Special 1:00 Curfew Approved for Women
After many long months of
laborius coordination, meetings,
and discussions the Student
Government has attained
favorable results for an extension
of the 1:00 Curfew for female
students. During a meeting with
Dr. Whitaker in January, the
curfew restrictions on Friday and
Saturday nights have been
Mberaliz^.
Dean Tolston, associate dean of
students, called a meeting of all
women dormitory head residents
and residents assistants to
assemble the rules and
regulations o'f the proposed ex
tension. These guidlines were
produced and the forms are being
reproduced at present.
The Dean and Associate Dean
of Students deemed it necessary
to write each female student’s
parents to request their per
mission to allow their daughter
this special priviledge. Female
students will not be allowed to
take advantage of the 1:00 special
extension until and unless their
parents return their letter of
permission. A copy of the
parent’s letter is as follows.
Dear Parent:
As you are well aware, at the
present time Chowan College has
a 12:00 midnight curfew for
.women students on Friday and
Saturday nights. Noting that not
all students have permission to
spend the night away from the
campus, we were faced with a
time difficulty in students
returning to the college if the
student had traveled some
distance to attend a special
function. We have initiated a
proposal in which female
students may be granted special
permission to attend activities
away from Chowan and return to
the dormitory within the hours of
12:00-1:00 a.m.
This interpretation is to include
permission for concerts, lectures,
movies, the theater, fine arts
presentations, dances and the
like, which are performed in a
city outside of Murfreesboro. If
granted, this permission, they
would have an extension of one
hour (1:00 a.m.) instead of 12:00
midnight. Note this permission is
not to be granted lightly. The
final approval comes from my
office and this privilege can not
be expected to be given every
weekend. The purpose is to grant
those students wishing to attend a
special function or activity the
privilege of doing so without
penalty of a late return to their
dormitory and who do not wish to
remain overnight at their in
tended destination.
In order for my office to grant
approval you, as a parent, must
give your permission for your
daughter to have this privilege if
the occasion should present itself.
TTierefore, we are requesting that
you please fill in the enclosed
form card, indicating whether or
not you give said approval. No
student will be allowed this ex
tension without a card from their
parents.
If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact my
office.
Thank You.
Signed by Dean Tolston
Any female student wishing to
take advantage of the 1:00 curfew
must follow the criteria related in
the parents letter above and the
rules imposed below:
(1) Have a valid reason as
outlined in paragraph 2 of
parents letter.
(2) Report to Dean Tolston’s
office for application form and
approval before 12:00 on Friday.
(No applications will be con
sidered after that time)
(No application will be con
sidered unless the permission slip
from a students parents’ is in the
students’ record)
A copy of the application form
is printed on page 3.
This policy will come into effect
the week-end of the 12th of
February, 71.
Two Talk-lns Remoin
The talk-in schedule for the
months of February and March is
as follows:
The third talk-in, February 16,
is to center around the Playboy
interview with William F.
Buckley, Jr. The article begins on
page 75 of the May, 1970 issue of
Playboy.
■riie last talk-in, March 2, will
tie on the liberation of women but
the article has not been selected
as of this date. However, this will
be done within the next few days.
These topics or articles were
selected by staff members in
Student Personnel but do not
necessarily reflect their
ideoplogies. The main purpose of
each article will be to serve as a
“spring board” for free
discussion.
The role of the discussion
leader will vary according to the
group. However, the purpose of
having a leader is to make sure
that the discussion moves, that
different views are presented and
that no individual dominates the
discussion. Copies of the articles
will be provided participants.
Talk-ins will be held on
Tuesday nights in the Baptist
Student Union from 7:00 until
8:00.
Phi Theta Kappas Meet
There will be an important meeting of all Phi Theta Kappa
members in the President's Room of Thomas Cafeteria at 6:00
p. m. today.
The purpose of this meeting is to select new members and
arrange a Chapel program. Charter certificates will be given to
those who have not received theirs as yet.
All Phi Theta Kappa members, please attend.
Highlights of Europe
Offered to Women
Wonmen students at Chowan
College have been invited to
participate in a tour, “Highlights
of Europe,” to be escorted by Dr.
E. Bruce fieiiman, president of
Meredith College, and Mrs.
Heilman.
The tour will include major
centers of interest in Europe. The
group will be substantially
composed of students of Meredith
College, a four-year liberal arts
church-related college for women
in Raleigh, N.C.
The tour wiU begin May 20, 1971
and will extend for ttiree weeks,
terminating June 10, 1971. The
group will be independent and
free to enjoy that which is most
appealing. The outline provided
includes opportunities to see and
be a visitor in ten major
Eiu'opean countries.
Stopovers include London,
Amsterdam, Paris, Cologne,
Heidelberg, Salzburg, Venice,
Florence. Rome, Lucerne, and
Madrid.
The cost of the tour, roundtrip
from New York, is ?789. Adeposit
of $179.00 must accompany each
request for membership. The
final payment for the remaining
tour cost is due March 19. If tour
membership is cancelled, these
payments are fully refundable
(except for |25.00 service charge)
Graduate
Place 2nd
Carolyn Faye Brinkley of
Corapeake, a May, 1970
secretarial administration
graduate of Chowan College, has
lieen selected as the second place
winnee of the Eighth Annual
Florence anning Scholarship.
Now a junior majoring in
business education at Atlantic
Christian College, Miss Brinkley
served as vice president and
president of the Chowan chapter
Alpha Pi Epsilon, national
onoary secretarial science
organizatio which sponsored the
competition. She received a $75
award.
The coed was cited by the
national secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. Bernice Vincent, for her
“outstanding leadership qualities
in your participation in the
various student activities.”
She continued, “You have set a
standard, through your en-
thusiasn and dedication, which
should inspire others. National
Alpha Pi Epsilon is proud of your
superior record and extends its
sincere wishes for continued
success.”
Miss Brinkley is a graduate of
Gates County High School and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Brinkley.
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up to six weeks before departure
date. If cancelled after this date,
all payments are refunded to the
extent of money recovered for
prepaid services.
Make checks payable to In
ternational Travel Club and mail
to Dr. Bruce Heilman, 1317 Glen
Eden Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
Seminar
Held Today
By Mike Conlin
The Social Science Seminar,
now in its fourth year, was
started in an effort to give
students and faculty a better
understanding of each other
outside the classroom.
The next meeting will be on
February 10, 1971, the meeting
place has not been decided yet.
The book, ANATOMY OF
REVOLUTION will be discussed
Books and articles to be
discussed are assigned to the
student. The meetings are held
Mice or twice during a semester
and are informal.
Interested students ask their
social science professors or are
chosen by them because they
have shown an interest in the
social sciences. In order to keep a
closer relationship between
student and faculty, membership
is limited to 10-15 students.
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(^HOKE
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
Smais
Faculty Questioned
About Their Students
PLANS TALK-INS—Dean of Students Clayton Lewis gives
suggestions to the participants in a recent talk-in session.
Dean Lewis spends many iiours planning these informa
tive discussion periods.
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN—Ronald Jenkins, Murfreesboro
pharmactist, listens as a Chowan student give his views.
Wednesday
February 10, 1971
Volume 3 — Number 9
By RONALD DUNN
SGA Staff Journalist
In view of a recent question
naire asking students to grade
the faculty, the Student Govern
ment Association thought it
would be interesting to students
to give the faculty their chance to
voice opinions about the Chowan
student body. This was ac
complished by a questionnaire
submitted to each faculty
member. The following is the
results of the questionnaires that
were returned.
1. How would you rate, on a
percentile basis, the intelligence
of Chowan students?
Genius - 1 per cent; above
average -14 per cent; average -
60 per cent; Ijelow average - 20
per cent; stupid - 5 per cent.
2. Are you prone to choose
students that you give more
attention, academic wise, than
others? If so, give prerequisites
for becoming a privileged
character in your classes.
Yes - 40 per cent; no - 50 per
cent; no answer -10 per cent.
Prerequisites for tiie Yes’s—
S. U. Soon
Be Finished
The T.V. room in the Chowan
College Student Union is ex
pected to be completed within the
next 2-4 weeks. It was supposed to
t)e completed by January 13, but
the pane glass did not arrive on
schedule. Ablack & white
television set will t)e installed as
soon as it returns from the repair
shop. If the set does not return, in
time, another set will ve loaned
from the shop. The old furniture
will be used in the room until the
S.G.A. can afford to purchase
some new. Painting of the room
will begin as soon as the glass is
installed. Soon we will have an
additional place to relax!!!!.
Asks intelligent questions; is not
afraid of study; disagrees with
instructor and gives reasons for
disagreement. Interest; ability;
cooperation; because they show
interest in the subject material
and not because they show in
terest in me personally; must
have a need for additional drill;
evidence of effort to understand
or perform; those actually in
terested in acquiring knowledge;
must show desire for teachers’
help; must have high motivation
for academic excellence; honest
and cooperative attitude; must
be 36-24-36; some students
demand more attention.
3. Do you feel that the majority
of Chowan students are am
bitious in their quest for
knowledge?
Mr. Bontemps Is
Head Librarian
Students have l>een seeing a
new face around campus this
semester. His domain is
Whitaker Library. Mr. Benjamin
W. Bontemps is Chowan’s new
head librarian.
His schooling consisted of four
years at Plymouth State College
in New Hampshire, 1960-64,
where he recieved his Bachelor’s
degree in education. He com
pleted graduate work at Rutgers
University in 1967 wiht a master’s
degree in Library Science.
Chowan College is of particular
interest to Mr. Bontemps because
it is a strong ChrisUan school
with tremendous potential for
growth. Chowan has lived up to
his expectations and he says
has a weell-balanced foun
dation.”
Library work interests Mr.
Bontemps because he meets
more students in library work
than he would as an instructor.
Library work is a more
specialized profession with better
social and financial op
portunities.
Mr. Bontemps is married and
has a son and a daughter who are
both married. His wife is head of
the High School English
Department in Buena Vista, Va.
After this school year she will
come to Chowan.
When you see Mr. Bontemps,
welcome his to Chowan.
“Every day I’m happier Icame
here.”
After 22 years in the Army
Signal Corps Mr. Bontemps was
convinced that education was the
key to advancement. He had
enlisted in 1938 as a Private when
he graduated from nigh school. In
his 22 year career, he states that
his progress was hindered by
lack of education. He retired as a
major in 1960. Mr. Bontemps’
advise to yound people and older
people as well is “Never defer on
en education.”
“Chowan has a beautiful
library,” he said. “It is small but
Yes - 23 per cent; No 77 per
cent.
4. How do you rate yourself as a
professor on a 1 to 5 basis, 5
representing excellent?
1 - 0 per cent; 2-2 per cent; 3 -
45 per cent; 4-35 per cent; 5-18
per coit.
5. Recalling your past student
status, do you feel that students
at Chowan are forced to contend
with undue hardships?
Yes - 0 per cent; No - 100 per
cent.
6. Do you advocate a college
degree for every individual?
Yes - 0 per cent; No - 100 per
cent.
7. Do you feel that college
students of today have more
“purpose” than students did
when you were in college?
Yes -12 per cent; No - 85 per
cent; no answer - 3 per cent.
That concluded the faculty
questionnaire. Some question
naires were not returned so the
above results were taken frqm
those that were. It is hoped that
the results were of interest to
you.
President
LAWRENCEVILLE, Va.
(AP) — Trustees of Saint
Paul’s College in Lawrenceville
have elected Dr. James Alvin
Russell Jr. president of the 83-
year-old Episcopal college.
DISCUSSION UNDERWAY—A group of Chowan students conduct a lively talk-in per
iod. All the students who participated in the event are quick to testify that they “are
informative, thought provoking, and interesting.”
Classifieds To Begin
Next Issue
"Smoke Signals" will be featuring a new service to the
students and faculty of Chowan College. Starting in the next
issue, a classified advertisement section will be included.
Students are urged to use this service wisely.
Ads must be precise and to the point. Ads must be turned in by
S:00 p. m. the Wednesday prior to the purbliscation date at the
Graphic Arts building, or may be given to Julie Hoskins or Ron
Dunn.
Hopefully, students will use this service to their advantage ...
for buying or selling articles, locating rides, lost and found . . .
and more.
MR. BENJAMIN W. BONTEMPS