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THE COMPASS
April, 1968
THE COMPASS
V For Students and Alumni
V Published by
STATE COLLEGE NEWSPAPER STAFF ?:
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Members: Columbia Scholastic Press Association
::£ditor-In-Chief........o ....Charlotte A. Riddicki:;:
jjAssociate Editor........... .........Ingrid Y. Eastj;:;
xSecretaryo......•••.•.•»oj“.‘>®«‘'*"»***®"“******“'^^roliii0 White
•:;Treasurer. ...Flora Rooks;>■
^'Photographer.... .Dwight J. Johnsoriv;
•j.'Sports Editor......... ................Willie Stewart:;:;
•::Exchange Editor. ..................Rena Hackney;:;.
:;:Feature Editor........... ...............Lillian Riggsj;:;
vReporters,. ..Patricia Eckleaj:;
Javon Brothers
•i; Theresa Hathaway:-:;
vProduction. Selena Bakeiv;
^Circulation........................ -Lillian Riggs
Patricia Eckles:-:;
Flora Rooks'ji;
■jiAdvisors. Mr. Leonard Balloujj::
Mr. Emanuele Di Pasquales
Opinions expressed in articles are not necessarti-
:j; ily those of COMPASS or the College,
Speaic Now, Or . .
Who...? Where...?
What...?
DOUGLAS BROWN, ’67, Physical Education Major
is teaching in Washington, D. C.
THELMA WHITEHURST, ’67, Sociology Major is
working with the Public School System in Washing
ton, N. C.
MAGGIE D. WILLIAMS, ’67, Elementary Education
Major is teaching Patillo Elementary School, Tarboro.
JOHN T. WILLIAMS, ’67, English Major is teaching
at P. W. Moore in Elizabeth City.
MARY ROSEBORO GLOVER, ’67, Elementary Educa
tion Major is teaching in Germany where her husband
is stationed.
WILLIE HAGAN, ’67, Health and Physical Education
Major is teaching in Washington, D. C.
ROBERT GRAVES, ’67, Social Science Major is teach
ing in Washington, D. G.
BONNER MURRELL, ', Business Education Major
is working in Cleveland, Ohio.
NORINE CARTER, ’67, Business Education Major is
teaching in Richmond, Virginia.
Ode To Dr. King
Knocking, Knocking, Knocking!
Death came shocking!
Not for just another being,
but for Martin Luther King.
He was brave; He was strong.
And didn’t believe in wrong
He preached his deed,
But few took heed.
Now he is gone.
And we all want to moan
Moan for a man who gave his all;
Slaughtered by a white, who had no gall.
Killed because he had a belief.
That all men could be brothers without any grief.
Because of his beliefs, he has died.
With even more followers at his side.
His voice preached nonviolence;
And now there is only silence.
His life had been taken just before night.
Shot without cause with no chance to fight.
Dr, King was not afraid.
So now he is dead.
Dead! Dead! Dead without a just cause
Because some Whites don’t believe in laws
No, Dr. King, he is not dead.
He is only asleep, resting his head.
Physically, he is gone.
But his words will live on.
Dr. King, you have not lost;
This country will one day pay the cost.
As surely as God will have his will.
The people of this country will have to pay your bill.
Knocking, Knocking, Knocking!
Death is not so shocking.
By Jethro C. Williams ’ 67
Former Editor of THE COMPASS
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people were more grcat"-
Each month The.Conv:-
pass is accorded anything
but an enthusiastic recep
tion among Vikings. The
reception is at almost all
times a cold “so-what”
one. It is not surprising
to see a copy dangling
from the garbage cans,
flying in the form of an
airplane, or being used
as a placemat in the
Lighthouse. These in
stances make one wonder
about the actual value of
a student paper. Can it
possibly bethatThe.Comr
pass is what it is (each
student has his own opin
ion) because our worst
critics are our worst au
thors and contributors?
The real crisis involved
in the newspaper is not
the news contained within,
but in the readers them
selves. We realize the
importance of forming a
good story, and we endea
vor to capture the same
interp‘=t in our audience
that we put into the pro
duction. Making the news
interesting to our public
is our main obligation
and we try to improve on
Our Dreamer
Is Dead
by Yvonne R. Johnson
He had great plans for
us, the Negro.
But cut short of his plans,
he is buried below.
To us, he was wonderful,
to all, he was supreme.
But his great man was
cut short of his dream,
He dreamed of the day
that all men would unite.
And the day that the White
man and Black man coaid
no longer fight.
His efforts were only to
help the Negro Man.
He wanted to make him an
equal American.
He lived a non-violent
life, and he would want
us to do the same,
I5ecau.se of his non-violent
teachings, he won world
wide fame.
it each time we publish
a paper. The least our
readers coaid do is to
read the paper rather than
talk and ask questions a-
bout it.
Maybe, too, we aren’t
what we should be be
cause of the deficiency in
student opinions and in
terests. The Compass
staff has its own interests
and opinions, bur we can
not adequately provide re
flections for all those
cherished on this campus.
The Compass can be
whatever you want it to
be, and i t can be identi
fied in any manner that
you deem worthy; but not
only until more students
begin to use it as a ve
hicle of expression for
their views and not as
an implement for criti
cism will the value of our
publication be appreciat
ed. The only advice pend
ing the previous state
ment is for our student
body to “speak now, or..”
SUPPORT YOUR NEWS
PAPER !!!!!!
JOIN THE COMPASS
STAFF editor
He had no fears, nor did
he dread his death.
He thought of the Negro,
not of himself.
He was shot by a man,
that I consider to be in
sane.
For what other reason
would he have shot this
great man?
Now Martin has gone
home to Heaven above
But with us he has left
his ideas of love.
“We Shall Overcome,”
Let us together sing.
This was a part of the
dream of Martin Luther
King.
A Dedication
The Three M's Of
Martvrdom
The splendored rainbow
of blackness is broad e-
nough, is brilliant enough,
is beautiful enough and
black enough to encom
pass all the myriad minds,
all the restless spirits
and all the seasons of all
the souls of black people-
demanding to be free.
How else could it en-
comp.ass the searing red
passion to be free in Mal
colm, the brooding blue of
the timeless Mississippi
in Medgar and his sable
search to be truly free?
And how else, were its
arc not so wide, and its
spectrum not so many
splendored — could the
rainbow of blackness also
hold the evergreen love and
life and the purple sacred
sorrow in Martin in his
pilgrim strides towards
freedom to be — and who
is — free at last!?
- Chestyn Everett
Wouldn't It Be
Nice If
A certain book was desig
nated 1695 to 1900 in
stead of 1865 to 1900?
negritude did not neces
sitate bushy hair, butem-
phasized achievement?
miniskirts were at least
90% associated with
maxifigures?
Fine Arts Festival speak
ers were not complete
duds?
Fine Arts Festivals en
compassed more of the
fine arts?
Fine Arts Festivals gave
opportunity to highlight
more relevant and recent
arc?
Seniors did not so fre
quently “go sour”?
Seniors would more gen
erally be willing to be
“involved”?
the student newspaper was
issued more frequently
and thus had better op
portunities for relevancy?
more of the Faculty show
ed more real faculty for
being a Faculty?
more students really
were students and not
winter boarders?
state higher ups put more
money where they mouth
necessity for upgrading
predominanatly Negro
schools?
people were more court
eous and considerate of
each other?
students would read more
than the sports pages,
funnies, and gossip col
umns?
the Library was fuller,
more often?
we had at least one or
two additional librarians?
we had a least a half
dozen more persons on
the secretarial staff?
we had one or two more
people really trained in
counseling?
the “wild ones” could
express themselves in
terms better than bricks,
fire bombs, and cuss
words?
books had the popularity
of the Lighthouse Can
teen?
young men did not feel
that cuss words and whis
key were marks of “man
hood”?
young ladies did not feel
that laconic statements
were marks of maturity?
many more students took
a continuing interest in
our yearbook?
many more men would
take a continuing interest
in our choir?
we had a new school bus?
more students desired full
work periods to repre
sent full checks?
there was less dither con
cerning work-aid checks?
there was a higher re
gard - campus-wide -
for greater accuracy in
reporting academic mat
ters and matters con
cerning individuals?
ly concerned with moral
ity than with expediency?
folks didn’t sometimes sit
down to type the preced
ing?