STATE TEACHERS COUEGE LIBKAKir
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State Teachers College News Letter
VOL. XI
Ellizabeth N. C.. Fridav. October 20. 1950
Number 1
President S. D. Williams Honored
PRESIDENT .\PPE.\RS
BEFORE BIT)GET
COMNflSSIOX
President S. D. Williams ree?nd> ^
appeared. befc*e tHe Xortii CaFotizia C^OSCll JAObSrt -L. * 3,U^nil
iui«et OjiniiESKon seeking fnaii f« Called to .\rmed EoFces
■lioieQaiice jtvI for additioiKLl boiLl-
ioss for the nest two veais. Thete
were reqTiests for a eirb’ dormitory; a
ko>V danntiory; a student anion
which woold inclnde a canteen, a
city stadent and faculty krmee, a
teerccm and workshop. _\hraini and
pest rooms. Y.^1. and Y.W -C.A- qoar-
fcis: a swinmnna pool- ako Sl..-
100 for KAts for the athletic fiekL
The total coit of coastrrictioD is esti-
Robert I_ \ anghn. popular Coach
jnH Ph^^cal Education instructor has
been caDed to the Armed Forces.
As a high school athlete Coac?:
Vaughn was oatstanding. being a let
terman in both football and basket-
Kill After gradnatioa from Peabod>'
Hi A SchooL he entered Mrsinia. State
Tlie total coH ot coastracGOD is eso- ^ . » _i: _
j j. t CoDeae m his boine town of Peters
mted at -SSSIOOO, and the mainte- , ‘-r
Knee fond as S220-000.
If these requests are granted, there
win be many new de\Tekjpments oo
tile Campos. There is no hnnt to
borg-Virginia. Here “Lil Coach” again
was a letterman in the two pre-T03s-
ly msntiODed sports.
There was also another sport in
IDf % 1 jjtntr o mmu uuul w
which the iiBtitntion can and win go. which he participatei Fanning him
r^is writer has seen plans for new self as a better than average boser
loai and walkwa^^ and can safeh “Bobbie” as he was then kno»T». joj-
av that coostmctioa wiD begin very team to meet the
w». W-ith these improvements State fighting “Aggies” of A & T. Here
Teachers Colle-e wiD be one of the “Lil Coach” met a better than-ave-
aost beantifnih pianned institntioiB «ge boier. The oatcoroe was dis^
to be foond in the world.
0\ er 200 Freshmen
Have Orientation
troas. Being a man of wisiom in de
feat as weD as »ictor>', “Lil Coach”
then and there hnng np his gloves.
.\fter gradnatioo from Virziica
State, “Lil Coach” went to New York
where he acqrared his Master’s degree
in Ph>3ical Edocation at Columbia
L'ni>-er5it>'. Here he pro-.ed himself
a schcJar of no mean ability.
The first positioo that “Lil Coach”
held was here at our own State Teach
ers OJlege. a positioo he filled so well
A period of orientatioo from Sep-
fcmber 10 throog'i 14 was the begin-
■ins of a new phase of life for mnre
than 200 freshmen.
The program began wirii an m^iir-
ine adffress on the sol^ect; “To Live » jjumuhu ipc —
Is to Learn” by President S. D. Wil- it is with deep regret that we
see him go. Of c-ooise. we all know
that when the “Unde” c^Heth. we
liams. Vehna Wall a jonior then
spoke oo behalf of the studeot body _
to weicome freahm^ into the CoDe-ge m:ist aniwer.
fiiniK'. A guided toor of the cainpns EKiring his short stay here, Ul
(oDowed. Coach” woo the admiration and re-
On Sunday morning a rehgwoB pro- jpect of alL Tins in itself was no
gr^ was coodncted by Mr. C. P. minor accomplishnient. He worked
Kellogg assisted by Nlr. A. S. Powe.
f Mr. .Albert Martin pave an address oo
"TleHgioo and the College Stndeot .
In the afternoon a Receptioo was
^en bv President and \Irs. iDiams.
I It ’
was an enjoyable affair which wlD smooth-working, hardwood machme
be remembered by the new sto-
•lents. Following this the .\niioal Can-
dlehghtinz Service wa? held in the
Smnasinm. It was an impressive pro-
fram featuring Nlargia Burden a
freshman singing “The Lord's Prayer.
Preddent F) WHIum*'
Pre-Opening Conference President S. D. Williams
For StafiF Members Receives Citation
faithfulH with the football team.
\Mien football men speak of him. they
refer to him as “Lil Coach”. .\s bas
ketball coach, he took a group of
freshmen and molded them mto a
which w as secood ooK- to the “Migh
t>- Brooos of Fayetteville.” Champions
of the E-I-\.C. i
No token of aiipreciatioo grv en "Lil [
Coach” can show what is felt in the
hearts of all who know him. We who
Placement tests in English were ad- have profited greath' b>' his short stay
■tnistered oo Monday morning, after here wish him “Loads of Lnc-k
•hich the d*» was given an intro- while oo his “Uncle’s Mission. We are
^notion to die CbOe^ Library'. Later honored to pay tribute to ooe who
in a meeting held in the College .\udi- was not ool>' a “regular gn>' brt
•orhnn. upperclassmen representing who established himself as an ath-
etganizatioas and acti'Tties on the lete. a chnlar. and a gendemrtrT
Onipos talked to freshmen,
Registration for all freshmen was
in the aftenmoo. and in the esen- ^et a man take time enowdi for a
■ng there was a Get-.Acquainted So- 0^,^ trivial deed, though it be brt
oaL the taring of his nails. The bods swefl
Activities of Tuesday inc4nded imperceptiblv’, withoot hurry or coo-
•seakh examinatioas and talks 00 col- fosioo. as if the d»ort sprine dav’' were
hfe bv member^ of the Staff. an etermty,—Thnreau,
From September 6 through 9. the ^
Ehzaheth Cit> State Teachers CoOefS* j
held a pire-opemng cooferencr^ foe
members of the Staff in order to ac- ,
quaint them with the program of the
vear and to plan for the imprmemetit,
of instruction in the CoOe|5e. j
The opening sessioo begin at 10
o’clock oo September 6 with Presi-;
dent Williams presiding. Throosjioat
the day, several interestin? phases of
the work were di'cwvsed Iw Staff
members representing th- rhffrrent
departments.
On September 7. several edncatiirs
from the elementarv- schooL the col
lege. and the teaching field in aencral
participated in a program designed to
reveal the needs of the CoOege in
the improvement of teaching. The
theme. “Producing the Better Teach
er”. was discussed during the even
ing sessioo bv- Miss illke NL Jef
fries. Snpervisor of Schools in North-
amptoD County: Mis Helen Reid.
Critic-TeacheT. Bank Street SchooL,
EHzaheth City: Mr. Sherman \Mll-1
iams. PrincipaL L. E. TitiK School.
Norfolk; and Dr. Eva MitchelL In-!
strxKtor of Ednc-atioo. Hamptim In-1
stitute. Hampton. ATiginia.
President aitd Mrs, X^llhams enter-
tained at a Receptimi for th»- Staff iwi ,
Friday eveniiig-
The Pie-CoDferente closed on Ssit- ;
urday momina with general instmi -
tions from the Admiiristratkxi Staff to
the member' nf the FaiiltA
L>urins th«- jiihnMin C. Smith Coot-
mencement Even-ises in Jane. Presi
dent Sidney- D. ^\'Illiams was aw~arded
the boocrarv degree of Doctor of
Peda202>-. in revognitioo of his splen-
(fid -■T•'^ce^ in the field of teachinz
for m er -^O v-ears. The citation called
attentioo to the fact that President
\MDiams had served in the capacitv-
fif prinL-rpal of the high school de
partment and director of the stmmer
sessioo at Johnson C. Smith I'nrversitv
from 14-20 to !«*?).
He came to Elhzabrth Qtv' in 1^3I*
and w-as imde Dean of Elizabeth Citv-
State Te-athers Coflege. In he
was elected to the prrsident-v .
President \Mlliams K a graduate
of .\tlanta Lnrv ersitv-. and has done
furth»-r stiidv- at Cninmbia I'niversitv
and at th«- I’naversitv- of Chicajsn.
The greater part at his t-areer in
teaching has been spent in this state
where he particfpated in the training
of its teachers. Because of his snc-
cessfiil work as an educator, he has
been associatrtl with «-v-er>- pmgies-
sive program of edncation in Vorth
Carolina since I9SII. He has served
as president of the Xtwtheastem
Teacher* AvsiK-iatiofu'the North Car
olina Negn> College Conference, and
the N«wthe-astem District Schoolmas-
tf-Ts Cliih. Il« w-a> secretary of the
North Caroliiu Coogn^s of Colored
Parents and Teachers for 15 v-e-ars. He
rei-efved a 2ild medal for meritarions
s» Tvi»f' *rt thi' twgant7afi«w»
Teachers Cottages Near Completion
Four cijttages. ctnstmcted at appn>\imatel> are soon to be 01-
copied bv- nturied instructors of this institution. These attractiv-e. compact
hooses consist of five rooms: one bv-ing room, a dinette, two bedroooB. bath
ar>r kitchen. They are to be heated b\ electric aiitnnvatic. floor-oil he-aters.
There are hardwood flmr^ thitioghoi*. ewpt for the kitchen, and the back
pnrches are screened. ■ i- ■ .■
These cottages with white asbestiK siding oio ^nn rpti htimH. ado
gmrh to th*- hr-antv nf th*> colkg*