VOL. 1, NO. 7
THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
UJ
WCC
FEB. 6, 1968
Buildings Are
Half Complete
Last Friday, the architect of
the college buildings reported
to Dr. Howard E. Thompson, col
lege president, that the new build
ings as a whole are almost 50%
completed including the conduits
and flooring. The equipment will
be ready to move in around
August 1st and classes can be
held in the new buildings Sep
tember 26, 1968, even though
Dr. Thompson said that there
may be a chance that not all the
rooms will be completely fur
nished at that time.
Dr. Thompson said that in
order for the buildings to have a
neater appearance, the parking
lots would be concealed in the'
back and to the side of the build
ings.
The new buildings and modern
facilities are sure of attracting
more students to Wilkes Com
munity College. This year’s
freshmen who are used to roam
ing through Wilkesboro and North
Wilkesboro between classes may
feel a little cramped in their new
surroundings next year but the
new facilities may be an in
spiration for making better
grades.
We^ll Forgive
You Feb. 6-8
Attention all students, here is
your chance for that extra cash
that is so essential to all of us.
The librarians, Mrs. Byrd and
Mrs. Richardson, are setting
aside two days, February 6 and
7, as forgiveness days. Students
having long overdue books or
books taken out of the library
by mistake will be allowed to
return them without paying over
due fees.
The Learning Resource Center
has recently received a gift of
over 800 books from Willard
Marley, owner of the book ex
change in Durham. He has given
the library a total of over 1,500
books. Mr. Marlet is formerly
from Wilkes County.
Over 1,000 books for the Hu
manities Program are ready for
use. These new books contain
information on almost every con
ceivable subject. The library has
over 10,000 volumes of books in
all. The librarians report that
new types of periodicals will be
available to students shortly. Al
so, there is a new addition to the
library--a card catalog.
The library is opened to stu
dents Monday through Friday
(Continued on Page Four)
An Editorial
While talking with students, faculty and administra
tion the fact was brought out that our Student Govern
ment does not have a constitution. There was “some
what” of a constitution drawn up by last year’s class
president and interested students, however this constitu
tion was never ratified or approved, so as of this minute,
we are a bunch of students not bound by any rules, regu
lations of our own, not anything. The student body has
nothing but a student center. Apparently the students
are satisfied and proud of not adding pride or prestige to
their school. Let’s face the fact that most students here
are too lazy to try to make this school what it should be.
It is easy for a student to keep his nose in a book all day
long and make A’s and B’s, but he is really missing out
on the real purpose of college. One can learn an infinite
amount out of books but unless it is applied it is of no
value and taking interest in school affairs and putting a
little bit of oneself into a school instead of just “taking”
from the school will give the student an opportunity to
apply his knowledge.
In thinking of a school, we cannot only think of the
present but mostly of the future. What kind of a future
and reputation will Wilkes Community College have if we
don’t take interest in what makes it tick or what will be
allowed to go on here. If we, the students don’t take
interest, nobody will! Certainly it is not the place of the
faculty or administration to do what is our privilege and
responsibility to do.
Perhaps our children will come to W.C.C. some day
and what will our school be like then? If we don’t get
started on building up a foundation for our school now,
they will think that their parents were not so smart after
all.
Most of us are trying to take from this school more
than we put into it. If we have gripes and as dissatisfied
about some of the aspects of school, let’s try to do some
thing about them instead of idly sitting by and letting
our feelings and ideas account for nothing:.
The male students here say that they are men, but
there is very little evidence of that around here. Girls,
you can do just as much as the boys can, so just don’t sit
around waiting for them to make the first move—you
might be waiting for a long time.
Students Make Honor Roll
While classes were cancelled for three days there were stud
ents who gathered in front of the administration building to go
sleigh riding.
There were fifty students from
all the divisions of the college
to make the fall 1967 honor roll.
The requirements to be on the
honor roll is that one must have
a B average (3.00), have twelve
hours or more, have no grade
lower than a “C” and have no in-
completes.
Students making the honor roll
are Michael D. Adams, Robert E.
Barlow, Beuford Lee Baugess,
Freddy Joe Brown, Marvin T.
Brown, Keith DeVaughn Byrd,
Mary Jane Call, Lloyd S. Call,
Mary Carole Caudill, Tony W.
Davis, Joel Clifton Dove, Juanita
R. Efrid, Jerry D. Elledge, Lois
Church Faw, John Thomas Gen
tle, Susan F. Green, Gayle Hayes,
Ronald Lee Hamby, James Allen
Handy, Wanda Holcomb, Albert
Joe Holpp, Brenda K. Howell,
William L. Icenhour, Joe M.
Jackson, Linda L. Johnson, Wil
liam E. Jones, Judy Anne Knight,
Robert L. Lackey, Pansy Lyalls,
Michael J. Martin, Elizabeth Gail
McNeil, Allen G. Miller, Sarah
Poole Miller, Reba U. Miller,
Ann F. Mitchell, William V. Nic
hols, Shirley Jean Pennington,
Dewey S. Prevette, Libby C.
Reavis, Calvin James Redburn
Jr., Barton S. Rice, Volree Rich
ardson, Fleurette M. Schmidt,
James Shumate, Delmas R. Shu
mate, Robert Mitchell Smith,
Bobby C. Steele, Joyce A. Tester,
Arlene D. Triplett, Doris Lee
Walker, Howard J. Wallace, Jer
ry T. Walsh, Molly A. Winkler,
Daniel O. Wyatt, Ronnie G. Wy
att.