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EDITORIALS Sophomore Proficiency Protest: A Calculated Insult The recent protest ag^ainst Sophomore Profi ciencies can be seen as little more than an example of the use of very poor judgment on the part of niany students. The walkout staged by a number of students can be considered nothing less than an insult to the remaining members of the Wesleyan community. Sophomore Proficiencies, while carrying no quali ty point or hour value, are nevertheless a very worth while, and as it often works out, a very revealing part of the academic picture at Wesleyan. As they are designed, the tests call for a student to demonstrate that he, when called upon, can suc cessfully communicate through a very short essay on a given topic and can spell a random selection ot words which have proven to be some of the more commonly misspelled words in the language. tests, easy though they may be, are never theless a very handy device for checking a student’s proficiency in two very vital areas. Anyone unable to pass them should seek a non-academic, non-social profession. It takes a very unique outlook for a person to expect to receive a college diploma when he cannot write a legible and sensible essay on how to ride a bicycle or spell a word of such tremendous diffi culty as “consequence/' The most common argument posed by students was that “the tests have no real purpose. I can’t see any value in them.” And as one well meaning young man put it “They don’t make no sense. I ain’t taking ’em.” The real fact is that the purpose for the tests as a requirement for graduation has never come under consideration. A protest of the tests is most likely an admission on the protesting party’s part that he has very little faith that he can pass them— a fact that he certainly wants to keep secret This writer urges that the faculty disregard the student plea to do away with the tests altogether and, if any action be taken, it be taken in the di rection of making the tests even more demanding than they presently are. Letter To The Editor LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Editor: Most Wesle}^ students know that the college annual covers the entire school year and as such is a fall delivery book, generally distributed on cam pus in September. However, students that do not plan to return to Wesleyan in the fall tend to overlook the fact that they should make arrangements with the yearbook office to have their book mailed. Some stu dents p'’"^er to have friends stop by e yearbook office and pick their annual up, while others living near ca' ipus pre fer to come by and claim their book. IF YOU DO NOT PLAN TO BE AT WESLEYAN IN THE FALI^ PLEASE MAKE AR RANGEMENTS WITH US FOR THE DISPOSITION OF YOUR YEARBOOK. No books will be held for students after October 1967, so make your arrangements as soon as pos sible. This year I am happy to say that the Dissenter has had a “staff.” A staff which I feel confident will give you a good book, a book which will be produced by many students and a book that I hope you will value for many years to come. The staff members re sponsible for the 1967 Dissenter and their sections are: Student Life, edited by Ann Thomas Gill (Features); Dianne MallaUeu and Tom Knapp (Sports); Nancy Gresh and Danene Dabel (Organiza tions); Academics, edited by Mary Ann Walden and Mayo Ashley Wood (Faculty); Classes, edited by Alice Faye Powell and Richard Monk. Shirley Hildebrand, managing editor, has been instrumental in coordinating layout, copy and photography. Phorography has been handled by Paul Robinett. We contracted with Apeda Stu dio from New York to take all student portraits and with Pe ter Julian, a professional pho tographer, to take candid pho tography of faculty and students. Our adviser has been Mr. Vance Mizelle and our business man- anger has been DaveMcNamee. Student cooperation this year has been better than in pre vious years, but as in the past, not every student has had his picture taken for the class sec tion, However, we experienced a record turnout this year of 4 57 full-time Wesleyan students which constitutes about a 70 percent plus response by the student body. Last year the percentage of student response was only 60 per cent. We hope you will like the 1967 Dissenter and, if you do, I hope you will let those peo ple listed above know as a partial reward for their time and effort. Respectfully, J. Blaine Adams Editor, 1967 Dissenter I I. Clubs Hold Elections a CCtLSS-e TO 60INW YOUR FATheR'S Dean Issues New Policy: Faculty Action To Be Reported (The following is a memorandum received by the DECREEl from Dr. Sim O. Wilde, Dean of Students.) On April 25th the faculty voted the following policy: That the Dean of Students inform the Presi dent of the Student Government Association and the editor of The Decree of all matters legislated in faculty meetings that directly pertain to the student body. The interpretation given to me was that I should determine those things which directly per tain to the student body and should then pass them on to you two for whatever purpose you might want to use it. I am assuming that they meant that the mforroation from the faculty should be published in The Decree if the editor sees that it is of signifi cance. Accordingly, I am passing on to you faculty ac tion of April 25th which, in my opinion, is of sigTiifi- cance to the student body. 1. The faculty approved a recommendation from the Curriculum Committee that the following changes in course numbers and interpretation o Humanities 51, 52 be made in satisfying Humanities Division requirements: a. that the upper level ■ division of Humanities 51, 52 be reduced to Humanities 21, 22. b. that a person may offer a maximum of nine hours from the following courses; English 23, 24; 25, 26; Humanities 21, 22 toward satisfying the Humanities Division require ments. recommended that these changes go into effect September 1967. THE DECREE Official Student Newspaper of North Carolina Wesleyan College Ronnie Crouch Business Manager George Watson Circulation Manager Tess Ledford Photographer Baxter Smith Columnists—Doug Groseciose, Anne VanWagoner, Tom Davis News Staff—Tom Mowbry, Dan Davis, Ed Smith, Lynn Ament, Rufus Riddielc, Karie Naylor, Marsha Sutton, Jimmy Perry Circulation Staff Tony DeMuth, Bruce Wilkie Advertising Staff Jerry Winberry, AI Home Business Address—Box 3146, N. C. Wesleyan CoUege, Rocky Mount, N. C. A new music club has re cently been organized on cam pus. Affiliated with the national music club, M.E.N.C., the or ganization held its first meeting Thursday, April 11, at which time officers were elected and the groundwork laid for the club. Officers selected to head the first year’s activities are Sara Nell McBride, president; Mag gie Poole, vice-president; Bar bara Crawford, secretary; and Donna Bradham, treasurer. Meetings of the club will con sist of programs provided by both student members, faculty and guest speakers. Bill Litchfield was elected president of the Circle K Club in a recent meeting and will head the organization for the 1967-68 school year. Other officers elected by Circle K, a member of Circle K International and sponsored as a service organization by the Kiwanis, were Jerry Mer ritt, vice - president; Gil Spruill, secretary; and Ricky Kraft, treasurer. Dail Harris was elected pres ident of the Student National Education Association’s first annual elections held April 4. Miss Harris, a junior Eng lish major, will head the newly formed teacher organization as it "begins its first full year of operations in the fall. Other officers elected to direct S. N. - E. A. were Danny Lea, vice- president; Karie Naylor, sec retary and Charlie Kemp, treasurer. The S.N.E.A, has scheduled a meeting for May 18 at 7 p. m. at which time a dis cussion will be held on the Teacher-Education Program at Wesleyan, All students inter ested in teaching as a career are urged to attend this meet ing. Faculty advisor for S.N.E.A. is Dean Sim O. Wilde. Martin To Head Newly Elected SLA Ray Martin, a sophomore po- * litical science major, was elected chairman of the Stu dent Life Association in re cent campus-wide elections. Martin, outgoing treasurer of the Student Government As sociation, will head the SLA, the primary judicial body of the student government associ ation, for the 1967-68 school year. In rather close balloting, six other students also won seats on the judiciary paneL Fol lowing Martin, Barry Buck re ceived the next highest number of votes with 166, only 14 more than any of the other five elect ed. Martin polled 211 votes to win the chairmanship. Others elected to SLA seats were Ricky Kraft, a freshman; Sally Andrews, junior English major; Charles Hollis, junior mathematics major: Ellen Parsley, a freshman and the present Senator from North Hall; and Greg Tapson, a ju nior English major. The seven were elected from a panel of twelve nominees. They will assume official duties with the opening of school in the falL
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