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FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 1964 THE DECREE Page 3 Letters To Editor Increose Letter to Editor Our Problem Child It is my opinion that Miss Waters “missed the boat” in her last contribution to the DECREE. On the Tuesday of the anniver sary marking removal of last year’s beanies the uperclassmen met In an assembly to dls- C14SS this year’s problem. The problem of Freshman insubor dination was reviewed and voted upon. Based on the intelligent logic that “we had to, so they do, too,” the adult upperclass men decided to make the Frosh wear beanies for two more weeks. A moving speech was given telling us that, ‘ ‘ at most colleges, beanies are worn a month, and some places require them a full semester.” In way of correc tion here, at most colleges, beanies are worn one week (hell week) and some places re quire no beanies at all. Th¥~Sophomores, crushed at the thought of Freshmen re moving their beanies a few days early, spearheaded the drive for reinstatement of the holy bonnets. Well, classmates, why don’t you transfer to Cornell University or Maryland? At these and many other schools, students are Freshmen for 54 semester hours I Maybe you could be honored by wearing your beanies two years! In my opinion, the blame for any trouble between new and old students is as much, or more, the responsibility of the upper classmen. Certainly our grown- up upperclass girls are to be commended for their cute little prank of about October 17. This was very funny and resulted in physical harm to several of the freshmen girls. Nice job, adults! HA! Let’s try to make this a school, not a battleground. Orientation month is over; let’s behave like human beings— adult human beings. We all share in the blame for this situation; now we can all share in a simple solu tion: courtesy and respect. An Upperclassman Editor’s Reply While it is true that there was certain amount of friction between Frosh and upper classmen following the orienta tion process you, nevertheless, missed the point. When consider ing “Ripples” yon must learn to read between the lines. The point was that we must all grow up—a point which you yourself hinted at but never actually said. could remove them. When we were told to put them back on, we resented it, not because we had to start wearing them again, but because of the manner in which we were told. In my opinion, which is what you asked for, the best thing to do is to let orientation be come part of the past; let it die. Let our class become part of the college, not outcasts. Do- die Waters’ article was not nec essary. It just re-kindled a dy ing flame. Upperclassmen, ^o”r- get about the minority of the class who rebelled, and the fresh men girls will forget about the vulgarity of a minority of the upperclasswomen during the “private” session of “Kangaroo Court”. Do not judge all of us by a monority . Just ask our assis tant resident counselors and the upperclassmen who know us, they’ll tell you we all aren’t “Infants”. The upperclassmen who are still pushing the matter are the ones who don’t know us, the ones who are “ infants” them selves. Punky Hicks Editor: For the past five weeks, the Freshman Class has been step ped on, picked on, and down graded by many uH>erclassmen. The majority of the class has taken orientation in stride as part of their freshman year. Of course, there were a few who rebelled—aren’t there always? Did the upperclassmen think that the entire class would co operate? If so, someone thought wrong. How can anyone expect something of this nature to go on without some resentment and re bellion? When the freshmen removed their beanies after Field Day, It was four various reasons. Some did it just for the heck of it, and others because they were told by upperclassmen that they comers and wear their Beanies with pride until the specified time. Let us all recognize and abide by the good spirit which is intended as the motivation of the Freshmen Orientation pro gram. Remember, Freshmen, you will be upperclassmen next year. Sincerely, Allen F. Cordts Dean of Students Cuban Refugees In U.S.A. By Frank Perez When we Cubans immigrate to a free country, e.g. U.S.A., we become Refugees. This, in other words, means that we are special aliens: We receive some attention from the U. S, govern- -LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Dear Editor: Some recognition of the fine work done by the Student Ori entation Committee of’64 needs to be given. It is the least our College community can do to compensate in some small way for the long hours of planning and effort given so freely by these dedicated and high-spirited students. Under the most cap able chairmanship of Joe Boling, the following students worked hard and with amazingly fine results as members of this year’s Student Orientation Com mittee: Edna Langston Beverly Vincent EUiot Stevenson Sharon Leslie Debbie Neale Marilyn Shepard Nancy Crutchfield Suzanne Barwick Charnell Rich Mary Alderman Linda Law Caroline Sanders Jo Ann Blow Mike Pratt Baxter Myers Gil Wylie Guy Turner Bill Bobbitt Jim West Lloyd Nelson Carl Alderman Jim Garriss Melvin Gay Bill Gruver Ronnie Ragsdale Doug Groseclose There has been some concern on the part of upperclass stu dents that, in spite of all the good intentions of the above- named students, the new Fresh men seem to have missed the point of the entire program. As their part of the orientation pro cess, Freshmen are expected to be identifiable as such by wearing their Beanies until October 17. ^The lengjth of this Beanie- wearing time would have been shortened if the Freshmen had won; the Field Day contests, but reliable sources report that the Freshmen did not win. It is the responsibility of the Freshmen, in appreciation of all the help rendered by upperclassmen, to recognize their status as new 1 J '’WaL.I'LUmL'iDU WHY I'W V!20mHG ojropscripou—in sscfiuee undue qwphasjs HAS KlU^P /WINCSNTIV0 TO Scribbles Good afternoon, victims. Are you ready to be helped? It has been observed that many stu dents, though they do read and absorb material presented them, are subject draw various m isconceptiftns mislnte rpre- tations of the furnished facts, statistics, etc. —because of a faulty, er ah, filtering system- meaning a lot of us have gone and poked oodles of unnecessary thoughts into our already-clut- tered brain-slots, which keeps us confused. Watch some of our classroom discussions; As often as not, they become “far afield,” as one of our teachers puts it. Aw, you know what I mean. Sol ution? therefore, he wouldn’t have any waste in his brain, and he could achieve his full potential. Now , to receive these thoughts from the earth, you must stand barefoot in real earth—soil, that is—facing north, and the thoughts are transmitted up throught your feet, I don’t know why you have to face north, but don’t question the procedure—must have something to do with the mag netic pole. Of course, most of us don’t have time to stand out In the yard for long, so It’s just as well to bring a pan of soil up to your room to stand in. And it is suggested that you use it as long and as frequently as you like, depending, natur ally, on how much wisdom you can absorb at a standing thlsi depends upon the thickness of your soles). Your kind indulgence is grate fully acknowledged and deeply appreciated. Have you heard about ERTF? Earth Ray Thought Force. It eli minates the necessity to think. It’s based on the theory that all wisdom, l,e. pure knowledge, is generated out^yard from the earth, see, when man tries to think for himself, he thinks a lot of unnecessary thoughts and uses a big part of his limited potential storing these thoughts, for the simple reason that he doesn’t know which ones to re ject. But, receiving his thoughts pure, straight from the earth, which, as I said. Is where they’re coming from he wouldn’t need to reject any, because all the thoughts he absorbed would be good, clean, useful thoughts; AF Officers Visit Campus officer Mason and Officer Conrad visited Wesleyan College Tuesday to explain the programs that are offered to College students in the Air Force. They met with students from 10:00 to 3:00. Scholarship programs were ex plained to women and men stu dents in reference to the Air Force Scholarship programs. Officer Mason and Conrad will visit the campus again before the end of the year. ment that normal immigrants do not receive. When we come from Cuba, we are officially received In Miami, Although we are^^read though the whole U. S., Miami gives the most descriptive and impressionist picture of us. Its geographical situation has maae a lot of families reconstruct their homes there. However, there are some other factors that also make them remain. Language difficulty plays a determinant role. Many coruses in English language have been taught at public schools and churches for three years. Adults have attended and they have learned but not enough to mix in an English speaking society. On the other hand, Spanish is spoken everywhere in Miami. Every shop has at least two Spanish speaking clerks. In fac tories, bosses speak two lan- gauges. However, salaries are often lowered bevause of com petition, but they provide money to live rather comfortably. There is one exception: Those people who have to work at restaurants., Their salaries are $.50 or $,60 an hour— less than half of Florida’s minimum wage ($1,25 per hour). The U. S. government has been helping by donating $100 a month per family. Some re fugees who have no jobs are still receiving this help, although they are requested to move to other states. UnwUlingness to accept this request means loss of the financial aid. Since 1963 refugees have received a check of $100 and free transportation to another state. Churches in coordination with the Cuban Re fuges Center have made possible a lot of successful resettlements. There are some families, however, that after living several months in the state to which thy either chose or were assigned, return to Miami. Cu bans may return to Miami for these reasons: health conditions, homesickness, or even monetary difficulties. In Miami, refugees join in Committees for the pro liberation of Cuba. The Com mittees recollect money to buy arms and plan invasion. Some ladies teach Cuban history and politics to youngsters who never had the opportunity to learn in the native soil—Cuba, The education of collegians is sponsored mainly by churches. I, for example, was sponsored by Fr, Salvador’s Episcopal Latin American Mission in Miami at Dade College inl962. Bishop Dun can , Suffragant Bishop of South Florida , recommended mo to Mry Smyth ( Ex-Rector at “The Church of the Good Shepard in Rocky Mount, N. C.), Mr. Tyler, Senor Waren at the Good Shepard and a member of the Committee of the Board of Trustees at Wesleyan, Since last year this Church has sponsored entirely my education at Wesleyan. Young Cuban Refugees, speak ing in a broad sense, are accomplishing our mission—to prepare ourselves to serve as good and qualified citizens in America or in Cuban if free dom should come to our native country. Our parents try. to make their lives, keeping our tradi tions and at the same timfe be coming good i^meican Cittsens. We Cubans \«sely share the bur den of our being here and the burden of Communism in our Hemisphere.
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