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THE COMPASS
JANUARY, 1970
Ellington to
Appear at
ECSU
On March 13 the mighty
Duke Ellington, Dean of
jazz, will make his ap
pearance at Elizabeth
City State University. The
concert will be held in
Williams gymnasium in
order to accomodate the
large audience.
Duke Ellington is well
known in Europe and this
country for his creativity
in Music as well as his
compositions. Duke El
lington has appeared at
many colleges including
Virginia State College,
Howard University and
only recently he was the
highlight of the Hampton
Jazz Festival. Tickets
will be on sale in the
business office starting
February 1. A student-
faculty committee will be
arranging a dinner or re
ception to make it possi
ble for many students to
meet informally and talk
with him.
The Progress of
Mathematics
Department
By DELORES A. LOCKE
It has been stated that
the Mathematics Depart
ment is too hard and the
work and progress can
not be done. The Mathe
matics Department of
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity would like to
speak out and defend it
self for the progress it
has made during the fol
lowing years and say, it
has been done.
The Mathematics De
partment started during
the year of 1962 with Dr.
Louise Sutton as the
chairman with no mem
bers. It was not until
1966 that the Mathematics
Department got hipped
and decided to go on a
go - go. It had, for that
year, a membership of 25
students; it had 6 to grad
uates with Wheeler Pick
ett to graduate with honor.
For the six Mathe
matics majors graduated
May 26, 1968, the aver
age NTE score on the
common part was 488 with
a range from 442 to 549.
On the math section the
average was 522 with a
range from 430 to 580.
The Mathematics De
partment has had many
visiting lecturers to at
tend Elizabeth City State
University. The Math
ematics Department has
had such lecturers as:
D. E. Bayliss Shanks of
Vanderbilt University,
Dr. J. H, Robets of Duke
University, Dr. Jan L.
Boal of University of
South Carolina and Dr.
Haskell Cohen of Univer
sity of Massachusetts.
The purposes of these
lectures were to
strengthen and stimulate
the mathematics pro
grams of colleges; to pro
vide the mathematics
staff and major students
in small colleges with an
opportunity for personal
contact with productive
and creative mathemati
cians; to aid in motiva
tion of able college stu
dents to consider careers
in mathematics and the
teaching or mathematics,
etc.
This year the Mathe
matics Department has
made a gold mine for it
self. For Who’s Who’s in
Universities and Colleges
out of 21 students there
were 8 math majors. They
were: Audrey Council,
Margaret Gregory, Doll-
ie Gibbs, Samuel King,
Glenwood Mitchell, Will
iams Mizzell, Ernest
ine White and Washington
Johnson. We also have
students holding such
position as Vice Presi
dent of Student Council,
Miss ECSU and many
other outstanding organi
zations.
The Mathematics De
partment is very proud of
the outstanding contribu
tions the students have
made in various organi
zations and most of all
academic achievements.
With this in mind, we are
hoping that this year will
be the largest math class
to graduate. We are al
so hoping that in the fu
ture many students would
strive hard to make the
best of what they have and
use it for future refer
ences.
ECSU OFFERS A
NEW PROGRAM
Elizabeth City State
University has received
approval from the North
Carolina Board of High
er Education to offer a
new program in library
science. The new pro
gram will be offered for
certification at two lev
els, teacher - librarian
and school librarian.
According to Benjamin
F. Speller, three day
courses are currently be
ing offered this semester.
They are listed as: “Se
lection and Use of Libra
ry Materials,” “The Li
brary in the Modern
School,” and “Storytell
ing.”
“With this approval
from the State Board the
University is now plan
ning to offer evening
courses and workshops on
special problems in the
library field,” Speller
stated.
To be designed for the
convenience of in-service
teachers who seek certi
fication or re-certifica
tion of librarian certifi
cates, the evening pro
gram will be arranged,
provided a sufficient
number of requests are
made. All interested and
qualified persons are
asked to contact Mr.
Speller at the G. R. Lit
tle Library, on the ECSU
campus.
Speller Accepts Committee Chairmanship
SMILE
Confusius says:
We are confused.
Ha! Ha!
Benjamin F. Speller,
Cataloguer and Instruct
or of Library Science at
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity, has accepted
chairmanship of the North
Carolina Library As
sociations Resources
Committee Speller, who
served the association
from 1967 - 1969 as Di
rector of Resources and
Technical Services, was
appointed to the top posi
tion by the Executive
Board of NCLA.
The new chairman is a
native of Windsor, N.C.
Holding a certificate in
modern supervisory
To Patrons of
the Campus
Book Store
There will be various
time of changes of pric
es on books at the camp
us bookstore. Example:
(A book Is sold for $8.95
and when the stock is
sold out and reordered,
it may be changed to $9.95
of the same book.)
The University does not
make the prices of books;
they are determined by
the publishers that sell
them to the University.
If there are any discrep
ancies of prices of any
book that is sold at your
campus book store, kind
ly contact Tom Sterling,
your friendly campus
book store manager.
We Need
Your Help
Dean Holly requests the
cooperation of the Uni
versity family in assist
ing the university in its
drive to build a stronger
and more active Alumni
Association. A stronger
Alumni Association is a
must for this university.
This Association should
be the forerunner of the
university’s plans for ad
vancement. Right now, the
university needs a
stronger scholarship fund
—yes, the Alumni Asso
ciation could easily solve
this problem. Why don’t
they? The Alumni Asso
ciation is far too few in
numbers.
What can you do? There
are approximately 3,700
graduates of this institu
tion. There are less than
300 active members in the
Alumni Association. If
you would “seek-out” the
former graduates in your
area and submit their
names and addresses to
the Dean, It would be a
major step towards build
ing a stronger Asso
ciation.
Oh Yes! There is one
other thing you can do,
when you graduate, please
become an active sup
porter of your univer
sity.
practice from the Univer
sity of North Carolina,
Speller’s^ undergraduate
training was at North Ca
rolina Central Univer
sity from which he grad
uated in 1962 with the
B. A. degree in history.
Prior to doing further
study at Drexel Institute
of Technology, Case
Western Reserve Univer
sity, and Atlanta Univer
sity, he received the MA
degree in library science
from Indiana University,
in 1965.
Prior to coming to Eli
zabeth City State Univer
sity in 1967, he served
libraries at Livingstone
College and Indiana Uni
versity. Listed in Who’s
Who In Library Service,
Speller holds member
ship in the American and
Southeastern Library As
sociations. In addition to
his current duties at
ECSU, he is currently Di
rector of the University’s
Institutional Self - Study
Program.
Intermediate
Edu cation
By Donald E, Liverman
The education depart
ment of Elizabeth City
State Universty welcom
es a new major. In
termediate Education, to
the students. This major
is divided into two lev
els, kindergarten through
ninth grade, the Inter
mediate Education. Early
childhood is the level
which women are domi
nant and men have a close
margin in the intermedi
ate level. The early child
hood level’s curriculum
varies slightly from the
intermediate level.
There are many great
advantages offered from
both levels. However, the
intermediate level re
quires more hard work
because the teacher deals
with the middle age stu
dents. A student secur
ing a degree on the in
termediate level is re
quired to choose two
areas of concentrations
by the beginning of his
junior year. The student
has eight (8) areas of con
centrations to choose
from. They are as fol
lows: Art, 13 hours; Eng
lish, 12 hours; Mathemat
ics, 13 hours; Science Bi
ology or Physical
Science, 13 hours; and
Social Science, 13 hours.
A minimum grade of
“C” is required in each
course in the area of con
centration. For exam
ple, a student concentrat
ing in mathematics is re
quired to attain a mini
mum grade of C in 32-
300, Alegbra. Between the
two concentrations one
must be in an academic
area and must be chosen
from English, Mathe
matics, Science, or So
cial Science. The second
area may be chosen from
one of the above acade
mic areas or from Art,
Music, or Library
Science.
Job Opportunity
Job opportunities in
Europe this summer..
Work this summer in the
forests of Germany, on
construction in Austria,
on farms in Germany,
Sweden and Denmark, on
road construction in Nor
way, in Industries in
France and Germany, in
hotels in Switzerland.
Well there are these
jobs available as well as
jobs in Ireland, England,
France, Italy and Holland
are open by the consent
of the governments of
these countries to Ame
rican university students
coming to Europe the next
summer.
For several years stu
dents made their way a-
cross the Atlantic through
A.E.S.-Service to take
part in the actual life of
the people of these coun
tries. The success of this
project has caused a great
deal of enthusiastic In
terest and support both
in America and Europe.
Every year, the pro
gram has been expanded
to include many more stu
dents and jobs. Already,
many students have made
application for next sum
mer jobs. American -
European Student Service
(on a non - profitable
basis) is offering these
jobs to students for Ger
many^, Scandinavia, Eng
land,^ Austria, Switzer
land, France, Italy, and
Spain. The jobs consist of
forestry work, child care
work (females only),farm
work, hotel work (limited
number available), con
struction work, and some
other rhore qualified jobs
requiring more special
ized training.
The purpose of this
program is to afford the
student an opportunity to
get into real living con
tact with the people and
custom s of Europe. In this
way, a concrete effort
can be made to learn
something of the culture
of Europe. In return for
his or her work, the stu
dent will receive his or
her room and board, plus
a wage. However, student
should keep in mind that
they will be working on
the European economy
and wages will naturally
be scaled accordingly.
The working conditions
(hours, safety, regula
tions, legal protection,
work permits) will be
strictly controlled by the
labor ministries of the
countries involved.
In most cases, the em
ployers have requested
especially for American
students. Hence, they are
particularly interested in
the student and want to
make the work as in
teresting as possible.
They are all informed
of the intent of the pro
gram, and will help the
student all they can in
deriving the most from
his trip to Europe,
FER Pete's
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