VOLUME 30
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
SEPTEMBER, 1968 NUMBER 1
Dr. Samuel Proctor Addressed
ECSC Faculty ^
Lyceum Series Opens
With Elwyn Adams^ Violinist
ELWYN ADAMS, Violinist
A rare and prized vio
lin, once owned by the
Belgian composer Eugene
Ysaye, has been the con
stant traveling companion
of Elwyn Adams, Ameri
can violinist, as he per
formed in Russia, Ger
many, Belgium, France,
Romania, Poland and Can
ada. Mr. Adams received
the instrument, made by
the famous French Luth
ier Jean-Baptiste Vuil-
laume (1798-1875), from
the hands of the Belgian
Queen after his perform
ance in the Queen Eliza
beth Competition of 1959.
The rare gift serves
Adams well, and has pro
gressed with him to his
present position as con-
certmaster of the Sym
phony Orchestra of Bor
deaux, France. He will
take a month’s leave from
that post to make a con
cert tour of colleges and
universities in several
sections of the United
States. His accompanist
will be the Belgian pianist
Philibert Mees. Sponsor
ed by the Arts Program,
Association of American
Colleges, they will ap
pear here at 8:00 p.m.,
Moore Hall on October
7, 1968.
A native of Cleveland,
Ohio, Mr. Adams receiv
ed his bachelor of music
degree with honors in 1956
from the New England
Conservatory of Music
where he studied with
Richard Burgin. Pursuing
his studies in Europe with
Arthur Grumiaux, he soon
gained recognition by a-
massing an impressive
series of international
competition prizes: First
Prize at the Fourth Inter
national Music Competi
tion in Munich, Germany;
First Prize in Violin and
Second Prize in Chamber
Music at the Royal Con
servatory of Brussels;
Third Prize (awarded by
David Oistrakh) at the In
ternational Competition in
Moscow, and the 1967 A-
ward of the Eugene Ysaye
Foundation.
On the American conti
nent Mr, Adams has ser
ved as concertm aster with
the Symphony Orchestra
of Quebec, has taught at
the University of Florida,
has given concerts in Jor
dan Hall in Boston, Sever
ance Hall in Cleveland,
Carnegie Hall in New York
1961), and toured the
Southeastern United
States under the auspices
of the New England Con
servatory and the United
Negro College Fund. More
recently, in 1966, he was
recipient of a fellowship
and was soloist in two
concerts at the Berkshire
Music Festival. He has
also performed concertos
with the Boston Civic Or
chestra and the Cleveland
Orchestra.
Philibert Mees, the
Belgian pianist, has con-
certized extensively in
Europe over the past ele
ven years as accompanist
to Mr. Adams. An excel
lent musician in his own
right, Mr. Mees studied
at the Flemish Royal Con
servatory of Antwerp,
where he received first
prizes for chamber music
and solo piano perform
ances. He also studied in
Austria with the Viennese
pianist Stevan Bergmann,
and with Geza Anda and
Igor Markewitsch at the
Mozarteum in Salzburg.
This is the second tour
that Mr. Adams and Mr.
Mees have made for the
Arts Program.
The faculty and staff
at Elizabeth City State
College was inspired and
challenged as Dr. Samuel
D. Proctor, Dean of Spe
cial Projects at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin,de-
livered the keynote ad
dress during the Faculty
Conference Dinner. Fol
lowing the introduction of
the speaker by Dr. Mar
ion D. Thorpe, President,
Dr. Proctor used as his
subject, "Internalizing the
Aspirations of the Black
Community.’*
Referring to an article,
dated June, 1965, in which
the author related beha
viorism, environmental
ism, external stimuli, and
internal responces to edu
cation, Dr. Proctor point
ed out that the behavior
istic approach has gripped
us with the thought that
every human failure can
be ascribed to some ex
ternal condition to the ex
tent that “we feel that no
change can occur from
within.”
The Norfolk born edu
cator and former Presi
dent of Virginia Union Un
iversity and North Caro
lina A. & T. University
went on to emphasize that
this is a theme that dom
inates our thinking today,
but it is a dangerous theme
as far as young Negroes
are concerned, ’ he re
minded.
“One of the great jobs
of an educator today....
dealing with young people
is to help them discover
their veto power over the
circumstances that mold
ed and shaped their lives,”
Dr. Proctor urged.
While controversially
Center
Mr. Bishop M. Patter
son, Associate Professor
and Chairman of the In
dustrial Arts Department,
Elizabeth City State Col
lege, has been named Sec
retary of the Board of
Management and Admini
strator of the Guyana In
dustrial Training Center,
Guyana, South America.
In order to assume duties
at the center, Mr. Patter
son requested and re
ceived a leave of absence
from the college where he
had taught since 1965.
According to an offi
cial news release from
Guyana, the center which
Mr. Patterson directs,
opened on August 1, 1968.
It is a $320,000 gift pro
ject from the United States
Agency for International
Development. Comment
ing on the program at the
center which is designed
to help increase Guyana’
DR. SAMUEL PROCTOR
criticing the idea of fresh
man classes and depart
ments which do not meet
the needs of the wide range
of students who enter col
lege or give them abetter
understanding of life, the
eminent theologian fur
ther reminded the faculty
and staff at Elizabeth City
State College that “What
ought to come out of an ed
ucation is a new view of
one’s role in society, a
new view of one’s self, and
a new view of the history
of mankind.”
In closing, the former
Peace Corp and Anti-Po
verty Administrator chal
lenged Elizabeth City
State College to "help stu
dents to internalize their
struggle by helping them
to rise above their en
vironmental conditions.”
Dr. Thorpe, while ex
pressing hope that the
College’ Basic Education
Program and the Tutor
ial Enrichment Program
will help, extended the
challenge with the words
of Robert Frost, "To
make the difference.”
PATTERSON
proportion of skilled
workers, Mr. Patterson
remarked: "Our program
is a crash program be
cause all these courses
in these shops will be run
for not less than six
months and not longer than
twelve months.”
"Those with less for
mal education, or little or
nr trade experience, are
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iECSC OFFERS NEW COURSE
Because of the increas
ing demand for early
childhood education and
for qualified persons to
carry out such programs,
the Department of Educa
tion at Elizabeth City State
College will offer the first
of a sequence of courses
in early childhood educa
tion during the fall semes
ter. Entitled,"Priciples
and Practices of Early
Childhood Education,” the
fall semester phase of the
sequence carries three
semester credit hours to
wards the Nursery School-
Kindergarten Teaching
Certificate.
To be taught by Mrs.
Alice Arledge, Master
of Arts Degree, East
Carolina University, the
fall semester course is
pre-requisite to the sec
ond semester course
which will be concerned
with the curriculum of the
Nursery School and Kin
dergarten. According to
Dr. Rosaline M. Edwards,
unairman of the Depart
ment of Education at Eliz
abeth City State College,
the fall semester course
is open to qualified college
students and inservice
teachers, and will be of
fered on Mondays, Wed
nesdays , and Fridays,
from 4:00 - 4:50 p.m. to
accomodate local in-
service teachers who wish
to enroll.
Teachers who presently
hold an Elementary School
Class "A” Certificate
may qualify for the Nur
sery achool-Kindergarten
Certificate by pursuing
nine semester hours in
early childhood education,
beginning with the fall se
mester course. For fur
ther information on the
program, qualified and in
terested persons are ask
ed to write: Dr. Rosaline
M. Edwards, Chairman,
Department of Education,
Elizabeth City State Col
lege, Elizabeth City,
North Carolina. 27909.
Patterson Directs Guyanese