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PAGE 2 THE DECREE BER 6, 19gj Editor^s Mail Dear Lditor: As a student at Wesley an, I was merrily perus ing a recent issue of the DtCRbt and, although it outwardly appeared to bear strong resemblance to past efforts, something reminiscent of the dis tant past was included in this week’s “Potpour ri”, Mr. Groseclose, that judicious name-caller of ages past (re: letter to Herbert Hall in May, 1966), has again taken pen in hand to attack your columnist for - you guessed it - name calling. Mr» Groseclose uses two weapons from his arsen al to criticize my column, which I consider to be purely an opinion outlet - not an instrument for pra- nating mob rule (as he paints it). What, then, is Mr. Groseclose’s first wea:- and Order (as he con ceives it)? You guessed right again. It’s name- calling. Sir, I do not need to look up the words “em pirical and pragmatice” in my thesaurus; I am well aware of their meanings. Too often, however, the manifestation of this (supposedly) American spirit has implied “Do what you want, if you can get away with it.” The stubborn resistance of Big Business in the lat ter nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to sharing their bountiful blessings with the labor ers is one such aspect of your pragmatism at work. Labor not only used the ballot box, but also the picket line, to be heard and today few would seek to deny the worker the pon in his crusade for Law right to organize. COMMENTARY BY Catherine Simpson Apathy is the root of all evil. The reason that Wesleyan College is "go ing to the dogs” is the prevalence of apathy, a quite well-known and widespread disease a- mong the younger genera tion. The majority of col lege students really could not care less about any thing that is going on, which is why concerts and plays are but sparse ly attended, sports are going out of style, assem blies are growing farther apart. Convocations is required for graduation, and the classes lose money on dances more often than they gain it, - Attendance at college functions is limited sole ly because of APATHY. What else could it be? The students are always well-informed of activi ties far in advance by a multitude of signs, and they are reminded at ev ery meal by frequent an nouncements over the P. A. system,, Wesleyan has certainly not become more difficult or de manding scholastically in the past few years, and the caliber of students being accepted has defi nitely not improved re cently. So there is really nothing for a student to do but a minimum of read ing and studying - no one has papers to write or projects to prepare or tests to cram for. And of course the tuition has never been raised, so no one is obliged to work in order to pay the cost of higher education^ Furthermore, because the college belches out uniform people all in doctrinated by uniform professors, it is obvious that everyone has the same interests, and it’s really pathetic that the one club on campus has only three members. Since time is free, all of conflicting times ana interests - after all,with only one club and all the time in the world, what could keep people away except apathy? Students need no time for them selves - their time should be equally divided be tween compulsory class es, necessary studying, and morally compulsory social events. The lack of attendance at athletic events is also caused by apathy - what else? Athletics, after all, is stressed vehemently in all phases of college life, and we’ve a defi nite over-abundance of people here on athletic scholarships, people whose only interest is sports, so naturally our “teams” are superior and everyone knows he would much rather watch a winning basketball team than study, so the only answer is APATHY. It is really disgusting the way everyone sits a- round being apathetic.And it’s amazing that anyone has time even to study, judging from the amount of apathy that exists on this campus - at least from the point of view of those whose excuse is APATHY. If you cannot reconcile to yourself that something concrete causes failure, call it APATHY and all will rally around in sup port of a good cause. Serving Rocky Mount f^r 35 years SHIRTS 5 - $1.29 SPECIAL TUX RENTAL Rocky Mount’s Finest Purvis Gleaners And Laundry 122 SUNSET AVE. MART Opu/ 7-11 TWO LOCATIONS 831 Raleigh Rd. 700 Raleigh St. Seven Days A Week But a happy ending has not been the lot of some other Americans: wit ness the blatant disre gard of many of our cap ital - conscious citizen ry to their “Christian brothers” who daily live on the edge of physical and mental starvation. Yes, Mr. Groseclose, be pragmatic, but never, oh never, be compassionate. The insidious finger _ of socialism might creep in to our safe, secure, prag matic lives.... Mr. Groseclose’s sec ond line of attack involves the use of historial par- rallels (?) and quotes from familiar Ameri cans. The latter imply that I favor the rule of the mob, which is so ab surd that comment is un necessary. As for the his torical events mentioned, they do little, I think,to support Mr. Groseclose’s case. As a matter of fact, most abolitionists were W.A.S.P.s and I don’t be lieve the Irish-Americans involved in the Draft Riots in New York during the Civil War were “mainly W.A.S.P.s”. Aside from that, Mr. Groseclose, I don’t think that “sounds very much like Chicago in 1968”; on the contrary, in New York we had a tyranny of the mob, but in Chicago we had some thing just as evil - tyran ny of the Police (or Ges tapo, S.S., etc.). You have come up, I think, with an excellent contrast instead of a parallel. In various other parts of his letter, Mr. Grose close speculates idly a- bout Humphrey’s reasons for disassociating him self from the A.D.A., terms Wallace an ana chronism (name-call- ing?), and claims that those at Chicago repre sented all youth. This last statement is untrue, as any who participated did so purely on a personal basis - ones opinions (I hope - perhaps naive ly) are individual decis ions, No attempt was made to represent any one not at Chicago for the Convention. At any rate, I would like to thank Mr. Grose close for his interest and criticism regarding “Perspective” and my alledged lack of same. -but ill impeccable taste. STARTING WED. At The CAMEO THEATRE !i ti o I would appreciate any comments which anyone would like to make about my efforts. Pending these, I remain. Sincerely, (Signed) Jeffrey Shelton Dear Editor; After repeated re quests to those of other position, I find it my only recourse, to publish a public complaint in our paper. For several weeks now, there has been a problem in the southern parking lot of the cam pus. Since this is a con gested area, I can well appreciate the desires of those who wish to pro tect their cars by taking up more than one space and therefore parking closer to the S.U, Appar ently our SGA Vice Pres ident, Glen Cockrell does not feel it necessary to exercise this courtesy to others and repeatedly takes up two spaces in this prime area. As far as I am concerned, this is an example of gross inconsideration on his part. Sincerely, Kathy Dorset boutique ’'Clothes with a Flair of Difference" tarrytown mall ROCKY MOUNT, N. C FINEST QUALITY Health and Beauty Aids at DISCOUNT SAVINGS Today and Everyday I'- ' 'I30 ijOUTH y*IM iVi >.OOi«•B:00WMliv^SWOAY''•3O•6:p0W^ 111 scrte Official Student Newspaper of North Carolina Wesleyan College EDITOR....,.., Ed Smith BUSINESS MANAGER Tom Mowbray ADS MANAGER,... ,....John Hinnant CIRCULATION MANAGER Jim Price OFFICE MANAGER .„Julie Robinson EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Keith Feelemyer PHOTOGRAPHER..., Baxter Smith Business Address: Box 3146, Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N, C. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS. PUBLISHED DO NOT NECESSARILY I REPRESENT THOSE OF WESLEYAN COLLEGE.
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