The Register, 1978-02-03

              THU5 REGISTER
"COMPLETE   AWARENESS   FOR   COMPLETE   COMMITMENT"
VOLUME XLIX NUMBER 36 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY GREENSBORO, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3,197*
Students Help Avert
Near Tragedy In Scott
Photo   by    Love
The A&T Fellowship Gospel Choir will celebrate its    sixth anniversary on February the eleventh
and twelfth.  The program is free to the public.
Choir To Celebrate 6th Year
By Eric Howell
The A&T Fellowship
Gospel Choir will be
celebrating its sixth anniversary on February eleventh
and twelfth in Richard B.
Harrison Auditorium.
The theme for this year's
anniversary is "Lord I
Thank You for the Holy
Ghost."
The Gospel Choir was
organized by Vernon Hatley
under the direction of Dr.
Albert Smith as part of the
University Chapel in 1969.
The Reverend Cleo M. McCoy, director of Religious
Activities, has served as chief
advisor since its organization. Mrs. Yvonne Haygood
Smith has been the choir's
music trainer throughout the
choir's history.
In 1971 Mrs. Smith's husband, Donald Smith, became
the pianist for the choir.
Choir members represent
all undergraduate classes and
the Graduate School, covers
twenty-four majors and
represents all schools in the
university.
The mistress of ceremony
for Saturday night will be
Miss Barbara Turner, a
charter member of the choir
and teacher in the
Greensboro school
system. The mistress
of ceremony for Sunday will
be Miss Margaret Farr, class
of 1977 and former secretary
of the choir.
The program will begin
Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
and Sunday afternoon at 3
p.m.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
By Richard B. Steele
The quick thinking of
several students prevented
what could have been a
tragedy. Tuesday night two
trash bins in Scott Hall
were deliberately set on
fire. Though the fire was in
an enclosed area, it
could !have easily spread and
caused enormous damage.
At approximately 12:42
a.m., the campus security
was on the scene; but, by this
time, students living in the
area had begun extinguishing
the flames. Everything was
under control when the city
fire department arrived. The
fire department thanked the
males for their action during
the fire.
Chief Officer Roosevelt
Raines of A&T's Campus
Security said, "I believe that
it's the off-campus persons
committing these acts of vandalism and malicious damage
to the dormitories. Residential students would not pull
such pranks jeopardizing
their own living quarters."
This was only a minor inci
dent but what do we do if an
emergency situation such as a
blackout, tornado, or major
fire occurs?
"The welfare, security,
and comfort of all students
have top priority among all
programs in student affairs," said Dr. Jesse Marshall, vice chancellor for student affairs. There are
evacuation plans posted in all
residence halls.
Dr. Marshall is now undertaking plans with his staff for
an emergency plan which will
be given to the students.
At one time there were
fallout shelters located
throughout the campus.
"These have been
disassembled. The food and
"liquid in the fallout shelters
were not consumable," said
Marshall.
Many freshmen before actually coming to A&T,
received a listing of
necessary items for living
comfortably on campus. In
the future, emergency equip-
(See   Marshall,   Page   2)
HEW Rejects UNC Plan
School Offers NTE
Three   Times Yearly
By Pamalin Cherry
The National Teachers'
Examination (NTE) is offered three times a year for
prospective teachers. Education majors from A&T have
actively participated in taking the examination even
though it has been proven
that the test was not designed
for minorities.
When Dr. F.W. Jones was
asked if he felt that Blacks
could do better on the testjhe
replied, "Students should
study the vocabulary of
education, read more and
learn the thinking skills required to take such tests."
During 1977, 87 A&T
students took the NTE and
,36 students made 950 or better on the examination.
The odds against these
students passing were great,
(See   Minorities,   Page   3)
CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina officials, with a pledge of support from Gov. Jim Hunt,
dug in Thursday for a new
round of battles over college
desegregation in the wake of
the latest HEW rejection.
Dr. William Friday, president of the 16 campus
system, said university officials will continue to implement the present plan,
despite the announcement in
Washington Thursday that
HEW Secretary Joseph
Califano has rejected plans
from North Carolina,
Georgia and Virginia.
Califano's decision jeopardizes more than $100 million
in federal financial aid to
North Carolina, which he
said he will seek to block if
the state does not submit an
acceptable desegregation
plan within 45 days.
Califano did approve of
the plan submitted for North
Carolina's 57 community
colleges.
Late last year, HEW
agreed not to pursue further
litigation over North
Carolina's plan if state officials could show that good
faith efforts were being made
to reach a five year goal of
increasing Black enrollment
by 150 percent.
Then, earlier this week, it
was revealed that the latest
HEW directives would require the university system to
eliminate some degree programs and transfer others to
the traditionally Black campuses as a way redistributing
students racially.
"What the HEW officials
are saying now is, they are
the people who judge
whether a good faith effort is
being put forth or not, and
only them,"   said Friday.
"They certainly made a lot
more specific what they
would require in terms of us
ing the tranfer of academic
programs to affectuate a different enrollment distribution,' he said.
"Our argument is that this
is not a proper way to go
about it.    There is no such
thing as a pupil assignment
plan on the university level.
It's a voluntary choice.
Hunt aide Gary Pearce
said, "We're prepared to go
to court and fight it. . . Fundamentally, it comes down to
HEW saying we have to
transfer programs. It means
literally closing down a program at one campus and
moving it to another."
U.S. Senator Robert Morgan
issued a statement deploring
the latest directive as action
that "could literally tear the
university system apart,
without really leading to any
increase opportunity for
students,  Black  or  white."