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Monday, May 15, 196'
Fountain To Address Class of '67
STUDENT DEMONSTRATOR appears disconcerted as
fellow students pass him on the way to and from classes.
Student Lodges Protest: Stages
Morning Sit-in In Ad Building Hall
North Carolina Congressman To Speak
At Fourth Commencement on June 4
A one man protest leveled
at the English Department took
place in the center of the ad
ministration building a few days
ago. Bearing a sign which stated
“English Department, Get With
It !!! Less Talk of Exams—
More of Poets,” a student
^staged a daring sit down, brav
ing the perils of being trampled,
being mistaken for a butt-can,
or being swept up by a jani
tor’s mop, all in an attempt
to make his point and gain the
sympathies of passing students.
The student, a history major,
said his protest stemmed from
the fact that a reading given
by poet A. R Ammons was
attended by only a handful of
persons. According to him,
“Members of the English De
partment failed to publicize the
poet’s appearance and only one
of them showed up for the
reading. They were anj^hing
but reluctant to spend whole
class periods talking about
sophomore proficiencies, how
ever,” he added.
“The fact that no one showed
up for the reading makes the
school look very bad. 1 can’t
see why they (members of the
Eng. dept.) didn’t at least
mention Ammons’ appearance.
I’m sure many did not attend
simply because they didn’t know
he was even scheduled to be
here.”
The demonstrator, decked out
in white, stringless tennis
shoes, tight white levis and a
frazzled sweat shirt, and wear
ing a dark beard too neatly
trimmed to be a carry-over
from Berkeley, spent a good
part of the morning, except
for a brief interval in which
he had a class, in his sitting
position in the middle of the
halL
A pep section or two, con
spicuously located not far from
the demonstrator, acted as a
cheering section and a morale
corp for the dissatisfied ob
jector, and could be heard
chanting such encouragements
as; “Self-sacrifice went over
big for the Buddists”, “I’ll
get you a gallon of gas, you
supply the matches”, and
“Stokley always prefers lying
in as opposed to sitting in.”
A harried professor on
his way to check his mail,
paused before the student,
shook his head, then comment
ed, “Accreditation and this
both in the same year. It’s
just too much to beUeve.”
The protest has ended now.
Students parading to and from
class no longer have to walk
around the bearded figure in
the middle of the halL The
incident is almost forgotten.
The fact remains however
that only a handful of persons
attended the Ammons poetry
reading!
Representative L. H. Foun
tain, North Carolina’ con
gressman from the second
district, will deliver the
commencement address for the
fourth graduating class on
Sunday, June 4, according to
an announcement from the
president’s office.
Congressman Fountain will
address the eighty-three can
didates for graduation at 4 p.
m. in the gymnasium. Dr. H.
L. Finger, Jr., resident bishop
for the Nashville Area Meth
odist Church (Tenn.), will
preach the baccalaureate ser
mon at 11 a. m. that morn
ing.
Congressman Fountain was
educated in the public schools
of Edgecombe County and at
the University of North Caro
lina, where he received his
A.B. degree in 1934 and his
LL.B. degree in 1936. He was
admitted to the North Caro
lina Bar the same year he
graduated from law schooL
He practiced law in Tarboro,
N. C., until March 1942 when
he entered the U. S. Army
as a private in the Infantry.
He rose through the ranks and
was released from the service
A proposal to completely re
vamp the Judicial System of
the Student Government Associ
ation went under consideration
in a Senate meeting held ear
lier this week.
The proposal, if found ac
ceptable by the student senate,
would entail a great number
of far-reaching changes in the
judiciary structure.
A student Supreme Court
would replace the present Stu
dent Life Association (although
its membership would be the
same) and a primary court
would be created to handle the
bulk of student trials.
The proposal also defines
the function of the dormitory
councils, clearly outlines what
constitutes capital infractions
and misdemeanors and outlines
a fine system which, If passed
into law, would provide for
monetary penalties of up to
$100 for student offenses.
The proposal, drawn up by
the Student Committee on Ju
dicial Procedures, is the prod
uct of a long study of the N. C.
Wesleyan judicial system. It
attempts, in addition to chang-
as a Major in the Judge Ad
vocate General’s Office on
March 4, 1946.
Upon his discharge, Fountain
returned to his law practice
in Tarboro. Prior to the war
he had been eastern organizer
of the Young Democrats Clubs
of North Carolina, Chairman
of the Second Congressional
District Executive Committee
and Reading Clerk of the North
Carolina Senate from 1936 to
1941,
In 1947 he was elected to
the State Senate where he
served until 1952 when he was
elected to the 83rd Congress
as Representative from the
Second Congressional District
of North Carolina, He has been
re-elected to each succeeding
C ongress. Congress man Foun
tain serves on the House Com
mittees on Government Opera
tions and Foreign Affairs.
Fountain is a Presbyterian
elder and has a perfect Sun
day School attendance record
since the age of three. He
is a member of the Executive
Committee of the East Carolina
Council of Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, the local and other bar
associations, and the Elks,
ing the structure of the system,
to more clearly define juris
dictions, duties, functions, and
responsibilities of a student
judicial system.
Fritz Smith, a former mem
ber of the SLA and presently
serving in the Senate, acted as
chairman of the committee.
Following is a complete list
ing of the proposals presented
to the Senate for consideration;
“The S.G.A. realizes that
its judicial powers are derived
through the responsibilities
delegated to it by the College.
In order to insure justice to
each member of the college
community, we feel that it is
necessary to establish and
maintain a good, well defined
relationship between the office
of the Dean of Students and the
Justice Department of the
S.G.A.
The Dean of Students is the
adviser to the Student Supreme
‘Court; he is not a voting mem
ber, He does not have the
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Moose and Kiwanis Clubs. He
served as Lt. Governor of the
Sixth N. C. Division of Ki
wanis International. He is also
a former Jaycee and received
the Distinguished Service
Award (Man of the Year) of
the Tarboro Junior Chamber
of Commerce in 1948.
Fountain is a native of the
village of Leggett, Edgecombe
County, N. C. He is married
to the former Christine Dail
of Mount Olive, and they have
one daughter, Nancy Dail, age 9.
W. Singers
Concert Set
The Wesleyan Singers will
present Johannes Brahms’
“German Requiem” at its
fourth annual Commencement
Concert in the Wesleyan gym
nasium on Tuesday, May 16,
at 8:15 p. m.
The student choral group,
consisting of 70 voices, is un
der the direction of Dr. Wil
liam Sasser, chairman of the
college’s music department.
Accompanist for the perform
ance will be W. Ted Gossett,
organist, also a member of
the Wesleyan music faculty.
Two outstanding guest so
loists will be featured in the
presentation, Ruth Rabby, so
prano, and Clyde Hiss, bari
tone,
Mrs. Rabby is a voice in
structor at Wesleyan, where
her husband, Llewellyn B. Rab
by, is a member of the theater
faculty. A native of Alabama,
she has taught at colleges in
Mississippi and Kansas, She
has sung professionally at the
Farm House in Blowing Rock
and has directed musical com
edies and opera, both at Wes
leyan and other schools.
Dr, Hiss, a native of Ohio,
is assistant professor of mu
sic and director of the Mens
Glee Club at East Carolina
College in Greenville. He is
a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace
Conservatory of Music and re
ceived his Ph,D degree in mu
sic from the University of Ill
inois. He has sung both op
eratic and oratorio roles pro
fessionally in the midwest.
Both guest soloists sang ma
jor parts in presentations of
“Elijah” last year. Mrs. Rab
by was a soloist in the Wes
leyan performance and Dr. Hiss
sang the title role in East
Carolina’s presentation in De
cember.
Senate to Revamp Judiciary:
New Court System Formed