Senior College
Scheduled Mo
Day
ByARTHUR RIDDLE
On Tuesday, November 16,
local high school students and
Chowan College students will
have the opportunity to meet with
representatives of a number of
senior colleges and universities
to discuss future educational
plans. Representatives from
educational institutions in North
Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Maryland,
Delaware, and New York will be
here for the program, which is to
be held in Whitaker Library from
9:00 a. m. until 3:00 p. m.
The Senior College Day
program will be divided into two
sessions. The first session will be
held from 9:00 a. m. until 12 noon,
and will be for high school
students only. The second
session, for Chowan College
sophomores, will be from 1:00 p.
m. to 3:00 p. m. Again, both
sessions will be held in Whitaker
Library.
Excellent Opportunity
The Senior College Day
nday
only, except high school students.
TTiis means that Chowan fresh
men will not be able to par
ticipate. Students who have
classes from 1:00 p. m. to 3:00 p.
m. with no breaks will be excused
from classes long enough to go to
the program. In some cases, a
representative might desire to
see a student’s transcript, and in
this case, the student should go to
This programm is intended for the Registrar’s Office before 3:00
Chowan College sophomores p. m. for the information.
program offers an excellent
opportunity for students to pick
up applications for schools in
which they are interested, as well
as to discuss educational plans
with school representatives, and
ask questions about transferring.
In most cases, the school
representatives will be from the
admissions departments.
Exam Schedule
In Next Issue
The next issue of SMOKE SIGNALS will carry
the schedule for examinations for the Fall
Semester, 1971-72. The issue will be published on
Wednesday, November 24. . . the day before
llianks giving.
According to Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Jr., it is
extremely important that each student obtain a
copy of the newspaper carrying the schedule and
retain it for use during examination week. The
feculty of the Department of Graphic Arts has
indicated that a good quantity of extra copies
will be printed to insure that each student and
professor will have a copy in his possession.
Smoke Signals. Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1971—Page Three
By DEPARTMENT OF
BUILDINGS& GROUNDS
Washers and dryers are now
being installed in Belk, Jenkins,
Columns and South Hall. The
following instructions will be
posted by all washers and dryers,
for your inspection and guidance.
USE OF WASHERS
AND DRYERS
1. Inspect your laundry before
putting it into a machine. Empty
pockets, remove pins.
2. Measure the detergent and
avoid excess suds that run over
on the floor.
3. Remove clothes promptly
from the washer so that other
students may use the machines.
,..4. .Warning: Inspect thfi
machines before using them.
Students have had clothes
damaged by lipsticks, colored
lint, and other items left in the
machines.
5. There is a short delay before
machine will start after ticket is
inserted.
6. Ticket will self destruct after
the machine starts.
7. Do not insert foreign articles
because that will only jam the
machine.
8. Tickets may be purchased at
the bookstore.
9. If there is any trouble, call
the Department of Buildings and
Ground, extension 230.
10. Cost of tickets are 25c for
washers and dryers. Dryers will
run for 40 minutes for Kc.
11. If the machines fail to work
jH-operly and a ticket is lost, you
can get a free replacement ticket
at the Office of the Superin
tendent of Buildings and
Grounds.
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FLOATS FOR PARADE—Two of the
colorful floats which comprised the
annual Homecoming Parade are
pictured above. Top photo shows the
entry of Belk and Mixon dormitories
which won first prize. First runner-up
was West and Jenkins Halls’ float,
while South Hall’s entry was second
runner-up.
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BSU
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HOMECOMING DANCE—Chowan
College students enjoyed a pair of
dances during Homecoming weekend.
MEETINGS TO COME
Interested in a challenging
experience for the summer
months? If so, be at BSU on
October 25 to hear Mr. Rick
Traylor, Church Programs
Division of the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina,
explain the opportunities
available through toe Baptist
Youth Corps program.
Guest speaker for BSU on Nov.
1 will be Mr. Art Driscoll, Con
sultant, National Student
Ministries. Mr. Driscoll will be
co-ordinator for Chowan’s
Christian Focus Week, to be held
on March 13-17, 1972.
Come and get in on the “ground
floor” planning for the Focus
Week emphasis.
BSU FALL CONVENTION
“Spiritual Revolution: Cop-
Out or Encounter?” is the theme
of the BSU Fall Convention to be
held November 5-7 at Camps
Caraway and Mundo Vista, near
Asheboro North Carolina.
This weekend promises op
portunity to meet new poeple,
hear new ideas, and have an all-
out good time. The fee of $8.00
includes transportation,
registration, room, and meals for
the weekend. Contact Pope
Taylor or Hugh Clark by October
28 if you are interested in par
ticipating.
Let’s fill the old Blue Bird to
capacity and have the greatest
representation possible at this
Convention!
Minutes
Published
On October 4 1971 the first
meeting of the Cafeteria Com
mittee of the 1971-72 school year
was held at twelve noon in
Thomas Cafeteria.
The purpose of this Committee
was clearly defined by Mr. Ben
Sutton, Business Manager of
Chowan College. The Com
mittee, as he explained, in
terprets and recommends
policies dealing with food ser
vice, as well as a basic purpose of
betterment of communication
between administration, faculty
and students.
The goal of the Cafeteria
Committee is to give the students
an opportunity to “sound off” and
let their opinions be known on
policies of the college cafeteria.
It was decided by the members
of the Committee (Mr. Sutton,
Dean Lewis, several faculty
members, Mr. Wilson, Manager
of the Cafeteria and one
representative from each dorn),
that the minutes of each meeting
will be distributed and posted in
each dorm. This will give the
students opportunity to receive
information as to what the
Committee is doing, and also let
them give their reaction to the
student representative from their
dorm.
The meetings are to be held on
the first Monday of every month
at 11:45 a.m. in the President’s
room of Thomas Cafeteria.
Members of this Committee are
granted the privilege of cutting
line in order to obtain their lunch
to eat during the meeting.
Cafeteria policy was then
discussed. Among subjects
brought up by student
representatives were:
EAST HALL; A disagreement
to the policy of not being able to
wear tee-shirts in the cafeteria.
Dean Lewis explained that this
rule was set to discourage men
coming straight off thfe practice
field to come to the cafeteria
before they have showered.
MIXON HALL: A complaint
about the presence of dogs in the
cafeteria. It was stated that if we
must eat with dogs, why should
we worry about our dress? The
explanation given was that
students encourage and feed the
dogs and without the full
cooperation of the students it
would be almost impossible to
change the situation.
COLUMNS: Are girls allowed
to wear shorts NOT hot pants, in
the cafeteria on Saturdays? The
reply was: “Dress that is
descreet and in good taste is
acceptable.”
The above were the only three
dorms represented at this
meeting.
Mr. Wilson requested that
students try to make it through
the cafeteria line before closing
time. Although Mr. Wilson does
not desire to turn anyone away
who has not eaten, unless an
attempt to get through the line
before closing is made by more
people, something will have to be
done.
All dormitories are requested
to designate a representative to
attend the meetings held in the
President’s room of Thomas
Cafeteria!!!!!!!
The meeting was then ad
journed.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Cara wan. Secretary
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HALF-TIME SHOW—Members of the
Princess Anne High School Marching
Band of Virginia Beach, Va., provided
the halftime entertainment for the
Chowan-Harford Homecoming game.
The group is a very popular unit, and
always provides Chowan fans with a
excellent performance.
Circle K, Student Nurses
Aid Bloodmobile Effort
By JIM HUNTER
Through various media, the
“Smoke Signals,” and posters
distributed around the campus.
Circle K and the Student Nurses
Association were the pushers for
the first of two Tidewater Red
Cross Bloodmobile visits to the
Chowan College campus
To make the student body more
aware of the importance of giving
blood, a program was presented
at both assemblies on Thursday,
November 4 by Jim Hunter,
President of Circle K and Debra
Granger, President of the
Student Nurses Association.
The highlight of the program
was the presentation of Miss
Christine Grinnon. Miss Grinnon,
from Norfolk, Virginia, was a
Field Representative with the
Tidewater Regional Blood
Program, assigned to Red Cross
Chapters in Eastern North
Carolina. Miss Grinnon outlined'
the purpose of the Tidewater
Red Cross Blood Program and
stressed the importance of giving
blood and the medical needs
involved.
At the conclusion of the
fffogram. Circle K and the SNA
then began working to recruit
donors by asking students to fill
out pledge cards. The pledge
cards were especially helpful in
getting some idea of what hours
would be the busiest.
The Tidewater Red Cross
Bloodmobile visit was held in the
gymnasium on Tuesday,
November 9, from 10:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.
Circle K assisted in the
unloading of the truck in the
morning. They also assisted in
setting up the tables and chairs
that were needed.
The SNA provided nurses to
help in the reception area and
also co-ordinated ample doctors
to be on hand throughout the
drive.
At 3:00 p.m. Circle K reloaded
the truck with the blood intact
and removed the tables and selves. The refreshments,
chairs from the gym. Then, the themselves were so good, they
members divided the left-over were just reward for all the labor
refreshments amongst them- put out in loading the truck.
CSSO Report
Chowan Science Service
Organization
Star-like Planets
May Exist
ByARTHUR RIDDLE
One of the ideas in the field of
Astrophysics holds that planets
are limited in size, and if the
mass of a planet goes beyond
certain limits the planet will turn
into a star. In theory, the reason
for this would be that the internal
heat of the planet would become
so great as a result of pressure
and friction that nuclear reac
tions would occur, "releasing
tremendous amounts of heat, and
the final outcome of all of these
events would be a star.
Another theory, more or less
similar to this one, is that a
planet in our own solar system,
Jupiter, is more starlike than
planetlike. This theory has been
used to explain the fact that the
planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune, called the Jovian
plantes, are so much larger than
the inner four planets, the
terrestrial planets.
In May of this year, a team of
scientist from the University of
Texas witnessed an astronomical
event which lent support to the
theory that Jupiter is starlike.
This event was the occultation by
Jupiter of the star Beta Scorpii.
During the occulation,
specificajly, when it had barely
Here they are pictured at the Friday
night affair in Thomas Cafeteria.
A well-bred man keeps his
beliefs out of his conversation.
Andre Maurois.
REVIVAL TEAMS
Two of the three youth revival
teams are already scheduled for
leading meetings on the weekend
of November 19-21.
The team led by Linda
Carawan will be working in a
weekend retreat with high school
youngsters from Kennedy Home,
Kinston, North Carolina. The
retreat is scheduled for the
Children’s Home cottage at
Salter Path (Bogue Sound).
The team led by Hugh Clark
will journey to Chadbourn, North
Carolina, on the same weekend
for a youth emphasis with the
young people of Chadbourn
Baptist Church.
■These teams ask that you will
be much in prayer for the Lord’s
guidance and Erection in these
meetings.
begun and the light of Beta
Scorpii was passing through the
atmosphere of Jupiter, the
scientists had the opportunity to
annalyze, to some degree, the
atmosphere.
Basically, the scientists
discovered that the atmosphere
of Jupiter is hotter than was
previoulsy thought. They found,
in addition, that the atmosphere
is apparently composed largely
of hydrogen, meaning that
Jupiter would be more starlike
than was previoulsy believed.
The atmosphere turned out to be
more complex than it was
believed to be.
The occulation also made it
possible for scientists to make
more accurate measurements of
the planet Jupiter. For example
the equatorial radius of the
planet at the strospheric level
was measured to be 71,880
kilometers. Also, it appears that
the poles of the planet are not as
flat as was believed, indicating a
lower surface density would tend
to think that a low surface density
would be an indication of starUke
characteristics.
Based on: Science News, vol.
100, pg 261 October 16, 1971 -
Halloween
Party
1970 QUEEN—Miss Betsy Sullivan of Richmond,
Va., holds the traditional red roses after she was
crowned Homecoming Queen for 1971 Dr. Bruce E.
Whitaker, left, President of Chowan College.
By MARY TOWNSEND
On October 31, 1971, in the
dining room of Belk Hall, the site
of a Halloween Party.
The party was for children
within the community of Mur
freesboro. We had a total of 28
children who arrived for the
party three hours before time.
Those who participated in the
party were: Betsy Robbins,
Marti Lynch, Mary Townsend,
Sharon Johnson, Cindy Barham,
Jean Craven, Deborah Gunter,
Vicki Woolard and Mr. and Mrs.
Buchanan, assistant head
residents at Belk Hall.
When the children arrived we
got them all seated when a ghost,
Deborah Gunter, appeared to
greet them. I was sitting in the
floor with the children and when
that ghost walked in, those
children really believed it. I could
tell by the way they grabbed onto
me as little children do when they
are scared.
At the end of the party, the
ghost returned, thanking them
for coming. They were a little
less scared.
The party was fun for all those
who gave and helped participate.
We had a few games, a guessing
game, a contest and pin the eye
on the pumpkin. By the time the
children finished pinning the eye
on the pumpkin, there was no
pumpkin left.
The party ended successfully.
It was sponsored by no club or
organization, just a group of girls
who wanted to help others have a
happy time at the scariest time of
the year.