Th
e TECO ECHO
GREENVILLE, N. C, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1945
Number 12
THE TECOTCHO WINS ALL-AMERICANJAT1NG
tamps
Delta Kappa Gamma Holds
(Pectins On ECTC Campus
Mrs. Wilson Dies
Suddenly At Home
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Dr. McGinnis Creech Is Speaker
lives Talk At For Student Body
foliation Service At Installation
ECTC Holds Memorial
Service For Late President
McGinnis, at the ;nstallation
8, gave the following steps
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tate ffi-
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Mr Claude Wa viand Wilson, wife
� f the mosl beloved members
�" � . fi culty for the first thirteen
of thia school, 11 i - 1 suddenly on
ifternoon of April 11, while work-
with her flowers and shrubs at
� . r home on Fifth Street, in full view
� . two memorials t her
Wilson Hall and tin- V
sci vice
on how the college
Stud' iit (Government:
can serve the
1.
Student Self Government was
established in this college in
a it n
iar "
tusband,
n pergola.
frail-looking, active little wo-
ith her two dogs, was a famil-
rarely crossed ever to
old "grads" coming
0 see her and she
wh
� campus, but
would go
would attend alumni dinners. Alum-
ni daughters will tell that their moth-
talked of Mr. Wilson.
At the installation services in the
Austin Auditorium on Tuesday,
April 17, Dorothy Jean Creech, the
incoming president of the Student
Pooperaitve Council, for 1945-46, ad-
dressed the student body on "What
Student Government Can Mean to the
College She said:
The purpose of student govern-
ment as stated in our constitution is:
to develop student honor and self-
control, to direct all matters concern-
in- college life that are not reserved
to the jurisdiction of the administra-
tion or faculty, to encourage right
ideals and promote a sense of person-
, al responsibility in the students of
there are many citizens, as well' the college, and to keep in touch with
. v school administrators who and cooperate with the National and
lieve Student Government State Student government move-
ral value in the operation ments.
November 192�. The firt president of
tl sociation was Miss Helen Bahn-
a enior in the two-year normal
course, wlv.se home was in Farming-
ton, Davie county, North Carolina.
Thus, Student Government has been
in operation in this college now for
about twenty-five years.
2. Student Government is not
found in all high schools and colleges,
Paper Winner Of
Highest Award
On March 21, the Teco Echo was
The school closed for one hour Pri notified that it had received the
Su-
iy, April 13, out of respect for the 1 peri,ir Rating by the Collegiate As-
memory of our late President.
not
of I
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
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.f a school unit.
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Her church ha
r hfe. She wa
� r Dlace unless
men
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an important plact
never absent jtia
he was sick. . t
mit it may have some
f
While they will ad- I Perhaps the greatest of these
value in the Louses is�to encourage right ideals
students, some think itland promote a sense of personal re-
mote disturbance and Inter- sensibility in the students of the
M, Wibon were charter I U res rather than helps with the of- ;C()Uege. The college is made of stu-
of the Immanuel Baptist ficial administration of the school� lents-without students it would be
bj those who are officially j nuthing, therefore, each of you should
arced with its operation.
.
Dr. McGinnis had the announce-
ment made at the breakfast table and
ed the students to assemble.
A memorial service, prayer, song
and reading of the scriptures�beau-
tiful in its simplicity�was held in the
Austin Assembly Hall at noon.
The quiet, hushed way in which the
students assembled, in contrast to the
usual rush for seats, showed their
deep feelings.
There were no eulogies, and there
1 eeiiu d a general feeling that there
too much one could say to at-
empl saying anything.
The school, led by Dr. Gilbert, sang
'Sun of My Soul and "Star Spang-
led Banner
A quartet composed of Mr. Fisher,
Dr. Opelt, Josephine Gibson and
Dorothy Ptebles sang "A Mighty
i (ur God
D McGinni read the 16th chapter
of St. John. The audience then stood
,i neditated silently, after which
Camille Jernigan
Gives Recital
The senior piano recital of Camille
Jernigan. in the Wright Auditorium, Dr. R. Boyd, Presbyterian minister,
unit
Their home was the first faculty
to be built in Greenville and
. . nd bouse buill oi Fifth Street
� i side of the His
�a, i. in fact no
! feel your own responsibility as an in-
dividual to your fellow students and
Government is Just above all to the college
extra curncular organization
tinU'iit 1S
,� extra cumcu �� student Bovernment can mean a!
School, whose purpose - or should� U) lhe college m bringing
treets break- tudents some training in prcpara I that will
mg through tln the other uon for their full citizenslup duties
citizens in
stre
- Au-
r Mrs. Wil-
ome at four
and she
in
n
Mrs.
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Mi
The funeral service-
were held at her
k on Friday after
was buried by her husband in Cherry
Cemetery. Numerous flowers
tere presented by her many friends.
1 , . es were conducted by her
� pastor, Rev. Hartwell Camp-
beil.
Mrs, Wilson had gone down town
rning. Friends spoke later of
ting with her at a grocery
ier me.
Our student government aids the
Mrs.
of
� in the making of
which they will assume when they serve i
attain their majority, that is. when later .ife.
they ,����. of regal voting age. � � . q
official character as are �� CREECH on Page Four
the regularly and officially dea-1
�, authorities of the school or
ge. In any event the legal and '
� , ia administrative officers of a
oo or college must bear the final
responsibility for what is accomp-
r not accomplished and for
'� TIZ Super.ntendent �� Anns-
matter was
ff� red a prayer
The new- came at the dinner hour
what may become known as "Black
pril 1 Miss Taylor, one of the
itians, heard it over the radio,
� d told the girls who waited on the
tables. They quietly passed the
d to their groups, who could not
elieve it was true
Mr. Armstrong
Speaks At Meeting
A occupant of one af the apartments
bouse, hearing the dog bark
Thursday evening. April 12, was pre
sented before an audience which was
interested and appreciative from the
opening number to the closing o
Elizabeth Bridges, a senior voice
student, assisted Camille in the pro-
gram. She sang � group of solos
Which brought out the sweetness oi
her voice.
To begin her program Camille used Th. re was nothing sensational m
ZreTLn 2nd Violin Sonata a the reaction, no outburst of emotion
classical composition played in a way
t0 show its rhythm and cob,
One of the difficult �"�� . hvsU.ria could have been,
the program was Beethoven So, - atmosphere
Op. 14. No. 2" in which he showed
he, familiarity with da ca us �
A Chopin group included compos,
tkn'8 familiar to many m the aud-
ience. The "Etude Op. 26, No. 9
; generally spoken of as the "Butterfly
I Etude" the audience seemed especi-
ally to enjoy.
The concluding number was
sociations of Colleges, U. S. P. A.
This is the highest honor that any
college paper can receive in the
United States. In order to get this
rating the papers are judged by their
editorials, make-up and contents.
The papers are judged once a year.
The Teco Echo has received ratings
which the student body has been proud
of, but this is the second time that it
has ever received the superior rating.
Due to the death of the editor-in-
chief, Tom Williams, in January, this
rating means even more. Tom set
out for the tfoal which we are trying
to reach, and it was through his pa-
tient guidance that he staff has tried
to carry out his high ideals since his
death.
Much credit goes to those on the
staff who have continued to write
stories, type, etc. Therefore, with
the honor of the superior rating, the
students should try to keep it. Since
we have reached the top, let's stay
there.
This is not only a credit to the
staff members but to the college.
Through this rating the college has
become known all over the United
States. Our papers are sent to most
of the leading colleges of the United
States to be criticized by their staff
as we criticize theirs. In this way,
. received the news with blank
disbelief, others seemed stunned. All
and found Mrs. Wilson ior officers
over
4. The a
a Student
I .a Keet-
mit- l
that of
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Ml
the
itrol
and self development
! the
startling
I F.lu-
: Fnends had thought that perhaps for
this was the way she would go. She gar,
.et.ons for her funeral, e
imll-benrers J. both'the primary and the ,ec-
dary purposes for which he came
Man
the guest speaker at a regional nteeVI movement of Schumann- beau-
iing of the Association of Childhood I UCwe&io m A Minor" with Miss
tpropriate field of work 'E(iucation held on the third floor of L y Gorrcll at the second piano,
Self Government 0� L Education Building Saturday, j took thc part f tlle orchestra.
promotion of .j - -yjr Armstrong is a stran
ger
Kn Wilson, Carrie Mangum, dau-
E �f Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Man-
gum, was about 75 years old. She
v:i. ;il,rl; m Virginia, mar Garrctts.
Pearl Her mother moved to Scotland Neck,
- ach- where she and Mr. WUson met, when
in- . was one
Of the principals
jf a
pro-
l rural
�
�
. i Ueges
- il was.
ted the
a, where
. . partly be-
at grnd-
t to ei ter the
new
are still
ta - toes "f
Modlin hi
I pederalj
I between
taf baa � ���
. i training and
� . teachara.
and her moth-
to college.
Such an organization has a great
ortunity to develop and build a
high type of intelligent citizenship
among its members through cordial,
sympathetic social controls under the
trong, capable student
private school for boys, and ner mom- uUldam.e of
er had charge of the boarding de- headers.
partme.it. Mr. Wilson was later
superintendent of public schools m
Rocky Mount and Scotland Neck.
11((irked hard for the establishment
d lrallllng teachers m Eastern ar-
l)lma. After the bill was passed and
� i(uard of trustees was formed, m and Dorothea
was secretary and treasurer Of tne representing the local chap-
,�,ard After the scsho-d was opened ��.� tritm language fra-
?;� work, becominj
he continued this wore,
or "bursar as he wa
Detective work and the punish-
See MeGINNIS on Page Four
Owens And Boyette
Attend Meeting
treasurer,
iff
ind
Ri n I
i review
ell was
a Delta
�Better
' ut her
m m
for the late
called.
He joined the teaching sta
v M ut in charge of the Educatum .
, He held this position
department ru nei
. -i hi. death While he did not
until h ueatn. .Ktw
- .v, titles he was in reams
have the titles, w
v ce-pres,dent or dean as long � he
ZJ He was second in position to
blent Wright. He was also �
charge of the committees of appa.nt-
saenta. T R el-
She leaves a niece, Mrs. L. B.
'� �� L. of Norl.na, and one nepnew, Thad
1otP,M.neuin of Philadelphia. Her great
Virginia Weldon. who is now
,u.ce rgima t depot
7 Tograduated from the
�wVoras the students here in
Mr. Wilson, a, the
1922 will remember, diea
also�
to the campus as several of
ECTC alumni have held teaching
positions in his school. hai
The following officers for 1945-46
were elected: President, Lucille Hus-
Veth; First Vice-President, Lillian
Calli's; Third Vice-President, Gladys
Davis; Recording Secretary and
Treasurer, Pearl Arnold; Correspond-
ling Secretary. Lucy Lancaster; His
itorian, Melba Garner; Publications
Sue McGee, Publicity; Faye Mid-j
gette; TECO ECHO Representative
Helen Spruill. They were elected at
an April business meeting.
April 7 was Achievement Day for
for the Association of Childhood
Education throughout the United
States and other countries. This
year instead of having the annual
ACE state meeting, local meetings
were held at four North Carolina
Colleges: Woman's C o 11 e g e, at
Greensboro, Appalachain Teacflers
College, West Carolina Teachers Col-
This made a very pleasing number,
as the two played together well.
the colleges get new ideas for their
papers, and when all of these ideas
are put together, it helps all of the
colleges to publish bigger and better
papers.
The Teco Echo has always been
sent to the alumni. Since the war
it has been sent to the boys in the
states as well as to the boys overseas.
We try to put things in the paper
that will be of interest. Now, we
have a column, "With the Armed
- Forces which lets the boys know
inconsolable grief, a loss too great where their friends are fighting.
i fooiiru I w'e feel that our pride in this rating
is pardonable, but i will be less de-
served if we do not maintain a con-
stant effort to improve the excel-
� lence which caused our paper to be
e us as we continue to move j Lhosen for this outstanding honor.
ward under his principles andjThe college and the student body
'expect the full cooperation and the
help of all staff members in keeping
the Teco Echo "superior
words, and a personal feeling
hat an old familiar friend, with
vhora we had long felt safe, was no
tiger at the helm
Our memory of him will always
; e '
deals for a peaceful world.
Individual thought, initiative and
active citizenship is today demanded,
Miss Gorrell, with whom Camille I
cen
tral leadership of the past
been stodmg, has been a mem-
ber of the music department since
1922, and is well known and loved
on the campus.
Camille, who was called back to
the stage repeatedly by the applause,
ill be m.re widely distributed. Presi
dent Truman has our confidence that
he will do his very best in the role of
buch grave responsibility suddenly
Lhrust upon him.
He lias earnestly asked for the co
Jance; operation and help of all Let us
Professor Valer
Speaks In Chapel
r of college foreign language fra
ternity, attended the state banquet
meetin in Raleigh April 13.
�quct, spoke on the e� ' ceo Rainwater presided at
��Internationalism
Twenty representatives of foreign
countries and six college groups, in
Professor Jose Antonio Valer, from
by De Falla a TopuJa Roo,clu for OUr own n lQ on
the campus. Her playing of th country for which t0 the �T ,� �.
showed that she knows modem music es"
, as well as classical, and understands not ��"�
how to bring out its different bar- others realization
I monies. .litt'erent ones began to ex-
The stage was beautifully decorated ad co dnt J-M
with the many flowers given b3 PJ ,
Camille's friends.
Since Camille's first year here, she Gw
has shown herself to be talented Wo-lne NftW
musician and a consistent worker. DOFOthy WlggmS JNOW
she was a pupii of n F1 ing. instructress
for two years, and for the past two . IJ 1
years has studied under Miss Lois V.
Gorrell.
Camille is one who
talents with others.
After meals,
�� ahnvn see a crowd around
one can always �o.
the lobby and knows
ig wmen wthe piano in the lobby and knows years old and Amelia Ear
and the ECT(7 Camine is playing anything f rom hart has been her ideal. Now her
from "Boggie W'oogie" to Bach
�UrisTo He President
Incoming Soph Class
the luncheon meeting in which
Greenville
cluding IV,ce College, StLhCSri nation
aI!d 'S2 "t- wa. "Action for Children Parts of 1 fe� an accompiished musician
East Carohn Teachers college, written by Miss Jean v timp for other interest
tended the fraternity meeting �ie J International President of
Curtis Butler and Ernest Chesson Betaner, mternati
won to scholarship awards givento J of wilson who is
State President. The resolutions for
the next biennial were presented.
Local organizations represented
were Goldsboro, Wilson, Rocky
Mount, Greenville, and E. C, T. C.
Several representatives of the Wash-
i. TViovft
I am sure the students at ECTC
who know Dorothy Wiggins will be
happy to hear of her success in the
fulfillment of her long-lived ambi-
tions She has wanted to fly since she
Though Camille has shown her-
self to be an accomplished musician,
she has found time for other interest.
She is a very outstanding student on
the Campus. She is the president of
the Senior class, and is among the
E. C. T. C. students who have been
'included in "Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities.
The general comments on the cam-
pus is "Though Calhille has given
the countries of Latin America. He
came under the auspices of the Inter-
national Relations Clubs of the col-
lege and the town.
Having learned the English lang-
uage in a remarkably short period
of time, Mr. Valer gave information
and statistics concerning the repub-
lics of Latin America.
He said that Spanish was spoken
primarily since Brazil is the only
large Latin American republic speak-
ing Portugese.
"Our race comes from two groups
the Indian group and the Spanish
conquerors the speaker asserted.
In Peru twenty-five per cent of
the population is white, ten per cent
Indian and sixty-five per cent a
She is a 1 mixed race.
Seventy per cent of the people of
� , incoming . sopho-
d at a meet-
man class an Monday.
,Vero as follows
Betty .lervis; vice-presi-
Savage; secretary,
treasurer, Etta Car-
� , k nt council represenU-
Starling and Georgia
es of the Wwfc-I programs on the campus her
present. There inior jM1 will be remembered as
her most outstanding performance
leading language students of ECTC,
Dr Quentin McAllister, head of the
Department of Modem Language at
Meredith College, presided at the
meeting. -
Sigma Pi Alpha was founded at
Ci-t College in 1926 and chapters �
.been established in many parts ington group were
have been estoblis pur.were 58 members present.
trartr-improvrmentofboth B� �
Uneral and linguistic scholarship, several d f rf �on.tit�tian.
Z broadening of cultural viewpoints tr�Pto Miss Dora Coats and Miss C eo, there
and the promotion of better relations,the' "tat,her and th. Rainwater thanked the group for
mong the countries of the world and the child and the teacher a
'through the study of languages, �nv jf�- . rf for the regional meeting.
dreams have been realized.
e � � (U wiSP'n Mr Valer declared.
,r tliZ this aviation eorps for great socai differences m Latu.
bTSl up. Fro. ai, reports j America, �-�A.�J
gave
and political problems. An example
of the former is found in the Indians
in Mexico.
Continuing his talk the speaker
cited statistics on the population of
several Latin American countries and
listed some of the importing and ex-
porting articles of trade throughout
the republics. Among those men-
I tioned were Columbia and Brazil,
transferred to Cleveland, Ohio, who rank high in the �
ere, of course, she continued her coffee, Peru in cotten production,
r" ' See VALER on Page Four
flying. I
ike would have made a very good
pilot for the WASP's.
Dorothy graduated from ECTC in
the summer of 1942 with a dgeree in
math. After graduation she went to
work as computer for the National
Vdvisory Committee for Aeronautics
tt Langley Field, Virginia. She took
nstructions in flying while working
From Langley Field she was
Starling and wa - r j.
Teco Echo representative, I Evelyn
toms, people and history.
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PAGE TWO
The TECO ECHO
Mori-
Campus Is Saddened By
Death OF President
Not long ago our campus and campuses
all over the world were saddened by the
death of our beloved President of the United
States. Foremost in a lot of our minds was
the question what will we do? It is not a
question of what will we do�We must and
w ill carry on just as before. We must show
outlaw President we are 100 for him.
The seventh war loan drive is coming
up. Lets show him that we are helping all
we can by buying stamps ami bonds. Instead
of buying that coco cola and sandwich lets
buy stamps . You can do without that dress
for a war bond.
The more -tamps and bonds we buy the
sooner this war will come to an end and then
we can settle into that way of life we love.
Until then, lets back our President in
every way we know how.
Students Ravish Campus
By Plucking Flowers
Now that it is Spring and all the
flowers arc beginning to bloom lets not mar
the beauty f the campus by walking along
and picking a flower or two to put in our
heair or carry along in our hands a block or
two before we drop it on the ground.
If each student picked just one flower
a .lay why. that would be over 800 flowers
in on day. At that rate our campus would
soon be bar and unattractive looking.
East Carolina Teachers College is well
known for its lovely campus. Much time and
work has been spent in planning and mak-
ing our campus beautiful. So. fellow stu-
dents lets do all we can to keep it that way.
a thing to be proud of always.
him your order (paying strict attention to
his pocketbook, of course), and he will in
turn give both yours and his orders to the
waiter.
Hint No. 2 might well be to show some
consideration for the poor men who have to
-taiid while you stand and visit with a wo-
man at their table. If you have a message,
give it to your girl friend as you brush by,
no to your other acquaintances, and pass on
so quickly that the men will have had time
to do nothing more than make the gesture
f startiiig to rise.
You will be wise to show some consi-
deration for those who serve you too, since
discourtesy on your part would indicate that
your dignity was very insecure.
Maybe these hints will help in your little
campaign. Hope you get your man�and
keep him !
Student on the Stand
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
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S CUM MING
By The KeykoU Korrcspondent
STOP' LOOK: LISTEN! The Ole' key-
hole correspondence has been on the ramp-
again, no offense intended but we only
wish to gel some of these love-forsaken stu-
dents straighten out.
Wo 'near that Cora is having quite a bit
of trouble with Larry. Could Kit be taking
o r?
to lie confused over two
5. How about trying an-
Wilson Hall doesn't have
"Fish" se
Wilson Hail dam.
other dormitory V
everything.
Gretchen, what are
plans Could they include
Mary Lynn what is
Aggressive Aggie
Bu Jean
Hull
Aggie is having man trouble of a sort.
He is one oi those rare men who have at
their command an adequate knowledge of
the rules o: etiquette and who like for their
dates to display the same.
Aggio wants so desperately to please
him that she will gladly do a thing very
foreign to her natur.�sit quietly with her
hands folded in her lap and eagerly cook an
car toward any hints as to how to improve
her conduct.
Having found you in such a receptive
mood. Aggie. I shall promptly proceed to
-disclose a few suggestions concerning res-
taurant etiquette.
When ordering he will most likley ask
you what you would like and perhaps offer
a few suggestions. STou should then give
The Teco Echo
Puhlihd Biweekly by the Students of
East Carolina Teachers College
your post war
a Bob maybe
your theme cong
now? "Bring Lack My Bonnie to Me
Wedding Bells again! Congratulations
Sarah!
Freda, why can't you be like your room-
matt and be satisfied with just one Man
Frank, we think you ought to join the
"Lonely Hearts !lub" now.
A new lover�Chadwick who could it
be this tim
Patty doe- playing records compare with
dancing with tall handsome marines?
Well Fran! ters we haven't heard
from you lately. What are you doing for the
war effort ?
The inw Judiciary is in operation now
Girls, you'd better watch your step. Take a
hint from the w is !
Cotten seem t be losing popularity
-inc. it doesn't have any front steps, such as
Jarvis. How aboul it Mary Young?
Mai Kal have you made up your mind
between - i army and the Merchant Ma-
rino? Better not wait too long!
Harriett, is Al still your dream man?
We don't - - much of you lately!
Lota who is the dream man in your life
with a black convertible?
Snag "look out" don't ever fall for your
own li
Weil chumbs that's all the dirt I can
e through tla olde' keyhole so happy hunt-
ing until I can get this thing cleaned out.
By Bobbie Parrish
QUESTION: WHAT WAS YOUR MOST
EMBARRASSING MOMENT OR EXPERI-
ENCE?
Jo Keeter: Well, last Saturday night I
was dating a marine from Cherry Point who
possessed a most attractive leather cigar-
ette case. He withdrew a cigarette and
lighted it and laid the case back down. I
picked it up and turned it over and behold!
What should I find but the figure of a
South Sea Island girl with exactly nothing
clothing her . . . nothing! I would have
made a beet look pink in the dark.
Shirley Braswell: During my trip to
Florida about two weeks ago, I was very em-
barrassed when I was riding along looking at
the scenery and remarked to the other riders
on the beautiful banana trees . . . which,
they made haste to correct, were palm trees!
The banana trees were further on down,
tho
Bi rnesi V neU r: My most embarrassing
experience is the day when I was to try out
for class speaker. When I walked upon the
stage, the teacher said "All right. Red�
your time You see. that was the first
time 1 had ever been called "Red" because
of my red hail
F. � (Name withheld . . . you'll see
why). I was coming from Clinton and had
to stop in Kinston to change buses. While
walking through the bus station�and have
you ever seen one that wasn't crowded?�a
very embarrassing thing happened. I lost an
article of wearing apparel (you can draw
your own conclusions). The place was full
of marines, and who should pick it up for
any
to
cla
ss
Introducing the "Singer" i I the senior
Elizabeth Bridgers. "Lib a Gr
ville student has lived in the dorm sn
Christmas.
"Lib" is a legacy to the coll
father and mother having attend ECT
John David, her brother, graduated from
here.
"Lib" is finishing college in thr
While a student here she has been active
all campus activities.
Localise she is a music a
in
iA English
me but a goodlooking Gireen
Eleanor Harrison: The time I definite-
ly looked down on the messenger boy for
the Atlentic Coast Line Railroad . . . only
to learn later that he was the President's
son.
Myrtlt Paul: While working in Ports-
mouth. Ya last summer, I was invited over
to my boss' home for dinner. The woman
answered the doorbell nicely asked me in.
and to start the conversation off. I told her
how nice I thought it was for her son to in-
vite me over for dinner. The lady said
"Why. he is my husband (I didn't eat
much).
Mary bell Reddick: Once on a bus ride
home back to school. I was sharing my seat
with a woman to whom I casually � and
conversationally � remarked how dumb a
man standing in the front of the bus looked.
(I'll never know why I just happened to say
this). Whereupon, she turned to me and
said "You must know him . . . well, so do
1. I'm his wife
Mary Young Bass: Oh. how could 1
forget? . . . and what girl hasn't at some
time or another done about the same thing?
I had an ol' ordinary date one night, when a
whizeroo blew in and asked me for a date.
too. So. not able to resist try a' v. hat
been gotten away with, 1 broke my pn ious
date by the "I'm ill" method. It;
that was easy enough I ut that nigl
swain and I were dancing, and in walk
the stood-up Jerk ! He caln ly � : i d
walked over to the jul e box and
"Charming Little Laker" . . . then left.
Emily Strang : Where I was i n
i-nce. several of the men in the payroll
partment looked somewhat alike (at leasl
a new-comer). One day 1 was spillinj
some worrii - to one of the men I'd talk
a lot. and having him completely mixed up
with another, found mystelf talking to him
about nom oth r thai el)
R. The time 1 walked out of a store,
and had to be called back before several
people standing around, for abs
thinking I'd paal for a purchase . . but
hadn't. She'd wrapped it and that was all.
Never forg t it!
Lil
A Rainy Day
WITH THE ARMED FORCES
By Jean Goggin
Entered as second-class matter December 3,
1925. at the U. S. Postoffpce, Greenville,
N. C, under the act of March 3, 1879.
The clouds are roiling by, not calmly as
though the sun would break through at any
minute, but tempestuously, fiercely, war-
like, arrayed in their fighting gari
they stride like war gods into battle, march-
ing to the battle hj I f bunder.
Then the rains fall, : ind slowly th
tie of the clouds is over. They are victo
Theirs lias been the n ise, the battle,
strife, the glory!
Now the rains have come. Peace is
here. It envelopes the n ty, the quiet
country side with its gray and quiet m
of tranquil it y.
The rain drums monotonously on the
roof tops. Life goes m monotonously in the
S
Co-Editors
Jean Goggin and Mary Young Bass
Ereda Caudell . . . Associate Editor
Reporters
Marjorie Smith. Curtis Butler, Elsie West,
Violet Sparks, Thelma Cherry, Mary
Buckmaster. Edna Earle Moore. Betty
Jarvis. Jean Hull. Edna Yann Harrell, Etta
Frances Harper, Jean Hodgen, Evelyn
Lewis, Bud Jackson. Ruth Whitfield, Betsy
Hellen, Joyce Strickland, Nan Little, Ella
Cashwell.
Ruby Hudson . . Assignment Editor
NeilPoseySports Editor
Jack Johnson . . Photography Editor
Margaret Nisbet Cartoonist
Business Staff
June Best Brandenburg . . Business Mgr.
Associate Business Managers
Eleanor Harrison, Miriam Harper,
Mary Elizabeth Wooten, Jean Ipock,
Sid Bunn, Kit Blackham.
Dr. Beecher Flanagan Faculty Adviser
Graham T. Olive . . Technical Adviser
Member: North Carolina Collegiate Press
Association, Associated Collegiate Press.
Lt. Cary W. Langiey, U. S. Army Air
corps pilot, stationed in Italy is missing in
action over Austria.
Award of the 1st. Oak Leaf cluster to
the air medal to Technical Sgt Stephen W.
Johnston, was announced recently.
Sgt. -Johnston, who has been in the ser-
vice �) months, spent the past eight months
as an engineer-gunner with the famed 7th
Bombardment Group of the Tenth Air
Force. He is credited with 40 missions and
350 hours of combat Flying.
2nd Lt. Jack Edwards was commission-
ed a second Lt. in the Army Quartermasters
Corp March 2 at Camp Lee, Ya. He was
assigned to the Army Service Forces Train-
ing (enter at Fort Francis Warren, Wyo.
First Lt. Newton H. Deal has recently
b.en promoted to that rank in the Phillip-
pines, where he is serving on the Staff of
Lt. General Robert L. Erchelbenger's
Eighth Army Headquarters.
Lt. Charles S. Wooten U. S. Army Air
Corps meterologist stationed at Clean, N. Y
has been promoted to First Lt.
Lt. Charles L. Nelson has been assigned
to the loth Army Air forces in Italy. He is
a navigator on an AAF Flying fortress.
A presidential citation has been awarded
the 406th tighter group of the ninth air
force, of which Sgt. Dallas G. Wilford is a
member, for smashing a huge enemy convoy
between Chateauraux and Issouden during
Wac Training Center, here for duty with
the Army at Fitzsimmons General Hospital,
Denver, Colo.
Capt. Jessie B. Gray was killed in action
on March 15 in China. He had completed
100 combat missions and had received the
Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air
Medal, along with other honors.
-�
Lt. William H. Brown, Army Air Corps.
has been awarded the Air Medal for out-
standing performance of duty in battle.
Lt. Brown was shot dwon over enemy
territory in November 1943. He has been
a prisoner of war camp in Germany since
then.
Major Neil Herring, Army Air Forces
Service Command in Italy who was drafted
into the armed forces in January 1942 as a
Private and returned after 27 months over-
seas as a major.
Kenneth Woolard received his commis-
sion as Ensign in the Navy in exercises held
on March 6, in the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine in New York City.
He enlisted in the Navy's Seabees in
July 1942, and was on duty in the Aleutian
Islands when selected for officer candidate
training.
commissioned an
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Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. Chicago, Pvt. Evelyn Hart, a member of the Wo-
Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco. men's Army Corps, recently left the first
r exercises on March 6 in quarter length, cuffed short sleeves, cap dumps of spring greens n bl
. John the Divine in New sleeves, or winged shoulders (a mere pre- pins and tuck i� lu;�,i
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Francis Reed was
Ensign in the Navy
the Cathedral of St
York City. He enlisted in the Navy in
March 1942, and served on a warship both
in the Atlantic and Pacific before being se-
lected for officer candidate training.
days of spring and
romances'
When April school girls gladly shed
their winter paraphernalia and sing a
spring song.
Tuned to spring and to the very-
thoughts of a school deb, McCall 6045 is
striped and fancy free.
The raglan sleeves are capped, way up.
Sleeves, these fine spring days, are doing a
disappearing act. Dolman sleeves in three-
tense of a sleeve) � the briefer the better
more for the sun, more for the fun.
front plea" .
�'� sti , the ballerina. 0
n pleat :
ment that si plum.
Petite waist lines, the -
and fashion agrees with her. W
. with
emphasize th , f a tiny m
t School giris have ; vd ivn I
ranks of hat-haters, for could tl
em with such cute ones a-waitinj I the
nght voting things to wear them.
Thl'IV ia the flat sailor to cla
smooth hair-do, or the tall crowned cloche
with posies poking out a'top or the bustle
lnrt - - a small rough straw bonnet with
nowers dripping down back. If you want
an excuse for a hat. an under-studv to fasten
down and then forget, choose a wee crows
M hydrangea blossoms, stunning with a
choker; or fasten small
ms to hat-
vour braids
the very essence of spring.
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Pepulms, too, are date-bait for the greet thee'in lug�' Spring"time'
school crowd. And McCall 6045, a favorite
�McCall School Service.
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PAGE FOUR
The TECO ECHO
Boat As Crowded As Campus
Building On Saturday Nighi
Bi
T 4 WILLIAM E. CRAFT
"Whew! What � huge ocean. Thes
-ay there's non water in the Pacific
than all the land on earth combined.
Gee, do you guess well ever Bee land
l gain. Oh my gosh, I'm seasick
GANGWAY! If my girl could onlj
�M me now�are some of the ex
presaiona one might hear on
Carrier in the Pacific.
a Troop
The entire boat was more crowd
from how to stern than a Saturday
night dance at the Wright gymna-
sium with all the Marines, the few
Inch scshool kids that could slip in
(when 1 was in Greenville High
had to slip into the college dance,
we weren't allowed�they say things
are different now) and the co-eds
remember when there were some).
Eddie Cantor -
Offers War Bond
To Contest Winner
High school students all over the
country are already responding to
Eddie Cantor's announcement, on his
Wednesday night "Eddie Cantor
I ow" over NBC, that he will award
a total of $2,250 in War Bonds � a
first prize of $1,000, a second prize
� $750, and a third price of $500 �
to high school students who submit
to him the three hest essays on the
ubject Juvenile Delinquency, Its
Home-Ec Club
1 Sponsors Drive
The Home Economics Club is spon-
soring on the campus the United Na-
tional Clothing Drive.
Every room shall he canvassed for
clothing some time between Monday.
April 16, and Friday, April 20, by
members of the Home Economics
Club.
The motto of this drive which ex-
presses the question we want every-
one to answer when called upon is:Hen
"What can YOU spare that they can
New Members
Attend Meeting
f Writers Club
I. I. of Brooklyn Forms
Veterans' Organization
VALER
lf World H
first
9 in
This
iin outgrowth w
ollegiate vcten
(1
One morning the wash room on
hoard ship was so crowded that I
lathered the fellow's face on my left
and shaved a Sergeant on the right
before 1 knew what was happenii g.
We were all using the same mirror
ut eight inches high and six inch-
es wide�some fun�try it sometime
ithis information does not concern
the lassiesK After standing one
v itl the chow line. I finally got
t� breakfast and found beans (can
you imagine beans for breakfast)
and oatmeal with no sugar and a very
r imitation of milk. Right then
1 wished I was hack at ECTC catch-
ing a fast coke and sndwich before
rushing oft to Miss Greene'a English
class.
Afterwards, there was nothing to
�o hut read 01 play th Army most
famous card game poker. I never
learned to read while in school, I
talked too much, so 1 chose poker.
After about an hour of getting bump-
ed on the poor hands that 1 had, 1
decided that, financially. I had better
.top before the card sharks had me
without a penny thousands of miles
from home in the middle of the
Pacific.
17 j WILLIAM E. CRAFT
35 New Students
On Spring Ro!l
At EGTG
Students here Spring Qua
� here Winter Quarter. 1945:
Lola Adams. Bkmnti
ior; Mercedes Ange
Freshman; Mrs. Nell
Greenville, Sophoiw �� ;
C: ok. Sen-
Jamesville,
O. Barnhill,
1 � ris Baum-
Late I wandered into a group of
very ambitious fellows showing pic-
tures of their wives, mothers, sweet-
hearts, and what have you. I rushed
hack to the troop breathing com-
partment and secured from my very
fully packed duffle bag, a Tecoan,
1943 model. (It's the year hook where
you fix up to look your host for the
icture. hut it always turns out to
i e the worst one you ever had made.)
rind. Wilson, Junior; Margarel Ben
nett, Grimesland, Freshman; W. Asl
ley Branch, Winterville, Freshman
.lames Corey, Greenville, Freshman
lAnnabell Council, Durham, Gradual
J( p . ; . Snow Hill, Sop
janie Eakes, Greenville, Grad-
uate; Doroj dge, Greenville,
Special; Emmett Fisher, Clinton,
Junior; Mrs. Beecher Flanagi
Greenville, Graduate; Edward Garri .
homore; Lucille Hall, Landrum.
South Car lina, .Junior: Venetia
Hearne, Greenville, Graduate; Helen
Kemp, Greenville, Fr an; Km
Massey, Z bulon, Soph n : J)
May0i Greenville, Freshman; 1 � ��
Moore, Snow Hill, Sophon re; Mari-
R. Moore, Grei Gradu-
ate; H leu Patterson, Wallace, Sopho-
jiwrence Posey, Greenville,
Kt . Gail R � �� � Greem
Uncl; Lois Smith, Winterville, Sen-
,1: Eris Stallings, Jamesville, Sen-
ior; Ruth Toms, Fon I City, Junior;
Cause and Solution
A distinguished group of judges
For the contest includes Dr. Nicholas
rray Butler, President of Colum-
' ia University, Dr. Cordon Sproul,
: � ident of the University of Cali-
fornia, and .1. Edgar Hoover, Direc-
lur of tin Bureau of Investigation.
The contest is open to all students
of high school grade in public, pri-
vate, and parochial schools anywhere
i . the United States. All entries must
� mailed to Eddie Cantor, Beverly
Elills, California, ami postmarked no
later than Midnight, April 27th. Win-
ners will he announced during the
"Eddie Cantor Show" broadcast over
BC, Wednesday, May 2nd.
Typical of the enthusiastic response
has already come to Eddie
Cantor from prominent officials is a
telegram from F.B.I. Chief J. Edgar
Hoover, wliich reads. "Will be de-
ted to participate as a judge in
connection with your juvenile delin-
quency essay program, which I feel
serve a most worthwhile purpose
.ringing tins important subject to
attention of our citizens and
' youth
The schools of all prise-winning
� idenf '���ill ho presented with ap-
ropriate trophies, honoring all stu-
ents for their collective interest in
overcoming juvenile delinquency.
The call has come for all of us to
help those more unfortunate than
ourselves. Clothing is most urgently
needed for the people in liberated
and conquered Europe.
Will not you answer this call?
The following types of clothing are
in urgent demand:
The Writer's Club had the
meeting of this term on April
the parlor of Kagsdalo Hall.
mo�lit)K. th- torn to ho attondod by
three n(,v im.mh� Bohh.e Larnsh
and Dorothy -ban
Creech, who were recontly admitted
devoted to the
0f �everal
n, v. n rcolW
don has beea on,
f 1 �oklyi
� h mut' "
new ready t
eoll
Fruit'
country. ��
rai i . un.
widely separated
try.
itl
. icial
INFANT'S GARMENTS:
All types are in urgent demand,
particularly hint goods.
MEN'S AND BOYS' GARMENTS:
Overcoats, topcoats, suits, coats,
jackets, shirts, all type of work
clothes, including overalls, coveralls.
etc, sweaters, underwear, robes, pa-
amas, knitted gloves.
WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' (IAR-
MENTS
Overcoats, jackets, skirts, sweat-
ers, shawls, dresses, underwear, ap-
rons, jumpers, smocks, robes, night
wear, knitted gloves.
CAPS AND KNITTED HEADWEAR
Serviceable heavy duty caps and
knitted headware (such as stocking
caps) are needed. (Women's hats.
dress hats and derbys cannot he used.)
into the club, wa
reading and discussion
poems written by club membe.
Amanda Btheridge read "Hand ome
But Dumb "Not Guilty ami "Los
Thought These poems concerned,
respectively, a teacher whose mental
capabilities did not equal his physi-
cal beauty, the injustice of court trials
,n which the case is fully deemed be
fore any evidence is presented, and
the olusivcncss of the occasional tit-
tle thoughts which seem to defy all
attempts to recall them. Two poems,
"Why and "Love is a Came by
Martha Strawn were heard next.
The former is about an unanswerable
question which persists in haunting
one's thinking, and the latter treats
f the joy one feels in knowing he
has had a love affair, even with the
resulting problems and heartbreak.
Two einquains, "The View" and "The
Lake of Tomorrow and a triolet, a
.hort French form. "Friendship
Thrives on Understanding were
lead by Curtis Butler.
initial '
ti �
kni�tion, �-
,rably discha. I
branch of I
Keen registered
. . hington, D '
mark.
formation for u tall i
already has been I
groups at the Illinois
i, �gy. )"
tate University, I-
tana Stat I
sity of N rth Da
ity of Wyoi
Lily, Pratl
� Brooklyn '
College in the
N V and B-
are active in St. J �
rjnivei iti� in Bi
Gl
BEDDING
Blankets, afghans, sheets, pillow
cases, quilts. These are needed ur-
gently if ia serviceable condition.
SHOES
Either oxfords or high shoes, of
Land
'I i
ting along I
i i- in i
tendii
o1 Bigl � , or a sin
idual . Sei
titled o1
- enl iri
1
and �' '
i
scholarship
� - hip
rity
tn i al conduct
profitable, or
and
non harmful social
n creai ion,
with only one
reservation.
atl nding East Carolii
lleeri
the fin ' � -
I had to leave out one Bet of G. I. u
fatigues in order to carry the ECT Teachers
Bible. Hurrying hack to the group, Spring Quarter, 1945:
I started thumbing through the book Merced Ange, Margaret I
pointing out various girls I had dated, Uy. Ashley Brand Jai Richard
etc. Strange enough, the Yankee Corey. 1 ucill Hall, Jai
hoys even agreed with the Southern
Rebels that the hook contained some
very ripe tomatoes (G. L slang mean-
ing very beautiful girls). Of course.
I knew most of the girls indirectly.
but most of them were very casual
acquaintances. Some of the G. Is
would sound fof, "Know this girl,
she's really super I would answer,
"yes, I used to date her Each fel-
low had a different opinion of which
girl was the cutest, and each time I'd
answer with the same, "Yes, I used
to date her In reality I knew
hardly any of the girls pointed out
hut I was having my glory playing
the Army game.
Lawrence Owen Po - 5 � 1: ;lh Tom!
Let us work together on the pro-
r-ct. There are only two prerequi-
Lwo essentials in a college,
ely, a teacher and a student or
alty and students.
'1: .� faculty at East Carolina Teach-
College is employed by the state
�' North Carolina and assigned cer-
duties and responsibilities. The
S faculty is held responsible by appro-
riafa officers of the state, under a
democratic government, for the per-
formance of those things; that is,
for what is done and for the manner
of its performance. So, let us coun-
sel u gether, let us talk over your
plans with you that we may agree
durable type with low or medium
heels are desired. Shoes with high
heels, open toes or open hacks, even-
ing slippers, and novelty types can-
not be used All shoe- collected
should he mated and tied securely in
pairs.
CUT OR INCUT materials (cot-
tun, rayons, woolens, etc.) one yard
or more in length-hut not rags or
badly damaged, dirty or worn-out
fabrics.
All clothing, etc should be in clean
and serviceable conditin.
The club met again a week later
on April 10. At this meeting the
.elections read included "To Franklin
Delano Roosevelt a poem in tribute
I to our great pre ident, by Amanda
Elheridge; "Falling Leave a sym-
bolic poem comparing the Badness of
falling leaves and autumn to certain
incidents in human experience, by fur tl
Martha Strawn: "A Dream a sketch tion can
by Joy Flanagan of a mood snowmg
that greed often results in tragedy;
and "Say 'Ah an i ay by Curti
Butler on the idiomatic usage of the
personal "A" in the Spanish lang-
uage.
the GI B
Th .
n h,
Wl
convi ti
�
loca
At both meetings Miss Mary
Greene, the advisor of the club, served
refreshments after the member ar-
ticles had been read and discussed.
CREECH
(Continued from Page One)
At 1
.
the part of a
of vetera
form �
in national
n vV i
:
men! and our college �I challenge welfan ol I
you in the words of an anonymous
poet: "Be strong we are not � '
, ,4 I ,t- k.u. chain
to play, to dream, to dnf
After a certain length of time (the
CS censor doesn't permit any facts
�you know�"the enemy's listen-
ing") we landed. The first thing I
did was to get out my mess kit and
eat a good helping of dirt. Perhaps
you are wondering why I was eating
dirt. I stayed "on the ship so long
that I made a promise to myself to
tat some of the good earth if I ever
set foot on land again. Some fellow
hollered, "Run for cover, Jap planes
overhead So I had to finish my
snack in a nearby ditch. After the
raid we wera busy as ECTC students
the last day of school, fitting our
packs, gas masks and rifle for a hike
inland. I didn't mind the extra heavy
pack, the gas mask or the rifle, but
before we left we were ordered to
carry two canteens of water. That
extra weight seemed to throw me off
balance and I was peeved all the hike.
I have a jingle all of my own which
goes as follows: "Golden gate in
forty-eight, Caroline in forty nine
In all seriousness I hope this is just
a jingle, but to be on the safe side I
have a new supply of Varga pin-ups
and the old reliable, The Tecoan.
NOTE TO THE EDITORS: I hope
you will forgive the spelling and ty-
pographical errors. During the time
McGINMS
(Continued from Page One)
ment of those who offend against the
proprieties or against the necessary
regulations of organized society is
not it primarj function, yet student
self-govi rnment organizations prob-
ably limit their activity too largely �� better than one.
, , What is the reservation mentioned
to this lleld. .
, �;�� its above? It is this. Since the faculty
I am stronirlv ot the opinion ixs
i ;�. the fol- must hear the final responsibility for
lould emphasize the ioi
. utcomes in the college and since it
-? �f hie-h mu-t report on its stewardship to
encouragement ot nign �
of scholarship among its
, a the best course to follow.
It has been said that: "Two heads
program
lowing:
a. The
standards
members,
ince learning is the pri-
mary reason for college attendance,
b. The promotion of worthy stand-
ards of citizen-hip. lo alty. cooper-
ation, obedience to law. and industry
in the performance of worthy tasks.
c. The maintenance of high stand-
ards of personal conduct, conformity
to the best social patterns in our
superior officers of the state, it is
only reasonable to suppose�and it
is customary�that the one bearing
linal responsibility may make the
final decision in case of a difference
� i (pinion.
faculty has no desire to sup-
I ress anyone or to stifle the tiniest
-ark f worthy initiative. It does
wanl to help you, to guide your ideas,
respect for the social con- your energies, and your efforts into
�,l which e penence has set up those channels which w,l be mos
' profitable for you. That is the real
for our guidance,
d The development antong fellow function of a college faculty.
itadenta of the stamina to adhere The college offers ftese things
� t h to those hhrh cheerfully gladly, to the Student
even in times ol stress, to tliose nign ,
, . , , t �, 111(,r- ! Government Association.
standards of moral integrity ana mor i
al conduct wliich long generations
have found to be not only the best
�� �� i�t the and sympathetically in your efforts
index of worthy citizenship out tnc . r
, � t , mK. to lead each student to high scholar-
best safeguard against emoarasa
ment, suffering and disgrace.
athletic organizations, through the
functions of the different commit-
tees such as th� entertainment com-
mittee, and social committee. It is
from all these and other separate
clubs, committees and organizations
that the Student Coperative Govern-
ment Association of East Carolina
Teachers College is formed. We are
young yet�as an organization. This
is the beginning of our third year
of student government under the
name Student Cooperative Govern-
ment Association. Like a child who
has fallen off the tricycle, we too, at
times, have received a few humps and
scratches hut we have always man-
aged to get up and keep pedaling.
Perhaps with this spirit we will come
day reach the peak of perfection that
a set-up like our student government
organization deserves.
In the words of Dr. Howard 'McGin-
nis: "To direct others wisely one
must first control and direct himself
wjsely To you new officers in the
Student Cooperative Government
Association, I offer that as a chal-
lenge.
And to you, the student body�in
order to help our Sthdent Govern-
f
hard work to do shun not the strug-
Me�fact. it� tis Gods gsft. co
strong it matters not now much the
evil�the day how long- faint not
fight on. tomorrow comes the song
Be strong Be strong
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5. This college, through its fac-JBon-bjurmful social recreation.
ulty and staff officers, stands ready
and willing at all times to assist the
Student Self Government Association
and individual students in accomp-
lishing these and other worthy aims.
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the Jap got away, but he was the
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I was interrupted by a Jap sniper and, kind of fellow that could fall m a
a gang of fellows from our unit had - muddy ditch of water and come out
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where all
COLLEGE
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