TALENT PERFORMANCE—Patti Fallis, Chowan’s
1972 Queen of Spring, is pictured as she presented her
talent performance. Patti gave a skit of “Tiptoeing
Through The Tuhps.”
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
Volume 3—number 11
Wednesday, March 8, 1972
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Christian Focus Week is Sclieduied
To Begin Marcii 12; Speaicers Listed
By NANCY LONG
“Reach Out” is the theme for a
week of personal evaluation, self-
expression, and learning. A team
of seven persons will be on
campus March 12-17 to lead in
these activities during Christian
Focus Week.
The team members are Dr. Art
Driscoll, Dr. Mahan Siler, Mrs.
Miriam Pritchard, Dr. Tom
Turner, Mr. Alan Compton, Dr.
Gordon Kingsley, and Dr.
Timothy Pennell.
Dr. Driscoll is serving as
coordinator for the week. He is a
consultant to the Student Works
Ministries in Nashville, Ten
nessee. R. Siler, pastor of the
Ravensworth Baptist Church in
Annadale, Virginia, is concerned
with involving the church in
social action.
Mrs. Miriam Pritchard, a
Jackson
Named
Editor
The Publications Com
mittee of Chowan College met
in a special called meeting
Monday afternoon in Mc-
Sweeney Hall, and voted to
name Richard Jackson as
editor of SMOKE SIGNALS.
Jackson will fill the unexpired
term of Miss Teresa
Shoulders, who withdrew from
the college last week. Miss
Shoulders headed the student
newspaper staff since en
tering Chowan last August.
Jackson is a freshman, and
a native of Portsmouth, Va.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis L. Jackson, and prior to
his appointment on Monday
served as Sports Editor of the
bi-weekly publication. He is a
member of Phi Theta Kappa
and serves as Program
Chairman of the Spanish Club.
A pre-journalism student
here, Jackson plans to tran
sfer to Virginia Com
monwealth University in
Richmond after graduation,
and pursue the baccalaureate
degree in journalism.
Herman Gatewood,
Chairman of the Publications
Committee and faculty ad
visor to SMOKE SIGNALS,
stated “we are particularly
pleased to have Richard
Jackson serve as editor of our
student publication.
housewife and mother, was
formerly associated with the
Department of Student Work of
the North Carolina Baptist State
Convention. A professor of
physics at Wake Forest
University, Dr. Turner is a
popular speaker with college
groups.
Mr. Compton is under ap
pointment by the Foreign Mission
Board as a missionary to Latin
America. His specialty is in
radio-television ministry.
Aprofessor of surgery at
Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, Wake Forest
University, Dr. Pennell is an
advocate of a greater role for
laymen in church affairs. Dr.
Kingsley is Professor of English
and Director of Special
Programs at William Jewell
College.
Christian Focus Week has been
planned by a committee of
students who worked with
Chaplain Taylor and Dr. Driscoll.
Student co-chairmen of the week
are Hugh Clark, sophmore and
Barry Bradbarry, freshman.
Chaplain Taylor has defined
the week by saying, “It is a time
to focus the mind and heart upon
the issues of common concern to
the whole campus community in
the pilgrimage towards maturity
in faith.”
In working for this goal,
seminars and group discussions
have been planned on the basis of
student interest. Topics include
“The Christian and the Drug
Scene,” “On Finding Yourself,”
“Where Do We See Jesus?,” and
“Christianity and Human
Sexuality.”
A “Marturion” will be held
niursday night, March 16, in the
Askew Student Union. “Mar
turion” is a Greek word meaning
“to testify” or “to bear witness.”
In modern vernacular it means a
“happening” or a “sharing.”
Persons are invited to come and
share something which is deeply
meaningful to them and their
outlook on life. This may be a
song, poem, skit, story, or
whatever.
COFFEE HOUSE
Come to meet the team
members at the open coffee
house Monday, March 13 at 8:00
p.m. in the Askew Student Union.
Cheap food, entertainment, and
dialogue with team members will
be offered in an informal at
mosphere. Students are urged to
bring any type of entertainment
for the night.
Dr. Whitaker Wins
State Jaycee Award
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, a native of Cleveland
County, and president of Chowan College, was
named “Boss of the Year” by the North Carohna
Jaycees February 26 at the Hilton Inn in Raleigh.
Dr. Whitaker is the son of Mrs. Oveda E.
Whitaker of Route 3, Shelby, and the late Mr. F.
A. Whitaker.
Earl Dilday, president of the Murfreesboro
Jaycees stated that Dr. Whitaker was selected
from 26 nominees sponsored by participating
clubs of the 235 Jaycee clubs in the state. Several
Murfreesboro Jaycees were present for the
presentation.
The “Boss of the Year” has five charac
teristics. First, the boss has to be an employer of
a Jaycee in good standing. Scope and activity of
Boss’s work, exceptional achievement or ac
complishment in a chosen field, contributions to
the local chapter and contributions to the
community are other factors.
“Dr. Whitaker more than met these
qualifications,” Dilday explained. As president
of Chowan College, he has nine Jaycees in his
employment. Dr. Whitaker, president of the
Murfreesboro Rotary Club, in 1971 served as
president of the North Carolina Literary and
Historical Association and was 1971 Eastern
North Carolina Christmas Seal Chairman.
“Since becoming president of Chowan College
in 1957, the college has had phenomenal growth,”
said Dilday. Today it has an enrollment of 1,533
students and is currently involved in a one
million dollar campaign to secure funds for a
critically needed science-engineering facility.
U
THE QUEEN AND HER COURT—The 1972 Chowan
Ct»Uege Spring Festival Court posed for the
photographer at the conclusion of the pageant
February 24. Left to right are: Sheryl Whitehead,
Carol Strawderman, Carol Henderson, Princess
Debbie Alley, Queen of Spring Patti Fallis, Doris
Smith, Sandi Rice, Linda Thompson and Marla Burns.
Transfer Requirements Given;
Obtaining AA Degree Stressed
ByD.H.NICHOLSON,REGISTRAR
This article represents the first
in a series of articles concerned
with the Chowan College student
and his successful preparation
for eventual transfer to a senior
college or university.
One of the primary concerns of
the Chowan College prospective
transfer student relates to his
maintenance of good academic
standing in his first two years
here before transferring to a
senior institution. It is the
maintenance of good academic
standing which determines also
whether or not the student con
tinues in residence as a full-time
student here or at another in
stitution of higher education.
According to Chowan CoUege
policies recommended by the
faculty and approved the Board
of Trustees, a regular student (on
the 3.0 system if he matriculated
anytime prior to June, 1971) must
earn a minimum of 9 semester
hours and 9 quality points each
and every semester in regular.
full-time attendance in order to
be considered in good standing.
For the student who matriculated
in June, 1971 and thereafter, his
grade average will be computed
on the 4.0 system. This would
mean that this latter student
would have to earn a minimum of
9 semester hours and 18 quality
points for each and every
semester in regular, full-time
attendance in order to be in good
academic standing and,
therefore, eligible to continue in
enrollment. In both instances if a
student did not earn the
necessary semester minimums
cited above, he would be placed
on academic probation for the
ensuing semester in attendance.
If at the end of the second
semester he did not earn either a
minimum of 18 hours and 18
quaUty points (on the 3.0 grading
system) or 18 hours and 36
quality points (on the 4.0 grading
system), the student would be
academically suspended from
Chowan College and be required
to attend a summer session in
order to make up his deficiencies.
Generally, except with “specific
approval” from the Dean of the
College, the student with
academic deficiences would not
be allowed to transfer back
academic credit earned at
another college or university.
For those interested, Chowan
College has a summer session
divided into two terms. Under
this arrangement it is quite
possible for a student (whether
he has academic deficiencies or
not) to take a semester of work (a
maximum of 14 semester hours of
work, which breaks down to
maximum of 7 semester houi's for
each of the two terms) in a
complete summer session. The
1972 summer session begins with
tlie first term starting on June 5
and moves along with the second
term starting July 12. If the
reader needs more information
about this very valuable summer
session, he should contact the
Office of the Dean of the College
ENTERTAINMENT—Pam and Andy
Carroll provided entertainment during
intermission at the Spring Festival
Pageant. The popular singers were well-
received by the crowded audience.
for an application and bulletin.
In getting back to our
discussion of the concept of good
standing, it should be emphasized
that ‘good standing’ at one in
stitution may not be the case at
all at another institution. In this
respect the student himself must
make it his business to un
derstand what is to remain in good
him if he is to remain in good
academic standing with his
college or university. It also goes
almost without statement that
how well a student maintains his
academic standing here at
Chowan College will be one of the
most important determiners of
his admissibility to a senior
college or university of his
choice.
Perhaps, the best way to
conclude this first article on
transfer is to emphasize what has
been stated in an earlier article:
the student must set himself a
reasonable goal if he is to be able
to transfer to a senior institution.
One of the most reasonable goals
would be the associates degree. If
he gets that degree, he is putting
himself in a very good position
for consideration by the senior
institutions and their admissions
committees.
In the next issue of the Smoke
Signals, and continuing this
series designed to help the
prospective transfer student
realize his best advantages here
at Chowan College, we will want
to look at the transcript and see
how an admissions officer of a
senior institution will look at it to
determine the student’s ad
missibility.
JUDGES FOR SPRING
PAGEANT ARE LISTED
Serving as judges for the
Chowan College 1972 Spring
Pageant were the following:
J. P. Harris, Professor, Science
Dept., Chairman; Mrs. Roger
Holloman, President Mur
freesboro Federated Woman’s
Club; Mrs. Garth 0. Faile,
History Professor; Miss Marlene
Miller, President, Women’s
Council; Ray Ross, President,
Men’s Council; Mayor Billy Hill;
and Colonel James C. Pen
nington, Vice-President, Rotary
Club.