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VOL. 3, NO. 7
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., JANUARY 16, 19.
BI WEEKLY—$2.00 YEARLY
DR. PETER E. GERSCHEFSKI AND MRS. THELMA P. SASSER
Clarinetist^ Pianist
Appear In Recital
Peter E. Gerschefski, clari
netist, and Thelma P. Sasser,
pianist, presented a recital in
Garber Chapel on Tuesday
evening, Jan. 15.
Dr. Gerschefski joined the
staff of Wesleyan College this
year as an Assistant Profes
sor of Music. He is a grad
uate of Yale University and
the University of Southern
California, and he received
his Ph.D from Florida State
University. He has studied
clarinet with Keith Wilson at
Yale and MitcheU Lurie at
Southern California.
Gerschefski has performed
in concert with such groups
as the SUliman College Cham
ber Ensemble, the Spartan
burg Symphony, and the Yale
University Orchestra and Sym
phonic Band. He served as
assistant conductor for the
Spartanburg Civic Band. Dr.
Gerschefski directs the Con
cert Band and several ensem
ble groups at Wesleyan.
Mrs. Sasser, who accom
panied Dr. Gerschefski, stu
died at the University of Jack
sonville, Florida and Oberlin
College. She has performed
frequently m North Carolina
as soloist and as duo-pianist
with her husband. Dr. William
Sasser, music professor at
Wesleyan.
Mrs. Sasser won second
place honors in the Young
Artist Auditions of the North
Carolina Symphony in Sep
tember and will perform with
the orchestra during the com
ing season.
Included in the program
were Mendelssohn’s Sonata in
E Flat, Debussy’s Premiere
Rhapsodie, Hindemith’s Sona
ta for Clarinet and Piano
(1939), and Bassi’s “Concert
Fantasia.”
Student Pastor Wins
Scholarship Award
The Matthewis-Pritchard Me
morial Scholarship in the
amount of $100 annually has
been awarded to the Reverend
Mr. Harold Stanley, a first-
year student at North Caro
lina Wesleyan College.
Mr. Stanley is a student for
the Methodist ministry and is
now serving as a student pas
tor of the West Halifax Me
thodist Charge.
This award is to honor the
memory of Charles Gray Mat
thews and Robert I,eroy Pritch
ard of Seaboard. It was estab
lished by Mrs. WiUie P. Mat
thews, wife and daughter of
the above named persons.
This is an annual award
which will be continued in the
future to assist young persons
who are studying for full-time
church vocations.
Preference is given to stu
dents of Northampton County,
but if there is no such candi
date for church vocations in
a given year it may be award
ed to a suitable student from
an adjacent county.
From Taiwan^ r ree China
Foreign Student
Betty Chang, Wesleyan’s first
foreign student, will arrive on
Jan. 22 from Taichung, Tai
wan, Free China. She was due
to arrive first semester, but
because of complications in
acquiring her visa, she was
unable to come at that time.
In fact, she had already been
assigned to a “big sister,”
Molly Browning.
Miss Chang will be met at
the Raleigh-Durham Airport
by a staff member or Mrs,
Thomas A. Collins, wife of
Wesleyan’s president. She will
be arriving from New York
where she has been visiting
with relatives recently.
Miss Chang graduated from
Providence English College, a
liberal arts school in her home
town, where she took general
Course To Be
Offered Again
To Teachers
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege will offer again tiie ex
tension course, “Diagnosis of
Reading Difficulties,” on Satur
day mornings during the spring
semester, beginning Feb. 2.
The course is designed espe
cially for public school teach
ers.
This course, 75X, Diagnosis
of Reading Difficulties, wiU be
taught by Miss Tassie Lang
ley. This is a laboratory course
with emphasis on individual
case studies.
This course will aid the
teacher in the organization of
materials and procedures for
remedial and developmental
reading programs.
Every teacher must become
a teacher and supporter of
good reading habits. To fulfill
requirements for this trainmg
course, each person will be
required to spend at least one
hour per week working with
an individual or with a group
of students in a real study
situation. Research in develop
mental reading will satisfy
some of these requirements.
Three Hours Of Credit
The course will be offered
for three semester hours of
credit and will meet each Sat
urday mornmg at 9:30 a. m.
(or time to be arranged).
A teacher may register be
tween 9 and 9:30 a. m. Satur
day, Feb. 2, or anytime prior
to that date. Credits earned
in this program may be used
for teacher certification or
certificate renev/r.l. Registra
tion is limited.
Miss Langley, instructor for
this course, is the Director of
Reading for the CoUege. Edu
cated at Atlantic Christian Col
lege, she earned the Master of
Arts degree at Columbia Uni
versity. She has taught read
ing in high school and college
for eight yeans.
Last summer she collaborat
ed with Dr. Jack Teagarden
in offering a Development
al Reading-Creative Writing
Course at Wesleyan which at
tracted 75 college preparatory
students. This program will be
offered again this summer.
courses with no major. She
was active in college life by
being vice-president of her
graduating class, on the school
newspaper staff, and in school
plays.
At Wesleyan, Miss Chang
plans to major in social stu
dies or sociology, and even
tually to go into social work.
Rev. Clyde Dunn, previously
a missionary in China, was the
mediator between Wesleyan
and Providence English Col
lege in arranging for her en
rollment at Wesleyan.
BETTY CHANG
Exhibit Features
Famed Sculptors
An exhibit of photographs
of ecclesiastical sculpture by
fellows and members of the
National Sculpture Society is
on display in the Exhibit Gal
lery in Pearsall Building on
the college campus.
The exhibit includes archi
tectural details and sculptures
from a wide variety of church
es, hospitals, colleges, and
museums throughout the Unit
ed States.
This exhibition was furnish
ed by the Religious Sculpture
Committee of the National
Sculpture Society, a group
founded in 1893 for the pur
pose of promotmg the cause
of good sculpture in America.
The show includes works by
many of tliis country’s lead
ing sculptors, including John
Angel, Adolph Block, Joseph
A. Coletti, Mario Cooper, Jean
de Marco, Gleb Derujinisky,
Louis Feron, Foseph Kiselew-
ski, Moissaye Marans, Ruth
Nickerson, Carl L. Schmetz,
and Albert Stewart.
Among the works displayed
are pieces from the following
buildings and collections:
Cathedral of St. John the
Divine in Nev/ York, National
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception in Washington, St.
George’s Chapel in Newport,
R. I., St. Luke’s Hospital in
Denver, West Point MiUtary
Academy, St. Thomas Church
in New York, Temple Emanuel
in Houston, Church of the Holy
Family in Orange, California,
and FordJiam University in
New York.
Open Daily
The exhibit is open daily
Monday through Friday from
9 to 9, Saturdays from 9 to 5,
and Sundays from 2 to 5.
There is no admission charge
and the public is invited to
attend.
Plans Announced For
Internship Program
Wesleyan has recently re
ceived an announcement from
the Governor’s office in Ra
leigh that the higly succesisful
N. C. State Government Sum
mer Internship Program which
was held last year wiU be re
peated again this year.
The program involves work
ing in one of 15 agencies of
State Government plus semi- x
nars which will be held twice
each week. ii
In these weekly discussions
state and related problems of /
North Carolina will be dis- ;
cussed with the aid and super
vision of a political scientist.
Dorms Available
Living facUities wiU be lo- J
cated in the dorms of N. C.
State College so the experienc- -
es of the interns wiU be shared ^
on an informal basis.
These facilities will be rent-
ed at $8 per week with linen, '
or $6 per week without linen. >!
The pay is $75 per week for
the duration of the program,
June 17-Aug. 23. ''y.
Those wishmg to apply must
meet certain qualifications. ||
Two years of undergraduate ||
work are requii-cd and appli- §
cants must be either a resi- i
dent of North Carolina or must
be enrolled in a North Caro
lina educational institute.
Graduate and professional
students are also eligible.
Only 20 students throughout
the state will be accepted for
this program. Applications are
now available in Dr. Hailey’s
office and muist be in no later
than Feb. 15.
Good Luck
On Your
Coming
Exams!