NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C.
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Pannit No. 217
Rodcy Mourt, N. C
Non-Profit Organization
VOL. X NO.7
Friday, OCTOBER 25,1968
Unity And Apathy
Key Words For Frosh
Can the rallying-cry of
Hell Week, “Fresh Pow
er”, be made a reality?
Can the Freshmen fight
the apathy that has en
gulfed the Wesleyan cam
pus? These questions and
many more were posed in
the speeches presented to
the Freshmen class by
their candidates for class
offices.
Most candidates stress
ed class unity, a product
that was to be derived
from Hell Week„ Early
in the year the Class of
1972 found itself torn by
discord over the tactics of
Upperclassmen; some
factions proposed stand
ing up to the Upperclass
men, while others favored
a retreat to the dorms.
It was in this light that
the candidates placed em
phasis on class unity.
Many speakers defined
unity as co-operation with
the officers, pride in the
class, and togetherness.
Thomas Edison’s famous
idea that invention and
genius are “1% inspira-
and 99% perspira-
was applied to the
tion
tion
class to demonstrate how
the Freshmt;n could ad
vance, if they wish to.
Apathy, Wesleyan’s
greatest product, was
discussed at great length.
One candidate went so far
as to declare that“... a
man could drown in the
apathy on this campus.”
Frosh Power’s greatest
job will be to fight apa
thy. It was suggested that
a Freshmen project might
dissolve apathy; however,
the need for “pride de
termined to influence”
was cited as the best wea-
pon. Involvement in the
campus events, athletic
and social, was urged.
Finally, Freshman ora
tors pointed to the Upper
classmen as “grossly
apathetic” and asked that
they be “shown up,”
It may well be that the
Freshmen can be the for
ces to overcome apathy on
this campus and gain, as
one candidate put it,“the
pride of accomplish
ment.”
SORE &
CONFER
DEAN
SPECIAL REPORT BY BARBARA EPPS
The purpose of
5.0.R.E. (Students Or-
organized for Racial Equ
ality) was expressed at
its meeting on October 15
when a member said, “We
want some answers!”
Dean Wilde had asked
for a special meeting
in which he could open up
lines of communication
between the students and
administration. He made
two points; 1) The ad
ministration will not
interfere with any group
unles s there is an ob
struction or destruction
of normal campus rou
tine, and 2) No group
that rakes its activities
off campus can be or
ganized or meet on cam
pus without official school
sanction. A group mem
ber pointed out that
5.0.R.E. was legal be
cause the group has no
off-campus activity as a
group. Most of the mem
bers joined the boycott
in downtown Rocky Mount
only as concerned indi
viduals, while the boycott
was organized and insti
gated off campus this
summer by the Black
community.
Wilde pointed out that
whether anybody likes it
or not, the school is be
ing involved, because stu
dents are recognized as
students wherever they
go. He said that student
participation in the boy
cott has the potential of
hurting the college finan
cially, that the school has
received threats of loss of
contributions, but that so
far there are only rumors
flying, and no one knows
exactly what will happen.
The Dean has told groups
in Rocky Mount that many
of the students in the boy
cott also helped at the
dam and the pumps during
the watei crisis and that
CAMPUS FLICKS MAY BE MOVED TO GARBER CHAPEL
enjoyable movie. In ad
dition, because the dance
There has been some
talk of late, among Wes
leyan students, regarding
the night and showing
place of the campus mo
vies. The choice of Fri
day night as “movie
night” has been debated
primarily due to the con
flicts that arise with other
campus events planned
for Friday nights. Al
ready this semester,
there have been a dance
and a concert held on
two of the four Friday
nights shcool has been in
session. In one case,
the movie was cancelled;
in the other, it was in
competition with the other
event. The choice pre
sented to the students was
to see the movie or sup
port the sophomore class
and attend their dance.
That the dance lost money
may not have been the re
sult of the movie, but on
the other hand, the movie
viewers non-attendance
at the dance in no way
helped. By the same
token, those who attended
the dance missed their
one chance to see a very
LEFT: Barbara Epps and
Rick Houck musically
discuss
sizes.
various canine
RIGHT: Steve Gordon and
Eileen O’Grady present
a duet for those at the
Junior Song Fest,
t'rice and Co. Provide Fine Show
was held in the cafeteria,
the movie was moved to
the Biology lecture hall,
a location neither com
fortable nor accoustically
adequate for a movie au
dience.
Mr. Gregory Hall, who
is in charge of the cam
pus movies, has pointed
out that the movies are
contracted to be shown on
Friday nights and mailed
back on the Saturday im
mediately following.
Plans are underway, how
ever, for the movies to
be shown in the Chapel.
Sunday, October 13, the
iJunior Class entertained
jthe Wesleyan campus
jwith a Song Fest. The
jistage featured such ex
citing vocal talent as Ei-
ll^een O’Grady, Steve Gor-
‘“On, Barry Lambert,
Larry Guilmartin, Bar-
[oara Brown, Dan Shep-
;hard, Barbara ^
jRick
Houck,
Epps,
and Er
nestine Dancy. Bruce
Wright and John Wilson
entertained on the ivories
and Rick Draper, Richard
Saunders, and Paul Tut
tle on the guitar. Mary
Johnson and Lessie Pitt
man moved the spotlight
to the dance floor for an
original dance number to
“The Good, the Bad,
and the Ugly,” Last ya
and the Ugly.” Last
year’s Talent Show Prize
winners, headed by Shir
ley Clay, also sang two
original numbers.
With Harry Price as
Wesleyan’s Johnny Car
son, and Judy Johnson
as hostess at the apple
cider stand, the Junior
Class made a hit—a hit
that hopefully will come
again„
the town should not ex
pect the school to turn
students on and off at
whim.
When asked if the col
lege could issue an offici
al statement of the facts
about S.O.R.E.’s having
no activity off campus as
a group, Wilde pointed
out that acting on campus
the group appears to
have the right to do what
ever they want,' but as
school representatives,
they prefer that students
remain uninvolved. Dean
Wilde asked only that
5.0.R.E. do all in its
power to keep the
administration from hav
ing to become involved,
a situation undesired by
both the college and
5.0.R.E. If S.O.R.E. is
chartered by the college,
it will be under the re
view control of the ad
ministration. However,
if members go off campus
individually to meet as a
group, the school might
be kept out completely,
and the situation might
work out better for
5.0.R.E. in the long run.
Saying, “I’m a neu
tral, and I must hold that
position as long as I’m.
Dean of Students,” Wilde
reaffirmed his stand to
keep himself and the
school out of the contro
versy. His personal ad
vice to the professors
was to act only as ad
visors and to stay out of
the action. When asked
if racial conditions on
campus would be im
proved if S.O.R.E.stop
ped functioning as a
group, Wilde said that
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R'KY MI. BOOSTS NCW
The annual drive for
funds from the Rocky
Mount Area Wesleyan
College Foundation was
officially kicked off on
Thursday, October 10.
Actual solicitation of
funds from the Rocky
Mount Community was
started yesterday by
the Board of Directors
of this foundation.
The Rocky Mount Area
Wesleyan College Foun
dation was chartered by
the State of North Caro
lina in 1957 as a chari-
table trust independent of
the college. It includes
businesses and indivi
duals from the City of
Rocky Mount and all of
Nash and Edgecombe
counties.
This Foundation has
raised money in what is
called “the Continuing
Support Fund” every
year since 1960. Starting
at $20,000 in 1960-61, it
increase that by $10,000
each yearuntil it reached
its agreed goal of $50,000
a year in 1963-64. This
year the Foundation has
been 4skedandhas agreed
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WESLEYAN SINGERS
Tonight
WILL PRESENT THE
Annual Pops Concert
8:15
Gym
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