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Editorial Comment Hi there Freshmen, There are about 300 of you and chances are that there are just that many different thoughts, perhaps I should say questions going through your minds right now. It is, of course, only na tural that you should have ques tions. In fact, that is the reason we, THE COUGAR CRY staff, are putting out this special issue ^of our paper - to answer some of your questions and to try to tell you some of the things we would have liked to have known just about a year ago. Most of the Sophomores would agree that the thing we remem ber most clearly about the first bewildering day of college is that all freshmen were ignorant, but we were afraid to ask questions - even though we had many of them. None of us seemed to know that freshmen were expected to have questions. You must realize, however, that no amount of par ental briefing can cover all the experiences that one faces in the first few weeks of college. No one and certainly no handbook can tell you how to be a suc cess in college. No one person can answer all of your questions or give you all the advice that you need. But, asking questions of fellow novics, of administra tion, teachers and passersby,can be a great help. To make it easier for you to get some of the answers you need, the administration, faculty, and some of the sophomores have planned ten days of orientation. During this time deans and ad visors will say many things which freshmen , to their sorrow, ig- Letters To The Editor Policies of THE COUGAR CRY concerning letters to the editor are as follows: (1) Letters must concern pre sent affairs of Wilkes Commun ity College or articles of recent publication. (2) Letters must be signed. (3) Letters must be in the Cougar Cry box one week be fore they are to be published. (4) The staff reserves the right to print letters in part or in their.entirety. (5) The staff reserves the right to print letters alone or with a reply. (6) Letters printed do not nec essarily express the opinion of the staff. The Cougar Cry Voice of Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, North Carolina Editor Becky Landreth Assist^t Editor Elizabeth Parks News Editor Deborah Lomax Business & Circulation Manager Jim Harris Feature Editor Shirley Steelman Photographer Thornton Long Staff Sue Sebastian Linda Watson Linda Myers /Message From The President nore. Please listen to them. Another memory was the ex citement of meeting new people and making new friends. Instruc tors and fellow students intro duced us to new ideas that made us question many of our com fortable convictions. As one stu dent later stated, “all of this was confusing - so confusing that I might not have been able to put these new ideas into proper perspective had I not had the se curity of some of the people and things that were familiar to me.” This, we decided was one of the main advantages of attending a community college. They found also, that while we might be missing out on a few of the things that are a part of "campus life” we had certain advantages. One of these was the size of classes. Classes were small, smaller than most high school classes. Also, while our freshmen friends at larger colleges and un iversities were having to take places at the bottom of campus organization and social activi ties, Wilkes Community College freshmen are free to take part in all of the activities that we have: newspaper, yearbook, dra ma, dances, and a student cen ter (keep your fingers crossed.) In fact, we would be delighted if each freshman would choose one or two of these things and really give them his support. Perhaps the most important thing we would tell you would be that it is the scope and variety of choice that distinguish col lege from high school. College presents you with enormous choice of courses, of teachers, of friends, of outlooks and the choice is all yours. That is what makes college the adventure that it is and why it is impossible for parents, counselors or even other students and recent col lege graduates to be of help in more than a general way. They can point out some of the pit falls, be candid about their own experiences and give you a glimpse of the challenge that col lege is. After that, you are on VO-;;' vv':. Gooc’ Wilkes Community College starts its second year of oper ation with classes commencing on Thursday, September 21. For the second consecutive year the Col lege will be using borrowed spaces in Wilkes and in the three contiguous counties of Ashe, Watauga, and Alleghany. According to Dr. Thompson, President oftheCollege,“Wilkes Community College will be offer ing course work in probably the most comprehensive series of two year programs to be found in the State. The Adult Educa tion program will also be broad er. This year one may under take work in any of twelve tech nologies, six vocational trades, as well as in the college trans fer program. For the first time courses will be offered toward associate degrees in Agricultural Equipment Technology, Hotel- Motel Management Technology, Court Reporting and Construc tion (Buildings) Technology. New programs in the area of the one year vocational trade will be Car pentry, Masonary, and Draftings ff Building Trades.” Construction on the College’s three-building complex is mov= ing along in spite of the many interruptions due to inclement weather. The buildings are ex pected to be ready for the opening of the College’s 1968- 1969 school term. Fifty-three full-time instruc tional and non-instructional staff members will be on hand to start the college year. These will be supplemented by some fifty to sixty part-time personnel who will be brought in to teach in their specialities. College officials are aiming toward a fulltime equivalent quo ta of some 725 students, which means that the College expects a non-duplicated head count of 2000 students. “If, the FTE figure of 725 is reached,” added Dr. Thomp son, “then it is feasible to be lieve that Wilkes Community Col lege will have more than one thousand FTE in 1968-1969 when the new buildings will be avail able.” This College Is Yours. Treat It With Respect!
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