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Compass Staff Chooses Teacher The Compass Staff be stowed the honor of “Teacher of the Year” to E. Earle Manley, an As sistant Professor of Ed ucation and the Director of Student Teaching at Elizabeth City State Uni versity. E. Earle Man ley’s administrative du ties include directing the student teaching program and in Foundations of Ed ucation and Philosophy of Education. During his educational . experiences he has ser ved in the following po sitions; Elementary Tea cher, Elementary Prin cipal, County Supervisor, Jr. High School Teacher, Master Teacher, District Coordinator, College Professor, Asst. Direct or of Student Teaching, and Director of Student Teaching. He has held member ship in the following pro fessional organizations: N. C. Association of Ed ucation, National Educa tion Association, Am erican Association of University Professors, Association of Teacher Education, N. C. Higher Education, Association of Colleges and Univer sities, International Ed ucation Association, Professor of Business Administration, and In ternational Reading Association, In the years of 1967 and 1971 he received two silver scrolls for direct ing co-curricular activi ties on this campus. In the year of 1971 he was voted one of the best pro fessors of the year at Elizabeth City State Un iversity. At the Compass Staff assembly of October 19, 1972, the Compass Staff, inhonoring E. Earle Manley as “Teacher of the Year,” presented him with a plaque. Duplin Teacher of the Year Correlia '’est “Teacher of the Year” of Duplin County was se lected last week and she is Cornelia Best of War saw. Miss Best teaches Social Studies in the Fai son Jr. High School. Three years of her 36 years of experience in school tea ching have been in the job she is now holding. W. S. Justice, princi pal of Faison Jr. High, said ‘‘miss Best is a most deserving teacher and person, and I am real happy that she received this honor. Miss Best is so considerate of her fel- lowman, under every cir cumstance, and you don’t find many people like that any more. A graduate of Douglass High School in Warsaw, Cornelia Best said that her inspiration to teach school came from her high school teacher, Mrs. M. S. Branch, whom she described as “a dedicat ed, well posed, and gentle lady who was concerned about all of her students,” With this guidance and inspiration, she entered Elizabeth City State Uni versity from which she graduated in 1944 with honors. In the year 1955, Cornelia did Graduate work at Penn State Uni versity, University Park, Pennsylvania and receiv ed her M. A. in Educa tion. In Duplin, Miss Best has taught at Sandy-Cross Way School, Calypso Ele mentary, Duplin County Trainir^ School, and E. E. Smith. Her longest term of teaching was at E.E.Smith where she was A resident of North Ca rolina, his early ed ucative years were spent in North Carolina, He re ceived his M. A. Degree from Roosevelt Uni versity in Chicago, Illi nois. He has done further studies at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill inois; DePaul University, Chicago; Illinois; Uni versity of Utah, Salt Lake City; University of Indi ana, Terre Haute; Uni versity of Virginia, Char lottesville; University of Paris, Paris; University of London, London; Ox ford University, Lon don; University of Rome, Rome; University of Vie nna, Vienna; and Univer sity of Switzerland, Ge neva. also Basketball Coach and Choir Director, and most popular teacher with the students. Miss Best has spent much time with pro fessional organizations. She has been secretary of County PTA, Coastal Plain District Classroom Teacher, General Alum ni Association of ECSU Vice - president and se cretary of Duplin County Teacher Association, Di rector of Duplin County Federal Credit Union and secretary - treasurer, and president of the Du plin County Alumni of E- iizabeth City State Uni versity are some of the jobs she has held. However, some of her most outstanding work has been in the First Baptist Missionary Chruch on West Hill Street in Warsaw. In her church she serves in the following capacity: Sun day School Teacher, Chairman of the Music Department, Choir Di rector, Soloist, and Pre sident of the Missionary Society. Also, she serves as assistant Choir Direc tor and co-director of the young People’s Depart ment in the Kenansville Eastern Missionary Bap tist Sunday School Con vention, and First Vice-^ President of Kenansville Missionary Baptist Un ion. In 1971, Miss Best re ceived recognition as Community Leader of A- merica. She is listed in “Who’s Who in American Education” and “Who’s Who in Women of Amer ica.” She has also work ed with both boy and girl scouts. One of her most outstanding services in her community had been to help others less for tunate than herself to master skills and tech niques in reading and writing through teaching night school. Miss Best said, “My philosophy of teaching is to teach each boy and girl the basic principles of life in order to aid him in reaching the highest possible goals of society. Sharpe Recieves Norn ination Thomas I. Sharpe, 111 East Gale Street, has been nominated and accepted to appear in the 1972 A- wards Volume of Out standing Educators of America. The announce ment was made by Dr. V.' Gilbert Beers, Dir ector. Sharpe is assistant professor of mathema tics at Elizabeth City State University. The award volume is published annually to recognize the achieve ment of the nation’s most distinguished college and university teachers and scholars. Only a select number of men and women are included in the vol ume - individuals whose contributions to profes sion and community have merited special recogni tion. Sharpe is a graduate of the Edenton Public Schools recieved his B. S. degree from N.C.A. & T. University of Greensboro. He receiv ed his masters degree from New York Univer sity and taught in the Edenton School System for more than 20 years. He has done further study at Columbia Uni versity, Raleigh, and U- niversity of North Caroli na at Chapel Hill. In 1962 he received an NSF stipend to a high school methematics In stitute for College Teach ers at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, in 1970. In 1971 he attended an Institute for College Tea chers at Carleton, Col lege of Northfield,Minn,, and again in 1972 at the University of Monta na by the office of Ed ucation at Missoula, Mon,, sponcation under HEW. Sharpe is a member of the N, C. Council of Math ematics, Mathematical Association of America and National Association of Mathematicians spon sored by the Committee on Undergraduate Pro grams in Mathematics at Atlanta, Ga, THE COMPASS.. Dr. Davis E lected Dr. ‘ Edna L. Davis, Chairman of the Depart ment of Music at Eliza beth City State Universi ty, was elected Vice Chairman of the Higher Education Section of the North Carolina Music Ed ucators Association at its recent Convention in Wil mington, North Carolina. This position is in ad dition to the State Chair manship of the Music Ed ucators National Con ference Student Chapters which Dr. Davis has held since 1969. The Higher Education section is composed of administrators and fa culty members in Music Department of Senior, Junior, Public and Pri vate Universities and (Continued on page 10) Mathamatics by DR. S. S. SACHDEV The second annual North Carolina Mathe matics Conference was held at UNC-Charlotte on November 3-4, 1972. Dr. S. S. Sachdev, Assistant Professor of Mathema tics attended this meeting and acted as presider at one of the section meet ings at which Dr. Nichols Rose, chairman Dept, of Mathematics, UNC, Ral eigh spoke on “The Ma trix Exponential” Dr. Rose has done consider able work on the Theory of Differential equations and this talk was a part of some generalizations developed by him. Talks were given by ex perts from all over the United States. Mary P. Colciani, the famous au thor spoke on “Indi vidualized Instruction - • Myth or Miracle”. Mr. Chuck Allen, a black Ma thematician from Los Angeles Public School System spoke on “Mak ing Math interesting for the low achiever,” Albert Buccino of N. S, F, spoke on The National Science Foundation and opportun ities it has for the teach ers. There were other out of State speakers like Howard Eves of Univer sity of Maine and A. V. Rodriguez of Bishop Col lege, Dallas, Texas. There were quite a number of speakers from North Carolina as well. For instance, Linda Mot- singer made a presenta tion on Mathematical Ac tivities for learning cen ters and Josie Thompson of Rocky Mount spoke on ‘Teaching Mathe matics to the cfisadvan- taged.’ Dr. Stubblefield from Appalachian State spoke on The use of Mo dels in Teaching Mathe matics’ while Dr. Gra ham of the same school made out a case for mod ular Approach to Teach ing Mathematics. Mrs. Virginia Newell of a Win ston State told about the research that she has been doing on Piaget’s Theory on Teaching Ma thematics. Quite amum- ber of other presentations were made by Mathema ticians belonging toNordi Carolina institutions. .December, 1972...Page 3 CACRAO Meeting Jeff E. Smith, Director of the Office of Recruit- ment. Admissions, Re gistration and Records, and Tommy M. Foust, Di rector of Admissions, re presented Elizabeth City State University, at the annual meeting of the Ca rolines Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, November 1-3, at Greensboro, N. C. There, they joined registrars and admissions officers from every North and South Carolina college, univer sity, technical and bus iness iiKtitution. The purpose of the an nual meeting was to pro mote professional devel opment of the member ship, to foster a spirit of unity and cooperatiori, and to provide an ex change of ideas. A special keynote ses sion, on November 1, at 4:30 p.m., highlighted Dr. Martin Jenkins, Director of Urban Affairs for the American council on Education. Of interna tional reputation. Dr. Jenkins has had a many- faceted view of higher ed ucation as an instructor, professor, registrar, dean and college presi dent. _ The ECSU delegation also included: Mrs. Mary Godfrey, Assistant to the Registrar; and Kathy Gardner and Lawrence Harrell, University re cruiters. They attended in-service workshops on record-keeping, recruit ment and admissions, during the two-day CA CRAO meeting. Upon re turn to the ECSU cam pus, plans for the Senior Day Program, November 11, will be completed as a part of the University’s recruitment program. George Bowie Elizabeth City State U- niversity acqiUred a new Business Manager this year. He is Mr. George Franklin Bowie, Jr., a native of South Caro lina. Mr. Bowie is married to Margaret Dayle from Lancastershire, England. They have three children: George III is doii^ gra duate studies at N. C. State University in Ral eigh; Mark is employed with Southern Bell Tele phone Company in Ral eigh; and Joan is a fresh man at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. Mr. Bowie’s major studies include Education with a Bachelor in Ac counting. He served four years in the Navy during World War II. His job experiences in clude Principal of a South Carolina public school for seven years. Certified Public Accountant for two years. Instructor and Department Head at a Private Business College for 12 years, owner-di- rector of a Private Trade School for three years, and Senior Auditor at North Carolina Depart ment of State Auditors for five years.
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