Policy Changes Clarified
By Selective Service
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
The Selective Service System
has clarified expected policy
changes on undergraduate
student deferments.
College students who were
enrolled full-time in the 1970-71
academic year will be eligible for
student deferments in the 1971-72
school year if they continue to
make satisfactory progress in
their programs of study,
Selective Service officials said.
However, young men who en
tered school for the first time this
summer and those who enroll as
freshmen this fall will not qualify
student deferments if the
ding changes to the Selective
Service Act are passed by
Congress. The House has com
pleted action on the bill and final
Senate action is expected in
September.
Freshmen Effected
Dr. Curtis W. Tarr, Sective
Service Director, said: “Few
incoming freshmen students are
likely to be inducted in the near'
future because of the student
deferment phaseout. Of the
1,034,000 incoming freshmen
males estimated by the Office of
Education, approximately 80
percent are 18 years old and only
20 percent are 19 years of age or
older.
“The 18 year olds will receive
their lottery numbers in 1972, and
they will not be subject to in
duction until 1973, when draft
calls should be low. The 19 year
old freshmen received their
lottery numbers August 5 of this
year and will be subject to in
duction next year; at least one-
half should have high enough
lottery numbers to preclude their
induction. Of those remaining,
approximately 50 percent will be
disqualified on mental, moral or
physical grounds.
This means that a maximum of
50,000 men will be directly af
fected in 1972 by the student
deferment phaseout and one-half
of these, or 25,000, will probably
not be inducted because of
enlistments in Regular, Reserve
or National Guard units, par
ticipating in commissioning
programs or because of
procedural delays.
Dr. Tarr said that college
students will not be drafted in the
middle of a semester or term. “If
called while enrolled, they will be
allowed to postpone their in
duction until the end of the
semester, or term. If in their last
academic year, they will be able
to postpone their induction until
their graduation.”
File Applications
Dr. Tarr advised inconiing
freshmen and students who
started their program of study in
the summer of 1971 or later not to
file applications for student
deferments even though the
current law authorizes granting
deferments to students in full
time programs of study.
“If the pending Secltive Ser
vice legislation does not pass,”
Tarr said, “it would not be in a
registrant’s best interest to ob
tain a student deferment which
would extend his liability until
age 35. Should Congress change
the legislation to provide
deferments for new incoming
freshmen, which is most unlikely,
applications for deferments will
not be jeopardized by delaying
their submission until after
passage of the new law.”
The President’s authority for
the induction of all men under 35,
except for those who have or who
have had deferments, expired on
June 30, 1971. If Congress does
not reinstate the general in
duction authority, the President
could authorize the induction of
those registrants who hold or
have held deferments. In this
unlikely event, Selective Service
officials believe that manpower
requirements of the Department
of Defense probably could be met
by inducting those young men
who have recently dropped
deferments because they
graduated, dropped out of school,
or changed their occupations.
Recent college graduates or
dropouts would make up the bulk
of inductions, the officials said.
The officials added that can
cellations of deferments probably
would not be necessary nor would
it be necessary to call those who
have passed into the second
priority selection group.
Currently, there are ap
proximately six million young
men under age 35 with defer
ments. Approximately 500,000 of
these normally lose their
deferments during a 12-month
period. The largest groups of
deferrred men are those who
have received fatherhood, oc
cupational or student defer
ments.
Volume 3—Number 1
Wednesday, September 15, 1971
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Plans Getting Underway
For Annual Homecoming
By SHARON JOHNSON
Did someone mention
Homecoming? Well, if you
haven’t already heard, this great
event takes place on October 30,
1971 with a game between
Chowan and Montgomery College
at 2?00 p.m. But wait a minute.
We can’t have a homeconung
without a theme so if you hava
any ideas give them to any SGA
officer or Student Activities
Committee Member. The theme
for the 1971 Homecoming Parade
will be announced on October 1.
Now everyone knows we have
to have a Homecoming Court.
The court is to consist of two
contestants, one freshman and
one sophomore, sponsored by the
Day Student Organization and
each residence hall. That is two
contestants for each group.
Hurry and decide who you want
REGISTRATION—Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Jr., Dean of
the College, checks the credentials of a freshman
student class registration in Marks Hall. The semi
annual affair, which is a day most students dread, was
operated very smoothly with only a small percentage of
the students not being able to register for classes at the
times they had chosen previously.
Trustees Approve
Record Budget
Approval of a record budget of
$2,650,000 highlighted a meeting
of the Board of Trustees of
Chowan College Aug. 26 in the
office of President Bruce E.
Whitaker.
New AAcSweeney
Award Goes To
To S.C. Native
William (Billy) Hall of Pawleys
Island, S.fc. h4s been named the
first recipient of the John Mc-
■Veeney Typograpgy Award
made available by the director
of the School of Graphic Arts at
Chowan College, Herman
Gatewood. The award is named
in honor of the former director
who was instrumental in
establishing the School of
Graphic Arts in 1952. He served
as director 16 years. Now retired,
he resides with his wife in St.
Aetersburg, Fla. Under his
leadership, the School was
marked by expansion and
progress that brought national
recognition to it and Chowan.
Hall, a sophmore who transfered
to Arkansa State this fall, was
called “one of our most out
standing students” by Gatewood.
“He worked closely with the
editors of the yearbook in layout
and design,” Gatewood ex
plained. “He has a bright future
in graphic arts,” he added.
The amount represented an
increase of $225,000 over the 1970-
71 budget. Included in the budget
is $812,000 for faculty salaries.
During the 14-year ad
ministration of Dr. Whitaker, the
budget has incerased annually
from under $300,000 in 1957 to the
present total.
In other action, trustees ap
proved the employment of two
additional faculty members,
John W. Gosnell, socUogy, and
Mrs. Mary Ann Stone,
psychology. They bring to 11 the
number of new porfessors named
for the 1971-72 year.
Trustees also heard a report
from North Carolina legislators,
Phil Godwin, speaker of the
house, and state senator, Vernon
White of Winterville, concerning
legislation passed by the 1971
State Legislator as related tp
financial aid to students in
private colleges within the state.
M.E. Valentine, chairman of
the board from Raleigh, an
nounced that the sixth annual
Planning Conference will be held
Saturday, September 11.
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A Message from
Our President • • •
To all members of the college community—
students, faculty, staff, I extend a warm welcome
for the 124th year in the life and service of Chowan
College. In a special sense, this greeting is ex
tended to the freshmen and transfer students.
We have 1,533 students and 79 faculty members
this year. In addition, there are many staff and
maintenance personnel. All in all, we comprise
"quite a family." As President, I am quite anxious
that all of us live together in peace and harmony
and in common pursuit of quality education based
on the pre-suppositions of the Christian faith. To the
various members of the college community, this
statement means different things—but the un
derlying principle is both basic and vital.
Chowan College is a great institution. Though it is
an "old" college, it has come into the period of its
most markfed increase in program, outreach and
service within the last two decades. It has a good
fundamental curriculum and academic offering,
participates creditably in all of the major sports, is
increasingly becoming known for its Graphic Arts
Program and Fine Arts Program (music, drama,
and art), and is recognized as one of the very top
two-year private and church-related colleges in the
nation. Our library is outstanding in terms of its
beauty, number of volumes, periodicals, hours of
availability to the college community and the like.
We have a beautiful campus. I am proud of Chowan
College. You can and, I hope, will be yourselves.
This fall we will be engaged in a $1 million
campaign effort for a critically needed new
science-engineering facility, which we hope to get
under construction within this academic year.
Throughout the fall and winter months especially
we will have many guests on campus in this con
nection. The conduct, appearance and friendliness
(or lack of it) on the part of this students,
especially, will affect the giving attitude and
patterns of these friends and supporters. In large
measure to our many guests on campus, you as
students are Chowan College! I am sure we can
count on you for needed and appropriate
cooperation In this regard.
Somehow I feel that this will prove to be a good
year at Chowan. It will require united effort and
shared concern if, in fact, it proves to be so,
however. It is important to each one of you that we
have a good year—that you develop habits of study
and learning, and help to create an atmosphere
conducive to such—whether in the library, in the
dormitories and as regards mutual respect and
helpfulness. What happens to your educational
experience at Chowan is important to those of us on
the faculty and staff. It is important to the whole of
your future life. We want you to get your "money's
worth" at Chowan.
I solicit your cooperation and efforts so that,
together, we may have a good year at Chowan
College during the academic year 1971-72. It will be
so if we want it to be.
BRUCE E.
President
WHITAKER
as your contestants because their
names should be turned in to the
Dean of Students by 5?00 p.m. on
October 1. All the contestants will
be presented in assembly on
October 14 after which you will
vote by secret ballot. Ballots will
be given out and taken up in the
same manner as the chapel
cards.
The Homecoming Queen and
an alternate, the Homecoming
Princess, a freshman, and an
alternate will be elected by out
number one football team. The
time for the election is up to
Coach Jim Garrison.
Nine hours and nine quality
points during their last semester
in college is a requirement of all
contestants except beginning
freshmen. The freshmen who
have just started college have no
academic requirements. That
makes sense doesn’t it? Try to
make sure that your choice of a
contestant is in good standing in
the college commimity because
this too is a requirement which is
to be acknowledged throughout
the entire event. Bad behavior
will cause the contestant to be
removed from the list of eligible
contestants or they may be
removed from the court
altogether. So think before you
act and let’s make this the best
Homecoming Court of all.
Yes, we are having float entries
for the parade. Two or more
organizations can sponsor a float.
Each float entry will receive $10
and only $10 from the SGA. Isn’t
that nice of the SGA. To show
your appreciation get to work on
ideas for a float and get your
plans in to the Dean of Students
by 5:00 p.m. on October 15. The
SGA will present a $25 cash
award to the best float. The
second best will receive a $10
cash award. A letter of honorable
mention from the SGA President
and Dean of Students will be the
award given to the float in the
third place position. So work
Hard!
Now for those men in Stone
Hall, McDowell Columns, Penny
Infirmary, and College Inn, you
are to vote with the residents of
Mixon Hall when electing con
testants. Those living in ap
proved private homes in Mur
freesboro are to vote with the
members of the Day Student
Organization.
TRUSTEE MEETING—Members of
the Chowan College Board of Trustees
listen to a report by President Bruce E.
Whitaker during a recent called
meeting of the governing body. Ben C.
Sutton, secretary to the Trustees and
the college business manager, is
seated on the right.
Student Gift-Pax To Be Distributed
This fall over 5 million students
will receive gift-pax samples!
Our campus will again be
distributing the free student Gift-
Pax kits of toilet articles as over
2,000 other colleges and
universities throughout the
United States have done for the
past sixteen years. A good will
promotion of leading U. S. ma
nufacturers, pacakaged by Gift-
Pax, Inc., West Hempstead, N. Y.
who makes them available to us
each semester.
Free student Gift-Pax will be
available to the student body in
their respective residence halls.
There are coed assortments and
male oriented produce assort
ments. Day students and students
living in approved private homes
will get their Gift-Pax kits from
the offices of Deans Dilday and
Tolston.
The various clients represented
in each Gift-Pax kit are Briston-
Myers, Colgate-Palmolive,
Proctor and Gamble, Schick
Razor, etc., with appropriate
assortments going to male and
female students in colorful timely
designed re-usable plastic toilet
article kits.
Come early while the supply
lasts and bring your iden
tification card to receive your
student Gift-Pax.
Record Enrollment
COACH WINS AWARD—Head Coach James Garrison
inspects the plaque presented him recently as the
"Coach of the Year for 1970 in Region 10." On the wall is
the plaque awarded to the Chowan College football team
as "Region 10 Champions, 1970." Garrison states that
both awards were made at a meeting of Region 10
coaches, held last weekend.
Some 25 states and 10
foreign countries are Induced
among Chowan College's
student body as the Baptist,
two-year institution recorded
the highest enrollment in its
history with the opening of the
fall semester.
Chowan's enrollment for its
124th year is 1533. This
compares with 1472 for the fall
semester last year. New
enrollment records have been
established every year since
1957 when Dr. Bruce E
Whitaker became Chowan's
president and there were 235
students enrolled.
College officials had
predicted an enrollment of
some 1500. They explained
that each year the college
accepts more applications
than needed because some
don't follow through. Most did
this year, however.
Officials stated that in line
with the recommendations of
the long-range planning
committee, chaired by Ollle
Brown of Ahoskle, N.C., the
college is limiting its
enrollment to approximately
1500 for next year and the
foreseeable future.
"We are getting along fine
this year," Phil Royce, college
relations director, said, "but
we do plan to place a celling on
the enrollment. The emphasis
will be on quality, not
quanity," he added.
According to an an
nouncement from the
registar's office, freshmen
and transfer students account
for 949 and sophmores and
returning students 551.
Most Chowan students are
enrolled in liberal arts and
sciences; 15 are nursing
students at Duke University
Medical Center; two are
serving medical secretarial
internships in hospitals; 98 are
preparing for printing and
publishing careers in the well-
known School of Graphic Arts;
and a numper of others are
enrolled in terminal business
and professional courses.
Parents Day
October 16th
October 16, 1971 has been
scheduled as Fall Parents’ Day
according to an announcement
from Dean of Students Clayton
Lewis. An afternoon program—
reception, dormitory visitation,
refreshments, entertainment—
is being planned for parents and
citizens of the Chowan Communi
ty-
A dutch dinner with organ
music by professor Bob Mulder
will be provided in Thomas
Cafeteria.
The day ends with a football
game, Chowan vs. Lees-McRae.
According to Coach Jim Garri
son, this will be one of the
more exciting games of the
season.
Members of the Plymouth
High School Band will provide
the half-time show.
“Parents will be mailed in
vitations to Fall Parents’ Day,
a program and a list of area
motels within the next week,"
said Dean Clayton Lewis. Also,
he added, “Parents planning to
spend Saturday night, October
16, 1971, in an area motel should
make reservations early. This
was a real problem last year."
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