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OCTOBER 14, 1969
E.C.S.U. To Hold Art Exhibits
With the works of
freshman art major,
Joseph L. Ward, Ahoskie,
N. C., currently on ex
hibit in the Foyer of the
G. R. Little Library, Dr.
Vincent deGregorio,
Chairman of the Eliza
beth City State University
Art Department, announc
ed the schedule of planned
exhibitions for the year.
The Ward exhibition is
only one of eleven exhibits
that will use on-campus
and off-campus facilities.
Continuing to seek and
improve knowledge of and
appreciation for the es
thetic, two of the ECSU
art exhibits will be held
in the Wall of the South
gate Shopping Center. The
first is scheduled for No
vember 1, featuring “Re
cent Works by ECSU Art
Students.” Student pro
ductions will again go on
display at the Shopping
Center, in April.
According to Dr, de-
Gregorio, the entire
schedule will unveil the
works of students, in
dividually and collective
ly. Thus, the individual
works of Roy Farmer,
Javon Brothers, and Jim
my Sutton, will follow the
Ward exhibition.
Also included in the
schedule will be exhibi
tions of the works of the
staff of the ECSU Art De
partment, showing paint
ings by J. Craig Greene
and A. A. Wielhorski. The
works of Dr. deGregorio
will complete the sche
dule, in June.
I A NEGRO
BY ROY FARMER I
I rode the filthy ship of Hell.
I saw the land where white men dwelled.
I worked fields that he should have worked,
I burst his blistering clods of dirt.
1 slept in places that made rats swear,
1 was own by masters who didn’t care.
1 as a livestock was a great demand,
1 as a man was a grain of sand.
1 was denied my rights to fight my war,
I yearned for freedom that seems so far.
I force the union to let me horn in.
1 was the baker of cake and the servln of gin.
1 force them to free me and break my bands.
I saw victory spread throughout this land.
I reconstructed. I struggled on I
I kept the freedom that I’d won. '
I saw white brothers isolate me.
I was wanted like sheeps in a cattle’s sea
I saw War. 1 took headline space
1 could see the presence of a growing race.
1 saw another war come to past.
I finally visioned true freedom at last.
I saw War II take War’s place.
I witnessed soul spirits hastened it’s pace.
1 fought deligently for this country, for it is mine.
I’ll say this phrase til the end of time
I caused civil rights to fill the air,
I saw signs of protest everywhere.
I drove my train of freedom down dangerous rails.
1 used soul power for fuel, and it did not fail.
I was once called livestock, now called a man.
1 walk proud and straight with my darken tan.
I’ve seen spirits high. I’ve seen spirits low,
1 made this country grow,
I a Negro.
End TheatreArtsCensorship
(ACP) — The Daily
Campus, Southern Metho
dist University, Dallas.
A resolution calling for
an end to all forms of
censorship in the theatre
arts was among the high
lights of the American
Theatre Association’s
(AETA) annual meeting
during the first week
in September in Detroit,
ART EXHIBITS in our C. R. Little Library are the center of attention.
Michigan.
Dr. Burnet Hobgood,
newly - elected presi
dent of AETA and chair
man of the Theatre De
partment at SMU, said
that the censorship stand
by the largest theatre as
sociation in the world was
prompted by recent con
gressional action which
eliminated foreign tours
by student theatre groups.
"The association in
terpreted this as a form of
federal censorship of the
arts,” Hobgood explain
ed. Other resolutions
called for the end of dis
crimination in craft
unions connected with the
theatre, and the encour
agement and development
of black students and art
ists in the theatre and
greater student partici
pation in theatre, he add
ed.
E.C.S.U. ORGANIZATIOISS
HELP RED CROSS
BY ROY FARMER
Students in several campus organizations joined
forces to assist the Elizabeth City Chapter of the
American Red Cross in its annual project of provid
ing Ditty Bags to send to service men over seas.
Thirteen bags with useful articles were filled by Alpha
Kappa Mu and Kappa Delta Pi Honor Societies, the
Pyramid Club and Delta Chi Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, the residents of Cale, Doles andSymera
Halls, the United Campus Religious Forces, and the
University Student Center. Serving as co-ordinators
of the project were Dr. Edna L. Davis, Chairman
of the Music Department, and Mrs. Eva M. Holley
a Junior Education major, Mrs. Allen, the Executive
Secretary, was deeply appreciative of the support
by the ECSU students in this community effort.
The four-day event was
attended by over 1,200
delegates representing
some 100,000 persons
connected with college or
university theatre, high
school and children’s
theatre, and professional
and resident companies.
SCHEDULE OF ART EXHIBITS
II. October 6th-October 24, 1969
III. November 1st, 1969
“Recent Art by Roy Farmer,”
Foyer, First Floor, Elizabeth City State
University, Little Library
“Recent Works by ECSU Art Students,”
Southgate Shopping Center Mall,
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
IV. November 7th-November 19th, 1969 “Senior Art Exhibition by Javon Brothers,”
Elizabeth City State University,
Student Center
V. January 23rd - February 4th, 1970
VI. February 10th - March 3rd, 1970
VII. March 5th - March 31st, 1970
VIII. April 3rd, 1970
IX. April 4th, 1970
X. May 1st - May 11th, 1970
XI. June 15th - July 10th, 1970
Senior Art Exhibition by Jimmie Sutton,”
Elizabeth City State University,
Student Center
“Art Exhibition by J. Craig Greene,”
Elizabeth City State University,
Student Center
“Art Exhibition by A. A. Wielhorski,”
Elizabeth City State University,
Student Center
Sidewalk Art Exhibition,” Vicinity of
Elizabeth City State University Dining
Hall, Student Center
“ECSU Student Art Exhibition,”
Southgate Shopping Center Mall,
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
“Senior Art Exhibition by Welman L. Jones
and Calvin B. Lawrence,”
Elizabeth City State University,
Student Center
Art Exhibition by Vincent J. de Gregorio,’
Elizabeth City State University,
Student Center