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THE CAMPUS ECHO
Sunday, March 31, 1940
The Campus Echo
Durham, N. C., March 31, 1940
Vol. 4 No. 6
Published monthly by the
North Carolina College
Subscription 50 cents for the
school year
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Joseph A. Christmas
Managing Editor Sylvester L. Carter
Sports Editor Thomas Hardy
Asst. Sports Editor Burnett Bryant
Contributing Editors
Haskel A. Hudson, Roland L. Allison, Alex
Rivera, Thomas Keller
Reporters and Feature Writers
John Frederic Summersette, Edith Parham, La
Ruth Hall, Charles Rogers, Isabella Jeffreys.
Anna Knight, Hattie Hinton, James West.
Secretary Louise C. Thompson
Faculty Advisers
Dr. W. E. Farrison, Professor C. T. Willis
Possibilities
By jMargaeet Evans
Despite the fact that the age in
which we live is the freest and our
civilization the richest in the world’s
history, there are everywhere mal
contents and Jeremiahs who magnify
the past who proclaim that the gold
en age has passed and that man’s
civilizations are on the decline. They
close their eyes and fold their hands
with the feeling that the world is
static an dthere is nothing of worth
to be done.
It is evident that science has re
vealed many wonderful secrets. She
has read the stories of the past civil
izations in the rocks and earth’s
strata. She has found enormous
treasures in fathomless seas; but even
now for the aspiring mind, she has
many more to disclose.
It is true that our country may
not produce another Washington, or
England another Elizabeth, but there
are still economic situations in our
world that require strong, courageous
and fearless leaders to adjust: there
are still political issues that require
strong-willed, upright and wise coun
selors to solve.
To him who seeks possibilities,
opportunities rise on every mind,
within the evergreens of winter and
the budding trees of springtime. He
finds everyday a chance to render
service somewhere, and every hour
an opportunity to demonstrate his
ability, to prove his worth, and every
second a time of unsuspected possi
bilities.
Printing has advanced slowly. The
making of impressions by means of
engraved, lettered seals and blocks
seems to be a device as old as civil
ization. The Chinese have practiced
this form of printing from an early
time. But printing from blocks w’as
slow and costly. There was revo
lutionized by Gutenberg, a native
of Mainz, Germany who lived in the
fifteenth century. The oldest book
to be printed was a Latin copy of
the Bible between the years 1454-
1458. Suppose, however, that print
ing had stopped here. How few books
we could find in our world today!
How would it be in the homes of the
poor? Perhaps books would still be
chained to library shelves as they
were even up to the eighteenth cen
tury. But there was an opportunity
for someone to make a better type
of machinery for printing, so from
one type to another until now
through the untiring efforts of 0th-
mor Mergenthaler in 1886, the lino
type machine was placed in the office
of the New York Tribune. This
meant that the operator of a print
ing machine no longer had to pick
his letters and fix them in place by
hand, but could set his type by press
ing keys. There are still opportuni
ties in the field of printing that can
be made realities.
In 1893 Henry Ford tested his
What Do You Think?
Do You Think We Should Have
More Power in Our Student
Government?
Personally, I think more' power
should be granted to the student
governmental body—it should be the
controlling factor over the students
activities in that it makes the stu
dents feel as if their interests are
being protected. This would make
the student body show the faculty
and outsiders that they are able to
be governed by other students.
—William Malone, Freshman.
Yes. After all the majority of any
thing should rule. The student spirit
makes the school and, whether it is
strong or weak, determines the merit
of the school. Therefore, I think that
we should have more power.
—Eddie Graves, Sophomore.
Yes, because most college students
are men and women and will soon
have to face the problems of man
agement of some kind. Now is the
time for them to learn by practice.
Student government will not only in
crease their ability to organize, but
it will increase the cooperation of
the students with the school.
—Archie Williams, Junior.
Certainly, I think students should
run their own government, because
it creates within them the desire to
do the right thing and proves their
ability. When one is conscious that
someone trusts him, he will do bet
ter work.
—^Addie Blond, enior.
Yes! Student government is one
of the most essential of the extra
curricular activities in any school.
We have a student council, but the
majority of the freshmen do not
know the duties of the student coun
cil, but the majority of the fresh
men do not know about it. I know
the duties of the student council but
I don’t see any evidences of its func
tions. It seems that we tiave a total
itarian state of affairs here which
does not allow the council to func
tion as it would like to. We would
first automobile on the road. For
many years he had worked to de
velop this machine. He had within
him possibilities that the world knew
not. So it was with Edison in 1877
when he heard “JIary had a little
lamb” on his first phonograph.
George Washington Carver saw in
the potato and peanut possibilities
of hundreds of products useful to
man. From the clay of the red hills
of Alabama he made products that
are being used today by many manu
facturers and contractors. Hence
there are possibilities in many of the
things that grow in the hills and val
leys around us.
It may be true that some doors
are closed, but there are many others
opening day by day. Wtaerloos have
been met and “No-Man’s-Land” has
been strewn with the best of the
bodies of the best of the stalwart
sons of the mothers of the earth, but
there are still opportunities for world
peace. Propaganda and hatred have
been spread around the world but
there are possibilities of the idea ex
pressed in Burns “A Man’s A Man
For A” That—“That man to man
the world o’er shall brothers be for
a’ that.”
There are latent possibilities with
in each heart. There are still songs
to be sung, sermons to be preached,
scientific secrets to be found and
phenomena to be explained. I be
lieve there are potential powers with
in each individual that may some
day bring to our civilization un
heard of truths, that may some day
cause us to rise high on the gigantic
mount of opportunity, where we can
stand and face the reviviscent sun
light of a soft, pearly dawn.
like to see the administration relax
and give the men and women stu
dents a chance to practice self-gov-
ernment.
—Alonzo Normant, Freshman.
Yes, students should be given more
power. A self governing body is al
ways more progressive than a group
which has no hand in its govern
ment. As the demand increases for
students to serve their school, so will
the love and respect for the school
increase. A student government with
more power should be our goal!
—Florice Holmes, Junior.
In the first place, the present stu
dent government is minus its power,
so we would not be getting anything
extra. The students are surroundei
with the teachings that are concerned
with good government, yet they are
denied the rightful chance to dem
onstrate the known ability on these
dear grounds.
Well, what’s the remedy? The ad
ministration does not believe in gov
ernment by the students and never
will until there is a better under
standing among administration, fac
ulty, and students. Until then, one
cannot appreciate any petty powers
given our student government.
—Thomas Hardy, Senior.
Yes, we should have more power
because it would develop self-reliance
—one of the essential elements of
college training and a thing that is
not emphasized enough. We have
others doing too much for us.
—Lillie Bond, Senior.
Inspiration
We have our high aspiration, and
hope that some day we may reach
our destiny. But the thought of the
time that it takes to accomplish what
we are after sometimes makes us a
little bit discouraged.
A few years is not such a long time
for those who live in peace with
tJiciiiiiciv-ca i.kc «v)r2}. Hat to
those who live in dread of the long
tomorrow it must seem like an eter
nity. Time is the cradle of hope for
some, the grave of tjmbition for some,
and the realization of beautiful
dreams for others. Wisdom walks be
fore it, opportunity with it, and re
pentance behind it.
Cling to your aspiration, keep
encouraged and do not think too
much of the time it takes to accom
plish the greater things of life.
My Prayer for You
My dear, beloved, and kind friends.
Six weeks ago today.
Good fortune so directed me
That I should pass this way.
I came, and lo, I met you here,
A class of human souls.
The pleasure which was mine to
share
In full, cannot be told.
To me you’ve been a powerful source
Of motivating thoughts
And I’m without the words, of course
To praise you as I ought.
But I can say to you, my friends,
If you have failed to win.
The battles in your his-to-ry
Just try and try again.
“The battle is not to the swift my
lads.
Nor the Victory to the strong,”
But to the boys and girls who’ve
always had
The minds of “Keeping on.”
And now, my parting prayer shall be
Ere I go on my way.
That God will keep you safe, each
one.
And bless you every day.
—Earle T. Artis, Senior.
Jakie Says—
On Winning Friends
y and Influencing People
Do you know the art of “Shin
ing?” Can you maneuver what seems
to be a “dead” party or occasion into
an enjoyable one? You have been to
praties that weren’t any too success
ful, haven’t you? Well you might
have been able to make the party a
success if you had known the art of
“Shining.”
What*^do I mean by “Shining?”
It is a^very simple art and it doesn’t
call for very much effort on your
part if/iyou are sincere. For example,
we will suppose that you are a guest
at a house party. The first thing that
happens that tends to spoil the oc
casion is the failure of some of the
guests. that are usually considered
the^ party makers, fails to appear.
W'hy let that ruin the day? Instead
of throwing a damper on the party
by remarking “This is going to be
a complete flop.” W^hy not encourage
your hostess by helping her to forget
her disappointment and to make the
best of her party with the guest that
did come? It is my belief that she
will be grateful to you.
Or suppose the menus aren’t ex
actly up to par. Are you going to be
sure of letting the hostess know? If
so,^then I consider you very incon
siderate. No matter what may be
displeasing about the menu or for
that matter anything else that your
hostess has to offer you for con
venience, you are not supposed to
complain.
Something else to remember while
guest at a party. Never allow your
self to be seen with a gloomy coun
tenance. If you are unhappy or ill,
don’t go to a party unless you know
the art of concealing your feelings.
If you are disgruntled, you may
cause the other guests to feel un
comfortable, but if you wear a cheer
ful countenance, then their reaction
will be the same.
Another time when a party tends
to drag usually comes at the time of
the serving dinner. No one knows
what to talk about, hence everyone
keeps silent. This is another occasion
for your “Shining.” If you are well
up on current events, politics, social
news, latest Hollywood doings, anec
dotes, etc., you will be able to inter
est everyone present. Hence the din
ner is a success, and the people will
go away from that party feeling that
they have met someone that would
make an ideal friend. Could this not
be a better method of winning friends
and influencing people.
Alice and the Rules
“I can’t understand,” said Alice,
“Why the students have to abide by
rules here, after all they know how
to take care of themselves.” “But
there are so many students in school,
there are over six hundred students
here, said the hatter, “each from a
different home, different environment,
and each with different training. If
they did not have set rules, each one
of them would have a rule of his
own, and each one of them would be
right.”
“But why should they have cer
tain churches assigned to them? Why
can’t they go to any church in the
city which they desire?”
“Well, you see, if each one were
allowed to go to any church in the
city she wanted to go to she would
not be under the protection of the
school. Since they have restricted the
students to the churches on Fayette
ville Street they will be near the
school and if they are wanted they
can be easily found. But for me,”
said the Hatter, I don’t think it looks
nice for the students to run all over
the city on Sunday to church when
The Monthly
Book Review
T/ie Wed and the Rock is the first
of two novels which Thomas Wolfe
completed and delivered to his pub
lishers a few months before his
death. It tells of how one man
(George Webber) made his discov
ery of life and the world—a discov
ery made through a process of find
ing out, and finding out as a man
has to find out, through error and
through trial, through fantasy and
illusion, through falsehood and his
own foolishness, through being mis
taken and wrong and an idiot and
egotistical and aspiring and hope and
believing and confused and pretty
much what all of us are.
Lmtil his sixteenth year, George
Webber, whom the boys called
“Monk”—a name that was to stick
to him throughout his life—grew up
among his Joyner kin. And he was
one of them, knit closely in the web
of their narrow mountain-rimmed
and self-sufficient world. And yet he
was a Webber too, a fact of family
shame and secret pride to him. Thus,
the strong conflicting pulls of Joy
ner and of Webber blood met, but
never fused in his own veins and pro
duced a ceaseless ebb and flow with
in his mind and heart.
The Web and the Rock is an ob
jective novel in that the characters
are compacted from the whole con
sonance of seeing, feeling, thinking
and living. Finally, the noval has
in it from first to last, a strong ele
ment of satiric exaggeration. Not
only because it belongs to the na
ture of the story—“the innocent
man” discovering life—but because
satiric exaggeration also belongs to
the nature of life.
—Isabella Jeffreys.
Fireside Guild
CKiSED
I believe in the skill of people—
skill in body, skill of mind.
I believe in that greatest of hu
manity’s undeveloped assets—self-
control and skill.
I believe that every human being
is endowed with some factor, some
power, some gift that is worth devel
oping.
Fateful are the leisure hours; they
win or lose for us all eternity.
The child who builds with his
blocks has the joy of the crash, but
most of us do not see the destruction
of ourselves—nor enjoy the noise of
the crash.
they can get the same thing near the
school.”
“Why is it that the students can’t
go to town but twice a month?” said
Alice.
“Well,” said the Hatter, “I can’t
answer that question either, but I
suppose that there is a reason.”
“Why can’t the students stay out
until 7:30 after meals in the spring,
said Alice.” It is so pretty ir\ the
spring; it seems to me that the stu
dents should be allowed to stay after
dinner until 7:30.
“Well, you aren’t here in the
spring. The students are allowed to
stay out later in the spring,” said
the Hatter. The students have a
grand time here in the spring.”
“Well,” said Alice, “there are
many questions I could ask, but I
know I will get the same kind of
answers, maybe by time I get to col
lege I will understand everything bet
ter than I do now. Everything seems
very silly to me now.
—“Alice in W’^onderland.”
R. Person, what kind of game is
this you and A. Ferguson are play
ing?