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VOL. 9, NO. 1
FAYETTEVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., MAY, 1954
Alaveta Hutson
Cauffht during the interpretation
of “Won’t You Buy My Flowers?”
(a native dance of Jamaica) is
Miss Alaveta Hutson, famous clio-
reoffrapher, who, with her NCC
Dance Group, is presently on tour.
A. C. E. Sponsors
Famed Group
The F.S.T.C. unit of the A.C.E.
presented Miss Alaveta Hutson
and the Creative Dance Group
from North Carolina College at
Durham in an interpretative dance
cbneoi i r'lday aiternoon, April ;sU,
at three o’clock in the new audi
torium. Designed primarily for
children, the concert consisted of
both primitive and modern dances
representing many lands.
The director, Miss Hutson, is a
Fine Arts Festival
The annual Fine Arts Festival
at the Fayetteville State Teachers
College, sponsored by the Area of
Music and Fine Arts, began on
Monday, May 3, with an assembly
lecture on the nature and place of
art given by Professor Duncan R,
Stuart of the School of Painting
and Design at the North Carolina
State College at Raleigh.
Wednesday saw the presentation
i'ellows,” a comedy in three acts.
The annual May Day exercises
I’eaturing the freshman young wo
of the dance group from the local
S. E. Smith High School. On Wed
nesday evening came a program
•^y the city and county schools of
Fayetteville, and on Thursday, the
students of music at the college
appeared in recital.
The College Drama Guild under
the direction of Miss Lois P. Turn
er staged on Friday evening its
spring production, “Strange Bed-
men’s class in physical education
and variety of campus talent came
on Saturday. The May Day pro
gram was directed by Miss Laur
etta Taylor, director of physical
education for women students.
A concert by the College Choir
in the college auditorium on Sun
day concluded the festival. Miss
Florence P. Eaton and Mrs. Helen
T. Chick are instructors in art and
Miss Mary E. Terry is chairman
of the Area of Music and -Fine
Arts.
vvell-known choreographer, and
she and her group have gained
wide recognition for their skill.
Recently' Miss Hutson, a native of
Wilmington, Del., and a mem
ber of the faculty of North Caro
lina College at Durham, was the
recipient of a Fulbright award to
study at the University of Paris
during 1954-55.
Fayetteville State Teachers College
Fayetteville. North Carolina
SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
May 27th-June 1st, 1954
SENIOR CLASS NIGHT
Thursday. May 27. 8:00 P. M. College Auditorium
^SENIOR CAP AND GOWN NIGHT
Friday, May 2Sth. 12:00 Noon College Auditorium
Dr. S. E. Duncan
Supervisor of Negro High Schools
Raleigh, North Carolina
• THE DEAN OF WOMEN’S LUNCHEON
FOR GRADUATING SENIORS
Friday. May 29th. 1:00 P. M. _ H. L. Cook Dining Hall
ALUMNI BUSINESS MEETING
Saturday. May 29th. 2;30 P. M. Little Theater, Smith Building
President and Mrs. J. Ward Seabrook “At Home” to Members
of the Senior Class. Graduates, Faculty and Fr'Iends
Saturday. May 30th, 4:30 P. M. College Auditorium
Dr. Price H. Gwynn. Jr.
Dean. Flora Macdonald College
Red Springs, North Carolina
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Tuesday, June 1st. 11:00 A. M. College Auditorium
Dr. Jordan B. Hancock. Speaker
Richmond, Virginia
Mississippi River
Addresses F.S.T.C. in Chapel
Welcoming General John R. Hodge to the campus of Fayetteville
State Teachers College are Dr. Rudolph Jones, Acting Dean of the
College in the absence of Dr. Joseph Douglas, and Dr. James W.
Seabrook, President of F.S.T.C.
FAYETTEVILLE DELTAS PRESENT
FIRST ANNUAL JABBERWOCK
A never-to-be-forgotten scene from tlie Delta Jabberwock which de
picted the plight of the Negro during the early days of the settlement
of New Orleans. Excellently presented for the Fayette Mondans by
proxy, this presentation won first prize.
Delta Xi and Epsilon Alpha Sig
ma chapters of Delta Sigma Theta
SoroMty, Inc., piesehted their first
annual Jabberwock in the college
auditorium, April 23, 1954. The
theme of the Jabberwock was
“I’ve Known Rivers.”
This colorful panorama of bril
liant stars was reigned over by the
queen of the Jabberwock, Miss
Malline Crawley; her attendants
were Ella Smith and Birdie Eley
of the college family and Portia
Jones, Frances Colvin, Evelyn
Brooks and Josie Jackson of the
city and county high schools.
Flower girls were Yvonne Lewis
of Clinton, Charlotte Cherry, Syl
via Pindle, and Mae Louise Sea
brook of Newbold Training School.
John Cary Merritt of Clinton was
“Jabberwocky” and Mr. Edward
Hargrave was the sea captain.
Synopsis of the Jabberwock
The captain of a widely-traveled
river steamer, the Minerva, has
put into port on the Cape Fear.
He is presented at the court of the
Queen of the Jabberwock by Jab
berwocky himself. In the course
of his domestic and foreign travels
of the Minerva, the captain has
collected an interesting and odd
assorted lot of individuals who
perform for the Queen and her
court. The captain has faithfully
recorded all happenings in the
ship’s log. He refers to it quite
frequently during the travelogue.
The Fayette Mondans won first
prize with a skit built around the
Mississippi River. The Fayette
ville Links won second place with
■j skit built around the River Jor
dan. The Orange Street Dance
Group won third place with inter
pretive dances built around the
Ganges River. Other participating
organizations were the Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority, the Alpha Phi Al
pha Fraternity, the Drama Guild,
the E, E. Smith High School
Speech Choir, and the Sampson
County Training School Dance
Group.
Driver
School
July 19-23
Ft. Bragg General
Talks in Assembly
General John R. Hodge, former
Commander at Fort Bragg, N. C.,
addressed the faculty and student
body of Fayetteville State Teach
ers College in chapel on Monday,
May 10.
In a timely and vital address,
General Hodge stated that “the
future depends upon children.” He
went on to say that “Communism
is bad, but ignorance is worse; il
literacy in this country is too high.
A large per cent of men called in
to the Armed Services were re
fused because of-lack of learning.”
General Hodge also informed
the faculty and student body of
the great responsibility of the
teacher. He said, “Teachers exert
great leadership and through lead
ership and example improve them
selves and help others to better
themselves. Officers in the Army
are great teachers. The responsi
bility of the Army school system,
from West Point to the training
schools in Army camps, was mifie.”
General Hodge, very forcibly,
brought home the point of the im
portance of religion. He said, “God
is the Maker of the universe; the
basis of all trouble in the world
are the ‘isms’ which lack Chris
tianity. Religion provides strength
to face necessary tasks, and it is
the foundation for essential life
requiremer^t;- Keep religion in
your classrodu: in order to inspire
your students to help make their’s
a better community, country, and
world.”
Queen of the Jabberwock and Court
The Queen, Madeline Crawley, sits in her position of honor while
beneath her are the attendants (second row, left to right—Portia
Jones, Frances Colvin, and Berdie Ely) and the flower girls (front
row, left to right—Charlotte Cherry, Mae Louise Seabrook, and Syl
via Pindle).