Elizabeth City State University - Viking Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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I Mr. Sam Roebuck Mrs. Naomi Hester Mr. Andrew Williams Mr. William Jones BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mrs. Elaine Williams Mr. Levin Culpepper Mr. Leroy Fraiser Mr. W.C. Harris Mr. David Beatty Mr. Isaac Battle Mrs. Augusta Adylett Mr. Willie Riddick

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ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY IN PROGRESS Durir.g your sojourn here at Elizabeth City State University— just as we have done before you came here and will do after you have left to serve others— we have striven to make Elizabeth City State University in Progress stiJI more of a beautiful and meaningful reality. We have been about the business of becoming THE MAJOR UNIVERSITY OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. As you know, there are many ways we have tried to do this. For instance during your time here, new majors and minors have been avaiJabJe to you, with others on the way. We have constructed new buildings and improved older ones; still others are on their way or planned and soon our stadium will be complete. We have upgraded the faculty and staff and enlarged op- portunities for your participation in student groups and University commit- tees. You have witnessed the advent of graduate and continuing education programs as weJJ as ROTC. We are proud of achievements you have accom- plished in academics, athletics and other opportunities for seJf-expression. We have welcomed growing interraciaJism and internationalism on campus, including our first FuJbright Artist-in-Residence, and we take pride in our greater community invoJvement. Now, as you complete your sojourn, you have before you many opportuni- ties—some of them not possible just a few short years ago, for example, the graduate program. Take advantage of these goJden opportunities! JVIake the most of the years ahead of you! Try to make real the bright future you de- serve. And remember, as you accomplish that aim, also you will justify all the great efforts which you, your family and friends— and we— have made to prepare you for now, and your future. As you leave this greater university, now approaching a century of service to ViJiings and others, the entire EJizabeth City State University family, Mrs. Thorpe and I wish for each of you Godspeed. All of us iooJt forward to your success and happiness and to your giving constant support to your Alma JVfater and visiting it frequently. Best wishes to each of you JWost CordiaJJy yours, Marion D. Thorpe Chancellor