Volume 7 — Number 2
newspaper of CHOWAN COLLEGE
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Monday, September 29, 1975
SNEA members explaining an easy way to do math.
Future in Education
Chosen by SNEA Members
By NANCY SULLIVAN
Associate Editor
The first meeting of the SNEA
was held in room 123 of Marks
Hall on September 10, 1975. The
purpose of the meeting was to
recognize and reorganize the
SNEA club. The sponsor of the
club is Mrs. Dell McKeithan, an
English instructor and the
president of the club is Miss
Derona Gay.
The SNEA is known as the
Student National Education
Association. The SNEA is the
student division of the National
Education Association (NEA)
and is affiliated through the
North Carolina Association of
Educators (NCAE). The purpose
of SNEA is to give students who
are planning a teaching career a
distiiict outlook on the teaching
profession.
The main projects of the
Chowan SNEA are to improve the
service to the people of the
Murfreesboro area. They are
interested in helping in the com
munity but particulary in
teaching. The SNEA members
work as teacher aids in the town’s
school system in schools like
Murfreesboro Middle
School and Riverview
Elementary. The future plans for
the SNEA include furnishing
teacher aids for the kindergarten
at the Episcopal Church and
tutors to students within the
college itself. The SNEA is active
in many state activities, state
conventions, and chapter
meetings with other colleges in
the Chowan SNEA chapter. The
SNEA has a full year ahead of
them.
The SNEA is always looking for
new members, particulary men
who want a future in education.
They need all the support and
help that all interested persons
can give and want to give for the
chance of learning more about
the teaching career. Look into the
Chowan SNEA and see what it
has to offer and how it may help
you in your futrue plans.
Shoplifting Proves
Expensive and Embarrassing
How do you tell one not to steal,
that shoplifting is not acceptable
practice, that all consumers
suffer by paying higher prices to
cover the loss created by
shoplifters, that the practice can
be expensive and embarrassing
when caught.
One could speak to the Ten
Commandments. They have
served man as a code of ethics for
centuries. But, some people have
perfected the art of
rationalization. For some the Ten
Commandments are too
negative, too restrictive and
should not apply in all
situations. Perhaps one could
refer to portions of the Rotary
Four-Way Test when considering
shoplifting.
1. Is shoplifting fair to all
concerned?
2. Does shoplifting build good
will and better relations?
3. Will shoplifting be beneficial
to all concerned?
All this means is, one should
exercise good sound judgment
and good common sense.
Recently a Chowanian was
found guilty of shoplifting in
Murfreesboro and was fined
$50.00 plus the cost of court. This
is an expensive price to pay for
stolen items totaling less than
$2.00. Pride, self-respect and a
good reputation cannot be
equated to dollars and cents.
When all is considered, the in
dividual has lost more than
money. Is shoplifting worth it!
Board of Trustees Approve
Budget of $2,692,500
Chowan College’s Board of
Trustees approved a budget of
$2,692,500 for the 1975-76
academic year and adopted a
goal of $67,500 for the Annual
Giving Fund at its semi-annual
meeting Monday in the office of
President Bruce E. Whitaker.
The college’s Board of
Advisors met jointly with the
trustees. Present were four new
advisors: J. Guy Revelle, Sr. of
Conway, H. L. Evans, Jr., of
Murfreesboro, D. D. Wade, Jr. of
Rocky Mount, and Don Hall of
Roanoke Rapids.
The Board of Trustees elected
J. C, Cluen, president, Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
Tarboro, to the Board of
Advisors.
The new budget is an increase
of $92,500 from 1974-75.,
Dr. Whitaker stressed the
importance of the Annual Giving
Fund established service award
to last year’s general chairman.
Bob Hill, Sr. of Murfreesboro, for
his efforts in directing the
successful campaign.
Chowan’s president announced
E. L. Hollowell, Chowan trustee
and Edenton businessman, will
head the 1975-76 drive. Dr.
Whitaker said reaching the
1975-76 Annual Giving Fund goal
of $67,500 would be vitally
instrumental in helping the
college operate in the black for
the 18th straight year.
“Gifts to the Annual Giving
Fund are used to meet the daily
needs such as lights, food, fuel
and supplies, thereby benefiting
every student on campus,” he
explained.
Dean of Students Clayton
Lewis told the trustees and
advisors Chowan’s enrollment
increased for the fall semester
over last year. He said the
full-time equivalent enrollment
of 1,015 is an increase of six over
the fall semester 1974. Chowan
enrolled a total of 1,024 students
this fall.
The Board of Trustees
approved an addition to
Chowan’s academic program, a
merchandising management
curriculum. Dr. B. Franklin
Lowe, Jr., Chowan’s academic
dean, said the new curriculum
will include two years of
classroom studies and a summer
internship in a retailing
laboratory. Lowe explained the
internship will be offered in
cooperation with a participating
business or merchant.
Dean Lowe noted the
merchandising management
curriculum will build upon
Chowan’s successful
career-oriented program, which
offers students opportunities in
graphic arts, photography,
secretarial science and business,
and commercial art.
Trustee chairman, J. E.
Ferebee of Camden, announced
that banker Joel T. Lee of
Ahoskie will serve as chairman
of the Long Range Planning
Committee. This committee is
responsible for updating the
college’s Master Plan, an action
taken approximately every five
years by Chowan's trustees.
The chairman of the
Endowment Committee, Gilbert
Francis of Boykins, Va.,
announced Chowan will spotlight
the importance of the endowment
program at its Annual Planning
Conference, Saturday, October
25.
Chowan’s chaplain, Dr. Hargus
Taylor, told of the college’s
Bicentermial Program
celebration. He said the theme is
“Our American Heritage” and
includes films, concerts, and
lecture.
Dr. Taylor also reported on the
recently renovated McDowell
Columns chapel-auditorium. He
said the college was able to keep
the cost of renovation to the
minimum by assigning the work
to its maintenance staff under the
direction of Jack Hassell. The
renovation cost approximately
$120,000.
Taylor announced the college is
seeking gifts to help finance the
renovation. He said memorial
opportunities include the
donation of $100 for the cost of one
seat. He noted this gift may be
made in honor or memory of a
loved one or friend whose name
will be recorded on a special
Honor and Memorial Roll in the
auditorium.
Later, trustees and advisors
toured the renovated facility.
They were joined by their
wives for a luncheon in the
President’s Room of Thomas
Cafeteria. The wives had
previously toured the new
science facility, Carrie Savage
Camp Hall, and Daniel Fine Arts
Hall; viewed an exhibit in the
Chowan Art Gallery; and
.watched graphic arts students
operate presses.
Entertainment was provided at
the luncheon by the Chowan
College Stage Band under the
direction of Professor Bob
Brown.
Lost and Found
For those of you who have been
wondering what to do in case you
lose something, the campus lost-
and-found is at the switchboard in
the Columns Building. If proper
identification is made, you can
get your article returned.
As of September 22, these are
the items at the switchboard:
1. a pair of glasses
2. a pair of sunglasses
3. a set of keys
4. two single keys
5. a driver’s license
6. a college ID card
You may claim your lost ar
ticles between 8:30 and 5:00 on
Monday through Friday and from
5:00 to 8:00 on Saturday.
Trailblazzers Promote
Outdoor Activities
BY RICH HAMBLETON
The Trailblazers club, which
meets Monday nights at 7:00 in
Marks Hall, was formed to
promote outdoor activities and to
give the students at Chowan
College a better interest in the
outdoors.
The club was formed last
January by Robert Walker, after
he attended a camping trip in the
mountains. He was encouraged to
start a chapter at Chowan. There
were originally thirty members.
and this year the number is about
the same.
Last year the club went to
Virginia Beach for a day, and to
Tappahannock on the Rap
pahannock River. This year the
club went to Tuscarora Beach
and has a campout planned for
October 3-4 at Tuscarora.
Another campout is planned for
later this year.
Anyone interested is welcome
to join, but if you wish to go on the
camping trip in October you must
attend the meeting.
PTK Will Represent Chowan
At State Convention
PHI THETA KAPPA officers are left to right: Paige Heishman, Vice
President; Mr. Simmons, Sponsor; David Pendley, Treasurer; Anita
Perkins, President; Lyn Griggs, Secretary; Barbara Brown,
Reporter; Betsy Guedri, Sate Parliamentarian.
By BARBIE BROWN
Phi Theta Kappa is the
national, honorary, scholarship
fraternity for the junior colleges
of America.
The Iota Delta Chapter of
Chowan College is open to
students who have attended
Chowan for a full semester and
who have an overall average of
B. Students who meet these
requirements are recommended
by a faculty committee and
approved by the student mem
bers of the organization.
Betsy Guedri, State
Parlimentarian and Carl Sim
mons, faculty advisor for Phi
Theta Kappa went to Charlotte,
North Carolina on September 5,6
for a meeting with the regional
advisor to plan for the Leader
ship Conference and State
Convention.
The Leadership Conference for
all officers is for October 16-18, at
Lees McRae College, Kip
Johnson, National President of
the Jimior College Honor Society
will speak, as well as a former
president Sam House. The
purpose of the conference is to
give officers ideas for money
making projicts, tell them of
scholarships available, and most
important, plan for the State
Convention.
The State Convention will be
held in Goldsboro this year on
February 20-22 for all members.
The theme will be centered
around the bicentennial and an
afternoon with William
Faulkner's nephew, there will
also be information about the
Honors Institute program this
summer at the University of
Mississippi in Oxford. There will
be three hours of credit given in
American Literatiu'e.
On September 9, 1975, the first
meeting of the Iota Delta Chapter
was held. The officers for the
year 1975-76 were elected. ’They
are:Anita Perkins, President;
Paige Heishman, Vice President;
Lyn Griggs, Secretary; David
Pendley, Treasurer; Betsy
Guedri, State Parliamentarian
and Barbie Brown, Reporter.
The next meeting for Phi Theta
Kappa members is September 29,
1975 in Camp Hall. Please attend -
it is an honor!
International Students Focus Thoughts on Agriculture
By PHILROYCE
The Vaughan Wiggins’ farm
between Murfreesboro and
Winton has had many visitors but
possibly none more interested in
its operation and the economics
of farming than a recent group of
Chowan College international
students.
The tour was arranged by
Qayton Lewis, Chowan’s dean of
students, and Jim Daughtry,
Hertford County agricultural
extension agent. Daughtry ac
companied the group and served
as a guide with Wiggins. Touring
the fann were eight Nigerians,
one Iranian, and one
IVlicronesian.
When the students first saw
him, Wiggins was seated at the
wheel of a tractor, pulling a
forest harvester through a field of
corn. Daughtry explained
Wiggins was cutting up the entire
corn, husk and all, for silage. He
said it would provide feed for the
cattle during the winter months.
Stopping his tractor, Wiggins
Wiggins answering questions from mystified students.
greeted the students. Gathering
around the harvester, Wiggins
was soon bombarded with
questions from the students, most
who are majoring in business,
engineering and medicine.
Many of flie questions dealt
with the financial side of far
ming. Wiggins, a Murfreesboro
town councilman, answered each
one thoroughly.
During the question and an
swer period, Wiggins explained
the government does not pay for
his equipment, but he buys
everything. He said rising costs
have hurt the farmer. He noted
the price of the harvester is three
times as much as it was two
years ago.
Wiggins said he could make a
certain profit from his com if he
chose to sell it. Instead, he is
using it for feed and hoping he
can make a profit when he sells
his cattle.
Wiggins said a fanner must
learn to live with the lean years
as well as the fat ones. He can not
depend on a steady income, and
may in fact spend more than he
takes in. He said not everyone
can live this way. But, as for
himself, he likes the freek)m and
independence.
“I used to work in construction.
I traveled across the nation and
in many foreign countries, too.
Then I decided to become a
farmer to become my own boss.
“You have to work long and
hard, seven days a week. But if
you don’t feel like coming in early
in the morning, you don’t.
There’s no one to tell you you
have to,” he declared.
One student commented it
must be discouraging for young
men who are farmers not to make
a profit. Wiggins replied that was
the reason so few young people
are in farming. He said most are
older men.
“What does a farmer do when
he does not make a profit and he
can’t pay his bills?”, asked a
student. Wiggins said a farmer
borrows on his land. He said the
farmer can continue to borrow
until the value of the land and the
loan are equal. He noted the only
thing keeping many fanners
going was the rising value of
land.
Later, while inspecting some
fifty head of cattle, Wiggins told
the students he is his own
veterinarian. He arranges the
breeding, attends the birth of
calves, and nurses the sick back
to health, if he can.
During the tour, the students
also visited the pit where the
silage is dumped and stored for
the winter. Daughtry said the
silage is covered by plastic for
protection from the weather.
The students also saw horses
and sheep. Daughtry pointed out
the hills on the farm. He said
most of Hertford County is flat
but the hills enable Wiggins to
raise sheep. He noted the eggs of
parasites are washed away over
the hills during rains. Cta flat
lands this does not occur and the
sheep become infected.
The students also visited the
Eston Futrell and Winston
Warren farm in Northampton
County. The tour was arranged
by Elbert Long, extension agent.
Lewis said the students were
impressed that such great
quantities of com and peanuts
can be planted and harvested
through mechanization.
Lewis said the tours were well
received by the intemational
students. He said they helped the
students become more familiar
with their “adopted” community
and some of its people. He also
called the tours “very
educational.”
Wiggins explaing the process of the harvester.