Published by Elizabeth City State College jor Students and Alumni
VOLUME 27
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C„ JANUARY, 1966
NUMBER 5
Most Popular Female Instructor Named
High School Senior
Day Observed
Shirley Smith
Many new faces were seen on ECSC campus January 13th, as the
annual High School Senior Day was observed by approximately 1,009
students from 16 high schools of the Eastern District of North Car
olina. Schools participating in the activity were Central High,
Gitesville; Pamlico Central, Bayboro; R. L. Vann, Ahoskie; Per
quimans County Union, %infall; P. W. Moore, Elizabeth City; p. S.
Jones, ftashington; Tyrell High, Columbia; Marian Anderson, Bel-
cross; West Martin, Oak City; East End, P.obersonville; Currituck
Union, Maple; Ralph J. Bunch, Weldon; C. M. Epps, Greenville;
C. S. Brown, Winton; Beaufort County, Pantego; and Gumberry High
School, Gumberry, North Carolina.
Registration for the students
began at 9=00 in the Lobby of
Williams Hall. As the students
registered, they were given pam
phlets, one of which highlighted
our college living room, the light
house. Each student was given a
program sheet which contained
on the back, a sketch of the
college campus.
The morning program began at
10:00, with the president of the
Student Council, Vernon Perry,
presiding.
President Dr. Walter N. Ridley
presented the greetings and in
troduced the student leaders.
The following leaders were intro
duced to the high school seniors.
Marvin Spaulding, president of
Men's Government Association;
John Smith, president of Student
’ Activities Committee. The high
est average students were then
introduced. Sandra J. Trotman
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Why I
Believe
"Why I Believe In God” and
"What God Means to Me”, were
topics for discussion in our J an •
uary 9, Vesper Hour. This was a
''ery interesting, different and in-
spiring Vesper. The discussants
*ere: Sandra Trotman, ”66”;
Carol Ashe, "66”; Jethro Wil
liams, ”66”; and Eula White,
"67". The discussion was ear
ned out with sincerity and de
termination to make clear what
these topics meant to each in
dividual. Trotman, who was
speaking on the subject, ”Why I
Believe in God, gave several
reasons for her belief. Trotman
said, "God never changes,” "He
that believes in God shall not
perish, but have everlasting life
Ashe based her reasons of why
she believes in God on three
''lews; tradition, spiritual belief
^d intellectual belief. Ashe’s
l>eliefs were seemingly from ex
perience.
The next topic for discussion
Was, "What God Means to Me.”
To Williams, God means love. He
stated that without the Sun there
Would be no love. God to him, is
‘he center of attraction. The last
discussant, Eula White, forfeited
h*t meaning of God by stating
that "God means joy when there
IS sadness, healing when there is
sickness, food for those who are
hungry and knowledge to those
who are willing to apply them
selves. Dr. Boone ended this
®ost inspiring Vesper with ap
preciation to all concerned with
the services.
Professor
Elected to
Scie ntific
Society
Or. Herman Cooke
CBS Visits
C am pus
At Elizabeth City State Col
lege 00 Thursday, January 9.
1966, a Columbia Broadcasting
System camera crew directed by
Bob Evans followed the activities
of one of the college’s 1,035
tudents - Terry Quinlan of West
brook, Maine, who enrolled in
September 1965-
During the past four months,
Terry has gone about the campus,
as just a student. The fact that
e is a white student in a Negro
ollege, lost the aura of curiosity
fter the first few weeks. He was
new student, eager to be a part
of the institution and active in its
activities. The student body rec
ognized his enthusiasm and wel-
omcd him in all areas of student
life.
Enrolling at Elizabeth City
State College, following his dis-
harge from the Navy at Norfolk,
Va. last July, he stated that he
chose Elizabeth City because it
was familiar to him in his travels
in the area during his stay in Nor
folk, and it offered him an oppor
tunity to discover the answer to
ome personal questions he had
bout race.
Terry is not the first white stu
dent to enroll at the College, but
the first to live on carapu/ as a
full time student. A social
science major, he is active in
several co-curricular activities,
among them-The Compass, studept
newspaper; parliamentarian of the
Freshman Class, and member of
the College basketball teanx^
An outgoing young man, he is
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Dr. Herman G. Cooke, pro
fessor of Biology^, was recently
honored with membership in . the
Elisha Mitchell Scientific So
ciety of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was
elected by "unanimous vote" of
the membership at the December
meeting.
The Elisha Mitchell Scientific
Society seeks to cultivate inter
est in natural history and scien
tific subjects; encourage indi
vidual scientific members, and in
crease knowledge of the State of
North Carolina through scientific
research.
A dedicated researcher. Dr-
Cooke spends out of class hours
in the College science laboratory
where he has done considerable
study on mutations in rats which
resulted in the production of the
"bob-tail rat” after several gen
erations. He has also done re
search in the local streams
and lake areas of Wisconsin
Dr. Cooke’s prolific research
also won him a place in the 1965
edition of the American Men of
Science.
Although his classwork and
research keep him totally invol
ved. Dr. Cooke, "Doc” to the stu
dents, is never too busy to take
time out to assist or advise them
in their work or personal prob
lems. Since coming to Elizabeth
City State in I96I, many of his
students have been inspired
pursue a career in the scientific
field.
The Total
Look
Mary Pace-Social Science Mqjor
Most Popular Female
Teacher at ECSC
Vietnam is
the Issue
by Chorles Mitchell
The Forum Committee’s de
bate, January 19, on the Vietnam
issue proved to be a very stimu
lating, spirited and educational
program.
Among the debators were Jo
seph Brown and Bennie Hodges,
who were in favor of the U. S.
policies in Vietnam, while Melvin
l^wcU and Mary Smith were
gainst the U. S. policies. The
four debators were Social Science
majors.
The "pro” side started off the
debate with Brown and Hodges
putting over the points that we
are not only fighting the Vietna
mese, but also Communist China
and went on to explain some of
the reasons why we should not let
China have Vietnam.
Powell and Smith next picked
up the ball. They stated that the
S. is occupying Vietnam for
strategic and military reasons
only, that we are not really look
ing out for the interests of the
South Vietnamese, that the con
flict is a civil war, and efforts
of the Vietnamese to unite the
North and the South once more
into one nation. To validify the
statement that the U. S. is look
ing out for itself only in Vietnam,
the speakers pointed out that the
S. never recognized the Geneva
agreement, drawn up in 1952.
After the debators had thrown
few questions and answers at
each other, questions from the
audience were entertained.
An important point that Hodges
and Brown were trying to get
across was that if Communist
China got control of Vietnam, it
would be easy for it to get control
of Indonesia, the Phillipines, the
Sund Island and the East Indies
This debate was not presented
to the college faculty and stu
dents to let them know who or
what is right or wrong in Vietnam
but to stimulate their minds, such
that they might begin to become
interested in the subject.
Ellsasser to
Appear
Organist, Richard Ellsasser,
who will appear at ECSC on
Thursday evening, Match 24, has
just been awarded an honor
unique in the history of organists
Ellsasser has been chosen by
the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eu
gene Ormandy, musical director
to open their 67th Season of con'
certs at the Academy of Music
Philadelphia. During this trio
of concerts on September 29> 30
and October 1, Ellsasser will
give the world premiere of the
"Antiphonal Fantasy” by the no
ted American composer, Norman
Dello Joio.
The first offering at the Col
lege Lyceum Series for 1966
February 23, when the National
Players will be presented
Shakespeare’s "Romeo and
Juliet.”
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Miss Ruby Hayes
by Francino Johnson
Miss Ruby Hoyes
Out of twenty-five female in
structors, Miss Ruby Hayes was
elected the most popular female
teacher at ECSC.
Miss Hayes, an instructor in
the Business Education Depart
ment, was born in Pennsylvania
but she'now resides in Trenton,
New Jersey.
She received her elementary
and high school education in
Trenton, New Jersey, at New
Lincoln School and Trenton Cen
tral High School. Miss Hayes
earned her B.S.C. degree from
North Carolina College in Dur
ham, North Carolina, and the
M.B.A. degree from New York
University, Graduate School of
Business Administration.
She has done secretarial work
social agencies, educational
institutions, and at Esso Stand
ard Oil Company in New York.
She also served as Assistant
Registrar at Spellman College in
Atlanta and taugbf business
subjects in the trade school of
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Delta s
Present
Bennett
by Barbara Fearing
"A Student Looks at his Re
sponsibilities” was the topic of
Mrs. Katherine Bennett’s address
as she stood before the College
family in assembly, January 13-
Mrs. Bennett is on the faculty
at Virginia State College, Peters
burg, Virginia, in the Department
of Physical Education. She is a
native of Elizabeth City.
The Delta Chi Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority presented
Mrs. Bennett, who is also a mem
ber of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Gloria Moore, Mary Pace and
Beverly Mallory sang a selection,
"Indian Dawn” by J. S. Zamec-
nik. The group was accompanied
by Geraldine Vaughan at the piano;
The chapter of the sorority
presented to Mr. Hobson Thomp
son, College Librarian, several
paperback books which are to be
placed in the Browsing Room of
the G. R. Little Library.
Advisers to the organization
are Mrs. Hazel Spellman and Dr.
Edna L. Davis.