VOL. 2, NO. 9
THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
FEB. 17. 1969
CIRCLE(K)CLUB RECEIVES CHARTER
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Wilkes Community College has
been selected as one of eleven
North Carolina community col
lege to participate in the Adult
Basic Education Research Pro
ject.
This project is under the aus
pices of the Center of Occupa
tional Education, North Carolina
State University andtheU.S.O.E.
The input from Wilkes Com
munity College will be the result
of the joint efforts of the Dean
of Instruction, the Guidance De
partment of the Personnel Divis
ion, and the Adult Basic Edu
cation Department.
The project, which will benefit
both students and institutions of
higher learning, is to be com
pleted by June 1, 1969.
The faculty and students of
WCC were treated to alectureon
Soviet Russia by Mrs. Charlotte
Bennett, Monday, February 10.
Mrs. Bennett and her husband.
Dr. John Bennett, the radiologist
at Wilkes General Hospital, took
a trip through Russia and other
European countries in connection
with a medical meeting Dr, Ben
nett was attending. They were
abroad about two weeks.
Mrs. Bennett shared with the
faculty and students many ex
periences and observations she
made while in the USSR. No real
restrictions were placed on the
tourists except that photo
graphing of military personnel
and bridges was forbidden. She
commented that such everyday
items as Kleenex, papertowels
and paper cups were almost non
existent in the USSR. At cola
machines, one glass was used by
all. She also made comments
about the high rate of tuberculosis
in the Soviet Union.
She said that the US problem
of plane hijacking was also non
existent in the USSR. The pilot
and the crew are virtually sealed
in the cockpit of the plane. Planes
in the USSR are just converted
bombers, according to Mrs. Ben
nett.
One of the most striking
aspects of Moscow was the sub
ways. Mrs. Bennett commented
that she and her husband rode
the subways just to look at the
decorations at the various stops.
Mosaics and other art work were
frequently used to decorate the
lobbies.
Mrs. Bennett is working toward
The W.C.C. Circle K Club
received its charter on Friday,
January 31, 1969, at a joint meet
ing of the Circle K Club and
the sponsoring North Wilkesboro
Kiwanis Club.
The installation of the W.C.C
Circle K Club was under the dir
ection of John V. Idol, sponsor
of the club.
The charter was presented to
Circle K President Bill Warren
by Thomas G. Vannoy, Chairman
of the Kiwanis Club’s Circle K
Committee,
Leonard Brooks, immediate
past president of the North
Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club, in
stalled the Circle K officers.
Guest speaker for the occasion
was Dr. Watt M. Cooper, minister
of the North Wilkesboro Presby
terian Church. Dr. Cooper spoke
on the meaning and value of edu
cation.
Emile Zola
Comes to WCC
On the night of January 20,
“The Life of Emile Zola” was
shown at the Baptist Fellowship
Hall. The film starred Paul Muni
and was shown compliments of
the Humanities Program with the
help of Mr. Mayes. The very well
received film was about the life
of a renowned French novelist
who lived around the turn of the
century. The real heart of the
movie was centered around
Zola’s connection with the famous
Dreyfus trials.
Attendance was very good as
well as the student reaction. It
is hoped that more films of this
calibre will be presented at
W.C.C. It is also hoped that more
students will come out to see the
films planned on future pro
grams.
her doctorate at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
was once a dean at the School
of the Arts in Winston-Salem.
She is originally from California
and has traveled widely in the
United States, Canda, Mexico, and
Europe.