VOL. 1, NO. 3
THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
OCT. 31, 1967
Sue Sebastian
James H. Lyalls
Martha Nichols
Judy Lane
Pearson Gives
Collection To
James Larkin Pearson, poet
laureate of North Carolina, ac
cording to announcement by Dr.
Howard E. Thompson, president
of Wilkes Community College,
has taken the necessary steps
to make available to the Wilkes
Community College his library
and printing press.
Mr. Pearson, poet-printer,
through his generosity, is giving
his valuable library and the print
ing equipment with which he has
worked for many years. Included
in the gift will be valuable old
newspapers of the county, cita
tions, portraits, a handmade
chest of drawers for housing
correspondence of Mr. Pearson,
Life - Time SGA Officers Are Elected
WC College
and items of historic interest.
These valuable acquisitions to
the Wilkes Community College
are to be housed on the campus
in a separate building which will
be known as the James Larkin
Pearson Memorial Building. This
building will be within four or
five miles of the birthplace of
the 88-year old Mr. Pearson.
The library of some 4,000
books includes a great deal of
poetry, many rare books, and
over 300 books dealingwith North
Carolina writers and their works.
A native of Wilkes County for
many years, Mr. Pearson wrote
and published in the Moravian
Falls area.
Two-hundred and fifty Wilkes
Community College Students went
to the polls on October the 11 and
12 to cast their vote for their
favorite candidate. Although the
number of turn-out voters was
somewhat small, the two day
campaigning spree advocated
strong school spirit by both fac
ulty and students.
The positions to be filled by
the election were the executive
officers of the Student Govern
ment Association consisting of
a president, vice-president, sec
retary, and treasurer; the of
ficers of the Sophomore class;
and officers of the Freshman
class. All candidates had to be
full-time students, taking at least
twelve credit hours, and main
taining a “C” average.
The newly elected Student Gov
ernment Association officers
were president, Jim Lyall, a
second-year arts major; vice-
president, Sue Sebastian, a sec
ond-year social-work major;
secretary, Martha Nichols, a
second-year mathematics major;
treasurer, Judy Lane, a second-
year physical education major.
Sophomore class officers are
president, Roy Richardson; vice-
president, Hayden Johnson; sec
retary, Brenda Calloway; treas
urer, David Wheeler. Freshman
class officers are president,
Ronnie Triplett; vice-president,
Bobby Joe Pruitt; secretary, Vir
ginia Blevins; treasurer, Marie
Wingler.
Humanities Program Draws Acclaim
Jim Beaman (left), Jean Parsons (center), and Roger Billings
(right) are the new S.G.A. representatives from the College
Parallel division.
Wilkes Community College’s
new Humanities program has re
cently attracted attention in aca
demic circles across the nation.
In the Winter Quarter of 19G7
work was begun on a new type of
course offering at Wilkes Com
munity College which would bet
ter prepare our students in their
general education background. At
the suggestion of Dean William
R. Richardson, Cynthia Mayes,
J. Jay Anderson and D. S. Mayes
began investigating the possibili
ty of instigating a new Humanities
Program in the Fall of 1967.
After extensive planning and work
the present program was derived.
The major purpose of the
course is to instill in the stu
dents a sense of inquiry and
give them the processes through
which to inquire concerning
man’s meaning and importance.
Secondly, to accomplish the above
through the correlation of the
study of history, art, literature,
religion, philosophy and music.
The following are courses
which over two academic years
are combined into one Humani
ties course: History 111, 112,
113, 211, 212, 213; English 111,
112, 113, 211, 212, 213; Com
parative Religion 111; Introduc
tion to Philosophy 111; Art and
World Culture 111; and. Music
Appreciation 111.