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PAGE 2 THE DECREE SEPTEMBER 16, 1969 STuoenjsl ' ' Does one cuf^ss pekvoo or\ a ■PuW rrY\oon^rr>6 dncfVKer o>.t orvSci- ^ "The ma-fxrA V.A"TIT\ IMAeR\CF\n ConstR»cVoR P^r\o «>V\\\ f\tA(SVVN^r TV\e yo\.4>D#\r\€ ^\0 OrmS ? (not f\€Ces«ARlU]| TVlBJ c>roe^ oob\t\^TK^ Th\^t> wCCK^ tVv^ S^covN^ o.f\O ootvWN ^orjThs o-^ ■VV>e "P^W K^, V \V AW' Work began early in the summer for a major lund-rai sing effort for our college. Most of the preliminary work is out of the way, and the camp- aig:n itself will get rolling du ring this fall. Our goal is to accumulate a minimum of $2 million by April30, 1973. This sum is above the usual annual efforts to raise operating funds which are needed to balance the budget each year. The $2 million is Intended to move us forward. There are three major needs which we intend to meet with the proceeds of the camp aign, in priority order: 1. Construction of a Fine Arts Center whichwill include a 1,200 seat auditorium and instructional facilities for the music and drama depart ments; 2. Elimination of indebt edness and establishment of a stabilization fund to keep our yearly budgets on an even keel; 3. Construction of a swim ming pool. Our Gymnasium has served as our auditorium for a num ber of years, and we all know the drawbacks and inconveni ences of this present arrange ment. The proposed Fine Arts Center will be a fine asset for our campus and a great “boost” for all of our per forming arts programs -- our own theatre and music pre sentations as well as the visit ing artists, groups, and spea kers which we schedule every year. As currently proposed, the Fine Arts Center will in clude, in addition to the main auditorium, an experimental theatre, a recital hall, prac tice rooms, and other space needs for the music and drama departments. We have all been aware of the “dollar pinch” here at N. C. Wesleyan. As with j'our own families, inflation has compounded the problem and the pinch has become increas ingly painful. It is some com fort to know that most private colleges are suffering from the same malady, but this doesn’t lessen our need for funds. With this inmind, some of the campaign proceeds must be earmarked to assure the preservation of the college’s (Continued on Page 3) OFFiaAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE EDITOR Ed Smith ASSISTANT EDITOR Julie Robinson BUSINESS MANAGER Tom Mowbray ADVERTISING MANAGER John Hinnant CIRCULATION MANAGER John Hinnant OFFICE MANAGER MarshaU Old PHOTOGRAPHER J. H. Grumpier Business Addl^ss: Box 3146, Wesleyan CoUege, Rocky Mount^ North Carolina PUBUSHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS Opinions Published Do Not Necessarily Represent Those Of Wesleyan College. ACULTY ORUM By DR. ALLEN F. CORDTS James Ranney And Gearhart Are Promoted (Continued from Page 1) college campus recently. Dr. Ralph E. James, Jr., was promoted from assis tant to associate professor of religion and philosophy, and Dr. Jane E. Raney from as sistant to associate profes sor of psychology. Miss ^ra A. Gearhart was promoted from instructor to assistant professor of Ger man, and Frank P. Haggard from instructor to assistant professor of religion. Tenure was granted to Dr. John E. Baxter, Lionel L. Bis hop, William E. King, Wil liam O. Music, Corbitt B. Rushing and Rexford F. Tucker. An are assistant pro fessors: Dr. Baxter of che mistry, Bishop of mathema tics, King of history. Music of physical education, P!ush- ing of political science and Tucker of sociology. Summary (Continued from Page 1) Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, the Republican lead er of the Senate died Septem ber seventh at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He was 73 years old. A hospital spokes man said the Illinois Senator died at 4:52 p.m., two hours after he “sustained a sudden cardiac and respitory ar rest.” He was recovering from a three hour operation that removed a malignant tumor from his lung. He ser ved in Congress since 1932 and was elected to the Senate in 1950 and became minority leader in January of 1959. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black announced that he was prepared to rule all schools in the South to be fully inter- grated but such a ruling could not be made until the full Su preme Court has made a joint decision. The Senate is still in heat ed debated over the nomina tion of Clement Hainsworth to the Supreme Court. Editorial THE SYSTEM Throughout history man has created heroes, martyrs, and scapegoats to justify his irrationality. It is indeed a catastro phe when a man is sacrificed for a system, his academic achieve ments forbidden, and his humanity forgotten. Whatever happened to the inalienable rights of man declared in the Declaration of Independence? Sometime society and its members must learn to accept and judge a man on the value of his sincerity and char acter and not on whether his beliefs agree with yours and the majority opinion of the society. All that can be said about Baxter Smith's suspension from Wesleyan is that the entire case is unfortunate. Let us hope that sometime in the future, the Administration will learn that a rule is only of worth when it does not interfere with the rights of the individual and that rules were made to protect the individual and not oppress him. DIRKSEN Certainly a great figure has passed from the scene of the American political system with the passing of Everett Dirk sen, Using the word sparingly and cautiously, it is still appropos to assign the adjective great to a man whose flare for getting things done with a minimum of red tape carried him thru one of the most illustrious careers of the American Congress. Many things have been said about the man Dirksen, the poli tician Dirksen, and the statesman Dirksen, since his death. Mrs. Rose Kennedy, mother of the junior senator from Mass achusetts recently praised Senator Dirksen for avoiding a petty squabble of personalities while openly reprimanding Edward Kennedy in the Senate. This was characteristic; his was an over whelming ability for getting his point across without stooping to slander. His tendancies toward exaggeration were criticized when he moved for a higher salary, especially in the Judy Agnew dress statement, but even his critics and opponents lauded his style. Serving one of the longest careers in the Senate, Ev Dirksen was a political giant of the fifties, as minority leader during the Eisenhower administration. He worked with John Kennedy in his administration to help get many bills through in the Demo cratic congress. One of his triumphs was the Civil Rights bill in 1964. He had worked with both Democratic Presidents Kennedy and Johnson to get the bill through. Known chiefly as a liberal in his heyday, he had slipped from the liberal over to the conservative side since the beginning of the Nixon Administration. As Majority leader, his power de clined, but his impactwasstillfelt. Although his heyday was over before the era of the late sixties, he was still widely criticized and widely praised. Ey Dirksen was still watched. Expression And Fellowship To Begin New Season “There is such a thing as a peace of soul approach to reli gion. It makes of Gd a gi-- gantic Bayer aspirin . . . take God three times a day and you won’t feel any pain.’’--John Powell, Incredible as it may seem, students have planned, and last semester, launched two programs to formulate and develop thought about God and man’s relationship with God, a Christian Fellowship and THE EXPRESSION. This semester finds Gary Christopher as co-ordinator of a discussion group -- A Christian Fellowship. Chris topher has stated he wishes to have discussion on the so cial and spiritual implications of the teachings of Christ. A Christian Fellowship will try to dig, disturb, and penetrate the questions and problems that plague people and society. If this Fellowship is to suc ceed, all interested students must participate by attending meetings and contributing their thoughts. THE EXPRESSION, direct ed by Marsh Old, will open A revolution in thought will take place at Wesleyan this semester. Is God a Bayer as- prin to be taken in order that' one “feel no pain”--wouldn’t it be easiest to visit the ABC Store? A Christian Fellow ship and THE EXPRESSION are not in business to give, or even sell, the answers to questions about God, Christ, the nature of our society, and its people. THE EX PRESSION and A CHRISTIAN will strive through the co operative efforts of all in terested students to find some answers. Join A Christian Fellowship and THE EXPRES SION—if you can think and live, during the latter half of Sep tember. Plans call for student talent, faculty discussions, movies and cartoons. Coffee and tea will be sold to pro vide funds for THE EXPRES SION to continue to operate. It is the hope of THE EX PRESSION staff that all stu dents will utilize THE EX PRESSION.
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