THE COUGAR CRY. OCT. 28, 1968, PAGE 3
W.C.C. Basketball Coach Joe Linney
From Thailand W.C.C. Basketball
To WCC
In 1953 a thirteen year old
boy left his home near Bangkok,
Thailand, thus beginning a series
of wanderings that were to bring
Mr. Nithi Klinkosum to Wilkes-
boro and to Wilkes Community
College.
He went first to England where
he attended Eshton Public School
in Yorkshire. His first few mon
ths in England were rather dif
ficult due to his having a limited
knowledge of English. But he
learned quickly, and soon felt
at ease with the English lan
guage.
After five years of school in
England, Mr. Klinkosum came to
the United States and enrolled at
Wilbraham Academy near
Springfield, Mass. He studied
one and one-half years at Wil
braham, then enrolled at Babson
Institute inWelesley, Mass.
Comes to N.C.
Mr. Klinkosum’s academic ca
reer was temporarily interrupted
after one year at Babson Institute
by his decision to take flight
training with Piedmont Airlines.
Fortunately for the students at
WCC, after a year and a half
with Piedmont, Mr. Klinkosum
decided to resume his college
studies. He enrolled at Wake
Forest University in the spring
of 1959. While at Wake Forest
he majored in Spanish and
history, with a minor in socio
logy. Mr. Klinkosum graduated
from Wake Forest in 1962, but
returned a short while later to
earn his “A.” teaching certifi
cate.
In 1964 he enrolled as a grad
uate student at (then) Appalachian
State Teachers College. While
doing graduate work at Appalach
ian, he was apart-time instructor
at Lees-McRae College. Then in
The Cougars are primed for
the first game of the season with
13 men on the team. Three of last
year’s regulars are back for the
68-69 season. They are Tommy
Guy, Steve Eller, and Ronnie
Tripplette. The Cougars have a
number of honor players on the
new team. Tony Hayes, an All
Conference guard from West
Wilkes; George Howard, a Dis
trict All Star from Tennessee;
and several others.
The Cougars will play the first
game in the new Appalachian
Gym. It promises to be an action
packed game!
All in all, it looks as if the
Cougars will make a good show
ing. So let’s all get behind the
Cougars this year!
By Montie Hamby
1965 after graduating with a Mas
ters Degree from Appalachian,
he began teaching full-time at
Lees-McRae.
In 1966 Mr. Klinkosum left
Lees-McRae and North Carolina
to take aposition as Audio-Visual
Director at S.C. State College in
Orangeburg, S.C. While at S.C.
State, he was also with Project
Headstart.
Versatile Instructor
Mr. Klinkosum moved from
South Carolina to Wilkesboro the
following year and took his pre
sent job at WCC in September,
1967. Mr. Klinkosum teaches
Spanish, freshman humanities,
history, anthropology, regional
and economic geography, and re
ligion. He is married to the for
mer Miss Elizabeth Hopkins, who
is originally from Raleigh, N.C.
Mrs. Klinkosum is also an in
structor here at WCC; she
teaches biology and zoology.
At this writing, Mr. Klinkosum
is undecided as to whether he
Anuoimcemeuts
ANNUAL
PICTURES
Pictures for the annual will
be made on the following dates:
Oct. 30 (8:00 a.m. -8:00 p.m.)
Oct. 31 (8:00 a.m.-8;00 p.m.)
Nov. '1 (8:00 a.m. -8:00 p.m.)
Students, faculty, administra
tion and secretaries should have
their picture made at their con
venience during any of the above
scheduled times. (Pictures will
be made in the Student Personnel
Office.)
The display of pictures which
will be offered for sale can be
seen on the bulletin boards of
Woodlawn and in the Administra
tive building. The entire packet
of pictures will be sold for $4.00
per packet.
Students are asked to have their
pictures take for identification
purposes and to be used in the
annual. PICTURES WILL BE
MADE AT NO COST TO THE
STUDENT! The display package
is entirely optional and students
are under no obligation to buy.
It is very important that each
person have his picture made. We
plan to have a good annual, featur
ing all enrolled students. If you
will take a minute of time to have
your picture made, the annual
staff will be very appreciative!
A DIFFERENCE
Uncle Sam reports that there
are 75 million people employed.
He didn’t say how many were
working.
-Record, Columbia, S.C.
will make the United States his
permanent home. It is our sel
fish hope that his decision will be
to stay.
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Mr. Klinkosum
Scholarships And
Loans
At this writing there are some
forty students attending WCC who
are receiving financial aid from
the forty-odd scholarships made
available by various businesses,
civic organizations, and in
dividuals of the local area.
Below is a random listing of
some of the scholarship donors.
(We regret that limited space
prohibits a complete listing of
the donors.)
Carolina Business Machines
N. Wilkesboro, N. C.
Community Club
Blowing Rock, N. C.
Edd F. Gardner, President
Gardner Mirror Co.
N. Wilkesboro
Sturdivant Life Insurance Co.
N. Wilkesboro, N. C.
V. F. W. Post #1142
N. Wilkesboro, N. C.
W. F. Absher Scholarship
Sentinel Insurance Agency
N. Wilkesboro, N. C.
Members of the WCC Scholar
ship Committee are John V, Idol
(Chairman), Stokes Pearson,
June Scroggs, Jay Anderson, and
Conrad A. Shaw. They are all
to be commended for their work in
procuring many of these scholar
ships.
Aid for Deserving
Students
In an interview with Mr. Idol,
it was learned tliat all the scho-
lorships are committed at this
time. But Mr. Idol emphasized
that he and the other members
of the Scholarship Committee, as
well as the administration per
sonnel, will do everything pos
sible to help any deserving
student who needs financial as
sistance in order to stay in
school.
In addition to the scholarships,
there are several loan programs
such as the Prospective Teachers
and the College Foundation loan
programs. For more detailed in
formation the student should
contact Mr. Idol.
On behalf of the students who
are receiving financial assist
ance from the scholarships and
from the loan agencies, we take
this opportunity to express our
most sincere appreciation to
everyone who helped to make it
possible.