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VOL. 3, NO. 13
129 Frosh
Accepted
For ^63-^64
The Wesleyan Admissions
Office announced last week
that 78 per cent of the 129
students accepted to date for
the 1963-64 freshman class
are in the upper half of their
liigli school graduating class
es. Forty-five per cent of these
students are in the upper
quartile of their classes, and
17 per cent are in the upper
one tenth.
Only regular acceptances
have been made for the 1963-64
year, and no limited or pro
bationary students have been
admitted. Applications for ad
mission from the Northern
and New England areas have
approximately doubled from
last year.
Twenty top notch students
are being offered scholarship
aid. All rank in the upper
quarter of their graduating
class, have College Entrance
Examination Board scores of
1000 or above, and have scor
ed from 90 to 99 percentile
on the Wesleyan Scholarship
exams.
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., APRIL 3, 1963
BI-WEEKLY—$2.00 YEARLY
Stravinsky To Present
Concert Here Thursday
SOULIMA STRAVINSKY
. . . to appear here . . .
Soulima Stravinsky, noted
pianist and son of the world-
famed composer, Igor Stra
vinsky, will appear in con
cert at Wesleyan College on
Tliursday, April 4. The re
cital will take place in Gar
ber Chapel at 8:15 p. m.
His appearance at Wesley-
Betty Chang Discusses
Church Work, Future
(Editor’s note: Miss Chang-
discussed the general politi
cal situation of her native
China in the March 27 issue
of the DECREE. She men
tioned the traditional way of
life in China, the country’s
educational system, her fam
ily life, school regulations,
and Chinese college life in
Part I of the interview. In
sions Announces
Summer School Data
The second six-week sum
mer session of Wesleyan will
operate from June 17 to July
23, 1963. and will offer a
curriculum of 13 courses on
the college level. There are
three courses in the Division
of tlie Humanities to be offer
ed: English Composition, Re
ligion I, and Major Ameri
can Romantics.
Four courses in the Division
of the Sciences will be avail
able: Introduction to Mathe
matics, Algebra, and Plane
Trigonometry, Introduction to
Biology, and Genetics; and
the following courses in the
Division of the Social Sciences
are planned: Introduction to
Education, Educational Psy
chology, Western Civilization,
American Civilization, Gener
al Psychology, and Social Psy
chology.
Credits Given
The courses offered in the
summer session will admit
students in the following cate
gories: students at other col
leges and universities as well
as North Carolina Wesleyan
College, teachers in service
with or without the Bachelor’s
Degree, who wish to earn
credits for certification pur
poses, and high scliool grad
uates who are beginning theu-
college careers. It is possible
to earn up to six semester
hours credit in the summer
session. Two courses consti
tute a full academic load.
Admission to specified cours
es offered in the summer ses
sion is governed by the stu
dent’s academic status and by
More Films Slated
“Grapes of Wrath,” “All
About Eve,” “Carmen,” and
8 to 10 other films are sched
uled for the 1963-64 school
year. The faculty Committee
on Special Events has arrang
ed a tentative schedule of
five movies for next year.
the prerequisites of the course
in question.
All courses are subject to
minimum enrollment. Altliough
the College reserves tlie right
to withdraw courses that fail
to meet minimum enrollment
standards, it attempts to avoid
undue hardships on students.
Moreover, courses not listed
ma,y be offered when a de
mand develops and an in
structor is available.
Maximum total residence
expenses will be $235, This
includes tuition for the maxi
mum load of six semester
hours at $20 each, or $120;
$35 and $75 for room and
board, respectively; and a $5’
health and activity fee.
Social Life Planned
Various social activities of
the summer session (which
will also be available for the
college preparatory students)
include dances, receptions,
and on-campus sports (tennis,
basketball, volleyball, football,
table tennis, and archery).
A fifteen-minute bus ride will
take students to the city park
W'here they may engage in
swimming, miniature golf,
bowling, roller skating, and
other city-sponsored events.
Transportation wiU be pro
vided to the churches in Rocky
Mount.
College Preparatory Courses
Two four-week sessions from
June 15 to July 12, and from
July 16 to August 14, will be
offered for high school seniors
wlio plan to continue their
educations this fall. The cost
of the Reading-Writing Im
provement Program, which
includes instruction in study
techniques, will be $83.
A fundamentals course in
tlie physical sciences, open
to juniors and seniors inter
ested in technology, will also
be $83. Eighty dollars wiU
cover the cost of room and
board for one four-v^^eek ses
sion.
Part II she gives more
facts on life in China, and
she discusses her church
work and future plans.)
“Holidays are gala affairs
in China;” Betty emphatically
notes, “the absence of war
creates an ease in our way
of life.” There are parades in
China at New Year, and a
Moon Festival and a colorful
Dragon Festival are held later
in the year. Celebrations are
held to commemorate the Re
storation from Japan, Chinese
New Year, the president’s
birthday, and the date of the
country’s birtli.
Betty spoke warmly of her
devotion to the church and of
its work in the community.
After a missionary visited her
home a few years ago, Betty
wanted to learn English. Two
years later she was baptized
and later converted at a sum
mer conference. Because of
a chapel experience she came
to know God and feel His in
fluence in her life. Her father
has no real beliefs (although
he studies the Bible) while
her motlier is a devout Chi
nese Christian. Betty’s sisters
and parents are in a Method
ist training school, but they
are not baptized. Her grand
parents still follow Chinese
customs and are Buddists.
As a Methodist, Betty work
ed as secretary to a mission
ary for two years, and she
directed a choir of thirty
young people. There were Me
thodist Youth Fellowship meet
ings every Sunday afternoon,
and Sunday school was held
for children. Betty taught one
of the classes and helped in
Goodwill Service, which help
ed teach older women to isew.
The Service gave material
for them to make Chinese
styles—their finished dresses
were sold, in America or other
(Continued on page 6)
Sunrise Service
A Sunrise Service for
Wesleyan College students
and faculty and Rocky
Mount townspeople wiU be
held Friday, April 5, at 6
a. m. in front of Braswell
Administration building on
the campus. President Col
lins and Dr. Hailey will
conduct the service. The
Wesleyan Brass and Per
cussion Ensemble will play,
and Charlotte Smith wiU be
guest soloist. Coffee and
doughnuts will be served
after the service.
an is part of a tour which he
is making under the auspices
of the Arts Program of the
Association of American Col
leges.
Mr. Stravinsky was born in
Lausanne, Switzerland. He has
studied piano and composi
tion in Paris at the Ecole
Normale de Musique and un
der such eminent teachers
as Alfred Cortot, Isidora Phil
ipp and Nadia Boulanger.
Since his debut at the age
of twenty, Mr. Stravinsky’s
concert engagements have cov
ered most of the European
countries and South America.
In the United States, where
he arrived in 1948, he has
appeared with the major or
chestras and given numerous
series of recitals throughout
this country and in Canada.
French Background
Stravinsky is widely recog
nized a:s one of the foremost
interpreters of Mozart and
Scarlatti. His French back
ground and familiarity with
the great masters of that
country give him equal au
thority in all matters pertain
ing to French music. He is
the foremost exponent of tlie
piano music of his father.
Also well known as a teach
er, Soulima Stravinsky has
been a permanent member
of the Music Faculty at the
University of Illinois since
1950. His functions as a teach
er, however, have not inter
rupted his activities as a con
cert pianist and as a com
poser. In the past decade he
has toured Europe several
times, as well as South and
Nortli Africa, appearing with
symphony orchestras, in re
citals, on radio and television
programs in England, France,
Belgium, Holland, Germany,
Austria, Portugal, Spain, and
other countries.
Lectures Widely
In addition to being a con
cert pianist of international
standing, Mr. Stravinsky’® pro
fessional activities have led
him to lecturing. Whether per
forming at the piano, or giv
ing Ulukstrated lectures, his
programs present cultural en
lightenment as weU as pleas
ure of Qie performance to his
audiences. He has made many
successful tours for the Arts
program, combining recitals,
lectures, and seminars.
The program for Mr. Stra
vinsky’s recital wUl include
compositions of Scarlatti, Bee
thoven, Mozart, Weber, Ravel,
Igor Stravinsky, and Serge
Prokofieff.
The program is free and the
public is cordially invited to
attend.
Smith Reports On
Visit To Hawaii
Mr. Jasper Smitli, Comp
troller of the College, was re
cently sent by the Methodist
Board of Missions to observe
the missionary work of the
Board in Hawaii. He confer
red with the delegation of
the Methodist Women’s So
ciety of Christian Service in
regard to a joint effort of the
women in the division of na
tional missions on the Islands.
The conference consisted of
Methodist, Presbyterian, Con-
gregationalist, and Episcopal
delegates who gatliered on
the island for the purpose of
studying the Methodist inter
est in establishing a Protest
ant college in Honolulu.
The Annual Meeting of tlie
Hawaiian Mission was held
during five of the days, at
which time the delegates con
ferred with the ministers and
their families of all the
churches on the island. The
remaining three days consist
ed of meetings with college
presidents, deans, and a local
group of citizens who were in
terested in steering the pro
ject to Hawaii.
Mr. Smith stated that while
observmg the Methodist work
in Hawaii, he was able to
see most of the tourist at
tractions, such as Pearl Har
bor and the volcanic areas.
He also stated that there are
five important islands in the
fiftieth state, and the people
there are as cordial and un
derstanding and interested in
world affairs as any he has
ever met. They consist of
Caucasians, Japanese, native
Hawaiians, and Philippinos—
all living in complete har
mony regardless of nationali.-
ty. A surprising number are
well educated—at least on the
elementary level.
Wlien asked if Hawaii is as
fascinating and romantic as
it is thought to be, Mr. Smith
answered, “It is exactly that.”
Med School
Plans Tour
Students and pre-medical
advisors from 55 colleges and
universities over a seven-state
area have been invited to al>
tend the annual College Day
Program Saturday, April 6,
at the Bowman Gray School
of Medicine, Wake Forest
College, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina.
The program is designed to
give students, who are seri
ously considering the study
of medicine, a realistic view
of the various areais of medi
cine and medical education.
Registration for the pro
gram will begin at 10 a. m.
in the clinical amphitheater
of the medical school. The
College Day schedule includes
conferences with medical stu
dents and faculty members of
the Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, followed by a tour
of medical school facilities.
Last year’s College Day Pro
gram was attended by more
than 150 students.