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The mouh"' Decree Voi vm ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA FRroAY MARCH 3, 1967 CHAPEL CHOIR ON TOUR Appearances Scheduled The College Chapel Choir Is currently on its second annual spring tour. The singing group left yesterday for a 2,000 mile jaunt which will include five singing appearances in states along the Atlantic coast. The group, directed by Law rence Gupton, voice instructor for the college, will appear at Old St. George’s Methodist Church, Philadelphia, Penn., the oldest Methodist Church in the United States, and will also perform in the First Meth odist Church, East New Mar ket, Maryland; Zion - Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis, Penn.; andthe Springfield Meth odist Church, Springfield, Vir ginia. The tour will include one other appearance, the location of which had not been deter mined when the group left Wes leyan. Soloist for the tour is So prano Margaret Poole and the accompanyist is Carlton Live- say. Other members are: Sopranos--Peggy Ann Brock, Evette Carpenter, Luanne Goodwin, Reglyn McKinney, Dale Pixley, Peggy Rogers, Jo- (Continued on page 2.) Dr. Baxter Heads Foimation Of Campus Rugby Group RABBI GERBER presents books to Walter Gray, Wes leyan librarian, as Dr. Hailey looks on. (Photo by Norton) Jewish Society Donates Books To Library By Tom Mowbray Largely through the efforts of Dr. Baxter, many of Wes- leyan’s male students have dis covered a new sport. Rugby practices have begun on Sun day afternoons at 2:00 and on Wednesday and Thursday at 4:30. A modification of soccer, rugby is the sport which fos tered modern footbalL Domi nated by almost continous action, running becomes the most essential element of this game rather than possession of the ball, which changes fre quently. Either side may ob tain possession, since a play er is required to release the ball when he is tackled. Play is halted only upon an Infraction of the rules or when the ball goes out of bounds. Any maneuver may be used to obtain possession but only the player holding the ball may be tackled or touched. This rule therefore cancels protec tive blocking, which is a vital element of footbalL As soon as the ball is free, there is an equal chance for either side to kick or run the ball to the opposing goal. The eight forwards and seven backs are left to follow their own strategy, according to the pre vailing situation. The absence Dr. W. Amos Abrams, editor and assistant executive sec retary of the NORTH CARO LINA EDUCATION magazine, will speak to students in an open meeting of the SNEA Tuesday, March 7 at 7 P. M. in Garber ChapeL of a set pattern of plays al lows individual initiative to pro vide the path to the opponents goal, and the result is a gruel ing and most interesting sport, (Continued on page 5.) North Hall Is Brain Center First Floor North Hall ranks as the campus brains for first semester according to the com parative quality point averages released recently by the Reg istrar’s Office. The ladies accumulated a 2,58 average on all work attempted to lead all others by a substantial margin. In a tight battle for second place, first floor South Hall with a 2.49 edged out second floor North Hall which finish ed with a 2.47. In the battle of the dorms. North Hall emerged supreme on the basis of an accumula tive 2.47 average. This fig ure was somewhat superior to that attained by the second place finishers, the day students who compiled a 2.38, and was well above the marks of the other three residence halls. South Hall finished third with a 2,22 average, Nash Hall was fourth on the basis of its 2,20 and Edgecombe Hall finished a distant last with a 1.99, Edgecombe maintained three of the four bottom places with first floor reigning as the cam pus dunces with an accumula tive 1.86, nosing out third floor South, which had 1.90, for the honor. Second floor managed a 2.08 and third 2.04. Rabbi Gerber, representative of the Jewish Chautauqua So ciety, made an appearance on campus February 23. Speaking for the weekly chapel service he elaborated on the similari ties of the Christian and Jew ish faith. Rabbi Gerber is one of 600 Rabbis who annually visit 1,365 college campuses across the nation. His appearance was the third since the program was initiated at Wesleyan in 1963. In this three-year period the college has received approxi mately 65 books given through the society. In addition to sending speak ers across the nation, the Jew ish Chautauqua Society (JCS) has several other programs of interest. The society spon sors a summer camp program in which 422 churches partic ipate. They sponsor resident lectureships, courses on Juda ism for college credit at 50 universities. Each year the JCS contributes more than 54,000 volumes to over 1,354 college libraries. Another pro gram that has received wide acclaim is one of motion pic tures and radio broadcast spon sored and financed through the JCS. The society acts as an edu cational branch of the Jewish community by informing the public on the essence of the community itself. Their aim is that through this society the Christian as well as other denominations can strive to achieve harmony and under standing intheir particular faith and religion. On The Inside . . . REVIEW , . . Page 3 This regular feature column looks more closely at the life and art of Sergui Luca, outstanding young con cert violinist. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR . . . Page 4 As a feature of this edition, everybody and his brother takes a poke at the editor on a variety of subjects. COMPREHENSIVE SPORTS . . . Pages 6 & 7 A complete rehashing of the recently completed DIAC basketball tourna ment plus previews of golf and tennis and a review of plans for upcoming intramural activities.
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