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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
May, 1949
NEWS LETTEK CoUgge Pkvers Present ‘Kind Lady’
Published Monthly by ^ O J
Published Monthly by
State Teachers College News Press Club
Elizabeth City. North Carolina
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Mildred Stephenson j
Associate Editors Paul Pruden
Cartoonist Robert Poole
Photographer Lloyd Sykes
Columnist Ida Gray
Sports Editor John Jackson
Reporters Sterling Perry
Joseph Barber
Exchange Editors Edith George
Evelyn Hodge
Nellie Drew
Copyreaders Herbert Henry
Carol Williams
Adviser E, H. Mitchell
Producing Friendship
The one thing that we as a
peace-loving nation strive for is
friendship or understanding with
other countries. There is one way
in which each of us may help bring
this about.
Many letters have poured into
this country from foreign coun
tries written by teachers and stu
dents over there. They want to
know about us, our democracy,
our standards of living, and our
attitudes toward education and
the rest of the world. In writing
to the average American citizen,
they are able to find out about
nur everyday living.
The United Nations Council of
Philadelphia believes that every
one seeks a means by which he
can participate in bettei' world
understanding, and that to do this
is very simple. One has only to
write a letter to one foreign tea
cher or student. The letter will
be careftilly matched as to age,
occupation, interest and back
ground by the United Nations
Council at 1411 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When
the letter has been received by
the writer, he will write directly
to the friend suggested by the
Council,
Writing such letters will aid this
nation and other nations to pro
duce the friendship that is great
ly needed in all parts of our
world.
Baud Scheduled for
May Concert
Gwendolyn Johnson ’51
The first Annual Concert of the
College Band will be given in the
College Audtorium on May 18. This
program is expected to highlight
the Band’s activities for the year.
Every member of the group is
looking forward to the concert with
liigh enthusiasm and is hoping
that it will be an inspiration to the
College Family and Friends.
Edith N. George ’51
On April 11 the State Teachers
College players presented “Kind
Lady”, a three-act melodrama
adapted from Hugh Walpole’s
story by Edward Chodorov. Mrs. |
Julia M. Hoffler, assisted by Miss
Margaret R. Porter, staged the
play.
The action of the play takes
place in the home of Mary Her-
ries, in Montague Square, Lon
don. The plot centers around Miss
Herries who, out of the kindness;
of her heart, has taken in a beg
gar. It is Christmas Eve, and her
faithful servant Rose advises her
against doing so. She ignores her
advice and admits him. In doing
so, she finds that he is an artist
who knows quite a lot about her
priceless paintings. In a diabolic
plot, Henry Abbott, the young art
ist, induces her to buy one of his
paintings, but in doing so she is
obliged to take into her home his
wife, Ada, and her supposedly
nursing child, who is in reality the
offspring of an Italian woman.
This was done to cover up their
plot.
After establishing himself, Hen
ry sends for his two friends, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward, who are in reali
ty members of a gang of picture
thieves headed by Henry Abbott.
They become the butler and the
housekeeper. The household is im
mediately taken over, and when
Miss Herries I'ealizes it, it is too
late. She is a virtual prisoner in
her own home.
Miss Herries is gradually being
forced to sign over her fortune to
Henry Abbott, the stranger that
she had taken in to live with her.
Left alone, quite by accident, she
tells her story to Mr. Foster, a
banker. Having failed once in se
curing help from Gustav Rosen
berg, a French picture agent, she
;.ucceeds in convincing Mr. Foster,
who in turn secures aid from the
police. She is thankful when the
police arrive.
The cast was as follows: Serv
ant, Bertha Sampson; Mr. Foster,
Wilbert Green; Mary Herries, Mat
tie Smith; Lucy Weston. Doris
Reid; Rose, Naomi Hagan; Phyliss
Glenning, Irene Chambliss; Peter
Santard, Elbert Hopkins; Henry
Abbott, William Price; Ada, Lucy
Whitehead; Doctor, William B.
Jones; Mr. Edwards, Paul L. Pru
den; Mrs. Edwards, Katherine Mc
Neil; Aggie Edwards, Gw^endolyn
Kilby; and Gustav Rosenberg,
James Riley,
Lighting ?nd staging were in the
capable h '.nds of King David
Crardal ar.;l Rufus W. Underwood.
while John Jackson was stage
manager.
Others in the staff included;
business manager, William B.
Jones; properties, Mary Bowden
and Beulah Henderson; mistresses
of the wardrobe, O'Neal Peele,
Marie Wills, and Mrs. Mattie
Welch;- make-up mistresses, Mable
Johnson, Minnie Gardner, and
Juanita Kenan.
THE
INQUIRING
REPORTER
QUESTION: Should we include
a course in Sex Education in our
school curriculum ?
With The Faculty
President Williams recently ac
companied Dr. Richard Weaver, of
the University of North Carolina
on a visit to several cooperating
schools on the Resource-Use Edu- ;
cation Program in this area. i
Dean Taylor S. Jackson has
been invited to attend a meeting
in Washington, D. C. on May 5-6
to discuss problems of guidance on
all levels of education. The meet
ing is under the direction of the
United States Office of Education.
Mr. William Muldrow of the
Department of Education has been
selected to aid in making a survey
of Guilford County, May 9-13. This
program is under the direction of
the North Carolina Education
Commission.
Miss Evelyn A. Johnron recent
ly served as Critic Judge for the
District Music Festival in Eden-
ton. North Carolina.
Mr. H. Leon Prather. Bard Di
rector, was chosen by the staff
members to be their delegate to
the North Carolina Teachers As
sociation which met in Charlotte.
Dean and Mrs. T. S. Jackson
also atter.ded the meeting.
Registrar Taylor E. Jones and
Coach J. H. Williams recently
.'■pok.e to the graduation classes
of Washington and New Bern upon
invitation of the alumni chapters.
Answer: Yes, because it would
uncover many fallacies with re
gard to sex and bring to light
some truths that would be valu
able in the future.
- -Mary Bowden
Answer: Yes, for many of the
youths on our College campus are
ignorant of the subject.
—Ruby E. Bibbins
Answer; Yes, to loose the foot
hold of ignorance. Many of to
day’s youths are afraid to ask par
ents and teachers for information,
and if such a course were offered
here, they would be told the truth
from reliable sources.
Willie Weeks
Answer: Yes, many mistakes
that are made by young people
could not exist if only the facts
were I'evealed.
—David White
Answer: Yes, because if young
people are taught the facts of sex,
there will be less frustration in
life, for about tw'o-thirds of the
frustratiofi is caused by families
and sex.
---William Price
Answer: Yes, but under proper
supervision and instruction; for if
not put under careful supervision,
this course would only tend to baf
fle the student.
—James Walker
Alumni No tes
Recently, chapters have been
organized in Washington, North
Carolina, with Mr. Robert Teele as
president and in Northampton
County, with Miss Sarah Pelham
as president. These new chapters
are enthusiastic about the oppor
tunities for rendering aid to the
institution.
Many alumni in Wilmington,
Warsaw, Burgaw, Goldsboro, Wil
son, Clinton, Fayetteville and Scot
land Neck had an opportunity to
enjoy the concerts given by the
choir in its annual tour of North
Carolina.
Mrs. Mayola Murrell, president
of the Brooklyn Chapter, has been
instrumental in making it possible
for the choir to give a program
in Brooklyn on April 21.
' The Rev. and Mrs. Richard A.
Councill, sponsored the choir’s
trip to Red Bank, New Jersey.
Mrs. Councill is the former Miss
Dorothy Coston.
Mr. Frederick J. Shields, Gener
al Alumni President, attended the
National Association of Alumni
Groups in Tallahassee, Florida, as
a representative of Area Four.