The Register, 1977-05-06

              THL^5 REGISTER
"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT"
VOLUME XLVIII NUMBER 57 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY. GREENSBORO MAY 6. 1977
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Two Students Graduate
With 4.00 Averages
In Chosen Majors
Two restless students who
both dropped out of college for a
while in order to find themselves
have tied for the top honors in
this year's graduating class at
A&T State University.
The young scholars, Robert
A. Copeland, 23, and Joel Miles,
25, equaled the A&T record of
all A's for a perfect 4.00 point
average. They will be honored
auring A&T's
baccalaureate-commencement
exercises in the coliseum Sunday
at 11 am.
Copeland, of Portsmouth,
Va., quit college after his
freshman year to work as a bus
boy. "I had spiritual problems, "
he said. "I had the potential, but
I had to get my mind right."
Miles who grew up in Seattle
Wash., left college because he
"didn't want to study/' He spent
two years on farms in Guam.
When they returned to A&T,
Copeland breezed through his
electrical engineering major and
Miles did the same in his
agriculture major.
Copeland attributes his
quickness in the classroom to his
father "He had us doing algebra
by the time I was in the fourth
grade," he said "I resented the
fact that he worked us so hard,
that I didn't do my best in high
school," he added.
The elder Copeland, not a
college graduate himself, gave the
same kind of encouragement to
each of his 13 children. "He said
we would never work with our
hands," said Copeland.
Miles actually finished high
school on the Island of Saipan,
where his father took the family
after joining the Peace Corps.
"I was kind of contrary while-
in high school," he said, "and 1
really didn't do my best."
Miles said he .decided on a
career in agriculture after living
in Guam. "1 became concerned
about the future of Guam, in
terms of what people can do
with small farms, not the high
powered agriculture system we
have in this country."
He is one of four children of a
general physician in Olympia,
Washington, Miles plans to work
for a while, then pursue graduate
work He is married and has a
six-month old baby daughter.
Copeland will work for Bell
Laboratories in Whippany, N. J.,
this summer; then the firm will
pay his way to study at Stanford
University for a master's in
communications systems. The
$9,000 fellowship also carries
with it a monthly stipend of
$750.
Lopeianu
(Joel Miles was not available for
picture.)
This is how the 'the Block' looked before urban renewal.
Memories Of The Block' Live
By Maxine McNeill
and
Patricia   Everett
Next year, a new freshman
will probably stumble, more out
of naiveness than curiousity,
upon the ruins on Old Market
Street. Perhaps, momentarily, he
will pause and wonder what type
of activities occurred within the
jagged crumbling three^walled
brick frames-frames which are
now the receptables of trash,
broken wine bottles and
matchless shoes.
Although that freshman may
not know it, these are the golden
ruins of a shopping area once
called 'The Block.'
There are plenty of memories
of "The Block." Ronald
Topping, who     came     to
Greensboro as a freshman in
1969, had this to say, "The
Block' was the place where
everybody went  after a game."
Also, Topping said there was
a storeowner called 'Boss' who
prepared various dinners and
sandwiches. However, Topping,
favorite delicacy was toasted
honeybun and cheese. "'Boss
would take a honey bun, cut it in
half, place cheese between the
two slices and toast it," Topping
reminisced.
Bruce Anderson and Richard
"Tonto" Johnson who came to
A&T in 1973 and 1974,
respectively, had very vivid
memories of 'The Block'. Their
memories. included a store
students called "The Brothers," a
Ho-iness Church, a laundramat,
and a mod store named
"Innervisions." They said
students went to "The Brothers"
to buy wine and went to
"Moms" to buy beer. According
to them, these two stores were
open until 2:30 a.m.
Anderson stated, "Since
'Mom's' left, the atmosphere
isn't the same. In a couple of
years, a dormitory will probably
(See'Moms', Page 5)
Marshall Reveals Delay
In Return Of Yearbooks
'Short Eyes"tells the inside story of prison life. For more details see  story on page 5.
"Those graduating seniors and
graduate students who are
eligible will receive their
yearbooks by Saturday
afternoon," said Dr. Jesse
Marshall, vice chancellor for
student affairs. "All other
students who have paid for their
yearbooks will receive them on
May 10."
Marshall, who is also advisor
to the yearbook staff, said the
delay was not due to any lack of
performance on the part of the
staff. According to him, because,
of the energy crisis, the printers
set the deadline for the last
materials the yearbook staff was
to have printed up within 10
days. The information did not
reach the staff until after the
new deadline had passed.
Two thousand copies for the
yearbook    will    be    ready    by
Saturday.  Only those   students
graduating    will    receive    their
yearbooks Saturday because
Marshall wants to be assured
there will be copies for all of the
remaining students on  May   10.
"Any    student    who    carries
fewer than 12 credit hours will
not eligible to receive a book,"
said Marshall.
This year there will bo a
computer printed list of students
who should receive yearbooks. If
a student's name does not appear
on the list, that student should
contact Marshall's office for
further discussion.
Marshall feels this year's
yearbook is going to be
"excellent." He foresees no
problem with the content of the
book.
Rachel Thrower,
editor-in-chief of the yearbook
staff, refused to comment on the
yearbook's delay. She said the
information should come from
Dr. Marshall's office.