Page 2—Smoke Signals, Wednesday. Aoril 16. 1969
Mr
Dr. Dickinson writes
on Australia trip
When I gets hungry, I eats!
Literary
Musings
15y I'KOF KOItKRT MULDER
And that’s just what these two herring fishermen were doing just below the bridge at
Vaughns Creek. The frying pan was being manned by one of the wives.
Stamp
industry
recovers
NEW YORK (AP) — The
trading stamp industry seems to
have recovered a bit from the
concussion it received from
cpst-conscious housewives in
1966, but there probably never
will be a return to those blissful
earlier days.
For more than 50 years
sSamps were a rather unimpres
sive marketing tool. But then in
the 1950s and early 1960s a
changing America gave them a
rocket like boost.
It came about this way. Fol
lowing World War II there was
a revolution in food merchandis
ing, primarily with the introduc
tion of the supermarket. Such
large stores, of course, needed
huge volume in order to make
profits.
, However, customers didn't
have the same loyalty to the im
personal supermarkets as they
had to the old-time store pro
prietor. They tended to shif*
from one store to another.
Arriving in Sydney on March
1 after flying for 28 hours
and losing one day on cross
ing the International Date
Line, we were detained over
the weekend because of our
illegal entry into the country.
We had no visas and were
restricted to the Sydney area
until the problem could be
solved.
Sydney is as beautiful a city
as I have seen-numerous
parks, multitudes of flowers,
temperate weather, sparkling
harbors, beautiful beaches
with all their interesting
patrons. Observing the city
at night provides a slightly
different but equally interesting
picture.
Solving our problems with
the immigration officials on
Monday morning, we moved north
along the coast, passing pas
tures of sheep and cattle,
banana nlantations, and pine
apple patches.
The Pacific shoreline pro
vides fabulous beaches for
Australians and tourists alike.
We have spent a great deal
of time observing life on
these beaches, but have yet
to spot an illegal bikini.
There have been some, how
ever, which pressed the two-
inch limit.
In addition to seeing the
sights our group of seven has
had other educational ex
periences in visiting industry,
agriculture, and schools.
A Letter to the Editor
With spring comes romantic
ideas, and music and candle
light tend to accentuate these
spring fever passions.
Chowan’s cafeteria pro
vided both of these things in
addition to an excellent steak
dinner last Wednesday night.
This dinner was the type
that fits the dress regulations
for Wednesday night and pro
vides the atmosphere students
turned on by spring ever
desire.
I feel it is certainly necessary
to express apprecitation not
only to the cafeteria for a
fine meal, but also to the
band members who sacrificed
in order for us to enjoy our
meals.
Many compliments concern
ing the evening have been
heard and perhaps in the future
we’ll see many more such
appropriate Wednesday night
dinners.
THE PSYCHIC BUG
Just let somebody get a good thing going and watch the
whole world (or a part of anyway) try to get in on it. I
refer to the considerable popularity given to things of
the psychic world.
About four years ago the reading world made a fast
seller of Ruth Montgomery’s story of Jeane Dison’s pro
phetic powers. (“A Gift of Prophecy,” New York: William
Morrow and Company, 1956.) Two years later Montgo
mery published her own story, “A Search for the Truth,”
telling how it all was done.
Since then there has been no stopping of the publications
which treat the unsolved mysteries of life. On many circles
you’re just not “with it” if you don’t communicate with
the dead, see ghosts, or believe in some aspects of psychic
phenomena.
My interest in the field grew out of a rather extensive
study of William Blake’s mysticism conducted last sum
mer at the University of Mississippi. Leaving Ole Miss,
my enthusiasm led me to pupchas«i sporadically some fif
teen books on mysticism and the psychic world, all which
I have read (yea studied) almost religiously.
I have even joined a book club for mystics, and with
the initial offer (four books for my collection) I received
a psychic ball as a gift. As of this writing, however, no one
has allowed me to “unleash the tremendous powers of my
secret consciousness” on them.
Interesting on the subject are the following: “Exploring
the Psychic World,” a strange chronicle of occult exper
iences in ghostology, spiritualism, and other supernatural
mysteries: “True Experiences in Telepathy,” showing
why today’s supernatural phenomena may become to
morrow’s staggering new science of the mind: and “The
Hypnotic I,” revealing how hypnosis has helped hundreds
to discover psychic powers within them.
The forementioned are paperbacks published last year.
Also recent are controversial writings in hardback edi
tions: “The Other Side” by James A. Pike and “Here and
Hereafter” by Ruth Montgomery.
Agree or disagree, these writers have something to say,
and I have found them well written and interesting. The
books would probably not be appreciated, however, by
those who have all the answers concerning universal
truths.
many people, on the other hand, obviously find the field
fascinating or else the publications would not enjoy such
rising popularity.
Some thoughts on
society of man
By JERRY NEWTON
The society of man has
its set laws and customs,
which, if broken, seem to
challenge ones understanding
and acceptance of his society.
A person is free from the
forced guardians of this so
ciety if he will present him
self for what he is, not
what he is expected to be as
a conformer to the standards
set by others.
The rebel tries to set his
own rule by his own beliefs
and by his opinions of the
set standards of the society.
Through the senses he en
visions what is not known nor
understood by the prejudiced
eyes and ears of his fellow
man. In so doing he h4(?
formulated his own kind of
life, though this he of
ten becomes one of outcast
from the so-called society of
man.
The rebel presents a new
style of thought, that one
being of a man ruled by his
own dictates and not by that
standard of the ,society which
tries to set him into its
particular system.
The new age of thought,
representing ones individualism
is easily seen in the current
unrest on the campuses of
our nation’s colleges.
This new force of today’s
man, then, is that of s person
being what he really is and
not of a person being molded
into the -system of smy giveft
society.
Our reviewer today is Joan
Clark, a nursing student from
Winton, whose review concerns
a socological study.
“FIVE FAMILIES ’
by Oscar Lewis
Reviewed by Joan Clark
In this book the author attem
pted to give the reader an
intimate and objective view of
daily life in five Mexican fami
lies. He tried to contribute
understanding of the culture of
poverty in lower-class life,
in general. He felt it was ironic
that many Americans know
more about the culture of some
isolated tribe of New Guinea,
with a poopulation of 500 peo
ple, than about the way of life
of millions of villagers in India,
Mexico and other underdevelop
ed nations.
He felt that to understand the
poor, one must live with them,
learn their language and cus
toms, and identify with their
prjblems and aspirations.
In Mexico practically nothing
is known of a scientific nature
about lower class family life.
In one of the few recently pub
lished studies on the Mexican
family the author had to rely
almost entirely upon data fi itp
novels.
The four seperate but related
approaches used by the author
were the topical approach
where data on the family is
organized and presented under
the headings of material cul
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ture, economic life, social re
lations, religious life, inter
personal relations, etc. The
Rashomon-like technique whe
re the family is seen through
the eyes of its members. The
third approach selected for
intensive study is a problem,
or special event, or crisis to
which the family reacts. And the
fourth approach studies the
family as a whole through de
tailed observation of a typical
day in the life of the family.
My reading covered three of
these families. Each one was
a unique little world of its own
but each in its own way re
flected soomething of the chang
ing Mexican culture.
The Martinez family, like
85 per cent of the villagers of
Azteca, live on the bare sub
stance level. The husband was
a dominating, authoritarian
male and his wife a submissive
woman. They had six children
to support and just getting en
ough money for food and cloth
ing was an all-absorbing, never-
solved problem.
The Go’nez family was a hard-
pressed working class family
living in a crowded one-room
apartment in Casa Grande. The
wife was domineering. The hus
band usually gave in to her wish
es. He had a mistress and had
upon occasion returned to live
with his parents. The working
children helped support this
family.
The Gutie'rrez family lived
in a slum tenament. The hus
band was a petty artisanist and
shop keeper and the wife was
a street vendor. These children
were also expected to work and
contribute to their support as
soon as they were physically
able. These parents had a com-
mon-law marriage, as do most
of these lower class families.
The husband was much younger
than the wife and yet he was
still the domineering parent in
the family. These parents both
had children by previous
spouses.
By reading this material, I
was able to see the members of
these families as they lived and
worked together as individuals
struggling for survival rather
than as averages and sterotypes
listed on graphs or in reports
in culture patterns. This was
very enlightening as I realized
that there are many families in
the low class group living
presently in our area.
STUDENT UNREST PROVISIONS
Departments’ of Labor, and Health, Education and Welfare Ap
propriation Act, 1969 (Public Law 90-557).
SEC. 411. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall
be used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan or a grant to any
applicant who has been convicted by any court of general jurisdic
tion of any crime which involves the use of or the assistance to
orthers in the use of force, trespass or the seizure of property
under control of an institution of higher education to prevent offi
cials or students at such an institution from engaging in their
duties or pursuing their studies.
HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1969 (PUBLIC LAW
90-575) - Eligibility for Student Assisance
SEC. 504. (a) If an institution of higher education determines,
after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual
attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual
has been convicted by any court of record of any crime which was
committed after the date of enactment of this Act and which involv
ed the use of (or assistance to others in the use of) force,
disruption, or the seizure of property under control of any institu-
Uon of higher education to prevent officials or students in such
institutions from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies,
and that such crime was of a serious nature and contributed to a
substantial disruption of the administration of the institution with
respect to which such crime was committed, then the institution
which such individual attends, or is employed by, shall deny for
a period of two years any further payment to, or for the direct
benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified
in subsection (c). If an institution denies an individual assistance
under the authority of the preceding sentence of this subsection,
then any institution which such individual subsequently attends
shall deny for the remainder to the two year period any further
payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any
of the programs specified in subsection (c).
(b) If an institution of higher education determines, after afford
ing notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending,
or employed by, such institution, that such individual has willfully
refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution after
the date of enactment of this Act, and that such refusal was of a
serous nature and contributed to a substantial dsiruption of the
administration of such institution, then such institution shall deny,
for a period of two years, any further payment to, or fore the
direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs speci
fied in subsection (c).
(c) The programs referred to insubsections (a) and (b) are as
follows:
(1) The student loan program under title II of the National
Defense Education Act of 1958.
(2) The educational opportunity grant program under part A
of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(3) The student loan insurance program under part 2b of title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(4) The college work-study program under part C of title IV
of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(5) Any fellowship program carried on under title II, III, or V
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or title IV or VI of the Na
tional Defense Education Act of 1958.
(d) (1) Nothing in this Act, or any Act amended by this Act,
shall be construed to prohibit any institution of higher education
from refusing to award, continue, or extend any financial assis^
ance under any such Act to any individual because of any mis
conduct whch in its judgement bears adversely on his fitness
for such assistance.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or
prejudicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of
higher education to institute and carry out an independent, dis
ciplinary proceeding pursuant to existing authority, practice and
law.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the free
dom of any student to verbal expression of Individual views or
opinions
Committee
minutes
published
February 12, 1969
Bob Loving who has been ap
pointed as host in the cafeteria
joined the Cafeteria Committee
members in their meeting at
noon in the President’s Room on
Feb. 12. Dean Lewis, Miss Cox,
Mrs. Sexton, Mr. Thrift, and Mr.
Ward did not attend.
Mr. Totty discussed the prob
lems which have been created
by students breaking in the lines
formed in the cafeteria particu
larly at lunch-time on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. To aid in the
solution of these problems, Mr.
Gilbert agreed to open the cafe
teria at 11:15 a. m. on Tuesdays
and Thursdays; and Mr. Loving
requested the assistance of
dormitory councilors in super
vising sutdent activities in the
cafeteria.
Dean McKeithan asserted that
we must make every effort to
“establish an attitude of con
sideration for your fellow man”
among the student body in all
of their activities.
Miss Lewis reported that the
girls are complaining about the
food which is served in the cafe
teria on Saturdays. Mr. Sutton
requested that she get menu
suggestions from the girls in
order for Mr. Gilbert to have
some idea of what type of food
they would prefer, Mr. Totty and
Mr. Brown reported that the
boys had enjoyed the bacon, let
tuce, and tomato sandwiches
and the rice and meatballs
which hav.e been served on Sat
urdays recently.
Mr. Sutton led a discussion of
having some novel activity in
the cafeteria on Saturday nights
such as: boys being served by
the girls, piano music, or appro
priate decorations.
Recommendations were made
for decorating the panels of the
cafeteria entrance. Mr. Sutton
requested that student members
gather from members ot the stu
dent body ideas which could be
discussed at the next meeting.
It was noted by Mr. Totty that
the students' have enjoyed hav
ing professors and their families
join the students for dinner in
the cafeteria on Wednesday
nights.
The request was made that
Mr. Gilbert inform his staff that
students who are not appropriat-
ly dressed on Wednesday night
are not be admitted to the cafe
teria.
.detteM tAc SeUto^
To the Editor:
Recently it has come to our attention that various sound record
ings may be synonymous to the various members of the Chowan
Family of whom we should like to present.
Thev follow as such:
Faculty Judiciarv: “We’ve Got a Ticket to Ride
Mrs. Harter: “The Monster Mash”
Mr. Collins: “Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore”
Mr. Hassell: “Hit the Road, Jack”
Mr. Marable: “He Little Cobra”
Mr. Chamblee: “The Pied Piper”
Mr. Mulder: “It's My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To”
Dean Lewis: “Two Faces Have I”
Mr. Sutton: “We Can Work It Out”
Mrs. Wallace: “Devil With a Blue Dress On”
Mr. Dewar: “Elusive Butterfly”
Miss Storminger: Puff, the Magic Dragon”
Dr. Taylor: “Mission: Impossible”
Mr. Sexton: “Hang’ug High”
Mrs. Callis: “Rawhide”
Mrs. George: “Midnight Mary”
Mr. Case: “Rocky Racoon”
Week-end Students: "Folsum Prison Blues”
Murfreesboro: “Town Without Pity”
Cafeteria Menu: “The Worst that Could Happen”
Respectively,
Jim Cherwa
To the Editor:
Students of Chowan College
have a right to be confus^.
From one side the students are
encouraged to take an interest
in Chowan College, while from
the other side they are discour
aged by the King of the student
body to write and become a part
of the student newspaper.
He suggests that “students
concern themselves with study
ing and raise themselves above
such petty dribble as has been
presented in the past few
weeks.”
I hardly consider these letters
as simply petty dribble but in
stead as students’ valued opin-'
ions. Simply because they may
not agree with Mr. Totty or his
co-heart is no reason to suppress
these letters and label them as
immature.
Who is Mr, Totty to say what
is immature of mature? Rather
than give us his psychological
evaluation that “this fault find
ing I others can many times be
found within ourselves,” I sug
gest he speak for his own mental
stability.
I should also like to mention
that I hardly consider these let
ters as “cutting down every ef
fort of someone trying, to create
student interest.”
Let’s face it, evidently these
field trips of Dean Lewis’ do not
interest the students.
3,qMr,[„TQtty, forgot, to jnentien
that the Washington, D. C., field
trip was canceled, as was the
New Bern trip, simply because
there was not enough student
participation.
Let’s open our eyes and rec
ognize the fact that these field
trips just aren’t the answer to
create “student interest.”
Repsectfully,
John Algeo
To the Editor:
Recently a Bob Durham com
plained that one of our soul
brethren was little more than an
agitator and was not going about
the proper channels in present
ing his opinions. Perhaps this
scholar should like to present us
with the proper proceedure
since he feels that our criticism
has gone astray and we should
write about nicer things such as
the birds and bees in the park.
I think Mr. Algeo’s letters are
not simply slander that is aimed
at administrative officials and
their fantastic field trips, but
are instead simple trying to
state the current problems
which we should all recognize.
Admittedly, some students and
even faculty members do not
particularly like this routine of
“rocking the boat.” Then again
there is that familiar groan by
our Apple Polishers that we
have enough problems to solve
without “agrivating” them
more.
All of us will have to admit,
however, that since these “ag
rivating” letters have begun ap
pearing, both students and fac
ulty alike have taken a keener
interest in Chowan College as a
whole.
Rather than label them as
“detrimental” with the “sole
purpose to destroy the college
and its administration,” I feel
that they have created a healthy
and challenging atmosphere for
both students and faculty mem
bers. Perhaps even the admin
istration, too.
In conclusion I feel that Bob
Durham did httle more than
stick his own foot in his mouth
with that classic statement, “It
is better to be thought a fool
tha to open one’s mouth ar^l re
move all doubt.”
Respectfully,
Irvin Allcox
Theatre group
on annual tour
By PAULINE ROBINSON
Under the direction of Mrs
Edith Larson, Chowan’s Chil
dren’s Theatre is now on tour
and is performing “The Ghost
of Mr. Penny.”
College students in the play
are Dianne Trump, Tom Garner
and Richard LeLonde who had
parts in “Pygmahon” this
spring. Odell Cleveland and Don
White are also representing the
Chowan Players in the theatre.
The play is being performed
before 4,000 children in North
Carolina and Virginia schools.
March 26, 1969
Since Mr. Sutton, chairman of
the Committee, was detained in
a conference and could not at
tend the meeting, Mr. Gilbert
acted as chairman. Miss Wood,
Mrs. King, and Mr. Totty did not
join us for this meeting in the
President's Room at noon, on
March 26.
The Committee voted that the
minutes of the February and
March meetings be published in
the “Smoke Signals” and that an
article written by Miss Cox ex
plaining the appropriate attire
for dinner on Wednesday nights,
effective April 9, also be publish
ed in the “Smoke Signals:”
At the recommendation of the
student members, the Commit
tee voted in favor of the
following appropriate spring at
tire for dinner on Wednesday
nights, effective April 9, 1969.
FOR MEN: Short sleeve shirt
and tie or dress turtleneck shirt,
slacks, socks, and shoes.
FOR WOMEN: Sunday dress
and heels.
The Committee approved Mr.
Loving’s suggestion that Mr.
Art Hinkle, a resident of Gibbs
House, be asked to submit sket
ches for decorating the entrance
area of the cafeteria.
In view of the fact that cig
arette smoke is offensive to
non-smokers, particluarly when
there is a large concentration
of people, and that there is not
adequate seating space in the
cafeteria to permit students and
faculty members to linger and
enjoy smoking after a meal, the
Committee recommended that
the NO SMOKING rule be en
forced and that a memo be sent
to Dean Lowe requesting that
that the faculty members should
not smoke in the cafeteria.
Adjournment followed.
Chowan College
Parent’s Day
April 26, 1969 ^
Schedule of Events
9:45-10:45
Registration for parents. East Hall lounge Park
ing areas in front of East, Mixon, and Green
Halls are reserved for parents. (If raining, regis
tration will be in West Hall lounge.)
10:00-11:00
President s Coffee Hour, President’s Lawn. (If
raining, the Coffee will be in East Hall lounge.)
Students are invited to accompany their parents.
10:30-12:00
Open House in the following buildings: Green
Hall, Askew Student Union, Gymnasium, McDow
ell Columns, Penny Infirmary, Whitaker Library,
Daniel Hall, and McSweeney Hall. Student hosts
and hostesses will be in each building
11:30-1:30
Lunch in Thomas Cafeteria. Parents will please
present identification in cafeteria.
12:30-2:30
Open House in all resident Halls. Student hosts
and hostesses will be in each building. Marks
Hall will be open at this hour.
1:30-2:30
Alumni Coffee, McDowell Columns. (For Alumni
only.)
3:00-4:00
Spring Festival,
Queen of Spring.
8:00-12:00
Dance, Thomas Cafeteria, Semi-Formal,
ents are cordially invited to attend.
crowning of Chowan’s 1969
Par-