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Volume ^St^Number 4
“Together We Will Find the Right Direction”
PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
Elizabeth City, N. C.
April 1976
During Fine Arts Festival...
City Unveils Bicentennial Sculpture
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As part of the Bicentennial
Fine Arts Festival at Elizabeth
City State University, the bronze
sculpture (left) was presented as
a gift of Pasquotank County from
ihe students of ECSU. The work ;
entitled Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Happiness was placed
on the lawn of the Pasquotank
County Court House.
The sculpture was designed
and the work on it supervised by
Dr. Vincent J. deGregorio,
Chairman of the ECSL' Art
Department. The work was done
by two ECSU art students Wilbur
Davis and Rebecca Spivey, and
Dr. deCiregorio.
At the unveiling of the
sculpture (right) are (left to
right); Wilbur Davis, Dr.
deGregorio, and Rebecca Spivey.
The presentation of the
sculpture was only part of the
many activities of the ECSU
Bicentennial Fine Arts Festival.
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Former Cliapel Hill Mayor Speaks To Students
By James Finch
Howard Nathaniel Lee,
former Mayor of Chapel Hill,
spoke to a Moore Hall
audience on Thursday
evening, February 12. Using
this opportunity to address
the Bicentennial issue and
Bloodmoblle To Visit
ECSU Campus, Tuesday
Tuesday, March 30,1976, the Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be on our campus from 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. in
WiUiam’s Hall Gymnasium.
Elizabeth City State University will join the more than
^00 colleges and universities that have participated in
the Red Cross Blood Program. Over 80,000 units of
student blood have been collected annually.
During that day, publicity and recruiting committees
made of students, faculty and st^ff will be engaged in
advertising the project on the campus and recruiting
donors for this worthy cause.
Otis Strong and William Bolden, seniors, are the
student chairmen. Assisting in this program will be Mrs.
Georgia Smith, Mrs. Addie Griffin, the Health and
Physical Education Department, and the Physical
Education Majors Club.
celebrate Black History
Week, Mr. Lee stated “I have
come here to challenge you in
1976”. Addressing his
challenge to the 18 to 21 year-
old-age-group, he asks them
to face the responsibility of
today.
In answering the question,
“What do Blacks have to
celebrate in the
Bicentennial?” he recalled
Crispus Attucks, Salem Poor
and other Negroes who made
valuable contributions to the
American Revolution and
others throughout America’s
history. Although these
Blacks have not been given
their rightful recognition in
the history of our country, we
can be proud of their
numerous achievements.
Therd is no other race of
people that have faced so
much abusement, therefore,
we can celebrate the fact that
we are here. “Personally I
don’t believe the Bicentennial
should be a celebration for
any group,” stated Lee, “The
Bicentennial is a time for us
to stop and pause”. Lee said
he wanted to look back at
their past, learn from it and
face the responsibility of
today.
One of the greatest
concerns Lee spoke of was the
unconcern of people today in
the government. Answering
the complaint that our system
of government won’t work,
Lee compares government to
an automobile. Automobiles
don’t kill or have accidents, it
is the people that drive them
that kill and have accidents.
If our system doesn’t work it
isn’t the system’s fault but
the fault of our
representati ves--mayors,
governors. It. governors,
congressmen, etc. On election
day too many people are not
going to the polls and yet
people are always
complaining. The 18 to 21
year olds have the worst
voting record in the history of
North Carolina and America.
“I challenge you in 1976,”
proclaimed Lee, “This is the
week that we should
remember the past.”
Another area that Lee
spoke on was education.
Schools are where we learn
about the system. With
education, enslavement
would never occur again.
There is a decline in the
number of Blacks graduating
from high school going on to
higher education.
The state of North Carolina
was at one time a leading
state in prominence. “The
State of North Carolina has
become like a scrapped
rocket,” remarked Lee. It
has gone down in almost
every area. Time is running
out. North Carolina must rise.
Politicans are too tied to
interest groups to benefit the
people.
Mr. Lee announced that the
rumor that he is running for
Lieutenant Governor is not a
rumor. Lee is convinced he
can win. He was twice elected
Mayor of Chapel Hill by 50
per cent and then 64 per cent
majority vote while everyone
was telling him that his
getting elected was
impossible.