Confidential Rate Sheet
Gives Student's Potential
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
by D. H. Nicholson,
Registrar
Along with the transcript and
the personal interview, the
“confidential inter-college
request” or personality rating
sheet has become one of the
admissions officer’s important
tools for measuring the transfer-
student’s potential for success at
the four year school. In fact, the
confidential request or rating
sheet is becoming increasingly
important when on considers that
the number of those transfer
students who apply for admission
to the senior colleges or
universities far exceeds the
number actually accepted. When
one understands that perhaps a
few thousand applications may
come across the desk of an ad
missions officer at a reputable
four-year school and that the
admissions officer generally has
a short time to make a decision
concerning only a few hundred
openings in the junior class at his
institution, then one can begin to
realize that the confidential
request or personality rating
sheet is sometimes the only
practical way to determine the
transfer-student’s “Social ap
titude” when everything else has
been weighed. The confidential
reference from the transferer’s
own college can become one of
the most important factors which
will lead to his admission or
rejection.
For purposes of definition, we
might say that a confidential
inter-college request or con
fidential personality rating sheet
somewhat self-explanatory: it is,
at most institutions of higher
education, a standardized form
that presents a series of questions
which range from those purely
academic to those purely social
and or personal. This form is
sometimes sent by the college or
university directly to the college
official designated to complete it,
but in a majority of instances the
form is included in the transfer-
student’s application packet and,
therefore, his responsibility to
get it to the designated reference.
When the student is given the
form by the college or university
to which he is planning to tran
sfer, he will be instructed to take it
directly to the designated official,
and that will be the last that he
will see of it. At that point the
official will answer the questions
and mail it back directly to the
admissions officer the college or
university under consideration.
Here at Chowan College, the
Dean of Students, the Associate
Dean of students, or the
Registrar is generally designated
To Check Cars
After 117-Mile
Hour Chase
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A
speed buff who was caught by
state police after a 117-mile-an-
hour chase will have an oppor
tunity to check out the cars
that outran him.
Terry Turcott, 16, of Harring
ton, Del., was convicted of fail
ing to stop at an officer’s com
mand as well as speeding.
Instead of paying $650 in
fines, however, Turcott will
spend his Saturdays for the
next three months at a police
station near here cleaning of
fices and washing pohce cars.
Good News
For Paper
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) —
Editors of the Hamilton Journal
News are considering devoting
a full page in one day’s edition
to stories about good news.
In an experiment Thursday,
stories about violence were re
stricted to the back page of a
section of the afternoon daily.
Ron Reed, wire editor of the
newspaper owned and operated
by Harte-Hanks Inc., said the
experiment was an answer to
readers who complained of too
much violence in the news
paper.
EXAMINATION
SCHEDULE
PUBLISHED
This Issue carries the Fall
Examination Schedule as
released by the Dean of the
College, Dr. B. Franklin
Lowe, Jr. According to the
Dean, this will be the only
schedule distributed to
students and faculty members
prior to examination week of
December 13-17.
Every student and faculty
member is urgently requested
to save the center section of
this newspaper. The Depart-
mnet of Graphic Arts has
printed additional copies for
this one issue and in the event
your copy is misplaced, a
replacement may be obtained
in the lobby of McSweeney
Hall.
to complete the form.
The questions found on the
standardized forms of the various
colleges and universities direct
themselves to the general areas
already mentioned, but the
questions themselves, of course,
will vary greatly from school to
school. Contrary to popular
belief, the affiliation of the
college or university, i. e.
whether it is a private or public
college or university, bears little
relationship to the type of
questions asked. For instance.
Western Carolina University and
Appalachian State University
have rating forms with headings
labeled with certain personality
traits, and under each trait, are
five and six classifications
respectively. As an example,
Appalachian State questions five
personality traits: Leadership,
Cooperation, Self-Confidence,
Social Acceptability, and
Emotional Stability. Under each
of the preceding traits are
five classifications, each
classification being an ap
proximation of the individual’s
possession of the trait.
East Tennessee State
University probably has one of
the more complete forms in
terms of coverage. The two page
form employs both a yes and no
rating scale as well as a series of
questions which require fairly
complete evaluative statements
from the Dean of Students or
Registrar. The College of
William Mary has a complete
form when one considers it. It
asks for a fairly thorough rating
of designated personality traits
as well as evaluative statements
from the reference. For in
stance, William and Mary asks
for statements about the
following: Special Abilities,
Appearance and Deportment,
Physical or Emotional
DisabiUties, Academic and Social
Adjustment, et cetera. Along
with the preceding which
requires statements, the form
also has a rating scale in which
the admissions officer asks the
reference, by marking plus or
minus under the headings of
Superior, Good, Average, Below
Average, or Do not Know, the
following qualities: Intellectual
Interest, Industry, Reliability,
Leadership, Maturity, Emotional
Stability, Personal Appearance,
and Social Adaptability. The
form then ends with a desire for
some General Comments and
Recommendations. Indeed, the
form used by William and Mary
is complete and leaves little
unanswered concerning the
personality and academic ability
of the prospective transfer
student. Wake Forest Univer
sity, Campbell College, and
Atlantic Christian College use
forms much simpler than those
mentioned above. An example
could be Atlantic Christian’s
which employs a short check-off
system.
The academic and social
records here at Chowan College
become most important to the
admissions officer of a four year
school. The records will serve as
strong tools in the prediction
which the admissions officer
must make concerning the
prospective transfer-student’s
potential for success.
Presumably, a prospective
transfer-student has been tested
by fire and found wanting or else
been tempered in the process.
We, as members of the faculty
and or administration prefer to
believe that the latter has taken
place, that student has been
tempered, and, unless there is
evidence to the contrary, we act
accordingly in our attempts to
aid the student in his efforts to
transfer and further his
education at the four-year school.
In the next issue of the Smoke
Signals, we will want to look at
some policies in the Registrar’s
Office concerning the release of
any information from the
student’s records.
Professional Women
Give Good Program
By MARY TOWNSEND
On November 9th and 10th,
Chowan sponsored a program,
“The Professional Woman”—
designed to create interest and to
motivate women studens toward
professional careers.
Professional guests who spoke
were Miss Sherry Shealy,, South
Carolina Legislator, Mrs. Peggy
Mann, hostess of TV’s Peggy
Mann Show, Dr. Helton Mcan-
drews. Psychologist, Mrs.
Mebane Burwyn, author, Mrs.
Peg O’Leary, National
Curriculum Director of Nancy
Taylor, Miss Patsy Gail Wood,
Miss North Carolina and Miss
Susan Jetton, reporter from the
Charlotte Observer, Evangeline,
WNCT-TV personality, and Mrs.
Ruth Nadel, member of Women’s
Bureau, Washington, D. C. Mrs.
Vicki Tolston, Dean of Women,
presided at all sessions.
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Volume 3—Number 5
Wednesday, November 24, 1971
Line Breaking in Cafeteria
Becoming Nuisance^ Problem
The program was very well
presented with a discussion
period after each session, in
which many questions were
asked.
Each of the speakers expressed
values that one needs to have in
order to succeed in the world of
today. I was very impressed with
the program and the way each
guest presented their part.
This program was planned for
the benefit of woman students.
Some of the values they each
agreed on were:
1. To be flexible.
2. To keep on with education, to
never cease from learning.
3. To be willing to help others.
4. To do what you really want to
do.
These programs were very
worthwhile and helpful to all
those who attended.
By DEAN CLAYTON LEWIS
“Be careful, your public
relations are showing,” reads the
large sign painted on the rear
wall of a small book store in New
Rochelle, N. Y., which soldiers
stationed at Fort Slocum
frequented by waiting for the
subway. I had not thought of Fort
Slocum, New Rochelle, or the
sign in several years, but it all
came back last week when I was
telephoned by the management
of Thomas Cafeteria and asked to
come to the cafeteria to keep
students (young adults) from
breaking in line.
When I entered the cafeteria, I
found fifteen or twenty studoits,
all attempting to enter the door to
line No. 1 at once. The situation
was soon brought under control.
A single line was formed and I
assumed a position in the door
way formed by the partition and
the front wall of the cafeteria
near the entrance.
Since numerous complaints
have been coming to me by
students and faculty about line
breaking, I counted to determine
how fast the serving line was
moving. A student was leaving
the area of the serving line every
IS or 20 seconds.
As students passed by me, one
at a time, we talked alx>ut the
football season, “Summer and
Smoke,” and the recent talk-in
led by five local attorneys. All the
while I was thinking about
conditions which had
necessitated the management’s
having to call me to remedy a
SMOKE SIGNALS
PUBLISHED EARLY
This issue of SMOKE
SIGNALS is being published
two days earlier than the
usual Wednesday date to
insure every student and
faculty member getting a
copy prior to leaving for the
Thanksgiving Holidays. This
edition carries the fall
examination schedule and is
the only such schedule that
will be distributed prior to
examination week of
December 13-17.
problem as elementary as line
breaking. I recalled having
performed such duties as a public
school principal, elementary and
secondary.
I also wondered how this
situation could and should be
corrected. Can the Student
Government Association form an
agency to govern the behavior of
students who have forgotten that
breaking in line is imposing on
the rights of every student who is
standing behind him.
The line breaker, through his
behavior, tells a great deal about
himself. He says to everyone
standing in line that he is selfish,
thinking only of Number One,
that he has no concern for the
inconveniences his selfishness
causes others, that he has
disregarded the Golden Rule—
“Do unto others as ye would have
them do unto you.”
My professional career has
been spent working with people,
some who have shown man’s best
and others who have displayed
the worst that is in man. I am
accustomed to “people
problems.” Breaking in line is
just another problem created by
people who have never learned or
who have forgotten about the
dignity of man. Such people have,
throughout history, forced better
thinking citizens to develop
systems of control and punish
ment as a means of self
protection. Protecting one’s
place in the cafeteria line seems
simple when compared to the
complex problems facing society
today, but the principle is the
same and the solution will have to
be the same.
Either line breakers will cease
their line breaking, or some
agency, hopefully one created by
the SGA, will have to solve the
problem as a means of protecting
the rights of others. It is a
“people problem.”
The next time you see a line
breaker exercising disrespect for
his fellow students, call it to his
attention. Do it in a tactful
manner. Remember, too, your
public relations will be showing.
But, let the line breaker know
that the vast majority cannot
afford to be abused by a small
percentage of student who do not
respect the rights of others.
NEW PUBLICATION—The first copy of new book
authored by Chowan professor, Dr. Morris Carson, left,
is examined by Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Jr., dean of the
college. The book, PABLO NERUDA: TRAVELER
RETURNED, written in Spanish, is concerned with the
life and works of the Nobel prize winner in literature
who was recently appointed ambassador to France from
Chile. Carson is in his sixth year at Chowan. Copies of
the book are available in the campus bookstore.
By WILLIAM B. TWINE
It is of my most hopeful
opinion that “Summer and
Smoke”, Chowan’s Fall drama
presentation, will open a new
era in Chowan theatre parti
cipation. In the past it was
customary for the Chowan
audience to greet their enter
tainers with cat calls, paper
airplanes, and just all around
bad manners. However, last
Thursday evening, at promptly
8:00 P. M., a sudden theatrical
renaissance occurred. The au
dience was t>eautiful. It was not
only well mannered in theatre
etiquette but it was surprisingly
large. I say “surprisingly” be
cause of the heavy competition
presented by the local offerings,
consisting of the weekly “pit
party” and the equally exciting
volleyball intramurals.
“Summer and Smoke” is a
two act play written by the famed
playwright Tennessee Williams
when he was at his writing
peak. “Summer and Smoke” is
both beautiful and powerful, but
when his plays are read the
impact is lost. Also, like other
plays, it tends to be over sym
bolic with the large fountain
anges, “Eternity” dominating
the stage. Also, Miss Alma is
constantly comparing her
spiritual love with his anatomy
The conflict of the play is
revealed when these two con
cepts of love clash. Also typical
of other Williams’ plays is that
the action takes place in a
small Southern rural town.
Both the set and costumes
capture the pre World War I
era perfectly. One last gripe
I have about Tennessee Wil
liams’ plays is the effect of
depression that always results
uponviewing one of his plays.
The acting in “Summer and
Smoke” was of high quality. Gina
Buchanan, displaying a fine
Oxford accent and a good Howard
Cossell laugh, played the part
of Miss Alma Winemiller very
professionally. As for Dr. Johnny,
the anti-hero hero, David Talton
displayed a fine acting job. Mr.
Talton should also be commen
ded on his fine creation, “eter
nity”, the fountain angel. One
go^ point in Williams’ favor
is that he provides excellent
supporting and minor roles.
Glenda Grizzard was excellent in
in one of these roles. She
portrayed the flakly Mrs. Wine
miller, (perhaps it comes
natural!) the cross that Alma
and Rev. Winemiller must
bear. Linda Carawanwassplendid
as well as Howard Way in
providing humor in the play.
Chris Kara-Eneff, acting in the
small role of Gonzales, displayed
a fine accent which I found
lacking in most of the other
characterizations. Last but not
least, Mr. Brannon, the direc
tor, is to be commerated on
a fine job of imaginative stage
directions. He also displayed
many new concepts of stage
direction.
“Summer and Smoke” was
indeed a very exciting and
professional presentation and
leaves one (eating his theatre
seat?) in impatient anticipation
of the fearless and peerless
Chowan Players next per
formance.
SPANISH PROGRAM—The Spanish
Conversation and Composition class
presented a Columbus Day program in
Spanish for the Spanish Club recently.
The cast included Cathy Ritko as
Queen Isabella, David Ennis as King
Ferdinand, and Steve Bennett as
Columbus.
Active Student Promotes
Tidewater Bloodmobile
Summer and Smoke
Opens Up New Era
By CAROL DENTON
I had a hard time pinning down
this sophomore student because
he is one of the most active
students on campus. His name is
Jim Hunter and his course of
study is Graphic Arts (printing).
Jim hails from Oxford, North
Carolina and is a graduate of
John Nichols High School. He
served in the Marines for three
years before coming to Chowan.
When asked why he came to
Chowan he said, “I was attracted
by the highly regarded reputation
of the Department of Graphic
Arts.”
Upon Jim’s graduation from
Chowan he is planning to enroll at
Arkansas State University,
where he will further his training
in printing skills.
Jim is the Resident-Assistant of
Superintendent Barracks. He is a
member of BSU, President of Phi
Theta Kappa, President of Circle
K, and a member of the Smoke
Signals staff. Through all of this
Jim has still managed to
maintain an over-all B average.
The most recent achievement
that Jim helped to promote was
the November 9 visit of the
Tidewater Bloodmobile to the
college.
Jim and members of Circle K
worked in cooperation with the
Student Nurses Association in
requesting the aid of students in
donating blood. Jim and Deborah
Grainger, president of the
Student Nurses Association,
sponsored the appearance of
Miss Christine Grinnon, a
.Tidewater Regional Blood
Program representative at
Chapel on November 4.
The bloodmobile drive was
termed a big success because a
record total of 233 donors gave
blood, 47 others were rejected for
medical reasons and another 100
turned away because they ac
tually ran out of bags to hold the
blood.
When asked why he thought the
drive was so successful he said,
“I believe the promotion,
cooperation of campus
organizations and staff members
and use of a pledge card helped to
boost the turnout. Most of the
credit should go to the studer ts.
They followed up on their pledge
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check at switchboard in Mc
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JAMES T. HUNTER
cards. For some, this meant
waiting two to three hours to give
blood but they didn’t back out of
their commitment.”
He said that bloodmobile of
ficials were amazed at the tur
nout. They were not prepared for
such a crowd of students. Judging
from turnouts at other colleges,
they were anticipating about 100
or so.
Jim expects a large turnout of
students when the bloodmobile is
at the Murfreesboro Baptist
Church in February, In April the
bloodmobile will visit the campus
again. Jim feels certain that they
will come prepared next time.
“They realize now that Chowan’s
students mean business when
they sign a pledge card to give
blood.”
Jim predicts that following the
April visit Chowan will be named
the winner of the silver bowl
which is presented annually to
the college in the Tidewater
region with the highest per
centage of its students donating
blood. Chowan won this award
two years ago. Let’s not let him
down.
Record 233 Pints
Chowan College students who
cared enough in some instances
to wait two hours to give swelled
the total to a record of 233 donors
at the Tuesday visit of the
Tidewater Bloodmobile to the
college.
Forty-seven others were
rejected for medical reasons and
one-hundred turned away
because there were no bags left to
hold their blood, according to Jim
Hunter, president of the campus
Circle K organization,which
helped promote students’ par
ticipation in the bloodmobile
Circle K joined the Student
Nurses’ Association in requesting
the aid of students in donating
blood. They sponsored the ap
pearance of a Tidewater
Regional Blood Program
representative. Miss Christine
Crennon, at Chapel November 4.
She gave an inspiration talk.
Members of the two
organizations also assisted the
day of the bloodmobile. The
Circle K members were involved
in the unloading of the truck and
setting up the gymnasium, the
bloodmobile site. They later
reloaded the truck and cleared
the gym. We did the heavy
work,Hunter said, “while the
student nurses helped on the
nursing and administrative
side.”
Hunter believes the promotion,
cooperation of campus or
organizations and staff mem
bers, and use of a pledge card
handed out following the chapel
program helped to boost turn out.
But he gives most of the credit to
the Chowan students. “They
followed up on their pledge cards.
For some, this meant waiting two
hours to give blood but they didn’t
back out of their committment.”
He reported that bloodmobile
officials were “amazed” at the
turnout. “They were not
prepared for such a crowd of
students. Judging from turnouts
at other colleges, they were
anticipating about 100 or so. But
due to the overflow of students,
they actually ran out of blood
containers,” he added.
Hunter said the next visit of the
bloodmobile on campus will be in
April, “I feel certain they'll come
prepared,” Hunter said, “They
realize now that Chowan’s
students mean business when
they sign a pledge card to give
blood,” he commented.
Hunter also expects a large
turnout of students when the
bloodmobile is at the Mur
freesboro Baptist Church in
February.
Hunter predicts that following
the April visit Chowan will be
named winner of the silver bowl
which is presented annually to
the college in the Tidewater
region with the highest per
centage of its students donating
blood. Chowan won two years
ago.