NCC Cqgers Are CIAA Champions Loop Tourney Begins Today Eight Teams To Eagles Claim Clash Today RUTH/ Season Title The ninth annual CIAA bas Echo In annexing the Central Inter ketball tournament gets under collegiate Athletic Association way here today with the host basketball championship last North Carolina College, visita week, the Eagle cagers gave tion champs, top seeded. This is VOLUME 12—NUMBER 6 DURHAM, N. C.„ THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1954 PRICE 15 CENTS North Carolina College her sec the second year NCC has played ond crown in a major sport this host to the CIAA cage-fest. Ac school year. This marks the cording -to advance ticket sales, Funds For Grants first time that NCC has held two each game will be played be major championships in one fore a full house. To Students Asked year. Last year’s trouble shooters, Mr. Roger D. Russell, chair The Eagles are now visitation the Blue Devils of St. Augustine’s man of the annual North Caro champs. They are top seeded in College, didn’t make the grade the tournament and slightly fav this year. And last year’s lina College Scholarship Fund Drive, reported last week that ored to win the tourney cham champs, the Winston-Salem pionship also. Rams, are occupying fourth appeals are still being made to place in conference visitation student organizations and fac Good Record standings. The Rams took both ulty members for contributions Coach Brown’s high flying visitation a n d tournament to the 1954 scholarship effort. basketeers copped the crown in crown last year and are expect At press time, no official impressive fashion. They com ed to go all the way again this tabulation had been made to de piled a 17-3 season record in the year. termine the exact amount which conference, never losing to the- The top eight teams in visita had been collected. However, same team twice. And though tion standing will participate in the most outstanding single con badly crippled toward season’s the tournament. They are, in or tribution made thus far was two- end, they sealed the visitation der of standing, North Carolina hundred dollars donated by the crown by troimcing second place College, Durham; Virginia State Women’s Assembly. This con Virginia Union University in College, Petersburg, Va.; Vir tribution was made to President two engagements. ginia; Virginia Union Universi- Elder at the annual Co-Ed Din The Eagles beat every team in A group of admiring students ish and French songs, and t ?, Va.; Winston-Salem Teachers ner, on February 14. the first division—^five of them get autographs from Matti- Negro spirituals. She was call College, Winston-Salem; John The president or chairmen of twice. They lost to West Virginia, wilda Dobbs, soprano, who ed back for two encores. son C. Smith, Charlotte; Morgan the various student organizations and Howard on the road but gave a brillijint recital here Students ar^ LaVie Griggs, State College, Baltimore, Md.; have been contacted in an ef later avenged these losses on the last week. Mable Binnie Hampton Institute, Hampton,, f, fort to encourage their respec home court. Their only other Miss Dobbs included on her Streeter. Oho:ir Director Sam Va.; and West Virginia State tive groups to make their con loss was at the hands of Winston- program Mozart Arias, Ger Hill looks on. College, In^stitute, West Va tributions, and faculty mem Salem in Winston in the last man lieder, a number of Span The touriiamMit will get under bers have organized into small week of the season. way today! with Winston-Salem er groups with drive chairmen. pitted against West Virginia; These chairmen collect the High Scorers Viasir.ia J„ C. Law School To Give Title Award pledges and report to the general Adjusting their usual control 'tth; and Hampton Institute chairman, Mr. ilussell. ball tscties 4o tbe_,last- bxea!^ The North Carolina College jhist Virginia State; NCC to consider plans for the estab The deadline for pledging was when necessary, the Eagles com bist Morgan. Winners of these School has been chosen as one lishment of the “Lawyers Title specified as Friday, February piled a total of 1,435 points in ches will go to the semi- of the law schools in the Award.” Other law schools 18. However, Mr. Russell re twenty conference games. They Is tomorrow, and Friday Southeastern area eligible to represented, in addition to N. ported that the time has been averaged 71.7 points per game. jners will meet each other award a $100 prize in cash or C. College, were Duke Univer extended. Several community Opponents, on the other hand .turday night to decide the books and the certificate of sity, University of North Caro people have also contributed to scored only 1, 281 points for a >urnament championship. (See “Lawyers Title Award” to the lina, and Wake Forest. the effort. 64 points per game average. ,ports page for exact time of graduating' student who has Their two big guns—Tex Har games.) excelled in the law of Real rison and Sam Jones—^were High school students will be Property. among the conference’s top scor admitted at a reduced rate for Four Adult Education Classes ers. Harrison tallied 525 points the opening round on Friday. This award is sponsored by during the season—an average Officials for the tournament the Lawyers Title Insurance of 19 points in 27 games, and are R. D. Armstrong of Rocky Corporation of Richmond, Va. Jones tallied 506 points—an Joseph F. Hall, president of To Open Here In March Mount; S. E. Carey of Winston- average of 19 points per game in Salem; Otis Troupe of Washing the company, met recently Aimed at creating a better William H. Brown. Other lead 26 outings. ton; and S. R. Watts of Balti with representatives of sev understanding of the Negro in ers will come from the Durham more. eral law schools in this area America, an adult education communit.y program, financed by the Ford Dr. Hughley, who is professor Foundation, will get underway of Economics, will lead discus here March 1. The program sion on “The Negro’s Economics Blood Donors Sought In March which will attract adults from Background in America,” “Ne the local community is under gro Labor in the South Today,” the general supervision of Dr. and other topics underlying Ne Benjamin Smith, librarian. gro, enterprises in the south, the Drive; B'mobile To Visit Campus Group leaders will come from Negro as a consumer, Negro Plans for a campus-wide visit Enthusiastic response is ex the ranks of professors at North housing, and the importance of of the Red Cross’ Bloodmobile pected to greet additional an Carolina College. Included are the government in the Negro’s are being considered for March nouncements concerning the Dr. J. Neal Hughley, Dr. Charles well being. These topics will in 25. The Bloodmobile will visit drive. E. King, Dr. Elvin Rose, and Dr. clude consideration of the eco Duke University on March 24. Although the shooting war nomic aspects of the slave sys The Bloodmobile visited NCC has stopped temporarily, the tem, the plantation system, and last in 1952 in a successful drive Red Cross is now concentrating ONE MORE WAY TO SKIN the Negro worker’s past. Atten that netted some 400 pints in a on an effort to accumulate a THAT FOUNTAIN .... tion will also be given to Negro twc' day stay. large backlog of blood to use in labor population, mobility, re the campaign to fight infantile (ACPJ—You think you’ve got problems. cent agricultural development One of the interesting fea paralysis. tures of the 1952 Bloodmobile Consider the case of the and their affects upon the Ne The CAMPUS ECHO will keep gro. visit was the unsuccessful effort the college community informed decorative water fountain of the Communist Party to dis of steps to organize the 1954 at Southern Methodist Uni Dr. King and Dr. Rose, pro Coach Floyd Brown, above, courage the NCC community campaign. versity. fessors of sociology, will lead took his Eagle cagers to the from participating in what the It isn’t run in the winter a group discussion centering 1953-54 visitation C. I. A. A. Red propagandists called “Op E. M. Poteat Is —because it might freeze. around “The Negro Child in visitation championship. Thia eration Bloodletting.” And it isn’t run in the sum American Society.” This group is his second year at the helm mer—because there’s a wa Tentative plans call for close Sunday Speaker will explain the many cultural and his first CIAA crown. His ter shortage in town that factors affecting personality de team compiled a 17-3 confer cooperation of the heads of all Dr. E. McNeill Poteat, pastor time of year. student organizations in spon- velopment of the mature indi ence record and a 22-5 over of the Pullen Memorial Baptist Last week the SMU stu I ring the Bloodmobile’s visit. vidual. all record. Church of Raleigh will be ves dent council voted un- Di". Roy Hare, Durham Coun- Dr. William H. Brown, chair- Brown performed a master per speaker here Sunday, Feb aimously to try to get the y chairman of the Red Cross man-director of the Bureau of stroke in winning the visita ruary 28. fountain flowing. i lood Campaign, has been in Dr. Poteat is a scholar, critic, Research at North Carolina Col tion crown despite injuries to How are they going to do lege, will lead a group in dis three key players and relin c ^t.^ct w ith representatives in poet and preacher of national it? Easy. Use anti-freeze, cussion of problems in “Negro quishing one star to the draft. t j News Bureau, the Student standing. He is making his first and let it bubble all winter. He is married and has tw o ( vernment, and the CAMPUS appearance at North Carolina Education.” children. ao. College. (Continue on Page 8)