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Decree
Non-Profit Organizafion
The Voice of North Carolina Wesleyan College
VOL. 7, NO. 2
The Decree
Friday, October 14, 1966
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Kangaroo Court Holds Session
By Anne Van Wagoner
Always striving to find ways
of making Wesleyan’s new stu
dents feel welcome and help them
to become an intricate part of
the community, the upperclass
men have once again greatly sur
passed all expectations. Recently
the conduct of these newly elected
citizens deemed it necessary for
their exhalted superiors to take
immediate action. Many fresh
men now realize that not
wearing their beanies and name
tags, sassing upperclassmen,
and other infringements of the
moderate requests made of them
are looked upon with rabid dis
approval. Such behavior by a
minority can hardly be tolerated,
but the upperclassmen, being the
kind, forgiving group that they
have so often proved to be, de
cided to give the offenders one
more chance.
On Tuesday, September 27,
Kangaroo Court, an organization
of longstanding reputation, was
held, and each of the suspects
was given a fair trial and sen
tenced by an assortment of the
most honorable and impartial
judges that Wesleyan had to offer.
Anxiety seized each freshman as
his name was called and the
terror-stricken expressions on
the faces of his friends gave the
gym a somewhat peculiar decor.
Some tried to assume an air of
indifference, hoping that this
would persuade the judges to
pass them by, and still others
sank down in their seats behind
upperclassmen, believing that
they showed very little mercy
in their prosecutions. Realizing
that freshmen will be freshmen
and that no punishment could pos
sibly suffice, the upperclassmen
were, nevertheless, pleased with
the judges’ decisions, which
were, to say the least, extremely
condusive to laughter.
Among its many salient fea
tures, Wesleyan is credited with
having one of the finest (and I
daresay rarest) collections of
feminine protoplasm, ever as
sembled on any college campus.
The upperclass women have
numerous virtues, one of which
is amiability. Having so diligent-
On The Inside -
Social Fraternities
Pages 4 & 5
Comprehensive Look
At Soccer Pages 6 & 7
Preview Of Wesleyan
Dramatic Presentation
Page 5
ly worked to master this quality,
they feel compelled to share their
accomplishments with the less
experienced members of their
sex. This inexperience was first
noticed, in our own freshmen
girls on Garb Day. Their ob
vious lack of taste made the
upperclass women realize how
much work would have to be done
before they could become worthy
members of the honorable estate
of Womanhood. It was not long
before a second incident occured
that confirmed their convictions
that something would, most
definitely, have to be done. The
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SLA Holds
Two Trials
The SLA has announced a new
procedure for the year concern
ing the release of information
pertaining to its trials.
This year it will be the po
licy of the judiciary board to
make available to the DECREE
all pertinent information con
cerning those individuals tried,
the offense with which they were
charged, and the action taken by
the SLA,
Ifi the past 'such information
has been considered confidential
and has not been available to
the student body.
SLA action to date has been:
John William Herthum. Drunk
and disorderly conduct in the
cafeteria and the use of obscene
language. Guilty as charged. Sus
pended from school. Not eligible
to apply for re-admission until
the faU of 1967.
Larry Booth. Drunk and disor
derly conduct in the cafeteria
and use of obscene language. Not
^ilty. Given a reprimand by the
A professor and eleven Wes
leyan students will play | 'major
roles in the premier production
of Rocky Mount’s new Tank Thea
ter.
Vance Mizelle, a member of
the English department at Wes
leyan, will direct the play,
Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.”
Wesleyan students who are mem
bers of the cast are: Whit Black-
stone, Paul Rovinette, Mar
tin Lang, Joe Highsmith,
Blaine Adams, Jimmy West,
Dana Dickens, and Hal Lloyd.
In addition, Tom Hinte will
serve as technical director
and Anne Van Wagoner and Judy
Norrell will assist with make
up.
As a way of helping introduce
Wesleyan to the new theater,
Thursday night, October 20, has
been designated as “Wesleyan
Night.” On this night Wesleyan
students will be allowed to see
the play for $1.00, a reduction
from the normal ticket price of
$1.50.
Mr’. Mizelle sees the open
ing of the theater as a highly
significant thing for the com
munity and for the students of
Wesleyan. “It is important be
cause it offers an opportunity
for a cultural experience, both
for the people of Rocky Mount
and for our students. I would,
of course, like to see students
take advantage of any worthwhile
cultural experience.”
“Our Town”, one of Wilder’s
most outstanding and con-
.troversial plays, deals with life
as' it may be seen in a small
American town. Its productions
have received wide acclaim
throughout the United States.
One of North Carolina's most
Outstanding playwrights, Paul
Green, will dedicate the Theater
at its opening on Sunday. Green,
a former Pulitzer prize- win
ner for his play “In Abraham’s
Bosom,” is widely known for
his plays “The Lost Colony”,
“The Common Glory” and
“Cross and Sword.”
The Tank Theater is located-
on the second floor o'f the Arts
and Crafts Center at the end of
Hammond Street. It derives its
name frojn the fact that it is a
converted water storage tank.
In addition to “Wesleyan
Night,” there will be four other
performances. There will be a
performance for invited guests
at the opening Sunday, and three
public performances to be held
each night Monday through Wed
nesday. The performances will
begin nightly at 8:15.
Dormitory
Elections
Held
In dormatory life the dorma-
tory council plays an important
part. One of the most important
positions held on the council is
that of president of the dormi
tory. Lois Lambdin and Tom
Davis have been elected presi
dents of North Hall and Sotuh
Hall respectively. Their respon
sibilities are many and varied.
Among these responsibilities
are setting up of individual dorm
rules and seeing that these rules
are carried.
Assisting in this responsibility
from North Hall are:
1st floor West-Margaret
Thompson.
1st floor East - a runoff
between Terry Conway and Mag
gie Poole
2nd floor-Karen GrayadnNann
Brown
3rd floor-Dale Harris and
Nancy Wellons
Assisting as Resident Hall
Councilors in South Hall are
1st floor-A1 Horne and Bob
Bartelt
2nd floor-Bill Litchfield and
Tom Moore
3rd floor-Dennis Patrick and
Dana Dickens
A
The podium of judges prepare to pass sentence on guilty
freshman.