The S. N. S. Messenger
Vol. 1; No. 1 Elizabeth City, N. C. - December 1937 Single Copies, Five Cents
GROWTH DURING THE PAST
FEW YEARS AT STATE NORMAL
Faculty News
FACULTY NEWS
Addivions To The Faculty
The clothes we wear do not
make the man; the house we live
in does not make the home; the
buildings belonging lo a school do
no, make the school. A school is
made fundamentally by the mater
ia. comprising the student body
and faculty.
This is a truth which bears di
rectly on the new era which is in
its infancy at State Normal
School. Numerous changes have
taken place at our school concern
ing bo h students and faculty, with
an aim at making better the cir-
riclum of this school which is to
train students on whom the edu
cation of the future generation
will fall.
Our school has been growing
rapidly in many ways. The facul
ty has been increased in size.
Where there were in 1934, four
teen persons actually teaching in
the Normal Department, there
are twenty-eight persons now.
Teachers are continually study-
tag in order that the newest
teaching procedures may be at
their command.
Up un.il 1937 the “B” certifi
cate was offered to graduates of
this school, but at the present
time each student will be able to
take a four year course leading
to the Bachelor of Science Degree,
which enti les each one to an
“A” certificate.
The quality of work at our
school has been improved. In 1934
all courses were prescribed by the
state; in the present set up, stu
dents may elect subjects which
they presuppose may prove pro-
fl ab.e to them in the future.
Courses are offered in Negro Lit
erature and Negro History, af-
i Wording an opportunity to know
■^ore about our own people.
This change and growth has
hot been without results. The re
sults have been so far reaching
that studen.s of places far away
have become attracted. We have
students here not only from
North Carolina, as would natur-
^‘iy be expected of this state
School, but we have s.udents from
New York, Maryland, Virginia
and Massachusetts.
In our student body we have
Painters, barbers, star athietes,
singers, actors and much mater-
for other types of work as sten-
I “Sraphers, speakers, and writers-
\ We are proud of our advance
a Normal &ihoql to a college.
^ We believe ^at as* ea^h year
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The following persons have been
added to the Faculty Staff of
State Normal School:
Miss Alice C. Washington of
Huntington, West Virginia, Home
Economics teacher; B. S., Hamp
ton Institute, M. A., Columbia
Universi.y.
Miss Evelyn Pope of Raleigh,
North Carolina, Librabrian; B. A.,
Shaw University, B. S. in Library
Science, Hampton Institute.
Mr. S. Alexander Haley of Sav
annah, Georgia, Agriculture
and Science teacher; B. S. A., A
& T. College, M. S. A., Cornell
University.
Mr. Mattew J. Whitehead of
Rocky Mount, North Carolina,
teacher of English Literature and
Debating Coach; B. A., Johnson
C. Smi.h, M. A., Columbia Uni
versity, Graduate work leading to
Ph. D., University of Wisconsin.
Dean and Mrs. S. D. Williams
were present at the dedication of
the Aimie Merner Hall at Ben
nett College in Greensboro, N. C.,
on December 4.
President J. H. Bias was guest
speaker at District Meeting of the
Parent Teacher Association of
Eastern North Carolina, which was
held in Rocky Mount, North Caro
lina on November 13.
FURTHER PLANS MADE FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SCHOOL
An Explanation
Needed
We don’t know why this hap
pened we think we could give rea
sons. It is a known fact that the
Negro race is plentifully supplied
with architects and skilled con
tractors. Why didn’t they respond?
That is a question we can’t ans
wer but would like to know how
it is to be answered. Well, it is
now too late. The bids have been
opened, contracts awarded and
our plans go on.
The board asked for bids and
figures to be submitted in a seal
ed envelop from the different
architects and contractors. Fifteen
men from South Carolina and
Virginia sent in bids.
The bids were opened on De
cember 6, 1937, and it was found
that Mr. Dietrich of Raleigh, N.
C., had won the bid for the archi
tecture work, and he will receive
five percent of the sum total to
be spent.
C. T. Russ Co., of Greenville,
won the plumbing contract.
Bagwell Plumbing & Heating
Co., of Durham won the heating
contract.
P. A. Loving & Co., of Golds
boro, won the general contract.
It was surprising to note that
out of all this money to be spent
on a Negro school no Negro arch-
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“WE NEED A BUS!”
Our institution stands as a
beacon light in this section of
North Carolina. Situated in the
far Northeastern section, it is our
problem to provide educational and
cuLural advantages for those who
live nearby. In our efforts to ren
der this type of service to the var
ious communities, we have been
greatly handicapped in previous
years by the lack of adequate
transportation facilities. Often
times it has been necessary to
deny our services to those who
have asked for them because we
have not been able to transport
,he large groups which they
wanted.
With the development of the
four year plan, we find it more
necessary now than ever to con
sider the problem of our trans
portation. We are cut off from
participation in the various com
petitive activities of the colleges
of the state by the expensive way
we have to travel. In this respect
we are quite unlike other colleges
for they are able to transport
their students easily and cheaply.
To be brief, Elizabeth City State
Normal needs a bus.
In recent years, we have not
made many demands upon our
graduates, friends, students and
teachers for financial help in our
projects. But now, since no funds
have been appropriated for the
purchase of a bus, we are asking
every one who is or who has ever
been connected with the school
to help us in our campaign to
raise funds for the bus. Such a
project undertaken by a few
might well fail, but it will be
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A week before Thanksgiving,
the Board of Trustees of this
:chool met to work out plans for
the erection of new buildings on
State Normal’s campus. A few of
the fac s discussed during the
meeting were revealed to the stu
dent body at our regular chapel
assembly.
The total amount to be spent
is $198,181. The State granted
$109,000 of this amount. The re
mainder was granted by the Fed
eral Government. The money will
be distributed as follows: $75,000
for the new dormitory for women
and an additional $10,000 is to be
used for the equipment of this
dormitory. $22,000 will be used for
the addition of eight rooms to the
present adminis.ration building,
and $2,000 for the equipment of
these rooms making a total of
$24,000 to be used for the exten
sion of our class rooms. The an
nexes will contain space for
Science work, namely; Biology,
Hygiene, General Science and
Physics.
The remaining $88,181 will be
used for building a new library
and to increase the fund for the
dormitory incase the $75,000 the
amount formerly allotted, is in
sufficient to complete the con
struction. $10,000 has already been
spent for buying land. $300.00 will
be spent for the improvements of
driveways and walks, $1,000 for
farm buildings, $2,000 for im
proving the campus ground. $1,-
560 has been set aside for buying
land adjoining the school.
The plans have been indorsed
by the Educational and Financial
Division of our State Departmen!'
Actual construction is to be start
ed by December 11, 1937.
GIRL’S BASKETBALL
As we bid football adieu our
minds are turned to another sea
sonal sport—basketball. Our first
intramural game was p’.ayed
Thanksgiving morning between
the Freshmen and Sophomore.
The Freshmen won by a score of
21-7. 13 points were made by
Catherine Goodall, who shows evi
dences of being one of the star
players in basketball for this sea
son.
On the whole all the girls on
the team are in good shape and
are anxious to make this year one
of the best in the history of the
school.