PAGE 2 — Smoke Signals, Wednesday, April 16,1975
Sports Scene.
By DAVID C. GUTHRIE
As I sit here at my desk I
cannot help but reminisce back to
the basketball season that so
quickly past us by. North
Carolina’s dramatic upsets in the
Atlantic Coast Conference
Tournament, UCLA’s winning
their tenth NCAA Tournament,
and of course Chowan’s fine
season are just a few of the
memories of the season past.
It was the first winning season
in Lord knows how long for the
Braves and the team and Coach
McCraw are to be congratulated.
Overall it was an exciting season
with the Braves providing us with
quite a few thrills of their own.
There seems to be one other thing
that crops into my mind also, that
being the lack of an adequate
squad of cheerleaders at our
home games. Game after game I
sat and watched as few as three
cheerleaders try, without much
effort on their part, to raise the
spirit of the crowd.
The cheerleaders soon became
a laughing-stock among the fans.
Game after game they spent the
majority of their time observing
the other teams’ cheerleaders.
One would think that after awhile
they would get the idea that they
were supposed to be doing the
same thing as the other teams’
cheerleaders but alas they did
not. For a person who is sen
sitive, the matter could have
been taken as an insult to the
school and to the team.
The worst incident of all oc-
cured during the semi-final game
of the conference tournament at
Chowan
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Associate Editors Teresa Pike
Mike Patterson
Baseball
Scene
The Braves opened their
season by losing five straight, 8-0
to the University of North
Carolina JV’s, 1(W to Fort Bragg,
6-4 and 13-3 to Brookdale Com
munity College, and 5-2 to San
dhills in the first game of a
doubleheader. Bryan Pfleger,
sophomore from Waldwick, N.J.,
pitched Chowan’s first win in the
nightcap. Behind 2-1 in the sixth
inning, third baseman Paul
Morgan, Newport News, Va.
sophomore, doubled in two runs
for a 3-2 victory.
Roanoke Rapids sophomore
James Humphries spun a two
hitter as Chowan banged out 14
hits for its second win, 4-0 over
Mercer Community College. In a
home doubleheader against
Southeastern Community
College, the Braves dropped the
first, 5-4, before Pfleger won his
second game and Chowan’s third,
10-5. Freshman Fred Darby ol
Assawoman, Va. sparked the
victory with a homer.
Coach Jerry Hawkins said the
key to the turnabout has been
improved pitching. All of the
Braves’ pitchers are either fresh
men or sqshomores who dkl not
play last year.
Louisburg. Though a bus was
available at no cost to students,
only one cheerleader saw fit to
make the trip. I suppose she is to
be commen^d for her effort.
The point I am trying to make
is that cheerleaders are supposed
to do just what their name im
plies and that is to cheer. I realize
that this sounds extremely
elementary but one would have
thought that they could have
figured this out for themselves
long before now.
Each cheerleader probably has
their own individual excuse for
not cheering at a given game but
I dare say that the majority of the
excuses would be flimsy. Before
trying out for the position of
cheerleader, each girl realized
the responsibility the position
carried. How would the
basketball team have faired if
several players had decided not
to show up at several games
because they had to study or
because the game was on a
weekend and they wanted to go
home? Hopefully the freshmen
cheerleaders will take this as
constructive criticism and make
an effort to improve next year.
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By May 1, 1975.
Class; 8-10 M-F
Lab: 10-12 M-TH (with some days off)
Field Trips: The physics of sailing, aboard instructor's
Mft. O'Day (Optional)
Fishing Contest
PLACE; Parkers Ferry on the
Meherrin
DATE:
1975
TIME:
p.m.
Saturday, April 19,
9:00 a.m. until 3:00
The contest will begin at 9:00
in the morning and the count
and weigh-in will begin at 3:00
p.m.
There will be two categories:
(1) The person having the most
poundage of regulation size bass
(12" long) will win a $10 prize. (2)
The person catching the most
Chowon College
By PEAJONES
Oh Chowan how we love thee
How we cherish your
long and lonely days together
Oh Chowan how we love you.
All our days here
All our nights together
Chowan we will really miss you
Home or visiting wherever.
The first day we met
I smiled at you
And wished myself best
But, now my smile has disappeared
Two years have passed by
Two years with you my love
Two years we must separate
Oh, Chowan how I love thee.
P.S. For all those who are
leaving their love; Chowan.
Tears of Joy
By PEAJONES
When you walk down the line.
I’ll smile and wave at you.
Tears will fall from my eyes
But you just keep on walking
When you get your diploma
Take it and walk with your head high
I’ll wave and tears will fall from my eyes.
But, you just keep on trucking.
When it’s all over
I’ll run to you
my arms wide open
My heart filled with joy
My eyes filled with tears
Just keep on walking
Slowly hold me gentle
Let me go and,
Let my tears flow
I’m crying because I’m happy
Happy that you have served your time
Throw down your number
Give it to the prison warden
You are free now
Because you were born free
Let my tears fall
You, only just began.
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Musmgs
By PROF. ROBERT G. MULDER
poundage of panfish will win a {10
prize.
1. Persons must furnish or rent
their own boat and have their own
equipment.
2. Artificial and real bait can be
used in both categories.
3. Person must have resident
county or state fishing license.
You are considered a resident of
Hertford County if you have been
at Chowan for at least six mon
ths. Fishing licenses may be
purchased at Planters Hardware
or the Sunoco Station.
If you have additional
questions concerning the contest,
get in tuoch with Coach Hawkins.
My first writing on North Carolina’s Sam
Ervin was unfavorable. About three years
ago our new-famous senior senator had
placed into the Congressional Record a
paraphrase of the Twenty-third Psalm
written by a then-deceased drug addict. It
began: “King Heroin is my shepherd. . .”
and continued throughout the familiar
psalm with similar substitutions.
I have always objected vehemently to
take-offs which ruin David’s beautiful
masterpiece. That our senator would in
clude such mundane copy in the
Congressional Record disillusioned me to
no small end. At the time my opinion of
Senator Ervin’s literary evaluation was not
a high one.
Then came the summer of ’73, Senate
Watergate Hearings, and Chairman Sam
Ervin. As I watched the seventy-six year
old “country lawyer” preside at the
hearings, my respect and admiration
kindled and flamed.
It came as no surprise when Ballantine
Books, Inc;, brought to the reading public
in August a paperback, The Wisdom of Sam
Ervin. Edited by Bill M. Wise, the 177-page
volume contains an introduction by Senator
Howard Baker, a collection of sixteen
fMctures of Senator Ervin, and an assort
ment of the popular figure’s comments and
stories.
I was mainly interested in the stories;
this volume is full of them, therefore I was
not disappointed. To unfold the collection is
to recall the Senator’s own voice as so
many of these stories were shared with his
large television audience in 1973.
The quotations of Senator Sam are
conveniently arranged, giving his famous
comments and stories on a wide variety of
topics. These divisions concern such areas
as women’s liberation, the bureaucracy,
crime and punishment, the Constitution,
the press and finally Watergate.
I should feel forever guilty if I did not
share some of the choice comments from
this book with our readers. The following
quotations concern computers, faith in
God, and his outstanding Watergate ob-.
servation. iliSi
“I once jokingly mentioned that the day
may come when we will replace politicians
with computers. Judging from some of the
reasoning of politicians I’ve seen over the
years, I know I would sooner take the logic
of a computer. The machine may suffer the
same lack of intelligence as some
politicians, but at least there is consistency
in its idiocy.
“It is impossible to overmagnify the
importance of faith in God, It is, in my
judgment, the most potent force in the
universe. Faith in God gives men and
women the strength to face the storms of
life and their consequences with the peace
which passes understanding. In times of
greatest stress, faith in God had the
miraculous power to lift ordinary men and
women to greatness.
“I think that the Watergate tragedy is the
greatest tragedy this country has suffered.
I used to think that the Civil War was our
country’s greatest tragedy, but I do
remember that there were some
redeeming features in the Civil War in that
there was some spirit of sacrifice and
heroism displayed on both sides. I see no
redeeming features in Watergate.”
I am thoroughly convinced that Senator
Sam Ervin is an unusually wise man.
Television is primarily responsible for this
belief, but I find the total collection in The
Wisdom of Sam Ervin giving me further
substantiation.
If, however, I ever see the Senator, I^
intend to ask him why he padded the’
Congressional Record with the likes of that
trite take-off on the Twenty-third Psalm,
Stories of Love and Flight
There are many in our area who will
recall the name of Doris Betts, For years
she has authored articles and stories ap
pearing in the Sunday editions of News and
Observer. Ms. Betts is a Chapel Hill
resident involved, in addition to her own
writing, in the creative writing program at
the University.
Her most recent work is a collection of
hard-hitting short stories titled Beasts of
the Southern Wild and Other Stories.
(Harper and Row, 192 pages, $6.95) Just
one story will convince the reader that here
is a Southern author who demands to be
read, whose stories are delightfully natural
and extremely well written.
Plots in Beasts cover a wide range of
areas dealing with people driving toward
some sort of real or imaginary release
from their everyday situations. The title
story depicts an unhappily married woman
who leads a private fantasy life as a black
man’s concubine. Another pictures a
homely girl who travels to a faith healer for
the gift of beauty. In “The Spider Gardens
of a Madagascar, ” Betts involves her
“readers In an MTatierinother’s logical and
illogical' attempts to establish a right
relationship with her unenthusiastic son.
Whether the author writes of likable or
unlikable people, she brings to the story an
almost seamless structure. The careful
development and resolution are handled in
a near-perfect manner, and her style is a
pleasure to explore.
Like most anthologies, so many collec
tions of stories contain a few really good
ones and a sufficient padding of mundane
sketches to fill the volume. Such is not the
case with Betts’ Beasts of the Southern
Wild. Readers may reach the final story
with the desire that there were more to
follow. Her recent collection is indeed a joy
to have.
Educational Opportunities
Now Available Abroad
By MIKE PATTERSON
Have you given any thought as
to what to do after finishing at
Chowan College? Why not look
into the many opportunities to
study abroad? There are a
number of possible ways to ac
complish this.
You could develope your own
individualized program of travel
and study at a foreign university.
If you are going to attempt this
method you will need to know the
language. You would be taking
the same courses as the students
of that country and under the
same conditions. Unless you are
very familiar with the language it
could t)e rather rough going.
If you would like to study
abroad, but aren’t particularly
interested in spending a year
there, why not investigate the
various summer school abroad
programs. You can study
anywhere from Mexico to
Europe. As an added incentitive,
it is not always necessary to know
the language or you can learn it
while you are there. The cost is
competitive with most U.S.
summer schools.
A number of American
universities, such as Oklahoma
Baptist University and the
University of North Carolina at
Wilmington, offer travel-study
abroad programs during the
summer. For a fee of ap
proximately $8.00 a student may
enjoy an interesting experience
abroad, in addition to earning
from 3-9 hours credit in foreign
civilization courses.
Another possibility lies in
ending one of your junior
semesters abroad. You can take
one semester of study in Europe
or South America and transfer
the credit back to a senior in
stitution in the United States.
If you prefer, you can spend
your whole junior year abroad.
You would spend a whole year of
study and travel in the country of
your choice. Costs are com
parable to expenses at Chowan.
Experience is a vital part of
education and travel abroad is
perhaps one of the better ways to
obtain a liberal arts education.
You can study in almost any
liberal arts field, ranging
anywhere from art to zoology,
and transfer the credit back to
the states.
Why not take advantage of one
of the better opportunities to visit
another country. You may not
have the time or chance again
until you are ready to retire.
For more information on a
study abroad program that will
fit your individual needs contact
Dr. Felker in the Language
Department.
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