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THE COMPASS
SEPTEMBER 26, 1969
planning to TOP OLD RECORD
LEFT TO RIGHT; COACH CALDWELL. ERNEST
BELL, ALVIN LEWIS AND JOHNTHAN BROWN.
CAN THEY TOP IT?
This is the football season of the year 1969. Of
national significance is the fact that college football
celebrates its centennial year, and Elizabeth City
State University is proud to be a part of that celebra
tion. Of greater significance to sports fans in and around
this University campus is the amount of pressure on
Coach Tom Caldwell to win the CIAA championship
in football like the basketball team did, early in 1969.
Make no mistake about it, the Centennial Celebration
of Collegiate Football and the championship fever ac
count for the mood, attitude, spirit , and effort that
fill the air at ECSU.
Last year, with Johnny Walton passing, Grady Sessoms
and Grover Armstead running, and the defense hitting
hard. Coach Caldwell’s Vikings posted an impressive
8-1-0 overall record, 7-1-0 in the Central Intercolle
giate Athletic Association. Let’s take a brief look at the
record of 1968 for a more detailed understanding of
the “spirit” that led the mighty Vikings to victory.
RANK IN
DEPARTMENT CIAA
Rushing - 1,910 yards 1
212.2 Yards per Game
Passing - 1,400 yards 2
155.6 Yards per Game
TOTAL OFFENSE- 3,310 yards 1
367.8 Yards per Game
Scoring - 263 points
29 Points per Game
Rushing.Defense - 666 yards 4
74 Yards per Game
Passing Defense - 525 yards
58 Yards per Game
TOTAL DEFENSE - yards 1
132.3 Yards per Game
64 Points - 7 Points per game
RECORD - 8 - 11 - 0 4
NATIONAL
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29
15
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Honorable Mention
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Johnny Walton -— Number
Grady Sessoms
Grover Armstead
one passer and total
offense leader in the CIAA with
1,400 yards passing; 114 passes
completed out of 204 attempts;
and 16 touchdown passes.
Number two running back in the
CIAA, and 29th in the nation
with 870 yards.
Number one scorer in the CIAA
for the second straight year,
with 80 points, and the number
three running back in the CIAA
with 790 yards.
Torian Williams
Maurice Harrod
Shelton Bond
That is a terrible record for this year’s team,
with only 14 returning lettermen, to overcome. How
can the 9 freshmen gridders, with no college exper
ience; 8 returning sophomores who saw no action last
year; and 9 upper-classmen who saw only limited
action, measure up to the task this year? But Coaches
Caldwell, Roy F. Knight, Alvin T. Kelley, and Marion
Mendenhall, though quite realistic about the overall
situation and the seriousness of the problems this year,
the Vikings and their coaches, there is reason to hopel
There is hope that college football will last another
one hundred years. There is hope that the Vikings will
win the CIAA championship this year.
Cost ? (Continued from page 2)
Three top pass receivers in the
CIAA
plain ruthlessness.
I am not attempting to
place myself on a pedest
al, but much to the con
trary. I’m merely trying
to communicate with
those of you who have, as
it seems to me, misplac
ed the value of self-re
spect and the respect to
ward others.
Respect is free, give a
little. How much has re
spect cost you? Why can’t
you show some respect?
I hope all students here
at ECSU will bring more
respect to this campus
by instilling in others the
desire to be more re
spectful.
Band Prepares
For Busy Schedule
When memoers of the
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity band reported on
time on August 27, they
had no idea what Director
David W. Williams had in
store for them. Since then
they have been carried
through rigorous daily
drills and long hours of
practice that have lasted
way into the night. The
echoing sounds from the
four sections of the 130-
piece band will become a
reality when the March
ing Vikings make their de
but on September 20, at
Petersburg, Va.
But the crack and
"soul-filled” marching
band will make more than
a debut. Led by the high-
stepping duo of Joseph
Brown, junior, Farm-
ville, N.C., and Jerome
Barley, freshmen Rich
mond, Va., drum ma
jors, the band has a full
schedule that will carry
it into the national spot
light.
After saluting the C en-
tennial Celebration of
College football during
the halftime show of the
Virginia State - ECSU
football contest, and re
peating the same tribute
at the Vikings’ first home
game on September 27,
the band will have four
more home games and
two more away contests
at which to perform.Con
sequently the band is be
ing cut from a twelve to
a ten-man front because
most streets and areas
are really not large
enough for the wide
spread.
Prior to, or possibly
during the filling of en
gagements to perform in
various community
Christmas parades, the
Marching Vikings are
booked to appear during
two big NFL football
games.
December 7, the band
LAWSON
(Continued from page 1)
The meeting of the
SC PA dealt mainly with
the problem confronting
the Placement Officer and
his relationship with stu
dents. It also provided
new ideas that might be
utilized throughout the
coming years to improve
on the effectiveness of
ECSU’s Placement Of
fice.
Meeting with represen
tatives from federal gov
ernment agencies, Mr.
Lawson had an opportun
ity to make them aware
of what Elizabeth City
State L\.I,ersity had to
offer their various or
ganizations and agencies.
Some of those contacted
included the Atomic En
ergy Commission, Social
Security Administration,
Air Traffic Control,
Health, Education and
Welfare, Department of
Agriculture, Internal Re
venue and Foods and
Drugs Administration. It
is hoped that out of these
efforts the agencies con
tacted will visit Elizabeth
City during the 1969-1970
academic year and re
cruit qualified Elizabeth
City State University stu
dents into their respec
tive agencies.
I IN MEMORIAM |
The community here
and around Elizabeth City
State University was sad
dened last month when
news of the death of Ro
bert M, White was picked
up from the national wire
services. Although swept
away from the Washington
Redskins and the football
world, ECSU will long re
member this former
great coach.
Better known as Bob
White, and loved and re
spected by everyone who
associated with or worked
under his instructions,he
not only rebuilt the deter-
mination to win in foot
ball, Bob continued it.
Taking little men., taking
doubtful men ...taking a
small number of men...
Bob White built a con-
sistant winner out of what
was Elizabeth City State
Teachers College’s Pirate
football squad. It was here
at Elizabeth City State
that he gained national
recognition as an out
standing mentor and made
the Pirates “Pirates” in
football uniforms. From
1952 through 1955, under
the leadership of Coach
White, Elizabeth City
State won 28 games while
losing only 6 and tying 2.
Selected Eastern Inter
collegiate Athletic Con
ference Coach of the Year
from 1952 through 1955,
Bob White did not get
all of the recognition.
During that time his Pi
rates won the El AC cham
pionship each year. His
last year here, after
he hadbuilt Elizabeth City
State for Central Inter
collegiate Athletic Asso
ciation (CIAA) competi
tion, the Pirates, with
only 36 players, 14 of
them freshmen gridders,
knocked off powerful
ROBERT M. WHITE
South Carolina State Col
lege, 8-0; and strong
Shaw University, 19-18.
That is the kind of coach
he was. He made his men
measure up. In mind,
heart, and body, to the
gridiron “war.” They
were willing even to die,
if must, for him and Eliz
abeth City State, although
some of the opposition
were made to do the dying
instead.
Bob White’s deter
mination to win apparent
ly rubbed off on his head
line and defensive coach,
Tom Caldwell, who has
rebuilt Elizabeth City
State to conference and
national recognition. As
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity joins in the Cen
tennial Celebration of
College Football, it
pauses to thank such a
remarkable coach for
having passed this way.
To Mrs. Marguerite
White and daughter, Mrs.
Marsha Quintana, mem
bers of the athletic de
partment here at ECSU,
alumni and friends say,
“We, like you, will never
forget Bob White.”
will be viewed by thou
sands , in person, and
millions on CBS televi
sion, when it performs at
Philadelphia’ F ranklin
Field during the Eagle-
Redskin contest. After
returning to Elizabeth
City, the Marching Vik
ings will depart for Pitts
burgh, the following
weekend of December 14,
to play during the Steel-
er - New York Giants
game.
DAYCAMP
(Continued from Page 3)
The leaders attending 758, Mrs. James Waltz,
the Camp were Camp Di
rector, Mrs. Helen W.
Marshall, who served al
so as leader of Junior
Scouts, Troop 729, Mrs.
G. H. Morgan, leader of
Troop 713. Mrs. E. W.
Howard, leader of Trnop
leader of Troop 784, Mrs.
E. M. Spellman, Brownie
Troop 712, Mrs. E. G.
Anderson, leader of
Troop 714 and Mrs. S.
W. Owens, leader of
Troop B, 726.
GIRLS ENJOY DAY CAMP ACTIVITIES