Published b\ Elizabeth City State College for Students and Alumni
VOLUME 28
ELIZABETH CITY, K. C, NOVEMBER, 1966
NUMBER 4
Vaughan's Recital
Enlightens Student Body
Geraldine Vaughan, pianist
and senior music major, pre
sented to the College family
and friends a recital that is still
being whispered about by those
who witnessed the occasion and
by those who missed it. The
recital was presented Sunday,
November 6, in Moore Hall Audi
torium to an almost full house.
Those who were fortunate
enough to hear Miss Vaughan’s
recital have stated...’'She is
better than most profession
als... I would rather hear her
than to hear many of those who
have appeared in our Lyceujii ^
Series It is a shame that we
cannot hear her’more often...”.
Those who did not hear her have
said, "I always miss the best
performances...Why didn’t I go
like I started to I only wish
that I had known about her ex
cellent ability ”
As the recital ended, the ap
plauding seemed to have lasted
forever.
Miss Vaughan, who hails from
Franklin, Va., is the daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Vaughan
and a graduate of the E. W.
Wyatt High School, Emporia, Va.
She is an active member of
the College Choir, Sunday
School, Student Chapter MENC,
and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
She is listed in the 1966 edition
of WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN
UNIVERSITIES AND COL
LEGES.
KC Has Follow”
Up Institute on
Effective
Teaching
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-At a
Knoxville College Institute for
Effective Teaching October 15
around 125 participants were
told there is evidence that team
teaching and nongradedness can
impiove teaching and learning
not only in desegregated schools
but schools in general. This
was the first two follow-up meet
ings of the Institute for Effec
tive Teaching conducted on the
Knoxville College campus last
July. Dr. Ralph Martin, professor
of education and head of the
College’s Technical Teaching
Center, directed the institute.
The main focus of the follow-
up meeting was on the identifi
cation of practices that would
improve teaching and learning
in desegregated schools. Con
sultants were Dr. Lester Good-
ridge, Jr. and Richai'd Woodward
who described programs dealing
with nongradedness and team
teaching in the Lexington, Mass,
school system.
Participants in the follow-up
institute included principals,
superintendents, and teachers of
schools in the East Tennessee
area.
On November 19, the second
follow-up meeting was held on
the Knoxville College campus.
The focus of the second meeting
was on the demonstration of
team teaching by three or four
school systems in East Ten
nessee.
GERALDINE VAUGHN
Miss Vaughan organized and
directed the Sunday School Choir
during 1965-66, which presented
to her a corsage in appreciation.
In addition, Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority presented her with a
bouquet of roses.
The performance included
Bach’s ’’Prelude and Fugue in
C# Major,” Beethoven’s ’’Son
ata Pathetique, op. 13.” "Im
promptu, Op. 90, No. 2” by Schu
bert, ’’Etude, Op. 10, No. 3,” by
Chopin, ’’Rhapsody, Op. 79, No.
2,” by Brahms and Debussy’3
’’Preludes Pour Piano.”
Sophomores
Present
Original Skit
by Flora Rooks,
The Sophomore Class of
ECSC presented an original skit
entitled ’’You’re Wasting, Your
Time” in an all college assem
bly program. It was written by
Brenda Peafsbn.
Brenda is a sophomore Eng
lish major. Several of her writ
ings have appeared in various
issues of THE COMPASS.
Opening remarks were made
by Mr. Robert Duke, Chairman
of the Foreign Language De
partment. The program opened
with the singing of two French
songs, ’’Frere Jacques” and
’’Dites Moi Pourquoi”.
The skit had to do with how
students act in and out of class.
Each character portrayed the
part of an individual student on
campus.
The cast for this skit in
cluded:
Studious O. C. Holley
Initiative Savannah.Bryant
Reasonable .... .Shirley Baldwin
Bookworm Wilbur Hawkins
Playful .Terry Quinlan
Shy Lovie Brimage
Right Cheryl Riddick
Wrong Florence Dickerson
Loud Albert Turner
Boisterous Mack Thompson
Interested Floyd Johnson
Creative Joan Friend
Know-It-All John Thatch
This program was very in
teresting and seemed to have
been enjoyed by all.
N T E Dates
Announced
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY.
College seniors preparing to
teach school may take the Na
tional Teacher Examinations on
any of the four different test
dates announced by Educational
Testing Service, a nonprofit, ed
ucational organization which
prepares and administers this
testing program.
New dates for the testing of
prospective teachers are: Jan
uary 7, March 18. July 1, and
,October 7, 1967. The tests will
be given at nearly 500 locations
throughout the United States,
ETS said.
Results of the National
Teacher Examinations are used
by many large school districts
as one of several factors in the
selection of hew teachers and
by several states for certifica
tion or licensing of teachers.
Some colleges also require all
seniors preparing to teach to
take the examinations.
Leaflets indicating school
systems and state departments
of education which use tlie ex
amination results are distributed
to colleges by ETS.
On each full day of testing,
prospective teachers may take
the Common Examinations,
which measure the professional
preparation and general cultural
background of teachers, and one
of 13 Teaching Area Examina
tions which measure mastery of
the subject they expect to teach.
A Bulletin of Information con
taining a list of test centers,
and information about the ex
aminations, as well as a Reg
istration Form, may be obtained
from Director, Area of Educa
tion, Dr. G. H. Walker, ECSC, or
directly from National Teacher
Examinations, Box 9II, Edu
cational TestingService, Prince
ton, New Jersey 08540.
75th Anniversary
Observances Set For
December 10—11
ECSC will continue its
75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRA
TIONS, December 10 and 11.
The theme will be ’’Elizabeth
City State College: Retrospec
tion, and Projection.”
A variety of activities have
been planned for the occasion,
which will begin Saturday morn
ing with James A. Felton ’47 re
viewing his Fruits of Enduring
Faith. A symposium, — partici
pants, including a former presi
dent, alumnus, faculty member,
student and guests, will be a
Saturday feature, in addition to
a pageant in drama and music,
reviewing the College’s history.
Sunday’s activities will begin
with a special 75th Observance
College Sunday School. The An
niversary Convocation, followed
by dedications of the new build-
by Earl Brown
ings will climax the day. Several
people have been named to re
ceive citations at this time;
these citations being presented
for outstanding achievements in
Vi’.rious areas.
Miss Evelyn A. Johnson,
Chairman of the 75th Anniver
sary Committee stated, ’’Wehope
that many alumni will be here
for the weekend. Provisions are
being made for their comfort and
enjoyment and for 'that of all
friends and guests.”
The College Players, under
the direction of Bernard Peter
son, will present its production
of ’’The Little Foxes” by Ber
nard Peterson during the celebra
tion.
”It promises to te an event
ful weekend, states Miss John
son.
Draft Deferment Becomes
More Difficult
More and more students are
now being pulled out of colleges
and even high schools because
of draft reclassification and
low volunteer enlistments in
in some communities. Not only
has this become a problem on
many other campuses but also
at ECSC.
College students subject to
draft are asking many questions
pertaining to the problem. Are
the colleges’ or registrars’ of
fices doing all they possibly
can to keep their male students
from being prematurely drafted?
Is it the students’ or registrars’
responsibility to see that that
proper information is transferred
ECSC Represented
inChicago Meet
DR. GEORGE H
Dr. George H. Walker, Jr.,
advisor to our campus chapter of
Kappa Delta Pi, honor Society
in education, attended a national
meeting of the organization,
October 21-23. Chicago.
’’This was a meeting of the
national president’s Advisory
Committee which consists o'
twelve persons in the United
States,” Dr. Walker reported.
He was appointed to the Com-
WALKER, JR.
mirtee in tne summer of 1966.
Professor Walker said that
anyone appointed could well feel
’’honored.” The Society has
over 260 chapters and a member
ship of approximately 260.000.
According to the Society’s
Constitution and By-Laws, the
AHvisory Committee’s functions
are as follows: ’’shall study
problems of the Society and as
sist in the planning and devel-
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by Jethro Williams
to the respective localjboards in
time to assure these individuals
their le_gal access to temporary
draft deferment? A final ques
tion is; how are draft deferments
usually determined?
College registrars’ offices do
not take the first step in aiding
their students with their draft
status. It is the students’ re
sponsibility to go by these offi
ces and fill out the applications
for deferment. This application
is then sent to the students’ lo
cal draft boards. If proper rea
sons are given and the students
qualify, they are deferred. How
ever, in many communities where
the voluntary enlistment rate is
low, chances of being deferred
are quite slim, although the rea
sons for deferment are perhaps
better than the other persons’ in
another community in which the
voluntary enlistment rates are
high. He may still be drafted,
regardless.
Every community is responsi
ble for meeting its individual
draft quota. In some instances,
it may be a result of a regis
trar’s negligence that a student
has to go into the military ser
vice, but these cases are very
few. Should this be the case,
the local draft board will work
cooperatively with any individ
ual or Institution to see that
this flaw is corrected.
Draft deferments are usually
determined by an individual’s
personal circumstances or oc
cupation. Deferments only post
pone military service. The test
given by various colleges is
optional, depending upon ones’
rank in class according to his
class level.
Along with the many other
college pressures, the draft prob
lem is moving fast towards the
top in the minds of young college
men.
The Honorable
CLARENCE MITCHELL
to speak at ECSC
December 11