ELIZABETH CITY, N. C„ NOVEMBER 1947
The Outdoor Oven
Fireplace
It is now realized that education
alone is not sufficienl tor tlie develop
ment ot balanced personalities. 'I'here-
lore. modern educators in setting up tlie
programs for schools, include facilities
for recreation as Avell as facilities foi
the improvement of the minds ot stu
dents. S. r.C’.. has alwavs conformed to
this idea. In keeping with this cus
tom. it has recenth constructed an out
door oven fireplace on its recreational
grounds.
I his fireplace is located in a grove
jirst beyond the athletic field and is
adjacent to a tennis court. Its loca
tion is advantageous in that the trees
provide cooling breezes in hot weather.
I his grove also supplies a forest scen
ery that will help to make picnics and
iveinei' roasts enjoyable.
The fireplace is a brick structure
v:ith a concrete foundation. The up
per portion consists of a chimney and
an ovoni which will facilitate baking
and roasting. It also has two grates
on wliich Weiners and the like may be
roasted. The bottom part is tlie fire
place proper where the fires are built.
-Mary P. Hill
Personality of the Month
Who Shall Wear the Crown?
"Miss Homecoming"
Miss Bettv Wynn, graduate of I. C.
Xorcom High School, Portsmouth, Vir
ginia. has been elected “Miss Home
coming” for the Sophomore Class. She
"as an active member of the choral
did) and her aliility as a cheerleader
"as a result of her high spirit and co
operation. She is using that spirit and
cooperation now for the benefit of the
State Teachers College Team. Her win
ning personality has enabled her to
make many friends and admirers. Win
or lose this contest. Miss Wvnn’s nro-
rale will remain the same. She says, "I
"ill do my best to trv to win, but if
it should prove that I can trot, I will
still have that VS'.T.C.' spirit.”
Hotel C.lerk: “Did you knock on
that printer's door to wake him up like
I told vou?“
-\ew Maid: “Ves sir. But he didn't
"ake ii|i, so I had to go in and shake
him.”
Hotel Clerk; "Heavens! Don’t you
know better than to go into a printer's
room?”
New Maid: “Yes sir ... I do now!”
, RE\’. DOLES
.-\iriong the best loved and highly
ap]:>reciated instructors of Elizabeth
C.ity State Teachers College, Rev. John
T'. Doles ranks high, not only by the
nature of his great work, but by the
virtue of a fascinating and unic|ue per
sonality, It has been the very great
fortture of the students of this institu
tion to have had his guidance for
twenty-eight years.
Rev. Doles, a native of Elizabeth
City, North C;arolina, is one of the in
structors in the Social StLulies Depart
ment and also director of the religious
acti\ ities ‘on the campus. He gradu
ated from Shaw I'niversity, Raleigh,
North Carolina in 1900 and since that
time, he has done further study at
C.olumbia Lhiiversity, New York.
Rev. Doles is a staunch Christian
and he makes no eflort to conceal the
profound and serious thoughts which
constitute his religious faith. In oin
\veekly praver meetings and even in
his classes, he caiuions us to realize the
fact that we walk up on the grace of
Ciod, we breathe it, and we live and
die by it and that it makes the nails
and avels of the universe. There is al
ways a wholesome, gladdening, uplift
ing power in all of his advice. He is
never so channing as when he points
the pleasures of a Christian life and
never so inspiring as when he speaks
of the mercics of God,
No estimate of Rev. Doles is com
plete that does not reveal two other
great ipialities of his personality —
svmpathy and understanding. It is by
virtue of these qualities that he has
u'on the admiration and respect of
the entire student body. There is a
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Cafeteria "Style"
We Have It?
.Somctliing new has Ijeen started at
Elizabeth Catv State Teachers College
—a new method in ser\ing food. The
purpose: to determine the best method
of meeting individtud needs aird still
remain within the budget. It is grati
fying to note tlie ap])areiitlv renewed
interest shown by the students and
people about the campus since we
have adopted the new plan.
Our plates are now’ served at the
serving counter piping hot, and each
person takes liis own tray, picks up his
food and moves to a table of his own
selection. I.ater, soiled dishes are taken
to a central spot for cleaning and the
routine of the meal is concluded.
This system is proving to be one of
the most impressive innovations yet
instituted. It lends prestige to the
dining hall and makes preparation for
more refined steps to be adopted.
Prestige is onlv a minor cause for
so many commending statements con
cerning this new set up; its useful and
beneficial advantages are also to be
considered. It affords an opportunity
for improved sanitation and places the
students in greater harmony w'ith life's
objectives and environment. Since
practicing this method, there have been
fewer complaints about food, so com
mon on all college campuses, and a
noticeable increase in students' ap
petites,
I think it is a desirable and appro
priate plan and an excellent step to
ward a regular first-class school cafe
teria for dining.
Yet in spite of all these advantages,
there is an educational feature lacking
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New Dean
Thought of The Month
Thought engenders thought. Place
one idea upon paper, another will
follow it, and still another, until you
ha\e written a page. You can not
fathom your mind. It is a well of
tho;ight which has no bottom. Ehe
more von draw from it, the more clear
and fruitful will it be. If you neglect
to think yourself, and use other peo
ple’s thoughts, giving them utterance
onlv, vou will never know what \oii
are ca])able of. At first vour ideas mav
come out in lumps, homely and shape
less; but no matter; tinre and perserver-
ance will arrange and polish theiri.
Learn to think, and you will learn to
write; the more you think, the better
you will express your ideas,
—G. A. Sala
DEAN WENDELL P. JONE.S'
New Staff Members
President Williams announces the
ad.dition of the following men'bers to
tlie college stalf for the vear 1947-48,
Wendell Primus Jones, dean of the
college, ,Mr. Jones earned his bache
lor's degree at Elizabeth City, his mas
ter's degree at Atlanta Universitv and
is completing a year of study at the
Cniversity of Chicago where he has
passed the preliminary examinations
for the degree of doctor of philosophy.
.\Fr, Jones has had wide experience in
the public schools of North Carolina.
Besides teaching in the rural schools
of Northampton Cxiuiity, he has taught
in the Newbold Training School at
Fayetteville State Teachers College fac
ulty. After serving three years in the
army, he was employed l)v the Eliza
beth City State Teachers College.
Mr. Jo;ies has had considerable ex
perience and training in the field of
college administration. At the present
time, he is studying on a scholarship
given him by the I'niversity of Chi
cago.
,\Ir. Taylor Sylvester Jackson, psy
chology and education, Mr. Jackson
expects to receive his doctor’s degree
in .August froiri the University of In
diana, Mr, Jackson holds his A, B.
Degree from the University of Indiana
and his master’s degree from the Uni
versity of C;hicago, For some 11 years
he was a member of the 1 alladega
College where at one time he served
as president of the .Alabama State
1 eachers Association. Mr. Jackson has
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