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THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VOLUME 4, No. 14
WILKESBORO. NORTH CAEO'LINA
NOVEMBER 11, 1974
Freshman Qass Holds Elections
During the first week of Oc
tober, freshman class elections
were held to determine the
freshman officers for the re
mainder of the year. The qual
ity of the candidates was shown
in the closeness of the ballot
ing, as a runoff election was
necessary.
Congratulations to the win
ners, who are; Tim Faw, Presi
dent; Kim Whitesides, Vice
President; Judy Newman, Sec
retary; Georgia Brown, Treas
urer; Corinne Richardson, Sen
ator; Gloria Coffey, Senator;
Mike Elledge, Senator; Shelby
Harris, Senator; Donna Mathis,
Senator; Debbie Osborne, Sena
tor.
These officers were installed
by President of SGA John
Cashion, at the regular meet
ing of SGA, Tuesday, October
ss, 1974.
Other officers include: Soph
omore class officers: Linda
Shaffner, President; Barney
Graham, Vice President; Ter
esa Childress, Secretary; Jean-
nie Caraway, Treasurer; and
four Senators: Archie Cashion,
Patricia Cockerham, Joe Man-
olovich, and Debbie Elliott.
SGA officers are: John Cash
ion, President; Vickie Bullis.
Vice President; Debbie Cleary
Secretary, and Linda Phillips
Treasiurer.
Conversation At A Party
(Could not have taken place
anywhere else)
Jahn Cashion
“Some day, said Tom Grooms
as he sipped his Kool Aid and
let his mind wander a little,
“Some day I’m going to have a
second - hand bookstore. It’s
the ambition of my life.”
“Yeah,” intruded Bill Moffett
(Diet Pepsi in hand), “Out in
front have old pots and pans
and broken-down lawnmowers
and old clothes, and in the
shop windows you can put in
everything to repel customers,
such as battered clocks, rusty
armor, fragments of wash
boards, pokers, incomplete
decks of cards, and a stuffed
rattlesnake, with a few hinges
and some old smoked-up cob
pipes.”
“I can see it now,” said Rob
McNeill. “When someone en
ters the store he will find
things still more non-attractive.
He will see false teeth (war
ranted not to fit), wooden legs,
ex-dolls, nicket plates, cups
and saucers that don’t match,
left shoes, and pipes without
stems.”
“With a pot bellied stove,”
said Moffett.
Tom Grooms picked up
again. “But the elect will per
severe. They will go on back
to a hidden door. Knock three
times and if they have the
pass-word, they will be ad
mitted to the rear room. There,
Oh! There will be the place.
There will be the books, all
sorts and conditions, rare old
sets which a retired Cadillac
dealer bought for $2,000 and
sold to me for $8, illuminated
manuscripts from monasteries,
decorative caligraphs from
Persia, untold tales from
Arabia, suppressed pamphlets,
books on magic, art, music,
confessions that confess and
every law book ever written.
Books, books, books, every
where — over every foot of
wall space from floor to ceil
ing, in revolving cases packed
full, on tables in rows, and in
heaps in the corner.
Moffett chimed in with per
fect timing, “I’ll bet you won’t
be able to buy fire insurance.”
Tom continued, “You will be
able to see books, feel of books.
Constitutional Rights, Etc.
By Tom Grooms
A recent article in the Char
lotte Observer (September 21)
reported an experiment by stu
dents of Charlotte’s Harding
High School, conducted at
Douglas Municipal Airport. The
students asked passersby
whether they agreed with the
following statement:
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of
the press; or the right of the
people to assemble, and to pe
tition the Government for a
redress of grievances.
If you don’t recognize the
statement as the First Amend
ment to the U. S. Constitution
then you may add yourself to
the 350 people of the 386 peo
ple polled who also didn’t rec
ognize it.
Although 340 people did, at
least, partially agree with the
statement; nevertheless, this
wholesale inability to formally
recognize one of the funda
mental expressions of our con
stitutional rights is a startling
and disheartening revelation.
It is a commentary, I submit,
on the lack of vigilance and
concern that the American peo
ple exmoit tor tneir own m-
dividual rights and liberties.
As an attempt to dispel this
ignorance and to demystify the
law for the lay person, I begin
with this writing, a series to
discuss some of the basic pro
tections that the State and Fed
eral Constitutions provide.
Although we don’t hear very
much about it. North Carolina
and all States have a constitu
tion that is separate and dis
tinct from the U. S. Constitu
tion. The North Carolina Con
stitution, in fact, was adopted
before the U. S. Constitution.
I will concentrate on the U. S.
Constitution in this series, but
I’ll mention the North Carolina
Constitution where there are
parallel provisions. For ex
ample, Section 12 (Right of
assembly and petition). Section
13 (Religious liberty) and Sec
tion 14 (Freedom of speech and
press) or Article I of the North
Carolina Constitution covers,
with some variation, the same
areas as the First Amendment.
Next issue I’ll consider the
First Amendment’s prohibition
of religious establishment and
protection of religious free ex
ercise, the potential conflicts
between the two provisions, and
the Supreme Court’s attempt to
reconcile these conflicts.
smell books, and even read
them.”
Rob added to the construc
tion of the store, “Souls of
books will infest the place.
There will be arm chairs and a
lounge and stools and step lad
ders. There shall be no rules
except silence.”
“Wait a minute, queried
Grooms, “How am I going to
pay the bills for the place?”
“Let’s do it this way,” Mof-
fet thought out loud. “You can
sell the books at the buyer’s
price, whatever he wants to pay
for it, only he can’t take it with
him. He can just own it and
let it stay in the store. You
see that way several people
can own the same book at the
same time and the money goes
to support the store.”
“That’s a good idea. Bill,”
said McNeill. “Every once in
a while a millionaire will pay a
fabulous price for books, and
he will leave them there. Soon
er or later you can sell them to
another millionaire. He will
get the pride of ownership and
help keep up the store. Mil
lionaires have their uses.”
“Every kind of book will be
on the shelves,” Tom dreamed.
“Except new books.”
The conversation seemed to
drop off there as Linda Ashford
(Tom’s wife) came in with “I
want to show you all a new
book I bought today.”
SHOCKING
NEWS
Electronics, shocking? Not
really if you are fortunate
enough to have Mr. John Wiles
backing you with his many
years of experience and techni
cal ability. This is what two-
way radio communications is
all about.
Since only the effects of
electricity are noticeable, elec
trical principles and theory are
validated through metering
equipment used in laboratory
experiments. Students apply
this gained knowledge by the
use of mathematics and elec
trical fomulas.
Every student realizes that
his best effort is a must in
order to be licensed by the
Federal Communications Com
mission (FCC) as a two-way
radio technician. This exam
ination, issued by FCC, is
mandatory before a student
can be awarded a diploma
from Wilkes Community Col
lege.
All these future require-
Freshman Class Officers, sitting:, left to rig-ht: Mike Elledge, Cor-
rine Richardson, Debbie Osborne, Shelby Harris, Donna Mathis.
Back Row: Tim Faw, Kim Whitesides, Judy Newman, Georgia
Brown, Gloria Coffey; not pictured.
Sophomore Class Officers, left to right: Archie Cashion, Linda
Shaffner, Joe Manolovick, Patricia Cockerham. Not Present:
Barney Graham, Teresa Childress, Jennie Caraway, Debbie Elliott
Orville And Wilbur
Would Have Been Proud
John Cashion
It was not Kitty Hawk, and
it will not change the transpor
tation mode of the world, but it
was fun. ‘THE FIRST AN
NUAL W C C PAPER AIR
PLANE CONTEST” WAS
LAUNCHED IN HIGH FASH
ION. Our special thanks to
Tom Grooms who pushed his
legal talent and training to the
limit to make the rules as fair
to everyone as possible. He
was the chief official of the
event. Also helping to offici
ate were Bob Johnston, Bill
Moffett (who according to Jerry
Bangle looked like a “hawker”
outside a strip show), Jo Hen
drix, Betty Thompson, and
Henry Pepper.
Trophys went to: Archie
Cashion for distance, Loren
McMurray for accuracy and the
team of Greg Bare, Eddie
Spear and Rick Surber for de
sign. Honorable mention prize
(By the Bookstore) was given
to Archie Cashion for design.
The Journal - Patriot and
WXII Television were on hand
to cover the historical event.
It has been talked in the
ments have not upset students’
morale enough for-them not to
appreciate the numerous elec
trical laws and applications be
hind each one of them.
Wayne Bouchelle
SGA that the next SGA-spon-
sored event will be a pancake
eating contest, or maybe a tug-
of-war across our new lake.
A Challenge
To Action
A challenge to action is the
theme for the 1974-75 Circle K
Club. Circle K is a service or
ganization sponsored by the lo
cal Kiwanis Club for college
men and women. Sponsors for
the Circle K are Dr. Robert
Mayer and Mrs. John Idol.
Officers for the 1974-75 year
are President, Jeff Reeves;
Vice President, James Mullis;
Secretary, Jim Roland; Treas
urer, Aletha Baker; and Re
porter, Randy Melton.
IT IS ABOUT -nME
If one is wondering why it
has been so long since the last
issue of The Cougar Cry was
published ... we have a good
answer for you. It is all
Becky’s fault. We waited and
waited for Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Mann . . . better known as
Becky,, to have their new baby.
And finally on the morning of
November the 5th (election
day) at 4 a.m. it happened.
Congratulations to Papa Pete
and his sweet wife Becky.