Page Two
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER
NEWS LETTER
Published by
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
NEWS PRESS CLUB
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Member;
Columbia Scholastic Press Associotion
Editor-in-Chief Queenie Ferebee
Associate Editors James Godfrey
Curtis Twine
Managing Editor Melvin White
Feature Editors . Dorothy Smith
Mary Gatling
Literary Editors Delorice Taylor
Mattie Seward
Sports Editors James Godfrey
Billy Hodge, Osie C. Robinson,
Yvonne Bland
Exchange Editor Ophelia Broadnax
Columnist Irene Exum
Art Editors Earlona Davis
Lonnie Davis
Reporters Elsie Sharp
Alelia Koonce
Typist -- Mary Spruill
Adviser Mrs. E. C. Mitchell
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
IN THE DINING HALL
BOOK REVIEW
WHAT ADVICE SHOULD
YOU GIVE?
Wliat would you tell the Negro if
you had the chance? Would yovi tell
him to observe more closely the signs
of the time, and to readjust his think
ing in keeping with the momentous
changes that are taking place so rapid
ly? Or would you tell him to think,
train, and act as an individual.
Perhaps you wold rather confine
your remarks to the social realms, and
tell him to try to develop a personality
and adopt an attitude toward his fel-
lowmen that will enable him to get
along with people.
No one has exjiressed so simply to
the Negro the formula for economic
security, embodied in philosophical
advice, as Mrs. Mary Bethune. She
states, and I cjuote, “If the Negro
would take some of his daily earnings
and learn to pay as he goes, this would
be a better world for him to live in.”
“Faith would take precedence over
other factors” said Ralph Jones, many
times in his numerous lectures to the
Negro, “for the lack of it can destroy
that which is good, and blind the soul
to the warmth-giving rays emanating
from the sun of hope.”
—Yvonne Bland
A BOOST IN SCHOOL
SPIRIT NEEDED
There have been severe criticisms
on the lack of school spirit.
Many students do not have school
spirit because they fail to know the
real meaning and value of it. School
spirit is the interest one lias in a
given institution of learning, the atti
tude toward its programs or activities.
It is the willingness of the individual
to cooperate in losses or w'ins in any
activity in wdiich he participates.
The person who has school spirit
is energetic, taking leading roles for
the benefit of his school. He is loyal
as a student of a great institution and
keeps his school in the limelight.
There is a great need for a revival
of and proper respect for tradition.
Our school is out front along many
lines. It has one of the most beautiful
campus sites in our area. It holds a
high scholastic rating, but it needs to
echo its school spirit. This can be
done through athletic events, dances,
and various group meetings on the
campus and in the community.
A little effort on the part of each
student can keep S.T.C. spirit high
even in the threat of defeat.
—Curtis Tw'ine
Manners and conduct in the dining
hall cannot be overly stressed. Part
icular attention should be paid by
every student to the following sug
gestions:
1. Eat in the dining room—not in t1ie
halls, auditorium or classrooms.
2. See that your hands are clean.
3. Don’t step in front of others who
have been waiting in line. Avoid
rushing into the dining room. Walk.
5. When carrying your food to your
table, pay strict attention to getting
it to its destination safely.
6. Never laugh at the accidents or
misfortunes of others, even if they
have a ridiculous side. Nothing
shows ill-breeding so purely. “He
who laughs at others’ w'oes, finds
few friends and many foes,”
7. Eat .'lowly and noiselessly. Avoid
talking when your mouth is full.
Take small mouthfuls, so that you
may talk without giving offenses.
8. Avoid boisterous talking and laugh
ing.
9. Leave your place in the dining
room tid>’ and spotless, with your
chair pushed flush w'ith the table.
Someone pushes into the head of
lunch line. Is that y o u? Someone
leaves paper napkins, silver, glasses
on the tables. Is that you? Guilty or
not guilty? If you are you can't think
too much of your school. After all.
doesn’t it make you just a little bit ill
to arrive at your lunch table and find
the remains of another’s lunch? Con
sider this: “Do unto others as you
w'ould liave them do unto you.” That
is the Golden Rule, and although we
can’t follow it to perfection, we can
go a long w'ay toward it. Don't forget
to give yourself a reminder, and pick
up those few' items. It’s for your good
and for the good of your school.
FASHIONS FOR WOMEN
SPRING BRINGS THE
STRAIGHT LOOK
The latest during this season seems
to be styles conspired to make women
look as slim and straight as a reed.
Not skinny, not shapeless—but tall
and willowy. A good example may be
found in a pull-over slithered down
over a narrow' skirt, worn with a
long cardigan jacket. The latter may
be lined with such fabrics as polka
dot.
The high necked jumper again
shows the w'illow'y look. It follows the
figure lightK- and softly while the
skirt comes out from the hips. These
dresses go from campus to suburb or
town and are used for any occasion.
The news in coats is the pale tweed.
It reaches to your hem and is of the
thinnest, palest material. It may be
just the tall slim loose shape with a
weave that resembles a knot or anoth
er that is so light it could be a dress
for those cool, spring days.
The complete look of the season
is the suit with a slightly or almost
casually fitted jacket and a skirt that
springs into plaits at the hip line.
There is in close partnership a slender
pull o\ er bowed at the neck and cuff
ed at the hip.
In this season of hearts and flowers
these styles are “tops”.
—Yvonne Bland
“Good Morning, Miss Dove” by
Frances Gray Patton has recently been
pubhshed by Dodd Mead and Com
pany.
In addition to telling a good story,
this enlightening novel conveys all
of the characteristics of a good tea
cher and a helpful citizen.
Miss Dove was often known as the
Holy Terror of Liberty Hill. Due to
her rigid rules children for generat
ions had to toe the line in her geo
graphy classes. However she was not
as invulnerable as she seemed. When
trouble, in the form of a spinal tumor,
struck her down, she was at the mercy
of the children she had disciplined so
severely. Many of them had become
the town’s leading citizens. What hap-
l^ened after this episode can best be
described by the letter “S” for satis
factory, the highest mark ever given
by the dreadful, wonderful, memor
able Miss Dove.
—Irene Exum
VACATION VALUES
Its not easy to shop around for real
v acation values, for many of the best
low cost things are never advertised.
Yet the secret of guaranteeing a new,
different, and exciting vacation is to
learn the many things you can do and
the places you can visit on the mone)'
you want to spend.
It probably costs less to see some
things, which you have dreamed of
than you think. For one thing thre
are many low cost tours originating
throughout the nation, the kind that
economical people buy for themselves
Some are as low as $5 a day for sight
seeing and meals.
Take these things into consideration
as you begin your holidays, and
even your summer vacation might be
evident. With the pleasant spring at
mosphere, you can make this vacation
the most enjoyable one in your career,
if you consider basic values,
—Alelia Koonce
CHATS WITH THE DEAN
Dear Students, I am a sort of mer
chant of good will, I am here in the
office to help you with your problems.
I keep a source book of information,
the College Catalogue. I am disap
pointed because you, too, do not use
it before you come to see me. My
tlieme for your four years here is:
W'ateli the Bulletin Boards and read
your Catalogues.” If you are not im
pressed by these entries I shall keep
repeating them as long as you know
me.
Some students have come to me
two weeks after Registration inquiring
about courses already listed on the
Bulletin Boards as cancelled during
registration W'eek. Whenever you have
to leave school before the quarter
ends, withdraw through the offices of
the Registrar, Dean of Women and
Dean of Men in order to get a with
drawal grade.
Make sure you signed a drop card
in the Registrar’s Office for labora
tory courses in W'hich you are no long
er enrolled. If you did not, you will
be charged for piano, art and other
laboratory fees.
You are entitled to free cuts to the
limit of the credits given for each
(See CHATS, ipage three)
IS IT YOU?
If you were to check this list
what would be your true answers-
You know better than 1, Is it reaH
you? Look at yourselves and see il
you fit these personalities. Check It,
see if you fall in the following cate
gories.
Do you gain all the infomiatioii
you can find to talk about you
friend? Do you speak the untnifh ti
get your way? Do you take no intaes
in yourself nor others? Are you alwar.
late for class? Do you cut classf!
frequently? Do you day dream wliei
the teacher is lecturing to you?
Why not strive to answer tlesf
questions positively, so that you cn
say. It is not I who do tliese tliiiif>
—Mattie SfwiiJ
THE MONTH OF APRIL
April is the month,
that brings our showers,
birds, bees and insects,
and beautiful flowers.
There is no other month,
that has its name,
nor :iny other month,
that can present the same.
It has the roar of March,
and the quietness of May,
yet above all,
it has the best way.
It’s never too cold,
and never too hot,
but just like we like it,
which other months are not,
April is our month,
the month of the year,
it’s April we praise,
for she’s witliout peer.
—Mattie Sf'vaiJ
OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITV
PRESENTS THIRD ANNUAL
TALENT HUNT
At P, W, Moore High School o:
March 9 the Omega Psi Phi Fratcra*
presented its third annual Taei
Hunt, I
Thirteen high school students o
Northeastern North Carolina ent®
the contest and gave to a capaa
crowd an entertainment unusual.
The winners were, first
mira E, Morris of R. L, Vann Hi?
School who sang “Apres un
(After a Dream); and second P»
James Burke from Edenton
School who sang Green Years,
The purpose of the program
stimulate genuine intere.st ^
and to help our youth to de\eop
tural and inherent talent,
Almira Morris, first p,,.
is a sister of Erlyn Morris, -
—Steriing Lf”®
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES ,
Prayer service dedicated «
uating seniors of the
was held on February ':>0
Brown as leader, ,•
Delonce Taylor, 8
speaker, used the parab e
ance. “The House Built on ■
as the basis for her discussw"'
she stressed the importanc
pro\’ing scholarship, j,
The service closed
the chanting of Blest Be
Binds.