N. C. Wesleyan College U'd
Rocky Mount, North C-
The
Decree
VOL. 7—NO. 2
THE DECREE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1965
Students Protest Policy;
Smith States Reasons
A financial policy instituted by
the college business office dur
ing the summer has brought on a
mild protest frStn the Wesleyan
student body.
General student opinion appears
to find the new withdrawal sys
tem set by the business office
to be unfair. Fritz Smith, S, L.
A, chairman, commented, “I
think it’s ridiculous! The hours
offered are not banking hours.”
Linda Preston summed up a pre
valent student gripe with the
statement that “I had to go all
the way uptown to cash a check
because they wouldn’t do It here,”
The new policy states in part
that “Checks, including with
drawal slips, may be cashed at
the Business Office at desig-
nated hours—10:20 a.m. to 11;30
a.m. each morning and 3:15
p.m. to 4:10 p.m. each after-
noon (except Saturday after
noon).” Checks or withdrawal
slips may not be cashed any
other place on campus or at
any other time, although the book
store will accept checks for the
amount of purchases.
Some students have reported
a lack of civility on the part
of the business office staff. One
such report related that a stu
dent was ordered out of the of
fice when he arrived five min
utes before the stated check-
cashing time.
Members of the student body
who place their money in a with
drawal account with the college
have indicated dissatisfaction in
not being allowed to withdraw
money the college holds for them.
College comptroller W. Jas
per Smith, when asked by the
Decree for reasons behind the
new system, replied, “It’s bas
ically economics.” He stated that
for the business office to offer
a checking service full time would
cost an estimated $3000 a year.
“We cannot be disturbed all
day,” Smith said, Indicating that
the cashing of checks definitely
interferes with the normal work
ings of the office, “if we were
required to offer this service
all the time, we’d have to stop
it completely,” he said.
The comptroller commented
that the college Is not obligated
to provide the checking service.
“We are offering far more than
any other school in providing
this service to the students,”
Smith reported.
A report that a rash of bad
checks last year might have
brought on the policy change was
squelched by Mr. Smith. He stat
ed that the “danger of robbery
and burglary” in the snack bar
and the large numbers of checks
previously cashed their neces
sitated the stoppage.
“We must operate on an ec
onomical basis.” Smith re-em-.
phasized. He added that when
more dorms were built and more
students attended Wesleyan, a
cooperative banking service
would probably be offered on
campus by the banks In Rocky
Mount.
Comptroller Smith also re
marked that he felt It was one
of the purposes of the college
to help students learn the value
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photo by Boothe
Soph. Dance A Success
On Friday, October 1, from
8:30 to 11:30 p.m. the sopho
more class of North Carolina
Wesleyan College sponsored a
dance featuring the Embers of
the Embers’ Club, Raleigh, N. C.
The theme of the dance was
“What’s New, Pussycat?” Among
the songs the Combo played were
“Stubborn Kinda Fellow,” “Hang
On Sloopy,” “Oop Poo Pah Doo”
and “Kidnapper.” The dance was
held in the Student Union and ap
proximately 500 people attended.
Thanks for a successful dance
should be given to Richard O’
Neal, Tess Ledford, Dianne
Wood, Quinton White, Claire
Anderson, Greg Tapson and those
members of the sophomore class
who sold tickets.
of planning ahead, referring to
complaints that students wish
ing to cash checks couldn’t get
to the business office during
the stated hours.
The hours selected for check
cashing were determined. Smith
said by “groups of students”
conferring with him last year
and during the summer. If the
hours now used are unaccep
table to the student body at large.
Smith indicated that hours more
favorable could perhaps by ar
ranged.
"Little Foxes”
To Be Presented
Dr, David Batchelor recently
announced that the Wesleyan
Players will feature Heilman’s
“The Little Foxes” as their
next production, which will be
opened on November 11th for a
three day run.
The cast for this production
is as follows: Matt Gaffney, Bus
ter McLennan, Betty Bridges,
Brenda Lewis, Cliff Seyler, Pam
ela Gibbs, Ray O’Kelley, Bill
Barto, Donald Dare, and Joan
Bass,
Behind the scenes will be:
Tom Hinte, stage manager; Al
len Ragsdale, bookholder; Eu
gene stowell, stage carpenter;
Tom Butler, electrician; Dale
Ramey, sound technician; Jane
Stone, properties mistress; Gln-
ny Breitenbach, costume mis
tress; Edith Nurse, make-up ar
tist; Al Stallings, business man
ager; and Sally Andrews, pub
licity manager.
HELP
Help us if you can . . . !
ASPECTS, the literary maga
zine of Wesleyan College, will be
struggling this year to achieve
excellence. In such an attempt
the contributions of students are
vital. The staff of ASPECTS an
nounced that an extension of time
has been allowed on the dead
line for printing our first of
two issues this year.
If you have a contribution,
please don’t be tardy. ASPECTS
Is interested particularly in
poems, art work, essays, and
even old term papers - almost
any literary attempt of some
merit.
Submit your manuscripts (typed
if possible, please) to the AS
PECTS adviser, Mr. MIzelle
(Horne 110-b) no later than Oct
ober 20. ~
The President and vice Pres
ident of the s. G. A., Guy Tur
ner and Melvin Gay respectively,
plus four women students re
presenting each class, attended
the Nash County Harvest Fes-
tivaj Parade on October 11, In
Standing, from left to right are: Sandra Young, Jeanne
Ward, Anna Grey, and Arlene Fry. Kneeling are Marilyn
Shepard, Kay Lipscomb, Barbara Nelson, and Judy
Addison. Not pictured, Nancy Grider. Photo by Boothe
Cheerleaders Selected
The N. C. W, C. cheerleading
squad was chosen Thursday Oct
ober 7 by the chairman of the
Athletic Commission, Gil Wiley,
the President of the S. G. A„
Guy Turner, Senior Class Pres
ident, Carl Alderman, Junior
Class President, Blaine Adams,
and Richard O’Neal, President
of the Sophomore class.
Those girls selected were:
Marilyn Shepard, chief, Farm-
ville, Va,; Judy Addison, Dur
ham; Kay LIpscombe, Kinston;
Nancy Grider, Annandale, Va,;
Arlene Fry, Edenton; Barbara
Nelson, Rocky Mount; Sandra
Young, Richmond, Va,; Anna
Grey, Washington, D. C.; and
Jeanne Ward, Norfolk, va.
Selection of the cheerlead
ers was made on their personal
appearance, personality, ability
to cheer and academic standing
(not on Academic Probation).
Each contestant was judged
individually, performing one
cheer: “Rip’em up, Tear’em up,
Give’em Hell, Wesleyan,”
S, L. A. Decision
Following the minor Fresh
man rebellion concerning the
wearing of the Frosh beanie on
September 27, the Orientation
Committee met and concluded
that some punishment must be
imposed for the violation of the
rules of Orientation.
The Orientation Committee,
headed by Joe Boling, decided
that the most effective punish
ment would be to Impose room
restriction on all the Frosh
males. Boling returned this ver
dict to the Freshmen at a meet
ing on the evening of the 27th,
and further explained that if the
students responsible for the in
cident reported their activities
to him, restriction would be
lifted.
The instigators of the revolt
turned themselves in that same
night, and restriction was thus
lifted.
Before the names of the ‘ ‘ guilty
parties were turned over to the
Student Life Association for ju
dicial proceedings, SLA Attor
ney General Mike Pratt conduc
ted a preliminary investigation.
Pratt’s inquiries discovered
that the reports which had led
the Orientation Committee to im
pose room restriction had been
erroneous. He also found that
the committee’s judicial powers
were not clearly defined by the
SGA constitution.
As a result of the attorney
general’s findings, the SLA,
headed by Fritz Smith, was ask
ed to make an interpretation.
After extensive investigation,
the SLA found that the Orienta
tion Committee did not in fact
have the power to impose room
restriction, and that there was
no case for the prosecution.
Following Its decision, the SLA
recommended that the SGA make
appropriate changes in policy
so as to remedy the decision
before the influx of the Class of
’70.
Concerning the situation, SLA
Chairman Smith stated that
“everybody had been operating
under a false assumption which
was not discovered until much
investigation was made. We have
never run into this problem be
fore and the Orientation Com
mittee was forced to make a de
cision and it was necessary that
the decision be made immed
iately.”
Smith commented that the Or
ientation Committee’s action co
incided with assumptions made
by many of the SGA officers and
“it was unfortunate that the as
sumption was not proven false
until things had gone so far,”
He Indicated that he was sure
the situation would be remedied
before next year.
Smith concluded, “The v-on-
stitution and • system of student
government under which we are
now operating is new and has
much room for improvement.
The student government officials
which have already been elected
and appointed are consclentlous-
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