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THE VOICE
JANUARY 5, 1950
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
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STAFF
DOROTHY CRAWELY Editor-in-Chief
GKORGE HICKS Business Manager
CORNELIUS WILLIAMS Retiring 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 Circulation Manager
BERNICE SELLERS Assistant Circulation Manager
JOHN PENIX Assisstant Circulation Manager
WILLIAM LIDE Assistant 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
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor;
I can never say how very much I appreciate your sending me
a copy of the “Voice.” The staff and the advisor are to te con
gratulated! The present issue (Fall, 1949) outstrips by far the
‘Voice” of a few years tack. Continue to improve. Everyone here
has seen my copy.
Sincerely yours,
Romaine Claris, ’45
Twenty-Six Years
(At the request of the editor,
Mrs. Dunie A. Bryand,—“Mother
Bryant” to the Fayetteville com
munity—wrote the following high
lights regarding her work with
State’s young women, especially
those who came to and went
from Bickett Hall.)
Old Year-New Year
The Christmas sprrit on the campus this year was perhaps the
most genuine and the most wide-spread ever. It stole on gradually
and culminateu with a thud. There were several pre-Christmas
parties on the campus, including the “all-faculty” party presided
over by Mr. Allan Brown, the campus-wide student council party
and, of course, the special Christmas choral rendition directed by
Miss Mary E. Terry. Miss Marian Williams of the Music Department
played a violin number, “Ave Maria” while two student soloists,
Bessie Pridgen and Charles Richardson, gave good account of
themselves. By that time the Christmas spirit was in the air and
the old school year ended on a high note.
The New Year opens on an equally high note, for it brings new
hope, new perspective and new and challenging opportunities for
the present generation of college students. A great undiscovered
world of adventure lies ahead of us. It is not uncommon for a
pilot flying without instruments to break through the overcast
and to discover that he has been flying his ship upside down.
Either we shall prepare ourselves for a competative society, or we
shall place ourselves at the mercy of others. It is time that we
be stirred by the stars, not by the lights of each passing ship.
—J. P.
The King’s English
Everybody talks about that “foreign language” called English,
and at least one teacher is doing something about it.
Miss Hazel P. Jordan, a Pitt Councy teacher of English, wrote
to Miss Lois P. Turner of the English Department as follows:
Dear Miss Turner:
“The Pitt county teachers of English are anxious that their stu
dents be prepaied for college English upon completion of the high
school course. To this end, we ask you to send us a statement of
what your college expects freshmen to have learned in English in
their high school courses.
“Since every teacher is a teacher of English, we believe that high
school-college co-operation of the sort proposed here to be useful
to students, whether they plan to teach English or some other sub
ject.”
It was on July, 1923 that I
came to the College as matron of
Bickett Hall under the admini
stration of Dr. Ezekiel E. Smith.
I arrived during the latter part
of August, and began to prepare
the dormitory for the fall re
ception of the young women.
Vividly do I recall the large
group of splendid girls that greet
ed me when school opened. We
began with the expressed under
standing that we would live to
gether as one big family. Dr.
Smith designated me as “Mother
Bryant”—mother to the entire
campus group. I accepted the
designation and forthwith took tlie
rcsponsibilitv for every mother’s
child placed in my care.
My attitude toward the young
women elicited agreeable reac
tions. The school regulations were
respected by the majority of the
young people. There were a few
exceptions to the rule, but they
soon saw the importance of con
forming to the standards set for
them.
In the early days as in the later
ones, everyone was expected to
attend Sunday School and ves
pers. It was my duty to see that
all the young women did just
that. This necessitated my check
ing each young woman’s room at
service time. We had but few
who were not inclined toward re
ligious services; I somehow found
them and sent them to chapel,
however late. This and other
minor punishments, for the most
part, corrected this tendency. The
loud talkers were approached by
patience and by my constantly
reminding them of their error.
During those early years we did
not have women smokers in the
dormitories.
A good many of the problems
were solved by prayer and by
the “human approach.” We did
not have the influence of the
YWCA and some other present-
day club activities, but we did
have wholesome get - togethers
throughout the year, meetings on
week-ends, birthday parties,
open-house parties and Christmas
trees.
I could not close without say
ing that the teachers living in
my dormitories made my work
very pleasant by their co-opera
tion. The work in Joyner Hall
especially was pleasant and con
structive during my nine years
there. I enjoyed the entire twenty-
six years at Fayetteville State
College; I will always love and
cherish those sweet memories of
my work, my friends and my
school.
God bless you always.
■—Mother Bryant
From Where
It Happens
Newbold Training School held
its annual Christmas Program
Monday evening, December 12,
1949. The theme was “The Christ
mas Spirit,” and music was fur-
nisthed by the school chorus.
About four hundred parents and
children were in their seats.
The weeks immediately pre
ceding Christmas were busy ones
for the children and the teachers.
Many interesting activities were
carried on preparatory to the holi
day season. Some children made
Christmas candles and gifts. There
were parties and pretty Christ
mas trees. The pupils sold $40.00
worth of Christmas seals to help
the tuberculosis effort. It was
truly a season of sharing.
More than 300 Newbold children
and the Newbold teachers enjoy
ed the opera, “Hansel and Gretel,”
recently shown at the College,
rtequests have already been made
for the appearance of another
opera.
'113 HEAVEN ALONE
’Tis heaven aione
I am longing to see;
’Tis the big green earth
That encircles me.
Faced with joy and sorrow,
Through this world I roam.
My soul shall be restless
Till I reach my home.
’Tis heaven alone
I am longing to see;
’Tis the Word of God
That inspireth me.
When the day is over,
And from labor I’m free,
My soul shall seek refuge,
Dear Master, in Thee.
—Vernetta M. Swann,
’45