PAGE, 4. THE COUGAR CRY, NOVEMBER 2, 1969
From The Library
Library Opens with New Hours
The library at Wilkes Com
munity College is now open.
The new hours are 8 a,m. to
9 p.m. on Mondays through
Thursdays, and 8 a.m. until 5
on Fridays.
The library houses the tradi
tional printed library media.
There are over 12,o00 processed
books geared to the instructional
requirements of the existing pro
gram offered by Wilkes Com
munity College, There are over
150 magazines and many reels
of microfilm to keep available
material up-to-date. General in
terest magazines and 13 current
newspaper subscriptions and/or
gifts are also available for gene
ral interest. A copying machine
is available to copy reference
media for a nominal fee.
The card catalog is a card in
dex t o the materials available
in the library. All media (in
cluding our professional and
nursing media) are cataloged. If
the media is in a separate col
lection the card will so indicate.
Non-printed media is distin
guishable by color coded cards.
Printed forms are provided on
the card catalog table for re
questing media or for personal
use.
Other indexes are available in
book form and are located near
the card catalog. Periodical in
dexes are located in the periodi
cal room with the bound and cur
rent magazines. A complete list
ing of magazines is given in the
card catalog.
This facility is designed to aid
users to become more indepen
dent by having most of the media
accessible to the users. The
facility also reflects the char
acter of its users; they are ma
ture and trustworthy. The staff
are released from monitoring
and checking possessions of
users of the library to helping
students and making media a-
vailable.
The furnishings are designed
I Gift-Pax Free |
I At Bookstore
i:*:; student gift-pax are avail-
able in the bookstore for all
males and females.
These are free gifts; how-
l^jiever, it will be necessary:;:*
ijij: for you to sign a card which
will entitle you to the free
gift. ijlj
Bookstore hours are from
;jlj:9:30 to 1:30 daily. :§•
for comfort. In the periodical
area students can relax and
develop an understanding of what
is going on in the world.
Our community and staff have
takei. pride in the library and
have provided many books, mag
azines, newspapers, and money.
One donor contributed money to
buy a set of Encyclopedia Bri-
tannica. During the winter quar
ter, Volume 3 was taken. All me
dia was given or selected and
bought for the present and future
users of the library. If anyone
does have media, overdue or not
checked out properly, we solicit
you to return it.
Your past patience has been
appreciated.
College Reports
(Continued from Page One)
courses at WCC.
The General Educational De
velopment Tests (GED) are part
of a new progr?m at the col
lege whereby through achieve
ment of satisfactory scores on
the tests, adults may earn a
high school equivalency certi
ficate; qualify for admission to
college or, in general, for ad
mission to more advanced edu
cational opportunities; meet e-
ducational requirements for em
ployment or promotion, satisfy
educational qualifications for in
duction into the Armed Forces
of the United States; and meet
regulations of state and local
boards of licensing examiners
for admission to licensing exa
minations for those occupations
requiring educational compe
tence at the ninth-, tenth-, or
eleventh-grade level.
The tests are made up of a
battery of five comprehensive
examinations in the areas of
English composition, social stu
dies, natural sciences, litera
ture, and mathematics. The tests
are designed to measure as di
rectly as possible the major
generalizations, ideas, and in
tellectual skills that are the out
come of four years of high school
programs of instruction. Empha
sis is placed on intellectual po
wer rather than detailed content
and recall and on the ability to
comprehend exactly, evaluate
critically, and to think clearly
in terms of concepts and ideas.
Approximately two hours are
required to complete each test,
however, no time limits are set
Mrs. Davis noted.
DR. H.K. THOMPSON
‘To Fill Area’s Needs'
NNCDA Hears
Dr. Thompson
Dr. H.E. Thompson, president
of Wilkes Community College,
was a recent speaker at a meet
ing of the Northwest N.C. Deve
lopment Association held here in
the teaching auditorium.
Dr. Thompson cited an ap
parent lack of interest in some
courses offered for the training
of skilled workmen.
In citing an example, Thomp
son told of a proposed course
in stone masonry planned here at
the college leading to jobs paying
$7.50 an hour on the open labor
market. The instructor was a-
'^ailable. However, no one regis
tered for the course.
Thompson went on to say that
the people at the college and in
this area are dedicated to fill
ing the needs of the area
and hope that the local gra
duates will remain in this area.
To emphasize his point. Dr.
Thompson cited classes being
conducted in food processing,
hotel and motel management, turf
management for golf courses and
College Transfer
Division Gets
New Director
By CAROL KEY
The new director of the col
lege Transfer Division is Mr.
William Moffett, a former his
tory teacher at North Carolina
State University.
Moffett has come along with
his wife and daughter Martha
from Raleigh to accept the job
as Director of College Trans
fer Education at Wilkes Com
munity College.
Director Moffett is energetic
and enthusiastic about his new
job. This enthusiasm is shown by
enforcing a new program in
freshman English and a GAS and
SAS Session in the Humanities
block. The new director is really
out of sight about holding the in
terest of students at Wilkes Com
munity College.
other clubs' and outdoor layouts.
Another featured speaker,
Paul Dew of North Carolina State
University, stated that this area
must strive for continued deve
lopment which will increase local
farm income.
John Idol, Dean of Student Per
sonnel at the college, introduced
Dr. Thompson. Geqrge Collins,
chairman of the Agriculture Di
vision of the NNCDA, introduced
Dew.
I Classified Ads I
I In Next Issue |
In the next issue of theii;:
Cougar Cry, there will be
a special section that will
jij: be used for classified ads.
jj The ad section will be for
the use of students, teachers,
J:|: administrators and anyone
else with information or an-
jij: nouncements regarding the
college. |;j:
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