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PAGE TWO THE VOICE November 4, 1949 THE VOICE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENTS Edited And Published By The Students FAYETTEVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE Fayetteville, North Carolina Published Three Times During The School Year o STAFF DOROTHY CRAWELY _ - - Editor-in-Chief CORNELIUS WILLIAMS Business Manager ETHEL SUTTON Associate Editor GEORGE FRINK Associate Editor MALCOLM HAWKINS Associate Editor ALFENIA WILLIAMS News Editor ALEXANDER VICK Sports Editor ZEBULIN GORDON Exchange Editor GEORGE HICKS Circulation Manager HENRY JONES Assistant Circulation Manager BERNICE SELLERS Assistant Circulation Manager JOHN PENIX Assisstant Circulation Manager PARISH DRAKE Reporter LOTTIE MUNN Reporter MYRTLE QUICK Reporter ANNIE WITHERSPOON Copyist THEOPHLUS PARKER Copyist RUTH McNAIR Copyist SELMA LANGSTON Copyist CHARLES BLACK Typist GEORGE JOHNSON Typist IRENE WALLS Typist CHARLES RICHARDSON Typist JOHN W. PARKER Advisor Looking Both Ways A_ year or so cigo, W6 h.ud. ccius0 to rejoice when, our ooils^s was given the "Class A" rating by the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in the Southern States. This recogni tion has made it possible for our graduates to enter upon grad uate study in the country's leading graduate centers. Else where in the present issue of the "Voice", mention is made of the State legislature's appropricttion of $974,922 for the elabora tion of our physical plant into one that is up-to-date through out. This is good news to those who attended State yesterday, to these who are in attendance today, and to those who will on tomorrow become a part of the State tradition. It means that the College — president, faculty, and students — has operated on progressive principles. Both in attitude and out look we must prepare ourselves for moving on a campus whose standards will continue io be gradually pushed up. But the present and even the future "State" are by no means the whole story. Our planned improvement in physical plant and our progress in other areas of our institu tion's activity must not obscure yesterday's toil and faith and dream that made them possible. Years ago seven Negroes paid $140 for a lot on Gillespie Street on which was later erect ed the Howard School — the seed from which our institution has grown. Next to indispensible to the early history of our College were former Governor Charles Aycock's liberal at titude toward Negro education in the state, the vision and the statesmanship of Dr. E. E. Smith, president of the institution un til 1933, the interest of the members of the several Boards of Trustees, industrious, unselfish instructors such as Leonora T. Jackson ("Mother Jackson") and Mattie J. Chavis and members of the present staff who have given more than two decades of their lives to the dream of a greater State and to the work ne cessary to make that dream come true. A knowledge of our institution's past is necessary both for an understanding of its present and an appreciation of its future.—H. C^ College Spirit In his initial chapel appearance a newcomer to our faculty this year, Mr. Joseph A. Walker, discussed the whole matter of school spirit — its hows, whys and wherefores. Is it significant that he, a man of wide experience in college circles, should have come to the conclusion after but three weeks on the campus that his first message to us should be on school spirit which he defined as "enthusiastic loyalty."--..It may be signi ficant also that this year's president of the Gilreath Club, Mr. William McNair, returning after several years out of school, should have made use of the club's second general meeting of the school year to arouse coiiege spirit on the campus. Is coliege spirit at "State" at a low ebb as shown by our lack of interest m the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Drama Guild, and the other student organizations? Are we satisfied to drift alona and leave the tasks to John? We must shew our "enthusiastic loyalty" by action rather than by words. In other v/ords, college spirit is expressed in "domg." I recall the words of an army buddy who, in giving a talk on army life, said, "You have to put something in it in order to get something out." The same applies to college students. In a very real sense, college life can mean many things to many persoi.L; each ceis out of it no more than he puts into it. The broadening of one's vision, the creation of lasting friend ships, the development of a strong body and of a trained mind, tVie accumulation ol the facts of the world about us and of our relation to it, and an acguaintance with the leaders of our {■xnes — these are some of the benefits to be derived from a college education. I will not say that these benefits can be gained merely by possessing "college spirit"; I will say that it is probable that they wiil not be gained without it.—M. H. EDITOR'S NOTE. The following article, "The Foice of the Church in the World Today", was written by Lieuten ant James C. Queen of Washington, D. C„ who is stationed at Fort Bragg and who is currently registered in the exten sion classes at Fort Bragg. The Force Of Tlie Church In The World Today Traditionally, the church in the western world and in America in particular has been one of the strong social forces in the lives of a majority of ihe people. In this connection, one will recall the Middle Ages when much that was signific ant in the people's way of life was carried on in the church, or directly inlluenced by it. Ro less important was the influence of the church upon the Crusades of the tenth and eleventh centuries. And who will not remember the Puritans, who, in sisting strongly upon the tenets of their faith, found it necessary to migrate to this country where in 1642 they became suffici ently powerful to close the theatres in England. Many of us wjll not socn forget the recent wars over religion in both India and Palestine. But what of the situation today? Even a casual examina tion of the problems of our times here in American suggests that the church should extend its influence even farther out into the community where people are beset with problems of many types — some personal, some social, some economic, and some national and even international. The church might in a non-political way move in more actively upon the conflicts between capital and labor, upon war as a world-wide force for evil, upon wasted human resources as result of the slums in our urban areas, upon the friction between races that must live side by side, and of course upon such a big question as that of strengthening the United Nations Organization as an organized force for peace in the face of Russia's possession of the atomic bomb. Excellent examples of church leadership in the political hfe of the community are seen in the Reverend A. Clayton Powell, senior and the Reverend A. Clayton Powell, Junior. Their church connections have given them influence in political circles. There is need for more of this type of church activity. While the church must set the example and keep its skirts clean, it must also move in on all areas of life where there is need for light and faith and encouragement. With the civiliz ed world threatened by destruction as result of the atomic bomb, there has perhaps never been a time when it so sorely needed the quickening influence of a dynamic church. —Lieutenant James C. Queen
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