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PAGE TWO, THE N E AV S ARGUS XOVEMRER, 19(il WHAT NOW, FRESHMEN? Far from the Madding crowd’s ignoble strife. Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray: Along the cool sequester’d vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their waj'. These are the lines in which Thomas Gray in his “Elegy Written In a Country Church Yard” used to define the noble dead who had passed through the world in a world far aw'ay from the “hustle and bustle” which tend to corrupt men’s souls. Our wish is not quite the same as the above lines would rep resent, for we wish for you to mak eyour mark upon the world, but in contrast, we wish for you to avoid having the corruptive world make its mark upon you. This is the hope for the new freshmen. May they pas.s through Winston-Salem State without being contaminated with the various vices and corruptive ideas, though they, unlike those spoken of in Gray’s Elegy, will, undoubtly, in a different society and time, find it considerably more difficult to escape their corrupt contemporaries. The choice will be theii's; the results of their achievements or failures will be determined bj' their decisions. The freshman who will not adhere to these various vices will sometimes be ostracized, but in the end he will know that he will have made the right choices — of his friend.s and activities. The freshman cannot allow himself to believe that he can accept the wrong choice, and “next year he will do better", for every year will be the foundation for the next. The freshman will have to remember that Excellence means the best; mediocrity means something-less-than-the-best. and fail ure classifies him far from the mediocre and even farther froin the best. The activities which the vai-ious freshmen will or can par ticipate in will vary greatly. Some will be able to belong to many organizations (which is unadvisable) and still do well, while others will encounter difficulty if the ymerely engage in the study of “canteeology” other than the prescribed period of “lunch-time." Again, the decision will have to be that of the individual freshman. But, one of the prescribed rules of Emerson was “Know Thy self.” And the freshman who knows himself is less likely to over load himself with extra-curricular activities or mis-spent indul gences. But, on the other hand, the freshman who misuses his time will find himself in academic difficulty before the end of his freshman year in college. And “catch-up” is one of the most diffi cult games to conquer. Many good students have come to college (and with the right attitude), but shortly thereafter, they were the opponents of the popular game of “catch-up.” Some out-manuvered the game; others succumbed, only to be drummed out of the ranks of intellectuals in disgrace. The in-coming freshmen certainly represent the epitome of intellectual achievement because they have, to begin with, ave rages of all A’s. Whether or not they maintain these A-averages will depend, again, on their extra-curricular and, sometimes, their academic affiliations. The freshman has his task at hand — “To be or not to be— that is the question.” —James Mack From the Librarian's Desk WAKE UP, STUDENTS! NEW SERVICE ADDED: A Kodak Readyprint Copier and a Verifax Book Copying Unit are available to faculty and students. Pages from books, periodicals and personal items can be reproduced at low cost. Please present the materials you want copied to the library typist and copies can normally be made while you wait. USING YOUR LIBRARY To use the library efficiently, you must know how to look up books in the card catalog, how to find information in periodi cals, how to use specialized sub ject indexes, and how to find reference books which will be especially helpful to you in your studies. riRCULATlOX PROCEDURES Call Slips are to be found on either side of the counter at the Main Circulation Desk. To withdraw a book from the stacks, it is necessary to fill in the required information on a WHITE CALL SLIP from the information provided in the card catalog and present it at the CIRCULATION LOAN DESK. The call number, the author, the title, the name and mailing address of the person desiring the book should be written in the spaces provided on the CALL SLIP. You will be asked to show your Identification Card each time that you wish to borrow from the library. A YELLOW CALL SLIP is .provided for the use of periodi cals, newspapers and encyclope dias. It is important that the correct date of the periodical as well as the title appear on the CALL SLIP. Failure to give these correctly can cause delay or failure in the location of material desired. If you are looking for articles on a special subject but don’t know in which periodical they may be found, use the periodical indexes. They are guides to the contents of magazines. Periodi cals do not circulate and must not be taken from the library. Copies of articles can be made by the Kodak Readyprint Copier and Verifax Book copying unit when requested .Such requests should be made to the library typist. These CALL SLIPS become the library’s I’ecord and are stamped with the same date due as the book. When books are returned the WHITE CALL SLIP is returned to the borrow er upon request; otherwise it is destroyed. Just for Laughs 1st student: How did you do on the History exam? 2nd student: Bad — my pony wouldn’t get up and go. “Daddy, what is a girl?” “A girl, my boy, is a fine thing you had when you didn’t under stand women and a tragic mis take at the end. What did one wall say to the other wall? Answer: I’ll meet you in the corner. by Sandra Jenkins There we were staring in space trembling like leaves, rolling our pencils in our hands, and won dering what our first team ses sion would be like. Would we benefit from it? How would we like this new method of teach ing? Did this system have any advantages. The answer to these and other questions related to the same dead subject have afforded me the fact that team teaching is in deed a question mark in this institution. Why is this so? This is only because the majority of the students do not appear to be mature enough to be a part of such a program. For too long a time some students have main tained the belief that college is just like high school. The time to wake up and get hep is now. A college freshman is not an advanced high school senior. He is now an individual with a future drawing near. The same person who feels that he or she, must tell the neighbor about Friday night’s date during the Monday morning’s team ses sion should be back home with mom and dad. College is a place for adults who are striving hard to reach an ultimate goal. There is no room for babies in college. The system as 1 am told is designed to reach every student enrolled in a certain course at one time. As it is, one third of the students have chosen to use the team sessions as a fun hour. During these sessions students are showing that they are not stable minded enough to resist temptation. The news their neighbor wishes to report is far more interesting that the lecture that the instructor is giving. On the other hand some students find themselves on cloud nine. Have these students been reach ed? By all means, no. The human mind needs food to keep functioning, just as the human body needs food to main tain life. The team sessions are not feeding the human minds because the minds simply refuse to eat. The only thing that will help the mind is a doctor’s pre scription. The doctor in this case is not a licensed M.D. Instead he is the President of the Win- ston-Sa^lem State College. The program which was designed to help the instructor and the stu dent is doing the student little good. The average college freshman is not mature enough to accept the challenge that goes along with this placement. In the long run the same students who en gaged the fun hour will wish they had entered college merely for learning. Today’s young adults are not preparing them selves to be tomorrow’s mature citizens. WSSC Represented At Wake Forest The Methodist Organization consists of students from the various institutions: Wake P'orest College, Salem College, The Bap tist Hospital, and Winston-Salem State College. The last meeting of the organi zation was held at Wake Forest College on Nov. 1, 19G4. The topic discussed was "Prospects of the Election." Two speakei’s were present, one from Wake Forest and the other from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Mr. Oscar ('arter served as mod erator of the i)rogram. All students intei'ested in be coming a part of this organiza tion, please see one of the follow ing ])ersons. Regina Patterson. Oscar (’arter or the Rev. Henry I^ewis. —Sinda Smith Nrtua Argua The .News Argus i,s published periodically by the students of Winston-Sab‘ni State ('olh'ge willi ottices in the Student lionnge building on campus. Editorial Page Editor Editor Art Editor Office Manager Fashion Editor Sports Editor .lames Mack - Barbara Turman Richard McElrath Sinda Smith Frances Harper Hoi-ace Welili Assistant Martha Smith Feature Editor Gloria Hester Assistant I^enecia Rutherford Circulation Manager Mary Smith Proof Readers Trudy McClure, Jannette Whitley, Andre Harris, Carolyn Brooks, and Rosa Williams Reporters Frankie Smith, Clementine Artis, Lugenia Exum, Mary Session and Carol Watson Special Writers .luanita Charles, Rubye Watson, Helen Marshall, Sandra Jenkins
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