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Smoke Signals. Friday, September 25, 1969-Page 3
Colleges accepting 'D’
grades in transfer listed
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By D. H. Nicholson
As was indicated in the Sept. 19th issue
of the “Smoke Signals.” this second in a
series of reports will be centered around
two inquiries of the aforementioned ques
tionnaire sent to a random-sample of 100
colleges and universities throughout the
South. Those two inquiries were as follows:
(2) What is your present policy concern
ing 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 con
tinued enrollment at your institution?
As was cited earlier, 70 (or 70 per cent of
those contacted responded to the question
naire, and of those 68 which responded,
26 (or 37.1 per cent) indicated that they
would count hours attempted only once. In
other words, these schools would only count
the last hours and quality points earned
when a course is repeated at their institu
tions. Also of the 70 respondents, 38 (or
54.2 per cent) indicated that they would
count as hours attempted everytime that a
course is taken, if, indeed, the repetition of
courses already passed was even allowed.
Five schools (or 7.4 per cent of the respond
ents) made no comment about repeat hours
per se. And one college indicated that there
was "no problem or policy” concerning
repeat hours. In general, therefore, over 54
per cent of those schools responding to
questionnaire had policies which discourag
ed repeating courses in which there was
already credit received. In other words,
the majority of the respondents discouraged
repeating courses just to better the grade
or quality point earned in a certain course.
And of the 54 per cent of the respondents
which discouraged repeating courses, re
petition was allowed only when the course
has been failed initially.
On major conclusion concerning the
above is that no Chowan College student
should repeat a course with the idea that
he will probably not be penalized. As can
be seen, a majority of the schools, which
responded, definitely indicated that they
would count repeat hours as hours attempt
ed. Therefore, the student repeating a
course could expect to amass negative
quality points if both course attempted did
not average out to an over-all “C” average.
In other words, if a student repeated a
three-hour course previously failed, he
would have to earn an “A” in the second
attempt with the course in order to average
out to an over all “C” average for both
attempts, or should he not get the “A”,
he would have to get at least 6 hours of “B”
elsewhere to average out the “F” course.
Of the 68 schools responding to the ques
tionnaire, all answered the 3rd inquiry con
cerning their requiremfents i»il>(aofttinued
enrollment. And of the respondents to this
Radford College (Va.)
North Carolina Wesleyan College (Rockv
Mt.)
Randolph-Macon Woman s College (Lynch
burg, Va.)
Wake Forest Univ. (Winston-Salem, N. C.)
Guilford College (Greensboro, N. C.)
Campbell College (Buies Creek, N. C.)
Mississippi College (Clinton, Miss.)
Florida Inst, of Technology (Melbourne)
Duke Univ. (Durham, N. C.)
Baptist College of Charleston (S. C.)
Pembroke College (N. C.)
Atlantic Christian College (Wilson, N. C.)
High Point College (N. C.)
Mary Baldwin College (Stauton, Va.)
Will not count toward transfer a course
repeated.
Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (Richmond)
University of Richmond (Va.)
Lenoir Rhyne College (Hickory, N. C.)
Catawba College (Salisbury. N. C.)
Furman Univ. (Greenville, S. C.) A
student can only repeat an “F” course.
Carson-Newman College (Jefferson City,
Tenn;) This policy will begin Sept., 1969.
Southern College of Optometry (Mem
phis, Tenn.)
Millsaps College (Jackson, Miss.) The
first passing grades counts.
Blue Mountain College (Miss.)
Shorter College (Rome, Ga.)
Florida Presbyterian College (St. Peters
burg)
Maryville College (Tenn.)
Wofford College (Spartanburg, S. C.)
Randolph Macon College (Ashland, Va.)
Florida Atlantic Univ. (Boca Raton)
Columbia College (S. C.)
Wesleyan College (Macon Ga.)
GROUP 3
No comment about repeat hours
Oglethorpe College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Bennett College (Greensboro, N. C.)
Virginia Wesleyan College (Norfolk)
Limestone College (Gaffney, S. C.) Al
though this college did not answer the ques
tion concerning repeat hours, it did indi
cate that it would accept our transcript
at face value, providing the applicant has
the recommendation of the Dean of the
College.
GROUP 4
No policy concerning repeat hours
Salem College (Winston-Salem, N. C.)
However, will allow one of its students to
repeat a course without credit.
Next week we will want to look at the
responses to the 4th and 5th inquiry to the
questionnaire:
(4) Would you grant “conditional ad
missions” to any student without the assoc
iates degree or at least a “C” average on
all work attempted if that student, in your
estimation, might show some potential for
completion at your institutioa'J- c
(5) Approximately how many on or off
Braves plan to'bring
home bacon’ Saturday
By DAVID SNAKE’ NAYO
Staff Writer
Chowan’s Braves, with a win and a tie
on the record books, is on the road again.
This time they go to West Virginia to test
Potomac State tomorrow.
Last week, while Potomac State was loos
ing to Bainbridge Naval Academy, Jeff
Daniel and Carl Bunn sat through a cool,
rainy afternoon to scout Chowan’s next
opponent.
Their reports indicate Potomac to be an
average team but “somewhat smaller” than
the Braves have encountered previously.
Their defensive line averages about 205
pounds.
The scouts said, however, that like Balti
more, Potomac boasts a “very fine running
back” in Richard Avjean. The West Virginia
squad also has 12 returning lettermen.
Coach Jim Garrison said his hopes are
very high for a victory. “Potomac State
will have a very well-drilled team, however
we suffered no injuries in last week’s game,
and we’ll have close to full strength tomor
row, ” he said.
“We are going up to Potomac for one
reason, to bring home the bacon.”
The coach said the Braves’ starting fresh
men now have experience under their belts
and this should be a real fine game. Garri
son said, “We hope to do a real good job,
but we can’t get over-confident.”
Potomac State is located in Keyser, W.
Va., and the coaches feel this will be a
disadvantage to the Braves because of the
“thin air. ”
Coach Garrison commented that he and
the team would like to express their appreci
ation for the moral support which has been
shown by the student body and faculty
members. He said there was a strong “turn
out” from home in Baltimore last Saturday.
Chowan’s 'fo-be' nurses will spread
their own personal touch of life
She's real asset to 'Smoke Signals'
and Marianne Pugh is not even on the staff But she sets about no percent
of the copy for the newspaper and then proof reads it. She was a TTS student
last semester and switched to graphic art’s two-year program this year
Chowan’s 4th Planning
Conference is Oct. 4
for transfers into your junior class next
Fall?
The reader can expect some interesting
comments from the various schools con
cerning their response to the above inquir
ies.
LOST AND FOUND
A class ring, a pair of reading glasses
and a gold necklace have been found and
can be picked up by ,the owner in the
Columns building at the switchboard from
Mrs. Parker.
latter inquiry, 100 per cent indicated that campus living spaces do you have available
they would require “at least” a “C” aver
age for “all” work attempted each semester
in order to stay in good standing with their
institutions. In other words, once a student
was admitted to the junior class of their ins
titutions, he would be expected to maintain
an across-the-board “C” average for every
semester in attendance. If he did not, he
would be subject to suspension at the end
of the first semester or he would be placed
on probation for another semester, after
which his record would be reviewed to as
certain whether or not he would be eligible
for continued enrollment.
The following lists are self-explanatioy.
They identify the schools which will or will
not accept repeat hours without penalty.
There is also identified those schools which
made no comment concerning repeats.
Along with the latter group is identified the
school which had no policy concerning re
peat hours.
GROUP 1
Will count hours attempted only once. (In
other words, “generally,” will count only
last grade and hours earned for course when
repeating a course.)
Benedict College (Columbia, S. C.)
Fisk Univ. (Nashville, Tenn.)
Methodist College (Fayettevillej^N. C.l
Tift College (Forsyth, Ga.)
Meredith College (Raleigh, N. C.)
Erskine College (Due West, S. C.)
Davidson College (N. C.)
Pfeiffer College (Misenheimer, N. C.)
Emory and Henry College (Va.) How
ever, indicated that this policy is under
study and may soon be changed.
Elon College (N. C.)
Johnson C. Smith Univ. (Charlotte, N. C.)
Milligan College (Tenn.)
East Tenn. State Univ. (Johnson City,
Tenn.) Depends, generally, on how many
courses are repeated. If just a “few,” then
repeat hours will not be counted against
student.
Scarritt College (Nashville, Tenn.)
Southwestern at Memphis (Tenn.)
John Wesley College (Greensboro, N. C.)
University of Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Belhaven College (Tenn.)
Hampton Institute (Va.)
Greensboro College (N. C.)
David Lipscomb College (Nashville,
(Tenn.)
■ Belmont College (Nashville, Tenn.)
Roanoke College (Va.)
Tenn. Wesleyan College (Athens)
Union Univ. (Jackson, Tenn.)
George Mason College (Fairfax, Va.)
Course counted once with grade of “C ’ or
above.
GROUP 2
Will count as hours attempted everytime
a course is taken, if, indeed, the following
schools allow courses to be repeated.
Lynchburg College (Va.)
Saint Leo (Fla.)
Presbyterian College (Clinton, S. C.)
Mars Hill College (N. C.) Beginning with
the freshman class entering Sept., 1968.
all hours counted.)
Florida Memorial College (Miar"')
Jacksonville Univ. (Fla.)
Averett College (Danville, Va.)
Chowan College will sponsor its 4th An
nual Planning Congerence and a Church
Leadership Seminar Oct. 4 in Robert Marks
Hall.
Attendance is by invitation with some 200
persons expected representing one of the
groups related to Chowan including alumni,
businessmen, parents, pastors, students,
faculty and staff, and community residents.
The purpose is for participants to offer
s(ig’^St[f)rfs'^arid participate in the ongoing
evaluation of the College and its policies,
practices, and operation.
Registration will be held beginning at 9
a. m. in the foyer of Marks Hall. At 9:30
a. m. Chowan’s president. Dr. Bruce E.
Whitaker, will preside at the opening assem
bly when “A Report to the People ” will
include presentations on academic affairs,
student life, religious life, business manage
ment, and development and college rela
tions.
Following a coffee break at 10:30 a. m.,
discussion groups will meet from 10:45-
11:55 a. m. A luncheon will be held at 12:15
p. m. in Thomas Cafeteria.
The Church Leadership Seminar, a follow-
up of the Baptist Education Study Task of
the Education Committee of the Southern
Baptist Convention, is a continuation of
study and discussion of the role of the Bap
tist college.
It is open to pastors, chairmen of Dea
cons, presidents of the Women’s Missionary
Society, or other local church leaders. Both
groups will meet together for the opening
assembly before dividing for the discussion
period.
According to Dr. Hargus Taylor, chapla
in, who heads the committee planning the
event, the opinions and recommendations
of those attending will be sought. He added
that the conference has been planned to al
low freedom of expression rather than follow
ing a defined and detailed outline.
Dr. Taylor continued: This conference
provides the opportunity for the college and
its constituency representatives to thorough
ly evaluate the institution’s development
plans.
“Chowan College recognizes that it has
a responsibility, and a value, to the area
and the constituency it serves. Conversely,
the area and the constituency have a value
to Chowan College. In each case responsi
bility includes understanding, value includes
service.
Today’s fast-moving society is dominated
by automation, precision skills and bureau
cratic behavior. This enviromental disease
has two major symptoms: lack of communi
cation and isolationism.
Twentieth century science has excelled in
its discovery of cures for many diseases,
but the cure for this particular disease was
not discovered today, but yesterday, by a
woman with exceptional foresight and und
erstanding. This woman was Florence Night
ingale; the founder of professional nursing
and the establishment of Tender Loving
Care.
It is this T.L.C. that nurses use today
to humanize the bureaucracy and to help
inhibit the growth of this contagious dis
ease.
Florence Nightingale was not a graduate
of Chowan College, but 57 of her followers
are students here this year. These 104 hands
are or will spread their on disease in
hospitals all over the country with their
personal touch of life.
The Chowan Department of Nursing con
sists of the 33-month program and the pre
nursing curriculum. The aim of both pro
grams is to “offer a curriculum which will
afford young men and young women the
learning experience, against a background
of religious education, to become effective
patient-side practitioners of nursing.”
Students who complete the 33-month pro
gram will be awarded an associate in nurs
ing degree by Chownn College.
Students m pre-nursing wUI transfer their
credits from this program to a school with
a B.S. curriculum.
Twenty-five freshmen and 24 sophomores
make up the 33-month nursing program.
This is the largest sophomore nursing class
to ever attend Chowan College, and it is
these girls that early-risers and night owls
see leaving campus at 6 a.m. on Monday
and Wednesday mornings in their blue
and white bomb.
The students in this particular program
live on this campus for two years and one
summer (while working at Roanoke-Chowan
Faculty trip
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story is that they had
It's colled wrapping the water roller
The water roller is one of several which go on the offset press which prints
“Smoke Signals,” and the graphic arts “roller wrapper ' is sophomore Frank
Granger. Frank is a work-study student and hails from Elizabeth City.
Carl’s story is that they had classes
together while attending summer school
and were just reminiscing.
Incidentally, it is reliably reported that
Professor Simmons’ between-meal snacks
have not been approved for reimbursement.
And, Chowan’s “world traveler” may still
be explaining to his Mrs. about why a
“sweet young thing,” in a “see-through
blouse,” was reportedly asking a faculty
member to, “Tell Calvin he forgot his
umbrella.”
Sorry about that Dr. Dickinson, but some
faculty buddy may have had you on his
blackmail list.
As a final thought, it is pertinent to re
late that one topic was stricken from the
conference discussion list.
The “mini-skirt problem” was dismissed
when a college president reported that the
problem was no longer relevant. He said a
study indicated that “the end is already in
sight.”
This rambling can in no way be construed
as a factual and effective news report of the
Myrtle Beach conference, but if it has
served up a bit of humor, then a purpose
has been accomplished.
Pollution to be theme
of seminar Monday
The speaker will be James Scott, chief
chemist at Farms Chemical at Tunis. N. C.
He is the husband of our own Mrs Scott
who teaches cheinistr\
Scott has degrees trom Clark College
in' Newton. Miss and Millaps College,
Jackson. Miss
The Department of Science and Mathe
matics will sponsor a seminar on air and
water polution next Monday at 4 in Marks
Hall auditorium
P’or more than a quarter of a centiir> he
has worked in ammonia, nitric acid, and
phosphate industries He lias ser\e(l as con
sultant to chemical plants in France. Cuba
and pans ol the United States Students
and l'acult\ are eoi'diallv invited to altciul
David A Rich is
head resident
of men's dorm
By TOMMY GARNER
David A. Rich, head resident of Mixon
Hall and a four-year veteran of the U.S. Air
Force, like many other servicemen, has
taken advantage of the G.I. Bill and return
ed to college for that degree.
David, a 1964 graduate from Bangor
(Maine) High School, entered the Air Force
immedately upon graduation. After gradu
ation from boot camp at Lackland, AFB
and a technical training school at Amarillo,
Tex., David was classified as a “Inventory
Management Specialist.”
His first orders were to Camp Perry, Ohio
where he was an offical for the National
Shooting Matches. His second set of orders
sent him to Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine.
Here he worked as a priority control moni
tor for base supply. David also married his
high school sweetheart, Peggy Duncan
while stationed in Maine.
Three months after his marriage, David
received orders for overseas assignment. He
was sent to Goose Bay, Labrador, which is
just south of Thule, Greenland. Here, as in
Maine, he worked as a priority control
monitor for base supply.
David received his discharge from the
service on March 10, 1967. He and Peggy
returned to Virginia Beach, Va and bought
a home
Since his discharge from the Air Force
David has worked for Sears and Roebuck
as a salesman. Brinks Inc as a guard and
driver and Lawrence Construction Co as a
rodman He also attended night school at
Virginia Wesylan College in Virginia Beach
where he took courses in history and busi
ness
Here at Chowan he is taking pre-education
and hopes to major in physical education
at Old Dominion University in Norfolk. Va
After graduation he expects to coach and
teach while working on his masters degree
David's ultimate goal is to coach and
teach on the college level
College board (SAT)
tests slated Saturday
The SAT (college board) tests will be
given Saturday at 8 a. m. in Marks Hall,
room 118.
Students interested in taking the exam
are to contact Cliff Collins, director of
guidance and counseling.
Hospital). Then they reside on the campus
of Duke Medical Center in Durham for one
year and one summer.
At the end of this time, each of these
girls will be eligible to take the North
Carolina Board of Nursing examination.
With the satisfactory completion of this
exam, each girl will become a registered
nurse (R.N.).
A new personality can be found in the
nursing department this year. She is Mrs.
Wanda Edwards (R.N.), better known to
returning sophomors as college nurse.
Mrs. Edwards is helping Mrs. Almiria
Ockerman, director of nursing, and Mrs.
Sarah B. Tankard (R.N.), to instill in each
of our student nurses a healthy self-concept
and self-respect based on knowledge of who
one really is and why one is a student of
nursing.
Copy deadline Monday
but
Your “Smoke Signals ” is again experi
encing deadline problems tor copy
The deadline is 4 p.m. Monday each week,
BUT, as pointed out in the past, it is not
possible to take all copy for the week’s edi
tion at the deadline and be able to produce
a newspaper by Friday.
Publication of “Smoke Signals” is done
by students of the graphic arts department
during lab periods Thus, it can be under
stood that copy flow must be constant in
order for necessary composition and print
ing ean be accomplished each week
Copy MUST come in immediately as it
becomes available. Otherwise, the news
paper staff and the graphic arts department
cannot assure it’s appearing in the “Smoke
Signals” edition for which it was prepared
“Smoke Signals” is your newspaper
Please help your newspaper staff in making
it a publication of which the entire Chowan
family can be proud
Creative writing
class underway
By FRANK GRANGER
The 1969-70 creative writing class of
Chowan College is now underway. The
non-credit class is instructed by Dr. Ber
nice Kelly Harris well known for her many
books and plays.
Class meetings are held every Tuesday
at 7 p. m. Membership consists mostly of
beginners, but several of the area’s most
noted writers are members.
Last year the class sponsered a book of
Sothern folklore. This year discussion is
being given on a class journal as well as a
book.
The topic of study is unlimited. “Any
thing that interests you.” Most writers deal
in fiction, but this year will also see some
articles and columns.
Dr. Harris is very interested in having
college students attend her class and en
courages anyone interested in any form of
writing to visit the class.
Another tax
The last holdout seems to be going the
way of all flesh - to the tax collector
North Carolina, that tobacco-rich state
which has repeatedly retused to tax cigar
ettes. has finally succumbed to the need for
revenue and, as of Oct. 1, a two cents per
pack tax begins
Tourists from such heavily-ta\ed states
as Florida will now get a little less of a
bargain when they bring their three cartons
(the legal limit i home
However, the North Carolina stor\ will
seem familiar to other people in more ways
than one As soon as the two-cents a-pack
ta\ was passed - vending machine operators
announced that prices In machines would
go up fi\e cents a pack, not two Welcome
to the club. North Carolinians Jackson
ville iFla 1 Florida Times-Union
Off and on
An interesting little pamphlet comes out
vice on what to do in case of an earthquake.
Mostly it's good, .sound practical advice
For instance, rule No 4 suggests that II
there is any evidence of electrical wiring
damage, the current should be .shut oil at
the main meter bo.\
Rule No 5 then advises the house
holder to turn on his radio or tele\ ision -
Montgomery (Ala i Alabama Journal