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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
Students to be Integrated in College Program
NEWS LETTER
Published by
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
NEWS PRESS CLUB
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Member:
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Editor-in-Chief Roland V. Bowser
Associate Editor Carroll Rodgers
Managing Editor Doris Flood
Feature Editor Esmeralda Forbes
Sports Editors — Alfred Marbley
Mazor Slade, James Godfrey
Exchange Editor Nancy Gary
Columnists - Rosa Ebron
Nina Perry, Elsie Miller, Lola Joyner
Johnnie Holloway
Typist — Queenie Ferebee
Adviser Mrs. E. C. Mitchell
Laxity
Students, often through no fault of
their own, become bogged down in
the complexities that befall their lot
and lose sight of their ideals. Such
is true of this campus. Vesper atten
dance is extremely lax.
As most of us know, it would be
very easy for the administration to
invoke a compulsory vesper atten
dance regulation. That, however,
should not be the case. People should
not be required to attend vespers, just
as they are not required to attend
church in the community. They
should attend because of their con
victions and the pride that they have
in group attendance.
Attention and Intention
From day to day on the College
compus we meet Mr. Attention and
Mr. Intention. These two men great
ly determine the destinies of those
students who enter and leave here.
They determine the failures and suc
cesses of those who labor here and
then venture to the world of work
and play.
Every student is here to acquire
the necessary tools for the effective
participation in the game of life, says
Mr. Attention. What he does here
will be reflected in the degree to
which he becomes adjusted to his so
cial order with reference to emotional,
economic, and spiritual attainments.
The only way to acquire these essen
tials is through constant effort on
his part to take from the College tlie
instruments which he needs.
Mr. Intention now asks, since the
student knows what is needed, “What
are you going to do?” “Will you get
from this school what it has to of
fer?” “Will every effort be directed
toward building a better self?” or
“Are you going to be content just to
pass through with no consciousness of
purpose and therefore lose the true
objective of education?”
Have you met Mr. Attention and
Mr. Intention?
WHAT DOES STALIN’S
DEATH MEAN
Everybody has been expressing an
opinion as to just what the meaning
of the death of Stalin may be to the
world.
Yet nobody knows, not even those
in the Kremlin who have succeeded
In a recent memorandum to stu
dent leaders, President S. D. Williams
has indicated his desire for enlarged
participation by students in several
committees affecting the college pro
gram.
A brief summary of the purposes
and functions of these committees is
as follows:
Evaluation—to make a thorough
study of activities to determine whe
ther or not they are consistant with
the objectives of the college.
Student Organizations—to set up
standards for membership, initiations,
and to encourage student organizat
ions, to foster worthwhile projects
which will aid in their development.
Religious Life—to seek ways and
means of making religious life on the
campus more effective.
Curriculum and Educational Pro
cedures— to make an appraisil of our
with communism is not now clear.
The idea that both Russia and Com
munism are bad has been translated
into a faith that but for the tyrany,
the secret police, the repression
directed by a very few men, the great
majority of the Russian people would
throw off the yoke totalitarianism
and embrace the western version of
Democracy. It is about time we stop
ped kidding ourselves about that; for
Stalin’s funeral provides evidence.
“The Associated Press correspon
dent, Eddy Gilmore, wrote:
“It’s a bitterly cold day, the kind
that makes the feel of the icy pave
ment seep through the soles of your
shoes. The sun shines, but the tem
perature is below zero. Moscow’s
wide streets near the House of the
Union are cleaned and orderly as the
lines of people converge.
There are all kinds of people on
this mission to the building not far
from the Kremlin, where Stalin work
ed and died, old people, young peo
ple, middle-aged people, children.”
Millions of people came to pay tri
bute to Stalin not out of fear or force,
but because of their love for their
leader.
Mistaken, misguided, deluded, as
we think them to be, nothing is made
so clear by Stalin’s death and Stalin’s
funeral as that we face a people who
are as devoted perhaps as fanatical
about their leader, their country and
their cause as any other people are.
The warning in the death of Stalin
is that we face millions, and not one
manthe old dead one or the new one.
We face people as fearful and deter
mined in their fears as are any Amer
icans.
THE FAR EAST CRISIS
In a recent assembly program, Mr.
H. Leon Prather gave an interpreta
tion of the Far East Crisis.
He stated that Asia is a strange
country with many pecularities; that
people are divided by traditions, re
ligious customs, and strange habits.
Russia can split or unite these forces,
if she can sway the East against the
West.
The editors of the S.T.C. News
Letter would appreciate “Letters to
the Editor”.
curriculum and procedures for the
purpose of determining to what extent
they meet the needs of our students
and conform to the objectives of the
college.
Social Competence—to make an
appraisil of the social habits of our
students and suggest ways and means
of improving them.
Improving Instruction—to discover
to what extent teaching and sustain
ed learning can be improved in the
college.
Student-Faculty Relationship — to
determine areas where relationship
and understanding may be improved
and what the responsibilities of each
group are.
According to President Williams it
is hoped that out of this planning
will come a greater interest on the
part of the students in the total pro
gram of the institution.
FORMER INSTRUCTOR GIVES
IMPRESSIONS OF INDIA
J. Saunders Redding, outstanding
scholar, lecturer, and author, and al
so former head of the English de
partment of the Elizabeth City State
Teachers College, addressed students
during a recent Vesper hour, giving
his impressions of a visit to India.
The speaker who was sent to India
by the Federal government gave in
a striking manner his views which had
resulted from observations of the peo
ple and the country. The point of
view, however, was limited to asso
ciations with professional intellec
tuals and pohticians. Yet Mr. Redding
believes that he got the truth, for In
dians seemed at ease when talking to
him.
Some interesting opinions of the
people are that the Korean War is
an American war and not the war of
the United Nations; that practices and
principles of America have been dis
torted; that China has been success
ful because her people are no longer
hungry. They do not understand why
billions are sent to Europe and only
millions to India.
Mr. Redding believes that the key
to world peace can be found in India.
We must constantly send people to
India to tell the truth about America
and also clean up our own house that
we may stand as a shining example
of democracy.
RARRI HERBST SPEAKS
ON BROTHERHOOD
On Monday, February 16, the stu
dent body heard a very interesting
and timely discussion of Brotherhoof!
by Rabbi Solomon Herbst of the Nat
ional Council of Christians and Jews.
The Rabbi urged students to study
American leaders for upon the foun
dation laid by them must be built
brotherhood. People who are concern
ed about brotherhood, said the speak
er, cannot let fixed ideas form the
basis for judgment. His challenge to
the audience was: Live together in
the spirit of brotherhood.
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BETA ALPHA NEWS
President of the Beta Alpha, Atlas
Davis, has released the program o(
activities for the spring quarter.
On March 1.5 the club will spoj.
sor the Vesper services with the Rev,
erend J. E. Trotman of the St. Ste
phen Baptist Church of Elizabeth
City as the guest speaker.
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Very soon the club will send let
ters to quahfied young men explain,
ing the qaulification for membersliip
and extending invitations to join,
The period of probation will be April
4-18.
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Miss Beta Alpha selected by the
club members during the meeting on
March 17 will reign Queen of tlie
Beta Alpha Formal on April 18.
The most outstanding freshman for
the school year of 1952-1953 will re
ceive the Beta Alpha Award on
Awards Day in May.
ROSES AND THORNS
Roses to Martha Coward for her
assistance as a nurse in the infimiar\'
during the flu epidemic.
Thorns to those students who de
liberately chew gum in class.
Roses to Mr. Taylor E. Jones for
doing a wonderful job as acting Dean
of the College.
Thorns to those people who are full
of “false accusations”.
Roses to Eloise Whitehurst, Dewey
Clark, and Shadrack Brown for theii
competent management of the can
teen.
Thorns to Jaunita Jackson for her
“quietness” in the dormitory at nights.
Roses to our “Pirates” for winning
the Fayetteville and Norfolk games,
Roses to “Pat” and Callie for be
ing the ideal couple on the campus.
Thorns to those students who do
not use their time wisely.
Roses to Agnes Shaw, Respie War
ren, and Alice Alston for representing
the school at the Y.W.C.A. inter-ra-
cial conference at Guilford College.
Thorns to our students for not tun
ing in their folders for the Band
Drive.
Roses to the occupants of Bias Hall
for their quiet dormitory.
Roses to Mary and Betty Tillery for
learning to play pinochle.
Thorns to students who do not
check out books from the library,
Roses to Sudia Dixon, Edna Hayes
and Mattie Shoulders for being Bid
Whist” champs.
Roses to “Mother Nature fo'
bringing us to the end of another
quarter.
Johnnie E. Holloway
NATURE’S BEAUTY
Colorful flowers bloom everywhere
Up and down the hill, over in
meadow.
Grass so firm and green —
Oak trees, pine trees deeply rooted ia
the ground.
Blooms of many colors paint the towO'
And oh, such beautiful designs in
color scheme.
Nature is the greatest artist
Man has ever seen.
—Luzianne Edwards