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THE COMPASS MARCH 26, 1970 GUEST EDITORIAL The ' Pillar of Knowledge* Speaks Attending the library for educational gains, is a daily habit of many members of our univer sity family. Many things that are put on this cam pus for constructive goods, have been used for destructive purposes. For personal views, I think the main disadvan tage of the library, is the abuse it is given by its daily visitors. Many members of our college family use the library as a social build ing, living room, lounge area, and a place to do heavy dating. Some of the things I have witnessed in the library will pierce many of my colleagues ears, if I cared to di vulge the information. The latest news and gos sip can be found in the library, 'not in the news paper as we would like to assume’, but in your conference rooms and round-table discussions. Many of our colleagues are being handicapped be cause of misplaced in formation, abused books, stolen records and books and plagiarism. Use your library con structively! Enjoy your books and articles. Play your records freely! Read your daily papers! But please remember, there is somebody who wants the same privileges that you might have ab sent mindedly abused! Colloquially, the li brary is a ‘house of knowledge’, designated for enrichments. But af ter visiting G. R. Little’s Library, it turns out to be a ‘House of Joy,’ stressing the ideas of ill repute. ‘Let us use; not abuse.” “Invisible I’s” Black Awareness By PAULETTER HALL Are you, as student on this campus, really a- ware? Look in a mirror and what’s staring at you? Your black face. Yes, I said black, be cause, until you realize that your face isn’t just any old plain face its a black face which makes you the most different person in the world. You’re merely living on a make believe society. This is what Black A- wareness is all about. It’s standing up singing only certain parts of the Na tional Anthem, because you know it’s not the “home of the brave for the land of the free,” Black awareness means realizing that when the Declaration of Independ ence was written, it was only for the whiteman; because he’s the only free and independent man in our American Society. No, the Afro haircut does not mean you are aware. For some it’s an escape from the barbor- shop and beauty parlor, for others its protest, the individualities, and still for others it means they have accepted and the fact that they are black. Black awareness is more than knowing about the injustice done to the black people. It means wanting to help and produce something con structive about our in justice. One Black bro ther has said, “they spit on my parents, they beat them,” “they enslaved my parents”, why don’t the damn crackers leave us alone. White haven’t given us a thing, they have no reason to hate us, we’ve done nothing to them, nor do we need to appreciate their kind ness; it has come a little to late.” Black aware ness is the capability to accept these facts and continue to move on. Some of you say the race struggle is center ed, maybe around better job opportunities but this is not the case. We had job opportunities: our parents cooked, baby sat, worked in fields on con struction jobs every where and manual labor was required from ten to twelve hours per day. Then what is the pro blem. We didn’t get paid, this is black awareness. Black awareness is more than knowing; it’s the desire to change the things that are. How? Well we’ve made our first step, we need educational pow er which this institution will furnish; we need fi nancial power which this institution will fur nish; we need financial power which education will help us get. Then we need people power, the care and desire to help first ourselves. Then we can as black people progress to make this really a homogenous so ciety. Thoughtfulness is a dream as Mr. Robert Kennedy said: “Somemen see things as they are and say why; others dream of things and say why not.” Why not be come aware? The Social Sciences De partment hopes to or ganize a faculty enrich ment institute this sum mer. Its desegregation institute last year was really a success. Graduate Achieves High Status Mrs. Velma Turnage Joyner will be the new Program Director for the State Association of the National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association. She has compiled a long and fruitful record of ser vice with the State Asso ciation as field consul tant and health educator for twenty - four years, and more recently as Publications Editor. The National Tuber culosis and Association recognized her previous ly with appointments to its Health Education Committee and Com mittee to Evaluate the Effectiveness of TB Pro grams Among Negroes. She has been active in the National Respiratory Disease Conference (Professional Workers’ Organization) as a mem ber of its Professional Information Committee and holds a position now on the Editorial Board of “News and Views,” this organization’s publi cation. Mrs. Joyner has work ed with many alliedhealth agencies in the Tar Heel State. Graduating with a B.S, Degree from the form er Elizabeth City State Teachers College, now Elizabeth City State Uni versity, she then obtain ed her Master of Science Delta News I - p Thirteen neophytes were accepted into the sisterhood of Delta Chi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. They are: Ka-Esbia Phillips, Elam Porter, Lutricia Lynch, Audrey Harris, Edith Cox, Joyce Baker, Gwendolyn Weaver, Dor othy Lamb, Pathernia Hardy, Patricia Wiggins, Jacqueline Cooper, Bet ty Howard and Regina Copeland. All of these neophytes are very active students on the campus. We wish each of them loads of success in the years to come. We also welcome them with open arms to Delta Land and Greek- dom. Delta Chi Chapter has elected new officers for the following year to come. The new officers elected are: President, Peggy Bryant; 1st Vice President, Dor othy Lamb; 2nd Vice Presi dent, Virginia Darden; Corresponding Secretary Joyce Baker; Recording Secretary, Beverly Tay lor; Treasurer, Verna Burgess; Reporters, Ka- Esbia Phillips and Edi th Cox; and Cjfiaplain, Bet ty Howard. Be on the look out for two outstanding events sponsored by the Delta Chi Chapter: its annual Rush Party and the An nual Delta Sigma Theta Carnival coming soon. The members extend to all students an invitation to attend these exciting events. Recently two members of Delta Chi Chapter attended the Founder’s Day Regional Conference held in Williamsburg, Virginia. Miss Joyce Ba ker and Miss Peggy Bry ant along with four mem bers of the alumni chap ter Mrs. Rice, Mrs. White, Mrs, Walker and Mrs. Sugg, attended the Conference. The members of the Delta Chi Chapter would like to express their sin cere gratitude to Mrs. H. Caldwell and Mrs. H. Spellman, our advisors, for the kind things they have done in working with us to make our organiza tion a success. and Public Health Degree at North Carolina College in Durham and did further study at the University of Michigan. She taught school in Eastern North Carolina before coming on the staff of the State Association in 1946. Highlights of Social Science Department The Social Sciences Department has been wit nessing tremendous ex pansion in student enroll ment for the last couple of years. With 270 Social Science Majors, it is now the largest department on the campus. The Social Sciences Department faculty and students are highly act ive in curriculum and ex tra curricular activities. Fifteen Social Science Majors attended a three- day Seminar on Negro History in Norfolk re cently. Another 15 stu dents attended pre-Law Seminar at Catholic Uni versity, Washington, D.C. on February 28, 1970. The Social Sciences Departments’ programs during the Negro History week were really thought- provoking. Among other activities, the club or ganized an exciting de bate involving the College of the Albemarle and Eli zabeth City State Univer sity. Students on the panel discussed approached to Civil Rights during the 1960’s. Mrs. Harris and Mr, Martin, history instruc tors, are attending Black America Seminar in Ra leigh on April 18, 1970. Dr. Dhillon, Chairman of the Social Sciences De partment is representing ECSU at the Fourth Ur ban Affairs Conference, in Raleigh, N. C, March 11-13, 1970. Dr. Ju and Dr, Dhillon have been selected to re present Elizabeth City State University at the American Academy of Political and Social Science Conference in Philadelphia, April 10- 11, 1970. In view of their background, they have been invited to attend the International Relations Conference. The Social Sciences Department is proposing to offer a non-teaching sociology major program in the near future. It is also hoping to expand its history offering and offer a minor in political science. Dr, R, Irving Boone, University Minister, who is now scheduled for six commencement and bac calaureate addresses during May and June. ECSU Is Not The Place For Thuggery fff I PUMMO; . , X CXf«CTtoe MoHMfWM S
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