Over 2,000 Pupils to Visit ECC
This article describes High School Day at East Carolina College. This and other articles may be found in the University Archives.
Citation for this article is: "Over 2,000 Pupils to Visit ECC," The Daily Reflector, April 2, 1958.
More than 2,000 seniors and juniors from North Carolina high schools are expected to visit the East Carolina campus Friday and to participate in educational and recreational activities of the Fifteenth Annual High School Day at the College.
The program, beginning at 9 a.m. and extending through the afternoon, has been planned by a committee of students and faculty members headed by Dr. Ed. J. Carter, director of the East Carolina department of Education.
Major events will include a general assembly at 10 a.m., a luncheon at 12:30 p.m., a fashion show at 2 p.m., a demonstration by the Honorary Drill Team of the East Carolina Air Force ROTC at 2 p.m., an exhibition of entries in the Northeastern Science Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a tea dance with music by the collegiate band The Dreamers at 3 p.m.
During the morning, departments of instruction will be open to visitors who wish conferences with the members of the instructional staff. Open house entertainments, held during the afternoon by all departments, will have as special attractions exhibitions of academic work and activities of college students.
President J. D. Messick of East Carolina will welcome visitors at the morning assembly in the Wright building and will speak on the importance of students' continuing their education beyond high-school level. A program of music by the college band, choir, and orchestra and group singing by the audience will be presented.
The fashion show, held in the Austin Auditorium under the sponsorship of the department of home economics, will center attention on spring costumes made and modeled by high school students. The Women's chorus of the college will provide music.
The Science Fair will include an exhibition in the Flanagan building. Projects in the biological and physical sciences carried out by students in high schools in the northeastern counties will be on display. Winners will receive rewards at a program at 3 p.m.
