October, 1969 the ram's horn page 5 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. 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