The Register, 1975-11-25

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VOLUME XLVII *     NUMBER 26   AAT  State   Universiry,  Greensboro      November 25. 1975
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John Condon Addresses Dinner
Chancellor Dowdy 0eft) greets John P. Condon, president of the
National Alliance of Businessmen.
By Mary E. Cropps
General    John    P.    Condon,
president    of    the    National
Federal Monqf Funds Research
An environmental research
project concerned with seeking a
more effective disposal of waste
produced in pickling cucumbers
will be launched by a scientist at
A&T State University.
The $50,000 project, funded
by the United States
Environmental Agency, is being
conducted by Dr. Robert M.
Harrison, a microbiologist and
associate professor of soil science
at A&T. Joining Harrison in
the study will be Dr. Samuel J.
Dunn, chairman of the
Department of Plant Science at
A&T; and Dr. Linda W. Little, a
member of the Department of
Environmental Sciences and
Engineering at the School of
Public Health at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
According to John Carroll,
agricultural extension agent for
Guilford County, North Carolina
ranks about third in the pickling
of cucumbers.
"The raising of cucumbers is a
major industry in Eastern North
Carolina, the crop being used as a
supplement to tobacco," he said.
A   problem   with   which   the
pickle industry is concerned      is
the large volume of wastes which .
result in the traditional pickling
process.
Harrison's project will
investigate the feasibility of
reducing the strength and the
volume of the salty wastewaters
used in the fermentations of the
cucumbers into pickles.
"We hope to see, if by using
half the amount of salt, we can
improve the quality of the
pickles and also reduce the
strength and volume of the
wastewaters." He said this
process also might offer more
potential for recycling and reuse
ofthe salt.
"Additionally," said Harrison,
"the wastewaters which are
generated are expected to be
cleaner and more amenable to
recycling. Thus, the cost of salt
and water could be reduced, as
well as the cost of the waste
treatment."
In conducting the research
project, Harrison will work
closely with the Perfect Packed
Products, Inc. in Henderson. The
firm is a major producer of
pickles along the Eastern
Seaboard.
In addition, the A&T group
will be assisted by a panel of
food scientists from North
Carolina, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Harrison holds degrees from
the University of Arkansas and
Michigan State University.
A&T Graduate Receives
Teacher Of Year Award
RALEIGH-A graduate of
A&T, Mrs. Ruby Swinson
Murchison , has been named
"Teacher of the Year" in North
Carolina. She currently lives in
Fayetteville.
Mrs. Murchison, 42, a veteran
of 22 years in the classroom, is a
seventh-grade teacher at
Washington Drive Junior High
School in Fayetteville. She has
taught language arts and social
studies there for the past 14
years.
She said that in her early years
she used the ruler a few times to
discipline pupils but found that
counseling with the individual
and the parents was much better.
In accepting the award, she
said, "This is more than an
individual honor. It is a tribute
to the teaching profession."
She received her bachelor's
and master's degrees from A&T
State University. The teacher of
the    year    award    program    is
sponsored jointly by the state
Department of Public Instruction
and the Association of Classroom
Teachers.
Alliance of Businessmen, was the
keynote speaker at the
University Foundation's dinner
honoring the Chancellor's
Council, Friday evening.
In his remarks, Condon said
that the Black schools must be
doing something right because
seventy per cent of the Blacks
graduating from college receive
their degrees from
predominantly Black
institutions.
Condon further stated that
many Blacks who enroll in
non-minority schools dropout
and enroll in Black schools. He
attributed this fact to the
atmosphere at Black schools
where students can feel at home.
Turning his remarks to the
cluster system, Condon said that
there are 50 functioning clusters
supporting 61 minority and
developing colleges. The figures
relating to colleges and clusters
are not what they could be, he
continued.
There are 124 predominantly
Black schools, Condon stated,
but fewer than half of them are
in a cluster program. Condon
said this was an inadequate
number and the problem has to
be worked on through the local
level.
Condon stated that many
students are not trained in the
discipline necessary for success in
the business world. However, he
mentioned   that   this   statement
did not apply to  A&T. He said
that corporations draw their
leadership from the fields of
business administration and
engineering. However, Condon
observed, the number of
minority Americans in these
fields is inadequate.
To explain his statement,
Condon pointed out the fact
that, in 1971, of the 42,000
engineering graduates, only 407
of them were Black. This number
improved somewhat in 1974 but
only by one and one-half
per cent. Condon said these
figures are even worse for
women.
Condon praised A&T's
business and engineering
programs by saying that they will
continue to set an example for
others as will the cluster
members.
In closing, Condon observed
that the diplomas students
receive are only the beginning of
a tough route. He told his
audience that each of us must be
committed and must maintain
that commitment.
"Every person who thinks
knows that the wisest
development of resources is to
conserve," Condon stated. He
said that we must reaffirm the
conviction that a mind, a life and
a future are terrible things to
waste. This applies not only to
Black youth, but to the youth of
America. Condon ended by
stating that youth are an
irreplaceable commodity.
A&T Transportation Team
Will Evaluate Program
Three
rival
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NCC 34-16   to share the MEAC championship with South Carolina State. photo by Carter
A team of transportation
researchers from A&T has been
selected to help evaluate a,new
federal pilot program designed to
improve transportation systems
in the nation's rural areas.
The A&T involvement will be
directed by Mrs. Joyce Johnson,
who has already accompUshed
considerable research in rural
transportation, and Douglas
McKelvey, a research associate
with A&T's Transportation
Institute.
To conduct its latest study,
a one-year long project, the A&T
Transportation Institute has been
awarded a grant of $73,349. The
funds are being made available
by the Office of University
Research of    the     U.     S.
'Department   of   Transportation.
According to Arthur
Saltzman, director of the
institute, the A&T researchers will
help to evaluate a $9.65 million
demonstration program which
was recently authorized under
the Federal Aid Highway Act of
1973.
That project will initiate pilot
transportation   programs   in   45
locations     across    the    United
States,  including one  in   North
Carolina.
"The transportation problems
'in   rural   areas   are  much  more
severe   than  those in   the  urban
areas,"  said  Saltzman.  "This is
contrary to what many persons
believe. If a person in a rural area
doesn't   have    his   own   public
transportation,   many   times   he
finds   himself   in   a   real   bind
because   he   can't   usually  walk
as   persons in the city can."
Saltzman said the A&T
researchers will visit at least four
of    the     experimental    sites,
including one in Cherokee, to
ascertain how well the systems
are serving the needs of the
residents of those areas.
The model systems will
include a variety of types
including fixed routes, as well as
systems using volunteer
transportation and friends' and
neighbors' concepts.