PACK 4
Counseling Center
Established
As part of the Student Personnel Services at Eliza
beth City State College, a Counseling Center is nov
available to all E.C.S.C. students. The purpose of this
center is to assist students with problems which are
preventing them from fully developing their abilities,
talents, and potentialities.
Sometimes problems develop when students make in
appropriate vocational choices or have had unrealistic
choices thrust upon them. Some students are finding it
difficult to make good use of their time or have not
developed efficient study skills. There are others who
are having trouble relating to other persons—room
mates, friends, parents, or professors.
When such difficulties or others develop, your coun
selors, Mr. Curtis Sloan and Mrs. Olive Wilson are
available to share the difficulty with you and to assist
you in solving your problems.
MORGAN AND VANN
APPOINTED
SEPTEMBER, 1968
WILLIAMS ACCEPTS
POSITION
The Basic Education
and Enrichment Program
at Elizabeth City State
College, first of its kind
in the country, moved a
step closer towards com
pleting its staff when Dr.
Marion D. Thorpe, Pres
ident, announced the ap
pointment of Mrs. Naomi
A. Morgan as Coordinator
and Mr. Rochelle Vann as
Associate Director of the
program. They join Mr.
George N. Reid who was
appointed earlier as an
Associate Director.
Mrs. Morgan, a native
of Winston-Salem, N.C.,
is a graduate of Winston-
Salem State College. To
further her education.she
attended several work
shops and programs at
North Carolina College
and New York University
in the areas of adminis
tration, guidance,the arts
and sciences, and juvenile
delinquency. Represent
ing the Durham Teachers
Association and the North
Carolina Teachers Asso
ciation, the ECSC coordi
nator has also attended
NEA conferences at
Washington, D.C. (1964),
Seattle, Washington, and
Swansboro, N.C. (1965-
66).
Mrs. Morgan’ exper
iences have taken her far
beyond the classrooms
where she has taught both
on the elementary and
secondary levels at Hick
ory, West Jefferson, and
Durham, N.C. Prior to
accepting the challenging
position at Elizabeth City
State College, she was
Assistant Tutorial Co
ordinator in Durham un
der Operation Break
through, Inc. She is a
member of: Sigma Gam
ma Rho Sorority, Inc; Na
tional Education Associa
tion; North Carolina
Teachers Association, A-
merican Council on Hu
man Rights; National
Council of Negro Women;
NAACP; and the YMCA.
Mr. Vann, an alumnus
of the college where he
now works, is a native
of Winton, N.C. Prior
to receiving the Master
of Arts Degree in Ad
ministration and Super
vision of Elementary and
Secondary Schools from
New York University, he
studied at Howard Uni
versity. While teaching
at his alma mater, C.S.
Brown High School, Win
ton, for a period of twen
ty years, Mr. Vann has
been the recipient of sev
eral NDEA and trainee-
ship grants which broad
ened his education and
experience at George
Washington University,
Columbia University, and
the University of North
Carolina. He is a 32 De
gree Mason and holds
membership in the Na
tional Education Associa
tion and the North Caro
lina Teachers Associa
tion, in addition to being
very active in civic and
religious affairs. Mar
ried to the former Miss
Susie Bowser of Gates-
ville, N.C., who is also
an alumnus of Elizabeth
City State College, Mr.
Vann is the father of five
children: Jacqueline, 17;
Rochelle, 15; Marvin, 8;
and twins Linda Faye and
Brenda Faye, who are
just entering the first
grade at C.S. Brown.
Mr. Ranaldo
Lawson
Becomes
Director
Of Placement
Mr. Ranaldo Lawson
began working at Eliza
beth City State College
in August as the new
Director of Placement.
Mr. Lawson was bom in
Cleveland, Ohio and at
tended East High School
in Cleveland. He attend
ed Ohio University in Ath
ens, Ohio and was grad
uated in 1965 with a B.S.
degree in Social Science
and Education.
He taught for two years
in the Cleveland Public
School System on the sec
ondary level in the areas
of History and Govern-,
ment. During those two
summers, he worked with’
the Head-Start Program.
MR. R. LAWSON
In beptember, 1967, he
began work on a Master’s
THE CONy.ASS
ON THE DOCK
OF THE BAY
It is a lovely day in
June. Monique, a senior
Physical Education ma
jor at Elizabeth City State
College, is sitting on the
dock watching the ships
come in. She is waiting for
the USS Newport News
which is returning from
Viet Nam. Monique has
not seen Paul, her fiance,
who has been in Viet Nam
for six months. As she
waits for the ship to ar
rive, she thinks back to
some important times in
their lives.
(It is September, the
beginning of another
school year at State Col
lege. Monique has just
completed registration
and has gone to the Light
house for a soda. As she
sits at the table sipping
her soda, a young man
walks up.)
Paul: Hello. Mind if I
join you?
Monique : Of course not.
I'd love to share your
company.
Paul: My name’s Paul.
What’s yours?
Monique: Monique.
Paul: What’s your classi
fication?
Monique: I’m a sopho
more majoring in Phy
sical Education. What’s
yours?
Paul; I’m a senior Phy
sical Education major.Is
n’t that a coincidence?
Monique: Indeed. What do
you plan to do after grad
uation?
Paul: I’d really like to
attend grad school to be
come a physical thera
pist; however. Uncle Sam
has been on my back, so
I’m going into the Army.
I’m going to try to O.C.S.
Monique: That’s a good
idea. It’s really too bad
that you can’t go on to
grad school, but perhaps
it's best that you get your
military duty over with
first. Where are you from
Paul?
Paul: Rocky Mount. And
you?
Monique: I’m from Tar-
boro. Do you know James
Bond from Rocky Mount.
Paul: Sure. He lives a-
bout two blocks from me.
We graduated together.
Monique; Really? It’s
strange that I’ve never
seen you around. James
is my cousin and I go to
Rocky Mount quite often.
Paul; I’ll make it my
business to see you the
next time you’re there.
Okay?
Monique: Sure, if you’d
like to.
Paul; “A Farewell to
Arms” is playing on cam
pus tonight. May I take
you?
Monique: Oh, Paul, I’d
love to go. I hear it is
quite good.
Paul; Well, I have to run
now. It’s been nice chat
ting with you. I’ll see you
degree at North Carolina
College at Durham. While
at North Carolina, he ser
ved as Program Chair
man and Business Man
ager ot the Graduate btu-
dent Association. He was
also an elected member
of Pi Gamma Mu, a Na
tional Honor Society for
the Social Sciences. He
completed work on his
Master’s degree in Au
gust, 1968.
Rev. John T. Williams
announced his acceptance
of the appointment of him
by Dr. Marion D. Thorpe,
President, Elizabeth City
State College, to the po
sition of Information and
Communication Special
ist. The appointee holds
a B.S. Degree in English,
Class of 1968, and is an
alumnus of the four-year,
co-educational institution
of higher learning.
After completing the
necessary requirements
for graduation, and prior
to receiving his degree,
Rev. Williams taught So
cial Studies and Health,
8th. Grade, P. W. Moore
High School, the secon
dary school from which
he graduated with honors
in 1952. It was at P. W.
Moore High School where
he, under the guidance of
Dr. Casper W. Hill, be
came very interested in
writing and began to de
velop the necessary skills
and attitudes as Statisti
cian-Sports Reporter.
At Virginia Union Uni
versity, Richmond, Vir
ginia, Rev. Williams ser
ved in that capacity un
der Mr. John B. Harris
from 1955 to 1957. He
entered Elizabeth City
State College in 1957 and
attended the College in
termittently for ten
years. From 1955 to 1968,
John T., as he is most
commonly called, chang
ed his academic pursuits
from Sociology to Ele
mentary Education and
finally to English. In 1962
at 7:30.
Monique; Okay.
(For Paul and Monique
that was just the begin
ning. Now let’s take a
look at Paul and Monique
a year later. Paul has
completed O.C.S. and is a
2nd Lt. in the Army. Mo
nique is now a junior at
State. Both Paul and Mo
nique are home for
Christmas vacation. The
scene changes to the liv
ing room of Monique’s
home.
Paul; (Holds Monique in
MR. JOHN WILLIAMS
he became a member of
the C.I.A.A. Sports In
formation Bureau,repre
senting Elizabeth City
State College. However,
between 1961 and 1963,
he broadened his role in
public information under
the supervision of Dr.
Carl Franklin. Former
students of the College
often enjoyed his sports
column,“Mr. T. Speaks,”
which appeared in The
COMPASS, the College’s
publication.
A veteran of the Ko
rean War, and the holder
of honorable discharges
from the United States
Army and Navy, Rev.
Williams is an (3rdained
Deacon in the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, having been re
cently appointed to the
Public Relations Com
mittee of the Albemarle
Conference.
his arms; then kisses her)
Moni, darling. I’ve miss
ed you like crazy. Hell
could be no worse than all
those nights I lay in my
rack thinking of you;
wanting you, and wishing
that I could be with you.
Oh, I love you so much
baby.
Monique; I’ve missed you
too sweetheart.
Can you imagine
what it’s like on campus
to walk around all alone
Emily Scott '68
(Con't next issus)
Smith Becomes New
Registrar
Mr. Jeff Ellwood Smith has been appointed Regis
trar at Elizabeth City State College according to an an
nouncement. The appointment fills the vacancy which
was created when Taylor E. Jones resigned in Jan
uary to accept a position at Fayetteville State College.
The veteran school administrator is a native of
Gaston, North Carolina, and is an alumnus of the col
lege, having graduated with the class of 1942. Smith
received the Master of Arts Degree in Elementary
Education, School Administration and Supervision, and
Sociology from North Carolina College in 1947, and
the Master of Arts Degree in Educational Admini
stration and Supervision from New York University
in 1951. He has also completed all residential course
requirements, except 18 hours, towards the doctorate.
A veteran of World War II, Smith served as a teacher
in the Durham, North Carolina School System from 1948
through 1956, and as principal of Crest Street and
Walltown Elementary Schools from 1956 through 1968.
He is a member of; Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society,
National Education Association, North Carolina Teach
ers Association, Department of Elementary School
Principals of the NEA, and other Educational and
civic organizations.
Dr. Thorpe also announced that Maude W. Ballou,
B.S., Southern University, who served as Acting Regis
trar from January through July, was appointed to the
position of Assistant to the Registrar at Elizabeth
City State College. She is the wife of Leonard R.
Ballou, Assistant Professor of Music, College Or
ganist, and Advisor to the COMPASS staff.