NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C.
U. S. POSTAGf
PAID
Pwiirit No. 217
Rocky Mount, N. C
Non-Profit Organizafion
Friday. OCTOBER
18. 1968
BISHOPS HELP
DURING
drought
Many of the students
at N. Co Wesleyan have
shown a sense of civic
duty in volunteering their
help during the drought
situation in Rocky Mounto
Working at all hours
of the day and night to
keep pumps operating ef
ficiently, some fifty or
so Wesleyan men have
shown unselfish civic re
sponsibility. Most of the
men asked to help volun
teered willingly after they
realized the importance
of the task. Following the
example of Dean Wilde,
they have shown up to help
build sand-bag dams and
guard noisy pumps ope
rating through the night.
On these chilly fall
nights, students have
worked four-hour shifts
between 7 pm and 7 am„
Circle - K, Alpha Delta
Chi, Alpha Phi Omega,
and Nu Gamma Phi have
all volunteered their
members to take these
shiftso Individual students
(mostly freshmen) not in
any of these organiza
tions have given up a few
hours’ sleep to help keep
Rocky Mount and NOW
supplied with water.
Students interested in
volunteering their ser
vices to help man the
pumps can contact John
Stover of Nu Gamma Phi
or Danny Lea of Circle-
K; or simply ask around-
you will certainly be con
tacted!
WORTH
ABOUT
“A collcKe course that taught
nothing but simply asked,
‘What have you learned this
week?’ and ‘What could you do
with it?’ .could well be far more
productive than the hour lost
to stuffing- in a few more un
digested facts.”
T. A. Rich
General Electric Company
BLACKS BOYCOTT LOCAL STORES:
WESLEYAN STUDENTS SYMPATHIZE
Credit Card set aflame by student supporting boycott.
The Decree Welcomes
'Other Side' To Campus
As the official news
paper of Wesleyan Col
lege, the DECREE wel
comes "The Other Side,”
an underground paper, to
campus.
While the DECREE is
supported by the Wesley
an Student Government,
it operates in total edi
torial freedom, publish
ing weekly Wesleyan and
community news. With to
tal circulation among
Wesleyan students and
many subscribers in the
Rocky Mount area, the
DECREE has a broad
readership of its news
and feature coverage.
‘‘The Other Side,’’how
ever, having no basic re
sponsibility to Wesleyan,
can feel free to stimu
late its readers with more
controversial news stor
ies and featurea Operat
ed by Ed Tippett, a Wes
leyan part-time student,
"The Other Side” begins
its second year at Wes
leyan with good prospects
for a successful and stim
ulating season. "The
Other Side” publishes ap
proximately every two
weeks and is sold for 100
on campus and in the
Rocky Mount community.
Campus Security Tightened
Incidents Provoke Caution
"We’re sick and tired
of all that’s been happen
ing, and we’re going to
put a stop to it.” That’s
how Dana Dickens put
it before he, Jess Black
man, and Paul Robinette
entered North Hall for
the 11:00 p.m. dorm
meeting on October 8,
1968,, Saving " the trou
ble spot on campus” for
last, thes e Security
arc’s made the rounds
that night to explain a
tightening of security on
Wesleyan’s campus be
cause of the increase in
the past wee k of shoot
ings and attempted rapes
Mount and of
here on cam-
in Rocky
prowlers
pus.
Robinette advised the
following precautions:
lock the side doors of
Nash and North and
North’s back door early;
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Since the second week
of July, the black com
munity of Rocky Mount
and the surrounding areas
have staged a boycott a-
gainst several stores in
downtown Rocky Mount.
The four stores upon
which the boycott is fo
cused are Belk-Tyler’s,
Baldwin’s, Charles De
partment Store, and the
Dollar Store. The boy
cott resulted because of
the local Junior Chamber
of Commerce’s lack of
satisfactory action con
cerning the list of griev-
ences presented to it by
the representatives of the
black community earlier
during the summer. The
representatives of the
black community solicit
ed the help of the Jay-
cees in obtaining "equal
opportunities in recrea
tion, welfare, housing,and
employment.”
This fall when North
Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege opened, many stu
dents were unaware of the
action which had been tak
en by the Rocky Mount
black community. During
an informal conversation
with Dr. Hugh Bond, sev
eral students learned a-
bout the boycott about
three weeks ago. From
their chat with Dr. Bond
these students received
the inspiration to meet
later to discuss the prob
lems of Rocky Mount Ne
groes. Dr. Bond arranged
the meeting the following
Friday, September 27.
The interested students
informed their class
mates about the meeting.
At this gathering, H.
Herring, a regular col
umnist for the EVENING
TELEGRAM, spoke to the
Bishops Come Through;
Strike Methodist 1-0
Bishops move the ball past Methodist player.
After losing to Belmont
Abbey 6-0 on Saturday,
Oct. 10, the Bishops boun
ced back to trip Metho
dist College 1-0. Our Bi
shops were really united
for the first time, as was
evident from the amount
of teamwork and hustle
they showed. For the first
time, the Bishops shot
more than their opponents
and controlled the ball
the majority of the time.
The game was touch-
and-go until the fourth
quarter with four minutes
to go, when Harold Sutton
drew a penalty kick for
Wesleyan. Ralph Thomas,
our ace rightwing, finally
got the chance he had
been waiting for, scor-'
ing the winning point for
By JAMES W. GILL
Wesleyan,
This game was a first
in several ways for Wes
leyan and the Bishops.
For the first time in
two years we have won a
game. Another first for us
was unity and a desire
to win, and, finally, the
fans’ involvement in the
game was tremendous.
The tension and interest
of the fans could be felt
on all parts of the field.
Confidence and pride
are the watchwords for
the upcoming games as
our team begins to set
tle down to winning. Soc
cer fans should not be
surprised if our team
really begins to pick up
its pace.
group about the boycott
and recommended that the
students meet to hear
Clarence Wiggins speak
to them about the present
activities of the black
community. It was at this
meeting on September 30,
that the students learned
the events leading to the
boycott, Mr, Wiggins re
ported that representa
tives from the black com
munity had been to see
the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, had present
ed their grievances, and
had solicited help from it.
Because the organization
did not take satisfactory
action, the representa
tives urged the black
community to boycott the
four downtown stores
which had the highest per
centage of black patron
age and to use selective
buying in the remaining
stores.
On Monday night, Oc
tober 7, the group of ap
proximately 25 students
and faculty members met.
At this meeting the stu
dents decided to organize
in downtown Rocky Mount
and to distribute leaflets
to blacks encouraging
them to support the boy
cott. This activity is to
be staged near the vicin
ity of four prementioned
stores.
The manager, Doug
White, of one of these
stores, Belk-Tyler’s,
stated his lack of know
ledge concerning the boy
cott of Belk-Tyler’s by
the black community. He
voiced his surprise that
the representatives of the
black community had nei
ther aired their griev
ances with him or his as
sistants nor had they not
ified him concerning the
organization of a boycott
against Belk-Tyler’s.
Mr, White emphasized
his desire to establish
clear understanding of the
problems of the commun
ity. He stressed the fact
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Our nominee for athlete
of ■ the week: Ralph
Thbrrias.