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VOLUME VI
THE VOICE
''Digest Of Student Opinion''
FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 9, 1951
BATTLE OF BEAUTY
When these Iwo lovely co-eds tossed their hats into the ring recent
ly. as candidates for “Miss Homecoming of 1951,” it was immediate
ly labeled a “battle of beauty.” And that it was. They are (left to
right), Miss Ruby Lee Jones, of Lynchburg, Va., candidate from the
Senior Class, and Miss Geraldine Bullock of Norlina, competitor from
the Junior Class. In a case like this, “anything can happen.”
HOMECOMING
'L’he thrill ,of homecoming has
settled upon the campus with a
thud. It is the same old story of a
vast assortment of floats provided
by various alumni and student
groups, of cheerleaders dressed to
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GERALDINE BULLOCK
HOMECOMING QUEEN
“The Broncos will win the
homecomins: same,” declared
attractive, popular Miss Ger
aldine Bullock, a junior of Nor
lina, and the newly-elected 1951
Homecoming Queen. This “first
young woman ol' the campus,”
says her hobby is working with
the Y.W.C.A.
For the third con.secutive year
the juniors have outvoted the
seniors to crown a junior as
queen. Attendants are: fresh
man, Miss Valeen Smith, oi
Lillingtoii; sophomore. Miss
Hilda Drew of Jackson; and
Miss Ruby L. Jones, .senior of
Lynchmurgi Va.
Dr. Frierson
Conducts Summer
Workshop
At the request of Morris Col
lege, Friendship College and the
South Carolina State Department
of Education, Dr. Marguerite S.
Frierson, Chairman of the area of
Education, conducted during the
past summer quartei' a five-weeks
workshop for the elementary
school teachers t'l'om Ivancastei',
Chester, Rock Hill, Yoi'k and sur
rounding counlies. The work was
caii'ied on at Friendship Junior
College in Rock Hill, South Caro
lina, and Di'. Fi’ierson is enthusias
tic over the response she had from
the teachers in attendance.
In I'esponse to the totality of her
work with President O. R. Reuhen
of Morris College, with the teach
ers pursuing the course, and with
those who in one way or another
shared the work. Dr. Frierson has
concluded, “I really had fun.”
Liberian Student
Near Graduation
After nearly thirty months of
study at the Fayetteville State
Teachers College where she is
scheduled to receive the Bachelor’s
degree in December, Mis. Beatrice
G, Williams sticks to a statement
she made during the first three
weeks of her sta.y, “Everybody
here is nice; the students and the
teachers are ver.v friendl.y. I had
always heard that Americans
were friendly.” A former teacher
in the College of Wes1 Africa
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Popular Instructor
Passes Away
Miss Edna L. Jefferson, for two
years an instructor in household
arts at Fayetteville State Teachers
College, died on August 12, at a
New York hospital, where she had
gone for medical treatment. She
was an effective and a popular
teacher who was active in many
aspects of the college program.
Born and reared in Cordele, Geor
gia, she attended the public schools
of that city and from thence she
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Welcome
To
Homecoming
NUMBER 10
Prexy Pushes
Building Program
With work incident to the build
ing program calling for his time,
with an ever-increasing number
of public addresses on his calen
dar, and with the duties of college
administration ci’owding into the
fall session. Dr. James W. Sea-
brook remains now as always a
busy man. High up on his agenda
.just now is the extension of the
physical plant.
The opening of (he fall session
found segments of his extensive
building and renovation progi-atn
nearing completion. At the cost of
$40,000 the dining hall has been
completel.y renovated and a new
refrigeration outfit and facilities
for cafeteria service installed.
Bickett Hall for women students
has been renovated and moderniz
ed throughout at the cost of .$100,-
000 and will be read.y for oc
cupancy in the near future. Under
construction also are a new $227,-
000 dormitory for women and an
:uditorium that will run to $285,-
000. Recently, contracts were let
for the enlargement of the library
and for conversion of the present
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MR. PRESIDENT
President James Ward Seabrook, known far and wide for his
famous “three C’s”, is spearheading another huge building program
at “State”. Some call him Mr. President; some, “The Builder.”