PAGE TWO
THE DECREE
Friday, May 14, 1965
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The "Bermuda Ban", Why?
Recently a petition, originating within the student
body, has been proposed which would amend the present
regulations concerning the wearing of sports attire on
campus.
Three basic changes have been suggested in the peti
tion. 1. There would be no set limits on the time of year
in which bermudas, etc. are permitted instead of the pres
ent April 1-October 31 limits. 2. The hours fo^ the wearing
of such attire would be from 2:00 p.m. untiPthe closing
hours of the Student Union instead of from 2:00-5:00 as
the regulations now stand. 3. Sports attire would be per
mitted in dormitory lounges in contrast to the present
prohibition.
It would seem necessary to examine the petition in
light of the present high student interest.
Presently the months of April 1 to October 31, as men
tioned above, are set as arbitrary limits for casual dress.
The regulations seem to imply that this is a guarantee of
cold weather except in this period. Since the U. S. Weather
Bureau cannot adequately predict weather for the entire
year it would appear that the originators of the present
law are stepping a little over their bounds. It would seem
that if a student is intelligent enough to be accepted at
NCWC then he certainly could judge for himself if it is
warm enough to wear casual clothing.
Not content with deciding the months of the year the
regulation then limits the time from 2:00-5:00 p.m. This
present law presents an extreme inconvenience to the stu
dent. The beginning hour of 2:00 seems reasonable bul
what about the 5:00 p.m. deadline. If a student has been
studying in his room at night, and to be comfortable has
on bermudas, it is necessary for him to change clothing in.
order to go to tthe SU for a coke or sandwich. The pres
ent stand is that such attire is inappropriate. What attire
is more appropriate for the purpose of relaxation and a
break from studying than bermudas? The attire is ac
cepted practically everywhere else, including one of our
leading restaurants, why is it not appropriate at NCWC?
The third part of the present regulation which is be
ing protested concerns the wearing^of sports attire in dorm
lounges. As the present regulation reads, this includes
both the women and men’s lounges. Obviously, the regu
lation is not being obeyed or enforced in the boy’s lounges
because of its complete farcical nature. In the girl’s
lounges, however; the housemothers do enforce the regu
lation and that is where the complaint lies. In the world
at large, bermudas, etc., is considered acceptable and com
fortable attire for mixed. company. At Wesleyan the pres
ent rules omit dorm lounges from that world and as such
make the rules a little “behind the times.” Again, it would
seem that qfttimes sports clothing is appropriate. .
t uially, it would seem that general attitudes among
students favor changing the regulations. The dormitory
lounges, SU, and campus in general are supposedly the
student’s home. Should not the students decide how they
can dress in their homei^
RCK
Please — A Reading Day For NCWC
As the school year at NCWC approaches completion,
all students, with the possible exception of a few Seniors,
must face the inevitable period of testing known as final
exams. From a glance at the schedule, classes end on Tues
day, the 25th and at 9:00 a.m. the following morning, the
lucky student gets to take his first final. If he (the student)
is lucky he can take another one that afternoon. Then,
perhaps, after two the next day and one or two on Friday,
this individual can go home perhaps never to return. And
one of the reasons that he may not return is because he
had no time to prepare for his finals.
With the present exam schedule there is absolutely
no break between final classes meeting and exams. At the
best, a student can have an afternoon and evening to pre
pare for a Wednesday final or finals. Exanas count from
1/4 to 1/3 or more of the total grade in a c,durse. Ofttimes
they are the criteria by which passing or failing is deter
mined. Yet, often a student has no more time or even less
time to prepare for an exam than for an hour quiz. It
would certainly be interesting to make a survey of exam
grades as compared with previous grades. There is a
strong possibility that the exam grade would show a sub
stantial decline from previous grades. Really, with lack
of preparation time, how could a student be expected to
do well?
Unlike many problems found at Wesleyan, there is an
adequate remedy for this problem of exam flunks. This
remedy is provided by the establishment of a reading day;
a day between the last day of classes and finals on which
a student can studv for his finals.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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By Troll
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At N. C. State, and at many other colleges and univer
sities, a day for study has been set aside and has proved
to be quite helpful. This idea has been mentioned among
the faculty of NCWC but no results are evident. Some
teachers have had the foresight to suspend classes on
Monday and Tuesday, but it is not yet a policy of the
school. The idea seems to have validity :— hopefully it will
see some actually practice in the future. Let us hope that
in the near future we, as students, will see some relief
from the present “class one day — exams the next” policy.
RCK
Watning; Wake up
Youth of America
You can’t ever get away
from an ocean breeze—
Heris, here It is calms--"'ja
and nice.
The ocean—well^ • -it is ■ -there,
over that dune. --
You must See it, »
Blue, ^ ,
Clear,
Vast.
A thing that no one should ever
Miss seeing
n
I will bring you here someday—
To see the complete, wonder
Of this place . . . The bushes,
The dunes, the, sea ,,t
and the sk;y which
connects them all . , , , ,.
But the bree'ze —- Yes—-.
I can see it rufflii^ your
soft hair—-
Making all this real
and
alive.
From the unreal
A promise I make to this place
To return--tp return and take
in the magnificance of its simple
simple splendor— .
UntU then—
I am gone.
The most agonizing thing about a person and not one of the look-
the youth of today is that they alikes in “his” crowd or “her”
either do what everyone else does crowd,
or try so hard to be different
A field is like a though —
With the border only at death.
Where the grass ends.
It continues, continues an
Beyond that long slopeing hill
Where it only seems to end.
A gentle breeze ruffles the
Soft blades of hair
As I sit assured that
All is right.
POEMS _
liy Pronettets
THE FLIES
that thy fall into another, equally
as nauseating, category of the
'‘pseudo-non-conformist.”
Ask an adult what teen-agers
like and he will most likely say,
“^Pizza, cars, the Beatles, and
records.” There is the stero-
■type of a teen-ager; the girls
In bushy hair, fantastic eye make
up, and a matching sweater and
skirt; the boys in tight pants,
bushy hair, and driving a terri
fically noisy car.
Then there are the pseudo-
non-conformist; boys who are
smart but dress like crumbs, or
who are not smart but still dress
like crumbs, or who act superior,
disclaiming all forms of society,
and there girl counterparts who
have long stringy hair and scuffy
shoes.
Come on youth of America,
wake up. Do you fall into these
atrocious categories just because
you haven’f the courage to think
for yourselt? If xou like classical
music, do you slink off to con
certs, afraid that someone will
see you and laugh? Just because
you care about your future and
grades, are you afraid there’s
something wrong? with you and
hou’ll be doomed to the rands
of “real square?”
If you like a pony tail better
than a rat’s nest, a sport shirt
and tie rather than a sweatshirt,
and evening of bowling with a
crowd rather than necking in a
corner, speak up, stand up, be
proud of the fact that you are
an individual and not a sheep.
Above all , do your part to Green-eyed and noisy
wipe out the universal teenage They eat my decaying body;
sterotype. Be yourself, have Tiny feet upon my comes
people recognize you as a young Pausing-lo chant and pray
person of firm conviction-of While I curse them
ideals, knowing what you want Through bloated lips,
and when you want it. Be John
Jones or Suzy Smith, but don’t
let yourself take the easy way
out and blend, unnoticed, into
the vast realm of those of the
“crowd”.
From: RENEWS
Kinosha, Wisconsin
Yet, they are thankful to
For providing Opportunity
God
To serve
In the Plan of Creation
While they gorge in hallowed
reverence
On this my burial day.
THE DKREE
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