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PAGE TWO CAMPUS ECHO DECEMBER—1949 Editorials ... In Defense Of The English Department The recent forum discussion, which unfortunate ly, slipped into a discussion of grades or system of grading and philsophies of grading, and whicii fmally degenerated into a lambastmg of tne English depart ment for its alleged tendency in consistently assign ing poor grades represents a train of thought which is decidely perverse and illogical. It was reported that some obviously indignant student went to such length as to take the English de partment to task for its “consistency in doling out poor grades.” The student is said to have stated, in effect, that the tendency of the department in giving out poor grades is an indication that the department teachers are not adequately teaching the course-material, and that the poor grades given by the department are a disgrace to the school. We certainly can allow for a student’s being dis gruntled over a grade which he has received in a course. Such things are only natural. Because teachers are human and, therefore, must be expected to err, it is highly improbable that all students will be elated over their grades at all times. Indeed such a situation would be ideal but most unnatural, in respect of a teacher's human weakness of erring, our salvation lies in the trust which we place in those who select our our teachers. In our particular situation, we think that trust is well-founded. With regard to the statement of the English de partment’s tendency of giving out poor grades, the very matter of the truth of that assertion is open to question. Conceding the assertion to be true, has it ever occured to the author of that statement that the students receiving those grades may well have earned them? We are not saying that any student earns or deserves a poor grade; we are merely asking whether the author of the assertion has considered all the possibilities involved in the situation. There is just the chance that the students in the English depart ment are consistently of the inferior type. This as sumption is as valid as the one declaring that teach ers are not teaching adequately if they persist in giving out poor grades. Moreover, the assumption concerning the quality of the students savors of more validityj^^When one considers the fact that the major- ^of ^he students at NCC come from schools in North ^a which are segregate, inferior and in aome pm places Wjhi^^g^f^ff^^oor excuses for sc^^ls, ''nVv) ‘s.sur,iM'iidents to make^Hma I', i‘4' ^ » c ' V--'V /i:. "holars ? =ment that such grhdes Ive can heartily concur Inust consider that the jide a liberal education [nee we do believe that general, do not ade- work, how can liiiiitX QUr_W'inc2 |llege ? a student on the col- jadversities as a part of that these adversities lly. In the matter of jept a grade which he ibility or n^isrepresents there are no records to ;ords fail to prove oth- that it would be ex- Hble to reason that such Ited with a student [threatens to be shorten- In he thought he should Ir, we need not remind many, especially armed forces veterans, that life is full of “tough breaks.” A Christmas Letter Peace On Eai th ? ? By STEVE EDLEY Dear Bill, As 1 write this I can hear the wind beating its lonely way throngli tlie tm^ outside my window. As it^^ses jt wliiS#l(*.s a g'Jooiny winter vtnne of f7)lie- liness and despair. At times a o'ust of wind wliirls against the tlie ^^indov,' and shakes it as if it were seeking admittance to my t'oom. If it came in I wonld welcome it because I am lonely, and because even to shiver is to be alive. Christmas Eve Bill and the campus is deserted. The students have gone home ito .cele brate the holidays, I alone re main, for, as yoii know, i no place to call home. You were home for me Bill. With you gone I have no other place. Tod#y [ walked about the city listening to ihi? |3hpistmas mu sic, and watching the p»opl^ pre paring their home for the ht-Ur daj^s. In njy own way I was seek ing the “Chrjstrofts Spirit” and I thought that I would find it amoiig people with families, Christmas trees and all the trim mings, AIL day I walked the sti-eets of Durham searching for the “Christmas Spirit.” I did not find it Bill. Each time 1 reached (liii blocked posed to It iw (he lhn«] hrotJierhood ar tile lieai'ts of this, however, 1 no brotherhoD' it DePauF— (Continued from Page One) orable Virgil Thomson-Gertrude Stein opera “Four Saints” in 3 acts. He later organized and lead the chorus which was one of the featiires of Moss Hart’s AAF stage play “Winged Vic tory.” A native of Summit/N. •T., of French-Guianian decent, DePaur first attracted public at- when he was named director of the Negro tent ion musical Th«*atre. After attending a DePaur con cert in Seattle the music critic of the Seattle Time« wrote; “A thrilling musical experi ence. The 35-voice chorus sings with such vitality, understand ing and precision as to make it one of the world’,s great choral groups. ’ ’ THE CAMPUS ECHO Published monthly by the students at North Carolina College At Durham. Clftthsin F^oss _ Editor Gladys McGill News Editor Louise Jackson Feature Editor News Staff Howard Campbell, Aletha Dixon, Steve Edley Johnny Holloway Business Manager M. C. Burt, Jr. Advertising Manager Ralph Malone Circulation Manager C. A. Ray Advisor something ■tiiie of pe^ce. hgn Iflve siipposed to pille len, In spite of find no love and I have found only hate ancrfl®*’ deeply rooted in the hearts on^^^ people, Yet I kiiow that it^ Christmas for the aa,L uu'e my newspaper reads: Decembei 25, 1949; and across the masthead a banner proclaims: Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men. Do you remember the day you sailed to Europe Bill? Can you recall the subjects we discussed as we waited thru the long flight for your final orders? Remember you said that you were fighting so that the world might have pesitCiS ,agab>? There is 1:1,0 peac^e. You told iHp jthat wheif |the war was ovep a new era gf op portunity would cqme jto Arpej:- ica. Ai> era in which ^ man w'oiild be free fpijnj opppession and fear. I believed you because you were my big brother. I thought that there was nothing that you didn’t know about life, r find fiiat I was wrong^ Bill^ for you w^ alCjjiixed up. The day that yqix dpeampd pf has jiever dawped. Maj} still hafes, and tyranpy feigps througj}0i|]t the world. The t)jgpts ape sfill free to profane the a|r wj^h fheir racial gpd peligious |ntoleraiJce. Exploitation pemajns apd gp- pressiop js stil} fhe grf}ep pf tlie day, I know it is Christmas Bjl} l)p- cause I read the dateline pf my newspaper. But the datelijje }p the hearts of men is still Septem ber, 1943. Christmas will be very lonely Avithout you Bill. I will try not to, but when I hear the bells on Christmas morning, I know that I will remember the morning the telegram arrived from the War Department. “Your broth er died defending the liberty of his country aijd it’s people,^ ^ ijt said. I wojjidei: if you died in vain Bfll? Your broihef, STEVE. The OUIZZER By LOUISE JACKSON i»k: IX KT In keeping with the coming Christmas Season, we have asked fhis question: Does Christmas have itlie same significane to you that it once h^d? “Christmas ha§ m.ore signi ficance to me n.Qw that it ever has had. I can realize the aesthe tic value of Cliristmas, and I have a better understanding pf the Christmfls Carolg. COLLINS SCOTT Enfield, N. C, able side of the season to the Keligious side. Perhaps being a Catholic helps account for this.” ' CORRINE MABRY Durham, N. C. Claus to come.” LEWIS T. LIGON Raleigh, N, C. “No, I think Christmas has lost much of its grandeur and excitement. ” LEON PEASE Chapel Hill “Christmas doesn’t mean much to me now, because all the fantastic and mythical ideas that I once possessed are now gone. Now I face r^eality, and do not place value on material an(| spir itual thing§, as I did when I was younger.” JAMES e. CARTER Rock Ilill^ S. e, “Christmas can never mean to me what it once did. Today it it has become so commercialized that the original meaning has almost disappeared. I guess now it mostly means going home.” HATTIE McQUILLER Rock Hill, N. C. “Yes, I think Christmas has the same significance for me but it is slightly altered. I have turn ed from the gayer and pleasur- “I don’t thiiik Christmas means quite the same to me as jt once did. To me now it is a day of reverence on which we observe the birth of Christ, and on which we extend glad tidings to all. Where as when I was young it was a day when I expected Santa .“No, jtp me (Christmas is just another holiday. |dhristraas seem- ipgly ig evaluated iiow by whe- thpF Santa comes to see you, or wheth,eF ypu can afford those things that m^kp J;he phristmas merry. So I guess my pn^y hope for having a merry Christmas again is tO become ^ Santa Claus.” CHARLES GRIMES Rocky Mount, W, C. Keeping Up By LOUISE JACKSON After the end-of-the-quarter rush things have quieted down a bit. Winter is truly here and the trend of thought naturally is toward Christmas, with all the trimmings. We’re caught up in the spell and we want to go home, but, well we’re back into the act, and we hope the ballerina can sway her audi ence .... with stuff and nonsense that is. What do you think? AROUND THE CAMPUS: Larry Coleman operating . . . “Curley” isn’t able to find himself .... My friend Patsy and the good friends ... Mr. and Mrs. Cool Breeze taking the cam pus over, luck “ole pal” . . . Thacker and Eat Moore, classy huh? Joe and “Guess Who” . . . Freeman and his “grand bouche” . . . Neal gets his note . . . An nouncement: G. A. will graduate with top honors, source of information? G. A. himself ... By way of mention, Macolm Dixon hails from Brooklyn ... we didn’t forget. . . “Wah Wah” the inimitable ... Do you know the feminine of horse ? somebody said mule . . . William Darden in the news . . . Orchids to the Senior Dorm . , . Two is a couple, three a triangle, eh Buddy? ... An active Pan-Hellenic Council .... A successful recent Resource-Use Education Conference . . . Jervay an enthusiastic Sociologist. .. The “pres” doing all right. . . Now they’re saying Pancho No. II ... By way of mention, Maryland and her new “find” . . . Fellow Students: Gracie is one of the nicest persons on the campus ... agreed ? Congrats to Bar bara, Ada, Ertie, Scip, Gladys, and Willie for their aid to “ye olde Scribe” ... We are looking forward to their aid in the future ... Mary Rivers, an outstanding soloist. . . Scroller Talent Show a huge success. Oh well! Did we get you this issue? We will come the next one, so don’t worry . . . Until then “So Long, Gee I hate to go.” Thespians- (Continued from Page One) appearances coming in the pro ductions, All My Sons and Death Takes A Holiday. Delores Parks’ debut as a Thespian in Glass Managerie was a resounding success judg ing from audience reaction. The part of Laura seemed made to order for her and she handled he^ lines arfd expi-essions-iir a professional manner. A fresh man from Richmond, she has appealed in several high school ppcjnctipfis, including Dark Vic tory-' Hpwafd Pan|pbell, a sopho- mpre, |;y ^s lie |;9ok the fole of Jjm, fhp Tf^ive gefjtleman Puller- gijmphpi} pMlvp pf (Gl]i^fiotte, ha^ hap4IPcl §evpr^l ^iPfiP rqles in Thp^piftH pFo4uptiqn§ pf the PftSt: Mis§ Mary Bohappon, fJiFect- or of the Drftmatie Arts depart ment, produced and directed the play. Much credit for the fine acting, appropriate setting, and nice casting is due Miss Bohan non. rington, editor; E. N. Niles, as sistant editor; Booth Smith, Managing editor; Stanley Har ley, sports editor; Simeon Holloway, photography editor; Clementine Coley, historian; Perry Grilliard, business man ager; Clathan Ross, advertising manager; Lynwood Purvis, ad vertising; Hubert Williams, sec retary; Ollie Bowser and Roxie Holloway, staff assistants; and ¥r W. Sj^derson, /faculty ^- visor. ^oye To Gefr SlMc|epil ynioii ^nnuaf-r: (jContinued from Page jOpe) phrj^tmas afld jthat pictures are fO jtaken in d^prmit,9fies be tween the JiOWF? P| |6;3,() ^pd 9:30 in the evenings. Arrington stated that “dor- niitopy shootipg” is beipg sched uled espepjaliy fpp the ponvepi- ence of the wemen, He nfggs all students to have pictures taken whether they intend to buy a book or not: TO COST $5,000 Estimates on the total eost of publishing the annual run into the neighborhood of $5,000. The book will sell for $5,00 per aopy. Bach student who hag his pic ture taken must pay $1.00 and those who want to subscribe to the book at the same time the picture is being taken must pay $2.00. In either case if a stu dent decides to buy a book any amount that he has paid will be subtracted from the cost of the book. Perry Gilliard, business man ager of the Maroon and Gray said that he has hopes that a profit will be realized from this year’s book. A nucleus of the staff has been formed, but according to Managing editor Booth Smith, many more people are needed to assist in the gigaptip task of publishing the annual. STAFF ffUPLFUS fpresent sfaff ^eludes Afr has formerly been mepe talk pf a Sfude||t tJiiipn op thfs campus cpystalljzed intp §-ctipn this Hippth as a grpup of students mafie investigations into the pos- Sjblp sites fpr, thp apprpximate cost apd possible ways pf financ ing 8, stn4ept building It has been learned hy the group who has intitiated the campaign for a student build ing that the State cannot allot funds for a building now, but that it will give space for the construction of building. The Alumni association, ap proached jby tiie group, has giy- &n'' i^s' appi’ov^l pS "the ‘ project and prpmisM its support- plap JS jh" the making whepeby each (jhgter p| tl|e Aliimpi association Avill he asked to give so much Avard the ereptipn pf a student hujlding,. jjisbon Berry, president of the Student Opupcil and pne pf thp initiators of the project, stated that he has considered bringing the idea, before the student body through the Student Couneil, He added that specific plans would have to be worked out be fore such official action can he taken. Several students have indicat ed their approval of the project and have expressed opinions as to the need for a student build ing. Berry said that the building would serve for offices for all student organizations, such as the several classes, the Pan- Helenic Council, the student government, student publica tions, and provide space for lounges, conference rooms, a ballroom and other miscellaneous offices. was stated that the Presi dent has suggested the tempor ary use of one of the annexes as a student biiilding. It is thought tliat the annex will be available fpp use in t^ie ve^ near fu^upe.
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