THE COUGAR CRY, OCTOBER 7. 1974 — PAGE 3
Most Useful
Plain Old Salt
Front Row, L«ft to right: Debbie Elliott; Norma Corpening; Vicki Bullis, captain; and Billie Beck-
nell; middle row: Becky Eller, Georgia Brown Debbie Osborne. Top row: Barney Graham, Sharon
Rhoadis, Linda Shaffner, and Grant Elledge. (Not pictured: Patricia Cockerham).
Sis - boom - bah!
What’s the housekeeper’s best
friend , . . the single most use
ful item you have around your
home? In a popularity contest,
there would be plenty of votes
cast for a really good set of
kitchen knives . . . and another
big block for a pile of old often-
washed diapers (which make
the best dish towels and polish
ing cloths). But the overall
winner — on the basis of gen
eral, all-round handiness, might
well be an extra box or two of
common salt.
Use In Boiling Eggs
You probably already know
that a cracked egg will stay
neatly inside its shell when you
boil it if you add a teaspoonful
of salt to the cooking water . . .
Play Has
Bud Mayes has begim produc
tion of “Inherit the Wind,” a
play based upon the very fam
ous Scopes “Monkey” trial that
took place in Dayton, Tenn., a
small town near Chattanooga,
nearly a half-century ago.
There the forces of religious
fundamentalism led by three
time presidential candidate,
evangelist, and lawyer, William
Jennings Bryan met the forces
of agnosticism, led by Clarence
Seward Darrow, distinguished
criminal and labor lawyer, who
had defended such notorious
labor radicals as Eugene V.
Dedds and Bill Haywood, and
who had pleaded for the lives
of Leopold and Loeb, the Chi
cago "tlirill-killers.”
The occasion for this con
frontation of ideologies was the
prosecution of one John Thomas
Scopes, a science teacher and
athletic coach in the Rhea
County High School who, with
the encouragement of the
American Civil Liberties Union,
defied a recently enacted state
law which forbade the teaching
of the Darwinian theory of
evolution in the public schools
of Tennessee,
Darrow, already a vociferous
agnostic, viewed the funda
mentalist movement, champion
ed by Bryan, as a serious threat
to education and free thinking,
and he volunteered to defend
Scopes after learning that Bry
an had offered his services to
the prosecution. In his auto
biography, Darrow relates:
I knew that education was
in danger from the source
that has always hampered it
—^religious fanaticism. To me
it was perfectly clear that the
proceedings bore little sem
blance to a court case, but I
realized that there was no
limit to the mischief that
might be accomplished unless
the country was roused to the
evil at hand.
The unwinding of the dra
matic clash of these two great
figures of the early twentieth
century remains to be seen —
at curtain time, some weeks
hence.
Incidentally the title of this
play is taken from the Book of
Proverbs, Chapter 11, verse 29
and reads, in its entirety:
“He that troubleth his own
house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to
the wise of heart,”
Don’t miss it.
and that a tiny pinch makes
egg whites or chilled cream
beat up easier. But did you
know that a smidgen of the
same seasoning will keep raw
milk from souring quickly? Or
that fish are easy to clean if
you douse them in hot saltwater
until the scales curl?
For Whole Kernels
Salt will also help you extract
nutmeats unbroken, it’s said, if
you soak the nuts in brfne over
night. Then tap the end of each
shell with a hammer it will
break easily, leaving the ker-
nols whole.
Instead of Grease
Pancake breakfasts are more
fun for the cook, too, if you
make a little salt bag to rub the
griddle with instead of greasing
it. The flapjacks won’t stick,
and the hot metal won’t smoke.
To Stop Smoke Odor
And speaking of smoke . . .
if the pie boils over in the oven
just throw a big handful of salt
over the spilled juice. The mess
will stop smelling up the kitch
en and will cool into a light,
dry, porous crust which you can
sweet off the oven bottom when
the stove cools.
To Toughen . . .
Another surprising talent of
good old sodium chloride is that
it seems to make some things
wear better . . . brooms and
toothbrushes, for instance, last
longer if you soak them in hot
saltwater before you use them
for the first time. You can also
toughen glassware by setting it
in a pan of cold saltwater, grad
ually bringing the solution to a
boil and then letting it cool.
For Cleansing
In fact, salt — used like
scouring powder —> cleanses all
sorts of things . . . discolored
coffee pots and cups, for in
stance, or wood table tops. In
a hot water solution, the same
chemical cleans bamboo furni
ture . . . and drains . . . and the
insides of bottles. Made into a
paste with flour and vinegar, it
does wonders for tarnished
brass or copper. (Leave your
homemade polish on for an hour
or so, rub it off with a soft
cloth, and wash the metal). Mix
ed with turpentine, salt also
whitens bathtubs and sinks.
Caution
One of the few things you
don’t want to use salt for is
melting ice on paths and roads.
You know what the residue does
to auto bodies and to the plants
that you hope will come up in
the spring — but if you have to
hang out your wash on a cold
day, you can take advantage of
sodium chloride solution’s low
freezing point in a different
way. Used in your final rinse
water, salt will keep the clothes
from freezing on the line.
Household Wonder
There’s no need to go over
board about salt, although you
really can’t go wrong with it.
It’s a cheap, harmless, handy
replacement for a whole shelf
ful of expensive chemicals that
may be none too good for you
or for the water they will even
tually wind up in. And know
ing the uses of this household
wonder makes the job of chief
cook and bottle washer a lot
simpler and more fun.
Cheerleading tryouts were
held Tuesday, September 24, in
the Teaching Auditorium. Ten
very spirited young ladies and
two liberated, energetic males
make up the 1974-75 cheerlead
ing squad. This reflects the
greater amount of school spirit
here at WCC this year. These
enthusiastic students have
varied backgrounds and inter
ests, but one thing they do have
in common is spirit.
VICKIE BULLIS, a sopho
more, is captain of this year’s
squad. She lives in Wilkesboro
and is in the College Transfer
Program. PATRICIA COCK
ERHAM, from Traphill, is a
sophomore in the Counselor
Associate Program. Vickie and
Patricia gained more experi
ence in the art of cheerleading
f^ew Faces At
Christine (Cree) Flowers is a
new art teacher at WCC. Mrs.
Flowers, a native of Lumber-
ton, received her B./S. Degree
from the University of South
Carolina in May of 1974, with
a major in Art Education.
While in Columbia, Mrs.
Flowers taught classes at the
University and at the Columbia
High School. She also taught
private classes. She is a mem
ber of N.A.E.A. Her specialties
include textiles, weaving, batik,
macrame, printing and etching.
She and her husband, Dan,
who also teaches at the col
lege, have recently moved to
North Wilkesboro. Dan is orig
inally from Rockingham. He
has a B./S. in sociology and
business from Pembroke State
and he received his Masters in
Business Economics at ASU. He
is teaching business courses in
Ashe County and at WCC. A
warm welcome to Mr. and Mrs.
Flowers to the college and to
the community.
As newly appointed Director
of the Northwest Art Gallery,
Mrs. Flowers would like to re
mind the art students and other
art enthusiasts of the upcoming
events. “Day in the Park” at
Smoot Park, October 12. There
will be paintings, crafts, and
eats. Anyone wishing to exhibit
should contact the gallery.
Also, there are several juried
exhibits coming up:
(1) Winston - S‘a 1 e m: The
Northwestern Bank Open Juried
Show — Carolina Art Competi
tion — Co-sponsored with As
sociated Artists on September
22.
by attending camp in Charlotte
this summer.
Three other sophomores are
on the squad this year. NOR
MA CORPENING, who comes to
WCC from Lenoir, is in the
(Jeneral Office Technology Pro
gram. DEBBIE ELLIOTT lives
in the College Apartments, is
from Ashe County, and is pres
ently enrolled in the Early
Childhood Program. LINDA
SHAFFNER is from Elkin, and
she too is in the Early Child
hood Education curriculum.
The remainder of the squad
is composed of freshmen. BIL
LIE BECKNELL from Wilkes
boro and SHARON RHOADES
from North Wilkesboro are both
enrolled in Early Childhood.
GEORGIA BROWN, from North
Wilkesboro and BECKY
(2) Winston-Salem: Contemp
orary Gallery’s Southeastern
Juried Show, November 8.
(3) Lincolnton Juried Show
October 13-25.
(4- Raleigh: The 37th N. C.
Museum of Art and N. C. Art
Society Show. November 14-29.
(5- Fayetteville Annual Juried
Show November 3.
Further information concern
ing entry fees and entry dead-
ELLER, from Millers Creek, are
in the College Transfer Pro
gram. DEBORAH OSBORNE
is from Elkin and is in the So
cial Service Associate Program.
The guys on the squad this
year are CHARLES GRAHAM,
sophomore and GRANT EL
LEDGE, freshman.
Ms. Cheryl Poston is advisor
for the cheerleaders.
A co-captain for the squad
will be chosen by the cheerlead
ers at a later date.
Because of the large squad
this year, extra uniforms and
shakers are needed. To finance
these items, the cheerleaders
will be engaged in money-rais
ing activities in the near fu
ture.
Congratulations!
—Aletha Baker
lines may be obtained from the
gallery.
Mrs. Flowers would like to
extend a special invitation for
you to come by the gallery,
make yourself to home and
brouse a while. The exhibits
change every two weeks. A
local artist, Ray Pierce’s one-
man show will be on exhibit
September 29 through October
12. Ray Reid, of the WCC fa
culty will be featured October
13-26. Ray Reid’s work is in
mixed media.
Wilkes Community College
BUDDING TEACHERS