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Get Your Degree
Outside and inside
of South Hall
Chowan College’s new superstructure, South Hall, is nearing completion.
The nine-story building, above, towers over trees, showing itself as a new
landmark. Inside, the rooms have built-in beds and desks, with two men to
a room.
Sophomore Slump
Each year of college presents its own
special challenge. Being a sophomore means
that you have learned something about
self-discipline. You managed the freedom
you found in college. You gave some time,
perhaps not enough, to your studies. In
short, you are not an UDO, Unwilling Drop-
Out, those who were not permitted to return
because of academic failure, misbehavior
or illness.
Sophomores are “with-it!” At Chowan
you are “in the driver’s seat.” Do not con
strue this as meaning that “You’ve got it
made.” In August, 1969, 480 sophomores re
gistered at Chowan. Of these 480, approxi
mately 200 graduated, about 42 per cent.
Something went wrong! It always does dur
ing the sophomore year.
The name of the universal epidemic, sel
dom escaped by sophomores, is SOPH-
MORE SLUMP. Some victims recover with
out serious effects. Others become UDO’s.
Can SOPHOMORE SLUMP be avoided?
Knowing some of the conditions which pro
duce the slump might help sophomores
keep away from it or recover more quickly.
Overconfident sophomores are the first
victims of SOPHOMORE SLUMP. Such
sophomores cut classes hoping their room
mates’ notes will fill the gap. Many have
carefully selected their professors and,
having gathered from the class ahead com
plete scouting reports and all tests, they
feel at ease, knowing what to expect.
^-Xheyi ar« overconfident but ide'not know^t.
Overconfidence not only destroys sopho
mores but people in all walks of life. Person
ally, I think it is better to “run a little
scared.”
Some sophomores, although this is not
true of many at Chowan, become involved
in too many activities. Education takes
place outside classrooms and laboratories.
Leisure time is needed. Activities give one
a needed change of pace and add zest to
academic endeavors. This is why we have
extracurricular activities at Chowan. How
ever, such activities are secondary to stu
dies. The associate degree is what you want.
That is why you are at Chowan. Go easy on
the extracurricular activities until you know
what is expected of you by your professors.
Being in the wrong program of study
often produces SOPHOMORE SLUMP. The
sophomore year is the time when many
students, for the first time, become suspic
ious of being in the wrong curriculum.
Many people enter college without knowing
which curriculum is best for them. Faculty
advisers, the Director of Counseling, or any
personnel dean can be of help to the student
who is concerned about being in the wrong
field of study.
Sophomores often suffer from a loss of
purpose, become moody, restless and in
different. Such a state may last a week, a
month or a semester. For some people the
experiences of the freshman year shake
their values and ideals. What is true? What
is false? What is right? What is wrong?
Things which used to be so clear may now
be a bit fuzzy. Perhaps sophomores feel
their studies are not relevant, not exciting
and not worth the effort.
SOPHOMORE SLUMP will be completely
avoided by very few. Staff members in Stu
dent Personnel and faculty members can
help many recover without serious after
effects. There is little excuse for so many
slumping out of college, becoming UDO’s.
Do not neglect the first symptoms of SOPHO
MORE SLUMP. Seek the services of some
one who can be of help.
Ideas for this article are based on experi
ences and readings from “The College
Student’s Handbook,” Abraham Lass and
Eugene Wilson, David White Company, New
York, 1970.
Amazing Precision
The publication, “Missouri Conservation
ist,” is in print with the information that
“In the past 10 years the United States has
sacrificed 100,000,000 fish to pollution.” And
that’s a real job. Not the sacrificing, but the
reckoning.
Ten years ago, in the 1960 census, the
nose-counting team went out on its job, and
with all the facilities available—and the
.people at hand—still overlooked an estimat
ed 5,000,000 of them. But according to the
publication quoted, pollution's fish toll is
precisely 100,000,000. It is not the figure but
the precision that astounds—especiaally on
the part of a state whose nickname is “Show
Me.”
Maybe they just measured the smell and
multiplied by 1970.—Nashville (Tenn.) Ban
ner.
1970-71 Campus Events
for Chowan College
September 19 — Planning Conference
September 28 — Joint Meeting of Board of Trustees and Board of Advisors
— 10 a.m.
October 6 — Chapel Speaker: Tran Van Dinh — McDowell Columns Auditorium
October 8 — Founder’s Day Program (Chapel) — McDowell Columns Auditorium
October 15 — Visiting Scholar — Charles M. Weiss, professor of environmental
biology. School of Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill — Robert Marks Hall
amphitheatre
October 16, Friday — Mid-Term Grading Period
October 19-23 — Campus Evangelism Week
October 22 — SGA Concert — Kenny Rogers and the First Edition — 8 p.m. —
McDowell Columns Auditorium
October 24, Saturday — Homecoming
October 26 — Community Concert — “Music of Don Shirley” — McDowell Columns
Auditorium — 8:15 p.m.
October 29 — Drama — “Three — from Chekov” — (professional cast) — Mc
Dowell Columns Auditorium — 8:15 p.m.
November 12 —- Visiting Scholar — J. Wilbert Edgerton — associate professor of
psychology — UNC-CH — Marks Hall Amphitheatre
November 16 — Faculty Recital — featuring Jeff Ishee, baritone — McDowell
Columns Auditorium — 8:15 p.m.
November 25, Wednesday — Thanksgiving Holidays (Begin at Close of Classes)
November 30 — Classes Resume
December 3 — Community Chorus — Music Department — McDowell Columns
Auditorium — 8:15 p.m.
December 8 — Community Concert — N. C. Little Symphony — McDowell Columns
Auditorium —8:15 p.m. (season ticket)
December 14-18 (Monday-Friday) — Fall Semester Examinations
December 18, Friday — Christmas Holidays
January 20 — Community Concert — First Chamber Dance Company — 8:15
p.m. — McDowell Columns Auditorium
January 26 — Spring Convocation
February 25 — Visiting Scholar — Dr. Jerald R. Leslie, chairman, department
of sociology. University of Florida — Marks Hall Amphitheatre
March 15-19 — Christian Focus Week
March 15 — Drama — “St. Joan” — (professional cast) — 8:15 p.m. — McDowell
Columns Auditorium
April 5 — Community Concert — singer — Joy Davidson — McDowell Columns
Auditorium
April 22 — Chowan College Choir in Concert — 8:00 p.m. — McDowell Column
Auditorium
April 24 — Spring Festival
April 26 — Visiting Scholar — Dr. Maynard Mack — department of English —
Yale University — Marks Hall Amphitheatre
Whaf Is A Newspaper?
A newspaper is many things to many people, but the following, taken
from the Dallas (Tex.) Times Herald is rather unique and tells a story
in simple but rather picturesque terms:
“Born in a far-off forest to the ringing cry of ‘Timber! ’
Nursed and cared for in its infancy by the advertiser, who sees in this
undeveloped youngster the potential of reaching thousands, the thou
sands who will demand his goods and services.
Taught to walk by reporters, columnists and photographers who
cover the news beats, dig out the amusing, appealing features and snap
the pictures that quench a thirst for information.
Sent off to school by advertising men and editors, who have the savvy,
the skill, the background, the knowledge, to develop a package that
fills a need no other media can handle.
Brought to maturity by the magnificent meshing of men and mach-
ies, swiftly, almost miraculously turning the written work into metal,
and the metal into the printed page.
Sent out into the world by mail, by the simple act of putting a dime
in a little rack on the street corner, by men in trucks, by young boys
tossing papers on doorstep after doorstep.
Led through a useful life by the men, women and children who find
in its pages the answers to many questions and the fulfillment of daily
needs.
Laid to rest, as a friend by its friends.
And every day, to be born again.” ^
What’s
Happening
By RONALD G. DUNN
All you kids remember the “Pit Party”
that turned out to he an “Under the Bridge
Party” Saturday, Aug. 29? Seems there
were a couple or three people present at
that event who like to play with matches
(if you know what I mean). I personally
love myself and value my freedom enough
not to jeopardize that freedom for just a
few hours of bliss that these “matches”
can bring. Certainly any self-respecting
student wouldn’t want to jeopardize his
friends and fellow students’ freedom for a
completely selfish, pleasure-seeking en
deavor!
Myself, I plan to abbreviate all contact
with these people and other people like them.
Furthermore, I urge each and every mem
ber of our student society to do likewise.
All in favor say aye!
Any complaints, questions, answers, or
just plain gossip anyone would like gener
ated around the campus? Don’t be selfish!
Send them to “What’s Happening? Box 196
Chowan College.
Observed on West Hall restroom door:
YOU ARE NUMBER 84.
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT AND
WAIT UNTIL CALLED.
Things are getting so good in the Student
Union that if you are starving and in a
hurry all you have to do is claim someone
else’s Mathias Burger (if they are unfor
tunate enough to be engrossed in a TV pro
gram). Isn’t that right Mr. Cohen?
Noted on a new Freshman’s beanie:
HELP STAMP OUT RAT COURT:
Become a sophomore today.
If you’re somebody, you talk like it
If you’re somebody, you walk like it
If you’re somebody, you dress and act like it
If you’re nobody, it really doesn’t make any
difference.
(anonymous)
If wisdom’s ways you wisely seek
observe three things with care:
of whom you speak
to whom you speak
and how, and when, and where.
(anonymous)
Class of '61
A browser on the premises turned this
up. In a collection called “Lanterns and
Lanees,” published in 1961, the humorist
J^mer Turber outlined eight rules for “How
to Get Through the Day,” starting with
“Never answer a telephone that rings be
fore breakfast.” Here is Rule Three:
Avoid the ten o'clock news on the radio,
at all costs. It is always confined to dis
asters—automobile accidents involving sev
enteen cars, the fatal stabbing of a fourteen
year old girl by her twelve year old sweet
heart, attacks on young mothers in Brook
lyn basements, and riotous demonstrations
by fifteen thousand students in Graustark.
It is comforting, in a vaguely uneasy way,
to realize that American students do not
engage in political demonstrations, but re
serve their passions for panty raids, jazz
festivals, and the hanging of football coaches
in effigy.
Ah, for those days of innocence.—Norfolk
(Va.) Virginian-Pilot.
The Cereal Wars
Having recently won the battle of the obese
hot dogs, the federal government now is
spoon deep in the cereal wars—with equal
confusion.
About two weeks ago, for example, a sen
ate subcommittee heard testimony from a
private, self-styled nutrition expert to the
effect that few breakfast cereals had enough
nutrient value. He accepted nine cereal
brands as having adequate vitamin and
mineral fortification.
Now the Food and Drug Administration,
after eight years of studies, has proposed
upper limits to the quantity of minerals and
vitamins that can be added to food without
endangering health. The nine cereals found
best by the private expert would exceed
the limits and could not be sold with the
present contents.
It's almost too much to cope with so
early in the morning.—Bristol (Tenn.) Her-
ald-Courier.
And on the political scene:
When is a society entitled to assert its
rights over those of the individual?
Chowan Art Gallery
Exhibition Schedule
By D.H. Nicholson, Registrar
One of the primary concerns of the
faculty and administration at Chowan
College is that relating to communica
tion: How can the faculty and adminis
tration best relate to the student in a
meaningful way,- outside of the normal
classroom or administrative procedure?
Here on this campus perhaps, the most
familiar vehicle tor this communication
or necessary dialogue between the Chowan
official and the Chowan student is the
adivsor-advisee relationship which is
established the very day that the student
formally arrives on campus for his first
registration.
Another familiar, and important, vehicle
for this necessary communication
between faculty or staff member and
student here at Chowan College is “Smoke
Signals: ” The Voice of Chowan.
As a rule, next to the advisor-advisee
relationship, a well run and a well
written student newspaper can make an
important contribution to the efforts
at bridging the proverbial credibility
gap which can exist between faculty and
student and administration and student
on any campus. We here at Chowaff
.feel that “Smoke Signals” is no exception
to this rule.
Therefore, with the preceding as a brief
preface, this column, from this very
first issue to the last issue in late spring,
will be an effort to communicate to the
student information which will be of
importance to him during his tenure here
and to his future elsewhere when he leaves
Chowan with his associates degree.
One subject with which we may wish
to begin, and a subject probably most
important at this early point in our series
of articles, is the necessity of the student's
completing work already started at Chowan
College.
When an applicant is accepted for
admission to Chowan, it is automatically
assumed by the Director of Admissions and
the Admissions Committee that the pros
pective student intends to pursue work
in a curriculum which will lead to a degree
or diploma. Of course, whether or not a
student does this can be, to a large extent,
his own decision.
However, we as members of the faculty
and the administration of the College
strongly recommend that a student stay
in a degree program and get that
associates degree, especially if he intends
to continue his education at a senior
institution.
We recommend completing the work
for the two-year degree because we know
that, increasingly, senior institutions are
requiring that transfer students from
junior colleges and community colleges
hold the associates degree before they
are admitted.
Accordingly, ■>We'''may ' 'see^‘ this as a
growing trend in the admissions offices
of more and more senior institutions as
the two-year programs become more
widely accepted, and respected. For
instance, many colleges and universities
are attempting to initiate with many
junior colleges what is referred to as the
direct transfer programs or a^eements.
Under these agreements, a senior institu
tion, generally, adopts a more liberal
attitude to the holder of the two-year degree.
Hence, the senior institution, may
under the direct transfer agreement place
the two-year graduate into the junior class,
though the student may have D’s on his
transcript and even though he may have
some courses which are perhaps not
offered at that particular senior institution.
Still, discounting the possibility of direct
transfer agreements between selected Junior
colleges and senior institutions, there is a
growing number of the latter which are
recommending that two-year students
complete their degree programs before
transferring. For instance. North Carolina
State University at Raleigh now strongly
recommends that a transferer from a two-
year institution hold the associates degree
as an added advantage over the transferer
without such a degree or attainment.
There is another emerging advantage
of having the two-year degree: many
senior institutions by increasing numbers
are beginning to consider accepting “D’s”
in transfer providing, generally, that the
student applicant has an over all “C” on
work attempted and the associates degree.
For example, Radford College in Vir
ginia, Catawba College here in North
CaroUna, Florida Southern College in
Lakeland, Fla., along with East Tennessee
State University will accept “D’s” in
transfer if the applicant has an over all
“C” average and if the applicant has the
associates degree.
Since approximately 80 per cent of our
enrollment anticipates going on to
senior institutions for the bacculaureate,
this 80 per cent should address itself
ealy to some of the questions involved
with transfer.
One of the most important questions
is whether or not an individual should
plan to complete the program here at
Chowan College for the Associates in Arts,
the Associate in Science, the Associate
in Graphic Arts, the Associate in Nursing,
et cetera.
We of the faculty and staff feel from
experience that those who plan to transfer
to four-year institutions should first earn
their associates degree.
Next week, in line with some of the points
introduced in the above statements, we
will begin a series of articles which will
summarize a study initiated this summer
in the Registrar's office.
The study involved a questionnaire-sent
by this office to 200 colleges and univer
sities throughout the South. And Ihe
questions asked these institutions relate
directly to the Chowan College students
and their transfer plans.
For instance, there is one inquiry
concerning whether or not a student
can be accepted by certain institutions
when he has “D” work and repeat hours
on his transcript here at Chowan.
Read this column next week for a des
cription of this current study and how it
relates directly to the Chowan (Allege
students.
Toyko's Snfiog Ordeal
For a glimpse of how the pollution "Chain
reaction theory” works, take a look at last
wegkepd in Toyko. When the thermometer
-'Hlf^Sd’a^gt'des, mfllibH:^ ot“JapaneSfe toik
to the roads to find relief from the choking
air pollution. The exhaust of their aUtos
and motorbikes worsened conditions.
Before the ordeal was over, 60 persons had
drowned, 41 were dead in traffic and un
counted thousands had been hospitalized
with oxidants or damaged eyes.
Japan is an example of the mixed bless
ings of a heavily industrial economy. Al
though Toyko has been for centuries one
of the most congested areas in the world,
it was only after World War II, and especial
ly during the last 15 years, that so many
Japanese were able to afford cars and
cycles.
Now that they're catching up with af
fluent America, some Japanese may take a
wistful look at what they're leaving behind.
—Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel.
Sept. 20-0ct. 4
Oct. 11-Nov. 1
Nov. 8-Nov. 15
Dec. 1-Dec. 18
Jan. 12-Jan. 31
Feb. 7-Feb. 28
March 7-Mar. 26
Anril 1R 1C
Currier and Ives Prints.
Tom Hammond, recent work.
Aba Wielhorski, paintings.
Vincent J. deGregorio, paintings.
Student Exhibition.
Joe Chris Robertson, recent work.
Sculpture Exhibition.
A mirage in the desert? Not really!
The BSU was one step ahead of the game when freshmen moved into Chowan
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