Monday, December 18, 1967
THE DECREE
i Coed Of The Month i
m The Decree has chosen for
S its first outstanding coed, Miss
■.Emily Simpson. Formerly of
m Hampton, Va., this 5’ 5” bru-
; nette now resides in Berwyn
; Pa. This 18 year old coed
: likes pierced ears, enjoys
■ swimming, and watching bas-
- ketball and football. She likes
the typical tall dark and hand
some male Wesleyan student.
Emily says, “The boys on
campus are really nice.”
When informed of her se
lection as the first featured
coed. Miss Simpson replied,
“I didn’t believe it. I thought
you were putting me on.”
SPEECH
From Page 2
Now, does all this effusive
ness on my behalf indicate we
have a problem? Perhaps not,
but if not, why waste the energy
talking about it? Why not just
let it ride? Isn’t the “Wes-
a victim of constant suspicion
and mistrust among one’s
mistrust among one’s
friends, if he can trust them
enough to grace them with
that title. If, theoretically
speaking, you lie and I must
rely on your interpretation
of honor to justify your lying,
for instance, then I cannot
assume that we understand
what lying is and I become
a victim of your system,
but even worse, you become
a victim of mine. If, how
ever, we define honor in the
form of a pledge which we
sign and agree to obey, le),-
ting ourselves be the enr
forcers of it, then I am honor
bound to never question your'
integrity until you overtly
arouse suspicion, or evidence
is presented which justifies
suspicion. Now, what all
that means is that I trust
you and you trust me. We
agree to live in mutual trust
and to perpetuate this trust
by prosecuting violators. The
prosecution is conducted by
an honor court. The honor
court at Va. consists of the
deans of the school, the uni
versity; at Wake Forest it Is
composed of student mem
bers elected by the Student
body, the penalty for break
ing the honor code, or spirit
as they choose to call it, is
automatic expulsion; at Wake
there are varying degrees of
punishment with only extreme
cases meriting expulsion. At
both schools it is emphasized
that the Honor System does not
cover disobedience of civil law,
nor does it contend with civil
justice. An Honor System deals
with academic matters mainly
and social matters secondarily.
It does not act as a judicial
board or a supreme court and
try to legislate and maintain
dorm rules, drinking rules,
living rules, etc.
Now what kind of an honor
system couldWesleyansupport.
Well, if it is true that it’s
more of a spirit than it is a
code, it follows that the spirit
prevails in accordance with the
students desire to make it work.
In other words, the system
would be only as good as it
would be only as good as its
initiators. And surely when
a group initiates a system it
is better to begin with a littld
than to bite off more than can
be chewed. “Tis better to
speak softly and tenderly today
for tomorrow you may eat your
words. Even so, it is quite
conceivable that Wesleyan stu
dents might install an honor
system limited merely to aca
demic affairs, and demanding
only that one sign his tests “I
have neither given or received
help on this exam.” Then, too,
' Wesleyan students might sud
denly say “Everyone is on his
honor not to lie, cheat, steal,
drink, or sleep with the wrong
person”. Understandably such
a system appears to be im
practical, for the moment any
way. Nevertheless, something
can be done if the will to leg
islate it is not too dormant.
First, a proposed system
would need the senate’s ap-
provaL Then, it must be rati
fied by the student supreme
court. Then the students them
selves must ratify it or pass
it by vote. But most impor
tantly they must believe in it
ahd enforce it, should it ever
be passed. An honor system
without support would be a
farce.
Now, does all this effusive
ness on my behalf indicate we
have a problem? Perhaps not,
but if not, why waste the energy
talking about it? Why not just
let it ride? Isn’t the “Wes
leyan code with the Espirit
de Corps” enough to live by?
Ves, it is if one doesn’t mind
being laughed at and pointed
to by those who have experi
enced the effect of honor sys
tems that work. To them,
S the Wesleyan code must be
■ farce, a weak attempt at pre
■ senting a facade of honor for
■ public relations sake, a so-
5 phistical “snow job” designed
S to urge parents to send their
S “darling, sweet, innocent, bab
5 (and, money)” to NCWC. Bu
■ if it works, why fight it?
S more likely question is does
Z “it” work? And, that question
S can hardly be answered when
S one doesn’t know what “if
^ is.
~ So, if we have a problem
; what is its solution? If we de-
m ny the validity and applicability
a of an honor system, it appears
S that there are at least two other
- alternatives.
S The first is probably the best,
Z and it is as follows: let civil
; law pervade the campus atmos-
I phere totally and unrestrained.
m Make everyone accountable to
; the law as determined by the
; great judicial system of Amer-
: ica. Accept no if’s, and’s, or
: but’s, but serve justice con-
■ stantly and relentlessly. Offer
■ no solace to anyone of weak
; will or spineless integrity; de-
; mand Immutably that ignorance
• is no excuse before the law.
I Yes, that’s the solution. For
; then no parent with any un-
; derstanding of human nature
; that approached compassion
: would send their child to such a
I place. With no students the
! college would close down and
the need for an honor system
or its substitute would vanish
forever and ’aye.
There is a second solution,
too. And it is DON'T BE RA
TIONAL. Don’t bother to be
inquisitive, or to figure things
out, or to seek the logic in
human actions, or try to avoid
being hypocritical. Just be
a common everyday, run-
of-the-mill irrationalist and
say I’m going to have a good
time and make F’s because F
stands for ? and that’s what
I like to do, only I don’t want
to be rational so I must say
that’s what I don’t like to do
nor ever want to do, except
that that’s being rational to be
irrational and it just leads to
a vicious circle with no end
and.....Oh well, who cares ? It’ll
all come out in the wash, nicht
wahr ?
As a final note consider what
Cassius J. Keyser wrote:
“If he contend, sometimes
as he will contend, that he
has defined all his terms
and proved all his proposi
tions, then either he is a
performer of logical mir
acles or he is an ass; and,
as you know, logical miracles
are impossible.”
George B. Watson, Jr.
CALENDAR
From Page 3
which has helped his spending
money situation. Also he noted
that car importation has been
stopped and Venezuela now
makes its own cars - a strip
ped Chevy costsing $2,200.
Invitingly, Rand mentioned
that a round-trip costs $350.00,
and that the government airline
is equivalent to our own well
loved Piedmont.
So, is anyone is interested,
Rand Calender will be glad
to furnish more detailed in
formation on a possible va
cation to his home town in
V enezuela.
The Decree thanks Rand, for
this interview. If you come by
the Decree office we will at
least wish you a celeberous
flight down.
EXAMS
From Page 2
that examinations would be
more frequent to give adequate
feedback to the students, there
would be no last minute cram
ming for one major test, there
would be more time for ef
fective teaching during the per
iod that is now “dead week”
and final week, and elimi
nation of finals might lower
emphasis on course grades.
The Decree Fashion Poll Results
1) Do you prefer
A) Slightly round figure 36%
B) Slender figure 64%
2) Do you like mini-skirts?
Your girl
Yes 67%
No 33%
Others
Yes 100%
No 0%
3) Do you like the mod look?
Your girl
Yes 40%
No 60%
Others
Yes 55%
No 45%
4) Do you prefer hair
A) Long 38%
B) Short 16%
C) Curly 8%
D) Straight 38%
5) Which do you like in shoes
A) Pointed 52%
B) Square toed 48%
6) Do you like or dislike pierced ears?
A) Like 52%
B) Dislike 48%
7) In stockings do you prefer:
A) Mod 8%
B) Colored 17%
C) Regular 75%
8) In clothes do you like:
A) Tailored 26%
B) Feminine 74%
9) Do you like boots on:
Your girl
Yes 42%
JSTo 58%
Others
Yes 50%
No 50%
10) Do you choose a date by the way she dresses?
Yes 47%
No 53%
11) What type of apparel (other than bathing suits)
and or what color turns you on:
In general, sweaters and tight apparel in the
colors of blue and black turn on Wesleyan males.
One other thing turned up very often in the com
ments, and that was the Wesleyan male seems to
go wild over the female body.
Congratulations To The New
Officers Of The Wesleyan Singers:
President: Wrenn Philips
Vice-President: Connie Murray
Sec.-Treas.: Trudy Cara wan
Librarian: Karie Naylor
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
to all the students
and my many friends.
Mrs. Hagins