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THE COMPASS
DECEMBER 12, 1969
WAIDE ROBINSON
ROBINSON
MAKES
IT BIG
By Walter Winborne
Waide Robinson, for
mer gridder and graduate
of Elizabeth City State
University, has helped
bring the Hartford
Knights of the Atlantic
Coast Football League
another division Cham
pionship.
Robbie, as he is call
ed by his teammates, is
a native of Chesapeake,
Virginia, where he at
tended Crestwood High
School. After completion
of high school he came to
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity. Here he played
four years of college foot
ball under the direction
of Head Coach Tom Cald
well. Waide was selected
all CIAA cornerback his
senior year here at Eliz
abeth City, (1968-69).Af-
ter college, he signed as
a free agent with the San
Diego Chargers of the
American Football Lea
gue.
After his release from
the Chargers, a friend
in New Haven, Connecti
cut told Waide about the
Knights. He decided to
try out for the Hartford
Knights’ squad. And in
doing so, he became a
mainstay of the Knights’
secondary.
The Hartford Knights
are affiliated with the
Buffalo Bills of the AFL.
Only 22 years old, and
ideally built for a cor
nerback, at 5’11”, 190
pounds, Waide has great
potential as AFL mater
ial.
At present, Waide lives
in West Haven, Connecti
cut and teaches Industrial
arts in the New Haven
school system.
The Compass staff.stu-
dents and staff members
are proud of the accom
plishments of Waide Ro
binson. We wish him much
success in the future.
HONOR SOCIETY INITIATES NEW MEMBERS
Kappa Delta Chapter of
Kappa Delta Pi, National
Honor Society in Educa
tion on the campus of
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity, initiated five stu
dents and one faculty
member on Thursday
evening, November 6,
1969. The student ini
tiates were; Alfred L.
Carter - Senior Social
Science Major from
Washington, D.C. with an
honc’" point average of
3.36; Miss Bettie J,
Jones - Junior Mathemat
ics Major from Elizabeth
City, N.C. - 3.38; Char
les H. Moore - Junior So
ciology Major from Ahos-
kie, N.C. - 3.56; Miss
Queen E. Moore -Junior
Sociology Major from
Washington, N.C. - 3.41;
and Jerry M. Spence -
Senior Industrial Arts
Major from Chesapeake,
Virginia - 3.35. Dr. Er
nest A. Finney, Associate
Professor of Education,
Coordinator of Student
Teaching and Director of
Summer Sessons, was the
faculty initiate - the first
since the Chapter was in
stalled in 1964.
Preceding the initiation
ceremony held in the Uni
versity Student Union
Building the students read
and defended papers
which they had written.
Topics for the papers
were: “The Role of Edu
cation; A Challenge for
Change” by Alfred Car
ter; “The Educational
IN MEM OR I AM
(Continued from page 3'
Credit Union, but his
greatest devotion was to
the church of his choice.
Comer Stone Baptist
Church.
He was one of the most
well liked men on the
ECSU’S Maintenance De
partment. He began work
ing for ECSU in the year
of ’69, and continued un
til the fatal accident that
removed him from the
world of the living, a
world full of hatred and
wars, discrimination and
prejudice.
He was married to the
former Pauline Davis and
was the father of six chil
dren.
CHOIR
(Continued from page 6)
of determination, effort
and hardwork on the part
of the directors and the
students. Singing at all
official program s, the
choir is glad to be back
in the mood and is ready
for action. The choir is
under the direction of
Miss Evelyn A, Johnson
and Mr. Wendell J. Wil
son, with Miss Rachel
Weber as accompanist.
The choir plans to make
this a successful and
prosperous year. An or
ganization backed by in
tegrity and subjected to
continued progress - is
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity Choir.
by Robert Earl Ward
System” by Bettie Jones;
Black Americans and
Education” by Charles
Moore; “Education; Key
to the Drug Problem” by
Queen Moore; and “Edu
cation and the American
Negro” by Jerry Spence.
Dr. Finney gave Summar
ies and Analyses of the
papers. Following the ini
tiation, the group dined at
the Vicki Villa Restaurant
on Highway 17 North of
Elizabeth City.
Officers presiding at
the initiation were Glen-
wood F. Mitchell ’70
President and Miss
Dollye M. Gibbs ’70 -
Vice President. Dr. Ed
na L. Davis, Chairman of
the Department of Music,
serves as Counselor.
MATMEN
FACE TOUGH
SCHEDULE
With three returning
CIAA Champions, Coach
Roy “Bully ” Knight says
“this will be the tough
est schedule in the
school’s history.” Eric
Keys was the CIAA cham
pion in the 137 pound
weight division, Henry
Myers, champ of the 145
pound weight division,and
Jackie Kennedy was
champ of the unlimited
weight division. Some of
the other outstanding Mat
men are Jesse Carmon,
senior; James Webb, sop
homore, Samuel Thomas,
sophomore, Odell Cleve
land, sophomore, and Da
vid Watts, a freshman.
The Mat Men will travel
to the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill,
N.C., to participate in the
NCC Wrestling Tourna
ment. They will be the
only black college there.
The tournament will last
from December 5-6. They
will also be the host of
the CIAA Wrestling Tour
nament to be held March
6-7.
I VIKINGS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE I
^ DATE
Dec. 1 ECSU -
S Dec, 2 ECSU -
S Dec. 4 ECSU -
Dec. 6
;!:• DeCo 8
% Dec. 10
Dec. 18-20
^ Jan. 9
g Jan. 10
Jan. 12
^ Jan. 17
Jan. 21
:;ji Jan. 24
S Jan. 28
Jan. 30
ij; Jan. 31
g Feb. 2
Feb. 4
^ Feb. 7
iS Feb. 9
S Feb. 12
Feb. 14
:5: Feb. 16
i Feb. 21
i Feb. 26 - 28
?S March 2-3
100
108
115
OPPONENT
Virginia Union University - 84
Virginia State College - 102
St. Augustine’s College - 89
Livingstone College
Johnson C. Smith University
Virginia Union University
PhibLant Christmas Tournament
St. Augustine’s College
Shaw University
Atlantic Christian College
Norfolk State College
Shaw University
Winston-Salem State University
N.C. A&T State University
Livingstone College
Fayetteville State University
Grambling College
N. C. Central University
Fayetteville State University
N. C. Central University
Johnson C. Smith University
Winston-Salem State University
N.C. A&T State University
Norfolk State College
CIAA TOURNAMENT
NAIA DISTRICT 29 TOURNAMENT
Richmond, Va.
Petersburg, Va
Home
Salisbury, N.C.
Charlotte, N.C.
Home
Norfolk, Va.
Raleigh, N. C.
Raleigh, N. C.
Wilson, N.C.
Norfolk, Va.
Home
Home
Home
Home ^Madison
Home / Square
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Home
Fayetteville, N. C.
Durham, N. C.
Home
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Greensboro,N.C.
Hampton Roads Coliseum p
Greensboro, N. C.
Fayetteville, N.C.
FLAG FOOTBALL
On Wednesday Novem
ber 19, 1969, the Packer
flag football team won the
flag football champion
ship. The Packers defeat
ed the Butler Hall Raid
ers by a score of 12-6.
Before the championship
round the Packers play
ed the Roughnecks of But
ler Hall and also beat
them by a score of 38-0.
By defeating the Raiders
the Packers stop a three
year winning streak of the
Raiders.
It is with pleasure that
we Introduce the Packers
team to you.
Preston (Bobo) Bunch Dhb
Bradford (Snap)Fields LE
Eley (Hands) Gatling Dnb
Ernest (Moore) Hall C
Curtis Harrell QB
(Co-Captain)
Thomas Harris LB
Robert (Leroy) Keyes RE
Richard (Catfish) May G,
(Co-Captain)
Robert Mckenize T
(Shazzan)
Billy Pugh G
(Daddy Rabbit)
Jimmy Spence hb
(Roadrunner)
Kenneth (Tap) Tapp T
The proud Packer
team, has played hard
and have shown people
they are the flag football
team of which ECSU can
be proud.
A KISS FOK THE PRESIDENT. Miss India Harris,
one of our cute cheerleaders presents Dr. Thorpe
with a certificate and kiss at our Centennial game.
THE COMPASS
Vol. 31, No. 4 Dec. 12, 1969
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909
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