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Volume 6 — Number 6
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
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Wednesday, December 11, 1974
Smoke Signals Acknq
Sophomore Footbal
There were twenty-nine
sophomores listed on the Braves
eighty4wo man football roster,
■fliey were ; Greg Bunn, James
Green, Darryl Gilyard, Michael
Evans, Waddell Whitehead, Bill
Brockman, Junior Creech,
Lorenzo Kenan, Joe Sorci, and
Butch Milam. Ben Howe, Ray
Griggs, Jeff Reid, Mike O’Con
nell, Ken Dark, Jeff Porter, Dale
Lassister, Larry Rodgers,
Ronald Green, Keith Harver,
David Cameron, Jimmy
Garrison, David Joyce and
George Blakeney all help make
up the nucleas of the 1974 Braves
which went 8-2. The teams only
losses were handed to them by
powerful Ferrum College,
number one junior college
champ, and Wesley College.
Head Coach James Garrison
who starts his 19th season at the
helm next year has something to
look forward to next year with so
many returning freshman
coming back. Next years
sophomores have already started
preparing for spring jH'actice and
the 75 season, but we shall not
forget the sophomores who will
soon fade into the background
with past Chowan warriors and
give way to others.
This sports reporter recently
cornered thirteen of the twenty-
nine sophomores and got their
comments on the oast season
James Green — Thomasville,
N.C. -D.T.-6’-240 pds. Colleges
looking at: Austin Peay, Norfolk
State, Marshal University, Wake
Forest. He plans to play football.
Comments on Chowan Football:
“I did not play much in high
school but I started for the
Braves my sophomore season.”
James biggest athletic thrill at
Chowan was making the North-
South All Star Game,
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Lorenzo Kenan — Rbse Hill,
N.C. -D.E.-6’-200 \ pds.
Colleges looking at: Wake F^est
and Austin Peay. Comment
Chowan Football: “Junior
College football is a much biggjj
step up from high school
Competition was tough.yftny
athlete who does not his
goal should try Jr. coU^ ball. It
helped prepare rntr for major
college, acadenu«fily as well as
athletically.’^/^renzo had an
exceptionaMyear for the Braves
as he ma^i^e All Star Team and
is a Ju^r College All-American
candid te.
Charles Reese — Thomasville,
N.C. -O.T.-6’-235^>^s.
Colleges looWing^i^m: Eas^
Carolina UniyerSlty, Appalachin
rba. He plans to
continue playing foottall and
wrestle. Right now he is serving
as assistant wrestling coach.
Comments on Chowan Football:
“It was a very enjoyable ex
perience. We have an excellent
but scanty coaching staff. It was
a great season and there were
great guys on the team.”
Tom Brown and Family
Ronald Charlot
tesville, Va. V).g/6’-200 pds.
^ollege.s. Uookjpg at: East
CarBtliia Wf^rsity, Austin
Peay, Ml^hall College,
Madison. “I a^looking at small
colleges. The said I could
play there.” HSycould play
anywhere! Chow^Vi football
comments: “Wehadagbsdyear.
Hie team was really dedia
When asked what his biggd
athletic thrill at Chowan was
Green replied: “When we beat
N.C. State. The coach said it was
the first time we had ever beaten
them.”
Former Veteran Is
Parker Head Resident
Greg Bunn — Nashville, N. C.-
L.B.-6’3”-205 pds. College looking
at: Marshall; not sure about
playing ball. Comments on
Chowan Football: “It was dif
ferent from high school. The
team was closer beacuse we lived
together.” Greg had a scholar
ship to play for the Braves and
chose Chowan over other schools
that were after him.
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Waddell Whitehead — Tarboro,
N.C. -Fb.-6’-218 pds. CoUe^
looking at: Wake Fores1L>«ast
Carolina Universitjy^orris
Brown in Atlanta^Georgia.
Comments on Cho*^ Football:
“After several awnes, I learned
how a fuUbadfwas supposed to
block and ryf the ball.” Waddell
made the Ax>mment he had a
winning xtitude as well as the
rest of tme team did. “We were
togethenf and there were no
racial bfcriers.” Waddell was the
leadingjrusher in the conference
with anUverage of 8.7 yards per
carry, aM gained 696 ya^fcju8>^
carrys. playtarrontiniie
his football career.
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Joe Gray — Milltown, N.J. -
O.T.-6’1”-240 pds. Colleges
looking at: University of
Louisville, Rutgers and Mar
shall. He plans to play football.
Comments on Chowan Football:
'‘I am very happy about our
record and I feel the team pli
more together than thej^^WTlast
year.” BiggestJhrilir^Tlaying
on When asked
)w Joe made the decision to
attend Chowan, he replied: “The
Athletic Department wrote me,
and I came down and talked to
Coach Garrison. It was the
closest offer I had to home”
Dale Lassister — Portsmouth,
Va. -F.B.-6’l”-202 pds. Colleges
looking at: Virginia Tech and
Louisville in Kentucky. Com
ments on Chowan Football: “It
was alright. We had a winning
season and they probably will
hnrr npn nrnt yay had not
r.^urt ,p'^oul5'il(fc|i»^done
ti6lfeV.” Ifc,biggest this s«
was “winning the first 'game. .
Dale ran for 78 yards in the first
game of the season and in the
second game of the season before
getting hiu-t he rushed for 143
yards. When asked why he choose
Virginia Tech or Louisville to
attend,li^Mswered: “Louisville
has a goo5~basketball taam wnt~
the football plays top notch teams
as well as Virginia Tech. does.”
He plans to play football.
Ray Griggs Currituck, N.C. -
D.B.-5’10”-178 pds. Colleges
looking at: Madis )n in
Harrisburg, Va. an( East
Carolina University. Ray pans to
play ball. Comments on ^owan
Football: “I had an interesting
two years. We had a ver^fine
team and a fine coaching si
especially defensive coach.” R^
commented he thought Choj^
helped him prepare for.^jor
college ball.
Lond
ByWOODY YATES
A fam^ city,
filled^ith evidence
of ^uncomparable ofist.
old streets
fifed with buildi/gs of stone,
ncient
I and green withlmoss.
["nie great landmarks
Bill Brockman — Wghpoint,
N.C. -H.B.-S’10”-200 pdsN^Ueges
looking at: Bill plans to tfS
to N.C. State where he hopes to
play ball for Lou Holtz and the
Wolf Pack. Comments on Chowan
Football: “I feel I could have
done better at Chowan if I had not
been hurt; I had my injuries. I
think Chowan plays in one of the
toughest Junior College Con
duces. It is very competitive.”
BuT-~9ites..J^ biggest sports^
thrill at ChowalTWas niaklllE'Sie
team his freshman year.
of accomplishment,
Westminister Abbey
Saint PajjlXiatBeSal,
WiqsOf^stle
1 Hampton Court Palace.
f The extraordinary God given
skill of man,
has proven itself,
time,
and time again.
David Joyce — Morehead City,
N.C. -D.T.-6’3”-220 pds. CoUeges
Looking at: North Carolina State,
Wake Forest, Austin Peay,
University of Richmond, East
Tennesse State. Chowan Football
comments: “The team pulled
together as one and gave it 100
percent. There were no in-
'^viduals, no super stars and this
togHh^ess pulled us through
many games. I think the^Ofiuhg
point of the season w^^hen we
beat Lees McRaejHia it was a big
highlight wJiBff^e were able to
comgbadfafter our losses with
IS.”
We want to wish all the
sophomore football athletes good
luck in the years to come not just
athletically but in all walks of
life. Out of a team which had no
super stars and everyone played
together to make the season a
successful one, the sophomores
helped formed the nucleas and
gave leadership. They will surely
be missed next season but they
will go on to make their mark at
other places, and it is up to the
oncoming sojAomores to take up
where these Braves have left off.
By CAROL LONG
Sand Thomas Brown who
prefers to be called “Tom” is
originally from Fort Benning,
Georgia. He has lived in Italy,
Texas, and New York while his
father was in the service. After
his father retired, his home
became Selma, North Carolina.
,.He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
jhnnie W. Brown.
>m met his wife, Jackie at the
Joh^on Coimty Riding Club for
ShowY,Horses and trail rides.
Jackia'is the daughter of Mrs.
LouisiPeedin and the late Henry
PeejJn, Selma, North Carolina.
and Jackie have a three
yeaX old daughter, Cindy Denise
whoVas born in Great Lakes,
niinoii
Tom ihis been in the Navy and
was a Bouto Technican, Second
Dass and woHied in a Petroleum
Testing Lab. H?>(as stationed on
three different shi^: U.S.S.
Vulcan, Regal, and all of
which were out of Nbs^olk,
Virginia. He has traveled to
places as Edinborough, Scotlanc
Athens, Greece; Rome, Naples,
and Pisa, Italy; Marseilles,
France, Tangiers, Africa;
Palerno; Sicily; and London,
England.
He graduated from Smithfield
Selma Senior High School in 1970.
He is a Pre-Education Major at
Chowan and plans to go to either
U.N.C. or A.S.U. and major in
Educational Administration.
Some of Tom’s hobbies are his
Van, soccer, and of course,
Parker Hall.
When asked about the students
of Chowan, he replied: “For the
student body as a whole they are
ready for changes but are not
apparently willing to make the
appropriate moves to achieve the
changes. As for those whom I am
directly responsible to and for,
Parker Hall, they are fraternally
together which I think is
necessary for them to live
together.”
Tom feels that the rules are like
the rules at many major
universities or even cities,
although many are not as
restrictive. “The rules will not
bother you unless you break them
first.”
When Tom was asked, what he
likes best about Chowan he
•eplied: “Chowan is small and
sonal, but it lacks the large
;e atmosphere, because all
theVt^ents go home on weekends
due\p^e lack of things to do.”
As fo\ u\campus, he feels that it
looks kooT
"Chowan
Today" to
Be Televised
A Norfolk television station has
given Chowan College a helping
hand with its five-minute weekly
radio program, “Chowan
Today.”
The taped program, which
features interviews of faculty and
staff members and Chowan
students, is aired as public
service broadcasting on 10
stations, eight in North Carolina
and two in Virginia. The program
was hampered when a “bug”
developed in the Ampex 601 tape
recorder, purchased by the
college some 10 years ago, used
for the master tapes.
Chowan’s college relations
director, Phil Royce, contacted
L. W. Kliewer, vice president for
operations of WVEC-TV, Channel
13, in Norfolk. He volunteered the
services of the station in
repairing the machine.
The tape recorder was repaired
without charge under the
direction of George Hillier,
WVEC’s chief engineer. Both the
labor and replacement parts
were donated to the college as a
public service.
Chowan’s engineer for the
programs. Dr. James Chamblee,
chairman of the fine arts
department, reports not only is
the hum, that marred some of the
previous tapes, missing, but the
machine is operating “like new.”
Royce thanked Kliewer, Hillier
and the management of WVEC-
TV for their “interest in Chowan
and expression of support.
Because of their help, we are able
to continue our ‘Chowan Today’
program, producing quality
audio tapes heard by many
people in northeastern North
Carolina and southeastern
Virginia.”
North
carrying
WWDR,
Ahoskie
Carolina stations
the programs are
Murfreesboro; WRCS,
WCBT and WPTM-FM,
Roanoke Rapids; WCNC,
Elizabeth City; WOOW,
Greenville; WPNC, Plymouth;
and WYAL, Scotland Neck. The
Virginia stations are WYSR,
Franklin and WLPM, Suffolk.
Community Concert Presents
tocrfse-fijiss^. Soprano
Junior Creech — Smithfield,
N.C. -K-5’ll”-180 pds. College
looking at: East Carolina
University. Junior plans to be ^
walk on tor Coach Pat Dye
the Pirates. Comnm
Chowan Football;.^*'t^shave
really My
ijirr-ye^-tgeshniilri have
done better, and this year we
should have been 10-0.” When
asked what was his biggest
athletic thrill at Chowan, Junior
replied: “It has to be my 40 yard
field goal againsfc^ss-McRae
this yea^i^>#flmor made the
"s squad his freshman year
as a walk on offensive guard and
soon took over the kicking duties.
Senators
Oppose
Robbie Barrow — Morehead
aty, N.C. -H.B.-5’9”-193 pds.
CoUeges looking at: Kent State,
Wake Forest, East Carolina
University, West Virginia State
and West Connecticut. Comments
on Chowan Football: “Chowan
helped get my grades up and it
helped me gain recognition from
major colleges that I did not get
from high school. There were no
super stars on the team; we just
played together.” Robbie was the
teams MVP and was the MVP in
the All Star game.
By BECKIE WORKMAN
In only five years since her
highly praised coronation at the
New York City Opera, attractive
young Louise Russell has become
a “star” coloratura soprano in
many of the leading opera houses
in the United States and in
Europe. Miss Russell’s European
debut was at Staatsopher in
Stuttgar in her role of GUda. Her
perforance there created an
impact of impression, and she
was immediately asked to return
the next session and sung
stanza in the “Abduction
from^ralgio”. Miss Russell has
appeand several times in New
York, OOTe singing the part of
Micaela ii^^armen”. At the
Philadelphia nl^^opolitan Opera
she appear&i^js Nedda in
?liacir’A CriOBcjMed about
Qt^h^^rfomtece.
Mls^^^llpcS^ceturnla. to
Philadelphia
she
posed {^Gilda. She has also
appearecrain the Cincinnati
Summer o{^i^ Michigan Opera
Hieatre of iSereoit, the Miami
Opera, the N*k«leans Opera;
and also at tlio§Myton-Toledo
Opera. She has scBS^ed returns
to various of these platK and has
a busy schedule for more
seasons, through 1976.
What are opinions on this ^ung
opera singer? The Japan TiBjes
remarked on her performan
“The Gilda of the youi
American was gentle both in ton!
and acting. Her “Caro Nome’*
had radiance and ectasy and her
other big aia ‘Tutte le teste al
tempio’, was exquistely done and
was affecting for the simplicity
and delicacy of her phrasing.”
Shortly after her New York
coronation the young soprano
received prizes on both sides
the Atlantic, including first plj
at the International Singing
Competition held yearly in
VerceUi, Italy; and in the vocal
competition sponsored by the
Corbett Foundation of the United
States.
Miss Russell was bom and
reared in Muscatine, Iowa. She
graduated from Iowa State
University with honors in Liberal
Arts and with a music major. Her
vocal studies later included a
year in Cologne, Germany at the
Hodischule fur Musitc. Louise
also did graduate studies in opera
at Louisana State University, Md
iprivate vocW study with Caroline
5grera in New York City.
|. Miss Russell appeared at
:howan College Tuesday
vening. She was featured by the
/community Concert in the Mc-
" Dowell Columns. The appearance
was enjoyed by members of the
community and college.
Faculty-Staff*‘^S‘'5tudent^
1974,
.ove IS
urday, December 12,
Si Chowan wi
_the matteurffiat only part of the campus wi[
’DEFE>^—-the other part will be very
on^mne greatest defeats
lar will occurj^Jli^futiri
ffected by the
TORIOUSMI But
By CHRISTINA PQJ.
who/
Love
Caring'
Sharing wilh people.
Giving for people,
Ixjve has no cost
It can’t be bought.
It can’t be stolen.
No matter how rich you are.
If your heart lacks love,
You’re dirt poor.
nil be th
"our
college gym*
'OR and who wilU
_ jTs tnrtBOT w happdneM •
Love is happy when Ted
But sad when blue
Take this love key
Open the door to happiness
But never let it shut
For love and happiness
May never pass your way again..
Now, can such gr^
Dribble Dilday", "Hot^
Collins", "Sock It to
possibly be defeaj
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*0 Get|
ITS Hawit
jrface"
nil Ml Mi
■ VICTIM????????
ill Game"
Fibrosis
Garrison''^/bouble
, "Cool 4^llective
''Quick Bji^cCraw"
The Senate is set to open final
debate on Nelson A. Rockefeller’s
vice presidential nomination with
overwhelming approval ex
pected.
Senators opposed to the
nomination of the formerNfiat-
York governor hav*^S>KeUfor
time to recount the details of the
controversies that have slowed
final action on the nomination.
The debate begins today and a
final vote scheduled for 'Hiesday.
The Rockefeller-related con-
Iroveries rpvnlvp ^painlv ..aroui^
his gifts and loans to pubUcof^'
ficials and the potential impact of
his family’s billion-doUar fortune
the federal go»>ernment if he
becomes president.
The Senate Rules Conunittee
recommended 9 to 0 las
proved. ThekJIouse Jjyciar>'
iT^UPBcied to
Senting votes in
Sooting later this week,
inwhile, both houses of
Congrii«s have scheduled a busy
■ week that>wiy_^lude action on
al m«io?‘~*^eces of
tioa.
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Chowan College's 1974-71
etudes, front row, from left: Ralph Yost of Ports
mouth, Va.; Lonnie Payton, Greenville; John
Roseboro, Denver; Barry Parker, Creedmoor;
Bobby Martin, Biscoe; Stanley Taylor, Peters
burg, Va.; Mike Stancil, Candor; and Billy
Martin, Biscoe. Back row: Bernell Riddick,
eake^^*)Wnt!e Johnston, Denver; John
TJIebane; James Goffigan, Virginia
Beach; Rick Weires, Beaufort; Thomas Gentry,
Portsmouth, Oh.; and Vic Kaimarski, statatlcian.
The Braves open their home season against King's
College Monday, Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Bill McCraw
is the coach.