Pa«e 10...THE COMPASS...December. 1972
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ECSU Seeking
Because of a keen in
terest in continuing to
improve its teacher-ed-
ucation programs, Eliza
beth City State University
will seek the Distinguish
ed Achievement Awards
for Excellence. The a-
ward is given anjiually by
the American Associa
tion of Colleges for Tea
cher Education.
According to Dr. Edyth
B. Cole, Chairman of the
ECSU Department of Ed
ucation, "We must now
decide which program or
programs to submit for
consideration by
AACTE.”
AACTE’s awards were
established “to recognize
and honor programs in
higher education deemed
worthy by the Association
in anticipation that such
recognition will stimulate
experimentation and in
novation in programs of
teacher education.”
In addition to major
programs in fourteentea-
ching areas, including
early childhood and in
termediate education,
ECSU also has programs
in Library Science, Spec-
Canady Exhibit
Most self-taught art
ists seek and get only the
satisfaction of working
with oils and brushes as
a hobby. No so with
Thornton A. Canaday, wh
ose exhibit of 15 oil pain
tings now hang in the
Viking Room of the Uni
versity Center at Eliza
beth City State Univer
sity. According to Dr.
Vincent J. deGregorio,
chairman of the ECSU
Art Department, the Can
aday exhibition, Nov. 8-
30, is one of several to
be arranged by the de
partment during the year.
Open to the public, the
exhibit of paintings by
Canaday reveal the very
extensive range of sub
ject matter used by the
artist. His approach to
painting has produced
some very individualistic
and absorbing produc
tions, most of which have
marine themes which
range from “At Anchor”
through "At Sea.”
A native of Kinston,
N. C., Canaday is a grad
uate of Virginia State Col
lege and North Carolina
A and T State University.
Although currently ser
ving as Chairman of the
Public School Music De
partment in Craven Coun
ty, he does find time to
continue his keen interest
in painting. Canaday’s ch
ief critic is his wife, Peg
gie, an Early Childhood
Education major at ECSU.
...Dr. Davis
(Continued from page 3)
Colleges in the state, n
provides various servic
es for its members and
holds annual meetings
dealing with their pro
fessional concerns dur
ing the NCMEA Conven
tion. The 1972 meeting
had its emphasis on a
panel on the topic “Ar
ticulation Amo^ Upper
and Lower Division Mu
sic Department.” Dr. Da
vis also participated in
this discussion.
AACTE
ial Services to the Dis
advantaged, Special Cur
riculum Development,
Basic Education and En
richment, Adult Educa
tion for the teachers of
adults and teaching in
ternship, some of wrtiich
use video tapes in class
room instruction and peer
tutors. They are ac
credited by the South
ern Association of Col
leges and Schools, the
North Carolina State De
partment of Public In
struction and the North
Carolina Association of
Colleges and Univer
sities.
ECSU has already sub
mitted its letter of intent
in accordance with AAC
TE’s deadline. Other
deadline dates are: Nov
ember 20 for submitting
the entry and February
22, 1973 for presenting
the awards.
The Data Processing
Center at Elizabeth City
State University, began
its one-week workshop
for ECSU administrative,
faculty and staff person
nel. Scheduled for Nov.
6-10, the workshop is de
signed to simplify the me
thods and techniques of
processing data through
automative mediums.
According to Joseph S.
White, director of the
center, the workshop will
cover introduction to the
coding of the IBM card,
introduction to the key
punching machine; build
ing master files; organ
ization of data base; re
porting categories from
data base; course sched
ules and preparations for
registration.
Elizabeth City State
University has recently
acquired a three-manuel
Rodgers organ. The in-
Upward
Bound
The Upward Bound
Parent Advisory Board
met Thursday October
12, 1972 in the Confer
ence Room in Lane Hall.
Officers for the Aca
demic Year were elec
ted as Follows:
Mr. James Modlin of
Perquimans County, pre
sident; Mr. John Boone of
Washington. County, vice
president; Mrs. Ida Nor
man of Perquimans Coun
ty, secretary; Mrs. Ella
Foxwell of Chowan Coun
ty, assistant secretary;
Mrs. Geneva Shannon of
Pasquotank County, trea
surer; and Mr. J. C. Nor
man of Perquimans Coun
ty, sargent-of-arms.
The Parent Advisory
Board will meet on
Thursday, November 16,
1972 in Lane Hall Con
ference Room at 7:30 p.
m. All parents are ur
ged to be present.
(Mrs.) Addie G. Midgette
Director of Upward Bound
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get him into the van. The
inmate is now locked in
the “hole” (solitary con
finement). This man sh
ouldn’t be in prison in the
first place. He should be
at a mental institution,
although mental institu
tions are just as bad as
prisons. If he stays here
any longer, his mind will
be as flakey as perfectly
baked pie crust.
Maybe if I told you some
of the things that this
inmate does, you would
definitely agree that he is
mentally distrubed. All
day Friday (September
15) he sat on his bunk,
which is right above mine,
laughing and talking to
himself. He smokes ci
garette after cigarette.
His mattress is always
littered with tobacco from
rolling his cigarettes. He
stays awake almost all
night talking to himself
aiS smoking cigarettes.
Should a man like this
be in a prison?? It’s down
right disgusting to me to
even think about and to
see how the authorities
ignore people like this
inmate. Maybe this in
mate bugged out since he’s
been in prison. But what
the hell? Authorities have
no business detaining him
here.
If 1 was the demanding
kind of person, 1 would
definitely “demand”
some changes at this pl
ace.
Authorities walk a- '
round like a bunch of
dummies in gray uni
forms. They hear noth
ing we inmates ask for
so “requesting” for th
ings is out of the ques
tion.
Correctional authori
ties really need to check
themselves before they
try to do anything with
us.
Correctional authori
ties, where are the cor
rections being made???
Scenes.Sounds,
And Atmospere
I began writing the fol
lowing poem on October
I, 1972. But 1 didn’t com
plete it until November
II, 1972. The reason it
took me so long to write
it is because I wasn’t
quite familiar with every-
that took place here,
so 1 decided that I would
observe before I write.
The title of the poem
is “The Scenes; The
Sounds; The Atmosph
ere.” The poem descri
bes these three things.
From reading it, you will
get a clear picture of
what it’s like in these
walls of repression. But
then again, I couldn’t quite
describe the atmosphere.
The description on the
“scenes” and the
“sounds” are exact. I
don’t think I could have
described them in a more
precise way. The reader
should get a very vivid
picture of the scenes, the
sounds and the atmos
phere of this place.
“The Scenes; The
Sounds; The Atmos
phere”
Dressed in brown
Dressed in green
the colors we wear
on the prison scene.
Inmates Black
Inmates white
There is a lack
of human rights.
Heavy voices,
light voices.
Voices of medium tone.
Matured faces
but childish acts
And yet they say they
are grown
The sound of dominos
being knocked on tables
And Checkers
slapped on boards.
The rattling sound of the
bingo wheel
And coins jingling in a cup
And Then a shout
BINGO! I !
The round is over
the coins collected
And the same sounds st
arts again.
Radios playing
all kinds of music.
Country western, hard
rock and Soul.
Some watch T.V.
Brothers write letters for
brothers who can not
read or write.
Some read books
all kinds of books
Sex books. Black lit
and the Good Book, too.
Brown hair.
Black hair.
Yellow hair
cur ley and straight,
wavey hair, knappie
hair,
long and short,
salt-pepper.
Some even wear it plat
ted.
Brothers laughin;
Brothers jokin;
Brothers snitchin;
Brothers, but not broth
ers.
Ships, picture frames, ta
ble lamps.
All made of stick mat
ches, cardboard and
glue.
Handbags, watch bands,
wallets, medallions,
wrist bands
All made of leather
or suede
or snake skin.
Inmates really skilled in
crafts.
Brothers playin’ music,
bass guitar,
piano, drums
vocalists.
The music they make
draws other brothers
who snap their fingers
pat their feet;
Sometimes even cut a
few steps.
Music sometimes make
your mind wander into
the streets,
or to home,
or to your loved ones.
The whistle blows
before sunrise.
Inmates wake up
and stretch
and yawn.
Getting up to do a day’s
work
Diggin’ ditches,
cuttin’ bushes,
clearin’ lawns.
No pay,
no privacy.
But meals and pills.
Little privilege and
play
And body aches
and ills.
And the atmosphere;
lively, yet not lively.
Happiness, yet no happi
ness,
laughter, yet crying
Friends, yet no friends.
The atmosphere;
deceiving to the eyes
of visitors.
Oh, deceiving.
Gray skies everyday.
No sunshine.
No bright side nowh
ere.
Hatred pollutes the air
PrejucUcism walks
on two feet.
The atmosphere.
Oh, the atmosphere
is polluted.
The scenes, happy.
The sounds, of happi
ness
The atmosphere,
so depressing.
Data Processing Workshop
Electronic Organ
“It is hoped that in the
completion of this work
shop, ECSU personnel
will thoroughly under
stand the automated met
hod of building files and
generatii^ reports,”
White stated.
Instructors for the data
processing workshop, all
ECSU personnel, will in
clude Tommy M. Foust,
director of admissions;
Jeff E. Smith, director
of recruitment, admis
sions, registration and
records; Leonard R. Bal
lou, co-ordinator of inst
itutional research;
Clemmenete B. Bond,
keypunch operator; Ella
C. Nelson, keypunch o-
perator; Jerald I. Perry,
computer operator; Zi-
ner J. Reid, systems pro
grammer; and White.
strument, which is instal
led in Moore Hall Aud
itorium, is thought to be
the largest electronic or
gan in the state. Equip
ped with 85 stops and
59 speakers, the organ
meets standards of the
American Guild of Or
ganists and has resour
ces to support University
level instruction, con
certs, recitals and other
services which would be
expected of an instrument
of this size. University
officials look forward to
amplification of the Cari
llon, in the future.
ECSU considers the ac
quisition of this organ a
major cultural improve
ment for the entire in
stitution and community.
According to reliable
sources, the acquisition
of the organ was made
possible through the un
tiring efforts of Leonard
R. Ballou, chairman of
the property committee.
Ballou, assistant profes
sor of music, also ser
ves as ECSU’s archivist-
historian and the direc
tor of Institutional Re
search. Installation of the
organ was done by Pear
son Music Company, Dur
ham, N. C. Plans now call
for a dedicatory recital
to be given in the early
spring of 1973.