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THE VOICE
January, 1960
THE VOICE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY
Edited and Published by the Students
FAYETTEVILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Fayetteville, North Carolina
STAFF
EDITOR Audrey Clark
ASSOCIATE EDITOR David McNair
FEATURE EDITORS Christine Williams"
Catharyne Butler *
Lorraine Manley
FASHION EDITOR Doris Goss
COPY EDITORS Martha Green N
Catharyne Butler
Levi Montgomery
PHOTOGRAPHER Melvin Thompson
REPORTERS Betty Boyce ’•
Ledella Moore
Lock Beachum
BUSINESS MANAGER Jimmy Cummings -■
CIRCULATION MANAGERS Helen Baker ’
Lock Beachum
FACULTY ADVISOR Mrs. M. H. Scott
ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO VOICE
Mrs. L. C. Carter Mrs. M. P. Jones Mr. C. D. Sanders
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TAKING TIME OUT to pose for photographer on steps of Smith
Administration Building: are some members of Voice Staff for 1959-60
School Term.
Editorial
What makes an educated man?
Think this question over. When
ever I begin thinking about the
marks of an educated man, I recall
a few passages I read quite some
time ago. Here listed are the char
acteristics of the man who is edu
cated:
The educated man cultivates
the habit of open-mindedness.
He always listens to the man
who knows.
He never laughs at new ideas
He knows the secret of getting
along with others.
He aims always toward suc
cess.
One cannot sell him magic.
He links himself with a grea1
cause.
He builds an ambitious pic
ture to fit his abilities.
He always tries to feel the
emotion he ought to feel.
He knows it is never too late
to learn.
He never loses faith in the
aims to become.
He achieves the masteries that
make him a world citizen.
He cultivates a love of the
beautiful.
He lives a religious life.
It is important for us to know
that it does not matter greatly
what a man knows or how much
he knows; the thing that separates
an educated man from an unedu
cated man more than anything
else is how he makes use of what
he does know.
It has been rightly said that
about half of what a man learns
in school is of no use, and that he
forgets most of the other half.
However, this is not serious, pro
vided he acquired in school right
habits of learning. If a man learns
to keep his mind open to new
facts; if he is not afraid to change
his mind, no matter what it may
cost in personal pride; if he is not
afraid to think on all sides of every
question; if he is not afraid to re
view carefully and without prej
udice the evidence against his own
opinions; above all, if he has
learned to hold back his judgment
and not to reach any conclusion
at all until the evidence is all in,
or, at least, sufficient evidence to
make a rational conclusion possi
ble, then that man will likely
wake up some fine morning and
find he is one of the most trusted
men in his community and that he
is known as an educated man.
I have previously stated that an
sducated man knows how to get
along with others. Do you know
how to get along with others? If
not, perhaps these rules will help
you.
You must leam that human con
duct is predictable.
Watch exactly what the other
fellow does in response to what
you do; in other words, study
without prejudice or emotion how
he reacts to your behavior.
Deliberately overestimate the
value and importance of the other
(fellow’s point of view.
Be yourself. Cast out those false
actions that aren’t really a part of
you.
You can’t get along with others
if you carry grudges. You must
leam to compare yourself frank
ly, fairly, and honestly with other
people.
You will make more friends in
PRETTY STUDENT
TEACHER SPEAKS
Student Teaching
It has been said that experience
is the best teacher. We, the sen
iors who have just completed our
twelve weeks of student teaching,
can now agree with this state
ment.
As high-minded juniors, our
ears were constantly being filled
with discouraging rumors about
that monster called “P. T.” All
kinds of things began to run
through our minds. “Gee, is P. T.
really as hard as that? Have I
applied myself so that I will have
no fear of this monster? What
have I learned that will be of help
to those ‘kids’ at Newbold?” No
matter what the answer to these
serious questions may be, we im
mediately decide that those who
have gone through it should know
what they’re talking about. Thus
the cry begins ‘‘Well, I know I’m
^goirrg to'flUnk-B'. f’.” - > ■ ^
As we look back now, we find
that is was unnecessary worry for
us. The so-called monster P. T.
was a most enjoyable experience
for each first quarter student
teacher.
We went to our designated
schools and classrooms with a de
termination to do our best. With
this in mind, we learned many
things and enjoyed each day of
new experiences.
To those seniors who are ready
to take our places for the second
quarter, we say to you, do your
best, and you too will agree with
us that P. T. was an interesting
and enjoyable experience.
—Lorraine Manley
A Duty Completed
On Friday afternoon of Decem
ber 4, future teachers finished
their task of student teaching.
They brought home to Harris Hall
their materials that had been com
piled during the twelve weeks.
You the reader might be inter
ested in knowing how it feels to
have finished student teaching,
ing. Let’s hear from a few of the
student teachers.
Miss Christine Williams said,
“Now, that I have finished my stu
dent teaching, I feel prepared to
enter my own classroom and do an
effective job helping children to
progress educationally, emotion
ally, physically, socially and spirit
ually.
After falling in love with the
sixth grade class at Newbold
Training School, naturally I did
not want to leave them; but know
ing that another brick had been
laid in my foundation for a good
teacher, I was happy to return to
the college campus.”
Miss Margaret Canady said, “I
am glad to say I have finished my
student teaching but I hated to
leave the thirty-four little angels
in my class. I love all of them and
I will miss them.”
Miss Rachel Cherry said, “I am
happy to finish student teaching
because it is something I had been
dreading during my last three
years in college and now it is a
thing of the past. I am sad because
I had become so attached to my
pupils and critic teacher that I
hated to leave them.”
Miss Annie Edmonds said, “It
feels wonderful to have finished
with student teaching, but it is sad
to leave the pupils.”
The following Harris Hall resi
dents completed their courses and
student teaching at the end of the
first quarter:
Jannie Bass, Gladys Byrd, Wil-
helemenia Edwards and Everlena
Mitchell.
—Emily Artis
FRED RODGERS
Scholar of Year
Frederick A. Rodgers of Wil-
liamston, N. C., a senior here at
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege, has been named Scholar of
the Year for Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity’s sixth district and award
ed $100. The district scholarship
committee is headed by O. K.
Beatty.
Rodgers is president of the stu
dent government, secretary of Al
pha Kappa Mu, the national honor
society; basileus of the Delta Gam
ma Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity; a two-letter athlete
and co-captain of Fayetteville
State’s 1959 football team.
a week by getting yourself gen
uinely interested in others than
you can in a year by trying to get
other people interested in you.
Next, I ask, “Is it too late to
learn?” My readers, I tell you,
whether you have a great mind
or an average mind, whether you
are a genius or just an average
man or woman, you are still a
vital and effective factor in your
home, your workshop, your com
munity and the world, as long as
you can say with blind Michelan
gelo, “I still learn!” And you have
now, as never before, the authen
tic voice of science to cheer you
on with the clear conviction, based
upon definite knowledge, that if
you wish to do, and achieve, and
learn, it is never too late to begin
and the time to begin is today.
How does religion fit in with
education? The religious life with
all its accompaniments of poetry
and beauty, of courage and sanity,
of service and friendliness can be
achieved only through education.
If man has the power to accom
plish the task of educating him
self; and to make this task the
objective of his religion and the
motivation of his morals, then this
would seem by the sheer logic of
a developmental world, to be the
last and greatest mark of an edu
cated man.
And now, my dear readers, I
leave you with this final question:
Do you have the marks of an edu
cated man? —The Editor
CHRISTINE WILLIAMS
A Message
from
Miss F.S.T.C.
My fellow colleagues, now that
we are in our second quarter’s
work, it is my desire that we will
cherish and keep up the good work
done in the first quarter and profit
by our mistakes — if there were
any. Let us continue to attend
chapel, meetings, classes and
study more after class. May we
disturb the books in the library
just as we did the first quarter by
reading more. We owe it to our
selves, too, to prove that we are
college men and women by the
way we act, talk, dress, and the
things we do. May this quarter be
the best at Fayetteville State
Teachers College.
Broncos, you proved to us that
you have what it takes by winning
the most important football game
of all—the Homecoming Game. We
are looking for a little more
“proof” during the basketball sea
son. We are for you, of course.
Hats off to the Drama Guild for
giving a terrific play for our en
tertainment, and to the College
Choir for giving an effective
Why I Chose
Teaching As A
Profession
Velma Street
I chose teaching as a profession
for several reasons; however, I
shall enumerate only tiii'et.'' Orrtr
reason is the want to serve hu
manity in one special way and that
is the molding of young minds
through learning situations to the
all important aspects of future life.
The next reason is the inspiration
I received from my second grade
teacher. The third and all impor
tant reason is that I love children.
Many times students have come
to me after class to have some
thing explaind to them that was
not fully understood during tlae
class period. I like to help persons
get as much out of a learning sit
uation as possible and to be able
to use it in future situations. It is
very important that young minds
be channeled in the right direc
tion and that has been my aim for
quite sometim^e.
During my years in elementary
school, there was one teacher
whom everyone loved and ad
mired; and being no exception. I
wanted to pattern my life after
hers. My second grade teacher
never missed a chance to make
everyone feel accepted, to give
everyone a duty to perform, and
to praise everyone for work well
done. There was one thing she
would not tolerate, however; and
that was shoddy and unprepared
work. I will always aspire to be
come a teacher with such quali
ties.
The last, but by no means the
least, reason I chose teaching as a
profession, is my love for children.
Children have and always will
have a warm place in my heart,
“brats” as they may be sometimes.
To love and tea6h children, I
think, will make my life more ful
filling.
Chemistry Prof: “What can you
tell me about nitrates?”
Student: “Well - er - they’re
a lot cheaper than day rates.”
Christmas Vesper Service. Con
gratulations are in order to the
band with Charles Click as Drum
Major and Mr. T. B. Bacote, direc
tor, for the splendid performances
given on various occasions.
Wholeheartedly, I wish a very
profitable New Year to everyone.
—Christine Williapis