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VOL. 3, NO. 6
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., DECEMBER 12, 1962
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Christmas Events
To Feature Dance
MISS MISTLETOE CANDIDATES—Here are
the four candidates for Miss Mistletoe, one of
whom will be crowned Dec. 13. From left to
right are Mary Jo
Francis McGee, and
Barkley, Kay
Judy Addison.
Hobbs,
The annual Christmas isemi-
formal, scheduled for Dec. 13,
will be held in the Student Union
Cafeteria. Tickets are $2.00 per
couple. Because the dance will
last from 9 p. m. until 12 p. m.,
the Director of Student Ldfe has
extended the Nash Dorm clos
ing time until 12:30 a. m. to
allow girls ample time to return
to the dorm.
Featuring the Duke Ambassa
dors, this dance iis one of the
major social events of the year.
Decorations
Sponsored by tlie Social Com
mission, the decorations will be
in the traditional Yuletide style
of candy canes and Christmas
trees, silver bells and Santa
Claus, and of course mistletoe
and season’s cheer.
The entire “L” shaped cafe
teria will be utilized for the oc-
Accreditation Is Goal
Wesleyan Under Observation
President Thomas A. CoUins
and Dean Jack W. Moore re
presented N. C. Wesleyan Col
lege at the meeting of the South
ern Asisociation of Colleges and
Schools held iin Dallas, Texas,
Nov. 26-29. Two main proposals
of interest to the college origi
nated in this meeting: an early
testing and provisional accre
ditation for new colleges, and
an examination of quality ver
sus quantity.
The examiners from the South
ern Association will be on the
Western campus in the spring
of 1964. If the college meets
standards required, it will be
for membership,” which involv-i The Association will not con
es new responsibilities and pri-, sider how many courses Wes
vileges. After this first exami
nation, one examination each
year through the seventh year
of the college’s operation will
follow. Then the college will be
up' for fuU membership in the
Association and full accredita
tion.
In accordance with this first
proposal comes a second: the
examination of the school on the
basis of quality rather than
quantity. For example, tliiis new
emphasis means that the Asso
ciation will be considering the
excellence of a library rather
given the status of “candidate | than the size of the library.
Substitute Bill Gets
Approval Of Senate
The Executive Committee Ex
pansion Bill: “In accordance
with the constitution, I (Vann
Masisey) move that the Senate
Executive Committee be grant
ed the pov/er to handle the nor
mal business of the Student Gov
ernment Association when the
Senate is not in session and that
the committee meet on com
mittee night to transact such
business which shall include re
viewing commission and class
reports, planning the agenda for
the next Senate meeting, and
hearing the President’s report
on activities” was rejected by
the Senate last Monday night
on the grounds that it would
create a schism between the
Executive Committee and the
rest of the Senate, placing too
much of the responsibility of
the Student Government Asso
ciation affairs in the hands of
the Executive Committee.
Since the Committee heads
and class officers are naturally
intregal parts of the Senate,
they should be present at aU
meetings — the best informed
members make the most re
sponsible voters and consci
entious leaders; and further it
would not be necessary for six
people (Executive Committee)
to perform a function (that of
planning next agenda) that one
person (the President) is capa
ble of performing with both ease
and efficiency.
At tlie same time the Senate
passed a motion stating that
a recommendation be sent to
the Faculty Student Life Com
mittee that shall read: “The
Senate would like to recommend
to the committee for study and
referral to the faculty for action
tlie following:
1. That general searches in
the dormitories can only be
made by authorized persons
when sufficient notice has
been given in advance.
2. That when specific evidence
is given tliat a person m.ay
have something in the room
that violates rules that the
Resident Advisor or Dormi
tory President may search
the room with the occupants
present, without notice.
leyan offers, but the quality of
both courses and instructors.
The new proposal also implies
that a large student body w^l
not mean as much as the qua
lity of both student body and
student government.
The NorQi CaroUna College
Conference also will be examin
ing the college. After the first
senior class has graduated, the
Conference will consider new
schools (such as N. C. Wesley
an) for full accreditation.
These new proposals present
an opportunity that students
and faculty should not disre
gard. One of the principal re
sults of the Dallas Conference
is the advanced testing date for
Wesleyan. This new date pre
sents an increased challenge
and an opportunity to prove
Wesleyan worthy of accredita
tion. At this critical point in
tlae process of full recognition
for Wesleyan, the academic
record of each student is im
portant—more so than during
normal times. Since all aca
demic records become a record
of the entire institution, each
member of the Wesleyan com
munity has an obligation to ar
duously work toward reaching
all standards required by the
Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools and the N.' C.
College Conference.
Singers Give
3rd Concert
Soundis of Christmas filled the
air Tuesday night as tlie Wes
leyan Singers presented their
third annual Christmas Concert
at 8:15 p. m. in the Student
Union Building.
The group, under the direc
tion of Dr. William Sasser, pre
sented a varied program of
Christmas carols. The featured
v/ork of the evening was the
Midnight Masis Based on French
Noels” by the seventeenth cen
tury French composer, Marc-
Antoine Charpentier.
Settings of several well-known
carols, such as “Pa tap an,”
“Coventry Carol,” “Go TeU it
On The Mountain,” and ‘Ding
Dong! Merrily on High,” were
presented as the second portion
of the concert.
Of particular interest to the
local audience was the perform
ance of a work by James Wood
ard, a native of Rocky Mount,
and a graduate student in musi
cal composition at Florida State
University. Woodard has made
an effective setting of the me
dieval Christmas poem, “The
Falcon, ’ which the Singers per
formed.
Soloists for the concert includ
ed Kay Hobbs, soprano; Helen
Chestnut, soprano; Charlotte
Smith, soprano; Bonner Spence,
soprano; Nelda Holder, alto;
Brenda Robinson, alto; Theo
dore Turner, tenor; Albert Rex-
road, tenor; Roy all Brown,
tenor; Joe Boling, bass; Guy
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casion.
The crownuig of Miss Mistle
toe 1962-63 will climax this gala
event. The new queen will be
elected from four commission-
sponsored candidates and crown
ed by the reigning Miss Mistle
toe 1962-63, Susan Black.
The candidates and their re
spective commisisions ai-e: Judy
Addison, Publications Commis
sion; Mary Jo Barkley, Social
Commission; Kay Hobbs, Ath
letic Commission; and Frances
BIcGee, Inter-Faith Commission.
Students To Receive Gifts
Senate Rejects
Expansion BiH
Open Senate Bill presented by
Larry Post and Vann Massey
was rejected by the Senate last
Monday night upon recommen
dation of the Temporary Sen
ate Bill Committee. ITie bdll
stated:
1 move that the S. G. A. Sen
ate meet every two weeks on
Monday night at 6 p. m. an open
meeting to all students without
appointment.
I move that on the Monday
night the Senate does not meet,
that all Senate committees and/
or commissions shall meet. That
the President shall serve ais a
clearing office to suggest which
commiittees should meet when
conflicts arise. That Committee
meetings are considered closed.
I move that when closed meet
ings of the Senate are neces
sary, that they be called at some
other time than the regularly
scheduled meeting.
As an alternative bill the
committee substituted the fol
lowing bill which was passed:
1. To have an open Senate
meeting every week without
appointment and that it also
be necessary for the Presi
dent to know at least 15
, minutes before scheduled
meeting the number who
wish to come in order to
provide adequate meeting
room.
2. That the Senate committees
and/or commissions shall
meet at designated times
other than Senate meetings
and that committee meet
ings be considered closed.
3. That it is only natural that
closed Senate meetings be
held at some other time
IJian at open Senate meet
ings and, therefore, does
not need stating.
Santa Claus Conies Early
The members of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service of
the First Methodist Church of
Rocky Mount have taken the
students of North Carolina Wes
leyan College as their poUyan-
nas. These ladies are selecting
at random both male and fe
male students, and showering
the selected students with favors
and gifts
Each of the 15 circles of the
W. S. C. S. has its own list of
students, and each does favors
for the students assigned to
them as a group effort or in
dividually. This program was
started by the W. S. C. S. to
help meet the needs of the col
lege student living away from
home. The needs of the students
may be anything from cookies
and various other goodies or
snacks to supplying transporta
tion or money during an ener-
gency.
The effectiveness of the poUy-
anna program will further ce
ment relations between the col
lege and townspeople.