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Editorials
An Idea That
May Work Here
Although we are in the dead of winter, spring is not far away. Along with warmer
weather comes Spring Festival at Chowan College. What? Spring Festival, you
say, never heard of it!!
The latter was probably your reaction if you are a freshman. For the
sophomores who remember what Spring Festival is, they may also remember just
how eventful or uneventful it was last year. This depends directly on your involve
ment with campus activities.
Last year, it was okay. Mind you, the rain did dampen spirits.
Could it have been better?
To answer that question, one has to reflect on high school and homecomings and
June Jubilee, which was comparable to Spring Festival. One thing made those
events stand out was the work done by the spool’s Inter-Club Council or I.C.C.
It is an association provided for by the student government association whose
purpose it was to keep an open line of conununication between clubs in the hope of
making club-oriented events better. Because of the work of my high school’s I.C.C.
and possibly your high school’s I.C.C., we remember the excitement of homecom
ing and spring festival type events.
Does Chowan have an I.C.C. operating under the S.G.A.? No!
Article II, Section 2 of the S.G.A. Constitution reads;
“Section 2. Interclub Council (I.C.C.)....A. The Interclub Council, serving under
the jurisdiction of the S.G.A. is an association of the presidents of all college spon
sor^ organizations and resident halls, and serves as a coordinating agency for
student activities on campus. B. The Social Co-Chairmen for Men and Women shall
serve as chairman and preside at all meetings. C. The Interclub Council meets
regularly every two weeks.”
This is the second year that Chowan has not had an Interclub Council.
Last year I talked with Ms. Sylvia Nicks, Director of Guidance and SGA Advisor,
about organizing an Interclub Council. Ms. Nicks said that the SGA was in the pro
cess of revising the Constitution and deleting the section dealing with the I.C.C.
Well, Ms. Nicks is gone and guess what? The article was never deleted!
The SGA has done an average job this yesu’. However, an Inter-Club Council to
inform the students would do a lot to raise the SGA’s performance to above
average.
Additionally, under Article n. Section 1-D, the SGA Constitution says...“The
Secretary shall forward copies of the legislative minutes which have been review
ed by the presiding officer and faculty advisor to the following persons no later
than the next legislative meeting: President of Chowan College, Dean of the Col
lege, Dean of Students, Eklitor of Smoke Signals, Residence Hall Presidents, SGA
Executive Advisors, and SGA Executive Officers.”
We don't know about the rest of those people, but SMOKE SIGNALS does not and
has not received those copies. WHY?
Granted, SGA may be having problems and can’t get around to some of these
minor parts of the constitution. Wondering what movie to show next is far more im
portant.
The future of Spring Festival, and the student body who elected you, is in the
hands of the SGA. You can decide how active the clubs can be when Spring
Festival gets here.
An Inter-Club Council may or may not be the answer. But, it would be better than
what leadership we have now. SGA....you weigh the odds...Spring Festival will be
here in 62 days.
E.K.
Thank You....
January 19,1984
The Editor
Smoke Signals
Chowan College '
Murfreesboro, N.C. 27855.
Dear Sir:
I am a sophomore student in my fourth
semester at Chowan College. Through
your newspaper, SMOKE SIGNALS, I
would like to thank Chowan College,
Rotarians, and the community of Mur
freesboro for their contribution toward
my tuition.
At in the end of my third semester
when my financial aid was totally cut
off and I was very upset, members of
Chowan College and E)ean Clayton
Lewis, gave me strong support. A word
of support by Dean Clayton Lewis that
“I feel sure arrangements can and will
be made for you to complete your
studies at Chowan College”, has given
me a great deal of confidence and made
me feel at home. I believe that there are
very few people like him in this world of
competition. "
I strongly appreciate Dean Lewis and
Mr. Pruette’s efforts in dealing with the
foreign students. In the end, I again
thank the members of the faculty of
Chowan College, members of the
Rotary International club, and the peo
ple of Murfreesboro for their lovable
collection towards the completion of my
studies at Chowan College. I would
have never made it without their ef
forts.
Sincerely yours,
A. Hameed Ansari
Chowan College, Box 878
BS in Business Administration
Education & Athletics....
DEAR EDITOR;
It appears that the main objection to
Chowan going to four year status is
what it might do to the athletic pro
gram. I love sports, but I don’t believe
that sports should be a major factor in
determining what the future of the col
lege should be. As I see it, the main pur
pose of the college is to educate the
mind, not to train athletes. The two are
not necessarily mutually exclusive, but
when they do conflict I believe that
education should take precedence over
athletics. And I believe that Chowan
can best serve it’s educational function
by becoming the first and only four
year institution of higher learning in
this area.
The second objection I have heard is
that we will lose the students who in the
past have come to Chowan because it is
a two year institution. This need not be
true. We can continue the same two
year programs we now offer while
gradually adding some four year pro
grams, as other colleges have done
very successfully.
Another fear that some have expressed
is that they, or their spouses, may have
to return to College to upgrade their
education. I can understand this fear
because I have had the experience
several times myself. However I do not
think it should influence our decision
about the future of an Institution such
as the college.
The one valid objection that I have
heard is the cost involved. Since a large
portion of the increase is in order to
upgrade the athletic program to com
pete with the four year colleges who
give many full “scholarships” to
athletes, perhaps if we chose to com
pete instead wito those colleges who do
NOT give “free rides” to students
because they want to play a game, this
financial burden would not be so great.
If we are counting on athletics to at
tract students, perhaps it is a poor in
vestment. Of liie ninty five students
who came last year to play sports fifty
percent of them withdrew during their
first year here.
Sincerely,
John W. Gosnell
Edited, printed, and published
by students at Chowan College
for the students, faculty, and staff of Chowan College.
Eric Kaiser
Rochelle Parker
Janette Galderise
EDITORS
NEWS STAFF
Trocy Hortert
Richard Michaels
Ken Keefner
Jerry Sutton
The Year
Was 1853
By James E. Moore
Reprinted from Smoke Signals
February 28,1973
If present-day Chowanians think
some of the r^es and regulations
governing student conduct are strict,
they should consider those of Chowan in
1853 when it was a four-year Baptist
girls’ school known as Chowan Female
Collegiate Institute.
Movement of the young ladies was
highly restricted. For instance, they
were not allowed to make or receive
visits, or attend any kind of
’’exhibition” without approval of the
principal. Whenever they left campus,
they were to be accompanied by
teachers. Under no circumstances
could they open accounts with mer
chants if they did not have written
permission from their parents. In
addition, all of their purchases had to
be approved by the administration.
Students were not permitted to go to
stores or to the post office. Instead they
relied on the “agency of friends.” The
principal was in charge of ail mail and
if he suspected a “clandestine
correspondence,” he turned the in-
crimating documents over to the girl’s
parents.
It is interesting to note that the ad
ministration considered it important
that “the student be induced to act from
principle, rather than from fear of
punishment-to do right from a love of
right. The discipline is mild. Every
effort is made to reclaim the erring, by
kindness and private appeals to the
reason and conscience; if the efforts
fail, the student is privately removed
from the Institution. No young lady will
be allowed to remain in the Seminary,
whose example tends to encourage
indolence and insubordination, or
whose influence is in any respect of an
unfavorable character.”
In addition, equally strict measures
governed dress. Desiring to elimate
any rivalry, the school prescribed a
uniform for “Sabbaths and holidays.”
During the winter, deep blue merino
was considered appropriate, and when
summer arrived pink calico, ginghams,
white cambric or muslin were the order
of the day. A straw bonnet trimmed
with blue was deamed a must for winter
attire. The addition of pink trimming
made it presentable as an item for
summer wear. No jewelry, of any type,
was allowed.
Also, “appropriate” religious ser
vices open^ and closed classes every
day and students were required to
recite Bible verses on Sunday. Parents
were requested not to carry their
daughters to and from school on the
Sabbath.
Chowan College
Receives Gift'
Chowan College has received a gift of
$20,000 from the will of Helen Wood
Scott, whose sister was a former
Chowan professor.
Mrs. &ott was the sister of the late
Miss Mary E. Wood, a graduate of
Waynesburg College and Columbia
University. Mary Wood taught science
at Chowan from 1960 to 1969. She was a
professor emeritus. The Mary E. Wood
Science Award is made each year in her
memory at Honors Day to a Chowan
student
During Mary Wood’s service on
Chowan’s faculty, Helen Wood Scott
maintained a close interest in the col
lege. After her sister’s retirement, Mrs.
Scott visited the campus with her sister
on a number of occasions, according to
Chowan President Bruce E. Whitaker.
“Mrs. Scott was a good friend of the
college and supportive of its mission of
helping young men and women with in
the context of Christian higher educa
tion,” Dr. Whitaker stated.
She aided the college while she was
alive with her gifts and then made pro
vision to continue that support after her
death by remembering Chowan in her
will, Dr. Whitaker explained.
He said her gift will placed in endow
ment and only the income will be used
to help the college meet its annual
operating expenses. In this way her gift
will continue to provide financial sup
port for the college and its students for
years to come. Dr. Whitaker noted.
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ing done to repair the water damage over Christmas break when a pipe burst. (Staff photo by Richard Michaels)
Campus News
By Tracy Hartert
The Student Government Association
(S.G.A.) is more then your average
club. According to Mary Moren, the
clubs advisor, the S.G.A. does more
than the student body is aware.
The Association has sponsored pizza
parties, planned all the events of
homecoming, showed eight movies last
semester and plans to show six more
this semester.The S.G.A. also awarded
the wrestling team $500.00 to purchase
warm-up suits through a special fund
raising request.
At this time, this hard-working group
of Chowanians may be seen running
around campus preparing for their big
gest project of the year, the Spring
Festival
Student representation in the S.G.A.
occurs in two ways.Executive council
members are elected in the spring and
legislative members are selected by
resident halls in the fall.
The executive officers are: Todd
Kelley, President; John Waters, Vice-
president; Laura Crum, Secretary;
Pam Nobles, Treasurer; Carolyn
Cross, Special Events Chairperson;
Linda Youlios, Social Chairperson for
Women; James Harvey, Social
Chairperson for Men; Angela Pike,
Auditor; and Shaun Miller, Historian.
Mary Moren describes the executive
council as being a responsible, cons-
ciencious group and they have been
super to work with during her first year
at Chowan. “Students don’t realize how
hard it is until they do it,” she said. Dr.
John Davis is also an advisor for the
S.G.A.
Graduation exercises are scheduled
for Sunday, 13 May. All students who
are candidates for graduation should be
aware of the following points:
1. It is the responsibility of each stu
dent to know the requirements for
graduation and whether he/she has
fulfilled those requirements. Each stu
dent should check with the academic
adviser concerning his/her graduation
status. If there remains any doubt, the
student should check with the
Registrar.
2. To fulfill graduation requirements,
a student must complete all required
courses in a particular curriculum as
outlined in the College Catalog, must
have earned a minumum of 60
academic hours plus 2 hours of physical
education, and must possess a
minumum QPA of 2.000 on all work at
tempted.
3. The student should complete an Ap
plication for Graduation at the Ad
viser/Advisee meeting of Monday, 20
February. Advisers will file these ap
plications with the Registrar.
4. Candidates should pay their
graduation fee in the amount of $15.00 to
Mrs. Aldeen Gatewood in the
Bookstore. At the same time, can
didates should place their orders for
caps and gown, and those who desire to
do so, should place their order for in
vitations. The deadline for ordering
caps and gowns is Friday, 9 March.
We wish those of you who are can
didates for graduation every success
throughout the spring semester as you
work toward the completion of degree
requirements.
By Janette Galderise
The cafeteria committee which con
sists of students representing each dor
mitory, meets once every month to
discuss the strengths and the
weaknesses of the Thomas Cafeteria.
At the last meeting, which took place
in the President’s Dining Room, Mr.
Thompson along with the students
discussed the menu and the problems
which students felt could be solved.
Thomas Cafeteria is allowed a cer
tain amount to be spent in the budget. A
total cost of eighty-one cents is ap
propriated for each student, yet each
student is allowed to return to the food
lines as many times as he or she wishes.
To increase the interests of the food
line, many new items have been
thought upon. The idea of a potatoe bar
with assorted toppings was suggested
by Mr. Thompson. These new ideas will
hopefully add more enjoyment to the
menu.
A few problems that were brought up
during the last meeting, involved the
dirty silverware and the odd odors in
the salad bowls. They have been
brought to the manager’s attention and
will be cleared up.
If anyone has an idea or anything that
they would like to suggest in hopes it
will improve the cafeteria, please tell
the representive of your dorm and he or
she will bring it to the next meeting for
consideration. We all have to work
together to better our campus.
Lakeside Student Center will provide
some new and better things this
semester.
After switching to another vending
machine company, a new set of pool
tables were brought in. Also, there will
be at least eight up-to-date video games
which Coach Martucci feels is a big plus
to Lakeside.
A new ping-pong table will replace
the damaged one as soon as main-
tanence makes the switch. The wide
screen television will be playing again
when the replacement part arrives. A
special order had to be made and that
takes time, commented Martucci. “I
know the students miss the t.v.,” he
said.
The canoes will be ready as soon as
the weather gets warmer. A pier is be
ing built to prevent some of the damage
caused by students dragging the
canoes.
Besides housing recreational
facilities. Lakeside will house the
Bloodmobile drive in April. Special Ser
vices will hold a banquet and the S.G.A.
will have the usual pizza parties and
dances.
Coach Martucci said, “I would like to
have more cooperation from the
students and have them stop abusing
things.” Lakeside is there for students
to have a little extra fun.
On March 27, 1984 from 1-5 p.m. in
Lakeside Student Center Chowan Col
lege, in cooperation with Roanoke
Chowan Technical College will sponsor
a Career Day. Various businesses and
human service agencies have been in
vited to attend. The main focus of this
program will be to give students the op
portunity to gain information about
career trends, job expectations, and the
necessary requirements for certain
fields of emplayment.
We would like to invite you to join us,
and encourage your students to attend.
It will be a beneficial day for everyone
involved.
If there are any particular business
that you would like to see represented,
let me know as soon as possible so that
a letter of invitation might be sent.
The Helms Center is starting a pro
gram to encourage students to
volunteer a few spare hours helping
maintain the operation. Some
assignments would be-at the check-in
desk, take hourly counts, dust mopping
gym floor, and generally keeping the
facility clean.
Compensation-How about a good in
ner feeling that comes from being
useful and altruistic? Want more-how
about a van trip and/or monthly party
for the volunteers with the most hours?
Give it a try, ask Bill Dresch. He
helped us out on many occasions. We
are looking for more guys and girls with
Bill’s school spirit.
Come on over, and enjoy some swim
ming, basketball, volleyball, racquet-
ball, weight lifting, sauna, steam while
you are here. Anyone with a lifeguard
certificate can help us too.
The Hertford County 400th Anniver
sary Committee, chaired by' Mrs.
“B.J.” Brown, has published a 1984
calendar commemorating the 400th an
niversary of English colonization of the
New World.
You may purchase these calendars,
costing $3.50 each, either from Laura
Duncan or Betty Godwin at the swit
chboard. Proceeds from the calendar
sale will be used to finance a Hertford
County anniversary festival in 1985.
Keith Lawson, a Chowan graduate of
1981, will present an assembly program
on February 27 and 29th. After
graduating from Chowan , Keith
transferred to UNC-Chapel Hill where
he studied for a year before enrolling at
the University of Tasmania as an un
dergraduate Rotary Scholar. Keith
plans to return to UNC-CH in August
1984. He wants to become a dentist.
Smoke Signals
Welcomes Letters
SMOKE SIGNALS welcomes letters to the editor and contributions of columns to
the editorial pages.
All contributions should be typed, double spaced, and are subject to editing.
Column writers should include their majors and hometowns; each letter should
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StnnM 0 TrHt N«»ip*e*' * Aar*ti-$-ng Cogncil
The Faculty-Student Relations Com
mittee meets on the third Friday of
each month. The purpose of this com
mittee is to provide a forum for
grievances from students and to make
recommendations through appropriate
channels. We would like to encourage
you to inform the students in your dorm
of the nature of this committee. You
might possibly do this during your next
dorm meeting or through the RAs on
each floor.
Our next meeting is scheduled for
10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 17 in
Camp Hall 309. Our success depends on
your support.