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THE NEWS ARGUS
IV t ARCH, 1967
Choir Participates In Exchange
With Southern Illinois University
Professor Hopkins chats with Delois Sutton, Bessie Dove and Waiinzo A. Sherard,
British Writer-Poet Conducts
Workshop on Campus
During a three-week period,
our campus was visited by Pro
fessor Kenneth Hopkins, a Brit
ish poet and writer who spends
a part of each year teaching
creative writing at Southern
Illinois University.
Professor Hopkins visited the
Winston-Salem State College
campus as a part of a faculty
and student exchange program
with Southern Illinois Univer
sity. Professor Hopkins, a self-
educated professional writer, left
school at the age of 14 and has
written about 25 books and
edited 20 others. Twenty stu
dents interested in creative writ
ing took part in the writing
clinic.
Criticism and helpful pointers
were offered by Professor Hop
kins in an attempt to enhance
the effectiveness o f poems,
essays, and short stories written
by students at State College.
While here on campus, Pro
fessor Hopkins had sessions
with the participating students
individually, each at a different
hour of the day. He found the
students very perceptive and
concerned with improving their
work as future writers.
He found most of the would-be
writers very rigid and tight in
their approach to writing and in
each instance, Professor Hopkins
suggested new approaches for
better effectiveness. Professor
Hopkins stressed the necessity
of writing and being very criti
cal of one’s own writing. “Poems
can be written about almost any
thing,” said Professor Hopkins.
He continued by stating that
some poems are written for
money and some are written for
their instrinsic value.
Professor Hopkins believes
that poems should be written as
the poet wants them expressed.
Once a poem has been written,
the poet should not feel dis
contented because it is disliked
by someone, because some poems
go over well and others don’t go
over at all. The most important
thing about writing is the mess
age given and the satisfaction of
the writer, according to Pro
fessor Hopkins.
Professor Hopkins was
thoroughly pleased with the pro
gress of the students in the writ
ing clinic, especially, two or
three out of 20 students who
possessed real promise.
Before concluding his visit to
the Winston-Salem State College
campus. Professor Hopkins smil
ed and said, “It would be pretty
shocking to have a group of 20
geniuses. That would make the
world over populated with gen
iuses, wouldn’t it?”
—William H. Gay, Jr.
Off-Campus
The purpose of this column is
to inform the reader of cultural
events going on in Winston-
Salem that may be of interest to
the students of our campus.
Art
An exhibiting member of the
Associated Artists, Carolyn Hath
away, has a one-man show at
Hanes Community Center
Gallery from March 19 to 31, 3-5
p.m. The North Carolina Art
Education Association will ex
hibit at Salem College Fine Arts
Center March 20 through April
8. An exhibit of accepted works
by 24th juror, Richard Madigan
is at the Winston-Salem Gallery
of Fine Arts March 1 through 31.
Music
The Four Seasons will appear
at Wake Forest College on April
3.
Movies
“Morgan” starring Venessa
Redgrave opened at the Win
ston Theatre March 16. Watch
On Sunday, March 5, the Win-
ston-Salem State College Choir
left for Carbondale, Illinois.
Their trip was an out-growth of
the exchange program between
Winston-Salem State and the
University of Southern Illinois.
Under this program for the past
two years, students have been
exchanging on an individual edu
cational basis. This year, how
ever. the administrations of both
institutions decided to try out a
new concept: the exchange of
Spring Concerts between the
two choirs.
During their three-day stay,
our choir went on several tours
of the campus, they rehearsed
extensively, and gave several
performances.
The members of the choir
were delighted with the warm
welcome which they received
upon arrival.
They were impressed with the
cafeteria system which is very
different from our own. Almost
without exception, the choir
members have praised the large,
luxurious, modernized campus.
Much praise was given to the
dorms, which featured individual
baths, telephones in every room,
patios on each floor, a view of a
beautiful lake, and in addition
to this there were only two
occupants per room.
Although the choir gave sever
al impromptu performances,
their only formal performance
was held in Shyrock Auditorium
at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
The repertoire for the concert
consisted of: “Break Forth Into
•Toy” by Handel; “Magnificat;”
“Komm .lesu Komm;” and “Fecit
Poteniciam,” bv Bach; “Te
Deum,” by Haydn; “Hungarian
Folk Songs,” by Loydd; “The
Paper Reeves,” by Thompson,
“Like to the Falling of a Star”,
and “To Saint Cecilia” by Balt-
shill, two spirituals and the pro
gram was concluded by the
"Canticle of the Martyrs” by
Giannini. At the end of the pro
gram the choir received a warm
ovation and they were given a
reception in Woody Hall.
—Erma Wiggins
Leou Coleman, track ace.
for and go see “A Man for All Paul Scofield, who ranks with
Seasons.” It is coming to the the best of England’s actors, and
Parkway Theatre soon and is is based on the life of Thomas
supposed to be excellent. It stars More. —Carol Leoboldt
Students Display their Arts
ATI, ABOUT GREEKS ON CAMPUS
Greek organizations may be
busy again in the upcoming
spring months. The Kappas re
cently elected Miss Gwendolyn
Davidson, a junior from States
ville, North Carolina, as their
Sweetheart. She is a major in
Elementary Education and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
son.
The Kappas also plan an ex
citing weekend when they travel
to Raleigh, North Carolina for
the Middle Eastern Province
Conclave. They will reside at
the Voyager Motor Inn as
guests of the undergraduate
chapters of Shaw University and
St. Augustine College, and the
Raleigh Alumni Chapter. Attend-
ing from Winston-Salem State
are Roy Mckay, Noah Phillips,
David Corry, and Melvin Mayo.
Others expected to attend are
alumni and undergraduate chap
ters throughout North Carolina
and West Virginia.
The Scrollers hope to break
the record of the longest line to
become Kappas. They boast
twelve n e w members; Ronald
Dyson, John A. Brown, Floyd
Love, Bill Hall, Cleophus Dun
can, Ervin Hassell, Donald
Bowie, Thomas Ballard, Robert
Brovm, Fred Edwards, Charlie
White and Marvin Sampson.
The Deltas plan a carnival in
April. Games will include Bingo,
a dance contest, fortune telling
and prizes that will be given
throughout the day. Hotdogs,
hamburgers, candy apples and
popcorn will be sold as refresh
ments.
The Zetas have recently com
pleted their biggest projects of
the year. They were sponsors of
the “Lady of the Year” contest
and the “Miss Teenage Twin
City Pageant”, a chance for
young ladies with talents to dis
play them and win the title.
The Omegas are to be hosts
to the District Council Meeting
in April. They have two pledges:
William Crieg and Michael
Brown.
The A.K.A.’s held an Easter
Basket Campaign for needy
families.
Alpha Phi Alpha has also con
ducted an Easter Basket, Cam
paign for needy families. They
sponsored a dance. Admission
was candy which made up the
baskets. They also plan a game
with a Wake Forest Fraternity
or the WTOB Good Guys.
—Joyce Pettis
The public school art class of
Winston-Salem State College,
directed by Mr. Roland S. Watts,
was asked to make projects to
conclude the semester. The pro
jects were taken from three
categories: animal, puppet, and
scrap. They were put on display
January 19, 1967, in the Fine
Arts Building.
Items were made from such
things as cigar boxes, tin cans,
paper cups, cardboard boxes, and
old newspapers. Tools were
scissors, needles and pocket
knives.
Mr. Watts commented, “Often
teachers run short of materials
to work with in schools. There
fore, an important phase in our
study was making things out of
scrap materials.”
Everyone was very impressed
by the fact that the projects
were a creative activity. Wallace
Parker, a senior at State said, “I
wanted to make something dif
ferent — not only from my class
mates, but from other students
in the past. My love of horses
brought to mind a ‘Pegasus.’ I
wanted it to be as life-size as
possible.”
Mr. Watts stated, “The stu
dents were very cooperative and
eager to learn. They proved to
themselves that they could do
things that they themselves had
been doubtful about.”
As a result of being in this
course, many of the students
feel that they have been well
served and plan to continue
other pursuits in Art Education.
—Brenda Lattimore
Ce.
Johnson Hunter and Barbara Pinnix admiring Ids giraffe.