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Speaking For Ourselves
FAYETTEVILLE
STATE
UNIVERSITY
FAYETTEVILLE
N.C. 28301
Volume 34, No. 6
Dr. J.C. Moore, A
Great Inspiration
by Billy C. Hopkins, Jr.
News Editor
“Whatever you select for
yourlife'swork, unless you
have a very deep love or
spirit of dedication, you will
not do the very best job you
are capable of doing. You
must also have a love for
the student or you can't
teach him very much.” This
was the philosophy of a
man who was both a scholar
and a humanist. That man
was Dr. J.C. Moore, a “Great
Inspiration.”
Dr. Moore was a “Great
Inspiration” because he was
dedicated to his students.
He departed this life on
Monday, September 1,1980.
Every student who had the
honor of taking a class
under Dr. Moore was
stunned by his death. Many
of us lost more than a
teacher because we looked
upon Dr. Moore as a fatherly
figure. Wecannot repay him
for the inspiration he gave
most of us, however, be-
causewe loved him so much
the first edition of The Voice
for 1980-1981 is dedicated
to Dr. J.C. Moore.
On Thursday, September
4, 1980, an Encomium was
held for Dr. Moore in the
J.W. Seabrook Auditorium.
Dr. John T. Wolfe, Jr., who
heads the Division of
Humanities and Fine Arts,
prepared a very informative
obituary about Dr. Moore.
The obituary reads as
follows:
I sit here stunned,
shocked beyond belief. I
have just learned that. Dr.
John Moore, one of the
best friends I have in the
world has passed away. I
wanted to write this
because I wanted to say
some things to you that I
feel he would have wanted
said. I think I haveaspecial
prospective of how he felt.
Let me say first of all
that I am not a student and
that I am white. Let me
hasten to add that neither
of these two points
bothered Dr. Moore. We
were Friends; race,
position, status, had no
bearing. I last saw him just
yesterday. As always, so
full of life and energy and
happiness. As always full
of conversation about his
students and the new
school year.
He had a reputation for
being a hard professor, a
demanding teacher.
He was that way
because nothing he got in
This edition of The Voice
is dedicated to Dr. John
C. Moore who served as
an inspiration and model
for all of us.
The Editor
“Dr. John Clayton
Moore, Associate Professor
of Humanities in the Area
of English and Dramatic
Arts, departed this life on
Monday, September 1,1980
at his home at 521 Ramsey
Street, Fayetteville, N.C.
Dr. Moore joined the
faculty at Fayetteville State
University in August, 1975.
A true scholar, his demeanor
was that of a man of know
ledge. He believed in the
art of teaching and felt that
a professor’s job was “to
teach” and he did just that.
During his tenure at
Fayetteville State University,
he served on a wide variety
of University committees
and taught the interdisci
plinary humanities courses:
Music, Art and Ideas which
sparked his genius. Of his
work in the humanities, he
said, “We live in an age of
specialization and you can
get into a rut when you
specialize in one thing, but
if you can have some other
interests and know about
contributions made by
people of other civilizations,
it makes for a much richer
life and makes life a little
more interesting.” Students
and faculty alike knew Dr.
Moore as a “task master”
who sought only quality
when it came to scholarly
matters in the humanities.
In an April, 1978 feature
article ;n the student paper,
The Voice, the headlines
read: “Dr. J.C. Moore, The
Human Behind the Human
ities.”
“Dr. Moore’s dedication to
the humanities is reflected
in his academic training.
He earned his bachelor’s
and master’s of arts degrees
in music and musicology
from Fisk University. He did
further graduate study at
Harvard University and
Syracuse University where
he earned his Ph.D. in inter
disciplinary humanities.
Dr. Moore leaves with
those who had the oppor
tunity to be in his presence
cont. on page 3
A Letter To The Student Body
by Gene Hall
Project Outreach Workshop
Held At F.S.U. by Lillie Booth
life was free. John Moore
worked hard to get an
education at a time when
that was not easy for Black
people. He knew that life is
hard and cruel and
demanding. He knew that if
you were going to succeed,
you would have to be not
just good students, but
outstanding ones.
So he strived for
excellence as he knew you
must. He loved life and he
lived it intensely. I very
rarely saw him depressed
or upset. If he was upset, it
was usually at the
prejudice and ignorance of
other men.
Men who would not
listen to reason, men who
closed their minds to other
peoples feelings and
concern?.
As Adlai Stevenson
said, "Ignorance is
stubborn and Prejudice is
hard." Dr. Moore kept
hitting away at ignorance
and prejudice, not
violently, but lovingly and
with compassion; by
setting the right example;
never by hate or vindictive
ness. Doc never looked
back. He always looked
forward.
cont. on page 3
On September 24,1980.
Crystal Swain, Beverly
Burke, and Ervin Hester,
minority members of
television station WTVD in
Durham; Howard Clement
and Grover Bethea,
members of the Minority
Affairs Advisory
Committee of that station,
and Caletha Powell,
Director of Development at
Fayetteville State Univer
sity, sponsored a Project
Outreach Workshop in the
George Butler Little
Theatre on FSU's campus.
The approximately two
hour workshop was
provided for members of
the minority community in
an effort to establish a
Minority Affair Advisory
Committee in the area.
Crystal Swain, Minority
Affairs Liaison, hosted the
workshop. She pointed out
that "the airwaves are
designed for people and
what you see should reflect
you." She stated that the
viewing audience should
have some input as to what
they see locally, as well as
nationally. Ms. Swain
emphasized that the
purpose of the workshop
was to make the people
aware that television
stations have to be
concerned about what
minorities want in pro
gramming and to evoke
some response from the
people attending the
meeting.
The workshop included
video presentations of
minority programs. One
segment from Ervin
Hester's "Reel Perspec
tives" featured a handi
capped teenager graduat
ing from high school. Also
presented were scenes
from a documentary
concerning migrant
workers, and a view of a
black man that instilled in
others the desire to clean
up the community in which
they lived.
In one filmed segment,
Mr. Walter Norfleet, Public
Affairs Director for WTVD,
stated that he was minonty
affairs as being somethin j
special, but he felt that •
narrow slot will exist if
catered only to black.
Therefore, he emphasized
total community involve
ment. He stressed that
quality and entertainment
value are Iwo important
factors that have to be
considered in the pro
gramming.
Others interviewed in
the film pointed out the
importance of exploring
cont. on page 7
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After workshop Beverly Burke (news anchor woman
for WTVD channel 11) talks with students.