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Smoke Signals, Friday, October 10, 1969—Page 3 'Don’t ever mistreat a cat’ W By HARRY E. LINDSTROM The gravel bounced up and struck the under side of the car as it drove down the long driveway. From the tip of the hill all you could see were trees, rolling hills, a barn, and a little house way down in the valley. It was a two-story house and looking at it, one would think it was a ginger bread house or maybe comparable to the candy house in the story of “Hansel and Gretel." The pond on the right had geese swimming on it and it is said that it was stocked with fish, not to mention a few turtles. The family that lived there, Gregory and Lisa Prescott, were average people who led average lives. She was a secretary for a law firm and he worked for the highway depart- ent. They very seldom went anywhere nor people very often come to see them. Animals were quite abundant around there. Greg and Lisa had four dogs, dozens of cats, four geese, and they were keeping a house for Jim Mason, a neighbor on the hill, and they had four geese. Today was a big day for the Prescotts. Today was the first time in six years that both Greg and Lisa had been able to get their vacations to coincide. So the car was loaded up and they were going to take a trip to Maine for ten days. Duke and Mike had agreed to come up from Farmerville, Vir ginia to take care of the farm in their ab sence. Mike was the Prescott’s nephew and Duke was his buddy. Now Mike’s car comes to a stop in front of the Prescott home. ‘‘Hi Mike, Duke, how was the trip?” “Just fine Uncle Greg. No complications what-so-ever,” replied Mike. Mike walked over and gave his aunt a hug and a kiss. “Hi sweetie. How’ve you been? Hi there Duke.” “Hi Aunt Lisa.” Even though Duke was no blood relation to the Prescotts, he called them aunt and uncle because they insisted or. it themselves. “Now,” said Lisa, “come into the house and I’ll make you something to eat, then we’ll be on our way.” “No! No! No!” said Mike and Duke sim ultaneously. Then Mike said, “Duke and I are big boys, we know where everything is and we’ll manage just fine by ourselves. You have a long trip ahead of you, so scat. Have a nice time and don’t worry about a thing.” “Maybe they’re right Lisa,” said Greg. “I’ll tell you one thing. I’m not going to wait around for him to make another offer like that. Let’s go.” Then he chuckled. So within a few minutes Greg and Lisa were gone. “Duke, give me a hand with the luggage.” said Mike “Yea,” was his only comment. As the days progressed the two boys lazed around. In the afternoons the animals, and eventually Mike and Duke, took a short nap. The boys were usually awakened by the barks of the dogs telling their overseers that it was chow time. Mike shook Duke on the sixth day.iHe roiised upJWW^ily. “CoflSi bn3azy- bones, let’s feed the animals. ’ ’ Duke just mum bled. The two boys went downstairs and started dishing out food for all the animals. Then they sat down and ate their dinner too. The room was silent except for an occasional slurp from the animals and the scrape of knives and forks on the plates. “This is the worst meal I’ve ever eaten in my life. Was it made three, or four weeks ago?” “Duke,” said Mike looking up from his plate, “you should be more complimentary about my cooking. After all, you could do it yourself. This happens to be a very good meal. And it was made today. Further more. . “Hold it, man, I didn’t say a word,” snarled Duke. “Then who said it, the cat?” There was a pause, and a voice said, “That’s right. It's the cat, and I’ll say it again. This meal tastes like it was made from old shoes.” Mike and Duke looked at each other ques- tioningly. Duke spoke, “I must be dreaming. Did that cat talk?” “Yes, ‘that cat’ really did talk,” “I can’t believe it,” said Mike. “If you think about it seriously,” began the cat, “it is not such a hard thing to com prehend. I, along with all the rest of my fel ine associates, have been able to talk for near ly a quarter of a million years. The only time we do though, is when we are mistreated, abused or under rated for our abilities. Then we must talk to the superior beings and get things straightened out.” Mike shook his head, “I must be in fairy land or something.” “Yea,” added Duke, “either that or this is Animal Farm.” Both boys laughed. “This, gentlemen, is not a laughing matter. Neither of your two previous assumptions are correct. It is a serious situation when the nurishment of an animal is overlooked and he is made to prowl through the garbage to satisfy his hunger, for which he gets smack ed,” said the cat. “Well, will you listen to the brains of the outfit, running his mouth like he had the power to do something.” Mike was getting angry. “Listen you stupid cat. Get out of here be fore I make a meal of you for the buzzards. Now scram.” “Oh, but will you ever be sorry that you spoke harshly to me,” comment^ the cat, “you shall regret it forever more.” With this, the cat walked away. Duke said to Mike, “I can’t believe this. I know how to explain this phenomon. We were just so tired from cutting the grass that we’ve gone to sleep and we are dreaming all of this. We’ll awake in the morning and laugh about having shared the same dream.” “I certainly hope so Duke,” returned Mike. The two boys finished their dinner, for they were very much awake, washed the dishes and went to bed. After they had gotten into bed, Duke said, “I still can’t believe it. I wonder why, if cats have been able to talk so long, no one has ever said anything to anyone else about it. Surely it has happened before.” “I don’t know. I was wondering the same thing,” replied Mike. “Oh well, forget it. I’ll see you in the morn ing. Good night.” “Yea, good night.” The two boys were sleeping peacefully when Duke was awakened by a small voice in his stomach saying, “feed me, feed me.” He nudged Mike, “Hey man, you hungry?” Mike, still asleep said “run down the street but don’t fall on the sea shells, mumble mumble.” “Oh, I’ll never get him awake.” So Duke rolled out of bed and headed for the kitchen. When he got there and turned on the lights, all he could see was cats-gathered around one small kitten. As he walked over to the furry congergation. The cat from before spoke, “See what you have done, you feed us that slop and expect us to live. Now, our commun ity has been lessened by one member and so yours will be too.” “What do you mean, ‘so will mine be too? ‘My what?” questioned Duke. “Do you not understand simple English? Society took one of our lives, so we must take one human life to compensate for the loss.” “You’re nuts, cat,” Duke screamed as he dashed for the door leading upstairs. I At siafiaWk4iattooster Mason’s place crowed. It wasn’t long before he de tected the absence of Duke. He thought to himself, ‘I wonder what that nut is doing up this early in the morning.’ Mike (donned) a pair of pants and headed for the kitchen. It was unusually quiet. As he opened the door to the kitchen, he saw the reason for the quietness. There on the floor a foot from the door lay Duke, his clothes ripped to shreads, the rest of his body in the same condition. Mike stammered, “Oh my God, what has happened?” “Quite an easy matter to explain,” said the cat. “Your friend doubted the conquer ing ability of us and we had to prove him wrong.” “You crazy cat. I’ll kill you. All of you,” he screamed racing toward the back porch where the guns were kept. “Not so fast, there. . .” started the cat. “Not so fast, my eye. Drop dead.” Mike pointed the gun at the cat. CLICK. “Sorry to inform you at such a late date, sir, but we took a precautionary measure and emptied the firearm of its lethal projectiles. You are out of luck. Now you shall die, just as your incideous friend did.” “No! No!. Wait, there must be a mis take.” Mike dropped the gun and began back ing up to the wall. “OK boys, let’s get him.” At the cat’s com mand. about a dozen cats lept into action. Minutes of Senate reveal plans for annual Homecoming events The Senate held its first meeting of the year in the amphitheater of Marks Hall at 7:30 p.m. last Wednesday. Lee Dunn, president of the S. G. A., announ ced plans for Homecoming. The theme will be “Astro World.” The freshman class will meet Oct 14 to nominate ten freshmen girls who are not on probation of any kind for Homecoming Court On Oct. 15 the sophomore class will meet K nominate ten sophomore girls who are not probation. All designs for floats must be turned in to Dean Lewis’ office by Oct. 15. Designs must be sketched and explained in detail. An election of dorm Sweethearts will be held Oct. 16. The boys’ dorms will elect one girl to represent each dorm and the girls’ dorms will elect one boy to represent each dorm. The Sweethearts will ride in the Homecom ing Parade, but they will not be involved in the Homecoming Court. The nominees for Homecoming who are elected Oct. 14 and 15 will not be eligible for dorm Sweethearts. On Oct. 23 nominees for Homecoming Court will be presented in chapel. The general election for the Homecoming Court will be from 12 noon until 5 p. m. in the Student Union. The court will consist of nine girls-five sophomores and four freshmen. The football team elects the Queen and Maid of Honor from the Homecoming Court. Tickets for the Homecoming dance with Arthur Connley will go on sale in the cafe teria on Oct. 27. Tickets will be sold at the door also. “No! Please, Wait. All went black for Mike i’.; and the room fell silent. jij The two remaining days passed and Greg S and Lisa returned home. As they entered the v yard, they were surprised that the dogs didn’t come rushing to greet them. “That’s funny,” said Greg. “I wonder V where the animals are?” x “I don’t know. I wonder where the boys j; are?” j: As the two entered the house, they detected ij: a raunchy stinch that seemed to indicate foul i; play somewhere. S “What the. . .?” Greg told Lisa not to go S into the kitchen until he had, for fear it was a cat or a dog that was sending up such an ix odor. Those animals were like children to >: them, seeing that they had no real children of their own, and the loss of one of them was x as if it was the loss of a child. Greg could >:• take it better than Lisa. He walked into the V kitchen. .. “Oh, no,” he shouted as he looked x around. “Don’t come in here L...” The words weren’t even out of his mouth when he noticed V that Lisa was already in the doorway peering J: in. She screamed and fainted. There before them was the body of Mike-pure white from his head to toes and a look of utter horror S on his face and the body of Duke rapidly deteriorating as it laid in the comer. Greg >•: walked to the telephone and called the police. Si When they arrived, they began an intense J:- investigation. >•: “All we can say,” said the Police lieutenant, i:; “is that he saw a very horrible sight and died instantly of fright. No further explaination ;X can be given at this time. That incident must have been some three, :X maybe four years ago, and to this day, neither Duke, nor any of the cats have been seen. Not even a small trace of them. Strange, isn’t it. How kindly do you treat your cat? Your help needed for Ferrum game By DAVID “SNAKE” MAYO A very big and fast Ferrum team will be at the top of the Braves’ “revenge” list tomo rrow at Ferrum, Va. Chowan’s Braves very well remember the 45-27 of last year. Coach Jim Garrison commented earlier this week, “We will have our hands full Saturday, and we hope the students from Chowan will be behind us all the way.” He added, “We appreciate the spirit so far, and the team itself has shown great spirit and willingness to win.” A pre-season poll this fall rated Ferrum No. 1 in the junior college circuit, but a loss to Wesley (27-19) put them back in the No. 13 spot. Chowan’s now hold a No. 16 rating, and a win over Ferrum will move the Braves up. Ferram’« ballelub isreportedto be roughoni.' the field, but injuries were probably a factor in their loss to Wesley, Garrison reported. With-a forfeit from Croft last week, Chowan now has a 3-0-1 record for the season. They want to make Saturday a “win” day and boost their record to four wins against a tie. Garrison said sickness and injuries caused Croft to forfeit their game with Chowan and added that he hated to miss the game because it would have been a big help in preparing for tomorrow’s game. Game time is 2 p.m. tomorrow. Will you be there to help our Braves chmb the ladder? There are only two places in the conference “first place and the rest.” N.C week in Wisconsin The Homecoming Court will be presented in chapel Oct. 30. The S. G. A. will sponsor a dance starring Billy Stewart on Oct. 31 in Thomas Cafeteria from 8 to 11:45 p. m. Admis sion will be free and dress casual. The Homecoming Parade will line up at 9 a. m. Nov. 1 under the direction of Bill Sowell. It will begin at 10 a. m. At 2 p.m. Chowan vs. Montgomery College. During halftime the Queen and her court will be presented. The Homecoming dance starring Arthur Connley will be held in the Thomas Cafeteria from 8 to 11; 45 p. m. on Nov. 1. Admission per couple will be $3 and dress will be semiformal. The S. G. A. will allot $15 per float entry. Each dorm or organization can enter only two floats. The maximum cost of the float can be $50 including the $15 alloted by the S. G. A. Flattjed trailers can be obtained from busi nesses in town. Floats can be constructed in vacant ware houses in Murfreesboro with the permission of the owners. The floats in the parade will be judged. To complete plans for Homecom ing, Lee announced that Homecoming week end is a closed weekend. Lee encouraged dorms and organizations to sponsor dances during the year. The motion was made and seconded to set the regular meeting date for the second and fourth Wednesday night of each month at 7:45 p. m. It was suggested that we meet the third Wednesday next time to complete the plans for Homecoming. Adjournment of the meeting followed. Judge accused of being prejudiced against nudity LOS ANGELES AP — A nightclub which features nude dancing has filed a complaint against a lady Municipal Court judge. It accuses her of being prejudiced against unrobed women. The Honey Bunny nightclub asks Superior Court to restrain Judge Jean Klein from setting high bail for girls arrested on char ges of indecent exposure and lewd conduct. Donald Boss, attorney for the club, said Judge Klein has continually set bail between $675 and $1,125 for each defendant- while other judges have fixed bond at $100 to $675. The “unreasonable bail,” says Boss, causes his clients “irreparable harm” and violates their constitutional rights. Gov. Scott speaks at Pembroke State annual convocation PEMBROKE, N. C. AP — Gov. Bob Scott admonished rapidly growing state universi ties today to “never lose sight of your real objective, which is the education in the broadest sense of young men and women.” In a talk prepared for delivery to a convo cation at Pembroke State University, Scott advised the state’s universities to “never succumb to the easy rationalization that because we have twice as many students as we did a few years ago we are somehow better, or because we have more buildings we are better. “This is a mistake that most of us are tempted to make as we see ourselves getting bigger.” Scott also urged Pembroke to “do really well whatever you do ... I mean well by world standards. We cannot have education of quality if we use average criteria or standards that are merely average. Don’t try to do everything that every other insti tution does. Be selective and do what you do well.” Scott reminded his listeners that the 1969 General Assembly had substantially boosted appropriations for the school. By Christopher Crittende N.C. Dept. Archives and History Written for the AP RALEIGH (AP) — This is a sort of “north Carolina Week” in the capital of Wisconsin. The Society of American Archivists is holding its 33rd annual meet ing in Madison, and North Car olinians are the stars. Gov. Bob Scott was to deliver the opening address at a lunch eon today. His talk deals with a matter of much concern to ar chivists throughout the country —the preservation of the rec ords of state governors as pub lic records. Gov. Warren Knowles of Wisconsin will wel come the Tar Heel chief execu tive, and Dr. H. G. Jones, di rector of the North Carolina De partment of Archives and His tory and president of the so ciety, will preside. Jones’ presidential address will be delivered Thursday eve ning. He is the fourth North Carolinian to head the national group. The others were the late Albert Ray Newsome and R. D. W. Connor, and yours truely. At the presidential banquet another North Carolinian will be honored—Adm. Alex M. Patter son, archives and records ad ministrator, will be made a Fel low of the Society. He will be come the fourth living Fellow from the North Carolina Depart ment of Archives and History. The others are Jones and Crit tenden and Thornton W. Mitch ell, assistant records adminis trator. Mitchell too will get into the act when he speaks on Thurs day on the appraisal of public records. Mitchell is a former member of the council of the society. C. F. W. Coker, assistant ar chives administrator, is a mem ber of the society’s State and Local Records Committee and will participate in its sessions. Donald R. Lennon, curator of All right now girls--Why did you? Early one morning last week (or late one night) the restless girls at College Street Hall “rolled” their residence. A confession was received by the photo grapher from two of the girls, who when asked why they did such a thing re plied, “Sure we did!” Inframural Track Day’ participation was small By HARRY LINDSTROM On Sept. 30, the Intramural track events were held. It was a decathon with the fol lowing events: 60 yard dash, 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 440 yard dash, 880 yard re lay, shot put, mile relay, standing broad jump, discus and running broad jump. Team results are as follows: 1-Gibbs House Gang 27 points 2-Sissies 25 points 3-Flying Squirrels 9 points 4-Rebs 6 points (tie) 5-Chicken Whippers 6 points (tie) 6-Gophers 6 points (tie) 7-Nads 5 points 8-Brewmasters 4 points Individual events results: 60-yard dash 1-Bob Chesser 2-Emie Mizelle 3-Wayne Burrell 100-yard dash 1-Emie Mizelle 2-Bob Chesser 3-Joe Cardwell 220-yard dash 1-Wayne Burrell 2-Bennie Walker 3-Eddie Ashwarth 440-yard relay 1) Steve Cooper, Kenny Dews, Paul Battag lia, Maxwell Waters. 2) James Mann, Rick Marton, Tom Best. Many languages HONOLULU AP — There are more than 1,400 children in public schools here whose native languages are other than English, a survey showed. Half of them speak no English. Since a liberalized immigration law in 1968, thousands of Japanese, Chinese, Fili pino, Samoan and Korean families have settled here. Improves appetite Bangkok, Thailand AP — A Thai farmer arrested forgrowing three tons of mari juana said he fed it to his pigs to “improve their appetite.” But police charged him with selling the weed in Bangkok at $3 a pound. 880-yard relay 1) Bob Chesser, Ray Curies, Jack Grinnolds. 2) Paul Battaglia, Kenny Dews, Maxwell Waters, James Watson. Shot Put 1-Tom Frazier 2-Bob Antozzi 3-Wayne Flint Mile Relay 1) Bob Chesser, Jack Grinnolds, Ray Curies. 2)Paul Battaglia, Kenny Dews, Maxwell Waters. 3) Bob Antozzi, Joe Cardwell. Standing Broad Jump 1-Billy Bunch 2-Ray Curies 3-Bob Antozzi Running Broad Jump 1-Ray Curies 2-Benny Walker 3-Jeff Hale Discus 1-Brian Baxter 2-Tom Frazier 3-Burton White Dean Dilday says that this was a good meet, but that less than 50 per cent of the units participated. Intramural Flag Football Standings League I 3-0 Chicken Whippers 2-0 Brewmasters 2-1 Rebs 1-2 Wetbacks 1-2 Frogs 1-2 Mugs 0-3 Sissies League II 3-0 Sixty Niners 2-2 Confederates 1-1 Studs 1-1 Gibbs House Gang 1-2 Main 1-2 Kaboobies Raiders 1-2 Nads League III 3-0 Grouches 2-1 South Side Holes 1-2 Flamers 1-2 Gophers 1-3 Flying Squirrels 0-2 Cardinals 0-2 Flintstones the East Carolina Manuscripts V Collection at East Carolina Uni- versity, and Maurice S. Toler, ij archivist of North Carolina State University, will be among the other North Carolinians partici- $ pating in the Madison meetings. ❖ North Carolina has always i:- played an important rode in the S Society of American Archivists x and in the archival profession x in general. The state in 1903 es- tablished one of the earliest -ij archival agencies in the coun- ij try. In 1934, R. D. W. Connor, S the first head of the agency, was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the po- g sition of first archivist of the United States. In 1948 and 1963, Raleigh served as the site of the national meeting. And in 1964, the North Carolina department won the first distinguished serv- ice award ever given by the so- ciety. S So the North Carolina flavor ij of the Wisconsin meeting this week is not new. Conference gives participation opportunities By PAULINE ROBINSON Approximately 200 persons attended Cho wan’s 4th Annual Planning Conference Oct. 4 in Marks Hall. President Whitaker welcomed guests who included alumni, businessmen, parents, pas tors, students, faculty and staff and commun ity residents. He explained the purpose of the program was for participants to offer suggestions and participate in the ongoing evaluation of the college and its policies, practices and opera tion. A church leadership seminar also met at this time. It was a continuation of study and discussion of the role of the Baptist college and was open to all local church leaders. In the opening assembly “A Report to the People” on academic affairs, student life, business management and development and coUggftr^^ipn^^ deans. Dean Lowe, the dean of the college, discussed the academic program explaining the faculty requirements, new courses offered and fin ancial assistance available for teachers wish ing to further their graduate work. Dean Lewis, explained his functions as dean of students. He is the link between students and faculty and aids in planning the co-curri- cular activities. The religious phase of the campus was dis cussed by Chaplain Taylor. The business manager, Ben Sutton, laid out the master plan of Chowan but expressed the possibility of completion would come only with outside financial aid. Virgil McBride, formerly from the depar tment of development, now employed else where, presented last year’s work in college development and student need. Following this opening the designated groups met in separate classrooms to discuss problems encountered at Chowan and to give suggestions for improvement. Pool tables are proving popular with students By TOMMY GARNER The newly acquired pool table’s located in the Student Union seems thus far to have been a big hit with the students, fa culty and youngsters of Murfreesboro. Ben Sutton, business manager, stated that there has always been a need for re creational equipment here on campus but that the lack of space always prevented the college from purchasing any type of equip ment. To date the pool tables have been well used and good care taken of them. The only real problem, Sutton said, was trying to keep the “tips” on the cue sticks. Realizing, of course, that all students aren’t pool sharks or pool players one might wonder as to just what was available in other forms of recreation. There are the new tennis courts with light’s, a ping pong table in the B.S.U., swimming pool and of course there is always “Squirrel Park.” 1,190 males enrolled at Greensboro UNC GREENSBORO AP — A record number of 6,432 students-including 1,190 males-have enrolled at the University of North Caro lina at Greensboro during the fall semester, chancellor James S. Ferguson announced recently. The total enrollment figures includes 4,865 undergraduates and 1,558 graduate students. t-ast year, UNC-G had 5,889 students. The total enrollment exceeds the 6,200 students which had been anticipated this year. For the first time, UNC-G has more than 1,000 male students enrolled. The institution, formerly Women’s College, did not become coeducational until the fall of 1964, and had a total of 910 male students last fall.
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