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THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOL. 3, No. \
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
NOVEMBER 19, 1969
FIRST POLICE AUXILIARY CLASS
FINISHES HERE THURSDAY
POLICE AUXIUARY CLASS IS FIRST OF ITS KIND AT WGC
SNEA Now In Second
Year’s Work At WCC
The Wilkes Community College
chapter of the Student National
Education Association (SNEA)
now enters its second year. The
club again is to have Mrs. Jo
Hendris, Mathematics Instruc
tor, as its sponsor.
The SNEA is the pre-profes
sional association for college
and university students prepar
ing to teach.
The ultimate goal of the SNEA
is to have every student prepar
ing to teach, to participate in the
Natioanl Educational Associa
tion, the state and local associa
tions, plus other special interest
areas.
Last year the club sent Christ
mas cards to all servicemen from
Wilkes County who were stationed
in Vietnam. The club received
many replies and thanks from
the servicemen and their fami
lies.
The club also built a float for
the Christmas in Wilkes Parade
which was held in North Wilkes
boro last year. The theme of
the float, “Christmas morning*
was carried oyt as members
of the club were seated on the
float during the parade.
On March 20-22 of last year,
four members of the club at-
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Students To Direct
Problem Solving
Research Projects
Amherst, Mass.-(I.P.)-A Ford
Foundation-University of Mas
sachusetts program will help a
pioneering group of students to
direct their own learning through
a series of problem-solving re
search projects.
The program will be directed
by Joseph Rhodes, president of
the student body at the California
Institute of Technology until his
graduation last year. Rhodes was
one of the leaders of a student-
directed research program at
Cal Tech that attacked the South
ern California air pollution pro
blem.
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Some 35 m e n completed a Po
lice Auxiliary Course Thursday,
November 13 at Wilkes Com
munity College.
The law enforcement course
was a part of the Vocational Ex
tension department here at the
college and is the first class of
this type at the college.
John Boyd, instructor in the
law enforcement class stated that
it was the best class he had ever
taught and that attendance was
very high and that there were
hopes of having more such
courses in the future.
Completing the course were
James Burgess, Ralph Jolly, Ro
bert Kyle, David Pendry, Kyle
Gentry, James Bowers, Melvin
Roberts, John Brewer, Briscoe
Barber, Richard Dulin, Mitchell
Wyatt, Dixon Harrison, Raymond
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