The Register, 1974-12-03

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New Law Not Expected
To Present A Problem
"COMPLETE   AWARENESS   FOR   COMPLETE   COMMITMENT"
VOLUME XLVII      NUMBER   27     A&T   State   University,   Greensboro       DECEMBER   3,   1974
, By Rosie A. Stevens
Administrators here do not
seem to anticipate a great deal of
impact from the law which took
effect on November 19,
permitting students to see their
Colston Gives Views On Veterinary School
N.C. A&T State University
here is intensifying efforts to
land the state's proposed school
of veterinary medicine, with an
appeal being made to prominent
business and civic leaders for
support.
The site for the school is to be
made by the University of North
Carolina Board of Governors at a
Dec. 18 meeting. The choice for
the site involves a battle between
A&T and N.C. State University
at Raleigh.
Marshall H. Colston, vice
chancellor of development and
university relations at A&T, said
response from business and civic
leaders to assist in A&T's efforts
to have the school built here has
been "tremendous."
Colston said that personal
letters have been sent to many
people in prominent positions
asking them to "enlist your
prestige and influence in behalf
of A&T State University."
The   letter   outlines   reasons
Marshall   Colston
A&T officials believe their school
should be considered by the
Board of Governors before a site
location decision is made. It also
points out that A&T already
"generates through its programs
and projects an economic impact
in excess of $41 million a year,"
Colston noted.
These " friends of the
university" also are being asked
to call or write Gov. James
Holshouser i Jr., legislators and
the Board of Governors to
support A&T's position in the
controversy which exists with
N.C. State University.
Colston said that use of a
point system in evaluation
whether A&T or N.C. State
should be the site for the
veterinary school is unfair and is
not the proper criterion or a site
selection. Two faculty members
from the Ohio State University
School of Veterinary Medicine
rated the N.C. State and A&T
campuses on the basis of
facilities available and assigned
point values in several categories.
N.C. State outpointed A&T
1 ,05 1 to 499 and was
recommended by the Ohio State
consultants to be the site of the
proposed veterinary school. But
Colston contended that the
consultants spent only about two
hours on the A&T campus, and
A&T officials were not aware of
a point rating system being used.
"It is unfortunate that a point
system was used at all," Colston
said. This system, he added, was
"obnoxious and greatly
complicated the situation. The
only thing that should have been
considered is whether A&T could
implement and facilitate a school
of veterinary medicine. It can."
Colston explained that either
school selected for the veterinary
program will have to staff it and
build facilities. This will have to
be done with additional
personnel and additional
buildings regardless of which of
the universities gets the program.
"The courses already existing
at A&T and N.C. State are there
for a purpose and the staffs are
there for a purpose. For State to
say 'we've got more of
everything' is pointless. You
don't need 'more of everything'
to have this (veterinary) school.
Bigness and size are not factors
(in the selection). The school of
veterinary medicine will have to
be built, and it can be built at
A&T."
He     also     said     that    the
consultants' report did not deny
-that   "A&T   could   handle   and
implement     this     program
effectively."
Colston said, "The ghost of
separate but equal is a factor in
this whole thing," adding that he
thinks educators in North
Carolina still have difficulty in
realizing that "a predominantly
Black school (like A&T) could
rise to this degree of excellence."
The issue should not be one
of a predominantly Black school
versus a predominantly
white school (N.C. State) but
this appears to be a factor,
Colston said.
"We want the school here on
merit and merit alone," he said.
"We have a track record of
university development that
would warrant a reconsideration
(of the site) on the basis of the
university being able to carry out
a veterinary medicine program
without  comparison  to State or
Larry Shelton
Senior To Perform Recital
By Daryl E. Smith
On December 9 at 7:30, Larry
Shelton will perform his Senior
Recital  in  Harrison Auditorium
The music will be played on
an alto sax an'd will be
representating the Classical,
Romantic and  Baroque periods.
Shelton also plays the
baritone sax with A&T's jazz
ensemble and concert band.
Shelton is an active member
of the Music Educator National
Journal along with his other
musical activities.
Asked what his plans would
be after graduation, Shelton
replied,    "I'm    thinking    about
going to graduate school after I
finish     here."
Shelton continued by saying
that theMusic Departmentis a
good department, "We have
some very talented students as
well as instructors in the Music
Department.
Shelton continued by saying,
"A Senior Recital is a very
important factor in graduating
from A&T* without completing
this particular sector of your
studies, you won't graduate."
In responding to how long it
has taken him to prepare for his
recital, Shelton said, "I've been
practicing for this recital ever
since October of this year."
any other school."
A&T would be a good site for
the school because, of its
location in Piedmont North
Carolina, which has the state's
heaviest population concentration
and a "large pet industry," and
because of the area's proximity
to the new N.C. State Zoo in
Randolph County where rare
animal species are being kept,
and because of the "emphasis on
the cattle and dairy industry" in
this area, Colston maintained.
And to use a point system to
determine the site location is
unfair, he said, because the
veterinary school will have to be
built "from the ground up"
wherever it is to be located. The
school should be constructed, he
said, where it can best serve and
already there is a concentration
of major state programs in
Raleigh and Chapel Hill.
"If this type of point system
is to be used as a measure for
programs, then Appalachian,
Western Carolina and East
C a r o lina--all of these
schools-would have to use the
system.
"This way all of the schools
would always be compared to
Raleigh and Chapel Hill, and this
would always work in favor of
N.C. State and UNC (at Chapel
Hill)," he said.
Even the idea of considering
A&T as a possible site for the
(See  Veterinary,   Page   4)
own confidential records and
files.
Dr. Rudolph Artis, director of
Registration and Records
commented,'"! don't think it
would have a particular effect. If
a student came up here to see his
records a month ago, then he
have   seen   them."
When questioned about the
aspect of the law dealing with
'the release of grades, Artis stated
that a school was on legal
grounds in requiring the
student's permission before
grades are released if the student
is 18 years of age.
In any case, he said,"We as a
university would be amenable to
doing what the law requires."
Angus Small, director of the
computer science center,
remarked "No other person,
including other students could
see the record except the student
without the student's permission
when questioned regarding the
law.
Dr. William C. Parker, director
of the North Carolina Fellows
Program, which has access to
sensitive information, stated "We
do keep records on Fellows."
The informauon consists of
an application form, the SAT
scores from Registration and
Records, copies of internships
and seminars in which there was
participation.
He stated that sensitive
information such as personality
tests were not open to anyone's
access without the student's
permission, along with access to
grades, SAT scores, and other
information.
With respect to confidential
letters of application, Dr.
Frances     Logan,     acting
chairwoman of the Department
of Sociology and Social Service,
flatly stated " Anything written
about the person, the person
ought to have it. If I write a
letter, then the person can see it!'
Rod Rodgers Dance Company
Gets Standing Ovation
Larry   Shelton
photo    by    lance
Monday night The Rod Rodgers
Dance Company performed before
an appreciative audience in
Harrison Auditorium.
The first portion of the
presentation was composed of
three performances which were
entitled "Percussion Suite",
"Love Flower", and, "Box". The
latter performance was,
according to the printed
program, "dedicated to Soledad
Brother George Jackson and to
the men at Attica Prison."
With the exception of the
dance "Love Flower", which was
choreographed to the music of
Nick Ashford and Valerie
Simpson, the dancers glided to
abstract sounds composed by
Rod Rodgers and Sydney Smart.
The second portion of the
program included the
performances "Vuca", "Sweet
Blues", "Feline Feeelings", "To
Say Goodbye", and "Need No
Help".
lhe audience responded
emotionally to "Feline Feelings"
which was performed by Shirley
Rushing of    the     Dance
Company. This vignette was
choreographed to Aretha
Franklin's "Ain't   No   Way".
The members of the dance
company, physically and
beautifully, communicated
feelings to which the audience
showed its appreciation with a
standing ovation.
Rod   Rodgers