PAGE FOUR
THE COMPASS
MAY, 1965
The Double Role of
The Student Teacher
Paper presented April 27,
1965 at a symposhim spon
sored by Eta Pi Chapter of
Beta Beta Beta Honor Society.
By Louvellia Johnson
Many of you have heard the
term “student teaching” used over
and over during your college
life and in other phases of your
life. Have you ever really stopped
to think what all of this means?
To perhaps enlighten you on the
meaning of student teaching, I
would define it as “a transitional
phase between your past role of
full-time student and your future
role of full-time teacher."
You will be an apprentice teach
er, expected to perform routine
teaching tasks, to explore the faci
lities of a school, to observe
experienced cooperating teachers,
and eventually to begin to teach
on your own. In short you are
placed in a school to get the
"feel" of a school and the “feel”
of being a teacher.
Dualities
During this time you are ex
pected to play two ,roles at the
same time, that of a teacher and
student. Your cooperating teacher
and college supervisor will ad
dress you as a student; the pupils
in the school will treat you as a
teacher.
In order to make the best of
your student teaching period, you
should be familiar with the pur
poses of student teaching. Some
of these are;
Accept criticism for the best
even if you do not fully agree;
remember you are still a stu
dent and not in your own class
room. Be an outgoing individual
and not self-centered. You should
be friendly with all the faculty
members.
As a teacher you must be well
versed on your subject matter.
If a student asks you a question
about something you know little
or nothing about, admit that you
do not know and make it a re
search problem for you and your
class. To get along with your stu
dents, avoid being too dogmatic
or too permissive.
Responsibilities
You must be a counselor and
friend to your students in helping
them find desirable solutions to
their problems whether it be
personal or academic.
Moreover, I wish to state
that no student teaching situation
is the same for any two student
teachers, and no real situation is
like any imagined one. You and
every other student teacher will
bring to student teaching different
personalities and minds.
To those of you who are ma
joring in science, particularly, you
will always be students. The ef
fective science teacher attempts
to keep up with the latest research
in science and in education. The
greatest occupational hazard of a
teacher is to be out of date with
the latest scientific and teaching
developments. You wish after gra
duation to enroll in one or more
of the following activities to main
tain your professional status:
(1) Graduate Study (2) Summer
and Year-Round Institutes (3) In-
service Training and Extensive
Reading (4) Professional Organiza
tions and Publications and (5)
Community Activities.
Three Points
1. A Chance to Test Theory—
“You will have an opportunity to
make mistakes and be guided to
ward correcting them by ex
perienced hands.”
2. A Chance to Evaluate Your
self—“As a student teacher you
can explore all of the facets of a
high school and ask questions
which the pride of a person who
already has been “placed” as a
teacher forbids him to do. You
will learn the things you are incap
able of doing and those things that
you can do best.”
3. A Chance to Develop Com
petence—“The process of asking
questions to locate problems and
experimenting to test theory and
practice in the laboratory of a
school and its classrooms helps
develop the competence necessary
to carry you through your early
years of teaching. All practice i?
based on theory, but not all theory
results in good practice. Com
petence comes from a willingness
to put yourself and your ideas to
test and to view teaching as a
continuous process of study and
adaptation.
How can you make the best
of your student teaching? You
must have a pattern of expecta
tion. No one can tell you exactly
what to except when you enter
your cooperating school. It is
hoped that you will have intelli
gently planned an experience. Voii
should never anticipate the worst;
look for the best in every situa
tion. You must exhibit maturity
and not make yourself a burden
to your cooperating teacher. Re
member, while you may feel
awkward and strange before him,
he may feel the same before you,
because he looks at you as a
person with modern ideas which
differ from his old methods. You
should be sincere towards your
work, and not mix pleasure with
duties.
Mother and Daughter
Candidates for
Graduation at ECSC
*#■
Mrs. Mary Long and Daughter Jayne
Long
When Mrs. Mary McCloud
Long of Elizabeth City, N. C., re
ceives the Bachelor of Science
degree in May from Elizabeth
City State College, it will be the
culmination of a long cherished
ambition and an example of per-
sistance in the achievement of a
set goal.
Her graduation will also be
significant in that she will graduate
with her youngest daughter, layne.
Mrs. Long, the mother of six
children and the grandmother of
three, interrupted her college ca
reer many times in the process of
rearing her family. She said that
she was encouraged and inspired
to continue by the cooperation of
her late husband, Walter P. Long,
who was a printer. He made it
possible for her to attend several
summer sessions.
Three daughters and a son at
tended this college. Twin daugh
ters, Joyce and Justina of the class
of 1954, are teachers in the public
school system of New Brunswick,
N. I. Her son, Elton Long, is a
caterer in Philadelphia, Pa.; her
daughter, Mrs. Gloria Overton, is
a housewife in Winston-Salem,
N. C. Her youngest son, Donald,
The COMPASS
Shows Them How
A new light was thrown upon
assembly programs when the Com
pass staff was the host for a pro
gram on April, 29. Students filed
into Moore Hall Auditorium an
ticipating another boring program;
however, they were very pleased
to learn differently after the pro
gram had begun.
Members of the COMPASS staff
presented the exciting family game
of “Password". Team after team
of eager staff participants compet
ed against each other as their en
thusiasm was retained by the hu
morous wit of Avon Chapman,
Master of Ceremonies, Toward the
end of the game, two volunteers
from the audience, Carol Ashe
and Melvin Powell, came on stage
to attempt the upset of the team
of Louvellia Johnson and Paul
Jones, the winners.
At half time, Barbara Fearing,
Vivian Thornton, Richard Reid
and James Salisbury performed a
brief but entertaining skit.
After fifty-minutes of game
time, the Master of Ceremonies,
in behalf of the COMPASS staff,
bid the audience a kind farewell.
Coronation Ball
The Coronation Ball, which is
an annual affair, was held at Eli
zabeth City State College on May
1, 1965. The ball was set into
motion by the appearance of the
attendants in their lovely and most
handsome attire. The young ladies
were dressed in long white gowns
and the men were dressed in dark
suits. These persons marched into |
the gynmasium and formed a |
greeting line which was to serve i
as a welcoming committee for the !
retiring queen and her attendants. |
After ascending to the stage the
Queen for 1965-66 was announced.
Dr. Walter N. Ridley, President of
the College, delivered an inspiring
recognition statement to our most
beautiful selected queen.
The activities honoring the queen
were: “March of Siamese Chil
dren,” by the College Band; dance
by Miss Laura E. Bishop; Solo by
our own Mr. Wendell Wilson; a
majestic Waltz duet by Miss Faye
Salley and Mr. Rochon; a passion
dance by Mr. Leo Rochon, and
"Dedication" and “A Dream with
in a Dream,” by the college Choir.
After the formal activities ended,
we were given the privilege to
swing to our own native music,
provided by the Monitors. So
ended the coronation and the ball.
"Getting to Know Them"
LONG
Jacqueline E. Long, a native of
East Brunswick, New Jersey, is a
senior Elementary Education ma
jor.
Duringher
four years at
ECSC, she has
participated i n
he College Band
She was elected
a member o f
Who’s Who in
American C o !■
leges and Univer
sities in 1963-64.
She held the of
fice of vice-presi
dent of the Women's Government
in 1963-64. In addition, Jackie was
a dormitory counselor during
1963-64. Presently, she is the Presi
dent of the campus chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and a
member of Thalia Sorosis. She has
represented the Choir in the In
tercollegiate Music Association for
three years. As a freshman she
received an award for the highest
average in Freshman English.
Upon graduation, Jackie hopes
to pursue her goal by attending
graduate school.
Jacqueline says, ”I will always
remember my years at ECSC.
Good luck to you in your future
years.”
ALFORD
You rnay delay, but time will not.
There usually is very little or no
recognition given to the called “un
sung characters”—t hose depend
able persons who
willingly give ser
vice when they
are not affiliated
directly with the
organization.
The Staff is
making an effort
to show some ap-
p r e c i a t i on to
those persons by
featuring them in
the recently esta
blished section,
“Getting To Know Them.”
One of the persons featured for
this month’s issue is Lawrence
“Shayes” Alford, a senior business
education major from Edenton,
North Carolina.
Lawrence is presently treasurer
of Phi Beta Lambda Chapter of
the Future Business Leaders of
America. He is also a faithful and
dependable worker in connection
with the Social Committee of the
Student Council.
“Shayes" is a graduate of Eden
ton High School in Edenton. His
ambition is to become enrolled in
an IB'M school and prepare for a
prosperous future with IBM.
We wish Alford the best of luck
in his preparation for a prosperous
future.
Student Scholars In Symposium
Freshman Women
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should respect the ladies and their
male guests; ladies should have
longer calling hours on weekends,
and ladies should have a Saturday
evening mail call.
These rules, which were pro
tested, were evaluated by members
of the Women’s Government As
sociation.
is a student at P. W. Moore Junior
High School, Elizabeth City.
Both Mrs. Long and her daugh
ter, Jayne are Elem'entary Educa
tion Majors, and completed stu
dent teaching requirements last
semester. Mrs Long was at Marion
Anderson of Belcross, Jayne was
at C. S. Brown School in Winton.
A widow since 1961, Mrs. Long
enrolled as a regular student in
1962. She is employed on the cam
pus as a part time assistant in the
Lighthouse College Center (student
union building).
Mrs. Long states that she is
looking forward to a career in
teaching and hopes to be located
in the Elizabeth City area.
Beta Beta Beta, the biological
honor society, presented its first
symposium April 27, under the
sponsorship of Dr. Sekender A.
Khan, acting chairman of the De
partment of Biology. The Society
has hopes that this will become an
annual event.
Beulah Parker, president of the
local honor society chapter, stated
the purpose of the symposium as
being to “project scientific re
search as a practical and functional
part of our everyday lives, rather
than an abstract body of know
ledge that is read about, for
gotten, and discarded.”
First-Session Participants
Dr. George H. Walker, Jr.,
chairman of the College’s Com
mittee on Study and Research,
presented opening statements to
begin the morning session, which
ran from 8:30 to 11. He discussed
practical applications of the sci
entific method.
Angenette Ruffin (freshman
from Elm City) and Caroyln Lee
(freshman from Jackson) gave a
paper jointly on “Effect of New
Chemicals on Insects and Min
nows.”
Magnolia Brown (sophomore
from Bethel) read her paper on
"Determination of Nitrogen by the
Kjeldahl Method.”
Carol Ashe (junior from Little
ton) gave a paper on “Micro-
Organisms from Chewing Gum
Residue,” a synopsis of which was
featured in the January, 1965 issue
of The Compass.
Robert Thomas (senior from
Canton) read his findings on “The
Study of the Presence of Catalase
in Vegetables at Elizabeth City,
N.C.”
“The Effect of 6-Methyl-2-Thio
Uracil on Algae,” was the topic
presented jointly by Maxine Haw
kins and Josephine Grant (both,
freshmen from Conway).
Afternoon Ses"sion
The symposium participants re
convened for their second-session
events scheduled for 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Beulah Parker, winner of much
recognition during Honors Night
recently, read her paper on “The
Origin of Species.” Miss Parker is
a senior from Hobgood.
William Matthews (senior from
Weldon) presented “The Effect
Darwin’s TTieory had on Scientific
Thinking.”
Carol Ashe read a second paper
entitled, “Extraction of Soil Ana-
baena.”
Louvellia Johnson (senior from
Enfield) closed the symposium
with her paper on the “Double
Role of the Student Teacher.”
This is reproduced elsewhere in
this issue.
Officers and members of Beta
Beta Beta Honor Society have
expressed gratitude to all persons
who submitted and presented
papers this year, and invite even
more vigorous participation for
next year.
Better Men's
Week-End
Two students, Willie Hagans and
James Dickerson, journeyed to
North Carolina College in Dur
ham to attend an annual Eagle’s
Recognition Ball on May 7, 1965.
They traveled there to observe the
fashion in which the college ac
knowledged Men’s Week-End.
Both students hope that their
observations will be of profit to
ECSC. Dickerson is president of
MGA.
Jacksons Retire
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The Jacksons stated that they
plan to rest for at least one year
after retiring and Mr. Jackson
stated that he might, if he finds
something suitable, do some work.
The college family and com
munity will certainly miss these
two individuals who have, without
a doubt, been an inspiration to stu
dents at the institution and have
been a great asset to the college
as a whole.
The Jacksons are leaving the
following statement with the col
lege family and community:
“We have enjoyed the work here
and we hope that we have made
some small contribution to Eliza
beth City State College. We feel"
certain that we have learned a'
great deal from the administration ,
faculty, staff and students. Ouy.-
memories of this institution wildl
never die. We hope that ECSC'.'
will continue to grow.” ”