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THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOLUME 4, No. 2
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
OCTOBER 1, 1970
iVetc Constitution Is Invalid
These are only a few of approximately
tered for credit courses this fall.
900 students who regis-
The newly proposed Constitu
tion that was printed in the Stu
dent Handbook was declared in
valid by Dr. H.E. Thompson in
an open meeting of the Student
Body Thursday, September 24.
After issuance of the Handbook
with the proposed Constitution,
students began to petition to have
it ratified by a majority vote
of the Student Body. The peti
tion was presented to the S.G.A.
on Thursday, September 17. The
S.G.A„ accepted the petition, but
before a statement was made by
them concerning the petition, the
new Constitution was found to
be invalid.
This invalidity of the proposed
Constitution came about due to
the existence of the old Consti
tution that was ratified by the
Student Body in the Spring of
1968. According to Dr. Thomp
son, the old Constitution is still
binding and cannot be replaced
or amended except by a two-
thirds majority of the entire St
udent Body - including Adult
Education students. A new con
stitution cannot be imposed as
long as the old one still exists.
Dr, Thompson related that a
new handbook will be printed
containing the old Constitution,
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COLLEGE GETS DATA
PROCESSING
Circle K Sponsor
Of Golf Tourney
By SANDRA RUSSELL
The Circle K Club of WCC will
sponsor a Golf Tournament Oc
tober 3-4. Qualifying rounds will
be held Sept. 19 - Sept. 30. Quali
fying rounds will consist of 36
holes. The qualifying scores will
be turned in to Gary Church be
fore Sept. 30.
The final round will consist of
36 holes. Players will be arran
ged by flights, and trophies will
be given for first place in each
flight. A fee of $10 will be re
quired for entrance into the final
round. The tournament will be
held at Jonesville.
CONCERT
TO BE GIVEN
By SANDRA RUSSELL
The Student Government As
sociation of Wilkes Community
College will present a concert
at 8:00 p.m. on October 24, at
Wilkes Central Gymnasium fea
turing the Box Tops. Prices will
be $2.50 for WCC students and
$3.50 for the public.
An emotional person is
usually easily led--the wrong
way.
Coffee House
Gets Under Way
“You can’t go around with bald
heads in acompany like this!” was
one of the startling statements
in the program given by the Wil-
kesboro Minister’s Association
Sunday night, September 13 at
the Coffee House program, which
concerned the lack of communi
cation between the college and the
community and between young
people and adults.
The “Sign of the Fish* pro
grams are presented by a co
mmittee of church leaders hea
ded by Mrs. Jackie Hall. A pla
nning group from the college—
Charles Mitchell, Jeff Shoema
ker, Mary Andrews, Pattie Gr
een, and Harriet Mayes—also as
sisted,
A “Sign of the Fish* session
is planned for every Sunday ni
ght, featuring a short program
concerning the topic of the day,
and including, at times, a guest
speaker. After the program, op
en discussion is encouraged. Co
ffee, hot chocolate, and doughnuts
will be served, and entertainment
will often be provided. Topics
are selected by the group and not
necessarily by the committee.
The next Coffee House session
will be Sunday, October 3, at8;30
p.m. in the Student Commons at
the college. Everyone is urged to
attend and bring someone else.
Two key punch machines and
a card sorting machine were re
cently installed in the specially
built data processing room in
the Business Administration sec
tion of Thompson Hall.
These machines were design
ed to help the 29 students now
enrolled in the Data Processing
Program to have firsthand know
ledge of how they operate.
Mr, J,F. Payne, instructor in
the Data Processing Program,
relates that because of the wi
despread use of such equipment
in the business world, courses
MACHINES
in the operation of the machines
will also be offered to students
in other technical programs.
Mr, Payne expects by mid-
October an IBM 2770 Terminal
to give communications with the
computer at the Research Trian
gle in the Raleigh-Durham-
Chapel Hill area. Students will
be able to present problems to
the computer through this sys
tem and receive answers.
This equipment will be a tre
mendous aid to the Data Process
ing Department,
GEORGE BARBER and JOE BARBER experiment with the new
machines.