The Romans named the fourth month Aprilis, derived from the Latin verb aperire, "to open," because this month is the budding or opening time for trees and some spring flowers. April was also the sacred month of the goddess of love, Venus, whose major festival, the Veneralia, was held on April 1. Her Greek equivalent was the goddess Aphrodite, whom the Roman poet Ovid associated with the month of April in his long poem Festi ("Festivals"). 

1. NEW article: Community Captains Program Will Provide Free CNU Education for Disadvantaged but Deserving Area Students.

2. NEW article: Looking for Class of 1969 Juniors and Sophomores: Summary.

3. NEW article: CNC's First Basketball Scoreboard: Coach Bev Vaughan's Account  (A Memories Book Bit).

4. Dr. Harold Cones Fondly Remembers Mr. and Mrs. Takis (A Memories Book Bit). 

5. NEW Humor: Your Duck Is Dead. 

6. NEW Cartoons: Visual Puns Quiz. 

BI-WEEKLY QUOTE

SILLY DILLY

YOUR NEWS

Community Captains Program Will Provide

Free CNU Education for

Disadvantaged but Deserving Area Students

March 28, 2019 Announcement by

CNU Rector Robert R. (Bobby) Hatten, Esq.

Introduced and Edited by

A. Jane Chambers

          The major highlight of CNU's Donor and Recipient Scholarship Luncheon this spring was a well-crafted speech by Robert R. (Bobby) Hatten, Rector of CNU's Board of Visitors. Best known for his legal work on behalf of victims of asbestos, Newport News native Hatten has long been a major supporter of Christopher Newport, influenced first by family members. As a teenager, he saw his uncle Barry Wood join the original faculty of CNC in its opening year, 1961. In 1965 he saw his grandparents Earl and Leone Hatten initiate a scholarship program with a $10,000 grant. In 1983, as a successful lawyer in Newport News, Bobby Hatten doubled that scholarship fund. 

          The theme of Hatten's speech to the very large group of CNU scholars and their donors was the importance of past, present, and future support of Christopher Newport. Hatten named major leaders past and present--politicians and presidents--who significantly contributed to the amazing growth and academic success of CNC, and then CNU. He paid tribute also to the numerous scholarship recipients and donors in the audience--all of whom, in various ways, are continuing the giving-and-receiving tradition resulting in lives of significance. And in the final part of his talk, quoted fully below, Rector Hatten announced and explained the following new scholarship program--"unique and ambitious"-- that will begin in 2012.

From "Just Say YES to CNU," pages 7 - 9

          After a great deal of study, CNU’s Provost David Doughty and our President Paul Trible have designed a comprehensive and thoughtful scholarship program to improve the impact of CNU on our Community for those who need it most.  It’s called the Community Captains Program--a joint effort between the Newport News Public Schools and CNU to provide a college education to the most economically disadvantaged, but also the most academically motivated students in our public schools. This is a unique and ambitious program, and as Rector of the Board of Visitors I am very proud to tell you about it.

          Beginning in the 10^th grade the Newport News Public Schools will identify students who are severely economically disadvantaged but are maintaining a 3.4 grade point average. The college will then begin working with those students, until they graduate from high school, providing tutors and mentoring, and routinely inviting them to campus to introduce them to the CNU experience.

          While these students are still in high school, their parents will also be regularly invited to campus so that they can appreciate the possibilities of CNU for their child’s education. If the student maintains a 3.4 grade average through graduation and scores at least a 1050 on the SAT test, he or she will be guaranteed admission to CNU.

          The University is expecting approximately 25 students from Newport News Public Schools to qualify for admission each year. The first beneficiaries of this program will enter CNU in 2021. With Federal Pell grants, and a free food program from CNU, the cost of tuition and fees will be dramatically reduced, but even a few thousand dollars of out-of-pocket expense will probably be beyond the financial reach of these families.

        Our goal is to provide a completely free college education to each of these students.  To start the process, I and others on the Board have already said YES to sponsoring the cost of a student for four years.  Other members of the community have also joined us.

          All of you have said YES TO CNU so many times.  As you leave here today, we acknowledge and sincerely thank you for the generosity that each of you has already extended to CNU, but we also invite all of YOU to learn more about how you can contribute to the Community Captains Program.

          We hope that many of you will say YES TO CNU one more time so that the University can provide a cost-free education for these deserving young students in Newport News. Best wishes and Godspeed to you all.

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Published April 5, 2019

LOOKING FOR...

Looking for Class of 1969

Juniors and Sophomores

by A. Jane Chambers

SUMMARY

James I. Dunaway

Catherine R. Lawrence Frey

Donald M. Hall

Bruce G. Lyeth

Wayne L. Meisner

Margaret Moseley

Charles R. (Chuck) Silcox

Thomas M. Slaughter

Clinton W. Stallard

Tommy J. Tucker

William E. Ward

Burt L. Weinstein

Carol West Wanstall

Ronald L. Clair

Mary E. Grabs

Lynn Robert Lindberg

Nancy E. Muraca

Nancy D. McGee Richardson

Patricia Rogers Speakman

Marva W. Tan

MEMORIES BOOK BITS

HUMOR

Your Duck Is Dead

by A. Non

Sent by Danny Peters (BS, CNC,'71)

A woman brought a very limp duck to a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.

After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, but your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."

The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the vet..

"How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."

The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."

The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman.

The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"

The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150.

CARTOONS

VISUAL PUNS QUIZ

          A PUN is a play on words. VISUAL PUNS play on words through usually wordless images (photographs, cartoons, drawings, etc.) that evoke word play meanings. They are like small puzzles that the viewer solves by looking at the clues in the images.

          ANSWERS to visual puns range from single words to phrases such as well-known sayings. For example, an image of an ball with a eye on it suggests the word "eyeball"--or maybe the saying "Keep an eye [or "your eye"] on the ball."

         CAN YOU SOLVE all of the visual puns below? The CORRECT ANSWERS will be posted below the images NEXT WEEKEND (April 12-14) and remain there until April 18. 

SILLY DILLY ANSWER

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