Vote — November
Statewide
Bond Issue
The Voice
Adele Addison
Soprano
November 15, 1961
VOLUME 15, No. 1
FAYETTEVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
OCTOBER, 1961
Lyceum Programs
At Fayetteville State
Teachers College
EVA MeEACHERN
Each year we look forward to
the wonderful Lyceum programs
that are presented here at Fayet
teville State. The first one of the
season was on October 27, 1961,
at 8:00 p.m., when Nelson and
Neal, America’s most popular
young two-piano team, brought to
this area a musical experience
that will long be remembered.
On November 15, 1961, at 8:00
p.m., Adele Addison, a rare artist
with a distinctively beautiful voice
and extraordinary musicianship,
will be featured here. Her com
mand of style is matched by few
singers of our time.
The Mitchell-Ruff Trio, who will
be here on December 7, 1961, is
one of the freshest and newest in
strumental combinations to come
along in a long time. They set up
a colorful variety of tonal quality
combinations and explore both old
and new frontiers of Jazz. This
group was the First Jazz group to
perform in Russia.
On January 23, 1962, at 8:00 p.m.
we shall witness the superb music
of the North Carolina Little Sym
phony Orchestra. The Little Sym
phony tours annually during Feb
ruary and March. Through its an
nual travels across North Carolina,
it brings the world’s finest music
to our schools and the public.
The last Lyceum program of the
season will be on February 23, 1962
when the National Opera Company,
founded by A. J. Fletcher of Ra
leigh, North Carolina, aims to give
_Uie.-JUjblic .j.n opportunity to hear
opera in English. This opera com
pany has appeared in most of the
States, and has given over 890 per
formances from New Mexico to
Maine, and from North Dakota to
Miami.
All of these programs will be
held in our J. W. Seabrook Audi
torium.
Coronation Of
The Queen
EVA MeEACHERN
PHILIP SHAW
Margaret Gore, a Junior of
Chadbourn, North Carolina, was
crowned “Miss Homecoming” in
ceremonies in the Lilly Gymnasium
of Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege on Wednesday evening, as the
students took part in the first round
of our Annual Homecoming festivi
ties.
A vast crowd filled the gymnas
ium to witness the rich pageantry
of the coronation in which Miss
Gore realized a coed’s fondest
dream. She is majoring in Elemen
tary Education and is a member
of the Student National Education
Association, Westminster Fellow
ship, Sunday School Choir, and
Pyramid Club, interest group of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Others participating in the cere
monies were Carolyn McCullum of
Clinton, North Carolina, freshman
attendant; Hazel Clark of Scotland
Neck, North Carolina, sophomore
attendant; and Ruby Hagans of
Rocky Mount, North Carolina,
senior attendant.
Homecoming
Rush
EVA MeEACHERN
Thursday and Friday before
Homecoming were filled with loads
and loads of work—preparing for
the Homecoming Parade. From
Thursday’s dawn until the wee
hours of Homecoming morning the
members of the Float and Home
coming Committees worked fer
vently perfecting even the smallest
details to make this Homecoming
a successful one
Behind all of this work is the
true instigating factor, the spirit
of our .students. There was a spirit
of warmth which made the con
struction of floats and the beauti
fication of them not a task, but a
pleasure.
At the end of the parade, the stu
dent body eagerly awaited the de
cisions as to what organizations
had the most beautiful floats. They
were; Williams Hall, first place;
Drama Guild, second place; and
Hood Hall, third place.
Bonfire
ADELE ADDISON
JOHNNY PERRY
Carrying on one of the college's
annual Homecoming traditions, the
students held a bonfire on Smith
Athletic Field on Friday evening,
October 20. There were many stu
dents, friends, and alumni that
gathered around the open blaze,
determined to cheer the football
team on to victory. With the aid of
the cheerleaders many cheers were
yelled by the crowd. This spirit
was continued by the crowd at the '
game the following day.
Fayetteville State
Pushes Forward
The Secondary Education pro
gram is expected to be in full
operation by the fall of 1962. The
program has as its ma.ior objec
tive the training of teachers for
secondary school. As planned at
the present time, the work is de
signed for teachers in the regular
four-year high school or the sen
ior high school. However, it is
hoped that the program may be
expanded to include training for
teachers in the junior high school.
The content areas in which such
training will be available either
as a major or minor are: English,
Biology, Commerce, Fine Arts,
French, Physical Education, and
Social Science. The professional
area will include such courses as
Principles of Secondary Education,
Homecoming — A Gala Occasion
Methods of Teaching, Educational
Psychology, Tests and Measure
ments, Pupil Development, and Di
rected Teaching.
The program will be based upon
two years of general education, so
that normally students will enter
the work at the junior level. How
ever, it is possible that some soph
omores may be permitted to enter
the program.
Such a program as this should
be of great benefit to Fayetteville
State Teachers College. Since there
is already in operation an accredit
ed elementary program, along with
a vocational program, the addition
of secondary education will further
expand the educational opportuni
ties here at the College.
Dr. Percy Young
Top — MISS HOMECOMING AND ATTENDANTS
Top — Margaret Gore, Miss Homecoming, Junior
from Chadbourn, N. C. Left to right — Hazel Clark,
Sophomore Attendant, Scotland Neck, N. C.; Ruby
Hagans, Senior Attendant; Rocky Mount, N. C.;
and Carolyn McCullum, Freshman Attendant, Clin
ton, N. C.
Bottom — FOOTBALL CO CAPTAINS
Left to right — Fullback Thomas Rawley, senior
from Mt. Airy, N. €., and End Percy Arrington,
senior from Nashville, N. C.
Homecoming
Parade
JOHNNY PERRY
Although the Homecoming Pa
rade moved beneath threatening
clouds, everything went according
to plans. Everything was beautiful
and everyone was full of joy.
Everywhere one looked there were
beautiful floats and beautiful girls.
There were about five marching
bands and more than a dozen
floats. The parade left Ann Street,
moved through the heart of the
city down Hay Street, down Hills
boro Street to Murchison Road, and
on to the Smith Athletic Field in
time for the kick-off which signal
ed the beginning of that most im
portant game of the football sea
son.
Homecoming
Dances
Philip Shaw
Saturday evening, October 21,
1961, was a very busy evening on
the campus of Fayetteville State
Teachers College.
The college family sponsored an
elaborate ball for the student body
in the Lilly Gymnasium from eight
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Voice Staff
Fayetteville
EVA MeEACHERN
With all of the current happen
ings in the world today, the greet
ing “what’s new” is fast chang
ing to “what’s news,” and the
good ole newspaper is becoming an
even more demanded means of in
formation and communication.
To increase their effectiveness
and efficiency in this area, the
members of the Voice staff, as a
part of their observance of Na
tional Newspaper Week, listened
eagerly to Mr. Gibson Prather,
Managing Editor of the Fayette
ville Observer, who was invited by
our College to speak to our student
body. Mr. Prather spoke forceful-
Fayetteville State Harvests Improvements
While Students Reap The Benefits
Visits
Observer
ly and informatively on the sub
ject, Newspapers and Why They
Are Necessary in a Free World.”
After listening to his speech, the
Voice .staff toured the Observer
newspaper plant, where under the
guidance of Pat Reese, a reporter
for the paper, they were carried
through each operation of the de
velopment of a newspaper. Each
function was thoroughly explained
from the beginning of the paper
until it is finally published.
THE VOICE staff owes many
thanks to the Fayetteville Obser
ver staff—for now they understand
that the process of publishing a
newspaper is not an easy one at
all.
SENORA ELIZABETH DIGGS
The law of probability says that
no two people think alike. How
ever, if we would stop and make
an inventory of the many improve
ments that FSTC has made re
cently I am sure that our opin
ions would not differ greatly.
By way of educational improve
ments FSTC has extended its cur
ricula CO include majors other than
elementary education and minors
in the fields of music, art, foreign
language, and speech.
We now have a new speech lab
oratory which is the most modern
approach for speech correction.
Foreign languages are being taught
by soms of the best instructors in
their profession. Also additional
faculty members have been em
ployed in other fields.
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