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m THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE VOLUME 3—No. 4 WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA APRIL 19, 1973 Commimity Welcomes Key .IV m IIIMIIP — ' DR. WAYLAm SPEAKS AT COVNTY WWE EVENT Dr. JoJm Wayland, director of General Studies, was featur ed speaiker Sunday afternoon at Memorial Park in services hon oring the Vietnam veterans, the Vietnam War dead, and re turned Wilkes POW Lieutenant Cmdr. Denver Key. Speaking to a crowd whidi numbered in the thousands. Dr. Wayland described the oc casion as “a day of joy, thanksgiving, of remembrance.” He said, “The return of the prisoners of war has relit the fires of patriotism in our hearts.” The speaker voiced concern at the negative attitudes and feelings of today over such problems as the high cost of living, the low level of morality, decline of patriotism, and in creased pollution. He^ added, “Compounding our anxieties and our weariness of spirit has been a seemingly endless and divisive war.” “Too many,” he said, “have sold out to cynicism, despair and a spirit of ‘Who Cares?’ Too many have allowed their patriotism to pale and their en thusiasms to go ‘blah.’ ” Dr. Wayland cited statements dating from ancient history to the Twentieth Century which showed despair at conditions of the times. “Our country has seen much more difficult times than these,” he stated, “even though they seem so terrible to USv” He praised the courage, loy alty, and spiritual strength of the returned prisoners of war and added that these qualities “have done more to comfort, hearten, and pour strength into our faltering spirits than any thing that has happened to us in a long time.” “Their suffering,” he continu ed, “has been for us. We are ashamed of our little faith, our faltering hopes, our half-loy alties, our anemic patriotism. Their vicarious sacrifice has re deemed us.” Noting that the service coin cided with the beginning of “Holy Week” or “Passion Week,” Dr. Wayland described vicarious suffering as “suffer ing for a purpose ... a prin ciple of life that really works.” Addressing Lieutenant Cmdr. Key, he said, “You and youf fellow prisoners of war have electrified and revitalized the nation. By your moral courage you have made us ashamed of our small faith and little deeds.” He said, “Of course, we ~ot Wilkes rather expected that of you personally.” He recalled how Key had played the role of the hero in a Mountain View (now North High) production ot THE VALIANT, in wiiich his wife Alece also participated. To Mrs. Key the speaker said, “You made a very wise choice in a husband. Your hero has proved to be a very courageous hero indeed.” Dr. Wayland suggested that Wilkes Countians could best demonstrate gratitude to Cmdr. Key for his sacrifice by aiding Vietnam veterans and their families by sharing with their neighbors “invincible good will” Expressing the need for “good old-fashioned neighbor* liness,” the speaker commented, “This is the spirit which we have, by and large, in Wilkes County. Our whole countiy needs it now.” Dr. Wayland concluded: “Thank you, Ck>mmander Key, for your redemptive sacrifice. May the God and Father of us all help us to be more grateful for your sacrifice and that of your mates. May God help us to work together as Americans and world citizens in the fi^ against the common enemies of mankind: hate, prejudice, ignor ance, disease, overpopulation, pollution, crime, misuse of drugs, war, and insurrection, to the end that the whole world may enjoy a new burst of free dom and the security of uni versal peace.” Lieut Cmdr. Key, who re sponded briefly, commented, “It’s great to be home!” He said that after almost 64 months under Commimism, he believed no sacrifice too great in the fight against its spread. Key expressed to the families of Vietnam dead “the fervent hope and prayer” that history would show that “they did not die in vain.” Attend Exposition On April 24, a group of WOC business students plan to attend the Mid-South Business Equip ment Exposition at Greensboro Coliseum. Joining Phi Beta Lambda members for the bus trip will be students in the college Of fice Machines classes. The group will travel by bus to the exhibit, which will fea ture the latest in computers, office machines, furniture, and business services. Mrs. Jean M. Tugman and Mrs. Eissie N. Hayes, Phi Beta Lambda advisors, will accom* pany the students. LI. Cdr. W. Dearw Key and his wlf». Alece, met w^wishers after oerenionies at Memorial Park in Nmrtli Wilkesboro. ANTIGONE TRANSLATED By Bob Gracely The College Theatre will pre sent ANTIGONE the first week in May. This production and script will be a real FIRST thanks to Mrs. Elizabeth Kelso, who transkited the script from the original Greek. Mrs. Kelso, a part-time in structor here and a resident of Lenoir, has spent over two hun dred hours in the tedious pro cess of translating the original Greek version of ANTIGONE as a favor o the College Theatre. According to Mrs. Kelso, “This translation is what Soph ocles really meant to say in ANTIGONE. I have not taken any unnecessary liberties with the original play.” She has tried to use the exact format of Sophocles. Elizabeth D. “Bunny” Kelso received her formal educaition at Myers Park High Sdiool in Charlotte and UNC-Greensboro, where she majored in Greek and English literature. There she also did graduate work in English and served as graduate assistant in the English De partment. She says, “My greatest in spiration came from studying ME8. KELSO under such people as Randall Jarrell, Peter Taylor, Allen Tate, and Fred Chappell. She has dedicated her translation of ANTIGONE to RandaU JarreU, who translated Faust’s INFER NO while at UNC-G. Mrs. Kelso has displayed her literary talents as a poetess, a contributor to newspapers, and as editor of two UNC-G literaiy magazines. Here at WOC she works in the Adult Basic Education Pro gram, instructing in a federally funded program called MAIN STREAM In her words, “I work with the people who need and want some type of educa- tiiHi just so they can survive.” She teaches classes to adults who are just learning to read and write and to convicted criminals in a Department of Corrections Social Adjustments Program. She says that she teaches over 33 credit hours a week and a total of over 140 contact hours. When asked how she spends her “free time,” she laughed and said, “Talking to Pumpkin, our big orange cat, and picking up after my husband Fred and my two brothers, George and Bill.” With all this time on her hands, Bunny started translat ing another Sophoclean trag edy, OEDIPUS REX, which she hopes to have published soon along with ANTIGONE. Later, Ae plans to do OEDIPUS AT COLONUS. William Moffett, who is di recting ANTIGONE, and Dewey Mayes, the College Theatre di rector agree that the transla tion is “excellent” and “should be seen or read by all the stu dents.” (For a rare treat, see ANTI GONE here some time during the first week in May. It is an outstanding production and an even greater translation. Woman’s Lib By Judy Fer^ruson Wcpian’s Liberation is the rtgs! At least, it is a touchy; subject I thought it would be iitfwinative to get the view points of two of our WCC staff' members on the topic. Nancy Mclnnis lb. Nancy Mclnnis, a woman with a mind of her own as well as a pretty brown shag and sparkling brown eyes, has def inite opinions on the subject of Women’s Liberation. One thing that upsets her the most is the misconception that Women’s Libbers are bra-burners and man-haters. She states, “Pri marily it is a movement to en courage self-expression for all people. It shows other alter natives for women besides be ing forced by society into one category, that of marriage and motherhood. But it is not a slur on marriage: rather, it is a humanizing movement” The main supporters of Wom en’s Lib are of two types, she says. First are the housewives who have children in school or college and are alone at home with time on their hands. They need self-expression and get it by taking a job in order to do something creative outside the home. As they gain new inter ests, they become more vital people to live with, and these very changes frequently result in happier, more stable marri ages. One of the goals of WcHnen’s Lib is not the elim> ination of marriage, but better marriage. The second group consists of women from eighteen to thirty- five years of age, often college- educated, who firmly believe in equal opportunity. They are concerned with civil rights, ecology, and the population ex plosion. They have discovered ways to fulfill themselves in addition to, or in place of, marriage and motherhood. They feel strongly that society should not condemn or criticize them for the way of life tliey have chosen. Women’s Libbers oppose dis crimination, especially against women. They wholeheartedly campaign for equal pay for equal jobs and also for the chance to work at jobs formerly open only to men. In addition, they object to images frequent ly associated with women, in cluding the “playboy image” of woman as an object to be used, enjoyed, and left. Involved with this image is the double stand ard. Another image they resent is the “Miss America” image of a “mechanical, baton-twirling robot with a perfect figure and dress and no opinions whatso ever.” The domineering female, the dumb broad, the commercial female who pushes everything from toothpaste to cigarettes to cars, and the incompetent housewife are all images that Women’s Libbers oppose. The movement seeks to demonstrate that women can express th«n>- (C(mtinued On Page Two)
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