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THE VOICE
January, 1964
The Voice Staff
Editor Robert Melvin
Associate Editor Melvin W. Lucas
News Editor Robert Daniels
Feature Editors Juanita McRae, Carolyn Council,
Verlestine Williams
Exchange Editors Roosevelt Daniels, Patricia Regis
Sports Editors Melvin W. Lucas, Marlyn Walker
Business Manager - Philip Shaw
Circulation Managers - - - - Bettye Rankin, Sherree L. Couch
TvDists Emma Coats, CaUetha Matthews, Verlestine
Williams, Naomi Blue, Josey B. Monroe, Mae Quick
James Anderson
Joseph J. Johnson
Robert Daniels
.... - Mrs. M. H. Scott
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Cartoonist
Student Council Representative
Faculty Adviser
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Letter From The Editors
Dear Readers,
Year after year we follow the same procedure in electing our student
government officers. For years, Grek-letter organizations have mono-
^lized the leadership on our campus. We are simply pomtmg out
f^ct that the “Greeks” are a minority faction at our mstitution. With
IMs in mind ask yourself the following questions; ^
1 How’many years have Greek-letter social orders dommated
2 ^ feel that the student body is being fairly represented when
onlv Greek affiliates hold office? , ,, . , ^
3. Does the political dominance of the “Greeks imply that the
other students are complacent? , .
Probably there is some justification for the Greek-letter dommance in
poUtfcal afiairs at Fayetteville State College. As you know, an average
^ 1 5 is required of a student campaigning for office m our student
Bov^ment. It is significant to note that this same averap is requ^ed
for membership in the Greek-letter organkations. Hence, the assumpUon
is that most of the students possessmg the acadenuc r^uirement for a
student government office are also members of a Greek-letter organiza
tion Yet we have students who meet all of the qu^ication^s, ‘Jo
belong to a Greek-letter organization but do not seek office m the student
^ It is beyond us how students matriculating in a democratic environ
ment can remain so complacent and so politically spineless.
Students we are endowed with certain basic rights and freedoms.
So if you oossess the qualifications required to hold office m oux st^ent
government, why not exercise your right to participate and strengthen
the political system at Fayetteville State College.
Sincerely yours,
Robert Melvin and
Marvin W. Lucas, Editors
Do You Know?
*i**Vir” nSto Mete^^ O^ra"House, now a figure
in the United Nations. . , ^
New Jersey composer recently commissioned by the New Jersey
Symphony Orchestra to write a choral work m honor of the State s
Tercentenary anniversary.
Current Metropolitan Opera singer bom in Mississippi.
Person formerly married to above star, also a famous singer.
Fayetteville State CoUege teacher in 1962, now in New York with
interests and opportunities centering upon drama. ^
Dancer responsible for the choreography used in Aida, the first
oDera given this fall at the MetropoUtan Opera Houes.
Concert pianist and author to whom Pope Paul gave an audience
Former^^usic department head of Fisk University and Tuskegee
Institute who did much research on our proud heritage in the Negro
folk son^s.
Coloratura soprano who sang at Fayetteville State College last
term.
Kaleidoscope.
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Count Down-
Blast OH!!
BEVERLY A. VINSON
The count down ;
has begun: 10-9-
8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0 —
Blast Off! The
hour is coming
for all who are
here at Fayette-
vUle State. By
this I mean those
final exams.
Time is draw-1
ing nigh for j
those exams and!
some of us have
missed the ROCKET, the
LAUNCHING PAD, and even the
PLACE where all this is to occur.
The rocket of education is AL
WAYS in orbit and, unlike other
rockets whose astronauts accompa
ny them, one must take off at the
count down (in September) and
catch it.
Exams are the earthly way to
explore the outer space of educa
tion. As the real rocket does, the
rocket of knowledge can lead to the
unlocking of truth. It can answer
the age-old questions and ask new
ones that no man has ever dream
ed of.
This is almost the end of the
first semester and “rocket” has
been in the planning, observation,
and construction stages. Now is the
real test. Ask yourself:
Have I missed the ROCKET —
or the LAUNCHING PAD — or
even the PLACE where this is to
happen?
If your answer is yes to all three,
then I am afraid you have to start
all over again from the blueprint
and plan your rocket, test it on
yourself, the launch anew.
It’s Ability And
Character That Count
ARTHUR L. BYRD
Far too often, there is a tendency
on the part of people to attach
significance to such incidental mat
ters as the identity of one’s race,
the condition of one’s birth, or the
color of one’s skin, and to sub
ordinate the basic consideration of
what one has to offer in talent and
character.
In the divine economy of God, the
distribution of genius is not con
fined to any particular group; and
the voice of history is eloquent
witness to the fact that very often
ideas wliich revolutionize human
thought and which add, immeasur
ably, to the sum total of human
progress, spring from sources least
expected.
A statesman like Dr. Ralph
Bunche; a scientist like Dr. Percy
Julian; a musician like Marian
Anderson; an athlete like Jackie
Robinson; a jurist like the Honor
able Thurgood Marshall; a busi
ness executive like Dr. Asa Spauld
ing —- to mention but a few — are
first of aU, great Americans and
outstanding personalities in their
respective areas of endeavor; their
racial identity is largely incidental.
The eighteenth century Negro
poetess, Phyllis Wheatley, was
right when she wrote: There is no
color in art.” the sooner his funda
mental principle is fuUy accepted,
the sooner mankind will approach
a realization of the blessed exper
ience of the brotherhood of man,
envisioned in the long ago by Jesus.
The plain and irrefutable fact
is — its’ ability and charatcer —
and not race — tha count!
FSC Reviews
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School Calendar-1964
_ J Final Examinations
January 28-31 ’msday-Friday FalT Semester Ends
February 1 Regiiration — Spring Semester
ItSlVy I lliesday V.......' V Registration - Spring Semester
February 5 Wednesday Classes Begm
March 26 Thursday 1-0^ P.M. — Easter Holidays Begin
April 1 Wednesday • ■ ■ ■ Classes Resume
April 1 2 Wednesday, Thursday Mid-Term Examinations
May 2?’ Wednesday Fmal Examinations
May 28 Thursday Final Examinations
May 31 Sunday Commencement Exercises
June 8 Monday Registration — Summer Session
July 3-4 Friday, Saturday Holidays
July 8, 9 Wednesday, Thursday Mid-Term Examinations
August 5, 6 Wednesday, Thursday Final Examinations
August 8 Sunday , Summer Sessions End
Basketball Change
The date for the home game
with A&T College has been
changed to MONDAY, FEBRU
ARY 10.
cause of the expanding field of
service beyond training of teach
ers.
Dr. Alfonso Elder, then presi
dent of North Carolina CoUege,
principal speaker at Cap and Grown
Day Program.
JUNE — Major L. P. McLendon, at
that time Chairman of State Board
of iHigher Education, was the Com
mencement Speaker.
The Graduating Class of ’63 pre
sented to the coUege $1,000 to be
used as an endowment for annual
scholarships for deserving students.
Three FSC basebaU players
made school history when they
were named to the all-Central In-
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Does Cramming
Pay Off
Last minute spurts may help, but
spaced-out study-time is more pro
ductive. The German psychologist,
Ebbinghaus, experimenting with
nonsense syllables (jum, kib, fam,
etc.), found they were more ac
curately learned by reading them
over and over. For example, 38
repititions over three days were as
effective as 68 repititions on one
day. Thus, two hours of reviewing
over a three or four-day period
should be more productive lian a
four-hour spurt at the last minute.
JULY —- The Aristocrats of Song,
touring ensemble, presented musi
cal program on FSC campus.
Dr. Melvin E. Moore, Jr., was
appointed Academic Dean of the
College.
AUGUST — State Legislature ap
propriates $3 million for the Col
lege’s building and renovation pro
gram.
SEPTEMBER — FSC gets first
iwhite student. Mrs. Mary R. Pohl-
mann transfer student from George
Washington University, is full-time
FSC student and secretary of Day
Student Organization.
More than 115 of the ’63 gradu
ates were placed in teaching posi
tions through the efforts of the (Col
lege Placement Bureau.
FSC received a $2,000 National
Science Foundation Grant, the first
of its type awarded our college.
This grant was secured through Dr.
Tyng-Tsair Chao, chemistry pro
fessor, to be used for the study of
hydroxylamine absorption by clays
and resigns and the absoii>tion
isotherms.
OCTOBER — Fayetteville State
Homecoming Festivities. Rosetta
Rivers, senior elementary major,
ireigned as 1 9 6 3 Homecoming
Queen.'
tercollegiate Athletic Association
Team. T&ey were Willard Cotton,
pitcher; Marlyn Walker, catcher;
James Whitt^, outfielder.
Students from FayettevUle
schools staged massive demonstra
tions in quest for desegregation of
local theaters and restaurants, and
for fair employment opportunities.
Dr. Charles D. Sanders, of the
FSC faculty, was aWarded the de
gree of Doctor of Education by
Oregon State University.
For the first time, our college
offered a NINE - WEEK summer
session. Workshops included
Graphic Arts, Arts for Elementary
Teachers, Recreational Leadership,
Speech Correction and Speech Ther
apy Techniques, Physical Science,
Reading, and Rhythm and Dance.
Tony Montanaro, noted pantom-
imist, appeared as FSC Lyceum
feature during Summer Session.
NOVEMBER — Annual American‘S
Education Week Observance. Fea
tured speaker — Dr. PrezeU Rob
inson, Dean, Saint Augustine’s
College, Raleigh.
FSC was host to approximately
1,000 teachers attending the South
eastern District meeting of the
NCTA.
The Kaleidoscope musical group
(was presented in song recital in the
J. W. Seabrook Auditorium.
Annual High School Day — Close
to 1,000 high school seniors from
throughout the state were guests of
the college.
DECEMBER — A special exhibit
of U. S. Atomic Energy Commis
sion, “Nuclear Energy in Space,”
was shown in the Taylor Science
Building.
FSC was placed on the qualified
list of the American Association of
University Women (AAUW).
Drama Guild presented Ossie
Davis’s “Purlie Victorious” as its
Fall Production.
Fayetteville State’s 70 - voice
choir presented its annual Christ
mas Concert. The brass ensemble
al.so appeared on this program.
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Jessica Henderson, a junior ma
joring in history, served as intern
in North Carolina State Govern
ment.
Fayetteville State’s Indoor Track
group placed in Metropolitan In
door AAU Meet in New York City.
These, of course, are not ALL the
happenings of 1963 here at Fayette
ville State College. Many more in
dividuals and groups could add
lists of additional accomplish
ments. But, all in all, it was a busy
year. And now, what of 1964?