VOL. 3, NO. 3
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.. OCTOBER 24,
BI-WEEKLY—$2.00 YEARLY
Founders' Day: 'A Report To Shareholders'
Frosh Elect
Joe Boling
President
Joe BoMng was elected presi
dent of the Freshman Class on
October 11, lin a run-off election
held in the official S.G.A. poUs
in the Student Union and the
Administration Building.
A graduate of Granby High
School in Norfolk, Va., Joe was
active in many student affairs
such as Monogram Club, secre-
tary-treasurer o fthe Hi-Y, re
presentative to M.G.A., Varsity
wrestler, and B.T.U. public
speaking champion.
He also attended St. Louis In
stitute of Music for the 1961 Sum
mer Session.
As president of the Freshman
Class, Boling represents the
class in all matters of student
govenmient as weU as holding
a seat in the Senate of the
S.G.A.
Other candidates for presi
dent of the freshman class were
John Lane of Arlington, Va.,
and Steve Cherry of Rocky
Mount.
Hie candidates for freshman
offices were nominated at a
recent assembly.
In a three-day run-off for the
vice presidency, John Edgerton
received the highest number of
votes. Edgerton served as presi
dent of the Student Body his
senior year in high school as
weU as holding a class office
for three years, as a member
of the Beta Club and M.Y.F.
Betty Ann Stevens holds the
office of secretary for the Fresh
man Class. She held other sec
retarial positions in high school
student government.
Jim Poteat was elected treas
urer of the class.
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PARTICIPANTS IN FOUNDERS’ DAY PROGRAM — These
men will participate in the Founders’ Day program to be held
on campus Thursday. From left to right are W. Jasper Smith,
Dr. C. Edwin Harwood, Dean Jack W. Moore and Dr. Jack W.
Teagarden. Dr. Teagarden wiU serve as faculty marshal.
First Production Set
By Dramatics Group
Wesleyan’s first dramatic pro
duction, MoUere’s Tartuffe, wiU
be presented on Dec. 7 and 8 in
the cafeteria Dy the newly-form-
ed campus drama group. The
Wesleyan Players. Admission
wiU be $1 per person.
Tartuffe is considered by
many as Moilere’s greatest play,
and certainly as his most con
troversial. It was in fact, so con
troversial that after its first
performance in 1664 it was ban
ned from the public and was
produced five years later only
under the protection of Louis
FROSH OFFICERS—Newly-elected freshman class officers are
Joe Boling, John Egerton, Jim Poteat and Betty Ann Stevens.
XIV.
A farce comedy, it features
a cast of 12—seven men and
five women, and is divided into
five acts.
The title was derived from
the main character in the play,
Tartuffe, who is considered a
religious hpyocrite, or a fraud
with a pious front to outsiders.
The production is under the
direction of Wallace H. John
son, head of the Drama De
partment. Assisting him is RoyaU
Brown, student business man
ager.
Although the casting has been
completed, positions are stUl
open for student assistance in
the areas of stage management
and other backstage jobs such
as properties, publicity, and
costuming.
Two Russian
Embassy Men
Visit Campus
Yuri Vasdlieu and Valentin
Shorin, the second and third
secretary of the Russian Em
bassy in V/ashington, D. C.,
visited the campus and gave a
lecture on “Russian Economy”
in the Student Union last Sat
urday morning. Both are out
standing Russian economists.
Vasilieu and Shorin were vi
siting Rocky Mount and last
Friday spoke at a luncheon
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce.
When invited to visit Wesley
an they both accepted and came
Friday afternoon and then agreed
to return Saturday morning to
speak with students in an in
formal question-lecture session.
Both students and faculty par
ticipated in the session, which
lasted over two hoiu-s.
Their visit to Rocky Mount
was a part of a tour they were
making of several southern
states.
Program Will
Feature Talk
By L W. Hill
“Report to the Shareholders”
will be the theme for Founders’
Day as more than 1,000 friends
and patrons of the college ga
ther on campus tomorrow to
celebrate its founding in 1956.
Luther W. Hill, Chairman of
the Board of Trustees, will be
the featured speaker and will
present a certificate of recog
nition to the “Founders of North
Carolina Wesleyan College.”
Aerial color photographs will
also be presented at this time.
Other featured speakers wlU
include college Comptroller, W.
Jasper Smith, speaking on the
theme, “A Six Year Steward
ship,” Dr. C. Edwin Harwood,
Chairman of the Humanities Di
vision, wiU present “One Fa
culty Member’s Academic Am
bitions for Wesleyan,” and Dean
Jack W. Moore who wiU present
“Academic Aspirationst—A Look
Into the Future.” Dr. Thomas
A. Collins, president, wUl pre
side. The academic procession
al will be led by Faculty Mar
shall, Dr. Jack Teagarden.
Between 12:30 and 1:30 a bar
becue dinner will be served to
guests, students, trustees, facul
ty, and staff behind the Power
Plant. Following the luncheon,
the campus hold an Open
House, and visitors wUl be in
vited to tour the Student Union,
Dormitories, and other sites of
interest.
The Founders’ Day Convo
cation will begin at 2 o’clock
with the academic procession
followed by an anthem by the
Wesleyan Singers. During the
convocation, guests will meet
the Trustees of the College and
the Directors of the Rocky
Mount area Wesleyan College
Foundation.
Special guests at the observ
ance this year will be all per
sons in Nash and Edgecombe
LUTHER W. HILL
Counties who have made pledg
es to help establish Wesleyan.
At 3:30, a reception and Open
House will be held at the Presi
dent’s home, at which time plat
form guests and speakers wiU
be recognized.
The day will begin with the
faU meeting of the Board of
Trustees at 11 a. m.
Climaxing the day wiU be the
second performance in the Wes
leyan Concert Series for this
year, as Dr. WUliam G. Sasser
and Thelma Sasser present a
duo-piano concert in Garber
Chapel at 8:15 p. m. All guests
are invited to remain for the
concert.
Decree Needs More
Reporters On Staff
Openings exist on the staff of
The Wesleyan Decree for re
porters, according to Mary C.
Hodgin, editor.
“We are trying to make The
Decree an outstanding college
newspaper and the staff needs
additional workers who are in
terested in the paper and its
function as the voice of Wes
leyan students,” she said.
Interested students should ap
ply at The Decree office.
RUSSIAN VISITORS—President Thomas A. ColUns shows a
copy of the Wesleyan College annual to campus visitors Yuri
VasUeu and Valintin Shorin, members of the Russian Embassy
in Washington, D. C.