DECEMBER, 1961
THE VOICE
PAGE 3
MISS MASSEY
MR. YOUNG
Faculty Wise
EVA McEACHERN
The Fayetteville State Teachers
College family is continuously
;?rowine. Our most recent addition
was to the col
lege faculty when
Miss Barbara L.
Massey, a 1961
graduate of
North Carolina
College at Dur
ham, became a
member of our
teaching staff in
the Area of Mus
ic.
Miss Massey is
a graduate ol
the E. E. Smith
Senior High School of this city, and
a very competent individual in the
field of music.
Mr. Charles A.
Young, Art In
structor here at
FSTC, walked a-
away with both
the first and sec
ond prizes in the
adult profession
al division of the
FayettevUle Jun
ior Women’s
Club’s First Art,
Competition and i
Exhibit. Mr.
Young’s “Torso
with Texture” was judged best in
the show and has become the prop
erty of the Scottish Bank where it
now hangs. This first-place art
work captured for its painter not
only a plaque but a $100 prize. Con
grats, Mr. Young!
' , Dr. H. M. Eld-
ridge. Chairman
of the Area of
Science and
Mathemat-
ics, was one of
state teachers
recently appoint
ed to a Study
Committee o n
Mathemat-
i c s Curriculum
at the Public
DR. ELDRIDGE
liildriage was
appointed to this state study group
by Dr. J. P. Freeman, Director of
the Division of Professional Serv
ices, N. C. Department of Public In
struction. Dr. Eldridge is currently
teaching an experimental class at
the Newbold Training School under
the supervision of the Yale Mathe
matics Study Group.
Dean J. C.l
Jones, dean of
students, was re
cently appointed
to a 2-year term
on the Advisory
Board to the
North Carolina
Board of Cor- ■
rections a n d
Training. T h i s 
appointment was
made by Gover-1
nor Terry San
ford.
DEAN JONES
FSTC
Host To Seniors
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viUe State Tea
chers College. It
offers just as
good as or better
education than
some other col
leges and is less
expensive.
Sadie Lewis: I am very impressed
by the friendli
ness and hospita
lity here at Fay
etteville State
Teachers C o 1 -
lege. I hope that
I will be here as
a student for the
next four years.
Other activities of the day in
cluded a guided tour of the College
Campus and explanation of its
facilities and physical offerings.
The seniors were also special
guests at the football game played
between the FSTC Broncos and the
Winston-Salem Rams.
To conclude the day on a mer^
note, a Social Hour was held in
the Lilly Gymnasium for the senior
students and guides. Refreshments
were served by the Senior Day
Committee, and the music was fur
nished by the FSTC Combo. An
enjoyable time was had by every
one in attendance, it seems.
The Faculty
Of Speech
MR. VIRGIL G. WRIGHT
There is one physiological stand
ard by which man can be truly
measured, which applies to him
alone, and which rounds his whole
marvelous being — his faculty of
speech. The itameasurable dis
tance between man and every other
animal on earth is fuUy accounted
for by the existence, the nature and
the significance of man’s words.
By the sayings of Francis Bacon
we find ourselves in the presence
of an intellect which grasps the
principles of aU knowledge. In the
words of Shakespeare almost every
experience of human life is vivid
ly embodied.
We are awed by the sublimity
and the solemnity of the thoughts of
him who expressed himself in the
words of the Ninetieth Psalm. So
the more we ponder it, the more
impassable grows the gulf between
the minds of those who could speak
thus and the minds of dumb ani
mals.
The primary truth about a word
is that it comes only from mind.
Every word was originally made
by a personality which first design
ed and invented it. A word, there
fore, is an artificial human pro
duct, the outgrowth of a need, just
as a knife was first made by some
one who wanted to cut. In the in
fancy of philosophy some theorists
ascribed the beginning of words to
phonetic imitations of natural
sounds. But this bow-wow theory,
as it has been called, soon died af
ter the recognition of the infinite
human capacity for making lang
uages.
Thoughts need words to become
true thoughts, but feeUngs do not
need words to become true feel
ings; in fact we often vainly try to
express our feelings in words, and
find words fail us.
The registration of words on our
gray matter may be likened to the
registration of words in books on
library shelves. When a man sets
about to learn a language new to
him, he has to add another brain
shelf for that purpose, because the
old shelf has too many books on it
to allow any room for a row of en
tirely new words. Sometimes in
jury to a sheU ruins it to the ex
tent that the ability to speak a cer
tain language is completely lost.
Some investigation has led scient
ists to the conclusion that on each
shelf the verbs are placed first,
the pronouns next, then the pre
positions and adverbs next, and
the nouns last. These cerebral
library shelves may sometimes be
partially, instead of completely,
damaged by accidents to the brain.
It requires the most persevering
attention and application for many
months to learn to read. Over and
over again the pictures of the sep
arate letters have to be identified
so as to be distinguished from one
another, and then their combination
into words successively mastered
till the word symbol and its mean
ing are simultaneously 'recognized.
This process of brain shaping has
to be done piece by piece, or layer
by layer until a modification of the
gray matter results. Thus by con
stant reputation of a given stimul
us, we can effect a permanent ana
tomical change in our brain stuff.
This material change must be
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Why F r eshmen
FaU
JOHNNY PERRY
While reading other newspapers
I observed a few reasons why
freshmen fail. Among these are (1)
an inability to read with speed and
comprehension; (2) an inability to
listen constructively; (3) the natur
al freshman obstacle of fear, an
xiety, selfishness, timidity, and
lethargy. There is, too, the diffi
culty of adjusting to classes which
do meet daily, to strict study
regiments, and overemphasis on
grades.
Wlule these obstacles are un
doubtedly real, I think that a large
part of freshman failures are due
to a decline in our sense of values,
and that these values should be
restored by emphasizing; (1) an
appreciation of “old fashioned” in
dustry; the willingness to work;
(2) the necessity of taking an ac
tive positive approach to learning,
rather than a passive one; (3) an
appreciation of the knowledge to
which we are exposed and of the
civilization that has built that
knowledge.
Freshmen fail often because they
cannot stand the shock of realiza
tion that the processes of learning
are hard work. They will continue
to do so, so long as they believe
that there is some royal road to
education. That road does NOT
exist.
o
A Sophomore
Speaks
PHUJP SHAW
Having attended Fayetteville
State Teachers College for appro
ximately thirteen months, I feel
that I am now acquainted enough
with the institution to air my feel
ings and beliefs with exactness.
I am very glad that I am a stu
dent here at Fayettevillle State, for
my very purpose in college makes
me appreciate more fuUy the
wonderful advantages of this insti
tution.
I believe in her philosophy,
ideals, and traditions. I boast of
her history and trust in her future.
She and the people within her
are giving me an education and a
wealth of experiences which are
befitting kings. They are training
me to si>eak, act, and think in a
way that exemplifies the ideal col
lege student. They are endeavoring
to cultivate to capacity my intel
lect, thus enabling me to earn a
livelihood.
Resource Visitor Alpha News
DAVID McNAIR
The Music Education Class, Sec
tion 3X, had the pleasure of hav
ing Mrs. G. Greene as a guest
speaker, Monday, November 20,
1961. She spoke on “Music in the
Elementary Schools.” Mrs. Greene
is Fayetteville Public School Mus
ic Supervisor. She received her
B.S. Degree from Hampton Insti
tute in Virginia.
According to Mrs. Greene, aU
elementary teachers are responsi
ble for teaching music. However,
in Fayetteville, there are super
visors or specialists or consultants
to help the elementary teacher with
music difficulties.
The attitudes taken by class
room teachers are varied, Mrs.
Greene stated. She classified the
attitudes of the classroom teachers
into three categories — (1) The in
dependent music teacher, (2) the
semi-independent music teacher,
and (3) the dependent music teach
er. Mrs. Greene was explicit in
her classification of the classroom
teachers. The independent teacher
has the attitude “I need very little
help because I can teach most of
my music without difficulty.” The
semi-independent music teacher
takes the attitude “I can do some
but not all.” Meanwhile the de
pendent music teacher has the at
titude “I cannot play or sing, and
I need all of the help I can get.”
Mrs. Greene further stated that
in the Public School the schedule
can be arranged in three different
ways so that the classroom teach
er can utilize the skills of the sup
ervising teacher. The arrange
ments of the schedule are as fol
lows: (1) On-call; classroom teach
ers notify the supervising teacher
when she is needed (2) groups
meetings; All children of a certain
class arrange for the assistance of
the supervising teacher at a cer
tain hour (3) individual classroom;
the supervising teacher helps each
class separately.
"In Mrs. Green’s conclusion she
stated that the success or failure
of any classroom teacher’s music
program wiU be determined by the
teacher’s attitude toward music
and his or her pupils. The children
are willing to leam but the teacher
must be able and wiUing to teach.
I have high hopes that the les
sons I may leam here and the ac
quaintances I make will make of
me —a better American in a great
er Fayetteville State.
Christmas Joy
ELSIE McDOUGALD
C is for Christmas, the happiest time of the year
H is for the heart that holds each thought so dear
R is for the righteousness that takes away the bold
I is for the loftly ideals which we uphold
S is for the Saviour who was bom on Christmas Day
T is for the time He spent in teaching us the way
M is for the myths they brought to the blessed King
A is for the angels who so joyously did sing
S is for the Saviour, our blessed King.
J is for the joy that we get when we share
O is for the others for whom we show our deepest care
Y is for the Yuletide celebrated everywhere.
Greetings to the Fayetteville
State Teachers College Family.
Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha Incorporated trusts Oiat
the many campus activities that
have already been presented have
done much to enchance the train
ing of everyone. Lyceum pro
grams, chapel presentations and
other forms of cultural entertain
ment are aU important segments
of our quality education. We wish
to thank those persons or groups
who have made these activities
possible.
Among the four men that repre
sent Fayetteville State Teachers
College in “Who’s Who in Ameri
can Colleges and Universities for
1961-1962” are Brother Calvin Gay,
James Hawthorne, and Little Bro
ther Aubrey Larkins. Certainly
Alpha is proud of all the men and
the young ladies who have exem
plified those attributes which
qualified them for such an honor.
The Fraternity welcomes into its
fold Brothers Robert Bryant, Fred
erick Lockhart and Tyrone Wynn,
all campus leaders. They will be
valuable assets to the Organiza
tion.
EpsUon Zeta Chapter encourages
all students, freshmen in particu
lar, to study diligently so that
they may obtain the best grades
possible. We must all keep in mind
that our main purpose here is to
gain wisdom and knowledge.
One way to accomplish this is to
excel on semester examinations.
We encourage you to follow this
way.
Reporter: Calvin Gay
Advisor: C. A. Young
Pyramid News
On November 15. 1961, five star
ry-eyed Pyramids began a joumey
from Pyramidland to Deltahood.
Their journey was one of happiness
and one which did not last for just
those four days that the joumey re
quired but will last forever. The
new members of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority are Sonora Diggs,
Hazel Clark, Glenda Cheek, Patri
cia Oakley and Mamie White.
The Pyramid Club of Delta Sig
ma Theta Sorority wishes to ex
tend its congratulations to the new
sorors of the sorority and to all the
new members of the Greek Letter
Organizations.
The new members of the Pyra
mid Club are Shirley Battle, Jean
Gerald and Frances Rankins. We,
the Pyramid Club, are very happy
to have you as our sisters.
Reporter; Delories Shavers
Advisor: Mrs. Nathalene R.
Smith
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AKA Greek Goddeseee
Delta Dudts & Ome^a Dogs