Volurti 3P Number 1
“Together We Will Find the DirT‘ion”
PUBLISHED BYTHE STUDENTS OF ELIZAB (-lyy STATEJNIVERSITY
Elizabeth City, N.
October, 1975
Chancellor Is Optimistic
Concerning Future Of ECSU
According to Chancellor
Marion D. Thorpe, the next
five years at Elizabeth City
State University promise to
be very exciting ones.
Already the Chancellor has
requested a budget of 45
million dollars for the current
school year - an increase of 4
million dollars over past
requests. Other requests for
the ECSU campus include a
Communications Building,
Fine Arts Building, a Science
Building, an Early Childhood
Education Building, and a
Student Services Building.
Currently, in cooperation
with East Carolina
University, ESCU is offering
graduate courses in
education on the ECSU
campus. According to the
Chancellor, by 1980 ECSU
may even have it’s own
graduate program. These
graduate courses at first will
be classes in educational
administration and
supervision; counseling and
guidance; or curriculum and
instruction.
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Dr. Thorpe also recently
suggested a School of
Optometry and a School of
Podiatry on the ECSU
campus. Optometry is the
profession of examining eyes
and measuring the errors of
vision and prescribing
glasses to correct these
errors. Podiatry is the
profession dealing with the
specialized care of the feet,
especially in the treatment
and prevention of foot
disorders.
To improve the quality of
the ECSU faculty and staff,
the Chancellor noted, six
faculty or staff members are
currently on leave working
full-time toward their
doctorial degrees. Last year,
nine were on leave.
Dr; Thorpe also pointed out
that the ECSU enrollment has
increased for the current
school year more rapidly
than anyone had projected.
According to the Chancellor,
while this has caused some
inconvenience to students,
faculty and staff, it may help
Workers silhouetted against the sky continue construction on the new ECSU gym.
to justify an additional
dormitory, new teachers,
additional dormitory
personnel, and perhaps even
other services. Yet we cannot
get these, said the Chancellor
until the enrollment level has
been shown to be a continuous
occurrence.
New Gym Details Are Told
Business Dept. Head Is Blind
J Dr. Marcus V. Ingram
By Harold Renfrew
A familiar quote with a lot
of meaning here at Elizabeth
City State University is “a
blihd man shall lead us.” Dr.
Marcus Varner Ingram, the
new chairman of the Business
Department, is blind.
Ingram is a graduate of
North Carolina Central,
where he taught while
working on a Doctorate
Degree.
H finished high school with
the highest honor at The
School of Blind in Raleigh,
N.C. Then he went to North
Carolina Central University;
this was his first time to
attend school with students
who could see. He had an
outstanding college career .He
graduated with a 3.6
average.
Ingram received a Master
of Arts degree from
Pennsylvania State
University. After this, he set
out to get a job in his
vocation. He was rejected
several times because of his
blindness. He sent out 93
letters seeking opportunities
for employment. Finally he
received a job at Miles
College. After teaching there
for six years, he returned
to Central to get a Doctor
ate Degree.
Ingram says he likes
working with the Business
Department and the churches
in this area. He enjoys
teaching and preaching.
Playing basketball and
taking pictures are two of his
favorite past times.
One of his biggest problems
while in college was finding
someone to read to him. He
said the invention of the
portable tape-player was a
lifesaver for him. While a
By Roscoe Pender
A new gymnasium with a
seating capacity of about
3,000 to 4,000 people is
presently under construction
on ECSU’s campus. The
completion date for the gym
is April 1, 1976. When asked
whether or not his cagers
would play any of their
basketball games in the
building this year, ECSU
Coach R. L. Vaughn stated
that, “The chances were slim
in regard to any basketball
games being played in the
gym this season.”
Presently the estimated
cost per seat is $40 for the
general public; however,
upon completion, the price
per seat is expected to be
reduced to $30 per seat.
student various sororities
volunteered to read for hifn;
this is how he met his wife.
He is happily married and
a devoted father of two
children. He lists all of his
earlier problems as a
stepping stone in his life, for
now he has proven what he
can do, if given a chance.
Inside the gym are twelve
activity teaching stations,
including the existing
swimming pool, dance studio,
etc.
The gym will be split into
two levels. The upper or main
level will have the main
basketball court (lengthwise)
for intercollegiate
competition with two
regulation basketball courts
running cross-ways for
intramural and class
competion. There will also be
two regulation-size tennis
courts as well as a fully
equipped first aid and
therapy room.
Last, but not least, there
will be a fully equipped
combatives area for
wrestling, judo, karate, etc.
The above sections are only
a small indication of the
layout of the new gym.
A final note is that for the
handicapped there will be two
entrances, (one main
entrance on the front and one
on the back) with a key
controlled elevator providing
transportation to the second
floor or main level.