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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1965 THE DECREE New Science Course To Be Offered plant Taxonomy will be taught for the first time at Wesleyan during the coming spring semes ter. The course is open to fresh men and upperclass students. There is no prerequisite. This course deals with the identifica tion of the more common plants of North Carolina and with their structure and development. The entire plant kingdom, from algae and fungi through mosses, liver worts, ferns, and seed plants, will be included. The course will be taught by Dr. K.A. Wagner, anew member of the Science Division staff. Dr, Wagner comes to Wes leyan from Powell Laboratories in Gladstone, Oregon. He is the author of numerous publications in plant taxonomy and' ecology. Circle K News The Circle K Club recently earned $100 by helping the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club in its annual peanut sale. The money will be put on account toward the pur chase of the new college seal for the gym. Other activities of the Circle K this year have in cluded the semi-annual car wash and ushering various school fun ctions. At the last meeting Doug Groseclose was elected as Vice- president to succeed Wade Regis ter, Doug has been Chairman of the Public Relations Commit tee this year and will now co ordinate the activities of the var ious committees of the club. Doug and President Mel Gay were representatives to the an nual convention in Miami Beach last summer, where both gained much valuable knowledge about Circle K. Circle K had had many ex cellent programs this year, in cluding Mr. Tim Valentine on the Speaker-Ban-Law, Mayor John Minges on his trip to Rus sia, and Mr, Jasper Cummings on how to remember names. Future Circle K projects in clude the college seal for the space over the gym-floors and the K-pal Project. The K-pal Program is a new program where the men of the Circle K are matched with men of the Kiwanis Club for the pur pose of advice and counseling. The men get together at various times to discuss aspects of the student’s future profession^ PAGE 3 Student Banking Hours Changed By Smith DISSENTER STAFF, left to right: Blaine Adams, editor, Joe Boling, business manager, Gwyn Carson and Debbie Neale, managing editors.—Photo by Boothe DISSENTER ’66 Plans Take Shape Blaine Adams, editor of the DIS SENTER, stated recently that plans for the 1965-66 annual are already taking shape. Next year it is hoped that the book will be in creased by eight pages and the cover remaining basically the same, .with slight alterations in design. The annual itself will re main the same standard college size. There will be changes In color with the possible addition of more color sections in the book itself. Pictures for the DISSENTER will primarily be taken by Apeda Stu dios. Class pictures were taken recently with 75% of the student body participating compared to 60% last year. The cost of the in dividual pictures to the student is free unless he decides to have ad ditional prints made. The DISSENTER cost approxi mately $7.00 per book this past edition, with cost rising next year to approxima.tely $8.00 per book. Debbie Neale and Gwyn Carson are Managing Editors, and Joe Boling is the Business Manager of the DISSENTER this year. Also, Blaine Adams stated that the DISSENTER is now in the process of establishing a yearbook exchange program with all the colleges in the D. I, A. C, Conference and colleges parti cipating in the American year book Co. “College Year” book program. It is hoped that the program will eventually cover the whole United States. The DISSENTER ' announced recently that they are now a member of the Associated Col legiate Press, which is the na tion’s oldest and largest col lege and university press assoc iation with its center at the Uni versity of Minnesota. Snackbar To Be Decorated Debbie Neale - chairman, Mar ilyn Shepard, , Paul Robinnete, Dale Harris, Jimmy West, Doug Groseclose will serve on a com mittee to decorate the snack bar. Several decoration schemes will be presented by this com mittee to the student body and a final selection will be made by the students. Money has been re cently appropriated for this pro ject by the administration. CORRECTION In the November 12 issue of The Decree the statement was made that in a letter President Collins explained that the re cent revision of the “athletic attire” clause was not law but rather a recommendation by the Senate,' This sentence should have read as follows: president Col lins explained to Dr. Frye that the recent revision of the “ath- letic attire” clause was not law but rather a recommendation by the Senate, ROCKY MOUNT LANES “GREAT FOR A DATE' Also Visit THE LANES NEWS STORE The "NEW” Peppermint Club • Completely Remodeled • Private Membership • Featuring the Best Pizzas in Town —PLUS—Free Delivery to Campus Th is Weekend Featuring: Friday—The Confidentials Saturday—The Electras 3000 S. Church St. Hours: 2:00 P.M.-12:00 P.M. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Phone GI 2-9833 In response to a petition sign ed by over 400 students, Comp troller Jasper Smith announced November 30 the following chan ges in the hours during which students may have checks cash ed, This schedule was effective December 6, The new schedule is as follows: Monday through Friday: 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m, and 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p,m. Saturday: 10:20 p.m, to 11:30 a,m. The Grievance Committee of the Senate recently approached Mr, Smith and suggested that a change be made. The recom mendation made by the com mittee was identical to the one approved except for the after noon hours. The committee had asked for 3:30 to 5:00 p.m, dur ing weekdays. In a letter to Dean Frye, Mr. Smith explained why some re visions were made in the ori ginally proposed change. “You will note,” he wrote, “that this revises somewhat the proposal made by the Grievance Commit tee, Our experience and ability to perform indicates that the morning hour should be extended, and that the afternoon hour be shortened. Our people have to work in shifts in order to get their lunch and to keep the of fice open at the same time. “In the afternoon,” Smith continued, “it is completely es sential that our office have suf ficient time to balance our cash and prepare the withdrawal slips for posting the first thing the next mornine.” He added, “May we express again our appreciation for the help given by the students in in- iorming us as to their wishes. We hope that the schedule pre sented herewith will be satisfac tory to all.” FERRANTE AND TEICHER America’s most popular auo piano team, Ferrante and Teicher, will present a concert of popular music in the Gymnas ium on Wednesday, ' January 19 at 8:15 p.m. The Social Commission, headed by B. J. Myers, will sponsor the concert. General Admission is $2.50 and reserved seats $3.00. The pianists will play such hits as “Exodus”, theme from “The Apartment”, and “Tonight.” Their recordings of these num bers have each sold more than a million recprds. LIBRARY (Continued from Page 1) The Duildlng is expected to cost $450,000 ful ly equipped. Preparation of an application for the necessary matching Fed eral assistance is progressing on schedule, according to college officials. Dr. Allen F. Cordts, director of development, and W, Jasper Smith, comptroller. The latest gift announced by the college was made by a foun dation formed to honor the mem ory of Z. Smith Reynolds, the youngest son of R. j. Reynolds, 'Sr,, the founder of the Winston- Salem tobacco company. The foundation’s activities have been many and varied, all confined to North Carolina in keeping with stipulations of the founda tion’s charter. A DOLLARS WORTH OF REGULAR BILL/ 3 Next Month Say ’FILl’ER UP”! You can with the help of a Student Checking Account. Enables you to control spending and budget expense. Bank money doesn't get lost, misplaced or stolen. Open a Student Checking Account this week. That's the Planters National^ ECON-O-CHEK PLAN Th» PLACE to BANK in ROCKY MOUNT National Bank and Trust Company
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