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THE VOICE
DIGEST OF STUDENT OPINION”
Marian
Anderson
Marcli 26th
VOL. 8, NO. 3
FAYETTEVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., MARCH, 1954
FSTC Joins American Assn. of Colleges for Teacher Ed.
VISITATION COMMITTEE
Listening intently to an idea being presented by Dr. N. E. Fitigerald, Dean of College of Ed., University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tenn. (center), are: Dr. Earl Ramer, Prof. of Ed., Univ. of Tenn; Dr. James H. Duckery, Pres., State Teachers
College, Cheyney, Pa.; Dr. James E. Hillman, State Dept, of Public Instruction, Raleigh, N. C.; and Dr. J. W. Seabrook,
President of Fayetteville State Teachers College.
Fayetteville Alumni
Stage Mammouth
Scholarship Drive
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege alumni, scattered over many
sections of the country, are cur
rently striking as one in an all-out
effort to swell the current Schol
arship Fund far beyond any point
reached in past years, so as to pro
vide assistance for an increasingly
large number of worthy students
who otherwise would be unable to
attend college and for other im
portant undertakings.
Heading the current scholarship
drive is Alumnae Mabel Powell,
instructor in the Garland High
School at Garland, North Carolina
and formerly a member of the
school’s Board of Trustees. She
has the distinction of being the
first graduate of the college to
have been so honored.
Last year the alumni group con
tributed about $3,341.00. The plans
are to raise a considerably larger
amount this year, according to a
statement made by Odell Uzzell,
instructor of the Washington High
School in Raleigh and President of
the Alumni Association.
College Placement Service
The newly-organized Placement
Service, headed by Lafayette
Parker, instructor in education, is
serving as a clearing house of in
formation on graduates on the
field and on positions available in
the area of teaching. During the
past few years a large number of
graduates have been placed in
teaching positions in eighteen
states in the north, the south, and
the southwest.
Founfler’s Day in April
Founder’s Day on April 3 will be
a significant occasion for alumni
far and near. The guest speaker
this year will be Dr. Charles F.
Carroll, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction. He will make
his first trip to the campus since
his elevation to his present posi
tion.
College Pushes Ahead
Under the leadership of Dr. J.
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DR. RICHARD K. BARKSDALE
N. C. College Dean
Assembly Speaker
At Fayetteville
Addressing himself to the topic,
“An Apology for the Study of Lit
erature,” Dr. Richard K. Barks
dale, Dean of the Graduate School
at North Carolina College at Dur
ham, was the guest speaker at the
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege on February 19 for a special
assembly program sponsored by
the Area of English and Speech.
He was introduced by Mr. John
W. Parker, Chairman of the Area
of English at Fayetteville.
Deplores Decline of Humanities
Himself a distinguished scholar
in the Area of English and Ameri
can Literature, Dr. Barksdale de
plored the decline and fall of the
humanities in American institu
tions of higher learning partially
as the result of the onrush of
practical making-a-living courses
and insisted that the study of liter
ature need not be approached from
the career-day standpoint. He
proceeded to point out the manner
in which the romantic writers of
yesterday sought to fashion the
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Fayetteville Dean
Addresses College
Audience Feb. 7
In conjunction with the celebra
tion of Negro History Week, Dr.
Joseph H. Douglass, Dean of State
Teachers College, Fayetteville, ad
dressed the faculty and student
body at the Sunday vesper ser
vices, Sunday, February 7, at Bar-
ber-Scotia College, Concord, N. C.
Speaking on the subject, “The
Negro and the Issues of Our
Times,” Dr. Douglass isolated the
facts of communism versus de
mocracy; the independence of
hitherto subjected peoples over the
world; the issue of repressed in
dividualism and the question of
integration in America as certain
of the crucial considerations of the
contemporary era. Relating these
issues to the questions of group re
lations in the United States, Dr.
Douglass concluded that the just
solution to these problems will see
the realization of the democratic
ideal in America as a necessary
expedient in American foreign and
domestic policy.
Dr. Douglass returned last sum
mer from a year’s lectureship in
Egypt under the United States De
partment of State’s Fulbright pro
gram.
Marian Anderson to Appear
In Concert at Fayetteville
Marian Anderson, international
ly famous concert artist, will ap
pear in concert in the new audi
torium at the Fayetteville State
Teachers College on Friday even
ing, March 26. The program will
begin at 8:15 and the doors will be
open at 7:00 p. m.
Miss Anderson will be presented
under the exclusive management
of Hurok Attractions and is booked
by the National Concert and Ar
tists Corporation.
Tickets may be secured from the
college business office.
Teachers Attend
Science Meeting
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege attended the annual meeting
of Eastern Regional Conference of
the National Institute of Science
held at Livingstone College, Salis
bury, N. C., on Saturday, January
9, 1954. The theme of the meet
ing was “Science and Religion at
Mid-Centpry.”
Mrs. Mae H. Seabrook, first lady
of the campus, and Professor of
Biology at the Fayetteville State
Teachers College, was one of the
The Fayetteville State Teach
ers College was admitted to
membership in the American
Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education at its an
nual meeting held at Hotel
Congress in Chicago, 111. on
February 11-13, 1954.
The announcement was
made by Dr. James W. Sea
brook, the school’s president.
The Fayetteville college was
one of the 17 institutions of
higher learning that applied
for membership.
As a segment of its application
for membership in the AACTE, the
college was visited on December
15-17, 1953. The personnel of the
visiting committee included Dr. N.
E. Fitzgerald, Dean of the College
of Education at the University of
Tennessee, who served as Com
mittee Chairman; Dr. Earl M.
Ramer, Professor of Education at
the University of Tennessee; and
Dr. James H. Duckrey, President
of the State Teachers College at
Cheyney, Pa.
The State of North Carolina was
represented by Dr. James E. Hill
man, Director of the Division of
Professional Services in the State
Department of Public Instruction,
Raleigh.
The American Association of
Colleges for Teacher Education is
aii editing agtiicy^ tliai
tional in scope.
symposium speakers. Other Fay
etteville Science Teachers in at
tendance were Mrs. Cynthia S.
Bond, Mr. Elwood W. Nichols, Mr.
Robert L. Jennings, and Mr. H.
Madison Elridge, chairman of the
Area of Science and Mathematics.
Mr. Ozell K. Beatty, Associate Pro
fessor of Biology at Livingstone
College is director of the Eastern
Region.
'THE OPEN HEART'
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The Red Cross Activities Unit made Valentine baskets for the
children at the Principium Retardation School. Three of the mem
bers, shown carrying the baskets to the school, are, left to right: Ruth
Soloman, Crettie Williams, and Mary Lue Holmes. Among other pro
jects sponsored by the organization are frequent visits to the hospital
at Fort Bragg and regular movies on the campus. Our first movie
was “The Valley of Wanted Men.” This was well attended. Look for
other exciting pictures which will be carried out.