THE WAYNE COMMUNIQUE, WCC, GOLDSBORO, N. C., FEB. 26, 1970 - PAGE 3
Dean's List & Honor Roll
CLUB
lEWS
Forestry
The Forestry Club Is work
ing on numerous projects at
this time. The largest of these
is the Rolleojwhichistobeheld
during Agriculture Week in the
Srping. There will be some new
events this year and all signs
point to a fine time for every-
ong.
At our last meeting, we de
cided to adopt a patient at
Cherry hospital. He will be
given twelve dollars a year for
such things as candy or cigar
ettes which he would otherwise
be unable to obtain.
The club is proud to announce
Since the beginning of thefra-
ternity, we have grown in size
and in spirit. We have complet
ed many school projects. Some
of these Included putting trash
cans in the school halls, and
helping the fund drive for the
new student union.
A few weeks ago our frater
nity had a chance to become
larger, so we accepted the chal
lenge. We now have a colony at
East Carolina University at
The Cracker Barrel Philos
opher had recently taken in an
Italian movie and was waxing
wistfully on the dimensional
attributes of Genie Lowbrldge,
as he calls her, when I inter
rupted for some pearls of wis
dom for the month of March.
The Ole CBP looked at me with
a glint in his eye and in a voice
that has never lost its steely
edge, fired a shot that was
heard all the way across the
WCC campus:
“I prefer the errors of en
thusiasm to the Indifference of
wisdom.”
Time is — the present mo
ment will employ;
Time was --is past — thou
canst not it enjoy;
Time future --isnotandmay
never be;
Time present --is the only
time for thee.
TIME. What is time: Ask a
hundred people this question
and get as many different an
swers, all of which may be cor
rect. Time is something we
know about but find It difficult
to explain exactly what “time”
is. Time means different things
to different people under a
given set of circumstances. To
philosophers, time is a dimen
sion; to astronomers, time is
the vast distances of space in
terms of light years; to a cap
tain of a ship at sea, time Is
the number of miles traveled
to or from a given point; to
someone in a hurry, “time is
of the essence”. Ecclesiastes
3:1, of the Books of the Old
Testament; there is a time to
every purpose under the heav
en: a time to be born and a
time to die; a time to plant
and a time to pluck that which
has been planted; a time to kill
and a time to heal; a time to
breakdown and a time to build
up; etc. Time Is an Infinite
entity. We cannot, In the liter
al sense,lose or gain time,slow
it or in any way shape, form or
fashion alter or tamper with it.
Mankind had tosettlefor some
thing less, recording and mea
suring time -- first as a curo-
slty, and secondly, as a neces
sity.
Before the Invention of the
calendar and clock, man had to
rely on natures timekeepers—
the sun, the moon,andthe Stars.
We can logically assume that
primitive man knew the dlf-
that Mr. Sam Moore, Forestry
Instructor, has become an hon
orary member of our club. He
has done a lot of work to help us
and certainly deserves It.
I am sure many of you noticed
a few weeks ago a fire in
the field by the school. It was
started from trash being blown
out of a burning container near
the field. Thanks to quick ac
tion on the party of Forestry and
Electric Line students It was
soon brought under control. On
windy days, please watch all
fires carefully, or better yet,
don't burn at all!
Greenville, N. C. They will
remain a colony for a period of
weeks in which they will then
become a Beta chapter-
Since the new quarter has
started, we have started an
other pledge period with four
Wayne Community college stu
dents as pledges. They are
Mike Brogden, Ken Bagley,
Dan Vinson, and Gordan Lips
comb.
ferent seasons. That sunrise
and sunset was the beginning
and the end of day. He refer
red to two days as two suns.
Also, that he used the appear
ance and disappearance of the
moon, about 2'’-1/2 days, to
tell about some event that
happened two moons or three
moons ago. The oldest known
instrument devised by man to
record and measure time is the
calendar. The Babylonians,
Greeks, Romans, Egyptians,
and many other races used cal
endars in early times before
the coming of Christ. Some
were based on the solar year
and some on the lunar year.
The number of months varied
from 10 to 13 and the number
of days from 304 to 365 - 1/4.
Some calendars began the year
In autumn, someinmld-wlnter,
and the Roman calendar year
began in March. Calendars us
ually ran ahead of orbehingthe
schedule fixed by the seasons.
This resulted in accumulated
differences causing confusion
and disagreements. In46B.C.,
Julius Caesar, based upon the
suggestions of the astronomer
Sosigenes, ordered theRomans
to issue a calendar and to dis
regard the moon in making their
calculations. The year was di
vided into 12 months of 31 and 30
days except for February which
had only 29. The Romans re
named the month Qulntllls to
honor Julius Caesar, giving us
July. The emperor Augustus
took the next month,Sexiliis and
named it for himself giving us
August. He then took a day from
February to make August have
as many days as July. Talk
about vanity and status sym
bols This was known as the
Julian Calendar and provided
for a year that lasted 365-1/4
days. It -.vas widely used for
about 1,500 years. But it was
actually 11 minutes and 14 sec
onds longer than the solar year
which led to a gradual change In
the seasons. By 1580, the spring
equinox fell on 11 March or 10
days before it should have. So
again confusion made the calen
dar practically useless. Then
about 1852, the Gregorian cal
endar was designed to correct
the Julian Calendar. Ten days
were taken from October which
restored. the equinox to its
proper date.’ An extra day was
added to February in the years
Wayne Community College,
in recognition of academic
achievement during Fall Quart
er, 1,69, names the following
students to the Dean’s List and
Honor Roll.
DEANS LIST
The dean’s list Is composed
of students who are enrolled for
a minimum of 12 quarter hours
and have no grade below A on
all work taken during that
quarter.
RECREATION GROUNDS
MANAGEMENT
Joseph M. Covington, Me-
bane.
ACCOUNTING
Jackie M. Flanigan, Golds
boro.
Rhonda Lynn Taylor, Snow
Hill.
COLLEGE TRANSFER
Eleanor J. Saunders, Golds
boro.
that could be divided by 400,
such as 1600, 2000, etc., but not
In other century years such as
1700, 1800, and 1 00- This was
done to correct the Julian Cal
endar's regular error. The
Gregorian Calendar, used
world wide, was so accurate
that the difference between cal
endar and solar years is only
about 26.3 seconds. However,
the change still caused confu
sion. For example, George
W ashington was born February
11, 1732, but we celebrate his
birthday on February 22. So
we have in the calendar, inac
curate though it may be, man's
first effort to record and mea
sure time.
Then one day an astronomer,
or probably some latter day
master mathematician, noticed
that the sun cast a shadow
that moved back and forth,
invented the sundial. This as
sumption is, of course,prosalr
license. It no doubt took man
several thousands of years to
. develop the sundial. That the
sundail was Incorrect as a time
keeper except for a few days
of the year never entered the
heads of our remote ancestors.
Then came the hourglass which
had hits limitations. Its use was
guess work and someone had to
be in attendance to turn it on
the hour.
Yes, the apparait rising and
setting of the sun, the rise
and set of the moon, and its
waxing and waning from day
to day, was, in all likehood,
a phenomenon which started
primitive man to seek some
method of recroding and mea
suring time. But the degree
of accuracy was something else
again, even today for that mat
ter. The earth, splnlng on Its
axis. Is our master clock. We
measure the rotation of the
earth by taking our bearings
from what is called the “fixed
stars”, whose position in re
lation to the earth is uniform.
Because of the uniformity of
the rotation motion, the earth
is the fundamental clock or
time keeper to which all stan
dard time reckoning is refer
red. Do we have aperfecttlme
keeper? No say astronomers.
For years It was supposed that
the rate of rotation of the
earth was constant within
a thousandth of a second over
centuries of time. Investiga
tion disclosed Irregularities In
the motion of the moon and
planets and revealed the prob-
bility of real and sometimes
sudden changes in the rotation
al period of the earth. In 1928
it was concluded that earth was
some 25 seconds ahead of the
average rotational motion it
has sustained during the last
three centuries. Because of
the friction of ocean tides, and
even tides wlthlng the earths
crust itself, the earth should
theoretically increase its ro
tational period at the rate of
about one, one thousandths of
a second a century. Next month
this column will continue on the
subject of early clocks and
watches In man's endeavers to
accurately record and measure ;
. time. ■ • ■
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY
James Love Davis, Golds
boro.
PRACTICAL NURSING
Martha Jean Nelson, Golds
boro.
MACHINIST
Jerry Mlnter, Sanford.
Jimmy Waters, Roseboro.
HONOR ROLL
The Honor Roll is compos
ed of students who are enroll
ed for at least 12 quarter hours
and earn a quality point aver
age of at least 3.00 for the
quarter with no grade below
C.
AVIATION MECHANICS
Sam F. Duke, Goldsboro.
Joseph W. Ingle, Pikeville.
Aubrey W. Styers, Jr.,
Goldsboro.
FISH AND WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
William R. Callow, Hope
Mills.
Frederick S. Daniels, Jr.,
Wilson.
Michael D. Fryar, Fay
etteville.
Gene Allen Harrell, Fay
etteville.
Warren Alan Jeffreys, Ze-
bulon.
Clifford R. Tilley, Durham.
FORESTRY
A. Roger Barnes, Dudley.
Kendall C. Beavers, Eliza
beth City.
Perry G. Brower, Siler
City.
Edward Dameron Davis, II,
Goldsboro.
Claude Stuart Dudley, Golds
boro.
John Elton Hurdle, Jr.,
Hertford.
Arnold A. Justice, Bowden.
Robert P. Kaylor, Dudley.
Larry A. Stump, Goldsboro.
Addison W. King, Faison.
Edward Allen Matthews,
Bunnlevel.
Thomas C. Maulden, Ham
let.
Joseph W. Moosha, Wilson.
Darius K. Robertson,Burns
ville.
Jerry Michael Robertson,
Burnsville.
James R.Rodwell, Warren-
ton.
John Stephens, Goldsboro.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
Charles E. Bair, Wrights-
vllle. Pa.
Allen RlchardLanler,Golds
boro.
RECREATION GROUNDS
MANAGEMENT
Roland Lynn Gurley, Golds
boro.
SOIL CONSERVATION
David N. Griffith, Golds-;
boro.
Bobby Kent Southerland, i
Mount Olive.
ACCOUNTING
Braxton C. Duncan, Clayton.
Lorraine K. Hou^, Golds
boro.
Jerry E. Goodman, Pike
ville.
Etta Hardy Rouse, Seven
Springs.
Roger Albert Letchworth,
Goldsboro.
Louise B. Seymour, Golds
boro.
Hugh C, Thomas, Goldsboro.
Judy Patsy Woodard, Prince
ton.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Mark Charles Bass, Tar-
boro.
Wanda Sue Daughtry, Prince
ton.
Marvin Larry Fann, Golds- .
boro.
James P. Hall, Smlthfield.
Kenneth Ray Hester, Prince
ton.
Jerry Wayne Hood, Mount
Olive.
Jerry William Kirby, Pike
ville.
Robert Ambrose Lee.Smlth-
fleld.
Dennis Gray Parnell, Golds
boro.
James GlenStarling, Prince
ton.
Margie Ann Sutton, La-
Grange.
Jean Watson,.,^ Goldsboro.
. Brenda • Kaye Woodard,
Princeton.
Worth Overman, Jr., Pike
ville.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Paula B. Anderson, Mount
Olive.
Barbara Ann Barries, Fre
mont.
Wanda. Carol Braswell,
Princeton.
Connie J. Grumpier, Dudley.
Joye C. Denning, Pine Lev
el.
Joan R. Jones, Faison.
Carolyn Ann Lee, Prince
ton.
Carolyn L. Martin, Prince
ton.
Barbara E. Moye, Golds
boro.
Martha Anne Pate, Golds
boro.
Connie S. Pearsall, Mount
Olive.
Maude Matilda Scott, Pike
ville.
Brenda Gail Stewart, Four
Oaks.
Reeva Kaye Draugjion, Dud
ley.
MEDICAL SECRETARY
Jacquelyn Kay Greene, Sel
ma.
Andrea Jill Ham, Golds
boro.
COLLEGE TRANSFER
George S. Bell, Seymour
Johnson Air Force Base,
Goldsboro.
Kenneth Blackman, Golds
boro.
John G. Britt, Jr., Golds
boro.
Richard B. McLawhorn,
Goldsboro.
Doris Oates, Mount Olive.
David Hall Parrish, Selma.
Margaret L. Brown, Golds
boro.
James D. Burch, Golds
boro.
William Carol Daniels,
Princeton.
William R. Detrle, Smlth-
fleld.
Douglas B. Featherstone,
Raleigh.
Gerald Galnous, Seymour
Johnson Air Force Base,
Goldsboro.
Patricia C. Hagan, Golds
boro
Mary J. Hopkins, Golds
boro.
William Stephen James,
Goldsboro.
Judith Carolyn Jones, Golds
boro.
Margie H. King, Clinton.
Susan B. Pritchett, Golds
boro.
Janet Elizabeth Smith,
Goldsboro.
Jimmie Sue Smith, Golds
boro.
Robert E. Starr, Goldsboro.
James A. Steele, Goldsboro.
James David Stevens, Jr.,
Goldsboro.
Dana Taylor, Goldsboro.
Charles Henry Weaver,Four
Oaks.
James L. Weaver, MountOl-
Ive.
Ronald J. Werthelm, Golds
boro.
Emily Lynn Wilkins,Prince
ton. ■
DRAFTING AND DESIGN
James W. Futrelle, Prince
ton.
David Lane Stearns, Smlth
field.
Timothy Rhodes, Pink Hill.
Julia E. Walters, Goldsboro.
Connie Ray Wilder, Middle
sex.
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY
Paul W. Brown, Dudley.
Robert Denis Creech, Sel
ma.
Alvin W. Draughon, Golds
boro.
, Edward Lee Tew, Golds
boro.
Danny L. Tomlinson, Golds
boro.
Roger Steele Turner, Mount
Olive.
DENTAL ASSISTING
Connie Lynn Kennedy,Golds
boro.
Daphne Llttlken, Graham.
DENTAL HYGIENE
Debbie Albernathy, Fuquay-
Varlna.
. (Continued on page 4)
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