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PAGE z THE DECREE FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 19| St Editorial To Save Our Cities" The development and creative survival of our cities is the key issue in the struggle today for the preser vation of the American brand of Western Civilizationo While they contain the worst that has been allowed to survive, they contain also the best that has been achieved. Slums, whose verminous environments are certainly horrifying to the sensitive, are yet the centers of the creation of new sectors of our cherished middle class. Historically, slums, whose populations were composed of ethnological and racial groups that seemed in their time quite as inassimiable into the bulk of the popula tion as Negroes seem to be in ours, developed a middle class whose members, as they became more numerous and more wealthy, gradually became the owners of their districts and who, accepting insensibly and with no sense of loss of cultural identity the behavioral patterns and the attitudes of the rest of the American middle class, became full citizens, socially as well as legally. A slum is not a ghetto. The question that American society faces is not one of changing instantly its economic or social patterns, but one of preserving these patterns in the midst of vast and potentially destructive technological changes, for these economic and social patterns of ours are the best means that we have for protecting the identity and options of the individual. For instance, human in dividuals are in general gregarious, requiring inter action with their fellows for the complete development of their personalities. Social interaction in cities re quires that sidewalks be safe for use as playgrounds, as routes of limited transportation, as centers of the dissemination of news and information, and as centers of debate and gossip; the best policing and surveil lance of sidewalks is that of the elderly from upper windows and that of merchants from the doors of their shops. But a freeway injudiciously routed can cut through a section of a city and totally destroy the community of existence of its inhabitants by making their side walks unused and therefore unsafe. The destruction of a community of existence removes many of the options, both of actions and of thoughts, of the individuals in the community, thus limiting the development of their personalities. Economic results of free-way building through cities follow as logically as the social and are quite as appalling. The saving of our cities as centers of creative and potentially happy human existence and interaction re quires and will require vast Federal expenditures. For example, transportation may have to be either subterranean or airborn, and either alternative is ex pensive. “Butter" must have its place in the Federal Budget, and so^ large a place that either taxes must rise or the “guns” part of the political slogan must go. Our in tervention in the Vietnamese civil war is a small issue in comparison to that of saving our cities, for saving our cities perhaps means saving our civilization. Nei ther national political convention resolved this question, but it can hardly wait another four or eight years. ACUITY ORUM By c.v. Mottershead And Sim Wilde As advisor to the DE CREE, I am privileged to initiate a new column,Fa- culty Forum. Hopefully, this will provide a plat form from which the fa culty can address the stu dent body on varying top ics of interest. I would hope that this column would not inform but al so stimulate imaginations and broaden horizons. With this in mind I en courage the students to respond to these arti cles—be it positive or negative but always in a creative manner. I think that this is one of the functions of our newspaper. The DE CREE can provide an ave nue in which to vent your frustrations and criti cisms as well as compli ments and solutions of problems concerning the Wesleyan College Com munity, the state of North Carolina, and our Nation. You may be able to in fluence the editor or a feature writer to your cause, but if this fails, there is always the Let- ter-to-the-Editor. It is active exchanges of ideas such as this which vitalize your college ex perience. For those Freshmen who read Off £0 College, recall the let ter to you from former Secretary of Health,Edu cation, and Welfare, John Gardner. I urge you, he says, “to seek the full development of those qualities of CURIOSITY, IMAGINATION, DEDICA TION, and COURAGE on which the vitality of this Nation depends.” It is the classroom en virons that can and do pro vide a strong impetus for the development and re finement of these quali ties. Moreover, extra curricular activities can complement this aca demic experience in help ing you explore your po tentialities and achieve their realizations. Your own time and interests determine the role extra curricular activities play in your college life; it never, obviously, takes priority over academics. But you can always par ticipate. You may not have the time or interest to be a reporter on the DE CREE, but you can make the time to write a Letter to the Editor. You may not have the time or abil ity to play soccer, but you can make the time to WESLEYAN ’68-’69 CONCERT SEASON INCLUDES CLASSICS, POP, AND SOUL A variety of concerts will add highlights to cul - tural events at Wesleyan this year. The first an nual Rocky Mount- Wes leyan Performing Arts Series will bring four groups of widely recog nized performers to Wes leyan and the Rocky Mount area. The Camerata Bern in troduces an international air to the opening concert of the season on Novem ber 20. The chamber or chestra, composed of twelve youthful Bern Academy musicians, be gan their rise to promi nence six years ago dur- help cheer for the team. I hope that this year is an enlightening one for all of us, and that the DE CREE plays a significant role in sparking some il lumination. THE DECREE : Official Student Newspaper of ■; North Carolina Wesleyan College i EDITOR Ed Smith : BUSINESS MANAGER Tom Mowbray : ADS MANAGER John Hinnant ; CIRCULATION MANAGER Jim Price : OFFICE MANAGER Julie Robinson : EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Keith Feelemyer : Business Address: Box 3146, Wesleyan College, : Rocky Mount, N. C. Out-Of-Town Papers Now In Library Subscriptions Students who live in the Washington, D.C., Rich mond and Norfolk areas can now read their hom e- town newspaper in the Wesleyan Library. Beginning September 1, the library is subscribing to the following newspa pers: Washington Post. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Richmond Times- Dis patch. and Durham (N.C.) Moaning Herald. In addi tion, the library has en tered a subscription to three foreign newspapers. They are as follows: ABC (Madrid), Le^l^nde (Par is), and ^ Zeit (Ham- burg). All these newspa pers are issued daily with the exception of Die Zeit, a weekly. to ap proximately 25 new per iodicals have also been entered beginning this month. New titles include Science Digest. Ram- Popular Current parts, ment. Govern- Digest of the Soviel Press. Esquire, and Changing Times. Current issues of all newspapers and period icals received by the li brary are available in the browsing room. Newspa pers are kept tw'j months, then discarded. EPSTEIN’S f PoTMlLTicittfi Register At Epstein’s Two Tickets To Each Game YOU DO not have TO BE PRESENT GAMES SEPT. 21 ^0 WIN. D R AW I N G N. C. state University at University of North Carolina 2nd DRAWING William & Mary at East Carolina University drawings TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAYS, NOTHING TO BUY 1st WEEK OF GAME BY *Blouses *Skirts *Shirts 'Sweaters *Slacks *Dresses *Suits YOUNG PENDLETON SEATON HALL LADY MANHATTAN Designed exclusively for the young lady who goes to college Sizes 6 to 14. All budgetly pricedo ing the International Chamber Music Festival at Adelboden. Successful tours in Europe, New Zea land, and the United States have brought wide acclaim to the group. Made up of representatives from many countries, theCam- erata Bern will ca^a second United States tour with its Wesleyan per- (Continued on Page 3) Hall Converted (Continued from page 1) the first 100% wire clothes hanger 3-story ladder. A new horticulture commit tee has been formed to plant vines and encourage their growth up the sides of the walls to the third floor windows. One en- terprizing young man,us ing his height for fin ancial advantage, has of fered his shoulders for rent by the hour to any boy desiring conversation with the girls on the third floor. It has been reported that no complaints have been filed. Quite to the contrary, one boy stated that when his father heard about the arrangements, he wanted a room, too. However, another said that his parents didn’t know the situation, and if they did he was sure that they would object. Watching this dorm and the movements of its oc cupants could prove to be highly amusing during the year. Back - To - Campus Salt O n Pets & Pet Supplies 10 ga I. Metaframe Co mplete Aquarium Kit. I ncl udes: Tank, Pump, Reflect or. Heater, Fil te r, Thermometer, Food, etc. Save 20-25% $16.75 Buy One Fish At Regula r Pr i ce Get Seco nd Fi sh For U * Large Terrarium And L ive Charnel eon Save 25-30% $2.49 Complete Hang-Up Bird Feeder And 5 Lb. Wild Bird Se ed S ave 10-15 % $1.7 5 CompI ete J & M PET SHOP 901 Falls Rd. Rocky Mount, N. C. 44-6-5778 Well Worth A Visit
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