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PAGE 4 — THE COUGAR CRY. MARCH 27. 1975 DECAMERON STAFF VETERAN’S CLUB NEWS ‘^Yankee Doodle The Veteran’s Club has had a rise in activity. More than 85 Vets attended the last general meeting held at the Holiday Inn during the last quarter. The Veterans Affairs Coordinator, Mr. Mac Warren, gave a brief report on some of the benefits available to the eligible veteran and followed it by a question and answer period. Although not all the problems were squared, the road was paved for further future discussion. During the meeting, £in idea was proposed to establish a fund which would aid a needy fellow veteran with a loan to pay his matriculation fee and book costs until he starts receiving his VA check. This loan is not intended as a gift and is expected to be repaid as soon as the veteran possibly can so as to help another veteran. Submitted to a vote of the general council, the idea was unanimously approved. Each willing veteran was to contribute at least one dollar to the fund during registration for the Spring Quarter. Although cooperation was expected from as least 80 vets (from the meeting^ a sum of over $400 was collected! Putting the money to work, about eleven veterans were helped. However, it must be noted that this Fund is apart and separate from the treasury of the Associated Veterans Club of Wilkes Com munity College. More information concerning the Veterans’ Fund will be given during the next general meeting early next month. Also, a move was started to revise the constitution of the club and eventually a committee was formed composed of the following members: Mr. Robert Johnston - faculty co-sponsor; Mr. Mac Warren - Veterans Affairs co ordinator - co-sponsor; Frank R. Perez - chairman, VA Club President; Dale Sexton; Hal Zimmerman; J.W. Smithy; James Wheeling; Dan Gambill; Jack Bower; Jack Little; Ray Coleman; Jim Sebastian; J.S. Bauguess; Square Mathematics! Drop by Rodger Larson’s MATH 120 class and your first impression will be that he’s out to replace Y.B. Johnson as the building construct ion instructor. What you will see are framing squares, Stanley tool brochures, and probably a roof design drawn on the blackboard. Y.B.’s not worried, for he and Rodger joined forces to insure that MATH 120 Building Construction Mathematics is relevant to the real needs of our construction students. Ask either Y.B. or Rodger and they’re quick to let you know that using a steel square one can solve trigonometric, algebraic, and geo metric problems. Also, with the square it is possible to calculate board feet, convert decimals to fractions, and draw straight lines. Rodger claims that, were the square not so large, it would probably replace the small pocket electronic calculators because of its ver satility. Fred Grooms; Robert A. Hall; and Boone Ritch. A question was brought to the attention of the Veterans Affairs office as to who are eligible members of the Club. The answer is that all registered full-time, V* time, */2 time, cooperative, ap- prenticeship/OJT, farm co operative, active duty, or less than half-time correspondence and flight veterans may be members. Also, the widows, wives, and children attending under V.A. benefits are eligible for membership. En couraged to attend meetings on a non-voting status are the alumni of WCC and faculty. Presently the Club is involved in clarifying the benefits for which the veteran is eligible, and establishing a liaison between the Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Wilkes County. We hope to establish this liaison in the near future. The next general meeting will be held again at the Holiday Inn at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 4. The date is still pending, but notices will be mailed out and posted around the WCC student bulletin. During this meeting, a draft of the Veterans Club constitution will be presented for approval, there will be nominations for next yeeir’s officers, and we’ll hopefully have a speaker from the Winston-Salem V.A. Office. Also on the agenda will be a breakdown of the newly established Veterans Fund, the state of the Veterans Club Treasury, and other items of importance. Pepper” If Henry Pepper seems to have taken on a northern accent it’s because he’s taken off work (?) to visit relatives up in Yankee land. We hope you have a good time, a safe trip, and hurry back to your job--whatever that is. The Decameron The deadline for submitting short stories, poems, essays, photo graphy, and original art work to THE DECAMERON is April 1. AU material submitted by this date will be eligible for judging. Twenty-five dollars will be awarded for the best poem submitted. In addition, $25 will be awarded for the best short story. The editorial board of THE DECAMERON is presently pre- pEiring layout, consulting with printers, and making preparations for publication. The magazine will be on sale during the month of May. The Amazing Dr. Polgar If you missed the POLGAR SHOW, don’t fret too much. He’s coming back. Sometime in May he and his wife plan to come up to “this beautiful country” to spend a few days, at which time he has kind of promised to do another show. During our conversations we discovered that we have a mutual interest, and he will be back in May to explore some possibilities. In the meantime I am keeping in touch with him by mail. (I don’t have to write him, but he has to write me. He just reads my mind.) I mention this for three reasons: Those of you who missed the show will have another chance; those that saw it may see it agmn; and Brenda Moore can be getting a little more serious. John Cashion In an effort to display her business proficiency in running the home, the little woman sub mitted to hubby a detailed ac count of expenses for the month. Asked to explain an entry marked, ESP-$26.98, she replied, “ESP means, ‘error some place.’ ” SUMMER COURSES Joe Austell, Director of Physical Sciences, is currently planning course offerings for summer school. Don’t wait till registration day, June 4, 1975, to make known your needs. Normally, course offerings are based on sufficient student request. Mr. Austell schedules all CHM, MAT, PHY, and PHS courses and also the specialty courses for T003, T027, V003, V007, V015, V042, V043, and V070. All requests to the Division of Physical Sciences for day/night on-campus credit courses must be received not later than March 29. To: Joseph R. Austell Wilkes Community College Drawer 120 Wilkesboro, N.C. 28697 I would like to take the following course(s) on campus during the 1975 summer session: (Indicate day or night.) —a.m. p.m. —a.m. p.m. Signature Mail or bring to Room 510, Lovette Hall, before March 29. Voice of Wilkes Community Collesre Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28697 COUGAR CRY STAFF Editor-in-chief: John Cashion Virffie Church, Jim Mullis, Vickie Reins, Allen Woody, John McCann Faculty Advisor: Essie Hayes TO: Nonprofit Orfanlaatioii U. S. POSTAGE Wilkesboro, N. C. 28697 Permit No. 11
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