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VOLUME 4, NO. 5
w ixstox-salp:m BTATE (OLLEGE, WINSTOX-SALEM, X. c.
SUMMER, 1966
Visiting History Teacher
Is Native of Africa
Mr. Edward Reynolds, the first
Negro to receive a B.A. degree
from Wake Forest College, is
teaching summer school at Win
ston-Salem State College.
“Teaching here at State Col
lege is not very much different
from the kind of teaching I did
while I was a graduate assistant
at Ohio University in 1964-1965,”
he said. “In fact, there is an ad
vantage in teaching at a small
place like this. For one thing the
students’ nanies are simpler. It
affords the instructor an opjxir-
tunity to know hi.s students bet
ter and to pay more attention to
the work of the individual stu
dent.
"A small college also allows
an instructor more time to de
vote to individual students in
conferences. Furthermore, in a
relatively small institution like
State you discover that students
participate more in class because
you don’t have large classes. Stu
dents don’t ask questions in
large classes. In a small class
the students do ask questions.
“So far my experience has
been very pleasant. I know a lot
of the faculty members and stu
dents.
“In relation to my classes, I
am i-eally having a good teach
ing experience.”
Reynolds rates the students at
WSSC with those at other col
leges. “1 feel that my students
are as good as you can find any
where,” he said. “They seem to
be alive and they don’t seem to
mind working hard. I must ad
mit that I have given them more
than they can do for the sum
mer, but I think that will make
them work even harder to
achieve to their maximum ca
pacity.
“This summer experience is
proving to be the kind that I
would like to repeat.”
He belongs to Alpha Phi Ome
ga service fraternity and the Phi
Alpha Theta history honor fra
ternity.
His hobbies are reading and
swimming. He is also affiliated
with New Bethel Baptist Church
of the city.
He is a native of Ghana, West
Africa. He came to the United
States in 1961. He had his early
education in Ghana and he is 23
years old. He received his M.A.
degree from Ohio University in
1965. He taught a course in
United States History while he
was working on his M.A. degree
at Ohio University.
He plans to teach college when
he receives his Ph.D. degree. He
would like to teach at a small
college like State because he
plans to write a textbook and he
feels if he were teaching at a
small college like State he would
have more time to write books.
At the present he is teaching
history at Winston-Salem State
College.
He is not going back to live in
Ghana.
—Henrietta Tanner
407 Students Enroll
In Summer School
Summer school at Winston-Sa
lem State College has attracted
407 students, Mrs. Frances Coble,
registrar, announced last week.
Approximately 25 students are
expecting to complete require
ments for B.S. and B.A. degrees.
There are 363 regular students
and 33 in-service teachers.
Students from other colleges
were also attracted to the sum
mer school program. They are:
Nina Carson of St. Augustine
at Raleigh, N. C.; Sylvia Jordan
of How'ard at Washington, D. C.;
Audrey Cross of Fayetteville
State College at Fayetteville,
N. C.; Bobby Sutton of A.&T.
College at Greensboro, N. C.;
Phyllis Saunders of Livingstone
College at Saleisbury, N. C.; and
Maxine Williams, Marjorie Les
ter, Beverly Neyland and Bev
erly Poindexter of Bennett Col
lege at Greensboro. N. C.
—Gwendolyn J. Wynn
Philippa Schuyler Opens Lyceum Series
On Campus with Lecture and Concert
Scnior.s—Anna Ingi-ani, Arthur (iray, Henrietta Tanner walk
under arch.
Rams will Play 8
Teams in Football
The Winston-Salem State Col
lege Rams will play an eight-
game football schedule in the
fall, beginning Sept. 24 on the
road at Kentucky State and end
ing Nov. 12 at home against
Shaw.
All home games will be played
at Bowman Gray Stadium near
the campus. The Rams, who had
an indifferent 3-5 season last
(Continued on Page Two)
Miss Philippa Duke Schuyler,
a concert pianist, appeared in a
recital and lecture Monday, June
27, at Fries Auditorium on the
campus of Winston-Salem State
College.
Her concert theme was "The
Influence of Africa and Asia on
Western Music.”
“Personal relationships are im
portant in Africa, and health is
one of the greatest problems in
Africa,” she said.
Her concert programs have
been influenced by the African
culture. She either plays a work
by an African or one of her own,
based on her study of Africans.
She believes in hour after hour
of practice. She studies new mu
sic and she composes.
“Western music needs heart,
soul, spirit,” she said. “If the
heart, soul and spirit of Africa
are combined with western
craftsmanship, a great new mu
sic can be created.”
She made her debut as a pian
ist at fourteen with the New
York Philharmonic Symphony
Orchestra and has since played
in concerts around the world.
As a writer, Miss Schuyler has
written “Adventures in Black
and White,” “Who Killed the
Congo?” and “Jungle Saints.”
As a teenager she was con
servative in her attire and ap
pearance. She wears her hair
tinted an almost brilliant red.
She used the modern make-up
touches that the average young
adult uses.
She played two of her original
works at the college. These were:
“African Rhapsody,” (based on
motifs of Central and West Afri
ca) and excerpts from “Le Nile
Fantasy.”
“Le Nile Fantasy” was prem
iered with the Cairo Symphony
Orchestra on December 10, 1965.
It is based on folk music of
Uyanda, Ethiopia, Sudan, and
Egypt, the four countries
through which the Nile River
flows.
—lola V. Eason
New T. H. Brown Dormitory
For Men to Open in September
PHILIPPA S( HVYLER
A new S750.000 domitory for
men will open in September,
President Kenneth R. Williams
said in an interview. It will be
named the Thomas J. Brown
Hall.
It is one of four buildings on
campus now being rertfodeled or
constructed. The others are a
new library under construction,
Eller Hall and Bickett Hall now
being remodeled. Another build
ing is being planned.
The building will be ready for
occupancy when school opens in
September. A formal dedication
of this building will be held
Sept. 25, in Fries Auditorium.
Dr. James E. Cheek, president
of Shaw University will be the
speaker.
This building is a four-story
brick and steel structure. It will
accommodate 250 men and will
have offices for the Dean of Men
and the Dormitory Director. It
will also feature a reception
room and recreation room.
The library building will not
be completed until the spring of
1967. It will be a brick and steel
air-conditioned three-story struc
ture. The ground level floor will
be used primarily for book
stacks. On the first floor will be
the main reading room, circula
tion desk, reserve book area, ref
erence room and technical pro
cess area. The periodical room,
browsing area, curriculum cen
ter, typing and listening rooms
and the archives will be on the
upstairs floor.
Eller Hall, which is the old
science building, is being reno
vated at a cost of SI 48,000. This
building will provide 10 class
rooms and 8 faculty offices. The
old lecture room in the building
is being remodeled as a practice
room for dramatics and other
small groups. One room will be
a language laboratory equipped
with the most modern materials’
to assist in language and read
ing.
Business education will also
be in Eller Hall. Additional
equipment is being purchased
for this. The remainder of the
building will be used by the
mathematics department.
The East wing of Bickett Hall
is being renovated and will be
occupied by the senior women
of the college in September.
“A new educational building
is in the planning stage.” Wil
liams said. This building will
have 16 classrooms and 30 facul
ty offices devoted to the educa
tion department.
—Mary C. Denning
ADULT CLASSES
HELD 2 NIGHTS
A WEEK
Lights shine brightly on Tues
day and Thursday nights from
7 until 10 p.m. in the Carolina
Hall. Adult Education classes
sponsored by the Forsyth Tech
nical Institute are in session.
Mr. Dorsey Keith, director of
the adult school on this campus,
said in an interview. "The coin--
ses offered are English, arithme
tic. social studies and other basic
courses. The school is free, and
every adult has an opportunity
to enroll.”
There are four levels for en
rolling.
Levels one and tw'o are gi'ades
one through six. Third and
fourth levels are advance stu
dents, grades 8-11. The students
are tested to find their grade
localitv. —lola Vinson Eason
While working on our church
lawn party, I noticed that one
of the items for sale was a net
cocktail apron with a sequined
cocktail glass appliqued on the
pocket. I asked one of my co-
workers, an elderly woman,
which of our many aprons she
liked best, “Oh,” she replied, “I
like the one with the chalice.”