisted of more than 50
percent Black."
Armstrong   said   that   Blacks
tend   to   feel   best   about   their
success in college, whites
feel    best    about    their    being
independent.
"I believe," he concluded,
"that the literature will support
my feeling that psychological
handicaps, such as the ones
investigated, hinder learning. If
this belief is true, every
institution is obligated to find
the avenue to better adjustment
to college life."
In his sampling in five
locations in four different states,
Armstrong said the Blacks had
the   deepest   feelings  about  the
police and judicial system,
unequal opportunity and not
getting praise.
Whites, he said, had deepest
feeling about others' not being
interested in their successes and
that expressions of sadness at
failures are not genuine.
and community colleges, and the
technical institutes in the state.
However, it was stated out of
Washington that the plans
submitted were "generally on the
right track."
The 90-day extension is one
of a series of outcomes of the
original ruling handed down by
the Federal District Court in the
Pratt decisions of November
1972 and February 1973, in the
case of Adams vs Richardson.
The original suit was filed by the
NAACP to force the
desegregation of educational
institutions in view of the Nixon
policy of easing up on
enforcement of civil rights laws.
When contacted for his
reaction to the rejection of the
plan, Chancellor Lewis C. Dowdy
stated that he had not reached
any conclusion on the subject.
He offered to share the letter of
rejection, along with his
comments on the subject, with
The Register at a later date.
Arthur  Cunningham,  As   He
Appeared       In Harrison
Wednesday   Evening.
(photo   by   Lance)
Dowdy Takes Office
Heads Land-Grant Colleges Association
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy,
chancellor of A&T University,
has become the first Black
president of the 101-year-old
National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges.
Dowdy received the gavel
Nov. 14 during the association's
annual meeting in the Denver
Hilton Hotel.
When Dowdy became
president-elect of the
organization last November, it
was the first time that a Black
had been chosen to head a major
higher education association.
Dowdy succeeds Dr. W. Roberts,
president of Iowa State
University. The NASULC is the
nation's oldest higher education
association, having been founded
in 1871.
The association is comprised
of 118 major state universities
and land-grant colleges, which
enroll nearly 31 percent of all
the college students.
The association played i
major role in the passage of the
Higher Education Facilities \c-
of 1963, which providec
low-cost loans to colleges.
A native of Eastover,  S.C, Dowd>
holds a doctorate in highe
education from Indian:
University, and other degree:
from Allen University and th<
Indiana State University. He ha:
headed A&T since 1964.
Dowdy is a member of tht
board of directors of th<
Association1 of American College:
and a member of the nationa
advisory group to the U. S
Marine Corps.
Police Can Aid Young Drivers
Aggie   Cagers   Making  Plans   For   A  Promising  Season.
(photo   by    Lance)
The use of police officers in
the teaching of driver education
to young drivers can be an
effective community relations
tool, according to the director of
the Safety and Driver Education
Center at A&T. "Police and
community    relations    can    be
enhanced by employing the
expertise of well-informed police
officers in driver education
classes," said Dr. Isaac Barnett.
Writing in the November issue
of "Traffic Safety," the monthly
publication of the National
Safety     Council, Barnett
said:"Young drivers, who are i;
an age group that has
disproportionately hig!
incidence of violations an<
accidents, would undoubtedl;
become better traffic citizens a
a result of lectures by traine
(See   Policemen,   Page  3)