State Teachers College News Letter
Volume 17 Elizabeth City, N. C., April, 1957 Number 4
PIRATES ENTER C I A A
Rev. E. Franklin Jackson
Speaker During Relig
ious Emphasis Week
Religious Emphasis Week was ob
served at the College through a series
of Assembly programs and conferences
conducted by the Reverend E. Frank
lin Jackson, pastor of the John Wes
ley A.M.E. Zion Church in Washing
ton, D. C. This observance began with
the Vesper Services held on Sunday
afternoon, March 10, at 6:00 P.M.
and continued throughout the week.
During Assembly, Reverend Jackson
discussed many topics which proved
to be very enlightening as well as
insipring. On Monday, he spoke on
“The Choice Is Always Ours”, in which
he explained that there are three main
choices to be made: a choice of real
religion, a choice of dynamic and
fruitful living and the choice of vi
brant hope. The way begins just as
low as we happen to be. The moment
we set our face in the same direction
as ffis, we are walking with God.
Easy or Triumphant” was the sub
ject of Reverend Jackson’s speech on
Tuesday, wherein he emphasized that
if we are to live triumphant Hves, we
(See EMPHASIS, page 3)
Editors Represent
Newsletter At CSPA
James E. Leathers, editor-in-chief of
the Newsletter, and Alelia Koonce,
associate editor, represented the Col
lege at the thirty-third annual meet
ing of the Columbia Scholastic Press
Association held in New York City,
March 14-16. More than 4,500 ele
mentary, high school and college
students were in attendance.
The opening meeting of the Teach
ers College Division was held in Macy
Hall, Teachers College, Columbia Un
iversity, with Richard Weber, pres
ident, and Ben Jensen, executive chair
man, as main speakers.
Following this first meeting on
Thursday afternoon, Francis W. Pal
mer, Publication Adviser for Illinois
State Teachers College, gave a very
scholarly lecture on “Educational
Journalism”, in which he stressed the
the role of the administration, the ad
viser and the publication staff. The
need of establishing a mutual under
standing of responsibilities and limit
ations at the beginning of the school
year was brought out by Mr. Palmer.
Lyceum Series Presents
Vivian Scott
Vivian Scott, the tliird of tlie Ly
ceum series for 1956-57, was presented
in tlie College Auditorimn, Friday
night, March 22 to a highly apprecia
tive audience.
Miss Scott gave a brilliant perform
ance, including numbers from Schu
mann, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofieff,
Czemy and Mompou.
She did a wonderful job of “Davids-
bundlertanze”, a composition written
by Schmiiann. This composition con
sisted of eighteen pieces, some of
which were poetic and melancholy,
while the others were more fiery. By
listening to the skilled performer, one
could easily distinguish the two.
Throughout the program Miss Scott
proved to be an artist with great
power and ability. Her style was with
poise and ease.
She showed that she has the qualit
ies that make a good pianist. She
plays with expression and brings qual
ity to each composition.—Ivola Banks
SHIRLEY WIGGINS
CHOSEN MISS S.T.C.
FOR 1957
Shirley Wiggins, a junior at EHza-
beth City State Teachers College, was
named “Miss S.T.C. as a resuh of a
campaign recently conducted by the
student body. She was in competition
with two other popular representatives
of her class.
As a member of the College Choir
and Young Women’s Christian As
sociation and also as a Junior Coun-
seler, Shirley has made a definite con
tribution to campus life. She is a mem
ber of Pyrmid Club of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority.
Shirley is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Wiggins of Nashville,
North Carolina. She is a graduate of
Nash County Trairung School.
DR. G. DAVIS
VISITS CAMPUS
Dr. Grady Davis, Dean of the Shaw
University School of Rehgion, spoke
during an assembly on March 20, on
“Tlie Rebirth or Revival of Righteous-
ness”.
Although Dr. Davis stated at the
outset that his main purpose was to
recuit students for the Shaw School
of Religion, his address was an intel-
LARKINS TELLS OF
CURRENT POSITION
OF NEGRO
A discussion of the current position
of the Negro formed the basis of an
address by Mr. John R. Larkins, a
member of the Pubhc Welfare De
partment, Raleigh, North Carolina, in
the Assembly on March 6.
Mr. Larkins said “On the farm there
has been little, if any improvement in
the status of the mass of Negroes. In
the South, off the farm, the colored
man has not done much better than
(See LARKINS, page 4)
MARIE RIDDICK SPEAKS
On Sunday afternoon, March 24,
Marie Riddick thrilled her audience
as Vesper Service speaker for the Alpha
Kappa Mu Honorary Society at the
Elizabeth City State Teachers College.
Miss Riddick is a senior at the college
and a member of this Honorary Soc
iety.
In her message, she emphasized the
need for better preparation. “If broad
ened opportunities are to be realized,
Negroes must add to their skills and
competencies. This involves much more
than a formal integration of schools.
Basic preparation for school and other
work occurs within the family, the
neighborhood and the community. Pre
paration begins in earhest childhood.
When a young Negro has an opport
unity to apply for a good job, his will
ingness to compete for it and his pro
spect of securing it depend on his
earlier development and preparation
for work.
In conclusion. Miss Riddick said,
“The greater challenge tliat faces us as
leaders of the free world has at last
forced us to recall and to act upon
Lincoln’s warning: Those who deny
freedom to others deserve it not for
themselves, and under a just God, can
not long retain it.”
Annual College
Day Held
Following the tradition of die Eliz
abeth City State Teachers College,
Annual College Day was observed on
March 28. Seniors took over the en
tire activities for the day and con
cluded their program with a Coro
nation Ball in the evening.
At the morning Assembly, Dean
G. L. Davis presented the seniors to
President Williams who led the Ad
ministration of the Senior Oatli. The
College keys were turned over to Irvin
Gordy, president of the Senior Class,
who directed the Presentation of Of
ficers and Rearrangement of Chapel
Seating.
Using “Education the Universal
Zenith” as his subject, Gordy spoke to
the student body. He emphasized a
stanza of the Alma Mater,
So now we’ll join together
For S. T. C. to work;
Let none of us be faint at heart
Nor any duty shirk.
The Administration of the Freshman
, Oath was directed by Carolyn M.
Cooper, vice-president of the Senior
Class.
Members of the Senior Class were
assigned their positions on the faculty
for the day, and the student body
joined in singing the Alma Mater.
MRS. EATON ATTENDS
A S C D MEET
Mrs. Estelle Eaton, a member of
our Social Studies Department, has
recently attended a meeting of the
Association of Supervision and Cur
riculum Development in St. Louis,
Missouri. This is the largest affiliated
organization of the N. E. A.
The theme of this meeting was “Ed
ucation and the Future—Appraisal
and Planning.” There were forty
groups discussing this theme. Dr. R.
E. Lawrence, secretary of the A. A.
C. T. E., led a discussion on “Develop
ing a Functional Educational Program
For Modern Schools.”
Other highlights of the meeting
were addresses on the ‘Foreseeable
World of Tomorrow” by the science
editor of UNESCO, Dr. Gerald Wendt,
and “How Can Schools Meet the
Challenge of These Times” by the
professor at Wayne University, De
troit, Michigan, Dr. Marie L. Rosey.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Pirates will play 10 games this
fall starting September 21 with Claflin
College.
At 4:00 P.M. of the same day, stu
dents were touring the New York
Times Building. It was most interest
ing to find out that some 5,000 persons
assumed the mental and physical re
sponsibilities of putting the paper to
gether, and that vast natural resources
See EDITORS, page 3)
lectual challenge to all. He told how
the thinkers of the past centuries con
sidered religion a supestition, believing
that science and reasoning would
eventually overshadow it. The lectur
er also called attention to the fact
that statistics have proved different
or contrary to what the thinkers of
(See DAVIS, page 4)