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Campus -Roberta Flack, nationally known singer, musician and composer has become a member of the Atlanta university Board of Trustees. Ms. Flack, a graduate of Howard university and Hunter college, was a teacher in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., before she launched her musical career, and has been especially interested in educational programs for the teaching of disadvantaged children. BOCA RATON, Fla. -A Florida Atlantic NEW COURIER University instructor, a graduate student and a finance department staff member, all black, have been named recipients of equal opportunity educational grants in higher education provided through the state university system.

Named to receive the grants-in-aid were June James III, instructor in education, Joseph Minor and Rosa Dowdell. Ms. Dowdell is a member of the finance and accounting staff at FAU. James was awarded a $3,000 grant to be administered by FAU along with salary replacement of $10,000 for the 1975-76 academic year. Minor will receive $4,000 to continue his studies and Ms.

Dowdell was granted $284 with salary replacement of $2,000 for the Fall Quarter studies. AUSTIN, Texas-A large new social science and humanities library, under construction at The University of Texas at Austin, Friday (Sept. 12) was named in THE COLLEGE MISS FSU HOMECOMING Queen Elizabeth Jones. a native of Ridgeland. S.

will reign as Miss Homecoming 1975 when the FSU Bronco football team hosts the Winston-Salem state university Rams October 18 in the annual homecoming contest (John Million grant strengthens Benedict math skills DR. JOHN DUNCAN Noted composer I succumbs MONTGOMERY, John Duncan, professor music and composer-inresidence at Alabama university in Montgomery, succumbed Sept. 17. The nationally known profilic musician, educator, composer academic administrator, native of Lee County, Alabama where he was Nov. 25, 1913.

Educated in the schools of Pennsylvania, Duncan earned both bachelor and master music degrees from University and he did study at New York sity. In 1974, during its tennial year celebration, composer was the of an honorary doctor humane letters degree ASU, where he had employed since $939. DR. JOHN DUNCAN During his employment at ASU, Dr. Duncan served as its registrar for 13 years, as head of the music department and bandmaster.

Prior to coming to the university, he taught music at Samuel Houston College in Austin, Tex. and worked as a arranger in Philadelphia, Pa. free-lance dance, orchestra John Duncan, who specialized in theory, composition, orchestration and woodwind instruments, has had his compositions performed in many of the states and at some of the leading of colleges and universities throughout the nation. state Professor Duncan's compositions include: 12 orchestral works; 2 stage black works (two ballets), 5 works music for band; 4 choral works; 13 and works for ensemble; 7. for is a voice and piano; 1 for piano; and he has done the born arrangements and settings in various media for more than public 17 works.

Dr. the Since 1963, he had comof pleted 24 compositions and Temple arranged six. Besides being further a book reviewer, writer and Univer- lecturer, Dr. Duncan, from Cen- 1953 to 1956, conducted a the Sunday noon series radio broadcasts over one of Monrecipient of tgomery's local radio from stations entitled "Sunday been Symphonette." This program gave listeners some of the best music to be heard in the city. Among his most notable works are: "'Three Proclamations for Trombones and String Quarter," performed at the Fourth Annual Symposium of Contemporary music for Brass at Georgia State College; "An Easter Canticle," performed by a chorus, solists, fifteen wind instruments and selected members of the Salt Lake City Choir; "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra," performed by the New York City Symphony Orchestra; and "Three Obscurants for Tenor, Oboe and String Quarter," performed at the University of Alabama; "Divertimento for Trombone and String Quarter," in Town Hall, N.Y.; "Six Chamber Songs for Voice, Flute and String Quarter," at Bennington College; "Atavistic," String Quartet by the Claremont Quartet in Wisconsin-Salem; and "Gideon and Eliza," his most recent opera in two acts, by Xavier University Opera Theatre.

Funeral services were held Sunday, September 21, at 3:30 p.m. in the recital hall of Tullibody Music Hall on ASU's campus. STUDENT LEADERS CONFAB--Fayetteville state university Chancellor Charles Lyons, right, confers with FSU Student Government President, Gilbert Owens, and Sheryl Alexander, student newspaper editor, during a recent student leadership conference held on the campus. FSU hosted a two-day conference and many student leaders from the state attended. (John I B.

Hender- NAVY COMMANDER M. A. HALLIER OF RICHMOND lieutenant commander in the (right), congratulates Dr. Gerald McCants, vice president McCants is the first black to for student affairs at Virginia state college, after ad- Virginia. ministering to him the oath of office and appointment as a Virginia state vice president Naval Reserve Lt.

commander PETERSBURG, Gerald McCants, vice president for student affairs at Virginia state college, has been appointed a lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserves. He is one of 29 black lieutenant commanders in the nation and the first black to obtain the rank in Virginia. Navy Commander M. A. Hallier of Richmond administered the oath of office to McCants as his wife, Phyllis and several top ranking Navy and VSC officials looked on.

The appointment was made under authority college and universities of the Minority Direct campuses. The Appointment Program program is designed to of the Navy. This commission minority program prescribes the faculty members who, procedures for by their past military qualified minority experience, advanced faculty members of education and position accredited four-year in the educational field, colleges and univer- qualify them as naval sities to submit ap- reserve officers, helps plication for appoin- to increase minority tment in the U.S. Naval participation in the Reserves. naval reserve program The Direct Appoin- and provides liaison on tment Program was college and university established by the campuses similiar to Secretary of the Navy that already existing in Washington, D.C.

in on campuses with support of the minority predominantly white officer recruiting effort enrollment. (MORE) and the visits Commander McCants of MORE teams to has already been ear- Woman heads board SALISBURY, N.C.-Mrs. Doris P. Jones, director of career counseling and placement and cooperative education at Livingstone college, Salisbury, N.C., has been elected chairman of the program board of colleges and universities affiliated with College Placement Services Title IlI Programs, Andre G. Beaumont, director of College Placement Services, Bethlehem, Pa.

announced recently. The board coordinates activities in a cooperative program to upgrade placement services for students at 41 institutions. Money comes from Title IlI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to aid student services programs. The agency that works with the program is College son photo) Placement Services, Inc. a COURIER, OCTOBER 11, 1975, PAGE 11 memory of two distinguished Black and Mexican-American faculty members of UT Austin.

The UT System Board of Regents approved a recommendation that the library be named the Perry-Castaneda Library for the late Dr. Ervin S. Perry, an outstanding young civil engineer, and Dr. Carlos E. Castaneda, a noted professor of Latin American history who helped build UT's Latin American Collection.

Dr. Lorene L. Rogers, UT Austin president ad interim, and the UT System Administration recommended the library's name as an expression of the University's commitment to educational opportunities for all Texans. The Perry-Castaneda Library, due for completion in designed to accommodate 3.5-million volumes and provide seating for between 2,500 to 3,000 students. It will house the major library materials for several of the colleges at UT Austin.

Support The UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND COLUMBIA, SC-Continuing the curriculum changes initiated a year ago, Benedict College has just launched a program aimed at making students functional to the mathematics they will encounter in the real world. Benedict last fall used part of a $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Departmetn of Health, Education and Welfare to restructure its freshman program to require all entering students to spend the entire first semester on exclusive study of communications skills-reading, speaking and writing. Now, with the beginning of the 1975-76 academic year, the college is using part of a $1.1 million supplemental grant under HEW's Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP) to improve the mathematical skills of first year students. Half of the freshman class is taking 15 semester hours of mathematics this semester, and the other half is in the language component.

In the spring, the group now taking mathematics will switch to English and the group now taking English will switch to mathematics. There is a very definite reason for asking students to take this much mathematics, explains Dr. William G. Hedgpeth, Associate Professor Acting Director of Benedict's Mathematics and Physics Program. "Most students coming out of high school do not have a good enough mathematics background to allow them to function effectively in today's world," he said.

"The of this program is to make students functional to mathematics. That is, when students finish this program, they should be able to deal with the types of mathematics they will find outside the classroom." All first year student who demonstrates exceptional abili in mathematics may qualify for advanced placement by pre-testing out of the freshman program, and thus begin the study of higher mathematics. Benedict College has enrolled 1575 students for the fall semester--the largest number to register in the 106-year history of the institution. The largest previous enrollment was 1487 during the 1971-72 fall term. This year's increase is centered primarily in the freshman class where 631 students were admitted compared to 389 last year.

Official enrollment figures also show 51 advanced freshmen, 342 sophomores, 220 juniors, 264 seniors and 65 special and unclassified students. In other benedict activities, Dr. Eddie W. Burnett, 31, has been appointed Director of Student Affairs. He recently served as Director of Student Academic Involvement at Prairie View University of Texas, and previously held positions as Student Financial Aids Officer at the University of Iowa and Director of Student Services for the Harrisburgh, PA Opportunities Industrilization Center.

A native of Albany, GA, Dr. Burnett holds the B.A. degree in history from Albany State College, the M.S. degree in counseling and guidance from Ft. Valley State College of Georgia, and Ph.D.

degree student personnel administration from the University of Iowa. US Naval Reserves. Dr. obtain this Navy rank in marked for two-weeks of summer camp training. His first tour of duty will be at the recruiting officer management orientation school at Pensacola, with subsequent tours of active duty for training assignments taking him to the Aviation Officer Candidate School in Florida; Naval Officer Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island; the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md; Navy ROTC unit within the USA and to fleet units on the high seas.

The new commander received his bachelor's degree in physical education and a corporation supported by public contributions and foundation grants. Mrs. Jones served as associate director of CPS last year while on leave from MRS. DORIS P. JONES Livingstone.

The program includes three regions, with Mrs. Jones elected earlier to serve as director of Region Ill which includes Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. A graduate of Livingstone, Mrs. Jones holds the master's degree from North Carolina Central University and further study at North Carolina A. and T.

State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Hampton Institute, and Rutgers University. Before joining the Livingstone staff in 1968, she was guidance counselor and teacher in the Salisbury City Schools. She is married to Walter G. Jones, who is also a member of the Livingstone College master's degree in guidance and counseling from Central Michigan University. He was awarded his doctorate degree in higher education and administration from Michigan State University in East Lansing.

McCants is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Strother of Burlingame and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Newman of Woodland, both in Detroit.

He is married to the former Miss Phyllis Dowling of Bermuda. They are parents of a daughter, Karla and live on West River Road in Ettrick, Claflin coed to head student Gov't next year -For the third time in the history of Claflin College, a female will head the Student Government assn. of the College. A female previously served as President during the 1967-68 and 1970-71 School Years. Ms.

Alice Behlin, a Junior Elementary Education Major from Hampton, South Carolina, won over her male competitor in the recent student body election. Miss Behlin is active in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and has appeared on the Honor Roll and Dean's List at the College. She is a graduate of Wade Hampton High School and is the daughter of Mr. Mrs. Homer Behlin, Jr.

Other officers elected for the 1975-76 School Year include: Curtis Ray, Vice President, a Sophomore from Denmark; Lula Elaine Bell, Corresponding Secretary, a Junior from Mullins; Anna J. Stevens, Recording Secretary, a Junior frm Walterboro; Hazel Bonaparte, Treasurer, a Junior from Charleston; Janice Andrews, Chaplain, a Junior from Lake City; Margaree Jenkins, Miss Claflin, a Junior from Smoaks; Edwina Dockery, First Attendant, a Junior from Bennettsville; Betty Charles, Second Attendant, a Junior from Orangeburg; William Smith, Willie and Benjamin Grate, representatives to the Discipline Committee..