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PAGE TWO THE NEAVS ARGUS SUMMEK, t9(!4 RECOGNIZE SUMMER GRADUATES This year as in many years in the past, there will be a num ber of summer school graduates. These students, for various rea sons were unable to finish with their class. Therefore, because of circumstances, in some cases, beyond their control, they are de nied the glory that a graduation ceremony affords. Is it fair that after working four hard years, they should be cheated of the glory due to them? The college should give some consideration to these students. Summer school graduation ceremonies are held in a number of schools each year. Is it too much trouble to plan short exercises to make these students happy? College graduation, like high school graduation, marks a milestone in a student’s life. It happens only once and is looked upon as something to remember for a lifetime. What does a sum mer graduate from Winston-Salem State College have to remem ber? The significance of graduation is so much more than, a paper diploma; it is so much more than a date in the school records. Is a speaker so hard to find? Are not caps and gowns available in the summer? Is the auditorium always in use? Is an hour too long to spare? The answer is no. Officials and faculty, when a student has merited, through ambition, determination, and perseverance, a college certificate, let us sacrifice a little of our time to arrange to give them the praise and recognition they deserve. Let us realize that they are those who have achieved the goal of every college student. Let the college show them that it is proud of their achievement. Give them a summer school graduation. —The Editor BETTER PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE It has been generally agreed that most high school students in North Carolina are not prepared, scholastically, for college upon graduation from high school. No one can fairly say where the blame lies. It would be easy to say that the public schools; have not prepared them properly. However, that would be unfair. Winston-Salem State College is planning to do something about this gap between high school and college. At the present time the college has remedial classes in reading, mathematics, and English for those students who scored low on the entrance examination. They are registered, but they must take the remedial work for as long as is necessary. Beginning in the fall of ’65, Winston-Salem State College hopes to establish a cut-off score for its college entrance examination. Those persons who score below the cut-off score will be required to take remedial work before registering as freshmen. Only after a student has completed his remedial work will he be allowed to register as a Freshman. Only those scoring above the cut-off score will be allowed to register. This will mean better prepared students. It will mean stu dents will be able to do college work more efficiently and with a greater know-how. It will mean the difference between success and failure for a student when he registers. It will certainly give him a greater assurance of success and more confidence in his ability to do the required work. This new program will also mean an increased faculty. Dr. Kenneth Williams, President of the college, is even now busy re cruiting qualified experts to teach these low-scoring students. Dr. Williams has let it be known that he wants only experts to do this work, only those who have been specially trained in their particular field. Lastly, the new program will mean a less loss of money and time on the part of both students and parents. Parents have real ized for a long time that something needed to be done, but have not known what. This program should give them a new hope. Even if the money is spent, the child will have gained additional knowledge which will prepare him to do his college work. Where does the blame lie? Who is to blame for high school students not being prepared to do college work? Everyone reading this article will have his own answer. Whatever the answer is, Winston-Salem State College and President Williams are to be congratulated for tackling this timely problem and taking a “BIG STEP” toward its solution. —Geneva C. Hill WELCOME TO THE CAMPUS The Winston-Salem State College faculty and students welcome the North Carolina Fund Organization and the two teachers spon sored by the Yale Law Student Summer Program to its campus. We are happy to have them working with us. We hope they are enjoying their stay. —The Editor Without Pomp and Ceremony —Congratulations Npiuh Argus Editor-in-Chief Barbara Bumbrey Assistant to Editor Geneva C. Hill Managing Editor Von Stokes Assistants Betty Thompson, Macie Peterson Feature Editor Eleanor Steele Assistant John Lane Proofreader Linda Scales Typists Betty Thompson, Eleanor Steele Circulation Editor Mary Newlin Assistant Fannie Thomas Art Editor Rosetta Baldwin The News Argus is published periodically by the Page One Society as the student newspaper of Winston-Salem State Col lege in Winston-Salem, N. C. The summer edition is published by the Journalism Workshop. r Concert Pianist: ''A Mixture of Talent // Artist Says by Eleanor Steele “A pianist is made, not born,” said Raymond Jackson, well- known concert pianist, in an in terview Tuesday night, July 14. Mr. Jackson had just completed a brilliant performance before a small, but appreciative, audience in Fries Auditoriinn. “A good pianist,” he added, “Is a mixture of talent, dedication, and determination.” Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, Jackson received a B.S. in music from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, he received an M.S. in music from the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, where he now resides. He has since received many fellow ships and grants which have taken him to Europe for study and tours. Referring to music as an “in ternal art,” he said that a true artist must learn music “in depth.” “It is an expressive art even as painting or writing. Even the concert pianist is pre sented with many avenues for self-expression through interpre tation.” Jackson feels that he expresses himself best through the Roman tic Period of music, but he also enjoys the classics and some of the contemporary. “Contempo rary music is like contemporary art,” he said. “It is ahead of its time, and only with time will the majority learn to appreciate it.” On the question of the pros pects for Negro concert pianists, Jackson expressed a definite en thusiasm. Europe has always been an excellent field, he said, and America is beginning to “open up.” “With the correct training and the determination, a Negro can go as far in this realm of the music world as he has in jazz,” he said. “The road is long and hard; the life is not as glamorous as it seems. Being a concert pianist is not unlike any other job. The work day is just as long—eight hours—and the pay probably poorer. It is very often neces sary to hold another job for sufficient livelihood.” Mr. Jack son has taught piano lessons and is now organist and choir direc tor in a home-town church. What is the hardest part? “Sticking to it,” Jackson said. “You must first build your repu tation, and you can do this only by workinsr with dedication and sincerity. You must work first to be a good pianist, before a highly-paid one.” And a good pianist, he is: and well on his way to establishing world-wide fame. His next stop? Eui’ope again. This fall he will begin a tour that will cover Aus tria, Switzerland, France, Ger many, and the Scandinavian countries. It was three years ago that Jackson first performed at WSSC, and it may be three years before his itinerary brings him back again. If you missed this performance, you missed a dis play of talent, and skill that will not be matched for a long time— in the words of the New York Herald Tribune: "... a master ful . . . monumental achieve ment.” MORE RECOGNITION NEEDED Casual conversation with typi cal students on this campus in dicates an air of boredom. Many summer school students feel that there are no recreational oppor tunities on campus. Recreation is a basic human need; it is a spontaneous expres sion of childhood and a neces sary relaxation for the well- poised adult. The means of recreation are educative, training brain and muscle to act quickly and ac curately; i-ecreativo, tending to produce relaxation from care; corrective, restoring balance and poise to overwrought bodies; and hygienic, stirring the sluggish organs of the body so they will better perform their functions. Somewhere along the way the achuinistration appears to have missed out on its plans on the recreational side of summer school. Winston-Salem State Col lege has so few activities. So far there has been scheduled one social a week, but most of these have been canceled for va rious reasons. Since there are no sorority or fraternity organizations op erating in the summer, ma.vbe a summer student social organiza tion could be formed. This or ganization will work with the administration to plan a well- rounded social program. If the activities on campus were well planned it would be more intellectual and recrea tional. —The Editor Something New Is Coming by Geneva C. Hill Plans have been approved for a new Science Building and an Athletic Field for Winston-Salem State College. The Science Building will be located on the corner of Bruce and Wallace Streets. It will be a three-story building with 35,250 square feet of space. This will include a general assembly room which will seat 150 people. The first floor will be devoted to the Physical Sciences. It will have four laboratories, one class room, one seminar room, five offices and a dark room. The second floor will be used for the Biological Sciences. There will be one classroom, six lab oratories, one seminar room, four offices, and one cold room for animals and preserved speci mens. The third floor will be for the Chemistry Department. It will have one classroom, seven lab oratories, and four offices. The top floor will have an ob servation deck. Future plans call for a telescope and other equip ment. The Athletic Field will be lo cated behind the present g>'m- nasium where the college owns approximately 25 acres. The ath letic field will include four ten nis courts, a track and football field, a baseball diamond, a soft ball diamond, and a touch foot ball field. The Athletic Field will be used for intramural games. The regu lar college games will continue to be pjayed at Bpwman Gray Stadium. Dr. Williams Speaks Out “There’s a very close relation ship between the faculty and stu dents at Winston-Salem State College,” Dr. Kenneth R. Wil liams, president of the college, said in an interview. “There are students on all committees ex cept the Scholarship Committee, the Honors System., and the So rority and Fraternity Commit tee. There are students on such committees as the Administra tive Council where the policies are actually formed. Most stu dents are reluctant to express themselves in these committee meetings,” Dr. Williams stated. “They fail to realize that we want their opinions. We also need their opinions.” To the question, “How can the (Continued on Pago Four)
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