February, 1976
THE COMPASS
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Education Week Observed
By James Finch
Under the theme, “Our
Future is our schools,”
Elizabeth City State
University observed
American Education Week.
The observance got
underway on Monday,
November 10, when the
Kappa Delta Chapter of
Kappa Delta Pi National
Honor Society in Education
Forum, at 7:00 p.m., in the
Ridley Hall University
Center. Also during the week
student groups, joined by
consultants, iscussed vital
issues affecting education.
On Tuesday, November 11,
the P.W. Moore Chapter of
the Student National
Education Association
sponsored an All-University
Assembly at 10:00 a.m., in
Moore Hall Auditorium. Dr.
Marie D. Gadsden, Director
of the Washington Bureau of
the Phelps-Stokes
Foundation, addressed the
assembly. She is known for
captivating her audience with
her amiable personality,
intellectual insights and
choice of words.
Although her areas of
expertise are in English and
linguistics. Dr. Gadsden is a
well-known national and
international educator and
administrator. A graduate of
Savannah State College and
Atlanta University, she
earned her doctorate in
English and literature from
the University of Wisconsin.
Her most recent professional
experiences involved her in
curriculum development and
international education in
Africa, Asia, Europe and
South America.
Special and honored guests
during Tuesday’s assembly
were retired teachers,
headed by Mrs. Ada Stitt,
President of Retired
Teachers-District 15; all
veterans; and SNCAE
President, Willie Koonce,
Senior Mathematics major,
Kinston, N. C. Music was
provided by the University
Choir, Dilly C. Hines the
Director. The pubL" was
invited to join the
observance.
UYA Goals Are Revealed
By Sylvia Peele
The UYA (University Year
for Action) program is an
innovative special action
program that gives college
students a chance to earn a
year of academic credit
towards their baccalaureate
degree.
The purpose is to provide
students at the University the
opportunity to serve their
fellow men who are in need of
service. The volunteers gain
experience and also receive a
monthly stipend.
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or know about might look
different, moreover you
should not judge from what
you see or what someone else
had told you about a person.
These tests are designed to
show certain skills that we
have been bom with such as
manual dexterity verbal
skills and mathematical skills
test. Just a slight edge is need
ed to find out what’s wrong.
However the skills could be
linked to a hundred different
causes for the day’s tension to
the questions given. Human
henderance upon the basic
needs of bickering and
taunting should notfelt or
even wanted. Then from the
phonic of a fall there is a real
rise in learning and coping
with the involvement around
us.
The UYA volunteer may
earn up to 36 credit hours for
participation in this program.
The benefits of being a UYA
Student at ECSU are:
(D Substitute Allowance
(2) Two weeks paid
vacation
(3) Comprehensive medical
insurance
(4) Up to 36 hours of
academic credit
Some goals the UYA have
are: (1) to provide effective
manpower to work on poverty
problems; (2) to enlarge
ECSU’s role in assisting the
local community; (3) to
combine community services
and academic study in an
integrated one year program;
and to decentralize volunteer
programs at the local level by
using ECSU resources.
Student volunteers are
selected by first being a full
time student at ECSU and be
at least 18 years old. They are
selected for their ability to
deal with the public., They
should be mature and
resourceful, and self
motivated with a strong
academj^ record. They must
also recognize the v^ue of
experimental learning.
Some work being done is
there is a student placed in
the Health Department
helping girls 18-19 years old
that are pregnant. The
student teaches them how to
care for themselves. The
UYA program at ECSU also
ECSU Student Tells
Of Nigerian Home
FRANCIS AKINYEMI
Black Musical
Is Presented
By Faye Smith
The National Theatre
Company will present
PEELIN’ GOOD, a musical
tribute to the black
entertainer in America on
January 26, at Elizabeth City
State University.
FEELIN’ GOOD opens
where much of the music we
enjoy today had its
beginnings-the black man’s
church. We are taken from a
demonstration of the
transplanted African
rhythms on a southern
plantation to the first black
influence on the American
stage-the minstrel show.
Using music, sketches and
narration FEELIN’ GOOD
travels through the history of
jazz, the black vaudeville
circuit, the black Broadway
stage including a parade of
music and personalities
which span half a century,
works with the Headstart
program, it is affiliated with
EIC (Economic Improvement
Council), The Adult Activity
Center, Department of
Mental Health, Pasquotank
Action Council, School
System on Pasquotank
County, Social Service
Department, OIC
(Opportunity Industri
alization Center) and
the school system of Camden
County.
This UYA program on this
campus was the first in
establishment in the state of
North Carolina. There is
another one at Shaw
University.
There are 30 positions open
for students this semester in
the UYA program. Students
can work in desired positions.
By James Finch
Francis Akinyemi, a
Nigerian is among Elizabeth
City State University’s
second semester freshman.
Nigeria is an independent
republic in West Africa.
Francis is from the state of
Lagos, the country’s capitol.
While looking through the
Minister of Education’s file of
foreign universities, Francis
came across ECSU and was
attracted to the fact that the
institution was predominately
Black and offers financial
aid.
Francis has been in
America for a little over two
weeks. He reached San
Francisco on December 8 and
stayed with a friend for
several days before traveling
to Elizabeth City by bus.
Somewhere between Lagos
and London, Francis’
luggage, which included
books, personal items and
several hundred dollars in
traveler’s checks was lost.
This left Francis with only a
few dollars upon reaching
San Francisco. Aside from
losing his luggage and San
Franciso’s cold weather, he
enjoyed his short stay in the
city.
Francis found the United
States to be similiar to
Nigeria. In the “social
aspects no difference”,
remarked Francis, “dance in
same way, same kind of
music.” “Education and
teaching is different”
proclaimed Francis, “in
Nigeria we do not have
weekly tests.”
Nigeria’s high schools are
called colleges There
are only six universities in
Nigeria. This shortage of
universities have forced
many Nigerians to seek a
higher education in other
countries.
Several aspects about
America has attracted his
interest. In traveling across
the United States Francis was
uneasy about the casualness
in which Americans carry
guns. In Nigeria only
members of the force are
allowed to carry guns and
they don’t bring their
weapons home. He also finds
that our drinking habits are
strange. “An average
Nigerian will not take Pepsi
unless he is having a party”
remarked Francis. Ni
gerians usually drink
water after eating. In dress
the only difference is that Ni
gerian campus coats are ab
sent and ties are unpopular.
In Nigeria the food is
mainly starch. The main
foods are yams, rice, beans,
and gari. The principle meat
is “cow meat” and it is fairly
cheap.
Other than these minor
differences,'Francis finds
Nigeria and America similar.
He finds America interesting
and in some aspects such as
federal income tax returns
and hourly wages rather than
daily pay very palatable.
A biology student examines proto zoological reproduction with a
time-lapse photography instrument.