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HOMECOMING COURT MEMBER—Miss Judy Sat-
terwhite was recently elected as a member of the 1971
Chowan College Homecoming Court. She is pictured
here due to an error in preparing the Smoke Signals
pages for printing. Her picture was left out of the lineup
appearing elsewhere in this issue . . . and all we can say
now is
we re sorry!
State Drops Queen
By ARTHUR RIDDLE
The halftime entertainment for
the N.C.State University
Homecoming footbal game at
Carter Stadium in Raleigh, on
October 30, probably will not
include Homecoming Queen
ceremonies. The NCSU Student
Senate recently voted against
providing funds for the
Homecoming Qieen contest this
year.
There has been very little in
terest in the Homecoming Queen
tradition at NCSU for the past
few years, and opposition to the
contest has been increasing. Last
Know Your
Fellow Student
Volume 3—Number 4
Wednesday, October 27, 1971
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
We Get Letters
. . . Unsigned
The staff of SMOKE SIGNALS is very
pleased to receive any contribution to this
publication. Participation on the part of faculty,
staff and students increases for each issue, and
we look forward to receiving more news, letters,
etc., for future issues.
However, during the past two weeks, we
have received several “Letters to the Editor”
and editorials which have not been signed. It is
the policy of this newspaper that such letters and
editorial comments must carry the name of the
writer. We must, for obvious reasons, observe
this policy, and these articles and letters will not
be printed unless such credit is given to the
writer.
Your comments, letters, editorials, and
news articles are urgently requested, because
this is YOUR newspaper. However, we must
emphasize the policy stated above and require
that your name be submitted along with the
article.
—The Editors
Homecoming Day
Plans Completed
Parade Begins Saturday
Morning at 10; Game at 2
New Officer
Added, SGA
B y Butch Stinson
Barry Bradberry has been
appointed male assistant Co-
chairman of the SGA. He is from
Virginia Beach, and was SGA
President of Kellam High School
last year. He is working with the
female assistant with the bands
and help out the Freshman. He is
responsible for the social events
on campus.
SGA has really changed since
last year like the Student
Legislative has been revised.
TIME TO CHANGE
SUNDAY AT MIDNIGHT
The end of Dayhght Savings
Time for 1971 is Sunday, October
31, at midnight.
year, the general lack of interest
in this was reflected by the fact
that only about 6 per cent of the
student body bothered to vote in
the Homecoming Queen elec
tions. Majority opinion seems to
be that the Homecoming Queen
tradition is completely
irrelevant.
Several editorials had ap
peared in “The Technician”, (the
NCSU student newspaper), in
favor of ending the contest, and
the president of the student body
favored and supported the vote to
end the contest.
Mid-Term Is Time
For Re-Evaluation
JUDY
ANN
DAVIS
By Carol Denton
I had an opportunity to interview a student sophomore
last Tuesday. Her name is Judy Anne Davis. The
curriculum she is taking is the Secretarial Ad
ministration.
Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nevell Davis of
Wendell, North Carolina. She has one brother who is a
Senior at North Corolina State University.
Her interests are sewing and socializing. Her favorite
color is purple. This is proven by her driving the only
purple car (VW) on Chowan’s campus.
When asked why she wanted to be a secretary, she
said,“Secretaries have an interesting position, you get
to meet new people and play a key part in functions of a
business.”
When asked her future plans, she stated, “I have a
potential job awaiting me at the Research Triangular
Park.”
Judy chose Chowan to further her education because
“it has a good business department.”
Her opinion of Chowan as an educational institution
is: “strong, majority wise but it has its weak points.”
When asked her opinion of Chowan’s people she
stated, “The people here are friendly.”
Judy is one of the busiest girls at Belk. She is a
member of the Woman’s Council, President of Alpha Pi
Epsilon and Phi Theta Kappa.
BY D. H. NICHOLSON,
Registrar
With mid-term grades pretty
much an established fact at this
junction in the semester, it was
felt that, perhaps, this column
could be devoted for awhile to
some comments addressed to
problems of an academic nature
inherent to most students here at
Chowan College. Therefore, for
the next few issues of Smoke
Signals, this column will feature
articles from the Registrar’s
Office which will be attempts to
answer certain questions which
the majority of students here at
the college might have relating to
their fulfillment of academic
requirements for a continued and
successful enrollment.
One of the first problems to
which every student must ad
dress himself is that concerning
those academic requirements for
continued enrollment here at
Chowan College. As the student
may already know, every college
and or university must have
some stated minimal
requirements for the student’s
continued enrollment in good
standing. What the preceding
means is that every institution of
higher education must have a
minimal standard for continued
enrolhnent whereby the student
must earn a minimum number of
credit hours and a minimum
number of quality points (or
grade points) in any one
semester of regular or full-time
attendance in order to be con
sidered in good standing and.
therefore, eligible to continue his
enrollment the next academic
semester or term as a regular or
full-time student not on any form
of academic. Of course, as one
can assume, this particular
requirement can vary from in
stitution to institution and, in
deed, this requirement can vary
within a large institution such as
a massive state university where
there may be many colleges and
professional schools, each with
it’s own, somewhat autonomous
governing unit, all which
preclude a university-wide
standardization of a continued
enrollment requirement.
We at Chowan College have a
fairly well-defined requirement
for continued enrollment in good
standing: For the student who is
being graded on the 3.0 system (
that is, for the student who en
tered Chowan College prior to
June 1, 1971, and attempted
college level work for credit),
this requirement is that he must
earn at least nine semester hours
of credit and at least nine quality
points in order to be eligible to
enroll the next semester as a full
time student in good standing.
This requirement means that any
student who is on the 4.0 grading
system (that is, for any student
who entered Chowan College for
the first time after June 1,1971, in
order to attempt college level
course work) must earn a
minimum of nine semester hours
and 18 quality points for each and
every semester in regular, full
time attendance in order to
continue in good academic
standing for the next semester.
The preceding statements mean,
therefore, that a full-time student
must earn a minimum of 18 hours
and 18 quality points (again, if he
is on the 3.0 system) or he must
earn a minimum of 18 hours and
36 quality points (again, if he is
on the 4.0 system) for two suc-
cesive semesters in full-time
attendance here at Chowan in
order to be able to continue in
good standing or to be eligible for
honorable dismissal should he
desire to transfer to another
institution. If a student does not
earn the prescribed minimum, he
must then return to one of the
summer programs here at
Chowan College to make up his
deficiencies so that he can enroll
for a third full-time semester of
work.
Although, admittedly, the
above paragraphs are only at
tempts to summarize
requirements which can become
somewhat involved in ad
ministering, the statements
should, however, help the student
to realize his obligations here at
Chowan College for a successful
and rewarding educational ex
perience. This student should
also feel free to contact his ad
visor or the Office of the
Registrar for any clarifications
of the requirements for continued
enrollment.
Along with the already in
troduced academic lines or
concerns which will be further
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One of the year’s most im
portant events-Homecoming,
with its colorful parade and
election of a Homecoming Queen
is scheduled for Saturday, Oc
tober 16. Preparations have been
made with precise planning to
ensure a timely and successful
chain of events for the day, ac
cording to a report from Dean of
Students, Clayton Lewis.
As a kickoff to the
Homecoming festivities a
semi-formal dance will be held in
Thomas Cafeteria on Friday
night from 8:00-12:00. Providing
the music for the affair will be the
“Road Send.” A second dance
will be held on Homecoming Day.
This event will be a formal affair
from 9:00 - 1:00 in Thomas
Cafeteria. The “Atlantic Sound
Show” and “Early Morning
Frog” will provide the music for
the formal dance.
Homeconing Court
One integral part of the
Homecoming program was
accomplished in Assembly
several weeks ago. Each dor
mitory, and the day students,
elected one sophomore girl and
one freshman to represent them
in the contest for members of the
Homecoming Court. Each
candidate made an appearance
on stage, and the entire student
body cast their vote as to the
composition of the court.
Winners of the election to
become members of the 1971
Homecoming Court are:
Sophomores Eden Eure, Sandra
Rice, Doris Smith, Betsy Sullivan
and Barbara West. Selected for
representatives from the fresh
men class are Debbie Alley,
Virginia Kay Carroll, Debbie
Coleman, Judy Satterwhite and
Carole Strawderman.
Announcement of the 1971
Homecoming Queen and Fresh
man Princess will be made
during halftime at the football
game. The selection of these two
are traditionally made by
members of the Chowan College
football team.
Colorful Parade
One of the highlights of the
annual observance will be the
annual parade through the
campus and downtown Mur
freesboro. Various bands from
neighboring schools, as well as
the Chowan band, floats, and
other entries will comprise the
parade, scheduled to begin at
10:30.
Student Unrest Provisions
Are Continued in 1972 Act
The Congress has continued
section 407 of the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
1970 Appropriation Act in the
Fiscal Year 1972 appropriation.
The responsibilities set forth in
section 407 will remain in effect
until officially rescinded.
Section 407 of the Department’s
Appropriation Act of 1970 (P. L.
91-204) provides;
“No part of the funds ap
propriated under this Act shall be
used to provide a loan, guarantee
of a loan, a grant, the salary of or
any remuneration whatever to
any individual applying for ad
mission, attending, employed by,
teaching at, or doing research at
an institution of higher education
who has engaged in conduct on or
after August 1, 1969, which in-
vloves the use of (or the
assistance to others in the use of)
force or the threat of force or the
seizure of property under the
control of an instiution of higher
education, to require or prevent
the faculty, administrative of
ficials, or students in such in
stitution from engaging in their
duties or pursuing their studies at
such an institution.”
This provision of law became
effective upon the enactment of
the Appropriation Act on March
5, 1970. The primary respon
sibility for observing and com
plying with the terms of the
provision rests with the in
stitutions of higher education
receiving payments made by the
Department or any of its
operating agencies from sums
appropriated by P.L. 91-204.
However, fair notice shall be
given to an affected individual or
any proposed cessation of
payment and an opportunity shall
be given to him to be heard as to
whether he has engaged in
conduct included under the
provisions of section 407.
In those cases where payments
are made directly by the
Department from sums ap
propriated by P.L. 91-407 to in
dividuals attending an institution
The parade will form around
Jones Drive, with Professor
Warren Sexton in charge of lining
up, and will proceed out the front
gate and down High Street. The
unit will then make its way down
Main Street to Fourth Street and
then turn back to the campus, the
campus.
The parade will form around
Jones Drive, with Professor
Warren Sexton in charge of lining
up, and will proceed out the front
gate and down High Street. The
unit will then make its way down
Main Street to Fourth Street and
then turn back to the campus.
The parade entries will disband
on the parking lot near the
football stadium.
The theme of the Homecoming
parade is “Mission Possible,”
which is the same as that of the
current financial campaign to
raise funds for the new science-
engineering facility. The Student
Government Association is of
fering $15 to any group wishing to
build a float to help defray the
costs of construction.
Football Classic
One of the most awaited events
of the day will be the gridiron
contest at 2:00 p. m., which puts
the Chowan Braves against the
Montgomery College gridders.
Chowan will enter the contest
with a record of two wins,
three losses and one tie. Last
year, the Braves faced the same
team for Homecoming and emer
ged victorious with a 14-7 win.
According to Head Coach
James Garrison, the Chowan
gridders are “up” for the game,
and an exciting contest is
predicted. The Chowan
Majorettes and Bravettes will
make an appearance before the
kickoff, and during halftime
festivities.
BSU Termed As
Dynamic Club
By ARTHUR RIDDLE
Students keep hearing about a
campus organization called
BSU, but most students don’t
know what BSU is. This is un
fortunate because some would
find that BSU( the Baptist Student
Union) sponsors different kinds
of Christian activities, and
anyone who is serious about
Christianity will be able to find
some BSU activity which interest
him.
According to Dr. Hargus
Taylor, the Chowan College
Chaplain and faculty sponsor of
the BSU, the organization began
in 1922 as a club to provide op
portunities for Christian Wit
ness. The BSU is a national
organization, with qegional
leadership at the state level.
BSUcIubs are exclusively
collegiate campus organizations
and each BSU is essentially on its
own as far as what it does . In
other words. State Leadership
strives to unify the BSUs over the
state rather than to control local
BSU activities.
The BSU at Chowan is an in
formal organization which
does'nt have a membership
roster. One is considered a
member if he attends enough
meetings to feel at home in the
BSU group.
The BSU is outstanding in its
friendliness and feeling of
fellowship which the more formal
clubs lack.
Anyone and Everyone is in
vited to the weekly meetings,
heldin Askew Student Union at
7:00 pm every Monday. Often
these meetings are supplemented
by varied programs. For in
stance a recent meeting featured
a missionary. Miss Sue Thomp
son, as guest speaker.
BSU activities are typically
ones which provide fun and
fellowship with a Christian
motif. In the past, BSU has done
such things as sponsoring
hayrides, Christmas carrolin
trips, and informal parties, as
well as religious activities such
as Bible studies and revival
teams.
Hugh Clark, President of the
BSU, in outlining the proposed
BSU activities for this year,
made it clear that the BSU has an
active year pannned. The BSU
will raise funds by selhng mums
and corsages for football games.
The group is planning to remodle
the BSU building. Also, the BSU
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of higher education (as, for
example, the case for certain
scholarships or fellowships) or in
cases where the institution has
reason to believe that an in
dividual is receiving a loan from
an outside source which is
guaranteed by the Department,
the institution should promptly
notify the appropriate operating
agency of the Department of any
conduct of the inividual brought
to its attention which in its
opinion is included in the
provisions of section 407.
The wording of section 407 of
P.L. 91-204 is identical to the
wording of section 305 of the
Office of Education Ap
propriation Act, 1972 and section
407 of the Departments of Labor,
Health , Education and Welfare
Appropriation Bill, 1972. The
responsibilities and guidelines
indicated above would also
pertain to funds appropriated by
the Office of Education Act, 1972
and to funds appropriated by the
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PRE-GAME SHOW—Members of the
Chowan College football team observe
from the sidelines the pre-game per
formance of the Plymouth High School
Band. The group was the guest of the
college and provided marching music
for the Chowan-Lees-McRae contest.
Even though the weather was un
pleasant, the stands were packed for
the home football classic.