VOLUME 22
Elizabeth City State Teachers College, Elizabeth City, N. C.
Number 3
Fourteen Selected
To Who's Who
Recently, fourteen students of Eliza
beth City State Teacher College
were selected to appear in the 1961-
62 edition of Who’s Who Among
Students In American Colleges and
Universities.
These students are;
Robert Baker, junior, Portsmouth,
Virginia; biology major; a member
of the Students of Science Club; Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity; and an out
standing football player.—Clarence E.
Biggs, senior, and graduate of E. J.
Hayes High School. Williamston. N.
C.; president of the Forum Com
mittee; Editor-in-Chief of “The Com
pass”, reporter for the Science Club,
and treasurer of the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity; biology major; student
assistant in the Biology Department.
—Roscoe Hager, junior, majoring in
biology; member of the Students of
Science Club; vice-president of the
Studsnt Council, and Pan-Hellenic
Council; co-captain cf the football
team; a member of the Forensic
Society and Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity.—George M. Jackson, Jr., senior.
Petersburg, Va.; major in Elementary
Education; member of the College
Choir, and outstanding member of the
Dance Group for four years.—Gladys
E. Johnson, sjnior, Scotland Neck,
N. C.; major in Elementary Educa
tion; president of the Women’
Government Association; a member
of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
and a distinguished member of the
College Players. — Alice B. Jones,
junior, Jackson, N. C.; major in health
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New Courses and New
Materials in the English
Department
This year the department of Eng
lish offers courses on the junior level
to majors in English. The new
courses offered in the first semester
were American Literature, Survey of
English Literature, Introduction to
the History of the English Language,
and the Teaching of Reading in the
Secondary School. The first two
courses will be continued during the
second semester, and Literature for
Adolescents and the Teaching of
English in the Secondary School will
be added.
New departmental materials to
rich instruction are maps of England,
London, the Voyages of Odysseus
and AEneas; literature maps of the
United States and the world; a chart
of English literature; and over three
dozen recordings of the poems and
plays of the major authors taught in
American, English, and World Litera
ture.
Secondary Education
Majors Do P. T.
Eight seniors are doing Student
Teaching on the secondary level during
the first nine weeks of the second
semester. These students are: Clarence
E. Biggs, Nancy Harris. Edmund
Johnson, David James, Herbert Mott.
Joe Willie Shambley, and William
Teel.
Over-all supervisor for this group
is Dr. M. M. Caldwell. He is
sisted by representatives from the
Business Education, Science, and
Social Science Departments.
Panel on Atomic
Radiation
The Lighthouse Forum Commit-
e presented a panel discussion in
the Lighthouse on Sunday, Decem
ber 3, at 6:00 p.m. The topic
cussed was — “Effects of Atomic
Radiation On Mankind.”
Serving on the panel were two
faculty members: Mrs. Carl Franklin,
physics and physical science; and Dr.
Augustus Anguizola, social science;
and two students: Edmund Johnson,
social science major; and Clarence
E. Biggs, biology major.
The discussion began with an
troductory statement from each of
the panelists. After the attendants
fully understood the nature of the
discussion, many questions
asked. Some of them were — (1)
How can one tell when he has been
affected by radioactivity? (2) What
would be the results of the explosion
of a 5Ci megaton bomb? (3) What
causes radioactivity? (4) Will wi
affected by radioactive particles that
are now in the atmosphere? How
does atomic radiation affect repro
duction, and several others.
In reply to these questions, it was
stated by members of the panel that
a person who has come in contact
with radioactive particles will suffer
from internal bleeding and the
chances are, he will be unaware of
it until it is too late for him to be
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Campus Organizations
Present Christmas
Activities
Women’s Government Association
and the Dormitory Councils of Bias,
Doles and Symera Halls were much
invollvfid in activities du/ing the
Christmas season.
Women’s Government Association
sponsored a competitive Christmas
program for all residence halls and
the city students. Each hall was asked
to present a dance, song or dramati
zation in keeping with the Christmas
theme. Original poems, dramatiza
tions, along with the traditional
Christmas songs and poems, were pre
sented. The group winning first prize
was from Bias Hall, and the second
prize was won by the City Students
Council.
The dormitory councils worked on
individual civic projects. In Symera
Hall, the students held a party for
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SCA Off to a Good Start
The Student Christian Association
met in Moore Hall, January 16 to
welcome new members, discuss plans
for the year and elect officers.
New members were introduced.
There was a question-answer period
as to the functions of the organization
and an informal discussion as to
prospective projects for the year.
Officers elected were as follews:
Vivian Lynch and Earl Moore, cp-
chairmen; Lloyd Sawyer, Vice-Presi
dent; James Joyner, secretary; George
Simpson, corresponding secretary,
and Thelma Howard, reporter.
With Dr. Eaton as advisor-chair-
man, the group looks forward to a
successful year.
E.C.S.T.C. Elected Member of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Student of the Issue
On December 7, 1961, Elizabeth
City State Teachers College was voted
into full membership of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secon
dary Schools at its annual meeting
held at Miama Beach,, Florida.
In 1939, Elizabeth City was ^ac
credited by the North CaroUn^State
Department of Public Instruction; the
first year it granted the Bachelor’s
degree. It was later accredited by
the National Council for Accredita-
of Teacher Education Institu-
. Elizabeth City State Teachers
College also became a member of
the American Association of Col
leges for Teachers Education and the
Association of Teachers Institutions.
Since 1957 the e;irollment at Eliza
beth City State Teachers College has
increased 125%. In 1957, the enroll
ment was 385; and this year its en
rollment is 827. The faculty staff has
ncreased from 3 7, including three
doctors in 1957, to 61 in 1961, in
cluding 13 doctorates, with three
members of the staff expecting to re
ceive the doctoral degree this year.
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Gladys Johnson
Gladys Elizabeth Johnson, senior
and major in elementary education,
was chosen by The Compass as stu
dent of the issue because of her
pleasing personality and large con
tribution to campus living. She is a
graduate of Brawley High School,
Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
During her years as a college stu
dent at Elizabeth City State Teachers
College, she has been active in many
organizations. For three years she
has been an outstanding member of
the College Players and the Sunday
School. Gladys has also served
a Junior Counselor. This year she
has been accepted for Who’s Who in
American Colleges and Universities.
At present she is president of the
Women's Goverimient Association;
president of the College Players; sec
retary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
and member of the Advisory Com
mittee of the College.
Gladys believes that education is
closely bound to the wishes of the
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Tentative Program For Fine Arts Festival
March 24—April 8
Saturday, March 24
Sunday, March 25
Tuesday, March 27
Thursday, March 29
Friday, March 30
Saturday, March 31
Sunday, April 1
Sunday, April 1
Thursday, April 5
Friday, April 6
Saturday. April 7
Sunday, April 8
8:00 P.N
6:00 P.W
9:30 A.^
8:00 P.N
8.00 P.N
3:00 P.N
8:00 P.N
9:30 A.^
8:00 P.N
7:00 P.N
8:00 P.N
Lyceum Program
"A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream’
Lecture
Reception
Recital
Piano, Voice, and Instrument
Students
Formal Opening of the Fine Arts
Exhibit (Artist’s Tea)
College Players
College Players
Discussion of Books
Novels—Hemingway
Class in World Literature
College Band Concert
Debating Sodety
Dance Group
Movie
Choir Concert
Language Laboratory
installed at E.C.S.T.C.
A language laboratory for the in
struction of foreign language and
speech has recently been installed in
Moore Hall 212 at Eiizabetii City
State Teachers College. It consists
a master console and twelve
booths. The console has facilities
for transmitting five different pro
grams at the same time. Each booth
is equipped with a head-phone and
microphone. The head-phones allow
the student to hear the program and
to hear himself simultaneously (as he
speaks). The microphone provides
the student voice contact with the
teacher through the intercommunica-
)n system.
The purpose of the laboratory is to
iin students to be competent in un
derstanding and speaking the lan
guage. The laboratory will provide
the student with opportunities for
intensive practice. This equipment
will change the method of instruction
from the grammar-translation type
to the listening-speaking and read
ing-writing progression of learning.
Not only will the program include
the mastery of skills, but it will
contribute to the student’s knowledge
of language as a human phenomenon
and to an understanding of the for
eign culture.
To be added to the present fa
cilities are eight booths and student
tape decks so that each student can
record his own voice to hear how he
sounds. Matching chairs and some
programmed tapes are on order. A
wall map of France has been hung.
With the beginning of the second
semester the laboratory will be open
for use.
This year, 325 freshman entered
this institution, and a large majority
of these students came from the top
of their classes, meaning that
student quality here at Elizabeth City
Kas also increased.
The educational program here has
also gone through a complete change
from a single major in Elementary
Education to eight majors including
those of the vocational-technical and
the secondary areas.
With the program here at Elizabeth
City expanding so vastly, the budget
has increased 100%, from $428
thousands in 1958 to nearly one mil
lion this year.
As the college became a member
of the Southern Association, Dr. Wal
ter N. Ridley stated: “Membership in
this Association came as a result of
the cooperative efforts of many per
sons at the college and away from
it. These people are all interested in
the development of quality education
here in North Carolina, the Nation,
and the World. Today’s action by the
Association places us squarely on the
threshold of the future. Although
membership is based on past accom
plishments, it stands for us as a chal
lenge to continue working diligently
towards developing a quality college
to which all people will want to send
their sons and daughters; a college
which will produce that kind of grad
uate who will meet the challenges of
this new and wonderful age with
creative imagination and devoted in
dustry.”
Efficiency Pays Off
We should take pride in what we
do, whether it is work, play or any
other kind of activity. Some of us
work as if the only thing that really
counts is the money that we will
receive, not realizing that the way
in which one goes about doing an
assigned job tells something about
his personality.
Of all the buildings on our campus
that have to be cleaned, the Light
house rates second only to the Infir
mary. This is remarkable consider
ing the number of people that go in
and out of that building each day.
Good work has its reward. The em
ployers of the young men who keep
the Lighthouse presentable recom
mended that they be given a raise in
salary. This consideration was very
well deserved.
Not only has the efficiency of
these workers paid off in an increase
in salary, but it has gained for them
a reputation that should aid them in
securing jobs in the future.
The Lighthouse cleaning crew con
sists of Franklin Boone from Halls-
boro, N. C.; George Griffin, Pantego,
N. C.; Frank Perry, Louisburg, N.C .;
Robert Sharp, Statesville, N. C. All
of these students are Jurtiors.
FOUNDERS DAY
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Annual Pilgrimage — 2:15 P.M.
Founders Day Exercises — 3:30 P.M.
Dr. Harold Leonard Trigg, Speaker
Reception following Exercises
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