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Western Is Accepting
Scholarship Applications
CULLOWHEE-Western
Carolina University is accepting
applications for academic
scholarships from high school
seniors wiio rank in the top 10
percent of their high school
classes.
Awards ranging from $500 to
$1,000 are available in the
academic scholarships competi-
tion for the 1985-86 academic
year. The awards recognize ex-
ceptional academic achievement
in secondary schools.
‘Although the awards are for
one year only, they may be
renewed after the initial year on
the basis of scholastic achieve-
ment.
Scholarships involved in the
competition include the Patrons
of Quality awards, Western
Alumni scholar awards and the
Mary Woods Flintom awards.
Applicants must have com-
pleted not less than 15 academic
units including four years of
English, ‘three ‘years of
mathematics (including algebra
and geometry), two years of
social sciences or history, two
years of natural and/6r physical
sciences and two years of a
foreign language or humanities
(art, music, philosophy, etc.).
To be considered in the com-
petition, students must complete
applications for the competition
and admission to WCU prior to
Feb. 1, 1985.
For additional information,
contact Joseph Creech, Director
of Acdemic Services, Western
Carolina University, Cullowhee,
N.C. + 28723: telephone
(704)227-7222.
BB&T Book Features
North Carolina People
Four hundred years of North
Carolina’s special people and
places are featured in a new
book released today by BB&T.
The book, North Carolina:
Reflections of 400 Years, was
commissioned by BB&T in
honor of the state’s 400th an-
niversary celebration.
BB&T will present a copy of
the book to all primary and
secondary schools in the state
with an eighth grade and to all
public libraries and college
libraries. North Carolina history
is taught at the eighth grade level
as authorized by the North
Carolina General Assembly.
A special segment of the book
. details the state’s 400 year past
in a unique timeline format
highlighting significant - people:
and events in North Carolina in
words and pictures. The beok
features over 250 color and
black and white photographs of
some of the state’s most pictures-
que landscapes and thought pro-
voking essays by leaders in
agriculture, sports, politics,
business and the arts.
“The 176-page book includes
the work of nearly 35 con-
tributors, including such North
Carolina notables as Hugh Mor-
ton, president of Grandfather
Mountain; Doris Betts, noted
novelist; Gaylord Perry, ex big
leaguer; North Carolina’s poet
laureate Sam Ragan and
Winston-Salem State head
basketball coach, Clarence “Big
House” Gaines.
Referring to the book as the
bank’s contribution to the 400th
anniversary celebration, BB&T
President L. Vincent Lowe, ‘Jr.
noted in his introduction to the
volume: “Because of our unique
status as North Carolina’s oldest
bank, BB&T shares in the keen
awareness of our heritage as the
home of the first English settle-
ment in the New World.”
In addition to presenting near-
ly 4,000 copies of the book to the
state’s schools and libraries, the
book is available for purchase at
any of the 153 branch offices in
88 cities across the state. Pur-
chase price is $37.50 plus tax.
As an official project of the
North Carolina Museum of
History Associates, part of the
proceeds from public sales will
be used for renovation of the
History Museum’s new quarters
in the old Museum of Art
“ building near the state Capitol in
Raleigh.
North Carolina: Reflections
of 400 Years is also available by
mail order or through the North
Carolina Museum of History
and Museum of Art gift shops.
Contact BB&T, P.O. Box 1847,
Wilson, 27893 for order infor-
mation.
BB&T, the sole subsidiary of
Branch Corporation, is the
state’s fifth largest bank.
The Rag Bag
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For your shopping convenience The
Rag Bag will be open Sundays from
1-5:30 thru December 23. Regular
store “hours 8-5:30 Mondoy thru
Saturday.
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