NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
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Rocky Mount, N. C.
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VOLUME Xm NUMBER 3
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1971
Switchboard: Help Wanted;
Staff Training In Progress
John Chappell graphically portrays the spirit and humor of Mark
Twain.
Rocky Mount’s drug crisis
center. Switchboard, is seek
ing dedicated volunteers towork
in their headquarters located
on 415 Lexington Street. In a
recent interview, President Ed
die Baysden stated that several
Wesleyan students were train
ed to handle the drug problems
and emergency - crisis te
lephone calls received by Swit
chboard, but these students have
lost contact with the program
and are needed to increase
the size of the staff. Stating
that a new training program
would begin oh October 7, Mr.
Bayden urged all interested stu
dents to attend.
Organized last year by con
cerned people of the college
Chappell Thrills Audience
In Creation Of Mark Twain
By WILL THOMSON
From the moment the aged
figure shuffled on stage last
Monday, 1000 people were held
spellbound by the presence of
Mr. Mark Twain, well-known
author, humorist, and lectur
er. It was not John Chappell
who held our anxious attention,
but the biting satire of Samuel
Clemens River Pilot, who step
ped from a time machine to
bring his lecture on Temper
ance & Life to waiting ears.
Mr. Chappell was there too,
but he disappeared before the
lecture began, only to reappear
after its conclusion. In his
place was a silver-haired gen
tleman in a white suit, wrap
ped in a grey cloud of cigar
smoke. Mr. Twain (for that
was his name) will long be re
membered for his sharp wit; as
a humorist who (in his own
words) is “really funny.” And
funny he was. ‘Til our sides
ached and our hearts smiled.
John Chappell popped in oc
casionally, from the seam a-
cross Mr, Twain’s forehead
and the tiny hint of brown hair
at the nape of his neck, but
by and large, his presence went
unnoticed by the crowds.
The gym was very hot, and
even though provided with pro
grams to fan with, it became
intolerable to a few, who took
advantage of Mr. Twain’s “op
portunities to escape.” But the
NCW Students, President
Attend Foundation Meet
On Tuesday, September 21,
1971, the North Carolina Foun
dation of Church Related Col
leges opened its annual camp
aign for support of twenty-
six colleges with a banquet at
12:15 p.m. at the Sheraton Inn
in Greensboro, N. C. Repre
senting N. C. Wesleyan were
Thomas A, Collins, president,
Robert Maxwell, Director of
Development, David Walker,
Treasurer of the SGA, and Miss
Betty Ann Lee. There were over
two hundred corporations re
presented.
The banquet was the kick-off
of the cultivation of funds for
the Foundation. Mr. Archie
Davis, chairman, introduced the
featured speaker, Mr. Shearon
Harris, president of Carolina
Power and Light Company. Mr.
Harris asked the businesses
represented to surpass last
year’s record contributions of
$750,000. The Foundation’s
goal is $1,000,000 which, Mr.
Harris said, may be achieved
for the next academic year.
Of the $750,000, Wesleyan
received $25,000. This figure
was derived from the basis of
enrollment. Wesleyan hopes to
receive approximately $30,000
this year for the operating bud
get.
Dr. Collins remarked, “This
support is particularly impor
tant as an encouragement to
private institutions with limit
ed financial support and tight
economy. Business partnership
with church colleges ultimately
strengthens both.” In May
there will be a correlating ban
quet to finish the campaign for
the year and to thank the cor
porations for their participa
tion.
vast majority tolerated, and
some did not even notice the
heat.
What we did notice was that
a few of the more popular sec
tions of the Twain repertoire
were omitted in favor of some
of the less well known. It is
a common occurance for an ac
tor to use the “small college
audience” to polish up his work.
In Mr. Chappell’s case this is
almost negligable due to a fine
delivery, but nevertheless a
practice he should try to avoid
as often as possible.
As the evening closed, it
was with a twinge of sadness
that we watched Mr. Twain
leave our midst, to wait for
Hailey’s Comet no doubt, but
this writer feels that though
Halle j ill pass again and
aga leman from Hanni
bal, miosouri will never die.
Dr. Hemmes Joins
Biology Dept.
NEW BUREAU—Dr. Richard B.
Hemmes joined the biology de
partment of N. C. Wesleyan Col
lege this month as a part-time
faculty member. Dr. Hemmes,
who holds a post-doctoral fel
lowship in the psychology de
partment at Duke University,
is an assistant professor at
Wesleyan and is teaching eco
logy there.
Included in Dr. Hemmes’
prior experience are 15 months
as a research associate at
Charles F. Kettering Labora
tory in Ohio, several months
each in research in dental sci
ence specifics, oceanography,
estuarine ecology, and a year
spent with the Bureau of Com
mercial Fisheries of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service re
searching toxicity levels in
streams and lakes.
and city communities, Switch
board has been active for the
past 10 weeks. The Board of
Directors has secured a house
for its headquarters. The house
is maintained by a married cou
ple living there full time and by
a staff of 15 volunteers. Swit
chboard lists as its goals three
functions: 1) educatingthepub
lic to the nature of drugs, 2)
providing immediate medical
or physpcological help in the
event of an accident with drugs,
and 3) maintaining job referral
and draft counseling services.
The purpose of the center is
not to make moral judgements
concerning the usage of drugs,
but its leaders seek to make
factual information available
to all people. According to
its president. Switchboard’s
greatest success stories are
the cases in which people on
drugs learn to help one ano
ther, and as they involve them
selves with the drug problems
of other people, they begin to
understand the reasons behind
their drug problem.
A new training schedule has
been formulated through Octo
ber:
October 7 (Thursday) Intro
duction to Switchboard-Staff
October 12 (Tuesday, and all
subsequent meetings are on
Tuesday)
Black Market Drugs, Use and
Effect by Pat Reese, Fayette
ville Mental Heallth Clinic
October 19—Drug Related
First Aid
October 26—Family Planning
- Mrs. Brown, Nash Co. He.'.lth
Dept.
All meetings are to be held
at 7:30 p.m. at the American
Red Cross Office, 147 N. North
Franklin St. The November
schedule will be printed in the
future.
The Switchboard project has
been described as the only
workable solution to drug pro
blems. Many members of the
local community have contri
buted their time and profession
al talent to the project:
Dr. Tom Suter, medical ad
visor; Thorpe, Etheridge, Col-
vert, legal advisors; Mr. Ray
Brackett, psychological advi
sor; and Dr. Tom Collins, mem
ber of the Board.
Aside from the Rocky Mount
Police Dept, and the Chamber
of Commerce, Switchboard is
the only group taking an active
role in aiding drug users. Pre
sident Baysden summed up the
situation when he said, “We
need volunteer help because
we’re the only drug related cri
sis center east of Raleigh. It’s
a big job.”
Howard McCord Reads
Poetry On NCW Campus
NEWS BUREAU—Howard Mc
Cord appeared at N. C. Wes
leyan College to give a poe
try reading on Monday, Oct.
4, at 8:15 p.m. in the Experi
mental Theatre. McCord, an
internationally known poet,
sponsored by the North Car
olina Poetry Circuit, which is
composed of 15 member col
leges.
McCord’s ninth book of poe
try, “Maps,” was published
this past June by Kayak Books,
and later this year two short
volumes of poetry will be pub
lished, “The Diary of A Lost
Girl” by Lillabulero Press,
and “The Old Beast” by Sand
Dollar Press.
This fall McCord became Di
rector of the MFA Writing Pro
gram at Bowling Green State
University in Ohio. For the
previous eleven years he taught
poetry, mythology, and a course
in Eastern civilizations at Wa
shington State University. Mc
Cord received his B.A, degree
from the University of Texas
at El Paso, and went to the
University of Utah as a Na
tional Woodrow Wilson Fellow
for his graduate work.
In the years since, he has
traveled in India and Nepal on
a Fulbright Grant, been a con
sultant to the National Council
on the Arts, and wandered the
back roads of the west as an
E.O. Holland Fellow. Most
recently, he was named the D.
H. Lawrence Fellow for 1971
by the University of Nev Mex
ico, He and his family spent
the summer at the Lawrence
Ranch, north of Taos, New Me
xico, writing, hiking and study
ing.
Compass Club
Sponsors Event
The Compass Club, a wo
men’s service organization
sponsored by the Pilot Club of
Rocky Mount, is having a re
ception for all girls at 9:30
p.m. Wednesday, October 5th
in the faculty lounge.
Nancy Tonkens and John Mor
ton will provide entertainment
and refreshments will be
served. This reception is de
signed to stimulate Interest in
the Compass Club.