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"Digest Of Student Opinion''
Broncos
On
Rampage
VOLUME V
Fayetteville, North Carolina, January 5, 1351
Tomorrow's Teachers
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Somewhere along the line these attractive co-eds have learned to
relax, to “smile” at some Looks, and to “read” others. Each, a
college graduate, has come to “State” to prepare for teaching in the
State’s elementary schools. They are (left to right) Agnes M. Pinch-
fcack, A. B. in English, Virginia Union University; Katheryn Whit
taker, B. S., Biology (magna cum Laude), North Carolina College;
and Mary R. Campbell, B. S. in Home Economics, A. and T. College.
Dorothy M. Hollinsworth, B. A. in the Social Studies St. Augustine’s
College, is absent from this picture.
Mrs. Nellie Austin
Passes Away
After an illness of but thirty
minutes duration, death ended on
Sunday, December 10, 1950, the
79-year career of one of the hap
piest and best-liked persons on
the campus—Mrs. Nellie Austin.
She was the sister of Mrs. Nannie
L. Smith, wife of the former
President, Dr. E. E. Smith, an in
terested worker, a splendid ex
ample, and a person who during
her 29-year tenure at the College,
served it as faithfully as ever one
could. At the time of her passing
she was supervisor of the college
laundry.
Mrs. Austin came to Fayetteville
from her home in Townsville,
North Carolina upon the death of
her husband in 1921. She was the
mother of six children — Mr.
Robert Austin of Fairmont, Mr.
Richard Austin of Washington, D.
C., Mr. James Austin of Fayette
ville, Mr. Bristol Austin of Boston,
Mass., Mrs. Nannie Mask of Ra
leigh, and Mrs. Lorena Coppage
of Fayetteville, the wife of Pro-
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Mother Jackson
Dies In Asheville
Miss Leonora T. Jackson, pop
ularly known about the campus
as “Mother Jackson” came to the
end of the road at her home, 45
Grail Street, in Asheville, on De
cember 6, just four days prior to
the passing of Mrs. Nellie Austin.
She had been failing in health for
some time.
Mother Jackson had 66 years of
teaching experience, 56 of which
were spent in the rural schools of
Plymouth, Raleigh, Reidsville,
Asheville, Winston - Salem and
■Wilmington. She taught also at
Elizabeth City State Teachers
College, Shaw University and
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege. For 10 years she taught at
Bartlett Agricultural and Techni
cal School in Dalton, Missouri,
Western College in Macon, and at
Lincoln Institute in Jefferson City.
Miss Jackson, who worked at
“State” for 16 consecutive years
and who will long be remembered
by the faculty and students, was
92 years of age.
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Polk At Interracial
Legislative
Assembly
From a student body of nearly
six hundred, Eugene Polk, who
comes from Wadesboro and who
is a member of the Junior Class,
was the selection of the Student
Council to represent “State” at the
14th annual session of the North
Carolina Interracial Student Leg
islative Assembly which convened
in Raleigh on November 30 and
December 1-2. In the matter of
attendance the meeting was the
largest in the Student Legislature’s
history; this time there were 177
delegates from 25 North Carolina
colleges and universities. Some
Negro colleges sent heavy delega
tions; the A. and T. Aggies, for
example, were represented by 13
delegates. “State’s Eugene Polk
was a member of the senate.
Mr. Polk reports a most interest
ing trip. When asked what there
was about the meeting that im
pressed him most, he responded,
“I was impressed by the various
students’ close-up knowledge of
current affairs and by the effective
manner in which they used the
“Kings English”, Mr. Polk is
Business Manager of the “Voice,”
Superintendent of the College
Su::day School, Treasurer of the
Student Council, Secretary of
Hood Hall Dormitory Associa
tion, and a member of the Associa
tion for Childhood Education.
NUMBER 10
''State'' Senior On
Local Radio
Affable, pleasant-speaking An
thony “Tony” Fleming, Jr., began
on November 21 his new job as
announcer for local radio
station W.F.N.C.-F.M. Although he
was born and reared in Fayette
ville, Mr. Fleming has lived in New
York City for the past eighteen
years. Recently, he was chosen by
the student body as president of
the Student Council, a position
open only to students who have
shown evidence of leadership, who
are in 'ood standing, and who
have maintained a substantial
scholarship record.
Mr. Fleming, returning to com
plete his woi'k at “State”, brings
i wealth of experience. He has
taught music in the city, for a
year he was on the staff as instruc
tor at the local Orange Street
elementary school, and during
World War II he served in the
War Department.
Mr. Fleming has had consider
able contact with the stage, hav
ing studied dramatics, piano, and
dancing with New York’s top in
structors in these areas. He ap-
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Pridgeon Attends
Council Meet
Miss Bessie Pridgen, a senior of
Goldsboro and a member of
Alpha Kappa Mu, was one of the
delegates from colleges the coun
try over who was in attendance
at the recent meeting of the Exe
cutive Council of the Alpha Kappa
Mu National Honor Society at the
Florida A. and M. College at Tal
lahassee, Florida. Miss Pridgeon
is a member of the Council.
The meeting was a part of the
elaborate inaugural ceremonies in
honor of Dr. George W. Gore, the
institution’s newly-elected presi
dent. Among the special features
that heightened the occasion, was
the symphonic drama, “Whatever
the Battle Be,” which was pre
sented by the students and which
through narrative, pantomine,
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Ch
airman
Dean Joseph H. Douglass was
chairman of the Workshop on
Community Leadership and Civic
Responsibility at the recent dedi
cation of the Student Union Build
ing at Bennett College in Greens
boro, North Carolina.