Professional Women
Conduct Meeting
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
Women who have achieved
recognition and honor in the
various professions were guests
of Chowan College for a two-day
conference, “The Professional -
A Woman,” which began
Tuesday, Nov. 9.
The fields of fashion, com
munications, medicine, religion,
education, business and poUtics
were among those represented
according to Vicki Tolston, dean
of women, who was coordinator
from the sponsoring department
of student personnel services,
headed by Clayton Lewis, dean of
students.
Five panel discussions in
cluding three Wednesday, for
med the heart of the program. A
different group of women formed
each panel. They were guests of
the college at receptions, lun
cheon and dinner. Sherry Shealy,
graduate student of the
University of South Carolina, who
is a member of the state
legislature, spoke at the 9:30 and
11 a.m. chapel services Tuesday.
The conference was open to
Chowan’s female students with
students from the high schools
and women of the area also in
vited. The purpose, outlined by
Dean Tolston, was to focus at
tention on the growing number of
opportunities available to women
in the professions. Tolston ex
plained it represents Chowan’s
interest in providing stimulating
programs of special appeal to its
women students.
“More and more women are
assuming important positions in
our society in the different
professions. We want Chowan’s
female students to be aware of
these opportunities and to hear
first hand the qualifications,
problems, rewards and work
associated with them,” she ex
plained.
Panelists included Dr.
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz a
Salisbury native who was the
first Negro to serve as president
of the National Educational
Association. Also present were
Dr.Elizabeth P. Kanof, Raleigh
dermatologist; Ann H. Kilgore,
member of the City Council of
Hampton, Va. who served as that
city’s first woman mayor from
1963-1971; and Patsy Wood, the
reigning Miss North Carolina
from Benson who has taught at
Garner Elementary School for
the past two years. Miss Wood, a
soloist, will present a concert,
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in Mc
Dowell Columns Auditorium.
Representing the business and
fashion fields was Peg O’Leary,
national curriculum director for
the Nancy Taylor Course in
Personal Development. She will
present a program Wednesday at
8 p.m. in Marks Hall Auditorium
on fashion and hygiene subjects.
Present to discuss opportunities
in communications will be
television personalities Mildred
Alexander of WTAR Norfolk, Va.,
and Evangeline Grant of WNCT,
Greenville.
Volume Three—Number 5
Wednesday, November 10, 1971
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
'Summer and Smoke' Production
To Begin Tomorrow in Columns
By TERESA SHOULDERS
Tenessee Williams’ prize-
winning play “Summer and
Smoke” has been chosen for the
fall production by the Division of
Drama of Chowan College, ac
cording to Steve Brannon,
director of drama at Chowan.
Production dates are November
11, 12, and 13 at 8 p.m. in the
McDowell Columns Auditorium.
It is free for all Chowan students
upon showing the Student I.D.
the stuaent i.u.
Cast in the roll of the Reverend
Mr. Winemiller is Richard
Chapman, a freshman, from
Roanoke, Virginia. The part of
his wife, Mrs. Winemiller, will be
played by Glenda Grizzard, a
sophomore, from Emporia,
Virginia. Playing the rolls of
John Buchanan and Alma
Winemiller in the play are David
Talton, a freshmen, from
Raleigh, North Carolina and Gina
Buchanan, a freshman from
Murfreesboro. The part of Rosa
Gonzales will be played by Toni
Kamp, a sophomore, from
Virginia Beach, Virginia and
the part of Nellie Ewell will be
played by Patti Fallis, a
sophomore, from Norfolk,
Schedule
Paulsen
Nov. 18
“Pat Paulsen Looks At The
70’s”, a lecture as current as
tomorrow’s headliJies, will be
delivered by the famed humorist
at McDowellColumns on Thur
sday Nov. 18, 1971.
The lecture, whuch is described
as an analytical look at the major
problems affecting mankind in
the next decade, will deal with
such issues as the sexual
revolution, drugs, asrtology,
religion, ecology, and politics.
Each subject will be sup
plemented with motion picture
film and other visual aids.
Paulsen’s appearance at
Chowan College Ls part of a
national college and university
lecture tour which will take the
former presidential candidate to
more than 100 campuses
throughout the country.
This is Paulsen’s first national
tour since his narrow defeat in
the 1968 preaidential derby and is
considered by many political
pundits to be the forerunner of a
full-blown campaign for the 1972
nomination by his Straight
Talking American Government
(STAG) Party.
The lectures will be at 8:00 and
admissiom is free.
Nursing
Student
Honored
ByJudyWright
Miss Debroah Rowena
Grainger, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Grainger of
Qarenendon, North Carolina was
selected Student Nurse of the
Year by the Student Nurse's
Association at their regular
October meeting. Debroah a 1970
graduate of Williams Township
High School, is a sophmore 33-
Month Nursing student here at
Chowan.
The purpose of the Student
Nurse of the Year Contest is to
select a person who has proven to
be an outstanding student nurse,
and who can serve as a model for
other nursing students, and as a
representative of them to the
pubhc.
Debroah will represent
Chowan's Nursing Department in
the District Student Nurse of the
Year Contest. Qualifications for
this position include high
academic standing, nursing
competence, active involvement
in nursing organizations and
other extra-curricular activities,
personality and appearance, and
a stimulating recuiter. Also
contestants are required to
submit an essay on a given topic.
The winner of this contest will
represent the District in the State
Student Nurse of the Year
Contest.
We, the nursing students of
Chowan, believe Debroah meets
all these qualifications and is
fully capable of representing us in
the district and state contest. We
place our faith and confidence in
her, knowing that she will bring
honor to the Nursing Depart
ment, win or lose.
1
, ■Js*
■ ■
, ■•-'S
H f
k-
»* * I
_
VV'
•'V;
Chowan
Homecoming
Queen
and
Princess
Miss Betsy Sullivan
(top), of Richmond, Va.,
was crowned
Homecoming Queen for
1971 during halftime
activities of the
Chowan-Harford game
Oct. 30th, The popular
student is currently
completing her second
year of work at Chowan.
Pictured left is Miss
Debra Alley, who was
elected Freshman
Princess for 1971. She is
a native of Norfolk, Va.
yip-.'W'n
Virginia. Other major roles in
clude Roger Doremus, played by
Howard Way, a freshman, from
Wilmington, Delaware; Dr.
Buchanan, Sr., played by Bob
Wrenn, a freshman, from
Franklin, Virginia; Mrs. Bassett,
played by Linda Carawan, a
sophomore, from Eagle River,
Alaska; and Rosemary, played
by Katherine Matthews, a fresh
man, from Windsor, Virginia.
Appearing as Dusty will be Louis
Saunders, a freshman, from
Virginia Beach, Virginia. The
parts of Gonzales and Archie
Student
Committee
Members
The President of the SGA,
William Hutchens has submitted
a list of student members for the
various college committees.
Dean Lewis indicates that the
eligibility of these students has
been confirmed.
I. Class Absences: 3 mem
bers: Susie Wilson, Wilmont
Williams, Robert Lee Warren.
2. Scholarship; Janet Womble,
Sandra Watson, Jim Acker.
3. Library: 3 members: Pam
Carrol, Delna Grainger, John
Blanchard.
4. Athletics: 3 members:
Dave Oxedine, Tom Molin, Gary
Brock.
5. Graduation: 3 members:
James Crowley, Dennis Overby,
Linda lliompson.
6. Committee on Events: 3
members: Mary Midyette, Keith
A. Cobb, Bill Flippen.
7. Chapel-Assembly: 3
members: Gary R. Jackson,
Terry Cagle, Alrice W. Barnes,
Jr.
R. Cafeteria: 3members: Paul
Howard, Nancy Hoy, Debi
Alley.
9. Clothing and Etiquette: 3
members: Jenne McAdams,
Brenda Weeks, Paula Bass.
10. Intramurals: 3 members:
Willie Davis, Tom Philopeno,
Weston Patterson.
II. Hospitality: 3 members:
Daphne Glover, Judy Sattershite.
12. Health: 3 members:
Donna Pullen, Pattie Fallis,
Jennifer Miller.
13. Student Activities: 2
members: Roger Chapman,
Katherine Mathews.
14. Faculty-Student Relations:
3 members: Carol Porterfield,
Olivia Winslow, Bill Clark.
Kramer will be played by Chris
Kara-Eneff, a freshman from
Wilmington, Delaware, and Ted
Dent, a sophomore from
Yorktown, Virginia.
Stage Manager is Robert
Wrenn.
Assistant Stage Manager is
Louis Saunders.
Property Mistress is Martha
Lynch.
Property Crew is Virginia
Roberts and Olivia Winslow.
Make-up is Marlene Miller and
Debbie Faulkner.
Wardrot)e designer is Meredith
Kennedy. Lynette Meador, Susan
Riggin, Pat Espinosa and Brenda
Woodin are also helping to sew
the costumes.
The Prompter is Ellen Wallace.
The Chowan College Division of
Drama will present Tennessee
William’s superb play “Summer
and Smoke” in a special High
School Night performance on
November 10, 7:00 p.m., in
McDowell Columns Auditorium.
This performance is especially
designed as an educational ad
venture in drama. Special
arrangements have been made
for the evening.
The director, Mr. Brannon, will
give a brief, introductory lecture
on Tennessee Williams’ “Sum
mer and Smoke”.
Make-up demonstrations will
enable the students to see actual
cast members being made-up for
the performance.
The costume designer,
Meredity Kennedy will explain
the process used in designing tor
a show which demands period
costuming.
The hairstylist will explain the
period hairstyles used in the
show.
The set designer will go over
the steps used in designing and
building the impressionistic set.
The lighting designer will
illustrate the techniques used in
achieving the lighting effects in
the play, particularly the
fireworks display—just one of the
many lighting demands.
As you can see, much work has
been put into this performance.
The schedule of the per
formance for “Summer and
Smoke” open for the college
audience is Thursday, November
11; November 12, Friday; and
Saturday, November 13. The time
for all shows is at 8:00 p.m.
IMPORTANT ISSUE
The next issue of Smoke
Signals will carry the Fall
Examination Schedule. See
Page 3 for details.
W 1
DRAMA SCENES—The above scenes were taken during
a recent dress rehearsal of “Summer and Smoke,”
which will be presented this week by the Chowan drama
group. The production is under the directorship of
Professor Steve Brannon.
Students
Associate
Urged to Get
Degree Here
By D. H. Nicholson,
Registrar
When an applicant is accepted
here at Chowan College as a
regular or full-time student, it is
automatically assumed by the
Director of Admissions and or the
Admissions Committee that the
prospective student intends to
pursue work in a curriculum
which leads to a diploma or a
degree. Of course, whether or not
a student does this is primarily
his own decision. However, we,
as members of the faculty and
the administration of Chowan
College, strongly recommend
that the student stay in a degree
program and get the associates
degree, whether or not he plans to
continue his education at a senior
institution.
We recommend completing the
work for the two-year degree for
two reasons primarily: First, if
the student plans to complete his
education after two years at
Chowan College, he will have a
tangible form or evidence of
recognition for the completion of
a particular program or
curriculum, and this tangible
evidence says much to a
prospective employer who will
want to know about the degree of
success which the student has
already met in his first two-years
of higher education. Second, and
perhaps this reason is the most
important, the associates degree
is becoming increasingly im
portant if that student has any
plans for continuing his education
at a senior college or university.
And it will be on this last reason
that the remainder of this column
will be focused.
For the Chowan College
student who anticipates tran
sferring to a senior college or
university, we strongly recom
mend that he complete work for
the associates degree because we
know that, increasingly, the
senior institutions are requiring
that transfer students from the
junior and community colleges
hold the two-year degree before
they are admitted to junior
status. Accordingly, we may see
this emphasis on the two-year
degree as a growing trend in the
admissions offices of many
senior colleges and universities.
For instance, last April, 1971, the
Community College System of
Florida negotiated with the State
University System of the same
state an “Articulation
Agreement” which will facilitate
the movement of the states
community college and junior
college students into the Florida
state university system. And one
of the criteria for this movement
from the two-year school to the
university is that the prospective
transferer must hold the
associates degree. Florida is just
one of many states with such
agreements, and more such
situations are in the making.
Perhaps, the most obvious
reason for completing the
requirements for the associates
degree is that one concerned with
the actual transfer of course
hours and course requirements
from the two-year institution to
the four-year institution: many
schools will accept an occasional
‘D’ grade in transfer where the
student either has an over-all ‘C’
average or the associates degree.
For instance, through the use of
what is termed “Direct Transfer
Agreements” many senior
colleges and universities will
consider accepting ‘D's’ in
transfer if the student has earned
the over-all ‘C’ average and or
the associates degree.
For example, Radford College
in Virginia, Campbell and
Catawba Colleges here in North
Carolina and East Tennessee
State University will accept ‘D’s
in transfer if the applicant has an
over-all ‘C’ average on all work
and or the associates degree.
Since over 80 per cent of our
enrollment here at Chowan
College does plan to transfer, this
percentage ^ould address itself
early to the clear advantages of
first earning the associates
degree before planning to
transfer to a senior institution.
For more information about
this situation and others which
the student may not at this time
be able to anticipate, a
publication, A STEP AHEAD, is
available in the Registrar’s
Office which answers many of the
salient questions of two-year
college students as they attempt
to ready themselves for a senior
college or university. The reader
is invited to purchase a copy of A
STEP AHEAD and explore the
many options open to him as he
prepares for his admission to a
senior institution.
In the next issue of Smoke
Signals, we will want to look at an
important item of inter-collegiate
transfer: the inter-college
confidential reference form.
What does the senior college or
university want to know about a
student from the two-year
college? What type of
(Continued on Page 3)