The Challenge T h a t L a s t e d 180 Days
“ Once upon a tim e” th e re w as a v ery excited
beginning te a c h e r who got up e a r ly on the f ir s t day of
h e r teaching c a r e e r . She actually held h e r b re a th un­
til she had m et all of h e r stu den ts. T here w ere tall
ones, sh o rt o nes, bright ones and dull ones who all
looked h e r ea g erly in the eye. And so day one p as sed
with m a sq u erea d e of new faces.
As the new te a c h e r began to a s so c ia te fac es with
n am es, she d isco v ered that each of the 150 students
o r so was going to challenge h e r through out the y ea r.
Oh! and what a way to be challenged.
After a tim e the new te a c h e r felt old and tire d
down. She had m et obstacle n um ber one — noise in
the cla s sro o m — and she had not re ta lia te d with the
chief opposition — discipline. Oh discipline! how ef­
fective a r e y our m eans. L et the student know that you
a r e the captain and he is the p riv ate. In a m a ssiv e
campaign to bring o r d e r out of chaos the little te ac h er
cra ck e d down one Monday m orning. It took one p a r ti­
cularly rude incident to provoke a sudden r a s h of an ­
g e r and dislodge a wave of ru le s and o r d e r on the c la s s .
This “ I’m in control attitude” se em e d to keep the
students in line for a couple of days and the little
te a c h e r knew that she was on h e r way to a su c ce ssfu l
y e a r. What a sad m istake! That was like seeing the sun
before the sto rm becau se little te a c h e r had decided
to let up a fte r the students had decided to let up a fte r
the students had seem ingly re sp e c te d h e r authority,
decide w hether to be a bull dog o r a poodle o r maybe
som e anim al in between. Why not walk the middle road.
A fter a r a th e r strenu o u s day the te a c h e r decided
to r e a p p r a is e h e r students. She saw som e students
who wanted to do well in high school, and she saw som e
students who wished that the day in question would be
th e ir la s t day of school.
In the end she decided to walk the middle road. Live
a little and le a rn a little and teach a little. What an
ex p erien ce o r was it experience!
L au ra G ilm ore
I Am A Part Of All
1 Have Met
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a/77
S E P T E M B E R 2 5 , 1969
T H E VOICE
P A GE 4
a
pai-r
of
all
I have
m e t ' ’ is a q u o t a t i o n
taken from a poem by A lfred L ord Tennyson’s " U ly s ­
s e s ” . In applying the quotation to my life, I m u st f ir s t
define who I am . I am a p erso n of so m e im p erfe ctio n s,
so m e n e a r p erfectio n s (one of th e se, p e rh a p s, con­
tains
so m e evil).
I have n eed s, d e s ir e s , hopes,
d r e a m s , d isappointm ents, and so m e tim es happiness.
I am a m o th er; I have been a wife; I am a student,
frie n d , C h ristia n , club o fficer and m e m b e r and an
a m a te u r p o etess. I have loved and I have hated. My
e x p e rien c es have been v aried . They Include extensive
tra v e l in many p a r ts of the u n iv e rse , s e rio u s illn e s s e s ,
and deep so rro w . T his is only a p a r tia l definition of the
p erso n that I am.
W
e
h a v e n o t h i n g to;:';
S fear b u t fe a r
550 Q uinerly Street
Kinston, North Carolina
May 7, 1969
F e a r is the m o st rug­
ged em otional s tr a in up­
on the
human
mind.
B asically, we all have
the sam e com mon fe a r.
This fe a r which we hide
from is life, the m ost
magnificent and powerful
of all p o sse s sio n s in the
world. We f e a r living b e ­
cau se we a r e a fraid that
the inevitable will come
along and take it away,
that being death, so m e­
thing which we do not fully
understand.
F e a r is som ething that
can be detected. It can be
seen in the eyes of a
child when its m other
spanks
him for doing
wrong. It can be seen when
a d r iv e r h its a pedestrian
and se es h is victim ly­
ing in the s tr e e t. It can
be seen when a husband
h as lo st h is s a la r y in a
gam s of c a r d s and can not
explain it to h is wife and
kids. It can be seen when
a crim in al has killed and
is about to be executed.
It can be seen when an
adolescent h a s stolen and
is about to be caught. It
can be seen when a child
is afraid of the dark.
It can be seen when a
sto rm com es and e v e ry ­
one ru n s fo r s h e lte r. It
can be seen when an in­
s tr u c t o r has failed his
students and they have
no one to tu rn to.
F e a r h as s e v e r a l ele­
m en ts. The f i r s t elem ent
is anxiety, which cau se s
d isco m fo rt. Secondly, is
anger
which ca u se s
fru stra tio n s. Thirdly, you
develop attitu d es; this Is
the tendency to re a c t
em otionally in one di­
rectio n o r another.
F e a r s a r e a thousand­
fold caused by m ental
blocks which confuse the
w orld ev e ry d ay, but this
r e a lity is not analyzed
and people r e f u s e to help
each
o th e r. As I sta te d
e a r l i e r , f e a r is sim ply of
the mind and the mind can
be deceiving.
Dear M r. Cox,
It’s taken me so long
and fo re v e r to w rite that
I do not know how to b e­
gin. As this y e a r draws
to a clo se, once again
I’m rem inded of F ayette­
ville and “ The Voice.”
Let m e pause h e re to
thank you for sending me
copies of the “ V oice.” I
was esp ecially pleased to
know that the staff has
gained m o re p re stig e on
cam pus; also , I u n d er­
stand that c r e d it is now
being given fo r working
on the paper.
I hope that som e of
your
resp o n sib ilities
have le ssen e d . I can r e ­
m e m b er tim es when you­
’ve put the whole “ sh ee”
together.
Since I’ve been h e re at
Kinston, I’ve aged t r e ­
m endously. I suppose that
it is all a p a r t of growing
up. Well, that h as to come.
It h as been one of my
aim s to keep an account
of my teaching e x p e ri­
ences, and
I’d like to
s h a re them with the s tu ­
dents of
F ayetteville
State. I’m enclosing them
with this le tte r.
P le a se le t m e know if I
can do anything to help
with the p a p e r. I hope to
se e you soon.
S incerely y o u rs,
love ya
L au ra
ij I I S E L F ......^ .. . . . . . . . . . . .
G loria Kirk
The definition that applies to all that I have m e t is as
M r. Tennyson sa y s, “ la m a p a r t of all that I have m e t.”
The f ir s t p a r t of all that I have m et is my ex p e rien c es;
next a r e my ex p o su res to life’s situatio n s, and, p ro b ­
ably m ost of a ll, to my environm ent, ending with all
the m e m o rie s associated with each of th ese. T hese
m e m o ries have given me t r e a s u r e s in asso cia tio n s that
have en ric h ed my life educationally, cu ltu rally , s p i r i t ­
ually, happily, with a few disappointm ents added. From
these m e m o r ie s , I have been given guidelines fo r my
life and for the lives of my ch ild ren . They a r e the
em bodiment of my ex p e rien c es, and contained within
them a r e ex p osures to life’s situ atio ns. These e s p o su re s
a c t a s a ca ta ly st for one’s am bitions; without this
c a ta ly st, I could nev er attem p t at my age to fulfill
my ambition of a college education. Through ex p o su re s,
the attem pt to inject the d e s ire fo r b etterm e n t h as been
a p art of the hom e training for my children.
E nvironm ent keeps the perso n stagnant o r p ro vides
the d e s ire for him to im prove his situation in life. This
sa m e environm ent can be the m e an s for avoiding m i s ­
takes m ade by o th e rs with whom one has associated .
All things taken into co n sideration , one is always
a p a rt of what he has m et, what he h as seen, and what
he has heard. Contained in all th e se things is the se n ­
tence
coined by Tennyson — I am a p a rt of all that
I have m et. Into one’s subco n scien ce, m em ory go all
the im p re s s io n s , re m in isc e n c e s and facts which have
been a p art of the mind, se n se s and em otions and e m e r ­
ges in the form of one’s total outlook on life.
Ann Bushrod
R E A D I N G M A K E T H A FULL M A N
As one goes through
life, h e 's constantly gain­
ing knowledge about many
various things. He gains
Letters ToThe Editors
I
May 14, 1969
M r. Clifton M ervln,
I am indeed g ratefu l to
you for this co v erag e. As
I leave F ay ettev ille State
1 will always tr e a s u r e
this issu e a s one that will
rem ind m e of the many
happy y e a r s I spent h ere .
Yours v ery tru ly ,
Rudolph Jones
P re sid en t
May 22, 1969
M r. Clifton M ervln
Editor
The Voice
Dear M r. M ervin,
The L ib r a r y C om m it­
tee rec o m m e n d s that a
book review ed itor be ap­
pointed to the staff of
The Voice, and that r e ­
views of c u r r e n t lib ra ry
acquisitions should be a
re g u la r fe a tu re of the p a ­
p e r , 1969-70.
The C om m ittee feels
that book review s in the
p ap e r would not only be
info rm ativ e, but would a l ­
so stim u late g en e ral stu ­
dent in te r e s t in the li ­
b r a ry .
Very tru ly y o u rs,
Joan E. C orbett
C hairm an, L ib r a r y Com ­
m ittee___________________
LEADER
DR.CHARLES A. LYONS
A native of Conetoe,
N.C., Dr. Lyons rec eiv e d
an A. B. d eg re e from Shaw
U niversity and M. A. and
Ph. D. d e g re e s from Ohio
State U n iversity.
He taught in the Raleigh
public schools in 194950, and at Ohio State from
1951-54 and 1955-56. He
was a s so c ia te p ro fe sso r
of P olitical Science at
G ram b lin g
E d ito r , T h e V o ic e
F ayettev ille State College
F ay ettev ille, North C a r ­
olina
D ear M r. M ervin:
I w rite to e x p r e s s my
s in c e r e thanks and a p p r e ­
ciation to you and the
m e m b e r s of the Voice
staff for your April 17
edition in which you d e­
voted so much space to
my p erso n a l life and
achievem ents.
(L a .) C o lle g e ,
from 1956-59 and p ro ­
f e s s o r of P o litical Sci­
ence and H isto ry at E liza­
beth City State College
from 1959-62,
Dr. Lyons was dean of
Elizabeth City State from
1959-62, and s e rv e d as
executive
s e c r e ta r y of
the
North
Carolina
T e a c h e rs
A ssociation
from 1962-64 and as ad ­
m issio n s d ir e c to r at Ho­
w ard sin ce 1964.
THE VOICE
(Staff M em b ers)
this knowledge in th ree
ways, by ex p e rien c e, by
com m unicating
with
o th e rs and by reading.
Communicating
with
o th ers and experience
gives one a considerable
amount of knowledge, u s ­
ually the b a s ic concepts of
the subject. All the know­
ledge one se e k s often can
not be an sw e re d through
ex p erience and com m uni­
cating with o th e rs . T here
always s e e m s to be an
unanswered
question.
One then tu rn s to re a d ­
ing to answ er his unan­
sw ered questions. More
knowledge is gained by
reading than by any other
way. Often reading for
p le asu re o r for know­
ledge, one usually feels
m o re com plete. He has
learn ed something. His
mind is m o re satisfied.
Without read in g , one’s
life could never really
lie com plete. The know­
ledge
gained
through
reading helps to make
one’s life m ore complete.
Reading maketh a full
man.
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