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Smoke Signals. Wednesday, September 15, 1976—PAGE 3 Wheels of Progress Address by the President "The Wheels of Progress" “The Wheels of Progress grind slowly.” Sometimes the wheels of progress grind so slowly that those of us who are most anxious to witness progress conclude that nothing is being done, that things remain just as they have always been. But, the wheels of progress do grind along, and-from the proper perspective of time and judgment-we can discern how things differ from the “way it used to be.” The wheels of progress grind along at Chowan. This morning I want to direct your attention to a couple of things currently “happening” in the campus community-things which have been designed to result in progress towards a better community: academically, religiously, socially. More im portantly, I want to invite your participation in these channels toward progress, for they are purposely designed to include student in-put and outlook towards what the future of Chowan College should be like. I. INSTITUTIONAL SELF-STUDY In the first place, Chowan College is presently engaged in an institutional self-study looking towards the reaffirmation of our accreditation by 1978. Professor Daisy Lou Mixon serves as chairperson. Chowan was first accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1956. Accreditation was reaffirmed in 1968, following an exhaustive and inclusive self- study. The time has now come to initiate self-study, again, in keeping with the requirement of the Southern Association that every accredited institution must engage in self-study every 10 years. A self-study must be (1) comprehensive and analytical; it must (2) examine areas for improvement and (3) indicate plans for the future; and it should (4) include in-put from all segments of the campus com munity: Board of Trustees,. Board of Advisors, Ad ministration, Faculty, Student Body, and Alumni. Ten com mittees have already begun the work involved in the process of a comprehensive and analytical self-study. It is anticipated that the work of these comnUttees will be complete, subject to review and revision, by the end of the Spring Semester 1977. Now, how do you fit into this process? A. First, the student members of these committees are there to represent a student perspective. You have the opportunity to contribute to the evaluuation of your campus community and to its progress through these representatives. The President of the (1) Student Government Assodation-Jim Dale, for the current year- is a member of the committee on Piirpose, which, in one respect, is the most im portant of the several com mittees. I should think that Jim would be open to your ideas as they relate to the purpose of Chowan and how this purpose is implemented through the curricular and co-curricular programming. The same holds true for the other student members who represent you on other self-study committees. These include the (2) President of Phi Theta Kappa-Anita Perkins, this year- - who is a member of the Com mittee on Educational Program; (3) John Schaefer, President of the Day Student Organization, who serves on the Committee on Library-Learning Resources; (4) lisa Dabney, President of WRA, who is a member of the Com- mettee on Student Development Services; (5) Steve Bragg, Dormitory Head Resident, who serves on the committee on physical Plant; and (6) Paige^ Heishman, President of Circle K, who is a member of the Com mittee on Special Activities. B. Second, many of you are likely to be asked to participate in the self-study process through the use of questionnaires, which may ask for student evaluations of everything from student housing to the effectiveness of the faculty membefe as teachers and in structors. You will not be ex pected to use these question- naries to say only “good things” about everything ans everybody- unless, in fact, you honestiy see things that way. But, neither will you be expected to use the questionnaires as a means of airing petty, insignificant gripes. It would be hoped and expected that you would respond with honesty and with some sense of good judgemoit about what Is significant in terms of the progress of the campus com munity. M. LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE In addition to the several committees engaged in self- study, a Long Range Planning Committee began its work in October, looking towards the up dating of the current Master Plan of the campus. Mr. Joel T. Lee of Ahoskie serves as Chairman of this effort. A primary respon sibility of this committee has to do with physical facilities—lands and buildings which are, or ought to be, included in the campus. But this committee is looking beyond mere concern with land and buildings. It has been divided into working sub committees, dealing with such matters as Enrolment Projec tions, Faculty-Curriculum Projections, Physical Facilities (specially the need for a new new gymasium-fieldhouse), Financial Resources, and Denominational RelatiHis. Again, this committee is structured to include student in put towards the progress of Chowan for the future. Current student members include: (1) Jim Dale, President of SGA; (2) Phyllis Holland, Secretary (rf SGA; and (3) Randy Baldwin, President of the Freshman Class. I am confident that these students are open to recieve your suggestions about what you envision for the future of Chowan College. They want to repesent your interests, and will do so to the extent that you communicate with them. One word of caution. Don't fall into the trap of supposing that every suggestion (by everyone and everybody) will be accepted for the improvement of things as you see them. That is not likely to happen in the democratic process with all my suggestions, or with all of yours. But, on the contrary, don’t become skeptical of the process—don’t “give up” on the process—if your best ideas are rejected by a majority. have been President of Chowan College, now, for almost 19 years. If I had resigned the fir^ time I failed to convince others of the immediate ac ceptance of some ideas that I thought was great. I probably would not have stayed here for this length of time. If Dean Lowe had resigned his position the first time one of his good ideas failed to gain inmiediate approval from the departmental chairmen, or the larger faculty, he would not have remained Dean for these eight years. The same holds true for anyone, anywhere (where and when) decisions which are made on the basis of consensus of various persons who are af fected by those decisions which ultimately evolve. Now, what am I saying? The wheels of progress do grind slowly. They do not always move at the pace any one of us might think best or appropriate. But, progress does come, and can be seen by those who stick with the task. As President of Chowan College, I invite your serious participation in these channels towards progress in the days immediately before us, confident that-pvthe proper perspective of time and judgement-we wiU all be able to see progress because of what we did at Chowan. The Committees CommtttM on En*rgy Pro)«ctions Ben Sutton. Chairman H- L. Evans, Jr. Jack Hassell CofnmlttM on Four-yMr College Status Dr. B. Franklin Lowe. Jr. Chairman Mrs. Dorothy H. Brown Mrs. Daisy L. Mixon Mrs. Gerakjir>e Harris Commlttoe on Baptist Relatione Dr. Hargus Taylor. Chairman Bob Mullinax Mrs. Wiltie Lee Harris Rowland Pnjette STEERING COMMfTTEE Daisy Lou Mixon, Chairperson Betty Batchelor Garth Faile Herman Gatewood Hargus Taykw. Editor LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE ' Committee on Ertrollment Projectione Dean Clayton Lewis, Chairman Mrs. Dorothy H Brown Phyllis Holland Hemian Gatewood Roland Pruette Mrs. Joy Dilday Committee on Faculty Pro|ectlon and Curriculum Protection* Dean B. Franklin Lowe. Jr.. Chairman William R Raynor Mrs. Daisy L. Mixon Randy Baldwin Committee on Facilities Ben Sutton, Chaimian Jack Hassell Charles L. Revelle. Sr Ollie M. Brown James Gamson Mrs Geraldine Harns Winslow Carter Randy Baldwin Committee on Financial Resources Bobby S Cross, Chairman E. L. Hollowell C. A "Buck" Gnttin, H Mrs. Dorothy Wallace Ben Sutton B. Franklin Lowe. Jr. Rowland S. Pruette oriT .gh.T SELF-STUDY COMMITTEES Sub*Commlttae on Instruction I Esther Whitaker, Chairperson Bill Felker Charles Paul . Dorothy Wallce .Student-President of Phi Theta Kappa COMMrTTEE ON PURPOSE Rachel Pittman. Chairperson J. P Hams Mananne Jackson Darrell Nicholson Guy Revelle, Jr, Trustee Dave Leber. President of SGA COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION Janet Cdltns, Chairperson Linwood Ferguson Dell McKeithan David Parker E. L. HolkTwell. Trustee COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM Warren Sexton, Chairperson Anna Belle Crouch Andrea Eason Bill Felker John Gosr>ell 1 George Hazelton « Thomas Ruffin Carl Simmons Dorothy Wallace Esther Whitaker Maggie Bndgers, Trustee Sub-Committee on Admissions and Records Carl Simmons. Chairperson Anna Belle Crouch Thomas Rutfin Darrell Nicholson. Resource Neil Peterson. Resource Tom Taylor, Resource Mark Hurst. Resource Sub-Committae on Curriculum George Hazelton. Chairperson Andrea Eason John Gosr>ell Maggie Bndgers, Trustee COMMfTTEE ON RNANCIAL RESOURCES L. M. Wallace. Chairperson Patricia Ec^ards Michael Gosey Ben Sutton. Resource W. J. Parker, Resource Bobby Cross, Resource Douglas White, Tnjstee COMMITTEE ON FACULTY James Chamblee, Chairperson Dwight G- Collier Linda Tnpp Edward Wooten COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY- LEARNING RESOURCES Kenneth Woffskill, Chairperson Hugh Middleton James Dewar Peggy Davis Gerakline Harris. Resource Carol Sexton, Resource Tirv Coggins, Resource COMMITTEE ON STUDENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Earl Parker, Chairperson Urxjine Barnhill Rotjert Brown Ann Emery Craig Greene Acheson Harden Jerry Hawkins Hattie Jones Bill McCraw Robert Mulder Kathy Coltrain. President of WRA Clayton Lewis, Resource Cliff Collins. Resource Wilhelmenia Wilcox. Resource Phil Royce, Resource Bennie Vsmn. Resource Steve Nelson. Resource Roy Winslow, Resource Sarah Wright, Resource Clarence (Bucky) Griffin. Alumnus October 25-29, MondayFriday Campus Evangelism Week November 24, Wednesday Thanksgiving Holidays Be^in at 4:00 P. M. November 29, Monday Classes Resume at 8:00 A. M. Becember il*l7, Saturday-Friday Fall Semester Examinations December 17, Friday Christmas Holidays Begin at Conclusion of Examination Schedule Sub*Committee on Counclllng, Guidance, Orlentatk>n, Student Discipline, ar>d Student Records Hattie Jones. Chairperson Undine Barnhill CraigGreene— Cliff Collins, Resource Wilhelmenia Wilcox, Resource Roy Winslow. Resource Sub-Committee on Extra Class Activities; Athletics, Student Government, Student Psrtlcipatlon in Institutional Government Robert Mulder. Chairperson Rot>en Brown Jerry Hawkins Kathy Cottrain Clarence (Bucky) Griffin, Alumnus Phil Royce, Resource Steve Nelson. Resource Sub-Committee on Student Services Housing arxl Food, Flrtar>cial AkI, Health Services Acheson Harden. Chairperson Ann Emery William M^raw Cliff Collins. Resource Benny Vann. Resource Sarah Whght, (^source COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL PLANT Gilbert Thpp. Chairperson Jim Garrison Bill Sowetl Steve Bragg. Student Bob Hill. Sr. Trustee Jack Hassell, Resource Bennie Vann. Resource William McIntyre COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL ACTIVITIES Phyllis Dewar, Chairperson Doug Eubank William McAllister Nancy Sullivan. President of Circle K Earl Dikjay, Resource COMMITTEE ON FUTURE PLANNING Daisy Lou Mixon. Chairperson Betty Batchetor Garth Faile Herman Gatewood B. Franklin t.owe. Jr. Hargus Tayk>r Clayton Lewis, Resource Rowland Pruette, Resource Ben Sutton, Resource Guy Revelle. Jr., Trustee • • • JANUARY JULY 4 5 1 6 7 8 2 9 10 4 5 1 2 6 7 8 9 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. 17 11 12 13 I4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ?8 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 rCBRUARY AUGUST ■ M T W T ■ s M T *» T r > I 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IJ 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 2C 21 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 31 MARCH SSPTCMBCR • M T W T r • fl M r w J r • 1 2 3 4 6 1 2 3 4 7 8 ‘i 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ?8 29 30 3] 26 27 28 29 30 APRIL OCTOBER • M T W T r • M J w T r s 4 5 1 6 7 8 2 9 3 10 3 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 n 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MAY t M T W T s NOVCMBCR 1 M T w T r • 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 31 28 29 30 JUNC DCCEMBCR M T w r f fl • M T w T r s 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 \ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 14 15 16 11 18 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 27 1 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 Spring Semester, 1977 January 7, Friday Faculty Workshop January 9, Sunday Students Return. Dormitories Open at 2:00 P. M. January 10, Monday Sophomores Meet with Advisors at 8:30 A. M. Freshmen Meet With Advisors at 1:30 P- M. Von Craze Now Taking Country ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH - Students and faculty members return to classes after Fall Concocation to begin a new year at Chowan. (WHMc) College Calendar Given for T 976-77 Fall Semester, 1976 August 19-21, Thursday-Saturday Faculty Workshop August 22, Sunday Freshman and Transfer Students Arrive, Dormitories Open at 2:00 P. M. Meet in College Stadium at 7:30 P. M- August 23-24, Monday-Tuesday Orientation for Freshman and Transfer Students August 23. Monday Returning Students Arrive August 24, Tuesday Returning Students Meet with Advisors at 8:30 A.M. August 25, Wednesday Registration for Fall Semester Classes August 26, Thursday Fall Semester Classes Begin August 27, Friday Fall Convocation September 3, Friday Last Day Classes May Be Added October 6, Friday Last Day Classes May Be Dropped Without Academic Penalty October 11, Monday Founder’s Day October IS, Friday Mid-Term Grading Period October , Saturday Homecoming October 20, Wednesday Mid-Term Break Begins at Close of Classes October 25, Monday Classes Resume at 8:00 A. M. By Dick Day Vice President-Publisher The current van craze is so accepted that it’s easy to forget just how the van phenomenon is. What began as a regional trend in Southern California has become a national pastime for hundreds of thousan(is of enthusiasts as well as big business for those manufacturers who are aware of the trend. The Van Craze was put to good use by everyone from campers to the teenagers. The psychedelic micro-bus of the 60’s is another direct antecedent of today’s custom vans. Outdoorsmen were quick to see the possibilities of converting a van to a recreational vehicle wi th all the amenities they had previously found in tiieir cam pers, so the camper-van is still another branch on the custom van’s family tree. The gradual growth of the van’s popularity coincided, in the late 60’s and early 70’s, with a rekindling of interest in automotive customizing as Federal restrictions phased out the era of Detroit musclecars. The two developments collided on the streets of Southern California and the van boom was bom. The customized “West Coast” street van - which is now as common as Coca-Cola or bionic television - is still only a part of the van movement. The versatile home on wheels is seen in every imaginable situation: family vans for long hauls with the kids; camper vans built to fed and sleep a crew of off-roaders; spartan haulers - both 2 and 4 wheel drive to drag a brace of JANUARY 4 6 1 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY M T W T 9 • 1 3 5 $ 7 8 9 10 )1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARCH ■ T • T • I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ARRIU « T W T t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 n 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MAY t M T W T • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 )7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JUNC 1 ■ T W T r • . I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 U \2 13 U 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2$ 30 JULY 2 3 ♦ 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST M T W T r fl 12 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER M T W T fl I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 H 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER M T W T fl 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NOVEMBER • M T W T fl 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DECEMBER • M T w T r fl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 U 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2T 27 28 29 30 31 dirt bikes to the desert; and the old standby, Uie surfer van, although now more boards are being carried on roof racks to keep the sand and wax away from the velvet and shag interior. The best indication that vans are here to stay is the response of the manufacturers. Detroit no longer assumes that their products are headed exclusively for delivery fleets, and has even begun to dabble in factory customizing themselves. Manufactuers and suppliers of van accessories are showing up on every comer, while custom painters and upholsterers are adapting their skills to the demands of the van. It’s hard to know if the van’s appeal is versatility, practicality, the possibility for self-expression - for every van is different - or simply the fact they are fun on wheels. However you look at it, vans are as varied as their owners, and are sure to be a permanent part of the American automotive scene for many years ahead—and especially a continuing love affair with young people everywhere. The ultimate in highway cruising vans is the umque $18,000 Denimachine, a 1976 Ford Econoline designed by Coca-Cola USA, a division of the Coca-Cola Company, customized by the editors of HOT ROD Magaj^e and constructed by Van Goodies. This fantastic van is not for sale anywhere. Tot machines will be given away in the Denimachine Sweepstakes for Coca-Cola from August 30 through September 26, 1976. Winners will be advised by mall in early December, 1976. PICNIC IN SQUIRREL PARK — Karen Meyers, a pre-Architecture student from Hampton, Va. enjoys lunch on the ground with her family. (WHMc) January 11, Tuesday Registration for Spring Semester Classes January 12, Wednesday Spring Semester Classes Begin January 14. Friday Spring Convocation January 21, Friday Last Day Classes May be Added Frebruary 25, Friday Last Day Classes May Be Dropped Without Academic Penalty March 4, Friday Mid-Term Grading Period March 11, Friday Spring Holidays Begin at Close of Classes March 21, Monday Classes Resume at 8:00 A. M. March 27-April 1, Monday-Friday Religious Emphasis Week April 8, Friday Easter Holidays Begin at Close of Classes April 12, Tuesday Classes Resume at 8:00 A. m. April 29, Friday Honors Day April 30, Saturday Spring Festival May 6-13, Friday-Friday Spring Semester Examinations May 15, Sunday Baccalaureate Service May 15, Sunday Graduation Exercises m r AT THE HEAD OF THE LINE — A group of students wait patiently to be admitted to the registration rooms at Marks Hall. (WHMc) A LONG WAY BACK HOME — Willie Thompson of Clinton, S. C. drove for 9 hours to bring his brother, C. W. Wilson, to Chowan College. He left Clinton at 5:00 A. M.. drove to Murfreesboro, and when this picture was made at 3:00 was planning his return. He expected to return to Clinton around midnight. “It's not the driving that txDthers me," said Thompson. "It's getting up to go to work tomorrow." (WHMc)
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