State Teachers College News Letter
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President Addresses
Freshmen
Addressing the freshman students
at the Annual Candlelighting Service,
President S, D. Williams declared that
college education is designed to do
two tilings: (1) To enable a person to
make a living and (2) To aid a person
in making a life. Of the two, the latter
is most significant and challenging.
Although it is important that one be
able to make a liWng, to earn money
and be able to live in material comfort,
these are not the most miportant things
that one can seek m a college educa
tion. Certainly, one does not have to
go to college in order to make money,
for thousands of people who have
never seen the inside walls of a col
lege are living in material comfort.
The greatest challenge of a college
education is to stimulate the student
by exposing him to the best there is
in life and to inspire him so that he
will not only make a living, but will
make a life. It may not be that the
better trained he is the more prosper
ous he will be financially, but it should
be true that the better trained he is,
the better life he will make.
If one loves to work and is more
concerned about what he can give
than what he can receive, a college
education will help him to see where
he can best serve. If you will take the
advice of older people, you will soon
leam that most failures in life are not
due to the fact that a person does not
know how to earn a living, but that
he does not know how to live. For
that reason you will find many opport
unities here which will aid you in be
coming a well rounded person. Here,
you will have an opportunity to de
velop your personality traits, acquire
the culture of a truly educated person,
to love one another and believe in the
brotherhood of man.
There are many who believe that
the greatest happiness in life comes
(See PRESIDENT, page four)
doles hall RESIDENTS
ENTERTAIN FRESHMEN
Recently the juniors and seniors of
Doles Hall entertained a large number
of freshmen at a tea given in the
reception room.
The room was beautifully decorated
with flowers, and the table was very
attractive with a linen cloth and an
arrangement of pastel flowers.
Delicious tea and cookies were serv
ed by Mary Coffield and Lottie
Claude. The atmosphere was warm
with soft music.
The hostesses for the evening were;
Shirley Wiggins, Mary Harris, Joyce
Alexander and Shirley Wright. The
affair was enjoyed by everyone.
MR. WINSTON A. BELL ATTENDS
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
^Ir. Winston A. Bell of the Music
Department returned to New York
City during the summer to continue
his graduate study at Teachers Col-
lege, Columbia University.
Elizabeth City, N.
Homecoming
November 2
9 - 10:30 __ Coffee Hour
11:00 Parade
2:00 Game
State Teachers College
vs
St. Augustine
8:00 Dance
WILLIAM A. DARITY,
UN SPECIALIST,
IS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
Mr. William A. Darity, Health Ed
ucation Specialist for the United Na
tions, addressed the students on prob
lems of foreign countries and how they
differ from those of the United States.
Mr. Darity, a graduate of Shaw Un
iversity and a relative of Mrs. Royal,
one of our staff members, is at present
Health Education Specialist. His as
signment includes working with the
Arab Palestine Refugees, and his tra
vels take him into Syria, the Gaza
area of Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and
Egypt.
In his message, the speaker said
that the people of these countries are
the kindest, most cooperative and hos
pitable people in the world. He also
stated that they pay strict attention
to political affairs not only in their
own country but in the United States.
Particularly are they interested in the
Little Rock Arkansas, issue. He em
phasized the fact that foreigners look
to the United States as a country
that not only talks of democracy; but
as one who can fulfill its obligations.
In conclusion, Mr. Darity gave ad
vice to seniors on how they could ap
ply for foreign employment and the
results they might expect.
Later during the evening Mr. Darity
showed colorful pictures of the Middle
East. These pictures showed activities,
customs and ancient dwellings.
1957 PIRATE
PIGSKIN SCHEDULE
Sept. 21 Glaflin University
Sept. 28 Fayetteville State
Oct. 5 W'inston-Salem Teachers
Oct. 12 Johnson C. Smith Univ.
Oct. 26 St. Paul’s College
Xov. 2 St. Augustine
Nov. 9 Open
\j„v. 16 Maryland State
Nov. 23 Norfolk State
C., October, 1957
PRINCIPAL DISCUSSES
“EDUCATION FOR A
WORLD IN TRANSITION”
Mr. W. W. Edmonds, Principal of
the Bank Street School, Elizabeth
City, North Carolina, spoke recently
during an Assembly hour on “Educa
tion for a World in Transition”.
Since the early time of the Greeks
and Romans, declared the speaker, a
transitional period has accompanied
the close of one era and the beginning
of another. Many and varied changes
have taken place. Modes of transporta
tion have played a great part in all
of these transitions, for thy are the
means of exchanging ideas, customs
and cultures.
Even today, continued the speaker,
we are experiencing a transition. What
are we going to do in this world of
changing conditions? Our close prox
imity to others challenges us.
Mr. Edmonds urged students to go
through college and to let college go
through them. As prospective teach
ers and leaders, he concluded, college
students should be prepared for the
time of transition. They must not be
satisfied with the status quo.
The speaker was presented by the
Lampodas Club of the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, with Alfred Wright pre
siding.
WHERE ARE OUR
“57 ” GRADUATES
The College placement file shows
that the following graduates of 1957
are employed as teachers. In North
Carolina are; Annie Beatrice Bailey,
Edenton; Daisy Lee Barclift, Wake
County; Rosa Camey, Bethel; Mar
garet Coley, Four Oaks; Carolyn Mit
chell Cooper, Ahoskie; Doretha Elma
Hall, Henderson; Dorothy Elizabeth
Hammonds, Wilson; Ruth Hemby,
Pitt County; Ehzabeth Louise Hunter,
Hertford; Willie Lee Jenkins, Golds
boro; Julia Dillahunt Jenkins, Vance-
boro; Mary Luvenia Parker, Grifton;
Annie Marie Riddick, Edenton; Ber
nice Gatling Scott, Rich Square; Shir
ley Uzzell, Wilson; Mary Magdeline
Spruill, Selma; Joe Paul Williams,
Clinton.
Graduates employed in Virginia are:
Williette Booker, Norfolk; C a r 1 i s e
Hardy, Portsmouth; Della Everleva
Harris, Princess Anne; Allene Remell
Jeffers, Gretna; Essie Edmund Mutts,
Waverly; James Chersie Whitaker,
Windsor; and Mattie Louise Taylor
Harris, Dinwiddie.
Graduates employed in New York
are; Willie Gist, Niagara Falls; and
Wilhelmena Smith, Buffalo.
It is also found that some of the
1956 graduates have recently been
employed; Billy Ralph Hodge, Cov
ington, Virginia; Cornelius Page, Bel-
haven; and Curtis Lowell T wine.
Edenton.
Number 6
COLLEGE EXPANDS
PROGRAM
STAFF INCREASED
With the expansion in the ciu'ricu-
luni to include Brick Masonry, Com
mercial Education and Cosmetology,
three persons have been added to the
Staff. They are: Mr. John Kimbrough
Jones, B.S., Virginia State College,
Industrial Education, Brick Masonry;
Miss E. Doris Meredith, B.S.C., North
Carolina College, Commercial Educa
tion; and Mrs. V. B. West, Apex
Beauty College, N. Y., and South
Carolina College, Cosmetology.
There are also two replacements on
the Staff for the year 1957-58: Miss
Mary Lane, B.S.C., North Carolina
College, Secretary to the Dean; and
Mrs. Ray Eleanor Williams, B.A., Ho
ward University, Graduate Work, Ho
ward University School of Social Work,
Dean of Women.
Mr Jackson Talks On
Ethical Christianity
The Sunday School of Elizabeth
City State Teachers College welcomed
as its guest speaker on Sunday, Sep
tember 29, Mr. T. S. Jackson, an in
structor of Education, who spoke on
“Ethical Christianity”.
Mr. Jackson said that the Christian
religion grew out of tlie Hebrew re
ligion, Stoicism (a practice of showing
indifference to pleasure or pain), and
Neo - Platonism (a philosophy of a
group of thinkers of the early Christian
Era who endeavored to reconcile the
teachings of Plato and Aristotle with
Oriental Conceptions).
He further stated that the present
socio-economic science, which is char
acterized by hate, jealousy, hyprocrisy
and exploitation, demands more ap
plication of the Christianity of Jesus
Christ. He also stated that maybe
some of our religious leaders have
preached so loudly and frequently the
divinity of Jesus, that many of us have
been unable to see the humanity of
Him. The speaker felt that men, wo
men and children are better prepared
to follow His human qualities than
His divine qualities. He also said that
if belief in the miracles of the Bible
will contribute to more ethical be
havior on the part of the people, that
it is good. God, he says, is a supreme
and superior spirit to which one prays
for that which transcends man’s un
derstanding.
Mr. Jackson, in answering a quest
ion concerning the acceptance of Jesus
Christ in our world today said that
materialism, the wish for money, and
power, would not make Christ an
accepted character.
The speaker was emphatic about the
ethical teachings of Jesus Christ. He
believed that that kind of teaching
would make this old world a better
place in which to live