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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
NOVEMBER 19«
THE NEWS LETTER
Published Monthly by
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
EDITORIAL STAFF
Evelyn Richardson Katie C. Powell
Carolyn A. Billups Lucy E. Montague
Charlotte Reid Mabel L. Gavin
Sarah M. Pelham, Editor
Mrs. Maude Jones Sykes, Alumni Sec'y
Mrs. Margaret E. Williams, Sponsor
Subscription Rates: 15 Cents Per Copy
SI.00 Per 8 Months
Elizabeth City, N. C., November 1944
Three Centuries of
Thanksgiving
This very year we are carry
ing out tiie traditions wliich
were set vip three hundred and
more years ago. A governor
named Bradford said to his peo
ple, after a period of suffering
and privation, “We have sur-
\’ived cold and hardship. Let
us give thanks.” Nearly a hun
dred and fifty years later the
father of our country turned to
the Utrited States—only thirteen
colonies—and said, “Let us give
thanks." Likewise, nearly eighty-
one years later, the noble “Abe
Lincoln” said to a nation di
vided among itself, “Let us give
thanks.” All of these great men
in our history chose a day in
November. Thus, we find our-
sehes celebrating Thanksgiving
day in November. Today the
whole world is in a turmoil, our
loved ones are dying on battle
fields, and although some men
ha\e lorgot the feeling of self
respect as a result of being push
ed around and not asked but
told what to do, we still have
something for which to be thank
ful. “I.et us give thanks.”
SARAH M. PELHAM
Editor-in-Chief
The Molding Period
Going to college should mean
to you more than just a place to
acquire book leariring alone, All
students are to get from their
being in college practical knowl
edge along with book-knowledge.
You are to prepare yoiu'self for
the many problems that you face
in the world of tomorrow. It is
true that many of us will soon
forget the principle that under
lies the conjugation of a '.erb,
or the principle of finding the
square roots of certain numbers,
biu will we forget the good and
e\ il tendencies that are gradually
de\eloping in our hearts during
these years of our life?
Did you snob someone today?
Are you as considerate with
Freshmen as you are with Sen
iors? Do you think that because
you are to graduate this year
that no one else is as good as you?
Do you not know that a careless
snob today may cause a good stu
dent to hate or even quit school?
Are you being true to yourself?
Think of these things. After
all, when one forgets that other
individuals have feelings just as
he does, something must be
wrong. Schoolmates, it is upon
just such little misdeeds, as these
seem to be, that our whole char
acter is based.
Interview yourselves today. Are
we being true to our fellow-stu-
dents? As one writer has stated,
“There is no stage of life fraught
with more danger or temptation
than school days, tor it is then
that you are in the formative
stages, and the habits you then
form and the character you then
build will stay all through life
and shape the world of tomor
row.”
SARAH M. PEI.HAM
Editor-in-Chief
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Comments on News Letter
We are hearing from some of
the Alumni and Alumni Chap
ters so we would like to hear
from you. I'he President of the
General Alumni writes;
Warsaw, N. C.
Dear Editor:
“The News Letter has arrived
and we are Aery much pleased
with this initial copy . . .
“We have a very fine Alumni
Chapter in the cotnity. We wish
for you and the College con
tinued success.”
'W^ith best wishes, T am,
Yoiu's \ ery truly,
Mamie L. Tinner
President of the Aliunni
Jacksonville, N. C.
I^ear Stalf Members;
I received an issue of the Col
lege News Letter. I must say I
really enjoyed reading its con
tents. Enclosed is a money or
der of one dollar for a year’s sid)-
scription. I will be looking for
ward to my receiving this inter
esting News Letter tnonthly.
\'ours I'ruly,
J. A. ^Vynn
New York City
Dear Editor;
“You and the members of the
Editorial Staff aie certainly do
ing a fine job. . . .
“Extend my good wishes to the
members of the news staff and
tell them to keep up their splen
did work. ...”
Sincerely yours,
G. D. Brandon
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Dear Editor;
Your News Letter is very in
teresting. I’hank you for it . . .”
(Miss) Frazier Creecy
Swan Quarter, N. C.
Dear Editor;
“Thanks for the News I.etter.
It lightens a dark corner here
and also brings back memories
of my good old days at S. T. C.
I am enclosing one dollar for
the subscription.
“Keep up the good work.”
Juanita Credle
Dear Altmini:
We had planned to print the
names, position, and location of
all the members of the class of
’44 in this issue of your News
Letter but we have not heard
from all of you yet.
Please let us hear from you.
Maude Jones Sykes
.Ahunni Secretary
Dear Connades;
We hope you have received
yoiu' October Issue of the New's
Letter. Each month we will
bring to you the news of the
campus. Yotu- editor-in-chief is
still Sarah M. Pelham, so if you
have any news that you would
like to ha\e printed please don’t
fail to send it to her. If you
know of any S. T. C. servicemen
who are not receiving their
copies of the News Letter kindly
send us their present address or
have them write us.
Editor-in-Chief
Sarah M. Pelham
Reconstruction at State
Teachers College
The facidty and student body
rejoiced when they saw that the
necessary ecjuipment for repair
ing the roofs on buildings had
come.
We will never forget the re
sults of the hurricane that passed
along the eastern coast of North
Carolina and parts of Virginia
on the fourteenth of September,
nineteen hundred and forty-four
even though we are recovering.
Unfortunately most of the roof
which was blower off Moore Hall,
because of the storm, W'as mainly
over the Auditorium. In spite of
this difficulty we soon became
adjusted to the situation, and
succeeded in keeping the same
date for our first Lyceum Artist
series.
Other buildings which are be
ing repaired on the campus are;
The I'rustee's Dining Room,
Laundry, and three of the Resi
dent Halls for women; Bias,
I^ane and Symera Halls.
The employees have been and
are still working patiently and
efficiently in repairing the build
ings which were affected by the
hurricane.
Health Lectures
On October 27, 1944 the
Health Committee, which is
composed of Drs. E. L. and W.
W. Hofller and Miss I). O. Omo-
hundro, presented to the student
body, in lectin-es. information
and adv ice as to structure and
care of oiu' bodies. Dr. E. L.
Hoffier was presiding. He gave
the previous accomplishments
and ftUure plans of the commit
tee. He then introduced his as
sistant, Dr. W. W. Hoffier who
outlined and discussed the
“Structure and Functions of the
Parts of the Body.” Next the
chairman presented Miss D. 0.
Omohundro, the school nurse,
who told us how, when, and
wdiere to cleanse each part of
the body. Her .subject was,
“Cleanliness of the Body."
No matter how much one
know's and hears about health,
an intelligent discussion of tfie
subject is always welcome be
cause one never gets too old to
learn facts which help to make
life more wholesome. Not only
must one learn how to become
healthy, but keeping physically
fit counts much more.
The lectures, in my opinion,
were equally as important as
class room work. .An academic
accomplishment, without good
health is in \ain. Of the many
organs of the body, each has a
specific function and we should
be able to detect when one is not
performing its dtUy. 'What could
be more beneficial than to know
how the organic structure func
tions and the results of its coi-
rect functioning.
The old adage “Cleanliness is
next to Godliness” still holds tiue
and it is up to us builders of the
world of tomorrow to “practice
what was preached.” ^Ve suiey
needed such information and a
vice.