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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
April, 1945
How to Write a Letter
Or Advice for the Male
to Your Sweetheart—
Who Won’t Send Mail
(Taken From: Varsity Magazine)
"When it comes to letter-writ
ing, some guys got it and some
guys ain't ’—that's what Judith
Ellin, author and letter-getter,
knows from sad experience. But
in a recent issue of Varsity, the
Young Man’s Magazine, Miss
Ellin tries to remedy the situa
tion with an article-full of fool
proof suggestions for turning out
an effective, sweet-but-not-corny
letter to your girl.
“Forget about form” is the
first commandment. Ignore those
monotonous openers like, "I take
my pen in hand,” or “Well, how
are you, I am fine.” Dive in—for
instance, (says Judith in a flight
of fancy) “I hate horses. Once
I saw a horse beating his old, tir
ed driver . . .”
The point is, get going by writ
ing down anything that comes to
mind. Don’t move through a cata
logue of recent and future events.
Don’t worry about schoolish form
and style; be conversational, chat
ty, and natural.
In fact, says Varsity, to get
your idea.s, just imagine a con
servation between the two of you.
For example . . .
YOU: Hiya, Suzie!
SHE: “Hello, you! Glad to see
you again. You’re a wondreful
guy you know—intelhgent, at-
ALUMNI NEWS
The Willjaniston Chapter of the
S.T.C. Alumni Association met at
the home of Mrs. Clara Owens on
April 7, 1948. A large numbsr
of the members attended. Plans for
raising money for the Student
Loan Fund and the Scholarship
Fund wero discussed.
The Elizabeth City Chapter of
the S.T.C. Alumni Association will
meet on Monday night, April 19th
to formulate plans for a dance to
be given at the Elk’s Club. The
proceeds wjll be used for the Stu
dent Loan Fund.
Mr. Albert Hinton, past Presi
dent of the General Alumni Asso
ciation, now’ managering Editor
of the Norfolk Journal and Guide
spoke to the college students on
March 8 using as his subject, “The
Negro Press.”
George Hedgespeth, ’43, recently
received his Master’s degree from
the Atlanta University School of
Social Service.
tractive, .“weet—and you've such
nice hair. But it needs cutting,
baby.
YOU. I know. Getting one to
morrow—a crew cut , . . which
reminds me. Why should a crew
have short hair ? What if a guy's
hair’s in his face—he can’t see
where he’s going anyway.
You’ve got an idea! Write it
down, and take it from there;
you might admit that you don’t
want hair-in-eyes, because you
want a good view of her . . . but
you wouldn't mind some of her
hair in your eyes — right now.
What else can you write about
if the daily diary is currently
dull ? Well, says Varsity Maga
zine. try reminiscing — about
your youth, for instance. Recall
old experiences together, dates
you’ve had with her; it may be
easier to write the things you
found you couldn’t say. Specu
late aboun what she’s doing, whom
she’s seeing. She’ll love to read
about herself.
Above all, says Varsity, show
that you like her, that she’s in
your thoughts. If you can do
that, you're set. And without maj
oring in English, too.
WHAT’S WRONG
WITH COLLEGE
baseball?
Charming
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Felix
Morton, ’47, a son March 21, Mrs.
Morton was formerly Miss Wadie
Gay of the Class of ’45.
John Knight, Class of ’47, stu
dent of Atlanta School of Social
Service is now doing Field Work
in Washington, D. C.. with the Ju
venile Delinquency Court.
John H. Skinner, ’46, has re
cently received his Master’s de
gree from Columbia University.
Every year it is the custom of
Elizabeth City State Teachers Col
lege to select from their fine group
of young women, one to serve as
“Miss Homecoming.’’ This year,
as in the bygone years, the school
kept the policy and as a result,
S.T.C. came up with one of the
most beautiful and charming
young women seen “around these
parts in many a moon.”
She is Miss Beatrice Hardy, a
freshman from Ahoskie, North
Carolina, She is a graduate of the
R, L, Vann High School in Ahos
kie, Class of 1943. At R. L. Vann
she was a member of the dramatic
club, the glee club and also chair
man of the R. L. Vann Corres
pondence Club. Besides all of
these things, Miss Hardy was
chosen Queen of R. L. Vann for
two years. Miss Hardy has at
tended the Manhattan Dental As
sistant School in New York and
has worked for three years as
; dental a.ssistant in Portsmouth,
Va. We are proud to have such
,a charming person as Miss Hardy
' enrolled au a student at State.
(Taken From: Varsity Magazine) |
If baseball's the national pas
time—why has it fallen to third
rank behind football and basket-'
ball on the nation's campuses?
Why is it a dying sport at col
leges — played by few. and watch
ed by mere hundreds?
Varsity, the Young Man’s Maga
zine, asked these questions of Babt
Ruth, Branch Rickey, and Red
Rolfe (among others( in its April
issue. Their answers blame jt on
factors ranging from the weather
to baseball thievery. But let them
tell it in their own words . , ,
BABE RUTH
“What hurts college basebaO
is mainly the colleges them
selves. While they permit our na
tional pastime to lag on their cam
puses, football has received such
over-emphasis that one poll show
ed that the the average salary of
football coaches is 20 per cent
more than professors’ salaries,'
They offer college ball-players no
publicity, no scholarships, and they
rarely go out to hunt for high-
school talent.”
BRANCH RICKEY
“Varsity Magazine heard col
lege baseball put the blame on
organized baseball—but I've told
colleges that if they’d stay out
of the pro field, w’e’d stay out of
the college field. There isn’t a
pro ball club in the country that
doesn’t have written evidence—in
quantity—that some colleges have
induced talented ball-players to en
ter school. The boys are then kept
in college on such terms as wed
call profs’.syionalism.”
RED ROLFE
“Back in the days when I coach
ed Yale, I found no lack of inter
est in baseball. I thing the situa
tion today can be remedied—a™
so I'll use Varsity Magazine's coi-
um*ns to suggest these points to
college authorities:
1—Organize baseball coaching
staffs the wav you do in lOW
ball.
2—Emphasize games with out
standing rh-als, and invite certam
classes to have reunions on
dates.
3_Get better publicity for the
players and games.
4—Provide better uniforms and
equipment.
5—Support and promote the Nj
tional Collegiate Athletic Assoa
ation championships —
idea of a national collegiate c
pion stirs the imagination, an
revive public and student i
est.”