Lettermen On Team
The Fayetteville State Teachers
College Bronco basketeers, minus
their star forward, William “Duke”
Lewis, who is in the armed ser
vices, opened their 20-game sched
ule against the Hampton cage out
fit on Friday, December 2, on
home territory. Six lettermen from
last year’s aggregation are back
in uniform.
Coaches William “Gus” Gaines
and Harold “Scotty” Scott will
build their current aggregation
around such performers as Ralph
Burnett, Ronald Kilpatrick, Don
ald Evans, John Morgan, Roosevelt
Wright, Sylvester Dobson, Richard
Woods, Donald West, Claude
Moses, and Examious Rogers, and
David Bluford.
Newcomers who are showing up
well include Ralph Burnett, Ben
Avon, Pennsylvania; James Dukes,
Rocky Mount, N. C.; Ronald Kil
patrick, New York; Claude Moses,
Newark, N. J.; John Sindab,
Marion, S. C.; and Roosevelt
Wright of Burlington, N. C.
Pre-Christmas games incli^de:
Dec. 15—Livingstone College—
here.
COLLEGE CHOIR
The Fayetteville State Teachers
College Choir of 70 voices under
the direction of Mary Terry pre
sented again on Sunday, Dec. 4,
1955, in Seabrook Auditorium, the
Christmas portion of “The Mes
siah” by Handel. Guest soloists
were Mrs. - Sylvia Allen, soprano;
Mrs. Huriwitz, contralto; Mr. Har
old White, tenor; and Mr. Anthony
Palmeri, baritone.
The Messiah is unquestionably
one of the greatest works of its
kind ever conceived by the mind
of man. In its pages will be found
music of both the simplest and
most complex nature, but all of
it is on the highest plane of in
spirational beauty. This work has
mov«U and thrilled more music
lovers perhaps than any other
choral work. The message of
“Peace on Earth to Men of Good
will” and the promise of a better |
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AL, HUBBARD (left) and WINFIELD COACHMAN (right).
world to come, embodied in the
text of this great work, and cloth
ed with the vibrant power and
beauty of Handel’s Art, are as po
tent today as they were 200 years
ago. Mrs. Payne, Lorna Pitt, and
Charles Rogers were the accom
panists for this wonderful work.
This year’s officers of the choir
are Dorine Malloy, president; Le
roy Horsley, vice-president; Doris
M c C 1 e a n , secretary; Elizabeth
Smith, treasurer; and Geraldine
Jacobs, Anne Perry, and James
Sneed, librarians.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS from the Omega Sweetheart, Representa
tives of the Student Council, and the Sigma Sweetheart. (Left to right
—Florine Williams, Leo Dancy, Mary Gerald, Charles Allen, and
Edith Walker).
Faculty Meetings
Lead to Formal
Opening of School
As in other years, a series of fac
ulty conferences was one of the
preliminaries leading to the formal
opening of the 1955-56 school year
at the Fayetteville State Teachers
College on September 19. This
year’s general theme was “The
Improvement of Instruction.”
At the initial conference. Dr. J.
Ward Seabrook, president of the
college, spoke of the importance
of “co-operative effort” in every
aspect of the year’s work and of
each task’s pointing to the institu
tion’s one objective—the prepara
tion of efficient teachers for ser
vice in the public schools.
At succeeding conferences ar
ranged by Dean Rudolph Jones,
six topics were presented for fac
ulty discussion as follows: “Pro
fessional Ethics Among College
Teachers,” by Mrs. Olivia T.
Spaulding of the Area of Social
Sciences; “The Rating of Teachers
- ..e yuaiie,
city of cities—New York City, ne
resided in Harlem with his moth
er, Catherine. There he grew up
with all kinds of boys and girls
of the Negro and Puerto Rican
races. His elementary and high
school education was supplied by
the city.
Upon graduation from high
school, he attended City College
of New York. He was enrolled at
City College from February to
June, 1945, where he received
credit for 13 hours. In Septem
ber he was on his way to Howard
University, Washington, D. C. He
graduated in June, 1949, with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in June,
1950. In September of the same
year he went to Northwestern
University in Evanston, Illinois.
In June, 1954, Edgar received his
Doctor of Philosophy degree at
Northwestern University.
His teaching experience was ap
plied at Alabama State College in
Montgomery, Ala. Edgar Allan
taught a summer session at Ala
bama State in 1953 during his
graduate work. Upon receiving
his Ph. D. at Northwestern he lec
tured and lived at Alabama State
in 1954 and 1955. He also had
time to join clubs and organiza
tions while in college in addition
to working to support his family.
He is a member of the Associa
tion for the Study of Negro Life
and History, American Historical
Association, the Mississippi Valley
Historical Association, and the
American Teachers Association.
Edgar enjoys classical musics, de
bates, and is a rabid fan of sports.
At the present he is advisor to the
freshman class, advisor to the Gil-
reath Club, chaperon at the week
ly movies on the campus, and
head of the Area of Social Science.
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege is lucky to have such a hand
some young man of 27. He has a
lovely wife and son, Edgar, Jr.
Edgar and his family live in Vance
Hall here on the campus. GUESS
WHO?? Doctor Edgar Allan Top-
pin.!
—John Reavis
.rUKiCK
by Students,” by Edward W. Har
grave of the Area of Social Sci
ences; and “Audio-Visual Aids in
the Improvement of Instruction,”
by Daniel A. Williams of the Area
of Health and Physical Education.
Lafayette Parker of the Area of
Education talked from the topic,
“Tests and Examinations as
Teaching Devices”; Librarian Ma
mie Wilkerson used as her topic,
“The Place of the Library in Col
lege Instruction”; and John W.
Parker of the Area of English dis
cussed “Cooperation in the Teach
ing of School Subjects with Spe
cial Reference to Written Com
position.”
QUESTION: “How Will F.S.T.C.
Measure Up in An Integrated So
ciety?”
It is my belief that the majority
of the graduates of F.S.T.C. will
more than hold their own in an
integrated society. As of now we
have graduates teaching in many
northern cities and our graduates
are taking and passing many com
petitive examinations which per
mit them to get good jobs work
ing for the government. With the
type of training we receive here,
I believe that F.S.T.C. graduates
will measure up with anyone in
an integrated society.
—Kenneth Slade
I think Fayetteville State Teach
ers College students would mea
sure up in an integrated society
if we would but cultivate in our
selves a desire to put our best
foot forward in everything we
undertake. The first thing we must
do in integrating into a new so
ciety is to prepare ourselves in
tellectually, socially, and morally
for keen competition.
If we heed all warnings coming
from our president and instruc
tors, I am sure we will stand our
ground in an integrated society.
—Virginia Newkirk
I think the students at F.S.T.C.
will be at a standstill in an inte
grated society. A cloud of fear
will engulf the minds of the stu
dents and paralyze them in a well
of dispair. We will be afraid to
speak out whether we are right or
wrong. Your mistakes cannot be
corrected if you keep them to
yourselves. We lack that basic
emotion of self-confidence. I think
the students are developing atti
tudes that will lead to readiness
for integration, but it will be a
slow process. We have the ability
and the inner urge to strive for an
integrated society, but, more than
anything else, I think we need
careful guidance.
—Dorine Malloy
QUESTION: “How Can We Im
prove the Tone of Our Campus?”
One of the best ways to improve
the tone of this campus would be
for all of us to show more con
sideration for each other in the
countless little ways that reflect
our basic attitudes toward one an
other. The friendly greeting in
passing, the cheerful “excuse me”
when bumping into someone, and
the holding of a door for the next
person are among the small ways
we can show that we are all one
happy family rather than a chance
grouping of strangers who merely
tolerate each other.
—Dr. E. A. Toppin
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FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
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