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1956
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VOL. 7—No. 14
THE DECREE
Friday, May 6, 1966
Senate Sets
New Pool
Regulations
At the April 25th meeting of the
Wesleyan student senate new reg
ulations concerning the use of the
pools at Hal Orr’s and Coral
Court motels were passed. The
rules are practically the same as
the ones used last year. Some
discussion came up,at the meeting
concerning the fact that many stu
dents used the pool last year with
out purchasing a pool pass. This
year pool passes will be checked!
The pay rate for monitors at the
pool was lowered from the
$1.00/hr. of last year to $.85/hr.
Complaints had been received
that the wage for pool moni
tors was more than that for other
student jobs on the campus.
The pool regulations in their en
tirety are as follows:
Effective April 26, 1966
(1) Two monitors will have
complete control of both pools and
will be in power to interpret
all rules and reg:ulations govern
ing the pool’s use. These mon
itors will be on duty from
12:00 - 4:00 P.M., seven days a
week. Neither monitor will be re
sponsible for accidents in and
around the pools.
(2) Both pools will be restricted
to swimmers only. This will be
'enforced at the discretion of
the monitors.
Class Elections
Slated May 6
On May 6 Wesleyan students will
have the chance to cast their votes
for the candidates of their choice
to assume the responsibility of
class officers for the coming
academic year. The elections
will begin at 8:00 and the polls will
close at 4:00. The students are
urged to vote and to consider
their vote very seriously.
Candidates for the various of
fices are as follows: Senior
class — Pres. - Bill Gruver and
Tim Isaacs; Vice Pres. - Jo Ann
Blow; Sec. - Sara Nell McBride;
Tres. - Terry Conway; Junior
class - Pres. - Richard O’Neal;
Vice Pres.-Jack Winstead; Sec.-
Claire Anderson and Maggie
Poole; Tres. - Doug Windes;
Sophomore class - Pres. - John
Porter and Danny Lea; Vice
Pres. - Nann Brown; Sec. - Ruth
Nowell and Debbie Pazin; Tres.-
Mary Ronan.
These students are all active in
and concerned with the progress
and activities of Wesleyan’s
campus. They each have a desire
to serve as an officer. The
student body is urged to support
their candidates and to vote.
Those elected can be successful
only if they are given support
of the student body and this
support will begin at the polls on
May 6.
Newly elected Student Life Association for 1966-67 are
(1. to r.) Allen Ragsdale, “Doc” Blanchard, chairman, and
Tom Cheschire.
(3) Both pools shall be limited
to 30 persons.
(4) For Hal Orr’s; no parking
around the pool and only
un-numbered parking spaces are
to be used by students.
For Coral Court; no parking
around pool or motel rooms.
(5) No bottles, candy, food and
gum on the deck of the pool and all
empty bottles and trash must
be placed in proper receptacles.
(6) No hair pins of any type may
be worn In the pools.
(7) No excessive horseplay in
and around the pools. Interpre
tation of this rule is left to the dis
cretion of monitors.
(8) Either Court may revoke
use of pools at any time.
(9) Pool passes must be pur
chased, at a cost of $.50, and will
cover use of the pools until June 2,
1966. Pool passes are not trans
ferable and must be signed in pen
to be valid. The passes will be
sold in the bookstore.
Pool passes will be checkedi
(10) Monitors have the power to
request a person or persons to
leave the pool due to violations
of the above rules and at the
request of Motel managers. The
names of violators will be sub
mitted to the SLA, which has
the power to revoke pool pass
es and to ban use of the pools
to any individual.
Players Present
"Visit To A
Small Planet”
Lights! Camera! Action!
The Wesleyan Players are
acting up again. Making their
debut this time on May 11 at
8:15, the Wesleyan Players, un
der the direction of Dr. Batch-
ellor, will present “Gore
Vidal’s “Visit to a Small
Planet.”
The play is concerned with a
visit made by a figure from
outer space who has come to
“a small planet” Earth in or
der to observe the Civil War.
Due to an error on the part of
the visitors time machine, how
On Friday, April 22, elections
for the judicial board of the
S. L, A. were held. “Doc”
Blanchard, a junior math major
from Ahoskie, Allen Ragsdale, a
freshman from Waverly, Vir
ginia, and Tom Cheshire, a junior
psychology major from Rocky
Mount were nominated from
seven candidates for the three
man board. Blanchard, who
polled the most votes will assume
the position of chairman of the
board.
The judiciary board is composed
of a chairman, two other mem
bers, and the Dean of Students
or his appointed representative.
It will appoint specific commit
tees to review cases of concern.
The prime functions of the board
are to interpret the constitution
and to determine what action to
take concerning a student found
guilty.
Contracts Awarded For
Library And Classrooms
Construction To Start Immediately
ever, he arrives on Earth in
1966. Disappointed because he has
missed the war he finds the
situation ripe to start one of his
own. In the play the playwright.
Gore Vidal, takes up such things
as the Pentagon, the Cold War,
young love and provides a comedy
like that of vaudeville.
The cast for this production
includes Bill French, Bryan
Stearns, JohnDubel, Edith Nurse,
Don Dare, Barbara Brown, Joe
High Smith, Carolyn Estes, Cliff
Seyler, and Jim Warren. Some
of the cast are “old hands,”
but others are new-comers to
the world of theater. Dr. Batch-
ellor is very pleased, however,
with the interest, enthusiasm,
and progress of everyone.
The play will be performed
nightly from May 11-14 at 8:15
in the gym. Tickets are on sale
for $1.00 and $1.25 in the book
store, Almands Drugs, Pick
wicks or from any member of
Wesleyan Players.
Blanchard
To Head
S.L.A. For ’66
Contracts for construction of a
new library building and a class
room addition to the gymnasium
at N. C. Wesleyan have been
awarded to two local firms at a
total cost of $472,706, according
to an announcement by Dr. Thom
as A. Collins, college president.
D. J. Rose and Son, Inc. was
awarded a contract of $305,200
for general construction. Three
contracts were awarded to Pem
berton, Inc. for plumbing $16,893,
for heating and air-conditioning
$103,640 and for electrical work
$46,973. They submitted low bids
on the combined project, which
is scheduled to be begun im
mediately and completed within
twelve months.
The Library, to be constructed
north of the Pearsall Classroom
Building, will be a single-story
building, conforming to the co
lonial architecture of the other
twelve campus buildings. It will
cover 15,260 sq. ft. with space
to accomodate 278 readers and
to house 62,738 volumes. Ade
quate staff and service will also
be provided. The plans were
drawn for ease of future expan
sion of all facilities when the
student body grows beyond the
800 projection for the present
construction. Complete furnish
ing, including carpeting, will run
the Library’s capital outlay to
more than $450,000.
The classroom addition will
provide 3,468 sq. ft. with con
necting corridors and flexible
dividers for as many as three
classrooms. It will be joined to
the north wall of the present
gymnasium. In addition to gen
eral classroom use, it will pro
vide more adequate practice
room for the band and dra
matic organizations, which use
the multi-purpose gymnasium,
presently the only large assembly
facility on campus.
Costs of the two projects
were largely underwritten by a
Federal grant of $178,700 and a
Federal loan of $277,000. Several
gifts, particularly those of
$20,000 from Miss Vivian Bras
well and another $20,000 from
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Pear
sall, all of Rocky Mount, as well
as a grant of $25,000 from the
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
of Winston-Salem, were ear
marked for the Library.
“Other gifts and grants are
still being sought,” said Dr. Allen
F. Cordts, director of develop
ment for the college. “It would
be fine to secure additional funds
to reduce the need for Federal
financing.”
The bids, which had been
called for by Lashmit, Brown
and Pollock, architects of Win
ston-Salem, were opened at a
special meeting of the Board of-
Trustees on April 7. The build
ings and Grounds Committee,
headed by Pearsall, awarded con
tracts after review and approval
of Federal authorities.
“We now need an Auditorium-
Fine Arts Center, a Chapel and
additional residence halls to
complete the first phase of our
building program, which is lag
ging somewhat behind our 1968
goals,” Dr. Collins said. “How
ever, we are almost a year ahead
of our goal of 800 students. We
must renew our efforts to clear
outstanding pledges and seek
other funds to provide facilities
to care for as many as possible
of those who seek admission of
N. C. Wesleyan.”
Final Examination Schedule
Spring Semester 1965-66
EXAMINATION TIME AND DATE
Monday, May 23, 1966
1:00- 3:00 p.m.
M.W.F.
3:00
Classes
1:00-11:00 a.m.
M.W.F.
3:00
Classes
Tuesday, May 24, 1966
9:00-11:00 a.m.
M.W.F.
9:30
Classes
1:00- 3:00 p.m.
T.Th.S.
11:30
Classes
Wednesday, May 25, 1966
9:00-11:00 a.m.
M.W.F.
8:30
Classes
1:00- 3:00 p.m.
T.Th.S.
10:30
Classes
Thursday, May 26, 1966
9:00-11:00 a.m.
M.W.F.
2:00
Classes
1:00- 3:00 p.m.
M.W.F.
11:30
Classes
Friday, May 27, 1966
9:00-11:00 a.m.
M.W.F.
10:30
Classes
1:00- 3:00 p.m.
M.W.F.
1:00
Classes
Graduating seniors will meet the regular examination
schedule from Monday, May 23, 1966 through Thursday,
May 26, 1966. The following early examination schedule
has been arranged for graduating seniors only.
Friday, May 20, 1966
7:00- 9:00 a.m. M.W.F. 10:30 Classes
Saturday, May 21, 1966
1:00- 3:00 p.m. M.W.F. 1:00 Classes