VOL. 1, NO. 8
THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
WCC
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FEB. 27, 1968
Student Center Faces Major Breakdown
These three brave boys ventured under The House to check on the
furnace. They say they fixed it but later, a new motor was in
stalled.
Last week the W.C.C. student
center suffered a major break
down. First of all, when the
student center was being open
ed on a very cold morning, it
was soon noticed that the fur
nace was not in operation. This
by itself changed everyone’s
mind from going inside. No
one took the time to get in
touch with the repair man un
til later in the afternoon. In
the meantime, a brave group of
boys ventured inside, built a
fire in the fireplace which is in
the front room and closed the
door to the rest of the house,
not thinking that anything else
would happen. A couple of com
petent, brave boys thought that
they would see what was wrong
with the furnace. They report
ed that they had thoroughly
checked the furnace motor and
thought they had it fixed, but
later a new motor was installed.
This adventure took all morn
ing.
It seems that Jim Lyall,
S.G.A. president, who is in
charge of the student center
could not be found and was not
seen all day.
Everyone was enjoying the
warmth of the fireplace while
toasting marshmallows when all
of a sudden, someone heard a
noise in one of the back rooms.
The noise was coming from the
room in which all of the vend
ing machines are. It seems that
due to the lack of heat the night
before, the pipes burst. It took
a while for some boys to find
how to cut off the water to the
machine. That machine was
out of order for several days,
thanks to no one calling Mache
Vending Co.
It was not very much longer
until the pipes burst in the
bathroom. By this time more
people were around and every
thing was in a state of con
fusion. Everyone hunted for
the main water cut off. After
the water was cut off, everyone
gathered in front of the fire
place.
Very shortly, Mr. Paul Hep-
ler, the S.G.A.’s advisor came
in and wanted to know what
was going on. He quickly
found out that everything was
under control, no thanks to the
proper authorities. He tells
everyone to clean things up and
then he left.
If any member of the S.G.A.
had happened to have been
around that day, things
wouldn’t have gotten so messed
up. The S.G.A. should check
on The House more often in
case a repair is needed. They
should be the ones to call the
repair men. It has been proven
that the responsibility of The
House lies on their shoulders.
Cl
This scene took place in the bath room in the student center.
Three pipes burst in there and the boys were trying to get the This is the mess Mr. Hepler was referring to. It was by this fire-
pipes stopped up while everyone was looking for the water cut off. place that everyone kept warm during the furnace breakdown.