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THE VOICE
''Digest Of Student Opinion"
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To
Student Council
VOLUME V
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., NOVEMBER 4, 1949
NUMBER 1
Perennial Source Of Light
If
Though student generations come and go, historic old Smith Administration Building stands as a
constant source of light and service. Erected in 1922, it is the third oldest building on the campus.
James Walker Hood Hall, a dormitory for men, is seen in tVie background.
t-p ’Tl- College at Durham, Clerical As-
Newcomers lo ine sistant in Records Office; Miss
Homecoming
homecoming season Faculty, 1949-1950
The present fall session opened
With the
,iust a short distance off and with
the students already in a process
of selecting the queen and plan
Marian L. Williams, M. A., Colum-
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State’s Prexy;
Educator And
Builder
That Dr. James Vv^ard Seabrook,
president of the institution since
1933, is an educator of renown is
amply indicated by the scholarly
educational associations with
which he is affiliated, the educa
tional tasks he is constantly called
upon to perform, his popularity
as a platform speaker, and his in
fluence in recommending persons
to positions, not only in the area
of teaching, but in many other
walks of life. Tliat he is a “build
er” of no less ability is perhaps
not as well known by persons who
do not reside in the state of North
Carolina, and sometimes even by
North Carolinians who have
not tak2n the time to review the
facts as regards the physical
growth of “State”. Some have said
that Dr. Seabrook has a sort of
“magic wand” which he waves
and buildings somehow spring up
almost over night.
As resuJt of the efforts of Presi
dent Seabrook, woi'king with the
Board and other friends of the in
stitution, the Charles Waddell
Chestnutt Library was erected in
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with a total of seventeen new-
ning tlieir elaborate floats, it is c omers to the faculty and the staff,
no wonder thau some are saying They include: Mrs. Robbie Ham-
that homecoming this year is sure mand Roper, M. A., New York
to be the biggest and the dance University, Newbold Laboratory
to follow the swankiest ever stag- School; Miss Annie M. Chavis, M.
ed at “State”. Just here one might A., New York University, Physical
mention also that Mr. Leonard H. Education; Miss Eleanor M. Birds-
Robinson, chairman of the general all, M. A., Columbia University,
committee on homecoming, is liv- Newbold Laboratory School; Miss
ing up to his reputation by ad- Elaine Mitchell, A. B., Bennett
ministering just the type of in- College, Clerk, Office of Records;
jection needed to produce a fun- Mrs. Oliva T. Spaulding, M. A.,
packed homecoming occasion from Andover Newton Theological
start to finish. There will be co- Seminary, History and Counselor
eds, collegiate color, floats, old of Students; Mr. Allen H. Brown,
President Seabrook
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HOMECOMING QUEEN
As we go to press, word
comes that attractive, talented
Miss Eunice George, a junior of
Wliiteville, lias been chosen
homecoming queen for 1949.
Her attendants include. Miss
Gladys Bland, maid of honor,
who is a senior from Sanford,
Miss Althea Sparrow, sopho
more attendant from Covington,
Va., and the freshman attend
ant, a Miss Fannie Farney, of
Lancaster, South Carolina.
M. A., Indiana University, Chem
istry and Physical Science; Miss
Edna L. Jefferson, M. A,, Virginia
State College, Home Economics;
Miss Susie S. Davis, M. A., Colum
bia University, Education; Mrs.
Marie T. Beatrice Spratley, A. B.,
Shaw University, Assistant dietic
ian; Mr. Joseph H. Walker, M. A.,
Fisk University, History, Assistant
Coach and Counselor of Men; Mrs.
Selena W. Ashe, Winston-Salem
Teachers College, Dormitory Di
rectress; Miss Marguerite S. Frier
son, Ed. M., Boston University,
Education; Mrs. Katherine W.^
Douglass, Fisk University, Assis-j “^hoJar" and educator. “State” has made phenomenal progress
tant Librarian; Miss Thelma Me- ouuuei, ,
Daniel B S C., North Carolina! under his administration.
Seen at his desk here is Dr. James Ward Seabrook, gentleman,