The Register, 1964-03-20

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VOLUME XXXV, No. TF-    GREENSBORO, N. C.     MARCH 20, 1964
'The Cream of College News"
L. C. Dowdy Is Elected Sixth A&T President
College's New President
Assumes Duties April 10
Judge J. Stout
Will Headline
Women's Weekend
A Philadelphia judge wiU deUver
the keynote address at the annual
observance of Women's Weekend,
to be held at A&T CoUege, April
10-12.
Mrs. Juanita Kidd Stout, judge of
the County Court of Philadelphia
since 1959, wUl speak at the closing
program of the observance on Sunday, April 12. The program is set
for the Harrison Auditorium, beginning at 6:30 P.M.
A graduate of the University of
Iowa, Judge Stout holds both the
Doctor of Jurisprudence and Master of Laws degrees from Indiana
University. Prior to assuming her
present position, she had served as
a teacher in grade school, high
school and coUege; administrative
secretary to Judge WiUiam H.
Hastie, Philadelphia, U. S. Court
of Appeals for Third Circuit; in
private law practice; assistant District Attorney for PhUadelphia;
and as chief of appeals, Pardons
and Paroles Division, PhUadelphia
district attorney's office.
She was elected to the judgeship
for a 10-year term, which expires
in 1969.
In 1963, Judge Stout was appointed a member of the U. S. delegation to the Kenya Independence
Celebration by the late President
John F. Kennedy.
The observance, to be conducted
on the theme, "Goals, Expectations
and Motivation of CoUege Women
Students," will feature, on Saturday, a fashion show at 10:00 A.M.,
with Mrs. Yvonne Wyle, Winston-
Salem, model; the annual banquet
at 7:00 P.M., with Dr. Gladys
Royal, professor of chemistry at
the college, as dinner speaker; and
the annual Women's Spring Dance
that evening.
A reception, honoring Judge
Stout, is scheduled for Sunday at
4:30 P.M.
News   Briefs
B. U. HONORS DR. PROCTOR
The president of A&T CoUege
was honored on Thursday by Boston University.
Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, who has
headed A&T CoUege since 1960,
was presented on March 12, 1964,
the Boston University Anniversary
Award for services rendered as a
distinguished alumnus.
The citation was presented on
Thursday afternoon at the Anniversary Awards Luncheon held at the
University.
Dr. Proctor, who received the
doctorate from Boston University
in 1950, is a graduate of Virginia
Union University and holds the
B.D. degree from Crozer Theological Seminary.
He had served as professor, dean
and president of Virginia Union
University and, while on leave from
his present position, he served for
20 months with the U. S. Peace
Corps as director of the program
in Nigeria, Africa, and later as associate director.
He recently resigned as president
of A&T College to return to the
Peace Corps, beginning on April
10.
A&T PROFESSOR TO DO
RESEARCH
A professor at A&T College wiU
work this summer in special research for the U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission.
Dr. Samuel von Winbush, professor of chemistry at A&T since
1962, will serve as a research participant in the Metals and Ceramics
Division of the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
beginning June 1.
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DR. L. C. DOWDY, A&T COLLEGE PRESIDENT-ELECT
Kauffman Challenges Students
At Annual Honors Convocation
An audience at A&T CoUege was
told last week that there has never
been a time when there was greater need for educated men and women.
The speaker was Dr. Joseph F.
Kauffman, Washington, D. C,
former official with the Peace
Corps, now director of Higher Education Services for the American
Personnel and Guidance Association.
He was delivering the main address at the annual Honors Day
Convocation held in Charles Moore
Gymnasium.
High ranking students who had
excelled in academic endeavors
during the last three quarters were
honored at the occasion.
Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, president
of the college who recently resigned his position to rejoin the Peace
Corps, was also honored. He waa
presented a watch as an expression
of appreciation from the A&T student body by Jesse Jackson, Student Council President.
Dr. Kauffman told the group that
man cannot make his fullest contribution to his fellowmen until he
seeks to make the most of his God-
given talents and capacities.
He continued, "The academic
achievement we honor today is
worthwhile and vaUd when it is
combined with excellence of character, motive, and conscience."
He said that he considered the
separation of intellectual excellence from character and conscience as a disservice to the goals
of higher education.
In issuing his challenge to the
assembly, Dr. Kauffman said,
"This is increasingly an age of
machines that can enslave us or
free us; but one thing is sure,
machines are going to put the uneducated man out of work."
Annie Jacobs and Cary Bell, both
leading honor students in the senior
class responded by accepting the
challenge.
Ranking students from each of
the classes received sterling sUver
book marks, while the highest
ranking senior received a bound
volume important to his field of
study. A certificate of achievement
was awarded each student on the
Honor Student Roster.
Ranking students were Cary P.
Bell, senior, English; Ralph Greenlee, junior, applied sociology; Deb-
ra L. Johnson, sophomore, nursing; and Jack Goode, freshman,
biology.
In addition to the four ranking
students, forty-five other students
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Musical  Institute
Will Be Conducted
By   Music   Dept.
A Summer Musical Institute for
Junior and Senior High School Students wiU be conducted at A&T College, June 26 through August 7.
Howard T. PearsaU, chairman of
the A&T CoUege Department ol
Music and director of the Institute,
said the Institute has for its basic
objective to assist potential professional musicians in strengthening
musical backgrounds in preparation for college training.
The course of study caUs foi
private instruction in piano, organ,
string instruments and voice, and
classes in instrumental music and
music literature and appreciation.
The program has for its purpose!!
to develop aural sensitivity to
music theory through an understanding of melody, simple harmony, and basic rhythms; develop
an understanding of musical style
through an exploration of master-
works of composers of the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern periods; develop
effective keyboard facility; develop
the ability to perform adequately
varied solo literature, vocal, band,
or orchestra; and develop the
ability to perforrm high-level music
literature for small and large ensembles.
Mr. PearsaU said about 20 spaces,
out of an enroUment Umit of 80
persons, are now avaUable.
Further information may be procured by writing to Mr. PearsaU,
or to the Department of Extended
Services, both at A&T College,
Greensboro, North Carolina.
An experienced educator and administrator has been
elected by the A&T College Board of Trustees to succeed Dr.
Samuel D. Proctor as president of the college.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, presently dean of instruction, was
elected by the board at a recent meeting. He will become the
college's sixth president.
 A native of South Carolina, Dr
Dowdy graduated cum laude and
received the A.B. degree from Allen University. He received the
M.A. degree from Indiana State
College and has done further study
at Indiana University.
The president-elect holds an honorary degree, Litt.D., from his
alma mater, AUen University.
Dr. Dowdy has been at A&T for
fourteen years, having first come
to the institution as 'director of student teaching. For four years he
served as dean of the School ol
Education and General Studies and
for two years as dean of instruction.
Dr Dowdy served as acting
president for twenty months between 1961 and 1963 whUe his immediate predecessor served in
a Peace Corps assignment.
Prior to coming to A&T, Dr.
Dowdy had served for seven years
as principal of Ocean Grove School
Aiken, South CaroUna and Saint
Phillip's School, Eastover, South
CaroUna. He had also served as
supervising principal and teacher
of EngUsh and French at Winns-
boro High School, Winnsboro, South
Carolina.
Active in professional, reUgious,
civic, and social circles, Dr. Dowdy
holds membership in the National
Education Association, North Carolina Teachers Association, National Conference of Professors of Educational Administration, Association of Higher Education, American
Association of School Administra
tors, Kappa Delta Pi International
Honor Society in Education.
A deacon at Providence Baptist
Church, Dr. Dowdy is also a member of Hayes Taylor YMCA, Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, and the
Greensboro Men's Club.
He serves as secretary of the
Division of Arts and Sciences of the
American Association of State Universities and Land-Grant CoUeges
and as vice chairman of the Section
on PubUc Institutions of the Southern Association of CoUeges and Secondary Schools.
Dr. Dowdy has received appointments to the Advisory Council on
Nursing Education and the Com-
100 Volunteers
Are Requested
One - hundred qualified coUege
students are being sought by the
North Carolina Volunteers to work
this summer in an internship program.
Created by Governor Terry Sanford and other state leaders, the
group wUl participate in community action aimed at alleviating
the long-range causes of poverty.
With funds suppUed by the Ford,
Mary Reynolds Babcock, and Z.
Smith Reynolds Foundation, ten experimental programs wiU be conducted beginning this summer in a
cross - section of North Carolina
communities.
Any student in North Carolina
coUeges and universities may apply for participation in the program. At present 100 qualified student volunteers are being sought
to help in a variety of ways such
as conducting tutorial programs,
running day care centers, assisting
with health services and performing other tasks associated with
breaking the poverty cycle.
Each participant wiU be given
room, board, and $250 for 11 weeks
during the summer beginning June
10. They will live either in coUege
dormitories in the commmunity or
with families who are residents.
A training program wiU be conducted for all participants. The
program is designed to instruct
the volunteers in aU facets of his
work on the local level and in the
techniques of community education and organization.
It is hoped that the summer program wiU serve as the beginning
of a large scale volunteer effort
throughtout the state.
Applications forms are avaUable
at the Student CouncU office or
from Reverend A. Knighton Stanley of the United Southern Christian
Fellowship Foundation. AU appUca-
tions should be completed and returned to the North CaroUna Volunteers by AprU 5.
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Three seniors at A&T CoUege, who graduated last week, also were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U. S. Army under the coUeee's
ROTC Program.
The new Army officers are, from left to right: Lt. David Howell
TaylorsviUe; Lt. Stevon Sutton, Kinston; and Lt. Frederick Artis Farmville.
The ladies, who pinned the bars, are, from left to right: Miss Barbara
BeU, Jackson; Miss Jackie WaU, Greensboro; Miss Betty Sherrod Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and the mother of Lt. Artis, Mrs. WiUie H. Artis of
FarmviUe.