Smoke Signals, Wednesday, Februal^ 13, 1973—Page 7
Letter to the Editor
RECEPTION—A reception was held last Thursday evening in the home of
President and Mrs. Bruce E. Whitaker for the honor roll students of the fall
semester. The pictures above were taken of the receiving line which was made up
of members of the administration and heads of the various departments.
WRA Begins Semester Activities
ByLYNNDEANER
The WRA Varsity basketball
team has just begun its season by
playine East Carolina University
on February 1, 1973 . Un
fortunately they lost this game,
74-31. The sophomore members
of the team are: Jean Craven,
Becky Currin, Karen Dillow,
Nancy Sullivan, Barbara Sykes.
Freshman players are; Brends
Brown, Sylvia Duke, Sandra
Fuller, Kim Jones, Betty Rid
dick, and Lois Young and Marty
Faircloth. The two managers are
^Virginia Barrett and Ernestine
FClark. The varsity coach is Mrs.
Janet Collins. Their next game
will be on the 15th against Peace
College at 7:30. It is an away
game.
The intramural teams have
just recently finished two con
tests. One was an Around the
World Shooting Contest. This was
held on January 29. Jenkins 2 won
first place, Jenkins 1 won second
and Belk 2 won third place. On
February 5 a Foul Shooting
Contest was held. Jenkins 2 won
first, Belk 2 won second and
Jenkins 1 won third place. "Rie
intramural teams will be playing
basketball until March 5th. They
will play half court with five
players. They will also play
double elimination.
During the first semester six
major events took place. They
were softball, the Bicycle 500,
tennis, card night, homecoming,
and volleyball. The teams
receive points for their playing
that will go toward the winning of
a plaque at the end of the year
when all the points are added up.
The overall points for the first
semester are as follows:
Jenkins2 is ahead with 88 points.
College Street and Day Students
with 73, Belk 2 has 59, Jenkins 1
has 55, Belk 3 has 45 and Belk 1
has 21.
On March 1, WRA will sponsor
the Spring Pageant. It will be
held at 7:30 in Columns
auditorium. The three student
chairman are Nancy Long, Gaye
Barden, and Brenda Flythe.
These are in charge of the
pageant.
TO THE EDITOR:
In response to the editorial
“Days of Wine and Roses” by
David Talton, I would like to
express my feelings without
condemning Mr. Talton as an
individual, but some of the things
he believes in.
First rSo not believe that Mr.
Talton was forced to come to
Chowan College. I come here
because I was accepted here as
the individual that I was and not
what I thought I was. My decision
to come to Chowan is quite dif
ferent than that of most students.
But be that as it may I was not
forced to come here.
Secondly Mr. Talton mentions
progress. I think that Chowan has
had the reputation of being a
school that has turned out
students of quality. Something
has happened here at Chowan
that has happened in a majority
of hi^er schools and that is that
quantity has been substituted for
quality. When a human being
(the student) is looked at as a
dollar symbol instead of as a
human being with human values
it is bad. When it happens in a
religiously oriented school it is
tragic. This is not progress in my
eyes.
Another group of words used by
Mr. Talton is “liberalized
society”, and “independent.” I
cannot see how much liberalized
society can be when an individual
cannot protect himself without
fear of prosecution. When
parents have become so lenient
that even the real young tell
parents what to do or tte parents
will be disgraced in the eyes of
their friends. In a liberal society
young men and women can go
live together without thoughts of
the consequences. Being an in
dependent youth is not such a
great thing, but to be a depen
dable youth is ideal. To be
dependable is desired by not only
young people but adults as well.
Being independent means that
one does not need anyone or
anything to get by in fife. The
idea that a person can stand on
his own two feet and can make it
by himself is hogwash! There are
going to be others along the line
that are going to contribute to his
dependability whether he gives
them the proper credit or not. A
dependable person is one to be
trusted. Being trustworthy is a
quality that many strive for and
few obtain.
Responsibility is another point
of Mr. Talton’s. Here at Chowan
the student has one of the
greatest opportunities to assume
responsibility than he will find
any place in the search for his
life’s ambitions. The student has
the responsibility of study in
order to put or keep his learning
abilities in good working order.
There is the responsibility of
being prepared to study. There is
a responsibility that many
students do not realize—that of
being the kind of student that will
not cause another to fall. If a
student does not show the proper
attitude toward a course of study
he may cause another to be un
concerned. If this small
responsibility of preparedness in
school cannot be handled by the
student how will he be able to
cope with the tremendous
responsibilitv of society.
Chowan College is an in
stitution of higher education with
many qualities. It has opened its
doors to people, like this writer so
they can learn some new ideas
about people and relationships to
these people. It has provided this
writer an opportunity to meet
some of the finest students that a
school can ever have. Chowan
has provided this writer with
instruction and concern from
professors that many schools
cannot boast about.
Enlightenment will come to
any college and, especially
Chowan, when the students
become responsible for their
actions and standards they set
and learn to improve themselves
so that when society accepts
Uiem they can hold their head up
high knowing the joy of heart that
he can be trusted with any and
every responsible task given him.
Enlightenment will come when
professors can smile and be true
to themselves and their students
and tough, but concerned about
their students as human beings.
The moral fiber of Chowan will
depend on the faculty, staff, and
students working together to
mould the minds of all concerned.
The moulding of clean thinking,
responsible individuals, willing
and able to accept the trials of
society, will be a great asset to
God and the world.
—Edgar Pittman
Morning-After
Pill Under Study
By JOHN STOWELL
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Food and Drug Administration
says it will decide within a few
weeks whether to approve
“morning-after” birth control
pills, already in use on college
campuses.
The agency said it will keep
secret the recommendations of
an advisory committee.
The most commonly pre
scribed “morning-after,” or
postcoital, birth control drug is
diethylstilbestrol (DES),
recently linked to rare vaginal
and uterine cancer in scores of
young women whose mothers
took it during pregnancy to pre
vent miscarriages.
An estimated two million
women were exposed to DES.
Dr. A.L. Herbst of Harvard
Medical School told the adviso
ry panel last Friday that he
has identified 137 victims of
genital cancer. Investigation of
66 of the victims, aged 8 to 25,
showed 48 were exposed to syn
thetic estrogens while in the
womb, he said.
DES is available as a pre
scription drug for several mal
adies including postmenopausal
vaginitis, breast cancer, pros
tate cancer and relief of breast
engorgement after childbirth.
She told the panel that DES
works by jH'eventing the ferti
lized egg from implanting it
self.
Car Stolen
TORRINGTON, V/yo. (AP) —
Leaving a private club early in
the morning, a local resident
discovered his car had been
taken from in front of the es
tablishment.
So he called the sheriff’s of
fice to report his car stolen.
About a half-hour later, the
sheriff’s office received a call
from a slightly inebriated man
saying he had mistakenly driv
en the wrong car home. The
man said he left the same club,
hopped into what he thought
was his car, saw the keys in
the ignition and drove home.
The missing car was turned
to its rightful owner. The sher
iff's office said the cars owned
by the two men were the same
color but different makes.