The Register, 1975-10-07

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VOLUME   XLVII      NUMBER 13    A&T   State   Univenity,  Greensboro     October 7, 1975
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Greensboro Attorney Says
Vet School Issue Is Not Settled
Dr. Lewis Dowdy
photo by Carter
RALEIGH AP--A Greensboro
attorney insisted Friday that the
location of North Carolina's first
veterinary school is still far from
settled.
Norman Smith said the issue
of whether the school should be
Veterinary School Issue
Chancellor Releases Statement
By Daryl E. Smith
The recent statement from
William Friday, president of the
University of North Carolina, that
HEW has reversed its previous
commitment on the veterinary
school of medicine has brought
statements from a cross section
of people in the community and
from the administration here at
A&T.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy,
chancellor, has released a
statement concerning the sudden
changes of events surrounding
the veterinary issue.
The statement said, "If the
recent newspaper accounts are
correct, we are disappointed that
the U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare has
reversed itself on a strong stand
that was previously taken relative
to correcting some of the
inequities and injustices of the
past.
"By changing this stance,
HEW has missed a golden
opportunity to achieve its own
announced objective of assuring
wider opportunities and
integration for the
predominantly Black colleges
and universities.
"I am sure that this latest
move is distressing to all people
who have been looking to HEW
to provide increased
opportunities for the minorities
in our population.
"From the beginning, the
efforts of A&T State University
to obtain the proposed school of
veterinary   medicine   have   been
Former Managing Editor
Advises Journalism Class
conducted on a high level, and
the University has maintained
only that we are qualified to
operate such a program.
"We really wanted the
opportunity to destroy, once and
for all, the myth that a
historically Black institution
could not establish and maintain
a highly qualified professional
program.
"If HEW has reversed its
stance, we shall have to await the
decision of the courts to resolve
this issue.
"We shall still look to Dr.
Friday and the Board of
Governors to provide the
necessary funds to upgrade
predominantly Black insittutions
and to provide funds for
additional   attractive  programs."
Dr.     Dowdy     ended     his.
statements    by    saying,    "This
decision will not deter us from
seeking  the  necessary   funds to
upgrade    attractive    programs."
located at predominantly white
N.C. State University or at nearly
all Black A&T State University is
still pending in federal court.
Smith made his comments
after President William C. Friday
of the University of North
Carolina said he now considers
the location of the veterinary
school a closed issue.
Friday said this after the U.S.
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare
apparently withdrew its
objections to locating the school
at N. C. State.
Smith pointed out' that a suit
pending in federal court which
seeks to completely integrate the
16 campuses of the University of
North Carolina system asks a
judgment requiring the university
to locate the veterinary school at
A&T.
"No indeed, the matter is in
court," Smith said. "I don't see
why Friday is going around
saying he has got the vet school
in the bag. It's not that way at
all."
Friday and his staff have long
held that N. C. State is the best
site for the veterinary school
because many of the facilities it
would require are already present
at N. C. State. The UNC Board
of Governors followed Friday's
recommendation and voted to
place the school at N. C. State.
Last spring, HEW said the
decision violated UNC's
desegration plan which HEW had
approved. It said the school
should be located at A&T or
that A&T should receive a
comparable facility. It
threatened to take action to halt
the flow of federal aid funds to
the 16 university campuses which
amount to $80 to $100 million a
year.
After conferring with HEW
officials in Washington, D. C,
Thursday, Friday told newsmen
the federal officials had advised
him the decision to locate the
veterinary school at N. C. State
was "acceptable because it was
based on factual information
that indicated the decision was a
proper one."
Peter jiplmes, head of HEW's
Office of Civil Rights, acted as if
the issued had never existed, but
he indicated that the threat of
eliminating federal aid because of
non-compliance with
desegregation requirements
lingered.
"We will continue to have a
legal problem with the state if
they do not make the progress,"-
Friday has pledged, Holmes said.
He said HEW would keep a close
eye on UNC's program.
Friday said the concern of
the HEW officials "was really the
completion of the long-range
plan which will protect the
future of all the 16 instutions.
They were particularly interested
in a study we're doing of the five
predominantly Black institutions."
By Mary E. Cropps
A visit from an A&T graduate
brought some useful and
interesting information to a
journalism class here Monday.
Cassandra Wynn, a 1974 graduate
of A&T and former managing
editor of The A&T Register, gave
Mrs. Loreno Marrow's journalism
class some pointers on choosing a
graduate school and a field of
study.
Cassandra told the class
that a Ph.D. or an advanced
degree can be useful to Blacks.
She said such degrees would
make finding a job easier.
For Blacks who want to
pursue    advanced    degrees,
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Cassandra Wynn
Cassandra said, the money is
there. Graduate schools need
Blacks enrolled in order to
continue to receive federal
money, she explained.
Cassandra, who attends
Iowa State University as a
graduate student, was here for
the purpose of recruiting
students to attend graduate
school. She told the class that
there are two types of financial
aid offered to graduate
students-fellowships and
assistantships.
Fellowships pay a student's
tuition plus provide him with
extra money, Cassandra
explained. Assistantships provide
the student with a job and offer
him reduced fees.
Some of Cassandra's
personal experiences included
living through a blizzard and
sub-zero weather-. She
commented on the fact that
leaving A&T and going to a
predominantly white institution
was a "cultural shock". Of the
21,000 students at Iowa State,
Cassandra said, only 350 of them
are Black. But with 350 Blacks
you can always find a party,
Cassandra observed.
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Mattye Reed, African Heritage Center-Qirator, displays newly-arrived artifacts presented by Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Robertson Jr. of New York Gty. The artifacts are from Maly, Nigeria, Ghana, and
the Ivory Coast of West aAfrica. photo by Carter