MAY 11, 1970
Basketball A Way
Of Life To Viking
Israel Oliver
By WALTER WINBORNE
Basketball is more than
just a way of life with
Israel Oliver. It is life.
“This year’s CIAA
Tournament was the most
disappointing thing in my
life,” says Oliver. Oli
ver says this for two
reasons.
First, there is a burn
ing desire within him to
set things straight for the
“champ The “champ”
is a lady, (his mother)
who resides in Ches
apeake, Virginia. Twen
ty-one years ago she gave
birth to a squalling bun
dle of energy and named
him for people who over
came suppression, pov
erty, and all the sad things
in life.
Another son came two
years later, followed by
a heart touching family
problem which eventually
led to the father’s depart- ■
are. Oliver’s mother went
to work. Oliver calls it
domestic work; some call
it servitude.
Oliver says, “You see,
I used to get into trou
ble. I’d influence some
body and they would in
fluence me. At night we
would venture out and do
a little mischiefs-throw
rocks at street lights and
like items from a mer
chant’s store. Everytime
I’d come home, my moth
er would brawl me out
for my wrong doings.
'‘She always encour
aged us to play basket
ball, baseball, football or
anything to keep us from
roam ing and to keep us out
of trouble.”
Oliver feels that his se
cond reason for disap
pointment is the fate to
be met in the last 0:13
seconds in the first game
of the CIAA tournament.
He wanted to make a good
showing before to the pro
basketball scouts. A
nudge in the right place
in the midst of a fast
brush sent Oliver reel
ing through the air. He
landed on his knees and for
an instant, all were in
panic. He could not rise.
In spite of disappoint
ments, Oliver is not bit
ter at all. He is some
what progmatic in the way
he chooses to use them
in his own philosophy.
Oliver says. You go out
there on the basketball
court and you get a bust
ed mouth, or an elbow,
a shove, or a bone in
the jaw.” “When I go out
in life it’s going to be
the same. You have to
overcome the elbows,
shoves and hard times.
V\^hen you do that, you’re
a “champ”. My mother
proved this when she was
left with two little boys
and did not give up.”
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MISS ECSU
VIRNOLA POOLE
AND ESCORT
The most thrilling part
of any Coronation Ball is
always the announcement
of the new queen and the
Coronation at ECSU was
no exception.
The students, faculty,
and staff members pre
sent at ECSU’s Corona
tion Ball were all ex
tremely anxious to have
their new queen crowned.
The exciting moment of
the evening revealed Miss
Vernola Poole of Eliza
beth City, N. C. as Miss
ECSU.
Miss Margaret Gre
gory the former Miss
ECSU gave Miss Poole
her congratulations on
having been named as our
queen. She also present
ed the new queen with a
beautiful bouquet of ros
es. The official installa
tion of the new queen was
given by Dr. Thrope.
Our lovely Miss Poole
is a graduate of P.W.
Moore Jr. Sr. High
School and interesting e-
nough she was Miss P.W.
Moore in the year 1967.
Miss Poole is a junior
Intermediate education
major and is affilated
with ALPHA KAPPA
Alpha Sorority.
The Vikings are proud
to have Miss Poole as
their queen and hopes she
will have a successful
year.
Entertaining the small
but attentive crowd on
that glorious night were
Mr. Wendell Wilson an
instructor here at the uni
versity, the modern dance
group and the choir en
semble.
To conclude an en
chanting evening, the
queen and her attendants
with escorts performed
our famous Coronation
Waltz.
“Speak Your Piece” Session A Success
Students, faculty and
staff were saying some
thing at the “Speak Your
Piece” Session held in
the University Center
Saturday, April 25, 1970.
The first session of this
kind was carried out in
formally opening with a
coffee hour where the
persons attending ex
pressed their concerns.
Concern was express
ed about lack of parti
cipation in student acti
vities, of cooperation a-
mong students for activi
ties, lack of respect by
faculty for students, lack
of respect by students for
faculty, lack of efficiency
in some resident direct
ors, lack of variety of
activities in athletics,
lack of social activity af
ter 10:00 P.M., lack of
a human relations attitude
to prevent anti-social be
havior, etc. After ex
pressing their concerns
the group divided into
smaller groups to make
positive suggestions for
helping the situation. Be
cause of the enthusiasm
about the session, another
session is being planned
for May 3 and a -general
invitation will be extend
ed to the University com
munity.
Student Personnel Ser
vices in cooperation with
Basic Education hopes to
continue these sessions
including representatives
from faculty, staff and
students, maintenance,
administrators, and the
Board of Trustees. It is
hoped that by informal
dialogues of this sort each
person in the University
community will become
involved in sharing his
concerns and ideas for
Elizabeth City State Uni
versity.