THE
VOLUME 21
Elizabeth City, N.C.
NUMBER
Cov^ratulsitioNS SeNiors
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Ella Roberts
Miss S T C
1961-62
Ella Roberts was graduated from
Edenton High School with the second
highest honor in her class. During
her stay at Edenton High School,
she was a member of the school pub
lication staff, Library Club, Audio-
Visual Aid Club, and the Student
Council, of which she was at one
time treasurer.
She entered Elizabeth City State
Teachers College in the fall of 1958.
She became a member of the Ushers
Guild, the Thalia Sororis Club, and
president of the Archonians Club.
She was assistant secretary of the
freshman class.
While a sophomore, she became a
member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
and was also an attendant for Miss
Thalia Sorosis.
In her Junior year, she has been
president of the Zeta Phi Beta So
rority; assistant secretary of the Pan
Hellenic Council and assistant secre
tary of the Thalia Sorosis Club. She
has also served on several committees
in Bias Hall.
Commundation Improved
Communication at STC has been
considerably improved with the in
stallation of more than fifty tele
phones and extensions on a PAX au
tomatic dial telephone system. In
stalled at a cost of $10,000, this
system makes possible communica
tion between all parts on the cam
pus including every building, the
stages, conference rooms, offices, res
idences, and the athletic field.
The telephones installed are for
the most part, gray and of the prin
cess type.
4 Faculty Houses
Being Built
Four brick three-bedroom faculty
houses, located on eighty foot lots,
are in process of erection on Weeks-
ville Road on land previously used
as part of the College Farm. They
are expected to be completed during
the month of June and will add
considerably to faculty housing at
the College.
Five Summer Workshops
Offered At ECSTC
Five workshops, designed to keep
both teachers and prospective teachers
abreast of the latest educational trends
and techniques, will be held during the
Summer School Sessions at Elizabeth
City State Teachers College, June 12
through August 11, 1961.
Dr. Charles Lyons, Jr., Dean of the
College, announced that, in addition,
there will be a total of 40 courses
offered under the instruction of mem
bers of the college faculty and visit
ing professors who have gained rec
ognition in the field of education.
Two workshops. Workshop In
Reading, and Workshop In Elemen
tary Music, will be held from June
12 through June 30; two workshops.
Workshop In Elementary Science, and
Workshop In Audio-Visual Educa-
will be held from July 3 through
July 21. The final workshop. Work
shop In Educational Drama, will be
held during the Post Summer School
Session, July 24 through August 11.
Opportunities For
Advancement ECSTC
Summer School
Elizabeth City State Teachers Col
lege, which is accredited by: The
North Carolina State Department of
Public Instruction; The Southern As
sociation of Coller^c and Secondary
Schools; The National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education;
and The Association of Teacher In
stitutions, will offer a variety of op
portunities during its Summer School
Sessions. Dr. Lyons emphasized that
the college will offer opportunities to:
raise present certificates to the next
level; work toward a bachelor’s de
gree; work on educational problems
in which you are interested; take re
fresher courses; study under the G. I.
Bill of Rights, and renew your pres
ent High School, Grammar Grade, or
Primary Grade certificate.
Persons interested in attending the
Summer School Sessions at Elizabeth
City State Teachers College, June 12
through August 11, 1961, are advised
'rite the Director of Summer Ses-
, for further information and ap
plication.
Dr. Lyman Brooks
Awards Day Speaker
The Annual Awards Day program
was held during the regular all-Col-
lege-Assembly on May 11, with Presi
dent Ridley presiding. Speaker for
the occasion was Dr. Lyman Brooks,
Director of Norfolk Division of Vir
ginia State College, who emphasized
in his message “A Balanced Life —
The Spread of Excellence. Special
music was rendered by the P. W.
Moore High School Band, directed
by Mr. Donnell Cooper.
Bsginning his discussion, after hav
ing been introduced by Ella Roberts,
Miss S.T.C. for 1961-62, Dr. Brooks
spoke of the need of a balanced life
in a balanced universe. He told
how the great age of automation de
mands that people work and work at
high levels, if they would continue
on the road of progress. “With no
skills, technology or know-how we are
going to be without jobs, for we are
going to move into a new automated
age,” he declared. If young people
are able to plan progress, they will
have to seek jobs; jobs will seek
them. Work is the foundation for
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Class
Sixth-Seventh. Commencement Season
SUNDAY, MAY 28
BACCALAUREATE AND COMMENCEMENT
10:30 A.M.—Baccalaureate Service - Moore Hall
Graduates, Students Faculty and Aiumni,
Participating
3:30 P.M.—Commencement Williams Hall
Speaker — Dr. Richard Bardolph,
Chairman Department of Political Science
Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
5:00-6:30 P.M.—“AT HOME” President’s Residence
To Graduating Classes, Alumni, Faculty,
Staff, Students, Parents and Friends
MAY 26 - 7:30 P.M.—Class Night Program
Moore Hall Auditorium
9:00 P.M.—Senior Class Dinner
May 27 - ALUMNI DAY
11:00 A.M.—General Alumni Meeting
Lester Hall Auditorium
3:00P.M.—Briefing Session for
Graduating Seniors
Williams Hall
7:30 P.M.—Alumni Dinner Honoring
Graduating Seniors
8:30 P.M.—Alumni Social Hour for Seniors,
Faculty, and Alumni
Williams Hall Gymnasium
^iie ^aiutei ^I'aduateA
HENRY PICKETT
The Compass Staff of Elizabeth
City State Teachers College will lose
two members this year. Henry Bell
Pickett and Mary Hester Puryear,
who will be graduated on May 28.
Pickett, former editor-in-chief of the
Compass, is a native of Morehead
City, North Carolina. In the second
1960-61 issue of the Compass, Pick
ett appeared as Student of the Issue.
He has also been named among those
listed in Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities. He is a
member of the YMCA, Pan-Hallenic
IVIARY PURYEAR
Council and Basileus of Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity.
Mary Puryear is a native of Vir-
gilina, Virginia, has served on the
staff for three years. She is a member
of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Dramatics Club, Thalia Sorosis Club,
Student Council and .president of the
Pan-Hallenic Council. She is also
listed among Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities.
The Compass Staff salutes both of
these young people and wishes them
a very successful future.
Author of "The
Negro Vanguard"
Commencement Speaker
One hundred and ten candidates for
graduation at Elizabeth City State
Teachers College will hear Dr. Rich
ard Bardolph deliver the Sixty-Sev
enth Commencement Address Sun
day, May 28th, at 3:30 P. M. in
Williams Hall. The Baccalaureate
Service will be held at 10:30 A. M. in
Moore Hall.
Dr. Bardolph, a native of Chica
go, Illinois, is Head, Department of
History and Political Science, Wom
an’s College of the University of
North Carolina, Greensboro, North
Carolina.
A member of Phi Bela Kappa, the
American Association on University
Professors, and numerous other pro
fessional historical associations, Bar
dolph is also Director of the Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship Founda
tion in the Southeastern states. Out
standing among the numerous books
and articles he has written is “The
Negro Vanguard”, a chronological
account of Negro leadership since
1770. This book won the Mayflower
Award in 1960.
The Class of 1961, and the entire
family of Elizabeth City States Teach
ers College invite the public to hear
Dr. Richard Bardolph speak at the
67th Commencement at 3:30 P. M.,
Sunday, May 28, 1961 in Williams
Hall.
Dr. Butcher Speaks
For Fine Arts Festival
Dr. Philip Butcher, Chairman of
the Division of Humanities at Morgan
State College in Baltimore, Maryland,
opened the Fine Arts Festival with a
lecture on “Art as Expression.”
In his discussion of painting. Dr.
Butcher expressed his belief that the
audience and painters should be edu
cated to the extent of understanding
paintings. The audience should
make a real attempt to understand
the painter's message, in order that
he might communicate with the artist.
On the subject of Literature, Dr.
Butcher said that the reader who
reads poetry should consider doing
the following things: (1) He should
bring to mind whatever technical
knowledge he has about the author,
and subject being treated, (2) He
should consider all words, and look
up those not known, (3) He should
consider the rhyme, figurative langu
age, and meter of the poem.
Dr. Butcher ended with this state
ment: When we build, let us not just
build for one time alone; let us build
for the times to come. For someday
our children will look upon those same
bricks as being sacred. They too
will take great pleasure in preserving
our art of today.
College Players Present
Night of January 16th
The College Players, under the di
rection of Mrs. Julia Hoffler, pre
sented a comedy-drama entitled
“Night of January 16th.” This pre
sentation was in conjunction with the
annual observance of The Fine Arts
Festival.
The time of the play is the present:
the setting. The Superior Court of
New York. The play centers around
a murder trial without a pre-arranged
verdict. The jurors selected from the
audience at the beginning of the play
witnessed the drama from the jury
box on stage, listened to the testi
monies and brought in a verdict of
not guilty.
As it was on Broadway when Night
of January 16th was presented, the
audience here at State Teachers Col
lege left the auditorium debating the
correctness of the jurors’ verdict.
Since the jurors were chosen from the
audience, in a sense it was the audi
ence on trail and not Karen Andre.