January, 1949 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
Page Three
Poetry Corner S'PO'R' T'S
Tlie Score Box
VIRGIMA
(Dedicated to Virginia Students)
There is nowhere a land so fair
as Virginia;
So full of song ond full of care as
Virginia.
Nowhere do birds sing so sweet,
And nowhere hearts so lightly
beat;
For heaven and earth both seem
to meet
Down in Virginia.
The sun nowhere shines so bright
as in Virginia;
The flowers nowhere bloom so
white as in Virginia.
And when my time has come to
die,
Just take me back and let me lie
Close where the Blue Ridge
mounts on high—
Down in Virginia.
Edith N. George ’51
I. i I
Percv Daniels
V'auders Swain
I’NNOTICED
In vain your small voice is but a
sigh
That cannot be heard however you
try.
Down deep in the dark you cannot
be seen
Without a small light to lend its
beam.
You stumble wearily ever on.
Trying your hardest to reach the
sun;
But every gleam you see woes
wide
To touch some others by your
side.
You say, “Some day my time will
come,
When this hard struggle I’ve fin
ally won.
When I can say whate’er I please
And sing with those who sing with
ease.”
But you say your day and then
are gone.
While the world and others sweep
grandly on.
They do not miss your small pres
ence at all;
They do not care if you stand or
fall.
Apply my sayings to life and
you’ll see
Days will go on whatever you be;
Unless some great deed you do
;^erform,
You il go unnoticed, and days will
go on.
Nellie Drew '51
All 1948 E.I.A.C. Eleven 1948 All-Opponents
iCortiru; . j.. P-’ge four)
John Jackson ’53
The coaches of Colleges which
constitute the Eastern Inter-Col
legiate Athletic Conference met in
December at Washington, D. C.,
to select players who made out
standing achievements during the
1948 football season.
Percy Daniels was unanimously
selected as “Best Back of the
E. I. A. C.” It was he who made
football glory in his great pass
ing and kicking throughout the ’48
season, and was given the title
“Mr. Guts of ’48.’’ He was a great
asset to the team in winning the
E. I. A. C. Championship for the
second consecutive year. When he
completed the requirements for
his degree at the end of the first
quarter, he was one of the great
est quarterbacks ever to be grad
uated from the Elizabeth City
State Teachers College.
Vanders Swain, a Junior, who
is Captain of the “Pirates” has
earned a berth on the All-Eas
tern Eleven for the second con
secutive year.
The players chosen by the coa
ches for the All-Conference Team
are the following:
Ends; Randolph Worsley, Fay
etteville; Willis Blue, Livingstone.
Tackles: Charles Munford, Fay
etteville; Walter Kindred, Norfolk
Division, Virginia State.
Guards: Vanders Swain, Eliza
beth City State; Edward White,
Norfolk State.
Center: Howard McAllister,
Fayetteville State.
Backs: Percy Daniels. Elizabeth
Paul Priulen ’51
In honor of those members of
the visiting teams who were so
fortunate, or unfortunate as the
case might have been, to oppose
the “Pirates of the Elizabeth City
State Teachers College, we, the
sports staff of the Newsletter,
who, incidentally, participated in
football, do select the outstanding
players as our All-Opponents
Team for 1948. These choices are
made on the basis of sportsman
ship, ability, and attitude toward
the game.
Ends: Willis Blue. Livingstone
College; “Jack” O’Kelley, Win-
ston-Salem.
Tackles: “Jimmy” Munford,
Fayetteville; “Skip” Kindred, Nor
folk State.
Guards: “Charlie” Coleman,
Virginia Seminary; “Spec” White,
Norfolk State.
Center: Howard McAllister,
Fayetteville State.
Backs: “Bobby” Harrison, Fay
etteville; “Frog” Roach, Win-
ston-Salem; “Shifty" Kelley, Nor
folk State; “Jimmy” Lundy, Nor
folk State.
These players were outstanding
in their positions. We take pleas
ure in naming them, and hope that
the Newsletter will make this an
annual feature for its sports read
ers.
City; Eugene Petit, Morristown
College; James Lundy, Norfolk
State; Wilham Harrison, Fayette
ville State.
Paul Priuien ’51
The Pirates of Elizabeth City
State Teachers College scored, as
an average per game, 21 lo points
or better to the opposers' 4 points.
This extremely high average for
a football team shows the power
ful defensive might as well as the
high scoring offence that the team
of '48 possessed. The season’s to
tals were the following:
S.T.C. 0, Winston-Salem 19;
S.T.C. 25, Storer College 0; S.T.C.
25. Livingstone College 2; S.T.C.
13, Morristown College 0; S.T.C.
74, Virginia Seminary 0; S.T.C.
0, Fayetteville State 0; S.T.C. 14,
Norfolk State 7. Results: S.T.C.
151 total points; Opponents 28
points.
An early season defeat at the
hands of the "Rambling Rams” of
Winston-Salem was the only loss
of the year for the “Pirates.” The
“Bucking Bronchos" of Fayette
ville held the “Pirates'’ to a score
less stalemate on November 20.
the only game in which the "Pir
ates” failed to score Confer
ence play. This game Which was
married by poor paSs catching
and costly fumbles was largely
the cause of the outcome.
A scheduled game between Saint
Paul of Lawrenceville, Virginia,
and the Pirates at Suffolk, Vir
ginia, was cancelled due to con
ditions not known to the sports
, staff.
' The season was highly success
ful, and we are looking to smash
every line in “49."
Attention All Pugs!
Paul Prudeu ’51
To those who have glass jaws;
Do Not Read!
Coach Russell Wilson is form
ing a boxing team, and he is re
questing that all willing and able
young men with “jaws of steel”
and “punches full of dynamite”
leave their names w-ith him, so
that the team may be formed as
soon as possible.
Heretofore, as soon as the foot
ball period has ended the young
men have forgotten athletics un
til the beginning of the next foot
ball period. This year, things are
going to be different. Coaches Wil
liams and Wilson have plans for
boxing, fencing, baseball and
track. These sports, like all oth
ers, will fail unless the young men
of the campus cooperate.
Let us go out and put these
sports over in a “big w^ay,” tak
ing as our motto, “You can depend
on us.”