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THE COMPASS
DECEMBER, 1965
THE COMPASS
For Students and Alumni
Published by
STATE COLLEGE NEWS PRESS CLUB
Elizabeth City, N.C.
Member:
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
ESITOR-IN-CHIKF Jethro Williams
ASSOCIATE EDITOR .Barbara Fearing
SECRETABY Ingild East
treasurer. Vivian Thornton
SPORTS EDITOR Patrick Tyrance
reporters Eugene Thompson, Arlease Salley,
Zlner Johnson, Shirley Smith, Brenda Pearson,
James Jackson, Richard Reid, Lyretta Eggles
ton, Charles Mitchell, Avon Chapman
production Avon Chapman. Rosa Riddick,
Teresa Hathaway, Rudolph Brown, JeroUne
White. Terry Quinlan, Franclna Johnson, Ear-
nestlne Goldsberry
CIRCULATION PhyUlse Wilkins, Ingrid East, Vivian Thornton.
Arlease Salley, Barbara Fearing, Patricia Jones
ART Rudolph Brown, Bernard Dickens
PHOTOGRAPHER James Salisbury (unless otherwise
Indicated, all photographs appearing are by him).
ADVISdRS Mr. Ballou, Mr. Fennell
Opinions expressed in articles are not necessarily those of the Compass
or the College.
",4 Happy Departure"
As we depart—from this cam
pus for the Christmas and New
Year holidays, we leave with much
happiness and cheerfulness. Some
of us will be going home for the
first time during the school year.
It is the wish of the entire Com
pass Staff that this Chirstmas will
be the best for each of you. We
hope the New Year will bring
about new and constructive
changes in each of our lives.
Behind the Christmas goes many
thoughts. Thoughts of the birth
of Christ and the happiness
brought to all mankind. This is
the kind of goodness that should
pass through the hearts of all and
bring peace to unstable homes,
love to unwanted children, hospi
tality to our visitors, happiness to
the sad, and everlasting brother
hood to all mankind. This is the
true spirit of Christmas.
All of you will not have a happy
Christmas. Some will not have
plenty of food on the table or re
ceive fabulous gifts. Others will be
quite glad to get back to school
and enjoy the warmth of their
friends.
Christmas is not when there is
food on the table or the receiving
of gifts. It is the feeling of know
ing that you’ve given your love
and understanding to all who wish
it. It is the feeling of knowing that
you have your good health and
can thank God for it.
The New Year should also mean
something to you. It should repre
sent a new starting point for the
lost; a point of continuation for
those making progress. To some it
will mean only that they will have
aged another year.
This is the period of a new re
solution, which we almost always
break.
Even though resolutions are fre
quently broken, they are always
good to make because they give
you something towards which to
work. Make your resolutions, you
just might keep them.
The Compass extends a Merry
Christmas to all Alumni members,
friends, and families. May this
New Year be the best ever.
rJCettei'5 to
^lie ^clit
or
Dear Friends;
I am teaching in Cleveland,
Ohio. I am teaching three sections
which are Bookkeeping 11, Typing
I and Salesmanship which was
really a great surpise.
The school has a well integrated
program.
I am living in the home of Mrs.
Blanche Williams in a very nice
neighborhood, only five blocks
from the school. 1 walk to and
from school everyday.
I trust that the Business Depart
ment. and everyone is doing just
fine. I hope that you will fully en
joy the Christmas Season. May
God forever bless and keep you.
Love
Fay Salley ’65
Fellow Students:
First, to the student body, I
deeply appreciate your selecting
me as your “Miss Sadie Hawkins”
for the year 1965-66.
Secondly, I commend the Physi
cal Education Department for pre
senting an enjoyable, gay and well-
planned Sadie Hawkins Affairs. A
special comment must be added
about the prizes that were pre
sented to all of the many contest
winners.
I am sure that this splendid oc
casion will stimulate the students
and motivate them into attending
and participating in the 1966-67
Sadie Hawkins Activities.
—Elizabeth Strickland
Who...? Where...? What...?
Eacti Issue of Itie Compass will pub-
llsli Information about graduates In tms
column. Members of ttie alumni are In
vited to submit Information "'J®'
they are doing and '»
of Information Box 92, Klliabeth City
State College 27909.
Ruben Bukrs, ’65, an Industrial
Arts major is teaching at Fairmont
Height’s High, North East Wash
ington, D. C. He is also chairman
of the Industrial Arts Department.
He was a member of the Light
house Social Committee, Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, College Drill
Team, and the Industrial Art As
sociation.
Winfred E. Simpson, ’65 Gener
al Science major, is teaching at
Roanoke Elementary School, Man-
to, North Carolina. He is also
Principal of this shcool.
Winnie Mae Smith, ’65, Elemen
tary Education major is teaching
at Flower Street Elementary
School, Berlin, Maryland. She was
a member of the Student N.E.A.
Faye E. Salley, ’65, Business
Education major is teaching at
John Adams High School, Cleve
land, Ohio. She was a member of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Sec.
of Student Council 1964-65, ap
peared in 1964-65 issue of Who’s
Who Among .Students In American
Colleges and Universities and Pres
ident of Thalia Sorosis Club 1963-
64.
Barbara Jean Bynum Class of
’65 Elementary Education major is
teaching at Speight High School,
Wilson, North Carolina. She was a
member ofj Student N.E.A. and
Student Chri.stian Association.
Luther Oliver Gibbs, Jr., ’65,
Elementary Education major is
teaching at J. Murray Jeffrese Ele
mentary School, Charlotte Court
House, Virginia. He was a mem
ber of Men’s Government Associ
ation, Omega Fraternity (Lamp)
and member of Tennis Team.
reelings ^^rom
^lie ^tuJent C^ouncii
To you, the Student Council ex
tends Seasonal Greetings. With the
holidays just before us, we sin
cerely hope that this will be the
most joyous Christmas ever and
the New Year will be the most
prosperous.
As you leave for the holidays,
remember that you still have the
What Do You
Wantfor Christmas?
By Vivian Thornton
Christmas is the time of the year
when all of us look forward to
giving and receiving. Many of us
look more for receiving than giv
ing. We want to know what our
parents, girlfriends, boyfriends, or
associate will give us. Hints are
often given as to what you would
like the gift to be. Many of you
don’t think of the season as it is,
but merely look under the tree to
see how large the box is that is
supposedly yours.
Instead of looking for ties,
watches, sweaters, rings, or the
like, ask for good health, under
standing of others, sympathy and
charity toward others, wisdom and
faith. Sudi things as these are
worthwhile gifts and can never be
replaced. One of the most useful
gifts is that of drawing closer to
God.
As you board the bus for home,
go with set goals in yor heart. Re
solve that you will return from the
Yuleide season with a better life
and that you will be an example
for men to follow.
rest of the school year before you
and much of what you do may in
fluence your future activities at
this school.
Remember also that it is through
giving that we receive. However,
don’t give your life on the high
way. Drive carefully and return
safely to campus. It is hoped that
we will all see each other at the
beginning of the New Year.
Once more, “Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.”
Vernon Perry
Student Council President
SMENC Features
"Messiah'
//
"The Tree That
Bends in the Wind
Never Breaks"
The long road of life is danger
ous and tiresome. Obstacles, ab
struse problems, complex situa
tions are all a part of the scene.
On this road of life are different
trees of varied origins, shapes,
colors and size but all are branches
of a particular pattern. There are
small trees that are fragile and
easy to break, large ones with no
resistance to the outside force and
the small and large that bend with
the wind and never break.
The tree that stands solely alone
amidst a storm and is subject to all
outside forces makes a good ap
pearance but soon falls like all the
rest. The small tree with strength
beyond compare flows with the
changes of the wind and accepts
the outside force. This force then
yields with contemplation. The
tree that bends in the wind never
breaks.
—Carol Marcella Miller
Monk's Solution to
The Slum Problems
By Mary Monk
[ think that if the United States
would clean up her own back yard,
she will not have time to inter
fere with other countries.
There are many ways to clean
up the slums in the United States.
I shall discuss a few.
The government could clear land
and build houses on this land for
the people that are living in the
shmi areas, then condemn these
houses in which the people lived.
The people could also raise money
to help the government fix up
these houses.
Another way to clean up those
slum areas is for the people of that
area to form a committee and call
this committee “The Community
Club for Cleannness.”
After forming this club, they
should go from house to house
and discuss this program with
by Claudette Moore
George HandeJs’ oratorio “Mes
siah,” was the main feature at the
December meeting of the ECSC
Student Chapter (no 374) of the
M.E.N.C.
After Vice President Vinnia
Nicholson opened the meeting,
Willis Langley gave a synopsis of
Handel’s life.
Victoria Wilson and Claudette
Moore introduced and analyzed
the parts of the “Messiah” which
are, the prophesy, the birth, teach
ing and crucifixion of our Lord.
Finally, the members listened to
different parts of the oratorio.
Among the most inspirational se
lections heard were “Comfort ye”
and the well known “Hallelujah
Chorous.”
The meeting seemed to be an
interesting and most inspiring one.
SMENC marches on!
Faculty Notes
Mr. Dale E. Henderson, Assist
ant in the President’s Office, at
tended a conference on the recent
Higher Education Act. held in
Washington, D.C. at the Statler
Hotel, November 23. Later, Mr.
Henderson journeyed to Pjeiffer
College (Misenheimer) for a state
meeting on college work-study pro
grams.
Registrar Taylor E. Jones ac-
corrrpanied President Walter N.
Ridley to a conference attended
by representatives of administra
tive and admissions officers of
college. The December 9 session
at Duke University was highlight
ed by discussion of “College Ad
mission and Interpretation of test
Scores.”
Cadet Teachers—
Where They Are
(Continued from Nov. issue)
East End (Robersonville)
Nellie Johnson
Pasquotank (Elizabeth City)
Willie Francis
William Lewis
Lubertha Smith
David Freeman
Sarah Jordan
Maxine Outlaw
Wilder Taylor
Sadie Foye
Jean Weaver
Currituck Union (Maple)
Geraldine Sykes Jones
Ernest Wilkins, Jr.
Willie M. Jones
Portia Perry
Annie E. Jones (Elizabeth City)
Helen Johnson
Faleese M. Jenkins
Julia Whitehurst
H. L, Trigg Elem. (Elizabeth City)
Mildred L. Lawrence
Lenora Jarvis
Maxine Moody
P. W, Moore (Elizabeth City)
Robert Thomas
Wilson Goode
Ralph Roland
Eloise Bishop
Hattie Howard
Joseph Brown
Bessie M. Carr
Pecolia Etchinson
Geraldine Lewis
Georgia Brooks
Darden High School (Wilson)
Matthew Freeman
every family of that community.
After discussing this with each dif
ferent family let them sign a peti
tion that they are willing to clean
up the slum area in which they
live.
The community club should also
inform the government of their
plans, and ask for help. I know if
they want to clean out these slum
areas the people can do it.
I know there are some people
who feel that “why should I help
clean up this place, when this is
not my house in which I am liv
ing.” Well they shouldn’t feel that
way, because after all they are
helping to buy the house, or maybe
have already bought the house; if
they have stayed there over a per
iod of years, why not clean up the
place in which they live.
The government is doing a little,
but not as much as it should. In
stead of tearing down the houses
that can wait, get those that
need to be done away with right
away, and the United States
would progress in the way of
beauty.
The government should look
into this matter of slum areas,
and be more willing to help the
people move up, rather than to
pull them down.
Local Band
Receives Trophy
The P. W. Moore High School
Band recently received outstanding
recognition in an o u t-of-town
Christmas parade.
On December 2, the band jour
neyed to Hertford and participated
in the annual Christmas Parade
sponsored there by the local Cham
ber of Commerce.
The band, under the direction
of Mr. McCray Bussey, was noted
as the best-playing, best-marching,
and most outstanding band in the
parade. For this recognition, it re
ceived a beautiful trophy to carry
back to the home of the Lions,
P. W. Moore High School.
The majorettes received an
added recognition and were named
runners up as outstanding in their
performance. They received a blue
ribbon.
Mr. Calvin R. Paige, principal
of the school, was filled with pride
upon receipt of the news of the
trophy and ribbon.
The director, Mr. Bussey, came
to Elizabeth City in September of
this year. He is a native of Rocky
Mount, N.C.