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When 1 look upon the conditions of our world today, I just have to mar vel disheartedly, at the sad plight of man. 1 turn over in my mind the un solved equation of unrest, discontent, hate, and low level of moralization. This equation has not been solved because the "unknown” quantity is still to be unrooted. But yet we say we have love. Still, if we try to love enough to put a little love in everyone’s heart, the long equation would not be balanced. To balance this equation, the other part that con stitutes the “whole" must take proper formation. Love, ^ich is a major part of the equation, can not stand alone, for it needs support and back ground. Love needs to be cheered on to victory with some backers. To balance the equation and to make the “whole complete with no missing fractions — there must be an inter mingling of all compon ent parts. There must be a fellowship, involve ment, integrity, under standing, and goodness. These five parts with the major part “love,” will truly make the "whole”- complete. When these six parts integrate and inter mingle harmoniously ,the unknown will no longer be far-fetched, but will take the shape of “love for humanity. When man exhibits fel lowship - there will be a togetherness. When he becomes involved there will be a greater and more measurable degree of un derstanding. When he un derstands the format of his problems, the rea sonable solvent and him self, there will be good ness among mankind. When these parts in termingle and interweave dexteriously - “integ rity” and "love” will surely join hands in bro therhood, and peace and contentment shall reign over the world. We should remember that man cannot live by love alone. With love,the situation would be like a dinner without the des sert. The dinner may be a good one - but there is a missing ingredient which would make the dinner more satisfying and ap petizing — that is the dessert. Without the other parts in man to join hands with "love”, there will never be a completeness and the equation will never be balanced. Man must eat the dessert with his dinner — so must he find the unknown which is bur ied alive deep in his heart. Then, man can rest with contentment and "every man will be a friend to roan.” Then and only then can it be truth fully stated that “all things worketh together for the good.” Concerned Call for academic contciougness Today in our institu tions of higher learning, there is a need for the recognition of the indivi-__ dual differences in the students. It appears to me that the students of E.C.S.U. are not treat ed as individuals, but rather as computers who are in competition with other computers. The students must measure up to the standards of their peers or just be ignored. I think this is not en tirely the student’s fault. The instructor must bear some of the burden after all, he is the one that evaluates the students. If the instructors at E.C.S.U. would evaluate the student on his indi vidual merit, and not that of the so called elite group this problem would not exist. It has also been noticed that certain groups re ceive better grades al though they often do less work - football players, basketball players, a h d members of sororities and fraternities, etc. As a regular hard working “Viking” I feel that the students and instructors here at E.C.S.U. must become academ ically conscious. Concerned Student ... Federal Fund ... (Continued from page 1) that the additional funds will be used for faculty improvement, adminis trative service, and for increased funding of our current FIVE-COLLEGE CURRICULUM pro gram. CONTEST The members of the Compass Staff are spon soring an Essay Contest. All interested persons please submit an essay written on the following topic: “Should The Voting Age Be Lowered To 18 . For Only National Elec tions.” This essay should have no less than 500 words. Two prizes will be given. First prize is $10.00 and second prize, $5.00. All entries must be in no lat er than midnight Febru ary 19, 1971. Send en tries to: The Compass, Box 143, E.C.S.U. Eliza beth City State Univer sity. No Compass members are allowed to partici pate. dean’s list, but by the per formance of the students who graduate from them. If students graduate, but cannot perform well on the job or in the class room, the reputation of their school suffers. When a school gets a reputation for producing unqualified graduates, everyone suffers. The good students suffer the stigma earned by their brothers and sisters, who rode their way to the dean’s list and to grad uating by cheating. Students and profes sors who condone this odious habit of cheating by closing their eyes to it, are as guilty of caus ing injustice to E.C.S.U. as those students who practice the habit. So open your eyes, those of you who really care for E.C.S.U. Let’s stamp out this practice of cheating which makes a mockery of our school, our grades and learning. We want E.C.S.U. to have a proud and re spected name. We want E.C.S.U. to produce stu dents whose qualifica tions cannot be ques tioned. Let’s put an end to cheating and condoning the cheating which gives E.C.S.U. a bad name. For many generations the Black Church was the only thing that the entire Black race would look to with pride or even relate to. The vrtiite man ostra cized him to the highest degree. The white man had turned him away from his church, his schools and his recreational fa cilities. The white man felt that the only way that the two races could get along was through segre gation. After being turn ed away from his schools, the Blacks realized that they could not exist ig norant. So the Black man created his own schools such as Howard Univer sity, Hampton Institute and Atlanta University. After over one hundred years later, these insti tutions and many more stand proud for having helped its people. Also around this time there were Black men who demanded that the state set aside institu tions of higher learning for Blacks. Today the Black Uni versity still exists and always will as long as there is a Black race on the face of this earth.In tegration has started a tide that seeks to vanish the Black professor and many of the established principles and the phil- osoi*y of the Black Uni versity. For instance many White Universities that are supported by the principles and philoso phies and for many de cades closed their doors in the face of the Black youth. This caused Black youth at the Black insti tutions to establish a gen uine appreciation for the Black founding fathers of the Black institution. We now realize that be cause we are a state sup- The time for revolution is here. It is time for a revolution of learning, of hope based on earned and worked for merits, and the good life which will thus follow these merits. Concerned Student (Aquarius, Jan. 21—Feb. 19) Naturally rebellious, the Aquarian’s temperament can be ruined by too conventional a life. ECSU student to serve on board Mrs. Brenda Bullock Boone, senior music ma jor, at Elizabeth City State University, was recently elected under graduate chairman. The position places her as a member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Music Educa tors Association. According to Miss Eve lyn A. Johnson, Advisor of ECSU’s Chapter 374, Music Educators Nation al Conference, Mrs. Boone was elected over students from East Car olina University and Pembroke State Univer sity. A native of Raleigh, N.C., Brenda uses the piano as her principal in strum ent of study under ECSU’s music program. ported university we can not discriminate and HEW has now stated that each school must havesomany whites and so many blacks. Now 1 know that hurt that vrtiite boy’s heart, and think of his parents, they probably had a heart attack. But one thing must be understood even though we are a predominantly Black University sup ported by the state, in or der to perpetuate and fa cilitate a genuine appre ciation of the existence of the Black people in America the Black Ex perience must be studied and recognized. This is something that cannot be overlooked. And even though we are a state- supported institution, we are predominantly BLACK and we have something unique to of fer, something that a White University cannot offer and something that all white students should know, something that can no longer be overloc^ed. We must not let inte gration cause us to be swept in a tide that ad heres to abolishing the total Black Experience and the philosojrfiy of the Black Revolution. Many of the Black stu dents who pursue an ed ucation at the predomi nantly white universities are demanding all Black student unions and Black dormitories. We must hold firm to our estab lished philosojAiy so don’t be influenced by any per son that the Black Exper ience is irrelevant to to day’s concept of higher education. The Black Un iversity will survive. Yes it will, sisters and bro thers and the youth of Black America will see to it that it does. PAGE 2...THE COMPASS...FEBRUARY 4, 1971 JW(MllllMMIIil1[inonn[llliiiinnr'niMgas.saBaai!a{aMflag^^ THE COMFASS g State University Newspaper Staff |i|:Members: Columbia Scholastic Press Association;:;: $ Editor-In-Chief i|: Carolyn McKnight $ Associate Editor John Spencer S Manag^lng Editor Samuel King $ Sports editor Walter Winborne jij Circulation Manager Lemuel Eley X Secretary Sharon Lawrence Treasurer Donald Liverman Photographer $ Proofreader Geraldine Cox Exchange Editors Typists jij $ Sharon Lawrence KaEsbia Phillips jij jijsTAFF MEMBERS - John Spencer, Cleo Lancaster,? ;;:Lemuel Eley, Samuel King, Donald Liverman, Robert;:; •jiward, Leander Harrison, Clayton Eatman, Pedro|:| •i'Holley, Lawrence Epps, Melissa Sampson and Julia |:;Dews Jj; L.R. Ballou and J. T. Williams, Advisers THE COMPASS is published monthly during tne ii; school year by the Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City , North Carolina, 27909. ijj: Editorial opinions or those of articles are not ne- il; cessarily those of THE COMPASS or the University. ji| To the editor To the Editor of The Com pass, The injustice one brings on himself when first he starts to cheat goes on and on and on. This injustice begins with cheating oneself of know ledge, then with cheating oneself of a good educa tion, and ends with cheat ing oneself of his self- respect, and the ho^ of a useful, productive life. Many students atE.C. S.U. engage in out and out cheating on tests and exams. What kind of val ues does a person have, who would place the empty symbol of an “A” or "B” above his self-respect and above knowledge? If these persons who cheat have no respect for their school, no respect for themselves and no re spect for honor and integ rity, how can they ex pect others to have re spect for their school, for them, or for high ideals. Students ^o cheat on tests and exams at E.C. S.U. do an injustice to their alma mater. Stu-" dents are a reflection of their school and their teachers. Colleges and Universities get their reputations, not by the number of students on the Love is not enough The Black University prospect & retrospect
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