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THE COMPASS
FEBRUARY, 1961
THE COMPASS
For Students and Alumni
Published by
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE NEWS PRESS CLUB
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
Member:
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ASSOCIATE EDITOR....
CARTOONIST.
LITERARY EDITORS
Henry Pickett
Clarence Biggs
Mariam Little
...Lois Gray, Charles King,
Mary Little, Eugenia Mills. Elesta Dancey, Mary Puryear, John Jordan
NEWS EDITOR Frances Moore
SPORTS EDITOR Stewart Vick, lames Hand, Brady Johnson
EXCHANGE EDITORS Jeanette Via, DelorU Hassell
SOCIETY EDITOR Joyce Brown
REPORTERS Clara Britton, James Robertson Rosa Stokes, Marilene Elliott
TYPISTS Fondella Scott, Bonner Murrell, Phyllis Edwards, Nancy Clark
ADVISORS Mrs. E. H. Mitchell, Mrs. V. B. Taylor
Are You Ready?
What effect will the administration
of Governor Terry Sanford have on
education in North Carolina?
This question can be answered by
analyzing his inaugural address.
“Quality education is the foundation
of economic development, of democ
racy, of the needs and hopea of the
nation. Quality education put in its
bleakest terms is survival. In its
brightest terms, it is life and growth,
and happiness”, said Governor San
ford.
Governor Sanford’s placement of
education as the foundation of econo
mic development, of democracy, of
the needs and hopes of the nation
establishes the fact that education in
North Carolina during his adminis
tration will have a new meaning.
What will it mean to people of the
darker races in North Carolina?
Again, we can go to his inaugural
address and answer this question. Mr.
Sanford said, “We are not going to
forget, as we move into the challeng
ing and demanding year ahead, that
no groups of our citizens can be
denied the right to participate in the
opportunities of first class citizen
ship.”
This opportunity to participate as
first class citizens means a new day
for the black man. It also means
that no longer can he hide behind a
pillar of excuses, but he must be pre
pared to accept the responsibilities of
being a first class citizen.
When you receive your rights as
a first class citizen, what will you
do with them? This is a question
that each person at S.T.C. should be
asking. Am I preparing myself to
compete with others? Am I denying
myself of the privilege of learning
cultural ways? What really am I
doing at S.T.C.?
The administration of Governor
Sanford is going to mean a brighter
day for North Carolina. It is going
to mean a new day for S.T.C. Are
you ready to move into the main
stream, along with those who are
preparing themselves for that great
day?
Negro Progress In 1960
The year 1960 shall be remembered
by all, especially the Negroes. This
was the year of numerous accom
plishments toward freedom for all.
Despite the threats of whites to cut
off our economic supplies; the
Negroes united and took a firm,
steady step toward equality.
Massive sit-ins are at the top of
the Negroes collective gains on free
dom. These sit-ins are very well
organized; they were only renewed
on February 1, 1960, when four stu^
dents from North Carolina A & T in
Greensboro took seats at a lunch
counter and asked for service. They
were refused.
The sit-in which started on Feb
ruary 1, 1960 was not the beginning.
Two years before in 1958, in Okla
homa City, youth units of the
NAACP carried out a carefully plan
ned campaign of sit-in demon
strations. The gesture was a success.
Today in Oklahoma City, Negroes
are served at 56 eating places. The
movement spread to other cities in
Oklahoma and to Wichita, Kansas.
After the success of the first attempt,
the NAACP advised other youth units
of its organization to take similar
action.
Before 1960 had ended, four major
chain stores had reported desegre
gating some 112 lunch counters. The
Negroes have indeed fought a new
weapon in “Massive Resistance
against southern bigotry.
Sit-ins alone do not constitute oui
progress. In lournalism, Andrew
Hatcher was appointed Associate
White House Press Aide by President
elect John F. Kennedy. He became
the first Negro in U.S. history to be
placed in a top White House press
slot.
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Sorry!
The Compass regrets an error made
in listing Mr. Isaac Battle, vice-presi
dent of the Alumni Association, as
Mr. “John” Battle in the December
Issue of The Compass.
Conceptions of West Lodge
West Lodge is supposed to be
place of comfort for the freshman
men, but instead it is not. The
rooms are too small for two stu
dents. If they were for only one
student, they would be very com
fortable.
West Lodge has two advantages:
1. There is a good heating in
sulation system.
2. West Lodge has a beautiful
exterior.
—Lovern Terrell
West Lodge is our home, and it is
up to us, the young men, to make it
a better home or what it ought to be?
—Leonard Slade
I think West Lodge is very nice,
especially the heating facility. The
only problem is, the rooms are too
small for the comfort of two people.
—Eddie Watson
I think West Lodge is a very nice
place to visit, and a wonderful place
to live.
—Cola Slade
I think our new home. West Lodge,
is relitively comfortable. The heat
ing system is wonderful. West Lodge
is equipped with two small lounges
and one large lounge for our con
venience. In conclusion. West Lodge
is a wonderful place to live.
Janies Slade
West Lodge, the newest addition
our college campus is a relatively
well-equipped dormitory. There
feeling of closeness, probably sensed
because the men are bound together
in inadaquate living space.
At first it was thought that the
rooms were going to be about four
by seven feet, but, to my surprise,
they are seven by fourteen. Some do
not care for this condition which
seems a little crowded, but I think
it is a “swell” place to reside. Re
member Satan’s speech in “Paradise
Lost”:
“The mind is its own place.
And in itself can make a Heaven
of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
We can make West Lodge what we
as students want it to be.
—Jordan
Ten Commandments
For College Students
1. I shall love my schoolmates,
knowing that each one is a child
of God.
2. I shall honor my teachers and
instructors, believing them to be
God-guided and God-intelligent.
3. I shall prepare my studies to th
best of my ability, confident that
God's infinite wisdom is mine,
and that I have only to call upon
him.
4. I shall be honest in all my class-
work and in all my dealings with
individuals or groups. Others
can depend upon me, even as I
depend upon the truth of God.
5. I shall be fair in all contests or
athletic events. As Christ sees
only the good in each individuals,
so shall I.
6. I shall be as considerate of school
property as I would be of my
own. God gives me all good
and He expects me to use it
rightly.
7. In the classroom, on the college
grounds, at college functions, I
shall say and do only those things
I feel God would approve of—
the things that are true, wise,
kind and considerate.
8. I shall obey all college laws and
regulations, remembering that
order is God’s first law.
9. I shall accept any proper posi
tion, office, or responsibility
placed upon me. With God’
help, I will perform my tasks ii
such a manner as to reflect credit
upon my college, my teachers, my
parents, and myself.
10. I shall strive to be an honor stu
dent, not basing my standing on
grades alone but on the manner
and extent to which I manifest
God’s love and apply His wisdom
and intelligence.
Grow in Leaders
Does ECSTC nave students with
good leadership ability who have not
yet begun to develop this ability? Is
there a greater need for good student
leadership on the campus? If so, what
can be done about it?
The promotion of more student
leaders rests on the shoulders of
those who already hold key positions
on the campus. It is my belief that
if these persons would spend a little
time finding those students who have
good leadership ability, the entire
student body would enjoy more pro
grams and activities which, otherwise,
would not be known. This is a very
important step to take if WE ar
GROW in LEADERS.
'Self
What is self? Is it the vision or
image that one gets of himself, or
is it the beliefs that one possesses,
pertaining to his notable actions,
deeds and misdeeds? I would in part,
say no to these questions.
I would say that self is what people
see in an individual. One may think
that ke is superior to Socrates, Plato,
or eiKB Aristotle, and yet in the eyes
of otiiears, he is a poor excuse of
college student.
“Self” is the object of daily, week
ly, monthly, and annual observation.
It is the most difficult learned sub
ject that a human individual can
counter. Self is what the world
in one. The famous and notable
things one does, and also the petty
and uncalled-for things he does. Self
may easily be placed into two cate
gories: (1) that of the worthy self,
one of good and note worthy accom
plishments, free of having smeared
by the neglect of wise usage of in
telligence, and (2) the unworthy self,
being that self which no one actually
wants to be, yet is too careless to
prevent being, and the self which
most noticeable of all, in others eye
sight.
There are many concepts of self
general. What one is to be, it
Executives of E. C. S. T. C. Alumni
Reflections of a West Lodger
by Dr. Janies A. Eaton
For weeks, even months, the
threat had been hanging over the
heads of the men of Symera Hall, As
soon as “the huts” were finished,
they would have to move from the
comfortable life which they had in
the center of campus activity down to
“the Collard Field.” Consequently
to them “the hut” (the name “West
Lodge” meant nothing to them) was
an unwanted addition to the campus.
Various suggestions for burning it
down or bombing it floated in and
out of the conversations (not serious
ones, of course).
One day the threat was no longer
something in the distance. Word
came that the Thursday before Christ
mas holiday began would be “D-
Day.” And it was. Through the mud
of the grounds and the fog of our
own distaste, were transported bag
and baggage to the still-to-bei-com-
pleted West Lodge. By now, it was
being called “Boat Camp,” “Fort
Lodge” and a few not pleasant names.
Workers were everywhere. Mud was
everywhere. Nobody would admit he
was satisfied with the new building.
The rooms were too small. There
were no closets, etc., etc.
Alma Mater No. 11
We have come to thee, dear S.T.C.
For we have ambition.
Dear school our love as deep as the
sea.
Holds up thy tradition.
Chorus:
Show the big world thy fame,
O school of arts!
Let it praise thy name and thrill our
hearts.
We shall drink from thee, O pure,
quiet spring.
Droughts of inspiration.
Send forth thy strength; it is the thing
For our firm foundation.
—Theresa Hall
wise for him to realize he is now
coming. It is also wise to realize that
a record written yesterday cannot, for
any reason, be eradicated today,
whether famous or notorious.
I write this article, sincerely and
hopefully, that in the far distant
or maybe in the immediate future,
may serve as a guide or a constant
reminder, to someone who may,
one time or the other, take the unused
notion to deviate from his daily self,
and attempt something else in secrecy,
and as a result, encounter a great
deal of unfavorable, or a very in
sufferable consequence. I hold that,
“What is done in the darkness, will
eventually come to the light. Con
clusively, these and many others, will
be major contributions in the making
of a proud and prosperous “Self”.
—Thomas “Foots” Hodges
It was only after the return from
the holidays that most West Lodgers
began to appreciate their new home.
There was something attractive about
the place!
The new walkways outside, the
painted interiors, the coziness of the
building—all of these held promise
of closeness among the residents of
the six district neighborhoods into
which the building is divided. Now,
even though many of the former
comforts of Symera Hall have be
come the possessions of the sopho
more women, the men of West Lodge
think they have found a home that
far surpasses Symera Hall in fellow
ship and good, wholesome man-to-
man living. Well, at least some of
them feel that way!!
What Is Your
You-ness Quotient?
How is your supply of “you-ness”?
Do not be afraid to be yourself. You
have talents that belong to you alone.
If you follow these inclinations in
stead of always wondering, “What
will people think?” you will be
happier.
You might want to wear a yellow
raincoat and carry a placard declar
ing “This is where the yellow went.”
Don’t hesitate to go through with an
original idea. Others will learn to
respect you for following your own
preferences. The you-ness of you is
coming to the surface, and you will
feel wonderful by following such
urges.
Some people think if they use an
idea they will not have anymore, but
that is not true. The more you will
have. So don’t be afraid to use your
ideas for fear that the well will run
dry.
Follow your own youj ness and you
will never worry that you are not
using your talents to the utmost.
“This above all,—To thine own
self be true;
And it must follow, as the night
the day,
Thou canst not then be false to
What Does It Hold?
Whether everyone is aware of it
or not, another New Year stands be
fore us. Will the same way of doing
things which we used last year be
used again this year? Have we made
new plans that will not only be bene
ficial to us but to our associates as
well?
A philosopher once said—“I find
my joys in helping with the sorrows
of others.” I wonder if our philo
sophy for the New Year will be one
of a similar nature.
It is true that no one. knows exacti-
ly what the New Year holds, but let
us take one minute out and ask our
selves individually — What Does It
Hold For Me?