October, 1969
the ram's horn
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Humanities Course Offered
COLLEGIATE BESTSELLERS
Winter and spring Quarters
will bring a new dimension to
the required Sophomore
Humanities course. With a grant
from an agency of the Federal
government, the College will
sponsor guest speakers regularly.
There will be a very broad
range of Contemporary thought
and activity covered by lecturers
whose interests include writing,
art, music, history, sociology,
poetry, religion, law and other
academic disciplines. These
people, representing varied
points of view and each
outstanding in his particular
field, will try to help students to
a better understanding and
appreciation of the world, and
of themselves.
Humanities, in the past a study
of Classical Literature, is to be
up-dated. Co-ordinator Robert
Hodgens says that more
attention will be given to.present
and future ideas, concepts, and
cultural achievements.
"How to maintain a sense of
self-worth in a de-personalized
matrix, this will be emphasized
in the Winter Quarter," Mr.
Hodgens explained. "In the
Spring session, emphasis will be
Alumni News
At the first annual banquet of
the Southeastern Community
College Alumni Association last
year, former President E. Philip
Comer told the group that
alumni associations are a means
of continuing relationships with
one's alma mater; a means of
continuing relationships with
fellow members, and as a means
for recruitment and helping the
college through the donation of
gifts as well as special projects.
The Alumni Association
presented the college with a
silver punch bowl and ladle as its
first gift Former President
Comer and his family presented
a matching bowl and ladle to the
college. Mrs. H. Moore,
co-ordinator of Alumni Affairs
at Southeastern, stated that the
bowls are of great service to the
college.
Our alumni membership from
the 1969 graduating class is 34
members. It is hoped that many
others will join this fall.
The results of last year's
survey show the present
membership of our Alumni
Association to be 146 members.
The new editor of the Pine
Needle, student newspaper of
Pembroke State University, is a
senior from Whiteville who has
already been a prize winner in
the journalistic field.
Miss Avery lived in Wilmington
for 14 years until moving to
Whiteville four years ago. bnt
attended New Hanover High
School in Wilmington.
Last week she attended a
dinner at the Governor's
Mansion in Raleigh for the
student newspaper editors of
North Carolina's 14
state-supported senior colleges.
While at Southeastern
Community College, she was
named to Phi Theta Kappa
Honorary Society. She was also
a member there of the Student
Activities Board which founded
the alumni association at
Southeastern Community
College.
Judy Avery, editor tor the
1969-70 school year, directed
the student newspaper at
Southeastern Community
College at Whiteville to an
All-American honor rating two
years ago. The paper was chosen
for this award by Associated
Collegiate Press at the University
of Minnesota School of
Journalism.
Miss Avery, who transformed
to Pembroke from Southeastern,
is the daughter of J. J. Avery of
Whiteville and Mrs. Clara E.
Avery of Ketchikan, Alaska,
Last year in her junior year at
Pembroke State, Miss Avery was
a member of the Dean's List.
She also served as literary editor
for The Indianhead, Pembroke
State University Yearbook,
doing the bulk of the writing for
this publication.
Fraternity Planned
Southeastern's first fraternity
is in the making.
The name of the fraternity will
be Alpha Sigma, and will
become a social fraternity. It
will be affiliated with the Delta
Epsilon fraternity in
Wilmington.
Fred Dickerson, one of the
originators of the idea of a
fraternity on our campus, says
that the fraternity should be in
full swing by the middle of
winter quarter. At this time
pledges will be made with a rush
week following.
hred stated that he would like
to see as much support as
possible from the student body
of Southeastern.
At present a constitution has
been drawn up, but before any
further plans can be made, it
must be approved by the Senate,
faculty and possibly by the
Board of Trustees.
The constitution, which was
taken from the Delta Epsilon
fraternity at the University of
N. C. at Wilmington, has
been revised to fit the standards
because he feels that the
fraternity is for the student
body.
on social change and Man's place
in a changing world".
During the first half of the
series, the following people will
be here. Associate Professor of
Religion at Qld Westbury
Campus, State University of
New York, Dr. Michael Novak,
will be the first lecturer.
From Chapel Hill's Humanities
Department comes Dr. Arnold
Nash. He will deal with the
history of civilization and its
relevance to modern man.
Dr. Gy orgy Kepes, from^
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, will lecture on
Contemporary Art.
Dr. Lewis Leary, of the
English Department at Chapel
Hill, will be concerned with the
major literature figures, the,
writers of to-day.
From Appalachian comes the
Dean of the Graduate School,
Dr. Gratis Williams. A guitar
player himself. Dr. Williams will
have as his subject, Southern
Literature and Folk Music.
Another in the field of music
will be Dr. William Mathis, of
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte.
Next is former Ambassador
Chuong, Vietnam, lawyer and
authority on Vietnamese
history.
Electronic music will be the
subject of Mr. Vladimar
Ussachvesky, of Qklahoma.
Sociology professor Dr.
Robert Gutman, of Rutgers, will
speak about the problems of the
cities now and future.
With so much variety every
student should find something
of intense interest.
Maid Hired
According to Bobby Duncan,
head of the maintenance
department, Dorothy Evans has
been hired to clean the Student
lounge, during the most crowded
time.
In the past it has been
impossible for the regular
janitoral staff to keep the lounge
area clean;
Duncan says "the job will
never be done, no matter how
much help is hired, until there is
some help or cooperation from
the students," He feels the goal
of all students should be "to
help make our college a place we ■
can be proud of."
He ask that the students
cooperate with the maid when
she is cleaning the lounge.
MINGLE!
Building Halfway
Southeastern Community
College is now composed of four
buildings. A fifth building has
now reached the half-way mark
of conclusion and will be
referred to as a Multi-Purpose
Classroom Building. When
completed, the building will
have classrooms, faculty offices,
a P. E, area, and a lounge which
will be similar to the one we
now have.
The parking, sidewalks, and
lighting fixtures will be the same
as those of the other buildings.
There is a possibility of hot
food in addition to the vending
machines in the new building.
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