PAGE 2, THE COUGAR CRY, NOVEMBER 17, 1970
EDITORIAL Judge Johnson Jay Hayes
There are rumors around sch
ool today that the Cougar Cry
will be stopped completely for
the remainder of the year. To
clear the thoughts in many peo
ple’s minds on this matter, let
us look at the SGA budget and
the list of expenditures for this
year. The SGA has approxima
tely $8000 in student activity
fees to work from in this three
quarter period. This estimate
is based on the amound paid
this fall quarter. The annual re
ceived a budget approved of
$5800, which was lower than
last year’s budget. This left
$2200. From this came the ne
wspaper’s budget request for the
Fall quarter which amounted to
$635. From this also came $400
for the President’s trip to Wash
ington where he met with other
college President and leaders
of the United States.
The SGA paid a $300 debt
from the first dance this year,
had a $750 loss on the concert,
and had $100 in bills from last
year. This leaves a grand total
of $15 in the SGA budget. So,
what happens to a newspaper
when it has no funds? Does it
fold up? Does it quit? My first
thoughts were to do just that,
but friends and co-workers ur
ged that it not be given up.
Therefore, we are seeking fi
nancial support elsewhere to su
stain our paper through this cri
sis. Even though there may be
only one issue a quarter, the
paper will stay alive if it is
all possible. Many people have
expressed the wish that we con
tinue.
Did the SGA put all its eggs
in one basket? The cost of the
recent concert featuring a group
called the Box Tops exceeded
$2000. The loss on this venture
was approximately $750. Maybe
for a small college in a town this
size, a number of smaller pro
jects with less cost per project
would have been more appro
priate.
In his four score years and
four. Judge Johnson Jay Hayes
proved himself to be one of
Wilkes County’s tall men, and
his passing (as the poet Ma
rkham said of Lincoln) “leaves
a lonesome place against the
sky.”
He was a judge who had a
heart —
A Sunday School teacher who
stirred the soul--
A friend of education who chal
lenged the mind.
Indeed, it was largely through
his efforts that Wilkes Commu
nity College came into being with
the granting of a charter in Oc
tober, 1964. It is fitting that on
an October morning five years
later, the Judge Johnson Jay
Hayes Classroom Building was
dedicated in his honor. His por
trait was placed in the building
and a plaque, bearing the follow
ing inscription:
IN HONOR OF JUDGE JOHNSON
JAY HAYES RETIRED FEDERAL
udents wanting a football team
will be a deciding factor in its
becoming a reality. Let every
student of WCC voice an opinion.
Let’s give our campus the spi
rit-arousing nucleus of football.
Devotees-you’ve taken the fi
rst step. The hardest part—that
of putting your ‘Idea’ into effect-
is yet to come. I don’t know wh
at objections will be raised, but
they may all be surmounted if
you want the team badly enough.
Prove your determination to have
a team by producing numerous
‘Ideas’ to solve every objection
raised.
I, for one, am a Devotee-Fan.
And I can almost promise support
for your ‘Idea’ not only among
the students but out in the county
as well. As soon as the spirit de
manding an organized team cat
ches on here on campus. I’ll see
what emotion an article in the lo
cal paper will arouse within the
county. So, Students, Devotees,
Faculty, Administration: Fan this
spark-ling ‘Idea’ into a flaming
reality. Get together at least a
limited petition so that the Adm
inistration must specifically st
ate any objections it may have;
for we can only oppose real ob
jections, not vague, nebulous on
es. Just get involved. If you hear
an objection, jot it down. Think
of several solutions, and ask ot
hers for solutions. I, for one,
would like to see these Devotees
get their Wish, to see an organi
zed Football Team at WCC, and
someday be able to look back
at my Alma Mater and say, “I
was there when ”
JURIST AN D CHARTER MEM
BER OF THE BOARD OF TRUS
TEES THROUGH WHOSE UNTIR
ING EFFORTS WILKES COM
MUNITY COLLEGE WAS AP
PROVED BY THE STATE BOARD
OF EDUCATION.
No one present for that me-
memorable occasion could have
foreseen that the October fol
lowing would mark his passing--
“A loss,” in the words of Dr.
Thompson, “not only to Wilkes
Community College but to the
county of Wilkes.”
Dean Idol spoke for many when
he said: “As individuals and as
a county we are richer because
Judge Hayes passed this way—
because he touched us.”
EDITORS NOTE: My sincere apo
logies to Harry Mayes whose
name appeared in the Coffee
House article of the last issue
erroneously spelled as H-A-R-
R-I-E-T. Sorry Mr. Mayes I
How about it? Who’s for a Fo
otball Team?
EVA RUSSELL
EDITORS NOTE: This second le
tter was presented after more re
search had been done on the sub
ject of a football team.
2nd letter
The above article (“Who Wa
nts a Football Team?”) was wr
itten in an attempt to solicit your
support for the ‘Idea’ and your
help in making it a reality. The
Devotees were working hard in
several ways: They were coming
up with more new ideas, they were
circulating petitions to evaluate
student interest (These were ra
pidly amassing signatures), and
the ‘Idea’ was taken to the Pres
ident. There came the veto: It
seems that there is a law that
only high schools and four-year
college can have football teams.
Two-year colleges can not. This
does sound final. But another
member of the administration
is quoted as having said that the
law is merely requiring a cer
tain numerical full-time enroll
ment, which no community col
lege can meet. I don’t know. I
hope to find out more. Meanwhile,
it isn’t a dead issue. Discuss it,
ascertain the real situation for
your-self.
The Devotees are still playing
football and coming up with new
ideas. So what are you, the stu
dents of Wilkes Community Col
lege, going to do about this?
I’m listening for your answer.
EVA RUSSELL
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Who wants a football team?
We have all noticed with vary
ing degrees of interest the Foot
ball Devotees that almost daily
enlivened front campus with their
games. Yesterday one of these
Devotees came to me with an
Idea which he and some of the
others had been pondering: Sine
lethargy, apathy, and tension had
been so apparent in the campus
atmosphere this year as to merit
consideration in GAS, and since
football is a sport which has a
spirited, cohesive following ev
erywhere, and since we have
a group of young men who ob
viously enjoy football, would not
a formal football team “kill two
birds with one stone?” Then why
not organize one?
But our Devotees are not “all
brawn and no brain.” Being lo
gical, educated young men they
were unable to stop with an ‘Idea’.
Unsure of the proper channels
through which to voice the‘Idea’,
one of the Devotees came to me.
I recommended certain channels
of the SGA and the President’s
Advisory Board and promised an
article for the paper. One mem-
bert of the Judiciary Council has
promised topersonally take tothe
President any petition the Devot
ees may present in promotion
of their ‘Idea.’ I also urged my
Devotee to have EACH of his
group to present his plea for the
‘Idea’ in the “Cougar Cry.” And,
Men, don’t think your opinion
doesn’t count! The number of st
THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Editor Maurice Craven :;S
Assistant Editor JaDWa g
Sports Editor — Vicki Hig'gins
Social Editor Sandra Russell
Business Manager Wanda Barlow
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Xypists Jackie Johnson, Eyda Bennett, Sherill Lowe
Advisor Essie Hayes