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THE COMPASS
SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, 1963
Results of Organizational Elections
Phi Beta Lambda Chapter, t-uture
Business Leaders of America: (.MILA)
President, Leroy F. Wuhams; Vice-
President, Ulysses Beh; secretary,
Dorothy M. Baker; Absistaai Jsecre-
tary, tsarnelle RoDinson; iieasurer,
Lawrence Alford; Assistant ireasur-
er, Caiiie Joyner.
Pyramid Club, Delta Chi Chapter,
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority;
President, Joyce Scott; Vice-Presi-
dent, Gloria Moore; Corr>,spondinfe
Secretary, Betty Ashe; Recording Sec
retary, Peggy Perry; Assistant Secre
tary, Maxine Moody; Reporters, Han
nah Myrick, Catherine i.icuon.
Election date: Septemoer 1«.
Senior Class;
President, Alexander Peace (.Biolo
gy; Henderson); Vice- President,
James C. Joyner (Biology; Conway);
Assistant Secretary, Louise Langford
(Elem. Ed.; Rich Square); Treasurer,
Norman G. King (Bus. Ed.; Suffolk,
Va.); Parliamentarian, Richard Simp
son (Chemistry; Edenton); Reporters,
Carlton Melton (Elem. Ed.; Ahoskie),
Tony Ricks, Jr. (Soc. Sci.; burfoik,
Va.); Chaplain, Lloyd T. Porter
(Elem. Ed.; Winton) Sergeant-at-
Arm.s, James A. Slade (Ind. Arts;
Woodland).
Election date: October 7.
Thalia Sororis;
President, Faye Salley; Vice-Presi
dent, Ruth Brown; Secretary, Laura
Walton; Assistant Secretary, Callie
Joyner; Treasurer, Florence Whitfield;
Reporters, Gloria Forbes, Thelma
Howard; Chairman, Social Commit
tee, Ruth Dugger.
Ushers Guild;
President, Corine Winstead; Vice-
President, Carlton Melton; Secretary,
Lillie Atkinson; Assistant Secretary,
Shirley Hagans; Treasurer, Erma
Frederick; Reporter, Dorothy Cotten.
West Lodge Committees:
Social, John Horton (Chairman),
O’Neil Stephenson (Supervisor); Pro
gram, Fred Squires (chairman), Wal
lace Riggins (Supervisor); Publicity,
Richard Reid (Chairman), George
Skinner (Supervisor).
Election date: September 15.
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Student N.E.A. Committee Chair-
Robinson; Assistant Secretary, Doro
thy Baker; Treasurer, Sandra Trot-
Student Council:
President, Norris Earl Francis, Jr.;
/ice-President, James Jackson; Sec-
.etary, Phillippa Duke; Treasurer,
Aichard Gore; Reporter, James L.
i'errell; Chairman, Public Relations,
ohn Robinson; Chairman, Social Ac-
ivities, Matthew Lewis, Jr.; Chair-
nan. Student Problems, Lloyd Troy
Lambda Gamma Chapter, Omega
?si Phi Fraternity:
Basileus, Ray Cooper; Vice-Basi-
»eus, James C. Joyner; Keeper of
Records and Seal, Ulysses Bell; Keep
er of Finance, Parris Carson; Dean of
Probates, Reuben Buggs, Robert Had
dock.
Forensic Society:
President, Jimmy R. Jenkins; Sec-
.etary, Lucy A. Edwards; Reporter,
Ruby L. Perkins.
Beta Zeta Chapter, Alpha Phi Al
pha Fraternity:
President, William Wallace; Vice-
President, James Terrell; Secretary,
□tha Sydnor; Treasurer, Ralph Faulk.
Membership, James H. Jackson;
Program, Mrs. Shirley Williams; Edu
cational Standards, Ethel Gregory;
Ethics, Robert DeLoach; Citizenship,
Mrs. Dorothy Knight; Welfare, Wal
ter Fields; Finance, Colbert Minga;
Social, Dorothy Cotton; Public Re
lations, Erma Frederick; Float, Wil
der Taylor.
In addition, officers for 1963-64
include Melvin Riddick, Chaplain.
Election date: October 9.
Women’s Government Association:
President, Viola Garris; Vice-Presi
dent, Jackie Long; Secretary, Barnelle
(jCi^litLouSe
JloJ, out
Student Leader to
Attend Conference
Jean Rowlette, president of the
Lighihouse College Center, will at-
lend the Region Four Conference of
[he Association of College Unions to
oe held at the University of South
riorida, Tampa, November 8-9.
Miss Rowlette will be accompanied
by Mrs. Laura Irvin, Bias Hall direc
tor ai.d advisor to tne Student Activ
ities Committee of the College Cen
ter, of which committee Miss Row-
lettj is chairman.
Lighthouse staff personnel report
that this trip is part of the ever-
giowing, ever-expanding College
U.iion program at ECSC.
Who...? Where...? What...?
Three Changes Made
In Freshman English
The Department of English has j
made three changes in the curriculum
in order to improve the instruction
at the College. First, it has added
another person to the staff making
ten persons in all; one person is part-
Second, it has changed the name
of the freshman course, shifting from
Communication Skills to English Con*-i
position in order to show the new em
phasis away from the communication
skills per se to reading and writing.
The course outline shows the new
content.
The first semester will be devoted
to exposition. The stud^ts will pur
chase Essays of Our Times by Hama-
lian and Volpe (New York: Me Graw-
Hill, 1960) as the basis of the reading
and discussion. The essays, which
deal with contemporary problems, will
serve as models of good prose writing.
Each student is required to write
3 minimum of nine essays. The sec
ond semester the students will read
3hort stories, a novel, and some poe
try. They will be taught to write es
says in which they give their opinions
Df their reading.
Third, the Department of English
s offering a developmental program
for thos^^udents who made scores
below the cut-off percentile and o
the Entrance Examination. T h
course, English 50, non-credit, meets
five days a week, three days with the
teacher of English and two days
week in the Reading Clinic with the
American Education Week Nov. 10-16
Lighthouse Candlelight
In an atmosphere of lighted candles
and music, the Lighthouse Fine Arts
Committee presented a “Friendship”
Candlelight Hour on Sunday, October
13, at 4:00 p.m. In the Lighthouse
College Center.
Geraldine Kidd, co-chairman
of the Committee introduced the fol
lowing students who read poems ex
pressing friendship from a wide selec-
liom of poets: Elizabeth Strickland,
Hedy Pugh, Ernestine Morris, An
drew Hamlet, Violet Clark, Hannah
Myrick, Deloris J. Thomas, Carole
Ashe, and Clarence Thomas. In ad
dition Alvin Sylvester read his origi
nal poem.
teachers of reading.
This semester there are five sections
of English 50 in which a combination
of drill in grammar and language
usage, composition, and reading is
designed to improve the student’s skills
and form new habits. Already the stu
dents have been retested, and thirty
have bought up their scores. They
.vill be placed in the corresponding
section of English 101.
One new feature of English 50 is
the work in Contemporary Composi-
ticn by Edwin L. Peterson (Chicago:
Science Research Associates, 1963). It
consists of 30 lessons on 450 basf
acetate transparencies with 50 over
lays designed to be used with an c
head projector. The Student’s Manual
follows this visual method of instruc-
The hope is that the new program
will step up the performance of all
students in English and contribute
to the goal of college-standard Eng
lish for each speaker and writer.
Each issue the Compass will publish in-
fonuation about graduates in this column.
Members of the alumni are invited to sub
mit information about what they are doing
and where to the Office of Information,
Box 92, El’iJabeth City State CoUege 27909.
English Majors of 1963
Studying and Employed
The English Department announces
with pride the location of its 1963
graduates. All are studying or em
ployed. The department is especially
happy because these are the first Eng-
.ish majors to graduate from the Col
lege.
JOHN JORDAN, who graduated
tvith the highest honor in his class,
3 enrolled at Teachers College, Co-
umbia University, New York City, in
inglish-Education.
LEONARD SLADE, also an honor
_tudent and a very well known per
son on the campus, is graduate as-
istant in English at Virginia State
College, Petersbuig, Virgmia. Slade
3 teaching cours.s in Remedial Eng-
ish and studying for a master’s de
gree in English-Education.
The other English graduates are
employed in public school systems of
/arious states. MISS ROSA LEE
STOKES is a substitute teacher in
the public school system of Philadel
phia, Pennsylvania. Miss Stokes has
lotified the Department that she ex
pects to have full time employment
in this city very soon. She plans
to begin work on a master’s degree
it Temple University.
MR. DANIEL JONES has an Eng
lish teaching position at the D. F.
Walker High School in Edenton,
North Carolina.
MISS JANETTE HAWKINS, a
native of Conway, North Carolina,
is employed at Gates Central High
School in Gatesville, North Carolina.
MISS JANICE PIERCE, for three
years student secretary in the English
office, is a teacher of English in the
Robert L. Vann High School, Ahos
kie, North Carolina (Miss Pierce’s
home).
Minister Addresses
West Lodge
The Reverend Father Moses Ander
son, Rector of St. Catherine’s Catho
lic Church, Elizabeth City, spoke
residents of West Lodge on “The Cur
rent Racial Situation.”
Held September 29 at 3:00 p.m.
in the Central Lounge of West Lodge,
the lecture provoked a lively dis
cussion during the ensuing question
and answer period.
Father Anderson was presented by
the West Lodge Program Committee
of which Fred Squires is chairman.
PEP RALLIES
What’s happening to the “pep” that
State had re-established? Where are
the “noise-makers”? maybe everyone
feels that the team doesn’t need his
support. Well, that’s where you’re
wrong.
More Results Next Issue
September
Faculty and Staff Social 5
Freshman Sock-Hop 7
Hootenanny 20
October
Birthday Ball 4
Lyceum Reception—Honoring
“Three in Concert” 12
“Friendship”
Candlelight Hour 13
Forum — “Students
Want to Know” 20
MISS BARBARA VAUGHAN and
MR. CHARLES CHERRY are em
ployed as teachers of English in the
Southside High School, Smithfield,
Virginia.
These majors have the best wishes
of the English Department.
Business Education Majors Employed
at College—Class of 1963
MRS. MARY LEAVENS of Jack
sonville, N. C., is a bookkeeper in
he College Bus.ness Office. An
autstanding student leader, she was
ictive in many student organizations.
As a member of the Student Activi-
ies Committee of the Lighthouse
College Center, Mrs. Leavens was se
lected to serve as a dis;u:sion leader
oy the Region Four Conference of
:he Association of College Unions,
vhen it met at Woman’s College,
Greensboro, N. C. in October 1962.
During her junior and senior years
3he served as president of the Wom
an’s Government Association of the
College.
MRS. LILLIE PITT CURTIS of
Rocky Mount is a secretary to the
I'aculty. Her marriage to Charles
Melvin Curtis of St. Albans, New
York took place at Rocky Mount
n August, 1963. Mr. Curtis, a para-
;hutist in the United States Army,
is stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C. He
ittended Maryland State College,
Princess Anne, Maryland. Mrs. Cur
tis was a member of the College
Choir for four years. She was among
ihe members selected for concert
;ours throughout the South and East
each year.
Library Committee
Lists Plans for Year
The Library Committee met on
Monday afternoon, October 7, at four
o'clock, in the Browsing Room of the
G. R. Little Library. It decided upon
three projects for the year.
The first is to work up a proposed
plan for the new library: the functions
of the library, construction, and faci
lities of the building. The faculty and
students are requested to turn in sug
gestions to Mr. Thompson to be in
corporated in the report which will
be submitted by Dr. Ridley to an
architect.
The second project is to present
book reviews in the Browsing Room
of the library each first and third
Sunday at three o’clock. The reviews
are given by both interested faculty
members and students. A period of
discussion will follow.
The first review of the current year
was presented on Sunday, November
3, by Dd. T. H. Abraham Wei. He dis-
cu;sed Ta, Tan Tan (Talk Talk.
Fight, Fight), a look inside Red
China, by Valentin Chu.
The third project is to celebrate
National Library Week in April.
Again the Committee seeks to pre
sent an outstanding author who
will discuss his book with the stu
dents.
All students and faculty are urged
to keep up with the beat of the heart
of the college—the Library.
Using the theme, “Education
Strengthens The Nation,” ECSC will
join sponsors of American Education
Week in trying to inform the public
and the college family of the accom
plishments and needs of the public
and private schools and in enlisting
the necessary cooperation and support
of the public in solving school pro
blems.
William F. Brazziel, Chairman of
the department of Basic Education,
Norfolk State College, will speak in
observance of the week when he ap
pears here in an assembly program,
November 14. The program will also
feature a display of leaflets, booklets,
posters, etc., relating to the overall
theme and to daily topics for Ameri
can Education Week.
Taylor S. Jackson, co-chairman of
the Education Department here, an
nounced that Dr. Brazziel is being
sponsored by the Academic Depart
ments of the institution, Mr. Jackson
provided daily topics as follows:
Sunday, November 10—Values of
Free Men
Monday, November 11-—Learning
Opportunities for All
Tuesday, November 12—Quality
Teaching
Wednesday, November 13—Balanced
Curriculum
Thursday, November 14—Community
Resources
Friday, November 15—Financial Sup
port
Saturday, November 16—Goals for
Tomorrow
THE COMPASS
Volume 24 No. 1—September, October, 1963
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