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THE VOICE
April, 1960
THE VOICE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY
Edited and Published by tiie Students
FAYETTEVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Fayetteville, North Carolina
STAFF
EDITOR Audrey Clark
ASSOCIATE EDITOR David McNair
FEATURE EDITORS Christine Williams
Catharyne Butler
Lorraine Manley
FASHION EDITOR Doris Goss
COPY EDITORS Martha Green
Catharyne Butler
Levi Montgomery
PHOTOGRAPHER Melvin Thompson
REPORTERS 1 Betty Boyce
Lock Beachum
BUSINESS MANAGER Jimmy Cummings
CIRCULATION MANAGERS Helen Baker
Lock Beachum
FACULTY ADVISOR Mrs. M. H. Scott
ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO VOICE
Mrs. L. C. Carter Mrs. M. P. Jones Mr. C. D. Sanders
WHEN ARE WE EDUCATED?
It was Mark Twain, you remem_
ber, who once wrote that he had
not permitted his schooling to in
terfere with his education.
Too often graduates think of
their education as complete when
they leave school. They are
through learning, now they will
start earning. Feeling that they
are educated, they become dis
couraged at their slow progress.
Nathan Howard Gist said some
jntcEfisting—things- (Jn .t^s, subject
which every graduate should pon
der: “Young folks, remember that
your school has not finished your
education. A few rough corners
may have been knocked off, some
foundations laid, but you are to
do the rest. And your life’s edu
cation is never finished. Through
the years you must grow, or others,
in this age of fast competition, will
outstrip you.
“Young people, accept life as a
challenge and resolve that you are
big enough and able enough to
meet the challenge and conquer
where others fail. The moment
you face life’s tasks in that spirit
you become a king and a queen
in your realm. You then become a
leader. People will recognize you
as such, look up to you, respect
you, and, whether you deserve it,
recognize you as an exceptional
person.”
From “The Friendly Adventurer.”
What A Good Teacher Is NOT
From the Heart of Miss Fayetteville Another Distinction
State Teachers College
1. He who keeps children de
pendent upon someone is not a
good teacher.
2. He who is so narrow in his
own mind as to think only his sub
ject is important is not a good
teacher.
3. He who believes his way is
the only good one, is not a good
teachers.
4. He who motivates the pupil
only to limited activity is not a
good teacher.
5. He whose goals or objectives
are dangerous is not a good teach
er.
6. He who gives pupils the tools
to work with and stops there is
not a good teacher.
7. He who squelches originality
is not a good teacher—I mention
this with reservation since we can
not allow originality without limi
tations—e.g. we cannot allow ori
ginality in spelling.
8. He whose main goals are:
to earn a monthly paycheck,
to wear high style clothes,
to see all the new Broadway
plays,
to read all of the recommend
ed best sellers,
to play the best bridge game
in the community, or to be
Mr. Jones in the neighborhood
—is not a good teacher.
—Hester Beth Bland
Don't Park Here
If We Rest, We Rust
Frederick Rodgers
Many years ago, an inspired
poet wrote the immortal lines:
Heaven is not reached at a
single bound:
But we build the ladder by
which we rise
From the lowly earth to the
vaulted skies.
And we mount the summit
round by round.
As we consider the words of
the poet we should also recog
nize that it seems to be a trait
of human nature to be eternally
on the lookout for a place to
park—not only one’s automobile
but one’s self. As we ride through
the streets of cities today we re
peatedly face the words “Don’t
park here.”
The foregoing statements hold
much truth for the entire college
family. They represent the mo
tivating force needed to avoid our
desire to park. As a motivating
force, “Don’t park here” has un
told possibilities. It offers us the
ever present reminder that by na
ture we are prone to park and
watch the world as it passes.
Graduating seniors, you owe it
to your Alma Mater never to park
as you go forth in the game of life.
Yours is the privilege and the re
sponsibility to give to your im
mediate contacts a feeling of e-
ternal motion—this is your charge.
Be ever reminded that this world
is made a better place in which
to live only if you make it so. As
my last words to all my classmates,
I say, “Don’t park here after
graduation, keep on the move to
ward your set goals.”
And remember, if water rests,
it stagnates; if a tree rests, it dies:
if our lungs rest, we cease to
breathe; and if our hearts rest,
we die.
Parts of this article were taken
from a speech made by W. Kerr
Scott.
HOW TO MAKE a successful
after dinner speech: hop to the
platform, skip the introduction and
jump to the conclusion!
My fellow colleagues, this is the
last quarter of the school year
1959-60. As Miss Fayetteville State
Teachers College, I can truthfully
say that my title has been worn
with much pride but all good
things must come to an end; time
ends my reign. However, it is my
desire that I have everything that
you would have me to be as the
Queen of queens; I hope that I
met your expectations. May your
next Miss F S T C profit by my
mistakes, for this college deserves
the best.
I am glad that this issue of the
“Voice” was published before my
leaving the positon as official hos
tess, for I would like to leave this
message with you; this message
comes from a speech that I made
in chapel.
How to Live with Yourself
A fascinating thing about hu-
manbeings is that more often than
not, we do not know the real rea
son that we do what we do. We
think that we know and we are
convinced of the motives for our
behavior.
Ladies and gentlemen, the whole
drama of life springs out of four
basic “I wants.” Here they are:
1. I want to live! How long? For
ever.
2. I want a feeling of importance.
Everyone wants respect, power,
prestige, admiration.
3. I want a mate. Everyone wants
and needs to be loved. (Unfortun
ately, more people want to be
loved than are willing to do the
thing.)
4. I want a little variety—change.
We hate monotony and seek,
through recreation and vacations,
to escape the sameness of our
routine.
At this point, I should like to
ask you a very important question.
If you want to know whether you
are physically healthy, what do
you do? You go to a doctor. But
if you want to know whether you
have a healthy personality, how
do you find that out?
Here are some indicators to
help you appraise your personality
and see for yourself how good a
father, mother, husband, wife, or
even a sweetheart you are:
1. Are you really happy? If your
answer is that you are miserable,
it indicates that you have a high
“personality fever” and are not
making the most effective adjust
ments to everyday problems. Hap
piness comes as a by-product to
effective striving for desirable
goals. It is never something you
can get directly. If your life has
purpose, if you set up desirable
goals and work to attain these
goals, then happiness comes to you.
It comes to you as a by-product—
your reward for good living.
2. Are you ambitious for life? At
any age, from two to ninety-two,
are you interested in life, love,
work, play? Have you zest for
living? Be ambitious for life but
not beyond your ability. Only tra
gedy results when one-attempts to
make an engineer out of a moron.
3. Are you socially adjusted? Soc
ial adjustment is imperative for
good mental hygiene. In the last
analyses, the insane are those who
can no longer get along with other
people. A person who hates people
and enjoys living a solitary life
is mentally sick. You need not be
a social butterfly, but you should
be adjusted to some group.
4. Do you have unity and balance?
Unity means that you are not torn
between choices, that all your
actions lead to the formation of
well-integrated personality and
orderly thinking.
Balance means you are mod
erate in all things, are not ir
ritatingly quick or annoyingly
slow. Balance means you do not
spend all your -time in work or
all your time in play. It means
you know when to play cards
and when to stop playing cards.
5. Do you give attention to the
present? We worry over the
past and the future—and no
consideration for the present. We
do not realize that what we are
doing now has a lot to do with
what the future holds for us.
6. Do you have insight into your
own conduct? Insight means you
can see into yourself and see
the truth. It means you under
stand the deep and real reasons
for your behavior.
7. Do you have a confidential
relationship with someone? Every
person—no matter how rich, how
poor, or how successful— needs
someone to confide in, to talk to
freely without fear of being dou
ble- crossed. In other words every
one needs someone—sometime.
8. Do you have a sense of the ri
diculous? That is more than just
a sense of humor. Beware of feel
ing too important. Remember there
is always someone who feels more
important than you do. The more
you smile, the easier it is to make
you smile and laugh and the
healthier is your personality. You
will not get ulcers that way.
9. Are you engaged in satisfying
work? Satisfying work is a very
strong and positive influence for
mental hygiene. Satisfying work
fulfills our innermost needs and
gives us a strong prop with which
to weather life’s many frustrations.
It supplies an outlet for oui- ego
needs and our creative interests.
10. Do you attack your problems
not make tragedies of trifles. Do
not shoot butterflies with rifles.
Life itself is very much like
climbing a slippery %lass hill. We
climb, and we slip; we climb and
we slip again. We all slip. Every
one has sorrow, tragedy, disap
pointment, and frustrations. But
the measure of a man—the meas
ure of you—is not whether you
slip, but what you do when you
slip. Do you pick yourself up and
go a little higher on the hill or
do you lie there and whine, or go
backward into illness, nervous
breakdown?
Never forget that happiness is
like a butterfly. The more you
chase it and chase it directly, the
more it eludes you. But if you sit
down quietly and turn your at
tention to other things, it comes
and softly sits on your shoulder.
May you live better with your
self.
Christine Williams
Miss F S T C 1959-60
Dr. Lafayette Parker, FSTC
alumnus and Academic Dean,
was recently elected Vice-Presi
dent of the North Carolina Teach
ers Association. Congratulations
from all of us!
The Future Alumni
The Future Alumni as in pre
vious years at this time of year,
were caught up in the whirl of
planning our annual chapel pro
gram and banquet preceding the
Founders’ Day Program. The
chapel program featured graduates
of Fayetteville State and their life
patterns through the years. 'The
juniors were inducted into the Fu
ture Alumni at our banquet, the
purpose being to build up interest
in the functioning of the General
Alumni so as to make them aware
of their duties upon graduation.
Joyner Hall News
Again, the members of the
Joyner Hall Dormitory Associa
tion greet the readers of “The
Voice” with the most recent news-
briefs of their interests. They can
be placed under two headings: Re
ligious and Social activities.
The Sunday School program
given in chapel, entitled “Religion
in College Life,” was presented
by the executive committee of the
association.
Our social activities included a
“Bohemian Dance,” given in the
gym, which was both enjoyable
and profitable. Social hours are
also enjoyed in the recreation
room of our dormitory.
We wish to extend our thanks
to our hospitality committee who
performed well their task in plan
ning and welcoming our week-end
guests who were as follows: The
Bennington Dance Group, Ben
nington, Vermont; The Johnson
Dance Group, New York City,
New York; and the Saint Pauls
Drama Guild, Lawrenceville, Vir
ginia.
Dorothy L. Graham
“I can’t get my report card
back,” said the boy to his teacher.
“You gave me an “A” in some
thing and they’re still mailing it
to relatives.
Three Down;
One To Go
Patricia Thompson — ‘61
What are you looking forward
to most as a rising senior? A
few of us have voiced our opin
ions:
Rosalyn Capel—“A successful year
and a B. S. degree.”
Minnie Hines—“A B. S. degree.”
Ledella Moore—“A year of suc
cess with plenty school spirit
and cooperation.”
Audrey Clark—“My ‘A’ in P. T.
and graduation.”
Ramona Hicks—“Doing my stu
dent teaching at J. W. Seabrook
Elementary School. Of course,
I’d rather go home to Lee Ele
mentary in Sanford.”
Willie Black—“To doing my stu
dent teaching.”
Jessie Crump—“Doing m\' stu
dent teaching and getting a B.
S. degree.”
Joyce Wright—“Doing my stu
dent teaching first semester, fewer
Vesper services, and a B. S.
degree.”
What arc YOU looking ' fbr-~
ward to YOUR senior year?
we look back over three years
here at Fayetteville State, we
ai'e able to recognize the one
thing we have learned—the re
cipe for a successful senior year.
Take a faculty of the highest
intelligence and mix with about
two hundred eager, ambitious
students. After blending smoothly
with good, informative textbooks,
add a well stacked library. Study
zestfully. On the side mix a few
football games flavored with lots
of school spirit and about nine
basketball games dashed with
socials and dances for savor.
Stir thoroughly. When well mixed,
place in a nine month school
year. Top with eagerness, ambi
tion, enthusiasm, co-operativeness,
friendliness, and determination to
go forward. '
When this recipe is learned and
used, a successful senior year is
inevitable. A student is fully pre
pared and can look forward to a
year of happiness, new experien
ces, and achievement.
The class of ‘61 hopes our suc
cessors will be able to look for
ward to senior year with the same
ardent spirits and desires as we
do, and be able to say proudly,
“Three down; one to go.”
While teaching algebra 1 . was
trying to stress the point that un
like terms cannot be combined. I
used fruits as an example and
asked, “You can add one apple
and one apple and get two apples,
but you can’t add an apple and
an orange, can you?”
Immediately a hand went up
and a boy said, “Sure! You get
fruit salad.”
Art Cassel, NEA Jnl.
A Great
Big Thanks
To Mr. Thomas J. Gavin for
his cooperation in covering; the
photography for this issue of
the VOICE.