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Page 2 THE WESLEYAN DECREE Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1963 Open Letters LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS February 18, 1963 Gary M. Garlow, President Student Government Association Wesleyan College Rocky Mount, North Carolina Dear Gary: Recently the subject of the honor system at Wesleyan has been brought to the attention of the DECREE editors. The question posed to us was this: "Does Wesleyan have an honor system, and, if so, exactly how does it work?” We referred the individual to the handbook and to the catalog, but upon check ing thasc publications ourselves, we have found the matter to be very vaguely discussed. For that student and for the entire student body, we would appreciate your clarification on this fatter. It is evident that some of our professors are not informed as to the status of the Wesleyan honor system; some have stated openly that the col lege does not have an honor system, others operate under the assumption that we most definitely have a rigid code. You can easily see that the question of the honor system needs to be defined—both in term,s of student responsibilities and faculty procedures. Your cooperation in answering our in quiry will certainly be appre ciated. May we take this opportunity to commend you on your fine leadership of the Student Gov ernment Association. Your ef forts to coordinate the activities of the SGA have indeed been beneficial to each individual at Wesleyan. Sincerely, John Gillis and Susie Black Editors, The Wesleyan DECREE ¥ f * Editors, The Wesleyan DECREE: To answer the question of what the lionor system at Wesleyan is, it is first necessary to separ ate the word “honor” from the words “honor system.” We do, very strongly, believe in honor but it is honor in practice and thought v/ithout a rigid system. This belief necessarily puts the responsibility on the indivi dual; not just on the student, but on eveiy member of the community—faculty and admin istration included. This honor for which each member of the community must assume the re sponsibility, may be defined as a keen sense of right and wrong and an adherence to Oie actions and principles considered right. As trite as it may seem to say this, there is a sense of right and wrong within each indivi dual. Each individual knows this, but simetimes due to a rigid lionor code or honor system, in dividuals are denied the privi lege of assuming this important responsibility. It is necessary for each mem ber of the Wesleyan communi ty to reject the high school con cept of a rigid honor system and to adopt an adult attitude of the individual’s responsibility. If everyone were to respect this practice of honor, surely an honor system would not be necessary. Even recognizing that eveiTone does not accept this responsibility, Wesleyan in its formation realized that the re sponsibility cannot be Instilled in an individual by a rigid sys tem. The only form of honor system tliat we have at Wesley an is “the sense of honor,” the Bill of Rights of the Community Council, 'and the Community Council. The BUI of Rights re presents the basic rights of every member of the community. If these rights are denied, I strong ly urge any member to appeal to the Student Government As sociation or to the Community Council. As to the responsibility of one person to amend the honor of another, the guide to follow is that the person have the best interest of the other in mind. I sincerely hope that each in dividual student, faculty, and 'administrative personnel under stands his or her responsibility in this type of a community and wiU continue to strive to attain the goal of “honor.” Gary M. Garlow, President Student Government Association ^x/iM ib-m I ' T THOU6HT T IT LA6T TI/VVE", CLASS, THAT ^v/Q2Y0Ne WAS TO po HI5 OvVN DURWC, fAY " Mr. X Observes Illusions were shattered re cently and idealism received a shock as reality, grim 'and bare, presented itself in the four words spoken by a professor. The fact is, said the professor, tliat college is no longer a prov ing ground for the development of the individual; “college is pleasing the professor!” This type of issue one usually chooses to avoid, but such truth in the statement prevents such action. Perhaps it could be considered with objectivity by a panel of college administrators, instruc tors, and students, for if the only reason 1 am here is to recite the facts and fallacies of the world to some disconcerted professor, I quit. I would rather face the world happy and “ignorant” (if ig norance is bliss?), knowing that the accumulated knowledge of each day was well-earned, be coming part of a composite per son who refuses to sacrifice his individuality for false education. * * ♦ Effective and admirable are probably the least used adjec tives describing the Wesleyan Code. And this is understand able. Not only do many students consider it a mockery, but also certain of the faculty and ad ministration. Common sense (?) and obser vation clearly show that the blame cannot be centered on the shoulders of any particular individual. However it is certain that if a careful review of the merits 'and deficiencies of the Wesleyan Code is not soon ini tiated, we had just las well toss the whole idea out the window and have one less item on the gripe list. Campus Bulletins Reading Course Miss Tassie Langley has an nounced the formation of a non credit Speed Reading class, open to all Wesleyan students. The class will meet two hours per week for eight weeks. Interested persons should contact Miss Langley for time and place of the class. Film Classics The Ambassador Theater in Raleigh has planned a series )f fine films to be shown one day per month March through Aug ust, 1963. On March 21, “Little Women,” starring June Ally- £X)n and Elizabeth Taylor, will be featured. To be offered dur ing the following five months will be “Captains Courageous,” “A Tale of Two Cities,” “Julius Caecar,” “Kim,” and “The Good Earth.” Admission is 75 cents. Senate Proceedings The Senate of the Student Government Association is now posting the minutes of their meetings on the S.G.A. bulletin board. Students are urged to check these reports as soon as they are posted. “Mr. Roberts The latest in the Wesleyan fine film series, “Mr. Roberts, will be shown Friday, March 1 at 8:15 p. m. in Room 105 Gravely Building. Admission is free SNATCHES By BUTCH NICHOLS Grip those grips Bar the doors Boredom, interpretations, hun ger Oops! Too late—new ruling— quicksand. Got things to do, they say. Got no things to do—the fact. Ambitious—who? Quicksand Learning. Teaching worse off. Fun, amuse, collegiate Lend time, pay back—quick sand Serious, adult, responsibility Committee—no aid or grade! Summarize: dogmatic dogma All right, all wrong—decipher No? Value lost in quicksand Where is it. Stop and think. Reauiescat in Peace “To yield is heresy. To press on is to die; Don’t thwart isociety; Be an individual, not a lit.” Is it better to live a lie. Even to live at all. Or to be true to yourself, and die Becausc with society you didn’t crawl. Be true unto yourself. Be kicked in the teeth. And when you’re on a marble shelf. Perhaps, someone wiU send a wreath. And a minister will give this spiel, “He defied society and lost. He tried to live up to his ideal, But look at what it cast. His is an example of wliat not to be. His thoughts were dangerous, Tlie way to live and be free Is to join the crowd, be one of us.” —Sidney Wilbur Wesley an-High Point Students Talk After a successful trip to High Point College with other offi cers of the Wesleyan Student Government Association, Guy Rouse, treasurer of the S.G.A., reports that his discussions of student government finances with the treasiu-er of High Point’s student government were very fmitful. Rouse stated that our S.G.A. allots certain funds to each commission; each group then entails the responsibility of working within its own allo cation, and maintaining detailed accounts of its expenditures. Our S.G.A. treasurer works closely with the business office and maintains surveillance on the financial records of each commission. In contrast. High Point’s S.G.A. has found its treasury system much encom- bered with formality, causing delay in obtaining funds ^and overwork on the part of the treasurer. All dormitories and commissions are directly respon- Editorial Note olltp Upsifgan ifrm Official Student Newspaper of North Carolina Wesleyan College. Printed bi-weekly in NashvUle, N. C. EDITOR Susan Black ASSISTANT EDITOR John Gillis BUSINESS MANAGER Vann Massey ADVERTISING MANAGER Walter White REPORTERS Bill Hartley, Susan Burkle, Sharon Nichols, Share Leslie, Ginny Eason SPORTS David James, David Reeves TYPIST Ginger Nesbitt The DECREE is now in need of reporters to work about two hours per week covering vari ous areas of the college com munity. Students interested in newspaper work are asked to contact Susie Black or John Gillis. New in this issue of the DE CREE is a classified column, initiated for faculty and stu dents alike. Items for sale ori trade will be featured as they are offered, and the column may also be used as a lost or foimd announcement medium. AU no tices will be accepted free of charge. Contributors are re quested to sumbit tlieir adver tisements to any DECREE staff member. Student creative writing for publications in the DECREE is welcome at any time. Butch Nichols, author of the “Snatch es” column, wiU be happy to accept original work from stu dents or faculty. Your letters to the Editor are alGo welcome and encouraged. Letters should be as brief as possible and to the point—^the shorter the better. They should be no longer than 300 words, and they should appeal to the general college community, not to one particular group. All are ex pected to be in good taste, and are subject to condensation by the DECREE editors. Letters to the Editor must be signed—^no unsigned letters will be considered for publication However, names will be with held if the Editor is shown justi fication for doing so. Comment oil features or editorials could be a valuable asset to tlie en tire college; the newspaper can be an influential voice in student administration relations. We urge you to make it so. sible financiaUy to the college. Their S.G.A. treasurer and a number of signatures must ac company a check before it may be cashed. Rouse related that the treas ury systems of botli colleges have their advantages and dis advantages. He believes that a judicious blending of the two systems could provide both S.G.A.’s with an exceptionally efficient and elastic treaisiiry system. Dennis Stockdale, chairman of the Orientation Committee, also accompanied the group to High Point. He informed the Sen ate in a written report that new insight was gained, some of which his committee might r.dvantageously incorportate in our Orientation program. High Point’s orientation procedure en compasses the entire student body of the college. During orientation week, speakers are invited to stress the seriousness of students’ properly accepting the academic challenge posed in higher education. Yet, the com mittee does not overlook the im portance of college social life. Included in orientation week is a freshman-upper classman tug- o-we.r and a traditional “beanie ceremony.” The consequences the fresh men encounter from either win ning or losing the contest are the same as those now tradi tional at Wesleyan. Stockdale concluded that originality of thought on the part of his com mittee and new ideas gained from his visit to High Point (Continued on page 4)
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