THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOLUME 4, No. 1
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
SEPTEMBER 3, 1970
Wilkes College
To Offer Rapid
Reading Course
Wilkes Community College will
offer a course in rapid reading in
the fall quarter.
The course is designed to teach
people in all professions to read
better, more rapidly, and with gr
eater comprehension. Persons
enrolling in the rapid reading co
urse will learn to read novels,
magazine articles, newspapers,
and business-related materials
two to ten times faster than their
current reading speeds, without
loss of understanding.
The course also includes ins
truction in the correct approach
to reading, study-reading, out
lining, and recall.
The rapid reading course be
gins Thursday, September 10,
from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., and lasts
eleven weeks. Enrollment is li
mited to thirty. For more infor
mation, contact Student Person
nel Office, Wilkes Community
College, phone 667-7136, Drawer
120, Wilkesboro, N.C. 28697.
The loneliness of the empty room, the empty
desk, the empty commons, the empty table, the
empty library, and the empty booth has fled be
cause you came to drive it away.
WELCOME
TO
WCC
Clubs and Organizations
There’s nothing quite like
a nap before dinner to in
spire the kids to put on a
stack of march records.
The clubs and organizations
of Wilkes Community College
extend their welcome to stu
dents by offering a wide array
of opportunities to become in
volved in the school. The fol
lowing clubs of the college are:
CIRCLE K: This club is di
rected by the Kiwanis Club of
North Wilkesboro. The presi
dent for the coming year is
Gary Church, and Jeff Shoe
maker is vice-president. Pro
jects will be planned for the club,
and it will be represented at the
state convention. Dean Idol is
sponsor of the club. A meeting
will be held as soon as possible.
Former green key members are
good candidates for the Circle
K.
PHI BETA LAMBDA: This club
is set up for business students.
Dues are $5 per year and cover
the local, state, and national
fees. Officers will be elected in
the fall. A meeting will be held
in September,
SNEA: The Student National
Education Association is design
ed to further interest in educa
tion and teaching. It is apre-pro-
fessional association of students,
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FROM OVR
PRESIDEIST
As you students start the 1970-
71 college year, the second full
year in this facility, it will be
most difficult for you to imagine
how your college got its start.
From 54 students attending eve
ning classes in borrowed spaces
during the Winter of 1966 to an
anticipated 4300 students matri
culating in the many offerings
of the College this year. Pro
jections put Wilkes Community
College at 1300 full-time-equi
valent students for 1970-71.
You cannot possible see all
of your college-mates, for they
will be attending classes not
only on the main campus, but in
buildings in other counties conti
guous to Wilkes; in the evening
as well as in the day-time; and
probably some on Saturday.
The full-time staff serving yo
ur educational needs this year
will number some 89 qualified
individuals; a far cry from the 8
people who worked under the ba
nner of WCC staff just 50 months
ago,
I offer you a most profound
“Welcome* — qualified by the
statement that a student may re
main at Wilkes Community Coll
ege as long as capacity to learn
and motivation permits.