VOL 2, NO. 10
THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Wilk^boro, North CaroUna
MARCH 10, 1969
WCC RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
Humanities Class Visits Washington
The WCC Scholarship Fund be
came $300 richer Friday
— thanks to the Professional
Construction Estimators As
sociation,
Friday at 2 p.m. a $300 check
was presented to Dr. Thompson
by Gwen R. Jones and William
H. Dunn, representing the Pro
fessional Construction Estima
tors Association.
According to Dean Idol the
money will be used to set up a
revolving loan fund for students
enrolled in Building Construc
tion courses. The money will be
available to needy students at
little or no interest, Idol said.
The fund will be known as the
Professional Construction Es
timators Association Scholar
ships.
Mr. Jones and Mr. Dunn, em
ployees of Foster - Sturdivant
Company, North Wilkesboro,
were instrumental in arranging
for the loan fund.
The following is the official
record of the Humanities 212
class trip to the National Gallery
of Art in Washington, D. C.
On February 20, the group met
at Mrs, Cynthia Mayes’ home to
load the cars and depart. Driv
ing time for the trip was about
7 1/2 hours plus eating and rest
stops. The group stayed at the
Hotel Continental in downtown
Washington. From the hotel the
Capitol and other spots of in
terest were visible and in walk
ing distance. On Friday morning,
they went to the National Gallery
of Art. This, the largest marble
structure on earth, houses over
30,000 works of art. After a 55
minute guided tour of the gal
lery during which they were in
troduced to the layout of the gal
lery and some major artists, the
group used the rest of the day to
browse and explore particular
aspects of art that intersted
them. On Friday night part of
the group went to the movies and
saw “The Subject Was Roses”.
Some students went to other spots
of interest in town.
On Saturday, the main order
of business was orbiting the
Smithsonian Institution. The
Smithsonian, also the largest in
stitution of its kind in the world,
consists of several divisions:
the main and original Smithson
ian building, the Freer Gallery
of Art, the History and Tech
nology Building, the Museum of
Natural History, the Smithsonian
Medical Building, and the Air and
Space Exhibit Building.
After touring practically all
these buildings, the group split
up to pursue individual interests.
Some stayed at the Smithsonian
and others went to the Washing
ton Monument and still others
went into downtown Washing
ton for a day of shopping.
On Saturday night another show
was seen, “Funny Girl”, and
other spots of interest were ex
plored.
Early Sunday the group left
for home after a brief but very
interesting and enjoyable trip to
our nation’s capital.
Man of La Mancha
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Father to teen - age son;
“Maybe you should start shift
ing for yourself now while you
still know everything.*
-Record, Columbia, S.C.
Several WCC students and fac
ulty members viewed the play
“Man of La Mancha* at the
Greensboro Coliseum this past
week. The title of the play “Man
of La Mancha” is suggested by
the life and works of Miguel de
Cervantes y Saavedra, the author
of tlie novel DON QUIXOTE. In
short, Don Quixote is a simple-
minded country gentleman who
imagines himself a knight. The
entire action takes place in a
dungeon in Seville and in various
other places in the imagination of
miguel de Cervantes. The mad
knight Don Quixote and his simple
squire Sancho “symbolizere
spectively, the ideal and the
real*.
David Atkinson, who portrayed
Don Quixote, did a superb job
of acting. However, his voice did
not project as well as that of
Patricia Mar and who was Ald-
onza, the fine lady in Don Qui
xote’s imagination. Neither did
Atkinson’s vocal performance
compare to hers in the musical
numbers which included the well-
known “The Impossible Dream*.
The choreography was most ef
fectively done so as to pep up
the audience when the play lag
ged, which it often did. The real
istic costumes were superemely
exhibited when the spectacular
Knight of the Mirrors appeared
in glittering armor with his car-
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