MARCH, 1955
THE VOICE
Local Men Honored In Program at FSTC
Culminating their celebration of
“Bigger and Better Business
Week” at the Fayetteville State
Teachers College and environs, the
local Zeta Beta (graduate) and Pi
(undergraduate) Chapters of the
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity spon
sored a vesper program at the col
lege on Sunday evening, April 3.
Mr. J. B. Baird, local school teach
er, gave the history of the frater
nity and Professor James E. Cop-
page, President of Zeta Beta, in-
Mm.
L. E. GARRIS
troduced the guest speaker, Dr.
Samuel Duncan, State Supervisor
of Negro High Schools.
Dr. Duncan, who spoke from
the topic “Foundations of Bigger
and Better Business,” insisted that
“schools and colleges must instill
attitudes conductive to preparing
for bigger and better business con
cerns. Let us think not how to
spend our inherited property, but
of how to invest it and to make it
grow.”
At the Friday assembly exer
cises, Edith Walker, sophomore of
Fayetteville, was elected “Sigma
Sweetheart of the Year” and re
ceived gifts amounting to approxi
mately $175.00. Richard Hadley
of Fort Bragg played two piano
solos by Chopin, “Fantasie Im
promptu" and “Etude, Op. 10, No.
3.”
The exercises wei-e heightened
by the honors that came to two
men who have made outstanding
records in local community and
fraternal betterment. L. E. Gar
ris, owner and operator of first-
rate funeral homes in Fayetteville
and in Mount Olive, N. C., was
named “Business Man of the
Year.” A “self-made” man, Mr.
Gari'is tells of how he left his
Madison, N. J., home at the age
of 20 and with $20, worked his
way through school and owned
when he graduated a car, a barber
shop, and pressing club. Desig
nated as “Sigma Man of the Year”
was James E. Coppage of the Area
of Manual Arts at the college who
has been the moving spirit behind
the Sigma groups since their or
ganization on the campus in 1954.
A plaque was presented to him by
Dr. Watson Fowler. A former
athlete at the A. and T. College,
Professor Coppage has been close
to the athletic program in the
state and is currently Chairman
of the College Committee on Ath
letics at the college. I. R. Mit
chell presented the certificate to
L. E. Garris.
J. E. COPPAGE
A Report on Exchange of Students
Should American students be
selected for study abroad on the
basis of scholastic proficiency or
for the promotion of international
understanding? Is orientation
needed for American students go
ing abroad? What is the role of
the foreign summer school? How
will the predicted bulge in U. S.
college enrollment affect the coun
try’s foreign student population?
These were some of the ques
tions raised and discussed in the
workshop sessions of the National
Conference on Exchange of Per
sons recently held in New York
imder the sponsorship of the In
stitute of International Education.
A i-eport on the findings of this
Conference has just been publish
ed by .the Institute and may be
ordered from the Institute offices,
1 East 67th St., New York, N. Y.
(.'iOc a copy).
According to Kenneth Holland,
Institute President, “This last year
has in many ways marked a turn
ing point in the exchange of per
sons. After a decade of rapid
growth exchanges have leveled
off.” It was at this turning point,
coincidening with its 35th anniver
sary, that the Institute called a
National Conference to focus na
tional attention on the field of edu
cation exchange and to provide a
useful forum for the institutions,
organizations and individuals
working in the exchange field.
“Programs for U. S. Students in
Foreign Countries” was the sub
ject of one of the Conference’s
eight workshops. President Wil
liam E. Stevenson of Oberlin Col
lege, in a paper presented to the
discussion group, stated, “Probab
ly 6,000-7,000 Americans are en
rolled in foreign universities for
the current academic year; nearly
3,000 being supported by the G. I.
Bill; approximately 1,000 by U. S.
Government grants under the Ful-
bright and Buenos Aires Conven
tion programs: probably 600 or
more on grants given under such
programs as the Rhodes Scholar
ships, the Guggenheim, Rotary In
ternational, Marshall, Anierican
Association of University Women,
the Institute of International Edu-
“ON THE LINE” are Jacqueline McCrimmon, Gelora McNeill, Nina
Baten, Melba Johnson, Emily Bostic and Faye Bowser, the newest
members of the Delta Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc.
cation, and from 300-350 on
“Junior Year” arrangements.
“The U. S. Students” workshop
devoted considerable discussion to
the goals of student exchange. Are
American students abroad chiefly
“unofficial ambassadors” whose
most significant role is promoting
goodwill and mutual understand
ing between the United States and
other nations? Or should U. S.
students be selected for foreign
study on the basis of scholarship,
since this will be the student’s
primary goal and also the goal of
the foreign university in which he
enrolls? Recent research suggests
that conflicting goals may be re
conciled, but that primary consid
eration must be given the student’s
educational aims. Unless he suc
cessfully accomplishes his purpose,
other goals of exchange programs
cannot be realized.
In discussing the Fulbright pro
gram, the workshop group suggest
ed that scholarship be considered
the primary factor in selection,
with adaptability and ability to
represent the United States a close
second.
It was also rccommendcd that
more orientation courses be pro
vided for American students going
abroad. These courses should con
sist of language instruction, in
struction in the life and culture of
the country to which the student
is going, information on the poli
tics of that country, with spccial
reference to its political relation
to the U. S. The merits of orien
tation after arrival in the foreign
country were discussed.
The workshop group recom
mended that selection and orien
tation processes be continually re
viewed, that efforts be made with
in American colleges to stimulate
the interest of students in foreign
study and to provide preliminary
preparation for study abroad—es
pecially for language training.
They suggested constant re-evalu
ation of foreign study programs
and their possible extension to
wider groups of qualified partici
pants.
A need for more information on
foreign education was stated. It
was felt that American advisers
"MAN OF YEAR"
IS NAMED
The Hood Hall (Men’s) Dormi
tory Association, under the leader
ship of its president, Johnny Jig-
getts, a senior of Pittsburgh, Pa.
staged its first “Citizenship Day’
exercises at the college assembly
period on Friday, March 18.
The purpose of the association
is to promote high scholarship and
good citizenship on and off the
campus.
Attorney J. O. Tally, Jr., former
mayor of Fayetteville, was the
guest speaker.
Introduced by Dr. J. Ward Sea-
brook, president of the college, Mr.
Tally insisted that character and
learning go into the making of
good citizenship in the atomic and
hydrogen age. He pointed to the
■‘silent generation” of people who
refuse to speak out on public issues
because of vested interests, and
urged his bearers to be pai’ticipat-
ing citizens.
The exercises were heightened
by the presentation of the “Man, of
the Year,” chosen on the basis of
his wholesome personality, his
scholarship standing, and his dis
play of the traits of desirable citi-
ship, both on and off the campus.
The man chosen for this honor was
Earl Garrett, a senior of Montclair,
N. J., and another senior, Johnny
Farmer of Wilson, was the “run
ner-up.”
A total of 28 business establish
ments in the city and the college
faculty donated to the young men
being honored cash and commodi
ties valued at over $125. The Jew
el Box donated to the “Man of the
Year” a plaque with his name in
scribed thereon.
SPEAKERS NAMED FOR
COMENCEMENT FINALS
The ensuing commencement sea
son at FSTC will feature three
outstanding educators and plat
form speakers. Dean W. T. Gibbs
of the Agricultural and Technical
Colleges in Greensboro will speak
at the Cap and Gown Day exercises
on Friday, May 27.
On Sunday, May 29, the baccal-
aui-eate address will be given by
Dr. Louis C. LaMotte, president of
Presbyterian Junior College at
Maxton. The commencement ex
ercises will fall on Tuesday, May
31. This year’s speaker will be
Dr, F. D. Patterson, director of the
Phelps-Stokes Fund and of the
United College Fund with offices
in New York City.
The officers of the Hood Hall
Dormitory Association are; Johnny
Jiggetts of Pittsburgh, Pa., presi
dent; Jack Johnson of Deerfield,
N. J., vice-president; Johnny Petti-
ford of Creedmore, secretary; and
Foster Williams of Sanford, treas
urer.
The student counselors to fresh
men are Roger Scales and Jimmy
Mittman, both of Mount Airy, and
for the sophomores are Leo Dancy
of Wilson and Richard Woods of
Newark, N. J. Denry Lawrence of
Rocky Mount and Harold Ford of
Laurinburg are counselors for the
juniors, while J. Irving Farmer of
Wilson and Andrew Frazier of
Pittsburgh, Pa., work with the sen
iors.
Jesse Gillis of Wilmington is a
senior counselor, Dr. Arthur A.
George, advisor to men, and Edwin
Manning of Lake Waccamaw, as
sistant to the dean of men. Acting
Dean of Men Elwood Nichols was
in charge of the activities.
EARL GARRETT, “Man of the Year.” and Johnny Farmer, runner-up,
examine tlie plaqne given to Mr. Garrett.
need fuller information on the con
tent of foreign courses, and on
the foreign professors conducting
these courses.
“Junior Year Abroad” programs
were considered. Participants in
such programs, who leave their
campuses for a year of study in a
foreign university, are expected to
bring back to their American
classmates interpretation of their
foreign experiences. It was noted
that supervision while abroad is
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