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East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
LETTSCOME TOGETHER
United we can last, separated weTll never
walk the narrow path,
In love we can gain, but with hurt we will
acclaim all sorts of pain,
Unity is our goal,
} ety Moke it
King Jr. Herald
VOL. III, NO. 6/JANUARY 1977
We must cast aside the hatred and make
our role,
A mountain is so high, yet determination
gets us
up the high slopes,
LetTs come together for the sake of making
things better.
Only two have graduated
Black students applying to PT
KENNETH CAMPBELL
Executive Editor
Two black students are applying this
quarter to the Department of Physical
Therapy in the School of Allied Health and
Social Professions at ECU.
Only two blacks have graduated from
the department and none are presently
enrolled. Carolyn Powell and Angelo Suggs
hope to change that.
the fourth black
female to apply to the P.T. department.
CAROLYN POWELL,
Physical Therapy is undoubtedly one of
the most difficult departments on campus
to get into.
Suggs, the first black male to apply to
the department, defined PT as ~~a health
profession which deals with the rehabili-
tation of people with injuries or disease of
the muscles, joints, nerves, or bones.
~~The physical therapist tries to enable
such people to lead as near-normal life as
possible.
~PT isalso valuable in the treatment of
a wide variety of diseases and injuries such
as multiple sclerosis, some nerve injuries,
certain chest conditions, amputation,
fractures, arthritis and cerebral palsy.
Four or five students apply for each of
the 14 seats available in the ECU PT
department, according to Dr. George
Hamilton, Chairman.
Hamilton said the competition in the
area is healthy because PT is a professional
area of activity which offers a considerable
amount of reward and potential of job
growth.
Qualifications for entering the PT
department include a 2.5 grade point
average, an acceptable score on the Allied
Health Admissions Examination, a per-
sonal interview, and a heavier science load
than General College requires, according
to Hamilton.
The purpose of the Allied Health
Examination is to provide a standardization
of student applications, he said. Qualifi-
cations vary from year to year according to
the quality of the applicants.
Powell said she hopes her grade point
average, personal data, and her interview
will be weighed heavily when her
application is being evaluated.
~o~| must admit that because of the
difficult curriculum, | have been inactive in
performing volunteer work for the PT
department and extracurricular activities,T
she said.
To improve his chances of being
accepted, Suggs has volunteered some of
his free time to the Pitt County Memorial
Hospital. "
~To improve my chances of getting in, |
have been doing volunteer work at Pitt
Memorial Hospital,TT said the sophomore.
o| have also been making observations at
Lenoir Memorial Hospital and nursing
homes in the Green County community.
~~At Pitt Memorial, | work closely with
L.P.T.Ts (Licensed Physical Therapists) to
try to learn as much as possible about the
field.
~o*! try to obtain a close and confidential
relationship with the patients. Being a part
of their path to rehabilitation has been a
very exciting and rewarding experience for
INew editor to be chosen
It is time for the selection of a new
Executive Editor of EBONY HERALD.
The new editor will assume duties
beginning Spring Quarter. He has the
option of choosing his new staff.
Persons interested in becoming editor
of EBONY HERALD should contact
Kenneth Campbell in 463 Aycock if further
information is needed. He can also be
reached in the Afro American Cultural
Center Tuesday and ,Thursday mornings
from 10 to 11. If you have a schedule
conflict, leave a note on the bulletin board
in the center and he will contact you. _
How the new editor will be chosen is
still undecided, but it is probable the editor
will be chosen by a screening board
consisting of editors of the campus
publications and SGA officers.
The board which chose the present
editor consisted of the Secretary of
Minority Affairs, the President of SOULS,
a SOULS representative, the Speaker of the
Legislature, the SGA President and
another SGA representative. The editor of
EBONY HERALD was also a member of
the board.
Duties of the Executive Editor of
EBONY HERALD vary according to the
staff position filled. The editor should
able to handle all operational aspects of th
paper.
The major responsibilities on the
business side of managing the paper are
preparing payrolls and printing re-
quisitions, and making a budget at the
beginning of the year.
Experience in newspaper operations i
valuable but not necessary. However it i
necessary that the editor is able to perform
the operations.
The most important qualification is that
the editor is able to get along with many
different personalities, political as well a
others.
All interested students are urged t
apply. The editorship of the EBONY
HERALD is one of the most important
student leadership positions on campus.
me. The more | work with the patients, the
more | become interested and determined
to be a good physical therapist.TT
Students in the program go through six
hospital settings in eastern North Carolina,
according to Hamilton. They have a choice
of 25 world sites.
Presently, two students are in practic-
ing areas in England and one is in
California.
Powell and Suggs both became in-
terested in PT because of personal
involvement with people close to them who
needed PT treatment.
ANGELO SUGGS, the first black male to
apply to the P.T. department.
~~Because of my mentally retarded
sister, | have had some contacts with
people in need of PT treatment,TT Powell
said.
~~But something which inspired me
more was an accident that happened to my
brother last year. He broke his arm, and it
was a type of break which cost could not
help mend,TT she continued.
~~A pin had to be inserted in an
operation which left his arm in a stiff
position. He started treatment on the arm,
but had to stop because of financial
problems. Eventually, he regained com-
plete movement.TT
Powell lamented that all kinds of
medical treatment are denied to those with
financial difficulties ~~and that is bad.TT
Since he was a freshman in high school,
Suggs said he has seen two of his close
friends become paralyzed from automobile
accidents. One was paralyzed from the
waist down, the other from the shoulders
down.
Judging from the number of applicants
to the ECU Physical Therapy department,
the field of Physical Therapy hasnTt drawn
much interest from black students. Only
five have applied since the department was
started.
~There may not be an interest in PT
among blacks because they are unaware of
its existence,TT said Powell. ~~l would
advise anyone considering PT to be willing
to devote plenty of time to studying.TT
Suggs said be believes blacks have
been few in the department because they
do not apply.
~~l feel the major reason there arenTt
any black students in the PT department at
ECU is simply not enough blacks are
applying.
~~Also blacks here at ECU donTt appear
to be interested enough in their first two
years, to put up with the weighty work
load. | guess blacks loose interest when
they hear rumors about students with
terribly high averages that were rejected.
~oHe said discipline is the major
criterion for getting into PT.
o~l really believe any serious minded
and disciplined black student can make it
into Physical Therapy if he or she is willing
to sacrifice some of his or her leisure time
for a higher grade point average.
~It really upsets me to see capable
minority students drop out far too early in
the race.
Dr. Hamilton said some black freshmen
are in the pre-Physical Therapy curricu-
lum.
Ware wins SOULS
black history quiz
Last Thursday during the S.O.U.L.S.
meeting the attending members experi-
enced a new event at the meeting. It was a
Black Awareness Quiz developed by
S.0.U.L.S. to test the participating blacksT
knowledge of the past, present, and
potential future of black leaders of the
black culture.
This quiz was free, with first prize of
$15 going to Beverly Ware, second - $7
going to Jerry Simmons, and third prize of
$3 going to Arthene Saunders.
details may be picked up in the Afro-
American Cultural Center.
The next quiz has an entrance fee of 50
cents for those wishing to participate, and
Announcements for the evening ranged
from committee reports to plans for a
ValentineT s Dance to be held in the center
in Wright Auditorium on February 12.
The more serious part of the evening
was spent on discussion of the possibility of
the loss of the A.A.C.C. to another
\ 2
BEVERLY WARE, winner of the SOULS
Black History Quiz.
department of the campus. After discus-
sion S.O.U.L.S. decided President Dalton
Nicholson would present Jenkins with the
position of the black students of ECU.
2 EBONY HERALD/VOL. III, NO. 6/JANUARY 1977
PS SS
General Assistance Center aids
in public school desegregation
In June 1975 East Carolina University
was issued a cost reimbursement contract
to conduct a General Assistance Center
(GAC) to assist public school systems of
North Carolina in dealing with problems
arising from desegregation. The Center
was first organized in July 1974 and is
CLINTON DOWNING, director of the GAC,
which helps in public school desegregation.
presently in its third year of operation as a
part of the ECU School of Education.
According to Dr. Clinton R. Downing,
Director of the Center, North Carolina
school systems have ~successfully grap-
pledT with ~first generationT desegregation
problems by getting black and white
students and teachers in the same schools.
With this success new problems were
created. Downing, a former teacher,
principal and State Education official for
North Carolina public schools, refers to
these new problems as ~~second generation
problemsT of school desegregation.
The Center is enriched by a bi-racial
staff of nine full-time professional persons
and three clerical assistants. This staff has
the expertise to assist local school districts
in alleviating ~~second generation desegre-
gation problemsTT such as classroom
groupings that tend to isolate races in the
same classroom; unfair discipline pro-
cedures; school violence; classroom dis-
ruptions; excessive drop-outs among
minority students; poor communication;
deteriorating classroom climate; low self
concept and low achievement among
minority students. The Center also assists
local school districts in dealing with sex
bias among students and staff.
~~Educators have the responsibility for
making all children feel a part of the
school,TT said Downing.
He also related to two important needs
of minority students that school pro-
fessionals should take under consideration.
~~First there must be an understanding
of cultural differences, but not resignation.
Encouragement should be given to
minority students, rather than interpreting
the differences as deficiencies and ignoring
the students.
~Discipline should be given out equally
for all students in order to maintain
fairness,TT said Downing. There shouldn't
be a lack of discipline for minority students
due to fear or sympathy of the staff, just as
disciplining of minorities should not be
more severe. ~~Equal treatment is im-
portant in establishing a good climate in
the school,TT said Downing.
lt Looks like Snow
By RICKY LOWE
Staff Writer
Phoebe Snow is one of the most
extraordinarily gifted artists of our time.
She shocked the music industry two
years when her very first album caught on
and sold with much success.
Her second album, ~~Second ChildT,
was released last February and agian,
everyone was surprised at how well that
album did.
With her brand new third album, ~~It
Looks Like SnowTT, solidly entrenched
somewhere at the top of the charts, it looks
like Phoebe Snow has done it again.
This LP is a screamer compared to the
two previous albums (remember that soft
wistful melody of Poetry Man?) and even
though the music is stronger, with much
more rhythm and blues funk, you can still
expect the same superior quality of lyrics
for which Ms. Snow is known.
~Autobiography (Shine, shine, shine)TT
is Phoebe Snow and rhythm and blues at
their very best.
She is not a beginner when it comes to
singing the blues -- (not ~~popTT or ~~soulTT,
| mean the real blues). Here ~Snow is in
complete control with ~~In My Girlish
DaysTT. Her voice soars to unbelieveable
high notes, then drops to a husky whisper
which is just the right effect for the song.
In the traditional blues style, the lyrics
are simple, from the soul, and to the point.
A perfect example is laid out at night,
trying to play my hand/Through my
window, i slipped a man.TT
~~Mercy On ThoseT is a tribute to our
tragic Civil Right heroes of the 1960Ts and
~~Stand Up On The RockT is a message to
someone special in Ms. SnowTs life -- her
daughter, Valerie, born four months ago. |
mention them together because both are
~~gospel-ishTT sounding tunes that make
social comments well worth hearing.
~oTeach Me TonightT (my pick as best
song on this album) is superior not only
because of the genius of the producer of
the LP (David Rubenstene and Friends,
Inc.), and its technical quality (sounding as
if B.B. King could be playing the guitar;
Ray Charles on piano, and Stevie Wonder
on keyboard; the music is that good) but
also because the combination of Snow
herself and magic lyrics.
The skyTs a blackboard; high above you.
If a shooting star should pass by
WeTll take that star and write ~~Il love youTT
A thousand times across the sky.
Snow does ~~Shakey Ground,T a
TemptationsT tune, and handles the
background and words (you can under-
stand what sheTs saying) even better than
the Temps.
This LP is an important one for Snow
because it proves at last that she does have
a devoted following. It should gain her the
super stardom she so richly deserves.
EBONY HERALD STAFF
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US, aR IE Kenneth Campbell
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The Center works in three major areas:
Staff development, Curriculum improve-
ment and Community relations.
According to Downing, the Center
served a total of 131 school districts in
North Carolina during the 1975-76 school
term. At the end of December, 1976, the
Center had served a total of 73 school
districts, and have plans for services to all
districts before the end of the 1976-77
school year.
When asked his assessment of services
rendered to school districts, Downing
stated that ~~evaluations are positive and
much results in attitudinal change among
school administrators, teachers, laymen
and parents are noted.�T
The CenterTs program has helped
alleviate instructional problems existing in
many classrooms. While minority students
have been helped specifically, all students
have been helped generally. According to
Downing, the future of education in North
Carolina is bright. ~~School districts are
preparing and implementing educational
programs based on the needs of children
rather than on needs of the schools,TT he
Said.
Evans wins national
poetry
Joyce Evans won a national poetry
award for her poem, ~~LetTs Come
TogetherT, which was published in the
December edition of o~American Collegiate
Poets,TT a semi-annual anthology by
International Publications of Los Angeles,
contest
there were thousands of entries from which
the thirty-five poems were selected.
~~l urge more students to take ad-
vantage of these contests,TT she concluded.
EvansT essay ~~Make-up for TodayTs
Black WomanTT received an award and was
JOYCE EVANS, winner of national poetry award.
The poem has a universal theme and is
petitioning people to come together in a
more harmonious way.
~~At the time | wrote the poem, | was
thinking of Black people coming together
in a more unified manner,TT said Ms.
Evans.
~~Now | think of people that are
struggling for a common goal"survival,
and of lovers getting it together.
~~The poem calls attention to all the
people of the world to come together and
work for improvements in the affairs of the
world. Today the problems are crucial and |
see a need for a change.TT
Her poem, o~LoveTs Plight,TT is being
published with a biographical sketch,
interpretations and comments in the
December edition of ~~College Contempor-
ariesTT magazine.
Both ~~American Collegiate PoetsTT and
~College ContemporariesTT are edited by
Dr. Val Churillo who encourages students
to participate, according to Ms. Evans.
Both publications are scheduled for this
month.
~Dr. Churillo gives helpful editorial
suggestions,TT Evans said.
These publications select the best in
college writers representing every state in
the nation, and are used in some schools,
according to Dr. Churillo.
~| am pleased to receive this award for
published in the June edition of ~~College
Contemporaries.TT
She is a junior, an ECU staff member,
and an EBONY HERALD staff writer.
Evans is a drama and speech major
with a journalism minor. She loves to write.
[See EvansT poem ~~LetTs Come TogetherTT
on page 7.]
LOVETS PLIGHT
While | gaze at my azaleasT pink blossoms
bestowing beauty like the pictorial an
artist creates upon the weight of my
mind | sit and think -
My loveTs flame, burned low
as a candle that consumed its wax
as the crimson sunset after a day of
glowy rays,
| desperately want to clasp my arms
around him
hoping to recapture time.
Yet | know itTs better to let him go:
My pride protects me as
the lion protects his den.
Yes, lonely days and sleepless nights are
mine!
But love doesnTt love me
isnTt worth a plea, not worth a dime,
nor any amount of spare time.
| think no love at all is better than loveTs
plight.
EBONY HERALD/VOL. III, NO. 6/JANUARY 1977 3
West African student
discusses self and ECU
KENNETH CAMPBELL
Executive Editor
Studying in a foreign country is the best
education one can get, according to
Kehinde Tokuta, an ECU student from
Nigeria, West Africa.
~Your horizons are broadened and you
become able to view life from different
perspectives,TT he said. ~~This enhances
understanding and prejudices are elimi-
nated.�T
A business student, Tokuta came to
ECU at the beginning of Spring quarter
1976.
He said his decision to come to East
Carolina University was influenced by his
friend, Tony Isichei, an ECU student who
is also Nigerian.
Tokute has relatives in America,
including American in-laws and a brother
majoring in engineering at Duke Univer-
sity.
Since he was eight years old, Tokuta
has been studying English, he said. It isa
requirement in Nigerian schools.
The educational system in Nigeria is
similar to AmericaTs, according to Tokuta.
One major difference is Nigerian high
school students are required to live on the
school campus during the week. They go
home on the weekends.
Also, there are very few coeducational
high schools. Most students graduate at
about 17, according to Tokuta.
After graduation from high school, he
attended two prep schools.
~~1 went to a preparatory school in
physical sciences for a year,TT he said.
~~Then | went to a school in social sciences
for a year.�T
Afterwards he came to ECU where he
finds ~~ American life very similar to what |
am used to.�T
~~My first quarter at ECU was the best
Tve had so far,TT Tokuta related. ~~l was
innocent and ignorant and everything was
spontaneous.
~~Now | have to think about this and
about that before | speak. | have to think
about what | say now because | have
learned that people have different ways
and beliefs. | try to respect them.
~~We go to schools, clubs, disco-
theques, and movies,TT he said. ~The
movies are straight from Hollywood.�T
Tokuta said he finds the students at
ECU nice and interesting.
~They are the kind of people you want
to get to know.�T
Some of the students he has met turned
out to be curiosity seekers, he learned.
They approached him with questions about
African food, government, religion, way of
life and, believe it or not, Tarzan.
~Some guy asked me about Tarzan and
if wild animals are running around the
country,TT said Tokuta. ~~I told him that was
stupid!TT
~Tarzan is just a movie intended for
adventure minded audiences. It is a
figment of the imagination.
~~It is just unfortunate they use
supposedly Africans to do such things.
Less than one-fourth of the continent is
anything close to being a jungle.
~~There was never a tarzan!TT
___ African feods which he is used to are
not too different from American food, he
said. Since there is a small variation in
temperature year round, vegetables are
plentiful.
He admitted that he is not used to such
a variation in sandwiches -- hot dogs,
hamburgers, etc. French fries in Nigeria
are not made from Irish or white potatoes,
he said.
The people in Nigeria are free with
respect to government regulation, he said.
~~Nigeria now is under a civilian
military diarchy,TT Tokuta explained. ~~The
people tell the military heads of state what
to do.
~~The old constitution was written so
that police could take over the government
in case of anarchy. In 1966, the Nigerian
Governor refused to resign. The military
moved in and took over the government.
~*However, the press and the people
are very free.�T
Tokuta compared the Nigerian Prime
MinisterTs refusal to resign to former
President Richard NixonT s refusal to resign
in 1972.
oThe present Prime MinisterTs term
will end in 1978,TT he continued. ~~Then the
people will vote for a new one.�
Also, a new constitution for Nigeria is
being written by constitutional experts, he
said.
Tokuta also talked about the way of life
in Nigeria including attitudes toward
marriage.
~~Some things in America, like getting
married at 18 and voting at 18, freak me
out,TT he laughed. ~~In Nigeria, the girl is
usually 21 and the guy, 25 to marry.
~~You have to be 21 to vote. TT
The husband in Nigeria pays a dowry,
according to Tokuta. It is usually food or
~~The dowry is given as a gift as
equipment fee for the bride, he read from a
book.TT It is used to buy all the necessities
the bride needs. The husband gives it
because he wants to.
He was surprised that similar practice
existed for a while in America.
In Nigeria, the game of basketball is
reserved for women because women canTt
kick which is important to the nationTs
favorite games, soccer, cricket and rugby.
~o~We regard basketball as a feminine
game,TT Tokuta related. ~~Since ITve come
here and have seen what men can do (in
basketball), ITm impressed.TT
Contrary to what many may think, there
are no negative feelings in Africa toward
black Americans, he said.
~~The people in Nigeria are warm,
friendly, and that is one of their problems,
they are too warm and too friendly.TT
He said if a person were in Nigeria and
he was without money, a Nigerian would
take that person to his home and try to help
him.
Tokuta said in the future, he would like
to go into politics in Nigeria.
oNigeria has a tremendous, almost
incomparable potential for growth,TT
Tokuta said. ~~What we need now is less
covert external influence and more mass
education -- a ~revolutionT of the mind.
~~By mass equal education, | do not
Kehinde Tokuta, business student from
West Africa discussed ECU among other
subjects.
mean a degree in science which most
people have, | mean a liberal education
with an emphasis on understanding other
peoples and their cultures.TT
Continuing in a political and philo
sophical language, he explained his view of
AmericaTs role in the future. :
~*! like it here,TT he said. ~~I think this is
one of the best places to live. This country
is a cosmopolis in itself. This probably is
the reason for its greatness. All the
problems the world may have will be-
solved here. This is the reason why this
nation has to continue to lead in all spheres
of human life.TT
I'm an Air Force officer and this is my
sweet chariot. When | visit home people
are happy to see me. And proud. They
say ITm doing my part in the community
by showing the young people and the
adults that you really can make it. You
really can get your share of A Great
Way of Life.
| also feel good about my position in the
Air Force community. ITm a leader there,
too. ITm someone the other brothers
and sisters | meet in the service can
look to. And it reassures them to know
they have a voice in Air Force matters
that concern them.
The Air Force needs more leaders...
pilots... aircrew members...math
majors ... science and engineering ma-
jors. You might be one of them, and the
Force ROTC program. There are two,
and non-scholarship. Why not look into
all of them and see if one fits your
plans? ItTs worth it, brother.
Contact
Captain Richard Rowan
ECU Wright Annex 206
or Phone 757-6598
Apply Immediately
Sweet
best way to find that out is in an Airg
and four-year programs. Scholarship ss
Air Force ROTC
Gateway to a Great Way of Life
iot.
EBONY HERALD/VOL. III, NO. 6/JANUA4RY 1077
Hardy and Joyner to prove vital
in wrestlersT comeback attack
With the ECU grappler season well
underway and the Pirate matmen off to
somewhat of a slow start, two vital men in
the comeback attack will be Wendell Hardy
and D.T. Joyner.
Hardy who has his sights on the S.C.
championship, has as much ability as any
wrestler in his weight division.
D.T. Joyner, the big man from Norfolk,
Va., asophomore, claims the heavyweight
reigns for the Pirates and at the end of last
season was ranked as the fifth leading
wrestler in the South.
Joyner is a wrestler who has unlimited
potential and is striving very hard to reach
his peak, which only means trouble for his
opponents.
Joyner who also plays football, con-
tinues to show his versatility on the
wrestling mat.
He is another one of the Pirate
grapplers who, if he can fully recover from
a pre-season knee injury, no doubt will be a
contender for the No. 1 position.
This past football season really took a
lot out of the big guy, and heTs just really
getting himself back together. Joyner is
such a competitor, his worst performances
usually match up to his opponentTs best.
Steve Goodirg is another black wrestler
ks
Ho
basketball
In response to coach Dave PattonTs plea
for more active student support for the
ECU basketball team, blacks are support-
ing the team well, but our support also
could improve.
At most of the home games this season
at least 50 to 55 per cent of the black ECU
student population is represented in
Minges and thejr cheers are definitely
heard.
We all get emotionally involved in the
games as we cheer our individual stars and
the team.
As was quite evidgnt from this past
football season, there is a lot of fun in
winning and the moral and vocal support
given by you, the student body, play a big
part of the teamTs success.
This yearTs team inexperience is
evident, but they are growing fast to meet
the challenge, and their learning experi-
ence could easily turn into a winning
experience with more student support.
The PiratesT basketball team is loaded
with talent, and we have four blacks who
like freak on the court, and more support
from the students could greatly enhance
the game.
It could be said that the basketball
games are dull, itTs hard not to get tired of
our pep bandTs same old pep songs etc...
but theyTre doing the best they can. Plus
you have the privilege to get off in your
Own way.
We are a minority on campus in
number, but the blacks usually represent
30 to 40 per cent of the total attendance at
home games, and our voices definitely can
be heard, and our active Support of athletic
events is just a way for blacks to achieve
more recognition in all aspects of campus
living.
WILLIAM DAVIS
Sports Editor
for the Pirates. Gooding is a freshman from
Portsmouth, Va. who came to ECU with
outstanding prep credentials being state
champ in Va. and an All-American high
school wrestler.
He isa very promising talent for Coach
WelbornT steam and will definitely see alot
of action for the grapplers this season.
Harry Stokes is another Virginian in the
Pirate wrestling troop who'll see a lot of
action for the Pirates this season.
In all ECU has four black wrestlers,
with Joyner and Hardy being keys to
success for the team, so please come out
and check the brothers, Jan. 21, in Minges
against Appalachian.
WRESTLER begins comeback attack after season starts slow.
Pirates conquer Mountaineers.
Last Saturday nightTs victory, 66-54,
over Appalachian left a sweet tone in the
mind of Coach Dave Patton and his players
as the Pirates upped their overall record to
7-6 and an even 2-2 conference mark.
It was the PiratesT second conference
victory of the week as they earlier had
upended Davidson, 51-49.
The win over Appalachian was truly an
overall team effort, with all of the players
giving 100 per cent as they looked very
consistent throughout the game.
Appalachian has a very talented team,
but due to fine defensive efforts by the
Pirates, they were able to shut off their big
guns.
At this stage of the season, the team is
in the head of its Southern Conference
schedule, and/or in the running for the No.
1 spot in the conference.
The Pirates, led by senior captain Larry
Hunt, have been getting some excellent
all-around play, and the team seems to be
finding themselves.
Veterans Ty Edwards and Lou Crosby
are really performing well, both playing
with more poise and confidence every
game.
Newcomer Herb Gray is winning the
hearts of all the Pirate fans as he just gets
better every game. HeTs been slowed down
lately due to several minor injuries, but he
Should be fully recovered soon, with more
thrills in for the fans.
Black rentention good at ECU
freshmen in Fall quarter 1976.
Only 23 per cent of the total freshman
re-enrolled as freshmen in Fall quarter
1976.
The black freshman class for 1975
KENNETH CAMPBELL
Executive Editor
The retention of black students at ECU
is now comparable to that of whites,
according to Robert Ussery, director of
Institutional Research.
Of 41 black seniors enrolled during Fall
quarter 1975, 29 (71 per cent) received a
degree during that year.
The same per cent, 71, of the total
senior population received a degree also,
1,877 seniors were enrolled during Fall
quarter 1975, and 1,325 graduated during
the year.
Four (ten per cent) of the black seniors
neither graduated during the year nor
re-enrolled as seniors for Fall quarter 1976.
Of the total senior enrollment, 81 (four ©
per cent) neither graduated during the year
nor re-enrolled as seniors.
Twenty-two per cent of all blacks
enrolled during Fall quarter 1974 did not
return for Fall quarter 1975 for reasons
other than graduation. The same figure
which represents a 78 per cent retention
rate stands for the total campus.
However, only 18 per cent of the blacks
enrolled in Fall 1975 did not return from
Fall quarter 1976 for reasons other than
graduation. The percentage remained un
Changed from the previous year for the
total campus.
Ussery explained that ~~reasons other
than graduation include transfers, drop-
outs, and death of a student among other
things.TT
Forty-eight per cent of the black
freshman class of 1975 advanced to the
sophomore level. Thirty-one per cent of the
black freshman of 1975 re-enrolled as
contained 235 students. Fifty-two (22 per
cent) of these students did not re-enroll for
Fall quarter 1976.
Of the total freshmen class, 28 per cent
did not re-enroll for Fall quarter 1976.
President of SOULS
chosentoLegislature
GLENN DAVIS
Staff Writer "
Dalton Nicholson, President of SOULS,
was recently sworn in as the only black
legislator in the SGA Legislature at ECU.
He along with another student was
chosen by the SGA screening committee to
fill two day student positions open in the
legislature. Sixteen students applied for
the positions.
He says it is an honor to serve since it
gives him the opportunity to present black
representation on the SGA.
oI felt that | had an obligation to the
black students when | applied for this
position,TT Nicholson stated. ~~l wanted to
show the SGA that black students are
willing to participate in the decision
making process at ECU.�T
IN addition to representing the black
Student body, Nicholson feels that he can
gain much knowledge and experience
while holding this position.
Looking back to the 1960Ts when force was
necessary for blacks to get something
important from society, Nicholson said this
may have been essential for that time, but
we as blacks now have to work within our
system of government in order that it may
benefit us.
Nicholson then expressed his dis-
appointment regarding the failure of blacks
to realize that many of the projects and
Programs on campus are sponsored by the
SGA.
~Many students overlook the fact that
when they pay their fees on registration
day, so much of it goes into the SGA
treasure,TT he said.
~ooBy realizing this, black students
Should take full advantage of such SGA
Sponsored programs as the BUCCANEER,
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SOULS is in the process of organizing
~~Church SundayT. Any interested person
should contact Jeri Barnes (250 Slay -
758-8031).
FOUNTAINHEAD, and student loans.
Delta Sigma Theta - Feb. 4-6, celebrat-
ing founderTs day weekend.
Friday night a talent program will be
presented. Interested persons please con-
tact any Delta on campus.
Saturday night, a dance will be held.
