Published by Elizabeth City State College for Students and Alumni
VOLUME 26
Elizabeth City, N. C. February. 1965
Getting to Know Them
McLaurin
Kenneth McLaurin, a senior at
ECSC. ranks among the oulstand-
ing students on
campus, McLau-
rin is a Social
Science Major
with his concen
tration in the field
of Sociology.
McLaunn is a
graduate of Will-
iston High School
at Wilmington N.
C. He entered
the Social Science Department in
1962 where he began his reputa
tion as a dedicated and industrious
student. It was only last year that
he was awarded a prize for his
achievements in Social Science at
Honors Night.
Sigma Rho Sigma Honor Socie
ty, Social Science Club, Yearbook,
Staff, and Newman’s Club are
campus organizations of which he
is a member. Kenneth is also
senior Counselor at West Lodge
where he has lived four years,
spending three of those four direct
ing the Freshmen. He earned the
highest average on the Spring Se
mester ’64 honors lists. He has
DOW begun his Student Teaching at
P- W. Moore High School, Eliza
beth City, N .C.
We wish you good luck and con
gratulations in your future career
as a Social Science teacher.
SALLEY
I native of Ports-
is one of the many
outstanding :
dents on campus
whose compe
tence is not too
frequently publi
cized, Neverthe
less, she always
gets the job done,
Faye is a member
of the Business
Education depart
ment and a pro
spective ’65 graduate, A 1961
graduate of the I. C. Norcom
High School, she participates
such extra-curricular activities as
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
NAACP, Thalia Sorosis Club,
secretary of the Student Council,
Lighthouse committee, and is sec
retary of the Student Council.
Faye is doing her student teach
ing at Inborden High School ic
Enfield, North Carolina. Her sup
ervising teacher is Mrs. Hilda Ivey,
a 1961 graduate of Elizabeth City
State College,
As an ambition, Faye wishes to
become a good teacher in the field
of business or to become a profes
sional law secretary or a person
nel manager.
Dr. Edwards Speaks on Teaching
By Avon Chapman
On the evening of February 7,
1965, the college family was hon
ored by having one of its own
faculty members speak on the sub-
jsct of the "Art and Science of
Teaching”, The Vesper Service
was presented by the Student
N, E. A., Mrs. Ethel Gregory Sut-
'on, president.
Dr, Rosaline Edwards, the speak
er. holds four degrees consisting of
a Doctor of Education, a Master
of Arts, a bachelor of Science in
Education, and Doctor of philoso
phy.
her introduction, she stated.
Each of us has a distinctiveness, a
purpose, a destiny. Yet, most of
•Js, are united in at least one single
respect—one major cause. Most of
of us are teachers or seek to be
teachcrs.”
After this, she examined the art
science of teaching, went
through the ages and scanned the
list of great teachers in the history
of mankind. Mrs. Edwards assert-
that Christ is the Master Teach
er and commended his example
lo us.
Dr. Edwards listed five traits
good teachers; compassion for
people, respect for students,
initiative to create proper atmos
phere to promote brotherly love,
^«Pting the moral obligation for
*1*5 own preparedness, and applica-
'•on and ingenuity.
Again she referred to our Mas-
!*r Teacher, who she said, put truth
a vivid, challenging, and mem
orable way.
“Let us stand apart in our
uniqueness. This is the artistry in
our teaching. Let us join together
in the purpose and the plan as we
strive toward the ennobling of a
profession which accepts all the
children of all the people, makes
known to them the good ilfe,
equips them to live the good life,
and joins in perpetuating the good
life for all their heirs.”
With a quotation from Christ’s
charge to His Disciples to teach
whatsoever He had commanded
them, she asked that we all take
the clue to go. therefore, and
Deltas Accept
Five Neophytes
On December 12, 1964, hap
piness flowed through five probates
for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
To them a new life, a new band
of people, and adventures were
ahead- Delta Chi Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority accepted the
following Neophytes:
Lenora Barnes—Suffolk, Va,,
Business Education major, dormi
tory counselor, WGA; Thalia So
rosis, Phi Beta Lambda; Doris
Huggins—Williamston, N. C., Ele
mentary Education major. Ushers
Guild. Thalia Sorosis, WGA; Mary
Herring—Burgaw, N. C. Social
Science major. Drill Team; Callie
Joyner—Conway, N. C., Business
Education major, Thalia Sorosis,
COMPASS staff. Phi Beta Lambda;
Religious Emphasis
Week Scheduled Here
The calendar of events for Re
ligious Emphasis Week at Eliza
beth City State College, March
14-18, presents a wide variety of
special features. The theme for this
year’s observance is “Christianity
And Social Change.”
Among the highlights of (he
week will be; a series of messages
by the Rev. Dr. W. Lymon Lowe,
former student at ECSC, and, cur
rently, pastor of historic Mt. Sinai
Baptist Church of Brooklyn, N. Y.;
a youth talent session, featuring
an interracial panel and musical
renditions; special choral offerings
by the College Choir, and by guest
choruses; morning watch periods,
with devotional emphasis, each day
at 6:00 A. M,; noon hour medita
tions; group conference with spe
cial lectures; ecumenical Holy
Communion; and a screen produc-
Various student organizations
and student-faculty committees
will figure prominently in the day-
by-day sponsorship of activities.
In addition to the guest minister
of the week, the following mem
bers of the local clergy will serve,
intermittently, as consultants and
lecturers; Dr. R. W. Kicklighter,
pastor of Blackwell Memorial Bap
tist Church; Dr. Carroll M. Felton,
Jr., pastor of Mt, Lebanon AME
Zion Church; Dr. J. R, R. McRay,
pastor of Cornerstone Baptist
Church; Father James P. Robin
son, rector of St. Catheu'ine’s
Catholic Church; The Rev. George
Heath, Pastor of Cann Memorial
Presbyterian Church; The Rev.
John E. Trotman, pastor of St.
Stephen’s Baptist Church; The
Rev. William L. Hutcheson, rector
of Christ Episcopal Church; and
The Rev, T. M. Walker, pastor of
Olive Branch Baptist Church.
ECSC Art Loan
Program Scheduled
Nine traveling exhibitions of
painting, sculpture, and the gra
phic arts by students in the Art
Department of ECSC have been
made available for loan to secon
dary schools in North Carolina
from February to May 1965. The
announcement was made by Dr.
\/incent de Gregorio, department
chairman.
The exhibitions will consist of
appropriate exemplary works by
students, selected by the instruc
tional staff. These works will be
representative of the various art
media offered in the art curricu
lum.
The exhibitions have been sched
uled at schools whose principals
have already responded to letters
of invitation. Under the proposed
plan, members of the art faculty
will visit schools during the show
ings as a means of realizing the
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and Patricia M. Williams— Brook
lyn, N. C., Social Science major,
Thalia Sorosis, Drill Team, Foren
sic Society,
New Library Building
To Be Erected at ECSC
Notices have appeared adver
tising for bids on the new library
Hiiilding to be erected on the col
lege campus. The bids will be open
ed in the office of the President
on Tuesday March 23 at 2:30 p.m.
n^e library building to be erected
will cost something more than
j60Q,OOQ; however, the present
•)ids are approximately $400,000. i
This will cover approximately
V3 of (he building. Included in
his scction are the major reading
room, stack rooms, offices, and
book preparation area. Erection
will begin within a month of the
bid letting, most likely before com
mencement.
Bids on the last section of the
building will be let at a later date.
This other 1/3 will include a small
auditorium with a stage especially
adapted for drama and audio
visual activity, seminar rooms, a
trustees’ room, listening and other
audio-visual rooms. A gallery for
art and other exhibits will also be
included.
Bond Spreads
Sunshine In
Winter Concert
‘The best I’ve heard so far” ,, ,
■‘An accomplished performance ..”
■‘Mr. Ryder did a fine job,”
These were comments heard
after the College Concert Band
finished its Annual Winter Concert
on January 17 in Moore Audito
rium. The forty-two piece aggre
gation (sparked by guest oboist
lohn Scott, Bandmaster at P. W.
Moore High) managed to sound
like double its roster in a program
which ranged from Schubert and
Bach to Gershwin and Sousa,
The group well rewarded a re
presentative audience which had
crunched through a record snow
fall to hear the sounds. Perhaps
the most demanding was Schubert’s
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Dr. James Cheek
Founder's Day Speaker
The President of Shaw Univer
sity, Dr, James Edward Cheek,
will be the Founder’s Day speaker
February 28, 1965. Dr. Cheek, a
native of Roanoke Rapids, N. C.,
holds a Ph.D, from Drew Univer
sity.
Dr. Cheek has been Interim
Minister of the Presbyterian
Church in Rochester, N,Y., in
structor at Union Junior College
and visiting Professor at Upsala
College, East Orange, N.J. The
Shaw president is a member of
several professional organizations
and the Alpha Phi Alpha Frater-
The Compass staff hopes to see
each student and many alumni
present at the Founder’s Day ex
ercises.
High School Senior Day at ECSC
S=a!3!f=*.
Isaac Askew cliatc with High School Seniors
Under its continuing program of
encouraging high school seniors to
continue their education beyond
the secondary level, ECSC, on Jan
uary 13, was host to 1,200 boys
and girls from 18 North Carolina
Schools for day-long activities.
The occasion was the annual
High School Senior Day sponsored
by the college. Assistant Profesor
Leo E. Rochon of the department
of Business Education beaded the
program.
President Walter N. Ridley
greeted the visitors at a morning
assembly and presented student
leaders. The latter spoke on a va
riety of subjects including acade
mic pursuits, fees, scholarship
awards, grants-in-aid or loans, fra
ternities, sororities, athletics and
recreation, campus facilities and
activities, health and counseling
services, and organizations for pur
suing hobbies or special interests.
The host student leaders were all
seniors: Betty lx>u Wilkins of Suf
folk, Va,, “Miss State College”;
Barnelle E. Robinson of Whiteville,
president of The Women’s Govern
ment Association; Jean Rowlett of
Chester, Va,, president of Tlic
Lighthouse, the student college
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