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PAGE FOUR THE NEWS ARGUS SU>I>rER, 19()4 “See, nothing to it,” Miss Deborah Gwatkin says. TWO VISITING INSTRUCTORS TEACH ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS by Betty J. Thompson Two young faculty personali ties on campus are Miss Deborah Gwatkin and Mr. J. S. Raskin. They are here as instructors under the Yale Law Student Summer School Program. The Yale Law Student Sum mer School Program is a pro gram established to help get peo ple who are trained in the va rious fields for Negro colleges. Miss Gwatkin teaches mathe matics. Raskin is an instructor in English. Both gave views on problems, personal opinions, and plans for the future. Miss Gwatkin said, “The students here are to a great extent uncertain. They don’t work as hard as I had antici pated; therefore, I am accomp lishing less than I had expected.” Raskin had to find the level of his students. He said, “Trying to find the level in order to ad just my lectures for communi cation to occur, was a basic prob lem which he encountered. The students are not independent thinkers. They should learn to think for themselces, so as to mold ideas.” Comparing campus students to ones she taught in high school, Miss Gwatkin said, “The stu dents in the public school sys tem whom I taught have a bet- t e r mathematics background than our college students. Here, the students don’t feel free to ask questions or to come by my office for help.” Miss Gwatkin’s only previous experience came as a student teacher while she was a senior at Goucher College in Baltimore, Md. She taught at a public high school in Connecticut. In order for Southern educa tion to be improved, the solu tion would be to “Reorganize the Southern Educational Sys tem completely because the prob lems of today are products of many years of segregation,” Ras kin said. When asked his attitude to ward the South, Raskin said, “The people here are warm and friendly but I am uncomfortable in lots of ways. One reason is there are walls between the white and black men, and there is no escape.” “Integration is essential on all levels because there are certain values which are possessed by all. People learn together in all aspects including brotherhood.” Miss Gwatkin was amazed at what she called the apathy .of the student body. “I remember the day the Civil Rights Bill was passed,” said Miss Gwatkin. “There was no discussion of this issue on cam pus at all. This was very dis couraging to think everything was so quiet just as if nothing important had happened. To me, both races have a certain respon sibility, and both are failing to a certain degree.” Turning to math, she remark ed, “Those who are planning to teach, should have a knowledge of basic mathematics along with reading and social studies. Math ematics is essential if only for the housewife who has to figure the bills.” Miss Gwatkin received her B.A. degree in mathematics from Goucher. Presently, she is work ing on the M.A. degree in teach ing. When asked her plans for the future, she said, “To complete my graduate work and to teach abroad for one or two years.” Raskin’s previous teaching ex perience consisted of weekly seminars which he conducted at Columbia University. He re ceived his A. B. degree in Eng lish and History and the M.A. degree in English Literature from Columbia. Presently, he is working on his Doctorate degree at the University of Manchester in New York. Raskin is a newlywed and is very much at home in Winston- Salem now that his lovely wife has come to join him. His future plans are to secure his Ph.D. degree in two years and to teach on the college level. Audio-Visual Aids Workshop Is Set by Fannie M. Thomas The audio-visual workshop de voted to theory, the production of materials, and the operation of equipment will be held July 27, through Aug. 14, with John F. Lewis, instructor. Audio-visual consultants are: George Edward Hall, who will assist with the problems and give instruction on techniques needed to solve the various prob lems. Sylvester Humphrey will give a demonstration on dramatics and school plays to show how plays can be elevated in the pub lic schools. Coach C. E. Gaines will give instructions on photography. The workshop offers concrete experiences to in-service and stu dent teachers based on the fol lowing objectives: To help the prospective teach ers become acquainted with the broad range and inter-related uses of audio-visual materials and techniques. To assist the students to be come familiar with audio-visual materials and machines. To investigate criteria for the selection and calculation of ready - made audio-visual ma terials. To develop skills in the prep aration of inexpensive instruc tio'nal aids. To provide practice in the op eration of audio-visual equip ment. Lewis, the instructor, is a member of the regular school faculty. During the past school year, he taught philosophy and tests and measurements. 19 NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS ARE AT HOME AT COLSON HALL DR. WILLIAMS SPEAKS OUT (Continued from Page Two) community implement the col lege program? Dr. Williams stated: “Financial help is certainly needed. Serious consideration has been given to a Parents’ Or ganization. This would be good for two reasons. (1) Such an or ganization could assist in obtain ing something the college could never get through the Legisla ture; (2) It could mean good public relations.” “I am interested in the com munity becoming more aware of what the college can do for the people,” he commented. “Eve ning study is a good example. One can complete his college training or renew a certificate by just attending evening class es.” “The College Lyceum Pro grams are an excellent oppor tunity for the community to show its interest in the college,” stated Dr. Williams. He men tioned the lectures, musical pro grams and athletic programs. 403 Students Enrol In Summer Schoo by Mary W. Xfwlin The total enrollment of sum mer school for the year 1964 has dropped considerably from the past two years. The total enroll ment in 1962 was 494 students in 1963, 459 students; and the present enrollment is approxi mately 403 students. Dr. Lafayette Parker, director of summer school, said in an in terview, “Academic standards for summer school are just as high as that of the regular ses sion. The kinds of problems which students have are readily being answered in the same man ner during the regular ses sion.” These problems, he said, fall in such categories as; re quirements for graduation, spe cific courses to take, major and minor, and general information. The summer faculty is required to keep the regular office hours and to be available to students just as during the regular ses sion. This is Dr. Parker’s first year as director of summer school. He has served a number of years, however, as director of summer school at Fayetteville State College. Dr. Charlie B. Hauser was di rector of summer school in 1962 and 1963. He said that he enjoyed his work during those two years. In 1962 the enroll ment was very large, due to the fact that many students from Fayetteville State College at tended summer school here at our college. Fayetteville State was closed that summer. Record keeping for summer school has been made easier through the opening of an I.B.M. Office. Students are identified by means of a number. These num bers are given according to classi fication. They are broken down into such categories as; fresh men, sophomores, juniors, sen iors, unclassified, summer school only, professional, and graduate. by Von Stokes Nineteen students from va rious colleges in N. C. are living on campus at night and working days in Forsyth County and Win ston-Salem. The two interracial teams here are part of a group of 96 students throughout the state. All 19 members live in Colson Hall here on campus. This experimental project was started by Gov. Terry Sanford, sponsored by the North Carolina Fund. The N. C. Fund came from two sources: The Ford Founda tion contributed nine and one- half million dollars and Reynolds and Babcock Foundation con tributed tw'O million dollars, a total of 11.5 million dollars. The Winston-Salem program began June 18. when a group of 10 volunteers arrived at Winston- Salem State College, after spend- nig three days in training at Duke University. This team, supervised by James A. Portman, is workins in a pre-school program in Win ston-Salem. This project has the functions of kindergarten. Two volunteers work with 20 pre school children in each of five classes. They work each morn ing. Monday through Friday, with a teacher for a half day. In the afternoon the volunteers operate play schools with the pre-school children while the teacher is gone. The teacher is paid by the local school system from money provided by the N. C. Fund. Misses Betty More- head, Jessica Henderson, Kath ryn Colhound, Sandra Jo Butler, Linda Long, and Robert Scott are working at Brown Elemen tary School. Miss Nancy Cook and Miss Judith Memory work at Lowrance School. Working at Forest Park are Miss Lesley Sterling, and Stephen Dennis. The second team of nine was originally scheduled to go to Rocky Mount under Grafton Cockrell’s supervision. This group did not go to Rocky Mount because plans there did not work out. This group was then sent to Winston-Salem, which origi nally had requested two teams from the N. C. Fund. This team is working in rec reation. These volunteers are working in play schools with rec reation center directors. Work ing in recreation are Miss Judy Andrews and Miss Judy Morton, Happy Hill; Miss Frances Camp bell. Carver; Miss Helen Fuller, Anderson; Miss Helen Hill, Eas ton; Hollis Miller, Hanes Hosiery Park; Miss Lynn Reavis and Michael Morgan, North Elemen tary School; and Miss Emily Coble, Belview. The pre-school project is a five- year program of the N. C. Fund. Children involved will be fol lowed throughout this period. They will also be observed throughout primary and secon dary education, said Portman. The volunteers will return to Duke University Aug. 27. for evaluation. From all data, a book will be published to be used as guidelines to effective use of volunteers. Portman stated. “This has been a pleasant experience. There is no difference in people. The group has experienced this. They should look to this being the best summer they have ever spent. It has shown that people live together without friction.” A native of Coraoplis, Pa., Portman is a graduate of Penn sylvania State University where he studied agriculture. He re ceived his master’s degree in psychology and social woi’k from Oliio State University. His plans are to work on a higher degree in education. He has spent two years in The Peace Corps in El Salvador where he lost 82 pounds from hepatitis. Cockrell, a native of Durham, N. C.. is a minister with a B.D. degree from Randolph Macon College, Va. He received his Mas ter of Theology degree from Duke University. For two years, he served as chaplain in the Duke Medical Center. He plans to contiiuie theological educa tion in Cambridge, Mass. His wife, Mrs. Jackie Cockrell, and son, Eris, are accompanying him here. Duties of the supervisors con sist of handling all administra tive matters, arranging for trans portation, housing, and treas urer. They also talk to the main office in Durham daily, report ing what each volunteer has done for the week, and making recommendations. These students are basically North Carolinians and attend colleges in N. C. I I', Miss Barbara Buiiibrey, editor, and Mr. V^)n Stokes, managing editor of summer edition of The News Argus.
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