JANUARY, 1955
THE VOICE
PAGE FIVE
Phi Beta Sigma Chapter Organizes
On October 18 a new chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was organized at FSTC. The five new
comers, all active in campus affairs, were initiated by the local Zeta Beta Sigma Chapter of the fraternity.
Shown here as charter members of the local college chapter are Johnny Pettiford, Benjamine Wright,
Foster Williams, James Robinson, and Robert Williams.
Organization Heads
More than a score of students
recently elected to lead the sever
al student organizations on the
campus of the Fayetteville State
Teachers College are now appro
priately designated as “Mr. Presi
dent.” Each has maintained a sub
stantial scholarship average and
has demonstrated qualities of
leadership about the grounds.
The list of Fayetteville leaders
includes Ethel Brown of Council,
president of the local chapter of
the Alpha Kappa Mu Honorary
Society; Gloria Bridgers, freshman
of Tarboro, president of Bickett
Hall Dormitory Association; Eliza
Bullock, junior of Henderson,
president of the Charles W. Chest-
nutt Book Club; Robert McBride
of Fayetteville, president of the
Freshman Class; and Richard
Woods, sophomore of Newark, N.
J., president of the Sophomore
Class.
Johnnie Pettiford, junior of
Creedmore, is president of the
junior class; Julia McCormick,
senior of Rocky Point, president
of the senior class and of the Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority; Willie Alston,
junior of Nashville, superintend
ent of the College Simday School
Truman Thames, junior of Fay
etteville, president of Day Stu
dent’s Organization; Lelia Thomp-
Graduate Record Exams
Th^ Graduate Record Examina
tions, required of applicants for
admission to a number of gradu
ate schools, will be administered
at. examination centers throughout
the country four times in the com
ing year. Educational Testing Ser
vice has announced. During 1953-
54 nearly 9,000 students took the
GRE in partial fulfillment of ad
mission requirements of graduate
schools which prescribed it.
This fall candidates may take
the GRE on January 27, April 30,
and July 19, 1955. ETS advises
each applicant to inquire of the
graduate school of his choice which
of the examinations he should
take and on which dates. Appli
cants for graduate school fellow
ships should ordinarily take the
designated examinations in the
fall administration.
The GRE tests offered in these
nationwide programs include a test
of general scholastic ability and
advanced level tests of achieve
ment in 16 different subject mat
ter fields. According to ETS,
candidates are permitted to take
the Aptitude Test and/or one of
the Advanced tests.
Application forms and a Bulle
tin of Information, which provides
details of registration and admini'
stration as well as sample ques
tions, may be obtained from col
lege advisers or directly from Edu
cational Testing Service, 20 Nas
sau Street, Princeton, N. J., or
P. O. Box 27896, Los Angeles 27,
Calif. A completed application
must reach the ETS office at least
15 days before the date of the ad
ministration for which the can
didate is applying.
Pillars of Society
The subject of Rabbi Harry Kap
lan, professor of the Old Testa
ment at Shaw University, who was
our chapel speaker on October 25,
1954, was “Three Pillars of Hu
man Society.” The first “pillar”
is the pursuit of knowledge. Re
ligious conflicts are due to ig
norance and can only be eliminat
ed through education. Rabbi Kap
lan believes that if all founders of
different religions were Called to
gether, they would agree that their
prime purpose would be to uplift
the masses. Until the world learns
that all religions are one, and that
there is only one race, there will
son, junior of Lumberton, presi
dent of the local chapter of the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Mel
ba Johnson, sophomore of War-
renton, president of the Drama
Guild; Desiree Croom, senior of
Goldsboro, president of the local
unit of the Future Teachers of
America and of the Pan-Hellenic
Council; Dazzerine Williams, seni
or of Wilson, president of Harris
Hall Dormitory Association;
Foster Williams, junior of Sanford,
president of Hood Hall Dormitory
Association and of the Young
Men’s Christian Association; Doris
Lackey, sophomore of Jackson,
president of Joyner Hall Dormi
tory Association; Delores Baker,
senior of Raleigh, president of
Marshall Club and of the Young
Women’s Christian Association.
Grace Brunson, senior of Wil
mington, president. New Dormi
tory Association; Charles Allen,
junior of Fayetteville, Basileus,
local chapter. Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity; Bennie Wright, senior of
Fayetteville, president, local chap
ter, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity;
Johnny Farmer, senior of Wilson,
president of the Student Council;
Arthxir Thompkins, freshman of
Fayetteville, president of the Vet
erans’ Club; Donald Brawner,
junior of Washington, D. C., editor
of the VOICE; and Julia Bradford,
junior of Bermettsville, S. C.,
president of the Women’s Collegi
ate Club.
JEAN BAKER "MISS AKA"
Sorors of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority extend greetings to all
freshmen and new and former stu
dents with hopes that this school
year will prove to be a most en
lightening as well as an enjoyable
year.
The Delta Alpha Chapter of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority be
gan the school year of 1954-55 by
sponsoring a tea on September 19,
for the freshmen and new stu
dents.
In the Homecoming Parade,
Soror Jean Baker reigned ap Miss
A. K. A.
The freshmen and new students
enjoyed a pre-Halloween Party, on
October 29, which was sponsored
by the sorors.
There are many educational, so
cial, and spiritual activities being
planned for the remainder of the
school year.
—Louise Harrison, reporter
Mr. Irving S. Cheroff, area director of the USO and the JWB, Rabbi
Kaplan, guest speaker, and Dr. Rudolph Jones chat informally after
the assembly program during which Rabbi Kaplan delivered an ad
dress. (See “Pillars of Society” above).
be confusion.
The second “pillar” is high and
noble religion. As long as the
world has existed there has been
some kind of religion; however, it
has not eliminated poverty, war or
disease. That does not mean that
religion has failed mankind, in
stead, man has failed religion. Re
ligion should not be considered a
luxury but a necessity, for unless
civilization is built on religion it
will surely fail.
The third “pillar” is kind and
noble deeds. Today there are still
some people who believe that true
strength lies in barbarianism, fear,
hate, and cruelty. To attain peace
and happiness we must be merci
ful, kind and compassionate. Rab
bi Kaplan concluded by stating
that though the world is in a ter
rible state, it will realize its er
rors before it destroys itself.
LAW SCHOOL TESTS
The Law School Admission Test,
required of applicants for admis
sion to a number of leading Amer
ican law schools, will be given at
more than 100 centers throughout
the United States on the mornings
of February 19, April 23, and Aug
ust 6, 1955. During 1953-54 some
8200 applicants took this test, and
their scores were sent to over 100
law schools.
A candidate must make separate
application for admission to each
law school of his choice and should
inquire of each whether it wishes
him to take the Law School Ad
mission Test and when. Since
many law schools select their
freshman classes in the spring
preceding their entrance, candi
dates for admission to next year’s
classes are advised ordinarily to
take either the November or the
February test, if possible.
The Law School Admission Test,
prepared and administered by
Educational Testing Service, fea
tures objective questions measur
ing verbal aptitudes and reasoning
ability rather than acquired infor
mation. It cannot be “crammed”
for. Sample questions and infor
mation regarding registration for
and administration of the test are
given in a'Bulletin of Information.
Bulletins and applications for
the test should be obtained four to
six weeks in advance of the desir
ed testing date from Law School
Administration Test, Educational
Testing Service, 20 Nassau Street
Princeton, N. J. Completed ap
plications must be received at
least 10 days before the desired
testing date in order to allow ETS
time to complete the necessary
testing arrangements for each can
didate.
Spectacular plays in a preliminary game against Fort Bragg were
the “Clowns.” Left to right, top: Harold Ford, Alfonzo Liggins, Earl
Garrett, Claude Moses, Denry Lawrence, and James Paige; bottom:
Alfred Dowe, Sam Williams, and David Williams.
Meet Your Editors
The Voice staff proudly intro
duces to you its editor-in-chief,
Donald Brawner, who is a native
of the nation’s capital, Washington,
D. C., and a 1951 graduate of Arm
strong Technical High School in
Washington.
Mr. Brawner, a junior in the
college, is vice-president of the
Y.M.C.A., counselor of Hood Hall,
Student Council representative,
and an outstanding athlete. He
is very personable and ambitious.
His favorite hobby is collecting rec
ords, preferably progressive jazz,
his favorite artists being Dave
Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan; his
favorite actor is Richard Widmark;
his favorite actress Jean Simmons.
He spends his leisure hours with
Mickey Spillane and Edgar Allen
Poe.
Girls? Yes, he likes the “fine,”
intellectual, outdoor type.
Assistant editor is Harriette
Lockhart who hails from that
“city' of the sea,” Wilmington, N. C.
Miss Lockhart, a college senior,
is active in the Women’s Collegiate
Club, the Red Cross, and she is al
so a Student Council representa
tive.
Her favorite pastimes are read
ing good books and collecting rec-
GENERAL MOTORS SENDS
PREVIEWS OF PROGRESS
Presenting what was probably
the most interesting assembly held
at the college this year, Mr. Jack
Bowlson and an assistant, one of
the 17 demonstration units in this
country and abroad, gave us a
glimpse into the fascinating world
of science.
Manufacturing a sample of syn
thetic rubber, pounding a large
nail into a two-by-four with a
“baloney bottle” which was later
shattered by dropping a jagged
piece of carborundum inside it,
displaying and revealing the his
tory of models of Thomas Edison’s
original phonograph, demonstrat
ing hi-fi and stereophonic sound,
explaining micro-wave transmis
sion and reception, induction heat
ing, and radar kept the team pleas
antly occupied and the audience
spellbound. Yet, seldom have two
men seemed to enjoy their work
so much.
ords. She likes Frank Yerby and
Walt Whitman. Her favorite mu
sicians are Stan Kenton, Charlie
Parker, and Chet Baker.
She likes the fellows strong,
athletic, intellectual, and, of
course, handsome.