Senior institutions
cited for students
by D. H. Nicholson
When the Chowan College
graduate makes a decision to
transfer to a four-year institu
tion of higher learning, he is
malting a choice of significance
not only to himself but to his
first “alma mater.” And since
this decision can determine his
productivity in the ever-demand
ing society into which he will
be placed wholly on his own
after his formal education, it is
all the more important that he
make the decision with as much
care and concern as possible.
Consequently, we, the faculty
and administration of Chowan
College want to be a real and
vital part of that decision. We
want to help the student realize
his realistic aspirations because
we feel that this is one of our
more important “jobs.”
Therefore, the College has
undertaken a small study or
investigation which has attempt
ed to examine the admissions
policies of approximately 100
colleges and universities in the
South. This investigation, in
essence, examined the current
admissions policies of these
schools as these policies would
relate directly to the Chowan
College 2-year graduate or non
degree transferer. The exami
nation of these policies was
approached through a question
naire consisting of the 5 ques
tions which follow:
1. What is your current
policy concerning ‘D’s’ in trans
fer when the applicant has an
over-all ‘C’ average and the
associates degree?
2. What is your present
policy concerning repeat hours?
(In other words, do you count
as hours-attempted everytime
that a course is repeated or do
you only count that course
once?)
3. What are the requirements
for continued enrollment at
your institution?
4. Would you be willing to
grant “conditional admissions”
to any student without the as
sociates degree or at least the
“C” average on all work at
tempted if that student, in your
estimation, might show some
potential for completion at your
institution?
5. Approximately how many
on or off-campus living spaces
do you have available for trans
fers into your junior class next
Fall?
As was mentioned earlier, the
above-described questionnaire
was sent to 100 colleges and
universities in the South. These
institutions, which will be in-
dentified as we go further into
our conclusions from the exam
ination, were selected for three
general reasons: 1) The schools
were in a “practical vicinity”
for most of the students of
Chowan College. By this, the
writer means that a majority
of Chowan students live in as
area which could be serviced
by one or more of the polled
schools, and, most likely, the
students from a particular area
would want information about
the four-year schools in some
proximity to their homes. 2)
The schools were also selected
because, at one time or another,
specific students had indicated
an interest in, or applied to,
one or a few of them. 3) This
writer’s prejudice would also
have to figure into the* selec
tions. (Admissions officials at
some of the schools had indi
cated to him earlier, in one
fashion or another, that they
were changing (liberalizing)
some of their policies concern
ing admissions, and, therefore,
would welcome an examination,
at a later date.) • .
It mieht EO without further
statement that the above gener
al reasons cannot be all-inclus
ive; however they probably
come fairly close to the major
Careful thought urged
in selecting officials
Soon, at a time to be announ
ced by Emmitt Totty and his
Committee on Elections, student
leaders for the 1969-70 term will
be elected. Before a successful
election can be held, much
planning and committee work
has to be done.
It is now time to begin cau
cusing. Campus political part
ies for the purpose of sponsor
ing candidates can be formed.
Campaign materials-flyers, pic
tures, badges, skits-need to be
planned well in a^^nce.
See pages 46-49Mn your Stud
ent Handbook , for regulations
pertaining to elections.
Mistakes made now, either
by omission or commission,
will cost us next year. The
demands on SGA officers are
manv Only students with lea
dership potential should find
their name on the ballot.
Spring semester freshmen at
Chowan face greater responsi
bility in student government
than their friends attending
senior institutions, because our
student leadership is always
with the sophomores. This is
perhaps one of the advantages
in attending a junior college.
The excellence of government,
publications, and activities at
Chowan is largely determined
by sophomores in leadership
positions.
When one thinks of school
spirit, football, basketball, and
cheerleaders come to mind.
However, school spirit can be
displayed during student cam
paigns and elections.
No greater contribution can
be made to Chowan by students
not returning next fall than
leaving the SGA in hands of
students capable of providing
quality leadership.
reasons ior the selections.
Probably another major reason
could have been time. Because
Spring is an important, as well
as rather traumatic, time for
the prospective transferer, it
was felt that there should be an
immediate attempt made to poll
schools. With the latest and
most up-to-date responses, the
faculty and administration of
Chowan College would then be
in a better position to counsel'
those students who could still
be somewhat undecided about
their plans for next Fall.
The 100 colleges and univer
sities selected and contacted
could represent a good cross-
section of private and public
institutions throughout the South.
Of the 100 contacted, 67 (67
per cent), at the time of this
writing, responded to the ques
tionnaire, and in a majority of
instances their responses were
framed in qualifications, all of
which should prove interesting
and beneficial to the Chowan
College student.
The rest of this column for the
next four issues of the Smoke
Signals will be an effort to
describe the responses of the
various institutions to the speci
fic questions. For instance, next
week we will want to review the
responses to the first inquiry
of the questiormaire, as it has
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Dorm room
assignments
for 1969
Those students who plan to
return to Chowan College in the
fall of 1969 are to sign up for
rooms according to the follow
ing schedule.
Reservation fees must be paid
and housing cards filled out
prior to signing up for rooms. No
reservation fees will be taken
on the dates set up for room as
signments, except April 15.
Once a student signs up for a
certain room, his room assign
ment is permanent until the
changing period in the fall.
Before going to the Housing
Office, a student should check
with his Head Resident to see
which rooms were open at the
end of the preceding sign-up
day. No student may sign up
or reserve a room for another
student.
The times for signing up will
be 10:00 a. m., to 12:00 noon,
and 2:00 p. m., to 4:00 p. m. (ex
cept Saturdays).
Who reserves rooms
March 15—Any student who
wishes to retain the room he
presently occupies. If he wishes
a roommmate preference, the
roommate must apply at the
same time.
March 22—Any student who
wishes a room in the same
dormitory he now lives in but
wishes to reserve a room other
than his present one. If he has
a roommate preference, the
roommate must apply at the
same time.
March 29—All returning stu
dents not included in the above
categories.
The Voice of Chowan^
Vnliime2—Number 15
Wednesday, March 19, 1969
Murfreesboro, N. C.
Presented by drama groip
Pygmalion production reviewed
Four inducted in Alpha Pi Epsilon
In a recent Candlelight Ceremony in Marks
Hall Auditorium, four girls were initiated into
membership in Alpha Pi Epsilon, National Sec
retarial Society at Chowan College.
Following the ceremony, new and old members
enjoyed a banquet dinner at the Village Squire
Steak House.
New members, from left to right, shown re
ceiving their membership scroll from co-sponsor
Mrs. Dorothy Wallace and president Susan Clark,
are: Diane Caviness, Janet Speight, Jeannie Gay,
Nancy Edwards. (Not pictured are Donna Bur
nett and Mrs Patricia B. Edwards, sponsor.)
MWT'
Which one won?
It’s difficult to tell, but Gayle Cooper (cen- left is Linda Keesee, Enterprise, and at
ter) of Dizier, Aid., is the new Miss Enter- right, Annie Lois Crews, Samson, first and
prise State Junior College. The runners-up second in that order,
are as happy and as surprised as she. At
Plans made for
regional meeting
Old membership, including officers of Alpha Pi
Epsilon are, Elizabeth S. Jenkins, Susan Clark,
president; Carolyn Brinkley, vice-president;
Terry Batten, secretary; Linda Jenkins, histor
ian; and Mary Taylor Crowder, treasurer.
In order to qualify for membership in Alpha
Pi Epsilon, students must maintain a 2.0 quality
point rating on all academic work and musl
also possess the qualities of accuracy, depend
ability and initiative.
In selecting candidates for membership, the
society seeks young people of character, intelli
gence, leadership, scholarship and superior com
petence in secretarial subjects.
SUE CLARK
Sue Clark is
nominated
for Who's Who
By FRANCINE SAWYER
Ssuan Mary Clark has been
nominated for “Who’s Who” in
American Junior Colleges. Sue
is a sophomore here at Chowan
and the nomination is based on
academic achievement, service,
leadership and future potential.
From Churchville, Pa., Sue
served her high school in many
activities, such as choir, folk
singing club. Future Business
Leaders of America, Spirit Club
and Varsity basketball. From
two of the clubs mentioned Sue
became eligible for two honors,
that of District Chorus and a
Secretarial Scholarship.
Apart from maintaining her
high academic average Sue has
some time tor hobbies and spe
cial interests. Observing and
pa^ticipation in sports ranks
high among her hobbies, and
singing and playing the piano
keep her specia interests going.
While at Chowan, Sue has cer
tainly taken the lead in leader
ship, she is president of Alpha
Pi Epsilon, and her other club
participation belongs to Phi
Theta Kappa. Sue is the treasur
er of her sophomore class.
Enrolled in medical secretar
ial administration. Sue plans to
do her medical secretarial in
ternship at either Duke Univer
sity Medical Center or Norfolk
General Hospital in Norfolk, Va.
After her internship she plans, to
pack the bags and head back
north for employment.
Five regional meetings are
being concucted by Virgil L.
McBride, director of develop
ment and Dr. Hargus Taylor,
chaplain at Chowan, in order
to make plans for a special
seminar to be held on the col
lege’s campus on April 11.
According to an announce
ment by the coordinators, Tay
lor and McBride, the meetings
are to be held with ministers
of Baptist churches throughout
the region on an invitational
basis. Findings from the plan
ning meetings will be combined
in order to produce discussion
material for the seminar on
April 11 which will be composed
of Ministers and church leaders
from the Baptist churches af
filiated with the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina.
The five meetings are: Eliza
beth City at the Holiday Inn
Restaurant on March 13 at 11
a.m.; New Bern at the Holiday
Inn on March 14 at 11 a.m.;
Thomas Cafeteria at Chowan
College on March 14 at 6 p.m.;
Rocky Mount at the Holiday Inn
(No. 1) at 11 a.m. on March 19;
and Williamston, at the Town
and Country Restaurant, 11 a.m.
on March 21.
The seminar will have as a
major theme “Understanding
Today’s Student.” Special
addresses of a brief nature will
be provided and then the group
will discuss, on a group basis,
the presentations along with the
material compiled from the
planning meetings.
Chowan loses to
Wake Forest
By TOMMY GARNER
In opening their 1969 season,
Chowan tennis team saw defeat
at the hands of the Wake Forest
freshmen. Wake Forest downed
the Chowan players 9-0.
Even in defeat. Coach Greene
was pleased at the way his play
ers played, stating that for many
this had been their first competi
tion match.
In mdividual matches. Grant
Upchurch won the first 15-13,
lost the second two, 6-1, 6-4. Tom
Garner lost 6-3 and 6-1. Monty
Rainey went down 6-2 and 7-5.
stan Moore lost 6-0, 6-4. Fred
Goddin was beaten 6-2, 6-2. Har
ry Gray was handed defeat at
6-0, 6-2.
Upchurch and Garner teamed
up in the double matches losing
6-3, 6-4. Moore and Goddin lost
6-2, won the second match 6-4,
and lost the third, 6-4. Rainey
and Gray was handed a 6-2 and
7-5 defeat.
By PRO. ROBERT MULDER
When theater enthusiasts at
tend a junior college production,
they do not expect complete
perfection, for rarely is such
found-even on Broadway; how
ever, they have a right to demand
in return for their time, effort,
and expense a good play and an
entertaining evening from the
stage.
This is just what Friday night’s
audience expected and received
when the Chowan Players pre
sented their final performance
|of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pyg
malion” in Columns Auditorium
on March 7.
Director Edith Larson had a
right to sit back and observe the
production from the last row in
the auditorium, as the many
hundreds of hours of hard work
were resulting in a total student
production front stage as well
as back. Mrs. Larson had care
fully trained her players, for
Friday night’s performance was
staged smoothly and positively.
Upon entering the auditorium,
the portico of St. Paul’s Church
quietly awaited curtain time.
Magnificent Columns freshly
painted and a luminous center
window attested to the talented
artistic efforts of Bob Lawrence
of Asheville and Pete Sykes of
Norfolk. This set, designed for
Act 1, promised the audience
an interesting evening at the
theater.
The part of Elisa Doolittle
was played in a sparkling man
ner by Dale Willard of Frederick,
Maryland. Miss Willard handled
the transformation in speech and
action which this play required
in a remarkably professional
manner. Her quick, crisp, state
ment: “I’m a good giri, I am,”
will long remain in the minds
of those who saw her brilliant
performance as the Cockney flo
wer girl.
Professor Henry Higgins, with
his 130 vowel sounds and his
determination to make a duchess
out of the dragon-tailed gutter
snipe (Elisa), was portrayed in
a freshly original manner by
Truett Duncan of Murfreesboro.
Mr. Duncan worked hard to
present his characterization in
a convincing way, and the ser
iousness with which he approach
ed the part of Higgins was ob
vious to the audience.
Colonel Pi^’kering was actively
portrayed oy Harry Greenlaw
of Fredericksburg, who com
pletes his second year on the
Chowan stage. Having been act
ive in all phases of the drama
department since he came to
Chowan, Mr. Greenlaw handled
his role very well and indicated
in his performance the ease
and grace which come with sur
rounding stage familiarity.
Also taking the part of a trans
formational figure, Tom Gamer
of Newport (Alfred Doolittle)
received his share of laughs
and rightly so, for he looked
the part, spoke the part, and
acted well the part of the coniving
father of Elisa. Mr. Garner’s
voice and stage manner dis
played his understanding of the
characterization which was his.
His purposeful stage movements
and his self-induced wit, along
with Shaw’s own bits of satire,
created an unforgetable char
acter for those who saw Friday’s
performance.
The audience did not see enough
of Freddie Hill, a cultured young
admirer of Elisa’s played ex
uberantly by Richard Lalonde.
His having had less than a week
of rehearsal was certainly not
obvious to the audience, and
viewers would like to see more
of this young man in future
productions.
Brenda Trimmer of Richmond
was Mrs. Pearce, housekeeper
of Bachelor Higgins. Miss Trim
mer was particularly moving
in her role which actually de
manded keeping the play mov
ing in many instances.
The part of Mrs. TTiggins was
brilliantly portrayed by Pamela
Keyes, who was first presented
to a Chowan audience in “Life
With Father.” Miss Keyes, a
native of Petersburg, controlled
her characterization well and
stayed in command of the sit
uation with much dignity and
charm.
Minor roles were played pos
itively by other Chowan Players.
Friday’s audience was reminded
again that there are really no
minor roles at all, for even
thesecharacterizationswereplay-
ed well with major intent and
sincerity.
The performance of Friday
evening climaxed the efforts of
many behind-the-scene person
nel, a highly dedicated group
of people necessary to present
a drama as massive as “Pyg
malion.” Both the seen (props)
and the unseen (sounds) must
be carefully controlled in a dra
matic production of this type.
Stage manager, Frank Davis,
and student directors, Diane Tru
mp and Pete Sykes, played an
important part in “Pvemalion’s”
success. Credit is also due Odell
Cleveland who headed proper-"
ites, Mike Herbstreith who headed
make'Up, and Janelle Mitchiner
and Ann Vick who headed cos
tumes.
Very obvious was the use of
colorful costumes, modeled well
by all of the casts young ladies.
Particularly lovely was Miss
Diane Davis of Murfreesboro
who played the part of Clara
Hill. Authentic props also added
flavor to the stage; noticeable
was the old-fashioned phonograph
and the fan-backed wicker chair.
These were only a few of the,
mentionable extras in ‘'Pygmal
ion.”
, Though all performances may
not always indicate the hundreds
of man hours given to a play of
this caliber, Friday night’s pro
duction by the Chowan Players
certainly indicated this fact. Er
rors which may have slightly
marred opening performances
were carefully corrected in the
final showing. We shall look
forward to Director Larson’s and
The Chowan Players’ next pro
duction.
OFFICIAL CHARGED
WITH EMBEZZLING
NEW YORK (AP) — An em
ploye of a Harlem antipoverty
agency has been charged with
cashing $466,150 in checks that
were made out by a computer to
persons who did not exist.
Frank Willis, 28, an assistant
director of Harlem Youth Un
limited (Haryou-Act), a job-re-
ferral agency, was arrested
Wednesday on a 54-count indict
ment charging him with grand
larceny, possession of stolen
property, and conspiring with
Coy D. Smith, former chief fis
cal officer of the Youth Corps,
to commit grand larceny.
Campus to be scene of baseball camps
The Chowan College cam
pus will be the scene of
four consecutive weeks of
baseball camps during the
month of June 9-July 4 with
ooutstanding baseball person
alities to be involved.
The baseball camps for
boys 10 to 15 years of age will
provide a schedule of in
struction and practice to
teach baseball fundamentals,
pitching, catching, infield-
outfield procedures and batting
under instructors who are for
mer major league baseballers.
A former professional base
ball player with three big
league teams who was an All-
American at the University of
North Carolina and won the
Will Wynn Award for being the
North Carolinian contributing
most to baseball in 1962, Jim
Mallory will be one of the in
structors.
Another is Earl Smith, a
professional baseballer and
long-time major league scout.
Mallory, a former East Caro
lina University coach, now ser
ves as dean of men at the uni
versity.
Smith is presently head
coach for E-jst Carolina’s Pi--
rates, having led his diamond-
men to several Southern Con
ference Championships with
national ratings. Coach Smith
was instrumental in signing
baseball greats Gaylord Perry
and Jim Hart. His coaching
record includes 250 wins and
97 losses.
Two members of the coach
ing staff at Chowan College and
former baseball players, Jerry
Hawkins and Sam Green, will
assist. Hawkins starred for
Western Carolina University
and now coaches baseball at
Chowan and Green is a former
Wake Forest University base
baller.
The baseball camps aie
sponsored by Nocarva Baseball
Camps under, the direction of
Charles Helms and Charles
Stevens, both experienced in
camp work and recreational
activities for boys.
The camp directors have in
dicated that the boys will learn
and put their new knowledge to
work in the afternoon in actual
game play. The evenings pro
vide opportunities for talks by
visiting speakers, devotionals,
films and swimming. ^
The Nocarva Baseball Camp
address is P. 0. Box 22, Mur
freesboro N. C. 27855