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NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
VOL. IX, NO. 11
Rocky Mount, N. C.
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1968
Dr. Jenness Appointed
Visiting Scientist
Dr, Arthur Jenness, profes
sor of psychology here at N. C,
Wesleyan College, has been ap
pointed as one of 60 scientists
to represent the American Psy
chological Association in the
Visiting Scientist Program
sponsored by the National Sci
ence Foundation.
Each visiting scientist will
spend two days on some college
campus. He will serve as con
sultant to administrative and
faculty members responsible
for development of the instruc
tional program as well as for
building and equipping labora
tories. Visits will be made
this year to relatively new or
rapidly growing colleges where
psychology is not well estab
lished.
Dr. Jenness
The APA, which has a mem
bership of over 25,000 profes
sional psychologists, is one of
a number of scientific organi
zations to receive National
Science Foundation grants for
the purpose of sending eminent
members as lecturers and con
sultants to colleges and uni
versities that do not offer ad
vanced graduate work.
Dr. Jenness, chairman of
Wesleyan’s Department of Psy
chology, has taught both grad
uate and undergraduate courses
at Harvard University, Rad-
cliffe College and the Univer
sity of Nebraska. At Nebras
ka he began the student coun
seling service in the College
of Arts and Sciences in 1930
and was made chairman of the
psychology department when it
was established in 1940.
He received his Ph.D. de
gree from Syracuse Univer
sity, where his wife, the former
Margaret Babcock, was award
ed a master’s degree in psy
chology. Their son, David, is
a candidate for a Ph.D. in psy
chology at Columbia University.
In 1946 he founded a de
partment of psychology at Wil
liams College (Mass.), and
taught there until 1966, when
he came to Wesleyan. He was
appointed chairman here at
Wesleyan in 1967.
Dr. Jenness is a diplomate
in counseling of the American
Board of Examiners in Pro
fessional Psychology and a
diplomate in experimental hyp
nosis of the American Board
of Examiners in Psychological
Hypnosis. During World War
II he served in the Army Air
Corps as a bombardier in
structor and as aviation psy
chologist
Dr. Jenness has publisher
many articles in professiona
journals* and was associate edi
tor of “Prarie Schooner” ii
Nebraska, and the “Journal oi
Abnormal and Social Psy
chology” at Williams. He col
laborated in the publication of
the “Dictionary of Psychology’'
in 1934. He is listed in Who’s
Who in America, American Men
of Science, and other similar
directories.
He has held numerous respon
sible positions with the Ameri
can Psychological Association,
including chairman of the
membership and program com
mittees. He is a Fellow of the
A. P. A., and the AAAS. He
holds membership in the AAUP,
the Psychonomic Society and
Sigma Xi,
Dr. Jenness was born in the
mission field, Rosario, Argen
tina, and comes from a strongly
Methodist family with several
theologians in his background.
"I Don’t Know What Apathy Is,
And I Don’t Care
Some Wesleyan Student
SASSERS TO PRESENT
ANNUAL DUO-PIANO RECITAL
ROCKY MOUNT—William
and Thelma Sasser will present
the eighth in their series of
annual duo-piano recitals here
at N. C. Wesleyan College,
Tuesday, March 12, at 8:15
p. m. in Garber Chapel. The
public is invited to attend with
out charge.
The program will feature a
variety of selections, including
the premiere performance of
“Tocatta for Two Pianos,” a
work written especially for the
Sassers by Dr. John Davis of
the Wesleyan music faculty.
Other selections on the pro
gram are “Concerto in C Ma
jor for Two Pianos” by Bach,
“Pageant Music” by Carl Par
rish, Vittorio Rieti’s “Suite
Champetre,” Francis Poul
enc’s “Elegie” and “Varia-
Moss
Appears
Here
Prominent young poet Stan
ley Moss was at N, C, Wes
leyan College here Feb, 29
for a reading and discussion of
. his poetry.
Moss, a native New Yorker,
appeared in Garber Chapel at
8:15 p. m. on the 1967-68 North
Carolina Poetry Circuit. The
public was invited to attend
free of charge.
Moss’ reputation has devel
oped swiftly over the past ten
years, during which time his
poems have been published in
“Poetry,” “The New Repub
lic,” “Sewanee Review” and
“Poetry Northwest.” His
works have appeared abroad
as well, in such British mag
azines as “Encounter” and
‘•The London Magazine.”
His first book, “The Wrong
Angel,” was published two
years ago, and another is plan
ned for this year.
An editor and translator,
Moss has worked as poetry
editor for the New American
Library, New Directions and
the famous Italian journal “Bot-
teghe Oscure.” He is cur
rently poetry editor of Book
Week.
Moss’ schedule calls for ap
pearances at Davidson, N. C.
State University, Wake Forest,
ECU, UNC at Chapel Hill and
UNC at Greensboro, the other
members of the North Caro
lina Poetry Circuit.
tions on a Theme by Haydn’
by Johannes Brahms.
Dr. William G. Sasser
Dr. Sasser, chair man of Wes
leyan’s music department, is
currently serving a two-year
5 term as president of the N. C.
Music Teachers Association,
At the college he directs the
Wesleyan Singers in addition
to teaching and administrative
duties. He is also choir di
rector of the local Church of
the Good Shepherd,
Mrs, Sasser teaches piano
privately in Rocky Mount and
serves as organist at the Church
of the Good Shepherd,
Both Dr, and Mrs, Sasser
have performed often through
out the south as soloists and
as a team. They recently per
formed the forthcoming Wes
leyan program, with the ex
ception of Di', Davis’ compo
sition, at Duke University,
Six Faculty Members
Receive Promotions
Six N, C. Wesleyan faculty
members received promotions
by the Board of Trustees at
its recent meeting on the col
lege campus here, according
to an announcement by Chair
man Luther W. Hill, of Tar-
boro.
Two members. Dr. William
G. Sasser and Dr. Kenneth A.
Wagner, were promoted from
associate professors to pro
fessors. Four instructors were
promoted to assistant pro
fessors. They are Richard
Dill (music), Robert Hawk
(English), Robert R. Lowenthal
(Spanish) and Rexford F. Tuck
er (sociology and religion).
Dr, Sasser was one of the
first members to join the Wes
leyan faculty when it was or
ganized in 1960, He came
from the University of North
Carolina where he had just
received his Ph.D. degree. He
is chairman of the Department,
of Music,
Dr, Wagner joined the faculty
in 1965 following a distinguish
ed career as an ecological bi
ologist, having taught at sev
eral colleges, coordinated re
search and collecting for lab
oratories and publishednumer-
ous scientific articles. He
received his B. A. and M. A.-
degrees from DePauw Univer
sity and his Ph-D, from the
University of Michigan.
Dill, who received his M.M,
from Cincinnati College Con
servatory, is director of the
Wesleyan Band and teaches in
strumental music. Hawk, who
teaches English, received a
B, A, from College of Wooster
and his M, A, from Stetson
University and has done grad
uate study at Ohio State Uni
versity,
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Lowenthal, who also has done
graduate study at Ohio State,
received his M. A in Spanish
from Florida State University,
Tucker holds a B, A degree
from Oberlin College, a B. D.
from Yale Divinity School and
is now a candidate for a Ph.D,
at Drew University.
Both Dr, Thomas A Collins,
president, and Dr. Jack W,
Moore, academic dean of the
college, extended congratula
tions to the six members, ex
pressing also appreciation for
the high qualities of their teach
ing and leadership which justi
fied the promotions.