FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1964
THE DECREE
Page 3
Rings To
Be Replaced
LITTLE MAH ON CAMPUS Scrunch!
By May Fitzgerald
November 4, 1964, the vice-
president of Herf-Jones Ring Co.
from Indianapolis, Indiana, met
with jasper Smith, Allen Barbee,
Max Fitz-Gerald, Joe Bowling
and Chet Murphy to consider what
actions must be taken to satisfy
the Senior complaints about their
rings and to reinstate the orders
given by the Juniors. From 2 p.m.
until 4:30 p.m. Mr. Hall met with
all Seniors who wished to present
their complaints to him in the
Trustees Room. Most of the
Seniors met with Mr. Hall bet
ween these hours. Mr. Hall was
more than willing to hear all com
plaints and readily agreed as he
saw each ring to the validity of the
complaint.
At 4:30 both ring committees of
the Senior and Junior classes met
with Mr. Hall and Mr. Barbee to
reach a decision after all com
plaints were presented. It was de
cided that a complete new die
would be made that would elim
inate the irregularities around
the stone and increase the width
1/16 of an inch to enable the ring
to be the proper 18 pennyweight
that was ordered. Nothing will be
added or subtracted from the ring
as it stands now. Each design on
the ring will be reaportioned to
the new and larger ring to be
made. Both committees agreed
that a new die should be cut
immediately after seeing what an
18 pennyweight looked like. It was
expressed that there was a great
desire to have these rings made
correctly or a new company would
be given the contract. Mr. Hall
was more thai^ eager to help. The
meeting was then adjourned.
On November 5 a joint meeting
of all Senior and Junior boys was
held by Joe Bowling and Max Fitz
Gerald to explain what had taken
place between the ring commit
tees and Mr. Hall of Herf-jones
and to show an example of an 18
pennyweight ring. 6o’th classes
agreed with their ring com
mittees decision and appeared
happy with the new ring. In the
latter part of February the new
rings will arrive so we will be
able to see just how fruitful this
meeting has been. Let’s hope the
rings are right for a change.
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A Last Word: Politics
By Tommy Inscoe
Happy days are here again'!
The election’s over and the maj
ority did win. And Peleliu is
tooken and Hirohito, now mor
tal, wades the bay in bermudas
and writes marine biology while
Nikita undergoes convalescent
therapy at the Mao Clinic and
the Bomb nestles safely,
sweetly, in Its temple cradle,
away in its manger. Yea, bre
thren, know that indeed the days
of gladness have re-arisen- the
dawn of a new era of Love,
the Light, Hope, Nuclear Fis
sion.
And if you can take any more
gladness, I tell you it’s autumn.
Beautiful autumn. Yes, and we
do know what happens in autumn.
Why, that’s when the leaves die
.and get ungreen and fall down.
They commit suicide, you know-
the leaf cells produce enzymes
which lead to their deaths. Once
dead, naturally, they can no lon
ger hold on to the tree
limbs, so they flutter down, to
git ate by Insects, or trodden upon
or raked and burned by people
(that’s us). Cremate the leaves,
the atheist leaves who kill them
selves and rob us of our shade
(Schmoos kill themselves, too,
but they do it out of love).
Onward, Crusaders
Your
Decision
^ ounts
By David W. James
Election day 1964 is over. It has
taken alandslide victory by Pres
ident Johnson to. show the nation,
and more particularly the Repub
lican party, that there is no future
in picking a leader ourside the
mainstream of American thought.
The question that now comes to
mind is what will become of our
two-party system as we have
known it. Will the dogmatic and
conservative forces of Senator
Goldwater continue to hold the
leadership of the G.O.P.? If this
be the case then we may look for
more disunity and an eventual
falling-apart of the Republican
Party, For some Democrats this
would seem to be a pleasant turn
of events. For this Democrat
there would be a long-term decay
to the nation and to the Demo
cratic Party itself if ther is no
opposing force. Our country has
The U.S. In Politics
by Ray OVeDy
Election
science of
spoken in
’64 is over. The con-
the people has been
percentage opinion,
a political calm has set in. From
his home in Phoenix, Arizona,-
senator Goldwater has make it
clear that he will continue to
work for the Republican Party.
The Republican Party will now
have to rebuild every-thing that
was torn apart on November 3.
fould strength in working out pro
blems between the efforts of these
two factions.
In past years exceptional Repub
licans have contributed a great
deal to our nation. It is my hope
that the G.O.P. will now turn away
from Senator Goldwater as their
leader in favor of a man with ideas
based on 1964, not 1864. lask the
opposition party to strengthen it
self in the hope that this in turn
will strengthen both political par
ties and America as a whole.
of unattainable promises, pro
mises to the American public
that the Republican party will
give the people “this” and the
Republican party will promise
the people “that”. The Repub
lican party is for the poor, the
rich, the middleclass, the Repub
lican party is for YOU, will
all be the promises made.
In such a time of prosperity
it seems Ironical that politicians
This rebuilding process will have would have to make ridiculous
to be in the form of party po- promises but this appf^ars to
liticalcompromise. Not for many
years will the Conservative ele
ment in the Republican party
hold the prominance that it held
during this, past election. There
will be a swing to the more
moderate Republican politics;
politics characteristic of that
of the Northern George Romney.
Not for many years will the
Republican be able to afford to .
run such an honest politician slightma^ori^y
as was done this year. The pol -
itical policies will be in the form
Mock
Held
bo the wish of the voting populus.
In this change of the proceedure
it will still be most important
that the Republican party offer
to the people, candidates who
aside from politics are truly
honest men of integrity; this will
be one of the most interesting
parodixlcal problems that the
Republican party will have to
solve. But, solving it is a must -
if the GOP is to remain a ma
jority party. Sounds ridiculous
but it’s fact.
Election
On Campus
president Johnson won a mock
election at Carolina Wesleyan
college this morning with a
POErS CORNER
OLD SORE
Pretty birds, pretty people,
A mated tangle of preened featers;
Peacocks all.
Gorgeous, mindless fools,
Their own victims these who sing
With the raucoTis deisel squall.
Leslie Powell
Florida State University
TEMPER
Harangue the heavens.
Rip the wrapping from this earth,
Spit out the sun.
Snatch down the stars
And spin the moon away.
Slap the sea silent, then
Splash it dry.
All this, so soon as I
Stomp this damm anthill.
Dr. Ed Seidel’s elementary
psychology class conducted the
straw vote at the college’s 8:30
a. m. assembly. The class count
ed 429 votes. Enrollment is 565;
therefore, 76 per cent of the stu
dent body voted.
President Johnson received 229
or 53.4 per cent of the votes
cast. Sen Barry Goldwater re
ceived 200 votes or 46.6 per
cent of the votes.
Former Vice President Rich
ard Nixon received a vote, and
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
of the Southern Leadership Con
ference received a vote. Dr.
Seidel reported.
A city poll by Policical Science
25 class of Carolina Wesleyan
College shows the President has
less than 50 per cent of the regis
tered voters favoring him. Sen-
Barry Goldwater has 31.7 per
cent of the registered voters for
him.
Students in Jim Alsip’s class
took their poll on Thursday and
Friday in Edgecombe and Nash
sids of Rocky Mount. The stu
dents questioned 189 registered
voters - men, women, white and
Negro-in a random sample plan
ned by Wesleyan psychology pro
fessor Dr. Ed. Seidel. Stu
dents sought 200 replies to the
survey, and got 189, which is a
results this morning;
49.8 per cent for Johnson.
31.7 per cent for Goldwater.
18.5 per cent undecided.
The survey shows 37 per cent
of those questioned are new vot
ers. They had not registered to
vote until now. Study of the new
voters shows 6 per cent are for
or are leaning toward Johnson,
and 38 per cent are for or leanini
toward Goldwarter.
Some of the persons surveyed
in the poll are switching their
vote from the party they voted
for in 1960. The survey shows
22.4 per cent will switch parties
when they vote: 16.5 per cent are
switching from Kennedy in 1960
to Goldwater in 1964 and 5.9 per
cnt are switching from Nixon in
1960 to Johnson in 1964. Seventy
per cent of voters in the sample
are remaining with the party
they voted for in 1960. Of the 70
per cent remaining faithful to the
party, 1.7 per cent are Repub
lican and 48.3 per cent are De
mocrats. About 7.9 per cent of the
voters in the poll told students
it was none of their business who
they voted for in 1960.