NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
Rocky Mount, N. C.
VOL. IX—NO. ^
Monday, December 4, 1968,
War Correspondent To Speak Here
CRAIG SPENCE IN VIET NAM
Honor Petition Proposed
This article is a follow-up
to one which appeared in the
last issue of The Decree. For
all of you that missed it, it
simply asked questions about
an honor code in general, and
of the lack of one at Wesleyan
in particular. To find out
what the rest of the student
body has on its mind, some
thing more is being done.
At the beginning of next week,
December 11, two petitions
will be circulated among stu
dents, predominantly during the
meal hours and in the dormi
tories. One of these petitions
will be in favor of an honor
code and its establishment on
the Wesleyan campus, the other
will be against it. Although
the exact wording on these pe
titions has not been worked
out to the letter, something
like this might be seen:
We, the undersigned Students
of North Carolina Wesleyan
College, do think that a work
able honor code is feasible
for the college. We think
a committee made up of both
faculty and students should
be organized by the Student
Government Association to
decide if Wesleyan wants and
can devise an honor code of
the caliber fitting to the Wes
leyan Student. We think this
matter deserves attention
from the Student Government
Association and as a project,
it should be undertaken soon.
This, obviously, is the petition
for an honor code, and follow
ing is the one aeainst it:
We, the undersigned Students
of North Carolina Wesleyan
College do not think that a
workable honor code is fea
sible for the college. Further,
we think that further inves
tigation by groups on this
campus on the matter of the
honor code would not be a
worthwhile undertaking.
Whenever possible, these two
petitions will be presented be
fore a student at the same time,
so he can choose which he
will sign if any. It is hoped
that the student will at least
be interested enough to sign
one or the other of the pe
titions. Indifference is equal
to a negative vote, and a true
representation of the feelings
of the students is desired. This
is necessary to determine an
accurate account of what is
wanted by the student body as
a whole.
Dependmg upon the outcome
of the petitions, either a sug
gestion will be made to the
Student Government Associa
tion to draw up a committee
to investigate the possibilities
of an honor code at Wesleyan,
with a definite report date
given to the committee, or the
entire matter will be dropped
because of lack of student sup
port.
Please giye consideration to
this matter, because inalllike
lihood, you will be asked to
sign a petition, and what you
decide will help determine the
outcome of an honor code at
W es leyan.
On Tuesday, Dec. 5, at
8:15 PM in Garber Chapel,
Mr. Craig Spence will present
a discussion of varied timely
topics.
Spence, a Roving Corre
spondent for the Mutual Broad
casting System, the world’s
largest radio network, has re
cently returned from his yearly
fact-finding tour of South Viet
Nam where he interviewed
officials, flew on missions^ and
accompanied troops into com
bat from the rice paddies of
the Mekong Delta to the storm-
swept South China Sea along
the 17th parallel.
In addition to his national
broadcasts, Mr. Spence has
written extensively on Viet Nam
for the North Atlantic News
paper Alliance, a news-
gathering service for leading
newspapers around the world,
and the Pulitzer Prize winning
newspaper, the Boston Herald.
In his ten years of news re
porting and world traveling,
Spence has been expelled from
Cuba and filed dispatches from,
London, Bonn, Athens, Bom
bay, Calcutta, Karachi, and
Saigon.
He was also radio-television
press secretary for former
Governor Endicott Peabody of
Massachusetts and serves as
a special advisor to the Speak
er of the House of Representa
tives of Massachusetts. A
graduate of Boston University,
Spence makes his headquarters
in Boston.
Spence prefers front line re
porting to Saigon speculating.
He is one of the few reporters
who has toured all of South
Viet Nam over the last several
years covering every type of
combat operation,...setting up
ambush traps with the Austra
lians in War Zone “D”„.trav
eling with U. S. Marines in
operations in Da Nang and
spending nights with Special
Forces at besieged Due Co...
flying on Forward Air Con
trol missions andB-57 bombing
and straffing raids under Viet
Cong fire...fighting with the
First Calvary as door gunner
on a chopper during the famed
“Operation Irving” in the Cen
tral Highlands.
Mr. Spence prefers to stay
on campus during his visit and
is always happy to participate
in informal discussions,
classes, and seminars in or
der to establish rapport with
the students. This provides
an opportunity to exchange ideas
and opinions in a more re
laxed atmosphere.
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standing, I> to A: Bob Keyes, Jim Price, Tommy Leggett, Dana Dickens, Jerry Merrit, Wendell
Cartwright, Ray Freeman, Gris Felts, Harold Pratt, Jim Dixon, A1 Home, Harold Sutton, Don
Holt. Kneeling: Coach Don Scalf, Assistant Co^ch Bill Misic.
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Dec. 6—St. Andrews College Away
Dec. 8—Lynchburg College Home
Dec. 11—College of Charleston Away
Dec. 13—UNC at Greensboro Away
Dec. Ifr—Elastem Mennonite College Home
Dec. 18—Washington & Lee Home
Jan. 5—Southeastern University Home
Jan. 6—CoU^e of Charleston Home
Jaft. 9—Methodist College Home
Jan. 12—St. Andrews College Home
Jan. 13—UNC at Greensboro Home
Jan. 15—Greensboro College Home
Feb. 2—LyncWjurg College Away
Feb. 3—Eastern' Mennonite College Away
Fd). &—Methodist College Away
Feb. 10—UNC at Charlotte Home
Feb. 15-17—Dixie Con. Tourney Laurinburg
5 The Music Department ofS
■Wesleyan plans several con-;
f;erts for the Christmas sea-S
Json. Today, December 4, theS
jWesleyan Chamber Singers?
Sperformed at Buck Overton’s^
■for the Rocky Mount Home Dem-j
■onstration Club. On December"
■7, this same group will ap-2
Spear in Rocky Mount for theS
jMasic Review Club. TeamedS
■with the Wesleyan Concert?
■Band, the Chamber Singers wll^
;be at Tarrytown on Decembers
;16 for a concert there. Z
I Tarrytown will be the siteS
■ of performances by the Wes-3
jleyan Singers and the Chapel-
jChoir. The Wesleyan Singers"
^ill perform December 9. TheS
jChapel Choir plans a concerC
^here for December 12. S