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PAGE 2 THE DECREE TUESDAY, OCT. 14, 1969 Abb«y KOAO r 1 Dispute, Agreement Discussed At Student Assembly Here By JULIE ROBINSON In an open forum assembly last Tuesday, John Roberts,, SGA President, and Ed Smith, Editor of THE DECREE, ad dressed members of the student^ body, in an effort to explain the basis of the dispute between the SGA and THE DECREE. John Roberts spoke first and explained why he suspended the DECREE funds. Said Roberts, “A college newspaper has a responsibility to the students; it is not independent.” According VET Fraternity Organized Here Glenn A. Taylor, a transfer student at Wesleyan, announc ed last week that Dean Wilde has approved the idea of es tablishing a veterans’ frater nity at Wesleyan. The constitution for Alpha Sigma Mu, Taylor said, has been submitted to Dean Wilde. According to Taylor, the fra ternity’s purposes are: to help familiarize veterans with aca demic life; to help them in ob taining veterans’ benefits for their education; to improve per sonal relationships between ve terans and other students; to contribute to the improvement of campus life through group activities; and to discuss legis lation and judicial decisions re garding the status of and affect ing the lives of veterans. As regards eligiblity for membership in Alpha Sigma Mu, Taylor said, “If you re ceive the V. A. benefits for higher education you meet the requirements. There will be absolutely no hazing, since the D. I. did that to all of us al ready in boot camp.” Alpha Sigma Mu, Taylor said, is presently a local fraternity covering the state of New Jer sey. “However,” he said, “this year two chapters from New York and eight from Pennsyl vania are applying for admit tance into the federation. With the formation of a chapter here at Wesleyan, the fraternity will meet minimum national re quirements and will apply for national status.” Alpha Sigma Mu’s organiza tional activities are continuing, Taylor stated, adding that inter ested students should contact him at Campus Box 294, at Room 106 South Hall, or in the che mistry lab. ttxtt OFnCIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR Julie Robinson BUSINESS MANAGER Tom Mowbray ADVERTISING MANAGER John Hinnant CIRCULATION MANAGER ... Jol® Hinnant OFFICE MANAGER MarshaU Old PHOTOGRAPHER J. H. Cnimpler Business Ad*ess: Box 3146, Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY WESLEYAN STUDENTS Oiwnions Published Do Not Necessarily Represent Those Of Wesleyan College. Editorial to him, the DECREE’S usage of certain four letter words, the misrepresentation of facts in the elections, and its biased opinions, constituted reason for the suspension of operating funds. This then led to the con troversy between THE DECREE and The SGA. John said therewere twoses- sions with Dean Wilde - both being efforts to settle the dis pute. “The first one accom plished nothing. In the second session, with a representative from THE DECREE, a repre sentative from the SGA, and the faculty advisor of THE DE CREE, Mr. Mottershead, pre- (Continued on Page 3) Moratorium (Continued from Page 1) Senator Charles A. Percy (R.-nL) said the moratorium could be “an effecitve de vice” to illuminate public opi nion on the conflict if it is used for constructive purposes. Horoscope Those whose birthdays fall between September 24 and Oc tober 23 are in the sign of Libra. Libra, symbolized by the sca les, is the sign of harmony and equality. Librans are in tellectual, artistic, and tem perate. Although Libra natives give themselves good advice, they seldom follow it. If the Libran could separate his mind from his senses and combine his idealism with his ambition, the rest of the year could be very rewarding for him.--J.J. NOTICE To Whom It May Concern: Mr. Charles J. Waters was charged with violation of “Re sidence Regulations for Men”, paragraph 3, on October 7, 1969, by the Supreme Court. The defendent pleaded guil ty. The verdict was a severe reprimand. --James W. Gill, Attorney General. Moratorium From polls of faculty, administration, and student opinion taken last week (see “Moratorium,” page one), it seems clear that at least a large minority of Wesleyan students, if not a small ma jority, are going to turn out' tomorrow to demonstrate their op position to the Vietnam war. THE DECREE’S position on the Vietnam war is that it is an un- forgiveable waste of American power: a waste in economic, political, sociological, and spiritual terms. Thus we would like to see Wesleyan on the side of the angels, joining fervently in to morrow's national demonstration of sincerely held opinion. We do believe, however, that any demonstration should be non violent, as constructive as possible, and as inoffensive as pos sible to those who do not agree with the demonstration’s intent. One’s emotions and convictions can be expressed succinctly, inoffensively, and persuasively; if they are expressed in any other way, the expression becomes pointless and useless. The most constructive use of the moratorium would be a campus-wide open debate on the Vietnam war, we believe. Se veral students are now organizing such an open meeting, and it is our deep hope that Wesleyan students will take advantage of the meeting to argue their own views and hear the views of others. Peace, Brothers One sometimes resorts to cliches in order to establish com munication, and that is what we are doing in addressing ourselves , to the high school students of Rocky Mount: “Peace, brothers.” Some of us at Wesleyan are often called communist-hippie- radicals by our parents and elders,and we really don’t fit under those lables, but perhaps we’re close enough to you in feelings and hopes to offer you some advice. Right now, no one--even the police—really knows exactly how many violent incidents have occurred among you at Rocky Mount Senior High. But what we at Wesleyan can tell you is that, no mat ter what your Cause is, the violence can ruin everything for every one. You know what has happened in other cities when violence took over; hatred, fear, and more violence were the only results. Racial equiality means living together in fair competition, in kindness, and in love; it does not mean paying off old evils. Legally, there is racial equality in Rocky Mount. It is true that some, per haps many, whites in Rocky Mount are not yet supporters of that racial equality. But the only factors that will make Christians out of Bigots are the good example that blacks can set for whites and an understanding of the whites' fear of change. , Still, the change must come, and it must come in human hearts. Such a change can come, however, only through love and under standing. What the whites must remember is that to the blacks the change will always seem too slow in coming, and what the blacks must remember is that to the whites the change will always seem too quick in coming. Brothers, you’ve gottoremember that Mayor Daley and pigs like him will always win fights in which guns are used, but that the pigs can never win a fight in which only love is used. So fight with love and peace in your hearts, and they can’t keep you down. If you ever use a knife or a gun on anyone, he has an excuse to use it on you; don't give him that excuse. Letters To The Editor The Editor THE DECREE North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27801 Dear Sir; I have just read, with con sternation, shock, and disbelief the only editorial I was able to find in the first issue of the new academic year of THE DECREE, the college paper of Wesleyan College. By any rea sonable Interpretation of the meaning of the English langu age, you are castigating this great country of ours, its people and its government for not ho noring North Vietnam’s Ho Chi Mihn, that country’s “George Washington” who had “dedicat ed his life and sacrificed his comfort and security to the dream of freedom for his coun try”. Any reasonable studywill identify Ho Chi Mihn as one of the most ruthless murderers of all time, his victims including hundreds of thousands of his own countrymen; a man whose only principle and driving force has been that of personal power through communistic control of as many people and as much geographic space as possible, regardless of the cost in hu man life and suffering. You ad mire in him the devotion to those dreams that “we admire in ourselves”. Speak for your self, Mr. Editor, but I will la bel your infantile utterances from your “island of academic freedom” as being treasonous and in the realm of sedition. My only'son, just a few years older, perhaps, than you, gave his life in South Vietnam just . this year trying to help pre serve the freedom of a people fighting to avoid the tyranny of the “George Washington of North Vietnam”. My son was representing YOU, also in this struggle. You owe your fellow stu dents, your college, this com munity and, in fact, this great country of ours and all its people the most sincere apology you are capable of uttering. Then, I would like to invite you to take advantage of my offer, hereby made, to bear the entire cost of a one-way ticket by the first and most confortable means of transportation avail able for you to GO TO NORTH VIETNAM AND MOURN FOR HO CHI MIHN TO YOUR COM- (Continued on Page 3)
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