THE COUGAR CRY, APRIL 9, 1974 — PAGE 3
Make A Joyful Noise Faculty Feature
You aie invited to sing with
the Wilkes College Choir for
the Commencement exercises
to be held on Friday, May 24,
at 6:00 P.M. under the direction
of our new music instructor,
Dr. Richard Neubert. Rehear
sals will be on a short-term
basis, beginning on Tuesday,
April 16, immediately following
the Easter holiday period. In
addition to the choral class
scheduled regularly on Tues
days at 1:00 P.M., Dr. Neubert
will hold half-hour rehearsals
on Tuesdays and Thursdays at
12:30 P.M. and every day at
3:00 P.M. to accommodate as
many interested students as
possible. All rehearsals will be
held in room 312, will be in
formal, with the accent on sing
ing.
During a recent conference
with WCC students, it was dis
covered that singers with a
great deal of high school choral
experience would enjoy such
favorites as “The Battle Hymn
of the Republic,” the “Hallelu
jah Chorus” from Handel’s
Messiah, and similar music.
Plans are underway to build a
program around these favorites
in the hope that a large number
of singers will be attracted to
the great enjoyment of making
music toKether.
This special arrangement for
half-hour rehearsals is being
made in view of the heavy
schedules carried by many stu
dents, their work assignments
after college hours and other
commitments. Several students
also commented that a short
concert in the Commons might
be exciting, preceding Com
mencement. They also envis
ioned next year’s Wilkes Col
lege Choir touring neighboring
high schools and other institu
tions. All students are invited
to give this some serious
thought and talk it over with
their friends.
Beware, Mayeritis Epidemic!
By John Cashion
Mayeritis is a relatively new
disease that has grown into epi
demic proportions and is affect
ing the life of every man,
woman, and child that has con
tact with its carriers.
Mayeritis medically defined
is: “Inflammation of the May
er.” However, medical defini
tions mostly are pretty general.
More realistically, Mayeritis is
— the condition experienced by
coming in contact with the in
fluence (directly or indirectly)
of one Dr. Robert Mayer. It is
impossible to avoid. There is
no preventive treatment and it
has permanent SYMPTOMS: In
the very early stages you will
notice the word “can’t” has dis
appeared from your vocabulary.
Action has taken the place of
“I would like to.” And then
comes the feeUng of accom
plishment before you are really
aware that you have been led,
or pushed methodically through
these steps by a man on fire
with the enthusiasm for life.
Mayeritis progresses pretty
rapidly when it takes hold and
the evidence of its presence is
all around. When you hear
someone say something like “ya
know we’ve got a pretty good
school here,” you can bet your
smile of agreement that who
ever said it is a victim of May
eritis.
When the word of a symph
ony orchestra for Wilkes Coim-
ty first leaked out, I thought
that whoever was responsible
for such insanity should be
locked up immediately, ’cause
everybody who is sane knows
there ain’t no sophisticated
musician in Wilkes County.
Well, that was before I had
fallen into the instrumentality
of Mayeritis.
“Unbelievable” is the only
word I know to describe the re
sults. People came with trom
bones that wouldn’t trom,
trumpets that wouldn’t trump,
tubas that wouldn’t tube, oboes
thot wouldn’t obe, veolas that
wouldn’t ve, cellos that
wouldn’t chell, and all other
kinds of instruments that had
been locked in basements and
attics for years. Some people
even came with no instruments,
and no musical background.
All these folks had only three
things in common: desire, guts,
and a case of Ma.'-^ritis.
The desire and guts got bet
ter, the Mayeritis go worse.
The Symphony gave a concert.
Again, 1 was sure no one would
come to hear a bunch of “ole
high-brow” music that most
can’t pronounce the name of
anyway. Wow ! ! ! Was I ever
wrong — there were more peo
ple at that concert than there
were seats to put them in — a
living demonstration of the
magic of Mayeritis. “The Sound
of Music” had never been more
meaningful, and the mood was
broken only by the thoughts of
“Whrn is the next concert?”
The effect of Mayeritis does
not stop with the symphony. In
fact, it doesn’t stop anywhere
It only starts over and over
again by each person who
comes in contact with it. Take
the pretty, smiling faces of the
Cougarettes, for example, or the
newly formed string band, or
the cheerleaders, or the pep
band, or the chorus, or this or
that, or anything he passes
through. Mayeritis is every
where. The guy is even a
sculptor. Can you believe it?
A sculptor, and a damn good
one, too! Even the clay of the
finished product takes on the
effects of Mayeritis. Art from
the earth and Robert Mayer is
what this article is supposed to
be about; but it is impossible
for me to write about one
aspect of this man’s capacity
because all his talents seem to
blend so easily together to
make everything he touches
turn to positive creativity, and
his real genius is in living life
and inspiring those around him
to live life.
Back to the sculpture busi
ness — mere pictures can in no
way do justice to the sculp
tures. Do yourself a favor. Go
to the library and see the full
display of Dr. Mayer’s sculp
turing, and if you want a first
class look, make Dr. Mayer go
with you and tell you about
each piece. You will derive two
benefits: You will see the
depths of the sculptures
through the eyes of their cre
ator, and, more important, you
will come away deeply affected
by Mayeritis.
It’s Truly A-Mayes-Ing
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A!
By Nancy Mclnnis
(Reprinted from the Pink Slip)
She is a one-and-only!
She’s the only one in the col
lege who didn’t receive a letter
of intent on time (an accident),
but she’s “intended!”
She likes blue and yellow to
gether,
floor-length dresses
dancing,
interior decorating,
taking pictures, and
false eyelashes.
She loves
her husband Doug,
her daughter Amy, and
her dog Gretchen,
She once went to answer the
doorbell with only a huge bath
towel wrapped around her.
She is active:
She rides motorcycles, at
tends Charlie Pride concerts,
takes body language pictures,
goes to English classes, makes
video tapes for John Berry,
visits other schools, records
cassettes for Pete Mann, goes
to New Jersey conventions, con
structs transparencies for ev
eryone, and covers classes for
instructors when they’re sick.
She is always smiling.
She’s gutsy:
She is the only student in
UNC-G history who took an
advanced major’s course in art
— without an iota of previous
training — and made an “A”
and
when doctors said many years
ago that she would never walk
again, she proved them wrong.
She’s been called crazy
because
she gets on the floor to take
pictures of students’ legs, she
won’t let Fay Byrd eat lunch
until she’s taken a picture of
her food, she snaps pictures
through the door windows of
classrooms, and she convinces
Doc to pose for body language
slides.
She may be crazy
because when Amy was born,
she got dressed in her finest
clothes, put on all her best
make-up, and rocked in a rock
ing chair for several hours be
fore she woke Doug up.
She draws daisies on every
thing.
She knows how to run
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A ! Put it all
together; it spells O K L A-
HOMA! And that means the
best of plays. And that rhymes
with Mayes. And that stands
for cool.
You know how some people
just seem to grow on you fav
orably? And then they grow,
and grow, and grow. And
while they are growing in your
eyes, you feel yourself grow
ing. Well, Bud (Mr. Mayes) is
that way.
Bill Moffett says, “Mayes is
a big teddy bear.” I know he
fills up the front seat of a
pick-up truck, but with a heart
as large as his, it is necessary
to have a huge frame to hold it
all.
A man of great patience is
Bud Mayes. Let me tell you
what he is doing: OKLAHOMA.
If you are not familiar with it,
I might tell you that it is a
musical which will include an
orchestra, a chorus, and a full
dance troupe, plus a pretty
large cast. Bud Mayes is going
to put all these together and do
a master production. I know
he is. The reason? HE TOLD
ME SO. And I have an idea
that when Bud Mayes says he
is going to do something, it is
just a matter of working out
the particulars. It shall be
done.
To you who are not familiar
with OKLAHOMA, here are a
few lines to give you an idea of
what the story is abolt . . .
“So you want a real woman.”
. . . “Couldn’t stop a pig in the
road.” “Well, you jist cain’t go
around kissin’ every man that
asks you.’^ . . . “Quit biting
me!” “Grab onto my petti
coats.” . . . “That would make
her stockings fall down.”
“What’s at the hotel?”.
Well, the story goes on, and,
with the Mayes technique, de
velops into something really
funny and (believe it or not)
just plain good, wholesome en
tertainment.
Now, it won’t be polished into
the dazzling blaze of the
grade-A production until a little
later in the quarter, but we
will give you plenty of notice.
And, whatever happens, be
sure to see the finished
product.
If you are not sold yet, just
watch Bud Mayes. Watch him
do anything. Watch him think;
watch him move, if that
doesn’t sell you — God have
mercy on you.
John Cashion
Social Services Associate
Program To Be Offered
By Carlton Waddell
Beginning in the fall of 1974,
a two-year degree program de
signed to prepare students for
careers in fields of social serv
ices will be offered at Wilkes
Community College. The term
“social services” refers to the
network of services available to
persons to enable them to cope
equipment that you and
I will never catch on to.
She has taught herself pho
tography, movie-making, and
painting.
She’s an IMC lady
but this year
she’s been a part of the English
Department.
She is a one-and-only.
She is Jan.
GI - GED
Any veteran who did not
finish high school and is at
tending Wilkes Community Col
lege, should make an effort to
obtain his GED certificate.
The next test will be on May
1 and 2, 1974. Please contact
Mac Warren or Coot Gilreath
in the Office of Veteran Affairs
Room 218.
MEET Tim
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TINA HOWARD
One of the new faces at
Wilkes Community College is
that of Tina Howard, the organ
izer and instructor of the So
cial Services Associate Pro
gram. Tina was bom in Rock
ingham, North Carolina, as the
youngest of three children in
her family. She is the wife of
Ron Howard, football coach at
Alleghany High School. Ron
and Tina have one daughter,
April Elizabeth, who is four
years old,
Tina received an Associate in
Arts Degree in Nursing from
Gardner-Webb College in 1967,
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Psychology from East Carolina
University in 1970, and expects
to receive a Master’s Degree in
Social Work from the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill in 1974.
But Tina has not spent all of
her time in the classroom. She
has worked in the Craven
County Department of Social
Services, in Albemarle as a pro
tective services worker (investi
gating abuse and neglect re
ferrals ana working with juve
nile delinquents and children
in foster cases), and in the
Eastern Appalachian Children’s
Council as a Family Informa
tion Service Worker.
At Wilkes Community Col
lege, Tina is pursuing one of
her favorite hobbies, tennis, by
taking advanced tennis under
the direction of Joe Linney.
Tina’s other interests include
reading, mountains and the out
doors, and a dachshund named
Gretchen. Tina is looking for
ward to visiting Europe during
the summer of 1975, especially
Spain. Also, Tina and Ron
love young people and enjoy
working with them.
with social, psychological, or
environmental problems. Agen
cies providing these services
and offering possible positions
for graduates of the Social
Services Associate Program in
clude the Department of Social
Services, Adult and Juvenile
Corrections, Mental Health,
Public Health, Sheltered Work
shops, and Head Start.
The Social Services Associate
Program presents a firm basis
of core courses. Within this
program are such courses as
Introduction to Social Services,
Problems and Issues in Social
Services.
Interpersonal Relations and
Communications, American
Minorities, and Group Leader
ship and Social Change. Also,
the student will learn specific
skills and helping methods dur
ing a Seminar Practicum in an
agency where he will assist a
staff member in helping his
clients.
Under the leadership of Tina
Howard, preparations for the
Social Services Associate Pro
gram are well underway. Pres
ently, Tina is recruiting stu
dents, writing course outlines,
and planning field experience.
Tina hopes to have 25 students
enroll for this program which
she will instruct.
Students who are interested
in helping others are urged to
enter the Social Services Asso
ciate Program. Graduates of
this program may seek imme
diate employment as parapro-
fessionals in the helping profes
sions or transfer to a senior in
stitution to acquire a Bacca
laureate Degree in Sociology or
Social Welfare. In either case,
the graduate should be better
prepared to help people obtain
adequate housing, help par
ents improve care of children,
help families manage the home
budget, convince people to seek
needed medical treatment, pro
vide information on community
resources, and work with
groups who need special atten
tion.
Would you like to help these
people help themselves? If so,
give thought to the Social Serv
ices Associate Program that be
gins next fall.