Final Exam Schedule in this Issue
SrUDfNr NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
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Wednesday, November 20, 1974
Volumne 6 — Number 5
Ken Anderson one of the many Vets at Chowan
Evangelist Speaker
Hits Nail On Head
By ROBERTMULDER
A particular point made by Mr.
Greene, the man who heads
North Carolina Campus
Ministeries and who directed our
emphasis here, was that there
should be a closeness among
parties for effective com
munication. Has he not indicated
a vahd point within the teacher-
student relationship? There is no
doubt that a breakdown in
communication exists
somewhere when students fail
academically. This is not,
however, always the teacher’s
fault, as it becomes increasingly
difficult for teachers to com
municate with students who
choose to stay in bed when
classes are normally conducted
within the classroom.
Our need to communicate was
emphasized recently in at least
two chapel assembhes during
Campus Evangelism Week.
Three weeks ago mid-term
grades were distributed and the
letters D and F seemed to be in
the vogue. Perhaps there is a gap
of communication that needs to
be bridged very quickly in order
that the December letters on
grade sheets may stabalize at C,
B, or even A. What a Christmas
treat to take home, and maybe
it’s not too late NOW to make this
a reality.
Mr. Greene further suggested
that those who communicate
effectively must do so with an
open mind and with a degree of
tolerance for the views of others.
Such a tolerance and openness
should exist within the cla^oom
where students are often pitted
against opinions and styles
contrary to their own background
and present level of experience
and acceptance. To stop studying
in a course simply because the
professor’s views or perhaps
methods of material presentation
do not coinside with the student’s
shows an immature attitude.
Then, if proper communication
is to take place, Mr. Greene
suggested that there must be a
fairness for those parties in
volved. Students have a right to
demand fairness from their
professors. At the same time, it is
fair for professors to expect
students to produce within the
framework of their given course
requirements. Further it is not
unfair for those who teach to
expect their students to be
students - to attend class with
clear minds and to contribute
generally to the process of
becoming educated.
Students probably do make D’s
and F’s because of a com
munication gap, but just as it
takes two to tango, it takes two
serious parties, in this case
student and professor, to resolve
any differences caused by a
breakdown in communication.
Serious effort stimulated by
determination may improve that
communication which may
produce amazing results.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!)!
Thanksgiving Break Begins
After Classes on November 27.
Jeff Reid Performs
With Pat Williams
By PHIL ROYCE
Jeff Reid, Chowan College
music major from Cape Charles,
Va., recently played in a band
which included a trumpet player,
Pat Williams, who has composed
the scores for some 40 theatrical
and TV films.
Reid received an invitation to
play with Ted Dikeman and his
Ambassadors of Washington,
D.C., who presented concerts in
connection with the dedication of
the new Mary Duke Biddle Music
Center at Duke University. Both
Williams, who was the featured
soloist, and Dikeman are former
Duke students.
Reid played trombone for the
band’s appearances at the
Governor’s Inn at the Research
Triangle Park and at Duke
University, Oct. 18-19. The Cape
Advantages Explained for Veterans
Attending Colleges and Universities
By MIKE PATTERSON
The current trend of thought
being turned out by the national
news networks concerning
veterans is that they are not
being given a fair shake by
colleges and universities. How
does Chowan College stand up to
this trend of thought? What tod
of proMems does the veteran
experience in re-entering school?
What kind of financial aid is
available to him as a potential
student? In short, what are the
advantages of attending Chowan
for the veteran.
According to Dean Lewis,
Chowan has actively sought out
and recruited the veteran for the
past seven years. Due to the
apparent success of the all-
volunteer army, there are not as
many veterans on campus now as
there have been in years past. At
the present, Chowan College has
thirty-two veterans enrolled as
full time students.
There are many advantages for
the veteran at Chowan, but the
most outstanding seems to be the
smaller classes providing the
student with more personal at
tention. This is a definate ad
vantage to anyone, tnit of even
greater importance to someone
who has b^ out o( school for
some time. When asked what he
thought of veterans as students.
Dean Lewis gave this rejdy,
“Personally I’m always pleas^
to have a veteran in my history
class. They make good students.”
He further commented that he
had had only two veterans that
didn’t make good students. One
who was trying to hold down a
full-time job while attending
class and the second one had
never thought of attending
college — until be qualified under
the GI Bill — and consequently
was poorly prepared for college
level work. Most of the professors
interviewed felt that because of
the veteran’s age, experience,
and maturity, they have the
potential to make excellent
students.
What problems do veterans
have adjusting tothe student way
of life? Most professors felt that
adjustment problems for the
veteran were slight — if they
existed at all. The biggest dif
ficulty reported seemed to be the
[H'oblem of getting back into “the
swing of things,” as most
veterans have been away from
the academic world for at least
three to four years. However, the
availability of private help from
instructors has kept this problem
to a bare minimum.
Veterans, because of their
experiences, unually have a
different perspective on life than
the average student who comes to
Chowan directly from High
School. Despite this, most vets
seemed to have had no problem
excepting students of different
and often conflicting
backgrounds on equal terms.
Most students, with the passing of
the unpopular Vietnam conflict
and its social implications,
reported having no problems
relating to veterans as fellow
students.
As for financial aid, most
veterans don’t qualify for the
Basic Educational Grants. This is
because the benefits they receive
under the G.I. Bill puts them over
the maximum yearly income
allowed to qualify. In order to
help the veteran stretch his
budget, Chowan College has a
number of positions which he
may apply for. Because the
veteran usually brings to campus
a degree of maturity that is
SOI Minutes
By CATHYHEMMILA
The meeting was called to
order and a discussion of the
duties of the Historian, Auditor,
Social Co-Chairman, and the
Vice3iairman. Steve Wilson and
Robert Walker were nominated
for Vice-Chairman, Steve Wilson
was the winner of the election.
Nominations were then made for
the other officers: Andy Grives
for the male Social Co-Chairman
and Jack Quinn for Auditor. It
was requested to postpone
elections until the following
Tuesday to give members more
time to decide on more
nominations
The next topic of discussion
was the filling of the Student-
Faculty committees. After all the
committees were filled there
were some with too many
members. To narrow them down
the mambers on the SGA
Legislature signed up to a
committee were taken off in an
effort more of the student in
volved. When this was completed
there was only one committee
with too many members
and this committee was voted on
separately. The total list was
then read and voted on, being
passed unanimously. The
members are listed below.
It was decided to hold another
meeting the next week instead of
waiting to begin to get the of
ficers elected as soon as possible.
Committee reports were called
for but there were none as of yet.
Charles sophomore is a member
of the Chowan Stage Band
directed by Professor Bob Brown,
who also appeared with
Dikeman’s Ambassadors for the
dedicatory concerts.
Williams, 35, has composed the
theme music and a number of
individual show scores for such
television programs as the Mary
Tyler Moore Show, Streets of San
FYancisco, The Magician, and
Ftiends and I>overs, the new Paul
Sand show.
Brown said Reid’s invitation to
appear with the Ambassadors
and opportunity to play with
Williams was “both an honor and
recognition of his talent.”
Reid is a graduate of Cape
Charles High School and son
Mrs. Glen Reid, Jr.
Student - Faculty Committees
Class Absences
Intramurals
Brian TonnacliS
Steve Wilson
Lil>by Kanipe
Wendy Middleton
Jana Hoknimb
William Joines
Scholarship
Hospitality
Gary Carter
Debby Harrell
Joseph Alien
Page Heishman
Craig Hamblin
Laura McClure
Library
Health
Mark Hatcher
Clyde Spear
Walter Evans
Tim Davis
Norma Tynes
Bill Roseman
Athletics
Student Activities
Kelly Bates
Matt Wentz
Wendy Middleton
Annette Guyton
Ray Davis
Faculty-Student Relations
Chapel Assenbly
David Adams
Walter Evans
James Luxford
David Woods
Cherly Harrup
Matthew Hart
Clothing and Etiquette
Graduation
Pam Powers
David Hundley
Beth Freeman
Tim Thompson
Iris Crump
Craig Hamblin
lacking in the recent high school
graduate, Chowan makes a
deliberate effort to hire the
veteran whenever possible.
Through the years the veteran
has served in almost every
department on campus. They
have worked on both the
newspaper and the annual staffs,
they have served in the Campus
Security Department, as well as
in the post office and main
tenance departments. They have
also served in the College
Relations Department under
Phil Royce and have served very
capably with Dean Dilday in
administering the college in
tramural program.
Because he is nearer to the age
of the student and better able to
understand their problems,
veterans have been used almost
exclusively for governance of
male residence halls in the past
few years. At the present time,
all the head residents in the mens
dorms are veterans, as well as
some of the assistant head
residents. This list includes Tom
Brown at Parker, Asa Hardison,
and Dennie Truesdale at Mixon
Parents Day
Is Sucessful
ByTERESA PIKE
On Saturday, November 9,1974
Fall Parents’ Day began at 10:30
with the President’s Reception,
in the Faculty Lounge of Mc
Dowell Columns. From 10:30
until 12:00 the faculty members
were in their offices and
available for conferences with
the parents. Also in the Chowan
College Art Gallery an Art
Exhibition was held until noon.
At 11:00 the parents were in
vited to “Students, Parents and
Chowan College — A Shared
Conunitment”, an address by Dr.
Bruce E. Whitaker, President of
Chowan College in McDowell
Columns Auditorium. At noon
lunch was served and music was
provided by the Chowan College
Stage Band, under the direction
of Mr. Bob Brown. Soloists who
were also featured were Miss
Donna Elks and Michael Taylor.
The Dorms were open for
visitation at 1:00 for an hour. At
2:00 Chowan Braves met Nassau
Community College of Garden
City, N.J., in the Chowan College
Stadium. Pre-Game and half-
time entertainment was
presented by the Indian River
High School Band, from
Chesapeake, Va., Directed by
Mr. Jim Page. Half-time en
tertainment also presented two
tag-football games involving
midget league teams from
Roanoke Rapids.
At 8:00 the parents were invited
to see the fine arts production
“The Roar of the Greasepaint,
The Smell of the Crowd”, a
delightful musical directed by
Nan Robinson.
Thus ended the Fall Parent’s
Day 1974.
and East.
In summary, Chowan College
has a great deal to offer the
veteran as well as any other
potential student. They have a
staff that is more than willing to
work with anyone, whether it is
an academic problem or a
financial problem. Take the time
to find out what it does have to
offer, not just to the veteran, but
to any potential student.
Food & Money
Being Collected
By PTK Club
By GARY SWING
Our present project with Phi
Theta Kappa is the collection of
food and money for the needy
people of Murfreesboro at
Thanksgiving. Another current
project we have is the com
position of a scrapebook for the
North and South Carolina clubs,
containing information like their
officers, pictures of club mem
bers, current projects, fund
raising ideas and ideas for future
projects.
Future projects will include
raising money for the Scholar
ship for an International student
next semester. Plans are being
made to attend the National
Convention for PTK next April.
The PTK officers are:
President-Gary Swing; Vice
President- Jorge Nassau;
Secretary-Melinda Bolton;
Reporter-Benita Bridgers; and
Parliamentarian-Chet Hill.
The office of Parliamentarian
for the state board previously
held by Chowan’s own Phi Theta
Kappa, was again awarded to the
school during the district meet in
October for the term 1974-75.
Cfiowons' Veterans
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Joseph H. Allen
Joseph W. Allen III.
Kenneth L. Anderson
Charles R. Beckett
William Jackson Bess
Zollle McCoy Britt
Sand Thomas Brown
Zenith Gene Brown
Arnold N. Caterino
Allen David Deir
Claude P. Gatling, Jr.
Clifton Douglas Greer, Jr.
Robert E. Guernsey
Asa Hardison
Richard N. Harkey
Quincy Lee Hawkins
Bennie Emmitt Hudson
Leonard E. Joyner
Richard G. Kimball
Larry R. Oakley
James Richard Owens
George 0. Owens
James 0. Rhea
James K. Rindfleisch
Louis Franklin Saunders, Jr.
Gary Dennis Lee Thompson
Howard Dennis Truesdale
Harry E. Walker
Jay B. Watford, Jr.
Austin N. Webster
James Michael Wilkinson
Steven Woodrow Wilson
Is the Top Really
All that Imporant
By WOODY YATES
I^st fall there was a medical
student who was studying at a
very famous university. He was a
very introverted and intelligent
person who spent most of his time
trying to increase his knowledge
of medicine. His parents, who
lived in Virginia, were very
wealthy and prestigious. They
urged, or rather demanded, that
he should make the top grades in
his classes.
He often studies long hours into
the night with all the hope in the
world of makine those superior
grades. When semester grades
were issued he was shocked to
see that he had fallen short of the
grades that his parents were
expecting to see. During the next
hour he made a very important
decision concerning his life and
career. He eventually made his
way to the tower of the chapel
and sailed himself from the
window. When his life flowed onto
the stone walk below, he proved
to his parents how important the
top really is.
Be/k Wins Powderpuff Game
BY PHIL ROYCE
Barbette McDowell’s 10-yara
run in the fourth quarter gave
Belk an 8-6 Powderpuff football
game win over Jenkins in a battle
of Chowan College’s two women
residence halls Wednesday
evening in the Braves’ stadium.
But there were really no losers,
declared the winning coach,
George Hazelton, physics
professor. He was not just being
kind, either. He explained the
proceeds from the 50 cents ad
mission price have been
designated for the National
Cancer Society. The second
annual affair, sponsored by
Chowan’s Circle K club, raised
J122.75 according to Melinda
Bolton, president.
Belk’s defensive line forced a
safety in the first quarter for a 2-0
lead. Jenkins took the lead just
before intermission on a 12-yard
run by Carol Carter. After a
scoreless third quarter, Belk
marched for the winning score.
Besides the touchdown runs,
several other examples of
twoken-field running brought the
crowd to its feet. At times the flag
tag game resembled tackle
football. The audience, most of
them Chowan students, was
estimated to number about 300 by
announcer David “Buddha”
Joyce and sidekick Make
Hawkins, Circle K members.
Other Chowan students par
ticipated by serving as
cheerleaders, coaches and of
ficials, in addition to those who
sold tickets and worked the gate
and refreshment stand. Most of
the male cheerleaders displayed
a certain “bounce” and
"sparkle" that amused the crowd
almost as much as the hard-
fought game. Cheering for Belk
were Keith "Hips" Harver, Ed
Miller, Lee Perry, Gary Hut
chins, Drew Rivenbark, Tim
Thompson, Willie Edward and
Rusty Cobb. On the opposite side
of the field for Jeidcins were
Robert Holland, Dickie Ambrose,
Mark Davis, William Joines, and
Billy King.
Belk’s coach, Hazelton, who is
Circle K’s sponsor, was assisted
by Rick Clements and Tim Riley.
Steve Wilson headed Jenkins
coaching staff which included
Jerre Wyres, Bill Ross, Robbie
Barrow, Diego Hasty and Charlie
Dobbins.
Earl Dilday, dean of men,
served as the referee. He was
assisted by Junior Creech and
David Guthrie.
Crowned Powderpuff King at
half-time was Seaboard’s Hasty
who was “smothered” in kisses
from the cheerleaders after
receiving his crown from Carol
('arter.
CCf Sponsors
Car Wash
By BILL VENABLE
The Campus Christian
Fellowship held a car wash on
Saturday, October 12, from 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The location
was the maintenance building on
campus. On the average, each
member washed cars for two
hours. This was an opportunity
for the members to “spread out
the work” and not take up
anyone’s full day.
The CCF has a “Slave Market
in which a member sells his-her
time and labor to do various odd-
jobs for the townspeople, faculty-
staff persons, and others who
request such help. The help sets
the “salary” with the amount
going into the treasury of the CCF
for student expenses to con
ventions, and other projects.
Proceeds from the Circle K Powderupff Football Gam* will be
donated to the National Cancer Society.