The Wayne
Communique
VOL. 4, NO. 3
WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DECEMBER, 1972
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Wallor
Il4»ar«l llfficial
Thf Wayni' County Hoard of
I'idnfiilioti n-cftifly ;ipfjoint<‘(I
(;ti:irli‘s i:. fliob) Wall*'!’ to
flic fjol lsboro I!o;irfl of Kdn-
fiition. Waller is (leari of stii-
ilcrit.s at Wayne Community
(.'ollei'.e and won a rnajorily of
voles fast by the seven mem
bers of the Wayne Setiool
lioaril.
'I'tie fity scliool lioard post
to wtiifrli Waller was named
was vaeated in.Septeintier with
tiie resit'.nations of Chairman
W. A. Dees, Jr. and memtier
Mrs. Martha K.ay.
Seven persons tiud applied
for the a|)pointments, inclnd-
inc funeral home ojierator J.
H. Ifhodes, insurance execu
tive fi’aiik If. I'jlwartls, Jr.,
K.ev. William I.amberl of St.
Ste[)hens l’:i)isfopal Church,
and )usinessmen Rof)i'rt Ka-
tlis and I.ewis Mariner.
Wallej- lias tjeen (!•'an of stu
dents at Wayne Community
College for (he past four
years. i>rit>r to ttiat lie st)ent
six years as a coach, teach-
ei-, and assistant princijial in
Goldsboro city schools.
Tlie (jiiestton was raised as
to whether Waller would l)e
elitjihle to serve oa the city
school board berMuseofaiios-
sible conflict of interests by
servinn in a collei^e that ser
ves the public. However, an
opinion by the atloriiey m>ii-
eral stated that Waller could
lenallv serve t)olh posts.
A nativ<‘ of Kannapolis,
Waller received 'lisbachelors
decree at Catawba Collefje and
his masters decree from Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He has taken fur
ther study at the University
of North C.'arolinn and Kasi
C^arolina University.
Waller is a director of the
Wayne County Hoys’ Club and
president of its Fathers’Clul).
He is a director of the Waynp
Mental Health Association and
Hie Goldsboro Hin.li School
Touchdown Club and a mem
ber of the Goldsboro H'iin;in
llelalions Cotnmission.
Hi' is a member of the N.C.
Association of Kdncators, the
N,C. Student Personnel s»‘r-
vices Association andthi'N.C.
Personnel Guid ince Associa
tion.
Waller is married to the
former Pal Rodden and they
have thn>e sons, two of whom
ar*' atten'lini; city schools.
KoKoa«*h
For wrr
Mrs, Diana Adkins lias join-
f'll the staff of Wayne Coni-
numity College as Coordina
tor for Student Health Ser
vices. At lh(“ present tiiiiesh*’
is doinfr research and prepar
ing’ to .set up a student health
service htT(' al Wayne Com
munity ColleRe.
she hopes that anyone, stu-
donts, staff, or faculty, who
has any suRgestions will con
tact htr in the Uean of Stu
dents office.
Mrs. Adkins is a reRister-
«‘d x-ray technirian and re-
ceivi'd her training: at Duke
University Medical Center.
m
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Black Specialist
To Speak Here
Student-Aid Fund Boosted
Ri:ci',ivKs $r,,ooo gift --
Wayne Community College
President Cljde Frwin (right)
accepts a check for $f),000for
till' college from Rol>ert K.
Bryan of Bryan Oil Company,
who made the presentation in
b"!ialf of the James K. and
Mary /. Bryan Foundation,
Inc. The Sri,000 gift is ear-
miTked for student loan funds
al WCC and will be matched
t)y a four-to-one ratio from
federal funds. The gift from
the Bryan Foundation is the
largest single crmtributionthe
college has ever received, ac-
corrling to President F.rwin.
GIFT FOR WCC - A check
for SI00 is presented by
Wayne Community College’s
Phi f}eta Lambda to WCC
President Clyde Frwln for the
college’s use. It is expected to
be matched by federal funds to
equal $r;00. Left to right; Mar
shall Minc.hew, reporter;
Peggy F.ngle, secretary; Dan
Quensenberry, president; Ken
Neal, club advisor: and Frwin.
The clut) will sponsor a food
for the needy campaign and is
asking persons who wish to
help to bring food to the col
lege. Baskets for that purpose
will be located throughout the
college.
Time was 1 could close my eyes
And your face is what I'd see.
I loved you so.
We were friends for more than a day
But the time passt-d so quickly
Then you went after your dream.
I loved you so.
Westward, you left me that day.
And with tears I gave you
My best l)Ook.
Because it spoke softly.
As you did to me. 1 was trying to say
1 love y(ju.
1 guess you didn’t hear. Perhaps you couldn’t
Over the roar in your ears.
Love passed with time
But it never lost its sweetness.
It just failed.
Sometimes, when I clos*' iny eyes.
Your face is whal I see.
And it all comes back.
Professor John C. Jones of
Fayetteville State University
will be guest lecturer for the
Black Literature course at
Wayne Community College on
January 10. Prof. Jones, a
specialist on Reconstruction
in North Carolina, will talk to
the English 272 class and
other interested students at
noon in room K-79,
The Black Literature
course is an intermingling of
Black history and the Black
writings that evolved from
that background. It is a sur
vey of significant events and
writings, stretching from the
African past to the present.
Professor Jones’ special
interest is ‘‘Reconstruction in
North Carolina.” As an un
dergraduate student at North
Carolina Central University,
he studied under John Hope
P’ranklin, author of FROM
SLAVERY TO FREEDOM, one
of the major works in Black
history.
In addition to being Dean of
Students, Prof. Jones is a His
tory professor, Chairman of
the Board of Juvenile Correc
tion and a member of the Con
ference for Social Services.
Prof. Jones also finds time to
teach a Black History night
class at Fort Bragg and ser
ves on the Civil Air Control,
the Budget Committee for the
United Fund and is a Board
member for the North Caro
lina Chapter of the American
Red Cross. He is also Basl-
leus of Beta Chi Chapter of
Omega Phi Psl Fraternity.
Mr. Ollle Cox, instructor of
Black Literature, said “The
aim of the course In Black Lit
erature is to present with his
torical accuracy m>-ths and
misconceptions about the Ne
gro past which have caused
and still cause Blacks to be
so ill-treated In America.”
Incidental to the major aim is
the parallel notion that the so-
called "Black Problem” Is In
reality a problem of the na
tion.
They Get Back And They’re
Like Displaced Persons
CEditor’s Note: Mr. Welntraub served in Vietnam with the
Army’s 101st Airborne. Since his discharge he has been with
Pacific News Service in San Francisco.)
“They gft back and they’re like displaced persons,” said
an official of the California Department of Human Resources.
Hew was speaking of the almost three million veterans of the
Vietnam war who have been coming home to America, virtually
unnoticed, for the better part of a decade.
Without the fanfare accorded their fathers, they have re
turned to families and hometowns seeking to pick up the threads
of the lives they left behind.
YET FOR MANY REASONS, the transition back into the civil
ian mainstream has been fraught with disillusionment, bitter
ness, and all too often, failure.
In almost every negative statistical index, Vietnam veterans
come out at or near the top of US society. They are unemployed
at a rate that exceeds the national average by one and a half
times. They get divorced, use drugs, and commit crimes at
rates far out of proportion to their numbers.
Ironically, the authorities charged to deal with the problem
of the returning Vietnam veteran, particularly those in the
Veterans Administration, are extremely out of touch with the
realities of the situation.
IT is NOT THAT the officials at the VA are uninterested in
the Vietnam veteran. In fact, there have even been charges
that the VA is pampering Vietnam vets at the expense of Ko
rean and World War II veterans.
Rather, the problem lies in the approach the VA is taking to
deal with the participants of what is now generally regarded
as the most dubious war in American history.
As one disaffected veteran put it, the VA “still think they’re
talking to some gung-ho trooper coming home from Iwo Jima
to a grateful nation.”
Against the backdrop of an Impressive suite of offices in
San F’ranclsco’s WPA-styled Veterans Administration Build
ing, Martin J. May, Assistant Director of Veterans Admini
stration for Northern California dismissed the idea that his
agency lacks understanding of the Vietnam vet. “You see,”’
he said, recalling almost thirty years with the VA, “these
men are really not at all that different from Korean and World
War II veterans.
“They’re all human beings faced with the problem of re
adjusting to civilian society after fighting a war. This is not easy,
but with our help and their own desire, most of these men, like
their fathers before them, will succeed.”
May went on to describe the efforts theVA makes to deal with
unemployment, a problem which he feels is not even within the
traditional province of the VA. “Everything we do for the re
turning veteran in this area,” he says, “is really voluntary.”
NEVERTHELESS, MAY’ produced an almost endless stream of
pamphlets detailing the commitment of the VA to a solution for
the job problem, and noted with particular pride the job fair, he
explained, seeks to bring veter'dn and employer together under
(me roof, in an attempt to match special skills with available
job.s. But for all of May’s intentions, the job fair concept and,
in a broader sense, the VA’s battle against unemployment, has
been something less than a smashing success.
(Continued on page 3)