THE COUGAR CRY, NOVEMBER 11. 1974 — PAGE 3
Phi Beta Lambda
Officers Selected
On Tuesday, October 8, Phi
Beta Lambda held its second
meeting of the year to elect
club officers for the 1974-75
school year. A nominating
committee had previously met
and nominated students for
each office. By unanimous
vote the members, Phi Beta
Lambda approved the following
students and club officers:
President, James R. Mullis;
Vice President, Doris Elliott;
Secretary, Donna Ward; Treas
urer, William S. Adams; His
torian, Ruth Zachary; Parlia
mentarian, Pam Johnson; Ad
visors, Ira G a m b e 11, Jack
Roche,
Radio-TV Class
Visits Stations
The Radio and Television
class has gone to so many sta
tions since school started, that
it’s beginning to look like we’re
taking lessoiis from Lewis and
Clark.
A rundown of our “expedi
tions” follows: September 10,
we went to WKBC in North
Wilkesboro. September 25, we
went to WWWC in Wilkesboro.
September 26, it was to WIFM
in Elkin and WYDK in Yadkin-
ville. October 10, we journey
ed to Lenoir to visit WJRI and
WKGX. October 17, we toured
WKSK in West Jefferson and
WCOK in Sparta.
And on October 24, we trav
elled to Charlotte to see how
things were run at WBT AM/
FM and WBTV.
On each of these stations,
we had to write a paper, tell
ing about what we learned. The
trips were very informative,
and we met many prominent
figures at the stations who will
be our bossmen before school
is out.
We have several other trips
planned, including trips to
Hickory, Winston-Salem to visit
WXII and WSJS, and on No
vember 7th, we will trek ner
vously down to Winston-Salem
to try for our third-class broad
casting licenses.
Steve Shaw
Wilkes Central To
Present Menagerie
The Wilkes Central High
School Drama Department will
present THE GLASS MENA
GERIE November 14, 15, 16 at
8:00 p.m.
Under the direction of the
star of OKLAHOMA, Eric Jen
nings, if his directing anywhere
nearly equals his acting, it
should be FANTASTIC.
Concert-BuHet Held
Left to riffht, front row: secretary, Donna Ward; historian, Ruth
Zachary; parliamentarian, Pam Johnson. Second row: president,
James Mullis; vice president, Doris Elliott. Third row: sponsor,
Mr. Ira Gambill; sponsor, Mr. Roche; treasurer, Steve Adams.
Horticulture Department
Looks Ahead At WCC
By Jim Daniel
Although bloodied by the re
sults of the recent referendum,
the Horticulture Department
looks ahead with head unbow
ed. There are so many things
to be done that there is no time
to sit and whine just because
a new greenhouse “ain’t on our
line.”
To do the best we can with
what we have seems to be the
sentiment of all departments
throughout the college and this
is certainly the position of the
Horticulture students, instruct
ors, and all others interested
in seeing this program expand
and grow.
Looking ahead, we see so
much that needs to be done
that we hardly know how to
arrange them in order of im
portance. High on the list of
priorities in the introduction of
floral crop production now un
der way in the present green
house under the direction of
“B” Townes. Won’t it be great
to have giant “football” mums
blooming in a variety of glor
ious colors when we come tack
from the Christmas holidays?
This part of our program of
instruction shows great promise
of expanded growth and op
portunity for rewarding em
ployment for those trained in
this specialty.
Nursery crop production will
be continued and stepped up.
The myriad of top quality
young plants now thriving in
the slat house will be moved
out into a field planting for
growing out when next spring
rolls around. Hundreds more
are rooted and ready to take
their turn in the slat house as
soon as room can be made
available.
Rhododendron growing from
Mr. Daniel instructs student, Pat
of potting- plants.
Yourgevidge, in proper method
cuttings will begin soon. Al
ready there are seven promis
ing new hybrid varieties grown
out from young plants and
ready for planting along a
“rhohodendron walk” leading
up the ravine into the woodland
back of Hayes and Thompson
Halls.
Annuals will be tested and
grown out on the campus again
next summer. Emphasis will
be on new introductions un
known and never before seen
by local flower enthusiasts. The
bright splashes of color seen
on the campus during the pas"
season can be duplicated and
surpassed by enrichment of
this program. Our students will
be no strangers to what’s new
and better in the way of plant
material when they graduate
and go out into the world of
work in their chosen field.
A native plant, arboretum, is
already underway in the wood
ed area immediately above the
picnic table. This planting al
ready abounds in wild orchids,
Lady’s Slipper, Flame Azalea,
Wood Iris, and many, many
other plants of interest to the
student of nature and those in
terested in the preservation of
the beauty of our native wood
lands.
“Red Maple Hill” might be
an appropriate future name for
the knoll immediately above
the present greenhouse. A
hundred or more young trees
of the forest red maple, now so
brilliant in autumn color, have
been grown from seeds and will
be planted in a naturalistic set
ting on the hill reclaimed from
snakes, hornets, yellow jackets,
and honeysuckle by those hor
ticulture students who worked
so faithfully on the campus
during the summer.
New outdoor chrysanthe
mums will be planted in out
door beds for a show of fall
color next year. With more
favorable weather conditions
this showy beauty can be ex
pected to last right on up un
til Thanksgiving. The earliness
of extreme cold nipped out
‘mums’ in the bud this year.
However, this will not dampen
our optimism for a big show
of color next fall.
Turf grasses will not be
neglected. New cultural prac
tices will be introduced and
better care given to existing
turf. Never let it be said that
WCC lacks green grass!
The teaching staff in the De
partment will continue to keep
in step with the Landscape and
Ornamentals industry by con
tinued study of new materials,
attendance at training meet
ings, and an all-out effort to
bring to every student in the
The Wilkes Community Col
lege Symphony held a concert-
buffet on the evening of Oc
tober 26, 1974 at 8:15.
The buffet was in the Com
mons, and the concert followed
in the Teaching Auditorium.
Directed by Dr. Robert May
er, the symphony presented to
a highly receptive audience the
following selections:
Slavonic Rhapsody, Carl
Friedman; Andalucia S u i t e,
Ernest Lecuona; “More” from
“Mondo Cane,” Oliviero;
Themes from Tschaikowsky,
Arrangement by Paul Herfurth;
Typewriter, Leroy Anderson;
Finlandia, Jan Sibelius.
As an encore, the symphony
played a special Jerry Bangle
arrangement of “I left my
Heart in San Francisco.” This
number was directed by the
arranger, Jerry Bangle.
WCC To Offer
Ice Skating
Wilkes Community College
plans to offer a class in ice
skating at the Polar Palace in
Boone during the winter quar
ter. Anyone interested in tak
ing this class should contact
Mr. Ken Sebastian in the Di
vision of Continuing Education.
23% GI BiU Rise OK’d
House and Senate conferees
have agreed on compromise
legislation that would raise GI
Bill education benefits by 23
percent, create a low-intesest
loan program and extend elig
ibility from 36 to 45 months.
Congressional affairs leaders
said that quick approval of the
compromise is expected in both
houses and that President Ford
would sign the measure as soon
as it reached his desk.
Retroactive to September
Benefit payments under the
bill, estimated to run about
$813.8 million during the first
year, would be retroactive to
September 1 and of immediate
aid to GI students already en
rolled in school.
Under the new legislation,
veterans would receive a 23
percent increase in their
monthly subsistence allow
ances. A single veteran would
receive $270 a month, up from
the present $220. A married
veteran’s stipend would rise to
$321 a month from $261, while
a veteran with one child would
program, the latest in the tech
nology of the field, along with
the practical, down-to-earth
methods gleaned from training
and experience all through the
years.
We look forward to the day
when we will be able to have a
modern new greenhouse with
all the work-saving conven
iences that can be built into
such a facility. But until then,
we are grateful for what we
have. After all, what student
will be able to start out with
the best when he or she goes
out into the world of work?
In the meantime, a positive
attitude, an optimistic view of
the future, and high moral in
herent, in a program on the
threshold of dynamic growth
and popularity, can best de
scribe the outlook of the De
partment of Horticulture.
receive $366 monthly, up from
the current rate of $298. Vet
erans with more than one child
would receive $22 a month for
each additional child.
The legislation would extend
school training time from the
present 36 months to 45
months, but only for those stu
dents seeking an imdergradu-
ate degree.
Additionally, it would per
mit low-interest direct govern
ment loans of up to $600 a year
from the Veterans Administra
tion if a veteran cannot get
loan aid from other federal ed
ucation programs.
It is estimated that about
four million post-Korea war
veterans and seven million
Vietnam-era veterans will be
eligible for the increased bene
fits.
Also included in the legisla
tion is an 18 percent increase
in benefits for the nearly 500,-
000 veterans who are now tak
ing vocational and rehabilita
tion training.
From “What Every Veteran
Should Know,” November,
1974 Supplement.
Unusual Hobbies
James Mullis has an unusual
hobby;
Rattlesnake hunting.
No, James isn’t one of those
religious people who let them
bite him; he just enjoys the
thrill of the hunt and hopes
that he isn’t one day hunted
himself.