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PAGE FOUE. THE VOICE JANUARY, 1955 limm Formally posed for a portrait of the group, the members of the Charles Waddell Chestnutt Book Club are, left to right, bottom row: Marion Porter, Mildred McIntyre, Hattie Davis; second row: Mavis Jones, Ruberta Tolson, Johnnie Murphy, Eamestine Hill, Vera Mills; top row: Jacqueline McCrimmon, Edith Walker, Eliza Bullock, Mary Scotton, Connie Claybum, Nina Baten, Doris Batts, Elizabeth Smith. Book Club Rouses. Student Reading The members of the Charles Waddell Chestnutt Book Club ex tend a hearty and cordial welcome to all members of the freshman class and to all new upperclass men as well. We hope that your progress and enjoyment here will be great. Our purpose is to sponsor a greater interest among the stu dents in libraries and library ser- .. vjce and to stimulate reading in terests through attractive, enter taining. appealing, current and seasonal bulletin boards, by re porting on one or two outstand ing magazine articles at each meeting and by reporting the titles of new books and giving a brief review of one old and one new book. Any student interested in carry ing out our purposes is eligible for membership. To maintain mem- Simmons Honored One of the most enthusiastic so cial affairs of the school year was the testimonial banquet given at Fayetteville State Teachers Col lege on Friday evening, Nov. 12, in honor of S. B. Simmons’ 32 years of service to North Carolina and to the South in the capacity of Assistant Supervisor of Agricul tural Education. Born and educated in Fayette ville, Mr. Simmons is a man of wide and varied experience. He has established headquarters at the Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, of which he is a graduate and presently di rector of vocational agriculture. The guest speaker for the oc casion was John W. Mitchell, Re gional Director of Extension Ser vices, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Two well- known quartets offered music for the program. Dignitaries from several south ern states, along with teachers, principals, supervisors, and super intendents, were among the large gathering of people who paid tri bute to Mr. Simmons’ qualities as a leader and to the wholesome in fluence he has had upon “improv ed farming” throughout the South land. WORLD PROBLEM Miss Annie Owens, our chapel speaker on October 11, 1954, dis cussed the conflict of races. She reminded us that the problems of segres^'tion and integration are not limited to the United States, but to the whole world, and that the only ways they can be elimin ated are through unbiased reason ing and a love and respect for our fellov/men. THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER “Man’s greatest need is to learn.” “A beautiful behavior is the finest of fine arts.” “One who does less than his best is killing part of himself.” “The only thing one gets for nothing is nothing.” Now Is the Time bership each member has to at tend the meetings and participate in the club activities. With only one meeting behind us we have had a float in the Homecoming Parade, a represen tative speaker at the chapel pro gram for school organizations, and we have planned and produced two Book Week bulletin boards in the library and distributed Book Week posters around the campus. The float had as its theme, “The Library—The Heart of the Col lege.” The officers are as follows: president, Eliza Bullock; vice president. Ruberta Tolson; re cording secretary. Mavis Jones; corresponding secretary, Mildred McIntyre; and Student Council Representative, Marion Porter. The club advisor for this year is Mrs. M. P. Jones. Laugh-Bro.-Laugh Would you like to be an editor? Being an editor is no picnic. If we print jokes, people say we are silly. If we don’t, they say we are too serious. If we reprint things from other papers, we are too lazy to write them ourselves. If we don’t, we are too fond of our own stuff. If we inadvertently fail to report club meetings, it is because we are jealous. If we do, we are playing favorites. And now, likely as not, someone will say we swiped this from another paper. Well ... we did. —Anonymous Our chapel speaker on Monday, October 18, 1954, was Mr. Blatch. Mr. Blatch chose as his subject “Developing Proper Values and Attitudes for Successful Living in Our Democracy.” Vcilues, in his opinion, are those things which one believes in. At titude is concerned with the way one acts in accordance with what he believes. An education is a requisite to make sure we don’t get our values mixed. Education releases one from fear and superstition. He stated that it is relatively easy to influence cin ignorant person therefore, citizens should be ex tremely careful when choosing persons to represent them in pub lic offices. Mr. Blatch stated further that we should feel that America, the land of free enterprises, belongs to aU. As Negroes, we have devel oped an inferiority complex to ward white people, and it is time for a change. We must develop a change. We must develop a de sire to push forward and must not be satisfied with just anything. There is also a need to recognize our universal connections. In other words, the problems of one coun try concern everybody. Above all, we are not to reduce our standards to achieve any de sired goal. Learn To Think Education and Thinking” was the topic chosen by Mr. Tom Hunter who spoke to our college family on October 1, 1954. He stated that the person who has learned to think is the one who gets things done. It is mainly our ability to think which separates us from lower animals. Competition necessitates the growth of intel ligent thinking. Mr. Hunter holds that quite of ten too much attention is placed extra-curricular activities and not enough on the “Three R’s.” He advised the student body not to go out imprepared because it is impossible to teach that which we do not know. In case of difficult problems, students should seek ad vice from their instructors who are weU-prepared and always willing to help. A teacher’s greatest asset to be able to set examples. Our college may be compared to a greenhouse. Each student repre sents a plant which must be care fully nourished. When it matures it will serve as an inspiration to others. New Dorm Plans Activities The New Dormitory Association, under the sponsorship of Miss Mary E. Terry, begins its program for the year with Gracie Brunson as president. Other officers are as follows; Mildred Bagley, vice- president; Lillian Dorsette, secre tary; Dorothy Hill, assistant sec retary; Etta Bennett, treasurer and Elizabeth McArthur, assistant treasurer. The activities for the quarter be gan with the annual Scholarship Dance held in the Lilly Gymnasi um, November 5. This proved to be a jovial occasion for all who attended. The second affair (a bridge par ty) was held Saturday night, Nov ember 20, in the recreation room of the new dormitory. Sunday, November 21, the New Dormitory Association presented its chapel program during which time the horn of plenty, contain ing a variety of delightful fruits and vegetables, was given to Mr. John Wilkins who was confined to his home. Many exciting and interesting affairs have been planned by the new dormitory for the coming year. We truly hope that the col lege family will join us in our enthusiasm for the coming events. I Realizing a fond dream, these Zeta Phi Beta pledgees stand at attention during a pause in their march to Greekdom. They are, left to right, Lottie Murphy, Edith Walker. LiUie Waters, Katie McKoy, and Gracie Barnett. —Melba Johnson, reporter Ivy Leaflets The Ivy Leaf Club of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority extends hardy greetings to all returning students of FSTC and a sincere welcome to the new members of the college family As a Homecoming Project, mem bers of the Ivy Leaf Club decorat ed a portion of the lawn in front of the H. L. Cook Dining Hall wel coming alumni and friends to our Homecoming. During the week of November 7-13, members of the Ivy Leaf Club collected food and money for a needy family for Thanksgiving which is an annual project. Plans for Ivy Leaf activities are in the making. We’ll keep you posted. —Louise Harrison, reporter GRANDMA... (Continued from Page 3) Grandma was terribly afraid to ride in very fast in cars. One day Cousin John took us to get some tobacco plants and he had been drinking. Grandma was so afraid that it was pathetic. He was go ing down the highway with his eyes closed, not regarding rules or regulations. Occasionally he would look around at Grandma and say, “Say Betsy, are you afraid? Now don’t be scared, Old John has con trol.” Grandma would almost go into hysterics. She made a vow that she would never go riding with him again. “Children, don’t ever drink, for it ruins the soul. Look at John. He could have been the best teacher in this neighborhood had he w£inted. You know how his mother and daddy worked to send him to school and made sacrifices for him to have everything he wanted. Now look at him; the drunkard isn’t worth two cents. I never want to see any of you in his condition. Pro mise me you won’t drink, please?” She would give us this lesson in morals, and it proved worthwhile. To this day neither my brother, sister, nor I have ever drunk. We feel that we owe this to Grand ma as well as ourselves. Grandma is gone now; God rest her soul. I try to think of her lessons in “right and wrong” each time I am tempted to go wrong. When I am feeling despondent, I think of her courage and hopes for our future success. I love her even now, and her words of cour age wiU live with me forever. —^Betsy Currie
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