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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
April 21, 1950
NEWS LETTER
Published Monthly by
State Teachers College News Press Club
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
STAFF
Adviser C. Mitchell
Reporter Myrtle Borden
Editor-In-Chief Nellie R. Drew
, X (Bessie Holmes
Associate Editors _
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^ ^ (Thomas Basnight
Sports Editors j Hinton
Society Editor Alberta James
Art Editor Sterling Perry
Columnist Jesse Clay
Photographer — Rufus Underwood
Copyreader Iris PrancIS
Exchange Editor Joseph Barber
Typist Elizabeth Jefferson
THIRD QTJARTEB THINKING
It’s here again, that eventful
and fateful third quarter. How
many of us remember what our
President often says? It is this:
“Can you truthfully say that you
have done the best that you can
do?” Maybe when we look at the
past quarter we cannot say it now,
but let’s be able to say the words
proudly at the end of this quar
ter. One main thought will be
"class-activities,” naturally, but
there will also be other activities.
There will be the annual concert
by the College Band, the Junior-
Senior Prom, the Music Festival
honoring the Board of Trustees,
and Commencement. All of these
will add a festive air for the work
of the third quarter.
This quarter views spring with
a wholesome outlook through
which many steps toward prog
ress may be made. With faculty
and students working harmonious
ly, it will be one of the best quar
ters the school has seen in a long
time.
ABE YOU A DODGER FAN?
Naturally, we are ardent up
holders of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
However, I am speaking of an
other type of Dodger—one who
dodges balls that come his way
in the form of problems to be
solved. Suppose the world were
full of dodgers, progress would be
at a standstill. The Inellectual ca
pacities woula never be taxed;
therefore situations that waited
to be solved would never find solu
tion. Take your place at the bat
and see if you are classified as a
striker, a bunter, or a home-run-
ner.
A striker is a person, who, each
time he takes the bat, strikes out.
He not only takes one strike, but
three or more, and he is entirely
incapable of hitting that ball in
the face.
A bunter is a person who takes
his place at bat with the instru
ment for batting deceptively
placed so that the onlooker will
think that he is about to slam into
the ball, but when it comes at him,
he lowers the bat and lightly push
es it aside. He does get off the
batters mound, but he does not al
ways make the first base. If he
does, he is insecure in the posi
tion he stands.
Maybe you are a home-runner.
If you are then three cheers for
you. Steadfastly you take your
place at bat, swinging with all
your strength, hitting the ball
square in the face, sending it
soaring out of sight, allowing you
to run all the courses safely and
enter home-plate victoriously.
Which of these players do you
see as yourself? To each of you
this advice is give, sight the ball,
think clearly, and swing.
WHERE ARE YOU?
Approaching our college cam
pus, one could conceivably come
to the conclusion that the school
is having a holiday. That is the
error that is sometimes made.
This luxurious idea is afforded by
the fact that so little of the stu
dent body is seen patronizing the
front of our beautiful campus. It
is inevitable that the drawing card
located approximately in the cen
ter of the campus, or college ac
tivity area will cause the suscept
ible crowd to inherit its premises.
This, however, constitutes only
about one-fifth of the students.
Where are the others? Dormitory
has its better points, but it should
not take the greater part of the
time that you spend outside of
class.
Let the sun see you sometimes.
A thing of beauty is of no use if
one finds no joy in the use of it.
Vacant benches can occupy space.
Progress should mean activity.
Look at it this way, too. Spring
is here and everything will take
on a brighter hue. This not only
applies to the birds and trees, but
also to young ladies, because it is
at this time that a young man’s
fancy lightly turns, etc. So, to all
the bears and pigeons that have
hibernated through a long win
ter, come out from your coops and
caves and take advantage of what
is yours. We’ll be looking for you.
LINES FOR LIVING
Feeling must be spent in action
Never let a thought subside
And not know the satisfaction
Know the moment it is tried.
Envy to man is what rust is to
steel
Creates a flow which even time
can’t heal
Envy devours like a hungry beast
Until the one who envies has the
least.
—o—
Some judge the man by clothes
A silly way, the good Lord knows
It is not clothes that make a man;
’They never have and never can.
Diggers, painters, butchers, teach
ers.
Clerks, and plumbers, priests and
preachers—
All must live as God Intended
If ever this broken world is mend
ed.
—^Nellie Drew
FOR OTHERS
For others, I live;
For others. I’m happy.
But for me I die,
For me I’m sad, O so sad.
I’m sad when I’m glad;
I’m even sadder when sad.
What has life for me, other than
friends
And a family’s love to make me
glad ?
Love and life? No. Love I had.
But it always left me sad.
Life? No. In life I’m a misfit.
I just don’t fit.
What in God’s world will happen
to me
To make me happy for me;
To make me live for me;
To make me get some of the joys
of life
That were meant for me and me
only?
—W.R.P.
COLLEGE HOLDS
(Continued from page one)
after 2000 years we have not been
able to bring aiiaut__£eace and
called our fundamental error an
interest in "things.” In answer to
the question: What can we do?
The college president advised stu
dents to be intelligent about so
cial and economic problems, to
have good will, and to be guided
by what is right.
In conclusion, Dr. Elder praised
the Founder who during his edu
cational career looked forward to
what was right, to what was hon
est and became a great example
for his students.
ARE YOU RUDE?
The Secret of Successful Showers
Well, suppose that Saturday
night hasn’t arrived yet, so what?
Let’s talk about showers anyhow.
Granted some of us don’t like the
shower and preferably bathe in a
pool of milk—^Oops! sorry, that
was Cleopatra’s day. I mean we
take a dip in Mother’s galvanized
tub. Please don’t blush so, you
country lads and lassies, city folk
do the same. But perchance you"'
should ever darken the shower or
the shower curtain, here are some
worthless—we mean kindly tips as
to your success. If you answer
positive, to all, you really shine,
kid, you shine.
1. Before entering the shower
you make certain that all doors
are left open so that your version
of “O Sol Mia” can be heard for
a whole block.
2. You drop your sliver of soap
and step on it, whereiipon every
one can tell what type of vocabu
lary you speak.
3. You can’t reach your back,
so you call Sister Sue or Brother
John to reach it for you.
4. When you are half finished,
the door-bell rings or the tele
phone peals, and with patience and
dignity you smilingly start down
the stairs in your robe on which
you trip three steps from the bot
tom. When you finally reach the
door, it’s the Fuller Brush Man,
or when you answer the telephone,
It’s brother calling to see if you’re
taking a shower.
5. You finally finish and are
ready for the towel, and you find
it has fallen and is as wet as your
wash cloth. Of course, this doesn’t
make you angry; you quietly rip
it to shreds and dry yourself with
the curtain.
If you can answer to these ques
tions In the affirmative, your suc
cess has been limited. I’m quite
sure. But even so, don’t give up;
please, don’t give up.
Next: How To Use The Tele
phone.
IF YOU TRY
If you try and then fall,
Don’t give up the ship.
Keep on trying a little harder,
You will make the trip.
If you try and things get harder,
Just keep on buckling down;
In the end you will win,
If you keep on trying.
■—^Luzlanne Edwards