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THE COMPASS
NOVEMBER 8, 1968
ECSC Kadelpians Attended
Regional Conference
Dr. Thorpe, Men's Day Speaker
Kappa Delta Chapter at
Elizabeth City State Col
lege was among the twen
ty-four chapters partici
pating in the Regional
Conference of Kappa Del
ta Pi, National Honor So
ciety in Education, in
Roanoke, Virginia at the
Hotel Roanoke. Ninety-
four registered delegates
representing undergrad
uate and graduate stu
dents, faculty and alumni
of Colleges and Univer
sities from Pennsylvania
to California were in at
tendance . The Roanoke
Valley Alumni Chapter
served as host.
The theme of the Con
ference was “^adelpian:
Commitment to Human
Progress”, and the main
speaker for the General
Session was Dr. Edwin D.
Martin, Professor at
Houston, Texas Baptist
College. Discussion
groups concerned them
selves with the topics of
New Movements, What’s
My Line, Involvement in
the Community, State and
Nation, Service to Hu
manity and A Profession
al Kadelpian.
Kappa Delta Chapter
was represented by Dr.
Edna L. Dayis, Chairman
of the Music Department
at ECSC and a charter
member of the chapter.
Officers of the local or
ganization are Mr. Wil
bert Hawkins, President
and Miss Mae Felton,
Vice-President. Both of
these students are sen
iors, majoring in Ele
mentary Education.
ECSC PROPOSES A
MODEL PLACEMENT
PROGRAM
As a result of confer
ences with a visitation
team from the College
Placement Services,Inc.,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvan
ia, Elizabeth City State
College now proposes a
Model Placement Pro
gram. Headed by Dr. Lee
E. Williams, Dean of Ad
ministration, Jackson
State College, the team
met with Mr. Ronaldo
Lawson, Director of
Placement at the college,
and consulted with de
partment chairmen, di
rectors of student per
sonnel services, and stu
dent leaders in order to
assist the college in
establishing such a pro
gram and receive the ne
cessary funds for its e-
stablishment.
According to Dr. Mar
ion D. Thorpe, President;
“With the increase in the
number of non-teaching
majors at Elizabeth City
State College, and the
number of jobs outside
the area of education, it
ECSC Proposes
Development Office
According to a report
by the office of Institu
tional Research of the Na
tional Association of State
Universities and Land-
Grant Colleges; “It is no
secret that the predomi
nantly Negro public col
leges received very little
funding from private
sources. The Negro pub
lic colleges draw less
than 1 per cent of their
income from private
sources.
Because of that start
ling fact, Elizabeth City
State College wants to
increase that amount.
With a step in that di
rection the college re
quested and received a
visit by Dr. Herman
Smith, Director, Office
for the Advancement of
Public Negro Colleges, of
the National Association
of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges.
becomes increasingly ne
cessary that we have a
full functioning and cur
rent placement office.
Commenting favorably
on the outcome of the vi
sit, Dr, Thorpe indicates
that; "While preparing
for the next visit by the
CPS team this year, we
intend to seek support for
the Placement Office un
der Title III of the 1965
Higher Education Act. We
are attempting to join a
consortium of some four
teen colleges and univer
sities which are already
participating in this ven
ture.”
In addition to its di
rector, members of the
CPS team included: Mrs,
Fannie Mitchell, Retired
Director of Placement,
Duke University; Dr. L.
Whittaker, Director of
Placement, Grambling
College; and Mr. L.
Thomas Reifstock, Di
rector of Placement, La
Salle College.
DELTA
MOVES ON
The members of Delta
Chi Chapter, Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority along with
the pyramids sponsored
a voter registration cam-
paign during the week of
Oct, 22-25, The purpose
of this campaign was to
encourge the BLACK cit
izens of Elizabeth City,
N.C. to register and vote.
Members of Delta Chi
Chapter, Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority along with
members of the graduate
chapter at E.C.S.C. act
ed as host to the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority on
Saturday Oct. 21, 1968 at
their leadership work
shop.
A charm clinic was
sponsored by members
of the Pyramid club of
Delta Sigma Theta So
rority on October 30,1968
in the lounge of Bias
Hall. Soror Gladys Bur-
rus was the guest speak
er.
The annual Men’s Day
Programs at St. Paul s
A.M.E. Zion Church,
Hertford, and historic Mt.
Lebanon A.M.E. Zion
Church, Elizabeth City,
continued their tradition
al forms of fellowship
and worship, Sunday, Oc
tober 27th, when Dr. Mar
ion D. Thorpe, President,
Elizabeth City State Col
lege spoke at both chur
ches. At Mt. Lebanon he
was the keynote speaker
during the 7:30 a.m. Fel
lowship Breakfast. Fol
lowing this address, he
carried his uplifting mes
sage to the congregation
of St. Paul’s where he
highlighted the celebra
tion at 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Thorpe, who rose
above the surroundings
of poverty to become one
of America’s top educa
tors and administrators^
brings youthfulness, edu
cation, and experience to
the breakfast table and
the pulpit. The treat of
the Mt. Lebanon break
fast menu was topped by
the food for thought from
his , address. Among his
many fraternal, educa
tional and civic affilia
tions, Dr. Thorpe is cur
rently a member of the
Martin Luther King Fel
lowship Selection, Com
mittee of the Woodrow
Wilson National Fellow
ship Foundation, and of
the (HEW) National Ad
visory Committee of Dy
slexia and Related Read
ing Disorders. He is mar
ried to the former Miss
Lula Gleen of Kannapolis
and is the father of two
children, Pamela, 8, and
Marion, Jr., 4.
Roosevelt Wright, Jr.,
chairman of the Mt. Leb
anon Men’s Day Commit
tee, and the Reverend
Alexander Jones, Pastor
at St. Paul’s, are grad
uates of Elizabeth City
State College.
Educational Media And
Technology: Criteria For
Education
By Roosevelt R. Wright,Jr.
Educational media and
technological solutions
regarding our many prob
lems of education are re
lated to various factors.
Among the most import
ant of these varying fact
ors, the number of stu
dents, their educational
needs, the condition of
school facilities, the ap
proach of those who are
directly in charge of edu
cation and the tempera
ment of the public, the
people, who are respon
sible for the money or
finance.
This article concerns
itself with some of the
modern technological
tools now available for
instructional purposes.
But, I would like to em
phasize that all education
al media and techno
logical processes are
secondary in importance
to you the teacher and
educator. In this day of
modern approaches to the
problems of education
with the tools we now
have available we, the ed
ucator should desire that
today’s system of edu
cation become more per
sonal, more direct, more
individualized, working
with every student at his
rate, and making esthet-
ical allowances for any
skills or deficiencies.
The approach of using
educational media and
technology can be most
rewarding in building the
curricula and removing
some of those old and out
dated practices. Media
and technological solu
tions can give the educa
tor more time to be crea
tive,this can be done by
reducing those many
hours spent on admini
strative duties. Fantastic
use of educational media
technology can raise the
overall quality of instruc
tion by providing exper
iences that will enhance
the student and teacher at
all levels of instruction.
Educational media sys
tems look beautiful in op
eration, but there are po
tential danger in the use
of the various media.Such
problems that media
could present to the
classroom are; (1) Ma
chines - dominated curri
cula, with you the class
room teacher relying too
much on what is avail
able via hardware, thus
giving less to personal
instructional approaches:
(2) Media could become
the vehicle for curricu
lum operations of stu
dents other than a curri
culum molded by student
needs. Making it concise
and to the point, media
usage could breed a
classroom totally de
pendent on gadgets.
Today or at present,
modern educational med
ia programs usually in
clude the following sys
tems. (1) traditional au
diovisual systems; (2)
electronic learning lab
oratories; (3) television
and radio; (4) 'self-in
struction devices; (5)
computers; and (6) edu
cational communication
systems. One may find
one or more of these
systems in many of our
schools, but due to the
cost and personnel that
must be acquired in or
der to operate, only large
school programs have
some of these media pro
gram s. But with the pre
sent tactics towards mak
ing school programs bet
ter, one can look forward
to the installment of many
of the newer media of
instruction.
The teacher is still by
far the most important
item in our classroom of
today, newer educational
media are around to lend
a helping hand. Educa
tional media, ranging
from the simple audiovis
ual materials to fantastic
electronic computer sys
tems, can present exper
iences which will allow
the teacher to expose the
student to a vast array of
learning experiences.
While certain advantages
are easily understood,we
must recognize media
limitations. We of the or
ganization must change to
accept the challenge and
demands of the education
al media revolution.
Sigma News
The Gamma Rho Chap
ter of the Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, Inc. says
“Hi” to the freshman,
transfer students, re
turning students and a
special “Hello” to our
fellow Greeks. We have
planned quite a few e-
vents for this year rang
ing from high culture to
the soulful rock’n roll.
The brothers of this chap
ter hope that everyone
will have a propserous
year and of course enjoy
the activities of the
Greeks. Our first event
will be coming soon so
keep your eyes wide open.
The brothers of this
chapter consist of the fol
lowing: Robert Sessoms-
Pyramid News
The Delta Chi Chapter
of the Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority have displayed
its pledgees for the fall
line. Twenty-one aspir
ing Greeks donned in red
and white dined together
in our new cafeteria, af
ter which, they encom
passed the flagpole to sing
songs of sisterly love.
The pledgees are as
follows: Bernice Peele-
President, Rena S, Hack
ly, , Ill-Vice President,
President, Joseph Stan
ley-Vice President, John
Best-Keeper of Records,
Lawrence Lawson-Trea-
surer, Oliver Holly-Dean
of Pledgees, and Lacy
McLaurin-Dean of Pro
bates.
Ellen Johnson-Secretary,
Lucy Hargrove-Assist-
ant Secretary, Corraine
Deloatch- T reasurer, Wil-
listine Robertson, Vir
ginia Darden, Helen
Poole, Lillie Brown,
Queen Moore, Verna
Burgess, Delia Jones,
Carolyn Saunders, Bev
erly Taylor, Dorothy Sta
ton, Annie Miller, Louise
Little, Sharon Lawrence,
Doris Edwards, Dymetra
Tyner and Carolyn White.
“Truly a wealthy person is
one that is respected for what
he is, not what he has.” A. J'
Hudson, The Olustee (Okla.)
Chieftain.