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THE VOICE
May, 1963
The Voice Staff
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY
Edited and Published by the Students
FAYETTEVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Editor Joseph J. Johnson
News Editor Robert Daniels
Feature Editors Verlestine Williams, Bennye McNair
Exchange Editor Roosevelt Daniels
Sports Editors Marvin W. Lucas, Marlyn Walker
Business Manager Philip Shaw
Circulation Manager Bettye Rankin
Typists CaUetha Matthews, Emma Coats
Photographers James Anderson, Theophilus M. Garriss, Jr.
Cartoonist Joseph J. Johnson
Student Government Representative Philip Shaw
Faculty Advisor Mrs. M. H. Scott
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Voice Scribes And Scribblers
Editorial
Have you ever noticed the intense briskness of an insect as it
goes about its daily activities? Have you ever noticed the incessant
alacrity and zeal of some of the students on our campus as they
pursue their special interests? Why don’t you take time out to
compare the two?
Basically, however, there is quite a difference. An insect lives
basically the same way as did its early ancestors; it thinks es
sentially the same way as its early ancestors. An insect’s life is
really decided before it begins to live. This predetermining of the
insect’s life is an act of nature, for it is nature that endows the
insect with that unique trait called instinct. A college student is
not guided by instinct. His method of living and thinking is funda
mentally a self-constructed decision.
If a college student does not possess “instinct,” what then, causes
some students to accomplish in such immense quantities? It is a trait
that is designed by many as “drive.” “Instinct” is regulated by na
ture, but it is our personal duty to determine the amount of “drive”
we should possess. We, as students, need to acquire “drive” in a much
greater quantity, for we must accomplish more in our scholastic en
deavors.
Let us regulate our “drive” so as to keep pace in an ever-changing
world. Let us prepare to live.
— The Editor
Concert Band
JOSEPH J. JOHNSON
The Concert Band of Fayetteville
State Teachers College is enjoying
an active and profitable concert
season. Among its appearances
during the past month were a con
cert at the Eastside High School in
St. Pauls, N. C., which was given
on April 18, and a concert at Mt.
Olive High School, Whiteville, N.
C., on April 24.
On Sunday, May 5, the initial
program in keeping with National
Music Week was the appearance ol
the College Band in the J. W. Sea-
brook Auditorium. The band, under
direction of Mr. Thomas B. Bacote
presented a varied program which
included such numbers as FOLK
SONG SUITE FOR MILITARY
BAND, R. Vaughan Williams; SEA
PIECES, Edward MacDowell-F.
Miller; VICTORY AT SEA, R.
Rodgers-R. Bennett; and SELEC
TIONS from “GIGI,” F. Loewe-P.
P. Herfurth.
Highlighting the program was a
special piano rendition of CON-
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JEREMIAH WOOTEN
Room For
Improvement
“We have achieved, but we have
not yet arrived.” This statement
was made by an instructor at my
high school last June, as he made
a presentation on Awards Day. As
college students nearing the com
pletion of a year of successful work,
we should be mindful of the fact
that there is room for improve
ment. Our future success depends
largely upon how we accept our
present achievements.
If we look upon our achievements
as an arrival at perfection, we are
likely to find ourselves becoming
complacent and eventially slipping
into the realm of mediocrity. Com
placency has dulled many brilliant
minds. Our rising scholastic fatali
ty rate may also be attributed to
complacency. Too many of us
reach our zenith prematurely.
Oa the contrary, if we take our
achievement as a mere step to
ward perfection, we wiU continue
to achieve and to improve our
selves, thus making greater
achievements. Greatness is not the
result of a single achievement, but
the Result of continuous achieve
ment. All great men realized that
there was room for improvement
and they attempted to improve
themselves, no matter how much
they had already achieved.
May we see the need for im
provement and strive earnestly to
achieve perfection through contin
uous efforts. This is the only way
we can make truly great pro
gress.
Distinguished
Visitor
Among recent visitors to Fayet
teville State Teachers College
Campus was Werner Titze, editor-
in-chief of Radio Suedwestfunk,
Baden-Baden, Germany. Mr. Titze
is in this country as a guest of the
United States State Department.
Kenyan Agents Visit FSTC
Among recent visitors to the College were Gilbert Karani, Nuku
Mungambala, and Leonard Ngure, field agricultural officers from Kenya.
They are among a party of 15 making a six-month study of farming
throughout the United States.
Bicket Hall
Bickett Hall is one of the oldest
buildings on this campus, but we
girls who live here and have grown
to love it are not going to let its
age affect its appearance.
The Bickett Hall Dormitory As
sociation is constantly on the
move. Recently, we turned over
the proverbial “new leaf.” We .';re
all trying to make our home at
tractive from bottom to top. Each
one of us is taking extra pride in
the appearance of our room and
the halls. Our reception room has
been attractively r.e arranged
Sometimes soft music on the re
cord player by such artists as Er-
roll Garner, Almad Jamal, Dave
Brubeck, Jackie Gleason, Duke El
lington, Oscar Peterson, Charlie
Parker, Count Basie, and Earl
Grant, to mention a few, enhances
our morale and elevates our qual
ity of music appreciation.
Although we are endeavoring to
improve our living quarters, we
have not neglected our minds.
Each of us is striving to become a
young lady worthy of the distinc
tion of being called a lady in the
truest sense of the word. To aid us
in this endeavor are our dormitory
directresses, Mrs. M. W. Mann and
Miss C. V. Mclver, and oui- senior
counselors.
A program has been started by
our senior counselors to help us
with problems that are common to
each young lady. Durmg dormitory
meetings the following topics have
been discussed: Dating, How to
Dress, Manners, Study Habit?,
Courtesies, and the Maintenance of
the Building. Through these and
similar discussions each one of us
has gained some bit of knowledge
that will be beneficial.
As Bickett Hall stands year after
year as it has stood these previous
years, I am sure sometimes it
smiles to itself about all the mem
ories that are stored in these
walls. No!, Bickett Hall will never
grow old, no older than the girls
who live here and the ideas they
possess.
BEVERLY VINSON, Reporter
Social Science
News
The Social Science Club was or
ganized on the Fayetteville State
Teachers College Campus on
March 11, 1963. The officers are as
follows:
President, Marlyn Walker; Vice
President, Jessica Henderson;
Secretary, Samuel Maxwell; Re
porter, Gloria Lloyd.
ADVISORS:
Dr. David W. Bishop, Dean J. C.
Jones, Dr. Odell Uzzell, Mr. Lathan
Windley.
On March 25, we were honored to
have as our guest speaker Mr.
Peter Magnus. Mr. Magnus is a na
tive of England and English in
structor here at Fayetteville State
Teachers College. His dissussion
was centered around The European
Common Market.
At another meering, which was
held on April 8, 196^, our guest
speaker was Dr. Alberto Fuente-
villa. Dr. Fuentevilla is a Spanish
instructor here at Fayetteville
State Teachers College. His topic
was the Latin American Issue. Dr.
Fuentevilla’s speech was very in
spiring and deepened our under
standing of the Cuban people. Be
ing a native of Cuba, he is well
versed on the Latin American Is-
:-:ue.
Faculty
Summer
Grants
This summer Fayetteville Statt
Teachers College wiU be represent
ed at some of the leading universi
ties of the country, as its teachers
study under fellowships, scholar
ships and other grants. Among
those already scheduled for sum
mer work are the following:
Mr. B. L. Fuse,
vteacher of Math-
lematics here at
IFSTC, has been
lawarded a Na-
itional Science
;;Foundation Grant
;to study at the
|U n 1 V e rsity of
iKansas the com-
FUSE summer.
Mr. R. P. Robin
son, Physics in
structor, is mak
ing plans to at
tend a Seminar
for College Teach
ers in Mechanics
a t Dartmouth
C 0 ] 1 e ge, Han
over, New Hamp.
shire, August 11-
30.
ROBINSON
BOND
Mrs. Cynthia
iBond, of the Area
lof Science and
IMathematics, has
jreceived a Na-
|t i o n a 1 Scienge
iFoundation s 11 -
Ipend to the Sum-
Imer Institute in
iRadiation Biolo-
Igy at Tulane Uni-
[versity. New Or
leans, Louisiana,
July 8 through
August 30. This course wiU be of
fered jointly by the Department of
Physiology, Medical School, Tu
lane University and the Atomic
Energy Commission, Oak Ridge,
Tenn.
Mr. Frederickii
A. Rodgers, In
structor of Geo.
graphy and Pub-^
lie Relations Di
rector, is sched-j
uled to continue!
study this sum-i
mer with the aidi
of an assistant-!
ship awarded byi
the University of®
Illinois. RODGERS
“Mother, what does ‘apt’ mean?”
inquired the girl, returning home
from school.
^ “Why, my dear, it means
smart’ — quick to learn. Why?”
“Oh, nothing much,” said the
girl arily. “The teacher told me
today I was apt to flunk.”
The 6th grade had just finished
its history lesson, and it was time
for a test. The teacher asked: “Now
what was the name of the channel
where the British fleet fought the
Spanish Armada? Hazel, can you
tell us?”
The little girl in the back of the
room rose and answered: “I didn’t
see it myself, teacher but I think it
was Channel Five.”
To See
BEVERLY VINSON
Dear God! Open mine eyes that I might see aU the things Thou has done
for me.
In these hours when trouble is here, let me know that Thou art near.
I know that mine eyes shoud be fixed to Thee, but 0 God I need heln
just to see! ’ ^
Sometimes I forget aU the joys of life, amidst these days of constant
strife.
Sometimes I forget and drown in my sorrow; knowing full well to leave
Thee in charge of tomorrow.
And, O God, if Thou will help me just to see, I’ll forget the sorrow and
glory Thee!