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Vol. 42 No. 5
January 1989
Kappa Delta Pi
I Inducts New Members
by Shaye Wilmers
Omicron Beta Chapter of
Kappa Delta Pi, an international
honor society in education, held
its fall induction ceremonies
November 18, 1988. Forty-one
students at both the graduate and
undergraduate levels were induct
ed in the ceremony in the
Rudolph Jones Student Center.
Dr. Bertha H. Miller, the new
Dean of the School of Education,
gave a rousing address entitied, "I
WANT YOU" Families and
friends of the inductees were the
special guests at the reception
held after the ceremony.
The following students are the
new members of Omicron Beta
Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi:
ITALIA
Experience of a Lifetime
by Sharon D. Carr
I have been a proud member of
the North Carolina National
Guard for almost six years. But,
until this year's exercise in Italy, I
never realized the important role
we, the Guard, plays in the
world. The exercise gave us "real
world" training with the Italian
military, each of us learning from
the other.
One of the main differences
between the Italian Army and the
U.S. Army is that the Italians
have a mandatory one-year enlist
ment. The enlistment is supposed
to begin when the young man
completes high school. Thus, the
average Italian soldier is only
eighteen or nineteen. It is strange
when you stop and think that Italy
is supported by such young sol
diers. Most of them are having
their first experience away from
home. In speaking to some of
them, it seemed evident that they
had not had time to finish grow
ing up, no negative reflection
intended. This, and the mandatory
enlistment, is the main cause for
their low morale and adamant dis
like for the military. When we
told them that we volunteered for
the military and the length of our
enlistments, they were shocked.
They also found it hard to believe
that women also joined the
Armed Forces here. They all
seemed to enjoy the thought of
having females in their Armed
forces, however dubious a
prospect it is.
The main problem for most
was breaking through the lan
guage barrier. After the first week
though, we had devised a
"bridge" between English and
Italian. I'm quite sure some of our
newly formed words will not get
in the dictionary, but at least we
could communicate. One thing
we came to appreciate a lot more
was our education. Being placed
in a country where everything is
printed in another language really
humbles you. You begin to under
stand the feeling an illiterate per
son must have in America. Thank
goodness for Corporal G.
Chiodaroli./He interpreted things
of interest for everyone. He also
taught my small group some of
the everyday customs and tradi
tions of Italia.
During the middle weekend,
key personnel arranged a group
tour to Venice. The sights and
sounds are breath-taking. Italian
pizza is very different fi’om what
Americans call pizza. We were
told that the best pizzas are
always made on thin crusts and
the variety of toppings seemed to
be endless. Served with every
meal was the traditional Italian
"vino". You have not yet enjoyed
wine until you have swirled the
various brands of Italian wine
across your palate.
All my encounters with the
Italians were pleasant ones. They
were really hospitable. One time
my friend Angie and I went for a
w^k into one of the small towns.
We had started out early that
morning and around three that
afternoon we stumbled across a
quaint little cafe. We decided to
rest in the chairs outside the cafe,
and before long a young waitress
came over to us with two ice
cream cones. She could only
speak broken English but we
gathered that one of the older
gentlemen had bought them for
us. With our limited knowledge
of their language we entered the
cafe and thanked him. When we
left the cafe we took with us
memories that will last forever
and feeling that we had made
some life-time friends.
Traveling abroad is an experi
ence that everyone would enjoy
but only few of us are lucky
enough to get that chance. I
believe that I gained a lot from
the tour and if they go next year,
all I have to say is "HOLD THAT
PLANE ! ! !"
Graduate Students
Jill H. Basnight
Shelia W. Brown
Linda M. Leach
Sherry T. Newman
Elaine Patterson
Terrie L. Tenhet
Terrence K.H. Wong
Linda R. Bell
Annette B. Fau^s
Kimberly E. Moser
Carolyn C. Outlaw
Doris S. Taylor
Janice M. Thomas
Undergraduate Students
Wade G. Anderson
Vera H. Batchelor
Yvonne W. Bullard
Robert L. Eichler
Jonas M. Garland
Rhonda F. Holmes
Sheryl E. Jackson
Wendy R.Johnson
Sam C. Livingston
Sue J. Matthews
Palma M. Neal
Katherine M. Powell
Jacqueline C. Watkins
Deborah F. Welker
Bryan C. Bailey
Pamela W. Borror
William G. Daniel, Jr.
Donna Everett
Angela F. Hanno
Carol C. Huber
Tammye A. Jenkins
Michelle C. Kleven
Charlotte T. Markham
Rebecca S. Moyer
Lillian W. Northe
Patricia D. Valenzuela
James L. Webb
Any new members who could
not attend the ceremony should
go by Dr. C.I. Brown's office in
the Butler Building as soon as
possible. Congratulations to all
new members of KDPI.