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She U. & POSTAGE PAID PmANo. 217 Rocky AAounl, N. C Hon-Profit OrgwiizaHon NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Rocky Mount, N. C. Vol. X No. I Friday, September 13, 1968 FROSH WELCOMED AT LEFT: Ray Free man, Judy Tartasky, and Charlie Kemp prepare for Luau given for freshmen on Septembero AT RIGHT: Freshmen enjoy refreshments pre pared by the Orientation Committee of the Student Government Associatiouo The Luau featured en tertainment by The Wit’s End, Bryan Flynn, and Karie iNaylor, who did the hula. This event was only one of a series of high lights of the Freshman Orientation Week, planned by Charlie Kemp, which included a party at the Municipal Pool, a bus tour of Rocky Mount, and a Beanie Dance Saturday night. ‘Upward Bound * Program Sue ces sful At Wesleyan drey, Jackie Fritts, Jo Gurganue, Norman Knecht, Jim Price, Ann Dr. Ralph James, Dr. John Davis, Mrs. Jean Edge, and Dean Wilde were there, as were Dell Cartwright, Darlene Con- Parents Weekend Set For Sept. 28 Dean Wilde announced recently that Wesleyanj, under the leadership of the Bishop’s Club, will spon sor a Parent’s Weekend on September 28 and 29. The purpose of the weekend is to honor stu dents’ parents and to give them the opportunity to become acquainted with the faculty and admini stration of the college. Plans are being made for an open house in all classes on Saturday morning, a soccer game and fashion show on Sat urday afternoon, and a banquet for parents Sat urday evening. The Beanie Removal dance will be held that night for stu dents . On Sunday morn ing, a worship service is planned for students and parents. Early Encyclopedias in Circulating Material Early editions of En cyclopedia Britannica and t-ncvciopedia Aruericana are available tor two weeks loan by Wesleyan students. Librarian A. W. Stewart has announced. All 30 volumes of the ] 960 edition of Ameri- £&.na^ are available for circulation, as are the 24 volumes of the 1950 edition of Britannica. The latest edition of each en cyclopedia is shelved in the Reference Collection. Townsend, and I. We were just some of the concern ed people working at Wes leyan during June and July to make Project Upward Bound go. Upward Bound isOEO’s most successful education project; I consider Wes- leyan’s program, although it is the newest, to be the most perfectly func tioning in North Carolina. For just two months we worked, played, traveled, and lived with fifty talent ed high school juniors from the Rocky Mount area. Negroes and whites lived together; young and old worked together, and we actually enjoyed the total experience. A typical day was pack ed with classes from 8:15 were they ordinary class es. How would you feel about walking into one of your classes someday and having the prof actually talk with you and you with him? How would you re act if he asked you what YOU wanted to study and discuss? Well, that was precisely the atmosphere we thrived in. Within a subject area, students studied what they wanted to as much as they want ed. We studied great art ists’ works, tried to do your own; studied about theories in government, then saw the actualities in state and federal con gressional sessions; read works by famous authors, and composed our own lit erary magazine, saw a- ward-winning films and studied theatre techni ques, then produced two original one-acts with slightly anti-war themes. 1968 DISSENTER DISTRIBUTION SOON According to Editor Alice Powell, the one hun dred and sixty-eight page DISSENTER is due to ar rive at Wesleyan by Sep tember 21. The annual will not have color photos, but will surprise students with special effects. Many people have work ed to bring about the pub lication of the DISSENTER all of whom cannot be listed here. The present staff includes the follow ing: Editor, Alice Powell; Features, Jeannie Ro berts; Faculty, Polly Moore; Organizations, Danene Dabel; Classes, Harry Price and Cindy Patton; Sports, Mert Felts; Photographers, Paul Robinett, Charles Morrison, Billy Norton, Jess Blackman, and Straughan Beane. This year’s Annual is published by the American Year Book Company, Joe Alligood, Representative, and its portraits were tak en by Olan Mills. With the publication of the 1968 Annual, work be gins on a bigger and bet ter edition for 1969. Photographers are sche duled to arrive on cam pus the week of Septem ber 16, and students are urged to reserve some time to have their por traits taken for the 1969 Yearbook. If you could care less about Project Up ward Bound, look out. Some folks you have nev er known, Johnny Greene, Mary Knight, Russ Bras well, Larry Dancy, Jean Bulluck, Barbara Brown, will be bringing some much needed and exceed ingly beautiful changes to North Carolina Wesleyan College. Edgecombe Residence Hall Converted To Coed Dorm This year, Edgecombe Dorm has become the tol erant victim of an ex periment, the first of its kind to be staged on the Wesleyan campus. A pre viously all freshmen male dorm, Edgecomehas been transformed into a co-ed dorm. First and second floors still house most of the freshman male population, while the third floor is occupied by some 40 sophomore and junior co-eds. The needfor this change became evident when more girls than boys ap plied for admission to the college. When an 80 to 60 ratio of freshman women over the first year men applicants, the overall percentage of girls on campus rose to some 60%. As a result, the decision between the rejection of some 35 girls and the op eration of a co-ed dorm had to be made. The lat ter choice was selected by Dean of Students Sim Wilde and his staff. The twenty boys pre viously assigned to third floor of the dorm were reassigned to the in- fimary. A group of girls pos sessing the ability to get along well together and displaying evidence of be ing trustworthy were se lected to share the ven ture. The conversion of two bedrooms to make rooms for lounging and watching television on the third floor and the remodeling of two first-floor bed rooms into lobbies in which girls can meet their dates were among the plans executed to secure the attraction and accept ance of these living ac commodations by the wo men involved. The first floor lobbies are located at each end of the hall. Buffer doors on all three floors conceal movement of girls on the stairways and provide security from outside intruders. Of course, third floor is off-limits for the men in the dorm. With this one exception, all other regu lations are to be followed. The Dorm Council is co ed with two representa tives from each floor comprising the 6-mem ber board. Since Edgecombe Dorm cannot express its opin ion corporately of its pre dicament, several of the freshmen ventured their comments concerning the situation. “Wonder, in terest, surprise, and dis belief” are just a few of the mild expressions of feeling contributed by some of the more co-op erative of the young men. The goal of some of the ambitious ones seems to be to "reach the girls,” A campaign to collect all available wire clothes hangers on the campus has been started. Plans include the construction of (Continued on page 2) The voice and piano of Amanda Ambrose will be heard in concert at Wesleyan on October 29. The Platters and The Wayfarers are also slated to appear here. See story on Page 2.
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