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VOLUME 31
ELIZABETH CITY. N. C
MARCH 26,1970
NUMBER 7
RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS
WEEK RECENTLY HELD
Rev. Forbes
Speaker for
Religious
Emphasis Week
at ECSU
The Reverend J. A,
Forbes was the invitee
by UCRF (United Cam
pus Religious Fellow
ship) as guest speak
er for Religious Empha
sis Week, March 8-12.
Mr. Forbes is pastor of
St. John’s United Holy
Church of America, Rich
mond, Virginia. His pre
sence, according to some
of the students partici
pating, faculty, and mem
bers of the community,
was one of UCRF’sgreat
est successes.
The 5’ 8” minister
stood on tiptoes behind
the rostrum but the au
dience soon learned he
was a giant of an orator.
He gave four ser
mons, advocating, “Be
yourself, be your best
self,” Some listeners felt
this meant, 'be your best
black self.
Mr. Ross spoke on how
to live as black Chris
tians on campus, and not
to live in passive exist
ence. He talked to stu
dents on their own level.
The most fascinating
aspect of the Rev. Mr,
Forbes’ talk is learning
he himself is very real
istic about the God he
serves. This caused
some listeners to ask.
Why does God have to
be an imaginary dream?’
Pastor Ross holds a
B. S. from Howard Uni
versity and a B. D. from
Union Theological Semi
nary, New York City.
Former pastorates in
clude the Holy Trinity
Church, and St. Paul’s
Holy Church.
E.C.S.U. Professor Certified
In Speech Pathology
Mrs. Helen M. Cald
well, Assistant Profes
sor of Speech at Eliza
beth City State Univer
sity, has been notified by
the American Speech and
Hearing Association of
the attainment of the Cer
tificate of Clinical Com
petence in Speech Path
ology through a qualify
ing examination admin
istered in October of
this year in Washington,
D.C.
The examination, sche
duled on October 11, 1969
in most major cities
throughout the United
States, and various ma
jor cities of foreign
countries was a once-
only examination and
tested knowledge of the
ory and skills in hand
ling pathological speech
and hearing cases in
hospitals, private speech
and hearing clinics, col
lege and university clin
ics and private prac
tice.
Mrs. Caldwell quali
fied for the examination
as the result of courses
of study at New York
University where she
received her training
in speech therapy, and
George Washington Un
iversity in Washington,
D.C. where she did ad
vanced study while ser
ving as a graduate as
sistant in the Univer
sity’s Speech and Hear
ing Clinic.
In - training asslst-
antships at hospitals and
university centers have
given Mrs. Caldwell ex
perience with patients
whose speech dysfunc
tions were the results
of aphasia, cerebral pal
sy, cleft palate, dyslexia,
as well as the laryngec-
tomized patient, stutter
ers and various less se
vere speech defects.
Mrs. Caldwell states
that the certification is
most significant in enhan
cing her academic prep
aration in her chosen
profession. Her training
gives her proficiency in
both diagnostic evalua
tion and clinical proced
ures with patients.
She is qualified to
supervise trainees in
Speech Pathology, and to
direct speech centers,
which are private, hos
pital, or university lo
cated. In addition, she is
certified to engage in
private practice in
speech and hearing path
ology. _
Mrs. Caldwell, who is
one of the two holders of
the Certificate in North
eastern North Carolina, is
Director of the Speech
Laboratory at ECSU.
She expresses an en
thusiastic desire to de
velop a Speech Clinic on
the University campus
which will serve both the
University family and the
Elizabeth City
Community.
She feels that a Speech
Clinic is much needed in
Elizabeth City as indivi
duals requiring the ser
vices of a speech pathol
ogist are either direct
ed to Duke University or,
more often, go without as
sistance.
She states that she has
had several referrals
from the University of
North Carolina to Chap
el Hill within the last
three months. The local
University, she states,
would be the logical place
to fill the void In ser
vices to the people of the
area.
Mrs. Caldwell envi
sions a program for un
dergraduate students
leading to a degree in
Speech and Hearing Path
ology as a basic step
in the growth of such a
clinic. In addition, ac
cording to Mrs. Caldwell,
a program in speech and
hearing at ECSU would
make available more
speech therapists to
serve the children of the
public schools of North
Carolina.
She indicates that at
present there is a short
age of trained teachers
in this area of special
education, especially in
Northeastern North Car
olina,
As an outgrowth of her
work at George Washing
ton University in 1968,
Mrs. Caldwell was of
fered a graduate teach
ing assistantship to work
for her doctorate. She
has elected, however, to
continue her study at
New York University.
Recent recognition in-
Ross Addresses
Founders Day Audience
The voices of the found
ers of Elizabeth City State
University were silent,
but the ‘ Voice of Amer
ica” spoke to the Moore
Hall Auditorium audien
ce, as ECSU observed
its 79th. Anniversary.
Highly Impressed with the
growth at the University
since when he visited it in
the late 1940’s, Clathan
M, Ross, information Of
ficer and Program Di
rector of Voice of Amer
ica, proceeded to deliver
a most timely and schol
arly address.
After speculating on
some of the possible mo
tives of Hugh Cale, the
Negro Representative
from Pasquotank County
who introduced the bill
that led to the establish
ment of what is now Eliz
abeth City State Univer
sity, Ross stated, ‘‘And
so, almost 100 years lat
er, we find ourselves fac
ed with the necessity of
searching for appropriate
values, values that are
eluded serving on Gover
nor Dan Moore’s Com
mittee for Excellence in
Education in North Caro
lina; being invited to a
listing in COMMUN
ITY LEADERS OF
AMERICA; and being
elected to a two year
term as Regional Direct
or of Jack and Jill of
America, Inc., a civic-
social organization.
Mrs. Caldwell, who is
also a Certified parlia
mentarian, is married to
the ECSU Head Foot
ball Coach, Thomas Cald
well. They have one
daughter, eleven year old
Patrice. She is a mem
ber of Delta Sigma Theta,
Inc.
Mrs. Helen Caldwell
Recipient of
Certificate
relevant to the needs of
our times, of making the
right selection and then
of applying that choice
as did Mr. Cale,”
As human beings, it
seems that our search for
the first, the primary val
ue, is in effect a search
for self, a search for 1-
dentity,” he added.
A former classmate of
ECSU’s President, Dr.
Marion D. Thorpe, at
North Carolina Central
University, and editor of
THE CAROLINA TIMES,
Ross continued, “As Ne
groes, we have taken a
glimpse down that long
corridor of racial in
tegration and have con
cluded that unless some
modifications are made
in our approach, we are
doomed to lose our Iden
tities, to lose ourselves.
And no man can suffer
that.”
Believing in the value of
the cultural approach to
the issue of race re
lations, the ECSU Found
ers Day speaker felt
that, “Perhaps it will
equip us both — black
and white — to under
stand the essential hu
manity of each of us.”
The historic obser
vance at ECSU began
with a luncheon, at 1:00
p.m., in the banquet room
of the University Center.
Following the luncheon,
representatives from the
University, alumni, and
community joined the An
nual Pilgrimage to Oak
Grove Cemetary where
a short ceremony was
conducted and wreathes
were laid on the graves
of Cale, Dr. Peter W.
Moore, and Dr. John H.
Bias.
Preceding the Ross ad
dress, greetings were
extended by Willie B,
Spence, First Vice -
President of the General
Alumni Association, and
Jimmie Sutton, President
of the ECSU Student
Government Association.
The University Choir
provided music for both
events. A reception at
the University Center
concluded the anniver
sary celebration.
Love
Your
Brother
•X' Jv