Jackson advocate., 1963-03-23
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commemorating Southern's an
niversary, Space Science Con-
ference was held Friday and
Saturday, which included lec-
lures by representatives of the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, eminent physi-
cists and scientists, and featur-
ed exhibits and displays pro-
vided by the U. S. Army, the
u. S. Navy and NASA.
Saturday afternoon, a new
Physical Science and Health
Research Complex of over a mil
lion dollars was dedicated.
DR.. Proctor, in his address en-
titled "Finish Up Some of the
Unfinished Business on the
Earth cited the opportunities
for Negroes in taking a part in
solving problems of the world
and promoting world peace as
members of the Peace Corps.
"In many of the dark spots
on the earth, the American Ne
gro is not only welcome addi-
tion to countries that are trying
to mature out of confusion, he is
more valuable than a white
man, because he sees with the
Negroes eyes," said DR.. Proctor.
Continuing, DR.. Proctor said,
"The Negro has eyes that most
white men cannot have be-
cause they know what it's like
to suffer the humiliation of be-
ing a Negro"
1t was pointed out by the
North Carolina A & T College
President (on leave to the Peace
Corps) that unfortunately, COM
paratively few Negro profess
sional men and women are TAX
ing advantage of the challenge
offered them in the Peace Corps.
There are some Negroes who
have SHE'D away from the whole
ISSUE" averred DR.. Proctor.
They feel they have too many
of their own problems right
here. And others wonder how
many countries would receive
an American Negro coming as
a representative of the United
States. With others, he said, the
feeling is that we've been left
out so long in programs of ma
tional issue that its hard for
us to realize that we're in one
this time"
DR.. Proctor said that the ex-
perience that is acquired in the
Peace Corps program is an edu-
cation that cannot be duplicated
on an American campus, an
education that will put the COM
patent Negro on a plane that
will make him a more sought
after person for many job OPP
portunities after he returns to
his native country.
Conrad D. Swanson, special
assistant in the Flight System
Branch of NASA, told the Fri
day Space Science Conference
representative that he has full
confidence that man will land
on the moon, but in his opin-
ion, the chances of man ever
landing on Venus are slim.
In his speech, Swanson listed
the four main undertakings of
NASA as space flight, space
science, applications and ad-
vanced research and technology.
Also appearing on the Space
Science Conference program
were Russell Shelton, chief of
Nuclear and Ion Physics of the
NASA George C. Marshall
Center, Huntsville, Alabama,
who spoke on "The Role of
Higher Education in Space Sci
ence," and "Space Science and
Man., delivered by Bernard
Jacobson, aerospace technolo-
gist of the NASA' Propulsion
and Vehicle Engineering Divi-
sion at the Marshall Center.
A symposium, Research in
the Undergraduate College"
was presented by Richard H.
Dunn of the National Science
Foundation and Clarence r.
Mason, director of the Carver
Foundation, Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama.
Two sessions, one on biologic-
al sciences and one on physical