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Page 2—Smoke Signals. Wednesday. March i2. i969
■DITORIAL
"We Have to Cut the Fat Out of Spending!" The love I have
EDIlOKIVr
Playing two roles
As this editor stood in that never ending lunch line one
recent Tuesday she noticed that for a while the line moved
backwards instead of forwards. A quick look around and
anyone can see what the problem is.
It seems that there are still people on this campus whose
refuse to be recognized as students and fail to see that
they have the same rights as any other student on this
campus.
These people (I refrain from calling them students
because they don’t act like it) seem to feel they have
some special privilege that allows them to get in line
ahead of others there before they arrived. In plainer
language, there are those who break in line.
It is general knowledge that only members of the
Men’s Council and Women’s Council are allowed to give
call-downs for such unmannerly actions. It is seen by
others as well as myself that some of these authoritative
students feel that it is their right to give breaks.
How can this be?
I was under the impression that when a student is
given a position of authority he is to uphold the duties of
such an office. When members of these councils insist
on unmannerly conduct how can the rest of the students
be expected to up hold even minor regulations in the
cafeteria?
If these Council students don’t feel like they should, or
if thej don’t want to up-hold their positions, then I will
be the first to say why don’t they get out. A person in
their position can’t and shouldn’t play two roles.
There are too many students on campus that can take
one role without the other for those who insist on plavine
two roles to remain in their positions.
Those on the Councils who do uphold their duties should
talk with and try to get the point across to these other
members that their actions can not and should not con
tinue.
To those ordinary students who don’t like moving back
in line, they should complain to these individuals in person
about their behavior. If they don’t like it, tell them that
you don’t like the way they use the responsibility you
vote to them.
And by the way, I think that most of them may forget
that it is the students who gave them their positions to
start with, and it would be possible for the students to
take it away if they really wanted to.
Take a look around you the next Tuesday or Thursday
you are in the lunch line and count how many people get
in line in front of you after you are in line. Maybe you
will do some thinking.
Another small note: on this Tuesday I took a small
survey, and for every boy that broke in line there were
four girls that broke. If you don’t believe it, count the
next time and maybe you will see the need in the few
call-downs that were handed out to be passed and not
stopped because the boys aren’t getting them. —NAM
Three awarded
Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Nixon bestowed the na
tion's highest award — the Med
al of Honor—today on three
Army men who he said “fought
for the cause of freedom and
peace" in Vietnam.
The presentation was a first
for Nixon, and he said it was
the highest honor for him thus
far as President.
In a colorful East Room cere
mony, the President presented
the blue-ribboned medals with a
handshake to Sgt. l.C. Fred W.
Zabitosky, 26, of Trenton, N.J.;
S. Sgt. Joe R. Hooper, 29, of
Saugus, Calif., and Spec. 5 Clar
ence E. Sasser, 21, of Rosharon,
Tex.
Zabitosky's wife and son live
at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Nixon said the three “have
added to the honor of America
by what they have done,” risk
ing their lives for their fellow
men in courageous acts.
He noted that all three were
under 30 and said that there is
a tendency to emphasize what
is wrong with the younger gen-
Aim to please ..
eration in America sometimes.
But. he said, “These three
young men demonstrated to us
that we can be very proud of
the younger generation.
Secretary of the Army Stan
ley R. Resor read the citations
crediting the men with out
standing heroism and perform
ance under fire in January and
February 1968
Among other things, Zabito
sky rescied the pilot from a
burning helicopter which
crashed during a fire fight.
Sasser, a medical aid man,
was cited for his treatment and
encouragement of wounded men
during a battle even after he
was wounded in the shoulder
and both legs.
Hooper, a squad leader, led
an assault on a heavily defend
ed enemy position on a river-
bank. The citation said he “sin-
glehandedly stormed three ene
my bunkers, destroying them
with hand grenades and rifle
fire, and shot two enemy sol
diers who had attacked and
wounded the chaplain.
In the Sheppard Air Force Base newspaper,
“The Seantor,” there appeared the following time
ly message:
“To the readers: Any errors you find within the
pages of The Sheppard Senator are put there on
purpose. Some of our readers read The Senator
only to find things wrong, and we aim to please
everybody.’’
SMOKE SIGNALS STAFF
G>>Editor Nancy M(^
Co-Editor Tom Garner
Managing Editor Francine Sawyer
Sports Editor . George Skinner
Society Editor Pauline Robinson
Photographers l-irry Matthews*
Frank Granger and Ga^ Whitley
Faculty Advisor Malcolm Jones
Production Advisors Charles Stevens
William Sowell and Herman Gatewood
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Mailbag Bulietins
22 million Americans
are hypertensive
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK (AP) — Things a
columnist might never know if
he didn’t open his mail:
In our tense society, an esti
mated 22 million Americans suf
fer from hypertension, or high
blood pressure. But the good
news is that new methods of
control during the last decade
have cut the death rate from
this mysterious disease by 50
per cent.
Lady, do you insist on having
your husband help you with
household chores? The British
medical journal, “Pulse,”
warns that such activity after a
hard day’s work AlihiiKvlh jobl
can adversely affect a man’s
health.
Poor kids are getting an edu
cational break at last, thanks in
part at least to U.S. financial
aid to students. In 1966 only 7.5
per cent of freshmen students
enrolling in college came from
families with annual incomes of
$5,000 or less. By 1968 the figure
had risen to 11 per cent.
What can you get for a penny
anymore? Well, it’ll still buy
penny candy, a business that is
flourishing again. Of the U.S.
candy industry's annual $3 bil
lion in sales, almost $200 million
of it is in penny candy.
Quotable notables: “A man
should sleep sometime between
lunch and dinner in order to be
at his best in the evening when
he joins his wife and friends at
dinner. My wife and I tried two
or three times in the last 40
we had to stop.”—Sir Winston
Churchill.
Hard Luck Parent: If you
think it's difficult to rear chil
dren in today’s hostile world,
how’d you like to be a mother
oyster? She can produce up to a
million eggs in a season—and
only one may ever grow to adult
size.
History lesson: Can you iden
tify the U.S. presidents who
bore the following nicknames:
“Scribe of the Revolution,”
“Little Magician, ” “First Gen
tleman of the Land,” and “Her
mit Author of Palo Alto“? They
were, in order, Thomas Jeffer
son, Martin Van Buren, Chester
A. Arthur, and Herbert Hoover.
Worth remembering: “If you
can't break 85 you have no busi
ness on a golf course. If you can
break 85 you probably have no
business.”
'^aise fee rsouthtiaws^.. Aisout*
one in 10 persons is left-handed
and many feel it is a distinct
handicap. But Dr. Bryng Bryn-
gelson of the University of
Minnesota says: “Left-handed
people tend to be more creative
and more imaginative than
right-handed people.”
Spring can mean war
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK (AP) — It has
been a long hard winter and
most people are looking forward
eagerly to spring.
Not me.
As much as does the next
man, I love the balmy breezes
of this season and the sight of
dandelions marching in yellow
legions across suburban lawns.
But for me spring doesn’t
mean release or renewal. It
means war. For then is the time
when the housekeepers of busi
ness managements across the
land decide to clean up the of
fice.
That means another battle be
gins in my long 25-year war to
keep my desk the way I want it
—beautifully messed up.
One after another the self-ap-
pointed vigilantes in the office
spick-and-span brigade come up
and start demanding:
“All right, when are you going
to do it?”
“Do what?” I reply, fending
for time.
Drunk driving
law changed
RALEIGH (AP) — A bill
reducing the maximum punish
ment for first and second of
fenses of drunken driving be
came law Friday when the North
Carolina House agreed to a
Senate amendment.
Rep. Marcus Short, D-Guil-
ford, moved that the House
concur in a minor Senate change
to his measure which would
make the maximum sentence
for the first two offenses of
drunken driving a $500 fine and
six months in prison. The pres
ent maximum is a $1,000 and
two years.
In reducing the maximum
punishment, the General Assem
bly did not intend to ease up
on drunken driving. The legis
lators recognized that judges
do not ordinarily sentence an
offender to more than six
months.
“Clean up your desk!” They
say sternly.
“Never!” I mutter, lovingly
plunging my arms up to the el
bow in its vast clutter.
What I can’t understand about
these righteous forces of creep
ing tidiness is why they aren’t
satisfied simply with cleaning
up their own desks. Why do they
insist that my desk, too. become
as faceless and lacking in per
sonality as theirs?
But year after year they do,
sometimes adopting tactics that
would shame a confidence man
or brigand. Their conspiracies
are endless.
One year one of my coworkers
got his cousin, a fire-inspector.
to come in on one of his off-duty
days and declared my desk a
public fire hazard. That, I sub
mit, is sinking to a new low.
They denounce the material
on my desk—it has overflowed
four filing cabinets, the tops of
those cabinets, a bookcase, and
two adjoining windows—as
“trash” or “junk.”
How illiterate can people be?
What they don’t realize is that
to me my desk is a thing of joy
A poem
By CARL SNYDER
As I sit and wonder where you are at night.
There is something that I cannot fight
That is the love I have for you
Which makes me feel the way I do.
I didn’t know our love would be so fine
Until I left and found you mine.
So please don’t ever let me go
For I would never know
A love which I never knew
For one so sweet whom I adore.
In each day and every passing moment
I cannot help but think how dear you are
You are like nature in the spring; wonderful
Your warmth is that of summer sun
For one like me I do not deserve
A girl with qualities of that of ah angel
Not being with you, you would find me untrue.
But then without you I would find myself lost.
I write these lines to say I love you
With more meaning than just words.
By ROBIN STALLARD
God endowed each of us
with love to keep or share
He gave us this love
to understand, so
guard it with special care.
He gave us love to
understand the need
in a new born's eyes
He gave us love to
understand a puppy
when it cries
He gave too. an
amount of love
To save a certain
time
to save until the moment when
Two separate loves
will bind
He gave us love to
understand the
tears a friend may
shed
He gave love so
we'll forget
the harsh words
that were said.
He gave us love
to last all life
Even til we grow old
But if you ever
lose this love
Time will grow
so cold.
Want to be
By ROBIN STALLARD
I want to be someone
Not just anyone at
all
Not to have a put
on face
Like a painted doll
I want to be myself
and yet
Cinderella too
There are so many things
in this world I’ll
never get to do.
I want to be what
I ought to be
Maybe a little more
If someone would
just offer the key
I would open the
door.
I want to be
a true, true friend
Will I ever leam
The memory of
broken ties deep
inside will burn
I want to be a
true true love bluoAi
Sharing and forgiving
I want a purpose
for myself
So I can go on
living.
I want to be
satisfied, with
what I do and say
Life is sometimes
a cruel teacher
Must I learn
from day to day.
Literary
Musings
By PROF. ROBERT MULDER
BERNARD SHAW COMES TO CHOWAN. Called “the
wittiest man in the world" during his lifetime. George
Bernard Shaw, by his satire and ridicule, has kept the
world laughing for a good many years now. He has made
the world do a good deal of thinking at the same time.
When Shaw begins to poke fun at us or at the things you
may like, you will laugh first and think afterwards. And
sooner or later, he pokes fun at most of us and most of
the things we like.
Shaw was born in Dublin on July 26. 1856. He had very
little regular education for he started earning his own
living at fifteen. Said Shaw: “I am an educated man be
cause I escaped from school at fourteen.”
From his active interest in the Socialist movement.
Shaw broke into drama around 1892. Besides his novels,
essays, and criticisms. Shaw made an outstanding con
tribution to the theatre.
Chowan College was favored last week when the local
players, directed by Professor Edith Larson, presented on
our campus one of Shaw’s most famous five-acters, “Pyg
malion.”
This play, which Shaw called a romance and on which
“My Fair Lady” was based, was performed first in 1913
in the Berlin Lessing Theatre. One year later performan
ces were presented in London and New York.
We have asked Pauline Robinson, one of our freshmen,
to present our readers with a review of the play. Miss
Robinson starred in the Chowan players’ production of
“Life With Father” last fall.
“PYGMALION" ... A Review
In viewing the performance of “Pygmalion” staged by
the Chowan Players last week, we observed several out
standing performances and features which deserve to be
mentioned.
Dale Willard, who took the role as Eliza Doolittle, gave
an excellent performance. Her acting revealed much work
and talent, and her appearance of the characters played
by Audrey Hepburn in the same role in “My Fair Lady”
was commendable.
With no previous acting experience in several years,
Truett Duncan of Murfreesboro did a fine job in handling
the part of Henry Higgins. Eliza’s professor. Mr. Dun
can’s hard work and dedication to the Chowan players
were appreciated by cast as well as audience.
In character with his role as Colonel Pickering, Harry
Greenlaw commanded his diction with the precise accur
acy his part called for. Having performed in previous
Chowan player productions, Harry’s ease on the stage was
obvious.
Tommy Garner portrayed a strong, characterization of
Alfred Doolittle, Eliza’s father. The part of the housekeep
er taken by Brenda Timmer and the role of Mrs. Higgins
taken by Pam Keyes was also well acted.
Two actors who were last minute substitutions because
of sickness in the cast should certainly be commended.
Both Diane Trump and Richard Lalonde did nice jobs in
taking the parts of Mrs. Eynsford Hill and Freddy Hill,
No real weaknesses were noted even in the portrayal of
minor characters who all carried out their parts well.
Diane Davis, playing Clara Hill, was certainly in character
in her-pcrformanc^. '”7"""”" rioiisxel riauo'iril
Costuming in the play deserves mention, for it was most
elaborate and appropriate and added much to the play.
Scenery and props were colorful and helped to create ef
fect in the production. The lighting was extremely effective
in certain scenes although not overly done.
Mrs. Edith Larson, the director, certainly deserves
commemoration for the play was well received and shows
a great deal of work on the part of the cast and the direc
tor. This, as well as other plays directed by Mrs. Larson,
indicated many hours of hard, professional work.
and a beauty forever. My theory
is that it takes a heap of piling
on to make a desk a home, and
my desk is the home of my
mind.
I love every scrap of informa
tion it contains—from the early
history of Winchester, Va., to a
public statement issued on a
Sunday in 1938 by President Ni
cholas Murray Butler of Colum
bia University, a,man who rare
ly let a Sunday g^ by without is
suing a public statement. To me
this material isn't printed de
bris. It is mental manna that so
mehow. sometime, will be use
ful.
When I go to my final reward,
if I can’t take my present desk
with me. I’m going to say:
“0 Lord, then give me a new
desk, and an acre of space in
heaven, and let me clutter it
through all eternity.”
And I know what His tolerant
answer will be:
“Why not, son? I don’t mind a
little clutter myself. If I did, I’d
have scrapped the earth long,
long ago. It hasn’t been exactly
a shining example of universal
order.”
I want to be,
I want to be . . .
The words will
never come
What I want
be, I can be and I’m the
only one.
Letter to the Editor
To the EMitor:
West Hall was recently honored with the presence of our own
Dean of Students who wished to have a personal room check
of his own. While the comment was made that the majority
of us did hve in a rather slovenly manner, he did however mention
that he enjoyed the boys because of their ducky attitude.
Naturally we cherish this close to our hearts. Though we were
given the regular wishy-washy routine, (only certain individuals
received call-downs for dirty rooms while actually we were all
guilty of this offense,) we appreciate his concern for our well
being and are very thankful.
It is suggested, however, that should he make future room checks
rather than inform the occupants that everything is in order and
nrnsni vof IA»1 inform the head resident to give these individuals call-downs,
I 6~ III QdllIZaXIOll that he face-forewardly tell the occupants that he is dissatisfied
with the appearance of their room.
For a Dean of Students to be an asset to his position, first he
must be able to have face-to-face contact with the students to
set at least some degree of rapport.
Respectfully,
Jim Cherrva
Law and order
committee
RALEIGH (AP) — Legislation
iasked by Gov. Bob Scott to re
organize the Governor’s Com
mittee on Law and Order was
passed by the North Carolina
House Friday and enacted into
law.
The bill revamps the commit
tee’s membership to include
more representatives of local
government and to add repre
sentatives of correctional, parole
and probation agencies.
Rep. James B. Vogler, D-Meck-
lenburg, told the House the rep
resentatives of local govern
ment were increased because
most of the $6.25 million the
committee will receive from the
federal governmeoe$.fngg)o to
local governments to beef up
administration of justice.
Passed by the House and sent
to the Senate was a measure to
permit Virginia, South Carolina
and Tennessee doctors, as well
as North Carolina doctors, to
attend persons being treated
under the Workmen’s Compens
ation Act.
Also passed and sent to the
Senate were bills requested by
the N.C. Wildlife Resources
Commission to:
—Prohibit the use of shotguns
and rifles or taking of game in
connection with field trials and
training of hunting dogs.
—Require skin and scuba div
ers to display warning flags
when diving in navigable waters.
—Exempt boats operated on
private ponds from the state's
motorboat licensing act.
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"for Monday through friday give me a medium, and tor
Saturday and Sunday I'd like an extra-longf