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PAGE 2 — THE COUGAR CRY, FEBRUARY 22, 1972 Letters To The Editor Address Letters To: Editor of Cougar Cry Wilkes Commimity College, Wilkesboro, N. C. 28697 Dear iJditor: On behalf of all who work with the American National Red Cross Blood Program in Wilkes County, we would like to express our thanks to the Student Government, Circle K Club, faculty and student body for the wonderful job all of you did in making the Bloodmobile visit such a great success to your College campus. After our experience with you in the Bloodmobile visit, we are convinced that many of you young people on our college campuses want to get involved in what’s happening today. All of us are looking forward to the next bloodmobile visit on your campus. We are ready to come at your invitation. Thanks again. I. V. Couch Chairman of Wilkes County Blood Program Purlear, N. C. Jan. 22, 1972 Dear Editor, Thank you for sending our son Sp. 4 Bradley S. McNeal a copy of the “Cougar Cry.” Bradley entered the Army Feb. 23, 1971, received basic at Ft. Jackson, S. C., went to Fort Sill, Okla. for advanced train ing in heavy artillery, moi'e specifically a “cannoneer.”. He won canooner of the month for November. He left Douglas Municipal Airport to day, after a month’s leave at home, on his way to Ft. Dix, N. J., the first leg of his jour ney to Frankfurt, Germany. Thanking you, I am Sincerely yours Mrs. H. J. McNeal INFLUENZA By Stanley Miller It has occurred to me that the school newspaper could be used as a median of students’ special interests, as well as re porting school activities. Since my interest lies in medicine and with the recent local rage of influenza, I de cided to use it as the subject of this article. Influenza is an infectious disease. There are four main types: A, B, C, D. Each some what different from the other. In 1957 a new strain of type “A” appeared, and since it first appeared in Asia, it has been named the Asian Flu. Another new strain appeared in 1968 and was named A2/Hong Kong/68. A single case of flu appears occasionally, but usual ly the disease occurs in lesser or greater epidemic form. The cause of influenza is a * virus. Viruses are smaller than bacteria and are identified with powerful electron microscopes. When a person has influenza or is coming down with it, the fluids in his nose and mouth contain the viruses. The disease is spread very easily. The most conunon method is through sneezing or coughing virus-lad en spray into the air for others to breathe. Influenza attacks the individ ual suddenly. Tlie symptoms can be some or all of the fol lowing; fever, chills, headache, sore throat, cough, and sore ness with aches in the back, and limbs. Although the fever usually lasts only one to five days, the patient is often as exhausted or weakened as if he had gone through a long ill ness. No known medicine will cure influenza. Sulfa, penicil lin, or other antibiotics have no affect upon it; although they are used to combat some of the complications which may fol low. Methods used by health de partments to combat the spread of slower moving diseases are of little help against the swift attack of an influenza epidemic. It is really up the the individ ual to understand how this disease spreads from one per son to another and to protect himself sensibly during an epidemic. The only medical preventive of practical value known to medical science is influenza vaccine. The vaccine presently available is made specifically to combat the Asian strain of in fluenza. The significance of the disease is often overlooked; however, even in the most re cent years it manages to claim the lives of several thousand people each year, complications being greatly responsible. In frequently as in 1918 and 1957, rapid fatal pulmonary infection occurs. In many cases the viral pneumonia was accompanied by bacterial infection. The disease may be sporadic or epidemic. Epidemics occur every one to four years. In fluenza may also be pandemic, spreading to all parts of the world. In the pandemic of 1918-1919 nearly 10 million peo ple died of the disease. Who’s Who Student Gets Scholarship Miss Evelyn O’Lean Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cur- lee Bailey from Statesville, North Carolina has been award ed an Upper Division Scholar ship from the College Entrance Examination Board. The scholarship will provide financial assistance to aid Miss Bailey in continuing her educa tion at a senior college. Her major is to be History with em phasis on Black History. The scholarship may be used at any college in the United States in which Miss Bailey is accepted. Miss Bailey will graduate in May of 1972 from Wilkes Com munity College with an Asso ciate in Arts degree. She has been outstanding at Wilkes Community College as a stu dent and also in extracurricular activities. In addition to her current role as treasurer for the Black Organization of Stu- Miss Bailey, Scholarship Reciirient dent Services, Miss Bailey is co-captain of the cheerleading squad and member of the col lege chorus. She was chosen Maid of Honor for 1972 Home coming and has been nominated for Who’s Who Among Stu dents in American Junior Col leges. Miss Bailey has also participated in the Work Study Program at Wilkes Community College. An Evening Of Dramatics By Carol Keys On Friday night, January 28, the Drama Department of Wilkes Community College pre sented an evening of dramatic readings and songs by Mr. Bud Mayes, who was assisted by Phil Edwards, a WCC student. This program consisted of a variety of good music and in teresting readings worth far more than the fifty cents ad mission charged. However, the evening had extra bonuses for those who at tended. For example, the au dience had a chance to observe someone on stage doing the program without its having been edited as it would have been on a movie screen; and, therefore, one could associate with those involved on stage to a greater extent than could have been the case with characters in a movie. The atmosphere was warmer and friendlier than in a movie theater. The closeness that each member of the audi ence felt to the other was very noticeable. On stage, plays and dramatic readings bring this closeness across as a movie theater cannot. In associating with the per son on stage, one also experi enced the joys, sorrows, humor and pain of the characters in the poems read and the songs sung. Mr. Mayes took the au dience back in history to Bibli cal times as he sang “Samson," and one heard Delilah coaxing Samson to tell her where his strength came from. The audi ence traveled in the silent, snow-f i 11 e d coimtryside in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and felt the parched lips and dry throat of a farmer hard at work as he sang the American folk song, “Bring Me Li’l Water Sylvie.” If experience is the best teach er, then assuredly the audience derived many valuable lessons from the evening. An exceptional job of acting and quality of voice are essen tial to impress people in such a way, and Mr. Mayes possesses bo^ of these assets. He and Phil both did an outstanding performance. Other songs and readings done included Chapter One from Look Homeward An gel, “Barney Hainsfeather” from Spoon River Anthology, “Or Blue,” and “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away.” Congratulations to the pro duction staff who did an out standing job. The crew includ ed Ralph Holbrook, in charge of lights; Janet Lyon and Steve Benton, who handled business; and Hattie Brock, who did the publicity. Definition A go-getter: A man who runs out of gas two miles from a station. -Dispatch, Richmond. ‘/t’« the best anti-pollution device yet, but what do we do with the bags?^^ J An ott the job shot of me of the varjrlnr coonct offered at WCC This one is Hotel Management Bloodmobile Visit On Wednesday, January 26, the Circle K Club and the SGA sponsored a visit by the Red Cross Bloodmobile. The num ber of potential donors far ex ceeded the goal of 125 pints, but only 98 were accepted. The sponsoring organizations would like to extend a thanks to those volunteers and the folowing dolors who made this visit a success: Elizabeth L. Brooks, Paul S. Crissman, Katrina Mikeal Greer, William L. Linley, Ralph Greer, Virgil Adams, Paul Richard Myers, Patricia Woodie, Philip Elliott Harmon, Gary Eller, Tim Sexton, John M. Elder, Gary Roten, Robert J. Roche, Daniel A. Reavis, Terry Lee Jackson, Da vid W. Caldwell, Larry M. Broyhill, Ford Markle, George D, Devereux, Kay McClure, Ricky Bowers, Dewey S. Mayes, Johnny R. Roselli, K i m Purdue, Bill Cockerham, Robert C. Howell, Diane Denise Long, Howard Wayne Triplett, Nancy Cocilo, Sandy Jones, George Lee Har rison, Jr., Billy Philips, Billy F. Childress, Frankie Hayes, David Pruitt, Dale C. Mahaffey, Bill Walsh, Paul An derson, Robert G. Hardin, Ron ald T. Waycaster, Mrs. Ger aldine Goldston, Victoria Lynn Brown, Elaine Cothren. Katherine K r o m, Juanita Noblitt, John V. Idol, Ricky A. Wagoner, Betty Powell, Jane G. Hobbs, Leonidus Y. Miller, Wal ter Scott McSwain, Nancy C. Baldwin, David Hayes, Robert K. Hayes, Cathy G. Staley, Su san Necessary, David Alvarez, Phillip E. Lewis, Gary Mc Neil, Terry Watson, Sherry A. Roberts, Linda G. Burchette, Gary T. Hoots, Thomas W. Wiles, Shelby J. Calloway, Peggy Gambill, Ella E. Settle, Janet M. Hartzog, Peggy S. By ers, Harvey L. Stamey, Lucky Mayberry, Bobby D. Mathis, Marlene McNeil, Joyce McNeil, Jerry L. Wyatt, Gary R. Dancy, Kenneth D. Greene, Jay Anderson, Linda S. Colvard, Dale L. Roope,, James E. Holder, Steve O. Adams, Dock Walker, Elbert G. Brown, Jeff Franklin Rash, Gary Joines, Billy Bauguess, Donald F. Longbottom, Howard B. Triplett, Richard A. Swink, Betty A. Billings, James L. Mc Kinney, Sheila Arin Mash, Bet ty Handy, James M. Ashley, Luther Perry, Rev. Carl With erspoon, James M. Pennell.
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