Students Are Assigned
To College Committees
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
The Legislature of the SGA has
met and approved the following
students for membership on the
indicated college committees. It
will be noted that the post office
box number of each student is
given.
Ad hoc Committee on
Academic Cheating: James
Morre No. 701P.
Faculty-Student Relations:
Harriett Tsioumas No. 100, Karl
Jordan No. 246, Gail Ivey No. 455.
Committee on Events: Stewart
Hickman No. 373, Jeff Moser No.
319, Ed Saecker No. 711P.
Student Activities: SGA
President-Hunter Gish No. 296,
SGA Social Co-Chairmen-
Frances Fidler No. 162, Danny
Lockemy No. 307P., Neil Jones
Intramurals: John Blayer No.
526, Andy Scott No. 295, Mackie
Strickland No. 231P.
Athletics: Lee HarcumNo. 268,
Chip Barnes No. 243, Kim Jones
No. 54.
Cafeteria: SGA President-
Hunter Gish No. 296, Scott Prince
No. 808P, Eddie Owens No. 414,
Lee Harcum, No. 268, Chip
Barnes No. 243, Sue Davis No.
148, Sherri McKee No. 11,
Frances Fidler No. 162.
Hospitality: James Moore No.
701P, Gail Ivey No. 455, Pam
Williams No. 170.
Scholarships: Keith Renner
No. 415P, Minnie Hollis No. 161,
Jay Rowe No. 105P.
Graduation: James Moore No.
701P, Sherri McKee No. 11,
Volume 5—Number 3
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Wednesday, November 7, 1973
No. 360, Terry Marsh No. 11. Debbie Tucker No. 51.
Chapel Assembly: Tricia Lakin Class Absences: Bobbie
No. 84, Doug Martin No. 614P, Rothenberg No. 49, Andy
Gilda Carter No. 180. Dischinger No. 402, Dawn Bell
Housing: Roy Parrisher No. No. 117.
311P, Otis Shelton No. 351, Chip
Barnes No. 243, Buddy Hicks No. _
298, Carol TUI No. 152, Debbie Named to Post
Eures No. 20, Pat Womble No. , «« k. ■ a ^
179 In SNCAE
Health: Libby Kanipe No. 89,
Shelia Batist No. 161, Yvette Belind Hope Warren of
Davis No. 188. Greenville has been elected to
International Day Successful Event;
Many Countries Are Represented
Library: Debbie Tucker No. 51,
Lynn Ballard No. Ill, Patricia
Burchette No. 193.
Clothing and Etiquette: B. J.
Riddick No. 16, Jane Ross No.
134, Kim Jones No. 54.
Science Club
Takes Fall Trip
Did you ever wonder why
leaves fall off the trees, why
evergreens are always green,
why every le af doesn’t turn red in
the fall or what Parents’ Day is
like at N. C. Wesleyan? The
Science Club has been wondering
about these things.
On October 27, five people took
a trip to see the leaf foliage which
was sponsored by the Science
Club. They stopped at N. C.
Wesleyan College and observed
Parents’ Day for a while and also
watched corn being picked and
sorted.
There were some beautiful
colors along the road. Bright
yellows and oranges which
looked most picturesque. One of
the students had been in the
United States only two months
and was thoroughly amazed.
At noon, they stopped for a
picnic lunch and then continued
on to Edenton to see the Alber-
marle Sound. There one can see
trees growning out of the water.
The last stop was at the Dismal
Swamp, where they walked along
a logging trail.
Elven though so few students
attended, the ones that went
thoroughly enjoyed the trip.
CONGRATULATIONS
The staff of Smoke Signals
extend congratulations to third
floor of Parker Hall on winning
the intramurals.
serve as secretary and treasurer
of the Chowan College Chapter of
the Student North Carolina
Association of Educators, an
organization for students in
terested in entering the teaching
profession.
Members of the Chowan
Chapter of SNCAE work with
individual teachers in the local
schools, participate in college-
community activities and attend
area and state meetings designed
for educators.
Hope is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. T. Warren, Jr., Rt. 6,
Greenville, and graduated from
South Edgecombe High School.
CORRECTION IN
HONOR ROLL
Several weeks ago, Smoke
Signals carried the names and
quality point ratio for the three
Honors lists. Through an error in
the Registrar’s Office, the name
and average of one student was
omitted from the Honor Roll.
Ginger Kay Titcomb ac
cumulated 18 semester hours
with a total of 58 QP’s which gave
a quality point ratio of 3.22. Miss
Titcomb is on the 4.0 scale. Both
the staff of Smoke Signals and the
Registrar’s Office regret this
error.
Transfer Students Have
High Rate of Success
Transfer statistics information in the Fall
Quarter “Newsletter,” 1973, Rochester Institute
of Technology, Rochester, New York, confirms
the value of earning the associate degree from a
two-year college before transferring to a senior
institution.
Donald Hoppe, dean of admissions and records
at RIT, said that transfer students have a higher
rate of success than first year entering students.
He added, “this is probably because they have
already tested their desire for a college
education, and are more certain about their
career goals.”
Educational statistics show that junior college
graduates enjoy success in senior institutions.
“Research done at Chowan College shows that
our graduates earn slightly higher grades in
their senior institutions than they do at
Chowan;” commented Dean Clayton Lewis,
Dean of Students.
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HALLOWEEN BALL—Chowan students are pictured in their various costumes dur
ing the Halloween dance held last week in Thomas Cafeteria. A prize of $25 was
given for the best outfit. Bottom photo shows the band which played for the
annual event.
Crippen
Featured
Speaker
On Saturday, October 20, In
ternational Day, co-sponsored by
Chowan College and Mur
freesboro Rotary Oub, was held.
Registration was held in Mc
Dowell Columns Auditorium,
with Professor Rowland Pruette,
presiding. Professor Pruette is a
Murfreesboro Rotarian, a
Chowan College Religion
Professor and Advisor to In
ternational Students.
A welcome was given by Mr.
Harry W. Whitley, President of
the Murfreesboro Rotary Club.
Next, a keynote address was
presented by Mr. Gilbert Crip
pen, Chairman, Social Studies
Department, Menchville High
School, Newport News, Va.
At 2:30 p.m. three discussion
periods began on three topics:
life styles, economics, and
government, lasting up until 4:45,
when dinner was served in
Thomas Cafeteria. Discussion
leaders were;
1. Life Styles Chairman,
Colonel James C. Pennington,
Murfreesboro Rotarian; Co-
chairman, Dr. Bruce C. Fryer,
Chowan College Professor of
History
2 Economics: Chairman,
Dr. D. R. Cox, MurfreesWo
Rotarion; Co-chairman, Mr.
Charles L. Paul, Chowan College
Professor of Geography and
History
3. Government: Chairman,
Dr. Bela Udvarnoki, Mur
freesboro Rotarian; Co-
chairman Mr. Warren G. Sexton,
Chairman, Department of Social
Studies
Although all Chowan in
ternational students were in
volved in some way in In
ternational Day, there were main
students who answered questions
in the discussion groups. These
students, their countries, and
their groups were:
Life Styles
Ahmad Reza Zifan Iran
Jorge L. Nassar Venezuela
Fred 0. Uzzi Nigeria
Masond Akhaven Iran
Ahomad Ha ji-Ali Iran
Hassan Rezvani Iran
Economics
Thomas P. Zgambo Malawi
Isaac B. Adedokum Nigeria
Tonia M. Okayne Liberia
Oladipo T. Odele Nigeria
Government
Philip Smith Bahamas
Rysler Desinor Haiti
Some of the questions asked in
the discussion groups were: In
what ways are the dating
customs different in your country
than in the USA? Are there
subsidies in hospital and medical
aid? Is a balance of power the
foundation for peace?
Entertainment for the evening
was a football game featuring
Chowan College and East
Carolina University Junior
Varsity. The halftime show was
Cary High School Band under the
direction of Mr. Jimmy Bums.
Immediately following the
football game refreshments were
served in the Faculty Lounge of
the McDowell Columns.
Cuts Heat
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—N.C.
State University will be turning
down the heat this winter to
conserve fuel.
The decision, Caldwell said,
came in response to a request
from William L. Bondurant, the
state’s Secretary of Adminis
tration, to cut back 10 per cent
on fuel use.
Dormitory heat will be cut
back from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
from midnight to 5 a.m.
Discussion Groups One
Of Program's Highlights
SPEAKS TO GUESTS—Miss Ana Milena addresses the
international students and guests in attendance at
Chowan's annual International Day.
DISCUSSION GROUP—Foreign students and guests
are pictured as they discuss topics related to their
various countries during the annual International
Day activities.
International Day was held on
Saturday, October 20,1973 here at
Chowan College by the Mur
freesboro Rotary Club. The In
ternational students and In
ternational Officers were
welcomed by Professor Rowland
S. Pruette, Chowan College
Advisor to our International
Students. Also welcoming the
foreign students was Mr. Harry
W. Whitley President of the
Murfreesboro Rotary Club. Guest
speakers at the meeting were Dr.
Bruce E. Whitaker and Mr.
Gilbert Crippen Chairman of the
Social Studies Department of
Menchville High School in
Newport News, Virginia.
Mr. Crippen addressed the
group by saying how ignorant we
Americans can be about other
nations. We have been con
ditioned to have the wrong im
pression about others. He gave an
example of how ignorant we can
be; he said that when we think of
Africa, we think of the natives
swinging through the trees and
there are nothing but tribes. Mr.
Crippen pointed out this is not
true. Another example he gave
was when we travel to a foreign
country we expect them to have
the same customs and luxiu-ies
that we have been acustom to
here in the United States. Mr.
Crippen expressed that we should
try to understand their way of life
and respect them for what they
are and not to try to change them.
If there is an understanding
between people and nations there
would probably be more peace
and harmony among man-kind.
There were three categories
"Giro and His Ballet Espanor
To Appear Tonight In Columns
“Ciro and His Ballet Espanol”
will be brought to the stage of
McDowell Columns, Wednesday,
Nov. 7 at 8:15 p.m. by the Chowan
College Community Concert
Association. Admission is by
season ticket according to Bobby
Cross, Chowan’s director of
development, who serves as the
association’s president.
Castilian-born Ciro’s early life
could not have been more remote
from show business. His
villageboasted no theater, no
cinema — yet his earliest
childhood recollections are of
entertaining his family by
dancing and signing. However,
when he began to talk of dancing
as a future career, he met with
the most rigid family opposition.
Forced by his father to study law
at the University of Valladolid, he
secretly took dancing classes and
performed with “Coros y Danzas
de Espana”, which visited
villages studying regional
dances. In a nation-wide contest,
Ciro’s choreography won him first
prize and he finally decided to
leave home and strike out on his
own in Madrid.
Under the tutelage of Spain’s
greatest teachers — Maria Ibar,
Alberto Lorca, La Quica, Hector
Zarazpe, Antonio Marin and Ana
Ivanova — he intensively studied
every facet of Spanish dance,
until he finally felt prepared to
begin his professional career.
Ciro’s industry and unique
style have enthralled audiences
in many different countries.
These include Paris, Seattle
World’s Fair, Sydney, Australia,
London, San Juan Dublin,
Kreland, and Miami, Fla. He has
choreographed and staged the
American Opera Company’s
production of “Carmen”. He has
performed in every conceivable
kind of theater — from the
Direct Transfer Plan
Approved by Colleges
Chowan College has entered
into a direct transfer agreement
with High Point College, ac
cording to the academic dean,
Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Jr.
The agreement is subject to the
following conditions:
1. Applicants to High Point
College must have completed an
Associate Degree prior to final
acceptance by High Point
College.
2. The number of credits
transferrable to High Point
College will be limited to 64
semester hours. Credits must be
attained in college-level
academic courses (no credits will
be accepted for Orientation,
Remedial Courses, Technical
courses, etc.). No credit will be
accepted for courses in
Agriculture, Engineering, or
Industrial Technology.
3. Applications for admission to
High Point College should be
received by April 15 preceding
the first semester of the next
academic year.
4. Applicants must be
recommended by the Academic
Dean or his authorized
representative and by the Dean
of Students.
magnificent Lincoln Center in
New York, to the charming open-
air stage of St. Croix in the Virgin
Islands.
It was in San Francisco in 1965
that the great Igor Moiseyev
brought his entire ballet com
pany of 100, then performing in
that city, to observe Ciro in ac
tion. Of that memorable night,
San Francisco Chronicle theater
critic, Dean Wallace, wrote “ . . .
I have never seen anything like
this in my life . . . each number
was followed by thunderous
applause, shouts and stomping of
feet frrom that attentive
audience — who probably know
more about dance than anyone
else in the world!” Moiseyev
himseld was so impressed that he
urged the famed impresario, Sol
Hurok, to contact Ciro. Under
Hurok’s auspices, Ciro and His
Ballet Espanol did three brilliant
concert tours of the United
States, Canada and Puerto Rico
— culminating in a tumultuous
success at Lincoln Center. The
New York Times’ critic observed
“Ciro and his Flamenco Dancers
enthralled Lincoln Center
audience ... a tempestuous
storm combined with cool
elegance.”
Also appearing as a special
guest star will be Chuny Amaya.
The proud name of Amaya is
synonomous with flamenco.
Perhaps more than any other,
this outstanding gypsy dynasty
has consistently jyoduced artists
of the highest calibre in all fields
of this ancient art. Chuny Amaya
was born in Brussels, Belgium
during a triumphant concert tour
of her aunt — the late, beloved
Carmen Amaya, “Queen of the
Gypsies”. Chuny has been per
forming in public since she was
four years old.'
discussed: Life Styles,
Economics and Government. The
first discussion was lead by
Colonel James C. Pennington, a
member of the Murfreesboro
Rotary Club and Dr. Bruce C.
Dryer Prof. of History. Under
him, the International Students
were studying in a Secondary
School and also the International
Officers training at Fort Eustis,
Virginia. Some of the countries
represented were; Italy by Miss
Piera Giavavini, Japan by Miss
Yoshiko Tadokoro, Colombia by
Miss Ana Milena Trjillo, South
Africa by Mr. John Nolte, Brazil
by Mr. Marcelo Laboissiere, New
Zealand by Mr. Paul Crawford,
Australia by Miss Wendy Ann
Thompson, Iran by Mr. Hassan
Rezvani, Ethiopia by Captain
Terefe Woldetensia, Germany by
Major Immo Kiel)enberg, In
donesia by Captain Hassan
Abdurrachman, Vietnam by
Captain Nguyen Huu Phuong,
and Nigeria by Major Stephen
Iky a. Some of the questions asked
were directed mostly to the
students on their dating habits
and what they did for en
tertainment. Other questions
asked were mainly about the way
they lived.
The second discussion was lead
by Mr. D. R. Cox, Murfreesboro
Rotarian, and Mr. Charles L.
Paul, Professor of Geography
and History. Members of the
Panel were Miss Christian Mier
from Bolivia, Miss Anne
Christian Bjornebye from
Norway, Miss Elke Hllstern from
Germany, Miss Paivi S.
Silvennoinen from Finland, Mr.
Jacky Teffaine from France, Mr.
Reinald Poco from Brazil,
Captain Sartono from Indonesia,
Captain Hossein Nayebpour from
Iran, Major Mau Chantha from
Cambodia, Mr. Thomas P.
Zgambo from Malawi, Mr. Isaac
B. Adedokum from Nigeria, and
Miss Tonia M. Okyne from
Liberia.
The final discussion was lead
by Dr. Bela Udvarnoki, Mur
freesboro Rotarian and by Mr.
Warren G. Sexton, Chairman,
Department of Social Studies.
Under their leadership was Mr.
Suad Cisic from Yugoslavia, Mr.
Omar Baeza from Chile, Miss
Fosco Spinedi from Switzerland,
Miss Conelia Ongering from
Netherlands, Miss Maya Higashi
from Japan, Lt. Robert Langlois
from Canada, Captain Mete
Erdengi from Turkey, and
Captain To Somsanith from Laos.
This group discussed the
structure of their government
system and how it operates.
After a two hour break for
dinner at Thomas ’Cafeteria the
group was given a tour through
the Graphic Arts Building
(McSweeny Hall) where they
were given a brief discription on
how a newspaper is printed. The
tour was lead by Mr. Herman
Gatewood and Miss Marianne
Pugh.
After the tour the International
students were escorted down to
the football field to watch our
Chowan Braves defeat East
Carolina University Junior
Varsity. Immediately after the
football game the students were
.taken to McDowell Columns,
Faculty Lounge for some
refreshments and to reminisce
with new friends about the days
experiences.
We would like to thank the
students that participated in the
days events and especially those
who helped our International
friends make themselves feel at
home.
By Hector J. Cuellar