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REGISTER **»v> 9Ml&J"COMPLETE AWARENESS FORC GMPLETE COMMITMENT VOLUME XLVIII NUMBER 52 NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY, GREENSBORO APtlL 19. 1977 66 Receive Caps At Ceremony By Margaret L. Brown The speaker for the 'Ocassion nurse, one needs motivation, was Constance Smith, a senior determination, education, and The capping ceremony of the nursing major. Her topic was dedication 1978 class of the School of entitled, "Warning: Qualified Margaret Farr, another senior Nursing was held Sunday evening Nurses." She informed the nurses nursing major, urged the rising in Harrison Auditorium. There that there is a demand for seniors to wear their caps with were 66 candidates, one well-qualified nurses. She went pride annd dignity. whom was male. on to say that,to be a qualified Several awards were given. They included the Stewart Memorial Scholarship which went to Marian Isley, the ChibSponsorsLuncheon Medical-Surgical Nursing Award was awarded to Wilahemia Hendrick, and, the Auxilliary of To Honor Participants the L. Richardson Memorial Hospital Award was presented to By Catherine Speller the outstanding service and Gwendolyn Bryant. honor awards. The Silver The awards Trivet for academic The A&T Home Economics award, sponsored by achievement by the Stokley Teloca Chapter Association paid special tribute Ford C of Greensboro Saturday at an Honors luncheon was given to Jacqueline Webb. to its outstanding seniors and Donna Smith was the also members of the Home recipient of the Character, Economics Club. Education and Friendship award. The Department of Home The Service and Humanities Economics hones to make its award was received by Barbara honors day luncheon an annual Badgett. event. It was expressed that this The candlelight and reciting is the only event sponsored by of the Nightengale Pledge was the the Home Economics highlight of the affair. Department that brings faculty, Ms. Smith challenged the students and parents together to upcoming seniors to prepare Dean Wynn recognize, honor, and give themselves for the road ahead. caps a junior nursing student during the capping appreciation to the students for ceremony ofthe 1978class their services Guest speaker for the luncheon was Mrs. Shirley Frye, assistant vice chancellor for Development and University 700Participate In Fun Day Relations. She jokingly told of Renee Wooten a senior food science major, her teaching career and Shirley Bullard. This is the first organized by Larry encouraged her listeners to gain By Delilah Perkins Pierce seconds time the award has been the expertise in home Over 700 hundred students Tony Tyson, SGA president, Football throwing was won economics presented at A&T. that she did not gain.She stressed participated in the fun day stated that it was long term by Pierre Melvin. Josephine Macon received the activity planning, positive thinking and career that was held on the and the activity was Wheelbarrow race winners award for outstanding volunteer wer-j thinking throughout her talk. football practice field Saturday. potraying his theme "Unity Keith Davis, Rock service in the child development Conquers Dr. B. C. Fun day was sponsored by the All". Washington, with seconds to Eric Webb, dean of the laboratory. This is the third year Clinton School of S.G.A. with the assistance of the Tyson explained that the and Brenda Cheatham. Agriculture, presented (See Home, Page 2) Intramural Department and functions that were given this The card tournament winners year were limited due to the were Genoris Butler and James allocation offunds Stuart. Softball was not competitive Horse shoes winners were Elliot Laws stated, Vincent Phillips and Ricky "Everybody can get together and Reynolds, with third place going meet new people. It is an activity to Ron Morgan, that both male and female can In the s ck race, first place get together and do." went to Richard Crank and Minerva Miller said, "It felt second was Larry Spence good being out and involved. It The pie eating contest was was nice to have something for won by Ron Eldridge and the everyone to do." dance contest was won by The overall attitude of the Howard Perry and MirandaFoggy. students that were at the event Palm reading was held by showed eagarness to get involved. Justin Pomergy. Many thought it interesting to hear someone tell Volley ball was a non them about themselve. The lines competitive game. in your palm explain past childhood life, and present, life In tug of war the first winners and the future, Justin explained. were Ronnie Eldridge, Joe There was an Bloomfield, Kelvin Will. The also activity that many Aggies are second winners were Luther unfamilar with. This was "Shiastu", or "the Taylor, Keith Butler, Tony relieving pressure with the use Ramsesur, Christ Baughn and of Owen Butler. fingers." This was used and was course, During Day, participate" m such activities as tug-of-wai The obstacle winner said to be able to relieve the Fun Students was Larry Spence" in 51.2 headaches, and sore thoats. Page 2 The A&T Register April 19,1977 Students Compete In Game Three students from the Boyd, a computer programming laboratory can be of valuable School of Business and instructor in the Business help in later employment or Economics have been competing Administration Department. graduate school opportunities. In in a computer simulatedbusiness The purpose of the Business addition, the participants have game representing A&T State Management Laboratory is to the opportunity to win cash University. acquaint students with the prizes and travel to the Research The students are participating various aspects of a business Triangle Park if their firm makes Yvonne Anders, team captain, enterprise. Participants are it through the elimination round. and a senior accounting major; forced to deal simultaneously The participants all agree that Pinnix, a senior accounting with such factors as production, the game has been instrumental major; and Fred Duckett. a finance, marketing and in bringing together things senior business administration administration. The experience they've learned major. in business Their advisor is Thomas gained by participating in the courses GRE Will Have Some Changes PRINCETON. NJ College She explained that, like the 'The same research effort seniors planning to take the traditional measures of the GRE, that produced the new measure Graduate Record Examinations the new test will use various also yielded shorter versions of . ■ (GRE) Aptitude Test next fall kinds of questions the verbal and quantitative will see some changes- in the "Three types will be used in sections that are comparable in exam. A new section designed to the analytical section: analysis of reliability and usefulness, to the measure analytical skills will be explanations, logical diagrams, earlier and longer sections," added to the traditional areas and analytical reasoning explained Somerville that test verbal and quantitative questions, each designed to test a The GRE is taken each year skills. different aspect of analytical by about 300.000 college The change, theftfirst since the ability," she said. students as part of the "Patty" at the bat Aptitude current form of the Despite the new additon, the admissions process to graduate Test was introduced in the Gre will remain a three-hour test school. The exam is offered six 1940"s, is based on an extensive since the verbal and quantitative times a year, while advanced research effort initiated by the portions have been shortened tests in 20 subjects are offered French fried potatoes were not invented in France Graduate Record Examinations and the time saved allocated to five times a year throughout the Belgium. Then their popularity spread to the no France. Board that showed that the new measure nation analytical skills can be distinguished from verbal and quantitative skills and are related AmbassadorYoung to academic success. Students, faculty members, ATTENTION and administrators from all over Does Not Want the country were consulted in SEMORSH-SEMORS!! the various planning stages of the To Handle Afriea ATLANTA (AP) change in the exam. - U.N. 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