May. 1955
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE \■E^^■S LETTER
Page Three
S.T.C. PLAYERS
PRESENT -CLARENCE"
The State Teachers College players
in their annual perfoniiance on Eeb-
niar\- 2-1 ga\ e to the College an e\en-
detemiined Norfolk State case fi\e ing of laughter, thnlls and good act-
SS-81 to capture the third straight ing. The uiiforgettable comedy "Clar
PR\TES ANNEX 3rd STRAIGHT
E. I. .A. C. CAGE TITLE
Trip Norfolk State SS-Sl
Coach Bobb\ ^'aug]lan s h i g h 1 \
touted Pirates of S.T.C. outlasted a
PIRATES OPEN BASEBALL
SEASON AT S. T. C.
Coach T. L. Caldwell reorganized
the Pirate's baseball Club on March
14th. wliich marked tlie first organ
ized Club since 1950. Coach opened
practice with eighteen players in the
E. I. C. Basketball Chamijionship. ence " was based on the novel of the Cl jb. Each player took his respective
The game being held on tlie Norfolk same name b\^ Bootli Tarkington,
State's home court was one of the The cast included Mrs. Martin port-
most exciting Tournament games e\ er trayed b>' Ethel Morings; Mr. \\ heel-
Bitnessed in E.I.A.C. competition. er. Robert Gregorv; Mrs. W heeler
\ packed house of 700 excited fans Celestine Wade; Bobby Wheeler. Ray-
were kept on pins and needles in the mond WiUiams; Cora \Mieeler. .\nnie
final half, as the reju\ enated Norfolk Ruth Bembr>-; X’iolet Penne>. Helen
position and has been practicing everv
da>'.
Witli skill and team work, the Pir
ates are hoping to capture \-ictor\'
o.er tlie Clubs they have scheduled.
The first game was pla\ed March
•2Stli. witli Shaw l‘ni\ersit^- Bears.
Dinwiddie.
Hubert Steni. lohn the victory for the Bears giNing up 8
hits and 5 runs. While Godfre>- the
loser. ga\ e up 14 hits and * runs.
ROSTER
Stale cagers stomied back to outscore Hargrave; Clarence. Joseph Pur\is; The Bears tiuned back the Pirates
the Pirates 46-33 in the second half nf
the championship battle.
The Pirates jumped on tlie Norfolk
Staters from the beginning like hungr.
lions and. hitting the nets from all
angles, ran up a conxincing 55-3.5 half
time score. Tlie Pirates attack w as led
by senior forvvard co-captain Harr\
Freeman and freshman guard Robert
Siimnons. who c-ollected IS and IT
points respectix el\' in the fast mo. ing
first half.
However the sec-ond half prov ed to
be a thriller as the “never sa\' die
Norfolk five came siu-ging back to a
clo5e iS-T4 sc*ore.
But the Pirates stopped the red hot
Norfolk c-agers b\- putting the ball on
Ice which proved to be a great stra-
getic play, and the Norfolk cagers
fouled consistently trving to get con
trol of the ball. The Pirates cashing
in on the foul shots mov ed ahead bv
'?'en points and that s the wav the
game ended, Norfolk State SI. the
E.I.A.C. champion Pirates S8.
Not only did we walk avv av with tlie
championship trophy, but we also
dominated the All-Toumm ent Team
b> placing three Pirates on the ten-
'"an squad. Pirates lieing given this
honor were: Co-captains James Greer
Md Harrv Freeman who were select
ed for the third consecutive vear. and
^ Pirates remarkable little i5'
Della, .Margaret Cole\;
Isaac Pamialay;
Miller.
The plav\ which chrected bv Mrs.
E. S. Bagley, was a grand success.
—Irene Evum
PIRATES YIELD TO
SHAW -BE.^RS "
The opening baseball game of the
season found tlie "Pirates' fighting
diliaentlv' but to no av ail as thev' were
l>eaten bv the Shaw “Bears by a score
of 7-5.
The "Pirates were held hitless un
til late in the final innings as the
rallv started. Blakey. Reddrick. Eree-
man. Greer, and Godfrey tributed in
bringing across scores.
Godfrev-. Southpaw pitcher, went all
the wav for the Pirates . Shaw used
three pitchers.
Seeminslv' the “Pirates are well
represented on tlie field . . . However
the consistent hitting of the Shaw
“Bears" proved the winning factor.
.jodfrev
annual
(Continued form page 1'
\\ ashington County L nion Schcxil.
Roper. N. C. General Science— C. S.
Brown High School. Perquimans
County Training Schcxil. N\ infall. N. C.
and R. L. N’ann High School Home-
making—C. S. Brown High Schcxil.
R. L. N'ann High School and Buckland
High School. Gates. N. C. English
Grammar—R. L. N'ann High School.
P. N\'. Mcxire High School and C. S.
Brown High Schcxil. Literature— C. S.
Brown High School. Edenton High
School. Edenton. N. C. and P. S.
Jones High School.
,\griculture — C. S. Brown High
nine inning.s^ wiselv- captured gchool. Perciuimans County Training
School and P. N\'. Moore High School.
French—C. S. BrovvTi High School
and P. W. .Moore High School (tied for
first place) and Perquimans County
Training School, third place. Biology
—R. L. Vann High School. C. S.
Brown High School and P. W. Moore
High School.
In the afternoon, music events were
held in the college auditorimii. Schools
participated in solos, trios, quartets
and courses were rated first, second
and third places. These ratings are
listed in order: Solos—Edenton High
School. E. J. Hayes High School and
P. W. Mcxjre High School. Trios—
P. W. Moore High School. Quartets
—E. J. Hayes High School. P. S. Jones
High School and Buckland High
Schcxil. Courses — Buckland High
School. Edenton High School and P. S.
Jones High School tied for second
place.
Before the evening session students
were inv ited to attend a social in the
college gymnasium.
To clima.\ the day’s ev ents students
Nam?
Position
Freeman. Harrv-
3rd base
Reddick. Ravmond
2nd base
Miales, Landon
1st base
Godfrey, James
Pitcher
M(X)dy, Robert
Catcher
\\"hitaker. James
Catcher
Blakey. Oscar
RF
Hubbard. Ronnie
LF
Lennon, Sterling
OF
Williams. Ravinond
P
Simmons, Robert
SS
Williams, Frank
ss
Branch, Richard
2nd base
Home. James
P
Reed. Robert
P
Tucker. Rodnev
LF
Small- James
OF
Greer, Jam:"S
CF
,\rlington, Jesse
OF
—Osie C. Robinson
Reading Consultant Speaks
at S T. C.
STAR TIME
To dve credit where credit is due, participated in declamations and orat-
.tirs should alwavs be eiven to those ions. Patricia Briscoe of Buckland
High School rec-eived first place;
.vho deserve them. From observation
and opinions of fellow classmates, the
Miss lulia Teaslev. Consultant in following students deserve stars:
Reading.'who is Special Representative i. MAR\ A THOMAS—For maintain-
of the Scott Foreman Publishing Com
Guard Robert Simmons who incident- panv spoke at the Fridav morning
is a freshman. Simmons also topp- assemblv-.
^ the scoring honors for the night She stated in order to become a
"ith 27 points. good reader one must have a mental
Of course this was not enough for picture of vvhat is being read. She
"S- and by a majority vote Harrv Free- used a number of colorful illustrations
■'^n «as voted the most valuable plav - to bring out points on good reading,
award, and also the top scorer in She said that the spirit of "westering
in2 a high scholastic average dur-
ine her approximatelv- two years
here.
.\LBERT HORNE—For being e-
lected national officer of the Fu
ture Teachers of .\merica.
STUDENT TEACHERS—For ac-
comohshing during the last quarter,
a ''Oil never to be forgotten.
Robert Wv-nn. of R. L. \ ann High
SchcK)l received second place, and
Mary Parker of Perquimans Training
Schcxih third place for declamations.
Oration ratings were received by
Reeves Burke of Perquimans Train
ing School who received first place.
Carrie McNair of Washington Gountv-
Union School received second place.
Dr.
CH.\TS
Continued from page two)
c*ourse which you take. Do not cx>me
to the Dean’s Office if you have not
taken the Umit of cuts to which \ ou
are entitled. Very limited cuts from
Salk or other great people 5 RaMON.\ AUSBY—For iLsing her pennitted to take care of
enicrgcncics such as illness, death in
\0un2 people as it did centuries ago.
Without this spirit there would be
no
who have contributed so
mankind.
Her dvTiamic personality
interest in reading proved
li^^htening to the audienc*e.
much to
throush many struggles and triaU
to make the quarter successful.
lMON.\ AUSBY—For usin:
s:c.il talent whenever asked.
and her
ven.' en-
‘I'e tournament with 65 points. And still lives in the minds and hearts of 4. aD.MINISTRATION — For going
^ a Great c-oach once said “As the
finish in a blaze of
Glorv” and a blaze it was. eh'?
The Pirates reached the finals b>
outclassing a weak N'cxirhees five by
^ 10/-,0 sc-ore, and tripping the much
improved Storer College from West
■rginia by a conv incina 81-59 score.
^rfolk State earned this honor b>-
ating S. C. .\era Trade College 8S-
W and \ irginia Seminarv 56-54.
^^d as Rev. Banks says “Thus end-
the lesson” coach \ aughan savs
^us ended the season”.
"e salute the Pirates of 1955.
—B. Hodge
6. EN'-^NGELINE BRINSON — For familv. etc. Over-cuts cannot be
NEWSLETTER FETES GR.\DS
The .Newsletter staff gave its win
ter quarter graduating members a par-
t> in the Recreation Hall on the even
ing of Februarv' 28.
To entertain and amuse there were
dancing, recordings, and game s .
Faculty news Beautiful decorations in blue an
President S. D. W illiams attended "hite added to the ga> atmospiere.
* American .Association of Colleges A repast, buffet st> e. vv a. en,
for Teacher Education held in Chicago Graduating members present e
on Februarv 21-22. There he served Mao Gathng. Delonce a>
« chainnan of the Elections com- Meb m White. Thev "PP
niittee. ciation and thanks to the Newsletter
Recentlv- at a meeting of the North members for a wonderful
Carolina Tuberculosis Association held ment and for making their vear.
Durham. President \\ illiams was a the Staff success u .
panel speaker.
assisting whole heartedly as super
intendent of the Sunday School.
7. H.ARRY FREEMAN — For being
recosnized as the most outstanding
plaver in E.I .A.C. basketball.
8. J AMES GREER—For being a full
fledsed sportsman.
9. I\ OL A BANKS—For being most
saved up by getting excuses within
the cut-Umit allowed. Excess absenc-es
from chapel and class will reduce your
qualitv- points, sonietliing v ou can t
afford.
In the future I shall insist that you
fulfill your obligations promptlv-. I
will use the catalogue in everv in
helpful to the Quiet Hour Ser\ ices [q protect v our welfare. I will
on the campus. use the catalogue in every in-
10. ERNESTINE D.AN IS—For being jq protect the institution of
the onlv- student on the campus at ^re a part. Memorize the
the present time in the .Alpha Kappa pf courses which vou have taken.
Mu Honorarv Societv.
Memorize the course titles which you
II.
DOROTHY S.MITH—For niahng barely beyond
such complimentary speeches.
—Mattie Seward
—Mattie Seward
v our classification, memorize the num
ber of points and hours to your credit.
Getting an .A or B when v ou can will
enliance your standing. 1. se your first
luniors are now making plans for name and middle initial for signing
the Junior-Senior Prom which is being any papers. Fill in all items reqmred
held on .April 29. on records.
JUNIORS PLAN PROM