VOL. VI, NO. 4
WINSTON-SALEM STATE COLLEGE, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
FEBRUARY, 1968
Art Classes Hold Exhibit
The art (lepartment held its
annual Public School Art Exhi-
l)it on January 18-25. The exhibit
was a project of the students of
pul>lic school art. The public
school art course consists of
thi'ee classes, all taught bj"
Roland S. Watts.
The nature of this course lies
in the understanding of the
child’s natural development in
art. This is essential to the suc
cessful guidance of children.
Creativity is develo])ed through
a program of learning experi
ences based on child growth in
visual expression.
The course has been designed
because it is believed that all
children have within themselves
ideas waiting to be expressed.
This course is the answer to
the need voiced by mothers, by
classroom teachers, and l)v stu
dents for a comprehensive and
practical program which applies
directly to the teaching of art
in the primary grades. Watts
said. The aim is to supply con
crete assistance to the untrained
teacher in art, so that the stu
dent concludes, "This is not hard
to do; I can do it.”
The course is simply i^lanned
to help teachers who will not
have supervisory assistance in
art. Guidance is given for plan
ning experiences in terms of
growth and developmental learn
ing of the young child.
The objectives of the coursc
arc: To provide theoretical
knowledge that each teacher
needs to be eciuipped with; to
create an atmosphere for the
growth of self-expression; to in-
ti-oduce and provide experiences
in different art media; to en
courage students to explore free
ly in a variety of subjects for
expression; to develop creative
thinking: to familiai'ize students
with their exact contemporary
purposes in teaching art in pub
lic schools.
The course is divided into two
parts. Part one presents theoreti
cal information for the teacher
so that he may develop his i)ro-
fessional background before he
enters the classroom. Part two
suggests actual classroom activi
ties in art.
The exhibits were composed
of paper bag masks, paper sculp
ture, puppets, papier mache
bowls, scrap projects, and box
animals.
Outstanding creations in each
area were made by Mrs. Agnes
Gay, an elementary education
major and a resident of Winston-
Salem.
Some of the exhibits will lie
given to the Head Start Program
a n d underprivileged kinder
gartens. Others will remain in
the art department.
—Carrie Alston
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BLACK POWER
LEADER TO APPEAR
AT WSSC FEB. 13
The Afro-American League
held its regular meeting Wednes
day, January 17. The League
plans to invite students from
several black colleges here on
February 10 and 11. The stu
dents are representatives of the
G.A.S. They represent such col
leges as A and T University and
North Carolina College.
The Grass Roots Association
for students is dedicated to
working in the black community
to help solve some of the basic
problems of black people. The
Afro-American League is affili
ated with G.A.S.
A program is planned for 8:00
p.m., Tuesday, February 13 in
J. S. Hill Hall. Howard Fuller, a
black power advocate, will speak.
The Afro-American League is
planning to address itself to two
areas. One is creation of a dia
logue concerning curriculum re
form at Winston-Salem State.
The other area of concern is
voter education and registration
in the black communities of
Winston-Salem.
—Charles Thornton
Varied Activities Planned
The Stutlent Council is plan
ning many activities this semes
ter that it feels the student body
will enjoy.
For health enrichment there
will be films shown (time and
place to be announced). These
films deal with such complex
subject.s as S e x. Problems of
Abortions, Birth Control, Deliv
ery of a I?aby, L.S.D.. Marijuana,
and various other health subj
ects. The Council hopes these
films will encourage student
dialogue after the films are
shown.
Lewis Turner, president, said
he will work endlessly to acti
vate more thoroughly a tutorial
lirogram which he believes is
greatly needed. This type of pro
gram has won wide acclaim on
neighboring college campuses, lie
said. ‘'There is no reason why
this college and its students
should not benefit from such a
program,” he said.
For recrcation and social ac
tivity, Turner would like to have
the lounge open every Saturday
afternoon. The students who use
the loimge have been commend
ed for their conduct by the
Guidance Department and mem
bers of the Atlministrative Coun
cil, he said.
Here are a few of the activi
ties t h e Student Council has
planned for the spring semester:
Several semi-formal dances fea-
tiu'ing such bands as Gore and
the Upsetters and the Versatiles.
Daddy-O will be guest dis-
jockey. Before May a recording
(time and titles to be announc
ed).
Turner said that the student
body has been delightful to work
with.
"Of course we need to improve
ourselves in many ways,” he
said. "I, as President, gladly say
■ I am proud to work with our
; students. May you continue to
improve those areas that need
SGA to Sponsor
Sweetheart Ball
The Student Government As
sociation will sponsor the Sweet-
' heart Ball at 8:00 p.m., Saturday,
I February 10 in Whitaker Gym.
I There will be live music by
' the Versatiles. Young men are
encouraged to wear sport jackets
; and young ladies, Sunday attire.
; —The Student Government
artist or a group will appear on : improvement and benefit to the
campus in concert. Motion pic-: fullest, intellectually, scholastic-
tures will be shown on
Sundav ally, and socially.
Why does day break before
night falls, and why does night
fall before day breaks?
Question:
Why does white milk make
yellow butter?
Whv is the blackberry blue?
Shoo Fly! No, It's Fruit Fly
Enrollment
Increases
Approximately 140 students
are expected to join the Win
ston-Salem State College family
the spring semester.
Mrs. Fannie Williams, the ad
missions officer, estimated that
there will be from 75 to 100 re
turning students, about ,35 new
freshmen (by the way a major
ity of these will be young men),
and a limited number of transfer
students.
Rabbi to Speak
The Jewish Chautaugua So
ciety will be the host at chapel,
Wednesday, February 14. This
organization supplies Rabbis to
speak on college campuses on a
variety of subjects.
Pre\’iously the Rabbis have
discussed topics popularly re
quested such as the synagogue
— its history and character, the
Hebrew Prophets, w’hat we Jews
believe, w hat every Christian
should know about Judaism,
music of the synagogue and
many more selected topics.
On Valentine’s Day the Society-
wili send a Rabbi to speak on
the attitude toward war and
peace.
Most persons swat flies. Miss'
Cynthia E. Wells, a biology |
niajor at Winston-Salem State
College, breeds and studies them.
Miss Wells, a senior at the
college, is studying a special type
of fly, the fruit fly. She is in
vestigating the effects of radia
tion on the eye color of normal
fruit flies, those with red eyes,
a n d mutant fruit flies, those
with white eyes.
The project is supported by a
grant from the Research Com
mittee of the North Carolina
.Vcademy of Science. The results
of the study will be presented in
a paper which Miss Wells will
prepare and i-ead to the Academy
when it meets in May at the
University of North Carolina in
Greensboro.
Miss Wells is a graduate of
Sedalia High School a n d the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ber
nard Mitchell of Sedalia. She is
a member of the Collegiate
Academy of the North Carolina
Academy of Science and was re
cently elected to Who’s Who
Among Students in American
Colleges and Universities. It was
at one of the meetings of the
Academy that Miss Wells was
inspired to do research on the
fruit fly. ! a paper before a learned society.
In addition to learning some- i Miss Wells’ hobbies are read-
thing about the effects of radia-' ing, tennis and swimming. She
tion on eye color, this project plans a career in medicine. She
will acquaint Miss Wells with
the experimental methods of
scientists and give her experi
ence in writing and presenting
a career ni
is being advised by Dr. Jacque
line R. Shepperson, Chairman of
the Science Department and Mr.
W. C. Jordan, biologj- professor.
Cynthia Wells experiments.