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Grade Teacher Magazine
“Names FSC Alumnus One of U.S.A/s Best”
Renee Wescott, a graduate of
Fayetteville State Colleg^;, Fay
etteville, North Carolina has been
named one of the outstanding
science & math teachers in the
United States. GRADE TEACH
ER, the professional magazine read
by more than half the nation’s
elementary school teachers, sur
veyed school systems throughout
the country in an effort to find
exceptional teachers whose unus
ual efforts and success would in
spire other teachers.
Mrs. Renee Wescott is presently
an elementary teacher in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School sys
tem, Charlotte, N. C.
A special plaque from GRADE
TEACHER will be presented to
Mrs. Wescott in recognition of her
achievement. She also is honored
in the magazine’s January issue
which spotlights some of the most
interesting personal viewpoints
and teaching techniques of the na
tion’s top science and mathema
tics teachers.
“Mrs. Wescott was selected be
cause her techniques are repre
sentatives of the best approaches
to the teaching of elementary
science and mathematics today,”
said Allen A. Raymond, publisher
of GRADE TEACHER. “Our pur
pose in presenting these awards,”
he explained, “is to dramatize the
teacher’s crucial role in the cen-
MRS. RENEE WESCOTT
ter of the learning process of our
elementary school children and
to inspire other teachers to new
efforts.”
Trendex, Inc., a national re
search organization, started last
September to survey school sys
tems for GRADE TEACHER and
to enlist the aid of administrators
in selecting teachers of particular
merit. No arbitrary number of
“winners” was pre-determined.
The objective was to pay tribute to
all “unsung heroes” of the class
room which the magazine could
find. Science and mathematics
were the subjects selected because
most grade teachers find these the
most difficult to teach and make
exciting. One hundred thirteen
teachers from large and small
school systems were eventually
chosen.
“The most heartening fact to
come out of the interviews w^ith
outstanding math and science tea
chers,” commented Mr. Raymond,
“is that they are meeting the essen
tial challenge - to teach children
how to think for themselves.”
In nominating Mrs. Renee Wes-
cot for the GRADE TEACHER
honor, Mrs. C. D. Rippy, Coordi
nator of Elementary mathematics,
pointed out, “Her ability to corre
late and integrate subject matter
and her flair for making the teach
ing-learning process ‘come alive’
have drawn many observers to her
classroom.
The Voi
ce
Floyd Rinker's easy wit brought smiles to faculty members when he
shared some of his views with them March 16-17.
Floyd Rinker Chats With Faculty
Dr. Floyd Rinker, Executive Director of the Commission on Eng
lish, had several chats with members of FSC’s English and Education
departments on March 16-17.
Well versed on curriculum and testing phases of the elementary
and secondary areas. Dr. Rinker explained his own plan, in which ele
mentary education starts at kindergarten and ends at the first grade
level, followed by grades 1-8, the so-called middle level, where the
student has a special teacher for each of the subject areas, and the
titantic job is no longer relegated to a single teacher.
Dr. Rinker organized and financed the first summer institutes for
retraining of teachers through foundation assistance. In the late fifties,
he persuaded the U. S. Office of Education to join his forces and the
NDEA programs came into being.
A part of this program was last summer’s NDEA Institute for
Elementary Teachers of English at Fayetteville State College, directed
by Dr. Joan E. Corbett. Dr. Rinker sent his assistant, Leslie Guster
to the FSC campus to speak with members of the NDEA Institute.
The affable Dr. Rinker, a very personable gentleman of charm
ing mien and ready wit, has done much to promote government assist
ance in scholarships, grants, and loans to individuals. He has also
promoted the Civil Rights movement through education and govern
ment.
Miss Laura Gilmore, Editor of the
VOICE, is talented, efficient leader.
VOICE Editor
Dynamic Force
By ROWENA PETERSON
The Voice has been fortunate to
have Miss Laura Gilmore as its
guiding force this year. She has
not only shown journalistic and
creative ingenuity at the helm, but
has been an effective organizer
and an inspiration to fellow staff
members, who have rallied around
her to greatly improve the qual
ity of subject matter and the over
all make-up of The Voice.
F.S.C. students have been the
beneficiaries of the editor’s var
ied talents and seemingly tireless
energies. They have been such
that she has, on a moment’s notice,
readily filled any void in straight
news stories, features, editorials, or
human interest stories.
It is said that any publication
worth its salt has a certain fla
vor. The Voice's tone is a definite
result of the editor’s talent and
pert, engaging personality, im
portant factors in her getting the
job done well.
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
CREATIVE WRITING
CONTEST
Mr. Ed. Clark, chairman of the
Library Committee, has announced
April 12 as the deadline for the
creative writing contest in con
junction with (National Library
Week, April 16-22.
Two themes mark this year’s
Tenth Anniversary of the Nation
al Library Week: “Explore Inner
Space — Read,” and “Reading is
What’s Happening.” Both themes
will keynote special display ma
terial in the Anne Chesnutt Libra
ry and Campus posters.
All students are eligible to en
ter in one or more of the three
categories: essays of not more
than 500 words, poems and short
stories. Entries must be neat and
legible, type-written or in ink.
They must be in the hands of the
head librarian, Mrs. N. Smith, no
later than April 12, 1967.
Prizes will be awarded at a spec
ial program on April 19.
Miss Gilmore is a junior with
a major concentration in Business
Education and a minor concen
tration in French. Included in her
busy schedule are her duties and
obligations as a member of the
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and the
Phi Beta Lamba. She is perhaps
best known for her fine touch
with a line of verse, which has
won her much recognition and
many awards; among these is the
first place award in last year’s
Creative Writing Contest, for her
poem “Experiencing No Exper
ience”. Presently, she is compil
ing a collection of her poems for
possible publication.
Fayetteville State College is
doubly blessed in that Miss Gil
more will be around next year to
continue The Voice's efforts for
excellence.
Vol. 20 No. 8
FAYETTEVILLE STATE COLLEGE
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Tuesday, April 4, 1967
NADSA Meet A Success
Drama Committee member, Mrs. Grace L. Black and her coterie of stu
dent workers were instrumental in early organization of in-coming
NADSA members.
Founders Day
APRIL 16, 1967
Dr. Arthur D. Wenger,
PRESIDENT OF ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
Speaker
Applications Mounting For Next Year
1200 Students Seek
Higher Education at F.S.C.
By BETTY COOPER
A report from the registrar,
Miss Lena Means, revealed that
twelve hundred and seven stu
dents are currently enrolled at
Fayetteville State College, and
that applications are mounting for
next year. We have students from
in-town and out-of-town, in-state
and out-of-state, in-country land
out-of-country. Approximately fif
ty counties in North Carolina are
represented; we have students
from approximately ten states oth
er than North Carolina. We also
have a student from the West In
dies.
Last semester, there were en
rolled eleven hundred forty-three
students. Second semester brought
an additional sixty-four students,
twenty-eight were New Freshmen.
The other thirty-six were trans
fer and former students.
More and more students are con
tinuing their education after high
school. We have, therefore, reason
to believe that more and more
students will seek admission to
Fayetteville State College. Three
hundred sixty-three freshmen were
enrolled the first semester. That
gave a total of three hundred
ninety-one Freshmen enrolled this
year. Next year in all probability
the figure will increase.
Of the total enrollment this
year, only four hundred thirty-
eight are men, the other seven
hundred sixty-nine being women.
The girls out rank the men almost
two to one. The most frequent rea
son given for the small number of
men is the current war in Viet-
Nam.
By MARY McEACHERN
On March 8-11, Fayetteville
State College was host to the
Thirty-first Annual Conference
and Play Festival of the National
Association of Dramatic and
Speech Arts. The theme of the
conference was “Acquiring Excel
lence In the Educational Theatre.”
Registration was held on Wed
nesday evening, March 8, from
5-10:00 p.m. During this time re
presentatives from colleges and
universities from across all South
ern U.S.A. registered. The states
of Georgia, Florida, South Caro
lina, Louisiana, and Kentucky
were represented.
An organizational meeting was
held on Thursday, March 9. Miss
Lois P. Turner presided at this
meeting. The FSC Band provided
music under the direction of Mr.
Thomas Bacote. Sessions were
held on “How to Achieve Excel
lence in Play Production.” Among
the topics discussed were: Acting
by Mrs. J. Oubre, Directing by
Mr. H. Millman, Costuming and
Make-up by Mrs. J. Millman, Light
ing by Mr. T. Soare, and Stagt
Design by Lt. M. Winkler. Other
sessions were held on Debating
and Extemporaneous Speaking.
To highlight the day’s events,
the Drama Guild of FSC presented
a two-act comedy. Any Wednesday
by Muriel Resnik. The play was
directed by Mr. E. Battle.
On Friday, March 10, there was
a general assembly. A warm wel
come was extended to all the
visitors by Dr. Rudolph Jones,
President of FSC. Greetings were
given by the honorable Monroe
Evans, Mayor of Fayetteville. The
speaker was introduced by Dr.
S. Edmonds, Field Representative
and Founder of NADSA. The
speaker was Dr. Irving Brown,
Theatre and Dance Specialist, U.S.
Office of Education, Washington,
D.C. Dr. J. M. Stevenson, President
of NADSA presided at the assem
bly and music was provided by
the FSC Choir, directed by Mrs.
Mary T. Eldridge.
On Friday afternoon the follow
ing one-act plays were given: “Day
of Absence” by D. T. Ward, Be-
thune-Cookman College, Dr. Thur
man W. Stanback, Director; “Rid
ers to the Sea” by J. M. Synge,
The T. W. Josey Thespian Society,
Mrs. Joan W. Lewis, Director.
In the evening, “Comment In
Poetry” was presented by The
Florida A&M University Playmak-
ers, Mrs. Irene C. Edmonds, Direc
tor. This was followed by other
one-act plays. “The Stronger” by
August Strinburg. The Grambling
College Players, Mr. George L.
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