VOLUME 29
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. JANUARY, 1968
NUMBER 3
Dr. Ridley Announces His
Resignation
' ...n ORK REQl IRED TAXES
CREATLl...”
Dr, Walter N. Ridley,
President of Elizabeth
City State College since
1958, has resigned his po
sition effective after the
end of the current school
year, in a letter of resig
nation to Mrj, McDonald
Dixon, Chairman for the
Board of Trustees, Dr.
Ridley said, ‘‘In this 10th
year of my work, I have
reflected on it. it ha sheen
challenging in a fertile
field of great needo We
have worked toward
goals, many of which have
been realized. However,
the “massive load of work
required taxes greatly the
physical and emotional
stamina.” He said, ‘i
have reached the decision
that it will be in my best
interest to changc em
ployment to a post with
less demanding require
ments.
In his letter of resig
nation Dr. Ridley review
ed the fact that in the
last decade the enroll
ment at the College had
tripled; approximately
$4,000,000 in buildings
are completed, under
construction, or ready to
begin; campus acreage
has been increased 80%;
employees increased
from 69 to 175; doctor
ates on the faculty in
creased from 3 to 22; the
single curriculum in Ele
mentary Education has
been expanded to 13 ma
jors in ten departments;
rank, tenure, and salary
scales have been estab
lished; the quality of stu
dents more nearly ap
proaches current national
expectations; functioning
Men's and Women's Gov
ernment associations
have been realized and
students have been inte
grated into the admini
stration of the 'College
through membership on
committees; full mem
bership in the Southern
Association of Colleges
and Schools was obtained
in 1961, and graduates of
the current year is 388%
of that for 1958, increas
ing from $495,000 to $1,
925,000.
A long-range plan, in
cluding a model, has been
developed in stages to
bring the institution to
serve 4,000 students in
1985.
In answer to a ques
tion, the president stated
that although there had
been discussion about
several, he would not wish
to accept another college
presidency, but would
seek a position in higher
education with far less
administrative demands.
He said that the joys and
rewards of his work had
been very satisfying, but
that a position with less
demands and stress is
necessary to keep the
good health which he has
enjoyed, and to enjoy and
spend time with his fam
ily as he and they would
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Dr. Ridley resigns his ESCS post.
ALPHA PRESIDENT SPEAKS
i
FOR PAN-HELLENIC
DAY
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY CLASS VISITS WASHINGTON
Dr. Lionel H. New-
some, President of Al
pha Phi Alpha Fraternity
will be guest speaker for
our annual Pan-Hellenic
Day. This occasion is
sponsored by the United
Christian Religious Fel
lowship, whose advisor is
Dr. R. Irving Boone.
Introducing the speak
er will be Mr. Mack
Thompson, president of
Beta Zeta Chapter, in
cluded in his introduc
tion of Dr. Newsome will
be some of these high
lights. The guest speaker
is a native of Wichita
Falls, Texas and was
reared in St. Louis, Mis
souri. After receiving the
B.A„ degree from Lin
coln University in His
tory with Cum Laude,Dr.
Newsome completed work
for the M.A. degree at
the University of Mich
igan in Sociology. Wash
ington University award
ed him thePh. D. degree
in Sociology and Anthro
pology. During the course
of the last few years, dr.
Newsome has endeavored
to utilize his training in
the following: Associate
Professor, Social Sci
ences, Southern univer
sity, 1947-49; Head of the
Department of Sociology
and Pre-Social Work,
Southern University,
1956-60; Professor of So
ciology and Director of
Woodrow Wilson General
Honors at Morehouse
College 1960-64. At pre
sent he is employed as
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