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Page Two STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS LETTER January, 195g NEWS LETTER Published by STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS PRESS CLUB Elizabeth City, N. C. Member; Columbia Scholastic Press Association Editor-in-Chief - Billy Hodge Associate Editors—Curtis Twine, Elsie Sharpe Feature Editors Marva Thomas, Vivian Williams, Marie Riddicl, Alelia Koonce Literary Editors Irene Exum, Cariise Hardy Sports Editors James Godfrey, Billy Hodge, Yvonne Bland, Richard Branch, Osie Robinson, Sterling Lennon Reporters Annie Bailey, Willie Jenlins, Janice Rogers, Constance Taylor Exchange Editors James Leathers, Henry Fields Art Editors Lonnie Davis, Shadrack Brown Typists —- Mary Spruill, Marva Thomas Managing Editor James Spence Adviser Edna Mitchell AN APOLOGY Tlie members of the Newletter Staff wish to express sincere apology to Reverend J. F. Banks for omitting his name after the “Meaning of Christ mas” which appeared in the Decem ber issue of the Newsletter. This is done because we of the Newsletter Staff believe that the readers should know the person who wrote this in spiring Christmas message. —Editor-in-Chief AN OPEN LETTER TO NEWS READERS The activities of organizations that make up the extracurricular part of our program are the major sources of news for the Newsletter, and rightly so. However, in the past tlie News letter has received very little voluntary information from these groups. In the absence of a Public Relations department, it would be greatly ap preciated if each organization would appoint a person to handle the news which they wish to publish through the school pubhcation. The Newslet ter also welcomes articles from classes and cadet teachers. —^Twine “S.T.C. HIT PARADE” “Don’t you think I ought to know?” —Why I have an 8:00 class. “Forgive my Heart”—I didn’t see the first basketball game. My One Sin”—I didn’t do my best last quarter. “A Blossom F e 11”—The Freslmian (Finals told the story) “The Great Pretender”—Makes all A’s until the Dean’s List is up. Too Late Now”—Tlie quarter is over. “Feel So Good”—Saturday classes are over. He —The reason so many girls are changing their major to Canteen- ology. I Got a Man”—For observation. “Why Don’t You Write Me?”—Or is someone else getting my letters? —Marie Riddick A NOT OF GRATITUDE It is with sincere gratitude that the Newsletter Staff extends to Andrew Johnson, who is now with the Aij Force, appreciation for a Christmas poem which was received too late to be included in the December issue. It is an evidence of faith in the work of the Staff and also of loyalty to his College. —Mary Spruill ROSES AND THORNS ROSES to the girls who made Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. THORNS to the students who say un true things about their fellow students. ROSES to Rev. Banks, students, and faculty for a successful “Religious Em phasis Week”. THORNS to our furnaces for not al lowing us hot water in this cold wea ther. ROSES to Rev. Simms, our speaker, for the “Religious Emphasis Week”. ROSES to our wonderful basketball team for beating Shaw and Hampton, and keeping good sportmanship while losing to other teams. ROSES to the Deltas for organizing the “Children’s Story Hour” for Sat urday mornings. THORNS to the student body for not giving their full support to the basket ball team. ROSES to the freshmen who made the Dean’s List their first quarter in col lege. THORNS to those who do not hve up to the standards of their donnitories. ROSES to Dr. Davis for his wonder ful work in reorganizing Alpha Kappa Mu. THORNS to students who have mis understandings over books. ROSES to students who attend all basketball games. ROSES to faculty members with new cars. ROSES to ladies with engagement rings. —Riddick WAKE UP! Students whose names appeared on the probation list should be warned to wake up, for it is later than they think. These persons should rework their schedules and organize wisely. They should study each day’s lesson at least twice, once as soon after class as possible, and again shortly before the next class. The average student for gets from 40 to 50 per cent of new and unfamiliar material within two hours, and because of this, a review or relearning process is advisable. If time is not organized much of it goes to waste. There is a much need for organizing for the wise use of time as there is for budgeting the family income. Each student should make out a budget for himself and devote as much time to study as he believes necessary, that is, according to his own evaluat ion. NOW THEY SMILE Do you remember when city stu dents were spending their free time in the old “Lounge” between the of fices of Dr. Johnson and Dean Payton? Only four or five of them could be seated at one time, and on rainy days, especially, their faces were as gloomy as the weather. Today city students are smiling. They are very well situated in a lounge that is fully as large as any classroom. Heating and lighting systems are good, and the furniture is both modern and attractive. Students may lounge a s comfortably as they choose. —Vivian Williams TAKING AN INVENTORY Religious Emphasis Week provides a good incentive for taking stock of ourselves and setting a clock upon our actions. Reverend Sims has given us just the right techniques to go about doing this. We should examine our hearts and minds; we should find out our abilities so that we can develop our potentialities. It is a good time to ask ourselves the questions: Am I prepared to go forth in the world and meet the mill ions of obstacles that may arise? Can I drink of the bitter cup of life as our Savior did and as many courageous men after Him have done? Can I meet the challenge and, in spite of successive failures, come back for another try? Each of us can if we are willing to take God as our friend and walk and talk with Him daily; for with God all things are possible. —Irene Exum LEARNING TO HATE Only through hate do I see a bet ter tomorrow. This statement may seem rather strange, but analyze it just a little further, and perhaps you can find a justifiable significance in it. It is only through hate that we can love our brother as a brother, for we must learn to hate bigotry, prejudice and the other elements which tend to grow in our minds and to over shadow the good that exists. Through hate of these specified qualities we can drive them from a world to which they have so tenaciously clung through the centuries. When we learn to hate these most undesirables traits, we can not help but love our fellowmen all the more. I say: Let’s have a little more hate, so that we may have a great deal more of love. —Lonnie Davis, Jr. VIRGINIA TAKES A STEP Virginia has taken another step. However, the question that comes to mind is: Is Virginia going forward or backward? The Supreme Court’s May 17, 1954, decision said that schools were to be integrated in the various states. To counteract this, Virginia has c-ome up with the Gray Commission Constitu tional Amendment Plan. On Monday, January 9, Virginians voted according ly to find out whether or not they would use public funds for private schools. It was predicted that the votes for the plan would be an overwhelming majority. Could anyone have believed that Virginians as a whole would have \’oted a large majority for a cause not for the best interest of all of its citizens? It is true that more peox5le voted, but 2 to 1 can hardly be called “an overwhelming majority”. Will the Federal Government sit back and see public funds put to priv'ate use, thus depriving so many of their American heritage? Will Virginia liave to comply with the Su preme Court’s decision? The whole South and the rest of the world are looking to Virginia for the answer. Is Virginia going backward or for ward? —Shaipe and Williams HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN FICTION 1955 by A. A. Greenlee Fiction in 1955 proved itself to be very lively even though some critics seem to believe tliere is an impending death of the novel as an art forni American novelists in 1953 not only had something to say, but something that readers wanted to liear. Probably the paramount factor contribut ing to the large volume of fiction read last year was a kind of new liveliness that gave the readers an unusual in terest and enthusiasm to continue reading this fiction filled with exuber ance, love, hate and adventure. Let us look briefly at some of the novels that were the best sellers o( 1955. Heading tlie list is MacKinlay Kantor’s “Andersonville” a king size story (767 pages) of the Civil War told in terms of those who lived and died in the Confederate prison camp a t Andersonville, Georgia, Closely as sociated to “Andersonville” and still quite different is Robert Penn War ren’s “Band of Angels,” an account of the fortunes of Amantha Storr, slave daughter of a wliite father. Sloan Wilson’s “Tlie Man In the Gray Flan nel Suit” illustrates quite dynamically the great variety of them in the 1955 novel, filling an interesting story of the American business man. Herman Wouk’s setting for “Marjorie Morn- ingstar” is a middle-class Jewish hfe in New York, a study of a young girl’s conflict with herself, her family and her traditions. And Mary McCarthy’s “A Charmed Life” tells a vivid true-to- life story of love in an artists’-writers’ colony. Robert Rurk’s “Sometliing of Value” sold nearly 300,000 copies, a vivid story of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. These are only a small number of novels written in the past year that have proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that fiction is truly one of America’s great art forms, and with the world situation as it is today, in all probability 1956 will produce even a greater and more enjoyable type oi fiction to the American public. MEDITATION HOUB Each day at one o’clock many stu dents assemble in the College Auditor ium for a brief moment of meditation. Students come because there is a de sire within them to seek spiritual guid ance and inspiration. During these periods it is heart warming to note that many students come in reverently and, seeming): with the desire to find peace and se renity. Many say that this period of meditation gi\ es them an opportunit; for thankfulness; others say that it offers inspiration to consider lifeinorf seriously. Nothing is more beautiful than the expression registered b\’ an humble heart as the soul of a human com munes witli its Creator. If the \'hol world could share this inestimable treasure, the world’s conflicts woul be less and we would prevail as one nation under God. , __Twine
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