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THE COMPASS
JULY, 1969
Editor-in-Chlef, Lillian Riggs.
TIME FOR A CHANGE
It’s time. Fellow Vik
ings for a change in the
look and quality of your
Compass. I’m sure if
you are a thorough read
er of your Compass you
will agree that we need
a change in our style. No
I don’t advocate a change,
just for change sake. But
I feel that in the past
years we have followed a
traditional trend in the
type of articles we’ve
published. I’d like to see
ECSU publish a contemp
orary paper, one which
is more in step with the
nioods and movements of
our “now” generation.
I’m tired of hearing
so many unencouraging
comments about the pa
per - “The Compass is
dull, it isn’t published
often enough and it does
n’t satisfy the interests
of its readers.” I’d like
Jimmie Sutton, Presi
dent-Elect Student Gov
ernment.
GREETINGS
As the newly elected
President of the Student
Government Association
of Elizabeth City State
University, I sincerely
extend to you my warmest
greetings of welcome. I’m
very happy that you have
selected E.C.S.U. as your
choice, to either further
your higher education
(inservice Teachers etc);
to you Freshmen and re
turning students of Eliza
beth City State College.
Here at our university,
I feel that we have the
finest caliber of indivi
duals found in a univer
sity today. Most of all.
I’d like to mention that
the fact of our having ob
tained such a fine and dis
tinguished President, Dr.
Marion D. Thorpe. He’s
young, ambitious, re
sponsible, flexible, and
most of all, he is intelli
gent. Anyone could have
been chosen I’m sure to
represent the college as
President, however, we
the students are more
to produce an excellent
paper but this requires
earnest effort on your
part too.
As the new Editor of
your Compass, I have high
aspirations for our paper.
I’d like to know that stu
dents will be anxious to
see each and every new
issue of the paper. I’d
like very much to have a
bi-weekly paper. And I’d
like to see your Com
pass earn a First Class
rating from the Asso
ciate Collegiate Press.
It will be almost impos
sible to see these things
come to pass, if my staff
and I don’t have your
support. So help us in ev
ery way possible to
change for the better and
make our University’s
paper better than it’s ever
been.
than happy to have Dr.
Thorpe as our leader.
Most of you who are
here for the first time
might consider yourself
an outsider, however, this
is not the way we want
you to feel whether you
are an Inservice Teach
er, New Instructors, new
student; incoming per
sonnel, we would like for
all to consider yourself
an exponent of Elizabeth
City State University in
its totality.
The summer as we can
already Imagine, is going
to be “long and hot”, how
ever, we cannot forget
our primary purpose for
being here. There are a
number of activities
scheduled for the summer
school session which I
feel certain that you will
enjoy to the utmost.
Again I’d like to men
tion that I’m very happy
that you have decided to
stay with us, in whatever
your educational endea
vors are. I’m sure that
your program was very
well planned in an effort
to supply your needs. We
are soliciting your posi
tive attitudes, criticisms,
innovative suggestions
and your individual pro
jectiveness that will en
able Elizabeth City State
University on to becom
ing a better university
of its kind.
You can leam; I can
learn, but there are those
who can tell us and
sources which can prove
to us, things that we might
not know or might not
have learned. I think the
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SUMMER SCHOOL
A BREEZE
How many of you stu
dents have been told this
by your colleagues “It’s
easy to pass any course
in summer school, it’s a
breeze.” I’m sure you’ve
heard this and have been
as I have been, very sur
prised to find out how hard
you have to work. I be
lieve that students who
are coming to summer
school for the first time
have many misconcep
tions about it. For in
stance, how many of you
will admit that you knew
nothing about there being
no cuts allowed during
the summer session?
In talking to a number
of students. I’ve found that
some even made a choice
between working this
summer or going to sum
mer school. To shun work
a few came to summer
school thinking that going
to summer school would
be a nice vacation. I feel
that they could never be
more wrong and I’m sure
by now they have realized
this. When one prepares
to attend summer school
at ECSU or any other in
stitution he or she should
prepare to do his very
best in his courses. This
will require many hours
in the library. For going
to summer school, I have
found is not a breeze, it’s
a time for hard work.
Velmar Rountree,
President WGA.
PRES. WGA
GREETS YOU
As president of the Wo
men’s Government Asso
ciation, I wish to extend
a sincere welcome to you,
while here at Elizabeth
City State University. I
hope that you will find
your stay here a profit
able experience.
Let me commend you
for having chosen Eliza
beth City State University
as the school where you
will pursue your educa
tional career. It is evi
dent that you are aware
of the need for a quality
education in our very
competitive society. It is
here at our university that
you will be further pre
pared socially, academ
ically, and morally to help-
perfect our society.
The university family
and the community are in
deed proud to have such a
brilliant leader as Dr.
Marion Thorpe. Dr.
Thorpe has come to us
with many dreams, as
pirations, and hopes for
the advancement of Eliz-
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MARGARET GREGORY
Miss ECSU
THE QUEEN
SPEAKS
I shall begin by saying
hello to everyone who is
affiliated with the univer
sity in some way. I hope
all of you are having a
pleasant vacation or plea
sant experiences in sum-
m er schools elsewhere.
As all of us can see
our “ole” Elizabeth City
State College has changed
to Elizabeth City State
University. During the
school year 1969-70 and
the years to follow ECSU
hopes to become a larger
and better institution of
higher learning. All of us
must work to our fullest
capacities to enable the
new university to attain
its goal. It is very ob
vious to me that I will
have no problems in en
couraging the students to
do what they can to im
prove this institution.
We have a very large
number of persons at
tending the six weeks ses
sion of summer school.
Along with the regular
classes, there are work
shops and institutes. I
would like to mention only
a few so that we can see
that we cannot overcome
our weaknesses by stay
ing away from them; we
must work with these
weaknesses.
The week before sum
mer school convened a
workshop for Migrant
Health Workers was held
here. The purpose of the
workshop was to train
persons, who were to be
associated with the mi-
FRESHMEN
FUTURE
LEADERS
BY Carolyn McKnight
Freshmen of ECSU are
the future leaders of the
world and ECSU. In or
der for the Freshmen to
be the future leaders they
must accept situations as
they are and try to better
them. The preparations
must start now, not later.
As social and political
problems present them
selves, we must be able
to challenge them. Our
main concern should be to
strive for scholastic a-
chievements and forget
the old saying, “it is
better to cheat than re
peat.” There will be much
competition in the future
to confront us. If we have
n’t obtained the required
information, we’ll be sor
ry.
In obtaining these high
goals, we must not for
get our social life; this
helps to stimulate our
lives; nevertheless, there
should be a limit to our
social activities. Look
high and strive to be lead
ers of the world and
ECSU,
grant workers, to teach
the m igrants better health
practices from outdoor to
indoor living. Others that
I felt were important are
the Desegregation Insti
tute, Supervising Teach
ers Workshop, which
teachers received stip
ends to attend summer
school, and the workshop
held by the Economic Im
provement Council.
During summer school,
UCRF is having abbre
viated Sunday School Ses
sions which are called
“Morning Devotions.”
They are not held every
Sunday and when they are
held, one can say that
‘they are very inspiring. I~
only hope that more of us
will take an active part in
these religious activities;
one will truly prosper
from them.
The physical education
department has been tak
ing the initiative to pro
vide for recreational ac
tivities each evening.
Games are set up outside
and inside the gymnas
ium. Students have been
attending these activities
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THE COMPASS
For Students and Alumni
Published by
State University Newspaper Staff
Elizabeth City, N, C.
Members: Columbia Scholastic Press Association
yu
PRESS
Editor-In-Chief Lillian Riggs
Associate Editor Denvel Sutton
Managiim Editor Eugene Spellman
Sports Editor Walter Winborne
Feature Editor Roy Farmer
Exchange Editor Gwenae Johnson
Secretary Velmar Rountree
Treasurer Deloris Owens
Typists Shelia Deans,
Ka-Esbia Phillips
Izilia Felton
Staff Writers Margaret Gregory,
Velmar Rountree
Photographers William Briggs,
Delton Boyd, and
Javon Brothers
.Advisor Mr . Leonard Ballou.