TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1964
THE DECREE
Page 3
Ripples
I Call it Stealing
By Dodie Waters
It’s about time the petty thievery
ceased! You can label it any
thing you desire, but I’ll label
it STEALING. I’m tired of tea
and sympathy. It doesn’t bring
the goods back to the owner and
it doesn’t help build Wesleyar
into a better place to live.
Where shall we start the dis
cussion? south and Edgecombe
Halls? Ask anyone and, if you’ve
got the time to spare, you can
hear plenty. The cafeteria and
snack bar? Salt and peppr
shakers, ashtrays, etc. The
women’s dorms? It’s a sad
story.
Don’t forget the library. At
the time this paper went to press
14 reserve books were
“borrowed, “missing”, or
“mislaid” - STOLEN. And that
is just the reserve shelf.
rm sure I don’t have to list
things. There are very few
people who >ren’t aware of the
sad situation. It’s getting so bad,
that you have to lock your door
when you answer the phone,
monogram your underwear, and
suspect everyone.
Money can’t replace every
thing. It can’t replace objects
of sentimental value. It can’t
buy something that is no longer
sold. It can’t replace a book in
the library when it'is needed by
many. And many don’t have money
to even think of replacing that
which was stolen from them.
I don’t pretend to know the
answer but I think it’s time we
try to find one. I suggest this:
(1) students who are caught steal
ing should be expelled im
mediately and for good, (2) all
passkeys should be kept by the
housemothers and given to and
collected from the college em
ployees each day, (3) a com
mittee be appointed by the SGA
to do everything possible to ap
prehend those warped in
dividuals.
No one can convince me that
a thorough search would prove
fruitless. However, once this is
r.ead, that may be. But, unless
action is taken, it will continue
and the value stolen will run
from the present three-digit
dollars to four digits.
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Saturday morning Ralph Down
ing—Wesleyan’s popular campus
cop was injured in a head-on
collision on 301 By-Pass. At the
time this paper went to press,
his condition was not known.
The DECREE hopes the
“Ralphie” will recover soon and
will be back ‘ ‘ on the job’ ’. ’
We of the DECREE staff are
sure that Ralph would enjoy and
appreciate get well cards. You
may either send them to his home
or Duke University Hospital in
Durham.
YOUR DECISION COUNTS
Old "D" Speaks
For many of you, now that the
election i s over, there will be
no interest in politics. I feel that
this is a mistake on your part.
If nothing more, the last elec
tion showed the country that a uni
fied party has far more strength
than a party broken into fac
tions within itself. Thus, whether
you be a Democrat or a Repub
lican, your strength as a voter
will be higher if you aline your
self with your given party.
The person who splits his
voting on election day is only
cutting his own throat. If the
people that govern you are evenly
split by party then how will your
By David W. James
views be imposed? Ii, on the
other hand, you vote for your
party’s slate of candidates and
this slate wins, then your voice
will be heard.
Thus, it is the wise voter who
votes along party lines. I hope
that some of you will think about
this. 1 also hope that you will
now take a new interest in what
each party stands for. The
YDC invites you to come and
learn with us about the De
mocratic Party. For inform?tion
concerning our programs andoirr
meeting places contact me or Jim
Garriss, President of the YDC.
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Scrunch!: a Big Round Thing
Once there was a big rounc
thing. It was called a world,
Then some people got on it--
nobody knows how—and they
caused more people to get o'
it. And they clashed—their in
terests varied. Finally they fel.
into a state of disorganizatioi
known as civilization. And tht
gods beheld this and were dis
pleased. And lo, they visited a
mighty bolt upon the civilizatior
And the world, the big round
thing, disintegrated and became
many little assorted--shaped
things. Call them asteroids. The
people broke, too. Call them
paranoids. Color the asteroids
and the paranoids blue, for the;
blue up. There are adenoids
too but they are two small t
color.
But the gods wondered. Thej
molded another big round world,
And people and more people oc
cupied it, until there were enougl
conflicts of greed, creed, and
color to qualify for a civilization,
The gods were sad. By this time
though, they had mellowed some
what, and placed salvation, en
lightenment, above destruction.
And the gods so loved the work
that they gave unto it their Holj
Representative, so that who so
ever believeth in Him should noi
perish. And He was called Stron
tium. And the people looked upor
Him and did fear Him sorely,
thus did love Him mightily. And,
iast and West, they erected huge
cylindrical underground temples
in His honor; and they built great
monuments in His likeness, which
were to reign in the temples.
And Strontium did loom high in
the minds of men; and a great cult
of Fear arose upon the second
world. And Frea was Love. And
the second world survived.
Bertrand was banned, and they did
live happily ever after until.
Onward, Crusaders...
Pillow Talk
By King: Fun Ho
A word of caution to the sophis
ticated sex: the following tech
nique as advocated by the so-
called pillows is merely a hy
pothesis.
Tossing listlessly from side to
side,
begged a lass of her faithful
pet,
“Pillow, pillow, pillow dear.
Surely , you have seen poor
maiden died;
tell me then, what 1 should d,
that my lover may be true.”
Cautioned the pillow of lily
white,
“Treat him lightly from the
start.”
Teased the pillow of petal pink,
“Lay no kisses upon his lips.”
Jested the pillow of Autumn
brown,
“Torture the heart within his
breast.”
Snarled the pUlow of thunder
dark,
“In the tempest cast him forth.”
“Once whence thou, more cruel
than he,”
counselled the pillows of golden
hearts,
“then will love be kind to thee.’ ’
Belk-Tyler s
Kasual Korner
Presents
Miss Mary Wright Edmondson
An Outstanding Freshman at Wesleyan College.
Mary Wright is wearing Belk’s Navy A-line skirt
$9.00 and Navy Mohair V-neck sweater $7.99. Both
by College-Town of Boston.
Mary Wright says that the outfit is very cute and
perfect for Fall dating.
Belk-Tylers
Rocky Mount