RAM’S HORN
'The Voice of the Student Body*
Vol. IV, No. 6
Southeastern Community College, WhitevUle, N. C.
April, 1969
CAMPUS ELECTIONS
TO BE MAY 14
The annual election of Student
Government officers will be held
on May 14,1969. The president,
vice-president, secretary, and
treasurer for the 1969-70 school
year will be elected by the
student body. Also, the revised
SGA Constitution will be
presented to the student body
for its approval or rejection.
Students who wish to file for
office may pick up an
application at the SPS office
from May 1 through May 7.
Applications must be turned
in to the SPS office by 4
P-m. on May 7.
The qualifications for holding
office are: The President must
a member of the Student
Government Association (must
a full-time student at
Southeastern Community
College) and carry a minimum
Work load of twelve (12) credit
hours, or its ^uivalent. He must
have and maintain a cumulative
grade point average of 2.0.
The qualifications for the
office of vice-president,
secretary and treasurer shall be
e same as those for the office
of president.
Campus
Briefs
“hippie DAY” at SCC
May 1 is the day for SCC
students and faculty to let it all
hang out. The theme of this
Social Hour is “Hippie.”
Everyone is invited to dress as
“Hippies” with plenty of
flower-power. Hey, really sock it
to the power of the flowers.
Anything to you that is hippy
>s in tune and even legal at this
one day of the year. A grand
prize is to be given to the
Best-Dressed Hippie.” '
The Social Hour begins at
11:30 with free refreshments
and the contest is at 12:00. This
^mplete blown-up affair is
taking place under the trees
etween the Technical and Main
Building.
graduation dance
Iq^Q evening May 30, the
09 graduating class will be
snored with the Graduation
nee. The dance will be held in
8 nn auditorium from
Will 12:00 p.m. The dress
he formal.
music will be by “The
i^s of Charlotte, North
don decorating will be
frocvf ® committee of
on! ” students. The dance is
thp” students and
^®tes, faculty and
®°ministration.
thn'*'i^® this is the biggest and
•ast dance of the year, all
Southeastern’s Fine Arts
Concert Series for 1969-70 will
include The National Opera
Company, Richard Leibat, and
Smithsonian Institute.
September 10, the
Smithsonian Institute will
present the first concert. The
musical group, composed of six
young men, has been proclaimed
to provide “exceUent program
balance to satisfy all tastes .
Richard Leibert, chief organist
of “the world’s entertainment
capital”. Radio City Music Hall,
has been selected as the second
performer of the series. Mr.
Leibert is soloist with several
major symphony orchestr^,
including those of Pittsburgh,
Buffalo and Rochester.
students are invited and
encouraged to attend.
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
There will be no cla^ held
on May 8 after at
Southeastern because ^
Chadbourn Strawberry F«t^
This also includes night classes.
He has been the guest artist
with the noted conductors Paul
Whiteman, Charles Previn,
Alexander Smallens, Raymond
Paige, Erno Rapee and Willis
Page.
Besides having more than a
dozen top-selling records,
Richard Leibert is known
nationwide for his musical
contributions to the broadcast
from Radio City Music Hall each
Easter morning and the annual
Christmas tree lighting at
Rockefeller PIa2a.
He is at home in halls as large
as the 6,000-seat Chautauqua
auditorium or intimate concert
salons.
The National Grass Roots
Opera will perform “Cosi Fan
Tutte” in singable English
translation March 18. Critics of
the Musical Coiurier say, “The
National Opera Company
performed. .. in such a way as
to make the audience sit up and
take notice. Everyone connected
with this fine outfit should be
congratulated”.
The Fine Arts Series is
financed in part by the SGA. All
concerts are held in the
Lecture-Auditorium.
Comer Resigns Position
“I love them all, more than they will ever realize.” This was the
sentiments of E. Phillip Comar, retiring president of Southeastern
Community College. Mr. Comer has seen fit to resign from his
present position at the college and return to the business world with
his former employers, Foote Mineral Company.
President Comer’s reasons for leaving were frank and to the
point, “I saw a much greater challenge with added duties and the
financial rewards were too great to pass up.” The president will be
the administrative vice president of Foote Industries, “ ... Doing a
little of everything.”
When asked what he considered to be his major accomplishments
in his two years at the college, the president said that he felt that he
did no one thing other than acting as an expidictor of matters of a
growing collie. “I was merely the focal point of many men under
me doing their jobs.”
Mr. Comer heard about Southeastern through Doctor Eugene
Luper of Winston-Salem who introduced Mr. Comer’s abilities to
Doctor Jesse Fisher of the Board of Trustees of the college. Comer
then visited the old campus in Chadbourn and the site of the present
campus and was very impressed.
After seeing the college he responded favorably to the college
and was chosen as the first president of the college. “After seeing the
college, I realized the need for the comprehensive community
college.”
“I’ve enjoyed the people, the state, the college, and the
students ... my business will bring me back to North Carolina and I
hope to visit often.”
Stygian Liglit New
Literary Magazine
Collie president E. Phillip Comer announced his r«ignation as
Southeastern’s head official effective the end of Spring Quarter,
1969.
1969-70 Concert Series Set
stygian Light has been
selected as the name for the
literary magazine which will be
in circulation the first or second
week in May. It will consist of
20 pages of artistic and literary
works including four color
pages.
Richard Hayes has been
chosen as the literary editor and
Michael Willis as the art editor.
Nfr. Hayes plans to transfer to
the University of North Carolina
or South Carolina and major in
journalism. Mr. Willis stated that
he plans to transfer to the
University of Chapel Hill and
major in Biology with some art
training. Mrs. Thelma Barnes of
the English department and Mrs.
Christine Balogh of the art
department are the co-advisors.
Adult Education Honors 250
Two hundred fifty adults were
awarded certificates during the
Adult Basic Education Awards;
Night Program Tuesday, March
25 in the lecture auditorium.
The principle speaker was
George Horton, director of adult
basic education at the
Fayetteville Technical Institute.
Basic adult education started
in 1965 at Southeastern to give
those who have little or no
education an opportunity to
complete grammar school.
“Most of the students had
completed the fourth or fifth
grades before entering adult
education and achieved an
increase of one to three grade
levels,” said Melvin C. Bright.
Mr. Bright also said that there
were a number of people who
learned how to read and write.
Some already had an eighth
grade education but enrolled for
a refresher course. The ages of
the students range from 19 to
70. Certificates were awarded to
students rather than diplomas
for satisfactory academic grades
and 80 per cent attendance.
After completing the basic adult
education program one may
finish high school and enter
college.
Boswell New
SCC Camp US
Policeman
After various mishaps and
incidents in the parking lot, it
has been found necessary to
employ a night-time security
officer at Southeastern.
Robert L. Boswell of New
Hope b^an his duties on the
night of March 24 and will
patrol the campus each night
that classes are held.
Mr. Boswell is at present a
legalized deputy and has had
experience in law enforcement
since the age of 19. He has
served as police chief at
Chadbourn and Loris, S.C. and
has worked as a part-time police
officer at Fairmont and White
Lake while holding down a
full-time job of farming.