The
MOUH'
Decree
VOL. vm—NO. Ifi
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROUNA
MONDAY, MAY 29, 1967
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Winners of awards at annual Honor’s Awards Convocation pose with the trophies. They are
(1. to r.) Ted Turner, Allen Ragsdale, Bill Gruver, Ed Smith, Ronnie Arrington, Tommy
Farmer, Melvin Gay, Tom Hinte, Mary Catherine Fly the, and Ralph Thomas. Ben Roney,
Jr., is absent.
Trustees Hold Annual Meet:
Approve Frats, Tuition Raise
The approving of faculty
membership, passage of a res
olution adopting a social fra
ternity system for Wesleyan
and the announcement of an
increase in tuition beginning
in 1968 highlighted the May 19
annual meeting of the Board
of Trustees.
The board approved faculty
membership for the academic
year 1967-68 including forty-
six persons named, and to in
clude approximately four or
five additional instructors.
Eleven new faculty members
were included among the fac
ulty recommended for next
year.
Acting on a resolution of
the Education Committee and at
the request of administrative,
faculty and student committees,
the board also approved the
organizations of campus, a
pattern of local fraternities and
sororities but with no national
organizations during a five year
trial period. (See related story
elsewhere in this paper.)
The board also voted to raise
tuition and resident costs for
the academic year 1968-69 by
$125 per year. Under the
measure approved, tuition will
be raised from $650 per year
to $750 annually, room rent
from $250 to $275 annually
with a total increase from
$1575 to $1,700 for a resident
student. Including tuition, all
fees, room and board.
The board noted that the raise
was necessary to meet in
creased costs of operation
faculty and staff increases, and
substantially increased labor
costs.
N.C Wesleyan Honors
Outstanding Students
Eleven students received demic achievement, an award
awards for outstanding achieve- given by the Rocky Mount Ki-
ment at N. C. WesJeyan’s an- wanJis Club to the senior who
nual Honors Day Convocation has the highest academic aver-
held in the college gymnasium age.
Tuesday morning, May 16. ^wo Rocky Mount students re-
The situdents were awarded . , • j • •
trophies in recrogndtion of their major
performances in various aca- ^reas of study. Benjamin Roney,
diemi. and exti;a-curri.cuiar Jr., was recognized for his out-
are'as. standing achievement in econ-
Dean of Students Dr. Sim 0. omics and Ronnie Arrington re-
Wilde delivered the convoca- ceived the John Paul Jones His-
tion address. Awards were pre- tory Award for the best his.fcory
sented by Dr. Thomas A. Col- term paper. The economics
lins, college president.
Melvin Gay Jr., of Farmville, Journal add the htetory
pre.4dent of bhe Student Govern- “ ^he Nash County Com-
. miuttee of Colcmial Dames,
ment AiKOciation, received two ™ athletic awards were nre-
awards: the President’s Cup, sented. Tom Farmer of Wash-
UfroutialdSfc^S^te^^^^^ SShtor'f fhe vr
academies and in leadership and eliv^e^'f p?aqu^ g^v^n V Z
service, and a special plaque, Rocky Mount Civitan Club,
presented on behalf of the situ- Ralph Thomas of Tillsoinburg,
denit body by SGA vice presi- Ontario, was selected Most Val-
dent George Ennis, is recogni- uable Soccer Player by his team-
uon of his service to the school, mates.
Allen Ragsdale of Wavarly, Theodore Turner of Oceanside,
Va,, ch-airman of the student ju- N.Y., received the Outstanding
dicial board, received the Lead- Achievement in Music Award, a
ership and Service Award for plaque given by the Music Re-
Club of Rocky Mount to the
Springfield, Va., president of sludent who made the most crea-
this years graduating class, tive contribution to the musical
was recipient of tne award for life on the Wesleyan campus,
men. The women’s award was Tom Hinte, a senior from
given by the Pilot Club of Rocky Greenville, received tihe Wesley-
Mount and men’s by the Wes- an Players Award for hiS con-
leyan College Chaplain. tribution to college diramatics
Mary Catherine Flythe of and Edward Smith, III, was the
Spoisylvama Va,, was awarded recipient of the Freshman Writ-
tne plaque for outstanding aca- ing Award.
Gardner to Address Alumni
At Annual Banquet
On The Inside . . .
A copy of the social organization resolution as adopted
by the Board of Trustees page 3
Two new faculty member appointments made recently
page 3
Senior Tom Davis bows out as ace ace sportswriter
of the DECREE with a recap of the year’s activities
and a look to next season page 6
They noted that Wesleyan
currently maintains one of the
most favorable rates for stu
dents, as the student is re
quired to contribute approxi
mately 56% of the cost of ed
ucational and general college
expenses. They pointed out
that the national average for
private college will be approxi
mately $1,840 and $2,780 at
a private college, making N. C.
Wesleyan in the very moderate
range in terms of student
charges.
In his annual report to the
board College President
Thomas A. Collins noted that
this year for the first time
gifts to the college during the
academic year would probably
exceed $1,000,000 by May 31.
Dr. Collins also reported on
the achievment of full accredi
tation by the Southern Associ
ation and the American Assoc
iation of Colleges in the min
imum period of time and noted
the successful establishment of
an active Alumni Association,
He also reported that the
college 2iad adopted a develop
ment program to “Enhance
Great Teaching” at N. C. Wes
leyan College.
In announcing gifts to the
college, he noted several out
standing ones including the
largest bequest in the history
of the college (the Anna P.
Bonney estate in excess of
$100,000), the largest federal
grant (more than $178,000 for
the library), the largest single
grant from a foundation ($30,-
000 from the Mary Reynolds
Continued on page 2
Representative James C.
Gardner, Jr., of the Fourth Con
gressional District, will be the
featured speaker at the ban
quet which will conclude the
second annual Alumni Day Sat
urday, June 3.
Gardner, a Rocky Mount
native and executive vice presi
dent of Hardee’s FoodSystems,
defeated long-time Democratic
Congressman Harold D. Cooley
in the last election to become
the district’s first Republican
Congressman since Recon
struction days.
The banquet, which will be
held in the cafeteria at 6 p.m.
will be preceeded there by an
Alumni Reception at 5:30 p.m.
The Anonymous Trio, a folk
music group which won first
place in the Circle K Talent
Show held on campus recently,
will furnish entertainment.
The day will begin with a
Board of Directors meeting at
10 a.nu in the Alumni Office,
at 2 p. m., the annual meeting
will open in 105 Gravely. Com
mittee reports will be heard,
officers elected, and other busi
ness transacted at this meet
ing. Dr. Collins is expected
to give a progress report on
the college year.
All members of this year’s
graduating class are invited to
participate in the activities of
the day, including both the after
noon meeting and the reception
and banquet in the evening.
The Baccalaureate sermon
will be preached Sunday morn
ing, June 4 at 11 a. m. by Dr.
H. L. Finger, Jr., a bishop
in the Methodist Churc^i in
Tennessee. Commencement ex
ercises for Wesleyan’s eighty-
three candidates will be held
in the gymnasium at 4 p.m.
that day. Congressman L, H.
Fountain will deliver the fourth
commencement address.
Diplomas willbe presented by
Board of Trustees chairman
Luther Hill and president
Thomas A. Collins.
The outdoor band concert will
be held that afternoon at 3 p. m.