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Founders Day
Elizabeth City, N.C.
COLLEGE HOLDS ANNUAL SENIOR
DAY; OVER 1,000 SENIORS VISIT
On February 15, 1961, Elizabeth
City State Teachers College held its
annual "Hign School Senior Day.”
The activities for the day began at
y:00 a.m. with the registration of
1,023 high school seniors irom 23
high schools in North Carolina and
Virginia.
At 10:30 the Assembly began with
iviartna j-urvis, president of the Senior
Class presiding. She welcomed the
seniors and instructors from the many
visiting schools. Mr. Joseph C.
Daniels, instructor in the Music De
partment, played the prelude, and the
College Choir under the direction
of iviiss £. Johnson rendered a
selection.
Dr. Walter N. Ridley, President of
the college extended greetings to the
visting high schools. He informed
the seniors about the general opera
tion and puipose of the college, and
also about the aid that is available to
the students who qualifly and need
financial help. He introduced the
student leaders of State Teachers Col
lege; the top ranking freshmen wo
man, Lois Gray, Washington, N. C.
freshman man, William Slade, Con
way, N. C.; the ranking sophomore
woman, Alice Myrick, Como, N. C.
sophomore man, John Jordan, Eden-
StucLent of the Issue
ton, N. C.; the most outstanding
junior student, Joe Shambley, presi
dent of the state chapter of Alpha
Kappa Mu Honor Society, Colerain,
N. C.; the ranking senior student, and
Miss S.T.C., Lula Roberts, Edenton,
N. C.; the top ranking student in
the Vocational Technical Institute,
Norris Allen, Leaksville, N. C.; the
most all-around student, Norris Fran
cis, Franklin, Virginia; and Vice F’res-
ident of the Student Council, James
Swimpson, Williamston, N. C.
A skit was presented by the Col
lege Dramatics Club entitled
“Through with Girls.” The charac
ters were Tony Ricks, George Simp
son, Robert Sharpe, and Marcell For
bes. A selection, “Moon-light
Vermont,” was presented by Morgan
Jackson and Catherine Greene of the
College Dance Group. The College
Choir gave a second selection entitled,
“Great God Almighty.”
Mr. Thomas Caldwell, Dean of
Men, gave the directjpns for the tour
of the campus. Other activities for
the afternoon consisted of dinner
Lane Hall, a Band Concert and
Basketball game between State Teach
ers College and St. Paul’s College.
Compass Selects
Delegates To CSPA
Five members of The Compass will
attend the 37th annual convention of
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
on Columbia University campus
New York City March 9-11.
The members of the staff who
to attend are Lois Gray, Clarence
Biggs, John Jordan, and Sunny Vick.
These representatives from the staff
will be seeking experiences that may
be valuable in improving the publi
cation.
Some very good information wa
brought back to the staff by last year’
representatives who met students from
;very section of the country, with
/hom they shared ideas and problems.
A better “Compass” should result
Tom the attendance of these students
it the CSPA.
HENRY BELL PICKETT, JR.
Henry Bell Picket, Jr., a senior,
has been named the Student of the
Issue. He was chosen by the Compas
Staff who believe that he is an out
standing student deserving this title.
Pickett, who is from Morehead
City, North CaroUna, is president of
the Sigma Rho Sigma Honor Society,
Editor-in-Chief of the “Compass,”
president of YMCA, Basileus of the
Omega Psi Phi Lambda Chapter and
Student assistant to the Dean of Men.
In addition to this, he was selected to
appear in Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities for 1960-
1961.
From the above, one can see that
Pickett excells in scholarship, leader
ship, ability and contributions to the
life and growth of the college.
Pickett is now doing his practice
teaching at the Pasquotank Elemen
tary School, Elizabeth City. He
plans after graduation and armed
services to do further study in the
Social Sciences.
The Compas Staff in union with
the rest of the college family extend
congratulations to Henry Pickett for
his rewarding achievements.
Honors Convocation
To Be Held March. 15
Elizabeth City State Teachers Col
lege will hold its annual “Honors
Day Progiam” on Wednesday even
ing, March 15, at 8:00 p.m. in Moore
Hall Auditorium.
The purpose of “Honors Day” is
to honor the students who have ex
celled in scholarship, and to inform
and inspire all students to work to the
maximum of their ability.
The speaker for this occasion will
be Dr. John W. Davis, special di
rector of the NAACP’s Legal Defense
and Educational Fund of New York
City, and president emeritus of West
Virginia State College.
Dr. Charles Lyons, Dean of the
college, will present the awards, and
recognitions and congratulations will
be cited by the president, Dr. Walter
N. Ridley.
One of the many awards will be the
Davis Cup /^ward, which will be
given in honor of Mr. Junions W.
Davis, Sr., who was a trustee of the
college from 1949-54. Upon thi
death of Mrs. Battle, he was elected
Chairman of the board of trustees
where he served with distinction and
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Deans List and Honor
Roll Released—Fall '60-'61
The Deans List and Honor Roll
for the first semester of the school
year 1960-61 was recently released
by the Dean of the college, Dr.
Charles Lyons. The names are list
ed below:
DEANS LIST
Freshmen
Allen, Norris Richard; Slade, Vv'il-
iiam'T^ola,
Sophomores
Jordan, John Wesley, Myrick,
Alice; Slade, Leonard
Juniors
None
Seniors
Bro vn, Rubye; Puryear, Mary
HONOR ROLL
Freshmen
Forbes, Marcell Elizabeth; Frances,
Norris Earl; Garris, Viola; Gray,
Lois; Hodges, Bobby; Lea, Annie;
Magee, Louvenia; Melton, Carlton
Cecil; Mills, Eugene Deloris; Ma-
Kisset, Thelma; Palmer, Bess Gar-
celia; Register, Selma; T r o t m a n,
Davis; Watson, Lillian Miester
Sophomores
Baker, Robert; Barclift, John Al
bert; Barnes, Streata; Cooks, Florence;
Duren, Patricia; Grey, Dorothy; John
son, Edmund; Johnson, Sanford;
Jones, Alice B.; Manley, Jimmie;
Maye, Robert Earl; Patterson, George;
Ransom, Jeanette; Vick, Sunny Ste
wart; Williams, James E.; Lewis,
Matthew, Jr.
Juniors
James, David; Jones, A d r o n;
Moore, Margaret; Shambley, Joe
Willie; Welch, Joyce
Seniors
Barclift, Velma S.; Branch, Caro
lyn; Brothers, Jean; Bunch, Wilson;
Congleton, Donna; Everett, Charles;
Finch, Lendora; Gause, Snowree;
Gould, Yvonne; Hocutt, Carlton
Jones, Inez; Kitchen, George;
Knight, Robert; Lennon, Ina Jane;
Purvis, Martha; Roberts, Lula; Ste
wart, Delores; Winfield, Shirley
Typewriting Contest
Held at E.C.S.T. College
The Annual Northeastern District
Typewriting Contest was held at
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
February 16. Students from many
of the high schools in North Carolina
participated.
Winners according to the best
performance were: First place—First
Semester, Charles K. Rnodes of
Washington County Union School,
Plymouth, N.C.; First place—Second
Semester, Helen Jones of Booker T.
Washington High School, Rocky
u n t, N.C.; First place—^Third
Semester, Nelda C. Ormond of South
Ayden High School, Ayden, N.C.;
Second place—First Semester, Gwen
dolyn Tweedy of Booker T. Washing
ton High School, Rocky Mount, N.C.;
Second place—Second Semester, Mil
dred Joyner of Booker T. Washington
High School, Rocky Mount, N.C.;
Second place—Third Semester, Wray
E. Pash of Booker T. Washington
High School, Rocky Mount, N.C.;
Third place—First Semester, Cleva-
land Harris of Nash Central High
School, Nashville, N.C.; Third place
—Second Semester, Josie Brown of
Booker T. Washington High School
Rocky Mount, N.C.; Third place
Third Semester, Dorothy Baker of
Booker T. Washington High School,
Rocky Mount, N.C.
Among the high rating Seniors
were Cleveland Harris of Nash Cen
tral High School, Nashville, N.C.;
Josie Brown of Booker T. Washing
ton High School, Rocky Mount, N.C.;
Dorothy Baker of Booker T. Wash
ington High School, Rocky Mount,
N.C. and Barbara Lathers of P. W.
Moore High School, Elizabeth City,
N.C.
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Founders Day exercises, celebrating
the Seventieth Anniversary of the
establishment of the Elizabeth City
State Teachers College, were held in
Moore Hall on Sunday, February 26.
The Reverend Shelby Rooks, Alum
nus, and Pastor of the Saint James
Presbyterian Church in New York
City delivered the Founders Day Ad
dress.
The program began at 3:30 in the
afternoon with music by the College
Choir and devotions by Dr. James
A. Eaton, Director of Personnel.
Greetings from the Alumni were given
by the Reverend R. R. Purnell; and
from the Student Body by Mr. George
Kitchen, president of the Student
Council.
Introduced by Dr. W. N. Ridley.
President of the College, the Rever
end Rooks spoke on “Faith of the
Founders.” He began by greatly em
phasizing how Hugh Cale, Peter
Moore and other Founders had made
possible “the sentimental journey”
which had been taken by those who
had returned to the College for the
celebration of its seventy years.
As the speaker continued, he told
how the foundation for education of
a host of young men and women had
been laid by these Founders who had
Faith—who believed in the Negro
race, the idea of democracy, in Ameri
ca and in life itself. He further de
clare that only the Faith of such men
as these is sufficient for the times in
which we live.
Concluding his address, he said,
“Let us have Faith in one another,
for the Founding Fathers had great
Faith in each other, and they also
believed in GOD.”
Pilgrimage to
Founders Graves
At 2:30 p.m. on February 26,
Alumni, friends, and members of the
College Staff and Student Body made
pilgrimage to Oak Grove Cemetery.
There are buried Hugh Cale who in
troduced the bill establishing the
school. Dr. Peter W. Moore and the
late president J. H. Bias.
There was a brief ceremony after
which wreaths were placed on the
graves of Hugh Cale, Dr. Moore and
Mr. Bias by Mrs. Alice Morgan, Mrs.
Ruth M Bethea and Mrs. Bernice
Brandon respectively.
Fine Arts Festival
May 2-7 1961
First-Time Freshman
Enroll For 2nd Semester
With the ending of the first semes
ter at State Teachers College, there
were many new and old faces seen on
and about the campus. These were
the faces of new and former students
who had planned to enroll at this in
stitution. There were 24 first-time
freshmen women; 10 first-time fresh
man men; 2 transfer women; 2 trans
fer men; 12 former women; and 8
former men to enroll for the spring
semester 1961—a total of 58 students.
Theme: Art as Expression
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Lecture, Dr. Phillip Butcher,
Division of Humanities, Mor
gan State College, Moore Hall
Conversation with Dr. Butcher,
Lighthouse
Play Exhibit —The Night of
January Sixteenth, Moore Hall
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Art Exhibit, Clifford Jackson,
Dept, of Art, Virginia State
College, Lighthouse
Allen Brown, Pianist, Moore
Hall
Reception for Mr. Brown,
Light house
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Music Student Recital, Moore
Hall
Student Art Exhibit, Library
College Band Concert, Williams
Hall
Dance Recital, Moore Hall
Debate, Lighthouse
Art Film, Moore Hall
Student Panel — World Liter
ature, Lighthouse
College Choir Concert, Moore
Hall