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PERMIT NO. 217
ROCKY MO’JNT, N.C.
NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
Decree
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1965
Mid-Winter F ormal Plans Take Shape
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Wesleyan’s first formal of the
year, the Mid-Winter Formal,
will take place Saturday, Feb
ruary 14, from 9 p.m. until 12
midnight in the Mall of the Tarry-
town Shopping Qef'ter which has
only recently been completed.
Music for this grand occasion
will be provided by- the Conti
nentals.
The dance which is in honor
of th^e Board of Trustees, the
College, Foundation Directors,
The Administration, Faculty, and
Staff, those who have contribut
ed so very much to our school,
will feature a figure composed
of the nominees for Sweetheart
and their escorts; all outstanding
Wesleyan students. Members of
the court consist of Sweetheart,
chosen on the basis of popular
ity and activities, from nominees
from each of the recognized or
ganizations on campus, plus the
rest of the court; all to be es
corted by the presidents or heads
of/lh e res{«setive clubs or or-
janization';. The Campus Sweet
heart will be selected by the
members of thf- court.
Members of the 1965 Sweet-
h t cOurt ana JiitrU'cscorts are;
■ '"ay Lipscomb, Kay Robinson of
the Psychology Club; Nancy Lee
and Ray O’Kelly of the Young
Republicans; Hilda Floyd and
Bryce Cook of “Aspects”; Sall^
Kulas and Bruce Harris of Ed
gecombe Dorm; Cheryl Burdtltfi
and Quinton White of M.S.M.:
Diane Wood and Bill Gruver
of Chapel Choir; Linda Waddell
and Charles Hayes of B.S.U.;
Carol Brown and Bill Hartley
of the Delta Club; Mary Ann Ed
wards and Chet Murphy of t
Wesleyan players; Sharon Cable
and Jay Smith of Phi Sigma;
Rita Abernathy and Bill Bobbitt
of the Monogram Club; Connie
Sorie and Steve Petletz of the
Circle K; Christine Morgan and
Bob Lyons of South Hall; Marilyn
Shepard and Ed Lewis of the
DECREE;; Juliet Barret and
Perry Lowry of the Band; Nancy
Crutchfield and Lewis Nixon of
the Economics Club; Jeanne
Bradshaw and Jim Garriss of
the y.D.C.; Mary Pat Efam and
Ronnie Arrington of Phi Kappa
Epsilon, Etta Spivey and Wren
Phillips of the Wesleyan Singers;
Edna Langston and Joe Boling
of the DISSENTER: Faye Vester
and Eddie Hopkins of the Bishops
La-w; Barbara iTal! and Bruce
Sharer of the Day Students.
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Members of 1965 Sweetheart Court. Seated from left to right-
Connie Sorie, Diane Wood, Marilyn Shepard, Sally Kulas, Etta
Spivey. Second Row: Barbara Hall, Hilda Floyd, Christine
Morgan, Rita Abernathy, Faye Vester, Nancy Crutchfied. Third
Row: Mary Pat Elam, Mary Ann Edwards, Jean Bradshaw,
Kaye l>ipseomb, Nancy Lee, Cheryl Burdette, Sharon Cable,
and Edna LangTston.
(Photo by Brockenbrouffh)
Girls Honored
At Luncheon
The twenty-two sweethearts,
representatives of various clubs
on campus, were honored at a
lunch held at the Heritage Inn
on Wednesday, January 13. The
purpose of the luncheon was to
give Mrs. J. R. wadkins an
opportunity to meet the girls and
set up a rehersal schedule that
will be convienent for those girls
involved.
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Also preset at the affair
were Mrs. Dawson, owner of
Madelyn’s Florist who is in
charge of decorations, Mrs.
Walter Gray, advisor to the So
cial Commission and supervising
refreshments, and Mrs. Roll and
Mrs. Wadkins who are in char^c
of the sweetheart court figure.
Fountain To Be Completed At Last
CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS
Publication Honors
Wesleyan Student
by Alice Nixon
Recently, a Wesleyan student.
King Fun Ho, was honored by
having a' poem accepted for pub
lication in An Anthology of Col-
lege Poetry. This anthology is a
collection of preffiously unpub
lished poetry of college students
throughout the United States and
is printed annually. King Fun’s
poem, “My Friends Are Little
Lamps to me,” concerns the
thought that people can learn so
much from one another, “Our
Friends are a source of enligh
tenment and inspiration to us.”
The poem is written in what
the author calls “short prose”.
King Fun is originally from
Hong Kong. She came to the United
States in 1962 and attended a
junior college in Chicago. Upon
graduating from there, she came
to Wesleyan where she is pre
sently in her junior year. King
Fun is a science major and plans
to go into medicine. She plans
to take her Medical Aptitude En
trance Examination (M. A. E.)
in April of this year. She started
writing her poetry, soon after
coming to the United States and
does her “short prose” pieces
mostly for fun. The idea in these
pieces is the main concern.
An Anthology of Col?oge Poetry
will come out sometime during
the first of the year and a copy
of it is order in the library.
EXAM SCHEDULE
Monday January 25, 9 to 11
A.M. Wednesday and Friday
all classes at 8:30 and Music
1-3 P.M. - Monday Wednesday
and Friday 3 o’clock classes
French 55 & Education 53,
Tuesday , Janyar 26, Morn
ing Exams 9-11 Tuesday Thursday
and Saturday Classes at 10:30.
Afternoon Classes Monday Wed
nesday and Friday 1 o’clock
classes.
Wednesday - January 27 - Morn
ing Monday Wednesday and Fri
day 11:30 classes. Afternoon 1-"
o’clock Tuesday Thursday and
Saturday classes at 9:30.
Thursday - January 28, Morn
ing 9-11 Monday Wednesday and
Friday at 9:30. Afternoon classes
1-3 Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday at 11:30.
Friday - January 29, 9-11
Monday Wednesday and Friday at
10:30 Afternoon Monday Wed-
nesday and Friday at 2 o’clock.
An idea born in the liead ol
■ Mr. Frank E. Brown, don0r of
Wesleyan’s handsome gates and
alegant serpentine wall, will fin
ally be realized early this spring
barring unseasonably rugged
weather.
An interview last week with
Mr. Jasper Smith, comptroller
of the college, revealed that in
spite of numerous complications
and delays, the college fountain,
located just within the quadrang
le at the head of Tyler Drive,
will finally reach comple^tion-
possibly within 50-60 days, de
pending on weather conditions.
Drilling on the project began
late last spring and continued
as the pipe went down, down,
down 539 feet (422 just through
rock and granite) before tapping
an adequate water supply. It was
hoped that enough water could be .
found to supply the fountain and
to irrigate the front lawns. How
ever only one-third of the anti
cipated supply was realized by
far enouth for the fountain—and
so the irrigation plans were ab
andoned.
The fountain , whose con
struction is in the hands of Rose
Construction Co, of Rocky Mount
and whose electrical and plumb
ing system is handled by Stand
ard Electric, will operate under
a reservoir system which will
enable the fountain to draw con
tinuously from a fresh water
supply.
Under some criticism at first,
the fountain’s philosophy was ex
plained quite adequately by Mr,
Brown, He pointed out that while
funds for building and scholar
ships were relatively easy to ob
tain, very few persons would care
to donate toward beautifying a
campus until other go^ls were
realized. Realizing that the phy
sical face of a campus is In all
resp;5cts as important as
“Laborer struggles hard to complete fountain before spring
arrives.”
(Photo by Brockenbrough)
any othei area of the college
community, Mr. Brown, with
great foresight and generosity -,
has provided us with three fine
landscape additions, gates, a
wall , and a fountain--which in
the words of Mr. Smith “sta
bilize this campus.” We are all
deeply grateful.
Aside from the fountain, fur
ther conversation with Mr. Smith
disclosed several other project
ed campus plans which should
greatly aid all concerned.
There are plans to move the.
ping-pong room, shortly, into
the gymnasium and to convert
the vacant space into that for
which it was originally intend
ed: a day students lounge. This
would be room in which day stu
dents coul d leave their books in
lockers and carry on their day
time studies which are currently
being done in the snack bar.
The lounge will not be for soc
ializing. It is also hoped that
many other activities will gradu
ally be moved from the Student
Union building to the gym in
order to begin using the S.U.
for those activities for which
it was intended.
Too, there are plans for pro
fessional decoration of the snack
bar and the jukebox room and
it is suggested that names for
these rooms be selected by the
students in order to provide a
theme for decorating.
Other plans on the drawing
board are another men’s resi
dence hall to be begun in the near
future and also additional class
rooms.
The overall plan of the trust
ees, financial office, and admin
istrative office, is to provide
a first -class college; the best
possible; for 850-900 students,
and, having established stability
here, proceed forward as events
will allow. It Is conceivable that
well within this century, N.C.
Wesleyan could enroll over 3,000
students.