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Professor Spends Summer Teaching Others to Swim While stories of drownings and near-drownings continue to shock readers and bring tragedy to many families, a Chowan pro fessor again dedicated his sum mer to attempting to save lives through instruction in water safety, lifesaving, and learning to swim. Professor, coach, and Red Cross instructor, Jerry Hawkins was active during the summer tnonths in Chowan's pool. His duties included teaching learn- to-swim classes involving all ages to some .SO individuals and several water safety and life- saving courses. This was the second summer that Hawkins, who is an assist ant f(K)tball coach and coaches t)aseball, has been active in Red Cross sponsored programs. His pupils in the learn-to-swim category ranged in ages from three to 55. The children and young people received instruc tions in the mornings and after- n(M>ns and adults in the eveiiinga. Hawkins, who is a big favorite with the youngsters, works on the assumption that the earlier a child learns to swim, the iH-tter. ‘‘It's easier to teach them JERRY LEE HAWKINS when they are young and small than when they are older,” he asserts. He explained that the children are eager to put on their suits but once they get to the edge of the pool, some balk. At this stage, Hawkins must resort to his knowledge of psychology, which he teaches at Chowan. Morris Carson Awarded Doctor of Philosophy Morris K. Carson, professor of Spanish at Chowan College, was awarded the degree of Doctor of I’hilo.sophy in Spanish Litera ture and Letters, magna cum laude, from the Craduate School of La Universidad Interameri- cana in Saltillo, Mexico on July 22 Dr. Carson received his B. A. degree in Spanish and English from Lynchburg College and his M A. in Spanish from The Uni versity of Mississippi. In addi tion, he had done further grad uate study at the University of Virginia and at a National De fense Language Institute at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Carson begins his fifth year when Chowan opens its I2;ird year August 27. Previously he taught English and Spanish at E. C. Cilass High Schm>l in Lynchburg, Virginia. While a member of the (Hass faculty, he served as a member of the self- study evaluation team in the area of foreign languages in Virginia and taught conversa tional Spanish to employees at Cieneral Electric. Currently he is a member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, the American Association of Teaching of Foreign Languages, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portu guese and the North Car^)lina Chapter of Teachers of Foreign languages. He also servrt «n the Advisory Board of l.,a Universi dad Interamericana. Dr. Carson is the author of the following articles. "Teach ing A Modern Foreign Language .According to Structure and Dis cipline, " "New Trends in Teach- . ing Mcxiern Foreign L>anguages, ' and "The Use of I-anguage Laboratories in Language Teach ing." He is sponsor of the Spanish Club which annually presents several musical programs in Spanish, including oHe featuring Christmas music. DR. MORRIS CARSON His duties include director and supervisor of the language learning center which aids sut- dents electronically in learning to speak and understand a fore ign language. Surface Joins Football Coach Staff at Chowan A health and physical educa tion teacher and coach with Greensboro public schools, Dan Surface, 26, has been named professor of physical education at Chowan College. He will serve as an assistant football coach and coach of the track team. Surface attended the College of William and Mary and is a graduate of Guilford College with the A. B. and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with the M. S. He has also served as a health and physical education teacher with the County schools of Fair fax, Va. In college he was a member of the football and baseball teams. He is married. Friendly persuasion is the key, he said, and not force. The classes are serious in purpose but Hawkins attempts to make them as much fun as possible. This includes rides on his back and gliding the children through the water. Both activit ies are designed to help the children feel comfortable in the water. The next step, encouraging the children to put their faces in the water, is crucial. "We must help the children overcome this fear before they can learn to swim," Hawkins said. “At first we ask them to splash water in their faces and this is followed by keeping their heads under the water for a few seconds.” Teach ing the proper way of kicking and stroking comes later. Children learn at different rates. Some are swimming after the first series of classes, espec ially if they have had prior familiarity with the water. Others return the following sum mer and most of these are swim ming before the classes end. This sense of accomplishment adds to the confidence of the youth and adults, but it does more than provide their ego with a boost — it may save their lives. Helping to save the lives of others is the main purpose of the water safety and lifesaving courses. Included in the course is instruction in four basic strokes, side, breast, back and crawl. The breast and back strokes are taught differently than in the past and require considerable practice to perfect. To pass the course, the can didates, who are divided into junior or senior categories ac cording to age, must be able to swim out to the deep end of the pool and "rescue" a “drowning victim.” Pupils are taught to bring in an unconscious swimmer and one who is thrashing. The swimmers must also de monstrate endur.ance by swim ming for 30 minutes without resting, using the four strokes. The course also includes a session outside of the pool de signed to implant the proper philosophy of water safety. Haw kins considers swimming out to a person in distress a last re sort. Hawkins explains that it is safer for both the victim and the lifesaver to use other means if available. This, includes throw ing a tube or floating object to the victim or handing him a pole to grab. If the victim is far out it is l)etter to use a boat. If nothing else is available, Hawkins explains that a lifesaver can swim out with a towel to hand to the victim. The pupils are also taught the techniques of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. No one can say how many lives, if any, will be saved be cause of the classes. But Haw kins knows that in or near the water the swimmer has the ad vantage over the non-swimmer. He knows too that some day in a swimming hole, lake, or beach, a cry for help may be heard by one of the lifesavers. As he springs into action, intent upon saving a life, he will be aided by the knowledge and con fidence he has acquired. For Hawkins, preparing his charges as a Red Cross insturc- tor for the unknown, is satisfact ion enough. Convocation Speaker .Philip P. Godwin, speaker of the House of Representatives ' of the North Carolina General Assembly, delivers the con vocation address at the opening of the fall semester. Seat ed are Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, president, left, and Dr. Hargus Taylor, chaplain. Famous Lecturer to Address GA Students Howard N. King, a consultant for Harris-Intertype Co., New York, and a recognized authority on printing design and typography, is scheduled to speak to Chowan College Graphic Arts students on Tuesday, Oc tober 27, at 1:00 p.m. The topic will be “The Impact of Phototypesetting on the Printing Industry,” which will be illustrated by a color slide presentation. King is a well known typographer, book designer, writer on printing and ad vertising, and lecturer on the effective use of type. As “typographic consultant for the Intertype Company, a division of Harris-Intertype Corporation,” he has travelled far and wide speaking before Graphic Arts organizations, Advertising Clubs, Newspapers, Industrial Publications and many associations interested in prin ting design. He is a past president of the International Associations of Printing House Craftsmen and winner of the 1956 award of that organization as the outstanding craftsman of the year. This is considered to be the highest honor that can come to anyone in the Graphic Arts industry. King is a practical printer by trade, having learned his trade as a compositor. He is a graduate of the American Academy of Art, a member of the American In stitute of Graphic Arts and the Chicago Society of Typogra{5hic Arts. He was the organizer and first president of the York Club of Printing House Craftsmen and a past president of the Advertising Club of York. He is vice president of the Maple Press Company of HOWARD KING York, Pennsylvania, one of the largest technical and medical book houses in the country. He is also vice president of Graphic Services, Inc., one of the unique trade houses in this country which deals only in photographic typesetting. This company is one of the prime developers of this new method of setting type. Annually he is called upon to design twenty-five to thirty books, a chore he accomplishes in a very fine home studio during evenings or week-ends, Mr. King is a forceful speaker, clear and concise in his treat ment of the subject, with the ability to intersperse his material with humorous comment. His sincerity and enthusiasm add much to the presentation. He never fails to introduce new and constructive ideas—for typography, and for real at tainment through creative craftsmanship.” PACK TWELVE THE CHOWANIAN
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