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May 5-n, 1957
THE VOICE
DICIEST OF STUDENT OPINION
Summer
School
June T2-Jul. 20
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 2
FAYETTEVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., APRIL 6, 1957
Founders' Day Observance Apr. 6-7
Elected Chairman
DR. RUDOLPH JONES, presi
dent of Fayetteville State
Teachers College, was elected
chairman of the Board of Direc
tors of Hammocks Beach Cor
poration at the meeting in Ral
eigh on Saturday, March 23. As
the newly-elected chairman, he
will succeed Dr. J. W. Seabrook,
president emeritus of FSTC and
acting president of Johnson C.
Smith University, Charlotte, N.
C. Dr. Jones takes office on Ju
ly 1.
DR. RUDOLPH JONES
The President
Speaks
I appreciate this opportunity
granted by the staff of The Voice
to thank the students, faculty,
staff and friends of the college for
your support and cooperation dur
ing the year. While all the goals
that we had in mind in September
have not been reached, we feel
that some progress has been made.
It has always been the aim of
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege to send forth from its portals
young men and young women up
right in character, vigorous and
healthy of body and alert and
trained in mind. It is the sincere
hope of the President that all stu
dents who enroll here will be
THEN ... and ... NOW
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The building and improvement
program at Fayetteville State
Teachers College is still under
way. Just a few months ago Old
Vance Hall was here, but today
there are only a few bricks and
dust remaining where this build
ing, at one time the only dormitory
on campus stood.
Bids will be opened on Tuesday,
April 9, for the furnishing of labor.
materials and equipment for con
struction of campus improvements.
These will include “clearing and
preparation of site; common exca
vation; paved drives, parking areas
and sidewalks; topsoiling; seeding;
storm sewer; precast pre-stressed
concrete channel pedestrian
bridges, and concrete steps.” It is
expected that work will begin soon
thereafter.
PUBLICATIONS EXCHANGE
As a result of the establishment
of an exchange of student publi
cations, you will find in our Ches-
nutt Library issues of student pa
pers from many schools. In ad
dition to those listed in the last is
sue of The VOICE, you will find;
The Gazette — D u B o i s High
School, Wake Forest, N. C.
The Living Stone — Livingstone
College, Salisbury, N. C.
The Newsletter—Elizabeth City
S. T. College, Elizabeth City, N. C.
The Shaw Journal—Shaw Uni
versity, Raleigh, N. C.
The Talisman—St. Paul’s Poly
technic Institute, Lawrenceville,
Va.
The TSU Clarion— Texas South
ern University, Houston, Texas.
Tiger’s Paw—Stillman College,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Hill Top — Howard University,
Washington, D. C.
The Talladegan—Talladega Col
lege, Talladega, Ala.
serious-minded and devoted to a
purpose; and that they will always
uphold and honor the traditions of
the institution. Today more than
ever before it is necessary that we
develop in college a sense of per
sonal responsibility as well as
ability to think and discriminate.
An effort is made here at Fayette
ville to maintain a program that
will produce well-rounded gradu
ates.
SCHOLARSHIP FUND PLANNERS—Pictured above are Mrs. Eunice
Ferguson, Alumni Representative; Dr. Rudolph Jones, President of
FSTC, and Roger Scales, Vice-President of the Student Council as
they make plans for the J. W. Seabrook Scholarship Fund.
Looking Back At
Student Teaching
Mary W. Robinson
When I first began to look at
student teaching I wondered just
what it was or how one could ex
plain it. Since that time I found
it was best summed up by Curtis
and Andrews in Guiding Your
Student Teacher when they said,
“Student teaching is a period (or
periods) during which a stut ?nt
receives guidance in learning to
assume responsibility for the ma
jor activities of teachers in the
public schools.”
As I look back on the beginning
days of student teaching, I realize
that for some reason or another I
had butterflies in my stomach. I
could recall all the helpful tips
that had been given to student
teachers; however, at first they
were only recalled as groups of
words. It seemed that I was the
one being observed by the class in
order to be taught. This I was to
find out later was actually true.
During my first two days of ob
servation I returned to the campus
determined to be more confident
than ever on the next day. Then
all of a sudden it became very
clear to me that even though I had
looked at student teaching as being
on trial, I was actually going
through the same stages of growth
that I had experienced. From that
day on I found myself in the midst
of teaching situations which were
beneficial tojboth the students and
me.
I feel that one of the most im
portant aids that student teaching
gives to anyone is the opportunity
to strengthen his or her social re
lationship. An individual is per
mitted through this experience to
actually learn about and work
with different personalities often
read about. This experience
makes one desire to make a critic
al evaluation of himself to see how
his personality affects others.
During student teaching I learn
ed something different every day
which attributed to a wholesome
social relationship. I was able to
give and receive pleasure and hap
piness, relieve and be relieved of
pain and misery, and to further
aid the pupils in realizing and de
veloping their individual poten
tialities.
Along with the many experi
ences exchanged with the in-ser-
vice teachers and students comes
With the Rev. Marshall L. Shepard as principal speaker,
the Annual Founders’ Day Program is set for the J. W. Sea
brook Auditorium, Fayetteville State Teachers College, Sun
day, April 7, at 4:00 p. m.
Just over 14 years after Mr. Or
lando F. Hudson (class of ’42)
graduated from Fayetteville State
Teachers College, he became pres
ident of the August Alumni body,
members of which are contribut
ing to society in many jobs and
professions but mainly as educa
tors. Prior to becoming principal
of Leonard Street School, High
Point, N. C., Mr. Hudson headed
the North Carolina Employment
Office in Fayetteville and later
served as a critic teacher at New-
bold Training School. He succeeds
Mr. W. E. Smith, class of 1939,
principal of Magnolia School in
Duplin County.
Serving with Mr. Hudson are
Miss Mabel Powell, only graduate
of Fayetteville State Teachers
College to become a member of
its Board of Trustees, as vice-
president; Mr. E. M. Ferguson,
supervising teacher at Newbold
Training School, as executive sec
retary; Mrs. Annie D. Drane,
teacher at Harnett County Schools,
corresponding secretary; and Mr.
B. H. McGeachy, supervising
teacher at Newbold Training
School, as treasurer.
Recently the alumni received the
Services of Miss LeGray Hines, a
junior, as secretary in the Alumni
Office, Room 101, Smith Admini
stration Building.
The general officers serve the
local Alumni chapters throughout
North Carolina, District of Colum
bia and New York, and graduates
all over the nation, in the Armed
Forces overseas, and in Africa. The
stated purposes of the Alumni As-
Alumni Activities each year; these
sociation are to establish closer re
lations among the graduates, to
tience of Job, the grace of God,
and the persistence of the devil.”
achieve ends of benefit to the col
lege and its graduates, to provide
scholarships designed to stimulate
better work in class work by stu
dents in college, and to help spon
sor two special ALL Fayetteville
State Teachers College and ALL
two being Homecoming and Foun-
the continuous development and
strengthening of one’s capabilities.
Even though student teaching was
only a short period in my prepara
tion for a desired lifetime career
as a teacher, I feel that a perfect
teacher is the person who is very
plainly expressed in High Points.
“The Perfect Teacher” must have
“the education of a college presi
dent, the executive ability of a fin
ancier, the humility of a deacon,
the discipline of a demon, the
adaptability of a chameleon, the
hope of an optimist, the courage
of a hero, the wisdom of a serpent,
the gentleness of a dove, the pa
tience of Job, the grace of God,
and the persistence of the devil.”
ders’ Day. This group is endors
ing the J. W. Seabrook Scholar
ship Fund.
With Homecoming behind, the
plans are being developed for the
biggest Founders’ Day ever. Prin
cipal speaker on Sunday, April 7,
at 4:00 p. m., will be Dr. Marshall
L. Shepard, former Recorder of
Deeds of Washington, D. C., and
of Philadelphia, Pa., former Penn
sylvania State Legislator, and now
Philadelphia City Councilman and
pastor of Mount Olive Tabernacle
Baptist Church of Philadelphia.
Alumni serving on that program
are Miss Mabel Powell, chairman
of the Founders’ Day Committee,
Mr. O. F. Hudson, president of the
General Alumni Association, and
Bishop J. F. McLaurin of the
Christ Disciples Church and prin
cipal of Plain View School in
Bladen county.
Following the program in the
auditorium, the annual pilgrim-
mage will be made to the monu
ment of Dr. E. E. Smith and that
of Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege’s first president, Robert Har
ris.
For the Founders’ Day weekend,
alumni and friends are being in
vited to be guests of the college
and reside in Joyner Hall, there
to be given a reception. A ban
quet is also in the making for the
purpose of inducting juniors into
the Future Alumni Club sponsored
by Miss V. O. Windley. At this
time seniors are to be inducted
into the General Alumni Associ
ation. Under the leadership of
Mr. O. Uzzell and Mrs. N. T.
Smith, a display is being arranged
in the lobby of the Seabrook Audi
torium of group pictures of faculty
and students of prior years, build
ings, medals, and materials bring
ing back memories. Following the
program, a tea is being arranged
for all, in the building named for
the wife of the person who served
the institution for nearly 50 years
and who herself was so benevolent
for so long to so many—Mrs. N.
L. Smith. Mrs. L. C. Carter is
chairman of the committee on in
vitations, inviting the alumni to
the Founders’ Day festivities.
Several members of the college
family in addition to alumni are
working to develop and carry out
the program.
Graduates and former students
of the college now employed here
at FSTC are:
Mrs, Thelma B. Avent, Mrs. L.
C. Carter, Mrs. Juanita Coley, Mrs.
Eloise M. Haith, Mrs. Amy McM.
Jeralds, Mrs. Mae S. Lindsey, Mrs.
Mildred F. Miller, Mr. B. H. Mc
Geachy, Miss Ethel V. Mclver,
Mrs. V. J. Pace, Mr. L. Parker,
Mrs. N. T. Smith, Mr. R. B. Smith,
Mr. O. Uzzell, Miss Mamie Wil-
kerson, Miss Vivian O. Windley.
DON’T FORGET YOUR CONTRIBUTION
TO THE
J. W. Seabrook Scholarship Fund
Mail to Business Office, Fayetteville State Teachers
College, Fayetteville, North Carolina