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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
Friday , November 30, 19'0
Willis Barbee Dies As
Result of Game Injury
The unfortunate accident that caus
ed the death of Willis Barbee during
the State Teachers College game with
Morristown College was met with the
deepest regret of all here, and in ap
preciation of the attention and con
sideration given during the bereave
ment the College received the follow
ing letters:
MORRISTOWX COLLEGE
M. \\'. Boyd, President
Morristown, Tennessee
November 3, 1950
Dr. S. D. W'iUiams, President
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Dear President Williams:
I greatly appreciate your letter ex
pressing sympathy to the faculty and
student body concerning the death of
Mr. Willis Barbee, one of our students.
It is a great tragedy, in view of the
promise which this young man’s life
held and the great opportunity which
was his through his family background
and his own talent. There are few
students in our student body, if any,
whom we could have given up at
a greater loss than this young man.
We cannot understand the why of this
tragedy, but I suppose it is one of
those mysteries of life that it is not
given to us to understand.
I want you to know that there is
no feeling on our campus, as far as I
can understand, that there was any
foul play involved. There is a fine
feeling between our teams and our
coaches and we hope that athletic re
lations will continue pleasant as in the
past and that fate might not deal us
another such tragedy, either on the
part of our boys or yours.
I talked with representatives of your
school and they informed me of the
great strain under which you were la
boring. I want you to know that I
appreciate so very much what you
have attempted to do and know also
that you have my very best wishes
for your speedy recovery. With sin
cere good wishes, I am,
\'ery sincerely yours,
—M. \V. Boyd. President
MWB/lc
Box 664
Chapel Hill. N. C.
November 10. 1950
To the Student Body of
Elizabeth City Normal College:
Thank you for the kind attention
and consideration which you showed
toward us during our bereavement.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. and Mrs, Willis Barbee
ANECDOTES
Will Rogers, invited to dinner by a
friend, replied, “No, thanks. I’ve al
ready et.”
“You should say ‘have eaten;’ ” his
friend corrected.
“Well” drawled Rogers, “I know a
lot of feller’s who say 'have eaten’
who ain’t et!”
A man living in a village outside
of Paris during the Revolution met a
friend fresh from the city and asked
what was happening. “It’s awful,”
was the reply, “they’re cutting off
heads by the thousands.”
“Good heavens! Surely not heads,”
lie cried, “Wliy I’m a hatter.”
ANNUAL P.T.A. CONVENES
Climaxing an eventful year in which
numerous constructive activities were
carried out, the Parent-Teachers As
sociation of District No. 1, met at
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
Thursday, November 2, 1950.
Addressing the parents and teachers
at the meeting, Mrs. M. S. Woodson,
State Supervisor of Elementary' Schools
of North Carolina, told the attentive
group that “Parents and Teachers must
cooperate more in the struggle to
build futiu-e citizens for a democratic
society, that health education or the
prevention, correction and cure of di
sease should be taught and practiced
more.”
The old adage “You are what you
eat” was elaborated upon. She point
ed out that not only should teachers
be on the alert as to what a balanced
diet will do for the health of the
school child, but parents should also
become wise to this responsibility.
Children usually have several es
tablished traits upon entering the
classroom,” continued Mrs. W'oodson,
“These traits whether good or bad are
molded by the home. If parents would
see that their children, t>efore coming
to school, and during the early school
years, had established sense of correct
behavior, much trouble would be eli
minated as for disciphne in the class
room is concerned,
“How can you know what is going
on anyw’here if you are not informed?
This question was directed to the par
ents by Mrs, \\'oodson as she said,
“Parents should and must visit the
classroom more. They should become
more con.scious of their chiHren. an
what they are trying to get them to
be in the future.
In conclusion Mrs. Woodson gave
some good advice on human relations.
“There was a time,” she added,
when it was thought that we needed
only the three “Rs” in school, but
now there is another very important
“R’’—it stands for relat'ons with oth
ers. Men all over the world today
need lesson upon lesson on human re
lations—how to treat their fellow m?n.
and live interdependently in a demo
cratic society.”
Other important events of the meet
ing included greetings by Dr, S, D,
Williams, responses by Mr, R, S,
Cooper, Reverend W, C, Moss, Mr,
E, C, Funderburk, Sup?rintendent of
Elizabeth City Public School S\stem,
Reverend S, E, Howell, and Miss Wil
lie Mae Jefferies, Supsrxisor of
Northampton,
ENLISTMENT REQUIREMENTS
FOR AIR FORCE LOWERED
The Air Force has lowered the en
listment requirements for applicants
with dependents, M/Sgt C, B, Cayton
head of the Elizabeth City Army and
Air Force recruiting station revealed
here today.
The Air Force will now take men in
grades of private through corporal
with two dependents or less. Ser
geants or higher may enlist, Ca\'ton
said, without regard as to the number
of dependents. Previously only staff
sergeants or higher with dependents
were qualified to enlist.
To be eligible to enlist in grades of
staff through master sergeant, an ap
plicant must have had former service
in the Armed Forces, Cayton said.
Previous ser\ ice is not required to be
eligible to enlist in other grades, he
added.
With The Faculty
During the month of November,
members of your College Staff have
filled several important engagements.
President S, D, Williams was key
note speaker at the twenty-third An
nual observance of the North Carolina
Congress of Parents and Teachers, He
also was present at the North Caro
lina College Conference where, during
the business session, he was chosen,
vice-president.
Others attending the College Con
ference held at Fayetteville, North
Carolina, were Mr, W, P. Jones, Dean;
Mr, T, E, Jones, Registrar; and Dr, R,
Henderson, Mr, T, S, Jackson, and Mr,
W'. J, Muldrow of the department of
Education,
Assisting the Elizabeth City' teach
ers in their Reading Workshop was
Miss G, B, Prater. She addressed the
group on The Teaching of Reading.
Miss E, D, Elliot discussed The
Teaching of Science in the Elemen
tary School with Camden County
teachers in a meeting held at the Trot-
man Road School on November 6,
The College representative at the
meeting of Deans and Registrars in
Colored Schools which convened in
Washington, D, C, was Mr, T, E,
Jones.
At a meeting of the Eastern Dis
trict of the North Carolina Teachers
Association in Tarboro, North Caro
lina, on November 10, Mrs, E. C.
Mitchell spoke to teachers of English
and Foreign Language. She was also
speaker for the Negro Women’s Com-
numty Club on the occasion of their
anniversary on November 12,
Mr, E, N, Smith, Assistant Busin°ss
Manager, on leave for study at New
York University, was on the Campus
during the Thanksgiving week end.
Mr. T, E, Wamack and Miss E, D,
Elliot attended the meeting of teach
ers of Eastern North CaroHna in Tar
boro.
Thanksgiving Play
Presented
On the Friday before Thanksgiving
the college family was delightfully en
tertained. Section B in Play Produc
tion presented a playlet called
“Thanksgiving Up To Date.” The
play was centered around “Little Fel
low ’, the main character, who is left
at home alone on Thanksgiving day
by his well-to-do family. He has a
dream in which he creates the first
Thanksgiving with Pri,scilla. John Al-
den, and the Indians,
The play was very colorful and sat
isfactorily acted. All the scenery and
table properties were made by the
students, A very realistic and well-act-
ed scene took place when Jo!in and
Priscilla came to life out of the pic-
tiu-e frame. In full, the play was a
great success, Mrs. Hoffler and her
class are to be conaratulated.
“This Is Jazz”
Before a capacity Assembly jy.
dience, the Senior Art Society pee-
sented its first in a series of musitah
programs. “This Is Jazz” was intro
duced by the president of the orgaii-
zation, William Price. He later, in a
very fitting manner, presented to the
enthusiastic audience, Nellie Drew
who gave a scholarly discussion of
“This Is Jazz”.
Highlights of Miss Drew’s speed
gave emphasis to a number of inter
esting points. The name “Jazz” is not
new, but it is as difficult to determine
the origin of it as to locate the be- *
ginning of a folk song. This new-old
word was known in Cuba and Haiti,
from whence it is, said that New Or
leans got it. Henry Osgood, in his
book, “So This Is Jazz”, gives a def
inition that everv'one may use vith-
out credit or acknowledgement: Jazz
originated from ,\frica, and it means
“to enliven” and “to pep up”. It is
to be distinguished from ragtime by
its greater elaborateness and sopbisfi-
cation, especially in such mattes as
.mprovised elements and instrj^m::nta-
Lion,
Early Jazz was “hot jazz” which
emphasized power, spontaneity, sur
prise, and a kind of moiunful humor
typical of the Negro blues. The fi^^1
Negro Jazz Band was heard at Proc
tor’s Twenty-Fifth Street in 1905. The
orchestra consisted of banjos, guitars,
mandolins, saxophones, drums, violin,
and double drum. Will Marion (]ook
rehearsed the band, and it waj; an
immediate success.
Jazz divides itself and follows ^wo
strains: The Negro and the InteJec-
tual. At present Jazz is spoken of si
multaneously with syncopation orttg-
time, although, fundamentally, it is
not the same thing, A few years pgo,
syncopation dealt with rhythm, vihile
Jazz was the accompanying acrol):4ics
and monkeyish antics on the part ot
the performer and the grotesque use
of the instruments. Only in the last
two or three years did Jazz risi; to
the dignity of a subject of serious >»-
sideration by Negro and white ito-
dents of music. ^
This new-type program was jk-
sented to give to students a stimJas
for appreciating the different typel of
mus.c ihat are popular throagi.o.it fljr
modern worldl.
GALA HOMECOMING
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ing personalities which repre^ciitcJ
our college.
Dance in Gymnasium
Satiu-day night at 8 p.m. marked the
beginning of the last period of enter
tainment for a day packed full 'f
fun and enjoyment. The occasion
the dance given in the gymnasi^ffl-
Inching my way around the floor, with
an “Excuse me” here, and a “ParJon
me” there, I noticed with pleasure
that everyone was having a wonderful
time. The students were out in full
force with their relatives and frienJs,
It was hard to tell the Alumni from
anyone else. It was just one happy
crowd having a lot of fun.
We were serenaded by Joe Thomas
and his orchestra from Brooklyn, New
York. The numbers played by diem
ranged from hot jazz to the more
soothing or dreamlined numbers.
most enjoyable surprise came when
Miss Mackey sang “I Need You-So”
and 111 Never Be Free”, in her m?*
lodious voice.