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“Tog^«r We^ Will Find the Right Direction”
PUBLISHED BY TH€ STUDENTS OF ELIZAbETH CITY STATE UNIVI^RSITV
Elizofaefh Gty, N. C
February 1976
International Week Observed
By Harold Renfrew
The University Center in
observing its 16th
Anniversary, observed its
annual International week,
November 10 - 14. The
schedule of activities were:
International Bazaar,
International Dinner and
International Assembly.
One of Africa’s most
dynamic scholars Mr. Marc
Dagbouie of Togo, West
Africa was introduced to the
students and faculty in the
International Assembly,
November 13. Some of his
outstanding accomplish
ments were that he
had been a director of
Togo’s most famous band, a
private businessman, and an
official in Togo’s Tax and
Exise Department. Dagbouie
has studied and tau^t in the
United States as well as in
Togo. He was made available
through Dr. Louis Nadeau, an
ECSU Faculty member.
The University Center
director Charles Foster said
“the object of International
Week is to promote
international good will and
understanding.” He also
stated “that the student
participation and response
was excellent and our foreign
students and faculty gave
excellent support as usual.”
The University Center staff is
grateful to all for making this
a successful International
Week.
Chancellor Thorpe presented Bicentennial Flag by Dr. Wheeler.
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R»y. Pierre Is Interia Hiiobeth City State University
University Minister Appointed Bicentennial Campus
By Faye Smith
Rev. Maurice C. Pierre, a
native of Barbados, British
West Inches, is the acting
University minister. Having
received tte Bachdor of Arts
degree from Harrison
CombennereO)Uege, he also
attended Duke University,
Durham, and studied at
Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.
Mr. Pierre is an ordained
minister in the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church of the Worid. He
received an honorary Doctor
of Divinity degree from the
Union Baptist Seminary,
Birmingham, Ala. He has
pastored in the states of New
York, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Florida, and North Carolina.
Some of his civic and
fraternal affiliations include
the Mayor’s Human
Relations’ Commission,
Louisville, Ky., President of
the Monroe Association For
Retarded Children, Key
West, Fla., served on the
Martin County Curriculum
Committee, Martin Tech
College, Williamston,
Chairman of the Black
Citizens for Political Actions,
Williamston, and Past
Exalted Ruler of Lodge S02,
Montreal, Canada. His past
em{doyment was with the
United States Housing Urban
Development in Key West,
Fla.
Rev. Pierre’s presmt civic
affiliations include vice
presidoit of the Pasquotank
Ministerial Association,
treasurer of the Pasquotank
Qiapter of the NAACP and
he serves on the National
Council of Chur
ches Committee for Mi
grant Workers, Durham.
Rev. Pierre is married to
the former Sarah Smith, a
native of Omaha, Neb. Their
daughter, Marlon, is a
student at Northeastern High
School. He is the pastor of
Mt. Lebanon African
Methodist Episcopal '^ion
Church of Elizabeth City.
Truly a man of high
esteems, Elizabeth City State
University Vikings are proud
to have him as a member of
our family and we all look
forward to a very
inspirational year.
State And Local
Officials Attend
Ceremony
By Mdvia NormaD
State and local officials
partic^ted in a ceremony
designed to name Elizabeth
City State University a
Bicentennial Campus on
Wednesday - January 21,
1976.
The keynote speaker for
this occasion was the Dr.
Johnny Ray Hill, director,
Office for Advancement of
Public Negro Colleges
(OAPNC) Atlanta, Geoi^^a.
Dr. Hill stated that the
Bicentennial was “an
occasion to stop, think and
reflect on vi^ore we have
been as a nation and who«
we are going as a world
power.”
Mayor John Bell of
Elizidbeth Gty remarked as
follows. “It is only befitting
that Elizabeth City State
University be designated a
Bicentennial Campus. It
plays a major role in the
development of Elizabeth
City and Pasquotank
County.”
Other guests were State
Representative Vernon
James and the community’s
consultant of the North
Carolina Bicentennial
Commission, Dr. Lawrence
Two To Attend SNEA Event
Wheeler, who officially
presented the Bicentennial
flag and emblem to
Chancellor ThonK.
Upon receiving the emblem
and flag. Chancellor Thorpe
said, “There is no debate as
to whether lliis histtxically
black iBiiversity will join in
the cdebration of the nation’s
Bicentennial. Regan&«ks of
race or creed, we are all a
part of this nation’s
revolution.”
Dr. Jimmy Jenkins,
Assistant Academic Dean of
Administration stated that
ECSU will launch the
Bicentennial cdebration of
Pasquotank County in March
which will be the kick off for
the Fine Arts Festival.
By Melvin Norman
Two Elizabeth City State
University students will be
among hundred of other
delegates to attend the winter
National Convention of SNEA
on January 22-24, 1976 in
Houston, Texas. Those
students were Willie Koonce
and Paul Plummer.
Koonce, a senior
mathematics major from
Kinston, North Carolina will
be representing N. C. Student
National Education
Association.
Plummer, a business
administration major from
Norlina, N. C., will represent
the P. W. Moore Chapter of
SNEA. He also serves as the
President. Both students are
active members in the
chapter.
Golden Gleams
The nature of men is always
the same; it is their hab
its tliat separate them.
-Confucius.
The capacity for forming
habits is the kindest de
vice that God uses for the
preservation of His crea-
tiffes.
-Von Feuchtersleben.