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THE COMPASS
FEBRUARY, 1966
THE COMPASS
For Students and Alumni
Published by
STATE COLLEGE NEWS PRESS CLUB
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Members:
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jethro Williams
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Barbara Fearing
SECRETARY. Jn«rid East
TREASURER Vivian Armstrong
FEATURE EDITOR Charlotte Riddick
SPORTS EDITOR Avon Chapman
REPORTERS Eugene Thompson, Arlease Salley,
Ziner Johnson, Shirley Smith, Brenda Pearson,
James Jackson, Richard Reid, Lyretta Eggles
ton, Charles Mitchell, Avon Chapman.
PRODUCTION Avon Chapman, Kosa Riddick,
Teresa Hathaway, Rudolph Brown, Jeroline
White, Terry Quinlan, Francina Johnson
CIRCULATION Ingrid East, Vivian Armstrong,
Arlease Salley, Barbara Fearing, Patricia Jones.
ART. Kudolph Brown, Bernard Dickeos
ADVISOR Mr. Ballou
Opinions expressed in articles are not necessarily those of.the Com
pass or the College.
Are You Doing
Your Job?
Nearing the close of each
school year, the campus is full
of excitement because it is
election time. The big Election
Week is for the purpose of elec
ting officers to the highest stu
dent offices on campus. These
offices are Student Council
President, and Vice-President,
President of Men’s and Women’s
Government Associations, "Miss
ECSC,” Secretary and Treasurer
of Student Council, and Mem-
bers-at-Large.
During this particular week,
the candidates gather on the
stage and make their campaign
speeches. Usually these speech
es consist of the many things
the candidates promise to do
should they be elected.
Election time is over and
once more they gather on the
stage and thank the student
body for having elected them.
Everyone should get a good look
because this is the last time
these leaders will be seen as a
group by the students during the
whole period. Two-thirds of
these so callcd leaders will
shirk the bulk of their responsi
bilities.
It is really a shame that the
President of the Student Coun
cil has to run his Vice-Presi
dent down because he wants
someone to fill in for him. After
all, that is the purpose of a
vice-president.
It is even a bigger disgrace,
chat out of two elected secre
taries, he does not have one
whom he can get to type up a
letter when he needs it. So what
does he have to do? He has to
go out and get students who are
quite capable, have them put on
work-aid to do the jobs of the.
persons who were elected by
the student body.
On other campuses, their e-
quivalent of Men’s and Women’s
Government Associations are
really two big organizations.
They even give at least two big
affairs on campus during the
school year and a number of
small ones, but not ours. Some
credit must be given to the Wo
men’s Government Association.
At least they have given some
thing during the year and have
had a few meetings.
What has happened to the
men? They have done abso
lutely nothing except make
promises. Everyone knows that
you cannot live on promises. If
you could not fill the positions,
why did you decide to run?
Men’s Government Association,
't is time to get the ball rolling!
Members-at-Large! So you
I lid not know we had any did
you? Well, we have several but
only one or two seem to be do
ing anything. What has happen
ed to the rest of them? They all
are still' in school. Just like
many of the other officers, they
are not functioning. Their job is
usually to assist the Student
Council with various activities.
If you are a member, ''"What are
you doing?”
Miss ECSC has an obligation
although it may be of a different
nature. Perhaps the trouble here
is that she does not appear e-
nough. Maybe she needs to be
come a bigger part of things.
Beauty is fine, but just being
beautiful is not enough. How
ever, it could be shown more.
There is another organiza
tion on this campus. In fact, it
is the largest of all the organ
izations on campus. All of the
organizations are just a part of
this big one: The Student Body.
The student body has been
good in spots, but yet it came
along under all the good that it
has done. For instance, very
few people showed up to sup
port the Band in its annual con
cert. Yet, we are always talking
about how good our band is. My,
my, what traitors we are.
Where was the student body
on Founders’ Day? To look a-
round in the audience, one who
did not know better would have
thought that we have only one
year of growth rather than sev
enty-five years. We need to hang
our heads in shame.
No machine will ever operate
properly if there is a fault in
one of its parts. We are a ma
chine, one big human machine
with minds to control our parts.
If we are to produce in quality_
as well as quantity, then these
parts will have to start working
together.
Lack of Communications
On February 27, we had our
annual Founders Day exercise.
Following this exercise, there
was a reception held on behalf
of the speaker. This reception
happened to have been held in
our student union building, the
Lighthouse. Being of a very
small size, naturally, it would
facilitate only a very few people.
As always around this
school, someone came up with
the brilliant idea that reception
admission cards would solve the
problem. The idea was a good
one and perhaps would have
worked if everyone had known
about the cards. This lack of
communications made the idea
a "flop”-"a flop” because
there are students attending ac
tivities on this campus, who,
due to reasons perhaps beyond
their control, do not live on
campus. If they are not informed
In My
Opinion
In my opinion, there is a real
need for a good and extensive
education. By a good education,
I do not mean one that is obtain
ed from a very high rated or fam
ous institution. Of course, the
college education obtained from
a well known college is fine if it
benefits the student, but I am
speaking in terms of the material
obtained by the student and not
the prestige derived from the
school itself.
An extensive education is an
absolute necessity for today.
The student who graduates from
high school with a diploma for
his twelve years of studies, has
just laid the foundation for more
learning. After his high school
education, there should be at
feast five to six more years of
real learning and training. In
other words, six years is the
minimum amount of time that a
student should pursue a higher
level of intelligence. After the
six years of college studies_,_ it
is up to the individual himself to
decide if he has reached his
maximum level of learning or if
he should continue to broaden
his aspects of life. A person
must broaden his level physi
cally, morally, and socially, as
well as intellectually.
The reasons behind the need
for a good and extensive educa
tion are very obvious to every
one in this present day world.
Every man has to take care of
himself. In order for him to do
this, he must be skilled in some
specific field of work, so that he
may find employment to help
carry on the demands and needs
of our world.
If a man is to live in this
world of modem science, he
must have some knowledge of
the things around him, and the
reasons behind those things. He
must be able to read a newspa
per or look" at a television and
understand what is being said
and how it will affect him. If he
has not been taught to reason
and think for himself, how will
he be able to adjust himself to
crucial situations?
Most imfKirtant of all, it will
be the responsibility of today’s
students to instruct their own
children, as well as others. Be
cause of rapid changes in our
world, parents will have to be
educated in order to raise a
child. No parent wants to tell
his child "I don’t know” to a
question that the child may ask.
So, why not start to prepare our
selves today? Just think of dur
Fach Isvue of the Compass will pub
lish Information about sradujles in this
column. Mfmbers of the alumni are In
vited to submit infomiatlon about wh;tt
the> arc d»lns and ssherc. to (lie Office
of Information B(u V2. Kll/abeth Cit>
State Collcjie 27909.
BETTY S. GRIFFIN, '65, an
Elementary Education major, is
teaching at Perquimans County
Union School, Moyock, North
Carolina. She was a member of
the Compass Staff and Student
N.E.A.
MARY L. FAISON, '63, an
mentary Education major, is
teaching at G. W'. Bullock
School, Rocky Mount, North Car
olina. She was a member of the
College Choir and Forensic So
ciety.
LUCY A. EDWARDS, '65, a So
cial Science major is teaching
at Gumberry High School, Gum-
berry. North Carolina. She was
a member of Cheerleaders, Delta
Sigma Theta Sororiety, Women’s
Government Association, and
Forensic Society.
PHILLIPPA S. DUKE, '65, a
Business Education major is
working at the Factory Mutual
of certain procedures before
time, then they are ignorant of
the facts and thus become vic
tims of their own ignorance.
This happened to have been the
case on our Founders Day.
Sometime on Friday the 25th,
these reception admission cards
were put in the various dormi
tories* and on the desk of the
Lighthouse for students to use
the following Sunday. The* only
thing that was wrong is that
students living in the city and
even some campus students did
not know about this because no
notice was posted. If so, it was
still too late for the students in
the city to know about it unless
a special trip was made that Sat
urday to secure the cards. This
surely seems to be a case of
bad communications.
It was quite embarrassing to
make an attempt to attend an oc
casion and then be refused be
cause you were not properly in
formed. There seems to be some
need for better communication
Thert have been other instan
ces, but there are hopes that
this break in our communication
will soon be mended.
A/ko...? Where...? What...?
i^ngineering Division, b-ast
Orange, New Jersey. She was a
member of the Alpha Kappa Al
pha Sororiety, Thalia Sorosis,
and Student Council.
BARBARA DAVIS, '65, an Ele
mentary Education major is
teaching at Grand Street School,
Newburg, New York. She was a
member of the Alpha Kappa Al
pha Sororiety, Thalia Sororsis,
and College Band.
CALLIE J. SHAMBLEY, '65, a
Business Education major is
working at the Sullican County
Community College, South Falls-
burg. New York, as Secretary to
Dean of College. She was a
member of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Compass Staff, and
Thalia Sorosis.
DORSIE E. SMITH, '65, an Ele
mentary Education major is
teaching at Hayden Elementary
School, Franklin, Virginia. She
was a member of Women's Gov
ernment Association, Student
N.E.A.
Make Your
Dreams Come
True
by Yvonne Johnson
Life is made
of beautiful dreams--
all which can come true;
It does not occur
by luck or by chance,
it all depends upon you.
After dreaming a dream,
don’t leave
it to neglect;
Take it and nourish it
to bring the ^
happiness back.
First, ask the guidance
of God above,
and for you, your dreams,
he wi II bless;
He will destroy the bad
and preserve the goods
of all your dreams of success.
After your dreams
become a part of your life;
do not be satisfied at this;
Continue to let it
remain in your life,
and your sorrows
will be dismissed.
For it is true —
life is made of beautiful dreams
all which can come true;
It does not occur
by luck or by chance.
It all depends upon you.
future and what we will have to
do. Then decide for ourselves,
whether we are getting all that
we can from our education.
Serving In A
Non-Elected
Office
Unlike the thinking of many
Other colleges, this institution
feels that the office of Editor of
the college newspaper does not
carry with it leadership respon
sibility. The reason for this
seems to be or rather has been
stated to be that it is not an
elected office. With this state
ment, I am inclined to go along.
No, it is not an elected office,
which means that the student
body as a unit does not decide
who will become editor of the
college newspaper. I feel that
this is a position that cannot be
filled by the ordinary student,
nor is it a position that requires
any leadership ability. Some
seem to think so.
Have you ever asked your
self, "What would happen if the
student body elected the editor
of the newspaper?” If you have
and the answer is a postive one.
then you should very well under
stand why there are so many stu
dents serving in top offices on
this campus and who have done
virtually nothing since being
elected. Nevertheless, this is
the democratic way of choosing
our leaders and very little can
be done about it.
The editor of our newspaper,
the Compass, is elected by the
members of the ,immediate staff.
He is elected because the staff
feels that through working with
the paper, he has the insight and
the knowledge to carry on the
functions of the "old editor.”
He is elected because the staff
feels that he has enough leader
ship ability and know-how to fill
such a high office. Yet some
feel that this is not a Ifader-
ship p>osition as those decided
upon by the students.
A college newspaper is
usually considered to be the
voice of a c&mpus. Through it,
many channels of communica
tion are reached. If used prop
erly by the students, it could
aid in many campus issues.
The editor of a college paper
must put in many long hours of
work and still may not come up
with something that is pleasing
to the reader. Everything that
is published cannot possibly be
pleasing to everyone who takes
the time to read the paper.
These things make him the brunt
of harsh criticism and degrading
statements. Yet his work must
go on. A newspaper editor does
not have the time to slow down
because he finds that no matter
how hard he works or how fast,
he is still always three or four
days behind.
Under the editor’s control are
usually twenty to twenty-five
persons. Working with these per-
sons requires something special,
"leadership ability.” Yet he is
not considered a leader by some
on this campus. I wonder, "What
are the qualifications of a lead
er?” Oh yes, you have to be
elected by the student body. As
editor of two publications, the
Compass, and the Viking, the
college yearbook, I feel this of
fice is being slighted.
Faculty Notes
Mrs. Helen M. Caldwell has
been accepted as a student in
in the Famous Writers School of
Westport, Connecticut. This is a
school which has famous authors
as the guiding faculty. Among
others, the Fiction Department,
into which Mrs. Caldwell will
enroll, has Faith Baldwin, Rod
Serling and Bennett Cerf as fac
ulty members.
Mrs. Caldwell was accepted
after submitting two short sto
ries, one of which deals with
the closing of public schools in
Prince Edward County.