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THE COMPASS
JANUARY, 1966
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To Mourn A Fallen Angel
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by Avon Chapman
Editor's note
This story will continue on a
serial basis. A flash-back of the
previous epii>ode will also be in
cluded.
The Story Thus Far; The all in
credible Angel has Undertaken
his last infraction of the law code
and fate is preparing'him to fall
into the hands of the unknown
people. He has been forced to fall
into a dense and hazy forest area.
A few minutes after this dra
matic sequence, a troop transport
plane was seen in the mist of the
circling fighter jets. It immediate
ly began to drop paratroopers into
an area that they assumed Stone
had toppled.
Beneath all of this action and
below the thick misty veil which
covered this wooded locality, was
the Angel. He lay scrambled on
the ground - stunned by the ter
rific imnact of his descent. The
crushed bed of moss into which he
fell had begun to penetrate the
fine threads of his tattered clo
thing to his sensitive skin.
attempting to move from the tree
suddenly fall into the earth. When
they reached the proximity of this
weird occurance, they discov
ered that the ground had opened
and closed again after it had
claimed the great Daniel Stone.
To them, this was the end of their
number one public enemy. The
authorities would close the tile
on the Angel, and the world would
rejoice at his permanent extinc
tion from society.
Idealistically Speaking
It would be highly unethical
and ironic, however, to say that
this man had met his end at this
particular time. Idealistically
speaking, how could one sub
stantiate the rumor that the Angel
was the individual who fell into
the hands of the unique beings
previously discussed?
What Happened?
Luckily for this man, the pier
cing sensation of the moss a-
galnst his exterior had revived
him to a conscious state. He had
recuperated enough to have given
himself a review of what had oc
curred and to have become cogni
zant of the precarious situation
with which he was now threat
ened. What was supposed to be
happening? The soldiers were
rapidly closing in upon him. Un
fortunately, the darkness could
not hide the Angel because he had
lost his invisibility. Stone’s tra
gic plummet earthward caused
this inevitable damage to his re
markable belt.
The Angel Runs
After gaining a slight degree
of leverage Daniel ran in aimless
and frantic desperation in order
that he might evade being appre
hended by his heavily armed as
sailants. Farther and farther he
fled into a woods where he found
less cover than before. Stone was
impelled to secure a hiding-place
because he felt his once irre
pressible stamina deminishing.
CROTAN
The only refuge he could find
was a majestic tree whose huge
timbers could have concealed the
l»(iest animal. With strenuous ef
fort, the Angel made a heroic
dash behind this bulky tree. Sev
eral troopers were also headed
toward this tree which had six
letters carved upon its exterior.
As they grew closer ro this init
ialed tree that was lettered,
C R O T A N, something bizarre
took place before their eyes.
Authorities Close File
They saw the Angel, while
Bloodmobile
Receive s
109 Donors
Student of
the Issue
Student Council Prexy, Vernon Perry Leads the Woy.
••If*
If destiny had closed its book
on Stone at this point, how could
he have unveiled this deep, dark
and coveted mystery if the unique
entities who tossed the losing
dice for our mankind? Fortun
ately, history has proven that the
common abstraction, "if”, has
never initiated the smallest
bridge or felled even the tiniest
timber. Therefore, the glamorous
Angel was still very much alive!
Down, Down, Down!
Beneath the unhallowed piece
of earth which earlier had en
gulfed Stone, was a continuous
abyss where the Angel was top
pling aimlessly down, down, down
into a seemingly bottomless pit!
Could this be the mysterious hand
of fate allowing him to finally
fall into the hands of the unique
beings. Who or what awaited the
Angel at the bottom of this god
forsaken dungeon of vacuous end
lessness?
(Final episode next edition)
Senior Day
(continued from page 1)
was the highest ranking senior,
Joycelyn Berry, junior, Paul L.
Jones, sophomore.
The departmental representa
tives were then introduced and
the different departments were
presented to the students. The
students were then allowed to
accompany the two representa
tives from the department of his
interest on campus tours. While
on the tour they were allowed to
meet the department heads.
After a very enjoyable lunch,
the seniors were allowed to so
cialize with other students and
learn more about the campus.
The afternoon activities began
PANELISTS DISCUSS U.S. IN VIETNAM
Left to Right: Joseph Brown, Benny Hodges, Celestine Ashe,
Mary Smith, Melvin Powell.
The Bloodmobile on Campus,
received 109 donors when it came
to the campus on January 7. This
was the second time for ECSC
students to donate blood, last
year’s donors being a higher num
ber than for this year.
In the United States, over 300
colleges and universities con
ducted 650 campus blood drives,
operations that annually collect
over 80,000 units of student
blood.
Planning for a successful cam
pus bloodmobile' operation re
quires a committee of enthusi
astic, hard working members.
Committee membership includes
students, faculty and /or admin
istrative staff and Red Cross
chapter representatives.
The Department of Health and
Physical Education along with
the Student Council, worked hard
to have a successful campaign.
The Red Cross is responsible
for collecting, processing, and
distributing the blood donated
through the program. The blood is
tested at the Red Cross blood
centers for blood group and type,
and a serological test is per
formed. It is then distributed to
participating hospitals for use
in transfusions. Some of the blood
is also used for men in the armed
forces.
The chairman of the committee
here on campus was Mrs. Georgia
L. Smith, an instructor of health
in the sponsoring department.
at 1:30, Consisting of selections
from the college band, under the
direction of Mr. David Williams.
Dance attractions were rendered
by the Modern Dance group. The
choir, under the direction of Miss
Evelyn Johnson, w«s also re
sponsible for the music, along
with a piano solo by Geraldine
Vaughan.
Popular Teacher
(continued from page I)
the Harlem Branch Y.W.C.A. in
J'Jew York.
Miss Hayes holds the Certi
fied Professional Secretary’s
Certificate awarded by exam
ination through the National Sec
retaries Association. There are
approximately three and a half
thousand CPS’s in the United
States, Canada and Hawaii.
When Miss Hayes was asked
about the ways and methods she
used to teach her classes, she
had this to say, "1 teach pre
dominately skills, and the stu
dent must 'do’ as opposed to lec-
ture-discussion. I place emphasis
on practical application in work
with machines, and the time is
planned to give maximum utili
zation of the student’s effort.
In the class on business com
munication, writing is empha
sized as is oral expression. Here
again, emphasis is given to
'doing’ as essential to learn
ing.”
Being confronted with giving
her opinion of the student body
at ECSC, she replied, "Having
had experience at a few other
institutions, I find that the stu
dents are friendlier, inclined to
be more courteous, show a de
sire to succeed in their respec
tive areas, and appear to be, in
many cases, quite receptive to
the teacher’s efforts to help.”
Finally, Miss Hayes was ask
ed to express how it feels to be
chosen the Most Popular Female
Instructor at ECSC. With honor
and a heart full of joy, she re
plied, "It is overwhelming and a
total surprise!’ Something like
thi-s was completely outside the
realm of my imagination.”
Miss Hayes is a member of the
College’s Social Activities Com
mittee and serves as co-adviser
to Phi Beta Lambda and the
Freshman Class.
Jethro C. Williams
Ed. Note: The Student body was
asked to vote for the student of
ECSC whom it feh has made some
worthwhile contribution to the
College. The result of the polling
follows.
Compass editor. Viking editor-
Jethro Williams leads a busy
school life and is presented here
as ”Student-of-the Issue.”
A Senior English major, Will
iams is a native of Elizabeth City
and a graduate of the local P.W.
Moore High School. There, he
also served as editor of his high
school newspaper and yearbook.
Williams first entered ECSC in
1958 and attended for one semes
ter. Upon leaving, he enlisted in
the United States Army where he
spent three years. There he reach
ed the rank of sergeant after ser
ving only 17 months.
He led a full military life just
as he is leading a full school
life at the college. Williams was
a paratrooper, attended the Cold
Weather and Mountain Climbing
School in Alaska and Jungle
School in South America.
Besides being editor of the
newspaper and yearbook, he is a
lineman on the football team, a
member of the English Club and
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Re
cently, he was elected to Who’s
Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges.
Williams has high hopes of at
tending graduate school after
graduation. A choice of schools
has not been made yet.
In the spring of 1965. Williams
was the recipient of the Mount
Sinai Award (Brooklyn, New
York). This award was presented
to the male student on our campus
who is outstanding in three areas-
religion, athletics and contribu
tion to campus living.
Here he is, your choice for
Student-of-the Issue, Jethro Will
iams.
FOUNDERS DAY
SPEAKER
Lt. Gov. Robert Scott
February 27, 1966
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