Rams No. 1 in Everybody’s Poll
The Winston-Salem Uni
versity football team is 10-0
and has clinched its second
consecutive CIAA champion
ship and is number 1 on every
body's poll. It's been a long
climb up for Coach Bill Hayes
and the team.
WSSU is a member of Divi
sion 11 of the National College
Athletic Association (NCAA).
In the earliest polls of the sea
son, the Rams were ranked
nearly 5 points below Elon
College, the #6 school in the
national poll.
As the weeks passed and
victory followed victory,
WSSU inched up the charts. In
the NAIA the Rams moved to
the #7 spot on September 20 a-
fter wining the first 3 games.
The next poll was released Oc
tober 4, and by that date the
Athletic Dirctor C.E. 'Big-
house' Gaines and Coach
Hayes had agreed to accept
NCAA , playoff invitations
rather than go to the NAIA
playoffs. All schools in both
associations had to declare a
prefernce by October 1. Thus,
WSSU was dropped from the
NAIA team ratings, but indi
vidual performances are still
recorded and ranked and Dis
trict 26 continues to report
WSSU's Dunkel ratings with
the other II teams in the Dis
trict.
In the NCAA, WSSU trailed
Northern Michigan and Dela
ware in the first poll. On Sep
tember 27, Northern Michigan
dropped to the #5 spwt and the
Rams took second place. The
next week Delaware lost to
Temple University and WSSU
captured 59 of 60 first place
votes. That was the first time
WSSU and any other CIAA
school had been ranked #1 on
the national football poll.
On the next 2 p>olls, WSSU
was the unanimous favo
rite. Then, on October 25,
Youngstown State of Ohio and
WSSU tied for first place with
58 points eacch. In the latest
poll, released November 1,
WSSU was back in sole pos
session of the #1 spot.
Dr. Bannister and Dunkel
were the last of the hold
outs. WSSU is now #1 on
everybody's f)oll.
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ledge in communication. For
the time being, the only
course offered in communi
cations is the introductory
course, but Mr. Thomas said
that other courses have al
ready been planned. Some
are Introduction to Broadcast
ing Radio and Television,
(which will be offered spring
semester) Broadcasting, law
and Ethics in Mass Commun
ications, Writing for Radio
and Television, Radio and
Television Announcing, Tech
niques of Radio Broadcasting,
and Techniques of Television
Broadcasting.
Mr. Thomas’s spirited enthu
siasm shows when he talks
about the communications
building at Syracuse Univer
sity, which is the best in the
country, helped in the design
ing of our building.” he
commented. “I checked the
inside of the building out and
it’s nice.
When asked why he chose.to
come to Winston-Salem State
University to teach he replied,
there’s a lot of potential
here. The program is knew
here and I have the oppor
tunity to help WSSU get
started. ” He would like to see
the school receive grants from
the state for expansion.
Before joining the WSSU
faculty he taught courses in
Mass Communications,
Speech and Drama, English
Literature, and Music to High
School Students in the Norfolk
Public Schools System. He
received his Masters Degree
in Broadcast Communications
with a concentration in Tele-
vision-Radio Programming,
Production Management and
Advertising from Syracuse U-
niversity. His undergraduate
studies were complete with
honors at Hampton Institute.
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