Year’s SGA activities are evaluated
An examination of the minu
tes of SGA Senate meetings is
evidence that Chowan College
students are highly involved in
affairs sponsored by the College
community.
Ed Wooten, faculty sponsor,
and Lee Dunn, SGA president,
are to be commended for the
accomplishments which have
taken place through the various
branches of student govern
ment. Of course, they had the
cooperation of persons from all
segments of the Chowan College
community.
The SGA sponsored, with the
help of student personnel, a
comprehensive orientation pro
gram for freshmen and their
parents during the summer and
first three weeks of the fall se
mester. Many complimentary
remarks were made by faculty,
students, and staff concerning
the appropriateness of this pro
gram.
Clifton Collins, director of
counseling, conducted a survey
among parents of freshmen to
determine their attitudes toward
orientation program. We learn
ed that parents, too, were pleas
ed with the program, even the
three weekends of closed cam
pus.
Homecoming is always one of
the big affairs for SGA. Home
coming activities, with the ex
ception of the dance for which
the band did not arrive on time,
were enjoyed and meant much
to members of the studentbody.
Even the disappointment ex
perienced by students and their
dates attending the homecom
ing dance for which the band did
not arrive on time proved that
we could collectively pull our
selves together and “make the
most of a bad situation."
SGA and the administration
.vill long appreciate James Tho-
nas Boyce, Bridger Lee Hods-
ien, Maurice Clay Pruitt, Lon-
lie James Wrightmire, and Lar-
■y Tice for “saving the Home-
coming Dance” on Nov. 1, 1969.
The fact that this group was
villing to perform sav^ the
>GA much embarassment.
Outstanding musical groups
lave been brought to the cam-
)us this year by the SGA. The
Classics Four, The Box Tops,
ind Billy Stewart have perform-
jd on the campus. The Tams
and Maurice Williams and the
Zoadics will perform at the
Spring Festival dances on April
24 and 25 in Thomas Cafeteria.
A poll was taken by the SGA
in assembly to learn how stu
dents felt about the “Coat and
tie Dress" for dinner on Wed
nesday nights. Lee Dunn learn
ed that students did not like the
Wednesday night dress code.
He presented his findings to the
Cafeteria Committee.
The decision coming from
the Cafeteria Committee was to
retain the Wednesday night
dress regulations, but to work
o improve the quality of Wed-
lesday night dinners.
Although Dunn did not succeed
in eliminating the Wednesday
night dress code, his actions in
ihe matter were influential in
that the administration worked
closely with the staff of Tho
mas Cafeteria in seeing that
menus appropriate for the occa
sion were prepared.
Student personnel worked to
provide live music during th
dinner hours. Professor Bob
Mulder has been responsible for
the dinner music which we have
enjoyed.
SGA is now working closely
^ with Mrs. Janet Collins in pre-
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paring for the Spring Festival
and Parent’s Day.
Bucky Griffin, SGA vice-presi
dent, has taken the initiative in
revising the SGA constitution.
We have all agreed that a re
vision is needed, but there is
little agreement on how it
should be revised.
Dr. Gary Widmar, associate
dean of students at the Univer
sity of Missouri, Kansas City,
has beem employed as a con
sultant to student personnel in
evaluating the judicial system
and in aiding SGA leaders to
revise the constitution.
Dunn and Griffin attended the
National Entertainment Conven
tion in Memphis, Tenn. They
were successful in booking
Kenny Rodgers and The First
Edition for a performance next
fall, Oct. 24, 1970.
SGA also sponsored a number
of movies throughout the year.
These movies have been well
attended. Perhaps the most suc
cessful thing SGA has sponsored
in the way of entertainment this
year has been the Coffee House
Program.
Rings and Things, a group
from Canada, performed at the
first Coffee House Program last
fall. This group performed
nightly in the Student Center,
and was packed nightly with
students. Unquestionably SGA
received more for the money
spent for Rings and Things than
any other entertainment brought
to campus.
Another Coffee House Pro
gram will be sponsored April
6 to 11. The name of this group
is Mara Loves, a group from
the West Coast. Students have
enjoyed the entertainment pro
vided by the SGA this year. This
has been one of the strong fea
tures of the Dunn's administra
tion.
With the help of Prof. Barry
Cohen of the S^ial Science De
partment, SGA is sponsoring a
lecture by Roger Mudd which
has been scheduled for April 13.
The fact that this lecture is on
Monday night should mean it
will be well attended by stu
dents.
Griffin, SGA vice president,
was asked what he would do dif
ferently if he could serve as an
executive officer next year. He
said, “I would try desperately
to improve the Senate meetings.
Very few student senators real
ize the importance of their posi
tions. Frequently they are too
negligent in attending meet
ings.”
He also indicated there was
a need for improving communi
cations. Keeping students in
formed of what is taking place
on the campus seems to al
ways to be a problem for stu
dent leaders. When asked how
he would improve communica
tions, Griffin said he would use
more posters, make more an
nouncements in assembly and in
the cafeteria.
The manner in which the stu
dents composing the judicial
branch of the SGA has impress
ed all student personnel deans.
Priscilla Renn and Tom Keithly
have provided outstanding lea
dership for both the Women’s
Council and the Men’s Council.
The judicial Dodies have been
accepted by citizens in the Cho
wan College community because
the students composing the Men’s
Council and Women’s Council
have written constitutions and
have accepted procedures which
DEAN CLAYTON LEWIS
make it possible for them to
function in an efficient manner.
Prof. Ed Wooten is complet
ing his second year as faculty
sponsor of the SGA. No evalua
tion of the SGA would be com
plete without mentioning the
contribution Wooten has made
to the organization. He is an
outstanding budget man. He is
always looking for ways and
means for the SGA to get the
most for their dollars.
Dean Lewis has often remark
ed that Wooten was an outstand-
Fauline Robinson accepts award from Professor Hazelton.
Hazelton presents award to Pauline Robinson
Guest-of-honor at the Murf
reesboro Exchange Club on
March 9 was a Chowan College
coed, Pauline Bell Robinson.
The college sophomore was
named Exchangite “Student-
of-the-Month” and presented a
framed certificate.
Pauline, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Robinson of Ahoskie,
is a sociology major and an
honor student at Chowan. She
was chief marshall in the 1969
graduation exercises and won a
$1,000 competitive scholarship.
Pauline was also the recipi
ent of a $500 award for possess
ing the highest freshman grade
average. Selected to be editor
of the l%9-70 student newspaper,
Smoke Signals, she received a
$600 grant-in-aid.
The popular coed, who has
been accepted as a transfer
student at the University of
North Carolina in Chapel Hill,
is president of Delta Psi Omega,
treasurer of Phi Kappa Honor
Fraternity and a member of
the Chowan Senate.
She was a member of Chowan's
Homecoming Court and the
Spring Festival Court and was
second runner-up in the Miss
Ahoskie Pageant. Pauline has
just been named to “Who’s Who
Among Students in American
Junior Colleges."
The Exchange Club award was
presented by George Hazelton,
chairman of the Student-of-the-
month Committee.
HEIGHT
Most of the African con
tinent Is at a level of 600
feel above sea level.
ing SGA sponsor in that he is
willing to advise students but
does not do the work for the
officers. His techniques make
it possible for the SGA officers
to develop their leadership po
tential.
When asked how he thought
the SGA could improve during
the next year, Dean Lewis said,
“I would like to see more Coffee
House Programs. More students
benefit from the SGA money
spent for these programs than
for any other money spent for
entertainment. We particularly
need to think about the Coffee
House Programs in the Student
Center on Saturday nights.
“From a look at the admis
sions report, more of our stu
dents will be coming from dis
tances farther away from Mur
freesboro. This means we will
need to survey the possibilities
of offering more weekend enter
tainment for students who re
main on campus.”
New Presidenfs
cup on display
The President’s Cup, trophy
to be awarded to one o1 Chowan’s
men’s residence halls during
Awards Day, is now on display
in Whitaker Library, where
it will be Mrmanently housed.
Earl Dilday, dean of men,
explained that the winning resid
ence hall will be presented a
plaque which it may retain
while its name will be inscribed
on the President’s Cup.
Criteria for selecting a winner
include academic average, atten
dance at athletic and cultural
events, intramural sports, judic
iary council actions, and spon
soring social events.
Dilday described the Presi
dent’s Cup as “very impressive”
It stands some 40 inches high
and is over 13 inches wide at its
base. Topping the trophy is a
figure of a young man dressed
in a suit with a breifcase under
his arm.
He said the purpose ot the coni-
petition is to “instill pride in
students for their residence
halls and the college"
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