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THE COMPASS
MAY 11, 1970
Editorials
City Students vs. Campus Students
For the past few years
now. We black students all
over this country have
fought for black studies
in the curriculum on coll
ege campuses. We have
cried out for courses that
will teach us more a-
bout our great Black heri
tage.
We want so much to go
back into history and show
the white man how much
we have contributed to
“his” great civilization.
We have denounced the
white man’s history
books.
We have accused him
of “purposely” forgetting
to put our names and
contributions in “his”
books.
How in the world can we
ask the white man to re
member us, when on Ap
ril 4, 1970, we here at
ECSU did not take even
60 seconds of our time to
pay tribute to a man who
don’t even have to read
about to know how great
he was.
Martin Luther King,
Nobel Peace Prize Win
ner, the Black Man’s sav
ior, was assassinated on
ly two years ago.
Must this be put in a
history book for us to
remember? We are just
as guilty as his white
assasin, James Earl Ray.
If forgetting a man like
Martin Luther King is
Black Pride, it’s time for
us to take off our Afri
can prints, put back on
our pastel dresses, suits
and ties, and for God’s
sake, let’s be ashamed
to wear an Afro.
It’s time for us to re
alize that Martin Luther
King had a dream. I have
one too, that one day, all
of us here will “WAKE-
UP”.
M. A. Jervay
M. J. Pope
The Fool And His Shame
The old story con
cerning the man who
bought the Brooklyn
Bridge has become hal
lowed by the years into
a legend.
It serves to illustrate
the gullibility of Home
Sapein and the guile of
the confident man.
However, this story is
more than a comic
anecdote. It is a lesson
in life. One which every
man must learn for him
self.
A man must learn from
his mistakes. He is con
stantly confronted with
different situations for
which he has not, the
correct responses.
He learns the correct
responses by observing
the results of his actions.
If they are enjoyable, he
will repeat them. If they
are painful, he tries to
forget them.
The man who bought the
Brooklyn Bridge found
out, to his dismay, that
he had been swindled.
The ability to learn
from mistakes is the
source of scientific and
social progress. Trial
and error methods serve
to establish patterns to
which an individual may
adhere.
When the Chinese made
the statement “Fool me
once, shame on you; fool
me twice, shame on me”,
were expressing our need
to learn from experience.
They recognized that
the first time a person
is confronted by an un
familiar situation, he is
likely to fail to master
it.
If his own experiences
and those of others are
not sufficient to prepare
him for this new pro
blem, he will be in the
position of the man who
bought the Brooklyn
Bridge.
He is vulnerable be
cause he is inexperienc
ed and buys the Brook
lyn Bridge in good faith.
His swindler should be
censured for taking ad
vantage of such inno
cence.
However, from this un
fortunate experience, our
gullible fool should learn
to reject similar propo
sitions in the future.
If he proceeds to buy
the Statue of Liberty, he
has learned nothing from
experience and is sham
ed.
In such a case, the
confident man should be
censured for gulling this
person for he merely has
helped a fool to meet
his destiny and has given
Homo Sapien still anoth
er legend of the ways of
gools.
The Philosopher
Grounds
Need Work
1 was on my way to
class. I live in the New
Dormitory so I used the
walking area behind But
ler Hall. Just as I ap
proached the Student
parking area, immedi
ately to the right of But
ler Hall, I was approach
ed by one of my collea
gues. As the young lady
and I stood slightly out
of the driving area chat
ting, numerous cars
passed by. One car ap
proached the area at an
unusual speed. Slightly
left of the area were num -
erous large holes in the
driveway. The two
days before were very
rainy, therefore, the a-
rea contained a lot of
water. These particular
holes were filled with
muddy water. As the car
sped passed us, the driv
er went directly in the
muddy holes, splashing
the mud all over the young
coed’s clothes. Naturally
the driver quickly stopped
his car and returned with
his pardons, regrets and
forgiveness, but this did
not help the situation.
On ECSU’s campus,
this can be a very usual
situation. One of the ug
liest areas, speaking of
grounds, on the campus
is the driveway next to the
library. There are num
erous holes in the drive
way next to the library.
There are numerous hol
es in the driveway, almost
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For many, many years
there have always exist
ed conflicts between the
city students and the cam
pus students of ECSU. The
problems which exist now
are not as severe as they
once were. And too, these
conflicts find expression
in the minority of the stu
dents. There still does not
exist that harmony be
tween the students that
there should be. For the
feelings of the few, can
affect the many.
Students should always
refer to themselves as
fellow Vikings. We should
shun away from dividing
ourselves into campus
and city students. Stress
ing this division brings
with it many perplexing
situations.
What can we do to eli
minate the ill feelings
which some students have
toward others because
they may live on campus
or off? The answer lies
within these students in
dividually. Each of them
needs to try to under
stand the other’s way of
life.
Students need to also
accept each other more
for their characters. A
person’s personality
should be more important
than where he lives. We
are all one big family
and we should act like
it. Let’s help each other
as much as we can.
So fellow Vikings, don’t
worry about having a
campus student or city
student elected to the top
positions of the SGA
more than two times con
secutively. Keep in mind
that we are all working
for the same goal, to make
ECSU, great, no matter
where we live.
The Editor
Laureate Accepts Lancaster Poem
The Laureate, a pub- Miss Lancaster, a jun-
lication of poetry, has lor biology major from
accepted for publication Scotland Neck,N.C.,sub-
a poem by Miss Cleo mitted the poem through
Lancaster, a student at the ECSU Department of
Elizabeth City State Uni- Modern Languages. The
versity. The peom “Stone poem, “Stone Garden,”
Garden,” was entered in is a short, three stanza
the national competition com postion highly sym-
of the best of poems writ- bolic of a large metro-
ten by college students politan city,
across the country.
Books With Feet
Any regular visitor to ed within the course of a
the magazine rack in our week or two.
G. R. Little library has Many books also dis-
witnessed the great dis- appear from the shelves,
sappointment of finding never to be seen again,
his favorite magazine This is another pro
torn to shreds, about a blem.
week or two after it has Because there is no 11-
arrived. Undoubtedly, brary personnel upstairs
many students have been to check out the books
told that their favorite for students it is very
magazine or magazines easy for these books to
came in but disappeared be taken out. But students
mysteriously as though let’s be more considerate
they had feet. of others. Don’t take
But it is really amaz- books out of the library
ing, how the educational without checking them
magazines remain on the out. Don’t multllate the
racks, two or three weeks magazines so that they
after they arrive and are unreadable. ECSU has
seem not to have been been afforded m a ny
touched by a single soul. materials for the use of
Something should be all the students, not on-
done about these maga- ly a few.
zines which disappear and Distant Cousin of
those which are mutilat- the Book Worm
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Ed. Class
Takes
Tour
The Foundation of Edu
cation classes of Mrs.
C. G. Jones and Mr. E.E.
Manley took an education
al trip to Jacksonville,
North Carolina. The trip
was taken in order that
the members of the two
classes might observe the
functions and structure of
a non-grade school.
The first stop was the
Thompson Non - Graded
School. The grade range
from one through six.
Each student, that took
the trip was allowed to
visit the various class
es and make first hand
observations of activity.
The classes of the
Thompson school were
very cooperative as well
as their principal, Mr.
Deans.
After leaving the
Thompson School we went
to Camp Lejeune Marine
Base. We did not get first
hand observation of aca
demic processes pre
sent there but the super
intendent, Mr. Lipton,and
his assistant were very
cooperative in explaining
procedures prevalent.
All In all, the trip was
a tremendous success
and very educational.
P. G, Pitt
more holes than actual
driveway. This area
should be under recon
struction. A driver pays
to much for his tires to
have to drive on such
highway.
The described situa
tion was very embar-
rasing, especially to me,
and it reflected on the fact
that something has to be
done about that particu
lar driveway.
However, that is not the
only area, the area im
mediately behind Butler
Hall and the New Dorm
itory should be worked on.
Also the ground be
tween the Classroom
Building and Moore Hall
should be reconstructed
and this area should be
used as a walk area and
not a drive way. On sev
eral occasions. I’ve SEEN
OUR MAINTENANCE
MEN just ride through the
area, seemingly purpose
ly.
I suggest that some take
a look at ECSU grounds
Immediately for a better
looking university cam
pus.
Robert Ward
Exchange Editors
Gwenae Johnson
Typists
Deloris Locke
KaEsbia Phillips
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Michael Miller
Sharon Lawrence
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