PAGE 2, THE COUGAR CRY, OCT. 28, 1968
EDITORIAL
Rogers’ Reflections
Wliere Is Otir Catalogue? The Nature of Beauty
It has long been the desire of the majority of college students
to have access to a source of information that outlines their
courses of study. As most students carry a work load that does
not allow them to constantly consult an advisor, there is usually a
general need for a college catalogue. If the need is so great for
this source of information, one can only pose the question, “Where
is the Wilkes Community College Catalogue?”
The fact that Wilkes Community College is a comparatively
new school is understood. However, there should have been ample
time to organize and print a college catalogue.
The catalogue would also appear to be a great aid in saving
the teachers valuable time. More often than not the average
teacher does not have the time to shuffle through a multitude of
papers to ascertain a minor aspect of some course of study that
has a student baffled. The student could also better preserve his
time if he did not have to seek out three or four teachers to find
some minor point that a catalogue could give him in a few seconds.
In addition to enabling the student to outline his courses, a
catalogue would give him ready access to the sum total of hours
and different courses he is required to have to comply with his
curriculum. The catalogue would also enlighten the student as
to whether or not his credits would be accepted by the four year
college he might wish to attend.
A Wilkes Community College Catalogue might possibly be
the answer to many of the problems of both the faculty and stu
dents. If a catalogue did exist the burden of continuous explana
tion might be reduced, lessening the teachers duties. The student
would no longer have to trek across town and spend hours either
hunting down or waiting for an instructor. He would but have to
consult his catalogue, locate the solution to his particular problem
and save the valuable time of all concerned.
Answer This
(Last issue’s question: “Why
is it that college girls seem to
be less mature than other girls
the same age who work for a
living?*)
To Answer This Editor;
“Your question can also apply
to boys!
Most parents say that college
teaches everything but maturity.
This is true to a certain extent
because in no college will you
find a course call “Maturity*.
A person will develop a more
mature attitude after completing
a college education than will a
person who drops out of school
and starts making a living by
ANY job available or one who
begins raising a family.
Our country has grown and
prospered with the guidance of
mature college-educated people.
If you believe that a college
education does not lead to mature
thinking and assuming that you
want to become a mature think
ing person, why are you here?*
Becky Landreth
Becky, your’s is a good answer.
I think it agrees—in essence—
with mine. In answer to your
question, Pm here because I am
mature enough to relaize the
need for a college education.
My answer:
The rose matures early when
its food supply is lessened, but
THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Editor John Kirk
Assistant Editor Bob Lackey
News Editor Jim Billings
Feature Editor Scott Walsh
Sports Editor Montie Hamby
Circulation and Business Manager Jack Bryan
Columnist Floyd Rogers
Photographer Jack Bryan
Cartoonist Carol Key
Staff Linda Poe
Shelby Hampton, Barbara Tatum
Advisor Mr. D. S. Mayes
By FLOYD ROGERS
“Beauty is only skin deep.*
This old cliche is indicative of
a very superficial philosophy.
Beauty—real beauty—has very
little to do with the appearance
of the skin. Real beauty emanates
from within; its existence or its
absence is dependent upon the na
ture of the personality—not the
physcial covering. To judge a
person beautiful just because she
happens to possess an appealing
physical appearance is an
illogical as (to borrow from
another cliche) judging a book by
its cover.
This is not to say that the
person who has an attractive body
cannot be beautiful, but physical
allure is not a guarantee of
beauty. Inversely, the person who
is physically repugnant may well
possess beauty upon less shallow
observation.
Some years ago I met a wo
man who was so ugly that it
hurt to look at her. But as I
came to know her, the integrity
and goodness of her personality
radiated from within and she
glowed with beauty. I also knew
a girl who, when I first met her,
was to my eyes the most beau
tiful girl I had ever seen. But
as 1 came to know HER, the
ugliness of her personality oozed
continues to grow and become
more beautiful if its food supply
is maintained or increased.
This week’s question:
Do the men who work and pro
duce have the moral obiligation to
support those who will not support
themselves?
Mystery Girl
Here it is kids, picture num
ber two. It’s getting better isn’t
it? Can you guess her identity
yet.. .no, well that is too bad,
isn’t it? Keep plugging kids,
surely this great unsolved mys
tery of the year will eventually
clarify itself.
out and transformed her into a
monstrous hag.
So in order to possess real
beauty—beauty that grows and
becomes more apparent through
association and understanding-
you girls should be less con
cerned about externals—concer
tina hairdos, miniskirts, and
girdles—and more concerned
about internals such as con
sideration, sincerity, and hon
esty.
* *
(I can hear you girls mut
tering that the same should hold
true for men if it’s true for
women. It does. But, being a man,
I am naturally more concerned
with the beauty of women.)
W.C.C. Plans
Literary Journal
W.C.C. Plans Literary Journal
Plans are now under way for
the publication of a literary and
artistic journal next spring. The
journal will be composed of
literary articles and drawings
contributed by the students and
faculty with a majority being from
the students. The publication will
be sent to libraries throughout
the state.
The publication is being spon
sored by the Humanities Depart
ment of W.C.C. but will be head
ed by an editor and staff chosen
from the entire student body.
Present plans call for one
publication per year, but this is
subject to change as the need
arises.
All those interested should
contact Mr. D.S. Mayes of the
College Parallel Division for fur
ther information on contributions.
Definition
Salesman: A person who has
the ability to make his girl friend
feel sorry for the chick who lost
her bra in his car.