Requirements For
Residence Outlined
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
By D. H. NICHOLSON
Every student at an institution
of higher education should make
himself thoroughly familiar with
its requirments for continued
residence. A lack of attention
paid to these requirements can
lead to a poor academic record
and much more concern and
work later. Therefore, it should
be the responsibility of the
student to know precisely what is
minimally expected of him,
accademically, at his college or
university. It should also be the
concern of the institution to make
this expectation clear to the
student. Hence, the rest of this
column will be devoted to a
general description of the
academic requirements for
continued residence at Chowan
CoUege in the hope that the
Chowan students will know what
is expected of them and what
they should be concerned with
elsewhere.
According to a policy recom
mended by the Chowan College
faculty and approved by the
Board of Trustees in September,
1967, a regular student must earn
a minimum of nine semester
hours and nine quality points
each semester in residence in
order to be considered in “good
standing.” This requirement then
means that a regular student
must earn at least 18 semester
hours and 18 quality points to be
eligible to register for a third
semester at Chowan. According
to this policy a regular student
who fails to earn at least “nine
and nine” in a full semester will
enter the next on academic
probation. For the student who
does not get off academic
probation, essentially, for the
regular student who does not
have an average of “nine and
nine” for each semester before
he arrives at his third semester,
he must make up his academic
deficiencies in summer school
here at Chowan College.
Generally, except with “specific
approval” from the Dean of the
College, the student with
academic deficiencies will not be
allowed to transfer in academic
credit from another college if he
were academically ineligible to
return to Chowan.
For those interested, Chowan
College has a summer session
divided into two terms. Under
this arrangement it is quite
possible for a student to take a
semester of work (a maximum of
14 semester hours, which breaks
down to a maximum of 7
semester hours for each term) in
a complete summer session.
In essence, for a regular
Chowan student to be in “good
standing” with the College, he
must earn at least nine hours and
nine quality points every
semester in residence. If he falls
below this minimum, he has to
make up enough hours and
quality points so that he does
average nine hours and nine
quality points for each semester
in residence. Another point
should be made here concerning
“good standing.” Although the
term “good standing” has a
generally accepted meaning
among collegiate registrars and
admissions officers at the various
institutions of higher education,
each institution, generally,
determines its own standards for
continued residence. Therefore,
it is quite possible for a student to
be in good standing and eligible
for continued enrollment at one
More Summer
Courses Listed
Some interest has been shown
in a number of courses which had
not been previously scheduled to
be taught during the coming
Summer Session, according to
Dean B. Franklin LOwe, Jr.
The following courses will be
taught in addition to those
already scheduled in the summer
school brochure, if there is suf
ficient enrollment.
First Term: Spanish 101, Art
Appreciation 161, and Ceramics
151.
Second Term: Spanish 202, and
Art Appreciation 161.
CHOWAN WINS
Don Hillock’s second homerun
of the game sent Chowan College
reeling to its thrid straight
baseball loss as Salisbury edged
the Braves 3-2 March 22 at home.
institution and yet not be eligible,
gradewise, for admission to
another, although both in
stitutions are of comparable
quality and are fully accredited.
Therefore, one student may have
“nine and nine” each semester
and be in good standing with
Chowan College, but another
institution may have a standard
whereby “nine and nine” is not
enough for him to transfer in
good standing to the latter.
Again, the preceding only
emphasizes the fact that the
Chowan College student, as'
would a student at any other
school, must keep in close contact
with spools of his choice for their
own requirements for continued
residence because to know their
requirements is to know their
standards for “good standing”
with them.
Since there are many, many
details concerned with academic
records and transferring, it is
best for the prospective tran
sferer at Chowan to keep in mind
that the faculty and the ad
ministration of the College are
greatly interested in helping the
student to realize “all” of his
options in transferring to four-
year institutions. Therefore, the
student should feel free to keep in
contact with his own academic
advisor; the Dean of the College,
Dr. Lowe; the Director of
Guidance and Counseling, Mr.
Collins; and this writer in order
to make his transfer to a four-
year institution as smooth as
possible.
Next week we will want to look
at the Selective Service System
Requirements and the specifics
of draft exemption as these apply
directly to Chowan College
students. We will want to answer
the following questions: How
many academic hours does the
student have to acquire to keep
his deferment, if, in fact he has
applied for it? How can the
number of hours required vary
with the degree programs? What
happens if the student at Chowan
does not have the required hours
after he has already completed
two semesters or a norma] school
year? How can this person keep
his deferment, under the law as it
is now written?
SOCIAL HOUK—ii^njoying retresn-
ments during a reception at the home
of Clayton Lewis, dean of students, is
this group of students from Lewis’
history class. They earlier heard Dr.
I^orris E. Carson, professor of
Spanish, speak on “The Influence of
tne Moors in Spain.” From left, Barry
C. Wyatt, Mary R. Townsend,
Jackquelyn A. Rose, Jack D. Mingin,
Ray W. Ross, Karen Janette Daughtry,
Shirley N. Mason, Keith Andre Cobb,
William D. Bone, and Brooks V. Baylis.
I?
Volume 3—Number 13
Wednesday, April 14, 1971
Spring Festival Scheduled
Saturday, April 24th
According to Professor Janet
Collins, coordinator of Spring
Festival activities, plans for the
annual event have recently been
finalized. Activities related to
Spring Festival are sponsored
jointly by the Women’s
Recreation Association, the
Student Government Association,
Student Personnel and the
Director of Alumni Affairs, Mr.
Jimmy Swain.
Spring Festival week begins
Tuesday, April 20, with “Bryan
and Judy” in concert at 8:00 p.m.
in McDowell Columns
Auditorium. The dances for the
weekend will feature Bill Deal
and the Rhondells Friday night
and the Showmen, the Okaysions,
and Blue Eyed Soul on Saturday
night. Friday’s dance is casual
and Saturday’s is semi-formal.
Dr. Taylor has said that the BSU
will again take corsage orders for
the semi-formal dance. Both
dances will be held in Thomas
Cafeteria beginning at 8:00 p.m.
This year the annual Student
Government Association-
sponsored events of spring are all
free. There will be no admission
charged for either of the dances
or for the concert on Tuesday
night.
The Spring Festival Queen and
Sophomore Banquet Set
For Thursday In Cafeteria
The annual Sophomore
Banquet sponsored by the Alumni
Association will be held at 6:30
Thursday, April 15 in the
Thomas Cafeteria Main Dining
Room. Tickets are being
distributed in the Dormitory for
the event, or sophomores can
obtain a ticket by going to the
Development-Alumni Associ
ation Office which is located
under the library across from
the Snack Bar. Tickets are free of
charge but necessary for attend
ance to the Banquet.
Guest speaker will be Mr. J. M.
Jenkins, Assistant Superin
tendent of Hertford County
Schools. Mr. Jenkins, a forcible.
entertaining speaker, will
welcome graduating sophomores
into the Alumni Association in his
usual humorous way which
makes listening informative and
fun.
The sofiiomores will be served
by a team of freshmen girls,
liieir duties will include serving
food, beverages, and bread.
All freshmen and sophomores
not attending the event are asked
to eat early as possible to allow
cafeteria officials to set places
for the Banquet. The cafeteria
will close at 6:30 for regular
supper. Sophomores attending
the Banquet are asked to be
dressed in Sunday-go-to-meeting
attire (they will not be allowed to
attend the Banquet otherwise)
and not to come until 6:30.
The special event which is to
last approximately 1 hour will be
accented by the Alumni
Association’s presentation of the
Alumni Association Membership
Card to Sophomore Class Officers
as a token gesture to the
sophomore class which will upon
graduation all be members of the
Association.
Mr. Jerry Wilson, Cafeteria
Manager, assures that the food
will be special and expects a
large turnout. The Alumni
Association urges all sophomores
to attend.
her court will open the afternoon
activities Saturday with the of
ficial crowning of the 1971 Queen
of Spring, Miss Faye Overstreet.
Members of her court ac-
companing her will be
sophomores Sherry Davis, Twyla
Wright, Jenny Wong, Debbie
Faulkner, and freshmen Delores
Whedbee, Debbie Vann, Nancy
Suhre, and Freshman Princess
Patti Fallis. The court will be
entertained by command per
formances by Chowan students.
After the coronation ceremony,
the Queen will officially open the
Campus Carnival. Carnival
booths scheduled for this year’s
carnival are Camera Shop,
“Bozo,” the clown. Dart
Throwing, Cake Walk, Cotton
Candy, Display of Antiques and
Fossils, Concession—drinks.
Display—Polution & Drugs,
Popcorn, Dunking Machine,
Hitchin’ Post, Penny Pitch, Win a
Kiss, “Dinner at the Squire,”
Photography Exhibit, Fortune
telling, “Square It!”, “Tacos,”
Sponge in the Face, Baseball
throw. Country Kitchen, Tye-Dye
Garments, Jail Break, and Water
Balloon Throw.
A banquet honoring members
of the Spring Festival Court, their
escorts and parents will be given
in the President’s Room of
Thomas Cafeteria Saturday
evening at 6:00.
PARENTS' DAY
Along with the Spring Festivals
events comes the annual Parents’
Day. Invitations were mailed on
April 1 to parents giving them
information about Parents’ Day
events. The Parents’ Day events
begin Saturday at 9:45-10:45 with
registration for the parents near
East Hall. The President’s coffee
hour is from 10 to 11 at the
President’s home. Students are
encouraged to accompany their
parents to the Coffee.
Open house will be held in
Green Hall, Askew Student
Union, Gynmasium, McDowell
Columns, Penny Infirmary,
Whitaker Library, Daniel Hall,
and McSweeney Hall from 10:30
until 12:00.
The cafeteria will be opened for
lunch from 11:30 until 1:30
Students are to accompa^y their
parents to Thomas Cafeteria
since parents are admitted on I.
D. cards of their sons and
daughters.
Open house will be held in all
residence halls from 12:30 until
3:00 p.m.
Much work has been put into all
aspects of Spring Festival. It is
for your enjoyment. Relax and
enjoy it!
Ferenc Nagy Speaks
In Assembly Here
Ferenc Nagy, former prime
minister of Hungary, will speak
at Chowan College Tuesday,
April 13 during 9:30 and 11:00
a.m. assemblies. His visit is
sponsored by the Student
Government Association.
His topic is “The Role of the
Intellectuals in the Czechoslavak-
Soviet Crisis.” Nagy was
president of the Hungarian
National Assembly in 1945 and
prime minister the following two
years. He has been a resident of
the United States since his exile
in 1947.
While in exile, he has written a
book, “Struggle Behind the Iron
Curtain,” numerous magazine
articles, and has delivered lec
tures at more than 250 colleges
and universities since the fall of
1963. He has made some 50 trips
to Eiu’opean countries since 1948.
He has closely identified
himself with organizations op
posing the Communist en
slavement in Europe in Europe.
He has been a member of the
Hungarian National Council
since 1949, served as chairman of
the Assembly of Captive
European Nations for 1961-62,
and as president of the In
ternational Peasant Union since
1964.
Dr. Whitaker Named
Rotary Club Prexy
FERENC NAGY
Students Gain Fortunes
In Economics Classes
SPEAKER—Dr. Morris E. Carson, Holton, Wilson, at a recent reception
professor of Spanish at Chowan held at the home of Clayton Lewis,
College, talks with George I. Roberts, dean of students,
left, of High Point and Daniel V.
Is there a budding Joseph P.
Kennedy, Keith Fuston or Ross
Perot walking the campus of
Chowan College? The names
belong to individuals who have
amassed personal fortunes and
gained the stature of financial
wizards in the process.
Mrs. Rachel N. Pittman,
professor in the business
Presidency
At Stake
All good things must come to an
end like the SGA for 1970-71. Next
years’ SGA presidency is con
tested by Bill Hutchens and Billy
D. Mills. The office of treasurer
is a toss up between Carl Cun
ningham and Michael Grossman.
Smoke Signals associate editor
Ron Dunn is running unopposed
for vice-president. Other
students who are running without
opposition are Joel Rose for
secretary, Thomas Patt for male
social co-chairman, and Sue Ella
Gardner for female social co-
chairman.
After four consecutive chapel-
assembly announcements and as
well as in the last issue of the
Smoke Signals no student decided
to run for the thirteen vacant slots
of the SGA student legislature.
Hugh Clark is the only one who
voluntered to run for the six
vacant positions of the men’s
council.
department, doesn’t know if one
exists or not but if he does he’s
bound to benefit along with other
students from Mrs. Pittman’s
Ek;onomics 251 class.
Mrs. Pittman takes a practical
view of teaching. If you’re going
to study the stock market, why
not get an expert to help your
students? Accepting tiie call was
R. Douglas Parker of Port
smouth who is an account
executive with Francis I. duPont
Glore Forgan Co., Norfold
branch.
Parker used the opportunity
recently to encourage the
students to consider pursuing a
career “in the market.” He
described the positions of
“researcher” or “salesman”
with a brokerage firm as being
both remunerative and exciting.
Parker explained that an ac
count executive must possess
knowledge of stocks and the
market as well as salesmanship.
Parker has combined these
qualities to rank among the top 50
in sales among 1900 account
executives with his company.
Parker’s visit accompanied a
supplementary study of the stock
market by Economics 251
students. Each student is ob
serving two firms in an industry
for 13 weeks. “The objective of
the study is to introduce these
budding exonomists to the realm
of stocks,” Mrs. Pittman ob
served. Her goal is to instill
within her students a lasting
interest in the market.
And if a Kennedy, Funston or
Perot does emerge? “Perhaps
he’ll remember his alma mater
with a large gift,” Mrs. Pittman
mused.
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker
president of Chowan College, has
been elected president of the
Murfreesboro Rotary Club for
1971-72.
Other officers include James
Pennington, vice president; E. T.
Cason, secretary-treasurer; and
Cecil M. Forehand, Jr., H. W.
WhiUey, Bob Hill, Jr., and L.
Frank Burleson, directors.
Earlier in the year, Dr.
Whitaker, who has been
president of Chowan since 1957,
was elected president of the
North Carolina Lieterary and
Historical Association. He is also
serving as vice president of the
board of trustees of the North
Carolina Foundation of Church-
Related Colleges.
As a Rotarian, he served as
char-man of the student ex
change committee for District
771 during 1969-70.
He was recently honored by
inclusion in the 1970-71 edition of
“Who’s Who in American College
and University Administration.”
Dr. Whitaker had previously
been selected for “Personalities
DR. WHITAKER
of the Soutii,” “Who’s Who in
American Education,” “Who’s
Who in the South and Southwest,”
and supplement to “Who’s Who in
America.”
J1
FINANCIAL WIZARD—Will the real
“financial wizard” please stand up?
Professor Rachel N. Pittman’s
Economics 251 class at Chowan College
is addressed by stock expert, R.
Douglas Parker of Portsmouth.
Judging from the rapt attention he is
receiving, Mrs. Pittman has succeeded
in getting at least one point across. The
student who does his homework on
stocks will be able to pay for his dates.