PAGE 2 THE COMPASS OCTOBER, 1973
EDITORIAL PAGE
Miss ECSU A Speaks
MISS ECSU - LILLIE FENNER
Fellow students of Elizabeth
City State University, now is
the time to promote changes.
We can no longer just try to
slide by, nor live in the past.
We are confronted with newer
and greater problems which
require newer and greater
knowledge. This knowledge
will not necessarily be obtained
in the classroom but from many
other sources as well. We must
take it upon ourselves to obtain
sufficient knowledge to begin a
career.
The quality of education we
receive can not be placed
entirely on our faculty. To place
such a burden upon them
would be like placing your life
in their hands. If this were the
case, some of us may not be
alive today. We have faculty
members from all walks of life;
some are interested in teaching
us, some are not, and some do
not know how. We can not let
this hinder our progress. We
will have to supplement what
they omit. Further, I say to you,
the knowledge you need to face
life can not totally be found in
books. The guidelines and
principles set down by others
will not adequately serve your
purpose. A certain amount of
personal experience is essential
in patterning your life.
We can read thousands upon
thousands of books and become
great intellects, but because of
lack of experience among other
things, we seem too often to
loose touch with reality. The
greatest intellect in the world
with no common sense will
encounter many difficulties in
life. Common sense and book
knowledge is interelated, one
without the other produces
problems.
Many of us try to follow our
friends and we begin to lag
along, letting life pass us by.
You are left behind and your
friends often times are left with
you because “Misery loves
company.” You may find it
necessary to pull away from the
little leagues and join the major
leagues, the students who are
striving for success.
Lillie E. Fenner,
Miss E.C.S.U.
Open Letter From The Chancellor
Dear Fellow Vikings:
1 . take this opportunity to
welcome all new and returning
students to Elizabeth City State
University. Welcome into the
“New University for a New
Universe" family and to
Vikingland where “Youth and
the Future Meet.” where one
motto is "Excellence Without
Excuse,” and where "To Live
Is To Learn.”
Your decision to continue on
or to begin pursuits in higher
education at this time is
significant and comes at a time
when we cannot afford to give
less than our best and you
cannot afford to demand less.
This is a time when new vistas
appear on the horizon, a time
when you must set new
objectives and be about the
business of achieving those
objectives which will result in
your being developed individ
uals prepared to compete in the
greater society, and a time
when the raised arm and
clinched fist and all other
symbolisms are not, by them
selves, enough. To borrow from
one of our mayors, this is
indeed a time when you must
have something constructive in
that clinched fist, something of
good knowledge and “brain
power” in the head, and
something of everlasting value
in the pocket.
The reasons given in yester
years for not aspiring to greater
heights are no longer lastingly
valid. While the world may not
be waiting for you with open
arms, if you have something
which is wanted or needed, you
will make your own place, for
you will be in demand.
We have done much, and we
plan to do much more to
provide programs, facilities,
and resources to assist you in
becoming prepared to compete.
We have just recently spent
over one million dollars to
renovate and/or add to dormi
tories, the football field with
lights, the cafeteria, classroom
buildings, and other support
facilities. We have strengthen
ed our Development Office in
the areas of clustering, alumni
affairs, and foundation opera
tions so as to provide more
support for the University and
its insitutional programs. Just
this year, more than $10,000
from the University Foundation
was made available for scho
larships for some of you.
Hundreds of thousands of
dollars have come to you in the
form of student aid from
various Federal and State
sources. We are now imple
menting new programs in
Co-op Education and Environ
mental Science. New concen
trations have been added to
major areas. Sociology and
Pre-Social Work, Medical
Technology, and Computer
Science are among these.
The architects and our own
planners are now working on
designs for an Industrial Arts
Building which will cost a
million and a half dollars, A
Health and Physical Education
facility to cost almost two
million dollars, and a Mainte
nance Building to cost a quarter
of a million dollars. We plan to
Where Has The Spirit Gone
Fellow Vikings:
I have observed something
among us that is not very
pleasing and should not be
pleasing to you. Our Viking
spirit seems to have lapsed.
What do you suppose could
have happened? However, 1
feel the time has come to revive
that vital spirit.
I have always depicted
Vikings as having the charac-
Editor Alstor
teristics of intellectually agres-
sive people, knowing where
they are going and why. If this
spirit does not live within you, 1
suggest that you use introspec
tive means to solve your
problem. If you are a true
Viking, you will find your
answer within your hearts.
Your willingness to support
your school activities and
programs should have so great
an impact that Elizabeth City
State University would become
nationally known. It would be
known not as one of the small
Southern black schools, but as
an outstanding university
where outstanding students
learn to meet and greet their
challenge with a smile. This
can only be done by our ability
to become superior academic
ally, to apply what we
comprehend and use it in an
effective manner so that we
may reach horizons never
ventured before.
We realize of course, that our
college life is not complete
without extra-curricular activi
ties, likewise these activities
The Seekers Of Wisdom
Faye Smith
WE COME-AS THE SEEKERS OF WISDOM
WE STRIVE-AS THE LIGHT OF SUCCESS
WE SEARCH-OUR HEARTS FOR OUR
POTENTIALS
WE ACKNOWLEDGE-NO LESS THAN THE
BEST
WE OFTEN-STOP AND LINGER LONG
WE PONDER-OVER MILLIONS OF
QUESTIONS
WE NEARLY-GAVE UP ALL OUR BELIEFS
WE NEED-NO MORE REGRESSIONS
WE HAVE BEEN REASSURED-OF OUR
PURPOSE HERE for
WE ONCE WERE LOST-AND FELT VERY
BLUE
WE WILL TAKE PRIDE-OF OUR CAMPUS SO
DEAR for
WE ALL ARE-MEMBERS OF ECSU
lam A Viking
I am a Viking
not by force
I am a Viking
by sheer rejoice
Though others slander and
curse her name
her beauty and grace is still
my fame
I am a Viking
not by greed
I am a Viking
by sincere need
to become a spokesman, for
others to see what ECSU has
done for me
I am a Viking
not by spite
I am a Viking
by rich delight
to be her friend through
trouble and dispair
to make her burdens less
hard to bear
I am a Viking
and as you can see there’s no
other place I’d rather be.
Dorothy Wilson
spend a quarter of a million
dollars to improve roads,
grounds, and walks and to
improve secruity. Other reno
vations and the addition of
other buildings are scheduled
subject to approvals and
available funds. Already ap
proved are two new dormitor
ies, a water treatment system
and a second story for the
University Center, plus addi
tional roofing, maps and
outside renovations^
In the interim, I encourage
all of you to utilize positvely
and fully the facilities and
resources that are available to
gain knowledge - to learn. Our
Library has over 77,000
Dr. Thorpe
cannot exist if they are not
supported. Support is not given >S
by destructive criticism but by
participating actively and dis- «
playing constructive ideas. We i:-:'
all have an opportunity to
participate, so take it and work
rather than criticize. The key to
progress is to give your brother
a hand when he needs it.
The food our body, mind and
soul needs lies here in Viking
land. A true Viking would take
advantage of the opportunities
before him. Are you a true
Viking?
Your Editor,
Barbara Alston
volumes and awaits your
coming. Our Basic Education
and Enrichment Center is
equipped and well staffed to
assist you with academic
difficulties, the faculty stands
ready to provide those chal
lenges and learning experienc
es which guarantee growth and
development, and the new
Audio-tutorial Learning Center
is in progress.
If you have come to ElizabetP
City State University with goals
to achieve and dreams to fulfill,
where these encmpass a desire
to be a worthwhile citizen to 7"
both yourself and society, we|
are prepared to help youJ
However, much of what
happens to you here will
depend upon your willingness
to learn, apply yourselves, and
to be motivated self-starters.
This Universitv is first and
foremost an institution of
learning^. This is why we paid
and are paying our dues. We
wish for you the very best.
Very sinceely yours,
Marion D. Thorpe
Chancellor
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Thank You!
Mr. James Sterling, Book
store Manager, gives his
thanks and appreciation for the
kindness and thoughtfullness
shown him by students, faculty
and staff during his illness.
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