NOVEMBER 1, 1969
THE COMPASS
PAGE 5
Students Attitudes Revealed in Interviews
VIEWS ON DOPE AND
GOD
(AGP) — The Review,
Washburn University,
Topeka, Kansas. The
great majority of college
students say they have
never used either mari
juana or LSD — and don’t
intend to. Most also dis
approve of sexual pro
miscuity and adhere to
traditional religious be
liefs.
These are some of the
major findings of a na-
tionside survey of stu
dent attitudes toward A-
merican institutions, and
of their values and be
liefs, It was made at col
leges and universities,
large and small, public,
private and religious.
The survey was com
missioned by Standard Oil
Company (New Jersey)
and was made by Roper
Research Associates.Al
though focused on male
seniors in accredited four
year colleges and uni
versities, it included,for
comparative purposes,
smaller but similar sur
veys of freshmen and
alumni of the Class of
1964. In general, the three
groups — freshmen, sen
iors and alumni — held
similar views.
Students’ actual exper
iences and attitudes to
ward such matters as
drugs, sex and religion
differ sharply from some
popular impressions.On
these subjects students
were asked to fill out a
confidential special form.
This was returned to the
interviewer in a sealed
envelope to avoid pos
sible embarrassment and
to ensure frankness. Less
sensitive subjects were
surveyed by verbal inter
views.
Only 24 percent of all
seniors, for example,
have ever tried mariju
ana. A majority of these
have used the drug two or
three times at the most.
Only nine percent of the
students described them
selves as occasional or
frequent users. LSD has
been used experimentally
by a very small number
of seniors — 3 percent.
Students who are highly
critical of American so
ciety and those active in
student political move
ment are more inclined
to use drugs than others,
Jersey Standard’s study
shows. But, even in this
group, occasional or ha
bitual users are a com
paratively small minor
ity.
Although most students
have not used drugs and
show no interest in them,
there is considerable
feeling that marijuana
laws should be liberal
ized. Almost half the sen
iors think the sale of
marijuana should be made
legal but under controls
such as with liquor. The
same does not apply to
LSD; only 7 percent would
legalize its sale.
Freshmen agree with
seniors in their attitudes
toward both drugs. Alum
ni, however, take a hard
er line. Proposed legal
ized sale of marijuana
is opposed by 66 percent
of graduates; of LSD, by
94 percent.
If the supposed “sex
ual revolution” is really
occurring on the college
campus, Roper Research
Associates found little
evidence of it. Far
from being promiscuous,
most freshmen and near
ly half of the seniors
say that they are either
opposed to premarital
sexual relations or be
lieve they should be li
mited to women they ex
pect to marry.
Concepts of religion
vary, of course, with the
individual, but a major
ity of the students and
alumni might be called
religious. Most express
ed a belief in God as ei
ther a Supreme Being or
a governing force that
guides the universe,
God was defined in four
different ways in the stu
dy. Students were asked
to select the description
that best expressed their
views. The largest num
ber of seniors — 33 per
cent — chose the most
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BY JAVON BROTHERS
Prose article continued from October 14th edition of THE COMPASS
And I say to each and
everyone of you, put that
Bible where you can use
it, because if it hasn’t
done any more for you
than what it has, you need
to throw it away! Get rid
of it.
Now I can tell that a
lot of you pseudo soul
Brothers don’t want to
hear that but it’s the»
truth. The Honorable Eli-
ah has instructed me to
tell you the truth. Too
long much too long have
we turned the other
cheeck....Much too long
have we kept fear in our
hearts and our heads in
the Bible. The answer
is if you must stick to
that thing called the Bi
ble, make your Bible and
your God relative to your
needs, let it do some
thing... let it lighten your
load and ease that ach
ing heart that cried free
dom....freedom.
As he spoke his last
word the sound alone
seemed to ring out loud
echoing resemantly in ev
ery ear of the two or three
hundred spell bound peo
ple. They were captivat
ed, and for that moment
they belonged to him,rea
dy to follow wherever he
led.
I made my way through
the maze of people who
were mostly milling
around trying to gain their
composure and those who
had become cognizant of
themselves to see the man
called Gerome X; The
Black Messiah.
“Mr. Gerome, I must
say that I really enjoyed
what you just said. You
don’t know what it’s like
to finally see a Black
man with the courage and
strength to say the things
you brought out. Ecuse
me sir my name is Roy
Williams.”
“Roy all I can say is
thank you. And I hope if
you didn’t get anything
else but one thing, re
member, my Black fore
fathers built this country
and died for it, let’s not
dessert it for a better
place to lay our head.
We’ve already earned our
right to the fruition of
this nation years before
1776 and if they are not
going to give it to us...
Roy we must take it...we
must take all that is ours.
Is there any way that I
could become associated
with your movement.
You just made your
first mistake its not my
movement but our move
ment, you’re in this just
as deep as I am. We have
a temple on West 135th
Street...., you will be wel
comed.
The day had been a hot
one and the heat seemed
to be still coming out of
the facades of the gray
ish drab buildings and
the cluttered and litter
ed asphalt. The shouts
of the kids echoed out of
the enclosed street as
they dashed and moved
dexter iou sly playing
handball. Farther up the
street were kids spraying
cars as they passed
laughing loudly and see
ing who could stand the
most pressure from the
hydrant. The day had been
hot but the cooling ther
mometer would later put
an end to the playful ac
tivities of the young at
heart. Windows of the
drab building were all
raised and the dingy cur
tains could be seen filt
ering in the wind by a
fan supposingly.
He proceeded to enter
and was stopped by the
athletically built man in
black who casually began
to search him. Upon be
ing satisfied, he nod
ded his head.
The first thing that Roy
noticed was the almost
morbid like quietness and
the weight of his body
sinking into the deep red
carpet as he walked down
the aisle and took a seat.
All of the worshipers
were dressed in white,
men on one side and wo
men on the other. ^,
(Continued on page 12)
Scholarships —
Southern France
Five scholarships of
$1,000 each are avail
able to students applying
to the Institute for Amer
ican Universities for an
academic year at Aix-
en-Provence, in southern
France. The Institute,
chartered by the Univer
sity of the State of New
York, and under the aus
pices of the University
of Aix-Marseille, found
ed in 1409, is designed
for American undergrad
uates who wish to study
abroad and have credit
transferred to their home
universities. The above
scholarships are divided
among majors in French,
Literature, Fine Arts,
History, &cial Sciences
and Mediterranean Area
Studies. (They are not a-
vailable to students en
rolled in the I.A.U. Sum
mer Program or the I. A.
U. One Semester Pro
gram).
In addition to the above
awards, 25 tuition
grants and a French
Government scholarship
of over $1,000 reserved
for French majors, are
awarded each year.
Aix-en-Provence is lo
cated 17 miles north of
Marseille within easy
reach of the French Ri
viera, ski resorts in the
French Alps, the Ron?an
cities of Arles, Nimes
and Orange, and is only a
few hours from Spain, It
aly and Switzerland.
Information about the
Institute for American
Universities is available
In college libraries,for-
eign study offices or
French Departments.
Applications should be
made by airmail directly
to: The Director, Insti
tute for American Uni
versities, 2 bis, rue de
Bon-Pasteur, 13 - Aix-
en-Provence. Telephone
(91) 27.82.39.
21 STUDENTS
SELECTED WHO’S WHO
Twenty - one Elizabeth
City State University stu
dents - thirteen seniors
and eight juniors - will be
listed in the 1969-70 edi
tion of “Who’s Who
Among Students in Amer
ican Universities and
Colleges.”
Notice of the ECSU stu
dent selections was re
leased by the Advisory
Council, President Mar
ion D. Thorpe, chairman.
The approved list show
ed that, with sixteen of
the students coming from
Elizabeth City, N.C.,that
state again dominated,
with sixteen students be
ing selected. In addition,
eight of the ECSU stu
dents are majoring in
mathematics.
The ECSU students
were selected on the ba
sis of outstanding aca
demic achievement,lead-
ership ability, participa
tion in extracurricular
campus activities, cit
izenship and service to
the University, and pro
mise of future usefulness
to society and profession
al advancement. Five of
the seniors were select
ed during their junior
year.
In addition to being list
ed in the coveted “Who’s
Who” publication, each
student will receive en
graved certificates. The
five students who were
listed last year are:Er
nest R. Bell, Chesapeake,
Va.; Javon Brothers,
Elizabeth City, N.C.; Al
fred L. Carter, Washing
ton, D.C.; Margaret V.
Gregory, Elizabeth City,
N.C.; and Lillian Riggs,
Elizabeth City, N.C, Gre
gory is currently Miss EC
SU and Riggs is editor
of THE COMPASS,
The remaining students
are: Peggy Bryant,New
Bern; Angela C. Chap
man, New Bern; Audrey
Council, Hobgood; Bar
bara J, Curtis, Gary,lnd,;
Dollie M, Gibbs, Wash
ington, N. C.; Washington
Johnson, Portsmouth,
Va.; Sylvia P. Jones,Tar-
boro, N.C.; Samuel King,
Grifton, N.C.; Vickie L.
Lawson, Woodsdale, N.
C.; Alice Little,Lumber-
ton, N.C.; Glenwood F.
Mitchell, Ahoskie, N.C.;
William C. Mizzell,
Ahoskie, N.C.; VelmarG.
Rountree, Eure, N, C,;
Jimmie Sutton, Elizabeth
City, N.C.; Golden L,
Webb, Creswell, N,C.;
and Ernestine White,
Gretna, N.C.
LIBRARY RECEIVES GIFT
Mr, Hobson Thompson
Jr., the ECSU librarian
has announced that our
library is the proud and
grateful recipient of a
1969 set of Encyclopedia
Brittanica, The set was
donated by the Coastal
Plains Life Insurance
Company, located in
Rocky Mount, North Car
olina. And it was donated
through the area repre
sentatives Messrs. Dar
nell Moore and Jerry
Cross as a part of the
company’s “Insurance
Investment program for
services to colleges and
Universities”,
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