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PAGE No. 4 the decree may 25, 1965 Fountain Officially Dedicated g« Tgii u ftj. The official dediratinn WWIUIIIlvll The official dedication of the fountain took place Tuesday, May 18, with Dr, James R. Hailey and President Thomas A. Col lins presidingover the ceremony, Mr. Frank E. Brown donated the funds necessary to construct the fountain which is located at the entrance of the college in the area of the pine trees. Mr. Brown was also present' at the dedication. A native of Edgecombe County and present resident of Rich mond, Virginia, Mr. Brown do nated the money early last year, “The college is deeply indebted to Mr, Brown for the addition of the fountain showing evidence of his affection for N. C. Wesleyan. It will certainly be a spot for relaxation but most of all a beauty spot that will attract at tention to the campus from tra velers as well as the local com munity” stated Dr. Collins in a recent interview. The fountain runs on a system of spraying water highlighted at night by the addition of colored lights. At the present time, white, blue and red at the colors avail able and installed in the foun tain. Dr. Collins expressed his hope that gold will be added and used with the blue light to repre sent the college colors on special occassions such as alumni day. In addition, Mr. Brown has expressed his desire that any coins tossed into the fountain will be used for a scholarship fund. The type of fund established has been left up to the college. The Mountain Reviewed By; Alyce Nixon James Baldwin’s Go Tell It On The Mountain was the novel selected this year for Wesleyan’s Related Reading Series. Students were encouraged to read and discuss this novel, and two guest speakers came to Wesleyan’s campus to lecture on the sub ject. The first of these speakers was Mrs. Willie H. High from St. Augustine College. ( Dean Prezel Robertson who was ori ginally scheduled to speak could not come). She addressed the morning assembly May 4, 1965, discussing the novel and bringing up various points of interest. As a point of special note she gave a prose-r a gave a prose reading of a Negro sermon found in the book. Go Tell It On the Mountain is a complex novel with socio II . logical, psychological and alle- Brown and President Th„„.as A. Collins dedicate “ the newly constructed fountain (at right). A Freshman Speaks BY DUFFIE MONROE It certainly has been an event ful year for us and yet, it has been a year of great adjustment and learning. We came here afraid of our own shadows to meet a warm group of students who accepted us into the community, 11 is doubtful that we will be able to forget the Beanie Mad ness that we endured. Endured, I say, and put up a good fight. We had fight in us then and the energy to resist. We detested upperclassmen, but learned later to respect and be a part of their life here on campus. I say that we adjusted, at least part of us adjusted. Life In the dormitory is quite a step from the protective hand of Mom and Dad. Quite an adjustment, an adjustment that needed to be made. We accepted what was es tablished, questioned what we did not understand, and generally, fell into the pattern of college life. At semester break, some of us had plans not to return, and gradually the clas^ grew smaller. But throughout the class, we re tained the great feeling of unity which caused us to rebel against the beanies. We retained the ability to work together and to respond to the call of necessity. From the very beginning, we were called the “Infantile Class of “68” yet, we have proved that we are not so “infantile”. On the whole, I feel that we have successfully proved ourselves as being capable of supporting the great weight which falls on the shoulder of any college student, I feel we have proved ourselves to be a stable, well-liked class, I am proud to be a member of it. Many of us will look back on this past year and laugh at the crises we faced, at least they were crises at the time. We; wljl cherish this first year at college as {>erhaps one of the best years of our lives. For in this short and fleeting time, we grew, we matured, we learned to make it on our own or fall by the way-side. We learned a great deal here, perhaps not in classroom know ledge but in common sense. We learned to live with total strang ers, to accept people for what they are and to move in on a life which is new and strange to us. We have learned this year, ! Iiaps a type of knowledge that * never be replaced. And now, some of us will go on, to what, no one can say. I look around me here and attempt to engrave the faces of my fellow students on my mind, for some day, perhaps tomorrow, they will be gone; gone out into the world, strange and new. The memory of our time spent at Wesleyan, thei people we^ meet here and the' situations we face are all so much a part of the new life that it is difficult to express. This cer tainly is a starting point, leading us, who knows where? But we have established something here, a foundation that will serve at the start of a building that will form the life we will move into somewhere out in that world. We will cherish these years, and especially the year we spent at N. C., Wesleyan College as a Freshmen, , And perhaps some day, we will wish that we could live these wonderful days again. Who Knows? as a witness seeking to convey truth as he sees it, writes much from his own experiences. Bald win has said “nothing is more desirable than to be released from the stigma of color.” Mrs. High emphasized the re ligious element which is of course the most obviously dominant theme. The spiritual themes of ofprpssion, humility, compas sion, and forgiveness are pre sent. Some of the major impli cations made in Go Tell It On The Mountain are the exploi- Rabby To Be New Speech And Theater Prof. tations of the Negro through the church; the isolation of the Negro in his own group; and the point that the Negro problem is the American problem. The names of th^ characters continue the religious implications; John is representative of John the Bap tist—the voice crying in the wilderness. Negro superstition is also well woven into the story, Mrs. High borrowed the example of Negroes using the phrases “if the Lord willing^” and “if nothing happen” to demonstrate Carolina Wesleyan College . -x will expand its program In The- T h University of Kan- ater and Speech this fall with k membership in the the addition of Llewellyn B. Rabby of America as an Assistant Professor ac- American Educational cording to President Thomas A L Collins ^ published two articles on - acoustics and stage liehtine In Rabby, a native of Louisiana in completed his undergraduate coll tional^The^tey^Tn'^’ Ed^_ lege work at Louisiana State Uni- Theater Journal. verslty, earned the M. A. degree in Speech and Drama from LSU, and is completing his doctoral program in Theater and Speech at the University of Kansas, ex pecting the Ph. D. degree this summer. He served as NCO Entertain ment Director for the U. S. Army for two years, producing troop entertainment and variety shows, has eight years of ex perience in Radio and Television production in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and taught speach at the University of Southwestern Louisiana before returning for his doctoral study. He has done much work as a graduate assis- Itant in Theater in the strong (drama program offered through tne University of Kansas. Rahby was selected for the “Teacher of the Year” award this. The style of the novel is rich in metaphorical language . and the flashback technique— “which ( according to Mrs.High) tends to give the book great force and vigor”—is used. The use of Negro spirituals also lends to the atmosphere of the book. The second lecturer, Dr. Fre derick West, Chairman of the Humanities Department of Shaw University, spoke in Garber„ Chapel the following evening at 8;15 p. m. Dr. West discussed Go Tell It On The Mountain aria also broadened his topic to include certain aspects of inter racial relations. He is well qualified to speak of such a topic as he has done much work in this field and he feels Bald win is a crusader and unique in the Negro community in saying to the world what he feels and believes. Dr. West dwelt at some length on the power element to be found in Go Tell It On The Mountain There is, hesays, anoverwhelm- ing desire for creativity and love. The theme is a bitterness toward the white race and also toward his own people and himself. Bald win is saying that there is “hope for man in his hopelessness and finally stripped of power (history) man will eventually find who holds the real power.” However, the conception ol love transcend the alledged bit terness ( Baldwin’s), Dr, West commented favorable on the authenticity of the Negro congregation. The vigor of the Southern transplants* religion and the power of the preach ing were all familiar to him. However, the absence of a church choir did astonish him as the novel is so authentic on all other points. Go Tell It On The Mountain is obviously downgrading conven- tional religion. Revealed here again is the white/black power struggle. Finally, Dr. West- praised Baldwin’s use and com prehension of^the word “nigger.” Baldwin catches the many subtle meanings of the word and handles them beautifully. N.C.W.C. Student's Poem Published PROFESSOR RABBY Perry Inonds recently became the second of Wesleyan’s stu dents to receive acclaim for his poetry. Earlier this year King Fun Ho was honored for her poem “My Friends are Lit tle Lamps to Me.” Now Monds has had a poem “From My Eyes accepted for publication in An anthology is a collection of poe try of college students through out the United States. The next issue will be avaiiaoie in the li brary later in the year. In “From My Eyes” a youth meditates over existence as he observes the beauty of nature. Full of mysticism and romance-' the lyric presents a strange beau ty to the reader. Monds is a Freshman at NCWC and is from Hertford, N. C. He has written some poetry during high school but this is the first that he has had published. perry MONDS
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