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HOLD MKF:TING here—Foreign language
teachers from the state’s seven Baptist
Colleges pose for a group picture while
meeting at Chowan College on Oct. 9 and 10.
The group’s president is M. Eugene Williams,
chairman of Chowan's language department.
He is seated second from the right on the back
row. Collectively they instruct French,
Spanish, Latin, German and Russian.
Foreign LanguageS.°"AJi.
Teachers Meet
Over $500,000 •
Aid Is Available I
Foreign language teachers
from the state’s seven Baptist
colleges met at Chowan College
Oct. 9 and 10. The president of the
group is M. Eugene Williams,
chairman of Chowan’s language
department.
Activities included registration
at 4 p. m. in the faculty lounge of
McDowell Columns and dinner at
6:30 p. m. in the President’s
Room of Thomas Cafeteria. The
first session was held at 8 p. m. in
Marks Hall auditorium and
featured an address by Dr.
Douglas William Alden,
professor of French Literature
and chairman of the department
of modern languages at the
University of Virginia. A
reception followed at the home of
Williams.
Two general sessions were
planned for Saturday morning in
Marks Hall. At 9 o’clock
problems peculiar to language
departments were discussed in
open forum. Following 30-minute
Alumni
News
1968--Mr. & Mrs. W. N. Taylor,
Jr., announce the birth of their
son, William Nathaniel Taylor,
111, on July 10. Mrs. Taylor was
the former Maggie Hasty who
was a student in the Graphic Arts
Department.
1967—Michael Gentry of
Roxboro, N?C.. was killed in Viet
Nam on October 6, 1970.
1965-Mr. & Mrs. Clifford L.
Oakes announce the arrival of
their adopted son, Russell Scott
Oakes, on October 23, 1970. Both
are alumni and Mrs. Oakes was
the former Patsy Edwards. They
now reside in Upper Marlboro,
Md.
1951—Colon Jackson has
completed a tour of duty in Japan
as a Navy chaplain and has been
reassigned to the Naval Air
Station at Corpus Christi, Tex. He
was formerly pastor of First
Church, Fayetteville, N. C.
discussion groups, a second
session was held at 11 with
participants grouped according
to subject matter; French,
Spanish, Latin, German and
Russian.
Lunch and an optional tour of
the campus at 12:30 p. m. com
pleted the program. Other
Chowan professors serving as
officers in addition to Williams
are Dr. Morris Carson, vice-
president, professor of Spanish;
and Mrs. Betty Batchelor,
secretary, English.
Alumnus Joins
B&W in Ohio
Jack J. Williams, a 1968
graduate of Chowan College’s
School of Graphic Arts, has been
named a public relations
assistant at The Babcock &
Wilcox Company’s power
generation division headquar
ters, Barberton, Ohio.
Williams, a native of Waycross,
Ga., was named to the position
after prior service with the
Waycross Journal-Herald, where
he served as a reporter with the
publication as a foreign
correspondent in Vietnam, as
well as local news upon his
return.
Besides his formal education at
Chowan, he also attended the
Rochester Institute of
Technologyv Rochester, N.Y.
Up until the date of his ap
pointment, he was employed as a
United States Capitol Policeman
in Washington, D.C., under the
patronage of U.S. Senator
Richard B. Russell.
Babcock i Wilcox’s power
generation division is one of the
largest suppliers of conventional
and nuclear steam generation
systems for electrical power,
industrial process and marine
service. It also is a major
producer of hollow forgings;
pressure vessels; nuclear
reactors; heat exchangers;
tubular oxygen-converter hoods
for use in the steel industry;
filter, wet scrubber and gas
absorption systems for air
pollution control.
Vernon J. Hall of Jonesboro has
joined the Southern State College
staff as director of printing,
according to Dr. Imon E. Bruce,
president of the college.
A native of Stokes County, Hall
graduated from Seagrove High
School at Seagrove before ear
ning his A.A. degree in printing
from Chowan College and his
B.S.E. from Arkansas State
University.
He has l)een employed with
“The Herald” at Ahoskie, the
“Courier Tribune” at Asheboro
and the “Jonesboro Sun” and has
been a member of Circle K,
student affiliate of Kiwanis, and
the Graphic Arts Club.
Hall is a Navy veteran, having
served at San Diego, Calif., Great
l^akes. 111., and Washington, D. C.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. James
W. Hall of Asheboro, he is
married to the former Faye Hill
Hall, daughter of Virgil Hill of
Asheboro. The Halls have one
daughter, Tanrniy Tero,
Realizing the impact of college
expenses on students and their
families, Chowan College ad
ministers an extensive aid
program to deserving students in
need of financial assistance.
Chowan’s total program exceedsi
one-half million dollars.
It is estimated that about one
out of every three students at
tending Chowan College receives
some type of financial aid. In
addition to scholarships, help is
given through grants-in-aid,
student employment and loan
programs.
Chowan’s Competitive Honor
Scholarship program awards
twenty-three competitive
scholarships each year
amounting to $12,000. There are
also several other scholarships
ranging from $100 to $1,000 which
are made available by the college
and friends of Chowan. Athletic
grants-in-aid are awarded to
promising athletes in football,
basketball and baseball.
Approximately 100 job op
portunities are available on
campus to students through the
college Self Help Program and
the Federal Work Study
Program. The hours that a
student works are arranged so
there is no interference with the
class schedule and study time. A
student may work up to 15 hours
per week and is paid on an hourly
basis. Chowan also participates
in the PACE and STEP
Programs so that students may
find jobs during the summer
vacation to help defray the cost of
the next year’s education.
Chowan College participates in
the National Defense Student
Loan Program and the
Educational Opportunity Grant
Program. In the National
Defense Student Loan Program a
student may borrow up to $1,000
per year based on financial need.
No interest accrues on this loan
while the student is pursuing a
full-time education and there is a
nine-month grace period after the
student terminates his education.
Ten years are allowed for total
repayment one-tenth of principal
plus interest each year.
A limited number of
Educational Opportunity Grants
are available to students at
tending the college. Grants range
from $200 to $1,000.
Government insured loans
under the Higher Education Act
of 1965 are available from College
Foundation, Incorporated. A
student may borrow up to $1,500
per year from College Foun
dation, Incorporated.
Chowan Well
Represented At
Baptist Meeting
Chowan College was
represented on the program of
the annual meeting of the Baptist
State Convention of North
Carolina, which met recently in
Greensboro, by two women who
are faculty members.
Mrs. Edith Larson, drama
director, directed a play,
“Diamonds and Deeds,”
presented Tuesday afternoon.
The drama depicts the story of
the beginning of the Kennedy
Home in Kinston, one of the
state’s Baptist Children’s Homes.
The chairman of the religion
department, Mrs. F.O. Mixon,
spoke Wednesday. Also par
ticipating in the meetings were
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker,
fresident; Dr. Hargus Taylor,
chaplain; and Bobby Cross,
director of development.
Chowan Grad
Award Winner
A Chowan College medical
secretarial intern at Duke
Medical Center, Susan Clark,
was named recipient of the
Seventh Annual Florence
Manning Secretarial Science
Award during the 1969-70 year.
Open to national competition,
the award consisted of $100 and a
certificate for outstanding
achievement.
Miss Clark finished her nine-
month internship in May and
received her associate in arts
degree.
CAMPUS TOUR—Clarence Williams,
Chowan’s associate director of admissions, is
surrounded by Royal Ambassadors while
conducting a campus tour during recent R. A.
Day (Sept. 26). The boys were also guests of
the college for a football game won by Chowan
26-0 over Potomac State of Keyser, W. Va.
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