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VOL. 5 — NO. 9
1956
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ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. " Thursday Feb. 25, 1965
BI-WEEKLY—S2.00 YEARLY
Miss Christine Morgan Crowned
Campus Sweetheart On February 13th
Miss Christine Morgan was
crowned Campus Sweetheart
amid the gaieties at the Mid-
Winter Formal at Terry-
town Mall, Saturday night, Feb
ruary 13, Christine, who re
presented South Hall, was escort
ed by Mr. Bob Lyons, president
of the dorm. Selected as Maid
of Honor was Miss Julia Bar
rett representing the band and
escorted by band president Perry
Lowry.
The formal, carried out in
the Valentine motif, was held
in honor of Wesleyan’s Board
of Trustees, Foundation direc
tors, and Administration, faculty
and staff.
Upon arrival, guests were
greated by Misses King Fun Ho,
Tomako Takakaski, Betty Chang
and Janice Roebuck.
The dance was begun with
the gransi_ march led by Mr.
Robert “Doc” Stephens, pre
sident of the S.G.A. and Miss
Louise Kepley, participants in
the grand march included the
S.G.A. officers and their dates,
class presidents and their dates,
and all seniors. The Grand March
was concluded by the shaping of
the figure “W” for Wesleyan.
Following the Grand March,
couples danced to the music of
“The Continentals” from Green
ville, S . C..
The highlight of the evening
came with the introduction of the
twenty-two sweethearts and the
coronation of the campus sweet
heart. Mr. Dan Jacobs presided
as Master of Cermonies and in
troduced the girls and their
escorts to the audienience and
announced their school activities
as they formed the shape of a
heart in the center of the danc
ing area. Then, Mr. Jacobs
introduced Miss Grace Markham,
Chairman of the Social commis
sion, and Dean Allen F. Cordts,
who announced and then crowned
Christine Morgan Campus Sweet
heart. Following the coronation
the queen and her court led the
next dance. Members of the
1965 sweetheart Court and es
corts were: Kay Lipscomb, Ray
Robinson of the Psychology Club;
Nancy Lee and Ray O’Kelly of
the Young Republicans; Hilda
Floyd and.Guy Turner of“As-
pects”; Sally Kiilas and Bruce
Harris of Edgecombe Dorm;
Cheryl Burdette and Quinton
White of M.S.M; Diane Wood
and Bill Gruver of Chapel Choir;
Linda Waddell, Charles Mayes
of the Delta Club-; Mary Ann
Edward and Jay Smith of the
Wesleyan Players; Sharon Cable
of the Delta Club, Mary Ann
Edward and Chet Murphy of the
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 Cir
cle K; Marilyn Shepard and Ed
Lewis of the DECREE: Nancy
Crutchfield, Lewis Nixon of the
Economics Club; Jeanne Brads-
has and Jim Garriss of the
Y.D.C., Mary Pat Elam, Ronnie
Arrington of Phi Kappa Epsilon,
Etta Spivy and Wren Phillips of
Wesleyan Singers, Edna Langs
ton and Joe Boling of the
DISSENTER: Fay Vester and
Eddie Hopkins of Bishop’s Law;
Barbara Hall and Walter White
of the day Students Council. The
girls themselves voted for the
queen. The selection was based
upon personality, school achieve
ments and activities, and beauty.
Miss Grace Markham, chairman
of the Social Commission, was
in charge of the mid-winter for
mal. She was assisted by Mrs.
Jeff Wadkins and Mrs. W. A.
Rauls, who directed the Grand
March and Sweetheart figure.
The resident hall counselors,
Mrs. Elizabeth Duke, Mrs. Opal
Barrow; Mrs. Judith White, and
Mrs. Pearl Howard; and also
Mrs. Majorie Hagins and Mrs.
Bertha Kennel assisted in the
serving of refreshments.
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Dean Allen Cordts crowns Miss Christine Morgan campus
queen. Miss Julia Barrett was elected maid of honor.
Photo by Norton
New Social Probation
Regulations Accepted
One the hicrhlijrhts of The
14, was the grand march.
$10,000 Donated
To Library Fund
Recently, the Edgecombe-Nash
Medical society generously do
nated $10,000 to Wesleyan’s en
dowment fund. It was a portiort
of the money which was raised
in the polio vaccination program
held by the Society last year in
the Rocky Mount area.
Thousands of Edgecombe and
Nash County citizens made this
much appreciated donation pos
sible when they voluntarily con
tributed to the fund for the three-
month Sabine polio vaccination
program they participated in last
spring. All the doctors, nurses,
and other helpers also donated
generously of their time and
effort to this worth-while pro-
gram. The fund resulted from
the surplus raised over the ex
penses of the vaccine, sugar
cubes, and other supplies.
The Society which has been
helping everyone in the area for
quite some time and whose pre
sident is Dr. L. L, Robertson,
voted to distribute the $12,368.94
raised, plus accumulated inter
ests, to the educational facili
ties and institutions in its area.
Edgecombe Memorial Library
Mid-Winter Formal, February
Photo by Norton
Bond Awarded
Fellowship
Lawrence Bond, assistant pro
fessor of Religion, was recently
awarded a $500 Fellowship at
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Professor Bond
will attend the summer session
of the Southeastern Institute of
Medieval and Renaissance
Stijdies.
received $1,500, Braswell Me
morial Library $2,000, and Wes
leyan the remainder.
No restrictions of any kind
were placed on the gifts. How
ever, the Society did express a
wish to the libraries that the
money go for the purchase of
books dealing with physical and
biological sciences and to Wes
leyan that the monev be added
to the endowment fund for
scholarships to those future stu
dents who need and deserve fin
ancial aid.
Recent changes have been made
in the regulations concerning the
use or possession of alcoholic
beverages on campus. According
to the new regulations, a student
will be placed on social proba
tion for a first offense rather
then be expelled from school as
was the original ruling. For a
second offense, the student will
be suspended from school for at
least one semester and a no
tation will be made in his per
manent record.
According to Robert Stephens,
S.G.A. president, the old regu
lation of expelling a student for
drinking on campus was unrea
listic. The penalties for this
offense were so stringent that
students were very hesitant about
reporting infractions of the
rule. With the new rule, stu
dents should be more willing to
report infractions, knowing that
a first violation will not result
in expulsion from school.
The new regulations concern
ing the possession or use of
alcoholic beverages on the
campus are as follows:
“In proven instances of pos
session or consumptio n of al-
cholic beverages on college pro
perty or in any campus build
ing, including possession or con
sumption of alcoholic beverages
in automobiles parked on col
lege property, but not involv
ing disorderliness or property
damage due to intoxication, the
following penalty may be imposed
by the Student. Life Association
for the first occurence of the
violation during the offender’s
enrollment at this college:
The guilty student will be
placed on social Probation be
ginning the Instant of pronounce
ment of sentence, to last for a
period of not less than ten weeks
for proven consumption anywhere
on campus and possession in the
dormitories, or for a period
of not less than five weeks for
possession outside the dormit
ories, while college is in sess
ion and the student is enrolled,
not counting official vacation per
iods. The S.L.A. will estab
lish a specific termination date
of the Social Probation period
as part of the sentence. The
following condition will be in
force as part of the Social Pro
bation:
(1) The student will not be
permitted to operate a motor
vehicle on the campus at any time
during the Social Probation per-
The Dean of Students will
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