Turner Elected President of S. G. A
I
Gay, Rich, Grver, Pratt Add Support
On Friday, February 26, an
unusual large turn-out of over
70% of the student body elected
NCWC’s 1965-66 slate of SGA
officers. These officers are Guy
Turner, President, Melvin Gay,
Vice - President , Charneil Rich
secretary, Bill Gruver , Trea
surer, and Mike Pratt, Attorney
General.
Our newly-ep .ted president,
Guy Turner, has a three-fold ob
jective in his plans for next
years’ SGA: (1) better communi
cation between the faculty, ad
ministration, and students’, (2)
definite limits as to what the
student government can and cann-
student government can and can
not de., (3) improved student
unity. Turner also hopes to
put control of finances for stu
dent organizations in the hands
of the students rather than the
administration.
Turner is a rising Senior from
Wilmington, N. C. and is a Che
mistry major. He has been active
on campus, especially in the
student government. As present
vice-president of the SGA, he
headed the NCWC delegation to
the state student legislature at
the winter session. He has been
a member of the Circle K for
two years, serving last year
on the Board of Directors
and this year as Treasurer.
Turner also served on the Dorm
Council and the Assembly Com
mittee.
Melvin Gay will serve as 1965-
66 SGA vice-president. Gay is a
rising Junior from Farmville,
4. C. and is a pschology major.
In his campaign, he expressed
the belief that the SGA has im
proved greatly over the past
year, but from his experience
with the SGA there is a need
for unity and communication
among the students, faculty, and
administration.
Next year Gay aims to develop
the unity and communication.
Experience in all phases of
student activity provides Gay
with his qualifications for vice-
president. He was Treasurer
of the Freshman Class and is
president of the Sophomore
The
VOL. 5—NO. 10
IHROOG/y
1956
Moot*''
Decree
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1965
Psychology Symposium Highlights
Academic Year At Wesleyan
BY: Ed Lewis
“Carolina in Transition” was
the theme of what could well
have been the academic highlight
of Wesleyan College’s four-and-
a half year history—the Sym
posium sponsored by the
Psychology Club of Wesleyan
College. This Symposium, which
was held on Monday and Tues
day Nights, March 1 and 2 in
the Student Union building, fea
tured a grand cross-section
of various phases and aspects of
daily living in the southeastern
United States, and especially in
North Carolina, Included in the
guest speakers were educators,
sociologists. Industrialists, ag
riculturists, lawyers, and work
ers in poverty--all experts in
their respective fields.
Mayor John Minges stressed
the importance of the shift from
agriculture to industry through
out the South and especially in
North Carolina, and hastened to
add that he endorsed new in
dustry because it “breathes new
life into a community.” Rocky
Mount, he said, is on the move,
and its future lies in this cur
rent transition period. Heading
the list of resources, Mayor
Minges said, was community atti
tude. He added that it will be
interesting to see exactly what
psychological and social changes
take place within the next ten
years in our New South.
From a sociological angle
thee are several interesting
theories. Social change is, in
part, the product of human need.
Eastern North Carolina has long
been an agriculturally oriented
area and many good minds have
abandoned the area for this rea
son. But now, shifts are being
made. Industry is pushing in,
and even agriculture is becoming
a nighly mechanized business
which requires skill and train
ing. This sort of situation forces
people into two groups: The
Changers ( progressive) and the
non-changers ( traditionalists).
But, as Dr. Melvin Williams
pointed out, before we move too
swiftly we must consider at least
two things: (1) The status of the
individual must be the primary
regard, and (2) we must have
equality. Education is the key
to both of these considerations.
Tying in closely with edu
cation is another real problem:
Poverty, As Mr, Thomas Pear
sall of Rocky Mount so percepti
vely pointed out, many of us
refuse to admit the presence of
Dr. Robert Lee Humber, Dr. Raymond A. Stone, Ron Ragsdale.
—Mayor John Minges, Mr, Ray WUkenson, Mrs. Minnie
Brown, DoctiM* Leo MUler, i»artlcii>ate in Monday night’s panel.
abject poverty right in our own
communities. So ashamed are
we of the miserable state of some
thirty percent of our population,
that we simply push it in the
background and attempt to for-
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Carnival And
Dance Slated
For April 10th
The Wesleyan campus will be
the scene of the “Flint-
ston Fling” featuring the Del-
cacardos on April 10. The dance
will follow a carnival entitled
“The Rites of Spring” in which
all clubs and dormitories on cam
pus will sponsor a concession
stand or exhibit. The profit
made from the stands will go to
the individual clubs. The best
club stand will receive a prize.
The Countdowns, a local band,
will provide entertainment in the
afternoon.
Co-chairmen of the “Rites of
Spring” are Phillis Daniels and
Tim Taylor. Rita Abernathy
and Jimmy West are co-chairmen
of the “Flintstone Fling”.
The carnival is open to the
public and will be held in the
pa'rking lot directly behind the
Student Union Building, The So
cial Commission is the sponsor
ing body of the entire day.
Class, Vice-president of the
Circle K, he was elected Lieu
tenant Governor of the eastern
^division of the Carolina district
of Circle K International. He
is a senator in the SGA, a mem
ber of the Social Commission,
and served on the Orientation
Committee. He has also been
active in various positions with
in the dorm and the inter-dorm
council and is currently an As
sistant Resident Counselor in
Edgecombe Hall.
The newly elected secretary,
Charnell Rich, is a rising senior
from Durham, N. C. and has
English as her major. Very in
terested in student government
at Wesleyan, she feels that pro
grams made by this years’ S.G.A.
must be continued in 1965-66.
Chanell would like to see an
improvement of student interest
in campus government.
Charnell has served in various
positions which gives her exper-
ince for the office of secretary.
She is presently secretary of the
Junior Class and served on the
Orientation Committee this fall.
Charnell also has served on the
Social Commission, on the In-
terferfaith Commission and is
in both Chapel Choir and the
Wesleyan singers,
A tie between Charnell and
Mary Pat Elam was resolved
on the Monday following the re
gular voting in a run - off el
ection.
Bill Gruver, next year’s holder
of the office of Treasurer, is a
rising Junior from Newport
News, Va., and is a Chemistry
major. Gruver hopes to see
more student authority in the
SGA next year. It is his hope
that better relationships can be
developed between the SGA and
the student body as a whole.
With this relationship as a basis
a corresponding, improvement
in student-administration re
lations should come about.
Vice-president first semester
and president second semester
of his Freshman Class, Gruver
is currently President of the
Circle K and Chapel Choir. He
is also Assistant Resident Coun
selor in Edgecombe Hall, on the
Community Council, and a
member of the Delta Club.
Mike Pratt, will take the posi
tion of Attorney General next
year. Pratt plans to make the
role of Attorney General more
familiar to the student body. He
feels that it is important for the
students to understand the judi
cial system at NCWC.
A rising senior from Norfolk,
Va,, Pratt is a history major.
He is on NCWC’s basketball,
tennis and soccer squads and
served on the Orientation Com
mittee this year.