THE COMPASS
Published by Elizabeth City State College for Students and Alumni
VOLUME 24
Elizabeth City, N.C., May, 1964
NUMBER 6
College Choir Returns
From Triumphant Tour
Under the direction of Miss Evelyn
A, Johnson the Elizabeth City State
College Choir has returned from a
tour which included appearances in
Disputanta, Virginia, Baltimore,
Maryland, Brooklyn and Beacon, New
York.
The Choir, fresh from a distin
guished performance of Mendelssohn’s
"Elijah” on campus with the full
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Benjamin Swalin, con-
linued meriting ovations from listen
ers during a tour whose musical fare
included compositions from the
masters, Broadway favorites, and folk
song arrangements.
In Baltimore’s new $5,000,000 Har
lem Park Junior High School, the
Choir was the first such concert group
to appear. An audience upwards of
1,000 demanded encore after encore
and expressed especial delight in the
lenor singing of Melvin Privette, a
junior from Elizabeth City.
Similar accolades greeted the efforts
of the 40-voice group in appearances
before capacity audiences at J. E. J.
Moore High School, Disputanta, and
Beacon, New York, High School
where once more they were a “first”
in that school’s concert presentations.
At Mount Sinai Baptist Church in
B'rooklyn as elsewhere, Betty Lou
Wilkins, junior from Suffolk, Va.,
elicited praise for her soprano solos
as did Joycelyn Berry, a freshman
from Elizabeth City, and baritone
William Wallace, a junior from Ports
mouth, Virginia.
Miss Edna L. Davis of the State
College Music Faculty was piano ac
companist for the group and Mr. Carl
M. Franklin, also of the faculty,
served as tour manager.
Miss Johnson reports that hospitali
ty was unlimited for her charges and
that the tour, though rigorous, was a
valuable educational experience for
the students. The four-day journey
ended with a trip to the World’s Fair.
Representatives Attend
Honor Society Confab
Marcell Forbes, Norris Francis, and
Otha Sydnor allocated two days of
their Easter vacation to attend the
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society’s
National Convention on March 27-
28 at Hampton Institute, Hampton,
Virginia.
The students represented the Alpha
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Sydnor Heads Student Council;
Betty Reigns as Campus Queen
'
OTHA SYDJJOR
Otha Sydnor, a junior Business
Education major from South Hill,
“■ginia, holds the top post among
student leaders for 1964-65.
Sydnor came, saw, and conquered.
Undoubtedly he came, assuredly he
aw, and there is evidence that he has
“uquered many positions since his
enrollment. As a Freshman, Sydnor
1*1' service us a dormitory coun-
or. made the Dean’s list, and was
Alumni Scholarship
The moving finger writes, and hav-
written moves on. The record
^during Otha’s sophomore year
^ ^luite impressive. Having success-
jy adjusted himself to College life,
*as appointed Student Assistant
6 Dean of Men. He was also
terH r Year,” and en-
p|^JJ«kland via Alpha Phi Alpha
mark of leadership
ed vividly on Sydnor du’ring his
year at “State” Presenfly, he
ent of the Men’s Government
^•ation, president of Kappa Delta
onor Society and is a membf4r of
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BETTY LOU WILKINS
Betty Lou Wilkins, a junior Art
Major from Suffolk, Virginia, will
reign as “Miss State College of 1964-
65.”
Beauty, poise, charm, talent, and in
telligence are only a few of the words
which can be used in reference to the
newly elected “Miss Elizabeth City
State College.”
Betty is an honor graduate of East
Suffolk High School. Since her en
rollment in “State,” she has displayed
charm, musical talent, and intellectual
ability which undoubtedly qualifies
her for the “crown” she now wears.
Her qualities can be seen as she paints
a picture in her art class, sings a solo
for the College Choir, walks across
campus, doing assignments in the
Library, or while charmingly engag
ing in conversation with fellow col
leagues.
Betty has been a “Miss” for three
years, namely, “Miss Freshman Class
of ’61”, “Miss Lampodas Club
’62,” and “Miss Omega Psi Phi of
’64.” In addition to the “Misses,”
she has actively participated as a
member of the Concert Choir, College
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Commencement, Sunday, May 24
UCLA Professor to Address Graduates of Alma Mater
Spring Concert Marks
Beginning of
Commencement Week
The Concert Choir, recently re
turned from an extended eastern
tour, appeared in its annual Spring
Concert, Sunday May 17, marking
another event in the seventieth Com
mencement Season. Miss Evelyn A.
Johnson conducted with Miss Edna
L. Davis serving as accompanist and
Wilson M. Bryant ’64 &s Student Ac
companist.
Bryant, an English major from Eli
zabeth City, joined with three Ele
mentary Education majors (all Glass
of ’64) in a Senior Piano-Organ Re
cital on May 20 in Moore Auditorium.
Those in Elementary Ed. were Bonita
Carr of Wilmington, Carlton Melton
of Ahoskie and Phyllis Wright of
Newport News, Va.
Summer Session
Begins June 15
This year’s summer session offers
you an opportunity to:
Take required courses in order to
graduate earlier.
Study with more mature people.
Raise your present certificate to the
next level.
Work toward a bachelors degree.
Work on educational problems in
which you are interested.
Take refresher courses.
Renew your present certificate.
Take foundation courses in Library
Service.
The six-week session is from June
15-July 24. The three week session
is from July 27 - i^ugust 14. There
will be workshops for teachers and
prospective^teachers in Art, Machine
Reporting, Church Music and Play
Production.
For further information write:
Director of Summer Session
Elizabeth City State College
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Music Faculty in
Concert
On Friday evening May 15 ai
eight o’clock, the Fine Arts depart
ment of Elizabeth City State College
presented its music faculty and guest
artists in concjert.
Visiting artists featured were Jea
nette Brown, soprano. Mrs. Brown is
soloist for the Candlelight Concerts
held annually at Williamsburg and for
the Peninsula Choral Society. She has
sung in various eastern cities and
England over the BBC.
Linda and William Whitson, mem
bers of the Richmond and Norfolk
Symphony Orchestras are both active
recitalists. Mrs. Whitson plays the
French Horn and Mr. Whitson
violinist.
John Scott, oboist, is B'andmaster
at P. W. Moore High School, Eliza
beth City, and is a graduate of Vir
ginia State College.
Members of the music faculty par
ticipating were Miss Evelyn A. John
son, director of the Concert Choir
and chairman of the Fine Arts De-
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WENDELL P. JONES
Wendell P. Jones, Associate Pro
fessor of Education at the University
of California at Los Angeles, a dis-
tinquished graduate of Elizabeth City
State College, will address approxi
mately 146 graduates of his Alma
Mater at Commencement on Sunday,
May 24, at 3:30 P.M.
A 1940 graduate of the College, he
received his M.A. from Atlanta Uni
versity and Ph. D. in 1957 from the
University of Chicago. He has dis-
tijiquished himself as a teacher, work
er, and consultant in African Educa
tion.
Dr. Jones was Dean at Elizabeth
City until 1953. He has visited, ob-
Scholarships Offered
In In-Service Summer
institute Program
Scholarships for twenty-five to thirty
teachers attending the Elizabeth City
State College 1964 Summer Session
will be offered in an In-Service Sum
mer Institute Program June 15 to
July 24.
The program is designed to meet
the needs of:
(a) Teachers who have not attended
college in recent years and/or have
notable academic deficiencies.
(b) Teachers who have less than a
Class A certificate provided such
teachers meet the admission re
quirements of the college.
(c) Teachers who desire to broaden
their backgrounds.
(d) All other teachers.
Under the co-sponsorship of the
college and the Special In-Service
Teacher Education Program of the
State of North Carolina teachers may
receive scholarships, depending upon
the number of hours taken, to cover
slightly more than half the $140.00
initial cost of a six-week boarding stu
dents fees. For non-boarding students
most of the cost would be covered
for recipients.
Teachers who meet the admission
requirements of the College and the
criteria set up by the State of North
Carolina, may take work at the Col
lege in the following areas: English,
Economics, History, Geography, and
Music Appreciation.
Teachers wishing further informa
tion or wishing to apply should write
to the Director of the Summer Ses
sion, Elizabeth City State College,
Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
served, and worked with educational,
social, and cultural developments in
many African countries. He has served
as senior member of the African
Studies Center Advisory Committee
at the University of California, as a
Program Specialist on the Develop
ment of Education in Africa, as
program Director for the Peace Corps
“Teachers for Nigeria” training pro
ject at UCLA and has directed two
education programs in Nigeria con
ducted by UCLA.
Our Alumnus received the Dis
tinguished Teaching Award of UCLA
in 1963 and is a member of the
Committee on International Exchange
of Persons and of the Board of
Directors of Agricultural Technical
Assistance Foundation.
Vice-Pres. Alumni
Ass'n. to Speak
At Baccalaureate
Baccalaureate Services at Eliza
beth City State College will take place
at 10:30 the morning of Commence
ment, Sunday, May 24. The annual
program “The Litany of Light” will
be presented at this time.
Guest speakers on the prograin will
be Calvin Paschall, a 1948 graduate
of the college, vice-president of the
Alumni Association and the principal
of the Kittrell Graded School, Kittrell,
North Carolina and Otha Sydnor, the
incoming president of the Student
Council. Sydnor, a junior, is a Busi
ness Education Major, an honor stu
dent and is a graduate of East End
High School, South Hill, Virginia.
Others participating on the pro
gram will be Dr. William E. Ander
son, Dean of the College, and Presi
dent Walter N. Ridley.
Student Scientists
Attend Conference
In Jersey City
Two science majors at Elizabeth
City State College presented research
papers ai the 18th Annual Eastern
Colleges Science Conference, held
April 29 through May 2, at Jersey
City State College in Jersey City, New
Jersey.
Robert Dean Thomas, a Chemistry
student from Canton, North Carolina,
read a paper on “Boiler Water Soften
ing at Elizabeth City State College.”
Thomas is a student of Dr. Abraham
Wei.
Beulah M. Parker, a Biology major
from Hobgood, North Carolina, gave
results of her research on “Compari
son of Cardiovascular Test Scores of
Female Students at- Elizabeth City
State College with the National Stan
dard for Cardiovascular Efficiency of
Female College Students in the United
States.”
Miss Parker is a student of Dr.
Emily Horrington, Chairman of the
Biology Department.
According to the April 29 Exempler
(Student newspaper at JCSC) 400 col
leges were represented and lectured
by such people as Dr. Alexander S.
Wiener “co-discoverer (With Karl
Landsteiner) of the RH factor on
blood.”