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ne xl ea st Carolina college, grreenville, n. c, tuesday, november 10, 1964 number 19 Charles Moves From Bottom And Works His Way To Top B i the Raelets will be the featured artists for the Homecom- fr huh will take place in the Memorial Gymnasium 8:15 Fri- - ight. Tickets are available in the Central Ticket Office until 4:00 I The most amazing story in show business concerns a young man who h;t despite almost unbelievable odd?, become tops in his field. The R - Charles terry began simply enough twenty-eight years ago in Albany, Georgia. Six years L.ier the Charles family was living in Greensfield, Florida and the first tragedy struck yomig Ray vi - blinded, completely and w h ut pe for recovery. The six-year-old yoimgster was n: to St. Augustine. Florida where re was a school for blind chil- dren and there he grew up. Wh?n y CbJanLes was at the a of fif- teen, 0 be struck again. That year, both his parents died. Ray was blind nd orphaned Without a relia- vre in the world at fifteen. was at this point that the fan- ' ?tic development of the Kay Charles career began. He left school and went out on his own. He had quired some iraia.a knowledge and rigW away be got jobs playing round Florida with a variety of bands. Within two years he had an nviable reputation as a sideman. The: sev nteen the intrepid youregster decided the time had come to do something on his own and he organized his first trio with a bass and girtar to blend with his piano and his sax. That trio got as far away from its Florida beginnings ias Seaittle, Wash- ington where Ray had what he de- scribe1 :oday as his biggest thrtiCl in tha business. The radio show that the tnio had was a regular cne, and they were the very first negro act to have a sponsored television show ai the northw:st. Ray Charles says that the first trio sounded more or less like Niat 'Knag Cole's. Cole was the first -: eat Influence musically on the Ch tries talents. "But says Ray. "I knew I had to change if I was to get anywhere, I knew 1 had to develop a style of my own The basis for what he did develop was his firm conviction that music should express people's true feelings. Sin- his watchword. According to Ray, with every bit of music he writes or performs, "I try bo bring out my soul His great success is evidence enough that he had accomplished just that. Although Ray Charles is dedi- cated to his music and is seldom far from it in his thoughts, he had a variety of other interests. Like everything he does, even his hob- bles seem like amazing feats m v.ew of his handicap. He is an ex- pert domino player and almost un- baataible at cards particularly VvY st and Dirty Hearts. His sense of humor is completely infeetuous and wherever he is, he's likely to be the life of the party. Another inportant sidelight to the Ray Charles career is his devotion to spirituals. He listens to Gospel songs incessantly on record, 'He ways travels with a supply) on tape He collects them on the spot in churches, etc. I and while touring from date-to-date on his oar radio, says Ray Charles, "I attract my soul from this music S meday : s a.i nte ist, s xaphenist, singer, composer, ar- ranger hopes to wirte for a chorus and large orchestra with str'ngs. You won't find any people who doubt M t h will do just that. Meanwhile. Ray Charles is a happy man because he's doins what he its to do, says Ray. "I guess I'm an example of the fact that there's something for everybody to do if they just want to Ninety-Two Units Take Part In Annual Saturday Parade eekend Includes Ball Game, Singer, And Crowning Of Queen e days of activities ats returning alumni and am; s stand ready for annual homecoming d Xov. 13-15. tails for a concert, k the homecom- ii a. the annual homecoming P I c t I c i 1 homecoming foot- anual meeting of the aaneers, special hon- : r the John Chris- rial football team of nd various lun- ns and other social sampus organizations Friday evening, h a program by Ray nd intro- - & the title mlng Queen the ekend concludes with es in the Greenville uadav morning, Xov. : "tTieeoming queen will I during halftime cere- monies of the EC-Presbyterian foot- bail game in Ficklen Memorial Stia- ti am Saturday afternoon, Nov. 14. Also to be introduced are returning members of the Christenbury Me- morial football team; a special band program is to be presented by the EC Marching 'Pirates and men's glee club. Saturday's other events: the morning parade from the college campus through Greenville down- n business district; a noon lun- cheon for the Christenbury football team in the Buccaneer Room of the college cafeteria; a luncheon honor- ing the Homecoming queen contest- ants, college officials and the home- coming committee; open house in the College Union following the game and in various fraternity and sorority h uses: the annual dinner of the So- c;ety of Buccaneers at 6 p.m. in Xorth Cafeteria: the homecoming d nee at 8 o'clock in Wright Build- in. Returning alumni will be welcomed in Greenville churches on Sunday morning worship services and dur- ing the weekend the campus religi- ous organizations also share in the annual event. James W. Butler is overall chair- man of the EC homecoming com- mittee. Members include Mrs. Gay Hogan Blocker; Miss Janice Hardi- son, director of alumni affairs and foundations: Henry Howard, direc- tor of public relations and the news bureau; Allan Nelms, director of placement; Maj. Donald G. Siimp- son, staff member in the campus Air Force ROTC detachment. Student eemmitteemen are Billi Stewart of StatesviUe and James Barefoot of Raleigh, Student Gov- ernment Association co-chairmen; and Eddie Greene of Biscoe, parade en airman. st Carolina's annual Homecom- ng parade will be held Saturday morning with ninety-two units par- t e'pating. Last year the parade only consisted of fifty units. The parade line up begins on Ninth Street at 9:15 a.m. and the parade begins at 10:14 a.m. by pull- ing onto Dickinson Ave. The parade will continue on Dickinson Ave. onto Evans Street at Five-points, and hen turn off Evans by the Post Of- "ice at Third Street. Continuing on Third Street to Cotanche Street, the parade will then turn right onto Cotanche and continue to Fifth Street. It will turn left en Fifth Street and continue up by the cam- pus to the Playhouse parking lot vrbere the parade will terminate. A group of three judges will select the best floats on the basis of ap- propriateness, originality, and ap- peal. Appropriateness includes how the theme of the float corresponds to the theme of the parade. Origi- nality is judged on how well the up put their idea into the finished product and how well executed the idea was. Appeal is judged on the attractiveness and eye catching abil- ity of the float. This also includes the spectator's impression of the float after seeing it only a short time. The ninety-two units include three bands. fifty-three Homecoming Queen contestants, and 7 floats spon- sored by various fraternities, soro- rities, and campus organizations. The Air Force ROTC Color Guard will lead the parade, followed by the Marching Pirates. D'enitaries r'ding in the parade include Eddie Greene, parade marshall. Senator Robert Morgan. Chairman of the Board of Trustees: President Jen- kins: Dr. Holt and Mr. Duncan: Beans White and Miallory: Deians Tucker and Alexander: Miss Hardi- son and Mr. Willard, Alumni Asso- ciation: Butler. Stewart, and Bare- foot. Homecoming Chairmen; S.G.A. president Jim Mahan; and Weaver and Anderson. College Union Host and Hostess. The Drill team, the 1963 Homecoming Queen, and the cheerleaders make up the rest of the parade. ECs' Rebel Magazine Attains Seeond All-American Rating . st Carolina's youth- magazine, has its sec- merdcati rating, the top ded by the critical ser- the Associated Collegiate i op rating, bestowed for the n The Rebel's 1963-64 the second All-American the magazine in its seven ' cation. issues were edited by J. Alfred Willis of in Carteret County. The -Americ a. rating was award- 161-62 volume whose three edited by Junius D. rimes in 0f Washington, presently orrient editor of the Raleigh Observer. The judge of last year's issues The T?cbel 1.850 points of a 1.900 to qualify the magazine ' h"?hetf of six designations critical service assigns to par- ticipating publications. ACP's critical service for student magazines is operated in conjunc- tion with the School of Journal ism alt the University of Minnesota. It judges participating magazines according to accomplishment of pre-stated ob- jectives and compliance with gen- eral standards of quality recog- nized by ACP. The Rebel, established at East Carolina in 1957 by the Student Gov- ernment Association, has consistently won praise from many critics in Xorth Carolina and other states. It has been generally regarded in lit- erary circles as among the elite of Southern campus literary maga- zines and one of the outstanding student magazines of the nation. Its faculty advisor is Ovid W. Pierce, author-in-residence at East Carolina. Editing the 1964-65 issues is Thomas Blakeslee Speight of Greenville, a sophomore. Mr. James Parnell (left) was conductor of the Brass Choir which presented its first concert last Thursday in Austin Auditorium. The program presented music ranging from Wagner to Sullivan. 2east Caroliniantuesday, november 10, 1964 Fair Play One nice thing about being- in a college that requires an activities fee is being able to attend all college functions sim- ply by the presentation of two ID Cards. One bad thing about it though is the fact that some stu- dents lend their ID Cards to nonstudents. This practice de- feats the purpose of student identification cards. Entertainment scheduled by the school is provided for the enjoyment of students; it is paid for by the students- Anyone else not connected with the college who comes to our entertainment series without a ticket is guilty of theft. He is stealing the seat of a paying customer. A few students feel that they have paid for the ticket so why not let a friend use it. The sole purpose of issuing tic- kets is to regulate the amount of spectators attendng an event. This rationing is necessitated by the limited space available at most of our programs. Every student is not ex- pected to attend each performance, but even then there are often more people wanting tickets than can be accommodated. When you lend your ID Cards to nonstudents, you are cheating your fellow students of their share of the entertain- ment series. I isuse of ID Cards is a violation of regulations result- ing in appearanee before the Judiciary Committee and pun- ishable by loss of ID Card privileges. This means that a stu- dent must purchase a full price ticket at the gate before he can attend a school function. He is, in effect, forfeiting his activity fees. Homecoming is this weekend. There are many events scheduled for your enjoyment and all you need to attend is your ID Card. Do not take a chance on losing your privileges by letting an unauthorized person use your ID Cards. Bubble Bursting There are certain recurring incidents on this campus that have been written about many times to no avail. One of these is the lack of voters in class elections. Each time we hope that we will reach a new group of people who just need a little push in the right direction. Another, the one we want to rehash today, is the dump- ing of soap suds into Wright Fountain. Glancing through our files, we notice that this problem has been with us for many years. First of all we would like to ask those of you who are responsible for the inconsiderate acts, what pleasure do you get from it? And once you have done it, what possesses you to do it again once the pool has been cleanedIf it happened once or twice a year, we could write it off as a prank, but recently it has been a common occurrence. It has ceased to be a not- very-practical joke and is just plain vandalism- Have you no sense of beauty? Do you not get a special feeling looking into sparkling clear water? Have you no sense of school spirit? The only scene repre- sentative of this campus to be selected for inclusion in the Official Highway Map was Wright Fountain. Have you no sense of responsibility? Do you not realize that it is your money that goes toward cleaning the pool after your malicious deed? Psychologists tell us that people like you are looking for a way to make your self feel important by doing something that everyone will notice. We will admit this is one way for everyone to see your handiwork, but so is constructive work done on CU committees and projects of clubs and or- ganizations. True, committee work is harder and more time consuming, but the results benefit more people and your efforts are longer remembered. PRSFession- STuDEfiT At? Ym BONE MJKTH) TO THE THIGH B&NE, thigh ewe connected RELIGIOUS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 INTER-RELIGIOUS COUNCIL. Meet at the Y Hut, 2:00 pjn. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTL ATHLETES: Meet at the Y "Uv, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 YOUNG FRIENDS: Meet at Pres- byterian Student Center 401 East Ninth Street 2nd and 4U Wednesdays MORMON GROUP: Meet at the Y Hut 7:00 through 8:00 p.m. THE CANTEBURY CLUB: Meet at 401 4th Street, St. Pauls