Volume —6— Number 10
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STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
Wednesday, April 2, 1975
SGA Elections Held
Tuesday, April 15
By:BECKIE WORKMAN
Student Government Officers
for next year will be elected by
the student body on Tuesday,
April 15 between the hours of
10:00-12:30, 4;3(V6:00 p.m. In
order for such an election to go
over as it should, the student
body must be involved and the
present SGA officers must
publicize the election.
1:00 Curfew
Now in Effect
Curfew is now 1:00 a.m. for all
girls with permission from their
parents. However, girls may not
leave the dorm between the hours
of 11:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m.
Regular curfew for weekends
remains the same. Girls may exit
the dorms on these nights bet
ween the hours of 11:00 and 1:00,
as before. Volunteer sign-out
consists on not placing the time of
departure and return,
destination, and way of traveling
on the card. One must however
place the date and must sign her
name when she returns.
The executive officers shall
consist of a president, vice
president, secretary, treasurer,
social co-chairman for women,
social co-chairman for men,
auditor, and a historian. They
shall be known as the Executive
Cabinet. Executive officers, at
the time of their election and
during their term of office, shall
maintain certain standards.
They shall have and maintain an
overall average of “C” on all
work attempted. They shall have
and maintain a good conduct
record. They shall be full time
students. They shall not assume
any other office without having
submitted a letter of resignation
in a triplicate manner to the
faculty sponsor of the SGA, the
Dean of the Students, and the
President of the SGA, or the
Vice President of the SGA if the
president resigns. The Auditor
must be a Business Major ap
proved by the Chairman of the
Business Department.
In addition, the president and
vice-president must post and
keep office hours two hours per
day, Monday through Thursday.
The secretary, treasurer, social
chairman for men and women
must post and keep office hours,
one hour per day, Monday
through Thursday. There are
many other responsibilities that
go along with persons who hold
such offices. One may find these
listed in the Chowan College
Student Handbook under the
section of SGA Constitution.
Any person wishing to run for a
SGA office PLEASE contact
at once a current SGA
officer.
Deadline for
Next Issue
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SMOKE SIGNALS
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Drama Characterized by
Faculty and Students
Students who turned out for Charlie Daniels Concert on March
Aprils, 1975
Spring Festival Court
To Be Chosen Today
By BECKIE WORKMAN
Belk, Jenkins, West, Parker,
and East Halls and the Day
Students have elected both a
freshman and sophomore can
didate for the Chowan College
Spring Festival Court. The
academic requirement tor such a
candidate is nine hours and
eighteen quality points at the
close of the fall semester.
The Chowan College Queen of
Spring Banquet will be held to
introduce the Spring Festival
Court candidates to the judges
and to allow competition between
the girls. The freshmen can
didates will be competing for
attendants and Freshman
Princess on the court. These will
be the three top ones chosen. The
Sophomore candidates will be
competing for attendants for
attendants and Queen. These will
also be the top three selected.
The Queen of Spring, her
Freshman Princess and Court
will reign over the Chowan
College Spring Festival in April.
Hiey will be chosen on the basis
of five attributes; beauty, poise,
talent, personality, and campus
support. There will be two suit
competitions. One will be beauty,
and the other poise. A personality
competition will involve a
question and answer, which will
be answered spontaneously by
each girl. These three parts will
count ten points each and will be
presented at the Banquet on April
tenth in the President’s Dining
Room. The campus support will
take place on Wednesday, April
second (Today). This is the SGA
^nsored election. This also
counts ten points. The talent -
competition will be at Spring
Festival, April twenty-sixth at
two o’clock. The candidates will
[H-esent themselves in a talent of
their own choice, such as sewing,
singing, dancing, knitting,
reading, or playing an in
strument. This will conclude the
competition, contributing ten
points too.
Votes of Judges will be totaled
and the Queen of Spring, Fresh
man Princess, and Coiu"t will be
announced to the student body at
the Coronation.
Five judges not connected with
Chowan College, will be invited
and hosted by the Chowan
College Hospitality Committee,
under the supervision of the Dean
of Women, Dean Tolston.
Remember to vote for
Spring Court! ! I
Spring Court candidates are as
follows: Sophomores: Sherry
Sheffield, Miss West Hall; Donna
Elks, Miss Day Student; Debbie
Miltz, Miss East Hall; Susan
Bell, Miss Jenkins Hall; Faith
Oakley, Miss Belk Hall; and Jana
Holcomb, Miss Parker Hall.
Freshmen : Donna Newsome,
Miss East Hall; Denise Bowers,
Miss West Hall; Betty Jo Taylor,
Miss Parker Hall; Charlotte
Woodard, Miss Day Student; Lisa
Markey, Miss Belk Hall; and
Kelly Bates, Miss Jenkins Hall.
Eight Concerts
Presented by
Touring Choir
The Chowan College Touring
Choir spent the spring break
from March 15-23 presenting
concerts in eight churches in
South and North Carolina, ac
cording to the director, Dr.
James Chamblee.
The choir traveled Saturday,
March 15 to Harsville, S.C. where
it made its first appearance
Sunday morning at Wesley
United Methodist Church. The
pastor, the Rev. Eugene Holmes,
is the father of two Chowan
students, David and Marc. That
evening, the choir presented a
concert at Columbia’s Woodfield
Park Baptist Church, where a
former Chowan student, Edgar
Pittman, is chairman of the
deacons.
The choir presented a concert
in Rock HUl Monday before
moving into North Carolina for
appearances Tuesday in Shelby
and Wednesday in Belmont.
Friday, the choir presented
concerts in Winston-Salem at
Hayes Home of the Baptist
Homes for The Aging, Inc. and
Glerm View Baptist Church.
Chowan’s choir was featured
Sunday at Mt. Olive’s First
Baptist Church at 11 a.m. and
Weldon Baptist Church at 7:30
p.m.
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A drama in which members of
the audience participate as the
jury. The Night of January I6th,
will be presented by the Chowan
College division of drams in
Room 102 of Daniel Hall April 2-5
at 8 p.m. Admission is $1 for
adults and 50 cents for children.
The play also offers four
Chowan faculty members in
important roles. Two, Professor
Undine Barnhill as the judge, and
Mrs. Betty Batchelor as Magda
Swenson, a Swedish housekeeper,
are members of the English
department. Mrs. Esther
Whitaker, Professor of Religion,
will portray Jane Chandler, a
handwriting specialist and
Acheson Harden, Jr.,
Mathematics professor, the court
clerk.
Mrs. Batchelor’s son, Paul, a
junior at Murfreesboro High
School, will play the old night
watchman, Hutchins.
All other parts are by the
Chowan players, most with ex
perience on the Chowan stage.
They include: lawyers Andy
Grimes of Coats as Mr. Flint and
Elaine Heathershaw of Winston-
Salem as Ms. Stevens; Vicki
Jones of Suffolk, Va. as Karen
Andre, the girl on trial; James
Luxford of Chesapeake as Elmer
Sweeney, the inspector of police;
and Pete Cambridge of
Hockessin, Del. as “Guts”
Regan, who bursts into the
courtroom to solve the mystery of
the murder.
Others appearing in the play
are Betsy Guedri of Richmond,
Va. as Nancy Lee Faulkner, the
murdered man’s wife; George
Payne of Springfield, Va. as John
Whitfield, the wife’s father;
Mark Romulus of Norfolk, Va. as
Siegurd Finequist; Mark Reaves
of Winton-Salem as Dr. Kirkland;
Lycurtis Satterwhite of Oxford as
Homer Van Fleet
The play’s assistant director,
Lini Knight of Chapel Hill, will
play the bailiff. The director is
Mrs. Nancy Truesdale, who
heads Chowan’s drama program.
Mrs. Richardson
Demonstrates
Art of Self Defense
A 5-1, 105-pound Raleigh
policewoman, who works in
operations assigned to a squad
car, spoke at Chowan College
Tuesday, March 25, on “Self
Protection for Women.”
Sponsored by Chowan’s social
science department and the
Hertford Co. Sheriff’s Dept., Mrs.
Patricia M. Richardson ad
dressed high school and college
students at 2 p.m. in Marks Hall
Auditorium. The sessions were
“for women only” and admission
was free. The cost of the sessions
were being assumed by various
area women’s clubs.
Mrs. Richardson, 25, has been a
Raleigh police officer for Shi
years. An officier first class, she
has been assigned to both
Community Relations and Crime
Prevention Units. She is
presently assigned to field
operations. “This basically
means I am doing ‘line’ police
work.” She explained this in
cludes answering calls, working
in a squad car, investigating
wrecks, etc.
The policewoman is also a
student at North Carolina State
University and plans to graduate
in May with a degree in English.
A Boone native, her mother lives
in High Point and she has been
living in Raleigh for five years.
Mrs. Richardson said her talk
included some preventive
measures and also ways to
defend oneself if the attack is
inevitable. It included a short
demonstration of ways to escape
from strangle holds, how to kick,
among other subjects.
Photo Contest
Deadline
April 1«, )975
OPEN CATEGORY
Job Offers in Europe
Available to Students
Financial Aid
Due to some policies that the Office of Education In
Washington, D.C.,is reviewing, financial aid for 1975-76 is in
astate of confusion at this time. Within the next thirty days,
the situation should be cleared and we will be able to send
out award letters. Before awards will be made, the BEOG
Student Eligibility Reportfor 1975-76 mustbe in AAr. Collins'
Office.
All students receiving financial aid this year will be
required to attend a meeting April 7 or 9 at 10:00 A.M. in
Camp Hall Amphitheatre. At this meeting students who
have National Direct Student Loans and do not plan to
return to Chowan in 1975-76 will be required to complete
Exit Interview Forms. Please bring the following in
formation with you.
1. Social Security Number
2. Drivers License Number
3. Selective Service card
4. Life Insurance Co. and address
5. Names and addresses of three (3) personal references
Those students in the Work-Study Program are to work
until the end of the semester. Failure to fulfill this
obligation will be taken into consideration when assign
ments are made for next year and when evaluation forms
come from prospective employers.
Sandy and I wish you a happy spring.
Department of Business
Sponsers Four Seminars on
Current Economic Conditions
Interested in a forecast of
economic conditions in eastern
North Carolina during the next
several months and few years?
Would you like to know more
about the Federal Reserve
System and how its actions affect
the economies of North Carolina
and Virginia?
A series of four seminars,
“Money Management, And its
Effect on the Economy,” will be
offered in April in Marks Hall
auditoriirai at Chowan College to
provide answers to these and
other questions related to the
economy and money matters.
Co-sponsored by Chowan’s
department of business and
Planters National Bank and
Trust Co., the seminars will be
held Thursdays at 8 p.m.
beginning April 3. The speakers
include Arthur V. Myers, Jr.,
vice president. Federal Reserve
Bank of Riclunond; Alfred G.
Smith, III, senior vice president.
North Carolina National Bank,
Charlotte, who heads the bank’s
Money Management Division;
and Dr. Clyde H. Farnsworth,
Jr., assistant vice president,
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond.
The final session will be
devoted to a panel presentation
by bankers and bank oriented
tHisiness people moderated by
James B. Powers, chairman and
president, Planters National
Bank, Rocky Mount. Powers is a
former member and chairman of
Chowan’s Board of Advisors.
A discussion and question-and-
answer period will follow each
presentation, noted Mrs. Rachel
Pittman, professor in Chowan’s
department of business, who has
headed the planning.
The sessions are open to the
public and there is no admission
charge. “While everyone is
welcome and will benefit from
attending, the seminars will hold
special interest for business and
professional people,” remarked
Mrs. Pittman.
During the opening session
April 3, Myers will present a
program on the Federal Reserve
System, including how it is
organized, its policies are for
mulated, its functions, how its
actions affect the economy, etc.
At the April 10 session, Smith
will present a program analyzing
the current state of the economy,
factors that have caused the
current economic trends, and
what citizens of eastern North
Carolina might expect in the way
of economic developments during
the next several months and few
years, Mrs. Pittman stated.
Dr. Farnsworth will discuss the
practical application of the
policies of the Federal Reserve
System, April 17. His presen
tation will apply particularly to
banks in the Fifth Federal
Reserve District, and the effect
of Federal Reserve actions on the
economies of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia and
other states in the district.
The panel for the final session,
April 24, will include M. Lebby
Boinest, Jr., Roanoke Rapids,
vice president of Hoerner
Waldorf Corp., who will serve as
the industrial spokesman; and L.
A. Bailey, executive vice
president and chief executive
officer, Belk-Tyler Co., and a
member of the Board of Direc
tors, Planters National Bank,
retail merchant spokesman.
Planters National Bank and
Trust Co. officials will also
participate as spokesmen on the
panel. They are Norfleet Sugg,
vice president. Marketing and
Economic Development, agri
business spokesman; William W.
Eskridge, vice president,
economic analysis spokesman;
and Joel T. Lee, senior vice
president and Ahoskie City
Executive, Roanoke-Chowan
spokesman. Lee is also a member
of the Hertford County Economic
Development Commission.
The panel will analyze the
economy and factors affecting
the economy of eastern North
Carolina, Mr.s. Pittman noted.
Any student between the ages
of 17 and 27 may obtain a tem
porary (60 days to one year) job
in Europe by only submitting an
application by mail. Students
interested in a job in Europe
should obtain and mail their
applications well in advance to
allow ample time for processing
the job and working papers. Jobs
and processing are provided on a
non-profit basis, and brief
orientation periods are given in
Europe before going to a job to
speed adjustment to Europe and
make certain everything goes as
planned.
Wages range upwards from
$250 a month, plus free room and
board. The free accommodations
mean that your wages are clear
to save or spend as you wish as
there are no basic living expenses
to pay.
Jobs and locations are in
hotels, resorts, restaurants and
offices in Austria, Belgium,
France, Germany, Spain and
Switzerland. Most of the jobs are
in Austria, France and Swit-
O/d Dominion Univ,
And Chowan Discuss
ROTC Program
Colonel Bernstein of Old
Dominion University will conduct
a meeting at 11:00 a.m. Thur
sday, April 3, 1975, in Marks Hall
Auditorium to discuss the
possibility of establishing a
Cross-Enrollment ROTC
Program between Chowan
College and Old Dominion
University.
The purpose of Colonel Bern
stein’s visit will be two-fold:
1. He wishes to sample the
attitude of citizens in the college
community with the prospect of
establishing a Cross-EnroUment
Program.
2. He wishes to discuss the
ROTC Program available to
graduates of two-year colleges
which do not offer ROTC and
transfer to senior institutions
with ROTC.
Candidates for graduation
interested in attending the 11:00
a.m. meeting with Colonel
Bernstein on Thursday, April 3,
1975, will be excused from class
to do so.
Freshman students who have a
free period are encouraged to
attend the meeting. Freshmen
students will not be excused from
class to attend the meeting.
Only citizens of the United
States are eligible to participate
in Army ROTC.
zerland which are good central
locations from which to travel to
surrounding countries.
Positions include: General
Helper: Receptionist; Buffet
Server: Office Worker: Kitchen
Helper: Groundskeeper: Waiter:
Waitress: Clerk Typist. These
positions are available now
through the summer.
Advantages and benefits of a
temporary job in Europe include
the opportunity to broaden your
background by living new ex
periences, and to travel and see
Europe while you can on an earn-
as-you-go basis without really
being tied down. For college job
hunters it is also an excellent
interim opportunity, and later on
in a competitive job situation it
could tip the scales in your favor
to be able to put on a future job
application “I worked in
Europe.”
Volunteer work on community
projects throughout Europe is
also available. Free room and
lx)ard are provided as well as
local travel privileges, free en
trance fees to local events, and
other privileges. Work is usually
only half day or less and in in
teresting locations. Usually no
standard wages are paid.
Applications may be obtained
by writing directly to:
Euronews
Box 1812
22 Ave. de la Liberte
Luxembourg-Europe
Requests for job listings and an
application form must include
name, address and one dollar or
equivalent in stamps or in
ternational postal coupons.