Page Two STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER April, 1957
A BLACK STAR RISES
NEWS LETTER
Published by
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
NEWS PRESS CLUB
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Member:
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Editor-in-Chief - James Leathers
Associate Editors Annie Bailey,
Alelia Koonce
Feature Editor Katrina Johnson
Literary Editors Janice Rogers,
Dorothy Jenkins
Art Editor Hezekiah Cooper
Sports Editors Richard Branch,
Olando Hill, Sterling Lennon
Exchange Editor Noami Cousin
Typist Mary Spruill, Alice Pope,
Mary Hoffler
Reporters Willie Jenkins,
Katrina Johnson, Naomi Cousin,
Lillian Hollowell, LInwood Edwards,
Maxine Isley, Evelyn Leathers
Adviser Edna Mitchell
A FUTURE FOR THE
JOURNALIST
There are great opportunities in the
field of journalism, and good journa
lists have no headache in finding good
positions with publication companies.
What is more, a journalist has the op
portunity to come in personal contact
with key persons each day, wliich
adds to his chance of being placed in
higher income brackets.
A journalist is a curious writer who
deals with facts. His duty is to gather
information by observering events in
terviewing people, doing research in
libraries, and studying governmental
policies and reports. Some journalists
work on special papers, while others
write independently and sell their
articles to various publications. In tlie
selling of such articles, the journalist
is paid by the number of lines of
which his article consists.
Journalists write and comment on
a variety of subjects—geography, eco
nomics, sociology, fashions, music and
art. To succeed in this keen competi
tive field, one should have a zealous
attitude toward writing and collecting
facts and a thorough knowledge of
punctuation and grammar.
A college education is a great asset
in helping one to become a reporter;
however while in college, a person
who desires to become a journalist
should study Englist, history, science,
economics and psychology.
A young inexperienced writer who
goes to work for a newspaper will
earn approximately $.35 to $60 a week,
while experienced writers on big city
papers earn between $5,000 and $7,500
a year. Top-notch columnists and few
other journalists earn higher salaries.
WHY THEY OVERFLOW
OUR CHURCHES ON EASTER
At Easter every year millions of
people fill our churches to overflow
ing. From all indications, Easter serv
ices this year will be better attended
than ever before. Why do they come
in such large nmnbers on this occas
ion? The answer, of course, is not
simple, for man is a complex creature.
Some come on this Sunday out of |
habit; that is they are accustomed to
attending church just about every Sun-
\ty. Others come out of curiosity.
On the Eastern Coast of Africa is
located a nation which has recently
become independent. Ghana, which
has previously been referred to as the
Gold Coast, gained its independence
from Great Britain on March 6, 1957,
under the leadership o f Premier
Kwame Nkrumah.
Though population problems may
have been decisive where Negroes
were more influential than white peo
ple, let no one discount the political
strategy and personality of the young
African leader, Kwame Nkrumah.
Kwame was born in the Gold Coast
in 1909. He came to America in 1935
to study at Lincoln University in Penn
sylvania. By sleeping in New York
subways, selling fish on Harlem street
corners, preaching in Negro churches,
working in ship yards and on steam
ships, it is evident that Kwame sur
vived the hard way. While in this
country, he earned four degrees and
almost completed his doctoral work at
the University of Pennsylvania. When
leaving America, he looked at the
Statue of Liberty vowing to carry its
message to all of Africa.
The political leaders of Ghana have
not underestimated the political and
economic problems which are con
fronting them. They know that they
must accomplish in one decade what
other countries took centuries to do.
Thus, they have called for a socialist
society. It is a must (say the leaders
of Ghana) that African emancipation
should spread to every remaining
cover of Africa.) which is ruled by no
less than six European powers.
Ghana is rich in natural resources.
In the capital city, Accra, there is
much discussion on how the people
may develop in gold dust, rubber,
lumber and cocoa. Cocoa, being its
chief export, brings in more finance
than any other natural resource.
An application from this New Na
tion for a seat in the United Nations
organization, which is located in New
York, has been accepted. The U. S.
has promised to give as much assist
ance as deemed necessary. This has
been said partly because of a possible
penetration by the communists into the
former Gold Coast. If the Government
of Ghana should fall from lack of
financial assistance, the Americans
feel that this country could become
prey to the communists, thus giving
the Russian government a way to have
direct influence on the African conti
nent.
Returning Americans from the New
Nation have advocated a vigorous na
tion that will long endure because of
the faith of the people and the great
leadership of Kwame Nkrumah, who
is believed to be capable of fulfilhng
the great task that lies ahead of him.
—Harold Melton
They want to take a look at new
clothes and to see who is present.
They do not go to be participants in
a moving worship experience, but to
be spectators at an event that draws
the biggest crowd. They do not ex
pect to receive anything, so they will
hardly come back to church until
next Easter.
—Adeline Price
WINTER QUARTER
HONOR LIST RELEASED
According to the honor list recently
released by the Dean of the College,
one student, Marva Michele Thomas,
senior, leads with an average of “A”
for the Winter Quarter. Those students
making an average of “B” or not less
than 2.00 are:
Freshmen; Cin-tis Eugene Bryan,
Evelyn Louise Byrd, Richard Earl
Cash, Naomi Augusta Collins, James
Gatling, Thelma Trumilla Johnson,
Jacqueline Marie Parker, Lois Annette
Parker, Stephanie Thompson, Barbara
Ann White, and Alfred Thomas
Wright.
Sophomores: Georgianna Bames, Al-
burah Brown, Sannie Chamblee, Na
omi Cousin, Palmas Jerald, Evelyn
Louise Harris, Johnnie Edward Harris,
Robert Eugene Harvey, Lizzie Geral
dine Houp, Ester Katrina Johnson,
Helen Delois Kates, Vivian Lynette
Markham, Carolyn Jean McArthur,
Ida Pearl Powell, Beverly Sue Thorn
ton, lone Lee Vick, and Leon White.
Juniors: Catherine Ophelia Granby,
Odell Greenleaf Harris, Harry Lan-
gaster, Annie Ruth Martin, Robert
Weston Moody, Eleanor Ruth Murray,
Mary Carolyn^Reaves, Vivian Clemen
tine Sharpe, Charles Erwin Sawyer,
Rodney Delaware Tucker.
Seniors: Annie Beatrice Bailey, Mar
ion Willette Booker, Rosa Mae Carney,
Beulah Mae Carraway, Carlton Eu
gene Cherry, Margaret Coley, Carolyn
Mitchell Cooper, Irvin Donald Gordy,
Josephine Maggette Gray, Ephriam
Clarence Green, Mary Eleanor Green,
Odie Carlise Hardy, Della Everlena
Harris, Myrtle Virginia Hines, Eliz
abeth Louise Hunter, Maxine Isley,
Willie Lee Jenkins, Vonnie Harris
Johnson, Alelia Leanner Koonce, Shir
ley Salome Moody, Essie Lee Mutts,
Mary Luvenia Parker, Maude Virginia
Ricks, Annie Marie Riddick, Mary
Elizabeth Sharpe, Wilhelmina Smith,
Joyce Marie Spellman, Mary Magda
lene Spruill, Shirley Uzzell, Cleo
White, Evelyn Louise Wrisby.
EASTER
E Stands for earnestness
Given by Christ above
As He suffered for us
To show all His love
A Stands for acceptance
Of those who love and trust
And accept Christ as He is
With faith that’s kind and just
S Stands for salvation
And salvation we will receive
For it is enlightening
It helps us to believe
T Stands for truth
Which stands out so bright
Truth will light the pathways
Though tlie blackness of the
night
E Stands for enrichment
Which shall be our reward
It will be bestowed upon us
As we believe His w^ord
R Stands for righteousness
For honor and far love;
May the heavenly light shine
upon us
Down from the Lord above.
Easter is a beautiful word,
And it tells the
Greatest story that has
Ever been heard.
—Alice Carnell Pope
THE NEED FOR LEADERSHIP
In our democratic society leadership
is very important. Not only do we
need good leaders, but good followers
as well. Before we can satisfactorily
reach these goals, we must be well
infonned of our duties and respon
sibilities.
Does it mean anything to you to
walk by the bulletin board and see a
notice that, the president of some
organization with which you are af
filiated, has posted? Do you read it
carefully and say to yourself: This is
something that I am obligated to ful
fill? Perhaps you pass it by and say
to yourself, some-one will carry on.
Probably you have not given too much
attention to this. Maybe it has not
occurred to you that today you must
be a good follower for tomorrow you
will want to be a good leader.
Perhaps it is a little discouraging
when the president calls a meeting
and the members do not come. It is im
portant that all of us line up to our
responsibilities. Here is the place to
prepare ourselves for these duties
which we will be expected to carry on
in the future. At the end of each day,
let us take a few minutes to look over
our day. When we do this, we are
able to see w'hether or not we have
met all obligations. If we have missed
anything, we are able to make our
selves better for the next day.
When we learn to accept om re
sponsibilities daily, then we are on
the road to better followship and
leadership in our changing society.
OFFICERS ARE IMPORTANT
Every four years in the United
States millions of dollars are spent
in campaigns, the printing of tickets,
radio and T.V. programs, and in other
ways of making one party more popu
lar than the other, for the simple
reason that one party is trying to stay
in office or return to office.
In the election of officers, the candi
date’s record is exposed and he is
elected on the basis of experience,
tact and ability. If National officers
are chosen on the basis of specific
qualifications, it seems important that
we begin now to bear these things in
mind when we are electing various
officers on our campus.
It is an honor to be elected as an
officer or leader. The individual that
is elected should accept the position
as a challenge, and make himself an
humble servant for those who elected
him. So often persons put into office
and forget or ignore their real duties
and obligations. This is not only de
trimental to the persons holding office,
but it retards the progress of those
persons who are being led.
It would be a wise idea for us to
be particular about the person whom
we elect to represent us. We should
eliminate bias and prejudice at the
time of our election, and elect persons
on the basis of qualifications rather
than on the basis of clubs or chques.
AN APOLOGY
The editor wishes to apologize to
Dorothy Jenkins for not giving her
credit as the author of the poem Wnat
The Freshman Wants” in the Febru
ary issue of the Newsletter.