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moun*^ Decrcc VOLUMN 7 No. 3 THE DECREE October 29, 1965 Saturday night, October 30, the Delacardos will appear on campus at the Harvest Howl, held in the Student Union between 8 and 12. This will be the group’s third appearance at Wesleyan. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the door, $1.50 for students and $2.00 for non-students. Women resident students have late permission until 12:30. Batchelor Named To N. C. S. A. Council Dr. David R. Batcheller, asso ciate professor of speech and theater at North Carolina Wes leyan College, was named to the Executive Council of the N. C. Speech Association at its fall meeting recently held at Appa lachian state Teachers College in Boone. He will serve with six other council members. The organi zation, which meets biannually, promotes speech training and activity In the state and pro vides for the professional inter ests and advancements of its members. The NCSA has been helpful to the State Department of Public Instruction by making reco mmendations for its certification in the field of speech teaching, which is concerned with public speaking, discussion, debate, oral reading, theater ( drama ), radio and television, par liamentary speech and speech correction. Presently the members are affiliated with the majority of the colleges in the state, and efforts are now underway toward Increasing membership among high school speech teachers. Dr, Batcheller, a native of Buffalo, New York, joined the faculty of Wesleyan In 1962. He received his B.A. from the College of Wooster, where he returned and taught for six years prior to coming to Wes leyan. He earned his M. A. at the University of Illinois, and his Ph.D. at Ohio State University. In addition to his teaching duties, he Is ■ the director of the Wesleyan College Theater, which will produce Lillian Heilman’s “Little Foxes”, Nov. 11-14. NCWC Holds Ninth Annual Founilers Day Wesleyan celebrated its ninth anniversary on Founder’s Day, October 25. At 10:30 A. M. there was a convocation service in the gymnasium with Dr. L. Stacy Weaver, president of Methodist College in Fayetteville, the fea tured speaker. That afternoon the Board of Trustees held its semi annual meeting followed by the fi nal' event of the day, a folk sing er’s concert that evening. Jasper L. Cummings, bank executive and president of the Rocky Mount Area Wesleyan Col lege Foundation, paid tribute to the 318 active Honorary Alumni and presented certificates to the 49 new members. Dr. Allen F. Cordts introduced Mr. Cum mings. President Thomas A. Collins presided and Comptroller W. Jasper Smith introduced Dr. Weaver. The Trustees metatl:00 P.M. following a noon luncheon in the cafeteria. Concluding the day’s activities, Joe and Penny Aron son were featured in a Folk Sing er’s Concert at 8:15 P.M. in the gymnasium. Play Opens November 11 The Wesleyan Players will present “The Little Foxes” by Lillian Heilman as their first production this year. “The Little Foxes” is about a southern fam ily who have newly acquired wealth, but still grapple for more money. A business transaction arises which can only be carried through if they have more money to finance it. Ben, one of the three Hubbard brothers, and Re gina, his sister, devise plans of how to obtain the money from Horace, Regina’s husband. The play is a battle of wits between the Hubbard family and Horace. “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.” This quote taken from the Bible Miss Heilman places at the be ginning of her play to tell the theme. On November 11th, 12th and 13th the production will be held. Admission is $1,00 for members of the college community. Genetics Topic Of Danforth Lecturer Dr. H. Warner Kloepter, a geneticist on the faculty of Tu- lane University’s School of Med icine, spoke here at Wesleyan Dickens To Lead Frosh A stream of 208 Freshman lined the polls on Friday, Octo ber 15, to elect their class offic ers. The candidates were all strongly supported, leaving a run-off for all offices. Undaunt ed, 201 Freshman returned to the polls on Monday Oct, 18 to try again. Again, it was a close race, president Dana Dickens; Vice President, John Porter; Se cretary Scott Skinner and Trea surer Ruth Nowell were elect ed to guide the Freshman class for 1965-66. Dana Dickens, Frosh Presi dent, Is from Snow Hill, North Carolina. He is a prospective psychology major. Dana was a Student Government Represen tative in high school for two years. Freshman Vice President, John Porter lives in Alexandria, Vir ginia. He attended ’65 Summer School Session at Wesleyan and maintained a 3.0 average. John is experienced in high school S.C.A. work. Scott Skinner, Freshman Secre tary, also held a 3.0 average In Wesleyan ’65 Summer School Session. Scottle’s main interest is music. She Is in the Chapel Choir, and is taking voice. She held offices In choir and was Secretary-Treasurer of the Dur ham Teen Democrats. Scottie is from Durham. Ruth Nowell of Henderson, North Carolina, is the Freshman class Treasurer. She was Treasurer of her Senior Class and a member of the National Honor Society. Ruth is a math major. under the Visiting Danforth Lec turer Project. This is sponsored jointly by the Danforth Founda tion and the Association of Amer ican Colleges. Its purpose Is “to strengthen the intellectual, the religious and the cultural as pects of liberal education In the United states”. Dr. Kloepfer, one of the seventeen outstand ing scholars and specialists se lected by the Foundation and the Association’s art program, will tour the campuses of fourteen colleges and universities throughout the nation this (1965- 1966) academic year. During his two day stay here. Dr. Kloepfer discussed both the adverse and optimistic trends in the field of genetics today. At one student convocation he spoke on “Genetics In The Ser vice 9f Man”, in two informal and ’class meetings with stu dents- and faculty he discussed “New Horizons in Medical Gene tics”, and “Should Human Genes be Synthesized Artificially?” In a public lecture in Garber Chapel he explored the topic “Radiation and Human Gene tics”. He discussed the role of fallout and the genetic damage which is occurring because of radiation effects. Pointing out that while damage from fallout Is small, he warned that “it Is present, and it is constantly add ing to the accumulation of de leterious, mutant genes.” Dr. Kloepfer foresees the day when artificially produced genes can be used to replace or alter the effect of natural and death- dealing and crippling genes in the human body, thereby subse quently increasing life expec tancy and qualitatively improv ing the whole human race. A native of Ohio, Dr. Kloepfer received his BS and MA degrees from Ohio University and AB from Muskirigun College In Con cord, Ohio and was awarded his doctorate by Ohio State Univer sity in 1942. MATH DEPARTMENT For all students now enrolled in Math 9, there is a tutoring session held on Tuesdays at 10:30 AM in room 189, and Thursdays at 3- p.m. In room 105. Newly elected Freshman Class Officers are (left to right) John Porter, V.P., Scott Skinner, Sec., Dana Dickens, Pres., and Ruth Nowell, Treas. (Photo by Boothe)
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