Student and draft
ll-S deferment allows
finishing of education
By D. H. NICHOLSON
As we learned in this column
in the SMOKE SIGNALS of
last week, a majority of the
non-veteran male students here
at Chowan College are most
interested in the II-S classifica
tion of deferment. This interest
is based on two obvious reasons:
The II-S classification of defer
ment allows a student to con
tinue his education in a relative
security from immediate call-
up, and unlike the other classi
fications of deferments, the II-S
can be granted by the student's
local draft board for as many
years as may be needed to earn
a degree. Of course, this latter
reason assumes certain criteria
and or qualifications. Therefore,
the preceding statement held
in mind, this last article on the
“Chowan College Student and
the Draft" will be devoted to a
brief description of the criteria
which a student must meet if
he is to keep a II-S classifica
tion, once he has been granted
it.
The most logical beginning
for our discussion is the non
veteran male student’s applica
tion for the II-S. As has been
previously introduced, the stu
dent, himself, must initiate the
II-S by signing and forwarding
to his draft board the Selective
Service System Form 104,“Re
quest For Undergraduate Stu
dent Deferment.” This form is
a type of “contract” whereby
the student learns of his obliga
tions to the Selective Service
System is he is granted the II-S
classification of deferment.
Again, the student must initiate
this application because, once
he signs the form, he promises
to fulfill his military obligation
at a later date if he is deferred
for the present. After the student
has correqtly processed the
“104,” his local board will then
want his college or university
to certify his official matricu-
latioh. At most colleges or
universities this certification is
made on a prepared Selective
Service System Form 109,
“Student Certificate.” We
here at Chowan College use a
form in lieu of the “109.” Our
form, having been approved by
the Selective Service System.
facilitates certification of our
students in that we are able to
notify our students' status im
mediately, and accurately, after
their registratioon.)
As was mentioned earlier,
when the college or university
certifies that a student has en
rolled, it declares officially
that an individual has enrolled
as a regular or part-time stu
dent
has enrolled, it declares of
ficially that an individual has
enrolled as a regular or part-
time student and that he is
taking a certain number of
credit hours. For the student
to apply for, or keep, a II-S, he
must be certified as a regular
student, which means that a
Chowan College student must
show evidence of taking at least
12 semester credit hours each
semester. For the student-
registrant to keep his deferment
he must be certified by the
institution at the beginning of
the second, third, fourth years.
(Of course, there are other de
gree programs which might
require more certifications.) It
is with these second, third, and
fourth certifications that the
student will begin to feel the
pressure of his deferred posi
tion.
When the school certifies the
registrant's later enrollments,
it must always cite the number
of hours credited, or the total
number of hours earned, as of
the date of the certification.
And, in general, the local
boards look for a certain num
ber of hours with each succeed
ing certification. However, to
go into a discussion concerning
the number of hours the
Selective Service System may
allow for the various curricula
would definitely lead to con
fusion. It has been the exper
ience of this writer that local
boards within the same state
can have different requirements
although their own state head
quarters of the Selective Ser
vice System will attempt to
apply a standard. When one
considers that there are over
4,100 local boards in the United
States and that these boards
represent a myrald of attitudes
and philosophies, he can only
become more confused. How
ever, a good “fail-safe" rule
concerning the number of
hours which should be earned
in a preceding year in order
to qualify for the next year of
a II-S classification is that the
registrant should have complet
ed at least one fourth of his
work toward his bacculaureate
degree with every year in
residence, assuming that he is
in a four-year program. There
fore, for a student-registrant
to deep in the fail-safe zone
here at Chowan College, and at
most other colleges and univer
sities, with general four-year
degree programs, he should
earn at least 31 semester hours
per academic year. Again,
although there are various 4
and 5 year curricula, resulting
in a bacculaureate degree, in
which the Selective Service
System might require less than
31 semester hours pen
academic year, it has been
this writer's experience that
the “3l-semester-hour-fail-safe-
fule " is the best insurance the
student has against loss of his
II-S deferment. And, again, to
go on and discuss the various
curricula in which the Selective
Service System might allow
fewer hours per academic year
would only lead to the possibility
of confusion and error in inter
pretation. (However. those
interested should definitely
feel free to contact their local
boards or to come into the
Registrar's to study different
requirements under the various
curricula.)
For many Chowan students
who approach the end of their
second semester in regular
attendance, the facy that they
may not have 3l hours for the
year can lead to a I-A classifi
cation and immediate induction.
Hence, these students who are
in danger of induction because
of a possible loss of the II-S
and, therefore, automatic re
classification at I-A, should
know that the Selective Service
Sytem considers 12 months
from the official opening date
as an academic year. Therefore,
if the Chowan College student
does not earn the minimum
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“T/ie Voice of Chowan''
Volume 2—Number 14
Wednesday, March 12, 1969
Murfreesboro, N. C.
New club makes debut at Chowan
A Chowan Surf Club has been officially Revelle, Gary Reubin, Storminger, Jim
organized on campus with Miss Claudia Frey, Jim Fentress and Phil Gray. Anyone
Storminger as faculty advisor. From left for surfing?
to right are members of the club: Luis A.
Coach pleased with
football prospects
By SPEEDY SKINNER
Head football coach, Jim Gar
rison, was quite pleased with
the way football scrimmage went
last Tuesday. The ball was mov
ed well by both offensive and
defensive units.
The offensive unit had some
excellent performances put in
by Jerry Scharnus, Herman Hen
derson, Mike Swartly, and Don
Philips. The quarterback, John
Cazzeo looked good getting the
ball off under a great deal of
pressure.
Jerry Scharnus did an excel
lent job catching 15 to 20 passes
in a crowd. Carrol Hart at full
back and Dan Dayvault at tail
back position looked good mov
ing the ball.
Coach Garrison said. “Every
one looked good but what really
impressed me was the attitude
of all the ball players. They
really wanted to hit hard. There
are a few slots to be filled,
but the offense and defense are
two strong units. "
Moving Dan Dayvault to tail
back and Jerry Scharnus to
flanker back, who were “ex "
quarterbacks, increases the pot
ential of the offense so that
the ball may be thrown from
three positions. Additional depth
at quarterback next year will
be the returning of Vince Maggio
and Jones.
Coach Garrison said, “We are
trying to pick up Davidson college
freshman team to take the vacant
date left by Newport News Ap
prentice School.
Charlie Groves and Bob Antoz-
zie were injured and couldn"t
participate in spring practice
but are expected to start in the
fall.
The Braves won three of the
last four games this past year.
There will be a vast improvement
and the team will pick up right
where they left off. Last year's
team 12 freshman started and
picking up some good freshman
the team will be exciting.
The defense, coached by Green
said, “The scrimmage looked
good and the players looked
impressive. One doesn't look for
how they play but how they
like to hit. The players wanted
to get out and hit and hit hard.”
Coach Green believes the de
fense has many more ways to
score than the offense has. Green
defense is a tough one. The
defense is really going to thrill
the fans next year.
Payton B
Payton Barton did an excellent
job at middle linebacker. Tom
Pase who changed from offen
sive to defensive unit looked
good at tackle. The two Hart
brothers. Forehand, and London
will play a big part in the Brave's
tough defense next year.
The defense has real pride
and play well together as a
group, look for the defense to
thrill the tans.
200 UNC students
stage protest march
It arrived last week via its own moving van
Aboard a Mayflower moving van, this Fairchild Scan-A-
Color arrived at the Department of Graphic Arts last
week. The electronic color computer was a donation by
Fairchild Graphic Equipment and is valued at $65,000. Its
purpose is to electronically separate the colors of a color
print or transparency for reproduction in the printing
industry.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) —
About 200 university of North
Carolina students marched
across the campus Monday aft
ernoon and held a rally in sup
port of striking cafeteria work
ers.
The group disbanded without
incident after speeches by sev
eral students. University offi
cials had beefed up police and
highway patrol forces on the
campus after hearing reports
that the students would try to
disrupt service in Lenoir Hall.
Police were on hand again be
fore dawn Monday around the
cafeteria. About iOO police have
been stationed on the campus
since last Thursday when the
university reopened food service
in Lenoir Hall.
At various times during the
morning, one to two dozen mem
bers of the White Southern Stu
dents Organizing Committee
picketed in front of the hall in
support of the strikers.
At lunchtime about 50 police
men were in evidence in front of
the building. They were subject
ed to a constant stream of in
sults from a loudspeaker placed
in the window of an adjacent
building by the Black Student
movement. The Negro activist
group has been selling sack
lunches in its “soul food cafe
teria " in Manning Hall, next
door to Lenoir.
Students form
surfing club
The proposed Chowan Surf
Club, long in the theory stage
is almost a rallity. Miss Claudia
Storminger has agreed to be
the faculty adviser. Next on the
club's agenda is to see how
much enthusiasm will come
from students after some surf
ing movies are shown on
campus.
Club secretary Gary Reubin
of Norfolk is one of the club's
most able competative surfers.
Gary has surfed in many West
and East coast spots such as
Santa Cruz, San Francisco,
and Virginia Beach. Gary be
lieves that the proposed com
petition team will fare well in
taeir first meet this spring.
Another club secretary, Jim
Fentress also of Norfolk has
been surfing for over six years
and has surfed in many east
coast spots. His knowledge of
surfing and his ability to teach
beginners will be a great asset
to the club.
Club treasurer Phil Gray,
another member from Norfolk
has also surfed in many popu
lar east coast spots and has
had over six years surfing ex
perience. Phil will be the head
of the competition team and
is without a doubt an able
competitive surfer.
Vice-president Jim Frey from
Norfolk, is another excellent
surfer of many east coast spots
and has over sic years exper
ience to back him up. Jim has
a great knowledge of surfing
techniques and styles and be
lieves that the films and other
activities of the club will fur
nish Chowan students with much
interesting material.
The president and founder of
the club, Luis Revelle, is a
native of Newport Beach, Calif.,
and has surfed such west coast
spots as the “Wedge” at New
port Beach, Black’s Beach at
La Jolla and many east coast
spots.
He is very concerned about
bringing a profound interest
in surfing to the campus, teach
ing beginners entering the col
lege into intercollegiate surfing
competition, and in providing
Chowan students with good
entertainment such as the movie
“Endless Summer” and “Free
and Easy ’
Luis says that his club will
need all the student support it
can get, and interested persons
should contact him or another
one of the members for infor
mation.
Train wreakage
being cleared
CLARKTON, N. C. (AP) —
Work crews, supervised by
Army munitions experts, Mon
day began untangling the wreck
age of freight cars that derailed
earlier , in the day, spilling
crates of artillery shells along
the tracks.
“It'-s a little bit nervous out
there.” said a Bladen County
deputy. But the Army said the
shells posed “no immediate
danger"
Thirty-eight freight cars— 25
of them loaded with 105 mm and
60 mm shells—rumbled off
the tracks about 2 a.m. in a
swampy area near Clarkton.
There were no injuries.
It was the second such derail
ment in the area in little more
than one year. In January, 1968.
the town of Chadbourn was
evacuated after a muni
tions train derailed. Both derail
ments involved Seaboard Coast
Line trains.
The ammunition in Monday's
derailment was bound for Sun
ny Point Military Ocean Termi
nal near Southport.
A spokesman for the terminal
said there was no danger of the
ammunition exploding “if the
shells are properly handled. "
The terminal dispatched muni
tions experts to supervise re
loading. Some shells were
spilled from the crates.
Ft. Bragg sent soldiers to the
scene to keep spectators away
from the ammunition.
A large crane arrived on the
scene a few hours after the de
railment to help clear the
tracks. A railroad spokesman
said trains would be rerouted
around the area until the
wreckage is removed.
The cars were part of a 142-
car train assembled in Hamlet.
The train was to drop off the
munitions cars at Sunny Point,
then continue on its way to Wil
mington.
A Seaboard Coast Line offi
cial said the cause of the derail
ment has not been determined.
“It may be days,” he said. The
railroad official said he could
not estimate how long it will
take to clear the tracks.
Meanwhile, at 11 a,m. Chan
cellor J. Carlyle Sitterson pre
sided at a meeting of almost 100
deans and department chair
men. The educators were given
petitions to circulate among the
faculty condemning those stu
dents and teachers whose “con
duct led to the presence of high
way patrolmen " on the campus.
It states the “present univer
sity crisis " is a labor dispute
and “the university is moving,
with good will and in good faith,
to reach just solutions. We
strongly endorse that effort and
urge that it continue with maxi-
mun possible speed.""
The petition condemns efforts
by minorities to “force adoption
of their views as to matters ir
relevant to the present labor
dispute"" by threatening to dis
rupt the campus.
It calls upon the militant sup
porters of the striking workers
to “publicly renounce any in
tention"" to disrupt the campus
again.
It also condemns teachers who
would “deliberately pervert or
refuse to carry out their assign
ments" because of disagree
ment with university policies.
The continuation of disturb
ances and disruption of classes,
it states, might “goad the peo
ple of the state into destroying
freedom of expression for all of
Congressman is welcomed
Congressman Walter B. Jones, left, is welcomed to Mur
freesboro and Chowan by Bill Sowell, president of the
Murfreesboro Exchange Club and a professor in the De-
nartment of Graphic Arts. The congressman spoke to
Exchangites last Wednesday evening during the Book of
Golden Deeds award banquet held in the President's
Dining Room of Thomas Cafeteria.